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62d YEAR—NUMBER 133 4

Result of a Holocaust— Allison Jet Blast Damage Set At $7.5 Million as 8th

TWISTED STEEL—Torches cut through wreckage at Allison's.

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Vi +1 ' Di A 11is on Division officials today said that yesterday's explosion—that killed eight civilians — also caused $7.5 million damage. The estimate was 15 times higher than the best previous) evaluation of the havoc wrought.! Fire Chief Roscoe McKinney yesterday had ventured the only estimate. Allison's refused to quote any figure at that time. The chief yesterday c¢onservatively said that the damage would exceed $500,000.

Eighth, Man Dies The eighth victim of the blast, Carl R. Gardner, 33, of 1617 Alilson Ave., died last night in Methodist Hospital—19 hours after the volcanic blast that incinerated his fellow workers, After hours of labor, workmen yesterday finally uncovered the last two of the seven men imprisoned in the wreckage. Until that

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time there was the remote possibility that some of the eight men working on the late shift had survived the fiery blast. Robert Beckman, public tions representative for the General Motors division, today issued a memorandum reconstructing the events that preceded the explosion. : Harry Charles Welborn, 43-year-old fireman at the plant, was notified at 3:35 a. m. that a fuel ‘leak: was reported in the bomb-shelter-like jet testing building. “Will check,” was the response.

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, Then, Sgt. Charles Guire received this startling message: “Hurry... Get every man, over

here as fast as you can. “The leak is bad. It is running all over the floor and dripping down into the basement “Just a spark could set off an

explosion that would blow the place to hell.” v Forecast Comes True

Four minutes later, while. Fire ¢ Inspector J. J. Gallagher was still E mobilizing an emergency crew, he suddenly turned ta Sgt. Guire and said: : “What was that?” It was the thundering blast % Mr. Welborn's forecast had come true. ‘Today, Air Force ang.FBI inHQALOKE =f HN. pra drying, ' ; RIuCy Jase wees Bp, They will have to .do the job without the benefit of any human evidence. Mr. Gardner, chief of the plant guards who was blasted bodily out through the door of the testing section, died before he could give the investigators much help. Mayor Bayt tpday received a letter from E. B. Newill, Allison's

_.one-ball Armstrong gambling ma-

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Fill - Gaming Joints Boom in County

Users of Armstrong

Devices Not Bothered | By IRVING LEIBOWITZ | Prosperity has hit certain special privileged gambling joints in Marion County. They operate in the open without fear of Sheriff Smith's so-called gambling crackdown. Raiders

from the office have not bothered six establishments which use exclusively the gambling equipment of the Armstrong Vending Machine Co., 912 E. Washington St. Other gambling spots which refused to use the Armstrong equipment have been hit time and again. Deputy sheriffs, carrying out the county gambling drive last week, even drove right past some of the privileged joints. Strictly a Phony “This gambling crackdown is about as legitimate as a $3 bill,” commented a gambling operator who was raided. "It's strictly a phony.”

sheriff's

Here's a description of the gambling spots which enjoy-—at least up until now immunity

from raids. . FREUND'S PLACE, Maywood Armstrong Pick-N-Win tickets and Armstrong punchboards of virtually every description are all over this beer joint, on the counter and on the back shelf. A miniature one - ball Armstrong gambling machines, price 10 cents] a play, offers to pay all sorts of fabulous prizes to winners. CHECKER FLAG TAVERN, 3725 W. Morris St.—A huge one-

hall Armstrong gambling machine, called Champion, was out

in the open next to a nickelodean. AIRWAY CAFE, 6317 W. Washington St.—In this little restau-| rant, the operator dtowded -an-

other one-ball Armstrong gambling machine, this one called Jockey Special. BUD'S TAVERN, FLACK-

VILLE-—-Although noted for cold

“beer, this spot is now enjoying a

gambling reputation because the operator installed one of ‘the huge

: SEE 0% ee Vad BnRer. “FIVE POINTS TAVERS FIVE POINTS —In this drinking establishment, prominently displayed was a jar of Armstrong Pick-N-Win tickets. A machine, the size of one of the mammoth one-ball gambling devices, had just been removed, the bartender said. ZIEGLER'S CAFE, LAWRENCE—In the front of the cafe

FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1951

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Detective Fears

‘Dupe’ in Arrest | That Brings Suit

By CARL HENN An Indianapolis detective today |said he may have been “duped” into making an unfounded arrest, a move which threatens to result in a $50,000 damage suit. Sgt. Sylvester J.- Ahlering said he and his partner, Sgt. Francis Dux, arrested Robert Lee- Pike, truck worker and CIO organizer, ‘on. suspicion Wedn®sday after Sgt. Ahlering received an anonymous telephone call linking. Mr. Pike with a $900 theft. Re

criminals in

- BAD MAN NABBED—One of 10 "most wanted"

, . . . . . i ] ik ‘as i U. S., Ernest Tait, Indianapolis, with arresting officers in Miami, Fla. Mr. Pike was held all might Wednesdayona preliminary . . . charge of grand larceny and a Captured in Miami— city vagrancy charge. He was released yesterday after being

cleared by a lie-deteetor test.

