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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1946
Page
21
Mrs. Gloria Vanderbilt filed to form Gloria Vanderbilt Corporation in New York to manufacture and sell cosmetics including perfumes lotions soaps nail polishes and tissues. Co-directors will be Maurice Chalom and attorney I P Fiatto.
Prof Hayes M Fuhr head of Hastings college music directs the all city chorus at Memorial Coliseum Friday at 8 15 p m in place of ill USC director Max Throne. Charles B Righter from Iowa will direct instrumental numbers as 300 voice chorus 85 piece band and 75 piece orchestra perform. A separate item notes a drunk driving incident and a park car collision with injuries and charges against Alfred E Lane.
Two motorists received $75 fines plus costs after police court Wednesday for reckless driving and speeding. James Gordon Cleghorn and Ed Blazek, both fined $75, faced incidents on First Avenue and nearby streets involving Milo Lunacek and Ralph Chess. Additional drivers paid $25, $15, or $10 for speeding or related charges, with one former Rock Island police judge among those fined.
The article recalls a 1939 1943 judge tenure in Rock Island with a quip about being beat by a Democrat. It reports speed violations on First Avenue and Sixth Avenue SW with Mrs. Harry Cohn and William H Mote each fined 25 dollars plus costs for driving 48 mph. Charles Hamer of NW area fined on two counts 5 dollars for firehose violation and 5 dollars for ignoring a traffic signal.
The Linn county relief department spent 10450 dollars in February with aid to dependent children totaling 84838 dollars of the overall cost. The largest item was 2812.19 dollars for food bills and hospital bills reached 1545.54 dollars. There were 107 relief applications, four were rejected and 68 cases were closed during the month.
In a federal case Judge Henry N Graven ordered Cedar Rapids apartment owner Vern Ann Baxter to refund 126 to four tenants for OPA rent overcharges and to pay court costs. The four refunds total 126 allocated as 16 to the Schnoebelens 42 50 to Gordon Nicholson 55 to H Robert Redus and 12 50 to Mrs L W Alexander. The owner’s properties at 815 Seventeenth Street SE and 1612 Bever Avenue SE were subject to OPA ceilings and a permanent restraint from charging above those rents. Attorneys Allen R Shepherd and Edward R Fitzgerald filed the action for enforcement.
Qualified voters out of town for the city election may vote this week at the city clerk's office on the third floor of City Hall. Absent voters' ballots are available daily this week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
City council refers Vernondale sewer petition signed by 14 property owners to the city engineer. Belmont addition to Kenwood gains street light approval contingent on Iowa Electric Light and Power procurement. Refund of 2 on a Nesper Sign and Neon sign permit. Class C beer permits renewals for J H Fauchier and R J Fauchier at 956 Center Point Rd NE and Eugene Haddy at 1426 Fifth Ave SE. Rotary fund credits total 723.78 for gasoline purchase.
A list of funds including improvement, building, police, garbage disposal, sewage rental, playground, and water works was referenced as sources for municipal financing and expenditure planning.
Hollywood report states Hedy Lamarr and John Loder, who separated weeks ago, have reconciled and abandoned any divorce plans. A spokesman confirms the pair exchanged renewed affection and dropped divorce from consideration.
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