Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1947 — Page 2

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‘for his nomination and election.

* Of them Patrolman Durham told ets, pool tickets, horse-race betting,

.. In Never-Ending Struggle : ©" (Continued From Page One)

Mr. Stark wonders what it is all about. The racketeer asks| several more intimate questions, hangs up. and turns triumphantly upon the awe-stricken visitors. “See how I stand?” he asks.” Or maybe he happens to meet an official, brazenly walks down the street with him, talks about the weather, and waves nonchalantly to policemen, bondsmen, racketeers. He sees to it that the word is passed around‘that he knows Mr. Remy well enough to walk arm in arm with him down the street. i ‘Connections’ Irritating g « These “connections” are not of major importance, but irritating. : : Hee a on the strength of the gossip, the word is surreptitiously passed around that one official or another is backing this or that racket. i But the biggest thing Indianapolis citizens have to fight

'PROBLEMS—The Indianapolis board of safety holds its first meeting with new Chief of Police Howard Sanders (center). Left to right are Mrs. Murray Patterson, stenographer; a witness in a taxicab case; Henry Krug, assistant | city attorney; Chief Sanders; George Browne, William 'H. Remy and Carson C. Jordan, members of the board, and Fire Chief Harry H. Fulmer. The meeting was routine, but further changes in high police posts are expected.

is the existence of political factions in city and county government, Certain policemen are drawn into each camp. Each camp will have a candidate for mayor and fight’ hard

® Two of the higgest factions reputedly are enmeshed in To Maid Order rival racketeering interests. Glad Jesse Is Gone One of the factions is said to be hooked up with the ambitious gambling payoff syndicate exposed ‘by Patrolman Jacque Durham in sensational reports filed with Mr, Stark, Instead of Janding In Europe, the

i i i that t turned up among some Mayor Tyndall and Mr. Remy. This clique is glad | garmen e “Honest Jesse” is gone. |dresses that Miss Elizabeth Ohl

. ta} ih of Hazelton, N. D., bought _ . The other faction is on the outside looking in and a 2 tnoy's mail order em. would like a nibble at the fat profits enjoyed by the Durham-

porium. It cost her 18 cents. exposed syndicate. : The senate committee on execu- | This faction has as its reputed head an East Side tavern

tive expenditures promised to look | into the matter but Mr. Portnoy owner, long associated with slot machines in the county. |was stumped as to what he could] But as the organized syndicate made its debut, another long- tall the SenatS. eit "dns ok time political figure and slot machine operator was to cut where that dress came from.” he| in” with the East Side man, presumably on the basis of his [told reporters in Chicago. “Find- | “ iation” with Mr. Stark ing out how I got it would be like ; €lose association”. wit ! : . . hunting for a needle in a hay- | Aligned with the East Side tavern owner was said to. stack” | | be a City hall custodian, who vehemently has denied this Senator Milton Young (R. N. D), affiliation, a high up official in the City hall, a police captain, a lieutenant and several patrolmen. : This, according to a statement in possession of Mr. Stark, was the syndicate set

who represents both Mrs. Midjaas and Miss Ohlhouser in the senate, | up to control all gambling in Indianapolis. -

said he wanted all the facts. And | he'd like to know whether any other | donated dresses were sold by mail to | American women. Senator Young gave this account | of Mrs, Midjaas’ dress: The victory clothing drive was ! as was glad to we cnt oy hs ke, we 2 A 1 em “These men Were essful much quieter slot machines. I Rev. O. J. Bilstad of FairSO irtking ope Thal Is he Be Pee win| ale whose wife was local chaircity heads by telling them out of | industry is getting a firm footing in | mF LoL 1 one side of the mouth that the the city and.county, determined to | Push Note in Sleeve | regulations. and. giving: £0" 5ns* podped mia 08 sot maces. | $Mhtore si handed it over, Mrs ec : i ittle note in the out of the other,side. (In Pick 'N Win the sucker, d a little no When Patrolman Durham's eX-ireaches into a jar of tickets, and | "| Ti pose was published in a copyrighted gets paid off when he's lucky, which | "6 iso Sood luck” to the n story in The Times, one of ‘the €ity’s isn't often.) } apes a Midioss knew hi ing rade a Phciied: Sickel, selling i one of the | ceived an answer to her note— “People would have liked to have|largest gambling rackets in the city | "Voor oncer practically a seen the outcome of this experiment and county. There are about 20 as agin ) in collecting graft in an efficient to 25 such pools in operation. | SRI ive da Tad > Yalher Te So JANE 1 Ye gnbling mi. answered an advertisement in the collecting it on their own wherever dustry takes care of its own pro- | THSFERC ST Jetiiment 3 the

they could get it. > itection, It is distributed to who-|

| 100 dresses at the lump price of $18 “A Beautiful Theory” {ever comes in after itt Much of| 18 cents each.

