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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1956
Page
2
Readable portions report temperatures and precipitation across multiple cities, with forecasts and past totals. Additional lines list dam readings, sunrise and sunset times, and a bulk of obituaries and funeral notices for towns including Oelwein, McGregor, West Union, Iowa City, and Vinton. Authorities issue penalties for traffic and safety violations.
High Twelve to hear Dr Millard G Roberts Parsons College president at Friday noon meeting at Roosevelt hotel. Governor Hoegh on Channel 2 Friday at 5 50. Democrats urge absentee ballot help call Adee 4 8197. Palestine Council 27 Royal and Select Masters meets Friday 7 30 p m at Masonic hall with degrees to follow. Lost white Pekingese dog, reward. Hear Governor Hoegh interview on WMT at 6 15 Thursday. Terry Burger in Mercy Hospital with robar pneumonia. Smorgasbord at St Stephen's Lutheran Nov 9. Ticket sales East Me Too Stores Friday Saturday Monday. Ernest Kosek chairs important Cities and Towns Committee in Iowa House. reelect in Linn County. Mums for Homecoming $1 delivered Pierson's Florists.
The Quaker Oats Company Twenty-Five-Year club will hold its 31st Old Timers dinner at Stuart Memorial hall with John Stuart of Chicago retired chairman of the board as speaker after the 6 p.m. meal. Gordon DeLay will MC and four employees will receive 25-year pins along with 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 year awards. Anna R. Oujiri will be honored for 50 years, the first woman to reach that mark. About one in five Cedar Rapids plant employees has 25 years or more.
Five air force officers fled rather than face charges of obtaining resident hunting licenses for a Montana deer trip. They left $1,750 bail with the Montana Game and Fish Commission. Officers included Col. Herman Rumsey from Brookley AFB and Lt. Col. Charles Bird from the Pentagon.
In Budapest a Soviet Communist Party secretariat member and colleagues seek a settlement as rebel controlled broadcasts claim thousands of political prisoners have been freed from jails and slave labor camps.
Cedar Rapids officials discussed expanding city pickup to include all disposable material along with cans bottles and garbage to curb smog from bonfires. Fire Chief Hunter cited frequent fire alarms and a child burned by ashes, while Safety Commissioner Prochaska urged full pickup. Assistant Health Officer Smith estimated initial costs at 125000 with annual 70000 thereafter, noting potential health and vector benefits. The council postponed a decision, flagging further study.
President Eisenhower and top advisers spent nearly two hours reviewing options to end Middle East hostilities without U.S. military involvement. The meeting included the national security council and the joint chiefs of staff. Press secretary Hagerty declined to reveal results, noting emphasis on U.N. pressure and the 1950 pact with Britain and France.
Adlai Stevenson, after drafting a telegram to Eisenhower at LaGuardia, urged restraint in the Middle East crisis. He cited the 1950 pledge to aid victims of aggression but warned against rushing to armed force. He praised Eisenhower for avoiding a special congressional session and stressed peace over politics.
Deaths include Joseph Diouhy 94 died at home with son-in-law and daughter in Cedar Rapids area. He born 1862 in Zbanov and farmed until retirement. Survived by seven sons and four daughters with funeral services planned. Other notices include Mrs. Oral D. Thompson 60 who died in Memorial hospital Boscobel Wisconsin after years in Walker and Cedar Rapids. Also Inez Iona Alexander I, born 1896, wife of Oral J Thompson, with four sons and one daughter listed among survivors. Walter Edward Thomas 41, Cedar Rapids resident and Nesper Sign employee, died in University hospital after long illness. survived by wife Blanch Moore head, daughter Nancy Jo, father John Thomas, five sisters and a brother. burial planned at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Services for Diouhy, Thompson, and Thomas are to be announced or held at Janeba funeral home or Turner chapel with burial at local cemeteries.
Martha Amelia Tomas 53 widow of Charles W Tomas of Oxford died at University Hospitals Iowa City at 7 a m Thursday. Born Brussels June 21 1903 she belonged to St Marys church and the Woman s Relief Corps. Surviving daughter Doris Tomas Cedar Rapids son Richard and brother Cyril Ver mase Oxford. Services Saturday 7 30 p m at St Marys Oxford Rev P J Ryan. Burial Grabin cemetery near Oxford. Rosary 8 p m Friday Brush chapel. friends may call Friday.
