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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1945
Page
2
French and Soviet prosecutors voted to substitute Alfred Krupp for his ailing father Gustav in the Krupp trial, backing a 12 day postponement to December 2. The decision followed a medical finding of senile brain changes and came amid opposition from Sir David Maxwell Fyfe.
Ration board details set in the American building with chief clerk A. T. Pleune. Price ceilings apply to many items beyond food and auto transfers require certificates. Weather plumbs Iowa temperatures and forecasts. local fines listed for traffic and driving violations. numerous birth notices and family announcements appear from St. Luke’s and Mercy hospitals.
The public library stages National Book Week displays in the children's room curated by Children's Librarian Catherine Redmond. New juvenile titles accompany thematic displays including Books Can Make a Friendly World United Through Books and Our Own America with cutouts and Mother Goose pictures. A Tuesday tea for principals and teachers accompanied a talk on books by Pagh May Lamberton Becker. a radio program is planned for January. Exhibits run through Saturday.
Washington Rep. Martin an Ia Republican voted against the motion to defer universal military training consideration. The motion failed 15 to 12.
Washington reports a stalemate between the United States and Soviet Union on Japan oversight. Secretary Byrnes says Moscow wants a Berlin style unanimity rule giving all members equal veto power. The U S favors a council with General MacArthur having decisive voice in disputes.
The detective bureau checked losses including a watch a social security check a tire and a revolver reported to police. Lillian Anderson a teacher at Hayes school reported the watch missing between the school and Roosevelt hotel Tuesday evening. Barbara Samon reported a social security check for 16.08 missing between her home and Eighth avenue and Third street SW Tuesday afternoon. Albert Grim reported a revolver stolen from his car in the last three days and P R Oldershot reported a spare tire lost or stolen from the rear compartment Friday or Saturday.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley warned after a White House call that Congress will not adjourn until must legislation is completed. He named full employment government reorganization UNRRA funds and other measures as priorities.
Marvin Leigh Colvin of Milan Illinois was fined $4 in two counts for failure to report an accident and failure to recognize a hand signal after his car struck 8 year old Roger Millard as he crossed the street home from school. The boy suffered skull and jaw fractures and remained in a Cedar Rapids hospital.
The talk covered concentration camp atrocities and the treatment of American POWs by Germans. The speaker thanked 130 World War I veterans and defended atomic bomb use, claiming it saved lives and prevented a larger Japanese invasion.
Cedar Rapids area drives include a Hellcat fighter plane to top school fundraisers and a Vultee Stinson liaison plane for top outside town school. Countywide awards total aero nautical gear and a carburetor set. Milwaukee railroad backs $249,000 in government securities as it invests $22.5 million across Linn County.
The treasury department announced that twenty five million Americans using payroll deductions to buy E bonds will be allowed to continue purchases after the Victory loan. The move follows hundreds of requests from labor and management groups and shows the plan’s popularity with rapid growth from 700000 participants in 1941 to substantial ongoing sales, with about 15 of 38 billion dollars in E bonds sold via payroll deductions since May 1941.
St Johns church in Coggon hosts a chicken and ham supper and bazaar on November 18 serving from 4 30 pm for 75 cents Advertisement. Master Masons meet Mt Hermon lodge at the Masonic hall Thursday at 3 pm to attend the funeral of Henry J Hromek.
Stanley Johnson 32 of Palo paid a $100 fine and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Judge Harry S. Johnson presided as police reported he struck a southbound car on Highway 218 driven by Ernest Trachta of route 2 when Johnson failed to stop at Wilson Avenue.
The city health department reported October totals eight whooping cough cases, eight chicken pox, four scarlet fever and two mumps. There were 78 deaths in the city that month, 44 of them men.
A Wednesday morning blaze at Farmers Supply, 719 Third Street SE, caused about $5,000 damage. Fire chief E P Kohout cited a sewing machine wiring short in the sack sewing room as a likely cause. Damages: $3,000 to building and equipment, $2,000 to stock. loss insured.
The Linn County Board considers posting load limits on four bridges with three to five ton signs. A three ton limit on a Big Creek span two miles southwest of Paralta drew opposition as potentially unusable. Eight ton signs were proposed for bridges near Coggon and Cedar Rapids. The board also canceled a cigarette permit for Holsinger grocery and granted a permit to Marshall Cook. Jury draws include A L Bright A J Came L B Heaton Walter Peterson and Fred Travis.
Leon E. Eckhart, 35, was sentenced by Judge G K Thompson to one year in county jail for embezzlement. Ten months were suspended on condition he restitute 437.90, which he took from Farmers Implement store after a collection at 110 First Street SW. He turned the money over promptly and had served 30 days in jail awaiting action.
