Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - May 3, 1949, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Partly warm and low tonight about 65. Showers or thunderstorms Wednesday after- High Wednesday about 80. CITY FINAL 5 CENTS NEWS ON COCK DIAL ViM VOLUME CEDAR MAY 3, 1849. ASSOCIATED UNITED INTERNATIONAL NEWS BOY FATALLY HURT IN BALL GAME Woods Exodus Laid Formula For TO Red Rent Boost Housing Chief Issues SHANGHAI British and French craft left the Shanghai because of a reported plot to block their passage to a U. S. navy spokesman The from the of Vice Admiral Oscar C. said reliable sources told the navy that Communists planned to tle a ship near Chinese Nationalist that would have blocked larger ships from the The spokesman evidently dis- j closed this plot to offset that the U. S. navy had Woods Monday night run out on his long-awaited regulation ened I Details came from the same under which landlords may which previously tipped the navy that the Communists had a similar plan to bottle up naval vessels in Tientsin earlier this Rules for Landlords Seeking WASHINGTON Housing Expediter Tighe obtain rent increases if they can prove their operating costs warrant Under the rent control extension law passed by congress in Woods was instructed to set up a system under which landlords would be assured of a net operating Two Rental To dp he divided rental properties into small and large structures and ruled landlord operating a small one to four rental increase rents if his net operating income is less that 25 percent of his gross in- He will be granted an in- crease to bring his net income up to 30 landlord operating a ing with more than four rental units may increase his rents if his net operating income is less than 20 percent of his gross He will be granted an increase to bring his net income up to 25 Woods defined net operating in- come as income remaining after payment of all operating ex- penses and an No General the spokesman The navy evacuated numerous persons from Tientsin shortly be- fore the city fell and the route to the sea was Nipped in The spokesman said the sung plot was nipped in the He declined to give saying it was a Chinese He said that after the plot was nipped the liner President Wilson came up to the Shanghai front past the Woosung tied up at a pier and evacuated 300 persons after- an overnight It was learned that the were eyeing closely all ships in the Woosung area to pre- vent any scuttling The spokesman said the navy had not left the Shanghai He said three destroyers and an LCI craft were anchored near 12 miles from An LST was due He said the LCI was making a daily shuttle run between Shanghai and allowance for de- The spokesman pledged that the navy would keep ships here as long as there was any possibility Woods said the new regulation won't result in any general rent although he expected a flood of petitions from He admitted this meant a large percentage of the pleas for an in- crease would be turned down of an emergency He said the present group of ships can accommodate the still in Marines He disclosed that the transport last major U. S. vessel mainly because many leave the Shanghai put in capital expenses for j had gone to Tsingtao with all the operating marines who had been quartered Woods said all tenants would D This disclosure recalled Badger s statement last winter when the marines were brought here that he would consideration to the protection of American in Many business men thought he meant he would use the marines to guard their be informed of their petitions for rent in order that unfair claims may be Tenants in the smaller units will receive those in copy of the petition and large units will be in- formed by card or letter and lowed to see the The spokesman said any such the tenant he on the increase petition will stop while the com- plaint is How Flan He gave the following examples of how the new provision posed to On a small a landlord has an annual gross income of expenses of and a depreciation allowance of This leaves a net operating income of or 20 percent of his Since his net operating income is less than 25 percent he is entitled to an increase to 30 This requires a gross in- come of which will be ob- by letting him raise rents a year or about a month for the whole On a large lord has an annual gross income of with expenses oi probability was eliminated when Chinese Communists fired on British warships in the Yangtze river last He said the U. S. navy will not become embroiled in China's civil and a depreciation This leaves allowance of a net Mother's Pension Sold for Quarter MINNEAPOLIS Mrs Kathryn E. two little boys were not exactly their er's pride and joy They sold of her pension money to a stranger for 25 Mrs. widow of a World war II got a check She put the in bills high in the kitchen purposely out of reach of 5, and 6. But the boys could reach higher than she Each with a handful of they headed ting income of