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Police have mobilized the nation to bring in Louis (Lepke) Buchalter—thief, racketeer and murderer. Presses began to roll early yesterday, turning out circulars to advertise the $25,000 reward posted Monday, by the City Council for Lepke’s capture, dead or alive. Federat authorities are offering 000, bringing the total yto $30,000. One million circulars will be ‘|printed and distributed to every , police department, railroad station, : ; . 2 Se steamship line, airport and bus 4t police headquarters Inspector Joseph A. Donovan (1 terminal and even to the Worlds | |#arge of Criminal Identification Bureau, and Fifth Depug Fair. jpissioner Martin Meany examine a Lepke circular as ig Thus the thick, cunning face of | ‘fm? Dress. (Other photos on Pages 1 Lepke will stare from the walls of every public gathering spot if America. There he is: ‘Eyes, piercing ang ‘| shifty ; nose, large, somewhat blunt lat nostrils; ears, prominent and close to head; mouth, large, slight dimple at left side; right-handed; suffering fram kidney ailment.” His fingerprints as well as his | picture are reproduced on the cire cular. Police expect thousands of calls from citizens who i think |they’ve found Lepke. Each will ibe investigated. | While this super-manhunt was being launched, the. special I eral Grand Jury, aided Igay Roover, head af, the FLB. L, began F igating the “underground lway” by means of which Lepka as evaded capture for two years, The jury’s purpose is to uncover indict persons who harbor and e aid criminals. All of yesterday's witnesses were - hurried secretly into the Gro Jury room, in F.B.1. headquarte “and spirited out by other doors Among them were several a ant -U. S. Attorneys, and one elderly ef bes ve, t 4 nt ss ea Hoard of Estima oted cose Tmt ya we ward for the four gunmen fascinated Irving Penn in the ronx, mistaking him for a Dewey witness against Lepke. CLIPPING FROM NEY YRCK DAILY NEWS. pare, AUG 1939 FORWARLEy BY NEW YORK DIVISION