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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1952
Page
1
Iowa city and surrounding areas report cool unsettled conditions with a chance of showers. Arctic ridge and wind at Municipal airport, several towns record varied highs and lows with rainfall totals and daily summaries. Multiple deaths marriages baptisms and legal notices appear along with traffic fines and service announcements across Hastings La Crosse Prairie du Chien and Cedar Rapids regions.
H J Bjornsen doing business as Bjornsen Construction filed two suits for recovery of amounts due for work. One suit names Ruth Thompson and Merchants National Bank. the other targets Harold W Griess Pearl E Griess and Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association. He seeks court ruling that liens by bank and loan association are inferior and requests sale of defendants property.
The official canvass of Linn County's last Monday primary will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. The board of supervisors conducts the canvass after state law required it be moved from Monday to Tuesday per Chairman Miles Sutera.
Planned Parenthood clinic to meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in St. Luke's hospital. Irene presents a dance recital at C.S.P.S. Hall Sunday and Monday at 7 p.m. Mrs. Rollie Lacy of 807 Ellis Blvd NW recovering at home after heart attack at St. Luke's. visitors welcomed. Dr. Naibert of Grandby Building resumes usual hours. 1953 Iowa Credit Union League convention to be held in Cedar Rapids, decided in Waterloo. Hanford Post 5 American Legion monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. Cedar Rapids Boy State delegates report activity. Pfc. Robert J. Vrbicek returns to Fort Sill after furlough. he and wife plan to live in Lawton. Transferred naval reserve member Roger W. Hessenius from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids unit. formerly with Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls.
Harold Ewoldt of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Traffic bureau will attend a Midwest motor truck carriers and shipper meeting at Hotel Savery in Des Moines on Tuesday. Invitations were sent to the Iowa Industrial Traffic League and the State Commerce Commission to join. Floyd Partridge, league president, will lead both meetings and discuss mutual problems facing shippers and carriers. Wednesday the Iowa Industrial Traffic League will meet to discuss statewide traffic issues and development affecting shippers.
The Rev. William B. Lampe urged Coe College graduates to value moral living, shared resources, and community planning. He warned that uneven wealth and blighted areas hinder growth and called for responsible stewardship of Earth and active goodwill among all people.
Iowa officials denied prior knowledge of a raid at the Elks state convention in Dubuque. The operation led to seizure of about 15 cases of liquor. Jack Kennedy, acting manager, posted a $300 bond on illegal possession charges after arraignment as visitors left a supper dance.
Washington AP reports the Federal Reserve Board eased down payment requirements for homes starting Wednesday, outlining new down payment standards in real estate credit controls. The change aims to widen lending access and adjust mortgage terms under new policy.
Maurice Pew age about 54 a one time exalted ruler of the Cedar Rapids Elks lodge and former Iowa insurance commissioner died unexpectedly Saturday in Los Angeles where he had lived about a decade He reportedly collapsed on a golf course after nine holes He was an attorney Annapolis graduate and a former Linn county clerk of court candidate He led the Standard Accident Insurance Company in Cedar Rapids later becoming Iowa insurance commissioner then moving to Los Angeles to head Farmers Insurance Group as secretary at his death Survived by wife and five children Funeral set for Tuesday at 8 30 a m at St Gregorys Cathedral Los Angeles.
Mary C. Meade aged 80 of 836 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids widow of John R. Meade died at 12 15 am Sunday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a brief illness. She was born in Oxford on May 28 1872 and lived in Cedar Rapids 32 years operating a tourist home for 20 years. Surviving are three sons Gordon Rowley Edmund Los Angeles and Clement Cedar Rapids eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services set for 9 am Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at 8 pm Monday at Monahan funeral home.
Baby Gregory James Smith six months old, son of Mr and Mrs Tillman J Smith of 111 Rapids Avenue SW Cedar Rapids, died at 2 15 am Monday. Born December 11 1951 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving include sister Michelle and grandparents Mr and Mrs Oak Smith and Mr and Mrs Loren Dolly all of Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner Chapel Tuesday 3 30 pm led by Rev Hubert L Sunderman of St Andrew's Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Harry George 63 a former Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday night at his Phoenix Arizona home where he moved last August He worked 14 years for Modern Laundry Cedar Rapids He was a World War I veteran Surviving wife Gertrude and a daughter in California Funeral service at Arizona Funeral Home in Phoenix Tuesday at 2 30 p m
Daniel F. Slattery brother in law of Rex W. Webber died in Chicago after a lingering illness. Born November 6, 1876, he is survived by his wife Geneve O. Webber Slattery and two sisters. Graveside services at Cedar Memorial cemetery 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Friends may call Rohn chapel after 8:15 p.m. Monday.
