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telephone bills averaged abou
$4,000 a year.
Although he checked carefully
on the credit standing and in.
Itegrity of the gamblers with whom
he dealt, he was not interested
in the names of the people tt
who mhe talked, he said. He was
aware that in many instances they
were using fictious names and
ALIASES.
Those people in the parlance
Of the racket are known as
boards" the dapper witness told
the committee You know" he
said, stroking his clean shaver
countenance, boards: that means
"a disguise. They are agents for
the men who were actually hold
ing the bets I made"
Although expressing contempt
for gamblers who fix basketball
games, Brodson said he did not
think the college boys who have
been caught taking brides ARE
inherently criminals"
Mentions Virginia Hill.
When Mr.. Rice asked him who
is responsible for basketball fix
ing, Brodson replied:
People like Sollazzo-bettors
who want to bet on a sure thing
like Virginia Hill"
Salvatore SollazZo is under in
.dictment in New York as the al
legged kingpin in the basketball
scandal. He is accused of bribing
players to hold down scores SO
gamblers could clean up.
Miss Hill is former girl friend
OF the slain gangster, Ben Buggy"
Siegel. She recently testified be-
fore the crime committee in New
York and said her income is from
two sources-bets and the money
men give her.
Brodson blamed the "atmos-
.phere" of New York for the bas-
ketball scandals. He said many of
the students attending college in
that area come from low-income
families and earn extra money
during the summer playing bas-
ketball at resort hotels. Gamblers
establish contacts with the play
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ers at such places. he said.
Asked About Phones.

HshCu huOuI MUICSs
Senator Tobey asked Brodsor
iii he knew of any specific in.
stance in which telephone com.
pany officials had been bribed BY
gamblers to have extra telephone
instruments installed:
Il have been told it's beer
DONE" Brodson replied, but said
he had no specific knowledge.
Senator Hunt, Democrat, OF
Wyoming noted that the telephone
companies had given full cooper
alton and assistance to the
committee and its staff in its
investigation Of gambling and in
terstate crime.
Brodson said that at one time
when telephones were hard to
get" he contracted to have in
strumentS installed in his Mil
waukee headquarters under the
name of the Get Out the Vote
Committee"
CompoSure mistaken.
Did you get out the votes" he
was asked.
Brodson grinned amiably.
mo sir, that wasn't our pur-
pose" he said.
Senator Tobey clashed with the
witness about the ethics of gamb-
ling on several occasions. but he
failed to shake Brodson's COM
posure.
Brodson admitted that he made
bets in States where gambling
is prohibited, but insisted that he
did not feel he had broken any
law.
Senator Tobey asked him how
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eos Show He Tells Crime Inquiry of Betting Through Washington

