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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1952
Page
1
Increasing cloudiness with light snow late Friday into Saturday, temperatures near normal, and precipitation averaging a quarter to three quarters of an inch through Tuesday. Divorces, marriages, citations, and obituaries listed from Cedar Rapids area, including Hazel Anderson fined, and multiple service announcements.
Davenport city council met to settle an 88 day bus strike. Officials considered offering National City Bus Lines a straight 15 cent fare to speed an agreement. The previous rise from 10 to 15 cents or two tokens for 25 cents triggered the strike. A six hour Thanksgiving session yielded no progress. Mayor Arthur Kroppach and Chamber of Commerce president Robert Sass moderated.
The Playground and Recreation Commission will sponsor a regular weekly square dance at the armory of the coliseum from 8 to 10 30 p m on Saturday. R N Schaefer reported to police the theft of a 350 outboard motor and a 7 sack of tools from his boathouse on the bank at Ellis park within the last six weeks. Dr Lyall Taylor promoted by Du Pont to head product promotion for insect control and chemical weed control in Oregon and Washington with headquarters in Corvallis Oregon. He is the son of W B Taylor of 4220 Center Point road NE.
A U N vote on India's compromise Korean peace plan was postponed until at least Monday as V K Krishna Menon delayed his final speech awaiting government instructions. Peiping broadcasts said the Russian truce proposal is the only reasonable path to peace. The plan was expected to pass by about 50 to five once the vote occurs.
East German youths were jailed for up to nine years for jitterbugging in a crackdown reported by a West Berlin paper. The regime urged youths to follow Soviet examples and practice restraint in romantic relations.
Storm Lake man F W Medhurst, 47, was named acting director of the Iowa police radio commission division by Safety Commissioner Pearl Mc Murry. He takes over from Charles J Nord, effective December 1 and will reside in Des Moines after heading the Storm Lake radio post since 1939.
OTTUMWA Iowa A 74 year old man from near Bloomfield died at midnight Thursday from injuries suffered when struck by a bus twelve miles south of Ottumwa in Davis county. Alva Perry was the victim. Authorities said he mis judged his distance while running for the bus and ran in front of it. The driver was Nolan D Ross of Jefferson City Missouri who works for the Missouri Transit Lines.
Edward F. Phelps of the Office of Price Stabilization urged ending wage controls now and lifting most price ceilings within 90 days while retaining selective ceilings on defense commodities. He warned general controls may fuel inflation and urged extending the controls law only for defense materials.
Genevieve Ward Tharp once of Troy Mills and now an aerialist with Mills Brothers circus visits Cedar Rapids relatives at 723 Third Street NW. Her elephant Burma performs in acts and will serve as a Republican mascot in Washington during Eisenhower’s inauguration before the couple heads to Saratoga Florida for winter duties.
A passenger train halted briefly to allow a hare to cross the tracks in Churlton Ferrers Devon. Hounds and a crew of 12 riders followed the quarry before the train resumed service. the hare escaped.
A bandit entered an east side Des Moines beauty shop with a gun Friday and robbed a patron, taking her purse with jewelry and 45 dollars in cash. Shop owner Colleen Shineflow said the thief threatened to kill her if trouble arose. The owner and customer Dolores Joelson were alone when the robber fled with the purse containing a wedding ring, watch, and other jewelry.
Athens night watchman Brownie Gilliam is followed by a growing pack of stray dogs on nightly rounds. Since he began three years ago he has adopted numerous abandoned dogs, feeding them with donations from local restaurants and markets until they find new homes. The dogs often accompany him on patrol before settling with families.
The national anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the King. It shares its tune with the patriotic song America from the United States.
Reports from behind the Iron Curtain claim Red China has a 3,000,000 strong army backed by about 2,000 aircraft, with 850,000-900,000 in Manchuria and 750,000 in Sinkiang, plus 600,000 in Canton and coastal areas, and 1,000,000 in southern China.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament the Korean war truce odds were slim after Russia rejected the Indian plan. He said the United Nations should transmit the Indian proposal to China and North Korea despite Soviet objections. Eden stressed continuing focus on the issue and a possible return to the U.N. in New York if needed.
Postmaster E. R. Petro notes that despite a 20 cent special delivery fee in effect for nearly a year, many letters still bear the old 15 cent stamps. He explains the government requires the full 20 cents for special delivery and that the fee adds to regular postage, with a 1 cent surface or 6 cent air transportation stamp needed.
Private graveside services for the infant son of Pvt and Mrs William Wagaman will be held at Cedar Memorial Cemetery at 1 30 p m Saturday with Rev H G Schwegler officiating Rohn chapel handling arrangements He is survived by his parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs W J Niebuhr of 214 Eighteenth St NW and Mr and Mrs Otis Wagaman of Wilton Junction
Alvey H Yessler lifelong farmer near Toddville who retired nine years ago died at his home 726 Eighth Street NW. Services will be at Turner Chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday with Rev C F Olson Free Methodist pastor. Burial in Dunkard Cemetery seven miles north of Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the chapel.
