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and local campaigns including
the Red Cross, Community
Chests and others.
Mr.. Gill will appoint six d.
vision chairmen to assist him,
one each in Arlington, Alexan-
dria, Fairfax-Falls Church,
Montgomery, Prince Georges
and the District. In turn they
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will appoint aides until 5000
volunteers have been chosen for
the unit.
Mr.. Gill is a member of the
lUGF board Of trustees, past
president of the Washington XII
wants Club and past lieutenant
governor OF the Capital District
Of International Kiwanis.
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LAW IN THE NEWS
States Tighten Statutes
On Unclaimed Funds

than there is something like
$3.50 million in similar unclaimed
funds throughout the United
States.
In any case, 1t has been well
established that a State has
authority to prescribe for the
disposition of abandoned per-
sonal property under reasonable
circumstances. Most courts say
that the actual length Of time
fixed by the State is not impor-
tant in itself. 1t is important,
however. if established by the
State as evidence of intent to
abandon the property In ques-
ton; for there must be an intent
to abandon the property before
title can be lost this way, and
nonuse is one way of showing
intent
Time Period Shrinking
The shifting time element is
apparent from the fact that
around the turn of the century
it took about 80 years to lose
title to unclaimed bank deposits,
especially those in savings &C.
counts Then 20 years became
a popular limit on all kinds of
accounts. In the latest case de-
cided by the United States Su-
preme Court. in 1851. the State
law in question had fixed IA
years as the requisite lapse of
time. This was the New Jersey
law under which the State had
taken title to unclaimed Stand
ard Oil dividends. The Supreme
Court upheld the New Jersey
Law.
In the face of this trend, seven
years is not surprising.
4 The next Low in the News column
will oppeor Tuesday.
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The next Low in the News column
will oppeor Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

CREDIT. The late Congress-
man Sol Bloom was a successful
businessman before he entered
politics.
When he was selling phono-
graphs via the mails. he observed
with concern that his credit
losses were mounting. Too many
of his customers neither paid for
nor returned the machines.
To reduce the poor credit risks,
Bloom hit upon a simple plan.
Whenever he received an order
for a phonograph, he would ask
the customer to send the name of
his family physician as a refer
ence. After receiving this infor-
nation, Bloom would send the
machine, without even consulting
the doctor. Sure enough, his
losses dropped sharply.
( His colleagues were bewildered
by this unorthodox method of
checking credit. But to Bloom,
it was simplicity itself.
If a customer sends me the
name of his DOCTOR" explained
Bloom. lit means he has paid his
doctors bill. II he has paid his
doctor, I'm sure he will pay me,
for everyone knows that a doctor
is the last person in the world to
get paid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
SECURITY FOR YOU
States Face
Problem of
Aid to Aged
BY RAY HENRY

