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This Local News, Sports, IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN APRIL 1955 Section Want Ads 51 00 18 MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1955 IOWA CITY, IOWA PAGE NINE 18 Weather Curtails Week-End Operationsational Guardsmen Rained Out In Field Training Week-end rains turned the local 34th reconnaissance company's bivouac into an "Operation Mudfoot" Saturday and Sunday. The national guard unit, hoping to set up and fire subcaliber light machine guns durtag a two-day outing, found the water and mud an obstacle to maneuvers. And a one-day rield exercise for the clearing company of the 109th medical battalion was forced inpile the local armory Sunday. Commanding Officer Capt. WilJain E.

Fischer pulled the reconince company in at 5 o'clock Saturday from the William Zeitfarm, scene of its operato a meatball and spaghetti dhow line in the armory. ults for the day: one firing erected, one muddy reconance, company. TOWA CITIANS who found the rein a pleasant respite from lawn work and afternoon car washing would have found the chores of pelleing the equipment an ardubus Task. Sunday the company reported back to the armory for recruit treining and breakfast while the two Walker Bulldog light tanks blared Lower Muscatine road. Sunday driving called for wuhing of the company vehicles, that lasted well into the Afternoon.

ALSO SUNDAY the medical clearing company, scheduled to taller the field to set up their clearing station near Homestead, simulated ed its field work inside the armory on South Dubuque Starting at 8 a.m., the clearing company's area was outlined under supervision of Lieut. Robert L. Claypool, with space for an U.S. Adds to Land Holdings A total of 75 more acres have been added to the Coralville reservoir area. in Johnson county.

The U. S. government has taken title to five tracts of land totaling 75 acres in deeds filed at the Johnson county courthouse. Total price is $1,885, with flowage easement on another five acres costing $850. Largest tract was 39.5 acres bought from Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Coufal for $1,000. The tract lies near the Iowa river about two miles southwest of Cou Falls. The flowage easement is also on Coutal property, just south of Cou Falls. The government also bought 10 acres from Mr.

and Mrs. Peter Cach near the river in Monroe township for $150 and 14 acres from Mr. and Mrs. Matt M. Maalso in Monroe township, for $550.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Tomash a two tracts totaling 11.5 acres Myrng near the river, four miles theast of Oxford, to the govsument for $185. Mrs.

Oberman Funeral Service Set Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Oberman, 81, of Long Beach, Dalit, will be Wednesday at 2 in the Oathout chapel with the Rev. L. L. Dunnington, offielating.

Burial will be in the River Junction cemetery. A longtime resident de the Pleasant Valley township, Mrs. Oberman died in Long Beach Friday afternoon. The daughter of William and Catherine Teak, she was born February 27, 1874 at Edwardsville, and later moved to Longmont, Colo. She was married to August.

Oberman January 1, 1895, in Longmont. In 1900 the family moved to farm near Lone Tree and later to Pleasant- Valley township. She resided on a farm in the area until moving to Long Beach about 10 years ago. Mrs. Oberman was a member of the Iowa City Rebekah Lodge No.

416 and the Methodist church at River Junction. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Martha Forbes of Lone Tree, three sons, Elmer of Tiffin, Wilbur of Route 5, Iowa City, and Paul of Atalissa. There are six grandchildren. Other survivors include six sisters and two brothers.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1921, one daughter, Bernice Westfall in 1922 and a son, Glenn, in 1945. Two daughters also died, in infancy. The body will arrive Tuesday morning. Friends may call at the Oathout chapel after 10 a.m. Tuesday.

It Has Been 360 Days Since lowa City's Last Traffic Death English River Out of BanksRains Leave Area Soggy Nearly two inches of rain over the week-end the heaviest of 1955 left the Iowa City area, soggy today and the weatherman predicted more showers. The English river which flows through the Riverside area and empties into the Iowa river least of Riverside was reported over lowlying areas today. Both the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and the IowaIllinois Gas and Electric Co. reported damage and service interruptions as a result of the Take $26 In Loot at Solon SOLON Merchandise valued at approximately $26 was taken in a burglary of the Lamansky service station here Saturday night.