or 15 down the handing their cent of his Since it is less than 20 percent he is entitled to an increase to 25 This requires an annual gross income of to be obtained by ing his rents 594.50 a annually or Factors peal i The drafted by top Democratic was by a congressional comer from the 27-year- old Rep. It would replace the tration labor which called for outright repeal of the ley act and revival of the New Deal Wagner act with some Lisbon High Senior Hit By Baseball Glenn Rhoads Is Found Dead on Arrival at C.R. LISBON A 17-year-old Lisbon high school senior about a.m. Tuesday from a brain hemorrhage suffered after he was struck on the head by a baseball during a high school game Monday He was son el Mr. and Mrs. Lee farmers near Young Rhoads was a runner on second base during the sixth in- ning of a game between Lisbon and Wyoming high school Clifford the Wyoming wheeled about in the pitcher's box and threw ball to the second baseman In an fort to pick Rhoads off The ball struck Rhoads on the back of the Although Rhoads did not lose He left the game and was taken to the office of Dr. J. R. Gardner about p.m. Dr. Gardner said the youth recovered and was board of education would give ing well at his home when the any other reason for not renewing doctor called about 8. About 1 a.m. Rhoads began to The disturbance seemed to difficulty Dr. center around Taylor and was rushed to T hospital in Cedar House Gets Democratic Labor Plan Compromise Combines Provisions of Wagner WASHINGTON The new Democratic labor passed its first test Tuesday when the house refused to knock out a provision for 80- day injunctions against al emergency The vote was 238-132. WASHINGTON tration Democrats put a com- bination of the Wagner and acts before the house Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to salvage something of their original want Taylor ami want Lamont High Students On New Strike By John GAZETTE SUNDAY a closed meeting with high school students of the Lamont Consolidated school Tuesday afternoon the second dent walkout of the week got un- der Although Supt. E. J. Williams refused members of the press ad- to the students said that he had threatened action if there was another The number of students ly out the school building and off the school grounds at 2 p.m. was not ing 15 or 20 of the high school's 134 Approximately 150 students at the school went on strike Monday because of the school refusal to the contracts of three Richard acting Keith Keel and Mrs. Idell The students formed a parade and carried signs Williams Four Iowa Highway Patrol cars called to Lamont about a.m. Tuesday in tion with the disturbances drew at The patrolmen had been called by Sheriff Emory Hart of Buchanan The sheriff and his Nile were in Williams told reporters early Disliking this a number afternoon that the three Republicans and Southern teachers were not rehired the crats have got behind a of- General welfare of the by Rep. Wood to i Neither he nor members of the the act but re-enact most of its major New To take the steam out of this drive for the Wood the Taylor told reporters that held responsible for on Page 8, Col. 5.) promise was Speaker I cannot be Rayburn told reporters j DAILY WALK Robert C. and Sheriff James Smith are shown Tuesday walking from the Linn county jail to the courthouse where the young St. Louis doctor is on trial accused of the murder of Byron C. Hartman here last Dec. 14. Dr. who was weighed at the has lost 10 pounds since he surrendered on March 23, now weighs 175 School Speech Work Extended Into Summer By Art Plans to carry on a speech Laughren Appears as Third Attorney for Dr. Rutledge By Loyal The deliberate process of a jury for the murder of Dr. Robert C. mer for about 100 Cedar Rapids ground through its second day pupils were approved Monday night by the school Described as the only program of its type in the move would keep children On the basis of the present it is expected to take at least two special aid from I ti f r. T I OI tile regularly more days to the in vacation Roy director of special set its cost at Under the proposed a summer speech center for Cedar most serious cases will operate in three Jackson and Pupils rating help are those afflicted with articulatory re- 4u speech im- they told their mother paired hearing and cerebral palsy speech they met a nice man at the corner who them a bright silver quarter for the old paper Mrs. Hamstad said she hoped the man would bring the money that he had taken it from the Congress left it up to Woods to I boys only for decide what constituted a fair net I Police said they were not operating but it told him to take into account increased unavoidable increases in operating and maintenance major capital improvements as distinguished from ordinary tenance and increases or decreases in living space or ices and tion of housing Woods said he considered eral formulae before deciding on one which established the ple the net