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ARD) 60th YEAR—NUMBER 167

Edwards Ordered

Clinging together before he was led away for commitment to the state dont for the criminally insane, Billy Burke and Brenda Edwards confer with their attorney, John Daily floss.

To Talk in Probe Bare $119,608 Income; He Reported $30,000 . WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UP) ~Faced with senatorial charges of perjury and tax fraud, White House hanger-on John Maragon today invoked his constitutional

rights not. to answer incriminating questions. He did so immediately after “5 per center” investigators testified that he had an income of at

witness stand as Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R. 8. D.), charged he was guilty of perjury and income tax evasion. g Refuses to Answer Mr. Maragon listed his occupa-| tion as a publisher's representative. He was asked whether he had ever worked for Frankie Costello, New York underworld and gambling king, or William Helis, race track operator. Mr, Maragon refused to answer on the grounds his testimony might tend to incriminate him. As the committee members fired questions at him, the only time he said “yes” in the early part of his questioning was when Mr. Mundt asked “do you know Gen. Harry Vaughan?” “Yes,” Mr, Maragon said, as the audience laughed. Before he went on the stand, the session had been an embarrassing one for Mr, Maragon. In addition to Mr. Mundt's charges,

he heard himself described as a!

“nuisance” and a “source of embarrassment.” That description came from Henry ¥. Grady, now Ambassador to Greece, who sent the committee a memorandum about Mr. Maragon's conduct on a 1946 United States mission to Athens which Mr. Grady headed. Mr.

Maragon got his Greek mission

job through the White House and, Mr, Grady said, tried to give the impression that he “was sent hy the President to report to him directly.” So, with State - Department backing, Mr, Grady fired him. Mr, Maragon had told the committee in closed session earlier in the investigation that he had

‘never represented anybody in an

effort to get them government business, And he said he had never been paid for any such work. But the hearing record already is full of evidence of just sucly services by Mr. Maragon.

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Sent to Colony

Ex-GI Flails Judge Rabb In Impassioned Outburst :

‘For God's Sake, Get a Change of Venue,’ Prisoner Shouts to Wife as He Is Led Away

By PHILIP F, CLIFFORD JR. ‘Billy Burke Edwards, twice charged with beating deaths of infant daughters, was ordered committed to the Michigan City Prison colony for the criminally insane in a brief but action-nacked hearing in Criminal Court 2 today. : The 26-year-old totally disabled veteran's normal stoic courtroom manner fell away and he launched first into a feverish appeal,

2 HY Glesing Jr., Times Staff Photographer,

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then a bitter tirade when Judge Saul I. Rabb read his decision. The ¢ ordered deputy sheriffs to take him from the room to stem the outburst. But as the slim, emaciated Purple Heart

. “For God sake, R vhatever you|sa do ask your attorney for a change! or venue,” he cried back, “This

aring delivered his Nenad on the ig 16 sanity hearing for Edwards. At that. state-requested hearing, two psychistrists stated that, in their opinion, Edwards was insane, without comprehension of the gravity of charges against him. Yesterday his defense attorney sought to have Edwards recommitted to Marion Veterans Hospital which released him as] “recovered” just 15 days before the mysterious death of 7-months-old Beryl June ‘Edwards. But Superior Court Judge John Niblack refused to make the commitment, leaving Edwards’ fate in the hands of Criminal Court. As the hearing opened today, his attorney, John H. Dally, repeated his plea that Edwards be hospitalized, rather than committed to the criminally insane colony. Asks Co-operation “I have no further evidence as far as Billy Burke Edwards is concerned,” said the attorney who represents both husband and wife. “The only thing the defense counsel can do at this point is to ask for the humane co-operation of the prosecution's office in this matter. “So far,” he added, “Deputy Prosecutor Edwin J. Ryan in charge of the case has failed to co-operate.” He then sat down and put his hand on his client's arm. Edwards moved closer to the chair of his wife, hugging her and clinging tightly to her hand. The court then turned to Deputy Ryan who said he had nothing further to say in ‘the hearing. It was then that Judge Rabb delivered his verdict. Delivers Verdict “Stter studying proceedings that took place in this court Aug. 16 and after listening to the eyi-| dence presented by two court | |appointed *psychiatrists, it is the opinion of this court that the defendant, Billy Burke Edwards, does not have sufficient SotiipRehension to understand the gravMity of charges placed against him,” Judge Rabb said.

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“It is therefore the judgment of this court,” he continued, “that the defendant be confined to the Indiana Colony for the Criminally Insane until the superintendent of that institution notifies this

deputy sheriff who stood waiting with manacles.

to question the completeness of Coroner Jerome Holman Jr.'s death verdict. “His report is a mystery to us, Brenda and me; he never said in his report when the blow was inflicted,” he was saying as the, Star judge interrupted, asking: We that all you have to say,

he detendant broke in again, “We would like to know Just

what specific day was meant...” His sentence trailed off ‘and he

2: think there is no point in proceeding any further,” he said. “It will be Pest for all if the deputy prosecutor will follow the orders of the court.