Dewayne Lamansky, proprietor of the station, reported today $25 and a flashlight more that a pair of seat covers, worth than one dollar appeared to be the only items missing. Mr. Lamansky discovered the breakin when he opened his station at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Entry had been made by prying up a rear window in the station's grease room.

The only damage was the broken window lock, i he reported. The station had been closed at 9:30 a. m. Saturday. There have been more than six breaking at the establishment in the four years that it has been operated by Mr.

Lamansky, he estimated today. There has been no serious loss any time. The station is located on Highway 261 at the south edge of Solon. Deputy Sheriff Donald L. Wilson investigated the breakin Sunday morning.

Mixed Chorus Sets Concert Here Tuesday concert featuring the combined voices of the Iowa City Men's chorus and the Johnson County Rural Women's chorus will be presented Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Iver A. Opstad auditorium. The combined choruses will sing Wing Your Songs" by Cain, "Let Us Break Bread Together" arranged by Howorth, "You'll Never Walk Alone" Rogers and Hammerstein and "Country Style" arranged by Simone. Mrs.

W. W. Morris will be soloist for the mixed chorus program. In addition to selections by each of the participating groups, the men's quartet will sing "Back Home Again in Indiana" by Macdonald-Hanley and a Negro spiritual. Harry Morrison and Jack Lalla will be baritone soloists for the men's chorus.

0. A. Waite will be tenor soloist. A violin obligato by Mrs. Himie and Miss Marlene Braverman will be presented as a part of the women's rendition of "The Snow" by Elgar.

Mrs. Morris and Glenn Jablonski are the chorus directors. Accompanists will be Mrs. Laverne Wintermeyer and Mrs. K.

E. McCulloh. Blacktopping of Highway 22 West Of Wellman Set The blacktopping of Highway 22 westward will be continued by the state highway commission. It will let the contract May 8 at Ames for the surfacing of 13.5 miles of the highway from Wellman to South English. project was announced in Ames with several other asphaltic concrete projects and the planned widening of 55 miles of highways in the state.

The blacktopping of seven miles from Kalona to Wellman was completed last summer, Parked Car Disabled With Ignition Stripped Removal of distributor parts, including the points, rotor condensor and wiring from his car WAS reported to Iowa City police over the week-end by Larry Lucas, Ames. The car was parked on Washington street near Dubuque street, he told officers. 21 Motorists Pay Traffic Bureau Fines Fines paid by 21 motorists Saturday in the Iowa City traffic bureau on parking violation charges totaled $64. In addition, 60 first-offense I parking tickets were dismissed. rain and accompanying wind.

Small creeks- south of Iowa City were reported out of their banks during the heavy rains which began here Saturday afternoon and continued through Sunday. THE IOWA RIVER today was about two and one-half feet above its Friday level but no flooding is anticipated, according to the Iowa geological survey. The river stage this morning 4.89 feet and rising slowly, as compared with a 2.2-foot level Friday morning. It takes a stage of about 10 feet to cause flooding here. A crest of 5.65 feet was recorded at 8:30 a.m.

Sunday. No reports of high water have been received here from such upstream points as Belle Plaine and Marshalltown. THE HEAVY RAIN was general throughout the Iowa City First Shipment of Polio (Vaccine Expected Tuesday The first shipment of the new expected to arrive in Iowa City This vaccine to be used in the for first and second graders today. It was to be distributed to the state. Dr.

Franklin H. Top, speaking Draft Meeting Slated Here Selective Service officials from 24 Iowa counties will meet at Iowa City Wednesday. The local selective service office in the county courthouse will be closed all day Wednesday as the clerks, board members, appeal board members and appeal agents of the eastern part of Iowa meet from p. m. The meeting will be in the district courtroom, it was announced today by local draft officials.

The meeting, to be conducted by state selective service officials, will discuss draft operations under present and possible future conditions. The possible passage of federal universal military training and selective service act and the responsibility of draft officials under proposed military reserve legislation will be discussed. Counties to be represented include Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jetferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Scott, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello and Washington. Tickets Available For Fadiman Talk Tuesday at Union Free tickets are still available for the public lecture by Clifton Tuesday at in the memorial union, according to Director Earl E. Harper.

