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The Washington times., 1932-01-13

The best mobsters in town we're
anxious to join forces with
him. There we're high-powered
machines. Plenty of night
clubs. Women galore. Whoopee!
Suddenly, something hap
pened. One of his best men
was filled with lead and tossed
from a car on a lonely road.
A few days later. two more of
his men went the same way.
Within a very short time, every
man in the mob was ION the
edge" and none of them knew
for a certainty when they went
for a walk that it wouldn't turn
into a ride.
WondersHow toQuit
To the members of the gang
this merely meant a bullet
proof vest and a lot of fun in
a short time. But to Eddie, the
shrewd one, it meant some
thing totally different. It
meant that, while he could buy
politicians and Government
workers by the carload, he
couldn't buy the members of
the competing mobs. He didn't
want death; he wanted to live
to enjoy his money. And he
began to plan far. far ahead.
We skip ten years now, and
we find Eddie pretty much the
same as he was when we last
left him. With this change:
He was no longer the leader of
one of the biggest mobs. He
was content to go along in his
smaller fashion and let the
others fight it out among them
selves. He now had the mil
lions he had talked about to
Butch in the dim past-but he
also had the same desire to get
away from the racket as he
had had ever since his first
gangster was put on the spot.
But how? How was he to
get away? There he was.
Money galore in the safety
deposit boxes-but not out from
the racket. What to do?
He Does His Bit
One bright morning Eddie
pounced upon a brilliant idea.
It was a positive out, and he
would still be on the up and
up with his mob. If his politi-
clans could work one way,
surely they would turn in the
opposite direction. It has been
done, you know.
A week later, Eddie was
picked up by an officer of ne
law. He had been picked up
some SO times before, but this
was something different. He
was convicted of the crime
with which he was charged,
and was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. If
I'm not mistaken, several
papers congratulated the police
commissioner of the day on
his brilliant achievement. That
must have handed Eddie a
laugh.
In a year, Eddie was pretty
much forgotten. A new leader
was on the job two days after
Eddie had been sent away.
When he was finally released,
the shrewd one went to his
plant" and uncached his bank
roll. And today, under a diff
ferent name in another city,
Eddie is living the life he had
always wanted to live.
Not bad.
I asked about Eddie the other
day. 1 asked one Of the tougher
members of a big mob if he
remembered the name.
"Oh, sure" was the reply :
received. Don't know what
became of him though. After
he was sprung, he disappeared.
Oh, we'll, he shouldn't have
been caught in the first place.
He always was pretty dumb"
Don't miss it win one Of tn
90 CASH PRIZES being offered In tn
Slogan Contest announced today In tn
Classified Section of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Wallace Is sAfraid
Or Famine in
Horrors
Ry HARRISON CARROLL
copyright. 1882, King Features
syndicate. Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 13.-A
voice is raised in Hollywood ques'
tioning the possibility of a horror
cycle in motion pictures. ou
How are they going to dc lt?'
demands Novelist Edgar Wallace,
"when there is only one gooo
horror story written every 81
years" .,,.,
Mr.. Wallace, whose crime
thrillers have raised the blood
pressure of several nations, names
"Dracula' and Frankenste1n" as
two really great shockers. TWO
in a century" he says, land both
are on the screen already.
You can manufacture thrills
but horror comes from inspira'
ton" =,
1t so happens Mr.. Wallace will
inject some supernatural creeps
into his first story for R.-K.-O.
But no corpses," he remarks.
I'm getting fed up on horror
stories with corpses."
What his angle is, he won't
say. But when he and Merriam
Cooper submitted the story, David
Selznick tabled it IAN astonishing
box-offiCe idea"
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
He Figured 1t Out

When the Government first
whispered that prohibition had
gone into effect, Eddie didn't
mean very much in the under
world. He was on the fringe
Of a fairly important mob and,
because of his education, he
was valuable when they were
engineering a deal that called
for a little class. But he was
a quiet sort of bird. And they
all figured him for something
Of a chump.
After a few months of prohi-
bition. Eddie went to the leader
of his particular underworld
organization.
Butch" he began, Il know
that some of the boys around
here have me pegged as some
thing of a chump. l don't
mind that. AS a matter of
fact, when I look at some of
them, I'm glad they figure me
in a different class from them.
But that's not the point"
He was silent for moment.
Then he spoke impressively.
Millions are going to be
made out of this prohibition
racket, Butch" he went on.
Millions. The things in its
first stages today, and any
dope who has whiskey on his
hands is out trying to sell it.
Nothing is organized, nothing
is readv
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
TRT~ ~ D
Tg Tp
Stage Singers Are
Among Worst
Offenders
Bx ANDREW r. KELLEY

