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hours, he sat in certain saloon
and waited and his illegitimate
customers came to him.
They came from all over be-
cause the word had gone abroad
through the underworld that
Ernest Balsk bought, sold and re-
paired guns and he kept his lip
buttoned up.
Life went on. 1t was not all buy
ing and selling. With his gradually
increasing affluence, Ernest began
to have charge of his own life. He
developed another hobby which
shortly became an obseSsion. It
was Richard, his son.
ANOTHER HOBBY
He watched him change from
baby to boy, from boy to youth,
from youth to man. He was with
him at every opportunity. He let
him know early that everything
he desired would be his. Any
thing. He had great plans for
sending Richard to college. But
Richard wasn't a scholar. He had
financial ambitions. He was good
at books. Ernest sent him to the
best business school in the city
and then helped him get a posi-
ton in the Cheetham Bank, near
their old home.
It was Richard who finally
gave him a distaste for the I'M
dercover business he was in. Not
that he had any moral ScrupleS
against it. But he thought that it
would be most embarrassing to
the boy, forging ahead rapidly in
the bank now. if he got picked up
as a seller Of guns to gangsterS.
He determined to give up the
business as soon as he had cleaned
out a stock of five guns, one auto
matte and revolver, he still had.
There was one gun in that stock
which fascinated him. It was a
Luger which had been fished out
of the river. It must have lain on
the bottom for more than decade
for it was half eaten away with
rust. When Ernest got the rust
off it he found that the mechan'
ism and the barrel were almost
useless. He put his heart and all
his skill into the rehabilitation OF
that gun. He even forged a barrel
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could talk economics and make
us understand them.
Bud" Watson, Walter Squire,
Loren Cluster. Locke" Brad
ford, all from Washington, ap-
pearing in a foursome. Com
mander Babe" Brown, former
Navy football star, towering
above everyone in the lobby,
Oliver (Scrappy) Kissing, send
ing his best regards to Buck"
O'Neill.
HARRY CROOKES, host at a
III small in-gathering, with q
generous buffet of delicious and
very hot food Immediately after
the game. Walter Mcclure and
Mrs. Norman Simpson from
Barbados there, and pretty
Mary Mallon, Dan Boland, Ca
Oct Enders Huey, Cadet Jimmie
Sykes, nephew Of Jim Alley,
with his mother, Louise Sykes;
Claude Meredith: Jay Smith,
who has the most amazing
thoughtfulness a bout people;
Cadet Jim Kaiser, cunning 1nez
"Pennie" Waldron, Pam Sharpe,
who couldn't be prettier, with
her equally pretty mother,
and dozens of Navy people.
Lois Ransom, Lieut.. Comdr.
and Mrs. John King, Comdr.
"Zeke" Sanborn, who has a
droll and dry wit; the John E.
GreenawaltS, with Mrs. Greena-
walt about the size of a big doll,
and very gay and blond, and
nobody thinking of leaving I'M
til after IL
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eXtraOr ord n ary-kneW all
there was to know about small
firearms. His hobby brought
him more money than his
regular business too.
came to him one day with an
army automatic which needed re-
pair. Ernest leaped upon it. A
diagnosis showed a practically
wornout hair-spring and a badly
fouled barrel.
He shopped for both and when
he returned the gun to Monk,
lit was a better weapon than it
had been when new. Monk tried
to pay him for the repair job,
but Ernest charged him only the
money he himself had expended.
Then Monk said:
Look, Ernest, I'm in the
rackets now. I guess you knew
that. didn't you?"
well" Ernest grinned, 81
knew you were a mobster before
the war and it's pretty hard to
change"
"Yeh," Monk said, "but here's
the idea. We have a lot of trouble
gettin' oats and keepin' them up
when we do get them. What we
need is some guy that will do that
work for us. I know you're a good
guy and I know your lip is but.
toned. I thought you might take
a crack at it,"
mot q chance" Ernest told
him firmly. I'm strictly legiti.
, mate. I got a good business and
a wife and kid. I don't want any
part Of it,"
ALLURING PROPOSITION
"That's what thought" Monk
, agreed with infinite guile. II knew
that you didn't want to handle nc
: sick guns and put them together
again when they got busted. ]
, knew you didn't want to make as
/ much in week as that cruInmy
5 ice business makes in a year. But
just thought I'd ask you be
cause you're pretty good guy
"Where would I get any guns?'
: Ernest asked.
: I'D get them for you. What's
} an armory or a locked gun stanc
+ to a guy like me? I'll bring then
: in. You get them in condition"
e So that is how Ernest became 6
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killings had been accomplished by
a killer using a machine gun.
Ernest came back to New York
two days later. He went home and
down into his cellar and melted
the Springfield in his forge and
sold the metal for IS cents. He
took the quarter the junkman had
given him to the corner saloon.
"Give me q whiskey," he told
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the bartender, and the bartender
showed it at him. Watch" Ernest
said. you know what I'm doing
now? I'm drinking my son.
Here's looking at you" And he
drank the drink.
Mud in your tye," the bar.
tender said.
That's all he said because he
knew that Ernest was nuts,
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It took him three months to
catch up with Andre. He found
him at the Hotel Naiad in Chi
cago. He Swallowed him until he
saw him contact the other four
members of his mob. Then he
carefully unpacked an army
Springfield rifle, oiled it and
loaded it with bullets.
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for it himself. When it was fin
ished he took it into the cellar
and rifled it and then tried it out
by shooting probably hundred
bullets into soft wood and examin-
ing the holes they made.
He had just about finished it
when Monk brought to him one
Andrew Andre, a Chicago gang
ster, who wanted exactly five new
guns. Ernest sold him four. He
said that was all he had. But An
Dire insisted that he must have
another gun Immediately. So
Ernest sold him the Luger he
practically had made himself.
THAT" Ernest told Monk. "fin.
ishes me with this business. I'll
never sell another gun. I'll never
handle one. I'm through with
guns"
But he was wrong.
THREE MONTHS LATER
The night after he sold the guns
to Andre, the Cheetham Bank
was held up at S p. m. Richard,
working on the books, attempted
to press secret alarm button
with his foot and was shot and in
stantly killed. The five men who
participated in the holdup eS-
capped.
Ernest attended the autopsy on
his sons body. He also carefully
examined the bullet the doctors
found imbedGed there. Both proved
to him that Richard had been
slain by the gun he had so care
fully rebuilt himself.
Here" one of the doctors said,
drink this. Try not to faint"
II wasn't thinking of fainting,"
Ernest said. I'm going away"
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The five were found sprawled
dead in their rendezvous in a loose
circle. Every one Of them had
been shot through the heart.
Neighbors all testified at the in
quest that they heard only five
shots fired and all agreed that
they were fired with a rapidity
which led them to believe that the
Evening star., 1938-09-09

