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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1952

Page

2

Anamosa Man Faces Federal Bank Burglary Charges

Martin W. Schipper, 35, of Anamosa, faces two federal counts of bank burglary in addition to state breaking and entering charges filed in Anamosa. A Cedar Rapids charge concerns a Nov 3 Baldwin bank vault pry attempted break in. He is held in Jones County jail awaiting arraignment.

Martin W. Schipper Anamosa Cedar Rapids Baldwin Bank Schipper Davenport Wheatland Bank Jones Country

Iowa Forecast And Five Day Weather Outlook Stated

Iowa forecast fair Monday night with colder east. Wednesday partly cloudy and milder west. Highs 15 to 25, lows near five below to five above. Five day outlook: temperatures four to eight degrees below normal. precip one half to one inch. Rain or snow possible Thursday and late Friday, continuing through weekend.

Iowa Weather Bureau Cedar Rapids Iowa Highway Commission Atlantic Perry Ames Waterloo Elkader Des Moines

Police, Firemen, CIO Ask Use of Grant High Gym

Cedar Rapids school board heard appeals from police chief, fire chief and CIO Industrial Union Council for access to the Grant High gym to provide workouts and boxing facilities for youths. They offered to supervise usage at set times and said existing YMCA and Community House facilities are inadequate. The board requested a written follow up and asked no final decision at that time.

CIO Grant High Board of Education Cedar Rapids School Board Grant High School CIO Industrial Union Council YMCA Community House Felix Barta Jesse G. Hunter Leonard Sipe James L. Burlingham

Local Cedar Rapids school board candidates discuss motives

The article covers candidates including Mrs. Vernon L. Spohn and Eliot O. Waples sharing public spirited aims and honesty in funding. Henry A. Webster endorses construction experience for the board. Several other contenders are listed as running but not present, with three seats to be filled for three-year terms on the seven-member, unpaid board.

Vernon L. Spohn Eliot O. Waples Midland Mortgage Company Laubly Spohn Penningroth Henry A. Webster Modern Heating Jensen Webster

Iowa Cattle Breeder Crushed in Elevator Accident

Orville L. Hamer a 66 year old Holstein breeder four miles south of Waterloo is in critical condition after a crushing accident at his grain elevator on his farm. Witnesses say he stumbled and fell into the elevator head first and fellow workers shut off the power and pulled him free.

Waterloo INS Orville L. Hamer

City Plans and Community Notices Briefs

City Plan Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in city hall council room. Grant Wood PTA meeting postponed to March 11 due to weather. OES auxiliary to Children’s Home postponed with no new date set. Cedar Rapids Booster Club breakfast Thursday at 7 30 a m in Alcove 1529 First Ave SE. Iowa Kings Daughters charter bus to Dallas April 18 25. reservations by March 15. Mrs Milo Nese tril attended funeral of her brother Frank Broz who died February 23 in Wagner S D. Jack Wisehart’s car struck by a freight car at E Avenue NW crossing. signals not working, flare present.

Booster Club Clyde Parker Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, Booster Club First Avenue Kings Daughters Iowa Dallas Texas L. A. Lower Milo Nese Tril Wilson Avenue Wagner, S. D Frank Broz Wagner Mr. Broz Oxford Jack Wisehart Fifteenth Avenue SW E Avenue NW

Iowa Supreme Court Grants State 20 More Days in Beckwith Appeal

The Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the State an additional 20 days to file arguments in the Beckwith appeal from his second conviction for mutilation of Mrs Irma Jean Stahlhut. The extension pushes the process to the May term, as defense arguments follow in 20 days. The court also reversed a Waterloo damage verdict in a 1948 auto accident case, remanding for retrial due to recklessness factors.

Des Moines Iowa Supreme Court Edward J. Beckwith Irma Jean Stahlhut G. K. Thompson Cedar Rapids High Court Shannon B. Charlton Waterloo Virginia Hahn Albert Strubel Charlton Strubel Supreme Court

Iowa Supreme Court Actions Include Multiple Reversals and Affirmations

Iowa Supreme Court decisions Tuesday cover numerous cases across counties. Reversals and partial affirmations involve wills language, child custody, certificates of deposit, drainage assessments, disbarment, false imprisonment, traffic accidents, malice claims, and farm property tax appeals, with judges Johnston Hudson Newell Forsling Schaupp Moore and others presiding in districts statewide.

