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Harold Bell Wright Here is Bertrand Zadig's drawing of Harold Bell Wright, whose novel, "Ma Cinderella,” will be published Monday by Harper & Brothers. In his new book, Wright goes back to the Ozarks, the scene of his earliest triumphs such as “That Printer of Udells.” v tt a BY WALTER D. HICKMAN. TUST now in the metropolitan ** press there is a ’ot of front page dope concerning the ousting as a reporter from the Baltimore Sun of Drew Pearson, because he has been identified as one of the authors of “More Merry-Go-Round,” companion to "Washington Merry-Go-Round.” The book is so intimate with members of the cabinet, high ranking army officials, Washington bootleggers, members of the supreme court, and others who keep the wheels going in privileged Washington that I had the feeling that probably each chapter was written by an individual pretty close to the fireworks. I am concerned with “More Mer-ry-Go-Round” as a literary product. As far as I am concerned, it amused me greatly, because inated much ground of which I have been suspicious for a long time. Here is sweeping theater from a reading standpoint. The cast is made up of national party leaders of the day. It is so hot that the front page of many papers now are printing the denials of Secretary of War Patrick Jay Hurley that he was rude to former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and also Baker’s denial. Another point that burned the present war secretary was the accusation in "More Merry-Go-Round” that he won his decoration for distinguished service during the World War two hours before the armistice. '' I was interested in the chapter concerning Hurley because I knew that it would be connected with printed denials in the papers by both the war secretary and the former war secretary. And while the merry controversy goes on, the sale of "More Merry-Go-Round” mounts to even more thousands a day than formerly, and even some of my rock-ribbed Republican friends beg me to loan t them my copy just for an evening. It is the hottest reading I have encountered in the last ten years of modern fiction. tt tt In "More Merry-Go-Round,” I ‘was interested how some high authority is brought at certain times in spectacular action against such literary masterpieces as "Decameron” of Boccaccio, Rabelais’ Works and even the recent “Lady Chatterley's Lover.” The chapter having the most charm of writing as well as literary value is the one devoted to "Nine Old Men," which to me is an amusing story relative to the present complexion of the United States supreme court. I am not saying whether "More Merry-Go-Round” is fact or fiction. To me it is the most red-blooded and interesting book I have read in years. I will admit the subject matter never made me indignant and I did not resent the conviction that the system of government that "More t ‘Merry-Go-Round" exposes is the same system that Norman Thomas corrects in "As I See It,” which I reviewed last week. tt u tt Have just received a copy for review of ‘So a Leader Came,” by Frederick Palmer, which will be published Sept. 23 by Ray Long and Richard R. Smith. As the title sounds, it concerns the rise of a deader who was the salvation of his country. B B tt Brentano's in New York reports that “More Merry-Go-Round” is one of the non-fiction books which is in most demand in their New York stores. They describe the book as "another exhilarating ride through the nation's capitol.” mum "Be Beautiful” is -new and surprisingly interesting book by Edith Sorter Lapish and Flora G. Orr, on the advantages of beauty, and howto attain it. It is a small, easily read volume, addressing itself not only to women, erbut to men and children, making of it a family book. It treats the subject intelligently, always emphasizing the fact that the basis for beauty is health, and warns against rather than recommends, the excessive use of cosmetics. It is published by D. Appleton and Cos., New' York, and retails for $1.50. (By F. D. D.) BUM If you want to keep up with the new important fiction I will suggest "The Family Circle.” by Andre Maurois; "Keeper of the Keys.” by Earl Derr Biggers; Faraway,” by J. B. Priestley, and “A Good Mans Love,” by E. M. Delafield.

