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“Chartered’ Gamblers ~ Scurry Under Cover

i police raiders, illegal gambling and vice have been driven into isolated residences and dimly lit back alley spots.

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tte: when poe aive 0 (Je ‘Statism,’

violation, they had to read a . *. warrant before gaining admit- itor p S i “tance. By the time they were In|

+ officials say, endéd “the gamblers’

, from the lush gabling war years, |

lighted clubs open and close like | Republican Editorial Association] He said he had read in detective| Thomas McCoy, 33, Central City, |the Ellettsville school gym. Seven of Rexall Co.; Arch T. Carithers, order at a 7:30 p. m. meeting to- Open Sunday ) accordions. Elsewhere, club/in the Claypool Hotel. story magazines about how to dis-| gy died in Deaconess Hospital| schools represented will be Elletts- general sales manager; John W. morrow in the lodge hall, How-| CLAYPOO “ronts” for illegal gambling and | “Freedom,” he sald, “has been pose of bodies and “went for the/tpday of injuries suffered when|ville, Stinesville, Unionville |Fieting, promotions manager, and ard St. and Blaine Ave. Mrs. FLOWER SH P after-hours drinking sprawled the single key that has unlocked water first,” according to Police he fell 80 feet Thursday from a|Smithville, Paragon, Morgan-/Robert L. Jamieson, secretary-| June Shaller; noble grand, will | ops over the city. |the treasure chests of nature and Capt. Adolph Kraemer. railroad bridge to the banks of town, Monrovia, Gosport and treasurer of the international preside and Miss Anos Bele Goy- Rl, 502 ea” LL 0617 nor 0 .

Of Scuffle That

Of Slaying Kin |

Witnesses Tell

Killed Girl, 16

Youth Describes Ride ‘With Body

Hide Out Now in Private Homes And in Dark Rooms on Back Alleys

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Gambling in state charter-protected “clubs’ has been

driven into private Indianapolis homes. Clubbed out of active operation three months ago by

{he eloped last week, was expect-| ing a baby. Patricia was “making wisecracks about it” and telling her {teen-age friends, Babich sald in |a written statement. | Patricia's body,

check a reported gambling]

the “club” the evidence had “dis-| weighted]

appeared.” A change in police tactics, city

Republicans Hold . with a cement block and, with] [two bullet wounds in the head,

‘Post-Mortem’ Feast |was recovered from the Mil-

holiday.” They began a series of| Mylions of Americans, perhaps Waukee River last Sunday only “nuisance” raids and broke Inis majority, prefer freedom to se- 48 hours after Babich eloped to

many of the clubs operating rity "and would vote Republi- Kalamazoo, Mich., with her sister, | fllegally to stop the practice. can to~THsure it, Farm Journal Kathleen, 17. The kiiling ocDrop $2000 a Day [Editor Wheeler McMillen _ told|curred Feb. 10. Babich sald’ his .22 caliber|

| | ross take re-/ Hoosier GOP leaders here last Although the © considerably night. pistol was fired twice accidentally | Mr. McMillen, managing edi- during a struggle with Patricia ate patrons drop an tor of the Farm Journal which for its possession in his father’s]

cently has fallen police estim

verage of $2000 a day. * Aloog Indiana Ave. neon- spoke at a banquet of the Indiana him to take her to a hospital.

Today the law has harassed | poured unprecedented wealth and Parents at Hearing them out of operation. {well-being into the lives of the] Announcement of the confession Gambling nerve center—where people. |was made in a crowded courtroom poker games and craps now are| “Today the dark ideas of stat-ipefore the parents of the youth) played and race results received ism have assumed new formsignd victim, and the bride, Kathby direct telephone wire—is in the and seek, as they have alwaysijeen. All were stunned. Mrs. Birmistrict bordering Indiana Ave. |sought, to reduce and then eX-|ingham collapsed and wept on the Isolated Spots [tinguish individual liberty.” (floor. Other isolated lottery and race Talks at Post-Mortem As Milton was being led away, horse parlors dot the mile square. The GOP's opportunity, he told Kathleen screamed, “Milton, don’t Police records. show they once an audience which had just con- worry, Milton.” She attempted to were concentrated on Massachu-fcluded a post-mortem on “why|rush to him, but was restrained. setts and Virginia Aves. and Illi- Republicans lost the election,” Babich sald he met Patricia pois St. [lies in becoming the champion of near her home the afternoon of Today these same spots are individual liberty. |Feb. 10. She climbed in beside! parren save for the depopulated; “If the Republican Party will him in his father's car, he said. | green covered tables and chairs./face the fact that American free-| He said he told her he was Police Chief Rouls said the dom is fast becoming subrherged aware that she knew of Kathleen's police will keep a rigid enforce- under an American statism and pregnancy. ment of their ban on gambling will boldly and. loudly tell the| “We wish you would stop talkand vice. The city is free of any truth over and over, many mil-|/ing about it,” he said he told her. organized movement, he asserted. lions of voters will understand “It's pretty hard on our parents.” Safety Board President Leroy and join the party's effort” he, He said that Patricia “Just J. Keach said that the city today sald. , {laughed.” was “cleaner than at any time I| The choice, he sald, lies be-| Girl Slumps Over can recall.” jt Ween “dispute over who shalll He asked her to promise to keep “As long as this administration administer the decline of the quiet about Kathleen's condition, is in power,” Mayor Feeney said, American nation” or an invitation |but she refused.

