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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Paris Life
 Threatened Cops Insist

New York, Dec. le (Upl=Nadee Francis valente said he wloud rule today on whether Alvin Paris, dap. per Broadway gambler accused ok trying to "flxe Q pro football game. shah go free on bail-a freedom police said might cost Paris his life,
 Paris was arralgned yesterday on two counts of bribery, one count charging he tried Co 6ribe Flllback Merle tfapes of the New York Giants and the other naming Halke back Frank Kilchock as the object of the attempted brlhe, and pleaded innocent. Under usual legal pro- cedure ball then would have been set, but Assistant District Attorney George Monaghan provided Q sen- sation when he opposed ban and re- vealed a threat on Paris life.
 MonaehAn said member oe the police department got Q oal saying an attempt might be made on the gamblers life # he were freed. Police charge that Paris 8 Front man" for Q New Jersey gambling syndicate, and said they hoped Co nah the syndicate through Paris.
 Heard POllCemen's Testimony
 Defense Counsel Caesar Barra, Q legal expert who defended Vice Overlord Lucky Luciano, chal- lenged Monaehans report of the threat, and valente told Monaghan to produce proof of his statement, Monaghan said he would be able to do 90, end the hearing recessed.
 When 1t resumed, Valente tnex- plicably moved the scene to his chambers, barred newsmen, and heard testimony by two unidentified witnesses, presumably policemen telling of the threat. Monaghan and Barra were present. but would not comment other than to admit two witnesses were heard.
 Paris, a 2e-year-old night club habitue and squire to many chor- ines, signed a confession Sunday admitting that he offered Hapes and Filchock S2,5O0 each, plus the proceeds of a si,000 bet, if they would make sure the Chicago Bears won the playoff game by more than 10 points. Chicago won by just 10 points
 Today it was indicated that Paris will repudiate that confession. HE associate lawyer, William Bressin told reporters that Paris had ao' mitted no bribe attempts.
 Investigate Family
 "fEe admitted he had drinks with football players" Breslin said. "Dus there was absolutely no money in- volved or paid or promised. Tns plavers didn't think Of 1t and thert was no report to ofacials of a bribt attempt"
 Police also were showing interesl in members of Paris family. HI father, Sid Paris, was questioned for hours and it was revealed tha' he has a police record of convic' ton of mail fraud in Atlanta ane three arrests on grand larceny II New York. The New York charge all were dismissed.
 Paris step-uncle, Matty oinsberg is in iaii after conviction on charge of booasmaking. Matty Cinsberg Q brother of Eddie Ginsberg, ~pig time" bookie who married Paris mother after her divorce from Si' Paris. Matty Ginsberg was to hay been sentenced yesterday, but polio got a postponement and sent hin back to fail to await sentence Dec 3O The officers said they wanted | investigate any possible connection Matty may have with Paris or oi bookie syndicates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18


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 When Servo was forced to retire York state Athletic Com mission designated the contestants in bout for the vacated title Tppy Lakn and Tommy Bell the assignment after the other Beau said Not % MT Eaean an0 again in about yeaTs only who didn't resent getting chance to win title unknown more than that whcn we fought Robinson in Cleveland fight him another day. wasn't frightened by e mere mention other to have been
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
WALTER wINCHELL lnaugurated . drI

WALTER WINCHELL lnauguated drive for funds Of Ws nauOn RunyOn Foundation his FadO program sun day night has struck responsive chord among ne lao great of friends number o sports writers editors publishers and other friends of Damon have bln committee The purpose to erees
 Damon Runyon Hospital where Damon nnsoM Whether the wing VIII Do ueva t wards laboratory for the udy Of the couree VII be decided committee organized and meets with e he ntal Authorities wishing to honor Daonb contributions tO their favCte nepap coumns Taylor Spnk of Sporting News sent me cheek for S2O0 fund yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
IN RAIgTN BOWL

Fresno-Utah State Agricultural Colleges football team was selected to oppose San Jose State in Fresnos R.aisin Bowl, Jan. 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
himself. He will be heard this evenA ing over WATR at 8:30 P. M.

