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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1946
Page
1
Weather report lists high and low temperatures for multiple cities with rainfall amounts. Splits between Wednesday and Thursday forecast, then district-divorce petitions and police theft and drunk and disorderly cases with names and citations. Several births noted at St Luke's Mercy Casco and Cedar Rapids connections.
Rex Conn farm editor told an Ames Cost of Living conference that government butter subsidies benefit consumers less than producers as prices will rise when subsidies end. The event featured eight speakers on price control and rent control with resolutions urging Congress to extend emergency controls for a year and curb rents for veterans.
Former German Navy commander Karl Doenitz urged the Nuremberg tribunal to call Admiral Chester Nimitz as a defense witness. His brief argues U S submarines attacked ships without warning and did not aid shipwrecked crews, claiming U S and German navies followed similar war strategies and orders.
After 20 years on the job Thomas Minnik forgot to fasten his safety belt and swung free from a fourth story window for 10 minutes. His boss Edward Tasso of Illinois Window Cleaning Company spotted the danger from across the street and rescued him.
Patrolman Scotty Duncan linked two hit and run reports from First avenue near Fortieth street. Cliff Malone of Marion and E Harlan Hamdorf of Stanwood were involved in the same evening collision and Malone paid $10 plus costs for leaving the scene without identifying the other driver.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will initiate 1,000 World War I veterans in a mass ceremony at the Memorial Coliseum Wednesday night. Post Commander Stanley Bowers says families and friends are invited and dancing will follow with Ray Long's orchestra. The mass initiation aims to enroll veterans who joined in the last two months, with no current membership drive.
Mrs. Anna Malloy 828 A avenue NW fell at the intersection of A avenue and Fifth street NW around 6 p m Monday. Two passersby carried her to Harry Vedder 428 A avenue NW then police were notified. Patrolmen Murphy Davis and Frank O Neill took her to Mercy hospital where her condition Tuesday was reported as good.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as Executors of the estate of Arnest..., deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are vested to present them to the office in Linn County under Iowa law. The date appears as February 1946 and matters are to be settled at the county district court.
Labor officials meet with American Telephone and Telegraph and the independent long lines union to avert a telephone strike. The CIO United Auto Workers back a secret ballot at General Motors for 175,000 workers on ending the walkout with an 18.5 cent raise or arbitration for remaining disputes. The longshoremen and waterfront employers will resume talks on a 1946 contract to avert a 22,000 dockworkers strike on the Pacific coast. Warren calls the meeting a continuation of negotiations halted by the recent walkouts.
Des Moines builder Tom H. Archer was granted Marion city permits for a $150000 ballroom on First avenue E near Cedar Park. He plans a 213 by 140 foot concrete block steel structure with lounges booths and a large 8000 square foot dance floor to seat about 1564 and a 3000 car parking area.
Lee C. Mason aged 24 was paroled by Judge J. E. Heiserman to O. W. Lawrence after pleading guilty to larceny. He received a five year suspended sentence to Fort Madison Penitentiary, based on health findings from Iowa City State Hospital. Mason admitted stealing six automobile tires from a Cedar Rapids store in January.
An ouster petition and an appeal from a justice court eviction finding were filed in district court. Charles and Florence Bowman seek eviction of C B Peal and Delith Peal from a 40 acre Linn township farm leased since March 1 1945. Bowmans allege failure to vacate after a Feb 26 three day notice. Florence Marak appeals a Tonkinson eviction action over unpaid rent at 1203 Ninth Street NW.
Judge Floyd Philbrick postponed sentencing of Carroll Ray Darringer and Raymond Brady. The two 17 year olds pled guilty after Crissman recommended against pleading to the lesser charge of driving a car without the owner's consent.
The Interstate Finance corporation filed suit Tuesday against M. J. Raftis of 2518 First Avenue East to recover 477.81 on a promissory note dated August 28, 1945. The note covered a Dodge club coupe sold for 637.08 including finance charges and was to be paid in 12 installments.
A judgment for L. C. Jenson was entered for 182.31 against Marion O. Reiff and Clara Reiff in a suit filed July 1944. Jenson is also awarded five percent interest from August 1, 1941.
The article notes that university leadership titles vary by institution including presidents rectors chancellors provosts and principals reflecting diverse governance structures across the United States.
Cedar Rapids prices for food fell .9 percent from Dec 11 1945 to Jan 15 1946 per John B Parrish regional director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Chicago office The drop was led by a 14.9 percent fall in egg prices and a .5 percent dip in dried fruits and vegetables with a .2 percent decline in lamb prices Fresh and canned fish prices rose 2.6 percent and dairy 1.2 percent Chicken 0.5 percent higher Pork up 0.2 Beef veal fats and oils up 0.3 and 0.1 respectively Striking gains limited to fresh fruits vegetables and beverages overall disposable food costs eased slightly
Dr. Nicholas Abodeeley of Lawrence Massachusetts travels home after visiting his uncle Eli Abodeeley at 529 Fifth Avenue SE for several days in the city briefs.
The Ruptured Ducks, a World War II veterans organization, will meet at the YMCA Little Theater Thursday at 7 30 p.m.
St John's Episcopal Church will observe Ash Wednesday with communion at 7 30 a m and 10 a m and an evening service at 7 30 p m.
