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Young Romance
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The Flag Lieutenant
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MR. CERMAK DEAD
END OF LONG STRUGGLE WITH DEATH
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1933.
TAKING NO RISKS.
He was a pedlar and truck con- tractor and later took up brewing and made a fortune. When Pro-i hibition came into force, he went GREECE DECLARES MILITARY into other businesses and increased his wealth. Much of his money was made in Chicago.
A man of fine physique, he was
GOVERNMENT
Athens, Mar. 6. General Plastiras has proclaim-
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Miami, Mar:. 6. Death has won its fight with Mr. Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago, a powerful and appealing speaker ed a military government, in order who was struck by one of the and in politics a Democrat and "to avoid disorders," following bullets intended for President Opponent of Prohibition.
indecisive elections which gave Roosevelt, fired by Zingara, a crazy
Mr. Cermak first became, pro- the Taaldarist Party a very slight! Italian, on February 16. After minent overseas when he opposed majority. hovering between life and death"Big Bill" Thompson as Mayor. For All is reported quiet at present. sface the affair, Mr. Cermak died Years Chicago had been notoriousRenter. in hospital to-day.
for the corruption in its admitis- It is understood Zingara will be tration, for murder. robbery, indicted for murder. He has al-gambling scandals and warfare be-office-holders, that they must prove ready been sentenced to imprison-tween rival gangs of rum-runners. their usefulness, if they were to ment for 80 years--20 years each "Big Bill" was accused of en retain their jobs. By this step- on four charges of attempted mur- neglect to assist the Police in fight- £7,000,000 a year. He announced couraging · ́ such conditions by alone he saved the city about Mr. Cermak, who was standinging lawlessness. He increased the his Intention of smashing the alongside Mr. Roosevelt when city's budget enormously by ap gangs, eradicating vice and cor Zingara fired the shots which in-pointing thousands of his sup-ruption and making Chicago a jured four other people, was reporters at good salaries to posts in thoroughly clean city by the time moved immediately to hospital. which they had no duties to per- the exhibition was held. He soon The bullet entered his chest and form, and so brought Chicago to came out of his back, and at first the verge of bankruptcy. it was thought there was little hope for him. Later his condition im- proved but he had a relapse last week-Reuter.
der.
When in April 1931, "Big Bill's" period of ofice was ending, Mr. Cermak came forward as an op- ponent at the election and won by a huge majority, receiving 667,629 votes against 475,613.
found, however, that his task was far more difficult than he had ex- pected. His predecessor, Thomp son, had in three months spent all the revenue for six months, and insome cases for a year. In June 1931, Cermak declared the situa- Born in Czecho Slovakia.
tion was desperate, the city being Mr. Cermak, was born in a min- ing village 50 miles" from Prague,
"Clean Up" Campaign.
unable to pay its police, firemen and teachers. He carried on, however, Czecho Slovakia. He arrived in Within a few houra Cermak be- and was able to tide over the America in his mother's arms. His gan to "clean up" the city. His crisis. The success of the Demo- father and grandfather "were first act was to dismiss about crats 3n the Presidential election miners and he himself spent his 50,000 officials whom Thompson had heartened him, and he looked for- boyhood in American collieries.appointed and to warn all other ward to a successful term of office,
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This Woman
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WHICH?
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Played by CLIVE BROOK MIRIAM JORDAN ERNEST TORRENCE
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