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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15


 he talked and long, sensitive-f finger ed hands. When you looked at them you couldn't help thinking that they'd close like steel on anything they gripped.
 "Janice's parents are frantic, Mary" Ladd said. "They haven't seen her since Wednesday,"
 "She called them yesterday noon, however" interrupted Fene- lon, 'but she didn't say where she was, just said she'd spend the weekend with them at Tuxedo.n
 Did they know of this apart ment she kept on East roth Street?" inquired Mary.
 "No. And I haven't told them. They might lose their heads and rush to it. I want to keep 1t clear. I may be able to trap the Duke with the goods. Tell us what happened to you there"
 Mary repeated the story she had told Chase, building it up with word sketches of the Dove and an account of her conversation with the Duck earlier in the even- ing.
 Janice was just fat, juicy plum for Martin and Hart to blackmail," said the commits sioner. For that reason I can't believe they'd kill the goose that laid the golden egg. She was worth more alive"
 "But where is she?" asked Mary.
 Hiding"
 Ladd looked thoughtful. My guess is that Martin and Hart also think she is hiding. They'll give their boys the high-sign. Then the Duke will let her know that he's got those candid camera shots you saw tonight. She'll have to pay again"
 Suppose she doesnt?" Mary turned to Fenelon.
 They'll take the pictures to her parents and say they'll be sold to a tabloid if they don't come across. Those fellows are pretty well or ganized." The commissioner touch- ed some papers in front of him. Like to see their records?"
 
 Mary reached for a report mark ed, Jake Martin, alras The Duke" and read: Born in August, 1908, in Hell's Kitchen. Son of Annie, scrub- woman, who worked in the Beaux Arts restaurant at 10th street and 9th avenue.
 Annie was arrested ten times for petty larceny. She schooled her son in the cocaine racket. He was a good student. His name didn't appear on the police blot ters until 1924. This was the first time that the names of Nick Hart and Bill Condon had been coupled with his. Mothers tears are effec- tive weapons before Parole Board. One year after his sen- tence, Jake Martin was free again. He and his mother went into the bootlegging business, first in modest way above a pool hall on the corner of 50th street and 11th avenue, later in more elaborate surroundings on 9th avenue and 53rd street.
 Martin became associated with a dope racketeer named Cokie Conklin. Only Martin and his old mother knew what happened after Conklin dined with them the night Cokie carried $20000 in cash on his person. Even Conklin cannot tell: he was never seen again. After that, little was heard of Martin until 1892, when he started the Dovie with Nick Hart, his gang lieutenant. Bill Condon was the bouncer. Annie, the scrubwoman, Martins mother, had disappeared. Martin was putting on the Ritz. Gradually, he was becoming definite character in the night life of New York. Park avenue began to patronize his place."
 Tt was then" interrupted the commissioner, that the idea of blackmail struck the Duke as an easy racket. He trained Bill to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
CHAPTER V

Looks to me like a picture game now" remarked Mary. But I'd say it was Janice and not her photographs who is being framed" {"
 'Tell that to the Commis- sioner," said Chase.
 Mary and Jim Chase arrived at Police Headquarters after Tom Ladd. Commissioner Fenelon had left word for her to come directly to his office.
 She glanced at the big clock in the white marble hall. The hour hand pointed to 3. Tired, de- pressed and apprehensive, she could imagine things closing ominously in on her and Tom. Sinister men in shadowy streets, wicked blue steel revolvers. The dark, slick waters or the river. White bodies on cold stone slabs. Like Black bats these macabre thoughts ran through her mind as she climbed the stairs with the detective. Three o'clock in the morning was also the ebb hour for Police Headquarters. A co,- pie of officers in the main corridor watched the door, but aside from them the walls were deserted.
 "Il leave you here" Chase said, as they reached the third floor.
 Nodding goodby, she walked into the commissioners office.
 A low lamp burned over the big desk. The air was gray with smoke. Tom sat in his coat and hat, as though he had only just come in, but the ashes in the little tray on the desk showed that he had been there some time. At sight of Mary he jumped up.
 You're not hurt?" he asked anxiously.
 "No, I'm all right"
 He turned, Miss Franklin, this is Commissioner Fenelon."
 The commissioner was not the officer of fiction. Educated, suave and -manered, he was, as Mary knew, lightning keen po- lice officer, trained to the job.
 Wont you sit down, Miss Franklin. I want to hear more about the Duke and Nick Hart Their actions. may have some bearing on Janice French's dis appearance"
 Fenelon was big fellow, over siI feet tall, with strong, wide shoul- ders and a muscular body. He had slote gray eyes that narrowed when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
INJURED
WILSON POST HEARS
 LEGION COMMANDER

