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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1946
Page
1
Generally fair and warmer with scattered showers in Iowa Sunday. Highs around 78 Sunday, 72 Monday, with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Separate entries list multiple drunkenness, traffic, and larceny cases with fines from $1 to $50 and costs, plus suspended amounts. several births noted at St Luke's Mercy and Los Angeles.
Four Franklin high school students testified about an March 15 collision that killed June La Velle Davy and injured Hazel del Yates. The Williams case features a large witness list as jurors prepare for a long trial in which defense cross examination focused on visibility of the victims.
Cedar Rapids milk distributors will raise cream and cottage cheese prices effective June 1 under an OPA authorization granted last fall. Half-pints of cream up to 14 cents, quarts of coffee cream to 45 cents, heavier cream to 50 cents per quart, and cottage cheese to 15 cents for a 12 ounce package. Milk prices unchanged for now though a later half cent per quart increase is authorized. Wholesale milk costs to distributors rose 20 cents per hundred pounds on April 1 and again on May 1.
Nationalist commanders in Manchuria telegraphed to General Marshall and Chou En-lai demanding Communist forces withdraw from Harbin and Shantung Changchun and Tsitsihar areas to restore railway communications. The move followed Changchun’s recapture and was backed by Chiang Kai-shek, signaling intent to test U.S. stance at a decisive juncture.
Chicago based report quotes Robert R. Wason, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, blasting rail and coal strike leaders for creating economic anarchy. He warns the nation cannot endure weekly strikes that paralyze industry and asserts government action is needed to restore balance between ownership, management, and labor.
Cedar Rapids merchants report a drastic drop in meat quotas from packers with little or no fresh meat on shelves for the weekend trade. Pork and veal are scarce, beef scarce or missing, while chickens and cold cuts remain limited and sell quickly. Some stores slaughter their own beef and can meet regular demand, but overall supplies are tight nationwide.
W T Saxon 54 well known in Eastern Iowa as a flying enthusiast died Saturday at 8 15 am at his home 1269 Elmhurst drive NE after a long illness Born Aug 25 1891 in St Marys Kansas he attended Topeka school Faribault Military Academy and St John Military Academy at Salina Kansas Married Grace Bitler March 8 1914 in Emporia Kansas Worked for International Harvester moved to Cedar Rapids 1929 with Collins Mortgage then Collins Radio Operated Aviation country club north of Cedar Rapids 1937 and later Saxon Flying Service until illness forced retirement Member of Iowa Consistory El Kabir Shrine and Marion Chamber of Commerce Survived by wife two brothers Sidney Topeka and Keene Saxon California Funeral arrangements pending Body taken to Moen chapel MR SAXON
John E. Froehlich foreman at Wilson company died Thursday. Services set for 9 a.m. Monday at Polansky chapel and 9:30 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus church, conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Wenceslaus Hradecky. Burial in St. John's cemetery. Knights of Columbus to recite Rosary at 4 p.m. Sunday. Msgr. Hradecky to preside at 8 p.m. Sunday. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services for Douglas E. Pratt will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Beatty chapel, conducted by Rev. Eldon D. Wells. The body will be moved to Cedar Memorial cemetery's Chapel of Memories. Friends may call at the Beatty chapel prior to services.
A gray drizzling Saturday in Cedar Rapids gave way to a pleasant weekend across Iowa with cooler temperatures looming by Monday. The Chambers-Inskeep thermometer showed 50 degrees readouts between 6 am and 2 pm Friday, while Friday's high reached 71 at 4 pm then fell to 60 by 7 pm. At midnight the temperature was 55. By 2:30 pm Saturday about 0.08 of an inch of rain was recorded in the city.
Ralph Van Antwerp of 328 First Avenue NW was hospitalized at St Luke's after being struck Friday night by a car driven by Leonard DeVore of 1212 B Avenue NW at the First Avenue and Twelfth Street W intersection. DeVore, a retired police officer, said a blinding headlight caused him to misjudge and strike Van Antwerp. Van Antwerp was later discharged from the hospital.
Grant Oakes, head of the CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers, blasted Truman's Friday address in Chicago. Gerald Field, secretary of the union, telegraphed the president criticizing the speech and noting the mediations act has harmed railway workers’ pay brackets.
President Truman appeals to the nation during a rail labor dispute, blaming two union leaders for refusing to arbitrate and urging them to return to work. He outlines government measures, warns of economic collapse, and calls Congress into session to address the emergency. The speech frames the conflict as a national welfare issue, not a labor vs. management clash.
Police report says thieves stole a power-driven cutting and threading machine weighing 300 to 400 pounds from the rear of Jack Darragh’s plumbing shop at 219 First Street SE Friday night. Truck tire tracks were found at the scene.
