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SPEEDY EXECUTION OF BRITT CRITICIZED "Interest, Character and Substance" News while it is news—and a complete Illustrated Feature Section with every issue of this paper. VOLUME III. No. 18 SPEEDY ```markdown ``` GAY PUBLIC LIBRARY 5TH AVE JEFFERSON VOLUME III. No.18 DOBSON TALENTED BARITONE SOLOIST TO APPEAR IN GARY Singer Hailed As Artist of Unusual Talent; Expect Many To Hear Him Fired with fine enthusiasm and working wholeheartedly, the choir of First Baptist church announces the recital of Dr. Andrew E. Dobson, baritone soloist, March 28 at First Baptist church. This is the first of a series of concerts to be sponsored this year by the First Baptist choir, which is endeavoring while aiding the church in its program, to bring to the people of Gary some of the best talent to be secured in the middle west. In presenting Dr. Dobson to the Gary public the sponsors introduce an exceptionally fine young man and a most delightful personality. He possesses, in an unusual degree, the power of song and he could not fail the most discriminating public as his voice is of unusual quality. Dr. Dobson is studying on a scholarship at the American Conservatory of Music, being a pupil of the renowned Professor LaBerge. He has studied under George R. Gardner, internationally famed tenor, and for several years a pupil of George Holt, concert soloist. Dr. Dobson is a prominent dentist enjoying a lucrative practice in Chicago and Maywood, Illinois. Of no little assistance is his accomplished wife, Mrs. Mildred Griffin Dobson who is his accompanist. Mrs. Dobson, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, was educated in the schools of that city, is a graduate of the University of Chicago. At present she is a teacher in the public school system of Chicago. This concert is expected to delight the music loving public on next Friday night. GARVEYITES PLAN BIG MASS MEETING W. A. Lorden to be Principa Speaker at Gathering of the the U. N. I. A. The Gary Division of the U. N. L. A. (August 1929 of the World) will stage a monster mass meeting at Liberty hall, 2128 Washington Street, Sunday at 3 p. m. according to the Hon. Charles L. James, efficient leader of the Gary division. There will be an unusual feature of this mass meeting which heretofore has not been done by the Gary division. A highly entertaining program will be rendered by popular race artists, and the U. N. I. A. star tempo band. There will be an array of speakers on the programme. The principle speaker will be Mr. William Lorden, business manager of the Ideal Grocery exchange. The subject of his speech will be "What Price Nordicism." Attorney L. H. Brewer will speak on "Garvism and Its Universality." The public is invited. Bailey Speaks to West Side Group Bill Bailey, candidate for assessor, spoke Tuesday night at the West side Republican Club, 1705 Jefferson st. Paul Johnson, candidate for precinct committeeman of the 34th precinct, also made an impressive speech in his own behalf and was the recipient of a warm reception, when he stated his conception of what a real committeeman should be. The meeting was presided over by W. A. Bliss, president. Six room bungalow, 2468 Virginia Street, $18.00 per month. Inquire Peoples State Bank. Phone 6296. The Gary American Finds That Star Doesn't Make Him A Deputy Sheriff Ludie Means, well known insurance man, may be a deputy sheriff in Lake county, but he is persona non grata in Cook county, Illinois. It all happened when Means, wearing a deputy sheriff's star and carrying a pistol, took a bus and went to Chicago. He was arrested at Sixty-third and Langley, and booked at the Woodlawn station for carrying concealed weapons. "I'm a deputy sheriff, from Lake county, Indiana," Means told the arresting officers. He showed the officers his star and several papers to prove it. "We can't help that," the police told Means as they sent him to jail. Means finally called his relatives in Gary. They got in communication with Sheriff Joseph B. Kyle. Kyle sent a letter to the Chicago police stating that Means was a deputy sheriff. "We can's help that," they said after reading Sheriff Kyle's letter. Tried the next day in police court, Means was fined $25 and costs for carrying concealed weapons. Means was given one of the many commissions issued by Sheriff Kyle to those persons whose work was of such a nature that they need to carry a gun for protection. His commission authorizes him to do any act as a deputy required by law, in the place of the sheriff, except in the serving of papers, but is without salary—in Lake county, at least. Political Meeting Ends In An Uproar By Earl F. Morris With many persons in attendance, the spring primary campaign got underway to a good start in a meeting held Monday night at the Lincoln hotel. Charles P. Jones presided at the meeting. He served in the absence of Wilbur Hardaway, alderman of the Fifth ward, who was unable to be present. Flyod S. Draper, Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, announced his candidacy with a stirring speech, promising a square deal to all citizens. Ed Green dynamic colored leader of Draper took the stump, and expounded to his fellow voters, the virtues of Mr. Draper. Bill Bailey, spoke to the capacity crowded house, amid cheers and applause, after he promised to put colored clerks in his office if elected. Heated Eiptats Hurled During the midst of William F. Fulton's speech, who is seeking nomination for commissioner, an uproar was started and a heated argument ensued. The chairman finally rapped for order and finally succeeded in quieting the house. He severely reprimanded the audience for its boiterous action. Woman Speaks Mrs. Lucille Brown, of Indianapolis, made a plea in the behalf of Charles Mason, colored candidate for state representative. Her speech was received with applause. Jack Taylor, speaker for John Scott, candidate for superior court judge, spoke in an eloquent and forceful manner in behalf of his candidate. Mason Popular C. H. Mason, candidate for state representative, was received with cheers by the audience, when Jones said, 'Let Mason mark time at the state legislature, then we'll send him to the nation's congress.' Mason related his qualifications for the office he seeks. He said, he had held a number of positions of trust, and was secretary to the dean of Howard university. He promised full protection for Negroes under the laws governing this state. Mr. Mayfield, who is a candidate for the same office was also present. F. L. Sperling, candidate for Justice of Peace, and W. I. Goode, candidate for assessor, publicly announced their candidacy. Harry Gotigan, apologized for the absence of Dan Kreitzman, candidate for treasurer, and spoke in his behalf. Duke Elson, seeking re-election for constable, also made a speech. Office of Publication: 7 East 19th Avenue Telephone Gary 2-4660 - If Busy, Call Gary 2-3865 MAMMA, I FOUND THIS CAT AND NINE TAILS DOWN THE ROAD AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF IT, SOMETIME WHEN IM A BAD BOY SO I BROUGHT IT HOME! Mayor Proclaims Official Date Of 'Clean-Up Week' For All The City In a proclamation issued today, Mayor Johnson officially designated the week of March 30 as "clean up" week in Gary. Declaring that during the winter months parts of the city accumulate large amounts of rubbish, the mayor urged all Gary residents today to join in a movement to clean up their property during the week designated. His proclamation follows: PROCLAMATION City of Gary, Indiana March 21, 1930. "WHEREAS, the appearance of a city, from the standpoint of cleanliness plays an important part in the life of the community, making it a more pleasant place in which to live, impressing visitors and helping in general the progress of the city; "AND WHEREAS, during the winter large amounts of rubbish, waste paper, ashes and similar material is collected in the homes and yards of the city, and in the streets and alleys, thus injuring the appearance of the municipality; AND WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the community as a whole to have these collections of rubbish removed. "THEREFORE, I hereby proclaim that the week of March 30th to April 5th shall be known as Cleanup Week in Gary, and I call upon all citizens to aid at this time in removing the trash from the streets, alleys and yards, and to paint and decorate their homes, plant lawns, trees and shrubbery, and otherwise aid in the beautification of the city. ROSWELL O. JOHNSON, Mayor. Club Sponsors Party At Children's Home The party given by the members of the Sunshine Social club in the Lake County Children's home, 2300 Jefferson street, Monday evening was one of the most unique affairs of St. Patrick's season. The decorations and refreshments appointments were in keeping with St. Patrick's day. Music for the evening was rendered by Miss Vivian Welch, Miss Montgomery, and Robert Hite. A humorous St. Patrick's day reading was given by Mrs. Howard Johnson. Mrs. Andrew Means was the guest of honor. Open Forum To Be Held Here Sunday Open forum will be held at the Neighborhood house, 1700 Adams street, Sunday, March 23, at 3 p. m. Louis Arrinson, well known exponent, will speak. The subject will be, "Resolved, Christianity is the Final Religion." Everybody welcome. GARY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1930 Simmons Coming Here; To Speak At Elks Big Meet Roscoe Conklin Simmons, candidate for congress, is to speak at a monstrous mass meeting to be held at Rosemont hall, 19th and Broadway Tuesday night, March 25 at 8 p. m. sharp. This meeting is given under the auspices of The Brother Elks and Daughter Elks of the Lake City Lodge 182 and Emma L. Cherry Temple 135, I.B.P.O.E. of W. Simmons has been proclaimed as one of America's greatest orators, white or black. It is said that among the Negroes he had a style of speaking all his own and is without a superlative. Other speakers of the evening will be Judge W. C. Hueston, commissioner of education, and Mrs. Clara E. Webster, state daughter ruler of the state of Indiana. Subjects and issues to be discussed will be of vital interest to every member of the race. Added features of this monstrous mass meeting will be the giving away of money and prizes, and everyone is invited to come and learn of the things of vital importance to our race and share in the festivities. Mr. William E. Burrus, exalted ruler of Lake city lodge 182 and Mrs. Margie Woodfolk, daughter ruler of Emma L. Cherry Temple 135 will preside. Venable to Fight 'Dixie Kid' Tuesday John Venable, popular colored Indiana Light-Heavyweight champ, who tips the scales at 175 lbs., will meet the highly talented 'Dixie Kid' at Rochester, Ind., Tuesday night, in a ten round bout. A Formidable Opponent The 'Dixie Kid's' most recent bout was last week in Rochester, when he stopped Archie 'Kid' Cain, hard hitting German lightweight in three rounds. The 'Dixie Kid' has defeated quite a few white boys in this same manner. Venable, however, is confident the 'Kid' will be just another victim of his hard and accurate punching. Venable's last bout in Indiana was in Gary last May, when he stopped 'Kid Erdy' in