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Five Years”

Years' Penal Servitude Follows £8,000 Bets Fraud

By ARTHUR TIETJEN

Described as "one of the greatest confidence tricksters in this country," Alfred Dean Lawson, 58-years-old book- maker, hobbled into the dock at the Old Bailey recently to be sentenced to five years' penal servitude.

Crippled for life following a stroke he had in Park- hurst Prison, his grey hair, well-cut clothes, and business- man look had been responsible for relieving two Midland men of £8,490 by means of the ante-post betting system on horses-a fraud practised by confidence tricksters.

Australian by birth, Lawson was an expert at his trade. He was known as a card-sharper and gambler. He turned his horse- racing knowledge to running a bookmaking business at Salisbury and Southampton, but it failed.

Lawson had pleaded guilty to con- spiring with a man named Charles | Wilson, who wna not by custody, to defraud, and to stealing cheques from two men whose names were not dis- closed.

His victims were described as Mr. "A" and Mr. "B," ns, it was stated their credulity might do them harm.

The system seemed to work quite well, in un occasions the victims were given small sums of money es pro-

4 on the denir.

to

Mr. "A" then went race meeting at Wolverhampton, when disaster overtook the syndiente --he was told he bud lost £8,000 and owed the syndicate a further £3,000, He protested, but agreed to try to

The distinguished appearance made i pay the money.

an impression on the two men when Det-Inspector Glasspool detailed

he "cekdentally" met them in an | Lawson's record tca the court It hotel. He let slip, quite casually, that he was a man of considerable means, with property and horses in Australia,

His presence in England was

CX-

started with his six weeks' hard by bour in 1915 for giving false informa contrary to the Aliene Restric Art:

in 1918

a complaint was made by

THURSDAY,

MAN CAUGHT

Here is the British ruin that will cross the Atlantic, to take part in the British exhibition at New York World File next year. It is the Coronation Scot, latent streamlined express of the London, Midland and Scoltisch rallway, shown in the yards of a London suburb. During its visit it is expected also to make

Canadian lotur

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IN R.A.F.

plained by his desire to buy binod-man that he had been defrouted of CRASHES

prosecution

stock, and he said that he had pur- j£1,250 by Lawson by a betting con- chased a farm at Andover,

Fiul Hampdence trick shire, His infirmity, he spid, was followed. due to a fall from a horse in Aus- tralin,

NEVER BETTED

Later Mr. "A" and Mr. "B" were Introduced to Wilson, and the system of betting explained to them. They were told that large sums of money were invested by a syndicate in bets on horses some time before Ure race was run, the profits made by bets They being hedged

In 1921 he was sentenced to five [yours' penud servitude for conspiracy jami obtaining money by false pres

In that

walh four £27.100 other confidence tricksters,

obtained by betting confidence tricks and eard sharping.

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He returned to Australia after serv-

Ing its sentence, and was next heard

off Scotland in 1828, when it com- paint was received that Lawion and were asante!tavo ofhers had olnud a cheque there was no risk of a lons.

for £451 in connection

So completely were the victims sharping. The cheque

"aken in that one, a inan of 73. and His compusión, who had never before had a bet on a horse, parted with thousands of pounds

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and no action taken.

with

Card was stopped

Planes From Same Station In Two Accidents

Lorido. May 10. Seven It A Per wrie killed and an eighth was injured, in three or Lerashes to day at Wyten Aerodrome", near Huntington: near St Ives. - Ungdonshleet and Perfor firmswell Arcodrome. Lincolnshire

In

bomber add 119 04 squads on which crashed on the nero – drome ground at Wyton, when start- ing a light, the three occupants lost to see his their lives und in another plone.... i

to training mucbine, also from Wyton and attached to 130 Boubing Squas don which fell into a feld near -

both me13 fon, St. Ives,

On board were killed.

Lawsun was allowed wife before being taken away serve his sentence,

TEACHER TELLS OF

CINEMA BOY'S 84-HOUR WEEK

Immediate action to stop the exploitation of young warkers was demanded by the National Union of Teachers in conference at Margate recently.

A resolution was carried welcoming the report of the Departmental Committee on hours of employment of young persons under 18 employed in specific occupations still unregulated by Statute.

1

The third crash at Heranwell was at a spot a quarter of a mile from the aerodrome, when i bomber altuched to 144 Squadron crushed into the hill- side, two airmen on board being kill- Jed and a third critically injured.