The popular literary critic radio-television personality will give the first major address during the Dedication week for the new addition to the campus social, recreational and cultural center. Fadiman has recently been discussing problems of authors, publishers and readers during the ascendancy of television and picture magazines. The second major address of the week will be given Thursday evening at the Dedication banquet by Chancellor R. H. Fitzgerald of the University of Pittsburgh, the union's first director, who will express his views of university unions as integral parts of university life.

Tickets for the banquet may still be purchased at the union's information desk and at the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. Salk polio vaccine is Tuesday. inoculation program arrived in Des Moines counties throughout for the county polio vaccination committee, said today he expects Johnson county's allotment to be in Iowa City Tuesday. A total of 1,600 "shots" of the vaccine is expected in the first shipment. The vaccination committee expects to begin the free inoculation program next week.

A complete schedule for all the schools in the county is being worked out. THIS FIRST shipment of the vaccine will take care of the initial series of "shots" for the first and second graders under the program financed by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. County physicians are contributing their services in the program to administer the vaccine. Vaccine for the second in the series of shots to be given to youngsters the final week of May is expected to be shipped later. The third shot, a "booster," is to be given several months later.

A SYSTEM of priorities for private inoculations of the new vaccine has been set up designed to provide protection to the groups in which polio has the highest incidence. Under this priority program, the first private shots will go to youngsters from one to 10 years of age and to pregnant women. vaccine remaining will go to youngsters 11 and 12. Physicians have estimated the cost of private-fee. vaccinations at $3 to $4 a shot.

They have reported receiving many requests Woman's Editor Of Press-Citizen Receives Awards Mrs. Fred M. Pownall, woman's page editor of the PressCitizen, won three first-place, four seconds and three thirds in the 1955 contest of the Iowa Press Women, Inc. Awards were announced in -Ames Saturday. Mrs.

Pownall topped her awards by winning first, second and third place among Iowa daily newspaper woman's departments. She also won first places in adult poetry and fashions. Other second places were one in home furnishings and two in daily feature writing. Thirdplace awards to Mrs. Pownall were in interviews and historical or biographical writing as.

well las the department rating. Guggenheim Grant Awarded To Prof. James F. Gilliam "Prof. James F.

Gilliam, of the history and classics departments at the University of Iowa, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for 1955-56, H. A. Moe, secretary general of the Guggenheim Memorial foundation nounced today. Other Iowans hamed as fellows for next year on the basis of their "high capacity for original scholarly research and artistic creation" were George S. Hammand, Iowa State college chemistry professor, and Oliver H.

Hauptmann, Grinnell college professor of modern languages. Professor Gilliam, who has been teaching courses in Greek and Roman history and in the Janguage and literature of the historian Tacitus and medieval Latin writers, expects to use his Guggenheim fellowship for of the auxiliaries of the Roman imperial army, according to the. foundation's announcement. The author of 15 published articles in classical, philological land other learned journals, Professor Gilliam holds degrees from San Jose State college and from area as 8 storm belt moved across the state Saturday evening. Iowa City police had only one call of a tree down in the 600 block of Rundell street where a part of the street was blocked.

Wind is believed to have blown the tree down. Another large tree was down in the lawn -of Agudas Achim synagog. A- tree in the yard of the Lovetinsky farm, southeast of Iowa City, was by lightning and Mr. Lovetinsky, about 30. feet away at the time was knocked unconscious and dazed.

REPAIR CREWS of the North- Although rain curtailed their connaissance company of the along the Lower Muscatine road stricted to familiarization firing admission. evacuation, surgical laboratory and dental tents. During the afternoon, until about 4 p.m., handling of simulated casualties of the admissions area was demonstrated, including the use of splints on broken bones and the bandaging of wounds of the chest and abdomen. Lieut. Paul E.

Long supervised the afternoon training, with Sfc. Harold E. Smith and Melvin L. Parker as instructors. CAPTAIN FISCHER reported If the guardsmen "qualify," or attain a certain proficiency in a weapon before training, their time is allotted to other military operations while in camp.