four rounds of fast fighting. Brady, will be remembered by fight enthusiasts, a sthe heavyweight, who floored five men in one fight last April. We Should Be Proud Of Our Past ABBOTT SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON GIVEN IN HIS HONOR IN GARY Distinguished Publisher Gives His Views on Problems of Negro People BY WILLIAM LORDEN With the declaration that "a man can make his life if he wills to do so." Robert S. Abbott, editor of the Chicago Defender, gave to a very attentive and attractive audience, the panoramic view of the depths and heights of his life, linked with that of the "World's Greatest Weekly." Editor Abbott was the guest, and principal speaker at the Gary Professional and Business Men's Noonday Club which Dr. C. R. Woods is president. Apparently encouraged by the varied representation of the audience, for the luncheon attendants were from every phase of Negro life, in Gary, the speaker delivered his message with a vigorous appreciation of its potential worth. It would be carried to the "masses" for whom he labored. The speaker entered upon excursions of comparative inter-racial relations between races in America and Europe, with the assertion "That the attitude of the latter is worthy of emulation by the former. Adminishing Negroes to learn the language of their foreign neighbors as a diplomatic way of enhancing economic success, the journalist declared "That the only formula for racial advancement is adherence to "nordic ideals and social equality." Mr. Abbott advised Negroes to advocate their business enterprises with respect to no particular race. He pointed out that he has in his employ fifty-five Negroes and fifty-five whites. By Earl J. Morris The Negro should indeed be proud of his ancestry, and should be glad to be allied with the Black Race, because the pages of history relating to the Ethiopian Race, have been romantic and idealistic. Negroes have ruled empires and nations, contributed to science and education. Some of the greatest kings that the world has ever known have been of an ebony hue. Phianki, a black man, was one of the world's greatest kings ruled a vast empire, governing both black and white. Soloman, the wisest man the world has ever known, was black and comely. A feeling of pride should be instilled into the hearts of all black men. King Tut, whose tragic curse has prevailed even unto the present day, and set all England agog with superstitious dread of death which has been predicted to all who enter the sacred portal of his last sleeping place, was black. When the little Child was born in the manger, and when he was carrying the heavy burden of his cross, a black man dared to aid him in the presence of his accusers, and all through the sacred pages of the Bible we find the black man. Peter the Great, of Russia, had a black man as a counsellor. When Columbus discovered America, a black man was the navigator of his ships, and helped pilot them on the epochal trip. With Perry at the North Pole and Byrd at the South Pole there were Negroes. We certainly should be mighty proud of our ancestry, and quit thinking in terms of inferiority, and begin to progress more rapidly. The architecture and antiquated methods of construction of the Pyramids of Egypt which have set the present day Caucasian to wonder and admire, is the handiwork of the greatest builders, and architects the world has ever known—black men. The embalming secrets of the ancient Egyptians, the preservation of their mummies, have astounded the Say Slayer 'Railroaded' To His Death Celerity With Which Colored Man Executed May be Nightmare to Some Candidates By SARAH TAFT SIMS Staff Correspondent The haste with which James Britt, confessed slayer, was speeded to the electric chair by a Lake county jury and ordered to die within 100 days of his sentence has aroused considerable indignation in many quarters in Lake county. Britt was executed three minutes after midnight last night for shooting Sam Goldberg, white, federal grand jury witness. A small group of reports, officials, prison attaches witnessed the execution. Britt maintained to the end that he acted in self-defense. He declared that Goldberg approached him and reached for a gun to kill him when he beat him to the draw and fired the fatal shots which sent Goldberg to his death. Eqorts of a delegation of East Chicago citizens to intercede and have Governor Harry G. Leslie commute Britt's sentence to life imprisonment proved unavailing at a late hour last night. The governor, "having a good time in Florida," could not be located in time, his secretary said, to act upon the plea to save Britt. Britt's speedy trial and execution observers point out, may play a big part in the forthcoming primary election as an argument against the manner in which criminal prosecution has been conducted in Lake county during the past few years. whole world. Some of the greatest military geniuses the world has ever produced have been kissed on the brow by Ethiopia. We cannot forget men like Hannibal the fearless general who defied the Romans and crossed the precipitous Alps with an elephant cavalry, and led his army to victory, or Toussaint L'Overture the matchless Hatian leader who required the personal attentions of Napoleon in his war against the unfair treatment of France, and then was only defeated by trickery and unfair military tactics. The white man can tell you his history dating back to pre-historic days, but the average Negro knows little or nothing concerning his history. Study your history and become proud of your ancestors. They can inspire you to do greater things. The little white child is taught to read his forefather's history to become a greater American. We should teach our children to read of the history of his race in order to become stronger men and women. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED Do not say, 'Do this right away.' Say, "Do this at once," or, "Do this instantly." Use "couple" only when referring to two things of the same kind, such as, "I have a couple of silver dollars." Do not say, 'There are a couple of buildings on our street." Do not say, "He told us in front of his father." Say, "in the presence of his father." Do not say, "I prefer detective stories and such like." Say, "and the like." Do not say, 'Every man, woman, and child waved their hand.' Say, "waved his hand." Do not say, "She did her work very good." Say, "very well." NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN For Sale—19 acres of Lake frontage on one of the finest lakes in Indiana. Fine boating and fishing. Write or call at 1130 Jefferson st., Hammond, Ind. Frank Templeton, Owner. PUBLIC LIBRARY QARY, INDIANA HOME EDITION TICIZED RIDGELY ENDORSED FOR JUDGESHIP BY GROUP AT DINNER Office of Superior Court Judge Emphasized by Hueston in Talk To Gathering (Picture on Page 3) Enthusiastic endorsement of the candidacy of Judge C. V. Ridgely for superior court judge was made by thirty-eight prominent central district residents Tuesday night at a complimentary dinner tendered Judge Ridgely at the John Stewart Memorial Settlement house. Praising his character and ability as a jurist, Attorney F. L. Anderson presided at the dinner. He called upon various ones assembled at the affair to speak. Responding to an introduction, Attorney Milo Murray, prominent Gary attorney, was the first to endorse the candidacy of Ridgely. "There is no court anywhere in the county which has been provided over with more dignity than Judge Ridgely's court," Murray told his hearers. Murray lamented the fact that our system of elections made it necessary for a judge to campaign in his own behalf during election times. He closed with saying it was the duty of the people to elect men who will maintain the dignity of the office. Pointing to Ridgelys endorsement by the bar association as an indication of his fitness, William W. Cooke, architect, declared that the layman might well follow the advice of experts in choosing men for public office. He implied that the bar associations endorsement was an expert choice. Among the others called upon to speak were: Arthur B. Whitlock, Dr. F. S. Delaney, Hermes Zimmerman, C. H. Mason, candidate for state representative, and several others. Importance of the office of superior court judge was emphasized in a speech made by Judge William C. Hueston, who traced the origin and development of the judiciary system and defined the object of the superior court. Hueston closed with a plea for the nomination of Ridgely in the primary election in May. After every person present had been either called upon to speak or introduced to the gathering, Judge Ridgely was presented to the group, and expressed his appreciation for the attendance and endorsement given him. "If the people should see fit to cotinue me in office," Ridgely declared, "I will look forward for the continued cooperation of the lawyers of the city and the public in general." Storey to Be Given Tribute in Meeting The local N.A.A.C.P. will hold memorial service in Crystal Gardens at 1900 Broadway, Monday, in memory of Moorefield Storey and Louis Marshall. Marshall was national attorney of the N.A.A.C.P. until 1929. All churches, clubs and various organizations are invited to attend the services. A Special For All Readers of This Newspaper Gary, Ind., March 22—For Saturday and Monday, Ben Zucker, the clothier and haberdasher at 130$ Broadway, will sell $1.95 Enro Dress Shirts with this coupon for one dollar. Bring the coupon. Good for One Enro Dress Shirt at Zucker's at special price of one dollar. seen ee oe Sat MP Fa Sah M48 oh eh Hah MAP OPE HY HOO UO MOLY 90 HO HY HONG O20 O10 400 126 404 , « 2 l ‘ , ‘ 7 am A Vote For Fulton: ane ; ae 4 > yr “ ‘|| $2 | Isa Vote For P : || sa Vote For Progress : we ‘ , - { ¢ ; on | As controller of the City of Gary and later mayor, u , A ma: William “Bill” Fulton demonstrated more than one time ‘ : i his confidence in the ability and integrity of colored peo- ‘ , ; : : ‘ : ple by yviving them responsible positions in the eity ad- ‘s E a ministration. : , 4 m As County Commissioner, Mr, Fulton has given more jobs, more posi- * 2, ; tions of trust, to members of the colored race than any other county official. » E These things reveal the especial friendship of Pulton for menrbers of the : colored race, * ; * ; 4 , Such a record as Fulton has made deserve ipport. It is up to you % : to keep your best friends in office, to reward those who have rendered % faithful, efficient service, Fulton has rendered faithful, efficient service, 5 5 RE-N INAT $ = ¢ 4 3 R | ; a % ; % ! 