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MAN BEHIND THE GUN!

nctivities.

By Edwin Roth

a crowd of

Four Shots April 30: At 3 am, & polleeman surprised three men ültempting to break into a West End gown shop. As they fled they fired four shots at him and got away. They nissedi hitting the narrowly policepan and the four bullets were found in a shop window.

1s on."

Detectives

forward

once.

Are

and policemen who are hunting for the gunmen. Delectives told this correspondent that the gun. men, whose identity they believe they know, are likely to try to shoot it out with the police when) cornered, and they intend to take no chances.-United Press.

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TRADING POST SEAL WHISKER BAY!

COPR, 199 BY NEARERVICE, WE, Y, MANG, U. ME PAT GÊN

By Dick Turner

Him say wanna trade candles for soap-say wicke

give-um indigestion!" ".

Thousands of detectives and, it is possible for bigumo criminalà-We ask them to come

to the Dollco at policemen are scouring the haunts to hire gangs of armed despera. and go of London's criminals for the doen for cortalu "Johs." In an all- Their confidence will be respect

thest ed." gange of gunmen who recently eut attempt to round up

Scotland Yard based this ap have been carrying cut a cerles mèn, Scotland Yard has dropped of armed robberies and who do routine inquiries on minor crimes peal for an alliance with the un

to not hesitate

about when to concentrate is entire forces on derworld on the known dislike of threatened with capture.

the job of preventing London the ordinary London criminal for Every member of This is the first time that the from becoming another Chicago the gunmen.

underworld' the underworld knows that until words "Stick 'em up!" have and convincing the jumped from the movie screen to that "shooting it out" is not an the gunmen we caught "the heat the serious vocabulary of Lon. easy way of avoiding capture.

Here are some of the Gunmen's)

are continually don's underworld, and the men of Scotland Yard, fighting their recent nelivition:

| patrolling the underworld's cafes, biggest battle against organized April 14: Six gunmen held up nightclubs and billiard parlours, crime, are seriously worried. They the attendant of a West Londonasiting questions and observing, know that unless these trigger-gorage. While some of them rald closer than usual, the movements happy bandita are brought booked the premises, others attended of known criminals. There is little swiftly the

will shooting habit

to customers who thought that doubt that most of the minor everything was normal. The ban-erin'nals will breathe a sign of grow among Britain's criminals.

dits then tied up the attendant, relief when the killers Guns are cheap and easily avail able in London, for an enormous loaded a 784 paund safe into a caught, and some of them already ninnber of military weapons are motor car and drove away before have given valuable, clues to the

an alarm could be given. still in private possession. A ser-

pollee. When the gunmen are vlccable gum may be bought for

Aprli 25: Three gunmen enter-{brought to justice it will be dục: as little us £2/10, and a very good edu West London Jeweller's shop in no small casure to the help Lord Louis Mountbatten's flynne costs but £5. But most f

two of ther covered assistants given the police by the under-

third weld. [for trip to England can have only | London's habituint criminals

and cutomers while the

Apart from doubling the crew one meaning, that the final plans for have fought shy of using fire. took £5,000 worliv of watches and are being frained for the transfer arms and have contented them. zems. Then, with guns ini haral, ef every patrol car, Scotland Yard has taken the step-unusual In to an Indian govrin selves with an increasing number they raced through

get-England--of arming detectives and grab raids on shoppers and made their The of "nash Kovernments. or

Jewellers' shop windows, bur. I was. fætreatest handicap encountered by

Loud Mountbatten in his tireless: glories, thefts and black market endeavours to secure relaxation of

Chicago Methods the communal tension has been

Chicago gungster meth;ik were the difficulty of arranging any introduced recently by a number political understanding between of dangerous criminals, almost The Congress Party and Mr. all of them Service deserters, who Jamal, Reluctant acceptance by are known to be at large in im- the Congress Party of the don. Some of them are sold to hypothesis that India may, after run "schools for gangsters," and all, have to he divided int Hindu and Muslim majority a notable array, though it is innerssion to the political trali ties, brings its leaders no closer 16 Mr. finnah, who stands firmly for a Pakistan" which is based

cyclist, 34 year old Alex de Antl.) the pon groups Band Cof

quki, father of six children, tried) Cabinet Mission's plan and in-

intercept them on his motor cludes an undivided Punjab and From the circumstances of the eyele and was shot dead, an integral Bengal. Until there insufficiency of grease, the Opium

