2 THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE: Sat; Die. 51 Mine Blast i Preventable, Lewis Says obin Couple Ailing. Town To Build a Ro-ad, Datual and Lucy Tosrg Fx6- Friday Ld r-1 tit to compel tie tm Rthi 13 bwJd a real lie-- property, The pet-hsa lays the Gramp Never Saw Winters i .1 -ri 0 i IiCG HIS JH6 By Nee Carnal. 57 ICVTS vT -ct tier 4 I i Snrr cf BENTON, III. AP) John Lewis declared Friday that management was to blame for the deaths of 119 miners in a coal mine explosion near West Frankfort, The United Mine Workers president said in an interview that the operator of the mine, the Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company, knew three to five days before the explosion that the mine was not safe.
Lewis comment followed a preliminary report from the U. S. Bureau of Mines in- Washington that electricity set off this na-tioni worst coal mine disaster in 23 years. Squeezing Reported. With a voice shaking with emotion, Lewis said; "Great jevents cast their shadows before them and so do mine explosions.
Lewis said "squeezing the shifting of earth around the tun-nelways which released large quantities of methane gas from coal seams took three to five days. before the explosions. The management knew of the squeezing and should have closed those areas of the mine to clean out the gas, Lewis added. In Chicago, George B. Harring-ton, president of the coal company, commented; I dont want to get into a controversy with Mr.
Lewis now because I havent had time to fully study any of the reports. The blast was a horrible thing. The company has just as big a we feel after 40 day. as prisoners just as bad as they do. 1 "Ive always been an admirer of th In Hungary Mr.
Lewis. And as everybody1 brought great joy to their fam- knows hes working for more in the United States Friday. inspectors. I The anxious and sometimes vigil end'd lor rtliuv'i mat on the basis or evidence now! at hand the blast apparently 106 airmen When word of their electricity. A large release was flashed from Vienna.
A11 of the families thanked God ignited by amount of electrical equipment FAMILY OF FLYER Glens Falls, N.Y., relaxes hearing that her flyer RELAXES Exhauited, but tUfed, Mrt. Joh J. Swift of with her children, Leslie, 5, and David, 10 wtb od, after husband was released by the Hungarian government. comrrJttaL The that fnends please cr. Do-wcrv The Kmcti pen 9 but friends may call at vre shape until noon Monday.
Ernest Martin Military Rifes Monday at 1:30 Found Guilty of TT -Failure To Yield ClfY icpafate Krtcft Ci arena Vo jSwrrf is ever the LLuvcxs Central nf.t-c,'-ty. They bar bee. U.vrtj hcv.ee ta ft 1 ar.4 uk that th tewn cmr- peid to f.x r-sajuay .5 tit itcffi-e. Lv la Lsc-ta ef F-c tbit the-r erjy Rif to Jury on Moral Count I H.f. II.
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Cigarets, Matches Found. for the flyers safe deliverance. To the father of Capt. John J. Swift, critically ill in a Syracuse, N.
hospital, it brought hope The report added that he WiU live to hil on and matches were found during' Its wonderful, Swift said. "I rescue operations, leading hoPe 1 live to my gain gators to believe that the possibility of smoking as an ignition source cannot be entirely disregarded. The explosion occurred after Thank God it "the ignition of methane, a wilh and they re fe odorless gas produced in minelin American hands. by the decomposition of organic matter, which then set off doudsitphone call from him soon, iducted in the Barta-Merr ofdust. the report said.
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rr mr a n-j 1 rr ad t7 m- i vr 7 7 -t 3 SI jrj pid. ye3 r.ihtf.Air to ir, tr.aitrTy u- lucle. in a judgment harced Superior Court Jucge WC.it J. MlUai. He erderrd that Uirun pay a fine cf $15 and the ccsis cf prose- icuticru The charge was Lied after Martun'i car and an itxUoic wr Involved tn a ccUa-on Fj-s.
avenue and street 19 The amb-uiaroce. whose driver waa injured. the way to icer.e cf twiy accident rear vue. Suit Matia. ta kba jmdsaae av aeted.
