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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1947
Page
2
Fair and cooler Sunday with thundershowers near the Mississippi early. Warmer Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Temperature range 62 to 82. Local fines include speeding and reckless driving charges. New arrivals: several births July 27 to June 27 listed. Divorces filed: John T. Reed vs Leona M. Reed.
Edgewood resident Charles Amling 67 died Friday and was transported to Rhines Funeral Home for services and arrangements.
The Twenty-Forty club plans a permanent name for its young adult group as a feature of tonight's opening dance at the former Club One-9-Teen. The dance starts at 8 30 p m with summer memberships to be sold, organized under the playground and recreation commission.
Towns end clubs of the Second Iowa district will parade in Cedar Rapids Sunday at 12 30 p m The parade starts at the Community parking lot south of Greene square and proceeds north on Fifth street SE to Third avenue west on Third avenue to First street north on First street to First avenue east on First avenue to Fifth street E and back to the starting point Charles F Pettit publicity chairman announced Saturday
William Moes, 34, of 1619 First avenue SW, was sentenced to 30 days in Linn county jail after pleading guilty for the second time to operating a motor vehicle while his license remained suspended. Justice H. R. Churchill presided.
The document records a probate notice dated Cedar Rapids Iowa in 1947 announcing the filing related to the will of Jones deceased. It cites St Petey House in Cedar admission and Linn County. The filing is presented as a recording of the probate process and a public notice of the will.
Paris AP report says a British request led to a news blackout at discussions among Britain France and Russia on the Marshall plan and US economic aid to Europe. Tass suggested the meeting would clarify Secretary of State's statements while avoiding public quotes.
G F Geissler, manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, told senators the House budget cut could cost the treasury up to 50 million dollars. He said government has 540,000 contracts worth about 500 million with potential losses from unpaid premiums and claims unless agents verify acreage and damage reports.
The Agriculture Department reports farm prices declined one percentage point from mid May to mid June with the June 15 index at 271 percent of the 1909 14 base. Parity prices rose to 230 percent, while corn climbed 26 cents to an average of 1.85 a bushel as feed costs edged up amid wet weather.
Pravda ran a four column cartoon depicting Gen. Eisenhower leading U S forces to defend a North Pole outpost. Eskimo mother and children, penguins, bears, reindeer, and an arctic fox appear as foes while the general sits atop a jeep with weapons and instruments. Eisenhower asks, What do you mean Cant you see the forces of the enemy concentrated here They say the threat to America lies here.
A United Press survey shows price increases exceeding 50 percent across many items since price controls ended. Meat led gains with pork loins up nationwide and regional swings from 41 to 113 percent, while butter rose in the Midwest and durable goods like washing machines and electric stoves also climbed.
Charles R. Denny chairman of the FCC told the Senate appropriations subcommittee that a $1 3 million house cut in processing funds would slow television development next year and create a bottleneck for handling standard broadcast and FM permit applications due to manpower shortages. The House trimmed the FCC budget to $6 million, $211 000 below the current year.
The Omaha stock yards strike by stock handlers against Union Stockyards Co ended Saturday with workers returning to their jobs. The CIO union and company signed a contract granting wage increases from seven to 11 cents an hour, averaging about 10 cents.
In Chicago two major oil firms, Socony-Vacuum and Shell, said they will cap Midwest gasoline sales for July and August at levels of the previous year. The move follows prior notices from Standard Oil of Indiana and Phillips Petroleum as officials cite pipeline and tank car limits amid rising demand.
Pope Pius XII awarded the Great Cross of the Order of Pius IX to President Juan D. Peron. The badge was sent from the Vatican to the Argentine embassy for forwarding to his wife who was received by the Pope. Vatican sources cited Peron's help in relieving war suffering as the basis for the decoration.
Mrs Emma Barrows of 428 A avenue NE is in St Luke's hospital with visitors allowed. Mrs Petersen's alteration shop is closed for vacation and will reopen Monday July 14. Mrs John Cox and her son Bill of 511 Twenty-sixth street NE returned from a two week business trip to Los Angeles.
Sgt Donald E Johnson son of Mrs Emma Johnson 210 Fourth Avenue SW has been transferred to the 15th quartermaster troop of the Eighth army in Tokyo He has served since October 1934 and fought in the Normandy invasion and Southern France He has spent 15 months in the Pacific
William J Kennedy of 1005 Eleventh Street NW was treated at Mercy hospital for cuts after the auto he rode in collided with a freight car at the Sixth Street SW crossing. Police noted a pattern of this crossing’s accidents and an on duty flagman only until 1 PM. Lloyd Hamer of 516 Fifth Street SE drove the other vehicle and failed to see the freight car until impact.
