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| Million Britons Cheer
Elizabeth and Philip After Royal
Princess Speaks Tremulous ‘I Will’ as Crowned Heads of Europe See.Ceremony
By ROBERT MUSEL, United Press Staff Correspondent WESTMINSTER ABBEY, Nov. 20—Princess Eliza-
beth, tremulous as any bride, today spoke her marriage
VOWS. She intluded in her vows a
Mountbatten, new Duke of Edinburgh, at Britain's most sacred shrine, the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey.
After the ceremony—rich
and empire—the young couple held hands in public for al moment after entering the fabulous glass coach for the| ceremonial return to Buckingham Palace. The cheers of the multitude assembled in Parliament Square roared out so loud that the crashing carillons of! Westminster Abbey were almost drowned out. Millions lined the streets. fainted or collapsed in the crush that turned the Mall, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall into solid seas of humanity.
Trouble With Train
Like many a bride before her, Elizabeth had trouble | with the train of her wedding gown—a ‘dreamlike creation | studded with thousands of seed pearls and crystal. | It proved more than the little page boys, Prince William | of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent, could handle.
As Elizabeth mounted the train caught on a candelabra.
anxiously watching to see whether the five-year-old pages
could free it.
Philip, probably no less nervous than any other bridegroom, turned and murmured to the princess. Then King George himself stepped out of position, bent| down and with the aid of the best man, the Marquess of |
Milford Haven, freed the gown.
Struggles With Train The Duchess of Kent, spectacularly gowned in bro-. caded silk and sparkling with diamonds, watch anxiously as | her young son struggled with the train.
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promise “to obey” —to Philip
in the traditions of Britain!
More than 2000 persons |
of Wedding Gown
steps to the altar, the 15-foot | Elizabeth turned her head, |
She exchanged
a mother’s look with the, Duchess of Gloucester who| was equally concerned about her page-boy son.
The train caused trouble a Af Royal Splendor
gecond time when the royal
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couple started back through the church to the strains of
Mendelssohn's Wedding after signing the register in the chapel of Edward the Con-| fessor. |
This time Prinpess Margaret, the
leading bridesmaid, gave the pa ge!
boy¢ a hand. | Elizabeth was grave and solemn] through the ceremony, which in-| cluded the promise “to obey” at] her own request. Like her great-great-grandmoth-er, Victoria, she wanted to emphasize that she was marrying as a woman rather than as a member of | goyalty. Philip Smiles at Bride Her responses in the ceremony were quick and almost breathless and she said the words “I will” in tremulous tones. Philip's voice was low, but firm, and he smiled frequently at his beautiful bride. The vows were spoken ‘before a glittering assemblage of peers and peeresses, the crowned heads of Europe and ambassadors accredited to| the Court of St. James, including | those of the United States and the Soviet Union. Elizabeth’s only smile during the! ceremony came when she emerged
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from the shrine of*Edward the Con-|
fessor on the arm of her husband. | She made a deep curtsey to her | father and mother and as she rose | they smiled at her and she smiled | back. When the couple entered the glass coach after emerging from the Abbey to the plaudits of the crowd, | Philip seized Elizabeth's hand and _elasped it tightly. Elizabeth smiled “warmly and the royal procession began. i Aid Teams Busy As the carriage passed the Cen-| otaph, which is Britain's monument, fo the dead of the first World War, Philip brought his hand to his cap|, in salute. Here was where the throngs were thickest and first aid teams had a Busy time removing persons, mostly women, who fainted in the crush.
All the way from the Abbey to| Buckingham Palace waves of cheers|
roared like heavy surf as the newly wed couple made their way back to the wedding breakfast. Once back at the Palace they made an appearance on the balcony with the king and queen, touching off fresh waves of enthusiasm. Some 2500 persons witnessed the actual ceremony in Westminster Abbey. The royal couple appeared twice
Marchigenk Falbush,
{married or not, but I certainly felt
that.
