Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1947 — Page 1
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Police Believe Message Genuine LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (U. P.).—A person believed
to be the torture slayer of “Black Dahlia” Elizabeth
Short, 22, today offered in a ,
taunting message to surren-| der to police Wedneday. The postcard message, addressed | to the Los Angeles Examiner, “appears to be legitimate,” Homicide Capt. Jack Donahie said. |
A quick examination’ by Police’ : * Chemist Ray Pinker showed no|
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fingerprints, |
The card, mailed in downtown Los Angeles late yesterday, read: |
“Here it is. Turning in Wed., Jan. “/
20, 10 a. m. Had my fun at police. Black Dahlia Avenger.” |
The note was printed in ink in| bold capital: Jetters. l 3 Malled Effects | £
Capt. Donahoe said the note | might be the “letter to follow” re-
ferred to by the sardonic slayer | ;
last week when he mailed newspa- |
pers a package containing personal | effects of the beautiful “Black | 3
Dahlia,” whose mutilated body was found Jan, 15.
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Caral Marshall, 21, described as | : a blond amazon, of Tulare, Cal, |
questioned after she told Barstow. ! Cal, police she knew who killed | Miss Short, was dismissed by offi- | cers as a thrill-seeker who knew | nothing of the case but what she | had gleaned from reading the | newspapers. Authorities, who received by mail | the butchered beauiy's papers and | little address book last week, suid a roundup of 75 names listed in the ~ book added little to what ! known. CAR Follow False Clues Officers plowed through scores of | false clues, sifted dumps for bits of evidence, only to return their investigation to the letter writer who mailed in Miss Short's “be-! longings” Friday and promised | another communication.
with the arrival of WAC Sgt. Mary | Straddler, friend and confidante of | Miss Short when both worked in a post exchange at Camp Cooke, Cal, in 1943.
Sgt. Straddler, a resident of
% Montgomery, Ala., said she wanted |
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to help locate a former soldier with whom Miss Short. lived at the] camp. He has not yet been iden- | tified. Edward P. (Duke) Wallington, | rought for questioning in the slay-| ing, denied knowing Miss Short. ! He sajd he was ohly a friend of Lynn Martin, 15, one-time room- | mate of the victim. i
Victim Frightened
The fact that Miss Short was frightened about something was established by Mrs. Elvera French and her daughter, Dorothy, San| Diego, at whose home the “Black Dahlia” was a guest for a month! until Jan, 8. Miss French said
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two men and a woman appeared’ Ome.
at the French home Jan. 7. “Miss Short peeped at them
“She was terribly frightened, and refused to talk about them.” The trio drove away after knocking at the door.
Detain 300 Immigrants
On Eligibility Checkup
SAN FRANCISCO, ‘Jan. 27 (U.
P). — Three hundred wives and!
children of Chinese-American citizens were held in special detention quarters at U. 8. immigration headquarters today while officials determine whether they are eligible to enter the United States. District Operations Officer Arthur Phelan said that the immigrants were detained because in some cases they lacked necessary clearances from U. 8. consuls overseas. » In other cases, the husbands and fathers of the women ahd children had to be located in order to check their citizenship.
Times Index
Amusements . 6(Movies ...... 6 Eddie Ash ,.." 8 Obituaries ... 13 Aviation ..... 20| Dr, O'Brien .. 16 Boots -....... 18 Business .... T|Radio ....:.. Classified ..16-18|Reflections .. 12 Comics ...... 19, Mrs. Roosevelt 14 Crossword ,.. 18|Scherrer «+ 13 Editorials ... 12|Serial ....... 10 Fashions .... 14|Side Glances. 12 Forum: ...... 12| Silly Notions.*11 Meta Given .. 14|Spelling Bee . 19 Burton Heath 10|Sports .......8-9 Homemaking . 15 Stranahan ... 8 In Indpls. ... 3|Washington . 12 Inside Indpls. 11| Weather Map '3 Johnson ..... 11; Wom. News 14-15 Ruth Millett, . 11{ World Affairs 12
NATIONALLY FAMOUS FOR FINE FOOD Charley's Restaurant, 144 EK, Obio—Adv,
| Fellow
“In Beauty's Strangling
| Wednesday. Shawsky said he and & his wife had been living apart be- | Saturday of mistreatment of old or
afflicted horses, Mr. and Mrs. G. C.|sion by Fedéral Judge Walter J. Wege, 4353 Broadway, said they Labuy in Chicago last year. would provide pasture land for mis-
cause they could not find a place [to live but that he had been visit-
: {ancies. All property, it was 'under- |
Acme Telephoto STRANGLED—The body of Mrs. Irene Shawsky, 30, Chicago lingerie saleswoman and mother of a S-year-old girl, was discovered in a lonely, wooded area in Gary yesterday. She had been | strangled with a length of wrapping cord.
