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Neighbor Says HeiressVisited Her, Talked Of Sewing, Movies After Husband Slain Sewing, WICHITA FALLS. Fob. 4 neighbor of Mary Jean Parsons testified today that the former Tulsa socialite talked calmly of movies and sewing curtains shortly after Lt. Richard Parsons was fatally shot. a soft drink for me we went! Lloyd Peterson, El Paso detec- into the bedroom and talked someltive, said that on Feb.

IT, the day more about making curtains 1 after Parsons death, he was or- Mrs. Fields testified. dered to look over the previous That afternoon Mrs. Fields re-I Parsons apartment. Peterson said turned the vacuum cleaner.

found a bullet hole in the ceil- testified that the bedroom door in ins the living room, another in The hliip-ovori apartment was closed the bedroom door, and another in ine blue-eyed Monde was bedroom closet. He said the began her defense of murder charges today. Eleven defense witnesses, including two by deposition, said they not believe Mrs. Parsons was in her right mind when the 24-year- old officer was shot early Feb. 16.

Mrs. Tom Fields, 22, whose hus- 'band is an army officer at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, said Mrs. Parsons Fields also testified. He de- attorneys indicated some would scribed Mary Jean as of the testify by deposition.

They said they and she assumed Parsons holes could have been caused by Marv Jean told Mrs. Fields then I bullet of less than .32 cali- that she had talked with her par- ber and not more than ents in Tulsa and the B. P. Martin, El Paso painting would be unable to attend the contractor, told of chiseling out a movie because her parents were from the bedroom closet coming to visit iile Previous apartment. He said Mrs.

Fields said that the first that to the best of his knowledge it she and her husband knew of the was caliber, shooting was when they returned i Twenty-three defense witnesses visited the nearby apart- from the movie about 11:30 p. m. I have been called for the trial but ment twice on the morning of the shooting and that she visited the Parsons' apartment once that afternoon. iMary Jean) knew he was over there yet she was talking to me about curtains for the Mrs. Fields said.

I had known Dick was dead. I would have thought she was said she acted Mrs. Fields said she and her husband played canasta with the Parsons' the night of Feb. 15. She said the men had or three beers" each, but Mary Jean diank nothing.

if was any quarreling. Mrs. Fields said there was not. then added: 4Ladv Madcap But Fine Comedv By GYNTER C. QUIT.L Editor Discina International release of the Michel Safra-Andre Paulve production written and directed by Henri Jeanson.

At the Coronet Theatre The cast; Baenolet Jeff Mme. Ragnolet Mary Flor Jouvet Guisol Marken Montero most friendly and courteous persons I ever ran Two afternoon witnesses brought a new line of testimony. They told of bullet holes found in an El Paso apartment where the lived before moving near the Fields. hoped to present three psychiatrists tomorrow. Earlier the sworn statement of mother, Mrs.

Harriet Parsons. 53, Pleasantville, N. was offered. She said she believed Mary Jean was unsound at the time her son was shot. Heavy Fog Shrouds Texas Coast, Halts Air Traffic is know how to put very good to her, saying how' much he loved her they were polite to each polite as any couple I'd About 10:30 the next morning, Mrs.

Parsons brought a vacuum cleaner for Mrs. Fields to use. Mrs. i Fields said the two sat down and talked about several things, mostly about curtains for the apartment and about going to a movie at Ft. Bliss that night.

Marv Jean said she would let rs. Fields know later about the movie. 15 minutes later Mary Jean came over and wanted to buy By UNITED PRESS Fog closed in the Texas Gulf Coast Wednesday night, temporarily halting air traffic at Beaumont and Galveston and restricting it at Houston. The weather bureau said warm air moving in from the Gulf of Mexico over land of a cooler temperature produced the fog. At 8:30 p.

Galveston reported one-mile visibility because of fog, Houston, three-fourth mile and Beaumont, one-fourth mile. Otherwise, Texas enjoyed the spring-like weather that showed signs of becoming permanent. Some ind was reported in West Texas during the afternoon, reaching speeds of from 20 to 25 miles per hour in the Lubbock and Childress areas at mid-afternoon. Only Galveston reported precipitation during the past 24 hours, ending at 6:30 p. m.

Wednesday, and that was a meager .02 inch. Temperatures ranged from the high maximum of 89 at Laredo to the low' maximum reading of 65 at Galveston. For Laredo, the day was literally one that saw' summer in February. Other maximum temperatures were generally in the 70s. THURSDAY NIGHT A I A 1 A I SHOPPERS SPECIALS THESE ITEMS WILL BE ON SALE FROM 7 to 9 ONLY LARGE CANNON TOWELS Thrifty, thirsty man-sized towels in decorator colors.

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But, Suzy Delair in the title role as the chanteuse and with Louis Jouvet as her old friend and manager, it does make an hour and a half of delightful entertainment. For Mile, uses it with telling effect, whether she is selling a song or wheedling a tune out of composer Henri Gui- sol, and Jouvet was, until his recent and untimely death, one of the most talented character actors of the generation. Parlayed with the Parisian tunes and Gallic hu mor, they form quite a combination indeed. If the story fails to make sense, so does the code by which those characters who inhabit the Parisian Tin-Pan-Alley live, as viewed by scripter Henri Jeanson, but it all tickles the risibilities. The composer has written a song which touts the pleasures of springtime but which has brought ill luck to all who have sung it.

To get rid of it, and of Mile. Delair, he gives it to her, and of course she makes I of both it and her an immediate success. It is still a thing of evil, however, and its spell affects a number of others, including singer Raymond Souplex, who loses not only his public but his voice and 4,000 francs. But is also brings ro- I mance to singer and composer, who overcome their childhood dislike of each other, and it does result in some shoes being misplaced. The whole is encased in an altogether winning atmosphere of Bohemian street and backstage life with its clamorous arguments, its theatrical people, its musicians and comedians who are eccentric without trying hard to be funny.

