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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
8
Weather details for numerous cities with highs and lows, precipitation amounts, and wind. Public notices include a divorce decree, traffic and municipal court actions, births and deaths, and funeral notices across several Iowa towns.
Des Moines AP reports R W Nebergall says Stacy Burton and Edwin Baker were arrested in Storm Lake after a eight month spree passing counterfeit checks totaling 2870 dollars. They fled from Tacoma in 1949 and cashed fleeced checks in Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and more. Burton is listed as a deserter from the air force.
The Federal Trade Commission announced an agreement with sixteen corn product manufacturers to end price fixing and discriminatory pricing practices. If approved, the order bans basing point pricing and exchanging pricing data, with several companies named including Corn Products Refining Co and Anheuser-Busch subsidiaries. The complaint was filed June 20, 1947, and certain subsidiaries are to be dismissed from the case.
Pre clinical nursing students at Mercy School of Nursing will be capped in a ceremony marking two completed semesters. Thirty two student nurses are named to receive caps with Rev Nicholas Steffan as speaker and Sister Mary Carlene performing caps.
Cedar Rapids council 909 Knights of Columbus elected Clinton E. Shaeffer as grand knight at a Tuesday night meeting in the clubrooms. Also chosen were J. W. Lattner deputy grand knight Herman Stecklein warden J Ward McAnany chancellor Norbert Engler treasurer Michael Rocca recording secretary John Reilly advocate Edward Schallau Frank Dvorak Dr. Robert Carnes guards and Joseph Stephan trustee.
New York police say cab driver Nick Ilvanto, 49, walked into a Brooklyn bar and grill Tuesday and fatally shot chef Joseph Dandonna, 48, saying I didn't like his face. He is held for murder.
Iowa City reports a carnival operating without prize booths as County Attorney Jack C. White enforces a ban on gambling from Attorney General Robert L. Larson. Carnival manager K H Gorman says bingo and dart games would be halted and 2,000 admissions greeted a strong opening. Prizes like Kewpie dolls were sold instead. The carnival moves to Newton next week.
Louie Grauerholtz of Marion suffered back and chest injuries when a tree fell on him Tuesday morning while working with a county road crew. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids where his condition was listed as fairly good Wednesday afternoon.
Henry W Wallace 1864 196? Cedar Rapids resident since 1917 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 a m after a year long illness Born Hillsboro Indiana he ran a Cedar Rapids trucking business retiring in 1941 Surviving children grandchildren and great grandchildren listed Services set in Royal Oak Michigan with viewing at Turner chapel in Cedar Rapids area readers.
Oliver Irvin Johnson 1427 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local nursing home after a long illness at 11 25 p m Tuesday Born March 8 1868 in Linn County he married Clare Skinner in 1903 in Minneapolis Surviving are his wife son Sam S Johnson two sisters Mrs C M Garrett and Mrs Elizabeth McLeod and two grandsons He was a member of St John s Episcopal Church Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a m in St John s Episcopal Church Rev D A Loferski officiating Burial will be Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at Turner Chapel
Cedar Rapids resident James Arthur Kisor age 66 died in a local hospital at 7 10 a m Tuesday after a long illness. He was born July 9 1881 in Tiffin and survived by son Howard J Kisor of Cedar Rapids, daughter Mary Kisor of South St Paul, and sister Mrs C G Hover of Cedar Rapids. Services set for Friday at Turner chapel with Miss Mabel Swanson officiating. Burial in Oakland cemetery Iowa City. Friends may call at the chapel.
Miss Jean Layton former Cedar Rapids resident died at Illinois Masonic hospital Chicago at 9 30 p m Tuesday after a two week illness Born April 4 1920 in Cedar Rapids she had lived in Chicago since 1935 Surviving are her mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wilson of 149 Thirty fourth street NE and a brother Robert Franklin Layton of Joliet Illinois Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery and the body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Friday afternoon
Julius S Hage retired salesman for International Harvester died Monday at Cedar Rapids resident for 25 years. Services set in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday by Rev H G Schwegler of First Lutheran. Burial in Norway cemetery. Friends may call. flowers omitted by family.
Anthony J. Novak, of 1412 N Street SW, died Tuesday. A service by Rev. J. Paul Stevens and Crescent Masonic Lodge No. 25 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Brush chapel. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial. Master Masons to meet at the Masonic hall at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Five Cedar Rapids area sailors move from inactive to active naval reserve per the local unit headquarters. R. V. Fisher R. A. Shelley K. M. Johnson J. O. Hepner and G. B. Ream, all of Cedar Rapids, are listed. Kephart transfers from the naval training center in the Memorial building to Des Moines for duty.
Decorah high school junior Decorah-Elton Dresselhuas has improved condition while being treated as a polio patient at University hospitals in Iowa City. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dresselhuas.
Eighteen communities are represented at the Waubeek Area Council budget planning conference with 45 representatives in attendance. Under council finance chairman Byron K. Anderson the group recommends a council operating budget of 27 409 80 dollars 198 40 above the 1950 budget. Members present included Fred Niesz Rollo Pickford Charles Daniel Hugh Gordon and Ralph Orth plus community chest leaders and Friends of Scouting delegates from multiple towns. The executive board will meet June 15 to finalize the 1951 budget.