“Mr. Sheriff, prisoner.” But as the deputy began to place on the manacles and lead bim out, Edwards jerked free and delivered his final message to his frail, 88-pound wife, who was swaying in a near faint. Both husband and wife were returned to cells in Marion County| Jail, he to await commitment and she for trial on a first de-| gree murder indictment, . The couple was indicted®after policemen found the baby bruised and dead in their home at 2105 Gent St. June 20. Both first mainfained the death was accidental.

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wards, left to face charges alone, .nade another statement saying her husband had struck the baby, as he did another infant daughter in-England last year, He was indicted in the case in England, but was acquitted when it was agreed to return him for commitment to a mental institution in this county. He was committed to the Marion hospital on return.

Girl, 8, on Way To Hospital, Dies In Father's Arms

TEIGHT-YEAR-QLD Mary Ann Uhrig died yesterday afternoon in the, arms of her father, William R. Uhrig, 364 8. Cole St, en route to Long Hospital. Stricken by what doctors called “low-grade pneumonia” just three days ago, she lapsed into unconsciousness shortly after noon yesterday. Her frantic parents were driven to the hospital by her paternal grandfather, William J, Uhrig. In ‘admitting room attendants told the family she had died in the automobile.

r » 8. IN ONLY four months, Mary Ann would have completed a sixyear perfect Sunday School attendance record at the Fleming Garden Christian Church, Next month she was to have entered the third grade in Fleming Garden School No. 14. Her funeral at 10:30 a. m. Monday in the Fleming Garden Christian Church will be preached by the Rev. Harry Mount, Hammond, Ind, a former pastor of the church, Burial will be In Crown Hill, Besides her parents, Mr. and

ata against plaintiff.”

But after her husbay= was adjudged insane, Mrs, Ed-/|

i erans of the Civil War.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1049

for Insane

‘Wicked Scheme Control GOP Charged

A libel suit demanding $193,000 damages was filed in Circuit Court here today by Thomas H. McNuity, Indianapolis against Eugene C. Pulliam, the Indianapolis Star Publishing Co. and Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., which includes the Indianapolis News. The 30-page complaint charged that “malicious” articles and| Saitarials in the Indianapolis and in

Mr. McNulty stated in his ipetition that the defendant newspaper “wickedly designed” to take over control of the Republican Party in Marion County from the “plaintiff and others then hold-

DAELY.- OMices bY. pub false and defamatory :

: “EXHIbEE The petition exhibited several articles and editorials published in the Star which Mr. McNulty said were part of a “wicked” scheme for political control. One of the articles cited related to the election of John (Jack) Innis, employee of the Star, as county Republican chairman. The petition quoted a subse- | quent news story in the Star con- | cerning the promotion of Mr. {Innis as general foreman of the

| newspapers’ mechanical depart-| | ments. | Mr. McNulty complained that

| the Star published ‘false and unfounded accusations that this plaintiff was engaged in criminal acts and demanded that this plaintiff should be prosecuted, convicted and punished.” Indictments Quashed The articles and editorials, he stated, related to an investigation last February in which the plaintiff was indicted in connection with operation of a lottery

pool. The indictments later were quashed by a ruling of Judge W. D. Bain of Criminal Court 1. The Prosecutor has appealed the decision to the Indiana Supreme Court which has not yet ruled on the case. Mr. McNulty’s lawsuit was prepared and filed by Louis B. Ewbank, former judge of the Indiana Supreme Court. The management of the Star declined to comment upon the McNulty suit other than to refer to a statement published last Tues@py in which the publication said it would not retract certain articles and editorials referred to in the legal action as the basis for the libel charges,

"Twas Civil War,

Historian Insists

The Grand Army of the Repub-| lic has fired another volley in a war of words with the Confederacy. As the Union's Civil War veterans prepared to launch their last encampment here Sunday, this communique was released: “The War of 1861 to 1865 was

-It was pointed out the Constitution never gave the states power to make war upon one another and that the U. 8. Bupreme Court had held in a number of cases the War was a ,

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Navy a Blows Up and Sinks 7 Killed, 84 Rescue

Hurricane Rips Toward Florida At 120 MPH.

Due fo Hit Late Today

And Wait on

‘Isn’t It Great to Be in Miami?’

You Just Sit and Listen

a Hurricane

Rip, Tear, Thud, Roar and Rain— Oceans of It, Rage Around Your Home

Miami, Fla. and *

Clifford Thurman, Times staff writer, spent several years in both hurricanes

of 1948. Here, he

xperienced describes his troubles during the September blow of last year.

