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Charles Boswell of the Marion County Crime Commission an-
> . . -. " The Red Front in indiana— Officials Hit 500 Com mies Plot Gambling at Say Defense Effort : Seek to Capture Labor Unions; Being Hampered |g Dis dr f! By Petty Operators | 4 ae SUN LT Authorities moved today to| v (FIRST OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES) choke the gambling octopus Law BIS ABA Covyright. 1951. for The Indianapolis Times y ' By IRVING LEIBOWITZ into Indianapolis defense plants, This militant subversive army is composed of two divi-' The gamblers, Prosecutor | sions—the loud-mouthed corps of propaganda puppets| Fairchild charged, have slowed : der the constant drive of police, Also Proposes and spies known to the FBI : — - ye Expulsion From In schools, churches, labor unions and civic groups, nounced last night the commisWASHINGTON, Feb. 24 ganda for peace.” Sion’s address was P.O. Box | (UP)—A special committee But in industries engaged in vital production all over| "yi Boswell sald the commission would welcome infortion recommendéd today the for war. 3 ing crime in Marion County and disbarment of all lawyers who From the secret files of the Indiana Communist Party,| will arrange for private interthizers. “Concentrate on recruiting workers in auto industry and sheriff's deputies, but have The committee also proposed|in south Bend and Indianapolis for an anti-war united|T™CVed In force into the city’s fac-| © bar association. front.” Mayor Bayt, Sheriff Smith and’ In addition, the committee So brazen have Communists become in Indiana that|Prosecutor Fairchild joined last ciations to oust any Communist y : : . turers and union leaders for co-! Party member or-anyone who ad- state official. Details of this threat will be revealed to-|operation in the fight against, The recommendations included | In Washington, the FBI dis- ‘Hampering Work’ a proposal that all future candi- the Reds have infiltrated .,ceq tnat 500 Communists are! “Since we've closed downtown be required to declare whether, no 11046, the C ist Party polled tor Fairchild, “gamblers have o A . | , the Communist Party polle i | they have been or are now mem Pending in the state legislature 890-odd votes in a state-wide elec.|0Ved their activities to indus
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1951 Sabot in State Plants Here Auto Plants No. 1 Targe! whose tentacles are reaching B I The Communist front is everywhere in Indiana. f i known to the public, and the secret network of saboteurs operations in Marion County un-| Bar Association the Communists are using their phony formula of “propa1131, Indianapolis. | of the American Bar Associa-|the state, the Communists are studying subversive tactics mation from any source regard- | are Communists or sympa- comes this war communique to party members: views on requests. | that they be expelled from the, tories for survival. i -| : : f -1 asked state and local bar asso...) recently threatened the life and family of a top{PiEhi in an appeal to manufac. vocates Marxism-Leninism. 'morrow in a report on how| | gambling. dates for membership in the ABA some of the state's trade jocated in Indiana. As late as gambling centers,” said Prosecu-| bers of the Communist Party. trial plants, It is hampering the
The committee also said all today 1s a i Seoigued = vitlay tion. |defense effort. It is slowing ABA members should be polleq +e Lommunist “arty in Indiana. oo. 7 Edgar Hoover, boss down work. We are calling on,
It has passed the House and is | | and requested to declare whether tated: |both management and labor to, they are members of the Com. expected to pass the Senate with- of the FBI, has state help us. in this fight.
{out opposition. “ ,., the fact remains that the A number of plant spokesmen
munist Party or Whether they ad-| Here is the story of Communist party leaders themselves boast said hundreds of Indianapolis)
Yoeate i a believe ; Marxism-, chniques, methods, aims, organi- that for every party member there Report Dic Tomorrow {zation and operations in Indiana are 10 others who follow the party,
» in! nj ieldhouse. | —all of which this anti-subversive line and who are ready, willing 0¢'® and otherwise engaged night at Butler Fieldhouse
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofice
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The winner and new champion. The Crispus Attucks Tigers are tickled to death with their workers wers “playing the num-| first Indianapolis Sectional Championship. They won a 71.43 victory over Howe High School last
R Pimes Photo_by Dean Timmerman.
