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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1954
Page
2
Daily Record reports Friday high and low temperatures across cities with precipitation inches. Also lists wind at Municipal airport, sunrise and sunset times, and November totals versus normals. Includes a long section of court actions and judgments, plus funeral notices from multiple towns.
Raymond Kruger aged 22 of 500 First avenue NE remained in Mercy hospital Saturday morning with a back injury after a collision Friday afternoon at Second street and Third avenue SE. The driver was Edward D. Cherry of 218 Twentieth street NE.
In Washington, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother joined Mamie Eisenhower for a tour of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art. They viewed Washington’s uniform, First Ladies dresses, Rembrandts, and the pink inaugural gown, amid guarded attention from Scotland Yard.
Two pairs of Marion brothers fought separately in Cedar Rapids Friday night. Robert Thompson 26 Luther Thompson 35 and Charles Davis 23 of Colorado Springs fought at midnight in front of the 420 club. Luther received five stitches to the forehead. A second scuffle near Skyway cafe involved James Warner 34 Stanley Warner 37 and Bullets Cooley with James Warner getting three stitches to the lip. All declined to press charges.
Iowa City police report a wallet containing 80 dollars was taken Friday from Roger Belt a University of Iowa graduate student during a physical education class at the fieldhouse.
Knoxville columnist Vic Weals relays a tale of a beekeeper on an Oak Ridge construction site who gathered fifty pounds of honey and tried to remove the bees. A government property rule and a requisition path ensued before an official ruling allowed the honey and bees to leave with proper authorization.
Roy Elmer Dorothy a 66 year old mechanical inspector at Collins Radio Company for 12 years died at home after a brief illness. Born in Prophetstown Illinois he moved to Cedar Rapids 45 years ago. He was a World War I veteran and a Methodist. Survived by wife Jennie Boyd Dorothy three stepdaughters and a sister. Services at Barta Hesser chapel Monday with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Sunday after 3 p.m.
The Rev. Emery E. Zimmerman, 78, who served churches in West Bend Manning Vail Idaho Nebraska Wyoming and Iowa since 1922, died in Carroll after a lingering illness. Surviving are his wife Helen six children two daughters in Chicago and St. Louis two sons in Kansas and Nebraska 17 grandchildren and a brother Cleve of Harrison Nebraska. Services will be held in Carroll and Vail with burial in Valley Nebraska.
Donald Lee Henderson infant son of Archie James Henderson and his wife died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Survived by three sisters Judy Kathy Mary a brother Denny and twin Derald all at home and grandparents Carrie Fleagle of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs A J Henderson of Parthenon Ark. Cremation committal services were held in Beatty Bearle chapel Saturday.
Effie M. Evans widow of Robert Evans of 1016 Eighth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Friday at 10 a.m. She was born in Muscatine on September 22, 1880. Survived by daughter Lorena Hammond of Muscatine and son Robert Evans of St. Louis and a grandchild. Body sent to Fairbanks chapel Muscatine for funeral and burial.
Funeral services for Thomas Pulkrab of 1114 Second Street SE Cedar Rapids, resident since 1918, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Brosh chapel conducted by Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk. Burial follows at Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel and may donate to the Heart Fund if they wish.
Funeral services for Mrs John O Neal of Cedar Rapids will be held at Janeba funeral home at 2 p m Monday conducted by Elder T A Nickum of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Burial will follow in Rogers Grove cemetery with visitation at the funeral home.
Washington reports Albert C. Beeson will decline a new term on the National Labor Relations Board when his current term ends December 16. He cites his wife’s serious operation, while Eisenhower praises his service. Democrats accuse him of misleading the Senate about future employment.
Hugo Gabriel says Glen Johnson attempted to settle a dispute with words a pitchfork and a one ton truck Johnson allegedly ran Gabriel down Gabriel suffered a broken arm cuts and bruises and Johnson was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon based on the confrontation over wandering cows in Tulsa AP.
An 78 year old amateur marriage broker in Yakuhashi celebrates half a century in business. He claims 164 marriages completed with no divorces and laments the end of his career as a hobby.