3 e 3 i 4 “~ S ; FIRST DISTRICT 3 ’ , s e « Frimary Election May 6, 1930 3 i Be e% WARS. KLIGREWTO. “SEEK NOMINATION AS COUNTY CLERK “Alyina .M. Killigrew, clerk of the Lake ‘cireuit court or county clerk 2 the office is more commonly known, today announced her candidacy for nomination to this office in the repul Hiean primaries, Tuesday, May 6 oMrs. Killigrew succeeded 40 the office of clerk of fhe Lake county courts on Dec. 3, 1928, upon the death of her husband, John Killigrew. Mr Kitigraw’s sudden death closed a brilliant politieal and ‘ofeid career unprecedented in fake county pol tics. On thé day following his death the county commission: appointed his wife to succeed hin Probably few men in Lake county had see widespread acquaintance a did John Killigrew who besides being county clerk was also republican 10th district chairman at the time of hi death. Of Pioneer Family For the last 15 months Mrs, Killl- grew has efficiently administered the office of clerk of the Lake circuit, criminal, probate and juvenile court at Crown Point, as well as the su iad courts located in Hammond, Past Chicago and Gary. Mrs. Killigrew comes from connec tions that have long been identified with the history of Lake county. Her father was the late William Krauss of Hobart whose widow, Mrs. Jose phine Krausse, still resides there Mrs. Killigrew was horn at Santa Barbara, Calif, while her parent were on a visit there, She spent her early childhood at Dyer, which was also the home of her material grand, father, August Stommel, one of the early settlers of that community. In eidentally, Mrs. Killigrew is a great granddaughter of the late Jacol Schmidt of Turkey Creek, who wa elected to the position of county sur. veyor in the pioneer days of Lake county. Taught In Miller, Hobart At the age of five Mrs. Killigren went to Hobart, where her parents took up their residence and where she has since resided. She was educated in the schools of Hobart, graduating from the Hobart high school and re ceived higher education at St. Mary’ college, Valparaiso university and wa; graduated from the Chicago Norma school where she specialized — ir domestic science and physical educa tion. For two years she was a teach erin the schools of Miller, now a part Don’t Be Deceived There's only one SAM'S LOAN SHOP in Gary. It is at 1604 Broadway Lake Court Clerk ell (ll g s | 7 13s J of the Gary public school system. fer romance with Mr. Killigrew began when he was a preeinet com- mitleeman at Hobart. At the timer of their marriage 1% years ago he had risen to the position of assistant see- retary of the Lack county republican committee and probate commission: er of Lake cirenit court. During the world war period when Mr. Killigrew enlisted in the naval forces, Mrs. Killi- ‘grew resumed teaching, being con- nected with the Hobart publie schools. She also served as acting assistant postmaster there, and also during the World war served as chairman of the child's welfare committee for Hobart . Has Three Children HAS Three Children bf Sp e&! | During Mr. Kiligrew's vise from a precinet committeoman at Hobart to )post of county chairman and then to -membership on the republican. state committee and chairman of the 10th district, Mrs, Kiligrew took an active interest in all of his political and of- ficial activities, which served her ir good stead when his sudden death translated ner activities from her home to one of the most important of: fices in the county. Mrs. Kiligrew is the mother of three charming children, Jerry, age 9, John age 6, and little Mary, who is now in her 20th month, who live with their mother in their bungalow in Hobart MEDIUMS AND TTEALERS Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, are now lo- cated at 2550 Marrison st. For ap Pointments call Gary 2-5083, VOTE and NOMINATE Wm. Mayfield Por State Representative A Friend of the Working People Election May 6 THE GARY AMERICAN AHLGREN PROMISES ‘SQUARE DEAL’ 10 ALL RACE GROUPS Oscar Abigren, Whiting attorney, land vetivings member of the state leg Vistature from Lake county, has an nounced his candidacy for the nom- ination of Lake county prosecutor on the republican ticket: subject to the will of the voters at the primaries, | Mats 6. Is A Self-Made Man | Mr. Abigvens is a self-made man and all of his life he has had to strag le to gain the eminence he has at tained as a leader in Lake county, not only among members of the state legislature, during the four terms Hihat he was sent to Indianapolis by voters from Lake county, but as an attorney and business man as well. He is married and when not busy in the political field or looking after the interests of his constituents, live modestly with his wife and baby at home in Whiting. Mr, Ablyren has always heen a taunch friend of the colored people: And he prides himself on the fact that during the four terms that he was sent to Indianapolis by the yot- ers of Lake county, thousands of which were Negro votes, he has work ed loyally and tirelessly for their cauce in matters of legislation at lIndianapolis, He is so well known among colored people in Gary, Bast Chicawo and Indiana Harbor that hundreds call him by his first name when addressing: him. His fighting qualities, his ability as an orator and his keen legal mind and knowledge of the intricacies of parliamentary practice make Mr. Ahl- eren one of the most outstanding candidates ever to aspire for the of- fice of prosecutor of Lake county. Is Effective Speaker During his four terms as a state representative he was effective as a debater on the floor of the house at Indianapolis, and he was a power ir the committee sessions where much ot the aetual legislative business — is transacted. It was during these ses. sions that he alway made such a val- iant fight for the eause of Lake coun- ty | In addition to serving on a number . Fruits and Vegetables You are assured of only the best fresh fruits and vegetables when you do your buying here. We carry a full line of canned goods also. Free Delivery. LILLIAN TERRY 21 West 17th Ave. Phone 2-4987 or 4-2855. Promises A “Square Deal’’ ce .f gi € P ca eee) es > fille pad 4 Rar og geek mS . \ Aa me a P een ‘ a ia S ee : boas T Bee Re PM ge : Beek 2 fae. Gee I. ; Pee . 2a Sie 7 Re oh oo 7 2 eee xf eee UF + fee v4 ee ee ee be . arg Go ME ct pec ae ‘ 3 of committees he was chairman on education, which speaks of the preat quality of leadership which he po sessed and which wes recognized hy all the solons at the state capitol. He has often been lauded, not only by republicans, but shy democrats, all over the state for his fearlessness, [-=--) ASSESSOR’S Ea TAXES NOT MADE BY ASSESSOR John McFadden Republican Candidate for ASSESSOR Calumet Township On my official record as Assessor for 22 years IT announce my candidacy for re-election, subject to the deci- sion of the voters of Calumet Town- ship in the May primary. I hope to have the continued sup- port of the men and women of Gary and Calumet Township. If you ex- press your confidence in me by re- election, 1 can say no more than that I will continue to serve you to the best of my ability, in the future, as T have in the past, and will devote my entire time to the duties of the office. Your assessor comes in direet per- sonal contact with cach of you, which is not true of any other elective offi- cer. A portion of the great sum total of all taxes must come from each of your homes, which necessitates a vis- it to each home by the assessor, or some one representing him. In order to perform this part of his duties sat- isfactorily to the taxpayer, the As- MY GOLDEN RULE: ' 0" sor2rnay 21 wont : Primaries—Tuesday, May 6th, 1930 apeeae } traight-forwardness and honesty. Considering that he was bern’ in 1801, he hasn’t wasted any time in the years that have followed. His father was a shoe maker and the first seven years of young Ahigren's life were spent in Chicago where he began his (Continued on page 4) | sessor must be a man of experience \in valuing property, of business abil- | ity, good judgment—and must be gov- Jemed by a spirit of courtesy, fairness jand justice. “To err is human’— jwe are human and therefore not im- | mune from error or mistake in judg- | ment, but we do not yield place to any jorfe in willingness to listen to. the | taxpayer, and to be convinced that we are wrone if such be the case, | T think fo might say—right here— that of all the experiences that have | come to me as your assessor, I ptize | most highly the spirit of friendship _and confidence with which you come |to me with any error or difference of | opinion that may have arisen, and I | trust there is not a taxpayer in Cal- umet township who does not know | that he or she may come to my office | at any time, with any question relat- jing to taxation, and have the mat- jter correct, adjusted or explained, has the case may he. | | Correct assessment made against Jali tax-payers will bring about an jequitable distribution of the burdens Jol government, hence the importance jor securing such valuations, | | Tn order that such valuation shall | he secured and cach citizen shall pay | his or her just proportion of the taxes [there must be an equitable valuation of all property, | This may appear—offhand—to be a ‘simple matter but in Calumet Town- ship it in reality is a business prop- osition, second to none in Gary, in- volving the listing of $178,600,005 worth of property for taxaton in 1929. in 1909 there was $5,600,000 in prop- erty listed which illustrates the in- crease of wealth in Gary and also in ‘the work in the assessor’s office to properly value and list it for taxation. To be qualified for this work a man Ynust have a thorough knowledge of the Indiana tax laws—he must have a personal knowledge of the property ‘he is valuing—must know its exact location and the kind of construction of the buildings thereon—must be con- versant with values of other town- ships in the county, and other counties in the state. in order to make compar- Sincerely yours, | ¥ 7" W\# ss WE 3 asd MCFADDEN SEEKS E-NOMNATION AS THSHPASES F Soaediat aloes to | Its Efficiency John McFadden today announced his candidacy for re-nomination for township assessor at the republican primaries May 6th, 1980. Major McFadden has a record as assessor of “Calumet township un. equalled in Indiana for efficiency along all lines, | It is on this record that he asks your support for re-nomination. He came to Gary from Caicago in 1906 full of faith and optimism for this new city, which has been fully | Justified. It has been his privilege ‘to be a joint factor in this growth, He had been cashier in the U. S international revenue department fo1 ten years, cashier in a bank, bank or ganizer, and member of a large rea estate firm doing business in Chicage during the World's Fair, all of whict fitted him for the capable work he has done and is doing in the assessor's office. He served in the Spanish Americar war. His regiment the Second Ili nois, oceupied Havana and planted thi | stave and Stripes on Morro Castle. WORDS OFTEN MISPFEFLLED “Parthest and furthest; only one r, not fartherest and furtherest. Bar- ley; ley, not ly. Particle; cle, not ‘|(cal. Cologne; note the gne. Baton (orchestra leader's wand); on, and only one t. Obstinacy; note the acy. . MARCH 22 . - ‘isons of proposed valuations and to ‘see to it that Calumet township does not pay more than her equitable pro- portion of the taxes of the state as a whole. | Ile must be a man with the stam- ‘ina and character to stand firmly for the interests of the tax-payers, never permitting factional or partisan poli- tics or powerful financial interests to ‘influence him from giving every man a square deal. — T believe that T can truthfully claim ‘to be able to meet all of the require- ‘ments. I have spared neither the labor, time nor money