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Richard Hakluyt English his
torian whose writings arc a rich
source oi iniormauon on tne
voyage and discoveries oi the
century which followed the dis
covery of America, wrote this: -"And
. . . Lopez de Gomara in
his generall hUstorie writeth in
maner following of certalne great
and strange beasts never seene
nor heard of in our knowne world
of Asia, Europe, and Africa?
which somewhat resemble our
oxen, having high bunches on
their backes like those on the
backes of Camels, are therefore
called by him Vacas corcobados
that is to . say, Crooke-backed
oxen, being very deformed and
, terrible in shewe, and fierce in
nature: which notwithstanding for
, foode, apparell, and other neces
sarie uses, are most serviceable
and benefltiall to the Inhabitants
of those coiun treys." '
That is the first appearance of
. our American bison or buifaloNin
English literature. It is a very ac
curate description of this beast
which once populated the plains
of the west in countless thous
ands. The buffalo was "de
formed" in its appearance and.
when aroused, amply fierce by
nature. It was also quite indis
pensable for both Indians and
whites as a supplier of food,
clothing,! tent-cover and its dried
offal for fuel
Alfred rowers, dean of cre
ative writing for the Oregon
system of higher education, has
culled literature for Its best
writing on" the buffalo, and put
his selections, with comments of
his - .
(Continued on Editorial Page)
Storm Moves
Northeast to
New England ;
By the AuocUUd Proa
A storm mixture of everything
In the weatherman's winter cata
logue was moving northeastward
Into New England last night after
leaving virtually all the northern
half ot the United States cast of
the Rockies locked in snow, gleet
cr glaze. !
The storm extended as far
southward as northern . Georgia,
which had all the varieties and
westward through Nebraska,
where the snowfall ranged upward
to II inches at Lincoln, with con
siderable drifting. . ;
Throughout ' the area many
trains and buses were far off
schedules and some plane flights
were cancelled.
; Part of the storm was centered
in the extreme northeast section of
Illinois where snow was falling.
The snowfall was heaviest in
tipper Michigan and Wisconsin,
and generally was measured at
around-' 12 inches. Freezing rain
followed snow in some north cen
tral states. The glaze .conditions
extended oyer virtually the entire
area.
Miami, FUl, spent ' Christmas
day in 78-degree temperature.
;: W m)k PIS8MP;l(l! March On
j ' h i; iNDno Garrison '
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Accidents
Traffic Wrecks
Account for
Over .of Dead
- By the Associated Press'
The death toll for the nation1
Christmas holiday weekend
neared the 300 mark last night
with more than one-half of the
fatalities due to traffic accidents.
Fires accounted for about SO ad
ditional victims, while other vio
lent deaths from miscellaneous
causes totaled 76.
Violent deaths in"" Texas over
the holiday period accounted for
nearly one-sixth of the country's
violent deaths.
The outstanding accident was a
hospital fire in Hartford, Conn.,
Christmas Eve which was caused
hv a flaminfr Christmas tree and
took a toll of 18 deaths, hf the ot -Pah-American Airways Oct 7,
same state, six others died In a t !3-1
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Scflem, Orecjoa. Wednesday- Morning; December 23. 1945 -
Top Wake
iFclo lotic
To Hang
KWAJALEIN, Marshalls. Dec.
25-?-(i?V-Rear Adm. - Shlgamatsu
Sakaibara, former Japanese com
mander of Wake during the occu
pation, was sentenced to death by
hanging today along with his ex
ecutive officer, Lt Comdf. Soichi
Tachbana, for the mass execution
of .98 j American civilian employes
dwelling blaze at Meriden.
Oregon marked up three holi
day deaths Monday night and
Tuesday. One traffic fatality was
reported here yesterday the
death of Isadore A. Lamb, 46,
struck by a car which failed to
step as he stood waiting for a
bus, his arms laden with Christ
mas gifts.
Police said witnesses told them
. A p. s. military commission
sentenced the two Sakaibara
admitted he ordered the execu
tions after Sakaibara declared
in ail outburst that those who
conducted the. atomic bomb at
tacks on" Japan should! be re
garded as criminals of way.
"Now as we are about to re
ceive ;the decision of the Ameri
can cburV the admiral said, "I
Stalled Yanks Join in Entertainment on
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Speeded
For Vests
JSAN FRANCISCO, Dec 25-)
Another Blass
; Sleeting Planned
For Wednesday
Br John Graver f
MANILA, Dec 25. -tfV Four
thousand demonstrating U. S. sol
diers inarched on the 21st replace
ment depot headquarters today in
protest against cancellation of a
scheduled transport sailing for
home. . . .
The .soldiers carried banners
Many ' thousand American who proclaiming, "We .want ships."
fought in foreign and strange ands im ,were et W Col J. C.
