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LEGALS

- Tt,r CIVCIIT COURT OF THE
FII.NE\TH DICIAL CIRCUIT
on, THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
~ AND ron MONROE COT NIN'
IttIS SNNUEL LIGHT Ut.
complainant,
DIVORCE.
rr.NA Is KNIGHT LIGHT.
ORDER OF II BIICATION
r- .rf,.arsr4 aN the sworn hlll
SIZED .u 3l- a..<r stated cause that
tir.. residence 81 he defendant. Edna
>r-hr I.a.ht Is unknown. that
~.-. is oNtr The axe Of twentN-one
years and Jh,r. - ii" person ln The
Stale .i F.arid.t. the service ~
Summons i'm rhauCeTN upon whom
,.puld blud SAID def ndant
D. - hereby ordered and YOU
E1ua X Knight Light are hereby
required IT, appear {" the bill 81
r,upla IhJ filed in TINS cause. on OF
before. ~rnf,ulhrr 5th. 1888, other
81. th, al}rcatiou> ot the bill Of
complaint WlIl bt taken a. confess
-l Ie y.I .rd said tau>" nv pro-
o,+j,d " ga ~ partc
~ lis further ordered that this
.rI,- d. run. shed vu,t each week
:.r fuHr t4}. consecutive weeks IN
mn. N-N NJ -St tItizru. :, new >paper
81. Shed u hes West M"nr'"
I'.u, and Ordered IN Key West.
tU.> JulN ttI t%.N
.ClE'' 'fT COURT SEAI.'
Ross e. SAWYER
tt.rs of The Citrutt Court
f.> t~H I'I.r-u,v D. sawyer.
pcruN clerk
~..'..t., f., Complainant
tHft .-i+ -l-->. August l""s
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Rivalry for influence in Korea
was the cause Of the Chlno-Japa-
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First Game

HaVWOrth and Clark; kHnger,
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Todd
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he knew, if Aaron's clocks were
right
Just Peg-oh, who is it, Peg?"
your plumber friend, Jen.
nings. she SAID. He wants to come
in. l think you're about to have
water laid on, from the looks Of
his truck"
Pam sighed, and went back to
the door. Asey strolled after her.
Earl" Pam said, 81 told you"
"Nornin," Jennings said blithe-
~. I'm a mite late, but somethin'
come up that required me as a
scicctman. Somehow my two Jobs
always seem to be gettin' in each
others way. If ! got a pipe to fix,
then | got papers TO sign, and if"
Earl" Pam said, q told you
yesterday that Aaron and l will
forgive your bashing around. You
were drunk. and you weren't re-
sponsible, and f you pay the doc
tors bills. that's all right. But don't
try me, Earl Please don't rouse
met Because if I should begin to
think Of what you did in burning
that barn
Il didn't. keep telling you"
Then Pam went on, Il might
lose my temper. and its a fendish
thing"
Pam" Jennings said, when you
get TO be able to r'lax in your new
tiled tub, when you can loll around
IN the porcelain luxury"
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First Game
Second Game

CaStleman. LOhrman and Man
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LEGALS

~ THE COUNTY u D6I'~ ol ~
~ AND FOR MONROE OF p
InIouInA ~ PROBATE
I< EE EST I'E ti
JAMES l. WILL ANS
tst......s
NOTICE TO CUEDtToH>
To MI cr~dit"r- aRd all persons h"N =
ing claims demands aGR'"N'
said Estate
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WAC Is the murderer Concluded
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Evening star., 1938-01-22
RADIO TO PROMOTE
BIRTHDAY DANCES
Nationally Stars Will
Appear Tonight on
c. B.. S. Program.