May 5:

White polleemen and fore going home at the end tory than any American ser- was invaded on Oct, 20, 1944,

throughout London is some sort of agreement-even Clipper disappointed a numerous detectives agreement to differ amically throng of spectators on Saturday were hunting for the de Antiquis of five years and ten months viceman-totalling more than had set up 80 const watch and overseas duty in the Pacife. four years, and beginning with espionage reporting stations in Sixteen of between the leaders on each site, afternoon last, by refusing to leave killers, Scotland Yard received u

Without the Navy's undersea a confidential vielt "down un- the Philippines. 4 am, telephone report from the

stations had radion month before Pearl these their followers will not easily be her berth on shore. The twe

Indies, Mrs. Young and Mrs. residential St. John's Wood discraft, he said. MacArthur would der" a

not have been ablo to set up Harbour.

pawerful enough to send wes-, ) induced to forgo rioting and

most exam. Iirict that Tapley, stood with

men were trying to

ther reports daily to GHQ far" the capionage notwork, equip massacre on a scale which makes|piary patience, kettle in hand, break into a house. A radio car

"Judgment Seat" and the men guerillas, and get Intelligence political planning difficult. Yet waiting for her to take her de- was sent of ance

Ind is author of "Bataan, to the Routh. About 18,000 it is plain that there can be no parture

The Judgment Seat. He was Filipino guerillas were are! and in expectation red several shots at the police, vital to invasion.

Along with the suba, espe- a member of the 6th Internnd equipped in varying de further delay on the British side every moment or being called on none of whom was hit. One of the

Nautilus ceptor

Command in Luzon, gree. Submarines carried the in arranging the successive steps to name here "Arah," did not men was captured and the other cially the 3,000-ton

Alutions until nearly two escaped,

and Norwahl. Ind gave unstint- later established the intelligence Arms and supplies for these ac- entailed in the process of trans- quit their

Immediately alter the Chared praise to the Filipinos. "An office of the 6th Air Force be- tivities. ferring power, and the discus.

murder. Scotland espionage net in the Phillp-fore Pearl Harbour, and made

Rear Base The ways and means were dis.lolto sions this week between the cussed and it wasgrend u all Yard took the unprecedented pines was made possibly only confidential surveys in Java MacArthur was preparing Viceroy and the "Indian" mem-sides that the former were first step of appealing directly to the by the great work of the Philip and Malays as well de Austra for the worst when Ind first bers of the Cabinet, headed by frate and the latter were wanting; underworld for help to capture pine population," he explained. Ila before the Japanese attack-visited Australia in 1941. The Mr. Antler. centre,

this viza supply upon

of grense, which the gunmen responsible for slay. They were magnificent in the ed on Dec. 8. 1941.

mission was headed by Lt. face of death."

Louis Brereton of the He left Bataan on the night Gon. problem. There

various turned out to be perfectly correcting de Antiquis.

"Somebody, somewhere, knows The nine overseas bars and of March 10-11, 17 hours ahead AAF to study Australia's po- methods of approaching it. The as on Suntiny afternoon at about

numerous decorations on of MacArthur, in' an old com- tentials as a rear base in ovent hest is still the Cabinet Mission's 5 o'clock this want being supplied who did this job," said an official the

the clipper flew up into the river Yard spokesman. "Somebody, his hattlojacket began ac-mercial Bellanca dirplane, At of war with Japan. Townsville plan since it affords the only In the most gallant style. somewhere, is giving them shelter. cumulating when he landed at Mindanno he transferred to was given especial study, Ind means of reconciling administra Maulmain Chronicle."

Flying Fortresses that carried said. "My job was toʻnak Aur tive unity at the centre with

the general and his party to tralians how they would take guarantees of effective political

Australia.

to a friendly Invasion' of e

are

100 Years

Ago Today

(From the files of the "China Mall," May 20, 1847).

dark.

