Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1946 — Page 2

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Ohio Woinah Is Elected, Auxiliary President.

‘BOSTON, Sept. 6 (U. P.).—Louis E. Starr of Portland, Ore., virtually ‘|was assured today of election asi national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, ‘Mr. Start; now senior vice, ommander, was nominated by the {retiring commander-in-chfef, Joseph M, Stack, of Pittsbéirgh, who was renominated but ;declined . to seek office again, Bld HB Brannamajnt of Denver, a

“Guards Watch Cell to - Prevent Another ~ Suicide Try. "By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN United Press Stat Correspondent

CHICAGO, Sept. 6. ~~ William ~Heirens, 17, speaking from the bit- }

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Senior post and Was uoPORed 10F| teday's voting The only real fight was for junior vice i where the young ‘of world war II sought]. jwo of their members.

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Heirens, sentenced to three terms "of life imprisonment for three murders, said in an interview that he learned to confide in his own parents. “I never had the opportunity to to my parents,” He said. “I| ‘wad ‘sent away to boarding schools 1 got in trouble. I was alays away from home When I need-

¢ dence. _ He said he believed he sould have |

Mrs. George Heirens, mother of the youthful slayer of three persons, collapsed yesterday in a Chicago courtroom when Chief Justice Harold G. Ward sentenced her son, William, to three life terms, Her

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areas . east ¢ of the Mississippi. Warm weather "will persist east of the es, except in the Dakotas,; wand - Montana, where the erature- will dip slightly under the influence of a cool Caian air flow. ‘ The South Atlantic States, except for Florida, will have fair weather, as will the New England States and far Southwest, » * Showers and thunderstorms wilt occur in the “Lakes region, the riorthern parts of the Middle Atlanfic States, in the Upper Mississippi Valley, Rockies, Florida, Washington state and Oregon. High pressure continues domdnant in the northeast and fay West, BUS jo gross Bye | . tems extend their pian along the curving are of the frontal .pattern from the Lakes south-

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nn | ¢ i stayed out of trouble if he had Francis X. Cotter of Boston and| rection for most sections of the ; “"been allowed to stay at home, He John J. Mullin of Atlantic City,| nation can be learned by observ- Sry venient 90 Sus. low 3nd {Tota FHORIAOn Shoe Samiys 130 ody Lndianapolls (EHF) vvvveeitesees "= . believed he would have learned to NJ ing the various air flow arr accompanying system | Deficiency since Jan eagesiiises 3.68 ansas City ...eviveena vasenie 92 9 OWS | ig resulting in the showers and | =~ Los Angeles ......... eisiseeens MBL confide in his mother and father, The election was one of the last| on the map. thunderstorms pictured for that | The following table shows the tempera-| Miami ........... svesnsncsesenced 88°74 and to “thresh things out.” things scheduled for the six-day Air circulation around low pres- | portion of the country [VRS lap other. sities; High Low | MPIE-8t PAUL cotinine, TY Thanks His Friends 47th gnnual convention which| sure centers is counter-clockwise : Atlanta ..... pan Lo |New Orleans -....occiviisssvasees 80 10 “I don’t blame my parents” he opened Sunday. and the southerly warm air flow OFFICIAL WEATHER Botton, oo oer res cotrareeris W3 Nev Sock City +o. erteerenns JU 00 ’ he. Mrs. Sally Cannon of Youngstown, in the east t Ty 3 56 ahoma CHY «ves sersininenss 90 OF said. “They are two of the most g s ' eastern par of the coun-~ United: States Weather Duress Glaveiand n OMABA ...cocoenunne veessreresisn 93 08 wonderful people in the world. And 0., was elected without oposition to-| try is linked with the well devel- All Date in’ Central D: then ine ditanidtiadinid a 58 | pittsburgh .......eues 50 I want to thank them and the day to be national president of the oped “low” that is located in the yo y Dyin Tim . [DWE oridisironliimnioa OM IS LOGE Losers reer 90 08 friends who stuck by me.” V. F. W. auxiliary. Upper Lakes region. The fast- | guurise .... 6:17 | Sunset..... ro | Wayne freien jen Ciara ” » San Francisco a a — —————

As he spoke, extra guards watched . every move he made to prevent him from trying to end his life again before he goes to the prison where he must spend three life terms. Heirens was sentenced late yesterday to three life terms for | murder, He drew other lesser sentences for a total of 28 parglarien,) robberies and assaults, Two guards stood outside his county jail cell today to prevent him from making another try at suicide, such as his attempt to hang himself yesterday only a few hours before he was to be sentenced. | The guards were required to make | a written report on his every move. | They took away his belt, his Deck- | tie, and his shoe laces and made] him sleep on a bed without sheets, | because he had tried to fashion al

sheet into a hangman's noose, : : Sleeps Well William Heirens, the confessed 17-year-old slayer, is shown behind

: v | bars after he was sentenced. 'Heirens was commitied to prison for The 17-year-old killer slept well life on each of three murder charges, the sentences to run consecuafter his ordeal in court and ate | a big breakfast this morning tively. He also was sentenced one year to life on each of 24 burglaries "Authorities were rushing through and to 14 years on an assault involving a policeman, |

the legal red tape to send Heirens the house, and let all the rain come | widowed housewife. to the Illinois prison at Stateville in | His mother, Margaret, collapsed | as soon as possible, | Under the most favorable condi- | in tears as Heirens was led from | In a lad “press conference,” the tions, presuming ‘parole were the courtroom and sobbed: youthful slayer eonfessed that he granted at the minimum period.| “My boy, my boy, why don't these | had expected to die in the electric | Heirens could not be freed for at peoplé let me see my boy?” : chair. He said he was relieved that Jeast 65 years. He then®would be| Her husband, George, calmed her i! {and attendants took her to an antes a

“it was all over.” » close to 80, be i “T fee] like the man who had a! The three life sentences for mur- room where she bid goodby to her } hole in his roof, ‘and the rain came der were imposed for the kidnap-| son.

He said wistfully that he thought he could “make myself a better man

in,” Heirens said. “The neighbors slaying of 6-year-old Suzanne Degtold him about it, and he tried to nan and the knife killings of keep out the rain. His efforts were | | Prances Brown, an ex-WAVE, from on the outside” but said he intended futile, and he was told to abandon | Richmond, Ind, and Josephine Ross, to be a good prisoner. |

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