The White Falcon - 09.01.1943, Blaðsíða 3

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G-MEN
Roger “Terrible” Touhy, es-
caped killer-kidnapper, and his
gang surrendered to G-men led
by J. Edgar Hoover, when the
Federal Agents surprised the
fugitives in their Chicago hide-
out.
After surrounding the apart-
ment that housed Touhy and his
two henchmen, Banghart and
Darlak, on Chicago’s north side,
Federal Agents smashed into the
room of the sleeping desperados
and took them without firing a
shot.
Striking simultaneously two
miles from the Touhy hideout,
Federal Agents routed James
O’Connor and St. Clair Mclner-
ney, other members of the gang,
from their rooms with flood-
lights and loud-speakers, order-
ing them to come out with their
hands in the air. They complied,
and no shooting occurred.
After a search, revolvers and
shotguns were found along with
rifles, and about $13,000 in cash.
Bundles of clothing intended for
disguises were also discovered.
The killers had been sought
since Oct. 9, 1942, when Touhy
led the daring seven-man jail
break from the Joliet prison,
leaving in his wake one guard
shot and another wounded. The
fugitives climbed over the pri-
son wall and roared away in
a waiting automobile that was
parked under the tower.
Prior to his escape, Touhy was
serving time for the kidnapping
of John (Jake the Barber) Fac-
tor.
The entire gang is now back
in custody since Nelson was
picked up in Minneapolis, and
Stewart, the last member of the
ring, was arrested on a street in
downtown Chicago.
FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover
would not comment on the re-
port that Mary Block, Banghart’s
sweetheart, had been taken in
one of the raids.
Thriller
In a train dining car enroute
to London, two British sea cap-
tains sat across from each other.
One, the skipper of a British
Merchant Marine, insisted that
he play host to his companion,
a captain in the Royal Navy.
Before they parted, the skipper
said, “Sorry it is nothing better
than sausage and mash, but it
is the best I can do.”
Some weeks later, off the coast
of South Africa, lookouts on an
English destroyer spied a man
clinging to a raft. He was soon
aboard. After a short rest, the
survivor asked to be taken to
' the captain of the ship to ex-
press his thanks. When he enter-
ed the cabin of the captain, he
discovered it was his companion
on the train. This time the other
skipper said, “Sorry it is no-
thing better then sausage and
mash, but it is the best I can do.”
Reel Life
The British Eighth Army and
its leaders are the “stars” in a
CAPTURE TOUHY GANGSTERS
film made during the recent
Egyptian campaign. A graphic
record on films has been taken
and will be released to the public
in February. Despite difficulties
caused by heat and sand, Rom-
mel’s defeat is fully covered on
40,000 feet of film.
Pay Bill
President Roosevelt signed the
Government Pay Bill this week,
providing for the increase in
wages of federal workers mak-
ing less than $3,000 a year. The
President described the bill as
a major step toward setting the
federal personnel situation in
order.
Earth Slide
Only three persons in a bus
carrying 25 persons escaped
death when an earth slide cov-
ered the bus loaded with war
workers near Alkjuippa, Pa. The
bus was carrying workers of the
Jones and Laughlin Steel Com-
pany to their homes. Rescue
workers dug away tons of earth
and rock ta extricate the bodies
of the victims.
Stalin
No special events marked the
63rd birthday of .Josef Stalin.
He spent the day working in
the Kremlin where he received
reports of the fighting on all
three of the Russian offensive
fronts. He promoted Major Fyo-
dor Kuaritonovo to the rank of
lieutenant-general for his expert
work in the Russian winter
drive.
New Coin
A new war-time one-cent
piece, made of zinc-coated steel,
was specified by Secretary Mor-
genthau this week. Its purpose
is to conserve strategic metal.
The coin will be of the same
design and size as the present
penny, which is 95 percent
copper, and has been minted
since 1909. Mrs. Nellie Taylor
Rose, Director of the Mint, said
the new one-cent piece will be
in production about Feb. 1, 1943.
Curfew
Military curfew regulations in
the Western Defense Sector in
California were lifted for Ger-
man aliens, according to WDS
Commander Lt. Gen. John De
Witt, who removed the Germans
from the list of those forbidden
on the west coast streets at night.
Labor Freeze
No essential war worker of
the 175,000 in Minneapolis or St.
Paul will be allowed to leave his
job without written permission
from his employer or the United
States Employment Service. This
plan is designed to end pirating
of essential war workers and to
provide an orderly system of
transferring skilled workers from
non-essential jobs to war in-
dustries.
