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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
1
Daily Record notes rulings impacting 2,400 Cedar Rapids workers with regional implications. Includes weather details, river forecast, marriages, divorces, and local police actions. lists fires, fines, and obituaries for Hastings to Davenport.
West Union junior and senior high students returned to classes after a one day walkout protesting the dismissal of Fred Smith history teacher and assistant coach. The school board voted not to renew his contract for economy reasons, saying he is not qualified to teach driver training. About 80 students joined petitions for a second hearing as a public meeting heard praise for Smith but noted driver training will be added next fall.
The Plan Commission postponed final zoning decisions on several requests including residential to commercial switches near Linwood cemetery and near Oakland apartments, while City Council action remains pending. In labor news, the ninth regional Wage Stabilization Board denied backdating for raises at Collins Radio, Dewey and Almy, and Hutchinson Ice Cream, with approved increases and fringe benefits affecting about 2,400 workers and details for multiple Iowa sites.
Raymond F. Ealy, 36, of Worthington Acres, found guilty of drunken driving after jurors signed a compromise note to avoid a hung jury. Judge Philbrick set May 17 for a motion for new trial, based on the jurors statement seeking leniency in sentencing.
ALBUQUERQUE AP Major Gen Patrick J Hurley has won a third bid for the U S senate in a Tuesday primary. He faces Democrat veteran Sen Dennis Chavez who beat him in 1946. Hurley previously lost to Clinton P Anderson in 1948.
Paris AP report says Gen Esennower quoted Ike Eisenhower favoring Missouri river flood control with strong state authority. He urged keeping farm program decisions as local as possible, avoiding central federal control. The discussion included former South Dakota Gov. Mickelson.
The five member Linn County Draft Board of Review will meet at the courthouse May 12 at 3 a.m. to hear protests on 1952 assessments. Board chairman F. C. Lassen of Marion, Ben Holets of Fairfax, Charles Hedges of Mt. Vernon, S. Mr. Wiley of Grant, and new member William Mitchell of Waubeek preside. The board meets annually in May to hear objections to county wide personal property and new building assessments outside Cedar Rapids. No schedule is fixed as sessions depend on protest numbers.
Washington judge David A. Pine's ruling that government seizure of the steel industry was illegal drew flood of mail and telegrams. Secretary Chester S. Sheppard said about one in 20 of over 1,400 messages criticized the decision. Baccalaureate services for McGregor seniors set for Sunday May 25 with commencement May 27 featuring visiting professor Andrew F. Skinner of Kingskitie Scotland at SUI. Diabetes patients often immune to seasickness.
Linn county supervisors approved a courthouse lobby demonstration voting machine for May 22 to 31 on request of Ted Birdsall. League of Women Voters will explain operation and proper voting mechanics with dummy names in June primary slots. Other actions include filing a Vernon View petition for street work and appointing Mildred Dahms secretary with a $170 monthly salary.
Ames man Fort L. Ridenour pled guilty Monday to taking an order for the sale of liquor and received a suspended sentence up to one year in the Fort Madison penitentiary. Cedar Rapids detectives arrested him in February after he sold a pint of whisky to W Keller of Chicago in a Cedar Rapids hotel. The charge was changed from illegal sale of liquor to taxing an order to sell liquor. This is his second liquor charge in seven months. he had pled guilty to a bootlegging charge in August 1951 and was fined $300 with $150 suspended. The judge ordered the remaining $150 be paid for breaching the suspended sentence condition.
A man was arrested Tuesday in Cedar Rapids after his car nearly struck another vehicle on Sixteenth Avenue Southwest at about 6 10 PM. Authorities reported a brief pursuit and subsequent detention, with no injuries noted.
The report covers two items: Louis Schaefer, 42, pled guilty to a second drunken driving offense and awaits sentencing at 9 am after a December Cedar Rapids arrest following a collision. Separately, an outboard motor stolen from Marion was found in Ness’s test barrel. neighbors saw it placed and removed within a 15 minute window Tuesday night.
John T Coughlin aged 80 dies at home in Cedar Rapids after illness. Survived by wife Susan daughter Mrs John M Welch sister Mrs Julia McCarthy brother Daniel Coughlin and granddaughter Lois Welch with services planned at Monshen funeral home. Elizabeth Blanche Hazleton 83 widow of Charles Hazleton dies after brief illness at 1406 Sixth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Survived by two daughters Mrs Rosine Hemminger and Mrs Blanche Rice a son Jerome Geismar two brothers and one granddaughter. Burial at Linwood Cemetery after services at Turner chapel.
Washington AP judge James P McGranery says a president must exhaust powers given by law before asserting inherent powers in relation to Truman steel seizure debates. Senators pressed for yes or no on presidential power, McGranery says no one is above the law and doubts power to seize oil industry absent crisis or war. Scattered remarks on newspapers seizure and conclusive stance. Also obituary notes Effa Wilson 83 Cedar Rapids resident died in Denver. services held at Oak Hill cemetery.
A Milan county grand jury in Cameron Texas refused to indict 15 year old Herbert Fletcher of Onawa Iowa after his mother Edna Fletcher testified with records proving age He was later found to have been jailed under an assumed name on robbery charges Texas pardon board urged to release him to Monona County social welfare officials
Delegates to the Iowa convention of district post masters met Thursday morning in Cedar Rapids with four talks from post office officials and a district masters official. Speakers included John C. Ciccarelli on the accounting office, Ella Skorr on league activities, C. W. Reams on PTs and highway post offices, and Roy L. Sheridan on mail handling. The group lunched at Ox Yoke Inn in Amana and toured the Amana colonies.
Florian Wenceslaus Hac, 52, of 1221 K street SW, pled guilty to a drunk driving charge Wednesday. Judge Floyd Philbrick fined him $300 plus costs and allowed installment payments of $100 down and $50 monthly.
Centerville governor William Beardsley, campaigning for reelection, announced a two year program targeting 13,200 miles of highway work. The plan includes 1,000 miles of primary highway construction and 12,200 miles of grading and surfacing farm to market roads, at a luncheon remarks. A separate note mentions a Spanish card game variation tied to local school activities and a bullet for the Buchanan County Education Association.
Washington report shows American battle casualties in Korea total 108 172, an increase of 207 from the previous week. Military officials note ongoing pressure as forces face heavy fighting and a shift in frontline engagements.
A draftee physical examination call and four enlistments were reported Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. Linn county draft board ordered 36 men to Des Moines for exams May 21, with travel by bus. Navy enlistments include Richard Henderson 18 of Oregon Ill a Cornell college student and Richard R Wilsey and Albert S Predmore both 20 of Keokuk. Air Force recruit Billie Lee Baxter 20 of Atlantic.
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