Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - April 14, 1949, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Rain mixed with wet fair Low tonight 50 to 32. Clear and cool High day 42. 5 CENTS NEWS ON TOUR DIAL VOLUME 95 CEDAR APRIL 14, 1949. ASSOCIATED UNITED INTERNATIONAL TRUMAN Legislature Votes Down Senate Balks and House Withdraws Riders to Money DBS MOINES ing the signature of Gov. liam S. Beardsley Thursday was the state educational in- appropriation shorn of an amendment ing for an investigation of the University of The house of representatives agreed late by a vote of 73 to 10, to The the house action came shortly after the senate re- fused to accept the Earlier in the day the house had voted 47 to 40 in favor of an in- Also removed from the ure before it was sent to the governor was a provision which would have required the uni- versity to admit a greater ber of medical students next The senate had requested the university to take such but the senate refused to concur with the house amendment requiring the university to do so. The house then withdrew that amendment by a vote of 58 to 29. It had approved the 52 to 37. Money The amendments had been pu on a to a year for the next biennium for the of the various institutions under the jurisdiction of the state board State Senate Votes To Keep Tax Rate DES MOINES low senate Wednesday passed a t retain the present 75 percent low state income tax law for the nex two The was approve 42 to 5 and sent to the The senate acted swiftly at th request of Senator De Vere Wat son who of the Prompt Action Watson said that the legislate is approaching the time of fina adjournment and action must b promptly unless the genera assembly wants to see the incom tax returned to a 100 percent basi of This was the second income tax measure passed by the senate a this About two months ago it proved a which would have restored the 100 percent tax rat but would have allowed a 50 cent deduction in the computed tax for all persons who pay eral property taxes equal to the amount of their state income tax That also went to the house and has never been acted Now Up to Members of the senate majority indicated they had no hope tha the house would pass the 50 cent deduction and as a resul lined up behind Watson's proposa to retain the 75 percent collection The senate action thus put the income tax issue directly up to the Senator Arthur Jacobson made two unsuccessful attempts to sidetrack the Watson of The investigation amendment had been offered by Rep. ley Clarke and the medical school amendment had been presented by Rep. Harry E Weichman in behalf of the house appropriations com- Clarke when the measure came back to the that he still felt the investigation should be He that in view of the lateness of the sion and to keep the measure from going to a conference he was asking withdrawal the Weichman previously had taken the same position on the medical school Had the house refused to withdraw the the would have gone to a joint committee of the senate and house to work out a The board of education support measure was the next to the last by must be passed before final adjournment of the The other is one for support of the various Neither the senate the house has passed it. Tears Reported On Image After Child Kisses It SYRACUSE Hundreds came Wednesday night to watch a 11, kiss the forehead of a broken religious statue saved from a trash can. including a Roman Catholic said tears appeared in the eyes of the plaster image of St. Ann after Shirley Anne Martin pressed her lips to it. It happened time after they Some visitors kissed the severed head but nothing nesses The Rev. Francis J. Furfaro of Our Lady of Pompei church said he the little girl kiss the head and it began to can only he it is a dinary Two other priests from that Father Furfaro also saw what were described as tears in the painted eyes of the inch plaster head after it was kissed by the Martin Shirley oldest of a cuse four at- tends public They are The child was reported near ex- after demonstrating the for several St. Ann was the mother of the Virgin Feel Warning Several house members who had voted for the Clarke ment said after the senate had declined to accept it that they would vote to withdraw it. They said they felt the uni- versity officials had been a warning and that that would b sufficient for Considerable resentment h a grown up in both the house an senate because of the heavy in crease in appropriations asked b the board of Gov Beardsley was especially cerned about and had specia audits made at both the university and Iowa State college in an ef fort to determine the amount o money The board had asked 936 a year for the next biennium compared with the i got for the current and compared with