Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1946 — Page 2

sand in N.Y. Pay Final aspects to Jimmy Walker

(Continued From Page One) went to the state senate in 1014,

! where he served 11 years, .yoom in a wheel chair.|

P De soot yal Spotlight Never Left Him y ai is eA Thén came the big time, the big

apartment, Mrs. Burke nodded el nd Walker's opted _!spotlight which never left him. X ive adopiad chil 1925, Jimmy was nominated for

3, io Jive ry and won with a plurality of

| tes over Frank her more than 400,000 vo prsupht ym herp. Waterman, the wealthy fountain pen manufacturer.

Hig 65 years left few marks on| If his administration had nothing . Walker, There were few lines else, it had color. It had warmth. fn the white face above the dark It was in sharp contrast to his shroud as he lay in state today, few predecessor, John F. Hylan, and it | grey strands in his black hair. won him many admirers. ‘I Was Never Late’ In 1029, just Before the Bie ae stopped bacle, Mr. Walker defeate ore Thidrin OO re auc. LaGuardia, the “Little Flower,” for appointments = including one | bY the largest plurality or = with President Calvin Coolidge— ceiyed by a mayoralty candidate | solemnly replied: [up to that time. “Iwas never late for a meal or a| Knew All the Answers good time." | He had everything. He knew all

_ the answers—and he knew all the | ie: ir | world's big-shots. The people loved - bli the Nim. He was New York's “am- | Above all other public Agurss, ol ador of will” : Be a rim And, travelled, he left the imprint of NE his genial personality. | days when Mani -ha That was item as gi pe As mayor, he went everywhere. Ped with the wonders. of good | He visited night clubs, prize fights, § [Juncheons, and dinners. champagne and pretty chorus girls. » Then, in 1932, disaster caught up,

Tio gi gi Jeveraly with him. Governor Franklin D. | ’ by serious-minded citi- Roosevelt ordered an investigation gens, and once charges were fileq|0f charges that New York City's with the governor demanding his|§overnment was being run corsemoval. Yet, despite this, the big|{fUptiy. Samuel Seabury was town's people still loved him, named to head the inquiry. A Superb Orator By mid-summer numerous charges Mr. Walker was volatile and ir- were filed, many of which that Mr. | repressible He was a master of the Walter SPPETERIY Soul dis a wisecrack, deft at repartee. He was a HB en statement: superb orator and a natural show-| . man. As s political tactician, few| “I hereby resign as mayor of the 1 him. city of New York, said resignation While mayor, he spent much of to take effect immediately.” his time at the swank Central Park “Through With Politics’ | easino—where ginger ale cost $2 a That was the climax of Jimmy's bottle and champagne went at $25./ public life. After that, it was mostly Did the little people, the voters,| downhill running. get sore? They loved him for it. Mr. Walker was born June 19, 1881, he was “through with politics.” In a little red brick house in the| 1, March, 1983, the first Mrs. Beit of Grouch ile, He fo yier sed for vor. at 35, when he was elected to the| 12s than a month later Mr. state assembly. Walker and the late Betty Compton, | It was here that he met another|® movie actress, were married at| famous product of the sidewalks of Cannes, France, They were divorced | New York—Al Smith. Mr. Smith, 5¢Veral years later. an eight-term veteran, took the Upon returning to the United | younger man under his wing and States in 1935, Jimmy and Betty they became inseparable friends. [adopted two children, Mary Ann |

Wrote Song Lyrics snd James Ia IL malts - =, mmy made several half-hea oy lee } found iim i attempts’ to re-enter politics. But : ‘|they never jelled’ to any: extent, | wrote the lyrics to a popular song called “Will You Love Me in De- ‘You Are Our Jimmy’ cember as You Did in May?” This| But down through the years he brought him $10,000 in royalties, remained a familiar face on Broad- | and he got a job in a musical show | way, and the weariest subway rider called “The Duke of Duluth.” ‘was ready to smile upon catching He met his first wife, Janet Allen,!a glimpse of Jimmy Walker. Clinton, Ia. in the “Duke” show. When Mr. Walker returned from They were married in 1912. bi Mr, Smith always wore $12 suits, said: ~ while Mr. Walker dressed to the teeth in Manhattan's finest. But been mayor of New York—and a they worked well together. Mr. Walker fought persistently|tell you that you can be mayor for welfare legislation and for a again any time you want to.” bill that would permit New York| That was the way that most of City to run its affairs without in-|the voters felt about him. terference from the rest of the] Jimmy Walker, as a politician, state. was defeated—but he was never forPeople liked him so well that he'gotten.

He sailed for Europe, saying that

Europe, the welcoming committee “You are our Jimmy. You have

great mayor—-and we are here to|

Another ‘Samson’ Likes Tr

masculine hirsute honors in George Estrada, 13-yearcold Chicago [top state schoolboy, who has never had his hair cut. Above, schoolmates Rose |*POls.

