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Ruling on Death to Take Boy Off Desertion List 12 Port IAT MARCH 14,1 953 aiLO 3ttgfUg Cimgg Gambler Questioned in Ex-Mother-in-Law Death Police Talk to Nevadan at Palm Springs in Quest of Information on Monahan Killing Three Burbank officers last night questioned Tutor Scherer, wealthy Las Vegas gambling figure, concerning the murder of his former mother-in-law, Mrs. Mable Monahan. The interview took place at a Palm Springs resort hotel where Scherer is vacationing. Twins Follow Father, Join Up With Air Force The 20-yaar-old Easterlin twins of San Bernardino yesterday elected to follow in the military footsteps of their father, Master Sgt. Vester Easterling, whose sleeveful of service stripes bears out hii record of 26 years in the Army and Air Foroe.

Easterling and his wife Margaret accompanied their Santa Monica Superior Court ruling that Joseph J. Hel-bert Jr. is legally dead paved the way yesterday for removal of his name from the U.S. Navy desertion list. Joseph J.

Helbert 64, the young man's father, told Judge Stanley Mosk a strange story of And every Saturday the two of us will take a walk through the park." Arrangements for the meet- I NOW 1 ing were completed by the: gambler- attorney for Det. Lt Robert Coveney and two other detectives to discuss possible twin sons, Lester and Vester, If 'K jS fi' Spurned Wife's Sister Warned of Prosecution motives for the bludgeon slaying of Mrs. Monahan in her to Air Force recruiting headquarters at 155 Washington Blvd. yesterday morning and watched them being sworn int the service. Roth signed four -year enlistment papers in the Air Force.

Both will attempt to qualify for aviation cadet training. the mysterious disappearance of his boy. The father, who owns an apartment house at 2451 Saw-telle testified that his son, born June 6, 1924, enlisted at Santa Monica Navy Day, 1941. Served on Carrier The swearing-in officer, the father recalled, was Gene Tun-ney, former world's heavyweight boxing champion. Proudly the witness spoke of his son's fine service record, during which he had received a Presidential Unit Citation for six naval engagements in which home, 1718 Parkside Burbank.

Seek Information Although Scherer is not directly connected with the in- Superior Judge Klrasr D. vestigation, officers believe he whole matter" over to the Dis- 6, may be able to provide some trict Attorney for investigation if Mary Clarke, 21, fails to appear in his courtroom April 3 information regarding hn for- mer mother-in-law which could; lead to a murder clue. i I fcriMHMttMaiHHMMiMiMAMMNIBNIlHHiWHiMNwaMiliHHIllMliill 4 for discussion of her romance with her sister's husband. The jurist was angry two weeks ago when Mrs. Clarke's sister, Margaret Jewel Morgan, Meanwhile, Burbank police broadcast an all-points bulletin describing footprints found at the scene of the murder.

The HAPPY EVENT Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge formally adopted Cheryl, 8-year-old daughter of Mrs. Holdridge.

The family is shown at court appearance. Cheryl revealed that when general married her mother nearly three years ago, he gave both Chief Named for Invest in U.S. Week his ship, the baby aircraft carrier Fanshaw, played a valiant part during the fighting in the Pacific. Under questioning by his attorney, James J. McCarthy, Helbert testified ha went down to San Diego to meet his boy, then 21, when the Fanshaw came into port for battle damage repairs in 1945.

Father and son relationship. of them wedding rings. Its a very important day, said the general. appeared before him, asking! shoes, worn by a man, had a month support for her-appie(1 rubber soles, according sen ami wuee rJ'- 1 to the broadcart. Tlusoann, urovrr r.

Mijigin, iie paid, had gone to live with her The soles were new, with the! i trade name Treds imprinted Keenan Wynn Called Cruel i i i Selection of Harold Quinton, executive vice-president and director of the Southern Cali pister. At that time. Morgan admit Retired General Adopts Daughter of His Wife at the top and diagonal, raised the witness said, had always been verv close. Thev were fornia Edison as general i tmnenan ipn nis wne ior forminR SqUareSi making Clarke, 'for physical and tne rPrnaindpr of th sole, sonal reasons," that ihey had; Mrs Monahan, 62, a well-to- walking together along a street I IIVniTO KlH it. I "jAmenca "Week observance this year was announced yesterday.

I3iien in jovp ano naa Midow, was strangled, beat- Cheryl Holdridge, 8 and a Blonde, Gets Ring From New Father as Court Approves Hollywood was taken by surprise yesterday when Betty car which had several sailors in it. Without a word of explanation of where he was going or U'hpn ho wnnlH rptnrn vnunn' Tp Jive in ine same ihjumj until both were divorced. Jane Wynn, 29, brought suit for en about the head and bound by her assailant sometime last Monday night, according to Lt. Coveney. She was found lying in a hallvvav rlncpt W'pHnpcHav Brig.

