Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1946 — Page 1
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How Criminals Grow—
The Life Story Of Billy Price, 17,
t jail at Shelbyville sits Billy Price.
Killer of Trooper
‘What Do You Think Caused Your Trouble?’ He Only Answers, ‘I Don't Know’
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By EDWIN C. HEINKE
Times City Fditor
Up in the bullpen in Sheriff Fred Courtney's antiquated
| Morosely staring through the barred windows, he occa- |
sionally says a word or two to his pal in crime, Bill Johnson. |
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Price and Johnson, both 17, and their sweethearts, Vera Jean Hornbeck, 15, and ars | tuth Ward, 14, face first de-| gree murder indictments for the slaying of Indiana State] Trooper Herbert Wade Smith. “Just what do you think is the cause of your trouble? 55 I asked Price. “I don’t know,’
“Why did you pull the trigger on the gun that killed | Smith?” “I don't know.” > “How do you think you could avoid trouble if you had it to do all over again?” “I can’t answer that.. I guess I couldn't.” William Francis Price was born Aug. 29, 1929 at Evansville, Ind. He has two married sisters, one at Evansville, one at Anderson. He has two ~ ”
shred 2 1 IN Compromises Troop Census
has. a 12-year-old brother living a home with his mother, Mrs. Tg a Passes Arms Propesal, Adopts 1947 Budget
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Davis, 109 N. W, 9th st., Evansville. Mrs. Davis has been married three times, separated from all her husbands. The curly-head-ed youth, who now is five feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds, went to grade school in Evansville, up to 10-A in high school He was a quiet boy and a good boy, his mother said. “When Billy was little, 1 used to say 1 believe I've got a boy who will never cause me any trouble,” Mrs. Davis said. Then came the fateful night of July 10, 1944. Billy stole a car. “A month later I stole another
By ROBERT J. MANNING
United Press Staff Correspondent FLUSHING, N. Y., Dec. 14—The United Nations general assembly | today launched the -final plenary sessions of the present meeting, Attempting to adjourn today, the delegates voted on a succession of major questions which had been under debate during the whole session: ONE: Unanimously approved a | resomtion calling upon the secur-
ity council to draft disarmament controls and treaties. The resolution also directs all nations to re-
Mr. Heinke
ear. They put me on probation ’ 3 duce their troops simulagain. Two months later I stole an- er troops and arms simul t ey s me Boys Wie z giter cas and they sent me lo Bo¥s “TWO: _Gompromised the long . ’ ” . |dispute regarding a world troop
Many Try to Escape |census by authorizing the security | “I escaped twice. Most everybody council to determine what informaat the school either escapes or tries tion the great powers should sub-
to escape. They don't like to be mit about their troops at home and |
penned up. Usually they wait until abroad. they are trusties. Then they escape.”| THREE: Adopted a 1947 budget His first escape came after he of $27,740,000. The United States had been there only four days. He Will pay 39.87 per cent, Great Bri-! was out hine days and stole a ear tain 11.48 per cent, Russia 6.34 per
while free. They caught him and cent, and China and France 6 per sent him back. cent each. Most countries—led by
Thiee weeks later he got out Britain had insisted that the again but was recaptured after a United States pay half the expenses couple of hours. of the United Nations, but Senator The boys escape by running. Price Arthur H. Vandenburg (R. Mich.) gaid. The guards trv to outrun WON 2 reduction by a warning that
them, but if they aren't as fleet of U: 8S. taxpayers might rebel at such a share.
FOUR: Completed the 10-nation | |trusteeship council by election of Mexico and Iraq. Already on the council were the Big Five nations— the United States, Great Britain, | Russia, France and China—and other nations administering trusteeships—Australia, - New Zealand ‘and Belgium. Russia, which objects to the trusteeship plans approved’ so far, refused to participate in the election. The disarmament resolution wa
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BULLETIN
Deputy sheriffs were confronted
with a mystery today when they discovered a stolen car smashed against a bridge abutment near Bridgeport. Inside the car, said Deputy Virgil Quinn, was a pool of blood indicating an occupant |
had been cut badly on the shat- |). ..4 by Soviet Foreign a tered windshield. Deputy sheriffs yo 1 .ciav Molotov as of followed a bloody trail for 100 |... .,.¢ importance to all peoples yards toward the town where the whether large or small.” He issued
trail ‘disappeared, indicating someone may have picked up the injured person in a car.
a shipside statement
Homespun Justice—
Driver That Killed Father Of 10 to Support Children
Judge's Proposition May Cost $4750; Clubs Plan Christmas Gifts for Youths
HATTIESBURG, Miss, Dec. 14 (U. P.)—W, H. (Bill) Sherrill—a
today agreed to help support them until they are grown.