By EDWIN 8. ROSENTHAL" United Press Staff Correspondent i LONDON, Nov. 20—Hard-bitten| a United States Marine sergeant from Cincinnati, lis a hard man to thrill. He's been eight years with the Leathernecks, lincluding campaigns in the Pacifi 8€ and Burope. -° Hank thought he had seen every-| |thing in those eight years.- And he, was inclined to take "a dim | of the royal goings-on here today. | “But I was wrong,” he said, after| watching the show the British put| on for the wedding of Princess { Elizabeth. » . » | “I HADN'T seen anything, and I found that I still had it in me fo be thrilled. I never thought I'd give a'darn whether a princess got
the shivers up and down my back when she came out of the abbey land. that crowd started to cheer {and sing.” And Hank got it second hand, at He was one of the more, {than 100 Americans—including soldiers, sailors and marines—who saw {every part of the royal wedding, ex- | cept the actual ceremony, on ‘he BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM— Princess screen of a television set in the minster Aboey today following their wedding. crowded bar of the American Em-| - bassy Canteen. n ” »
THE CZECH barman at the can|feen, where most Americans eat la good share of their meals while] ere, did a rushing business durling the ceremonies. The Americans ordered in whis-
Acme Radtophoto they left West(Other Wedding Photos, Page 23)
Elizabeth and the Duke ef Edinburgh are shown as
Shelley $s Bonde GelsoTine; : Meyers Disputes Mayor Defends aul Includes Payroll Cash proj. pages Record of Police :
A youthful gunman armed with, man left the store Mr. Koor untied) a small automatic pistol held up himself and called police. UP) Two other holdups were reported | - ore, 1841] pers and sipped in silence as. they ,| Wagman's Department Store, {to police last night and this morn- | watched - the images flashing on| Shelby St. this
morning and! ing. |the screen. escaped with $1175 in cash. Edward W. Brown, 24, of 711 W. | charges that he reaped lush war-| They were a part of a contingent
H. L. Koor, manager of the store,| 31st St., night manager of Lilly's {time profits through secret owner-
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\today denounced as “entirely false” ment from Mayor Denny. The Mayor issued. a
\numbering in the millions who pre- said the slim youth entered the Filling Station, 602 E. Michigan St., [Sip of a subcontracting firm. |parument and. attacking “reckless |ferred to take thelr wedding from store shortly before 8 a. m. anditold police two men with a knife Justice Department — spokesmen, Syiticmm,! Is statement was as follows
{the radio and television sets rather asked to be shown some pants, Mr. held him up at the station™ this however, said that they may seek Koor, who was alone in the store,| morning and took $50 in cash. |criminal indictments against Gen. | sald that as he turned to walk to Mr. Brown said the men entered {Meyers and also against his asso7 a. m. !clates in the Aviation Electric Co
{than brave the milling throngs.
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’f ; the clothing department the youth|the station shortly after and vicinity,
+ COMEDIAN 508 HOPE as Jus shoved the gun at his back and held the knife at his back and|This is the firm that Gen, Meyers ally concerned about the efficiency A question arose today concern-| | ding*srocession fred a balcony wine | demanded, “Where's your money?” |torced him into a washroom. owned secretly. {of the Indianapolis Police Depart-|ing possible penalties in the event] | herself dow of a telegraph office in Parlia-| Phe manager opened the cash Some hours earlier a taxi cab Geperal Vehement | ment. ment Square. He gasped when the register for the robber who stuffed driver, Ralph Nutgrass, 1227 N. Ala-| The former. chief of the Air] “Now that each of these crimes| degree murder, horse guards clattered past in their the bills in his pocket. The store bama St. said two men passengers Force's materiel command testified seems to have been solved, ‘I am| This charge carries two possible brilliant uniforms. cashes payroll checks for residents held a knife at his back and robbed before a senate war investigating glad of the opportunity to tell what| penalties -4 sentence of -life imLewis Dougiad American dubus- in the vicinity, Mr. Koor said, which him of $25, subcoinitiiittee which had heard I know about the subject that may|prisonment or death in the elactric! ) tend to answer unwarranted criti-|chair.