This year the legislatures Of
As of the 48 States will meet anC
be confronted with urgent re.
quests to do more to meet the
needs of their older people.
The Council of State Govern.
ments. a research and service
agency run Jointly by the States
has just released a summary Of
the problems Of older people thai
the States face.
Broken down, the council sees
eight major problems which the
States and the Federal Govern
ment must solve before the Ma
tion's IA million people over 6
can expect to have their basic
needs met.
!. Unemployment-Most Older
people want to work and do con.
tinue working as long as they
are physically fit and can fine
employment. But employment
chances begin to fade as age
creeps up: compulsory retire.
ment often cuts off work which
can never be found again; the
available jobs go to younger per-
sons; and skills and trades be-
come obsolete.
The trend toward fewer en-
ployed older people will con.
tinue. In 1890. for example, 6S
per cent of those over IS were
working. BY 1850, the percentage
had dropped to 43 and. by 1875
it's expected to be only 35 pei
cent.
2. Income-The major concern
OF most older people as they
near retirement is how to live
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jail at Crown Point to await
trial. But he escaped on March
g, 1884. He always claimed he
frightened the Jail guards with
"a wooden gun which he had
fashioned with a razor blade as
he whiled away the time in his
cell. The red-faced guards said
Dillinger had a real AS which
someone had slipped to him.
Traps Sprung
Dillinger grabbed two machine
guns. locked up the guards, stole
the sheriff'S automobile and
headed for Chicago. The instant
he crossed the Indiana Illinois
State line, he violated a Federal
law-the National Motor We
hicle Theft Act. commonly
known as the Dyer Act, which
prohibits transportation of a
stolen motor vehicle across a
State line.
On two occasions, agents
thought they had Dillinger
trapped. Each time he escaped
in a barrage of machine-gun
fire. But the circle was tighten
ing.
In April the Dillinger gang
was found at Little Bohemia
Lodge, a summer resort some SO
miles north of Rhinelander, Wis.
Warned by barking dogs of the
approach of an FBI raiding
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The next Security for You Column
will oppeor Monday.
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ION a sharply reduced income.
Many must depend on children
for support. but most have to
look to the Government for PEN
lsions and assistance.
3. Housing - The housing of
most older people is more dila-
Ipidated, more in need of repair
than the average; less suitably
designed for their needs. A larger
per cent of the income of older
people has to go for rent than
is true for the population as a
whole.
4. Health - At present older
people suffer from chronic ILL
ness much more than younger
people. Patients IS or over in
hospitals were more than double
their proportions of the total
population. But older persons are
least able financially to bear the
costs. Too many older people
have little knowledge of nutri-
ton.
5. Mental health - Loneliness,
rejection, lack of usefulness and
insecurity become the lot of
many older people who once had
pride and enjoyment in their
work. Thus, they lose interest
in the future and present and
tend to escape into memoirs of
a happier past; or else they sub
stitute fantasy for reality. This
deterioration results in mental
illnesses and need for hospital
care.
6. Old age and nursing homes
Many older people are forced
into such homes because of
chronic illness. financial neces-
sity, mental disorder, inflrmity
or being unwanted by friends.
Many Of these homes provide lit
tie more than custodial care.
The low level Of care in these
homes generally is due to too
little money from States to in
Ispect the homes, enforcement
and other services. The care is
also related to the low grants for
medical care under old age as
siStance in many States.
/ 7. Recreation - At so, the
average man can look forward
to about 16 more years of life
with about 10 years of work and
6 in retirement. The years in re-
tirement now often are a shock
for older people because they're
usually unprepared for it. For
the first time in their adult lives
they have free time on their
hands and most Of them don't
know what to do with 1t. Few
have the chance to take part in
activity centers, adult education,
etc.
8. Political-One-fourth OF the
voting population is over so.
They may develop into a pres
sure group, organized to promote
their own interests at the ex-
pense Of other groups in society.
you may write Ray Henry IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Home Needs a Good Secretary
BY DR.. PETER J sTEINcRoHN

what they have done for me
I've thrown away my sedatives
My husband and haven't hao
an argument in almost a month
(they used to be almost daily
occurrences). Whenever / fell
myself ready to fly of the handle
! would think of the key word:
good secretary" and in a few
seconds the imminent danger oil
emotional upheaval has passed
used to try counting to ten anc
using all sorts of tricks to keer
my temper. None ever worked
Somehow the two magic words
good secretary" do the trick foi
me.
IF there are women who have
never worked In an Office I sup.
pose they could invent other key
words to help them as these
two have helped me.
"Dr. Steincrohn, what cant
get over is how reading a few
words can often change a per-
sons entire lifetime for the oct
ter. I bless you. My husband
olesses you. And we'll teach
Peter to do the same chat will
be the name of the little boy
we are expecting in about seven
months.
Good luck with your new book
I hope you sell a million copies
Think how much good they will
do! Sincerely yours, Mrs
3. S. j."
Answer: One good blessing
calls for another. Bless Mrs
3. S. j. for her kind wishes.
We doctors see many nervous
young women in the office. They
come in as tragic figures. Ir
their minds their prince has be-
come a william. The first year Of
marriage takes a. large toll In
chickering's and misunderstood.
lngs. Quite often / have founc
that a good, long talk does more
to straighten them out than just
prescribing bottles Of sedatives
In most instances these clashes
between young husbands anc
wives land older couples are no
excluded are due to minor OBJ
stinacies and downright stubbor'
ness. There is an unwillingnesi
to give in" on some lesser dis
agreement.
There are no sexual malad'
justments; no major problems
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THE DETAILS

