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Clark, Southern California champion, and Judson Grant, winner of the Six-City Open in Cleveland. The threesome to show the gathering
promised , Ballery some fine points about the game. Joe Appears Efficient
.. LEONARD CLARK, Joe's secretary, told me he didn't have an extra set of clubs I could use. Besides, only threesomes were going out. It was an idea. . Let me give you a few of my impressions about the Detroit mauler. He conducts himself as a gentleman should. Quiet, almost bordering on the serious, Joe, nevertheless, appears efficient in anything he does. That goes for his golf as well as drinking a bottle of pop or eating a bucket of ice cream.
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TEE SNATCHER—While Joe Louis slams his ball down the fairway, "Mr. Inside" picks up a souvenir, Two, in fact. Now he wants to give one away. FET
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# NEW YORK, Aug. 25—The late O, Henry, a Man of fairly spongy moral precept, ence devoted several volumes of admiring prose to the exploits of swindlers and kindred practitioners of the coh. Sharpers of all breed fascinated O. Henry. ' He felt that there was something basically gmusing, and a little bit noble in a shell-game, the green-goods dodge, or a fast deal in genuine Prazilian-type diamonds. His scorn was for the sucker, his admiration for the thief. The jay has éver been fair game for the fast shuffle, and it is considered admirable to take his pants. © But O. Henry's Mr. Jeff Peters, and latterly, that witty fraud, Wilson Mizner, were pretty slow. operators, with their medicine shows and rigged cards
' They were not so smooth as the modern Wiltiam Buckners, whp combine human misery with avarice to shake the chumps under the name of charity. The old ocean greyhound sharks were piddlers alongside the phony bond-floaters and the overseas manipulators of everything from semicontrolled currency to 'a national hunger, ‘Where the old bunco artist had few props for his skullduggery—an accomplice in the audience, a'marked deck, a set of performing dice—the new boy has a vast, unwilling ally in human communications—press, radio, magazines, books, phony sommittees, vague charities, Congress, the pulpit Ja» everything that shapes thought and action,
Ripened for the Pluck
THE CORRECT MOOD is established, the right receptivity to a scheme is established, the dudience is ripe for the plucking. This lining-up the house, for an eventual move, be it noble or sinister, is effected in a loose profession called public relations, or the shaping of the national mind through concertéd pressure. Just to show you how far a shrewd operator ean go, in any direction, 1 cite you the case of Mr. uido Orlando, an employee of the Institute of blic Relations here. I hasten to add that I akcuse Mr. Orlando of no legal misdoing, but mereiy offer him as an example of how a smart opefator works, when he sets his mind to it. Mr. Orlando went to Italy armed with a few photographs, a clipping about himself from that responsible publication, The Hobo News, and his own entrancing patter. In a short time, he had sold himself to the best of the Italian press as
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Till-Tapping
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—There still are only 210 ways to rob a bank. Without a gun, that is. £ This isn't exactly a disappointment to Lester &. Pratt, who is perhaps America’s leading expert #h bankers with sticky fingers, but he does think #bme of em might show a little originality when they tap their own tills, . Take James Pellechia Jr.; the high-stepping dge of Newark, N. J, who confessed last rhonth ® robbing his own bank of $857,000. The: Federal posit Insurance Co. called in Bank Detective
att to see exactly how he did it. He's still rking on the case, but it turns out that New rsey’s dapperest judge merely filled out some ny mertgage forms to replace the money he ched. Old stuff. : ¢ Only iwo weeks before Pellechia confessed, the fhild-mannered Pratt.made a speech warning New Jersey bankers-that fake mortgages were one of e easiest ways for crooked officials to rob their banks. :
frauds Used: to Be Hush-Hush
& THE SIGN on Mr. Pratt D says he's a @ertifiead public accountant, but for 25 years he's §pecialized on running down bank thieves with his Mostly he works for irety companies, bankers’ associations -and the
: Joveramest, A while back he wrote a book, “Bank
uds,” listing the 210 ways to rob a bank that come to his attention. This has become somePos of a sensation in financial literary circles; some bankers still don’t like the idea. “ ¥rauds used to be as hush-hush as officialdom epuld make ‘em. because they always started runs on the banks. Now that we've got federal insurance of deposits, the customers aren't worried when a teller filches a few thousand dollars to play on the ponies. Mr. Pratt figures the more everybody knows about monkeyshines at the cash
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started to get blue in the face. Joe shot par golf for the first five holes. It was a treat to watch this kind of golf. No one threw their clubs, cussed or hollered. Seemed strange to me. Conversation between the three players was scarce. The crowd talked in hushed whispers. On the seventh tee, Clark whammed a ball intp
the woods. Joe belted his first of the day into the}
rough. Grant stepped up and began talking to himself.
