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...pages. The supposed suicide of Bolivia's Strongman German Busch and the death of Sidney Howard (see p. 39) got brief treatment the day after Russia and Germany signed their Non-Aggression Pact. But there were exceptions. The Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger thought the second indictment of Moe Annenberg* was equally big news that day and gave a four-column headline to it. And throughout the week the New York Herald Tribune consistently played down the bad news, played up every item that spelled possible peace...
...Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter (in a race with Republican District Attorney Tom Dewey) and other Public Enemies, Mr. Murphy's men are also hounding down Louisiana's corrupt Democratic politicos. Having convicted Kansas City's Democratic Boss Pendergast and indicted Philadelphia's Republican Publisher Moses ("Moe") Annenberg for income-tax evasion, having prosecuted Federal Judge Martin Manton for "selling justice" in Manhattan and proceeded against big-shot Lawyers Louis Levy and Paul Hahn for their dealings with Judge Manton (rulings on their disbarment await the outcome of Judge Manton's appeal), Mr. Murphy...
Jack Cahill, Bill Campbell took on a dean of the bar in Weymouth Kirkland and forced him to obey a subpoena for key evidence in the Annenberg case, which Lawyer Kirkland unsuccessfully tried to ignore on the ground of sanctity in the relation between lawyer & client. In Bill Campbell's hands will be the red-hot Skidmore case. Cardinal Mundelein and labor-loving Bishop Sheil are among his most active admirers...
Despite Publisher Annenberg's assurances, the Government was in no mood to settle out of court. If found guilty, Moe Annenberg might spend the rest of his life in prison.* This week a second Grand Jury will resume an interrupted inquiry to determine whether the Annenberg racing news services violate antimonopoly statutes. Said District Attorney Campbell: "There is more to come. There will be some very interesting and colorful charges...
...Each of the ten indictments carries a maximum penalty of five years. Publisher Annenberg...