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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1954
Page
4
The daily page reports forecast highs in the 30s to 40s with cloudy conditions and light precipitation, plus moonrise and sunset times. Obituaries note services for Carrie Yates, Frank Henle, Andrew Mahuren, Isaac Boyles, and Conrad Kleinlein with burial details and family mentions.
Secretary Benson urged banning ties between Agriculture Department staff and private farm groups. He outlined that no employee may accept free office space or pay from farm organizations nor solicit memberships or influence programs. The policy targets Farm Bureau links in Illinois and Iowa and similar arrangements in New York.
Washington AP reports the government and sugar beet industry agreed on a tentative 1955 marketing limit set at 75 percent of the 1954 quota. A Dec 13 hearing will decide final quotas for 1955, with a temporary Jan 1 start. The plan targets about 20 domestic processors in western markets and aims to curb early year over marketings.
A life-term convict escaped from the Iowa penitentiary at Fort Madison on Wednesday night. The inmate, identified as Edward Earl Little, was sentenced in Polk county for bank robbery. Peace officers statewide were alerted by radio to locate Little.
Champaign News Gazette reports a Kansas City tax collector used music to calm taxpayers. Champaign County Treasurer Ralph Rose added a public address system and record player in his office for soothing tunes.
Mrs. Isaac Boyles 74 lifelong Urbana resident died at her home Wednesday night Services set for Saturday 2 p m at the Methodist church burial in Urbana cemetery Friends may call at Satchett Murdoch funeral home Center Point Friday Survivors include her husband five sons Everett Center Point Sidney Cedar Rapids Donald Harold Urbana Howard Vinton and six daughters Beulah Elgin Center Point Grace Van Fossen Cedar Rapids Pansy Hawley Lela Hopker Betty LaHue Urbana and Mrs Leo Rick Vinton
The Iowa National Guard ordered an investigation into the death of Guardsman James Harger 20 of Cedar Rapids who died in Iowa City. Major General Fred Tandy directed Lt. Col. Robert Vernon to lead the probe after Harger fell 25 feet into an open elevator shaft at the Cedar Rapids armory during a guard exercise. Linn County coroner Robert Brosh ruled the death accidental and said his office conducted a full investigation.
Wallace T. Purington of 2600 Third Street SW Cedar Rapids died at University Hospitals Iowa City at 10 50 p m Wednesday Born July 14 1875 in Boscobel Wisconsin he leaves three daughters Mrs Gilbert Kramer Mrs Patrick Forshay and Mrs Claire Bosacker three sons Thomas Harold and Wallace and six grandchildren all of Cedar Rapids Friends may call at Brady Mortuary after 4 p m Friday Funeral arrangements to follow
Funeral services for Henriette A. Bures lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and former Kenwood school principal, will be held Friday at 10 30 a m in Turner chapel with Rev Francis Pokorny of Ely officiating. Burial follows in Bures cemetery. Friends may visit the chapel and may contribute to the retarded children's fund.
Arthur Elmer Schmidt of 819 Rockford Road SW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after 30 years as a resident. Turner chapel will conduct services at 1:30 p.m. Friday led by Rev Frazer A Thomason of Cedar Christian church. Burial is planned for Linwood cemetery. friends may call at the chapel.
Addie Mae Daggett widow of Alonzo A. Daggett longtime Cedar Rapids resident for over 40 years until moving to Waterloo two years ago died Tuesday Funeral services will be in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Friday by Rev Frazer A Thoman of Cedar Christian church Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Milton Heath of 1269 Fourth Avenue SE will be held Friday at 9 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church with Rt Rev Msgr William H Schulte officiating. Burial is planned at Mt Calvary cemetery. Msgr Schulte will lead the Rosary at 8 30 p.m. Thursday at Monahan funeral home, where friends may call.
The body of Andrei Y. Vishinsky arrived in Moscow from Paris via Berlin aboard a Soviet plane. A state funeral is planned in Red Square with a lying in state in the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union House before funeral services. Accompanied by his widow, daughter, and Soviet officials, the urn and coffin were transferred after an airport ceremony attended by French Communist mourners.
Negotiators for 30 000 union dock workers and major shipping firms in the port of New York reached a two year contract agreement on Thursday. The talks covered wages benefits and work rules for the new term.
