Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1947 — Page 1

" FORECAST: Rain tonight through tomorrow forenoon; Postitie snow tomorrow afternoon.

Napoleon Se Aid

Gets 10 Yrs. in Theft

McClanahan Also Assessed $2000 Fine

Leniency Plea Fails ' In $64,020 Shortage Robert M. McClanahan, 34-year-old former Napoleon, Ind., bank official, today was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after -pleading guilty to embezzling $64,020. In addition, Federal Judge Robert! C. Baltzell assessed a $2000 fine against the once jovial Napoleon State Bank cashier. The florid, fendant said little in court although Ripley County friends who surrounded him were profuse in their character testimonials. 7 Extolls Trust in Him Defense Attorney George Jeffrey extolled the trust and confidénce McClanahan’s neighbors professed for him, Many of them pledged personal funds to help their prominent Ripley County fellow-resident, Mr. Jeffrey added. When the defendant's attorney suggested that the penalty be re-| duced to five years, Judge Baltzell replied: | “I gave him five years less than I! have given several recent defendants in similar cases because of your emphasis that McClanahan’s bank did not lose anything from this em-! embezzlement, However, your other arguments don’t impress me. None of these bank officials are criminals when they start taking money,” Sister Angle Cited The judge dwelt at length on government evidence that McClanahan imposed on a sister still employed at the bank to cash $12,000 in worthless checks after the initial shortage had been -uncovered and while a federal grand jury was studying the gase last September. When newly appointed directors of the bank learned of the transaction, the sister was discharged. McClanahan, on Sept. 8, presented 2 personal check for $5000. to .his sister, who gave him one of the bank's cashiers checks in return, ‘evidence disclosed.

Returns One Check

The money was intended to buy out a partner of McClanahan in a limestone company. Two checks each for $3500 also were presented to the sister during the next few _days. McClanahan returned one of the $3500 checks and two Napoleon friends loaned $8500 to settle the balance, testimony further showed. McClanahan was a partner in the Ripley County Beverage Co., Republican dominated beer wholesaler, in addition to his limestone and banking interests. As bank cashier, he received a salary of annually, He embezzled the bank funds to buy machinery for the limestone firm, he told Judge Baltzell, His wife, whose pallor contrasted with her well-tailored suit, stood beside him during the testimony, but said nothing,

20th Century-Fox To Purge All Reds

athletically built de-

Bradley, ‘Gl

’s: General, '

Named to Succeed ‘lke’ as Chief of Staff |

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UP)-—Gen. Omar N. Brad-

{ley, the “GI's general” today

was named by President | Truman to succeed Gen.. i. Dwight DD. Eisenhower as

chief of staff, the Army's highest post. The tall, graying 54-year-old Gen, Bradley is now head of the Veterans Administration. He will be suc ceeded in that post by Carl R. Gray Jr., vice president of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co., a Republican and a surprise choice, n, Bradley was the favorite of the GI's during the last war when he was the top U. 8' combat com=mander in Europe. He was consid{ered Gen. Eisenhower's personal

\choice as successor since Gen. Brad-

1éy took over as head of the VA in 1945. Gen, Bradley came under considerable criticism. during the time he’ ran the huge organization. But even his critics agreed that he brought order and efficiency to an organization ridden with bungling and waste, President Truman also announced

Meyers Admits False Affidavit

Senators Take Up Oath About Car

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UP)— Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers (ret. said today he made out a false affidavit about an Aviation Electric 'Corp. Cadillac because he considered it just “a routine form.” ~ Anyway, the former Air Force procurement officer told senate inivestigators, it was commonplace for automobile owners during the war to make untrue statements about their cars. A Senate war investigating sub-| committee looking into Gen. Mey- | ers’ wartime conduct had heard | testimony that the Cadillac, a blue | job, was part of $131,000 net profit| he allegedly reaped through secret ownership of Aviation Electric, Denies Ownership Gen. Meyers denied he owned or profited from the company. He! said he set it up just to provide| a job for B. H. Lamarre, with whose wife, the general said, he ae] a five-year love affair with the approval and acquiescence of the! husband. Because of that, he felt obligated to them, he said. The Army is looking into Gen.!

