Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1949 — Page 1
“oth YEAR—NUMBER 260
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1040
Waterea - Bison clus. Matter at Fostoften
Indiana. Lssued- Daily
Click Doomed To Die in Chair For Sex Slaying
Jury Out 10 Hours in Ft. Wayne. Foe (Heavenly Light—
Local Astronomer Disagrees With Popular Theory ‘Christmas Star Was Result of Saturn-Mars Merger -
Murder Case; Judge Sets Date
." FT. WAYNE, ‘Dec. 1 -(UP)—Franklin Click, 30-year-old celery farm worker, was found guilty early today! of the rape-slaying of a 17-year-old high school girl in 1944. He was sentenced to die inthe electric chair. A jury of nine men and three women deliberated 10] hours before finding Click guilty of murder in the Brstdegree for the slaying of
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Emsley Johnson Believes Two Planets Are Not Bright Enough to Qualify
Roca Given Power To Make New Contre Sing ly ‘or in Groups
| nay Called Off Within roup
. Weighs Opinions On Phenomenon
WHAT 18 the Christmas Star?
“It 18 true that Saturn and
‘Lincoln demand the death pen-
Phyllis Conine on Aug. 4, 1044, The verdict recommended the supreme penalty. : The jury also could have ree- | ommended life imprisonment, Click, awakened and brought from his cell before dawn, stood impdassively at the bar as Circuit Judge William H. Schannen sentenced him to die “or Mar. 27, 1930, before the hour of sunrise.” 3 Recglled From Home i The case was the most tangled . -in-Indiana’s Tegal history, EA Click’s attorneys were almost certain to fight the verdict with appeals and motions for a new trial.
The judge had retired for the
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nightand was recalled from his home t6 the courtroom to hear the verdict and pass sentence on Click. The jury got the case at 4:43 ro. Pp. m. yesterday after hearing Chief Deputy Prosecutor C. A.
alty, Defense = Attorney Dan Flanagan . insisted in his final statement, however, that Click was not guilty, He said that a confession by Click was a
“phony.” in a surprise
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The defense, move, rested yesterday without calling any witnesses. Father of Five - Click, the father of five children, had confessed the slaying in & letter to his wife in hopes
today. In & telegram his office staff fessed by Ralph W. Lobangh, who! wired: :
Speculation over |
Star of Bethlehem has been re
| Yuletide Season, Learned astronomers throughout
e centuries-old,
unsolved mystery of the newed with the approach of the
the world have voiced
varied opinion as to what constituted the Christmas Star, the
holy light that guided the Three Wise Men to the lowly manger in Bethlehem. There are many beliefs—s80called solutions to the problems —but ‘astronomers are not certain. They will not—cannot —say positively what made the brilliant light almost 2000 years _Generations of‘ scientists and scholars havenot found: the ‘answer to the ancient puzzle of the skies, . Down in Columbia, 8. Cs: a group assembled today to watch the merging of thé orbits of the planets Saturn and Mars, bBelieved by some to have been the first Star of Bethlehem. . = oS EMSLEY W. JOHNSON SR.
| widely-known Indianapolis as- | tronomer and attorney, does not
believe the infrequent merger
of the Saturn and Mars orbits
has anything whatever to do with the Christmas Star. “There has been a great deal of discussion on that point
| Mr. J Johnson said, “but 1 do not
Prosecution Fails To Carry Point
today. : The prosecution, in calling Pa- pressure to replace him trolman Charles Cline, Indianapolis Police Department ror)
raphe to the stand. hoped to|
|blast defense contentions that {up | Mrs. Conrad was a victim of “eon- | “harmony” drive.
stant beatings” at tne hands of
but sure will try for many more {years to come.” The' wire was signed:
* Lobaugh was sentenced to be { ever, caused Gov, Henry Schrick-
“| Galley Slaves.” er and the courts to give him nine stays of execution while he alter- Because of the size of the auto-|
nately affirmed and denied h |mobile license plate envelopes a = last year a question was raised
He now is under sentence to die 2P0Ut the amount of postage renext May 26. quired. Mr. Fleming is in Wash.