NAMES OF THE DEAD

Here are the names of the dearl and injuresit

In the Wyton crash Kilfed- Pilot- Officer Douglas Perry, of Sussex; Al- igrafiman Jelin doseph Gerrard Rice of London; and Airersfiman Frederick | Gaines, of Cheshire,

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In die St. Ives erath; Killed -- Pilot -

don; and Punt-Offrer Colla James

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MAY 26, 1938.

E RADIO BROADCAST

A Recital by Anne Winter From the Studio

CHILDREN'S HOUR

by

Radio Programune Broadcast ZBW on a Frequency of 845 kc's; and on Short Wave' from 1-2.15 and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c.'s. per second.

H.I.T.

12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service

20-15 (BC)

from St. John's

of Intercession Cathedral.

12.30 London Palladium Orchestra

and Grace Moore (Soprano).

Steps (From

Dawn (Matt)................Orchestra; Sun- set (Mall)......Orchestra; Stara In My Eyes (From "The King Out'): Learn How To Lose "The King Step Out')......Grace Moore; The Valley Of The Poppies (Ancliffe); A Birthday Serenade (Lincke)......Orchestra; Charm Of The Volic (Arr. Winter)..............Or- chestra,

1.0 Local Time Signol and Weather Report.

1.03 New Variety Programme, Orchestra-Whistle While You Work-Fox-Trot;

(From 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs')...... The Orchestra Of Merry Men directed by George Scott Wood with Youn! chorus,

Vocal-So Many Memories (Harry Woods): Everything You Said Came True (Friend & Franklin).. Turner Layton,

Dance Band-Tears In My Heart-- Slow Fox-Trot; You're A Sweet- heart-Stow Fox-Trot (From the Film.

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with vocal chorus

Organ Sulo-Chino

(Zamenik Babbling (Quentin

Doll Parndo

M.

Maclean) Quentin M.

Macicun

(Organ),

Trio-Dunty

Violin

(Vernon

B Sandler

Brooke). The Albert Trio, Vocalist Marjorie Stedeford.

Orchestra With you (From "Brief Albert Sandler & tis Eestroy') The schoolmasters of Britain want Orchestrut, Vocalist Marjorie Stede- Teller

and more Tursery ford. schools, and sub-pnahmusters. want 1.30 Reuter & Rugby Press, Wen- speed payment for handling foot-ther Forecust and Announcements. ball coupons.

WALKE

1.40 alenactssohn-tjuartet in 19 Resolution% 10 this effect were Major, Op. 44, No. 1. passed at conferences recently.

Nakt

2.15 Close Down.

6.0 Studio- The Children's Hour. 7.0 Gerry Mooro (Piano) And Roy

nyed by the Stradivarius String At Ryde (LO.W.), where the con- Quartel-(Wolfnsolm, Pachon, Dick ference of the National Federation of } & d'Archambeau. Sub-Pusunasiers was held, Mr. Page. of Colchester,

thin although i tra staff was allowed for delivery | of frailbudt pool coupons, there was no Fox & His Orchestra, "extra payment for the sub-post- masters or their assistants, who ind to sort the correspondence

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"If there are one or two win- nern in the village one week the word quickly goes round, and the next week the correspondence goes up sometimes by as much as 200," he said.

The First Time I Saw You (From Toust of New York'); Gone With The Wind (From the Film)....Or- chestra; Crooning-Quickstep; Love MeSlow Fox-Trol.. Gerry Moore; Big Thanks For The Memory (From Broadcast of 1938'); You Took The

Out Of My Words Right Out

Heart (From Big Broadcast of 1938'). The resolution passed instructs the Orchestra; Taggin' Along With You -Quickstep: With All My Heart- pay Fox-Trot (From "Her Master's Volce).....Gerry Moore; Whispers In The Dark-Fox-Trot (From 'Artists and Models')....Orchestra. 7.20 Closing local Stock Quota- tions.

executive to make the special ment claim without delay. "DUSTMEN'S WAGES"

At Coventry, where the National Association of Schandmasters met. Mr. H. Aglow, of London, gold that the average schoolmaster started al

£35, a week.

