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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1962)
THURSDAY. Auuul' 9. 1962 Theyll Do It Every BlOWFUSS ISFOREVEIi TELLING ABOUT HOW ME STAVED IN TIP-TOP FI6MTIN& SHAPE DURING HIS ARMV DAVS- WKT ALL THROUGH THE J- , SOUTH SEA ISLAND CAMPAI&M V - rr'S RLOWPUSS-V ARE VOU SURE, NEVER SICK A OAV-THE OTHER CS St RF ItJ I (IT'S NOT PLANTERS ft GUVS ALL GOT JUNGLE PEVEd Mi 2SS JAmTc n , . I k PUNCH ? fl And beriBERi-But NOT Jfes T6otVpaTwter''S jJjZl4 . ME-NEVER MISSED T,jRt A 60JoPur 7.7.. .V'CVTt? &" '1IR- Vf!!f,STWEEIy V -til 7 Ct-ji ' HE GOT WOOF-1 f-:S ; ' X. p) .M1 ,f,'h AND-MOUTM tL'L V - ----'Ifl TWE UTLO TO V, lv': lX '"T ;-taa Agents Pose as Mail Clerks To Smash Narcotic Operation My MORT J. SULLIVAN Chicago - lUPU - The postal workers packed sandwiches, cookies and fruit in their lunch bags before setting out for work at the world's largest branch of the U. S. Post office. And 34 of them, the govern ment charges, also packed packets of heroin, cocaine and self-rolled marijuana. The food was for them selves. The dope was for ad dicts working in the huge gov ernment building and along various mail routes. Federal narcotics agents, FBI men, civil service officials end U. S. judges worked in I ft ---3 Ve'iV 11 iwi in. inii-?rtiii"iiiniiiirTHfHi- iTi8 ?'rr-"1 11 r- W1TNESSES - Witnesses at the execution of Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan at San Quentin prison Wednesday included the Rev. Floyd Gressrtt. left, pastor of Avenue Community Church in Ventura. Calif., who persuaded Luis Moya to confess his rule In the Olga Duncan slaying, and police odicor Ray lllggins, who was instrumental in breaking the 1!IS8 murder case. (UP1) i t MI 1 MISS TEXAS - Penny Lee Rudd. HI. rrprcscntins Mar.iall, Txa. has been named Miss Texas of IHH2 at Fort Worth, 'flic University ot Texas junior has brown hair and an olive tnrnpirxion. She will represent her slate at the Miss America patrnl al Atlantic City, . J., in September. lUTl) - the same building with the dope pushers. Most of the postal cm ployccs involved operated the conspiracy from a section right beneath the eighth floor offices of the bureau of nar cotics. , No Public Hint . Until late last mnnth, no public hint of the operation existed. But Chief Narcotics Agent George M. Bclk said postal inspectors and narcotics agents had been moving to smash the operations down stairs and around the corner since last September. 1 - Time I, n By Jimmy Hatlo So WHO IS IT CALLS IN FROM MIS SCK ROOM EVERV OTHER WEEK WITH ViGUS,LOGOBOjlA OR WHATEVER. ? Agents posing as mail clerks delivering intra-building mail from one department to an other gained the confidence of the postal peddlers -one by one - and purchased mariju ana, heroin and cocaine. The purchases were made in washrooms, lunchrooms and secluded corners of the 12-story building at Van .Bur en and Canal sts. beside the Chicago river. Other "meet ings" were held at busy street corners nearby. The post office building has an estimated population of 30,000. About 25.000 of them work directly for the post of fice. The rest are scattered among government offices in cluding those of the depart ment of health, education and welfare, the U.S. immigration service, the food and drug ad ministration, the U.S. civil service-and the narcotics bu reau. Mak Purchaiss Agents of that bureau be tween Nov, 3 and July 20 pur. chased 616,246 grams of mar ijuana, 10.12 grams of heroin, and 500 mllligarms of cocaine, according to U.S. District At torney James P. O'Brien. Belk compared the opera tion to that of the bookie who takes bets from fellow work ers In a large factory. "Most of the conspirators were on the night side work ing slaggered hours," Belk said. "It was a case where the workers would bring in the dope with them when they came to work." Published reports said the peddlers supplied the needs of between 125 and 130 em ployees. This brought a denial from postal authorities in Washington. "There was nothing like that number involved." said a Washington postal spokesman. Eleven employees pleaded innocent al arraignments last week. Twenty-two posted bond without making a court plea and their arraignments were continued. Five others asked for continuances. Of the lfl who did not immedialely post bond, 10 were held. Lid BUw Olf The lid blew off the opera tion July 26 when 38 persons were indicted by a fedci-il grand jury. One of those in dicted was serving as a juror himself al the Cook County Criminal court. Thirty-four of those indicted were present or former postal employees and the remaining tour were out siders, according to Belk. One of them was a woman. The Washington post office spokesman said 25 of the ac cused persons