European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                November 1950 the stars and stripes say Divide areas Johnson 4 crime Hunter Estes Kefauver reported that interlocking directorates run various big City gangs and the directors meet annually in Florida to parcel out his crime investigating committee has not yet pinned Down the in dirt dial vice overlord of the Kefauver but whether such a person exists is one of the main questions the committee wants an we do find this is Large cities there Are Well systematic and efficient he they Are divided youth testifies he took rap for Bookie new 4 22 year old youth who became an errand boy for a notorious Book maker at the age of 14 has told How he took seven Standin arrests for the Bookie when he was a teenage dope Charles a confessed hold up Man bargaining for a Light sen told his Story to the Brook Lyn grand jury investigating police graft and he also told plenty about police connections of his Bookie Miracle Mike who has been arrested More than 50 times but has never served a Day in jail Tomack testified that Hack Meyer paid police from to a Tomack said Hackmeyer paid him a but did not reveal whether the bookmaker supplied him with free on bail As a material and 18 police men ordered into court by police commissioner Thomas listened intently to Tes High school student t first met Mike Hackmeyer eight years Tomack told the i ran errands for buy ing him food and getting him i saw him practically every l was a student at James Madison High school at the one Tomack Hack Meyer met him in a Barber shop and asked him if he would take a Standin i thought he was so i Tomack he told me to meet him the next Day and he would give me we agreed that i would work Lor him out of the and be would give me a Day to take he said he didst know when an arrest would be but that 1 would have to take the worked several Days Tomacic said he worked for Hack Meyer several then one he Hackmeyer talked to plainclothes officers and announced they had to make an arrest Hackmeyer told me to get out a pad and write Down he dictated to Tomack he said this was going to be a 1 wrote Down the he took the piece of paper off the pad and put it in the Lapel pocket of my he got out the five minutes later two police officers came up to the and one of them went to my Lapel pocket and took the paper they did not search Tomack said toe officers took him to a police station and that shortly after he was jailed a Bonds Man bailed him up around the country so they dont run afoul of each Here for a political said although they operate the gangs have at least an interlocking director ownership and understand contrast cited every year the representing All major vice usually in to define areas of Kefauver this is in contrast to the Capone Era when territory was won and lost by the he said Capone gangsterism was a kindergarten by comparison with modern crime elements which seek but still possess coldblooded Kefauver discussed the commit tees accomplishments to Date and its future he revealed the committee will disband once it has obtained an Overall picture of american crime and set a pattern for remedy on a local the group will continue visits to All important crime centers until Boxcar flies loom Lsalone 4 new c119 flying Boxcar roared on for 40 minutes and at least 100 Miles after its Threeman ferry Crew bailed unable to land the air Craft in a blinding the plane finally crashed near a few Miles South West of More than 100 Miles Southeast of the Point where the Crew abandoned it Pilot 1st it George of the Sewart air Force near set the automatic controls so the plane would Fly away from the populous Nashville area As he bailed out with him tumbled Copilot Earl Thonander and t sgt Harry both of they bailed out near Brent Wood in Nash Villes Southern suburbs and none was the Crew was attached to the 36th to Carrier cd and was ferrying the new plane to Sewart from the Fairchild aircraft Plant at Hagers Poston said he circled Berry Field at Nashville for an hour trying to and decided to abandon ship when he saw the fuel was getting Treasury Low new 4 City of new York had Only left after deducting All expenses from its earnings for the year comptroller Laza rus Joseph outcome of election to decide gop leaders hold on party i v j springtime in november two government girl relax in Capitol Plaza in n spite of the fact that november is the As did a Good part of the enjoyed unseasonably warm Washington temperatures went up to As much As Spaatz says Eastern refugees could give vital data 4 Carl Spaatz said that nearly persons Are escaping daily through russian Iron Many with vital intelligence of great use to the the retired air Force chief of staff made the statement As he accepted the chairmanship of a Iron curtain refugee sponsored by the International Rescue purpose of the army holds rules bar return of doomed officer 4 maj Gen Ernest army judge advocate has refused a request by a new York Amer ican labor party delegation that 1st it Leon a Gilbert be brought Here for a review of his court mar tial death sentence in the 28yearold negro was convicted of disobeying a direct order to Advance with his troops under nine Bronx and Brooklyn Alp members called on Brannon to ask that Gilbert be returned