himself. He will be heard this evenA ing over WATR at 8:S0 P. M.
 '"The Egg and T." hilarious beses selling book which has just been made into a motion picture, will re- ceive its world radio premiere on This Is Hollywood" Saturday, Jan. 4, over CBS, instead of Jan. II, as originally announced. Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray will co-star in this uproarious story on the broadcast, just as they do in the screen version.
 Author, economist and lecturer Henry J. Taylor, heard on MES Your Land and Mine" series, has added further responsibilities to his already staggering schedule. During the past week, Taylor was elected trustee for the New York Medical College and Manhattan's Fifth Ave- nue Hospital and Flower Hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

THE QUESTION professional football cOaches orc sshne he. selves corned is; How you gonna keep ~ down on the farm after they've seen Paris7"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

ELI HERD HOFFMAN works in pun bakery wnne nnanay strapped stopped needing the dough long enough n fback reach his ends sh the distance oa tne e" for one ElD - - ...- s..s,....,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

HAVING WON HIS FToYr for the welterweght title A s m t Rohon than that against Tommy S as Nadlscn suuaFe 0arden Friday order justify the the time knock the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

It took a deviatAng septum @ land tnis matcn for RoAnson. me sephlm was Marty Servo's and
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Evening star., 1946-12-01

prejudiced against collections,
this years crop provides some of
the best reading of the year in
the horror, homicide and who
dunit" field. For the erudite,
there is q new william Roughead
collection, Nothing But Murder"
The four other excellent collec-
tionS include ITO the Queens
Taste" compilation drawn from
Ellery Queens monthly mystery
magazine; "Best Detective Stor-
les OF the Year" edited by David
@. Cooke; Murder for the Mil
lions," in which Frank Owen
demonstrates that some Of the
best of the mystery novelists are
equally at home in the short
form, and William Irishss 1.-THE
Dancing Detective" a well-writ
ten collection Of short stories by
the author of Phantom Lady"
Failing between the short
stories and the full-length novels
is A1gernon Blackwood's two
pieces, "The Doll and One Other"
The title piece can't be beat for
conveying sheer terror.
Generally, this appears to have
been a year OF transition In the
mystery field, marking the wane
of war-inspired spy and psyche
logical thrillers and the return
to house party and night club
homicides. BY next year, per-
haps the murder -mongers will
have completed their reconver-
sion to the straight whodunit
without folderol."
Evening star., 1946-12-01

torney in the role Of detective.
A few of the better known
mystery writer's, particularly
Mignon G. Eberhart, are willing
to let each of their novels stand
on its own feet but most Of
them have become SO identified
with their detective heroes that
the book buyer Is inclined to
ask for the new Peter Duluth
mystery ("Puzzle for Fiends"o or
the latest Col. Primrose (@Hono-
lulu Story") rather than request
books by title or authors latest
name. Trading on her detec-
tive's fictional fame, Phoebe At
wood Taylor this year is repre-
sented by "The Asey Mayo Trio"
as well as lesser Asey Mayo
production, Proof of the Pud-
ding" The trio is a collection
Of three older works, starring
the lanky New England crime
hawk.
Oddly enough. assuming the
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Homicide and Whodunit

Helen Eustis. This one Is on the
psychological side with bow to
the stream Of conscious technique.
The author. in my opinion, vio-
lated a fundamental rule. She
didn't play fair. 1t Is all very
well-and. indeed, part OF the
game-to try to throw the read
ers off the scent. It is not fair,
however. to use specific Identify
ing detail Of the murderer which
rules out half the suspects and
then employ a devious trick of
abnormal psychology late in the
game to make the guilty one
eligible for consideration as the
killer.
At the opposite extreme, IN
point Of fairness, is Edmund
Crispin. Two-thirds Of the way
through Holy Disorders" Mr..
Crispin has his detective. Gervase
Fen, write out a timetable show
ing what each of the possible
suspects was doing at the crucial
time. At the same time, he lists
all the clues. At that point, Fen
says he knows the answer. II
the reader was. as clever as Mr..
Crispin or his Prof. Fen, he
would have 1t, too. Everything Is
there that needs to be there to
solve the crime. Ultimately,
Prof. Fen illustrates why the
time table and the few clues
were all he needed to solve the
crime. He played completely
fair and managed to be COM
pletely baff1ing-at least he did
to me.
Holy Disorders" ranks among
the best OF the year for other
reasons. Mr.. Crispin. who wrote
the earlier "Obsequies at Oxford"
leavens horror with humor, Gre
ates full-blown characters and
boasts q detective with person.
ality.
Erie Stanley Gardner's
Most Popular Line
The latter is an important
asset In selling a book. Despite
the fact that Erie Stanley Card
ner Is reported by the book sell
ers and rental librarians to be
the most consistently popular
of the murder purveyors, the
book sellers also agree that his
Perry Mason books are much
more popular than those with
Terry Shane or the District At
Evening star., 1946-12-01
IKE Thurber's Walter Nit