Plans to File Suit His attorney. Frank R. Beck;

New Castle Police Chief

| prosecution suit for

I> New Castle Police’ Chfef Rdss: Tait's presence in Mfami © was Scott today started extradition proceedings to have one of the FBI's 10 fugitives returned to Indiana to face prose-|

first reperted by a Corat Gables Court 1. restaurant operator who.read of his flight. About 4 a. m.

most wanted rested and eld without bail tc

vesterday

escaped from the Logansport,

Kraai, 34, charged with bludgeoning a

‘with; said he will file a malicious Orities $50,000! against the city today in Superior: Logansport was unavailable for ..

he Prevent his attendance Wedpes- burg day night at a meeting of Local] Was

Escapee From Mental

oked in

of Watchman

SHULL ly 13—A “sex maniac” who Ind., State Mental Hospital ne brutal murder and is being

South Bend, Ind. is night watchman to death Tuesday. Police Chief F. N. Littlejohn, said Kraai is being

questioned in the brutal mutilation murder of a housewife here two months ago. The killer also seriously wounded the woman's infant ‘daughter in the attack. “In permitting Kraai to be ioose, sonrebody was wrong somewhere,” Chief Littlejohn said. “It had to be either at Logansport or down here.”

The police chief added that Kraai “definitely a sex maniac.” The issue of how Kraai came

to be loose in Charlotte was confused by conflicting reports from the Mecklinburg County Sheriff here and the authorities at Logansport Stam Hospital. ? According to the sheriff; Kraal was picked up for mental ohkeervation on Jan. 1, 1947, in Charlotte. He was detained until Feb. 15 of that year when the county physician pronounced him sane and released him from jail.

Wanted in Indiana’ The sheriff said he had not corresponded with Logansport authede so & Hospitdl Supt. John Larson at

(comment today. The : assistant

Mr. Pike charges he was ar- Superintendent, however, said Dr:

y Larson had notified the Mecklin=County Sheriff that Kraai wanted in Indiana at the

leution for an attempted robbery called the FBI to report that 135. International Brotherhood of time of Kraai's arrest in 1947.

which touched off a gun battle

i is rest: t ¢ 5 3 FL Apr. 1. {Tait had eaten in his restaurant Teamsters, AFL.

about three times this week.

HAUL IT AWAY —The debris is dumped into truck. 2 Get a Year Each

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To ‘Cure’ Sweet Tooth Two burglars were sentenced to” a year each at Indiana State Farm today because of a sweet tooth. | Melvin Carpeter, 30, of 2821 W. Michigan St., and Robert Smith, 122, of 533 8. West St, pleaded [guilty to third-degree burglary {before Judge Harry O. Chamberilin in Criminal Court | They were arre ne 15, |1950, in- an A&P store at 3021 'W. Washington = St.

part of their loot-—candy.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

| Sam... 60 10 a.m... | Tam... 70 11 a. mi... 76 8a.m,.. 72 _ 12 (Noon) 17 9am..7 1pm. ‘Latest humidity, 81%.

*|these children who buy liquor and

Lawrence | |Leerkamp, then manager, found jailer, today submitted his (them behind a counter eatingination to Sheriff Smith.

near the door, one of the huge one-ball Armstrong gambling machines stands beckoning to all who enter. Outside the cafe, on a telephone pole is a campaign photo of Sheriff Smith in his old state trooper’s uniform. Taxed by U, S.

general manager, thanking the city for the “exceptional services” rendered by police and firemen. To his typed letter Mr, Newill added this handwritten postscript: “The sympathetic aid by the chaplains associated with the fire

: X one-ba ramk £ madepartment wiil, long be re- pia ; ne in i Baling : ‘hines, LIK ? Slots, P axe / membered by all of us who were Co Res, HKE Lh 5 wo the federal government. Each

close to this disaster.” series of

machine has a odds, similar to a horse and if the one ball falls into the winning hole, the patron collects the odds, providing the establishment is paying off. One operator, who asked that his name be withheld for obvious reasons, sald two men who represented themselves as deputy sheriffs ordered him to remove old machine and replace it

race,

Please Help Me'—

Father Pleads For Aid in Ending

. * his Teen-Age Drinkin with the Armstrong equipment, | Sheriff

Smith, commenting on the problem of gambling in the cused of selling county, said that no one has the “go-sign”’ to operate. He said that

minors . . . Page 17. 3 . By JOSEPH ALLISON he has told gamblers if he finds

7 Kokomo tavern owners ac-

liquor to

ah fri Ir a: werd] nork The father of a teen-age alco- Hem Operating be will kmock holic who was involved in a rob- “No one has any special perbery and near-murder Tuesday mission to operate,” he said. night made an impassioned plea| ___ - - REA yesterday for the end of juvenile . drinking. On the Inside “Won't you please help me?” he klasked Juvenile Court officers. Of The Times “Can't we do something . about Pp:

Tiny Tot King and Queen of the wading pools will be the object of a search conducted

come home drunk, or go out to commit some terrible crime?”

