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La : " t i 1 f i —— REQUEST FORTAPONE’S RETURN 1S HELD FALSE ne Chicego Has Not Yet Asked His * Retenne for Rackets Trial, Bates Declares. Reports published in Chicago that Al Capone would be returned there from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary -to . stand trial in the rackets co nspirecy case were said at the Justice Depart-. ment today to be premature. Banford Bates, director of prisons, : said no request had been received from the Chicago authorities for Capone's re- turn and that if such a request wes received it would be passed upon in the usual manner. Until a request was re- ceived,-he continued, the department would have nothing to say about the case.