several nationally known personal
tiles and bands will be featured in a
Nationwide broadcast over the Colur.
bia Broadcasting System from 1o;45
TO 1880 O'Clock tonight in advertise
ment of the Presidents birthday cele-
bration. The program will be heard
locally over Station WJsV.
On the program will be Fred War
lngs orchestra and glee club, Milton
Berle, comedian; Robert Ripley; Frank
Parker, tenor; Lucy Monroe, soprano.
and Gabriel Heater, news commenta-
tor.
The program is one OF a series do
mated by the radio stations and stars
to give national publicity to the birth
day celebration cause.
Janet Gaynor, one of the movie
stars who will attend the Presidents
Birthday celebration here, teleara apled
Keith Morgan, national chairman of
the Celebration Committee. yesterday
from her home n Culver CITY. Calf
Permit me to add congra tulations
to those of millions wishing President
Roosevelt happy birthday on Janu-
ary 80, next. and to commend the
fight you and the National InfantiIe
Paralysis Foundation are carrying on
in behalf of children suffering from
poliomyelitis," the telegram said.
Other stars who will participate
in the birthday dances here include
Frederic March and his wife, Florence
Eldridge; Joe e. Brown, Eleanor
Powell and Ray Bolger.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
352 ARE ARRESTED
AT FORD FACTORY
U. A. W. Members Taken to Head.
quarters for Distributing
Literature.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Jan. 22.-Police Of Sub
urban Dearborn arrested 352 members
OF the United Automobile Workers Of
America who attempted to distribute
union literature at the gates Of the
Ford Motor Co.'S Rouge plant yes
terday.
Those arrested were charged with
violation of an ordinance that des.s-
mates the road in front of the Ford
plant as a congested area and pro-
hlblts the distribution Of newspapers
there
The distributors massed in front Of
the gates and sang union songs while
urging workers to take copies Of the
United Automobile Worker. Few ac-
cepted the invitation.
One brief scuff1e occurred during
the distribution. Police said a man
who identified himself as James No
varro, 20, struck Hugh Mcleod, IS.
a student at the Ford Trade School.
Chief of Police Carl A. Brooks said
Novarro would be charged with assault
and battery. Novarro struck the bey.
Brooks said because the youth laughed
when police seized Noyarro's news
papers.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
Profits From Violent Rackets
Pale Beside 'Take' on Numbers
Former Bootleggers Who Struggled to
Make Lining Flourish in Ne,c Field.
Big Shots Busy With Organizing.

bic at all. He's getting by in great
shape.
There's one distinct analogy be-
tween the faded bootleg business and
the numbers racket.
In the early days of the 18th
amendment your bootlegger was apt
to be seedy individual, who was help
ing supply a tremendous demand and
trying to make some change for him.
self. He was hard to get hold Of, and
you never knew what he'd bring-it
might taste like anything from quinine
to varnish.
Rise Of Bootlegger.
Gradually the picture changed. The
down-at-heel fellow disappeared, and
in his place came sauve, flashily
dressed man, who always had stuff
straight off the boat" though you
oftened wondered what kind of boat.
He left you a card, and when you
called his number feminine voice
took your order and within Is min
utes the delivery was made. The busi-
ness had taken on efficiency.
Gangland was organizing the liquor
racket. driving the small fellows out
or making them work for wages.
So with the numbers 1t started as
an unorganized. scattered game, run
by casual gamblers operating on
shoestring. It has been taken over
largely by seasoned mediterranean
with criminal records and long ex-
perience in conducting enterprises
outside the law.
No doubt some of the big shot LIQUOR
runners-lesser Capones who made
1ortunes-Were ready to retire and
live at ease when repeal made the
business no longer worth while. But
could they? That was q delicate
question.
New York Officer Explains.
As a New York detective lieutenant
explains it:
THE man who once gets to be head
Of a mob is lucky If he ever can quit,
assuming he wants to. Generally he
can't. His own men will kill him
II he tries to get out
Let me illustrate. There were
beer truck drivers during prohibition
getting SIS and 500 q week. They
never saw money like that. Do you
think after repeal they were willing
to go back to their old wages? Not
much. Instead they had q little
talk with the boss-he was the front,
the brains of the OUTFIT. It was up
to him, they said, to figure out new
racket. And he did-policy numbers
or bookmaking or narcotics or prosti-
tuition or a restaurant owners pro-
tective association or poultrymen's
benevolent society. Sure, he figured
something out. He's still doing it."
Thus the numbers, Washington's
most popular form Of gambling, has
become . favorite racket Of mobsters
who started out bootlegging. And
they'll tell you it's q much easier,
more profitable racket. And the Ma.
tioual Capital will b lucky II they
don't figure out some new rackets not
supported ,bY voluntary contributions.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
mo. 20 OF a series.)
Rv CARTER RRnOKE JnNES


