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    "ocrText": "to have related to the jury the facts\ngan and his staff, he pointed out,\nsurrounding her sale of the place to\nand for the attorney general to use\napr. abwork Timesh old pudas is\nCapt. E. H. Matheus, Pendergast's\nthe weight of his position would be\nsecretary, who transferred it within\n\"unfair and improper\" in a case cur-\nthree weeks after purchase to Pen-\nrently only in the state of investiga-\ndergast.\nshope like old\ntion.\nOther witnesses were excused un-\nMr. Murphy and John Edgar Hoo-\ntil this morning, except Henry A.\nver, director of the federal bureau of\nAndas repent of old will have to\nBundschu, who was told to return\ninvestigation, were at the Hotel\ntomorrow morning. Witnesses to re-\nMuehlebach after a 30-minute in-\nturn today are Lester Jordan, presi-\nspection of the federal prison and its\ndent of the Sanitary Service com-\nannex at Leavenworth. That trip,\npany, which has the garbage dis-\ntoo, Murphy said, was in the nature\nposal contract with the city; W. T.\nof a. routine call; the bureau of\nVincent. president of the Atlas Lum-\nprisons is within his jurisdiction.\nber company, and his bookkeeper,\nSee Some Public Enemies.\nWoodrow Glynn.\nAlbert F. Hillix, lawyer specializ-\n\"Did you meet any of your old-\nPRICE\nIn Kansas City Cents\nElsewhere\nCents\nTHE INNER\nWhen the. Street Lights Are\nTurned on Slow Down.\nCALL\nON\nMILLIGAN\nSANCTUM\nWith the 25-mile-an-hour after\ndark speed limit made a perma-\n505\nnent part of the traffic code,\nFive Hours Are Spent by the\ndrivers-need only watch the street\nAttorney General and FBI\nlights to know when the lower\nmaximum is in force.\nChief in Visit.\nThe amendment to the code set-\nting up the lower night time limit\nGRAND JURY\nprovides that it is effective from\nTO THE PRISON FIRST\nROOM\nthirty minutes after sundown un-\ntil thirty minutes before sunrise.\nSince the exact hour of sundown\nOfficial Party Then Returns to\nand sunrise varies according to\nConfer in a Hotel\nthe season, permanent time limits\nRoom.\ncould not be defined. / The street\nlights, however, are switched on\nthroughout the year at the same\nSILENT ON CASES HERE\ntime each night that the 25-mile-\nan-hour limit becomes effective.\nPraise for the District Attorney\nIs Voiced by Frank Murphy,\nTO U. S. JURY AGAIN\nHowever.\nPENDERGAST FARM MANAGER IN\nFrank Murphy, United States\nTHE ROOM 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES.\nattorney general, spent five hours\nin Kansas City and Leavenworth\nAfter Ralph E. Glover Is Heard,\nyesterday afternoon, and although\nJurors Call Miss Helen\nhe was with Maurice M. Milligan,\nEnglish. Former Owner\nUnited States district attorney,\nof the Land.\nthroughout that time, he emphasized\nhis visit had nothing to do with\nThe grand jury's hunt for $447,500\nindividual cases now in Milligan's\nhandled in 1935 and 1936 by the late\nhands.\nCharles R. Street in the Missouri\nMurphy made that point after\nDARRELL PORTER\ninsurance compromise continued\nhe was asked if his visit was\nGUARDIAN OF THE GRAND JURY\nW. R. (BILL) FINLEY PROPS\nyesterday afternoon.\nspecifically in connection with the\nHIS FEET IN A DRAWER AND SITS THERE WITH THAT GAZE THAT SAYS\nThe jury examined two witnesses,\ncurrent investigations of the federal\n\"KEEP OUT\"\nFOR MANY YEARS HE HAS BEEN A FEDERAL COURT\nRalph E. Glover, manager of the\ngrand jury, now centering on the\nBAILIFF, PRESIDING AS GRAND JURY \"KEEPER\" IN PROBES SUCH AS THOSE\nfarm leased by T. J. Pendergast in\n$447,500 fund that vanished in the\nClay County, and Miss Helen Eng-\nTHAT CONCERNED VOTE FRAUDS AND THE UNION STATION MASSACRE\nMissouri insurance rate compromise\nlish who sold the farm to Pendergast\nHIS PARTICULAR OFFICE Now Is THE ANTEROOM TO No. 505 ON THE\nof 1935. The jury earlier had been\nthrough his secretary in 1932.