_ One of the items that caused N8ton to straighten out the rate authorities to delay Lobaugh’s ex-|'*5ue for the 1950 plates.
ecution was the conviction of! ‘Co nvict Short Wave
Robert Christen, Denver, Colo., for the slaying of Mrs, Howard, Broadcaster Paroled JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 1 ir
Christen was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction) threw the entire case against Lo-|—A 29-year-old convict who re-| baugh into doubt. cently was discovered operating! It was when Lobaugh his last stay of execution |side prison walls has been paroled. | that Gov. Schricker said nn Gov. Fielding Wright signed the, of Click, Christen and Lobaugh| {parole order yesterday for Frank presented “the most involved andi Moody. who has served 10 years
he
tangled legal problem in Indiana's of a 50-year sentence for yobbery|
granted ® short-wave broadcasting set in-|
| her husband, Claude, 53, for Whose, {murder she is on trial.
A photograph taken after "Mrs.
“Your Conrad's arrest, Deputy Prosecutor Ernest Frick said,
“would
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New Cold Wave To Sweep State
Central Indiana to Get’ 1st Real Snow of Year
LOCai. TEMPERATURES am .. 32 10am .. 37 Tam ..38 Ila m...39 8am. ..34 12 Noon...41 fam .. 35 1p mm... 8
believe Saturn and Mars are bright enough to have Deen the Christmas Star: “Some think the Star of Bethlehem was a nova or an exploding star. A nova is caused by the “explosion - of a star and sometimes lasts a week, or longer, in brilliance before fading fromthe naked &e, = “Others believe the Christmas Star was the result of the conjunction of the orbits of two planets as in the case of Saturn and Mars, I do not believe these planets are bright enough, however.”
go» DR. L. B. ROBINSON, the University of South Carolina's professor of astronomy, opened the university conservatory at 5:30 a. m. today and a crowd assembled. “I thought thet because of the Christmas story someone would want to see it,” the Carolina astronomer said. He explained to those assembled how
the two planets merged about once every 100 years. “I think it. was Venus at her brightest, possibly merged with another planet,” Mr, Johnson said in disagreement with the South Carelinian’s theory. “Venus is brightest of the planets.
Mars afe close together now but they are so, far away. Other planets or & nova would be much brighter, much more brilliant to the naked eye. “Venus at her best looks big + and bright. A conjunction with another planet would make a
After Tools Were Downed at Glin NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UP)=-John L. Lewis dey i ‘his 400,000 soft coal miners back ona thresday work effective Dec. 5.
Mr. Lewis iasaed a fri snnomesient ater ‘with his top Te
years ago. It was brilliant, he
brilliant light; or star.” : pag strike WhHish"De
MANY THINGS could have | “caused the brilliant light which for centuries has been the sym- |
bol of a faith, the holy symbol |
Mr. Johnson recalls a nova which was visible about 15
said, for several days before i; fading. This particular nova, he said; was the result of a star explosion that occurred at the time of the fall of the Roman
- Empire, | Cet took » lon time for the light to the earth’ Mr Johnson said, What is the Star of Bethilehem? Many scientists, many learned have tried and failed to the mystery of the skies since the miracle of Bethlehem 7 neatly f 2000 years ago. !
Split Seen in Democratic Ranks Over Judgeship
Long List of ‘Candidates’ for Howard's
ito this. ‘week Snore had However, in the last few w aan ‘a long list of possible “candida organ {for Judge Howd#d's job cropped ales It rank E McKinney and to confuse the ed recent, Hyohrows Dutt, risk alan when it was learned that Prosecutor 8. Dailey had ‘been invited while other Democratic elected officials received no in-
| And on top of this, spseulation in party ranks was thrown into {high gear by the sudden announce- | ment of State Adj. Gus Robinson |vitation. Hitchcoek that he had arranged) The prosecutor's invitation was a dinner party at the Armory explained sway hy Mr. Hitchcock ‘tonight for all Democratic ward on the basis of their long chairman and vice chairwomen, sonal friendship and the fact with Gov. Bchricker listed as sort that the Adjutant General was of a guest of honor. ia leader in Mr. Dalley's pre-elec- | “Social Gathering” {tion ‘campaign in 1948. | Mr. Hitchcock hastened to ex- At any rate, confused factional [plain the party was purely & “s0- lines were forming ‘ina flurry’ jclal gathering” to enable Gov. over the Municipal Court appoint-, |Schficker to get acquainted with ment, party leaders here. Some of the prospects mehCounty Chairman Paul McDuff, [tioned to oppose Judge Howard who is in the hospital, received an included Max White age former third invitation. He is said to have!ward chairman and former mem-| {balked at the maneuver and was ber of the City Council; Nicho -reported to have instructed his Sufana, Mayor Feeney's cholat |ward chairmen not to attend the'on the Marion County Liquor, banquet, bo 8 Speculation ir involved | the ques- Speedway
