Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1949 — Page 3
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lashed to 3 Who Perished
Only Two Survive As Atlantic Gale
Sends 9 to Deaths NANTUCKET, Mass., Sept. 10) (UP)-—Two young Cape Codders survived a 13-hour swim in Atlantic today to tell how nine shipmates were swept to death In a northwest gale foundered their pleasure boat. Russell C. Palmer, 24. of mouth, skipper of the swamped cabin cruiser Constance, stumbled ashore on this resort island with the first news of the tragedy 10 miles offshore. ; Hubert A. Alleny Jr., 23, of Falmouth, the only other survivor, was found alive but exhausted four miles offshore as he bobbed
up and down on a life preserver|
—lashed to his sweetheart, sister and brother-in-law, who died just as a rescue boat reached them, Bodies Dot Sea The bodies of the other victims dotted the swelling ocean for miles around young Allenby, the son of a Falmouth minister, who perished with four other family members after the 38-foot Con-
stance went down in the violent storm last night. “There-——was--no-“Everyone Was swell.” | Dead and living all wore life jackets. But in the churning seas off this storm-swept island, the victims died of exposure or were) drowned by eight-foot waves that surged repeatedly over thelr heads. * : | The 11 persons aboard the Constance lashed themselves together
wae: 1.0 RECONSHrUCE
Prosecutor Prepares
Dailey Sees Scene of Housewife's Murder
Mrs. William_Jaus, occupant of the house in which Mrs. Mary Lois Burney was slain, Prosecutor George S. Dailey, former Deputy Sheriff Robert Reasner and State Police Lt. Robert Shields, examine a duplicate of the shotgun shell that killed Mrs. Burney.
Officials Visit Burney Home Fund Drive Chief 47 Slaying
New Case Against
Robert Watts in Young Matron’s Death
By PHILIP F CLIFFORD A group of grim-faced men stood in the middle of a Pleasant| room in a North Side home. They spoke in hushed, respéctful tones.|
But they spoke of death.
They spoke of a young, beautiful housewife. And it was in her “everybody's business,” bedroom they had gathered to talk of her slaying two years ago, Prosecutor George 8. Dalley, ;
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Seeks Volunteers
Red Feather Termed ‘Everybody's Job’
Pointing out that the India-|
napolis Community Fund was | Ww. E.
(Bill) Kuhn, chairman for the 30th annual Fund Campaign,
Lewis R. Stewart (700-Yeor Old Bridge Chopped Down IU Center to Offer 3
lum, both of Indianapolis.
yesterday in Lilly Clinic at Gen. oral Hospital. He was 52, in Shelby County, Mr, founders
all of Indianapolis. : - Services will be at 1:30 p. m. Buchanan
tioch Baptist Church, will officfate. Burial will be in Crown Hill
Earlham College | To Start 103d Year 8
RICHMOND, Sept. 10—Earl- Thi . ! bam OC 's 103d will is freshly chopped bridge support shows how a 100-year-old re traditional Frosh: Monroe County covered bridge, near Harrodsburg, was destroyed ma Week activities for 230 new| by Phrsons vs oified Har. csunty Siasizners Uieided not to students. repair the historical landmark. Irate residents community ==Amang. VppsrsiAssman. Sitio will had previously removed barriers placed by Highway Department are Suzanne Foster and John Kel-| Officials at the condemned bridge. The old structure collapsed after its supports were chopped aay.
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Sot for Adults’ >
The Indianapolis . Downtown
. |Center of Indiana University will
offer two new adult education
b* |lecture séries this fall, it was an-
nounced yesterday. A lecture series on recent im-
{portant books will be given each
Public Library. Another new eight-lecture series wil be presented on' grieve ance procedures amd arbitration. Classes will meet each Thursday at 8 p. m., beginning Oct: 6. "Dr. Witney to Teach Dr. Fred Witney, IU assistant professor of economics, will give the first four lectures, The final four lectures will be made by Norbert Basey, regional manager of the American Arbitration Association. Classes for the fall semester will begin the week of Sept. 19. Approximately 3000 students— ° an increase of almost seven per cent—are expected to enroll.
SHANGHAI WON'T BUDGE SHANGHAI Sept. 10 (UP)~ Communist authorities admitted today they were running into dif-
overcrowded city whose tion has swelled to 5.7 million.
