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Women's Pages Tested recipes, hints to lighten housework, social news, U are found ia The Statesman - society pages. PCUNDEO 1651 The Weather Unsettled today and Thursday, little change la tempera tore. 3 lax temp. Tuesday 89, mln. 82. River -5 feeU 8onth wind. EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR JL Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 21, 1938 Price Sc; Newsstands 6 No. 230 New Arrest Is Made in Probe Of Drug Setup Benjamin Simon la Held on Conspiracy Charge Against US Learn Musicas Expended Great Sums for Lobby . on Liquor NEW YORK, Dec. 20-(fl)-Ben-Jamln Simon, who lives at the ad dress in the Bronx which appears on faked birth certificates filed three years ago In Washington by the Musica brothers, was arrested tonight on a "general conspiracy" charge in connection with the Mc Kesson & Eobbins drug firm scan dal. A man named Ben Simon was questioned last Saturday by in vestigators of the securities and exchange commission : who are de-vlng into the case and a Ben Simon was mentioned also in tes timony concerning purported mu nitions deals of F. Donald Coster Musica, head of the drug firm who killed himself. ,1 Simon was seized by federal and local officials at the direction of Assistant US Atty Gen. Brien McMahon. , No Trace Found of "Midwife" They found him at 1840 Grand Concourse, the address given on the Coster birth certificates for "Adele Vinard," who was listed as midwife when . the' papers were filed in the capital in August, 1935. No trace of Adele Vinard could be found and none recalled' that she ever lived at that address. Taken to police headquarters, Simon was booked as a salesman, 49 years old, and charged with violating section. 88, title 18 of the federal laws. - : The name Simon was brought into the state attorney general's inquiry by Frederick Wingersky, Boston lawyer and vice president in charge of law and labor rela tions for McKesson & Bobbins. Wingersky testified before As sistant State Attorney General Ambrose V. MeCall that ' he had drafted a proposed contract for the sale of arms,' and ammunition and that he had turned the papers over to Ben Simon at the order of Coster-Musica. Wingersky said that, so far as he knew, the con tract never-was consummated, ' Offense Against U8 Is Charge Taken to the federal courthouse, where he was detained overnight, Simon was photographed and finger-printed. The section which he was charged with violating deals with conspiracies to defraud or commit. an offense against the United States and provides a pen alty of not more than two years in prison or $10,000 fine or both. Further investigation of Coster Muslca's operations, meanwhile. Indicated that. the millions pirated from McKesson and Robbins most ly bad been frittered away. Much Said Spent for Lobbying j Great sums mulcted from the $87,000,000 firm, they added, were, sunk in lobbying activities in virtually every state and in Wash ington. The three -surviving M usica brothers, all masquerading under assumed names along with Coster Musica, who resigned the McKes son St RObblns presidency by sui cide last Friday, are held in de fault of $100,000 ball each. Brian McMahon, assistant US attorney general, who came here from Washington to coordinate the federal activities, said the brothers' revenue from bootleg ging alcohol ran into millions but that "their Ill-gotten: gains are mostly gone." "They didn't live- lavishly either," he Said, . "We have rea son to believe .much money was used for promoting favorable leg islation everywhere for price-fixing on liquors. We 'are particu larly interested in what happened in western states. "Our inquiry is already under way from the Pacific Coast east ward, and Including Washington." McMahon said there also was some indication' that the Musica brothers, who hidthelr connection with a million-dollar swindle a quarter of a century old under different names and pedigrees, were probably forced to pay blackmail. Holy Father Gives Thanks for Living VATICAN CITY, Dec. 20.