The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-26
my Heart Belongs to Daddy. .Hotcha Cha!"
Sing Three Girls Facing 50 Years in Prison
Girl Friends of Army
Deserters Regard
Affair as Lark

PORTLAND. Ore. From
behind the bars in Portland's
county Jail today there came
the soft harmonizing of three
glrlish voices singing My
Heart Belongs to Daddy"
In the Jail office a few stems
down the lime-wsshed corridors
Jailer Jack Mathews tilted his chair
back against table and slowly
stroked his chin.
They never seem TO Learn" he
said. Then he shrugged his shoul-
ders and turned to the sports page
Of the morning paper as the sing
ing continued. hooking him:
When l enjoy . game Of
golf.
Il may make a pass At the
caddy:
But when Do I don't fol-
low through
MY heart belongs to
Daaaaddddyyyy."
In Mathews opinion there was
small reason for the girls-Cleone
Alyea, Jewell Smith and Edna
Mailspin, all Ito be singing any
song, much less that particular
one.
Possible so Years
For all of them had just been
told they faced possible prison
terms of so years apiece. The news
did not seem to bother them.
They are just kids. they don't
seem TO know what's going on"
Mathews said. "All they do is
laugh and make wisecracks and
sing songs"
To all appearances, Mathews
and others said, there has been no
change in the girls attitude since
they left their school work and
their families in San Francisco
April S on an adventure" with
three army deserters, two of whom
acre under indictment for rob-
berries.
Involved in Gun Duel
Ten days later they were trapped
with the men in an auto camp at
Boise, Idaho. Authorities of four
states, given orders to shoot to
Kill, had sought them for partici-
patton in a gun duel in Portland.
auto thefts, robbery and assault.
Friday they were arraigned with
two of the men, Edward Klaus. q.
and Vern Jensen, "a, on three
separate indictments.
All were charged jointly on two
counts of assault with intent to
rob while armed and one count of
assault and robbery with a danger.
Gus weapon. Maximum sentences,
If ordered to run consecutively,
would total so years.
Klaus and Jensen appeared
sheepish and worried at the ar.
They Think It's Fun
But the girls took the court APP
pearance in their stride. They
acted as il they still were on a
lark All were poised They
smiled. They scarcely seemed to
hear when the judge said they
must enter their pleas today.
Two of the girls. Cleone and
Edna, said they were in love with
Klaus and Jensen respectively.
Jewell said she went along with
Donald Bailey, leader and third
male member of the gang, lust
for the ride" and because she want
ed to go east.
Bailey was shot In the left arm
by Portland policeman. He is
still under observation at Multi
nomah county hospital.
Jewell expressed little concern
over Bailey. She wants to be a
professional model.
Apparently Happy
They apparently are all really
happy" Mathews said. Il told
them about going to the peniten-
tiary and they just grinned and
said they were glad it wasn't to
reform school.
They all said they never want
ed to see their parents or San
Francisco again. When they aren't
singing they look out the windows.
They say the view from their cells
is swell
1T was nice TO hear them
sing for while" Mathews
said. But ] get TO thinking,
II they were my kids :"
Softly the words sifted down the
corridor:
heart belongs to Daddy
hOfrha rha "