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1 Local News, Sport, Want Ads, Comics miui THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951 IOWA CITY, IOWA PAGE FIFTEEN Steel Work on Hccpital School 'Head Completion Mas ,71, FourM! Summer Dav TV70DIJURED mAcaDHfr Today, Mo Sevtre IVoaftor Cftanje Czptcftd i Mercury. Climbs 1o 81 Iowa City's summer In October continued today aa the mercury moved up to 81 at 12:30 p. m. This; was the fourth consecutive day In which the temperatures moved into the 80's. Readings in the 70's through most of Wednesday night brought uncomfortable sleeping In much of the city.

Partly cloudy conditions this afternoon threatened brief show ers which are predicted in this ares, Cooler weather is expected tonight and Friday. But no severe weather change Is expected for the next three days, the state bureau Indicated in Dea Moines. Temperatures in the Iowa City since October 3, btft most farmers greet the warm, dry weather as excellent tor ripening of trie corn crop which was nipped twice by frost in lata September. The weather bureau Issued ma following analysis for Iowa: A low pressure center along the cold front moved from central Kansas to central Iowa this morn-: tag and should continue moving northeastward to central Wisconsin tonight Thandershower ae tlvity was rather general over Iowa during the night Temperatures remained mild in Iowa during uumight, staying- In the 60' but dropping into the 50's In northern counties. $51,000 Civil Suit Over Death of Davelis Likely To Be Tried This Term 1 Construction of steel framework for the new Hospital School for Severely Handicapped Children, located west of University hospital, is now Bearing completion.

XJnal completion date for the structure is the fan of 1952. Faculties for 84 fnlltime and 20 dayttme stadents wlH be available at the Hospital School when it is In operation. It will be the only place in Iowa where special education faculties sad medical attention are available to severer handicapped children, rtess Ctttocsv DRUNK DRIVING Albert C.Slade Pleads Guilty Today To Second Offense Albert Blade, 0 Iowa aty, to day pleaded guilty to a charge of second, off ense drunken He appeared la district eourf before Judge James P. Gaffney Slada was ordered to pay a 8500 fin toi'jail' Ha was given 30 days in which to paj; the fine. 1 Blade's drivers license waa re! voked for six months.

-1 The man was charged on March! 17 this year with drunk driving. The Indictment against him charged Slada as a third offender, but! under a technicality in Iowa law, he pleaded guilty to a second offense instead. The defendant was represented, by Atty. Edward L. O'Connor.

ICO County Teachers Stcdy in Institute At uralville School O.L.r,I00RE,68, DIESATtlERCY 1 i i 1 1 -ill. i Autos in Collision Early This Morning1 On Highway Near City Two persons suffered minor In juries and one car was a total loss In an accident about 12:00 am. today when two cars collided five miles west of Iowa City on Highway 6. James E. 18, of 202 Kills avenue, driver of one ear, suffered a bruised arm and a pas senger.

James J. Belser, suffered a cut on the head, highway patrolmen said. Charges of reckliess driving were filed sgahert Glaser today in police court -j Also-riding In-the Glaser-car were David Ryan and Edward Im-hoff. Neither was Injured, patrol men said. AH four are University of Iowa students.

Glaser car, a 1951 Plymouth, rolled ones and came to rest upright after the collision, patrolmen The other car In the collision was driven by Harry A. Grove, 883 North Riverside drive. A passenger in hi car was Mrs. Alice J. McMahill, housemother of the Phi Kappa Pal fraternity house at that address, Neither was Injured, patrolmen said.

Damage te the Grove car. a 1946 De east at the time of the aocldent, was listed at about $350. Patrolmen said the Glaser car was a total loss. Clear Plans For Building At Airport Final details are beinar worked out for the construction of a new administration building at the Iowa City airport Members of the airport commission met recently to make final changes in the plans for the build ing, and hope construction will begin within one or two weeks. City Atty.

Edward W. Lucas as sisting the commission in the pro ject, said that work can go ahead aa soon aa minor plan changes have been approved by the Civil Aero Jl. Bl 1 nautica administration office in Dee Moines. The 8135,000 main construction contract on the building was let to the Di MeC reedy Construction Cov-Incr The total project will coat about 8144,000. This figure includes architects fees of more than 88,000 and other incidental costs.

