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17 CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1942. At Murder Trial Regaining Sight Beautify Your VICTORY GARDEN with ADMITS SLAYING BRIDE IN THEIR FIRST QUARREL New York, May 12 (JP). Nathaniel Ballenberg, 33 years old, was charged POLICY MOBSTERS SEEK DEAL WITH STATE; REBUFFED SEIZE SIX IN PLOT TO COUNTERFEIT 25c WAR STAMPS accused by the government of originating the scheme and making the plates, were held in $25,000 bail each on their arraignment before United States Commissioner Isaac Piatt. Bail for Harry Horowitz, accused of agreeing to print the stamps, was fixed at $20,000.

Abraham Glickstein, an alleged salesman for the ring, and Morris Rubin, named as the contact man. were held in $7,500 bail each. The other person arrested. Louis Samouski, was released on his own recognizance at the request of the secret service official said the government is considering whether to invoke the law concerning treasonable acts in addition to counterfeit charges. court or jury to inflict the maximum penalty.

Question Police Captains. Police Capt. Frank Gill, who commands the Albany Park district, and Capt. Ray Crane, in charge of the Woodlawn district, yesterday appeared for more than an hour before the grand jury which is investigating gambling. They said they were questioned about reports of gambling in those districts.

The trial of Policeman Fred L. Trauth before the civil service board will begin today. Trauth, formerly in charge of a gambling squad under Capt. Martin McCormick in the morals division, is the second member of that now disbanded unit to face trial. His job is at stake.

He I CP Maximum Penalty Asked; Hearing Today. BY JAMES DOHERTY. State's Attorney Courtney's office yesterday spurned offers of a number of the 26 men and women indicted as policy gambling conspira tors to plead guilty today in the Criminal court if assured they would not receive jail or prison sentences. At the same time Mayor Kelly revoked the licenses of four taverns in which Courtney's men declared policy gambling had been operated. The policy gambling case is scheduled for a hearing before Judge John Sbarbaro.

Among the 26 under indictment are Julius Benvenuti, who lost his tavern license at 2900 South La Salle street yesterday; Frank II. Young and James E. Knight, whose license at 446 East 47th street was among those revoked, and James Big Jim Martin, political boss in the 28th ward, who lost his liquor license a week ago. Other Taverns Affected. Other taverns affected by Mayor Kelly's closing order are White's Food Booster club.

309 East Garfield boulevard, and Clarence F. Lewis establishment at 113 East 47th street. The policy indictment names Edward White and Earl White and Pop Lewis. If found guilty the policy gangsters' punishment may be fixed at 1 to 5 years in the penitentiary. A Plates and Unfinished Samples Taken.

Nw York. May 12 (P). Smashing cf the first attempt to sell the American people bogus war savings stamps was claimed by secret service agents today with the arrest of six men on charges of conspiring to counterfeit tamps of $52,500 face value. James J. Maloney.

supervising agent el the New York division of the secret service, said that sales of the stamps, manufactured in 25 cent denominations, had not been started, but that he had no doubt the ring contemplated selling them on a nation-wide scale. On Trail Since February. Maloney said secret service men end postal inspectors had trailed the group since February, withholding action until today "in order to get them alL" Plates from which the stamps were printed and 210,000 un-perforated stamps were seized, he said. All those arrested are residents of ICew York City. Chief Assistant United States Attorney Howard F.

Corcoran said he will ask indictments cf a federal grand jury shortly and added: This conspiracy, If allowed to run, might have had very serious repercussions. Fortunately the secret service stepped in and none of these stamps Rot out to the public. This, today with strati gling his bride during the first argument of their 16 month marriage. Assistant District Attorney Louis A. Pagnuc-co quoted Ballenberg as confessing after surrendering to.

police last night! The body of his Ruth, was found athanlel Ballenberg. 26 year old wife. in the Ballenbergs' upper Manhattan apartment yesterday by two women friends I with whom she had been scheduled to attend a Mah Jong party. Fur Union Convention Votes $5,000 to Aid China Delegates to the 14th biennial convention of the fur division of the International Fur and Leather Workers' union CIO, meeting yesterday in the Stevens hotel, voted a $5,000 contribution for the establishment of a hospital unit for the Chinese army. They had listened to a speech by Dr.