Captain Fischer explained that the Reconnaissance company, self contained unit," required proficiency ratings in more weapons than any other divisional unit. Hence qualification firing for company personnel becomes task that takes much time from other operations. that the rains made it impossible for his reconnaissance company to qualify in light machine-gun firing during the week-end. The object was to allow the company to take more training during the two-week training session at Camp Ripley, during the month of August. SUNDAY WASN'T a complete "washout," however, as troops took familiarization firing in the armory basement and Lieut.

Richard Zeithamel conducted a course with recruits in the light machine gun. The tank foray, led by Lieut. Frank Jeffries represented official training time. Some company members took part in mortar practice, using projectiles propelled by .22 long rifle blanks. Captain Fischer indicated, too, that the firing range set up Saturday would be used in later Sunday volunteer firing by company members.

Death Takes lowa Citian Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick, 93, of Route 1, Iowa City, died Sunday afternoon at Mercy hospital following a short illness. She was born in Johnson county the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Linder.

She was a graduate of the University of Iowa. After her marriage to T. Fitzpatrick, resided rick's death 1952, coln, Nebr. Upon- Mr. Pitapat to Iowa City and has resided with her sisters since that time.

Survivors include one son, Fred L. of New York City, two sisters, the Misses Catherine and Emma Linder and one brother, Albert A. Linder, all of Iowa City. One grandson also survives. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.

at the Hohenschuh mortuary with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Carl Meinberg officiating, Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery.

National Association Elects Ray Vanderhof Ray Vanderhof, Iowa City, has been elected vice president of the National Association of College Stores at the organization's in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Vanderhof is manager of the Iowa Supply Co. Clerk Issues Three Marriage Licenses Clerk of Court R. Neilson Miller has issued marriage 1 licenses to.

Richard W. Arnold, 22, and Isabella Siechert, 25, both of Cedar Rapids. To James L. Kilts, 36, and Dor-ers' othy M. Read, 47, both of Cedar Rapids; and to Leroy Smith, 25, and Carolyn Geltmaker, 27, both of Washington, Ill.

training in bivouac south of Iowa City, members of the 34th reIowa national guard took the two light tanks of the unit out Sunday for driying practice. Other men of the unit were reof .22 caliber machine guns in the local armory. Rain hampered Iowa City national guard units in outdoor drills scheduled this week-end, but members of the clearing company. of the 109th medical battalion here go ahead with practice in handling simulated casualties at their "admissions tent" inside the local armory. Corp.

Maynard Parker, 438 West Benton street, watches Melvin L. Parker, 705 Giblin drive, demonstrate a head bandage for men of the unit, using Pvt. James R. Maske, of West Branch, as a "casualty." (Press- H.L. Bailey Dies Today: Funeral Service Wednesday A prominent Iowa City (Lee) Bailey, 68, of 312 South at 10:55 a.

m. at Mercy Mr. Bailey observed his ance agent in 1953. He U-High Debaters 'Superior' Rating in Test Debators at University high school captured a superior rating in the finals of the Iowa High School Speech association meet held at Ottumwa over the weekend. Members of the debate team are Jack Elkin, Richard Erbe, Leonard Hitchcock, Sieg Schoenbohm, David Brodsky and Richard Rehder.

Individual honors were awarded to Leonard Hitchcock, Sieg Schoenbohm, Stanley Longman, Pat Pendleton, and Lee Singleton, for superior ratings in declamation, radio speaking and oratory with Jack Elkin, Gene Novy and Richard Erbe receiving excellent ratings in extemporeanous speaking and declamlation competition. Allied Industries Opens Office in City has opened an office here in the Paul-Helen building. The firm will deal directly with manufacturers and will act as distributors for manufacturproducts. Robert Leon, head of the firm, said that plans call for the setting up of an ultimate state-wide organization from the Iowa City office. Allied Industries of Iowa, manufacturers representative, western Bell Telephone Co.

of Iowa City worked Sunday to restore phone service on several toll circuits in this general area, Roy Williams, manager, announced. Two toll circuits to South English were lost when a tree floating in the English river washed through the telephone toll lead where the line crosses the river. telephone poles were washed an embankment west of Lone Tree to cut off the toll circuit from Iowa City to Washington, and a loss of service from downed poles also occurred between Riverside and Ainsworth. Lightning knocked out the three toll circuits to Wellman when it struck equipment near Welman. Service was restored Sunday on the damaged toll circuits.