Cardinal William O'Connell
started all kinds of tongue-wag'
ging in the radio and show world
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
A Natural Mistake

Arthur Caesar reports that
when visitor asked for the cut
ting department at a studio the
other day, an absent.minded door
man sent him in to see the au-
ditOr.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Organizes a Mob

So Eddie went out and be-
gan to organize his own mob.
He did an excellent job Of
it. Using every argument at
his command, he persuaded
some of the towns noblest
muscle men to string with him.
He had one distinct advantage
that none of the other racketeers
enjoyed. He had an education.
And any time they tell you
that means nothing in the
underworld, you can laugh right
in their maps.
A few years later. Eddie was
riding high, wide and hand
some. He dealt with all the
big shots and. when things
were arranged, his men carried
out his orders. All of them
were making plenty of money.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Did You Know

DIu lou NHUW
That Helene Twelvetrees was a
champion bicycle rider at public
school No 119, Brooklyn?
If you don't believe this, sue
me-
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Turns Down Proposal

THAT type of situation lsnO
going to last very long. Before
you know it, three or four big
outfits will be handling all the
booze that comes into New
York. The small guys today
will all be banded together I'M
der the control of the different
leaders. What else can hap
pen?
Don't you see, Butch, that
this liquor thing is going TO
become one of the greatest
rackets the world has ever
known? Can't you see that lar
in the future? It's going to be
q terrific business. It's going
to take smart guys to handle
politicians and coppers. But
it's going to be a business when
hundreds will go out and thou
sands will pour in. Do you
follow me?"
Butch nodded sleepily.
yeah" he said. What do
you want me to do?"
The underling pounded his
fists.
"I want you to let me organ
lie this thing for you," he re-
piled. "I want to use your
name and your power. I want
to start a liquor combination
that will get the jump on the
others that are sure to come.
I want you to back me in my
idea.
You'll make fortune,
Butch. What do you say?''
Butch yawned.
I'll tell yuh. Eddie" he re-
piled tiredly. you're a nice kid
an like yuh. But you're get"
ting all hoped up over nothin'.
I'm doin' all right just where I
am now-an' I amt gonna fool
around wit no racket what
don't sound sensible. So long,
kid"
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Snendthrift Loose

Clarence Muse, the negro actor,
tells the story of the Scot, who,
after having worn the same hat
for nearly 18 years, decided with
a heavy heart to buy new one.
Going into the only hat shop
in his neighborhood, he said:
well, here l am again"
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
MUSCULAR
RHEUMATIC PAINS

DRAW them out with counter
~ ivritdnt." Muscular lumbago,
soreness and generally respond
to good old Musterole. Doctors call it
"cOunter-irritGnt" becauseitswarm-
ingaction penetrates and stimulates blood
circulation and helps to draw out infec-
ton and pain. 1t gets action and is not
just salve. But do not stop with one
application. Apply this soothing, cooE-
ings healing ointment generously to the
affected area once every hour for
five hours. Used by millions for over
20 years. Recommended by many doc
tors and nurses. All druggists.
To MOtherS-MuSterOle is also
made in nrilder form for babies
and small children. Ask for CHI"
dvor1Se MucfOr0IO
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

Of Years Ends

I've been troubled with gas on
my stomach. for two years" saws
Mrs. Frank Steele, Coatesvile, Pa.
Il tried many things and none ave
given me such relief as ACIDINE. %
End gas. sourness. heartburn. diz-
ziness, sleeplessness, headache re.
sulting from acidity. Maker guar.
antees ACIDINE ends your stom.
ach trouble or money back. All
druggists have ACIDINE.
Evening star., 1932-04-05

