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THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938 1 1 I. I I Where The Ride Went Before The Fall These Men Quard Tough Criminals Ik- Guards Chosen Carefully For Alcatraz Duty High Standards Set Up For Those Who Patrol Prison Where Toughest Convicts Are Held Vx-. v. 'X 4P Young Republicans Are Urged To Take Lead In Campaign Wausau, Wis.

(JP) Declaring that the "old republicans" are "stepping on their own feet," and that it is up to the Young Republicans to carry the ball, R. L. Evans of Wausau, chairman of the organization committee of the junior organization today sent out a letter proposing that the forthcoming Young Republican convention at Oshkosh should be the actual beginning of the republican state campaign. "The 'old regulars'," Evans wrote to the Young Republican county chairmen, "are so entangled in personal and factional feuds that they are more concerned with carrying on these feuds than they are with party success. That's got to stop or we might as well quit before we start in this campaign." Evans promised that the Oshkosh convention would produce "fireworks that will stir every honest republican to a new enthusiasm for the great opportunity that lies before us if we have the sense and courage to grasp it." 4 i ii lUjtMv hi- v- hp ii if; ih, igto vlV iMvv I 1 rs'Z This Is the last of tree articles on "Guarding Alcatraz," written by Capt.

A. R. Archer, former guard on "The Rock." By CAPT. A. R.

ARCHER (Former Guard at Alcatraz Prison) (Copyright, 19SS Press-NEA Service, Inc.) San Francisco. To the work-ward-bound guard who hurries sleepy-eved at 6 o'clock on a cold, foggy morning to catch the prison launch at the Fort Mason docks, "The Rock" is a desolate sight- You cannot rub shoulders every day with gkk-: in a horse sh down not too gently Ryan estate. Ride went before the Paoli, when Pennie, fall of Jane Haughton of 5-year-old jumper let her misery, despair, ana absorbing some of it into your own system. The men at Alcatraz who are responsible for thur Jochmann heim. The Equitable tion met on Satur hall with Mr.

and New Holstein Activity Reported For The Press II. Hp 3a in hi Me the safe custody Accuse Salesman Of Slaving Negro of the country Dne-time big-shot 3 accompanying Social honors wcie iv.i Schaar, John and Paul Wuniuw Libke. Mrs. H. E.

r. club at bridge on Ti honors made by Schilling and Mr. and Mrs. J.i -Martha Kobrigor Freda, and Jos. nh Capt.

A. R. Archer, who wrote the article, is a former Alcatraz guard. Warden James Johnston reviews a group of Alcatraz guards men charged with keeping in check some of the world's hardest-nosed criminals. av-nv wv- sters, and hoodlums, are a unique body of men.

I believe they are the pfficient Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lindemuth, who operated a grocery store at Green Bay for the past several years, returned to this city to make their home on Tuesday. The A. E.

Hansen Women's Relief coips met on Tuesday with Mesdames William Heft. Edward Stemper and Milton Piper. The corps will tie wreaths for their de Captain Archer their respective and Manitowoc ulty visited at homes in Lomira du Lac and Mr. i Boehnlein of Ch ceased veterans on May 27 and on Birmingham, Ala. (JP) H.

E. Colburn. 35-year-old salesman, who officials said killed a young negro convicted of an offense against his 7-year-ld daughter was held on a charge of homicide today. Detective W. M.

Espy said Colburn shot and killed Joe Lewis Smith. 21, shortly after the negro had been sentenced to 99 years in prison for an offense against Colburn's daughter. The negro, after having been sentenced, was being taken to jail. Detective Espy said, when Colburn stepped from a telephone booth in the court building and fired four shots. Colburn surrendered.

Sunday at the home. Mr. and Mrs. family spent the E. A.

Bnins Mr. and Mrs, John Mr. and Mrs. daughter, Nancy Joar. spent several days the Joseph Stempi-r the past week-end.

Miss Myrtle Long of Green Bay and Mr. and Mrs. Will Fischer and family of Appleton visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Long on Mother's day.

Mrs. Frank Wierman was hostess at the regular meeting of the Do Unto Others circle of The King's Daughters on Thursday evening. Mrs. Oscar Ogle is a patient at the St. Nicholas hospital where she is receiving treatments.

