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Show AA &AIAAAAAiAAAAAAIAAAAIAdh AIAAAAAiAAAAAAIAAAAIAdh & M.UAA MUAA . J.l- J.l J.lWHO'S . - &AIAAAAAiAAAAAAIAAAAIAdhWHO'S WHO'S WHOS ' NEWS NEWSTHIS NEWSTHIS THIS WEEK . , . . By Lemuel F . Parlon Parton PartonMr ParlonYTTTTTTTVTYTVTTTTTTTTYYYMr YTTTTTTTVTYTVTTTTTTTTYYYMr YTTYTYTTYTYTTTYTTTTTYTTV I\Ir I Ir Mr \ . Dewcy's Dewcys Dewey's Deweys ' Rat Trap . , NEW XTEW YORK YORK-Our YORK Our . - Our Mr Mr1 . -1- 1 - 1Dcwey - Dcwey Dewey seems to have havemade havemade havemade made a better rat trap than thanhis thanhis hIS neighbor and the world worldbeats worldbeats beats a path to his door , wIth withother withother other cities wanting wantInf ; to know knowhow knowhow knowhow how he does it . The young rackets rachets prosecutor prosecutorringing , rmgmg up seven more convlctlons convictions convictionsfor , for a peifect pelfect perfect score , has turned upextortion up upextortion upextortion extortion totalling totaUmg about $100,000 100000 $100,000- $100,000000 $100,000-000 $100,000 100000 000 $ , , - . 000 He gets $16,695 16695 $ , , a year . He Heseems Heseems Heseems seems to be a good investmentwith Investment InvestmentWIlh InvestmentWith WIlh with possible maximum sentences sentencesof of 2,100 2100 , years against agamst the seven res- res restaurant restaurant res restaurant - - taurant racketeers , , he's hes ' already alreadydra alreadydray alreadydrav dra\ dra dray dramg \ ' ing mg a bead on allied alhed mdustnal industrial mdustnalrackets industrialrackets industrialrackets industrialracketsGovernor rackets racketsGovernor Governor Govcrnor Lchman Lehman took Thomas ThomasE E Dewcy Dewey , now thirty tlurty four yeare years yearsold yearsold ; old , from a $50,000 50000 $ , law practice forthe for fortbe forthe tbe the biggest municipal dry-clean dry clean dry-dean dean dry-clean- drycleaning drycleaning - - . - ing mg 3ob Job yob of modern history . First , he heput heput heput put the pandercrs panderers awiy aw1.Y aw1Y away . , Charles CharlesLucky CharlesLucky CharlesLucky ( Lucky ) Luciano and eight elgbt others ; then twenty-eight twenty eight tsventy-eight tsventy - - loan ; sharks charks , vlth with withtheir , withtheir vlththeIr theIr $10,000,000 10000000 $ , , blood money moncy rack rack- racket racket racket - et ; then , with a bit of legal lcgal leger leger- legerdcmam legerdcmatn legerdemain - demain dcmam dcmatn , he lie turned policy polley kings kmgs into intorats intorats intorats rats and put them thcm away , too . He moved on through the trucking truck truck- truckmg trucking - ing mg , used brick b1"1ck b11ck " , poultry , bakery bakeryelectrical , electrical contracting contractmg , , tenants ' and andchauffeurs andchauffeurs andchauffeurs chauffeurs ' rackets , , and each case casebrought casebrought casebrought brought a shout of "front front " " to the theSmg theSing theSing Smg Sing Sing Smg bell boy bo sHe s sHe He comes from Owosso , in m the thedeep thedeep thedeep deep woods of Michigan There Thereas , al as : . in m Windy Wmdy Gap , tlie the sheriff is sup sup- supposed supposed . - posed to drive out or lock loch . up the thecrooks thecrooks thecrooks crooks Thomas E Dewey seems seemsto seemsto seemsto to have brought this quaint quamt smalltown smaH small smaHtown smalltown town idea to : Manhattan He rIdes rIdes'em rides'em rides'em ridesem 'em em ' ' downhis down downIIis IIis DIS his father fathcr ran a country news- news newsp1per newspiper news-piper news piper - p1per piper and he was the pnntshop prmtshop printshop dev dev- devtI devil devil - il tI , working workmg on nearby firms hrms whcn when whcnhe whenhe whenhe he was big enough . . He cxpected expected expectedto cxpectedto to be a choir singer smger and It was hIs hIsbarItone hisbaritone hisbaritone hisbaritoneoicc barItone \oicc oicc 'olce olce soave \ ' which won him hun hum a ascholarshIp ascholarship ascholarship scholarshIp at Columbia . He was wasa wasa wasa a paid soloist at St . Matthew's Matthews ' and andSt andSt andSt St . Timothy's Timothys ' church in 1D Wcst West WcstEIghtyfourth WestEightyfourth WestEighty-fourth WestEighty fourth EIghty-fourth EIghty fourth - street . . Finishing FIDlshmg m in law at Columbia , he heengageq heengaged heengaged engageq engaged m in private practice prachce and andlater andlater andlater later joined Jomed yomed the staff of George Me- Me Medalle Medahe Me-dalie Me dalie - dalle dahe , U S district dlstnct attorney It Itv Itwas Itva.s Itvas v . was , as . 