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THURSDAY Fair, cold. Full Report on Page 32 Re. tT. BOSTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1950 if f) if ml A pi I ffil "ii viy Vjy w1 ULI zJ Lzi I I I Ji I I i m. I.

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3. at MONEY CSS 4 building on Berkeley st. were jammed with automobiles and police cruising cars. Station captains and detectives bolted from the vehicles and, raced up the stairs to assemble lit Truck Garage Gang Wore Pea Jackets, flubbsrs; Carried Suspects on Police Grill Police Searching Houses in Foxboro Scores of police officials, all heavily armed, from Boston, Foxboro, Dedham and State Police and the FBI: were making house-to-house searches at 4 this mornings along Route 1 in Foxboro after a truck driver reported seeing seven Pea-jacket clad men, carrying bags, leav an automobile and enter a house. One Foxboro resident was roused out of bed and ordered to come out of his home.

He was clad in pajamas. Police surrounded each house they approached. They were equipped with portable search' lights and machine guns. Boston police under Capl. John D.

Ahem and Deputy Superintendent James F. Daley rendezvoused at the Foxboro Raceway after meeting in Dedham, where they picked up additional arms. VICTIM AND SCENE IN ROBBERY Messenger Grell, left, shows how arms were bound. View in vault, right, shows sacks holding ignored $1,000,000. In photo are Manager Lloyd (foreground) and Detective Armstrong.

Cap was dropped by one of gang. Police Commissioner Sullivan Mobilizes Department Boston Police Headquarters was In a turmoil last night min utes after the holdup as every precinct captain and detective responded to a mobilization order sent out by Commissioner Coal Strike S. Pat.Off i 5 L-lfeAl artwvMW)fchwtw A tPhotos by Edward in a room where Commissioner Sullivan was scheduled to issue orders pertaining to' the apprehension of the gunmen. While department communication 'systems buzzed with favors immediate dismissal of all. constables and temporary employees, in this group, but the remainder of the 595 jobs should be eliminated by a "no-hiring" policy when, they are vacated by retirement, resigna- tion or death; he said.

The 500page report compiled by the Fin. and its sur- veybr, Griffenhagen and Associates of New York has been submitted to Public Works Commissioner George G. Hy-land. See FIN COM PK rn a in telephone switch board, but the Americans- said the switchboard had not been seized and' still being -operated for the The Soviet' officials charged that: the American ously hampered traffic. W.

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23 tnally on accounting. Spe- DV8 clalize and succeed. G.I.'s jam entitled to full subsistence sw days, half eves. i 32 PAGES FIVE CENTS SULLIVAN utes after the stlckup. Orders were flashed to pick up every known criminal in the city, All of the robbers, in addition to their masks, wore Navy pea jackets, and rubbers em their feet.

All of them carried black, long-barreled, Army type .38 calibre revolvers. See HOLDUP Pf If Bulletins i hat left behind prmiiti example of the minute thorough, nenn of the gang. The chauffeur-type cap, detective noted, hoi been recently purchased and the weorer hod painstakingly torn out the label, anticipating that At might lone it in the confusion. Detective said the hat tnoa "ton-detcript, the land purchated by hundred of men during the court of year." Some of the Brink's loot is traceable through serial numbers, a company spokesman told police last night. Much of it Is in new bills, which can be tracked down, he said.

This money, it was explained, is mixed with older" bills which have no way of being traced. See BULLETINS re 8 Booked abouts during the holdup and stating he had no knowledge the robbery. According" to Revere. Police: Capt Phillip Gallo, the man has a record for holdups and now is on parole from State Prison. See ARREST Ptge of Those Who! vd defers everywforr HE mM By JEROME Reorganization Urged of Public Works Dept.

Violence Breaks Out By WILLIAM LEWIS In the biggest cash robbery in the history of the United States, seven gunmen in Halloween masks held tip Brink's, the armored truck concern, in Boston's North End at 7:10 last night and escaped with more than $1,000,000, At 2:30 a. m. Police Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan said the loot will total "at least $1,500,000." Another million dollars was left behind, officials said. Scene of the holdup was the second floor offices of th armored truck company in the North Terminal Garage at Prince and Commercial sts.

The loot represented payroll pickups and receipti from Metropolitan Boston business Police said nine gunmen in all were involved in tha accomplices remained outside the building in a getaway car. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17 UP) Shooting, stoning and dynamiting broke out in the soft coal fields today as a "no contract, no work'' strike spread to six states idling 89,000 miners and threatening to cut oft pow-. er to 2000 industries here. Angry pickets toured the fields closing mine after mine and a striking miner in Ohio was killed when he tried to stop a loaded coal truck.

It was the first death in the strike, but restiveness and growing indica The Finance Commission last nigjit recommended an extensive reorganization of the Public Works Department and elimination of 595 positions to save $1,356,614 annually, out the impairment of any essential services." This would mean a reduction of nearly $1 on the 1950 tax rate. The 595 jobs represent more than 20 percent of the department's A Finance Commission spokesman said the commission 4 't'ftwft ijpss- tarr and cnaries Carey, uiods stuff messages relayed to distant points throughout the country. Commissioner Sullivan was 'still at the scene directing the See POLICE Pant 1 13 Picked Up as Suspects in Brink9 Holdup A total of ,13 persons were held by police for question-, ing about the Brink's, Inc.Jhold-up this morning, three hours after Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan's police mobilization order. Eleven of those detained had police records and the other two were former employees of Brink's.