What has become Of your bootleg
gers and rum-runnins gangs since
prohibition was repealed?"
The question was asked by Swedish
author and journalist, visiting the
Capital on the start Of a tour OF the
country
And the law-enforcement oficial to
whom the query was addressed said:
They've found other rackets. Did
you ever hear Of the numbers?"
The Swedish visitor never had. The
oficial explained how the racket is
operated.
But" the tourist protested. "it
does not sound like a very good gamble
with odds Of 1000 to l."
It's not, the officer admitted. Then,
his caller suggested, probably not
many people play it.
II see you don't know the American
people" said the oficial. 1.-THE less
chance they have, the more they seem
to like game"
Visitor Is Puzzled.
The visitor shook his head, puzzled.
On his way back to his hotel he asked
the taxi driver If he ever played the
numbers.
"sure," said the driver. II play so
cents every day. I've been playing the
same number for four months now
It's bound to hit sooner or later"
The Scandinavian did little calcu-
lating. The driver must play some
thing over $3.50 q year at that rate.
The taxi man pointed out that there
wss not racing every day in the year
not always pari-mutuel totals to pro-
vide the pay-on numbers-but he
probably did put out well over $50 q
year. He added:
"But I know another taxi driver
that spends 81 q day on the numbers.
That runs into money"
1T must be better-uh-racket
than prohibition" the Swedish writer
concluded.
The Case Of A. r.
It is-decidedly. A. R. was run
ming liquor few years ago. He was
making . living, but not much more.
It was . tough game-dashing in and
out Of Maryland with q loaded car,
chased by police. held up now and
then by hijackers.
Then. with repeal, A. r. went into
the numbers business. He became one
Of Washington's leading numberteers.
Today he owns = country estate, where
he lives in splendor; q summer cot
tage at the seashore, three cars for his
personal use and . motor yacht.
He has little trouble with the law
ut times, but never anything serious,
ana numbers slips, since Congress
considerately has declined to make
them contraband, are much easier to
haul than cumbersome carsoes Of
liquor.
9. T. was bootlegging also. Things
didn't 60 90 well with him. He went
70 jail twtos But since he got into
the numberl he haxnt had any trou-
Evening star., 1938-01-22
GRAND JURY WEIGHS
EVIDENCE IN KILLING
Four Men Detained as Suspects
in Patrolman Staying. but
Coed Link Doubted.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSs.
CADIZ, Ohio, Jan. 22-Renewed
activity in the investigation of Ohio
Highway Patrolman George Conn's
Staying conceded today with the
scheduled reconvening of the Harri-
son County grand jury.
Three members of the highway
patrols staff Of investigators assigned
to the Conn case and three Pittsburgh
policemen met with the jury.
Col. Lynn Black. patrol superin-
tendent, disclosed in Columbus that
four men were being questioned in
connection with the shooting of Conn
last September 81. He said a con-
fession had been obtained from one
and that the Staying had been re-
enacted several times
Black declined comment. I'VE are
working on the Conn case and it might
spoil it if said anything more now"
The patrol superintendent said the
confession had been obtained from a
colored man he identified as Charles
Ford, 20.
Black, indicating he placed some
credence in Ford's statement. said the
investigation had disclosed no basis
for linking the four with the disappear
ance Of Ruth Baumgardner, pretty
Ohio wesleyan University coed.
CASTOR Stickeler, private investi-
gator, said that reports the four might
be connected with the Baumgardner
disappearance last May came from
a stool pigeon who occupied the
same cell with one of the four under
arrest.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
Last Strip of ''War on Crin,e''
Presented Today in The Star

Having accomplished its mission of
relating in pictorial strip form the
more thrilling adventures of the G.
men in smashing modern criminal
gangs, War on Crime" widely syMdi-
Gated feature by Rex Collier of The
Stars staff, ends with todays closing
installment Of the Tri-State gang
case.
Decision to suspend the strip was
reached by mutual agreement be-
tween Mr.. Collier and the Ledger
Syndicate. which has distributed the
feature throughout the United States
and in several foreign countries.
While no new cases will be forth
coming, the syndicate will continue
to syndicate in papers which have
not used the strip, the various episodes
already depicted in The Star.
One of the chief factors which led
to the decision to discontinue pres
entation Of new cases, Mr.. Collier
said today. was the fact that there
are no more outstanding public
enemies OF the type which lend
themselves TO strip stories. In War
on Crime" Mr.. Collier has joined with
Evening star., 1938-01-22