Workers Quizzed
Cord Used as Garotte in Gary Slaying May Have Come From Chicago Store
GARY, Ind., Jan. 27 (U. P.).—Chicago police said today the cord tion, turned apparently used to strangle attractive Mrs. Irene Shawsky, 30, whose Some help was expected today! body was found in a desolate swamp near here, may have come from
the Chicago mail order house at which she was employed.
State Police
“I quiring state police officers to de-
Grinstead Out In Probe Into
Ex-Captain Found Guilty by Board
By ROBERT BLOEM State Police Trooper Clarence Grinstead, erstwhile quartermastercaptain, resigned from the department today after being found “guilty of flagrant violations of] police rules”. by the state police board. Trooper Grinstead bowed out in a letter to Board President V. M. Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong indicated the resignation was merely a formality and that had it not been tendered, the trooper would’ have been discharged. Meanwhile, unofficial but reliable reports indicated that a board of] accounts check on garage and other |
. |property controlled by former Capt.
Grinstead had revealed no discrepstood, has been properly accounted | for. Had Been Demoted | | The board of accounts investigaition of the state police benefit and retirement funds, conducted concur- | rently with the police board's investigation, was learned to have been completed up to June 30. The.books to that date show no discrepancies in the fund. Grinstead already had been de-| | moted from the grade of captain!
furnished supplies to his own department. In a meeting Saturday, {the board referred to a rule re-
vote their “entire time” to the service. | The police board ax had fallen earlier on Ivan Miller, captain of field operations, who was reduced to the rank of trooper for “ineffi-: |ciency.” The board specifically found | Trooper Miller guilty of failure to| ‘carry out 30-day inspections of the’ {nine state police posts’ as required’ !by regulations. ; | | “77 Third to Resign | ‘The Grinstead resignation was the
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coming close to the desired mark. ‘the week of Jan. 8-14, a sharp jump {was reached in the week of Dec.
| {on a charge of owning an interest for an extension of selectiv i ¢ e service in a janitors’ supply firm Which ss it can get enough volunteers to
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| COPENHAGEN, Jah. 27 (U. B.).
Recruiting Up, Draft Expected To End March 31
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U, P.). —A ‘sharp rise in army recruiting today strengthened belief that the draft act will be allowed to die as scheduled on March 31. . Meanwhile, Rep. Gerald W, Lan(R. Ind.) today introduced gp resolution urging the United States
to work for world-wide abolition|
of compulsory military service be-
fore considering a peacetime draft. |
Maj. Gen, W. 8. Paul, war department director of personnel, said he would await final recruiting figures for January before deciding whether or not to recommend draft extension. Preliminary figures, however, indicated voldhtary enlistments were
The army signed up 9210 men in from the 6119 in the week of Jan. 1-7. ‘There has been a steady upward trend ever since the low point 15-21, when only 4099 signed up. The army has said it will’ not ask
meet its needs. Gen. Paul estimated requirements at 37,000 men a
3 Nations Probe
Portal Suit
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Legislators
Bill Would Do Away |
‘Read iy editorial, “County Legislators Meet Tonight,” Page 12.