grunt. What was the good Of this
smart swimming instructor when the
weather drove all the visitors out Of the
place? The Big Petermann was nearly
empty. The next thing would be that
the orchestra would be dismissed.
Martin walked irresolutely up and
down in front Of Schwoisshackel's res
taurant once or twice before venturing
in. His hands we're sunk deep in the
pockets of his raincoat. The breath
left his body when he entered and met
the thick warm smell of bean soup. He
ordered three courses and sat down
with grim resolution in corner on a
bench covered with oilcloth. The mo-
mentS of waiting we're torture. He
swallowed and checked as If he had a
cramp in his gullet. Getting up, he
took large roll of country bread from
another table, and ground 1t between
his teeth and swallowed 1t.
by your leave" said Vesi as she put
a plate of soup before him. She was a
handsome girl, a magnificent specimen
of her sex, with her fine teeth and eyes
and her heavy coils of hair. Martin
was ashamed of the clatter he made
with his knife and fork as he ate. A
three days hunger turns a man into
a beast. When he was tolerably full.
he felt able to face life again. He
Evening star., 1932-04-05

end. and he walked on and on, looking
at stalls of ham, Sausages, huge sllces
of bacon, butchers meat and poultry
Mountains of fruit were heaped up IN
baskets. Gingerbread was built up IN
tiers. The cheeses were as large as
wagon wheels, and there were CRAPS
boiled red, on blocks of ice. Martin,
too, so he dreamed, was lying on
block of ice, and the cold of it waked
him. The cold crept over his limbs
like hateful animal. He turned over
on the other side. for his arm hurt a
little. "Todin-' said DR.. Mayreder.
who was devouring huge shoulder OF
veal, as Martin fell asleep again.
He dreamed of SchwoisshackeIS. IN
the middle of Schwoisshackel's restau-
rant stood a long table set with plates
in row. Warm steam rose from eacn
plate with a SAVIOR that made his throat
contract. He wanted to eat, but ne
could not use his ARMAND there ne
sat painting with hunger until he woke
He champed on the horrid taste that
hunger gave to his mouth. He drank
a mouthful of water and, falling asleep
again. found himself in his mothers S
little kitchen.
IT am off to have a meal he said
next day very gravely to Herr Blrndl
who was no more pleased with the
weather than Martin was. Herr BlrndI
greeted this announcement with a
Evening star., 1932-04-05

hand. He went on: "I have no wish
to act inhospitably toward you. There
fore, perhaps, it would be as well If you
came over no more to us from the other
side. Good night, DR.. He'll" He threw
in the chain--in way that marked the
limit of his self -control-and showed
the boat off from the landing stage
with vigorous kick.
Well, there I got my box on the ears,
thought Martin, as the boat put out
into the lake, and he felt again tiny
cold trickle of sweat on his burning
back. Inside the boat house the baron
put out the lantern and stood for some
time in the darkness with his face
pressed against a beam, alone with
those suppressed secrets which are in
every human heart and cannot be ex-
ercised by any philosophy. -.
After this day of many meals and
many experiences a bad time began for
Martin. 1t rained. 1t rained In a
steady. heavy downpour, day and night,
day and night, without the slightest
pause. The mountains vanished, the
shore of the lake vanished; the lake
itself was not to be seen.
No letter came from Herr Meyer Of
his invention. There was no news OF
FTauleln LySSeHIOp. 1LelC was AO
money in the table drawer, and there
were no receipts to be entered in the
depressing little account book. He did
not care to swim; the wound in his arm
from the rusty nail was not healing
properly. and the water was IA degrees.
Up to then meals had not been any too
regular, but now hunger was unmiti-
gated and invariable; and hunger, after
three or four days Of it, has the effect
of an illness. 1t brings on dizziness
and shuddering fits and makes you long
10 creep into a corner and howl.
Martin went to and fro, seeking the
means to stave off starvation. Frau
Birndl was in bed after giving birth to
fine twins, and she would not be able
for some time to bake bilberry tarts.
The humpbacked Resi-. deprived of her
employment by this week Of rain, had
left her wash house and gone to help
in the Birndl household The May
reders we're at the Seespitz, far away
behind the wall of rain, and not to be
seen The Won Brinckmann ladies had
packed their trunks and gone. There
were no more cups Of coffee and cream
buns.
At night Martin dreamed Of market
place. 1t extended on and on without
Evening star., 1932-04-05
kGlNARrlN5 SUMNER e.,
IL ~ AM0h Rau@ ASX
AyMARal1s

