Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - August 1, 1949, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Fair and pleasant through low tonight 60; high Tuesday 80, CITY FINAL i CENTS NEWS ON TOUR DIAL tl VOLUME 204 CEDAR AUGUST 1, 1949. ASSOCIATED UNITED INTERNATIONAL NEWS TS AT STATE HOSPITAL Hearing for Dr. Rutledge Under Way i Proceedings Have All Appearances of Last May's By Loyal August 1 looked a lot like the middle of last May in Linn county district court Monday as the hearing on Dr. Robert C. Rutledge's motion for a new trial got under hasn't been out of jail and hasn't seen his wife since a jury found him guilty May 28 of the second degree der Byron rejoined Mrs. Rutledge at the rear of the counsel table in Judge J. E. court to hear his neys urge their new trial Defense and state lawyers were lined up at the counsel Rutledge's ert C. Rutledge of and his Dr. Howard B. Goodrich of were in the A good share of the large press corps which covered the trial was back to cover the latest Bias Missing were 11 of the 12 bers of the jury which found ledge guilty of second degree juror on hand is Emil waiting to be called to the witness stand to undergo examination by Defense Attorneys R. S. Milner and Walter J. who allege that Novotny was biased against Rutledge be- fore the It began to appear as though the hearing on the new trial tion would require days to com- By the time court adjourned at a.m. until only three defense witnesses had been called to the One of Fred W. Cedar Rapids retold from the stand the conversations on a Vernon Heights bus be- fore the trial in he leges Novotny than expressed the opinion that ledge should be hung. That allegation was included in an affidavit signed by Hann which accompanied the defense's motion for a new Before Hann took the the defense called Court Clerk Ar- thur Axmear to establish the ord on the case and on Novotny's selection as a Signs Mrs. Walter A. cial court was sworn in and took in shorthand her own testimony under defense She verified a transcript of the official record Of the case to the questioning of No- during his examination as a prospective During that ex- Novotny said he had no opinion on the Defense attorneys still have two men who signed affidavits for them to call for examination concerning Novotny's They are John R. Parker and Walter C. who also rode the a.m. Vernon Heights bus on which Novotny is alleged to have made tbe re- Novotny signed an for the state to accompany its answer and resistance in which he denied saying that Rutledge should Three of his Angelo J. Jack Phillips and Charles signed affidavits in of At the request of the Novotny and the three neighbors have been ordered into court to undergo cross-examination by the With their testimony still to be taken and with other points in the new trial motion still to be it appears that the new trial tion hearing will require able Sympathetic To At the request of the Judge Heiserman ordered No- Biskup and lips the court room while Hann and other defense witnesses are who said he had known Novotny 40 said he had quent conversations with Novotny on the Rutledge case while they were fellow passengers on the bus. He said Novotny favored Hattman hie favored Asked under tion by Assistant County ney David Elderkin if he were sympathetic to Hann replied with an emphatic Questioned by Hann said that Novotny's usual expression of opinion was that Rutledge should i be hung. He quoted Novotny as telling os by Blake and Don DR. SYDNEY RETURN TO COURT Robert C. and his were once again the center of interest at the Linn county as the hearing oh the defense's motion for a new trial The young convicted of the slaying of Byron is shown at walking towards the courtroom preceded by his Dr. Howard B. Sydney and her father turned their heads at away from the camera as the courthouse at Ahead of them is Rutledge's Dr. Robert C. Man with his back turned is Deputy Sheriff Harlan on Page 4, Col. 2.) Council Changes Requirement for Can Receptacles Cedar Rapids Metal or plastic can and bottle containers were ordered into use throughout Cedar Rapids Monday with the passage ofta new garbage disposal Giving the measure full al with all three required readings at one city council bers ruled that wooden can re- no longer are They labeled the move a action to help reduce What Monday's new law does in effect is put can and bottle con- in the same category as regular garbage these are the new Can containers must be made of material such as metal or They must be placed close to the garbage can so collectors can easily pick up broken cans and similar They also must be all the Another provision is that these containers shall have a lid of the same material that they selves ave made of. And the cans may no larger than 24 gallons in Garbage were affected slightly by the new Before all the ordinances said was that each property owner must have one Now the law requires that there be a big enough can or as many as needed accommodate all the of the The limit in was set at 20 City col- lectors have trouble handling them if receptacles are larger than As explained by Mayor Frank and health were back of Monday's en- The city has he that and bottles are a greater breeding place for flies than garbage The new ordinance will take full effect immediately after probably within a few Lightning Is Fatal to Two Ball Players Fla. ning bolt was blamed for the death of two baseball players ing a game At least 50 among the 300 tators were injured as the bolt threw the crowd into a near The bolt cut a swath down the third base line 20 feet long and two and inches Killed were len L. and Shortstop Harris 24, Joe second was taken to a hospital with critical All three played for the Baker Gordon Baker left said he was thrown to the ground as he and other members of his team were running to their playing He said the lightning seemed to strike the homemade chicken wire barricade behind home was knocked to the ground and everybody else me was