A Joliet railroad engineer said he saw about nine flat circular objects moving rapidly across the sky at 4000 feet east of Joliet on a Tuesday. He described synchronized motion among the discs with a leading craft powering the others, as Kenneth Arnold’s Idaho sighting gained attention.
Courthouse records show C W Nelson filing a district court petition against Leo Burrell as defendant. Nelson alleges he was employed by Burrell Brothers starting November 27, 1945 as manager and sales manager to maintain all books and records and remained until February 4, 1946. He says he did not receive the agreed compensation signed November 27.
L. J. Strait, 31, of 368 Seventh Saturday is confined in the Linn county jail on a charge of false uttering of a check for the sheriff at Waterloo.
Richard L. Pike of Pike's Food Shop files a lawsuit against Joe W. and Vera Diouhy Jr seeking 74.01 dollars claimed as due for purchases made between December 1, 1946 and March 15. The suit was filed Friday at the local court.
Donovan Gruhn of Cedar Rapids and his mother Mrs. Gus Gruhn of Marshalltown are named defendants in a district court suit filed Saturday by J. G. Schifflett of Marshalltown as executor of Dr. O. F. Parish estate. The suit seeks $75 for professional services billed by Dr. Parish for the late Gus Gruhn.
The Peoples Savings bank appointed executor for James Farrell who died June 21 with no bond required. In a separate matter, Hubert C. McGregor of Norway, aged 22, received a six month floater sentence on a vagrancy charge by Judge G K Thompson.
Five members of Cub pack No. 26 Van Buren district received awards Friday evening at the pack s first outdoor of the season on the lawn of John Huss church. Awards went to Charles Mrstik Jimmy Leiser Billy Brown Dennis Dwyer and about 75 at supper meeting.
Passaic New Jersey AP reports Anna Parfinska was involuntarily committed by mistake and spent three days at Greystone Park State Hospital. confusion stemmed from language, a similarly named patient, and proximity. she was released after officials verified the error and she rode home in the same taxi.
Mrs. Annie Lorence Benish 73 of near Cedar Bluff dies at 11 30 a m in Solon after a long illness. Survived by husband four daughters four sons eight grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral at 2 p m Monday at Brush Solon with Rev S V Williams. burial Oak Hill Solon. Friends may call Saturday evening.
Mrs Donald B Bonnie Stufflebean Her ring 38 formerly of 2039 Park avenue SE and a Dubuque resident for 19 months died in Dubuque at 3 25 am Saturday after a long illness She was born Sept 8 1908 in Waterloo and previously worked as a stenographer in Cedar Rapids Surviving are her husband a son in law daughter Donna Rae and four siblings Funeral services will be in Beatty chapel Tuesday with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery Brief services will be held at Behr mortuary Dubuque Sunday
Mrs. John 8S Barnicle a Cedar Rapids resident for more than 65 years died suddenly at her home at 4 45 a m Saturday Born Sarah Williamson on March 25 1869 she and her husband observed their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov 25 1946 Surviving are a sister Janie Pierce of Monett Missouri Services will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday with burial in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Merlin Steven Stanek infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo H. Stanek of 8291 B avenue NE died in a local hospital at 4 p.m. Friday. Surviving are his parents, brothers Edward, Leo Jr., and Joe, a sister Connie Lee, and two grandmothers Carrie Reaster of Jeho Ohio and Mabel McGuire of Cedar Rapids. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Beatty chapel with burial at Dunkard Cemetery near Toddville. Friends may attend at the chapel.
Mile 27 of 1224 Ellis boulevard resident Prusek pled guilty to reckless driving and was fined $100 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson. He was arrested Friday night after losing control of his car and striking a guard rail on the bridge at First Avenue and Thirtieth Street NE.
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A Cedar Rapids mother Mrs. Harry Gunder and her pilot daughter Eleanor Gunderson began a two leg air journey from Municipal airport to California in a light two place plane. Eleanor holds a commercial pilot license and has over 700 hours of flight time. They planned to reach Van Nuys Calif Sunday after stopping in Kansas Friday night and Cedar Rapids en route.