into his mind. He was still in the Dos
and the phrase suggested itself OF It's
own accord as the appropriate formal
ity. I am at your disposal
He opened his mouth twice before
sound came and then he was sur
prised to hear himself say: Il don't
know how 1t is--but seem to get into
most absurd situations here at your
place ="
Situations that are more fiattering
to you than to me, but one must not
take such matters more seriously than
they deserve" the baron put in ami
ably. you, too. my dear doctor, must
not overestimate thiS-theSe
My wife is extremely irritable when she
is not at work and she INDUCES her
self in what little alienation she can
find 1t is really my fault if I do not
appear at the right moment to give her
her cue In any case, as you are well
aware, philosophers are always comic
figures on the stage. They forget their
umbrellas. stuff their table napkins in
their pockets instead of their hand
kerchiefs, and break the china :"
Martin listened with embarrassment
to the easy flow of talk, but when the
baron opened the boathouSe and lighted
the small lantern, Martin observed that
he was very yellow all the same, with
a shrunken look as if a fresh attack of
ague was coming on. Martin began to
feel bitterly ashamed of himself as he
stood on the landing stage where Puck
had laid him the day she rescued him
from the lake.
You see, jealousy is now necessity
of the human soul 1t is not a prind-
tive emotion. 1t is a matter of con-
vention. something superinduced and
superimposed, said Baron Dobbersberg
as Martin put the oars in the rowlocks.
wait a moment. doctor, till I loose the
chain. Pull with your right. doctor, or
you'll be into the sailing boat. Are you
all right?"
'"Yes-quite. Thank you very much"
said Martin, as he plunged the oars
into the water
Evening star., 1932-04-05
BABY HUNT NETS MAN
SOUGHT FOR 10 YEARS
Baltimore Police Hold Otto E
Hawk, Charged With Making
False Bill on Importation.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April Chasing
down lead in the hunt for the miss
ing Lindbergh baby, Baltimore police
yesterday had in custody q man for
whom Federal authorities had been
searching 10 years.
Otto E. Hawk. So charged with
making a false bill of lading in 1922
on pottery he was importing from
Mexico. was arrested last night near
his apartment. He had forfeited bail
of $4,000 in Laredo, Tex, in 1922. when
he failed to appear on the charge of
defrauding the Government.
Arrested three years later in Seattle.
Wash, he escaped from two United
Evening star., 1932-04-05

States marshals on a train at Emporia,
Kans.
Baltimore police early last week re-
ceived a tip that a child which looked
like the IIindbergh baby was in the
apartment of Arthur G.. Young, but
Lieut.. Joseph H Itzel Of the detective
bureau found the child to be two and
half years old.
Later Department Of Justice agent
showed Itzel photograph of Hawk and
the detective identified 1t as that Of
Young. The man, after he had been
arrested. admitted his identity and was
placed in jail awaiting action of the
Federal authorities.
Evening star., 1932-04-05

beckoned TO vesi, and she came up to
him with alacrity.
Did you enjoy 1t? That's right"
she said.
Martin took the plunge. ''Vesi, I've
forgotten my purse. You must enter
it up. I'll pay tomorrow"
"Of course. Quite all right" said
Vesi, putting her hand cordially on his
arm. Martin got up and went out.
CTo be continued)
Evening star., 1932-04-05
STENGLE TO SPEAK

Will Address Columbia Heights
Citizens Tonight.
Charles L Stengle, former member
Of the House, will address the Colum-
bia Heights Citizens Association to-
night at meeting in the New Amster-
dam ball room, Fourteenth and Fair
mont streets.
Mr.. Stengle. member of the District
Citizens Advisory Council, will discuss
balancing the District budget, the
George Washington Bicentennial and
the delay in construction of the NUM-
cip% Center. Regular committee re-
ports will be heard by the association.
Evening star., 1932-04-05

Shoe exports from GERMANY last wear
totaled 4,250,310 pairs, or 362,l71 pairs
more than in 1880.
Evening star., 1932-04-05

* you don't know how lonely
SS am" the Bajon continued.
There is not soul in the
world who means anything
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-06
Photo -Engravers' Official
Hits Wage Cut Proposal

New York.-Edward White, presi-
dent of the New York Photo -Engrav-
ers' Union No. L, took direct issue
with the Printers League section of
the New York Employing Printers
Association, which urged a wage re-
duction in order to keep in New York
a flood of orders for engraving now
said to be going to other cities. He
declared wages in New York, Phila-
delphia and Newark are similar, and
that there was no food of orders
leaving New York for the other cities.
In addition Mr.. White claimed the
percentage of unemployment and
part-time employment was greater in
some cities than in New York. He
asserted that for years photo-engrav-
ing in New York has been done at a
lower scale than elsewhere because
of cooperation of the union with en-
ployers.
The statement by the employing
printers that the use of the gravure
process had made inroads on photo
engraving was denied by Mr.. White,
who declared plate making by the
rotogravure process was the least
item in the cost Of publication.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-06
Endorsed by the Trades and Laber
Council Of Hamilton. Ohie
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labsr Council Of Middletswn. O.
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1882
VOTE NEXT TUESDAY