~ IKE Thurber's Walter Nit
ty, most Of us lead a secret
life of superiority. For
many of us, there's moth
ing that gives our secret selves a
quicker shot in the arm than
solving fictional crime.
Therein lies the fascination Of
murder mysteries--this business
OF pitting yourself against a
storybook detective and winding
up with the answers before he
does.
This satisfaction, however, Is
diluted when the fictional ace Is
excessively stupid IL he can't fig
ure out the criminal by the third
chapter. When the plants for
means. motive and opportunity
are clumsily conceived or 50
stereotyped that the veriest anna
teur at the game of solving
"whodunits" can write the end
Ing. the true mystery fan feels
with justice that he stayed up
until 2 am. for nothing.
That is my prime complaint
against the 1916 offerings. That
Is also why the booksellers and
rental librarians report a con-
tinuing demand for the works of
such authors as Dorothy Sayers
and Mabel Seeley, who haven't
brought out a new "whodunit"
for years. BY the same token,
many mystery fans are turning
to the 25-cent reprints. There the
discriminating can find some Of
the good works in the mystery
field that they may have missed
the first time round.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
The Spy Mysteries
Are on the Way Out

There appears to be little ques-
ton that some of the publishers
were not on the same wave
length as their mystery-reading
public during 1916. Several Wash
mgton booksellers were agreed
that spy stories have lost their
appeal and that the heavily psy-
Geological murder mystery has
begun to pail. Yet scores of
stories of both varieties reached
the bookshelves this year. Among
the few good psychological novels
was Hilda Lawrence's "The Pa
vilion."
The Raymond Chandler influ-
ence brought a heavy demand
for the tough guy" school of
detective--a demand that was
far from fully met. Chandler
himself produced only a short
story collection, RED Wind"
The mystery reading public
or large segment Of it-wanted
what one rental librarian de-
scribed as straight whodunit
without folderol." Most of the
older authors stuck to this for
mula--the ace detective, faced
with one or more murders and
five or six suspects motivated by
greed. love or self-preservation.
Some of the newcomers to the
mystery field, however, tossed in
intelligence tests. collators, guer-
rilla warriors and even the atom
bomb.
A case in point is Murder of
the u. s. A." by Will F. Jenkins.
It finds itself in. this roundup
only because the publisher ad-
vertised 1t as "a new kind of mur-
der mystery" In this one. atom
bombs begin to rain on the United
States. In burrows set up for
just such an eventuality, a coun-
terattack is planned. Unfor-
tunately the enemy seems to
know the location of the burrows
and the burrow of the story has
to spend half the time warding
of atom bombs while 1t con-
tinues to work on the problem
of identifying the enemy state
q problem complicated by the
fact that the bombs are being
launched from the South Pole.
The burrow finally locates the
enemy state. In the interest
OF continued international peace.
the enemy state is not revealed
to the reader. In other words,
this murder mystery" is of such
a new kind that the whodunit ele-
ment still remains unsolved on
the last page.
Whodunits ON the
Psychological Side
Equally. If not more irritating.
was 1.-The Horizontal Man." BY
, -
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Erie Stanley Gardner's
Most Popular Line
Recommended

HE WHO WHISPERS, by
John Dickson Carr Harper,
$2.00).
HOLY DISORDERS, by Ed
mund Crispin Gippincott,
5000.
THE DOLL AND ONE
OTHER, by Algernon Black
wood (Arkham, $3.50.
THE PAVILION. by Hiida
Lawrence (Simon. $1,000.
Evening star., 1946-12-01

