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-, 4 C. THUHSDAY, JANUARY 19. 1961 MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE. oecunu 111 a ocnca Jew York's Melting Pot Creates Potential for All Types of Crime Mooshiners Go Underground In Area of North Carolina ' North Wllkesboro, N. C. (UPD- The canny North Caro- r line moonshiner is going un- derground, literally, in a mole like effort to escape his nat- , ural enemy - the rcvenooor. The day of hide-and-seek ' In forest and hollow, moun - tain and swamp is by no means ended, but something new has been added to the ." chase. ' ' Recently federal agents and ? state Alcoholic Beverage Com '. mission (ABC) officers discov " ered two nearly automatic - stills being operated in cav- cm-like seclusion underneath '': the hog pens on two farms. One was located near here ' In Wilkes county - an area known in some circles as "the moonshine cap 1 1 a 1 of the world" - the other farther I south in the Tar Heel hills. Both had been fuhctloHlng In splendid isolation for at ! least three years and were ; . capable of producing" several hundred gallons of moonshine whisky a veek, representing a loss of tens of thousands of . dollars in tax revenue to Un,- li i almost exactly pat ; terned after a legal commer- nlol Hiatlllnrv " a TrnflHIirv : agent remarked before blow ing up me latest underground , cavern in Wilkes county. The fitlll was snntlnsslv elenn. well ll-Ll 1 1 II , ..-1 - Jlgllkeu aiiu wen vL-uvimicu. A brush pile hid the exhaust fans and the barnyard smell helped disguise the ferment ing mash odor. Door in Hog Pen Entered only through a wooden trap door in the. hog pen, the operation had elec tric lights, cement flooring, six large wooden fermenting vats with a mash capacity of 2,850 gallons, large still and doubler, oil-tired boiler with automatic controls and elec tric pumps to control every phase of the operation - In cluding pumping the finished product to the basement of an outbuilding close to the road. To top it oil, were was a gasoline-type hose and nozzle used for filling containers with whisky for shipment. Water was pumped into the still through underground pipes from a creek, electricity was obtained through under ground wires to the house and oil was pumped down to a large storage tank at the still location through plastic Pipe. Agents found 6,200 pounds of sugar in 100-pound sacks in the still, along with 10 pounds of yeast and 200 pounds of meal. "It looks like they brought in a bulldozer to excavate a big pit," an agent said, "then dug trenches for the pipes and. the wiring, shored up the hole with wooden beams and con crete and shoveled the earth back over." A fence was erect ed, and in came the pigs to provide the proper "cover aroma."' The other still also was lo cated under a pig pen but was entered through a secret door In the main farmhouse and featured a long tunnel. Both of the underground stills were' located through what the tight-lipped Treas ury men refer to as' "informa tion," which usually means a disgruntled customer, mid dleman or rival moonshiner talked.. . ' Since liquor law enforce ment officers can't arbitrarily go rooting around hog pens or' farms, they have to de pen d on 'other methods to catch the- moonshiners, both above and below ground. The heart of this is the control program whereby grocers and others must report quantity sales of sugar and even glass jars. "They an't get fruit jars very easily anymore without tipping us off," a state ABC officer said, "so they've taken to using such things as gallon bottles that cola syrup comes in." Just how many under ground operations there are in North Carolina and other southern states is anybody's guess. "We don't know flow many of these underground stills there are,' said a Treasury supervisor, "but we suspect there are a few operating that we know nothing about. They are very, very difficult to find." ., -. Officers Object To Tight Reins By Commissioner Kdltor'i note: New York Cltv Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy sometimes finds himself at oil (is with his 24,000 man force Today, In the lecond dispatch by a veteran New York renorter. some of the causes of this conflict are explored. Included Is the prac tice 01 "moomiciHing," tne tioiuinE n crime raiei increase, so ao me As rtrme rates Increase, so do the problems of law enforcement and ome of Ihe prohtems may become inose 01 Aieuioru. High Westerlies Become Sluggish; Cold Weather Seen Washingon - (OPB r The high westerlies have gone sluggish again, so get set for new in vasions of cold wintry air from the north. This was word yesterday from Jerome Namias, chief of the Weather Bureau's extend ed forecasts section. The out look for some time ahead is not good for the east, south, and central parts of the country. Last fall the high westerlies were blowing stralgnt and strong 'across the northern United States. The effect was to block arctic air masses try ing to thruBt their way south ward. .,.'