Show -- wmmmmmmmmi Us 11m V - insi HP t m af iim m: mm IBSHwi kV- Sunday Morning- Salt Cake Tljc r 18® SlSSiM ' SVUume- - -- April 30 1939 5 magician of the present or the past Statistics show thatfive out of every tin persons in the United States gamble— on cards dice lotteries and the horses The slatistics are not so clear on the’ ultimate outcome but the old saying "all horse players die broke” applies to the cards as well especially if there’s a professional gambler within earshot of the table Just how many successful professionals are operating on land or sea these days In problematical but there is no lack of initiative in educating those who are interested in some of the simpler manners of making money illegally There is available at the moment a fat catalogue profusely he on board usually posts a notice in the drawing room warning the passengers and lets it go at that" In view of his deep knowledge and experience with the ways of the gambling world MacDougall U'as asked for a word of'ftdvice to the unwary traveler "Just this" he replied "Remember that while every stranger isn’t ft crook every crook is ft stranger? In addition I would advise: “ ’Don’t play cards for high stake t any time In fact don’t gamble'" After spending an hour or two with MacDougall’s tale of almost incredible experiences in the world of marked cards magnetic roulette wheels and mirrors that enable tiny finger-rin- g a gambler to see the corner tip of each card as it is dealt only the foolhardy would pit their skill against the professional With the increasing popularity of bridge purely artificial methods such as the mirror ring or even the marking of backs of cards have fallen from favor with the gamblers and they are depending more and more upon supple hands photographic memories and subtle signals to confederates In his book MacDougall described in detail how tricks in bridge can be reas- - that card sharps are WARNING! Here's the card detective’s advice to those who feel the urge to match wits at cards with chanca acquaintances : 1 Gamblers don't gamble 2 Remember that while every stranger isn’t a crook-eve- ry crook is a stranger 3 Don't cards for stakes at any time 4 fn fact don't gamble 5 You can't possibly win tbeir game Attorney (General Frank Murphy Wants to Put on the Cheaters' Trail John Cahill are cracking down again and from now on perhaps the sailing isn’t going to be quite so easy for the d masters of the art of crooked cards Sidling is a peculiarly apt word in the circumstances for the guardians of the law are directing their activities chiefly against the smooth gems so long identified with checkered vests and spats who since the days of the Mayflower have made themselves a better than average livelihood by shearing the lamb in the smoking rooms of transatlantic liners No longer will these gifted individuals with their smooth line of patter be able to snare the unwary quite so simply by using marked cards loaded dice or fancy shuffles that match the g skill of a Thurston or By The d “’’light-fingere- magic-makin- 4 were going to operate they could take even greater precautions than tney do now to avoid discovery and arrest By working quietly and in secret the will have a far better chance to put an end to a racket that has High Seas in Search of IW the guileless ever since Columbus showed ’the way from the old world to the new Jubilant i but more than a trifle skeptical over the government’s belated action against the card sharks is an unassuming young man who knows inside out and backward every trick the professionals ever learned and who has dedicated himself to the task of informing homo sapiens that he has no more chance against a sharper on a boat or train or in a club than has a Czech in Hitler’s Europe He is Michael (Mickey) MacDoun and most brilgall the liant “card detective" in the world whose unusual role in life concerns itself with beating the crooks at their nr r p Cheats ) "- i best-know- Bonita Francis Prctlv Show-Gir- l Indignantly Rejected an Offer to “Shill” - "In the first place cheating at cards on the high seas is loosely defined an offense against international law It is extremely difficult to obtain any kind of conviction except on charges of conspiracy to defraud a more or less minor crime which usually carries a punishment of only thirty days in jail "In the second place card sharpers are usually so ejever in the way they operate that yoiihn’t even convince the