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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

1 rackets, no political grafters, no gangsters, of importance because Milwaukee will not permit them to | start.
 The modern gang is one of the segments in q particularly vicious circle composed of public indiffer- | ence, of lax prosecution, of con- niving politicians, of venal police, and of congested, backward courts. Here is how 1t works: John Smith of Chicago owns, let us say, a plumbing shop. A hoodlum walks in and says: "1 represent the International Plumbers and Seamfitters Protective association. You'll have to join if you want to stay in business. The cost of join- ing is $500 and the dues are $1OO month. For your money you get protection and the right to run your own business here."
 q won't pay it." says Mir Smith. He tells the policeman on the beat, who, of course is far too wary to touch the lowly emissary of an or ganization for extortion and which stretches it's fingers far up into police and prosecutors depart ments.
 That night small bomb is tossed into Mir Smiths shop. A few nights later. if he remains adamant a larger bomb is stossed. Eventually Smith pays the toll to the racket.
 Milwaukccans Are Different But Milwaukeeans don't feel they should pay hoodlum just for the privilege of staying in. the business. So when a pugnacious representative of the Plumbers Protective" walks into the shop of Emil Schultz in Milwaukee and demands tribute, MT Schultz be- comes rjghteously indignant and shouts: "Donnerwetter, thieves, burglars! Il call a cop!"
 This time the policeman re- spends with alacrity, the Protec- tive association delegate is prompt ly jailed and is fortunate If he escapes a prompt sentence for at- tempted extortion, or at the least, for vagrancy.
 Long ago Milwaukee realized thaht if 1t was to have dependable protection from criminals. it had tohave an honest, efficient police department. So Milwaukee de- cided to take thhe police depart ment out of politics and place it on d basis of merit. The old fashioned method of having each incoming mayor sweep away all heads of the police departments and replace them with friends | came to an end.
 Milwaukee's police chief is ap- pointed not by the mayor, but by q board of five fire and police commissioners, who in turn get their appointments from the may or. Under a state law, not more than two members can be mem- bers of the same political party.
 All members of this police board are not appointed at the same time; each year the mayor ap- points one, so that 1t is constant ly rotating. and the mayor must be in office at least five years to have named the entire group. Even then, the majority of the | board cannot be of the mayors political party.
 Two Chiefs in Forty Years
 Thus Milwaukee made it's police
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
PLANE CRASH
 STAMPS SOUGHT

Paris, UP) - Philatelists here are taking great interest In all airplane accidents, for the stamp enthusiastic have started collecting stamps from mail recovered from plane wreckage. The greater the catastrophe the higher the value of the stamps recovered. Many of the stamps recovered carry rather interesting stories.
 One of the most prized and sought after stamps, for those who are following the new ten dency in stamp collecting, is one from the mail brought over with Admiral Byrd on his transatlantic flight. When the plane fell into the were soaked from the envelopes mail each letter was given stamp from the sea-soaked mass at the bottom of the mail bags. Now yellowed envelope and stamp from the Byrd plane is worth 1000 francs.
 Each envelope and stamp from an airpIane crash carries on 1t stamped note explaining just what accident the mail was recovered from. In August. 1919. plane from Buenos Aires was forced down in Mauritania. West Africa, and the mail was seized by the natives. When 1t was finally de- livered the envelopes bore the note, Correspondence Aerienne Ouverte en Mouritanie." Stamps from this particular plane are worth about 200 francs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
'No Gangs, No Crime!" Is Slogan OF Mil.oaukee, Crir,e-Free City 100 Miles From Chicago
Out Of Politics And Citizens Aid Cops Why Raketeers Can't Gain Foohod

other police positions are filled by rigid civil service examination. An alderman or ward leader would have difficult task in trying to place a friend in the department.
 War on Grafters.
 Chief Laubenheimer Is almost a fanatic on bribe taking. Thati s why protection money is rarely heard of in Milwaukee.
 Tt doesn't pay Milwaukee po- licemen to be dishonest" Chief Laubenheimer comments, "be- cause organized racketeering, at the start, could pay such small bribes that any sensible officer would refuse 1t. So 1t Is our busi- ness to keep organized crime so low that 1t canont offer import ant bribes.
 Milwaukee has prevented gang sters from getting a start by law which makes 1t crime merely to be a gangster. This si the far famed Milwaukee vagrancy statute, which provides 90-day sentence for a first offender and up to three years for a second offender.
 That is why the word has gone out to gangsters: "Keeu out of Milwaukee; that town is too tough"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

