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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1947
Page
2
Increasing cloudiness on Wednesday night followed by rain in the south and snow in the north on Thursday with warming trend. Friday clears and turns colder. Winds vary Wednesday. Highs around 30 on Wednesday and 32 on Thursday. lows near 24. Also reports of divorce petitions, police actions, births, and multiple traffic fines and violations with listed names and addresses.
Joseph S. Fay, AFL construction union chief, testified in federal court that he received 40000 from William J. Brewster and 30000 from John S. McDonald to influence union actions on a New York City project. His defense said the funds were for a specific purpose and not personal gain, and that the money was handed to other union officials.
Winfield W. Salisbury director of research at Collins Radio Company will speak at the Iowa Engineering Society meeting in the Iowa Memorial Union Iowa City on Wednesday noon. He will discuss practical uses of microwaves including induction heating and applications in astronomy aviation and television relays.
Ole Korsrud, 85, longtime chief engineer at Luther College for nearly five decades, died Monday from a heart ailment in Decorah. He is survived by his wife four sons including the Rev Albert C Korsrud and Melvin of Winnebago Minnesota, and three daughters including Mrs Roy Lane of Elk Point South Dakota.
Alfred H. White 87 retired Rock Island water service foreman died in Minneapolis after a brief illness. A Cedar Rapids resident 71 years, he moved to Minneapolis four years ago. Born November 3, 1859 in Swanage England, he joined the Rock Island in 1880 and became water service foreman in 1906. He retired November 30 1929 after 49 years with the railroad. He was active in St Pauls Methodist church and Knights of Pythias. Surviving wife Theda J. Shuey a son Douglas M. White two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Turner chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call.
James William Smith 76 of 1504 Second Avenue SE died at 2 p.m. Monday in a local hospital. Born in Anamosa in March 1870 he served 19 years in the regular army and was a Spanish American War veteran. Survived by wife Lena Belknap, a sister Ida Meek and half sister Laura Beem, services Thursday at 1 36 p.m. in the Barta Hesser chapel with Rev. Allen Schoff and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday. Spanish American War veterans to meet at chapel 1 15 p.m. Thursday.
Services for Edwin Harlin Snyder aged at 515 Ninth Street NW are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Barta-Hesser chapel with Paul Miller of First Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow in Columbus City cemetery. Friends may attend.
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs William A Taylor died in a local hospital at 6 50 p m after a brief illness She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Max T Knudsen a sister Mrs Ted Hoover of Robins a brother E L Daniels of West Wis and several nieces and nephews Services will be held in the Turner chapel at 130 p m Thursday
The document outlines options on disposing of two farms operated at a loss, whether to refit or buy business machines, and calls for expanding the Iowa Development Commission. It argues for uniform delayed taxes, considers removing sales taxes from local subdivisions, and recommends studying insurance regulation harmonization between states.
A notice states burial will take place at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs. Emma Andrie of 915 Ninth Street SW died in a local hospital at 9 15 a.m. Tuesday. The body is at the Barta Hesser chapel. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Governor outlines priorities including county government study, municipal law reform, soil conservation expansion, road law revision, and a mandatory state budget. He urges bonding for facilities, a uniform hospital act, licensing for care facilities, and increased mental health funding while noting rising elder populations and safety law reviews.
Senate commerce committee calls Civil Aeronautics Board to review the entire air picture amid a string of crashes that shake public confidence. Wg McGrath of Trans World Airline notes the impact on demand and operations, while data show 1946 domestic fatality rates and miles climbed, despite earlier improvements.
United sketches its survey findings and plan to begin service after civil aeronautics board certification. The route includes intercity schedules to Chicago Des Moines and Omaha and extends to the Pacific coast Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia Newark New York Arlington and Washington from its Chicago headquarters.
A blaze damaged the grocery and dry goods store room of the K-and-K Merchandise in Sioux City. Most of the loss was covered by insurance.
Kenneth Barton, about 32, a Milwaukee railroad employee, was killed early Tuesday when struck by a Milwaukee train half a mile west of Cambridge. Barton, walking west, failed to get off the tracks in time. he is a brother of Mrs. Forrest Hatfield of Cambridge.
Burns M. Byram, Tama county extension director, told the Cedar Rapids Farmers club that territorial status hinders Hawaii’s social and economic progress. He noted high rents, continuous sugar cane harvesting, year round land use, and that many island farmers work two acre plots with strong tax burdens and calls for statehood. The speaker, recently back from a year as 4 H director in the islands, also cited income comparisons and voting representation concerns.
