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N. Y. Girl Faces 2d Spy Charge

Accused of Giving FBI Data to Russ

WASHINGTON, Mar. 17 (UP) Judith Coplon, former. Justice

Department analyst, Sisclosad. {| pants. 2 nh vs : ac- A hurried council was called to débate the next move, with : {five-year-old deaf and dumb boy ie a the [aks of Woadrgw Rigsby, 37-year od | after prayers by Little David had |

the Russians the

tivities of some TU. i8. counter- decision awaiting

intelligence agents, a Justice Department official said today, - This official, who declined to permit the use of his name, said that Miss Coplon alsa told the Russians what the FBI knows about the operations of known Soviet spies in “this country. Miss Coplon, a former employee in the department's foreign agent's registration section, was arrested earlier this month with Valentine A. Gubitchev, Russian engineer on the United Nations staff, A New York grand jury last week indicted them for con-

spiracy to commit espionage.

The 27-year-old government

employee wis indicted again yes-| terday by a grand jury here, this

time on straight esplonage| charges. Mr, Gubitchey was not

named in this second indictment./8 snapping turtle and he undoubt- tions on his farm.

Out on $20,000 Bail edly has

Eviction notice . . . Gale Harris, turtle-hunting C by, volunteer diver, put the final knots into the

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Turll's Wate For Pantsless

Attempt to Capture Beast of Churubusco May Be Delayed by Equipment Crisis

By VICTOR PETERSON, Times Staff Writer

CHURUBUSCO, Mar. 17—A

noon,

Churubuscoan sc the dive, icy ‘lake will nog

trousers. {the Beast of ‘Churubsuco,

field Zoo, Chicago, arrived this morning to watch the diving operations.

Probably a Snapper

ator Snedigar watched the fever-

giant snapper from his comfort-

wish I'd stayed home.”

hurubusco farmer (ot), and Woodrow Rigs-

new rope trap with noose w

use in Churubusco’s turtle hunt arrived at Fulk's Lake this afterbut ft turned out to be a shallow water costume—without Y its parents and returned

The be too came from a former Indiana eon-| "00 convincing comfortable for a diver without servation officer now in the em-

Meanwhile, a threatening note Montana. crept into man's battle against)

Robert Snedigar, dour-looking|for the turtle to hide in,” said curator of reptiles at the Brook-|James Kirtley,

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Feeney, Dailey Help Honor Saint ° By RICHARD LEWIS E PEACE of St. Pat-

s ‘ " " y. * To "Anointing Dawson Questions frick’s Day came to em-

Campa on Secrwrary | battled Alabama St. today y vangelist | as the sons of Erin in City

The probe into “Little David”| : {Walker's earnings turned to % Hal K and Sgr Ig new facet of the boy evangelist's| 0 il wy 8 lor Lhe »y career — “faith healing and in their cold war over games o

v chance. anointing of articles -—in Probate Neither brickbats mor af- cials were coloperating without Court today. . davits flew today between the a Hitch,

Silent, but not forgotten, was the argument on the proper method of driving the snakes out of Indianapolis, especially which ones, _Unmentioned but remembered was the raid last Sunddy on a gathering of Hibernians, making merry with the ale pot following the traditional breakfast of the ancient order. , While twas suspected by th North Irelanders that certain of the elements of Eire had sponsored the invasion of the

Attorney James Dawson, guar-| two citadels of contention in dian of the 14-year-old boy evan-| N. Alabama, and all was quiet gelist, who is demanding an ac-| in the bastion of law and order counting of the what happened to; in S. Alabama where the boys the boy's 15-month earnings of] in blue went about their busi$67,800, yuestioned “Mrs: Peggy[-ness-of keeping-the peace witha. | Taylor, ' secretary of the Little| out a harsh word being said by David campaigns. | anyone. Quoting an article in the Feb. With thousands of other 19 issue of The Voice of Calvary| wearers of the green, Al FeeTabernacle offering handker-| ney, the mayor, and George chiefs and bits of cloth “anointed Dailey, the prosecutor, joined by Little David,” he asked: | in honoring the saint who drove “How many of these have been| the snakes out of Ireland, 'tis

