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oe 4 ; . N JOHN EDGAR HOOVER \ ( CC~287 _ Mr. Tolsoa____\.) DIRECTOR . Mr, EK. A. Tamm _ Mr. Clegg Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. Coftey o Mr. Glavi Hnited Ftates Department of Justice Mi Ladd ° Washington, B. ¢. Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Acers Mr. Carson Mr. Harbo Mr. Hendon Mr. Mumford | 4 i ACB: Ka ~ Original phone call Ny received at §:32 P.M., January 8, 1944 ‘Mr. Starke _ Mr. Quinn Tamm_ IZ ~ | Tele. Room For your information and for permanent record you are advised Mr. Nease Be om urrracerormmariee meecrar Wee Pennsylvania, iiss Beas ——~— called fromthe Capitol Hotel, Wa gton, D. C., where he will be re- ie gistered until tomorrow night, stating that he had just driven down fr y a, and had picked up a hitchhiker who gave his name a s being "vmder the weather" and as "drinking a lit 40 da "about fifty" check books of the vest pocket variety; _ that one of the check books was on the Gimbol Brothers Bank, Philadelphia, and another . on \ Pennsylvania Trust Company Bank in Philadelphia. \ ee MBPBBstates that in bis inebriated condition Piola GH that he wes wanted by the = Bureau of Investigation | and the police departments at Philadelphia and Washington D. C.,cand also at many other points in the United States. “We 52id tnat & ‘ perhaps 4B res kidding him but he thought that he had better report the matter sny- XS way, especially in view of the fact that he did have in his possession all these various kinds of check books. 3c \ GED 22id th Qs presently sitting over at the bus station at New York Avenue and Eleventh Street, Northwest ~ or at least he was ten minutes before the phone eall. said that was waiting for a bus on which he intended to return to Philadelphia, and from there he expected to go immediately to Cape May, New Jersey. : - a bY | furnished the following description: nane Qs ce, about thirty; ~ height, t'5 feet, 94 inches; weight, about 180 pounds; build, medium stout; hair, — red (partially bald); clothes, grey hat, dark overcoat. a -2) c~ | A search of Bureau indices failed to reflect any record on an individual named | | . | \y7c-~| Special Agent E. C. Sauerjwas immediately thereafter furnished the above informa- | tion, and it was suggested to him that perhaps he should search the Field Office indices | { ws for any record on It was a further suggested that if the relationship between thé Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department justified the action a a it might be weli to inform the local police. eto ROCORGED ad (4 -JR2” “ete Recommended Action: None. Oem ee . pespectéully, MANA 344