The Plan Commission advances a multi month survey funded by a 10 000 dollar city budget for planning. George Cockburn forecasts results by next November with traffic and offstreet parking reviews to guide Cedar Rapids future development. payments would be phased 1 000 60 days after acceptance and 4 500 with the preliminary report. Bartholomew work on downtown traffic supplements the survey effort.
Wartburg college students elected editors for the Trumpet Castle Tales and Fortress publications. Claude Grelling, a Berlin junior, leads the Trumpet. Katherine Smith, a 20 year old Oelwein junior, takes Castle Tales. Donald Groskreutz, Wells Minnesota sophomore history major, edits the Fortress.
Richard Rubins of 209 Twenty Fifth Street Drive SE was named vice-president of the Iowa State Federation of Postal Clerks at the closing session of the eleventh annual convention in Burlington. A T Hauswirth of Des Moines was named president.
Jerome H Noble a 19 year old Cedar Rapids youth was sentenced to 90 days in Linn county jail for carrying a concealed weapon. Detective John Kuba disarmed Noble on First avenue near Fifteenth street after Noble threatened to shoot. Noble pled guilty April 15 with sentencing continued to June 7 by Judge Floyd Philbrick.
A 146.57 replevin in judgment for the Federal Discount Corporation against Cheery and Lulubelle Leeper, ordered last Friday, was set aside Tuesday by Judge G. K. Thompson.
Mercy hospital secured a $146.33 judgment in an account suit against Shannon and Aye Newman. The probate of Earl R. Lewis, who died March 5, names Elizabeth K. Lewis as sole heir and executrix without bond.
The Interstate Training Service was awarded a judgment of 277.95 against W. D. Rossey in a contract suit.
The Anamosa population figures vary by method as 1940 to 1950 counts show a drop from 4069 to 3896 when reformatory inmates are excluded and a rise from 2971 to 3009 when inmates are included. The shift hinges on inmate totals, 1198 in 1940 down to 887 in 1950.
Mayor A P Lambert announced preliminary census data from the Cedar Rapids district office showing Monticello's population at 2,882, up 13 percent from 1940 and marking the third straight increase. Previous counts were 2,257 in 1920, 2,259 in 1930, and 2,546 in 1940.
The district census office reports Guthrie Center's population down from 2066 in 1940 to a tentative 2015 in 1950. The decline marks a demographic shift for the area with a reduced count across the decade.
Cedar Rapids man Tom G. Thomas admitted dumping junk from a rented truck into a ditch on Otis road SE. After neighbors Crosby and Yeoman notified deputies, Thomas agreed to remove the debris with supervision, avoiding formal charges. He had passed a city dump earlier in the day.
Young Men's Bureau lunch at Montrose hotel and Two-way radio service admen. Palette Club painting session at YWCA with still life. Cedar Rapids Booster Club breakfast featuring Donald G Isett and chiropractor Navratil summer hours. Watch stolen from Swisher man. $50 claim. Howard Kelly fined $110 for reckless driving and no license. Memorial service June 11 by Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythias. Atkins visiting Cedar Rapids. grain inspection supervisor in Galveston. Apollo Commandery picnic and entertainment for wives. chapeau sword belts required. Dr C Ward Macy awarded alumni honor. to become economics chair at University of Oregon.
The Cedar Rapids post office seeks bids for a mail messenger service between the Cedar Rapids post office and the Milwaukee depot in Marion via Cedar Rapids Milwaukee and Union stations. The railroad currently trucks mail from Cedar Rapids to Marion and ends July 1. Service will run two nightly trips at 11 15 p m and 1 45 a m.
Cedar Rapids police detained 18 year old Raymond Hawkins of 1131 Twentieth avenue SW for questioning in a string of room prowls at the Montrose hotel last month. He was arrested at about 3 30 a m and transported to Iowa City to undergo lie detector tests at the University of Iowa.
The article emphasizes farming as the central pillar of the U S economy, highlighting its monetary value and its role as a primary source of raw materials for diverse industries. It stresses the sector’s significance to national prosperity and structural development.
Seven sons and one daughter of the late Rev. Otto Rall gather in the Roosevelt hotel Lincoln Jefferson rooms for a reunion led by Charles Rall of Pittsburgh. Attendees include J F Rall Cedar Rapids and W A Rall Cedar Rapids with guests from Evanston Joliet and Cedar Falls.
A pipe delivering ammonia to the Currier hall refrigeration plant at the University of Iowa burst in the morning. The entire lower part of the building was filled with fumes prompting evacuation of all residents. No injuries occurred and repairs were completed quickly with dining outdoors and normal operations by afternoon.
The Gazette corrects an error from Tuesday noting W L Miller of Anamosa defeated Ralph W Conley of Martelle 399 to 397 for the Democratic nomination for Jones County treasurer. Miller won by two votes.
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