were given let ters of charges under civil service adminitsrative dis charge proceedings. Thirteen have resigned, he said. The crackdown began last September when postal in- i spectots alerted the naroctics ' bureau to their suspicions that j some employers were deal ing in marijuana. Hclk moved in undercover agents in October. The agents made dope pur chases on the 2nd, (ilh and 7th doors, down the hall from the narcotics bureau on the 8th, and on the Hlh floor. Prices ranged from a mariju ana cigarette lor 50 cents to $1 and a packet of heroin (or S5. The agents bought $1.35!) worth. No Records None ot the 38 indicted had ( a record as a narcotic uer or i peddler. Belk described the ; peddlers as "small-lime deal : crs " But it was easy to iden ! tity them. They all wore post al identification badges. Most of them worked inile : prudently of each other and had different sources of sup I ply. Hrtk said. There appar ently was no organised ring i of narcotics peddlers behind , them, j Tile investigation continued I to determine the sources of supply and if there are more conspirators "There may he further in 1 dietments," O linen sid. Harry Stonehill Claimed Asian Editor's not: Hirrr S. Stonehill is generally re garded ai the richest American in Alia. He came to the Philippines during World War II at an Army private and itayed on to aman an estimated J50 million fortune. Last March. Stonehill and three associates were arrested on charges of lax evasion and bribery. Stonehill was sub sequently ordered deport, ed. In the following dis patch. UPI Manila news Editor Don C. Becker re ports on the case against Stonehill. a sort of Asian Billie Sol Eitet. By DON C. BECKER Manila lUPIiF 1 1 1 p 1 n os like to compare Harry S. Stonehill with Billie Sol Es tes, but there is one big dif ference. Stonehill is worth an esti mated $50 million, while Estes is reportedly $18 mil lion in debt. But the two free-wheeling Americans do have several things in com- Migrant Farm Workers Covered By Social Security Migrant farm workers are covered by social security and their employers are required to report the wages they pay to these workers each year. Edward B. Jacobson. social security district manager, re minded farmers today. A farm worker who works for several different employ ers would have no social se curity protection if his em ployers did not report his wages, he said. Benefits could not be paid to him on retire ment or disability, or to his survivors in the event of death. Workers who move with the harvesting seasons are covered by the same social se curity law that applies to oth er farm workers. They must be reported and the social se curity tax must be paid on their wages If the worker is paid $150 or more in a year or if the farm employee works for 20 or more days in a year for the farm employer. Tlie report of wages paid Is filed with the district office of the Internal Revenue serv ice only at the end of the year. A farm report Form 943 is used lor this purpose. The employee's social security lax should be deducted at the time wages are paid and then matched by the employer's contributions. Jacobson added that the farm employer does not have a choice as to whether he will report migrant workers. Under the law It is compul sory. Wages paid to migrant workers must be reported by any employer who pays them at least $150 In cash or for who they work 20 or more days. Burglars Get $300 In Ashland Store Ashland - Access through an upper story window of the Perrine building. 31 North Main st., gave burglars an entrance to (he Perrine de partment store below where nearly $300 in cash was stolen Tuesday night. Although the building was ransacked nothing else was reported missing, police said. The burglary was similar to three others in Ashland in recent weeks, police said. The others were the Copeland Lumber Yard. Western Auto Supply, and the White House Grocery, all in the downtown area. Also burglarized have been a contractor's tool shed on the Taylor st. property of Sam Davis, and equipment from a shed belonging to FJmer South and Norman Lin dahl. jMedford Man Wins Gold Panning Event j Jacksonville - The Gold ! running contest sponsored by j Northwest Mining council at I the .Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubilee last wrek end was won by H B, iBing) Brown, Medfoid. Brown was one of three contestants who had qualified for the finals. His prize was lot) silver dollars Many people visited the Council's gold display and askrd questions, it was re ported. Many people also took part in panning for gold. HELP US! We ned cfarhinf . iheti, dnKt (urniturt, Ind tddinl. W, pl(k L'p. HILP OTHtRS! The Salvation Army 30 N. HellT 77J-TJ3J mon. For one, both are in hot water because of their busi ness activities. Stonehill is a round faced, stockily built man about the size of a guard on a small college football team (5-9, 190 pounds). At the age of 44, his hair is thinning. He appears rough, and he is rough. By sheer brass, the glib talking Stonehill, alias Harry Steinberg from Chicago, has become the wealthiest Ameri can in Asia. He also probably has as many problems as any other American in the Far East. Stonehill came to the Phil ippines during World War II as a U.S. Army enlisted man and took his discharge here, terming himself a "carpet bagger." Been Demoted By the time of his release, Stonehill, who had been de moted four times during his four and a half years in the Army, was a second lieuten ant. He had attended officer candidate school shortly be fore the end of the war. In the ensuing 17 years, Stonehill launched operations in tobacco, real estate, war surplus goods, cotton, oil and other endeavors. The best available sources say Stonehill has managed to get most of his $50 million fortune safely out of the Philippines. Unfortunately for Stone At Van Lee's No Special Prices Just LOW; LOW, EVERYDAY PRICES! SAVE! SAVE! ON HEALTH & fffGtf'SPEED FORMULA Wild root ilcucdmmcf I SHAMPOO COLGATE TOOTHBRUSHES Adults, Regular 89c 59c Childrens, Regular 49c 33c teas! SAVE! SAVE! on this fabulous BUYI 77" Stroller Complete with 24" Vinyl Latex Doll Regular S. Doll ht movable vi. Nursing bottle, mnsuit and socks. Stroller & Doll Are Yours For Only 4 99 UY-AWAY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS lfl; Is Hi MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON hill, he can't say the same for himself. He's up to his re ceding hairline In legal prob lems and involved in some complex legal maneuvering. On March 3 of this year, the Philippine National Bu reau of Investigation (NBI), acting on orders from newly elected reform President Diosdado Macapagal, con ducted dawn raids on 42 Stonehill establishments. They seized truckloads of documents relating to the op eration of Stonchill's econo mic empire 16 corporations including the U.S. Tobacco corporation, the largest single taxpayer in the Philippines. Tax Evasion Stonehill was arrested and charged with lax evasion, il legal financial transactions and bribery of public offi cials. He was later ordered deported, together with his associates, John and Robert Brooks, both Americans, and Karl Beck, a German. The Philippine justice de partment alleged Stonehill had illegally transferred from the Philippines about $20 mil lion during 1959 and 1960. It also claimed his U.S. Tobacco corporation owed $38 million in back taxes. Stonchill's arrest made front page news. It took the Filipino business community by surprise. Stonehill had been a friend of former Presi dent Carlos P. Garcia, was married to a beautiful Fili SAVE! SAVE! 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His case made daily headlines in Manila's newspapers as his appeals for bail were consid ered and the deportation hearings begun. The key witness against Stonehill was Spielman. Sud denly, on April 22, Spielman disappeared. About three weeks later, the NBI reported Spielman had been murdered in the southern Philippines. The NBI arrested four Filipino Moslems who allegedly admit ted murdering Spielman and dropping his body into shark wm. PLASTIC -jtim. h DRAPES Fully lined, U eit patrerns, full titt panels with center valance. 69Cpa" PLASTIC SHELF LINING Giant 9 Foot Roll, for shelves, placemati, drainboards, drawers and hundreds of uses. Regular 79c 39c roll Flexible Geese Neck LAMP In bright vivid colon, red, black, green and yellow. Ideal for school. SI. 98 value. Your for Only 99c $2.98 COLD CANNERS 7 quart capacity with wire rack for easy re moval. Finished in heavy blue enamel. 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The deportation board ruled Spielman's testimony would stand because of NBI evidence purporting to link Stonehill with the slaying of Spielman. Spielman's last will and testament had said that in the event of his mur der, Stonehill and Brooks would be the likely suspects. Charge 12 The Justice Department subsequently charged 12 per sons with the murder of Spielman. They included the four Filipino Moslems, Ameri can Pilot James Fleming who said he flew Spielman to Jolo the day Spielman was mur dered, Lauro Marquez. the Manila realtor who arranged for Spielman's flight, two oth er Americans, and four per sons, as yet not identified. Nationally advertised EVEREADY Products at Low, Low Prices! PRESTONE Wash Eveready Flashlight Batteries, Standard siie, regular 20c. Our cp;".vd,v. 2 for 25c Eveready Flashlights, standard 2-cell made to sell (or CQm 99c ... 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