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Tuffy Mitchell Loses *4500 to 3 Bandits
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Armed Trio Forces Their Way Into Home
Threaten His Son, Sister-in-Law in North Side Residence Three gloved gunmen held up three members of the family of Isaac (Tuffy) Mitchell, Indiana Ave. policy racket boss, at their North Side home last night and escaped with $4500. Tuffy wasn’t there.
Jimmying a side door, the trio burst into the home at 3138 Col-
lege Ave. as Miss Lee Meshulam, &
Mitchell's sister-in-law, was counting the money in a basement office. One of the gunmen leveled a pistol at Miss Meshulam while his two companions ran upstairs to the living room where Mitchell's son, Marvin, 12, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Rose Meshulam, were gitting. Miss Meshulam told detectives the gunmen grabbed the money, opened an unlocked safe in the basement and herded the women and boy into a utility room. The trio then ordered: “Don’t come out for minutes.” Called at Tavern The youth called his father at Stein's Tavern, 1100 N. Meridian St. Mitchell called police. He said the $4500 taken was in $5 to $100 denominations. He told detectives the money was given him by his brother, Joe Mitchell, “to count.” Then, he said, he intended to deposit the money in a bank. Police said the side door had been jimmied by a crowbar. They theorized that the trio had seen Miss Meshulam counting the
five
money through the basement window. Mitchell's family said all three
men wore gloves. They were unable to give complete descriptions of the men but said that one was wearing a tan jacket. Hear Dog Barking Young Marvin told detectives the only advance warning to the robbery was the barking of the family dog. Mitchell, sian, formerly owned an Indiana Ave. cleaning establishment. Since 1941 police records showed that
he had been arrested 28 times §
with nine convictions. He once served a 180-day term
and paid a $500 fine for keeping |
a gaming house. Other arrests were for various gambling charges and for assault and battery. Joe Mitchell, his brother, is proprietor of a liquor store at 402 Indiana Ave.
Indiana Avenue gambling f-{—
gures immediately saw possibil-| » ities of an outbreak of a policy | d n ure war on the Avenue. |
Mitchell's particular policy|
game, largest on the Avenue, is known as the “Greyhound.” y it- in ar
“It was strictly a heist,” one| gambling figure said. He meant
concern.
Wonderful Day
a naturalized Rus- °
aid training may have saved the life of a New York man last night who was struck down by a hit-'2 w {and-run driver.
tas (Tuffy) Mitchell examines the side door to his home which three gunmen jimmied.
Marvin Mitchell nd Miss Lee Moshulem tell defectives about the $4500 holdup.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1949
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China Reds Only 13 Miles Away After Canton Falls
I Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Sunday, Oct. 16 (UP) ~The Chinese Communists occupied the heart of Canton Saturday and pushed south today to the: British border, 13 miles from {the heart of Hong Kong. The vanguard of the Red army was drawn up across a flimsy) {barbed wire fence at the border {between China and British ter-! {ritory where 40,000 British troops {were at battle stations. British and Gurkha troops | waited with tanks, mobile guns, {planes and armored cars ready {to repel any invaders whether {Nationalist or Communist. i The British prepared to stage a {large scale show of force a]
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along the Sino-British border Hong Kong defense officials have] {proclaimed themselves ready to, [Een an attack if it comes. Fan Along Border | Red troops, pursuing fleeing] {Nationalist soldiers, reache d|
|Canton-Kowloon railway crosses, [the border. Shumchun is about!
15 miles north of Hong Kong. | Communist underground agents
took over the Bogdec village of! Sautaukok, 13 miles from the heart of Hong Kong. Sautaukok| lis seven miles east of Shumchun|
|
£ from which Red troops fanned!
{out along the 20-mile border. Communists also took | over the border customs posts | from which Nationalists had fled. | There were no incidents to mark, ‘the Communist arrival — but | there was no guarantee they would not occur. Falls Without a Shot | Canton, deserted Thursday by| the Nationalist government, fell without a shot—as it did to the) Japanese in 1938. Smoke from Nationalist demolitions bung] heavily over the city and Chinese) air force reconnaissance fliers said long lines of Red troops streamed into Canton. The big Chinese naval base at Whampoa, 25 miles below Canton on the Pearl River was reported in flames. Telegraph communications be-| tween Hong Kong and Canton were resumed
ered power lines. lines.
U.S. Capital Held A-Bomb Target
Bradley Warns
Senate Committee
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP) i—Gen. Omar N. Bradley warned
| | | { |
|the Senate Appropriations Com-|
Nehru Starts 6-Day N. Y. Stay
NEW YORK, Oct. 15
{mittee today that the next world war might open with a Russian] atomic attack on Washington. Senators who attended the closed-door
Prompt action by a youth who six-day visit to New York which Gen. Bradley, chairman of the!
ednesday.