necessary to inform myself along taxation lines— ‘a goodly percentage of my salary has heen spent obtaining the knowledge necessary to conduct this assessor's office as it should be done, That T have reached a measure of success, L think is proven by the fact ‘that I was invited to go to Indian- apolis and address the annual mect- ing of the State Board of Tax Com- sioners and the County Assessors, on “Systematizing the Township Asses- sor’ Office.” I quote Chairman Brown, then of the State Tax Board, who in- troduced me as follows: “We have with us Major John Me- Fadden, of Gary, Lake County, who will address you upon the question of ‘Systematizing the Township Asses- sor’s Office.” I am sure this subject in which you will all be interested and I desire to say to you that Major McFadden has displayed such signal ability in this respect that it is with a great deal of pleasure that we an- nounce to you that he wil! address us upon that subject at this time.” Fellow citizens, any degree of ex- cellence my office may have reached is the outcome of my desire to give to Saturday, March 22, 1930 Runs for Office oY ia ssi‘ YK L + ee ol Major John McFadden, who served as a soldier in the Spanish-American war, announced his candidacy today for renomination for township asses- sor. WORDS OFTEN MISPRNOUNCED Gréss. Pronounre the o as in “no” not as in “loss.” Wednesday. Pronounce wenz-da, ¢ as in “men,” a as in “day,” The first d is silent, not Wed-unz-day., Caleulate. Pronounce kal-ku-late, a as in “at,’ ua sin “unit,” last a as in “late,” accent first syllable, and never kal-klate. Ingenuity. Pronounce in-je-nu-i-ti, all i’s as in “it,” @ as in “me,” third syllable as “new” (not noo), and ac- cent third syllable. Fracas. Pronounce fra-kas, first 2 as in “frey,’ second a as in’“ask,” ac- cent first syllable. : Prisoner. Pronounce. priz-n-er, or priz-ner, the taxpayer the best possible service, Bach year’s experience has been used ‘to make the service of the sueceeding year bettr than the last. As occasion for them has arisen we have made books and blanks fitting our needs until we now have full information relative to our taxes compiled in an efficient and workable form, i The township assessor's office is the foundation upon which all taxation in our state depends. It is the most im- portant because it deals with values. A structure must be built from the foundation to the roof—it cannot be built from the roof down. How im- portant, then, that you choose an ¢x- pericnced man qualified for the office. There are certain fundamental prin- ciples that should -be understood by every taxpayer and among them are: Ist. Your assessor has nothing to do with the amount of taxes you pay —whether they are high or whether they are low. 2nd. High or Low taxes depend absolutely, upon the amount of money to be spent by the public, s 3rd. Tax lieves. are not made by the assessoP but by different bodies or boards authorized by law to per- form this dyty, ae 4th. Under our Constitution taxes are levied according to the amount ot property owned. Ability to ‘pay is nat the basis. ‘ Fellow citizens, I ask that you visit my office, Lake Superior Court Buiid- int. Broadway, first floor, and ‘see us at werk—what there is to do and how wwe are doing it. If you believe that I have properly represented your in- terest and advanced your welfare, 1 ask you to re-elect me, Saturday, March 22, 1930 Societ By Eugenia Ward Society ANNIVER TIES ANNIVERSARY TIES 15c SALE ARROW COLLARS 5c A Complete Stock-Full of Bargains BOYS' SHOES or Oxford Values to $3.50 $2.39 MEN'S WORK SHOES 8½c LADIES' HOSE Mercerized Lisle Black or Colors 17c Pair POLICE SHOES Oil Color Window Shades All Colors, values to 79c 49c MEN'S WORK SHOES Several styles. Value $3.50 $2.79 Children's Hose Full Length 15c Pair MEN'S OXFORDS All Sizes $3.50 STANDARD STORE 2167 BROADWAY Black Tan $2.79 MOVED! Dr. Michael's All-Herb Laboratory Has Moved to Our New Location 856 BROADWAY Come in for a Free Sample of Nature's Natural Remedy and Spring Tonic Buy a bottle today at: Dixie Pharmacy...1700 Broadway Schultz Pharmacy...1800 Broadway Peoples Pharmay...1428 Broadway SOUTH SIDE GROCERY 2194 Washington You Have Tried the Rest Now Try the Best Where You Always Buy More For Less— QUALITY As Well As QUANTITY . Mrs. Homer Brown, of 1600 Monroe st., was hostess to the members of the Young Matrons' club, Thursday evening. The club will meet Thursday evening from 8 to 10 p. m. at 2190 Jefferson st., at the home of Mrs. Hazel Buckner and Mrs. Coleman. The choir of the First Baptist church will present Dr. Andrew E. Dodson in a baritone recital at First Baptist Church Friday at 8 p. m. Mr. Dodson is one of the outstanding baritone soloists of the race. The public is invited. Mrs. Dosha Jackson, of 2200 Madison street, is confined to her bed in her room due to illness. The ushers will give a chicken dinner Wednesday at First Baptist church from 12 to 6 p. m. Rev. M. L. Johnson, pastor of M.t. Zion Baptist church will preach at the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. The Mt. Zion Choir will sing. The public is invited. The O.S.D. club will present an interesting literary program Sunday evening at 8 p. m. at the First A.M.E. church at 2000 Maschusetts street. City Attorney R. O. Johnson will be the principal speaker, introduced by Alderman Wilbur Hardaway. The public is invited. Miss Alice Lyda a student of Terre Haute State Normal college was the week end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lyda of 2262 Pennslyvania street. The Corner Stone Church foundation, under the management of Hermes Zimmerman, is a great work in bringing industry to the women and girls of Gary. Those who are not members of this organization are missing many great opportunities. Mrs. M S. Morgan, President. Mrs. Harriet James, Secretary. Mrs. Stewart Wolfe of 48 24 Forestville avenue, Chicago, who has been ill for some time, has improved considerably. She is now spending a few weeks in Gary with her daughters, Mrs. Burrell of 2456 Adams street, and Mrs. Margaret S. Morgan, 1533 Washington street. The Girls' Guild program was quite a success Wednesday evening, Mrs. Edna Braddock, gave a 15 minutes talk on "Your Present Opportunities." Piano and vocal selections were given by members of the Guild. Social meeting will be held March 26. Mrs. M. S. Morgan of Gary, president of the Evangelist Union of Chicago, reports a very large attendance at the last meeting, which was held in St. Stephen's A.M.E. church. The meeting was filled with enthusiasm and the holy spirit. Rev. Jordan, pastor of Mt. A.M.E. church brought the message. The next meeting will be held at Allen Temple A.M.E. church Thursday, April 10 at 11 a. m. Hear Evangelist Sister Nettie Gray Woods of Greater Bethel A.M.E. church deliver the message. All evangelists are urged to attend this soul stirring meeting every second Thursday of the month. Mrs. M. S. Morgan, President. Mrs. Irma Goodwin, Secretary. The Business and Professional Women's Club, is having a "Woman's Day" program Sunday, March 30, at 6 p. m. at the Stewart House, 15th and Massachusetts street. Rev. Laura Rowles Robert, who is the paid secretary of the Business and Professional Women's department of the Chicago Y.W.C.A. is to be the speaker. Musical selections will be rendered. The public icosrdially invited. Hammond News Mrs. Alvina Neal of Muskegon, Mich., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford of Fields avenue. Mrs. Jessie Tally has returned from St. Louis where she has been spending several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Warfield Davis of 528 Ames avenue, are the proud parents of a ten pound girl. Mrs. Mariah Smith of Dayton, O., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ben Smith of Larned avenue, has returned to her home. The Practical Art Club met last Thursday with Mrs. Denn A. Bethea on Kenwood avenue. The next meeting on March 27 will be held with Mrs. Berley Brown 576 Merrill avenue. Mr. Jessie Talley of Michigan avenue who sustained a severe automobile accident last week, is out again. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cantral of Michigan avenue, had as their Sun- THE GARY AMERICAN A. C. H. High tribute was given Tuesday night to Superior court Judge C. V Ridgely at a complimentary dinner tendered him at Stewart house. Thirty-eight persons attended the dinner Story on page one. day guest, Mrs. Albert Simpson of Chicago. The revival at Bethel A.M.E. church has been closed for the present. Revival meetings are in progress at Mt. Zion Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Phillips of East Chicago is in charge. Mrs. Nell Smith of Gary, spent the week-end with Mrs. Edgar Burton of 521 Larned ave. Mrs. Alonzo House of Brazil, Ind. is here visiting her daughter, who is ill, Mrs. Ollie Carroll of 517 Kenwood avenue. Several of our colored citizens have purchased homes during the past few months. This is a move in the right direction. Mr. Ben Smith of Michigan ave. together with his family week-ended in Chicago, with relatives. Dr. D. A. Bethea and Mr. S. P. Porter, our popular East Hammond, groceryman attended the Gary Noon day luncheon Wednesday and heard Robert Abbott, the Chicago publisher speak. TRAVEL BY BUS KREITZMAN SEEKS PROMOTION UPON HIS PAST RECORD Served as Chief Deputy Treasurer Under Groves; Is Son of Gary Resident Believing that efficiency and honest service should pave the way for promotion and that fitness for office should be the first test of any candidate, Dan Kreitzman, chief deputy treasurer of Lake county this week announced his candidacy for the office of treasurer subject to the will of the voters in the republican primary election May 6. Mr. Kreitzman is a product of the Gary public school system who after serious preparation and considerable training, went to Crown Point a number of years ago to become chief deputy treasurer under Otto G. Fifield, and who, because of his fitness for this particular job, was retained by Hazel K. Groves in the same capacity when he was elected treasurer four years ago. Product of Gary The candidate who is seeking this well deserved promotion after years of faithful service and preparation is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kreitzman, 769 Pennsylvania street, Gary. He is married and has one son, living in his own home in Crown Point. Upon completing his education Mr. Kreitzman worked at the Gary Screw and Bolt company for some time as an office boy, going to the Gary steel mills in 1916 in the accounting department of the merchant mills until 1919, when he identified himself with the operating end of those mills for three years. In 1921 Mr. Kreitzman became identified with the Calumet township assessor's office, remaining there until the fall of 1923 when he was appointed chief deputy treasurer by Mr. Fifield, serving four years for him and throughout the entire term of H. K. Groves, the present treasurer. In becoming a candidate for the chief position, Mr. Kreitzman stressed the fact that efficiency is needed to ob Kreitzman Asks For Promotion 333 tain the best results in this office and that his long training fits him peculiarly well for