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339735 Con Plots Pier Strife in Cell as Freedom Looms By RICHARD J. ROTH Second of a Series Back and forth, his long arm swinging restlessly at his Ides, a tall beady-eyed prisoner Is pacing hU cell at Danne-jnora Prison. He la mentally checking off the days until the end of April, when he will walk out a free man. No parole will hinder him, as it once did. He will have served in full a 14-year sentence.

This is Albert Ackalitis, alias Edward Johnson. This is the man who has big plans, plans which will plunge the New York waterfront into a civil war. The stakes are high control of the lush dock rackets. For most of the past 16 years Ackalitis has been in jail. But in the years before his big stretch and in a 30-month period ending a year and a half ago, when he was on parole, he showed extraordinary promise as a man to be reckoned with on the docks.

Both the police and the racketeers in power kept a wary eye on him. After a brief fling at freedom Ackalitis had his parole revoked. Authorities knew he was stealing from the piers, had the stuff he stole, but could not identify the stolen goods because the cargo markings had carefully been destroyed. He was finally jailed because he drove a car, a violation of parole. In the basement of his Staten Island hon e.

police found an unbelievable cache of valuable goods. Listed, the ioot takes up three pages of single-spaced typing. It includes such delicacies as 112 cans of shrimp, 130 cans of tomato paste. Also 98 cans of paint and many valuable tools. The total value was in the thousands.

Ackalitis or "Ackie." a he i known along the waterfrontwas a charter member of the renowned Arsenal Mob. When he walks out of Danr.emora -nme time between April and the first day of May, he ill be the ranking member of that band. Ackie wa in jail, his first time out of circulation, when a group of men who were later to earn the Arsenal tag pulled the mob's biggest job. It was thp biggest robbery the city ever saw, and a bigger one has yet to come. That was the Rubel Ice Company holdup on Aug.

21, ontinued on Page 7 BROOKLYN EAGLE 1951 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER "for the most meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during the year." Complete WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight; fair tomorrow, 7" 5 CENTS EVERYWHERE lllth YEAR No. 34 DAILY and SUNDAY mtm MH.Sn BmUji fciU BROOKLYN 1, N. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 195Z entered Brooklyn T.O.H CMm MtU Matter Manhattan Beach Fire: 32 VET FAMILIES HOMELESS MANY LOSE ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS Officials at Project Blame Boy, 5, for Playing With Matches A smoky four-alarm tire, fanned by strong winds, ripped through a wing of a two story barracks type building at the emergency Manhattan Beach Veterans Housing project today, leav- 32 families homeless with mosr of their belong Esrie Photos br aHcr ings destroyed. The blaze broke out a few minutes before 8 a.m. and.

after 301 pieces of fire apparatus responded to successive alarms, was bi-oughl under control after nearly one hour. Officials of the Vincent Rossi, 24, who returned to catch a neighbor's child dropped from a second-story window. With him is his wife, Hazel, 21, and daughter, Linda, 19 months old. At right are Mr. and Mrs.

William Howe and their daughter, Pat, 7' 2 months old. THEIR HOME DEVOURED BY FLAMES Firemen, tenter, battle to subdue four-alarm fire at Manhattan Beach veterans project which made 32 families homeless. Two of the families living in the barracks-type structure at 101 John Barry Boulevard are shown after they were evacuated. At. left is project believe that a boy living on the first floor of the building, which is named David Porter Hall, 101 John BRICKBATS WAIT Freak Tropical Gale May Hit Kidnaped U.S.

Girl SE RESTS MORRIS AT START Boulevard, started the by accident when he wag ng with matches. In Fury Here This Afternoon hound Unharmed pai iing mopan OF GRAFT PROBE Only the heroic efforts of firemen and residents of other buildings in the State -sponsored project prevented serious mind, since the crew was in no The Weather Bureau an immediate danger. accidents and fatalities. Sever- MPs and German Police Press Giant Hunt for Gl Hitchhiker Calls Potter's Charge Of Pro-Communist Leanings 'Asinine' ii children were dropped trom windows into the nounced shortly after noon today that all storm warnings have been lowered on the East Coast after receiving reports that the gale had diminished greatly in intensity. Trial Heads for Fast End-Wolf Puts Only One Witness on Stand The extortion-conspiracy trial arms of rescuers.

A Washington Weather Bureau advisory bulletin this morning reported that th' storm was moving inland witn "diminishing Intensity," how area as the unseasonable cyclonic storm imperiled coastal shipping with mountainous waves and winds as high as 75 miles per hour. Off Ocracoke, N. Coast Guardsmen battled a furious sea to rescue 26 crewmen of the distressed motorship Miget. which was driven aground on the Carolina shore. Early radio reports indicated state Housing Commissioner Herman T.