The special committee, set up ! b , gambling. : last September to study Com. Pl! seeks to control. |and able to do the party's work.
The industrialists went on to No Return Address— munist tactics, strategy, and ob- Saboteurs Are ‘Carefully Selected’
say that this type he Sampling, rig oo jectives, will present its report] even if on a small e, was A Ch tm and recommendations to the! An authority on Communists in Indiana, who has ood hampering production efforts of | em
_inow hidden in the Indiana Communist Party and who has worked House of Dele We Delicy. with the FBI and Army and Naval Intelligence officers, disclosed Cites Petty Operators three oe RS kr which begins to The Times that there are “carefully selected” espionage agents “It is the petty gamblers wno aay a Chicago in Indiana who have been schooled in factory sabotage, bomb-~ hurt,” one lie 1 ations man The ABA opened its drive aften making, kidnaping, train wrecking, mutiny and civil warfare. isaid. “They aren't interested in iproducticn or anything else. They
“ » Communism’s program in Intrial of the “Communist 11" inj, =o". "0c. > Here's what Capt. Michael : are selling two-bit gambling tickNew York before Judge Harold} vu. moment racial unrest and | Kavanaugh, chief of the Indi-|,. They don’t care for anything R. Medina. The trial was delayed . up religious prejudices. |anapolis Police Department's In-/g cc » for months by lawyers for thei “ays. Gapture labor unions internal Security Division, says to that end.
basic industries, especially com- about Communist detivity here: UN Encounters
munication and transportation. “Communist tactics used in In-| ployers and employees that pool THREE: Develop network of|dianapolis are the same as used!tickets are being sold and lot-| Main Red Line Allies Advance
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four to eight members in each|to infiltrate unions, seek offices Indianapolis industrial plants,” | Facific: ah ons. . in the unions, not to further the|said Prosecutor Fairchild. - Deceased, FOUR: Plan strategy to sab-|cause of labor, but to cause un-| The prosecutor said runners for otage state's industrial output. rest nd friction between man- racketeers were spending most of Solent Technical High Schaal. Documents seized in raids on agement and labor. They try to |their time in factories peddling 5_-nearly two weeks befors. the Communist centers in Gary, South get appointed to grievance com-|iottery tickets or collecting on >- ton HO oe Bend and Indianapolis reveal that mittees so that they can magnify tickets. . package was sta ye subversive activity is on the in-|the grievances, thus cause work| “To further the defense effort, crease. stoppage.
Seek ‘Air of Respectability’ ‘ to eliminate this racketeering,” | Postmark and the fact that the
United Press Staff Correspondewn. t TOKYO, Sunday, Feb. 25—Gen.| “They operate through front organizations and they always Prosecutor Fairchild said. |box originally came from L. 8. Douglas MacArthur, announced try to have the name of some leading citizen connected with the, The prosecutor said the facil- Ayres & Co. caused it to arrive in the United Nations “killer” of-'organization by use of their name on letterheads and sta-|ities of the city police, the sher-| Ayres’ adjustment department. fensive ground out gains of one tionery. The person whose name is used is rarely cognizant of the!iff’s office and his own investi-| In attempting to trace its origin,
to three miles against stiffening nature of the organization. Communists use the names of leading gative organization were at the Ayres staffers open the box. enemy resistance.