The Marion county delegation will caucus at 6 p. m. today at the Hotel Lincoln to discuss a merit system for" city employees in Indianapolis, The merit bill, it is understood, will be introduced inthe house by Rep. J. Russell Townsend (R. Indianapolis) in the near future. Principal backer of the measure is the League of Women Voters. | The measure would provide for! the selection of municipal employees on the basis of fitness for. the job, doing away with the “spoils” sys-! tem now in effect. & This would be- accomplished to some extent by competitive tests similar to civil service examinations. The bill calls for establishment of a bi-partisan, four-member board to be appointed by the mayor to four-year staggered terms. The board would appoint, subject to the| mayor's aproval, a personnel di-] rector. ' Police, Firemen Exempt The bill would place employees in “unclassified” or “classified” serv-
Moore Plane Crash
- Danes Put Lower Limit On DC-3 Weight Loads
{third since the police board opened | Denmark today clamped a lower
an investigation into : epartment “irregularities” several weeks ago. Major Walter Eckert quit as executive" officer after” he “had been “cleared” of charges that he operated- his police car while intoxicated. Col. Austin R. Killian, superintendent and the only political appointee involved in the investigain his commission shortly afterwards. Investigation of the benefit and {retirement fund was ordered when
A detail of Chicago homicide detectives questioned employees of |it Was learned Col. Kilian had de-
the mail order house in an effort to trace her activities from the
time |layed several months turning in
{certain funds to the benefit ac
she left the home of her parents Thursday night until she died. Samples Studied H aven Offered Samples of cord from the firm were - to ‘be . studied by police de- For Worn-Out partment c¢hemists and compared with the cord found knotted around Work Horses Mrs. Shawsky's throat. ! Her body was found yesterday a few feet from a highway and was! identified by her parents, Mr. and! Mrs. John Wiebrecht, Chicago, who
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Uphold Lea Act,
Ill. S. Asks Court
AN INDIANAPOLIS couple who love animals today offered a haven.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U. PJ). { —The government, in a direct ap-
said they had not seen her since [0 worn-out “for hire to anyone” peal, today asked the supreme
Thursday.
discharged from the armed services,
said he had last seen his wife on Stables,
|Ing her frequently at her parents’ treated horses.
The body, with a heavy cord Sa a
"knotted about the throat, was found |
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Ex-G. I. Plunges '86 Floors to Death
distraught army veteran leaped 86 dated shacks,
{floors to his death yesterday from |
State building. His body fell.on a| woman taking a Sunday stroll in the street below. The victim was David H. Gordon Jr, 31.
She was rushed -to St. Vincent's hospital, in critical condition.
job-training program.
{work horses, now being overworked, Her husband, Frank, 33, recently | mistreated and ill-housed.in local
Stirred by a story in The Times
“WE'LL PUT the animals out to| through the window,” she said. yesterday by Anthony Standarski, graze on our farm,” Mrs. Wege said, “and there'll be no more work for
She said she and her husband {will buy Some of the blind, lame, |and worked-out horses. Such horses {now being hired out daily for heavy NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (U. P.).—A | hauling and lodged in dank, dilapi-
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court to uphold constitutionality of the Lea act. It is a law designed specifically to curb the activities of Music Czar James C. Petrillo, The justice department appealed {to the high tribunal from a deci-
| Judge Labuy held the Lea act {unconstitutional and dismissed a | sovernment suit against Mr. Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians (A. F. of L).
{requiring a broadcaster to employ more persons that he believes necesIsary to do the work. It was aimed {directly at Mr. Petrillo’s practice of [requiring the employment of “stand[by musicians.”
| The Indiana Society for.the Pre. . . . (vention of Cruelty to Animals w Britain Defies
the observation tower of the Empire | which the offer was made, said an!
‘Egypt's UN Threat
LONDON, Jan. 27 (U, P.).—For-
‘Seek Aid for Veterans cign Minister Ernest Bevin told
J WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U. P.. The woman, Mrs. Frances Coover |—The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ames, Iowa, on vacation in New said today it would urge congress York, suffered multiple fractures. to raise ceilings on benefit payments; to former servicemen in the veterans |
|commons today that unless Egypt | establishes a more representative | government, Great Britain will ad(here to a treaty which allows it to maintain military bases in Egypt until 1956. Mr. Bevin thus defied Egypt's de-
New Outlook on Life
Tried Extortion to Get Money for Operation
lonely years.
