Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1949 — Page 1

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extremely hero said. “I hauled him to ‘Guard Saves Driver From Fall Creek Er ae icson ran i Roland G. Tene STOR PETEREN tuday beatae an sens 10” he said. i still in Gen a kina as David Simons, grandson of Mrs. Grace Lancaster, ,ng on General Mospial hemi A

stayed home from his job as a Rhodius Park pool lifeguard | tion 1 enitioal Police sought 3 " i second man in creek to help make arrangements for hér funeral. She died yes- jo 1 ins was revived sufficiently

to assure them he was alone.

-elderly woman he doesn’t know is.dead.

_ terday at the age of 78. "He was standing with his mother in front of their home, a na lunged es an -115 E, Fall Creek Blvd, 8.10 GF®, water, feeling with his

Drive, yesterday afternoon when hands and feet for the car. Mr. Jenkins’ car caréened intothe| «Jt was Impossible to see a

ripples onthe surface of Fab} Creek's muddy water. Without hesitation Mr. Simons

creek at the Delaware St. bridge|thing,” he sald. “All I could do wonderful. As a life guard, I'm pledged to do just that. sort of the boulevard. water is about 12 feet deep Where | thing.” ix About his work at the poo - “Oh, nothing much happe I Mra. Farrell Herring, cried. “I tried to open the door butiguess I've pulled out a few but The 19-year-old lifeguard rani geemed to be jammed. Jerk- they were ‘mostly youngsters in.toward the scene. There was 0O|yng it as hard as I could, I got shallow water. We don't keep sign of a car. The only evidence jt open and started working my score.” And he blushed again. _'This is his first year as a life across the front seat and theiguard. A graduate of the Costeering wheel. He didn’t move|/lumbia Military Academy, Coas I worked him out the door|lumbia, Tenn. he will enroll at and to the surface.” Indiana University this fall.

after crashing with another oniywas feel my way around. The

“A car just went into theithe car went In and I finally creek,” young Simons’ mother, found it submerged by six feet.

of disturbance was a circle of way around in the wreck. “There was a body slumped

! David Simons . . . "I didn't do anything so wonderful."

Shirley May Delay Swim for Week

Weather Unfavorable; Cuban's Effort Foils

CAP GRIS NEZ, France, Aug. 18 (UP)-—Cuban Swimming, Star) Jose Cortinas failed in his bid swim the English Channel today #8 and American channel aspirant] § Shirley May France announced

Qne weék because of unfavorable : weather. Mr. Cortinas, exhausted and

six hours .an 12 miles out of]

France.

dreds watch.

publicity for his heroic act, Mr. Simons shunned the tragic scene' * after the rescue and blushed whenever anyone réferred to his

Firemen salvage caf in Fall Creek as hundreds wild,

“Phas all there was to It,” the “modest brown-haired

inthe spotlight of

“Gosh, I didn't do anything so

General Hospital.

Roland” G. Jenkins is shown with- Nurse Pon Leininger. in

State Planned LVL Ban ‘Stat Before County’s OK

Clash Between Schricker's .Representative And Sufana Over License Action Revealed

By PHILIP F. CLIFFORD Jr. EVEN BEFORE the Marion County Liquor Board put its stamp, tof approval on the LVL Club's liquor license application, the Free] | ABC planned to turn “thumbs down” on the request, The Times | learned yesterday. { In a telephone conversation with Nicholas Sufana, president of | the Marion County Board, John Kass, Gov. Schrickeér's representa-| === tive on the county board, who

: voted for approval of the club's rman ils liquor license, said he knew in| TT - : advance that the state agency)

Vaughan ‘Smear’ Ah i a rebent raid on tha

Indianapolis Symphony, Council was expected to come to the rescue by granting the full amount. Last year, council cut a $25,000 subsidy to $10,000. Led by Theodore B. Griffith, president of L. 8. Ayres & Co. the music lobby informed Council that the large number of mu-

for admissions so that concert attendance can actually pay for the performances.

Gave Fres'

by Dr. Fabien Sevitzky, gave two free concerts at Cadle Tabernacle and performed at 10 local high schools. A teen-age musical SETORp owas organised hy Des «Bes vitzky and gave nine free concerts in the World War Memorial.

