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FORECAST: Mostly cloudy and mild

~ HOWARD

624 YE

AR—NUMBER 336

with occasional rain tonight and to morr ow.. Low tonight 42. ‘High tomorrow 53,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1952

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Entered. as Second-Class ‘Matter at PostoMce 1ndissapplis, Indiana, Issued Daily

Character Witnesses Parade—

LaDuron Defense Ends; $62,000 to

To Jury

Other Skete hes, Page 3 By DONNA MIKELS « Times Staff Writer

MUNCIE, Feb. 1:-The oe fense rested today in the LaDuron manslaughter trial

here. Judge Joe Davis said closing arguments will be heard this afternoon and. the case will go to the jury tomorrow. .. A string of character witnegses * kept the door of the witness box swinging today, testifying the ‘reputation of .accuged.slayer Dr. Jules LaDuron was “good.” However, on cross-examination each. admitted he ‘had heard “rumors to the contrary.” Nature ‘of these rumors was not explained. ‘There was fast movement of witnesses in and out of the witness box in Delaware Circuit courtroom, each staying just long enough to ‘state name, business and knowledge of- Dr. LaDuron's _ reputation. : More than a dozen witnesses “had testified before the noon recess. :

Extra Slips Past

Judge Joe Davis limited the defense to 10 character witgebses. ~.But they ‘had slipped 11 in on him before he counted up and . called -a halt to that phase of “.the testimony. : The witnesses. included a banker, former Muncie athletic coach Walter Fischer, a “school principal, an insurance man and - a locksmith’ who said he_jknew almost everyone in Muncie be-. cause “they all get locked out. one ' time “or another.”

This drew a laugh from the

overflow crowd, which frequently

interrupted proceedings this,

morning with laughter or audible comment. :

Trial in Fifth Day ~ It was the fifth day of the trial

of the "58-year-old doctor ih the °

Nov. 6, 1950 slaying of Ralph Carter, Terre Halfite, one of two brothers he said. were “‘blackmailing” him...’ Dr. .LaDurcn currently is - charged with manslaughter in the slaying of Ralph, with another in. dictment pendingin the slaying of Siebert. The hulkingg one-eyed. doctor was very jovigmthis morning as +he heard his reputation as a “peaceful, quiet, law-abiding citi-_zéw-praifed by his fellow-Mun-“cians from various Walks of life, . His .smile faded only when. . ‘Prosecutor Bernell Mitchell crossexamined with . reference lo “rumors” concerning thé doctor. Naturally, the most widespread rumor is one which has gained international circulation since 1937, the year his Sweden-born wie. Freda, vanished under mysterious | circumstances, never to be “séen again. Story Widely Reprinted The mystery has become a] classic, reprinted over the world. | Besides establishing the , “good” |. reputation of the defendant: for] the all-male jury, defense. at-|

torneys also attempted to: estab-| who dropped three husbands last verified by a check of Clara's [Sas president of the: New York simply stayed at truck terminals

Hsh -the reputation of “the men! he shot was ‘‘bad.” ‘One character ‘witness filled a| dual purpose, in that ze said] he knew both Dr. LaDuron and] - Ralph €arter, Locksmith Claude Jones said! had known Dr. LaDuron for ro and his reputation was “very good.” And he ‘said he| knew the doctor's slaying vic-| tim, Ralph Carter, and that Car-| ter’s reputation was “bad, I'd Say.” ; Threw Cans in Yard

On - cross-examination, he said he based the latter opinion on the fact that Carter lived across the street. from his shop and that Carter was “always drinking and throwing the cans in my yard.” This morning, the defense tried again and failed again to fintroduce testimony of other doctors as victims of the Carter brothers’ “blackmail” scheme. Blocked by prosecution objections were statements of "Dr. George Wiggins, New Castle, and Dr. 0. /A. Kopp, Anderson, also a state Tepresentative from Madison County. More testimony was blocked yesterday by the same prosecution objection, that it ‘was “irrelevant.” Star of Own Trial

The doctor was the star of his own ‘trial yesterday. Other witnesses testified, but it was the doctor who held the taut attention of the jam-packed Delaware County Circuit courtféom. © At one point in the trial yesterday, Dr. LaDuron sounded more like a coroner's examiner than an admitted slayer. He said that when police arrived at.the scene, they asked him as a doctor to "verify that Siebert was dead. “And did you make an examination?” asked Progecutor Mitchell. Mitchell. The doctor sald he examined his own victim and pronounced him dead. Asked by the prosecutor f? he made an estimate how long he had been dead, Dr. LaDuron reverted from professional examiner to slayer and said: “Why not very long . . . it was only a few minutes before that I shot him.” At apother point, the doctor

testified he was afraid of Ralph|.

