The Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa • 26

tTfaf CTt hr OCairflf aes gwmvg'Si L-iiTFyig- grgr" TTT rrr nsimr rfte Princess Appeared Interested fw SAGE -SPEC 6V Henry McLemorc grjp 4t 1 I '4 4 GET OUT jrqur chisel, you stonecutter, and high on th pedestal reserved for men who do their bet when th chip down, carve ye there the name of Refer Johnson. Thoae ere pretty close to the word I ued, wy berk In 1131, to describe the flaming feat of Fepper Martin when he Jed the St. Louie Oashouse Gang to a World Serif victory over the auppoaedly Invincible Athletic. Nl i jv I Now, 27 years later, they for Rafer, th California Urarkerjack, for his Inspired performance In Moscow a week ago, Hitchcock couldn't have set the atage any better. The atadlum packed with 100.000 arrogant Russians.

Rafea against the great Russian ftr and Idol, Vasily Kifcnetsov, whose 8,013 point fn the decathlon last prlng, wa up for consideration as a new world's record, Rafer met his man head on, before a savagely partisan audience, and licked him. Not only licked Jita-but drove to a new world record of his own 8,302 points. r4? gT 1 Sh'ot to Death in Car VL EORKEST TEIL, 31, an executive vice-president of JEil Lilly Co a as found shot to death early Thursday In hts car at Indianapolis. Police are holding Mrs. Connie Nicholas, 40, a divorcee, for questioning.

She wa found unconscious Thursday night in a car on an Indianapolis street. Police said she had taken an overdose of sleeping pills, Mrs. Nicholas was taken to a hospital for treatment. Like every other American, l'wlih I could have been there. But even more.

I wish Jesse Owen had been there to aee Rafer at work. For had he been, Jesse would at last have known what he did for me, and all the other of hli countrymen, that afternoon In Berlin In 1936. Like Rafer, Jesse was In the camp of the enemy. That day there were Germans and Hitler Instead of Russians and Khrushchev. Jesse took the best the Oermans and the world had to offer, and Jumped and ran them into the stadium turf.

I fcttl a DINNER COMPANIONS Princes Margaret, seemed to be deeply fascinated with conversation from hrrd'm ner escort, Lt. Oov. J. Kelller Mackay, as they chatted at an official dinner In honor of the princess In Toronto, Canada. Friday.

Later, the princess stopped at Stratford. Ont before going' on to Niagara Falls, N.Y, I remember Lawson Robertson of Pennsylvania, head coach of the American Olympic track and field team, talk- had goi ing about Jesse after he had gone to a new world's record In his final broad Jump leap against the German champion. Long. Everyone In the stands and that goes for Hitler and his gang saw one of the few real champions of all time at work today. No one will forget Jesse, no matter how hard he tries.

And the same can be said of the crowd that watched Rafer. Once you have seen a champion met a challenger head on. In the face of hostile folk, and meet it with the best effort of his life, the memory will last forever. I have been fortunate enough to see quite a few Inspired men lay lt on the line. There was Angel Brovelli, up until then Just another halfback, and his rampage against a Fordham team at the Polo Grounds, when Fordham was a football giant, otTMdrjrs Rf merest rival.

There was tiny Alble Booth, now a distinguished Toot-ball referee, then the Little Boy Blue of the Yales, and hli one-man rodeo against an Army 11 that figured to rend him limb from limb. 'A iM; 1 There Ell worth Vines, another lanky Californian, winning the national singles championship against llenri Cochet, one of France's Four Musketeers of tennis, on the greensward of Forest Hills. There was Joe Louis in his second fight against Max Schmel-lng. the German who had not only defeated him in the first meeting, but worse still, insulted him. The German paid for tt.

I can still hear his cry, hnlf-pam, half-fright, as he felt the ring ropes against his back and knew there was no more Rafer has joined great company. And belongs there. GOODBYE SONNY Three-year-old Floyd Durham, received a goodbye kiss from his guardian, Mrs. Heppsy Woodward. 76.

as he left Nashville, Thursday to join his father in Munich. Germany. The elder Durham, a sergeant with the 24th infantry division In Germany, had been granted complete custody of the boy In a divorce case but he was transferred to Germany before the court orders came through. Mrs. Woodward has cared for the boy since he was 8 months NAPOLEONIC GESTURE Hand tucked In Jacket In a pose reminiscent of an Illustrious French predecessor, Premier Charles de Gaulle entered Paris royal palace to present a draft old.

Gutt Photo by Bob Kerne. SEATS FOR THE WEARY Members of the budget review committee of the Cedar Raplds-Marlon United Fund already have spent nearly 30 hours reviewing agency budgets for 1959 and there are 3 more sessions to go. To make the Job a little more comfortable, the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company (which donates its Reddy room for the meetings) surprised the committee Thursday night by presenting 40 thick foam rubber pads for the folding chairs In the room. Committee members arrived at the meeting to find 4 large Blft-wrapped boxes of the cushions at the speakers table. Pictured, are, from left, C.

II. Jordan, committee chairman; Hlllls Gill, of the light company, and Mrs. E. J. Vanous, a committee member.

GRIN AND BEAR IT by Lichty of his new constitution to the consultative committee Tuesday. Campaigning for the October' referendum got under way Wed- Is lucky you are getting secret trial, comrade 1 Is being liquidated without unfavorable publicity would be getting In decadent capitalist country! NO ONE KILLED More than 60 persons' were noT deaths resulted from a train wreck near Milwaukee Thursday. Eleven Jars were derailed as the Milwaukee Road streamliner, bound from Chicago to Seattle, rushed along at 90 m.pJi. A wheel, from a smashed coach lav in the- foreground LEGGO, YOURE CHOKING ME! That sharp beak is enough to keep anyone at arms lengthr and thats Just what th keeper of this wild crane Is doing. The wandering bird flew Into a Brooklyn home Friday, so the startled family put in a hurried call to the ASP A.

The nosy crane Is temporarily residing at an animal shelter. -i-i i 1 Qc33 -Believe ft oriVbfJ 'll WUOOCKREDl COMmiTTEP TOM INSANE ASYLUM ISRAEL WHITEHEAD Of Vvay trukan Court Clerk. Collator fit ftoverto an Stenff BEING Th! ONLY PERSON OFFICIALLY QUAUPED to issue commitment PAPERS- GlOHED NV OR DEQ FOR HIS CWM per EMTIO JN AM ASYLUM FLOOD COVERS BRIDGES High paters on thft Blue riveT south of Kansas City covered a railroad bridge and a highway bridge Thursday. The rising waters of the river resulted from heavy rains. The sign reading last resort on right, seems appropriate since lt remains the only spot in the river area above water.

PARTLY CLOUDY WEEKEND Shower activity appeared to have ended in' Iowa early Friday after- torrential rains Thursday dumped up to 6 Inches of moisture On parts' of the Southwest. Partly cloudy skies will cover Cedar Rapids for the remainder of the weekend with a high Saturday In the mid-8Qs. frf GStST fiWWfifSJWtfcjurefldo.kfnc WHiCM CARRY 10 V) AO OARSMEN 9 AH consntucrso of boasds um mtiHii with msmtoff A I )r i 1.