-W)-Pope Pius I knelt today in a long prayer of thanksgiving that his life had been spared to enter the COth year of his priesthood. He prayed after mass in his pri vate chapel, surrounded by flow ers sent from all parts of Italy and from as far away .as Paris by his devout admirers on this anniver sary. ; ' A Vatican news service report ed the 81-year-old holy father's health was good. He suffered an attack of cardiac asthma Novem ber 25. "Little Flower" Knocked Down ' I i y ? 1 r A t Snyfler's Fate is in Jury nsiderat ion f FIORELLO LaGUARDIA New York Mayor Gets up Fighting "Lucky for Him I Wasn't Facing Him," Declares "Utile Flower" NEW YORK, Dec. 20-(ff)-May-or Fiorello H. LaGuardia, five feet three Inches and weighing about 160 pounds, was knocked down from behind today at the entrance to city hall by James Hagan, some six inches taller and 30 pounds heavier and promptly announced his assailant was lucky they had n't met face to face. The pugnacious mayor, whose only visible Injury was a red welt under the right eye, waved away sympathy with the remark: . ' "It was-nothing. That all hap pens in a day's work. It was noth ing compared to some blows de livered under the belt." But, he added reflectively, "I think it was very fortunate for him that I was not facing him. ' Hagan, Identified by the police as a. discharged WPA employe who apparently blamed the mayor for the loss of his job, was charged with simple assault and then com mitted to Bellevue hospital psy chopathic word for a bearing De cember 30. He made no threat on LaGuardia's life. t iiif - It was the first physical brush LaGuardia has had since becom ing mayor, despite a characteristic belligerency which always has contrasted oddly with his first name, which means "the little Cower." Rain Is Greeting As Winter Comes -I - ! Season of Snows Official After 4:14 Tomorrow Morning I ' PORTLAND, Dec. 2 0 (JP) Slightly higher temperatures and predictions of rain today scoffeU at the official advent of winter. , Winter offiically begins at 4 : 14 a. m., Thursday, the moment of the winter solstice. ' However, snow dusted Portland and much of the state last night and today. The tea viest rain of the winter, .24 of an Inch, fell at Medford. 1 Snow fell at Ashland and plows were used to remove the white blanket from -the highway through the Siskiyou mountains. Fog add ed to motoring dangers. Temperatures here ranged from 34 to 38 degrees today, melting the snow that fell during the Bight. Other temperatures: Baker 32, Bend 20, Burns 18,, 8 Brookings 44, Hood River 288, Lakeview 34. Medford 34, Newport ' 36, North Bend 40. Pendleton 26, Portland 34, Siskiyou Summit 26. h The general forecast was for clouds tonight and Wednesday with showers in the west and snow flurries, in the east. ; Small craft warnings flew at the mouth of ihe Columbia Tiver. Highways generally were open, but most were icy or covered with packed snow; in spots. tttorafy Compares Ruth Ettirjg to Esmeralda i4 Hugo Novel M Says Sjinger Threw off Snyofr After He Had iiiilt Her up LOS JjTGELES, Dec 20-flP)-A superitr court jury in the case of Marti (The Gimp) Snyder, accused $f attempting to murder Myri Alfierman, who succeeded him as te husband of Ruth Et ting, former radio singer, retired for the flight it 8:35 p. m. (PST) tips evening. After Considering the evidence in the cfse for four and a half hours, wfth an intermission for dinner, te Jury reported it had decided fp suspend deliberations until 10 b'clock tomorrow morn ing. & Duringf? closing arguments in the case iioday, the jurors heard Miss Etting likened to Earner elda in "fhe Hunchback of Notre Dame"- woman, who forsook her cripifcled protector for a younger Jipan. Snyderfl counsel, Jerry Giesler, deliveredtia severe castigation of the former radio singer, whom he said cjvorced Snyder after he had gives 15 of the best years of his li$ to promoting her ca reer, because she wanted a younger ian. Giesler Bjlps Miss Ettjg . Gieslertold the jury Mlsa Et ting had lived a life of deceit, that she f accepted Snyder when she was jf "mere chorus girl" be cause she' saw in him the means to an en and that although be was a cripple and not ver. well educated, she knew he could promote ler professional career. "When! an artist gets to the age when' she can go no further, professionally, about 40 years of age, theri comes a 'play time," Giesler safd. "Miss Etting didn't want Snjder any longer. She had kept Mm as long as he could be of u to her. Now she wanted