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Sacramento California THE SACRAMENTO BEE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10 1953 Page 8 McClatchy TV Wins Selection Of Samish Describes POLITICS Gov Knight Emphasizes Unemployment Insurance Policies In Radio Address Examiner's Ruling Brewers' Moves Continued from page 1 TV Ruling Lauds McClatchy Radio For Civic Activity McClatchy Newjpaptr Service Thomas Donahue Federal Communica Santo Trial Jury Continues Santo Associate Is Nabbed On Forgery Charge McClatchy Nwtpaprs Strvic OROVTLLE Butte Frank Pardini 45 identified as an associate of gangleader Jack Santo disposition to keep faith with audience at financial loss initi By Herbert Phillips In Elections Continued from page 1 deDartment to keep improperisaid he wants it understood he payments in check And for the believes "wholeheartedly in the unemployment insurance law ative and cooperation concerning such problems as national defense and allocation of channels desire for accurate knowl California would provide a nationwide scandal if someone blew the safe of the state treas-i ury and stole "just one of the amount of public money that bank statements and last eight years there have been only sporadic efforts made to control chiseling Only during checks at the end of every and the whole theory of unemployment insurance By Stanley I Wilson Bee staff writer NEVADA CITY Nevada Co month were sent to his office He regards it as an essential edge of listener preferences and requirements and civic ac which may have been lost and not examined by the tions Commission examiner today gave high praise to the Mc bridge between the plight df The tedious task of selecting an the past few months has a con-Sen McBumble Says: the unemployed and new jobs I impartial and unbiased jury to try the Jack Santo gang on a In line with that concept and his chief henchman Emmett Perkins was arrested here late yesterday on a charge of forgery Knight made three promises: tivity coupled with the fact that it has lived up to its obligations programwise amply support McClatchy's contention that it is entitled to preference because of its long history of Death Threat Report Speaking softly Samish earlier denied in effect that he had threatened to kill Milton Biow 1 "We are not going to do murder charge continued today with indications it may take a week to select a jury suitable anything that will deprive any honest worker of the unemployment benefits to which he is en New York advertising agency head Picked Up On LA Warrant He was picked up by Sheriff operation in the public interest We might add that our Clatchy Broadcasting Company lor its educational recreational and civic activities in recommending a permit to operate a television station on channel 10 in Sacramento Among these activities he listed participation in the civil defense program cooking schools schools for children Another story on the FCC examiner's recommendation on page 1 Larry Gillick of Butte County Samish also denied each one of the eight counts in an indict to the prosecution and defense Chester Case Enters Trial For the first time defense at and two agents of the state opinion the above record viewed in its entirety is symbolic of the type of activity that titled by law We will see that such benefits are paid that they are paid promptly and that they are paid with a minimum of red tape" ment charging him with cheat tyxM MEMORY tANC Hull ft Unfa) MfchJYOF vou CAN WttEtt LOTTA POlTT I I AN WORE BUTTON ANb NEAT WrXVTtPtPtN ONTtttW VESTS ANt ACClbfcNT INSURANCE WAS PERHAPS KtNbA bureau of criminal identifica has made radio the great torneys asked the jurors whether they have any interest in medium it is today To those 2 We are going to give em through unemployment insurance chiseling In the last year Governor Goodwin Knight made that statement last night during a Report To The People radio broadcast in which he said spot checks "disclose that fraudulent claims and improper payments during 1952 alone could reach as high as $22000000" Because of the "fantastic" size of this figure and because there is "definite evidence" of extensive fraud Knight said he has changed the top administration of the state department of employment and appointed William A Burkett as his new director Says Action Is Necessary "It is imperative" he declared "that something be done and done immediately about correcting the situation which has led to such widespread chiseling who would say such activity has tion and investigation on a warrant issued by the Los Angeles muncipal court He was released on $5000 bail after being phasis to what 1 regard as the the slaying of Plumas County been dictated by self interest primary lunction oi tne depart grocer Guard Young his two ing the government of $71000 in income taxes on money from the Biow agency The lobbyist stated he did not pay taxes on the money because most of it went into political campaigns The resthe said was gifts to his friends Version Of Encounter Under questioning by his at RATMCAV? ment of employment imamg jobs for unemployed workers I we reply that if so it has been an enlightened self interest and highly beneficial to the public" am convinced that an unem Pardini was identified through pictures and handwriting ployed person who is really looking for a job is not interested in children and a neighbor boy in