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Senator Charges Justice Department . Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) today demanded a sweeping investigation of the Justice Department's “throttling” of the Amerasia case.
He spoke before the Indiana Federation of Women's Re
x Clubs at noon inthe Claypool Hotel.
He asked for a Senate resolution calling for a “full” and complete investigation of activi-
ties” in the Amerasia case, details! §
of which have been made public in The Times and other ScrippsHoward newspapers. . His announcement, which will have repercussions the nation’s capital, followed a de-
tailed presentation of develop:
ments in the Amerasia scandal
and activities of the Tydings Loy-
alty Committee.
Says Committee Curbed Charging excessive limitation of the Senate in pursuing the case, Sen. Capehart said: “The Senate resolution, under which the loyalty committee headed by Sen. Tydings is functioning, limits that committee to investigation as to whether persons who are disloyal to the United States are or have been employed in’ the State Department.” He also charged the Tydings Committee, which has been con-
its inability to “subpena and examine the loyalty files and records of all the government employees in the State Department and such other agencies against whom charges have been heard.” - “It is time a committee prop-| erly charged with the duty of de-| terminiig who is right and who is wrong in the buck-passing game now going on before the Tydings Committee be named. And that its members be chosen with the honest intention of having the investigation eonducted; for the of the nation and|
__not for any individual or party.”
i Hits at ‘Legalities’ The Senator blasted egalls ties preventing the Tydings Committee's investigating “any malfeasance, misfeasance; neglect or incompetency on the part of the Justice Department in connection with the handling of the Amerasia case.” “I am convinced the part played by the Justice Department is sorely in need of Congressional study,” Sen. Capehart declared. | “Although much of the evidence| collected has been done secretly,” Sen. Capehart said, “it is quite apparent from the witnesses called by the Tydings Committee] and from the succession in which they are asked to appear that no| concentration is being had on the| part the Justice Department played in the case.”
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FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1950
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Alex Campbell |
Wants Deposition In $300,000 Action Against Pearson + |
Deadly triangle that nearly cost the life of a youn bicyclist Tuesday at Coyner Ave., 16th St. and Beville Ave., was cleared today by park department workers. The danger spot was described | Tuesday in The Times. While city worker Norman Outcalt pulls | vision-killing shrubs out by roots, companions “of the injured ~gyclist, Jerry Martin, 10. of 2645 E. |8th St. look on, They are (left to right): Tim iy 2130 Brookside Ave.; Dick Brenton, 2123 8 Brookside Ave., and d Ray Estes, 2130 Brookside Ave.
There Are No Tears, No Sorrow—
Recluse Who Died Alone
Found to Be Worth $50, 000
Believed by Hotel Residents to Be Eking
Out Living; Search Starts for Relatives By BOB BOURNE Paul Leitainger died Monday. - "Phere were no tears—<no sorrow in his passing. Somewhere, | someone possibly would “mourn his death Af they,
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only hex * JM Leitzinger was a lonely maf, one of hundreds in a big! ty who live out their lives in a room which is vheir world. Be a be eking out = ing, but refused medical attenistence. + fies. But such is not.his case. Aldoc record of his estate is filed in! The story goes that he came to Probate Court. No sum is speci-| Indianapolis several years ago| fied, but officials say it amounts from somewhere in Iowa. Among] to about $50,000. . [his possessions were some shares Mr, Leitzinger, who was aboutiof railroad stock, leading some] 65, lived on the interest from the to believe he once had been a estate. |railroader. Never Caught in Swirl | Last week employees at the] “From his room in the Earle Fletcher Trust Co., where he had Hotel, 126 S. Illinois St.; he could/his account, noticed his memory] hear the hum of life and see it/f2iling. He had to ask where he,
lswirl about him. It never caught }ived, how to get there, him in its stream. It was then bank officials de-|
For I0 years he lived at the cided that a guardianship should Farle,” scarcely learning the be set up for him. He die names of those who daily gath- day the papers were filed ered in the lobby. He knew noth-| Copies of fingerprints and pho-
tors.
“It is recognized that POWETS |, > of them—they knew nothing {0BTaphs have been sent to the
granted the committee in the resolution setting it up prevent) proper investigation of the Justice! Department, “The people are concerned be-| cause what evidence has been;
made known to them has come,
strictly through the efficient work, of enterprising newspapers. “And it indicates our wartime] security was not only weak in the State Department, but that offi-| cials charged with prosecution of persons found guilty of violating! the nation’s security must have failed miserably in their duty,’ Sen. Capehart declared.
