Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1930, Page 6

EOASTOPENS DRVE ON SEA GAVBLIG Raids on de Ships Off Southern California Net Score of Men. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 20.—Spec~ tacular raids on two gambling ships anchored off Southern California_are said by District Attorney Byron Fitts to -constitute a declaration of war on gaming outside the three-mile’ limit. As a result of raids, Friday and. Sate urday nights more than & sc { men accused of gambling or conspiracy to recruit patrons for gambling establish- | ments were in jail. | The Johanna Smith and the Rose Isle, both of which once plied the seas, a 4 : have been operating m ears and staving off officia pts to put them out of business | with claims that their anchorage more | than three miles at sea places them outside the jurisdiction of California courts. Issue Referred to Courts. The question of jurisdiction, said, would be left to the courts. f the present charges are not al- lowed,” he said, “others will be found, | and we will continue to harass the| rators until they move away or ve up.” Determination to fight the gambling barges was announced after investi- gators revealed the Johanna Smith's decks were protected by machine guns mounted in iron cages “They are a rendezvous of thugs and | hoodlums,” Fitts charged. He said the | kidnaping of E. L. (Zeke) Caress, Los; Angeles gambler, was connected with an attempt of gangsters to “muscle in on the gambling ship racket.” Operators Show Resistance. *The operators of the Johanna Smith told the deputies who boarded her Fri- day night they would resist efforts to | interfere. Seven men were taken off the Rose Isle, however. Saturday night 42 officers returned to the Johanna Smith, took temporary charge and sent ashore several hun- dred fashionably dressed men and wom- en who were found crowding about gaming tables. None of thé patrons was arrested, but musicians and deal- ers employed on the vessel were held. The Caress kidnaping preceded & gun fight in Long Beach between officers and three men believed to have been waiting for a boat to take them to one of the gambling ships. -One policeman ‘was wounded. Former Hoodlum Held on Charges. Ralph Sheldon, former Chicago hoodlum, is being held on charges of assault with mntent to commit murder. Checks given, by Caress, allegedly tor ransom, were found in the automobile of the alleged gangsters after the fight. | Police last night patrolled the docks from which taxis depart for the Jo- hanna Smith, but no patrees appeared and no arrests were made. The Rose Isle, in the meantime, did a rushing business. Fitts said as soon as the Johanna Smith situation had been cleared up he would begin an intensive campaign against the Rose Isle. ‘The two ships shifted anchorage {eo terday to positions further out to sei. ‘ THEATER IS ROBBED OF $11,150 RECEIPTS Fitts | Jessie Griffith, 2: Fewer Flat Feet In Applicants for Military Service By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 29.—Flat feet are either becoming scarce or fewer men with them are try- ing to get into the Army and Navy, Col. H. E. Mitcheil and Lieut, O. R. Sutherland, Army and Navy recruiting officr1s, said today. Flat feet, they said, have given way to bad tecih and poor evasight in keening men from serving their country TWO SISTERS SLAIN ONOKLAHOMA ROAD seven | Teachers Robbed of Motor Car After Being Shot on Way to Schools. By the Associated Pr BLACKWELL, Okl Oklahoma officers slayer of two s found shot to death roadside south of Tonikawa. tive was not apparent The victims, Jexie Griffith, 35, and , were slain and roboed ¢f their motor car while driving back’ to their schools, afier spending the holi- iays shere with their parents, Mr, . J. F. Griffith. Each was through the head. December 29.— sought the school, teachers, esterday by the The mo- from the State Hospital for the at Norman, Okla. w.s ariesied night in Enid, Okla., for quesijonins Officers said Constant appeared fa- miliar with details of the crime. e was committed to the State Hospital from Blackwell ‘in 1922 Bruce Potter, Kay County attorney. said the women had not been criminali ttacked, although Jessie’s ~clothing eveled and torn purses were found unopene bloodstained mot:r car, whi was abandoned on U. S. Highway No. 77, 19 miles south of the sccne of tie crime. The girls' father was acti ing oil boom town disturbances as oflicer in Tor cflicers discounted the theory of rev as a motive. Griffith now is a Bla well policeman, Jexie Griflith was-héad of the home economics department of the C State School of Agriculture, Wa Okla. Her sist in_the public schocls of Norman. “Their bodics were found by hunters. al w EX-PREMIER PARTY HEAD Liberals of Rumania. BUCHAREST, December 29 (/).—The Executive Committes of the Rumanian Liberal party at a meeting yesterday enthusiastjcally elected J. C. Duca, for- mer premier, as leader to ed th late Vintila Bratianu. Duca’s nane was- popased by Dinu Bratianu, the former leader’s brother. ARLE YOU QUALIFIED? Hold-up of New York Movie House Occurs During Show—All Patrons Inspected. BY the Associated Press. *NEW YORK, December 29.—While hundreds of patrons chuckled over the rustic adventures of “Tom Sawyer” a Deardicss youtiput gun on the treas- urer of thé Paramount Theater early today and strolled away from Times Square with the week-end_ receipts of $11,150. " 3 A few minufes later uniformed po- licemen and - detectives. surrounded the building, guarded every exit and scanned every person as he emerged from the theater. The youth escaped, either by descending a fire escape on | the Porty-fourth street side or by ssing out -through the Paramount ilding proper, on, Forty-third street. | A large corporation in Washington has decided to enlarge its sales organization with men of no prior sales ex- perience. . Ii accepted, you will receive excellens train- ing in sales work and the as- sistance of experienced nien To qualify, you must have character, at least a high- school education, satisfactory references and a willingn to learn and work. Thé position js permanent and offers’s untisual oppor- tunity. Address Box 264-R, Star Office. He walked mto an elevator and di- | - - p— rected the operator at pistol point to take him to the treasurer’s office. On the way up he fastened a small mask | to his face, At the office the youth pushed the operator_ahead of him through the door. Then he lined Eli Dreylinger, the treasurer, and the elevator boy against the wall. “That all the dough you got?” he demanded. “Yes,"” replied Dreylin “All right. Wrap it up,” ordered the bandit, producing brown paper and twine. With the package under his arm, he warned his victims against leaving by secret door, known only to officia and told them confederates were wa ing outside. Then he stepped into the elevator by which he came, T the sixth floor and was not seen again. PROFESSOR BELITTLES BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Non-Material Social Institutions “Far More Serviceable,” Charles P. Judd. 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