The eperaUea a a eatergeaer vehicle la a kas-ardeaa kwatweaa while a say emergency. The evri fre tisi a better abaervaace aa the part drivers la am ary fee Uw preaervsUea af property ia4 lives. never knew wbei aa emergeacy vehicle Is cemiag la rescae ac aid. Martin, no had to the marge, wai u.ed ter Dec 14 Ha af.orr.cj were P. Barret and Eru-t' tZ Proaeci attorr.ev was n.
nijus: cit Howard lerrev. The Martm. g7.ng north fit tee nth itreet h-d for a ref Lght and proceeded th.rov.gn when turned green He was Jc'm t' 10 did rc. see or hear i a rated that Ike latradwced evidence that Marlia was driving faster than claimed. a 'm rnese Ihe -ege also rc.e-d number cf prtaeculsc i 2 Daily.
Record December 45l. the weather. taSS1 1'T Chum 11 1 1 19,. Yark sj DoJalh I9i rkHtli I laitltl 1 .98 K5mf low Forecast Mostly cloudy tonight through Sundayr Occasional rain or drizzle extreme east and rain or snow extreme north Sunday. Warmer east portion tonight.
Low tonight zero to 10 above northwest, 25-30 southeast High Sunday 20 north, 30-35 south. Further outlook; Monday cloudy and cold. C. R. WEATHER.
High Friday 35 Low Noon Saturday 35 2:30 p.m. Saturday 37 PrecipitaUon None I otai for December .......9 1.66 Normal for December L12 Normal for year 1.30.84 Total, to date in 1951 44.85 Wind direction and velocity at Municipal airport at noon at 5 m.p.h, Sun rises 7:35 a.m. Sunday, sets 4:44 p.m. Moon sets 7:28 p.m. Sun rises 7:35 a.m.
Monday, sets 4:45 p.m. Moon sets 8:46 p.m. Tear Ago Today High temperature 28; low 4. Year Aro Sunday High temperature 35; low trace of precipitation. Degree Days.
Friday 42 Tojal to date 2 763 Through Dec. 28 last year' 21599 Percent of normal year 4 1 Total normal year 1 6,666 RIVER stages. Dubuque 9.5, rise 0.1. Davenport 6.9, no change. St.
Louis 2.0, rise 0.2-Cedar river at Cedar 4.4, no change. JUSTICE COURT. Reckles driving Jerry V. Sin-delar, 6 IS Seventh avenue SE fined $50 and costs. $25 suspended.
Justice Miles Adams. TRAFFIC COURT, Leaving scene of an accident Frank W. Bailey, 1759 avenue NE, fined $25 and costs: Charles VV. McDonough, 1237 Third street NW, fined $3 and costs. 1 Failure to signal left turn Lloyd A.
Cummings, route 3, fined $2 and costs. Failure to yield right-of-way Gary F. Schlllig, 2007 First avenue SE, fined $3 and costs. POLICE COURT. Vagrancy Thomas F.
Byrnes, at large, 30 days suspended. FIRE. Saturday at 3:53 rubbish burning behind Culver Tire Company at 422 Eighth avenue SE, still qlarm, companyNo. 4. MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Harry R. Scharlach and Irene Givens, both of Chicago; Dietz A. Newland and Georgina M. Ka-cere, both of Cedar Rapids: Lloyd C. McElhinnev, Wapello, and Marilyn Mehaffy, Morning Sun; Orville -Watson, Whittier, and Betty L.
White, Cedar Rapids. DIVORCE PETITIONS. Lois Kriz vs. Jerome Kriz: Joyce J. Brown vs.
Gholston W. Brown; Mary L. Osborne vs. Robert -B, Osborne; Elaine L. Teeter vs4Kenneth G.