“It is an absolute necessity that|
the Justice Department's activities
in the case L. Investigated and
made known to the people who
today are deeply concerned over
the Arierasia case.” Seek to Subpena Forrestal Diary
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UP)! —Sen. William F. Knowland, (R:| Cal.), asked today to subpena the diary of the |
Benate investigators) By Own Gun
him. {FBI and other agencies in an atThere is no record from whence t¢mpt to learn more about the
he came, and today a nation-wide lonely eld man with the fortune =
\search has been launched to de-|in the bank. {termine if he had any living rela-|
jtives, If none are found, the estate, 0 ege onors {will go to the state | But that matters ‘not today for : ds ne en OIROF OF Times Hotel neighbors "say the grayhaired, bent little man never talked” to anyone except the room jelerk and the man who —selis cigars in the lobby. Residbnts Surprised He wrote no letters, received
, Confers Doctorate On Walter Leckrone
| Times Special i ASHLAND, O, June 9- | It came as a surprise to residents of the hotel last week when Olthey heard Mr. Leitzinger pos. Walter Leckrone, | sessed a fortune. Indianapolis Times, at its annua He became nm Monday morn- commencement ceremonies here.
1 fe — U., 8. Sen. Robert A, Taft
B- 20 Shot Down TAelivered the address tothe grad"
juating class, : Leckrone received a bach
degree of doctor of
versity. He has been editor o
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to the Washington Merry-Go-|
He wanted to be alone, he told {call very well” what he told Mr. By noon he was dead. pearson about Mr. Littell. °
~ Ashnone. land College today conferred the letters on: editor. of The Meridian St.
Papers .to subpena Alexi Campbell, ‘ney, to make a deposition in| {a $30,000 libel suit against | Columaist Drew - Pearson
were" réported en route from| Washington to Indianapolis fed-| {eral court today. In Washington. Norman Littell, | |the Indianapolis-born former As-| |sistant U. 8. ‘Attorney General] |who is suing the columnist, said! “'he today forwaPfiéed the request itor subpena of Mr. Campbell to {the clerk of the federal court here.
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that Mr. Campbell, back in In-! diana seeking the Democratic {nomination for U. 8. Senator, be {subpenaed into the Indianapolis omc of Metcalf, Mahan, Mahan | and Connor, public stenographers. | There, he said, he wants Mr. “Campbell to make iw deposition {telling what information he gave,
Round columnist which resulted| 2 in the disputed item being pub-| ished. Basis of Suit Mr. Littell is suing Mr, Pear{son for stating that the ‘Justice
{Department was checking on Mr. | Littell; alleged to be representing! {The Netherlands government | without registering as a foreign! jagent. Last week, under threat of con-| {tempt charges in Federal District | | Court in Washington, Mr. Pear-| son disclosed the source. of Tormation as Mr. Campbell
Littell Seeks Get Their Lambskins
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Mr. ‘Littell said he requested |
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"Photos by Rob Wallace, Times Staff Photographer. Thirty-four Nindergarien pupils of Meridian Heights Kinder- | garten today the fut oie ho commencement exercises last night, Her Broadway, herself a graduate of the adh “adjusts the mortar board o ‘daughter, Nancy Jo, b, after she received her sheepskin.
lat that time was head of the| |
Criminal Division of the Justice Department. Tuesday Mr. Campbell
fjuoted as saying he didn't”
Today, however. Mr. Littell} {said he would expect Mr. Camp-| {bell to put his statements into a | legal deposition. He added he imight “contemplate” action] | against Mr. Campbell, “should | | the statement be strong enough.” | Mr. Littell also was reported {filing a second iibel suit against]
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‘Fix’ Charge False, Dailey Tells Court
Policeman Protests
indictment Dismissal
A policeman’'s accusation of a “fix” was denied in open court today by Prosecutor George Dalley, { who ‘said that such a charge was “unprecedented in my term of { office.” The policeman’s complaint was made after the prosecutor's office
| dismissed a grand jury indictment |
charging Harold Rappaport, pro- | prietor of Rapp’s Loan Co. 326 Indiana Ave., with receiving stolen goods.
with buying property stolen from the home of Joseph Cote, 4909 N.