Next Tuesday is primary day, and
at which time both political parties
will select delegates and alternates
to national and state conventions, and
nominate candidates for the various
state, district and county offices to
be run for at the regular election
next November. Both parties will
also select members of their controll-
ing committees at Tuesdays pri-
maries.
1t is the duty of every voter, man
and woman, to go to the polls next
Tuesday and help to select those who
will represent their party on the
ticket at the November election 1t is
really more important to the state
and community that voters express
themselves at the primaries than it
is that they vote at the regular cleo
tion. For if good men and women
are nominated by both parties at the
primaries, what difference does it
make to citizens and taxpayers what
candidates are elected in November +?
Party politics shouldn't cut any fig
ure so long as good and honest Off
cials are elected.
And so, as stated before, it is the
duty of every voter to go to the polls
and cast his ballot for the best on
the ticket next Tuesday And to the
trade unionist the Press would say
why not go over the list of candi-
dates and select those who are mem
bers of trade unions or who have by
their actions in the past shown their
friendship for the trade union move
ment? There are number of good
union men on the ticket. The Press
doesn't advocate that union workers
vote for these men simply because
they are members of some trade
union. If they are known to lack in
ability to properly fill in in the office
to which they aspire they shouldn't
be elected, but all things equal the
Press urges that trade unionists sup
port union members and known
friends. These can be easily ascer-
tanned upon inquiry. But by al
means-VOTE.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-06
BLIND INVENTION

"It is not surprising to learn that
an unusually large number of i'm
portant labor-saving devices has
been perfected during the past IL
months, and that machine products
have made further devastating in
roads upon handmade goods" Thus
the New York Journal of Commerce
sums up continuing tendency
trend laden with danger to every
American workman.
This tendency began 20 years ago,
but has been given awful impetus
during the last decade. How power
full its logic is, is indicated by the
fact that it increases during a de-
preston which has left the purchas
ing power of 40 per cent of the pop
ulation seriously impaired. Surely
such a blind force should have intel
ligent direction.
Invention of the automatic type.
setter has been announced. This is
operated by photo-electric cell
which is agitated by light shining
upon characters of a printed code
prepared upon typewriter. Wher
the reporter strikes the keys, the
article is written, and the type is set
at the same time. In other words
the linotype operator is omitted.
Where the end of this unnatural
elimination of men reaches can easily
be foreseen. Only planned production
can adequately protest workers.
Electrical Workers Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-06
EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY
FOR RLINDNESS

The terrific loss of eyesight and
lesser injuries to the eyes imposed
on the workers by employers is en-
phasized in the annual report of the
National Society for the Prevention
of Blindness.
"It is estimated" the report says,
that in American industry more
than 1000 workmen lose one or both
eyes, 100000 minor eye injuries are
received, and approximately $50,00O,-
900 wasted in time lost, compensation
and medical bills each year."
Lewis H. Carris, managing director
of the association, asserted that most
of the accident are preventable.
1t is a notorious fact that millions
of workers are compelled to labor in
poorly illuminated workshops which
are a constant strain on the eyes.
1t is an equally notorious fact that
the workers are not adequately safe
guarded against machinery that is
dangerous to the eyes.
State factory laws enacted by leg
islatures dominated directly or indi-
rectly by employers, are often too
/ loosely phrased to give the workers
adequate protection, and even when
carefully worded they are frequently
administered with such laxity as to be
of relatively little worth.
1t is for these reasons that 1000
workers lose one or both eyes every
year, and thousands of others suffer
accidents that materially injure THEN
eyesight.
The major purpose of industry un-
der it's present organization is te
realize the largest possible profits
for the owners regardless of the wei
fare of the employees.
Labor insists that this policy shall
be reversed. Industry should bt
operated with the safety of the bod
les of the workers as it's first respon
sibility.
Our industrial autocrats and theil
political representatives should stoI
imposing blindness and other bodily
injuries on the working men, womel
and children.