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Philadelphia and vicinity: Mostly sunny today with some cloudiness this afternoon. Mostly cloudy and not so cold tonight. Tomorrow cloudy with rain or snow likely. Little change of te .perature. High today 42. Low tonight 28. COMPLETE WEATHER DATA
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January Circulation: DaUy, 609,830; Sunday, 1.185,211 128th Year MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1957 CopyrUht, 1*57. by Triangle Publications. Inc. Vol. JM, No. a
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Starvation Held Probable Cause Of N. J. Tragedy
Golden-haired, 4-year-old Mary Jane Barker was found dead last night in the bedroom closet of an unoccupied, new ranch home at 433 2d ave., about two blocks from her honfe at 335 E. Browning lane, Bellmawr, N. J.
The grim discovery was made at 5:45 P. M. by another little girl, Maria Freitta, 6, who lives next door, and whose
Puppy found alive and frisky in closet with body of 4-year-old Mary Jane Barker is held by policeman Ed Virtue, with Bellmawr Fire Chief Daniel Sullivan.
Photo taken through paint-streaked window shows Mary Jane Barker, who was last seen alive a week shocked Frank Barker, father of the dead girl, (right) ago while she was playing with puppy a short distance with detective, viewing death scene. N from house where her body was found.
black spaniel puppy vanished with the blue-eyed girl at 10:30 A. M. last Monday. The puppy was found alive in the closet.
The child, whose disappearance touched off an intensive search for a murderer or kidnaper seven days ago, might have died of fright and starvation after being trapped in the closet, a highly placed medical authority said after an autopsy.
NOTHING IN STOMACH
Hints Israel Will End Pullout Delay Today Eban Plans To Clarify U.N. Stand From Our Wire Services
WASHINGTON. March 3 — Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban dropped a broad hint today his country will announce an end tomorrow of its delay in withdrawing from the Aqaba Gulf and Gaza Strip areas.
Eban, appearing on the CBS television panel show, "Face the Nation," refused to admit there was a delay in carrying out withdrawal plans announced in the
New crisis looms, in Jordan; background article on Page 2.
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Yelling 10,000 jTests S h o w B o y Welcome Nixon W a d P u t in W a t e r
Befi ACCRA, Gold Coast, March 3 (AP). — Vice President Richard
C! ose re-examination of the body of the small boy found M. Nixon, suffering from a touchj m u r d e r e d l a g t Tuesday i n a t h i c k e t i n F o x c h a s e h a s d i s c i o s e d of the flu, arrived in the^Afncanj^at h e m ight nave been partly immersed in water only a short
Silent Throngs Pass by Scene Of Girl's Death
Additional pictures and stories on case of missing Barker girl on Pages 10 and 11.
STATUTt M l l l S
United Nations General Assembly Friday by Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir.
But he told his questioners: "Whatever is obscure today will
probably be clear tomorrow." Eban, who was in New York for
the TV appearance, said he would address the General Assembly tomorrow to "make our position clear." He emphasized that the Israeli cabinet, which met urgently yesterday and again today in Links White House to Tee Jerusalem on the withdrawal issue, announced it would hold a 'concluding session" tomorrow.
CABINET PROMISES ACTION The Israeli cabinet met four
hours today, thep promised a "yc* or no" when it reconvenes at j P. M. Jerusalem time (7 A. M. EST) tomorrow, eight hours before* the General Assembly meets in New-York.
A six-nation Asian-African resolution to apply penalties to Israel, is still pending before the SO-nation Assembly.: An Arab spofcesman, Muhammad H. El Fari* of Syria, declared: "Wt
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Gold Coast today to the cheers of 10,000 natives screaming dom, freedom." *
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! after a bumpy 11-hour flight frpm If ! Morocco, where he began his Afri- 1 can goodwill visit Friday. The |
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Use of helicopters will enable President Eisenhower to avoid street traffic on trips from White House i A i to Burning Tree golf course (B) and Washington's National Airport (C), across the Potomac River.
Golfing Eisenhower To Use Copter
WASHINGTON, March 3 (AP).—President Eisenhower will use helicopters to fly between the White House and his favorite local golf course, thus avoiding street1 traffic.
