Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - May 11, 1949, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Fair with low of 40 to 54. Thursday partly cloudy and with high of 74-78. CITY FINAL 5 CENTS NEWS ON torn out f: VOLUME 122 CEDAR MAT 11, 1949. ASSOCIATED UNITED INTERNATIONAL NEWS BERLINERS HAIL Fetters Is Found Sane At Hearing May Now Face an Old Murder Charge at Special te The ANAMOSA Fetters Choir 16, Accused jn Girl's Slaying Va. high school wrestler who sang in his church choir was charged day with the parish house murder of his pretty blonde Dana Marie handsome Lee Goode 16, gave detectives a ment Tuesday night after more than six Police Court Judge Samuel R. im- mediately swore out the murder The youth was held without 82, won his freedom from the Insane ward of the men's re- here Wednesday but he will be returned to Washington county for f fole prosecution on a 34-year- old murder In granting the man his freedom from the insane ward on a writ a habeas Judge G. K. Thompson cited the of sanity presented by trists during the hearing He said he would notify Warden Foss Davis to turn Fetters over to Washington county Fetters was committed to the reformatory insane ward late in 1914 for the alleged fatal 4 of Hugh of i Released several months he was returned to the reformatory on a court order issued by Dis- Judge J. G. who ruled that no legal hearing had been held to authorize re- Davis Warden Foss Davis of the re- was the state's only He testified that Fetters was being held in the insane ward at the reformatory and identified the order under which Fetters was Objection to a question by one of attorneys was in the cross He had asked Davis if Fetters was being held because he in- sane or because he did not want to be held in contempt of First witness for Fetters was Dr. Charles W. Graves of Des director of Iowa mental Dr. Graves testified that he examined Fetters last May 9 and found him Dr. Graves has no memory of the crime he is charged with committing and knows only what people tell Dr. Graves he lost all memory of events at that Dr. R. W. assistant of the state hospital at told how he and three other doctors examined ters in a routine checkup at the reformatory insane He said he also found Fetters He described amnesia as a set up by the mind in time of danger or This one Dr. Hobb does not make a man He said he believed Fetters is ready to return to life outside the Detectives said information from an anonymous telephone caller led them to question a senior at Jefferson high Dana also 16, was beaten and choked to death in the parish house of Christ Episcopal church Sunday Scott has sung bass in the choir there for two Details Police withheld details of his which they to call a confession hesitated Motive for the slaying remained a One officer said Scott's ment was and in- and indicated that more investigation will be necessary regarding the Police found the clothing which Scott wore Sunday night he told them it was in a closet at his Stains believed to be blood covered the brown corduroy tan trousers and saddle Scott's tanned face and hands were slashed with fresh which police believed Dana Marie might have inflicted while ing for her Her body was found Monday morning in the kitchen of the parish Broken dishes and soft drink bottles and overturned chairs indicated a desperate Both Eagle Scott and Dana Press FORD CONFEREE PASSES S. Ford ident and director of industrial offered a cigar to United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther when they resumed Ford strike negotiations Mrs. Bugas gave birth to a 14-ounce boy earlier in the Note the sponge in the palm of Heather's hand for exercising the fingers of the arm injured by a gunman seeking his Marie were well-known and popular among their fellow But said Scott never dated the blonde who was described as and reserved toward who is an Eagle Scout and has many girl is a member of the Young People's Service League at the church where Dana Marie was She did not belong to the same church but attended the league meetings just couldn't have done father of the accused boy shouted at detectives when they took Scott in Health Program Set Up for Linn he is Landess on Another witness at the hearing Verne D. tendent of the insane ward at the He described Fetters as an in- worker who spent his spare time reading and said that Fetters never Fetters to his knowledge became violent or was under his supervision for six Deputy Sheriff Robertson said that during recent month stay in the Washington county jail he did a great deal of work and was and Fetters took the stand to tell of spent in the He also told in 1928, he un- successfully attempted to gain his freedom on a writ of Asked how he felt in 1928, com pared with the present h replied FRENCH APPROVE PARIS The French cabinet approved the Atlantic Pac Wednesday and will propose adoption by convenes May 17. Today's Chuckle Housewife meat much are pork Butcher cents a Housewife butcher across the street sells them for 40 cents a don't you buy them from hasn't any when I don't have I sell them for 20 cents The Citizens Health Committee Linn thwarted