MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVZlf
iizarre Plot to: Free.
log Inmates ::by;;Toituring
Tutidaj. February 1, 19SS
Siong
Details of Scheme
Called for Help
Of 'Outside' Thugs
OssiningN. Y. (U.R) Ward
en Wilfred Denno told today
of a fantastic plot to free at gun
point every felon in the Sing
Sing Prison death house by tpr
turing the warden's wife.
Details of the desperate scheme,
disclosed in a copyrighted story
by the New York Daily News,
called for "outside" thugs to
seize Denno and his wife in their
home near the prison.
The desperadoes then planned
to torture and beat the warden's
wife and threaten her with death
until Denno agreed to help a
gunman pass through the prison
gates and into the. death house.
"The scheme . . . was doomed
to failure from the very be
ginning," Denno told the United
Preaa.
A death house inmate, who
apparently hoped to receive
clemency, told of the plot last
summer. However, the conspir
acy was not made public until
prison officials and detectives
conducted a thorough invest
gation.
The Daily News said the plot
centered around the three mur
ders of a Reader's Digest , mes
senger who are to be executed
Feb. 21.
The first tip .on the planned
mass break came, the News said,
from Romulo Rosario, 37, whose
record includes arrests for drug
peddling, compulsory prostitu
tion and murder.
The newspaper said Rosario
produced a note outlining the
escape plan. Handwriting ex
perts traced the writing to -an
other condemned man, John D.
Green, who was later executed.
The plot was called off, police
believe, after fellow inmates of
Rosario became suspicious over
his frequent visitors. One-by
one, four of the original eight
plotters went to the electric
chair, the News said. , ,
Although Denno took all pre
cautions to prevent the planned
break, he said today that Ro
sario may have reported the al
leged plot to obtain clemency.
PREPAREDNESS
Empire, Mich. (U.R) Bias
Alonzo didn't take any" chances
when he got into an argument
with a fellow fruit picker. He
called" a Traverse. City ambu
lance to come to the orchard
where he was working because
he thought he would be stabbed,
police said. But when the ambu
lance arrived, the argument was
over and he hadn't been stab
bed. : ....
W X)
HAPPIER DAYS Serge KUDinstein, Russian-born multi
millionaire who was found murdered in his swank Fif th-av
New York town house, is shoyn with his wife, the former
Laurette Kilborn, just prior to their marriage in 1941.
They were attending a dinner party given by former pages
of the czar of Russia.
QUESTIONED Salesgirl
Estelle Gardner leaves New
York police station after
questioning in connection
with the slaving of financier
Serge Rubinstein. She told
police Rubinstein took her
night-clubbing.
South America boasts many
an historic hero with a resound
ing Irish name. Bernardo O'Hig-
gins liberated Chile. An Irish
sailor named William Brown
founded the Argentine navy. Si
mon Bolivar's chief aids includ
ed Daniel Florence O'Leary
and Francis Burdett O'Connor. ;
Three Sentenced
In Contempt Case
Portland (U.R) Three Port
land men convicted of contempt
of Congress received fines and
Jail sentences from U. S. District
Judge George Boldt of Tacoma
yesterday afternoon.
Donald Wollam was sentenced
to one year in prison and John
R. MacKenzie and Herbert Simp
son each drew 10 months. All
three were fined $250. "
The three Portlanders were
convicted of improperly refus
ing to answer questions before a
House un-American Activities
Subcommittee hearing here last
June.
Attorneys for the three im
mediately announced they would
appeal to the U. S. Court of Ap
peals. Judge Boldt freed the men
on $1,500 bail.
The judge also set Feb. 14 as
the tentative date for trial of a
fourth man, Thomas G. Moore, of
Los Angeles, who is similarly
accused.
Nicaragua President
Lifts 'State of Siege'
Managua, Nicaragua (U.R)
President Anastasio Somoza
lifted a "state of siege" in this
country and ended censorship
today as part of the national
observance of his 59th birthday.
Somoza also released a num
ber of persons, arrested in con
nection with a plot to assassinate
him last year, who had been
cleared by military authorities
investigating the case.
NEW! A WORLD OF FULL VISIBILITY!
NEM TREMENDOUS ADDITIONAL POWER!
NEW AMERICA'S SMARTEST TWO-TONING!
AND NO NCREASE W FRCESf
TH1 ULTIMA WI 8TA:
Built by
Sfudebalcer-Packard Corporation
world's 4th largest full-line producer
of cars and trucks
Now here! Breath-taking Ultra
Vista models a far-advanced addi
tional line of 1955 Studebakers!
Enormously increased visibility!
Excitingly stepped up power! 185
h.p. President V-8! 162 h.p. Com
mander V-8! 101 h.p. Champion
61 Sweeping new two-tone color
effects! No premium to pay! No
increase in Studebaker's low-level
competitive prices! Come in.
Order your own pace-setting Ultra .
Vista Studebaker right away it's
the best value anybody's automo
bile money ever bought!
Studebaker muck better made.., worth more token you trade t
COOKSEY MOTOR COMPANY, Inc.