he justified such a statement and
Brodson replied:
II justify it on the basis of my
conscience"
your conscience isn't above the
law, Senator Tobey retorted.
Praises Gamblers.
Senator O'Connor, Democrat. of
Maryland asked Brodson if the
gambleres with whom he does
business are trustworthy.
Given 100 businessmen and
100 gamblers" Brodson replied
II think the gamblers would stand
much higher. They have no stock
in trade except their reputation. y
At one point Brodson identified
James Snyder, of Steubenville
Ohio, as a former bettor on foot
ball and basketball with whom
he did business. He said Snyder
operated in Florida and posed as
an oil man to get information on
the condition of players from
basketball coaches.
He said he did not think Sny-
der got any more than casual
information from coaches.
Knows Of No Sell-Outs.
Lot Of people tell you they are
in touch with coaches when they
are not" he added.
He said he felt sure that no
coach ever made a game come
out the way Snyder wanted it to
turn out.
ITO the best of my knowledge, {"
Brodson said, mo coach ever sold
out his team. I have heard on
the grapevine that some coaches
may bet on their teams to win,
but I have never heard of a
coach betting against his team"
Senator Wiley said he didn't
want the idea to get out that
AL the coaches and the teams
in the country have gone to
hell"
They haven't, believe me, they
haven't" the witness said.
Toby Drinks Water.
Brodson argued eloquently that
laws cannot be enforced when a
great majority of the people are
determined to ignore them. Such
was the case with the prohibition
laws and the same situation pre-
walls with respect to gambling, he
said.
AS he talked about prohibition
to Senator Tobey. Brodson re-
marked:
I don't know If you indulge,
but"
Senator Tobey grabbed a glass
of water and shouted:
I'm indulging right now. Best
drink in the world"
Brodson grinned, grabbed his
own water glass and raised it in
agreement. Both men took a long
draught while the audience roared
with laughter.
Brodson faced the hearing after
another witness told of helping
get two Kansas City gangsters
out of Jail at the suggestion of
a well-known Kansas City doctor.
The earlier witness was Lou
Farrell, formerly Luigi Fratto, a
chubby eX-boXer known in some
police records as "Cockeyed Louie"
He is a beer distributor in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Reluctantly. Farrell named the
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a Roger Simkins." Mr.. Rice
pointed out that a Roger Simkins
figured in a racket shooting three
years ago at the Brass Rail Res
taurant. 1889 Seventh street NV
Union" Unknown to Labor Here
When Mr.. Rice asked if Brod-
son knew the Wilbert Cohan ar
rested in the Ninth street raid
the witness replied:
II understand he is a nephew
Of Reds Cohan."
The National Union of Gov
eminent Workers" is unknown in
organized labor circles here and
no mention of it in connection
with activities of Federal employe
groups was known to the latter.
Although he was impressed with
Cohan after their first meeting
in Florida, he felt it necessary tc
check on his integrity" Brodsor
explained. He added that he has
had some unfortunate experiences
because I did not check"
Cohan always paid Immediately
when Brodson won. usually by
check, Brodson said, and THEN
accounts were balanced before
Cohan went to Florida.
Mr.. Rice asked Brodson for
a clearer explanation of the po-
sition Cohan held in the betting
relationship.
He was a tool in betting for
me-" Brodson said.
Admitted 10 2 State Bars.
Brodson told the committee he
was born in Chicago on August
%, 1908, and attended public
schools there before he went to
the university. After graduating
from law school he was admitted
to the bar in Illinois and Wis
consin.
He had always been interested
in athletics, he explained, and
while practicing law became in
Iterested in handicapping college
teams. He never bets on profess
sional basketball teams, he said
although he does bet on profess
sional football and baseball games
While I was a lawyer, in terms
of financial returns 1 suppose
was poor one," Mr.. Brodson told
the committee with big smile
Soon he found that his income
from betting was surprising his
income from legal practice and he
decided to devote full time to gam
bling.
He estimated his net worth now
is about $250,o00 and said he has
been making investments in bust
ness because his wife does not APP
prove of gambling and he hopes
eventually to retire.
His income from wagering
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physician as Dr.. D. M. Nigro after
Senators threatened him with con-
tempt proceedings if he remained
silent. Even then, Farrell protest.
ed against naming a man "of the
highest character" in a televised
hearing.
The gangsters in question were
Charlie and Gus Gargotta. Charlie
Gargotta was slain, underworld
fashion. along with political fig
ure Charles Binagglo in Tru-
man Road clubhouse in Kansas
City last April
At Kansas City, DR.. MICRO said
he had nothing to do with the
bond for the Gargotta brothers"
This was posted in cash on Easter
Sunday. 1947. after the two were
arrested on charges of holding up
a Harlan, Iowa, night club.
Doctor Questioned by FBI.
II received a call and someone
asked me who I knew in Des
Moines." DR.. MICRO said. II men,
toned several persons I knew
there, but I didn't ask why"
Dr.. Nigro said the FBI had
questioned him about the call. He
added he would be willing to tes-
tify to the committee about it
Il have nothing to hide"
Dr.. MICRO is a sports enthusiast
and served as City Commissioner
of child hygiene when the old
Tom Pendergast political organi-
cation was in power.
He was convicted in 1910 Of
narcotics law violation and was
sentenced to serve four years and
fined $4,000. However, his con-
viction was reversed in United
States Circuit Court of Appeals
at St. Louis and the case was
dismissed.
The Gargottas went free Of the
night club holdup charges, which
were dismissed for lack of evi-
dence.
They had been arrested at
Kansas City in April. 1947. and
taken under heavy guard to Iowa
in connection with the $500
holdup. They were placed in the
Atlantic QowaD jail for safekeep-
ing and bond was set at $4,000
each.
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started to rise sharply in 1948 and
I've been pushing my luck In
recent years." Brodson said.
He told the committee he saw
nothing wrong with his gambling
activities and engaged in a sharp
clash with Senator Tobey, Re-
publican of New Hampshire. over
the ethics of his business.
II can't honestly discriminate
Brodson said, between buying
stocks and betting that their value
will increase and betting or
basketball games"
Does Most of Own Work.
Brodson said he does most OF
the work in his betting enterprise
and has only two employees tt
assist him. One of them, Theodore
Gagliano. IS. separates the sports
pages from the great bundle OF
newspapers delivered to his apart
ment-offlce. Brodson said and
marks items he thinks I should
read"
! Brodson said he pays Gaglianc
Is per cent of the money he wins
each year. He was asked il
Gagliano also shares his losses.
! Il have never lost, so that is
sue has never risen between US
BrodSon said. If I lost, of course
his income would be cut and he
would have to share the loss with
me"
His other employe, a magazine
bill collector, only works about
an hour day and he gets S per
cent of the annual profits, Brod-
son said.
Credit Checked Carefully.
Brodson said he was not &C
quainted with many of the persons
whose names We're listed as SUBJ
scribers to the telephones in cities
outside Of Milwaukee which he
called to place bets. He said his
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Member Of Duke Family
Marries Trained Nurse

