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I THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. AVIATION NOTES WHAT’S IN A NAME Colorful Nicknames Abound In Underworld, FBI Learns WNU Features. “Cotton Patch Molly,” “Bowlegged Bessie,” Iron Foot Florence,” “Butcher Knife Lizz,” “High Ball Lill,” “Mus tache Annie! ” These probably aren’t the type of nicknames which the typical American woman would choose for herself, but they are among the colorful and unusual appellations by which female characters of the underworld are known. This is revealed by the identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which uti-<$> lizes nicknames as means of track ing down criminals in its relentless drive against law violators. Files on nicknames, palm prints, footprints and general appearance data are maintained by the FBI for identifi cation purposes to supplement its collection of fingerprints, largest in the world. Indicative of the FBI’s thorough and systematic effort to maintain complete data on members of the underworld mob, the file contained 469,515 nicknames at the start of the year. During the past year 47,580 nicknames were added to the list. Although an individual may change his real name many • times, as a general rule his nickname sticks, FBI agents point out in emphasizing the ef fectiveness of this means of identification. This has been found particularly true in cases involving check forgers, imper sonators and extortionists. The women have no corner on the unique nicknames found in FBI files. Also included in this category are such cognomens as “Alibi Good Kid,” “Am I Blue,” “Barrell House Shorty,” “Beef Stake Bob,” “Blue Shirt Slim,” “Chew Tobacco Lewie,” "Gold-Tooth Frenchy,” “Liver Lip,” “Sweet Cakes” and “Whqpp Em Up Willie.” Notorious public enemies of the 1930s are recognized more often by their nicknames than their true names. The given name of “Baby- face” Nelson was Lester M. Gillis. “The Owl” was in actuality Basil Hugh Banghart. “Pollynose” Kator, a member of the Touhy gang, was ‘FATSO’ AND ‘POLLYNOSE’ Nicknames Stick the nickname of August John Lamar. Roger Touhy was com monly known as “Black” Roger. Joseph Raymond Negri, associate of “Babyface” Nelson was dubbed “Fatso.” Members of the Barker-Karpis gang also had their nicknames. “Ma” Barker was the name ac corded Kate Barker by her sons and their underworld pals. Arthur Barker was known as “Doc.” Alvin Karpis was nicknamed “Old Creepy” because of his cold stare and precision in carrying out his crimes. Charles Arthur Floyd was widely known as “Pretty Boy.” A criminal may receive a nick name because of some physical characteristic, unusual personality trait or criminal specialty. “Cock eye Mary” was labeled as such by her underworld pals because of her facial appearance. Another crimi nal’s extensive vocabulary prompt ed the nickname of “Dictionary.” “Sweet Lips” did not live up to his name, FBI agents ascer taining that he had been in cus tody of police several times for offenses ranging from vagrancy through counterfeiting. The nickname, “Wildflower,” also proved misleading. The individ ual bearing that name was ar rested for assault. In many instances law enforce ment agencies will have little, if any, information about a wanted criminal except perhaps a nick name and a smattering of descrip tive data. When this information is forwarded to the FBI, a search through the nickname file some times results in an identification. “Kentucky Red” was the only name known for an individual who was selling drugs in New York City. FBI nickname files furnished his correct name, descriptive data and his whereabouts at the time. Nicknames have not been con fined to the criminal element. “Ma chine Gun” Kelly originated a nick name for the special agents of the FBI when they apprehended him in a dawn raid at Memphis, Term., on September 26, 1933. “Don’t shoot, G-men, don’t shoot!” he cried. This name caught the fancy of the public as well as that of the under world. To this day FBI agents are known as "G-men.” Youth To Mow Lawn As Penalty for Prank COLUMBUS, OHIO.—Mrs. Frank Bangert is getting her lawn mowed all summer by a not too willing boy of 13. Because he had been denied the right to string a toy telephone line across Mrs. Bangert’s prop erty, the boy had stuffed a 17-inch garden snake into her home through the front door mail slot A Juvenile court judge assessed the unusual punishment Airport Chatter Fliers from several Midwestern states participated in the first all- Upper Peninsula tour conducted un der auspices of the Michigan state department of aeronautics. The flight covered 289 miles, stops being made at eight cities. . . . Ten char ter members have signed up for the recently-organized Decorah Flying club at Decorah, Iowa. The club has purchased an Aeronca Chief plane. . . . Dedication services for the new Worthington, Minn., airport are scheduled July 5 and 6. More than 120 private plane owners have been invited to participate in the ceremonies. . . . Plans for a series of district meetings and flight breakfasts were perfected at the an nual meeting of Flying Farmers of Iowa, held at the Ames municipal airport. The statewide organization, founded March 18, 1946, at a meet ing on the Iowa State college cam pus, now numbers more than 500 members from some 70 counties. ... An air show will be among the headline attractions at the Ameri can Legion summer jubilee at Harper, Kas., July 