The grand jury told Presiding Judge G. K. Thompson it had no indictments for the November term and continued Arthur J. Wall's case to January. Wall, 53, of 560 Twenty fourth street NE, is accused of cheating by false pretenses and obtaining 259 dollars from Wilma Benesh with intent to defraud. Foreman George J. Young led the panel.
Eastern Iowa servicemen expected home in November aboard ships to San Francisco Portland Boston and Newport News. Names include Cedar Rapids Oelwein Independence Anamosa Colesburg LaPorte City Iowa City Monona Strawberry Point Vinton Norbert Hughson and others with ranks T/4 T/3 Pfc Sgt and more.
A. R. Eaton announced the Cedar Rapids based Nagle-Eaton Lumber company at 620 Seventeenth Street NE will be sold to the Vetter May Lumber company of Rochelle Illinois. Possession will be given December 1 and Frank S. Vetter will take management.
Harley R. Etzel sues R. K. Hunter of 2307 C Avenue NE for 6015.55 in damages claiming a 2 a.m. August 8 collision at First Avenue and Twenty second Street. The suit alleges a permanent leg injury to Lawrence E. Etzel 17 and seeks coverage for medical bills and lost wages with 3940 attributed to the injury.
Wybro B. Griffiths was confirmed as executor without bond Wednesday to the will of his mother, Esther B. Griffiths, who died in Marion Oct. 16.
Lester Phillips fifty year old Ely resident died at University Hospital Iowa City Tuesday after a brief illness. Born April 12 1885 in Bertram he married Katherine Brokl April 11 1911 in Marion. He ran a tavern in Ely for 11 years and formerly farmed nearby. Surviving are his wife a son S Sgt John W Phillips two sisters a granddaughter and two brothers. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
Charles Gill, 71, of Solon, died suddenly at 5 p.m. Tuesday at his home five miles east of Solon. He was born near Cedar Bluffs in Cedar county. Survived by Agnes Beranek Gill, his wife, two sisters Mrs. Ernest Ross of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Edith Moler of Hawaii, and three brothers James Iowa City Everett Fort Dodge Elvin Council Bluffs. Services 9:30 a.m. Friday at St Marys Solon conducted by Rev Carl F Clems. Burial in St Marys Cemetery, Solon. Friends may call at Brosh chapel Solon.
Services were held in Madison for Arthur G. Clemens 56 formerly of Cedar Rapids who died Saturday at his Madison home of a heart attack. A heating engineer for Lenox Furnace earlier in Cedar Rapids he later worked as an air conditioning engineer for the Orpheum and Capitol theaters in Madison. He leaves a widow Florence Stearns of Cedar Rapids a son Jack in the Navy at Great Lakes and a daughter Mrs Ralph Hatfield Jr of Madison.
Funeral services for Miss Mary Ann Falls will be held at Turner chapel at 1 p.m. Thursday conducted by the Rev. W. A. Montgomery. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial Park. Miss Falls resided in Cedar Rapids for 45 years and died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Friends may call at the chapel. flowers are omitted per family request.
Jack C. Hanson died Monday in Amarillo Texas while en route to Glendale California where his services and burial will be held. His wife and daughter Patricia accompanied him and his parents Mr and Mrs Fred L Hanson formerly of Cedar Rapids now reside in Glendale.
Mrs. Ed F. Borschel of 1111 Third Street SW died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Moon chapel with Dr. J. P. Van Horn officiating. Burial is Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
George T. Collins, 105 Tenth street NE, died in a Marshalltown hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Thursday in the Moon chapel with Rev. Paul L. Miller officiating. Burial will be Cedar Memorial Park. friends may call at the chapel.
The state reports declining gaming tax payers for two consecutive years with 1164 holders in 1943 paying on 2275 machines. Des Moines leads liquor licensees with 297, Dubuque 57, Davenport 41, and Bettendorf seven. Major city tallies and numerous club and hotel holders follow across Cedar Rapids Clinton Council Bluffs Muscatine Ottumwa and others.
Cedar Rapids men were elected to the Chamber of Commerce board of directors for two year terms starting January 1. Elected were John W. Beck Louis P. Boudreaux Harry Boyd Arthur Collins David W. Lehti Craven Shuttleworth and Marvin Wright. Up for re election are Virgil Haight R J Happel Edwin F Klouda Frank Nye Ray Spielman and Lee Winger. Six of twelve men will join the new board: Herbert Beckman Vince Bienke Iver Brecht Frank A Gantt George Hallenbeck Ralph Harmon Lewil Hohenshell Leo S Holmes Ed Mund Paul K Palmer Harold B Porter and Charles Severn.
The Inter-Service Club council dinner at the Montrose hotel Thursday noon will feature Dr. Eddie Anderson as speaker. He is head coach at the University of Iowa and the luncheon honors football lettermen from Cedar Rapids public high schools hosted by the Lions Club with Rotary Kiwanis Canopus Optimist and BPW members present.
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