1 The: property had been stolen by ‘Mr. Cole’s houseboy, William .Chedrick Johnson, 26, When Johnson pleaded guilty Judge William “| D. Bain in Criminal Court 1 fined
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lelor of arts degree from -Ashland in 1922, later studied in the graduate school of Ohio State Uni- E. Washington St. z v. f June The Times since 1942, previously Trolley S oK’ d
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There was “monkey business” at times in the pupil-planned circus theme commencement program. ''Hey, what goes on up there?" demands Richard Otten, 5, of 4456 Central Ave., of his | partner, Robin Lee, 5, of 5860 Rosslyn Ave. Ringmaster Nancy Pryor, 6134 Carrollton Ave, put’ "Jumbo through his paces, (See story, Page 35)
He'll Come Up When They Come Down—
Tax-Weary Ex-Gl Readies
Submarine Home i in Protest
es State Service MONTICELLO, June 9-Hid-
den taxes are making suckers of American taxpayers and they are not aware of it, in the opinion of Paul D. Abbott. So the 27-year-old war veteran says he's going _ to. arouse the country to action by living “with {the real suckers- the swimming kind)’ He means just that On June 18 he will hide away rea glasse-taniooat the hottom of Shafer Lake. He'll stay there “until I get some action in Congress.” . The glass and steel tank, Which yas being delivered to Shafer Lake today, will be six feet high, six feet wide and 10 feet long.
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(III., pilot of the ili-fated plane, service.” blamed a defect in the mechanism . 8 8 of one of the gun turrets. This. {he said, caused a bullet to hit the! = fright outboard engine during — {gunnery practice. : Capt. Walsh and the three other survivors told their story at a press conference at the plane's
members of the 11- man crew
have been recovered. The remaining four crewmen also were believed to have perished. . However, scores of planes and| surface craft still were searching! the North Sea in the faint hope) that the men might have sur-|
sea in flames off the east coast port of Yarmouth. i Capt; Walsh said the plane) left Sculthorpe Wednesday for, gunnery practice at Dogger Bank {off the east coast. It was flying! iat about 700 feet altitude when’
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fortable living. A six-inch plovee, will bé given the “fastest possible trial” on “Snorkel” 2 leading or the Paul D. Abbott . charges he lied under oath when he. said he never was a Marshall Dale, president of the oF Fl provide ventilation, goldfish bowl. Communist. Complete StOTY ON... ssvecrssiasssnveess Page 239 system, said the »d- will be supplied through a Democratic Senate leaders are planning an unusual Saturtrackless trolleys probably wi pe hatch. ald of a GI loan, He and his wife day session in an attempt to. “wear down” Sen, Harry put into operation on.Aug. _ Shafer Lake ‘businessmen ‘are and their three children, aged 8, P. Cain (R. Wagh.) in his filibuster against rent control .__The change will take S on Supporting the project. They 2 and 1. how live in ft i extension. The strategy of Sen. Scott W. Lucas (D. Ty the E. Washington St. route from think 1t-will attract BIg erowds, But he wanted larger quarters. IIL.) is revealed on ..... Sr Ean a as ay viisannssiass Page dy Capitol to Elizabeth St. The tank will be sunk off the And when “he investigated : | The transit firm must now con gid pt the amusémeént plier at found the cost too high for a man 2 In the World struct an additional overhead wire De Joel Beagy Resort, pec who makes his living as a truck x complete and concise feport on world affairs will be found {along the route and a turn- th driver and carpenter's helper, in the “WOPId JREPOIL” Of +++. sss sues insssnswas sain Page 2
around loop at Elizabeth 8t. It was explained that the track
gis trolleys would stop at the |cubbs, thus aiding passengers to board without crossing-traffic to
get to a loading zene. Officials of Indianapolis Rail-
{ways Inc. co-operated with state
{officials in making the change.. | Samuel Hadden requested the [change to enable the Highway rtdoent to uproot the street
{ street.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES Sam... 7 a nu... 75 Tam... MN am... 77 i Ram... TN 12 (Noon) 79 i 9am.. 15 ipm.. 32
State Highway Commissioner
~fracks and resurface —the
pier free of charge. A glass top In the
Balks at Taxes tank will Visitors will be asked to reg- house was in “hidden thxes’ on taxes: - These will be transmitted to tion. Indiana eongressmen who al-!
| Mr. Abbott urging tax revision. ithe project. Hits Housing Cost
epired Mr. Abbott's protest.
‘tical joker endangers Mr.
