Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1936 — Page 3

MARCH 25, 1936

3000 APPLAUD KIRK M'KINNEY AT RALLY HERE Courty Backing Indicated for Former HOLC Chief in Governor Race. The 231 state convention delegation from Marion County, it appeared today, will be almost solidly behind the gubernatorial candidacy of E. Kirk McKinney, if the county Democratic rally in his honor las night at Tomlinson Hall is an indication. To the accompaniment of glowing praise of Mr. McKinney from almost every county and city Democratic leader, some 3000 spectators “whopped it .p” for the former city works board president and Indiana director of the Home Owners Loan Corporation. McKinney supporters said they were going to outshine the Tomlinson Hall attendance at the rally last week for Pleas E. Greenlee, who with Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, are chief opponents of Mr. Kinney. They did. Lauds McNutt Administration Mr. McKinney spoke briefly and included in his address an indorsement of the McNutt administration. ‘I personally have not always agreed, more particularly politically, with some of Gov. McNutt’s advisers.” Mr. McKinney said, “but Gov. McNutt’s administration has made an excellent record.” Expressing the hope that his candidacy can be the means of consolidating the various factions of the party in the fall, Mr. McKinney said: Pledges Party Loyalty “Leaders in the party have told me they thought the man to win this fall must be a man of executive ability, a man in whom the working man, the farmer and the business man have confidence, and a man who every one in the state felt was not a candidate of any particular faction or group. “You who know me best will believe me when I say that I can, if nominated, go before the people of the state and tell them I am a candidate uncontrolled by any one, and free to work only for the best interests of all the people of Indiana.” He assured his listeners he is going to “conduct my campaign in such a manner that, regardless of the outcome of the June convention, I shall be in a position to do my part in the most effective way possible for the election of the candidates nominated both in the primary and in the convention.” Kern and Sullivan Speak Walter C. Boetcher, Marion county chairman, called the meeting to order and Evans Woollen Jr., city controller, presided. Both Mayor Kern and former Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan praised Mr. McKinney’s record highly and termed him the logical man to carry on the achievements of the McNutt administration. Other speakers were: Russell Ryan, former Superior Court judge; Mrs. John Bingham, county vice chairman; Mrs. Albert H. Losche, Twelfth district vice chairman; Maurice M. Feuerlicht Jr.; Dr. Theodore Cable, city councilman; James E. Deery, Twelfth district chairman; Charles Lutz, representing labor; Mrs. Marcia Murphy, Eleventh district vice chairman, and Ira P. Haymaker, county recorder, who had charge of arrangements.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 9 MARKS ANNIVERSARY Organization Celebrates Its Silver Birthday at Church. Boy Scout Troop 9 began another year today following the celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary last night in the Irvington M. E. Church. Approximately 125 persons attended. Speeches were delivered by Hubert T. Vitz, field commissioner of the local council; Arthur W. Macy, H. C. Thomas and Allen P. Vestal, former chairman of the troop committee, and Arthur C. Broecker, chairman. Second-class badges were presented to Earl Sluder, Paul Lewis, Clair Parker and Robert Harris, and tenderfoot badges were given to Jack Patterson, Elwood Rogers, Robert Day, Phil Lybrook and Earl Williams by F. O. Belzer, Scout executive. A pitch-in dinner preceded the meeting. Harry Weaver is scoutmaster. HARRISON TROOPsTo MARK U. S WAR ENTRY Sham Battle to Be Staged at Fort Afternoon of April 6. Tjoops at Fort Benjamin Harrison are to observe the nineteenth anniversary of the entry of the United States into the World War, Monday afternoon, April 6, with a sham battle. A half-day of activities is being arranged by Col. George V. Strong, regimental commander of the 11th Infantry at the request of Brig. Gen. W. K. Naylor, post commandant. Tactics and equipment used in time of war are to be displayed in the battle which is to be open to the public. LOCAL DE MOLAYS TO HOLD DANCE SATURDAY Indiana Legion of Honor to Be Feted at Affair. The local De Molay chapter is to entertain the Indiana Legion of Honor Association with a spring dance in the Scottish Rite Cathedral Saturday. Sunday the Legion is to hold its. semi-annual obligatory services and meeting. La Mont Miley and Paul Johnson are in charge of the dance. Lambert Christie is handling the publicity. Edward Peters is chairman of the reception committee, which,includes Thomas A. Weber, Harry J. Root Jr., Bernard Jasper, Travis T. Wilson and Ralph Brown. See New 1936 Cabinet Model Speed Queen jOs Electric W'ashcr with Jflßil *3|838 Safety-Roll Wringer fSfhajHVfi an exclusive feature. MM 18l fi Vonnegut's ‘frlffi 130 g. Washington. Iwu)