They were held at City Prison and later this morning the best detectivesAin police force were givilg them a thorough grilling. Brought to headquarters last night were men from Roxbury, Revere, South Boston and Brighton. Charlestown station took six suspects in tow, and Roxbury Crossing and the South End station each picked up one man aniece. All through the night police scoured the city for suspects. In a steady stream they filed into P61ice Headquarters and division stations.

Those with records for armed robbery were checked and the department's crack detectives kept on the run all night See SUSPECTS Pfe 7 Truman Pledges All-Summer Fight on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UP) Truman pledged today that his Senate leaders will fight "all Summer" if necessary to get a vote on his civil rights program. He said he is doing "every- thing possible" to get it passed and that members of Congress should be forced to stand up and be counted on the issue. He made his pledge to leaders -of a civil rights mobilization of more than 4000 delegates from 33 states gathered here for a threeday session of pressuring Congress to' pass the controversial racial measures. The White House released a transcript of his remarks.

Fate of the bill is jeopardized in the Senate by the threat of a southern filibuster and in the House by a coalition of southern Democrats and conservative Republicans who dominate the powerful rules committee. See RIGHTS Page Thomas F. Sullivan. This city had never seen such a mass meeting of top-ranking officials since the Cocoanut Grove disaster in 1942. Never before has such a conference Spreads, tions were that more miners would walk but tomorrow.

The seriousness of -the coal situation was pointed up in Pittsburgh where steel mills and other industries might have' to close later this week because of the fuel shortage. Ohio State Police at St. Clairsville reported that Sildio Dalpaiz, 53, of was killed by a coal truck driven by Lawrence Franks, 20, of Pied-, mont, O. See COAL Pafe 15 Lodge Bares Spectacular New Weapons WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (tT) The Senate Armed Services Committee has been informed, that this country possesses spectacular 'new weapons, including self- Jming anti-aircraft guns, capable of creating an almost impenetrable defense against supersonic planes.

The information was In a report sent to his committee colleagues by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, a World War II combat officer and a member- of the Army Reserve. The letter was made available to the United Press today by a Senatorial colleague. See DEFENSE Pare 15 Hydrogen Bomb Policy Depends Upon Russia U. S. Army Seizes Berlin Building, Former SovietfZone Railway Offices been ordered in connection with a crime.

Within 20 minutes after word ot the robbery was flashed on the police radio, the streets surrounding the headquarters Death Mars Boston GirVs Radio Bridal Roxbury woman was married yesterday with. a coast-to-coast rdio audience listening in but her happiness turned to grief when the program signed off. During the wedding ceremony in Los Angeles, the mother of the bridegroom, Donald Barnes, died in a nearby lounge in the (J radfo studio. The bride is the former Miss Frances M. Dermody, 21, of Dorr Roxbury.

During the first part of the program in the afternoon, Mrs. Dorothy Barnes collapsed. While the ceremony' was going on, Mrs. Barnes died. On learning the news, the young couple tearfully canceled a planned honeymoon in Reno.

The radio marriage and honeymoen was a prize won by the Roxbury woman after writing a letter to the program describing her romance. She told she and Barnes' had met at a Summer camp in Groton, N. where they were counselors. A cross-country courtship followed between Roxbury and La Mesa, Barnes' home. The bride formerly was em- ployed with a Boston insurance company.

Truman Reveals His Lucky Numbers Are 9, 11 and 13 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (NANA) President Truman probably would never admit he is superstitious but like many of the world's great he be-. lieves in lucky numbers. A personal friend reports that the President considers such numbers as 9, 11 or 13 particularly lucky. He occasionally makes casual comments on their luck-bringing power.

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United States officials said they took over the structure because it contained 600 offices: that had not been used since' the Berlin rail strike early last Summer. It still contains the railroad's' WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UP) -President Truman's decision on whether the United States should make a hydrogen bomb the world's most awesome weaponwas reported today to h'nSe on whether Russia will come to terms on atomic energy control. Informed quarters said Mr. Truman will decide "in the near future" about asking Congress for funds to attempt construction of the superbomb which would be 1000 times more destructive than present See ATOMIC Paye 15 All captains and detectives in the entire Boston Police Department were ordered to duty immediately.

Later two FBI agents entered the probe. Police Commissioner Thomas T. Sullivan, accompanied by Supt. Edward W. Fallon, arrived on the scene withinjnin- Holdup Police said there was in the vault room.

Over $1,000,000 of this had been there since yesterday. Brink's employees were still counting hundreds of thousands of dollars when the stickup took place. E. A. Soucy, New England head of the F.

B. was en route from Pittsfield to join investigators In the case. A radio alarm for three Smith and Wesson revolvers was sent out by Boston police last night. The guns were taken from Brink's armed guards during the holdup. Serial numbers of the guns were announced as Q7-73656, 120219 and 42363.

Revere Man Bostsosn and Revere police early, this morning took a 49-year-old Revere man into custody and booked him on "sus-picsion before the fact to armed robbery." Police identified the suspect as Samuel Linden of 26 Arlington Revere. They quoted him as saying he could furnish them with proof of his where Tangle Towns Puzzle for Today Is on Page 28 Massachusetts Tangle Town Puzzle 10 appears on. 28 of today's Boston Globe.tak' ing 180 New one" step nearer the Tangle Town contest cash prizes, which $15,375. There is still plenty of time to OOrilPTOMETEO SCHOOL DAY AND NIGHT CLASSES Now Forming Calculating machine operatorM ere in Inrat demand Phone, or write ior Booklet St ChanncT Roam 1007. BosUa'll Tel.

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