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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
4
Public health note urges DDT use around refuse cans and doorways to prevent disease. Weather forecast for Wednesday through Sunday shows warm highs in the upper 80s, fair Friday, mixed showers Saturday, and Sunday clearing in west portions with showers in the east. Legal notices report assorted fines for traffic and public safety violations across multiple individuals and addresses.
Birth notices record births at Mercy and St. Luke s with families from Lisbon Central City Dundee and NW and SE addresses. Names include Pape Lovell Taylor Fangman Booth Wolvers O Brien Beranek Hawthorn Napier Jones plus an estate death for Morley s Edward Lawcamp and obituaries for David Smith and Mrs Isaac Mayer with funeral details in Green church Tipton.
President Truman called top members of the senate house atomic energy committee to Blair House for a conference. Attending were Chairman McMahon Sen. Hickenlooper and Sen. Vandenberg as the committee weighs charges against the Atomic Energy Commission and potential impact on its investigation.
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Barta of Fairfax are planned for 11 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Church in Fairfax with the service led by the Reverend.
Anthony W. Chihak burial planned in St. Patrick's cemetery. Friends may visit the residence where the body was taken from Teahen chapel. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. at the residence.
A Cedar Rapids city brief lists a Railroad Retirement Board representative visiting the CRC building Friday 8:30 am to 4 pm. Other items announce All-Iowa Reflectors at the Chamber of Commerce, evangelist Darrell W. Bolin preaching at Church of Christ, and a peace officers meeting led by Iowa safety official Ried Kahl. Also notes YMB meeting with free plane rides, a Air Force enlistment for Leo Patten, Sons of Union Veterans organizing, a correction on a Linn County judgeship vote, polio insurance details, Ambar Grotto family picnic, and poet Retha Vornholt’s publication honor.
Police Sgt Leonard Bruce withdrew his resignation letter to Chief Jesse Clift, after first requesting a day shift as patrolman last week. A second letter was written to seek withdrawal of the initial resignation.
Mrs William A Greene of Battle Creek Michigan and formerly Patsy Jane Holcomb of Cedar Rapids died at her home after a long illness.
Josephine Peremsky widow of Frank Peremsky died Wednesday. Services will be held Friday at 10 30 a.m. in the Turner chapel with Rev Allan E Schoff of Central Park Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
William Louis Be mer of Mountain Home Ark retired Covington general store owner died Monday. Services will be at 3 30 p m Friday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev Chester Ainsworth with burial in Spring Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Charles Theodore Schindler of 1915 E Avenue NW are set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner chapel with Rev J Richard Wagner of First Congregational Church officiating Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery with Veterans of Foreign Wars conducting military services Friends may call at the chapel.
Terne coated steel, an alloy of 15 percent tin and 85 percent lead, is described as the principal material for automobile fuel tanks in the report.
Washington press dispatch outlines a forthcoming State Department white paper on American-Chinese relations to be released this month. The document will cover nearly a century with emphasis on the last five to six years, including the Truman era and postwar period and will include Gen. Wedemeyer’s 1947 China mission and Marshall’s 1945 to 1947 mediation effort.
London AP report: Labor government gains near unanimous Commons approval to deploy 4500 troops and 2300 sailors to London docks amid a 18 day strike. RAF to stand by 2700. 14204 idle dock workers. 132 ships blocked. martial law like conditions in Thames area.
IOWA CITY AP Sandra Kane six daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Kane of Iowa Falls died of polio Thursday at University hospital. She had been admitted Wednesday. Added to the list of active cases under treatment were two patients: Ralph Schoulte ten son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Schoulte of McGregor admitted Wednesday in poor condition and Thomas Bussan four son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Bussan of Dubuque admitted Wednesday in serious condition.
In San Diego a runaway monkey triggered pandemonium as it entered an open electric washer door. Seventeen women customers fled shrieking while the machine began operating on the startled animal. Owner Richard V. Heitman and a humane society team rescued Willie the monkey without injury.
President Truman argues that drastic cuts in government expenditures would be a fatal error during an economic downturn. He cites that every billion dollars in public works supports 315,000 jobs and boosts incomes for about 700,000 more, warning that reductions could raise unemployment by around a million and weaken over two million others. He notes the current budget includes more than 3 billion for public works and that continued spending is essential for growth, while urging business, labor, and agriculture to cooperate so the economy returns to normal growth through housing, agriculture, and minimum wage improvements. He also calls for measures to sustain purchasing power and to enable stepping up public works if needed.
Federal Judge Elwyn R. Shaw ruled that the local option section of the federal rent control law is unconstitutional though he deferred a final judgment on the act. Court officials said the decision was not a formal ruling and that higher courts would ultimately decide the issue, but it could set a precedent for the new federal act permitting states to pass their own rent laws and decontrol provisions.
One day remains for the attorneys of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. convicted of second degree murder to file a motion for a new trial. The extension now ends Friday at 4 30 p m. Judge J E Heiserman will likely set a hearing date after the motion is filed. If denied, sentencing could occur soon with a range from 10 years to life and possible appeal to the supreme court. If a transcript is needed, the judge may order state funding. During appeal, the defendant may remain in the county jail or proceed to the penitentiary.
Sheriff Smith filed a drunk driving charge Thursday against John Frank Heffron of Marion. Heffron was arrested April 3 in Central City and has remained free on a $500 bond posted with Smith.
Oscar H. Leifheit Jr pled innocent before Judge G K Thompson on Thursday on a charge of uttering a forged instrument. He allegedly cashed a railroad paycheck for 57 53 taken by force from Thomas Threadgold last Saturday. The divorce petition of Jeanne M Gahwiller against Carlyle D Gahwiller was dismissed Thursday by Judge Floyd Philbrick on the plaintiff’s motion.
A 17 year old girl who informed police that Scott was the slayer of Dana Marie Weaver will receive a 1116 reward for providing information that led to Scott's arrest and conviction. Her name is withheld for family privacy. she is identified as a classmate of the choir boy.
City finance chief Burgus outlined the 1950 51 budget with an 18.92 mill levy and a $267,295 cash balance. Key increases include $80,000 for gas tax street work and $61,000 more in the consolidated fund to cover salaries, maps, and lighting. Totals rise for Memorial maintenance, fire and police, waterworks, and parking, while several funds see cuts or slower growth. A public hearing is set for July 25 to gather property owner input before final approval.
The United States and Britain charged Yugoslavia with violating the Italian peace treaty by introducing Yugoslav currency into its zone of Trieste. Secretary of State Acheson sent the note to the Yugoslav chargé d'affaires Milenko Filipovic. The action aimed to allay Italian fears of possible Yugoslav annexation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., a freshman congressman from New York, urged labor at the CIO UAW convention to help purge the Democratic party of reactionary Dixiecrats and machine politicians. He criticized United States Steel for rejecting Truman’s Taft Hartley truce proposal and urged reform of local and national parties, singling out Tammany Hall.
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