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62d YEAR—NUMBER 276

Lawyer

Congressman Tax Meddler

By Unite

WASHINGTON,

ing to stop prosecution of an

testified that he was assigned to no ‘more work by T. Lamar|

Caudle when he went through with the case successfully.

Dec. 3—A Justice Department at-! cana) zone. Unofficials Egyptian torney today accused Rep. Frank Boykin (D. Ala.) of try- sources said 17 persons were

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Suez Battle Kills 17 and Injures 62

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 3 (UP) — The government announced tonight that Egyp-

tian police and British troops fought a gun battle in the Suez

Calls

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Alabama tax fraud case and killed. The government announcement

| was made in parliament by in{terior Minister Fuad 8erag El Din |Pasha. He placed the casualties

Another story, Page 20

The testimony was John H. Mitchell to t Ways and Means Subcommittee] investigating tax scandals. The case involved the Coast Tobacco Co. of Mobile! Ala., Mr. Boykin's home city. Four officials were indicted hy a federal grand jury despite Boy-| kin's objections and Caudle's| interest in the case.

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given bY pt Frank went ahead and took at nine Egyptians killed and 62 he House |; »

except to say he did not know] {who was meant by “them.”

{Mr. Caudle that one rumor had itkilled. that Mr. Caudle was supposed to have received a gift Cadillac for (helping to fix the case. Mr. €au-|

{dle denied it and “I believed him,” Mr. Caudle, ousted by President y+ Mitchell testified. |

«|Injured in the in which

‘Mr. Mitchell did not elaborate, civilians joined. The unofficial sources said later

{that the casualties had risen to Mr. Mitchell said he also tofd 13 Egyptians and four Britons

fight

British sources in the Suez area {reported that one British military [policeman was shot and killed by Egyptian police. Cairo sources said this was a

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"FORECAST: Showers and warmen tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy ahd slightly cooler. Low tonight 48; high tomorrow 58.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at PostoMce Indianapolis,” Indiana. Issued Daily.

PRICE FIVE CENTS

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ad Here Saves ren From Blaze

Fights Through Wall Of Fire Again and Again on North Side

By BOSTON McQUEEN As Told To HEZE CLARK

Something woke me up. Someone was pounding on my door. I heard my wife calling me frantically. At first I thought something had gone wrong . , . we're expecting our 13th child.

Truman as an assistant attorney | In the case, Joseph Mitchell (no Second incident which occurred general, was Mr. Mitchell's su-|rejation to the attorney) and his| When the British military police perior at the time of the indict- wife, Rebecca, and Samuel Ripps|officer saw a truck-load of Egypments in February last year. ang his wife, Annie, were indicted|tian police néar a British miliMr. Mitchell testified that on|qp charges of aiding and abetting tary fuel point outside of Suez. two occasions it was made clear the filing of a false tax return by| He approached and inquired to him by Turner Smith, Mr. the Gulf Coast Tobacco Co. what they were doing and they

Caudle’s assistant, that Mr.|. The men pleaded guilty. Each opened fire, fatally wounding an-|

network.

Prosecutor Frank Fairchild said] {he was aware of one branch of! {the syndicate’s operations and |currently was investigating two jof the syndicate’s top leaders. |

National Democratic Commit- Showed the new gambling syndi{cate operates five baseball pools, two numbers rackets, two Weekly/

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Among the hundreds of men

prosecuted. and Ripps 21% years. The cases| British authorities said the Alabama case, he told Mr. Caudle day period of quiet in the Suez is y with nothBelieved Caudle 1 wes going crazy N Committee on “assurances from gas City with instructions to re- : ® : { Mr. Mitchell said that Mr. Cau- a transfer to the Justice ged for A Syndicate | — | syndicate branched out all over | stands. Indiana gamblers, 385 strong, have paid $19,250 to the particularly concerned about the operators or employees of gamThe stamps cost Indianapolis state eventually will buy a tTo Get Paper } Wilbur O. ‘Plummer, assistant] is run by Isaac (Tuffy) Mitchell, | come widespread. {as an “influence peddler.” aided by the printer of Indian-| jeditor said “no useful purpose reported third member has not! today with the start of the en- propose.” : night Friday are subjeét to inves- manded that the Herald IDLT o/Investigators have information racket squads. {gaged in unethical acts” in a! Police Chief O'Neal said he will To {to finance a public hearing beOne Juror Needed { livery. boys, pick up drivers, tax rape trial, but Judge Saul I. Rabb, 38ree to such a hearing is a re- ported to be the “brains” of the | lawsuit,” Mr. McHal . jurors by this afternoon. gle fail the city today notifying gambling failed to show.’ that any conduct of yours has|Prices.”’ The 31-year-old defendant, who|Association.” {gambling tax did not make the old girl Nov. 24, 1950. | The Democratic leader said he|dicate are Archies & Mike's, veterans’ organizations here. In October, Judge Rabb denied : Why, Officers— into the police station yes