T 4 Campbell, j depot commander. He
and won, spent Christmas day on ordered Ktam to
theirnative soil today thankfully barracks.' After listening to a brief
and joyously although stil far I talk by the colonel, the men milled
from their homes and families, around for about ten minutes, then
toall the great ports of thePa- to their quarters. A
cific seaboard soldiers and I sail- spokesman for the men said an-
ors and marines just home from , soksi. wouia
war - hrnmp. snial ruests in hda Wednesday.
ir, oii.h rui inHcfM CancellaUori of assignment cf
. I i j: , oi i
Aua w . nuv
the motorist was on the wrong would like to make a request that
side of the street The impact
rhurled Lamb's body 79 feet
Two additional holiday deaths
were, listed Monday night An
drew Allen, 82, died while eating
family Christmas Eve dinner.
A four-story fall from an apart
ment house window was fatal to
the people who planned and car
ried out the dropping of atomic
bombs on Japan; should; be re
garded in the same light as we."
The two defendants wre held
responsible for orders which sent
the civilian prisoners of : war to
their i deaths at si a . time when
James J. '"Johnson, 88, who top- American air bombings tied the
pled from a chair he had placed Japanese to believe that there
on a davenport woul? be an attempt to retake
A number of persons died of Wake 1 .
exposure In several states. The They were marched to a lonely
traffic toll apparently was light- beachi in moonlight - and! mowed
ened by the fact that In part of downlby rifle squads while blind-
the northern section of the coun- folded and shackled. 1
tor snow. lt pd rn" 1 - - The! Japanese def ense Iwmsel,
highway travel so haiardoua thai Lt Comdr. Kozo Hiratasaid "it
many persons - abandoned travel wa dnm of those 'traeeAlL which
plans and stayed at their own happen necessarily with the ruth
less- actions of war. i ,
By Gas Fumes
WASHINGTON, Dec; 25.-ff)-Coroner
A. Magruder MacDonald
said! tonight he issued a 1 certificate'
of suicide in t h e .asphyxiation
death of Congressman Joseph Wil
son j Erwin, , 4.4, North
democrat - . , : r; '
fireside.
Texas led the nation with 47
violent deaths over the holiday;
including 29 in traffic accidents,
IS slayings and three from mis
cellaneous causes.
."Although the execution was a
serious tragedy, it may be Justi-
1 before law as a means of
ro tec ting the- Japanese Wake
t from hostile deeds.
lThe trial ; commission I did not
share; UilS view, f
Best Dressed
Women Picked Denver's Gty Hall
Picketed by Veterans
DENVER, Dec. 25. -if)- More
than 100 veterans carrying signs
reading "we can't live In foxholes
here"! and "what about those war
time promises,, picketed Denver's
city hall today in a demonstration
against the housing shortage.
The demonstration was sponsor
ed by the American veterans com
mittee. Several of the j veterans
U.S. to Observe
Greek Election
WASHINGTON Dec 25
. More than 600 Americans will go
Into all parts of Greece shortly as
election observers in a project be
lieved unique in history.
The size of tho.U.S. delegation
and the exhaustive scope of the
project were disclosed today by
Informed government . officials,
who asked to remain anonymous.
These officials said they knew
of no parallel for the observation
by Invitation of one country's
elections by citizens of another on
such a scale.
Britain and France also have
accepted the Greek invitation to
stranded veterans on the coast for
at least part of Christmas day.
They longed to . be home I with
their, own families but bore cheer-
pita ted the demonstration. Colonel
Campbell explained the transport
was withdrawn in connection with
consolidation of the 21st and 29th
replacement depots." The Daily
baa wuahvisw, wee. Z9 wnue coooy wunngnursi (auss Illinois; or Louisville, Ky, strata across I fullr the fact that servicemen were I 1 1
stage, ether Grs await turn In "shapely leg" contest staged by San Frafceisee entertainers en pier returning in such tremendous TclilcaiH newspaper, quot-
for soldiers unable to get home fori Christmas, (AP Photo)
sTII
i-ongr
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Meets
essman
Solon Proposes
ublic Take Risk
or British Loan
send observers, but Russia has de-1 mer Esme O'Brien.
By Designers
NEW YORK, Dec 25-P)-Mrs.
Stanley Mortimer was named the
best dressed woman in the world
for the second consecutive year
today while the Duchess of Wind
sor, who made last year's list "by
the skin of her teeth," moved up
to fifth place. -
The selections were announced
I by the New York Dress! Institute I were jaccompanied by their, wives
which conducts an annual poll to and children.
select the world's best dressed
woman. .
The list:
Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, the
former Barbara Cusbing, sister of
Mrs. John Hay Whitney and Mrs.
Vincent Astor.
