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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1947
Page
2
Czechoslovakia pulled back from sending a representative to the Paris economic conference citing concerns the move would look unfriendly to the Soviet bloc. Prague informed Britain, France and the US embassies that participation could be construed as against Russia. The decision followed telephoned instructions from Premier Gottwald in Moscow.
Washington United Press report: The House passed a bill 365 to 11 sending it to the White House to make the Speaker next in line for the presidency if President Truman cannot complete his term. The measure places the Speaker after the Vice President in succession, followed by the Senate president pro tempore and cabinetSecretaries. The bill requires the successor to be at least 35 years old and a native-born citizen.
The Senate Commerce Committee recommended unanimous confirmation of Rep. Jones of Ohio to the Federal Communications Commission. The report mentions a claim by Drew Pearson that Jones was a Black Legion member, which the committee did not address in detail.
Cedar Rapids teen Clayter, 17, head of Hawkeye Boys State as governor, is one of two Iowa youths selected for the National Government Boys Forum in Washington on August 17. Delegates include Dick Peterson, Hawkeye’s lieutenant governor. Expenses are paid by the American Legion.
State Safety Commissioner Lynn Bomar announced John T. Hurn, once reported lost in Nickajack cave, was located in New York. The disappearance was described as a hoax from start to finish as Hurn traveled to Birmingham and then New York with help from friends. The public note remains that Hollis Hurn believed the original report.
Frank McGuire, 64, went to the police station to help a friend jailed for drunkenness and, while there, admitted a like charge. He disclosed he carried $2,038.29 on his person for safekeeping and the police retained him, the friend, McGuire’s car keys, and the money for temporary safekeeping.
Winfield W. Salisbury of Collins Radio Company told a Lions Club luncheon that flying disk reports sweeping the country are mass hallucination. He cited weather effects, misperceptions of aircraft, and misleading questions by officials as explanations and warned against secret explanations given wartime and postwar interest in atomic energy.
More than 300 painted paper plates were dropped from a plane in Cedar Rapids early Thursday. Each plate bore a message that July 19 is Soapbox Derby day and listed Highway 149 at the city's south edge as the derby site.
A man says his son released a paper plate painted silver and attached to two gas filled balloons from an alley on Avenue NW. The device drifted south across Cedar Rapids as a lighthearted prank. Authorities were not involved.
Ta. Clinton infant Barbara Ann Jepson, 15 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jepson, was found strangled to death at noon Thursday. Three doctors failed to revive her after attempts with a city inhalator. Police reported death caused by a foreign object likely a piece of toast in the windpipe.
Ellis park lifeguard Clifford L. Morrison pulled 28 year old John Maier from the Cedar river after Maier leaped from the First avenue bridge. Maier, a 28 year old Marine veteran, was rescued mid river and later admitted domestic troubles. Morrison, 21, swam a cross chest carry to shore with Maier despite heavy clothing and 180 pound weight.
Cedar Rapids council hears an estimated 1948-49 budget proposing a municipal tax levy of 1,262,899 to be raised by taxation, down from 1,269,475 last year. The rate could fall from 18.57 to 18.34 mills per $1,000, with further reductions possible due to new construction and valuation changes. Public hearing set for July 24 at 10 am. final levy is fixed if approved.
Authorities closed their probe into Margaret Miller, a 27 year old farm wife in Valparaiso Indiana after her claim she burned her newborn son to death last September was deemed fantastical. Dr W B Martin appointed by the court found her insane and urged commitment to a mental institution.
President Truman will veto the revived personal income tax reduction bill, Senate Democratic Leader Barkley stated after a Thursday conference. Truman said at a news conference there’s no reason to change his stance on the bill, which he vetoed three weeks ago and now faces a second congressional push.
Kenneth E Randolph 17 of 1060 Center Point rd NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 5 10 am Thursday from injuries after a large casting struck him at the Iowa Manufacturing Co Wednesday night. He was a power lift operator and a Church of the Brethren member. Survived by parents Charles and (Mrs) Bartman, a brother Charles R Bartman, grandfather George Randolph Excelsior Springs Mo, and grandmother Mrs Oliver Dorff Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner chapel 1 30 pm Saturday with Cedar Memorial cemetery burial.
Iowa's 1947 corn crop is officially estimated at 396,960,000 bushels, 40 percent below last year's peak. The yield averages 40 bushels per acre on 9,924,000 harvested acres, with drought and June weather blamed for poor stands and extensive abandonment. Soybeans acreage reaches 1,964,000, no yield forecast given.
The agriculture department on July 1 predicted 1947 corn at 2,612,809,000 bushels and wheat at 1,435,551,000. Corn would be below last year’s record and near the 10 year average. oats were pegged at 1,247,454,000. Corn stocks on July 1 stood at 687,803,000. last year 496,928,000.
Iowa roots crop outlook improves as high pressure brings sunny skies. Cedar Rapids recorded 88 degrees by 2:30 PM Thursday with no rain across the state, and the forecast calls for continued warmth and sunshine on Friday.
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