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SOVIET LEAVES TRADE CHANCE UP TO U. S. Washington’s Policy Will Determine Where Orders Are Placed. DENY ISOLATION STAND Russia Wants to Work With Other Nations in Her Ambitious Plans. This is the third and last of a series of articles dealing with phases of the Sovlet-American problem as viewed on the Russian side. BY EUGENE LYONS United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1932, by United Pressi MOSCOW, Sept. 9.—America’s .share in the billions of rubles of Russian orders, planned to be placed abroad under the second five-year plan, will depend in large measure, according to political circles here, upon Washington’s policy toward the Soviet Union. Although it has announced “economic independence from the outside world” as one of the objectives of the second plan, the Kremlin does not foresee a cessation of foreign trade. On the contrary, it will rely on wider foreign trade contracts as its industrial structure is enlarged and fortified. A recent bulletin of the Soviet Chamber of Commerce seeks to dispel the assumption in some foreign circles that Russia plans to cut itself off from the outside world and become an “isolated autarchic state.” Will Rely on Self The purport of the decision to become self-dependent, it declares, is that the Soviet Union plans to be in a position to rely on itself only if necessary—that is, in the event of war or an economic blockade. Moreover, there is a wide gulf here, as everywhere, between plans and achievements. Independence is as yet a distant goal. Until it is achieved, the Soviet Union indubitably will be obligzd to import immense quantities of machinery, equipment, and raw materials. Its obvious anxiety to raise the living standards of its 160,000,000 inhabitants also will encourage the Kremlin to buy some goods of broad consumption, if loans or long-term credits for the purpose will be available. Soviet imports will have to be paid for through exports. The world obviously can not shut down on one without shutting down on the other. By and large, however, Soviet actual and potential exports do not compete with American exports, except in such natural products as wheat or oil. Would Aid Peace It is claimed here that SovietAmerican goods exchanges are essentially complementary. Russia takes of America’s manufactured wealth—equipment and machines in the first place, it gives in return of its rich natural resources. Soviet-American rapprochement, in the deeply grounded belief of most Russian observers, moreover would at this time serve as a powerful factor in maintaining world peace. Absence of diplomatic contacts between the two powers, both signatories of the Kellogg pact and both in various degree proponents of disarmament, is a disturbing element in international politics. The situation created by Japanese activities in China, it further is emphasized, brings the necessity for contacts between the United States and the Soviet Union into especially clear focus. Might Curb Japan Aims which both Moscow and Washington seem to be pursuing independently with a view to preventing war in the Far East, might have been co-ordinated effectively, the theory goes, if a formal barrier did not exist. Russians in positions of influence openly have told the writer that any American gesture of friendship toward the Soviet regime at this time would act as a brake upon the extreme militarist wing in Japan, and thus would help prevent war in that dangerous section. With the recent conclusion of a Soviet-Polish non-aggressive pact, Moscow effected a chain of such pacts on its western frontier in which Rumania is the only missing link. GRADE SCHOOLS SHOW 1,148 PUPIL DECREASE Slump May Be Temporary, Stetson Says, in Releasing Figures. Tentative enrollment decrease of 1,148 in elementary schools and a gain of 240 in high schools were reported today by city school principals to Paul C. Stetson, schools superintendent. School officials explained the 40,300 elementary school enrollment figures as "tentative” because, they said, the period between the opening of school up until Sept. 18 usually shows a marked decrease, and the decrease, thus far noted, may be made up. Enrollment last year at this time was 41,448. Greatest gain among the high schools was at Crispus Attucks. Negro school, and greatest loss was at Washington high. Enrollment and gains and loss figures for the six city high schools is: Shortridge. 2,954. loss 41; Manual Training. 1.714, gain 98: Arsenal Technical. 5.315, gain 7: Broad Ripple. 330, loss 9; Washington. 1.445. gain 192. and Crispus Attucks. 1.472, loss 7. Riverside to Hold Bargain Day Riverside amusement park will hold another of its popular 2-cent days Saturdays, it is announced, with the bargain rate prevailing on all rides and other fun devices from noon until midnight, with no tickets required.

