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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1955
Page
4
Sunday high 92 low 67 and a 2.63 inch September total with showers possible Tuesday. Winds NW at 7 mph from Municipal Airport noon readings. Numerous obituaries and service notices listed for Monticello, Tama, Tipton, Elkader, Waukon, Oelwein, North English, Lisbon, West Branch, West Union, Iowa City and other communities. Births and marriages noted at several addresses. factory fire at Wilson and Company prompted alarms.
Names from Marion and surrounding areas appear with fines ranging from 2 to 30 dollars plus costs for offenses including speeding, failure to stop at a traffic signal, car under control, unauthorized driver, safety standards violations, and noisy muffler. Several individuals receive jail terms or bond forfeitures. service for Andy White is listed for Williamsburg with a Wednesday date.
In Moscow Premier Bulganin, recently ill, announced he shed 46 pounds in 40 days amid a Finnish embassy reception honoring Paasikivi and Kekkonen. He quipped that West German leader Adenauer overworked him little, while Khrushchev and Kaganovich reportedly gained weight. Zhukov said he received Eisenhower’s wedding presents and dismissed a false claim about having no daughter, noting his two daughters.
Federal mediators will try again Friday to settle a contract between Maytag Company and striking CIO United Auto Workers Local 997. A three man panel will open at 10 a.m. The strike enters its nineteenth day with about 3,000 workers idle and no new developments reported.
Moscow presses for American troops to quit Europe after Porkkala base handover to Finland. Pravda urges abolition of foreign bases to ease tensions. Moscow also grants amnesty to WWII collaborators, allowing exiles to return after repentance.
Davenport police and a cab dispatcher cooperated to arrest Daniel Lowther, 21, within 20 minutes of a Western Union robbery. Officer Catherine Nicklas reported the holdup, the cab driver transported Lowther toward Cedar Rapids, and he was nabbed at the city limits with a Luger pistol and about $704 in cash.
CHATTANOOGA AP Luth er Steele took his boy Lloyd 11 on a fishing trip to Hales Bar. They forgot the tackle box, found the boat half full of water, and while the father bailed it out the boy accidentally shot himself in the foot with a .22 rifle.
Jessie Higley Kegley of Cedar Rapids died in Beverly Hills on her 94th birthday September 17. Daughter of Cedar Rapids pioneer W. W. Higley and widow of Dr. E. A. Kegley, she is survived by sons W. H. Kegley and E. A. Kegley Jr and daughter Katherine Kegley Earl, all of Beverly Hills. Services will be held in Beverly Hills.
Mrs Henry C Kempter 65 of 907 Harold drive SE Cedar Rapids dies in a Cedar Rapids hospital Sunday born Marshalltown affiliated with Immaculate Conception church Survived by husband son Clarence mother Elizabeth Keefe four Cedar Rapids sisters and two grandchildren Services at Teahen chapel Tuesday 10 a.m. Rt Rev Msgr William H Schulte burial Mt Calvary Rosary Monday 7 30 p.m Msgr Schulte 8 p.m WCOOF Court 727 at chapel Friends may call Cancer fund donations urged
John Marion Franks of Rock Falls Illinois died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 12 01 p m Sunday after a sudden illness. Born April 28 1904 in Spring Hill Illinois he married Luella Harrison in 1923 at Mt Vernon. Surviving are his wife two daughters Shirley Tompkins Marietta Gray five sons Warren Laverne Jack Wilbur and Clarence Franks nine grandchildren and a brother Lyle Franks. Services will be held at Wheelock and Son funeral home after removal from Turner chapel.
Charles J Jasa of 1110 Twenty fifth Street NE died Saturday. Services are at Kuba funeral home at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday then St Matthew's Church at 9 conducted by Msgr James O D Kearn. Entombment Cedar Memorial. Military rites by Hanford post No 5 American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Msgr Kearn will recite the Rosary at 8 p.m. Monday at the home where friends may call.
George B. Doc Cleveland a long time A. T. and S. F. conductor and Cedar Rapids resident since 1921 died Sunday at University hospital Iowa City. He was born June 30 1876 in Freeport NL and belonged to Maine lodge IOOF. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rohn funeral home with Rev. Frank Ward. burial in Freeport. Friends may call at the funeral home.
The Republican National Committee will begin its 1956 fund raising with 100 Salute to Eisenhower dinners on January 20. Proceeds support the GOP national, senatorial, and congressional committees and state parties. Dinners will be held in major cities nationwide, at least one per state, with three or four in larger states.
Four talks are booked for the next week and a half by the Cedar Rapids Chamber Speakers Bureau. Clarence McIntyre will show films Tuesday at 8 p.m. at ZCBJ hall. Dick Clausen speaks on College Football Wednesday at Lions Club in Springville Presbyterian church. Henry Denecke discusses What a Symphony Orchestra Means to a Community at a Thursday 2 15 p.m. Optimist club luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel. Ed Herron will discuss Arson Fires and Investigation at Newhall school auditorium the evening of Sept 28.
A coroner's jury in St Louis ruled the death of Mrs. William Fraser, 24, an accident. Her husband, Fraser, said he fired a shotgun at what he believed was a prowler outside their bedroom after awakening to noises. The inquest noted it could not be determined if a man or woman stood at the window from 10 feet.
