Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1936 — Page 6

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EDGAR HOOVER LITTLE KNOWN DESPITE FAME Hero of All Small Boys Is Antique Collector, Baseball Fan, Following I* the flrii of two article! portraying the Utile known life and exploit! of J. Edgar floorer, director of the Bureau of Investigation who climaxed a ruthleea drlti for extermination of the kidnap racket with a thrilling aerie* r.l personally directed raid* last week. BY RUSSELL TURNER (Copyright, 1938. by United Press) WASHINGTON, May 14.—Pick a small boy these days and ask him who, of all people in the world, he wants to be like, and 10 to 1 he will reply: "J. Edgar Hoover." Hoover’s name today probably is one of the best known in the country. The reason for this, as any small boy can tell you, is his spectacular drive against public enemies climaxed witih raids which netted the nation's four remaining criminals In the public enemy class. Thus the names of Karpis, Campbell, Hahan and Robinson have been added to the list of bad men who have fallen before the weapon of scientific crime-detection coupled with utter fearlessness. John Dillinger, Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, George (Machine Gun) Kelly and a host of others had gone before, each of them the victim of J. Edgar Hoover. He’s Baseball Fan Despite the fame that his accomplishments have ’brought, only a handful of people know anything about him beyond the fact that he heads the Justice Department’s Bureau of Investigation. His name probably has made more headlines than any other except President Roosevelt but those who know that he Is a stamp and antique collector, that he is a baseball fan and an expert fisherman could be assembled in a small drawing room. On first meeting this man who directs the hard-hitting, far-flung "G-Men,” one characteristic that stands out above all others is his efficient manner. A youthful, efficient business executive? Yes. A detective—a man who gumshoes around, chasing criminals? Never. Mr. Hoover is of medium height, inclined to stoutness, sharp-featured with coal-black curly hair. He speaks with sharp, clipped, staccato phrases. He dresses like a magazine fashion plate. A Native Washingtonian! The boss G-Man is one of that rarest of species, a native Washingtonian. He was born here Jan. 1, 1895, attended Washington public schools and was graduated from Washington’s red-brick Central High School in 1913. He got his first job as a clerk in the Congressional Library. One of the most rigid requirements which Mr. Hoover has set up for men aspiring to join the Bureau of Investigation as special agents is that they must be lawyers. Many people wonder why a man rrtust be a lawyer to be a detective. Mr. Hoover cites the answer from his own experience. He gives credit for many of his innovations in the bureau to the fact he was trained as a lawyer. Enthusiastic About Job He won his law degree in 1916, by studying nights at George Washington University Law School while he worked in 4he library. He holds that law training invaluable. In 1924, with the bureau still a minor unit engaged solely in investigative work, famed William J. Bums resigned as director. The then Attorney General, John G. Sargent, chose Hoover to take over the reins in the bureau. Visions of a day when the bureau would be a powerful, crime-fighting authority, capable of coping successfully with

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FEAR FOR LIVES OF CONVICTS' HOSTAGES Fugitives Trailed Through Wilds by 200 Men. Bn Unitrd Pregg M’ALESTER, Okla., May 14. Eight freedom-crazed fugitives from the state penitentiary here fled through the rugged and sparsely settled wilds of southeastern Oklahoma today. They carried three hostages as protection against the pursuit of 200 officers and possemen. Two of the kidnap victims in the bloody break from the penitentiary, Guards Tuck Cope and Victor Conn, were wounded. Grave concern that they and the third prisoner of the felons, Wilburn

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