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.4 k v. FACSTVfQ The- OBEGOlf STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon Friday Morning. Dmbw 21. 1S4 olons Vind '.Up Affairs for Yule Vacation - '-- ' ; , " - III I Ill I II I III I i I I I III II ! I I I I , , I Joy, Despair Greets Fate of 'Blue9 Babies BALTIMORE, Md Dec. 2tHJP) Joy and despair went -hand in hand tadar at the Johra Hookins WASHINGTON. Dec. Ife-i)-! hewitaL The 79th congress today cleaned .The ioy was for a tragedy- up the last major bill it intend haunted orphan, Bonnie Stewart, to enact this aeson and most of two. of Orlando. Fla who was 1U members headed home fori ready to leave Hopkins any day Christmas. now a healthy , child. A month Formal adjournment of the sea- ago. tragedy loomed for the third ion, however, was put off until time over her she was marked tomorrow. The second session will for the 'early death of a "blue" , open Jan. 14. I baby. Her father was killed last President Truman s alate of March on Iwo Jiraa; Her mother American representatives to the was murdered a year ago. United Nations session was con- Two other "blue" babies oper tinned by the senate. But there ated on this week are recovering was criticism of Mrs. Eleanor but Judy Hackman, two, of Roosevelt by Senator Bilbo (D- Buckley, WastL, is not making the Mlsa) and of Edward R. Stettlnius progress doctors expected. by Senator Langer (R-ND). But the genius of Dr. Alfred The house, while It has no vote Blalock, professor of surgery at i .. I v t a- set on nominations, aim nearci pro i nopuns, ana ur. xieien x. xaus nd con discussion of Mrs. Roose-1 sig, head of the cardiac clinic at elt Rep. Vuriell (R ill) said he the Hopkins pediatrics division, was "profoundly disturbed by saved her. The child s grandmoth her selection "because I don't be- er, Mrs. J. D. Heath, was to take live it will heln bring unity." the lively and healthy Bonnie Ren. Bielmiller (D-WU) praised back to Orlando. the nomination. 1 I The despair was for two other blue" babies who left Hopkins this day. Dr. Taussig had decided after exhaustive tests that Phyllis Keller, eight, of Mansfield,' Ohio, and Suzie Anello, six, of Phjla delphia, Pa", must go home the surgical miracle which had helped Bonnie was' not for them.' Only certain "blue' baby cases ran be helped by the Blalock- Tauaslg operation. " -""-v, . Leas than 2.000.000 motor ve hides had been buttt when the Federal Aid Road act became law on July II, UK. . j. '. V. I ' I ' i A. cont. rRun i r. n. t NOW SHOWING I . . rot Her He Ftnaght Tempest and Tetnptalloal V v .... Vi ' j v ) 3r mm ;Baii37B07 tONOI JL Crro4 NA1SH W m l.L tiwJf COHJT! jones vr' -m CXYlUEt ' SPADI COOIIT LATEST rOX NEWS! Levelefl at Nip Y : TfV kit Li ken. Homma MANILA, " Dec 2M;n-Broad- ened charges against Lt. Qen. Mas- aharu Homma accused him today of having been a personal andi in dolent witness ; to the savage Ba taan death march and of respon sibility for a second death march of American prisoners in the Lu zon mountains in 1942. s I Lt Col. Frank E. Meek of Cald well, Idaho, who will prosecute Homma before an American mili tary commission starting January 3, said live new specifications had been filed against the once-arro- Germans Faked 'Incidents' To Provoke Polish Invasion NUERNBERG, Dec., 20.-(iP-The German gestapo engineer ed the border incidents setting up the invasion of Poland with aked raids which even supplied; dead "Polish soldiers as evi dence," an affidavit given to the international war crimes tri bunal said today. , cl :K , The affidavit wits from Alfred .Naujocks, gestapo official who said he led an attack on a German border radio station at 8 p.;m, on Aut, Jl, 1839 Just a few hours before Hitler's panzer divisions swept into Poland. He said concentration camp prisoners were drugged, dressed in Polish army uniforms, and then shot by the gestapo - to "prove violation of the German frontier. The TJ. S. prosecution, attempt ing to show