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TECH DAILY-RECORD
7tli Race pc<·ial
lllegitimus Non Carborundum
TECH BIGWIGS SCURRY FOR COVER Benny thl' C11p h~.>ad of the ('am· pu" \ nli \"icr League. and hi!' ronIHit•nll.tl ~quad ye~umlny raided a lll'll·knhwn \\'e.,t .'t rt>et establish· nwnt ;mel arrested live mrn and a wom.tn ()pcratinR \\hat tlctectives dr-rri!Jt..d as Lhc hl.'adqunrtero; of thl' blulo!c... t bool.makin~ outlit •in the city. DJily turnover or the elnbo· r.ttt' p<m) parlor wo.:. ubout -zso.ooo. Jluhce revealed. which l>uts this ccnter or recent cup!>·and-gnmblcrs aclion 111 the hi~h lrteome brat ket. .\ half dozen electrical addin~ machine, 24 telephone , and a large quilntlly of tally sheets, and nddress boul.. mdicated the q:ope of pn~ O(>eratiun. I-;eatly ;mangcd pigeonbole( contained reports from 60 workNs in paddocks ancl clubhouses covering e\·ery race-track in the country.
Frunt fur 1he J.IRIIJ.I wa ~ ltlcntifu~cl a ' ~la ' RtN•. erMYOhile proprie10r ur th(• ( llffiJ1U' ~lt lr(• Ll. flcnny • 1 h k h '" I .. (. Itllnll.'< 1 ut t e 1)Oil ' ' t 110 1 •• a . . wa" l.t·l•pln~t, were 011 the lrrl'!(ular 1\ ~i<lt' !-weeping invcsti)(aticm by the 1 Clh furt.e revealed that many ln(J drttWl'f personalitil':. ut the lOI· lel(c were mvolved in the ra(.kcts. Freddie •·The Cuv-nor" Sanger wru. HLken into custody w, the Liverpool agent of the rinl(, quoting oc.Jds on the lrish Swupstakes and the En~lish Darby. lo;o nabbed in the !;udden cleanup was Donald E. Smith, former secretary-treasurer of the Graduates' PeMion Fund, whom authorities claimed u"l'd his position to circuJnte a scratch sheet "Toul Tips." Capt. Benny became !\u!'piciouc; or Smilh's a.ctivilies when
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puhli'> hl.'d a Pdn- M uturl Rl'·• port from tllr Trro1urrr nl th11 entl of I hi!' li"(":ll yc•ar. Currently at hr~-te i.; :tMth<>r key ftl(llr<' in thr ~o~unglnnrl clmnp-down , C'nmptmllrr Hubert Bt,wle.", who fled tlw t:uuntry when llf'nny turned the hent em. Bowll•s ahsconded with the rn.,tllute fund s, <Jnd inquiries intll hi'! bouks indicated thnt more m•>ney rtMil· on the noses nf the nags al Tro1>icaJ and A~un Caliente than was investNJ In gilt-edge bonds. Higher-ups in the uoderworld syndicate have scurried to cov~>r , but ('ommissioncr Benny says, " Heads will roll." AJS(I apprehended nl thr lime of
, . the raid were the followtng patrons of the turf den: " Hopbead" Heller 1 " Railbird" Kranich, and "Two· Buck" Mulligan. all of this city.
Poto by Prall~