Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1946 — Page 6

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Jed Raises Wide Debate

NEW YORK, May 7 (0, PcrA legal debate raged from coast to

concerned the fate of - Willie Francis,’ 17-year-old - Louisiana

Negro, and Bie ph gh

raised the question: Should he be placed in the electric

death sentence for murder.

Francis was removed from Louisiana’s portable electric chair in the

day, frightened but unhurt. - -Thef ue and sporting thing to commute

full force of the lethal current failed to reach the electrodes. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan, the famous Father Flansagan of Boys Town, telegraphed Governor James °H. Davis of Louisiana: Father Flanagan's "Statement “Deeply intevested~inr saving the life of Willie Francis now in death’ cell at New Iberia, La. Would you, dear governor, use your power of equality to commute sentence? May God direct you to do His holy will.” Jerry Giesler, famous Los Angeles attorney, said: “The youth really died mentally, and in the name of humanity, the state should commute his sentence to life im-

prisonment. “The mental death and physical confinement should be sufficient

punishment. It would be quite the

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the sentence. “If he was saved by an act of God, ‘then it was God's intent he should not die, Surely the state wouldn't want to inflict such a cruel] punishment. Giving him a double dose of death would be cruel.” Jerome Michael, professof of law at Columbia university, New York, explained the case from a legal standpoint, He pointed out a person. is sentenced to death to prevent—through fear of the same consequences—ther persons from similar crimes, d because the condemned person is a menace to society.

Recalls Previous Case

of placing Francis in the chair a second time would depend on the wording of the original sentence. “Under article 30 of the criminal code of Louisiana, I now sentence you, Willie. Francis, to suffer death in the manner provided by law.”

James Sugioks Is

PLAN STREET IMPROVEMENT

E. 10th, 17th Sts. May Be New Crosstown Routes.

Plans for an extensive thoroughfare project, including establish- [ens is ment of E. 10th and 11th sts, as a-president.

struction a nd maintenance o f the United Christ ian Missionary

: . : | Mr, Sugioka, a new crosstown route, were disclosed native of Califor-

at last night's city council meet- nia, has lived in ing. Indianapolis

The thoroughfare improvement aghout two years. *§

NDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

Named Director

Dr. Robert M. Hopkins today announced the appointment of James Sugioka to the newly created position of national director of con-

Many attorneys said the matter|

| proposal was presented to the soun- | He

| by Councilman Otto H. Worley, also chairman of the city | commission, It provides for:

Massachusetts ave. Elimination of the jog between Central ave, and East st. at 10th st. Opening and widening of 11th | st from the Monon rafirond, to

‘| West st.

Widening of East st, from Clair to 10th sts. Widening of Central ave. north from 10th st. to Fall creek.

Crosstown Thoroughfare

The contract for improving and widening E. 10th st. between Ft. Wayne and Massachusetts ave., has

Raymond Pace Alexandes Philadelphia Negro attorney, said the| wording of the sentence would determine the legality of carrying out

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the sentence Thursday as planned. He recalled a previous case whete | 'a southern governor ruled that al condemned prisoner should spend | (the remainder’ of his life in jail] [because the rope broke during al hanging. The sentence had read| “on such a date you shall hanged,” and did not include the words “until dead.” William 8. Howard Sr. and Thomas B. Branch Jr, Atlanta attorneys, said there was no reason why Francis should not die Thurs-

day, unless there was some unusual |: (quirk in the sentence or in Loulsiana law.

Want Life Spared Scores of others, however, urged life be spared for moral reasons. “After going through that ordeal,” said Herbert IF. Callahan, Boston criminal attorney, “he is entitled to some consideration.” James D. C. Murray, who is defending Jack Turk, 14-year-old baby-sitter now on trial for his life in New “York, said: “It would be brutal.” * The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People retained A. P. Tureaud, New Orleans attorney, to take legal steps to stay

Francis was not aware of the debate raging around his case. He believed, however, he was saved by | divine intervention and would not die.

MARK CHURCH CENTENNIAL BEDFORD, Ind, May 7° (U. P.).— |The 100th anniversary of the founding -of the First Christian church will Be celebrated the week of of | May 12-19, Rev. George W. Morris announced today.

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already been awarded by the works board. Other features of the thoroughfare plan, however, are considered “future projects” to comply [ith the city master plan

In his memorandum to the courl- | anger he had started smashing Up younged, 55,408;

cil, Mr. Worley stated:

“Tenth and 11th sts., with a cross-|

over between them on Broadway, . This is the most economical way fo make a crosstown thoroughfare in the approximate line of 10th st. A connection from 11th st. by railroad underpass to Roosevelt ave, is also planned to relieve congestion at the Massachusetts ave. underpass.