Carter because’ on' each’ of four blackmail visits, Ralph kept hig hand stuck inside his coat.

Tomorrow

marching women last

ihe out for more. ’ {

contributions

~ March On Polio,” | annual drive had yielded almost | twice the

| er's Marches.”

“HOM E

iinet

Tomes

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Women Pull

5 Die,

Fight Polio

Photos, Page 28 vr A march of 620,000-dimes $62,000 —snowed 6000 Marion County night and they'll

again. today and tonight|

"But. residents whose haven't

anti-polio| been col-

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UP)— | The 1952 March of Dimes ended J; last night and early returns to- |

tether Big Truckers’ Strike Hits , “ua Firms. Here

and counties staging the “Moth; 4H 13-state truck strike In Last year only !Southern and Midwestern

amount it did last . year. Officials of the . National Foundation for Infantile. Par- |

alysis reported that $4,484,000

|- $2,800,000 was raised in 600 ! areas today shut déwn two! | communities.

{ 1 !

om N

N light” = 5 to follow up those’ calls,” Mrs.

"lected won't have to turn on their porch lights again this evening.

Ine unable to give,

{won't give doesn’t know what-he's definitely, and might slow pro-

(said.

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_ Indianapolis truck terminals, ' although Indiana operators were, not struck. If you already have called IM-{’ At least fhree other trick ter6401, your contribution should be minals reported - partial freight Mrs. Owen C.|ftoppage here, all due -to the| | Pohlmann, chairman of the coun-| Strike of .3000 deck workers Bi 'ty-wide drive ‘said this morning] fo ag. and 13.500 long-hauti-‘after about three hours’ sleep. ivers in Ohio,” Missouri, Kansas| If it hasn't .been collected by 2nd 10 Southern states. | 8 p. m., then phone, she urged. A! ‘Indiana. operators, along with! {worker will be out between 6 and those ‘in Illinois, Michigan and 8 p. m. to git it, | Wiscongin, averted work stop-!| page yesterday by signing associ-! Just Be Patient lation- wide contracts ee Only those who haven't ealled wage boosts for drivers and other ler been are asked tp call stafe/ members of the AFL Teamsters, |headquarters, Vational Founda-| Unjon. tion for Infantile Paralysis, L1-| ja today. ¢ “No one who wants to give will if you'll be|

Affects Fiems Here

However, an Indianapolis|spokesman for the truck industry | patient,” said Mrs. Pohlmann, ad-{today said that even though | ding you've all heen wonderful. {Hoosier drivers were not involved, | That. goes, she said, for the the walkout may ‘seriously af-| {marching women, regular operas fect” Indiana manufacturing tors and volunteers who manned shipments. the switchboards of the Indian-|. The spokesman said it was “too apolis Telephone Answering Serv- early to. estimate the effect” of! \ice, all other workers and all who the strike. But he said Indiana | contributed. {goods destined for or coming from | ‘Anyone who says Indianapoli® strike areas would be held up in-

[talking about; » Mrs. Pohlmann duction.

i ; { “Terminals shut down tight The $62,000 estimate —accord-| were Huber & Huber Moloy Fx.

ra Taps

"her at the hospital.

~|Wwhich had

‘|police set up roadblocks

everal Hurt | In Two-Car Crash Northeast

Impact Locks - Vehicles in

Deadly Crash

At least three persons were killed and several injured in a * two-car crash on Ind. 67 just

east of Oaklandon Rd. today, The violence of the crash

-{locked the death cars and an hour

after the accident the bodies of the dead still were ‘trapped in the wreckage. No names of the dead or in«’ jured were available immediate ly at the scene on the rain-swept highway,

