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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1946

Page

2

Iowa forecast and county court notes dot Daily Record

Iowa agricultural forecast calls for generally fair weather through Thursday with cloudiness in the southeast, then rising temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday and a turn cooler Thursday. County court items include intoxication sentencing for Dennis Connelly of Prairieburg and multiple traffic fines and public notices, plus several marriages and births announcements, and a lengthy list of local civil cases and police actions.

Iowa

Iowa Press Photographers Association Forms in Des Moines

Press Photographers Farm State Association led by Del Blumenshine will be the first statewide Iowa group for newspaper photographers. Officers include Clyde Artus as vice president and Robert Hale as secretary treasurer, with a December meeting planned to set membership and activity details.

del Blumenshine Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa Press Photographers Association Fort Des Moines Des Moines Iowa Blumenshine Clyde Artus Waterloo Courier Robert Hale Associated Press

Vets Advised To Take Pains on Leave Claims

Washington AP reports veterans awaiting terminal leave payments should file complete applications. Army finance officers said about one in eight claims were returned for missing notarization essential data or ignored directions. About 4.3 million claims filed, 600,000 returned and the same number paid.

Washington Army Finance

Christmas Seal Sale Opens in Linn County 1947

The fortieth annual Christmas seal sale opened Monday in Linn County under sponsorship of the Linn County Tuberculosis Association with sales continuing on Christmas. Rev. Waldemar Argow is chairman. This year there will be no door to door canvassing but seals have been mailed to 11,000 addresses in the county. A dinner meeting for the association board and guests will be held Tuesday at 6 15 p.m. at the YMCA. A moving picture Routine Admission Chest X Rays in General Hospitals will be shown. The best X ray plan is part of the association's expanded program for 1947.

Linn County Linn County Tuberculosis Association Waldemar Argow Association YMCA

Business College Sale Announced in Iowa

The Cedar Rapids Business college at 318% Third Street SE was sold to H H Hunt of Marshalltown and Bruce F Gates of Waterloo. President W C Henning retires. Hunt to supervise Cedar Rapids school. Gates to run Gates Business College in Waterloo. Faculty unchanged. Hunt sons Robert and J W Hunt join staff. Hunt previously ran Central Iowa and Brown Business colleges. The college has operated for 67 years.

Cedar Rapids Business College Third Street H. H. Hunt Marshalltown Bruce F. Gates Waterloo W. C. Henning Hunt Central Iowa Business College Cedar Rapids Gates Gates Business College Robert J. W. Hunt Brown Business Colleges Davenport Moline Rock Island

Studebaker Increases Prices Across Passenger Cars

SOUTH BEND Ind INS An immediate 3 percent price rise on all Studebaker passenger automobiles takes effect. Prices jump from 32 to 64 dollars on models while Champion four door sedan lists 1 275 dollars and Commander four door sedan 1 520 dollars. Trucks not affected.

South Bend Ind Ins Studebaker Paul G. Hoffman F.O.B. South Bend

Morgenthau Dies Father of Treasury Secretary Passes Away

Henry Morgenthau Sr., 90, former ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916, died at his home in New York after a cerebral hemorrhage. native of Mannheim, Germany, he came to the United States in 1865 and was long associated with a New York law firm.

New York Henry Morgenthau, Sr Turkey di Moncésay Henry Morgenthau, Jr the Treasury Mannheim Germany Morgenthau United States

Iowa Woman Killed When Car Crashes Near Ames

AP reporting from Ames describes the death of Mrs. O S Boyd 62 of Roland Iowa when a car driven by her husband hit the rear of a stopped vehicle five miles north of Ames on highway 69 The Lund car owned by Lewis C Lund Jewell Ia was struck after stopping Lund fled through a cornfield and was arrested later by state police Fred Johnson 29 Story City Ia remained with Lund after the crash and was arrested Monday

Ames (Ap O. S. Boyd Roland Here Boyd Lewis C. Lund Jewell Lund Fred Johnson Story City Johnson

Peas Eaten With Knife Reveals Historic Utensil

Cleveland report: Douglass Lyons, Hotel Allerton executive, finds a nineteenth century pea knife in the hotel's silver inventory. European staff identify it as a British pea knife once used by English gentry. Lyons tries it, noting the peas roll up the silver alley like bowling pins.

Cleveland Douglass Lyons Lyons Allerton

Reds Report New Drive by Chiang on Yenan

Chinese Communist radio says Chiang Kai-shek's forces opened a drive on Yenan the Red capital with small scale attacks from the south.