Des Moines Iowa Supreme Court George McCulloch Wayne County District Court George A. Johnston Gloria Jean Joiner Wallace Knieriem Humboldt Fred M. Hudson J. W. Gray John Watters Henry E. O. Newell North Western Railway Company William J. Dressen Crawford F. H.en Clarence B. Meldrum Pormaterate L. B. Fporsling Afime William J. Sergeant Watson Brothers Transportation Company Polk C. Edwin Moore William J. Westergard Des Moines Railway Company Russell Lizzie M. Bohnsack Leslie E. Driftmier Franklin John M. Schaupp W. Simmons Iowa Teninin Helen Strubel Black Hawk Shannon Glen Devis Rock Island Railroad Cedar G. K. Thompson Aspen Donn Dallmann Woodbury Municipal Court George M. Paradise State Harmon Enfield Tom K. Murrow

Wilson urges two year extension of price wage controls

Mobilization Chief Charles E. Wilson urged Congress to extend price and wage controls for two years, arguing inflation will not be tamed unless prices are restrained and wages kept in line. He noted some easing in shortages of copper and aluminum but cautioned uncertainty remains. The Defense Production Administration announced 30 million extra pounds of aluminum and up to 25 million more pounds of copper for civilian use April through June, with allocation decisions pending industry needs.

Washington Charles E. Wilson Congress Senate Banking Committee Defense Production Administration DPA Manly Fleischmann

Youth Claims He Was Pushed Into Bonfire

Richard McIntyre a 17 year old Bluffton farm youth was burned on both legs after being pushed into a brushfire by two men he met while hunting near Bluffton. He was hospitalized in Iowa City with second and third degree burns and his incoherent report is under investigation by Winneshiek County Sheriff George W. Harms.

Young McIntyre Harris

Soviet Chess Experts Propose Rename of Chess Pieces

Soviet chess experts urge elimination of capitalist titles such as king and queen from chess and propose replacements like stakhanovite. Reports received by Radio Free Europe indicate the proposal aims to remove class-based terms from the game.

Munich Radio Free Europe

Drunk driving trial resumes with 11 jurors in Cedar Rapids

Raymond Ealy 34 facing route 2 drunk driving charges. one juror stranded by drifted roads. Grace Meints Coggan excused by Judge M C Hamiel after agreement to trial with 11 jurors. Ealy arrested December 31 at home by highway patrol. trial began Monday. Also, Beach vs Evitts seeks $1,000 for injuries from July 8 1951 crash at Seventh Street and Fifth Avenue SE. Remaining jurors for Ealy case listed.

Raymond Ealy Cedar Rapids Grace Meints Coggan M. C. Hamiel Ealy Highway Patrol Thas J. E. Heiserman Clara M. Beach Charles Evitts Seventh Street Fifth Avenue SE Charles T. Coufal Flora O’brine Keith R. Phelps Viola M. Miller Alta L. King Alben E. Nicholson William M. Radloff Elmer F. Karasek Velma Marchal Irene Opperman Helen J. Harlan James Martin Otter Creek Township Charles Stark Clinton Township Marjorie Oxley Marion C. W. Shafer Mary G. Davin Charles Palmer A. L. Hulshizer Marie Engler Earl B. Chamberlain Gladys M. Kelly Tillie M. Conway Harvey L. Parker

Flames Destroy Alburnett House

A five room Alburnett home owned by Mrs Ida Cleveland was gutted by a fire Tuesday morning. Harold and Mrs Schmidt were not home. Mrs Schmidt saw smoke from a neighbor’s home and alerted firefighters. Fire units from Alburnett and Central City battled the blaze over an hour. contents were destroyed, with no insurance on the household goods.