operating in- property is op- Chums Assist in Hunt for Selves Mass. Two little friends took a stroll in the marshlands Hours later they were deep in volunteers hunting for This is how it to work Peterson come from a rental less than a certain percentage of the gross the landlord is not receiving a fair net operating on Page 8, Col. 2.) Today's Chuchle lying in the hall unconscious with a piece of paper in his hand and a large box at his Wife new hat has and my employed have agreed through the with needs calling for one more to be In pointed twice the number of students due for need aid top and would get it if were Efforts Peterson said roughly 10 cent of all pupils need speech cor- rective and one to three percent are e r i o u Efforts along this line to date have been in Cedar he The summer program reportedly would keep a child's progress from or from reserving while school is Due to run for eight weeks be- The parents of Jane Marcou tween June 6 and July 29, the and Richard both 7, program will cost for the i j Mr tny i campaigned for the county Mrs. all of purchased cushions for thP County Attorney ed they were Volunteers went into the Jane and Paul spotted the the men were chasing So they little friend came eral of the men sweeping But they thought Another across the youngsters in their ing He told them the men were searching for little boy and Jane and Paul joined the They were hard at it when employes of a radio station recognized them and the hunt salaries of speech An extra would go for recording disks so children's speech can be played back and The school system will be bursed from the state ment of public instruction's ion of special Besides the Cedar Rapids Junior League has contributed to support May Be Peterson voiced a the speech center can become a permanent As another on Page 8, Col. 8.) 12. Three of the original jurors called were ex- morning by Judge J. E. Two of Leona F. Simon and Elmer L. Burger were re- leased after Heiserman Defense Attorney Sid Milner's challenge for Both had said they had opinions on the Third prospect excused was Herman whom Heiserman released reasons stated to the to replace them were Robert and Cedar William Crissman examined the three before the noon Laughren Enters Counsel table for the Rutledge trial was about loaded to capacity In 10 persons are seated around the long table before the Tenth person was added day He Is Lee F. who represented through the month custody battle in Milner opened Tuesday motion defense at- Milner explained that doing important work on the case did not know bow long it was going to Reading the counsel from 12 there is. and Sid defense Milner's Mrs. Pearl Mrs. the 27-year-old St. Louis after a two-hour conference of house leaders and house labor committee members promise would include these 1. Injunction similar to those now in the to deal with labor disputes threatening the national security or The administration omitted these Z. A guarantee of free speech to employers and unions in bor 3. A requirement that unions make regular financial reports 4. A requirement that employers and union officials sign oaths of loyalty to the government and swear they are not Communists before they can avail themselves of National Labor Board The law con- tains the non-Communist oath provisions as to the administration omits it 5. Creation of a joint committee to study management Earlier The compromise differs in some respects from five amendments which Rayburn said earlier in the day he When the announcement was made he Mr. and Mrs. John parents of the slain Byron C. assistant and County Attorney William There was a fourth attorney the courtroom on the side of Just visited the White but he was not counsel ibut said he was not speaking for Radio Jackpot Has Winner Laments Pa. An- thony who won an in prizes last month on the said Tuesday that she was a nervous wreck and winning the jackpot isn't all it's cracked up to Mrs. Perry and her a have given up plans for all the glamorous trips they've won because of The trips included a 10-day tour of England and a weekend at Louisville for the Kentucky didn't think it would be this Mrs. Perry just a nervous I guess I can't take The prizes included an elephant which she sold to a circus for She hopes to sell a set of The received their auto- mobile Tuesday but are about keeping it. like to keep Mrs. Perry we're not even sure of It may have to go to help pay the taxes of He is Ernest Folk long-time friend Dr. Rutledge's who has companied Dr. from Rutledge Looks Impressions of observers day that Dr. was looking more wan were con- firmed Tuesday when it was re- that his present weight is 175 When Rutledge rendered at the Linn county jail March 23, he weighed in at 185 During each recess Rutledge drinks a glass of Since his surrender he has been having milk between meals both morning and afternoon and has been ing a sedative for Last after The Gazette ing's proceedings with a to add Laughren