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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, August S 1957
Roger Touhy Will Find Changed
Times If He Gets Prison Release
Chicago W If Roger Touhy
makes good on his latest bid for
freedom, he'll come back to a
world with a different set of
tags from the ones that were
pinned to the era he helped to
name.
Roger is the son of an honest
policeman, James Touhy. His
brothers Jimmy, John, and Joe
Touhy died in the gunfire of
Chicago's beer wars.
When Roger was a page one
fijure. the decades were the
"Roaring Twenties," and the
"Turbulent Thirties." Roger
helped make them noisy.
Touhys Battle Capone
He had help in the clamor that
sounded through the streets of
lusty old Chicago at the time. It
came from such characters as:
Scarface Al Capone, who won
millions while the Touhy gang
was coining thousands in the lu
crative bootleg trade of the sin
ful, ginful twenties.
Matt Kolb, Touhy's beer-run
ning partner, and James (Red)
Barker, a Capone minion, who
met violent ends in a decade
marked by more than 500 gang
land murders.
A half-dozen or more labor
leaders who fell at the hands of
underworld assassins when the
Capone mob challenged the
Touhys for control of fat union
treasuries.
Roger's was a name to be
feared in the era that produced
such characters as Johnny Tor
rio. Pretty Boy Floyd, Frank
(The Enforcer) Nitti, Basil (The
Owl) Banghart and a young up
start named John Dillinger.
It was an era when speakeas
ies blossomed like geraniums,
bullets spoke louder than bal
lots and "taken for a ride" be
came part of the language.
Roger Touhy, a dapper dandy
with a quiet voice and nerves of
steel, had no conviction on his
record until he was put away in
1934 for the kidnaping of swind-
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Cannon Falls. Minn. Confessed wife-biller Kenneth Miller,
as he knelt over his wife's fresh grave and wpt softly:
"I met her just five years ago today. Six months later we were
married and now she is dead." .
Washington Ceylones envoy lo the United States R. S. Guna
wardene about Maxwell H. Gluck, President Eisenhower's new
ambassador to Ceylon:
"He is anxious lo meet as many people as possible, even hum
ble villagers. I was struck by his unassuming ways and his earnest
ness to promote good relations between our two countries."
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Washington President Eisenhower's tribute to former Sen.
Walter F. George .-Ga.):
"He served his country and the free world for many years with
distinction and integrity. He was ah itstanding American and a
fine gentleman who will be greatly missed."
Washington Vice President Richard M. Nixon on Republican
prospects for capturing Congress in the 1958 off-year elections:
"The chances for electing the House, I think, are excellent. In
the Senate it is a quite lough fight." I
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Brainerd, Minn. Ira Rollins Aamodt, 10,who served as trig
ger man in a pact with his two brothers and killed their father be
cause he was displeased at therway they planted some corn:
"We decided then that we'd' do away with him the first chance
we got." -
ler John (Jake the Barber) Fac
tor. And he wept when the pris
on barber shaved off his curly
hair.
The collapse of the Touhy
crowd began in July, 1933, when
Roger and three cohorts were
arrested near Elkhorn, Wis. In
the car were pistols, adhesive
tape and rope that spelled "kid
napers" to police.
They were indicted for the
separate kidnapings of William
Hamm Jr., a Stf Paul, Minn.,
brewer, and Factor, a fabulous
Chicago swindler who was evad
ing efforts of British investors
to have him returned to England
for trial in an alleged $7,500,000
swindle.
The gang was acquitted in
their trjal on charges of abduct
ing Hamm. The first trial on
charges of kidnaping Factor for
a $70,000 ransom ended in a
hung jury. In a second trial they
were found guilty in Febraury,
1934, and sentenced to 99 years
in prison.
In 1942 Roger Touhy, Bang
hart and five other convicts es
caped from Stateville Peniten
tiary. Except for two slain by
police bullets, all were recap
tured within a few weeks. New
199-year sentences were imposed
on Touhy and Banghart for aid
ing a fellow escapee.
Actor Arraigned on
Drunk Driving Charge
Hollywood flPI Actor Al
len Jenkins, 57, today was to be
arraigned on a drunk driving
charge resulting from a traffic
accident in the Malibu movie
resort colony.
Jenkins was arrested Satur
day after his pickup truck hit a
car as he drove out of a drive
way near the Malibu pier. Jen
kins was not injured but the
driver of the car, Fitz Falken
stein, Los Angeles, was treated
for minor injuries at Malibu
Emergency hospital.
The actor was taken to county
jail where he was booked on the
charge. He was released on $263
bail.
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LEAVING HOME WITH MAN who hired her for modeling
assignment, Judy Van Horn Dull, 19, mother of year-old
daughter is sought by Hollywood police. (International)
Retirement Problem
Getting Study From
Researchers in Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, Aug 2 IIP
Iowa researchers have been look
ing for a way to substitute the
lunch box for the rocking chair.
They've got nothing against
rockers. It's only that they think
older folks would be happier if
they spent some of the late years
working instead of rocking.
The problem has special signi
ficance in Iowa because tne
state has a higher proportion
of residents over 63 than any
other state.
'The nation has 4,500 persons
over 100, according to the U.S.
Census Bureau, and 424 or about
10 per cent of them live in Iowa.