J. B. Hughes is confined to his bed by illness. A stray homing pigeon bearing the inscription GBW12081F37 on the band on one of its legs is in the possession of Lester Johnston who caught it about a week ago. Mrs.

Mary Van Ess was happily surmised Tuesday evening when Earth nut. gool -r. Manila nut and other names for tin country and abroad. Mitchell East Ham, not have any eloc spectors, although of the utihtv consumers urb. her children and families helped her One of the catwalks at Alcatraz.

Walking their beats on these, guards keep close tab on activities of prisoners around the Alcatraz grounds. Oak Park. Ill has ar ance forbidding any frying more than 100 u. a single day. New Holstein, May 12.

Dr. A. C. Engel attended a staff meeting at the Memorial hospital in Sheboygan on Wednesday. Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Marquardt of Elkhart Lake have announced the birth of a son, James Gustave. The mother was formerly Miss Doris Griesbach of this city. Mr. and Mrs.

William Hanke announced the birth of a son on Thursday. L. L. Coon accompanied by Leslie Lange, Robert Kelm, Robert Heiner and Duane Ohlf attended the football clinic and luncheon at Madison on Saturday. They also witnessed the Army and Navy game.

Dr. Russell Wilson and E. Van Herrick of Beloit spent Sunday at the Fred Schildhauer home. Mrs. Maria Jacobsen, oldest resident of New Holstein, observed her 96th birthday anniversary on Sunday.

Mrs. Jacobsen has made her home for the past several years with Mrs. Catherine Schoen and the latter's daughter, Mrs. Henry Olmsted. Mrs.

Earl Schilling and daughter, Marilyn, are spending the week with relatives at Duluth, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. John Roeck, Mrs. Mary Duecker, Mrs.

Oscar Koz-meier and daughter, Marie, spent the week-end with relatives at Mellon and Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tiedjens and Mrs. Rola Hornack and daughter, Charlotte, spent the week-end with relatives at Milwaukee.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wallmann and children of Watertown spent the week-end at the Arno Milhaupt home. The Frauenverein of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church met on Wednesday with Mesdames Arno Matzen, Albert Jochimsen, Rudolph Ibe and Arthur Jochmann.

Birthday songs were sung for Mesdames John Rehm and E. E. Cur-tiss and special honors were presented to Mesdames Henry Tagge, E. E. Curtiss and Peter Halst who have been away for the winter and Mrs.

Catherine Schoen. The Thursday club met with Mrs. Henry Klapperich. Honors were made by Mrs. Paul Becker and Mrs.

Henry Olmsted. The Ladies' Aid society of the Eaton cemetery met with Mrs. Edgar Roehl on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Dahl of Neenah announced the birth of a son, Donald Michael, on Tuesday. The mother was formerly Miss Alma Holtz of this city. Mrs. Eugene Clifford and Miss Julia Clifford of were callers at the Edgar Lange home on Monday. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Schilling, May 29 the members will attend a church memorial service. The members will also participate in a wash cloth shower which will be presented to the Veterans' hospital at Waupaca. Attendance honors were made by Mrs. John Buettner.

The Tuesday Bridge club met with Mrs. Edgar Lange for the final meeting of the season. Honors were made by Mrs. L. F.

Harder and Mrs. Arthur Kuehl. Bruce Gisch underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Sheboygan Memorial hospital on Tuesday. Mesdames Herman Tiedjens and M. V.

Jones, Louis Erbe, John Friess, H. C. Timm, Robert Heiner and D. F. Kaiser attended a bridge party given by Mesdames John Fa-ville and A.

A. Laun at their home in Kiel on Thursday afternoon. Honors were made by Mesdames Edward Gutenkunst. H. C.

Timm and Richard Lauson. The Birthday club met with Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Aggen on Friday in observance of the former's birthday anniversary. Honors were made by Mr.

and Mrs. Edgar Lange. Mrs. Edward Luehrs. William Oldenberg.

Mrs. Henry Aggen and Frank Roase. The Sheepshead club met with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lange on Saturday for the final meeting of the season.

Honor scores were made by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aggen. Mrs. Henry Dorn and Henry Klapperich.

The Ladies' Aid society of the Zion Lutheran church met with Mrs. Walter Schuette on Wednesday. The members voted to sew dresses and contribute other needed articles to the orphanage at Wau-vvatosa. The Wednesday Bridge club met with Mrs. J.