“that's the way it's going to stay.” “to a new century of expanding| He pulled the pistol out of al

productivity and increasing real glove compartment to scare her, well-being.” he said, but she didn’t appear to “Promote” Officers be afraid. At the annual business meeting] “She reached out and grabbed the editors followed the custom|the barrel,” Babich said. “She ty. of “promoting” association offi-|tried to pull it up and it shot her. Driving the gambling operators cers “pyrgt Vice President James|She just held her grip on the “underground” has created NeW ponnam of Terre Haute was elect-| barrel and I tried to pull it away problems. ‘Police are having 8.4 president to succeed Claudé and it went off again. difficult time finding the back|ginings of Akron. “She slumped over. I didn’t alley spots. Other officers elected were Otto(know what to do. I just sat

Some Small-Timers He admitted, however, that there are still some small-time bookies plying their trade in the ol

- secret that her sister, with whom |¥

Of Death Threat

PAOLI, Mar. 26 (UP) -— A {middle-aged farmer shot and {killed his-son-in-law today before {the younger man could carry out a threat to “kill the old man.” Clyde Wells, Paoli farmer, was held on an open charge at the Orange County “jail here in connection with the death of Cleao Atkinson, 43. > Witnesses to the killing said Mr. Atkinson had bought some {shells at Lelpsic, northwest of

"|was going to kill Mr, Wells, Mr. Atkinson drove to the Wells residence north of here, where his wife had been staying since {couple separated a year ago, {called to his father-in-law: “Come on out, I'm going to kill you.” : Mr. Wells came out carrying a gun, witnesses told Sheriff Ben {Nadell, and shot Mr. Atkinson before the younger man could use the shotgun he was éarrying. Acting Coroner E. L. Throop

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” wld Princess Fawzia of Egypt. Divorced last year by the Shah of Iran after nine years of sonless wedlock, Princess Fawzia, 27, sister of King Farouk of Egypt, will remarry Monday. The bridegroom will be Maj. Ismail Sherine Bey, 40, graduate of Cambridge University and press officer to the Egyptian Cabinet. Princess Fawzia is considered by Egyp- |Monday morning. tians to be one of the world’s | sem—— most beautiful women, Could

. 'Music Event Set

lis published in Philadelphia, Pa. car. He said it didn't occur to|pyES IN BRIDGE FALL

the Ohio River.

nual Tri-County Music Festival EVANSVILLE, Mar, 26 (UP)— Will be held at 8 p. m. Apr. 14 in|

Eminence.

The United Jewish Appeal’s “Caravan of Hope,” dramatizing the organization's campaign for $250,000,000, will arrive in Indianapolis Apr. 18 for one stop on its eight-state itinerary. Seven sections of the caravan, each with two Haganah soldiers, trophies, documents, photographs and other displays illustrating the war in the Holy Land, will start Apr. 3 along separate routes over the country. . The funds sought through the campaign launched last week by Henry Morgenthau Jr, former

secretary of the treasury andipolice said they saw him selling

general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, are ta be used to

On Gaming Counts

Charge 2 Bartenders

chiatrist at Riley Children's Hospital and lecturer at the Indiana University’ Medical Center, will speak on delinquency at 8 p. m. Monday in All Souls Unitarian .

Sold Lottery Tickets

Police raids on two taverns resulted in the arrest of five men on lottery and gaming charges yesterday. James Boehning, 42, of 607 E. Merrill St., bartender at the Early Inn Tavern, 2204 Shelby St., was arrested on a charge of operating a lottery and gift enterprise when

pick 'n' win tickets to Robert

Church, 1453 N. Alabama St. Her lecture will be the seventh in a series being presented in the church, and to which the public is invited free of admission. The last two lectures in the series will be given on the two following, Mondays at 8 p. m.

Journalism Students Visit Lovisville

Forty-five journalism and ad-

" here, and told onlookers that he!

the A — John Bracken, 22, of 2314 N.

and 400 Druggists to Hold

{sald he would hold an inquest wi] meet tomorrow and Tues-

GOSPORT, Mar. 26-—The an-| velopments in the drug field. |

|association.

Altum, 23, of 1233 E. Tabor St. Altuln was arrested and charged with gaming. Confiscated tickets were sent to the police property room.

support the work of the Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal and the United Service for New Americans.

vertising students in Butler Unie

versity journalism department journeyed to Louisville, Ky. yesterday to visit plants of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Louis ville Times, radio station WHAS and Standard Gravure Corp. Accompanied by Prof. Roase mond R. Jones and Prof. George Miller, members of the journal ism faculty here, the group ree turned home in the afternoon.