Chiang Nanking INS Chinese Communist Radio Chiang Kai-shek Yenan Red Capital

Can't Just Wave A Housing Wand

Washington DC Monday RFC director George Allen told a senate subcommittee that Allen Wyatts housing plan is a magic wand idea. He warned the Lustron loan case could halt production and noted RFC has made 1200 housing material loans since January while offering 60 to 80 percent funding but not 100 percent.

Washington INS George ©. Allen Reconstruction Finance Corporation Wilson Wyatt Allen Senate Wyatt RFC Lustron Corporation Cicero Lustron

Non-Strikers Defy Demonstration at Allis Farm Plant

Milwaukee AP report says non-striking workers went to the Allis-Chalmers plant as a mass demonstration planned for Monday afternoon saw light turnout for strike sympathizers. Four sound trucks circulated at gates, with CIO leaders seeking employer support to close shop.

Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers United Automobile Workers Ford Company Murray Body Company Detroit CIO Milwaukee County Atlantic City N. J

U S Hits Snag on Japs Reparations Plan

Washington reports an unexpected snag in moving Japanese war reparations, as several nations show cold reception to a U.S. backed directive to Gen. MacArthur. The Far Eastern Commission members stalled, responding only that they would support if all others join.

Washington United States Far Eastern Commission MacArthur Russia

Gas firm eyes vast eastward natural gas deliveries

Claude A. Williams, president of Trans continental Gas Pipeline, testified that the company could start delivering 50 million cubic feet daily to the East via the Big and Little Inch pipelines within two weeks. He said output could rise to 180 million in 30 to 45 days and reach 225 million in about 90 days.

Washington (Ap Claude A. Williams Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, Inc Little Inch Williams House

Communists Trail in Brussels Municipal Election

In Brussels the Catholic Christian Socialist party swept municipal council seats while Communists trailed in fourth as Belgians cast ballots. Only Brussels had reported results at the time.

Brussels Christian Socialist Party

Truman Receives 35-Pound Thanksgiving Turkey

Washington reports a 35-pound turkey from Carolina gifted to President Truman at the White House on Thursday. The gift was presented Monday by Senator Olin D. Johnston.

Truman Carolina Washington Ins White House Hall Olin D. Johnston

Dallas landlords clash with OPA over vacant units

In Dallas amid empty classrooms and apartments, landlords led by Mrs. Frank Morris press to abolish rent controls. About 3 000 housing units are withheld as veterans like Capt. John R. Lowrey defend the policy, while families including Mrs Dan Malcik seek help housing amid scarce options. The dispute centers on wartime price and rent limits and the drive to end OPA.

Dallas, Texas Texas City Frank Morris Dallas Germany OPA John R. Lowrey Lowrey

Council Delays Plat Approval for Suburban Cedar Rapids Site

Cedar Rapids city council postponed approval of a preliminary subdivision plat by Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. near Cedar Memorial cemetery in the northeast district. The plan features large 100 by 200 foot lots and a proposed C avenue NE which may be reduced as cemetery officials consider westward expansion and conveyance of 40 feet of land to the city. The council seeks resolution of land conveyance before final approval.

Cedar Rapids City Plan Commission Equitable Life Assurance Society U. S Cedar Memorial Cemetery E. P. Boynton Plan Commission C Avenue Forty-first Street C. C. Loomis Carl Linge Cemetery Association

British Refugee Shift Challenged in Palestine Court

In Jerusalem the Palestine Supreme Court opened habeas corpus proceedings to allow 1,941 of 3,375 Jewish refugees aboard a British blockade runner to land in Haifa. Sir William Fitzgerald ordered authorities to show cause why the refugees should not be admitted, while Britain contests deportation policy and negotiates the ship’s fate under strict security.

Jerusalem Great Britain Palestine Cyprus Supreme Court William Fitzgerald Palestine Supreme Court Fitzgerald Israel Haifa Bay Haifa

Four Teenagers Hurt In Auto Accident Near Waterloo

Four youths suffered minor cuts and bruises when their car plunged over an embankment on avenue NE near the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railroad tracks early Sunday. Injured were David Tyler 19 Barbara Crawford 17 Dond 18 and Buell Tyler 18 all receiving first aid at St Luke s hospital. David Tyler said he lost control after striking the shoulder of the road.