H. Murphy. Honors were made by Mesdames A. C. Engel and N.

H. Schueler. John Boehnlein of Auburndale spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Boehn to celebrate her birthday anniversary.

Guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van and family. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Harrison and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ramaker and Mr.

and Mrs. Maurice Van Ess and son, Jerome. Michael Mullen, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mullen, and daughter.

Dorothy. attended the custodial service in the world. They come from all wallks of life, and the present roster of guards at Alcatraz includes such diverse people as these: Railroad engineers, cowboys, electricians and machinists, carpenters, plasterers, radio operators, pharmacists, jewelers, cooks, farmers, sheet metal workers, former prizefighters, a former Royal Northwest Mounted policeman, and one former high school principal. There are also a missionary of the Mormon church, a Methodist minister, and one former carnival barker and magician. What the last-mentioned gentleman can do with a pack of cards or three walnut shells and a pea on payday will never be forgotten by some of the Alcatraz guards.

Their Nickname Convicts who lose their liberty do not always lose their sense of humor, and their insight into other people's weaknesses is no less keen because they have lost sight of their own. The convicts have nicknames for most of the guards, or "screws." as they are known in the underworld. No one at Alcatraz would be at a loss for a moment to know who was meant by "Gracie." "King Kong." "Frankenstein." "Tug-Boat." "Tuffy," "Double Tuffy," "Fog Horn." "Bucket-Mouth" or "Needle-Nose." The "cons' also describe the prison launch McDowell as "the fastest boat in the world; it takes you so far in 10 minutes that it may take vou 20 years to get back." The standards set up by the department of justice for its prison guards insist on "leadership, courage, initiative, resourcefulness" and other attributes of super-men. I wouldn't claim that this ideal is entirely attained, but the Alcatraz guards are an unusually high type of men for the work. Efforts by prisoners to "get to" the guards for special favors have proved so useless that it is seldom even tried any more.

Their Recreation An rtl.i nrmw nnt MftiancB Viae J. Tooley When it rains, which is seldom, Sunday guests at the A. it does the job up brown, whipped home. Mitchell. May 12.

Mike Slattery and family have received word of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Piper at St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan. Prior to her marriage, Mrs.

Piper was Kathryn Slattery of Mitchell. She now resides near Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. WTill Murray called at Cascade on Sundav where they visited at the P.

H. Fitzpatrick home. James Hughes, who is a student at Carroll college, spent the weekend at the Manley Hughes home. Mr. and Mrs.

John Snyder of Belgium spent Friday at the Murphy home. Mrs. Herman Bilgo was a Cascade caller Friday morning. Mrs. August Flunker and son, Alfred, on Tuesday called at the Or-cen Wolfert home at Five Corners and at the Henry Nytes home near 'funeral of Mrs.

George Maytiew or Glenbeulah on Thursday morning. infant Sharon Lee Limberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Limberg: Donald Augustus Leland infant Edward Bemis, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Mother's day guests at the home of Mrs. Henry Atkin included: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koch and daughters, Marion and Marjory, Mr. and Mrs.

Everette Boerner and son, Bobby, of Milwaukee, Miss Daphne Mattes of Wausau and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mattes and son of Sheboygan. Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Oosterhous spent Sunday with relatives at Menomonee Falls. Mr. and Mrs.

William Hoffman and son of Green Bay, Mr. and Mrs. James Shannon. Miss Claire Spran-gers and Walter, of Milwaukee and Miss Marrella Hoffman of She- along on a howling gale parallel to the ground. In addition, fog is likely to come rolling in from the Golden Gate at any time black, damp, impenetrable fog.

On such an evening, the lighted windows of the prison glow yellow in the fog. and the six rays from the island lighthouse strive vainly to pierce the gloom. There, reclining on the cots in their cells, reading and smoking, lie America's toughest former public enemies, listening to the island's foghorn beneath their windows mournfully crying "WhooooOOO." The End. near Plymouth, and Marjorie Claire, infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

Milford Bemis, Adell, were baptized in the Mulleton church on Mother's Day. Rev. J. E. Cheek officiated.

Misses Ruth and Marjorie Cheek of Milwaukee spent Mother's Day at their home here. Manv bouauets of flowers were Hingham. Mike Slattery and family called E. church th nlared in the Hineham W. H.