Teeter. DIVORCE DECREE. Dale I. Oliphant from Opal A Oliphaot. BIRTHS.
At Mercy Mr. and Mrs. Richard B- Hoke, Mt. Vernon, a daughter Dec. 28; Mr.
and Mrs. James Hermsen, 1107 Thirty-second street NE, a daughter Dec. 28; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Barnett, 118 Fifteenth street SE, a daughter Dec.
28; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Meyer, Stanwood, a. son Dec. 23- At St.
Luke Mr. and- Mrs. James Keown. 298 Twenty-second avenue SW, a son Dec. 28: Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Greene, 1450 Fifth avenue SE, a daughter Dee. 28; Mr. and Mrs. William McDermott, Mt.
Vemon, a daughter Dec. 28; Air Force Cpl. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson, route 3, a daughter Dec. 28; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Huckins, Marion, a daughter Dec. 28; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rullman, 1945 Eighth avenue SE, a daughter dec.
28; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Parks, Marion, a son Dec. 28. IOWA DEATHS.
i Watkins Frank WodstrchiR, 76, died Thursday. Services Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Patricks church. Burial in Mound cemetery. Body is at the family home.
Central City Myrtle E. Mentz-er, 65, died Friday night. Services Monday at 2 p.m. in Passmore funeral home. Burial in Spring Grove cemetery.
Cogfon Jackie Saathoff, 15. son of Mr. and Mrs- John Saathoff of Bode, former Coggon residents, died Friday afternoon. Services wait wotd from a brother who is stationed In GcrmS'iay with the army. Montlcello Mr.
Paul Mulle 39, died Friday night. Services Monday at 9:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart church. Body is at family home. Devaney funeral home in charge of arrangements.
Vinton Florence. Thompson, 93, died Friday night. Services Monday at 2:30 p.m. in Fry-Hol-land funeral home. Burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Elkader Services for Mrs. Lou-ena Jellum, 67, who died Thursday, were held Saturday. Burial was in Norway cemetery. Oelwetn Services for Harold R. died Thursday were held 1 Saturday.
Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. Burial will be In Cedar Me prevent the propagation of thei0kla. when she heard he was explosion. Rock dust, powdered free. cemeterv.
Friend may call 016 chapel after 4 pm Sunday. Born in Cedar Rapids. Ffc r'Zr 'H" r.t mo.t cf hu Ue herrj A w.lkcr; brea. until hi tr.e U. armv.
He was married at Trov I Mi Hr Oct 21. 1950, to Anne Dili (He was a Roosevelt high school graduate in Januarv of wS1'rvivr'r icside ms of Ar- lhur 1.1 NV. are a ion, Ar.ru.r, erv Lennard.cn 1 It's such grand news, said. Weve waited $nd worried for so long. We were afraid they mifht hurt h.m vi i 1S, marna! grandparents live at a real big familv reunion when their son returns home.
He has four Sisters and two brothers, and Dale, Okla. Mrs. Loree Capt. Henderson's sister urm, one Detroit that it was good news but that I still don't l.ke the idea of paying ransom. If the government does It once.
It will be expected to do it again and again." she said. Im quite sure that Darid doesn't like this ransom business and I'll bet the other bojri with him dont either. First Elton. Kirbv and Richard, cf Cedar most upon h-s car 'Rapid, and Lvle, of Buttaio, and two Mrs. Robert Vc- a of Sun Valley.
Calif, ar.d Mrs. War.e Dremra of Cedar Jadgr Matin prosecution had Indicating limestone, is used to hold down inflammable coal dust. Tallulah's Maid Found Guilty of Raising Checks (Photos on Picture Pape.) IsEW ORK (UP) Mrs. Evy- leen Cronin, white-haired former maid-secretary for Tallulah Bankhead, was convicted Friday of raising checks signed by the tempestuous actress. An all-male jury, which deliberated four hours, 45 minutes, found the 59-year-old, ex-burlesque strip-tease dancer guilty on three counts cf second degree grand larceny.
