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Chicago Gang Kills Big Shot In ‘Syndicate
‘Most Significant’ Slaying in Years CHICAGO, Sept. 2 (UP)— James Barsella, notorious Chicago hoodlum, was found shot to death in his parked automobile today in what police said was the “most significant” Chicago gang slaying in recent years. Barsella was a prominent member of “the syndicate,” which controls the city's rackets. Detectives feared his slaying might touch off a return of open gang warfare: anticipated by Police Commissioner John C. Prendergast.
Barsella, known to police as one of Chicago's toughest hoodlums, was found slumped beneath the front seat of his brand new club coupe, a bullet hole in his right temple. His neck and wrists bore rope marks, indicating he had ibeen’ bound by his assassins. Got Bum's Rush Chief of detectives Walter Storms said “it looks like a plain case of hoodlum retaliation, but we don’t khow what. for.” Barsella was one of the “three hood musketeers.” His associates ‘were Martin’ (The Ox) Ochs and Paul Labriola. All three had long police records. Police have been arresting the three on sight. Recently they went to Los Angeles in what police believed was an attempt to muscle in on rackets there. Los Angeles police promptly returned them to Chicago by plane.
Barcella's lawyer knew he was missing early today and in the] ’
belief he had been arrested again, he got a writ’ of ‘habeas ‘corpus; a fairly common practice among Chicago criminal lawyers when a client vanishes.
New Heat Wave Heads for State; 90° Due Saturday
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Sam... 088 Hew m0 7am .,.6882 lla m.. Bam ..8 12 (Noon) 82 sida mi. 70 1p.m. .. 36 #ITAN T wave with temperatures in the low 90's was headed for I today out of the burning Southwest.
The Weather Bureau this mornhg said temperatures would rise through the 80's today and tomorrow. and reach the low 90's by Saturday. However, the torrid temperatures, according to the bureay, will not threaten the record high for the year or the record high for September. Highest temperatures this year was 98 recorded Aug. 26 and 27. The record high for September is 100 degrees recorded on Sept. 14-15, 1939. YU ERE THE HEAT WAVE is moving in on the city from the Southwest and Great Plains states which are now boiling under 100degree temperatures in some locations. The mercury soared to 115 yesterday at Blythe, Cal, in the valley of the lower Colorado River. At Yuma and Phoenix, Ariz, it was 112, Las Vegas, Nev., reported 111. The heat reached across the Great Plains area into western Jowa, Nebraska and Kansas, It was 104 ‘at Ellis, Kas, 102 at Philipsburg, Kas., and 99 at Lincoln. Meanwhile other parts of the nation were enjoying cool breezes and recovering from the summer’s hottest weather last week.
# » » YESTERDAY the temperatures ranged in the 70s from Wisconsin * and eastern Iowa through the New Engiand states. In Indianapolis the mercury reached 81 at 2 p. m. yesterday and dropped to 62 at 7 o'clock this morning.
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ear Big Basin State Park in| California, more than 350 fire|
fighters were h~''""<a a 2400-acre forest fire today. Rangers said it was the worst in Santa Cruz County history. The fire threatened 10,000 acres of virgin redwoods in the park. Some 2000 campers were ordered out of the park yesterday.
Young Couple Injured in Blast
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» » » & ‘Open Gates, Boys,’ They Tell Guards ‘By SHERLEY UHL Happy days .are here again at International Harvester Co. i Spirits chipper, faces beaming, | 2000 first-shift- workers streamed back into the Brookville Road plant at 7 a. m. today, ending a 18-day strike. The agreement had been signed yesterday. Returning employees wise. cracked with each other and with | plant guards, who answered their! good-natured jibes with broad! 8. ? a Sapa 4 ‘Ever Been Hungry? “Open those gates, boys,” we've
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been waiting two weeks to hi : there,” shouted Harry iby, | 5022 Southeastern : Ave, Harves-|
Somebody asked George Fer|guson, machinist, if he was glad to get back to his job. ' “Ever been hungry?” he re- . joined, patting his Junch pail. “I'm down to seven cents and two| sandwiches.” EE “There aren't any millionaires in this factory,” quipped Henry . Underwood, 2235 N. Rural St., an-| : other worker. ' i Jammed With Cars Early birds arrived at 6:30 =. m. and within minutes Harvester's huge parking lot was jammed with cars. Jostling and joking, the men swarmed restlessly around the
BELLS JANGLE, LIGHTS FLAS Brookville Rd., got big play by returning workers. From left to right are Don Steel, 2338 College Ave., shooting, and Wayne Williams, Lebanon; Roy :Sowders, 1402 Linden St.. and Cecil Merkle, 4133 Spann Ave., all Harvester employees.
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BACK TO WORK—Buoyed by the prospect of drawing pay again, CIO-UAW members bustle through the gates of International Harvester plant here, ending a 16-day strike.
