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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1949
Page
9
Weather forecasts for Iowa with cloudiness snow and rain chances and temperatures across regions including northwest and southeast. Public notices list fines for drunkenness and traffic violations, births in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns, and obituaries for Center Point Decorah Fayette Columbus Junction and Waterloo areas with funeral details.
Cedar Rapids moves to return Hawkeye Downs to the All-Iowa Fair Association for 7 500 to cover debts and taxes. The plan, approved by the council with a public hearing set for Feb 7, would keep the site for public uses but allow the fair group to obtain a loan with the property as collateral. If the agreement fails, ownership reverts to the city.
Cedar Rapids moves its 1949 public improvement project forward as the city council votes to call for bids on curb and gutter work at three locations. Bids open February 17 at 10 am. The streets listed include First Street E, Second Street SE, and Third Street SE with future bids planned for widening Second and Third streets.
Ottumwa housewife Mrs Edna C Lawrence clarifies she is not sponsoring the proposed bill banning home permanent waves. The measure by the Iowa State Natural Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association is being studied by the Public Health Committee with Crabb on a subcommittee.
Kansas City firefighters saved Mrs. Mary Breen, 65, from a burning apartment as they returned to recover a girdle containing $2,200 sewn in its lining.
Linn county board of education recommends reorganizing the 60 districts into five administrative units with Cedar Rapids area as a leading candidate for a March vote. The plan aims to consolidate districts to improve efficiency while keeping schools in towns. Public hearings will precede any election, and boundaries may shift with state approval.
Weathersby and Hill suffered severe steam burns after a coffee urn burst aboard a dining car. Shirly White, also burned, was thrown to the floor in the pantry as passengers remained calm amid the crash. Conductor Alex Lynott, with the Rock Island since 1912, praised the calm actions of travelers. Otto Vogel, Iowa baseball coach, survived uninjured.
Two former Republican chairmen Harrison E. Spangler and Carroll Reece joined calls for Hugh Scott Jr to resign as Republican National Committee chair. They arrived for the upcoming committee meeting and urged action, saying Scott is blamed by 25 million Republicans for past errors and offered no successor suggestions.
Alger Hiss, president of the Carnegie Endowment, issued a report urging support for the United Nations as the best hope for world peace. He noted endowment backing for government policies to strengthen peace without surrendering individual rights and without appeasement.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa house of representatives ruled Roy J. Smith a Spirit Lake Republican winner over Democrat Merwin Smith in the Dickinson county seat contest. A special committee counted five absentee ballots, giving Roy Smith a two vote margin after a prior three vote lead for Merwin Smith. Roy Smith took the oath and was sworn in.
Weather complaints and glare hampered schedules across Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa as schools in Coggon closed while Vinton and Central City stayed open. Trucks ran on schedule though slowed or halted, railroads suffered after Nebraska blizzards, and eastbound trains faced delays though some arrived on time. Only limited westbound connections reached Cedar Rapids with others due later.
Ottumwa Iowa The City Civil Service Commission on Monday upheld the discharge of Nial elmer 46 a former police officer charged with misconduct The action was by unanimous vote Weimer who served six years on the Ottumwa force was discharged last December after a department investigation A witness testified he appeared to be drinking when off duty last October Appeals from six other officers fired or suspended await Iowa Supreme Court decision on disciplinary ordinances
Delmar Bear, 33, of 74 Kenridge Terrace NE, was held after arrest on a larceny from a person charge. He is accused of taking 90 dollars from the wallet of Marine Sgt. John Mihalak of the Cedar Rapids recruiting station late Saturday.
The Collins plant lines up experts to build a giant satellite reflector. Dr. Irving Gerks, formerly at Georgia Tech, leads construction. Prof. Ned Ashton of the University of Iowa advises on structure. The massive dish will surpass the company's earlier 10 foot model used for naval research.
Cedar Rapids city council, in a first and second reading, approves an ordinance altering bicycle rules. It shifts license years to April 1 to March 31, raises license tag replacement to 28 cents, and tightens impound periods to seven, 15, and 30 days for first, second, and third offenses respectively. The old rules had been in effect since December 1940.
