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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1948
Page
13
A compact digest of weather data, temperatures, and local notices from the Daily Record issue dated September 28 1048. Includes high and low forecasts for several regions, temperatures near 72 to 76 on Wednesday, 44 to 48 nights, and a list of public notices such as divorce petitions traffic fines and recent births and deaths.
In Valley Park Missouri a freight train derailed with 34 cars on a bridge over the Meramec river. Children going to school gathered the candy from the wreck and brought several pounds to class while some 300 pupils reportedly had more candy than they could eat. No injuries were reported despite 33 other derailed cars and a buckled center car.
Raymond Clayborne, 38, was sentenced to a year in Fort Madison penitentiary by District Judge Joseph E. Meyer for a November 1944 child desertion conviction. He had fled sentencing after his 1944 conviction and was at liberty without bond when rearraigned.
Mason City AP report details a contest between state and federal authorities over prosecuting Bernard Morgan 26 Hampton and Robert Safford 23 Mason City for a $10,744 Sheffield bank robbery. Both held in Cerro Gordo jail as authorities argue over jurisdiction due to state life terms versus federal penalties.
A Cedar Rapids post office clerk found a stamp pair featuring Washington and Franklin from 1847 reissued in 1947. Labeled collectors items, the 15 cent squares failed to sell, with 3 500 left at the parcel post window as clerks used them for 15 cent postage.
The Cedar Rapids army and air force recruiting station announced Tuesday that men with dependents can enlist only if they are in the first three pay grades: master sergeant, sergeant first class, or sergeant. The air force recently adopted a similar rule.
Total enrollment at Coe this fall reaches 711 full time students led by registrar John A Fisher. Freshmen number 214, sophomores 187, juniors 164, and seniors 143 with 3 post graduates taking extra coursework. Married students total 129, including 120 men and 9 women, down from last year’s 131 married men and 31 married women.
Funeral services for Cpl. Arden D. Harris 26 son of Mr and Mrs Charles D Harris of Blythedale Mo to be held Sunday in Blythedale He enlisted March 7 1941 landed in Ireland Jan 26 1942 and served in North Africa Tunis Sicily and Italy He is survived by his parents three brothers two sisters and a grandmother all named in the notice who were residents of Cedar Rapids and Blythedale prior to his enlistment and death in Italy on Nov 11 1943.
Private graveside services were held for Robert Blanchard son of Mr and Mrs Jud Blanchard at Rose Hill cemetery in Tulsa. Memorial services followed at the Turley Methodist church. A Tulsa city mail carrier and former Witwer Grocery Company employe in Cedar Rapids he served five years in the quartermaster corps in World War II including three years in the South Pacific. Survivors include his grandparents Mr and Mrs Melvin Dunn of Arlington and other kin listed in Saturday's Gazette.
Mrs J B Coenen of Cedar Rapids learns of the death of her brother Harry J Hogan in San Francisco on Monday. Born March 6 1893, he is survived by his wife Elsie and four Cedar Rapids sisters Mrs R L Bush ValLEjo Calif Mrs Mae Snyder Mrs Nellie Stefan and Mrs F E Mosburg. A brother F L Hogan of San Francisco died a month earlier.
President Gottwald returned from Russia with a 300000 ton wheat supply pledge for 1947 plus 25000 tons of meat and 25000 tons of fats. The official note said he met with leading Soviet representatives while Stalin was reportedly away in the south.
A Senate committee opened a closed door hearing to probe the commutation of Ilse Koch's life sentence. Chairman Ferguson ordered Army Secretary Royall to testify as the first witness, saying Congress and the public deserve a satisfactory explanation.
John H. Tapper of Vinton sues George Creighton of Cedar Rapids M A Peckham of Greenfield and H E Asman of Fontanelle seeking an accounting of a real estate deal Tapper says he paid 425 down on a 3725 balance for a precut house promised to be delivered in Vinton within 10 days The suit claims the defendants failed to deliver and seeks a ruling that Tapper is not responsible for Creighton s contributed funds
Courteous taxi service advertised with dial number 6161 City Cab. Rummage sale announced for Wednesday at Salem Evangelical United Brethren First avenue Third Street SW. Dubuque performance by Cedar Rapids Moose girls drum and bugle corps Sunday for Loras academy homecoming. Deaton Home Richard Deason, son of Mr and Mrs Siebert Nelson, 1137 Sixth Street NW, returned from Naval reserve cruise to Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Return Home Mr and Mrs Jud Blanchard, 953 Center Point Road NE, returned from Tulsa where their son Robert died of poliomyelitis. $90 stolen from YMCA locker. Donald Thompson reported theft while showering. Cosgrove Retires Henry J Cosgrove, former Cedar Rapids resident, retires as master mechanic for the Rock Island railroad at El Reno Oklahoma.
Norma Jean Lindstrom, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday to passing forged money orders before Judge Henry N. Graven in federal district court. She received two years in a federal reformatory, suspended during good behavior, and was placed on three years of probation. Lindstrom was identified as a dupe of Robert W. Losieau, arresting alongside her in Cedar Rapids after forging $50 money orders at Killian's and Montgomery Ward on July 24. Losseau, about 29, pled guilty September 16 in Waterloo and was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth. The stolen money orders originated from the Bartlett, Illinois post office robbery on July 4. The court noted Lindstrom had no prior criminal record and she was allowed to return to Omaha. The term also heard motions in other civil suits, including Peter Darzes of LaSalle, Illinois, and several cases totaling over $50,000 in damages, with some actions settled or postponed due to various reasons.
