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...chief of police of Wellsville, Ohio refused to turn over to a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation a gangster named Adam Richetti, wanted for taking part in the Kansas City Station massacre. That refusal marked the peak of jealous friction between local and Federal law enforcement agencies. Last winter Attorney General Homer Still Cummings tactfully called a peace pow-wow in Washington between the conflicting parties (TIME, Dec. 24). On the theory that the camaraderie of the classroom makes for mutual understanding and friendship, it was decided that three schools should be set up within the Department...
This dual aim to inform readers solemnly on the problem of crime & punishment, and at the same time raise their hair with tales of gangster grue ran through 100 pages of Prison Life Stories. Director Sanford Bates of the U. S. Bureau of Prisons contributed an earnest description of "Our Island Fortress, Alcatraz." Two pages later came a lurid account of "Ohio's 'Bathtub Crime,' " complete with a provocative sketch of a murdered woman in the nude. Cheek by jowl with a learned discussion of "Scientific Crime Detection" from Assistant Superintendent H. J. Martin of the Royal...
Good shot: the death of the dipsomaniac physician (Lionel Barrymore), who attends members of the Purple Gang affected by occupational disorders, in the besieged roadhouse where, while his gangster colleagues are busy shooting from the windows, he stands morosely drinking...
...comparatively simple matter to get one of Cagney's former sweethearts to squeal on her husband, and the claws of justice unflex with telling effect. "G-Men" manages to keep its sympathies on the sunny side of the law, and is thus an improvement over previous films of the gangster type. Those critics who do not find the diminutive James attractive will rejoice to learn that, after being pursued as usual by an incredible number of beautiful women, Cagney weds the least attractive...
...Petrified Forest. Robert Sherwood's melodrama, wherein Leslie Howard arranges to have himself shot by a fugitive gangster...