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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1950 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 3A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH GRAND URYNAMES Helicopter Landing at Market Center IOWA U. GIRL'S REPORT BY DARST ON CITY PROJECTS; 1944 BOND ISSUE 8 ON POLICY GAME Pair in Arkansas Not Killers, Says Columbia Police Chief Suspects Satisfactorily Explain Clipping on Crime and Stains on Clothing Search Centers at Scene. CLOTHING SHOWN ATMURDERTRIAL I I V- i witnessed the attack.

He has By a Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. WALTER R. KUEHNLE, Chicago real estate appraiser and consultant, landing in a helicopter at Hampton Village shopping center yesterday after making an aerial survey of the potential marketing area. ROBERT W. SHEPARD, vice president of Webb Knapp.

waiting on the ground. Appraisers in Helicopter Survey Hampton Village Market Potential Study Made of Housing Developments, Other Factors on Order of New Owners, made some reference about a man striking the girl, his mother said. Police were questioning him and showing him pictures in an attempt to get a clue to at least the race of the assailant. Fingerprints Those of Victim. Prosecuting Attorney Carl Sapp said the results of tests made by the crime laboratory of the State Highway Patrol at Jefferson City had proved negative.

Most of the fingerprints submitted turned out to be those of the victim, he said. Because the girl's fingernails had been trimmed very close, there was little material beneath them that might have aided in the solution of the crime. The laboratory did obtain a pretty clear idea of the weave of the clothing worn by the assailant, he said. Sapp said he would insert a notice in both newspapers here asking that anyone having knowledge of the crime get in touch with him. In the event the informant wanted to remain anonymous, he could send a letter to a Post Office box to be listed by Sapp.

If such information proved useful in solving the case, the informant could claim the reward later by proving he knew a number written on the letter in lieu of the writer's name. This method has been used by criminal investigators in Chicago and Kansas City. Police are also investigating some footprints found on the dirt floor of a private garage near the point where bloodhounds lost the trail of the killer Sunday. Shoe repair shops are being canvassed in an effort to trace the rubber heel whose manufacturer's name was visible in the prints. ILLINOIS TOP COURT VOIDS DIVORCE TRIBUNAL SETUP SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 22 (UP) The Illinois Supreme Court threw out a new state law today which provided for establishment of special divorce divisions in Illinois courts.

The court ruled that the new law, permitting judges in every judicial circuit in Illinois to set up divorce divisions, was illegal. Under the law, masters-in-chanc-ery in the new divisions would have been given the job of trying to cut down the state's high divorce rate. In finding the law unconstitutional, the court issued an order to Cook County Circuit and Superior Court judges to "expunge" a -resolution they had adopted last Sept. 19 under the new law. That resolution set up a special divorce division in Cook county courts.

By JAMES A. KEARNS A Staff Correspondent of the -Post-Dispatch. COLUMBIA, March 22 Investigation of the brutal rape and murder of Janett Christman centered on this college town again today after Chief of Police Eugene M. Pond notified his office he was satisfied two suspects arrested in Van Buren, had no connection with the crime. Pond called his office from Van Buren shortly after he had completed questioning the suspects and before boarding the same Missouri Highway Patrol plane in which he had flown to the Arkansas town earlier today.

The two men were arrested yes terday morning for drunken driving by Van Buren police and were questioned by Lt. G. D. Morris of the criminal division of the Arkansas State Police after his sus picions were aroused by the presence of a newspaper clipping in the wallet of one man. The clipping contained an account of the murder here.

Pond said the man with the clipping gave a satisfactory reason for having it in his possession while the other was able to account satisfactorily for some stains on his trousers that were thought to have been made by blood. Both men were from Kansas City, they said. Authorities here are overlooking no possibility of turning up a clue to the identity of the killer who entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Romack and raped and strangled the 13-year-old baby sitter.

From remarks made by the 2V-year-old baby to his mother recently, police believe he may have D.P. FEARING DEPORTATION TO RUSSIA HANGS HIMSELF CUSHING, March 22 (AP) A displaced Ukrainian apparently obsessed with fear he would have to return to Russia, hanged himself yesterday. The body of Jackin Saij, 37 years old, was found hanging from a rope tied to a garage rafter. The coroner said Saij was con fused by a radio broadcast which reported that the convicted spy, Valentin Gubitchev, was being deported to Russia. Mrs.