accounted for the large sum on| He said he picked up the two men | testimony that he hand. |at Alabama and Ohio Sts. The hold-| ONE: Netted more than $131,000 After taking the money the youth | |up occurred in the 800 block of N. during the war from the Aviation {forced the employee to tie his own | Bast St. He told police the men fled Electric Corp. of Vandalia, O., legs with 3 rope. When the gun-| afted taking the money. partly as a result of $1,063,000 in subcontracts he’ allegedly won for
[Headquarters of Mayor the company.
000, th of Raided in- Game Drive |, TO: Bought $4.000,000 work o
war bonds on one per cent margin HOBOKEN, N, J. Nov. 20 (UP)— and made a paper profit of $90,000 | When Mayor Fred M. Desapio, head in one deal. Gen. Myers had given|
lof a reform &ity administration, or- | this testimony himself. THREE: Gave Robert Cuse, pres-
sador to Britain; his wife, who left a sickbed” for the ceremony, and| their daughter, Sharman, were inside Westminster Abbey. Other Americans, from movie| stars to housewife; were lost in the] jostling thousands trying to get a {look at the procession, FR { LORETTA YOUNG had threatened to take up a seat on the curb hours before the procession began
Hang Up Topcoat, Get Out Umbrella
Meta Given . 27 Side Glances. ..24 [tine Hager, 73, San Antonio, Tex.,! The highest temperature forecast | She asked the Library of Cais: loyatim in Indianapolis insthe opinion of not only Chief Sanders. but was impaired by an injury received Hollywood ....23 Society ........26|who sent the princess a duplicate/for today is 50, with the lowest to-| ® These Times forecasters gress to publish a literary review every man on-the force. when a bus in which the was Don Hoover ..24 Sports .... 35-37|of the wedding dress-worn by Mrs.|night about 40. are agreed on the Indiana- |in Bralile ta give the blind al They would like to work for promotions, do good police work and| touring went intd | | near: Inside Indpls...23| Teen Topics . 28!/Hager's grandmother; Mrs. Rita, For the state the weather bureau, , Purdue game. -Are they quarterly appraisal of American £00 their jobs, always striving higher. Cairo, IIL nn oa Mrs. Manners. . 2| Washington .. 24|Benham, ‘winner of a “Queen. for predicted clouds with rain begin- right? : literature. But in the local ‘police department, unlike Detroit's or other ien) The suit named Marko Markets .......15 | Weather Map 13|a Day” radio contest in the United ning in the southwest tonight, : Library officials assured her they Where iron-clad merit, systems and civil service commissions safeguard | Inc. which arranged the and Ruth Millett. ..28| Wom. News 27-28|States; and -Mrs. Ella .Waganhes| spr sprepdisg over Indiana by 0-| Turn to Page 35 would do . everything possible to the officers, the uniformed man is at the mercy of the politicians and a Chicago bus company as sodes Movies ........32| Word-a-Day. 23 of Somerville, Mass, realize her dream. (Continued on Page 7—Column 3) fandants with Cugss. :
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|Robert Austin Watts, confessed slayer of two women, must ‘await completed police investigation, Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said today.
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Criticism of lax law enforcement | |Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers (ret) in Indianapolis today drew a state-
lengthy
“As the result of several recent crimes of -violence in Indianapolis court must appoint legal counsel tol our people are natur-trepresent him.”
tark Weighs
Attacker of Mrs.
New Action Against Watts
Burney
Admits Merrifield Slaying
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: By VICTOR PETERSON
Decision on legal procedu
re to follow in the case of
No date has yet been set for Watts’ arraignment on the
lindictment charging him with Mary Lois Burney, 8558 N. Pennsylvania St.
Watts broke under grillin ‘the Halloween eve slayi ing of ‘Churchman Rd.
murder in the death of Mrs.
g early today and confessed Mrs. Mabel Merrifield, 2583
| Undecided on Merrifield Indictment
This further complicated his legal status.
