Nabbed!: The 1925 Journal of G. Codd Fitzmorgan (16 page)

Coming in July 2006!

Coming in July 2006!

And watch out for ICED! and TRAPPED!, coming in Fall2006!

THE INSPECTOR

5c We Have an “EYE” for News

CAPONE IS NOW KING OF CRIME

CHICAGO, Ill.: After nearly being killed by rival gangster, John Torrio has ceded control of the country's largest illegal
bootlegging operation to Al Capone (center left), putting him in charge of countless speakeasies that rake in about a hundred
million dollars a year. Prohibition is the law of the land—and that means no trading, purchasing, making, or drinking liquor.
The government has vowed to catch Capone in the act—but so far he has remained untouchable!

With orders from the new head of the FBI, J. Edger Hoover, agents confiscate and destroy all the liquor they can track down—but
criminals are getting better at hiding it.

NEWS

HOUDINI'S MAGIC CAUSES PANIC

NEW YORK, N.Y.: Mrs. Ida H. Ubrusk succumbed to terror last nigh while watching the illusionist Harry Houdini perform his
famous escape act, The Water Torture Cell. Mr. Houdini's feet were licked in stocks and he was lowered headfirst into a glass
box filled with water. The top of the box was shut and padlocked. No sooner was the curtain drawn between the audience and
Mr. Houdini, than Mrs. Ubrusk screamed and fainted dead away. Just moments later, the curtain was pulled back, and the audience
could see Mr. Houdini. He had escaped and was safe and sound!

SCIENCE

MONKEYS ON TRIAL

DAYTON, Tenn.: The famous lawyer Clarence Darrow (left) defended John Scopes, a science teacher from Tennessee, in what has
become known as the Scopes “Monkey” Trial. Scopes was charged with breaking the law when he taught the theory of evolution
to his students. Many predict that the state supreme court will release Scopes.

HUBBA HUBBLE!

MOUNT WILSON, Calif.: Scientist Edwin P. Hubble recently made a startling discovery. While working at the Mount Wilson Observatory,
Hubble proved that there are countless galaxies other than our own Milky Way out there in space—and many of them are millions
of light-years away!

PEOPLE

FIRST IN WYOMING

CHEYENNE, Wyo.: It's only been five years since women were given the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment. However, they
are already making great strides in politics. Voters have just elected Nellie Tayloe Ross to be the governor of Wyoming, making
her the first female governor in the United States. Women voters and politicians are working hard to make sure that their
voices are heard as they help to shape the future of our country!

BOOKS

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SHELF
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This rollicking story about a fast-times-loving bootlegger living in New York isn't selling so well. Maybe people are too
busy cracking open illegal champagne to crack a book.

In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway

This collection of stories is Hemingway's first book published in the United States. Short sentences, small vocabulary—but
very powerful! We predict this author will write a very bright future for himself.

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

Hitler should have stuck with his original title—Four and a Half Years Against Lew, Stupidity, and Cowardice. The last four
words sum up this overly complicated, poorly written work.

FASHION

WELL.SUITED!

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Colonel Sherrell, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued and order that women at Washington
bathing beaches may not wear bathing suits that are more than six inches above the knee. Here, Bill Norton, the bathing beach
policeman, is measuring an unnamed woman's suit to make sure she is in compliance with the new rule.

EDITORIAL

“SHOULD I BECOME A SPIRITUALIST?”

Our editors have put together the pros and cons for you!

PRO:
people should definitely convert to Spiritualism. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (right), author and creator of the fictional detective
Sherlock Holmes, is a Spiritualist. He believes that there is no heaven and hell, that a person's soul or spirit survives
death, and that we can contact these spirits. And Doyle is not alone. Today, there are hundreds of spiritualists across the
country.