Shortly afterward trainers for|

of ET EE Jurors Order Death in Chair 571 Sint

basis of the morning weather re-|

point program to be put in effect]

donate $25,000 for the operation

It was broadcast last night at the final City Council budget news conference asked reporters| hearing by the largest delegation to visit City Hall this year. |anid editors “in common fairness” | fore our board,” Mr. Sufana said, More. than 100 men and women representing industry, business to suspend judgment of Gen and civic groups petitioned council for a $25,000 subsidy for the

|gambling equipment was confis-|

1 t d i-| Council Likely to Heed | Information Leak [ated the county Dont or

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP) |elub's liquor Meense,

$25 000 S I SOS President Truman today ac- ¥ ymp ony cused Senate investigators ADVISED “that the state board

leaking information ators. of) ADY the club's application after

Music Lobby of 100 Tells Group City Aid {to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan it had been approved by the coun-| But Sheriff James Cunningham Is N Save C S {while - withholding testimony fa-/ty, Mr. Sufana deferided his per-| defended his action, s Necessary fo Save Concert Season |vorable to the White House mili- sonal vote in the matter by say-| was the only thing I could do.” A financial 808—8ave Our Symphony—today sounded a pre-itary aide. . ing he “simply followed the evi-| He said Mrs. Edwards sent for lude td the city’s annual concert season. | Mr. Truman at a White House dence at hand. him yesterday, saying her “‘con-

“At the time the case came he-

ito indicate -that this “club had

| Vaughan until after the General violated the liquor laws.”

subsidy for the Indianapolis In-| dians.” However, Republican Counell-|, men Charles lers : Ce a re ang Doni The president forestalled ques-|,,. . President Christian Emhardt, toning about Senatorial demands * .go1, John? This is Nick. and Councilman Joseph Wallace, [that he fire Gen Vaughan. Heipgaue you seen the toDemocrats; that the money would|told reporters at the outset thatisove They're raising a lot of be well spent. he would answer no questions sv oke and saying that the state sicians required to perform sym- A————————————— phonic works amd attend necessary rehearsals make it impos$i for any symphony orchestra to charge

Last year, the symphony led]

The music lobby pledged a six-|

N. Pennsylvania 8t., died 90 min-| {utes later in the General Hospita

{tells his side of the story to the Senate Committee Yavestigaiing

s scheduled to testify next igen

about his aide. took a crack at us for our hanBehind Closéd Doors d of the LVL matter.”

- » | Traffic In liries | In asking suspension of judg-| “No” replied Mr, Kass. I nent Shout Gen. Veushai's 1¢ haven't sen the papers ye, hut El nen Ta alone [It was a question of whether I ishould gamble with the people’ {case or do the best : sould. She

ations with. John Maragon andy think it looks rougher than

: {James V. Hunt, accused “influ-iy.. T must admit though, that Fatal to Boy " ence peddlers,” Mr. Truman sald; xnew the state was going to !

“the principal reason for that isi. the application out. I had| that all these comhittee hearings! ro 2 avance dope “on It, but

Fred A. Beck Jr. I Everything Mat nas aoe: out | didn’ t have any direct assurances} . . . | Dies in Hospital {has been leaks,” he said, adding from hy of Rin i loud,” the!

‘Fred ' A. Beck I pao later that “most all” of the hear-|,y, nerated Mr. Sufana cried:

{ings had been behind closed ..

pe yuttars told the President] «WELL, NICK, * why worry| ha The youth, who lived in ez50|holding public hearings last aekdone with now,” Mr. Kass said.

j| Vaughan repeatedly was inked the Governor's representative on|

f the symphony. The program: port Shirley probably would call| ¥ 2 L i a rt Ki 4 9 receiving ward. He sufféred. a| off her attempt for about a week.| or one Y £0 II@IrS | ove: Reduce the orchestra gicull fracture and cerebral hem. Truman replied that he didn't|

However, a final decision will

be Taage later in the day, they, Judge fo Sentence Couple Monday; TWO: Lower the price of con-| 5a x . cert tickets about 20 per cent. The announcement said that >. Defense Plans Immediate Appeal

the British Air Ministry had re-| NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UP)—Gold-toothed Raymond Fernandez,

budget 23 per cent.

ported an “unfavorable outlook| the mail-order Romeo; and his fat mistress, Martha Jule Beck, were street.” | for the next 24 hours” and that|doomied to. the electric chair today by.a Bronx County. jury that] FOUR: Engage only soloists Hoffman, 66, of 1 E..36th St. | oor (en Teo pay Hngs are ‘LOCAL TEMPERATURES

“unless there was marked im-|deliberated all night before convicting them of the greed-murder of

provement by early afternoon” | a 66- year-old widow.