department one of the finest in the country. In 40 years there have been only two chiefs of police.
 John T. Jansen, chief for more than a quarter of century, who died II years ago, achieved na- tional reputation for his sturdy in dependence and his enforcement of iron discipline.
 Jansen was succeeded by the present chief, Jacob G. Lauben- heimer, who has spent his life in the department. (The law provides that police leaders must be career men.) A man of wide reading and of progressive inclination, heh has been responsible for outstanding efforts in the battle against crime.
 The Milwaukee police training school turns out higher type pro- duct, on the whole. than the aver age policeman. The Milwaukee police radio, which serves enforce ment officials of the entire coun- ty, has been tremendous help.
 The chief appoints police cap tains and the other officers above that rank. Thus, with an honest chief, able and trustworthy de- partment heads are assured. All
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
CHINESE OPEN
 MORAL SOCIETY

Nanking.-Two buildings now have been completed here by the Chinese National officers Moral Endeavor association, frankly mod eled upon the Young Mems Chris tian association, except that it has no religious connections.
 A third building, a dormitory with accommodations for 25O men, is under construction, and will be opened in October. The main building, just completed, is three stories high, of Chinese architec- ture adapted to modern construc- tion, with offices, library and reading room, a cafeteria and billiard room.
 . The cafeteria is believed to be the first in China which serves only Chinese food, and is one of the first of any kind. It can serve as many as 1000 persons simul- taneously.
 Colonel F. c. Huang, director general of the association, is a graduate of Vanderbilt and Co., lumbia universities, and took a course in the Y. M. c. A. secre- tarial school in Cleveland, where he obtained many ideas used in organizing the association. The physical director, s. F. Chang, also is a returned student from the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
BY WALTER MONFRIED NEA Service COrresDOndcnt


 Milwaukee.-One morning a few years ago, an infuriated hus- band stood on a corner and wait ed for his wife, who was on her way to work He stabbed her to death and fled.
 Eight hours later the self-made widower was in the state prison at Waupun, beginning g. life term for murder. In those eight hours he had been caught by the police, ar raigned in the district court and bound over for trial to the muni- cipal court; he had been tried, had pleaded guilty, had heard his sen- tence, and then had been driven the 80 miles to the penitentiary.
 That theatrical, perfectly direct CT court performance shows the system of Milwaukee justice" wh.ch functioned with breath-tak- ing speed and ominous certainty.
 Why is it that only 100 miles from gang ridden Chicago there stands d large prosperous city which is virtually free from gangs, from miscarriage of justice, from the laws delay?
 Why does Milwaukee have the lowest theft insurance rate of any big city in the country? Why is the amount of crime here so small?
 "No Gangs, No Crimc!'
 There are many reasons, but the chief one Is this-MilWaukee citi- zens do not want organized crime, and their dislike of gang activities is strong enough to impel Milwau- keeans to drive them out. The po- lice and the courts only reflect the temper of the citizenry, and that is: 'No gangs, no crime"
 The people of Milwaukee are, in a measure, masters of the criminal situation. The people In almost every other city are the helpless victims.
 There are no highly organized
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

and 12s ounces of silver. per ton. Conservative engineers who visited the FIrebaii returned with glow ing reports.
 The greatest gold excitement of the year occurred in February when two old desert men, Charley and Jim Scossa, discovered high grade ore assaying at high as s45.000 per ton. in the old Rabbit Hole district 50 miles above Love- lock. This discovery caused a real gold rush and the camp now has grown into a permanent town. :.
 Mining men of Tonopah are speaking in whispers of some great gold discovery which has been made in that vicinity.
 High Grade Veins. f High grade veins in an old abandoned mine with ore assaying into the thousands have been dis covered during the past month in that famous old mining camp, Vir- ginia City-which once poured $7O.00O, ,0O0 of silver into the na- tional treasury when it was needed most by the Union during the Civil war.
 Numerous good gold discoveries have been made in Elko and Hum- boldt counties which give promise of production for years to come Southern California capitalists are quietly investing huge sums in de- velopment work there.
 Even the old ghost town" of Gilbert has had resurrection and small army of leasers are work ing there in old mines. Round Mountain continues to be the most prosperous camp with 209 men employed at Gold Hill and Sunny side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
MANACUA RISES
 FROM RUINS OF
 FIRE AND QUAKE
Nicaraguan Preside n Concentrates on Re-
 building City