ich Mr. Rigsby ho sold?” | written, without benefit of affi- is . gsby hopes “We don't sell them,” the: 6e-] ovis excise police on that occasion, " | all was forgiven . . . for today. retary retorted. The article of- if i Not even ah indictment was fered the handkerchiefs for free, on THIS day, at least, it ap-

in the wind, and the unity

will offerings. which prevailed among all

Cites ‘Healings’ - - min The same paper carried nu- - $ y merous testimonials concerning] [ies to dave “faith healing” by the boy who|

spent “five hours in heaven” and

a story of “outstanding healings,” | in a recent Norfolk, Va. revival. owne In part a story commented on

ry Lair Chilly Diving Suit

peared as though the two offi-

Bridegroom, a, Of Girl, 14, Held Thrice-Married

Probe of David peace Reigns on OI' Sod of Alabama St.

Earnings Turns As Erin's Sons Bust Out in St. Pat's Colors

CITY HALL

branches of the governmental force was a thing to behold. Green neckties and shamrocks blossomed everywhere, » » » THE BOND which held Tom McNulty to Prosecutor Dailey and the Criminal Court could hardly match in cash value that bond of good feeling engendered by the wearing of the green. Certain conversations scheduled between certain officials and certain policemen over certain sources of Income were postponed. It was a proud day for the Irish and Marion County, too. The fighting officials along Alabama St, were co-operating at last, if only for today. They all wore the green,

Anti-Pact Brawls Kill One in Haly

borrowed Navy diving outfit for

the “healing” of a 2-year-old I-A blind child, brought to the service| Rep. Jacobs Flays AF... » . |next night “with its eyes open, able to see” It reported that a By DAN KIDNEY | Times SHOE Writer WASHINGTON, Mar. 17—Rep.

“heard and repeated a number of Andrew Jacobs,

{delicate handling of the to

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“Little David has healed quite {male minor to leave Michigan.

{ploy of the federal government in

“We understand we'll have to Dawson asked Mrs. Taylor. |erans. 4 | "He doesn’t heal—we never preput water in the tank and mud) ” | : tended that he heals,” she replied. po is in a better position to classes Nov. 15. editor of the You must have gotten quite 3 et emergency housing for their f 4 {Churbusco Truth and president am rt the ‘nesul o ; [Komar Hussan, asked a warran jof the community club. ’

{supposed to feed him about 20 pounds of red meat and chicken

Repeats Answer place for his family,” Mr. Jacobs j,ned car.

The secretary repeated her pre-|S8ld es

14-YEAR-OLD Detroit child de who fled to Indianapolis Attempt to Take Over |with her thrice-married husband, was being held here today by| ROME, Mar. 17 (UP)-—Brawl-Juvenile Ald Division authorities. The husband, Earl Cornors, 41, - Indianapolisa and die maker, also of axing all he was abie|pemocrat, deciared today re being held by city pospeak. lis “still trying” to save the Tyn-|lice on charges of enticing a fe a few people, hasn't he?” Attorney dall Towne housing for war vet-| He has been sought since the

fchild, Fatima Hussan, failed to “It seems to me that the Airarrive at her seventh-grade | pn. longed

“We're yi Dawson men than it is for a veteran nowls,.. Cornors after one of her| continued. . (living in Tyndall Towne to find a notebooks was found in his aban-

Rioters Protest ‘Atlantic Alliance

Atlantic Pact killed one person

the Chamber of Deputies.

the

t| 14 Wounded

were wounded

Ie ions Unite In Move To Oust Ingles

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ing demonstrations against the| headed by

