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DWA IZEN ss-crr ITYPRE JrOTOTBEB IMf I Li Local News, Sporty Want Ads, Comics "It I IS it 17 ti ii It It I 11 II It it FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1949 IOWA CITY, IOWA PAGE NINE rea 'r 4 fmr fier- ty. ted T- sx-4a Check School Buses for Safety Hazards WliatMave Pariririej Meters Bono To Benevfa Local Motorists? In D34 fa. T. When Improved It will about 100 autos. I LIP WEATHER FORECASTIIERE Cloudy, Cool is Minnesota Outlook For Game Saturday Mild temperatures are expected to continue in the Iowa City area for the next five days, the weather bureau predicted today, This welcome new was contained in a five-day outlook for the state which said temperatures will average three to six degrees above normal.

Normal highs for this time of year range from SO to 55 with lows from 28 to 83. After matching the season's low of 20 degrees early Thursday morning, the weather was more moderate today. The morning low today at the Iowa City CAA weather station was 82 and by noon the mercury had moved up to 49. Thursday's high was 47 degrees. Temperatures are expected to fall below freezing tonight with a high near 00 predicted for Saturday.

The outlook for rainfall calls for general rain next Tuesday or Wednesday ranging from one-fourth to one-half inch over the Minneapolis Weather Tor many Iowa- Cltlans this week-end, Minnesota weather is of more) interest' than the local forecast For those planning to go to the Hawkey e-Gopher football game Saturday, here is jhe Minnesota forecast: Cloudy and "slighHlycolderto-nlght Saturday partly- cloudy, warmer north and west Low tonight 22-28. High Saturday 40 northeast to around 60 southwest The temperature in Minneapolis at noon today was 39 degrees. Iowa City forecast: Fair and mild today. High today near 60; Cloudy and cold tonight Low tonight near 30r Fair and cool Saturday. High near 60.

1 By HENRY 8THX Press-dtlsea City Editor Have parking meters fulfilled their function in Iowa Qty? What benefits have come to the city since the first street tax collecting machines went into operation here three years agoT Those are' questions asked by many Iowa Cltlans, and strangers too, as they deposit coins to pay for a parking space downtown. The second question is easier to answer than the first. There are several tangible benefits which were purchased with your pennies, nickels and dimes, bot It Is more difficult to determine If the meters have accomplished their basic reason for being. Why do we have parking meters Three years ago city officials recognized, as did cities throughout the nation, that motor traffic was increasing rapidly. It meant two things: that city streets of limited width would be hard-pressed to handle moving traffic, and totally inadequate to provide enough parking spaces.

Parking meters were expected to cure both those situations. By charging five-cents an hour for parking at a street stall, it was believed the turnover of cars would be more rapid. The money derived from the meters was to be used in buying off-street parking lots to take part and eventually all parking off of busy business district streets. Back in 1946 the city did two installed 162 one-hour parking meters on an experimental basis, and at the same time set np a Community Parking committee to study the traffic problem here ana worn toward its ultimate solution. That committee is composed of members from the city council, the University of Iowa and towns- SCHOOL BUSES of the Iowa City area, the condition of which la to Important to tha safety of the hundreds of children transported by them, were riven thorough check by highway patrolmen here Thursday.

ThU is part of the itate'i campaign to see that vehicular aafety hazards are corrected before they cause accidents. Patrolmen Inspected SJ buses here Thursday afternoon. Group Soofik Change To ouncil-ManagGr Plan for lova Civy Announce Township Heads For Johnson County's CROP Campaign, Opening Sunday CONTROLS and other safety were covered by the Inspection Harold DeOear, Cedar Rapids, Kenneth Thomas, West Branch Photos by Howard Swift) Last month the Community Parking eommittee recommended the purchase of another off-street parking area on Dubuque street Just south of Burlington street. but so far this purchase, esti mated at $45,000 has failed to win city council approval. Alderman P.

MlghelL In as- ruing against tha parking lot purchase, stated that all meter fund for the next year are tied np oa other projects and expenses, 1 What Do Figures Snowf Here is what the parking meter figures show according to avail- able record In pie first nine months of th year, pennies and nickels) gomf through the meters totaled 469. But this figure does not reflect the eventual revenue added by the installation of 171 new meters to August. On an aver age of receipts during the month' of September, the meters now to operation will bring to about $72,000 per year to the city. Of this amount according to a new Iowa law passed this year, Iowa City must spend 75 per cent for off-street parking facilities, leaving 25 per cent for other expenses. This requirement will be met in the new city budget beginning April next year.