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Show Gain in Doubtful Vote
BOP Places Dixiecrats on State Ballot
Void Decision, Beckwith to Ask
PHOTO, PAGE 8.
By ROBERT BLOEM Republicans on the state election board today put the Dixle-| crats on the Indiana ballot over
the protest of the Democrat minority member. But they may have a court fight to make the action stick. Governor Gates and Edwin Steers Sr, GOP members of the board, voted to put the Dixiecrats States’ Rights party on the ballot. Democratic member, William E. Steckler voted “no.” At the same time the two GOP members voted down a petition by Frank Beckwith; local attorney, asking the board to reconsider and throw the Dixiecrats off again. . Seeks Court Action Mr. Beckwith left the Gover nor’s office immediately with the statement that he would ask the circuit court to override the majority decision, Grounds for the threatened
court action, which could tie up the printing of official ballots,
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plant gates. Then at 7 a. m. they bustled into the main yards with spring in their steps. . Business boomed again at nearby Ruthie’s Cafe, 5478 Brookville Road, after a two-week slump. Paychecks in prospect, Harvester employees swamped the place until it ran out of coffee cups. And nickels were again pumped into the long idle pinball machine. At 7:10 a. m. giant semi-trailer trucks hauling supplies zoomed! alongside the Harvester loading platform. The strike was over. Management was happy too. Production in six other Harvester plants, as well as the one ‘here, had been stymied by thewalkout, called in a dispute over working conditions. Members of. the CIO-United Automobile Workers Union had been ted an 11-cents-an-hour wage _.iferease in June and there ere no differences over the pay ssue,
Plane Wreck Looted
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis, Sept. (UP)—Looting in the biloodspattered effects of 37 dead passengers and crew members at the scene of the Northwest Airlines Jlane crash near here was repor ay by NWA officials.|. ”» They said vandals made off with You re the Man oh h . Times. purses and valuables lying around Bjme Wme han no the plane, which crashed Sunday hn. night.
Pick Out Man
When the Indiana State Fair
If you can single him out of $50 in your pocket . . . or purse.
dressed in donventional clothes. and he will be going about his business just like anybody else at the fair. Offer Identity Clues
Each day The Times will carry photographs of this average man and clues to his identity. But... he may not be wearing the clothes shown in the picture, So, don’t be disappointed if you tag someone wearing a suit or shoes like those in the paper and . .
lucky person. * The rules for this manhunt are few; however, you must follow them implicitly. Upon seeing the person you suspect of being the Man of The Times, step up to Bap and say:
. he isn't the man. Keep| plugging away—you may be the|,roach him at a time other than
fcal condition in Methodist Hospital today, after her trailer home at Mooresville was set ablaze by & bottle-gas explosion. Thomas Sayer, 19, her husband, is in serious condition, also in Methodist Hospital. The trailer was destroyed by fire, when a stove, which Mrs. Sayer was lighting, exploded. Mr. Sayer is an employee of the Plainfield Messenger, but he
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At Fair and Win $50 Cash
He Will Be a Typical Hoosier in Conventional Clothes and May Be Anywhere on Grounds
opens tomorrow, the Man of The
Times will be among the spectators.
the crowd, it will mean an extra
To find the Man of The Times look for a typical Hoosier He will not be a conspicuous man
copy of The Times. any of the four dally editions published during ‘the current day of the contest. You MUST follow this procedure exactly. For if you don’t, the Man of The Times will not give himself away. Where can you find him? He will be anywhere on the fair grounds between 2 p. m. and 4 p.m. and 5 p. m. and 6 p. m. If you should, perchance, .ap-
the periods specified, he will not reveal his identity. It's all part of the game. 3 The Times will add $25 fo the original $50 every day the Man of The Times remains undiscovered. Get in on the fun and take advantage of this golden opportuniity that costs absolutely nothing.
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New Car Dealers Cleared in Probe
Punish Violators, Auto Group Urges
No ‘new car dealers are Involved in recent automobile financing violations investigated here, the Indiana Automobile Dealers Association declared to-
J. E. O'Daniel, Evansville, association president, sald’ a recent probe by the State Department of Financial Institutions left Hoosier new car dealers in the clear. The state investigation and disclosures by The Times numerous complaints ‘that some tised car salesmen and finance firms here had juggled loan contracts and “padded” Instaliment payments, ‘Fully in Sympathy’ The associatoin said it feared this publicity had harmed the ‘vast number of honest, honorable. and well-intentioned retail automobile dealers throughout the state.” It also expressed belief that the proven innocence of new car dealers is “of equal importance from a news standpoint.” : It added that it is “fully in sympathy” with the State Department of Financial Instituurged prompt punish« ment of “willful violators.” Mr. O'Daniel said the best discussed at fice regilonal sociation meetings to be held at Evangville, Oct, 11, New Albany, Indianapolis, Oct. 13, La Porte, Oct. 14 and Ft. Wayne, Oct. 15. -
Warns Against Evils of Drink
BOSTON, Sept. 2 (UP)—A
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warned against the évils of heavy social or daytime drinking.