No Difference
Robbers in Norway are oper-
ating with ease by simply dress-
ing as German Gestapo agents.
One group of thieves dressed in
German attire went through the
luggage of all passengers in a
Oslo railroad station, taking all
(he valuables they found. The
travelers stood by unsuspectingly
and watched the bandits search
in the belief that they were be-
ing subjected to an old German
custom.
Retail Dealer
The OPA took steps this week
to help retail gasoline dealers
by establishing a minimum ope-
rating margin of three cents a
gallon at filling stations through-
out the nation. The purpose of
this ruling was to offset the cur-
tailment of sales resulting from
motor fuel rationing. It _was
pointed out that the OPA action
only applies to those stations
which now make less than three
cents profit per gallon.
Murder Mystery
The nude body of a woman
about 35 years old, with long
dark-black hair reaching to her
waist, was found weighted with
concrete in an abandoned coal
mine shaft in Saline County, Ill.
Two boys, who were throwing
stones into the pool of water at
the bottom of the shaft, made
the ’ discovery. The coroner set
the date of her killing some-
where between three months
and a year ago.
‘Dutch Treat*
Hostility to Nazi children
has reached such a high pitch
in Dutch schools that German
occupation authorities have
established a system of segrega-
tion in 15 Amsterdam schools
“td protect Nazi children from
rough treatment by their fellow
pupils.”
Seven- Up
Tommy Manville announced
this week that he is contemp-
lating a seventh marriage. Mrs.
Manville the Sixth, the former
Billy Bozo, arrived in Reno, Nev.,
to start divorce proceedings re-
cently.
Granted
Permission from President
Roosevelt to accept decorations
from three Latin American
countries was given to Surgeon
General Hugh Cummings when
the President signed a Congres-
sional resolution to that effect.
The honors bestowed upon him
were in recognition of the re-
tired Surgeon General’^ fight
against disease.
Stay
Granted stays of execution by
the Chicago Federal Circuit Court
of Appeals; three condemned
traitors have been assured of at
least 60 additional days of life.
The trio was sentenced to die
on Jan. 22 for aiding the Nazi
saboteur, Herbert Haupt, recent-
ly put to death. The doomed men
are Haupt’s father, Otto Wergin
and Walter Froehling. Hearings
on the appeal do not start until
March 2.
Yankee Clipper
The name of a ship soon to
join the Allied Merchant fleet
will be named after Lou Geh-
rig, late baseball star, as a fa-
vor to the New York school
children who selected the name.
Over-Due
Ten passengers and three
crew members were reported
over-due in a Canadian Pacific
Air Transport plane at Van-
couver airport. Airline officials
believe the plane was grounded
somewhere. The plane was to
have arrived at Vancouver from
Prince George, B.C., three days
ago.
Flying Tigers
A Distinguished Service medal
was presented to Brigadier Gen.
Claire Chennault, former Com-
mander of the famous “Flying
Tigers,” by General Stilwell, the
Commander of American Forces
in China. The medal was pre-
sented in recognition of General
Chennault’s exceptional service
to his country and the Allied
cause. General Chennault is now
Commander of the American
Air Force in China,
Co-Founder
Mrs. Lucy Shipgood Richard-
son, 80, co-founder of the Sal-
vation Army died in her Berk-
ley, Calif., home this week. She
aided the late William Booth in
founding the organization in
England nearly 60 years ago.
‘Man Of *42*
Josef V. Stalin was named the
man of the year for 1942 by
Time Magazine. Time chose Pre-
sident Roosevelt in 1941, • and
Prime Minister Churchill in 1940,
Birthday
A1 Smith, ex-governor of New
York, celebrated his 69th birth-
day this week. Dressed in a pin-
stripe suit and looking decidedly
dapper, the former governor
gave his interview amid smoke
from his familiar cigar. Smith
said, “I feel everybody’s re-
sponding well to rationing, and
as yet I have not heard too
much grumbling about taxation.”
Smith is now president of the
Empire State Building Inc.
Prisoner List
The Japanese government has
furnished the U.S. War Depart-
ment, through the Red Cross,
1,000 names of Americans they
hold as prisoners. In the most
recent list just received, there
were 141 officers and enlisted
men from 35 states and the Di-
strict of Columbia. The previ-
ous lists had been more or less
unofficial because they were
complied from those who re-
turned in some way or another
from the Japanese.
The United States Navy wasted little time in evening score with Japs in Solomons am-
bush. Here is what remained of a Nipponese cruiser after it had been torn apart by dozens
of bombs and torpedoes released by low flying American flyers.