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PRESS-CITIZEN this zcTicn Local Neva, Sports, Want Ads, Comics i IS IS it IT 84 11 1 1 It SI 1 14 II TUESDAY, MAY. 17, 1949 IOWA CITY, IOWA PAGE NINE IOWA CITY Two Injured as Plane Misses Soft Cushion rge Noalvh Council for.Qify Civic Leaders Attend Monday Night Meeting at City Hail MORE RAIN PREDICTED tor Doster had contacted some 60 7ome 30 civic and -local anization leaders took the it step Monday night to-rd setting up an Iowa City jlic health council. At a meeting sponsored by 3 state department of ath la the City hall, the repre-tatives were told that a health uncU, If established here, could much to Improve the Iowa City bile health situation. Dr. Mildred Doster, medical dl-i etor for district seven of the i j.te health department with head- -arters at Washington, Iowa, or-.

inixed the meeting. She pointed that a health council should be imposed of leaders from every organized group In the city, and would logically evolve after a series of exploratory meetings. 1 To move the project along, she appointed a steering eommittee of four persons to arrange the next meetings. On the commit- DrRobert T. tldrick, of the Johnson 'County Medical society; Sam Saltzman; Mrs.

Paul Huston, and Mrs. A. B. Among those attending Monday night's meeting were Mayor Preston Koser, representatives of the city council, Iowa City's health physician, Dr. D.

F. Fitzpatrick, the Johnson county and Iowa City school nurses, and representatives from service arid women's clubs. In laying out the meeting, Doc- T. 1 John Boylets Winner of Xiwanis Club Scholarship John Boyle, a senior at St Patrick's high school, was named the Iowa City Kiwania club scholar of 1949 at the club's annual observance of high school honor day at a. meeting, this noon at Hotel Jefferson.

Boyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem A. Boyle, 229 South John When their light plane ran out of gas over Wily country Bear Solon Monday afternoon, two Franklin, tnd. men attempted crash bad on this haystack on the John Eckrich farm.

But the plane missed and nosed into the slope. Jack Mtulendorf, 28, pUot of the plane suffered only light scratches, but a passenger, Morris Preiser, 88, suffered a broken leg and lacerations of the face and nose. He was listed In good condition today at Mercy hospital in Iowa Oty. Mullendorf was not treated at the Hospital. The two men said they Were ea route from Indianapolis to Cedar Bap Ids to pick np machine parts for earth moving equipment (Press-Citizen Photo by Howard Swift).

Name Marvin Munver, Our Town Newsy Briefs About People Ion Bnew. Powell, vo Head Local Seoul Council Martin L. Hunter, assistant Boy Scout executive of the Central Wvomine council at Powell, Wyo has been appointed Boy Scout executive of the Iowa River Valley council, Harold council president, announced today. Ilot, Humid Conditions To Prevail; Heavy Wind Strikes Stuart Hot humid weather continued in Iowa City today as the weather bureau predicted mors thunder-showers here and elsewhere In ths state tonight and Wednesday. In the last two days hers Intermittent showers have brought a total of .48 of an inch of precipi tation.

There was an indication, too, that generally rainy weather may continue Intermittently through the next five days. In a long-range outlook, the bureau forsees chances for rain each day through Saturday, with clearing skies predicted next Sunday. Temperatures here today were moving above the 80-degree level after a low of 61 early this morn ing. The noon reading was an even 80, Monday's high was 7L Rainfall in the next five days Is expected to average one-half to one inch. Storm At Stuart At Stuart, freak high winds bit the northeast corner of the town.

The steeple of the Friends church was knocked over and a number of outbuildings were toppled. rain followed the tornadlo winds. Some tre limbs were blown down and power was disrupted there. Set Meeting To Discuss Law Change lO-Countr Session Here Will Consider School Transportation County superintendents and school board members from 10 eastern Iowa counties will meet in the Johnson county courthouse at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The purpose of the meetlncr is to acquaint the county superintendents with all changes In school transportation laws which were enacted by the 63rd General Assembly of Iowa and to obtain a uniform understanding of administrative procedure relating to transportation. W.T. Edgren, supervisor of the division of transportation of the department of public instruction, will explain the laws at the meeting here. Similar meetings, with Mr. Edgren in charge, will be held in all parts of the state.

counties wmcn win be represented at the Iowa City meeting are Linn, Benton, Jackson, Iowa, Clinton, Cedar, Scott Muscatine, Jones and Johnson. Last Rites Will Be Wednesday for Boy Med in Car Fall Funeral services for Dennis Lie- Roy Hawthorn, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hawthorn, Cedar Rapids, who was killed in a fall from an automobile Sunday will be held in the Tur ner chapel in Cedar Rapids at 1:30 p. m.

