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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1948
Page
2
Weather page lists high and low temps for Tuesday and a precipitation forecast across regions with wind directions. It also includes a full list of divorce petitions, local weather observations, and recent deaths with burial plans across Strawberry Point Tama Ossian Van Horne and Cedar Rapids areas.
Santa Claus will ride a midget racer in the Cedar Rapids Christmas parade Friday at 10 a.m. Floats bands and drummer corps will join the event with Assistant Santas passing out candy. The route runs from First Avenue bridge to Second Avenue and disbands at the municipal plaza where Santa will meet children in line for candy books and comics.
Soviet expedition leader I A Efremov reports finding the greatest dinosaur graveyard in the Gobi near a mountain range. They returned 70 tons of remains including unknown species and a 100 foot skeleton. Exhibits will be displayed in Moscow soon.
PADUCAH AP Senator Barkley marked his 71st birthday by building a corn crib on a farm near Paducah. The vice president elect returned home to rest after a strenuous campaign, and he wore ordinary work clothes while working around the farm and taking life easy.
United Air Lines announced 29 extra passenger sections on Wednesday and 27 more to be added for Thanksgiving. An extra cargo liner was requested to Cedar Rapids Wednesday night due to higher than normal loads, with 2 000 pounds more than noon Wednesday on hand.
Milton Dye a Bristow farmer refused to vote in an automobile damage case in Butler County District Court leading Judge T A Beardmore to reschedule and accept a verdict by 11 jurors The juror said he could not vote as both parties allegedly violated highway laws after reviewing instructions in a sleepless night statement he said he prepared.
Iowa City AP reports University of Iowa students left campus at 12 30 p m on Wednesday for a five day break. One group chartered a 21 passenger plane to travel East while many used regular flights. Officials said the departures were the largest for one day since service resumed in 1946 and extra coaches trains buses and interurban cars were added to handle the travel surge.
Advertisement for a sewing pattern by Anne Adams titled To Flatter You in sizes 34 through 50. Includes design notes a softly rounded collar cuffs and required fabric amounts. Instructions to mail 25 cents and name address size and pattern number to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept Chicago.
Linn County board of supervisors set November 30 at 2 p.m. to accept bids for washing and painting courthouse rooms with an estimated cost of 3000 dollars. Specifications available with county auditor. A suit filed for 750 dollars for auctioneer services linked to a farm sale on August 25. Judge awarded 209.15 dollars to railway company for freight charges on May shipment.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York grew from a pre crash venture to a leading global collection. By 1930s it held 660 paintings and 150 sculptures with works from 30 nations. Half a million visit annually. John Hay Whitney warns of art pressure from totalitarian control and hostile ridicule.
Lowell Mass. Wilfred S Laporte 68 embraces a wandering life choosing long walks during vacations. This summer he walked nearly 300 miles home from Hackensack New Jersey amid a heat wave with a rubber cart and pup tent. Rascal the dog accompanies him as neighbors fail to recognize him in his beard.
In Deerfield Illinois the Huff family faces Thanksgiving with six children, all stricken by infantile paralysis in September, but showing recovery and planning a home turkey dinner. The family remains hopeful as doctors note progress across all six children.
The article notes President Truman’s adviser Nourse favors government measures to curb inflation when needed. He argues controls should align with other policies and military spending must be financed with public sacrifice. Officials foresee inflationary risks but hint at a possible easing before Congress. Nourse, chair of the Economic Advisory Council since 1946, has ties to Brookings and academia.
Atlantic City AP The Miss America committee set rules for 1949 restricting entrants to 55 contestants one from each state plus Hawaii Puerto Rico Canada DC and three cities New York Chicago and Philadelphia. The ruling excludes Atlanta Memphis Boston Pittsburgh Louisville and Washington. Beatrice Shopp Miss America 1948 has earned $26 650 in three months and could reach about $50 000 for her reign plus a $5 000 scholarship.
The Civil Service Commission invites applications for treasury department enforcement agents. T men serve in the Secret Service bureaus and Internal Revenue intelligence units with starting salaries of 3727.20 or 4479.60 for qualified applicants. The Treasury seeks high standards, especially graduates or seniors, and information is available at any first class post office.
Hudson Motor Car Company told a special House subcommittee that after January 1 half its output of standard models will be sold without any extras. Van Derzee said cars must be displayed and advertised without extras and dealers may sell with or without a trade-in, for cash or time payments, at prices not exceeding company suggestions and with no special consideration.
The House veterans committee said disabled ex servicemen now have two extra months to file for government benefits for dependents. The Dec 1 deadline is extended to Feb 1 at the request of Rep Rogers.
William Green aged ? died Monday. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev. B. H. Hunter and Rev. E. G. Scott of Marshalltown. Burial at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Rice funeral home.
Funeral services for Benjamine Hazel Tine of 826 Eighth Street NW will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Free Methodist church by the Rev. C. F. Olson. Burial follows at Kissing Cemetery near Urbana. Friends may call at Beatty chapel until noon Friday.
Thanksgiving day services will be held at Bethany Lutheran church at 19 a.m. Thursday. Townsend Victory club No 8 will meet in K P hall at 2 30 p m Saturday with supper at 6 p m. Cedar Rapids Chess club meets tonight at 7 in Collins Radio cafeteria. Apollo Commandery meets Friday at 6 p m at Masonic temple with special 7 30 p m session and refreshments.
