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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1946
Page
1
Divorces listed for Hazel Cone and John Cone Kristine M. Clymer and Walter L. Clymer plus Florence Minnie Faymon and Rudolph Ladd Faymon among others. Also reported are thefts traffic fines alarms and hospital birth notices with multiple named individuals and locations across Cedar Rapids Solon Springville and Chicago. Forecaster notes cooler unsettled week with decreasing clouds and scattered thundershowers and temperatures mid 60s to mid 70s.
In court 20 of Hitler’s satellites insist they did as commanded yet fear the leader who loomed over them. Some defend him while others call him a murderer as Lord Justice Lawrence grows weary of praises and denials.
Cornelius John Cox son of Mr and Mrs John Cox 1730 Third Avenue SE has been honorably discharged from the U S Navy at Lido Beach New York He served aboard the USS Charger in the Atlantic as an experimental parachute jumper He is a graduate of Loras Academy Dubuque and plans to enter Loras College in the fall.
Mrs. Anna Paty of Vancouver writes that after years of pain she is now free and willing to help others seeking information. She invites responses to her P O Box 825 address in Vancouver.
Hideki Tojo in prison cell at war crimes trial asserts Japan reserved right to fight in self defense and could attack without warning. He condemns U S actions as planned mass massacre and says Kellogg pact allows war in self defense, Japan not bound by Hague rules.
Congress authorized 33 neutral ships as targets in atomic bomb tests. the bill goes to President Truman after final action in the House where members concurred with Senate amendments. The Navy had proposed 97 vessels but trimmed the number under Senate opposition, keeping 33 combatant ships excluding Axis ships.
The son of a Cleveland industrialist in Joliet received a sentence for assault after the Tuesday hearing. The case centers on a confrontation involving the unnamed heir and a rival party, with the judge delivering the verdict.
Kwajalein evacuation of non essential personnel is announced by army and navy officials as a safety measure for Operation Crossroads at Bikini. Flights between Kwajalein Guam and Johnston Island are canceled during Able day and for days after the atomic test until expert clearance.
Two Conley line buses, ambushed Tuesday along the Paintsville to Logan route near Buffalo, were struck by bullets with eight hits on a bus bound for Paintsville and three on a Logan bound bus. No injuries were reported. a relief driver, Paul Gullett, had a bullet strike the seat back. The driver Was Wentworth Conley, nephew of operator Luther J Conley. Line workers recently voted to switch from CIO to AFL union. three retained CIO and stayed on strike.
Dr. Ann McCormick returned to Chicago after visiting Mrs. A W Linsley at 306 Sixth Street. The Order of Ahepa chapter 194 plans a regular meeting Wednesday at 8 PM in St Johns Hellenic Orthodox church.
William P. Hayes, M.D., returned from service and reopens his medical office at 216 Paramount Building for the practice of medicine and surgery. Office phone 2-7049. residence 3-1287.
Members of Company D are asked to meet at Turner's mortuary at 1 p.m. on Wednesday for the funeral of George Kosek, one of the original members of the company.
J. E. Lampman of 617 Eighth Avenue SE entertained week-end visitors including his brother-in-law and sister and his brother C. G. Lampman of Rockford Illinois.
The games set for Thursday at Ellis Park Court are postponed and rescheduled to Friday. Wednesday matches will now be played Friday as part of the revised schedule.
Leora B Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle Byron Marshall 116 Twenty third Street SE graduates with a bachelor of arts from Redlands University She was a student of music and a member of the YWCA and pep club at her high school and later attended Coe College and Iowa State Teachers College in the period.
Clifford Querl, 22, of Williams, was arrested in Williamsburg on a bigamy charge after admitting to Whittemore that he was married to another woman while already married.
Funeral services for George Kosek 47 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and former Cedar Rapids school board member will be held at 1 30 p m Wednesday in Turner chapel with Rev Z F Pauk officiating. Kosek supreme treasurer of Z C B J died of a heart ailment Monday. Military honors at Cedar Memorial park cremation committal. Flowers omitted. Veterans of Rainbow division and Company D to attend. Friends may call.
Services for Theresa Marie Nilles daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis J Nilles will be held 2 am Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church led by Rt Rev Msgr John M Molloy Burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery Miss Nilles died Sunday St Margarets circle will recite the Rosary 730 pm Tuesday Knights of Columbus 800 pm and Msgr Molloy 830 pm at Monahan funeral home where friends may call
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Hesser, 89, of 805 Fifth Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, died at 1 40 p.m. Monday after a brief illness. Born in Lima Ohio May 30 1857 she came with her family to Iowa in 1869 and settled near Paris. She married George W Hesser in 1889. he died in 1915. Surviving are her son Jay Hesser sister Mrs P B J Adams and brother J B Hall. She was a member of Paris Methodist and Susannah Wesley class. Services at Barta Hesser chapel at 4 p m Wednesday conducted by Dr Carroll Roberts. Burial Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Frank G Wagner died at her daughter’s home 834 Second Street NW at 7 30 a m Tuesday after a long illness Born in Czechoslovakia December 24 1873 she came to America at 18 She lived near Fort Atkinson before moving to her daughter two years ago Survived by husband another daughter Mrs Robert E Bittner Cedar Rapids a son John Wagner Springville a brother Frank Kerr Protivia a sister Mrs Joseph Barloon Waucoma three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Body to be moved from Polansky funeral home to Spillville for services and burial.