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JEAN HARLOW UNHAPPY IN MARRIAGE

First Venture, With Chicago Playboy, Soon Ends in Disaster

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This is the third of four stories on the life of Jean Harlow, the famous platinum blond of the movies, whose second husband, Paul Bern, recently ended his life. By A 'MA Service % WHEN, five years ago this month, Hollywood’s most famous platinum blond, Jean Harlow, became the bride of Charles F. McGrew 11, young and wealthy Chicago sportsman, in a hurryup wedding at Waukegan, 111., even the marrying justice predicted happiness. It was the initial altar adventure for both. They were madly in love. There was no opposition. And “Chick,” as 'the playboy bridegroom was called affectionately by his boarding schoolgirl bride, had money. Their marriage was the climax of a whirlwind romance begun five months before while Jean, who then still was answering to the name of Harlean Carpentier, who was a freshman at Ferry hall in Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago. Early in the spring of 1927, "Jada” Leland, a schoolmate of Harlean’s from Detroit, asked the future screen star if she would like to go to the Drake hotel in Chicago the following Saturday night with a boy named "Chick” McGrew. "Who is he?” asked Harlean. "Jada” told her. He had been graduated from Lake Forest academy the year before and had attended the University of Illinois for a while. His father was a prominent

Wanderlust Still Lure for Indiana Man at 87

Returns From Washington and Plans New Tours; ‘On Go’ for Years. BY SHELDON KEY Home again in the Hoosier capital, his favorite city, George L. S. Banes, 87, farmer, traveler, and collector of curios, today searched travel books and musty library records for "new worlds to conquer.” He already has proved that a man never is too old to satisfy his wanderlust. Yet, he wants to “take to the road” once more. The octogenarian, with flowing chin whiskers, pongee suit and walking staff, arrived from the east, after visiting Washington and other large cities. This summer he spent two months studying historical landmarks and shrines in Washington, D. C., always walking and refusing to take a street car. “Climbing Bunker Hill was grand,” he asserts. “I always had yearned to see the famous battlefield I had read so much about.” Son of a miller, a towpath boy and woolen worker in his youth, Banes tilled a Hoosier farm for half a century, then set out to satisfy boyhood ambitions. He wears spectacles and must use a reading glass at the library, but says that, he eats anything and is in prime health. He claims West Lafayette as his real home. His residence is filled with curios He possesses fifty canes of his-

Republican Outlook Is Gloomy in Fight for Control Over Incoming Congress

BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Writer CHICAGO. Sept. 9.—Loss of the next senate by half a dozen votes and of the house by from 20 to 50, faces the Republicans today, on the basis of reports to campaign headquarters. If the Democrats win short-term elections for the senate in New Jersey and Colorado, they will be able also to take over control of the senate in its short session in December. If they win only one of these contests, the Republicans would have to enlist the aid of Sen-

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Chicago lawyer who with his mother had met a tragic death by drowning at Trout Lake, Wis., several years before. They had left him a fortune. Harlean accepted the invitation and the following Monday morning the girl-filled dormitories of Ferry hall rocked with new excitement. Harlean Carpenter had "met the man.” n tt tt THERE followed a typical boarding school romance. Ferry Hall, still adhering to the rigid social code formulated by its founders a half century before, forbade Harlean to have weeknight "dates” with her new enthusiasm. However, the schoolma’ams made no apparent effort to prevent “Chick” from joining the procession of amorous youths who, hopeful for stolen glimpses of their heart interests, nightly drove their autos around “The Circle,” the graveled road about which the main buildings of the aristocratic old school are grouped. As young McGrew slowly drove past the dormitory in which Harlean resided, her pale gold head suddenly would pop out of an upper window. Then a note written in her rather vertical hand would flutter to earth. At last came June and vacation. Harlean went home to the modest little house on Central avenue, Highland Park, into which her mother, now the wife of Marino Bello, had recently moved. "Chick” followed. Seldom a day: passed that Highland Parkers

Kiss? Away! By United Press STONEHAM, Mass., Sept. 9. —Returning from duty to police headquarters, officer Dennis McKinnon penned the following report: "At 2:45 a. m. investigated complaint of a girl wandering around Chase building. Woman appeared slightly under the influence of liquor. Gave me Cambridge address. I put her in a machine parked in the square, which, she said, she had left. Wanted to reward me with a kiss. Sent her on her way. “ p - S.—l didn't take the kiss.”

