DDT Campaign Urges Fly Control Around Refuse Cans
Public health notice from July 16 1949 urges residents to spray DDT around refuse cans and doorways to kill flies and prevent disease.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1949
Page
1
Public health notice from July 16 1949 urges residents to spray DDT around refuse cans and doorways to kill flies and prevent disease.
Fair Sunday in Iowa with some local showers in the northwest. Highs 93 to 98, winds 20 mph, humidity falling. Partly cloudy with scattered showers possible Monday or Tuesday, highs 95 to 98, cooler Tuesday. July totals and records noted. Police fines for various infractions. Obituaries for Independence, Oelwein, Manchester residents with funeral plans. Local births reported at St Luke's Mercy and other hospitals.
Washington reports New England receives priority in the Truman administration plan to cut joblessness by directing federal spending to troubled areas. Secretary Sawyer will launch the program with an on-the-spot study and will meet New England governors and business leaders in Boston on July 25.
Center Point residents faced a reported 800 pound bear sighting as hunters and townsfolk trapped by a rainstorm spread through the hill country. Mrs. Arthelle Gibson fired at a fence where the beast was seen while police and a Cleveland posse searched with dogs and tommy guns. No bear was confirmed and authorities criticized the chase.
Rep Edith Miller, once engaged to Rep Edwin Snow, married Sandor S Klein, a legislative news photographer who covered the Idaho session. The couple reportedly met when she checked a story about her engagement. Snow had proposed earlier on the house floor, and Miller’s engagement was later broken without explanation.
An unemployed river boat worker from St. Joseph Missouri faces murder charges in the death of Jack Lopez a 32 year old circus performer who impersonated female fan dancers Lopez was slain Friday and Wells admitted a fight with him in a boxcar hours before the body was found Wells was arrested in his home Friday before expected return to Nebraska City for formal charges
Funeral services for Arthur K. Jayne of 916 Tenth Street NE are set for 11 a.m. Monday in Beatty chapel with Rev. Clyde Scott officiating. Burial will follow at Rowley cemetery at 1 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Joseph Koranda of 1101 Second Street SW will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at Janeba Funeral Home conducted by Theodore B Hibu bucek Burial will follow at Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
Esther D. Perry aged 85 of 1922 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids widow of James E. Perry died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 30 a m Friday after a brief illness Born May 2 1864 in Jackson County she moved to Cedar Rapids from Postville in 1924 Surviving daughters Aleta Bijelland and Maude Lippman both of Cedar Rapids and a grandson She attended Christian Science Cedar chapter OES and Cedar Chapter Past Matrons Services in Turner Chapel at 10 a m Monday conducted by a reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist Burial at Postville Friends may call after 1 p m
Anthony J Gallagher 74 of 1035 Ellis Boulevard NW Cedar Rapids died at 3 a m Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness. Born June 27 1875 in Pittston Pa he was a retired Johnson Gas Appliance employee and member of St Patrick s church. Surviving are three sisters Ag nes Gallagher Cedar Rapids Mrs C H Maloney of Chicago Sister Mary Baptista Cres ton Pa and three brothers Tom Gallagher Chicago William Gallagher Cedar Rapids and Joseph Gallagher Silvis. Funeral arrangements not completed burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Monday at Brady mortuary.
San Francisco UP War Correspondent Clark Lee testified that Iva Toguri d Aquino said slanting Tokyo Rose broadcasts would be death by own action to disobey. He described her claim to avoid disobedience and noted warnings about Radio Tokyo. Judge Roche denied defense motion to strike the interview as forced.
Ronnie Runyan, seven, found a toy a 75 millimeter artillery shell. His mother took it away and disposed of it. The boy retrieved it and police called the air force. Demolition experts buried the shell so Ronnie cannot recover it.
Two manholes between First and Second Avenues are too high, and the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company is lowering them to flush with the street grade. Steam lines served by the utility connect to the manholes, and city officials say the repair is strictly a light company project at no cost to the city. The resurfacing work was completed by Saturday morning with barricades in place.
Cedar Rapids council of Knights of Columbus will hold its annual family picnic Sunday at noon in the Mayou ballroom 2500 Zika avenue NW. Members should bring food baskets. The council provides coffee cream pop and ice cream. Rides and novelties for children. Transportation from Ellis park bus stop available by calling clubrooms before Saturday evening. In bad weather the event moves indoors to the ballroom.
E L Morgan at 414 F avenue NW is a patient at St Luke's hospital after surgery Friday Visitors are permitted City Cab two way radio Dial 6161 Gladiolus Society picnic at L W Walrath home 3028 Center Point road NE Sunday 5 30 pm plans for annual show Dial 5146 for Century Cabs Called to Independence for the death of sister in law Mrs Frank Hickey others return Monday Polio Insurance family rate 10 for two years Ray Moore Agency
Deputy sheriff R. D. Spooner was to be served with a temporary injunction by Sheriff James Smith after Mrs. Spooner filed for separate maintenance of 100 dollars a month for herself and their 6 year old son. She alleges cruel treatment and that Spooner fired a gun while intoxicated. The injunction bars him from entering their home at 1741 Fourth avenue SE.
Peter Procok filed suit against J. H. and R. A. Reilly seeking 1500 dollars plus 8250 judgment over a November real estate sale of 9250 dollars. He claims 1000 dollars was paid down and 1500 due on possession with 1000 per month thereafter. The defendants took possession December 15 but have not paid the 1500 nor entered into the uniform contract.
