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The Washington times., 1928-04-18
LbCKS
LOW BROW
CRIME
InternatIonaI 60 -

CHICAGO, April Is. The Tow.
brow hoodlum. crude. outright II
his crime; dressing the part a. ho
did, IN the past, has gone.
Disguises thick enough TO be de-
ceive the keen eyed state and FED
eral officers have taken the pIace
Of flashy clothes and crude mani
ners.
This il the finding Of O. Z. Hos
letter, executive secretary Of the
Employers Association Of Chicago,
who has been active In bringing
exposes Of .'racketeers."
In place OF the old. easy-tp spot
criminal, according to Hostetter, po-
lice are forced to look for crin1i.
mails among men who seem to BE-
prosperous business men, liveried
chauffeurs. and professional men.
Up To Date Methods
Every sort Of . dodge il being
used by the up-to-date 'racketeer's ~
Hostetter told international News
Service.
$50 far the new type criminal
we are forced to combat has not
resorted to listing in Dun or
Bradstreet's but he has done every
thing else possible to make his bus
mess look right
''EIaborate systems 'of faxed ref
erences. business, financial and So
cial, are ready to be shown to in-
uIirers. He has books even Tor
the income tax examiners, and his
only desire seems to be to make g
good appearance.
Police officers in Chicago have re-
ported increasing difficulty In trac.
Ing the heads Of beer-running
syndicates and alcohol distributing
organizations.
Paid BY Job
Alderman Titus Haffa. ward
leader. and ten others Were in
dicted by a Federal grand jury.
charged with having run . $5.OO0.-
600 annual business In Illicit liquor.
The company operated by Haffa
was thought to have been q legiti.
mate concern, Federal investigators
said, until 1t was accidentally tip
ped off" to detectives.
The new crooks dirty work,
according to Hostetter, Is done ut
so much per job, and he affects g.
vast contempt for hoodlums he
keeps on his pay roll to do it.
"The criminal pose has but one
object said Hostetter, ''and that
Is to disguise the graft. terrorism
and blackmail by which he lives
without working.
a'And, naturally, he il tncreas-
ingly hard to catch.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
Italian King and Queen
Arrive IN TrinOIi

TRIPOII, April 1S.The king and
Queen Of Italy arrived today on the
royal yacht Savoia to open the trade
fair.
An imposing armada consisting
OF two battleships. three cruisers
and IL destroyers escorted the
Sayoia. =
The Washington times., 1928-04-18

OF the Kingsman Parent Teachers
Association; Petworth Citizens As
ISOLATION; Ernest II. PullmanA pres
ident Of the Manor Park Citizens
Association and w. r. Carpenter.
of the Mount Pleasant Citizens
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
BRITISH women
STRONG FOR.
FLYING
By international News Service

BY International News Service
LONDON, April 1s.-Undeterred
by the recent tragic deaths Of Lady
Carberry and the Hon. Elsie
Mackay, more and more English
women are learning to fly.
The London Airplane Club. pio-
neer light airplane club of England,
which teaches men and women to
become pilots, reports an increasing
number Of women among its menu
bers.
Five more women members now
receiving instruction win shortly
be awarded solo" certificates and
become fully fledged pilots entitled
to fly their own machines.
All the women use moth" MAJ
chimes, the tiny airplane with what
IL little more than a motor-bicycic
engine, which is enjoying q craze
here.
Pilots Successful
The success of Lady Heath and
Lady Bailey. two of the pioneer
have flown from England to Africa
alone, undoubtedly has inspired
other women to take up flying, ac-
cording to Capt. r. G.. M. Sparkes,
chief pilot instructor to the London
club.
Women are excellent pupils, in
Captain Sparkes' opinion, and
quickly grasp the essential points
in the management of an airpIane.
Generally speaking" Capta In
Sparkes told International News
Service, they make skilltul and
steady pilots"
800 Pupils
'"rhe recent success of Lady
Heath and Lady Bailey has had an
influence in dispelling the fears OF
mothers who prohibited their young
daughters from taking up flying,
and we have had a number Of
youngsters as members Of the club
In the last few months.
I'VE are now teaching 800 pupils,
men and women. Twenty-slx full
members own their own airplanes
and regularly fly them.
THE time is coming when flying
will displace motoring in popularity
both for men and women"
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
YOUNG PEOPLES DANCE

Young Peoples Dance" will fea-
ture a meeting of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association to be
held in the Wilson Normal School.
Eleventh Street and Columbia Road
Northwest, Friday night. at $3.50
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
CITIZENS TO MEET

The Federation of Citizens As.
sociations will meet In the board
room of the Municipal Building Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
$3.50, 900 FOR ROADS

READING, Pa. April 18.-The
state Highway Department wflI
spend approximately $25O,OOO to re.
build and resurface roads in Berks
county this spring and summer,
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
WON'T YOU RUN AGAIN, MISTER
 COOLIDGE?