\nFIFTH FLOOR OF THE IRVING-PITT BUILDING\nIT Is SAID THAT FED-\nstudying the income tax returns of\nGlover was with the jury two\nERAL EMPLOYEES OFTEN RECOGNIZE FINLEY BY HIS FEET-THEY ARE\nCharles Carrolla, reputedly head of\nhours, forty minutes, an unusually\nthe local gambling syndicate, and a\nTHE FIRST THINGS TO BE SEEN ON A VISIT TO THE GRAND JURY,\nlong time, as grand jury witnesses\ngo. He has been manager of Pen-\npowerful figure in the North Side\ning in tax matters, who was sum-\ntime public enemies?\" the FBI di-\ndergast's farm since 1932, and was\nDemocratic club.\nmoned Monday and excused, will\nrector was asked.\nretained in that position when Pen-\nPraise for Milligan.\nreport this morning.\n\"Plenty,\" he replied. \"Indeed, we\ndergast sold the farm in 1936 to the\nAgents of the income tax division\ncaught a lot of Bronx cheers.\"\nlate Paul Patton and then leased it\nThe attorney general described\nof the bureau of internal revenue\n\"I saw an old kidnaper from De-\nfrom Patton.\nMilligan as \"one of our district at-\nwho were much in evidence in the\ntroit there,\" the attorney general\nIt was apparent Glover's testi-\ntorneys who has made a splendid\nmorning remained in closed rooms\nsaid. \"I told him he doubtless was\nmony had to do with the amount of\nrecord.\" His visit here, he said, was\nin the afternoon.\ninnocent, too.\"\nimprovements made on the farm\none of several he had made to vari-\nThe witnesses dozed or read. Miss\n\"They all say they're innocent,\"\nduring Pendergast's ownership, and\nthe livestock and equipment he\nous district attorneys,\nEnglish spent the afternoon with a\nMr. Hoover put in.\ntextbook making notes and studying.\nIn reply to a question concerning\nmight have acquired or disposed of\nHe declined to comment on the\nwhether Mr. Roosevelt would seek\nthrough the period of his control.\ninsurance rate compromise investi-\nHE DOZES AND READS.\na third term, Mr. Murphy said:\nMISS ENGLISH IS HEARD.\ngation. To do so, he said, would be\nJordan equipped himself with\n\"I believe the President or his\nimproper for several reasons. The\nmagazines for the afternoon and\nMiss English was in the jury room\nleadership must go on in 1940.\ndozed and read in his chair. Doherty\nthirty-five minutes and is presumed\nmatter is in the hands of Mr. Milli-\nMr. Roosevelt's struggle for the\nand Glynn sat idly most of the time,\nto have related to the jury the facts\ncommon man has been the most\ngan and his staff, he pointed out,\nmaking only occasional remarks to\nsurrounding her sale of the place to\ncourageous and gallant effort ever\nand for the attorney general to use\nothers in the room.\nmade. The results must not be\nCapt. E. H. Matheus, Pendergast's\nthe weight of his position would be\nThere was a brief flurry about 4:15\nabolished now.\nsecretary, who transferred it within\n\"unfair and improper\" in a case cur-\no'clock when a report reached the\n\"The democracies are in trouble.\nthree weeks after purchase to Pen-\nrently only in the state of investiga-\ndistrict attorney's office that Frank\nThey must take a new foothold for\ndergast.\ntion.\nMurphy, United States attorney\nthe security of their people, and for\nOther witnesses were excused un-\nMr. Murphy and John Edgar Hoo-\ngeneral, and J. Edgar Hoover. head\norder and efficiency.\"\ntil this morning, except Henry A.\nver, director of the federal bureau of\nof the federal bureau of investiga-\nMust Abolish Friction.\nBundschu, who was told to return\ninvestigation, were at the Hotel\ntomorrow morning. Witnesses to re-\nMuehlebach after a 30-minute in-\n(Continued on Second Page.)\nMr. Murphy said one of the\nturn today are Lester Jordan, presi-\nspection of the federal prison and its\ndent of the Sanitary Service com-\nannex at Leavenworth. That trip,\npany, which has the garbage dis-\ntoo, Murphy said, was in the nature"
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