tion,

was interested in the Cadillac which | Mrs. LaMarre had testified that! Aviation Electric bought, but that Gen. Meyers and his wife drove it.|

Columbia license for the car.

used” the Cadillac before Dec. 31,| 1941, the last day under a wartime |

_ NEW YORK, Nov, 21 (UP)—The 20th Century-Fox Film Corp.,| moved today to purge its payroll

of any Communists or fellow trav-|

/ elers. Spyros P. Skouras, president, | said employees of the company who have been cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about Communist affiliations have been ordered dismissed. Further, he said, the company’s board of directors unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the discharge of any admitted Communist employed by the company,

Detroit Lions’ Owner Loses Custody of Son

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UP)~ <A cross-country squabble over 9-

year-old Stephen was set tled today with sole going to his mother,

The child's father, Fred Mandel Jr., Chicago department store executive and owner of the Detroit Lions pro football team, did not contest the hearing, although in July he had Mrs. Schubert arrested on kidnaping charges for taking the boy out of Illinois.

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GOP to Select | New Chief Tuesday

Republican = County Henry E. Ostrom today called a

ganization for 8 p. m. Tuesday in| "| Tomlinson Hall, Mr, Ostrom's resignation will be presented to the precinct committeemen and vice committeemen and his successor will be named, Mr, Ostrom said he hopes to have voting machines on the floor for the delegates to vote their choice. Currently the county Republican organization is rampant with bickering over who shall be named to succeed Mr. Ostrom. The chairman reiterated as he called the

candidate for my successor.”

OK FOR INSTRUMENTS Weir Cook Municipal Airport has been authorized as one of 40 airports over the nation where air-

Times Index

Amusements .20| Obituaries ,...14 Eddie Ash ....37| Outdoors .....35 Bridge .......28| Dr. O'Brien ..27 Carnival .....35| F. C. Othman 23 Marquis Childs 24| Patterns ......27 By ART WRIGHT Classified , 38-42| Radio ..... ...431 HERE is happy néws for IndiComics .....,.43| Mrs. Roosevelt 26] anapolis’ needy children: Editorials .....24| Ruark .......23] The Times Clothe-A-Child—for Forum .....,.24| Scherrer ......24| the 18th year—is going to be their | Gardening ...28| Bide Glances .24| {big brother” again this Christ~ Meta Given ,.27| Society .......26| mas. ; ; Hollywood ....23 Sports ... 36-37 The job can be accomplished Inside Indpls. 23! Teen Topics .20| only through the contributions of Mrs, Manners 18 Weather Map 16 a generous Indianapolis Ruth FR Wom, Rea 1.28] Jeu: alr year las ropondet the need, o

Movies, s..vess 20, Word-A-Day .23

liners may make instrument landings this winter.

Tuesday meeting that “I Y.ave no!

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21, 1947

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Royal Couple Stays in Hiding Unti Sunday

Enjoy Seclusion On 6000-Acre Estate

By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff’ Correspondent LONDON, Nov, 21—A big crowd

gathered at the gates of the country! estate where Princess Elizabeth and]

[eine Philip were honeymooning| | today. | But the royal newlyweds sent out| | word that they had made their last!

{church Sunday. They 8:30 o'clock in a red and gold bridal chamber. , They immediately asked for the newspapers so they

lin Westmintser Abbey.

There was little else in the | papers. Uniformed and plain clothes

[police watched the crowd at Rom(ney, 6000-acre Broadlands estate of Philip's uncle, 74 miles from London. There the prince and prin-

. | |cess will spend the first two weeks

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adh NEW POST—Gen. Omar N. Bradley, administrator of veterans' affairs, today was named to succeed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as Army chief of staff.