another man, a younger man,, a physically whole man, for a playmate. r c ' "Alder&jan -was hat man. In him she v4got what she wanted, but that i no reason the should get. what he wants In this case. It doesn'i mean she should get for a weeding present the con viction ad imprisonment of her former husband. Compares Etting To Esmetplda "EsmeiVlda, too, wanted a young ,roni a . man who was physicallyS whole. When she found hinf she left the cathedral, where sl9 was sheltered and safe, anl was hanged. They found thl hunchback dead at ber bier. finally reunited with his love.'H inhis haids and sobbed. Giesler.; said he hoped the f Miss Etting and Al- ho flew to Las Vegas, week for the surprise would be a lasting he had grave marriage ; dtrman. Nev., ; las Ceremony! one, but he said doubts. TCLfCA to Give Asciates Place EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 20 The famji TCLACA (Two Can Live as Cjkeaply One association) at the Upversity of Oregon fig ured it nght be a good idea to accept sope associate members. Six students who were formerly -married Uave applied for admis sion. T The atociation, formed two years ago reported 173 students, five per nent of the enrollment, were mailed. Its founders, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kessh -r, are still on ,the cjmpus and have added a daughtn- to theli household, Marriecf students usually have better grajfles than the garden va riety of iimarried scholars, pre sumably tfcause they spend more time at hjme, university officials reported. S German Boycott Voted OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 20-ff) -A boycott of all German made goods by the AFL Alameda coun ty building trades council was an nounced here today by J. C. Rey nolds, business representative of the council. The boycott was In protest against Reichsfuehrer Hitler's policies. - , Germany Asks Refvigee Head To Talk Jew Hega Method ; (By the Associated Press) Official Germany yesterday fi nally extended an invitation to the executive director of .inter national refuge office to go t j Berlin to discuss plans for emi grating Germany's nearly 700, 000 Jews. ; r jt :i Field ' Marshal Herman W11-. helm Goering, i chief of the nasi four-year economic plan, invited the director, George Rublee, an American, after Rublee f had waited two months to go to Ger many to talk to officials on the problem. Rublee was expected to pre sent counter-proposals to German plans, one of which was reported to Include permission fori Jews to take as much as 20 per cent of their wealth out of Germany, although this project was -reported - dependent on ' sale of more German! goods abroad. The charge that Germany was planning to march eastward It- through fhe : Ukraine ' of soviet Russia w made in Paris by the White RuMsian General Anton Denikine. pe said Chancellor Hit ler aspirefs to cut off all the rich southern provinces of the soviet union anu carry nazi Influence 1,800 mills east of Berlin to the Caucasian! mountains.' r A Japanese spokesman in Shanghai ft reported Tokyo's air and navaf forces had bombarded for three fdays Chinese positions between fiakhoi. In the extreme south ofrj China, to Shantung promontow in the north, the Jap anese, concentrating the attacks on guerria units behind Japan ese lines, . Britain house of commons ap proved by a vote of 270 to 9 the government's plan for a national register q the nation's reserves and manpower for voluntary de fense sereicei The plan will be tried for fat trial period ending next Mar, when it will be re viewed an altered as necessary. Martin Snyder Awaits Decision From Jury on Trial's Outcome jet Martin (The Gimp) Snyder is shown at his trial in Los Angeles on a charge of attempted murder of Myri Alderman conferring with his attorney, acrobatic Jerry Geisler, right. Medical Group Held Violator Chance Is Viewed Of new City Barn Payment of $9895 County Withheld by Mistake May Give Funds Salem city officials yesterday saw a chance to replace the an cient, dilapidated city barns at 13 th and Ferry streets in an an nouncement' by the district WPA office here that a project for razing the old structures had been approved and in advices that the county court had au thorized payment of $9895.72 to the city In delinquent tax inter est mistakenly 