European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 31, 1950 the stars and stripes Page 7 an is Piny of suspense by Mark Barron new York Jan. 30. A this in an eerie pay that begins to frighten the audience at the enc of inc firs act this new play tailed the Man which Bias arrived on Broadway at fhe Fulton theater with Dorothy Gist in the Lead. Much in the mood of night must fail the Emlyn William Melo dramatic hit of 1935. The Man the a suspense Story where the Audi ence exp jets a murder at any moment throughout the play. The Story is that of mrs. Gillis. A Middle-aged., respectable woman who rents rooms to two or three people. She is not a professional boarding House manager so she wants her roomers to feel As if they Are go Oslo in the Homo. She wants the House a Laii and with the atmosphere of n Privet la Home. So she brings in i Young boy named How Ircy Nihon. A youngster in his twenties to redo her floors and otherwise fix up he House so that her guest tenants will to proud of it. A charming Young Man who is obsessed with the fear that every one is trying to spy upon him to bring polite and Hospital authorities Down upon him he traps in Nocent mrs. Gillis into being a prisoner. For most of the ploy she is a prisoner in her own House unable of escape from this Young maniac who keeps talking about How he has placed his hands around other people s throats and they did not remain alive. This is a melodrama of suspense with never a murder taking place on stage but it has its thrills and chills. And Dorothy Gish Don i inner my Peggy Ann Garner head a cast of qualified performers who make this play one of the Best who a Jne is that Broadway has seen in recent years. Baby s body found in postal package Toledo Jan. 30 up a postal clerk discovered the body of an eight Pound baby girl in a mailed puck age in the Toledo pos office. Postal and police officials they were baffled by the discovery of the loosely wrapped package addressed to a. J. Burlle tid 2, Fargo n. D. Posing clerk Joseph Kandik unwrapped the package when he found 1 lacked 27 cents oos Tnge and had 310 return address the body had been wrapped in a Brown paper bag and a. Jan. 20 is sue of a Toledo newspaper. Gam blingtakeputat$21. Billion Boston Jan. 30 up big time gambling takes up to $23,500.000,000 yearly out of american pockets a group of bos ionians reported after a nationwide investigation. The citizens committee of Massachusetts inc., whose Letterhead bears some of Boston s Best names the figures did not even include proceeds of such forms of gambling As lotteries Raffles and carnival games. The report made to implement he group s opposition to organized gambling americans apparently spend More on betting than on housing recreation medical care religion education or scientific research. It charged that big time gambling was controlled and operated in a Businesslike fashion by organized syndicates which ultimately have a corrupting influence on Good government and welfare of the Community in general 1 it investigators estimated that from $11,800,000,000 to $21,500, 000,000 was spent each year on a Csc and dog race betting sports pools numbers pools and shot machines. G a being estimates were broken Down this Way Furi Musiol betting. Si.500.000.000. Off the track betting 83,000,000,000 to 310,000,000.000, sports pools �5,000,000,000. Numbers pools 5300.000,000 to $2,000,000,000, organized syndicated gambling is in the ranks of big business. Illegal gambling Are controlled by antisocial groups so organized As to have apparent immunity from the Law in an Ever widening Field of operations. The report . ". In its nationwide implications Large scale illegal gambling activities were carried on by dangerous criminal elements who adapted recognized systems of business organization and efficiency to syndicates which activities in other forms. A notorious Syndicate through us Headquarters in Chicago and agencies in various metropolitan areas is the dominant Factor in off the track horse race betting and has been credited with interest in sports pools activities on a nation wide basis a widely known new York City rackets head is reputed to be at the head of the Slot machine the committee the Public refused to face the fact that Gam bling diverted Large amounts of Money thai might be spent to better advantage and that most wagering enriched and entrenched antisocial and criminal groups. Corruption of police officials is a fundamental in the promotion of illicit gambling operations the report . It Slot machine interests commonly allot 10 to 20 per cent of Gross profits for graft and Protection. Denfeld reported offered Boston port directorship West oho mass., Jan. 30 up adm Louis e. Denfeld who has asked to to retired from the Navy March 1, has reserved comment on a report that he might be named director of the port of Boston authority. The Job pays �15,000 a year. The Boston Herald Denfeld has been offered the Post it was understood but has not indicated whether he would accept Traubel quits met in pique plans to write mysteries new York Jan. 30 a famed wagnerian Soprano Helen to Aube is withdrawing from the metropolitan opera at the end of his season her agent yesterday. The metro Politan s new manager Rudolf Bing termed the action somewhat Hasty and somewhat the Singer s agent she was making the move because of the absence of from the new management for her appear ances next season. A statement issued for miss Traubel As leading dramatic Soprano of the metropolitan opera Assn. For the past 10 years. Miss Traubel is entitled to the Courtesy of an invitation to enter into negotiations for future opera appearances miss Traubel told a press Confer ence in Washington that she planned to write mystery stories. Orchestra defies Tschaikowsky hex Cincinnati Jan. 30 up the Cincinnati symphony orchestra has defied the hex on Tschaikowsky s path Elique s y m p h on a plus a couple of other supposedly dangerous signals. Manager Robert a. Casey the orchestra played the Pat Etique on the 13th program Jan. 6-7, dates which add to 13. Nobody died. The death of a swedish Ciari a Cist and two British musicians