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*mLideff OF CHICAGO SUBU-RBAIý QUALITY CROUP 1om-18 iInIb ~WT hegCnrl3~ FVV CENTS AÀ(flPf TWO DOLLARS À YEAR News mate ri m,* t rearh -pditor b Tue.çday noon. Corniibutirin.ç hould berir aut ho r' name, required> for reIerf'nce and lo0t nere-ssazrilY for Plfration. JANUARY 19. 1939 The Wilmette Murder The rnurder of Dr.. G. E. Mordo,'ff, Of Wil- mette, last. Thursday a ftemrnoo)n. by theiý brother of his dead wifé. John,,Phi.lip Quinn of Chicago, should neyer have hbappenied. It coud av benprevented, as can mnany' of life's tra-gedies.ý,,by a littie cau~tion and fol.- lowing the pohicy of taking aà stitch in tn On th(- night before ýthe ml-uFder aiit 1]e 5 four persons in Wilmtte kne. that Quinn was armed with a rïývov1Vr.: thjt ww seeking Dr, Mordoi-)f, and that he made no sereof tehing why he wantedtc find him-. lf ie ws out te kI'lI the doctor, evnif1 humn for il." he is qtioted as saying-. Ynt n(-) one of those persons who knew of hisin tentions took the precautiori te inform theý, police. Had they donc se Quinn would hv been apprehended before he had comnmitted murder instead of after. and the life of bis victim would have heen spared. at least for suspiciouS circurnstances. that ml.ght 'assist them -fi preventing a crime or the appre- hension of persons guilty of crime. "We weuld rather respond to a thousand 'false alarmns,' than te miss enie that 'might save life or propertyý," is their emaet sloan *Cali té) C iizeiu hi p forrn. one, intrôduced by Rep'resentative Weber, proposes a reduction on ail classes of passeriger automobiles to a flat fee of $5, and notor bicycle fees to $3. The bill aise changes the legal registration date froni January 1i to April,1. Another bill introduced by :Repres.entative Crowley, proposes a revision1 downward of motor vehicle f ee:s on ailclasses after Janu-7 ary 1..1940.-If thé bill proposes 'exact, fee figures. they are not given, in the informa- tien received. Motoristshavec long feit-that thev werc, entitled to a considerable reductiori in hi- -cense fees, and that thev have*been contrib- uting, too heavihy to the state exchequer,. Passage c f once of these, bills. oy- some. bill hai,ý-ng a sia effect. could be secured if giveýn active support of the roo-wil public. Attaiched should be- a .provision that 1rnetor icleshoùid bec- u dfrom ny Otiertaxtin.L TIn days gonc by. whe--n iautomobiles er expensive and onlhy people of wvealth could afodto ow.ýn îand operate them. high lh- cene ee right Yhave been cexcusable. Nov. thyhave rgrse t h class' of nè(CeS- tiis nd onr soinet bh, pe-nahizeci(. "<j nde Torni's (2abin- ably America's most popular m.eloarama, "lUncle Tom's Cýibin.- To ldsters the an- nouncement wh be hailed wîth pleasure as an opportunitY te 4gain enjoy 'stage char- acters anid seceries wi'tbih they were once (and often) entertained when, the play was a t the height of its popularity.' These old-timers know every scene ýand. every "line" c f the dramiatization of the' great novel by Harriet Beecher Stewe which wielded such far-flung andi effective influ- Shades o! ,eighth grade' An eagle-eyecd Win- netka cdame lamped six signs at that villacge*s Eldorado street crossing. 'reading: -On accounit of Grade Seperation trains will flot sto)p at this station.". Inpassingý on the info. she said ýshe doc-s hope theý4 will run the traclcs parelelli After a couple or three days (of camping on the highv:ysah sffering the dsofrso main and show. aànd Srcarcity offod.is sriis sharecroppers have gone back to the cabins they, deserted. Their plight is- one. of the moAcst pitiful incidents, of the' depress ion. The eistiw h i e WPA admiinistrator, reply7inM- to the' critics who assert that he . is flot qu alified for the post of Secretary of. Commrerce .in.-the PresIiden'ts cabinet. ass.ertod that ho is better, qjuail;ojd than anybûdyý because "I have spent ,rrlllioýns and milôso dollars in makîflg pur- chajses frrthe gov-errrnent."True einouh But did he have Io seil them again at a profit that wouldsLtisfy thé stockholders? Or did he hAvt U 1~fort~rhe dough to keep the 'ol4. mùr&' andthe plantgoing hie'the goods .eeb irnanufactured? Or wae p n a' cbv v,.,ih th headache and his heart in the region 01 bIs boots bîecause there wan ieough cash. in th banik accoufit to pay off thu mon? >No. r.Sec reta ry-to-be, buying millions and mnii-' liur.n rf dohIlars* wofrth o! anythirig is no kind of anî educa*tion in business. It's buyilig. seiling (,r mgnerchandise and goods at a profit, thiat re'ally teaches you somoething aibout, bu si- ns.And that is. just what yo*u have neyer done. But you vil1 be Secretary of Commerce jut the sanie, So 4on't worry about it. Applications for precinct' judges and clérks (.f election are being received by the Board of Electior £o)rnmissioners for Chicago city and judicial elections. It is not stated whether .any applications ar'e postrnarked at the, county- jail. There is a young ,Glencoe lIad .*,V4ô'promises, to_ one day. be a great reporter. After the Wilffiette. murder Thursîay ni ght , the police chie! invited reporters> into a roorn to, receive the "lowdown." Itching. to get in, the lad finally crashed the gate and when they threat- ened to evict him he asserted that he had to help in' this important work is ne 1ess- an great pleasure, for which. they will thank ssi honor than to be asked to accept nomin~ation the Threshbkl Players. . appoi for an office. -The responsibility is ad great noetr and theý duty às imperative. Fer this reasonettebnfswih hch13isx those who are approache hudnet hi- 'One -o h e Oiswt hc, 99I x . tate to do théer part in this civic .work. pected te. bles u s the Tewnsend plan. earmngs on twe It is hinted thi understanding v hie senators she had te Kcexngress. THE PHiANTOM REPoRTER