The father of a 17-year-old by The Times and the city parolee from the Indiana BoY'S| park and Recreation DepartSchool, was pleading for help, ment twenty separate after his son told his story of n

eliminations planned taking part in a strong arm rob- prospective Purdue coeds to be bery Tuesday while drunk on| honored at a rush party and wine, buffet supper at 6:30 p. m. Court officers and police prom-, Thursday by the university's ised the father that “something, Pi Beta Phi chapter. . . . would be done” about the problem.| Affair to he held in the ButState excise police said today! ler.chapter house .......... 12 {the boy had indentified the bar- “Pants” on highball glasses {tender who sold him the wine... and other drinking gadgets The bartender faces suspension or, have put Bob Ruark in such

revocation of his license by the| a tither that the poor boy Alcoholic Beverage Commission. has decided to go on the Lt. Forrest Higgs, Juvenile Aid] WAagON ......c..onvunnne .. 2

Division Chief, said he expects Allie Reynolds needs no-hitter to seek an affidavit charging the = to subdue Bob FeHer and the bartender with contributing to the, Cleveland Indians, 1-0. . . . delinquency of a minor. If con- Red Sox. take double bill

victed, the man faces a maximum from _ White Sox to grab American Leagug lead ..... 28

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Chief Jailer Hands In His Resignation

Capt. William Parrish, chiefl Forum ..viiicecancenness 22 TeSIZ=. © PAIN ..eovsvisvasaveess M4 | Teeh Problems ..v.ecesss 12 He said he was taking another; Radio and Television .... 24 {position because the third rank-| Eleanor Roosevelt ......0 12 ing position in the sheriff's de<| Robert Ruark ........... 21 {partment bad “too long hours, Society ....vesevsensssas 12 |with too little pay.’ | BPOrtS a. visivaeissss 27:29

Other Features:

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. Ernest Tait, Indianapolis, captured yesterday in Miami, Fla., two days after being named as one of the 10 most wanted criminals, last night refused to waive extradition to face the state charges. He also declined right to a U. 8. commissioner's hearing®on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecu-' tion. A hearing has been scheduled for July 23 Federal agents

to. waive his

éxplained state

charges will be given priority. They said the unlawful flight

count is exercised by the federal government as a co-operative measure to permit federal officers to assist local police in apprehension of criminals. Seldom Used

Although conviction on the fed-

tions were alerted b¥ agents re¢eived the final tip-off call the same Tait had stopped

tp have his new car

agents and asked if the having the car serviced.

of Tait?”

Local 135 concurrently is un-

Dr. Larson is reported to have notified the sheriff that Kraai

About five hours later a cloth- der control of top AFL officials Was an escapee from the mental

tell them the gunman bought suit from him two days ago. Each of the callers said Tait drive strengthened to bring mem-|Who is was driving a 1951 green hardtop bers of Local 135 under jurisdic-| ‘boasts of his sex crimes and asOldsmobile convertible,

Auto dealers and serwyice

afternoon greased. In an account of the said they he was “J, Marsh,’ which he

name under

sta-

arrest, aproached Tait! day

was

a cers and business agents. The resignation occurred as a

tion of the CIO Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers, , according to state director Joseph Romer Says Bail Refused Mr. Romer said he attempted to put up bail for Mr. Pike Wednesnight to obtain his release ’ but was not allowed to do so

“Do you also go by the name men.

agenfs asked. Tait merely shrugged and said

“let's go,” the officers declared.

