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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1952
Page
13
Weather forecast shows showers and possible heavy thunderstorms in Iowa with cooler turning later. Local notes include traffic fines and court entries, obituaries for Dennie Keith, George Tyler, Frederick Meyer, and Frederick Meyer high, and service details for several towns. Also records of births and a few city notices from Mercy and St Luke's.
Cedar Rapids moves to print a new municipal code after over a decade of work led by Attorney George Farmer. Council opened bids December 1 for 200 buckram bound copies 200 paper bound copies and 20 with every other page blank. bidders must post a 500 bond.
The Internal Revenue Service Cedar Rapids division will open 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. next Monday with a 11:45 to 12:30 lunch skeleton staff. Agent in charge Herman Stecklein cites uniformity and longer public service as the reason for the change from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A Milwaukee switch engine struck a car at iet avenue and Ninth street injuring two. Mrs Milton Swanson and her 15 year old daughter Patricia were taken to St Luke's hospital. Mrs Swanson had a forehead laceration and Patricia a chest injury.
State Auditor Chet Akers reported his re election campaign spent 1615 dollars and received 1100 dollars in contributions. He listed a 450 dollar contribution to the Republican State Central Committee among expenses.
Mrs. R T Lubbock resigns from Cedar Rapids City Plan Commission after 21 years of service. Council votes to send a letter of appreciation for work since January 1931. Her departure leaves the commission without any women members since its 1925 origin.
John L. Lewis and Harry M. Moses urged Economic Stabilizer Pulman to reverse the Wage Stabilization Board for cutting a negotiated 40 cent daily raise. Lewis claimed the board stole from miners' families while Putnam warned that voluntary bargaining must not destabilize the economy.
James A. Stewart of Cedar Rapids received up to ten years in Fort Madison for a plain robbery plea after an April 26 incident in which Ed Carpenter was robbed of 30 dollars and beaten in his car on Ellis boulevard NW. Co defendant Paul Whitters, 18, pled not guilty and remains free on bond.
Thomas Leo Busko 29 of 3119 Grove Court SE pled guilty to a drunken driving charge Monday and was fined 300 dollars plus costs by Judge Floyd Philbrick. Busko, arrested about 6 15 pm Sunday by Patrolmen Charles Johnson and Richard Staves, allegedly struck Joseph Hugenel’s parked car at 519 Sixteenth Avenue SE. He was allowed to pay the fine at 50 dollars down and 5 dollars each month.
Bart Taylor filed a cross petition in a case started June 6 by William L Treptow seeking recovery of a tractor. Taylor says he purchased the tractor from Pearl Treptow and believed she held no title. Pearl Treptow is named as a second defendant. Taylor asks for judgment and damages against Pearl Treptow if the court rules for Treptow.
Jurors began being selected Monday for the rape trial of Elza N. Mason 48 of Fairfax Indicted by the September term grand jury The alleged offense occurred July 29 in the defendant's Fairfax Louisiana apartment Attorney Kenneth L Moon represents Mason Prosecuting attorneys are County Attorney Willis Glassgow and assistant Richard Nazette Trial before Judge Charlen Penningroth scheduled in Fairfax parish court.
Under Cedar Rapids new refuse system residents should separate items. Place garbage and empty tin cans in a weekly container. place glass and other metals in a disposal can for monthly collection. stop at the Hawthorn drive dump incinerator for a burnable versus non burnable check and keep glass separate.
In Cleveland a NASA like lab uses a giant wind tunnel to simulate arc tic conditions. Full sized airplanes minus wing tips are tested against 300 mph gusts to study de icing. Clouds are created by 70 air jets, temperatures plunge to minus 58, and ice pellets bounce off blades via rubber shoes.
Cedar Rapids officials indicate special consideration will be given to gas heat requests for new homes in 1953 though allocations depend on expansion. President C. P. Conrad of Cedar Rapids Gas and Electric outlines current permits and backlog, with 2,000 permits issued in 1952 and potential 3,000 more in 1953, contingent on pipe and main construction.
President Conrad notes March 1953 as the date to decide if future gas heating work can proceed. A 12 year old boy who stole a car and joyrided on Sunday drove to 1138 Nineteenth Street, where Detective Leonard Stusak found him. the youth admitted taking the car from 1607 Thirteenth Avenue SE and was turned over to juvenile officers.