Avenue Waterloo, Cedar Falls Northern St. Luke’s Hospital David Tyler L Street Barbara Crawford Ninth Street K Street Buell Tyler

Drums of Death at McKinley High School Friday Night

A three act mystery comedy titled Drums of Death played in the McKinley High School auditorium Friday under dramatics teacher Mrs Lucile Anthony. Cast members included Beverly Blencoe Lorraine Leksa Shirley Williams Marlene Minor Margaret Haddy John Krumholtz Ernest Lesoren ae Lome Dates ee Pugh.

Kinley High School Lucile Anthony Beverly Blencoe Lorraine Leksa Shirley Williams Marlene Minor Margaret Haddy John Krumholtz Ernest Les Orenc Ae Lome Dates Eee Pugh

West Side Churches To Hold Union Services

West side churches join for a union Thanksgiving service led by the Rev. D K Irwin with F O Hillman of John Methodist Church set to preach. The event unites Presbyterian and Methodist congregations in a shared autumn service.

West Side Churches Presbyterian D. K. Irwin F. O. Hillman John = “Methodist church

Deaths Frank C. Nissen 71 Cedar Rapids real estate partner

Frank C. Nissen 71 longtime Bedell Nissen Real Estate partner and Cedar Rapids resident for 28 years died in a local hospital at 9 50 a m Sunday after a long illness. He was born in Germany on November 11 1875 and survived by his wife two daughters two sons four sisters two brothers and four grandchildren. Services will be held at Turner chapel Tuesday at 1 30 p m with burial in Cedar Memorial. he belonged to First Lutheran church and several clubs and boards.

Frank C. Nissen Second Avenue SE Bedell-Nissen Real Estate Company Cedar Rapids Ockholm Germany Katharine M Paul Engle Iowa City Betty Pauline Nissen Paul Frank George Peter Nissen Julia Christiansen Union Grove Wis Engelhurd Christiansen Nina Jacobson Asina Carstensen Gustav A. Nissen Long Beach Calif Emil Peter Nissen First Lutheran Church Mount Herman Lodge

Obituary for Carl C. Jacobson Cedar Rapids veteran

Carl C. Jacobson 76 of Cedar Rapids died at his home at 2 a.m. He was born March 19 1870 in Denmark and lived in Cedar Rapids 40 years. A Quaker Oats employee 20 years he retired Sept 1 1938. Survived by wife two daughters Gertrude Eloise and Mrs William Sorensen two sons Carl William John Harold Norman Arthur and six grandchildren. Military veterans groups and Scandia society member. Services at Turner chapel at 3:30 p.m. Burial Linwood Cemetery with graveside honors. Friends may call.

Carl C. Jacobson Avenue NE Cedar Rapids Denmark William Sorensen Gertrude Eloise Jacobson Carl William John Harold Norman Arthur Jacobson Brandon Jacobson Veterans of Foreign Wars Scandia Society Turner Chapel Paul Luther Miller Linwood Cemetery

Infant Rebecca Ruark Dies in Local Hospital at Two Months

Rebecca Ann Ruark, 2-month daughter of Mr and Mrs James B Ruark of 1240 B avenue NE, died in a local hospital at 8:45 a.m. Sunday. The body was taken from Turner chapel to Porter Funeral Home in Park Ridge Illinois where services will be held.

Rebecca Ann Ruark James B. Ruark Turner Chapel Porter Funeral Home Park Ridge Ill

Smoker Baby Adoption Refused in Omaha Case

County Judge Robert Troyer refused the adoption petition by Mr. and Mrs. Don ad Caffrey for Sandra Lee known as the smoker 7. The child, aged 2, was nicknamed by her mother in Utica New York after being placed with the Caffreys on a crowded train. Neighbors had complained of neglect prompting removal from the couple.

Omaha INS Robert Troyer Donad Caffrey Sandra Lee Dorothy Johnson Utica N. Y Caffrey

Survivors of ship collision sighted off Florida coast

The coast guard reported 16 survivors from a nighttime collision between two small vessels off Florida. A coast guard search plane spotted the men, lifted them into Miami, and officials believed the rescue count was complete though some crew may remain aboard the ships.

Miami Fla Coast Guard Florida

Many Vets Lose Eligibility for Jobless Payment

Washington AP reports the Veterans Administration says 15 percent of veterans who filed unemployment claims a year ago are no longer eligible. About 50,471 exhausted their time on the rolls. By Sept 30 roughly half of World War II veterans had filed for readjustment allowances, with most receiving payments. West Virginia shows 65.3 percent on rolls, Wyoming 20.8 percent, and Iowa lies in the 30s to 40s.

