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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY. AUGUST . 1SS3 8 .7 Real Reason Behind 1952 Gangland Slaying of Arnold Schuster in N. Y. Disclosed New York - (UPD - "That's him, that's Arnold," screamed Wally Schuster outside h i s Brooklyn home on the night of March 8, 1952. "My God! They got him!" Wally Schuster, operator of a small clothing store, bent over the body of his dead son who had been shot in both eyes and the groin in front of a neighbor's house. Schuster didn't exactly know who "they" were, but he knew there were plenty of people who resented his son's sudden fame for having recognized America's most wanted bank robber, Willie Sutton, on a subway on Feb. 18, 1952. Mt. Everest Guides To Tour With Team Washington - (UPD - Five of the 37 Sherpa guides who aided the American team which climbed Mount Everest in May were invited to ac company the team on a six week goodwill tour of the United States. The Sherpas carried heavy loads of sup plies to above the 27,000-foot level - an extraordinary feat because of the thin air at that altitude. Sutton was arrested and imprisoned because of Arnold Schuster's sharp eye. The 24- year-old pants salesman got plenty of praise and plenty of crackpot mail, too, includ ing a few notes warning that HAVE MOTIVES Philadelphia - (UPD - They may not admit it, but many home garden "enthusiasts" probably dislike working in the garden. Gardeners are driven by such motives as the search for status, competition with neighbors and the de sire for self-expression. he didn't have long to live. The police declined to give Arnold protection and several weeks went by without inci- Theff of Camera Is Reported to Police Frank Samuel Pinnock re ported to Medford city police Wednesday that a camera owned by KMED radio and television station had been stolen from his car. Pinnock told officers the theft occurred sometime be tween noon Saturday and 9 a.m. Monday. The camera was valued at S100. dent. Then Schuster appeared on a television interview. Only this week - more than 11 years after Schuster's mur der - has the real reason for the crime come out. Albert Anastasia, burly Mafia crime ACRES OF VALUE Washington - (UPD - Farm and non - farm demand for rural property is pushing up the price of land. Agriculture department experts predict that the average value of farm land will rise to $135 an acre by next March 1, from S130 a year earlier. czar known as the "mad hat ter killer," was watching tele vision when the cocky, good looking Schuster flashed on the screen. Anastasia explod ed with all the ire of a man who has often been hunted. "I hate squealers," he shout ed to one of his gunmen. "Hit this guy." NAMED SECRETARY j Chicago -IUPD- Joseph Mc- Mown, uoos Bay, Ore., has been named secretary of the National Conference of Com missioners on Uniform State Laws. That's the story of why Ar nold Schuster was rubbed out in an alley as he rushed home to change his clothes for a dance, according to a man who should know - Joseph Valachi. Valachi, who Is serving a prison term on a narcotics charge, is the first member of the Mafia, or "Cosa Nos tra" as it is known to its mem bers, to turn informant on his former fellows in syndi cated crime. Valachi was a lieutenant of Vito Genovese who later ordered Anastasia's slaying in a Manhattan bar bershop. Thus Genovese won the struggle for power which he still is reputed to hold al though he is in a federal pris on. According to federal au thorities Valachi has identi fied Schuster's slayer as Fred trick Tcnuto, one of two orig inal suspects long sought in the still-open case. But Vala- chi said officials will never find Tenuto. Anastasia had him murdered in turn to cov er the trail. NO VIOLENCE WANTED Washington UPI Washing ton Police Chief Robert V. 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"One little girl was sitting on the side-. walk, crying, and there were two children lying under all the broken glass and bricks." : Killed were Darlene Vaugh, 1, and sisters Dotsy, 8. and Debbie, 7. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vaugh. The driver of the car, Donald Eu-. gene Walter, 25, who alone with his two sons Miles, 3, and Scott, 4, who were among ' those injured, was booked for investigation of manslaughter. Witnesses said the car was traveling about 60 miles an hour in the heavily populated area and failed to negotiate a turn from one street to an other. Also injured were Denise Baugh, 6, and Harold Ginn, . 26, a passenger in the Walter car. REG. 69c RAY-O-VAC t 66c 66c TRANSISTOR BATTERIES 2 , 88 Pw. .3M.4,89c I SCATTER RUG T9 4-H NEWS Eagle Point Desert Ptgatui Ihe regular meeting of the Eagle Point Desert Pegasus 4-H Horse club was held at the Dunn Ranch recently. There were 27 members present, with 11 visitors and 6 parents. 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