'withheld during the last five years. The WPA would be glad to r e e e i ve an application for a project to build a new city ware house, Fred Bates, office engi neer,, said after disclosing ap proval of the . demolition project. Plans already prepared 'at ths city hall call for a 100 by 140 structure with concrete walls and timber inner structure. Cost of materials alone has been esti mated at I10.00ii r Alderman E. B. Pfcrrin; ell street- committee rhairman who has repeatedly sought bud get appropriations for replace ment of the old barns, declared "if we can arrange it, we will build the new warehouse." He said receipt of the money from the county should make .the project possible. .. The city in the tall rejected a PWA grant for the warehouse when it developed requirements would run costs above the amount - the city would have available. conn-Y men, 8-Year-Old ChOd Accident Victim WOODBTJRN. Dec. 20 Albert Hoffman, 8-year-old son of, Cyril and Marie Hoffman who live near Playmore park on the Pacific highway, was Injured fatally Tuesday afternoon between 3:30 and 4 o'clock when he was hit by an automobile driven by Max Fisher of Falls City. The boy had started home from school in Hub bard and stopped at a house along the road to play. As he started on toward his own home he is said to have stepped directly in front of the Fisher machine. He was rushed tohe Woodburn hospital but died enroute. The body is at the Beechler O'Hair mortuary. Jack Doyle Away For Old Country SAN PEDRO, Calif., Dec. 20-(JP)-S a c k Doyle, 24-year-old Irishman who fights and sings, waved goodbye today to America from the Italian . motorship Cel Una as he sailed for Europe to escape being deported by the U3 immigration service. At the dock to see hh'. off were. Movita, his Mexican-born att'ress-flancee, John Bac-So, hl3 nfanager, and Mrs. William Koe nig, wife of the motion picture director. Whether Doyle married Movita before his departure was a point he declined to clear up. They obtained a license last week in nearby Ventura county, but there was no record of its use. Midnight Deadline For Ball Machines Sheriff A. C. urk yesterday announced he : would carry out fully orders from District Attor ney Lyle J. Page for the confisca tion of any plnball , machines . or punchboards found In the county after midnight tolnght . Page based his order on an attorney general's opinion defining provi sions . of the two anti-gambling acts passed " by the people , last month. "I will have a man out Thurs day morning to cover the entire county," Burk declared. "Owners of any boards or machines found will be arrested. That goes for 'digger' machines, too." life Is all Child Asks From Santa Scores Rush to Give Aid by Blood Transfusion -to Stricken Tot NASHVILLE, Aenn., Dec. 20.-(fl3)-Gladys Avaritt asked Santa Claus to give her life and scores rallied to the good saint's aid to day with offers, of the blood the 10-year-old girl must have if she Is to sea other Christmases. The hospital where Gladys lies a victim dt. aplastic anemia, a le thal blood disease, yesterday made public this simple, oral 'let ter to Santa Claus': "I don't want Santa Claus Co bring me anything this year ex cept something to make me well." Doctors explained that "some things to make me well" Is blood. Blood for . repeated transfusions through the next few weeks. The Nashville Post of the Am erican Legion seized the oppor tunity and scores of husky Le gionnaires trooped to the hospital for tests today. Others were touched, too, and firemen, police- plain '!tttenf by- the dozen joined this mercy, parade. . Many were tested and tonight attendants said Gladys was as sured the fighting chance plenty of blood can give. . One of the . donors gave blood in a transfusion today and more such operations . will - follow as needed dozens more, .perhaps, before the final answer is known. . As for her not wanting any thing else, kindly Nash vil Hans re fused -to take that seriously and today dozens of dolls and toys and other gifts were heaped about her bed in the children's ward. Ask Tom Mooney To Make Address PORTLAND. Dee. 90 aATm Mooney, widely known California prisoner, has been Invited to ad. dress a state congress for indus trial organisation convention here January 14 and IE. arranremnt Secretary James Fanti disclosed toaay. Governor-elect Olson nf fornia has indicated his Intention to pardon Mooney, convicted in Connection With a nrpnarortnnsa day bombing in San Francisco. an wrote to Mooney that 'your presence here will ha an in spiration to every worker and will msuii m mm a determination to greater accomplishments in th future. Fantz also Indicated would be asked to aid in a tieht against Oregon's new anti-plcket- ing law. Relief Recipients In Lane Restless EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 20.