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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1946
Page
19
The issue lists weather highs and lows for major cities, a cloudy mild forecast for weekend in Iowa, and reports on reckless driving fines, double parking fines, police theft notices, birth announcements, marriage licenses, and divorce decrees, plus two fire alarms for Friday.
Stark testified that US warships in the Atlantic were ordered to destroy German and Italian forces and operated under British direction at times. He said officials sought to avoid war with Japan, and outlined plans for Atlantic convoys and joint action with British vessels before December 1941.
Congress reacts to President Truman's address with mixed views. Sen Morse calls it a confession of Democratic leadership failure, while Sen Lucas says it hit pay dirt for immediate needs. Other Republicans urge restraint against ill advised measures and call for vigorous White House leadership.
John A. Fisher of Ann Arbor Michigan is appointed director of admissions and registrar of Coe College by President Byron S Hollinshead. He will assume duties February 1 after completing a PhD seek at Michigan and holds degrees from Peru State Teachers College and Iowa State College. Harriet Campbell named bursar. C Eugene Osborne resigns to join University of Maryland teaching staff.
Traffic Captain Gordon Hughes announced registration for 1946 bicycle licenses. Registration runs Saturdays 8 am to 6 pm and weekdays 10 am to 6 pm at the police station for a 25 cent fee. Grade schoolers may register at schools later. high school students and adults must register at the station. Plates have black background white numbers and must include a bell or horn, jiffy stand, red reflector and night light. A 15 cent transfer fee applies for bikes previously registered.
Iowa will resist the appeal by the First Iowa Hydro Electric Cooperative seeking Supreme Court intervention on its plan to build a Cedar River dam and hydroelectric plant near Moscow. The case centers on federal license denial and Iowa permit requirements dating back to 1944.
Application for charter for the first Air Scout squadron in the Waubeek Area council has been made by the Homemakers class of Westminster Presbyterian church. John Heidel announces the formation and Andrew G. Smith, WWII veteran with 65 missions and six battle stars, is commissioned as squadron leader. Charter members named include Richard Bennett John Drabelle John Ferguson James Miller Gerald Pollock Duncan Ross Glenn Sorenson Curtis Chapman Herbert Summers. Air scouting opens to boys 15 and older.
A three man U S conciliation service panel met Friday morning with union representatives from five Cedar Rapids plants at the Roosevelt hotel. Panel members Edward Ries I I Pickett and Walter White outlined that main issues from LaPlant Choate Link Belt Cherry Burrell Quaker Oats and Wilson and Company were placed before the panel with plans for further talks later that day. A second meeting with management groups from the five firms was scheduled for 830 p m Ries said.
The Cedar Rapids office of the bureau of internal revenue will be open all day both Saturday Jan. 5 and Saturday Jan. 12 from 8 am to 5 pm to assist income taxpayers. Deputy collectors remind farmers that Jan. 15 is the deadline for income tax payments for those who did not file a 1944 estimate for 1945 taxes.
Mrs Mary W McCutcheon owner of Mt Vernon Hawkeye Record wed Dr John L Gillin of Madison Wis in a ceremony at the home of the McCutcheons. Cornell College President Dr Russell W Cole officiated. The couple plan a Madison residence after Feb 1.
The Duke of Windsor will make a brief trip to England leaving Paris on Monday or Tuesday. The Duchess will not accompany him according to his secretary.
Memorial services for Ralph Edward Smoyer 39 gunner s mate 2/c USNR will be at 3 p m Sunday at Olivet Presbyterian Church led by Rev Keith Irwin Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion Smoyer has been missing in action since Oct 25 1944 when the destroyer USS Johnston was sunk off Samar Island Philippines He entered service Nov 17 1942 He had worked for Colonial Baking Co and left in 1941 for Davenport born Oct 1 1905 in Chippewa Falls Wis survived by wife Betty Waterloo mother Mrs C E Beck brother Gerald St Louis Mo niece Geraldine Layster Tampa infant children and father preceded him in death
County records show 184 criminal cases filed by the county attorney in 1945 and 391 inmates admitted to the jail from the sheriff department and courts. Federal prisoners numbered 34. County Clerk staff filed 89 equity and 195 law cases. Taxes totaled 3 742 121.06, about 99.5 percent of the 1944 levy. Vehicle registrations totaled 24 410 with 3434 trucks. License plate revenue was 425 314.07. Recorder Dempsy Jones and deputy reported 14 936 instruments recorded and 5 312 chattel mortgages. discharge papers for 3 075 World War II veterans.
The Rev. Russell S. Phillips former pastor of St James Methodist in Cedar Rapids died at his Barnesville Ohio home. Services are set Sunday at Smith funeral home Grinnell Iowa. He is survived by his wife and son Richard. Emery Mowrey born 1858 Anamosa died after a long illness. Burial in Riverside Cemetery Anamosa. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Barta Hesser chapel.