Managua.-Genera Jose Mon cada, president of Nicaragua, is concentrating on rebuilding Man agua, which was destroyed by the earthquake and fire ast March. In spite of the continued activities Of bandits in northern Nicaragua, President Moncada mountains that the reconstruction and rehabilita- ton of the capital is his greatest problem.
 Pending the rebuilding of the new presidential palace on the hill overlooking Managua. presj dent Moncada occupies modest quarters in the town, block away from the camp where the five hundred officers and men of the Fifth Regiment of United States Marines are quartered. Across from the executive offices, where the president works, eats and sleeps. is the camp of the presidential guard of the Guardia Nacional. the force organized and still, in the main, oiicered by U. $. Marines. Surrounding tn" presidential quarters are heavily armed guardsmen with rifles, sub-machine guns and riot guns
 President Moncada, a sturdy man in his late fifties, is reserved and calm. He expresses complete confidence in the ability of his country to build q new Managua. He is satisfied with the spirit of labor shown by his people after the earthquake and fire, and he feels that the real problem of re- building is an economic one.
 "The government must con tinue in strong, firm hands" he said. "Without desiring to seem fmmodest, I do not hesitate to say that my government has admins tered the financial affairs of the country with care. practicing economies and succeeding in serv- icing our foreign indebtedness and in substantially reducing the prin- cipal. That is why Nicaragua is a solvent nation"
 The president, although deeply concerned over the effect of the world wide economic depression on his country, feels that Nica- ragua is less unfortunate than several of its near neighbors.
 He. naturally. has little time for recreation. but he manages to keep it, he says. on his weekend trips to a country place. He spends these holidays on the lake. swim ming and fishing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

Milder-you can smoke as many as you like. And they taste better-that good natural flavor of ripe, sweet-tasting tobaccos. The last Chesterfield of the day is as mild and smooth as the first.
 We'll filled, we'll formed, even-burning, always cool and comfortable smoke- They Satisfy! They're made that way!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
|SLUMP SPURS IDLE TO SEEK | NEVADA'S GOLD.
Important Strikes Made in Abandoned Workings
 of State
BY EARL I. LIEF

Un1te0 freSS Sbau NOrrcSpOhueht
 Reno. Nev.-The business de- pression and the low price of sil- yer have stimulated the gold min- ing industry in Nevada, with new important discoveries of high grade and shipping ore being made in scattered sections.
 Many of the famous old silver camps, such as Virginia City, Tonopah and Goldfield. have re- sponded to the worldwide cry for gold and mine operators are ship ping the yellow metal from camps formerly thought to be only silI yer producers.
 Unemployed persons have taken to the Nevada wastelands. some with a small grubstake and visions of a strike, others merely in the hope of finding steady employ ment at a daily wage.
 Latest Strike.
 The latest strike to capture the imagination is located 63 miles from Reno at Fireball camp in Pershing county. where ore sam ples assayed 257 ounces of gold
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
CHILDREN IN BEAUTY SHOW

Paris, (UP).-Eight thousand children will compete for prizes be- Ing offered to the most beautiful toy and girl in France. it has been announced by the RenaissaDcS brancaise. Judges will not finish judging until November l. and the prizes will be awarded as part Of the Armistice day fetes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

The Duke of Wellington has call ed at Windsor Castle and present ed to King George of England the small tr-color banner. which Is the annual rent" for his estate of Strathfieldsaye. Hampshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

Chattanooga, (UP)-Bill Under wood was arrested for possession of intoxicating liquor when pa per bag he was carrying began to leak.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30
Tbey're MADE bat 1uay!

Accurate! Men and science the most modern machines, the soundest re- search |. . in perfect teamwork!
 No cigarette is made with more care than Chesterfield. The best tobaccos money can buy. The purest cigarette paper made. Pas every manufacturing refinement that science can give!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH IA, 1881.