Mrs Clara Elizabeth Metcalf 77, widow of Lucius Metcalf, died at home 202 Twelfth street NW at 11 p.m. Monday after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids resident for 75 years, born Oct 9 1868 in Harrisburg PA, she belonged to the Methodist church. Survived by two sisters Mrs Fred T Calkins and Mrs E R Pratt Cedar Rapids, two brothers C W Mann and Harry Mann Cedar Rapids, and a niece Mrs Earl Snyder Iowa City. Funeral in Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Shiloh cemetery Louisa. friends may call.
Mrs. Will Richardson of 1115 Second Avenue SE reports the death of her brother G E McQuown of Aberdeen South Dakota. Formerly of Vernon he is survived by Albert of Waterloo Grant of Ohio and four sisters Verna Ratcliffe Harry Schmidt of Muscatine Herbert Town of East Moline and Ida McQuown of Boone. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Services for Mrs Henry Happel of 436 Thirty-fourth Street NE will be conducted by Rev E W Waggazer at Trinity Lutheran Church at 2 p m Wednesday after brief services at the home.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Theodore DeNio with arrangements pending. The obituary notes family members and local ties. Further details will be announced by the family.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson forecast smaller supplies of meat, eggs, wheat products, and poultry for the next year while canned fruits and vegetables should be more plentiful than the year ending June 30. Civilian per capita consumption should stay high, with tentative estimates subject to crop-season changes and price shifts.
A Monday night wind and hail storm caused about 400 dollars of damage to Prof. Walter Loehwing’s car and 25,000 dollars in Bieno ce and surrounding areas. Homes and farms near Blencoe and on Mike Nugent and Glenn Chapman properties were wrecked, a schoolhouse window blew out, and several towns reported power outages. Des Moines saw a 22 degree temperature drop and seven hours without electrical service. Rainfall totals across cities ranged from 1.58 to 4.28 inches, with Cedar Rapids recording a 32 degree drop and river levels rising but not threatening floods. Rivers and streams remained active Tuesday with showers and cooler weather forecast.
Jean Stout Brown of the Iowa development commission shared colorful Iowa anecdotes at a Canopus club meeting. She described Marquette’s view of Iowa, Dubuque’s firsts, Keokuk, Anton Dvorak’s New World link to Spillville, Carrie Chapman Catt from Charles City, and local lore from Le Mars to Sioux City, with references to Grant Wood and the Cherry Sisters.
A letter from Mer rill A. Baker of Local 55 says the Janitors and Engineers plan for Kelley days is rejected. It denounces unequal night activity pay across Harrison and Johnson schools and calls for shorter work weeks or revised plans within budget limits. The board also accepts a teacher resignation, hires a librarian, and orders coal and sewing machines purchases.
U S senate appropriations panel slashed 17 million dollars Wallace proposed for a census of business and manufacturers. Republicans argued data would be soon outdated amid unsettled conditions. The panel sent a bill for 447 million to fund State Justice and Commerce for the coming fiscal year.
Courthouse records state 62 year old Frank Foster pleaded guilty to larceny and awaits Friday morning sentencing by Judge G K Thompson. Oster was arrested Thursday night by Patrolmen Kuba and Burton for robbing a safe at Tittle Brothers meat market located at 107 Second Street SE. The FBI notes Foster has prior sentences from one to ten years for forgery and bad checks across Minnesota Wisconsin and British Columbia.
Vera E. Kucera of 330 First Avenue NW filed an ouster action against Mr. and Mrs. John H. Howard to force their eviction from 831 B Avenue NE. She says she rented the property since Oct 17 under an oral 14 dollar monthly lease and served a three month termination last March and a three day notice June 10.
Catherine Ann Northrup Tuesday dismissed the divorce petition she filed March 1, 1945 against Carl L. Northrup.
The June issue of Fuel oil and Oil Heat features Harold J. Rowe president of Ambro Advertising in Cedar Rapids in its lead editorial. It discusses a talk Rowe gave on the life cycle of santoshak Gn oil feet exposition in Philadelphia and notes his two years on the steering committee of the National Advertising agency net.
The Iowa state commerce commission said a public hearing would be held in Cedar Rapids on July 17 regarding McCoy Truck Lines of Waterloo for a certificate to operate as a motor carrier between Rapids and Mason City and other points.
Franz von Papen testified at the international military tribunal that an aide was killed by the German secret police after helping assemble Austria records for export to Switzerland. He said the murder occurred in February 1938 when he was ambassador, with the body found in the Danube weeks later. Papen claimed he shipped records to Switzerland to show non involvement, and that Goering later accused him of perfidy. He asserted none of the defendants can claim he was a Nazi.
A five week Ford shutdown ends with 65 000 workers recalled while CIO workers at Briggs vote on Sunday for a strike over production quotas. A Briggs walkout could force Chrysler to halt output and derail postwar labor peace. GM and supplier walkouts cost carmakers 50 million in Q1.
The 71 year old violinist Fritz Kreisler showed marked improvement Tuesday after an emergency appendectomy on Sunday. Marion Anderson, the Negro contralto, filled Kreisler’s slot on Monday night’s Telephone Hour radio broadcast.
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