New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1930, Page 9

Speculation Is Rife NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MON]jAY, APRIL 21, 1930. On Hoover’s Views Regarding Possibility of Enforcing Present Liquor Laws Wickersham Says It May | Be Necessary to Modify Law to Get Enforce- ment. Washington, April (UP)— President Hoover's private vidws on | prohibition, after a year spent in a position’ where he observes its inner | workings, were the subject of much speculation today as obscrvers po dered two significant development These developments, giving ur precedented intimations that 1 officials are not satisfied with results of prohibition wer 1. A declaration by George W Wickersham, chairman of the presi-+ dent’s law enforcement commission | that it may be necessary to modify the prohibition law to obtain *“max- imum abstinence from the use of | liquor.” ‘ 8. 'Revelation by the senate lob- | by committee of a letter written by W. H. Stayton, chairman of the board of the Association Against the Prohibition. amendment, expressing the opinion, as a result of confe cnces with congressional leaders, that the president is "beginning doubt whether prohibition can enforced.” Wickersham's statement, cautious language before the can Society of Newspaper was: “To secure the maximum absti- nence from the use of liquor, it may he found necessary to modify the 18th amendment or the national prohibition laws.” Then immediately he added: “I ¢xpress no opinion en that point. Opinions diffe That is a May fair ficld for discu The statement was here as the first definite intima that the Wickersham con may recommeid a change isting dry law servers point out, cation that the commi man, at least, docs recommendations looking stricter enforcement as the that body's field of work Hitherto, on the basis commission’s preliminary mendations, it had been here as almost certain that the in- vestigatory body's final report would deal only with enTorcement me ures. This attitude s prevailed despite | the fact that the commission took note, in its only report thus far, of wide dissent from mandatory tem-| perance. | In some quartc the Wicker- sham statement was interpreted also as a “trial balloon,” reaction to which might indicate to Mr. Hoover how the country at large would re- gard an administration-sponsored | modification program. 1 What form modification would| take, should it be adopted, is an-| other point of speculation. t was vecalled that Wicker in a press conference his re-| the | made Am Lditor interpreted toward limit of of re ham, following ‘What Men Say: | Killir |after the IS | ow cent appearance before a senate committee told newspaper men he had no faith in proposals to restrict prohibition to hard liquor while al- lowit le of wines and beers. These beverages, he said, would tisfy “a robust appe- we not sham included in® his appeal for support of and r‘existing laws as long as n on the statute books. “So long as the law stands as it does now,” he said, *no patriotic American should advocate flouting is provisions, or hoast of violating its commands. The 1Sth ment of the rights.” Yet, he added: “If any considerable body of citi- constitution as the bill | sides Wakefleld, | | i a ¥Frank Del Re, 33 the other owner of the saloon, and Joseph Special, a waiter, were the victims of the lone assassin’s aim with a .45 calibre automatic pistol. Constructs Story From the position of the bodics and other evidence, Captain William Stapleton pieced together the story of the massacre today and told it this way: Wakefield was counting the night's receipts after the doors had been locked. Frank Del Re, 33, the other owner of the saloon, and Joseph Sp clal, a waiter, were the only othe: in the saloon after a big night's bus- ines Apparently the assassin tapped on | the window, was recognized and per- | mitted to enter. of beer, He ordéred a stcin tendering a dollar bill, Walkefield gave him three quarters in | change. The beer, untouched, was on the bar when police ar amend.