Shirley would be returned to! “Ashen and tired’ from their all- 1-night wait in detention ion ‘pens © of ————— ———|for additional revenue and to/youth had just come from the spread the name of Indianapolis/home of an uncle, Charles R. | Beck, 3110 N. Capitol Ave.

England for fresh training. | the Bronx County Courthouse, | Mr. Cortinas had tears in his|they stood calmly and listened) eyes when he was hauled Jat wiiou expression ; Jury| of the 50-degree water. waves were so high in the a | verdict. nel they broke over the sides of| They murdered Mrs, Janet Tay, |

the vessel, soaking th who gave Fernandez her $6000, face. ng those aboard. think ng he.was going to marry[* She will be the eighth woman with four councilmen going onthe accident. Mr. Beck was in

Refugee Schooner " “Déatn in the electric chair is|

{mandatory when the jury re-!

Reported Disabled|tuns a first degree murder ver- defendants passed love notes to| Guy O. Ross, Democrat, who

HALIFAX, N. 8. Aug. 18 up)! cy. =—A. Latvian refugee schooner Sentence Monday carrying some 60 people, including] Judge Ferninand I'ecora an-|

a sick woman, was r “|nounced he would sentence them| eported dis {Monday. Defense Attorney Her-

York. state. {opposing it. {Beck was at their summer home| one of more than 2000 |row. A high of 88 degrees was| It was reported that while the During their 43-day trial, the| Explains Opposition lin Michigah.... | persons who submitted en- forecast. The mercury ygsexpected statement “shifts most of the reThe youth, a graduate of St.| tries you'll want to see the ito drop to 68 tonight, which wasisponsibility to her husband” it {dict without recommending mer-| each other, exchanged frequent (opposed the subsidy, said: [Joan of Arc School, would have picture of these prize-win- ‘the low at 6 a. m. today. (was a definite admission that the smiles, and Mrs. Beck kissed] “If we give the symphony $25- been a sophdmeore at Park School! ning kiddies. The mercury reached 85 degrees baby's death was not accidental [Fernandez while the jury 000, next year Frank McKinney this fall. He has two sisters, Dor. ® See them tomorrow ,,, (at bs p. m. yesterday as 07 inch| watched. {will probably come up here for alis and Patricia. in The ‘Times. of rain’ fel. FContinued on Page 3-Col. 3)

abled in the Atlantic today, and {bert E. Rosenberg said he would | |

aircraft were sent to investigate, [file an appeal-immediately after Two American ships sighted) the sentencing. the little craft, drifting in fo. Fernandes and Mrs. Beck each) heavy swell, its sails torn and eard themselves pronounced] “finpping In a Tresh wind. : (guilty 13 times - of the hammer! The ships, the freighter Campus|*0d scarf murder of the nightand the U. 8. Army transport, General Patch, reported the plight of the schooner, identified as the Long Island. Amanda, by radio. They said the weather-beaten Amanda was unable to hold its da a course to Halifax, and. was drift-| 968Tee murder cases, ing some 800 miles off the Nova Show No Emotion Scotia coast. Fernandez was a little flushed.!

then the jury was polled individ-|

An, American plane took off|Otherwise neither had shown any|

from Argentia base, Newfound- emotion. Their clothes—Fernanland, to investigate, dez wore a dapper camel-hair

On the Inside

Arbiters begin study of Indianapolis Railways pay

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Polio Planning Committee O. K.’s opening of State IRIE asssnnvennssssrsrsnnnns vassasss age 3 Socialist “Egalitarian” policy explained by BT : Leech . . . one of a series on England ......Page 19 Indians gain game on St. Paul. . . . Cards regain National League lead. . . . Other sports

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Other Features on Inside Pages

Amusements 16 Forum ......20{Movies ..... .16 Side Glances 20| Bridge .,....11/Gardening ..10(Npedlework .11/Society ..... 9|

