2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Or. Mon., Dec. 19, 1949
Eleven Die In
2 Plane 'Crashes
HAMILTON FIELD, Call..
Dec. 19 UP) Bodies of three
Airmen killed In the crash of an
air force training plane were to
be brought out of the rugged
Sierra Nevada today.
The AT-11, missing since Sat
urday afternoon on a training
flight from Hamilton Field, ap
parently got lost In the heavily
overcast mountains 130 miles
northeast of San Francisco, It
crashed on a ridge.
Aboard were the pilot, hi. Jonn
F. Itaab, 27, El Cerrlto, Calif.,
the co-mint. Lt. Kicnarn w. Arm
strong, 27, Berkeley, Calif., and
Lt. Thomas Valentino, San Jose,
Ca f.
Raab and Armstrong were re
serve air force officers attached
to the 2346th air force reserve
training center at Hamilton
Field. Valentino, just back from
overseas duty, was reported to
have "gone along for the ride."
PARIS, Dec. 19 -4IP) Eight
fiersons, one an American, died
ast night in the crash of a Bel
gian Sabena airline plane. The
twln-enginea airliner missea a
crowded movie theater by only a
few hundren yards as It ploughed
into a cottage adjoining Le Bour-
cot a rnort.
Airline officials identified the
American passenger as Foster
Wh te. 31. ol Mariord. conn., an
executive of the United Aircraft
Export corporation.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19 UP) A
Transworld airliner plowed
through two wire fences, sheared
off a light pole, knocked down a
stone pillar and clipped the cor
ner of a cafe at Municipal air
port yesterday without Injury to
any or persons anoara.
The four-engine Constellation
came to a halt in normally busy
Cicero avenue, an express high
way along the side of the air
port. Capt. Stanley M. Kasper, a
TWA pilot for 15 years, blamed
the plane's braking mechanism
for the mishap.
FIRE L088ED UPPED
NEW YORK, UP) Fire loss
es in the United States during
November totaled $53,116,000 an
Increase of 8.6 percent over Oct
ober's $18,914,000, the National
Board of Fire Underwriters re
ported. November losses were 0.8 per
cent higher than the $52,949,000
reported In November, 1948.
Total destruction by fire for
the first 11 months of 1949 stands
at $600,257,000 a drop of 6.4 per
cent under the $641,717,000 listed
for the like period of 1948.
Sabotage Plot Told
To Senatt Probers
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they could break down our war
production, our ability to make
armaments, both by strikes or
slowdowns and by sabotage. It is
a very dangerous situation, which
has to be controlled or there will
be serious trouble for us."
Called A Liar
Huber named William S. Gall
more of New York, who was a
radio commentator, as a Commu
nist and a money-raiser for Hen
ry A. Wallace's unsuccessful presi
dential camDalen last vear.
Gallmore retorted from his
Osslning, N. Y., home: "The guy
Is a liar. The only part of his
statement that's true Is that I
participated in the Henry Wallace
campaign."
The Senate witness also drew
denials with his statement that
American communist front
groups "can boast of such well
known figures as Dashlell Ham
melt, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy
Parker, Herman Shumlin, Nor
man Corwln, Harlow Shapley,
Ella Logan, Charlie Chaplin, Ed
ward G. Robinson and John Gar
field." Of those commenting, Holly
wood actors Robinson and Gar
field sharply disputed Huber s
statement.
Garfield said: "If they want to
string a man up for being a
liberal, let them bring on their
ropes."
Robinson said he belongs to no
Communist front organizations,
adding: "I've said that a million
times. I'm against tyranny of any
kind."
In Cambridge. Mass., Harvard
university astronomer Harlow
Shapley declined comment.
Hudson Workers Will
Get $1 Million Bonus
DETROIT UP) Hudson Mo
tor Car company employes will
get Christmas bonuses totaling
nearly $1,000,000 under an agree
ment announced.
The payment covering 15,000
employes, will be completed
Wednesday. It consists of $62.20
to eligible employes with frqm
one to five years seniority and
$124.40 to those with more than
live years.
NEW NAME FOR L. A.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19-4JP)
Here's a new name for Los An
geles: It's the "Sucker City."
Det. Jack Tugwell today dis
closed that tag had been tacked
on Los Angeles by check artists
who already have passed more
than $300,000 worth of "bum pa
per" here this year. Tugwell said
one woman had clipped one store
with 23 checks ana another wltn
20 checks for a total of $2,000.