At a demonstration, city officials discussed a proposed TV camera system to monitor crossings between First and Twelfth avenues. The tower operator would control signals, potentially reducing delays and saving railroad manpower costs within a year. An auxiliary power unit would guard against breakdowns.
President Eisenhower arrives in Augusta at 5 03 pm aboard the Colubine III for a Thanksgiving holiday at his golf retreat with Mrs Eisenhower and British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. A 43 pound turkey named Kentucky Colonel accompanies the visit.
High winds overturned a house trailer being hauled by a car on U.S. 30 south of Marshalltown. Jerome Overby of Sioux Falls South Dakota drove the car and was uninjured. Damage was estimated at $500.
William D. McNeil of Madison Wisconsin has been named adult program and membership secretary of the Cedar Rapids YMCA announced by General Secretary Edwin B. Zeller. He previously served as adult program secretary and assistant membership secretary at the Madison city YMCA and will move to Cedar Rapids about December 15.
President Roy O. Hughes of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen said Ike’s intervention followed a refused arbitration as the 60 day no strike clause was invoked. A board will report findings within 30 days though holidays may extend the period. Hughes spoke from Cedar Rapids.
Frederick B. Snite Jr. who lived 18 years in an iron lung died Nov. 12 in Florida. His will, filed Wednesday, leaves $2,500 to iron lung technician Leonard Hawkins who cared for him since 1936. The rest goes to his widow Teresa of River Forest, Illinois, and his three daughters Teresa 14 Katherine 11 and Mary 9.
Iowa State Employment Service reported corn picking finished in several areas and 90 percent complete in many others. With harvest drawing to a close, demand for regular farm hands fell to a multiweek low.
Former Baseball Commissioner A. B. Happy Chandler filed on Wednesday as a Democratic candidate for governor in Kentucky.
A brief note urges keeping ample ginger ale or abundant fruit juice for children who call during the Christmas season and are always thirsty. The guidance emphasizes stocking up to meet recurring demand from visiting kids.
A Thanksgiving eve derailment of the Santa Fe Chief near Cadiz, California injured 35 people. Eight cars left the track while traveling 65 to 70 mph. 95 passengers were aboard. Three cars and the engine were brought to a halt and a new consist departed five hours late. Several passengers remained overnight due to lack of Pullman space. Hospitalized were W. J. Cossack and Charles P. Andrews, with Mark V. Pacello treated for leg and shoulder injuries. Eighteen hundred feet of track were torn up, delaying a Santa Fe main line.
A Seoul based account notes China accuses the 1951 mutual security law aiding U.S. allies of supporting subversion. Beijing cites 212 Nationalists and 18 Americans killed or imprisoned since 1951. Congress reacts with calls for possible blockades and stronger Nationalist forces.
The author of Tobacco Road and God’s Little Acre faces a divorce action filed by his former wife June Johnson, alleging cruelty and excesses during the last three years. She seeks half of community property including publishing rights and film contracts, custody of their 9-year-old son Jay, and a court valuation of the estate. Caldwell reportedly lives in Phoenix and has been married multiple times.
A new line of science themed hobby kits from Industrial America aims to turn Christmas gifts into future career paths. Five current kits cover optics and weather forecasting, electronics, minerals, and human body functions, with partners including Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, RCA, Taylor Instrument, Bauer and Black.
Richard Roby, 22, of Truro Indiana suffered facial and head cuts when his car rammed the rear of a truck on highway 30 about 13 miles east of Cedar Rapids. He was treated at St Luke's hospital and released. A witness, William Stoner of Saginaw, said Roby's car rolled over and caught fire after impact. No other injuries reported. Fire was extinguished.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert James of 2039 Bever Avenue SE attended the funeral of his mother Mrs. William S. James at Hardy Wednesday. The report includes local notices of professional changes and student achievements in Grinnell.
Cortez arrested by juvenile officers charged with selling a .22 caliber automatic pistol to a teenage boy. Irving J Donohoe 38 of 1441 Bever avenue SE charged with selling whisky to a transient man at the Montrose hotel where he works as a bellhop.
Tokyo AP a Liberal Party execs backed Yoshida quitting the party presidency while keeping the premiership. They favor a Nov 30 Diet session with Yoshida as PM and Taketora Ogata as party president, aiming to dissolve the Lower House after the budget. Opposition voices threaten a nonconfidence motion.
After President McKinley was assassinated, the Secret Service assumed responsibility for presidential duties, directing security and protocol during the ensuing period of national mourning.
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