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Adonis Gang Linked ToMurder Syndicate In Brooklyn Reles Also Gives ‘Lead’ In Labor Leader Killing, Prosecutor Says By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, March 26.—District Attorney William O’Dwyer said to- day Abe (Kid Twist) Reles, 34, al- leged “vice president” of Murder, Inc., the Brooklyn crime syndicate already linked with 30-odd gang slayings, had divulged new facts in- terlocking the murder ring with a powerful water front gang headed by Joe Adonis. ' Mr. O'Dwyer said Adonis, an al- most mythical underworld figure, who purportedly inherited the shop- worn toga successively handed down by John Torrio and Frankie Yale, had been named by Reles as some- times calling in the triggermen of Murder, Inc., to “take care of” cer- ,tain cases. The Brooklyn prosecutor Sald Reles had given him an “important lead” regarding Peter Panto, 28, a Brooklyn water front labor leader who disappeared last July 14 after kissing his sweetheart, Alice Maffia, 20, and telling her: “I'm going to meet a couple of guys I don't trust.” Panto was never seen again. Vagrancy Charges Dismissed. Meanwhile, two other figures in the drama of cleaning up Brooklyn’s gang-ruled Augean stables appeared briefly in Coney Island Court to have technical charges of vagrancy dismissed before returning to more serious business. Albert Tannenbaum, 34, indicted in upstate Sullivan County for first degree murder in the slaying of Irving Ashkenas, a Brooklyn cab driver in 1936, had been held in $25,000 bail on the vagrancy count. He was returned to the Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn on the mur- der charge. His alleged companion, Charles (the Bug) Workman, 30, also won a dismissal on the vagrancy charge, but was quickly picked up for ques- tioning on orders from Assistant District Attorney Burton Turkus. | Mr. Turkus said he would ask that ‘Workman be held in $100,000 bail as a material witness in the slaughter combine investigation. Says Workman Knows Slayer. Mr. Turkus said Workman knew the slayer or slayers of Joseph Ro- sen, a Brooklyn candy store pro-| prietor, who was killed in a blast of | 28 sawed-off shotgun slugs on Sep- ! 4@ tember 13, 1936. | “Workman also knows the motive | for that murder, which, like many | others, was a ‘contract killing,’ ” Mr. | Turkus said. Rosen had been a witness for Dis- trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey in | hig investigation of the fur trucking racket dominated by Louis (Lepke) Puchalter. ‘Working on 35 Murders. “I am working on more than 35 murder,s” Mr. O'Dwyer told report- ers yesterday. “I could give you front-page head- lines a foot high, but I want to correlate my facts first,” he added. On the eve of the opening of the Bronx grand jury's investigation into the “mistake murder” of Irving Penn, 42, music publisher, Bronx Prosecutor Samuel J. Foley ques- tioned Lazarus Black, 27, of Brook- lyn, held in $20,000 bail as a mate- rial witness. Mr. Penn was shot down as he left his Bronx home last July 25. Officials said he had been killed by | the Brooklyn “contract” slayers, who mistook him for an informer against | Buchalter. “Itty Bitsy’ (Continued From First Page.) office was upgrade and youth tri- umphed. Bella Ann burst in on the marines: “I have a deserter locked in my room. Where's that $50?” Ma stormed in, breathless: “I oughta get half.” When the marines burst in on Elmer, he calmly advised: “Never trust a woman. She even lied about the baby.” Bella Ann went south with the $50 and a taxi driver. The maripes let Elmer see Pa be- fore hustling him back to the brig. “Pa,” he said, “don’t join the marines if youre married. It's against the regulations.” “Elmer,” said his Pa, “you're re- learnin’.” | CLEARANCE Of Used and Demonstrator ALL 120 BASS SIZES $63 Wurlitzer, was $245__$98 Hohner, was $225___$117 Scandalli, was $325, $123 Waurlitzer Phil Baker Model $129 Wourlitzer, Model 61, was $260 Waurlitzer, Model 52 was $260 Waurlitzer, Model 71, was $325 Wurlitzer, was $375, $179 Piatanesi, was $585, $185 Horner, artists’ model, was $550__$199 Soprani, was $245__$195 VERY EASY TERMS Instruments in Trade CALL NATIONAL 3223 JORDAN'S Corner 13th & G Sts. LEARN-TO-SWIM CAMPAIGN INSTRUCTION BEGUN—Joseph Aronoff, Central Y. M. C. A. boys’ aquatic director, shown yesterday teaching Donald Campbell, 12, of 634 Fifth street N.E. how to float, while others looked on as a group of boys received their first instruction in swim- ming in the “Y” boys’ pool, 1732 G street N. W., in the annual Learn-to-Swim Campaign con= ducted by The Star and Y. M. C. A, S8ix hundred boys registered for instruction, which is free. Federation Criticized For Acting on Issues Without Nofice Georgetown Citizens’ Association Disapprove Race Track Bill Failure of the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations to give notice to the member