Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1952 — Page 3

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* By BILL EGGERT ' Gene Desautels, educated with 13: big’ league years as a player and four minor seasons as manager, predicted only two possi-

FERN CREEK, Ky. Jah 4 Officers Russell’ McDaniel--and, - ! (UP)—"The ghost of Fern Creek” jack Fischer questioned Joyce-in ght last’ night turned out. to be Arty locked bedroom and. then both

{yeartold Joyce Sanders. : 3 The little orphan girl admitted: handed Wer a dollar after she ads.

tional ‘book Harding administration for .28 years—and haven't succeeded completely

even yet. | :

AS Presidents, Mr. Harding and Mr. Truman had certain things in common, a delight in helping their friends, a refusal to believe fh&ir

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>. Was ed onal I Ben. Quomes & The box score to date in the Internal Revenue : greatest investigators in the history of the coun- investigation js 1ragieally dulpreseive: sarge Ww. try. Only his tenacity brought out the sordid Schoeneman resigned last June, five months Story. “ aa after the investigation had- been kicked off by ? y : : Sen. John J, Williams (R. Del.). THE IMPACT of Doheny’s admission on the Collectors have been indicted in three large . nation was enormous. : cities—Dennis W, Delaney of Boston and James AEST, The government charged Fall and Doheny p pinnegan of St. Louis on charges of bribery, : art mi WLI {ln A with conspiracy to defraud the government. A 4 james F. Smythe of San Francisco on i kf fil i wl . y 4 - similar charge was filed against Fall and Harry charges of conspiracy to defraud the govern- Rl A viweetd lg i = "F. Sinclair who received the Teapot Dome lease. monies. i / The government lost both suits, but Sinclair Te tof have been fired—James / served a jail sentence for contempt of court—he yw Johnson of New York, and Joseph P. Mar-. . had hired detectives to shadow the jury. He also celle of Brooklyn. In Newark, N. J. Dominic } * served a contempt term for refusing to answer’ «yi. or the Alcohol Tax Unit has been susSenate questions; no payment by him to Fall pended. "Forty-six other Revenue employees was proved except $10,000 “expenses” for a . ded and Revenue headEuropean trip Fall took on Sinclair oil business. i inl that 50 or 60 em- , in the lato 200 Fall was convicted of aking LivcCar irq every year for taking bribes $100,000. i oh . A ere EE I Ie Pop SEVERAL high tax officials have aletty : ’ ! . f two was spectacuerty Custodian, was convicted of having received Dar counsel Ep In$50,000 in connection with the $6 million Amer- = “oo 0 Breau, resigned when the strain S can Metals Co. The owners said they were = of dfenting hir Tepuiation became “unendur1 : able.” Theron Lamar Caudle, who mitted spending $431,000 to get their property tax prosecution division in the Justice Depart‘back. “po ment, was fired by President Truman for “in- : > tible” outside activities. \ HARRY M. DAUGHERTY, President Hard- a admitted taking travel funds and a 0 ing's attorney general and the man closest t0 ),p in a matter involving getting dollars rehim, was indicted in New York on a charge of 5 Js from a bank account in Italy, and also : 3 conspiracy. He had approved restoration of the accepting a $5000 commission for arranging the { property. A- jury deliberated 66 hours and then sale of an airplane to an agent of two men acquitted him, although he had refused to explain indicted for tax fraud. Both Caudle and Oliphant whatshappened to $50,000 of the slush fund which were mentioned in an eéx-Capone lawyer's story : went into a “political account” in his brother's ." wadhington “clique” that “fixed” tax cases. : Ohio bank. ; Throughout the present administration, the The account was in the name Of Jesy Smith, vawer of the underworld has never been far Jom There are Clearances—scores and scores of groups— Good hefty, stocky (nof bulky) : Daugherty’s. Man Friday, who Shad a private =" .co0s * Attorneys acting for racketeers, 5 tall and ticular! di ) ; : office in the Justice Deparivent, ang fated have been able to obtain liquor licenses, patoles, pecially and particularly outstanding—are the fweeds-2-soff fo the fouch—. y’ ” was mos : : ” Jt nity at whet ar DEL TR STUDENTS’ HOCKMEY