GEORGETOWN, S. c., Mar. "a.
Walker Patterson Inman of the
millionaire North Carolina Duke
tobacco family, was married today
to Miss Georgia Hedding of An
derson, nurse who attended him
in an illness last year.
The quiet ceremony was at Mr..
Inman's plantation, Greenfield. on
the Black River near here. They
plan to remain at the plantation
for several weeks and then go to
California.
Mr.. Inman's mother. Mrs. James
B. Duke, was present for the cere-
mony, but his half sister, Doris
Duke, was unable to attend.
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DENIES ARRANGING BOND
Kansas City. DIR. d. Nj.
Nigro has denied he had any,
thing to do with arranging
bond for two Kansas City
gangsters, Charles and Gus
Gargotta, in 1947. Lew Farrell,
Des Moines Oowa) beer dis
tributor, yesterday testified
protestingly before the Senate
Crime Investigating Commit
tee in Washington that DR..
Nigro had asked him to raise
$4,000 bail for the Gargotta
brothers, held on a charge of
robbing a night club at Har-
Ian. iowa. ZAP Wirephoto.
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lighthouse Johnson Found Dead in Cabin Near EIfin Cove

Herman A. Johnson, 80, was found dead in his cabin at Elfin Cove sev- eral days ago by crew members of the Coast Guard cutter Storis.
 The body was brought to Juneau last night aboard the cutter. The Storis was on a supply run to light house stations.
 MT. Johnson was born at Scio, N. Y, on April l, 1871. He came to AL aska in 1906 living at Myers Chuck on the west side of Cleveland Penin- sula south of Juneau and at Wran- gell. He then lived in the vicinity ot Elfin Cove.
 MT. Johnson was also known as Lighthouse" Johnson.
 Funeral services will be held Sat urday morning at Il o'clock in the Carter Chapel. The Rev. G. H. Hill erman will deliver the eulogy. Burial is to be in Evergreen Cemetery.
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PIMA Delayed F|ighi Arrive; Shuttle Trip 10 Yakuiai

Pacific Northern Airlines took eight passengers out this morning on a shuttle run from Juneau to Yakutat and brought in 20 yester- day afternoon that overcarried tc Annette Wednesday.
 To Yakutat: Mrs. Dona McNdillan and infant. Mrs. Ryder Converse, Ken Morgan, Clarence Becker, C. Schleiter, Mrs. R. D. McDonlld, C. Wallace, Virginia Valle.
 From Anchorage via Annette: P Morgan, C. Schleiter, c. Becker, J Fitzgerald, R. Anderson, L. sMetler S. Forum, J. Donovial, c. Shaw, C. Fidler, J. Dodd, M. Mccarthy.
 From Yakutat: c. Cusato, R Bartholomew, R. Troost, Whittet MT. and Mrs. Johnson and child, E Peters.
 There was no flight from Anchor age yesterday.
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Loyalty Review Is Requested
 3Y Se3vlge

WASHINGTON. Dec. d. R - John s. Service. busted State De- parhnent official appealed to the Loyalty Review Board today to set aside it's finding that there was reasonable doubt" of his loyalty.
 He challenged the authority of he board to make the ruling and agked fer full reconsideration of his ease "as an act of simple justice. :"
 Service filed the appeal through at'craey5 Q day ofter loyalty board Chairman Hiram Bingham protested the State Departments release of the board report that led to the firing of Service.
 Bingham told Secretary of State
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Annual Christmas Parties in Style