David, who tried in desperation last year to extort money from his Chicago employer for a plastic surgery operation, got his first look at
New Face Gives ‘Ape Face'
‘Gee If's Wonderful,’ Says Chicago Youth Who
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. 27 (U, P.).—Young David Ruge wonF. C. Othman 11|dered today whether any girl might be interested in him now. He has 19/a new face to replace the deformed one that. had embittered his 17
the new face when bandages were removed yesterday. The Chicago youth stared into new. life. a hand mirror and could only mur-| Mrs. Helen Ruge,
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derful, isn't it?" |
operation was a success and that
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hospital in two weeks to start a
38, David's mur, as tears rolled down his new- mother, was at his bedside when ly-smooth cheeks, “Gee, it's won- the bandages were removed. The face that had given David a perDr. Ferris N. Smith, the famous petual scowl, was gone, His new plastic surgeon who performed the |life will be one free of the taunts operation without ‘charge, sald the of “ape face" and “monkey” that
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cision to ask the United Nations security council to intervene in a dispute over the presence of British troops in Egypt. Egypt wants Britain to withdraw its’ troops. at once. Yigyptian Premier Mohamoud Fahmy Nokrashi Pasha officially informed the chamber of deputies in Cairo today that Egypt would take its case to the United Nations. Mr. Bevin, in a lengthy review of the negotiations, said it was unfortunate that Great Britain had been forced®to deal with a minority government in Egypt. Egyptian party politics, he said, were responsible
Adjournment Sought
bly. quit work until the
The Lea act forbids anyone from |
for the breakdown in negotiations. |
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan, 27 (U,'P.).~— A resolution to adjourn the Georgia legislature until April 7 was intro‘duced in both houses today. A mass, meeting of the. :aroused citizens of the New Yo Georgia” demanded. that the assem- ) al gov= robert. headstrong girl 1
(limit on the loads Dakota transport | planes can carry in this country. The action fqllowed a crash which
American opera star, Prince Gustay Adolf of Sweden, and 20 other persons. - : Seven Dutch civil air traffic authorities arrived at Kastrup at noon to investigate the crash with Danish and Swedish officials, The wreckage was in such bad shape that it promised few clues to the tragedy. Danish air traffic authorities announced that effective now no Da-
Gustav Adolf
kota will be allowed to leave an airport in Denmark with a load -of more than 25,168 pounds. Th. Dakota which crashed and burned on a takeoff from Kastrup airport here yesterday was reported to be carrying 26,620 pounds. The previous Danish ceiling weight had been 25,410 pounds. The ill-fated plane was well within the limit of 27,940 pounds set by the Dutch. {by the Dutch K. L. M. line. R~turning Body to New York Even before the air authorities lJowered the maximum load, reports
| had circulated that overloading
Grace Moore
took ‘the lives of Grace Moore,
It was operated.
ices, the former not to be affected by the measure. | About 3500 city employees would Ibe “classified” under the merit system, while only about 100 “unclassified” workers would be exempt un-: der thesbill. ~ « . ' Others not affected by the measjure would include elected officials,
and one! ty-in” Mayor's private secretary. The proposed plan would keep employees in their present: jobs until they can pass a qualifying, non-competitive examination, but exempts police and firemen from new examination. It would give veterans five points and disabled veterans 10 points in addition to their earned rating.
Bill to Tighten Up
sipal assistant or
To Discuss City| Merit System |;
With ‘Spoils’ Method
board members, department. heads. department ant the’
legislative |
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apolis Times spelling champion
SENATE PAG Indian—Bill Frazer—will return to Washington, D. C., next week « «+ «+ this time as a U. S. senate page boy. :
Bill Frazer Gels Senate Page Post
Was 1946 Times Spelling Champ
New laurels today awaited Bill Frazer, Indianapolis Times Spelling Bee champion of 1946. a The 13-year-old Broad Rippl high school freshman has been appointed a U, 8. senate page by Senator William E. Jenner.
