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AH 1 -s tVolume 11, Number 277 Los Angeles, California, Monday, July 23, 1931 Matching- Wits With MUSSOLINI AND HITLER IN BREAK ROME, July Italy intends 22. (U.P.) definitely to EACH ARM, SHOT! INCHICAGOTRAP abandon Nazi Germany and cease efforts to support its program in Europe unless the Nazis stop their terrorism in Austria, it was indicated au-. thoritatively tonight. Unless the bombings cease. Premier Benito Mussolini Intends to leave the Reich's government to Its own fate.

The gesture apparently was the result of a recent under-. standing ll Duce and Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, head of the Fascist state In Austria. Indication in Rome was that Mussolini feels. the German Nazis are at least partly responsible for ihe bomb outrages which have kept Austria in turmoil for months. The price of Italy's friendly assistance to the Reich, therefore, will be an or (Continued o.

Page 4, CpL4) CHICAGO America public enemy No 1, was Jailed to-; night by a handful of the army of federal agents who had sought him for months The countrys most notorious bank bandit, jail-breaker and killer, was shot as he came out of the Biograph theater with two women. Dillinger was shot three times. One bullet pene-trated his neck and came out above, his. eye; two others struck below his heart Traces of recent wounds in gun battles with police were found on the body. 1 Two women, innocent bystanders, were wounded.

Theresa-Paulas was shot in a hip and Mrs; Etta Natelski was hit in a leg by a bullet. Melvin Purvis, Chicago chieftain of the department of justiceagentsjheaded Ahepartyth.atwaitedutwo. hours Joti Dillinger to appear. lie had a dozen men from his own department and five East Chicago policemen. ate today, that Dillinger was MANACLED, BUT CONTEMPTUOUS AND DEFIANT, John Dniinger, late Pnblle Enemy Number 1, la shewn sparring with his seeasers In the Jail effice at Crown Feint, Indiana.

Wits and desperado's steel nerve beat that rap. Bnt not the death sentence of pabllc opinion execated en him by officers ballets in Chicago last night Acme Photo. the Law 14 BURN TO DEATH AS CROWDED BUS PLUIfGES OFF ROAD OSSINING, N. July 22. (HPV-A chartered bus, loaded with holidaymakers, plunged over an embankment today, caught fire and became a pyre for at least 14 of Its 38 pas sengers.

A score were Injured. Bodies were burned beyond recognition. Police were not even sure of the number dead the charred remains In some cases were so devoured by the gasoline-fed flames. At least five of the dead were women, hut In several Instances It was not possible to determine the sex of victims. CRIMINAL CHARGES LOOM Testimony of a survivor, Walter Thompson, that the.

bus brakes had. failed to work several times during the trip and that the accident followed the drivers futile effort to brake the car, lead Dr. Amos O. Squire, county medical examiner, to assert: "It is obvious there has been criminal negligence and criminal charges will be lodged against somebody because of the way that bus was sent out on the road today." The bus was second in a line of seven chartered by the Young Men's Democratic league of the 20th assembly district, Brooklyn, whose baseball team was to have played the Sing Sing prison nine. Grienjoaywasn5elieveJ that 6fa child.

3 JUMP INTO RIVER Three persons who jumped invo the Hudson river, at first reported missing, were rescued by Frank McLaughlin, former fire chief of Ossining, who leaped In after them. Their clothing aflame, they had sought to extinguish It In the river. George Adcock, Ossining fireman, dragged seven persons from the bus. The accident occurred as the bus (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) Views of The -News Bt Manchester Poddy Perhaps you, too, have noticed apologetic manner in which candidates annourice their aspirations to a seat in the state assembly.

the presence of limelight-ers running for governor, lieutenant governor, the senate, congress and the state board of equalization, the man who is out for the assembly is fortunate if he manages to catch the voters ear long enough to say, You probably wont remember me, and there is nothing much I can do about it. You see, Im just running for the assembly. AS Clarence E. Todd of the Commonwealth club of San Francisco points out: Neither the public nor the legislature on trial, but we do recognize that in this day democracy is struggling with crushing problems, the answer to which must be worked out in full and friendly co-. operation between the people and their1 representatives if democracy is to survive.

Lets pay some real atten-e candidates for the assembly I When one appears before your local club, or asks you personally for support, find out if he has a satisfactory plan an objective not merely a vague list of generalities. THE Commonwealth dub offers "10 recommenda-i (Continued on Page 4, CoL 5) Purvis received a tip going to theBiograph theater tonight to see the motion picture, -M a a 1 1 a 1 o-drama. Working without the aid of Chicago police, Purvis rounded up his agents and called in five East Chicago officers The party loitered about the foyer of the theater. The men had been Instructed that Purvis would give the signal when Dillinger came out. After a wait of slightly more than two hours Dillinger came into the foyer.