-)-Charles Paddock, chat rman tf a workers alliance committee, said todav members arma1 with a iui -r . " m C llOl of relief iases "demanding lmme- Jl.l. i A m m mm - maie auention.v would demon strate at the Ijna rnnnt, offices tomorrow. Paddock declared tha tee would move Into the offices ana "Bold the rort" until the cases were cared for. Relief committee officials said they anticipated tin AnrAor knf had notified city," state and county autnoriues. The officers declared no form of disorder would be tolerated. Dragged to Death KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 20 (tfVJohn B. Stockings, 3, truck driver, was instantly killed yester day when a chain booked his clothing and dragged him under a load of logs at a lumber mill near Bly.' - i ' . Sheridan Sun Is Sold SHERIDAN, Dec. 20.-(Jp)-A&e-laide Lake, former reporter for the Portland Oregonian, and Paul Launder announced the sale of the Sheridan Sun, a weekly news paper, today to Mr. and Mrs.' C. F, Brown of Stanwood, Wash. The transfer will occur January 1. Of Trust Law AMA and Affiliates Are Named in Indictment by Federal Jury Fight of Major Import for Medical History Is Looming WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-(iP)-A legal light fraught with major 1m port for the future history of medical care in the United States began today when a federal grand jury indicted the American med ical association, three affiliated societies, and 21 leading physi cians on a charge of violating the Sherman anti-trust act. The Medical association an nounced immediately that it would throw all its energies into the battle against the charge. Dr Morris Fishbein, leader in the association, said at Chicago that Its house of delegates had auth orized its board of directors to "defend the case to the limit." Result of Fight On Group Health The indictment grows out of a fight by organized medicine against Group Health association. Inc., a cooperative setup in Washington to provide medical care for government workers who pay periodical, risk-sharing fees in advance. The charge is that the defen dants conspired to restrain trade by preventing physicians hired by the cooperative from practicing in Washington hospitals or consult ing with other doctors. It is also alleged that one doctor was oust ed from the District of Columbia Medical society because of his work with the cooperative, and that proceedings were started against another for the same rea son. Thurman Arnold, new assist ant attorney general who con tends the anti-trust laws hare not been rigorously enforced in the past, Instituted the action against the Medical association and the others named defendants today. Three Other Bodies Named The indictments, copies of which were released by the de partment of justice when the grand Jury7 returned Its. report- names, besides the medical asso ciation, the District of Columbia Medical society, the Washington Academy of Surgery and the Har ris County (Texas) Medical so ciety. - . .Also named defendants were Dr. Fishbein, who is editor of the American Medical Association Journal; Dr. Olin West, secretary and general manager of the as-' soclation; Dr. William C. Woodi ward, director of the association's bureau of legal medicine and leg islation; Dr. William D. Cutter, secretary of the council on medi cal education and hospitals of the association and Dr. Rosco Gen ung Leland, director of its bu reau of medical economics. " Sixteen Washington physicians were also named in the indict ment. . ' Indications are that the asso ciation may carry the case to the US supreme court, if necessary, with the contention that Its op erations cannot be restricted by the Sherman act since medicine is not a trade but a profession. Attorneys