Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1950 — Page 2
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* Harry J. Anslinger, chief HS Federal Narcotics Bureau, i
"7 Committee Chairman Estes) etauver (Dr Perm: yi confirmed) -Att ts. today that Mr. Anslingsr o* named fended throtghiout the vountry.
ive serious ~—Siaek— Hand” idea whichhad at
us, Narcotics Chief Cites Sicilian |
‘Black Hand' Group WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPJ ~A high federal official’ has in. formed Senate investigators that the Mafia, a seéret Sicilian “Black Hand” society, is the power behind a nation-wide crime, vice and narcotics ring. That testimony, it was dig 2 closed today, was given to th Benate Crime Investigating Com‘mittee in closed session at week
Albert M. Thayer am Bites =n murder vigtim,
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| | their implica | Mr. Hoover "told the United] Press In Milwaukee last night/ that:
man in delicate fegotiations with. the Russians. He sald’ he telephoned Mr. Hoover and James K, Vardaman | ; Jr., then a. ma a's naval naval ¢, urging-t a Sige: be informed regarding “all the facts in the matter as well as|
“At no time did Forrestal indi-| cate to me a desire to Gelay or)
|stop the Amerasia case.’ ; The ¥BI chief said Mr. Porres-| In full uniform and fully
“asked him merely to tell: Tom: versed in atest;
800 members of a national narcotics ring which also dealt in gambling, white slavery, murder, counterfefting ~=4 other crime, Naion-Wide i Mr. Anslinger testified that the! ring's activities were centered in Florida, New York. and Callfornia but that its operations ex-
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the home of his 29-year-old wife after she was returned here yesJterday from Memphis, Tenn. in’ Committee sources sald Mr. An-|protective custody of Philip ¥, Singers testimony did -not come/Clifford Jr. and Floyd Leslie, in-! Other information!vestigators for the prosecutor's Philo to the committee had office, pointed to existence of a Mafia De twork in the nation's syndicat-| ed crime operations.
Refuses to Talk
Burton refused to tell authors! {ties anything about his where-|
Mr. Anslinger's testimony has| shouts since Monday night hen) to orced his
committee members to lei ~Eonsderation to- the acoMpate. gunpoint fn his ste hers: been dismissed by some as a lurid cap, He sald he oli talk fairy tale. {to his lawyer first. Names Luciano The automobile, a tan Mereury, One familiar name mentioned coupe, was discovered at Tibbs! fn Mr. Anslinger's testimony was Ave, and Washington St. about that of Charles “Lucky” Tarootion® p. m, last night.
the one-time vice and narcotics] Clarence Burton, his brother,
© big shit, who was deported to hisiio1q guthorities Burton had called
native Italy after serving a Jallinim jong distance from Evanssentence here. {ville and that he pleaded with During the prohibition era, the(¢he fugitive to come to Indianap-| “Black Hand” was reputed to be o1is and give himself up, ut part of the enforcement arm of }: the Capone mob in Chicago, The Mafia disclosures opened up a new fleld of exploration for the Senate inquiry, which already had been credited with stepping up a drive against gamblers and other SHminale Operating in Florida's : : Surprise a Vial Sen. Spessard L. Holland (D. Fla) said the renewed crack-
out forever,” the brother said.
bleeding, Mrs. Burton had stum-
sab tor: Be mobile while her husband was asl Meantime, Clarence Burton told
the heavy guard set up around!
2 4T told him he was a marked late Mr. Forrestal purporting to man (he is 6 feet 7 inches tall) [show that he had brought about and he just couldn't go on hiding 5 delay in the 1045 arrests of the
Disheveled and with her feet rasia case. bled into the Shelby County sher-/proof in the quotation that Mr.
iff's office in Memphis Friday Forre “from the autos tay:
recruiting Clark, then head of the Jus- methods; 56 WAC reservists Department's criminal di | wound up. a two-day refresher sioh. to keep Mr. “Truthafi he] Conference And avparted Tor [formed of the facts in the case. | various Indiana towns and cities Mr.\Vardaman, now a member today. of the Pederal Reserve Board, has! The reservists, all veterans of
Wald War nn and the majority will participate in the nation wide WAC recruiting” eampaign to get more WACs -in Uncle * Sam's peacetime defense army. war women with no prior miliMost of them reported at Ft. - tary service will be recruited.
