Show 40 BOOKED IN RAID ON GAMBLING SHIP SANTA MONICA Cay May 14 UP uP-A uP A raid on the casino ship Rex which has been flaunting California California Cali Call fornia gambling laws from an anchorage anchorage anchorage an an- three miles offshore interrupted interrupted inter inter- the games of patrons today today today to to- day and resulted in the technical arre arrest arret ar ar- ar- ar re ret rest t of 40 men While hundreds of jeering gamblers gamblers gamblers gam gam- lined the rail the Rex crew held off of a of raiders for three hours after two other raiders got aboard The Tine two raiders who got aboard Chief Investigator John Klein of the district distri t attorneys attorney's office and Sheriffs Sheriff's Captain George Contreras finally persuaded the Rex agent A. A C C. to submit to a court test The Rex case may decide whether there shall be a return of the gambling gambling gambling gam gam- bling boats driven from the southern southern south south- em ern California coast by vigorous raiding several years ago Authorities ties contend that a bay such as asSanta asSanta asSanta Santa Monica bay Is within state jurisdiction |