Gen. MacArthur's communique! organization. labor. said the gains were registered in| ‘Tne Communist Party stresses about 350 loyal followers. One | “This will prevent millions of bore a little red-and-green Yulethe Hoengsong-Pyongchang Sat-|giscrimination against minority federal agent has said the Com- dollars being syphoned from the tide card with a holiday greeting: urday by troops who slogged groups, Actually the party uses munists could destroy the steel pockets of Indianapolis working- “Merry Christmas—Aunt Min through mud and bellied their way {gon groups as tools in their Pro-| ils in Ga 24 hours after war men,” Mr. Fairchild said. and Uncle Kern.” up steep-scrub covered mountains ram of disrupting the peace and! ry | That plant workers are being With a canned fruit cake and a to close with the Coutsta. |tranquility of the community.” Is declared. |approached and are gambling, can of mixed nuts was another ed Nang eve How dangerous is the Com-| This agent was “confident,” most public relations officials ad- expression of sentiment: (however, that FBI, Army and mit. Typical of all their opinion “Dick—We were all hoping you
and /munist Party in Indiana? EL a ra Gov. Schricker, who attended Navy agents could “put their Was expressed by ome man. Helyiulq be opening this at home, an anchor of the Communist de-|2 government-sponsored civil de-| hand on every Communist before Said: but remember, we are all praying fenses. !fense conference recently in Chi-/24 hours was up.” | “Iam afraid they are gambling. tor you, Love from Betty, Bob, On the eastern flank of the c280, came back saying the big-| FBI agents are not talkative. |I am sorry for them. They are Mack and Deann.” Allied offensive, American tanks SeSt i) gat facing the stale In the| About avy netivities; they |Betting Oe oY Jay. put A book of stationery was flank‘even : | : and infantrymen fought thell| oosive agents here. |= absolutely mum. But eY | about it. T hope they don't get ed by a package of envelopes
way some three miles north of Up in Lake County, authorities| (Continued on Page 2—Col. 7) hooked too hard.”
(Continued on Page 2—Col 3) estimate the Communists have Inside The Times She Sooth
Indiana's FEPC bill amendment opposed by both parties . , . 161 new laws ready for governor's signature . . . legislative CAleNdAT .oiveeevvsssnsnnanes cssesssessathisesscencascassee8 Complete basketball results. . . baseball news . . . Indian- | apolis Golden Glovers prepare for Chicago bouts . . . | bowling tourney results tase se Sinise 15-19
Planist decides against asking for good luck kick from | |
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President. TINIAN .- i so vin + 2iis 5% «nv» 30 News of latest classical and popular record releases . . . . . 21} Lee Graham, in the first of six articles entitled Marriage Isn't Made in Heaven, brands the ‘Romantic Myth’ as the nation’s | worst home wrecker . columnists Ed Sovola, Earl | Wilson and Robert Ruark . « + « « + + os. ¢ oo oa - 2B. Frederick Othman’s horse predicts that spring will be early this | * year . .. ‘Our Fair State of Indiana’—a J. Hugh O'Donnell | eartoon . . . Editorials . . . Hoosfer Forum . . . . . . 28
Washington Calling predicts that if we can get through next |
words of their dead son. The first name “Donna” is the only clue Indianapolis Insurance man O. K. Mannan and Mrs. Mannan have to ‘the identity of the girl:- She ministered to their trapped and dying son, 19-year-old Robert K. when he was fatally injured in an automobile crash just eight months ago today.