The federal government through CAA is to bean har the cost, of construction, wnue tne us to float a bond issue to cover the' remainder. 1 Officials said that federal allot ments been received for critical materials to be used in the building. Three Admitted Hospital With Polio Three persons have been admit ted to the University hospital Iso lation ward with polio, It was Announced today, Those admitted Wednesday were: Carol Carter, 9, of Chapln, In fair condition; Karen Zuber, 10, Marengo, fair condition, and Daniel Butterworth, 5, of Belle Vue, condition fair. A Fairfield brother and sister were discharged from the ward today leaving six active polio at the hospital. -ir Corolvillo More than 100 Johnson county school teachers today and Friday are taking part Jn the fourth an -nual Johnson County workshop Trial Is likely to be held In district court this term of the $51,000 damage suit-resulting from the subbing ileath of An drew Davelis In Iowa City Oc tober 12, 195a 1, The case is among those as signed for trial by Jury beginning at 10 a.

nu- October 15, but Presiding Judge James P. Gaff-ney said today -the case may Ritos Sot Fridays At St Patrick's Funeral services will be held at 9 a. m. Friday at St Patrick's church for Mrs. Katherine Kelley, who died at Mt Camel hospital In Detroit Tuesday morning.

The rosary will be recited at 8:15 p. m. today at the McGov-era funeral home; Burial will be in St Joseph cemetery. Mrs. Kelley had been a resident of Iowa City most of her life.

She lived at 432 East Bloomington street before moving to Detroit about three years ago, where she made her home vdthjker daughter, Mrs. Harry FoxY She "was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Folev. oioneer real- 1 dents of Johnson and Cedar coun- I ties.

Surviving Is one daughter, Mrs. Harry Fox of Detroit, two sisters. Sister Mary Francesca, C. H. M.

and Mrs. Frank Delaney of Muscatine; two brothers, Dr. John J. Foley of Fort Dodge and Francis L. Foley of Ft Wayne, Indiana.

Her husband, Thomas H. Kelley, and one son, Francis, preceded her in death. Brooklyn Pastor to Direct CROPDrive November 11 to 17 Reappointed recently as super visor for this district of the 1951 Rural Overseas Program was the Rev. Paul Flgge, pastor of the Brooklyn, Iowa, Presbyterian church. His district includes Johnson, Benton, Iowa, and Tama counties.

CROP week will be November 11-17, it was announced. this period volunteers will make a farm-to-farm canvas to seek gifts of farm commodities for distribution to the needy overseas. Iowa's 1951 CRQP goal is 255 carloads of farm commodities. For the past three Iowa has led the nation In theCROP drive. Funeral Services to Li Held Saturday for Iowa City Resident Urn Alice Peters, 71, 409 North street, died suddenly about 1 a.

ip. Wednesday aboard a Rock jland train near Bureau, JO. She was enroute. to visit 1 Jce, Mrs. Raymond Cooney.

A coroner's Inquiry established he cause of death as a heart at- Km. Peters waa born February MM, tn Cedar oounty, Iowa, He daughter' of Richard and Julia She waa graduated from he Spring dale high school In 1897. She waa married to D. J. Peters Cedar Valley, September 28, 90L They farmed near Morse be- ore moving to Iowa.Clty In 1018, Her husband preceded her In 'eath In October, 1941.

She waa member of the C.D.A America, the Altar and Rosary sdaty of St. Patrick's church, nd theBUu Ladles. i Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. 'ussne Kenney, Iowa City, and Irs. Anna Gatens of Iowa.

City, jad one brother, Frank Tucker, nw aty. Services win be held Saturday at a. at St Patrick's church. Jurisl will be in St Joseph's ceme-ery. The rosary win bo recited Friday at 8 p.

m. atJttaJHohen-, ycnun mortuary. Members of the CD will meet at 7:30 p. m. Friday at the mortuary to recite the rosary.

scouts BUILD SHELTER Memorial to Mark 1 Hoover Birthplace In West Branch DZS KOINES Iowa Boy Scout officials said today that the state's Scouts pjan to build a ahel-ter house and fire place at the Herbert Hoover birthplace In West Branch, aa a tribute to the former president of the United StatesL Leaders said the house would be open to visitors and will serve as a reminder to American youth that "this road of opportunity and great achievement wnlch the for mer lowan followed from a small house in Iowa to the White House, is still open toall who wish to travel it" Funds for the shelter house are being donated by Individual Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts on a 10 cent capita basis, Scout leaders said. Iowa Citian Gees to JaflialicacfFfce 0a Seeding Charge Kimball road, today was sentenced to three days In the county Jail by Police Judge Emil G. Trott after being found guilty on a charge of speeding. She was issued a summons Wednesday after driving across the city's speed analyser in excess of the speed limit. She was charged with driving faster than 25 miles per hour, the limit In the zone In which she waa driving.