1933 when he roped Waxy Gor Gor- Gordon Gor- Gor Gordon Gordon - - don , , one of the biggest and sleekest sleekestof of the rodent rodeoHe rodeo rodeoHe He is married to an Oklahoma Oklahomagirl Oklahomagirl Oklahomagirl girl . . They have one boy four yearsold years yearsold yearsold old and another eighteen months . . . . When the Shooting Shootmg Starts Starts.A StartsA . AFTER A FTER writing wntmg 140 books , EPhIllIps EPhillips E Ls- Ls LsPhillips - Phillips Oppenheim , , the Brit BrIt- BrItish Brit- Brit British British - - ish novelist novellst , complains complams that diplo dlplo- dlplo diplo- dlplomatH diplomatie diplomatic - - matic matH matie ' mt1"lgue-hls mt1"lgue mt1lgue hls intrigue-his intrigue his intrigue " - his favorite fiction flchon- flchon fiction- flchonal fictional fictional - al theme-Isn't theme Isn't Isnt theme - isn't isnt ' what it 1t used to be beHe beHe beHe He knew the old patteins pattelns sufficient sufficient- sufficiently sufficiently . - ly to foresee eventsHis events eventsHis His novels , 'The The ' The Mischief 1vI1schlef Mak M3k- M3k M3ker Mak- Mak Maker Maker - - er , " 'Our Our * ' Our Great Secret , " and ' The TheMakers TheMakers TheMakers Makers of History " predicted the theWorld theWorld theWorld World war with almost perfect ac- ac accuracy accuracy ac accuracy - - curacy m in time tlme and the alIgnment alignmentof of powers Given a certain certam num num- number num- num number number - - ber of diplomats , of standard spec spec- speclficatlons specifications specifications - ifications lficatlons , engaged in m routine routme phenagdmg phe- phe phenaglmg phe-naghng phe naghng - naglmg nagdmg over old , established punctilio punc punc- punctllIo punctilio - tilio tllIo , and he could figure out whenthe when whenthe whenthe the shooting would startBut start startBut But that's thats ' all over , says Mr . Op Op- Op OppenheIm Op-pcnheim Op pcnheim - penheIm penlteim , visiting vlsItmg this country for forthe forthe forthe the first fr'st frst ' time hOle In ten years . . Diplo DIplo- DIplomats Diplomats Diplomats - - mats call names and tell teU all they theyknow theyknow theyknow know , and more , on the radio , and andI andthe andthe andthe I the laggard novelist shouts "Walt Walt "Watt Watt "Waltlor "Wattfor "Waitfor Waitfor " lor for baby ! " as they touch off more moredeviltrIes moredeviltries moredeviltries deviltrIes than he can invent mvent . At the age of seventy one , thegenial the thegemal thegenial gemal genial , sturdy Mr . . Oppenheim Oppenheun is isone isone isone one of the few lew writers wnters who can man mantwo mantwo mantwo two dictaphones dlctaphones at once , , keepmg keeping a anovel anovel anovel novel racing through each of them themwlthout themwithout themwithout wlthout without stoppmg stopping tor for water or teed feed teedCaesar feedCaesar feedCaesar Caesar could work three stenog stenog- stenographers stenographers - . raphers at once , if 11 this reporter reo re- re reomembers remembers re remembers - members his high school Latin Latm cor cor- correctly correctly correctly - rectly , but it was a lost art until untilMr untilMr untilMr Mr Oppenheim Oppcnhcim and the late Edgar EdgarWallace EdgarWallace EdgarWallace Wallace came along There wastalk was wastalk wastalk talk of stagmg staging a dictating dlctatmg race racebetv racebetween racebetween betv between . een them when they both I1ved lived I1vedat livedat livedat at Nice I NiceMr Mr . Oppenheim Oppenheini has bas been wrlllng writing wrlllngfifty writingfifty writingfifty fifty one years , although his first firstnovel firstnovel firstnovel novel , "Expiation Expiation "E-luatron "E E luatron E.ptatton Eptatton " ' - . , " did not appear appearunlIl appearuntil appearuntil unlIl until 1887 . , Previously be he lie hid h\d h d ' \ pub pub- pubhshcd published published - lished hshcd short stones stOrIcs stories . . Of or his 140 140books 140books 140books books , 100 have been novels and the theothers theothers theothers others volumes of short stOrICS stories stonesthree , three omnibus ODlnIbus works and a travelbook trowcl travel trowclbook travelbook book . . He likes hkes to have a n good time dur duro duroing dur- dur during during - ing the day , swimming sWlmmmg , golfing or orflIrtmg orflirting orflirting flIrtmg flirting with Lady Luck when he.s hes he's he.son he'son he'son heson ' . on the Riviera , and usually v . works worksfrom worksfrom orks orksfrom from four lour o'clock oclock o'cloc.k ocloc.k ' . in m the afternoon afternoonuntil afternoonuntil afternoonuntil until seven , during which hours he hekeeps hekeeps hekeeps keeps the dictaphone dlctaphone smokingHe smoking smokmg smokingHe He never blocks out his yarns He HeJust Hejust Hejust Just starts talking ta1kmg , and lets tlie Ule the storyunravel story storyunravel storyunravel unravel as it may In 1925 , they theyrudely theyrudely theyrudely rudely taxed him hlm out of England EnglandHe EnglandHe EnglandHo He took refuge on the Riviera , but butnaw butnow butnow naw now lives on Guernsey island 10 in 10the inthe inthe the British channelWhen channel channelWhen When he was eighteen , , he was wasflunhed wasflunked wasflunked flunhed flunked in 1D m mathematics m:1UIcmahcs m1UIcmahcs : and quIt quItschool quitschool quitschool school to work in 10 his father's fathers ' ' leath lcath leath- leather leather - . er bus business mess When he visited Pans Paris Pansa , a French cafe owner told him some sometales sometales sometales tales of underworld intrigue intngue , withinternational wlth with wlthmternatIonal withinternational mternatIonal international complications That Thatstarted Thatstarted Thatstarted started his long writing wrltmg marathon ConsolidatedService Consolidated ConsoUdated Mews News Fentures FenturesWNU FeaturesWNU WNU Service ScrvJce |