The bank did not question these
transactions, as 1t is said to be Gus
tomary for Government employees to
cash indorsed Government checks as
a favor for fellow clerks, later de-
posting the checks to their own &C.
counts In the bank.
DR.. Wilmer Souder. handwriting ex-
pert at the Bureau Of Standards, de-
tached the forgeries when the can
celed checks and vouchers were sub
mitted to him for examination. 1t
was this evidence which played a part
in Stitely's decision to plead guilty.
The Investigators the report showed,
found that Stitely had spent money
very lavishly." They cited a slo0
Anniversary party and another four
day $275 party" at a prominent ho-
tel. He bought new automobiles every
year, the report stated. deposited more
than $4,000 in banks from 1892 to
to May, 1887; bought stocks amount
ing to more than q quarter of a mil
lion dollars in less than four years,
and purchased new home.
No Money Recovered.
As soon as he learned he was under
investigation. the report said. he be-
gan to liquidate his bank and broker
age accountSand remained away from
his ONCE on sick leave. None of the
money has been recovered, it was
brought out.
Interrogation of the officials and
clerks employed in the National Park
Service" the agents reported. "eyinced
the same information, to the effect
that, despite Stitely's lavish spending.
no suspicion Of him was ever consid-
cred; that they believed he had made
large profits from speculations in the
stock market, or that he had inher-
1ted a large amount Of money"
1t was pointed out that the Army
Finance Office honored Mr. Stitely's
vouchers and trusted him with checks
after he had presented a letter of
authorizations bearing the traced sig
nature of j. R. Lassiter superintend-
ent OF the Shenandoah National Park
The latter, when questioned. said he
had never heard Of any blister rust
checkers" or other employees listed on
the forged vouchers.
The report concluded: 1T is in
conceivable that the National Park
Service would authorize any person
connected with the voucher unit en-
gagged in the preparation of pay roll
vouchers to receive checks from the
disbursing officers for delivery to the
persons named on said pay roll
vouchers.
The records in the Washington
once Of the National Park Service
have not been audited for several
years. Neither has a proper audit Of
Emergency Conservation Work funds
been made, either in the Washington
ONCE or its numerous field stations
1T would require at least six audi
tors the better part of year to make
a proper check Of E. c. w. funds paid
for the Department Of the Interior.
Unless this check is made, it will be
impossible to ascertain the number
Of persons who have taken advantage
Of the opportunity to unjustly enrich
themselves"
Evening star., 1938-01-22

J. Edgar Hoover's men in eliminating
such big shots" as John Dlllinger.
Baby Face" Nelson, Pretty Boy
Floyd and Alvin Karpis.
We felt readers of the strip pre-
ferred to see the G-men battle with
the outstanding gangsters,' Mr.. COL
lier explained. But there hasn't
been real No l public enemy of
the type to attract popular attention
since Al Brady and his gang were
wiped out-and the Brady case could
not be used in the strip because it
is not yet closed on the books of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The strip-flrst and only newspaper
strip depicting actual F. B. l. cases
and authenticated by the F. B. l.
began in May, 1886. in nearly go
newspapers. Its primary theme was
to show that crime does not pay
and the strip invariably showed the
G-men and police triumphing over
the criminals.
Public reaction to the strip was
favorable. and Mr.. Collier has re-
ceived commendatory letters from all
classes of citizens.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
FORUM ON HEALTH.
IS HIT AS BIASED"
G. H. A. Will Have No Official
Representative at Session,
Leaders Say.

Ofncials Of Group Health Associa-
ton. Inc, announced today that the
association will not be represented at
the forum arranged by the District
Medical Society for tomorrow after
noon to discuss socialized medicine
and group health movements.
Indignant leaders of the associa-
ton charged the medical group is not
planning an impartial forum to dis
cuss the controversy between the two
groups, but rather a biased" pre-
sentation of the society's own position.
A true forum, spokesman for
Group Health said, Is set up by an In
dependent, or at least unbiased au-
spices to present both sides Of q ques-
ton. But the Medical Society meet
ing, G. H. A. spokesman said, has
been arranged by the society, will be
presided over by physicians and has
made no omcial arrangements for a
spokesman for Group Health Associa-
ton.
A Spokesman for G. H. A. said today
careful check has shown that Group
Health speakers have not been in
vited. Only form letters announcing
the meeting have been sent out, he
said, and no effort was made to COM
municate personally with any of1icials
Of G. H. A. to invite them to speak
or present their side of the controversy.
Presumably G. H. A. representatives
would have to speak from the floor.
or ask questions Of the physicians, it
was charged. and this would consti-
tute an unfair advantage" Only one
trustee OF Group Health Association
received 4 form letter, it was en-
phasized. John Fahey, chairman of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
received such a letter, 1t was said,
but he is not an Official of Group
Health Association.
Some who received invitations by
form letter may attend the session, It
was said, but they would not officially
represent g. H. A.
The Medical Society announced the
session as a forum, to take place for
the discussion OF the group health
problem. and socialized medicine, at
the Medical Society headquarters be-
ginning at 3 pm. Proceedings will
be broadcast by radio station VOL.
Evening star., 1938-01-22