Sprangers home on iotners uay isem. uy of their families. Some were in memory of departed mothers. The flowers were presented later to the oldest mothers present at the church service. Waldo lein and at the Henry Klapperich home.

The Happy Hour club met with Mrs. Harry Roeh on Tuesuay. Hon- ors were made by Ernst Veers, Ar-1 on Mrs. Frank Piper and infant son at St. Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan on Sunday.

Mrs. M. Michaels has returned to her home at Cascade after spending the past week with Mitchell relatives. Francis Fitzpatrick, town chairman, attended the session of the county board last week. Mr.

and Mrs. Orcen Wolfert and son. Francis David, of Five Corners called at the Murphy home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.

P. H. Fitzpatrick have returned to their home at Cascade after being guests at the Will Murray home. Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Fitzpatrick and Kathleen spent last Sunday at the George Smith home at St. Anne. The coconut palm is the only palm found in the wold state in both the Old and New World. New York City is the oldest incorporated city in the United States. Wisconsin Needs More Concrete Roads Mrs.

Leroy Kolberg and daughter, Nancy, and Miss Merle Smith of the Sheboygan Memorial hospital were supper guests of Miss Corabelle Pollard on Sunday. Miss Muriel Frasier of Beloit spent Sunday at the home of her parents. Mrs. A. J.

Tooley was pleasantly surprised Wednesday night when a group of friends met at her home to help her celebrate her birthday anniversary. Guests present were: Misses Agnes Brady, Cecelia Meyer, Betty Ogle, Irene and Claire Sprangers. Corabelle Pollard, Mar-cella Hoffman, Lorraine Lamb, Mrs. Harold Huibregtse and Mrs. J.

Hildebrand. Willis Ebelt visited, with friends in Kiel on Sunday. Misses Cecelia Meyer and Agnes Brady of the local high school fac- been converted into a recreation hall where the guards and their families gather when the day's work is done, to play cards, dominoes, or bowl. There is also a gymnasium. Edwin Weiting.

Mrs. Philip Schill One ton of wood pulp will make three acres of paper. ing and Mrs. Emma Kreiman at Waldo, May 12. Walter Spran-gers, accompanied by Miss Jane Fox of Plymouth and friends from Milwaukee, left Friday to attend the Kentucky Derby at Louisville.

The party returned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H.

Petersen were honored at a surprise gathering on Friday evening when relatives met at their home in celebration of their 35th wedding anniversary. The time was spent socially and later refreshments were served to about 20 guests. A number of out-of-town guests were present. Mr. and Mrs.

Harold Stein and daughter, June, of Milwaukee were tended the funeral services of Gust Wegehaupt at Milwaukee on Wed Target practice is held Satur- Magellan's expedition sailed around the world in 1.0S3 days. nesday. MR. MATTTNGLY: "I am sure that folks will thank us for this bit of good advice I THE BIG NEW MR. MOORE: I 'Try our real delicious whiskey, at our really thrifty price," HALF-THE-GAS CAR I GHB fiTSfa (M(fSBTril.

-bS- day and Sunday afternoons, and every evening, when the convicts are in their cells. Every guard is expected to qualify in the use of the Tommy gun. .45 pistol. Browning automatic rifle, Springfield rifle, gas riot gun. and sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun.

The targets are in line with the buildings in which are the prison industries, the concrete walls of which are pock-marked with stray bullets. Occasionally a Browning or Tommy gun gets out of control In the hands of a new gifard. Their Residence Working conditions for guards approach the ideal, but living quarters leave much to be desired. There are 19 houses, in which 24 families live. Most of the families live in the "Apartment Building." a converted army barrack, through whose paper-thin walls noise passes unimpeded.

The apartments rent at $5 a room, with free light, gas or coal to cook with, and all the water you can drink. No liquor is allowed anywhere on the island, so the guard's icebox contains nothing but food. A commissary is maintained at which staple foods are available at low prices. Transportation to and from San Francisco, for those who live off the island or go to enjoy "days off" is by use of the army steamer Gen. Frank M.

Coxe and the prison launch McDowell. And The Weather The seasons are badly-jumbled on Alcatraz. Winter comes in June, July and August, when keen, cold winds sweep "The Rock." September. October and part of November being beautiful days, but the rest of the year anything can happen. Ml i i EVERY STREET business or residential-thit hi developed bumps, ruts or chuckholes, cries fur repaying with concrete.

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