|as were the three quarters. The much an intezral part|had not been rung up on the cash of | register as it showed the last entry as 55 center. Then the killer, apparently with- out a word of warnir zens object to any part of the con-|field in the back of the head and the stitution, it is their right to ganize and work for its change by tife methods provided in the consti- tution itself.” THREE KILLED IN GANGLAND FELD Capone Loses Three Henchmen in Easter Massacre Chicago, April 21 (UP)—Two bul-| ¢qno s, probed from the bodies of three ssinated gangsters of "»\'um‘iucc;Hoé‘-ers apone’s ‘‘mob,” lay in Chica- crime laboratory today as the | : only evidence against an executioner, | who single-handed put the three to|the celebration of Laster, attending | sath in two minutes in an Easter |the small Quaker hg massacre, The triple murders, committed in the Blue Hour saloon, which been the scene of other gangland ranks xt to the Val- Day 1 cre—the Chicago that was heard around the of numbers dead de the “little i slaying lives soon has entine’s crime world—in point and takes its place bes massacre,” another that took three gangsters Valentine ching for a motive behind were inclined to blame * " bid to control the labor union, reported to been started with considerable In s nurd Ve ue- cess. to acker, Drivers' was over ast and Union through the of Walter Wakeficld, part ner of the saloon and one of those killed, according to a witness the police found but kept under the veil of anonymity. This witness said the the attempt failed and that an offi clal heard to say that Wake- field would “'be found dead in an al- was None of yesterday's victims lived to tell about the murders, which oc curred just before dawn as pricsts in a Catholic church a block away prepared for Laster worshippers. Be- o s, New “I bought Essex because it stands out in its field with distinctive value, appearance and performance.” . ’ “I want a car to be proud of—and Essex is it. 'In masterful get-azay, hill-climbing and road- ability it surpasses everything. Andits ap, ear- anceandeconomyareasfineasmoneycanbuy. What Women Say: “My car must be as much a matter of pride as my clothes or my home. Essex satisfies that requirement in every way. For me thereis no other choice.” v ESSEX ) HONEYMAN AUTO SALES CO. TELEPHONE 2542 200 EAST MAIN ST. the | Pie |English Aviator Crashes or- | saloon | | | | | nino keeper toppled across neatly-piled stacks of biils. Special, who had been in the back- room, was unarmed and trapped but opened his pocket knife, seized plaster cast of a saint and started towand the killer. He was shot in the arm and fell. Del Re in the meantime had fled toward the door and was shot in the back of th¢ head as he vaulted a cigar case. He fcll dead behind the ca The Speeial his sin turned ain ind shot him three s he lay wounded on the floor. His murders done, the ass in an just James Ca- who lives above the saloon in sight. Attend Church At Quaker Meeting Hou Washington, April 21 (UP) President Hoover led the nation in on times a black sc meeting house where e goes nearly every Sunda but Mrs, Hoover, ill with a cold, r mained in the White House. Thousands of visitors were in the capital yesterday making the ave- n s gay with their new spring finery, During the morning hours many of them went to church and | ministers preached to large congre- | first stop, became gations in all parts of warm sun shone al] day. it was ter clothing. She has number of smart cnsembles which she prefers for mild weather. These have plain straight coats and mod- erately short sKirts. Those who know town. A bought no F worn onc of thesc had she been able to go to church. Into Tree Over France Abbeyville, France, April 21 () — glish aviator, Parkerson, who Rome as the lost in a fog and collided with a tree in the village alia with | of Darguel this mornir as it Parker- succeed- quickly about His airplanc caught fire shed te the ground, but son, who was flying al ed in extricating himself suffering only slight burn the face and hands. s “Just as proud of my new Essex as of the 33,000 car I also bought. It is easy to drive, and in performance and comfort equals any car I ever owned.” You are invited to drive the lenger. Youwilllearn whyev the greatest dollar-for-dollar 735 1. 