Chester October 10 1952 Barbara Gilbert of Union Hill said that she had made up her mind regarding the Chester case and she was excused More Media With reference to the point of greater diversification of the standing line to get a week" torney Harold Faulkner Sam media of mass communication the examiner said: 3 "The third maior function ish related his version of an en will be to crack down on chisel Horace Bayes of Grass Val counter with Biow in October ing (to maintain) an adequate ley was excused because of ill and teachers baseball schools spelling bees and classes in interior decorating gift wrapping sewing flower arrangement and homemaking problems He called these activities symbolic of the type of program which has made radio the great medium it is He pointed out that the McClatchy Broadcasting Company has installed emergency gasoline driven electric generating plants at stations in Sacramento Reno and Fresno to insure continuous broadcasts in the rvent of a disaster and has con 1952 He stated he to the health and Duane Freeman of "The commission has in the past on a number of occasions preferred non newspaper applicants over newspaper applicants and newcomers to the field over and solvent unemployment in surance fund" executive offices of the Biow "We want to conserve the company after he learned Biow Truckee was discharged because he operates a one man business Still Reading Papers and the treasurer Morris Zinne- (unemployment insurance) fund for the honest working man and not let it be dissipated through certed effort been made to run man had given statements to existing licensees In a society dedicated to the free exchange of ideas it is imperative down fraud and chiseling in the samples as one of four persons who cashed more than $3000 worth of bad checks for Perkins in the Los Angeles area last January The authorities stated the only other person identified so far as a member of the check cashing group is Barbara Graham now under sentence of death with Santo and Perkins for the murder of Mrs Mabel Monahan of Burbank Denied Charges Gillick stated Pardini has denied the check charges and has refused to talk about his association with Santo "You have a man who says it's my handwriting" the sheriff quoted him as saying "but I payments to crooks chiselers Because several jurors admitted they still are reading newspaper stories concerning system Those efforts Knight assert ed will be intensified treasury agents concerning the payments the company had made to Samish Became Angry and cheats Says Omission Startling that when avoidable the public not be placed in a position of de the Hansen slaying Superior Judge James Snell who is pre verted transmitters of four of pendence upon a single source or narrow group of sources for Up to date the governor went on to say the unemployment insurance system never has been put to an actual economic test "Benefits were first paid in 1938" he pointed out "and all of the 15 years since that time have been relatively prosperous years "Therefore we don't have any way of knowing just what would happen in the event of a POLICY Speaking over the its stations to carry out their "It was a startling thing for me to find that during the first 10 years of existence of the department of employment from Samish said he asked to see the statements which were its day to day information American Broadcasting com siding indicated he may lock up the jurors overflght during the taking of testimony to prevent them from continuing reading roles as CONELRAD stations Notes FM Loss shown to him by Zinneman The pany's radio network on policies "Neither monopoly nor the threat of monopoly is present 193d to 194o there was no or lobbyist testified he read them of his new administration just five weeks old Governor Knight here This record is barren of ganized investigative staff in the became angrier and angrier accounts of the trial In addition he noted the romDanv has carried on FM tnen to id zinneman: "its all a any evidence that McClatchy has ever engaged in any of those operations at a financial loss of Ten of the 12 prospective furors examined were excused pack of lies they're all lies!" Hurriedly leaving the office activities frequently associated during yesterday's session Five with monopolistic conduct in the more than $duuuu a year In his recommendation Dona hue wrote: Samish related Biow "flew out can probably hire a couple more who will say it isn't "If you want to know anything about Santo and Perkins into the hall after me pleading Funeral For Music Stores Official Is Set For Thursday Nwspapr Srvic public information field "Further there is a multiplic In connection with Mo Art I want to talk to you ity of other mass communica Zinneman made some mistakes were excused by the deiense when they said they have fixed opinions regarding the guilt or innocence of Santo his mistress Harriet Henson Emmett Perkins and George Boles Jr' who were indicted for the mur Clatchy's record of service in the public interest it is appropriate to point out some of its tion media in the area to be If there's anything I can do I won tell you It will pay me to keep my mouth shut" Gillick stated Pardini is the man who first introduced Santo to Perkins in Grass Valley about money I want to make it contributions to the civic life of major depression "But we can be sure of one! thing if the system