After four days in Washington
newly-formed military,
quick Senate action on the house-
2 { The victim, Norval Sellers, 43, _|approved $1,314,010,000 bill to To Buzz Highwadys' Kenmore, N. Y., was struck by ao the guest of President Tru-'pein rearm western Europe and
loving motorists today with the] full approval of the weatherman. He said skies would remain|
sunny over the state as pleasant|qUickly applied tourniquets to
temperatures continue. The mer-| cury was expected to range up| to 72 down Brown County way
and up to 66 near Lake Michigan. Y | condition,
Here in Indianapolis, the mer-|
cury was expected to peak at 70.1e8 was badly lacerated. He suf-
this afternoon. In a further outlook, fore-| casters said general cloudiness and possible showers in
clear skies and cooler temneratures over the state Tuesday.
Army Denies It Plans To Issue a Draft Call
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15—Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, Army Public Information Director, said to-
seeaole future” for a draft call. “The Army strength,” he said,
is now up to
of the year. There are no plans for a new draft call” Gen. Parks’ statement was prompted by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's remark at Boston yesterday that there
inki we i condition. for thinking we are going to Bet|p rt Lee Gray, 1357 High St,
whose car was parked near where Mrs. Reed, her head severely
a call.” Gen, Hershey is Director of the Selective Service program, but he cannot issue a draft call.|
2 Trapped in Fire Ruins. NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UP)—| Two fire patrolmen, spreading; tarpaulins and trying to protect fixtures in a ground floor lunch-
* eonette, were trapped and feared
crushed to death today when the burning: five-story building collapsed. | Stan
{E. Washington St.
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i left foot.
the of Troop 8 at Our Lady of]
struck down Mr. bounced off the rear of his car. a Y A Ford hub cap and a right door Hunt Canal Area
handle were found at the scene. For Auto Victim Hunt Attacker day there is no plan in the “for- Of Woman, 58
“it has mot! [Of the slugger who attacked a
58-year-old woman and left her drafted any men since the first in an alley in the rear of 144 W.|
16th St.
Reed, 144 W. 19th St. taken to General Hospital where S¢¢0€ to the canal.
“are grounds doctors said she was in a serious! GUARD FLIER KILLED : ELGIN, Okla., Oct. 15 (UP) —A! National Guard flier was killed today when a wing ripped off his liaison plane and it crashed near, here, Four other guardists bailed lance, _ (out, The pilot's name was with-| NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UP)— held Sending notification of next
man, Mr. Nehru arrived at La Hoosier highways and byways Speeding .car as he was pushing his Guardia Field in Mr. will be jam-packed with nature-|Stalled car in the 5300 block of private plane and was welcomed by a crowd of some 300 persons) A passerby, Bernard Gallagher, including many of his country- U. S. military intelligence data Summer’s 20, of 120 S. Hawthorne Lane, men who live in The Indian prime minister, who 175 comb. § The was accompanied by his sister, at: aivigions under aring| {victim was taken to Methodist Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, In-| | Hospital where he was in critical dian ambassador to the Dried) Russians coul Ss | Indira’ Gand, talked briefly with 300, divisions in the field within
Truman’
New York.
r. Sellers’ bleeding legs.
|States, and his daughter,
Doctors said Mr. Sellers’ righ reporters.
{does not arise anywhere.
Sellers. and ties are ties that are not tied.”
tracks on Westfield Blvd.
Police sent a boat to the water ference company canal near the Monon | plans, last
other friendly nations. Cites Soviet Strength He also gave the committee
8:
to show that the Soviets have now and an air strength of 16,000! planes. Gen. Bradley said the d put more than
0 to 90 days after war started,
Asked if India would commit|and could boost that to 502 di{fered compound fractures of the ji oir to support the Western | Visions soon afterward. {powers in the struggle against) Young Gallagher was a member Communism, Mr. Nehru replied: ern Europe during Word War II| “We have no intention to com- Was 91 northern portion of the state to- Loutduy Catholic Church. He isimit ourselves to anyone at any|American. morrow would be followed by employed as a frameman by In- time. The question did not and| diana Bell Telephone Co.