Stichman. who (U.R) Washington, Feb. 4 Frankfurt, Feb. 4 (U.R) A kidnaped 18-year-old American girl was found "in good condition" today after being molested by an armed soldier-hitchhiker who abducted her in a car stolen shed to the scene, that of James J. Moran appeared to iquel A freak tropical gale, speed ever, and indicated that it the ild Moi day to be heading for a quick ing northward from the Caro-j Unas, the vanguard of which hit New York early today with i his a windup as Moran's lawyer rested his case after calling only would not Issue any further special advisories, since the! storm had apparently passed its' peak.

The storm, with counter-! driving rams and lashing winds, one witness the defendant's was kidnaped last night on was expected to vein its lury own brother. Arthur. take charge of the Administration'! drive against corruption. The 50-year-old Republican lawyer, who was appointed Fri but at) of them return to their hich. situated in the rankturt-Hanau highway here sometime this afternoon.

I clockwise twisting winds re- the crew of the ship had abandoned ship, but the master of the vessel radioed later that he had changed his1 Arthur Moran, 34, of 298 7th only a few miles away. There a fireman assigned to Continued on Page. 2 lions the structure. jalong the entire Eastern coastal hook ii saucier 0. ui on inn was no trace of the kidnaper, Did Not Attack Her iday.by Attorney General were not damaaed.

The remain had testified 'briefly Friday Howard McGrath to seek out ing )2 families lost most of in Manhattan General Sessions. in all Federal their possession Miss Shelton told MPs she was with her abductor in the from two GI escorts last night. MPs and German police fanned out in a giant manhunt through southwest Germany for an American GI reported absent without leave from his post in this area this morning. The soldier was said to have taken a jeep and a pistol with him. An MP patrol car found Mamie Shelton, red-haired, freckled stepdaughter of an American master sergeant, shortly after 8 a.m.

at the village of Niederdornfelden, about eight miles northeast of Frankfurt. She was in the car in which 1 hen todav, George Wolf, at cases carried no agencies, found himself under car for about 40 minutes. torney for the former 1st Deputy Fire Commissioner and molested her but did not attack heavy Congressional fire even chef Korea Parley 'Moving Closer' To Full Accord her criminally, she said. iietore he came here trom buddy of former Mayor O'Dwy-er, made an unsuccessful mo Chief Peter The eunman had claimed he a 1 Army prison American radio stations York to be sworn in. reached the project while fire- Representative Charles men battled the stubborn blaze Potter Mich a member of and personally directed the the House Un-American Actlvl operations, They were ham-ties Committee, charged that pered by the which lay throne-hoot thp II.

zone con tion for a mistrial. When it failed he unexpectedly wrapped up his defense without putting the defendant or any one else on the stand to refute the charge of widespread, organized tinued broadcasting "his descrip Panmunjom. Feb. -1 (U.R) Al tion. lied and Communist truce nego over the building the re-ult tiators have "moved closer to an armistice within the fore- Morris has let his name be used by several Communist-front organizations, and is "either naive to the extreme or gralt in the ire uepartment.

Summation Tomorrow ol low -lying clouds. Welfare Department officials were on hand to help in as- 2 Dodger Office Aides future' In the last, lew lays, the chief Tinted Nation- Command spokesman said to Continued on Page 2 Judge John A. Mullen said the summations and his charge to the jury would take place tomorrow. Wolf's motion for a mistrial night. Quizzed in Shortage The chief truce negotia tor on war prisoners said mean- Good Neighbor was based on his stated sup- while tnat meeting on to 12 Dodger employes would be auizzed.

Continued on Page hat issue was "one of the pleas-ntest we ever had." Seeking to solve the $23,000 shortage in 1951 Brooklyn Dodger ticket sale funds, As- Policy at Fire Site Near Final Agreement Silver said: "We Have leveled) charges against no one yet." lie pGMY 'JUNGLE GIRLS' In Monday! talk- the truce lelegatea neared final agree lothei i for Kenneih McC'abe today ques othe Dodger president, sees fit io LIVING NUDE IN TREES keep 'Collins on the payroll- cHOWN IN JAP PAPER lorlinees 'followed gs tragic Manhat tioned two employes of the ball ment on an exchange of war prisoners. TWO QUEEN'S RESIDENTS were drowned yesterday when the car in which they were riding crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into Hawtree reek, at )M)th St. and Howard Beach. The victims were Charles Langenfeld, 26, of 95-16 126th Richmond Hill, and Charles J. Haag 26, of KM)-19 158th Howard Beach.