SUPER-LINER QUEEN MARY IS BEING PREPARED FOR SPEED TRIALS

PREPARE LINER FOR TRIAL RUNS Only Captain Is to Know When Speed Tests * Begin, End. By United Press GLASGOW, Scotland, March 25. —The giant liner Queen Mary, Great Britain’s entrant for blue ribbon honors on the North Atlantic, was to go to Southampton today for finishing touches preparatory to her speed trials and maiden voyage to New York, May 27. She completed her first voyage—-15 miles from Clyde to Greenmck on the Clyde River—yesterday. The trip was made without incident. The liner moved slowly and carefully, never over 10 knots. About 1,000,000 persons watched the 80,773-ton Cunard White Star vessel when she was cast off. A million more watched along the route as the great ship was taken slowly down river. Before the ship is ready for service she needs only finishing touches. Since work was restarted two years ago, some 250,000 people have worked on her directly or indirectly, it is estimated. She is to compete for the luxury trade between the United States and Great Britain and France, but King Edward VIII, on his recent visit of inspection, said of her: “This ship is built for utility.” At Southampton, workmen will scrape barnacles off the ship’s hull, and put on the final coats of paint. Then the liner will put to sea for trial runs. So secret will be the trials that only the captain will know when they are started and ended.

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Vera Stretz Buries Head in Hands as Pictures Are Shown. By United Press NEW YORK, March 25.—Photographs of the body of Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, stretched out on the floor of his apartment with blood from his death wounds staining his white nightgown, were introduced today at the trial of Vera Stretz, blond accused of his murder. The pretty defendant kept her eyes buried behind her. hands so that she would not see the grewsome pictures. She did not break down, however, as she did yester-

EUROPE CONFUSED, IS VIEW OF SIMMS Diplomats Muddled in Hunt for Peace, Is Claim. (Continued From Page One) opia. They are backing down on Germany. It is not a question of right or wrong. The point is that Europe has quibbled and haggled and backed away from the straight line as laid down by the covenant and* the associated pledges until today she faces a situation where she may well be doomed if she does or doomed if she does not. The important thing for the moment is that the danger of immediate war seems definitely averted. Once the German elections are out of the way next Sunday, and the French elections a month later, wholesale compromises on the part of France, Britain, Italy, Ethiopia, the League of Nations and the Locarno powers may possibly provide a basis for the proposed world peace conference. Germany is left out of the list advisedly, for few believe Hitler will or can safely retreat very far from the stand he has taken. On the contrary, he may add to the difficulties and dangers by moves to exploit the present divergencies and uncertainties and make the old-fashioned balance of power Europe's only escape from the present madhouse.

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The super-liner, Queen Mary, above, is being prepared for her speed trials, after having made her maiden voyage down the narrow Clyde River from the yard at Clydebank, Scotland. The 15-mile trip yesterday was made without serious incident. Although the ship grounded twice in the narrow, twisting stream, she was floated easily each time.

OFFICIAL WEATHER United States Weather Bureau_.

