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Los Angeles Mirror from Los Angeles, California • 7

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Iiwnuwnm mw'-; Wi i Ji i.11 V- jj r'-V -I MIRROR-NEWS Monday, auc.T, i 955-Port 1 MAN DEAD ON GOLF COURSE xr: .1 v-- I -VM'. The Oscar Twlldahls weretslda the court the: man iha called a wonderful Their 6-year-old son Michael was alternately 'In tears laughing. Twildahl. while in; Los Angeles, used the name. Frank Twildahl asserts he Is Inno; cent of the theft of $150 a Birmingham hotel, tor he was serving a five-year; prison Continued from Firit Page Ip -dgath was kept secret or why' 'Bodell was given run aliens silver haired former rum runner, was one of the most colorful gamblers in the country; He was in and out of legal scrapes, with the most of his life; took a hand in waterfront labor disputes; fought State officials with fire hoses; operated a fleet of off South America, I and once served as an agent for Naval Intel' during, the war to -halt a German smuggling operation.

was known to have boon gambling heavily InT recent Ho was a OOUFS SIU FOR USS SAVE JS0 BLACKST0NE WASHER seen at dawn yesterday playing high-stake rou-lotto at the Boyal Nevada TWO BROTHERS Harold (1) and Thomas lamaea-mwa nets- AND SISTER 'CITED IN PALM TREE THEFTS Bland and Mrs. OTremba convene outside, courtroom. ITCHINGrPAtMS-CHARGE SmaU-Businttsti- -Not Sharing Contractf WASHINGTON, Aug.1 (JB A Senate committee reports a drop In defense contracts awarded small businesses and Hotel He apparently continued "his spree at the Desert Inn into the morning hours until he died- as, he lived gam-; Ming. The gamblers brother, Louis Mayor of Helena, flew, here last night. At an emergency meeting of the board of director! of the Stardust-held at the gambling casino Cornero.

died Louis was named as the new president and manager He said.Tony had willed his approximately 60ft of stock in the StarduSt to his mother, Mrs. Madeline Cornero of Beverly Hills, iand that he would -act In her behalf. Cornero was scheduled to appear soon in Federal District Court in Los Angeles to show cause why he should not produce records of stock sales in the Stardust In a petition filed by G. M. Cuthbertson, enforcement offl-? cer for the Securities and Ex change Commission in Los says that, many small effi cient producers will be forced to close their; doors unless the trend Is.

reversed. The Senate Small Business Committee said last night that contracts received by small firms represented 20.8ft of the total in the 12 months ended June 30. This compared with 25.1ft 1 year earlier. -Military buyers were blamed for contributing to the GOLD'S SELL FOR LESS CU. FT.

tl Deluxe REFRIGERATOR 'CAINE1 STAR KILLED a HAULS TRIQ When Mrs. Eleanors Beebe looked outside and saw a crew of men preparing to upr root her, parkway palm tree two weeks ago, she called police. a jr two brothers and a sisterappeared be-fara Municipal, Judge. Walter Allen for prelim--', hearing on charges of theft er attempted 1 theft of 13 palm trees. Accused.

are HaroidL. Bland, 33, of 4801 Slauson Thames Bland, 54, of 3833 Vermont Ave.r. and Mrs. Eva OTremba, 34, 1116 138th Hawthorne. Mrs.

Beebe, of 5210 Granada Highland Park, said Mrs. OTremba had asked her July 7 If she would like to have her palm tree removed but she refused the offer. itaiel Rek up atHre TO COURT Police said the usual practice of the defendants was to offer to remove trees for $5 or $10 with the object of reselling them for anywhere from $60 to $400. Being located in parkways, the trees actually belonged to tho city. Homeowners were told the crow bad permits from tho city to remove them, police' said.

