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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1952
Page
1
Daily Record summary of weather figures for major cities, wind at Municipal airport, and nautical moon phase plus a lengthy obituary and local notices. Includes city temps, precipitation, normal values, sunrise and sunset times, and year-ago figures. Also lists several funeral notices from Holland, Belle Plaine, Elgin, Marengo, Stanwood, Iowa City and Tipton with service details and burial locations, along with crime and court notices.
A list of infractions records fines for muffler violations, license issues, fishing without a license, intoxication with jail time, speeding with multiple defendants, school sign violations, reckless driving, and driver’s license failures. The notice also reports births and a death aboard the Cedar Rapids region, including several May 31 and June 1 entries.
In FALLS CHURCH Virginia a 13 year old boy named Johnny Arzoomian repeatedly tries to reach generals and the army. After wandering from New York and escaping police he ends up near Build Run battlefield claiming intent to join or stow away to be near fighting in the Pacific. Police arrange a non stop flight home to prevent further attempts.
Branch Canceled The Grotto auxiliary dinner at Kenwood Presbyterian church June 3 to raise funds for The Manse is canceled. To Chicago Mrs Thomas Pir knie and relatives travel to Chicago for a visit. Marion's New Dairy Queen at Highway 64 No. 3 is promoted by Jack and Agnes Prusek. Marine Sgt Richard E Rowell on 30 day leave visiting his father at 1237 Eighth St NW then to Barstow Calif. Kenwood Variety and Gift Shop advertises Cannon nylons. Plan Commission will meet 7:30 pm Tuesday at City Hall. Ely rezoning delayed to July 1. Westinghouse Laundry Clinic at Light Company’s Bungalow Tue Thu all day. Kenwood Reunion set 5 pm Sunday at Bever Park pavilion potluck. call 3-0533 for details.
Lt. Col. Robert E. Key, former British army officer, was named president of the First Church of Christ Scientists in Boston. He succeeds Lora C. Rathben. George Channing reported rising official recognition of religious exemptions from compulsory physical examinations and opposed fluoridation as state medicine.
A bus carrying Belgian tourists home from France crashed through a bridge guard rail and into a river, killing at least 33 people and injuring 15. Rescue crews retrieved passengers from the water as authorities investigated the crash near Gravelines.
Frank Stanley Barta 83 of 1435 Seventh avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday morning after a long illness. He worked 35 years for Witwer Grocer Co and 15 years with McKesson and Robbins. Survived by wife Fan nie Lesinger. daughter Mrs Fred Ford. two sons Stanley and Alvin. two brothers Fred and Jerry. and one grandchild. Services Tuesday 1 30 p.m. at Barta Hesser chapel with Rev Zdenek F Pauk. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday.
Joseph L. Dostal 84 of 2232 Grande avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 8 15 p m Sunday after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital He was born in Czechoslovakia affiliated with St Wenceslaus church 75 years Cadets of St George married Oct 2 1897 to Louise K Flapa Survived by son Frank Benesh Cedar Rapids Dr Robert J Dostal Santa Monica California three grandchildren one great grandchild Friends may call at the Barta Hesser chapel after 4 p m Tuesday Funeral announcements later.
Wayne Eberle of Tempe former Cedar Rapids resident died in the Veterans hospital at Tucson Wednesday. He was born December 9, 1920 in Milan Illinois and married to Marjorie Fisher on October 10, 1942 in Kahoka Missouri. He served 42 months in World War II. Surviving are his wife three daughters his parents three sisters a brother and a grandfather. Burial will be in Stanwood cemetery with American Legion services. Trinity Methodist church funeral at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call Turner chapel until 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Arthur J. Garvin aged 51 a former Cedar Rapids resident died Sunday in Tampa Florida after a lingering illness Born September 11 1900 in Williamsburg he attended Immaculate Conception School and Washington High School He lived in St Petersburg for 16 years where he worked as a dispatcher for Independent Bus Company Surviving are his mother Mrs Dora Garvin sister Mrs Stella Files and niece Mrs R S Michalicek all of Cedar Rapids The body will be cared for at Monahan funeral home with funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Susie Easterly widow of W. J. Easterly died Monday in Algona where she had been living with her sister Mrs. W. J. Bourne. Born March 31, 1870 in Pennsylvania, she previously lived in Cedar Rapids with her daughter Mrs. E. L. Kelso. Survived by son Prof. James G. Hodgson of Fort Collins, Colo., and two grandsons. Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at McCullough funeral chapel Algona, burial in Mt. Vernon Cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services for Frank Bayer, a former Cedar Rapids resident who died in Mason City on Friday, will be held at Brush chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Rev. Walter M. Cerka. Burial will follow in Linwood cemetery and friends may call at the chapel.