Attic Chosen To
Her Stepmother
GREKNEVILLE. Tcnn., Dec.
19 UP) For 18-year-old Joyce
Conduff, police have ordered a
Christmas present a happier
family life.
Police Officer H. C. Burgess
said today that this is how It
happened the law Is lending San
ta Claus a hand:
Neighbors told police Saturday
that Joyce was living in an attic,
sleeping on the bare floor with
no blankets, coming down to eat
scraps left on the table after supper.
She told them she chose the
attic two years ago because she
didn t like ner stepmother, bne
said her father, Ernie Conduff,
wouldn't do anything about the
stepmother.
Both Conduff and his wife said
they knew nothing about Joyce
living in the attic. They both
work all day.
The stepmother is Conduff's
third wife. He has seven children
by his second wife Joyce's mo
ther hut none by the stepmother
No charges were filed. Sheriff
Dahl Pruitt said he would con
tinue his Investigation, and Con
duff could have until Christmas
to straighten out the situation and
make a place for Joyce in the
family.
Sheriff Pruitt said his Investi
gation Indicated no force was us
ed to make her live in the attic.
Gov. Dewey Acts In
N. Y. City Water Crisis
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and control commission and Its
engineering staff.
A final check of the "dry Fri
day" experiment showed that the
voluntary drive cut water con
sumption In New York City to
789,200,000 gallons In the 24-hour
period.
The tolnl last Friday was 176,
000,000 gallons less than the daily
average of the preceding week
and 81,000,000 gallons less than
consumption last Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19. OP)
This after five years of ex
treme drought may be the wet
winter southern California has
been seeking.
The heaviest rainstorm of the
season brought over two inches
of rain yesterday, advancing the
total to nearly five Inches, com
pared with 1.30 this time last year
and well above the normal of 3.35.
And more rain Is on tap today.
says the weatherman.
The wet streets caused an epi
demic of minor traffic mishaps
more than 400 were reoortcd In
the southern California area.
Cars by the dozen were stalled in
sertinns whore roads are not ade
quately drained.
Registered Jersey Cow
Bought By Local Man
COLUMBUS, O. (Special) Eu
nice I. McWalters, Roseburg, has
purchased one registered jersey,
Pinnacle Standard Pilot. The ani
mal comes from the herd owned
by William M. Auston, Jr., Rose
burg. The purchase adds to the stead
ily growing number in this area.
Dairymen buy jerseys because
of the high quality ol the milk
they produce.
Purebred jerseys are register
ed by the American Jersey Cattle
club which has its national head
quarters in Columbus, Ohio. Sev
eral programs are available
through the American Jersey
Cattle club to help breeders get
me most proiits irom ineir jer
seys. Soviet Building Subs,
Rocket-Firing Warships.
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uerman ones.
Under the completed program,
400 would be stationed in fhe far
East, 300 In the Baltic and the
rest In the Black and the White
seas.
U. S. Modernizing Navy
Jane's observed that though the
U. S. navy has suffered further
reductions, "it still is a colossal
fleet of 2,600 warships." These in
cluded 15 battleships, 103 aircraft
carriers and 169 submarines.
Only one battleship, the Mis
souri, Is still In active commis
sion. The publication said the U. S.
navy would maintain a 409-ship
fleet In the Atlantic and 285 ves
sels in the Pacific in line with
its postwar shift In strategy from
east to west.
It said that pending the com
pleton of designs for warships of
the future, based on the lessons
of the last war, the world's great
navies were ionowing a policy of
"make-do-and-mend."
"But there are signs that new
fleets are In the maklne." it
added.
"In the next few vears we are
likely to see several categories of
warships of revolutionary tvDe.
among them the atomic bomber
carrier, the guided missile control
vessel, the task force command
ship, the anti-submarine cruiser,
rocket destroyers, fast low-lying
frigates, and gas-turbine ships."
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PRAYERS ACROSS THE SEA French school children pray
for Betty Lou Marbury, the 8-year-old Brownsville, Tenn., girl
whose faith in prayer has stirred the nation. Threatened with
loss of her hand from a malignant growth, Betty said she is sure
prayer will save it. Thousands of people throughout the U. S.
responded to her appeal.
Last Of Hitler Generals
Faces Long Prison Term
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other former German commanders-in-chief,
Field Marshals Al
bert Kesselring and Nikolaus von
Falkenhorst, who are serving war
crimes sentences there.