Smith thought Mr. Caudle would was fined $5000.. Mitchell also Other military policeman nearby, Mr. Mitchell testified that in!against the wives were dismissed. Egyptians then opened an attack January, 1950, five weeks before, ‘Going Crazy’ on the fuel station. . there were rumors in Mobile that |Lirned, Me ihe Sest) fey, Ye. area, which has been the scene of | Mr. Boykin and Mr. Caudle haq C23udle ordere 2 numerous skirmishes between] ling to do,” Mr, Mitchell said. He said he told Mr. Caudle He said the then deputy atstantial contribution” had been |jearned of the situation and as-| : made to the Democratic National signed him to ‘tax cases at kn Here Set U Boykin that they wouldn't be port directly to Mr, Ford. Pp | prosecuted.” - | Later Mr. Mitchell arranged for dle replied to this: |ment’s criminal division—outside , | “I advised them not to do it,'Mr. Caudle’s jurisdiction. | A new home-grown gambling . . ’ | Indianapolis today as the city's 385 Indiana Gamblers os mo ruse vent Pl k D S T | From hotel hustlers to the bigun own U. . ax | business lottery gambling oper-! federal government for gambling excise tax stamps which will let them operate until June 30, 1952. illegal “take.” | ; ‘new crime syndicate which embling enterprises. All have bought List of samblers Who Pai (ax, ove Dotweer S00 aad 1i0G moan the $50 stamp which became a operators $10,050. Internal revenue officials ex-| They said that is the number ex-|; pected to stay In business, ae-|'T R { 3 -spite impending “heat” from local{ * Oo : e rac pe buyers of the stamps become; . nan Frank McHale said here pools and has eight gambling revenue collector for Indiana, said| Tribune has “refused to meet my he doubted that “willful” evasiontthallenge” for a public hearing| {248 Indiana Ave, Tuffy Mitchell is one of three Penalties Set : | The Democratic: leader disThe names of Indiana's profes- Played a letter he received from lis’ oldest baseball pool. | letcher Thompson Rahke, who the stamp law were made public yqy14 be served by our participapurchased a federal stamp. forcement drive. y . i Gamblers who took or placed | Demands Retraction O'Neal Orders Drive tigation by the tax sleuths. The retract stories which he said| "Dich he intends to use as the task of forcing evaders into the ‘inferred and implied that I was | Dasis of & grand jury investiga-| Violations can bring the errant jawsuit involvin overnment | Instruct his men to “club the gamblers fines up to $10,000 and contracts. g 8 racketeers” off the streets. { [fore a three-man tribunal of the|anq ,womén employed by the American Bar Association on his| racket czars are collectors. de- - . . In Rape Trial lawsylt aitasked by the NeW | dividers and accountants, One Only one juror remained to be Paper. {accountant, close to racket figures Criminal Court 2, called in Sheriff Tsal jo Teel my Spalienge 10 syndicate. - Smith today and asked him to Prove tere was nothing umethi- o. oo) 216 the lottery big The twelfth juror may. be, The New York editor's lettér patrons of a boost in prices : 1: dstated that “no charge was con- P : chosen from among the 15 wh 8 “We have not raised our Eleven others tentatively were/been wrongful, unéthi¢al, unlaw-| We are merely collecting taxes seated, and Judge Rabb ordered|ful or in violation of the canons|for the government. lives at 1027 S. State Ave. faces| The letter <did not agree to a!8ambling operations legal. a possible life sentence on a|retraction of the articles :as Mr.| Other lottery operators still in He also is under indictment for “hasn’t decided what his next Brooks and Lucky Horseshoe. rape and sodomy in the attack on step would be.” a state petition to have Blount _ examined under the 1849 CrimNAPANEE, Ontario, Dec. 3 (UP)—Police hunted to-: terday and stole two revolvers and some ammuni-