times lead to alcoholism,
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Cites 1947 State Act
“Indiana's 1947 act makes it the policy of the state to protect civil rights and prevent racketeering in hatred. “The Btates’ Rights party has clearly shown its opposition to civil rights and the liberties of the people. Such a position clearly violates the public policy of Indiana as stated in the 1047 law.” Calling -the Dixiecrats a “sham party,” Mr. Bteckler charged it was the “duty” of the election board to go beyond mere formali-
afMdavits before admitting a party on the ballot. Mr. Beckwith added that ‘by opposing the civil
constitutions, this States’ Rights party is in effect advocating the substitution of mob violence for jury trial and would deprive certain citizens of the right to vote because of ‘their color or modes; of religious worship.” ‘Get It Over With’ Mr, Steers Mr, Beckwith to “get it over with” if he intended to file a court action against the board's decision. Mr, Steers said haste would be important 40 prévent possible] court delays from holding up the printing of the controversial ballots. There were no dissenting votes to the admission of other petition parties Progressive, Socialist and Socialist-Labor.
Officials Expect 1947 By VICTOR
morrow’s fair opening will break The gates for Hooslerland's open at 6 a. m.
as tendance mark of 12,876,
Meanwhile, concessionaires and operators of the Midway also hope that Hoosier farmers and their city cousins will jam the huge for the eight-day spec-
The all-time atiendance record was set in 1946 when there were 627,573 paid admissions, 161,798 of which were checked at the gates on Labor Day. Today more than 550 boys from 82 Indiana counties are converging on the grounds for
‘Dr. Robert V. Seliger of Johns *the 21st annual boys’ 4-H Club {Hopkins University said in a ‘ [speech prepared for delivery to the American Prison Association that such use of liquor can some
camp. ‘Their club sisters arrived yesterday. They will exhibit or compete in the various contests scheduled for youths. Tomorrow officially has been designed and all children under 12 will be admitted free. Judging will be
costly errors of judgment and heid on 4-H feeding calves, lambs. The f accidents” in industry. pigs and poultry. A Boy Scout|Co. : oh J "ia" the morning and Atternoor dep io the Papriotie
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Predict Record Attendance On Opening Day at Fair
Topple; 4-H Club Boys Converge for Camp
Banking on the weather forecast of clear skies and a top of 88 degrees, Indiana State Fair officials today predicted
Expected to topple is the 1947 opening day atAmerica, will present band con regn
Youth Activities Day
INJURED CHILD—Betty JoAn Clapper was critically: injured when she stepped in front of an automobile this morning,
Girl, 6, Dragged 40 Feet by Car
Critically Hurt On Way to Store A G-year-old girl was critically injured when she was struck by & car in the 2000 block of South. eastern Ave, this morning. Betty Jo-An Clapper, 2024 B. Maryland 8t, was struck as she
Increase Sets! 2-Party Mark
{ Marion County voters are une
For 20 Years |
Independents Hold Balance of Power By NOBLE REED = A greater number of
Secided abot how they, a1S going to in the Nov. 2 election than any time in the
last 20 years. This increasing trend of “doubtful” voters is showing up
was the 1047 “anti-hatred” law. stepped from the curb into the The Bet Wat Dashed BY the Re-lpath of an automonile,
injuries, ft 5 i
3 x Anti-Strike Low The United Mine Workers, Dist. 50, today invoked the state Utill| ties Anti-Strike Law in a wage dispute with the Michigan Electric Co. in South Bend. . In a letter to Governor Gates, local 12530 of the union asked that a conciliator be named to take over negotiations which have reached “an impasse.” Under the law, if the coneiliator fails: to bring about a settlement of the dispute, a three-member board of arbitration will take over and its
Mark of 12,876 to ;
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that toall attendance records.
greatest agricultural show will
certs. Throughout the fair's duration there will be a series of exhibits
and displays featuring agriculture
hibits are on schedule as are
College, Indiana and Purdus Universities and Indiana State
Teachers College.
and free of bug slapping, the Fair Board contracted with the Guif Refining Co. to. rid the grounds of flies and other insects. | This is the second year for the spraying of grounds and buildings with the latest insecticides. During the fair a application of
pn said, Unconsslous; she was taken | to cenerar Hospital, with head an
{The decision at the polls will"
ie, Dofticulture and floriculture, in and fine arts ex-
displays by Ball State Teachers] 2H
voters,
power in the battle between: two major parties more so this year than in the last 20 years.
theirs and not the regular par voters,
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livestock spray will be available