Near Ft. Lauderdale;

Miami Threat Eased

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 26 (UP) A hurricane aimed a 120-mile-an-hour smash at Florida's rich Gold Coast today. A 10 a. m. warning from the Miami Weather Bureau said the storm was centered 100 miles due east of Miami and was due to hit the 40,000 population resort town of Ft. Lauderdale at 4 p.m.

Miami, 20 miles south of Ft. Lauderdale, will receive winds of bare hurricane force, about 75

miles per hour, the Weather Bureau said.

northwest from its Eh of Miami. If it continued overland on its present course it would strike acwoss the lades

Mexico between ’ Sarasota and Tampa. The whole southern half of the Florida peninsula -— the resort Gold Coast and the fertile farmlands south of Lake Okeechobee —was buttoned up tight. for the storm,

“The greatest danger is ex-

winds will be strongest . . . with high tides.” Ft. Lauderdale is a yacht and fishing haven laced with canals. Boats of all sizes, from palatial pleasure yachts to Small fishing = were: being moved up the canals away trom the ocean

popuat fattened - r a VFW convention which drew 10,000, and vacationists here for the biggest summer tourist season in history, was fully prepared for a more powerful storm. Plate glass windows along Flagler St, Biscayne Blvd. and the other avenues of the business district were boarded up or protected by aluminum hurricane shields. A “renegade” hurricane termed “bad actor” by Weather Bureau Chiet Norton, the storm was lopsided. Winds on its north and east sides were clocked at 110 to 120 miles per hour while those on the west and south were slightly above hurricane force. “The hurricane has increased in some Intensity overnight,” Mr. Norton said, “but is stili not unusually severe.” All Precautions Taken “Precautions should be taken immediately for the protection of life and property in the area

where hurricane warnings are dis-| lad

played,” an 8 a. m. advisory said. “Hurricane warnings are displayed from Vero Beach southword to include the Greater Miami area, and on Lake Okeechobee. Storm warnings elsewhere on the east coast from Fernandina to Key West.” The hurricane toppled trees and shattered a number of windows in Nassau as it swept across the Bahamas and headed toward the United States. Winds of 75 miles an hour were recorded.

Radio communication with Cat Island, some 100 miles southeast of Nassau, was lost during the height of the hurricane. The government planned to send a plane to the island as soon as possible to check on the plight of its 400 to 500 inhabitants. Tides Abnormally High Tides along the lower east coast of Florida were to bé “abnormally high,” the advisory said. Resort hotels shuttered their cabanas and dragged in every movable object from their miles of beach-front here. The Navy pushed its small planes into hiingars and big blimps and planes were readied

Submarihes and Navy vessels at Key West were on stand-by orders to head for the open sea. Special Trains Used Special trains were made up in West Palm Beach to move inland well ahead of the storm, picking up hundreds of agricultural workers in the muck land around Lake Okeechobee, The Coast Guard and harbor patrol threw all available men into the task of Mleeiing heavy small-craft traffic up the River. Raised dra utomobile

6am... 7 10a m... 81 Tam... 7 11 a. Mees 84 Bam... 718 12 ( ). 86 fam. A ee 88

The storm was moving ‘west-|

inland):

for flight out of the storm area.

Miami

hurricane?

in Florida the Miami Chamber of Commerce likes to call a “disturbance” ? —- have. And, brother, it ain't

Those winds are blowing down there again. The tall Royal palms in Bayfront Park are straining inland in an almost horizontal position—but the wind is only 110 miles an hour, Wait till it gets going. There's a constant whine o electric wires and a dull roar out over the old Atlantic, The clouds are rolling—black and angry. It's starting to rain — rain that comes from the Southeast and the boiling Car; ribbean —— not down from the sky. It's getting darker and darker and darker. The downtown streets are efpty now but the lights are still burning — there's water in the tap and you can still hear your radio. . rr » “IT IS only a storm,” a smooth voice purrs out of your loudspeaker between cracks that sound like lightning. “Just be careful folks, it'll all be over

the streets and you won't get hurt — won't get hurt, that is,

or a 4idal wave doesn’t get you."

ETRE A ANS

“talk or these with authority. I know my hurricanes. I have seen three of those little blows and been frightened within an inch of my life exactly three times. Hurricanes ain’t nice. Last year, about a month later than this, the hurricane warning started coming, as usual, about two days ahead. People in Miami-—the natives, that is—got their annual case of Oh -My - Gosh - This-Is-the-End - BUT - We-Must-Not-Tell-Anybody-We-Are-Scared. eS " ”

THEN the rains came—and, partner, I mean rain. You can hardly call it a rain when the wind is howling at—about 120 miles per hour. Mrs. T., draped in raincoat and my very best hat stood on the ground and aimed the flashlight while I pounded nails into my beautiful, beautiful new paint boarding up windows. Oh yes, she held the der, too, and tossed up heavy timbérs with the strength of an ironwarker. Round and round and round and round the house we went. I was slowly drowning and the wind was cutting my bathing trunks to bits, We got the boarding done, in a record two hours, It was a good, firm steady job, too. It took my combined. off days for the hext seven weeks to get all those boards off. It took that long, plus gentle urging from Mrs. T., reminding me that the neighbors were talking about our boards staying up so long.