“Juddy, ol’ boy, if you can’t take advantage of this you're a fool,” he said. His ball sailed high, far and enough to the left to disappear into the rough about 30 yards behind Joe's ball. Tough. Rather a disastrous hole all the way around. Joe carded a six, one above par. Clark and Grant took seven each, two above par. If I had been where any of the three were, I'm almost sure 10 or 11 strokes would have sufficed to get me out. And I'm a pretty good shooter.
Anybody Want a Louis Tee?
JOE WAS five up on his two opponents at the end of the first nine and one over par. His ex-
pression never changed. On the 12th hole, Joe showed the crowd what a real champion he was. His drive landed beside a huge walnut tree. About 40 yards away was a water hole on the edge of the green. Joe studied the problem. Then he and his caddy, Paul Lassier of Detroit, went into con* ference. Joe nodded his head and played up to the edge of the embankment. A short pitch placed him on the green. Clark and Grant had the misfortune of going into the drink, Even a champion, Joe demonstrated, can take advice, As Joe pounded the ball along to lead: 90 amateurs in the qualifying round, I managed to snitch two of his tees. It was one of those things. I just wanted a couple of tees that the heavyweight champion of the world had used. I took two because they were so small. Now I find one is plenty. If you should happen to want a tee Joe Louis used, drop me a card and I'll send it to you. Just for the heck of it, understand.
By Robert C. Ruark
“I1 Re Della Pubblicita”—the king of press relations in America. . I have seen his clipping book, and he received nearly as much favorable publicity there as Babe Ruth amassed when he died here last week. According to the Italian papers, Mr. Orlando had either launched or contributed to the careers of Franklin D. Roosevelt—‘"thanks to Orlando, Mr. Roosevelt was elected President and later, Mr. Truman was named Vice rs Bae bo, Annabella, Clark - Gable, pV no; sor, Winston Churchill, Huey Long, Miriam Hopkins, Earl Carroll, Jimmy Walker, Mayor Ed Kelly, D. W. Griffith, J, P. Morgan Sr.,, Sen. William McAdgo, Henry Morgan, Standard Oil, synthetic rubber, peanuts, invisible shoes, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, China and moving pictures. These are literal quotes from the newspaper “La Republica,” with a picture showing Orlando orating between two members of the Vatican,
Good Parley From a Clipping
TO THE BEST of my knowledge, Mr. Orlando is not known as the “King of Publicity,” in New York, or even in his office building, and if he launched Valentino, he was a very precocious child. Orlando tells me he is 42, and Rudy first attracted attention in 1921, 27 years ago. To have launched him, Mr. Orlando was under 1 years old when he did it. | But hundreds of thousands of words were written about Orlando. He mixed himself up in the vital De Gasperi elections, and was treated by press, Vatican and business as an American official. He tells me proudly he was responsible for the renewal of a large loan, that he collected camthat he became associated with Italian domestic doings, such as the building of a subway, that he engineered a deal between the opera, La Scala, and Jack Kapp of Decca Records, that he arranged for the purchase of 27 manuscripts, including the memoirs of the late Victor Emmanuel, and that he made a potfull of money. These claims are largely substantiated by his own press cuttings. That is a pretty good parlay for a clipping from “The Hobo News” and a facile tongue. shudder to think of the outcome if such skilled technicians as Mr. Orlando ever turned sinister.