The following remakable ad. existence for the Muslims. But dress was delivered by M. Os- it this proves impracticable, and terag, a Christian gentleman, at the unity of India cannot be the inauguration of a synagogue formally maintained, division in in Pileumloch:

one shape or another is the onl

THE JEWS

"In days long since left behind

On the same day, at 2.30 p.m., three gunmen tried to rub a pawn

hop, in Charlotte street, a back street less than 200 yards from one of Loniton's biggest police itations. Shop assistants numaged o get into the street and shout ed for help, and the gunmen ed

Submarines In The Pacific War

A Bataon marvivor who ex- tablished the Allied Intelligence Bureau In the Paclite war ere- dita the submarine with mak-

General ing possible

By GEORGE McCADDEN

Mac-Manila on May 1, 1940.

headquarters of the notorious Kemuetal, Japanese police, "He hid the drawinga in G NOWA- paper which he stuck In his Ex-pants pocket, in open view, and

empty handed. A passing motor-Arthur's spy-and-guerilla net- cept for two months in a San on his way out stopped In the

street

work in the Philippines.

Francisco hospital in 1944, he hallway to talk to a sentry," Lt. Col. Allison Ind, 34, of Atayed overseas until May, 1947, Ind said. Ann Arbor, Mich., writer, told He is believed to have spent With this kind of support. of the work of the subs, be more time in Australian terri- he said, "the AIB before Leyte

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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay "The Authority on Authorities"

BETWEEN TWO CRUSHERS

At Table 3, North and South alternative. At the moment, me, in the sunny season of youth,

treated an immediate, hid over an attention in India is increasingly I often sauntered in the surred

intervening double as showing If there is any one thing a enough playing tricks for directed towards schemes of halls of your history. A grand bidder wants to avoid most of all, but definite lack of high card safety. partition. Every such scheme view is the retrospect which your it is getting himself doubled strength to impede strong complicates the transference of ancient history offers! A view of power from British hands while the tombs your fathers is like ingly strong hands

when sitting between two crush ponents. After Wost doubled, it

of the op- was set just one trick. Even ge affording no relaxation of the seeing the cradle of mankind. position. That is why an opener ting set a couple would have left rigidity of the time limit. Some. Whatever is left to us by the first of the auction should be extreme-North and South in a top score

violent shocks of the world, ly gingery about bidding on the position. how the process must be com points to the name <f_Israel!"

second round after both uppen- pleted in thirteen months, and a

ents have taken positive action beginning must be made forth- JUST RECEIVED ex "Huma thereby indicating the possibility and his own partner has passed, with. Britain cannot choose for yoon," a few very fashionable and

If the India. All she can

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opener can bid diferant surt phasise the urgency of a decision,nels, also Perfumery, these arti- from his frat, he can be a bit to set before the Indian leaders eles to be seen in their show room more venturesome,- as he the possibilities that lie open to BOWRA HUMPHREYS & CO,

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Ind was aide to General Yanka. If that became necessary Harold George, and is the only They gulped-but said we'd be survivor of an air crash at welcome. We were, we found Batcheler Field, 70 miles south, later."

of Darwin, in April, 1042, American ex-servicemen who' which killed the air force gen may be thinking of returning eral and Melville Jacoby, an to Australia were cautioned by

American war correspondent. Ind not to be too optimistic. ligence bureau, conceived

He then established the Intel- "The average GI was a fairs. by haired boy in wartime down. MacArthur to reopen contact here, with his pockets, bulging with enemy-occupied countries, with money. He enjoyed top But in these grim notably the Philippines. Later priorities. he was deputy controller and days of peace he is simply an chief of the Philippine section other foreigner competing with of the agency. The AIB coor- the Australian in the Aussie's dinated, controlled and supplied own country for a living." Reveral companion organisa-"Opportunities exist hore, tions of America's partners in but they are eagerly sought by the Pacific war, and in which, the Australian, too. Let no he said, Australians, Dutch and American think he can other contributed. Immeasurab- here and convert Australia. to. ly.

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·American way of living and doing business.

I think the Australians, army in Melbourne, and histor- however, have something. Ther Ian of the U.S. Foreign have learned to enjoy what Liquidation Commission In they have. Perhaps an admix Australia.

ture, of American und "Austra One of the shining feats of lap ways would be better on

recalls was accom- both sides of the Pacific.ly Neither sido spying he

plished by an unsung Filipino. Ind In making a felsurely re- After North's 1-Spade, how This agent smuggled a set of turn home by air via Binga- Binny bidding variations can you drawings of the defence of pore, India and Europo.-Unit sanely, imagine on this freak?” Nichola Field, Manila, from the led Press.

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