16-19. * • • Aerial Detective Mark up another use for the air plane in agriculture. W. V. Allington, plant pathologist of the department of agriculture, is using an aerial survey to spot evi dence of a fungus disease—brown stem rot—that is reducing soybean yields in the Midwest. Allington, who is stationed at the regional soybean laboratory at Ur- bana, 111., uses his privately-owned plane to make aerial photographs of soybean acreage over a wide area. In the pictures, plants in in fected fields show up much lighter in color than those in non-infected fields. By comparing his aerial pic tures with road maps, Allington lo cates the fields where the fungus in fection appears to be most serious. • * • Girl Scouts have taken to the air in a big way. More than 5,000 Girl Scouts receive pre- flight training and flight experi ence as members of 315 Wing Scout troops in 42 states and Hawaii. “Wing Scout” is the name of the organization’s own Cub plane, presented to them by William T. Piper. It is the only airplane owned and used by a national youth-serving agency. * -* * Civic Cooperation Climaxing an unprecedented ex ample of practical cooperation be tween two cities, dedication cere monies were held for the joint mu nicipal airport at Arkansas City and Winfield, Kas. The two progressive communities in a rich oil and agri cultural belt of southeastern Kansas buried the hatchet to acquire Stro ther field, former AAF fighter train ing base, as a joint project in Au gust, 1946. Facilities offered by the field permitted the two cities to se cure a new industry, the Fairchild personal planes division. Gov. Frank Carlson of Kansas made the dedicatory address at a program which featured an elabo rate air fair. Starting with a dawn patrol breakfast, the day’s program included an exhibition and demon stration of personal planes, military aviation display, model airplane demonstration, flights by women pilots and fliers over the age of 40, parade and trap shoot. ‘KNEELING DOWN’ A bend ing nose gear which enables a fighter plane to “kneel down” on the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier is a feature of one of the navy’s fastest airplanes. North American Aviation’s all-jet XFJ-1. The equipment is devised to facilitate "handling of the fighter on the ground and stowage on deck. • * • Sky Lab Nine flying lightning rods have teamed up at Clinton county army air field at Wilmington, Ohio, in a modem version of Ben Franklin’s invitation to the lightning to blister his hand by way of kite, key and ring. Purpose of the scientific ad venture into the rain clouds, which is being conducted by the air mate rial command, is to determine the behavior of an electrical storm by jumping right into the middle of it with cameras, instruments and trained observers. FRIENDLY WORDS . . . Mme. Andrei Gromyko, wife of Soviet delegate to the United Nations, made radio address from U. N. in formation and hospitality center. She took as her subject inter national friendship. Her audience was composed of United Nations personnel and their families. WALLACE VOICES ANOTHER IDEA . . . Henry A. Wallace, shown 'here with Sen. Claude Pepper (Dem., Fla.), waves to crowds at Washington Watergate where he spoke on international relations. Re cently returned from a two-month cross-country speaking tonr, Wal lace told his Washington, D. C., listeners that President Truman should invite Soviet Premier Josef Stalin to “peace meeting” in Ber lin to settle differences. TELLS OF RED PLANS ... Dr. George Dimitrov, former head of Bulgarian Agrarian party, said Communist operations in Bulgaria and Balkans are part of conspir acy to plunge all of Europe under Soviet domination. GOOD SCOUT . . . Rachel Claris, 17-year-old representative of Great Britain's Girl Guides, arrived in New York to attend first world en campment of Girl Scouts to be held since 1937. GIVES THANKS . . . Joseph Car dinal Mindszenty, primate of Hun gary, expressed his country’s grat itude to the National Catholic Wel fare conference in America for sending 14,000 meals daily to starving Hungary. HOUSING PROBLEM . . . Just as though the housing problem weren’t bad enough, the Los An geles home and building exposi tion sponsors this hat composed of hammers, saws, T-squares, blueprints—and flowers. ELLIOTT DECORATED BY FRENCH . . . Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late president, is shown after receiving the legion of honor in the rank of chevalier and the croix de guerre with palm for outstanding service in North Africa in 1943. Left to right on lawn of French embassy in Washington are: Mrs. William Breyton, Air Attache Col. William Breyton of the French embassy, Elliott Roosevelt, Fay Em erson Roosevelt, Mme. Bonnet, wife of French ambassador, and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. SLIGHT FAMILY RESEMBLANCE . . . It’s difficult to decide from this picture which of the two is the more proud—David Com because he looks like his son, William, or little William because he looks so much like Pop. UNSCHEDULED EXHIBIT ... To Harry Marrison, his wife and their two and a half-year-old daughter, Judy, the international textile exposition at Grand Central Palace In New York offered a chance to set up temporary living quarters in one of the tents on display. Presence of the family in their cosy retreat made special officers Charles Beckman and Carmine Caruso do a quick double-take when they discovered the