Washington Veterans Administration West Virginia Wyoming Iowa

Aussie Girls Told To Forget Yanks

Sydney AP report quotes Col Roy L Schuyler urging Australian women to move on from memories of American servicemen as the US base near Sydney ends in November. Welfare workers say many women prefer foreigners and cling to the belief the US Navy and Army will return, while some favor British and Canadian airmen stationed in Albany Georgia.

Sydney Roy L. Schuyler Syd- Sun Indeaaten Albany United States

Loot Traced to Collins in Million-Dollar Swindle

Brooklyn prosecutor Joseph Hoey said $147,500 of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company theft was traced to Jimmy Collins, linking him to west coast angles of the embezzlement. The sum included $30,000 invested in a Hollywood restaurant last summer as Collins, a New York and Hollywood night club figure, faced connections to Frank E. Chester who owned the Darbob restaurant in Hollywood.

New York LLP Joseph Hoey Brooklyn Mergenthaler Linotype Company Jimmy Collins Hoey Collins Hollywood Frank E. Chester Film Colony

City Briefs and Local Notices

Joseph Buresh of 1717 Second Street SW is a Mercy Hospital patient after a major operation Saturday. An advertisement urges insuring home, goods, and auto with McKinney Fire Insurance Agency at 2-1812. The Chamber civic bureau will not meet Thursday. next meeting is December.

Joseph Buresh Second Street Mercy Hospital McKinney Fire Insurance Agency Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau

Army enlistees sent to Fort Crook for induction

Army enlistees are now being directed to Fort Crook in Nebraska for examination and induction. The Cedar Rapids recruiting station announced the change on Monday, replacing prior dispatches to Chicago and earlier to Fort Snelling in Minnesota.

Fort Crook Neb Cedar Rapids Chicago Fort Snelling Minn

Braniff Names Paul D Niles Traffic Manager

Paul D Niles a 1935 Coe College graduate and Minneapolis native has been named general traffic manager of Braniff International Airways domestic division He will oversee traffic on the airline s 3749 miles of domestic routes and will be based in Minneapolis

Paul D. Niles Coe College Braniff International Airways Niles Minneapolis

Kenneth Feckley Fined For Reckless Driving

Kenneth F Feckley of 2430 E avenue NW was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving and 5 dollars and costs for failing to stop at a traffic signal. Patrolmen Navratil and Moran clocked him at 53 miles per hour from Twelfth to Eighteenth streets on E avenue NW after arresting him Saturday.

Kennett F. Feckley E Avenue John J. Fattig M Avenue Jess W. Martin Emerald Drive J. F. Young Mt. Vernon George A. Chambers N Street John Crissinger Eleventh Street Lee Myers Marion Robert Dvorak Twenty-third Street Edward W. Bales Thirty-third Street Kenneth E. Feckley E Avenue NW Charles Dixson Allison Hotel Dorothy Howarth Fourth Avenue Kenneth F. Feckley Jerry Navratil Laverne Moran

Cedar Rapids Jury Picked In Cisler Civil Suit Against City

Six Cedar Rapids residents join a jury Monday morning to hear Frances DeLores Cisler's suit against Cedar Rapids over an ankle injury from a December 27, 1944 fall on ice at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street. Judge Floyd Eghwon delayed the panel until 9 am. The jurors include Valliere, Gregory, Weiland, Huff, Potter, McCoy, Starry, Kindig, Schmidkle, Schrimper, Havorka, Dripps, and others from Marion Putnam Monroe and Mt. Vernon areas.

Cedar Rapids Frances DeLores Cisler Eighth Avenue City of Cedar Fifth Avenue Jane Weiland Wellington Street William A. Huff Tenth Avenue Dolph R. Potter Twelfth Street Dale V. McCoy D Avenue E. A. Starry Josephine Kindig Marion R. B. Schmidkle Howard Schrimper Monroe Township Blanche Havorka Putnam Township George Dripps Mt. Vernon

Jail Sentence Revoked for R. Clawson in 1944 Case

Raymond Clawson aged 38 with unknown address received a mittimus in Linn county jail. He will serve 223 days from a sentence dated January 15 1944 revoked after drunkenness in a Cedar Rapids tavern. He pled guilty to larceny from a building and faced a $1 fine and six months of a one year jail term. He was released to U S Army authorities on June 8 1944.

