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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1948
THIRTEEN
Scot, in Guise Of
Yank Soldier, Gets .
$2,509 in Benefits
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. OV
The New York Daily News relat
ed today what It termed "the ex
traordinary saga" ot a lormer
British seaman who was "hus
tled" into the U. S. Army in Eng
land, "suffered court martial and
imprisonment, yet collected $2,
5UO in benefits in his guise as
an American soldier.
The newsoaper, in a copyright
ed story, identified the man as
Alistair Nicholson, 23 a nalive
of Glasgow, Scotland, and said he
was deported from the United
Slates as an alien in April, liUti,
only to be "shipped home" as a
GI after U. S. authorities in Eng
land decided he was an Ameri
can Army deserter.
In Washington, Army spokes
men said last night they had no
comment on the case.
The Daily News said Nichol
son's fantastic Odyssey bean in a
Southampton restaurant where
he ordered coffee instead of Brit
ish tea, arousing the curiositv of
an American Army .officer who
accused him at first of being an
"American seaman who's Jumped
shio."
The newspaper said Nicholson
under persistent questioning, fin
ally "gave ud in desnair and said:
'All right, I'm an American and
a member of the Army'."
The News said Nicholson giv
ing "fantastic" replies to the
Questions of interrogators, rattled
off the first serial number that
pooped into his mind one that
"I couldn't have repeated" 10 sec
ond? Liter.
A couitnuu-lianulioucd, Uie
storv related, and the Scot was
sentenced to three months and
fined $U9. Eventually released,
Nicholson then was "shipped
home" to the U. S. where he ar
rived Sept. 21. 1946.
Two months later, the News
said. Nicholson, who had given
the name of Fred P. Bast while
being questioned, was released
from the Army.
Since then, the newspaper con
tinued, he has received these
benefits:
"$1,257.31 back pay: S300 mus-tering-out
nay; $14.50 travel pav;
Si20 service men's readjustment
allowance, commonlv known as
52-20, or vetertans' unemploy
ment pay." Total $2,496.81.
It costs $133 in special federal,
state nnd local taxes to buy a
new car and operate it one vear,
according to the Oregon State
Motor Association. Motor clubs
throughout the country are advo
cating repeal of the- federal ex
cise taxes to ease the tax burden
on the motorist, the association
reports.
France Honors St. Lo Hero
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bust of Ma. Thomas D. Howie, hero of the St. Lo break-through
in July. 1944. The bust will be given to the French city for its
main square, which will be renamed "Place Majeur Thomas D.
Howie." The oflieer was an All-Southern Conference football
star at The Citadel.
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Europe Spotlights
New Year's Events
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Afiairs Analyst
Comes the beginning of a new-
year and foreign affairs analysts
don their robes of prophecy to
make learned forecasts for the en
suing twelve months, and sc
columnist, not to depart from the
orthodox, offers his contribution.
We must read the future from
the past. The first thing we see
for 48 is that the all-important
item of the year will be the de
velopment of the now strained
relations between the world's two
dominant powers Russia and
America. The very way of life
of mankind depends on the trend.
The most important phase of
this conflict in -IS is likely to be
the battle for Western Europe.
The outcome will hinge on the
degree of success of the Marshall
Plan for rehabilitation a pro
gram against which Moscow has
declared open and bitter warfare.
If the Marshall Plan succeeds,
it will give the countries ot
Western Europe the strength to
withstand Communist aggression.
In short, the Bolshevists will be
held along the Stettin-Adriatic
line which they now occupy. This
will mean that the dangers ol an
other World War have been vast
ly lessened. On the other hand,
lailure of the plan will permit
t h e Communists to sweep
through to the English Channel.
That, in my view, would make
global conflict Inevitable.
Outlook For Plan Good
As this is written the chances
are good for success of the Mar
shall Plan.
Hard hit Italy and France
both key countries in the reha
bilitation program are picking
up. Material aid and American
backing have created a much
needed morale which will carry
Atomic Warning
AX '
Dr. Edward L. Bortz. president
of the American Medical Asso
ciation, warned a Baltimore,
Md audience that doctors "are
not well informed" about effects
ot atomic radiation, and sug
gested that each urban area in
the nation take steps to care for
atomic casualties in the event ot
an attack.
Independent Hoop
League Games To
Begin January 20
lhe Independent basketball
teams of the Douglas County
League oen their season Tues
day. Jan. 20. with two games at
the Roseburg Junior High gym,
one at Yoncalla and one at Myr
tle Creek.
The Sutherlin Red and White
team battles the team of the An
di us and Hull Lumber Co. of Dii
lard in the first game on the pro
gram at Roseburg. The J. V.-R's.
square off wilh the Roseburg
Elks Club for the second contest
of the program. The first tin-off
will be at 7:30 Tuesday evening.
At Yoncalla, Sutherlin's Pas
time Tavern will compete with
the Yoncalla Merchants, and the
Firmco Plvwood Co. of Mvrtle
Creek w ill tangle with the Riddle
Active Club's team at Myrtle
Creek.
The teams haven't set a sched
ule as yet. Along with the league
games a tew tilts are Demp plan
ned with the Harlem Globetrot
ters and other Negro quartets,
who are very tricky players, if
not very powerful.
Costa Rica Is about the same Nicaragua is about the same
sl?e as West Virginia. 'size as Michigan.
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these nations far.
The signs read that America
:ind Britain will have to take
more decisive action to save
Greece from Red aggression. The
(ate of this ancient and liberty
loving Balkan state probably will
be decided this year. Greece is of
vast strategic importance to De
mocracy. Totalitarian Communism will
continue to be one of the great
est issues in most countries. How
ever, in Western Europe and in
the Western Hemisphere there
will be a continuation of the
present trend toward the right.
Barring unforeseen mishaDS
3ritains gallant tifht for eco
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tee ultimate success. Her prog
iH'.ss is being accompanied by a
political swing of both left and
right toward the center.
China's Future Dark
The conflict between the Rus
sian bloc and the Western De
mocracies will continue to ham
string many vital activities of the
United Nations,
It will be a wonder if twelve
months are enough time to bring
peace to Palestine. The strife be
tween Arab and Jew will be pro
tracted. Things In China will continue
to go from bad to worse, barring
big-scale military assistance from
outside. That vast country is In
a state of chaos.
Taking it all in all. I see no
reason why we should be serious
ly pessimistic over the coming
year. We mustn't .'orget that the
world still Is suffering grievous
ly from the effects of the most
destructive war of historv and a
quick recovery is impossible.
Mori-over, we are in the throes of
the conflict with an aggressive
Communism which derives
strength from chaos. Still, the
way is getting brighter.
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