Newspaper Articles from St. Louis Globe-Democrat April 1933, St Louis, MO ==================================================================== CUCKOO GANGSTER 'WINGIE' COX IS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING Fourth Arrest in 6 Months for One-Armed Hood St. Louis, Apr.7- "Wingie" Cox, one-armed Cuckoo gangster, was sentenced to six months in the City Workhouse and fined $500 today by Police Judge Blaine on a charge of careless driving, the fourth time he has been convicted in the same court within the last eight months. Gus Wessler, 8816 North Broadway, testified his truck was struck by a car driven by Cox at Wharf St. and Chouteau Ave., March 22. Cox testified it was an accident and denied Wessler's charge that he had been drinking. The hoodlum took an appeal so that he now has four appeals pending in the Court of Criminal Correction. _______________________________________________________________________ Chicago Welcomes Repeal with 'Beer Blast' as Hoods Bomb Brewery Chicago, Ill., Apr. 7- A bomb was set off at the Prima Brewery, one of the largest in Chicago's Central West area, early today. A preliminary survey indicated the only damage done was to an iron gate. Matthew Ernst, chief engineer and member of the company's Board of Directors, said he believed the bombing was the work of disgruntled jobbers whose requests for small lots of beer had been rejected in favor of large orders. Some believe that these "jobbers" were actually mobsters who felt they were not getting their "fair share" of money and product from Prima. The brewery spent much of Prohibition in the hands of the Capone mob. ____________________________________________________________________________ HIJACKER STEAL BEER TRUCK NEAR PONTIAC, ILLINOIS Chicago, ILL., Apr. 13,--Hi-jackers stole 600 cases of beer near Pontiac, Ill. early today after holding the driver for two hours. The victim was Archie McMullin of St. Joseph, Missouri, who has a contract with the Atlas Brewery of Chicago to haul beer. McMullin was allowed to retrieve the empty truck and trailer near Cicero about 3:30 a.m. _______________________________________________________________________________ GEORGE B. JONES, ST. LOUIS' FIRST BLACK CIRCUIT ATTORNEY DIES St. Louis, Apr. 11-- George B. Jones, who rose to assistant circuit attorney and attorney for the police department after being a janitor in the Old Courthouse 25 years ago, died at the People's Hospital at 7 a.m. today. Death was due to a stomach ailment. Jones, who was 64-years-old, lived at 1213 North Spring Ave. In March, 1926, Jones became the only black assistant circuit attorney in St. Louis history. Two years ago the police board appointed him as attorney to represent the department in lawsuits filed against it. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, and two sons, Wendell C. Jones and Edward M. Jones. Funeral services have not been arranged. _________________________________________________________________________________ RUNAWAY BEER TRUCK KILLS MAN SLEEPING IN HOUSE Hollywood, Cal./ Apr. 7 --A runaway beer truck from the Grace Brothers Brewing Co., of Santa Rosa, Cal., heavily loaded with beer, crashed into a one-story brick building here early today, killing Forrest Myers, 34, who was asleep in the building. The driver was held. ________________________________________________________________________________ MOVIE NEWS HARRY DEPP only has one minor screen appearance in 1933: as a dresser in "Her Bodyguard" with Edmund Lowe, Edward Arnold and Louise Beavers. Harry Depp was born in St. Louis in 1883. OTTO FRIES appears in an "Our Gang" comedy short for Hal Roach this year, Titled "The Kid From Borneo," Fries plays the Kid's dad. Others in the cast asr Matthew "Stymie" Beard, John "Uh huh" Collum, Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, George "Spanky" McFarland and John Lester Johnson as the Kid From Borneo. Otto Fries was born in St. Louis in 1887. St. Louis' Rosemary Theby, whose real name is Rose Masing, plays Mrs. Snavely, the wife of W.C. Fields in "The Fatal Glass of Beer". Rosemary Theby was born in St. Louis 1885. _________________________________________________________________________________ WHAT A DOLLAR CAN BUY IN APRIL 1933 Krehbiel's Market, 6200 Michigan Ave. "Fine Meats" Since 1889 Ham..................................................7 1/2 cents a lb. Pork loin roast..............................8 1/2 cents a lb. Pork sausage................................12 1/2 cents a lb. Veal cutlets...................................29 cents a lb. Hamburger...................................4lbs., 25 cents. Crown Candy Kitchen, St Louis Ave. at 14th Street assorted chocolates, 1 lb. box.................................30 cents candy eggs..................................................5 cents each chocolate marshmallow eggs.................................50 for 49 cents. Renz Bakery, 3854 Louisiana 3-layer pecan butterscotch fudge cakes....................49 cents pecan pie...................................................35 cents hot cross buns............................................20 cents a dozen Wehrenberg's Melba Theatre, S. Grand at Miami matinees........................25 cents Carondelet Public Market, S. Broadway at Schirmer eating rabbits........................50 cents each stewing roosters..................11 cents a lb. bacon.....................................7 1/2 cents a lb. spare ribs............................5 1/2 cents a lb. bologna................................9 1/2 cents a lb. chuck roast........................7 1/2 cents a lb. 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