Sherrill was tried "In the court of a Homespun county judge noted]
for his unique decisions. The judge gave him the choice of helping finance the uphringing of the youngsters or going to pr ison
— "for a term of from two to 20 years. TIMES INDEX In accepting the court's- direc- ——— ~— | tions,” Sherill said “I thank the | Amusements... 5 Ruth Millett... 7 judge for his magnanimous offer.’ Aviation....../ 7 Movies : 5 8Sherill has two children of his own Books ......« 14: Obituaries . 100 Judge William Haralson of the | Boots .. 12 J. E. O'Brien 6 Forest county court expressed his | Carnival ...... 8 F.C.Othman.. 7 appreciation for Sherrill's decision. | Churches. ... 4 Radio 13 He said he was sure “you will carry | Classified 10-12 Barton Pogue. . 7 out this proposition in good faith.” Comics ...... 13 Serial 10 Support money, which will total | Crossword ....13 Silly Notions . 7 $50 a month, will be paid to the Editorials...... 8 Sports . . 6 county welfare department, Forum. ........ 8 Stranahan.... 6 As long as the monthly payments | Gardening . 7 Teen Talk. . 9 continue, Sherrill will be a free Don Hoover. ... 8 Washington .. 8 man. But once they stop he would | Indiana Sgga.. 8 Weather Map 10 he subject to the prison sentence. |.
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FACES SUIT—George Raft and Betty Dose are shown fo-
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George Raft Shrugs Off Charge of Beating Lawyer
Attorney Says He Was ‘Worked Over’ by
- Movie Star in Argument Over ‘Love Bauhles’ coins (0. Miss), who formas
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON United Press Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, Dec.
14.—Movie shrugged off an elderly attorney's charges that the actor beat him up tion with the Doxey campaign
Gangster George Raft today
in an argument over “love gifts” to a teen- -aged film starlet. The lady in the case—19-year-old Betty Doss—said the whole thing
was news to her.
“Tawter Edward Raiden—gray-haired and 50— said We tried 6 towke paigmn.
Mr. Raft return $6000 worth of gifts had
hero and his
the slick-haired movie lavished on the girl whisked away when cooled. For his efforts, Mr. Raiden said in a lengthy complaint, he gx slugged in the face and kneed the groin and stomach. He op that's worth $300,000 damages. Miss Doss—a shapely redhead from New Orleans—insisted this is; the first she's heard about it
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expensive gifts from Raft. She also denied ever Raiden.
hiring Mr
Mr. Raiden says he has a vwriiten
retainer to prove he was hired. Also a photostatic copy of her description of the beating.
Mr. Raiden charged “he beafing took place Dec. 21, 1945, in ‘Miss Doss’ apartment. He said Mr. Ratt
worked him over in typical filmgangster style while a pinned the attorney's arins behind | him. “I saw no such fight,” the southern beauty said. “I know this Mr. Raiden only casually He happens
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Fruster Jones ; Arrested Again
The smoke shop of Fruster Jones, “para- local police record-holder with 170-) odd arrests, again was the scene of
a visit by raiding officers, | Often entered by police,
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E. 25th st. bears the repute of being a gambling salon. Two squads, led by Sgts. Paul
Pearsey and Bert Ennis,
last. night appeared at the smoke shop, claimed they saw gambling and arrested the
cohort !
| record-holder on his favorite chaige,
keeping a gaming house.