per- fense each will strike one ining ph
{Board ; Serge Obes. Ju Judge of Sf the
+ George. w. Long, Columbus, and Samuel J. Offutt, Greenfield. The tion and the de- each week
from the panel, The remaining judge will preside at the trial. Judge Barger et Saturday as [the deadline for the mEBNSUVEr. have The arraignment of Watts Jor and he Sunnels in ‘which was —this— morn gna 5 ing. will be postponed until the new judge assumes jurisdiction of
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1 Kentucky Girls Face U. S. Court
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James Northam, a racy and! Two. teen-age girls from the the ‘operators had
history.” and kidnaping. Gov. Wright's) A new cold wave was expected Prosecutor Alton L. Bloom, who [Parole order gave Moody six t0 shriek out of the Northwest .joined Mr. Lincoln in arguing for months in which to make good tonight and blanket the state by the state, said that Miss Conine at the trade. If his record is morning: “fought t« her last dying breath/clear at the end of that time, he The Weatherman said the merfor her virtue and life. And Click | Will remain free indefinitely. cury here in Indianajolis would beast that he is—picked up al eet en {dip/to a frigid 22 to 24 Spight as rock and bashed her in the head Bedford to Initiate {skies clear partially. 80 that he might satisfy his pas-! He sald ;sunny. weather and a sions ana his lusts for a second Airline Service Dec. 30 “warm temperature” tomorrow of Times Stats Service
time.” 40 would be followed by a drop to| BEDFORD, Dee. 1—Bedford’s the
low. 20's again morrow! {new airline service is scheduled DI8ht. odo {to start on ‘Dee. 30, Mayor Ivan Only slight relief from the bitH. Brinegar announced today. ing winter cold was expected to) Turner “Airlines, Inc. of In- tome to the state Saturday. dianapolis, said the flight through | Snow In North Bedford would connect with the Snow fell this morning in the Chicago flight connecting Louis: northern counties. More snow ville, Kankakee, Ill, Bloomington’ Wa# to fall throughout the day and Indianapolis. south of an’ imaginary line drawn hy weather experts between | Frankfort and Elwood. It would be the first “honest-to- | goodness” snow in central Indiana
Times to Present Story of Jesus
Coming Sunday— : Market for Homes
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® In the spirit of the Christmas séason, The Times presents the birth and early life. story of ‘Jesus told In striking sketches . . . a story that even the children can understand. ® Both young and old will want to follaw “The Story of the Bavior” for the ‘next, 18 days.
o In Bribery Case
mer today’ denied a plea of
{close corifidant of Gov, Schricker; hills of Kentucky, under arrest) wages { ; {David Chambers, 4 deputy prose- here since Monday, were sched-| The ont . {ne 4th GAR. jeutor, and Joseph Mazelin, 21st uled for a Federal hearing on a day coal’ is to raise the price ward chairman. . charge of post office burglary. one mine s n ! i Gov.. Schricker has not indi~, 'W. M. Clark, Bowling Green, /" But that isn’t easy. Coal has said thecompetitors, ofl and gas,
cated his ‘preference nor has he Ky., postal inspector, {hinted ' that Judge Howard will girls’ and two young male rela- are eating away at Tonnnge by {be replaced, | | tives broke into the post office at the day. | Blacks Ferry, Ky., their home| The railroads, for example, (town, on Nov. 2 and stole $53 ‘have n Diesels |Orders May Jaile {and four packages. bur, Sone a ay every Blacks Ferry, Mr. Clark said, | | new" home has an ofl furnace is near Bowling Green and four installed. Then industries using | |. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UP)—|OF five miles by mule ride from cgnstant temperature furnaces j| Federal Judge Henry A. Schwein-| the highway. aré swing over to gis. The packages were addréased, “Coal has competition, lots, of | [his » mercy” for'former Rep. Andrew !0 One of the girls, 17, Mr. Clark it’ and the mine owners are get-' {J. May (D. Ky.), and ordered him Said, but were COD and she prob ting jumpy about it. {to jail Saturday for his bribery ably did not have the money t0| If the three-day week sticks, {conspiracy conviction. redeem them. The other girl, 16, by: the middle of February coal Henry and Murray Garsson, |# her cousin. should be scarce again, maybe munitions-making brothers -who| Both fled Blacks Ferry and before that. Coal yards have not Out were convicted as co-conspirators CAMe here, where they were ar- had a chance to rebuild their! Before Mr. Lewis 'with- May, were ordered com. T®*ted Monday atthe homes of stocks. (Off the strike, (mitted immediately. The three had|"¢latives. They have bee await: “What kind of a country | {been sentenced. to eight .to 24/Ing removal to Kentucky, under this?” ask ag operator, “with| months, {$1000 bond in _ Marion County the econ eh and .well-belgg of | May was excused from appear: (Jafl, _ — | America in the hands of a small, - ing In U. 8. District Court for the| BROWN'S CABIN IN RUINS |70UP Of men—maybe one man?”