Harrison Friday night. Saturday they were issued full -uni-: forms and started .-a heavy Schedule of refresher drills. and. lectures, Te
For the first time since the
| east som doubts on the accuracy | [ot Mr, Forrestal's diary entry. ary ory. ONE Thayer Slayer “He - told \Benate investigators [last week th jhe had no knowl-
edge of the Agmerasia case until oe. A Former Client The. Forrestal’ ary referred to) the ‘intimate ralationship” of
| Philip Jaffe, editor of Amerasia,| with the Russian consul in New | | York. ¥BI data furnis a House | (investigating subcommiitee four years ago told of Jaffe's visits to the Soviet consulate there. Jaffe was the only one &f the
Hamilton County To Try 3 Youths
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lover's lane. The road and area $urrounding- the reservoir is owned by the water company. =Mr—Thayer;~a hachelor: was a Hongtime ald and personal friend mi James Cunningham of
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gia 8, Lan, onetime tate Department official, paid a 13500 fine. after. pleading no de- | fense. ’
‘Wherry Lashes U.S. Department
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rion County. He served as Mr. Cunningham’s legal adviser and pa fc relations counselor as well] puty prosecutor. : mH 8 disagreement, Sherif Cunningham ‘and Progecutor lley, Mr, Thayer was| removed ‘as deputy prosecutor! about two\ weeks ago. He was named to the post about a year ago by Mr. ningham’s re Mr. Thayer torney during \ tion of former Kern, and later w
six persons involved in the Ame-
But many failed to find any
Mr. Thayer lived\ with his @ de- mother and aunt in \an apartha ed any ge mont at: 3050
Feared Publicity 8t.
Mr. Forrestal, according to his|
diary, sald he feared publicity on|, mw and told neighbors he
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albeat him up. and left him in thewere badly bruised
“admitted to “the
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These WAC reservists completed a refresher course foday at Ft. Harrison and departed for various parts of Indians fo engage in WAC recruiting.
Heretofore, only veterans of the
“WAC, WAVE, “SPAR ‘or ‘other
nave been WAC reserve
‘military branches!
corps. The two-day refresher was general supervision of
Col. H. A. Welsch, senior Amy
Bernice Map was, director. o the conferen Other officers in charge included Capt. Zola Schumacher, Capt. Kathryn Wills and Capt. Marjorie Day.
niles west of Springfield. The ston Ave. Saturday about 8 p. m. BF truck driver, ‘his clothing In He sald Mr. Thayer was drivin
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show anything on Kelly, Both Chaflin. and Dooley had been
flames, dived 20 feet Off the bridge and the other two were already picked up and questioned as juve-
to save himself, “ [hospital at 1:20 a. m. today. [Dooley and Kelly, and that only The Thayer. car ben. bounced Dooley had known Mr. Thayer. -foff a third - vehicle. ie Fer Perform Autopsy
Sheriff Hendrix. quoted
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He died in d/in the car. Chaflin said he knew niles, but had no convictions.
The victim was associated in {the legal profession with George
the! G. Rinier and James D. Harrison.
Dooley was badly cut. Kelly suf- lyouths as saying the attack oc-|He was once-a-Demucratic candi-
{fered minor bruises and Chalfincured about 9:30-or 10 p. m. {was unhurt. While being questioned about Dr. Hannessee, Indianapolis Gen[the crash, Chalfin suddenly told eral Hospital. Hamilton County | Missouri police: |authorities said Mr. Thayer's skull|
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|date for judge of Superior Court
An autopsy was performed by 5, but was defeated. He was a
member of the Indiana Demoleratic Club, Delta Upsilon Fra{ternity, the American Legion and]
| “We took .out the driver. We was fractured, his face and head Indianapolis Bar Association.
“17 miles outside ~Indian- fries of choking on his neck.
-and there. were... Mr. Thayer was-a-World--
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iis: : ~The body was found —in—low; Sheriff Hendrix of SPrgielEe in a ditch alongside the the Army .and rose to the rank
‘said Dooley, driver of the car, will/Toad, {be held in connection with the Mount Zion road. {truck driver's death, The official. Officials said the body had been’
charge will be pressed. {road to. the ditch. There were! Chaflin told authorities he was signs of a scuffle on the road. { picked-up at 45th St. and Evan-'
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T- Was -WOor War II veteran. Enlisting as a first ant, he spent five years-in’
formerly known as’ the [of major, He was injured in a
{Jeep accident in the South Pacific. By coincidence,” Mr. Thayer
between said possibly a manslaughter dragged ‘about 12 feet from the drew his will last week.