STRAUSS SAYS: — = TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TO
in the water and sang a hymn to], up of investiga . . bolster their courage after the 0° sinc oo le of evi-| ng | m Salt Sageised. But the gale Swept dence he will present to a Shelby jury seco der | in the pre-dawn darkness. County in the na murder
made an urgent request yesterday that Indianapolis residents volunteer to help in the drive, Oct. 10 through Oct. 24.
Loses Family Dead were Mr. Allenby’s father, the. Rev. Hubert A. Allenby, 52; his 49 - year-old mother; - his brother Leighton, 20; his sister
Mrs. Robert Nairn, 22,,0f Roches- killer, has already been tried for|
ter, N. Y., and the latter's 25-year-old husband. The others who perished were Mr. Allenby's Foster, 21, friend John Hadley, 19, of Falmouth; the latter's sweetheart Jane Mange, 18, of Staten Isiand, N. Y., and Patricia Dickinson, 18, of Falmouth. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard called off a search for the sloop
trial of Robert Austin Watts, for|mer Indianapolis truck driver. | Watts is scheduled to go on {trial Oct. 3 for the brutal shotgun {slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney. | Watts, accused as a sex crazed
[the Nov. 12, 1047, slaying of the {young matron in her home at 8558 N. Pennsylvania St.
May 10, 1948. g | A series of legal maneuvers delayed the execution. | hours before he was to walk the |last mile on Jan. 31 of this year, another stay was granted.
Reported Serious Assailant Held = | On Assault Charge Eugene May, 28, manager of
the Pleasure Club, 30 W. 11th St.,| | was In serious condition in Meth-|
ere {odist Hospital last night with a fiancee, Emily| At his first trial, Watts was : of Falmouth; his/found guilty and sentenced to die knife wound across his abdomen.
|, Wiley O'Connor, 50, of 325 Ww. {12th St, was charged with as-|
And six Sault and battery with intent to is a fine record,” the Mayor, said.
murder in connection with the stabbing. : { Police found Mr. May laying
Mr, Kuhn was strongly backed | in his appeal by Gov. Henry F. Schricker and Mayor Al Feeney, both ‘of whom agreed that Indianapolis must fully stand behind the Red Featler campaign if the city is to continue to take pride! in its progress as one of the Mid-, west's leading cities. Mayor Feeney pointed out that last year the 46 agencies of the Community Fund served 123.597 residents of Marion County. “This
He added that he knew personally the valuable work done by such Red Feather agencies as
The case ultimately was car- 3Cross a beer case in the club. He | The Boys Club, the Boy and Girl
[sald he was stabbed while at-| Golden Fleece of Newport, R. I.!ried to the U. 8. Supreme Court. 53 } : which had been reported overdue| The nation’s highest tribunal, tempting to break up a fight. |
in the same area with four young socialites aboard. The Golden Fleece, apparently undamaged, was sighted passing the lightship off the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard.
Treasury Agent Poses as Printer
{after studying the .evidence, {versed the Indiana court | June 27. | For the most part, the men
re-
| who |room were “newcomers” in the | case. Their visit to the death
[scene had a definite purpose. ey "Cyclist, Soldier
- Smash Counterfeit {wanted to examine first hand, the . |interior and exterior of the trim, Ring in Ft. Wayne
[brick home in which Mrs. Burney thad. passed. so many. happy days | with her husband, Herschel, an { Indianapolis broker.
{the case, an idle breeze slipped through an open window and nipped” at a pair of checkered
FT. WAYNE, Sept. 10 (UP)—|chintz curtains,
An amateur photo-engraver, his
Outside in the spacious yard, a
employer and a former fellow, frisky cocker pup was yipping at
worker were arrested today on
charges of counterfeiting $20 bills.|
Police said Ernest L. Jarvis, 33, employed as a radio repairman
“for Harold Meler, 46, taught him-
self photo-engraving a year ago. Jarvis decided to photograph and reproduce U. 8. currency, and interested Meier In the scheme, police said. Meier and Jarvis then got Claude E. Quarry, 35, another repairman in Meier's radio shop, as a third partner. The men said .they turned out a total of about $51,000 worth of the bogus /bills on two small printing presen found in the basement of fer's store. They used four copper plates which were found at Jarvis’ home.
