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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1949
Page
1
Daily Record weather highlights and city notices include forecast with increasing clouds and warm winds, temperatures across U.S. cites, and a week ahead. Public records list speeding and license penalties, divorce decree, and numerous birth death and marriage notices from Cedar Rapids area plus surrounding towns.
AFL President William Green and CIO head Philip Murray remain silent on John L. Lewis plan for a 2.5 million weekly war chest financed by the UMW and nine AFL unions to support steel pensions. Lewis critics call the plan unlikely to win Green and Murray's backing as 1.5 million join coal and steel strike disruptions.
Hollywood reports that Fritz Leiber a 65 year old character actor and former Shakespearean player died Friday from a heart ailment.
Washington AP reports reaction to the New York conviction of 11 Communist leaders. Congress debates state and local crackdowns and new laws to root out subversives, with leaders urging rapid appeals and possible nationwide prosecutions. Some question legality of outlawing the party itself.
A class of candidates will be initiated into the first three degrees of the Knights of Columbus by Cedar Rapids council. Initiation begins 7:45 am at St. Wenceslaus church with mass and communion, breakfast served afterward. First degree at 10:30 am, second and third at 1:30 pm, dinner-dance at 7 pm.
President Truman nominated William H. Hastie, governor of the Virgin Islands, to the Third U.S. circuit court of appeals, making Hastie the first Black jurist named to a circuit court.
Perry Brothers and L. E. Harris sue LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing in federal court for 95000. Defect claims arise from three TS-300 Moto-Scrapers bought at 84000 for an Army project in Arkansas. Repairs cost 15000. value dropped from 60000 to 40000 after the job. Suit seeks 95000 plus court costs. Purchases were made early 1948 with issues surfacing April 1948. job finished November 1, 1948.
Judge G K Thompson dismissed the McMullen suit against the Metz on motion by the plaintiff. A stipulation filed by the parties at 1824 and 1830 Washington Avenue SE requires keeping a drain open and dictates fence adjustments while defendants refrain from molesting the lot line fence.
L. L. Harris alias Ace Harris pled guilty to offering for sale and exposing fireworks at retail. Fined 100 dollars and 60 days in jail, suspended, by Judge Floyd Philbrick. Case tied to fireworks at Hill's Welding shop last June 27. Also in court, the will of Gertrude Smith died Oct. 5 was probated. Martha McDougall named administratrix with will and codicil annexed. bond set at 4000 dollars.
Charles Randall Saturday sues Carl F Becker for 120.05 for damages from an August 31 1948 collision a mile north of Mt Vernon toward Springville. The same court dismisses the divorce petition of D Jeanne Phillips v Clarence Ed win Phillips per plaintiff motion. W A Kramer Saturday sues Joe Belehrad for 33.65 for damages from a February 18 accident on Center Point road at C avenue NE.
Plaintiffs accuse Russell and fellow directors of fraud to retain control of Thermogas by issuing unissued stock and ruling the company as Russell’s nominees. They say the board acts at his whim and a March stockholders meeting approved a business location change without full stockholder notice.
Sam Tucker, 55, long time newspaper correspondent for The Cedar Rapids Gazette, died at 4 p.m. Friday in Newton D. Baker hospital Martinsburg West Virginia after months of illness. He had been in the hospital since last February and will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Washington AP House members told the armed services panel that military unification must work. Lawmakers cited Admiral Denfeld and Navy criticism of defense policy as evidence that unification problems stem from administration not the law.
A Linn County Medical Society meeting featured Dr. A. A. Weech of Cincinnati urging clinicians to engage parents, listen to minor details, and seek underlying causes of grief. The discussion, led by Dr. Phillip C. Jeans and others, stressed individualized approaches in pediatrics and the role of decency in guiding families facing incurable illness or mental handicap.
Gene Russell, longtime auto dealer in the area, died Friday of leukemia after ill health. Born October 15, 1889 near Luana, he married Katherine Doody in 1914. After 29 years in transfers he opened a Studebaker garage in 1937. survived by wife Katherine, son Eugene of Red Wing Minnesota, daughter Sgt. Virginia Russell in San Francisco, and three sisters.
In Minneapolis a gunman looted a loan company for 2300 dollars and within an hour phoned to boast that the loan had been approved after being turned down previously. Authorities began pursuing leads as the suspect vanished.
