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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1952
Page
14
October 13 1957 Cedar Rapids daily record lists cool Sunday with mix of precipitation and winds. City police penalties include intoxication driving reckless driving and license suspensions. Fire alarms, ongoing weather outlook, and several birth and death notices across local hospitals and towns.
Taft cites New York financial interests and newspapers as propaganda tools in a memo prepared before campaigning for Eisenhower. Excerpts circulated by Indianapolis Sunday Times quote Taft criticizing influential papers and editors as opposing him and aiding his rivals.
A group including John Steinbeck Will Durant Edna Ferber and Henry Fonda denounce Eisenhower switching support to Stevenson. They criticize Stevenson for embracing past adversaries and fear GOP influence. They warn committees will form nationwide to keep Ike out of the White House.
Drastic rises in polio cases have emptied fundraising by local chapters. Linn county March of Dimes chair Ted V. Ruffin reported that total polio cases through October 14 reached 42 372, up from 21 775 last year, with 5 790 268 sent by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to aid epidemic areas. The foundation supplied iron lungs hot packs nurses and other support as campaigns plan a Mothers March on Polio in 1953.
Sparkman told AP he regretted remarks in Council Bluffs that apparently gave the wrong impression. He disputed a reported quote claiming more Communists from Columbia University than any other U.S. school and said noise at the outdoor event muffled his words.
In a speech he defended James Marshall’s reputation amid McCarthy controversy, noting a remark about Marshall was mentioned but denying calling him a traitor. Eisenhower urged ordinary government methods and efficiency, citing 59 federal bureaus in western resource management. At Casper he spoke to about 1,500. Cheyenne turnout was far smaller due to cold.
A French speaking farmer from Louisiana obtained priest approval to proceed with heart surgery on his eight year old daughter in Boston. Pearl Simon feared a dream with God foretold her death, but the family religion and the father interpreter convinced her to consent.
Wesley Trachta 73 prominent Cedar Rapids cattle feeder died suddenly of a heart attack at 12 50 pm Sunday. He was found in his truck on his farm near Wilson avenue and Rockford road SW. Survived by wife Tillie Muzik, two sisters and two brothers. Services Wednesday 2 pm Brush chapel, burial Czech National cemetery.
Carl E. Durey 59 Cedar Rapids resident died in Santa Monica California last Tuesday Funeral in Batta Hesser chapel at 130 p m Tuesday Rev Russell A Pavey Calvary Baptist Church burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if the 56 stamp tax on gamblers, enacted in 1951, is unconstitutional. A lower court struck it down, with arguments to be scheduled and a written opinion to follow later.
London AP reports Britain will refuse Iran's demand for an immediate down payment of 20 million pounds as the first step toward an oil settlement. An official source disclosed the decision on Monday.
In a partial interview Duffy described fleeing Cedar Rapids late Thursday and surrendering Sunday night. He avoided questions about the slaying of Shirley Arnold, 18, and recounted hiding his car in a cornfield near Solon before stealing a car at Elmer Hertz farm and fleeing toward Muscatine then Cedar Rapids. He attempted to return home Friday but a roadblock redirected him north.
Paul Fuller hospitalized after a car chase and theft spree ends with Duffy's flight across farmland. He hid in a haymow on William Weber farm before surrendering to authorities. Duffy faced a preliminary murder charge and was held without bail as county officials announced Hart and Hart law firm to represent him.
The 18 year old James P. Hackman died in a love tragedy linked to the Walter Arnold family. George Duffy rushed to the youth after a suicide attempt and helped secure medical aid at St Luke's hospital. The case centers on love affairs involving Shirley Arnold's family and a suitor who took poison when spurned. Mrs Dee and Shirley were with Hackman's body when found.
Return notice for Dr and Mrs Rieniets from Minneapolis where he attended a National Shuffleboard Leagues meeting. Palette Club meets at the public library with a model and sketching materials requested. Academy of Fashion offers a School of Dress Design eight week course begins Oct 25. Pfc James Taylor wounded in Korea bound for an army hospital in Japan after surgery on the Repose. Correction note about Iola Tillapaugh misreported district vice president. Dr Navratil listed with address and phone for local services.
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper will leave Washington for a series of Iowa talks beginning Tuesday in Marshalltown. He will address Drake University in Des Moines Tuesday night, Carrell Wednesday Forest City Thursday and Storm Lake Friday, with Cedar Rapids hoped for weekend. He will join Nixon campaign efforts in Ottumwa October 22 after Missouri stops for Senator Kem and then campaign in West Virginia October 23 for Riverblock.
Iowa executive council authorized the state board of education to sell 2.97 acres of the University of Iowa golf course to the State Highway Commission for 18000 dollars. Approval hinges on the attorney general's office and the land will support the relocation of U.S. Highway 6 in Iowa City.
Washington officials said there is no early hope of training enough South Korean soldiers to replace American troops on the Korean front. Training began three years ago, and schools now turn out 500 soldiers daily. At that rate, allowance for casualties suggests at least two more years to build an army large enough to replace about 250,000 American personnel on front lines.
The Linn County sheriff reports a 16 year old girl, Betty Ruth Fisher, missing from the Prairieburg area since Saturday night. Identified as daughter of Mrs. Walther Sacker of Hopkinson, she stood 5 8, 145 pounds with blue eyes and black hair, wearing a navy blue plaid dress, black sweater and black suede shoes at last sight. The description notes a small scar under her chin and a noticeable tongue corner, with freckles and fair complexion. She had been employed at the Shorty Bumgardner home near Prairiebur.
A long Iowa manhunt unfolds as family and authorities urge George Duffy to surrender. Police use loudspeakers from a Cedar Rapids car, promising no harm if he comes to the road and throws away his gun. Duffy has avoided capture through woods, hollows, and a rock strewn lane as searchers circle the Silver Creek area.
A long Saturday into Sunday manhunt surrounding Troendle's flatbed truck ends when Bill Duffy Jr. yields to Sheriff Huffman. Detectives including Kuba Stusak Navratil Duffy Jr. and Ralph Waters joined search around a creek area near a Studebaker. The affair closed after a weary night with no injuries reported.
IOWA CITY Fatrick Scheetz 3 son of Mr and Mrs Earle I Scheetz of Oxford died at University hospitals here Saturday night of polio. He was admitted to the polio ward Sept 23. A second Iowan Mrs Otto Affeldt 23 of Waterloo died at 9 30 am Monday of polio at the hospitals. She was admitted late Saturday. She was the 138th polio death in Iowa this year and the thrtieth at University hospitals.
Paula Hitler Wolf, 56, seeks proof of Adolf Hitler's death to unlock his fortune impounded by Bavarian authorities. She lives on public relief in Berchtesgaden where the former leader had a villa. Courts demand formal death proof despite widely accepted suicide in Berlin in 1945.
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