Woren of white woals (cost arding administration; he killed himself in : ; to the cleaners. - ( Daugherty’s apartment while Harding was still world was taken i \ 5 p= eno Ww | e WooIs cos y i a, CORDUROY SLACKS at ih i Another shocking suicide occurred in Pres- JOE ADONIS, New Jersey gambling over- . R a with Blacks and Browns mn - ident Harding's term. Chatles F. Crames, legal lord, was reported to have sunk $105000 in a : 3 h f ff f | h i b counsel to the Veterans Bureau, sent his wife tive stamp speculation scheme for . yo out of town and then fired a bullet through his a F. Fe special assistant to 4 Sizes 25 . ® Grey ® Maroon S 0 e eC §—Oor erring one head. After Mr. Harding died, Charles R. Forbes, the Postmaster General, went to jail. to 35 ® Brown ® Green } i d B iI d head of the Veterans Bureau, was convicted of Actual jailings, however, have been few. w no ® Cocoa , pa erne —pdl Collared. La fraud. Bribes had been passed in connection James V. Hunt, the original “five per center,” 2 | Im mau or ig eT orton DAVID COPPERFIELD Slacks—which is another ' . contracts. 3 t contracts, while s President Harding appointed many able men Seging TT ortut when the time came.to way of saying "tops"! \ They Ie about as fine in government posts. But he also tolerated weak ..,.qcyte, his attorneys claimed his heart would ; ; oN oi and unscrupulous ones because they had been . 4 i004 a trial. The case was dropped, with- These are slacks such as sold at 6.98 d fopcoal—as the Clothing his friends. He had tried “government by crony.” ,u¢ ppjections-from the Justice Department. The Sale Is On—5.49 is ab Years later Herbert Hoover called him a man ‘Hunt was another pal of Gen. Vaughan. The i ; Worl d offers al around 55 betrayed by his friends. . head of the Army Chemical Corps (where Hunt : had a contract pending for a client) once dictated | , Now a a letter in Hunt's office for Fan} to give to Gen. : be but The Sale Is 0 . Vaughan. The letter was to be a recommenda- ; / : f1--HEN the Presidency fell on the shoulders neral be & is Lo re of Harry § Truman, people immediately ‘on 70m Gen. Vaugien Tel Bio FIC JUNIOR CORDUROY SLACKS You gef-a Preferred Coal—and recalled the excellent investigation record of the = pg, Maj Gen. Herman Feldman, the Army : . b k ? Truman Committee. , . . : nt inf . 2 . . 5 : . As Senator, Mr.. Truman had headed the giattermster general, who gave Hush 1/0 Fm : "Sires 4 * Gre * Brow ’ money in your pockel— committee which flayed war profiteers and notgavailable to the public, was permitted a id 5 ec y 3 rown ; . spread the fear of God, or at least of Congress, ..... "i his post’ after % reprimand. mares ¢ o reens Maroon ; among government buyers who might be ; a " a tempted to dighonesty. ; : : : SB o Be ; va - : i Ang in the first Fase of Wis pep la THE HOEY subcommittee, which held the Also a few Cream shades—These are the . hs was so humble, iC “five per center” hearings, recently heard how : : _ that his parting words to them were “pray for-- wiljam Boyle, the Democratic party chairman. J Sacks thet sold for 5.98 . . Other Tweeds—variously sale priced ~ e. oi Ae had “sold” his law practice to a former partner : a ’ 1 : But within a month after he assumed the or 8150000. s 19:2 Iorme PEER e Sale Is On—3.98- all the way 10 99.75 : f= office le_pardons to Pendergast Among the unfinished cases were several 4 ; : ot Te y minions who had been jailed for vote fraud, pending sbefore government agencies. Ee : ls © In his first term, tenderness toward the Reds . Though strongly defended by his old friend, { : . BR ¢ . 4 was a much more serious charge than corrup-- president. Truman, Boyle resigned for “health.” : : NN ™ : “tion, Here again, Mr, Truman was lucky.. No-. Frank McKinney, who succeeded him, pledged : : Ya}: Nb © body could suspect him of Red tendencies, even a clean-up in Government and almost .imme- | . . ZY $i og 28 : ~ when he defended the Alger Hisses he had in- diately, was under fire for a quick profit stock | - i ge. To ET aes 3 Rc jYerited from the previous adminisiition. deal with a war contractor who once was de- Te L. STRAUSS AND COMPANY, INC., THE MAN'S STORE

-the government. « tiating a contract for the Elk Hills tract in

| “He called the Communist issue

friends could do anything wrong, crony.”’

