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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
1
The daily weather page notes highs and lows across cities including Minneapolis Chicago Denver New York and Miami with a cooler, less humid trend north and west. Iowa forecast shows humid southeast with thundershowers, highs around 80 to 90, and daily temperatures and wind speeds through the weekend.
Merchants along First Avenue between Park Court and Fifteenth Street urged a widening plan to add 12 feet for diagonal parking on the south side. They propose funding the extra space themselves, with a Monday City Council decision looming on the project.
Hollywood reports Bette Davis and her artist husband William Grant Sherry signed a property settlement as the first formal step toward divorce. Sherry said he fought the divorce until visitation rights were agreed to, then called off the bid.
New York AP report says the Motion Picture Association of America barred movie advertising that exploits the misconduct of screen personalities. The ban follows criticism of ads for the Ingrid Bergman Roberto Rossellini film Stromboli.
State officials said they were confident the gunmen who wounded three Enka textile workers were behind bars. Ten of about 100 men seized at union HQ were still jailed, but formal charges had not been filed. Police fingerprinted suspects, while highway patrols remained and guards kept watch at the plant gate.
Otis David, 27, was driving a truck to south Texas when a spare tire fell from his vehicle. He chased the tire, it struck a passing truck and bounced back, crushing his skull.
In Chicago Daniel O. Sabath 26 grandson of famed judge Joseph Sabath was sued for divorce by his wife Lita 21 on cruelty grounds. The action was filed in superior court and had not been assigned to a judge.
The Evangelical Lutheran church will operate on an all time record budget of 4 200 000 for the next two years. The amount was approved by delegates Thursday night.
Addis A. Bagley 717 Nineteenth Street SE a Cedar Rapids retired postal clerk died after a brief illness. Services at Turner chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev. Will Kirwin and Rev. L D Stubbs. Masonic services by BAGLEY lodge No 263 A F and A M and Apollo Commandery No 26 and Trowel Chapter No 49. Burial Riverside cemetery Anamosa. Masters to meet Mt Hermon lodge at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
George B Burgert, 83, of 1948 Fifth Avenue SE, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 20 a m Friday. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body is at Turner Mortuary.
Harry Hand 81 formerly a bridge carpenter for the Rock Island Railway died Thursday. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Satchett Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point with burial in Green Grove Cemetery. He moved to Cedar Rapids from Center Point ten years ago. Survived by daughters Mrs Anna Mae Lapman Quasqueton and Mrs Anta Marie Roseberry Newhall. flowers omitted per family request.
Mrs Frank M Housman of Duarte California died Sunday after a long illness. Born Julia Faye Walter on November 24 1892 in Beloit Kansas she had lived in California for three years. Survived by husband daughter Anna Marriner of Elgin Illinois five brothers Marcus R Walter Cedar Rapids Iowa and others. Services at Turner chapel at noon Saturday with Dr Galen L Rose. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Joseph E. Steinbrech 93 of the Taft hotel and Cedar Rapids died in a Marion nursing home after a brief illness. He was born July 5 1856 near Solon and farmed there before retirement. Survived by seven nephews and two nieces. services at Brosh chapel Solon and St Marys Solon conducted by Rev McMahan with burial in St Marys cemetery. Rosary to be recited at Solon funeral home.
Services for Joseph Nyere of 418 B avenue NW Cedar Rapids who died Thursday are at Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday with Rev H G Schwegler of First Lutheran church officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel and flowers are omitted per family request
Frances Beyer aged 90 widow of William Beyer died at her son William V Beyer s home on Sixth Street Road SW after a brief illness She was born April 17 1860 near Prague Czechoslovakia and lived in Cedar Rapids 68 years Surviving are a daughter Mrs Charles L Dilouhy and three Beyer sons all of Cedar Rapids plus three grandchildren Services set for 3 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel Burial in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
The National Association of Broadcasters charges the Federal Communications Commission with undue interference in license renewal hearings for WJR Detroit WGAR Cleveland and KMPC Los Angeles. It says hearings threaten free speech and due process. A former employee claims the stations were pressured to slant news.
Leo Sindelar 18 of 1214 Third Street SW was fined 300 and costs after admitting three accidents tied to a late night spree. He faces a six month license suspension after pleading to two counts of leaving the scene and one of reckless driving. police traced crashes to 2 am and found him later at a station to turn himself in.
About 800 persons paid their last respects to Dr James Joseph Murphy at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 a m. Burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery. Rt Rev Msgr J M Molloy celebrated the solemn high mass of requiem assisted by Rev J F Thornton deacon and Rev A P White subdeacon with Rev Louis E Wendling as master of ceremonies.