She could be sen- t0 two and one-half to flve years on count. She was convicted on the main count which, as first drawn, charged her with stealing However, the jury, with leave from the court, reduced this count from first to second degree larceny. This technicality placed the theft under $500. Daughter Breaks Down. jThe other two counts on which she was found guilty involved individual checks Mrs.
Cronin had raised. She iTad ing the trial that she altered total of 26 checks. Mrs. Cronin, who had cried several times during the trial, was solemn-faced as she heard the verdict. Her adopted daughter, Josie, 22.
broke down a few that trey fad beard the ambulance s.ren c-ea'lr fx o.sturcr than Mart.n xi 4 fre Iff TrUka Services. Ample testiv'-y reflect l-a! Mrs. Jean Martin sister of Services for James J. Trika he (Martini arveuid have Jess A. Duff said it as of 1820 street SW.
ro fV-r siren, and that r2 "wonderful" news, but added that dlld frirtaF conducted m'lo-ci tee nest he nc.l- have they should keep this a 1 the Janeba funeral home at 2 t-K- amt-lance me thing from happening to someone EL171' Sunday by the Rev Zdervek rk-5 else." Pauk. Burial will be in Cedar Def Vanted Money. jMemorial cemetery. Friends may call he ter-ae Atcr-ey Ba u.r Saturday that chc-t had rot decided at the funeral heme. MeGinty Service.
ident who died Thursda rinnell, will be cen in James funeral home mGnelLbc'VoTh JumS funeral ixr rene. cr r-T a cf jc v-, -c-re i tf tr acv i fad be'rn Ua'5 par o-r -tar-r-, 7 27:5 Sovm- nr-j, vr r-jr-c j- rn te i dr" i Chargs Agaimt MJnouri Congrct irrian KANSAS cm- A I Ctri'i an nt -g lD-Mr Fr? Lro-u-d I- aegc-3 ef 3.1 i Tr ltr feimaj 1L a- 1 OtOlt IXTIblP. washingtcv zt- c-al a a a -f even (ti a Vr Trl OM ADVSTkGI- JAGO Kr C- I 7' uv 3 a -nr -a. M.f 54 5 a 2 Cfl In "iers mother. Mrs.
John Duff, had e.n. -en the finallv IftWArtC nree C3ST lOWaHS i I think all they (the Hungar-i ians) wanted in the first place was the monev, Mrs. Martin aaid news oama ro, of four months on a Christmas furlough before being arrested. Mrs. King Leo Elam, mother of Sgt.
James A. Elam, said in Kings- moments later, however, and shouted: I hate her! I hate her!" Miss Bankhead was not in court. Her secretary reported that she was taking verdict was annou not be disturbed a nap when unced and Kennedy Service. Services for Mrs. Gertrude Kcr, 113 Seventh Muchei.fr.
Rit-y in a Cedar Dovl. 22. -( WaUer home early rt- FredncaK! "We are thrilled beyond words. d-v. will be conducted in the SE.
the said. Our prayejs have been111 chapel at 130 pm. Sundav! w-t Mrs. Cronin was accused by Rev. Elton D.
Weils. Burial marine bu the 13-day trial of raising the! (will be in the Crystal ceme-ers rtTkllirrt by SJS.VISIE Hoard Found; Woman "'r rr" between Oct. 8. 1918, and April 11, 1950. The Jury weighed the case from 11:35 a.m.
until 4:20 p.m. General Sessions Judge Harold Stevens ordered Mrs. Cronins attorney, Fred G. Moritt, to show cause on Jan. 24 why he should i search not be cited lor contempt of court Stevens had warned Moritt during: tiha the first vf Ika t.l-l at the first week of the trial that theiland Ark lhal -vhc ne'cr lostncd.v.
