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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1949
Page
1
The Iowa Daily Record lists a broad weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday with mild western highs and cooler eastern temps, plus wind, sun, and rain chances. It also logs speeding and traffic fines in various towns, fire calls and alarms, and obituaries noting deaths in Wellman, Marengo, Hopkinton, Amana, Calmar, and Manchester with corresponding service details.
Iowa Attorney General Robert Larson met Friday with Walter Lindgren Sioux City public safety chief and two police officers to plan a crackdown on clock gambling in Sioux City taverns. They discussed pooling evidence, conspiracy charges against owners and bartenders, and potential grand jury testimony from gambling workers.
Hollywood crooner Bing Crosby files suit to recover 293.57 dollars paid to Los Angeles county and Beverly Hills on 15 race horses shipped from his Ventura county stock farm. He says the taxes were paid under protest.
Commerce Secretary Sawyer urged labor and management to join in a definite plan to protect free enterprise. He spoke at the national management engineering clinic about a program to reduce costs and boost production with benefits for labor shareholders management and the public.
Jury deliberations continued Friday in two cases at the Cedar Rapids courthouse. R C Schroeder and Grace Dean of Standard Electric seek 1042.70 against Cedar Rapids Moose Lodge and John W Dahl over a motor light dimmer installation dispute. Another trial, Howard K Springer versus Stanley Reid for 16213 dollars, was expected to go to the jury late Friday.
Adolph Barta, 50, of 2478 Fruitland boulevard SW, pled guilty to drunk driving and was fined 300 dollars plus costs by Judge G. K. Thompson. He was arrested after his car collided with a vehicle driven by John L. Bohdan, 28, of Belle Plaine, at First and C streets SW around 5 50 p.m. He may pay the fine in installments: 50 dollars down and 50 dollars each month.
Warrick and Davis, jailed in Linn county on a Lancaster Wis hold for breaking and entering a Fairfax service station, were released Friday when the hold was withdrawn. Warrick 24 of 401 First Ave SW and Davis 24 of Walker had been sentenced to up to 10 years in the Anamosa reformatory but were paroled by the Iowa Parole Board after suspension.
Washington reports that rent control ended Friday in Clinton Iowa. Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods said demand in housing has been reasonably strong and the move reflects market conditions.
The Iowa Baptist Youth Fellowship opens at First Baptist with about 75 delegates registered and over 400 expected for weekend sessions. Rev Ernest Witham speaks on White Harvests Call as Ruth Kittle of Des Moines delivers the welcome response.
Toronto scientists reported that heavy soft drink consumption can cause liver cirrhosis similar to excess whisky. They cited a case of a cirrhosis patient who drank a dozen soft drinks daily and ate poorly, never touching hard liquor.
Dick Hale thirty one of 118 Twenty seventh street NE suffered minor cuts and bruises when the Colonial bakery truck he drove overturned on highway 218 one mile south of Hunter airport. Hale was thrown through the windshield and treated at St. Luke's hospital after stating a faulty steering gear caused the crash.
H. R. Hooks aged 40 known as the hitchhiker's friend was held on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Police said Hooks would pick up hitchhikers inquire about their families and then wire the families for money using the hitch hikers' names.
Ernest Scott, 49, described as an Ozark native, was executed in Missouri for killing his wife. The Friday morning execution followed a legal process and marked another capital punishment case in the state.
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Polansky chapel for Mrs. John Miller of seven miles northwest of Cedar Rapids who died Thursday. Burial will be in Buffalo cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Harley C. Harry Silker died Thursday and services are set for 2 30 p m Sunday at the Yo com chapel in Marion with Rev. James P Gable. Burial will follow in Oak Shade cemetery Marion. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Frank Shramek, who died Wednesday at the home of his nephew Emil Bonty near Center Point, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Brush chapel, conducted by Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk. Burial follows in Bohemian National Cemetery, with friends invited to call at the chapel.
Funeral service for Mrs Gordon C Mc Comas of 847 Shaver Road NE was held in Beatty chapel at 2 p m with Mabel K Swanson of Unity Center and the Royal Neighbors in attendance. Burial followed in Linwood Cemetery. She was born December 2 1891 in Dyersville and had lived in Cedar Rapids 34 years. She was a member of the Security Benefit Association and the Royal Neighbors. Surviving are her husband two sons Clifton W of Cedar Rapids and Gordon J of St Petersburg Florida a daughter in Troy Mills a granddaughter a brother John Staken of Chicago and two sisters Mrs Emma Ulleffman and Mrs Martha Hobbs of Burlington.