134 SOUTH RIVERSIDE . PHONE 2-5219 . ,
Portland Driver Hurt
In Highway Accident
Benny Gene Perry, 20, Port
land, was taken to Ashland
General hospital late yesterday
evening, after the car he was
driving left Highway 99 and
overturned in a ditch south of
Ashland, according to state po
lice. .
Perry was suffering from
head injuries, including a possi
ble skull fracture. Officers said
he either went to sleep or other
wise lost control of the car while
driving south. The vehicle
crossed the highway, went into
a ditch, rolled over and wound
up facing the direction from
which it had come. ,
The car had to be towed away!
The accident was near the inter
section of Highway 99 and Neil
Creek rd.
Soldier Found Guilty;
Gets Five-Year Term
Pusan, Korea- (U.R) Maj.
Charles W. James, of Warwick,
Va., has been dismissed from
the service and sentenced to
five years' imprisonment for
theft and illegal currency deal
ings. A court martial found James
guilty of stealing a truckload of
U. S. Army lumber, selling post
exchange goods on the black
market and obtaining military
scrip and Korean currency from
"unauthorized sources."
Dead line Sunday Classifled 1s at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday
Burglar Working
In the Wrong Block
Chicago (U.R) Clarence
Pheonix, 43, broke into a cur
rency exchange and tripped a
burglar alarm when he began
work on tha safe.
The alarm stalled police
squads on their way to the
exchange and Pheonix heard:
lhem on a police radio he car
ried. Unworried, he ccntinued
.to work. Suddenly, he looked
up to face police with drawn
guns.
"I thought I was in the next
block," he told them sadly.'
Food Requirements in
Liquor Outlets Asked
Salem (U.R) William H.
Baillie, state liquor control ad
ministrator, has asked for legis
lation to set minimum food re
quirements in establishments
serving alcoholic beverages.
Baillie's request f or .authority
to prevent liquor establishments
from becoming "nothing more
than the old time saloon" was
presented to the Senate Alco
holic Traffic Committee, which
agreed to introduce the proposal.
Other liquor commission pro
posals would amend the liquor
code to prohibit the serving of
liquor to persons under 21 years
of age, and would permit issuing
liquor licenses to airlines.
The code amendment was in
spired by a recent interpreta
tion that a person under 21 who
is married is deemed to have at
tained his or her majority.
McKay's Car Used
By Hero's Family
Washington (U.R) The fam
ily of the late Ira Hayes, one
of the heroes of the Iwo Jima
flag raising, called on Secretary
of Interior Douglas McKay to
day and got a surprise.
. The family, here for the fu
neral of the Pima Indian hero,
was given the use of McKay's
chauffeur-driven gover n m e n t
limousine for a sight seeing tour
of Washington.
Hayes, who was found dead
in Arizona last week -of expos
ure, will be buried with full
military honors at Arlington Na
tional Cemetery tomorrow.
McKay who, as secretary of
interior is head of Indian affairs,
expressed his sympathy to the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe E.
Hayes of Bapchule, Ariz., and
their three other sons.
Associated Dealers
See Gasoline TV Show
. Tidewater Associated oil deal
ers of this area gathered at the
Jackson hotel last night to get
information on a new gasoline
now being marketed by the com
pany. The new . product is on
sale today.
The story of the development
of the gasoline, a new "concen
trated" Flying A premium-grade
motor fuel, was shown the deal
ers via closed-circuit television,
which went to 15 western cities
and was viewed by an estimated
7,500 dealers. ,
Carry it right out of the store
fnr nni $'
Qr it's portable!
TERMS
Certainly
WITH THfSf SMCUl
riATUttSt
Tvb-lif Ertondar Re
duced Powr Cbnwmptioa
Wohs only 45 lb.
Walnut., mahogany- or
blond-finished cabinets.
Full-Ytar Warranty on
picture tube, 90 days on
ehaf!j parts.
Ti n w
A
y .
Crosley gives
you more -for
your money!
Cra.n..&Mbhr
Your Home Town Hardware
225 EAST SIXTH
To Buy or Sell - Use Tribune Classified Ads
j '';yr? 'A''-
ig 'i,,;47' --y
134 So.
Riverside -Bedford, Phone 2-5219
' " - ... ' ti t.
We're happy to announce the appointment of this area's newest
Packard and Clipper dealer. This new dealership will provide local
Packard owners, both present and future, with reliable automotive
headquarters. It will also give the general public an opportunity to
see and drive, at their convenience, the brilliant new Packard and
Clipper motorcars. We would like to point out that this new dealer
has both the facilities and personnel to render service in the true
Packard tradition. The entire organization will be glad to see you
at any time. Stop in and see the new Packard ... the new car that
reflects your pride in the finest . ; . and the 1955 Clipper, the car for
those who want distinctive individuality in the medium-price field.
PACKARD DIVISION
Studebaker Packard Corporation
Maintains the preeukm
; performance that u built
into every nem Packard
and Clipper. :