l Contributions of the American Lee eion to the life of the country were Described by State Comdr. Edward &ruser at musical tea of Wilson post in the Pearl street community house yesterday afternoon.
 2 Following the tea was an enter NInment Of songs and piano selec- Ecns by Ethel Watkins. Evelyn &eriles, ]. Clinton Hazel. Edward Davis. William steinmetz. Mrs. Brady Sturdivant, Mrs. Margaret Faust and William Clapp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
CR AkllJM CRACKERS
Join This News Hunt

NcWS hunC .H#~.----r--
 Here's a test of your news knowl- edge - and your success will de- pend on how thoroughly you have been reading this paper. In each of the following you must identify the subject marked In capital let ters:
 AVIATOR: Piloted an airplane from Moscow to New York = al- most.
 THEME: of President Roose- velt's address before the New York Worlds Fair.
 ISLAND: In English Channel, which Britain plans to make into another Gibraltar.
 STATESMAN: Who joined Brit ish territorial army after con- scription was approved.
 COUNTRY: Which Hitler would connect with Germany by road through Polish Corridor and Danzig.
 Answers on Back Page,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
CAST OF CHARACTERS

MARY FRANKLIN = society ed-
 itOr.
 DUKE MARTIN = suave night
 club gangster.
 JANICE FRENCH-society deb. JIM SHIRLEY = playbOy.
 Yesterday: Nick Hart tries to kill Mary when he finds her with the Janice French pictures, then he leaves when police approach. Later, Mary goes to headquarters to tell her story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
SIDE CHANGES

Answers on Back Page.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
C0NvICTS SET
 FIRE As GOV,
 HAS HEARINGS
San Quentin inn afes Charge All Manner of
 Cruel Treatment

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Nov 18.- New violence flared at San Quentin prison when two convicts set fire to a loom in the prison jute mill.
 Gov. Olson was holding a hearing on prison conditions in another part of the institution at the time.
 Warden Smith said the prisoners said they started the fire because they got tired of working The blaze was extinguished with little dam age, and the men sent to solitary. There was no disorder among other convicts.
 Meanwhile, several convicts told the Governor that they had been beaten by guards and subjected to various forms of unusual punish ment. Eighteen-year-old Don a Id Harris, doing tim e for a robbery, claimed that he had been beaten with fists, clubs, canes and sections of hose for infraction of prison rules.
 Harris said he was forced to stand for hours at a time in an eighteen inch circle painted on the floor of the solitary ward. He claimed that other prisoners in the ward were beaten regularly. often without pro vocation.
 The Governor is holding the hear ing on custer charges filed against members of the State Prison Board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18

better conditions. he offered to help freeze out cut-rate laundry owners. inc thng worked Subsequently, he applied it to the dairy industry and to taxi companies and fist full of other groups, including the all-powerful teamsters union, which now is the backbone of his organl- zation.
 The industrial operators, in turn, have helped Beck freeze out oppo- sition to Beck's labor organizations.
 So tightly woven is the coopera- ton that complaints have arisen that business in Seattle is almost straight jacketed. Beck's people flatly deny this insisting that busi- ness benefits hugely by assurance of peaceful relations with labor which Beck enforces.
 From time to time reports come from the Pacific Coast that a con- certed movement is under way to break up Beck's tighly-knit system. Only lately we have received such report Each time heretofore the movement has been met and liqui-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
One Thing
 e LeQTs Co Another

GREELEY, Col, Nov. IS, -- A cat sccosed across Greeley's, main az terial highway and here's what happened: #
 l, The driver of a small coupe stopped abruptly to keep from striking it. ra G
 2. A lotion truck, loaded with fruits and vegetables, directly be- hind the coupe, swerved to keep from hitting the smaller car.
 3. The truck turned over, strew- ing fruits and vegetables over the highway.
 4 The driver of the coupe and his two passengers escaped injury although the truck struck it a glancing blow The truck driver likewise was uninjured.
 5, No ordinary wrecker could budge the big truck and it blocked the avenue. Finally house-moving equipment was located and was used to pull the truck back on it's wheels.
 G. Police guarded the street and nearby sewer intakes for most os the night because the trucks gaso- line had drained into them, creat- ing a fire hazard
 T. The cat, frightened, dipped up a nearby tree and watched the &C., tivities it's trip across the street Occasioned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
FOOTBALL ScoREs

