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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
17
Thousands of acres of corn ground flooded south of Missouri Valley as Boyer river levee breaks near Loveland lessened flood danger. Evacuations occurred for farm families and livestock while an ice jam two miles long remained at the Boyer river mouth.
Special to The Gazette. William F. Gremmels, 87, a retired Oelwein grocer and former wholesale fruit dealer, died Tuesday. Born November 28, 1862 in Balltown Dubuque County, he lived in Oelwein for 60 years and leaves daughters Amanda and Martha, sons William Jr. and Edgard Harold, two brothers Henry and Arthur, two sisters Mrs. George Fox and Mrs. L. B. Miller. Survived by relatives in Oelwein Berkeley Calif. and Waterloo. Body to Brant funeral home.
Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele informed Senator Guy Gillette that the University of Iowa would receive a $1,250 grant to aid cancer research facilities. The grant was recommended by the National Cancer Advisory Council and is provided under congress approved contract authorization for the current fiscal year.
Young Democrats at the University of Iowa will host a First can tonal district caucus on March 7 in Iowa City. U.S. senatorial candidates Otha D. Wearin of Hastings and Alvin P. Meyers of Van Meter are invited to address a dinner and public meeting, along with Harold J. Fleck of Oskaloosa who seeks Iowa attorney general.
Waterloo Iowa AP reports Rath Packing Company remains out of the hog market for a third day as hog cut, hog kill, and related departments stay closed due to a labor dispute in the hog cutting department.
Edward S. Rose of Iowa City named president elect of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association, to take office in February, as Walter Myers becomes current-year president. Gov. Beardsley named honorary president and will appoint a State Board of Pharmacy member July 1. The group opposes socialized medicine and condemns cooperative tax benefits in business.
A car and a truck collided on highway 65 eight miles north of Hampton. Walter C. Bohnsack 22 of Hampton died. Leslie Dristmeir 49 of Corning drove the car. Dristmeir Harry Fielding 24 and Clarence Dristmeir 29, all of Hampton, were injured. Dristmeir remained unconscious at Luth Hospital.
The community concert chorus will feature a program Monday night with violinist Albert Spalding performing the third number on the bill.
Arthur Ricard the Kleagle for Nebraska and Iowa says a drive to reorganize the Ku Klux Klan is under way in virtually every city and town in the two states. He notes he has been very successful in attracting new members and that many former members want to return.
Des Moines Attorney General Robert Larson said he knows of no legal reason to block Klan reorganization in Iowa. He has heard of plans only from news reports, and has received no reports of illegal acts. He may conduct a survey of the situation.
Warren Wells 69, chairman of the State Tax Commission, resigned to seek the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He notified Gov. Beardsley that the resignation is effective at the governor’s convenience and said he cannot continue tax commission duties while campaigning. Wells is one of three Republicans in the race, along with Sen. J. Kendall Lynes and Rep. Harold F. Nelson, with Lt. Gov. Kenneth Evans undecided on 1950 plans.
A small safe reported stolen from a Wapello cafe last Thursday was recovered Tuesday on the ice beneath a bridge over Pine Creek near Muscatine. The finder alerted authorities and the safe is being examined for contents and fingerprints.
Thomas Lane Hanson, 25, of near Aurora, was back in Mercy hospital after visiting his seriously ill father. Hanson fractured a leg when his car skidded and hit a bridge, and he spent Monday night at his father’s bedside before being admitted Tuesday.
Des Moines AP reports motor vehicle registration receipts for the first two months of 1950 exceed any full year before 1949. New plate sales for cars and trucks in December and January totaled 18,246,707, with 851,104 registrations vs 809,123 last year, reflecting about a 5 million dollar rise.
Durant AP reports funeral services for Walter William Guttenfelder, a high school senior and basketball player, killed in a railroad crossing accident Saturday. The service will be Thursday in the high school auditorium, with burial at Davenport. Schools will be closed all day Thursday.
Newton AP reports a head on crash two miles east of Kellogg killed Samuel Toulson 29 of Cordova Illinois a Merchants Motor Freight driver. Warren Allen Millard Truck Lines Des Moines was hospitalized with serious injuries after Toulson was pinned in his cab and rescued from the wreckage. The crash occurred about 5 05 a m on highway 6.
Iowa ballroom operators launched a state organization in Des Moines with Henry Heimendinger of Clear Lake as president Verne Luther of Oelwein as vice president and Robert Reichardt of Des Moines as secretary and treasurer The group discussed a federal court ruling exempting operators from the 20 percent cabaret tax and a bill to tax social security on orchestra members to the operators instead of band leaders
Clayton county courthouse will close on Fridays and Saturdays from March 10 to conserve Elkader's dwindling coal supply. St Joseph's parochial school closed until the emergency passes. No Lenten services will be held in area churches. The spelling contest will move from here to Garnavillo High School gym on March 11.
A Des Moines war veteran Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Fowler and their young daughter lost all possessions when a three room house north of Des Moines burned Tuesday night. An overheated stove caused the fire aided by strong winds and the family was away at the time.
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