the position he is seeking. If efficiency means anything, if honest service is to be rewarded, if freedom from political machinations is desirable, if conscientious endeavor to place the treasurer's office upon a high plane is commendable, and if the man who has done these things is to win recognition for his efforts, then he should be promoted to the office he has practically administered for the past seven and one half years, Mr. Wins High Praise For his efforts as the head of this department of county government under the actual heads of the service. Mr. Kreitzman has won the highest praise from both of his chiefs. Mr. DONALD A. LEPORE Republican Candidate for JUSTICE OF THE PEACE For years a lawyer of unquestionable Integrity Honesty - Fairness Justice Primaries May 6, 1930 CONTINUOUS 10:30 TO 11:30 P.M. ROOSEVELT BROADWAY AT 15th. ST. Also All-Talking Comedy and Talking Movietone News Sally O'Neil, Jack Egan and Carmel Myers All-Talking - Also All-Talking Comedy Talking and Singing Act Live Chickens Given Away Saturday at Midnite Show MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY March 24-25-26 02 SUNS Fifield and Mr. Groves. In this capacity, he has reorganized the work of the office in such a manner as to win commendation from the state board of accounts. It was Mr. Kreitzman who succeeded in getting the important bill passed in the state legislature for a reapportionment of the Burns ditch assessment so as to take the burden of the small lot holders in the vicinity this improvement off the shoulders of and to remove liens from lots as the assessments were paid. This straightened out a situation which had promised to be a continual source of worry to every lot owner until every assessment was paid by every other lot owner, but now the responsibility has been placed directly upon the individual lot owner and those who pay have no further lien against their property. He was also president of the City club in Crown Point and has fraternal and social connections in that city and elsewhere in the county which are of the very highest order. Superior Remodelers 2136-38 Broadway SUITS CLEANED (and) PRESSED Monday and Tuesday 69c Dresses 99c and up Any Day CASH and CARRY We Have No Boy Collecting Page Four Published every Free company, Incorporated, A Indiana. Arthur B. W. dent; Fritz W. Alexandre TELEPHONE G Entered as second under the Act of Marry Publishing Company, I CHAUNCEY TOWNSBROOKER THOMAS Associate Editors: Contributors: Dee Subscription price copies, three cents. "The Gary American anyone. It has no axe to but one aim, to which squarely in defense of the Gary American No. 1, For If one of the old owning possibilities are realization on the nature abound here in Gary, Upto-date facing, play an important stages of the program. The advent of it too quickly, or before tends to stimulate, to several cities in residence communities capitalized this fact and districts to the exclusion. These cities are of the desire on the point to live in a residence. Gary should se prestige, good will, care. There are many Gary which should provide do not and should merce and our industry. Have we, here appeals which will crush Tourists will pay cannot be proven when Home seekers, are promised. A home represented. If one and a day someone will community. If one's analysis the chief objectives promoted in earnest, We must not owe will be vastly more in Gary. While this is possible to live on the Communities of more people and a Is not this another best thought of our Published every Friday morning in the year by The Gary American Company, Incorporated, American Building, 7 East Nineteenth Avenue, Gary, Indiana. Arthur B. Whitlock, President; Chauncey Townsend, Vice-President; Fritz W. Alexander, Treasurer. TELEPHONE GARY 2-4660 — IF BUSY CALL GARY 2-3865 Entered as second-class mail matter at the post-office at Gary, Indiana under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1929, by The Gary American Publishing Company, Incorporated. CHAUNCEY TOWNSEND - Executive Editor BOOKER THOMAS - Business Manager Associate Editors: F. Marshall Davis, Cyril Alington, Charles L. James. Contributors: Dennis A. Bethea, Sarah Taft Sims, Ralph Ellingwood. Subscription price $1.50 a year in advance. For six months, $1. Single copies, three cents. "The Gary American enters the field without malice or envy toward anyone. It has no axe to grind. Neither does it have anyone to punish; it has but one aim, to which it will cling with pious devotion, and that is to stand squarely in defense of the rights of the black American."—Prospectus of The Gary American No. 1, November 10, 1927. For A Greater Gary one of the objectives of a community is to develop possibilities and to secure new residents, there should be the natural assets and other favorable conditions there in Gary. No-date facilities of all kinds, either at hand or on important, interesting, and profitable role during the program. Advent of industrial enterprises, provided they are, or before the community house has been placed, to a marked degree, home developmental cities in this country, designed and maintained communities, on the outskirts of other larger cities, this fact and have become, exclusively, home of the exclusion of all commercial and industrial cities are little more than satellite cities, create here on the part of many who do business in a residence community. We should seek newcomers with due consideration, good will, civic and social conditions. We are many valuable selling aids which we should play their part in residence development and should not interfere with the development of our industry. We, here in Gary, given consideration to the which will create new residents for this wonderful artists will pass and merely smile at bombastic proven when once on the ground. We seekers, new residents, are in earnest. They will. A home builder depends upon what is offered. If one disappoints him one makes unfriendly someone who might have become a part and a part. Our analysis of a community brings forth the fact objectives is the newcomer, then that objective is earnest, on a sound economic basis. We must not overlook the fact that jobs and finance are more important than scenery in obtaining real while this latter is desirable and often enjoyable live on them as an exclusive diet. Communities that cannot offer tangible things can people and absorb them. At this another phase of our local situation that might of our people in its solution? If one of the objectives of a community is to develop the home owning possibilities and to secure new residents, there should be capitalization on the natural assets and other favorable conditions which abound here in Gary. Upto-date facilities of all kinds, either at hand or in the making, play an important, interesting, and profitable role during the early stages of the program. The advent of industrial enterprises, provided they do not come too quickly, or before the community house has been placed in order, tends to stimulate, to a marked degree, home development. Several cities in this country, designed and maintained as strictly residence communities, on the outskirts of other larger centers, have capitalized this fact and have become, exclusively, home or residence districts to the exclusion of all commercial and industrial life. These cities are little more than satellite cities, created as a result of the desire on the part of many who do business in a larger center to live in a residence community. Gary should seek newcomers with due consideration given to prestige, good will, civic and social conditions. There are many valuable selling aids which we possess here in Gary which should play their part in residence development. These aids do not and should not interfer with the development of our commerce and our industry. Have we, here in Gary, given consideration to the appeal or the appeals which will create new residents for this wonderful city? Tourists will pass and merely smile at bombastic claims which cannot be proven when once on the ground. Home seekers, new residents, are in earnest. They expect what is promised. A home builder depends upon what is offered to be as represented. If one disappoints him one makes unfriendly forever and a day someone who might have become a part and parcel of the community. If one's analysis of a community brings forth the fact that one of the chief objectives is the newcomer, then that objective should be promoted in earnest, on a sound economic basis. We must not overlook the fact that jobs and financial assistance will be vastly more important than scenery in obtaining newcomers to Gary. While this latter is desirable and often enjoyable, it is impossible to live on them as an exclusive diet. Communities that cannot offer tangible things cannot take care of more people and absorb them. Is not this another phase of our local situation that deserves the best thought of our people in its solution? THE GRADE CROSSING MENACE In spite of the gcessful in almost ever continue to increase. The lines are o public to the dangers cooperation. That of the railroads. A number of have held that the bu motorist, and not only ite of the great safety of the railroads, which is almost every phase of operation, grade crosses increase. Lines are conducting a constant campaign to the dangers of carelessness at grade crossings ain. That motorists have failed to respond is In spite of the great safety of the railroads, which has been successful in almost every phase of operation, grade crossing accidents continue to increase. The lines are conducting a constant campaign to educate the public to the dangers of carelessness at grade crossings and to secure cooperation. That motorists have failed to respond is not the fault of the railroads. A number of court decisions, including the Supreme Court, have held that the burden of responsibility at grade crossings is on the motorist, and not only the railway company. Those who fail to take reasonable precautions must take the consequences. A survey once determined that the average train consumes but seven seconds in passing a given point. Yet thousands of people are killed and injured each year in a vain attempt to "save" this infinitesimal bit of time. THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR THE NORTHWEST PACKING CO. 1719 Broadway SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1930 THE GARY AMERICAN nises Square Deal' Political Announcement TITTLE BROS. PACKING CO. INC. Meat Merchants - Stores Everywhere 1500-1504 Broadway 631-633 Broadway WHOLESOME DELICIOUS Sausage, Luncheon Meats Ham and Bacon Once You Try. You Will Always Bu STOP! LOOK! LISTEN FOR COMFORT CALL 9877 Ahlgren Promises All 'Square Deal' (Continued from page 2) education. The summer that he was 12, Mr Ahlgren got his first job passing rivets in the East Side shipyards, working for $1.10 a day. Realizing the value of education, he soon got a job at the Standard oil company in Whiting, so that he could go to school and work too. While in Whiting he worked at boiler making for the oil company and attended Whiting high school. He graduated with high honors in 1911. Next he exhibited such a natural ability as a public speaker and debater that he won a scholarship and $15 to Beloit college, where he took a college course. During the summers he worked in the Gary steel mills. While attending Beloit he won wide reknown when he represented Beloit in a mid-western oratorical contest in his senior year. Competing against speakers from other states he won the unanimous vote of ten judges as the best public speaker. After his graduation he entered Yale law school, but left to enter the army during the World War, and thus did his bit like millions of other youths of this country. On his discharge he returned to Whiting and gained admission to the bar of Indiana and since has made his home here, portal of his last sleeping. Mr. Ahlgren is a man of character and determination, versed in all branches of the law. The fact that he has spent the greater portion of his life in Indiana—especially Lake county—fits him particularly for the office of Lake county prosecutor, as he intimately knows the needs of people here and living among them all of his life is well acquainted with their habits of living, and can, more so than any other man, aspiring for the office of prosecutorship, render a bigger and better service. "If I'm nominated and elected as prosecutor of Lake county I will do everything in my power to see that Negroes of this region get a square deal," he said. 