flat flash curved right off the i chicken wire and went down Iward third digging a trench as it heard women and dren screaming as they fled in terror the playing Munson in the semi-professional league composed of teams in ta Rosa Okaloosa Car 8 Die Ga. The of eight children Man Nabbed for Kissing His Wife WASHINGTON Roy 31, kissed and was arrested for disorderly Miffleton and his wife joined some friends for an outing at Mayo beach on Chesapeake bay According to here's what happened near the end of qnd destroyed virtually all means x If was hours be- Mrs. Miffleton went into fore COUnty authorities and state and changed from her troopers were able to list the swim When she came and some bodies could be Miffleton kissed on i distinguished by size one Not until the steel cooled did This was in charred bodies and victims of fire when their ancient crashed into a highway lay in funeral homes flames consumed the car Miffleton full view of the 12, and 6, who and of Mrs. Mary wife of the resort who No kissing on this said Mrs. said Mrs. fleton told her he'd kiss his wife whenever he wanted and this was one of the times he wanted One of John 28, defended More Cops Miffleton and Cain were ar- rested for disorderly conduct and each posted They'll appear before Trial Magistrate Norman Hazard at and let the judge Can a man kiss his wife ever he wants McGrath Accept New Jobs WASHINGTON dent Truman announced Monday that Attorney General Clark has accepted his offer of a supreme court appointment and that Sen. McGrath has accepted the attorney learn that the car had been crammed with a outing They were identified as Ollie 26, Nevada 19, of near Geneva 15, Rose W. 10, of near Pauline 27, and Mrs. Brown's three 4; 18 and Jo 3. Howley Quits as Chief in Berlin FRANKFURT United States Military Governor John J. McCloy announced Monday night that he has accepted the tion of Frank L. ley as American commandant in The announcement came only a few hours after Howley an- through his office in lin that he had asked the war de- to release Howley indicated that he hoped to return to the United States Sept. 7 to resume his advertising work in Reliable sources believed Maj. Gen. Maxwell European command chief of night succeed Birth Not Only in in Boat Too NEW YORK Babies have been born in taxicabs And babies have been born in But it is doubtful if a baby had been born in a taxicab in a boat until Mrs. Esther Einbinder took a taxi to reach a Staten Island The taxi took a ferry to get there in the fastest possible It wasn't fast A healthy girl weighing six or seven pounds was the cab while the ry rocked across New York bor from Manhattan to Staten Mrs. choice of ries was One of the passengers was Dr. Alfred P. physician in charge of the Halloran veterans hospital on the Dr. Upshur had expected a quiet he was kept very Prime Minister Attlee Laid Up LONDON Prime ister Attlee is becoming the third of Britain's big four leaders to go on the sick list in time of a national Attlee is ill at Chequers with a said a government south of is the country home of the prime In addition to his regular he has been supervising the for- eign office and treasury He took them over when Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin and cellor of the Exchequer Cripps went to continental Europe for medical attention and Only Herbert deputy prime minister and fourth ing member of the Labor ment remains Believed Held On Grounds To Escape a Raid Special to The INDEPENDENCE tion proceedings were started Monday by Buchanan County At- torney Allan Smith on five slot machines and or cases of liquor allegedly seized on the state hospital grounds here day The liquor and slot machines were said to have been found in a garage by Washington Township Constable Henry G. who turned them over to Sheriff Emery A. Other than to say he was ing condemnation Smith offered no comment on the Hart could not be reached for nor could is nothing I can say about it other than that I am starting confiscation Smith matter is being Dr. Lowell G. com- mander of the Independence post of the American also re- fused An Independence source who refused to allow his name to be divulged told The Gazette that the liquor and slot machines were be- to belong to a He said that late Saturday night the club received a tip by ephone that it was about to be raided by Members hurriedly loaded the slot machines and liquor into cars and took It to the garage on the hospital ently feeling it would be safe The hiding place was discovered by and he con- it. It was understood that two cent slot two 25-cent machines and one dime machine were j It was not announced whether liquor seized was Iowa Votes Arms Census LAKE N. Y. The United Nations Conventional Armaments Commission Monday approved plans for a world sus of all armaments except the atomic Russian Delegate Semyon K. charged before the 11- member commission that the United not was en- gaging in an arms race as the groundwork for World war His charge came in reply to an assertion made last Monday by United States Frank C. Nash that Russia was unwilling to agree to the international arms inventory because she and her satellites are unwilling let the rest of the world know how far they have gone in arming themselves for the world conquest which is their avowed The commission adopted the arms census sponsored by by an 8 to 3 with the Ukraine and Egypt The plan calls for each of 59 member governments to ply information on a fixed date concerning number of men it has under arms and type and ber of Progress Is Depicted by Atom Board Low-Grade Uranium in U.S. Supplies Help For WASHINGTON Atomic bomb production reached an all time high in the first six months of this year and is now on an the Atomic Energy Commission reported It revealed also that enormous tonnages of low-grade uranium ores have been located in this country and could be used to duce in an emergency if foreign supplies of high-grade ores were cut off. The disclosures were contained in the sixth