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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1947
Page
2
Weather forecast for Thursday and Friday with possible scattered thunderstorms. A list of divorce petitions and decrees follows. Local incidents include a stove spill at 1706 First Avenue E and multiple public intoxication and speeding fines. Birth announcements report several newborns at St Luke's Mercy hospitals with June 23 24 dates.
Mechanicsville John Conner 83 died Monday services 2 p m Wednesday. Hawkeye Mrs Anna Busch 65 died Friday services held Monday Trinity Lutheran Church. Vinton Fred A Halgren 67 died Monday services Wednesday afternoon Fry Holland funeral home. North Liberty David Saylor von Stein 92 died Sunday services Tuesday Cathout funeral home Iowa City. Manchester Ottied Sunday services held day Shelly funeral home. Manchester Stephen Hansen 16 weeks son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hansen died Saturday services Monday Shelly funeral home. Manchester Ralph G Hosfield 65 Medford Minnesota died suddenly here Monday body returned to Medford for burial.
Sioux City authorities identified the well dressed man found dead in the Illinois Central turntable pit as John F. Lakson 74 after inquiries by Woodbury county officials and city detectives. Coroner said Lakson fell about six feet into the pit on the way home from a baseball game Monday night and had been dead for several hours.
CHICAGO UP Farmers worry about hens laying eggs and the stock market. Leonard M. Ware of the American Clinical and Psychological Laboratories says city dwellers fret more than country folk due to hustle and bustle. He categorizes worry by occupation, temperament, and introvert versus extrovert. He notes constructive versus destructive worrying and admits his own tomato crop has yet to sprout.
Communist dominated workers in Sicily and northern Italy went on strike Tuesday to upset the non Communist government of Premier Alcide De Gasperi.
The Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board hosted its annual salesmen's party at Z C B J hall on Monday night. About 125 attended including non residents Earl A Hart and Cy Neu feld from Des Moines. Mrs Doolittle and Mrs Harger provided piano and singing accompaniment while Mildred White Benninghoff sang solos. Irene Ilen pupils performed dance numbers and Louie De Koltz led the music for social dancing.
Dis tillers and brewers may use wheat rye and rice in unlimited quantities after June 30 to produce whisky beer and industrial alcohol. The wartime prohibition ends as the second wartime powers act expires later this month. Officials say with record wheat harvest there is no need to ban grain for beverage use.
The state highway commission reports multiple road closures across southern Iowa with several detours. Closures include routes near Harlan Oak Lohrville Jefferson Avoca and Oakland while U S 59 6 100 137 210 218 and 168 show various North South East West restrictions or detours around Glenwood Hastings Malvern Portsmouth Eddyville Cambridge and De s Moines area details.
Lou Breuer reports on a night city dispute over warrants for assault. Captain Howard sought a warrant after a late complaint but Justice Churchill refused noting nuisance factors. Dwight Krumholtz cited Iowa code enabling warrants when fear of public offense exists and urged action.
Washington AP report states the National Labor Relations Board accepted the resignation of General Counsel Gerhard P. Van Arkel who had opposed the Taft Hartley bill.
Mrs Bruce Dixon injured in an automobile crash near Charles City. Her sister in law Mrs Howard Hall said Mrs Dixon was improving during a hospital visit. The couple, married Friday at the Hall home, plan to continue their trip to Mankato Minnesota after release.
MARSHALLTOWN Iowa AP Judge B O Tankersley filed a district court decision ruling that parents must support adult children residing in state institutions. It is the first ruling based on a Forty eighth general assembly statute change. Previous supreme court decisions relied on the old statute.
The U S post office will issue a blue special delivery size 25 cent airmail stamp for mail to Pacific Asiatic and parts of Africa. The design features a four motor plane flying over the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge with San Francisco in the background.
The FDA says bubble gum is not to blame for children’s illnesses beyond possible jaw ache. Tests show no evidence of toxic ingredients in gum and do not support broader health concerns.
Kids will be admitted free to the Cavalcade of Amusements midway Wednesday afternoon. All rides and shows cost nine cents until 6 p.m. The event, sponsored by American Legion post, winds up a 10 day stand at Ce-Mar Acres.
Oliver Essed receives life in prison for a thrill killing in Michigan. Prosecutors said the defendant carried out the murder during a spree of violent crimes. The case drew notable attention from residents and local authorities alike.