Saij told the coroner her husband understood very little English but was an avid radio listener, attempting to learn the language. She said he heard the word "spy on the news report of Gubitchev and confused it with his name, pronounced "Sy." She said he thought he was intended for deportation. and Salomon. State to Seek to Put It in Evidence Defendant's Purported Date Diary Also Identified. IOWA CITY, March 22 (AP) The state today will attempt to introduce as evidence the evening clothes identified as those worn by Margaret Ann (Gee-Gee) Jackson the night the 20-year-old University of Iowa student was killed.

A flimsy white evening gown, gold slippers, evening gloves, stockings and underclothing were identified yesterday at the murder trial of Robert E. Bednasek, 24. Bednasek, a University of Iowa psychology senior, is charged with the strangulation killing of Miss Jackson. They had been pinned" (campus term for en gaged) once, and the state contends Bednasek killed her because he feared he was losing her. Body Found on Bunk Bed.

The body of Miss Jackson was found on a bunk bed early Dec. 11 in a room of the "Empty Arms," a rooming house where Bednasek lived. The couple earlier had attended a formal dance at his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. The night before she had invited another man as her escort at her Kappa Alpha Theta sorority dance. The defense has called Miss Jackson's death "accidental.

Dr. George D. Callahan, John son county coroner, yesterday identified the clothing as that which Miss Jackson as wearing the night she died. During the time the clothing was piled on a table near Bed nasek, he avoided looking at it. He removed his glasses, blew his nose, rubbed his eyes and then shielded them with one hand The state also asked the coro ner to identity a dook acxjui five inches long, three inches wide and about a quarter inch thick, Dr.

Callahan said Bednasek identified this on the night of his arrest as a diary. Offered to Sign Confession. Both Dr. Callahan and Dr. Isom Rankin, an earlier state witness, testified Bednasek told them at the police station he would sign a confession.

Callahan quoted Bednasek as saying: "Write it out. I'll sign it. I had to do it. I was the only one there." Dr. Rankin was the irst doctor to examine Miss Jackson.

He said there was "no doubt in my mind" that she was dead when he looked at her. On cross-examination Drr Ran kin was asked if he told two re- Dorters last night that "a com- netent medical man could nave saved Miss Jackson "if he had arrived in time." "That's tru if he had arrived in time," Dr. Rankin replied without clarifying further. Denies Cursing'. Coroner Callahan denied under cross-examination that he cursed Bednasek and told him "to come clean." The state has now listed for exhibit purposes several pictures of Miss Jackson's head and neck, but has not offered them in evidence.

EAST SIDE PIGMENT PLANT EMPLOYES STRIKE OVER PAY About 250 employes of C. K. Williams East St. Louis pigment manufacturers, were on strike today in their first major wage dispute with the company in 14 years. The dispute is over a new agreement, to replace a contract that expired last Dec.

4. Employes, members of AFL International Chemical Workers Local 21, are seeking a "package" wage settlement of 10 to 15 cents an hour, including a general increase of 5 cents. The management is reported to have offered a 2-cent hourly increase. The union also Is seeking a more liberal vacation program and fringe allowances. Wages under the former agreement ranged from $1.22 to $lv68 an hour for a 40-hour week.

Strikers are picketing the company plant, at 2001 Lynch avenue, 24 hours a day. IF IT COMES FROM ECKERT'S IT'S FRESH" FRESH PORK- Opt Daily Till P. M. Includinq Snitday Closed Monday FUNDS TOO LITTLE Mayor Tells Dunkers Another Issue Will Be Needed Because of Higher Cost of Authorized Improvements. PROGRESS OR DECAY ST.

LOUIS MUST CHOOSE Mayor Joseph M. Darst presented a comprehensive progress report yesterday on plans for extensive public improvements, under the program to stem decay in the city and return "a revitalized St. Louis to the ranks of America's foremost cities." Speaking of the over-all plans for municipal betterments, at a luncheon meeting of the Dunkers. at Claridge Hotel, the Mayor declared: "We must move torward on many fronts. We must face the issues realistically.