torical significance, about a quart of ancient coins, and a seventy-two-pound seashell, which he says is the second largest in the world. He purchased it at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893. When at heme, he rests by rocking in a chair which Jesse James, famous desperado, is said to have used. The chair was acquired from James’ mother, whose acquaintance Banes made while traveling through Clay county, Mo. Occasionally he abandons his walking stick for a cane said to have been used by Bob Ford, slayer of James. Bane declares he is “free to go where he pleases.” Now a widower, with a daughter and a son established in life, he is doing this.

ator Shipstead (F. L., Minn.) to divide the senate, 48-48. Loss of the senate would throw complete control of congress out of Republican hands before expiration of President Hoover's term. The reports here indicate that Republican candidates, even in states which Hoover is expected to carry, are facing a handicap of resentments against the "ins,” which already has been shown in many primaries. While such stalwarts as "Jim’’ Watson, Indiana: Otis F. Glenn, Illinois; Reed Smoot, Utah, and

did not see Ferry Hall’s whitesthaired freshman snuggled in the front seat of his expensive automobile. b n b THAT summer "Chick” proposed and Harlean accepted. Mrs. Bello gave them her blessing in exchange for their promise to have a large'church wedding with bridesmaids and flowers. Then on Sept. 21, when Jean was 16 and “Chick” but 20, they eloped to Waukegan and were married. The much-in-love bridegroom, to show his bride that she had

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But “Chick” McGrew Stood Between taken him for better, not worse, promptly gave her an expensive automobile, instructed his attorney to set aside $300,000 from his father’s estate as a permanent trust fund for her, and volunteered to build her any kind of house she wanted, any place she liked. The youthful newlyweds motored to New York in Harlean’s honeymoon car, then steamed through the Panama canal to California. They had no plans—other than the pursuit of happiness. If they liked Los Angeles, they might settle there. If they didn’t—but Harlean did. Harlean knew' few people there on her arrival, but her striking beauty and quick intelligence made her an immediate favorite with her playboy husband’s many friends. It was one of them who dared her to take the "movie” test—the test which not only changed her attitude toward her husband, but toward life. tt tt tt THAT test reaped her a small part with Richard Dix in "Moran of the Marines.” But that bit was enough to attract the screen eye of Hal Roach and a five-year contract. ‘ Up to the time Harlean put her signature on that contract, McGrew had regarded her interest in motion pictures as just another of her enthusiasms. Then he began to object.

JOBLESS LOSE VOTE IN MAINE Hoover Mum on Protests; Called G. 0. P. Trick. By Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—President Hoover apparently intends to ignore protests against the practice of Maine officials in barring from the polls persons who have received state or municipal aid. "No comment at all,” a White House secretary said today, when asked i. f protests made by a Maine Democrat would be answered or referred to some agency of the government. In legal circles it was pointed out that the responsibility for this condition, under which millions of the unemployed might be barred from voting in November, was apparently a matter for the Governor of Maine and other state and local officials. The statute under which some 350 unemployed have been barred in one Maine locality, Lewiston, is a state law, seldom invoked. Senator David I. Walsh <Dem., Mass.) charged today that the Lewiston action was undisguiscdly political. He quoted a Republican official there as saying, “Well, that is the way some might look at it, for elections have been won or lost by 350 votes.” “Admittedly,” Walsh added, “it w’ilJ work to President Hoover’s advantage in the coming election if the jobless army is deprived of the privileges of voting.”

Wesley L. Jones, Washington, are confronted by hard fights and possible defeat, such anti-administra-tion progressives as Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Peter Norbeck of South Dakota and James J. Blaine of Wisconsin are regarded as certain of re-election. The only state where the G. O. P. counts on a sure gain is in Kansas, where it is believed that Senator George McGill. Democrat, will be beaten by ex-Governor Ben S. Paulen. Democratic gains seem most possible against Watson in ndiana,

His objections received unexpected support from her grandfather, S. D. Harlow, a wealthy real estate man of Kansas City, Mo. He told her she must choose between that contract and a codicil in his will, eliminating her from any share of his fortune. She chose the latter as the lesser of the evils and persuaded Roach to destroy the contract. Then death came to Mr. Harlow. Shortly thereafter Harlean inherited a plump sum from his estate for being a good granddaughter. She still was in mourning when, in the lobby of a Hollywood hotel, she encountered Billy Joy, who besides being a brother of the well-known Leatrice, is a "movie" scout and actors' agent. He persuaded her to re-enter films and simultaneously he persuaded Howard Hughes to employ her. BUB MEANWHILE, affairs had been going from worse to still worse in the new 550,000 honeymoon mansion which McGrew had built for his beautiful wife on

