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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1954
Page
4
A compact Iowa City Cedar Rapids notice page reports mile weather outlook with increasing clouds and showers, plus an extensive list of births marriages and obituaries. It lists funeral notices for Belle Plaine Ed Wheeler and Mary Dvorak and Leo C. Toomey with service times and burial details.
Washington reports Sen. Joseph McCarthy sought to cross examine Sen. Arthur Watkins over a senate censure recommendation. Watkins, Salt Lake City, said he will testify after Nov. 8, while McCarthy pressed for evidence on Zwicker and Peress. Watkins indicated the full committee will address the issue in Senate debate starting November 8.
At Peoria Mr and Mrs Al Smith report a daughter born Oct 22 Mrs Smith is the former Virginia Dunn daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Dunn 1004 Ninth Avenue SE Leona M Crew vs Joseph A Crew Dorothy Gearhart vs Lee J Gearhart Robert Armstrong vs Laura A Armstrong Frank E Ockenfels vs Bessie B Ockenfels Marlene M Keith vs John D Keith Jr
Waubeek services for Charles Rieger 78 Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Jordan's Grove church with burial there. Friends may call at Hunte Funeral Home Springville until Monday evening. Dysart services for Harry K. James 21 Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Dysart Methodist church. Urbana services for John R. Williams 57 today at 2 p.m. in the Christian church with burial in Urbana cemetery. Body at Fry Holland Funeral Home Vinton. Dysart services for Peter H. Petersen 75 Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Overton Funeral Home with burial in Dysart cemetery. St. Lucas services for Joanna Hackman 81 Monday at 9:30 a.m. in St Luke's church with burial in church cemetery. Tipton services for Miss Remilla Aby Gano 80 today at
Governor James F. Byrnes refuses the regular Democratic ticket and backs write-in Strom Thurmond to fill the late Burnet Maybank's U S Senate seat. Thurmond faces Democrat Edgar A. Brown in the November election after Brown was nominated by the South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee.
Ralph Adam Snyder 69, lifelong Cedar Rapids resident, died in a local hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Mary two daughters Mrs. Neil A. Thompson and Mrs. Clifford Hellmann, his mother Mrs. Alice Snyder and three grandchildren. He belonged to Mt. Hermon lodge No 263 and the Elks Club. Funeral services are 1 30 p m Monday at Beatty Bearle chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m Sunday. Master Masons to meet Mt. Hermon lodge at 1 p m Monday for the service.
Ella Morrissey 93 widow of John Morrissey died Friday in Milwaukee. Services set for Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St Patrick's church Anamosa with Rev J A McMahon. Burial in Holy Cross cemetery Anamosa. St Rita's circle Immaculate Conception will recite the Rosary tonight at 8:30 in Monahan funeral home.
Services for Adaline R. Betzer wife of Loren Betzer of 800 6th Street SW Cedar Rapids will be held in Turner chapel at 1 p.m. Monday officiated by Rev. Keith Taber of Kenwood Presbyterian Church Burial follows at Clarence Iowa cemetery with graveside rites at 2 30 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel.
Joseph Becicka 79 of 1203 Fifteenth Street SE died at home Saturday. The funeral by Theodore B. Hlubucek will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Brush chapel with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 6.
Services for Wendl Martinek 82 of 431 Memorial Drive SE will be held at the Barta Hesser chapel at 1 30 p m Monday with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p m today.
In Indianapolis Vivian Smith reports a 70 pound tombstone left on her front porch. Police confiscated the stone and transported it to the property room for investigation.
Averell Harriman charged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Sen. Irving Ives with falsehoods and dishonorable conduct in the heated New York gubernatorial race. He rejected a prewar stock deal accusation and a pier lease bribery link as misstatements while campaigning at Niagara Falls.
POTTSTOWN PA UP Boy Scouts of Explorer post 99 camp in a 1940 bus they bought painted and stripped seats added an icebox and other conveniences then drove to the woods for a modern camping trip.
In remarks on the general subject of fighting, he states a political contest is a fight and a cause that inspires belief. He asserts the Republican party embodies moderation in government, progress, humanity, and sympathy for those needing help, while remaining conservative on the economy.
Secretary Benson told a Salt Lake City rally that farm prices fell from parity 113 in Feb 1951 to 88 by Jan 1953 then dropped to 88 after, arguing the Democratic administration bears most of the decline while Republicans will shoulder their share. He framed it as economic readjustment postwar.
Adlai Stevenson accused Richard Nixon of turning the 1954 campaign into a cheap ugly slug fest of slogans and epithets with Eisenhower's passive acquiescence. He urged honest debate and attacked the Republican National Committee for labeling government workers as subversives and questioning Truman's loyalty.
Tomatoes have become the United States' second leading vegetable crop by volume, trailing only lettuce in total production. The statistic highlights the crop's growing prominence in American agriculture.
Vice-President Nixon charged that most Democratic congressional candidates belong to a left wing clique tolerating the Communist conspiracy. He cited cases of security risks cleared under Truman but fired after Eisenhower took office and urged blunt talk about Communist aims in the 1956 campaign. The speech, released from Republican HQ, followed a Democratic rebuttal claiming GOP gutter tactics.
Hawkeye Toastmasters will host participants at Bishop's cafeteria including Ross Wilson Ralph Western Henry Ek Alex Hofferber Clarence Jung Joe Sears Fred Bjornson Peter Bezanson Glen Evans Leroy Hewitt Bruce Boland Lloyd Miller and Gordon Nordstrom. JC Toastmasters meet at Nick's restaurant with Bill Malloy Al Shank Don Fahrenkrog Bill McMaster Ed Anderson John Battin John Eichhorn Paul Schneider Blake St Clair Don Azuanis Jack Foster. The Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber executives of 1954 and 1955 hold a joint meeting in the Chamber of Commerce building. The Iowa State Board of Engineering Examiners will hold exams on Dec 7-8 in Des Moines at 9 a.m. Optimist Club speaker Gene Pugh discusses safety Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt hotel. South Side Civic club meets Monday 8 p.m. in ZCBJ hall with films.
John Hutchins becomes the new president of the Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club succeeding J. W. Markey. Hutchins serves as music director for Cedar Rapids schools and assumes the post this year.
Senator Langer charged Arkansas Power and Light with a major blunder for filing a two million dollar slander suit against a witness in the Dixon-Yates contract probe. He said a Wall Street crowd pushed the Little Rock case to intimidate witnesses in the senate anti monopoly inquiry.
Senator Langer assails a slander suit against Arthur E. McLean banker over remarks calling Arkansas Power the most corrupt company in the state. He vows swift public reaction and denounces attempts to intimidate witnesses as McLean says he welcomes the suit.
Senator Guy Gillette reports receipts totaling 23,649 with 7,478 spent through Oct 18. Major donors include Democratic campaign committee and Solidarity House plus Stevenson luncheon. Expenditures cover 4,920 in radio and TV costs and 100 gifts to eight Democratic congressional candidates.
Fort Madison prison officials report Walter H. Menning a 33 year old trusty at the Iowa State Penitentiary apparently walked away on Saturday from the facility in Fort Madison. Police and guards launched a search as authorities requested residents’ help in locating the escaped inmate.
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