+ He-had returned to -Forest—a pott's safety in his ‘underwater town of 400. inhabitants 30 miles: cage:
from Shafer Lake—after. being. June 18 is Father's Day. _ of war and spending months in a hospital, Housing was hard to find. So a present '
{he built his own—without the ‘dads in the eounity, p ¥
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When he was informed that 30 give a good view of ifs occupant. per cent of the cost of a new
Shafer Lake busine sgmen heard! ready have had- telegrams from| {about it and decided to underwrite!
| They will provide a guard 24 The high cost of housing in- hours a day fo see that no prac Ab-—— Comics
Mz wounded in the European theater Abbott chose it as his launching, “three date, he said, in the hope that he’ Erskine Johnson ........ 20 imight get congressional action as ‘for all the Wi-paying}
s New Heavy Spending to Halt Russ
‘Overthrow of Liberty’ |
12,000 Brave Rain to Hear President Speak Before U. of Missouri Graduates
By MERRIMAN SMITH, United Press White House Reporter COLUMBIA, Mo., June 9 — President Truman said
“today that it would be “disastrous” for this country to .
halt arms .and economic aid to Western Europe, * He told a rain-soaked commencement day audience of 12,000 persons in Memorial Stadium at the University |of Missouri that continued heavy spending on foreign arms land economic aid could be ——
lexpected as part of the “long Dawn Greeting | peace. From President | These “temporary” costs, he Startles Sailor
isald, are necessary to stop Russia, {in her “plain intent” to “over- BT. LOUIS, June 9 um —a | satlor was having a spirited argue.
{throw the tradition of freedom. ‘Tdhared ‘by our eéounity and MANY ‘ment shortly after dawn {others.” with a night-weary taxi driver, | Arrives From St. Louis The sailor loudly challenged the | The President traveled here by cab driver's theories about the |train from St. Louls to receive most economical way to operate
"lan honorary degree from the uni-| {a car.
{versity of his home state. While| = The sailor felt someone tap him {the graduation class of more than firmly on the shoulder and whirls 11700 men and women, got soggy|ed around. Ee in their caps and gowns from the). : : radi thee chief executive;
ot Amstican foreign policy. | President of the United Seta. | “Obviously, we do not want to The flabbergasted gob continue our extraordinary finan-| to spill out a few details of ‘elal assistance to other countries war record. The any longer than necessary,” he isaid. But he warned that it would walk. The sailor headed in Ibe disasterous to stop such assist-| othér direction before vont {ance now, | could get his nae. { Mr, Truman, wearing academic
| ated aibund the field to an orange-| black robe. | canopled platform in the center! The President of the stadium, Truman Gets Degree The university sanferted on him at the
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went for a brisk walk Finally,
and the stadium ceremony was called his special rain with his off, Miss Mary Jane Truman With a quick change in plansi| Grapdview, Mo. : os ithe presidential party went {0| He ate a breakfast of. [Jesse Hall, the university admin-| cakes and Missouri ham {stration building, to complete the Tom Vansant, Fulton, Mo., ceremony. A photographer's bulbler and Roy Harper, federal exploded near the President's ; ; face. “Must be a Communist tn the crowd,” the President sald as he
More than a half inch of rain
On the Inside - Of The Times
In Indianapolis
Diplomas were awarded to 265 Washington High School oom seniors in ceremonies last night, A list of honor students and Graduates 18 ON. .......eoiberrsesvsansssss Page 1 Julius Eastvold, farmer near Stanley, N. D.; was just as | surprised as his livestock when he found a circus ele- | phant in his barn. This and many other stories all i “ADOUE PEOPIE” ATE ON..sisssssirasnsnssnnrvsvissssessPage § Patrons for the Royalton Steeplechase tomorrow afternoon are listed on Page 13. Homemakers news, fashion tips ind wedging announcements. are in the Women's Sect on
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'G ene C R eowath says, “You'd be sufprised at the number of people who believe if they take enough tests, they'll find all the answers to their questions.” Read Henry Butler's article about the guidance director’ ‘at Jordan College of Music on. | Bight: sets of twins at 8c hool 62 gives the staff double trouble.
[“It's vacation time.”
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Vacation plans of Times readers will
Fifty-four horses will compete in eight races tomorrow on the Wells Hampton farm near Royalton. The Royalton -Siesplechase 1s the featured. event. A list entries and. riders is on Page 32 in the Sports Section, Peter Edson, Scripps-Howard staff writer, presents a report. from Cumberland, Md., one of the 40-odd cities which is on the government's list of unemployment distress areas. Other editorial page features include a Talhurt cartoon. the Hoosier Forum and stories by Dan Kidney and Ludwell Denny.
in the Nation -
William Remington, 32-year-old Commerce Department em-
UU. 8 Army troops of the. First Cavalry dig to 1 gave 26 Japanese railroad workers buried in & landslide. Details may be found on........ cainsssnarsnsasevePBgS 8
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he ster and to express their views decided to stage a protest stunt Five persons are dead from a fire. which Scotland Yard
that would attract national atten-
agents believe was set to coverup a, $28,000 jewel rob-
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