What about the major debts now being charged against the parking meter revenue? First the maintenance) and! checking of the meters require the services of three policemen; Two of these, and a fund custodian are paid from parking meter funds, totaling about $7,500 per year. This year and tost the city council purchased and Installed a modern new system of stop-and-go slgnals. The original -cost was ever $70,000, Yet to-be paid from the meter funds oa this biU is about $12300. There is also about $12,000 still due on the purchase of the College street parking lot. 11 There to about $18,500 still outstanding In the purchase price of the 271 new meters Installed last August.

Other expenses include $100 per month for electricity to operate the traffic signals, stall marking paint, upkeep on the meters, and other miscellaneous costs. Parking Fines Aside from the parking meter receipts, the city is now collecting about $12,000 per year in fines from persons who verpark in the metered staffs. In the first nine months of this year, parking fines totaled $10,854, and It is estimated that more than 80 per cent of this comes from meter violations. Other types of illegal parking are Included to the above figure. 1 The money collected in this way goes into the city's consolidated fund and is used to help defray ad- -ministrative expenses.

Theoretically, the parking fines also help to lower Iowa City taxes. There would be still more money from fines emptying Into the city coffers if enough clerical help were available in the police department to collect on delinquencies. At the present tune there are about 2,000 unpaid parking tickets to a drawer to the police station. Many of these are summons against out-of-town motorists who never appeared to court or paid their fines. Others are Iowa City residents who ignore the summonses.

Justice usually catches this latter category, however. If several tick ets pile np, police tow to the offending car and require payment en the tickets before tha auto Is released. Generally speaking, the city la attempting to solve the parking problem to the mutual benefit of the city and motorists, but the glut of automobile traffic is "still increasing ahead of local efforts to provide parking spaces. Weather Almanac IOWA CTTT WEATHEB Friday, Ntfmbr 4 Fir and mild today. Hiirh todiv near 60.

Cloudy swl cold tonight. Low tonight Bear 30. Fair and cool Satur day. Hlxh near W. tor lowat Cloudy and a little eoMw In the east, fair In wt toniuht.

Sat urday air, mild tetniieratures In the et and cool In east portion. Hiirh today 0 extreme northeast, 63 aouthweot. how tonight 25 ea.it. S3 went. Hlga Saturday 5 east, to nre-nay weather outlook: Tem peratures 1U average thtw! to lx rn-i-s ahora normal.

Normal hluhs 60 to 55. Formal lows 28 to S3. Mild Saturday. Turning eooler Sunday. Warming trend first part of Wirt wek.

Rainfall will average one-fourth to one-half inch, Cein-rinir a general rain Tuea- ay or wwiUMdiy. laws City Ti-mrwratarva tha Roar Taanday's JUidmji p. 44 46 4 44 4 44 41 7 SO 10- 31) 11- iO adinrs i 0 ID S7 4- 4 0 a Today's 12 a. m. 1 'ii TO 4 47 4 11 1J.

C. nw i. 4 a -1 Cars Enter Cloiid'of Smoke On Highway Near Wellman: people with Atty. Dan Dutcher as chairman. The committee determined that Iowa City would need a minimum of 700 car spaces In off-street parking if the problem were to be solved.

What Has Happened 7 Now what has happened in three years First of an, the number of meters has jumped from 152 in 1946 to 681 at the present time. Although- most people will admit the turnover is greater, Iowa City streets remain crowded and snarl ed due to the steady increase in numbers of automobiles operat ing in and through the city. In the meantime, the city has taken two steps toward off-street parking facilities. Two years ago, a lot was purchased In the 800 block of East College street at a cost of 140,000. It parks about 80 cars.

In the early part of this year, a large area south of the Com munity building became available for parking and is now being used. county's 21 townships were fund-raising drive to be held goal of more than $10,000 in Sunday," November 6, when DEATH TAKE JOHNS. FOX One-Time Iowa City Tinsmith, 89, Dies At Home in Davenport John S. Fox, 89, a resident of Iowa City until he retired from the tinsmith business 11 years ago and moved to Davenport died at 4 p.m. Thursday in that city.

