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SIXMEDFORD. (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, February 3. 193
Pyer of Serge PuySsifisigm Ooplssies
life York Pblie'e
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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.".
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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
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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
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: 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. Deceased
' Notice 'is hereby given, that ; the
above entitled Court has' appointed
the undersigned Administrator, of .the
estate of Wilbur W. Cameron .de
ceased, and all persons having any
claims against Jhe estate are to pre
sent the same, properly verified with
vouchers attached, to the' undersigned
at the office of the' Attorney for the'
Administrator, Chas. W.- Reatnes, 411
Medical - Center Building, Medford,
Oregon, within' six months from the
date hereof. -
DATED- this - 18th day. of. January,
1955. - - . - ;
DON CAMERON.- Administrator. -
Dead 'line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday -for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
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