Fifteen other persons were charged ported that 130 homes were flooded (Continued on Page 3—Column 6) 8,
with gaming. A 45-caliber pistol, neath floor boards of a rear
dug from beroom, |
discharged while police passed it Mississippi civil engineer whose car killed the father of 10 children— among themselves and sent a bullet
pv histéing through the floor, to the confusion. jured.
| The Times | Mile-O-Dimes
§ located on W. Washington St. in fron¥-of L. S. Ayres & Co. and S. 8. Kresge Co, Funds used for Clothe-A-
Child. . Each line of dimes is exactly 160th of a mile . . .
i 60 lines means a full Mile.
Today's Measurement
29 lines (2562 ft.) I or $4355.40 ; ’.
temperatures
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Little Change In Weather Seen
Eastern U. S. Feels Cold Air Grip
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am 24 10a. m. 26 a m.. 23 11am 28 8am 23 12 (Noon). . 27 9am «24 1pm 27
The season's first major snowfall blanketed the city overnight as hovered eight and
nine degrees below freezing
that cloudiness today
bureau predicted be considerable and tomorrow, this morning,
weather there would
The
As the sun rose the
snow began to melt on lawns and
rooftops.
to. the (Continued on Page 2—( olumn 1) voluble displeasure of the 38-year,
old Jones, the establishment at 1318,
adding | No one was in-
There was enough of it, however, to compel motorists who left their cars parked outside overnight to wield brooms to. clear windshields and rear windows Temperature this morning was 24 at 6 a. m., dropping one degree at 7 a. m. There will be little change in témperature. The cold weather held a large portion of the nation in its grip with no immediate relief in sight, Cold Air Spreads A cold air mass spread over all the eastern states except Florida. But the weather was mild compared with Alaska.. The mercury dropped to 54 below zero at Fairbanks, and a new
a reading of 72 below. In the state of Wasnington, where floods have caused widespread property damage in the Cascade valleys, forecasters said rain would contoday. The raging Green swollen by rain and melting flooded the com-
tinue river, mountain snows, munity of Earlington of Seattle. Red Cross officials re-
Washington Calling—
Watch Murray, Not Lewis,
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Reuther's Request for 23'/2» Cent Boost Ey Expected to Set Pattern for All C. I. O.
WASHINGTON, Dec. darken New Year industrial ways mean strikes, but ma in 1946. as when strike wave began C. 0. President Phi drive as John L. Lewis goes court ruling on injunction ai
Walter Reuther's demands for C. I.
an hour boost) will set pattern fo electrical workers. Auto demand
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Bilho Denies Getting Paid
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Senators Hear More | About ‘Slush Fund’ |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (U.P). Senator Theodore G.. Bilbo (D. Miss ) said today he “didn’t get a damned dollar” from Mississippi war coniractors. He threw in the remark as a senwar investigating subcommittee inquired into charges that he accepted gifts from contractors. His denial came as the committee questioned a number of witnesses in an effort to trace $25,000 paid to Senator Bilbo by F. T Newton, a Mississippi contractor. The witnesses all said the money |
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to support the unsuccessful 1942 reelection campaign of former Senator Wall Doxey (D. Miss.) now senate sergeant-at-arms. Senator Bilbo was a member of the committee. | Robert Gandy, Jackson, Miss, insurance agent and victim of a one- | punch fight at yesterday's commit{tee session, said he was disbursing lagent for some of the $25900. He did not know the exact amount.
anesthetics for years, died today
Dr. W. T. Lawson Dies in Hospital
Was Oldest Practicing Physician in State |
Dr. Wilson ¥'. Lawson, Indiana's oldest practicing physician, died today at St. Vincent's hospital, was 97. The physician, whose home Was
in Danville, had practiced there 68 vears. He was credited with having assisted at the birth of 1500 babies
Apologizes for Fight
Mr. Gandy was knocked to the floor vesterday by former Rep. Ross
| apologized, to” the committee today {MT. Collihs listened quietly as Mr. Gandy testified he paid $11.000 to a friend of Mr. Collins in connec-
Forrest Jackson, attorney for Senator Bilbo, testified he received at least $7500” to pay off a bank
He said he had other expenses, paid from the $25.000. but ‘did not know the exact amouit. Senator Homer Ferguson (R. Mich.) suggested that Senator Bilbo be called upon to tell how much
. Dr. Lawson was the oldest livin of the $25.000 he handled. v y . g Senator Bilb ttn n a alumnus of Wabash college and § 3 0, -8 s y g al One Sie, 1 agi session clerk of the Presby-
broke in to say: “1 would prefer to make a stalement at the conclusion of the evidence. But I will sav now, though that I didn’t get a damned dollar.” Mr. Jackson said no record was | kept of total receipts and disbursements of the informa] committee in which he, Senator Bilbo. Mr. Gandy and A, B. Friend participated.