Shining through it all as a little gem is Mile. Delair, and Jouvet reflects a certain dignity for all his assumed peculiarity, and they are given some superb assistance by Guisol as the composer, Souplex as the matinee idol is getting heavy and his voice thin, Jane Marken as wife who understands him and Jane Hellv as wife who does not. The dialog is French, of course, with English subtitles. Garrison Asks Increase For Texas Patrol AUSTIN, Feb. Homer Garrison director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Wednesday asked the legislature to boost the highway patrol to 600 men and restore the agency's narcotics division.

Garrison urged the House Appropriations subcommittee on state departments to increase the highway patrol by 130 men to meet least one-half the minimum The state police chief also asked for longevity pay for employes of his department, which he estimated would cost an additional $198,000. Garrison urged reviving the narcotics division, which he said had been stricken from appropriations in 1939. The division would be composed of a chief, six inspectors and one secretary. (Fhf Barn Nnns-iJribmtf Waco. 5 Thursday, February 5,1953 COSTLIER THAN ALASKA The United States acquired Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917.

The price of $25.000,000 for these 133 square miles was 3l-a times the amount paid for 5286,400 square miles, i SHIRLEY HUGHES will be seen os Klytaimnestra, Davis Sikes as Agamemnon and Joan Willard as their daughter Elektra in "Daughters of Robert Turney's modernized version of the Aeschylus dramas, at the Baylor Theatre beginning tonight. Performances also are scheduled Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. of Will Open at BU Theatre Today Robert Turney's of a reworking of the Greek legend from the feminine angle, will open for a five-day run at Baylor Theatre today. of ran on Broadway in November and December of 1936, and at the close of its run it was selected as one of the best of that year. Thom Feuerstein, director of the 4Kiss of Suspect Sought In Amarillo AMARILLO.

Feb. 4 UP A woman who resembled the German Mrs. Rowton Hospitalized Mrs. Mabel S. Rowton of 2925 Cole Avenue was reported resting well in Hillcrest Hospital late Wednesday.

She was admitted to I the hospital Tuesdav for treatment of a back injury. Is First Opera For Santone Festival SAN ANTONIO. Feb. 4-SPU- Grand opera greats converged on San Antonio this week for final preparations for the Symphony ninth annual Grand Opera Festival which opens with the first of four performances Saturday night. with George London in the title role and Jan Peerce, Erich Kunz and Eva Likova.

will be the first offering and will be followed Sunday afternoon by Milanov, Kurt Baum and Margaret Harshaw.) The following week end brings (Leonard Warren, Graciela Riviera and Richard Tucker) on Saturday and (Bidu Sayao, Mario del Monaco and Giuseppe Vai- dengo) on Sunday. Overall direction Is by Waco- born Victor Alessandr o. The chorus has been trained by Charles Stone. Staging is by Anthony Stixanelio 1 and settings by Peter Wolf. play, completed his B.

A. degree in the spring of 1952, and is at work on a masters degree in drama, under the direction of Paul Baker, chairman of the department. Upon completion of his thesis work, Feuerstein plans to teach drama in the high school and do community theatre work. When he first came to Waco he helped start the annual play. At Baylor Feuerstein has worked in various capacities in such plays as Grow the Answer Is My and He is best remembered for his title role of which was produced last spring.

of opens Thursday and runs through Feb. 10. The Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8:15, while the Monday and Tuesday shows begin at 6 p. m. Tickets are available at the Baylor ticket war bride wanted for questioning ancj reservations mav be about the killing of made by calling 3-4511, ext.

304. her divorced GI husband got off a bus from Los Angelas at Amarillo early Wednesday. Amarillo officers began an extensive search for the woman passenger answering the description of Hildegarde Garni Pelton, concentrating on rooming houses here. The 32-year-old German war bride recently divorced slain William Thomas Pelton, 26. His body was found near Niles.

Sun- dav, riddled with eight bullets from a .22 target pistol. His forehead bore a imprint. Officers said he apparently was kissed after he was killed. California authorities reported Mrs. Pelton enroute by bus from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City.

But two Oklahoma City police detectives who met all incoming buses beginning at 5:15 a. m. Wednesday said she didn't appear there. The search for the suspect moved to Amarillo after Greyhound bus driver W. G.

Bell of Amarillo reported a woman answering Mrs. Pel description got on his bus at Albuquerque and got off at Amarillo about 12:40 a. m. CST Wednesday. He said she had a ticket for Oklahoma City.

3 Lads Nabbed In Chicken Theft Police arrested three youths Wednesday night in connection with the theft of chickens from the Swift and Co. poultry house at 126 Pleasant Street. Game Warden Hubert Brooks told police he saw two boys getting chickens from the company and Officers Odis Watson and J. K. Smith went to investigate.

Thev found two boys who told them about a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old. The youths told police that a 19- year-old employe of the company was in on the thefts too. Police arrested the boy and he told police he let the two younger boys steal the chickens and sell them. The 19-year-old said he got half of what the stolen chickens brought. Police said only four were stolen Wednesday night.

Child Welfare Supervisor Health Group Speaker Miss Dorothy Wilson, field supervisor of the child welfare division. State Department of Public Welfare, will be the speaker Friday at the Waco health committee meeting. The session will held at 9:30 a. m. at the school administration building.

Fourth and Webster. Famed Author Collapses, Dies BROOKLINE, Feb. 4 Ben Ames Williams, 63, nationally known historical novelist, collapsed and died tonight while engaged in a curling contest at the Brookline Country Club. He evidently suffered a heart attack and died before a physician could be summoned. A prolific writer, Williams put a tremendous amount of work into his novels.

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