be displeased if the case were grew a three-year prison term| the sources said. indictments were returned in the| 4. irate were pel, LE BUN battle followed a three-| arranged to “fix” the case. ‘work be assignéd’ to him. British troops and Egyptians. that one rumor was that a “8ub-ltorney general, Peyton Ford, |back into business at their old! By DAVID WATSON |ators, 201 men and women: who Of these, 201 are from Indianapolis, on record as Law enforcement officials were federal requirement Nov. 1. pect about 500 gamblers in the| law enforcement agencies after| {today that the New York Herald dens, the- principal one of which on the part of gamblers would be- on that newspaper's branding him leaders of the new syndicate,| sional gamblers conforming with | {De New York paper in which the purchased a gambling stamp. The by the Internal Revenue ro au tion in the procedures that you bets without a stamp after mid-| Mr. MeHule last. week = Prosecutor Fairchild said his| open has been assigned to the an influence peddler and had en-| On Shortly. | imprisonment up to five years. | legal acts in connection with the chosen for Jack Delwin' Blount's| “The newspaper's refusal toon Indiana Ave. for years, is real round up 15 missing prospective| cdl about my connection with the ots they put-out cards all over tained in the articles in question were believed to be in the city but g the racketeers wrote. the trial continued tomorrow. of ethics of the American Bar| Federal authorities said the charge of attacking an 11-year- McHale had demanded. 'business today besides the syna 9-year-old girl last April 3. inal Bexual Psychopath Law, day for g thief who broke tion. . :

. . ’ . Pack His “Kit Bag’ - . LONDON, Dec. 3 (UP)—George Henry Powell, 71, author of the World War I song hit, “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag,” died today at his hope near Brighton, :

Chatley’s Restaurant, 144 E. Ohio. Busi-| sales tax. The operator reminds patrons he is not nessmen’s Lunch. Good Food. Famous for| the federal government.” te - % : ¢ * : :

«Steaks Since 1910.

{live outside the law in Indian-| |apolis had paid their federal gam-| bling tax and were ready for their|

land women in its vast gambling

M'Hadle Fails | _rorowose

An investigation by The Times

b oH |drawing $20 a week for 12 weeks one of The Times Clothe-A-Child He then offered to pay 5 ‘Brains’ of Gang

They are trying to operate Ini griver's license for one year.

NEW CARD—So brazen are city's ‘gamblers that one baseball lottery operator put out a card showing all gambling ticket prices are raised today because of the new 10 per cent fed hk prices, "merely collecting 10 per cent for

BULLETIN

DENVER, Dec. 3 (UP)—An Air Force B-29 crashed into a row of houses near Lowry Air Force Base today and police said- they believed ‘14 persons were killed. They believed that all of the dead were members of the plane's erew.

New Exemptions On Home Buying

| Want to buy a better home? Taxes on the sale of -your | present home need no longer | hold you up! For d:tails about | the mew tax exemptions call { a reliable real estate broker. The vast majority of the rep- : ASE utable brokers place their a in the real estate | PATTY McQUEEN—Helped |

pages of The Indianapolis | care for twins.

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Times phofe by Lioyd B. Walton, scued from fiery death i

FRED McQUEEN — Escaped

via porch roof.’

Times. : : - » . . NEAR ST. MICHAEL'S. | Five Children to Feed— Lovely 2-bedrm. brick oungalow | built in '48. Large liv. rm, and dining rm. mod. kitchen, ass bath, enclosed sum porch, oll heat, auto. water heater, storm windows, large lot. - 2833 Eugene. Shown by appt. GEO. F. CLAYTON, RLTR., HU 6522 {

Above is an ad from the many hundreds of home yalues offered in today's Times. From this wide selection you are sure to find several worthy of yeur personal inspec-

By ART WRIGHT [- Joe is a disabled war veteran. Hon, ios the government. {the county welfare department adds a little more to help feed

Jobless Pay Cases "ur. ‘thiaren. Here Draw Fines | Still it isn’t enough. Unable to

work because of his war injuries, Two persons, convicted of|Joe can't stretch the small money drawing unemployment compen- grants to include warm clothing sation while still working, today|for the youngsters. were fined by municipal court] No matter how much Joe rejudges. |ceived, it still wouldn't be enough In Municipal Court 4, Judge|in return for his sacrifice in the Alex Clark fined James W. Ed-|war. There's no indication of wards, 37, of 1912 Boulevard Pl,!when he can work—if ever, $50 and costs and sentenced him Without any boast of his war to 30 days on the state farm for|record, Joe has consented to allow