terian church of the U, 8, Native of Ohio A native of Highland county, O the physician“had been secretary of the Hendricks county medical society since 1880, with the exception of one year when he was president. He also had held the post of vice president, Indiana State Medical cociety. At the time of his” death, Dr. Lawson held the appointive job of ‘county health officer His death came on the fifth anniversary of the death of his wife, Margaret,
Doxey Testifies Mr. Doxey testified after Senator Bilbo's outburst that he learned of the $25000 contribution after he had been defeated at the polls. “I never knew the money was received until quite a while after the final election,” Mr. Doxey said “Sometime between the 1st and 15th of October Mr. Newton told me he had contributed $25,000. “Senator Bilbo was for me
Services Are Tuesday his son, Lindol, prosecutor, and
Survivors are Hendricks county three grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Rowan, Carbondale, Ill, and Lindol Lawson II and Sarah Ann Lawson, both of Ddnville. Services will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in the Danville. Presbyterjan church. Burial will be in the East cemetery there.
Children Dead In Stove Blast
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Suspect Quizzed In $7000 Robbery
Detectives today questioned a 58- ROCK FALLS. Til, Dec. 14 (U vear-old man in connection with ) 4 P.).—Pive children were killed and the $7000 robbery of the home of Mrs. Maria Rapia, bondswoman # SIXtD Was injured seriously today recently evicted from her S. Ala- when an oil stove exploded in a bama st. office. converted garage where they were Held under $5000 bond on a sleeping vagrancy charge was Clifford Ward | Bowers. 805 Broadway I'wo children were burned to The robbery, occurring. vesterday dea h in the single car garage; one died en route to the hospital, and
at the 4827 College ave, residence of the bondswoman, was committed by threé men posing as police officers. Police also were checking fingerprints found at the scene.
two others died after reaching the hospital. They were alone in the building when the stove exploded The dead were: Jack Ewert, 12 Sha.on Ewert, 4; Carol Ann Ewert
1 Betsy Ann McKenna, 5, and ap 2a ” Hep A housekeeper, Mrs. E. C. Allee, Walter McKenna, 3. Arthur Ewert, was burned seriously but was
pulled to safety Qy a neighbor,
2 Brothers Overcome By Fumes in Garage
Two brothers were overcome carbon tetrachloride fumes at noon today while working at the RCA | plant garage, 501 N. LaSalle st O. L. Hires, 31, of 1824 8 Mendian and Guy Hires, 29, of 19 W. Arizona st. were taken to City hospital after being given first aid by police emergency and fire rescue squads.
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ny from C. I. O. so resulted ; Wo as far ‘apart now | BY Jury in Wife's Death rolling year ago. ENGLISH, Ind, Dec. 14 (U. P.) hp Murray shines in newest A jury today acquitted Edward Pp 4 A > : Anmich. 36,. of Charlestown, of sec-
ond degreé murder charges in the shooling of his wife, Amich was on trial for the
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‘gl 40 Reported Hurt as Flyer Hits Freight
205 Delegates Aboard; Pullman Is Derailed
| SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 14 H(U, P.).—The 13-car West ‘ern Pacific railroad - Farm |Bureau special—a passenger train carrying 205 Texas and
{Louisiana farm convention
{delegates and visitors home from {8an Francisco—collided head-on with a freight train west of here (today, | A Salt Lake City hospital reported {treating 13 persons for cuts, bruises ‘and shoek. At least one other person wis treated at the scene, | Harry Foehner, Texas newspaper ‘man aboard, said he believed about 40 persons were hurt. County (authorities made no estimate, | None was killed. : i Left on Friday 13th A farm special left San Francisco Friday the 13th. : The baggage car of the farm special and the first of 12 Pullmans were derailed and tipped over. The specials heavy engine and the [freight engine met on a grade cross (ing 130 feet east of a siding on | which the freight was supposed to Ihave been waiting while the special | passed.
