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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1946
Page
7
The issue lists temperatures and precipitation for major cities, a forecast of colder conditions and snow from Tuesday night into Wednesday, and a high of 35 Tuesday dropping to 23 Tuesday night and 29 Wednesday. It also covers divorce petitions and decrees, police theft reports, marriage licenses, disorderly conduct fines, and recent births with several local family notices.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that Hillsborough township New Jersey cannot collect 14 million dollars in two years of intangible personal property taxes from Doris Duke Cromwell and the Duke Endowment fund. The decision follows lower court reversals and involved the Duke family’s holdings and trust.
Special to The Gazette Monticello burglars broke into the public school Sunday night or Monday morning and obtained 125 dollars from a desk in the office of Superintendent Boyd Shannon. Receipts from a Friday basketball game had been banked Saturday.
In Bavarian municipal elections across 1,330 townships the Christian Social Union led with 112,852 votes against 24,926 for the Social Democrats. Liberal Democrats and Communists trailed, while independents and splinter groups captured over 40 percent of ballots amid heavy participation.
M J Cleary of Milwaukee urged members of the Iowa Agents Association of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance to maintain their G I life policies. He compared not giving up life insurance to surrendering medals, noting World War I gains and the large current in-uniform population, and predicting a potential rise in policy uptake. The talk opened a Monday session of the convention, which runs into Tuesday with over 125 attendees at its fifty fourth annual meeting at the Roosevelt hotel.
Robert Blessing, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blessing of 1530 Sixth avenue SE, promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant with the army air corps in Edmonton Alberta and elected president of the non combatant officers club. Pvt. William Earsa of Fairfax discharged at Wakeman General hospital Camp Atterbury after three years in service with the Fourth infantry division, wounded at Mortain and awarded Purple Heart and multiple ribbons. Field Music 1/c John H. W. McIlvor transferred from Parris Island to Washington DC, attached to the Marine drum corps. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McIlvor of 1220 Sixth avenue SE.
Arthur Poe of Quaker Oats and Charles Hobbie CIO district president urged a cooperative approach to labor disputes at the Peoples church. They criticized government conciliation and favored fact finding boards and collective bargaining to stabilize costs and wages. They warned against excess profits taxes endangering industry reserves and workers’ living standards.
The defense began testimony in Manila in the Masaharu Homma war crimes trial. Maj. John Skeen argued Homma did not order or know of atrocities by his troops and sought to show mild prisoner treatment.
Close friends indicate Rep. Clare Boothe Luce may seek the Senate seat in Connecticut as Senator Hart retires. Luce would not start the race but would respond to an invitation. allies say CT supporters are already organizing.
City council approved cigaret and class B beer permits for Frank J. Vrbicky Jr of Handy Food and Roy Saub of Stop Off. Morehead Construction can install iron sidewalk doors at 106-108 Third Ave SW. Harold M. Mackey is reinstated to the police department effective Feb 1 after naval discharge. Finance Commissioner Burgos presided as Mayor Hahn was ill with the flu.
Five people were injured in an early Sunday auto crash at First Avenue and Twenty-sixth Streets when a car skidded on ice and struck another vehicle. Injured include Garwood Henderson and Milton Palmer of Central City, Malcolm L. Dunn driver of the first car, Gerald E. Rice driver of the second, and Jeanne Geiger a passenger. Dunn drove east when his car hit ice and slid into the Rice car, police said. O'Hara of Center Point Road NE suffered multiple injuries after being struck near First Avenue and Tenth Street SE. driver Devere Smith of Twenty-sixth Street SE took him to Mercy hospital, with condition reported fairly good Monday. No charges were filed.
Cedar Rapids City Council directed City Clerk Maude Krebs to advertise bids for a sanitary sewer project estimated at 27350.60 dollars. The plan covers 1190 feet of 30 inch concrete culvert, 580 feet of 12 inch clay pipe, 4535 feet of 8 inch clay pipe, 27 brick manholes, one drop connection, 500 cubic yards rock, and 100 tons crushed rock. Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway protested the resolution of necessity over district boundaries costs and assessments, which the council overruled. Bids accepted until Feb 21 at 10 am. Proposed routes include Shaver road NE area and surrounding avenues and streets.
Brig. Gen. George H. Olmstead of Des Moines was named a commander of the Order of the British Empire by the British embassy. He is among 341 army and navy officers honored for service with British forces during the war. A ceremony is set for Feb. 12 in Washington. Olmstead received the Distinguished Service Medal and served as assistant chief of staff to Gen. Wedemeyer in the China theater.
Prime Minister Attlee told the Commons that British military observers would watch the United States atom bomb tests on warships in the Pacific in May. He said US authorities were consulted about the observers, and dismissed as a separate issue whether Britain has rights in the atomic bomb.
The government ordered air raid sirens to sound at 9 a.m. every Sunday starting Feb. 2 across China. The move serves as a reminder of the wartime effort and the ongoing task of rebuilding the nation.
University of Iowa officials formalized a restriction barring non-residents from undergrad admission for the February term. Only Iowa undergraduates may enroll in liberal arts, commerce, engineering and pharmacy until housing improves. Graduate programs and certain schools stay open to all. Exceptions include children of Iowa alumni and veterans’ spouses. Married students urged to avoid bringing families without housing.