Jane T.-How much patience
can wife have with a man who
has no sense at all in business
affairs?
We have been married for
three years and have a one-year-
old baby, 1t seems to me that
unless I go to work and do some
thing about our future we'll Just
wind up in the poorhouse.
My husband inherited some
money just before we were mar
ried. He decided to quit his job
and invest in a business enter
prise. He nearly got swindled
and I was forced to call on my
brother to ask him to straighten
things out before my husband
lost everything we owned.
Then. without consulting me
or my brother. my husband sold
his share of the business and
invested in a new one, which is
now floundering. Our marriage
has been one long crisis. Yet my
husband gets angry when / talk
Iof going back to work.
Nicholas TT know I've given
Jane a pretty rough time of it
but I don't think I've already
become a hopeless failure. This
new business still has possibili-
ties. It's just that every time ]
have a setback. Jane makes a
big deal Of it and reminds me
that didn't consult her or her
brother before I took this step.
! The fact is that I didn't con-
suit them because didn't like
the way my brother-in-law
I"Straightened things out" for me
the last time. He has more bust
ness experience than have, but
he antagonizes people and made
enemies for me when this wasn't
necessary.
Although my present business
enterprise hasn't been as success
Iful as ! had hoped, we are getting
a living out OF it. Anyway am
still young and able and l don't
see why my wife should have to
go to work when we have a baby
at home. We're still not in debt
The Councils View
James historical behavior is
driving her marriage and her
husband into a desperate state
From her account it appears that
she has been the failure in this
marriage thus far, not her hus-
band.
i Jane seems to lack all concep-
ton of what it means to be a
wife and helpmate. When she
married Nicholas and they
planned to have a family, il
was understood that he would
undertake the role of supporter
After three years, in which
Nicholas has handled this role
satisfactorily enough to provide
the family with living, Jane
is all set to shove him out OF
this position and take it on
herself.
Jane has yet to prove that she
can handle her own role proper
ly. Her husband has had trouble
yet she shows no indication that
she has given him any encour-
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Dear DR.. Steincrohn:
know you will be glad to read
what I have to say. Most au-
thors like to know of specific
cases they have helped. Let me
tell you how a few lines in your
new book Live Longer and En-
Joy 1t! have transformed my
married life.
II have been married to a
fine man for about two years.
During the past few months
have been getting extremely
nervous because our marriage
has not been running smoothly
There have been arguments and
arguments. I've taken tran
quilizers with the hope that ]
could prevent them. But no
use. Lately we have both come
out and mentioned divorce
Even the thought Of 1t has made
me i'll.
"A friend who had read your
book told me it also had some
common sense advice for hus-
bands and wives. ! went right
down to the bookstore and got
a copy You will be interested
in the few words which think
and hope-have changed the
course Of my life. Here they
are: BE as good a wife as you
were a secretaryl Do you re-
member how you got around
your boss? Sometimes he was
grumpy and hard to handle
but you managed! Sometimes
he sounded off, but you pla-
Gated him. Remember how you
took dictation--in more ways
than one? Why not now, from
your husband, once in a while?
You are not working for him
that's true. But it's even more
important to take dictation (oc-
casionally) as a wife than as q
secretary.
you could quit when you
worked in the Office. But you're
stuck now. All the more reason
for making life more bearable
Remember what the general
said: ITS better to lose the
battle and win the war" It's
better to give in to your hus-
band once in a while and win a
happy marriage"
There they are. I hope you
print them in full in your column
some day. I'm sure they II do for
many unhappy married women
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Agents Overcome Inadequate Laws,
Bullets to Silence Modmon Di|Iinqer