The. following are final scores ot football games played this afternoon as, received up to time of going tc press: ~
 Georgetown IA; New York U 0. Indiana '; Michigan State T; tie Colgate 0; Syracuse 2.
 New Hampshire o; Harvard 46. Penn State IA; Army IA; tie. South. Dakota O. Cincinnati 13 Boston College 19; Boston U 0. Cornell 35; Dartmouth 6. Princeton 13; Yale 2.
 North Carolina 3: Duke 13. Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cross 21 Nebraska IA; Pitt 13.
 Michigan IS; Penn IT. St Mary's 0; Fordham 13. Illinois 0; Ohio State 21. Tulane 25; Columbia 0. Villanova 12; Temple 6.
 Washington and Jefferson O.; La fayette 13.
 Loyola 0; Catholic U 3. South Carolina 2; Georgia 33, Kansas State 0; Iowa State 10. Purdue T; Wisconsin '; tie. George Washington 13; Kansas T. Sewanee IA, Citadel '. Oklahoma A and M 0; Wichita 0. Oberlin O.; Chicago 25. Northwestern o; Notre Dame T. Oklahoma 6; Missouri '. Minnesota g; Iowa 13.
 Georgia Tech 6; Alabama 0. Vanderbilt 0: Tennessee 13. Texas Christian 19; Texas 25. Texas A and M 19; Rice 0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
B.P. W. CLUB PLANS SOCIAL
 FOR MONDAY

Casting aside business matters for an evening, members of the Busi- ness and Professional Womens Club and their guests will gather at the Franklin Street home of Mrs. c. P. Jenne on Monday at 8 o'clock for a social.
 Bridge, pinochle and Chinese checkers-as well as refreshments will be on the program for the oc- casion, and large attendance is anticipated.
 Arrangements for the evening are under the supervision of Mrs. A M. Uggen, Mrs William Hixson, Miss Anita Garnick and Miss Sybil God frey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
BLACK0UTS TO COME EARLIER;
 MANY KILLED

LONDON, Nov. I5.-The blackout which has taken more lives than have been lost on the Western Front -henceforth will start an hour ear- Her, forcing hundreds of thousands of clerks, factory hands and other city workers to struggle home in pitch darkness.
 The change will be effectivated by return to standard time at mid night tonight after a six weeks ex- tension of daylight saving time.
 In October 565 were killed in &C., cidents during Blackout hours.
 The government is experimenting with a new type of street light which will be invisible from the air.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
Honored on Second
 IWeddineAnniversafy

Complimentary to the second wed- ding anniversary of MT. and Mrs. Frank M. Kardanoff of Whitehorse, a party was given last evening by MT. and Mrs. Alex Tovasieff of this city. fe
 MT. Kardanoff, well known White horse merchant, and his wife, for merly of Harbin, Manchuria, were married in Juneau two years ago by U. s, Commissioner Felix Gray, They are visiting in the Capital City enroute to. Vancouver, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
Mrs. '. W. MuIviIhiII
 Has Informal Evening

Entertaining informally, Mrs. V. w. Mulvihil was hostess to eight friends last evening at her apart ment in the Assembly.
 Sewing and Chinese checkers proved the main diversion of the occasion and refreshments were served during the latter part of the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
Becomes Great Grand Dad Twite in Day

LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. IS. - It isn't often, says Wes Kelly, 81, that a man becomes a great-grandfather twice in one day.
 A granddaughter, Mrs Horace Reems of Fulton, Ky, gave birth to a son and a few hours later a granddaughter-in-law Mrs. Robert Kelly of Hickman, Ky, became the mother of girl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18

CT c. Winn.
 The celebration was in compli- ment to Miss Winn,s fifteenth birth day which officially is on Sunday.
 Forty guests were invited for the affair and Chinese checkers and dancing proved popular during the evening. Refreshments served were in keeping with the. party theme and Albert Peterson provided, music for the younger set between 9:30 and 12:30 o'clock
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
ELECTRA HELD

The Pacific Alaska Airways Elec- tra with three passengers from Fairbanks for Juneau, scheduled to arrive today. is spending the night at Whitehorse, with weather unfayorable for continued flight today, the PA office here an- nounced late this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
Mrs. Davis Will Give Hobby"
 Demonstration