that six large nazi organizations share the guilt of war I crimes along with the 22 leaders on trial, had just begun its case against the gestapo when the tribunal adjourned for 12 days over the Christmas holidays. ' Col. Robert G. Storey, on the staff of the U. S. chief prosecutor Justice Robert H. Jackson, told of the creation of the gestapo by Hermann Goering in 1933, and charged that it finally covered the reich and most of Europe with 40,000 to 50,000 agents, whose task , it was to terrorize aU op position to the nazis. wnen itne uiDunai .. convenes again on Jan. 2, Jackson's case Christmas Truce . Asked in Bus Strike - CHICAGO, D e c . 20-i-frVA striking Greyhound bus driver to day, suggested a Christmas truce to bring home returning service men from the west coast, estimat ing 500 buses could i carry 25,000. Russell Kistle ot Chicago, who said he was a union bus driver for (' Greyhound lines, , proposed the; truce in order: to use idle buses to help relieve the jam of returning servicemen awaiting transportation homeward -from the Pacific coast, t ..-.. gant conqueror' of the Philippines. They state that Homma, lolling Lu at least one week in his automobile, actually watch-1 to run before the Russian. nrf ed the march i of . the starving, French have a chance to present thirsting 4-Prisoners on- Bataan t .ma while ; his - soldiers ' slaughtered U. S., China Policy To Delay .Troops SHANGHAI, Friday, Dec. 2 VP)- Lt Gen. Albert C. Wede- meyer told American troops in China today that in view of President Truman's recent Chin ese policy statement their return home would be delayed, j "As a matter of fact," he said in a radio address to his troops shortly after a conference with General Marshall, "I have had to cancel two ships this month as a result of changes in our evac uation plan." When the composer Monteverdi died at the age of 74. in 1643. he was just trying out the cantata, a new song form. those unable to keep the pace;; That later more than 100 sick American prisoners were forced to serve as pack animals for Jap anese supplies in northern Luzon and were pushed over cliffs when they wavered . 4 That Homma was "utterlyj un scrupulous" in the surrender of Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, using the American commander as a hostage to try to force other units to surrender; ; That Homma was responsible for the cold-blooded, murder May 7, 1942, of Jose A bad Santos, for mer chief justice of the Philip pines, for refusing to form a pup pet government: and for the sim ilar death Dec. 10, 1941, of Buen aventura Bello, Luzon rural school teacher, for refusing to haul down the American flag above : his school, i: , It costs $70 more, in extra gas oline and wear on tires and auto, to drive a car 10,000 miles on earth roads than on graveL Supreme Court C 1 A 1 aeeKs Advice on i .... , ;. . Yamashita Case Seek to Free ; Mrs. Mansf eldt ristmas Gh f-f (Pictiir 3 on'- page '; 1) : SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.-iP) Attorneys for Mrs. Annie . Irene Mansf eldt. convicted of man slaughter for j slaying nurse Vada Martin, announced today they weuld attempt to obtain her-liberty on bail ; so she could spend Christmas with her three young children. f i WASHINGTON, Dec. The supreme court today asked experts in military law for help in j deciding what j it should do about petitions sent here by Jap anese ' General Tomoyuki Yama shita in his fight for life. The court called for arguments Jan. '7 on demands by "the tiger of Malaya that histase be taken out of the hands of the military and given to civil courts. : Yamashita was sentenced by an.-American military commission in Manila to death on the gallows. He! was convicted : of permitting brutal atrocities in the Philippines. The supreme court last Monday granted him a stay of execution until. it decided finally, on his appeal. J. 1 ; V. S. army lawyers defended him. at the Manila triaL Army lawyers . are expected to appear 'Neither the , defense attorneys nor the prosecutor were satisfied. with, the verdict, reached .by- jury of six men and six women late last night after four .hours and 38 minutes deliberation.