Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1931, Page 10

BOMB KING' SHOT: LISTED ‘PUBLIC FOE! Hoodlum’s Condition Critical After Five Bullets Pierce Head and Body. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 12.—The career of the “bomb king™ of Chicago—James Belcastro, one of the original 28 “public enemies"—has ended, temporarily at Like many others in gangland, he was shot. Five bullets pierced his head and body. Two assailants fired the shots last night after he stepped from the doorway of his brother-in-law’s home, in “Little Italy,” into his automobile not far from “Death Corner,” where gangs have settled so many of their | disputes with bullets. He was taken to 8 hospital, where his condition was re- ported to be critical. Rocco Fanelli, another “public enemy,” in front of whose home the shooting o¢- curred, was arrested and jailed on a charge of vagrancy. At_the hospital Belcastro, third of the “public enemies” to be shot since the Chicago Crime Commission issued its list of undesirables last Spring, re- fused to give the police any inkling of | his suspicions. FLOOD WORK FAVORED Canference in Chicago Seeks Use of ® Funds for Jobless. CHICAGO, January 12—(#) —Crea- tion of sentiment for immediate use of the unexpended Federal flood control |- 1912. appropriations was the object of a flood control conference opened today by Mayor William Hale Thompson. ‘Thompson, who abandoned his treat- ments for rheumatism at, Mount Clemens, Mich, to be on hand, proposed that lnaneen proceed at once with plans for reservoirs and dams along the Missis- 1 River's principal tributaries in ler to prevent floods in times of high ‘water and provide reserves in times of drouth. His plan, he said, would also reduce unemployment. He added that he expected hundreds of delegates to attend before adjournment of the M ing next Thusd;y mxht MEXICANS FED ON TRAIN CIUDAD CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Janu- ary 12 (A).—The first of a number of special trains bearing Mexicans who have been forced from the United States by unemployment passed through here during the night. The 100 or more aboard presented a pitiable sight, with insufi- cient clothing for the fresh weather and with little food. Miguel Mendez, a merchant, sent 4,000 bread rolls to the train for distribution and other merchants contri- buted vegetables and other rations. OFFICE FURNITURE GUARANTEED Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. Little S; Makes it Sunday. ASHINGTON'S Little Symphony will make its bow here a week from yesterday. Under the w baton of Leon - Dashoff, the orchestra of 40—all of them familiar faces to Washington the- atergoers—will render its first con- cert next Bundly at the Jewish Com- munity Cenf The orchuu-n has been rehearsing at the community center, which donated its auditorium for the pur- pose. It is a co-operative orchestra, with leader and men sharing thepremiere will be Helen Howison, so- prano. Dashoff, a musician of na- tional reputa- tion, long has sensed the de- sire, if not the need, for Wash- ington’s own symphony. It was only when the Washington motion picture and legitimate play houses released or curtailed their orchestras last Fall that the opportunity came. Dashoff has had a remarkable career in music. A native of Rus- sia, he is from a family of musicians. At the age of 8 he directed an or- chestra of 22 men for the first time. He came to the United States in Prior to his migration to Washington he was director of the Des Moines Symphony in Iowa. The initial concert will begin at 8:30 p.m. next Sunday. Tickets are on sale at the Jewish Community Center, the American Automobile Leon D friends... youtorgotitlastyear... Association, the Musicians’ Protective Unlen Headquarters and through %lfl Df ‘which are co- nun. roject. m’lhe personnel ol the orchestra, all of them Washingtonians, is as fol- Duchon, Joseph DUm. kK E. Fenstad, Henry E. Gauthler. Rubt.n Goldberg Saul M. Goldfarb, Norman Goldman, Edgar T. Hart, Ray Hart, Fritz Haur, W. 1. Jacoby, Sam Johnson, Clifford Kershaw, Paul Leman, Ralph Mack, Alfred Man- ning, E. 8. McGrath, Len C. Newell, Hirsch Perlman, John Prezioso, H. C. Rakeman, Joe Ratner, Nicola Reale, Leon Saylor, Alex Schinette, Louis Sokolove, Samuel Soroka, E. M. Spitzer, John_ P. Stone, Alphonso Van Poucke, Barney Winograd and A. G, Zanoff, Kedroff Quartet Sings Tonight. "THE members of the Kedroff