Bubiness ....28 Hollywood ..16 Novel ....... 5/Sports ...20-31 Classified ,32-34/In Indpls. ... 2/Othman .....19/Teen Prob. ..11 " Comies .....35 Inside Indpls,. 10 astern ves 11 Weather Map 4 Crossword ..26|Dr. Jordan ..10|Radio ...,..12/Earl Wilson 25 Editorials ...20|Mrs. Manners 18{Ruark ......10(Joe Williams 29 Food esssee 10 Marriage +++ .18'Sgherrer se0+20' Women's 10, 11 . - Jn ” Hh

| jacKet and tan trousers and Mrs. Beck a turquoise blue spun rayon; Foreman Fred D. Yobs read the dress—were wrinkled by the”long| SIX: Co-opefate with all local] The driver of the car was not|

their fees.

synrphony.

|to pay the death penalty in New record for the grant and only one Chicago on business and Mrs.

forrhage.

whose box office sales will exceed

FIVE: Play two concert tours| hit the right windshield post. The

Witnesses said young Beck had! kfows is what he reads in the

|Just stepped from the northwest paper THREE: Open a series of pop- curb of the intersection, heading! Sen. Clyde R. Hoey (D. N. C., Partly Cloudy

ular concerts for “the man in the east. He was struck by a south-| {bound car driven by Wesley E, has said frequently that the com- Forecast Tonight

chairman of the investigators,

{mittee itself will make no judg The car's right front fender

struck the youth and his head|finished. 6a m.. 68 10a m.. 78 . ’ Tam... 69 11 a m.. 80 ‘Cutest Babies 8a m.. 69- 12 (Noon) 80 9a m.. 7 1pm... 82

Due Tomorrow

Partly cloudy skies are forecast)

hours of waiting. Mrs. Beck. had musical groups. {held by police. eT he winners in the [for tonight and tomorrow. rubbed all the makeup from her! Council support for the appro-| Both Mr and Mrs Beck were Tulips’ SOubest Buby Lon: Clouds caused by a low pres- her husband, Billy Burke, have [priation was virtually assured/out of the city at the time of| les row. "sure area in Ohio will hold the previously maintained.

the Times tomorrow, ® Whether or not you were ' mercury in the high 80's tomor-

Reported in Fatal Slapping

Mother ‘Signs’ Document on Death of Baby By DONNA MIKELS Dissension broke out bee {tween police and the sheriff's oday after the sheriff took .a statement from the elub -by Sheriff James; F. Cun-|city’s star prisoner, Accuses Senate of ningham in which a quantity of {Brenda Edwards. “ Inspector Jack O'Neal hurried !into-eonference with Police Chief Edward Rouls when he learned

of the statement, to protest the “messing around with

would overrule the county group 's| office t

science was bothering her” and that she wanted to make a state“there was absolutely 0 evidence, ment 40 him- alone. a He sald she specified “certain police officers who had questioned In an effort to find out why the her in the past were not to be " state had taken a negative stand, | present. He said he took & verbal = per centers. Gen. Va Mr, Sufana calleg-Mr: Kass. The nt and later had her re conversation went something like] peat it in front of witnesses. Jo her husband, Billie Burke Edwards,

Signs Statement The second time it was put into RE nd Hs. sg yards signed

have 1 hadn't gone along with her. - declined to reveal what was in the statement, pending a con|ference at 3 p. m. today with city th fice 8 BRR rah oro doBrs; Spartictilariy if Uiey were fohat was in’ he wind now, a maar ar attoriey; Sti WE |tors, was fatally injured today favorable to Gen. Vaughan. when struck by a car at 30th St. l, {and Capitol Ave, {

Mrs. Edwards was reported to the committee has been/ghout the thing. It’s over and have told Sheriff Cunningham {that the death of her 7-monthe {end this week in which n.| . But jeepers, John, you're {old daughter “was no accident.” Police- and prosecutor's office with the five per centers. Mr.\the board and if you had a neg- circles buzzed with the rumor {that the sheriff had “pulled a fast {know about. that and that all he (Continued on n Page 3~Col. 8) one” on detectives by obtaining a |confession from their No. 1 pris. loner without consulting them,

Sheriff Cunningham confirmed {the reports that he had talked to Tr 27-year-old English woman. who is charged with miiirder in the death of an infant daughter, Beryl June. He would not say whether it constituted “a confession.” anqther source said that the statement definitely [set out that the baby's death was no accident, as Mrs, Edwards and

{gown clad o)jd..woman in their| apartment at Valley Stream,

The foreman read the .verdict,|

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