own party. be has yet to disclose the
names Of the candidates to whom he
indirectly referred.
Thus. 70 far as the current Demo-
cratic primary situation Is concerned,
Mr.. Roosevelt is willing to permit his
purge efforts to stand or fall on the
outcome in Georgia. Maryland and
New York Otty, where. as head of the
Democratic party. he is wasing . fight
against Senators George and Tydinss
and Representative John OConnor.
There was evidence of some irrita.
ton IN summer White House circles
over published interpretations Of Sen.
ator McCarran's primary victory in
Nevada as = rebuff to Mr.. Roosevelt,
1t was recalled that the President.
while travelling through Nevada on his
recent trip, refrained from mentioning
the Senator's opposition. but appeared
Evening star., 1938-09-09

opposition In the primaries. It was In
dicated today (Thursday) after Q con-
ference between the Chief Executive
and Attorney General Cumminss."
The Times also said 1t was UNDER
stood there would be no attempt by the
Roosevelt forces to displace Senator
Lonergan 1t the Connecticut State
Democratic Convention despite his rec
ord Of opposition to New Deal meas
ures.
while no further steps will be taken
by the Washington leaders Of the party
IN the congressional primaries" the
article continued. 1T seemed apparent
that the President has no intention Of
dropping his drive for election of lib
erals in November, even II this means
open support of Republican candidates
In isolated instances. !:
Although Mr.. Roosevelt limited that
he had concrete instances Of liberal
Republican candidates in mind when
he expressed his preference for then,
against conservative members Of his
Evening star., 1938-09-09

