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    "ocrText": "94\nCHICAGO ILL AMERICAN\nFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1931,\n183.\nJOHNSON CITES\nity Tribune\nCHICAGO ILL POST\nNOV 7\nMONDAY, NOVEMBER 92 1931.\nCRIMEST GRIP\nCapon\nBible which Presbyterians, Bap-\nA Methodists and Lutherans alike\nON CITIES\nBrother\ntists, read and follow correctly came\nmay off the press today and a new Bible\ndoff to\ncontroversy was under way.\ntions interprets baptism as \"going \"go-\nNo sever their ways because\nlonger need various denomina- one\nLarge cities are suffering from\nthe inroads of crime and police de-\npartments .nust develop to a plane\nFamily to Bec\ninto creed the water\" and another as\ning down to the water.\"\nable to cope with modern crime in\nConvict Sp\naccording to Prof. Edgar New J.\nthe next few years, in the opinion\nto Leavenw\nGooilspeed, This, translator of the and\nTestament into modern English, one\nof United States Attorney George\nSpecial to the Herald Tribune\nD smith. editor and\nE, Q. Johnson.\nIn a talk before the Chicago\nCAICAGO, Nov. 6.-Ralph Ci\nBanker's Son Scheduled\nRailway Special Agents and Police\nFederal his family to be sent\nAssociation at their annual dinner,\nwas on his Wa\nBefore State Grand\nthe attorney declared that many\nlarge industries were moving into\nnational -he law violators, the elder Ca)\nneterogeneous assortmen\nJury Today.\nsmaller cities to escape racketeer-\nthan is thirty-seven, five years d\ning. He further said:\nUnion Alphonse-left\n\"The day will come when the\n6 p. m. aboard a\nInvestigation of the affairs of John\npolice department will be respect-\ncago, will & Quincy train wl\nBain and his chain of twelve closed\ned as the health department now\nprisoner's car into\nbanks went forward today on three\nis and its investigations will be\nprison at8o'clock tomorrow mc\nno more interfered with than\nfronts.\nthe quarantines of the latter.\ning, years sentenced to serve th\nThe United States, it was learned,\n\"In the last few years much\nthe tax fraud in one\nprogress has been made in Chi-\nthe successful gang:\nhas seized all; personal books and\nStates instituted by Uni\nrecords of the south side banker in\ncago toward the co-operation of\nGeorge E. Q. Johns\nconnection with his income-tax re-\nour law enforcing agencies. No\njail, he and his lawyer's will,\nAlphonse in the cour\nlonger at least do gangsters\nports.\nchase each other down the streets\n4 olde next move in fighting\neleven-year No sentence for tax violati\nJohn H. Bain, his son, was to ap-\nwith machine guns.\nto obtain Al's release\npear before the grand jury to\n\"The attitude of indifference on\nbail been made in the Unit\nthe part of citizens has been\nStates Court, the Attorn\nplain certain allegedly fradulent bond\nchanged. They realize that gang-\ntransactions involving the Armitage\ntoday.\nsters will not kill each other off,\nto join his gang's tres\nand Brainerd state banks.\nbut that one murder breeds two.\"\nNitto, and another hend\nFeinberg Resumes Hearing.\nman,\nALLMAN SILENT.\nGuzik,\nChristmas, if his appeal is deni\nJudge Feinberg, in Circuit court, of\nState's Attorney Swanson in his\nStates Supreme Cou\ncontinued the search for assets\ntalk said he also saw the signs of\nit is probable th\nBain, Inc., and the banks,\nnew co-operation. Police Commis-\nLawrence\nJohn launched last week at the instance\nsioner James P. Allman merely\nSide\nDemocratic\nlegi\nthe Straus National Bank com-\nsaid:\nenter\nLeavenwort\nof pany, receivers for John Bain; Inc.\n\"I promise you next year at this\nsentence\non\na\nEntrance of the United States into\nbanquet I will make a speech.\"\nCounty Assesso\nBain investigation was made\nAmong others at the speakers\nhas appealed a threi\nthe known when bailiffs sought to serve\ntable were T. P. Sullivan, superin-\nand Chris P. Paschei\nbuilding commissioner in the forme\nsubpoenas duces tecum for Bain's\ntendent of the new bureau of\ncity administration, is awaiting trial.\nrecords. It was learned then that\ncriminal identification and investi-\nRalph and Al had an hour and\nbalf farewell conference just prior t\nthe after Judge Feinberg's inquiry\ngovernment had seized the rec-\ngation at Springfield; Walter\nMoody, superintendent of the state\nformer's departure.\nords started. Judge Feinberg said, how-\npolice; Sheriff William D. Meyer-\nas Ralph was convicted by a jury i\nthat Dwight H. Green, assistant\ning, John H. Alcock, deputy com-\nApril, 1930, in the same court in whicl\never, United States district attorney, prom- in\nmissioner of police; Judge Fredrick\ndis brother was given similiar treat\nised to have the records in court\nde Young, justicê of the state Su-\nment, that of Fedéral Judge Jame\ntime for the hearing today.\npreme Court, and Henry A. Scan-\nH. Wilkerson. He was found guilty 01\ndrett, president of the Chicago, Mil-\none indictment of two counts charg\nMysterious Woman Witness.\nwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Rail-\nng attempts to defraud the govern\nJames Gammonley, personal secre-\nment with false statements and con\nroad.\nto Bain, was under subpoena to\ntealments of assets in connection with\ntary to testify today. as was a wom-\n81,000 compromise offer for tax set-\nlement. Another indictment on which\nappear \"mystery witness,\" who, it was\nDETROIT MICH TIMES\ne also was found guilty charged wilful\nsaid, an would give \"illuminating and\nFRIDAY; NOYEMBER. 6; 1931.\nailure to pay income taxes and with\noncealing facts in the offer in com-\nsensational\" Attorneys for testimony. the receivers for Bain,\nsaid today that Judge Fein-\nromise. The years involved were from 1924\nInc.. berg's investigation had not yet\nFind Industry Moves\nisclosed Capone had deposited\n1929, and the government testimony\n\"scratched the surface.\"\nTo Escape Rackets\n1.871,000 accounts under at the hie\naliases\nCHICAGO, Nov. 6.--Many large\nwn\nesti-\nindustries are moving into small\nthan\n$300,-\ncities to escape racketeering, ac-\ncording to U. S. District Attorney\nGeorge E. G. Johnson."
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