Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - May 2, 1949, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Clear tonight with low 42; Tuesday partly cloudy and high Tuesday 70-75. CITY FINAL 5 CENTS NEWS ON TOO DIAL VOLUME 113 CEDAR MAY 2, 1949. ASSOCIATED UNITED INTERNATIONAL NEWS YIELD Main and France May Join Parley Expansion of Blockade Discussion in Near Future Is LONDON talks on the Berlin blockade will be expanded soon to include Great Britain and reliable sources reported Dr. Philip Jessup of the States was understood to have told Jacob Malik of Russia last week that the Western Powers were agreed that the preliminary j discussions should be converted j to Four-Power talks as soon asi i A foreign office spokesman said he believed the appropriate time for the changeover would be when discussion of dates for lifting the blockade and convening the cil of Foreign Ministers begins hard Foreign Minister Robert man of France said he thought a date for the Big Four council Russia's prerequisite for lifting the blockade of would be set this Schuman said he hoped the meeting would be held in is our and it has been proposed by others out- side He did not say who the others Actual date for the council meeting has been the subject of wide Best tion available here indicated it might be late this month if the I Cunningham opened preliminary talks mature along District Court Judge J. E. the expected Heiserman shortly after 9 a.m. The young St. doctor is accused of slaying his Byron C. in FATHER AND SON TOGETHER AT TRIAL OPENING Robert C. Rutledge of saw his Dr. Robert C. day morning for the first time since the latter's render to Linn county March 23. The two men met in a room adjacent to the district courtroom in which the young Dr. Rutledge went on trial for the murder of Byron C. Trial of Rutledge Starts Examination of Jurors Begins By Loyal 16 prospective jurors had been examined by Linn County William W. De- attorneys immediately be- their examination of the when Crissman finished the itask for the Just before leaving Paris for London for a 10-power Council of Europe Schuman said there were no differences of views among the Western Powers in the current talks with The murder trial of Dr. Robert questioning of the first member of the panel scarcely begun when Milner ob- and was sustained by Judge Leo F. who sented Dr. Rutledge ar- rest in St. Louis on Dec. 17, not in the High Court Turns Down Marino Plea WASHINGTON preme court Monday refused interfere with the continued im- prisonment of a man whom it once said was being held in violation of a bloody fight in room 729 of Roosevelt hotel here last Dec. 14.1 opened the long-awaited trial with a brief summary of the is the case of Dr. Robert Cunningham he the murder of Byron C. Hattman on Dec. 14 in room 729 at the Roosevelt his constitutional His attractive over whom the fight is alleged to have taken accompanied Dr. Rutledge to the third floor courtroom of the Linn county courthouse this She walked into the courtroom on his arm and was seated with him at the counsel table when the trial In ance as the trial began were the Defendant's Dr. Robert C. j Rutledge of and Mrs. Rutledge's Dr. and f Ul The man is Tony Howard 3. Goodrich of ing a life sentence in Illinois for Mo. murder committed in 1925. was convicted that when Hattman Parents was only 18 and still unable to speak He had emigrated from Sicily two years In 1947, the supreme court ruled that Illinois Circuit Court Judge William R. Dusher was wrong in refusing to give Marino a hearing when he sought review of his case in where the trial was originally officials had conceded that Marino's rights to a fair trial had been Errors Some of the errors conceded were that Marino was extradited from Beloit without that one of the arresting officers served as his interpreter at the that he was not provided with and that a plea of guilty was en- tered for him when he actually had not agreed to it. Even the original supreme court Dusher again re- fused to release tives for the state attorney general supported Marino's petition at the second hearing before In a new petition to the preme Marino claimed had refused to order his on grounds he was guilty and ignored the defects in the original Three Vote To Hear It. Three of the nine justices Murphy and Wiley B voted to hear the new The was turned down without other com- Marino filed this new appeal with the high court last The court gave no reason for delaying action until Marino has another appeal pending with the Illinois supreme the supreme court does not hear cases petitioners have