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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1954
Page
4
A dense, fragmented listing covers weather forecasts for Iowa regions and a long string of death and funeral notices from Hopkinton Anamosa Decorah Waukon Wyoming Postville Decorah and other towns. It also lists vessel fire alarms road fines and traffic violations with scattered birth announcements and farm town names.
Mrs. Liddle, longtime St Luke’s resident and leader in church missions, travels, and literary groups, left no immediate survivors. A foster daughter, Mrs. L. H. Burton, lived with her 18 years. Services Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Turner chapel, burial at Oak Hill. Donations to Cancer Fund accepted.
David Rumi resigns as vice president of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company to devote more time to personal affairs. Bank officials say there will be no officer-structure changes until the board's annual meeting in January.
In Bridlinton England a woman collapsed on stage when an Indian arrow pierced her chest during a knife throwing act by Big Chief Beaver and his London wife Marie 22. The shield failed to stop the arrow and a doctor ordered her to withdraw, but she performed again later that night and was set to continue Tuesday.
Public Defender Gerald Getty presented figures showing over half of criminal court participants last year lacked funds to hire counsel. The finding highlights access to legal aid and financial barriers in the city justice system.
Pierre Mendes-France, confirmed as French prime minister, faced pressure over Indo China peace deadlines and Saar control. He pursued German rearmament, North Africa peace efforts, and a milk policy shift, yet endured repeated attempts to unseat him as the year ended.
Pierre Mendes France, John Foster Dulles, Billy Graham, Robert Young, Walter Reuther, Jonas Salk, Ernest Hemingway, Roger Bannister, George Gobel are named as men of the year in fields from politics to science and sport. The list highlights prominent leaders in foreign affairs religion business labor and arts.
AP editors name Man of the Year in eight fields including Dulles in foreign affairs and Billy Graham in religion. Jonas Salk earns science honors. Roger Bannister tops sports. George Gobel leads entertainment. Ernest Hemingway and Walter Reuther recognized for literature and labor.
The Civil Aeronautics Board postponed United Air Lines fare proposals for Cedar Rapids to western cities and Iowa City to eastern cities. The board ordered a deferment until March 31 pending investigation.
Kenneth H. McGee 35 of Waubeek faces two informations for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury after a Christmas Day tavern brawl at Waubeek. He is accused of stabbing Francis Houstman in the back and fracturing two ribs of Jake Slavik the tavern owner. Houstman hospitalized three days. McGee free on $500 bond and has not entered pleas.
Kenneth F. Willman of Linn Junction had a daytime larceny charge dismissed by Judge Charles Penningroth after the court found he had entered the army. The Dec 3 charge accused him of stealing merchandise from May Drug Company last year. he pled innocent Dec 7 and had been free on 1500 dollars bond.
The Linn District Court admitted the wills of Maud Woods who died December 1 and William Dahn who died December 17 to probate on Tuesday. Woods named her husband Thomas as sole heir and Merchants National Bank executor without bond. Dahn left $100 to his father Albert Dahn and the remainder to his wife Mrs. Dahn, who was named executrix without bond.
James Doolin aged 26 of 81 Seventh Avenue SW pleaded innocent at arraignment in Judge Charles Penningroth's court to a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. He is accused of attacking Oscar Levi with a shotgun after seeing Levi with Doolin's wife.
Opal V. Marshall Monday dismissed her divorce suit against Stephen E. Marshall. The action was filed in the local court and the terms remained undisclosed.
Augusta report: President Eisenhower taps Connecticut Governor John Davis Lodge as ambassador to Spain. James C. Dunn签 Madrid post moves to Brazil to replace James S. Kemper who resigns to return to Chicago insurance work. The nomination follows Lodge’s surprising November gubernatorial defeat and he is brother to Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. in U.N. duties.
U S Army Captain John A Hayes 36 of Dedham Massachusetts died in an instrument flight crash in Linz Austria. He earned the nickname Uncle Sam for mercy missions across Austria rescuing avalanche victims aiding Danube flood relief and giving high altitude treatments to more than 100 children while planning to adopt an Austrian orphan and bring him to America.
Federal Conciliator Roy Shaffer said two days of concentrated talks between Cedar Rapids bus drivers and National City Lines show progress in the long deadlock. Negotiations resumed Monday and again Tuesday with a possible decision after the session.
Davenport City Lines and Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees union announce a one year extension of the bus drivers contract. The pact signed by Charles S. Douglas and Bamford Messer takes effect Friday midnight and runs to December 31, 1955 with top drivers earning $1.70 an hour and mechanics $1.93.
Leo Peiffer 2005 Upland Drive SE was named top prize winner in Yale Lighting Contest co sponsored by the recreation commission and light company. His display of silhouetted nativity figures against a white arch earned first in a field of 31 entries across town.
John Wesley Wable, 26, dubbed the phantom killer, received a death sentence in Greensburg Pennsylvania for murder along the Turnpike. He was convicted of killing Harry Pitts and indicted in a second trucker killing and a near fatal shooting of a third.
The city aired a distress cry of a starling at the municipal stadium hoping to deter sparrows. It startled zoo animals and unsettled nearby residents, prompting many calls. The recording remains at the park but the cry has been silenced.
The text notes that while Chinese people do not observe a Sunday rest day, they mark numerous feast days and family gatherings. It highlights cultural emphasis on communal meals and celebrations rather than a weekly rest day.
Obituaries report Helene Louise Tschirgi 94 of Cedar Rapids died at home after a long illness. Survived by daughter Mattie, sons Harold Charles Arthur, five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery after services at Turner chapel. Also H M Snell 60, retired baggage clerk, died after sudden illness. Surviving daughters Iola Ruby Wanda and three grandsons. service in Turner Chapel. Another item notes niece Gertrude Maxwell Albright died, with services in Pittsburgh.
Davenport city councilman Fred G. Codd told 213 Masons at Crescent lodge 25 A F and A M in the Masonic hall that life requires knowing oneself controlling oneself and denying oneself. He praised self mastery and cited Washington and Lincoln as examples of denied self for the common good. District Judge Penningeroth acted as toastmaster and William Schneider presided as worshipful master.
A coroner's jury ruled the deaths of Judy Ann Timmer and Judy Kay Garthoff, both 10, caused by negligence of the car driver. Gilbert John Timmer of Waterloo, 20, was driving the car. he was seriously injured and his brother Ronald, 8, was critically hurt when the vehicle collided with an auto transport 72 miles west of Manchester. The jury said the Timmer car was being recklessly driven.
The Newton area victim W. J. Talbot, a 79 year old retired farmer, died from injuries after slipping on ice and being struck by a car driven by 30 year old James Farver. Farver said he could not stop while turning at the intersection. The incident occurred Monday night and Talbot died Tuesday at Skiff s hospital.
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