But treasury agents recoverediabout this house because of the “only 1576f" the counterfeit bills;murder committed —here. It's -a yyy Arizons, tonight was |
Meijer said he" destroyed the re-
mainder several days ago. He did happy and contented living here,” | not give a reason for the de-
struction. Police said they learned of the gang last February, but were unable to make any arrests until they learned the men wanted to hire a printer. Police got in touch with U. 8. Treasury Department
officials and they sent out an School sophomore fought for her|chiidren, Arthur L. Cloyd, 8d, and
agent who posed as a printer. Today, the agent was viewed for a job by Jarvis. As he was shown about the basement of the "store, the agent announced that Jarvis was under arrest. “Jarvis just laughed,” the agent said, “and he continued to laugh until I led him outside where police from. .a squad car parked a half block away were waiting to put handcuffs on him.” Quarry was arrested at his home near Wolcottville (in La
|an itinerant bird. Two of the men in the group {knew the case from the time of
lita beginning until Watts heard
himself doomed to death by a | jury in Shelby County. |.” Lt. Robert Shields, a state police detective at the time of the |slaying, filled in most of the de|tails for Mr. Dailey. And to a great extent he was helped by | Robert Reasner, a former deputy sheriff, the first officer to arrive at the scene of the murder. | ‘The present owner of the home |is Mrs. Florence Jaus. Mrs. Jaus told the investigators
{to come and go as they pleased if it would only help.” ' “I have no particular feeling
lovely house, and we're perfectly
she said.
Victim of Gun Fights for Life
A 13-year-old Washington High
life last night in General Hospital,
inter- 16 hours after she was shot ac-| cidentally by her older brother. |
General Hospital physicians described as critical the condition lof Mary Joan Stackhouse. She was shot in the neck as her 16-year-old brother, Charles, twirled an automatic pistol. The shooting in their home at [24081 W. 17th St. happened yes{terday morning as the girl lay on a davenport in the front room.
they “should feel perfectly free((UP)—Frances L. Cloyd, of Callifornia, 23-year-old mother of al |seven-week-old baby, was named)
|” Police traced the assailant to
{was taken td the hospital where | {Mr. May identified him. Police
{the man’s clothing. Ze i
i . . . i Hurt in Crash | A 19-year-old soldier and a 24-{year-old motorcyclist were in-
| Washington St. and Kitley Ave. | | Marvin Grawe, Bolling Field, ! | Washington, D.C. was struck |down by the motorcycle after it| {collided with an automobile. Police said the driver of the { car, DeVorbia Ann McDuffee, 16, | R.R. 9, Box 449, struck the west-| |bound motorcycle as she. at-! [tempted to turn south in Kitley | | Ave. | Thre motoreycitstiiix Keister 6001 E. Washington St, was] treated in General Hospital for | multiple bruises. The soldier was taken to Ft. Harrison station hospital with a possible fractured léft leg and internal injuries; {
Pick Mother of 3
Scouts, the Day Nursery and Visiting Nurse Association has| helped make Indianapolis a bet-|
last the W. 12th St. address. O'Connor | ter place for us all. |
Gov, Schricker gave his support to the fund's goal by stating
stood there in the death! found a medical scalpel knife Ini iat “the 11,000 volunteer work-| Jers who Will help in the drive are
certainly doing a wonderful job) —every one of them.” Drive Entirely Local Pointing out that all the funds raised here are spent. here, Mr.| Kuhn said -that this. purely. local;
.| Jured last night in an accident at drive benefitted the entire popu-| | As they stood there discussing
lation. { “The federated fund raising; conducted by the Community| Fund is the efficient, economical way to continue to help Indian-| apolis residents,” he added. The campaign cost for the “46 in one” drive is about 5 per cent| of the amount raised. | “We spend all the money we! take {p right. here jg Marion County after &xhaust of budget requests by the agencles. Our goal of $1,280,000 this vear will be spent likewise. None | of the volunteer workers receive any pay for his effort. | “All of the 46 agencies are do-
ing something vital every day.| The Visiting Nurse Association]. - last year gave medical
care to!
some 10,000, patients who were]
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, | Sept. 11 (UP)—Jacque Mercer, |
named Miss America for 1949.
the most beautiful mother in the| United -States tonight at the 11th annual Mrs. America contest... | Mrs. Cloyd, San Diego, was| {sent here to represent her state fas “Mrs. California.” In addition to the new baby, Patricia, the, grey-eyed blond has two other;
Terry, 2. f She won fourth place in the, [Mrs. America contest last year|
jas Mrs. Colorado.
Pressman’s Arm | Crushed in Press |
A pressman for the Indianap{olis Star was in serious condition {and still suffering from shock
ate last night in General Hospital|
Grange County) and Meier. was The brother told police he found after his right arm became en-
picked up here. Police said Quarry broke with Jarvis and Meler several months ago and quit the gang.