Buffalo attorney David Diamond filed a $4,000,090,000 portal suit for an Aircraft Corporation employee at the Marietta plant. He later said the correct amount is four million and that a telephoned telegram from Warren E. Hall Jr claimed the figure was one billion error. The amended suit seeks $2,000,600 back pay and $2,000,600 liquidated damages. The case is handled via the United Auto Workers and mailed from Atlanta to Buffalo due to Bell headquarters and loss of Georgia plant operations.
Iowa Senate considers bills to fix state income tax at fifty percent while granting the executive council new powers to respond to emergencies. Sen. J T Dykhouse of Rochester Rapids introduces a variant adding a sales tax during emergency periods. A joint resolution proposes blocking any bill that creates a state income tax before all appropriations are balanced.
Nancy Pearson 6 daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Pearson of 3111 First Avenue SE suffered a broken left arm after running into a slowly moving eastbound truck driven by Roy Walker of Anamosa at First Avenue E and Twenty seventh Street about 4 p m Monday. She was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital where her condition was listed as good Tuesday. Sgt Ray Murdock said the girl ran into the side of the truck. No traffic charge was filed.
In the cotton textile sector the combined value of production from the four biggest companies amounts to under 10 percent of the total industry output. This indicates a highly fragmented market with numerous smaller firms contributing the majority of output.
Des Moines AP reports 16 new measures introduced with 36 total in the house. Bills ease landlord tenant litigation and allow rent collection under housing laws even without a compliance certificate. A $90 million World War II soldier bonus bill is planned for introduction, funded by a property tax levy. Senate bills include lethal gas as the method of capital punishment and revenue issues from soldiers property tax exemptions.
Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Society of Tool Engineers invites members to hear Dr. C. N. Kimball of Kansas City on railroad radio communication design. The meeting at Montrose hotel Tuesday features a 6 15 dinner and 7 45 program with Rev. Andrew Kurth giving the coffee talk.
Associated Press dispatch reports General Blatchford with 1,364 troops and Admiral Capps with 1,799 troops arrived at San Francisco from Yokohama on Monday. No arrivals were expected on Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids officials from the four major railroads will meet with the city council at City Hall on Wednesday at 10 a.m. to plan elimination of crossing tie-ups in the loop district during peak downtown traffic. Public Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes and Police Chief Tom Condon arranged the talks. Representatives include H. W. Hermon of Illinois Central W. T. Stewart of Milwaukee Elmer Terrell of North Western and others.
Shaw's Candida opens at the Coe College Playhouse at 6 15 Wednesday with Lois Proctor of Evanston in the title role. Bill Mehegan and Lexy Mills are in supporting parts. J D Lambert directs with Marilyn Levitt as student director. Tickets available in Old Main office or by phone at 3 2611 ext 11.
Warsaw AP report states Count Kawery Grocholski and two others were sentenced to death by a Polish military tribunal for treason linked to an underground group Win aimed at overthrowing the Warsaw government by force. Waldemar Baczak, 24, a former Polish foreign ministry employee, and Capt. Witold Kalicki, 36, interior security corps, were condemned. Christina Kosiorek, 22, received 10 years imprisonment.
The University of Iowa college of education will sponsor basic skills tests for 73,000 Iowa children. About 65,900 attend urban schools and 8,000 are rural students.
Robert Hughes, 64, of Jesup, died in a Waterloo hospital Tuesday from injuries after falling 12 feet from a cat walk at the John Deere plant where he worked in the foundry.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirms Judge G. K. Thompson for not erring in jury instructions in the 1945 Linn district court rape case of Alfonso Rodriguez of Cedar Rapids. Rodriguez, a 17 year old Chicago girl was assaulted near Cedar on October 13 1945.
Walter Neye a German guard at Flossenburg camp faced trial with 44 others on torturing and killing inmates. He appeared without pants causing a court to recess and he was sentenced to six months more imprisonment for contempt while the tribunal also imposed seven days on bread and water for earlier misbehavior.
The South Side Civic Club elected its 1947 directors Monday evening at C.S.P.S. hall. Chosen are William L. Broulik Marvin S. Kuba George C. Thomas T. F. McPartland Ed. F. E. Hach Lumir W. Striesky J. Giles Joyce Frank Zastera and Jess Scheppeie. The board will elect officers Jan. 20.
New York dispatch reports Henry Wallace says he is not in a position to debate Randolph Churchill over Wallace's New Republic critique of Winston Churchill policies. Wallace cites editorial duties as keeping him too busy to engage.
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