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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1946
Page
2
Daily Record Gazette reports rainfall amounts for New York Los Angeles Sioux City and Iowa forecast showers thundershowers and fair cooldown. Police blotter lists thefts drunkenness traffic violations fines and court actions with names and addresses from area.
In Iowa the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen state board leader Frank J. Lynott accuses President Truman of grandstanding and political posturing while blaming industry for the rail labor crisis. He says labor was driven to strike after failing to secure fair wages and conditions despite year‑long bargaining. He outlines grievances including pay for long relocations, lack of overtime or holiday pay, daylight and night shift pay differentials, and the need for labor action to force improvements.
An admiralty spokesman said atomic age dangers prompted delaying completion of the near finished carriers Leviathan and Hercules. The ships will be towed to a navy yard for a final decision on completion or scrapping due to uncertainties about large vessels in the atomic era.
Dr. F W Mulson of Cedar Rapids spoke to Canopians at the Roosevelt hotel about cancer’s cruelty and the strides in research. He described chemical production of cancer, animal transmission for study, hormones slowing spread, and ongoing trials with radioactive materials, urging early detection for better survival.
Ellis Park pool will open Sunday from 1 to 10 p.m. according to Parks Commissioner Dick Jones. John N. Nichols says after initial week hours will shift to 5 to 10 p.m. The season will run 1 to 10 p.m. with three water safety instructors starting June 17 for morning swimming classes, free of charge.
The joint chiefs plan postwar bases rights in Manus and Ascension without sovereignty or garrisons. Iceland would be jointly used. Greenland talks denied. The strategy centers on a US led defense line from Pearl Harbor to Manila with joint use of bases and US control of the Marshalls and Carolines under trusteeship.
The Lawrence Wesley Williams manslaughter trial moved to its second stage after 17 state witnesses. defense called John T. Wurster Leslie Ott Charles Dickey Paul Sramek and George W Koster. Sramek testified about Williams employment at Sramek Bakery and questioned on Williams parole and prior convictions. Koster vouched for his character. Pangborn estimated Williams speed at 45 mph and described the crash near the Coe College area. Police photos showed damage to the Williams car and prior damage to the radiator and left light.
The Iowa Employment Security Commission appeals a Polk County District Court ruling that six independent school districts may support the old age retirement system created by the Fifty first General Assembly while maintaining their own retirement plans. The lower court held districts may adopt the state system and teachers and employees may keep their existing plans. The commission cited Sioux City Lyons Des Moines Clinton and Dubuque in its action.
Des Moines AP says Dr. Clarence Clark of Waterloo was reelected president at the Chiropractic Society of Iowa annual meeting in Des Moines on Monday.
Unions amid political upheaval hint they may back Henry Wallace and Claude Pepper instead of Truman. Capitol Hill sees commerce secretary Wallace and Sen. Pepper as likely beneficiaries if a shift occurs, while Republicans cite growing labor-government strain and slow drafting power.
Roosevelt High School holds a Wednesday 10 45 a m assembly to dedicate a bronze plaque honoring 28 World War II veterans including Ralph Ballou George Blake Scott Buchan Roy Cook and more. Don Martin as student council president chairs. Fred Kluss the principal leads the union dedication with Capt Howard M Benninghoff delivering the address.
Ernest Ruel Newcomer 73 of 1731 Fifth Avenue SE died Monday night after a brief illness in a local hospital. Born March 29, 1873 near Traer he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1919 from Salem church. Survived by his wife and sister Minnie Newcomer of Des Moines. member of Westminster Presbyterian church and Railway Mail Association. Funeral at Turner chapel 1:30 p.m. with Dr. David I. Berger. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at chapel.
Services for Mrs. Frank Ne zerka of 210 Sixteenth avenue SW will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in Evangelical Reformed church conducted by Rev Milo Filipi. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery until 10 a m Wednesday and later at Evangelical Reformed church.
Services for Mrs. Harry B. Klotzbach of 1622 Hinkley and NW will be held at the Rathoulst cht church in Monona at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow in Monona cemetery.
Representative Taber of New York urged President Truman to remove OPA Administrator Paul Porter for alleged criminal code violations and asked Attorney General Clark to prosecute Porter for distributing what Taber called illegitimate propaganda to influence Congress to maintain the price control law. He attached a so called price control newsletter as supporting evidence.
BATAVIA AP A Dutch government survey released Tuesday shows tin mines in the Netherlands will not return to pre war capacity until 1948. The report notes the long recovery path and ongoing reconstruction efforts after the war.
Three Chicago psychiatrists reported that World War I spurred a home front battle of nerves among mothers wives and sweethearts. Fights over clothes lines and back fences grew to clashes with matches of gas rationing housing shortages and disrupted sleep.
In Inglewood California a discharged former clerk shot and killed the store manager and assistant manager of the J C Penney company. A passing police officer exchanged gunfire with the assailant, who was wounded in the head and chest and died later. Police named the shooter as Paul Dohangos former head of the men’s department.
The Free Film Workers in Tokyo urged industry-wide refusal to make pictures with excessive kissing scenes. They labeled such kissing as unnecessary and indiscriminate and argue producers of recent box office hits face a lack of a clear definition.
Mrs. Mabel M. Williams of 520 Seventh Avenue SE filed for divorce from Raymond B. Williams after a decree of separate maintenance awarded last November 14. The suit was filed Monday at the courthouse.
L. D. Kinkead formerly of North English filed for 530 against Harley Clymer of Linn County and the Cook Coffee Company. Judge G. K. Thompson dismissed the case Monday. Clymer had sued last January for damages from an automobile accident allegedly occurring October 21, 1944, on the Ely road southeast of Cedar Rapids.
Miss Virginia May Sheeley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Sheeley of Charles City, received the $25 senior award for top scholastic and clinical standing at Mercy hospital school of nursing. Her three year average was 93, with other graduates earning with distinction honors led by Ruth Pearson Wieneke Cascade and Jeanne Rosalie Chandler Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Board of Control says Fred N. Cooper has the board’s confidence and that all institutions are open to press and public. Chairman Hopkins disputes violent inmate claims and defends detention practices while praising Cooper’s work under the circumstances.
A troop train jackknifed on a spur near Harrisburg, killing two Marines and a railroad engineer. Seventeen Marines were hospitalized with injuries. one in critical condition. Names withheld pending next of kin. The eight-car train carried 208 Marine combat veterans from San Diego to Bainbridge for discharge.
Two OPA price violation suits filed in federal court in which Fred Beranek of West Branch is charged with transporting livestock beyond ceiling prices from purchase to business, and Frank Rogers of Market Fareway stores in Vinton faces claims of selling beef veal carcasses and wholesale cuts above ceiling prices. Injunctions restraining further violations are sought.
An advertisement pledges Folger coffee to elevate family breakfasts and daily meals offering rich flavor with cost efficiency. It markets luxury in everyday life through a familiar household product and highlights value for money.
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