The Gentleman At The Keyhole" in Golfers, has stuff that is worth while reading in every issue. Tn that magazine \of December S1st, he speaks rather plainly relative to the coaxing attitude of so many American people toward President Coolidge in their endeavors to have him run again. The Gentleman says of those persistent pushers Making great fuss over one is flattering up to a certain point. At that point it becomes slobbery and disgusting. You are fattered so long as the people taking on over you behave sanely. When they be- have like fools you are not even complimented." =
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

curity Bay are away up toward the
 head of the bay. Traps are hedged
 in around the bay entrances. All
 this is very we'll for the packing out
 its, of course, but we fail to see, so
 far, where the tendency is toward conservation of salmon nor where there is equal opportunity for salm- on catching appliances other than traps. Wherever salmon traps dom mate salmon streams, whether ill bay or inlet or approaches to the bays and inlets, the salmon runs to those places are doomed. If the Bureau of Fisheries really mean to protect the salmon of Alaska it win have to come out flatfooted and do beside windy plays to the galleries and a soft pedal on cannery logging of salmon courses.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
HERE IS A GOOD GOOD POSITION
 FOR A REAL WORKER

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 our 35 years in business we have ap-
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The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
NEW LUMBER MARKET

It is a long distance from here, but it's a new lumber market just the same, and may eventually help locally. The new lumber using town is Palestine and the country surrounding. For a time lumber came to Palestine from the Danube River section, but now Canadian and American lumber yards have broken we'll into the trade and it Is coming up by leaps and bounds.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

Want to be independent? Want to make easy money? Then write for free sample and territory for fastest selling article in America; every home, drug store, cafe, soda fountain, garage and bank are pros poets. Address Fred L. viel, Sal mon, Idaho. Adv.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

500 Steel Handpower stumppull. CTS $50. Horsepower s75 and up. For Tractor power, $75. Equip Driveway Patent Gates $50. Water wheels numerous size. Woodpipes, Handpower Wellborers $1O, Ducrest Mfg, Co, 111-3rd, Benton, Washing ton.- Adv.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
THE FIRST IRON U. $.
 BATTLESHIP

TT first iron warship of the U. s. Navy was the Michigan. For GA years she sailed under that la. .c and on her 64th birthday was re- named he Wolverine Jusc recent ly she vas put out of commiss'cn at
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
FROM WISCONSIN TO THE SEA

The Steamer Iroquois, built at Manitiowac, Wisconsin, recently ar rived in Seattle on maiden run of 10,125 miles. The packet is for the Seattle Victoria route.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31

S. Hall. who was drowned at Grams
ton, N. j.. today, was considered as
one Of the outstanding athletes at
Yale. He was enc OF the two year
track men. having made his major
"Y" in that branch of sport for
two consecutive years. His ability
as shot putter and hurdler won
his school many honors. In the try
outs for the Olympic games last
year. he failed to make the grade
in the decathlon.
Hall was . guard on the varsity
football team for the past two sea-
sons. This year, owing to a badly
cut foot, which he injured with an
axe during the summer vacation,
he was on the substitute bench until
the latter part Of the season. Last
season he played guard position in
several games, but was not assigned
the regular berth. He would have
been one of the few eligibles for the
1929 season and would have been
the only seasoned guard left for the
position.
He was graduated from Roxbury
school at Cheshire. Conn. where he
starred in football and track
While there he was the individual
winner of the interscholastic school
boys track meet,
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
DENY HAzING AT
military ACADEMY
Letter From Cadet to Mother
Grounds Of RQn0r