The Texas disturbance has remained al
most stationary. but secondary that de-
veloped over the Ohio Valley Friday moved
rapidly eastward and is centered this
morning about 400 miles north OF Ber-
muda, S. S. fabian !9.11 inches and
trough extends thence west-southwestward
to southern West Nlrginia. Flattop, % 96
inches. and from there southwestward to
eastern Texas Brownsville. 29.S6 inches
Pressure continues low from British Co.
lumbla. Washington and eastern Alaska
eastward to Hudson Bay, western Ontario
and Michiean. Prince George, British Co.
lumba, 29.46 inches, and abnormally low
pressure still prevails over the Greenland
Iceland area, Auamag -alik. Greenland.
$50 inches. An area of high pressure is
moving slowly eastward over the Canadian
maritime provinces and northern New Eng
land Clarke City. Quebec 1925 inches,
and pressure is high from California east
ward to the southern Plains States. Fort
Bragg. Calf 3036 inches, and Okla
homa City, Okla. 3O12 inches. and from
Mississippi and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
eastward to the Bahamas and Bermuda S.
s. Coamo, 3O.21 inches Precipitation
mostly in the form of rain, has occurred
in the North Pacific States and the north
ern Plateau regon, and almost generally
from Texas. Oklahoma and the upper
Mississippi Valley eastward to the Atlantic
coast Heavy rain fell from southern Ken
tucky southwestward to eastern Texas,
Dallas. Tex. reporting the greatest amount
3.0S inches. The temperature has risen
in the Atlantic States and the northern
Lake region and almost generally over the
western half Of the United States.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
MAN, 20, IS CHARGED
WITH ATTACK ON GIRL
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
R1DGELY, w. Va. Jan. 22.-How-
ard Shipley. 20, was charged yesterday
with crim!nally assaultine a l2-year-
old girl while her mother was held in
jail on charge OF being drunk and
disorderly.
The mother, at a hearing, accused
her husband Of non-support. Con-
stable c. v. Barncord went to the
woman's home to investigate and
found the girl in bed. The constable
quoted her as saying the attack hap
pened last Friday and that she had
been confined to her bed since.
Shipley, furloughed railroad shop
man, was arrested and Prosecuting
Attorney Vernon E. Rankin of Min
eral County. w. Va, said the case
would be presented to the grand jury.
The prisoner. married and the father
Of two children, was taken to the
county jail at Keyser. w. Va.
Ridgely is 4 suburb Of Cumberland,
Nd, just across the Potomac River.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
INVESTIGATE CHARGE
OF MAIL TAMPERING
Post Office Officials Act on Civil
Liberties Union Complaint
About Jersey City.

By the Associated Press.
Post Office Department officials dis
closed yesterday that postal inspectors
from Philadelphia and Washington
were investigating recent charges Of
the American Civil Liberties Union
that there had been tampering with
the mail at Jersey City.
The mail-tampering charge was
made here January by Morris Ernst.
counsel for the union. He told Chief
Postal Inspector Kilroy P Aldrich that
a letter from union addressed to sgd
Rose, chairman of the Hudson County,
IN. j. Committee on Civil Liberties,
was intercepted in Jersey City and
Photographic copies distributed by an
anti-C. I. o. official.
The Civil Liberties Union had been
defending activities Of c. I. o. organ
izers in Jersey City.
John w. Johnston. postal inspector
in charge at Philadelphia. has been
ordered to head the investigation, off,
cials said with the aid OF an inspector
from washington headquarters.