with him on the rear platform Of his
car and once shook his hand"
Evening star., 1938-09-09
MRS. PERKINS WARNED
OF IMPEACHMENT MOVE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORT AUTHOR, Tex, Sept. o.
Representative Martin Dies, Democrat,
of Texas said in an interview yesterday
Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins
might face move to impeach her if
she doesn't enforce the law under
which Harry Bridges is clearly de-
portable"
The chairman of the congressional
committee investigating un-American
activities said Mr.. Bridges, West Coast
labor leader, was becoming a national
issue.
Mr.. Dies said forthcoming subcom-
mittee hearings in New York and De-
troit were expected to produce testi-
mony more startling than that already
given.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
STUDENTS CONTINUE
FOOTBALL STRIKE
Refuse to Go to CLASSES Until
Officials Permit Game to
Be Played.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Sept 9.-One hun
dred boy students at suburban Sharps-
burg High School, on strike until
We get a football team" refused to
return to classes today despite 4
pledge of school directors that they
would consider reinstating the sport.
They made that promise once be-
fore" retorted Strike Leader Albert
Pastelo after Anthony Ferraro, mem
Der of the School Board. addressed a
group of students massed outside the
school last night.
Mr.. Ferraro said no decision on the
question could be reached until the
boards next regular meeting Monday
night. Football was dropped as
school sport seven years ago, officials
said, because so many parents refused
to let their sons play that there were
too few to make up a team.
Meanwhile, at nearby Stowe town.
ship, a strike Of 800 students over
closing Of tunnel short cut to class
continued. The students demanded
buses after closing of the tunnel as a
safety precaution.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
j. s. OPTIMISTIC,
STRAUS REPORTS
Housing Administrator Is
Back From 6.Week Tour
of Continent.

The entire country, from the At
iantic Seaboard to Honolulu, Is op-
timistic about good times. Nathan
Straus, administrator Of the United
States Housing Authority. reported
here today shortly after his return
from a six-week tour of the Continent
and the Territory of Hawaii.
San Francisco and Oakland. Calf,
are almost in BOOM" Mr.. Straus de-
clared He left the West Coast on the
eve of the current labor trouble, which
he said was expected and not calcu-
lated to interfere with the prosperity
OF the two cities.
Optimism Is General.
Generally throughout the country"
he said, there Is a spirit Of optimism
and no real complaining 50 far as I
could see"
Mr.. Straus said that for the man
with q little capital, the Hawiian
Islands offer the Nations greatest op-
portunity. The islands really consti-
tute an untapped frontier for persons
who would like to 60 into business, he
commented, but he cautioned:
The people out there don't want
anybody to come to the Territory look
ing for a job.
But they welcome the man with a
little money who wants to start busi-
ness There is great housing short
age there, and a Chinese who is put
ting up two-room apartment houses in
Chinese style is renting them all be-
fore they are completed"
U. S. H. A. Is Official Interest.
Mr.. Straus' official interest in the
trip was the progress of the U. S. H.
AS various housing developments
about the United States. He estimated
that jobs equivalent to work for 300,-
900 men for year are being furnished
by the $500, ,0000 900 which was allotted
to the Housing Authority and which
will probably all be allocated by De-
eember.
The administrator made general OBJ
servations, too, outside his own imme-
diate sphere of official interest. He
found that the country's young people
are going New Deal wholeheartedly.
ANY one who journeys across the
Continent. meeting citizens of all
classes, will be struck by the fact that,
whatever the attitude of the older
generation may be on political ques-
tions, the young men and young
women who are coming of voting age
are, for the most part, truly devoted
to the principles of fuller and better
life for the masses of the people and
q more equitable distribution Of
wealth." Mr. Straus said.
Even in families in which the
parents expressed conservative or re-
dictionary opinions, the younger gen.
Grafton was equally outspoken in favor
OF liberal ideas.
"The younger generation is facing
forward instead of backward. While
conservative parents are looking with
regret for the return of the good old
days. the children are looking eagerly
toward a world of tomorrow, better
thf any that has been known in the
past. The trend toward extreme lib
eralism among the younger element Of
the community is to my mind a most
heartening symptom of our times"
Evening star., 1938-09-09
EXPLOSION BURNS BOYS
Young Newberry and COMPANION
Hurt in Speedboat.

DETROIT, Sept. 9 (P).-Truman H
NeVberry. I'd, l7-year-old grandson of
the former United States Senator from
Michigan. and Frederick S. Ford, jr
Is, companion, were burned yester-
Gay by an explosion on a 14-foot speed
boat they had just taken from a boat
we'll.
The boys were thrown into the water
and waded IS feet to shore. They were
treated at a Crosse Pointe hospital
Young Newberry's father, Phelps
Newberry, said both would be able to
leave the hospital in a few days.
The explosion occurred as Ford
stepped on the boats starter.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
GROUNDING LIKES BEER
Joey Comes Daily for Drink at
Filling Station.