He was adjudged to be worthy of 55. a week more than wan pald to Coventry dustmen

A resolution moved by Mr. Aglow was carried, demanding that

living

er vor John Fawdrey, of Lon-sideration of the standard of Carr Lee, of Surrey,

In the Hemswell erash: Killed Plat-OMeer Richard Douglas Hamil tun Maxwell, of London: Corporal

Whit- sh.re; Injured Airerafinan Beld Dodds.

The resolution urged the Government to give legislative effect David Spencer Wissett, of Hamp to its recommendations with the least possible delay.

was

The three men

Wyton

Were

Col

of schoolmasters must be a matter of first importance in the determina- tion of salary scales for men teachers. INCREASED GRANT

for all children.

150

7.30 London Relay—'At The Black Dog'

Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-pactour. Presented by Pencoe Thornton and S. E. Reynolds.

8. Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Studio-A Rechał by Anne Winter (Soprano) accompanied by A T. Lay (Plano).

1. Ladybird (Schamann); 2. May Bennett)....Anne Dew (Sterndale Winter: 3. A.D. MDCXX (Macdowell) ....A. T. Lay: 4. Rose Softly Bloom- ing (Spohr); 5. Serenade (Gounod) ....Anne Winter.

Vocalists-Bobby Howes,

Judy

Marie Burke, Raymond Wylie Walson and Theatre Chorus with Theatre Orchestra con- ducted by Joseph Tu

Tunbridge.

10.23 Dance

nce Music & Variety. Fox-Trot-Rosalie

From

the

At Margate, the National Union of Teachers unanimously

£3 approved resolution asking for an Increased 8.35 Beethoven-Symphony No. 0 Mr. W. Grifiths (Executive, Mon-¡ Tenchera were constantly coming

Government grant to provide more ("Pastoral") in F Major. Op. 68. mouthshire) said that 125.800 young eross the grossest cases of madnut killed when their machine failed to

nursery schools and clustes.

Played by the Vienna Philharmonic people were concernet!,

lion and they had to strugtie ngainst

taking off and An executive resolution was passed Orchestra conducted by Bruno Wal- One vin boy in Manchester bad it ineffectively.

se properly when nose dived to the ground in fames.

the provisions of the | ter. regretting been found to be working more than The Government must be given no

school attendance! exemption from The training machine which crash-

9.15 London Relay-World Affairs. 70 hours a week, and a cinema boy rest until they had been roused into ed near St. Ives was seen by a farm- before the age of 15. It also urged A talk by H. Wickham Steed. 84 hours. There were 23,000 of these action over this problem. Physical worker rapidly

to Ioval education authorities It losing height.

9.30 London Relay-The News ore, training was useless in so many castcrashed and the engine young people in the London

9.50 "He Wanted Education the

Adventuro WDS partly the opportunities in nearly one-third working for more where there was more physle than buried in the ground, the bodies of Act to secure an extended actwo life Musical Comedy. than 72 hours a week.

physique.

both men being flung clear. A resolution from Cannock THE BOY AND THE SUIT

In the third crush the bomber that passed asking the Executive to make hit the hillside was one of a fight He cited the ease of a cinema boy representations to the Lord Chancel- of six machines and was early in dim- who had the sack because he had or urging the need for more teacher-culties. outgrown his suit, and the next ap- magistrates, especially for Juvenile Men from the aerodrome ran to the plicant for the job had to in the suit. Courts, and that local education plane and rescued Pilet Omeer Max- (Laughter.)

authorities be pressed to grant facill-well, who died ቡክ return to the Since the resolution, had

beeniles to teacher-magistrates to fulltation. drafted they had been told by the their magisterial obligations.

"I DUCKED Government that It Wus intended The president, Mrs. Parker, ain- akortly to bring in a Dill ta safe-nounced the result of the only Mr. W. Kirkbright, employed by a gaurd in nome way these young division taiten at the conference on farmer, told an Evening News repre

with sentative that he was

a horse not only im- revision of the Grant Formula. people. But it was partant to have regulations. They Recently the

moved and curt on the Kirtan-Lincoln, road asked the Government to set up some an amendment substituting consulta- when he saw the formation leave the form of inspection to see that no un- tion with local authorities for a pro- aerodrome.

employer exploited these posat from the body of the hall ad- "Immediately," he said, "the ex- scrupulous

vocating representation to the treme plane dipped a wing and ap- young people.