Whispers Spread In England of 2d

Royal Romance LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP)— Princess Margaret's association with the Marquis of Milford Haven set Britons to wondering today whether there might be another royal romance in the making. Milford Haven was the best man yesterday at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth gnd Prince Philip, i Last night Elizabeth's 17-year-old sister and the 28-year-old marquis were together at the wedding celebration at Qiro’s club, Margaret, a pretty brunet, danced with several guards officers and princes. But she danced most often with Milford Haven, who, like her new brother-in-law is a handsome naval lieutenant. Buckingham Palace has décreed that Margaret will have to wait at least three years before she is | permitted a romance serious

enough to consider engagement.

Marshall Hopeful

For Big 4 Parley

LONDON, Nov.

21 (UP)—Secre-, Meyers testimony about his rela- tary of State George. C. Marshall tions with Mrs. Mildred LaMarre to, arrived here today for the Big Four determine whether it calls for ac- Council of Foreign Ministers re-

lof their honeymoon.

They will spend the other two weeks at Balmoral castle, in Scot-

s [land.

There was a Scotland Yard man {inside the honeymoon mansion and |atother detail of Scotland Yard {men riding around the estate in a 'jeep—all to insure the world’s most famous newlyweds privacy. The privacy they get in the next month will he the most they can count on the rest of their lives. Margaret Is Lonely

In London, thousands gathered

we at Westminster Abbey today to see

|the royal signatures on the mar[riage register and the bridal bouquet of white orchids that princess sent to be put on the tomb. of the Unknown Soldier.

both sad and lonely—Princess| Margaret, the 17-year-old sister of

maid yesterday and friends said she | already was wondering what she | would do for companionship. She and her sister had been“inseparable since childhood. These friends said the wedd breakfast yesterday was touchihig They quoted King George VI as saying to. the assembled royalty of Europe as he toasted the couple: “Our daughter is marrying the man she loves.” Philip replied: “I am proud— proud of my country and my wife.” Elizabeth said: “I ask nothing more than that Philip and I should be as happy as my father and mother have been and Queen Mary and King George before them.”

Estate Used as Hospital When the lights went off in their!

night, the Daily Mirror reported, there was a Scotland Yard detective

above. Broadlands has been the Royal

£

ar, and the . Mountbattens kept only a small wing of it for their use.

Philip were honeymooning, and the patients in the hospital were beside themselves in - excitement.

fusing to be pessimistic about the | They hoped that by looking out of

Tuesday.

Mr. Marshall's viewpoint contrast-

ed sharply .with the British,

The subcommittee, meanwhile, | outcome of the conference opening lthe windows, they might see the

[royal lovers strolling in the gardens, There also were four servants, |

|although, the Mirror reported,|

Earlier, British experts had said {Philip let all of them go except

| cess of the conference.

Russia termed the cancellation a | “hostile action” | (Continued on nued ‘on Page 3—Column 4) Iranian government must bear full!

for

| “Both the

Both the United States

country. Airport a p.

"Truman's plane; the “Sacred Cow.”

meeting of the county GOP or- |A small group of top advisers made.

{the flight with him.

“operation” when engaged in it,

On-Off Strike Ties Up Argentine Railroads

stopped nearly * Argentina today. The workers,

every train

were prepared to keep up the proc (ess: indefinitély.

which the]

and Britain has upheld Iran's right to) reject the agreement which would] {allow Soviet oil exploitation in that| Uniform and. they met About |o’clock in the drawing room, where] Mr, Marshal bi ved at Northolt|there was a blazing fire on the 12:2 m. (6:25 a. m.| Chairman Iara aly aboard President

tails of the German treaty negotia-|that had a

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 21 op | a A strike of workers for a wage raise, Ing Magazine said today thal Russiaigy qegree temperatures yesterda and a change in seniority rules|s building 50 military planes for be y y

rebelling against their union leaders, said they would| said rumors concerning Russian air strike for 24 hours, work 24 hours/transport activity indicated a rate) |sylvania Republican, was reported was due and strike again if their demands of expansion which could “in the’ ‘still weaker” today and. in extreme- can be transmitted in water, food “WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UP)~—| were not satisfied. They said they! predictable future make the Soviet {ly eritical condition in Washington and milk, Union the No. 1 air power of he Batam in nearby Takoma Park, Herman E. Hilleboe said. The cause ally denied Soviet claims that the) was unknown previously, he added.| United States is expanding war-