lorntcrly of couldifaith that vvtild be freed, street NE. who died even during the darkest days." Rapids nursing horn rh of her home disclosed J6.000 hidden. Budnaikowski. Taunton, Slovakia, Mr. Charipar was re-lKan to vfie.
tired meat-cutter 1 arJ hi. a. tonette; a aon. Emil, a daughrt am-i 717 5-i recru.t Boeing Dispute Referred to Appropriate Funeral Flowers LftPES FLORIST 3CI TYir4 Af. Ir cr r.
th jthe judgment. Enl'H in Marines Enl. tmer cf three La item lew a men f. me rathe corp-a announced Sat-may be mue Ccrp recruiurg ef2.ee is eo ir 1 j.ey rt ar i Curt. Fourth Ieg3 Is WSB tnke a ra-i j.
mtJ 'rJL' 1 The Intcraticna! Aiaoc.aUca alachinuj ha threate-cd caij wives were cross and quar- -1 vCAPACirwA W. tfTa S-atizat jyrt that it Minn was oveixome by fumesiMrs. Libbv Brand, all VkV1 ,2 RaPldi ffandchildren sh2 t0 the h5pita here "here four TetPindchildren. she recovering. Mr.
Chanoar wa affil.ate aa a Cedarf and NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT ENJFF rCh) M.S? It I A Ale C.t jj-; I ci AH. Wrw A fcc 1 1S Ml 4 ke fcr, Zdt, a I mm rCl Wm IrH tV. TO, 2.JS. chapel. Funeral annou will be made later.
I BETHiHY COHGREGATlOHiL CHURCH Cwwr lil fi 4 lAtt, VW HAPPV ET' VILn DTn0.E he would cite him. The judge had rebuked Moritt, a New York state senator, for continuing to protest the courts rulings afjer being quiet Acquitted on Mrs. Cronin was found innocent of six second degree forgery counts which alleged that she had altered checks, and of another second degree forgery count charging that, she stole $327.50 from the National City 'bank where she had cashed one of the raised checks. The bank reimbursed itself for that check by deducting the amount from Mrs. Cronin's personal savings account.
In his 50-minute charge to the jury, Stevens had reduced the indictment from 32 to 10 counts. The first remaining count contained a blanket charge that" Mrs. Cronin stole the entire $4,284.60 from Miss Bankhead. ITwin Brothers Seek To 1250 Divorce Twin hisl TWIN FALLS. I'a.
rap) March fcrtth Med d. verve ru.Uf March 14, 18 3, at Waverly. he, Thursday against the twin Tripoli. fiTlVll Rd iTipou, ia In 1811. I Thnr reiacna IdenLca1 The Surviving in addiUon to hi I twin said their id wife.
Lulu are daughter, (no longer loved the 3, Mr. M. A. Klesert of Woodland ihomc Samuel David ARlntt marr-ed UJie Mar Durham and Jathas K. Aildntt marr.ed Betty Durham June 12.
The twin fcuibead aaid thrtr' Hills, Califs and two sisters, Mrs. Ben Stenzel of Waterloo and Mrs. Bert Bennett ef Tripoli. Services will be conducted in the Turner chapel at pm. the Stamats Chairman of Plan Fund Committee Herbert S.
Stamats, a Cedar Rapids publishing company head, has been elected 1952 chairman of the civic planning fund committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Other new officers are David W. Lehti. vice-chairman, and S. E.
Coquillette. treasurer. Chamber Secretary Robert Caldwell serves as committee secretary. The committee handles a Chamber fund for civic betterment, primary use of which is to help bring new industry te the city. The committee has handled $32,000 since l4Ja Joseph Hronik Elected South Side Club Leader Joseph J.
Hronik "has been elected 1952 president of the Sixteenth avenue Commercial club Other new officers are: Edward i Zobl, vice-president; Charles Kriz, treasurer, and Wesley E. Sila, secretary, i Monday by Rev. Frank H. Ward. There will be a crtntaLca.reiwnie.
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