The Ladies' auxiliary to Local No 3 United Packinghouse Workers of America CIO will meet on Wednesday March 13 at 7 30 p.m. at the union office. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs. Charles B. Claypool and Miss Agnes May travel from 1222 Second Avenue SE to San Luis Obispo California to join her husband Lt. Col. Claypool who is stationed there.
The Cedar Rapids chapter No. 194 Order of Ahepa will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at p.m. in the Hellenic Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist. Refreshments will be served.
Otto Kohl president of Bapane Gas and Chickbed companies will address the Civic Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at 6 15 p m Thursday. He owns a major Midwest U S coin collection and will showcase pieces at the meeting.
George Novak of Cedar Rapids, seeking the Democratic nomination for county attorney, will headline a Mt. Vernon Lisbon Democratic Women's club meeting Friday at 7 30 p m in the Red Cross rooms Mt. Vernon. Linn County Young Democrats president John Green lee says county candidates will be introduced.
Berlin reports Lt Gen Lucius Clay announces a denazification law shifting purges to German courts and signaling a U S commitment to remain in Germany for at least ten years. The measure targets up to four million Germans in the American zone and defines penalties for major offenders including labor camp terms.
Mrs Victor C Sundberg 55 of 706 Third avenue SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 30 a m Tuesday from injuries suffered in a February 26 auto crash near Keystone Born November 9 1890 in Manistee Michigan she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1916 Surviving husband two daughters a son three brothers and two grandchildren Services will be at St Mark s Lutheran church at 3 30 p m Friday contact Turner chapel for calls
William M Daywitt 60 of 1330 First Avenue NE was found dead in his room by landlady Mrs Emma Kriz Tuesday morning He died Monday night of a heart ailment per county coroner Dr T Frank Hersch He worked until four days ago for Iowa Manufacturing company He was a member of the Eagles Survived by two sons Orville Cedar Rapids and William Milwaukee two grandchildren and a brother Mark Daywitt Cedar Rapids Born Feb 26 1884 in Manchester Body at Janeba Funeral Home Funeral arrangements not yet made
Funeral services for Forrest D White aged to be conducted by Rev H L Ruthrauff at Brady mortuary at 2 p m Wednesday. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary.
Rodney A. Newland son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Miller of 1428 Second Street SW is en route to the States from the Fifth replacement depot near Manila and will be honorably released. He served in the army since January 1943 with overseas service since December 1944 and with the 784th military police battalion earned campaign ribbons and medals. Shirley his wife also resides at the same address. Harry W. Hergert and family at 3020 C Avenue NE report his honorable discharge from the naval reserve at Minneapolis after 21 months in the navy including 18 months aboard an LST overseas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R C Hergert of West Amana.
The geographical center of the United States is in the state of Kansas. The landmark marks a point near the town commonly cited in geography references.
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa expect another day of rain after light showers and mist started Monday night. In Cedar Rapids up to 9 am Tuesday, .05 inch fell while Davenport reported .93 inch. Temperatures hovered in the 30s with highs near 46 on Monday and clearing likely by Wednesday noon.
The House Military Affairs Committee will hear testimony from the War Department and officers of the 36th Division Association about the 1944 Rapido river crossing in Italy. The witnesses will be heard at their convenience, with no date set.
Funeral services were pending for Theodore Marburg who served as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914 and who was active in the League of Nations. Born in Baltimore 84 years ago, he died in Vancouver B C.
Eleven members were elected to the Cedar Rapids Community Players board of directors. Officers include Miss Hazel Brown president and Reginald B. Figge treasurer. An advisory board was named with Frances Prescott and others. The group plans a spring production and hosts a lecture by Harold J. Kennedy at the Y.M.C.A. Little Theater.
Two men received fines of 25 dollars plus costs in police court Monday for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Claude Jenkins claimed 525 Seventh Avenue SE as his address, though his wife disputed it. He tried to enter the house and was reported by his estranged wife. M. E. Augustine of 911 Seventeenth Avenue SE was arrested amid a family quarrel in which he and his 13 year old son swore at relatives. The boy was taken to the home of an uncle who agreed to take him to the juvenile bureau for questioning Tuesday afternoon.
A second continuance was granted in the city case charging Edwin T. and Laura Wade with violation of sanitation and fire protection ordinances. Judge Harry S. Johnson set a new date of March 14 for the matter in superior court after inspectors reported ongoing rubbish at the Wade home and ordered a reinspection March 13.
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds Linn County District Judge Floyd Philbrick in dismissing Ida Bowers's paternity suit. Bowers claimed a 1942 child was not her deceased son Ira Hook's, but the court favors legitimacy and requires proof of non paternity.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U S chief of staff, testified that army ground and air forces in the United States are operating with very low efficiency due to manpower shortages. He warned another year is needed to build an organizational framework to 1940 levels.
Mrs Oliva Ordona 27 wife of a Filipino chef on President Truman s yacht killed her infant daughter with a cleaver. She said the baby cried for three days and was held for coroner s inquiry after reporting to a police precinct with her brother Juan Ramos.
George Z. Medalie 62 associate judge of the New York state court of appeals died Tuesday in Albany. He helped launch Thomas E. Dewey's political prominence early in his career.
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