Show RAID IS MADE ON ARMS FIRM No Xo Senator Involved in Alleged Smuggling Scheme ALBANY Calif Nov 18 By By The Associated Press A Preas-A A wide country search for John Mannerstam head of the Pacific Arms Anns company of San Francisco was instituted by bT police to today to- to today today day as the aftermath of a raid at his home tome here In which a veritable arsen arson arsenal arsenal al at of machine guns rifles revolvers and ammunition were seized Tho The raid was made on a Up tip from Cleveland and nd Kent Ohio police say- say sayIng saying Ing ng arms shipments had been made nude madeo to o the latter town and that they be believed be- be lIc cd the arms company was plan plan- planning planning planning ning to supply gangsters in the east cast with guns and ammunition on a a. large scale No one was at home borne when the raid was staged but police said they would Continued on Pace rate Two I I RAID IS MADE ON ARMS FIRM Continued from Pare Page One Issue a warrant for Ma charging Illegal possession of machine guns I NO SENATOR TOR L First reports that a United states I e m d as a a. candidate for for president had been n linked with a plot to smuggle arms to Mexican revo- revo revolutionists were without basis ot of tact fact when ihen the raiders made public cor- cor correspondence correspondence seized at the Mannerstam place There was an carbon copy of a typewritten letter addressed to G. G Rosas Jr In New Orleans In which he writer Titer claimed friendship with 6 Bomb Borah and asked Ross and his lawyer to call on the Idaho sen- sen and ask him to use his good of of- flees In connection with a pending legal action Please remember that In less than two months our trial comes oft off In Los Angeles so for everything holy get Ime actIon quick In Washington D. D C saId the epistle The raiders ruders an- an belief bellef th that t the letter was by Mannerstam who at pres- pres prest rot t faces a a. federal Indictment for transportation ot of munitions He Her Het t r S arrested last June JUm after seizure In luthern California ot of a truck carry carry- arms and ammunition estimated to toi tobe i be worth and said by officials have been en route to a Mexican I at San Pedro PedIo E GUNS from the police In Cleveland and Kent said Id two machine gns had been shipped to Charles CharlesI I of Kent by the Pacific Arms Arms' c and that three bandit IUS- IUS a s- s h had d been arrested when they c for them Investigation In disclose cd e that Mannerstam had expressed a ap p November 4 to Charles R. R Hw Hess Route 1 1 Kent Ohio collect on ond ond d lIvery try Six machine guns rounds o o machine gun ammunition 50 rifles a e revolvers olvera 24 pairs of brass knuckles d several packages believed by raid c r. r to contaIn TNT were seized Ther The r Ice said a machine shop equipped f repairIng firearms was located In inne ne M rear of the house and that a 1 on a truck was as a also o found fou T e a residence Is but a short distance fr from m san Francisco bay be e epistle to Rows stated that he hec c quId uld furnish machine guns rifles cartridges and several se b batteries ot of artillery This I mention to you OU for what what- tar city It ma may be worth orth knowing that yOO are always interested In good arms d plenty of ammunition It eon con cl ded |