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COUNTY PROSECUTOR Editor Gary American: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the nomination for presecutor of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. OSCAR A. AHLGREN. COUNTY TREASURER Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the nomination for county treasurer of Lake county at the primary election, May 6, 1930. Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the Republican ticket for re-nomination as judge of Lake Superior election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. C.V.RIDGELY. E BROS. NG CO. INC. Stores Everywhere Broadway Broadway TITTLE BROS. PACKING CO. INC. Meat Merchants - Stores Everywhere MASTER BRAND DELICIOUS cheon Meats d Bacon ou Will Always Buy Sausage, Luncheon Meats Ham and Bacon Once You Try. You Will Always Buy Superior Meat Products (INC.) Phones 9157-8-9 K! LISTEN! The Only Cab of Its Kind in Gary All Colored Drivers COUNTY PROSECUTOR Editor Gary American: Please announce that I am a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nomination for presecutor of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. FLOYD S. DRAPER. COUNTY CLERK Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the nomination for county clerk of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. ALVINA M. KHILGREW TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for township assessor at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. JOHN McFADDEN. Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for renomination for county assessor of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. WILLIAM E. BLACK Ask Your Dealer Mr. Felix Dorsey, of State and Columbia street, gave a birthday party for Mrs. Dorsey, last Monday evening. 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About 50 guests from East Chicago, Gary and Hammond, were present. - AT - Weird, Gruesome Tragedies Result After the Rub of Madam Schriver's Four Black Cats Are Black Cats a Sign of Bad Luck? Well, Here is a Blood-chilling Story that will Make You Think So. By Paul Bryant THE strangest case in the history of crime in the state of Missouri, perhaps, was the case of the woman with the black cats. It was rather difficult to catalogue the strange fortune teller as a criminal merely because her four huge black cats brought misfortune to all those people against whom they lazily rubbed themselves. Those enormous black cats appeared sinister in the orange reflections from the fire of the crude stone fireplace in Madam Schriver's consultation room. Perhaps it wasn't the aged clairvoyant's fault that Mabel Fisher, pretty and twenty, shot herself in the left breast because her sweetheart took an automobile ride with another women. . . . Regardless of the guilty person, the four black cats, once during the reading the clairvoyant accorded to Mabel Fisher, emerged surreptitiously from the low kitchen of the frame house, passed through the orange reflections, and ceremoniously paused to rub themselves against Miss Fisher's shapely limbs. . . Then and there, the energetic and nervous little lady knew that the presence of those four black cats and the fact that they had repeatedly rubbed themselves against her meant that dire misfortune was not far away. Pretty little Miss Fisher knew well this omen so she did not need Madam Schriver to tell her. Perhaps, Madam Schriver would not have told her, anyway if the girl had not already known. She was A VICTIM OF BLACK CAT "MAGIC" Miss Fayette Frame, whose mother was a victim of the woman with the black cats. The Gary American "Her nerves were so badly shattered when the black cats emerged from the kitchen, and rubbed themselves against her leg in Madam Schriver's consultation room, that she screamed out in terror, and fainted." Mr. Paul Bryant, the author of the above story, was attracted to the scene of these strange tragedies by the unusual and extraordinary facts surrounding the clairvoyant powers of the mysterious Madame Schriver. The reputation of this woman was known throughout the state of Missouri. Many people have witnessed the wild and gruesome deaths that have followed the spiritualistic readings of Madame Schriver. considered the cleverest fortune teller on the Mississippi River, and there had never been a time when she had failed to give complete satisfaction. Madam Schriver was a very stately colored woman. At the time of her death she was sixty years old. Her white clients numbered as many as the colored, who believed in her strange powers; she charged five dollars for a simple clairvoyant reading, and got it. Some days she gave as many as twenty readings. It was said when she died, that she left a fortune hidden somewhere about the anceint frame house in which she had spent the last fifteen years of her life, although no trace of the money has ever been unearthed. Just how the rumor spread that the presence of Madam Schriver's four black cats meant disaster, is hard to say, but that sort of rumor began years ago and once it had started, there was absolutely no way of stopping it. Madam Schriver occasionally kept her four black cats locked securely in the kitchen. She was well aware, without having to be told, that many of her patrons were superstitious and that they were firm believers in the so-called, unlucky sign of the black cat; moreover, she was aware that the presence of her four black cats made her customers nervous. This situation hindered her ability to concentrate on the fates of her numerous clients. It soon grew to be unusual to see one of Madam Schriver's black cats. When one appeared, it was time for serious and quick thinking. This was the belief of many people and no doubt they had ample ground upon which to base their opinions. In the first place, there were many dire misfortunes that befell those women, both colored and white, who though reluctantly, had visited Madam Schriver's five-room frame house on dark nights. It is true that many of Madam Schriver's clients went to her place virtually against their own wills; because, the misfortune of those who encountered the four black cats was notorious in that section of the country. Pretty Miss Fisher was not superstitious, but she knew when the black cats emerged from the kitch- CHEVROLET WHERE MADAM SCHRIVER PERFORMED The White Dove, where Madam Schriver's old frame house once stood. en, pushing the door slightly ajar, that something dreadful was going to happen to her. She didn't know what, nor when, but she felt a pre- sentiment of approaching doom, and could not escape the unnerving emotion that kept a stern clutch on her. Of course she had heard all the strange hair-raising stories regarding the bad sign of the notorious four black cats. The moment they pushed the kitchen door slightly open and paraded in single file from the warn kitchen, from whence came the aroma of cooking cabbages, the Fisher girl clutched spasmodically at her throat, whitened under Madam Schriver's steady stare, and exclaimed: "Oh, my God, drive those terrible creatures out of here!" But Madam Schriver feigned surpris that anyone should be so terrified by four black cats. Convincingly she tried to explain, that four black cats were no different from four white cats. Anybody with sufficient intelligence to capture and THE BAY OF THE WATER GRANDSON OF MADAM SHRIVER Tom Schriver, grand-son of Madam Schriver, who has inherited his grandmother's strange fondness for black cats. Clean Fiction Human Interest Features Feature Section were posed, EEN DAVIS, Jr. stipals unless so captioned. Feature Editor After the ack Cats A TRUE STORY Of An AGE OLD SUPERSTITION SCHRIVEK PERFORMED Adam Schriver's old frame house once stood. ```markdown ``` He recalls the woman with the black cats, having lived near her many years. He is also a firm believer in this account of her exploits. hold a brave man's love, as Miss Fisher had done; was intelligent enough to forget all about the nonsense commonly heard about black cats. This sort of talk reassured Miss Fisher, who knew all about the cats, consequently, she thought that everything would be all right. Madam Schriver had given her several hints about how to make good headway with Captain Rupert, the married man whose attentions she wished to win; and after Madam Schriver had penetrated her secrets to this depth, there was no possibility of ill-feeling. Moreover, who was supposed to know more about black cats than fortune tellers? Was there any indisputable evidence that those cats had ever brought hard luck to their owner? This appeared to be so much bunk, and the strange stories of Madam Schriver's patrons dying and being tragically disappointed in love, proved to be the figments of highly imaginative minds. Pretty Miss Fisher went home that evening, after the clairvoyant had enlightened her as to certain proceed- Continued on Page Seven My Husband Is Insanely Jealous A True Story of Jealousy A True Story of Jealousy Complete on This Page CHARLES was terribly gale cold rain had ben fall was not late enough in going, the breakfast room we glanced up now and then as he newspaper and tried to eat grief "What's the matter, dear?" "Nothing!" he growled, loot Times. "Oh, yes there is," I insisted "Well," he relented, dropp his careworn countenance, "I garage by next week. The m the money to meet it. Business and I guess a big place like tha to handle anyway. I've been Louisville to look it over with hasn't arrived and naturally I CHARLES was terribly grouchy that morning. A fine, cold rain had ben falling since midnight, and as it was not late enough in the fall for our furnace to be going, the breakfast room was a little uncomfortable. I glanced up now and then as he impatiently tore through his newspaper and tried to eat grape fruit at the same