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champion’ spellers from all sectiot of the U. 8. in the national spe bee. ‘Bill finished 14th in the grand finals. ; He earned the right to compete in -the national finals by winning out over some 2000° Indianapolis and Marion county grammar school pupils in The Times Spelling Bee. He was an eighth grader at the John Strange school at that time. Bill lives at 1245 E. Kessler Blvd. East drive. His father is head of
Mine Safety Law A policy bill to help eliminate dangers encountered in working in coal mines is expected to be introduced in the state senate today. An amendment to the mine safety act, the bill would provide that all entries and trackways dug in mines will have at least a twofoot clearance between the wall and extreme projection of cars or moving machinery. > Purpose of the clearance is to provide space so that miners riding in conveyances to and from mines may %“get away from cars and moving machinery in event of accidents.”
House Elections Group Will Study Two Bills
The house elections committee will meet tomorrow or Wednesday to weigh the respective merits of | the direct primary bill and the bill | for reform of the present political convention system. | Charles T. Miser (R. Garrett), {committee chairman, said he will
the real estate department of Standlard Oil Co.'s Indianapolis division.
Delay Execution Of Terrorist -
By ELIAV SIMON United Press Staff Correspondent JERUSALEM, Jan. 27.—The execution of a member of a Jewish underground organization — sentenced to death by the British for taking part in a holdup—was delayed today after terrorists gangs had kidnaped two prominent Britons within 48 hours. Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker, commanding general in Palestine, granted last minute respite in the death sentence against Dov Gruner, {a member of Irfun Zvai Leumi. The {insurgents had warned that if Gruner was executed, his death would be “avenged with blood.” The stay of execution came gfter 14 Jews, armed with tommy guns,
\might have been a factor in the | call a meeting as soon as the con-| i420 004 Judge Ralph Windham of
crash. The ship took off, climbed about 150 feet, tipped over nosefirst, and fell. Officials still were trying to iden-
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Known as ‘Girl Who
she wanted her public to always |career—will probably be buried in Funeral ‘arrangements awaited
(vention bill has been assigned to | his committee. . The convention reform bill was passed by the senate Friday. It is expected to reach the house for as- | signment today. }
Grace Moore Died as She Wanted, at Peak of Career
Took High Hat Off Opera,’
She Had Just Finished Writing Her Memoirs
By LEO TURNER United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.--Grace Moore, the opera star who died where
remember her—at the peak of her Tennessee, friends said todaf. word from her "husband, Valentin
{ Parera, the Spanish actor, whose illness had kept her in Europe.
A few days before she died, :she told Danish newsmen that she!
had just finished her memoirs. “Many people write their memoirs,” she said, “when they are old and forgotten. I want to write mine while I-am still on top and feel I can give, people something through my singing and. not only just by memories.” As she boarded the plane yesterday, she told them: “I have told
left for me.”
dead. Thousands
nessee. Golden-haired, blue-eyed
you all my past. Only the future is A few minutes later she was
of telegrams from friends and admirers poured into office of her secretary |today. ‘Tq “them she was the ex“Ten-
4 good-humored and likable, she succeeded in musical comedy, opera and films because she would never acknowledge defeat. She once sang the aria from “Tosca” and “Minnie the Moocher” on the same program at the Roxy
it because the people who loved her good humor jammed the theater. Aa She said, “I'm. the girl who took the high hat off opera.” : In. her autobiography, “You're Only Human Once,” published in 1044, she acknowledged that some
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theater—and got $10,000 a week for |
critics said she did ngt have a good |.
Tel Aviv district court from the courtroom after cowing 30 persons. Banker Is Kidnaped . Earlier, H. I. Collins, a British banker, had been carried off" by a gang of the Irgunists. ’
cast a warning which sald that “in view of the danger of kidnaping, all British civilians are advised to remain for the present as far as possible in their houses or in. some other place where they may feel secure.” 3 A curfew was clamped suddenly on Jerusalem “until further notice.” The city was in a near state of siege. One of the Holy Land's biggest manhunts was on. Judge Windham is president of the Tel Aviv court and heir to a British baronetcy.
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