FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 7

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•Pffice Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO DATE:: Director, FBI 6-8-54
FROM ~AC, Cincinnati (100-0)
SUBJECT: ~lJMAN BETHURUM;
· _/ \..fr..YING DISCS
/ INFORMATION CONCERNDJG
/ On 6-7-.54, Mr. '.l'HOMAS EICKHOFF, 3721 Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23,
Ohio, and Mr. RALP~, 2768 Highland Avenue, Cincir.nati 121 Ohio,
called at this office. Mr. EICKfDFF advised he is the operator of a beaut y
salon in the Neave Building, Cincinnati, and llr. ZIMMERMANN advised he is
President of the Zimmermann Packing Company in Cincinnati. Mr. EICKHOFF
did all the talking for the two men and he 1'urn:i.shed the follOl'fing informa
tion:
On 6-3- 54 an ad appeared in the "Cincinnati Enquirer," a newspaper of
general circulation, Cincinnati, Ohio, to the effect that on 6-ll-S4 a
program would be presented at Taf't Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio, on "The
Real Fl.ying Saucer Story." The advertisement which Mr. EICKHOFF exhibited
disclosed no sponsor f or this program and it was only noted on the ad
that tickets f'or the program sold for $2.00 per person and would be on sale
at the Central Ticket Office in Cincinnati.
Mr. EICKHOFF advised that although he belongs to no organization
interested in flying saucers, he has been interested in this subject and
has been interested to the extent that he desired to know the sponsorship
of the program. He stated that he found out .f'ran the Central Ticket Office
that the ad had been placed by IENRY MADAY, 364 West Lewiston Avenue, /
Ferndale 201 Michigan. He advised that he telephonically contacted MADAY /.
on 6-3-54 and MADAY stated that he was only the-ia~for renting the ~'/ '/
hall and that he was acting on behalf of TR~THURUM and GEO:OOE /
HUNT WILLIA!.IBON. He stated•that on 6-4- 54 MADAY called him back and told
him that there had been a disagreement between MADAY, BETHURUM and
WlLLIAMSON over MADAY' s arrangements for the sale of tickets for the
program and the renting of the hall.
EICKHOFF advised that at this time MADAY said nothing to discredit
either BETHURUM ar WILLIAMSON and indicated that their disagreement only
concerned his placing the ad in the newspaper prior to having the tickets
for the program available in Cincinnati. -u, G.,.:,~ c,.£..::
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