Mittimus Linn County Raymond Clawson Cedar Rapids Clawson U.S. Army

Man Arrested After Alleged Assault on Stepson

Harry Swalley aged 51 of 811 Division Street SE was arrested Monday by Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore on a charge of assault and battery. Swalley was jailed after his stepson Bruce Fredrickson accused him of the attack in front of Justice H R Chriscourt.

Harry Swalley Division Street P. J. Whittemore H. R. Chriscourt Swalley Bruce Fredrickson

Sale of License Plates for Cars Starts December 2

The 1947 license plates go on sale December 2 with two plates per vehicle no stickers required ending wartime compromises. Linn county Treasurer Frank Bates said sales run through January and penalties begin February 1 at a 5 percent monthly rate with a $1 minimum. Only Bates’ office at the courthouse processes sales, 8 to 5 weekdays and Saturday mornings. The county holds 25,200 passenger plates, 4,000 full year commercial sets, 450 half-year commercial sets, 950 farm trailer sets and 157 motorcycle scooter sets.

Linn County Frank Bates

Three Burglary Suspects Grilled at Davenport

Davenport AP report states three men, former convicts, were questioned after being taken into custody in DuBuque Sunday in a slot machine theft spree at two taverns near Davenport Westport. Sheriff Bease said the suspects, held without charges, also faced inquiries into two safes stolen locally, one from Geifman Food Market with 4537 dollars and another from a Bettendorf tavern with 1000 dollars.

Davenport Dubuque Walter Bease Davenport Westworth Bease Geifman Food Market Bettendorf

Supreme Court Denies Review of Georgia Unit Voting System

The Supreme Court refused for the second time to review Georgia's unit voting system that elected Henry Eugene as governor. The decision preserves the system used to determine the gubernatorial result amid ongoing disputes over its legality and impact on voting rights.

Washington LLP Supreme Court Georgia Eugene

South Side Club Seeks Rezoning of Sixteenth Ave Area

South Side Club petitions city for rezoning of Sixteenth avenue north to Fourteenth avenue from C commercial to D light industrial. It also seeks extension of the D light industrial zone “any distance the plan commission sees fit.” Prochaska notes limited D light industrial spaces since zoning began. The council referred the petition to the city plan commission.

Sixteenth Avenue Fourteenth Avenue Indus Plan Commission

Wuerttemberg Baden approves first postwar constitution

In Wuerttemberg Baden, voters in the U S occupation zone back the first democratic constitution in 13 years by about seven to one. Nearly 720 thousand favor it, with 93 thousand opposing and 214 thousand abstaining. The new 100-seat legislature likely to lean conservative and right as CSU leads with 443,504 votes to SDU’s 341,651. DP 195,893. Communists 102,417.

Stuttgart Germany Wuerttemberg- Baden United States Occupation Zone Adolf Hitler Wuerttemberg-Baden Christian Social Union Social Democratic Union Democratic People’s Party

Lounging and Loafing Count Brings $50 Fine

Anthony Jackson of 1403 Tenth Street SE was fined 50 dollars and costs in police court Monday for lounging and loafing after being found by Patrolman John Hlavacek loitering near the union depot at about 4 am Sunday. Capt. Howard Walsh noted Jackson’s habit of joining conversations. Bruce Swalley of 811 Division Street SE was fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after a Sunday incident at his home, arrested by Patrolmen Navratil and Moran around 12:50 am.

Anthony Jackson Tenth Street SE Bruce Swalley Division Street Elmer Briles Mt. Vernon Avenue John Hlavacek Jackson Union Depot Howard Walsh Tony Division Street SE Jerry Navratil Laverne Moran

French and Annamese Clash in Haiphong Battle

Paris dispatch says French and Annamese troops fought a sharp battle at Haiphong Indo China after Annamese forces ignored a withdrawal ultimatum. Fighting continues as France seeks to reassert control following Japan’s defeat and aims to restore former colonial authority.

Paris INS France Presse Haiphong Indo-China Japan

City Hall Notes Record Cigarette Permit Transfers

City officials logged permit actions at 201 Avenue NW with Richard Lake and Eldon D. Sentees receiving cigarette permit approvals for the same address, detailing local licensing activity and ownership changes.

Richard Lake F Avenue NW Eldon D

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