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Paul Roland Jones

Paul Roland Jones is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Paul Roland Jones rather than just read about it. In short: Paul Roland Jones was a 20th-century American criminal associated with the Chicago Outfit. Biography Jones was born 23 August 1909 in Pittsburg, Kansas.

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Reference excerpt

Paul Roland Jones was a 20th-century American criminal associated with the Chicago Outfit.

Biography Jones was born 23 August 1909 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was convicted of a 1931 murder in the state, for which he received a life sentence. However in July 1940 he was pardoned by Governor Walter A. Huxman. He subsequently became involved in the egg dehydration business. He also invested in uranium mines, a shrimp brokerage, and a quack cancer clinic. Jones first came to Dallas at the beginning of the 1940s. In 1942 he was convicted of selling gasoline and sugar rationing coupons, receiving a $750 fine. He worked with Nick DeJohn of the Outfit in this endeavour. During the same period he was involved with narcotics trafficking across the Mexican border to St. Louis, Denver, Kansas, and Chicago. As a representative of the Chicago Outfit in Mexico City, he opened a casino there. His activities were put to an end by the US government, although he was hopeful that if Miguel Alemán Valdés was elected president of Mexico he could recontinue his activities. One of Jones' associates was Marcus Lipsky, himself an associate of the Chicago Outfit. In Texas and Louisiana they purchased a number of "music companies" which served as a front for the selling of slot machines. In 1946 Jones was charged in a theft scheme involving electric motors for weight-reducing machines. He posted $2000 in bail and left Dallas but returned about two months later. Lipsky, Jones and others were part of a group of Chicago Outfit representatives who attempted to make a move on behalf of the Outfit into the Dallas gambling scene, then dominated by Benny Binion. Lipsky came up with a plan to kill Binion and others, he would leave their bodies outside of the Dallas police station in a stolen car as a symbolic act. However Jones managed to convince him that this would bring unwanted attention. In November 1946 Jones attempted to bribe the soon to be sheriff Steve Guthrie. He met him at Guthrie's house with Lieutenant George Butler. Jones proposed to Guthrie that if he let Chicago-owned casinos and gambling go on unhindered he would receive $40,000 a month. A series of meetings followed which totalled ten hours. Unknown to Jones, he was caught in a sting operation and was being recorded. Jones' lawyer argued that because Guthrie had yet to be sworn in, he had technically not attempted to bribe a police officer. The defence was rejected and Jones was sentenced to three years in prison. Simultaneous to this he was tried and convicted of opium smuggling from Mexico to Texas and received a nine-year sentence. The case received significant local attention and was dramatized on the local Mutual Radio Network, broadcast on Christmas eve. While in Dallas Jones was introduced to Jack Ruby and spent time at his club. He also knew Ruby's brother Hyman and his sister Eva. Hyman was an informant for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and testified against Jones in his drug smuggling case. Just two days before the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Jones had visited Ruby at his nightclub, The Carousel Club.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Paul Roland Jones

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Paul Roland Jones claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Paul Roland Jones before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Paul Roland Jones ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Paul Roland Jones

In research: Paul Roland Jones appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Paul Roland Jones in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Paul Roland Jones is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1909 births, 20th-century American murderers, 20th-century people from Kansas, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Paul Roland Jones outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Paul Roland Jones in simple terms?

Paul Roland Jones was a 20th-century American criminal associated with the Chicago Outfit. Biography Jones was born 23 August 1909 in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Why does Paul Roland Jones matter?

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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