Sunrise 5:40 I Sunset 6:03 TEMPERATURE —March 25, 1935 7 a. m. ■ 4K 1 p. m 53 —Today—--6 a. m 42 10 a. m 45 7 a. m 43 11 a. m 49 Ba. m 44 12 (Noon) 51 9 a. m 45 lp. m 52 BAROMETER 7 a. m 30.07 1 p. m 30.13 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 6.12 Deficiency since Jan. 1 2.66 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo, Tex Clear 29.78 38 Bismarck, N. D Clear 29.96 10 Boston Rain 29.98 40 Chicago Clear 29.98 36 Cincinnati PtCldy 30.06 46 Denver Cloudy 29.72 24 Dodge City, Kas Clear 29.80 36 Helena. Mont Clear 29.92 14 Jacksonville, Fla Clear 30.06 64 Kansas City, Mo Clear 30.02 36 Little Rock, Ark Cloudy 30.00 52 Los Angeles Clear 29.90 42 Miami, Fla Clear 30.10 72 Minneapolis Clear 29.88 24 Mobile. Ala Cloudy 29.94 68 New Orleans Cloudy 29.92 72 New York Clear 29.92 50 Okla. City. Okla Cloudy 29.90 48 Omaha, Neb Clear 30.04 28 Pittsburgh PtCldy 29.96 48 Portland. Ore PtCldy 30.08 34 San Antonio, Tex PtCldy 29.82 60 San Francisco Clear 29.96 44 St. Louis Clear 30.06 44 Tampa. Fla Clear 30.08 68 Washington, D. C. ...Cloudy 29.94 54 Travel Club to Meet Friday The Hawaiian Chapter, International Travel Study Club, is to meet Friday noon in the Colonial Tea Room. Airs. Robert White is to preside. Hostesses are to be Mrs. W. D. Thompson, Mrs. George Shake and Mrs. William Huffman.

day when first prosecution testimony was given. The photographs were put into evidence through testimony of Detective Daniel R. Barry, police photographer, who was called to Dr. Gebhardt’s apartment after Miss Stretz shot him four times early on the morning of Nov. 12. Samuel Leibowitz, defense counsel, made no objection to the photographs. Indicating again that self-defense will be the basis of his attempt to save Miss Stretz from the electric chair, Leibowitz closely questioned William H. Loughran, civil engineer of the district attorney’s office. Loughran was called by the state to establish measurements of the rooms in Gebhardt’s apartment. Leibowitz’s questions carried an indication that he will attempt to sho w that Miss Stretz was attempting to leave Gebhardt’s bedroom when the shooting occurred. The prosecution has sought to establish that Gebhardt possibly was defenseless in bed when Miss Stretz shot him. Miss Stretz, by comparison to yesterday when her appearance of an imminent collapse led Judge Cornelius Collins to call an early adjournment, was composed. She fidgeted nervously and twisted a large lace handkerchief in her hands but did not break down in hysterical sobbing.

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CIVIL LIBERTIES' ABUSESPROBED La Follette Springs Surprise by Sudden Launching of Investigation. By Scripps-Haward Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, March 25.—A preliminary investigation of violations of civil liberties was suddenly launched today by a Senate subcommittee headed by youthful Senator Robert M. La Follette (R. Wis.). Open hearings will be held soon to determine whether the Senate will be asked to authorize a fullsized investigation with powers to sit during recesses of Congress, to subpena witnesses and papers, and to recommend remedial legislation. If carried out, this would be the first general investigation of civil liberties violations ever made by Congress, it is said. The subcommittee consists of Senators La Follette, Elbert Thomas (D., Utah) and Louis Murphy (D., la.). It was appointed by Chairman David I. Walsh (D„ Mass.) of the Senate Education and Labor Committee, who intends himself to sit as an ex-officio member. Senator Walsh acted after Senator La Follette introduced a resolution proposing a full investigation. This resolution, directs the Education and Labor Committee “to make an investigation of violations of the rights of free speech and assembly and undue interference with the right of labor to organize and bargain collectively.” The labor rights authorization could be made a weapon to search deeply into the obstructionist tactics used by some employers to block enforcement of the Wagner Act, and also the use of labdr spies and of “private armies,” outfitted by leading munitions-makers, to break strikes.

