The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 185, Ed. 2 Friday, December 18, 1953 Page: 30 of 30
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Probers Get Enough of Phoney
Charities, Plan Control Laws
e p THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Friday Evening, Dec. 18, 1953
NEW YORK V—State probers of
charity rackets—who have heard
revelations ranging from phonies
soliciting over the telephone from
behind closed doors to fake “nuns”
begging in public—plan to offer
control measures early in the 1954
legislative session.
A joint legislative investigating
committee wound up four days of
public hearings here yesterday,
and plans to hold others later in
various parts of the state.
State Sen. Bernard Tompkins,
the committee chairman, ex-
pressed hope that the disclosures
of racketeering and the bonanzas
reaped by collectors in some chari-
ty drives would not deter the pub-
lie from giving liberally to honest
and well-managed charity and wel-
fare groups.
Tompkins, a New York City
Republican, took note of reports
from some reputable charities that
contributions had dropped off since
his committee launched his probe.
He said he hoped the loss would
be only temporary. He also de-
clared that reputable and efficient
charity organizations would benefit
la the ions run as unethical pro-
moters were driven out of the busi-
ness and the public became more
wary. -
Tompkins said “It is clear that
the unscrupulous are in the mi-
nority.”
Among yesterday’s witnesses on
various frauds was Asst. Dist.
Atty. Joseph P. Hoey aT Brooklyn,
who told about “nuns” in rented
habits who paid a self-styled “bish-
op" $2.50 a day for religious certif-
icates.
These certificates made it pos-
sibl for the women to beg in the
streets without interference from
officials.
The women took taxicabs back
to the “bishop’s” place at the end
of the day to change clothes—and
take home their collections.
Hoey said the “bishop” and the
“nuns” finally were arrested and
their eases are pending before a
grand jury.
Clyde Hannis Riles
Sel at Aspermont
ASPERMONT, Dec. 18 - Funer-
al for Clyde V. Hannis, 61. wUl
be held here at 2:30 p.m. Satur-
day at the First Methodist Church,
with the Rev. A. L Mitehell, pas-
ter, officiating and the Rev. L. B.
Voyles, pastor of the Central Bap-
tist Church, assisting.
Burial will be in Aspermont Cem-
etery under the direction of Spring-
er Funeral Home.
Mr. Hannis, Stonewall County
farmer, died at ( a.m. Thursday
at the Aspermont Hospital follow-
ing s heart attack He had been
in the hospital for the past several
days.
He was born Feb. 16, 1892, and
came to Stonewall County la about
1896. He had lived on a farm two
miles east of Aspermont since that
time.
Survivors include two brothers
Jack Hannis of Aspermont, and
M-Sgt. Thomas D. Haania af the
U. S. Air Force, Marysville, Calif.;
and one niece, Charlene Hanau of
Aspermont
Boats Seized
BARI, Italy (A group of Ital-
ian fishing boats radioed Thursday
they had been seized by a Yugo-
slavia gunboat and were being es-
corted to a Yugoslav port
Ike Sets Christmas
Eve Radio Address
WASHINGTON mn—President
Eisenhower will make aa appeal
for world peace la a television
sad radio talk to the nation
Christmas Eve.
The President, probably with
Mrs Eisenhower at his side, will
speak for about three minutes from
the White House st about 4:30
p.m. EST. next Thursday.
Then he and the First Lady will
go to the White House south lawn
and take part in the traditional
lighting of the nation’s Chrismas
tree. He will speak briefly at that
ceremony too.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 185, Ed. 2 Friday, December 18, 1953, newspaper, December 18, 1953; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1649381/m1/30/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.