-, 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.
Fine 2-year field-grown
rose bushes in your choice
of 25 varieties and colors.
GUARANTEED to grow or
our money cheerfully refunded.
Sphagnum moss with attractive
All bushes wrapped in
poly cover. Hurry in and
snap up these grand BUYS.
OPEN FRIDAY
NIGHTS 'TIL 9
1 1
5