summer without war there will be a good basis for hope there won't be one. World Report, a summary of important world events . , . Our Fair City ...covvnvese tates sine sees 27
Local Junior Leaguers welcome women who transfer their
membership from other towns . . Capital Capers by Crashed Inic Tres Elise Morrow . . . latest spring fashions by- leading It was early the morning of stylists . . . wedding news . . . other stories of in-
June 25 that the car in which the popular Decatur Central High School graduate was riding, careened of Ind. 67 and crashed into a tree. The crash dislodged the front seat, hurling it forward with such force that it imprisoned young Mannan and ‘his high school buddy who was driving the car,
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Automobiles «ieeeveasess 60 Radio and Television .... 28 When State Trooper Robert Eddie ASH i.vv.vvvnenens iB World Feport «.uvevsnsse 27 Stewart, Pendleton Post, reached Births, Deaths, Events ... 14 Robert RUATK +vevvvsenes 26 the scene . minutes after the Henry Butler vvvvvveses 42 Real Estate .......... 45-47 - crash, spectators already had Washington Calling ..... 27 ReCOMS +ivastrserisssns 3X gathered to try to help the Crossword ......i.svvsiv 46 Behoo!8 .:usuesnvesdasein 30 trapped boys. : BAtorials: .oviisseesieae 28 Sermon of the Week ..... 13 There was a girl kneeling Fashions .....cceoeeeses: 34 Society ....... seevaen B38, 384 alongside the car, holding young FOPUME a¢sevvsvennsnvass. 36 EQ BovOola i:vvvvvnvenses 25 f * 2 Mannan's head on her shoulder Harold H, Hartley ...... 45 Sports ci.cicievrsnece 15-19 Times State Police Photo by Tech. Charles Epperson. Erskine Johnson ....oeee 43: "Earl Wilson ...eobveses.. 25 | Here is the girl named Donna during her vigil at the side of a Stewart recalls. & thought at
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Home Stamped 'Deceased’ ‘Times Glad It Could Help Find Sender : Of Gift to Late Pvt. Richard Stafford
; By CARL HENN A battered cardboard Christmas box com:
“Our attention has been called’ to its Indianapolis sender yesterday.
had been
secret Communist cells, with from elsewhere. They continually strive|teries are being conducted in| tne Word which started the: box ofl is Journey tn across the
The downy-cheeked ot, once + Kremlin Calls
Britain Slanderer LONDON," Sunday, Féb, 25
Return of the Christmas box|(UP)—Russia today repeated the familiar charge: that Britain is we are asking that management Was complicated by absence of a and unions take Tag steps return address. An Indianapolis plotting war, but declared that,
nevertheless, the Soviet is ready {to discuss an improvement of {relations between the two ‘oun- | tries.
| A Moscow propaganda broad-
{persons in the community to lend an air of respectability to the|disposal of management and Three cartons of cigarets, pad- cast, quoting what it said was the
ded with a number of comic books, text of a Russian diplomatic note, celebration and everybody wanted
{to come out and see what every-|
jaccused Britain of carrying out a “policy of aggression.” { At the same time, however, the
{broadcast declared that Russia is
{ready to take part in talks “endeavoring to “ise all the possibi
|itles for improvement of rela-|
/tions” between Britain and the {Soviet Union. The note revived the earlier charge that Britain had violated {her wartime treaty of friendship
the charge.
who came out of the darkness to back into that darkness and ob-
Probably unknowingly, she holds the power to give some consolation to a grieving father and mother who want desperately to know of the last hour and the last
There was no time for asking questions or names. Ambulances and doctors were unable to get to the boys. A mechanic refused
to use a blowtorch, fearing it
pleted a round trip
Indiana Ave. Whoops It Up
Celebrates Attucks’ First
By CLIFFORD THURMAN
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ball championship.
score—T71 to 43 over Howe High {School—Indiana Ave. poured out in joyous celebration. _ Not since Joe Louis was crowned heavyweight champion of the world had Indiana Ave. had such cause for jubilation. Happy Night | They seemed to come from everywhere. They were happy-— happy about Crispus Attucks. It was an occasion, a time for
body else was doing. It wasn't high schol kids alone. iBasketball on Indiana Ave had
1. become the top point of the day.| (Continued on ‘Page 2 —Col. n
{CHILD DIES IN MISHAP i FT WAYNE, Feb. 24 (UP)— {David L. Bosselman, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bossel-
{427 north of here.
ed Dying Boy, And Then Faded Away
Family of Youth Seek ‘Angel’ Who Aided Son After Crash
BY DONNA MIKELS Somewhere there is a girl named Donna. ...
(The other day the phone at the desk of Times staffer Donna Mikels rang and a man said: “The state police” tell me you sometimes cover accidents and I wonder if you could be the Donna I'm looking for.” (Donna wasn't . . . but here is the story that grew out of the phone call, in hopes that it will help a grieving family locate the right “girl named Donna.”)