JOHN DICKSON CARR,
Who has turned out one OF
the best suspense stories OF
1916 in "He Who Whispers"
that Mr.. and Mrs. North, crea-
tions of Frances and Richard
Lockridge have their faithful fol-
lowing. In shoot If You Must"
MIR. Powell again makes a reluc-
tant hero of Andy and an over
curious wife of Arabella.j It is
their adventures, written with un-
reinstatement and a dry humor,
rather than the crime they solve
that makes the latest Powell Of
fering attractive.
The Lockridges attempt the
same thing, but Pamela NorthAs
daft conversation does become a
little trying by about the fourth
chapter. The Lockridges in
Murder Within Murder" use one
OF the older poisoning tricks and
their murderer isn't as well hid
den as he might be.
Both Mr.. Powell and the Lock-
ridges might be accused of de-
pending on their couple-detec-
tives to carry the yarns. This can
never be said of the ever-reliable
Mrs. Christie, who stars M. Poirot
this year in 'The Hollow" or John
Dickson Carr, who has turned out
one OF the best suspense stories
OF 1916 in "He Who Whispers"
In Mr.. Carr's other pen life-as
Carter Dickson-he offers him.
self sterling competition with MY
Late Wives"
I freely admit to complete baf-
flement in "He Who Whispers"
The principal crime actually oc-
ours years before the story opens
but intrudes itself insistently
when the woman suspected is
hired as librarian. The problem
which must be solved when an
attempt Is made at another mur-
der-revolves around whether she
actually committed the earlier
crime and she is hardly her own
best witness. The reader, however,
Is given little chance at logical
reasoning because the threat of
supernatural manifestations not
only successfully confuses the is
sue but overlays the whole with q
quality of horror not conducive to
thought.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
By Miriam Gutenberg

great popularity Of Gardner's
Perry Mason, he Is far from the
most distinctive of the sleuths.
Most OF the authors prefer to
mark their detectives with &C.
centricities of dress and behavior
or with distinguishing physical
characteristics. Obesity Is q
favorite. John Dickson Carr's
DR.. Gideon Fell Is tremendously
bulky. So Is Rex Stoutis Nero
Wolfe. In contrast with the
casual sloppiness Of Asey Mayo,
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
Is everlastingly clothes conscious.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Known Only
To the Police

Carter Dicksons MY Late
Wives" is as confusing-but not
as difficult to solve-as "He Who
Whispers" The reader knows
from the beginning the name of
the murderer and the fact that
he has killed four women. The
trick. however, is that a dozen
years have elapsed since the last
murder and the murderer has OBJ
viously changed his identity. An
actor gets his hands on a script
recounting the life Of the mur-
derer and. oddly. giving details
known only to the police. AS an.
experiment, the actor sets out to
test the ending of the script-and
Evening star., 1946-12-01

finds a corpse in his closet. It Is
all very entertaining and made
more so by the presence of the
Dickson sleuth, known familiarly
as HI. M.
Among the other veteran mys-
tery-mongers, Miss Eberhart's
Five Passengers From Lisbon"
and Inez Haynes Irwin's "The
Women Swore Revenge" boast
new twists. Miss Eberhart has
her first murder committed in a
lifeboat in the midst of a raging
storm. The rest Of the murders,
however. take place on the
American hospital ship which
comes to the rescue of those in
the lifeboat. Miss Eberhart OBJ
viously knows something about
hospital ships. She certainly
knows q lot about baffiing her
Teaders. Technically, her only
fault comes toward the very end
when she repeats her solution in
different words three times.
Mrs. Irwin uses the four
woman friends of the victim-all
under suspicion themselves-to
solve the murder OF Lizbeth More.
The kind of readers who cherish
Raymond Chandler won't care
for the very feminine writing in
this one. although it is at mo-
ments undeniably creepy.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Newcomers That
Bear Watching

y
Most Of this years first novels
In the mystery field can be lightly
skipped over but two Of the COM
parative newcomers bear mem
tioning. One Is Lawrence p.
Bachmann, making his first solo
mystery effort in 1.-THE Kiss of
Death" Mr.. Bachmann uses
psychological testing to start his
story and he might have had
something there If he hadn't gone
a-wandering into scientific trea-
tises and weak denouement.
The other Iesser-known is Lee
Wilson, whose "This Deadly
Dark" won the 81, 900 Red Badge
Prize. Mr.. Wilson halls from the
tough guy" school, with blind
reporter cast In the detectives
role.
While some mystery fans are
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Those Well-Followed
Husband-Wife Teams