A mass honored Dr. Murphy of Cedar Rapids who served 47 years as a physician. Archdiocese leaders and clergy from local parishes attended, praising his philanthropy and lifelong care. He died at Mercy hospital at 73, with his funeral rites held at the church and the Mercy hospital chapel.
Mrs. Theodore Graves of Oxford Junction gave birth to a son at Mercy hospital on Thursday after her daughter Carol Sue, 2, was killed by a truck Monday. Carol Sue was buried Wednesday.
City reports death of Earl Johns son in law of Mr and Mrs Charles Vantalge prompting travel to Peoria. Shueyville church announces sermon Worship God with 9:30 Sunday school and 10:30 worship. Leo Novak, seaman, returns to San Diego base after 60 day visit and 24 months in Honolulu. Union church plans The True Life sermon by Rev Elmer Linkenback with 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship. Kadlec reports theft of a $25 camera and $10 jacket from his car near the YMCA. Mrs E B Frye dies in Kansas City. body to Cedar Falls for funeral Saturday at Green Wood Cemetery.
The will of Edward J. Klinger who died June 10 was admitted to probate Friday naming his sons Edward J. Jr and Clarence Klinger as heirs. Edward J. Jr was appointed executor and a bond of five thousand dollars was set by the court.
Three suits were filed in district court Thursday and Friday. Cook Paint and Varnish Company sues Joseph G Hughes for 125.40 on an account. Darwin Oliphant sues Gerald Hemphill for 150 for property damages from an April 18 Toddville accident. Nesper Sign Company sues Mr and Mrs Don Kimball for 174.91 on an account. A landlord attachment suit by M G Nassif against A E Whiting and Anthony Melichar was settled. Executor Louis J Sedlacek was awarded 133 against Richard W Sedlacek in a promissory note suit.
The giant Hughes XH-17 helicopter under U S Air Force project suffered a wreck during ground tests in Culver City California. Officials say the model is secret and no accident details will be released.
The Missouri Synod was asked at its 41st triennial convention whether members may join the Boy Scouts and Lutheran Men in America. Wisconsin factions oppose Scouting on doctrinal grounds, with pastors in Princeton vowing to refuse Scout members. The 1944 policy left Scouting to local congregations.
CHICAGO AP. Arthur H. Miller 24 a Michigan State graduate posted a highway sign near Lansing Michigan advertising him as a mechanical engineer trained in better methods. The sign attracted motorists and he accepted a job with a Lansing consulting engineering firm.
About 100 delegates attended the VFW morning session where the rules committee was approved limiting speakers to two per issue and mandating written resolutions. Speakers included Ferdinand King and Capt. John Quigley. The Cooties parade entertained Cedar Rapids before a memorial service led by Father Crippen and led to prayers for veterans’ sacrifices.
The Senate atomic energy committee approved terms for three AEC members Gordon Dean Thomas E Murray and Henry Smyth. Acting Chairman Sumner Pike was held up as Sen Hickenlooper requested a hearing on Pike's reappointment.
In Millinocket Maine an 18 year old waitress Miss Ethel Pease was shot and killed while with her sister near Kidney Pond camps. A sheriff's party later killed a bear nearby. Marshall Doxsee fired the fatal shot and is the son of camp owner Oscar Doxsee. The camps lie deep in the woods about 35 miles northwest of Millinocket.
Washington AP reports Rep. Burnside predicts coffee will hit one dollar a pound unless production rises. He plans an early hearing on a bill to boost Southeast Asian coffee output to expand the world crop and challenge Brazilian growers. Current retail price stands around 75 cents per pound.
The VFW Auxiliary plans an international understanding project. Six American war orphans from Eaton Rapids Michigan will tour Europe for two months visiting Greece Italy France Belgium England and Germany. They will host six European orphans in the United States for three months. The six youths are Beatrice LiDonnici Irmgarde Remme Margaret Craton Rene Gielis Hubert de Lisle and Constantinos Satirhos. Fort Dodge radio station helps bring the Europeans to Iowa and local VFW units will arrange visits in towns.
San Francisco AP reports taxicab driver Nicholas Rasberry, 44, said he shot himself in a despondent moment over a love affair. A bullet entered his neck, traveled upward, broke his jaw and emerged near his ear after the incident in a bar setting while receiving care.
In Kansas City Kansas the Argentine Baptist church seeks to oust Rev Del A Fehsenfeld claiming he is anti Santa Claus and opposes mixed adult Sunday school classes. A church clerk testified he halted the annual Santa Santa party and labeled Santa paganistic.
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