time. "What's the matter, dear?" I asked as sweetly as I could. "Nothing!" he growled, looking blackly over the morning Times. "Oh, yes there is." I insisted. "Please tell me." "Well," he relented, dropping the paper and revealing his careworn countenance, "I've just got to sell out that garage by next week. The mortgage is due and I haven't the money to meet it. Business has been discouragingly poor, and I guess a big place like that was a little too much for me to handle anyway. I've been expecting a man in town from Louisville to look it over with a view to purchase, but he hasn't arrived and naturally I'm worried half sick about it." "I'm so sorry, honey," I comforted. I wished so much that there was something I could do, but I knew there wasn't. Had I known the situation before hand, I might have been able to interest some of my father's friends in Louisville. But Charles bad, never been in the habit of telling me anything about his business. He was and is the old fashioned type of husband: believes the wife's place is in the home; that husbands should only be interested in their business affairs. Moreover, he is insanely jealous. I believe he is one of the most jealous men in the world. Although I have shown him in every way during the ten years of our married life that I care only for him, he continues to be jealous and ready to flare up at the least little matter. He is short, dark and serious; a good provider and an exceptionally dutiful husband, but he has annoyed me terribly at times with his jealous rages. I dare not ever be seen with another man, for he has seriously warned me against it. It is all very silly, of course, because it is inevitable in this day and time for a wife to have some acquaintances and friends among the men of the community. This is 1930 not 1830, but Charles doesn't seem to know it. I can understand his jealousy, of course. When he married me I was the belle of Louisville and considered one of the most beautiful girls in the Negro community. My friends assure me that after ten years of married life I have lost little of my comeliness. I am very fair, with dark brown hair, large and lustrous black eyes, have a very fine, smooth skin, and am still quite slender and active. Charles worships me. And I always vowed to do nothing to arouse his fierce jealousy. It is thrilling to be loved by a man like that, but then, it is also sometimes annoying. After Charles, somewhat relieved by taking me into his confidence, had gone to business, I decided to go down town to shop. I love to stroll down the streets and admire the shop windows, to walk along the aisles in department stores and look at the multitude of gorgeous things on display. "Who Are the Negroes Startling and Intimate Revelations!!! “Who Are the Thirteen Most Interesting Negroes in the United States?” The answer to this question has been prepared with a vivid and sophisticated scholarliness by Eugene Gordon Brilliant Critic, Contributor to “The American Mercury,” “Plain Talk” and Other Leading Magazines Mr. Gordon is at his best in this new and original article Appearing soon and exclusively in The Illustrated Feature Section Enter Mr. Dilworth rouchy that morning. A fine, ling since midnight, and as it fell the fall for our furnace to be was a little uncomfortable. I impatiently tore through his rape fruit at the same time. I asked as sweetly as I could. Kicking blackly over the morning 1. "Please tell me." going, the paper and revealing I've just got to sell out that mortgage is due and I haven't has been discouragingly poor, that was a little too much for me expecting a man in town from a view to purchase, but he I'm worried half sick about it." to make purchases and be able to say in a lordly manner, "Please charge it to my account!" and "Please deliver that tomorrow!" I had just left Milner's when whom should I bump into but Clarence Dilworth. I hardly recognized him after eleven years. He is, if anything, more distinguished-looking than he was when he ardently paid court to me in Louisville, before I married Charles, what with his aristocratic complexion, graying temples, soft vibrant voice and elegant manners. I almost fainted with surprise. "Betty Foster!" he gasped, gripping my hand and gazing down admiringly at me. "Wherever in the world have you been?" "Not Betty Foster any more," I chided him, "but Mrs. Charles Bundle. You must know that I'm married." "Oh, yes. Of course. How stupid of me to forget," he admitted, still holding my gloved hand. There was a tone of regret in his voice and a certain wistful look in his eyes. He suddenly dropped my hand like an awkward boy. "It doesn't seem eleven years have passed," he said reminiscently. "To me it was only yesterday that we used to take those long walks of a summer evening together, swinging hands, or go for a spin around the country roads in my old freak Ford. By golly, those were happy days for me, Betty! What a lucky devil Bundle was to get you." "But remember, you went away and was gone a year when I married," I reminded him. I thought I saw the smooth, rich brown skin of his face flush faintly as I said it. "Well, let's not talk about that," he said, evidently pained. "I -- I had to go. Business, you know. And I wasn't able to get back until after you married and went away. God, what a shock that was!" "It is probably for the best," I remarked, as indifferently as I could to conceal my emotion. I had loved Clarence Dilworth far more deeply than I had ever admitted to anyone. And as I looked up into his earnest eyes I found myself terrified by the thought that I still liked him. next to my husband, better than any man in the world. "Let's go down the street a piece g and Intimate Reve he Thirteen Mos es in the United ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—March 22.1930 A "I had just left Milner's when who should I bump into but Clarence Dilworth." "I had just left Milner's when who should I bump into but Clarence Dilworth." and have a little lunch together for old time's sake" he suggested, noting the awkwardness of our position right in front of the swinging doors of Milner's. Without a thought, I agreed. As if in celebration of the occasion, the fine rain and mist had made way for the warming rays of the sun and already the pavement was drying. The city smelled so clean and washed. The window displays seemed more, and more stunning, the smiles of the loiterers and pedestrians more cheerful, the automobiles more shiny, the noises of the city like a giant symphony. Arm and arm we tripped lightly down to Castle's, a cozy tearoom on a side street, where palms and bowels about the tables give that privacy so conducive to romance. At Castle's "Gee, but it's good to sit opposite you once again," he remarked ardently as we waited for our order. "I often thought about you when I was in Texas—wondering where you were and what you were doing. I was too hurt to write when I heard you had married, and then I didn't know how Bundle would take it." "Oh, he's terribly jealous." I said, thinking for the first time that even then I was disobeying orders in hay- ing lunch witn another man. "If he you how worried I was about it this was to see me here with you there morning? . . ." Say Bayer if you want the prompt, dependable relief that genuine Bayer Aspirin brings when people are in pain. When a cold has made you miserable, your head throbs, or you ache anywhere. What else is nearly as effective? Or safe? The tablet stamped Bayer is always the same and never hurts the heart. When you get the genuine, you remove all doubt! "Well, I can't blame him for being jealous," Clarence bantered, "as beautiful as you are. But he needn't worry about me: I'll only be here for a day or two. I ran up to close a business deal." While we talked, I couldn't help having a feeling of uneasiness. I was doing wrong, according to my husband's standards. I knew he wouldn't like it if he should find out that I had had tea with Clarence Dilworth, of all men, but then, he would never know. That at least, was comforting. How charming and quaint it was in Castle's, sitting there with an old sweetheart I hadn't seen for eleven years. What tricks Fate plays! One can never tell what may happen. And yet it is the unexpected that makes life worth living; that presents the variety without which life is drab and spiceless. "What are you doing here?" The cold, hard tones of my husband startled me from my musing. He was standing opposite us, glaring malevolently down upon us. I was struck dumb. I tried to say something, but my voice failed me, at first. Terrified, I glanced from Clarence to Charles. The former was calm and collected, my husband was plainly furious, his mouth twitching, his hands opening and closing, his eyes burning. "Charles," I finally managed to blurt out. "this is Mr. Clarence Dilworth of Louisville, Kentucky, a childhood friend and general manager of the Kentucky Motor Company, one of the leading Negro businesses. He's just in town to close a business deal. We just met in front of Milner's and came in here to have a lunch and a chat." Like a flash my husband's demeanor changed. It was so amazing that I was swept practically off my feet. His face was wreathed with smiles and he held cut his hand eagerly. "By jove!" he almost chortled. "I'm certainly glad to see you Mr. Dilworth. Been expecting you for some days. I'm the owner and manager of the Progressive Taxicab Company and Garage, you know." "Well, well, well!" boomed Clarence. "What a coincidence!" "Say, what does this mean?" I cried. "Tell me something, you two." "You see, honey," Charles explained, seating himself at the table. "Mr. Dilworth's company is going to buy my garage. You know I was telling This Week's True Story taken from REAL LIFE seen in Another you how worried I was about it this morning? . . ." "And," Clarence interrupted. "I didn't know that your husband was the head of the Progressive Taxicab Company and Garage, and your husband didn't know that I was general manager of the Kentucky Motor Company. 