set-up. Machines Probe Heart Secrets Electrocardiagraph Shows Currents Generated in Vital Organ. CHICAGO. — Exposure of the deepest secrets of the human heart is threatened by scientists. Not the figurative secrets, of course, but the physical ones. The other day a group of curious laymen heard their own heartbeats by broadcast over a loudspeaker, read a new tape record of heart action and saw a television produc tion of heart sounds. Fight Heart Disease. This demonstration of scientific equipment now in use in the con tinuing fight on heart disease was staged for the first time publicly by the Chicago Heart association, with the press as an audience. It was part of the association’s educational program in its cam paign to raise $100,000 for research study of rheumatic fever, hyper tension and cardiovascular dis eases.’ The electrocardiagraph made an instantaneous record of electrical currents generated by the vital organ which could be read off a ticker tape. The old instrument in volved photographs and delay in de veloping the film. A fluorocardiagraph showed the movement of the various chambers of the heart and a cardioscope made a visual image of the heart sounds which the person being ex amined could witness. It was the phonocardiagraph which aroused the greatest interest. Use Microphone. A microphone was placed over the subject’s he’art. The sounds were amplified through a loud speaker at a decibel level that en abled everybody in the rodm to hear the beats. To a layman's ears, it might have been Gene Krupa on the drums, a jungle rhythm or the sound of run away horses. But to the attuned ears of heart specialists it was a step forward in the battle against the great killer, heart disease. “We’re still in the exploratory stage,” explained Dr. Louis N. Katz of the association board. “The ma chines were developed at Temple university and have been used for two years. “They give you a more continu ous record so you can tell what various heart motions mean.” Dr. Morris Fishbein of American Medical association, present for the big task was to train men to be able to interpret the records of the ma chines. DOT Can Be Harmful to Food And Soil, Specialist Says WASHINGTON. — Congress has found out that DDT shows up in the meat, milk and butter of cows fed on crops dusted with the insecti cide. Dr. P. N. Annand, chief of the en tomology bureau, also testified at house hearings on funds for the ag riculture department that too much DDT might poison the soil and that it had permitted some pests to in crease because it kills the parasites which destroy them. “In addition to the soil hazard,” he said, “it has been found recently there is a considerable accumula tion in the meat of animals that are fed on forage dusted with DDT. It builds up in the meat, particularly in the fats, and where forage crops are fed that have a high DDT resi due, the amount that accumulates in the animal fat is rather astound ing.” He said that its toxicity was not destroyed by preparing the meat over a fire. Dr. Annand said there was more concern over secretion of DDT in milk, because it concentrated in the butterfat. The department, he add ed, was not recommending DDT for forage crops to be fed to milk cows “because of that hazard.” Unemployed Since 1945, War Hero at Last Finds a Job ALBANY, N. Y. — A Medal of Honor winner, unemployed since his discharge from the army in 1945, went to work as a bus driver after Albany’s ex-G.I. mayor had taken a hand in the job hunt. Christos N. Karaberis, 33, had ap pealed for work in a Schenectady newspaper advertisement, brought to the attention of Mayor Erastus Coming Karaberis, a former sergeant, was wounded seriously in Italy. He won the nation’s highest military honor by capturing five enemy gun positions, killing eight of the enemy and taking 22 prisoners. Prospects for Bread In Great Britain Looking Up DUNDEE, SCOTLAND. — Food Minister John Strachey said there was “real hope” of ending bread rationing in Britain if this year’s world wheat harvests are good. Britain imposed a basic ration of nine ounces of bread daily for adults, with less for children and more for manual workers, last July. Strachey also said there was “some prospect” that world food prices would begin to decline next fall Wholesale prices of Amer ican food, he added, have gone up by 40 per cent since last July. Install Device in Lightning Study Bolt - Funneling Device Is Put Atop Empire State. NEW YORK.—Inside the conical cap atop the Empire State building General Electric technicians tugged and pushed into position a new de vice to record the characteristics of lightning bolts. Previous studies involving the world’s tallest “lightning rod” have shown that about 80 per cent of the lightning bolts “hitting” the tower actually originate in the steel frame of the building and soar skyward. By continuing these war-inter rupted studies, General Electric company’s engineers hope to learn enough about the characteristics of lightning so that equipment can be designed against interference and damage during storms. Once the new recording device has been installed, a technician will sit in front of the great box-like phonographic instrument atop the building. The abnormally heavy lightning bolts will funnel through the apparatus in front of him. He will be safe, the technicians say, unless he touches two of the girders simultaneously or sticks his hand out of the trap door at the top of the cone. The