Mrs.. Byron Foy, daughter of
the late Walter Chrysler. Mrs.
Foy was second last year.
Mrs. MUlicent ' Rogers, New
York socialite.
Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett, wife of.
the opera star.
- The Duchess of Windsor. '
Mrs. George Schlee, fashion de
signer known professionally - as
Valentine.
Mrs. Harry Hopkins, the for
mer Louise Macy.
Rosalind Russell, film star.
Mrs. Robert Samqff, the for-
ovin's body was found at 1:15
p.mi today in ms gas-nilea kitchen
and Dr. MacDonald said death
occurred sometime Christmas eve
The discovery was made' by a
dose friend, Theron L. Caudle,
assistant attorney general! and his
sohj Theron,- jr who were Calling
to! pick Ervin up for Christmas
dinner at their home. A note on
the doorstep addressed to the el
der Caudle warned them the house
wotild be full of gas. 1 ;
Caudle, chief of the justice de
partment's criminal investigation
bureau, told a reporter mat tne
freshman congressman from Char
lotte was slumped overs in a chair
with a pistol and a straight-edged
razor in his hand. '
- Ervin, Caudle related, had just
been released from Walter Reed
arrdy general ' hospital. He had
fallen outside his home . several
days ago iniurying again a leg
which had undergone five opera
tions lor osteomylitis, a bone dis
ease. J h-- ': t'
WASHINGTON. Bee, 2&-(
Senator Johnson (D-Colo) sug
gested oday that the proposed
m to Britain be financed by
a special bond issue, which, he
said weald serve as . a popular
referendum. ; .. .
Under Johnson's plan, the
bondholders rather than the TJ.
Craltnai&f 4eaaaory would bear the. loss
tlf the British should defaults ;
to the American public by the
U.S, government and' the in
terest rate .would be "exactly
what Britain pars." The people
who buy the bonds, Johnson
teid reporters would "take what
ever risk, there is and . accept
whatever payment Britain
makes."
President Braves iRough Flight
To Be Home For Christmas
dined.
Animal Crachcrs
By WMREN GOODRICH
Clare Booth. Luce, Connecticut
congresswoman. Mrs Luce placed
fifth on last year s poll.
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Uses Same Qiris Unas
Tree for Seven Years
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec 25-V
Mrs. L. M. Drake has no worries
about buying next year's Christ
mas tree. She's used the same
one for. seven years
Originally sprayed with st spe
cial preserving fluid the four
foot tree is hung upside down in
the Drake attic each year after
the holiday season ends. The nee
dles are practically intact, .says
Mrs. Drake.
St iLouis, before it landed at Kan
sas; City. ; . -,i
The sun peeked out from under
the, overcast just before "The
Cow" came over the field. Despite
thet clearing weather here, mem
bers of the presidential party said
the; flight had been very 'rough,
particularly in the latter stages.
Attendants at the field unload
ed .perhaps 15 or 20 more Christ
mas packages from the plane.
ByrnesHighly
numbers railroads could not
rle.them.z- '
Trains were moving men
han-
Meet Resul
Pleased With
its5
By Eddie Gilmore
MOSCOW, Dec! 25-tSVSecre-
tary of state James ,F. Byrnes is
highly , pleased with' accomplish
ments of the Moscow foreign min
isters' conference, j including con
crete agreements on several con-
be open through the
ed Campbell as. saying:
. "You men forget you're not
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. a ; .
war to their, homes . at a better
rate, than heretofore. The South
ern Pacific checked on its trans-1 W - ell T) -
sffjs retnllo Kans
iua awvut eyx aa vaa va ytajjia
gers were servicemen.
"Hotel Ships'
There were thousands of; par
ties for the "veterans from Seattle
to San Diego. Each "hotel ship" in
the major ports was visited by
Santa Claus; presents were dis
tributed; extra portions of turkey
served with sumptuous dinners. -
Los Angeles welfare groups set
up a special center lor discharged.
homeless veterans. This downtown
Foreign Radio
Music in U. S.
Quarters said today.
The. three principals began. the
holiday season. .
In San Francisco 42,000 were
longest meeting of their Moscow staIled Christmas guests! The port S1
CHICAGO, Dec 25-ffl-Ameri-.
can radio stations have been told'
to ban all musical programs or
iginating in all foreign countries
accept Canada, James C, Pctrillo,
president of the AFL American
Federation of Musicians, , said to
day. The edict becomes effective
Chinese Reds
Prepare Truce
sessions in Speriddnifka palace at
4 pjn. (8 a Jn. Eastern Standard
: Time) and were still deliberating
at 9:30 pjn. (130 pjn. Eastern
Standard Time), j j
A highlight of Cie conference,
which at all times has been con
ducted in at atmosphere of ex
treme cordiality, was the ' an-
nouncement on Christmas eve that
of embarkation said this number
would be reduced speedily, as only
18,000 xndre are due up to Jan. 1,
just about twice the number that
arrived yesterday alone Railroads
were moving out about 5000 a day.