Last Of Proseeutiont
Manstein's face had remained I
Impassive while the sentence was
pronounced, rns composure naa
been shaken only once earlier,
when the court announced the
charges on which he had been'
convicted.
Then his face blanched and he
looked oulcklv up to the public
gallery where his wife was sitting.
He regained his poise, however,
and quickly assumed a poker face.
He was the 938th German to be
tried by British . military .courts
for war crimes and had been in
captivity for more than four years
before the British brought him to
trial. The British have announced
Mm
Manstein's trial ends war crimes
prosecutions.
The field marshal's defense
counsel had described him as
"still the hero of the German
people." The defense charged the
allies had committed acts during
wartime similar to those alleged
against von Manstein as crimes.
Anti-Socialists
Rule In Australia
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 13
UP) The anti-socialist coalition to
day took control of Australia's
government with a cabinet in
cluding a woman member for
the first time In the common
wealth's history.
Premier Robert Gordon Men
zies, Dame Enid Lyons and 17
other cabinet ministers were
sworn In by Governor-General
William J. McKell. representing
King ueorge VI.
Dame Enid .widow of former
Prime Minister Joseph A. Lyons
and first woman member of the
House of Representatives, became
vice president of the executive
council.
Sworn in with Menzles were
13 members of his own liberal
party and five members of the
country party. They had cam
paigned successfully on the same
anti'soclalist platform against the
labor party which had controlled
the government since 1941.
The Weather
FRANKFURT, -Germany, Dec.
19. iJP) Sixty convicted German
war criminals are scheduled to
be paroled this week, a lands
berg prison official said today.
He said their sentences normal
ly would have expired between
now and next June 30.
They are being released under
a plan whereby prisoners are
credited with five days off for
good behavior for every month
tney nave served, ne said.
Noted Author Remarries
LONDON,' WP) Vincent Shee
an, the American author, and his
former British wife were remar-
Adopted Girl Squanders
Money Of Benefactors
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. UP)
Milkman Charles McKcnna is out
his $7,749 life savings, and a 26-
year-old daughter he and his wife
adopted when she was two months
old is accused of taking the money
and blowing most of it on horse
races.
The daughter, Marion, said in
court yesterday she would make
restition, vowing she would "get
two jobs to pay the money back
all the faster."
The girl, who had worked .as a
clerk, was arraigned on a forgery
charge. Accused of withdrawing
the money from her foster fa
ther's bank account, she was held
In S1.000 bail.
Police, who brought the daugh
ter back from Fort Pierce, Fla
said she admitted taking the
money for "a whirl at the ponies"
in norma, one naa only $3 when
arrested.
U. 8. Weather Bureau Office
Roseburg, Oregon
Partly cloudy with a few show
ers today and Tuesday. Cooler
tonight.
Highest temp, for any Deo. 70
Lowest, temp, tor any Dee. -5
Highest temp, yesterday ... 44
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. ... 32
Precipitation last 24 hrs 5s
Precipitation from Dec. 1 2.96
Precipitation from Sept. 1 10.60
Excess from Dee. 1 08
Portland's Yule
Tree Not Highest
PORTLAND (IP) A profession
al surveyor pulled the roots out
from under Portland's "biggest
Christmas tree."
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce lit up the Douglas fir and
proudly announced that at 161
feet the tree outstripped Bel.
lingham's as the country's larg
est. There was a slight catch from
the start: Portland's tree, grow,
ing in Laurelhurst park, has its
roots on.
But the real blow fell Saturday.
when Oregon Journal staffers,
out covering the tree, noticed it
was the same one which was list
ed as 138 feet high last year.
Registered Surveyor H. R. I
Staats charged out with his in-
struments and measured the '
thing. It wasn't 161 feet high. As
a matter of fact It wasn't even
138 feet high.
The tree measured just 136
feet.
The Junior Chamber bowed,
vanquished, to Belllngham's 154-footer.
rled Saturday at the Marylebone
register office.
Mrs. Sheean is the former
Diana Forbes-Rovertson.
She and Sheean were married
in Vienna in 1935 after a court
ship lasting only a few months.
They were divorced four years
ago.
NO BOOTY TAKEN
Police Chief Calvin H. Baird
today reported the Drive In
Cleaners on S. Stephens street
was entered sometime Sunday
evening by "a person or persons
unknown.
However, the prowler gained
nothing from the cash register,
nor were any of the customers
clothing taken from the build
ing, according to P. R. Mills,
manager.
Chief Balrd said entrance was
made through the rear of the
building.
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