Robert Carlyle Smythe 53 of 2532 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids owner of Smythe Sign Company for 30 years died at 7 15 p m Monday after a long illness Born March 22 1893 in Cedar Rapids he leaves wife Hazel née Brandenburg a son Robert O Smythe a daughter Mrs Robert Taft four sisters and a brother Two grandchildren He was a member of English Lutheran Mizpah lodge No 639 A F and A M Iowa Consistory and Loyal Order of Moose Services 3 30 p m Wednesday at Turner with Rev D A Loferski Mizpah lodge to conduct burial at Cedar Cemetery Masters Masons to assemble 3 p m at Masonic hall
Death occurred at 6 30 a m Tuesday after a sudden illness. Born March 13 1863 at Ely she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1899. Survived by two sisters Miss Nellie M Fuhrmeister and Mrs H J Achter both of Cedar Rapids and three brothers George C of Wyoming Ia Luther A of Cedar Rapids and Ralph S of Sheridan Wyo. Member of First Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids Omar s club attended Western College and Coe College. Services in Turner chapel at time to be announced burial in Grove Cemetery Friends may call at the near punctuation unclear in OCR
Dr. H L Van Winkle Cedar Rapids physician for 27 years and former Linn County Medical Society president died Sunday Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Wednesday in Turner chapel Reverend Marvin B Kober of St Pauls Methodist Church will officiate Burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery with military honors by Hanford post American Legion Linn County Medical Association members to serve as pallbearers Friends may call at the chapel
Susanna Cherry widow of William Robert Cherry and Cedar Rapids resident died Sunday. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday in United church Walker with burial in Troy Mills cemetery. Sorensen funeral home Walker handling arrangements. Born February 23 1857 in Pennsylvania. Survived by sons Edward D. and Elmer F. Cherry of Cedar Rapids daughter Ida Walton of Delhi two brothers Jake Shaffer of Marion and Charles of Central City a sister Mrs William Reece of Walker ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
Frank J. Chadima a former employee of Wilson and Company died at his Cedar Rapids home 702 Twelfth avenue SE at 2 a.m. Tuesday after a lingering illness. Born in Czechoslovakia August 3, 1868 he came to Cedar Rapids fifty years ago. Surviving are his wife Mary five children and four grandchildren. He was a member of Modern The Polansky chapel with services to be announced.
Margaret M. Gibbons aged 57 of 847 Twelfth Street SE widow of James Gibbons died at 1 30 p m Monday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born November 20 1889 in Dubuque she is survived by daughter Mrs Marcella McCauley son Frank of New York City and sister Mrs Catherine McMahon of Chicago. Burial will be at Mt Calvary cemetery Msgr John M Molloy officiating.
A Rosary will be recited at Teahen parish with time noted as mm. Wiay. Friends may call on Wednesday afternoon and evening to offer condolences or attend the prayer in memory or support.
Mrs Palmer died Sunday afternoon in a Boone hospital after a train accident. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the home of Mr and Mrs John M Ely 2218 First Avenue NE with Dr Theodore G Lilley officiating. The family requests no flowers. The deceased was returning to California from a visit with the Elys when she fell on a train, suffering a fractured thigh.
Walter Owen age 28 of 1927 Fifth Street NW died at a local hospital Tuesday morning after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Memorial arrangements are announced for Fred L. Bindler who lived in Cedar Rapids. The family notes the service will honor his life and references his longtime route one dairy work. Further details will be provided by the family.
Fort Dodge and Des Moines area rail lines faced service suspensions as high water affected routes. The Rock Island reported normal service to Des Moines and expected reopening by Tuesday. High water at Eddyville threatened the Minneapolis and St. Louis line between Oskaloosa and Albia with an open-by-Wednesday target. northbound service to Minneapolis remained doubtful due to flooded tracks. Milwaukee line operations were listed as normal.
Midwestern flood crests drive mass evacuations in Nebraska Iowa and Missouri as high water forces 63 levee breaches along the Missouri and its tributaries. Officials expect 100000 acres to flood with Agency Missouri residents evacuated as the Missouri crest nears Kansas City and St Joseph faces the brunt of damage.
Four men were arrested on disturbing the peace by fighting in downtown, in front of a tavern and in a rear loop furnix area. Judge Harry S. Johnson fined $25 plus costs. $20 of the fine was suspended. Individuals include William Udell of the YMCA and Irvin Hattig of 715 Fifth Avenue SE, Everett Brown of 412 Sixth Street SE, and Alva Hart of Victoriada.
Paris AP says Premier Paul Ramadier’s tax bill, raising bread milk cigarets prices, passed 302 to 241 with 39 abstentions. It aims to raise 136 billion francs while enacting economies and subsidy suppression. Strikes erupt nationwide as coal miners walk out and port operations face disruption.
In Council Bluffs Glen Hillman 21 drowned after stepping into flooded basement water with one wall collapsed and a foot of liquid on the floor. Fire Chief Wade Merrill urged residents to shut off electricity to flooded homes. Mrs Hillman found him floating and received a shock when she moved toward him.