Funeral services for Charles E. Miller 358 Twentieth street SE retired Hamilton Seed and Coal salesman will be held at Moon chapel Saturday at 3 30 p.m. Master Masons to meet at Masonic hall at 3 p.m. Burial at Cedar Memorial park. Harry White 79 Spanish American war veteran and Cedar Rapids resident will be buried at Linwood cemetery Saturday after 1 30 p.m. service at Turner chapel. Marshall E Clark retired Cedar Rapids druggist will be buried Oak Hill cemetery Saturday at 3 30 p.m. Miss Matilda Bokorney will be laid to rest at Oak Hill cemetery after 1 30 p.m. services at Moon chapel. Joseph Svec 131144 Second street SE dies. service at Polansky chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial at Bohemian National cemetery. Mrs Nick Nosbisch 807 O avenue NW dies at St Patrick s church 9 30 a.m. Saturday. burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Rosary recited 7 30 p.m. Friday at Teahen chapel.
Floyd Alexander and Adolph Holmes, both of Kansas City Missouri, were jailed by a U S deputy marshal Thursday afternoon to await a hearing on a charge of driving a stolen car across a state line. A federal tax lien of 600 45 against the Iowa Iron and Coal company at 110 B avenue NE for 1942 1943 unemployment taxes was discharged Friday.
City news notes the Cedar Rapids community with items on hospital visits and returns. J J Carney returns home after major surgery at Mercy hospital. Richard McArtor is a patient at St Luke's hospital and may receive visitors. Dr Richard L Naibert opens a new office on Third Avenue SE. V B L Younglove named commercial agent for Northern Pacific railroad while living in Cedar Rapids. Rev A V McClure to deliver sermon Remembering and Forgetting at Seventh Day Adventist church with 11 am service and 9 30 am Sunday school. The Building and Construction Trades council reports a Resolution of Respect for D Fay Merrill, deceased December 22. Maj B D Silliman undergoes appendectomy at St Luke's and remains in satisfactory condition. he returns December 22 from Europe where he assisted war crimes prosecutor Robert H Jackson.
At Pearl Harbor the Navy nears the end of a vast search across Pacific islands for missing servicemen. Special teams aboard destroyers and small crafts comb islands for survivors or evidence of death. On five islands graves of Allied flyers were found. no survivors located.
The city building department issued nine dwelling permits in December with total values of 206270 dollars. It also issued 23 remodel dwelling permits, seven commercial permits, eight remodels, one garage permit and five garage remodels, two barn or shed permits, one chapel addition, two commercial foundations and three dwelling foundations. Electrical permits totaled 135, plumbing 60 and 125 miscellaneous permits.
London AP UP United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration dismissed Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan its chief of operation in Germany after he said at a press conference that organized Jewry was planning mass migration from Europe to Palestine. The action deprived him of authority and pay and left him without a job in UNRRA.
Ace H. Smith of Cedar Rapids serving a 10 year term for sodomy at Ft. Madison penitentiary attempted suicide last night by cutting his throat with a razor. He is hospitalized and was sentenced in Cedar Rapids on December 16, 1945.
The St Paul Stockyards company declared an embargo on hog shipments from 11:55 p.m. Friday to 11:55 p.m. Tuesday January 8 due to market glut. No hogs arriving by truck will be accepted without a permit from a commission agency, and no hogs loaded by railroad after 8 p.m. Saturday will be accepted until the embargo ends with a permit.
Cedar Rapids realtor Bruce A. West told High Twelve members at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon that Lend-Lease to Russia was a vital wartime investment. He described Pacific coast shipping center duties and shipments beyond the danger line including leather sent to Russia from Argentina.
LEPANTO Ark The town depot finally gained electric lighting after M C Wall arrived in 1923 and asked for lamps to be replaced with electric lights The request was granted in 1945 Wall quipped better late than never
Dr H J Thornton professor of history at the University of Iowa will be guest speaker at the First Christian church during January every Sunday at 10 45 a m. He specializes in social and intellectual history of the American people and will discuss A New Year s Meditation this Sunday. Thornton is a South Dakota native and Grinnell college graduate who earned an MA at Harvard and a PhD from the University of Chicago.
President Truman discusses postwar policy goals on a fireside radio address. He cites universal military training health insurance scientific research and higher federal pay as needed. He blames congressional committees and a few lawmakers for blocking majority policy and says labor-management stalemates hinder reconversion efforts.
President Truman warned of slow progress on postwar legislation and the danger of inflation if production and employment do not rise. He urged public input to press Congress for labor, minimum wage, and fair employment measures while criticizing price upsurges and urging decisive action upon reconvening. He blamed congressional deadlock on committees and a few members.
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