th originally recommend ed by the Beardsley later agreed to give the board about The board said it needed that much to continue operations on the present and agreed to that The would give the sity itself a year for the next Iowa State col- and other the mother of John dean of the state college of ceramics at Alfred told from under the diction lesser Today's Index Comics g Daily t Deaths g Editorial Features 6 Farm Foto Marlon 16 State 33 Want Ads Women's Features N. newsmen by telephone a scientific standpoint the rence of tears seem a saic plaster of paris absorbs water readily but does not release it ex- cept through Detective James McDonald mated that 500 persons were in or around the Martin flat day Mrs. Arthur E. mother of Shirley said the statue was one of two given the children by her It fell April 2 and broke into Mrs. Martin She said she put the pieces in a trash can and that her daughter found the head section in the driveway later in the The little black-haired girl took the statue head with her day to the home of a 22, members of the family has been a cripple for W Press SEATTLE QUAKE DAMAGE Top photo shows cracks opened in a path in Green Lake park in Seattle in Wednesday's destructive earthquake which took eight lives in the Pacific automobiles damaged by falling bricks in downtown More quake photos on picture Hamilton Buying Choate's Place John T. Hamilton of 245 Twenty-third street drive is buying the Lakeside estate of H. E. Choate east of Cedar Rapids Hamilton Thursday said that he has agreed to purchase the stone house from Choate with the adjoining lake and about 20 acres of Negotiations are still under Hamilton in regard to the farm land adjoining the Possession is to be given June 1. The purchase price was not dis- Hamilton recently purchased the Sutherland Dows residence at 340 Twenty-seventh street drive nit has occupied it. He in- tends to sell that he said Choate said he plans to locate in a small house in Cedar Kidnaped by Suspects W. Va. Vo W. policemen rare kidnaped Thursday and tied o a tree near Lt. Al Hossel and Patrolman James Herman were forced at gunpoint into a Mercury sedan they stopped at 2 a.m. at a block at the outskirts of Weirton on a road leading to Steubenville The men in the reportedly the trio that robbed the Bank of Follansbee Wednesday and caped with about disarmed Rossel and Herman and tied them to the Neither Rossel nor Herman was Agents from the burgh office entered the case as police expanded roadblocks along the length of West Virginia's northern panhandle the fast-moving dits may have slipped through police A check of roads failed to uncover a trace of the bandits or the getaway dark green Armed with pistols and a for- the men stormed the bank just before They herded employes and customers into a As. one stood the vaulted into a teller's cage and scooped up the money from the End of Walkout Voted By B r i t i s h Stevedores LONDON dores voted Thursday to strike and return to work But Labor Minister George warned the house of com- mons that the return work may be only a prelude to dock preferably a he stevedore Dick had advised that their return to will enable the union executives to give the 21- day notice of dispute required by Private Builds Armory on Own for Minn. a for didn't stop Arthur E. Schweim when he wanted sweet notes in an army tor and trumpet liked the idea when a 56-piece band was activated as part of the 103rd di- army organized reserve It meant he could do a tle soldiering and also play his favorite Schweim joined But he found the unit's meeting place was none too good for the one- squads And the sweet notes from his trumpet were lost of poor So with his own and on his own built the unit an It's complete with space for rifle storage space for equipment of a special soundproof band room where are haven't quarters to the needed an armory right so I just went out and built ia leasing It for a a recent weekly unit of the outfit were talking about place to carry on their Schweim told the sergeant I would build a He just looked at me with a fishy and Later Schweim talked local reserve officials army men from He learned just what the were for an I started digging for the another construction ob came so I just dug the hole little bigger and made pace for a company's of- fices under the same The He said general secretary of armory part of the building cost bout The bunding is 110 feet by 98 The army has 50 by 100 with square feet of working space in all on ground floor and in the basement of the cement block Several other Mankato reserve units have office space and also use the speaking this time as a said he was through for a little while construction He's got to get out and seed his He has a 160-acre farm lives with his wife and three