Mrs. Trevor Davis will demon strate 'phrenology and palmistry' at tomorrow nights meeting of the Hobby Club.
 The regular Monday session will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the Parlors of the Northern Light Pres byterian Church. All hobby en- thusiasts interested are invited to be present.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, ifs responsibilities increased by the European war. is driving 10 increase its present membership of 5,66s, ,68o. Red Gross aetivi- ties, some of them shown here, are surprisingly varied. For ex- ample triehfl the organization is the largest non-commercial trans Iafor of literature into BrallIe for ihe blind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
CARL HUPP RETURNING

Carl Hupp, attorney, who has been south for some weeks on profession al business, is returning to Juneau aboard the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
HOSPITAL WORK IS JUST ONE PART
 OF TIE RED (R0SS'S HUGE JOB

THERE ARE 44479 nurses ready for emergency service in, the Red Cross-a larger nursing reserve fhanit ever had before. Approxi-. mateIy 10000 Red Cross nurses saw service in tbe World war. Nurses are busy even when there is no emergency. New York women Ibelow) now are working on Chrisfmss gifts for disabled. veterans and fheir children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
LINER TO BRING LOAD OF JEWISH
 RFFU6tEs OVER

AMSTERDAM, NoY, 18-Amster- dam newspapers carry a report say ing that 1000 Jewish refugees from Germany and German n occupied territories will soon sail for New York aboard the liner Rotterdam.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
PotIuCk Lun(heon
 For WCTU Members

As guests of Mrs John M Clark, the w. c. T. U. will hold a potluck luncheon Monday afternoon at o'clock on board the Alma.
 All members and their friends are extended an invitation to be present for the informal afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

A disturbance of Alaska at latitude 52 degrees north the lowest reported 2888 located about 500 miles south
 
 of Alaska has been cloudy with sections of Southeast Alaska extreme northeastern region Temperatures were higher over the n- terior of
 Juneau, Nov 19.-Sunrise, Sunrise am; sunset 332 pm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
OLD STUFF

Cooperation with potential foes is no new diversion for Beck He started out years ago by organizing the laundry drivers in his own par ticular way To the big laundry operators of Seattle he went with his proposition. He wanted better terms for the drivers. In return for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18

dated by Beck, just as he is seeking now to quiet the opposition of the Washington apple growers. Each time new doubt is expressed that he can survive, but he always has.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
MARRIED COUPLE

WALSELL, England, Nov 18.-Mr and Mrs. Pedley, both 89, recently celebrated their 10th wedding an- niversary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
MRs. WEBSTER ON YUKON

Mrs. Anna Webster, owner of the Juneau Telephone O., is passenger cn, the steamer Yukon. She. is re- turning from an extended business and pleasure trip to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
Dancing Party Given
 By Miss Suzy Vim

Miss Suzy Winn was the incentive for surprise party given last even- ing at the. American Legion Dugout by her parents, MT and Mrs. Grow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
ANDERsoNs ON YUKON

o. J. Anderson and Mrs. Ander- son, after a visit in the States, are passengers aboard the Yukon for Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18

nal resolutions but the wishes of the Washington farmers, supported by Beck, were made a part of the leg islative program which the AFL will sponsor in Congress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF, ,AGR1cULrURE, WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
(Ry the U. $. Weather Rnrean,

Forecast for Juneau Rain tonight and Sunday; minimum temperature tonight
 Forecast tonight in portion Moderate to fresh soueastery winds except fresh Clarence Strait CAatham Strait Frederick strong southerly Lynn
 Forecast of the
 deep low of Alaska will strong winds along the coast The wind directions Spencer to Cane Inch inbrook; northely Cape to Kodiak
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18

VOLUNTEER drivers (aboveh working. two days or more each week, supply transportation to all departments of inc Red Cross snd also aid in transporting criP- pIes to clinics for treatment. During the past year The Red Cross gave aid in l57 domestic disasters. This involved sending 356 nurses to scenes ot trouble in IS states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
MISS MEILO EXECUTE

Miss Myrtle Mello, graduate of the Juneau High School, is a pas senger on the steamer Yukon en- route to the Capital City
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-18
DAVE BECK, LABOR LEADER, ATTRACTS
 WIDE ATTENTION

tContinued zroln l-ugs Cne)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
Union of Actors
May Call Strike
Early Next Week

