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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1946
Page
1
Weather forecast details including highs 32 Friday low 20 and 37 Saturday with precipitation amounts. Local crime and traffic records list numerous fines and sentences for offenses such as reckless driving speeding and no license plus a string of births announced at St. Luke's Mercy and Iowa City.
The Cedar Rapids city council approved retiring 84000 in bonds reducing total indebtedness to 1449600. Payments covered Memorial building 46000, Sewage disposal plant 8000, Park improvements 6000, Water bonds 6000, City jail 1000, with Memorial building remaining the largest outstanding item at 321000 not to be written off until 1953.
Inspector J. H. Lilly filed reports on two petitions from residents and Dr. W. A. Mason regarding box car homes near L Street and Twentieth Avenue SW and Third Avenue SE. Lilly found no illegal multi-car on one lot and no prohibited work by R and S Moulding. odor from a pastry shop noted, not from the company.
The Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co awarded service pins to forty seven current and former Cedar Rapids district employees at a dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Recipients ranged from 10 to over 50 years of service led by C P Conrad. The 85 attendees included district manager E E Hahn who presided.
Nearly 70 Cedar Rapids pickup and delivery drivers will receive a one dollar hourly raise under a new contract between the AFL teamsters union of Cedar Rapids and local motor freight management. Secretary treasurer James D. White said ratification was completed earlier in the week after negotiations with seven companies.
Death notices list John David Vyskocil and Lois Ann alongside two grandmothers Mrs. Charles Vyskocil of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Eva Drake of Brooklyn Iowa. Services held Thursday afternoon at Kuba Funeral Home.
Chris Smith 54 a former Cedar Rapids resident died suddenly Wednesday morning in Kansas City Missouri from a heart attack. He is survived by his wife two daughters a brother Harold Smith and two sisters Mrs Marie Goodwin and Mrs Leona Simmonds all of Cedar Rapids and one child. Services and burial will be in Kansas City Friday afternoon.
Myron O Harding died of a heart attack on Wednesday. Services are set for 1.30 p.m. Saturday at the Beatty chapel conducted by Dr. Carroll C Roberts. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery with visitation at the chapel.
Mrs Viola Ellen Ellison widow of Elmen O Ellison died at 8 p m Wednesday at her home 212 Twelfth street NW after a brief illness She was born July 3 1868 at Dysart Surviving are a son Mary J Ellison of Toronto Canada a brother Bert J Turner of Vinton two half sisters Mrs George Brooks of Cedar Rapids and Mrs John B Johnson of Clinton and two granddaughters She was a member of St Pauls Methodist church and the Eastern Star Services will be at Turner chapel at 1 p m Friday by Rev Marvin B Kober Burial in Evergreen cemetery Vinton Friends may call at the chapel
Frank Svoboda 82 of 82 Eighteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 11 15 p m Wednesday after a brief illness Born October 24 1871 in Czechoslovakia he lived in Cedar Rapids 60 years Surviving are two daughters Sylvia and Irma Svoboda a son Victor F Svoboda two grandchildren He belonged to the C B J lodge The Turner chapel service is 3 30 p m Saturday officiated by Rev D A Jerski Burial in Bohemian National Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs Dan Elgas of 216 Fourth Street NW died Tuesday. Services set for 9 a.m. Friday at St Patrick s Church conducted by Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan. Burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at home 8 p m Thursday by Foresters and Juvenile Foresters. Daughters of Isabella and Knights of Columbus to recite Rosaries in evening.
David Allen Mischek two year old son of Mr and Mrs Hans Mischek of 2916 Madison street SE Cedar Rapids died at 12 45 p m Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital He is survived by his parents a brother Robert Wesley a sister Patricia Anna all of Cedar Rapids and grandparents Mrs Mabel McGuire of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Rudolph Mischek of Vienna Austria Services will be held at Barta Hesser chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday Burial will be in Dunkard cemetery northwest of Cedar Rapids
Mrs Lucy C McCoy aged 80 a widow of Aurelian Mc Coy and longtime Ce resident passed away after a long illness. She lived at 520 Tenth Street NW and was known in the Ce community for her charitable work. Her funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Mrs. McCoy of Cedar ids dies at her home at 7 25 a m on Thursday after a long illness. She was born April 24, 1863 in Cedar ids. Survived by two daughters and a child. She belonged to First Evangelical church. Body at Brady mortuary with services to be announced. Friends may visit after 3 p m Friday.
Mrs. Peter McMahon, 74, of 520 Eighth Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, died at 9 05 p m Wednesday in a local hospital. Born April 16, 1872, in Manteno Illinois she had lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years Surviving are her husband four daughters two sons three sisters 21 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 9 a m Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p m Friday by Msgr Molloy and at 8 30 p m by the Knights of Columbus at the chapel.