..; Lett Wide Open Around the middle of No vember,; the westerlies went flabby and got. on an undula ting course . which left the country wide open to atlack from the frigid north. The re sult was an early onset of winter. The high winds, which cir cle the Northern Hemisphere Constantly in a west-to-east direction, reached a low point in vigor around Dec. 20. Then something began to pep them up, and in the past couple of weeks over America they were flowing powerfully and reasonably straight. Dur ing that period most of the country enjoyed mild weather. Signs of Decay' But over a week ago over Europe the westerlies began to show "signs of decay," Namias said. This condition worked its way westward, against the current, so to speak, and now the symptoms of enfeeblement are pro nounced over both North America and the Pacific, The effect on the weather is expected to be progressive as cold air' masses are suc cessively channeled south ward. Namias said the new winter pattern looks as though it might be "tenacious." Bradley Says Forces Need Missile Branch New York - (UPD - Creation of a separate missile branch of the armed forces may be a more pressing need than uni fication of the Army, Navy and Air Force,, says Gen. Omar N. Bradley. Bradley, top American ground comhiander in Europe in World War II, first chair- Congratulations TFvrfJerb?VJ "Discount Market" We are proud of our part in helping to pro vide this great shopping center with the most modern equipment. Chittock Refrigeration Co. Eugene, Oregon man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and now chairman of the board of Bulova Watch Co., is wary of current de mands for unifying the arm ed services from the top down. "It may well be that the best setup is one single force," the spare, 67-ycar-old Brad ley said in an interview. "But the unification of the armed services should start at the missions to be accom plished and the means wo have of accomplishing them. Our armed forces are still di vided according to missions they were faced with 50 years ago." Bradley pointed to the Navy Polaris-carrying submarines and carriers with jots which launch missiles as logical com ponents of a missile striking force - not a detached Navy operation. The arbitrary limitation on the range of missiles which the Army now is de veloping is another nonsensical-division of what should be one Integrated striking force, the general said. Unification Needed There is certainly a need for unification in one specific field and that Is in having one ! person responsible for the de velopment of weapons, Brad- , ley said. He suggested the pos sibility of nn assistant secre- lary of defense for research. j The situation now is so mlx- cd up that there is consider- I able waste In the development ' state, Bradley said. j A classmate of Gen, Dwight D. Bisenhower in the class of ; 11)13 at West. Point, Bradley says the transition from mil- ' Italy to big business has not been difficult - that it is fun- j riamentully the same Job of I organization, administration 1 and policy decision. Bradley currently is concen trating on the newest Bulova I watch, the Accutron, a super- accurate time-piece which gels its motion from a tiny tuning (ork mechanism rather than the conventional mainspring. Dunked by many as the greatest American "foot sol dier" of the second World War, Bradley lives In Wash ington but spends much n( his lime here, lie sees the Presi dent often - frequently on the By EDWABD V. McCARTHY New York -IUPII- Take eight million people, representing every rate, religion and color, mix them together in a welter of run-down tenements and high-priced duplex apartments and what have you got? You have the potential for - and the commission of, eventually - every crime in the book and occasionally some not yet in the book That is a picture of New York City, To try and hold the crime, real, and-potential,, in check, the city pays for 24,000 men to act as policemen. And it pays Stephen Patrick Kennedy to be the general-in- chiei. He figures for the job. He is a college graduate who worked his way through the ranks from patrolman to high est ranking police job. He should know intimately the problems of the man on the beat. He most often acts as though he doesn't, if you listen to the complaints of his men. Common Practice For instance - it had been common practice for years in the department to work men in ranks higher than the one for which they were paid. Thus, you had a lieutenant emp loyed, sometimes for years, as "acting captain." This is great for the lieu tenant. It meant he could answer "Capt. Jones when he picked up the telephone. It tneant he had all the