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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1948
Page
12
Des Moines AP Iowa Tax Commission begins sending refunds to residents who overpaid after a special session reduced exemptions and the 25 percent tax levy. About 100000 Iowans made figuring errors. refunds cover errors from the second half of the year and any overpayment after the first installment.
Merle Moser age 25 of Nevada died of polio in a Des Moines hospital Tuesday night. His wife age 24 is a polio patient in the same hospital.
Iowa gubernatorial candidate William S. Beardsley urged a sound business administration and proposed removing the sales tax from food as part of a broader tax relief program. He touted Iowa as lacking state property tax and called the policy indefensible.
Martelle residents will attend a school carnival on November six hosted by the P T A. The program includes a king and queen coronation and an auction sale as part of the festivities.
Baltimore officers jailed two men posing as naval officers William J Sacks 38 of Dayton Ohio and Edward E Bastedo 24 of Sioux City Iowa after their arrest near the Navy Missouri game. They faced grand jury action on bogus check charges after admitting to shop purchases including clothing gold braid perfume and an admiral’s uniform. Police testified the pair used fake checks to obtain cash and goods and were held on a false pretense charge for failing to pay a restaurant bill.
Victor E. Van Cleve of Hornick paid a 300 dollar fine in district court here after being jailed since Oct. 9 following an arrest for drunken driving. Van Cleve is a trucker from Tama County. Anamosa reports Charles Foley bought the Citizens Savings Bank building. Earlville item mentions Barbara Merrick and Emmogene Stef.
In Tipton Fen opened a beauty parlor on Tuesday. In WAUKON Mrs Emmett Zoll was elected president of the Lan sing deanery of the National Council of Catholic Women at a Sunday meeting. Also named were Mrs Maurice McCarthy as treasurer and Mrs Charles Tierney as secretary. DECORAH the R W Klinker Ford garage opens Friday with a 60 000 investment. OSSIAN Rev Justin Smith leads a St Francis Catholic church mission from Oct 24 to 31. WAUKON Jeanne Ferring and John Bresnahan to marry at St Patrick's. ANAMOSA Gretchen Turner and Carl A Barrett wed in Chicago. DECORAH Charles Rosenthal to sing Lionel in St Olaf college Martha on Nov 17. CALMAR Mr and Mrs Joseph Bily celebrate silver anniversary with 70 relatives at surprise party. FAIRFAX Methodist W S C S to serve chicken supper in Masonic hall Thursday.
Don D. Lyall of Fort Dodge received national honors as the best all around good fellow in the truck driving profession. The 35 year old driver, a three time Iowa roadeo champion, earned the American Trucking Associations top driver award for safety roadeo performance and character. Lyall has driven 14 years for Brady Transfer and Storage with over a million miles logged without an accident.
Waterloo report says Rath Packing Company officials and CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union representatives resumed negotiations Tuesday on a new contract.
I J Oleson a 39 year old Fort Dodge Iowa man escaped from the Waseca county jail by forcing a lock hasp with a wooden bar and remained at large as Minnesota authorities hunted him. Oleson had been held on automobile theft charges and had been out of jail 11 days after a July shooting while fleeing police in a stolen car. He was lodged in the bull pen when the break occurred and a hardwood bar was used to force the hasp.
SIOUX CITY AP Flames drove occupants from their beds and caused about 7500 dollars damage at the home of C. S Van Eaton a Woodbury county state representative and Republican Senate candidate. The fire started in the recreation room and spread up a stairway to the kitchen. Fire Chief Charles B Kuhl attributed the blaze to a lighted cigarette on a chair.
Pfc. Robert White, 15, claims two sergeants beat him during a Monday night Des Moines armory drill. His father says Col. Tandy promised an investigation. Lt. Wisden's report is under review as headquarters examine the claim of facial bruising.
Werner Friedmann leading German publisher and editor of Sueddeutsche Zeitung will tour Grinnell for a four day lecture appearance presenting media insight and historical perspectives.
The German editor, once a leading anti-Nazi before the war, served briefly in the German army and surrendered at his first chance. He did propaganda work for British intelligence. He is in the United States at the invitation of the American Press Institute of Columbia University.
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