Some 3enate foes of the arms
As I| aid plan were reported as seizing!
ling as an argument against ship-| ping arms to Europe. But Gen. Bradley was understood to have {replied that Russia’s atomic de-| | velopment should make no difin Allied rearmament
{night to search for a man who Polce late last night searched Possibly fell into the canal after ‘Double Trouble
She was|
She was found by
bruised, was found. WALLACE UNCHANGED
Henry A. Wallace today said his °f feelings concerning trial of 11 top EAS Communists “have not TARE IT y chang "” because the Communists were convicted. Charley’ s r's Restaurant, 14 144 E. Ohi Ohio. Central blinked when he saw oon Lune 11:00 AL ta%:00 P30 \ ‘Men working slow.”
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ry
being hit by a car. Passersby said they saw a man on the side of the road with a bicyele lying beside him in a manner to sug-
The victi 5 igest_that he had beer struck by| I was Mrs, Josephine the car. Footprints led from the|
Double trouble on 8. Missouri St. last night. The police emergency wagon was sent to No, 832 where: Mrs. Helen Tarasuk said her child; Sharon, _2,
kerosene she found in a vacant |
lot.
Patrolmen Frederick Craig
Baby Sitter Audrey from across the street to re-
old" Willard Robert Bear, son of Mr. and Mrs, Omar C. Bear,
MEMPHIS, Oct. 15 (UP)-—L. L. was choking. Wallace passed a group of men painting a railroad underpass and| General Hospital
this sign:
So both children went to a are Betting along all
’
yesterday after Nationalist demolitions had sev-|
committee meeting, (UP)— said Gen. Bradley told them that
| Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister|the capital would be a front-line {Bay shower for expectant father proves binge of India, arrived today for a busy|city in the next war.
The top allied strength in west-|
As Sgt. Clarance Wurz and |
and Edward Gruca prepared | to bundle her into an ambu- |
Hensley came running over |
port that her charge, 13-month- |
Every Day Is Children’s Day
There are days for father and mother, for Columbus discovering America, for spooks and goblins and even for turkeys. But today is different, It is dedicated to Jeffrey Wilk, age 6, { and all the children of Indiana. It is Children’s | Day, proclaimed by Gov. Schricker for the first time ever. Of course, every day is children's day to Jeffrey. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. L. A. Wilk of Cedar Lake. He resides with his grandmother, recog
Jeffrey Wilk
Photo by Lloyd B. Walton, Times Staff Photographer Mrs. R. T. Berry of 1118 N. Warman Ave., and attends School 75. His mother is just recovering from injuries sustained in the crash of a private airplane a month ago. Jeffrey and his little brother were in it, too, but escaped injury. Jeffrey received a bumped head. It didn’t hurt much, he said. Children are indestructible and are always
around. Today is the first time anybody ever |
recognized that fact by proclamation.
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New clues in G. M.’s Community Fund contest. ... (Other local news, Pages 2-12.) ended, but Hoosiers still travel, says
Katy Atkins. . .
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divisions—63 of them Blackwood's Bridge. .......coveveneernnrnsnns.
{ (All the news of interest to women from gardening { to making of a fine pie, Pages 13-24.)
Police said the hit-and-run car|told Congress, the most intimate/on Gen. Bradley's atomic warn-/ Do we need public housing ? Staffer Victor Peterson discusses the question pro and con. ..... Editorials, the Hoosier Forum, Dan Kidney's politics, Anton Scherrer’s delightful column. .... {Bob.-Bloem’s state politics, Washington Calling, Our Fair City, world report. .............. |The Times busifiess roundup by Harold Hartley, other business news. ......ccvcrvvrrsnriina Mrs.
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YeAS viii ere nee Cisse “er Page 2| To Administration arning in asking Your weather roundup... Compile events glans minimis miter Jenner lb Tap : . Sen. Jenner guts DP bill. ......... Page 3 "go .°~ . Page 3. eade rge fight ....... teerens | ey PS Wap union purge fight Pages WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP)—
the administration's Persons Bill until next year.
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Slain by Bartender
=e After Death Threat
Father of 3 Killed When He Pulls Gun
Juke Box Blares In S. West St. Spot During Slaying While the juke box blared “You Ain't Got It No More” in the notorious Cedar Inn on S. West St. a customer whose drinks had been cut off was shot and killed last night by the bartender whose life he had threatened. The shooting occurred at 10:45
o'clock when Howard Abbott, 48, stepped up to the bar and leveled a German Lugar pistol at the bartender, John Jellison, 21. “I came here to kill you,” Jelli= sop reported to police that Abett told him. “Then I whipped out my own gun and shot him,” said Jellison, Abbott, who lived at 952 8, West St. and is married and the father of three grown sons, had been drinking throughout the
evening at the bar at 1040 B.
