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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1951
Page
3
The edition lists extensive weather data for multiple cities with temperatures and precipitation, followed by local traffic fines and a divorce petition. It also reports various obituaries and funeral notices from towns including Solon Oelwein West Liberty Oxford Clermont Tama and Toledo.
Cedar Rapids reports 39 men enlisted or recalled including 34 to the navy from Cedar Rapids group of 40. One air force enlistee and four marines also joined. Lt Cmdr Emil Klumpar, a Franklin high school coach, recalled from inactive reserve. Navy enlistees listed with addresses. one marine scored perfect on the ASVAB-like test. Also notes recalls of nurse and medical officers, processing speeds, and recalls of Ted Nofal to Fort Sheridan.
Brig. Gen. Fred C. Tandy announced Gov. William S. Beardsley will take the oath of office next Thursday at 2 p.m. after a joint session of the Iowa legislature. A 1 15 p.m. concert precedes the ceremonies with R. C. Calkins giving the invocation. Public access is limited to the north balcony. tickets required for the chamber and south balconies. The inaugural ball follows in the evening.
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor will hold its annual officers election at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Labor Temple. Prof Karl Leib or Fred Meyer of the University of Iowa may speak on the new labor and management bureau at the school. Labor leaders announced pay boosts for workers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City firms with Teamsters members gaining five to fifteen cents in recent negotiations. Voluntary raises included a ten cent increase at Concrete Materials and Construction and five cents at Chandler Pump. Local 238 of the Teamsters was certified as bargaining agent at the Cedar Rapids Sinclair bulk oil plant and Don Colgan was elected president of the Plumbers and Steam Fitters local.
Washington government actions restrict industrial stocks of iron and steel scrap to a 60 day supply to curb hoarding and gray market activity. The National Production Authority also granted the Civil Aeronautics Administration authority to set priorities for materials and equipment for the air transport and airway system.
The council considers a $38,910 Nye report on converting the Cedar Rapids incinerator plus a new 10 acre landfill. Materials heavy wastes limit burning and draft sites within city limits. the Memorial Drive dump will run out by spring. A study on remodeling costs may push price higher, with city officials awaiting Burgus’s return for further discussion.
The Iowa State Education Association asks the 1951 legislature for a 35 million dollar annual school aid program, with general, supplemental, building, transportation, and miscellaneous aid. It endorses a state department reorganization and higher teacher salaries, funded by new taxes or higher levies.
DES MOINES UP A mother Dorothy Cooper 28 and her children Robert 10 Nancy 8 and Charles 4 were recovering from probable food poisoning after an illness that began with Charles on Tuesday. Detectives and the health department investigated possible food and water sources from the New Year dinner the family ate.
A 16 year old student at the state juvenile home attacked a mathematics instructor with a chair and was sent to the psychopathic hospital in Iowa City. Superintendent L. H. Ladd said the boy struck Mrs. Stella Johnson Thursday, causing a scalp wound.
Stephen Bodnar, 48, received six months in jail after beating his wife over the head with a pork roast in Monticello New York. The wife was not seriously hurt and the reason for the argument was not disclosed.
Taft argues war chances rise with Russian moves and urges the United States to build up air and sea defenses at unprecedented spending levels. He criticizes sending large ground forces to Europe and favors rapid aerial deterrence and strategic backing of Chiang Kai-shek in China as an alternative.
The Cedar Rapids Civil Defense Council urged the city council to approve a $6,000 appropriation from city funds to cover operating costs. The plan includes salary for an office manager and additional help as needed. James Scolaro was named treasurer, and space in City Hall was requested. The council offered a temporary third floor office and sought county financial support investigation.
State Rep. John Walker said he will press for a full legislature investigation into Clyde Spry after his approval of limited sale of a salt base antifreeze despite the chemist's objections. Walker called Spry a misfit in office as the Legislature convenes Monday.
Keosauqua dispatch reports road blocks across southeastern Iowa Friday as four men robbed a Pulaski service station at gunpoint after stealing two guns from Western Oil Supply in Keosauqua. About $50 was taken and the suspects fled in a blue car with out of state plates. Sheriff cited link to separate Keosauqua thefts earlier Friday morning. Pulaski holdup occurred about 7 a.m.