SMITHTON, ILL.,. Sept. 8 (P).-A. W.
Hanson, owner of filling station here,
has daily customer who demands
beer. not gas or oil. It is Joey, q
grounding.
Mr.. Hanson said the grounding,
which he named joey. came to the
station recently and he threw it food.
A day or so later he gave it swig of
beer Since then the animal has come
daily for q drink.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
PLAN LAWN FETE

Music by the Arlington County
Kiwanis Boys Band, dancing and
tricks by \ magician will feature the
program Of . lawn fete to be held at
the Lyon Park (Va.) Community
Center At Z pm. Saturday, under
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Beer Tax Yields $179,446.

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 9 (P.-The
ONCE Of the State tax commissioner
said today beer taxes collected in
August of this year totaled $17e,446. SO,
an increase Of s23,401.s4 over the
August 1897 total of &l56,042.6a.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
PURGE LIST HELD
COMPLETE NOW
President Will Continue to
Aid Liberals, However,
Paper Declares.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. s.-The New
York Times says in . special dispatch
from Hyde Park that President Roose-
velt's purge Of the party conservative
and anti-New Deal Democrats will be
limited for the present to the few
candidates he has already marked for
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Of the Lyon Park Womanb

Spof1otship Of Tho Lyon Park WomAni1
Club.
Proceeds Of the event win be used
for benefit Of the community kinder.
garten, according to Mrs. Robert Far.
rar. chairman Of arrangements. The
center is located at Pershing drive
and North Fillmore street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Flag Of Czechoslovakia,

Czechoslovakia's nag Is two hori-
zontal bands, white and red; with Z
blue triangle based on stan With
apex in center Of the nag.
Evening star., 1938-09-09


Who yesterday ,Das declared
OFFICIALLY "the youngest airline
SteDdrdess In the Dorld."
Miss O'Grady, 10ho 1Dill be %
November 4 and is 10 months
younger than her nearest ripdl
for this distinction, wds on
duty at the American AirHneS'
flagship sleeper District OF
Columbia 10hen it 1UdS on
display in front OF the Com
n1erce Department during
National Airmau Week. At
present, Miss O'Grady is steW-
ardeSS on planes flying be-
t1Deen Chicago and Ne,Ddrk.
Evening star., 1938-09-18

cultures bloud pressure And across
the street from the ladies and gentle
men was the cable machine-now
steady. now suffering to a halt, then
ripping violently across the page with
q trip-tongued clatter like . man fall
ing downstairs. Listening to it was to
hear the pulse of the earth and make
it easy to think of the sleepless homes
all over the world, the gray faces
around the family tables and the mill
lions Of men unfolding their news
papers in terror, not knowing whether
this was the edition which would con-
tain their death sentence.
Thus, at first, it seemed comical to
see the American theater sitting with
crossed knees upon uncomfortable
chairs as it plotted q comeback to cul-
tural Importance. It was like an
elementary device in satire. This large
group of very reasonable looking
people seemed to be an illustration for
the story Of the six ostriches that stood
shoulder to shoulder with their heads
buried in sand. In case you don't re-
member that story, q seventh ostrich
came along, looked about and asked
plaintively, Where's everybody?"
4 But that was only at first. After .
while. the scene became an impressive
emphasis of the truth thaF. when In
Evening star., 1938-09-18
Todoy's Film Schedules

KE1THs-Afairs Annabel" daft doings
star: 24o 4:25 S:l5 and $50
TAO and 9:25 =
cAP1ToBoys Town Spencer Tracy Mickey story
OF the making of 24o 510
2, 4:30 Z
among the edwoods in techni
color 250 5l5 TAO and 1905 $50 and
9:15 " ~ ~
METROPOLITAN Brown as super-man
2, 1855. $50, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Ragtm popular music with
with raft of Irving Beins hits; pm
PA1AcE-Mae Antonete lavish with shearer as the
queen; 2:45. and sl5 pm
LITTLE Scarlet Pmpernel more adventure IN
the latter days of Robespierre pm
TRANSIT -LUx-News and shorts continuous from pm
Evening star., 1938-09-18
sanity Is shaken loose, it is the first
duty OF the sane to remain sane.