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the side of one of Beverly’s hills. And in October, 1929, two months after her grandfather’s death and her re-entrance into "movies,” she sued for a divorce. In her bill of complaint Harlean —who, by now, was screen christened "Jean Harlow”— charged him with cruelty and intemperance. Also, she asked the court to reaffirm her right to the income

King Tom 1 Is Crowned With Times Brown Derby

Ceremony Is Feature of Night Program at State Fair. With a crown one-half size too small, and while bands played "Hail! Hail! the Gang's All Here,” Tom Quinn, West Washington street's pride and joy, was honored Thursday night at the state fairground as Indianapolis’ most distinguished citizen. Winner of The Indianapolis Times annual Brown Derby contest, in accepting the chocolate headpiece from Probate Judge Smiley Chambers, recited the history of famous crownings in the past, Cain’s crowning of Abel, Samson’s use of the jawbone of an ass to crown the Philistines, and the popular crowning that goes on nightly in homes that have “home brew.” King Tom I was brought to the fair by his faithful followers atop an ice truck. He was garbed in yellow robes and a firemen’s band and a trio of motorcycle patrolmen escorted the K ng on his march of triumph: As soon as the coronation march began across the race track, the harness horses started running the wrong way, for fear of winning the Brown Derby. H. M. Tebay, city deputy controller, acted as master of ceremonies, and he jockeyed Quinn in-

l Jones in Washington, Steiwer in Oregon qnd in Colorado, where Alva ; Adams, Democrat, is contesting against Carl C. Schuyler for the late Senator Waterman’s place. Republican control of the next house is almost an abandoned hope. Reports indicate that Missouri, electing its thirteen members at large, may return almost a solid Democratic delegation. Other states where the Democrats seem sure to win a majority in the congressional delegations are in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, the border 'states and part of New England.

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from the trust fund he had estab- ’ lished for her (approximately 5375 a month), to the Beverly Hills , home, and to the automobile which had succeeded her wedding present motor. The court granted all her requests. The following year (October, 1930), on the heels of her spectacular step into stardom via i “Hell’s Angels,” McGrew succeeded in having the decree set aside. He charged he never had been served with notice of his wife's suit. tt B B T>UT when it came up for its second hearing. Jean revealed her married unhappiness in detail. From the witness stand she told broktnly how her husband, once when she asked him to buy her a certain set of furs, had sarcastically replied: "What do you think I'm made of, money?” She testified also to the pain in her shoulder he had given her on another occasion—by bumping her into a mantelpiece. In retaliation. McGrew charged her with deliberately breaking

her marriage vows by "posing for pictures in too few clothes.” But the court once more ruled in favor of La Harlow, and it rereaffirmed her right to the income from the trust fund, the home in Beverly Hills, and the automobile. Thus was ended her first romance. NEXT: Jean Harlow’s second romance and her marriage to "Hollywood’s Good Samaritan.”

Bad Is Good By United Press DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 9.—Bad teeth are credited for the longevity of the 93-year-old Confederate veteran, Lieutenant General R. D. Chapman of Houston. "Sure, it was bad teeth,” he told friends here. "Bad teeth made me an eater of light food. Light food was responsible for good health, good health for my 93 years.”