Wednesday. The Rev. R. W. Wipperman will officiate.

Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. The accident occurred near Shueyville at 9 a. m. Sunday. The boy was en route to Iowa City with his father, When hs fell from the rear seat of the moving automobile.

He was pronounced dead upon arrival at' Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids. Surviving in addition to his par ents are a brother, Harry Joseph and a sister, Bonita Kay, both at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Glenn Hawthorn of Lone Tree and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deal of Cedar Rapids, and a greatgrandfather, Charles Hawthorn of Lone Tree.

scholarship at the Univer of Iowa. The scholarship, ro tated among the local nigh schools. given on the basis or high grades, good character, and capacity to benefit from scholarship aid. Prof. John E.

Brlggs of the uni versity, chairman of the Klwanis club scholarship committee, made the presentation following an ad dress by Prof. H. J. Thornton of the university. Guests of honor at the meeting Included the honor roll members the four graduating senior classes In Iowa City and former winners of the Klwanis scholar ship.

The former scholarship winners included Richard E. Emmert and Donald J. Kolar, formerly of Iowa City High school, and M. Long of St Mary's Ugh school. This year's honor roll students introduced at the meeting n-eluded: St Mary's: Harold Black.

Paul Flannery, Alice Hamon and Mil. dred Zinkula. St Patrick's: John Boyle, The resa Rohner, Paul Klein and Mary Helen seemuth. University high: Don Camp, David Carson, Frank Copeland, Elizabeth Engrav, Margie Kurtz, Mary Ladd, Robert Ojemann, Janet Richardson, Elizabeth Stroud, and Susan Winter. Iowa City high: Joyce Adams, Jim Bradbury, Marvin Braverman, Dean Clark, Dave Crumley, Dick John Fenton, Jack Hedges, Wayne Higley, Gloria Ma this, Foster Mobley, Eugene Oathout, Marie Proehl, Henry Rate, Ralph Reeds, John Ware ham and Ray White.

Police Say Three Boys Admit Breakin At Co-operative Store Iowa City police said today that three teen-age Iowa City boys have admitted to a May 8 breakin at the student co-operative store near University theater. The boys allegedly took candy and chewing gum from the store. Police" first' partially identified by a person who saw the three near the store on the Sunday afternoon when the robbery took place. The boys said they had taken shelter at the store during a rain that day and had later decided to enter the building. The matter has been turned over to 'Johnson county juvenile organizations in the city attempt ing to promote Interest in the establishment of such a council.

Outlining the functions of a pub lic health council was Dr. Leonard Murray, director of the division of health education in the state department of tie emphasized that a health council is not an official body, but would serve in an advisory capacity to contribute to better health planning in the city. Its function, he said, would be to plan better general health measures- and co-ordinate piecemeal health programs already underway In the community. He also emphasized that the state is not attempting to Impose a health organization on the city, but wishes to Interest community leaders so that such a health council will grow within the local pattern of public organizations. The meeting was of a prelim inary and general nature and few specific points were mentioned for the immediate attention of a health council in Iowa City.

But it was pointed out that programs of action would follow surveys of the city to determine the existing state of public health, and meet ings of the council to determine where action is needed. Some of the projects which would normally fall in the health council's province would be health education, prevention of diseases, hospital care, environmental sani tation and-mental health. Doctor Murray said. Other phases of community life that might need attention, he pointed out could be sewage disposal, garbage disposal, milk inspection, nutrition, nursing services, etc, Teeth In Law Doctor Fitzpatrick, the Iowa City health physician, in comment ing on the advisability of the council, said that such an organi zation can be good if it educates the public to the need for public health measures. As an example, he A There should be some teeth pot In the tuberculosis law.

Patients go to Oakdale, but there Is no authority to beep them there. We have difficulty In enforcing the regulations. As it Is now an Individual can get up and walk out of Oakdale, eat In our restaurants and drink In the beer Doctor Doster pointed out that there have been cases in the state where "A.W.O.L." tuberculosis pa tients were quarantined on their own premises, and if they did not observe the quarantine, they were summoned back to the sanatorium. She said the local health officer has the authority to do that Doctor Fitzpatrick said that he had been trying for a year to get an attorney, general's opinion on the matter "but I've gotten no "Suppose I. find a contaminated well," Doctor Fitzpatrick continued.