Gazette Alburnett Harold Schmidt Ida Cleveland Schmidts

Bomb Plant Tip Netted 75000 Profit Near Savannah River Site

The Senate-House atomic energy committee reported an inside tip on the hydrogen bomb plant site in South Carolina earned a 75000 profit on an 91 acre land deal bought just before the site announcement on November 28, 1950. Walter Pace of Salt Lake City profited after allegedly being tipped by former AEC employee W Conrad McKelway, who was later dismissed. The DOJ said no law could prosecute due to lack of applicable statutes.

Washington South Carolina Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee Justice Department Walter V. Pace Salt Lake City W. Conrad McKelway Atomic Energy Commission

Retrial Scheduled for Baratta in March Term

Des Moines AP Charles Baratta a 31 year old former tavern operator will face retrial on a second degree murder charge assigned by District Judge Dring D Needham for the early March term. Baratta was convicted in 1950 for the death of Wilbur Sandin 32 a tavern patron, a conviction reversed by the state supreme court last November and sent back for retrial.

DES Moines Charles Baratta Dring D. Needham Baratta Wilbur Sandin State Supreme Court District Court

Henry O Pettlon 65 dies in Cedar Rapids hospital

MANCHESTER Henry O Pettlon 65 former Manchester hardware operator died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital Born Oct 3 1886 near Delaware Ia he was partner in Pettlon and Atwater later in Manchester plumbing He worked the last 10 years for Collins Radio Co Cedar Rapids but lived in Manchester Married Pearl Paige June 19 1912 Survivors include his wife six children a sister and ten grandchildren Funeral services will be held Thursday in Shelley funeral home

Manchester Henry O. Pettlon Cedar Rapids Delaware Pettlon Pettlon and Atwater Collins Radio Company Pearl Paige H. Orville Hawthorne Calif Norman Warren Ce‘dar Rapids Fred John Sun Valley Roy Galloway Delhi Nellie Squires Santa Ana Shelley

Jury of Six Men and Six Women for Fischer Trial

A jury of six men and six women was selected to try 15 year old Robert Fischer for second degree murder in the April shooting of his father Al W. Fischer 42 at their former home in Jewell where Fischer was superintendent of schools. The panel includes a former army nurse, four housewives, four farmers and two Webster City workers. The trial follows an argument over raking leaves and opens after 61 of 80 questioned jurors were screened.

Webster City Robert Fischer Webster Navy Fischer al W. Fischer Jewell

Prosecution Sought For 127 Gambler Tax Defaulters

Washington report shows the Internal Revenue Service recommending prosecutions for 127 individuals for failing to buy the $50 gambler’s tax stamp, with 137 more cases pending. The agency said violations span 33 states and DC. The bureau projects $2 billion in taxes due this fiscal year, with refunds exceeding $500 million. By year end, $980 million billed. $232 million collected via distraint warrants. $641 million still outstanding. $28 million deemed uncollectible.

Washington Internal Revenue Bureau Bureau Tax Agency District of Columbia

Town Meeting of the Air broadcast from Coe College

Tickets for tonight's Town Meeting of the Air should be in seats by 7 15 pm. The ABC program on station KXEL from the T M Sinclair Memorial Chapel at Coe College runs 8 to 8 45 with moderator Quincy Howe and panelists Norman Thomas and John C Caldwell. The topic asks Does American Aid to Asia Strengthen Communism.

ABC KXEL Waterloo T. M. Sinclair Coe College Quincy Howe Norman Thomas John C. Caldwell Cordell Hall Foundation Nashville, Tenn Asia

Cook Charged With Embezzlement by Agent

Paul Salome, 46, of 212 Tenth Street NE, a cook at 316 Grill, was arrested on a charge of embezzlement by agent. He posted a $1,000 bond and was ordered to appear before Justice Charles Benesh. Detective Inspector Bukacek said Salome ordered six turkeys valued at $55 from Western Grocery, charged to the grill but delivered to his brother.

Paul Salome Tenth Street 316 Grill Charles Benesh Frank Bukacek Salome Western Grocery Company Bukacek

Gust of Wind Drags Man Off Freight Train

Roy J. Dowdey of Hawarden remained in serious condition at a Storm Lake hospital after a gust of wind dragged him from an Illinois Central freighter. The railroad employee suffered fractures and broken bones but flagged a passenger train with his sweater. He lay in snow for about 30 minutes in 11 degree weather seven miles southeast of Storm Lake before help arrived.