Gen, Meyers swore to an afidavit|that a Russian note to Iran de- the butler after dinner. before a notary public on Jan, 3,|scribing the Iranian rejection of a 1942, in applying for a District of | 1946 oil agreement with the Soviets | It | would have “grave effects upon the said Aviation Electric “paid for and | already slim chances” for the suc-

Finish ‘Supper’ at 10 A special, took them from London to Win{chester, the station nearest the estate, early last night, The Mirror sald that as soon as they arrived, | Elizabeth was shown to the pink |

away costume, Philip changed from his

hearth. According to the Mirror,

sthen shut it off, They talked for a while then,

‘Russ "Outbuilding U.S. In Planes, Says Writer

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UP)—Fly-

| States. William. B. -Ziff, aviation writer,

world.”

public -appearance until they go to awoke at

could | |read about their wedding yesterday|

the’

There was one girl in London]

the bride. She was the chief brides-|

flower-bedecked train

{and gold bedchamber, where a maid | {helped her change from her going]

Hearts snapped on the radio and time tomorrow.

At

tts Goes

to Court 9 A.M. Tomorrow

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THE PUZZLED CHIEF — Chief

are convicted one month, freed the next-—al on the same type of javidence,

Lobaugh Requests Sanders Tells 5-Point Plan

Death Reprieve

Counsel Raise Doubt of Sanity

By RICHARD LEWIS A petition to reprieve Ralph Lo-|

Wayne women, was filed with Gov.|

The 87-page document asked al 8 stay of execution on the ground that Lobaugh's sanity is in doubt.

was convicted on his own plea of guilty, which ‘he later repudiated. Lobaugh was the man who walked

statement he wanted to confess to| “some murders of women up in Ft.| Wayne.”

{murders of three Ft. Wayne women {during the war.

{he was simply seeking publicity. |

|

Since then, Lobaugh has made]

the murders, chiatrists found him legally sane,

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Sky to Shed Tears Before Kick-0ffs

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Gaim... 37 10am..... 48 Ta. m.....38 Nam... 4 8am. ....3 12 (Noen).., 50 9am. ...42 1pm... 51

Plan to take warm wraps to the 5,4 Murray DeArmond, psychia-

football game tomorrow. Mild weather with rain this eveining and tomorrow morning is ex-

naval Pécted to give way in Indianapolis and central Indiana to much colder two public

{ (temperatures.

(the afternoon.

The cold air mass which will Northwestern ‘Ave, the Princess opened several of the reach here tomorrow afternoon is filed for the other four, some He declined to discuss any de- |congratulatory telegrams from piles| descending from the northwest. Al- whom may offer to plead guilty rrived. Then they went| ready it has driven temperatures rather than go on wal. tions, but repeated former state-|/Into the little dining room and sat down to 5 degrees at Denver and ments made at Washington that he side-by-side for dinner, which the! from 17 to 25 in the Dakotas. refused to be pessimistic about an

ent, the bureau forecaster said, though it is falling in Minnesota, | Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas,

e ted to reach a low of 40 de- the cause of Intestinal flu to a

grees, Miami residents basked in

in/every one produced in the United gx.SENATOR ‘STILL WEAKER’

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21

g|Onves today by Lobaugh's attorneys. ruption charges were thicker than the cockroaches

A few days later, any way you saw fit? on guard in the attic, several floors he repudiated the confessions, said first-grade police department?” Chief Sanders was asked.

