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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1952
Page
1
Iowa forecast calls for fair and cool conditions with possible frost in northern areas. City traffic court fines issued for multiple offenses. New births announced in local hospitals and several obituaries noted, including Mechanicsville and Waukon deaths.
A farm is described as a tract of land capable of bringing great wealth if oil is discovered, highlighting the lure of petroleum exploration and speculative mining on rural property.
Four new faculty members join Mt. Mercy College per Sister Mary Eleanor RSM registrar. New staff are Sister Joan Marie RSM Sister Mary Augustine RSM Miss Irene Walczak and Miss Ann Lancaster. The academic year opened with a high mass convocation and reception attended by Sister Mary Sldephonse president Dean Acosta and Rev Wendling.
The New York Central Railroad and three unions reached a two-year pact on a rules dispute, ending a strike threat that could have shut down the eastern division and hurt New York City commuter service. James P. Shields and leaders of the Locomotive Engineers Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Railway Conductors signed the agreement after four days of federal mediation.
Bennie the Bear at Bartlett New Hampshire park, once considered docile, mauled keeper Robert Huckins 27 to death during noon feeding and seriously injured Arthur Boucher 40 and Guy Noyes 67. The 400-pound bear fled outside and was shot and killed by highway department workers.
Armour and Company, the second largest meat packer, reported nine months net profit of 2,075,981 vs 13,200,927 a year earlier. For the 13 weeks ended July 26, a third quarter loss of 1,068,465 vs a 2,785,269 profit last year. President Spech blamed higher wages, ongoing ceiling price controls, and a net inventory loss for the decline.
The Coe college year will officially open Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Coe auditorium for the first convocation. Speakers include Owen N. Elliott president of the college board of trustees Howell H. Brooks and Prof. James B. Hodgson. Music by Prof. Eleanor Taylor and Prof. Joseph H. Kitchin.
The article notes that in ancient Rome women sometimes appeared in the arena as gladiators. It highlights that female combatants faced the same brutal displays as male fighters and participated in public spectacles.
Four Cedar Rapids women sue to set aside the Aug. 23 probate of Elizabeth Mayworm's will claiming it was signed under undue influence and not by the testatrix. Plaintiffs named Amelia Snow as sole heir and executrix, seeking to overturn the probate and compel Snow to produce the true will.
Clarence Kriz 28 of 1101 Sixth Street SE pled guilty to a false check charge and received a sentence not to exceed seven years in the penitentiary from Judge Charles Penningroth. Leo G. Pohlkamp 29 of 219 Fifteenth Street NE pled guilty to lascivious acts with a child and was sentenced to six months in the county jail. Kriz allegedly wrote a false check in Cedar Rapids April 18. Pohlkamp allegedly committed immoral acts with a six year old girl July 20, 1951.
Truman McDowell Jr. of Marion jailed on embezzlement charges after allegedly selling a diamond ring bought on time from Star Jewelry. He received a four month suspended sentence on a false check case and faces a Monday hearing with bond set at 200 dollars.
A district court jury convicted Carl Slaymaker, 47, of 111 Sixteenth Street NE, after a trial that began Tuesday. Judge M C Hamiel postponed sentencing and kept his $500 cash bond posted following Cedar Rapids arrest on April 12.
The will of Thomas J Walsh who died August 30 was admitted to probate Saturday. It leaves $100 to his adopted son James F Walsh and the residue to his widow Lillian. Mrs Walsh is named executrix without bond.
Sheriff's deputies investigated a theft of a tractor battery from a machine near Robins. Owner Keith Haugenburg said the battery was taken Thursday night. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was awarded 345.93 against Joe Steggall in an account suit. A damage suit by John Fessler against Leonard Chase was dismissed Saturday by Fessler.
Two thousand U S Marines aided by light carriers and medium ships of the N A D A prepared a beach assault in northern Jutland as the third phase of Operation Mainbrace. The Leathernecks from Camp Lejeune aboard World War II landing craft conducted the landing exercise.
Don Topping, 40, president of the New York Yankees, and Alice Meade Lowthers, 24, a New York model, applied for a marriage license in Greenwich Connecticut per Town Clerk Frederick D. Barrett.