"I advise the peopje to close it but there Is no provision under the law that will permit me to force them to close It "If yon can educate the laity to put pressure on the legislature to rectify these things, then getting "someplace," "he concluded." The state department officials said that public surveys carried out by a health council could help correct such public health problems, and they Indicated the de partment would furnish survey materials. The next meeting of the embryo health council was tentatively set for June 6, "1 'SI ri As executive for the Iowa will be in charge of all scouting activities in the three districts of Johnson, Iowa and Washington counties. He will take over his new duties here about June 15, succeeding George Gragg who recently ac cepted a position with the Boy Scout council at Wichita, Kan. Mr. Hunter entered the profes sional service of the Boy Scouts of America June, 1943 with the Central- Missouri council and served as field scout executive and as sistant scout executive.

-He moved to the Central Wy oming council -May 1, 1948 as assistant scout executive and has served an area there embracing 25,000 square miles. The Central Wyoming council headquarters are at Casper, and Mr. Hunter was stationed at Powell. Mr. Hunter, who is 28, is mar ried and is affiliated with the Rotary club, Elks lodge," Junior Chamber of Commerce, Methodist church and the Masonic lodge.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hunter live at Canton, Mo. He attended grade and high schools at Tiskllwa, 111., and was, graduated from Culver Stockton college in son street; received a freshman S.U.I. Chorus Will Present Concert Here Under the direction 1 of Prof.

Herald Stark, the University of Iowa chorus will present its main concert of the current school year Wednesday evening. The chorus of 150 voices wiU give the concert in the main lounge of memorial union. i Free tickets to the concert are now available at the information desk of the union. The program includes presentation of "Lenore," composed by Prof. Phillip Greeley Clapp, director of the university's musical department and "I Am a Man," a choral recitative by Mitchell Southall, a graduate student in the University's school of music.

other selections on the program will be from Bach, Brahms, Liszt Rachmaninoff, Sweelinck, Darius Milhaud and Randall Thompson. Chief Warns Owners Not to Display Cars For Sale on Street Police Chief E. 3. Ruppert today reminded Iowa City car owners that It is unlawful to leave an auto unattended on the public streets with a "for sale" sign on it He said that ln recent weeks there have been several instances of "for sale" cars being parked on the streets, and in one case, it a nn.i.. A4 dealer's lot The city code states: "It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street any unattended vehicle displayed for saie." 32 Persons Pay $57.50 In PoliceCourt Fines- Thirty-two persons have paid a total of $67.50 in fines in Iowa City police court for traffic and other violations.

Gerald Relmenschneider, 602 Bouin JJuDuque street was as sessed 17.50 on a loitering charge. Robert Morrow, of the Quad rangle, was fined 17.50 for driving witnoui ngnis, ana Louis C. Rice, of Council Bluffs, paid $7.50 for a stop sign violation. Twenty-nine other persons paid a total of $35 for parking violations, according to Monday's docket One charge was dismissed and one person elected to have a safety check made on his car in lieu of paying a fine. Firemen Rescue Girl Locked in Bathroom coukj icu you aooui ths many strange task they've been called upon to perform.

For example, at 8:08 am. today the department was called to the Henry Bauman borne at 1620 Mornmgside where three-year-old anna Bauman had accidentally locked herself in the Bathroom. Firemen quickly ran up a ladder to the bathroom window and freed ths little girl. The department answered a fire call at 8:13 am. at the Intersec tion of Court and Linn streets.

Shorted wiring had started a minor fire in a car owned by T. F. Hoyt 439 South Johnson street Damage was limited to the wiring. SOCIALIZED MEDICIN Dr. Rubin Flocks will speak on socialised medicine at the Wednesday noon meeting of the Lions club in the Pine room of Reich's cafe.

It Has Been 206 Days Sine Iowa City Had a TrafEc Death sity is of 13 Trustees Elected at 22nd Annual Meeting of School of Religion Here TWO DIVORCES ARE GRANTED Judge Evans Gives Decrees in Jones, Schneberger Actions Two' divorce-decrees ha veHjeen handedadown In Johnson county district court by Judge Harold D. Evans. Doris Anne Jones was granted a divorce from William D. Jones on a cruelty charge. The plaintiff was given custody of a minor child and was awarded $10 a week for support of the child.