HOME IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION—MORGAN Purdue Psychologist Points Out Importance of Attitudes. Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 25 The home is a more significant educational institution than the school, according to Dr. Clellan Morgan, Purdue University psychologist. “The home is the most significant of all educational institutions because here children learn attitudes which are even more important than is the knowledge of facts,” he pointed out. “It is not enough merely to learn a set of habits of action. The child, at home and at school, must learn how to judge situations and choose its own course of action,” Dr. Morgan said. CIVIC GROUP TO MEET South Side Committee to Discuss Street Improvement. The central committee of South Side Civic Clubs is to meet at 8 tomorrow night in the Garfield Park community house to discuss need for permanent improvement of S. State-av, J. Ed Burk, committee member, announced today. Mayor Kern, Wayne Coy and many county and city officials have been invited, he said.

STEVE HAS TWO MEANS OPEN TO OBTAINRELEASE Error Writ, Executive Order Could Release Him From Prison. (Continued From Page One) counsel and Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr., and his assistant, Edward Barce, the high court action was the sixth such since 1925 when Stephenson was given a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indianapolis. Error Writ Now Sole Hope The high court's opinion, unanimous and written by Justice Michael J. Fansler, Logansport, held that “prior decisions are that a prisoner sentenced by courts having jurisdiction can not be released through writ of habeas corpus.” Atty. Gen. Lutz and Mr. Barce contended in trial argument that Judge Worden whs attempting to usurp the authority of the Supreme Court by passing on a case which had been heard and affirmed by the upper tribunal on appeal. The state also contended that no court has the right to review the acts of a court of equal jurisdiction, a position occupied by the La Porte and Hamilton courts. Rule Might Bring Conflict “The respondent (Judge Worden, who was defendant to the temporary writ of prohibition) contends that this rule (on jurisdiction) should be changed to permit the respondent court to investigate and pass upon the conduct of the trial and conviction,” the opinion held. “Any such a rule would lead to intolerable conflicts of jurisdiction and the destruction of the orderly processes by which justice is administered. “The only question presented for decision is whether tbe La Porte Court may, on petition of any or all of the prisoners committed to the Indiana State Prison, review the proceedings of any or all other courts of like jurisdiction within the state and discharge any prisoner if it is determined that he did not have a fair and lawful trial. “The petition for habeas corpus shows on its face that the Hamilton Circuit Court had jurisdiction to render and that the petitioner is the identical person against whom judgment was rendered, and the respondent court (La Porte) therefore has no jurisdiction to interfere with execution of the judgment, nor to inquire into the legality of the proceeding upon which this judgment is founded.” Kunkel Merely Agent Warden Louis E. Kunkel, of the State Prison, against whom the habeas corpus writ was directed, merely is executing judgment of the court that convicted and sentenced Stephenson, the opinion pointed out. Stephenson based his habeas corpus writ on the fact that the Marion Circuit Court clerk failed tc sign the transcript on a change oi venue to Hamilton County, and on the allegation that threats against his life prevented him from testifying in his own behalf in the Hamilton County trial. The former Klan chieftain must wait until 1940 to take action through the State Clemency Commission because no petitions foi parole of lifers are considered until after the prisoner has served at least 15 years.

6 TONS OF BEEF TO GRACE CLUB TABLE Columbia Members to Hold Dinner Tomorrow. Twenty-four choice steers, or six tons of beef on the hoof, have been ordered for the Columbia Club's forty-seventh annual beefsteak dinner tomorrow night, John K. Ruckelshaus, entertainment committee chairman, said today. Assisting Mr. Ruckelshaus are Albert J. Beveridge Jr., Wallace O. Lee, Dr. J. H. Kemper, Dr. Harry F. Parr, R. Stewart Bailey and Courtland C. Cohee. A three-tier birthday cake, weighing more than 100 pounds, is to be topped with a replica of the club building, 36 inches high, lighted electrically. More than 700 guests are expected to honor the quarter century club members and hear Charles Milton Newcomb, humorist, make the principal address.