When are going to pucker up on the trumpet and in musical All That Work Not Necessary CHICAGO 9, fell Wednesday tion being dug for a filtration who saw the boy fall into Hole filled with water and didn't see him climb notified Police be- gan pumping But they decided this was too Two firemen df squad were lowered by ropes into seven They came left to tell Allah's whaf They found clothes at He said he fell in the water Dut climbed right out Twenty-two wet and firemen who rescue attempt also went home when police told them Allan saved Eight Dead In Quake in Northwest Damage in Millions as Area in Washington Suffers SEATTLE died and scores were injured in the earthquake which rocked the Pacific Northwest Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washington estimated damage at from to The shock struck at Pacific Standard Bricks showered off cornices and building chimneys toppled from homes and industrial plate glass cracked and roads sagged and parked cars were battered and dented by falling Rider Succeeds Hall on Boarc Of Education DES MOINES G 51, Fort Dodge attorney an former district court wa appointed by Gov. William S Beardsley Wednesday to succeed W. Earl Mason City editor as a member of the state board o name was one of four sent to the senate for confirma The other three appointees wer named to the State Conservatio They Charles F. Martin of Des executive secretary of the low State Education Leo D. Frederickson of Em ent member of. Quake Cities from Vancouver and B. south to the Salem area of Oregon felt the Scientists rated it of No. 8 in- which compares with a 12 or total destruction A Red Cross official said not a single person had applied in the Seattle area for aid for that Red Cross funds be forthcoming to rebuild homes damaged by the on a basis of individual Prof. Samuel N. head of the University of Oregon ge- ology further shocks are possible if the crust continues to The quake was the worst in the region's Walla Yakima and other ton cities as far as 300 miles east across the Cascade range felt it. Jut death and destruction were centered along a 125-mile strip Seattle south to on the Columbia river border of Hardest Hardest hit were Kelso and Castle there Workers at the Hanford there works in eastern on reported feeling a The Bonneville dam on of pres the commission given a reappointment to fill ou an unexpired term ending in 1953 The appointment of Rider t the board of education confirme reports that Governor did not intend to rename managing editor of the Mason City re- cently asserted in an editorial that the governor had adopted a attitude toward for Iowa's higher educational Rider was named for a beginning July 1, 1949. of education is making body which governs th five state educational institutions and its members receive expense The term of another Richard Plock of Bur also expires July 1, bu the governor has not yet made ar appointment in his Winter Returns To Iowa and Other Midwestern States Winter played a return en gagement on the Midwest fay the calendar sine March 21, this season revived it self and poured snow am freezing rain over a wide I storms hit some parts of Nebraska and Kansas ant spread into Minnesota and Wis A storm warning was feet of cold up with a dead He Wasn't Kidding Ore. Sen. Allan was addressing the state legislature referring to a measure under consideration in he an earth-shaking Two minutes later the earth to he Oregon border was although earth slides were ed Mayor William Devin of Seattle is incredible there were so few Seattle Fire Chief William gerald most school children were on Easter All fatalities occurred in The roof of the Lowell mar school collapsed in killing Marvin 11, a junior patrolman who was ing class early to take his Three other in- Jack president of the Castle Rock high school tody and a star was killed when a brick facing on the school collapsed as classes were being dismissed for Percival N. 62, a at an Olympia veneer died when a brick smoke stack over and crushed Mark 85, was killed un- ler a falling wall at Centralia as le rode his bicycle along the Four persons died of heart at- The 170 inmates of the state raining school near lalis narrowly escaped death or when they were ordered rom their dormitories 15 minutes than usual for lunch prior o an early afternoon baseball The quake struck a few minutes Walls and tions of roofs In panic swept through downtown Within streets were choked with frantic shoppers Frederick and Nelson's a large department a water tank atop the building showering gallons water into a fifth floor tearoom and over the side of the Thirty-one major downtown suffered roped off and citizens were advised not to go officials de- clared 'the entire area Water Department ent C. W. Morse serious danger in