Storm Lake INS Roy J. Dowdey Hawarden Illinois Central Dowdey

Three file for Oxford Junction school board seats

Otto Koranda and L L McCreight seek re election to the Oxford Junction school board as two vacancies appear. Emile Koranda also filed while Blanche Fifields enters the race for treasurer.

Oxford Junction Otto Koranda L. L. McCreight Emile Koranda Blanche Fifields

Kadlec Brother Auto founder John Kadlec dies

Funeral services for John Joseph Kadlec of 1812 J Street SW will be held at Kuba Funeral Home at 9 AM Wednesday and St. Ludmila's Church at 9 30 by Rev Frank R Hruby. Burial in St. John's Cemetery. The Sacred Heart KADLEC ary Guild and the Daughters of Isabella will recite the Rosary at 7 30 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.

John Joseph Kadlec J Street Kadlec Brothers Auto Company Kuba Funeral Home St. Ludmila’s Church Frank R. Hruby St. John’s Cemetery Sanctu- Kadlecary Guild Daughters of Isabella

Cedar Rapids Woman Bertha Stark Dies After Illness

Bertha Gladys Stark 58 wife of Bernard E Stark of 2913 E avenue NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 5 05 PM Monday after a lingering illness. Born September 28 1893 she was a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and member of St Matthew's Altar and Rosary Society. She is survived by her husband and a brother Ralph Stonebraker Cedar Rapids and several nieces and nephews. Services 10 AM Thursday at St Matthew's Church Rev J D Kearn. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Rosary 8 PM Wednesday at Monahan funeral home with calling hours.

Bertha Gladys Stark Bernard E. Stark E Avenue Cedar Rapids St. Matthew’s Church J. D. Kearn Cedar Memorial Cemetery Father Kearn Altar and Rosary Society Monahan Funeral Home

Death Notices: Miss Anna Francik 71 Cedar Rapids Resident

Miss Anna Francik 71 of 1120 Third Street SE Cedar Rapids died at 2 10 p m Monday in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness born October 1 1880 in Cedar Rapids Survivors include two sisters Mrs Frank Shebetka and Mrs William Harney both of near Oxford and three brothers Adolph and Florian of Cedar Rapids and Michael of Inglewood California Burial will be in the Czech National Cemetery Friends may call at Brosh chapel after noon Wednesday

Anna Francik Third Street SE Cedar Rapids Iowa City Frank Shebetka William Harney Oxford Adolph Florian Cedar ,Rapids Michael Inglewood Calif

Death of David A Nederhiser in Cedar Rapids

David A Nederhiser 59 died Monday at 6 28 p m in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness He was born May 29 1892 near Ely and moved to Cedar Rapids thirty years ago He was a member of the I C C F lodge of Ely and the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Cedar Rapids Survivors include his sister Mrs Joseph Kremenak of Ely Burial will be in Rogers Grove Cemetery near Ely Friends may call Brush chapel after noon Wednesday

David A. Nederhiser Narva Cedar Rapids Ely Nederhiser I.c.cf. Lodge of Order of Eagles Joseph Kremenak Brush Chapel Roger’s Grove

Services for Guy E Curran at Barta-Hesser Chapel

Funeral arrangements for Guy E Curran of 1329 Burch Avenue NW note a 3 30 p m Thursday service led by Rev Hubert Grant of Trinity Methodist and Crescent Lodge No 25. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Masons to meet at the Masonic Temple at 3 p m Thursday. Curran belonged to Crescent Lodge No 25 Iowa Consistory Ambar Grotto and Switch 1 Union of North America 0 92.