a def purchased cushions for the jury Twenty-four were but up to this time they haven't been brought into .It was warm in the giving the participants some idea of how hot it may get if the trial extends into the hotter days of late Indications that Dr. Rutledge would rely heavily on law of self-defense were contained in his examination of prospective jurors Monday after- noon and Defense Stresses Milner and Barngrover mered away at several points in their questioning of the A defendant to presumed to until proved Circumstantial evidence mutt be much than direct evidence before a juror could beyond a. reasonable that the defendant b An indictment returned by the grand Jury Is no evidence in Itself of The principle reasonable on Pago 8, Col. 4.) the Here is what the first set of as outlined by would have 1. Authorize the President to in- either by obtaining an in- junction or by seizing if a strike threatened the public The act vides for injunctions to halt such 2. Make it that freedom of speech is assured to both sides in a labor Hartley has this 3. Require management and union leaders to file nist affidavits if they want to use the facilities of the National Labor Relations The law requires the oaths only from labor The administration does not require them at 4. Require that labor union reports be available to union and perhaps to the requires unions to file these 5. Require ing by both re- quires it of the tration requires it of Ford Union Votes Strike DETROIT executive board of Local 600, United Auto- mobile voted Tuesday to strike day at the Ford Motor Company's sprawling River Rouge In a telegram to UAW President Walter Local President Thomas Thompson said the action was taken because Ford violated its oral agreement to sembly line speeds during up grievance The strike would idle at River Rouge and paralyze the en- tire assembly system in 40 cities throughout the Mrs. Perry received her war bond and her wardrobe turned out to be four tailor-made really she I don't need four I guess maybe I'll sell some of those She's still waiting for a mink the diamond ring and a electric The couple decided not to take the trip to England when income tax officials told them they would ids by his He was dead on arrival at the hospital from a delayed Dr. Gardner Glenn's baseball Bernard said baseball was the youth's chief 'T never coached a boy who loved baseball like man was extremely conscientious about the game and about his Glenn played second base on the He was to be graduated from high school next Funeral services will be held at p.m. Thursday at the bon Federated Temperature in C.R. 88 at Cedar The mercury soared to seasonal highs in Iowa but the weather bureau predicted that thunderstorms expected to move into the state tonight will result in slightly cooler temperatures In Cedar Rapids the ture had reached 88 degrees by one above the previous high for the year 87 degrees en April High in Cedar Rapids Monday was 79 Low this morning was 56. In its five-day forecast the weather bureau predicted atures averaging six to nine de- grees above the normal highs of 70 and the normal lows of 42. It will be warm and warmer again the bureau Precipitation is expected to average one-half to one inch as showers on Wednesday and have to pay the tax on the value day and in the western portion of the Mrs. Perry gave away 25 auto- matic gold wrist watches to diers at a hospital at Pa. A gold watch I presented to her husband is up fori jof the state sale Bank Parley for Spain Authorized She said total income taxes WASHINGTON The amount to about if the full department has given Spain value of all the prizes is Missing permission to negotiate directly with the Export-Import bank for an American government Press Officer Michael announcing said a i i 3- In Checks ST. PAUL Police to talk with bank day recovered in checks and a borrowed automobile in At the same a highly in- formed government official said which a food market employe the United States still believes I Spain is a poor credit The abandoned was This official said he assumes the by a cruising patrol Sam 21, clerk of the Cut Price Super market was not in the Detective Lt. Joe Heaton Bruno disappeared about 1 p.m. Monday after leaving the market for a bank with in checks and in cash in a canvas according to Morris market The checks were found in a canvas Heaton but no cash was in the Officers planned to check the automobile for fingerprints in hope of finding new clues that would tell them what occurred after Bruno left the Halpern said the youth may have been kidnaped and He said Bruno was a trusted em- ploye and perfect Police said Bruno bad a He had worked at the market about six I bank will turn down the Spanish request for credits unless Spain makes economic reforms suggested by the U. Today's Index Comics Courthouse g Daily Record 8 Deaths 8 Editorial Features 6 Farm Foto Facts Marion Movies Radio Sports 18 Want Ads Women's Features 13