Seattle's where the water level was lowered by 11 major breaks in water AND GRAND Mich. Ray Dewar promised and a yellow tomcat Thursday as a bequest from a family Mrs. Phylis Cora willed Dewar the money on condition he gave the cat and as long as it for the Great Lakes region 40 to 50 mBe per hour winds and high general throughout the state In the snow was falling in some sections and temperatures were Traffic was and some long distance circuits were down in the Sioux City The weather was a sharp con- trast to when soared to springlike highs of 79 in Cedar Rapids and State low this morning was 32 at Cedar Rapids low was 40 of an inch of rain fell in Cedar Rapids at mid- after which the over- cast The rain clouds combined to hold the temperature down to 45 degrees at 2 p.m. Skies are expected to clear but temperatures will re- main cool the weather bureau with highs in the 40's The outlook for Easter Sunday is and hard-hit by winter recorded snow jp and 12 inches overnight The clinging snow traffic and interrupted telephone service on some 300 At the weather 3ureau observer reported thing in the book hit the Kearney starting early Wednesday There was a thunderstorm snow and ing Its normal power sources out Kearney got its electricity from standby The heavy coating of ice broke wires between every pole in the Kearney The storm apparently cut northeasterly across jastern South Dakota and into Minnesota and In South Dakota and Minnesota the storm belt measured 70 miles Keystone Woman Killed When Hit by Streamliner Special to The Anna 73, was instantly killed about p.m. Wednesday when she was struck by the Milwaukee railroad's eastbound It was believed she failed to see the fast train and walked into it. body was taken to the Ayres funeral Today's Chuckle A father bewildered the of social activities which takes his away from home about every evening of the Mary had a little She sure loved it a It followed Her around It died from low of President ir Forecast o That Figur Cites VA Fund In Predicting Fiscal Red Ink WASHINGTON ident Truman Thursday that the admini tration expects to close t fiscal year June 30 with deficit of around He said at a news that a passed by the hou Wednesday to give the Vetera Administration an extra 000 would hike the expected cit by that In his budget message last Ja Mr. Truman estimated th the 1949 fiscal year would with a deficit of The extra appropriation 1', needed to meet unexpected heavy unemployment and G.I. would just about do ble the January deficit Still for Mr. Truman also told 1. He has no intention of wit drawing the nomination of C. Wallgren to be chairman of National Security The nomination of the form Democratic governor of Washin ton has been tabled in the senai had been reports that M Truman withdraw the nor but he told reports Thursday that this was not so. When a reporter mentioned rumor that Wallgren might the President to withdraw Mr. Truman said he did know what was in the nominee 2. The President still wan government power to control Ji stallment buying and credit tended beyond the present tion date of June 30. 3. Secretary of Army RoyE and Secretary of Navy submitted their resignations aloi with all other top federal officia after the Nothing Mr. Truman said he kne i of no development since then iii or tj declined to answer when whether he thought they were j ing to leave the government soo General expectation is that at will leave 4. Mr. Truman said he is coi reappointment of Admiral W. W. Smith as man of the Maritime Commissio Smith's term expires The President declined con ment when asked if he would It navy go ahead with tion of a super ail craft Defense Secretai Johnson has put the question u to Mr. Teen-Ager Effort To Elope Foile CHICAGO who trotted down bridle path toward a bridal suir were taken into custody day in 111. It was the second time an ment attempt had gone awry fc Barbara 1. and Robert 17. Barbara and Robert Tuesday after renting two from the Green tree of The horses were foun ater in a forest The girl's Mrs. Max well Oak said sh a letter from Robinson i he girl's room urging that slope State police said the couple away last month but were foun n Hot Session Held By Church OKLAHOMA CITY The First Methodist church held a called meeting to church Wednesday nigh But seven fire companies call The meeting warmed up quick y after Dr. C. William tipped his pipe ove His pants caught Other board members o extinguish the but sore sparks apparently caught in Shortly meeting broke up without a Fire did nearly damage to the warehouse com pany office where the board me REPORT ON LONDON A Unite States embassy spokesman encouraging Thursday a doctor j report that there had been change in the of Arr Lewis left eyi injured last week in a fishing at j C i