[The Departmental Committee ré-politieni porties.

peared to be in difficulties. It come commended

young persons' normal The result of the card vote, an-over a corn field of a height of 40 working week should not exceed 40 nauneed, was: For the amendment feet, missed some telegraph wires, hours; strictly limited overtime for 81,468; against the amendment 47, few over my head, and crashed on the young persons of 10 and over; no 752. overtime for those under 10; ind prohibition of night work. A Bill executive's attitude of 3,718,

carried

WAS

on these lines has been promised.]

Another resolution "that when the school leaving nge is raised in September, 1030, steps should be taken to ensure the ade- quate nutrition of the children from 14 to 15 years still in attendance at school."

This

RIVO

executive

majority for

the

Flying Gains In Australia

hillside near a farm.

"I thought it was going to hit me and I ducked.

Mr. Kirkbright told how he and two other farm workers and men from the aerodrome ran to the aid of the crew. Mrs, 11. Rose, who lives in a col- tage near the scene of the accident, said that the plane that crashed pass- ed behind some trees and hit the hill- side.

One man got out on his own and old in Australia and has a total flying appeared to escape through a smail Misa W. Orgu, moving H, said mileage of 9,000,000. The greatest hole in the tail of the plane. there should be sufficient food, andain was made during the past year, It is believed that Corporal

und as two years ago the total mileage sett was shortly to have been mar-

was only 2,300,000 milen.

HOT MEALS

suitable clothing and housing

adequate rest.

A hot midday meal for children vas most essential.

ได

Sydney. Commercial avtution is 10 years

Skate Plant Looted

Girls at this age were very suscep- tiblo on the question of suitable 'clothing, and it was right they should take a pride in their appearance.

Havenna, O. All roller skaters in this vicinity afe She urged that a maintenance allowance should be forthcoming for being sharply scrutinized by police, this purpose.

Some thieves recently stole 125 acts Mr. P. H

Baker

(Lelcceler) of skate wheels from the Francis opposed the resolution on the ground Baldwin Rink Skate Wheel Company that it did not go far enough, here.

ried.

Saved From Bullet By Cigarette Case

Money Invested For Quintuplets

Ottawa,

Film); In The Still Of The Night (From "Rosaliootel Orpheans with .Carroll Gibbons and

the Savoy

vocal chorus: Vocal-Lilac Domino -Wallz Song (From the Film); My Heart Will Be Dancing (From The Lilac Domino')....June

Knight DAFOE, Huardian of the fam- (Soprano); Fox-Trets-In My Little ous Dionne quintupleta, said that Red Books; Something To Sing About the father of the children was in- (From the Film)....Mantovani and stigated by outside Influences in do-His Orchestra with vocal chorus; Organ Solos--Blaze Away-March manding an investigation of the man- agement of the affairs of the children. (Holzmann); With Sword And Lance There has been one Investigation," March (H. Starke)....Reginald he said, "nd I do not see the need Dixon (Organ); Orchestra-A Fete for another. Interest in the children In Santa Lucia; Rugamumn-Polku has increased remarkably since an ....Mantovant and Ils Tipica Or Investment was made in their be- chestra; Vocal Serenade (Heykens half of 8,000 dollars (about £1,200) Krutzfeld): Good Night, Oh! My in Government bonds. Mostly, this Love (Abt Seyffardtarr. Hohne)

....Herbert E. Groh (Tenor). interest seema lo come from outaldo sources,"

11.0 Close Down,

Dionne denied that he was influ- enced by others. He said he had not been informed of an earlier inver-Grain Sacks As Sweators tigation.

When told this, Dr. Dafoe said: "It is rather a coincidence that this move has been made since the dismissal Wis-of two nurses for insubordination."

Regina, Sask. with binder twine are the latest style Grain sack sweaters embroidered

in drauth stricken sections of the province A hole in the bottom and alits in the side and the result?...a

coldest winds of winter.

Cogwheel Taken From pull-over guaranteed to turn the

Throat

Austinberg, O. A co wheel from a toy stuck in Stanley Parker, a garage proprietor, the throat of 17-month-old Doria

Marle Inmann. Blie underwent owes his life to a cigarette case.

a

A bandit fired point-blank at him bronchoscopical operation at Lake- during an attempted hold-up in Van-alde Hospital, Cleveland, to have the couver B.C. and the bullet struck the tiny mechanism removed, and is

recovering. metal case in lils breast pocket.

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