{around Pendleton or Anderson,”
| Trooper Stewart said. | The death of their popular,
might turn the car into a funeral| Wide-grinned son, an only child, iston's Detter was a shock so severe that Beater” Rin Phwar, 8 Dri Tr Par oc
pyre. In desperation
troopers and months passed before Mr. and
spectators unbolted the seat and|Mrs. Mannan could face probing tore at twisted steel with their|the details of his last hours.
bare hands to free the victims,
All this took 45 minutes to an to realize that in his 19 years Bob hour. Meanwhile, the dark-haired had a wonderful life and to take girl kept her vigil at the side of What consolation we can from|
| Bob Mannan. | She held him in her arms, talked to him during his moments
forehead and constantly reassured him that freedom was near. Tried to Save Him When workers were able to {remove the youth, he was rushed to St. John's Hospital in. Anderson. There doctors tried in vain to save him. | It was at the hospital that | Trooper Stewart began asking about the girl at the scene, He
{learned she was not a passenger, {but one of the early arrivals at [the crash scene. and trying to sooth him,” Trooper | to identify her from a picture at |the scene, but only her back was first she had been in the wreck, | visible. “All I could learn was too, that she was a friend of the)
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that her name was Donna and that someone thought she lived,
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“We've tried to be philosophic,
that,” his father said. ! Liked to Help Others “One of the things that every-
smoothed his One always said about Bob was!
that he always liked to be doing {things for other people. | “The last thing he asked me the day before he «yas killed was for a favor. The favor wasn't for him. It was for g friend who needed help to get into nursing
school. That was just like him. |
“We've carried out that request for him . . . now we want to do something else.” “I know from people at the scene that the girl did everything she could for Bob. His mother and I feel like we just have to find her. i “We want to try to do something for her in return. We know that's what Bob would have wanted.” : |
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Crispus ‘Attucks High School gant had won {ts first sectional basket- | meth
As loudspeakers poured out the
15,000 See Victors Take First Title
Face Franklin Twp. In Regional Tourney Here This Week
Complete Sectional Scores, Regional Pairings, Page 15
By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS Crispus Attucks’ relentless, victory-hungry Tigers bared their sharpest scoring fangs last night. : The rampaging Tigers, the team that veteran sideline ob-
servers believe has a bright future in the IHSAA hardwood tourney, won their first Indianapolis Sectional basketball championship at the Butler Fieldhouse. They blasted a rugged Howe hardwood team, 71 to 43 to gain their first sectional diadem since Crispus Attucks, the state's larg est Negro high school, joined THSAA in 1943. : Flashes Next Foe Attucks’ brilliant victory brings the hustling, basket-happy Tigers to the fieldhouse next week to meet Marion County's Franklin Township, winner of the Greens field sectional, in the second e of the al tourney, derson's Indians, winner of
Indians Ave. was a sutging|bounding T a great many times by both em-| 24 aressed Ao ung indiana soier. fighting Ropes, five 2% saciid neotle ) tn
Poor conquerc Haws: with the poise and finesse of a great high school team champion. < ohd They were behind one tim
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Get By Sectionals
Glenn, Froebel Win; = Frankfort Falls
By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press Sports Writer = .- Undefeated Glenn—the people’s choice—won its first sce tional championship tonight, ‘snd {Frankfort's only four-time state
(Hitlists were chased to the side
lines as the field in Indiana’s 41st ‘with Russia, and declared that man, was killed today when he : \the British resortéd to “concoc- fell out of the backdoor of an >Pnual: high school basketball tions and slander” in rejecting auto driven by his father on U. 8.
tourney was narrowed to the-64 sectional champions. . But other season-long front. {runners who powered their Way {into today’s round survived sec(tional finals in one of the most {dazzling shooting exhibitions ever {witnessed in the “Hoosier madiness.” | Glenn's Piratés, the winningest {team in the show, blasted Honey (Creek, 48 to 31, for its 26th |victor} behind towering Charley {Session’s 18 points. Sharing top [billing with the Vigo County boys { (Continued on Page 15—Cok:-8)
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