sanity Is shaken loose, 1t is the first
duty Of the sane to remain sane.
THERE was a lot of talk at the con-
= vention, most of it both entertain
ing and educational, but the net result
was to award $1,000 Of John golden's
money to q promising playwright and
q decision to do something about re-
storing legitimate theaters west of
Broadway and thus rebuilding the road
from, well, the ground up.
A committee Is to see to that, and it
will either (as Representative Emanuel
Celler suggested) gather up q LOBBY to
call on Congress for the money, or try
to work through the various associa-
tions and trade unions and slap q tax
on all productions to provide fund
for that purpose
After year Of painstaking scrutiny,
the committee appointed to find five
promising playwrights and award them
81 900 scholarships from Mr.. Golden's
wallet finally selected Stanley Young
as the only one upon whom the COM
mittee members could agree.
Mr.. Young had his first play pro-
duced last year-"Robin Landing
and 1t was the verse turkey of the sea-
(See OT,FERT Pace Ely
Evening star., 1938-09-18

a single days work, so he bought a
pedometer. At the end of a week
he made known the daily readings
of his pedometer Said he: "Yester-
day I walked II miles. The day
before yesterday I walked % miles.
And the day before that I walked 21
miles. Now that I know how far
I've walked I'm twice as tired every
evening as I used to be. Ignorance
certainly is bliss
Evening star., 1938-09-18
The Drama Drought Ends
As a Clare Booth Satire
Brings Life to E Street
Kiss the Boys Goodbye Begins
A Season That Promises Much
At the National.
By Jay Carm0dy.

STREET peacefully May.
! beating
I Theater month of
- As is the custom every year this time everyone associated
the here but New York fairly optimism
teater the marvellous institution devoted followers believe the
followers
than decades The prediction Of inevitable Sep
b its authors back with what look like facts
merely
its National production
genius Brock Pemberton Kiss the Boys the puant title
OF the opening number three-act satire from the pn or type
writer of Glare Booth The evidence Miss Booths talent for
ns b uhen wit nnon the vavs and eans of the upner classes
IRON Miss Booths satire the Immediately
venerable production that here for repeat engage
the Pulitzer prize winner You Can't Take With You
feature playing here popular prices
Combination OF the play or another season on tne ROAD one OF muse
producers who have teeth
@ ~ ah nd hd von womb or un like celmod and die Instead
reviazed the original thus increasing the
theater the from above
WASHINGTON opportunity
paywrghs producing the week
offered National
decided their producing
Sherwood ABE
the excitement the fact that Ray
ment refused share and which may have oeen oy ne publicity
Department. Mr. Massey the cast to stay Mue Kirkland WIN play
the always character Ann Rutdge who was one " the most
interesting facets of Lincolns life in Illinois
those Sherwood creations that never nts characters with the
four dozen players number sufficient start
the paywrghs off with the uninted admiration Of all actors
1ETrNG all these
graphs Of the interesting
did
did might be pleasant idea bring
experienced from other entertainment fields
the recruited from adjoining meadows to
speak of
Of
Claire from radio
JHE movie expert position greatest
Dorothy Iamour probably will find
pointed brilliant logicn Even he not
0 best of them.
theme
the finest balanced bits Of enter
regarded indispensable
the
neal
Wounds studio logic
will Washington
Warmers
that makes old shoe look fancy
others
sntmentay dealing
National
which believe that
inject acting into them Unless
detour along the present road
fulengh pictures If would
and tomorrow Sidney Lsts
Todays
followers under the direction
bipn1f
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ALittle knowledge
Proves firing.

JAMES HOGAN isn't one of those
film directors who sits in canvass
back chair all day-at least he wasn't
while he was directing so youngsters
In Paramount's Sons of the Legion
Bending. lifting and running about
on the set, Hogan figured he would
Evening star., 1938-09-18

Drama Festival staged annually at
Union College
Briggs has had a varied career in
radio and pictures. and in 1881 was
the actor who shattered all marks for
the amount of radio work done in q
single month.
John Cromwell is directing Made
for Each Other" from the screen
play by 10 Swening.
Evening star., 1938-09-18

(see WOLFERT, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1938-09-18

f1OIGI I WIIOO.
rs fact that 1888 is going down
in movie annals as the year Of the
/ great star exodus. Producers are
Evening star., 1938-09-18
Charles Coburn Gets
SelZnick Role.

CHARLES COBURN and Donald
Briggs have joined the cast Of
David o. Selznick's Made for Each
Other" co-starring Carole Lombard
and James Stewart. Coburn Is the
founder and director of the Mohawk