Sources reporting this today i - ~~7 ' said two helicopters have been se- Washington and his Getty sburgi lected for the President. They are p*•» **'•>•
TOP SPEED OF 100 MPH The first of the two small heli-
The first is expected to be flown c ( m t e r s reportedly is to be flown here this week from the Bell Air raft Co. plant at Fort Worth, Tex. The White House announced re
cently that plans were under way for, the President to use a helicopter to avoid automobile congestion on trips between the White House and National Airport, but nothing was said of any plana for commuting to the golf course. This usually involves an even greater traffic problem* STATIONED AT AIRPORT
The helicopters will be stationed at the Military Air Transport Service operation center at the airport and will be able to operate from the White House lawn, a fairway at the suburban Burning Tree Golf Club, or any convenient open space. The distance from the White House to Burning Tree
*m F. M.-Concert Hall of the Ns 9.4 miles by copter. *** * Later this year the President
Complete Roito and Television |m*y use a larger Sikorsky trans-Frograms on Pages IS and 19 [P01* &P* helicopter, the Hew S-58,
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hero by Air? Force Capt. Robert Cummings, who is expected to be the President's helicopter pUot.
The' craft has.a top,speed of more than 100 miles an hour and a range of 125 miles. It has seats for three person&ia addition to the pilot. The. seat behind the pilot can be lowered into a reclining position.
| by a chest cold and sore throat, [nevertheless shook hands with | scores of spectators who thronged I the airport.
As head of a five-man United I States delegation, Nixon will rep ! resent the American Government at ceremonies Wednesday making this British colony the independent nation of Ghana. WIFE AT SIDE
With his wife standing at his side, Nixon told the crowd, which included children waving American flags:
"I bring to you good wishes and greetings from President Eisenhower and the people of America. We are delighted to be among you during the celebration of your independence. This is indeed a unique occasion. I would like to pay tribute to the leaders of the Gold Coast and the United Kingdom for making it possible for the people of this country to achieve independence in an orderly manner."
DELAYS DEPARTURE Nixon and his party, which in
cludes Rep Frances Bolton (R., 0.) and Rep. Charles Diggs (D., Mich.), were taken afterward to the new modern white concrete hotel where foreign delegates will stay.
Nixon delayed his departure from the flag-ringed airport for 20 minutes to exchange greetings with Gold Coast government leaders and to acknowledge the Cheers .of the crowd. -He leaned over the white picket fence sur-
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Ailing Eisenhower Foregoes Church
WASHINGTON, March 3 (INS) —President Eisenhower decided to forego church services today to nurse the cough and sore throat that has bothered him since Inauguration Day.
Aides reported "no change" in the throat irritation which has caused repeated coughing during the past several weeks. Physi cians said Friday the President was "somewhat improved." |"Here's to Freedom."
OBODY can hurt y#u. We do not stand alone in this
: world, for wt can turn to I God and He will actually f I help us. Fill your mind I with thoughts of God; get | in harmony with God's | will; eliminate from your I heart all feelings contrary \ to love; practice simple
time before he was slain, police said yesterday.
Chief Detective Inspector John J. Kelly divulged this new finding yesterday, adding that police had net yet been able to relate it to other clues at hand, but believed
Ijit might lead another step toward really 1 solution of the crime.
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Divorce Party
Takes the Cake PLYMOUTH, England, March
3 (AP).—Fred Northcott, the baker, got an order today that stumped Mm for awhile.
A customer said his friends Bill and June have been divorced and planned a party to celebrate. They wanted a divorce cake. v
Northcott s solution: He'll cut the cake in two and put the halves back to back. Icing will spell the name of Bill on one and June on the other. The halves will be joined by a small icing bridge bearing this legend in chocolate :
Philippians 4:6
McCleflan Aide Vanishes in South
CAMDEN, Arkfi March 3 (AP). —State police issued an-all-points search bulletin for Mrs. Maude Crawford, prominent woman lawyer who they said disappeared from her home under mysterious circumstances shortly before last midnight.
Mrs. Crawford, 58, is a member of the firm of Gaughan, Mc-Clellan and Laney The McClcllan of the firm is Sen. John L, McClelland D., Ark.).