Judge Stark Soe Ee waras (he for clothes for his youngsters. | WO! suspen e sentence ne | ir . After all, Joé's youngsters will (defendant could. bring n'a char-ly To v0 St TO EE theA{acter witness and also repay the|~pig doesn't provide the warm state fog the compensation fraudu-| | othing : | {lently drawn. ! : | In Municipal Court 3, Judge| We call

[hile employed. |investigators to make an appeal |

him “Joe” |Phillip Bayt fined Miss Ida H. Clothe-A-Child protects the ideaSith 46, , 724 N. st Ave. tity of the children who receive |$20 and costs for drawing $101 in aid {compensation over six weeks while | {employed. Judge Bayt put her on| |

will help ease the suffering of| many sons and daughters of men! like Joe. He gave much. 1

| You can help in these three

‘Man Draws 180 Days “** For Drunk Driving

| Walter O. Lineberry, 42, of 1147 'N. Illinois -St., was sentenced to

{180. days on the state farm and fined $93.25 and costs for drunken|2991 and asking Clothe-A-Child

driving. {for a donor appointment to shop

; {for one or more needy children. Municipal Court 4 Judge Alex THREE—By placing your

dimes on The Dimes on W. Washington St. in front of the L. 8. Ayres & Co.

{probation for six months to enable

‘her to arrange to repay the state.

ONE—By sending a cash con-!

any amount—to Murder, Inc. . . . the opening {Clothe - A - Child, Indianapolis!

|tribution—for

{Times, 214 W, Maryland St.

| {Clark also suspended Lineberry's

Free reserved seat tickets to the Hollywood Ice Revue at the Fairgrounds Coliseum were be- | ing given today to each person who makes a contribution of $5 or more to Clothe-A-Child. There are 100 tickets avail--able. If the 100 are not distrib‘uted today, they will be available to the $5-or-more contributors tomorrow and Wednesday. The tickets are good for Wednesday night's show, The tickets are being: given at Clothe-A-Child headquarters, No. 20 W. Maryland St. It isn’t

tickets for mall contributions. ¢ They. are the gift of the cast of the Hollywood Ice Revue and Dick. Miller, Coliseum man-

eral gross

Disabled Veteran Seeks Help of Clothe-A-Child

Mile-O-Dimes estimate, Page 2 [and the 8. 8S. Kresge Co. |Firemen's Post

American Legion are on duty at

He receives a small pensionithe “mile” 24 hours a day regard- God, there was Fred . . . To that less of weather.

because!.

On the Inside Your support of Clothe-A-Child Of The Times

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Previous Balance Lord Jewelers

Uni- walking into a furnace. {formed city firemen recruited by just too hot, and I had to go o 42 of the and get some fresh air,

«++. $1286.00 dow. 53.00!

Then I realized she was yelling: |

“The house is on fire ., . . the

house is on fire.”

I jumped out of bed and ran to the door. Ae I yanked it open, smoke hit me in the face . . Flames were coming out of Fred's room. : I grabbed up the twins, Sharon and Caron, and started down the hall. There was so much ‘smoke I could hardly breathe. I told my wife and Patty to follow me closely, I yelled to the other youngsters to follow, too. When we finally got outside, I handed the twins to my wife and

The McQueen family: Boston McQueen, 43, the father; Florence, 43, his wife; John Robert, 18 (oldest son now with US Navy at Guam); Fred, 15; Patty, 18; David, 12; Richard, 11; Roy, 9; Don, 7; Preston, 6; Kenneth, 5; Larry, 4, and Sharon and Caron, $-yearold twins.

Patty and told them to go across the street to the neighbors.

Went Back In

Editor's Note: Early today a courageous father rescued his 11: children from flaming death.’ There follows the prosaic police and fire department reports. { Then in his own words the + father tells his story.

Police Report

| Fire run;.children trapped. 12:49 ja.m. Radio to 3918 Graceland— {Children trapped in burning house.

{ On our arrival, found that all of the children had been taken {from the house by father across {the street at neighbor's house, found:

Boston McQueen, 43 years old, and his wife, Florence, 43 years lold. Mr. McQueen was burned on ° forehead and hair was partially burned off. Had been singed, Dr. E. R. Lanson, General Hospital doctor, treated him and released (him). : Mr. McQueen had 11 children, ages 3 to 15 years of age. When he woke up and discovered the fire, he carried all of the children out of the house, with the exception of Fred McQueen, 15, who crawled out of the second story window onto the roof. He was

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Then I started to worry whether all the children had come out of .the house, so I went back in.