Construction Worker Hurt in Fall on Dam
A construction worker who toppled 15 feet from the top of the dam on the west side of White River at 16th St, to the concrete base of the dam yesterday afternoon was in fair condition with
hip and back injuries late last
night in Methodist Hospital. Charles Myers, 51, of 5001 College Ave, told police he stumbled and lost his balance while working on the dam.
Children’s Barbecue Nets $31.10 for Polio
Proceeds from an all-day bar-
Riley Hospital polio fund. - The barbecue, held in a yard at Fleming St. ' Mrs. Anna May Crandall an
collected.
{the pistol in a dresser drawer |and believed jt.to be unloaded. | The youth was questioned by Juvenile Aid Division authorities {and released. They are the chil-
{dren of Charles Stackhouse Sr.
| ——————————————— ‘Car Hits Policeman Writing Traffic Ticket
Motorcycle Officer William H. Sandlin, 24, received leg injuries last night when he was struck by an eastbound ¢ar at 38th and | Meridian Sts. Tr : The driver. of the car, George 0: DeSautless, 67, of 3060 N, Meridian St, was arrested on a reckless driving charge. The motorcycle officer was struck as he was issuing a traffic sticker to a parked truck. He was taken to General Hospital to Necalve X-rays for possible broken egs. : . xi
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g| A-BOMB KILLED ‘7
NAGASAKI, Japan, - Sept, 10 (UP)—The atom bomb on, N on Aug. 9, 1945, killed 73,884 persons, more than three times as many as had been
Nina Bush, A total of §31.10{estimated previously, it was an- : °' Inouriced today.
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| | meshed in the press at the Star {building, necessitating disman-| |tling of the machine to remove it. Euley H. Bruce, 53, resident of! Evansville, who has been staying in the Linden Hotel, received a mangled hand and arm and frac-| tured forearm. He was given a’ blood transfusion at the hospital.| William Enoch, 56, of 1224 Windsor Ave. a fellow worker, heard the screams of Mr. Bruc: and stopped the machinery, police said.
Morgenthaus Both in Hospital
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (UP) New York Hospital confirmed today that both Henry Morgenthau Jr., former Secretary of Treasury, and his wife, Eleanor, were seriously {ll there, but sald both were “improved.” ’ 3 Mr. Morgenthau is “quite sick’ from an attack of pneumonia, the hospital said. The nature of Mrs.
“Both Mr. and Mrs. Morgenthau
have shown definite improvement today,” the hospital k
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[taxes were owed at all, according
| “Ridgewood,” but her excited inMorgenthau's iliness was not dis-/formants got things ¢ cl v : ihought it was Mrs. Roxburgh's
spokesman ever. Her horse was a hon s . : giving her a $100 ‘prize.
Ara
As Mrs. America [some of them suffering from can-
| p !cer, tuberculosis, heart trouble ASBURY PARK, N. J, Sept. 100. nd post-polio.”
Mr. Kuhn sald that citizens in-
terested in volunteering for the
drive should call the Indianapolis Community Fund office between 8:30 a. m. a weekdays, — 1 ——————————————— |
Trucker Sued. |
For Back Taxes
LA PORTE, Sept. 10 (UP)— Back taxes for the past seven years amounting to $189,432.08 were being sought today from Lawrence Marks, La Porte county farnmier who made a fortune in the trucking business during the war.
Twin liens for that amount|’
were filed Aug. 31 here and at Valparaiso, according to Wilbur O. Plummer, Indiana Collector of Internal Revenue for the federal government, : A full audit would show that no
to A. M. Skinner, Valparaiso accountant and tax specialist who has an office with Mr. Marks. He sald the figures cited Were an “arbitrary estimate.” The liens on file said taxes, penalties and interest were due for the seven years beginning in 1942. Annual amounts ranged from
$14,139 in 1044 fo $38417.08 In 1945. .,
Girl Gets $38,000
Letdown on Sweepstake VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 10 (UP)—A Vancouver delicatessen sandwich cutter had a $38,000 ]etdown today when she found out she had not won the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans of Can-| ada sweepstakes on ‘a race at Doncaster, England, today, as she had been Informed by fellow workers. Mrs. Iola Roxburgh, 22, received a telegram from employees of Mayfair Caterers where she works, while vacationing at Hamiota, Manitoba, telling her she had won $38,000 in the sweep on her horse “W ". The real winner of the race was
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