Chen Lo Chen, Chinese consul general to Chicago, who declared China ready to give many millions of lives to win the war. Beat Watchman and Steal 22 Tires from Motor Firm Harry Northan, 57 years old, 2925 North Keating avenue, told police yesterday that two Negroes beat and held him late Monday night white two other Negroes loaded 22 used tires into a car and drove away from the Drummond Motor Sales company, 2644 North Cicero avenue, where Northan is night watchman. tires sign DRIVERS OF MILK WAGONS TO VOTE ON $2 PAY BOOST Members of the Milk Wagon Drivers union will vote tomorrow night on a compromise agreement with the Associated Milk Dealers of Chicago that would raise their base pay from $48 to $50 a week. The union contract expired April ou ana any settlement will be letroactive to May Still to be passed on In conference is a new proposal of the union that the dealers put two men on each truck delivering milk to stores, providing the truck delivers more than 1,200 points a day. A point is any bottle or container of milk or cream.

Some change in commission bases for store deliveries also is made and the net result of the granting of this last request would be at least a $50 increase in the weekly cost of operating heavily loaded trucks. Paul Potter, executive secretary for the dealers, said last night his group would not consider the store delivery proposal until the wage increase has been accepted. DIES IV TAVERN. James Benn. 72 year old, of 1341 Madison atreet.

a retired railroad signal roan, died of a heart attaok yesterday in a tavern at 1237 Madison Mreet. TRIBUNE Photo.l Madeline Webb in court during her trial on murder charge. New York, May 12 (IP). Dark-haired Madeline Webb passed frequent notes to the man the state says was her lover as selection of a jury to try the 28 year old Oklahoma born model and two men for first degree murder was completed today. Miss Webb's face appeared strained and she clutched nervously at her handkerchief.

At intervals she slipped notes to Eli Shonbrun, her 33 year old friend, also accused in the March 5 slaying of Mrs. Susan Flora Reich, 55, a refugee from Poland and wife of a New Jersey manufacturer. The other defendant is John D. Cullen, 45. jail sentence or a fine is also possible.

The policy bosses, It was said, expressed a willingness to pay any amount in fines if they were spared prison sentences. Courtney, however, refused to enter into any dicker and announced his purpose to ask the I Associated Pre. Wirephoto.l Jeannctte Kubiak, 7, and Frank Kubiak, her father. Detroit. May 12 UP).

Totally blind for eight years, Frank Kubiak said today he was regaining the use of his left eye following a fall a week ago last Sunday. Kubiak 2s 44 years old. father of nine children, and has just seen his youngest daughter, Jeannette. 7, for the first time. Kubiak said that he lost the sight of his right eye in 1913 and his left eye in 1934.

While returning home from church, led. by his 15 year old son, a motorist blew his horn, Kubiak said. "The boy pulled me to the curb." he declared, "and I tripped and fell, and then dimly I saw light thru my left eye." however, does not mitigate the crime." Five Ileld Under Ball. Two of those arrested, Abraham and Joseph Perkes, brothers, who are is charged with inefficiency, inattention to duty, neglect of duty, and making a false official report. Similar charges against Sergt.

Tom Lee were heard by the civil service commission two weeks ago. No decision has been announced. Similar charges against Capt. McCormick and Policeman James E. Kehoe are pending.

SLAYER OF BOY, 5, DIES IN CHAIR IN JOLIET PRISON Leo Jordan, 24 years old, slayer of a 5 year old boy, was electrocuted early today in the cha5- at the old Joliet prison. He was strapped in at 12:08 e. m. and pronounced dead at 12:10. Jordan was convicted of the murder of Warren Snyder of Fulton, Whiteside county, last November.

He pleaded guilty, giving as extenuating circumstances his fear that the child would expose his improper advances. Executive clemency was refused Monday by Gov. Dwight H. Green. Jordan had spent 15 years of his short life in correctional institutions in Iowa.

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