Obituary notice for Peter Orend a Cedar Rapids resident for 34 years and longtime machinist at Link-Belt Speeder died recently. Address listed as 121 Sixth Street SW and service details TBD.
I died Saturday following a brief illness, will be conducted in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday by Pastor H G Schwegler of the First Lutheran church. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Chris John Miller 68 of 2412 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at home Sunday at 12 45 pm after a brief illness. Born Lyons he moved to Cedar Rapids from Clinton. He worked 32 years at Quaker Oats and was a Lutheran and member of Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M Iowa Consistory Ambar Grotto Cedar Chapter No 184 O E S. Survived by wife Anna Paulson whom he married Feb 27 1907 in Cedar Rapids a brother Emil Burmeister of Cedar Rapids and a sister Elizabeth Huenger of Clinton. Services at Barta Hesser chapel 3 30 pm Tuesday led by Rev H G Schwegler First Lutheran Church. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
LAS VEGAS INS report on dawn sun Sunday at the Nevada proving ground 65 miles from Las Vegas where 1000 soldiers from Camp Desert Rock endured five foot foxholes and a 20 second shock wave before advancing toward the blast area behind Patton tanks. Brig Gen Storke called the exercise the most realistic atomic maneuvers yet. The objective was met in 45 minutes with no injuries.
The Coe college auditorium galleries host daily viewing from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m, with full hours Saturday through Monday for commencement. Last day is Monday, June 9. Visitors include Iowa State Teachers College art students and Tipton public school students. Forty four paintings, drawn from leading U.S. museums and private collectors, span old masters to modern artists.
In a deep division, the Supreme Court debated the seizure order used to keep steel production going during a labor dispute. Black and Douglas urged limits on presidential power, while Frankfurter and Jackson warned of dangerous expansion of executive reach.
Cedar Rapids reports an induction call for six men on June 16. Navy enlistee William J. Walz, 19, of Marion, is listed. The group must be age 20 or volunteers from younger brackets. Six men will depart from the Cedar Rapids bus depot at 8 10 a m. No June pre induction physicals have been filed with Linn County board.
In the final ceremony of the 35th international eucharistic congress Pope Pius XII urged a single great cry of peace to be heard worldwide. He spoke by radio from the Vatican to hundreds of thousands in St Peter's Square for the pontifical blessing.
Finance Commissioner Louis D Burgos was authorized to attend the Municipal Finance Officers Conference in Boston June 15 to 19 at city expense. City Engineer Frank Young reports approval for Chicken Delight of Iowa to cut curb and rock driveways at 3321 First Avenue E with asphaltic binder. council refers the request to the police department for decision on width and location of driveways across from the Kenwood fire station.
The Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company was authorized to construct two concrete regulator pits in the north parking of I avenue NE at an alley between Maplewood Drive and Sixteenth Street. Westland Heights Inc received permission to install an eight inch sanitary sewer in Chandler and Twentieth Streets SW at the request of Bruce A West.
Milk Sanitarian James Evers reported all nine Cedar Rapids dairies met minimum ordinance requirements for bacteria and butterfat content in milk and cream during May.
Ray M. and Margaret M. Cook were authorized to install an eight inch sanitary sewer in Twenty-ninth street NE on the recommendation of city engineering officials.
In Sioux Falls AP dispatch, Gen MacArthur publicly backs Taft in the pivotal South Dakota GOP primary. Taft aides call the move encouraging while Eisenhower supporters seek a SD victory to shape delegates ahead of the Chicago convention. The race hinges on 14 SD votes with write-ins barred and a tight outcome anticipated.