is tunneled through by fraud and chiseling and the reserve funds are depleted by many millions of dollars of improper payments it is far less likely that it will be able to weather the storm of depression" The day may come Knight added when the fund may be needed desperately to save thousands of California families from privation The only prac served" Exceptions Allowed Exceptions to the reeommen right'" SAN FRANCISCO Funeral services will be conducted the communities whichit serves Samish admitted he probably Thursday at 1 PMin the Hal- der of gold mine operator Edmund Hansen on December dation of the examiner mav be that are not directly related to the day to day operation of its Shooting Victim's Condition Is Fair Bud Johnson 49 remains in a fair condition in the Sacramento Hospital where he is under treatment for a bullet wound in his chest suffered in a shooting in his cabin on the Berry Ranch near Walnut Grove Following the shooting which occurred Sunday night deputy sheriffs arrested Johnson's wife Annie and booked her in the county jail for investigation of a charge of assault with a deadly weapon The authorities said Mrs sted Company Mortuary for used some strong language and told Biow: "Please get away from me" filed by the Sacramento Tele 29 1951 Frederic Sherman 77 sec casters Inc or by the broad radio stations and newspapers During World War II Me retary of Sherman Clay Com The panel is made up of farmers ranchers and Biow followed: him into a cast bureau of the Federal Communications Commission within Clatchy sponsored a series of pany crowded elevator Samish testi housewives Many of the farm four years ago As a result of his association with the pair who are the prime suspects in the Chester Plumas County slaying of Guard Young and three children Pardini was questioned extensively about that crime and others in which Santo and Perkins have been implicated He has denied all knowledge of the crimes 20 days fied and even tried to get in a The firm operates music stores in 10 cities including one tical protection of the fund for ers expressed reluctance to serve because they have so But if none is forthcoming revolving door with him Shoved Him Aside such an emergency he said is many chores to perform the commission then can make its final decision If exceptions efficient and vigilant manage "I shoved him aside and said One hundred and forty were summoned to be ex ment" of the department of em are filed any party may request ployment amined Some courtroom observ Biow as a government witness testified two weeks ago that at 1312 Street in Sacramento The stores will be closed Thursday until 2 PM in Sherman's memory Sherman a son of the founder of the Sherman Clay Company joined the firm when he was 25 years of age A native of San Francisco he was a member of the Olympic Club the Family Club and a past vice oral argument before the full commission If no action is taken the initial decision of the examiner will become final 40 days after the date of the de Samish in the office building ers speculated additional prospective jurors will have to be called because each defendant may exercise 20 challenges as lobby had shoved his arm against his (Biow's) throat and victory garden contests to promote home production of vegetables During the same period it joined with the agricultural extension service of the state university in sponsoring a farm and food clinic at two county fairs It also joined with the above service over a six year period in sponsoring incentive awards for 4H Club participation Year By Year In 1945 and 1946 McClatchy sponsored a series of radio schools for teachers in the cities in which its stations are located to promote a better understanding of how radio programming could be utilized as an aid to education cision Johnson admitted firing a 3S caliber revolver at her husband during an argument and a struggle over the weapon She asserted and Johnson admitted he struck her and knocked her may the prosecution threatened to kill him Lays Idea To Zinneman Samish denied yesterday that Once the jury is chosen it is expected to take a month to six 75fr ts tfre wetter Greek Rulers Make president of the Bohemian Club Sherman who died Sunday is surived by a son Clay Sher he had asked the advertising weeks to try the case Defense Attorneys Harold Berliner John Larue Alhert down prior to the shooting Church Unit Will Meet company for commission pay man a daughter Airs ranees ments for getting the Schenley Brief Stop In City Johnson and Crofford Bridges Sherman Turner both of San The Junior Dorcas Society of Francisco and four grandchil dren Continued from page 1 of Britain had to approve her Distilleries account for Biow He charged it was a Biow idea The portly liquor lobbyist asserted Zinneman first suggested that names other than his own be used on the checks The government says Sam Missionary Society marriage to Paul in 1938 The king is the son of the In 1946 it presented a series the central Sacramento Seventh Day Adventist Church will meet at :30 PM today in the home of Mrs Lucille Bold 3204 Berkshire Way The Senior Dorcas of the church will meet at 10 AM tomorrow in the church social hall of newspaper clinics designed Will View Film examined the prospective jurors exhaustively Dwelled On Press Radio They dwelled extensively on whether newspaper and radio publicity has influenced the