Parking Meters Postponed “ Council Finance Chairman Herman E. Bowers promised last night that “final disposition” of the controversial parking meter ordinance would definitely be considered at the May 20 meeting. The latest proposal to buy 2000 meters thus was “postponed until after the primary election.” Asked whether the measure to purchase the meters from the Park-O-Meter Co. of Oklahoma City, Okla., would join three previous rejected contracts, Mr. Bowers stated, “council members are favorable to the meters, but I don’t know how they'll vote on the floor.” After council members failed to override Mayor Tyndall's veto of a taxicab ordinance last week because of “racial discrimination,” an ordinance to increase fo include 20 additional licenses was referred to R. C. (Bud) Dauss, safety com-

plan july 1.

Widening of E. 10th st. from 24!D, ©. to 40 feet between Ft. Wayne Technical school, deal school, Brooklyn, N. Y,

will assume new duties He was graduated from the Bliss Electrical school, Washington, and the Brooklyn-Edison

Mr. Sugioka -

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BIGANY AMY CASE SENT TO GRAND JURY

The county grand jury today was {asked to consider the matrimonial affairs of 25-year-old Jack Lee Daniel Gulley, R. R. 18, Box 671, he brooded in county jall, with bigamy. The situation came to the attention of state police a few days ago when they were called to investigate a disturbance in Gulley’s trailer

CASUALTY Tl

Four Times as High to U. S. As in World War |,

WASHINGTON, May 7 (U, P.).— World war II brought death, battle wounds arid the migery of capture to more, than four times As many Americans as world war I. This was shown today in a recapitulation of revised data on the first anniversary of Germany's surrender, American battle casualties in the war—both European and Pacific— totalled 1,113,680 in dead, wounded missing and prisoners. World war I casualties totalled 259,735. The dead and missing among American fighting men in the recent war reached a total of 305,528. That is almost six times as many as lost their lives in the first world war. Those’ listed as dead: include men ag| Who died of wounds or in prison camps, as well as those killed in action, Here is a breakdown of U. 8. casualties in world war II:

home. . Gulley's . wife, Mrs. | Gulley, told police that in a fit of

{the interior of the trailer, Gulley then revealed his trouble. | The tantrum,

{diana women's prison in June of] Miss Dolores Cooley, Muncie. He said he had married the Muncie woman, who now is serving a six:month sentence for drunkenness, last fall without divoreing wife number one. At a magistrate’s court hearing last night, Judge Paul C. Wetter set! Gulley's bond at $500.

MANUAL NEWSPAPER ‘WINS HONOR RATING

The Booster, Manual Training| high school’s weekly newspaper, has been awarded its 10th consecutive first class honor rating by the National Scholastic Press association. Lt. James C. Whittaker, co-pilot of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s plane when it was forced down in the, Pacific, will address Manual students Wednesday morning in school auditorium. The school’s glee clubs, orchestra and choir “will observe “music week” with a festival Friday at 8 p. m. Faculty directors for the program will be Miss Roberta Trent, orchestra; Mrs. Edith Binkley, boys’ glee club, and Miss Freda

mittee chairman.

Hart, girls’ glee club.

In 1998'...1¢

MUNICH, May 7 (U. P.

Kreis Rad Bad, Bavaria March 25, 1008 Mr, Wilhelm Pfu, Cologne Dear Willi: Old Major O'Toole, our Halen and security officer, passed away last. week, and with him died the end of an era in our little community. He was the last member of the American occupation forces in these parts. As a child I used to go up to his great old house, said to have belonged to the chief Nazi in this kreis, enchanted with his tales of barbarism and violence during the period of the last great war. He would sit in his old leather chair’ puffing peacefully at his pipe while laboriously penning his “weekly intelligence report” to the occupation autherifies in Berlin. It will seem very strange now not to see his threadbare but neatly pressed uniform mingling with’ formal dress of officials on spe--: cial occasions.

"A Letter From a German

ernment newspaper, “The Bavarian,” published the following letter “front a German in 1998": .

Margaret |

he said, was caused] will provide the best crosstown route | | by worry: over release from the In-|are an estimate because each recovered

|and no cumulative statistics kept.

Could Happen

) ~The weekly military gov-

There are only a few faint traces of American influence left here now. The Rad Bad baseball team still plays other teams in the district =

For myself, I am very thankful for the peaceful age we grew up in; I should never like to see a return of the dark ages of the first half of the century. And yet, who can say what terrible future may be in store for us. If the universal ministers’ mission to Mars fails, then I am sure those barbaric Martians will invade the moon. And that, of course, will mean war — interplanetary war. The U. N. can do nothing else but fight. Let us hope and pray, Willi, that it never happens. Best wishes to you and give my regards to Leni, Yours, Heinrich.

