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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1945
Page
10
In Shenandoah two men robbed the Anshutz jewelry store taking between 8 000 and 10 000 dollars worth of diamonds. A second man entered with a suitcase as the theft occurred. Police describe a two tone coupe with Kansas plates as the getaway car used by the suspects.
Mrs. Dell Schrader aged 75 of Garwin died in a Marshalltown hospital from injuries after a two-vehicle collision on a graveled road southwest of Garwin Tama county. Her husband was seriously hurt and hospitalized. Mrs. Hennessy, also of Garwin, escaped with minor injuries. Cooper was not injured. Coroner Harvey Jones is investigating.
Maria Jolas, a longtime French intellectual figure, will lecture on France's Role in European Construction at 8 p.m. Thursday in King Memorial chapel Cornell college. Her home has long hosted artistic and intellectual circles in France and she is well qualified to discuss France and its affairs in the Cornell course. Her husband Eugene Jolas is a renowned editor and scholar.
The founder of Le Marseillaise in New York, organizer of a French canteen, and a key figure with the Office of War Information, served as cable editor for a French newspaper. She translated Silence of the Deep, aiding a progressive school, Ecole Bilingse, in gaining prominence.
Sen Barkley defended the United Nations Charter as the best world peace effort while warning that Germany and Japan could threaten global stability if their political systems remain intact. He urged international cooperation to control atomic energy and prevent war.
Two months into a mission at Eldora the Iowa State Guard has surpassed 66 days and may extend further. Since Aug 29, 194? unrest followed the death of Ronald Miller and a dining hall riot. 589 men and 53 officers have served, with 17 units and one detachment, the largest force over 100 on duty.
Tests on two guns used by state guardsmen at Eldora state training school for boys indicate the fatal shot that killed 15 year old James Porter from Council Bluffs came from a gun with a faulty firing mechanism. A jar could discharge the weapon easily. No explanation was found for how the shell entered the barrel. Guardsmen were allowed shells in the magazine but not in the barrel.
A coroner's jury found James Porter, 15, died accidentally when a shotgun carried by state guardsman Pvt Marvin Christianson of Davenport discharged as he performed his duties.
Des Moines AP reports 87 Iowans added this month to state World War II fatal casualty records. Most were previously listed as missing in action. The October tally marks the lowest since October 1943 when 72 names were recorded.
Four West Main street lots owned by W. E. Haynes were selected as the location for the Delaware County Memorial Hospital, marking a key step in the project.
Missing 21 year old Lt John Scarborough Miller son of Mr and Mrs Emery J Miller of Marion Iowa reported missing since Sept 4 in the area of Japan. Radar navigator and bombardier on a B 29 based on Saipan he had flown food and medicine to Japan since the war's end. Miller studied at the University of Iowa for 18 months before entering service with training in Salt Lake City Mississippi Missouri California and Alamogordo New Mexico where he earned his wings. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Cedar Rapids and St Vincent's guild. He is linked to Sigma Chi at UI and is believed missing in action in the vicinity of Japan.
Dr C F Gowans announces the re opening of his osteopathic office at 743 Twelfth Street. After 40 months in the navy as chief pharmacist mate he will incorporate latest Physio Therapy equipment and other armed services treatments. Phone 702 W Adv
Marion high school's grid team meets Anamosa Friday at 7 45 p m at the Marion athletic field in a prep game. Other notes include local moves in families and staff as several residents travel or receive notices.
Children playing with matches started a curtain fire. Damage was confined to the curtain and caused no injuries.
Sgt. Paul Rinard informs his parents that he is with the 158th Infantry about seventy miles north of Tokyo. He notes their voyage from the Philippines and mentions three severe typhoons encountered during the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harte move to Marion with children Hollis Rae and Stephen. Harte will work with his mother Mrs. Ethel Harte in the Century Cab company. Mrs. Harte is the daughter of Mrs. C L McDonnell.
James O. Austin and Bessie M. Carlson of Anamosa were married Tuesday afternoon at the Christian parsonage by Rev. Vernon H. Carter. Mr and Mrs Darrell Hefflefinger of Marion served as attendants. The groom is a discharged veteran. They will reside at Anamosa.
Funeral services for Mrs. B Earl Beiber will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m in the Yocom chapel with Rev Vernon H Carter officiating. Marion chapter No 183 O E S assists. Burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
An extra item was created while Paty was at the Coast to Coast Store, according to the brief note. The entry records an additional purchase or service linked to Paty’s visit. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
Mrs Edith Gordon and her daughter Muriel hosted a dinner Tuesday to honor Mrs Donald A Rundquist on her birthday. Guests included Mrs Larry Gordon and her son David from Crystal Lake Illinois.
Aboard the Cape Johnson at Seattle expect Eastern Iowa servicemen including Arnold Riniker Earle Sites Delmer Linder Warren Streeter Emeret Flynn Edward Wilson David Griith Harold Wenat Harold Smith Robert Reynolds Earl Cole Arnold Rohm Virgil Houdek Francis Bullard George Pillard Thomas Plais Jr Cedar Rapids Independence Decorah Fairbank West Union Coggan Palo Dysart Hopkinton and other locations. Also scheduled to depart from New York on the Joseph Hollister are John Keneeny Kenneth Holgate Ralph W.
Neice Iowa City and Mt Vernon list Cpl Wayne B Clark while T/5 Claire E Brace of Winthrop and Pfc Henry J Wolfe of Anamosa are scheduled to sail Monday from Newport News aboard the William Giles.
John Spiegler, 50, of Waukon, employed at a local rock quarry south of Waterville, lost his left leg Wednesday morning when struck by a truck driven by A. Sickles. He was hurled against a sharp rock and taken to Decorah Hospital.
Decorah reports Robert Rounseville 16 son of J N Rounseville Dee Orah was hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota after a fall from a truck Monday night a fractured vertebrae diagnosed Tuesday night at the hospital.
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