and Given full Opportunity to present his the group was headed by Stephen Alp congressional candidate from the 24th District he also demanded an end to army segregation of Brannon explained the Case now is in process of is to help the Polit ical refugees who have escaped to Western Europe from communist domination and now Are penniless or without jobs to fit their they do not qualify As displaced persons admissible to the and Are outside the sphere of red Cross or army my Only interest is in the ultimate Benefit of these people to the United Spaatz their experience could be valuable for military this does not mean he thinks War with Russia is Spaatz hastened to but he explained that information on location of so Viet Industrial centers and scientific Progress is difficult to several of the most prominent russian scientists have been aided by the refugee Spaatz Spaatz now is a special writer for steel record predicted new 4 steel production this year will reach an Al time record of More than ingot the Magazine Iron age has declares special 75cent dividend new York 4 tors of the steel yester Day declared a special dividend of it cents a share on common in addition to a dividend of 75 cents it both were made payable 9 to holders of record the company paid 65 cents a share in previous quarters this the last previous special payment by the corporation was a share in March before the common Stock was split 3forl later that this will bring total payments this year to stockholders of the nations largest steel producer to a compared with on the basis of the same number of out standing in steel reported its net income for the third Quarter of 1950 was equal to a common share this compared with or a in the pre ceding three and with or a in tie like period of for nine months this the company reported net income of equal to a against f or a in the same period a year steel common Stock closed on the new York Exchange at up 50 cents a in later trading on the West coast the Price advanced still decision reserved on judys Appeal new 4 circuit court of appeals has reserved decision on the Appeal of Judith Coplon for reversal of her espionage conspiracy conviction in new York last attorneys for the former government girl argued with Federal spokesmen two hours their Conten Tion that she was arrested illegally and convicted in an unfair miss Coplon was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to turn Over confidential Justice department documents to Valentin russian who was permitted to leave the after his dynamite blast kills 3 4 up three workmen were killed when 14 cases of dynamite exploded at an old Rock Quarry five Miles North West of Truman position described As firm by Lyle Wilson 4 nothing is Likely to happen in the general election next tuesday which could shake president Truman hold on the democratic but top men of the Republican party Are marked for judgment one Way or the other on polling these Are the four key states new York Republican Thomas Dewey is charged with buying off an unofficially selected nominee so he himself could run again for Joseph aged and was the other party to the Hanley accepted the gop senatorial nomination As Consolation until that Story Dewey might have carried his whole state ticket to Victory in new which would have established him As Republican Boss in the state and assured Gen Dwight Dewey himself or Dewey other support of the new York delegation to the 1952 Republican National Dewey strength anything less than a Victory for the entire state ticket will shrink Dewey political probably Lead to a split in the 1952 new York convention Cut Down Dewey influence with the party nationally and perhaps give his political career a bitter Pennsylvania this state could weigh heavily in the James gop senatorial and judge John re publican nominee for Are trying this year to lick the democrats and the Pennsylvania Republican old guard As if the Duff Fine team Duff becomes undisputed Republican Boss of the state and a presidential possibility despite his 67 a Middleon therond re follows Arthur Vandenberg on foreign he dislikes but Duff might team with him on be half of Eisenhower in the crucial contest in Pennsyl Vania is for duffs elec Tion will not establish his authority Over Pennsylvania republicans Fine must old guard opposition duffs democratic opponent to Francis fines opponent is Democrat Richardson Oil Pennsylvania old guard opposition to Duff is led by aged Joseph who had the cooperation in last Springs Republican primary of Harold Ohio this state is in the spot Light More americans Are inter ested in the Ohio senatorial con test than in any Robert leading Republican policy opposes state auditor Joseph the democrats and organized labor have concentrated their nationwide strength to beat be Lieving tafts defeat would frighten other republicans who have stood with him in Congress and greatly weaken congressional opposition to the administration tafts defeat would Send a Shock wave throughout the Republican party Victory by votes or so would boost Taft to Ward the 1952 Republican presiden tial California race California Republican Earl Warren is As sure As anything political can be to be his democratic opponent is James eldest son of the late if again a Warren will a 1952 presidential