completely ex- hausted their legal recourses within their home Also at the counsel table were Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hattman of parents of the slain By the first panel of The He then introduced what he termed cast of in the case Judge Mrs. Walter A. the court Bailiff Dick ter A. Barngrover and R. S. defense and Dr. Rutledge and his Crissman went on to introduce himself and his David form the tion and Mr. and Mrs. He then asked the 16 tive jurors as a group whether they were acquainted with Dr. his wife or the Photos by Gazette Picture Editor Don DR. RUTLEDGE AND WIFE LEAVE COURTROOM AT RECESS ert C. and his are shown as they left district court during the recess of Cedar first murder trial in 10 The St. Louis doctor accused of the of Byron C. 729 in the hotel last Dec. 14. It was over the fections of Mrs. Rutledge that the two men quarreled before the fight which re- in and they were acquainted in St. Louis or at The prosecutor noted that Leo F. St. Louis attorney who guided the strategy which kept the young doctor put of the hands of Iowa authorities for three was not at the counsel Mr. Laughren be he asked In the general tion of the counsel The question was answered by who said he had no control over who came to the courtroom and who is not an attorney of record In this Barngrover Crissman then went on to the next question whether they were acquainted with Milner or Some of the tive jurors Crissman got down to the ex- amination of the prospective jurors He questioned whether they had read or heard anything about the case and they had formed any opinions on it. Milner's objection came during of the first prospective Had she any thoughts or ions as to the unwritten Crissman Before she a chance to Milner The objection sustained by Judge In his examination of ing members of the jury Crissman asked repeatedly er they any scruples about imposing the death penalty in the case of first degree One of the panel members Mrs. Eva Fontaine of Marion replied that she Others ex- pressed no such The defense also objected to questions as to whether the had formed any opinions or whether they had been influenced by anything ten or said about of the alleged Judge Heiserman overruled that The members of the jury panel drawn as the trial opened this morning Herman Cedar Elmer L. Cedar Joseph A. Eva Mamie C. Cedar Donald M. Cedar M. George H. Cedar Una N. Cedar Theodore Floyd Ralph Leona F. Cedar When the completes its examination of the prospective the procedure of striking and challenging will two on Page Col 3.) Today's Chuckle it That young man was studying for the and now he has decided to become a maybe that's not so He'll bring a lot more ple to repentance than he would a MEMBERS OF RUTLEDGE FAMILY IN CEDAR RAPIDS FOR TRIAL during the first recess at this picture shows Dr. Robert C. of St. Louis and members or his family who are in Cedar Rapids during the murder trial of the young Group Dr. Robert C. Rutledge of Dr. Robert C. his and Dr. and Mrs. Howard B. Goodrich of father mother of Mrs. Pratt Signs Contract for Stadium Use A contract was signed Monday noon by which the Cedar Rapids owned by Adam Pratt of will lease the Cedar new baseball stadium for three The Rockets open the season here Tuesday at p.m. against Keokuk in a Central sociation The principal terms of the lease show that the Rockets Memorial com- mission governing body of the five cents for each adult ticket prices are 75 and 50 before taxes are de- Pay for the water arid gas used at the stadium on the night of Rocket Furnish the er and parking lot Furnish police protection and liability and damage Assume responsibility for damage to the park except for normal wear and The Rockets guarantee the com- mission at least for a year's If the team should fold be- fore the schedule is the make up the what they have paid at five cents a head and the During the three years of this lease the Rockets must furnish membership in a class C or B If they acquire a franchise in a class A a new con- tract will be drawn probably with a higher In addition to the three years of the original the ets receive an option on five provided they can then furnish B or A The contract gives the Rockets the stadium only on the nights Central Association or other league On the other dates the Memorial commission may use the stadium as it sees Members of the Memorial com- mission said Saturday they had already agreed to use the park for the following events aside from the Rocket Two Cedar Rapids school baseball A came between Iowa Manufacturing of Cedar Rapids and Caterpillar Tractors of A