by ative failure to provide an quate law for health decided Tuesday to tackle specific problems one by Its executive which en- without success to pry a health out of an ful senate re- ported that it appeared financially unwise to attempt a setup under present Specific problems to be taken up by the committee 1, fly 2, restaurant 3, proper reporting of com- 4, tion against 5, wide 6, general tional work to promote better and 7, educational work leading to passage of permissive committee gave its tive group power to act in ing out the Members of this group Van Vechten committee C. L. chairman Linn county board of Louis hospital Frank K. of Cedar E. C. ing editor The Walter Linn county ent of Clyde superintendent of Cedar Rapids Dr. David E. the medical Mrs. M. V. Heefner of Linn county Farm Bechtel Public Welfare S. R. committee and Mrs. W. H. president cil of Social Situation Vague In Chinese War SHANGHAI on fighting on some sectors of the front around Shanghai were pressed Wednesday but the admitted that a new Communist drive was developing to the Wednesday's military que and Chinese press reports contained only the briefest tion of developments at 30 miles where the ment reported that three nist armies had started a strong at- tack It was believed that either the weight of the Communist threat Reuther Warns Leftists To Quit Meddling DETROIT Walter P. president of the CIO United Auto I warned left-wing elements of the union Tuesday to quit meddling in th strike against the Motor as peace talks were recessed unti angered by a group p 40 UAW men and women who picketed the office building where the conference was threat ened deal workers disobey the who met for th first time since the walkout of workers at the key River Rouge and Mercury plants began last reported that was during the hour The which threatens to throttle Ford's multi-million lar business within a matter o already has idled workers and forced shutdowns 6 13 assembly lines of the company The union president said the meeting was of an ex- ploratory The pickets carried placards de- nouncing the alleged assembly line speedup which caused the They dispersed when Rouge Local President Thomas Thompson ordered them to leave told the United Press that are a few Communists at Ford's as there are among any group of 65.00C Reuther said the picketing was and by certain avowed Communist He said a Communist element in the union was stir other grievances and that will be dealt The UAW international tive Reuther had un- decided that no issues than those under which the strikes began would be brought up at the Result Pleased Critics England critics hailed a ing in the town library exhibit as an excellent example of modern art. Wednesday it was 1. That the exhibitor was a 6- year-old 2. That he had plastered a blank piece of paper with all the colored he could find and that the cat accidentally sat n the middle of the completing the Agrees to Departure of Red WASHINGTON The government has agreed to let an- other top who has been the target of deportation leave the country He is Ferdinand C. 58, native of Jamaica and former tional secretary of the CIO there was overestimated or the tional Maritime Justice de- situation was such that the files him as preferred not to for years t- In Com- Rankin Flays Pension Curb WASHINGTON The veterans pension reported out Wednesday by the house veterans contained league barring pensions for veterans able to work more The unemployability ment was hotly opposed by man Rankin He told Teague cuts out of the World war I veterans 65 or It is the worst blow they have received to date since the economy act of 1933." The economy act reduced erans As the now it pension benefits totaling a billion dollars a year through the year 2000, Independents Win Contest at Coe on Picture There were two frosh out at Coe Tuesday night who probably left the table without They had plenty in the after- Crowned Kings of the campus were Harlan Dirks of Grundy Center and Vern Dolmage of Victor who disposed of ly number of lemon and butterscotch concoctions in Held in connection with annual Plaid Shirt day festivities on the Cedar Rapids delight traditionally enrolls teams from all the men's social Winning team this year made away with three pies in hands Representatives of the independent the two were crowned with plaid diadems and presented plaided bow Mistress of ceremonies for the event was Judy Jostes of representative of Kappa Delta rority annually sponsors Plaid Shirt Andre Appointed To Succeed Kildee As ISC Ag. Dean on Iowa Tuesday named Dr. 39, to succeed Kildee as dean of agriculture at Iowa State Dean Kildee retires July 1 it the age of 65. Dr. a native of now is assistant dean of ture at the University of consin David board said Dr. Andre lived on a farm near New until 1920. He took his undergraduate and graduate work at Iowa State col- receiving a B. S. degree 1931 as an honor He re- his master's degree from ISC in 1933 and his doctor's de- gree in 193S. His major field was Dr. Andre was research ant in entomology at the Iowa experiment station a assistant in the department of agriculture at Iowa State in 