duties and responsibilities of a cap tain. It also meant he look all of the raps, a captain should if things weren't going right. And it also meant, in most cases, that he kept on being paid a lieutenant s pay. i About a year ago, some 2,000 policemen went to court to force Kennedy to end this practice. Their complaint' was that it meant a deadend for every one, all the way down the line. With virtually no real promotions, except for the "acting titles," there was lit tle hope for following in Ken nedy's footsteps up the ladder of success. New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur G. Klein heard the complaint. He sub sequently issued an injunction barring Kennedy from assign ing men to ranks and duties beyond their listed ones with out giving them permanent higher rank and resultant pay boost. This should have settled things - but it didn't. The injunction wound up before the attention of the Appellate Division and the state Court of Appeals. It was upheld by both. Time went by. The rank and file waited tor something to happen. Nothing did. They petitioned Justice Klein to cite Kennedy for con tempt of the injunction. On Dec. 28, .Justice Klein decided Kennedy had ' more than enough lime. He cited him for contempt - but gave the commissioner 10 days in which to "purge" himself of contempt by giving in and complying with the court or der. A lesser man than Kennedy might have thrown in the sponge at this point. But Kennedy announced that he would ask the city corporation counsel to appeal the con tempt citation. The c o m m I s sinner told newsmen he fell he had com plied with the court's order. Kennedy just won't bend. ' , . ,, "''','"''"''''7;' ' If WM& I ,i I l Jjfejzirai H$?w4 ft 'w i -Z5 IfSSST" 13k - V irfflMIM ON THE SPOT - Capitol policeman Gene Rucchio, of Fair fax, Va., stands on the spot from which John F. Kennedy -will take his Presidential oath Friday.' The platform in' the background will be used by TV and news cameramen to record the historical event. (UPI Telephoto) Architect Says East German Brass Is Living in a Gilded Paradise Bonn UPB Communist East German boss Water Ulbricht and his top associates are liv ing in a glided paradise not to be compared with the "workers' paradise" of ordi nary East Germans, according to a story just related here. : A description of the splend- in which the Communist bigwigs live in the Soviet Zone of Germany was given to the West German Social Democratic Party magazine Klarer Kurs (Clear Course) by a man it described as chief architect on the regal housing project, - The architect, not identi fied, was said to have fled to the West. According to this account Ulbricht, East German Pre mier Otto Grotewohl and 16 other Communist bigwigs of the "socialist" state where everyone is "equal" moved recently to a new, closely guarded, 250-acre living area in East Berlin's Kiefernwald (Pine Forest). A 150-man security police guard unit ensures privacy for Ulbricht, Grotewohl and No Bettor Policeman A high ranking officer un der Kennedy, who asked not to he quoted by nnine. told United Press International: "Look, this Is a smart, hon est and upright man. We all know that. There's no better policeman In the world. He really knows the job. Hut -he's got to learn to give a Utile . , . sort of go with the tide. "We're all human beings. Sometimes we're right, some limes we're wrong. Most of us know enough to admit It when we're wrong. That's Kennedy's big trouble. He Just doesn't know when to give up and say. 'O.K., you .win, I lose'." Other rank and file police- words. A policeman from the mid town Manhattan East Side rode with this reporter a few days ago and discussed the moonlighting situation - and the gripes against Kennedy generally. This officer - also anony mous - said: "Practically all of us have outside jobs. We've got to. But, Kennedy has a different standard for himself than he has for the men. "When Kennedy was in the ranks, he spent all of his free time, and I'll bet some of his on-duty lime, studying to gel ahead. This Is moonlighting, loo. His studying meant he was able to move up and get higher pay. "O.K. So he's smarter than the average cop. Maybe we can't all be college graduates. Docs this mean we should starve? If a cop does some landscape gardening on the side,' or paints a neighbor's house for pay while he's off duty, should he be fired - or tossed out of the departmcnt for just trying to make a couple of extra bucks?" Kennedy has heard all of these arguments in one form or another for years. He is well aware he is not universal ly beloved by the men under . him. I But, as he has remarked so I many times: "I'm not in a I popularity contest." their cohorts, according to the architect s account. Enjoy Luxuries The 18 families living in the area, he said, enjoy such luxurious touches as