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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1954
Page
4
Des Moines reports from Mary Manion that Iowa marriages show little change in age since 1880. The average bride is 21 and groom 24. 68 percent of brides and 22 percent of grooms were under 21 in a 1948 52 study. Divorce ages average 36 for men and 32 for women with seven years typical marriage duration.
Des Moines report that the advisory council of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association adopted a resolution urging voluntary censorship of comic books by retail druggists. It calls for study of ways to ban objectionable comics while preserving freedom of reading and speech. J. C. Marshall of Hampton was nominated president without opposition.
Cecil J. Curry a 29 year old Davenport man is being held in Cedar county jail on a Nov 7 service station burglary at Bennett authorities say he signed a confession Batteries tires and other merchandise were stolen Curry was arrested by Davenport police as a suspect in a series of burglaries there but released to Cedar county authorities due to lack of evidence
Urbana residents completed a garage and utility room at Mrs. John R. Williams home after the death of Mr. Williams from a heart attack on October 28. Twenty eight men did the labor and 52 others provided materials. Local lumber firm supplied lumber at cost and Mrs. Williams with neighbor women served refreshments.
Mathew E Spellerberg Jr of Fairfax has been elected secretary of the Commerce club at Loras college Dubuque The organization consists of juniors and seniors in an upper level commerce course Spellerberg is a senior.
The body of Leo Blough, 50, was found hanging in the haymow on his farm southeast of Dysart. Coroner rules death by own action. no reason known. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Dysart Methodist Church with Ayres Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Burglars in Council Bluffs stole the office safe from City Ice Company over the weekend, carting it away in a company truck. The safe held about 250 dollars in cash and checks. the truck was later abandoned elsewhere in the city.
Des Moines resident Mrs Farah Haley 45 suffered second degree burns over about a quarter of her body when her clothing caught fire. She was in critical condition at Broadlawns Hospital after attempting to move a boiler onto a kerosene stove. Neighbor Alberta Brown helped by rushing to the scene and smothering the flames, suffering minor burns herself and receiving emergency care.
Lowden report states Miss Bernice Miller, previously at University Hospitals in Iowa City, has been moved to Mercy Hospital in Davenport for further care.
In Missouri the case of 11 year old Jeannette Earnest ends when her Uncle Thurmang Priest, a 48 year old from Grand Prairie Texas, admits abducting the girl in Fort Worth and shooting her in a wooded area five miles east of Lebanon. He led officers on a 350 mile hunt before the body was recovered off a side road near US Route 66. Priest, a devout Baptist, described as loving the girl, broke down as the body was found and authorities planned murder charges.
Railroads press their case as vital to farm commerce claiming 17 of every 100 freight cars carry farm products. They warn trucking rivals divert grain from markets and stress cuts in hay rates aided by federal policy and a broad emergency program through December 15.
Former Vice-president John Nance Garner observed his 86th birthday in quiet retirement at his Texas home. He hunted with friend Ross Brumfield in the southwest Texas hills and joked that deer better watch out. He spends his days reading and tending chickens, avoiding politics.
TOKYO police were told by owner Kiyoshi Muraki that real estate thieves stole his two story wooden building. A 20 man crew reportedly tore down and carried away the structure over three days with sidewalk supervisors watching.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shore observed their 74th wedding anniversary in Brownwood. They were married November 22, 1880, at the bride's parents ranch home. Shore is 97 and his wife 93, and both stay alert to happenings at home and around the world.
A Martin jet bomber exploded in the air and crashed into a backyard near Essex Baltimore killing two crew members. The aircraft set fire to the home of Edward H. Adams but his wife and three young children escaped unharmed.
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