panel members They also asked whether the fact Santo and Perkins were convicted of the murder of Mrs Mabel Monahan a wealthy Burbank widow would to provide high school and col late King Constantine and Queen Sophia of Greece He was born in Athens December lege journalism students with a ish pocketed the checks himself and concealed some $110000 realistic picture of how a mod em newspaper actually oper 14 1901 A ruler at the will of his people Paul was called to the throne in 1946 after the death our "home town" insurance agent He wants to earn your trust and confidence with experienced friendly counsel and on-the-job personal service for all your insurance problems Call on him any time without obligation ates Approximately 1000 stu dents and 40 instructors at have any bearing on this case All answered in the negative Questioned On Tonally District Attorney Vernon income from tax agents It charges Samish gave the Biow firm names of friends" gamblers and non existent persons to be used on check payments to him It implies the idea was Samish's The government has charged of his brother George II Since that time he and his queen have "and try to make a spread of money at one time from the tended these sessions In 1950 McClatchy bought transcriptions of a series of recorded adult education pro Oregon line to the Mexican bor A film will feature a meeting of the Missionary Volunteer Society of the North Sacramento Seventh Day Adventist Church Friday at 7:45 PM in the church hall Entitled The Great Light the picture was filmed in Germany and is about Christianity's fight against Communism Window Are Broken Arthur Coleman of 1201 Forty First Street reported to the police someone fired an air rifle at windows in his garage and broken seven panes of glass done more than perhaps any other monarchs in modern history to maintain a close contact der" Stoll and Thomas Martin assistant to the state attorney general who was called in to assist the prosecution particularly want to find out whether with their people that one of 39 commission checks made out to persons Tune in "Favorite Story" 3:30 Sundays on KROY presented by During the Communist upns Several Sometimes Backed It was then he explained that the Brewers' Institute sometimes would back four or five candidates for the in a primary race ings in Greece the king andjother than which end the jurors are adverse to impos queen covered nearly every ed up in the lobbyist's pocket was to Southern California oil ing tne aeatn penalty particularly against a woman All man Tevis Morris for invest Mamm immmu wiwrnm mm square mile of their domain visiting troops and civilians bolstering morale and adding As Samish told his defense professed they have no such in ment of a Santa Fe Springs! One pellet struck the windshield clination greatly to their cause of a car "Our job is to get a winner Vdlil VJli VCiU 111C UltVA ao for $5000 Adolph Alexander the Los Samish stated the investment Rode In Jeeps They rode in jeeps rode mule- Angeles deputy district attorney who prosecuted when Santo was in behalf of Biow and that Perkins and Barbara Graham the well turned up dry He quoted Biow as saying in New York: back over mountain trails and slept where they could find a bed even on the dirt floor of a peasant's shack were convicted of the murder of Mrs Monahan was present yesterday but returned to Mr Faulkner" (The United Press quoted Samish as saying: (And we get into local campaigns too like the council fights supervisors fights and mayors' fights I use a great deal of money of my own or anything I can get my hands on) "Art should you at any time have any opportunities in oil As a young man King Paul! Southern California last night You saw it in and had the reputation of being a He aided the prosecution in the "preparation of the case now before Judge Snell gay prince He visited the royal resorts of Europe and was known to spend considerable time in the gambling casinos of out in the West give me a call" With that in mind Samish testified he suggested to Biow that he invest in the California well Biow- he went on gave him the $5000 check and he turned it over to one of Morrow's associates AND OTHER LEADING NATIONAL MAGAZINES 4 See it in real life today! Monte Carlo When Greece became a Re grams ana presented tnem to the California Congress of Parent Teacher Associations These recordings have been used extensively by that organization in the furtherance of its home study program for parents Historical Purchase In 1948 McClatchy purchased five complete sets of copies of the 26 historical documents carried on the Freedom Train These documents were circulated throughout city schools and finally presented to school libraries In 1945 it purchased from the Yale University Press and donated to the schools and libraries of Sacramento Fresno and Stanislaus Counties a large amount of historical data for use in history courses in the public schools Cites Spelling Bee Since 1947 McClatchy has sponsored an annual spelling bee which draws contestants from all of central California In 1952 the firm conducted a haseball school which drew 1-547 aspiring young athletes Since 1947 at Fresno and Sacramento it has sponsored annual football banquets and awarded trophies all star teams For five years ski tournaments were sponsored Since 1947 the company sponsored a junior tennis tournament for novice players