Pruitt Clements told Judge Manuel Levine he planned to sell the two pints found under his bed. The judge, startled by the candor, reduced the $50 fine by half.
Former councilman Giovanazzi addresses public teachers and residents, criticizing Supt. Clyde Parker and the school board over the 714 million bond project. He cites the Packer report, questions accounting methods, and alleges delayed or hidden planning for new high schools and finances. He urges scrutiny of a proposed junior college and calls for transparency in budget data and future school assets.
In the Roosevelt hotel lobby Cedar Rapids engineers display roughly $100000 worth of gear while laymen observe. A police sergeant notes a slide rule as attendees discuss high voltage tubes and timing gadgets with curious experts describing 0.1 percent precision and other technical details.
Edward Beeson an accountant and Cleveland district father spoke at a board meeting urging the bond issue be turned down to allow a substitute proposal. Howard McKnight of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers protested, saying there is a good existing union and a fair hearing.
International Harvester plans personal calls by foremen at eight strike bound plants in Illinois Indiana and Kentucky to urge strikers to return to work. About 22000 union members across Farm Equipment United Electrical Workers and 120 demands sparked the walkout begun August 21. President John L McCaffrey said wages will not be cut and foremen will be briefed in Moline on Monday.
Nixon on a whistle stop tour rejected accusations about donors and any personal gain. He claimed no special favors were given, and called the charges a deliberate smear by opponents seeking to keep the current administration in power. Democratic voices urged fuller disclosure from Nixon and Eisenhower.
Martha Dysart widow of George Dysart died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness. She was born July 27, 1866 in Linville and was a Methodist. Survived by grandson Jack Dysart of Cedar Rapids, niece Jessie Thompson and nephew Richard Healey of Pasadena. Services Monday at Turner chapel with burial in Aspen Grove cemetery.
Emma Irene Gudgel Smith widow of Clyde K. Smith long resident of Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Friday at 7 05 p m after a long illness. Born October 23 1901 in Adel she leaves sister Mrs George Kurth of Coggon and brother Clarence Gudgel of Killdeer North Dakota. Turner chapel service set for 1 30 p m Monday with Rev H Schwegler of First Lutheran church. Friends may call.
Thomas W Sloup of 903 Belle avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Friday Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Janeba funeral home officiated by Theodore B Hlubu cek Burial at Czech National cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
Services for Mrs. Frank Gib bons, 58, who died in Seattle on September 14, will be conducted Monday at 1 30 p m in the Barta Hesser chapel by the Rev Galen Lee Rose of First Christian church. Burial is in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
At Panmunjom UN negotiators denounced Communist statements as clumsy and stupid. For the eighth straight week both sides agreed to a seven day recess and will reconvene September 28 to decide forcible versus voluntary repatriation of war prisoners. Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison called the Reds out for "ridiculous lies and enormous crimes."
A $50,000 damage suit filed by local 238 AFL Teamsters against Petersen Baking Company Colonial Baking Company and Cedar Rapids bakery was dismissed by Federal Judge Henry N Graven for lack of federal jurisdiction. Court costs were $26.80. government judgment of $1 232 97 against Cronbaugh awarded after he failed to appear.
Washington insiders say a strike over northern soft coal wages looms as John L. Lewis and bituminous operators fail to reach an agreement. Lewis demands a 1.80 per day wage increase and new conditions, challenging a prior deal he says was rejected. A single source warned only a miracle could avert a walkout.
Hospitalized Mrs Ellis Moore was taken to University hospital Iowa City for examination. Whimer Bressler 26 of 602 McKinley street SE treated for a cut near the right eye at St Luke’s hospital after a fall at Wilson and Company where he works. Second Lt Russell Colton called to active duty left Cedar Rapids for Lackland Texas. his wife and two children will join him in six weeks. Visitors from Grundy Center included the Rev and Mrs Van Putten and Mrs Metzgar. One and a half year old Gizi Meszaros of 122214 Third street SE treated at Mercy hospital for cuts after being struck by a car at Twelfth avenue and Third street SE. driver Earl Daniels of 901 Seventeenth avenue E waived charges after ambulance transport.
General J. Lawton Collins lauded American and French troops after joint maneuvers concluded this week. He said the forces demonstrated a high degree of combat readiness and teamwork in the exercises.
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