Police said Mrs. Crawford's husband, Clyde, ID, told them he returned from a movie last night and found his wife had vanished. The family car was still at the house.
SOLES PUCKERED The soles of the boy's feet and
the palm of his right hand were puckered in the manner characteristic of skin that has been in water for some time, said Kelly.
li There was no indication in the autopsy findings, however, that the child died of drowning.
All the many marks and bruises on the head, body and limbs, indeed, proved conclusively that the immediate cause of death was a sadistic beating.
TWO NEW 'TIPS' Amid a number.of new "tips"
received by investigators yesterday were two that particularly aroused their interest—one from Newark, N. J., the other "from Bethlehem^ pa. An unidentified woman who tele
phoned from Newark saying she might help identify the child whose battered body was found in a cardboard box along Susquehanna rd. near Verree rd., was on her way here late in the afternoon to be questioned by homicide squad detectives.
The caller from Bethlehem-police did not reveal whether it was a man or woman—was due to arrive at detective headquarters early last night. •
Though investigators said both
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before she vanished about 10:30 A. M. last Monday.
Further startling developments in the shocking denouement of the sensational case were:
Mary Jane was alive when she went into the closet, whether by her own volition or if she was placed there, the medical source said.
Bits of fur from her hat were ' rubbed off by the girl's move
ments as she fought for life and the fluff filt red into the basement through a plumbing access panel. There were no signs of vio
lence before death and no evidence the girl had been molested.
A small latch inside the closet door was stack and a child could not have opened it once it was closed, according to the authority.
Camden County Coroner Robert J. Blake said the girl could not have suffocated because of air coming through the plombing access. Frisky and apparently none the
worse, the puppy was found in the closet with the huddled form of the girl whose disappearance touched off the greatest search in the history of Camden county.
THEORY OF CHIEF Police Chief Edward Garrity
immediately after the body was discovered, insisted the girl was taken to the newly built brick one-story home only recently. Throughout the night he repeatedly declared the dwelling had been searched the day the girl was first reported missing.
Garrity said an oil burner repairman had visited the house at noon yesterday and had gone to the basement to check the heater. He heard no barking or any other noise as might have been expected of the dog.
At least five members of the
Silent crowds and slow, sflertt automobiles surged like a voiceless mourning procession last night into the streets about
..Browning lane in Bellmawr, N. J., The autopsy indicated the girl a s w o r d % e a d t h a t 4 .year^1(i
had eaten nothing since she drank; M a r y J a n eF
B a r k e r - S ^dy had a glass of chocolate r ilk shortly b e e n f o u n d i n a n e a r b y ^
occupied ranch dwelling. Moved by sympathy or by
curiosity, hundreds of spectators filled the block near the little girl's home, and a steady stream of automobiles turned off Black Horse pike into the small street. THOUSANDS AFFECTED
The vast throng was almost eerily silent, apparently intent only on catching a glimpse of the scene of one of the most heart-tugging dramas in the area in many years. The crowds and the silence were grim evidence that the tragedy had gripped the minds of hundreds of thousands of people.
Police roped off the entire block on 24 st. from Bellmawr lane to Cedar ave. to keep back crowds from the house at 433 2d ave., two blocks from the Barker home, where Mary Jane was found deadln a closet, and where investigators searching for clues wanted no intrusion of the curious. FAR INTO THE NIGHT
The rope barriers and the chill damp of the night did not discourage the spectators. More than 300 milled outside the prohibited area far into the night.
The scene after word of the Iragic outcome of the week-long search for Mary Jane was different only iri degree from that which the Browning lane sector had witnessed all day long.
Before noon an unending procession of automobiles had been moving through the streets, their occupants apparently intent on a glance at the Barker home at 335 E. Browning lane.
Then when the word of the fatal discovery spread, the number of cars clogged the streets and police set up road blocks and detours. It was well after midnight before tht area was cleared. )
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Diagram shows where Mary Jane Barker's body was found. It is next door to the home near where she last was seen. Both homes are about two blocks northeast of the Barker home on E. Browning lane.
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