Parks Commissioner Richard C. Jones received support from Mt Vernon American Legion Post 480 in a city council brief. The letter thanked the Cedar Rapids parks for past management and cautioned against drastic changes, while Jones spoke of ongoing plans to mechanize and implement improvements from the Bartholomew plan.
G E Sachwitz and Del Sachwitz of St Paul sue Keeshin Motor Freight Co for 5639.78 after a two truck crash on Highway 30 near Cedar Rapids on Nov 15 1947. Keeshin counterclaims 292.67. Judge M C Hamiel presides Monday.
Judge G K Thompson dismissed the divorce petition of Lucille Hrabak versus Donald Hrabak on the plaintiff motion. He also ordered the personal injury suit of Joseph Frazier against Jamen Mc Artor dismissed with prejudice.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Shew entertained Dr Clyde Mef fert of Cedar Rapids and Dr H Young of Marion at a seven o'clock dinner Friday.
Edwin Albert Plotz 19 killed in action in Holland on Sept 22 1944 will have services at 130 pm Thursday in the Barta Hesser chapel conducted by Rev Grant Anderson former pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery Marion with Veterans of Foreign Wars services. Surviving are his parents two brothers and grandparents. He was born Aug 18 1925 in Cedar Rapids and attended McKinley high school before working for Quaker Oats then enlisting on 18 1943.
Fred N Marhofer of 1273 Second Avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Sunday at 2:48 p.m. after a long illness. Born September 10, 1890 in Richmond Iowa, he married Lucille Knee in Cedar Rapids on July 1910. Survived by wife, a daughter Mildred Rottocil, three sisters, a brother, two grandchildren, and several relatives. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Turner chapel.
Funeral services for William Jasper Berry longtime Linn county resident and Bertram area farmer will be held at 1:30 PM Tuesday in Turner chapel led by Dr Andrew E Kurth of Westminster Presbyterian church. Burial is in Campbell cemetery east of Cedar Rapids. The family will receive friends at the chapel.
Funeral services were held January 15 at St Peter and Pauls church in Pierre for Staff Sgt Glenn Edward Gillis son of E J Gillis of Cedar Rapids He was a turret gunner killed at a bomber base in England on November 26 1948 Gillis served in the Alaskan and European theaters and was on voluntary duty when killed
Gillis died overseas while on duty and held the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart. Born in Pierre South Dakota in 1913, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in June 1941 at Sumner Iowa and is survived by his father, a brother Bernard, a sister Mary of Cedar Rapids, and several other siblings.
Adelle Heath Rose died at her Charlottesville Virginia home after a brief illness. She was 74, widow of Dr. Joseph E Rose, born in Benton County Iowa, lived in Vinton practicing dentistry before becoming a professor at the University of Iowa. Surviving are two daughters Mrs George H Coleman of Charlottesville and Mrs Kenneth Youell of Irvington New York. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery at Winton. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday morning.
Leo Striesky of 8616 Tenthstreet NW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 6 15 am Monday after a long illness. Born March 21, 1887 he married Amelia Cer venka on Oct 1 1913. Surviving include his wife and one brother Frank Str esko both of Cedar Rapids. He belonged to Prokop Velky lodge 137 CSA and was laid to rest in Bohemian National Cemetery with burial at Turner chapel. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Barney Kroeger 58 of 215 Fifth avenue SW died in a Ceda Rapids hospital at 4 am Sunday after a long illness. Born in Texas March 5, 1890 she came to Ceda Rapids from Omaha in 1935. Surviving include her husband, a daughter Caroline in Artalla, two sons Vernon in Germany with the U S army and Fred in Australia, and a sister. Services will be at Beatty chapel at 130 Tuesday by Rev A B Curran with burial in Cer Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Fort Hilton aged 63 of 900 Ft.4 boulevard NW died Monday after a lingering illness. The body was taken to Braxa mortuary where friends may call. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Linn County Attorney William Crissman heads to St Louis to renew the bid to bring Dr Robert Rutledge to Cedar Rapids for murder trial. Rutledge, a 27 year old pediatrician, is free on a $5,000 bond due to be reconsidered Wednesday in the St Louis court of criminal correction after two prior continuances granted by Judge David W. Gibbon. Crissman secured supporting papers from the state governor's office on January 18.
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