$ «8 0» THEN OOMES the real thing. Along about 2 a. m. after we'd had coffee and filled all available jars, jugs and bottles ~ ~ .

ACKSONVILLE

1: your: home: is. hurricane-proos.....

By CLIFFORD THURMAN EVER BOARD up your house in the face of a raging

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Did you ever sit quietly in the dark, holding your wife's hand, while 150-mile winds ripped off the shingles imarine Cochino exploded and . of your house and carried away your very own palm trees? Have you ever experienced one of those things down

with water (there isn't any drinking water for days after a big hurricane—water works go haywire) all hell, highwater and hades broke loose outside. The lights went off, a power line had snapped under the strain. We couldn't hear the radio any longer, There weren't any street lights—only blinding streaks of lightning and our trusty lantern. You just sit there folks—just sit and sit and sit—listen, lis ten and listen and wait. Once ever so often there's a crash and you see a neighbor's garage door flying past your window. Then, with a rip and a tear and a thud something iands on your back porch. It is the roof of your ‘own garage. » v » THE STREET looks like a river. It has rained about 15 or 20 inches by now and at dawn you see about two feet of water in your yard. The ocean just isn't to an care of the Then comes daylight and n dressed in bathing trunks ~you out to see what make an inventory of damage and find out it is just $2 under the de-

duetable surance policy.

of unboarding the windows. In a day or so—never longer than a week — they get the streets cleaned off and you can get to town and find out what's happened. You can't telephone and there still aren’t any lights. You can’t buy gasoline because all the pumps are electrical and there isn't any current, » » » THEN THEY get the power

“Isn’t it great to be in Miami,” the radio booms out. “Everything's so fresh, se clean, so beautifully washed. Write your friends now -— no, wire them urge them to come to Miami.” Yes, sir, those winds are blowing again down there and here I am sweating it out in Indianapolis, Gosh, I like Indianapolis, I even | like | to sweat.

Divorcee Accused

Of $50 Murder

BRADY, Tex, Aug. 26 (UP)— A tough-talking, pretty Boston divorcee was charged today with murdering a Brady real estate; man for $50 and his car. The charge, murder with malice, is punishable by death, and MecCulloch County Attorney Evans

penalty would be demanded for 23-year-old Sandra Peterson. The pistol-packing, black-haired woman was accused in the death of Lewis Patterson, 34, who picked up Miss Peterson and a 15-year-old girl as hitchhikers yesterday. The young girl, held in jail as a material witness, was not directly connected with the murder.

MILES 0 50

ATLANTIC OCEAN

You clean off your yard and F4 y Bea

Blast Occurs During Arctic Maneuvers

Six of Victims Perish During R A ” WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UP)—The U, 8. Navy sub-

sank early today while on training maneuvers in Arctie waters. :

All except one man was saved from the Cochino befere it sank, but six were lost overboard from

“provision of Pour ins 4¢

James Robert Miller, ENT; next of kin, Mrs. Lillian Maxine Miller, wife, Liberty, Mo. Robert Lee Pinney SN.; next of kin, Mrs. Bertie Lou Pinney, wife, Sturgis, Mich. Robert Francis Brunner Jr, FN...next of kin, Robert F'. Brun« ner sr. father, Altoona, Pa. John G. Guttermuth, ENC. next of kin, Mrs. J. G, Guttermiith, wife, Poguiineies Bridge, Conn,

Lt. Cmdr. Rafael C. Bennits, Ponce, Puerto Rico, the Cochino, Cmd. Robert K. R, Worthington, Oakmont, Pa., ET. pered the Tusk, —-Fwe-Others-on The Toro and Corsair were the other two submarines on the cruise. The submarines were engaged in cold water training exercises in the Arctic at the time of the accident. The dhnouncement said that the six Navy personnel Were

J. Adkins indicated that extreme swept from the deck of the Tusk

when it pulled alongside the Coe chino to effect rescue operations following. the explqsion. ’ The high seas seriously hame pered the rescue attempts, but all of the Cochino's. crew except for the civilian technician were taken "aboard the Tusk.

BULLETIN

Earlier Story, Page 3

‘Mr. Inside’ Now Peddles. Licenses

® Times Col od Soe a vola, fortifi a pads dler’s license, . business

some in the sale of marriage licenses, ® The sold by A. Jack are just a litle on the expensive side, so Our Ed de cided .