National Commander George Craig said anonymous letters threaten his four month old daughter Margery Ellen. Police report seven state troopers were assigned to guard the infant during a George Craig day event as thousands filled Brazil Indiana to honor him.
A USDA wheat expert said the 1950 crop could reach about 1.125 billion bushels, nearly matching this year's 1.126 billion. Farmers may plant 75 million acres under acreage allotments, 8 million fewer than record sowings, needing about 15 bushels per acre to hit the same output. Export prospects around 400 million bushels.
The United Electrical Workers Local 1116 in Newton representing about 2,500 workers across Maytag Automatic Washer Vernon Advertising Novelty and Parsons companies votes to resist raids and alleged hypocrisy. The local will stay with the organization and pursue sound policies shown in the last year.
Howard E. Pyle pled guilty in federal court to forging a signature on a $41.40 government check made out to George W. Stewart Jr. The check was cashed in Cedar Rapids on March 17. Judge Henry N. Graven set January 12 for sentencing.
A corn picking contest drew over a thousand pounds of produce and featured more than 150 officials from eastern Iowa and Iowa State college aiding WMT radio in event management. Top placers in three divisions included K O Knutsen, John Lasse, Francis Stark, Albert Hensler, Joe Koutny, and George Benda with speakers Bourke Hickenlooper, Hervey Hazen, and Harold Gunderson. The afternoon highlighted stalk cutters and choppers with seven models demonstrated in the field.
A high ranking Iranian government source said Russian troops conducted a new foray into Iran on Sunday. Tehran has accused Moscow of frontier violations in recent months. No casualties were reported.
President Truman received a macaroni likeness during a stop in St. Paul. Mrs. Rose Marie Rudnick presented the artwork and a sheaf of North Dakota durum wheat used to make the macaroni. Farmer Raymond C. Chaput of Langdon, North Dakota, grew the wheat and handed the ribbon tied sheaf to the president.
John E. Sundell, 49, of Minneapolis, died of a heart attack Thursday while driving through Anamosa. His car swerved onto a curb as he reached the town’s edge. Coroner Robert Paul ruled the death a heart attack. The body was taken to Goettsch.
An AP analysis outlines U.S. shift toward global leadership and creditor role amid competing powers. It notes Truman's four-point plan for development, Acheson urging tariff reductions, and a discourse on morale versus power.
A bulldozer at a housing project severed 10 underground cables disrupting telephone telegraph and fire alarm lines across much of lower Manhattan. Fire alarm wires were restored within an hour while phone and telegraph services were being restored through the day with full service not yet reestablished by Thursday night.
Three Cedar Rapids School administrators were elected to lead Iowa State Education Association groups. Clyde Parker was reelected head of the Iowa Department of Superintendents, Donald Emery became president of the Iowa Guidance Association, and LeRoy Peterson was chosen president of the Special Education section.
Townsend Victory Club No 8 will meet Sunday at the K of P hall for a 6 p.m. supper and installation of officers plus a business session. A blue-suited man driving a 34 35 Chevrolet was seen viewing an accident at 10th Avenue and 6th Street Southeast Thursday at 5 p.m. Chas. Music, 3 4680. v.
Prague reports government decree ordering archbishops bishops and apostolic administrators to swear loyalty to the Communist regime in the premier s presence. The measure follows tight church control and priest payroll inclusion. clergy are classified by grades for oath duties to national authorities.
The Linn county Young Republicans club will gather at Sokol hall at 8 o clock to read and sign the club constitution and read articles of incorporation. Plans include a dance on December 2 followed by square dancing and refreshments. Republicans aged 18 to 36 are invited.
President Truman spoke of a militant stand against communism and totalitarianism and urged support for government policies that foster initiative and free enterprise. He criticized “trickle down” arguments and credited the 80th congress with slumping fortunes before voters reversed the trend in 1948 and elected a reforming legislature.
Iowa truck operators from ten cities including Des Moines Sioux City Dubuque Waterloo Clinton Mason City Burlington and Keokuk will meet Iowa traffic officials in Cedar Rapids on November 14 at the Chamber of Commerce building to discuss a proposed truck rate increase. W A McClintock of the commerce commission will attend and any desired rise would require commission approval. Grant Maples will represent Cedar Rapids.
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