The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1934)

January, 1934 The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER Twenty-one prisoners away from the police. The governor had ordered out the militia and it looked as if things would be pretty interesting in that county. Tugander's boss wanted to cover Salisbury and ordered Tugander from Washington to Salisbury — "Get the mob scenes. Get plenty of action in the story. Riots and everything you can get." Tugander got more than he bargained for on that job. He got the riots, all right — and plenty of action, too. Here is what Tugander said about that assignment : "We followed Route 404 and United States Route 13 from the Mattaspeake ferry to Salisbury. As we were nearing Salisbury we saw eight busses of troops rushing out of the town towards Baltimore. Behind the troops we saw a photographer we knew. As he passed in his car he waved his hand, but we didn't know whether he was trying to stop us or was just saying hello. Behind him was a sedan filled with four tough looking men that seemed to be escorting him out of town. "We didn't quite know what to make of it, but continued on towards Salisbury. We had no sooner arrived in the town than we saw a mob chasing someone down a street. We started to follow the mob when a Western Union messenger jumped on the running board on one side of the truck. 'Get that truck out of sight — your lives aren't worth a nickle!" he yelled. The messenger was still shouting at us when a reporter for a local paper jumped on the other running board and said : 'The mob is after reporters and photographers. Get out while you can get out.' "We turned the truck into a side street and about half way up the block we found a garage. We put the truck away in the back where it couldn't be seen easily. "Then I walked back to the corner. 1 could see the mob smashing up a car down the street. It belonged to one of the reporters. I asked a man standing beside me why the mob was after the reporters. He didn't answer; just looked at me. Another man gave me a once over and said that I looked like one of those damned picture men and hanging was too good for me. The police were standing around watching the mob and never making any attempt to stop them. "While I was standing on the corner a red-haired boy came tearing down the street leading a mob. They were headed for the garage in which the truck was parked. There was no stopping them. It would have meant fighting the whole town. In a minute they had the truck and were pushing it down the street. They came to a cross street where there was a red traffic light. The policeman turned on a green light so they could keep on going. They kept shouting that they wanted the men who belonged to the truck. As the mob Avent down the street they passed the chief of police and another local police offices. Neither made any effort to stop the mob. I followed them. When they got to the west side of the Wicomico River, they pushed the truck over an embankment head on. It went into the river out of sight. $25,000 worth of equipment — gone! "Some shouted they wTere going after the newsreel men now. So I beat it to the sheriff's office. From there I phoned the office to tell them what had happened. The sheriff said he couldn't or wouldn't guarantee protection as the mob was uncontrollable and advised since the militia had left to get out. I got a car from one of the town officials and went to Easton, while the mob was storming the hotel for the reporters and photographer who had been driven in there." Tugander came back to Salisbury the next da\ to (Turn to Page 28) The B & H Cooke VARO LENS The 1934 releases announced by leading producers promise a year rich in dramatic and musical entertainment. And in no small part will these accomplishments depend on the B & H Cooke Varo lens for photographic effects. 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