Face Sanity Tests

lon trial here Monday in the kid~ | nap-assault of a 19-year-old South PARIS, Nov. 21

| Bide girl a month ago Will be given

| The Weather Bureau predicted ed by the court, {the rain would be over by kick-off filed in behalf of Stewart A. It may -snow in rickson, 21,

(itt, on Yage 11—~Column g| No snow is in sight at the pres- To Filtorable Virus

(UP)— nfent research workers discovered Former Sen. James J, Davis, Penn- that the gastro- intestinal infection

To Improve Police Force

Favors Higher Pay to Draw Better Type of Men

And an ‘Iron Clad’ Merit System

Fifth of a Series

By EDW EDWIN N C. 'HEINKE, Times City Editor

ON SATURDAY morning, Jan, 20, 1947. a tough cop walked over baugh, 31, condemned to die Feb. | trom the Chief of Detective’s office into the Chief of Police's office Across ne nag not accepted Watts’ offer to 9 for the murders of three Ft. the hall on the first floor of the police station.

The entire police department was in & turm than half-century-old building.

| L. Sanders. x

Chief Sanders fs on the way out of the No. 1 spot with the election |

[pf Mayor-elect Feeney and he knows it.

The chief has seen the weaknesses of Indianapolis’ police system in into the Kokomo police station last his 27 years’ experience but his year in the “hot seat” of the departJune and startled police with the ment have brought them into sharp focus.

Howard Sanders can't understand why racketeers

Graft and cor.infest, the more

“I knew I was walking into a bad situation,” said grim-faced Howard},

Stark Speeds First-Degree Murder Charge

Courts Jammed With Crime Cases Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said today that Robert Austin Watts will be arraigned at 9 a. m. tomorrow in Criminal Court on a charge of first degree murder, The prosecutor said he had de cided to request the early arraigne {ment after reaching the conclu | sion that Watts, having confessed

iva slayings, has little more to tell ‘authorities. | He will be arraigned on a first | degree murder indictment returned

\ Wednesday by the grand jury in

the shotgun death of Mrs. Mary [Lois Burney. No Decision in Merrifield Case

stabbing of Mrs. Mabel Merrifield Oct. 30. The prosecutor said he had not decided what ‘action he would take in this case. With one murder trial now in progress before Judge Saul Rabb and the trial of five men charged with |kidnaping a South Side girl set for Monday, the Watts case was fitted {into the log jam for Saturday. The court is running day and night and on Sundays to dispose of these cases, No “Offer” Accepied Mr, Stark, meanwhile, asserted plead guilty in return for life imprisonment.

It pointed, fo. h's Snow-1- “But I fully realized the responsibilities of of the position. life, but 1 never have acecpted dit: now Y-didn't confessions and! “I made Mayor Tyndall a solemn: promise that I'd give the city my offer.” asked the Governor to take into best efforts. That I have done and the guy who says I haven't 18 ‘due | «prom the standpoint of thé consideration the fact that Lobaugh for a punch in the nose.” brosecution, it -would not be wise at

is time to say what intend to ask for.”

Meanwhile, City detectives said

THE USUALLY clam-nidiithed Mr, Sanders oe not ordinarily hand they would question Watts about | out advice, but he thinks he knows what could be done to make a better o half dozen unsolved cases as soon He repeated his “confessions” to police department. He isn’t afraid to talk about it if he thinks it will |g he comes out of a stupor of

honeymoon suite at 11 o'clock last Ft. Wayne police in the unsolved be for the good of the department that he loves. “What would you do if you could.run the department absolutely, |

How do you think Indianapolis could have

- Here {5 his program: “FIRST:

“SECOND:

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2 in Assault Case

Blum Says Reds

Two of six men scheduled to go Designate Leon Blum; seeking

ternational Judge Saul I. Rabb of Criminaliclared war on French democracy.

