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...optimistic, mild-mannered gentleman with red-gold hair and a lofty brow, Judge Hoyt divides his time between a Hudson River estate and a Georgia pecan plantation, likes books, privacy and decorum. Last week when a tactless newshawk reminded him of his prize-winning predictions for Publisher Hearst, the new Alcohol Administrator declared with some feeling: "Whatever I wrote about the liquor problem in 1929 is water under the bridge, and I don't want to talk about...
...George Brent) is not a G-Man but a T-Man. He works for the Treasury Department and it is his business to bring a slimy racketeer (Ricardo Cortez) to justice by showing that he has not paid his income tax. The T-Man, operating under cover as a newshawk, does so by means of paying court to the racketeer's pretty blonde accountant (Bette Davis), to the popping of corks, headlines and machine guns...
...THREE COFFINS-John Dickson Carr-Harper ($2). Dr. Fell almost makes an error while pursuing an illusionist. There is a new method of murder in a locked room, a bit of dry humor in the plot. MURDER AT HIGH NOON-Paul McGuire-Crime Club ($2). Murder of a newshawk brings out "the perfect crime"; a final confession clears the last red herring...
...When Newshawk McDowell arrived by automobile at Castel Gandolfo, the Pope's summer snuggery, "I left my hand satchel in the car. It looked too professional. I had the forethought, however, to take out my letter from Cardinal Hayes, and on top of this, fastening it with a clip, I put my New York Times calling card. It was identification. I was all alone. I was not afraid, oh, no. But I might faint or become ill. I knew no Italian and no one there was likely to know any English. And no one there knew me. Folded...
...Does this end the whole matter?" pecked a newshawk at the State Department...