West Point, N. T., Dec. 81 R-
A letter written by a piebe to hts
mother complaining of dement's he
was getting was believed today by
West Point authorities to have leo
to rumors Of hazing at the military
academy.
The academy authorities said that
Joseph p. Housen. q. of Prov
dence, r. l.. who entered by compe
titive examination from the regular
army, had written his mother. He
appare ntly blamed dement's on up
per class feeling toward him be-
cause he was an enlisted man be
fore he went to West Point. News
papermen learning of the letter
went to the academy to investigate.
Two academy officers found that
Housen had had a fight with an
other cadet and that both had been
punished. No evidence was found
of any hazins of Housen outside or
what was termed the regular razz-
ing by upperclassmen of plebes."
Major General w. r. Smith.
superintendent of the academy, said
he wished to deny that cadets who
had come up from the ranks were
treated differently from those who
entered the academy by appoint
ment,
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31

clusion: Most men believe In
church-ge:nE as an abstract
proposition. II they do not 60. it Ii
for one of three reasons: The
strenuous age in which we live, a
lack Of interest. and plain laziness.
'The man who doesn't go tc
church would not like to live in a
town with no church in 1t, nor
would he like to bring up his chill
dren in such a town. Does 1t not
follow that he Is selfish in accept
ing the benefits which the church
brings to the community, while re-
fusinE to attend and support 1t?
Suppose everyone followed his ex-
ample? There would be no
churches.
1T has been said that the Chris
tian church ID an organization ha~-
Ing three purposes:-Worship,
Christian fellowship, Christian serv-
vice.
Some churches fail because they
do not function along all three Of
these lines. The statement that il a
man builds a better mouse trap
than anyone else the world will
wear a path to his door. might we'll
be applied to the church. Whe,,
church members practice more or
the Christianity they preach, more
men will 60 to church, in spite OF
all excuses"
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
EDWARD P, YORK
dies IN new YORK
Prominent Architect SuCCum&
to Operation at s.

New York. Dec. 81 Rl-Edward p.
York, New York architect. died last
night at the Presbyterian hospital
where he underwent an operation a
week ago. He was So years old. a
native Of Wellsville. N. Y.
Designed Buildings
Mr.. York was member Of the
firm Of York and Sawyer. with Of
fees at 100 East 4?nd street. He
had helped design many famous
buildings and hospitals in this and
other states and his firm was con-
sulting architects from 1909 to
1918 to the treasury department at
Washington.
His winter home was at Princeton,
N. j.. and his summer home at
stonington, Conn. The funeral is to
be held Tuesday from the Connect
cut home.
He attended Cornell university
from 1888 and later studied
architecture in the office OF McKin,
Mead and White. New York. Among
the buildings designed by his firm
are the Guaranty Trust Company
building in New York city; the Lin
coin National Bank building in
Rochester. N. r; the Hospital Trust
company building in Providence. r.
l.; the Riggs National Bank In the
national capital and the post office,
custom house and courts building in
Honolulu. His firm also designed
buildings for the University of
Michigan, Vasaar; Smith, Middlebury
and Rutgers colleges.
He Is survived by his widow. the
former Muriel Gould Of New York
city and three children. Clarinda,
Muriel and Edward p. Jr.
~ y n 4 4
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
City Items

The marriage of Miss lorraine c.
Higgins, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John J. Higgins OF 80 Cedar street,
to Burton W. Blinn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Blinn of Newington,
took place Thursday. Rev. DIR.
George W. c. Hill, pastor OF the
South Congregational church, Off
ciated
In place OF the regular meeting
of the W. c. T. L. for January
members are invited to attend an in
stitute Wednesday at / 0 a. m. at the
Congregational church In Plants
vile.
Lovisy Moore ten, Daughters of
! Union Veterans of the Civil War,
will hold a regular meeting and in
stallation of officers Wednesday eve
ming at 1880 o'clock in Odd Fellows
| hall.
| A meeting Of Gerstaecker lodge,
! !. O. O. r., will be held tonight at
Odd Fellows hall to elect officers
for next year.
| Mr.. and Mrs. R. o. Elliott have
returned to Dallas, Texas. after
spending the Christmas holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Elliott of 60
Lenox Place.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
GIL FAYORS SCHOOLS
FOR AGRICULTURE
Believes They Win Bring About Re-
demption of Mexican Peas
ant Classes