Christmas parties are in style m business firms and agencies ln Ju- neau as the holiday weekend ap- breaches.
 Those reported were:
 The Fish and Wildlife Service for ''personnel only" held it's annual Tom and Jerry get-together at the subport this afternoon.
 The Alaska Road Commission rented the upstairs of the Elks Club for a buffet supper, program and dance last night. The engineers are reported to have stolen the show with a two-act skit interpreting an engineers idea of a staff confer ence Group singing was led by Mrs. A. F. Ghiglione. Music and dancing followed.
 Pan American Airways employees held their annual party at Mikes in Douglas last night
 The First National Bank was re- ported to be having a party for employees and families tonight.
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-Four With Tying
 Under 0aih'

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21- tR Y E. Merl Young and three others have. been indicted on charges of lying under oath to a Senate Com mittee during an investigation of alleged influence on government l-nding.
 Young is a former Washington insurance man. During the Senate inquiry, it was disclosed that his wife, Lauretta, a White House stenographer, had got a S9,450 mink coat through help from a Wash ington lawyer interested in REC lending.
 Indicted with Young on charges Of perjury were:
 Herschel Young, his brother.
 Joseph II. Rosenbaum. the law yer who paid for Mrs. Young's coat-a transaction both he and Young said was loan.
 Robert w. Dudley, Washington lawyer and brother-in-law of for mer Rep. Joseph Casey (D-Mass).
 All were prominent figures in hearings by Senate Banking sub-i committee last spring on charges that directors of the Reconstruc- ton Finance Corporation had yielded to influence in making loans.
 Merl Young was accused of lying under oath on two occasions to the Senate investigators, and once to a Federal Grand Jury.
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HOME FOR HOLIDAYS

Juneau students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, home for the holidays include Sheila MacSpad- den, daughter of MT. and Mrs. M. L.. MacSpadden. She is in her third year studying anthropology.
 Sohphomores are Jim Sofouis and Graham Rountree, both in forestry. Don Wilbur who is in his first year civil engineering there is also home for the holidays.
 Home from stateside colleges are Don MacKinnon and Paula Cook from Oregon State College at Cor wallis where they are freshmen.
 Most of them will be leaving New Years Day in order to be back at their colleges in time for school re- opening.
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BROWNIE TROOP MEETS

Brownies of Troop No. 16 met at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon to work on Christmas presents for their mothers. After the presents were finished, a Christmas party was held. Refreshments were served by the leader, Mrs. Hudert.
 Susan Sturrock, reporter.
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ORCHID BLOOMS IN JUNEAU

Trees may grow in Brooklyn but orchids bloom in Juneau in De- cember.
 Mrs. Anna (Gram) Webster Of the Juneau-Douglas Telephone Co. has one in bloom at her home. Maxcine Williams took pictures of it last night and says it's official name is cyprepedium insigne (green slipper).
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Acheson in a letter the release vio- lated President TIuman's Crdcr for secrecy on reports dealing with the loyalty of Goyernnent wcrk3ra.
 The board went bacS to the six year-old Amerasla case for the basi5 5f it's ruling againss S2ryicc, car scr diplomat and fir east eNpers. He was c1a Of those arrested ia can aect,-u with the leak af govern ment secrets to the magazine, which made a speciality of far eastern at- fairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-21
PAT KIMEs' AUNT DIES

Pat Kimes, night telephone op- orator here, received word that her aunt. Mrs. Ben Peterson, for merly of Fairbanks, had died in Wisconsin on December 8.
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HooPEs HERE

MT. and Mrs. Robert Hoopes of Fairbanks arrived here yesterday to spend the holidays with Mrs. Hoopes parents, MT. and Mrs. Ray Stevens. Hoopes is mayor of Fair banks.
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CHAMPIONSHIP GRID GAME SUNDAY 1:3O PM. KINY

The national professional cham pionship football game between the Browns and the Los Angeles Rams Sunday at 1:30 pm will be carried at that time by radio station KINY.
 The game is to be played in Los Angeles and will be carried by the Liberty Broadcasting System coast to-coast and to Alaska and Hawaii. Miller Brewing Company, produ- cers of High Life beer, sponsors the broadcast
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-21
HERE FOR HOLIDAYS

Oscar Severin of Fairbanks came in on PAA yesterday to spend the holidays in Juneau. He is stopping at the Hotel Juneau.
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SALVATION ARMY PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT

