Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1931, Page 7

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’ RIGHE DICOONTS GANESTER LETTER Chicago Investigator Says He Has Probed Charges in Alleged Heitler Note. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 17.—The sup- posed slaying of “Mike de Pike” Heit- ler. underworld figure, had an after-| math today in a letier, supposedly dic- tated by him, purporting to expose po- | lice graft collections and to reveal the | motive for the gangland killing of Jack Zuta, Zula was slain about a year ago at a Wisconsin Summer resort. Alphonse Capone's name was men- tioned in the letter, which purported to reveal a plan of the gang chlef’s organization to win céntrol of the vice, " liquor and gambling businesses on Chi- cago's West Side, in “which it became | necessary to bring about Zuta’s death. The State's attorney’s offics, reported to have received the letter, promptly denied its receipt. Likewise, Patrick Roche, chief investigator for the State's| attorney, said his depArtment had| never received any such letter. He ad- mitted, however, that he had been in- formed of its contents mafy months ago, and that he had investigated every allegation it made, but that no legal proof could be obtained in sup- port of the epistle. Knows Lingle Motive, Mention was made in the letter of the slaying of Alfred J. Lingle, crime reporter, fatally shot a year ago last June, with an intimation that Capone antipathy was responsible for Lingle’s ath. The Chicago Tribune, however, which with other Chicago newspapers, pub- lished the letter, quoted Roche as say- ing that the epistle ““does not give any- | t! like & motive for the Lingle mur- “T belleve I know the motive for that i " Roche said, “but at present it B added, of the 18, years for Lingle's death. Brothers' counsel has appealed. ‘The of a man, burned beyond Oustgd 'A MAYOR DROPPED ATLANT! AS TEACHER OF BIBLE CLASS MAYOR JAMES L. KEY. ATLANTA, September 17 (#).—The Constitution says Mayor James L. Key, bition question attracted wide attention, was ousted last night as teacher of a Bible class at the Grace Methodist Church here. The paper said the action, taken be- hind closed doors, folowed the mayor's refusal to refrain in the futura from saying anything more about prohidi- tion to the class, or elsewhere. BOMBING TESTS SET FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY Boats Wnrned- to Stay Clear of Tangier Sound From October 5 to 20. Alrcraft and surface vessels today re- ceived orders from the Navy Hydro- graphic Office to stay clear of an area pecogaition, found TAid the ruins of an |having & radius of 5 miles near the ice destroyed by fire last April southern entrance of Tangier Sound, 28 near Barrington, Ill., was believed by authorities to have been that of Heitler, whose supposed letters expressed fear mfl. eight men, whom he named, would | Men Named in Letter. Lower Chesapeake Bay, during the pe- riod from October 5 to 20, inclusive, when aerial bombing and static explo- sive tests will be made cn the decom- mllll;:n!d United States cruiser Pitts- whose recent utterances oh the prohi- | F THE EVENI SESSN ONREALTY * FELE 1S SOUGHT Vandenburg Asks Extra Con- "gress to Allow Rediscounts on Mortgages. Urging that the Federal reserve act Jbe amended so that real estate mort- gages may be rediscounted in the in- terest of making credits more 1liquid, Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan has esked President Hoover "to c-11 a special session of Congress to act on the matter. . The Michigan Senator suggested & special session in a letter to the Presi- {dent, who has announced, however, that he does not plan to call the new Congress before December. The proposal that rediscounting of real estate mortgiges be permitted plan to meke home ownership easier by means of a readjustment of methods Bu 1343 F comes in the wake of President Hoover's | cther things. Blames “Frozen Credits.” Senator Vandenberg said he had be- |come convinced the numerous bank fajlures recently had been taused in most cases by “frozen credit,” even though these credits may be sound. In letters to bankers over the country out- lining his plan he said he believed the ure for this situation was to make th to redisco The principle of the Vundenberg plan has been indorsed by Roy A. Young, governor o6f the Federal Re- serve Bank at Boston and former gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve Board. In a letter to Senator Vandenberg, Gov. Young said his views as to_the eligibility requrement under the Fed- | eral reserve act had ¢ during | the past twor or three years. “While as an inifial step I would | not care to go quite as far as you sug- | gest in adopting the principle of redis- | counting fixed on long-time invest- ment,” he sald, “nevertheless I do be- | lieve that we should adopt certain prac- | tices that have been in existence in banks of issue in other countries for | many years and which have proved | successful. Lombard Loan Advised. | “In most central banks of issue they have what is called the Lombard loan, that is, a collateral form of note. It is my understanding that in countries where a central bank of issue exists rt’s Street. Specials in Men’s’ Shoes —being the remaining pairs from our Spring and Summer stock— not all sizes in any one style, but probably all sizes in the combined lots. Regular Prices Were $10 and $12 c e, | best of the real estate securities subject’ the | indictment—that it furnished yeast to | iYEAST FIRM EXPECTED TO DROP RUM DEFENSE By the Assoclated Press. SPRINGFIELD, IIl, September 17— The Illinois State Journal said today the ' Fleischmann Yeast Co. of ©Ohio, indicted for alleged conspiracy to vio- late prohibition laws, would enter a $10,000 IN CASH PRIZES v d | plea of nollo contendere Friday and w17, 1931, throw itself upon the mercy of the Fed- eral District Court here. 2 The plea contemplated would put the | concern T the position of neither de- nying nor afirming the charges in the 'benuud ln1 mnlx:u(ut\mm gx‘un lquor, the plea is accepted, the newspa- e said, Judge Louls FitzHenry will ear evidence to determine whether the company should be penalized. The Corn Products Co. of New York lon July 6 entered a plea of nollo con- tendere in the same court on a similar charge and was fined $5,000 and costs. 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Johnson & Ravenswood Auves., Hyattsville, Md. | For night appointments call Hyattsville 460 “T will say,” the letter said, “that if anything happens I will keep these people responsible: “Bill Skidmore, Al Brown (Alphonse Capone), Jack Quisik (Jack Gusick), Bruno ——, Rocksy ——, Jimie Bel- castra (James Belcastro, sometims re- ferred to as “the King of Bombers™), Dago Lawrence (Dago’ Larence Man- gano, a gambler), Jimie Ducle.” - The letter was supposed to have come into the possession of a lawyer and to have been dictated to a woman friend of “Mike de Pike.” & “I called by Dago Lavence, Jim Bel- castro, Jim Ducle,” one section of it #aid, “and Rocksy came along and we had a meeting so they decided to gave —— 15 hune a month, C. tain —— 11 hundndb:mont.h,md $5.85 pler Styles are excellent; quality is the laced explosives 1 variots the cruise; Burt standard. 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