Convertible Upside Down

Residents in the area of the mulitiple-death crash said one of the two cars was.a convertible at least five “oceu‘pants. It was turned upside down, Two ambulances were rushed to the scene immediately. The firs: to leave the accident sitecarried three persons in shock. Two persons, both men, have been ‘admitted to. Methodist Hospital. Their conditions were not determined. ™N Traffic in the area j ed and re-

route the miles-long of - cars. Adidng to the confusion

PRIMPING FOR PARTY—Pwt. Bruce Montgomery, Philadelphia, who is stationed at Indian Town Gap, Pa., as he holds mirror ~ while Mrs, Helen Finn, nurse. at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, primps Anna Mae Brandt, |3-year-old leukemia victim, Harrisburg, Pa., for a party the Indian Town Gap personnel are arranging for

ing to a 1:30 a. m. count—ap-in ace Inc. 1310 S. West Sf, Fis peared certain td swell today. |home office is. in Kentucky, . More Than 1000 Calls . {struck area, and Términal ane | - Workers were swamped with port Express Co., .nc., 240 W,

more than 1000 phone calls after Ohio St., which runs betwein Chithe 6:30 to 7:30 p, m. “porch-| cago and Florida. collection period last night. | "Others Aftepted

‘whose freight sf 5 to 40 per cent

AROUND THE COURTROOM Spectators show degrees

of int

Times Sketch by Gene Feingold.

erest.

Pohimann sald. “They were used Were o ! up in short order, and F-had-to Ellis Trucking Co. 430 Kentuck rout husbands of friends. out of!Ave.; Carolina Motor bed to collect from the r Lines, Inc. 708 8: West St., . About 500 calls still remained Silver Fleet Motor Express, to be followed up today. 1254 8. West St. is thels rs n

3 Ofigaly. 10,000 dri : outh walked out” at midnight _|McGrath Names

with the collapse ation talks. Another 3500 were idled in n_tie Midwest.

of wage negoti-| Will

oh fador awitels in the FBI { here will bring an agent from d Birmingham, Ala. = (Harvey G. Foster, head of

of-«

to succeed

the

Indianapolis office for four years.” George J. King, chief of the.

FBI offi ake! dhe month. Mr. ferred to El Paso, Tex. where

jit Birminghaui Ala. § Here late next ir i8 being trans-

Birmingham FBI Head |

was heavy truck traffic with at

stalled and narrowing movement {to one lane, :

Hundreds Flock to Scene The telephone switchboard at

coming calls which were side.

Off-Duty Patrolman :

Losing Husbands Takes

Years Off Clara's Life

i But “Prosecutor Fairchild said ya Clara. the redhead the truck driver's Story * was

1¥

week, today dropped five years

from her ‘age, the

‘registra tion with

One of the attorneys for Clara Security office here. {Katherine Kendall . today dis-| Her Social Security number] closed, after a “heart to heart” he said, bore listings of -Clara| talk last night with her, that she|catherine Kendall, hef maiden]

is only 21 years old, Previously, name; then the naanie of the truck |

(Clara listed. her age 3s 26, iriver, and finally as Clara ! The new twist in the adventures Katherine. Bénequisto,

{of Clara” was given by Attorney] Clara~ won an uncontested Thurl Rhodes... divorce last week from. Angelo P.| It came on the heels of a state-| |Benequisto, whom she: claimed! ment by an Indianapolis mati 'was her first mate. They were! that -he married-Clara six.-years wed a few. months after she |ago—which would make-him No. reportedly left the truck driver.| - 1, in time order, of four hus-| ‘The following -day, Husband bands. {No. 3, Dr. Euclid T. Gaddy, pros-| Age of-Consent Oited \perous Indianapolis This _révelation would ~make, was granted an . annulment of! Clara“a babe in arms of 15 years their marriage. at the time of the first marriage.] "And the “in-between” Thus, the attorney explained, tavernkeeper - Earl if there was a marriage in 1946,/was dropped at the, same time.| it would not be’ légal because 16|Clara and her lawyers decided |; is the age of consent, |that common-law- union was “We' re not saying there ever never a legal marriage. was a marriage in 1948” Mr.} Rhodes said. “But if there was before Judge Phillip L. Bayt in|

Social

man claims, he should * be guilty/to the Grand Jury under $1000 of statutory rape.” ‘|bond. Bond was posted and she Why would Clara, a woman, was released. change her age by adding, the at. —

Oe re Rhoden Explains Parents of Tots Found Begging

* Mr. Rhodes explained she was | persuaded to do so by oné of her| Face Charges THE PARENTS of ‘three chil-

husbands, who was" older than she. ' Clara’s newest (first) husband, a truck driver, staked hid claim In 2 re Vo dren today face charges of child He made his startling appear- neglect after police revealed the ance as the former Mrs. Bene-. tots were begging for food riear quisto Stamatkins Gaddy was be- (their Tyndall Towne home, ing bound to thre Grand Jury on‘a|. Cited in Juvenile Court yesterbigamy charge. This 1s the Or gay were Harley Mathew, 29, and ihis wife Martha,, 33. Juvenile .Ald Division said totday the children, the oldest 10 land the youngest 20 months, were |kept' in “filthy conditions.” Gro-

he told: iceries and a, TV set were Kept in {a room barred by a padlock. Po-

Bore One Child He and Clara entered into a common law marriage in May,| 1946. They lived here until the] summer of 1948 when she left! him; saying she was going east to] her mother. During the two years they were married, Clara bore one child, who died within to hours ef Birth. : An ‘amazed Mr. Fairchild said are employed at -an industrial the woman apparently ‘still i8|frm here and go to work at 6:30

while the 20-month-old child was eating a meal of beans.