Free-for-all scufling broke out in Parliament between Communist and non-Communist deputies aft-| ler the Communist filibustér had groups dee debate for 23_hours— clared today their belief that they ! longest session In Italian | The girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. | na rljamentary history. J

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Party Leaders Agree to Back Ennis for Job

15 Ward Chairmen Among 43 Present At ‘Closed’ Meeting By NOBLE REED A powerful coalition mas neuver to wrest control of the Marion County Republican organization away from Chairman James W. Ingles and his associates was launched by three GOP factions here today. Machinery supposedly designed fo resignation . of Chairman Ingles was set up at a “closed” conference -attended by 43 ‘party leaders last night. The group, which included 15 of Chairman Ingles’ ward chaire men, agreed to support John (Jack) Ennis, president of the County . Council and Franklin Township GOP leader many years, for the chairmanship to replace Mr, Ingles. Bradford Group Prominent The vast majority of the ine surgent group at last night's meeting were associates of the James I. Bradford faction which controlled the Republican Party organization here from 1940 to November, 1947, when Mr. Ingles was elected chairman in a “come promise” maneuver following the resignation of. Henry E. Ostrom as chairman. The coalition movement was set up around the Bradford force Republicans. United, which | fugene Fife the

EE ACT'S 2B ¢ ela y on by Don Money, and the Marion County Republican Vet erans of World War II, headed by Charles Brownson.

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|had the “majority of the GOP {precinct committeemen” on their side for a showdown fight to oust Chairman Ingles if he refused to

One person was killed and 14/quit voluntarily. in the central Italian town of Terni when vio-

Says He Won't Resign Chairman Ingles gave no indie

Standing in the chill wind, Cur-|

entrails twice a week. Once in a while we're supposed to toss | The harassed

Mr. Harris

{vious response and said that any {money collected usually followed

ish preparations to snatch the him a bushel basket of lettuce.” a testimonial about being healed.

|The testimonial usually was ac-

able, muddy home. He said, “I|moaned today he'll be glad to see cOmpanied by an offering, she the end of the venture which has 52d. and all such money was de-|

“From all description, this Is forced him to cease all opera- | Posited in Little David's bank ac-

been disturbed,” he

His situation {brought about the creation by the

Miss Coplon’s attorney, Bertram|added. “Once he is awakened he | community club of the Help for Adams, said in New York thatican be very active and could eas- Harris League, dedicated to pro-

she would surrender to district/ily elude the diver.

Arrangements for her surrender

He might

lunch.

court in Washington WOIMOITUW. leven be interested in a quick !

were made with Thomas J, Done-

gan, special assistant attorneyityrtje. The largest type in general, who obtained the indict-| 4 erica

ment against Miss Coplon here. Bhe ‘is free on $20,000 bail. At the time of her arrest with!

Mr. Gubitchey, Miss Coplon was M°t Weigh more than 75 to 100 The long search may not prove

{per. {far north, and a huge one will

“I doubt ir it is any 500-pound North the Alligator SnapIt's “Very rarely seen this

aleged to have carried in her|/Pounds.”

purse a packet containing what|

the Justice Department called “ab- vious fact that the turtle is exhikit outside a local garage and stracts” from secret government shrinking rapidly did not deter collect at least 25 cents a head files. The New York grand jury/the intrepid hunters in the least. from curious passersby.

did not disclose what these secrets involved. |

The ominous tone and the ob-

At least 50 farmers are assisting Gale Harris, landlord of Fulk’s

Miss Coplon pleaded innocentiLake, in lashing boats together

to the New York charges, Gubitchev refused to enter a plea #0 the court placed an “innocent” plea in the record for him. They will go on trial together fn New York April 1. Miss Coplon will go on trial here alone sometime after that.

One-Day Special: Congress Becomes The Dail Eirann

WASHINGTON, Mar. 17 (UP) -A little bit of Ireland fell on Capitol Hill today. St. Patrick was the order of the day in the House of Representatives, and all his sons and cousins took a holiday from politics to do him honor. Green neckties, they wore. And green handkerchiefs and socks-— and | some even green suits and 8 .