Court 2 appointed Drs, Roger Smith ene trists, to make a report on their

examinations before trial. on the Assembly for support of

I'd make it possible for sufficient compensation being South Hampshire Hospital since the and retracted. a dozen statements in paid to-members of the department in order to attract a better class Two Ft. Wayne psy- of men. I'd like to see a merit or civil service system that would | This was where Elizabeth and but advised the Allen Circuit Court pe jron-¢lad—a system where the man who does good work would receive The 25-year-old City employee

‘War’ Upon France

(UP)~Premier-

: vote of confidence in the National sanity tests today because of aD s..mpiy charged today that in-

| unexpected defense maneuver. communism had de-

| exhaustion, Detectives said today they had no positive leads connecting Watts with the bludgeon murder of Alberta Green, a student nurse, & year ago and the fatal slashing of WAC Opl. Maomi Ridings in 1943. They said they would question him as a matter of routine.

had to be awakened for breakfast

continuously sihce he confessed early yesterday in the knifing of Mrs, Merrifield. Undecided on Action Indicted for first degree. murder in the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Burney, Watts faces a possible death. penalty irrespective of the Merrifield murder. Both crimes which rocked ndianapolis were cleared in cone fessions by Watts this week. He broke under intensive grilling

He said the republic was in dan-|eqry Tuesday in the Burney case. ger and its very peace was threat- pp. grand jury returned its in«

|dictment Wednesday, Then Watts

The 75-year-old Socialist called gogeribed the death of Mrs. Merrie

2 field early yesterday.

The insanity pleas were filed by moderate government to arm fit! The investigating team of State

“0. with ‘the

defenders, Thurl combat Rhodes and Prank Haupt, appoint. Band Their pleas were Derof 610 W. 27th St. and James E. Henderson, 25, of 2647 No pleas were

French People on the. other. Mr,

tioning government,

. |by political dissension.

Intestinal Flu Traced

peace.

Blum. spoke .against a men- | acing backdrop, Without a func-| France was threaténed by nationwide strikes of whose bicycle was stolen recently, 750,000 Communist-led workers and will find another awaiting her when

He said these imperiled the Re|public, eivil liberties and the public|gt, depended on the bicycle to get |about. Miss Viola Jones, executive. He exhorted Prench Republicans! director of the Marion County So=

necessary authority to| communism on the one (Continued on Page Page 11—Column 6) and a threat from Gen.| Charles De Gaulle's Rally of the!

Replace Crippled Girl's Stolen Bike

Gloria Joan Cron, lame school girl

{she returns home from school today, Gloria Joan, 13, of 1026 8. East

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 21 (UP)= (5 close ranks in a “third force” | clety for the Crippled, says the soThe New York State Health De- union to resist both the left and | jety read the story of the. girl's The temperature here tonight was partment said today it had traced the right.

France as

etrate porcelain, Using human volunteers, depart- West.

to a filterable virus which Bases in Greenland

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Atom Expert Kin Dies SOMERVILLE, Mass, Nov.

U.S. Denies Expanding

[time bases in Greenland and. build-

recent Russian broadcasts to Denmark, Norway and other countries. Officials here described the. claims and present—in his popular |as “pure propaganda inventions.”

| (UP)—Mrs. Emma L. Paine Bush, | 187, mother of Dr. Vanpevar Bush, one of the natioh's leading atomic ) i [bomb scientists, died at Somerville Today ; Hospital today of a cerebral hem- | aay orrhage. 2

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The Big Game—

® All the pre-game dope on Indiana and Purdue will be found on The Times sport pages today:

Health. Commissioner American officials today categoric-|

® You'll find “on the scene™ stories from West Lafayette and Bloomington by Times Staffers George Weldon and Bill Eggert. . . . Sports EditornEddie Ash has much to. say about the ‘game-—past }

in|

Sports Roundup,

@ Tomorrow . . . welch fos 21

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Watts also has confessed in the

wee | this morning. He has been sleeping

the complete report of the