Evening star. [volume], February 09, 1942, Page B-8, Image 29

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Detective Slays Man
Attempting to Free
Pal at Police Station
Chicago Gunman Wounds
Two Witnesses to Earlier
Holdup Murder
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9—A self-pro
claimed neighborhood tough got
Into the wrong neighborhood early
yesterday, met up with a straight
shooting police detective and din’t
live to recount his latest foray into
crime.
The last wild exploits of Joseph
Skupien, who, police said, spent
about one-third of his life In prisons,
were in a tavern and a police sta
tion in the stockyards district. They
ended with the 26-year-old ex-con
vict lying dead on the police station
floor, only a few hours after two
men had been slain in a'tavern
holdup.
Shortly after the tavern shooting,
Skupien walked into the new city
police station early yesterday. He
waved a pistol and shouted:
"I'm going to rescue my partner.
I'll get those dirty squealers.”
. Fires at Detective.
Sergt. Joseph Connelly stepped
toward him but the enraged Sku
pien, firing one shot wildly, dashed
into the squadroom where 10 wit
nesses to the tavern killings were
awaiting to be questioned by de
tectives. Bruno Jachmyak, 23. was
being interrogated by police about
the slayings.
Skupien forced two women In front
of him, lined up several other per
sons, including a reporter, against
the wall and backed up against a
staircase. He threatened to kill any
detectives who came into the room.
Meanwhile. Detective John Leahy
learned of Skupien’s actions. He
dashed upstairs, went through a
suite of offices on the second floor,
and crept down three steps to a
landing directly above Skupien.
Two Witnesses Wounded.
With his pistol about 10 feet from
the ex-convict's head, the detec
tive fired two shots. Skupien wheeled
and shot four times, two of the bul
lets slightly wounding two witnesses.
Detective Leahy then fired twice
more, killing Skupien.
During the excitement, Detective
Leahy himself narrowly escaped
death, an unidentified detective fir
ing at him. A member of the de
partment for 14 years, Detective
Leahy has been on the detective
squad for five years. Lt. A. L. Steves
son announced he would recommend
a promotion for Detective Leahy.
The prelude to the police station
shooting occurred when two men
invaded a tavern Saturday night and
killed two Mexicans when several
patrons rushed at the gunmen with
the apparent intention of disarming
them. The dead were Jesus Hurta
do, 30, and Romano Bessara, 35, both
of Chicago.
Police described both Skupien and
Jachmyak as neighborhood “tough
guys” and criminals since their
’teens.
James F. Hanley Dies;
Wrote Many Song Hits
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9.—James F.
Hanley. 49, who wrote the music
for such song hits as “Back Home
In Indiana.” “Rose of Washing
ton Square,” “If You Knew Susie”
and "Honeymoon Lane,” died of a
heart attack yesterday.
Born in Rensselaer, Ind.. Mr.
Hanley was educated in Chicago
and at Campion College, Prairie
du Chien, Wise. After appearing
In vaudeville acts in the Middle
West, he went to London for music
hall sketches and later returned to
New York to become one of Tin
Pan Alley’s outstanding writers.
He composed music for George
White’s “Scandals” and for "Big
Boy,” an A1 Jolson hit, and col
laborated with Eddie Dowling on
the book and lyrics for “Sidewalks
of New York,” "Rainbow Man” and
“Sleepy Valley.” He did the mu
aic for “Just a Cottage Small by a
Waterfall,” popularized by John
McCormack.
With New York’s former Mayor,
James J. Walker, he wrote “In Our
Little Part of Town” and “Suppose
Nobody Cared.” From 1931 to 1934
he was associated with a Hollywood
studio.
Rufus Isaacs, 60, Dies;
Sang on English Stage
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 9.—Rufus
Isaacs. 60. retired insurance broker
and one-time English entertainer,
died yesterday in a private hos
pital after a long illness. He was
the father of Norman E. Isaacs,
managing editor of the Indianapolis
Times.
The elder Isaacs was bom in Man
chester, England, and sang on the
English stage under the name of
Rob Watson. He went to Mon
treal. Canada, in 1910 and became
superintendent of the Canadian
Rubber Co. there. He came to In
dianapolis after the World War.
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Nature’s Children
Twelve-Spotted Cucumber Beetle
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
More acres will be planted to cu
cumbers this year than In 1941. This
may be good news to cucumber
beetles, of which there are several
species, for their fondness for the
leaves of this vegetable last year
cost American farmers something
like *3.600,000.
Take a look at this 12-spotted
insect. Not much for size individual
ly, but multiply it by millions and
you have a vast horde of leaf-con
sumers capable of putting the cu
cumber growers far in the red.
Beside eating the leaves of the
plant, these beetles are carriers of
plant diseases. Growers of canta
loupes and melons, as well as cu
cumbers, face serious losses because
of the danger of Invasion by these
small and determined foes.
It has been estimated that it
cost each grower $3.50 per acre
for labor, machinery and Insecticides
to combat these pests last year.
Something like 475,000 acres were
planted to cucumbers—figure out
what we could do with the money
lost through these "fifth col
umnists ! ”
In order to cope with any foe, we
must learn something about his
habits and modes of procedure. The
adult beetle feasts on the leaves,
giving them a ragged appearance—
usually the first Indication the
grower has of invasion. No plant
can get along without its vital leaf
factory.
The younger generation spends
its time feasting on com roots and
grass, though the beans and pods
growing nearby always appeal to
them. As the cucumber beetles
thrive throughout the Eastern
States, and their close cousins are
to be found in other States, you will
readily see what it means to permit
them to succeed.
Cucumber beetles usually make
their first appearance in May. Later,
great colonies of them gather j
around the stems and leaves of the
helpless cucumber plants. On cool
nights, the tribe will seek shelter
from winds and frost.
Serve your uninvited guests with
nicotine dust. If this does not prove
fatal, give them a more potent mix
ture made of calcium arsenate, gyp
e06
jy
sum or land plaster, or Bordeaux
mixture.
When this concoction begins to
take effect, there is an exodus.
Something tells the army it had
better move on. At this time, poul
try should not be permitted to sam
ple the travelers.
These beetles have two modes of
transportation—by foot, which is
slow but effective, and by air, which
Is swifter and enables the flyer to
reach more distant supplies. Co
operation among growers in some
method of all-out war against these
costly invaders must be devised.
Feeding insects does not appeal to
thrifty people.
Bomb Exhibit Planned
At University Clinic
Types , of Nazi bombs and their
destructive effects will be shown to
I Washington physicians, policemen,
firemen and selected O. C. D. work
ers at the 10th annual post-graduate
clinic of the Oeorge Washington
University medical school beginning
February 33.
In addition, the Chemical War
fare Service will have an exhibit
of various types of gas masks and
other equipment hitherto regarded
as “military secrets” at the special
war clinic.
The bomb exhibits, with photo
graphs and slides taken during ac
tual bombings of the British Isles,
will be furnished by the British
Library of Information in New York,
with Dr. Thomas Martin Peery in
charge of the program.
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