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S81 K'SSt MINNEAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1951 Ctnti Now Befalls on Paff a Worst Storm Cioas Labor Quits Control Units Tom Banks Linked to Card Casino Roads, Shuts Schools; By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS Tort TIM trial Organizations '(CIO)', and th Railway Labor Executives association. "We fullv realize the gravity of this decision," the committee said, in a statement "We have Crime Probe Hears Testimony on Club in California By StUf Cttrrtcpondnt if MlnnmpaiU Tribun LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Charles Holleran of Garrison, told the senate crime committee here Wednesday that Thomas W. (Tommy) Banks organized the Horseshoe club in suburban Gardena two years ago and interested six other come to the conclusion that in Cold Moving in day no other way can we effectively impress upon the American peo Die the ereat wrongs being per petrated against them." The Dublic and Industry mem hers of the wage stabilization hoard were on hand at 2 p.m.

to Snowfall Ranges Up consider the liberalizations of the 10 per cent wage increase Yrt more weather! Minneapolis residents in the gambling operation. Holleran also disclosed that Hardy Lee, who sublets the draw poker club's license from the nolicv directed by tne siaouiza WASHINGTON, D. C. Labor called a general walkout of its representatives at all mobilisation agencies Wednesday with a blistering blast at Charles E7 Wilson, director of defense mobilization. The United Labor Policy committee not only refused to send back the three labor members it pulled off the wage stabilization board two weeks ago, but voted to withdraw from the rest the emergency program.

PARTIAL LABOR TEXT Page Three. That meant the resignation of George Harrison, special assistant to Eric Johnston, economic stabilization administrator; A. J. Hayes, special assistant to Anna Rosenberg, assistant secretary of defense; Joseph D. Keenan and -Ted Silvey, consultants to William H.

Harrison, national production administrator, and the members of advisory committees to four agencies. The United Labor Policy committee claims to represent more than 15,000,000 workers. It Is made up of leaders of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), the Congress of Indus- tion chief, Johnston. Mo 15 Inches 1 pictures- They were unable to proceed without the labor members, V-'i" 1 Paqe Harry Bates, Emil Rieve and El Winter clamped a fresh grip on the Upper Midwest Wednesday. A driving day-long snowstorm dumped up to 15 inches of snow in some areas and hurled it into road-blocking mer E.

Walker. The labor group said Johnston's proposed wage amendments were "inadequate." Gardena Valley American e-gion post, is Banks' brother-in-law. Holleran, who has bt'en manager of the Horseshoe club since it was opened two years ago, took the stand before a forest of micro drifts. THE TWIN CITIES were "We are prepared to participate In a reconstituted tripartite wage stabilization and disputes board which would administer a fair and equitable wage policy." The statement also attacked Labor Continued on Page IS plastered with about six inches of new snow up to midnight. Weathermen said then that the worst of the blow was over.

Banks Today's forecast for the met phones in the glare of television lights. ropolitan area calls for partly cloudy skies, snow flurries. Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker and his intelligence chief," Capt. James Hamilton, had told the committee Tuesday "How Far From that the lucrative club is controlled by a number of Minneapolis residents. Holleran said the Minneapolis group only owns northwest winds of 15 to 25 miles an hour and a high temperature of 15 or 20.

Cold of zero to 5 above is expected tonight. The Minneapolis street department started 125 plows and patrol graders working to clear streets last night. Hugo Erick-son, city engineer, said he hoped all streets would be plowed by 10 a.m. today. Traffic chugged and churned in the city.

Streetcars and buses were delayed, but police said traffic accidents were at a minimum. Segregation Is 'Great Debate the building anil has no share in the club profits. "The club has only one owner," he said. "Hardy Lee owns the Horseshoe club." He later testified that Lee is Banks' brother-in-law. Both Lee and his wife came from Nebraska, Holleran said.

Banks moved to Minnesota years ago from Lexington, where a brother still lives. HOLLERAN told the Kef auver committee that the Minneapolis group controls the Val Cranz which he said owns the building that houses the Horse luwkv hill, again was a Carl T. Rowan hat just completed a five-week, tour the south, where he was born. This it hie report on Negro life there and the changes which have taken place tince his boyhood. By CAEL T.