~ » ~ ALL OF the members, not only the'O’Haras and O’Tooles but the Zablockip and. the Jacobes, wore Breen carnations donated by the League for an undivided. Ireland. The speeches were heavy with brogue and blarney, and every

Mr. for the great attempt at cap-

ture. Oil Drums Unavailable

An earlier idea of building rafts over empty oil drums was abandoned for the reason that they couldn't find the oil drums. Mr, Harris and his helpers must erack through an inch of ice which is crusting the lake. Complications loomed, however, with the appearance of a mysterious stranger from Tennessee. The traveling Tennessean, who arrived two days ago, has been flitting about this. turtleminded .town claiming the mossback is his property. : Earlier he had written Mr. Harris stating he lost the turtle somewhere In Indiana a year ago but is positive that his is the Beast of Churubusco. “I suggested that if he is sure it's his turtle, he haul it out himself,” Mr, Harris said. “He told me that he'd wait until I got it out.” Lake ‘Purty Cold’ A hanger-on opined: “I sort of figure that Tennessean might find that lake water purty cold if he gets funny.” The diving operation will be conducted from two rafts made of boards lashed together over

mention of the Emerald Isle brought enthusiastic applause from the floor. : )

{empty oil drums. The diver will {most likely descend from a steel

{ladder cut from the windmill from

Faith, and it was a relief fromthe Harris farm. A third raft has

the political knife-throwing of the last: few days.

Rib Buster ; LONDON, Mar. 17 (UP)—Stephen Treustt, 2, son of a retired weight , hugged his 55-year old . Alice Evenett ‘one of her ribs.

been reserved, with standing room only, for photographers, repre-

-isenting newspapers throughout

the Midwest. Tank Ready for Beast A 12 by six-foot steel tank, found on the farm of Jacob Shively, promises to be the new

{vide the Northern Indiana farmjer with anything he needs to snare the snapper. It even has provided a full-time

farm hand to tend all the chores Mr. Harris

|e ) “I'm not going to resign as | count, " ) " 4 0 The accounting of the [ine Catap Atterbury during this| ,,venjle authorities sald the iy Jor sevessl Gays of Jot nrg |chairman, he said. “I have been {evangelist's earnings was de- €MErgency period it seems to me. oyj1q's parents were expected here Last night the Communists | Ying to develop a party program , manded by his guardian, I have not given up trying 10 i54ay to take her back home. learried their fight against the, that will give the people good that

| Dawson, who has charged the 14-year-old youth’s finances are being improperly handled by the boy's manager, the Rev. R. G. Hoekstra. : | | Chief witness as the hearing,

“After all the huge appropria-| [tions ‘we make for the armed] {services, the Air Force should be lable to construct barracks or anything else that they need at, Stout Field. Co.

“They also have plenty of air

{lence broke out during a rally inj. s¢ion that h 1 POLICE “OFFICERS sald’, forest against Ttalian participa-|giontt at | ld consider reCornors has walved extradition|iio, i, the Atlantic Pact.

from Indiana. He Taces 3 I Foundry workers armed with] 7, font Jntend 15 De inti rs Paid it convicted 0 home-made bombs fought police cpg irman Ingles declared bluntly Mie . -l i One of Cornors’ prévious wives In Terni during the: gravest out-| ype, told of the insurgent move-

15 r-old, Detroit police break of the unrest and Commu- ment IW S-Year-oid, 0 ; : " land automotive transportation 10 vad 3 Jyea nist fomentation mounting stead-

convince them that such is the Meanwhile, Cornors case. luled to appear in Municipal Cour Mr, Jacobs and Republican's pnere tomorrow on another