semi- annual report to The 203-page report did not mention recent top-level secret conferences on the question of sharing atomic information with Britain and But it had a lot to say about the problem behind the United States dependence on high-grade uranium ores from Canada and the Belgian RESORT SALT LAKE CITY Fire early Monday destroyed part of the giant roller coaster at the famed Saltair resort on the south shore of Great Salt Cost C.R. Need Today's Chuckle put quotation marks at the ning and end of all the answers on your examination was quoting from the man in front of By Art The presence of definite need for housing in Cedar was City Assessor Jim conclusion Monday from his report last week of citywide over- crowded housing Speaking ai a close observer of the Scolaro also offered his view on what Cedar Rapids can do toward easing rent Two possibilities show ho 1. Building for to where two separate owners each would par only to 2. Erecting houses which include only the bare letting an owner add to and improve his place further as time and money This two fold recommendation came on the heels of a startling report last week which listed many specific cases of flagrant overcrowding in Cedar Up to 27, 22, and 19 people were found to be living in numerous family houses of eight or so More than a thousand persons also occupy trailers or in Cedar the study All this places and figures to back it from an informal census taken earlier this year by is a feeling on the part of some that low cost housing would be a detriment to our the assessor began in out- lining his we like it or there are a great many people In Cedar as there are elsewhere who are sadly ill need of Their limit of financial on the basis of a fair chance of ultimate liquidation surate with earning would be to to Scolaro all activity toward ing the here has been in the medium and higher cost from He termed that effort com- evidence that the ration point on this type of ing has been Scolaro the fact that a great many homes of from up are now on the They're ging for buyers because they not be he nothing has been done for the renter or potential BUS City which ordinarily made stops on Second avenue in the downtown but which were rerouted because of paving will resume their Second avenue stops Traffic Captain Remington has purchaser in the low It is generally agreed that under present coat not much in the way of housing can be provided for to especially if too much tai the way of modern conveniences Is Though some solution must ex- the assessor this a problem for the Then he suggested the tion of so-called twin a method tried already in some parts of the United As explained by this type of structure would be a two- family A fire wall the center would divide both One main plumbing unit and one central heating unit would serve the two costs purportedly would run to or complete and the structure on Page 4, Manager Of Greene's Opera Dies at 82 Cedar Will S. 82, long ated with the theater business in this died at his 1552 Washington avenue day at a.m. following a long Born Feb. 4, 1867, at he spent most of his life in Cedar While still a student at high he started working at Greene's opera house during tion Subsequently he be- came assistant manager and then manager working in sociation with John B. Henderson and also holding an interest in the He was with Greene's for 21 until it closed early in the 1920's, in the golden years when the foremost people in the theater were appearing there After Mr. Collier was with the Diebold motion picture interests in He was manager of the Palace theater there until 1944, when he retired because of ill Surviving are his the for- mer Maybelle to whom he was married Aug. 16, 1911, at Spirit Also surviving are a Mrs. H. H. Berth of St. and a Dwayne Snouffer of Los He was a member of Mt. man lodge No. 263, A. F. and A. Knights Templar of Apollo El Kahir Shrine and the Elks Private funeral services will be conducted in the Turner chapel at a.m. Burial will be in the Fairfax The family that era TRUMAN COMMENT WASHINGTON dent Truman said Monday that the nation's atomic policy the of the American I review the state of nation's atomic energy he firmly be- lieve that the people of the United States and all who rely the strength of this have reason for reassurance and It revealed that reserves of ores are being steadily built up to assure con- of Research is being pressed on new extraction methods to cut the cost of cessing the low-grade ores which abound in this And have been taken to improve and make more certain the supply of ore from The latter not ex- presumably referred to forthcoming negotiations with Britain and Canada for a term agreement on exchange of atomic information and division of uranium ore. The report similarly contained no direct reference to of hurled at the commission by Sen. but nearly every section of the re- port read tike an answer to The commission reported con- progress in all phases of the atomic strengthened security reduced costs of production and improvements in the intricate system used to account for every gram of fissionable and construction of new But the main emphasis was on the record output of new-model bombs of the deadly Eniwetok material is being produced in greater quantities than ever the report and more effective atomic weapons which were tested at Eniwetok in 1948 are in the components of these weapons are being produced on an trial basis by competent concerns or special facilities throughout the Costs 30 Percent In detailing what it called a marked advance in the tion the commission said unit costs of producing and t o m bomb nearly 30 percent lower than in 1947. A commission spokesman em- that large supplies of low-grade uranium ores in this country do not mean that the United States no longer needs Canadian and Belgian He explained that domestic ores on Page 4, Col. 7.) Today's Index Comics Crossword Daily Record 4 Editorial Farm Foto Marion 13 Movies Radio State Want Ads Women's Features