Costs were assessed to the defendant. An additional stipulation in the decree stated that the minor child should be under the supervision of the maternal grandparents. The court reserved the right to make further orders in regard to the minor child. Swisher and Swisher" were at torneys for the plaintiff and Ries, Dutcher and Osmundson- represented the defendant, In the other decree, Thora Schneberger was granted a divorce from M. H.

Schneberger. The defendant did not appear. The decree granted each party in the case his own property and assessed the costs to the defend ant. Swisher and Swisher were attorneys for the plaintiff. Hear Testimony In Suit Against Light-Power Co-op Testimony was heard In Johnson county district court today in the case of Earl Hinkley versus the Eastern Iowa Light and Power Co operative.

Jurors drawn for the civil dam age suit Monday were Cornelia Crow, Earl H. Bush, Claton W. Gerard, Ruth L. Bahr, 'George Hunter, Vernon Bittner, Lloyd Rowland, Robert Cook, Helen G. Davis, Elsie G.

Koser, George Kon- dara and Viola Paulson. In his suit, Mr. Hinkley Is seek ing $2,940 in damages allegedly caused when the electric company built a sub-station on property which he sold to them, and thereby cut a tile line draining his farm land. Wlrtz. He told police that he applied his brakes immediately, and stopped Just as the car bumped the girL She fell down, bruising her elbow and ankle.

Damage estimated at $58 was caused in a two-car accident Monday in the alley behind 1104 East Burlington street. Howard Krattet, who lives at that address, told police he was backing his car out of his garage when it collided with another car driving east through the alley. The second car was reportedly driven by Olln W. Wellhouse, 228 South Summit street. The fourth accident occurred Sunday afternoon on Dodge street near its intersection with Burling ton street.

Driving two cars Involved were Donald F. White, 325 South Dubuque street, and Joe W. Brenns-man, 900 South Clark street. Damage was estimated at 185. In relation to the accident, Bren-neman was fined $12.50 in local police court for failure to have his vehicle under control.

Sarah Dutcher, 18-year-old daughter of Atty. and Mrs. Daa Dutcher, 820 South Summit street, has arrived In London, having left by plane Sunday for a visit wlti her uncle and aunt, Mr. ana Mrs. Hugo Vogel In Wimbledon.

She will remain during the summer months, and with the Vogels will do some traveling on the continent She was accompanied as far as New York by her brother Dan. Pfc. Howard E. Shrader, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ellas Shrader, 1638 Morningside drive, is home for a 28-day furlough. He recently was graduated as aa automatic mechanic from the U.S. army air force school at Ft Francis E. Warren, Wyoming. Mr.

and Mrs. EmS G. Trott and two of their children, Margaret and Carolyn, 830 North Van Buren street are in Buffalo, Y. where Mr. Trott will attend the general assembly of the Presbyterian church as a delegate from this Presbytery.

Dr. M. Wlllard Lamps of Iowa "Cityr the Revr Harry N. Poston of Keota, and Mr. R.

R. Kline of Montezuma also are dele gates from the Iowa City Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Wier, 833 South Dodge street and Mr.

and Mrs. James Wier, 225 Iowa ave nue, are vacationing in California and other western states. They will visit relatives in San Jose, and -Long Beach, Calif. Visiting In Iowa City this week are Tereslta and Emilio Osta, Latin-American dancer and mu sician, who have apepared before audiences here a number of times. They are stopping off during a eon- cert tour to visit Miss Dudley Ashton, 400 North Clinton street and Miss Elizabeth Halsey, 915 Roosevelt street Two Firemen Attend State School at Ames Two Iowa City firemen are at tending the four-day state fire school at Ames beginning They are Albert Dolezal and Joe Knoedet.

The current event marks the 25th anniversary of the school. Chief J. J. Clark said he plans to attend the school for one day during its session. Weather-Almanac IOWA CTTT WEATHKB Mr 11 Partly cloudy and continued mm and humid tonight and Wednesday with local showers or thunderstorms eeeaaionailr.

High today (M to 81 Low tonight CO to 44. High Wednesday bout 80. For lows; Same aa local forecast. 1 Iowa in-day weather outiook: Temperature will be four to eight -(Trees above normal. High averaging 74 to 80 and Iowa averaging to 6a.