organizations before voting on various issues was criti- cized by the Georgetown Citizens' Association at its meeting last night. Frederick M. Bradley, chairman of the Executive Committee, asked the action after charging that mem- ber bodies in several instances were not given chances to voice their opinions before final decisions. Several examples mentioned were directly opposite to the Georgetown group's views. Oppose Racing Bill. The association approved Repre- sentative Sheridan’s move for a congressional investigation of the small loans practices in Washington and opposed Senator Reynolds’ bill for a race track and pari-mutuel gambling in the District. Stanton T. Kolb, president of the Georgetown Businessmen’s Associa- tion, asked.that the playground at Twenty-seventh and O streets N.W. be turned over to white children. The matter was referred to the| Parks and Reservations Committee for study. The question of a private home in this area being converted into an apartment house was discussed. It was stated that use of such dwell- ings was not desired in George- town. The Commercial Interest TRAVEL. Committee was asked to look into the matter. Discuss Commissioner Post. In a discussion of nomination requirements for District Commis- sioner, it was generally agreed that even though the law states that the position must be filled by a person who has resided in Wash- ington at least three years, the post should go to one who has been ac- tively interested in Washington. B. H. Meyer, president of the as- sociation, reported for the Parks and Reservations Committee that recent indications show that the old C. & O. Canal will not be completed to Seneca by this summer. Newton Brewer, jr, asked the group to support a request for ap- propriations for a home in Washington, especially to care for tuberculosis patients. The meeting was held at the St. John's Church, Potomac and O streets N.W. Job Prospects Reported Better for 1940 Seniors By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 26.—Here'’s a ray of cheer for the college graduate of 1940. “Job possibilities for the seniors appear the brightest in three years,” Prof. Horace G. 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Of the traffic deaths reported for January of this year in 36 States, 15 had death totals below January, 1939; 18 had increases and 3 showed no change. In January last year which the ova from one rabbit werei20 of 27 reporting States showed Six Moro Fishermen Slain MANILA, March 26 (7 —8ix Morq fishermen were killed in Sulu Prove ince after they refused to surrendeg; on charges of fishing fllegally with' dynamite. Police shot and killed four and two others fell into the sea. Police said the men threatened them Female Offspring Born To Doe After Chilling Of Fallopian Tubes . By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor NEW YORK, March 26.—Discov- ery that ice water, merely by its chilling effect, can fertilize the ova of mammals was announced today in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The report described a recently born female rabbit whose father was nothing more than the chill of 20 minutes of ice water in a brass Jacket temporarily placed around the fallopian tubes of the rabbit mother. These experiments were done by Dr. Gregory Pincus of Clark Univer- sity and Herbert Shapiro of Vassar College when exploring a new sci- entific and medical idea that low temperature alone may be sufficient to give rise to virgin births. Several Fathered by Salt. Dr. Pincus is the scientist who first demonstrated, two years ago, that mammals can have partheno- genesis, or virgin birth, if their ova are subjected to the irritation of warm salt solutions. He raised sev- eral litters of parthenogenetic rab- bits to prove this. All were females. In the lower orders of life, such as the insects, where virgin birth is very commonplace, all the young are females. Males appear only when sexual mating takes place. The National Academy publica- tion describes experiments on 16 By the Associated Press. rabbits, whose fallopian tubes were MANILA, March 26.—The Philip- | chilled with the aid of surgical op- pine Constabulary said today that|eration. A hollow brass cylinder two tribes of Kalinga warriors had | was placed around one of the two :amed last Thumdl_w;m in l:he Lu- | tubes in each animal. uangan sector some 200 miles north | Dry Ice Also Tried. A | 5 | of Manila, with the resultant killing Ice water was run tnrough the | of six and wounding of five. 5 cylinders of 12 animals for 5 to 20 ‘Twenty alleged participants were used arrested and the others fled to their e Ay e Gt hide-outs in mountain jungles. The battle was a climax to a feud | the two tribes had carried on for | years. A constabulary patrol | reached the scene as the fight raged | and halted further bloodshed. —Star Staff Photo. 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