Sens. Homer KE. Capehart and cjgrge of being a fugitive from | William E. Jenner were appealed justice,

to by Mayor Al Feeney of In-| The couple was picked up Tuesday by City Detectives Paul

is sched, pact to the floor of Parliament. STHCTRMENt and I'm not going to

Set "Em Up—

FRANKFURT, Mar, 17

Those attending the insurgent conference last night besides Mr. Bradford, Mr. Fife, Mr. Money and Mr, Brownson included Dale

has been forced to/opened yesterday was Ralph A. dianapolis in an effort to save The League is footing Monroe, certified public account- this housing for veterans. ant employed by Mr. Dawson to! Sen. Jenner replied to the Mayaudit the Little David campaign OFS letter by pointing out that books. } {the Air Force is within its rights Mr. Monroe testified in part/In taking over the housing trom that the Little David campaign the - Public Buildings Administratook in $67,813.00 between Sept. tion and that the PBA contract, |18, 1947 and Dec. 31, 1948, {leasing Tyndall Towne to the city - | Paid $1479.62 of Indianapolis, has the same 30-

. day notice clause which the Air Times Index Out of this, he said, Little porce required from PBA,

David was paid $1479.62, He said

|Huckeriede .and John Haney at 420 W. New York St. Bus and Milk Truck Crash in ‘Bad’ Wreck "SARASOTA, Fla, Mar. 17 (UP) -—A Tamiami Trailways bus and a milk truck collided on the out-

|skirts of Sarasota today. First reports said no one was

{abandon, the bill.

[financially fruitless. Plans are {to place the hoary mossback on

the boy's cash on hand. at the MN |killed but Florida state highway Amusements 14 Movies ..... 14 completion of the audit was Works Board Pushes {patrol headquarters here said the {Comics .... Othman .... 19(3166.11 in a bank account and (wreck was a “bad ‘one.”

City Hall Cleanup

Crossword . {Editorials .. |Forum .. Meta Given. {Hollywood .

24 Pattern .... 22/3610.72, which Mr. Dawson holds 20 Radio .....s 5 in trust for him. Spring house cleaning will ex20/8ociety .... 21| Mr. Monroe also testified that tend to the inside of city’ Halll 23|Sports 26-27-28/$8832 of the boy's earnings had if the Works Board goes ahead 14/Teen Prob... 23 cleared through the bank but|With its plans to have walls and| {Th Indpls.... 2|Weather Map 30/that checks showing how the ceilings washed and possibly | Inside Indpls. 19(Earl Wilson. 18 money was spent could not be painted this year. } | Mrs. Manners 8 Women's. 22-23!/found. ’ ' | Reason for the “clean wp, midis - (paint up, fix up” activity is the Tooth for an IOU— | general dirty appearance of City]

Once Acting

Veteran Officer Retired in 1937

|Hall inside and the Increasing| fierbert R. Fletcher, veteran

Patient Back mn Payments; {number of cockroaches noticed Indianapolis policeman, one-time “3

{by board members in the build-|acting chief of police -and the (ing. " lcity’s chief air raid warden dur{ing ‘the war, died today in {Methodist Hospital. He was 68, Widely known as “Cap” Fletch-

Seat Sale Brisk ) er, he had served as secretary of For Amateur Hour ithe Police & Firemen’s Insurance

|{Co., Indianapolis, since retiring Don't be disappointed ‘from the police force in 1937, . + « get your tickets NOW Mr, Fletcher joined the police for Old Gold's Original [department in 1907, and served in Amateur Hour show and

both the uniformed and detective broadcast . . . at the spe- [branches. ‘cial booth in Wm. H., || After having served in various Block Co. store. tapacities, Including captain of The ‘Times and Radio [detectives and major of police, Station WISH are bring- he was named acting chief of ing the show to the Coli-

seum Apr. 6. to raise money for St. Margaret's Hospital Guild (the nonsectarian organization that services General Hospital, All seats are reserved. Prices are: Arena floor chairs, $2.40; box and ‘parquet chairs, $2.40 and $1.20; side mezzanine, $1.80 and $1.20; edst and mezzanine, 80 cents, Prices include tax.