for the association have emphasized that point repeatedly. Convict Is Freed From Prison Life TALLADEGA, Ala., Dec. 20-(iPJ-Convict Joe Breed's life term was ended today. Nineteen years ago Breed was sent to prison for murder. His be havior was good and last week Governor Bibb Graves granted him a temporary parole . for Christmas. Last night, the 52-year-old par tially paralyzed lifer, unable to find relatives here, wandered into the railroad yards. He was killed by a train. France Rushes Help To 48 Colonists on Storm Swept Island Raging Indian Ocean Storm Endangers Lives of Group on "Cursed Isle" of St. Paul Bremerton Radio Fan Picks up Jaiul SOS and Relays It to French Through US Navy PARIS, Dec. 20. (AP) France sent an urgent call to all ships flying the tri-color in the Indian ocean and appealed to other craft today to rush aid to the isolated volcanic isle oi St. Paul, where 48 souls clung desperately to life through a raging storm. - A feeble SOS flashed half way around the world to be picked up by an American amateur radio operator, E. R. Gib son, in Bremerton, Wash., disclosed a new chapter of a sea saga, of mutiny and misery which began one morning last May and now threatens to end with a second tragedy on St. oPaul tne "cursed isle." The story began at Saint Malo, Crams Hearing Is Set for Thursday More Arrests Are to Be Made in Theft Ring Investigation Fred Grams, 25-year-old co-operator of the Minot Tavern in the Hollywood district, whom state police yesterday revealed they had arrested in connection with a fam ily mercantile theft ring, will have a preliminary hearing at 10 o' clock Thursday morning. Charged with receiving and posessing stolen property, Grams in Justice court yesterday pleaded Innocent and his bail bond fixed at 500, which was not posted. Information filed with the court charges Grams with "unlawfully and feloniously" receiving and concealing 150 boxes of cigars, 10 cartons of cigarettes, and 10 car tons of chewing gum, the proper ty of the McDonald, Candy com- ipany ot Eugenet recenUyjreported Stolen, j : ": ', ,r, 4- 'Vi - Grams' uncle, Reinold Grams, is in jail in Portland and his aunt, Clara Grams, Is in Jail at Vancou ver. Both face charges in connec tion with the suspected theft ring. EUGENE? Ore . Dec. 20.-3)-State police said today they ex pected to make further arrests shortly in their investigation of a suspected mercantile theft ring operating in northwest cities. " -Warrants were issued for the arrest of two men. Several other persons already are held in Eu gene, Salem, Portland and Van couver, Wash., Jails. Coast Guardsmen Get Hero Awards ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 20- Three coast guardsmen stood aboard the coast guard cutter Ingham of Port Angeles today with the man they rescued from the boiling surf at the Colum bia river entrance during a storm to receive decorations for brav ery. 'l: " A , ' gold congressional medal was - presented to Boatswain's Mate i John McCormick. Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Albert L. Olsen and Surfman He-old W. Lawrence received silver medals. The awards were 'In recogni tion ot assistance rendered the tug Tyee and the seagoing barge Nlsqualy which encountered a strong sea at the bar in March. While passing a line, Surfman Richard O. Bracken was washed overboard from the motor lit a boat Triumph. Heroic action resulted In Bracken's rescue as he was swspt toward the Jetty rocks. New Resolution Is Prepared Against Aggression at Parley LIMA, Peru, Dec. 21. -(Wednesday )-(p)-Pan - American con ference delegates began drafting another resolution against aggres sion early this morning as it be came apparent no agreement could be reached on previous drafts. The new draft is the "Pan-Am- J erican formula," Dr. Isidoro Ruiz Moreno, Argentine chairman, said after leaving a conference with the Peruvian and Brasilian dele gation chiefs shortly before 1 a. m. He did not describe it further but thought it might be accept able to the conference delega tions. : ' - Previously, the United States secretary of stated Cordell Hull, announced the U n 1 1 e d States could make no further concessions on the resolution ' and ' that it would not : be presented to the conference unless a unanimous feeling was developed