Milwaukee pastor the Rev. C. D. Kirkpatrick will address the Free Methodist Church at 800 G Avenue NW tonight at 7:30. He is slated to speak on faith and community service, drawing attendees from city and surrounding areas.
The Blue Bird May Fete scheduled for Saturday at 6 30 p m at Roosevelt Athletic Field has been postponed until next Saturday.
Walter Mening 27 of Edgerton Minn faces a Cedar Rapidserral charge after arraignment on car theft. He waived extradition and is held on 3500 bond, with a sprawling Iowa sequence tying thefts from Osage to Mt. Vernon Lisbon and Aurora. Authorities report a chain of stolen vehicles and a filling station robbery connected to the case.
Strike effects halt Penick's grinding and push finishing work to Friday night. Rock Island runs Burlington-Manly and Cedar Rapids to Iowa Falls freight with 35 to 40 cars. A Mahly origin delivery to the Twin Cities carries about 40 perishables. Estherville to Iowa Falls freight also operates. J D Farrington appeals to striking workers with a noon May 25 deadline, response negligible. North Western mail train runs Chicago to Omaha. Hiawathas and Crandie line run on schedule with altered interurban service. five WCFN buses cover Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Illinois Central reports nearly normal operations. over‑the‑road trucks load to capacity.
Linn county jail inmate Lee Dotson awaiting trial for uttering a forged instrument is sought by Nebraska authorities on a similar charge. Lincoln Sheriff Myles Holloway sent a warrant to Det. W. J. Kudrna after a bogus fare allegedly showed in September. Nebraska asks Dotson’s detention pending outcome locally.
OSSINING New York George Harris left Sing Sing a day early as the railroad strike halted travel. He chose a taxi ride home rather than wait for trains to resume. This marked the first time in 97 years that New York state avoided paying a released prisoner’s fare.
Two Pennsylvania railroad employees were held in 5000 bail by US Commissioner Norman J. Griffin on charges of interfering with interstate commerce for jamming plates into rail switches.
A group of defendants appeared before Judge Floyd Philbin as County Attorney William Crissman recommended sentences. Elmer L. Clark 36 pled guilty to distributing obscene material and received an indeterminate term up to one year at Fort Madison. Dennis E. Wilson 18 drew six months for driving a car without consent. Wilfred Finn 22 and Alla Finn 23 pled guilty to assault with intent to commit a felony and got 90 days plus a $1 fine with jail time suspended. Vern A. Dvorak 24 pled innocent to bad check and was returned to jail on $2,000 bond. Kenneth H. Crouch of Blueford IL and Harley Hartman Jr Memorial Drive SE pled innocent to car theft and remain jailed on $2,000 bonds. Robert Fifield 19 pled guilty to larceny and was sentenced to nine months in jail and $1 fine with three months suspended.
Two suits filed last September against the Union Transfer company of Nebrask were dismissed Saturday by the plaintiffs. The actions sought damages from an accident on September 29, 1948, nine miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30. Edward F. Stout sought 776.24 for damage to his car allegedly struck by a Nebraska truck. Clemens Manning, a passenger, sought 2500 in personal damages. Both plaintiffs reside near Clinton.
Robert J. Stark and Vincent Stark of the Stark Building Company Cedar Rapids defend a suit filed Saturday by New York Casualty Company seeking judgment for 664.26 in premiums due on two insurance policies. The plaintiff says the policies covered workmen compensation during hotel remodeling in Colorado Springs in 1943 and 1944.
Detective L B Marshall of the Cedar Rapids police filed suit against E L Carpenter and his son W J Carpenter of Walker seeking 600 in judgment. He paid 1225 for a 1940 automobile on June 2 1944 and says it must be sold at a 600 loss due to its poor condition. He cites that Carpenter claimed the car was in perfect running order.
George and Olga Jillek’s request to vacate a portion of Locust street in Western was dismissed by Judge Thompson. The ruling states the action must be brought before the county board of supervisors, not district court.
Dismissals were made at the request of the plaintiffs in the suits. Wieboldt Stores, Inc., of Chicago against Mr and Mrs. Robert M. Shepard of 583 Leventh avenue Marion for collection of 52.73 on an alleged overdue account. A divorce action started Jun 12 1944 by Naomi Arline Miller against William Faye Mille.
A $100 judgment was awarded Friday against Century Engineering corporation and employee Ott. C. Klaasen of 2525 Johnson Avenue NW for an accident last fall involving a car and a truck driver. The suit was heard by Judge Thompson.
Ossian word received announces the death of former Ossian businessman Alex Harve at his home in Flushing New York on March 18 His wife is the former Edna Lee.
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