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    "ocrText": "CONSULIDATED\nCONSOLIDATED\nBURLAUS\nBUREAUS\nMAIN\nSO. DLARBORN ST\nMAIN OFFICE\nCHICAGO U.S.A.\n431-S0. DEARBORN ST\nCONSOLIDATED\nCHICAGO. U.S.A\nCONSOLIDATED\nMAIN FICE\nCHICAGO ILL PRIBUNK\n481-50, LARBORN ST.\nBUREAUS\nSUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1929.\nCHICAGO ILL HER & EXAM\nTUESDAY JANUARY 1929.\nCHICAGO U.S.A.\nMAIN OFFICE\n431-SO. DEARBORN ST\nTRIBUN\nEVANSVILLE JANUARY IND JOURNAL 1939.\nCHICAGO USA\nMONDAY\nC.A. NANCE RUNS\nCHICAGO IL NEWS\nfor\nDENEEN NAMES\n100,000\nWEDNESDAY,\nDECEMBER\nIN 7TH WARD ON\nA DAILY THOUGHT\nTHOMPSON ISSUE\nHOFF CLERK OF\nburnt child dreads the Johnson\nIN 7TH WARD G.O. P.\nGeorge E. Q. Johnson, United\nPLAY\nStates Attorney, department of\nSANITARY BOARD\nThe Spread of\nRackets and\njustice, northern Illinois dis-\ntrict, who will speak at the\nRacketeering\nsilver anniversary meeting of\nBanker Has Full Support\nof\nthe Associated Employers of\nTrustees to Approve Appoint-\nIndianapolis, on February 15, is to talk on the timely\nand absorbing subject of \"Racketeering, a Business and\nof Deneen Forces.\nment Tomorrow; Search for\nSocial Menace.\"\nPresident Coolidge upon the recommendation of\nSwanson Aids Continuing\nSenator Deneen of Illinois, appointed George E. Q John.\nson, as United States District Attorney for the Northern\nThe 7th ward is a battle ground LA\nIllinois District on February 7. 1927 to succeed Edwin A\nwhich Thompson and Crowe are the\nBY JOHN W. DIENHART.\nOlsen upon his voluntary retirement from the district\nchief issue, it de.\nUnited States Senator Deneen's\nattorneys' office. The nomination and recent election\nveloped yesterday\nholiday stroll through his patronage\nin Chicago of John A. Swanson as States' Attorney of\nwhen the candi-\norchard ended yesterday with his\nCook county, Illinois (who campaigned successfully on\ndacy of Clement\nplucking only one plum.\nBefore he boarded the train for\na public pledge to rid Chicago of rackets) was primarily\nA. Nance, banker\nWashington to resume his fight to\ninstituted and promoted by United States District At-\nand son of former\nhave the Senate confirm the ap.\ntorney Johnson which condition is resulting now in\nAld. Willis O.\npointment of Roy O. West as Secre.\nclose cooperation between both Ctate and Federal gov-\nhe\nNance, was an-\ntary of the Interior the senator ad-\nernments through investigation of rackets and prosecu-\nis\nnounced.\nvised Harry Hoff that he is to be\ntion of racketeers.\nMr. Nance will\nthe new chief clerk of the Sanitary\nRecently the cooperation of federal attorney Johnson\nhave the full sup-\nDistrict. Hoff is a son-in-law of the late\nwas pledged by Chief Justice Harry Olsen in all rack-\nn-\nport of the De-\nCounty Recorder Joseph Haas and is\neteering investigations and prosecutions of more than\nor\nneen organization,\nbecoming one of the senator's more\nlocal ramifications, which are brought before the bar\nax\nand was urged to\nprominent favorites. He will be for-\nof the new \"Racket Court\" which opened in Chicago on\nmake the race on\nmally appointed by the Sanitar\nJanuary 7, as a branch of the municipal court by order\na\nan anti -Thompson\nBoard at  its regular meeting\nof Judge Olsen. Every type of racketeering yet identi-\nplatform by United\nmorrow.\nLEGAL POSTS GO BEGGING.\nfied can be prosecuted in this court under existing Illi-\nStates District At.\nThe senator, through his emissa.\nnois statutes it is said, and Judge Daniel P. Trude has\nis\ntorney George E.\nNANCE\nries, offered places on the staff of\nbeen assigned to the bench.\nQ. Johnson and TRIBUNE Photo.]\nState's Attorney John A. Swanson\n\"The practical way to prevent rackets is to stop them\nState's Attorney John A. Swanson,\nto a score of Chicago's best known\nbefore they begin through cooperation and education of\nboth of whom live in the ward.