“ ithe money may go to whoever is : | wondered I t would have worked the most powerful racketeering Senator Youre did not look kincly out. The chances are that it would | collector at the moment, whomever | = not have, because there would have |'S “closest” tothe people in er Mr. Portnoy said he bought been a revolution in the department. Top Politicians Don’t Collect | dresses from junk dealers, institu“I don't think the town could be : : 3 {tions and other sources and could organized with fellows like Tyndall, 0” Ho I Samds [mot trace the origin of any of them. Rip and MA this | political figures. Political fig-| —at the top. In fact, {ures above the city or county level policy of administration that made don’t make money off the gambling | Possibly part of the money can it possible for the police to raft; terest. They are “too clean” | P€ used to give to policemen who at will. It was open season every | are on inside jobs in the police de-

: {for this kind of operation. day for the police.” But tisese Pr up politi cal | PArtment to have them arrange | slates so that certain patrolmen can

Unlike the policies of Mike Moris- Ibosses ; sey, who was police chief under] lesser Joint a a yhe | be assigned to certain districts, former Mayor Reginald Sullivan, f; | power, place their names on the That is only another way in which policemen are ordered to hit eVerY tickets in elections and elect them efficient police operation“ is cor-| joint they can. Mr. Morrissey kept |, appoint them to appointive a rupted. | The police department and the

the men out of joints unless they noc or nich politi were ordered In through a reguler. os. 0 Tl ern. TANS do not have to worry

officials when slots are permitted to jangle. . : ; Such things as Pick'N Win tick-

or anything he wants to do with :t.

police call. Some think that the; o.¢ enters the picture much about the United States present system opens the door t0| An interesting part of how money 8OVErnment in its probe of the police graft. !

is divided up is the erstwhile slot STaft reports. Faction Pushing Probe machine payoff, although it could | Bigger Things to Do The present system of allowing De applied just as easily to other| The situation is of paramount police to enter all joints also was rackets. - importance to Indianapolis, but the unlike the system used by the late| A tavern owner and a slot ma- | SOVernment rarely sends any one Sheriff Otto Petit. No deputy sher- | chine operator open the back of the |t0 Jail for collection of graft in iff dared to visit & spot in the Machine after all the patrons have local police departments. They have county unless ordered by the sheriff, 80ne home, or perhaps on a quiet Pigger things to do. | It is well-known that the faction Sunday afternoon, The government has a list of that is not on the inside has been ‘ {some 18 to 20 names of policemen | zealously pushing the investigation Uncle Sam Gets Nicked: {who -have allegedly received graft | started by Officer Durham's dis- There is $200 in the machine, Payments. A corps of investigators closures. |Immediately they take $100 out,|is probing returns of both the There are some who go so :ar to|SPlit it, shove the cash #n their gamblers, tavern operators and say that Officer Durham was in. Pocket. This is not reported. This! policemen. But they are mainly spired in the first place by this [18 where Uncle Sam gets nicked. | interested in getting their money faction to blow the lid off the town. [Of the remaining $100, the tavern rather than proving hard-to-prove By turning on the heat, they|OWner gets $50, faithfully reports | “wilful violations.” thought they might have a chance |i! in on his income tax. The other| So the job is completely in the | of taking over some of the racket |$50 Boes to the operator. The op-| hands of Mayor Tyndall, Safety | control--at least muscle in. erator gives part or all of the $50 Board President Remy, Prosecutor | Gambiing Business Vast to a political boss, who in turn can | Stark, Police Chief Sanders, and

‘keep it, give it to a 1 ial | is’ als faction: 100, is Zprict to} it to a public official | finally Indianapolis’ next mayor.

have the blessing of an official in City Hall, plus some powerful political figures ‘outside of City Hall, plus some bondsmen and racketeers, plug some policemen. gambling business in Indianapolis is vast but has no head or tail to it. ‘You don't have to see anybody to start a racket in Indianapolis, A [fellow could come in from , Oolitic or Gnaw Bone and get set up in business right away. But, not in the slot-machine

Russ to Ease Censorship For Big 4 Moscow Meeting

Correspondents Will Be Allowed to File |

Day-to-Day Dispatches, Soviet Tells U. S,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 P.).—Russia has assured the United States that press corresporfidenfs will be permitted to report “with complete freedom” the forthcoming foreign ministers’ conference in fMoscow,- the state department - announced today. Foreign correspondents will be allowed to file uncensored dispatches | about the day-to-day events of the Big Four meetings which start March | 10. The freedom apparently does! - — -- etn not include reporting on other | Byrnes and Soviet Ministér V. M. | matters, such as internal Soviet! Molotov at the last Big Four meet- | conditions. Z ling in New York. It still is not clear, However.) At that meeting Mr. Molotov! whether radio correspondents will promised—in return for Mr. Byrnes’ “Ibe permitted to_make-volee-broad-- acquiescence to go to Moscow for casts from the Russian capital. [the next meeting—that foregn cor-