Guy E. Curran Burch Avenue Barta-Hesser Chapel Hubert Grant Trinity Methodist Church Crescent Lodge No. 25 Cedar Memorial Cemetery Masonic Temple Curran Crescent Lodge No Iowa Conlsistory Ambar Grotto Union of North America

E C Black 79 Former Railway Clerk Dies in Tillamook

E C Black 79 longtime Cedar Rapids Railway Express clerk died Sunday in Tillamook Oregon where he had lived ten years. He leaves wife two daughters Mrs H O Thune of Cedar Rapids and Mrs A M Davis of San Fernando California a sister Mrs Grover Taylor of Glendale California and a stepson Harry Chinn of Tillamook. Funeral services set for Wednesday in Tillamook with burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

E. C. Black Railway Express Cedar Rapids Tillamook Ore H. O. Thune A. M. Davis San Fernando Calif Grover Taylor Glendale Harry Chinn Pillamook

Services for Rozetta McKenna Hickman

Rozetta McKenna Hickman widow of John M. Hickman and former Mt. Vernon resident died in Cedar Rapids at Barta-Hesser chapel. The Rev. Merton Green of the Mt. Vernon Methodist church officiated at 1 30 p m Thursday. Burial is in Oak Shade cemetery at Marion with calling after 5 p m Wednesday.

Rozetta McKenna Hickman John M. Hickman Mt. Vernon Cedar Rapids Merton Green The Methodist Church of Oak Shade Marion

Funeral services for Mrs Alberta Butterfield held at Walker church

Services for Mrs Alberta Butterfield of 117 Tenth Street NE were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Methodist church at Walker after the body was moved from Beatty chapel. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Cora Allen of Cedar.

Alberta Butterfield Tenth Street Walker Beatty Chapel Cora Allen Cedar Rapids

Services for James Bruce at Beatty Chapel at 1:30

Services for James Bruce of 860 Fourteenth Street NE will be held in Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Frank Ward.

Services for John Vosdingh Held at Beatty Chapel

John Vosdingh died Sunday at 1685 Edgewood read NW. Services will be at Beatty chapel at 10 a.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev. John Wieand of the Church of the Brethren. Burial follows at Dunkard cemetery near Toddville. Friends may call at the chapel.

John Vosdingh Edgewood Read Beatty Chapel John Wieand Church of the Brethren Dunkard Toddville Fat

Obituary for Tony Malek of 1801 D street SW

Services for Tony Malek will be conducted in Barta-Hesser chapel at 3 30 p m Wednesday by the Rev Frank Ward. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.

Tony Malek D Street Frank Ward Oak Hill Cemetery

ISEA Official Charges Error In Sick Leaves

Cedar Rapids teachers faced a contest over sick leave after the ISEA asserted the state attorney general erred in a ruling limiting sick leave to 35 days. The city had allowed 60 days, and officials warned the reversal could impact teacher recruitment.

ISEA Cedar Rapids Douglas Grant Iowa State Education Association Iowa Martin

Winter storm rages across Iowa snarling travel and prompting weather alerts

Snow drifts and hazardous highways strand travelers after heavy snowfall across eastern Iowa. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids report snow covered roads as officials warn of continued cold overnight while forecasts call for light snow through Thursday and a risk of further storms. A separate local dispute over sick leave for teachers draws comment from state lawmakers and a Cedar Rapids superintendent signals potential test cases.

Ottumwa Ames Des Moines Chicago Weather Bureau Iowa

Snow blankets Kansas and Missouri paralyzing travel

The heaviest winter snow covers Kansas and parts of Missouri from the lower Missouri valley to the upper Great Lakes. Police warn motorists to avoid nonessential travel as five deaths in Kansas City are blamed on the weather and hotels fill with stranded commuters. Bismarck, North Dakota records 20 below zero as the coldest spot. The snow also brightens the winter wheat crop outlook.

United Press Kansas Missouri Missouri Valley Great Lakes Bismarck N. D Kansas City

Beardsley Names Whitfield To Campaign Manager

Gov. William S. Beardsley announced Des Moines attorney Allen Whitfield will manage his bid for a third term. Whitfield previously directed Beardsley’s 1950 campaign and has opened headquarters in the Insurance Exchange building. Beardsley faces Lt. Gov. William Nicholas and former Lt. Gov. Kenneth Evans in the Republican primary.

Des Moines William S. Beardsley Allen Whitfield Whitfield Insurance Exchange Beardsley William Nicholas Kenneth Evans

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