Iowa City psychiatrist Dr. Robert Powell testified in Des Moines that John A. Masterson was insane at the time he stabbed Theresa OConnor in St Ambrose cathedral. Powell described Masterson as catatonic schizophrenic, unable to tell right from wrong, and said the defense sought mistrials over questions about mental condition.
May fines in police court rose compared to April as officials reported higher receipts and added cases. The data reflect a continuing trend of enforcement activity with several notable arrests and scheduled hearings.
Cedar Rapids City Clerk Maude Krebs reported in May the police division saw a small rise in fines and penalties from April. May total reached 6629.35 dollars, with April at 6496.25. Overall court receipts for the month were 7648.70, including 892.50 in court fees, 93.90 in marshal fees, 21.25 for meals, and 11.70 in witness fees.
A brief cartoon caption or line reads Elizabeth retorting with sharp humor about conceit and the presumption that others are less witty, reflecting social jabs in compact punch. The quip implies readers share the same sentiment toward arrogance and self-importance.
Iowa City Johnson County Sheriff Albert Murphy investigated three Solon breakins. About $46, two flashlights, and six cartons of cigarettes were taken in the weekend thefts. The American Legion club, Ray Hunt's service station, and Lamanski service station were entered by breaking back windows. about $25 and a flashlight were taken from Hunt's, a flashlight from Lamanski. The sheriff said the same gang likely committed all three offenses.
Robert Johnson 32 of 306 Twelfth Avenue SE Vincent Lee Perry 26 of 125 Thirty-fourth Street and John A Woods 59 of Cedar Falls pleaded guilty to drunk driving before Judge Floyd Phil brick and were each fined 300 plus costs. Johnson was stopped on Johnson Avenue NW by Patrolmen Farrington and W Johnson. Perry was arrested at his home after being tracked from First Avenue E. Woods involved a March 16 highway crash near Abbey Creek bridge on Highway 30 two miles west of Mt. Vernon.
A breaking and entering charge against Laverne Peters twenty one of 1537 A avenue NE was dismissed on county attorney recommendation. The May 9 Cedar Rapids home entry involved a sixty dollar camera pawned in Iowa City for ten dollars. Insufficient evidence to convict led to the dismissal. Peters was released from county jail after being held since May 10.
Denzil Wagner reported the theft of a 1928 Chevrolet motor and transmission from a 14 foot boat at Conrad beach off Ellis boulevard NW. A foreclosure mechanics lien action against Otillie C Fieth and Eileen Fieth was dismissed on motion by plaintiff James W Kaspar.
The Armstrong Chemical Company, operating in Cedar Rapids as Rice Funeral Home, filed an account suit Monday against George E. Rice seeking 118 dollars.
Walter Gall heard a loud noise at midnight and saw a driverless auto roll into his yard after failing to stop. Police found the car owned by R. J. Dunn of Iowa City parked in front of Mt. Mercy girls dormitory. The vehicle plowed a brick pillar, scraped a parked car, and ended in Gall’s yard.
U N tanks and infantrymen attacked Koje Island compounds burning Red banners while a South Korean officer shot a prisoner for taunting him. Gen Clark warned rebels would face maximum force. Prisoners ripped down banners and burned structures in a quiet show of force after the clash.
Cedar Rapids school safety patrols were honored at a Saturday party in Bever Park. More than 200 of 292 participants attended a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. event with a noon meal and ice cream. Officer hosts included Traffic Capt. Bill Remington and Sgt. Henry Overman.
Washington reports Canadian minister W D Matthews says the St Lawrence seaway will take four and a half years to complete after begin in spring 1953. Canada will start the seaway alone as Congress did not approve U S participation. Power development remains a joint venture with Canada and a U S chosen body. Estimated total cost about 400 million dollars. Canada to undertake 250 million for works between Montreal and Lake Erie.
A small black and tan dog left near the Jacksonville Humane Society shelter refused aid and stayed by the roadside. The devoted animal sat vigil watching for his master, crying and unwilling to be approached as he waited for news of the person he loves.
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