baseball school to be operated by John Beck of dar and Otto University of Iowa A northeast Iowa teur baseball to be sponsored the Wholesalers and Jobbers bureau of the Chamber of Also under the the Rockets get the rights in the new They will run this concession both the nights of their own games and when the Memorial commission lets the stadium out for other In return for the concession rights on the other the Rockets will pay the commission on Page 5, Col 3.) Packard Price Cuts Announced DETROIT tions ranging from to on volume models of its new line of cars announced Monday by Packard Motor Car At the same time Packard dis- closed that its new transmission will be priced at The transmission is included as standard ment on Packard's 160-horsepow- custom Later it will as optional equipment at extra cost on other New Test Forced On Economy Issue WASHINGTON Senate Democrats Monday forced a new test on the economy vote that sent a appropriations back to committee last night with instructions to cut it. Senator Green who did not vote made a formal to reconsider that A vote on Green's motion will come probably after erable Senator McKellar chairman of the appropriations decided to seek a ond test because 15 senators did not including nine Today's Index Courthouse 5 Crossword 14 Daily Record 5 Deaths 5 Editorial 6 Firm Foto Facto 15 Radio 3 Want Women's 9 Writ Power Is Endorsed By Rayburn Administration Makes Concession in Bid To Get WASHINGTON Speaker Rayburn said after a conference with President Truman Monday that some emergency injunctive powers should be added to the ad- ministration labor to cope with strikes affecting the tional Rayburn is the number one ad- ministration spokesman in the where the President's lowers are fighting an uphill tle to save their from His surprise statement seemed to make it plain that the is ready to abandon its opposition to the injunctive vision in an effort win support in the crucial test vote expected It was the biggest concession the administration has made in the bitter house and one which seemed certain to provoke angry reaction from organized CIO and AFL leaders have at- tacked the injunctive provisions of the law as one of the main reasons why they want it wiped off the Approval Rayburn did not say whether Mr. Truman had approved his But it was assumed that the President had given it his okay in the hope it would pull his repeal out of the Rayburn one of the con- gressional big four who called the White House Monday for their regular legislative strategy conference with the Vice-president Acting Senate Majority Leader Meyers and House Democratic Leader McCormack sat in on the They let Rayburn speak for them on their way Rayburn said he informed Mr. Truman that he thought the house would reject the proposed Wood sponsored by a coalition of Republicans and southern crats as a substitute for the ad- ministration The Wood is expected to come to a vote The Lesinski backed by the ad- will not be ered unless the Wood measure it As Now As the Lesinski now a 30-day period would be provided in strikes affecting the national But there would be nothing but a tial request and public opinion to back up the The Wood would continue the period of the Hartley backed by authority for the President to seek an anti- strike Rayburn said he would support some changes in the original ad- ministration including of the President's gency powers and a free speech clause for employers and would like to see some gency powers for the President that would get around he told when you seize you never know when you will be able to turn it Democratic spokesmen have taken the position that the dent has inherent powers to seek injunctions in strikes affecting the national welfare or The Republicans and Rayburn said he thought those powers should be spelled out in the new Obstacle on Rail Track Is Probed CHICAGO Authorities are checking to learn whether aa attempt was made to wreck a fast Burlington mail Fire broke out in the diesel engine Saturday night after its fuel tanks were punctured by flying steel Several cars behind the engine also were pierced by the The bound from Chicago to was held up more than three and one-half hours at sub- urban Downers Police Chief Otto Springborn of Downers Grove said the train hit a rail blade which had been left on the A rail blade is a steel plate used to hold the main rail to the wooden Springborn said it had not been determined whether the blade was put on in a deliberate attempt to wreck the train or left there No cars were but the engine filled with men Downers Grove and Lisle put out the No one was