Last Week. Ne
High. Low. Hi
Average price of so stocks. 1888 160.9S ia
Same period a year Observation-Disclosures. 230
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
BEST RECORDS MADE
BY PAINTS AND OILS
Dun's Report of Defaults in Feb
ruary Shows Status of Diff
ferent Groups.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. March 14-Ftrther
analysis of the February failure returns
reported by r. G.. Dun g. Co. shows
more defaults than in February, 1880,
in 9 of the is separate manufacturing
groups, while in one-namely, paints
and oils-no insolvencies were reported
for February of either year. In cottonS,
lace and hosiery the number of failures
was unchanged, and the only lines in
which there were numerical reductions
were woolenS, carpets and knit goods,
lumber, carpenters and coopers, print
ing and engraving, and milling and
bakers. In point of liabilities only four
manufacturing branches showed inn
provement. these being machinery and
tools, hats, gloves and furS, milling and
bakers, and miscellaneous.
Numerical increases we're almost gen.
eral in the trading division, only of
the Is groups showing decreases last
month from the figures for February,
1880, these being clothing and furnish
ings, paints and oils and miscellaneous.
Similarly, only three of the trading
branches had a smaller indebtedness
namely, paints and oils, hats, furs and
gloves and miscellaneous.
Failures in leading branches of trade
for February are shown below:
February,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
STOCKS IN ADVANCE
F AS SHORTS COVER
Bears Take Profits, Hating
Recent Downward Trend
in Prices.
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER,
Associated Press Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Bears took
the moderate profits afforded by a four
day downward drift of prices in todays
week end session of the stock market,
and their repurchases lacked up the
list one to three points.
Spectators for the rise again put for
ward some of their favorites in the util-
ity division, and gave Radio Corporation
a whirl in the last few minutes, getting
1t up points, and of its widest gains
of the year. Trading in the two-hour
session showed little change from the
pace of preceding days, the transfers
aggregating 100000 shares. The clos
ing tone was firm.
Principal Changes.
Several of the principal shares. in
Guiding United States Steel, American
Telephone and General Electric, were
only fractionally higher at the close.
Gains of two or more were mostly in
the higher priced issues, such as East
man. Consolidated Gas, Public Service
of New Jersey, Allied Chemical, du Pont
and Columbian Carbon.
Issues rising about ! point included
such stocks as General Motors, Nash,
Chrysler United Corporation, United
Gas Improvement. National Power g.
Light Electric Power g. Light, Warner
Bros, Fox. Loews, American Can, Stand
ard of New Jersey. New York Central,
Woolworth, and Sears Roebuck.
The late whirl in Radio Corporation
looked like drive against shorts. While
this corporations annual report showed
almost nothing earned on the common
stock. the fact that it was able in the
last quarter TO wipe out deficit after
payment of preferred dividends incur
red during the first three quarters of
last year has taken the edge of bear
arguments in this stock. Furthermore,
rumors of an early acquisition of Co
lumbia Graphopfone are heard, al
though that is an old story.
Motor Group Strong.
Both motor and merchandising is
sues showed group strength. Latest re-
ports from motor circles remain fairly
cheerful, with the veteran loans and
the approach of Spring driving weather
helping retail sales. Furthermore,
chain store sales reports for February
have been fairly satisfactory, in view
of the lower prices.
The weekend estimate Of steel mill
operations for the youngstown area
next week shows small pickup from
so to 81 per cent of capacity Dividend
announcements on Saturday are rare,
but reduction of White Motors annual
rate from 50 to 81 appeared in the
news.
Money rates are expected to feel the
influence of the release of funds by
Government overdraft next week. Uncle
Sam pays out funds faster than they
come in for few days after quarterly
tax settlement dates. making a tempo
rary overdraft at the reserve banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
CORN PACKED 40 YEARS
STILL HAS FINE TASTE

A can of corn packed 43 years ago was
recently eaten by officials of the Cali
fornia Packers Association at their con-
vention at Del Monte.
o. c. Huffman, president of the Con-
tinental Can Co.. one Of those who at
tended the convention and who partook
Of this unusual dish, states that this
43-year-old corn was just as good and
palatable as II newly packed.