In police court today the woman pleaded innocent and Judge Trott found her guilty. When she refused to pay the fine of $12.60, she was sent to the" county jail. She Is a medical laboratory technician at University hospital. Herbert B. Thomas, of Marion, paid a fine of $12.50 on a charge of speeding.

Ronald J. Kucera, 19, of Oxford "has been fined $52.50 and had his driver's license suspended for 30 days in police court on a charge of illegal operation of a motor vehicle. Highway patrolmen said the car he was driving had been involved In an accident James E. Skriver, of Downey, has been fined $27.50 on a charge of reckless driving. The charge was filed after he was involved in an accident September 28 at College and Clinton streets, police said.

Lea EerdHa Fcrd Authorities said Lee Herdliska, of Coralrille, took his own life 'today. Dr. George D. Callahan, county coroner, said Mr. Herdllaka was found dead in the garage at Jus home.

Death was attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. 227 Days Chc3 Iorra Of IIcdATrcdc DzCh SUMMER IN OCTOBER Here are the high tempera turea recorded in Iowa City during this week's "warm wave' Rudir ...........................71 Musr Tsr WaSraSar Today s.at. SI City area are expected to be the A further outlook for the atate calls for partly cloudy and cool weather Saturday, with fair and somewhat warmer readings Sun-day. 7 The low mark In Iowa City early this morning was 68, following a high of Si Wednesday afternoon. Little rain has fallen In Iowa come either ahead, or after, that date depending on the disposition oOthercajea on the September docket The lawsuit la that filed by Stella and Thomas Davelis, ad ministrators of the Andrew Dave lis estate.

They ask 851,000 from James Lons and his brother, George Bacuils, of Iowa City. The plaintiffs claim that on the night' of October 12, 1950 Davelis was "unlawfully and feloniously assaulted" by the two defendants, and "during the course thereof (the defendants) repeatedly struck Andrew Daveua and inflict ed knife wounds in the chest and back causing his (Davelis') death." The plaintiffs are represented by Atty s. Edward F. Rats and Edward W. Lucas.

Lons and Baculis, through their attorneys Messer, Hamilton, Cahill and Hartley, have denied liability in the Daveua death and have asked that the lawsuit be dismissed. In the trial of a criminal Lons lash spring waa cleared on a charge of murdering Davelis. Baculis this month was Indicted by the grand jury on a charge of murder In connection with the case. This trial also may come before a Jury during this term of court Polk Chiefs Views Asked About Actions Against Tavern Men COUNCIL' BLUFFS CP) Po lice Chief Earl Miller has been asked to "make recommendations as to action, on the licenses" of two of three taverns here allegedly involved In a beer drinking spree by seven; high school students. Clty Manager Ollve.r" Comstock said the third Council "Bluffs tav ern will be added to the investigation, but the fourth, a Weston establishment, is "more of a county problem." The youths identified the tav erns as the places where they bought beer during a drinking party Monday night Four tavern keepers, booked for investigation and put under 1100 bond Tuesday, were scheduled to appear in municipal court but city attorney David Stuart said the investigation is incomplete.

No new date ortheir hearing has been set. 'jf I i I and Institute' at the Coralvills school. The teachers were divided Into four workshop groups for study in the various phases of the institute. It is being- held for teachers in all communities except those where there is a high scnoot Group meetings are being nek on the subjects of arithmetic, history, language and reading. On.

the faculty for the Institute are: E. W. Hamilton, of Iowa Stat Teachers college; Dr. John Haefner, University of "Iowa Rebecca Baker, State Teachers college, and Dr. Marrarx.

et Keyser, University of Iowa. The workshop was arranged bv $48,825 Auto Scheduled for Judge James P. Gaffney today announced. that the trial of a auto accident damage suit will begin a 10 a.m. Monday with the petit Jury panel directed to report for duty at that time.

There were indications today. however, that the action may be settled before it comes to trials The case is that brought by Ole of North liberty, Dies At Hospital City NORTH LIBERTY Mary Sou kup, 40, died at University hospital Wednesday night following a month's illness. Miss Soukup was born Septem ber 23, 1921. She was graduated from St Patrick's high school and was a lifelong member of St Pat rick's Surviving is her father, Joseph, with whom she made her home at North Liberty, and a number of aunts and uncles; She waa pre ceded in death by her mothes in August, 1950. Services will be held at 7(30 a.

m. Saturday at St Patrick's church. Burial will be In the new section of St' Joseph's cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p. m.