Floods Increase Work as Steel Industry Prepares for Boom Through Area Desirable Physical Improvement in Devastated Area Seen as Partial Offset to Suffering Caused by High Waters in Eastern States. By Scripps-H award Newspaper Alliance NEW YORK, Marcn 25.—Substantial immediate re-employment on useful work, followed by desirable physical improvements in devastated areas, was seen today by leaders in the steel industry as a partial offset to the suffering caused by the now subsiding floods. In the case of Pittsburgh, at least, the re-employment will benefit directly the very persons who were victims of the flood, for the United States

Steel Corp., the district’s largest employer, expects that its dozen or so plants in that area will expand their activities materially to provide steel for reconstruction purposes. The corporation expects to have all its plants in the flood area in practically normal operation by the end of this week, it was learned from an authoritative company source. Only Two Mills Down Two of the plants were able to continue operations without cessation. All but two of the others are back at work now, including open hearths, plate mills and structure mills. The Great Homestead plant, which at times uses as many as 10,000 workers, was shut down only a day and a half. Steel started moving out of the yards last Friday, the day after the flood reached its peak. “There has been little serious and lasting damage to machinery,” it was said. “Os course, some motors got wet and must be dried out; and debris must be cleared up. But, on the whole, our plants weren’t really hard hit.” There will be bridges to replace; houses, stores and office buildings to renovate or replace; dams and flood control structures to repair and bu !'. All these will require steel, cement and labor. Better Structures Predicted “For the most part,” an interested industrialist remarked, “they will be replaced by better structures than those destroyed. The new bridges presumably will be of heavier construction, elevated enough to escape the forces of future floods. “Presumably, too, the homes which can not be reoccupied will be replaced by better, sturdier, more convenient buildings. When entire communities have to be rebuilt, it is to be assumed that in many instances they will be laid out better —not merely to remove them from flood damage, but also to make them more livable.” The experience of Portsmouth, 0., which carried on full activity Monday while the flooded river roared past 40 feet overhead—restrained by a $1,000,000 wall which more than saved its cost in one day —is expected to stimulate floodcontrol projects greatly, benefiting steel, cement and labor chiefly, but adding to employment in other lines also. Railroad Needs Slight There is expected to be little new demand for rails or railroad rolling stock. Not much of the latter was damaged, and most of the rails involved in washouts can be reclaimed. United States Steel’s first bridge order was for the Kiskiminitas Valley in Pennsylvania. It is expected that others will begin coming in now that the waters have receded over most of the flood regions. EDWARD TO GIVE ALMS, REVIVING OLD CUSTOM King Personally to Attend Ancient Ceremony on Maundy Thursday. By United Pr ?ss LONDON, March 25.—King Edward VIII breaker of precedents, will revive a custom of old times to distribute personally the royal alms given to poor people on Maundy Thursday, it was learned today. The King will attend the 600-year-old ceremony when it is held at Westminster Abbey April 3. It will be the second time in nearly 200 years that a King has attended the ceremony. The first was when King George V and Queen Mary attended in 1932.

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INDIANA FLDOD NEARINGCREST Waters Continue to Spread Over Lowlands; Village Dwellers Flee. (Continued From Page One) of the water foreseen within 48 hours. Fifty more families were forced from their homes in bottomland districts. With the river stage approaching 60 feet the residents of Rising Sun were confident that no material damage would be done. Madison Homes Abandoned All residences along the Ohio’s banks at Madison have been evacuated, but home-owners expect to reoccupy them by the first of next week. Front street, along the Ohio's banks, is flooded. State Road 62 at White Cloud was under water and 20 acres of land of Municipal Park, near New Albany, was flooded by a nearby creek. A detachment of 24 members of the U. S. Coast Guard arrived at Vincennes from Wheeling, W. Va„ to aid in case of flood emergencies only to find “no flood.” Local Fund Nears Qr.ota Marion County contributions to the American Red Cross for flood sufferers reached a total of $13,186.88 early loday, with $4815 needed to reach the county's quota. “We are delighted with the progress that has been made. Never before have our people tpen so prompt to respond to a disaster call,” said William Fortune, chairman of the Indianapolis Red Cross chapter. Hope that the quo:a would be reached by the end of the week was expressed by Red Cross officials. AID FOR TOWNSEND SOUGHT IN CAPITAL Hoosier Delegation Sounded Out by Pursley. Times Special WASHINGTON, March 25.—Alex Pursley, Fifth District Democratic chairman, Hartford City, is here trying to line up the Indiana congressmen for Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend for the gubernatorial nomination. Rep. Glenn Griswold of Mr. Pursley’s district invited his 10 Democratic colleagues to dinner at the Mayflower last night, where Mr. Pursley extolled Mr. Townsend’s virtues. Reps. Samuel B. Pettengill and Finly Gray failed to attend. Others present listened politely, but for the most part are continuing to keep their course of staying out of the pre-convention fight. However, the three-cornered battle between Mr. Townsend, Pleas Greenlee and Kirk McKinney has healed a long-standing breach between Gov. McNutt and the congressman from his home district, Rep. Arthur H. Greenwood. The latter is saying that if the governorship was to be decided by a primary the Seventh District would give Townsend more votes than both the other candidates.