ROWAN Minneapolis Tribgnt suit Writer Owpj fit hi. 1051. HinuMpoUt Stfcr and Triton Company CROSSVILLE, TENN. I start this story as I sit on the back seat of a Tennessee Coach Lines bus, staring Into a cafe I do not ebooe to enter. trouble-maker for drivers.

Streetcars and automobiles Minneapolis Tribune Photo by WtHiam Seaman HEAVY, BLOWING SNOW CUT VISION FOR PEDESTRIANS AT FIFTH AND MARQUETTE were lined up from the foot of shoe club. He read the following list of shareholders in the cor I have been in Crossville before but not for long. No Negroes are allowed to live here. On a tree near the city limits is this sign: "Nigger, don't let the sun set on you here." poration: JACK HECHT 750 shares CHAPTER Since it is early morning and the sun long has (Holleran explained that "this is now the Jack Hecht estate; he set, I remain aboard the bus for the 20-minute stop here. I do see two Negro passengers going down a FOUR died about a year LOGUS OF THE BOGUS Fall Flakes Falling? Watch Foul Moods! By BEN KERN Minnetpolii Trlbaiw BUff Writer Ernest Several Is the reporter who sits near me.

He kept writing, "The flake flickers as it falls. The full flake flickers as it falls. It flies figgy-figgy-figgy soaring o'er and o'er." He had written this four times when he groaned and began trying to punch the typewriter keys with his forehead. corridor into the kitchen for sandwiches, however. But even in this all-white community (one Negro family lived CHARLES HOLLERAN 250 Marines Lead U.N.

Attack in Centra! Korea Br Anoclated Treat United States marines led a powerful attack Thursday by Allied troops and planes along a 25-mile front in central Korea against the heart of Chinese Red defenses. Simultaneously, United States shares. Just outside it eight years ago, but has moved now). I can write about progress in the south progress that would be noticed only THOMAS W. BANKS 750 shares.

by a Negro grown sensitive to the little snaaes oi race relations, A few minutes earlier I was awakened by my chilliness. A NATHAN SHAPIRO 168 shares. heavy blanket of frost and a biting chill had set- the hill to a point past Harmon place during the 5 p.m. traffic rush. Traffic over the Wayzata boulevard bridge wasn't faster than a crawl until after 7 p.m.

Schools stayed in session here. Children in Edina, Hopkins, Wayzata and Robbinsdale were dismissed early. Buses in and out of the city were 10 or 15 minutes late and airlines canceled flights in the afternoon. Trains were not affected. For some portions of the Upper Midwest it was the worst storm of the winter and struck just after a two-week thaw.

The storm rose out of northeastern Colorado, swept through Nebraska to west central Iowa and then headed north. Throughout the Upper Midwest the storm halted airline and auto travel, crippled communications, closed schools and marooned scores of travelers. The snow was expected to end in all except northeastern Minnesota early today. MINNESOTA: The highway department warned that strong winds and heavy snow re- "Anything wrong?" I said. Third division infantrymen on I RED THREAT TO JAPAN WORRIES U.S.

By RICHARD WILSON Chief of Mlruirtpoli, Tribuw Wuhlnffton BurcB WASHINGTON, D. C. A great deal of concern is felt here and in Tokyo over the vulnerability of Japan. The islands lie open to Infiltration by 350,000 Communist-indoctrinated and still missing Japanese prisoners of war. John Foster Dulles, ambassa-dor-at-large to negotiate a Japanese treaty, charges that Russia has moved down from the Kuriles and taken control of the small Habomai islands virtually within wading distance of Hokkaido, one of the central Japanese islands.

This Is the area where two additional United States national guard divisions are being sent. IN ADDITION the Soviet army is believed to have reinforced its strength in Sakhalin by as much as four divisions, and to have increased its strength at Vladivostok and Port Arthur. tlea over tnis muy countryside, ine dus was uncomfortable for dozing passengers who had removed their topcoats. Upon awakening, I stepped from my Jim Crow seat and reached into the rack for my overcoat. As I began to fumble in the semi-darkness, the driver flicked a light on for me.

I got my coat and thanked him. I have ridden scores of buses in the south. Drivers courteous to Negro passengers were rare. This seemingly Insignificant little gesture was important to me. ROSE SHAPIRO 166 shares.