A large rock slide at Gaillard Cut blocks nearly half the Panama Canal reducing width from 300 to 175 feet. About 5000 cubic yards of rock toppled from Contractors Hill, creating a one-way bottleneck as crews seek dredges and equipment to clear the obstruction. Officials say removal time is undetermined and weathering caused the crack torn face. This is the fourth and largest slide of the rainy season.
Chrysler Corp. officials disclosed Friday that the company lost $12,067,277 in the third quarter of this year. Despite the loss, directors declared a 75 cent dividend on common stock payable Dec. 11 to stockholders of record Nov. 16. The report cited decreased output and higher costs during a shift to new models described as perhaps the most complete and diversified in auto history.
Irate motorists converged on Webster gas stations Friday night after two owners found tanks filled with water. A Worcester distributor shipped 1000 gallons to one dealer and 850 to another due to an empty tank being filled with water for easier return. The error occurred as the truck was hauled from company yards to Webster.
Brookfield Zoo exhibits a new gnu for the first time since its acquisition from a German exporter. Director Robert Bean notes the male is unique in the country and among the world's rarest animals, distinguishing it from the more common wildebeest.
A verse describing a lawn where children freely play among toys and rakes and spades. Adults walk carefully as rain showers and grass mark a welcome area. The poem notes the comfort of knowing where children are, despite occasional noise.
St Petersburg Florida. Mr and Mrs Edward E Warwicks fear chemistry is unsafe for their eight year old son Dick after he invented a new formula with a home chemistry set that set a candle alight and burned two beds before firemen stopped the blaze.
Washington AP report on a dormitory living survival exercise at Washington Missionary College near Spencerville Maryland. Seventy students and staff braved a freezing open bivouac to test emergency kits and rations while Charlie Harris and siblings faced cold conditions, leaving some family members to return home as others endured through dawn.
Three teen suspects, two aged 14 and one 15, were sent to juvenile court after district court appearance on car theft charges. They confessed to stealing nine cars and three burglaries in Winchester Indiana. The nine arrested nationwide were part of Cedar Rapids' worst juvenile car theft wave. all nine face juvenile court handling due to youth.
Clyde C. Satterly filed a $2,517.96 personal injury suit against William R. Bird Joseph E. Connally and Catherine M. Burke doing business as Ace Cab Company. He says a head injury and impaired eyesight followed a February 5 1953 collision between his car and a cab driven by Bird at A avenue and Seventeenth Street SE.
Wills of Julia Huston Dorothy Kniss and Anna Nederhiser admitted to probate. Huston died October 17 and left her estate to her late husband but it will pass to their children. Kniss left her estate to sister Frances Tavenner with executrix named without bond. Nederhiser left equal shares to her children with Peoples Bank and Trust named executor without bond.
Irving E. Smith aged 44 of Milwaukee was brought to Cedar Rapids to face a false check charge. He was ordered to enter a plea by 10 a.m. November 10.
Albert Suchomel Saturday dismissed a damage suit against Lester V. Gordon. The action had been filed in court and the parties are ending the dispute without trial.
Lydia Houser reported Friday night a cosmetic case with jewelry valued at 150 dollars was stolen from her apartment at 703 Fifth Avenue SE. Heartfelt thanks to all who voted last Tuesday. John M. Ely Jr. political advertisement.
Retired Federal Judge J Waites Waring returning to Charleston for a honor event hosted by South Carolina Negroes. The 74 year old, ex confederate veteran’s son, previously moved with his wife to New York after retiring in 1952. Waring’s 1947 ruling opened Democratic primary membership to Negroes and he opposed segregation, voting in the Clarendon county case later cited by the Supreme Court. A testimonial banquet will be held at Buist Elementary School cafeteria for Negro attendees.
General Walter Bedell Smith praised Davies in My Three Years in Moscow while a split with Secretary Dulles over Davies continues. Davies, a 23 year veteran diplomat, remains at the center of nine investigations, eight cleared, with the latest Security Hearing Board led by Lt. Gen. Daniel Noce.
The Office of Defense Mobilization formed a Committee on National Censorship Planning led by Lt. Gen. Willard S. Paul. Nine federal agencies will be represented to draft a wartime censorship blueprint. The plan anticipates media industry input once agency representatives are chosen.
In its ice free season the St Lawrence river handles nearly one third of Canada's foreign trade, underscoring its critical role in international commerce and transport for the nation.
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