Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 03, 1955, Image 22

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Newspaper Page Text, ' -.: --:.-- SIXMEDFORD. (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, February 3. 193 Pyer of Serge PuySsifisigm Ooplssies life York Pblie'e Baffin Official : ' ' Escape Killer's Identify, Motive Police Detection New York 4U.R) Who killed Serge Rubinstein? Well, a week after his murder, you can pay your nickel and take your choice. The cops don't know who killed him, " they don't know why he was killed and, as a matter of fact, they don't know how he died. One school of sleuths ha3 al w a y s -j advised . "cherchez la femme!" That wasn't hard to do; The 46-year-old millionaire had so many party girls it's hard to tell them apart except by vary ing hair shades toward which Rubinstein took a liberal view. Girl Friends Named There was Estelle Gardner, brunette salesgirl; Pat Wray, chestnut-haired secretary; Betty Reed, blonde coloratura soprano; Dorothea McCarthy, black-haired model;. Patricia Sinnott, red haired ballet dancer. . , , Other dicks say "find the mo tive." It will lead to the killer. . Well,; a good many of thej.2, 000,000 Americans who served in1 World . War II may have thought at' one time or another of doing' in the chunky draft dodger who was still success fully fighting deportation. Money? That root of all evil and most murders. Serge cer tainly had a wad ; of it. Six month ago he received an extor tion death threat demanding S55.000. During his lifetime his financial manipulations had broken a number of men more scrupulous and less sharp. Clue Picture Out of Focus Clues, look for clues, . says Scotland Yard. Fit the pieces of the puzzle together and there is the picture. v - In the third floor bedroom of Rubinstein's Fifth Avenue town house, police have scooped up a woman's white glove, a lady's black purse, six bobbypins, a length of surgical adhesive; tape, Venetian blind cord and a set of 10 fingerprints. But the picture isn't in focus. . .. . . . Establish the persons on the scene? There was quite a cast. His mother, his aunt, the butler, the handyman, a maid and the young girl . who accompanied him home. Also the sound of "angry men's voices" and a mys terious "woman in brown" now believed to be the butler. -Ambulance Attendant r:. i , Police disclosed the "woman in brown" was an ambulance at - tendant whb'came to pick up the financier's body. The "angry men's voices" were discounted when Rubinstein's mother - said she couldn't be sure she heard them the night of the murder. ; ' -., Look ' .through his personal records, his diary. Rubinstein was - accommodating on that score. He left six black ledgers containing the names of 1000 persons, some of them "promhv ent Hollywood personalities." It's quite a murder, all right. One newspaper finally narrow ed down the possibilities by an nouncing the ; motives 1 were either: 1. Romance. 2. Revenge. 3. profit. 4. Jealousy. 5. Interna tional poitics. 6.. Sadism. Another suggested it was a job bunged by burglars who taped Rubinstein so crudely to prevent his outcries that he accidentally suffocated. Another . theory . is that he was to be shanghaied to a boat but suffered a heart - at tack in the excitement. v Known Facts . ' ' ' The known facts "are .these: Rubinstein went late last Wednesday night to Nino's La Rue, a plush nightclub in ;the east 50s, with Miss Gardner, 'a good-looking salesgirl he had. met at a party on Jan. 13. "He .- wasn't bothered - about anything," said. Miss Gardner,. "Don't believe those stories that he was worried. He was happy and we both enjoyed dancing.". sr ux --r-; . a, r lit, -m. . r 1 & 3k Oft FAREWELL Patricia Sinnott, red-haired ballet, dancer who was one of Serge Rubinstein's many dates, places a rose on the flower-laden casket of the multi-millionaire at graveside in New York. Mrs. Stella Rubinstein, mother of the playboy who was found murdered in his Fifth Avenue mansion, heard the rabbi conducting the funeral service label 'her son as a friendless psychopathic money seeker who refused to serve the country he claimed to love. Man , next to Miss Sinnott is unidentified. Survey Shows Automobile Ownership Costs Almost as Much As Buying House Chicago (U.R) It costs about as much' to own and op erate the modern , automobile as it does to buy a new house, Popular ; Mechanics magazine said a survey shows. On the average, the magazine said, a car purchased six years ago has cost its owner, exclu sive of : financing charges, $20 a week . . . $1055 a year . $6130 for the. six year period." Atthi s rate the cost of auto ownership over 18 years, shorter than the usual home mortgage term, would run well over $18, ooo. Independent Survey Popular Mechanics said