By Frederick C. Othman,
drawer, the less chance of the Pellechias getting away with their swag. i The trouble is, there have been too many of | these babies.in the banking business. Nearly all! of ’em, according to Mr. Pratt, swiped the cash! because of fast women, slow horses, or both. { In the 15 years ending in 1945, the American bonding companies have had to put up $68,500,000! to cover their pilfering. Since many of the bonds weren't big enough, the best guess is that thieving |
bank officials nicked their own firms in the same p
15 vears for 137 million. i Who's to say how big a banker's bond should be? One banker Mr. Pratt tracked down in Ohio defrauded his firm of more than its total assets. He peddled fake certificates of deposits, which he didn’t deposit, and ruined his bank for more than it-was worth.
‘Always Some Trusted Employee’
BEST GUESS is that at least $10 million in bank frauds today remain to be ‘discovered. For that matter, the average piece of skullduggery uncovered in the last 24 months had been going on regularly for 11 years. “And always by some trusted employee,” Mr. Pratt said. “Someone everybody was certain couldn't possibly be dishonest. Invariably he never meant to steal. He just borrowed a little, and en a little more, and he always’ meant to pa; it back. an = pay
“In that connection a young man in Toledo
not long ago took $65,000 from his bank and con-|"
fessed that he ‘used it for livestock. Not until!
later was it discovered that he meant race horses.iir 4 weight had been lifted from
Another official defrauded his bank and got in| 80 deep that he made a deal to have it robbed at| the point of a gun. The robbers were to take along his bogus notes and this might have worked, |
Wabash River can be lots-of llinois residents have cabins
nie Miller {left} and John Putnam swing down what once was a canal towpath and later a railroad bed through
Portland Arch, Ind.
Once ‘Emporium of Trade’ Site Bows to Hand Of Fate and Offers Lure for Visitors
BOYHOOD ON THE BANKS—Summer along the
fun and many Hoosiers and by the stream. Here Lon-
to Portland Arch.
and Covington.
All Hoosiers and the: world probably would have known of Portland Arch if
the railroad, the airplane and the automobile were never invented. The founders of Portland Arch pinned their hopes on the navigability of the Wabash and a promising canal. Today the sandbars are thick along the river and thé canal is overgrown with weeds. r . » IN THIS WAY, time has been unkind. Otherwise it has given
mellowness that comes only when touch an area.
The village got its name from a natural rock
along the bank. There are no more than 50 and many of them
away.
ou » ” BUT THAT was not to have been the destiny of Portland Arch.
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To Pay Debts
ais LONDON, Aug. 25 (UP) —Wil-| i
liam Walton, white-haired, stooped with decades of work and| WOITy, was a happy man today. | For the first time in 37 years! he was out of debt. On Oct. 12, a! court will discharge him from ankeuptey. But the debt was! a
It all began in 1911, when his’ small haberdashery business went bankrupt. He cleared up every-|
Few Hoosiers probably ever have heard of the village hugging the east bank of the Wabash River between Attica
I found it on my canoe trip down the river.
when three adventurous thought they fo Ww a great Tuture for a town along the river. Major Whitlock, William Miller and Bernard Preble dreamed of financial ' success when platted the prosperity looked good for early travelers have written that Port-|iha
land Arch was one of the ambi: theta,
The' tracks and ties along the
THE RUINS OF HOPES—Founders of Portland Arch, the oldest town in Founs tain County, envisioned the hamlet as a great emporium of trade. History played out its hand and water transportation was doomed in the valley. All that remains of the old mill is the cob-burner which has been conve cab | pimet
~~ MAN'S WORK ERASED—First a canal flowed through Portland Arch it looks like a qulley overgrown with weeds. To the right is the towpath which as a rail bed. The tracks are gone atid now the path is used for cationers who wander along from one cabin fo another. they not destined to grow. Kast-West has knocked windows into. the/haven
town. Chances of|rgfiroads nosed into Lafayette|brick walls and added a porch off and the nation’s traffic followed|the second floor. An over-all coation
1of white paint lends a cool effect. What was to have been an em-
tious towns along the river hop- towpath long since have disap-iporiim of trade has become &
ing to become great emporiums of trade. peared.
