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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1947
Page
15
February 7 1947 weather shifts from bitter cold to easing snow flurries with fair Sunday Public notices report multiple individuals fined for false uttering of checks and assorted alarms. births listed in Mercy St Luke's and other local hospitals. regional temperatures and wind trends noted with Iowa forecast and police call summaries.
Due to weather and bad roads the weekend conference on social and political action at Cornell College was canceled at Friday noon. The event was sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and would have drawn delegates from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Missouri.
The Rev. Lyle K. Anderson will speak on One Who Failed to Obey at the Evangelical United Brethren church in Shueyville Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Church school follows at 10:30 a.m. Choir practice is at 7 p.m. and Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m.
A Cedar Rapids reader reports three years of neuritic pain described as knife like and electric shocks. She credits RHY AID a liquid formula of three medicines that reportedly targets rheumatic and neuritic pain and says she is now pain free and enjoying life. The ad claims the product is sold by all drug stores locally.
Col. Edward J. Murray, held on orders from Gen. MacArthur in San Francisco, claimed the $250,000 diamond hoard he brought from Japan was obtained on a finders keepers basis. He conceded no ownership and said the only law violated was customs, while refusing to detail how he acquired the gems.
Des Moines reporters note an all-female jury of 12 was chosen to try Opal Dixon on charges of entering a bank with intent to rob. County Attorney Carroll Switzer and Defense Attorney Ray Hawke screened 31 potential jurors, with 26 women and five men among them. Dixon appeared calm in a gray suit during opening sessions.
Boy Scout Week, marking the thirty seventh anniversary, opens today and runs through Thursday in the Waubeek area council Linn Jones and Benton counties. The Exposition at Memorial Coliseum on February 14 and 15 highlights the observance with Scout Sunday tomorrow. The world fellowship fund has donated 110646.36 to overseas Scouts. Scouting today includes 4,413,139 boys and leaders worldwide.
H J Peters signal supervisor for the Chicago North Western for 45 years died after a one week illness. Survived by wife Ida Mae Wenger, sister Lillian Thompson, brothers W J Fred F and Edward Peters. services Mon at Turner chapel. burial in Boone. Also notices for John A Limback lumber merchant in Cedar Rapids and Mrs Lawrence F Halpin Cedar Rapids resident.
Mrs. Clara L. Schaad of 1546 Fourth Avenue SE reports the sudden death of her sister Mrs. Katharine Correale in New York City. Correale had been a frequent visitor in Ce, with details of services to be announced locally.
George Bedell 74 of the Grand hotel died at 5 50 p m Thursday after a long illness He was born July 3 1872 in Jones county The body is at Beatty mortuary Funeral announcement will be made later.
Mrs Frank J. Janeba 64 of 1432 Second St SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a four month illness. Born April 1 1882 in Czechoslovakia she was active in local Czech associations. Surviving are her husband two sons and four grandchildren and a sister. The Janeba funeral details to be announced. Mrs Mary L Simmers longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in Nashville after an extended illness. Burial arrangements set for Lowden Iowa.
John Grother 73 of 1505 Tenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 6 30 p m Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a m in Turner chapel with Rev. Ralph B Colton of Sinclair Memorial church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. He is survived by a brother W J Grother of Omaha and three nieces and three nephews. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday morning.
Mrs. Charlotte Carrie Johnson Augustine widow of Isaac Augustine and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at 11 45 a m Thursday after a long illness in a local hospital. Born February 28 1863 in Bassett Indiana she moved to Cedar Rapids. Survived by daughter Miss Cecil Augustine and son Byron Augustine both of Cedar Rapids and brothers George and E Johnson of Bassett. She was a member.
Rouen Edward Brousard of 1222 Ninth Street NW dies Wednesday. Services in Turner chapel at 3:30 p.m. Saturday conducted by Rev. Frank H. Ward. Burial to be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Snowbound roads and closed schools stretched from Manchester to Tipton and Elkader. Rail service slowed or halted as trains crept past plows. Freight and interurban routes faced delays, with passengers three hours off schedule on remaining lines.
The Linn County Humane Society urged bird lovers to help wildlife survive winter. Snow and ice cut off natural food sources, so people should place feed on two 10 by 15 inch boards with edging to prevent spill. Boards should be sunlit, at least 10 feet apart, and squirrels kept away by hanging on swinging wire. Suitable foods include peanut butter, crumbs, sunflower seeds, nuts, corn meal, and ground grain.