West St. which police described as “to Shut Drinks Off
«DP Measure, 36-30
that it was a robbery by a rival remembered his Boy Scout first Will include a ticker-tape Broad-|Joint Chiefs of Staff and top man Legion leaders here demand arrest of all Yow way parade, a trip to the grave on the of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt |committee of the Atlantic Pact! nd a major policy speech on|sounded the w
On a roll call vote of 36 to 30, sent back to the Police
Page 13 Judiciary Committee the House- Wait for Robber
approved bill to ease the present, 15 DP law and let another 134,000] European refugees into the United a
It was a major setback for the|
=! House and Senate farm conferees, Page 2 had agreed tentatively on a som
Page 27% acreage controls. Otherwise, sup-| {ports would be based on the Sen- Owners of the American freighter
“I shut his drinks off about a half hour before he came back {with the gun,” Jellison said. Jellison said although the bare room was packed with about 123
patrons, Abbott chose to come in
thro the back door, sidling e rear of the bar. “He pointed the gun at me and
said Jellison. Jellison's brother, Othel, 42, who was playing shuffleboard. heard the threat and moved to the gun~ toter. Before he could reach his brother, the bartender pulled out his gun, a .25 caliber automatic
¢ land shot once. The bullet entered § [Abbott's body just below the
heart and he toppled backward to {the floor. ‘Always Carry Gun’ “I always carry my gun when | I'm working behind the bar here,” | Jellison told police. There were a few screams and shouts as the pistol shot rang out {but the waitress said people cone | tinued to put nickels into the juke box and went about unconcernedly {with their drinking as the body {lay on the floor. Jellison was waiting near the | body when the police arrived. It was the second time within a week that the Cedar Inn had broken into the police news. Earlier in the week police broke {up a brawl in the street that had started inside the tavern. One man was slugged with the butt end hi a gun by a police figure, Brown, who had a record of Pars dating back to 1945. Brown was one of the “forgote ten men” in County Jail whose art lof getting out of jail and then
Asks New DP Bill Be getting into trouble again while
on bond was described in a series. jot stories by The Times. Jellison was brought to police
Page 10 The Senate voted tonight to shelve! headquarters for further question« Displaced) ing.
Give Up
“You are going to be held up,” high-pitched female volcs |shouted through the receiver. Mr. E. Walker, night manager of the Kentucky Avenue Liquor
The action raised the possibility | Store, 23 Kentucky Ave., who was Page 19 that Congress might end Tuesday alone in the store, quickly called P 94 or Wednesday, although the out-/the police after a mysterious teleage look was clouded somewhat by a phone caller broke off with those new deadlock over farm legisla- words last night.
Two squads of police stayed in {the neighborhood for several minutes and then left. No holdup {men appeared.
Page 26 basic crops at 90 per cent of stern Reports Chinese Stop indefinitely, provided those crops. ‘u S Shi b fi marketing and Ve. 9. Ip DY Gunfire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP)~— |Flying Trader reported that a
But two key Senate conferees Chinese Nationalist warship halt {later announced they had recon-|ed it with gunfire eight miles off
Manners, record review. ...:.......c.eon.. P ag) sidered and the agreement tell Shanghaj early today,
(Radio, amusements, Chapter 15 of Cutlass Empire,
Pages 25-87.)
swallowed My Greatest Day in Football, a Times exclusive. . . . Sequence camera shots of Notre DameTulane football game , . , football scores and stories Of the games. .......cvoviiisisoes vs { {
(Bowling, race results, hot stove league news, building plans, classified advertising, Pages 37-48.)
| somterence all over again.
For Passing Hurricane “MIAMI, Fla. Oct. 15
tonight despite the fact that
Other Features on Inside Pages
(UP) —| Page 37 | Bermuda’ was held on the alert,
through. That deadlocked the| H. J. Isbrandtsen, president of
{the Isbrandtsen Steamship Co. of {New York, said the incident took
Bermuda Held on Alert piace a few hours atier the snip
‘sailed from Shanghai with a $5 | mittion cargo, including 3209 tons f goods for Gen. Douglas Mace ‘Arthur s forces in Japan. “This amounts to piracy,” Mr,
small hurricane in the Atlantic Isbrandtsen said in a report tele-
jwas relocated by the Miami Weather Bureau on a course that |B the high seas and has a right
1/phoned New York. “That ship is
would carry it to the. west of the,t0 move.”
island tomorrow.
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An advisory, based on reports lof surface ships, olaced the center {of the storm about 370 miles {southwest Winds of 50 to 60 miles tively per hour and heavy squalls ex-|James V, Smith, Flies nded outward 60 miles or more N. J, were killed today when .35! ‘northeast and east from the cen-|their small
{COUPLE DIES IN CRASH WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Oct. 15
told me he was going to kill me,”