ADELLE SHAPIRO 166 shares. HARRY CLARK 750 shares. HARRY SHEPARD 500 shares. PEARL PALM 250 shares. BO HERBERT 750 shares.

Los Angeles police officers also identified Jack Davenport and Philip (Flippy) Share, both of Minneapolis, as stockholders. Gambling Continued on Page Five Rowan Old Pattern Begins to Crack Resting his chin on the platen, Several dragged his hand downward over his face and rolled his eyes. OTHER WEATHER STORIES Page Four. "I got another assignment," he said. "I gotta find out whether foul weather gets people down.

I gotta interview authorities on whether weather can give people mental logus of the bogus. Like when a long mild spell softens 'em up in late February and then on the last day a big snow storm slaps 'em right In the puss. Get the picture?" "Does it give you mental logus- of the bogus?" I said. "MY CASE Is a little differ It brought to my mind bus trip on this very same route when I saw what I considered a significant crack in the south's llovde Hastings old pattern. In 1947, shortly after graduation from Oberlin, I was in the western front crossed the Han river in assault boats and attacked a two-mile-long sand island southeast of Red-held Both actions met fierce enemy resistance.

ON THE EAST flank of the central front, a United States Seventh division infantry-tank force Thursday captured the mountain village of Amidong. It is nine miles north of Pangnim and 31 miles south of the 38th parallel. Just ahead, North Korean concentrations were spotted and Allied planes were called to hit them. Primary purpose of the big central front assault: make the Chinese either stand and fight or withdraw from the one sector best suited for any enemy counter-offensive. Purpose of the Third division action was: Get troops across the southern loop of the Han: Storm Continued on Page Six Tennessee for a few days.

I had stopped in McMmnville for sev Nationwide Meat Price Probe Ordered r-lmanac-i ent," he said. "I get it from writ US i 8 Born Before 41 B.C.?--Happy New Year! WHOLESALE FOOD PRICE INDEX DROPS NEW YORK, N. Y.OJB Wholesale food prices this week declined for the first time in more than four months, Dun and Bradstreet reported Wednesday. The firm's index of 31 foods in general use in the week ending Feb. 27 declined 6 cents to $7.25, compared with $5.85 a year ago and $5.96 just before the Korean war began.

eral hours and stood at the station awaiting the bus for Knox-ville, which would arrive from Nashville. I was surprised to find that a white schoolmate, Dick Sands, was on the bus. Sands, a native Tennesseean, and I had been good friends in school. We were allies In many a card game. When I boarded the bus I saw Sands standing mid-way in the vehicle, looking for two empty seats.

The only pair of seats available were on the rear seat, where I would have had to sit anyhow. Sands sat there with me. The driver got in, looked his passengers over. He saw Sands, said nothing. During the first 40 miles of the trip Sands and I chatted casually.

I noticed that a white woman who sat behind the driver How Far From Slavery? Continued on Page IS mm poHOKKAIDO It establish a bridgehead: then move tanks across the shallow northern loop of the river into HAtOMAl GROUP JAPAN 0 Denise 'Wheesky' Bath Split up? Thursday, March 1, ISil SunrUe nuutt I p.m. Happy New Year to the pre-Gregorians! March was the first month of the Roman year until the adoption of the Julian calendar in 41 B.C. England adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, changing the first month of the year from March to January for England and her colonies. March takes its name from Mars, ancient Roman deity usually regarded as god of war and war means taxes! Slogan of a Des Moines, Iowa, diaper service: "Rock a Dry Baby." WASHINGTON, D. C.CW The price stabilization office Wednesday night ordered a nationwide investigation of meat prices to see whether packers and wholesalers are complying with price ceilings.

Edward P. Morgan, OPS enforcement director, said the agency has received complaints from a "substantial portion" of the meat industry. Morgan said the companies complain they are being compelled to pay prices 3 to 5 cents a pound above those paid during the "base period," Dec. 19 through Jan. 23, while their own selling prices have remained frozen at their "base period" levels.

f's the Amount, Not Principle of the Thing MONTREAL, CANADA UP) Antonio Beaudet landed in court Wednesday accused of stealing a five-cent newspaper. Complainant Peter Carol said the alleged theft was not as petty as it might sound. He accused Beaudet of having stolen a five-cent paper from his restaurant every morning since 1944. ing about it." "Gimme what you got so far and I'll write it for you," I offered. "Okay," he agreed, "only don't look at me while I'm telling you.