In postwar Japan reconversion of war industries progresses slowly and unevenly. The Aichi Airplane Works near Nagoya now makes motor scooters and farming gear with reduced staff, while Nagasaki’s Mitsubishi plant, survivor of the A bomb, shifts from aerial torpedoes to weighing scales and household goods. Financial strain pushes diversification into ships, tools, mining gear, and marine parts as firms seek viability.
In Long Beach Virginia L. Stanton and Donald M. Rush marry at First Baptist Church while 5,000 musicians march past for the western states band review. Officials halt proceedings briefly to allow the couple to exit and 70 bands perform the Lohengrin Wedding March.
Mrs Stella Pangia aged 30 delivered a girl in the Gimbel store infirmary on Tuesday and store officials announced a free layette for the newborn.
Three rear pullmans of the Tennessee Southern Railway passenger train overturned near Stevenson Wednesday, causing minor injuries to a few passengers.
A Hoover Commission supply panel estimates $250 million yearly savings from smarter procurement and simplified buying rules. It notes civilian purchases near $1 billion annually, services $5 billion, inventories at $27 billion, vehicles worth $2 billion, and about 150 000 federal staff in supply roles. The group led by Russell Forbes released a portion of findings as it nears January 13 congressional recommendations.
The United States army headquarters in Vienna denied Russian claims that Americans hire Austrian officials as spies. The Tass report tied Dr Margarethe Ottlinger to spying for the United States amid Austrian arrests. An American source warned of a Russian campaign to terrorize Austrian officials into collaboration with occupation authorities.
In Amora near Lisbon an explosion at an explosives factory left 23 dead and many injured. The blast devastated the village area and authorities launched rescue and investigation operations.
Quaker Oats Company hosted a press dinner in the Roosevelt hotel Tuesday night with Gazette staff and radio stations KCRG and WMT as guests. A follow up discussion on public relations between the company and news outlets was held after the meal. Cedar Rapids plant representatives included E. J. Petranek as manager Gordon DeLay as assistant manager G. K. Davis as personnel manager and Frank Stepanek as assistant personnel manager. Public Relations Director Don Cowell with Bayne Freeland and Reidan Kobler from the home economics department represented Quaker’s Chicago office.
Cedar Rapids police will mail a new type of summons for a week starting Friday. Courteous drivers receive two theater tickets by mail. offenders avoid police court. Traffic officers will note license numbers. Sponsored by the police department Tri States theaters and the Young Men's bureau safety committee to reduce accidents.
Gallup announced new methods for upcoming polls to better gauge undecided voters and their choices. He will include interviewing one Democrat and one Republican to explain poll findings, measure undecided influence, and track trends up to close of campaigns.
Cecil Wright, once an inmate at Alcatraz who studied law and won his freedom after 18 years, married his high school sweetheart Beulah Brimberry in a judge's chambers. The 41 year old plans to take her to Mattoon Illinois for Thanksgiving with relatives before a Hollywood studio films his life story.
Philadelphia reports that the American Legion may trim delegates for its annual convention due to housing shortages. Convention chairman Judge Vincent A. Carroll said only three cities can house all delegates, with auxiliary members to be housed in Atlantic City, 65 miles away, during the August gathering.
The Franklin Excellentia Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society inducted 16 members at a Tuesday afternoon ceremony at Franklin High School. Mrs. Paul Miller presided as new members Paul Foster Gene Frantz Diane Beck Barbara Booth Barbara Parker Gale Moore Waldo Mead Max Tow Sara Sare Bruce Spivey Denny Hanson Jane Gage Susan McClary Dorothy Engel Moseley James Sander coc.
Des Moines AP reports District Judge Tom K. Murrow sentenced Thomas John Reed, 40, a disabled war veteran, to three years in Fort Madison penitentiary after conviction of a third drunken driving offense.
Preston Tucker declared his Chicago auto assembly line ready to start producing rear engine Tuckers with about 100 cars already built. He dismissed bankruptcy suits as smear campaigns and put assets at 16.9 million dollars while planning a gradual recall of war surplus plant workers starting Monday.
Vancouver police report 28 year old Mrs Leslie Jones hurled her two daughters 30 feet from a Kitsilano trestle into False Creek. Three year old Linda was rescued by skiff operator Richard Hakanson. the other child is presumed drowned. Linda survived after exposure. Jones suffered a recent nervous breakdown. Her husband was away shopping when the events occurred.
Mrs. George Wildeboer of 272 Twenty-first avenue SW reported her husband missing after a hunting trip the previous week. She described him as 5'11" tall, about 180 pounds, last seen leaving in a green 1941 Plymouth on Wednesday.
Edward Spiegel of Waterloo and Grover Denton of 361 Second Avenue SW were each fined 25 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Spiegel was clocked at 70 mph on Williams Boulevard SW near First Avenue. Denton at 60 mph on First Avenue East near Thirty-eighth Street.
In Atlanta Judge Virlyn B Moore, known as a local authority on matrimonial cases, asks for a divorce from his wife of 10 years and custody of their daughter. He contends his income is $13,500 yearly while his wife spends $20,000. Mrs Moore seeks alimony claiming the marriage was a business arrangement rather than a family ties. The court took the matter under advisement.
The Cedar Rapids army recruit station reported enlistments of three eastern Iowa men Roy F. McDowell 385 Twelfth avenue SW Arthur C. Kephart 528 H street SW and Merlin D. Smith Amana Kephart and Smith both reenlisted.
A $75 check drawn on Central National Bank of Rockford Illinois, cashed at West Side Liquor Store on November 9, was returned Tuesday as no account. The check was made out to Marie Potter and signed by Joe Gedraitis, per police.
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