1933. He spent a year with the U.S. forest service and then re- turned to Iowa State where he was associated with the teaching staff and experiment station un- til 1938 when he went to the U.S. department of agriculture bureau of entomology and plant tine in In 1946 he went to the University of sin as assistant director of the agricultural experiment station and professor of Dr. Andre also will take over as director of the college agricultural experiment station and of the agricultural extension sitions held by Dean Dr. Charles president of Iowa State said that Dr. Andre said he would accept the positions as of July 1. Collins in Murder Trial Outline Events on Pay Of Describe Hague Rule By Loyal Dr. Robert C. spent his 28th birthday ln court on trial for the murder of Byron C. man last Dec. 14, The courtroom was packed for both morning and afternoon Most of the spectators were only 13 men iri at- tendance during the Dr. Rutledge heard Kenneth L. Collins Radio Company director of mechanical tell of room in the Emerson ric Company in St. Louis where both Mrs. Rutledge and Hattman Their about 20 to 30 feet faced each Ebershoff who said he was well acquainted with Hattman testified he met the Emerson er about Nov. 1 while encaged in work for Collins as a sub- contractor to the St. Louis Following Hattman to on occasion to con- sult with him on Knew Mrs. He said he Hattman worked in office from to noon 1 to p.m. last Dec. 14, the date of JERSEY Am the 73, last of the oldtime city political faces a probe of his 32-year rule of sey by the new tion elected John V. whose fusion slate broke the reign of the cratic said he would ask Superior Court Judge William J. Brennan to im- pound the Hague I a d i records to pre- vent their being He said a large staff of auditors would be put to work on the books as soon as he and four 1 commiss i o n e r s take office next who will be chosen mayor by his city com- was elected by votes to for Mayor Frank Hague nephew of Hague who headed the machine Thousands of Jersey City dents danced and paraded in the street until the early hours Wednesday celebrating the end of Hague The crowd hung a new sign on city hall new trusted Hague was ousted as a ward leader by the Democratic tain last man's Ebershoff also told the under questioning by At- torney William he was acquainted with Mrs. as he called her He also testified that he knew Bob met him on a. it was Labor the Rocket from St. I observed Sydney in the club ear and went over to where she came in and she introduced me id Next Crissman asked Ebershoff how Hattman had acted on Dec. 4. brought an immediate from Defense Attorney lid Judge J. E. Heiserman hen excused the jury and went nto chambers with counsel to thrash out legal questions on the as evidence of such The conference con- past Kudrna Crissman had asked if he had observed TOKYO Kyodo news agency from Sapporo Wednesday that persons were left homeless by fire destroyed 600 homes town of Any Compromise Be By Ac he son Hints WASHINGTON ary of. State Acheson indicated Wednesday that success of the Big Four conference on Germany will on how ar the ians will go along with plans eady laid out by Western He told a news conference that he United intends mand full guarantees of civil for the German people and will not any proposals which do not provide for such Acheson made this later authorizing direct a solution can be reached in Paris of upon the willingness of he Russians make or consider proposals which will not retard in any way whatsoever the great regress which has been made y the Western Powers in their to bring as much of many as possible into a condition it can be a peaceful and constructive of the com- munity of free nations in The meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers opens at Paris May 23. In the of can maneuvers at Acheson went than any top ican official had gone to suggest publicly that if are to be made for ment Germany they will have to be made by He praised to the limit the of Berlin lift pilots and credited their efforts with defeat -ol the blockade of he said body is delighted that the airlift brought end to the no one regard ment alone as having solved the problems of Acheson the end of restrictions on Berlin merely restores situation to what if Was months agd and makes renewed negotiations temperament and dis- Milner objected and was by Ebershoff completed his mony shortly after court vened at 2 p.m. He was followed to lie stand by another Collins em- an al He testified he had Hattman at the O. K. Drive-in at loon on the day of his At p.m. Paul er of the loop was called o the On the stand when court con- ened Wednesday morning was of Detectives W. J. He remained there until 11, when he state's 13th was Kudrna was called to the stand Tuesday afternoon ing testimony of two Des Moines One of L. W. said he had heard the sounds of a scuffle from his room of the Roosevelt hotel on the night of the The during which he testified he heard someone killing lasted about one cross-examination by Sheets was questioned about an Interview he had with Defense Attorney Leo F. ren in Des Milner Sheets If he had not then mated