\nlawyers, but all refused on the\nthe general public regarding the rigors and penalties of\nOpposing Nance is Morgan Fitch\nground they could not afford to re-\nson-in-law of and business manage\nlinquish their lucrative private prac-\nthe modern racket, its origin and purpose and the char-\ntices for the $10,000 or $12,000 a\nacter and methods of the racketeer, says Mr. Johnson,\nfor Charles Ringer, Thompson- Crow\nyear the county pays its assistant\nadding, \"I will suggest remedy and cover the subject\nmember of the board of assessors, an\nward committeeman. Although Fit\nprosecutors. Determined, however, to carry out\nof rackets fully in my Indianapolis talk, including the\n'political\nracketeer'.'\nhas denied being under the wing\nhis promise to give Judge Swanson\nOne of Mr. Johnson's first official acts upon assum-\nthe city hall crowd, Nance and his\nonly reputable and efficient aids,\ning his duties as District tAtorney was to announce\nsociates are charging that Fitch's\nthe senator appointed a committee\nport comes from the Thompson\nto canvass the legal profession dur-\npublicly, his intention of seeking the cooperation of\nthe judges on the federal bench, and to conduct the\ning\nhis\nabsence\nFavors Bigger Police Force\nIt comprises Harry Eugene Kelly.\naffairs of his office on a plane to command the con-\nFitch is being put up by the\nformer president of the Union\nfidence and respect of the bench, the bar, the press, and\nforces in our ward who wer\nLeague John J. Healy, the\nthe public. That he has succeeded in fulfilling his\nSavage for county judge, wh\nsenator's law partner and former\npledge is indicated by the fact that Chicago newspapers\nand elected Thomps\nstate's attorney: United States Dis-\nhave been unanimous and loud in their praise of his\ntrict Attorney George John.\nyor, and who fought\nvigorous and sincere efforts at law enforcement in fed-\nson, Municipal Judge Daniel P.\neral\ncases.\nTrude and Edward R. Litsinger,\nmember of the board of review and\n\"Any and all associations and organizations which\nt\ntwice candidate for the Republican\nhave for their purpose an illicit objective by defeating\nnomination for mayor.\nsome statutory law in seeking to attain their end through\nSEEK 22 CANDIDATES.\ncorruption of the law enforcement officers, or by giving\nThey are to recommend twenty.\npolitical support to public fficials who wink at law\ntwo to Judge Swanson, or assistants\nviolations should in my opinion, be included also in\nfor that many of the principal places\nthe term 'racket as' I define it,\" he says further, and\nCONSOLIDATED\non his staff.\nMiss Frances J. Anderson.\nMr. Kelly was offered one but he\nadds, \"This includes the liquor and 'labor' racketeers,\nrefused. The senator is hopeful, it\nand all of the different illegitimate trade associations\n[H. Atwell.]\nwas said, that Mr. Kelly will accept\nwhich have for their objective coercion of their mem-\nISS FRANCES J. ANDERSON is\nBUREAUS\nappointment as attorney for the San\nbers and outsiders by violence or threats of violence, and\none of the young women of the\nitary District.\nintimidation.'\nThe Illinois man is a pioneer in the fierce and dan-\nSeventh Ward National Republican\nMAIN OFFICE\ngerous business of fighting the racketeer. Speaking be-\nclub who will appear in Richard\nHarding Davis' play, \"The Dictator.\"\n431-SO. DEARBORN ST\nfore the Better Government association of Chicago in\nSeptember, 1927, he attacked the crime ring resulting\nnext Friday night at the Eighth\nCHICAGO U S.A.\nfrom newly acquired wealth by prohibition law violators\nStreet theater. This will be the fourth\nwhich includes bootleggers, rum-runners and hi-jackers\nannual play to be given by the club\n1929\nwho use their accumulation of wealth to influence juries\nfor the benefit of its Christmas\nand public officials as a result of which state law en-\ncharity fund. The cast is made up\nCHICAGO ILL JOURNAL\nforcement agencies and syster have broken down in\nentirely of residents of the 7th ward\nTUESDAY, DECEMBER\nmany places. Following a trip made to Washington just\nand the fund raised buys Christmas\nBalaban & Katz\na year ago the United States Attorney General gave Mr.