Friday at the Hohenschuh mortuary. 'Inqciry' Classes ta Be Presented at Church Ten weeks of "Inquiry class" meetings, to. be conducted Tuesdays and Thursdays, will open next Tuesday at St Wenceslaus church here. The classes will be held at T.p.nt::V:fe;V:r-r'V'5: The Rev. George Bachman, announcing the series today, said that the class will present the Catholic viewpoint and point out the fact that morality is based on goodness to God Both Truman and former President Herbert Hoover have lately criticized moral standards in public office, he said.

Similiar class meetings have been conducted here for the past five years by Rev. Joseph Hines. County fiupt, Frank J. jpmar, Damage Suit i TrialMonday Bushland, administrator of the estate of his son, Robert E. Bushland, who died of injuries suffered in an auto crash last February 2 on Highway 218 10 miles south of Cedar Rapids.

The defendant in the action la Eldon Miller, local trucking firm. The plaintiff claims that a car driven by his son collided with a Miller truck which had been stopped on the highway at about 1:30 a.m. on February 2. Judgment of $48,825.17 is asked from the Miller firm for the un timely death of the boy. The plaintiffs attorneys are Franxen, Keyes and Crawford, of Cedar Rapids, and D.

a Nolan and William M. Tucker, Iowa Qty-dvliiUi The defendant domes negligence on the part of the truck, driver, George Patrick, of West Liberty, and asks dismissal of the suit At torneys the defendant are Messer, Hamilton, Cahill and Bart- FirteiSeiTicesHeH At WeL-nan Today for WELLMAN Funeral services for Mrs. Luclnda Geyer, 81, lifelong resident of the WeUman vicinity, were hekt mt today at the Methodist church. -The Rev. D.

Bissinger officiated with burial at Wellman cemetery. Powell funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Geyer was born October 18, 1869, near -Wellman and died Tuesday at Washington, lows, fol lowing a long Illness. She was married to Frank Geyer In 1888.

He preceded her in death. She is survived by three sons, George Geyer, Boone, John Geyer, Thornburg, and Wilbur Geyer, Ox ford, a brother, Grant Griffith Wellman, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Wagampn, Wellman. FINES TOTAL $50 Parking fines in Iowa City Wed nesday totaled $59. There were 56 fines of 25 cents each for overtime meter violations.

British both by Dick Bird. January 13, 2:30 the Mighty Colorado River," Ray Eggersted. January 20, 8 p. mY "Florida Holiday," Robert Friars. January 27, 2:30 p.

"Tramp Steamer to Trinidad," Dr. J. Gerald Hooper. -( February 10, 2:30 p. "Guatemala, Clifford Xamen.

February 17, 8 p.m., "Majestic Norway," Gustav Grahn. February 24, 2:30 p.m, "Two Tickets to Timbuctoo," and at 8 p.m, "Storm Over Olympus," both by Kenneth Richter. March 2, 8 p.m, "Travel Trails of the Andes," Herbert Knapp. March 9, 8 p-fltr "North Far North," Com dr. Donald B.

Mac-MuTan. March 16, 8 p.nu, "Into Central Dr. Alfred M. BaUey. March 23, 2:10 pjm, "I live on the Bottom of the Sea," Max Gene NohL March 30, 2:30 pJn, "Lost Wcc" Count Byron Do Prorok.

2:30 pjn, "Throvll the Tukon to Mt McSinlay," Jos and tTh RaCtner. April S3, 8 pjw "Austria," Karl RoUason. April 27, 23 posw tan tm ChlJ Funeral Services to Be Held Saturday For Local Resident O. L. Moore, 88, 514 South Lucas street, died at Mercy hospital Wed.

nesday evening following a long illness. Mr. Moore waa born In Lime stone, June 22, 1883, the son of Jacob and Susan Pleasant Moore. He was married to Gertrude TVitaut. Junuarv 28.

1906. He nil ma rn unirm utwiuniD. jonnson MiniYv fit. ivii mm nff iirmcn until retiring and moving to Iowa City in 1947. Surviving are his widow, one Mrs.

Russell Hunter, rhlnm1 An mnAmtm. Don Hun ter, a student at the University of Dubuque; two sisters, Mrs, Ada Rhoda, Greenville, and Mrs. Wilson Adams, Telford, and two brothers, Huoert Moore, Greenville, and R. C. Moore of Union -r- His parents and four brothers preceded him In i Service will be held at the Oath- out funeral chapel at p.

m. sat iimtav. Thu Rv. Warren W. Bent- singer, pastor of the.