Agents said Tait refused to say

He charged the arrest was ‘‘prearranged’ by Teamsters union Sgt. Ahlering said he didn’t

know what Mr, Pike's labor connections were, “if any,” and indicated the arrest was made solely on suspicion of larceny. But Sgt.

eral count carries axi where he had been since Apr. 1, i tb P] A maximum I ‘'Ahlering could not identify the five-year sentence, the charge is but did say he bought his new i is 1 ; ; ; x man who called him at his home seldom utilized by the federal car in Detroit June 16

was said. When possible, the fugitive is returned to the agency which 1a8 the outstanding warrant for

agencies, it

the original crime. I.ast April Tait and a companion attempted to rob the New Castle Elks Club. Tait escaped in the ensuing gun battle. His companion, Richard Schmidt, 32,

of 1215 N. Pennsylvania St., was partially paralyzed when shot during the fray

Given Wide Publicity

Tait's arrest yesterday stemmed from national publicity and his weakness for flashy automobiles. On a tip which followed publication of his picture and criminal history in Miami, Fla. newspaperg, the 40-vear-old fugitive was [nabbed by FBI agents in a garage there while having a 1951 model car greased. i Inside the vehicle agénts found | two loaded 45-caliber automatic] | pistols and $1000 in cash. Agents also found an additional $2148 in the gunman’s pockets, : Tait, with a criminal history dating from the 1930's, was sought by the FBI for unlawful flight from prosecution after he fled across the Indiana-Illinois| state line following the April battle. | Earlier during his long record |’ of crime Tait shot it out with] law-enforcement officers while at-| tempting to rob a bank in Speedjway. | [| “I'm glad it’s over,” Tait was |quoted as saying when captured

in the Miami garage. i

One agent sald the gunman de-| lclared he had planned to ‘“shoot| lit out” if local police “bothered me” in Miami, but had decided] against such action if the FBI should attempt the arrest.

In Korea . ..

Gen. Ridgway today demand ed the Reds make Kaesong a neutral zone, free of armed troops or else switch the stalled "peace talks to some

other place.” (Story, Fage 3\

10 Year Violation— Indiana Law Puts Indian Sian

On Self-Styled Herb ‘Doctor’

You name it, he cures it . . . here is the sign wnich hung

Mr. Pike stolen

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Wednesday to say that “knew all about radios from Griffith Motor Express “If we were duped, we were duped.” Sgt. Ahlering said..'That’s all there is to it.”

The theft of 30 table model radios valued at <§900 occurred June 13. Sgts. Ahlering and Dux

were assigned to the case.

Mr. omer today said police

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Law enforcement agencies today put the Indian sign on a self-styled herb doctor, charging him with 1b years’ violation of an injunction ordering him not to ‘practice medicine. An affidavit charging Indian herb “doctor”. Arthur Cox with contempt of court has been filed by Sullivan County Prosecutor John K. Purcell The case Is scheduled for hearing July 21 before Sullivan Circuit Court Judge Norval K. Harris

Probe Started

Today the State Board of Medical Registration, which originally sought and obtained the 1941 Injunction, said it will work with the Sullivan prosecutor in pressing the contempt case. Today also the State Board of Health indicated it has started a probe to determine if Cox was in violation of state drug laws in his “cancer mill” and cure-all on "his farm home near Sullivan Already possible federal prose-

ing-store owner called agents to/following resignation of its offi- institution and requested he be

returned to Logansport. Chief Littlejohn also said Kraal, sometimes incoherent, sociations with women.” Carried Victim's Watch “The guy likes to women suffer. He hangs around places where there are women and women's things, like beauty shops— that sort of place.” Kraai was apprehended 22 hours after the slaying of the nightwatchman, He was carrying the

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dead man’s watch and a token charm. Chief Littlejohn said Kraai has

boasted in jail that he killed the watchman, but that he would “get away with it” by saying he found the man's possessions along the railroad “He doesn't know that I found his laundry claim scene of the crime In addition "to the

check at the ' the chief said. the slaying of Kraai also is be-

housewife,

ing questioned in the disappearance of a "woman of low character,” .whom Chief Littlejohn said disappeared about three months ago. She was last seen

in Kraai's

Continuing ‘that

company. Kraai was too

Continued on Page 15—Col, 1

the Justice Department in Washington. Cox previously was convicted on a similar federal charge. The flurry of prosecution against Cox; who has openly operated the establishing attract-

ing patients from over Indiana and surround states, started this week after a 61-year-old

Bedford take his

victim tried to

own life.

cancer

Sore Is Infested

Authorities found Elias Pearto be suffering. from cancer which had eaten away part of his scalp and ear. The open sore was infested with maggots. Mr. Pearson said he had been using medicine prescribed by Cox, a mixture said by authorities to resemble “urine, manure and plain {dirt.”

| Prosecutor Purcell said Cox ad{mitted treating Pearson but {claimed Pearson did not follow |directions. He said the self-styled {doctor displayed bottles he said icontained cancers and tumors {taken from his “cured” patients.

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5 2 cution by the U 8. food and drug, Conviction on the contempt reading of the intense tederall Arthur Cox "¢ancer mill" and division on interstate sale of the charge .might carry a fine, a jail

| His. decision. was made. after] in front of Indian herb "doctor"

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|effort being made for his capture.| cure-all near Sullivan, Ind. “herb” medicine is pending injsentence or both.

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