man who has been fleeced that he has been playing anything but a friendly game "When the purser of a liner knows r' ’ I f s 'i A : 4- the Mirror (Below the Dotted Line) Shows the “Double-Dear- Artist Fnvisions the Expected to Follow Murphy's Drive Against Sharps Ship-Boar- semblerl after a hand has been played in such a manner that the aces will fall wherever the gambler wants them to the next time the deck is dealtout The skill with which gamblers are able to sneak a card from the bottom of the deck without anyone being the wiser is surpassed by no vaudeville d g I ' A ' A I issall y sc I yd -- 1 ’ t Houdini No longer will a bewildered traveler have to reach for his check book at the end of a long and singularly unlucky journey with the knowledge that there n no minion of the law on hand to give the crooks their a M A 1 v as w Ml due FrnMc Murphy new For attorney general of the United Stales has demanded of congress authority lo put on the trail of card sharks operating on the high seas and the machinery of law enforcement has already been set in motion will opera! e Just how the against the professional gamblers whngn dice all spell seven and eleven nd to whom the back of a playing rard is as illuminating as its fare is a closely guarded secret Quite naturally of course for if the sharks were told in advance how the detectives — E '3 red-haire- d 4nt T We any yall feel like flvtnff taken nf recital BUT— If eoiwiipaiion’i T the joy out of life — try the delicious chewing gum way to relief hat a difference it make! And it' to take You aimply ohftfl It to get all rAy lie famotm henetltii No wtmder f ol ka “KKKN-A-MINaeenta junt likt ngirM Try It ynuraelf — todnif TASKS UKf FEEH-A-MIN- - —T T mm mvoriti cniwinq cum the Mirror Reveals a Gambler's Trick on a Cut The Shark line I’almcil Two Aces and Is Holding Them Out to Place oil l op for Himself Again own game and exposing sharpers who have warmed their way into exclusive clubs To do this successfully he must be belter than the best Hnd it is with- nut braggadocio that Mickey admits this is true MacDougall set forth his conclusions concerning the of humanity in general to deposit its worldly wealth in the pockets of gamblers who know all the answers in a startling little book that he called “Gamblers Don't Gamble” In it he described with a wealth of detail the countless tricks perfected and practiced by the professionals— the mechanic's grip the bottom deal the second deal the false cut and all the rest of the gamblers' repertoire up to and Including those that require card clipping and marking and the use of complicated apparatus The “card detective” made clear In his enlightening' opus that he considers the sharper the worst blight on the fsre of humanity which accounts for his juhilation over any legislation rlirecled against his continued depredations His skepticism is based upon his unparalleled knowledge of Yrri sliihhorn-delerminatio- r n Wi T d the card sharks work and upon a if reluctant respect (or their abilities ' You simply can't convict a card sharp” he said "It is surely about time that the FBI (federal bureau of investigation) began to crack down upon them but it strikes me that an awful lot of studying has got to b arc able to acdone before the g quaint themselves with methods "The difficulties faced in apprehending much less convicting card sharks are multitudinous deep-seate- f"'£Mcu:cT AUNT JEMIMA’S ARE yusf EASY to make ri&ht every time Add a cup of milk or water to her magic and they're ready jiffy-quic- k Ready-Mi- x So join the millions of happy folks who enjoy her delicious Render Pancakes and her tangy tempting Buckwheats turnabout They're so nourishing so digestible Jut ask your grocer for of each right away a package iwit rAir:s mans HUS PUS 25 (f NO RISK UDA ri houftMxU praiM Ud&i Try it for TEST relief of Ji mi ulcer end stomach pains indigestion fum twins for heartburn burning srnsstion blost ami other conditions caused by list a packs? of IIIKIA Tablet TODAY Abaolutly aaf to ua Thv must btdpyou or YOUR MONEY wxtl ta and rundC At Owl Vtalcrccn All Good l)ru Store TaV and (AdvJ Con-lernati- printed offering for sale every imaginable device from marked cards to loaded dice shears magnetic roulette balls and even including a virtually indestructible version of the hoariest swindle known to rural America “complete with three shells pea and full instructions— $300" OC it I f— W vM r I lie VI itt ywKawgsj qilliiim |