Mexico City, Dec. 81 @-The
newspaper Excelsior said today that
President Portes Gil in speaking at
the Inauguration of an agricultural
school in the town OF Tepecoacuilco
declared that such schools would
bring about a redemption Of the
peasant classes by producing stand
ard bearers Of socialistic principles
to deliver the peasants from their
present conditions.
The president said that the So
cialization Of the peasants and la
Dor was desirable because 1t would
weld these two classes together so
that they would offer a solid front
against Exploiting by capital"
I'VE are no enemies OF capital"
the president continued. but OF
capitalistic system which exploited
our men. women and children. In
our methods for the Specialization Of
workers especially with regards to
the peasants We do not intend to
despoil property. We want to re.
store to the legal owners in accord.
ance with the law those lands which
were taken away from them years
ago and which they still need. THU
my government follows in the wake
Of the Obregon and Gales admins
STATIONS in the struggle for deliver
ance OF the proletarians."
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
POLICE hunting
JERSEY GUNNER
Killed Two Men and Wounded
Five Persons

Camden, N. J., Dec. 81 R,-Police
Of this city and Philadelphia today
searched underworld haunts for a
trio OF gunner who, armed with
machine gun and pump gun, shot
two men to death and wounded five
other persons. two of them women.
The slayers. believed to be Phila-
delphia gangsters seeking revenge
for real or fancied wrongs, poured
more than 100 shots into two coupes
loaded with merry-makers as they
rode along the Black Horse Pike
near here early yesterday morning
and then sped away in a yellow
roadster.
Roaring along in the rear Of the
{irst coupe with both guns blazing
death, the gangsters killed Joseph
Cusano. Fl, and Nicholas Celcbre,
20, both of Philadelphia. Samuel
Orlando, 10, also an occupant Of the
coupe, was shot through the head
and body. but may recover.
Cusano, at the wheel OF his car,
tried to outspeed the yellow road
ster, but machine gun bullet pierre
ed his head and he fell dead in his
seat. The gangsters then sped on
in pursuit of the other car. while the
driverless coupe shot from the high
way and was wrecked in ditch.
Eleanor McDevitt. 10, in the rear
seat of the car ahead peercd through
the curtains as the gunner ap-
preached and screamed warning.
Daniel Delsiornor, 20. alias Danny
Day. the driver, stepped on the ac-
0erator but could not outdistance
lie roadster from which bullets were
poured into the little coupe.
Day was shot through the eye,
the McDevitt girls hand was brok-
en- by another bullet and the two
other occupants. Miss Phyllis Paz-
zollo. 20. and Peter Zecco, "a. were
shot in the back and side. The bull
let in the back paralyzed the girls
legs. Motorcycle police found the
wounded persons as they crawled
from their car after the gunner had
passed on. and took them to hos
pital here. They also found the car
first attacked In 1t Cusano was life
less over the wheel and Celere dy-
ing.
Police learned that the men and
girls had met in a Philadelphia
dance hall and later had gone to Il
roadhouse at Chew's Landing, sew
eraI miles from Camden. The party
was returning to Philadelphia when
the attack occurred.
Deny Shooting
County detectives later arrested
"Ar' Wagner. alleged Philadelphia
gangster; Richard Dougherty and
Benjamin Williams at the roadhouse
but all Of them disclaimed knowl-
edge Of the shootings.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
YALE athlete
browns IN jersey
Norman Hall Loses Life When
Thin Ice Breaks

Crawford. N. j., Dec. 81 R-
Norman S. Hall, Yale athlete, gave
his life yesterday In an attempt to
save a classmate from drowning
after having rescued the cassmate
sister when ice gave way under
skaters.
Leonard F. GEM, a fellow junior
with Hall at New Haven. was
rescued by Donald Rosencranz. a
boy scout of Crawford. The football
player never rose to the surface
after plunging back into the pond
into which he. GEM and GEMS
younger sister. Vera, had been pre-
cipitated when ice crumbled be-
meath them as they skated.
The pond is really widened por-
ton of small stream. which has
current enough to render the ice in
its middle insecure. AS the three
skaters approached mid-stream all
the ice crumbled and they were
plunged into about eight feet OF
water.
Saves Girl
Hall fought his way with the girl
through the thin ice to point
where he could place her upon a
solid surface. Without an instant's
hesitation, he plunged back after
GEM. Aftert Rosencranz had
pulled out GEM. he dived repeated
ly for Hall. Finally the boy scout
was ordered from the water by fire.
men. They recovered the body only
after several hours effort with
graphing hooks.
Hall, 20 years old. was the son OF
Neptune. N. j.. banker. He had
been spending part of his Christmas
vacation with the GEM family in
Crawford.
Entering Yale In the fall Of 1926
Hall made good on the freshman
eleven and track team az weight
man. As a sophomore and a junior
he was substitute guard on the
football team, and was varsit,
track star last spring, his specialtie'
being shotput and hurdles. In
iuries kept him on the sidelines o
the gridiron much Of the last sea
son. He earned his letter both a!
a sophomore and as junior b,
playing against Princeton and Har
ward. He was the most experienced
guard available for next fall'l
eleven.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
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FRoLIC AT STRAND TONIGHT