its survey was run by an'independ ent organization through ques tionnaires mailed at random to car owners throughout the coun try. The questionnaire listed ev ery possible expense except i nancing charges for the last 12 months, ed better than those driving medium or high priced automo biles, the survey showed. Low priced automobile expenses av eraged out at $837 per year com pared to $1015 for medium-priced cars and $1209 for high pric ed vehicles. Biggest Expense Hems Fixed expenses such as depre ciation, insurance, taxes, lic enses, garage rents and parking fees were the biggest items in the automobile budget, requir ing 6.7 per cent of the overall outlay. Depreciation alone took 47 cents of each dollar spent. Insurance was next, taking 12 cents. , ' ..- I -"; Every driver was forced to shell out these "fixed expenses," the magazine" said, whether he drove 500 miles a year or 25,000. Running expenses gasoline, oil, tires and repairs took 33 cents, on the average, oyer the six year period. However, the Owners of low-priced cars far-' running costs mounted with the age of the car so tnat ny ine end of the sixth year they al most equalled the fixed expenses the survey said, c, i Editors of the magazine said most car owners participating in the survey were amazed to learn bow, much it costs them to own and operate their automo biles. . . Asked , what features of the modern car they would be will ing to give up in order to lower costs, 59. per cent said they would be willing, to have reduc ed speed, 56 per cent said they would give up annual style changes, and 52 per cent said de luxe trim. Forty eight, per cent said they would do with less horsepower, .35 per cent with less ; over-all size, 33 per cent said they would give up the au tomatic transmissions, and 19 per cent with less acceleration. Only seven per cent would be willing to - sacrifice interior space roominess for cost. Montgomery Ward Wins Damage Suit in Portland Portland U.R) Montgomery Ward & Company yesterday was awarded $10,750 damages against six railroads and 28 mo tor truck carriers. . The suit was filed in Portland Federal Court Dec. 3, 1942, and originally claimed actual and punitive damages in excess of three million dollars. Damages wire sought because carriers rev fused to cross picket lines durl ing a Ward employes strike her between December, -1940, , and July, 1941. f T2T SEE THE ALL NEW - f 1955 TRIUMPH RACER Daytona Beach Ifoy Engine SPECIAL u N.T.C. Approved White's Cycle Shop 36 SOUTH BARTLETT ; P HONE 3-4381 Northwest's Orient ; Service Authorized ; Washington -i-(U.R) President Eisenhower has - instructed the Civil Aeronautics Board to re new for seven years Northwest Airlines' authority to serve the Orient via its northern ' route, it was announced yesterday. He said in a letter to the board that he will hold off a decision on use of this route by Pan American World Airways, which now operates across ' the rnid Pacific. - " : The President said he does not approve of the applications of Trans World Airlines and Trans ocean Airlines for new routes in the Pacific. ; . . y Mr. Eisenhower approved tem porary - renewal of Pan-American's authority ' to operate be tween Seattle and Portland and Hawaii for' five years. He disap proved of renewal of North west's authorization for the same route.'.' i.'.!.' : :;'::'- r:y ; : They left about 1 a.m. and Serge borrowed a quarter from the cab driver to tip the doorman- They, went to his house overlooking Central Park and Miss Gardner went inside with him. She stayed about half fen hour. His body, clad ,in blue-black silk pajamas, was found on the bedroom floor at 8:30 a.m. by the butler. His feet were bound, his hands tied in front of him. The adhesive tape, covered his4 mouth and was looped around his neck. ' v " ; : - That's just about where the case still stand's. The man: of mystery died in, mystery.-- ' : LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE :-.'v- -Notice is hereby given that Ray mond K. Reter of Jackson County. Oregon, has. pursuant to the provis ions of ORS 616.605. adopted the name "Reter" as his brand upon grow ers' lug boxes and containers furnish ed to growers by him in connection with his fruit packing operations at Medfprd. Oregon and a statement of the adoption of said brand has been filed with' the Department -of Agri culture of the State of Oregon and the County Clerk of Jackson County, Oregon.-- " ,r ' t ..' .'. '.' .. Dated: January 17, 19S5. i - i . - 4 Raymond ?R. Reter;- No. 9509 - -NOTICE TO CREDITORS ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK- SON COUNTY- . .. (Sitting in Probate " IN. THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE '-., - OF ... WILBUR W. CAMERON. 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