What grand
ljury action, if any, on the second murder has not been de-
cided, Mr. Stark said.
The
murder charge for the slaying mitted before dawn Tuesday. In both cases Watts had
25-year-old city-employed truck driver. was indicted yesterday by a hastily summoned grand jury on a two-count
of Mrs. Burney which he ad-
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denied emphatically that he
had been to either of the homes although he talked freely
of attacks upon women over the city and suburbs.
police to the Secluded South
Watts Is Assured Of Legal Rights
Stark Undecided On Merrifield Charges
By NOBLE REED | Although Robert A. Watts has!
|confessed to two killings here, the State is bound by the United States Constitution on civil rights to fol-| low specific legal procedure in han-| dling the case, : This was pointed out today by Prosecutor Judson L. Stark in answer to a deluge of queries concern-
courts. Watts was indicted yesterday on a charge of first-degree murder on two counts in connection with the shotgun-slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney. His legal status was further complicated last night when he confessed to a second slaying in the fatal stabbing of Mrs. Mabel Merrifield, -
|s¢reen door at
ing what steps will be taken in the ld
Yesterday, however, he was nervous when taken by
Side suburban home of the
68-year-old murdered prom-
\inent clubwoman. He started ‘talking on the Merrifield case last night after a round of questioning by state police and sheriff's men. The first break in Watts’ replies to’ grilling came ir answer to this question by Deputy Sheriff Robert Reasner: “Don’t you remember cutting the the Merrifield
{home ?”
“Yes,” sald Watts,
With this change in his story, .
police pounded question after question at their chief suspect in the Merrifield murder. Chain-smoking during the questioning, Watts gradually unfolded ls of the second killing to [which he has confessed ; is wife visited him early in the evening and said: “If you know anything about Mrs. Merrifield, Robert, tell these mien. Tell they the truth.” Blood-Stained Shirt Found ' Earlier a blood-stained shirt, which Watts admitted was his, was found and turned over to the prose-
Next Action Uncertain
Prosecutor Stark said he had not | reached a decision on what grand { jury action, if any, would be taken on the second confession. He pointed out that there is no statute of limitations on prosecu={tion for the crime of murder, “We could indict the defendant won first-degree murder charges mn! both slayings and try him on either |one or both of them,” Mr. Stark
| pointed out. “Decision on this will depend upon the evidence and circum-|
[stances surrounding each case after investigation is completed.” | The next legal ‘step in the case will be setting a date for arraign-| t of Watts on the murder in-| dictment in the Burney slaying. |
{Judge Saul I. Rabb, in whose court | the indictment . was returned, said]
no date has been set yet for an arraignment, Must Be Given Counsel
said, “It is my duty to see that the defendant has legal advice. If he| {tan't hire an attorney himself, the|
“Watts will not be brought into! statement, defending the Police De-|my court until he is first provided] fire,” with’ legal counsel,” “Judge Rabb|
cutor’'s office. State police and Indiana University medical autherities today attempted to match the stains with blood samples of Mrs. Merrifield, The twice-canfedsed slayer was working with a city réad gang on the South Side the day Mrs. Merri{field was killed by a butcher knife [stab wound in the throat. Watts, who roamed the city in a municipally owned truck, said he {parked in front of the Merrifield
{home about noon on Oct. 30.
He went to the back door, cut the screen with a knife he found on the steps and smashed a window. Un{able to unlock the door, he kicked his way in, Met in Dining Room Mrs. Merrifield was not home, he
From a window, he saw her re-
{turning home from a bus stop and
| left the house to meet her in the | yard.
“I told her the house was on
Watts said. Mrs. Merrifield entered the front door on this ruse. Watts re-
entered the house through the rear door.
