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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
8
DES MOINES Iowa delegates at the Republican state convention at the coliseum number 3396 the largest for an Iowa GOP gathering. Except for the secretary of state nomination contest the convention is expected to be a dull affair with the main action centered on ballot selections.
The second district will hold a caucus for 554 delegates from 12 counties at 10 a.m. Friday in Iowa Assembly Room 2 at the Savery hotel. Linn county caucus is set for 7 39 p.m. Thursday with site details to be posted on Kirkwood hotel bulletin board per Chairman David M. Elderkin.
Delegates will adopt a party platform, select two electors at large, hear the keynote by U S Senator George A Wilson and remarks by Gov. Robert D Blue and others. Eight candidates sought the secretary of state nomination. six remain with Knickerbocker Mason and Helen Mitchell favored insiders. District caucuses Saturday name central committee members and convention committees. Linn county leads 111 Republican delegates under David M Elderkin.
Anamosa hosts KCRG-KCRK Prize Party Friday afternoon with the Band Mothers of Anamosa as hostesses. The 22 30 p.m. broadcast originates in the high school auditorium followed by a silver tea in the lobby. Admission is free but reservations are required. tickets are sold in Anamosa stores and some at the door. Mrs. Elmer Tebbe leads the Band Mothers with Mrs. Hubert Metcalf as party chairman.
Mrs. Irma Rogers of Zearing died after turning onto state highway 317 from U S 65 at a junction. The driver of the southbound truck, David Dahl of Ames, escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
Iowa manufacturing industries employed 152 900 persons in June up 1 200 from June 1947 and up from May by 13 850 due to meat packing strike effects. Non electrical machinery led gains with about 650 more workers and farm machinery and tractors added 300.
In Waterloo three federal cases ended with convictions and prison terms. Robert Bruce Nicol 30 Milford Iowa received three years for auto theft. Richard William Archer 25 Sioux City got two years for mail theft. Kenneth George Loomer addressed as Bricelyn Minnesota earned five years for a Mann Act violation for taking a 15 year old Waterloo girl to Missouri last May. Judge Henry N Graven presided.
Cedar Rapids Osceola and Emmetsburg to host three new administrative districts covering about 30 counties. Five area supervisors named per city with posts for conservation officer, fish manager, park manager, game manager and construction engineer. New appointments take effect July 15 with resignations and temporary assignments noted.
A Des Moines county deputy seized a quarter slot machine at Clover Hills Golf Course that paid golfers with golf balls. Owner Frank Donavan, driving range operator, pled guilty to illegal possession of gambling devices and paid a 25 dollar fine plus 6 dollars costs.
Des Moines banker B S Kauffman 74 who chaired Bankers Trust Company died June 14. His will filed for probate leaves his widow Mell H Kauffman the estate. Special cash bequests of 1000 to Oval Carter and 500 to Freda Fredrickson are noted.
Four members of Iowa’s executive council were summoned before the Polk County grand jury examining the War Surplus Commodities Board. Auditor Chet Akers Treasurer John M. Grimes Secretary of State Rollo Bergeson and Agriculture Secretary Harry D. Linn appeared as investigators probe sales of surplus goods to individuals.
Federal Judge Henry N Graven deliberated an order to stay execution of an 18 month term for Grover M Kirsch of Waterloo in a liquor tax case. Kirsch appeals parole revocation tied to a May 7 federal income tax evasion conviction.
Ross E Davis of Cleveland has been named Tama public schools band director and head of the instrumental department succeeding R Ariel Cross. A Col linwood High School graduate, Davis served in the Army Air Corps and Air Transport Command from 1942 to 1946 and earned a BS in Education from Ohio University. He led the Third Army Air Force parade band and the 718th concert band while in service. He and his wife plan to move to Tama when housing is available.
Mrs. Ada E. Vaughn 62 of Waterloo died in a collision five miles south of Waterloo on a county road with a milk truck. Injured were Mrs. Merle Vaughn 35 and Gary Vaughn 4. Harold Hanna 23 of Waterloo, driver of the milk truck, was uninjured. The car rolled into a field about 175 feet off the road.
SPRINGVILLE The Rev C B Willming will conduct services in the Whittier cemetery at 2 p m Friday for Marvin Bud Groves Dringville killed in England in 1944 while in training for the invasion of Europe Born near Springville March 2 1922 he graduated from army Feb 12 1943 and from the army cooking school at Camp Young California Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Willard Groves of Springville a sister Mrs Fred Thress of Ashtabula Ohio and his grandmother Mrs Melissa Moore of Central City The body was to arrive in Marion late Thursday afternoon and be taken to the Hunte funeral home in Springville
A memorial mass will be offered at St. Thomas More chapel in Iowa City on Friday for St. Donald F. Reynolds who was killed February 2, 1944 on the Anzio beach-head. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reynolds. Burial will be at Tyndall South Dakota.
Des Moines report says the sale of radio station XSO to Tri States Meredith Broadcasting was canceled due to FCC reluctance to approve the transfer. The $450000 deal raised questions about Paramount Pictures owning a quarter of Tri States Meredith stock. Paramount and others faced anti trust scrutiny in recent Supreme Court rulings.
Des Moines authorities report looting at the Wakonda Clubhouse fire on July 13. More than 250 golf club sets were taken, raising losses to about 500000 dollars.
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