Dentist Takes Back Teeth

Opens Mouth and Lowers Disappear

THERE'S AT least one woman in town who vows she will keep her mouth closed from now on. She opened her mouth. yesterday and a downtown. dentist re.

moved and kept her $107 set of false teeth for failure to meet back payments, Indignant at the treatment, she confronted: the City Board of §# | Health with her-tale of woe, \ The woman, a 38-year-old res- (© ident in the 600 block of E. Wash- #88 ington St, went to -her deWtist | % | yesterday to make a payment and 3% have a lower plate fixed. {She had pald $48 on the $107 {set of false teeth. But, she said, | sickness had prevented her from making a payment in five weeks. ‘ e i - . (any time she pays the back pay“I ONLY had the teeth six ments” he said. months,” she told a Health Boara| But the patient protested: i

employee. “Now the dentist took Pant sat, T can’t chew and

captain at the time of his retirement,

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police cases for years,

A few years earlier, he shot and killed Henry (Hell Cat) Thomas, a notorious bad man, in a gun

Sgt. Maurice Murphy. For the convenience of Born near Monrovia, he at-out-of-town residents ang |tended Plainfield high school, those who can not visit [starred in football both in high the ticket booth, mail orders will be filled if

police in 1931 during the absence | because of fliness of Chief Jerry ° E. Kioney. He held the rank of

(UP)~The American Woms= en's Club of Berlin pub~ lished in its cookbook today the following instructions for mixing a “Blockade.” Two bottles of cognac, Six bottles of white wine, | Six bottles of red wine. : Six bottles of champagne, Two cans of mixed fruits. The club said “the ade was designed to make Americans in Berlin forget * their “uncomfortable position” in the cold war.

Herbert R. Fletcher Dies:

Police Chief |

CATR in Svc

Herbert R. Fletcher

As a policeman, he worked on, Mr, Fletcher, who lived in 4326 or directed. many of the biggest Carrollton Ave., was & member from 1940 to 1947. He wasiof the Logan Masonic Lodge, the shot in the hand during the Hohilt Earlham Club, and the Fraternal Dry Goods robbery 22 years ago. Order of Police, He was a mem-

{ber of the Friends Church,

| Survivors include his wite, two Fletcher, Indianbattle in which Thomas killed apolis, and Herbert Fletcher Jr. Lebanon; a daughter, Mrs, How-

|sons, Russell

ard Murphy, Lebanon;

brothers, Homer,

Brown, Samuel Blum, County Treasurer Louis Fletcher, Center Township Trustee Roy Combs, Carol Kramer, Harold Shulke, George "K. Johnson, Judge Alex Clark, Dr. Roy %torms and others, The Precinct Committeemen's Association includes several pare ty leaders formerly aligned with the Citizens Republican Committee which fought the Bradford forces back in 1946. The Citle ‘ zens group won a temporary vice tory in supporting the successe ful campaigns of former Prosecu= tor Judson L. Stark and former Sheriff Al Magenheimer three years ago. 3 The veterans’ group includes party workers from all three face tions. Active supporters of Chaire man Ingles include Thomas R. McNulty and his brother, Edward McNulty; Paul Wetter and Leo Brown, all serving as ward chairmen, ; Plan to Call on Ingles A committee from the insurgent {Bradford group was to call on {Mr, Ingles later today, demands {ing that he resign voluntarily, | “If he refuses to do 80," de |clared one Bradford spokesman, “we'll draw up a petition among precinct committeemen and res quest he call a county convens tion for a test vote. If he re-

| “|fuses to do that we'll organize a

majority of the elected precinct committesmen to call “their own convention and elect a new chair man.” : If all this is successful, control Qf the party organization will be back in ‘the hands of the same leaders who ran the

Bullet Kills Wife of

Indianapolis;|Chosun

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school and in Earlham College, thur, St. Louls, and six : childre: :