The Cedar Rapids district federal court summons a jury panel for January 25 to try a tax case from the western division at Sioux City. Judge Henry N. Graven signed the order. those called for the September term must report at 10 a.m. at the court. The four day session runs January 22 through 25 with four western division tax cases to be heard.
Cedar Rapids postal substation No. 3 at 1105 Third street SE will close at end of business today. The reason given is the resignation of the clerk in charge. Assistant postmaster Walter Anawalt confirms the action.
Patrolman Marvin Nelson and associate Walter Mickiewicz were accused of leading a theft ring that stole TV sets and tires. Police recovered 70 stolen TVs and 778 tires, with 65 TVs and five tires found in Mickiewicz's garage and home.
The month brought extreme cold with Decorah logging 36 below on December 27, and Washta and Inwood recording 40 below and 39 below, respectively, in 1917. Cedar Rapids saw higher heating needs as degree days averaged 47.6 for last December compared with 37 in December 1949 at Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric, reflecting harsher winter conditions.
Two Republican caucuses planned to oppose Rep. Clifford Strawman for speaker of the Iowa House. Sponsors said they aim to unite behind a single candidate and curb influence from Gov. Beardsley and Rep. Kuester. Also named as speaker contenders were Lynes Schwengel Goode and Klemesrud. caucuses set for around noon and Friday night.
Clarence Kriz of Cedar Rapids seeks a writ in Johnson county district court to release him from jail on a bad check conviction. He was sentenced to six months with credit for three months served and restitution due for the checks. He escaped December 17 during church services and was recaptured. Hearing set for 9 a.m. Thursday.
A proposed 376000 bond issue for a new central elementary school in College township will be decided at a bond election January 19. Voters may cast ballots from noon to 9 pm in the township hall near Hunter airport. Architect W J Brown drafts plans for a one story building with 12 classrooms and a large all purpose room. About 350 local pupils attend nine one room schools, with 150 bussed to Cedar Rapids due to overcrowding. School board president George Davis and secretary Frank J Zahradnik are coordinating site and election logistics.
County Assessor M. G. Linkletter led an all day training for 19 field workers in Linn County to begin assessments near Cedar Rapids. Harold Wright assisted and Miss Leta Sortor was named office assistant at 240 dollars monthly joining a five person staff.
Carl R Slendy 40 of 814 Seventh Ave SE pled guilty to assault with intent to commit great bodily injury after severely beating his wife on November 21. Judge Floyd Philbrick suspended the four month jail sentence after noting he had already served more than a month and the wife wished to drop the case or accept a lesser charge.
Eiland and Hogan were accused of breaking into the Quaid Cash Lumber Company on November 8 and taking several articles including a gun. Each pled innocent at arraignment on November 21 but changed their pleas Friday.
F. T. Burnett, 50, pled guilty to false uttering of a check in Cedar Rapids relating to a $25 check dated November 25. He received a six month suspended sentence after restitution and one month already served.
Judge Floyd Philbrick appointed three men H F Rice William Bergman and Adam Kreuter to appraise the CIO Labor Center assets on receiver William O Claassen’s petition. An inventory lists cash on hand 2058.90 and office and tavern fixtures as part of the center’s property. The center Board sought receivership last week amid nearing financial collapse and appraisal aims to support eventual sale.
Eight account suits were filed Thursday and Friday in district court naming Killian Company versus Roy V Harris for 138.39, A E Mackie versus Mrs Olin Gibson for 128.11, Montgomery Blank and Company versus Cloyd E Davison for 139.92, Mercy Hospital versus Charles and Daisy Cruise for 295, R M Mc Laughlin versus Paul and Eleanor Kiecksee for 316, Mercy Hospital versus Mrs Lloyd Marsh for 126.68, Mercy Hospital versus Russell Jones for 226.16, and Ernest Federspiel versus Marion Machinery Company Inc for 652.60.
Charles Penningroth, newly appointed district court judge, handed down ten year maximum sentences to Glen E. Eiland and Ashley M. Hogan Jr. after guilty pleas to breaking and entering. The judge called them his first sentences and expressed regret at imposing prison time while hoping they learn from the error.
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