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hr-ep.nitHUSBAND OF SLAINL. A. WOMAN FACESCOUNT OF MURDERDaughters Help SupplySl-l-eleir5-r-leIII= New CluesLOS ANGELES, May 11 (INS) Thomas F. Montgomery, 42-year-old aircraft worker, was booked tonight on suspicion of murder in connection with the May 2 'golden butterfly slaying o! his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, 36.Sheriff's inspector Norris Stens-land said a formal murder complaint would be sought from the district attorney’s office tomorrow.Stensland disclosed that Mont-[ gomery has been in custody since Friday. The officer said the decision to proceed against the husband was based on new evidence, part of which was volunteered by the Montgomery daughters, May-cille, 15, and Mrs. Roselle Junes, IS.Mrs. Montgomery's body, mutilated and the clothes ripped from it, was Found under a tree in a vacant lot just north of the suburb of Watts the morning of May 3. Beneath the body was a golden butterfly brooch.Montgomery was questioned at the time, but was released when he was able to account for all of | his movements and when blood on ' his shoes turned out to be rabbit I blood.Stensland said new develop-(Continued on Page 8}iwle-leses-ub,indus-lurlayrMseturingiy-ionaidro-len■astedm--oser-leslayxnJietuendto?rsActress and Mate Battle With PoliceLOUISVILLE. Ky„ May 11 dNS) Actress Diana Barrymore and her husband, John Robert Howard, were freed on bail here today from the county jail after they had been arrested and charged with battery and disorderly conduct on a downtown street comer.The couple was jailed, police said, after a fist swinging melee early in the morning that started when two police officers noted an auto honking loudly at a street (Continued on Page 8)Five CentsTelephone 696-41Long Beach IndependentLONG BEACH'S ONLY MORNING NEWSPAPERVol. 9—No. 2177 Purses Stolen as Owners Sing in ChoirSeven purses, with $5.85 in cash, was the loot taken yesterday during services at the first Lutheran church at 520 East 10th street, police were notified.The purses and money belonged to members of the choir, and had been left in the schoolroom adjoining the church. The theft occurred between 11 a. mu and noon.Pedestrian Injured By Hit and Run CarEight persona were injured here in traffic accidents yesterday, one possibly seriously by a hit and run driver.William F. Child, 22, of 6665 Long Beach boulevard and a companion were walking north on Long Beach boulevard heading for a cafe and some coffee, when an automobile with a driver at the wheel who did not stop struck him down near 68lh way,-police were told*A passing motorist rushed to Child's assistance, took him to a service station, and called police and an ambulance.He was treated at Seaside hospital for head lacerations, ‘pavement burns and abrasions of both legs and knees. He was held atthe hospital for further observation today, and police with very little to go on were searching for the driver of the car.Eugene M. Arron, 15, of 725 Orange avenue, a pupil of Franklin junior high school, received lacerations of the left leg and bmck, and Sylvia M. Stanley of 2301 East First street, was treated for a lacerated right knee afterthe car Arron was driving and the one operated by Miss Stanley eol-(Continued on Page 5)Monday, May 12, 1947• .. . .S. F., Oakland Phone Unions End WalkoutSAN FRANCISCO, May 1! (INS) The San Francisco and Oakland units of the CIO American Communications Association, charging the telephone strike has been broken both nationally and locally, voted today io return to work tomorrow morning.Other northern California units of the union, which includes some 32,000 members, mainly operators, also were voting today and it was expected they would follow the lead of the San Francisco and Oakland units. The unioft walked out in sympathy with the striking telephone workers.A union statement said national officers of the National Federation of Telephone Workers abdicated their leadership last week,'1 and added large units of (Continued on Page 5)President Spends 3 Hours With MomWASHINGTON, May 11 (INS) President Truman flew back to Washington tonight from a Mother’s day risit to his ailing 94-year-old mother, Mrs. Martha Truman,in Grandview, Mo.The President landed at Washington s National airport at 5:50 ip. m. (EDT), and drove immediately to the White House.The President spent three hours with his mother on the 2000 mile, one day round trip flight.(Continued on Page 5)lit_____I P__/»!.___Uf_l___
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