- -Attorney Vincent Hallinan de clared Mrs. Mansf eldt should have been acquitted, contending she had acted with provocation when she -shot the! nurse in the belief Mrs. Martini was having a love affair with Dr. John H. Mansfeldt. Mansfeldt himself committed sui cide shortly after the shooting las' October 4. '. But the husband of the victim. navy chief warrant officer Wilbur L.; Martin of Baltimore, Mi, in dicated in a statement that he was not displeased with the verdict. "I entered- this case with every confidence in the courts ; of Cali fornia and that confidence remains unshaken," said Martin, who will leave for his home in Baltimore to morrow. . ; Mechanlcally-BHnded ...... Hunter Bag olf OSHKOSH, Wis., Dec. 20 -() Arden E. Chellow went ice fish ing on Lake Butte Des Morta and caught wolx. Riding his motorcycle on the frozen lake. Chellow saw a -tim ber wolf leap from the bank and start for the opposite shore. Chel low chased the wolf back and forth across the ice, , and finally tiring of the .game, the wolf halt .ed abruptly and was run down by the motorcycle. ' Chellow .grabbed the injured animal by the neck and plunged screwdriver Into th heart Chellow registered for a $20 state bounty. - " t be blamed" because the required 250 voters did not - appear. . Warren- Erwin, Portland demo-. crat, at meeting of the Willam ette democratic society flayed par ty leaders for failing to Jegauy nominate Bruce Spaulding. Salem, as candidate for First district con gressman. "The finger of accu sation points at someone for that lack: of preparedness ana xar;ine failure to live up to the pny s responsibilities." he stated, xv Warren Erwin Disappointed9 With Assembly PORTLAND, Dec 20 -PK A state legislator; today termed the recent democratic nominating as sembly at Salem a "disappointing affair," declaring "someone should EAKKS .to the snsle - ' Smiley Miles and his Sage Riders Stars el Kadi and Stage. Se earduua heard ever Fertlastd stations. Jala ia the fan and swing eat wtth Portland's Ne 1 Cewbey Banc at : SALEM ARMORY ''i Every Saturday Night Starting December 22 . Admlssloa 75c Inclading tax Z$ to 7:ti Etcst Satarday Over KALE. Portland Het Western and Papular Music before the supreme court to argue on his behalf. Other army lawyers will oppose j Yamashita's request - Start lie IIEV7 YEAH DIGuT AT lEOnABD'S SDPPER CLUB ! u die club with a Personality ) r Make your reservations today j V Phone 4008 , ; From 10)0 cun. to 5.-00 pun. 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I m 1 .--I' ; These officials, who! asked that! they not be identified; said their best guess was that at least 75 per cent of all homes built next year may be purchased or rent ed by veterans. ! ;l ; . They pointed out that veterans will have no priority on any homes i built to sell! at more than $10,000. Ends Taday! (Frl): ! Joan Bennett i ;i ''Margin for Error"; ii f. . 1 Lon Chaoey ; "The 5 Frozen Ghost iCont. From 1 P.M. rdSIORROWtJ Sducy! y CoTeotur! ! wr ft iti: i J WE SEND AN OREGON TO THE NATION t !. We selected Oregon's mountain playgrounds as a seasonally appropriate subject this month in The Oregonian's national advertising series. Climate and geologic advantages which give the Oregon Country year-'round recreational out . lets, provide more than just pleasure and health in the out-of-doors. They form the basis for a tourist trade that S This message is one of many The Oregonian has placed in such magazines as Time, Business Week and Editor & Publisher to stress this area's mdus trial and market advantages. Since the purpose of such advertising is to benefit the entire region, we thought you'd be interested in what we are doing. - Oregon's third largest business. " : h i. . . ? -i i ' ) a . V tSt vis : i tf &i t SUt & 9 SOS 5 - ) J i - !