TRENTON', FEB. 4 (U.R) AN" IMMEDIATE nine-cent hourly wage increase for 6,500 workers of Public Service Coordinated Transport Company, the world's largest bus net-work, was ordered today by the State, which seized the system last week to avert a strike. State Treasurer Walter T. Margetts Jr. also ordered the company to convert from a -1 1-hour to a ID-hour work week on 19 and grant an additional eight-cent hourly wage boost at that time.

WYAXDAXCH. FEB. 4 RESIDENTS HERE RENEWED their fight today to lone the Long Island Rail Road to install gates at the Straight Path grade crossing, following a near-fatal accident to 10-year-old Joanne Fair-brother. She walked into the side of a speeding train at the crossing Friday, and is still in a coma and on the critical list in Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, with a fractured skull, severe internal injuries and a compound leg fracture, according to police. REGENSBURG, GERMANY, FEB.

4 (U.R) ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER was killed and about 20 soldiers and German civilians were injured last night in a free-for-all fight at a dance hall, police said today. BELLMORE, FEB. 4 POLICE TODAY ARE HUNTING a thief who has peculiar habits, to say the least. He apparently spent many hours Saturday night in the Bell-more Bowl, a tavern at 21 Grand Ave but how he got in remains a mystery. The thief took 113.50 in tip money and fled through the kitchen door, which had been locked when the proprietor closed up.

club's office at 213 Montaguei objection." tan Beach veteran's project fire that left more than 100 home They ai-o arranged a plenary session of the full truce delega- Street. their neighbors to carry on. Chokes Bark Bob Most of the families were left with nothing but the clothes Continued on. Page 2 Hat we are interested in. ions for 10 a.m.

Wednesday Tokyo, Feb. (U.R) The newspaper Mainichi published today a picture of two pgymy "jungle girls" who go naked all year and spend most of their Silver said, "is uncovering the commission of a crime and less persons in its wake. Residents and merchants in the project area flooded the recreation hall, set up as emer 8 p.m. Tuesday Brooklyn timei start discussion of the final prosecuting the criminal." item on the armistice program time in the trees. WHERE TO FIND IT gency relief headnuarte rs.

with The shortage was revealed last week in a routine audit. Saturday night, after a welter gifts of food and clothing for recommendations to he made Continued on Page 9 The 18 and 17-year-old sisters all live like savages, are wary of strangers and speak a language of statements. Mallev the ramilies tnat were rouieo from their homes in just their 19 Music 8 Obiluar 19 Pattern! unintelligible to the villagers of Shimizu at the southern tip of nlghtclothes. nounced that Collins, who was to have severed his connections with the club, would stay on! the Dodger payroll to aid in; memliers ot tne r.mer- Five Fall Through Ice Trying to Rescue Dog Those interrogated in the prosecutor's office were William J. Gibson of 361 Clinton assistant treasurer, and William A.

Gibson, 42, no relative, a clerk and ticket seller of 1116 E. llth St. Neither McC'abe nor his superior. Acting District Attorney Edward S. Silver would reveal ii any progress is being made toward finding out what hap pened to the $23,000.

McCabe said he questioned a Lloyds of London man. Ben E. Jackson, on Thursday, and F. Collins, retiring Dodger business manager, on Friday. Lloyds! Insured the receipts.

Japan, where thov were discov 24 I gency I'mt of the City Welfare ered, the newspaper reported. 24 Real Estate 24 klev Heights. .1 Feb. 1 Department began interview Brady the ticket prone. Society 11, 12 8 Sports 16-18 Iflevisiin 13 'Hie older girl is three feet 10 inches tall and the younger three inches taller.

When not IClims nl the their needs. (U.R) Five persons fell through thin ice into a pond yesterday News blaze tO Pear ll 8 Theaters 6. 7 Charlotte Mills Dies Metuchen, X. Feb. 4 (U.R) Mrs.

Charlotte Mills O'Neill, 45, tdents dug he other project climbing trees, their under Ideveloped and deformed bodies while trying to rescue a dog fjoundering around in water. Two climbed out and police rescued the other three cope 24 These Women 24 'Murphy 18 Tommy Holmes 16 etweenlJil? Tucker 8 Hawortn Uncle Ray 24 whose mother was one of the' are Dent over at tne nips ann victims in the Hall-Mills murder their knees are bent WANT A inn in KdnOKLTN? CatSnMtf OoporlulIlM CAOLS WANT ADS The pooch climbed out linn case in 1922, died at a nursing crouching position, the news Movie. 1, 7 1 Waal Ada 19-23 iself and ran away. McCabe said that in all, eight. Women Continued on Page 24 11.

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