I can't stand it." (I turned away.) "I talked to M. R. Hovde, chief meteorologist for the weather bureau in Minneapolis. You know him?" "Who doesn't?" "He says weather definitely affects our psychology. 'Look at the arctic he says.

'After those long winter nights," he says, 'when they see the sun for the first time, they get an enormous he says. 'Their spirits are raised. he says, 'years ago when I was working in Erie, we didn't see the sun for 30 days. After not seeing it for four weeks, you can imagine how the people he says." "How?" I asked. "Lousy," said Several.

"SO I TALKED to Prof. Donald W. Hastings, head of the department of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Minnesota. How does the weather affect I asked him. You know what he told me? "'Everything affects he says.

'A bad movie, for instance. Why slnsrle out the Principal threat is from infiltration which could lead to a Communist coup. Officials here doubted that the Soviet army would start a world war by an outright invasion of Japan. But the islands lie open to penetration and infiltration on a large scale, with no central police force adequate to deal with the problem. THE KURILE ISLANDS were ceded to the Soviet Union Japan Continued on Page Six flatland southeast of Seoul.

THIRD DIVISION soldiers ran into hard-fighting Reds near Sinchon on the north side of the island and Chamsil near the southern shore. The central front assault gained ground despite bitter opposition. I The Seventh division success around Pangnim cut a vital east-west supply road. It bisects Korea from Allied-held Kang-nung on the east coast to Red-held Seoul on the west. South Korean forces advanced unopposed up the east coast north of Kangnung.

Singing Kettle Coos Marriage SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. WPV-Mrs. Anna Sosnovsky com NEW YORK, N. (flV-Lawyers for actress Denise Darcel, France's gilt to the sweater brigade, said Wednesday she is seeking legal separation from her wealthy husband of less than five months. Miss Darcel's dissatisfaction with husband Peter Crosby reached a peak, her press agent said, when Crosby poured a bottle of champagne over her head in El Morocco night club here early last Saturday.

This, coupled with embarrassing Incidents in the past, led to conferences with her lawyers, he said. Crosby is a six foot, four inch Washington, D. realtor. Miss Darcel currently is singing in a Miami, night club. In Miami Beach, Denise called the champagne "wheesky," and said Crosby threw it in her face for no reason at all.

"My heart ees broken," she said. "Zat was tee climax zee final straw." Talking to reporters, Miss Darcel said: "He ees a nize man but my heart ees broken." She was obviously under an emotional strain as she spoke. Her New York agent blamed personality and temperament clashes as well as the champagne incident i x. i f. Birthdays today: Noble K.

Jones, chairman of the board of Jones Press, is 58 today. Bertin C. Gamble, president and chairman of the board of Gamble-Skogmo, is 53. Gov. Luther W.

Youngdahl told Tuesday's Red Cross kickoff luncheon: "I can't stay away too long. The legislature is apt to pass some cockeyed bill. It's eternal vigilance, this business." March is due to roar into tha Twin Cities like a lion all right. More snow flurries forecast here today and colder weather. High today will be 15 above.

Radar Gear Stolen TURN THE PAGES TO: People 2 Foreign 4 Washington 2 Theaters 6 WINCHELL 7 Editorial 8 Haworth ...10 Women's Mary 10 PICTURE PAGE 12 Comics ..16,17 Jones 29 CHELVESTON, ENGLAND weather? Then you know what (Reuters). Radar and radio plained that her husband awakens her with a singing teakettle because she won't get out of bed to fix breakfast at 5 a.m. She said Charles Sosnovsky is 69 and retired and has no earthly reason for eating that early. She was granted a divorce. he has the nerve to tell me?" Several asked.

"No," I said. 'Personally. I like snow, this Telbt equipment valued at $140,000 has been stolen from an RAF station here, it was announced DENISE DARCEL 'Weather ....16 Radio 29 Wednesday. fHastings says.".