Ed Bruns filed a district court petition against Jesse and Mabel Gladwin seeking cancellation of a real estate sale for a house at 615 Third Avenue SW. He says the purchase for 11300 dollars on February 25 included a $1000 down payment and claims the defendants knew they could not provide a valid abstract of title. He also seeks return of the $1000.
Marvin Law Friday pled innocent in district court to uttering a forged instrument. He is accused of passing an $86 check July 13 at Haddy's Grocery bearing the forged name W H Hargrave. He is held in the county jail in lieu of $1500 bail.
Judge G. K. Thompson awarded James E. Ryan a judgment of 115.63 for accident damages. The Feb. 7 crash at the Eighth Street and Ninth Avenue SE intersection occurred in snow packed streets, with the court finding the defendant traveled too fast.
The will of Rhoda Satterly who died July 11 was admitted to probate Saturday a niece Gladys Pepmeyer was named executrix and sole heir.
Clarence W. Smith and William Butschi of S and B service Coggon sued Leo French of French Hardware Co for 532.04 on account. Thrift Inc Des Moines sued G H Keating Cedar Rapids for 825 19 on a promissory note dated Feb 25 1947. Three suits were dismissed on motions of the plaintiffs Antonia M Folda vs Joseph Folda Lorense Chamberlain vs Elmer Chamberlain divorce and Leslie Bright vs R J Mac Namara to collect a check.
Fred Rich reports to the sheriff the theft of three white sows weighing about 300 pounds from his farm two miles east and a mile north of Center Point. Sheriff James Smith leads the investigation.
A runaway empty electric train crashed into a depot near a Tokyo suburb Friday night, killing six people and injuring at least a dozen. Police suspect sabotage by subversive elements and launched an investigation into who started the murder express. They searched the motorman's compartment for clues.
Two year old Claudette Wilson was struck by a car in the 800 block of Third Avenue SW about 12:15 PM Saturday. She suffered minor skin abrasions and was treated at St Luke's Hospital after being stepped in front of a car driven by Mrs. Vesta Bruner of 1313 B Avenue NE.
National affairs program hosted by Fulton Lewis Jr airs weekdays at 10 15 p m on KCRG with updates and analysis from Washington. The segment provides a concise briefing on political developments for local listeners.
Four years after the first atomic test at Alamogordo New Mexico scientists report that the desert crater is safe for limited visits eight hours daily with no observed ongoing radioactivity. Studies on cattle and laboratory animals show normal health and fertility, while a 100 acre area remains fenced and posted. residents are invited to a Socorro meeting to learn current conditions.
London reports United States Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas fears a romance triangle involving his daughter Sharman and Princess Margaret. Whitcomb claims Sharman is ordered to stay home, amid gossip of dances at the ambassador’s residence and shared attention from figures such as the Marquess of Blandford and the Marquess of Milford Haven.
In southern Philippine waters a seaman leaped after a two-peso bill that blew off a deck. Rescuers pulled him from the water dead with the dollar clenched in his fist, the marine board reported.
Chinese Communist authorities ordered the closing of the Shanghai and Hankow offices of the United States information service. The action was reported to the State Department Friday. In both cities the USIS distributed a daily wireless bulletin of news received by radio from the United States.
Port Isabel report says Mrs. Clara Thomas, 71, refused congratulations for a 41-pound tarpon she caught on her first offshore trip, July 4, saying the fish was "mighty small." The grandmother had already landed a 70-pound tarpon on the same trip.
AP analysis notes Britain seeks a long term fixed price buy plan for Empire raw materials to steady dollars, but faces UK price pressures, export declines, and US skepticism. It argues America may demand policy changes or pound devaluation before further aid or fixed price trade deals.
The Internal Revenue Service declares prize essays from the American Bar Association are subject to income tax. It rejects a 1939 DC Circuit ruling that the $3,000 prize was a gift and not earned income, asserting winners perform services and income is due unless blocked by higher court action.
Donald Johnston, 39, drove by a southeast Des Moines home and charged inside as flames roared from the roof. He rescued Harold Solomon Jr., 2, and Murray Joe Solomon, 11 months, then all three were taken to Broadlawns General Hospital with non serious injuries.
Los Angeles police report 24 year old Joe Nakea stepped from a 120 foot cliff, bounced twice, and walked away unhurt. The examination confirmed no injuries.
In Philadelphia AP dispatch Judge Chester H. Rhodes ruled Robert H. Garrett must reimburse Mr. and Mrs. James Consulman of Lancaster County $400 for corn and turnips eaten by 26 pigs. Garrett claimed the pigs belonged to his brother, but the court held he was the keeper.
Vision obscuring dust on highway 74 northwest of Cedar Rapids caused a two vehicle collision Friday afternoon. Frank L. West of Flint Michigan and Frank Coberly and his wife of Mountain View Missouri sustained cuts and bruises when their car hit a truck driven by Walter C. Brooks of 603 A avenue NW. Patrol reports dust prevented West from seeing the left turn signal.
A seven year old boy calmly described shooting and killing elderly grocer Fred Throckmorton 67 after asking if a revolver worked. He and his five year old sister visited the store for hamburger money. The weapon was a .32 caliber revolver. No charges were filed. Police traced the incident via a reporter and the boy was not detained.
John W. Snyder secretary of the treasury met Pope Pius XII in a private audience at the Vatican City, as reported by AP. The meeting marked a formal engagement between U S officials and the papacy during the pope's stay.
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