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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
2
Washington USPDA reports consumer ire over food costs is inflated. From 1935 39 to 1944 families spent 23 versus 16 percent of disposable income on food, while 1948 rose to 21 percent. Marketing costs were down. incomes rose during the war, widening the perceived burden.
The report notes marketing costs as 48 percent of retail food costs, down from 59 percent in 1935-39 and 55 percent in 1941. Distributors and handlers are said to have achieved substantial economies as labor costs rose more than marketing charges.
Belgrade Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj said Yugoslavia was astonished by its exclusion from the East European Economic Council. He noted complaints to Russia and Cominform members and said cooperation would follow an end to trade discrimination and propaganda against Belgrade. Kardelj cited past efforts for closer economic cooperation between socialist and democratic East European countries.
Iowa City AP report says University of Iowa Student Council President Evan Hultman received a reciprocal invitation from George Arneson of Minnesota to bring 50 Iowa students to the Iowa Minnesota basketball game in Minneapolis on February 12. A council session will decide on the trip after Iowa hosted 50 Minnesota students at the Jan 17 game in Iowa City.
Tonight features Dale Evans with Foy Willing’s Riders of the Purple Sage on Western Hit Review at 7:30. At 9:00 Ed Wilson hosts The Ed Wilson Show with Ozark Valley Folks and guests. 8:30pm brings The Mysterious Traveler with surprises and chills. Excerpts from Beethoven Eroica featured on The Musical Album by KCRK and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky.
Radio schedule lists Mysterious Traveler and Newsreel programs with Gabriel Heatter and Edilson Show on MBS network. Sports brief, dance orchestra and Fulton Lewis occupy late afternoon to evening slots.
Gov Beardsley proposes a 40 million dollar tax stabilizing reserve and a 36.125 million dollar veterans bonus funded from a 100 million dollar state surplus. Principal authors are Senate leaders Elthon Lynes and Richard Lee. The plan includes bond sales at under 2 percent interest and potential additional bonds if funds run short. Some lawmakers say initial 85 million dollar bonus estimates are too high.
Des Moines AP Iowa house committees recommended passage of bills to abolish the state board of basic sciences license and regulate practical nurses after 1951 create a retirement system for Iowa judges and set a residency rule for out of state divorces and a penalty for child neglect. A flood control measure creating a state water control and resources council also advanced along with House rules on department sponsored bills.
The tax revision committee heard a merchant legislator and an Iowa Pharmacists Association spokesman oppose a bill to raise the sales tax to 24 cents from 15. Senator Charles S. Van Eaton and Dale Bruner object. Rep. D. A. Donahue proposed an amendment limiting county Farm Bureaus' tax funds, potentially reducing their current allotment.
In Seine department civil court Princess Aly Khan filed for divorce, denying Rita Hayworth involvement. The British-born princess heir to Guinness wealth and her Moslem husband accuse each other of grave injury and serious insult as she arrives a day early with lawyers.
Southern senators won a postponement of senate rules committee action on anti-filibuster measures. The panel voted 7 to 5 to adjourn until Feb 9 without approving any proposal to curb debate. Three Democrats Gillette Hunt and Withers requested more time to decide on the matter.
A St. Lawrence Airways plane crashed near Trinity Bay killing the pilot and five of nine passengers. Four injured survivors were hospitalized with two in critical condition. Wreckage found on Lake Simcoe raised fears of four deaths north of Barrie, Ontario.
Former Wisconsin governor Philip F. La Follette will address the Executives Club Monday night at the Montrose hotel. The 51 year old son of the renowned Follette is a vigorous orator who has served three terms as governor and will discuss leadership.
Fayette County Coroner said Robert Buchanan 33 of Oelwein died from injuries after an accidental fall. He was found critically injured in an alley after reportedly falling from a second story porch. Buchanan worked at the Waterloo Deere plant and is survived by his wife and four children.
Spokesmen for the nations railroads and 16 non operating unions said the presidential fact finding board will meet again Monday to help settle the wage hour dispute in Chicago.
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa sent three additional nominees to the justice department for review to join ten total candidates proposed to succeed Federal Judge Charles Dewey. The new names are P. J. Siegers Newton Glenn D. Kelly Davenport and Harold F. Fleck Oskaloosa.
Springfield Missouri AP unions faced a wage cut plan as carpenters voted 62 to 28 in favor of reducing residential pay from 1.875 to 1.50 per hour. The international headquarters ruled the move invalid since only 55 percent of members were not present for the vote. About 500 members are in the union.
Two B 25 bombers collided in flight five miles south of Shreveport injuring five airmen and killing two. Witnesses heard a loud noise and saw one plane explode while the other plummeted. One parachute failed to open. Both planes from Barksdale air force base were on instrument training at about four thousand feet.
CHICAGO AP Bishop Richard C. Raines of Indianapolis was elected chairman of the Methodist church commission on public information for a four year term. He succeeds Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of New York with Dr Miron A Morrill of Mount Vernon Iowa re elected secretary as acting dean of Cornell college.
Otha Wearin, 46, Hastings farmer and former Iowa congressman, said he is considering running for U.S. senator on the Democratic ticket next year. He visited the Iowa House of Representatives and would seek the seat held by B. B. Hickenlooper if he enters the race. Wearin previously represented Iowa's 7th district from 1932 to 1938 and was an administration candidate.
In a move linked to opposition against a supreme court packing proposal, officials seek to purge Gillette. The bid centers on removing a public figure seen as a dissenter to the plan.
Mrs Jeanette Darling aged 62 of St Paul wins a voice in her desertion case. Her husband, now at Cody Wyoming, has not been home since he left to see the Gibbons fight at Shelby Montana in 1923.
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