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POLICE HUNTING HIT-RUN KILLER OF CITYWOMAN Victim Is Tossed 50 Feet by Impact; Young Driver Gives Chase. (Continued From Page One) slot at the sejne of the accident, and they said the radiator probably was damaged. This accident is expected to win support in City Council for a proposed ordinance requiring garage owners to give police a complete record of all vehicles brought in for repairs, Safety Board members said. Mrs. John Ray, 235 N. Beville-av, and Mrs. E. E. Crim. 19 N. Bevilleav, who accompanied Mrs. McGill, said they had stoppjd in the middle of New York-st at Beville-av to permit westbound traffic to clear when an eastbound automobile struck Mrs. McGill. Lived in City 15 Years Born in Neville. Ky., Mrs. McGill had lived in Indianapolis 15 years. Survivors are her husband. Robert McGill, a horticulturist; four daughters, Mrs. Julia Calhoun and Mrs. Joseph M. Young of Indianapolis. and Mrs. Hester Wiley and Mrs. Edward Franz of Cincinnati; three sons, Charles and Lawrence McGill of Cincinnati, and Homer McGill of Los Angeles: two brothers, William Corbin and Charles Corbin of Butler, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Louderman of Butler and Mrs. Kate Bradford of Latonia, Ky.; 23 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Miss Julia Fox, 21. of 342 N. Holmes-av, who suffered fractures of both legs and body injuries yesterday when she fell beneath a tractor-truck at Holmes-av and Washington-st, was reported in a fair condition today at St. Vincent’s Hospital. She was running to catch a street car at the time. Trolley Figures in Crash Two persons were injured last night when a truck and trackless trolley collided at Roosevelt and Arsenal-avs. Clarence Ross, 22, of 1245 Roosevelt-av, truck driver, was treated at City Hospital and taken home, and Miss Louise Halkie, 17, of 1245 Roosevelt-av, who was riding with him, was admitted to the hospital. She was reported in a fair condition today. James Cole, 32, of 2045 Forest Manor-? v was operator of the trolley. Mrs. Bessie Burgman >f 2434 Ken-wood-av, injured in an automobile collision at Fall Creek-blvd and Capitol-av last night, was improving today at St. Vincent’s Hospital, physicans reported. She was riding with her husband, Isadore Burgman, at the time. Ernest V. Parsley, 36, R. R. 17, Box 437-D, was treated at St. Vincent’s Hospital. His car overturned, ACCIDENT VICTIM TO BE BURIED TOMORROW Condition of Companion, Hurt in Fall, Reported “Not Serious.” Funeral services for Harry Bradford, 50, of 1041 S. Illinois-st, who was killed instantly when the scaffold on which he was working col-* lapsed, are to be held at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon in Shirley Brothers central chapel. Burial is to be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Bradford was working with Charles Goldstein, 50, of 1040 S. Meridian-st, yesterday on a home at 1317 Park-av when the accident occurred. Mr. Goldstein’s condition today was described as “not serious” by attaches of the Methodist Hospital. Both men plunged to a concrete sidewalk 22 feet below the scaffold. Mr. Goldstein fel linto a pile of shaving, which saved him from rereceiving a more serious injury. Mr. Bradford is survived by the widow, Mrs. Malgee Bradford; a son, Charles Bradford, and a brother, Layton Bradford.