Most of the trees dug-oyt and -trucked away were Chinese windmill palnft, 25 to 40 feet tall. Hartford Picnie Former residmts of Hartford, CL, will hold their first annual picnic Aug. 21 trom 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. In Griffith Park.

faiferel yoyinew Facfoiy one of -the happiest, families in Los Angeles today because daddy doesnt jjave to go back to an Alabama chain Twildahirof 1916 Camden West Los Angeles, was arrested as an escapee from the Alabama State Prison. Today; Municipal Jifdge Louis Kaufman dismissed the fugitive complaint, and Twlldhl, 45, walked out of court rack to the respectable life he has led for eight years, J'udge Kaufman was fold that a a a (Kissin' Jim) Folsom or Alabama was impressed by Twildahls retard of honesty and thrift during hit freedom and had refused to sign an extradition request. Also jubilartfwas Abe Sple-gelman, who owns a chain of restaurants. Twildahl nun-aged one of them at 8436 Sunset Blvd. Spiegelmah said Twildahls job would be waiting for him.

Mrs. Eunice TwildahI, who thought her last name waa Beverley until her huaband was arrested, embraced out- Israel Announces faster Travel Rules New regulations for travel in Israel, under which tourists no longer need to obtain visas at an Israeli Consulate, were reported today by the Consulate General of Israel, 6o9 Highland Visas instead will be issued at the point of entry to Israel. Fall Width Kydritar Cavar Sliding Mait Tindtr Fal Width Dear Shihrti Tilt-Out tg Smrtr Battar Cinpartaiat Filly lainatiid NO Dr. Eugene Bubien. 25, stepped forward to putt on the 13th green.

of the' -Wilson Golf a in- -Griffith Park yesterday; paused suddenly and slumped ever dead. Death of the 25-yiearold dentil 3300 Wataeka City, was ascribed to a heart attack. He had been married only six weeks and entered only two weeks ago. v-- ID Police In Beveity Hills and Santa Barbara today, had themselves 'a'. $92,000 are trying to find what happened to Mrs.

Dorothy Green Walker's And where it happened. And When, Mrs. Walker; wealthy Bev erly Hills society-woman and hostess to international celebrities, reported to police in those two that: Sometime between 2:30 Jn. on Thursday, when she packed her gems In Hills, and IdO pjn. on Friday, when she went te unpack them from her locked luggage in Santa Barbara, the jewelry disappeared.

Mrs. Walker; daughter of Burton E. Green, one of the founders of Beverly Hills, said that hir maid packed the gems and other luggage last Thursday at 'her home, 613 Mountain Drive. She said the jewels, topped off by a $39,000 -platinum-hnd-diamond necklace with 15 round 10-karat diamonds hanging', in drops, were packed in special cases, locked in a suitcase and then locked in the trunk of her car. She raid she drove to a friends home for a luncheon party and then to Santa Barbara.

She said luggage sat in her cottage at Santa Barbara unopened while' she spent the day on the beach. 'It wasn't until Friday evening, when I was dressing for dinner," Mrs. Walker said, I discovered the jewel were missing from tbeir case. Nothing else was disturbed." Mrs. Walker, the former wife of Detroit Financier William T.

Walker, was one of a number of victims of Gerald Graham Dennis, Blue Rook Raffles, who was believed to have taken more than in jewels and furs throughout the United States and Canada in the late 1940s. Dennis was arrested in 1949, police recovered a $37,000 necklace drhich had been stolen from Mrs. Walker's home the year before. That Lake You Don't See Isn't There This is )ust a tip In you had a bad night: If you go past Lincoln Park Lake, at 3600 Mission Road, and the lake seems to have worry. It may have, by the time you look.

Crews were. In drain the lake today to permit construction of the- Main Road storm drain. After its built, the lake will be refilled. 1APVKRHSKMKNTI amwmvmnmammmmwwamuuumi NEW HAIR DISCOVERY INTRODUCED Doctor's Find Real Contribution A doctor Mentiflcetimi of thoN vitamina and -minerals most helpful to the pnmotiop of hair health, ia the baaia of a new' triple-unit product and method recently launched here by the Begley Hair and Scalp Clinic, JOB S. Robertaon 3 Doora South of Wilahira Beverly Hille.

Known aa the Begley System, it pramiiee a boon to one of our civilization's scourges deficient hair. Added te the proved value ef certain vitamins and minarala to aid crucial glandular functions la tha exteniiva axperienco of a prominent hair and acalp thera-piat. Thus, both internal and asternal factors art incorporated in this pew hair method, a raaeeur-ing approach to an Md problem. For further regard-iwa-e Bair ing this eOceofagint haws-call er oeotaei the Begley Bair and Peelp CUala for Jrte-Analfiia. -t it i Si 4 TONY CORNERO Loses all at 1 1 Angeles, it was alleged Cornero sold large shares of stock in the hotel but had failed to file statements of the sales with SEC.