beforehand Although . the secretary . said good feeling prevailed among: the delegates, Argentine Insistence on wording of the resolution created the deadlock. The Argentine delegates said they had been instructed by Pres ident Ortlze not to budge from their stand that no mention be made of possible aggression from abroad; 'that the resolution refer merely to aggression and not spe cify, its possible origin. The Peruvian foreign minister. Dr. Carlos Concha; Afranlo Mello Franco, Brazilian delegate, and Dr. Isidoro Rals Moreno, the Ar gentine chairman, met late last night to discuss what farther steps could be taken. Argentina still has In mind the possibility of aggression in Latin America from the United States and does not want deliberately to offend European nations upon whom reflection might be cast by mention ot aggression from abroad. b.- ?: t ; The conference, despite the deadlock, took a definite step with introduction of a resolution against -recognition of territory gained by force in the western hemisphere. . It was expected the resolution jmau k approved unanimously. France, where 33 would-be colon ists, including six women, left last May aboard L'ile Bourbon to settle St. Paul, where their leader had obtained a monopoly for lob ster fishing. By July they had reached Port Said, from where the first news ot trouble was sent to Saint Malo. The crew members and the wom en wives of men aboard the ship and one painter all wrote that quarrels had broken out on the expedition. At least three of the women were known to hare left at Dji bouti, French Somallland, the next port. Whether the other three remained aboard as the trawler continued southward waa still a mystery in Paris. Native Crew Taken Aboard A French naval communique said a native crew was taken) aboard at Djibouti. The trawler next touched at Madagascar, off A f r i c a's east coast, and more crew members left. It left the Isle of Reunion, east of Madagascar, to sail for St. Paul on Sept 12. What happened oh that trip to those who remain ed with the expedition wa not known. , n ? ; Today;i46weverhertcime a distress call from St. Paul, the : message Indicating the colonists had reached the island and set tled there, using their ship for shelter in St. Paul's bay, swept by terrible Indian ocean storms. Message Says " ' - Coal Ia Gone The colony's radio operator tapped our this message: "SOS St. Paul island, Indian ocean. Bad weather. Exhausted coal. Will Madagascar please call us. We hope for help. Confirm. . We forty-eight aboard He-Bourbon." Twelve thousand miles away, fax Bremerton, Wash., an Ameri can amateur intercepted the call. He relayed it to the U. S. navy department in Washington, which passed it on to the French gov- 1 ernment via the cruiser U. 8. S. Omahar stationed in the Medi terranean. The ministry of colonies acted i immediately, cabling the admin- U lstratlon of the French island of I' Madagascar, off' Africa's east coast, to communicate with St. Paul, send aid and report back U Paris. The colonists in distress set out for St. Paul, ominously called "The Isle, of Perdition," despite the fact that a previous attempt to colonise the island had ended disastrously in 1931. In that year a group ot about 0, Buttering from malnutrition, were rescued after more than a dozen had starved to death, and were repatriated In Brittany. Detroit Trucker Strike Is Halted DETROIT, Dec. 2 1-( Wednes day )-P)-A city wide -tr4ke ot truck drivers that would have tied up delivery operations dur ing the Christmas, rush, was called oft Tuesday night, 45 min utes before- midnight, when it was to have become effective. Approximately 1,600 to 2.000 men would have been idle. Movement of' merchandise front warehouses to stores and. trans portation of meat, groceries and produce would have been halted. Retail delivery would not have been extensively Impeded. A temporary agreement waa announced by spokesmen of lo cal 2S9 of the International Brotherhood' of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Help ers -(AFL) and the Detroit Cart age association, representing -virtually all the operators. 4 IKaiTiiTj I ftgccTincijl More days to BUY. and USE CHRISTMAS SEALS PROTECT YOUR . HOME . They sytnbollxe the' true spirit ef Christmas when used ea your mall.