Ar I passed the davenport, 1

§ groped through the smoke. I felt!

o% ton. He'd either been nvercome “by smite or he was so sleepy he just deeided to go back to bed

after coming down the stairs.

I grabbed up Preston and

dashed outside with him. I told him to run across the street to his mother. : | Then I went back to see what {happened to Fred. When I ‘got |upstairs, the flames were pouring lout of Fred's room. I yelled to

him, but there was no answer,

i Like a Furnace

{ I tried to battle through that wall of flame, but it was. just like

ut When I got outside . . , Thank on the {porch roof outside his room. The {flames were pouring out his win-

I yelled to him to scoot down

It wast

(taken from the roof by the Fire | Department Truck Co. 14. Pat | McQueen, 15, suffered sprained

little finger on left hand.

Kenneth McQueen, 5, carried from the house by father, who waded through fire to the second story to get him, He was the last’ of the children to be rescued.

We gave first aid fo the injured.

. Fire Report 12:36 a, m. Still alarm, 3018 Graceland Ave., Boston McQueen. Two-story frame. Used two large lines, three 1%; -inch lines. Fire on second floor and roof. Cause: Unknown. Retured: 2:02 a. m.

mass of flames , , , the flames - seemed to be just rolling on the ceiling. : I quickly covered up Kenny's head with the blanket.

Plunged In Again

Then I held my breath, ducked my head and plunged into the flames: i . : | Somehow, I don't know how, I {got down those stairs and out

Friends From Mooresville 20.00/to the edge of the roof away into that cool, fresh air.

Mr, & Mrs. L. E. Woodruff 5.00 from the flames but to be care-| 1.00 ful not to fall off. 0.00 Then I started worryin 5.00 the other .children. - HS. Lisiecsariias bees 15.00] Mr. & Mrs. Erwood ...... 25.00]

No Name «..ci0ts0000es . A Friend ........ resene 1 Chase E. Brown

Women’s Auxiliary No. 5, -T.W. .eiveireeenee . No Name Please Mr. & Mrs. Wells Bishop . Cervus Club ..... desanes The V-8 Club ..... tevees In Memory of * James L. Gavin Major Harold C. Megrew Auxiliary No. 8 .....,

Total ,. Total to Date

~58.00 smoke , . 5.90, ,.

sree s® ZENE on $1497.00 he wouldn't be burned.

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groped through the choking

|... and there was little Kenneth still asleep. 1 grabbed him in my arms and

atched up a blanket so that

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LOCAL TEMPERATURES 8 a. m.. 47° 74 m.. 47 ‘8 a. mm... 49 9 a m.. 51

11 a. m... 54

12 (Noon) 53 1 p.m... 33

Latest humidity ..... 5%.

10 a. m... 58

As 1 got outside, there was [the fire department just arriving. |I quickly took Kenny over to his {mother and then dashed back to [tell the firémen about Fred, up fon the roof.

{| So I groped my way back into ® They got him down safely. 5.00 the house and up the stairs. Then! 5.00 I remembered 5-year-old Kenneth and through the rooms to make 10.00. , , he was sleeping in his crib/suyre that none of the children 5:00 in my room, ;

20.00) With my heart in my mouth, I

Then I ran back into the house

were still in there. Thank God, they were all out.

I'm certainly glad the door to

- I reached in the cribimy wife's room was open, because

'T didn’t even smell the smoke before she pounded on my door. If {the fire had had more of a start, none of us might have escaped. | Qur family seems to be pretty lunlucky . « « All we saved were the nightclothes we were wearing {when the fire broke out . ., . It |was the fourth time in a lttie lover two years that our house has | been on fire. All of the earlier fires were minor . . . a little blaze caused by defective wiring , . . and one of {the youngsters playing with {matches on the back porch. { But in all my 20 years as a {salesman for the Hall Neal Furnace Co., never have I run-into anything like this. But, thank the Lord, all of us got out safely.

Beg Pardon—

FT. WAYNE, Dec. 3 (UP) —Police Sgt. Herbert Kanmeyer was inspecting prisoners in the crowded city jail over the week-end when someone locked him in by mistake.

Injured at Work { Ernest Denefield, 50, Morgantown, suffered as possibly broken {skull today when a switch panel . fell on him as he was unloading heavy machinery into a fruck at 4 the Underwood Transfer Co., 719 Virginia Ave. He was taken to | Methodist Hospital.

Child, 4, Crushed

| MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 3 (UP)~A |350-pound window frame crushed i4-year-old Sandy Carter to death | yesterday when it fell while

was playing in. a house conptruction here, vk