FROLIC AT STRAND TONIGHT
Tonight at - o'clock the Strand
will offer its annual New Years eve
gala midnight frolic with 10 select
acts of vaudeville as the featured
program. All seats are reserved and
there are plenty OF good ones yet
obtainable.
The regular program for today.
Tuesday and Wednesday offers a
choice selection OF holiday attrac-
tons being headed by five all-star
acts OF vaudeville and the feature
movie offering Ramon Novarro in
his latest and greatest hit, 1.-THE
Flying Fleet" 1t 10 a wonderful
production from start to finish and
was shown last evening to two ca
pacity audiences that were loud in
their praise. It Is a beautiful ro-
nance OF the United States naval
air force, Of six buddies going
through the naval academy at An
napolis and then preparing TO.
aviation.
The vaudeville show will be fea-
tured by Eva Shirley and her Thtr-
teen Notables. kings and the queen
OF jazz. Other acts are James c.
Morton and Co.. with Corinne Ar
buckle, In "Oh JIM" the Lander
Bros. and Irene Leary in 1.-The
Woman's Cab Society,"" Clifford and
Grey novelty stars, and Bessner
Seller and Bessner In THE Three
Man Revue" There are continuous
shows today and also on Tuesday.
On Thursday the entire show
changes and brings Norma Shearer
in "A Lady OF Chance" with a new
vaudeville bill.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
"UNCLE TOMS CABIN

The Capitol is presenting today.
Tuesday ana Wednesday the movie
tone attraction. Uncle Toms
Cabin" as adapted from the famous
stage show that has entertained
generations The photoplay truly
depicts the story and characters OF
the famous old play and its enter
tanning value is enhanced by the
noted Dixie Jubilee Singers on the
movietone. An all-star cast Ia Offer
ed in the featured roles. There are
two vitaphone acts on the program
Offering Harry ]. Conley in the Vita
phone playlet, 1.-The Book Worm"
and the Croonaders in "Melodious
! Moments"
+ The inner workings Of one Of the
nations biggest though least known
industries is dramatically revealed
in 1.-THE Midnight Taxi" the War
ner Bros: release featuring Antonio
Moreno and Helene Costello which
comes to the Capitol theater mex:
Thursday for a run of three days.
Although Antonio Moreno's role
In THE Midnight Taxi" is a roman
tic one, 1t Is said to be based upon
the actual career OF one Of the
most sensational figures of the un-
derworld-a man whose defiance OF
law enforcement and notoriety as a
gunman has made him one of the
kings of the underworld.
The stirring action Of the story
Is intensified by the cast selected
for the production which John
Adolh directed. Featured with Mr.
Moreno and Miss Costello are Myr-
ma 10y, William Russell, Bobbie
Agnew, Tom Dugan, Jack Sanford
and Pat Hartignn. 1.-THE Midnigh,
Taxi" was scenarized by Harvey
Gates from . story by Gregory
Rogers.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
f.. RICHARD DIX AT PALACE

The doughboys have had their Dig
moments in motion pictures. There
have been many pictures clarifying
the sailor. Now the marines get a
break. Richard Dix takes the part
OF q two-fisted "fre-eater" in his
new starring Paramount picture.
MORAN OF the Marines" Futher-
more he 10 no general. colonel. cap
tain, second lieutenant or even top
kick" He Is a buck private. front
or rear rank not specified.
Frank Strayer. an officer in the
United States Navy during the world
war, directed the picture and Ruth
Elder. first woman to attempt a
transatlantic air flight. Is Dix's lead
Ing woman. The picture opens to-
morrow at the Palace theater.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31
DE MAR TO MARRY

Melrose. Mass. Dec. 31.-tF-
Clarence De Mar. 40-year-old ma
tional marathon champion, admitted
last night that he was engaged to
be married to Miss Margaret L.
Ilsley of this city.
De Mar. q printer by trade. was
national marathon champion In 1926.
'27. and '2s. He has won the Boston
Athletic association marathon six
times. registering his first victory in
that event almost Is years ago. and
represented this country in the
Olympic games.