How Standard helps your tax dollars buy
3 miles of superhighway for the cost of 2
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The researchers have been try
ing to explain that phenomenon
But no luck so far.
Proper Setting
The new study is under the
supervision of the University of
I Iowa's Institute of Gerontology
ana nas a proper setting.
Dr. Woodrow W. Morris, who
heads the institute, drives a "mo
del A" Ford and works in one of
the oldest buildings on the campus.
The outward trappings belie
the youthful Morris' "up-to-date"
outlook toward his problems.
Morris said people "don't plan
for retirement." People "don't
want to get old and don't want
to retire" so they make no pro
visions, he said.
"My father was one of those
who didn't plan," he said.
"He was a teacher in MifhiVan
when he was told he would have
to retire," Morris said. "He just
didn't know what to. do with
himself the first vear of his tp-
tirement but he was saved when
there was a shortage of teachers.
The school board offered him
another chance to teach."
Signs Another Contract
"That was 10 years ago, and
he just recently siened anothpr
year's contract to teach mathe
matics, Morris said.
It's relatively easier for teach
ers and professional men tn faco
retirement because they can
taper off" with lighter teaching
loads and curtailed professional
practices, Morris said.
"However, it's not easy for
the factory workers who are just
let out of the ioh af fi5 anrt
have nothing else to fall back
on, he said. ,
"We cling to the idea of youth
in the face of studies which hnw
older workers have less absen
teeism and accidents," he said.
"As the country's population
grows oldar, industry will be
forced to revalue its ideals and
will probably come to the point
where it will retire people only
when they can't keep up produc
tion," Morris said.
"Industry just has to realize
that some people are old at 50
while others are alert and fully
capable at 75," he said.
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Pavements. This means extra miles of superhighways for your
tax debars . . . smoother, more enjoyable miles, too. Safe, skid-
resistanPasghalt cuts down headlight and sunljght glare, makes
lane markers easy to see anytime.
Tsl hp ring you more mileS of superroads faster and at lowest
st, Standard operates nine asphalt-refineries across the nation.
Our scientists work with highway engineers on improved con
struction and low-cost maintenance methods that can make
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over 50,000 miles of new and
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Nevada Nuclear
Explosion Delayed
Las Vegas OP) The Atomic
Energy commission early today
postponed for at least 24 hours
firing of its "nominal yield"
"Stokes" nuclear device from
a balloon 1,500 feet above the
Nevada Proving grounds.
Scientists said surface winds
were too strong to launch the
helium-filled balloon that car
ries the nuclear devicei The test
was rescheduled for 5:25 a.m.
(PDT) Tuesday.
However, the AEC said that
it would decide this afternoon
whether to go ahead with the
"Stokes" test or detonate anoth
er device, dubbed "Shasta," at
4:45 a.m. Tuesday. The "Shasta"
shot from a 500-foot steel tower
was ready to go last week but
has been delayed because of
weather conditions.
California Vacation
Planned by Nixon
Washington W Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon said to
day he plans to spend a two
week vacation in his native Cali
fornia as soon as Congress ad
journs. Nixon said he has not decided
on exact locations but probably
will spend one week in northern
California and another in the
southern part of the state. No
exact dates have been set pend
ing more definite prospects for
congressional adjournment.
Godfrey Lands
Smoking Plane
San Francisco (IPl Arthur
Godfrey gave an unscheduled
show Sunday as he approached
San Francisco International air
port at the controls of his own
plane.
"A fire or suspected fire has
broken out aboard my DC-3,''
he radioed the control tower.
Jack Oldroyd, in charge of
the tower and a Godfrey fan,
pushed a button sending eight
pieces of fire equipment to their
stations. The Coast Guard fire
engine and ambulance and Un
ited Air Lines private emer
gency force also got set for ac
tion. Godfrey landed his plane
without incident. Mechanics
found a transformer in the ra
dio equipment had burned out
causing it to smoke.
After removing the transfor
mer, the TV and radio star re
sumed his flight to Seattle from
San Diego, using a standby radio
set.
Navy Asks More Funds;
For Earth Satellite
Washington iff) The Navy
has asked for Senate for an ad
ditional $34,200,000 to launch
the U.S. earth satellite sometime
next year.
The request was part of an
overall 110 million dollars budg
et for the project, a highlight
of the International Geophysical
Year.
Capt. Alfred B. Metsger, depu
ty and assistant chief of naval
research, said the 21 Vz pound
sattelite will be launched from
the Air Force Test Center at
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
He told the Senate Appropria
tions Committee Friday that two
test firings of rocket types
which will carry the 20-inch
magnesium sphere into space
have been successful. A third
test firing, he said, will be held
"soon."
LITTLE SCHOOLS CLOSE
Columbus, Ohio (IB The "lit
tle red schoolhouse" may become
virtually extinct in Ohio by the
end of 1957. E. E. Holt, state
superintendent cf public instruc
tion, said 25 of the one-room
schools have closed this year.
Fifty-seven are still in operation
in 11 of the 8 counties.
The human skeleton is made
up of about 200 bones, 74 lo
cated in the head, neck and the
trunk, and the remainder in the
legs and arms.
About one-half the U.S. yearly
egge production is laid from
March through June.
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