The death occurred at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mra C. C. Hazard, after Mr. Fox had been ill about five months.

Mr. Fox was born in Iowa City October 30, 1860, the son of the late Matthew and Rose Fox, He kwas married in Marion October 28, 1886, to Rosa Bruna, who survives him, Also surviving, beside the daughter, Mrs. Hazard, are two grandsons, Norwood C. Hazard, of Davenport, and George Warren Fox, of St Louis two granddaughters. Evelyn Fox and Mrs.

Verna Bigelow, both of Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at p.m. Monday at the MeGinnis funeral home in Davenport Bur ial services-will p.m. Monday at Oakland cemetery in Iowa City. Two Iowa Citians Are Convention Delegates In Angus Association R.

Morford and E. T. Davis, both of Iowa City, have been elected as delegates to the annual con vention of the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' association by Iowa breeders of registered Aberdeen-Angus cattle. The convention will be held No vember 30 in Chicago, HI. Twenty the 213 delegates at the con vention from the United States and Canada win represent Iowa's Angus breeders.

the right atmosphere for the patients," he said. The socializing program for the patients is going hand in hand with a building program that is expanding the facilities of Iowa's mental institutions, Or. Craves pointed out. -Many older building are beir.g reroodeSe-d and new ones are fceir.g planned "socket ty dow by window ra e.1 Crash Results WELLMAN Andrew Eash. Wellman resident (S Recovering satisfactorily in Mercy -hospital at Iowa City after being toiured in a head-on collision at east edge of this community late Thursday afternoon.

Mr, Eash. drivine west was re. turning home, from Kalona. car, driven by an Illinois salesman, was moving east from Wellman. Thick smoke from a roadside grass fire, obscuring vision at this DIES TODAY Funeral For longtime Solon Resident Will Be Monday Morning SOLON Mrs.

Mary Shima, 83, resident ot this community many years, died early today in Mercy hospital at Iowa City after a lin gering illness. Mrs. Shima, widow of the late Joseph J. Shima, lived for many years on a farm near Solon and during recent years has been a resident of the town itself. She was a member of the Altar society of St Mary's church here.

Surviving her are four sons, George, Joe, Victor and Frank, all of the Solon area. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 am- Mondays at St Mary's church, with burial in St Mary's cemetery. The body will remain at the Broeh funeral home in Solon un til the funeral. Raymond W. Kos, 53, Wellman Resident," Dies in Dss Moines WELLMAN Raymond Walter Kos, 62, a resident of WellVnan since 193L died Thursday at the Veterans hospital In Des Moines after an illness of three weeks.

Mr. Kos served for three years in the- United States navy during World War IL joining in 1942 and spending; two years in the South A full military funeral will be held Saturday for Mr. Kos. Servf ices will be read at 2 m. in the Methodist -church at Wellman and burial, will be at Riverside.

Mr. Kos was born July 29, 1897, on a farm near Richmond, the son of Frank and Elizabeth Kos. Hs lived there until 1931 when he moved to Wellman. On December 19, 1919, he married Vera Sofarek of Richmond at Cedar Rapids. He was, a member of the American Legion and Oddfellows and Knights of Pythias Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Lorraine Phleger of Washington, Iowa; one grandson; three sisters, Mrs.

George Mauer of Le Mars, Mrs. Roy Pritts of Meriden, and Mrs. Charles Scranton of Fairfield, and two brothers, Will of Phoenix, Ariz, and Charles of Le Mars. MANAGER PLAN Continued From Page 1 temporary chairman, Bald that there it none as yet. "On the contrary," he declar ed, have had most gratify- lng response from the many persons ve have contacted so far.

I've never seen anything like It here before. It was as though a great many people have Just been waiting for this sort or. thing to be touched off. "After all," he stressed again, "this is not a partisan affair. It Is not the 'outs' against the ins', procedure to Follow Mrs.

Nowlis explained to the meeting the procedure that must be followed to bring the council manager Issue to a public vote. JURY AWARDS $7,000 CI SUIT Return Verdict for Plaintiff in Case Over Boy's Death Returning a verdict at 10 p.m. Thursday, a Johnson county dis trict court Jury awarded a Judg ment for $7,000 to Robert C. Mar-' shall, the plaintiff In a traffic death damage suit The defendants were Mr. and Mrs.