Show-era and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday with no change in temperature. Cooler Thursday with possible shower extreme southern portion. Warmer Friday with widely scattered shower, becoming general on Saturday. Clearing Sunday. Rain (or tba period will average one-halt to en Inch.

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C. Wyl yrefesr Stri 1 1 SCTfRlSF. today 4.4' 4." River Valley council Mr. Hunter MARTIN f. HUNTER Canton, on January 8, 1943.

Before entering Boy Scout work, Mr. Hunter preached for two years and taught school and coached for one year in Missouri O. Foster, Washington, D. Prof. Walter Gbetsch, Lutheran, Iowa City; F.

I Sawyers, Disciples of Christ Centervffle, and F. Wap'es, Methodist Cedar Rapids. Elected to serve In the class of 1952 on the board of trustees were the Rev. Alfred E. Parsons, pastor of the United Presbyter-lan church in Columbus, and Phillip Adler, Davenport, elected to take the place of bis father, the late E.

P. Adler. F. C. Waples, Cedar Rapids, was elected president for the 1949-50 term.

Others elected to posi- tions -were Rabbi Eugene Mann- hSmerZIes TMoIheaffistlZvIce president; Bishop E. L. Haines, Episcopal bishop of Iowa, Des Moines, second vice president; Dean Bruce E. Mahan, University of Iowa, secretary, and Thomas FarreU, University of Iowa, Five persons were named to the executive committee for 1949-50. They include- Waples, Mahan, Mannheimer, Brugman and Prof.

George W. Stewart of the University of Iowa. Doctor Lampe'a report revealed that the division between men and women students on the school of religion is about the same ratio as for the university as a whole. Ten undergraduates and 13 graduate students chose religion as a major during the past year, the report shows. This relatively small number Is In line with the school's policy not to train specialists, but to serve the rank and file, Doctor Lampe stated.

Say Oleo Shipment Doesn't Meet Law DES MODJES Condemnation of 24 cases of oleomargarine, shipped here from Omaha; is being sought by the United States district attorney's office. The government contends the olenmargmrine Is misbranded in t' it it contains les than tie r-. of fit Bridgo Paving Caves In Two Persons Injured in Auto Mishaps; 4 Accidents Reported in Iowa City is -i Thirteen persons, Including' four Iowa citlans, were elected to the board of trustees of the University of Iowa school of religion at the 22nd annual meeting of the religion school Monday. Dr. M.

Wlllard Lampe, administrative director of the school, announced In his yearly report that a total of 1,784 stu-dents have been enrolled In the school during the past year. Named to the board of trustees were: the Rev. I J. Brugman, Catholic, Iowa City; the Rev. A.

L. DwkeTBapffsCWaterloo; Prof. Forest Ensign and Dean A. Phillips of the University of Iowa; Arthur roe, Episcopalian, Cedar Rapids. William f.

RUey, Catholic, Des Moines; Chancellor R. H. Fitzgerald, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Rites Today Funeral services were held today at 1 p. m.

at her red denee ia Downey for Mrs. Rose Serrest, 63, who died there Saturday. Burial will be Id Downey eematery. Two persons have suffered light injuries in Iowa Oty auto acci dents, four of which were reported to police Monday afternoon and to day. Elsie E.

Barker, 44, 727 East Washington street, suffered a sprained back and neck when the car in which she was riding was struck by another Sunday on the Burlington street bridge. According to police reports, the two vehicles were driven by Forest M. Barker, of the above address, and Robert Kennedy. 818 Runden street Damage to the Barker auto was estimated at $50, with no estimate made on the other car. The second Injury occurred at 4:55 p.

m. Monday when a 10-year-old girl was bumped lightly by a ear drives by Emerson Wlrtz, 91S East Washington street. The accident occurred at the Intersection of College and Una street Sandra Sue Shaffer, 828 Church street, suffered elbow and ankle abrasions when she reportedly ran in front of the car driven by Mr. Several truck loads of dirt were necessary to fill mis four by 10-foot bole where the paving suddenly caved In Monday at the west end of the Iowa avenue bridge. The cavern resulted as a ear, driven by John Porter, university student from Oskaloosa, was pass big over It The front wheels of the auto dropped in as the pavement gave way.

Oty officials assumed heavy traffic caused the dirt slippage below the paving. The damage to the street was soon repaired. (Preas-aUzen Photo)..