4lC4bys Of~yCdI-Olu OOdIl ldWyCI
who had served as a missionary
in the Mormon Church before
he joined the FBI. He was to
take charge of the Dillinger
search.
Mr.. Cowley's search led him
to Chicago. Dillinger was re-
ported in hiding, recovering from
a doctors attempt to disguise
the Dillinger features by plastic
surgery. Mr.. Cowley and Melvin
Purvis. special agent in charge
Of the Chicago office. worked
closely with two East Chicago
policemen. Capt. Timothy O'Neil
and Sergt. Martin zarkoich, ir
running down the scores Of
rumors and tips from people
who thought they had re.
cognized Dillinger.
Woman in Red
The break in the case came
on July 81. Capt. O'Neill and
Sergt. Zarkovich brought d
dark-haired. middle-aged woman
to the FBI. She was Ana Cum
panas. and she was in trouble
The immigration and Naturali-
cation Service wanted her de-
ported as an undesirable alien
because she was the madam OF
c bawdyhouse in Gary. Ind.
Her proposition was this. She
would lead John Dillinger to the
FBI-but she wanted a promise
that she would receive a reward
and also that something would
be done to permit her to remain
in the United States.
The reward was promised. Mr.
Purvis said he would do what he
could to help her, and he would
call her cooperation to the at
tention of the Labor Depart
ment. which handled deportation
matters.
Ana Cumpanas said that John
Dillinger was planning to take
her and his girl friend. Polly
Hamilton. to a movie theatei
the next evening. How would
other FBI agents, who hadn't
seen Ana Cumpanas. be able to
identify her? Ana said she would
be dressed in red.
Surgery Fails
The FBI men and the police
men recognized Dillinger when
he entered the theater with his
girl friend and "the Woman ir
Red" Despite the plastic sur
gerry. the outlaw was identified
beyond doubt. Cowley called Mr.
Hoover, who was pacing the
library of his home in Washing
ton. The decision was made tt
take Dillinger as he came out
of the theater, rather than risk
a gun battle inside the crowded
show house.
When the trio emerged. by
prearrangement Mr.. Purvl3 Iii
a cigar. Dillinger must have
lsensed that something was
wrong. He glanced over his
shoulder and saw an agent NOV
ing toward him. He 6arted to-
ward an alley, clawing a pistol
from his pants pocket. But be-
fore he could get his gun into
action, three F'BI agents fired
five shots. Slugs tore into Dillin-
gers body and he pitched on hi;
face. The chase was over.
/ Mr.. Cowley paid Ana Cumpan-
as $4,000 from the $4,000 reward
money which the Federal Gov
eminent had posted. The two
East Chicago policemen each re-
ceived $4,000. But a Federal
judge ordered her deported, and
she died in 1947 in the little
Romanian town of Timiosara.
10,
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Tenth Of q Series

TENN OF q SeTteS
liverieS which first sent the FBI
after Dillinger, because none Of
these crimes was q Federal law
violation. He ran into trouble
with the G-Men because he
drove a stolen automobile across
a State line.
During the '20s most Of the
country had watched the growth
of crime and gangertism with a
"so-what" attitude. Those fell
lows in the gangs, many people
felt, were no worse than the
thieves in dinner jackets who
had been corrupting Federal,
State and local governments.
About the only difference was
that one group used guns and
the other didn't. But this
tolerance gave way to angry
demands that something be done
about the menace of the gangs
and racketeers.
Special Kidnap Line
The country and Congress
came to the realization that the
Federal laws were woefully weak
in combating interstate crime.
Criminals were operating with
high-speed automobiles, armored
cars. high-powered rifles, ma
chine guns and ornaments which
were better than those of the law
enforcement agencies. Crime
wasn't localized. One gang could,
and frequently did, operate
across the lines of half dozen
States.
By 1888 bank robberies were
occurring at the rate Of almost
two a day. Kidnapings had in
creased alarmingly despite the
Lindbergh Kidnap Law. The At
torney General had urged people
to report kidnapings to the FBI
by calling the special "kidnap"
number-that number now is
National 8-7117.
Wooden Gun?
Many of the gang operations
were not in violation of Federal
statutes and there were some
curious inconsistencies in the
laws. For example, a bank official
who embezzled $50 from a Fed
eral bank in 1888 had violated a
Federal law. But gang of ban
dts might rob a Federal bank of
100000, machine-gun the bank
officials and escape into another
State without violating single
Federal statute. And the bandits
could be reasonably sure that
pursuit would end at the State
line.
Dillinger, wanted in Indiana
for the murder of an East Chi
cago policeman, was recognized
in Tucson. Ariz., and arrested
with three members of his gang.
Tucson police found, among
other odds and ends at the Dill
linger hide-out. three Thompson
sub-machine guns. two VIM
chester rifles mounted as ma
chine guns, five bullet-proof
vests and more than $4,000,
part of which was identified as
loot from an East Chicago bank.
Dillinger was returned to In
diana and placed in the county
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agement or help-other than to
call in her brother. Calling for
advice from someone with more
business experience would not
have been bad move if it had
been done because Nicholas him.
self desired it. Apparently, it was
done without so much as his
consent.
Jane has done and is doing
everything to destroy her hus-
bands pride and self-respect.
The destruction of these attri-
butes means the destruction of
the man. Jane would have no.
body but herself to blame if her
husband did become a hopeless
failure" Despite the beating he
has taken from two ends, how
ever, Nicholas appears to be
holding his own rather we'll.
Jane has every reason to be
proud of him and ashamed of
herself.
tCopyright 1857 General Features Corp
Tomorrow: Sister defends mons
ex.fioncee.
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Just the little ripples that people
allow to build up into waves OF
disagreement and stormy out
breaks of temper.
/ tell the wives that the home
is their citadel. 1t is their Job
to keep it safe from attack with
in. The only way that is pos
sible is to ward of any internal
dissension. Often they can do SC
by Tearing how TO "lose the small
battles"
II you were ever a secretary
try the formula that helped Mrs
B. S. j. so much.
AS for you women who are
getting ready TO write me: Illus
bands aren't angels!" l agree
In the book talk turkey" to
them, too.
released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.
Tomorrow: No one is entirely free
from worry.
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TOMORROW
The FIJI Story
Tells How
The Agency Lob
Got on Eorly Test in
An Aloskon Murder
-