Unity Pres byterian cnurcn, win omciate. Action oa Fraternity Suspension Expected At Kleeting Today Action on the suspension of a University of Iowa fraternity be cause beer was allegedly found in the fraternity house was expected to be taken at a meeting of the university committee on student life today. The fraternity Sigma Phi Epsi- lon. at 702 North Dubuque street, was suspended from all fraternity activities last week by Dean of Students L. Dale Faunce who mud he found beer at the house while making aa inspection.

The suspension was imposed be cause of a university- rule, prohibiting the presence of intoxicat ing beverages in chapter houses, Dean Faunce said. The committee on student life, composed of faculty members and students, had. scheduled a meeting for today to discuss the matter. Iran's Prerricr Says Britain Had No Right ToMOancirc-s TEHRAN, Iran, -OP) Premier Mohammed Mosaadegh wept today as he told the Majlis (lower house of parliament) that the British government had no right to bring the Iranian oil dispute before the United Nations security council. Asserting that the oil national isation problem was an internal dispute with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co, Mossadegh told the deputies he will leave Sunday to argue Iran's case in the United Nations.

Mossadegh wiped away the tsars as he said "I am sure that on this trip I w3 enjoy the pr7 1 and the Iranian people, and I am cure that almighty God wiU help me and the The tsal the "3 KTV ef Cs -at --y board, aiiea rlJ and All axl trtstez School Addition Progresses Series of Mountaineer zl Programs Opens Sunday Iowa City Soldiers Serv'imiWthMh- -t- vw aa 1 aejSNft SM VJMW. Division in Korea Two Iowa City soldiers, Pvt. Richard R. Goody and Pvt Thom as D. are now serving with the 2lst regiment of th 24th Infantry division in Korea.

Both men took their basia training at Ft Campbell, Ky, and arrived, in Korea September 9. Sincegoing to Korea they-ha -been awarded combat infantry badges and Korean campaign ribbons with one battle- star each. Private Goody is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F.

Goody, 1515 Ridge street and Private Martin Is the son of Mr. and Mra. Thomas D. Martin," 720 Second Wcialhcr Almanac IOWA CITT WEATHEn TbarMlaT, Ortbr 4 Partly cloudy and mil (1 this aftcrtwvn with chance of bri( hor. Parti cloiKiy and enolr tonight and Prldmv, tllRh today 75 to W.

Low ton! eh 55. Hih Friday mlddi- 80" Northeast to north winds 15 to Friday. For Iowa; Motly eloudy north wtta oecaxionai rain extmna north, partly cloudy couth thlj aftrraoon and tooiht Cooler OTf th autc. Friday moatly eloudy and eooi with occasional ruq continuing- in trm north. High thia afternoon 65 to 75 northwMt, 75 to aoutheaot.

Low tonleht 50 to 55. Hleli rriday 54 to 60 north. SO to 65 south. Sniffing winds, lfi-25 mph-toda-w-bM coming ttorth-rly S0-2S mph Friday, Further outlook: Partly Houdy an cool Saturday Sunday fair and a litti hiiher afternooa bwa CWy Trascntarrs ay taw Raair Vfilltawiill'l Rari rm 1. m.

1 1 1 S4 ...1...... S3 7S SSS 77 Tester's Xcadisrs 1 71 71 10 TO 5 11:30 71 I 1 Travelogues of the Iowa Moun taineers, held -weekly throughout the school year at Macbrlde auditorium, will begin at 8 p. m. this Sunday. Speaker at the first program will be "Singapore Joe" Fisher, a native of South Africa and who also lived for many years in the far east His topic will be "This is South Africa." The second program, at 2:30 p.

m. October 14, will feature movies and a lecture about the wild desert and mountain regfi on of north-era Mexico, presented by Ray Gar- sr. Other programs and persona presenting' them will be: October 21, 8 p. nwjThere Is No India," Dean Dlckason. November 4, 8 pint, "Across the World and TJnderseas," Lieut CoL John IX Craig.

November 18, 2:30 p. "Ber muda Beckons," Winifred Walker. November 25, 8 p. "Riding High in the San Juan Wonder land," Stan 123ey. December TXi p.

"llaya David and Ginger Vr December 2:30 p. "Camera Trails Along; Nature and at p. sol. m3x2 TZZm Ira a. m.

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