marble bathtubs, silk-lined walls, 12- room homes with basements and attics, a self contained power system, central heat ing, and self-contained water purification systems. Another, grimmer touch, is that each home has a "study strongroom" with a safe. In all but Ulbricht's home, the architect claimed, there were two keys to each safe, one for the owner, one for the secret service. Ulbricht's safe' has just one key v his - the archi tect reported. In addition to these luxury homes, Klarer Kurs said, the 18 officials enjoy the use of lavish apartments in down town East Berlin, mainly re served for receiving impor tant guests. The Pine Forest establishments are for private comfort, it was stated All the official Communist biographies say Ulbricht and his cronies live "sparlanic" lives. Ulbricht is known to have one spartan habit. He goes for an 8 a.m. run in the woods eve,ry morning. Several rooms in Ulbricht's Pine Forest house are lined with Chinese silk bought at enormous expense through East Germany's embassy in Peiping, Klarer Kurs report ed. It said the reception room has a floor of Venetian crys tal, laid in a mosaic of the best Venice tradition. None of the houses is furnished in modern style, the magazine said, and nearly all the furniture is genuine or imitation Chippendale. Grotewohl, in his little "palaces," has several rooms full of genuine Renaissance furniture bought quietly from dealers in West Germany, Klarer Kurs said, adding he has one room in which the walls are covered with Afri can ebony. Marble Tub His wife, Hansi, on the other hand, likes to bathe in luxury, the magazine said, and she has a tub made from Italian marble and colored crystal. Hilde (Red Guillotine) Ben jamin, the feared justice min ister, likes to play the piano, and sometimes sits up all night, nibbling at the keys, and a bottle of scotch, the account said. Scotch, bourbon and other western drinks arc available in quantity at the area's state food store, Klarer Kurs said, golf , course at Burning Tree ! men say pretty much the Country Club. 'same thing ,gi much the same A ' Clean Sawdust Fuel SP 2-8086 Timber P MIDfOUD Company ORcooN while none of. the other thousands of such stores in East Germany has anything except socialist brands. In every Communist com munity there is a club house where citizens go to brush up on the party line at lectures. The Ulbricht club house is different, said the magazine, boasting a heated- swimming pool whose walls sink into the ground on hot summer days to make it an outdoor pool. Among other" club house ap pointments listed were a movie theater, guest rooms, a ! Mother and Son Both Have Law Degrees Memphis, Tenn. IUPD - Moth er and son, Mrs. Clifton De Mere and Dr., McCarthy De Mere were introduced to gether to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. The mother was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1942, and her son in 1960. Mrs. De Mere is a grandmother, too, banquet hall - and a well stocked bar, western night club style. Officially, the housing area has been called the Wandlitz Community, named after the nearby Berlin suburb of Wandlitz. . Reds Drive Folks To Drink, Then Try To Halt It Berlin - lUPD-The East Ger mans have recognized that Communism is driving people to drink and have decided to do something about it. Their solution is more Com munist controls and less al cohol. The East German Health de partment has recommended a ban on all liquor advertis ing, increased production of soft drinks and establishment of police-run sobering-up sta tions. - " The- sobering-up plan en visages a physical examina tion of all drunks to see if they are diseased, their regis tration and notification of their employers. The drunks would pay the costs. . . An anti - liquor campaign run by a Committee lor Healthy Living was also rec ommended. Statistics backed up th health department's demand for a temperance movement. It disclosed that one-fourth of the persons brought to hos pitals with injuries after 4 p.m. are drunk. It said last year enough al cohol was sold in East Berlin to give every man, woman and child 4.15 quarts of wine, 4.73 quarts of spirits, and 81.1 quarts of beer. Not Confined ' Excessive drinking is not confined to East Germany. !t has become a problem throughout the Soviet bloc. Drinking probably has in creased in all nations since World War II. But in Eastern Europe drunkenness almost has become a part of the Com munist way of life. It is thought that harsh eco nomic conditions, unceasing propaganda and the extreme joylessness of life under Com munism is driving people to drink. ; . H.. 1. ... WW!T'r,?'-"PIJWWXall'.l.Ulll , VmiK' IJMII, !! . II I . I. H I,HI1.W. j"' '"""" " "-" I MMIl-Tri-""' III KM on eh J 25 varieies and colors Tlsujftewujco. 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