'A Cop Doesn't Always Win, but | Railroad officials said neither He Keeps Trying’ [locomotive was derailed. But the
impact drove the freight locomotive onto the cow-catcher of the heavier | passenger engine , lifting all drive juieels of the freight engine off the
Wilson T. Lawson, Hoosierspecialized in the field of Vincents hospital,
who in St.
By LEO TURNER United Press Staff Correspondent
racks. NEW YORK, Dec. 14-—"A cop doesn’t always win, but he keeps Toe bo fier of ‘the freight engine trying,” chunky, likeable Detec- y Late to St ; oo op
tive James Burke said. Thirty-five fellow detectives “Fireman V. A. Martin told me
searched the city today for two that they saw the freight from a hoodlunmis who killed Mr. Burke distance but thought it was on when he made his last try. He the nearby Union Pacific tracks” went down shooting. *. Mr. Foehner told the United Press. Mr. Burke, 48, weighed 275 Mr. Martin added that as the pounds. A bachelor, he had been passenger train rounded a slight on the force for 24 vears. He had curve the crew realized the freight picked up a lot of tricks. His com- was heading for them on the same
mendations for bravery in tracking single track,” Mr. Foehner condown, arresting and disarming tinued. dangerous characters read almost. Mr. Martin said that it was too
late to stop. The trains smashed
“A good cop never rests on his together. record,” he told a recent crop of Mr. Martin suffered slight cuts rookies. “He keeps trying. Jt's and bruises when he jumped from a tough racket being a cop in this the cab town.” The heavy passenger locomotive Mr. Burke was assigned vesierday was badly damaged. The lighter
freight engine, pulling a string of empty cars from Salt'Lake City to the western Salt Lake county copper plants, war tangled wreckage. | M. L. Anderson, Eagle. Lake, {riding in the last car of the special, said that almost all of the injuries {were caused when the Farm Bureau | delegates were thrown from their berths, A. L. Watson, San Francisco, porter on the second Pullman, said
by Deputy Chief Inspector John J
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Manville's Wife Gets Out of Jail
MAMARONECK, N. Y, Dec. 14
(U. P.) Tommy Manvilie'’s eighth “only two of my passengers were wife got out of jail today. She got her clothing from her (Continued on Page 3—Column D
husband's huge mansion here and she got out of town Georgina Campbell Manville had been found guilty of disorderiy conby Judge Wesley M. MesserShe was sentenced to serve 10 days in the Westchester county jail “
Diy Found Alive
In Tenement Fire
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (U, P.) =A dog was freed today from the ruins The sentence was suspended, b of a collapsed tenement, 55 hours ever. She was placed on probation after the disaster which took 36 for six months lives, Apparently unhurt, she shook "he asbistos heir: 8k ule court Nerself and ran in circles, barking his wife returned home Thursday U&ppily. She Was identified as on their fist wedding “Trixie,” the pet of Joseph Arigo, a after a week's absence, He &d-
victim of the crash, mitted her, he said, but an argu-
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Previously a canary, a parrot and several cats had been taken alive 3—Column 5) from the ruins.
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Winter Not ‘Pretty’ to All—
First Snow Here Stresses Needs of Clothe-A-Child
Shivering Youngsters Assured Warmer Garments by Donations to Fund
' By ART WRIGHT
Indianapolis’ first snow fall last night wasn't “pretty” to everyone
Not to hundreds of needy, chilly youngsters who hope that Clothe-A-Child will have sufficient funds to outfit them, too. They felt the first cutting lashed of “old man winter.” Then they knew their tat.
tered clothes wouldn't keep them safe from the freezing temperatures
ertait to follow, E | Shopping Pays LEFT
The urgent need for Clothe-A-rChild was “brought home” to persons who saw a score of the children go to the stores after dark at the height of the first snowfall
They buttoned their thin coats or shirts “tighter around them . and most of them shivered.
" o x ON THE WAY back: to Clothe-A-Child headquarters ihey were a happy, comfortable group For they had new. warm clothes, Garments purchased from funds donated. to Clothe-A-Child by a
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