The coal strike spreads with 22 000 Rocky Mountain miners and over 150 000 others walking off Wednesday night. Workers ignore government notices, though no demonstrations occur, voiced by Abe Wales and others about hardship and anger as talks with Lewis and the government stall.
Historical accounts note that during the 18th and 19th centuries surgeons sometimes used wine spirits opium or ether to dull pain during procedures. These practices varied by region and era reflecting evolving medical ethics and evolving understandings of anesthesia.
Board of directors will meet for luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel Friday noon. Park loins at 5 30, tickets 50c and 85c. Bazaar at 2 p.m. Friday at Deniers Park Presbyterian church.
City Plan Commission will meet in council chambers at city hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Art Ellis, leather carver now with Art Leather Products, 105 10th St. SE, phone 3-5372, listed in adv.
Complete films of the Iowa Minnesota football game will be shown Friday noon at the Montrose hotel under I club auspices. Reservations are required and must be made at the hotel before 10 a.m. Friday.
A dinner meeting is announced with Dr. G. H. Warkentine and Dr. George K. O'Brien in charge of the program. The notice emphasizes prompt courteous service and provides the cab company contact number 3-3189.
T/Sgt. Carl W. Kruckenberg, with over six years in the army, joined the recruiting staff in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. He served 28 months in the Caribbean theater during the war. For the past year he handled recruiting at Mason City and Des Moines and will serve as a roving recruiter, home in Lancaster Ohio.
C H Stauffacher of Kansas City Missouri a former pastor of the First Evangelical church at First avenue and Third street SW was chosen as one of nine bishops of the Evangelical United Brethren church for a four year term at Johnstown Pennsylvania. The election coincided with ceremonies marking the union effective last Saturday of the Evangelical church with the United Brethren church.
In Cedar Rapids district court, two divorce petitions were dismissed at plaintiffs request. Geral dine Shada sued John W. Shada. Miranda M. Fowler sued Thomas N. Fowler. Separate action for damages by Robert Wieneke against A. J. Baumhoefner and Edith Baumhoefner was also dismissed. Wieneke had sought damages from an accident dated December 12, 1945.
Judge G K Thompson granted Dr H E Pfeiffer judgment for 227 dollars and costs after defendants Lote L Harris and Ellen Harris failed to appear in court. The suit, filed Oct 8, sought payment for medical services provided in June 1943.
Joe Lester aged 44 from New Boston Texas was held in Linn county jail on a 500 dollar bond after a vagrancy hearing before Justice of the Peace H R Churchill.
The Cedar Rapids Waubeek council court of honor meets at Franklin High School at 7 30 pm with troop nine host. Charles Landis and John Kintzinger will receive the Eagle badge. Other awards include second and first class, star and life awards, with merit badges presented by local scouts and leaders.
The Allied Industrial League of Cedar Rapids' Queen's ball, titled the largest indoor yearly event locally, earned a one page national release from the National Council of YMCAs. The 1946 event is set for Friday at 8 pm in Memorial Coliseum with focus on education, physical and civic activities.
President Truman remains firm in pursuing a finish with Lewis amid a nationwide strike. An embargo on rail freight looms for nonessential goods, electricity rationing across eastern states floors steel mills, and coal reserves face urgent scrutiny. Officials differ on winter outlook as critics warn of bipartisan political pressure to end the dispute.
A Des Moines AP report states Council Bluffs men Mac A. Palmer and Harold S. Spurgin were named to high positions in the Iowa National Guard. Palmer becomes commanding officer of the 168th Infantry Third Battalion, Spurgin is executive officer of the same unit. both hold the rank of lieutenant colonel. The 34th division will include troops from Iowa and Nebraska, with most Iowa units.
Dubuque county sheriff Leo J. Martin evicted widow Lucille Koppes and her six children under a district court order. He housed Mrs Koppes, her daughter Agnes, 18, and Judy, 3, in a room in his own home while the other children found shelter with friends and relatives, a gesture the woman described as a blessing.
Police report a bogus 75 dollar check drawn on First Capital National Bank of Iowa City. The check was made out to Alice Swisher and signed Mable H. Davis, according to Bob Ford, manager of Killian's shoe store.
Clifford Barrett 16 of 501 street SW suffered a gunshot wound to the right hand while hunting with his father Arthur Barrett. He said he was climbing a fence when the gun discharged accidentally. He was treated at a hospital and released.
The Polk county grand jury told District Judge Tom K Murrow it found no grounds for criminal charges against Municipal Judge Harry B Grund. The report dismissed all pending prosecutions including the assault with intent to commit rape case involving Dorothy Roth a 26 year old divorcee.
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