We must think in terms of millions of dollars and a number of years' time. "St. Louis is undergoing an awakening, and I think our resolve for 1950 should be: 'Forward With Progress and Not Problem of Higher Costs. One of the obstacles to carrying out the program of municipal improvements proposed under the $43,527,000 bond issue of 1S44 is inflated costs, he reported. A supplemental bond issue will be necessary, he declared, because the balance of funds available under the 1944 issue is insufficient, because of higher costs, to complete the authorized work.

"We all know that the value of money has shrunk since the bonds were voted," Darst explained. The amount required to build a new fire engine house today, for instance, would have built two in 1944." There has been no decision as to the additional funds that will be sought, he said. It must first be determined how many of the authorized projects should be undertaken now, and how much sup-plementcl money will be needed to complete the work, he explained. 1944 Improvement Projrram. The 1944 bond issue authorized extensive improvements to the street, sewer and water systems, bridges and viaducts, city hospitals, the Zoo and City Art Museum, fire protection and airport expansion.

Only $5,000,000 of the authorized bonds have been sold, and those were for airport development purposes. The issue originally was proposed as a means of easing postwar unemployment, which failed to materialize as expected. The Mayor pointed out he recently asked reorganized Citizens Bond Issue Supervisory Committee to review the program in the light of changing conditions, and to determine whether work should be gin on the projects now. "We shall prohably embark at least a part of the program made possible by that bond issue in the near future, he said. Asserting that housing and slum clearance have been given "the No.

1 position on our agenda for action, the Mayor reported, the city is working closely with the Government under the Federal Housing Act of 1949, which "pro vides us with the most effective remedy ever devised to attack this pernicious malady of the cities- slums. Says City Leads Field. He reported the is pressing forward to provide additional public housing for low income families, and proceeding vigorous ly under the urban redevelopment program, calling for slum clearance and middle-income housing constructed by private capital. Federal officials report no Ameri can city is so far advanced in its preparations to particiapte in the federal housing programs, he said The Mayor listed completion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial as another "must. Halted by war, this project should be resumed without delay, he de clared.

Pointing out that the city had obtained legislative authority to provide off-street parking facilities, Darst said he will confer with business leaders late today in a move to translate provisions of the legislation. Into actual spaces where you can park your cars quickly, safely and at reasonable cost." Darst also called for the construction of new Mississippi river dock facilities, declaring St. Louis has an unusual opportunity to become an important inland port. Whether the city or the Bi-State Development Agency assumes the responsibility for this work, all are agreed that the city must take advantage of the tremendous Weather in Other Citiet lObwrvatlom for hlich at 6:30 for nrrvtous 24 hours; low for previous 1 i hours.) Hick. RACE BETCHARGES Indictments Based on Raids hy Police No' True Bills Returned in Cases of Five.

Eight persons were charged with gambling in indictments voted yesterday by the circuit court grand jury. Two were charged with operating a handbook, the others with policy game operations. Those charged with operating a handbook were Emil Sarkis, 1882 South Twelfth street, owner and operator of the handbook, and Siad Thaier, 1119 Frey avenue, who admitted to police he was employed as a clerk in the handbook. They were arrested by members of the police gambling squad in a raid on a hideaway handbook at 1882A South Twelfth street March 1. The grand jury voted no true bills in the cases of four other persons arrested in the raid.

They are: Washington Aboussie, 2606 Minnesota avenue; Fred Johnson, 1814 Kennett place; Louis Schulte, 4069 Holly Hills boulevard, and Clifford E. Hickel, 3807 South Kingshighway. Four Negroes arrested by members of the gambling squad Feb. 4 were charged with aiding and assisting in establishing a lottery. They are: James E.

Coleman, 3149A Laclede avenue; Bob Williams, 3125 Delmar boulevard; Fred D. Holloway, 1705 North Sarah street, and Robert II. Jones, 909 Cardinal avenue. In connection with a raid on the I. C.