Cedar Rapids teachers attend Coe College summer term after a board rule requires summer study. About 25 percent of the 401 registrants are from Cedar Rapids with more than 200 veterans among enrollees.
Trains moved again through Cedar Rapids but high waters to the west caused delays. The fast North Western mail due at 1:30 a.m. arrived 11 hours late. A western mail train reached Cedar Rapids during the night, delivering the first regular mail from that direction in 48 hours. Eastbound airmail arrived with United Air Lines. Northwestern and Milwaukee Road expected near normal service later Tuesday barring more rain.
Charles Huster, 22, of 544 H Street SW, was arraigned before Judge G K Thompson on forgery charges. He has until Friday at 10 a.m. to enter a plea after allegedly attempting to pass a 70 dollar check signed Lyle McClintock at Pee Savings Bank. The teller recognized the signature and alerted police. Huster previously received a one year sentence in district court last March for false uttering of a check.
Everett Beaver 24 of Mt Vernon pled guilty to false uttering a check and was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison by Judge G K Thompson. The sentence was suspended. Beaver was arrested by Sheriff Pete Whittemore after being charged with giving Gerald Bennett of Lisa a bad check for $20.
J N Wells retired Davenport businessman and deputy director of the savings bonds division visits 17 Iowa counties including Linn Buchanan Fayette and Winneshiek on this itinerary. He reports strong response from business firms in Cedar Rapids and notes that about 80 percent of Iowa savings bonds purchased since May 1943 remain unredeemed.
Clyde Lamb, 34, paroled from two 25 year terms for armed robbery and left by train to visit relatives in Glendive Montana. His cartoons earned him at least $11 000 in a year through Colliers and Saturday Evening Post and other periodicals. He started drawing in high school and plans to return to Indiana to pursue cartooning.
Boy Scouts distributed 500 warning handbills in Cedar Rapids over two and a half hours urging pedestrians to use crosswalks. The effort targets Second and Third Avenues as the No 1 danger zone with patrols planned across Tuesday to Thursday and loudspeaker messages set for Friday.
The article notes Greek parcels sent to the United States mostly contained people in appreciation of aid received from America. Greek shipments included few meat items, with token salamis among the gifts. Greek parcels were addressed to relatives and friends in the U.S. from needy Greeks.
Franklin avenue NE residents seek a two sided sidewalk on Franklin avenue SE between the sanitary sewer line and Twenty fifth street NE with the work hoped for this summer. Two petitions with 16 names protest costly paving of an alley between Maplewood drive and Sixteenth street NE from I to J avenues. A contract resolution for the paving work is set for final passage Thursday. A Kiwanis club resolution praising the council for flood relief work was read at Monday's meeting.
City Engineer Frank Young is authorized to purchase equipment for the sewage plant. The approval hinges on obtaining an affordable and suitable model, with officials awaiting a feasible bid. The action reflects ongoing municipal upgrades to wastewater infrastructure.
The city authorized the purchase Monday of a 2900 Oakland Road site for 2500 dollars. The parcel owned by Mrs Nan Gable runs 60 feet along Oakland Road NE and extends 469 feet in depth.
George E. Thompson of 1624 Wildwood Drive NE, manager of the W. G. Block Company's Cedar Rapids yards, was elected to the Block board of directors at Tuesday’s annual meeting. Dav en company distributes coal stokers and sea supplies through plants in Iowa and Illinois.
Washington report lists final senate roll call on overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft Hartley labor law with names of Senators in attendance and party alignments across the chamber. The tally reflects the partisan split and positions on the controversial measure.
United Air Lines aircraft on a New York to Chicago run set a new commercial flight record in 2 hours 19 minutes, trimming the previous best by about a minute. The flight underscored faster transcontinental service and highlighted advances in air travel efficiency.
United Air Lines claimed an unofficial speed record for commercial flights on the Pacific coast. A four motor DC-6 flew from San Francisco to Portland in two hours five minutes, then Seattle in thirty six more minutes. The flight averaged almost 275 miles per hour to Portland and 220 on the second leg. The distances cited were 574 airline miles San Francisco to Portland and 132 from Portland to Seattle.
John D. Heaverlo aged 19 of Newton was found dead in his car beneath a bridge on highway 6 west of Newton. Sheriff Ray Barber said the westbound car left the road and struck the bridge around 2 a.m. causing a concussion death.
In Hamburg Iowa AP report, recent heavy rains uncover a rich harvest for collectors of Indian artifacts. Arrowheads hammers pottery coins and petrified bones dot the exposed fields and ditches.
Jacob Watson a 63 year old landlord in San Francisco was sentenced to five years in prison for killing two tenants who he said made too much noise. The crime involved gunfire at a rental property in the city.
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