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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1948
Page
3
Mrs. Letha V. Cox of Manchester near Oneida, mother of six, paints rural farm scenes after World War II. Her work includes Out Around the Barn and East of Greeley in October, with 28 paintings exhibited in Waterloo. She also serves in church and community groups and plays the piano.
War Assets Administration reports in Kansas City region show spot bid sales totaling more than 50 million dollars since March 1945 with 82 personal property and 21 real property sales. The program recouped about 12 million from personal property and nearly 1.6 million from real estate, as WAA winds down operations ahead of year end.
Chicago market last week saw choice fed steers and yearlings set an all time price peak while hogs and spring lambs fell. Receipts totaled 22 500 cattle 2 000 calves 7 000 sheep and 24 500 hogs with direct packer shipments also noted.
Beardsley plans to stress from the primary on eliminating the sales tax on food boosting road and school funding and cutting overall taxes in his contest with Polk County Attorney Carroll O Switzer. State Rep Henry H Stevens outlines three 1949 bills on sales tax timing highway speed limits and redistributing gasoline tax to favor farms and secondary roads.
The United States Savings and Loan League reports 115000 mortgage loans totaling 524 million dollars for new houses in the first half of 1948, a 40 percent rise from 1947. Average loan size is 4560 dollars, while loans for existing dwellings fell 8 percent to 271000.
Three new polio cases, all in fair condition, were admitted to University hospital in Iowa City. The new patients bring the total under treatment to 11. Names listed include Howard Cattell 23 from Cincinnati, Leon Burger 15, Lovila Lister 7, and Marilyn Lister 7 from Ta.
Political notes from Vinton detail a Milwaukee style corn themed labor day event with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Carroll Switzer and Republican rival William Beardsley on stage, plus Guy Gillette and Seymour Pitcher lineup. Women’s clubs and party schools plan campaign actions as election year tactics unfold.
Marie Schaefer to marry Roy Ehrmann in Cedar Rapids First Lutheran on Sept 25. Mary Ann Kacerovsky wed Rich ard Low in First Presbyterian Independence. Kathryn Kruse married Arthur Zimmerman in Cedar Rapids Presbyterian. Zimmerman joins Cedar Rapids police, couple to reside there.
New research by Dr. James F. Bender of the National Institute of Human Relations suggests leaders share physical and social traits, with tall or stocky individuals more likely to rise. Birth month matters, with February and March favored for leadership potential, while intelligence remains average and gender differences emerge in leadership styles.
Florence L. Clark reports Ion in Alla Amakee county once a milling hub on Yellow river now sits moved to a hillside site. The school, town hall, and future precinct voting will meet in a concrete basement with a furnace, as the river repeatedly flooded the valley and forced evacuations.
Waverly Iowa AP reports William Blum 18 Cedar Falls died in a hospital after injuries from a Friday crash when he lost control of his car on a highway eight miles west of Waverly.
Clifford R. Behn of Battle Creek Iowa died in a Sioux City hospital Saturday as the eighth polio victim to die in the city this year.
Readers glimpse shorthand notes and abbreviations for grain statistics and military terms, including rubber metrics and army officer references, from an archival state record. The fragment hints at practical figures and quick summaries rather than full reports.
A Vatican committee will hold a second competition among the 12 artists who won gold medals last March for St Peter's bronze doors. Each of the twelve will be invited to submit further details with a $250 expense allowance. The eventual winner must sign a contract with Vatican authorities to construct the two doors.
Rome reports a plan to add 59 power stations to Italy. The project will boost capacity by 7.4 billion kilowatts and extend the north south electric network from the Alps to southern regions, aiming to relieve wartime shortages and unemployment.
Wilma Reeley to Ira Hatch announced by W H Holthaus. Willa Mae Moore to James Miller slated for October 2. Lucille Marye Walker to Eugene Maxson to wed September 21. Walker is daughter of John A Walker and Maxson is son of the late H F Maxson of Marion.
Footings are poured for a new synchroton building at the Iowa State College Institute for Atomic Research. The structure, expected to be completed by spring, will house a 70,000,000 electron volt synchrotron for producing X rays and electrons.
A simple home recipe markets RA-Ex Compound with lemon juice and water claiming quick relief from rheumatic and arthritis pain. Instructions urge two tablespoonfuls daily, promise pleasant results, and offer a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
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