party. Dillinger and his bud
dies escaped. A short distance
from the lodge, Lester ellis, al
las Baby Face Nelson. a men,
Der of the Dillinger gang. killed
Special Agent w. Carter Baum,
and wounded another agent and
a local officer.
On the first day of June. j.
Edgar Hoover called Special
Agent Samuel P. Cowley into his
office to give him a special as
Isignment. Mr.. CoWleY was a
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Tomorrow: No one Is entirely free
from worry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
BY DON WHITEHEAD

John Herbert Dillinger led q
kill-crazy gang which swept
through the Midwest from Sep
TENDER, 1888, until July, 1884.
leaving a trail of ten men MUIR
dered, seven wounded, four
banks robbed, three police ar
senals plundered and three jails
from which prisoners were freed.
But 1t wasn't the murders or
the robberies or the Jail de-
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EzAruR,z Rcz
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Wife Derides Husband
For Business Deals
THE PROBLEM
Jane T.-My husband has no business sense.
Nicholas T.-Were still not in debt.

The FomiIy Council consists Of o Judge
O psyehiotrist. three eIersymen. q
newspaper editor, women's editoI
and two writers. Eoeh ortiele is 4
summary Of on oetuol eose history
The council reports on problems ihoi
hove been deolt with by responsible
agencies ond counseloFs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

care OF this newspaper about
your olCn Social Security or re-
tirement problem. Please en-
close stamped. self-addreSsed
envelope and rs cents in conn.,
(From AP Newsefatures)
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1957-11-25
Publishers
Column
Victoria Acosta VelascO
Editor q Publisher

We found, while leisurely dig
oing into our heap of notes and
clippings, the following lines scrib-
HE'D some ten years ago. Because
of its pertinency to the general
set-up of any organization, we
find excuse for printing it lit has
has never been printed befOre).
Duties OF a President
Duties of a President, or What
A President is Supposed to Know
and Do:
1. He must have knowledge of
all that is transpiring in the or
ganization
2. He must know what actions
the organization has taken, wheth-
err under the auspices of the Board
of Trustees Tor CounciD or
through delegated authority to
the various committees.
8. He must know the back
ground of every action taken by
the Board (CounciD or the COM
mittees, the reasons for such ac-
ton and the why's and wherefores.
4. He must be able to give
leadership to the organization
leadership in thought and action.
The President is not-shouId not
be-mereIy a presiding officer.
When an issue is highly contro-
yersial and the house is evenly
divided, the President must show
leadership and adequate knowledge
of the question at issue.
5. The President must be man
of initiative and originality, of WIS.,
ion and broad perspective, of SYM
pathetic and tolerant understand
ing, of conviction and courage of
his conviction.
It is essential and highly import
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