0. b. Detroit, Factory For —Seve! ata pri . shot Wake- | a more ssin fled | ', | next in popularity. learned. | her well say she undoubtedly | | would have > a.m., | 4 uyers, Prospects “'*\alue of Values The greatest appeal of the New Essex Challenger is dollar-for-dollar value. That is the opinion of owners, new buyers and prospects everywhere. attractively priced. Wide colorchoiceat no extracost allenger ride. At dark 5,182 tickets, mostly VANI]ERB]LT SKIPS | for 31 each, had been sold [ Zwischenahn, Germany—Heinrich { FASH“]N PARADE Sandstede, baker, holds an honorary degree from the University of Muenster. His avocation of botany | has brought him a directorate. | Berlin—There are flags of vari- ous colors%n the tablets at the cab- | arcts for flirting. Red means that a fair patron accepts an invitation to {Crowd Turns.Ont Early o See. Elegant Baster FrockS | Gumet: ioren thon s refuses, Oeher | hues have various shades of mean- - ing. York, April 21 (UP)—New | "R oo i e O P stoway Into moth| New York—After playing continu : y ously for 82 1-2 weeks, Ethel Bar- \1:1)i:<:k:|\( ;\‘is“o‘:l‘m“‘:‘;:i ]"x‘l‘fa‘(‘l'zy’rymon» will end her season May 10. [ the world safe for the Chanels ana | London—Senator Regg of Penn: | Patous and doubly content that the | SHIUEHS duringgaiyiaic SHEehome | bill collectors won't be around for|Of Milten, the poet, learned it had i ryily no first cdition of “Paradise Lost. | From the time news photograph- |80 he presented a copy to the. cot- crs discovered that General Cor- |'agc o | nelius Vanderbilt had skipped his| New York—In the wilds of great- | place at the head of the Easter ¢F New York City women have ade until Urban Ledoux, “Mr. broved to be better cénejs enu- oro” to New York’s jobless, hand- |Merators than men. A supervisor in |ed out the last portion of mulligan | the borough of Queens has found |'stew and collected five cents there- |that women persevered, where men by, the cntire day was a success. | failed, on the islets in Jamalca Day The weather man had been in|3nd in swampy areas. favor of it. Although light coats _ Budapest—The ssociation for | covered what might have been some | Men's Rights at Vienna has a rival revelations in the field of fashion, | hcre. It is called the Club for Di- | smart society and lesser motables| Vorced Women—divorced through preened themselves on Fifth and | the fault of their husbands. There Park avenues in a gay display of arc 6,000 divorced women in the | what to wear and what not to wear. : Long before 10 a. m., the parade| Guatemala City—This city, capital ground of Fifth avenue was dotted |of the Guatemalan republic, is en- with watchers while the lucky ones |tirely without stairways. Earth- were able to get a grandstand seat|quakes are the reason. Second and | | on a Fifth avenue bus for 10 cents. | third stories were abandoned when | en then the glory of a Parisian|the city was rebuilt after a disas-| frock and the fragrance of an or- |{rous quake in 1916. | chid at $10 apicce, was wasted in| New York—Long Tsland is uncx- the crowd. cited over the possibility of being Tickets for Church covered with waving palm trecs. | Ineide the churches those lucky Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, com- cnough to lave pews were not|mander of the transatlantic liner obliged to wait for seats. In the Berengaria, is inclined to think that more popular ones, tickets arranged |the westward mevement of the gulf for beforehand entitled one to hear |stream will make the island tropical the services. DBut thousands were|in naturc. Dr. Frank L. Bryant, turned awa | Brooklyn geologist, doubts that the Women seemed to have abandon- | course of the stream is changing. AT ARGENTINE MEETING | predominated with the more con- Children | servative shades of gray and brown | Tailored suits | vied with cnsembles and skirts were longer but nore enough to swish | about the ankics. - Jor the gentlemen, of course, tra- | | dition held sway. They worc the| When Police Try to Break Up {usual cutaway, striped trousers and | silk_topper. , | The East side had its laugh.| | Whito: dresses and blue suits wero|| ~Cordobe. Argentina, ® April 21 | Threc Among Victims Public Political Gathering. popular and many a malacca cane | (UP)—Eleven persons were Killed saved the day for an otherwise de-|When police attempted to break up classe appearance. Urban Ledoux |# public meeting of democrats at| and his 50 jobless men made their Santa TRosa, department of Tio| traditional parade on F¥ifth avenuc. |Primero, advices received here said | ———— today. | The dead included the chief of| | ) |vpolice of Santa Rosa, two of his po- L Flashes Of Life licemen, three women, three chil- i dren andltwo unidentificd men. | The advices said guns were brought into use when the police Lakewood, ~Nickels, instead |chief demanded that one of the |of dimes, arc the latest from John |democratic speakers cease using |D. Ttockefeller. He passed out seyv- |terms censorious of authorities. 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