peak of the Empire State building is not the most peaceful place in town during an electric storm. The electrical field of the earth is projected abnormally far into the sky by the tower and the metallic cone on its summit hisses continuously as it pours a stream of static electricity into the air. If one should stick a hand up through the trap door each finger would give off a corona of St. Elmo's fire, en gineers say, though no one has ever tried it. The experiments are suffering momentarily from a housing short age. The scientists want an office in a building nearby facing the tow er, so they can mount a camera in a window to record the bolts as they strike. This would provide infor mation on speed and direction of flow of the bolts. In the course of the work, begun in 1935 "under Dr. Karl B. Mc- Eachron and continuing under J. H. Hagenguth, it was found that the tower was struck as many as nine times in 20 minutes. Widowed Stepmother Is Married by Californian TUCSON, ARIZ.—Can a man legally marry his father’s widow? Belle D. Hall, Superior court clerk, posed the question. After checking the statutes. County Attorney Odin Dodd said there was nothing to prevent a man from marrying his stepmother. So Mrs. Hall issued a license to William R. Jeffries Jr., 56, and Mrs. Marguerite C. Jeffries, 49, both of Pasadena, Calif. They were married by Judge Lee Gar rett of Superior court. “If she’s half as good to me as she was to my father. I’ll be the happiest man in California,” said Jeffries. Necktie Swapping Swamps Inventor, He Screams Uncle SEATTLE. — Bill Horsley, presi dent of the one-man International Necktie exchange here, is scream ing “uncle.” Horsley, founder of the exchange, idly mentioned to a local newspaper reporter that his agency exchanges neckties. His hobby is designed so that men who get tired of their ties can exchange them for the cost of postage. Horsley’s idea got widespread publicity and the former University of Washington cheer leader says he is going crazy with cravats. He has been receiving hundreds daily. The exchange has been tempora rily suspended until tie-mad Hors ley catches up with back orders. Bat Disturbs Composure Of Ohio Senate Chamber COLUMBUS. — The senate had bats in its chamber. One bat, that is, which enlivened proceedings by sudden swoops and swishes past ducking senators. Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert said he was undecided to which committee to refer the creature. That quandry was resolved by Sen. Evert E. Addison, who moved to refer it to the conservation com mittee. Before facetious action could be taken, a spectator caught the bat and tossed it out the window. New Device Ends Peril of Break in Fire Company Hose CHICAGO. — Northwestern uni versity has revealed development of a new device that would protect firemen from the dangers of burst ing hoses. The invention, called the sealed air chamber, also eliminates vibra tions and knocks heard in home and apartment plumbing systems when faucets are turned off. Lewis H. Kessler, professor of sanitary engineering, and Merrill B. Garnet, associate professor of civil engineering, developed the de vice at the university’s technologi cal institute. m Change Your Weight For Beauty's Sake Eat and Be Slim' W HO said you can’t have your , cake and eat it, too? You can actually change from the well-padded matron on the left to the slim miss on the right without slipping any meals. • • • It’s all a matter of counting calories. If you want to lose two pounds a week, and you're an average-sized woman, al low yourself between 1200 and 1500 cal ories a day. For full details on how to lose weight safely and simply, send for booklet No. 46. Send 25 cents (coin) for “Change Your Weight for Beauty’s Sake” to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 West 17th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print name, ad dress, booklet UUe and No. 46. Odd Pool Blows Bubbles; Geologists Are Mystified A curious pool of water the ori gin and activity of which have long mystified geologists is locat ed near Gwadar, Baluchistan. Called “The Eye of the Sea,” it is very deep, round and 15 feet in diameter. / Every five minutes, in a cer tain spot on its surface, a bubble forms, increases to the size of a grapefruit and then bursts. ••• ■Frolick/ Fritz Eats well, acts well, is well—on a basic diet of Gro- Pup Ribbon. These crisp, toasted rib bons give him every vitamin and mineral dogs are known to need. Bco- . nomical, too. One box supplies as much food by dry weight as five 1-lb. ' cans of dog food! Gro-Pup also comes in Meal and in Pel-Etts. For variety, feed all three! Passive Known VogsGo'Ex GRO-PUP Mad* br Chafing Dry Eczema Sunburn Ivy Poison Simple Rash KIDNEY SUFFERERS! 74% BENEFITED —in clinical test by recognized N. Y. research organization All patients were suffering from burning pas sages, getting up nights. All were given tablets based on newer medical knowledge. These tablets both stimulated kidneys (as do conventional di uretic pills) and directly soothed irritated bladder linings (only Foley Pills also soothe). The result of test was 74% were freed of burning sensa tions; only haa to get up at night one-third as many times. To give yourself quicker, long last ing benefits from this new formula, get Foley (the new kidney-bladder) Pills from anv drug gist. Unless you find them far more satisfactory. 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