Federal Judge. Ben Harrison jtoday issued an order for the Stardust Corp. to produce al records pertaining to stocks they own and a list of stockholders. He ordered Ihey be over to SEC agents by Aug. 10.

The gambler, who lived at 312 Elm Drive, Beverly Hills, has a sister, Catherine, ih Los Angeles. His ex-wffe, fqrmcr Actress Barbara Land, alsd lives there. Louis Stralla said today that bis brother would bo buried at tho family plot in Inglewood Cemetery in Los Angeles Thursday. Cornero hit the big time aa a rum runner during prohibition. Rumor had it that he made $1,000,000 at the racke before he was 30 years old He later served two years at McNeil Island Federal Prison for these activities.

mowy' 'lie 'W ROBERT FRANCIS Among plane crash victims. Sen. Knowland Will Speak at 8-Ball Dinner U.S. Sen. William F.

Kpow-land will speak at the Elgh Ball Dinner of the Press Club Aug. 23, at the Ambassador. Bill Pugue, club president said a limited number reservations are available membera of Republican, organisations. Reservations may be made by calling Dunkirk 9-5384. Sen.

Knowland will discuss the critical Far East situation. Diver Spoors Shark, Gets 2-Mile Sea Tow FT. LAUDERDALE, Aug. 1 (J A 6-foot shark, maddened by a akin divers spear, pulled the fisherman two miles out into the Atlantic yesterday. The James Jones, 24, held on grimly until the spear pulled out of the shark's head and then swam back to his boat and resumed spearfishing.

lie said he didn't want to turn loose and lose his expensive speargun. 'Tlud. mumiy iLATlS "Hero's Good I mw ffwhf AU my DENTAL (Expect Surpiice) AU PRICES et MATES (dl typed III yee wtt SURPRISE pee. PHONE lev PRICES Expert SURPRISE SAMPLES Gledy SHOWN DR, WISEMAN, Ciett OeeHrt 'SIR Se. InrteM tl Veen I AMI lenHee Hn.

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Mrs. Dosch had played bit parts under the screen name of Ann Russell. Francis lived at 212 Grand Oaks Pasadena, with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. James Francis. His father is a postman.

The rising young actor graduated from Pasadena City College in 1947, served a hitch in the Aftny and stepped into film prominence with The Caine Mutiny," his first motion picture part. He was due to go on location shortly for Tribute to a Bad Man, on loan from Columbia Pictures to MGM. After Caine Mutiny, he had had starring roles in The Gray Bamboo Prison" and' They Rode Frauds' discovery by 'Hollywood had one of those storybook touches. He was spotted by a scout day while water skiing off Santo The talent scout phoned Francis later to offer a screen test and after finally being convinced that It was not a gag Francis was persuaded -to take dramatic lessons from S-ophie Rosenstein; well-known dramatic coach. After service in the Army --sndjhe (jeath of Miss Roscn-teiQ, Franciswent under the coaching of Mrs.

Batomi Schneider, wife of Benno Schneider, 'dramatic coach at Coluipbia. The training took. From his screen test, Francis was picked for the mfich sought-after-role of Ensign Willie Keith. From there on, stardom seemed assured for the. handsome young actor.

Bodies -of the crash victims 1 were taken to Filibach Mortuary, Burbank. Officials there said Francis' body would be taken today to the Lamb Home in Pasadena for final- arrangements. Big Week End of Activity Due Activities to suit every taste and inclination' are on tap for visitors in many parts of the State this week end, the State. Chamber of Com-( merce pointed out today. -The schedule includes chess, water-skiing and sailing championship tourneyi In Long Beach; a yachting regatta in San Diego? fairs Sonora, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Sah Diego, Santa Paula, Solvang and Culver City; and the world's longest, outboard river from Stockton to Rcd- dn -for complete details See your Bulck Dealer Today MONEY DOWN EASY TERMS Na 1.1 C.

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