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office,
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this “Hoosier hamlet an air of to the trade 100 miles around. under a heavy growth of weeds; Stock in trade for the pioneer|/but the firm's deep well, sunk the speed of civilization falls t0lcommunity consisted chiefly of |More than 100 feet, still provides powder, lead, salt, iron, leather formation, and whisky. For these the fron-
Just about there Portland Arch{mill owners burned corn cobs come from Illinois about 17 miles|stopped. For a time.it had a post|8fter the corn was shelled and
bridge-like in effect. tiersmen exchanged beeswax, ously short of its original height, Today most people are sum-itallow, featiers, ginkeng and|stands out like a sore thumb mer residents who have cabinsig...
One ‘evidence remains, but it is far from in its original state. The ruins of the mill crop from
residents with sweet, cold water. » y
along the bank. This was where
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U. S. Tourists
Americans Jam Best
By FRED SPARKS,
with that opinion-—hands down
Most Courteous in Europe
Eager to Offer Visitors Guide Services
: LON Aug. 2h--Ammerican tourists are at 1 n saying: “The h are the most courteous people in Europe” 1 have seen the Yankee tripper toss his in
Italy, Portugal, and France in the last few months. And 1 agree oe
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Over the years it can und,
If & Yank in London stands still and looks puzzled for a minute,
It stood the test of time anda small army of kind Britishers
boast of having 11 sjores, altoday provides David Briles, Dan-fwill come alongside .and offer
hotel and a mill.
Its history dates back to 1828|perity and was abandoned. Rail road track was laid on the old|cob-burner into a two-story home, towpath, but Portland Arch wasione room up and one down. He
The canal failed to bring pros-/summer cabins, Mr. Briles has converted the
CARNIVAL—By DICK TURNER
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thing except a debt of 42 pounds!
(about $170) which he owed to shirt-making firm. Then he took a job as a sales clerk and set out to pay that, too.
~ s » EACH WEEK, from his-meager wages, he put aside a little. Finally, last week, he had 96 pounds on hand, enough to pay thé debt with interest of soméwhat more than 100 per cent which had dccumulated through the years. He sent a check. The firm promptly acknowledged receipt of it, and sent back all the interest, keeping only the original 42
unds, William Walton was working as usual today, and he looked as
his shoulders. |
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before the robbery was scheduled.” ' THank you, Mr. P. Looks like there is no future in bank robbing.
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Return Proper Change British taxicab drivers are certainly the only ones in Europe who will give you back proper change. The other day-—in a railroad terminal-—a porter came up to me with a fistful of curren and asked: “Pardon me, sir? Did you lose any money?” Imagine that happening In Grand Central Station, let alone in Paris or Rome. : It must be said the British make a better impression on the tourists than the tourists make ion the British, however. It is the same story all over (Europe . ¢ . Americans jam the {best hotels, ride around in their shiny chrome cars, raise prices in the silliest night gpots, and generally make even the most understanding soul blankety jealous. What about Goodwill
of ECA, wants more American
‘backs. Well, I don't know. Since nobody loves a rich man, will the gooawill?
tourists gen create nothing but bad will. I would suggest to Mr. Hoffman that if he’s going to encourage more trippers he should prepare a book titled: “How to Act iin Europe.” It would be something like the handbobk the Army presented to jour GI during the war before he sailed for a foreign land. It told him how not to steal Tommy's girl, and how to act while riding in a rickshaw. | An Englishman told me: + | “When the British were spread:
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Assistants in Butler Freshman Week Listed
Announcement of faculty members to assist in Freshman week Sept. 13-17 at Butler University was made today by Dr, Harry {Crull, director of the Universit. college in which new students lenroll. aca
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