Trains from the Pacific coast were due at 9 25 and 9 55 a m and arrived after 2 p m. Cedar Rapids City Lines buses struggled amid drifting snow and hazardous driving conditions. Four extra buses were kept in the loop to cover delays. Bus manager E A Prochaska said extras complete runs and return to the terminal to ease peak loads. Frigid conditions spread statewide with Sioux City at 10 below zero and Estherville, Rock Rapids hit worst.
Gov Robert R Blue presents budget recommendations to the Iowa legislature outlining proposed spending and policy priorities for the new session. The memo highlights funding for education, infrastructure, and state services, aiming to shape the legislative agenda.
Forecasters labeled a fresh cold wave the granddaddy of two prior chills. The Yukon basin air mass brought mile a minute winds across Minnesota the Dakotas and Iowa with near blizzard snowfall and temperature drops up to 45 degrees in 12 hours. Florida saw temperatures rise Thursday night after freezing damage to crops while Miami schools closed at 32 degrees. Northern Alabama and Mississippi again recorded freezing temps Friday morning. The full force of the cold front was forecast to reach the Atlantic coast by Sunday. Kansas Oklahoma dust bowl winds formed rolling dirty clouds though ag experts called it not alarming with little winter wheat damage. Chicago markets reflected cold with wheat at 2.20 a bushel and hogs at 25.75 per hundredweight.
Ed Kreutter, 70, was found ill and partly frozen in his Dres selhaus farm cabin north of Decorah. He died Wednesday in Decorah hospital after a six hour effort to reach him when a drifted highway delayed rescue.
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal commended 200000 Navy Hospital Corps personnel for their wartime service noting a 97 percent survival rate among wounded sailors and Marines. The acknowledgment highlights their role in medical care and evacuation during wartime.
State of Iowa Linn County district court notices that a lost will of William Daniel Yagovsky of Cedar Rapids was presented for proof and admission to probate on February 15 1947 at 9 o clock AM. Attorney Will J Hayek filed the motion.
The proposal would pool sales income and use taxes into a general fund for clearer accounting. Old age assistance home stead tax credits and school aid would draw from the fund, guiding decisions on restoring the 100 percent income tax rate when revenues dip. Delegating authority to the executive council complicates timing and control of tax revert.
H J McElroy aged 39 of Cedar Rapids was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to selling used cars at retail without a dealer's license. He faced six illegal transactions and became the fifth to plead guilty in a week. Deputy Whittemore led arrests from Linn County investigations by O L Mead of the Iowa dealers license division. More arrests were expected soon.
Jerome P. Donahue and Martin L. Kennedy, both of Eighth Avenue SE, each fined 100 dollars and costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for assault and battery. Ray Neal, of Second Street NW, signed the complaint alleging the Wednesday night attack. The men were arrested Thursday night by police on warrants. Gilbert Pooler was also picked up but the charge against him was dismissed on county attorney’s recommendation.
LISBON U P reports the Ruta de Colon airliner crashed in the Gredos mountains west of Madrid killing all 11 aboard. Among the dead are five American crew members and several passengers including Cuban and Spanish nationals. the flight originated in Havana and had stopped in Lisbon before continuing to Madrid.
A schedule lists speakers including Donald G. Isett of Metropolitan Supply on Wonders Through the Microscope and "Death Valley Scotty" plus many topics covering administration of justice, national defense, education, and current affairs. Notable names include J. J. Locher, Harold J. Ward, Fred J. Kluss, Horace G. Hedges, Robert F. Vane, Warren W. McAllister, Frank T. Nye, A. L. Taylor, QO. J. Eisenbast, Clyde Parker, Marion H. Williams, and Rev. Waldemar Argow.
List of speakers and topics from a Iowa civic event featuring Byron Hollinshead Coe College president on What Is Education For and Ben Peterson on Power and Democracy. Other presenters discuss youth employment Bees conservation ringnecked pheasant and quail, meat industry history, recreation programs, war crimes investigations, and Cedar Rapids as the cereal city.
President Truman urged Congress to assure maintenance of the United States synthetic rubber industry even as natural rubber production is expected to return to normal by early 1948. Economists estimate U S oil use may reach six million barrels daily by 1965.
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