CALL OFF PULLMAN STRIKE WASHINGTON, Mar. 26 (UP) ~The Order of Railway Conduce tors today called off a scheduled Mar. 31 strike against the Pullman Co.

FLOWERS

for All Occasions

Dearborn St, was arrested and charged with operating a lottery and gift enterprise at a tavern at 838-42 8. Meridian 8t., where he is employed as bartender. Charged with gaming were Charles W. Russell, 24, of 646 S. Russell Ave, and Burnell Grubbs, 21, of 222 W. Wyoming 8t. Two cigar stores containing pick ’n’ win tickets and $30 were confiseated.

3-Day Convention Here

Four hundred members of the {International Association of Rexall Clubs from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois will meet .tomorrow in the Claypool Hotel for a three-day convention.

Rexall drug store proprietors

day. Wednesday's sessions will be for Rexall salespeople. Sched-

uled for discussion are new de- Plan Anniversary

Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge] No. 10 will celebrate the 99th an-| niversary of the founding of the

Speakers will include Joseph A. Galvin, chairman of the board

Four blocks off Indiana Ave, lp. ic of Loogootee, first vice|there for a while. Then I drove on Smith St, one of the MANY ,reqqent; Ed Schergens, of Teli|the car several blocks with Pat new back alley spots 1s In OPera-icyty second vice president, Paul|l® Where they were building. She tion. Twenty-three men and Wom-|piq40e of Lagrange, treasuTes didn't move.” en were huddled around a 1arB€\wiiam Hargrave of Rockville, Led Normal Life table in a broken down shack. {succeeded George Huish, of East] He obtained a cement block, One man stood lookout for PO-/chicags to the office of secretary and drove to a bridge over the Nee raiders. The remainder played which is not in the normal “line Milwaukee River, Babich said. He a card game called “showdown.” |, bom o4ion » [tied the block to the girl's legs More than $450 was in the pot. | The IREA adopted a set of | with strips from a shirt and The game was going full blast alive 561 utjons proclaiming that/threw the body into the river. la m. [the editors are “not mad at any.| Babich and the Birmingham Big bookies employ small book=-/, 0 04 urging party leader-|8irls are members of respectable fes known as “sitters” operating, wyion will restore unity to|Middle-class families. out of private homes to man the = 0 aden GOP : Patricia, according to reports all-important telephone service. One party faction the newly | fron her family, led a blameless Employ ‘Sitters’ lorganized Indiana Political Club |life, police said. Kathleen told | The “sitters” collect bets and held a meeting at the Columbia PO ce that Patricia led a normal receive race results. This device. Club but deferred its announced |" gr" 3 girl hep age. friend police say, is the hardest to com-iintention to elect officers Loe hac several hoy ‘riencs,

The! ’ . | t - bat’ Police squad raids usually|group, dedicated primarily to a but didnt lake any of them seri

end in fallure when they AT® drive for new party leadership.| The girls’ mother said. “I did confronted with a man sittingijmiieq its activities to a social {everythin ossible to raise my| placidly near a telephone talking er. ip ~* laren Ee Wh Los m) to hig wife or friend. N a Free y. a re can

This method of operation was . . extremely prevalent, police said, Editor Stricken | ; - rege seems Boys’ Club Campers

in Illinois St. Carder gaming proven or At GOP Session Ger New Dining. Holl | Boys’ Club members attending

y “float wi ety Rng Aoi prac-| James Montgomery, editor of | ticed by some of the city’s wealth- the New Albany Tribune, died last summer camp near Noblesfer gambling clientele. night in Methodist Hospital after ville this summer will have a to play being stricken with a heart attack new dining hall at their disposal. H. G. Gorman, executive direc-

Several men decide either poker or craps on a certain While attending the meeting of night and rent a hotel room. Each|Indiana Republican Editorial As-l . i¢ the Boys' Club Association, night they play, they shift their Sociation. said yesterday the new construc-| *base” of operations. | Mr. Montgomery became All {jin is made possible through a| Often professional gamblers Shortly after taking part in a gonation made by Mr. and Mrs manage to get into these games, round table discussion at the Willis E. Kuhn. Mr ‘Kuhn is a but there is no house cut or deal- meeting. He was rushed to the manner of the board of directors er's cut. Police call this type of hospital and placed under an c.mn will open June 13 and gambling “the amateur hour.” |OxY8en tent. ) Nefero for four 12-day periods: HILLEL CLUB TO DANCE [ICE SCHOOL GRADUATE AEISENHOWER TO REST The Indianapolis Hillel Club will] Paul Stauber, delivery superin-; WASHINGTON, Mar. 26 (UP) hold {ts spring dance at 8:30tendent of Polar Ice & Fuel Co.' Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower is] Pp. m. in Kirshbaum Community is one of 23 graduates from the expected to leave Washington in|

Center. Ballet and tap dance seventh class of the National Ice the next few days for a rest to| numbers wil be Included in the Marketing Institute in Washing- complete recovery from an in floor show feature of the event ton, D. C,

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