Policy Lottery Feb. 28, policy game operation indictments were voted against John Profoich, 3246A Gravois avenue, described by police as the operator of the policy game, and Henry J. Chandler, Negro, 2403 North Taylor avenue, a policy writer employed by Profoich. A no true bill was voted in the case of Jesse C. Akins, 2119 North Fourteenth street, arrested in connection with the same case.

OLDEST TRUST COMPANY IN MISSOURI St. Loufs Union Trust Co. BROADWAY AND LOCUST 'TJia PERFECT Horn muloton' APPLY IT YOURSELF ZONOLITE INSULATION 5100 Manchester HI. 1930 Extra Ease Longer Lines 700 OLIVE man's store exclusively that he had made many important real estate decisions from the seat of an airplane. Walter R.

Kuehnle and Joseph G. Kuehnle of Walter R. Kuehnle Co. of Chicago are making the survey, which includes new building sites for additional tenants of Hampton Village. Negotiations are now in progress for construction of a retail department store, theater, bank, restaurant, furniture store, apparel shop and hardware store.

The appraisers also checked new housing developments surrounding the center and the proposed west end approach of a new bridge from Cahokia on the East Side to Chippewa street. CAPACITY K.C. AUDIENCE HEARS MARGARET TRUMAN KANSAS CITY, March 22 (UP) A capacity audience of 2572 persons, including Gov. and Mrs. Forrest Smith, filled the Music Hall last night to hear Margaret Truman in her first home-town recital since she made her initial singing appearance here two years ago.

Margaret's mother. Mrs. Harry i. lruman, also was present, and on the stage, prominently dis played, was a large basket of red roses from the President. There also were flowers from Mrs.

Tru man's bridge club and a bouquet from Mrs. Perle Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg. DENIAL OF PERMIT TO BUILD TOURIST CAMP RECOMMENDED The St. Louis County Planning Commission last night recom mended to the county court that it deny Roxie Russell, 8300 Watson road, a special permit to operate a tourist court in the 8300 block of Watson road. A petition, signed by 100 resi dents of the area near the pro posed building site, said residen tial property values in the area would be depreciated.

It was pre-sented at the special public hear ing at the courthouse, which was attended by 75 persons, most of them opposed to the building. DIES AFTER TAKING POISON William Saunsaucie, 30 years old, a machinist, died at City Hospital today from the effects of rat poison he swallowed Monday. Police said Saunsaucie told them he was despondent because of domestic difficulties. He lived at 1449 Chouteau avenue. WOMAN LOSES $5100 IN OLD SWINDLE OF 'FINDING MONEY' Miss Betty Ilges.

67 years old, of 4365 Lindell boulevard, was swindled out of $5)00 yesterday by two women operating the old confidence game based on the "finding" of a large sum of money. Miss Ilges told police she was approached by a woman in a downtown department store and asked where to make a "safe investment," as a friend of hers had just found "lots of monay." After Miss Ilges suggested she buy government bonds, they were joined by the other woman, a Negro, who told them her "boss" had advised her to split the money with those who knew of the "find." They prevailed upon her to put up some money to "show good faith," Miss Ilges said. She drew five $1000 bills and one $100 bill from the bank and gave it to one of the women. She was then told to go see the "boss" in the Boat men's Bank Building because he wanted to meet her as she was to share in the money. There was no "boss" to meet her and when she returned to a pre-arranged meeting place to see the women again, they failed to appear.

She then went to police. MOTHER HAS BABY IN FAMILY AUTO FOR SECOND TIME Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schaefer of Florissant, whose first child was born in the family automobile en route to St. Mary's Hospital in 1948, profited enough from that experience to reach their physician's office last night by the scantiest of margins be fore their second child arrived.

The Schaefers. who operate a dairy farm, drove to the office of their doctor on Page boulevard in Vinita Park in time for him to deliver the baby with Mrs. Schaefer still in the machine and with the doctor's office assistant holding a flashlight. Mother and child were reported in good con dition today at St. Mary's.