Eldon Frantss. Mr. Marshall had sought I 000 to damages from the couple In connection with the death of his six-year-old son, Gerry Marshall, in a street crossing mishap in Iowa City last year. He had charged that a car own' ed by Mr. Franta and driven by Mrs.

Frantz struck and killed the boy at the Intersection of Burling ton and Madison streets October 23, 1948. The attorneys In the case were Swisher and Swisher and D. C. Nolan for the plaintiff, and and for the defendants. Judge James P.

Gaffney excuS' ed thepetit Jury until Jiext Monday at 2 p.m. Phyllis Homa Files Lawscit for Divorce In District Court Phyllis Home' has filed a suit for divorce from Donald Horne in Johnson county district court The Homes were married at Bernallio, N. April 8, 1947, and separated November 2, 1949t Mrs, Home asks for sole custody of a one-year-old daughter, for 510 per week support money for tha child and an award of household furniture and effects. Swisher and Swisher are attorneys for the plaintiff. 53 Persons Pay $82 For Minor" Violations Fifty-three persons have been fined a total of $52 in Iowa City police court for parking violations, according to Thursday's docket No charges were dismissed.

It Hc3 Esea 102 Days Elnco Iova City lied a Trcllic Docth The procedure is clearly outlined In the Iowa code. First she said, It is necessary to circulate petitions and obtain the signatures of one-fourth of the number of iexplewho cast votes for mayor in the last municipal election. When this Is done, the petitions are presented to the may or. He must then call special referendum within 60 day call ing for a public vote on the ques tion: "ShaD Iowa City adopt the council-manager form of government?" If the vote Is "yes" (61 per cent majority required), then future procedure may follow two lines, depending on timing. Timing Important If referendum carries before One year has elapsed since the last city election, which was March, 1949, then the mayor must call a special election.

This would mean election early next year to name councilmen under the new form of government But if the referendum Is not called before the one-year mark, then no special election would be called. Iowa Cltlans, in that case, would vote on council members for the council-manager plan at the NEXT REGULAR CITX ELECTION (March, 1951). In this latter way, the present administration would serve until March, -1951, when current terms expire. Several speakers emphasized that it would be wen to wait the longer period of time for two reasons: (1) to give full study, thought and education to the coun cil-manager plan, and (2) prevent possible partisan opposition. Iowa City Census But a third factor enters the picture which also encourages the long-term proposition.

That Is the Iowa City census. The census to be taken next year may show that Iowa City, for the first time in history, has a population over 20,000. At the present time, with a legal population of something over 17, 000, according to the 1940 census. the council-manager form of gov ernment allows for, only three councilmen. But next year, if Iowa City is found to have more than 20,000 residents, the law allows for five Those att ending Thursday night's meeting general ly agreed that five councilmen would represent the city more ade quately than three.

Ail of these matters must be decided -by the newly-formed ex. ecutlve committee which will meet in the near future. Local Farmer Gets EMiCattlaPric 1C3 A new high price for mixed steers and heifers was paid at the Chicago Union Stock Yards Wed nesday for a load of stock belong ing to Raymond Murphy of Johnson county. The load sold at $38.50 per hun dred weight the highest price paid at the Chicago yards this year for mixed shipments, according to an announcement today from Chi cago. The 32 hpnrl nf Antni, a i--a rr.J 1,020 pounds snd half the load was made up of heifers.

The load was sold for eastern shipment William Sucrrel Is cater William Sucrs! of Iowa City has been named co-man a fir editor of the "Oaka," yearbook far St Ambrose college in Daw-port A senior in the college philosophy department. Sup-pie Is the sen of Mr. and Mrs. Franc: Sueppel, 223 North Poc'-e street. features Inside the school bases Thursday afternoon.

Patrolman checks off the inspection list as driver, looks on. (Press-Citizen in In juries point on Highway 22, was blamed for the accident Mr. Eash suffered a broken right a -mangled left arm and a gashed head. The other driver's injuries included Cuts and, bruises and were not serious. Both vehicles were damaged extensively'but did not overturn.

P. M. Swartzendruber, Wellman auctioneer, was traveling west behind Mr. Eash and stopped to assist him to a doctor's office in Wellman. sigid as to aggravate the long-range problems, he warns.