Long-haired Jimmy Garvin of Washington, D. C., has a rival for Indicating foul play, but authorities

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES esses Long

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{ ; : from trees by strong winds during ; ; . ' [the past few days. . . ! . Police were unable to determine

{walking through the woods. , Weather conditions the last two

Found in Woods. ‘The body, badly decomposed and Times State Service | woods, was clothed in blue overall BEDFORD, Ind, Nov, 19.—Au- trousers, a red play shirt, white thorities indicated today that an shoes and a brown winter coat. The arrest may be made soon in con- [clothing was the same as the jon nection with the death - of Mrs. [sald she was wearing on the day Thora Lake, 40, Bedford, whose | she disappeared. body was found last night in a| The body was found by a posse of woods two mites northeast of here. |10 law enforcement officers who had She had been missing since last dragged several stone quarries in Nov. 5 when her son, Derrell, re-|search of the missing woman. ported to police that she failed to| One suspect being sought by pocome home on election night’ lice had been seen in the vicinity Preliminary examination of the {of the woods where the body was body disclosed no marks of violence, | found several times during the two weeks Mrs. Lake had been missing. said they will send the vital organs| Another suspect questioned a week laboratories in Indian- ago in connection with Mrs. Lake's disappearance had refused to take The body, fully clothed, appar-|a lie detector’s test. Relatives of the

Marie Malillie (left) and Betty Nowiki display his pigtails while he [ently had lain in the woods since |dead woman said the suspect had

serves as school safety patrolman,

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the night she disappeared. It was|threaténed Mrs. Lake's life on sevpartly covered with leaves blown !eral occasions,

if. the body had been dragged to ‘BEDFORD DEATH the spot where it was found or {whether she died of an attack while Body of Missing Woman weeks had obliterated all footprints.

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TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 1946

“IN INDIANAPOLIS

¥ 4 BIRTHS { Girls

| At St. Francis—=Rollyn, Gloria Jeffries. At City—Elbert, Betty Elnora King; Sam- | uel, Violet Francis, and Clarence, Crystal Re

At Coleman—Urban, Nina Smith; Arthur, Mabel Goller; Roger, Lloyd Budrow, | Arthur, Marian Henning, George, Mary Sprague, and Donald, Joan Hinshaw, | At Methodist—Virgil, Anns Bastin; William, Cristine Roberts: Gordon, Doro- | thea Chute; Richard, Ruth Basey; James,” Betty Borkaw; Paul, Ruthanna Poweli, and Herbert, Ruth Cline. At St. Vincent's—John, Mary Bruno. | ‘ Boys | At St. Francis—Ralph, Mary Sandefur, | and Charles, Dorothy Thompson. | At Coleman—Herman, Sylvia Mervis, and | Robert, Bernadette Stodghill. 1a Methodist—Marvin, Doris Flake; Morris, Carol, Frances | Asher; Frapk, Marie Weir; William, Macle Holton; George, Mary Howard, and Joe, Marie Corbett. At St. Vinecent's—Herbert, Edith McClelan, and Louis, Rose Elizabeth Meyer. At Home—Cecil, Velema Shaffer, 1928 E, Maryland st,

DEATHS

Edith Jennle Bird, 65, 3A 2251 N. Delaware, cerebral hemorrhage. Elizabeth Jones, 60, at City, carcinoma. |Harry J. Hensel, 78, at 116 McLean pl, ! carcinomatosis. Minnie L. Riker, 63, at Methodist, carcinoma. {Mary Ellen Hendrickson, = 81, ab 1128 Comer ave. arterial sclerosis, [william B. Lightsinger, 75, at 4108 N. Capitol ave, edema.

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Ella B. Beard, 71, - 3 ear at City, cerebral hemor

Edward Mitchell, 3 t - merulonephritis. 5% at “Veterans, gip

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William Woerner, 69, at 1 ave, myoaarditis, NOX Southem Nancy Jane Baker, 4, at Riley, sarcoma Thomas W. Long, 89, at . Walcott, myocarditis, 8 Mw h Alva Sylvester Morris, 61, at Long. anemia Esther Simmons, 74, at : he City, arterioscleBertie C. Souels, 69, at 202 . ailie © Souci, 1 N. Meridian

Edmund W. Stockdale, 76, at ave, cerebral hemorrhage. 231 Central

uremia. Catherine Haley, 82, at 520 B. st., cerebral Yemorrage. Vermont Clara M., Molt, 65, at Methodist, pul. monary embolism, Albert Henry Ray, 55, at City, cerebral hemorrhage.

Mattie W. Spellman, 86, at § ; ton, i embelltinn, 80, 33 311 canwil

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