Funeral Wednesday
After graduating from Indiana | Local police _ records failed to University in 1929, Mr. Thayer and suburban city police.
. authorities after the special Sen-
«Traffic officer Donald Nelson atopped-a-motorist-last-driving with only one.
down was initiated by Florida
ate committee opened its $150. 000 inquiry with a surprise visit to Miami, . Bens, Estes Kefauver (D, Tenn.) and Lester C. Hunt (D. Wyo.), who conducted the secret hearings, reported evidence of links between some Florida gamblers and criminals in other states,
greater confidenice in the determi- | nation of law enforcement au-| thorities to enforce the laws” = |
AUTO HITS POLICEMAN OAKLAND, Cal, June 12 (UP)
-pight-for-
The Times he had evidence in his possession that Mrs, Burton had ignored repeated opportunities to escape during her four-day alleged “terror tour” of five states.
CALL IT ‘KFAR TRUMAN’ BOSTON, Mass., June 12 (UP) =A community of Israeli farmers will name their village “Kfar Truman" after the President, the Jewish National Fund of America
Sen. Holland said in an inter. “view that their visit “instilled a| STHOURCEd here. Tast night.
VOTE GAS PRICE ¥ PROBE
Investigation to determine whether “unlawful: manipulations” |; have entered into recent Ld
the case might embarrass President Truman in his current conversations with Joseph Stalin and he asked -that the President be { informed.
“I - asked Capt. Vardaman| (James K. Vardaman, then naval aid to Mr. Truman) to see to it that the President was informed in this matter and I then called Mr. Edgar Hoover and suggested
‘that he advise Mr. Tom Clark
{(then in charge of the Justice
{Department's criminal division) WASHINGTON, June 12 (UP) land have him also that the Presi-
—The. Senate Judiclary Commit-|gent is in full’ inform ti ation of all search quietly Saturday night to tee today unanimously voted AD the facts in the matter as well as
their implications,” said the Jus-
tice Department excerpt from the diary
“going downtown for a few minutes.” § | Fails to Return When he failed to return after several hours, his mother called the sheriff and said she was | worried because he never stayed out late without letting her know.’ The sheriff conducted a quiet search for Mr. Thayer. Hamilton authorities were dis-
ty sheriff had failed to issue a general alarm for Mr. Thayer, Mr. - Cunningham conducted the
avoid embarrassment to “the famiiy. Even though Mr, Thayer's
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While he was making out the ticket, a second car sideswiped him. Mr, Nelson cited the second
SLAVS BACK U, N's LIE
The Amezasia case. entry in the!
“| Worrestal diary was dated May
roused all “night, local authorities!
the
BELGRADE, Nm June 28, 1945--during ‘ounding 12 (UP)-—Foreign Minister Ed-|meeting of the United Nations at|
someplace and not in trouble. The Hamilton County sheriff's
turbed because the Marion Coun-|
mother. sald hee HOR NOVer -£a~+}
felt he may merely have been out]
entered law practice ‘Here, Recente« ly he told friends he planned to retire. Saturday he “8 farm he considered buying at 71st
a farm owned by his partuer, Mr, Rinier. Mr. Thayer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Aimee A. Thayer, and an aunt, Miss Olive Aughine baugh. They lived at the Pennsyle vania St. apartment. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Flan.
“Burial Ba¥ not been deci
HUNT ‘HOLDUP ‘GANG CHICAGO, June 12 (UP)—A holdup gang frightened into
flight after robbing a fruit mare ket was hunted through a 300{acre patch of woodland today by a dozen squads of state, county
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pital to be treated for a sprained peace efforts of United Nations President Truman ordered the/finding the body, | Secretary- General Trygve Lie.
i |arrests forthwitn,
{department was disgruntled beSubsequent events showed that|cause, even after they reported) Indianapolis lofficials still had not reported Mr. | 3 Thayer as missing. A Hamilton sheriff’s deputy said his office’ called . Indianapolis authorities. three times with a description of the dead man. To
Sheriff Glenn Hendrix of Spring-
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