Judge Heiserman appointed an attorney for A S Kennedy of San Jose California and set seven days to plead. Kennedy, a former Cedar Rapids resident, was extradited from Safford Arizona and jailed in Linn county on a 4000 bond. He allegedly cashed about six bad checks during his Cedar Rapids visit including a 50 dollar check at Peoples Savings bank on December 3. William Dexter Smith, 27, of Kenridge Terrace NE, was arrested for a bad check and is held in Linn county jail.
John L Ford aged 38 from Marion was brought back to Linn county jail Saturday from Grand Island Nebraska by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder to face a charge of abandoning and deserting minor children.
Frank Labai do, 29, a Detroit grocer with a prior sex conviction, was held in connection with the rape and attempted murder of 7 year old Rosalie Giganti. Rosalie identified Labai do as her attacker after a throat wound left her unable to speak.
There will be a story hour at Sixteenth Avenue library at 4 15 p m Tuesday led by Mrs F W Stewart. Evangelist Homer Grimes speaks at Calvary Baptist Church at 730 p m Monday on Jonah and the Whale.
Alfred C. Meakins 75 a Cedar Rapids resident of over six decades died at his home after a brief illness. Retired Rock Island railroad conductor, he worked fifty years for the line. He was born September 26 1870 in Vinton and married Della Dunlap in 1898. Surviving: two daughters Mary and Grayce, a son Alfred in Chicago, two sisters in Marion, a sister-in-law in the Meakin home, a grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brady mortuary with Rev. D J Lenihan. burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Friends may call.
Mrs. Anna H. Triska age 63 of 1820 C Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 3 40 am Monday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born November 23 1880 in Cedar Rapids she was a member of Karel IV Z C B J Surviving are her husband James J Triska four children Vincent Mrs Frank Novak Mrs Clark Johnson and Mrs Gerald Darrow five grandchildren two sisters Mrs Mary Stodola and Mrs J F Shultz and three brothers Mike Charles and Wes Chadima all of Cedar Rapids Services will be held at the Polansky chapel at a time to be announced later.
Word arrived of the death of Joseph DeWees in West Chester Pennsylvania. He and his wife formerly lived near Cedar Rapids and later resided in West Branch and West Chester. The body will be brought to Cedar Rapids and taken to Turner chapel for visitation after 6 p.m. Funeral services will be at the Friends Meeting House in Whittier at 10 a.m. Thursday with burial in the Friends cemetery.
James Monahan age 69 brother of Mrs. Pat Hannon of Cedar Rapids died Sunday at University Hospital Iowa City after a long illness. Born Kinross 1877 he lived most of his life in Holbrook. Survived by sisters Jennie Holbrook Mrs Kate O Neill Williamsburg and brothers John Michael Holbrook Tom Oakland Calif and several nieces and nephews. Services at St Michael s Holbrook 930 am Tuesday burial in St Michael s cemetery. Friends may call at the residence.
Funeral services for John A Miller a retired farmer and longtime Benton county resident who died at his Newhall home will be held at Newhall Presbyterian church at 1 30 p m Tuesday Reverend Edward Mohr of Blairstown will officiate burial will be in Raetz cemetery near Atkins The body was moved from Turner chapel to the Newhall home where friends may call until noon Tuesday.
Wesley Kralik of Cedar Rapids died Saturday at age 102. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St Patrick’s Church with Rev D J Lenihan officiating. Rosary is scheduled for 7 30 p.m. Monday at Brady Mortuary, which hosts visitation. Burial will follow at Bohemian National Cemetery.
Kyodo reports the agriculture ministry plans a broad rural electrification program in Japan. Ten model villages will be established with electrified farms and homes to promote modern farming methods and move away from feudal practices.
Group Captain C E Slee, commander at Dumdum, reported 1200 RAF personnel who walked out Friday to protest a demobilization slowdown will return to work Monday night. He said the strike aimed to bring grievances to people back home.
Brig. and Mrs. Bertie Morris renowned Salvation Army missionaries return from China to Cedar Rapids for a speaking tour January 29 to February 10. They will lect ure nightly at 8 except Saturdays at the Salvation Army hall on Third Street, sharing decades of refugee relief work and ties to Chinese leaders.
The Associated Press reports a French drive to crush remaining Annamite resistance in Indo China with heavy casualties for Annamite forces reinforced by Japanese deserters. In contrast China sees a military calm after nearly two decades of unrest.
Cedar Rapids shone with a warm spell as 32 degrees at 2 30 pm followed by a mild Tuesday forecast. Temperatures rose from 10 below zero to 32 in the weekend, with a 24 degree low Monday morning and work resumed at Wilson and Company.
Washington officials say the War Department may keep running the German economy and police functions beyond July 1 1946 with a paper transfer possible this summer. Top-level indecision about postwar responsibility blocks a clean civilian handover as State and War clash over policy direction and funding. Civilianization efforts also stall recruitment while the Japan occupation proceeds toward civilian control in time.
Seven Democrats on the House Labor Committee blasted the emaciated version of President Truman´s fact finding bill as ineffectual and meaningless. In a sharp minority report they said the measure will do nothing but confuse the picture and urged a sweeping inquiry into the labor management situation to uncover underlying causes of the strike crisis.
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