-|married: to the truck driver until! in the morning. The childrén are

a divorce is obLande. | themselves “It's arr additio tem of evidence to use in p! the bigay charge,” the prosecutor said. trim-figured Clara could pear .in Juvenil

left to take car

to ‘care for the youngest child. The couple was ordered to ape Court before

(though Bn Ja» US

Teor raced fg

Clean-Up Aid

will be agent in. charge.

physician, |

mate] Stamatkins, h

Clara appeared yesterday,

such a gommon- law union as the] Municipal Court 3 and was bound |

lisee sald the food was locked up| F&

Police said the Mathews _beoth|’

e 0 although a nig i employed

[Feb 14 to answer the - dharges "4

: . ‘wildeat sto in Chi WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UP)— a involved page of local], FBI headquarters in Washing-

Attorney General J. Howard Me<[710 of the AFL Teamsters Union on JLalled_ the transfers ‘rou Grath announced today he has/—the same national group reprechosen Newbold Morris-6f New Senting the drivers. | Mr. xing has Readed the Bir. ork to asist him in. the drive to] The wildcat strikers, known ar] ingt Before that, he past agent yo the government of corruption. dockmen, ‘left their jobs piece-| 8

lin char a Mr. Morris, A lawyer. formerly meal throughout » the tity, or land A X Ctdihau in 1986,

Mr. Foster, who at 39 iz one lof the youngest agents ever to \direct the local office, leran of 12 years with the FBI. He is a crack pistol shot, {and often _is called *on for

City Cerincil. . | but refused to work. Mr. "McGrath said he chose Mr. . . |Morris with President Truman’ |’ Everything Closed Tight approval. | Tom Kelly, steward of the local,! Mr. Morris was made a special sald “everything is closed tight.” | assistant to the Attorney General He predicted that by late morning in connection with the investiga- there would scarcely be a truck! tion into “misconduct i by -em-|rolling in Chicago.. {ployees of the federal govern-|' Hundreds of trucks’ — many! he iment, and to make recommenda-|loaded with perishables—waited tions to strengthen the integrity at the city’s numerous terminals and efficiency of the entire admi:|as the dockmefrrefused. to unjoad {nistration of governmental func- them. tions.” 3 Union men traveled from termi-| {1946 as assistant agent in charge. ' LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6 a m...47 10 a. m.... 47 7 a ma... 47 11 a. m... 48 8a mi... 47 12 (noon): 47 fa m... 47 ®

Latest humidity, cv. .s..

Prior to coming {6 Indianapolis, was assigried to offices in New| York, Washington,

‘Puerto Rico and Los Angeles.

advising members that the wild-|in 1048. cat walkout - was on. |

Mr. Kelly said the walkout = came when word seeped out that| union representatives had accept-| ed an 18-cent ‘hourly wage hike] for 40 hours a week. The. memberiship sought a 48-hour pay scale for a 40-hour week, The full effects of the strike elsewhere throughout ‘he nation | were not felt immediately because ‘many employees had not yet-re-{ceived the official word and many firms were not operating when the 112: :01 deadline passed.

Signed Individual Contracts

93%

Double-Take

By BOB BARNES

Editorial Page Page, trade’ flirtation on Japanese

Bold Russian puts pressure | “commerce : oo AZ Dear Boss . .. By Dan Kidney { — Some carriers—particularly in. . . Jacbs wants McHale's the South—signed. jodividual eon-| scalp tracts soon after the strike start- House Labor Committee will ed. But it appeared that union | start hearings soon on minechiefs ‘preferred to deal with the safety row . carrier” associations: involved — Frederick C.. Othman tells AY SN 9 representing hundreds of firms— | about Senators dabbling in | x i ; rather than with individual “om- | the boxing game ] 4 zy © | panies, ‘Another reason We're That | ri | However, M. W. Miller, chair-| Way ,.. a Talburt Cartoon ee «1 jman of the AFL Teamsters * Southern ‘ Conference, sald the) National signing of 1 i fi “ \ 3 ung a Spdivigua) Fie ‘may Paul Robeson’ barred A wpolesman for the defense pong Sade ~ | transportation administration in, Washington said the government | BY i hay le found to be had no present plans for interven- e iy tion. But he added that.the DTA Poni a chien mo 1 Crimp® was keeping a close watch on. the situation. wt Sports

