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0 FeIGJIT MIDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. December 9, 1955 Chicago Beer Baron Riddled by Bullets; Investigation Ordered Chicago flJ.PJ Polic feared today that a new Chicago beer war- may have claimed as its first victim, Alex (Louie) Green berg, financial genius and brew ery V$tg of the Qspone crime syndicate. Four bullets ended Green berg's rags-torfiches career as he stepped frim a restaurant Thursday nigftt. His wife watch ed in horror the underworld multi-mill.3n;dre staggered aft er his two assassins, only to crumple in the middle of a din gy street. Greenberg, 64, was the guid ing force behind the Canadian Ace Brewing Co., which traces its origin straight back to the heyday of Al Capone and the bloody beer wars of Chicago's prohibition days. Tavern owners on Chicago's South Side have been complain G ing recently that Canadian Ace representatives were returning to the "muscle" tactics of. the roaring 20s to push their prod uct. An immediate investigation was started to determine wheth er these strong arm tactics, which triggered the beer wars of 30 years ago, had resulted in "Greenberg's assassination. Roundup ani Inquest A roundup of known under world figures was ordered and and inquest was scheduled for later today. Police were also mindful that Greenberg was the cifth under world figure connected with a $2,000,000 sftokedown of the movie industry to meet a violent death. Only last month pudgy Willie Bioff, key witness in the convic tion of four top underworld fig - ures in the 1943 trial, was blown to pieces by a dynamite blast at his Phoenix, Ariz., home. Green berg was also a prosecution wit ness in the trial and at least one of the defendants threatened at the time to "get him." Two other members of the group Charles (Cherry Nose) Gioe and Frank Maritote, were cut down by gangland guns in e o Ex-Salem Man HelcUor "Murder "Weiser, Ida. (U.R) A form er Salem, Ore., man was held In the Washington county jail here 'today on a second degree murder charge in connection Wiethe death of his 14-month- old-Stepson. Kenneth Dean Ahrenkiel, 26-S'ear-old laborer, was arrested by county authorities yesterday and charged in a complaint filed by District Attorney Kent Power. Ahrenkiel's stepson, Steve Bickley, was dead or) arrival at a Weise hospital late Monday night. County authorities ruled death was caused by repeated blows to the head. QAhrenkiel, who came here from Salem, Ore., with his wife and stepson about 30 days ago, Qwas arraigued in county probate court yesterday. He waived a preliminary hearing. Ptfyer said Ahrenkiel, who . was bound over to district court for trial, would be arraigned "in a few days." He was held in lieu of $5,000 bond. Details of the alleged beating were not made public. Chicago within a few days of each other in August, 1954. Both had served prison terms for their roles in the giant shakedown. Richest of All Greenberg, the richest of the lot, was killed after he had eat en a meal with his wife Pearl, 43, at the Glass Dome Hickory Pit restaurant, located close to the Canadian Ace headquarters. Mrs. Greenberg had just en tered their car when two men slipped up behind her husband. She heard him exclaim "No!" a second before two shots ripped into his body. Greenberg held on to life, grabbing the open car door and dragging himself erect. He stum bled after the fleeing men un til he reached the center of the street. The gunmen wheeled and fired three more shots. Greenberg went down and his slayers dart ed up an alley. job Sale Hearings Called Premature Washineton-4U.P.) Sen. Olin D. Johnston's office today label ed premature the announcement that his Civil Service committee plans hearings on the reported sale of government jobs in five states. The office said the committee will decide whether to hold hearings after its members re ceive and evaluate reports from investigators. Earlier, a sookesman said the staff was investigating the re ported "sale" of federal posi tions. He said investigators had prepared cases involving jobs in Texas, Missouri, and Montana, and were investigating reports from Alabama and Oklahoma. Burglars Enter Halsey . Bank: Robbery Foiled Albany, Ore. (U.R) Burglars entered the state bank at Halsey south of here before opening yesterday but failed to crack the safe, police reported. Employees said .they found a hole in the roof and a small hole drilled in th vault. Police said the burg lars apparently found the vault too tough. TOO COLD Reno, Nev. (U.R) The U.S. Weather Bureau in Reno re ceived an anxious call Thursday fiom an official of Pacific Fruit n Express who wanted to knqjv if the temperature was expected to rise a.bove 10 degrees in north central Nevada. "If it doesn't," he said, "well