Gen. Herbert C. Hold- said to Judge Bullock. "It's just i i i divorce Superior Court Helbert drove awav wjt'h the against Keenan ynn, 3., Their i(ientitiPS have film actor-son of fcd Wynn, vet-jnever en established, eran radio-TV comic. The element of surprise was! Xever Seen Aain forthcoming because friends in! son has never been seen Hollvwood believed she had al-again, the father testified sadly, ready obtained a Mexican de- and 30 days later the Navy decree of divorce.

In fact, Holly-'glared him a deserter. Even wood recalled that in recent! with the aid of the FBI the months she had been reported; Navy has been unable to solve engaged to Dan Dailev, the the mystery. noon by her gardener, Mitchell iblse, 61, retired, yesterday he-Truesdale. the father of a blue-eyed Nothing to indicate a motive! blond, S-year-old girl named for the murder was obtained from the dead woman's daugh-l ter, Mrs. Iris Scherer Sowder, He adopted her with the ap-who flew here from Xew of Superior Judge Geor-with her oilman husband thejgia Bullock and of hia wife, day after Mr.

Monahan's body! JuH(,) who in Cheryl's mother. The week, dedicated to an understanding of U.S. capitalism, will be observed from April 12-18. Observances are planned in nearly every major city in the country, and sponsorship here will be by the Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups. The observance will be the third such celebration since the event was organised here in 1951.

'America's great productive might in two world wars, the high standard of living enjoyed by her citizens, and other advantages of American living, would not have been possible under any other system except this one," Quinton said. "We are seeking to emphasize to every citizen his importance in this capitalistic svstem." like mommies and daddy's." Sure enough, it was except that she wears it on the third finger of her right hand, whereas theirs are on the left hand. Corsage of Ross She was wearing a pale blue dotted swiss frock, trimmed with lace and with a corsage of roses at her shoulder. Her mother's corsage was of gardenias. "It's a very important day.

We're going to celebrate," the general declared. was luuiiii in me MJctmiues vi screen song-and-dance man. Judge mosk ruling that tne missing sailor is officially dead Iortgins Pcpuly been dodging service. The Sheriff's office is looking for her with a subpoena," Atty. Halph Rosenstock, counsel for Mrs.

Morgan told the court when Mrs. name came up. Another lawyer, Lester Bise, arose and informed the judge that he had represented Mrs. Clarke in her recent divorce. "She came to my office with Mr.

Morgan, and on my advice they split up," Bise told the judge. "I told them not to communicate with each other except through me." Rosenstock said he was prepared to prove the couple had been together ''as recently as two days ago." Morgan, while tfiat case was awaiting call, talked to his wife in the corridor outside, urging reconciliation. She refused to make up but they walked away together, still talking. Cruelty Charged also clears the way for the fa- "She's an extremely attractive little girl," Judge Bullock told him. "She's just an angel of light," the general testified.

"Mrs. Hold- her ransacked residence. Visit Residence Mrs. Sowder and, her husband, J. Robert Sowder, New York oil company executive.

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And from now on, Cheryl will ny, estimating Keenan Wynn's observe March 13, each year, yesterday visited and inspected" ridge and I have been married the widow's residence. Theialmost thrPe vears inherited home became the property when married Julie- earnings at S100.000 a year. i an affidavit under which Leaving K0fa as if it were another birthday -Mrs. ftowaer as pari 01 me com Wedding Ring, Too munity property settlement in WASHINGTON, March 13 (JP) MaJ. Gen.

David L. Ruff-ner, commander of the 45th Division in Korea, will return to the United States in the near her divorce from Scherer. for that is the date on which she became legally a member of the family. They live at 13570 Contour Drive, Sherman Oaks. "I'm so happy that my daddy perior Judge Elmer D.

Doyle issued orders restraining the husband from molesting Mrs. Wynn or disposing of community properly, she charged that An inquest into the violentjis signing the lease today," in Postal Aide Approved WASHINGTON, March 33 (JP) The Senate today approved Ormonde A. Kieh of New Jersey to be rVicttnastisr Genoral. death of the former vaudeville iterrupted the new daughter. roller skater will be conducted She removed her white nylon he recentlv has struck her and; future before being retired at The adoption formality was 'arranged by Atty.

Emmett A. I has been continually annoying; the end of June, the Army an- next. Wednesday at a.m. iniglove from a dainty hand. the Coroner's office.

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