Iowa pheasant hunting may be costly for Georgia Governor Herman Talmage. Democratic State Senator A. E. Augustine of Oskaloosa said he arranged a guest hunting trip but Iowa's reciprocal laws require a $15.50 per person hunting license. Augustine has not yet received a response from Talmage.
In Treviso Italy Francisi o Carniato reported to police that a woman robber halted him with a gun as he rode home from work. She took his wallet kissed him on the mouth and rode off on his bicycle.
Washington AP reports James H. Doolittle will receive the annual Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for his aviation contributions according to the National Aeronautic Association announced Sunday.
Cedar Rapids post office reports a Saturday rush as residents mailed Christmas parcels for overseas servicemen. Deadline does not reject mailers it may delay delivery. Air parcel mailing ends November 25 with a two pound limit and Panama service now announced with a 44 pound cap and tiered rates. commemorative stamps linked to national events are to be issued on request later.
The utility chief outlined a plan to connect nearly all new homes built in 1953 that want gas. Three thousand permits will be issued to those on the waiting list in application date order with first second and third month preferences for connections. Special consideration will be given to homes beyond the 3000 limit when scheduling allows.
Joyce Trene Ross, a teletype operator from Cedar Rapids, filed a bankruptcy petition in the Cedar Rapids federal district court on Monday. She listed debts of 1510.65 and exempt personal property valued at 1272, with total assets around 226.
The Ninth Regional Wage Stabilization Board rejected a general raise of 10 cents an hour for about 125 workers at Petersen Baking Company Colonial Baking Company and Cedar Rapids Bakery. The board approved a 16 cent night shift differential and raised the guaranteed work day from four to five hours. The workers belong to Bakery and Confectionery Workers Local 365.
Heavy rainfall loosens dry ground across Iowa easing fire risk and reviving wells. Officials say soaking moisture saved evergreen trees and crops, with Des Moines noting benefits to residents and farmers as milder days may allow final fall plowing before a coming cold wave.
The state executive council approved selling about half an acre on Highway 30 to Cedar Rapids man Troy Winegar, owner of the Twin Towers restaurant. The $15,500 sale price was agreed, and Winegar said he has no immediate plans for the ground.
Two Cedar Rapids residents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Milburn, 1151 Avenue Sh, were overcome by smoke from a discarded cigarette causing a living room fire early Sunday. They were treated at Mercy Hospital and released. Fire began in the Davenport port area. much of the room damaged. Neighbor Marilyn Blessing, 17, alerted the Millburns who phoned in the alarm.
William Abernathy 107 O Avenue Northwest Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 23 pm Sunday after a brief illness He born November 21 1887 in Milton Iowa spent most of his life in Iowa with six years in Canada He worked 27 years for Link Belt Speeder Corp Survived by wife Addie two sons Donald and William T Jr two daughters Helen Zillmer Hazel Hamm a brother George a sister Gertrude Schubert six grandchildren and members of Trinity Methodist Church Services will be held 1 30 pm Wednesday at Turner Chapel with Dr H M Grant Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Louise Sophia Glynn wife of Joe Glynn dies at 9 15 am Sunday after long illness at her Cedar Rapids home born in Germany August 16 1879 She came from Bruning Nebraska to Cedar Rapids married August 13 1942 in Kaheka Missouri Survived by husband two sons Groth Clutter Alvin Santa Monica California a daughter Lillian Wharton Cedar Rapids a stepdaughter Scelena Millage Wilton Junction a stepson Harry Cooley Cedar Rapids two brothers Albert Reemis Hebron Nebraska 12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren She belonged to St James Methodist Church Services 10 30 am Wednesday Turner Chapel Rev Floyd Hinshaw burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Ella C. Bernstorf of 1138 First Avenue NW died at her home after a brief illness. Born Keystone April 20, 1885, she had lived in Cedar Rapids ten years and belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church. Surviving: husband Edward F. Bernstorf. daughters Mrs. Elwin Barth and Mrs. Leslie Grigg. son Wilfred. three granddaughters and one grandson. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran with Pastor E. A. Widmann. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Rohn chapel Tuesday.
Thomas Harrington of 609 Second Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Saturday aged 50. Services will be Tuesday at 9 am in St Patrick's Church officiated by Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan. Burial is in Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at 7:30 pm Monday at Teahan chapel with visiting hours.
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