\nbaskets and toys for all the families\nJohnson full authority and the support of the federal\non the United Charities list in the vi-\nHit by U.S. Suit\ngovernmetn to investigate, indict and prosecute rack.\ncinity of the 7th ward, as well as for\neteers.\nother needy families who are discov-\nThe appearance of the fighting United States Attorney\nered in the neighborhood. In addi-\nin Indianapolis should bring home to the people of In-\ntion each year the fund has pro-\nMonopoly and Restraint of\ndiana the fact that the racket business is spreading and\nvided contributions to worthy city-\nwide charities.\nATTORNEY\nTrade Charged.\nthat strenuous, organized effort must be made to com\n1t. Where state and municipal law enforcement\nUnited States District Attorney\nUnited States District Attorney\nagencies fall down, and for reasons described.in\nGeorge E. Q. Johnson is president of\nGeorge E Q Johnson of Chicago has\ngoing paragraph, it is high time for federal agencie\nthe club and Johnson directs\nfiled a suit in the United States Dis-\nto step in\nits plays. Judge John A. Swanson\nCHANGES AIDS\ntrict court seeking to restrain Balaban\nis on the club's directorate.\n& Katz and sixteen other concerns\nCheer up. You may not be\nfrom continuing certain activities\npreciated for your effort\nwhich are alleged by the government\nyou\nma\nto be in restraint of trade in the mo-\nin\ntion picture industry\nReorganization Begun by\nThe list includes Great States The-\nno\naters, Inc., which operates the Lincoln\nits\nand Empress here and which bought\nTransfer of La Rue\ngla\nthe Bijou lease last week.\nThe petition. which was filed under\nrai\ninstructions from Attorney-General\nReorganization of United States Dis.\nan\nJohn G. Sargent, at Washington, asks\ntrict Attorney George E. Q. Johnson's\nya\nfor a final decree. after a hearing,\nstaff was begun today with the trans-\nan\nfrom further activities and monopo-\nrai\nlies in the industry\nfer of Assistant District Attorney Vic-\nmo\nDICTATING IS CHARGED\ntor La Rue, formerly in charge of\nall\nBecause of their great purchasing\ngeneral violations of the national pro-\ncol\npower, the suit charges, the exhibi-\nhibition law, to the post of prosecutor\ngla\ntors were able to dictate to each of\nof violators of the postal laws which\nthe distributors named in the petition\nincludes mail fraud schemes. La Rue\nwh\nsucceeds Edward J. Hess, who will\nof\nenter private practice after the first of\na\nthe\nyear.\nLa Rue's former duties, which also\n=\nincluded the filing of hundreds of crim-\nbills of information against liquor\nIS\nviolators each month, will be tak\nby Prosecutor Allen Healy, who\nalso will handle Nquor trials in\nDistrict court.\nMr. Johnson also has under consid-\neration the appointment of a new first\nassistant, a job which will be made\nvacant after the first of the year\nthrough the appointment of John E.\nNorthup as special assistant in the\noffice of State's Attorney John A.\nSwanson\nBoth Jacob I. Grossman and Eu\ngene Tappy, at present assistants un\nder Mr. Johnson, have been mentioned\nfor the new job. Grossman has been\nacting in an advisory capacity to Mr.\nJohnson for several months. Tappy\nhas charge of violations of the white\nslave traffic act and kindred offenses.\nHarold M. Keele, at present han\ndling minor violations of the prohibi-\ntion law in the District court, is seek-\ning job on the staff of the new state's\nattorney Healy, who is considered\none of the \"live wires\" of Prosecutor\nJohnson's staff, is reported sought by\nState's Attorney Swanson."
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