In 1951 a tournament was held for junior bowlers Each year the company presents an annual Christmas show which in 1951 was presented five Jimes and was at public in 1924 the royal family- See Your Buick Dealer Now was exiled as they have been periodically since they first were called to rule the ancient land of the Hellenese in 1863 Paul at that time came to the United States toured the coun try and studied aeronautical en gineering He and Fredenka Louise Thyra Victoria Margarita Sophia Olga Cecilia Isabella Chris-ta Princess of Hanover Great argain Price Britain and Ireland Duchess of Brunswick and Luneburg were married in 1938 He was 35 at Pictures Operations As for the political contributions attributed to Biow Samish did not say who any of the recipients were But under questioning by attorney Faulkner he drew this picture of the operation: He had not given any particular Biow check to any particular person involved in a political campaign He said he generally kept $10000 to $15000 in his office in cash at all times to meet any financial political situation wheh might arise And some of the checks he used for political purposes he paid back to the payees out of his own pocket Gifts In East West Samish told of making contributions in New York especially where liquor interests were concerned but more par Mm iM'fijMlsllX ll ''f and top the time she was 20 They have three children Constantine Sophie and Irene Met Eisenhower Paul and Frederika arrived in the United States several days Trade-Dim Allowance! ago bmce that time they have been entertained by President Dwight Eisenhower and other American dignitaries and have met American citizens of all walks of life After leaving Sacramento their schedule called for stops at Martinez Crockett Richmond Berkeley and Oakland The royal party is scheduled to remain in the San Francisco area until Thursday evening when they will leave for Los ticularly California i (According to the United Press Samish said $52000 went into California primary election campaigns and into New York political battles on liquor legis-t' iaiiuii lie aleukia lie tilicii rtUUCUji nis own money to tnese contri butions (Another $25000 'he testified Angeles From Los Angeles they will head east with formal I You can buy a I I owas CnjVdJJ delivered I I locally! I appearances planned at the Grand Canyon Houston Tex and New Orleans 3sb- i LI I tended by some 24000 persons A free hour and a half Christmas movie is presented in 24 towns throughout Northern California McClatchy provided free wired music service in Sacramento parks Cooking schools are conducted by a McClatchy home economics supervisor in Sacramento Reno and Stockton These schools last for nearly a week and are widely attended Free brochures on menu planning and home making hints are distributed widely Other Free Classes In addition to the cooking schools the McClatchy home economics director also presents free classes in gift wrapping sewing interior decoration flower arrangement laundry techniques charm schools and heads up an information service where advice on homemaking problems may be obtained by the public through telephone calls or correspondence This service is available in Sacramento Fresno and Modesto Such activities as the foregoing are not only affirmative indications of civic consciousness on the part of McClatchy but effectively serve to refute Tele-casters contention that because McClatchy officials do not in general accept positions of Civil Engineers Honor Secretaries The secretaries of members The television-radio-phonograph combination with 24-inch Panoramic Vision picture supersensitive AM-FM radio famed Garrard 3-speed record changer and superb 400" high fidelity went as "gifts from the Biow company" to Edith Mack a friend Dorothy Read his secretary Frank Howard his son law and Alex Robbins manager of the Southern California Beveragemens Club) Allocation Explained As to how political funds were allocated Samish said he would take a list of primary candidates running for the California State Legislature both for the assembly and the senate The list would be one normally prepared by the California secretary of state With advice from members of the California of Sacramento Section Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers were honored at the weekly ization this noon in the Elks Temple audio system Cabinet of hand-rubbed mahogany veneers Also in modern comb-grain limed oak veneer cabinet The ultimate in a complete home entertainment instrument! Other models priced from $24995 including excise tax and warranty "There is nothing finer than a stromberg-carison: Secretaries Day was inaugurated last year and will be an annual event The principal speaker was Dr Marion Lamb of Sacramento State College And because it's trade-in time with us right now you get our top allowance on your present car and a great buy in the bargain Come in and see what a happy deal we have for youl 2-doof 6-pautngtt Stdan Modtl 30 Oplionof tqufpmtnf ocesjwi Haf end local laxM il any additional fricn may very glightly in adjoining eommimitiM du ta shipping ehargt All ptet ubjtcf lo cionfl without nofie Brewers Institute he would prepare another list showing how much money should be con leadership in civic organiza tions McClatchy lacks civic tributed to individuals "I would sit down with my associates" Samish testified spirit.