Emma G Carlson 81 Fourteenth Street SE widow of Carl F Carlson died in Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 10 p m Wednesday. Born May 9 1873 in Varmland Sweden she was a Trinity Lutheran church member. Surviving daughter Frieda Brammer of Cedar Rapids. Buried at Cedar Memorial Cemetery after services at Brady Mortuary at 1 30 p m Saturday conducted by Rev E H Widmann. Friends may call Friday.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Murphy of 1646 Sixth Street NW will be held at Rohn funeral home at 1 30 p.m. Friday conducted by Rev. Frank Ward. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
New York AP reports 15 year old Robert Cooper died when a batch of homemade black powder exploded in his Bronx kitchen. Police say he was grinding the powder to make a charge for a giant firecracker.
A Hungarian report says anti Soviet demonstrations erupted in Romania with police firing on demonstrators in Bucharest. Free Radio Budapest claimed thousands of students protested for French language courses and arrests were reported among the demonstrators.
In Berlin East German students voiced demands to remove universities from Communist control, echoing criticisms seen before the Hungarian uprising. The protest reflected dissent among youth over academic and political governance.
The Cedar Rapids board of health ordered Leslie Anthony to tear down a barn and vacate a 10 room rental at 858 Third Avenue SE within 30 days, and Elsie Walsh to fix a privy vault and secure a home at 1717 Fourteenth Avenue SE. Harry Swalley must remove all buildings at 1346 Twenty second Avenue SW within 30 days, and Harley Hartman must vacate all buildings at 1549 Seventeenth Avenue SE within 30 days.
Senator Hickenlooper lauds President Eisenhower as a peacemaker after his Middle East address. He backs UN General Assembly discussions, notes Suez history, and predicts a strong GOP victory in Iowa with a campaign tour across 85 counties.
The obituary lists sons Harold Duane Ronnie and Jerome a daughter Mrs Harold Cooper of Cedar Rapids two brothers Chan Fleming of Davenport and Don Fleming of Burbank California a sister Mrs Cecil Burnaugh of Burbank and three grandchildren The body is at Brady mortuary Funeral announcement will be made later.
The Ohio Finance Company filed a 289.26 promissory note suit against Florence Van Antwerp on Thursday in the courthouse.
Len Wolf, a Second district Democrat candidate for Congress, calls a claim by GOP chairman L. L. Jurgemeyer that he received funds from Eastern labor bosses utterly ridiculous. Wolf, challenging incumbent Republican Henry O. Talle, says no personal contributions have been received and the charge aims to smear him and divide farmers and workers.
Municipal Judge James Patterson recommended suspending permanently the license of Cedar Rapids resident Isabel Stark, 70, after she appeared on a charge of failing to stop for a school bus. He cited her poor health and arthritis and asked the state to revoke her driving credentials. Stark was fined $15.
Rear Admiral George Dufek landed at the South Pole by navy aircraft, the first confirmed airborne arrival. He spent about 45 minutes at the pole before returning to McMurdo Sound, with the record noted by a ham radio operator from Antarctica.
London officials released a statement saying the United States was not informed of Britain's French cease fire ultimatum to Egypt and Israel before Prime Minister Eden announced it in parliament. The claim contradicted Eden, who had said Washington was advised prior to his speech.
President Eisenhower comments on Britain's and France's Middle East move and U N role while noting not being consulted in advance and stressing opposition to force. He also cites Israel Britain and France anxieties and says UN needs strengthening. Hagerty notes Stevenson telegram timing after his address.
The Frank Leahy Show airs Thursday at 9 30 on Channel 9 offering up to the minute football predictions and analysis. Leahy previews key matchups and strategic insights for viewers.
Bids for two new fire stations will be opened by the city council on November 26 at 10 am. The project, estimated at about 190000, uses bond funds of 225000 approved by voters. One station will be on Wilson avenue SW east of Sixth street and the other on Mt. Vernon road SE between Twenty-fifth street and Forest drive. The plan is for double company stations with plans and contract form to be reviewed. Brown and Healey of Cedar Rapids are the architects.
LONDON UP Britain set up machinery Thursday for gasoline rationing on a wartime basis. The program aims to control fuel distribution during the war and ensure equitable supplies for essential needs across the nation.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cahill of 2136 Memorial drive SE face a municipal court hearing Friday on charges of wanton neglect of children. County Attorney Willis Glassgow filed the charges. Judge James Patterson will preside. The case involves the deaths of the Cahills two small children from heat prostration last June.
At Cyprus headquarters the communique reports carrier and shore aircraft struck nine Egyptian airfields with no allied losses. Egyptian jets contested, one fighter intervened, and British pilots claim 14 Egyptian planes destroyed on the ground. The Domiat, an Egyptian frigate, sunk near the canal with 69 survivors. Nasser vows total war as French British attacks persist.
Halloween minded gunmen wearing false beards and clown makeup held up a Long Beach market Wednesday night and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash.
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