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casualty headquarters.

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LANCASTER, Pa., May 7—V-E |irday, May 5. We knew it, too, Five of us were called in by Capt.

pany—and sworn fo secrecy “for the

to come right from Gen. Brown, our security officer. It was raining when we went on duty, and soon the Germans arrived, Adm. Friedeburg, German navy chief, came first driven by an English ATS girl. We thought he came from Gen, Montgomery's | fi His plane had got- | ten as far as Brussels and he was brought to Rheims by auto, - " ”

AFTER PFriedeburg talked to Gen. Walter «Bedell Smith, of «Indian-

'lapolis, we escorted him to his new

house at 3 Rue Cainot, Rheims, only a few blocks from the school house. It was to be his home for the next few days. We guarded | him and his staff through the night | and the next day. About five o'clock the next after- | noon, an M, P. companion and 1 went back to the schoolhouse—it's | a big red schoolhouse and not a little one—to meet Jodl., He had

This dispatch was written for the United Press by Jack H. Arnold, Lancaster, Pa. military police guard of German Gen. Gustave Jodl at the German sur-~

render at Rheims a year ago. Mr. Arnold, now 24, was a private

| first class in the SHAEF military

Army—Dead, 220238: missing, 17.814; wounded, 508,035; prisoners, 134,927; total, 960,014, Navy—Dead, 45,573; missing 1.646, wounded, 24,878, prisoners, 4.000%; total, 76.806. Marines Dead, 20,337; missing 118; total, 75,763 Coast Guard—Dead, 820, missing, 83; wounded 213, total, 1,116 *Includes . naval, marine and coast

guard personnel. Navy's prisoner figures

prisoner was removed from casualty list Army figures cumulative and do not reflect recovered prisoners here, by comparison, is a breakdown of world war I cas-

ualties:

Army—Dead, 50,510; wounded, 103.668; prisoners, 4,480%; total, 248,653. 2 Marines—Dead, 2,475, wounded, 7,714; total, 10,180. avy & Coast Guard—Dead, 803; Moy 893 *Inecludes marines who served with

the army

I, U, "LAW CLUB DAY’ 1S SET FOR MAY 15

Times Special

"BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 7.

nual “Law Club Day” of the Indiana university school of law on May 15 were announced today by| Dean Bernard C. Gavit. The Young Lawyers’ section of the| state bar association will meet at 1:30 p. m,, followed by the .annual moot court competition between students of the Bloomington and Indianapolis divisions of the school

of law. Concluding the day's Alex M. Campbell, for the northern Indiana district

sonic temple.

police detail. as a corporal after three years of service, and now is a compositor on ‘the Lancaster New Era.

just arrived and was talking to Ike and Gen. Smith. We took Jodl to 3 Rue Cainot where he talked to Friedeburg until late that evening. o » » BOTH OF the German big shots spoke excellent English, and they were very friendly with us. They! asked me personally how I liked overseas service and I told them | “not so hot.” Then they asked how. we managed to keep our uniforms so clean and our buttons so shiny. special guards were wearing O. Ds, with white belts and white hats. Later that night (Sunday) we took Jodl and Friedeburg back to

|the schoolhouse to sign the surPlans for the celebration of the an-!

render. outside. At 1:30 a. m. May 7 the show started, We saw all the generals tof the allied countries go in to sign. As we got it, the signing took place about 2:45 a, m, ” ” ~ ON SUNDAY, the

We were.on guard duty

night before

SMEDDON RE-ELECTED

John H. Smeddon, Brazil, was re-| program, elected president of the Indiana U. 8. attorney | veterans’

affairs

By JACK H. ARNOLD Written: for the United Press

a commanded fhe 201st M. P. company, Gen, Ike's own guard com-'

We were sworn not to tell anyone about. the Job. Our orders were

el TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1946

gan on May 5 for This MP

Monday. We saw "Ike go in an join the rest. It was a big thrill, but I guess a great a one was Feb. 10, 1946, whe I was discharged at Indiantow Gap. Through my service at SHAEF, saw President Truman, Prime Min ister Churchill, and Gens. Patto Bradley, Devers and Zhukov, an Secretary of War Stimson. But I guess the best thing I hav, is an- autographed photo of Ge Ike,

day started for me at noon on Sat-| Thomas Flynn, Jacksonville, Fla, —

biggest guard duty of the year.”

the surrender was signed, there were a lot of rumors that it had been signed and a lot of flares were shot off. We didn't get the official announcement until reveille on

He was discharged

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