the time at between three and five Sheets replied that fce It was his own not as reported fcy The Gazette went to that had suggested lie into ment of know that we for that a minute can be very lone related to certain or It can be related to o t h e r Sheets Sheets said his judgment was three to five minutes at the but that be his estimate a minute beforo to Cedar Milner then asked Sheets if tion was Sheets was a very good termed the election rebellion against the most cc rupt political machine tory of the United Hague's only comment on the outcome of the election was a 12- word statement issued people wanted it that he it's all right with Never had who at one time was a hall tasted defeat in a city sWept all five places on the city now regular Democratic END City Gay as Removal of Curbs Near Schools and Stores Cubs Prepare for All-Night BERLIN A holiday atmosphere similar to New Year's prevailed Wednesday in Western where more than Germans began celebrating the lifting of the Soviet blockade scheduled for one minute after midnight tonight p.m. All Western Berlin closed for the day after brief monies marking the imminent end of the 11-month-old Stores began closing early in day and all were shuttered by Private clubs mads plans an all-night Newspapermen from all Western Europe swarmed into Berlin and some 90 miles west of where first train was to cross into the viet Planes Roar Station masters from the British border and the Soviet border met at the ceremoniously drank a. bottle of beer each and then removed a sign that said Low the great cargo planes that saved Western Berlin from falling by force of starvation the Soviet orbit kept ing in and out of the Tuesday the airlift announced its second best day in of supplies in flights for the 24 hours ending at Soviet officials said were willing to remove ian on Western publications in: the ern zone Thursday if the Allies would do the same for Soviet zone publications in their There vas no immediate response from Vestern Russian Peace The in a quick bout from the bitter days of ter when the cold war seemed about to burst into painted the dove of peace on their first locomotives scheduled to steam West with goods from the East. There were growing that the Russians intended to live Witness Asserts Yugoslav Builds Red Ring in WASHINGTON for- mer Yugoslav official charged Wednesday that the Yugoslav gate to the United Nations is de- a secret police network for from his luxurious avenue apartment in New Bogadan former the Slav press officer in this ter of the said the network is being built by He said Vilfan as a public sent to their deaths of thousands of innocent appeared before a ate judiciary subcommittee to port a to tighten immigration laws so sabotage and subversive agents could be kept out of the country or He said two members of the Yugoslav delegation to the U.N. general assembly were workers for Stalin rather than Marshal He said they are Srdjan Prica and Steve He described them as figures in lie Communist After Tito's break with the the of- Yugoslav foreign service employes here and in Canada mam mission is not to develop diplomatic he to work for the Soviet Union and its plans in the U. S. or wherever they Wednesday morning Kudrna on Pact Cot i Vandenberg Asks Ties with Spain WASHINGTON Vandenberg Wednesday joined a growing congressional move for full diplomatic relations with Vandenberg said there is reason why we should not have an ambassador to if we have one in Chairman Connally of the foreign relations committee said Tuesday that see ho reason why this country should not resume full diplomatic tions with senate bi- partisan foreign policy now are behind the They splashed fresh paint on their border station Helmstedt and sent road crews out again to give the grown tracks a final safety The official Soviet newspaper Rundschau said is now clear that peace secured in The scene at Helmstedt bled the Oklahoma land Hundreds of waiting to return to Berlin along the lane lined up their battered bi- carts and even wheelbarrows for the Russians Prepare The Russians prepared the way to handle the They manned automobile repair established a towing opened gas and oil stations and re- painted road signs stained by the winter's snow and All signs were printed in four Russian and In Berlin the Helmstedt scene was duplicated as thousands pre- pared to relatives in the West for the first time in nearly a Others prepared to leave farms in the Soviet zone to forage and barter for British E c o n o m i s t in Western Germany Slain BERLIN Sir John British Military ment was shot to death at in Western Germany Tuesday officials reported On the basis of scant details re- at British headquarters it was assumed Sir John was killed while trying to fight off one or more j Wholesale Food Prices Decline NEW YORK Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index this week declined to from a week The current index is 18 percent Jelow the level of 93. It the total cost at wholesale of a pound each of 31 foods in general Today's Index Comics 3 Crossword Dally j Deaths j Editorial Features 6 Farm Foto Faets Marion Radio Want Ads Women's