after playing the symphony revived an old legend that death conies soon for a musician after he plays the music. Girl changed to Man new York Jan. 30 a a slender dark haired girl who was known is Joan for 23 years until a series of operations last Spring changed her name to John has married a girlhood chum the hos Pital disclosed without further identifying the couple. Sophisticate Patricia Wilson 20 months Fin Gers her fur stole As she Waits at new York International Airport for y. Flight to Shannon. With her were her adopted parents or. And mrs. George Wigeon of Brooklyn. Acme Driver strike halts Minneapolis burials Minneapolis. Jan. 30 apr a slate conciliator has sought Settle ment of a strike of Hearse and funeral car Drivers which forced in definite postponement of All min Neapolis burials. Ralph White president of the min Neapolis funeral directors Assn., bodies would be stored at mortuaries until vehicles were again available. Six. Firms owning hearses were providing service for 46 other establishments. The 40 members of taxi cab Drivers livery chauffeurs ambulance Drivers and helpers Union Al quit their jobs. Trouble Bruin for cops new York Jan. 30 a puzzled police found the body of a huge Brown Bear in a ditch near the new York International air port. Chicago fire sweeps 2apartmeiithonses, kills 1, injures 6 Chicago Jan. 30 apr flames which roared through two adjacent three Story apartment buildings luring the Early morning hours killed one woman blinded her 8 y ear old daughter and seriously injured five other persons As panic caused some to leap from windows. Most of the 75 occupants escaped in their pyjamas or nightgowns and shivered in the 25-Desree temperature outside until neighbors took them in mrs. Helen Ford 36, a resident of one of the buildings on North Clark St., died shortly after fire men carried her from her blazing room to a nearby hotel lobby. Her daughter Sandra Lee was critically burned about the face. Physicians the girl s eyes were blinded. Four of the injured had leaped from second Story windows. Two tenants of one building were locked up by police after Earl Downes City lire attorney they told conflicting stories1 of How the fire started. He named them As John Hjert Berg 45, and his wife Katherine 39. Downes the fire apparently began in the Hjertberg apartment. They were held without charge. Air Force to get new vip plane Washington Jan. 30 a the air Force is getting another specially fitted Long Range plane to carry government officials. Con Gressmen and diplomats on official missions. Ii was announced that a Lockheed Constellation converted into an executive Type transport will be delivered wednesday. A similar plane has flown More than 150,000 Miles in its first year of service including trips to Europe Japan and Alaska the of . Each plane has sleeping accommodations and desks. The of the second plane is needed because of increased Calls for such transportation. Pride will trip Brink s min expert says Boston Jan. 30 ins a Stu Dent teacher of criminal psychology has predicted that Pride will be the Clown a of the Man who master minded the 1,500.000 brinks inc.,robbery. The opinion came from or. Wil Liam j. Pinard chairman of the psychology department of Boston University s College of Liberal arts. He the gang chief is bursting with Pride because of his successful coup.1 and sooner or later the psychologist he must let people know that to is the one the whole country is talking about. That is one of the reactions of the this Man Punard can calmly plan and organize 3 crime of the magnitude of the Brink s Holdup and carry it off without a Hilch but he is Only operating with a certain psychological pattern. This pattern will determine his behaviourism and he has no control Over it he May know that bragging about this feat will Lead to his capture but brag he must. That is the psychological Blind spot. Won t invest loot also this psychopath will be unable to take the Holdup Money and invest it Start a business or do anything of a Normal nature. He has u Robin Hood Complex and will want to hand out Large amounts of it hell want big High priced cars live High travel Wear expensive Olott ves of buy them for his friends of both sexes. Hell trip meanwhile Fri Laboratory worked began a chemical analysis in Washington of scrapings taken from the floors of two impounded trucks and from inside the Brink s Money room. Lutheran units agree to unite St. Louis Jan. 30 a representatives of the american lutheran Church and the lutheran Church Missouri Synod have reached an agreement to unite the two groups it was announced at night. The agreement s of eject to approval by delegates at National conventions of the two Church bodies this year. The american lutheran Church has a reported membership of t?89, 310. The lutheran Church mis Souri Synod estimated its member ship at 1,690,000. The Missouri Synod split from three other synods in the . Just before 1900- in a disagreement Sver doctrines of election and conver Sion. In 1930, the other synods United to form the american lutheran Church. Gar Wood suit dismissed Miami Jan. 30 a millionaire sportsman str Wood s �125,000 suit against his former Secretary Violet Sanderson Belious was dismissed Here by a circuit judge. The judge , an amicable settlement has been reached and concluded be tween the plaintiff and the defend % ii i be we 1 s 1 a ii ii 4 re Tii Amboy x.j., Jan. 30 up Ben Combs married his nurse saturday and she got a lifetime patient. Combs 22, i do while sitting in a wheel chair. Elizabeth Krutel 21, Sod beside him in a lace wedding gown. The bridegroom has no legs. He is paralysed from the Waist Down. He has been a cripple Ever since he was crushed in a Kentucky mine Cave in fix a years to. Combs and his Bride met at the Kessler Institute for rehabilitation in West Orange v.j., when he entered for training last Spring. It was love at Lisl is bin. We re coins to be a team he . We Are going to Kentucky and form an Institute to help other miners who have suffered injuries similar to Blondie Courtesy of King features syndicates by Chic Young we re Lucky it Migir have hit someone who. Sud us