Quar- tet, who are scheduled to ap- pear at the Community Institute Center in recital this evening, are to be guests at a.reception to be ten- dered them by some of the Russian ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. and La. Ave. N.W. 65th Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription Money loaned to members on easy monthly payments James E. Connelly James F. Shea President Secretary HOSE out-of-town that anniversary— those belated congratulations to a proud father. .. that word of sympathy to some friend in sorrow. What better way to let them know how you feel than by TELEPHONE ’ Andthe nicest thing is the cheapness of out-of-town calls. Try it—today! THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY 725 Thirteenth Street N. W. 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Louise Wood, and through the courtesy of Mrs. Charles Hart, prin- cipal of Eastérn High School, will offer orchestral numbers, instrumen- tal and vocal solos and. duets. "THE Sacred Heart Choir is' prepar- ing for a concert to be given on Monday evening, January 26, at the Mayflower Hotel. This is the fourth concert to be given by this organization under the direction of Marie Louise Sullivan. A representa- tive and varied program will be sung; including numbers by Palestrina, Vit- toria, Byrd, Speaks, Curran and La Forge. TH!J eagerly awaited recital that Paul Robeson is to give at the Washington Auditorium the night of January 21 is to be under the local management of T. Arthur Smith. Lawrence Brown will assist Mr. Robeson at the piano. ANNOUNCEMENT has been made that Max Kobre, the young vio- linist who was to make his radio CLAFLIN Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 lace on Friday, January - Do You Have These Complexion Defects? 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Ijams of the United States Veterans’ Bureau. ‘The dividends will amount to ap- proximately $900,000 more than the allotment for the year 1930, but every policy will receive its own particular dividend calculated upon its size and age. It is therefore impossible to make public a table, bureau officials explained, which can show the general run of t.he increases. a i, The total amount apportioned Fiymem of dividends on Government ife insurance . for '.he year 1931 s $8,200,000. The Montana 1726 M Street N.W. Three Rooms, Kitchenette and Bath Reasonable Rentals Just Think of It— The Star delivered to' your door every evening and Sunday morning at 112c per day and 5c Sunday. Can you afford to be without this service at this cost? ‘Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once. TEACHER TACKLES > COUGH | Doesn’t Mnu a Day of School “Right before exams I caught a cough. I just hated to stay home and lligive my class to a substitute. 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Frequent sa fornia perts fo Hawall and the rient Fast boat trains from Chicago | Jan. 2, 4 and Feb. 18 connect at San Francisco with | steamer Malolo for Hawai For u PITTSBURGH GOES BY BIG OLD GOLD PLURALITY Famous Steel City gives 0.Gs: Smashing Vote in latest Ripley Taste-Test Believeitornot, tasteis taste, whether its owner sports a dinner coat or a dinner pail. I covered Pittsburgh from the Mayor’s office to the sootiest, hottest steel mills. Gave every mother’s son I met the four leading cigarettes with brand names concealed, and said “Try’em!” At the steel mills, OLD GOLD won... by 34%. At the William Penn Hotel «..0.G.won...by32%. At Pittsburgh Police Headquarters, 0. G. by 49%. At the Westinghouse works. ..a high voltage victory. O. G. ahead by 36%! Blue bloods . . . red bloods . . . brain and brawn . . . they all like OLD GOLD'S throat-ease and taste thrill Can’t OLD GOLD lose? It hasn’t yet. CREATOR OF BELIEVE ITo» NOT PROVES IT MEN O’ STEEL in Pittsburgh mills snapped in action-making test. OFFICIAL .BOX-SCORE As audited by Certified Public Accountant “I hereby certify that the following is @ true and complete a: ltutu«u of the four leading ducted by Robert Ripley, InPIt(lbw‘h" a2 WHITE-HOT STEEL...and white-hot enthusiasm x 2 for OLD GOLDS as Rip tests steel-jacks in Pitts- (s-n«ufimm COMPANY, burgh mills. Steel men give 0.Gs. smashing verdict. C{_“" Public Accountant NOT A COUGH IN A CAR4LOA THE DOWN STAIRS STORE CARNEGIE-TECH. .. All American Football Capt. Dreshar and class- mates take concealed name test. Gen. - -Persbgng s War -Storx—Stam Teoday