The annual Salvation Army Christmas prouam and play will hc held at Wliloughby branch to- morrow evening as 2 o'clock, It.. William D Lynch announced to- dav. The young people ol the Ar my ara handling the program. It ls cgcn io the public and there will he gifts for all, he said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-12-21
Methodist Choir Con(eii Sunday

The choi of the Methodist Church of Juneau will be presen- ted in a special program of Christ mas music at 7:30 pm. Sunday December 23. The program is un- der the direction of Mrs. Jane Me- Mullin, Director of Music of the church. The organists will be Mrs. Ruth Popejoy and Mrs. Katherine Alexander. The public is invited to attend this program of sacred mu- sic. There will be an organ con- cert for the first 30 minutes by Mrs. Katherine Alexander The following numbers will be inclu- ded in the preludes:
 Rhapsody On Old Carol Mel odies' by Lester; Cradle Song by Gretchaninoff; 'Noel' by Guil- mont; "Offertory For Christmas Season; A Christmas Carol by Joseph Lieber; Christmas Pastor- ale" Tn Dulci Jubilo" by Bach; Scandinavian Christmas Medley; Silent Night arranged by Kohl mann.
 The program will consist of the following numbers directed by Mrs. McMullin and accompanied by Mrs. Popejoy:
 Processional: 70 Come All Ye Faithful'-Chorus and congrega- ton.
 Opening sentences and The Lords Prayer with Choral Response
 To, How A Rose Fer Blooming by Praetorius.
 "As Lately We Watched"
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HERE FOR A FEW DAYS

PAA Capt. Gene Sloan expects to spend few days in Juneau. He is at the Baranof Hotel.
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Lullaby For Christmas"
 Let Our Gladness Know No End.'
 "Harkl The Herald Angels Sing" Arranged by Swift.
 Tt Came Upon The Midnight Clear" arranged by Stone.
 Deck The Hall" arranged by Stone.
 "Jesu Bambino" by Ton, Mild red Lister.
 Scripture Lesson: St. Luke H.: l-2O, Rev. Fred McGinnis.
 Offertory "Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring,' Bach: Katherine Alex ander and Jane McMullin.
 Carol: Joy To The World
 Birthday Of A King" by Neid- finger: Soloist: Edith Moore.
 Come Christians, Join To Sing Alleluia' by Gillette.
 "All Weary Men Kneel Down to Fray" by Weaver.
 Angels We Have Heard On High" arranged A.TD.
 "Christmas Nightingale" by Shaw.
 "Carol of the Bells" Wilhousky Cantique De Noel" by Gilchrist. Closing Prayer and Benedichon. silent Night by Gruber-Hine Ohligato by Miss Frances Paul.
 Organ and Piano Postlude: Hal leluiah Chorus" by Handel: Mrs. McMullin and Mrs. Alexander.
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INTEND TO WED

SEATTLE, Dec. 21-tR-Notice of intention to wed was filed here yesterday by Ralph R. Hileary, An- chorage, Alaska, and Carol E. Vim nept Seattle
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VISITOR FROM NOME A. G. Doyle of Nome is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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AoASAASS ASodI I'LL do licI Uy-llIlc.
The HackettS are writer's with a
delightful sense of humor and a
beguiling way with contemporary
fairy-tale material. What they
have done this time is spin the
yarn of Cinderella concert pian-
list and Prince Charming who runs
a concert bureau. This leads to a
lot OF music, most of it instru-
menal, and Metro GOODWIN Mayer
Is just the studio that likes moth
Ing better than playing lively con-
certs for its legion of admirers.
Too Young to Kiss" is designed
Tor no other purpose than to give
pleasure, and the odds are that it
will.
Miss Allyson's heroine is one of
those irresistible girls who only
wants to prove that she is a piano
genius. When she cannot get an
honorable chance to addition for
Maestro johnson, she creates the
opportunity for a slightly dishon-
orable one. This involves playing
In a children'S orchestra addition
which leaves johnson confident
he has found the child prodigy of
the century.
Having committed herself to the
hoax, Miss Allyson is required to
60 on with it. This involves wear
ing little girls dirndls, bobby sox
and plated hair and, worse still.
inspiring johnson to pinch her
cheeks, take her into his home for
safekeeping. and commit other
outrages against her grown-up
poise. /
While thus suffering for her art,
Miss Allyson cuts a most amusing