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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1947
Page
4
In a broad interview, Bergeson advocates fresh ideas for political parties and discusses potential forward-looking candidates including Stassen. He notes his own reluctance to seek leadership, cites family concerns, and argues the party must evolve beyond old procedures and ideas. He estimates Stassen could gain national support with organized efforts.
Charles McMillan 77 and Matilda Jensen 61 from Iowa exchanged vows Sunday. McMillan said it’s never too late for love as they began their marriage in Omaha.
Marion Blietz, 33, of Monona died in a Postville hospital from a crushed chest and punctured lung suffered in a head on crash on the Marquette road east of Monona during heavy fog. LeAllen Johanningmeier was taken to a Rochester hospital with jaw fractures while Ben Havlivek and Helen Lestine were treated for injuries. Blietz is survived by his mother and a brother, with services pending at Schultz funeral home.
Des Moines AP reports approximately 40 to 180 patrol positions planned as nine likely registrants aim for next month’s Camp Dodge program. State safety commissioner Alfred hl notes about one in three or four applicants fit patrol standards as the deadline nears Tuesday.
Most Rev Edward A Fitzgerald of the DuPage auxiliary warns at Iowa State College on Sunday that de Christianizing education and the family fosters tyranny. He cites Mussolini Stalin Nazism and communism as outcomes of moral breakdown and urges a return to moral law in education and society.
Cedar Falls UI area reports the drowning of Ernest Freeman of Waterloo who was in a canoe with two youths and three girls when it overturned near Island Park Sunday afternoon. The others clung to the overturned craft and were saved.
Lynn John a 17 year old high school student drowned Sunday in the Big Sioux river after slipping from a raft into about 15 feet of water.
Funeral services for Arthur M. Clark 81 a Tama business man and oldest war veteran of Tama County will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Harri son funeral home Tama He died Saturday after a four month illness Clark born October 29 1865 near Montour traveled by wagon to Sac County at age 10 He worked as a brakeman for the Chicago and North Western Santa Fe and Minneapolis and St Louis railroads later served in the Spanish American War and Cuba He operated restaurants and a Tama newsstand before retirement Survived by wife Minnie McCarty two sons Wallace and Herbert and a sister Mrs C C Frantz of near Palo Alto
About 1,200 farm and equipment workers at the John Deere Dubuque Tractor Company walked out after six weeks of negotiations broke down over insurance premium checkoffs holiday passes and vacations. CIO local representative Catherine Hall said the strike affects most plant workers including guards and watchmen.
Swaney C R gains state office as Elks close two day Davenport convention electing Co E Richards Fort Madison as president and Sioux City as next meeting site. Council Bans set mid year meeting. Lynn Swaney Cedar Rapids becomes North vice president Marvin Taylor Creston West vice president Hugh Shellady Iowa City Southeast vice president Sanford Schmalz Muscatine re elected secretary and A P Lee Marshalltown re elected treasurer.
A three day celebration along the riverfront drew about 15,000 spectators. The event featured river boats, a display by the Fifth Army and Second Air Forces, boat races with three-mile heats, and aviation and speedboat rides. Winners included Dor McBride, Henry Tietge, and Jones, with Homer Kincaid as a judge. Kaiser’s boat flipped but no injuries occurred before fireworks closed the fest.
A brass cross and two candle sticks were dedicated Sunday at the Methodist church in Marengo as a memorial to Mrs. Fred Wilson a lifelong worker for the church.
A Des Moines report states that teachers and administrators gathered for a session of the Iowa Council for Better Education. Officials discussed upcoming reforms and student outcomes, with emphasis on curriculum improvements and statewide teacher standards.
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