3d Marine Avert

Wing Cisse]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1: (UP) || The Marine Corps today commis&l | sioned the Third Marine Afrcraft Wing at the Mariné air station at | Cherry Point, N.C. The new wing, which still. con. sists only of administrative units,

'was set up to be part of the new- : BE. 5s cred fanned S01 J redesignated. Third Marine Di- (Caps fading out of playoff pie. | W

a ~ ture pees R I Na

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from _/ ] “2 | There's no o excuse fi benef « : 8

teases 28!

Pag e! Tribe buys outfielder Trem. Cleveland .... Thirty-one amateurs nit. 4 ‘Gloves’ home stretch . ‘Wilt to try Don Gehrmann il once again ..... 2) Olymps rev motors for Laker A ‘pursuit ..... " ‘Shaw longs for whiff of. gas<

8 siscssaasensananrnnyen Illinois. risks undefeated Big Ten

shaders Bien

25 i

Page|

run 2:

is a vet-

marksman demonstrations before ° (police, military and other. KLOUPSass

Harvey

president of

Arrests Two in Car

Phtrolman Joel Sanders was off duty, but he didn’t think the car in front of his should be way. ing like that, It was forcing trafic to both curbs, he sald. - Patrolman Sanders, still In uni form, halted the errant machine in the 1200 block of W. Washing-

{ton St, early today and arrested;

Edwin L. FEitzroth, 29, Monrovia, on charges of drunk and

-|reckless driving and drunkenness,

G. Foster:

the University of San Antonio,{Notre Dame Alumni Association: Houston Des Moines Ean Juan; HA former football player, he was He graduated from .Notre Dame with {came here from Los, Angeles inlan L.L/B, degtee-in ‘1939.

He was admitted to the bar in

ings

|Kegler's Korner ....

nal to terminal in automobiles/He assumed the duties of director Indiana in 1939 but did not prae[tice ‘law because-he was appointed Mr. Foster recently was ‘elected, ito - the FBI that same year.

Summary of News Inside Today's Times

[Tigers chew up ‘Spartans again 26° {Dick Dunkel's basketball rat-

+28 27

Foreign

of confidence

Page

so. Winston Churchill giyen vote

Korea Reds seek sharp _ curb

on inspections . {ERYRt names council for ‘Suez

tessa CR

Women's

? rhe Jvall behind your TV set

needn’t-be an

changes Rep. Brownson

laeum speaker’ [IFC members go Mrs. Ahlgren .

Page,

eyesore—Jean/

Spicklemire suggests gomé

1" to be’ Propy-

8) on for

11 11

Metropolitan YW hames new

board membe

. Paris’ subtle

for madame

shion changes

errr 18

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Fasrtasenien 22

*Harold Hartley . areas, 28 Radio, Television .....+s 18 Robert Ruark crsradenens 20

| Bovola -

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ports ceasenpenneenns 242T

“Tari Wilson a ;

Sranasadanes 3

esmsiiinanens

on Here..isus 2 Af

« David 'R. Day, 28, Monrovia, on

|chasgs “of resisting arrest and

interfering’ with an officer. : Tug Crew Gets $7000 For Aiding Carlsen

LONDON, Feb. 1 (UP)-The owners of the sunken freightes Flying Enterprise gave 2500 pounds (37000) today to the cape tain and crew of the tughoat that tried unsuccessfully to tow. the stricken ship into port last ment. with Capt. Kurt Carisen % The Isbrandtsen presented 750 pounds ( Dan Parker, skipper of Turmoil and 500 to Mate Kenneth Dancy,

Stokowskis Have dd Son

NEW. YORK, ¥eb. 1 Gloria Vanderbilt year-old wife yeu ductor Leopold Stokowski,

birth to her second Eo on York, hospital

Remember rg When You Need

ih “a ot Extra Onsh , +a «+ 4 Services , . « Work 4 4» using , + + Tenants .

least 15 tractor-trailer units

Oaklandon was swamped with ine 4