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Lyla averts the garden where they quickly become friends lonely life on the vast Montana ranges. Later in the evening, a number of young to the Swamp Hut, a notorious cabaret on the defends Lyla against Wolf, owner of the Swangster. After Rod has knocked Wolf out, and has the scene, Wolf regains consciousness, but he shoot Rod, by Lyla's presence of mind. The Rod escapes with Lyla and takes her home. He is warned against Wolf the next day laughs the warning away. When he calls on her father, the Aderman, who also warns him them that he can look out for himself. Lyla Rod a job, but Rod demurs. That evening he her. When he leaves her house and walks to the sharp pressure of a gun in the middle of commands him to raise his hands. He comes toward a waiting car. Roderick Herrick, son of a Montana cattle rancher, has come to Chicago with the intention of entering the university. His friend, a lawyer named Martin Thompson, drags him to a party given by Alderman Durant for his lovely daughter Lyla. Rod's bashfulness, and his inability to dance well cause him to step on Lyla's foot, and her fiance, Reggie, makes an ugly remark. Lyla averts trouble by leading Rod into the garden where they quickly become friends as he tells her of his lonely life on the vast Montana ranges. Later in the evening, a number of young folks from the party go to the Swamp Hut, a notorious cabaret on the South Side, where Rod defends Lyla against Wolf, owner of the Swamp Hut, and a notorious gangster. After Rod has knocked Wolf out, and has driven his henchmen from the scene, Wolf regains consciousness, but is foiled in his attempt to shoot Rod, by Lyla's presence of mind. The police raid the place, but Rod escapes with Lyla and takes her home. He is warned against Wolf the next day by his friend Martin, but laughs the warning away. When he calls on Lyla that night, he meets her father, the Alderman, who also warns him against Wolf. Rod tells them that he can look out for himself. Lyla asks her father to get Rod a job, but Rod demurs. That evening Rod tells Lyla that he loves her When he leaves her house and walks toward the street, he feels the sharp pressure of a gun in the middle of his back, and a gruff voice commands him to raise his hands. He complies and is pushed ahead toward a waiting car. CHAPTER IIII The Stormy Ca THE MASTER'S GUIDE In April, 1919, Jack arrived in Mexico, where his fame was well known. During his stay in Mexico City, he became a close friend of Carranza, who was then president of Mexico. Carranza opposed Jack's fight with Willard in Mexico because Pancho Villa, the notorious bandit, financed it. But this did not prevent his personal admiration of Johnson. --- I Rod thought quickly, but the sharp pressure of the gun in his back forced him to enter the waiting car, whose door swung open with silent ominousness as he stepped on the running board. A shadowy figure sat at the far side of the machine, and as Rod sank down beside it, he felt another gun probe into his side. His other captor leaped into the machine and gave a curt order to the driver. The car roared away, careening recklessly down the street. Not till the machine was in motion did the other man in the seat with Rod speak. "So our little playmate is with us again," he observed, his voice softly dangerous. With a chill sense of foreboding, Rod recognized the voice of Wolf—not the snarling voice he had heard when they had fought in the Swamp Hut, but a silky, menacing voice which promised nothing but disaster. Wolf's gun prodded fiercely into Rod's ribs. His voice changed abruptly into a threatening growl: "Did you think you could get away with slugging me, big boy?" Wolf asked grimly, and without waiting for an answer, continued, "You or nobody else can do anything to me and get away with it." "And you can't get away with this." Rod answered, as calmly as he could. "Oho! So I can't eh?" Wolf demanded fiercely. "Well, you'll see! We are going to take you out into the country down a quiet little road I know, and then do you know what's going to happen to you?" Rod was silent. Wolf punched his gun into Rod's side again. "Answer me, d-n you!" he commanded. "No, I don't know what you are going to do, but I do know that you'll get in trouble about it." Wolf laughed raucously. "Trouble! Why, you big farmer, don't you know that I got drag enough to clear me out of any kind of trouble? Just to ease your little mind I'll tell you something. You'll never come back to tell anybody else, so it doesn't matter. I've got the bulls on my payroll, and guys higher up than flatties and dicks take my dough, too. And what for? Why, they see that I can do just about what I please in this man's town—see? A little matter like taking a nobody like you for a ride won't ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—March 22.1930 even make a ripple." "Maybe you think it won't," said Rod, as he desperately sought a means to avert whatever terrible thing lay in store for him, "but it will My old man is one of the biggest cattle ranchers in Montana, and if anything happens to me he will turn the whole town over till he finds out about it." "Oh, yean?" Wolf drawled maddeningly. "Is that so? Well, well, well. Thanks for telling me. Tell you what I'll do. After we take you out here and blow your smart head off I'm gonna send a message to your rich papa telling him that if he 'don't' fork over $5,000 by telegraph immediately his handsome son will be killed. What do you think of that for an idea, big boy?" If it had not been for the knowledge that there was a gun poking into him on both sides, Rod would have tried to throttle his tormentor. "I think it's a rotten idea!" he exclaimed furiously. "Nobody put a cheap rat like you would think of it!" Wolf cackled loudly. "Well listen to our big steer bellow! Calling me a rat just because I can use my brains. Now ain't that something?" During their conversation the big car had speeded through darkened streets, the houses of which grew steadily shabbier and further apart. As the streets became rougher, the machine bounced upon and down, but the driver did not slacken his mad pace. Wolf spoke again. "Well, bozo, it won't be long now." He nudged Rod suggestively with his weapon as he made his grim joke. "However, you don't need to worry because it's all over—except the shooting!" ROD REALIZES HIS PLIGHT The youth stiffened. He believed that his captors were serious about killing him. From what Martin had told him, and from the warning given him by Alderman Durant, the conclusion that Wolf would actually carry out his evil designs, was borne home to him with a sickening sense of horror. His mind darted over various expedients to escape, only to discard them with the dull knowldege that they were futile. He thought of Lyla, and knew a poignant sadness as he realized that he would probably never see her again. Then the thought came THE BAR During Jack's stay in Tia Juana, he met Tom Carey, a one-time candidate for mayor of Chicago. They were frequently together and largely through his benign influence Jack consented to surrender himself and serve his prison sentence. Jack realized that under no other terms could he enter America, so he left Tia Juana bound for Chicago. THE GREAT GUYS tc him that he would never see his father again—his big, gruff, hard father, who in spite of his harshness, loved his son dearly. What a blow it would be to the man who, despite his fifty years, was as active and tough as a man of 25. As the car jolted along, Rod was remembering the beauty of the rolling Montana hills and serried mountains the blue of the clear skies the blue of the clear skies, and the friendliness of the people Not to see them again. . the thought made him desperate. He gathered his Did you think you could get a way with slugging me, big boy? A Jack landed at Joliet, Illinois, to avoid the great demonstration which had been arranged for him in Chicago. Newspaper reporters, photographers, and amusement promoters flocked about him and invaded his quarters in prison in order to interview him. The unjust prison term had merely added to the great fighter's popularity. Jack landed at Joliet, Illinois, to avoid the great demonstration which had been arranged for him in Chicago. Newspaper reporters, photographers, and amusement promoters flocked about him and invaded his quarters in prison in order to interview him. The unjust prison term had merely added to the great fighter's popularity. They were racing along at seventy miles an hour over the smooth concrete of a highway. Back of them the myriad lights of the city grew dim. The cold air snatched at them with icy fingers when, suddenly the driver slapped on his brakes. The machine swayed to a slower pace, then plunged off the concrete into what with slugging me, big boy? Text by ROLFE DELLON Drawn by FRED B. WATSON FRED B. WATSON. Jack remained in the Joliet prison until October, 1920, when he was taken to Chicago for trial. Soon after the sentence he was placed in charge of a United States marshal and was accompanied by a friend to Leavenworth to begin the prison term of a year and a day. 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He hea | Wolf expostulating as someone evi- laently took his gun from him. “Who are you?” a stranger was de- manding. ‘I’m Wolf Thomas, You'd better let me alone! Gimme my gun back!” | “Sut up and be quiet, or I'll tap you one,” one of the strange voices an- swered. ine Mane was .snapped off. After a bit, saw that they were surrounded by a group of men who were busily searching them. The search finished, two of the men went te the car and searched it. throwing its cushions out on the ground. “You'd better tell me who you are,” Wolf fumed. “I know my rights.” A man, evidently the leader of their captors, flashed a small pocket. lamp on his own breast, displaying a gold badge. “We're federal agents—pro- hibition department, Mr. Wolf,” he informed him drily. “And if you've got any liquor in that car you're gonna go to headquarters.” Seeing his chance, Rod spoke up quicklv. “He was taking me for a ride, Mister—” “Don't pay that double crossing rat any mind,” Wolf spoke hurriedly. “He's just afraid he may have to take a rap for this—” “Wait a minute—wait a minute,” the government man _ ordered. 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We were laying for a gang of Italian rum runners when you fellows came along." "I'm sure glad you came along," Rod told him earnestly. "In about two minutes I guess those fellows would have shot me to death. But I'll bet they won't catch me napping again soon." "Say," said the leader of the agents suddenly, "how would you like to be an operative? You ought to make a good one, with those hard-hitting fists of yours." Rod laughed. "Oh, I'd never make a good agent because I don't much believe in the prohibition law. I think it has done a lot more harm than it has good." "A lot of folks feel that way," the officer told him, "but somebody's gotta try to enforce it. And you could do a lot of good out on the South Side. You might even catch your friend Wolf, and kinda even up the score between you." "I'd rather not," Rod demurred. "I don't want to bother Wolf, but if he tries to harm me again I'll be ready for him. 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It's gonna be Cowboy Herrick." He turned to Rod: "And now Cowboy," he said briskly, "my car is down stairs. Suppose we go down town to the gym and see what you know." "Don't get that big jaw of yours busted," Martin gibed to his friend as the two left the office. "Nobody has busted it yet," Rod threw back at him. The trip down town was accomplished quickly. Kling guided Rod up a pair of nne too clean stairs, and into a large, barn-like room where a number of perspiring figures were going through various exercises such as punching bags, skipping ropes, shadow boxing, and actually exchanging blows in one of the several rings in the place. Kling led Rod to a dressing room where the youth quickly stripped off his garments. As his manager saw the wide, sleekly muscled shoulders which tapered down to a thin, muscle-corrugated stomach, he whistled in amazement. "Golly, Kid," he exclaimed admiringly, "where did you get a build like that?" 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