Five Steamboat Rock men missing since Friday are feared drowned after their fishing boat went over a dam near Steamboat Rock Iowa Betty Dean Lukins 13 saw the boat go over the dam about 6 p m and could not confirm if the men were aboard Their car and a dog were found ashore with the vehicle believed to have carried the men from the scene World War II veterans Lester Karstens 22 and Robert Eilers 21 were among those missing.
The North Western railroad agreed to shut off diesel engines and coast past Ravinia Park to quiet train noise during Ravinia Festival concerts in Chicago. Signs along the right of way warn engineers "Ravinia Park Quiet."
Mrs. Glenn Frank widow of Wisconsin University president told an Iowa City audience that fraternities and sororities should be abolished from every campus. She urged the six top fraternity men at the University of Iowa to surrender their pins to the president and argued that Greek letter societies are undemocratic and tied to racism. She cited Princeton and Dartmouth Jewish enrollment to bolster her case.
Gov Dwight Green signed final authorization granting Joe Majczek a $24,000 award. Majczek served 13 years in prison for murder before being declared innocent. The payout marks acknowledgment of wrongful conviction.
The Prague theological faculty of the University of Prague in Czechoslovakia will speak in Cedar Repicts. He published Doom and Resurrection in the United States last year. Luncheon reservations must be made by Sunday evening with Rev. Frederick H. Haag, association president.
Berlin AP reports four American jurists received appointment letters to military tribunals at Nuernberg in a ceremony with Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating. Justice Charles Frederick Wennerstrum of the Iowa Supreme Court is among them and will sit on a new tribunal likely to convene late next week as four tribunals are active at Nuernberg.
In Des Moines, a dozen Mexican families who had been aided by Red Cross volunteers after flood displacement fed the workers. George Diaz handled shopping while the senoras cooked a meal of chicken mole, Mexican rice, tortillas, peppers, vermicelli, and chili salad.
Lloyd King cafe operator and volunteer firefighter died when a broken light wire in debris electrocuted him during a fire that destroyed the C. E. Axtell lumber yard at Deep River. Fire crews from Millersburg Montezuma and What Cheer battled the blaze but were unable to stop it.
Mr and Mrs George A Smith University of Iowa students closed their interracial barber shop here Friday The couple opened it last November after a local social action committee highlighted that residents had to travel to Cedar Rapids for haircuts They cited a private $90 monthly income as a constraint on operation
Des Moines river crested at 16.57 feet in Ottumwa, about eight feet above flood stage and two feet below the predicted crest. Sewer backup flooded Church street sections, and Madison avenue lay under 10 inches of water from sewer inflow.
Fort Dodge regained partial electricity after a day without power as Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric operates a 3 000 kilowatt turbine to supply light in the western district. A 2 000 kilowatt unit is planned for the weekend with 5 000 kilowatt turbines expected after several days. Company president C P Conrad will meet Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce leaders Monday to discuss the plant emergency. Water use without boiling approved after tests showed no flood contamination.
Italy has the most land dedicated to grape cultivation, surpassing all other nations. The extensive vineyards underpin a long established wine industry and export strength across Europe.
Assistant Chief Joe Berry fired on officers and his family after a quarrel at a home in Iowa Falls. He reportedly shot and killed Knott, then fired seven times inside before coming out with his seven year old son and later surrendering without charge. Berry had previously threatened family members and carried a blackjack.
At the American Home Economics Association convention in St. Louis H. J. McAllister of Wheaton Illinois demonstrated a bagless vacuum cleaner described as an electric bath towel. A model Paule McCaree wore a swimsuit as she tested the device which reportedly dries cloth and soaks up liquids using a steel pan instead of a bag.
The Waltonian benefit ice cream social at 2235 Mt. Vernon avenue held a cake contest with over 1,000 attendees. Winners were Mrs. Arthur Ax mear for angel food, Mrs. Harold Milchiser for layer cake, and Mrs. Harold Drew for dark cake, judged by Mrs. Emma Felter. Proceeds go to Camp Conservation for underprivileged children near Troy Mills damaged by a recent fire. The Moose Girls Drum and Bugle corps performed.
Washington AP reports Saturday the Post Office Department raised the weight limit for aid packages to distressed persons in Germany and Austria from 11 to 22 pounds.
Fire of undetermined origin caused about $10,000 damage to the Great West railroad freight building in Waterloo on Friday night. Local crews battled the blaze but the cause remained under investigation.
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