Then, Of course, there are the
two famous husband-wife teams
both represented in 1946. I ad-
init to q preference for Richard
Powell's couple, Andy and Ara
bella Blake. while acknowledging
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-24
LUTHERAN SERVICES
at the Womans Club
Karl r. Molkentin
Morning worship-11:l5 a. m.

TRINITY
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Corner Harding Ave. and 4th ST.
Lima O'DonneIi, Pastor
Sunday school - 10 a. m.
Morning worship IL a. m.
Christ's Ambassador Youn
Peoples Service. Z p. m.
Eyangelisuc services p. m.
Prayer meeting and singing ser
vice for men and women-Wednes
day-T:30 p. m.
Womens Missionary Counsel
Thursday 10 a. IN to p. N.
Childrens Church Saturday.
p. m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Now meeting at Coolidge Woman's
Club on Sunday afternoons
Bible study p. m.
Regular SERVICES p. m.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-24
GooliSse examiner
Friday. May "a. 1916
Coolidge. Arizona
Kenilworth Homemakers
Hold Annual Family
Picnic Here tuesday

Families OF the Kenilworth
Homemakers Club were honored
guests at the clubs annual picnic
held al Casa Grande Ruins Tues
day evening beginning al T:30.
After an old-fashioned basket
supper there were competitive
games and sports. Winners Of the
various contests were: small boy =
sack race. Eddie Christensen: old
o. boys sack race. Jack Crumm;
girls sack race. Beverly Christ
ensen: boys three-legged race,
Richard Brakeman and Jack
Crumm: girls three-legged race.
Donna Johnson and Shirley Christ
ensen. centipede race. girls versus
boys. girls won: duck race. Dick
Humphrey: blind girls race. Donna
Johnson: blind boys race. Dick
Humphrey: blind mems race. Glenn
Carter: blind women's race. Mrs.
!. c. Harris.
The club will hold this months
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-24

Sabbath school-y:45 a. IN.
Church service-l1: 90 a. IN.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-24

Washington. ID. {. (NWNS).
The demand for a new and
effective government labor poll
cy has reached the point where
congressman will soon be afraid
10 face their constituents unless
they do something about II.
Until John l.. Lewis prac-
tically paralyzed the nation
with his coal strike, many
q congressman felt secure in
his Job SO long as he played
ball with organized labor
and refused to vote for any
legislation opposed by labor
leaders. But now even the
congressman from the big
gest industrial centers are
finding that their "do moth
ing" policy Is causing more
and more dissatisfaction.
For they are discovering that
the rank and file OF labor-the
men who vote them into Office
are tired of strikes and are
looking to government for some
protection against the insecurity
and loss of income which has re-
suited from the epidemic Of work
stoppagcs.
Automobile workers. for ex-
ample, who were out Of work for
months due 10 their own strike
and later cut off from any in
come because of the coal strike,
= are making it clear that they do
not want this condition to con-
tinue.
Congress is also being made in
creasingly aware of the fact that
the group known as organized
labor, which it has been pamper-
ing for years, is not nearly as
big or as strong as is the un-
organized consumer when he
begins raising his voice. And
John @. Public has made it
crystal clear that he expects con-
gress to stop fddling over labor
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-24
Wlo4sDoiirq3
=5'7=1=@ssZChurcheS : =
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner 4th and lindberoh
J.. NJ. Campbell, Pastor

Sunday School - 1000 a. IN.
Morning worship - 1900 a. m.
Training union-7 p. IN.
Evening worship--s p. N. ~
Prayer meeting. Wednesday :
p. m.
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METHODIST
Olln e. Lehman, Pastor
Sunday School. 1000.
Morning worship-li:l0 a. m.
intermediate Youth Fellowship
$50 p. m.
Senior Youth Fellowship. pm.
Fellowship Circle - Tuesday -
1880 p. IN.