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...years ago Mal Daugherty could have had anything he wanted in Washington. The Ohio Gang was in the saddle. Brother Harry, its leader, ruled the White House from the Department of Justice. The Daugherty family rode high...
...Manhattan to his farm at McLean, Va. in deep disgruntlement at the Press and Powers of Chicago. He had made good on his promise to enter the territory of Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone "without gun permit or bodyguard" (TIME, March 2). Sent by a Manhattan organization called the Anti-Gang Rule League he had addressed a Chicago body called the Universal Fellowship Foundation, which sings songs between its dinner courses, including a non-flag-waving version of "The Star Spangled Banner." In a sensational speech, Cartoonist Crosby-short, stocky, jut-jawed-had cried: "Capone . . . has one man right here...
...other hand The Gang Buster with Jack Oakie comes right out and calls itself a comedy. Oakie as a breezy, superstitious insurance agent feels it incumbent upon himself to rescue the daughter of a lawyer from the clutches of some gentlemen who out-Capone Capone. Gats, black-jacks, and, machine guns to the contrary the task is accomplished with the usual Oakiean touches. Those who like the young man in question, and rumor hath it that there be such, will enjoy the picture...
...bloody noses. Against the Mayor had been arrayed the Tribune, the News, the Snow-Harding organization, the Deneen forces. That he had won the nomination even by a minority vote was due chiefly to the good work of his payroll machine, the Negro vote, the solid support of the "gang wards." Two also-ran Republican candidates took enough anti-Thompson votes away from Judge Lyle to give him an alibi in defeat...
...SPOT?Edgar Wallace demonstrating at least one new wrinkle to Chicago's gang executions...