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a ‘preference for “govergent by.-

Below are highlights of the scandals of the Harding Administration

and of the Truman Administration thus far:

Then.

r ever a man looked like a President, it was Warren G. Harding. His appearance was distin ! ; S guished. His man- = ner was dignified. He radiated kindliness. The people in Marion, O., where he edited a paper,

ring.” Later, he turned aside all complaints -against the finaglers, maneuverers and influence peddlers by observing, “My people are honorable—all of them.” s ?

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UNDER THIS umbrella he included an as-

dianapolis Indians.

contract as manager, catcher, said:

playing. Desautels would

1ing more until he sees his play-

ing material when

bilities today for the 1952 In- §

Signed today to a one-year the Indians’ the 42-year-old

ONE-—Indianapolis will have a ‘|speedy club. TWO—Victory Field fans will not fall asleep because of dull

ing opens Mar. 9 at Indianville,

1952 ex-

predict noth-

‘spring’ train-

she was. the ‘is been lifting: and thr

couple with whom she boards.

The girl, a ward

ears for the last five days.

1admitted to the officers.

s” who had story which brought hundreds of ing objegts people to the; farm home to wits

[to Jefferson Copa police that mitted she was responsible for the ]

n the home of an elderly farm ness the mystery.

She came out of the room Crys= of Mr. and Mrs. ing before TV and'news camera=

Henry Thacker, broke down after men. an hour's questioning and mitted to the police she was the ‘ghost’ who had set this smaHealong that it couldn't have been community near Fern Creek on its Joyce or any of the three other children she boards from the Jefe = “I'did it for fun and becauee I ferson County Children’s . Home, ike attention,” the little girl shyly said she planned no punishment

Story Verified Thacker who vowed all

adMrs.

for the little girl.

told -endless stories of his tactfulness sortment of odd characters. Fla: at The gi j gl Jay / nih S ” 88. 1 . & rl,". dressed in bluejeans She always did have a lot of At the Republican convention, nobody burried * , ATONE them was Brig, Gen. Harry H. Chatterbox on Field and i rn shirt, HE | a but I think she’s with the idea he would make a great President. .2ushan, his military aide. Gen. Vaughan ob-.| A chatterbox on the field, threw a lot of those things, but I/learned her lesson now,” Mrs,

But then nobody had anything against him, either, ‘He was nominated after more positive candidates had killed each other off. His “front porch”. campaign won him the election.

When he toak office, it was with almost uni-

tained the deep freezes for high administration officials (one went to.the Truman home in Missouri and in due ‘time was acknowledged by Mrs. Truman). The freezers were for doing favors to a Chicago perfumer. Gen. Vaughan also did favors for -a racetrack operator and a

a _big

Desautels was never a rage as league hitter. average was a .291 for the Boston Red Sox in 1938, but he falls in line with the respected baseball theory that catchers make the

Hig best

didn't move everything house, the rest of it was imagination.” ‘She said she stepped up the ac- about the house Wednesday night tivity after the elderly couple and and again yesterday. But Joyce neighbors began thinking it was admitted she hit one of the patrols’

in the Thacker said. their! ‘The patrolmen had verified the

story that objects were moving

versal good will. Congress for a while doted Prewer. \ - best managers. a ghost. men with a box last night. on him. The Senate confirmed President Hard- He /has never been publicly reprimanded, al- Next: to speed and the usual | ing’s nominee for Interior Secretary, Sen. Albert though John Maragon, the sidekick whom he |player-talents, he leans heavily : B. Fall of Néw Mexico, without the formality of called a “lovable guy,” was convicted of perjury [on team spirit. ; a hearing. ; : in one of the deals in which Gen. Vaughah was It was spirit that brought a STRAUSS = True, the ““Ohio gang” followed Mr. Harding Involved. last place 1950 Little Rock team SAYS: STORE HOURS AS USUAL 9:30 TILL 5

to Washington. There were some disquieting rumors that government favors could be bought - in the “little green house on K street,” but it was a long time befofe any of these broke into print. >

IN 1923 President Harding died. The grass was: just greening on his grave when a Wyoming oilman wrote to his*Senator asking why Secretary Fall had secretly negotiated a contract

" for the exploitation of the government's Teapot

Dome oil tract in Wyoming. A Senate committee was formed to get an answer. Secretary Fall replied that he had negotiated the Teapot Dome lease secretly because that way he could get the best terms for Moreover, he was also nego-