Rapid Clifton Bishop of Cedar Rapids who lived at 820 Oakland Road NE and worked for Link-Belt Speeder Co died at home Wednesday. Services by Rev. A. K. Hauser will be at Turner chapel at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Claude Arnold Jr the infant son of Mr and Mrs Claude S Arnold route 4 Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday Surviving besides the parents are a sister Gail A Arnold of Weymouth Mass and a grandmother Mrs Edith Arnold of Brookline Mass Services are to be conducted in the Turner chapel at 6 pm Friday with cremation committal
Josephine E Heaney former Cedar Rapids resident dies at the home of her son Mark Heaney in Wilson New York. Surviving daughter Mrs Mary Young of New York City. Services set for 3 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel with Rector Norval W Holland. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a m Sunday.
United Press reports at least 235 killed or missing in U S military and civil aircraft crashes across North America and the Pacific theater over the past month. The tally lists seven incidents including C 119s, a Navy Privateer, a C 46 and a C 124 with multiple fatalities or missing crews.
Des Moines reports Robert Doty age 32 and Milton Whitesides age 39 were paroled. Doty had an eight year manslaughter term after a tavern fight that left Gilbert Anderson dead six days later. Whitesides, 39, received 25 years for robbery with aggravation in Lee County.
In Nghean province Vietminh authorities reported the arrest of the Catholic bishop of Vinh as part of what appeared to be an anti Catholic campaign. The report from Saigon notes the Friday action as an early move in a broader crackdown.
A late spring heat wave pushed temperatures to 90 in Buenos Aires with no relief in sight, according to the weather bureau.
Five persons were injured in a two car crash on highway 151 east of Marion. Beverly Boland 20 of Springville was hospitalized with hip and back injuries. The other injured were Merlin Boland 17 George Rose 17 Mrs William Olmstead 17 and Dorothy Eyerly 15 all of Springville and Coggans Dorothy Eyerly. William Olmstead 20 was charged with improper passing and to appear in Marion traffic court. the other driver Harry Wurster 19 of Springville had his passengers ride in his car.
Harry E. Charlton, longtime White House clerk who delivered Roosevelt invites by bicycle, bidding farewell to President Truman after 46 years at the Executive Mansion. At 78, he plans only to “do a little gallivanting around” and received a signed copy of Mr. President with Truman’s appreciation.
Walter White of the NAACP said President-elect Eisenhower pledged to abolish discrimination and segregation and to stop filibustering. White and others spent about 50 minutes with Eisenhower at his New York hotel, reporting that he would urge Senate rules changes to end filibusters and ensure no second class citizenship.
Willis L. Hotchkiss U S attorney in the du Pont anti trust trial entered a hospital Friday for a rest. He has led the civil case prosecution as a special anti trust division assistant to the attorney general and his illness prompted an agreed month recess.
Washington based Democrats press for advancing income and excise tax cuts as the next Congress shifts to Republican control. Rep. Dingell warns against extending tax reductions set to expire by 1953 and 1954 and urges sticking to termination dates in the 1951 Revenue Act for excises.
The FCC approved construction of a TV station on channel 11 for Colorado Springs to serve the Colorado Springs Pueblo area. The transmitter building and antenna erected before approval must not be used and construction cannot begin until the station's application is authorized.
Will admitted to probate naming the Marion Christian church with 1000 for building improvements. WCTU Iowa union gets 200 and Iowa Missionary Society 300. Georgia Lillie of Marion to receive 1000 as executrix without bond. Niece Lillian Scanland of Oxnard, Calif., to receive the remainder.
Judge Floyd Philbrick upholds the Iowa World War II Service Compensation Board ruling denying Bass military compensation. Bass' appeal to the district court is dismissed as the court agrees with the board. Separately, two account suits award judgments: Bankers Advertising Co. $130.60 against James H. Lattimer and Mid-Continent Petroleum Co. $97.58 against Art Paul.
Judge Floyd Philbrick awards Carl Dean Godden $1,500 against Don ald and Frances Mastain for injuries from March 13 on Johnson avenue NW. The boy, aided by his father Carl Godden, suffered a broken leg and concussion when hit by Mastain's car in a bench trial.
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, 66, suffered a cerebral thrombosis at her Toowoomba home last Friday and showed no response to antibiotics. Doctors say recovery seems unlikely even if trypsin arrives from New York to aid treatment.
Teenager Edward Sander angrily dismantled ailing vehicle in Oakland California after it broke down. He fired a .22 rifle at the tires and windows, hammered the radiator and spark plugs, then set the wreck on fire in a rash act of destruction.
Ex Queen Elena of Italy widow of King Vittorio Emanuele III died at her villa in Montpellier after three years of treatment from a French cancer specialist.
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