If consumption is to be encouraged, farm income supports are desirable ince price supports "usually lead to pricing many commodities above normal market levels." If price supports are used, they should be sensitive to shifts in demand as well as supply. Although agriculture is vulnerable to industrial depression, Hickman sees little evidence that general depression and unemployment start on the farm. Keeping farm prices artificially high would tend to undercut urban consumption, misallocate resources and outprice American farm products on world markets. AgaSn, in-; come supports seem preferable, Epnomis Bill UneasjCompromise Captains for 17 of Johnson listed today.for the CROP next week. The campaign, which has cash, will open with "CROP clergymen throughout the county wttT publicize" It In their sermons.

CROP is the Christian Rural Overseas Program, designed to supply needy persons abroad with much needed Heading the Johnson county CROP campaign committee is OmarTToderharon, Township chairmen are being appointed throughout the county, and under them will serve school district so licitors. The township chairmen an- nounced thus far are: Clear Creek, Fred Charbon; Newport, Fred Fuhrmeister; Graham, Paul Miller; Big Grove, Louis J. Krai; Cedar, Glenn Gleason; Hardin, Leo Stockman; Oxford, Joe 'Collins. Sremont, the Rev. V.

A. Walsh; Lincoln, the Rev, Fred Weltge; Pleasant Valley, the Rev. W. B. Roudybush; MadLwn, Alexander Young; Penn, Lisle Huribut; Scott John Leonard.

Sharon, the Rev: Ira J. Hoover; Liberty, the Rev. Martin J. Horan; Washington, Frank Gingerich. East Lucas, Roscoe Niffenegger.

TJenlrsTnCnSKmanTTWelf an nounced today that in response to the preference of some farmers. some corn will be accepted in the drive Instead of Recreation Center To Open Gymnastic Classes Saturday Iowa City's Recreation center will open its Saturday gymnastic classes for all grade school boys this Saturday, Director J. Edgar Frame announced today. Kenneth McKenna will Instruct the class to be held each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Included in the class will be instruction hi trampoline, flying rings, tumbling, calisthenics, and other gymnastic feats, Frame said. trying to "regiment" them Into One, Doctor Graves explained. Such "democracy In action" stimulates their Interest In group Hvlns, be said. "We've got the money and the buildings but we need psychiatrists" to make this program completely effective," he declared. "And then we still need someone to be there when all the specialists have gone," he added.

We are trying to get the universities interested in dsveivj ir.x semi-professional itronp cf vri therapists. Dr. cxl a Of Tha farm -price bill passed last month by congress was an "un easy, last-minute compromise" and does not resolve many of the basic problems of agricultural policy, according to Prof. C. Addison Hickman of the University of Iowa college of commerce.

Writing in the November issue of the Iowa Business Digest Hick man says farm policy must consider such long-range problems as output that tends to outstrip consumption of farm products, the vulnerability of farming to indus trial unemployment and an un economical allocation of agricul tural resources. The Digest is published by the university bureau of business and economic Farm policy can be directed to ward either supporting farm prices or xarm income, Hickman states. in view of the long-ranee farm problems, income supports seem the most favorable. The levels of support should not be so high or Elinor Fire Damage At Local Taxi Office Minor damage resulted in a ceil- lr.g fire at the Limited Cab Co. office, 119ft East College street about 2:15 a.m.

The Iowa aty fire department said there was a sliort circuit in the e'eetric light fixture en the Trying vo 'Bridge Gap' in Iowa Mental Wards Dr. Groves, tntiltuiion Director, TeUt of ttew Zclf-Cure Program In Lecture Here Dr. Charles C. Graves Thursday described for an. "Information First" audience of about 250 persons in Old Capitol how the mental tnstitiiUons of Iowa are trying to "bricsre the gap" between what they are doing and what they are supposed to do.

iJoctor Graves, director of the institutions for Iowa told of a new self-cure prcpram of "socisSzutg" uis mer.U.!y lit he is trvfe? to cut prsctice at Cherokee, Oar-Ind -nee and Mt Pleas ant, sites of the mental hoTitala. t'e-r stew Use eve r.v,: r.r;,:.r fc'f- dora to "socialize" with each ether so that they are better able to understand their own reactions, he explained. "We are trying to put patients into groups where they can act and react the way they want to," Doctor Graves said. "We even let them swear if they feel Lke it" "It is better to get the patients' reactions into the cpea so that we can observe and diftgnose them," he pointed out Tie cew prcjtrsm a''" fives patients abont 'y SvUJe.