New York, Aug. 31.--(AP)-Ac-
tors unions, at odds in a bitter
jurisdictional fight, threatened to-
day to call strike next week that
will close theatres on Broadway
movie sudios in Hollywood and pos
sibly darken film houses throughout
,he country.
Eleven unions affiliated with the
Associated Actors and artists Of
America, parent union of actor Or
ganizations, will hold meetings in
New York and Hollywood on Sun
day to vote on a strike to force the
International Alliance of Theatri-
cal Stage Employees (staEe bands)
to revoke its charter to the Ameri-
can Federation of Actors and clear
cut the actors field.
The showdown in the dispute is
expected to come Monday when
Sophie Tucker, president of the
American Federation of Actors, and
self-styled "last of the red-hot
mamas'', is slated to appear at a
theatre here for a rehearsal of
Leave It To Me-, The musical is
scheduled to open Monday night
after midsummer lay-Off.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
TODAY IN HISTORY

1837-Ralpn Waldo Emerson de-
livers his famous grafton, ''The
American Scnolar", called Americas
intellectual Declaration Of Liberty,
before the Phi Beta Kappa society
oe Harvard
1842-The Navys Hydrographic
office established.
1886-Great earthquake followed
by fires devastates Charleston, S.
G..
1897-Edison issued patent .or his
photographic Motion Pic ure
Camera-one of the important steps
in the development of the movies.
1902-Manufacturers start suit
again Danbury, Conn. trade unions
for violation of trust laws.
1903 3-A Packard car reaches New
York having travelled from San
Francisco-first car said to have
actually crossed the country.
191O-Glenn H. Curtiss makes
new flying record of IS miles in
an hour, 10 minutes.
1918-President Wilson commutes
10 death sentence1 to life imprison-
ment after Houstrn riots court mar
tial.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
This Special Issue
OF Dispatch Tells
|City's Welcome

Today's special edition of the Daily
Dispatch is the annual tobacco issue,
and carries the welcome, the greet
ing and the goodwill of the entire
community along with the invitation
to farmers from far and near to come
to Henderson this fall to sell their
tobacco and cotton, or other COM
modities they may have to offer.
This issue is the second largest
ever to be issued by this newspaper,
and contains Sc pages. 1t represents
an outpouring of the city's effort to
reach forth for {. large share OF the
farmers offerings and his trade, as
we'll as an expression of business
men of their sincere, hearty wish to
be of service along with their seek
ing a living and a profit.
Today's paper is eight pages larger
than any other. tobacco and cotton
marketing edition the Dispatch has
ever published, with the single ex-
ception of one in 1885, when 81
pages were put out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

4NNr-FRSBoIrG

= TOD p ANN FRSH .I"~
1739- am Lee, LONDON mer-
chan, starlit and lids. mo
gave it ali up when }e> ol''tion
broke out to become agent for the
new country in europe, Dorn at
Straford, Va. Died Williamsburg,
June II, 1895.
18O1-Pierre Soule, French editor,
refugee to America. famed New Or
leans lawyer, senator, and Confed-
crate soldier, born. Died March ID,
1870.
1822-Galusha A. ,ow, Pennsyl-
vania con-. ssnlan ID lawyer.
speaker, raj ray oro. II and con-
eressman cite. years, born
in Conn te.t Z Nc. 81,
1907.
1842-Maly Putnam Jat,pi, New
York phys ician-professor, WORKER in
many good causes. born IN London
(of American oarentage). Died June
10, 1906.
1874 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Ward, novelist, born in Boston. Died
there, January %, 1911.
1872-Edith Rockefeller McC'or-
mick, Chicago social leader, daugh-
ter of John D., born in Cleveland.
Died Aug. 25, 1882.
1875. Davis Wilson, Philadel-
phia mayor, born in Boston. Died
August 10, 1889.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
ANSWERS.

/. In 1884 the total number of
employees was 81, with the total sal
aries amounting to $108,873. In 1896
the number of employees had been
increased to 1874 and salaries to $264,-
O49, and to 249 in 1888 with salaries
totaling $394,703.
2. Nathaniel Macon, of Warren
county, was sent to Congress first
in 1891 He was in the House until
1915 and then elected to the Senate
which he served until 1828-a total
of 81 years in Congress.
3. In 1715 for one year only. The
rate was two shillings six pence on
every 100 acres.
4. On July "a, 1871 among Gov
ernOr Thomas Burke'S recommended
tions to the council was one that
every man be supplied with a 'com-
plete stand Of arms. for which he is
to pay the prime cost, including all
charges, and the arms always to be
kept in best order Every person re-
fusing to pay to be fined. Produce
was accepted in payment. The
council approved this recommenda-
ton.
5. 1t must be signed by the presid-
ing officers of both houses the
house and the senate.
6. In 1888. In that year North Car
olina reported incomes totaling $685.
100000 against $651, 100000 for Vir-
gina.