Dr. James C. Anderson, 60, surrendered to Pottawattamie county authorities Tuesday and was imprisoned at Fort Madison to begin a 20 year sentence for second degree murder in the April 1946 abortion death of Marian Blyth. Iowa Supreme Court denied his appeal for a rehearing last Friday. he had been free on $20,000 bond.
Washington AP reports the 13 man executive board of the Communications Workers of America authorized a strike by 10 000 telephone operators and accounting employees of the Michigan Bell Telephone Companies. The move followed a strike referendum counted Sunday and came after a union spokesman quoted Walter Scharr division 43 president said picket lines will be respected.
Seven refrigerated freight cars of a Great Western train derailed in Carroll yards on Tuesday. None carrying fruit to Illinois overturned. Wrecker crews from Council Bluffs and Oelwein began re-placing cars on tracks. Local agent R G Crabtree reported little damage to cargoes and the cause remained undetermined.
Linn county sheriff investigates a Sunday daytime break in at Matt Kust's Ely area home. Family away at church, attackers rifled from attic to basement, dumping items. Missing are $10 in coins, a woolen blanket, two 15 gallon kegs, and several jugs of grape wine from 1948.
Ralph Saxton was fined 300 by Judge M C Hamiel for supplying liquor to a 16 year old. The court suspended all but 50 and costs. Saxton did not appear but was represented and admitted procuring a fifth of whisky for the youth on April 5.
Five wills were admitted to probate in Linn county district court on Monday and Tuesday. Names include George E. Beattie executor wife, Charley Hansen and Will Hansen split heirs, Pearl Anna Butler with daughter Della Edna McCune as executrix, William Caraway leaving estate to nephew Earl Caraway as executor, and Alfred Blinks noted. Also suits filed by Arthur Demmel against Inland Industries and Iowa Manufacturing Credit Union against William Storey, with two default judgments granted, and contempt sentence for Thomas Leonard McDonald.
Marion V. Klingler filed a petition in Linn County district court on Tuesday seeking separate maintenance from Lorenz L. Klingler after a life estate arrangement in the bond case, outlining the relief sought and grounds for the action.
City Assessor Jim Scolaro addressed an audience at the National Association of Assessing Officers conference in Milwaukee. He urged courteous, clear public service and stressed that assessors determine property value, not tax amounts, with 560 delegates attending the multi day event.
Washington AP The Federal Reserve Board reports August production up, offsetting July decline. Industrial output reaches 90 percent above 1935-39 average on the seasonally adjusted index. Department store sales rise seasonally. some industrial prices up while farm and food prices ease late August into September.
Eric Johnston, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said in Rome that Russia will take American films after his Moscow trip. He added the U S will submit a list of films for Russia to choose, with no edits or additions. He asserted dramas and musical comedies will be accepted and will not portray America poorly.
Meat production by federally inspected plants last week reached 292 million pounds, the highest since the week ended June 19. The 5 percent rise from the prior week and 20 percent increase from the same week last year reflect stronger output as summer droughts ease.
Orville Trimble, 41, at large, was jailed after a suspended six months sentence was revoked. He was arrested Monday after taking three sweaters from Montgomery Ward. Department head Paul Kelly chased him to Third Avenue and Second Street SE and captured him. The suspension was part of a year sentence given May 26, 1947 for larceny.
Traffic bureau figures in connection with an eight month safety contest sponsored by Young Men's bureau report two deaths and injuries totaling 592 and 155 respectively.
Quaker Oats Company officials from Chicago and four plants gathered in Cedar Rapids for a production and personnel conference. Attendees from Sherman Texas Akron Ohio St Joseph Missouri included James Esson Forrest Miller C G Fretz T B Bartel Angus Macdonald R G Coy and KE Petranek Gordon De Lay William B Cormack G K Davis and Hartmann. Chicago reps listed Kennth Pike Jack D Arcy Larry Fry Robert Forster W M Meek James Spangenberg.
The U N debate centers on divisions between blocs and frequent veto use by Russia. Delegates from Russia and Poland say the Soviet Union will stay and fight Western charges, with Berlin on the agenda as a procedural matter not subject to veto. Bevin and Vishinsky were absent, Malik replacing Vishinsky. Mackenzie King urged turning failure into success and Vishinsky claimed Russia will remain in the United Nations after a Daily Herald interview quoted him.
Coe college held a brief memorial service Tuesday for Ralph Van Vliet 21 who died in a gun accident. Dr Byron Hollinshead spoke of sharing happiness and sorrows as Alma Mater binds the community. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Otley Iowa where his parents reside. Van Vliet was born April 10 1927 and graduated from Pella high school in 1945. He served in the army from May 1945 to January 1947 and had worked in Newton before entering Coe this month.
In New York the Journal of Commerce printed the city edition with 12,000 copies as executives and editorial staff joined to operate presses and stereotyping. Management aimed to fulfill the next day’s 43,000 circulation despite a printers strike as six stereotyper workers joined picket-line resistance. Executives and clerical staff filled roles, with replacements hired to support composing.
Richard A Hagedorn of Toledo has enlisted in the army according to the Cedar Rapids recruiting station. Two air force enlistees are Jerry S Haynes of Rolla Missouri and Gerald W Hopkins of Marion son of Mr and Mrs Harlan W Hopkins.
President Truman’s hometown of Independence Missouri officially designated a playground as Truman playground by the city council on Monday night marking a formal honor for the late president.
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