George R. Stratton 51 of 707 Third Street NW Cedar Rapids died at 6 a m Saturday after a brief illness. Born May 4 1898 in Texas he was a Cedar Rapids grocer for 20 years and a member of the Cedar Rapids Goodfellows. Survived by wife Faye four children four sisters and service at Beatty chapel 1 30 p m Tuesday with calling after 3 p m Sunday.
Karl Ashbacher 77, of Cedar Rapids route 3, retired farmer, died at home Friday at 2 p.m. Born in Berne Switzerland August 22 1872 he lived in Cedar Rapids many years. Surviving are sons Carl and Walter and daughter Marguerite Ham burger. Wife Anna died 1937. Service at Barta Hesser chapel 1 30 p.m. Monday by Rev Frank Ward. Burial in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mary Emma Dvorak 65 of 1126 Third Street SW Cedar Rapids widow of Joseph J Dvorak died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 8 50 p m Friday after a long illness Born near Oxford May 9 1884 she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life Survived by daughter Mrs Raymond McCreedy Cedar Rapids two sons Milo Cedar Rapids and Leo Charleston two sisters Mrs Kenneth Anderson Pipestone Minn Mrs Joseph Shupitar Iowa City five brothers Wesley J Sedlacek Oxford Frank Ward S D John Pipestone Charles Clear Lake S D Milo Minneapolis and two grandchildren She was a member of Royal Neighbors Cesky Vlastenky Praha Rebekah Pomnenka Vlasti J C D and Mladoch Z C B J No 15 Burial in Bohemian National cemetery Brosh chapel Monday 2 p m Rev Zdenek F Pauk officiating Friends may call at chapel Sunday
Budapest reports former foreign minister Laszlo Raik and two co defendants Dr Tibor Szonyi and Andreas Szalai were hanged Saturday after a mass trial on espionage for Yugoslavia and other crimes against the state.
C C McIntyre Cedar Rapids station manager outlined detailed winter regularity and dependability plans at a Chicago meeting. The report highlights United Air Lines scheduling and service improvements for the Cedar Rapids area.
Swalley, 64, of route 1 was treated for a three inch forehead gash Saturday after he blacked out and his car struck a parked machine at L avenue and Third street NW. Police said Swalley was headed east on L avenue when he became unconscious and hit a car owned by Bess Ferris of 1734 First avenue FE. Swalley was held for observation at St Luke's hospital.
Jeffery Soboda a 12 year old McKinley seventh grader won first prize in Cedar Rapids city Junior Fire Fighters contest earning 20 dollars for 207 receipts. Orvel Bell 15 and Harold Schulze 12 took second and third with 15 and 10 dollars respectively. 350 pupils submitted 7171 receipts. prizes awarded in school groups and 56 more theatre tickets to follow.
Cedar Rapids Horsemen's club hosts first annual show Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hitching Post Western. Trail ride sponsored by Dr A R Menary and Sam Stohl. entries limited to members, public invited. Officials include Cash Lowell judge and ring master Dr Menary.
An all white district court jury awarded Mrs. Stanley Griffin $1 damages in a $10 000 civil rights case against Katz Drug Company of Des Moines. Griffin claimed Katz refused service at its soda fountain on July 7, 1948 in violation of Iowa civil rights law. Katz lawyers argued the Progressive party staged the incident to inflame a racial issue.
Paul L. Smith charged with breaking into a Davenport high school gymnasium May 24 collapsed in court during his arraignment. Deputy Sheriff Roy Bahns said Smith suffered from hemorrhage overnight after dental extractions.
Prague witnesses thousands missing as Communist authorities widen purges. A Belgrade born girl, 20, seized on a date, searched, and held without explanation as Western families seek word. Relatives face long queues at Bartolomejska prison and grim replies about missing loved ones. The father recalls Tito era terror and vows his daughter will survive.
Police identify Ralph R. Schwamb and Theodore Gardner as the suspects in the killing of Long Beach physician Dr. Donald B. Buge. Schwamb, 23, a former St. Louis Browns pitcher, and Gardner, 27, allegedly lured the doctor to a deserted oil-field area, fought him, and fled with his wallet and $53. The body was found near a lover’s lane after his wife reported him missing. Schwamb has prior motel robbery charges and baseball history with the Browns.
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