The earlier child, Mary, was born Sept. 5, 1948. They named the eight-pound five-ounce baby born last night Dorothy. 4 GRANITE CITY BOOKIES CLOSE ON ORDERS FROM THE MAYOR Four Granite City handbook operators closed their doors today on orders of Mayor Leonard Davis after they surprised Chief of Police Eugene Burnett yester day by surrendering and paying $100 fines each for violation of the city's gambling laws before warrants containing the charges could be issued against them. Those appearing before Magis trate Andrew Gasparovic were: Isaiah Hughes, 1404 Niedringhaus avenue: Arthur Skidmore, 1539 Madison avenue: Mrs.

Clara Barn holz. 1833 State street, and Lester Fehlig. 1914 Edison avenue. All operate cigar stores at the ad dresses given. Chief Burnett obtained the war rants yesterday from Magistrate Gasparovic after a committee of the City Council called on him Monday night and demanded ac tion against the bookies, who were named last week in criminal in formations charging gambling, issued by State's Attorney Austin Lewis.

Before Burnett could have the warrants served the principals appeared. The chief is now try ing to find the information "leak. trade potential offered by river transportation, he declared. Lambert Field Expansion. Work of expanding Lambert' St Louis Field is being pressed to completion, and studies are continuing for construction of a second municipal airport closer to the downtown area, he said.

The tentative choice for the second development is Parks Airport on the East Side, but a final decision is awaiting a study of legal, economic and engineering factors, he reported. The Mayor again urged the city to undertake a large-scale celebration in 1933 of the sesqui-centennial of the Louisiana Pur chase. This undertaking, he said, would require full citizen participation. Other speakers at the luncheon were Alexander S. Langsdorf, dean emeritus of the Washington University School of Engineering: Mrs.

Philip L. Moss, president of the St. Louis County League of Women voters, and Louis La Cos editor of the Globe-Democrat editorial page. Zeckendorf A series of helicopter flights to obtain data for a study of the potential market of Hampton Vil lage Shopping Center at Hampton avenue and Chippewa street were made yesterday- by officials of a- Chicago real estate appraising firm. The study was ordered by Wil liam Zeckendorf, president of Webb Knapp Inc.

of New York and real esate representative of the Rockefeller interests in New York. Zeckendorf with Sidney Salomon St. Louis "insurance executive, recently acquired the 25-acre shopping center. "The finest way to look at a piece of real estate is from the air," Zeckendorf said. He added ROBBER EXCHANGES RIFLES IN STORE AT PISTOL POINT A robber exchanged one dear rifle for another in an odd holdup today.

Elmer Mclntyre, who operates an antique shop at 4342 Olive street, told police a man came in carrying a deer rifle and said he wanted to purchase a dear rifle. When the proprietor brought out a rifle, the customer placed his weapon on the counter, drew a revolver and declared, "I'll take it my way." The robber seized the. rifle of fered for sale and ran out, leaving his unloaded rifle behind. It was not an even exchange, the stolen rifle being the better of the two, Mclntyre said. OWNERS SEEK TO REDEEM PART OF ROSS AIRPORT LAND Comptroller Milton Carpenter today was given an assignment by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of dealing with a demand by the former owners of the city-owned portion of Ross Airport, 7700 North Broadway, that the property be restored to them.

The city acquired the land through tax liens, and has it leased to Ross Airport for an other year. Wilder Lucas, attor ney for the St. Louis Merchants-Land Improvement Association, the former owners, wrote the Board of Estimate that the land association wants to settle the tax bills and regain title to the 40 acres now owned by the city, on which there are airpor improve ments. Bulk of the airport property is leased from private owners and is not involved in Car penter's problem. Carpenter was Instructed to bear in mind that although the city has a tenant to protect, it customarily returns property to owners upon payment of back taxes and penalties.

Taxes and penalties must be paid up to date, and Carpenter's first job is to figure up the bill. LABOR RENT CONTROL PLEA The Central Trades and Labor Union voted last night to urge Congressmen in this area to work for an extension of the present federal rent controls when the law expires in June. In adopting the resolution, pre sented by Local 449 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, the or ganization called on John I. Rol lings, executive secretary, to get in contact with the Congressmen and urge them "to work diligent ly for the extension because dropping of the controls would work hardships on tenants. TELEVISION STAN LET HAS THEM ALL At Prices Too Cm After to Pmy Get Yours Now OPIM MOnU P.

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