- wr | many months to come, ‘to the displeasure of the abs which make the over-

18-Cent Dress Brings Grief

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (U. P.).—Nathan Portnoy, Chicago mail order magnate, today found himself the target of a congressional investigation because of a dress he sold for 18 cents. It wasn't the price that started the ruckus. The question was: How did Mr. Portnoy get the dress that Mrs. Lars Midjaas of Fairdale, N. D. They were presented to Dr. John cluding Dr. W. L. Van Osdol, In- | donated to the victory clothing drive for

sleeve, -up near the shoulder, wish- | ~

The Soviet decision lon press respondents would be allowed to | v|censorship was transmitted to the report proceedings of the Moscow | U, 8, government in fulfillment of conference just as they had been

the agreement made between re- allowed to do in Paris and New |

Ala lot the Indiana optometry board; Service Scrolls Dr. ©. ‘W. Morris, Pt. Wayne; Dr. . 1 Charles Sheard df the Mayo Clinic, Awarded Optometrists itard 6) the Malo Dlinte Awards for exceptional service tojly to Dr. AC. Anderson, Ft their Protession, WEIS DICHOECY oO Wayne, and Dr. James Hammon, tometrists nigh a meetoy op or Vincennes.

Magnate

llce in Whale Bay

- Entrance Is Closing

i} Six Feet a Day.

By JIM G. LUCAS Scripps-Howard Bialf Writer

we paused to think about it, it could be nerve-wracking—this slow

{closing of the entrance to the Bay {of Whales on which Little America

is situated. We're working against time to get out of here on schedule March 185, The bay entrance is closing at the rate of six feet every 24 hours. It's visible to the eye. Dr, Paul Siple, expert on Antarctica, computes that the mouth will be blocked off around Aug. 15. That

|should give us plenty of time two

get out.

Adm, Cruzen’s drive to get tons of supplies ashore to set up a

{fourth Little America goes on at

an increased tempo. The Merrick, our second cargo ship, is discharging freight. : } Take No Chances Those in charge of unloading are taking no chances. Not more than one sled at a time is permitted at the edge of the ice where the ships are moored. : As soon as the sleds are loaded they are towed out of the area to Devil Point on the far side of a fault separating the loose bay ice from the edge of the Ross ice shelf. Meanwhile others of the expedi-

of the Indiana {association at the Severin. hotel. Scrolls were given also to past

| The awards were framed scrolls. presidents of the association insome European woman?

P. Davey, Indianapolis, secretary dianapolis.

TOMORROW AT § A.M. -

AYRES’ SEMI-ANNUAL

REMNANT

It's Ayres’ Semi-Annual house-cleaning of odds and ends, broken sizes, colors and patterns, and we have done a thorough and complete job of it, with everything reduced, 14, 14 ‘and 14, off the original prices. Whether you have a specific purchase in mind or not, we suggest that you come down and ‘“‘snoop” around, in every .department, on every floor. Many bargains not listed here will be offered. Watch for the Remnant Sale signs throughout the entire store: 4

tion have selected the site of the airstrip on which planes from the carrier Philippine Sea will land. The survey party, including Cmdr.

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AT HOME IN INDIANA

Metropolitan Y, M. C. A,

Harold F. Brigham today head the Metropolitan ¥, M, ©. A, Indianapolis, Director of the Indie ana State library, he succeeds Hows ard Sweetman, o § eg Other officers elected yesterday are Francis M. Hughes, Walter H, Huehl and G. V, Carrier, vice pres. idents; John Jones, secretary; Roy Sahm, treasurer, and John L. H,

L LITTLE AMERICA, Jan, a1.—If LPuller, assistant treasurer.

This completes the 1947 organe ization which began recently with the election of Charles J. Lynn, vice president of Eli Lilly & Co, as chairman of the board of trustees.” Edgar A, Evans, J. Duane Dungan and Fred Hoke were elected to fill vacancies on the board. Re-elected for three-year terms were Berkley W.. Duck Jr, Merle Sidéner, Archer C. Sinclair and Mr. Brigham, Mr, Carrier, Mr. Fuller, Mr, Hughes and Mr, Huehl,

©. C. Reinhardt of Champaign, and Chief Carpenter's Mate E, Rice of staked out a 5000-foot runway. ‘ Tents Taken Up Barrier

snaked up the barrier and a large Quonset hut which is to house the

later. Our Seabees are learning the fine points of their job here as quickly as they mastered similar. tasks in the tropics in wartime, They have discarded most of their heavy clothing in the present 20 degree temperatures. ra Dr. Siple tentatively has naméd the first landmark of this expedi< tion when hé called a small cove Seal Valley in a written summary,: He. reports seeing at least a thou sand Weddell seals in this almost: inaccessible area.

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Harrogate, Tenn, has Tents and tent floors have been

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