Emily Stewart 43 of 1017 Eleventh Street NE Cedar Rapids died at 9 30 am Monday after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born in Amana she lived in Cedar Rapids 18 years and belonged to the Salvation Army. Survived by husband Frank married February 1929 in Des Moines three sons Charles Le Roy and David all of Ced mds a grandchild three sisters Mrs Albert Rieh man Central City Mrs Albert Berlin and Mrs Henry Christian.
The text references Fred Salzbrenner of Chicago and brothers Wilhelm and Henry of Amana, linked to the Barta Hesser chapel event with timing to be announced later. The fragmentary note implies a family connection to a ceremony at Amana with a future timetable.
Florence Fannie Swanger wife of Clifford H. Swanger and Cedar Rapids resident for 25 years died Saturday. Services by Rev. H. G. Schwegler of First Lutheran at Turner s chapel 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
William Bear of Chicago, a member of a North Western railroad section crew, died Sunday evening at 7 20 in a Cedar Rapids hospital. His body is at the Turner mortuary awaiting arrangements.
A 25 year old Cedar Rapids woman Carol White 815 Fifteenth street JSE was found lying on Highway 218 late Saturday night and released from Mercy hospital after examination showed no injuries. She said she fainted while walking home from a downtown cafe after riding with two men.
Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner W W Stolba announced a summer repair program for the First Avenue bridge. The south side will be fixed at up to 4800 dollars with extensive spindle and block replacement and salvage of river components. A cost plus contract with Kinderknecht Construction will cover charges and Bedford stone supply.
Memorial services closed the Iowa State Elks Association convention in Dubuque. Past state presidents J. Leslie Coon and E. B. Hunter were honored. Scholarships went to William Dickens Muscatine $400 Bella Mackie Wapello $400 Stanley Feldman Clinton $100 and Dorothy Durkin Barbara Ann Rastatter and David Stevens Dubuque $50 each.
The sultan of North Borneo sent a gift to Queen Elizabeth II a sarong made specially for her by Borneo women. The presentation reflected colonial ties as news from London reported the gesture.
City health and fire officials ordered 30 days to fix code violations at 1581 First Avenue SE owned by Sam Abrams. Seven families live there with wards, basement units lack permits, wiring fails city standards, exits are insufficient, and sewage blocks. If unmet, the building will be condemned as unfit for habitation. The former Coe College fraternity house faces eviction under housing law.
Independence J. W. Floyd a railroad section hand held on $5 000 bond after arraignment on burglary with aggravation charge. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to district court following a six hour manhunt in and near Winthrop eight miles east of here. Floyd fled the Rich residence after demanding money and threatening the wife. Blood stains were found on window sills of three other houses as authorities searched the area. Floyd claimed a head wound from a fight during a card game.
The Spencer district superintendent Rev James Delahooke Cornell 30 and Riverside church educator Rev Dr Gordon Chamberlin Cornell 35 received honorary doctorates. Iowa Senator Guy Gillette was awarded a Doctor of Laws while Togasaki earned a Doctor of Humane Letters. Delahoke's daughter Nancy earned a bachelor’s degree. The season closed with a luncheon for the new graduates and their pens in the Cornell dining halls.
The Iowa State Bar Association begins its fiftieth eighth annual meeting in Des Moines with Melvin M. Belli of San Francisco as keynote. Belli, who won a record 225000 jury verdict later settled for 187500 during appeal, speaks alongside Judge Hutcheson and U S Senator Wallace Bennett and Roger Fleming.
At the campus commencement Romulo praised the United Nations for limited publicity yet vital progress. He cited translations of world classics, standardized visas, a nine million inoculations campaign, and the Economic Commission for Asia among U.N. efforts shaping global peace and cooperation.
Weathermen warn a strengthening low pressure area will reach the region Wednesday night or Thursday bringing moderate to heavy rain across the state Thursday.
Storms sweeping the Midwest and East caused at least eight deaths and heavy property damage. In East Moline Illinois three people died and one was hospitalized when a high tension wire broke during flooding while two Ader brothers ages 11 and 6 and Arthur Beecher 33 were among the dead. Beecher died while attempting to rescue the boys. Perry Ader 9 was hospitalized with burns. The weather extended from the Great Lakes to western New York and Ohio and northern Missouri as cooler air moved south east.
The Traffic bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will host an informal open discussion on the new rail uniform freight classification and its tariffs. The session at 7:30 p.m. on the chamber’s second floor will cover background, tariff applications, revised old tariffs, and overall rate effects. An open house of the Traffic Bureau follows the meeting.
Police investigated a reported assault and robbery that occurred Saturday evening near the river below the Milwaukee freight terminal. Charles Bailey of 831 Forty-second Street SE said a tavern dispute with a stranger led to a confrontation and Bailey was struck, later waking to find $40 missing from his billfold.
Vice Admiral Joy, former senior delegate to the armistice, left Yokohama by ship Monday to become superintendent of the U S Naval Academy.
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