‘They met in the dining room.
| There, he said, he cupped his hand
over her mouth. She struggled free and grabbed a butcher
| Watts should plead guilty of rst-| | knife which was lying on the din-
cisms by hysterical people and at| Judge Rabb said- he had not de-|
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Spoils System Demoralizes Top Layer Police Authority|"
Fourth o of a Serles
By EDWIN C. HEINKE, Times City Editor E. L. GLATZ, of Detroit, chief investigator for Great Lakes Grey-|Was to leave immediately for the
Chief Howard Sanders last week
new man in this chair the next time
“Quitting?” said the Chief. new police chief?” asked the Grey-|
the balcony of Buckingham Palon y 8 to be sure she would see it. If she LOCAL TEMPERATURES | dered a cleanup on gambling, the 4. '¢ of the Vimalert Co., Jersey| lhound, was saying goodby to Police ace, first after returning from the|did—and she was lost in the crowd 10 “ | police force took him seriously. : 6am,.... 36 Am. ui City, N. J, a $470,000 Air Force en- lafter checking to see if several prospective bus drivers had criminal| _ ceremony and again when they|-—she was merely orie of millions. "aa 3% lam:..4 | Pour police raided the Fred M. o.....inc ‘contract after Mr. Cuse| records. fu Other Americans who came t0| gam. .... 36 12 (Noon).. 49 | Desapio Democratic Association yes- “Well, good luck, there'll be (Continued on Page 5—Column 1)|p.o1and tally f h e', 800d Juck, Lhere a a gland especially for the wed-| 9, m. .... »n 1pm... 49 |terday and arrested five men for (Continued on Page 3—~Column 3) {you come in,” Chief Sanders said to Mr. Glatz. ding but could not get into the gambling, including the mayor's “What do you mean?” asked Mr. Glatz. Times Index abey for Sie SSHemODY ded Slightly warmer weather is pre- Secretary, James Chirichella, 32. Braille Literary Review | “We had an election in Indianapolis last week,” Amusements 32, Obituaries ....20{ton, D. C. She is a housewife who|dicted for Indianapolis and vicinity. Urged by Helen Keller |, .oo nat mean you have & as .| The weather bureau said in- i Eddie Ash ....35|Dr, O'Brien ...28|sent the princess a dress as a wed e FOOTBALL SELECTIONS I TIO, Nov. 20 (UP)—| agure it does” replied the Chief. Bridge . 28| P. C: Othman. 23|ding present and in return was|creasing cloudiness would be the Helen Keller, totally blind and deaf] «wo had an election in Detroit last week too. but we're ndt gettin Classified . 38-42] | Patterns ......28 invited to tea with the royal fam-|order of the day, with the «ame| “Di inlet gince infancy, says the public owes! " g 8 . ® “Pigskin picks” for the {a new chief of police,” sald Mr, Glatz. “What the hell's wrong with this Comics ....... 43] |Radio .........43/ily, for tonight and tomorrow. Some. week-end are offered today _ |th€ estimated 250,000 sightless | tons Editorials ...: 24 | Mrs. Roosevelt 26 5 5 x rain is expected for tomorrow afrer- hy Major Hoople and Oscar | Americans a chance to keep up on| POrum ........ 24 Ruark ....... 23] ALSO on hand were Clemen- | noon. Praley, > | current writings, THAT TYPIFIES "what is wrong with. the promotion rand demotion
{ing room table,
As they fought for possession of the knife, Watts said, they stumbled on a rug and fell to the floor. Mrs. | Merrifield was bleeding from the throat when hg regained his feet. He said she got up and sat on e edge of the daybed. She was found dead there by her husband (when he returned home from his |qewniown office late in the after
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Wits said he then called a doctor, ‘whose name he does not remember, in the Hume-Mansur building. The doctor supposedly
Merrifield home.
Before fleeing, Watts said he
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Cugat’ * Violinist Sues For Bus Crash Injury
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UP)—Lawrence J. Maddi, 38, violinist in | Xavier Cugat's orchestra, sald today he had filed .a $500,000 damage suit (in superior court against the rumba king. Mr. Maddi said his playing ability
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