JAMES E. STEWART, IowaIllinois manager here, reported scattered damage and city areas. Service interruptions, however, were brief and all dammage was repaired by Sunday. Principal cause of damage was wind, according to him. Branches were blown down over lines and wind blew lines together, blowing out transformer fuses and requiring them to be replaced, he said.

County Engineer Raymond H. Justen reported no damage to county roads as a result of the week-end rains. RAINFALL HERE by 5 p.m. Saturday totaled .28 of an inch with another 1.61 inches falling between 5 p. m.

Saturday and 5 p. m. Sunday. Skies will become increasingly cloudy Tuesday with showers and thunderstorms on the weather docket for Tuesday night and Wednesday. The lows tonight will range from 42 to 46 with highs in the 70s expected Tuesday.

Week-end highs were 70 Saturday and 58 Sunday and lows were 47 Saturday and 46 early today. At noon today, it was Lester Schmidt Faces Charge of Drunken Driving Lester R. Schmidt, 33, of 1029 Sixth avenue, was charged with driving while intoxicated by Iowa City police Saturday evening. Now free on $500 bond, he is to be arraigned in police court at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Police arrested Schmidt in the alley at the rear of the 100 block of North Governor street about 6:50 p.m. Saturday. insurance man, Hugh Leroy Governor street, died today hospital following a long illness. 50th anniversary as an insuroperated the H. L.

Bailey agency for many years. The son. of William H. and Molly Jelley Bailey, he was born August 23, 1886, in Iowa City. He was reared this community and was graduated from Iowa City high school and the University of Iowa.

He received a degree from the university college of law in 1907. He was married to the former Myrtle Mae Eddy, July 3, 1908, in Nevada, Iowa. MR. BAILEY WAS a member of the First English Lutheran church and associated with the Elks lodge No. 590, Odd Fellows, Loyal Order of the Moose, the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce, State Bar association, S.

U. Alumni association and the Iowa Association of Insurance Agents. Survivors include his widow, one daughter, Mrs. J. E.

Brady of" Marysville, one son, Atty. Howard Bailey of Fresno, and three grandchildren. Two brothers, Alfred M. of Denver, and Ralph of Los Angeles, also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Dr.

J. W. Bailey of Des Moines. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p. m.

at the Beckman funeral home, with the Rev. George T. L. Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery.

Call Local Firemen To Barracks Building Iowa City firemen were called to a barracks-type building south of Quadrangle at 5:20 p.m. Sunday. They found steam escaping. (No damage resulted. Two Persons Fined in City Police Court Two persons have been fined and one received a suspended sentence in Iowa City police court.

Fined $7.50 each were Alvin DeWayne Jones, Lisbon, on a delinquent registration count and Darwin Leroy Smith, Oakdale, on a charge of intoxication. A fine of $12.50 on a charge of intoxication against Florence Secrest. Westfall, 915 Maiden Lane, was suspended. Weather Almanac IOWA CITY WEATHER Monday, April 25 Clear tonight, increasing cloudiness Tuesday followed by showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. Low tonight 42 to 46 grees.

High Tuesday 72 to 75 degrees. For Iowa Clear and warmer in west and central portions tonight. Tuesday increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer. Lows tonight 38 degrees north to 46 degrees south. High Tuesday 68 northeast to 75 southwest.

Further outlook: Showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. lows City Temperatures At- noon today it was 62 degrees. The overnight low was 46 degrees after a high Sunday of 58 degrees. Saturday the high of 70 degrees was followed by an overnight low of 47 degrees. Rainfall Saturday by 5 p.m.

totaled .28 inch with another 1.61 inches falling between 5 p.m. Saturday and 5. p.m. Sunday, ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS By C. C.

Wylie Professor of Astronomy University of Iowa SUNRISE today 5:12 a.m.; Tuesday 6:11 SUNSET today 6:57 p.m.; Tuesday 6:58 p.m. The moon sets at 11:06 pam, today land 14150 PROF. JAMES F. GILLIAM Stanford and Yale universities. He joined the S.U.I.

faculty in 1948, coming to Iowa from teaching position in Wells college, Aurora, N. Y. A native of Seattle, he is the father of a girl, six, and a four..