to an advantageous position near the throne seat. Judge Chambers slipped the derby on King Tom in an avalanche of oratory. E. O. Snethen presented him with The Times silver plaque declaring him the city’s most popular citizen for 1932. Sheriff Charles (Buck) Sumner, winner of the 1931 derby, congratulated the victor. SPRINGER IS SPEAKER AT SIXTH WARD RA'.LY Stringent Banking Legislation Urged by Candidate for Governor. Stringent banking legislation and more equitable distribution of the tax burden were advocated by Raymond S. Springer, Republican Governor nominee, at a Sixth ward Republican rally in Walker Casino Thursday night. “When the interests of the people are safeguarded the state will have better banking institutions,” Springer told the 300 present. He pointed out that the owner of tangible property has been bearing the tax burden and that it now is necessary to distribute the load. Other Republican state and county candidates spoke. BTH ~ AND 9TH TWTOS Negro Attorney Is Proud Father of Baby Boy and Girl. An expansive smile today decorated the face of James C. (Sekeatary) Hawkins, Negro police court attorney, as he proudly acknowledged he is the father of twins. They are Richard, five and threequarters pounds, and Rose Le, five and one-half pounds, and are Nos. 8 and 9 of the Hawkins progeny.

HOOVER HOME LOAN BANK IS BRANDED BONK Vote-Catching Plan, of Little Aid to Needy, Declares Coast Financier. NO CHEER IN SURVEY Foreclosures to Continue at Usual Rate, View of Officials. In view of the conflicting reports regarding the effect of the administration s appeal for a sixty-day moratorium on home mortgage foreclosures, the Seripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance is making a survey of actual conditions in typical states and communities. Surveys of California, Tennessee and the District of Columbia. areas follow: o tt a By United Prtss SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. Bankers and building and loan association officials here are agreed that there has not been, and is not likely to be, any general foreclosure moratorium on home loans in California. At the same time, they report that, because of the general improvement in prices and the passing of the panic phase here, lenders are more lenient now than a few months ago. Bankers here today expressed opinion that the home loan bank system, to be instituted In the next sixty days, will be of little aid to them. Called Vote Catching Scheme A. P. Giannini, chairman of the board of the Bank of America, said of the moratorium and home loan bank plans: “You can quote me as saying it’s all a vote-catching proposition. It's the bunk.” It is doubtful if the San Francisco banks will subscribe to the capital of the home loan bank for this district. Building and loan associations are favorable to the federal project, but say it will have small effect as an emergency project. They prefer to accept the home loan bank principle for its future helpfulness, rather than for any aid it might render now. Plan Is Criticised California banks for years have made loans to home owners on a one-year basis, then renewing the loan for four years after it became due. No loan more than six months past due can be rediscounted with the new federal system. This means a large proportion of home owners here will be barred from receiving any aid from the federal system. "Our policy remains unchanged,” said M. D. Arnold, president of the Fidelity-Bankers Trust Company, largest holders of mortgages here. “We are still foreclosing only when necessary to protect our stockholders. We do not foreclose when the owner is able to pay interest on the loan and taxes on the property.” Another official of the company said, “we are foreclosing less than we would like to. we already have so much property on our hands that we’d rather hold the overdue notes.” Bankers Cold on Plan WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Bankers here are not enthusiastic over the relief to be expected from the operations of the President’s home loan bank system, and the solvent banks are not considering adoption of the administration’s proposal for a sixty-day moratorium on home moitgage foreclosures. Receivers of four suspended banks in the District of Columbia have put into effect the order for a sixtyday moratorium in cases where property fails under provisions of the act and assets of the bank can be preserved. Solvent bankers, discussing the proposal for a sixty-day moratorium, expressed fear that some debtors who could pay would consider such plan a "holiday” and spend their money for other purposes. Each home mortgage is being dealt with by the solvent banks according to circumstances, bankers in many cases being lenient with those who may benefit by the act later on. TURNS OETECTIVeTfINDS SIOO BANJO AND CASE Stolen Articles Turn Up After Search of Four Years. After four years’ search, William Bomeman, 210 McKim street, has found his SIOO banjo and case, due mostly to his own efforts as a detective. The instrument and case were stolen in January', 1928. Weekly since then Borneman has made the rounds of pawnshops, without results until two weeks ago when he found the banjo in Bloom's pawnshop, 229 East Washington street. Police took charge of the banjo because Borneman failed to pay 54 which had been loaned upon it. Bomeman has called at the shoo several times seeking the case. Thursday, while Bloom was out. he approached employes with the statement that he wished to buy a case. He was shown several, and finally one described as "real good” was oroduced from beneath a counter. It was the case for Bomemans banjo. Detectives also took possession of it.