California: - He implied secrecy was necessary for the national defense-=the oil lands were naval reserves and Washington in 1922 had been alarmed about the prospect of a Pacific war with Japan. Also, he said, private oil wells on adjoining properties were draining away the government's oil. A government geologist said the drainage danger was trivial. Then, by chance, the Senate committee learned that Secretary -Fall had just paid up 10 years’ back taxes on his New Mexico ranch. He ‘also had spent $175,000 enlarging and improving the property. : : “®. HS OB FALL wrote a letter saying it was ridiculous to think this wealth had come to him in connection with gganting the oil leases. He had bor: rowed $100,000, he said, from Edward B. McLean, rich Washington playboy, his friend and Harding’s. me ————— : But Mr. McLean said he'd given Fall $100,000 in checks and Fall had returned them uncashed. Then Edward L. Doheny Sr., who got the Elk Hills lease, came forward and said he'd lent Fall $100,000 on a promissory note, He said they were old prospectors together; to him $100,000 was only what $25 or $50 would be to an ordinary man. The Senate investigatiom of Teapot Doms

“red her-

sas aE

‘Maragon, the ex-Kansas City bootblack who hobnobbed with the great and flashed a White House pass, once obtained a foreign diplomatic assignment through Gen. Vaughan’s help. Gen. Vaughan described Maragon as a “friend . .. of the President.”

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AND. THEN there ‘was Donald Dawson, White House patronage clerk. Dawson's name was laced through a Senate report on “network: of influence” in the lending activities of the RFC. Mr. Dawson accepted free hospitality from a plush Florida hotel that obtained an RFC loan. Senators said he frequently intervened in RFC decisions. . Dawson also was a friend of Merl Young, husband of a White House secretary—the woman who got the $9500 mink coat. Young, who rose from a messenger boy to a policy maker in the RFC and then to a private practitioner anticipating a $60,000 a year income, has recently been indicted on a charge of perjury. People think of Young when the case of the Lustron Corp. is brought up, too. For Mr. Young became an $18,000-a-year vice president of Lustron at the suggestion and with the approval of the RFC. Lustron now figures to be the biggest loss on the RFC’s books —it borrowed $3712 million before it went bankrupt. : . y Some of Lustron’s troubles were charged to Young by Lustron’s president, Carl Strandlund. According to Mr. Strandlund, Young and a Rex Jacobs of Detroit were part of a group which tried to get control of Lustron. It was brought out that Young was getting $10,000 a year from

-Jacobs’ company at the same time he was work-

ing for Lustron.

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THE RFC investigation, with its revelations of the loose handling of millions of dollars in public funds, shocked the country. But a worse shock was in store when Congress began to dig into the activities of the Internal Revenue Bureau.

nounced by the then crusading Sen. Truman. | ol

to first place in 1950 and only two

to the pennant.

them.

coach and confine

STRAUSS SAYS:

Association last season, With the same pitching staff left over from

in the infield and a new catcher, Desautels directed the Travelers

~ He's the aggressive-type leader, just what Tribe President Donie Bush wanted for the 1952 Tribesters. Although Bush was an in-| fielder and a manager, he al-| ways adheres to the reasoning, q., catchers ‘get a better perspective [°° of baseball play and hence become more successful managers. | : ; { The play always is in front of 1° played with Tribe Outfielder

Likes Colorful Team

the Southern

replacements

jonly to batting practice, hopes to have a 1952 Indianapolis team that “everybody, who likes baseball, will come out to see.”. He likes a colorful ball club. : He's familiar with some of the players, having seen them |play in the Eastern League when {he managed Williamsport. And| Dom Dallessandfo when both !were with the Red Sox in 1937:

his catching|olis offer. i

USUAL STORE HOURS—9:30 TILL 5

NEW TRIBE SKIPPER—Both Tribe General ‘Manager Chuck French (left) and new pilot Gene Desautels seemed pleased. over Gene's inking-a one-year pact with the Indians.

He will return to ‘Indianapolis

Jan, 25 when it is planned to have Cleveland officials, including Manager Al Li

z, here for a press-

radio party.

nly net i 7 Zit a * Ss Lge 5 ; a

Yule Tree. Collection

City trash collectors will gather up discarded Christmas trees on! "the North Side today and transL Desatitels was all set to return port them to Broad Ripple Park, .Desautels, who will take on the to Little Rock as manager next where they will be burned in|

responsibility as a third - base season until he got the Indianap- Twelfth Night ceremonies at 7! {p. m. Sunday. .

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