Services for Mrs. William Fraser age 24 murdered by shotgun blast in St Louis will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Whyte funeral home What Cheer. Fraser formerly Virginia McKay daughter of Mr and Mrs William McKay of What Cheer and mother of two. She had worked in What Cheer and St Louis attorney offices. Survived by husband two children parents five brothers and five sisters. Body arrives Tuesday 1 15 p.m. from St Louis Burial at Sixteen cemetery near What Cheer.
Davenport police report Mrs. Charles Bowden, 54, signed a statement admitting she struck her husband in a parked Davenport car after a Friday night argument. Bowden, 63, died from head injuries likely caused by a one inch wood chisel found near the body. She pled innocent to manslaughter at arraignment, bond set at 10000, hearing continued. she sought court appointment of an attorney.
Chinese truck driver Ong Ah Too was found guilty of participating in the mob murder of United Press correspondent Gene Symonds during city riots after a bus strike. S. Suppiah, an Indian youth charged with Ong, was found innocent. Ong was sentenced to hang.
Paul Brundidge aged 28 of 1215 Nineteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids was admitted Saturday as a polio patient to University hospitals in Iowa City. Condition listed as fair. Cedar Rapids health officials have no record yet of Brundidge's case. Twelve polio cases have been reported in Cedar Rapids so far this year.
Chrysler President L L Colbert announced a decade long expansion aimed at boosting market share, including a large Atlantic seaboard assembly plant likely in southern New Jersey. First five years mapped, next five tentative. Costs likely in the hundreds of millions. 1955 sales expected to top prior records.
Glenn H. Smith 39 of Cedar Rapids changed an innocent plea to guilty and received a three month suspended term in county jail for indecent exposure. Judge J E Heiserman suspended the sentence on condition of good behavior for the offense alleged on July 10, 1954.
Farmers State Bank of Marion was awarded a judgment of 2339 dollars in a promissory note suit against Everett Ford of Marion. The claim totaled 2072 dollars on one note and 267 dollars on another, with six percent interest from August 19.
Wills of Matilda E. Popenhagen Frank D. Miller and William A. Nelson Jr admitted to probate. Popenhagen died Sept 4 leaving $200 to grandchildren Jack F. Roland Margaret A. Kohl and David J. Roland rest to son Derald I. Roland named executor without bond. Miller died Sept 1 estate to wife Jessie executrix without bond. Nelson died Sept 7 leaving personal effects to brother George K. Nelson friend Dorothy Bascom two nephews John and Kyle Nelson and niece Dianna Nelson rest in equal shares to father William A. Nelson Jr. and aunt Nanna M. Nelson.
CHICAGO AP A congressman Rep Boyle was punched three times as he tried to break up a quarrel between ex convict Thoren R Gentry and his wife Dora over hot dogs. Gentry 35 was arrested after police arrived at their apartment. Boyle 48 reported being struck in the chest and later sought police protection.
The Iowa executive Council ordered a study of a complaint that $7 a day is not enough for state officials to cover hotel rooms and meals. Bruce Stiles urged a minimum of at least $10 per day, and the matter was referred to Secretary Melvin Synhorst for study and report. State Auditor Chet Akers suggested letting department heads decide what are reasonable expenses, noting costs vary by location.
George Ayers a 28 year old Cedar Rapids resident was shot in the back during an argument over which entrance to use for a second floor apartment. Louis Davison 44 claimed the gun discharged accidentally from a swung screen door. Ayers was treated at Mercy hospital then moved to University Hospital Iowa City where doctors removed the bullet and said he is paralyzed from the waist down. Davison faces assault with intent to murder charges and a possible arraignment Monday.
A historical overview of Juan Peron and Eva Peron, detailing his victory in 1946, control over media and labor policy, the third position stance, and the suppression of opposition press. It notes La Prensa’s shutdown, expropriation of papers, radio control, and Eva Peron’s influence before her death from cancer and Peron’s later suppression of a rebellion on June 16.
Irving Breakstone writes to Searborn P. Collins condemning a national critique of the Fund for the Republic. He notes Illinois Education for Freedom relies on fund money and asks Collins to clarify that criticism does not reflect on the program. Collins asserts the fund threatens national security and aims to curb communism. The Ford Foundation created the Fund for the Republic in 1952 with a fifteen million dollar grant.
DES MOINES, UP. An Iowa employment security commissioner offered to escort a Far Eastern delegation through the state employment service, though the commission refused the offer. The panel had voted 2-1 against receiving a Philippines and Thailand delegation, citing limited time for foreign visitors. Frank Engel, vice chairman, sent a telegram to the federal labor department offering to guide the group, asserting universal employment is key to peace and prosperity.
Howard Elmer Wood aged 67 of Tipton died in a tractor accident on a country road south of Mechanicsville when the wagon pulled by the tractor went off the road. He suffered a fatal head injury. He was born August 26 1888 at Lisbon and is survived by his wife two sons Loyd and Laverne of Tipton and a daughter Mrs Melvin Pauls of Mechanicsville. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at Sheets Dahn funeral home with burial at Rose Hill cemetery Mechanicsville.
In Seoul, political rivals pledged to form a single Democratic party to challenge President Rhee in next year’s election. The alliance aims to unite 34 national assembly members against Rhee’s Liberal party which holds 123 of 203 seats.
Effingham Illinois reports 43 year old Francis O'Donnell, a double World War II amputee, killed when his hand controlled car rammed the rear of a semi trailer on Sunday.
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