He was accompanied two women. Purvis recognized him instantly, although Dillingeks hair had been dyed and he had grown a mustache. The outlaws face had been lifted. PURVIS RECOGNIZED was a dramatic moment as Dillinger recognized the chieftain of the federal agents. He had a girl on each arm.

Purvis gave the slg-naL Guns spat out bullets. Dillinger staggered but attempted to escape as he had done so successfully, previously. The outlaw took three steps, spun, tried to draw a gun. Federal agents continued to fire. Dillinger turned again and staggered to an alley, where he felL Ha was dead, although he was rushed to Alexian Brothers hospital for official examination.

Crowds assembled In the alley. Some touched the toes of their shoes in the blood. In the excitement, Dlllinger's women companions escaped. 17-80 IN IIIS POCKETS At the city morgue, where DII-UngerS body was taken, it was found That he wore no bullet proof vest. In the pockets of the man who had led bank raids which had netted him thousands of dollars was 7A0, A picture of Evelyn Treschette, Indian-blooded sweetheart of the gangster, was found in the back' of Dlllinger's watch.

The FTeschette woman' was sentenced to prison recently st St. for harboring a criminal. Fingerprints were taken of the (Continued on Page 5, CoL 8) CUMMINGS BARES UNRELENTING U. S. HUNT FOR OUTLAW WASHINGTON, July 22-(UEU The department of Justice bad never relaxed its search far John arch-bandit killed In Chicago Attorney-General Homer Cummings told the United Press tonight.

"Dillinger had escaped capture by the narrowest of margins, the st- torney-general said. "The news, cf his death tonight Is extremely gratl-1 lying as well as reassuring." Formal announcement that Dll linger had been slain was made by J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the dlvi-. (Continued on Page 5, CoL 1) Movie Habit Traps Bandit pniCAGo, July zl-ojjj) John Dlllingers weakness for tho movies gave federal agents a chance to "shoot to klU, instead of trying again to take him from ono of his chosen hideaways-'. Dillinger would not give np the movie habit, even when agents were dose on his trail.

Hl frvorite vmotiBn picture programs always, included Mickey Blouse. lib favorite song was "The Last Roundup." As he whirled over Indians roads on his escape from the Crown Point Jail be sang that song over and e-er. Although feared as a ruthless killer, Dillinger was proud of his exemplary personal habits. Companions said that bo never smoked or drank. I RECORD-BREAKING HEAT ROLLS OYER ALL INLAND U.

S. KANSAS CITY, July 22. HEV Sweltering heat blanketed Inland United States from the Rockies to the Appalachians today, adding to the suffering and damage of a season of record-breaking heat and drought. Temperatures to 100 degrees and above nearly every state between the mountain ranges. Beat prostration victims were nUm bered In hundreds.

A list of those who died from the heat totaled over 100. It the eleventh day of temperatures above 100 for most of the mid western states. Seared fields, dried streams and lakes, baking city streets were general Throughout Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska It was almost 10 degrees cooler than on previous days and still above 100 degrees. MOVES NORTH AND EAST Tbs extreme high temperatures had moved north and east. Huron, 8.

reported 106 degrees, one of the hottest places on the weather map. Kansas City, where 40 persons have succumbed to the heat, had 102. Indiana points had temperatures upward to 110. Even along the Atlantic seaboard the heat of the past two weeks has made New Jersey and other eastern states had temperatures around the 90-degree mark as a low pressure area moved In from the west. NO RELIEF DUE Weather bureau observers could not see any relief from the heat within the next 24 hours.

Thousands of persons took to the beaches and wooded spots for some relief. Sleepless city residents moved Into porks at night. Throughout the (Continued on Page 2, CoL 3) 2 Modern Pirates Rob, Then Maroon BoaVs Passengers CHICAGO, July 22. EE Two modem pirates held. up seven per sons aboard a speedboat on Lake Michigan tonight, took all their valuables, left them marooned on a breakwater far out' In the lake and escaped.

The two. bandits boarded the speedboat St. Louis, which carried passengers from the Wrlgley building to the World's fair. Out In the lake, the two produced guns, forced the pilot to stop the boat, held up the pilot and six other passengers and forced them to climb onto a breakwater. C.

D. Ryan, executive of Mont-gomery-Ward. Se was com' ing in from a trip on the lake in his yacht Lady Eileen, when he saw a-flre-on the breakwater. Thinking It strange, he ordered the craft alongside. He found the holdup victims burning papers from their pockets, bits of clothes and anything they could find to make a blaze.

The fire was the only way they had to attract attention, and It was Impossible for them to get back to shore without a boat. Ryan rescued the party and brought them in. Troops, Civilians JTJmwJlp-Dihes. To Save Warsaw WARSAW, Poland. July 22.

(HP) Troops were called tonight to Rid police and the male civil population In throwing up higher dikes against the rising flood waters of the The disaster already has taken 200 lives In the hinterland, and the crest of the flood was expected to reach Warsaw Tuesday..