have to put heaters in out refrig erator cars." n Use Tribune Want Ads " Quick in Results! Oregon Payroll Gains Shown in First Half Salem (U.R) Curry, Hood River and Jefferson counties led in payroll gains for the first half of 1955, according to the State Unemployment Com pensation Commission. Sherman county added to its 1954 increase to stand second only to Curry county in the two year advance, complications completed of reports of some 18,000 employers showed. Multnomah county, which has about 45 per cent of Oregon's payrolls, gained 6.1 per cent up to June 30 while the remainder of the state had an increase of 7.7 per cent. The total was" 5648,296,000 Education Pamphlet Introduction By Dr. Elmo Stevenson Ashland Dr. Elmo N. Stev enson, president of Southern Oregon college,, has prepared the introduction and a section on "Oregon's Beauty" in a new state department of education publications, "Conservation Edu cation In Oregon Schools." The publication points out that as much as 100 tons of top soil, enough to fill two boxcars, is washed away per acre of land in some sections of the state in a single storm. It also points out that more than $100,000 was spent in 1953 by the state high way department to clean up roadside litter. Recognizas Problem Dr. Stevenson, in the publica tion's introduction, states that "Oregon recognizes its conserva tion problems and is doing some thing about them. The state's en tire economic structure lies close to the proper utilization and de velopment of its natural assets." He pointed out that farming, lumbering, fishing, mining and tourist trade have reached ' the point where careful and wise de velopment are necessary to im prove our present productive capacity. Public schools of Oregon, the publication states, should not ignore the importance of con servation problems. The purpose of the booklet, Dr. Stevenson said, is to assist teachers by pointing out "the wealth of information available 6n conservation education." Cuban Uprisings Linked To Pattern Havana, Cuba U.R) Two weeks of bloody student upris ings appeared today to follow the pattern of the student riots that deposed Cuban Dictator Gerado Machado 22 years ago. Since the disorders against President Fulgenico Batista first flared Nov. 27, more than 300 students have been arrested and over 100 persons injured. Anti - government demonstra tions have been stsged by the students in Havana and dozens of other cities across the island. Observers said that Batista's political opponents are sponsor ing the student riots. The gov ernment has denounced the demonstrations as "Communist and politically inspired" and has warned they will be suppressed. compared to S606,298,467 for the same period last year and $622, 206,355 in the first half of 1953. With lumber and plywood productiop expanding steadily, Curry county firms reported 54,708,944 in payrolls up to last June 30, compared with $3,286, 523 the previous year and $2, 711.924 for the same period of 1953. Expanding construction was the principal reason behind gains reported from Sherman and Jef ferson counties. New coverage from co-operative canneries was mainly responsible for a 38.9 per cent rise in Hood River county. Other counties increasing more than 15 per cent this year in cluded Benton. Wallowa and Wheeler. Most consistent gains for the early part of 1955 came from populous western Oregon areas in the fir timber belt. Lane in second place reported pay rolls of $55,678,771, up 7.0 per cent. Douglas maintaining third position gained 13.1 per cent to $33,072,342. Coos in fourth place had $27,883,506, up 6.8 per cent. Marion gained 8.8 to hold fifth. Jackson stayed sixth, up 11.5 per cent to $21,080,435. Linn held seventh with $20,337,065, up 8.1 per cent. Clackamas, Josephine, Yamhill, Washington and Colum bia counties also had good gains. Losses Reported ' Union, Malheur, Umatilla, Crook and Harney counties were among eastern Oregon counties paying out more wages than in early 1954. Losses came from Baker, Gil liam, Grant, Klamath, Lake, Morrow and Wasco counties. In the latter case most of the big dam construction payrolls were reported by firms across the Columbia river in Washington, resulting in a drop of $628,673 in the first half of 1955. Only eight of Oregon's 36 counties failed to gain this year. Adrian Boy's Death Declared Accidental Nyssa, Ore. (U.R) A Malheur county coroner's jury yesterday ruled that Harvey C. Harrell, 15, Adrian, died of accidental gunshot wounds. The high school freshman was shot in the stomach Nov. 27 while at the home of a friend. (Vodka in orange juice) It leaves you breathless V.1TA rnirnoff tftie qreaiest name vuuna 80 proof. Madefrom 100 grain neutral spirits. Sre. Pierre Smirno0Fls. Inc.. 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