[final phase of his efforts to escape] TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 1 (UP)—| ' Sharman U.S Sound
Jail. The 74-year-old ex-Con-|The century-old log cabin used as Heads Vincennes U. | was |gressman ix at his home in Pres-ia hideout by John Brown, the abo. NES, Dec. 1 (UP)—Dr.' Sharman een a UP
|tonshurg: Ky, litionist, before the Civil ar Isaac K. Beckes of Chicago has blond daughter of U, 8,
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burned down today in a grass wa
been appointed president of Vin-/ dor Louis:Douglas, was en }
the. U. 8. marshal for eastern Kentucky for commitment to the Fed-! __jeral Penitentiary at Ashland.
ypper 20's throughout most of the state It was 31 at 4 a. m.. today here. |
IN THE TIMES MONDAY
It was a main- station on the cennes University, the school’s to the United States today 5 underground’ rallway used to free hoard of trustees announced to- Christmas as ‘Her ae slaves. ‘day. : | father will join her shortly.
Times Mile-O- Dimes Will Open 20th Year at. 10 A. M. Tomorrow
Moves West Toward Illinois St.
In Front of L. Strauss Store
pd By ART WRIGHT ¢, fhe Times Mile-O-Dimes opens at 10 a. m. tomorrow tor its 20th year, “While still on W., Washington St., the Mile-Q-Dimes will be moved west toward Illinois St, because of the construetion at the 8, 8. Kresge Co. building. For many years, the “Mile has-been in front of the I. 8. Ayres & Co. and Kresge stores. | : Starting 4 at L, ‘Strauss
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tend /east to the Clothe-A- “Child the first dimes on the line at the anapolis’ needy children through headquarters at 33 Ww. Wyphify- ‘opening ceremonies. ton St. |started the “mile” each year since®ear a generous dianapolis conUniformed _city firemen. from 1046 when they were only i few tributed enough dimes to go over Firemen's Post No. 42 of the weeks away from thelr first the mile. The Mile<O-Dimes reAmerican Legion again will be on birthday. They. will be 4 years ceived $10,384.50 last year, A duty there 24 hours a day-untiliold on Dec, 20th. {mile of dimes laid end to end add the _public's - contributions are The public is invited to attend up to $8976, The firemen will ‘accept contri-! counted ‘on Christmas eve. greet the triplets. Also officiating butions of “any amount for the Hostesses Listed _ Iwill be Mire Chief! sRoscoe McKin- Mile-O-Dimes and will be equipped Official hostesses for the fourth bey, members of his staff, and to make change.’ ‘consecutive year will be the Wild members of the firemen's Legion: Indianapolis needy families are | triplets, daughters of “Mr. &na Post. * {looking — to an even Fe Floyd R, Wild, 1132 Spann, Can Make Change longer “mile” of dimes this year Every dime )aid on the line will to take care of the, Jngranind asd need Joka, ous and Jane wil place be spent for clothing for Indi-ifor ald. +A-Child head
They have the Times Clothe-A-Child. Lastipequests for warm. clothing ‘to or delivered in person to the
quarters is being ‘swathed’ with tributions. received in the malls, . CLOTHE-A-CHILD _
CONTRIBUTIONS 4 keep Indianapolis’ underprivileged Times offices or Clothe-A-Child| Previous Balance oie children” in school ‘and - protect headquarters will be listed in The| A Friend ........i0usis 7 others also trom the cold winte? Times. Persons not wanting their| ots ©. MeCoiiuma Lineoss (ahead. ‘names used may have contribu-| Hotel Two Other Ways tions listed as “anonymous”-or; No, Name .......is
There are two othes ways for in-memory of a rson or or) ani- MeG & the public to. contribute to. thelzation, by 9 | ct
{fund heeded hy Clathe~A-Chid| Two: lunteering to purchase clothes for the un- By lunterag as
are’ fortunate youngsters: ONE: By: nding is eB 4 0