75,908 in L A. j
Lm Angeles played host tol
about 75,000 veterans.
In military hospitals, army and
CHUNGKING, Dec 25 -(P)-
S true-torn China hoped this
Christmas day' for, a New Year's
truce between central government
and communist forces as a prelude
to unity talks slated for January,
A communist spokesman said
the communists would submit in
writing , tomorrow their verbal
proposal of December 19 for an
unconditional truce freezing troops
of both sides in present positions.
Although a flat halt in fighting
Byrnes, British foreign secretary navy patients received speriel at-i
lurnest Kevin and; Soviet foreign I tennon in keeping with- the sea
commissar V.'M. Molotov had ar- i son. Many of the men decorated
rived at a compromise, accord on their casts with "Merry, Christ-
"Vouii you mind closinz
the door? The light hurts
. .. my eyes.'
STOXM WARNINGS UP ;
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 25-(ff)
The United States weather bureau
announced tonight storm warn
ings had been ordered posted at
: 9 pjn. from Point Arena in Cali
fornia to Tatoosh island, Wash
ington. The bureau forecast in
creasing southeast wind late to
I night, reaching gale force tomor-
, row morning. r,t
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Dec. 25
-vSf A rousing i "Merry Christ
mas', from more' than a hundred
townspeople outside "the Little
te House greeted President
Harry Truman as he arrived at
his home at 8 o'clock (Eastern
Standard Time) after a hazardous
airplane flight In wintry weather
from; the nation's capital.
The president had landed at the
Kansas City municipal airport at
5:55 j o'clock after a 5 hour and
49 minute trip 1 through leaden
skies that showered sleet and rain
against the chief executive's
plane. The Sacred Cow." in the
early part of the flight.?
Mr. Truman,'' who '.had not
missed a Christmas at home in
2Tyears, surprised his S-year-old
mother, Mrs. Martha Truman, and
his lister. Miss Mary Jane Tru
man, by driving, over icy pave
ments to1 their Grandview cottage
before going on. to Independence
where a 30-pound- turkey will
highlight the dinner that has been
kept, waiting for him. : -;;
The president's wife, ' their
daughter, Margaret, arid Mrs. Fred
Wallace,- had met the plane at
Municipal- airport and drove the 1 161 years of age, whose freedom
15 miles to GrandvlewJ! After a I from the state training school was
short visit which Miss Mary Tra-nrbriet-tTheywere picked tup in
the ' procedure for I drafting the mas" tags and signs.
European peace settlement. ' - I Los Angeles was the only west
It was Secretary Byrnes' sug-1 coast port able to clear all yeter-
gestion to announce; to the world ans from ships at anchor or'dock-
the news of the j agreement on ed. San Francisco had four "hotel
Christmas eve. Molotov and Bevin ships," with another, the SS Lub
were said to have! been delighted bock, coming in today. Similar
with the idea. I conditions prevailed in the 1 Seat
tle ' area. . There simnlv wasnt
MRS. PATTON RETURNS mnm shnn fnr th vnliim if mon
WASHINGTON,! Dec. 25.-CPV-1 arriving - j:
Mrs. George S. Patton, jr, landed ; SDecial reliRous services' i were
was notreearded here as so sim-lhere in 011 anny P&ne at 1:32 p. well attended today. Aboiit 800
Die as misht annear on the sur- - MA waay, cwnpieung a iasx men
face, the communist proposal was home from the funeral of
mnsiriorixl imnnrtant horaiKO itl11 tamous DUSDana in xuzem-
represented a withdrawal from I uuurK'
the earlier demand that govern
ment troops return to points they
occupied when Japan surrendered. MriTl'V A rUlSeS DOY S UO fT (IS
MAC ORDERS STATISTICS
TOKYO; Wednesday, Dec 28-
(ffi-Ai directive by General Mac-
Arthur today ordered 11 Japanese MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 25.-(iP)-
offices and agencies to maintain I The mighty u. S. army that hurled
weekly statistics in order to give death and destruction on the axis
an up - to -tdate picture of had -time for concern over the
Japan's economy. Previous statis- j grief of a boy for his dog and
tics were - monthly, quarterly or J that is why an eight-year-old Min-
semi-annually. . Ineapolis lad has one of the most
PetrOlo said the order is being
reinvoked to protect the American
musician against . foreign compe
tition," he declared, "tha : through
international short wave radio a
foreign musician could displace an
American's services without en
tering the United States."
- He said that the ban is not new,
that there has ' been an under
standing between the union and
the radio stations before the war
to stop the foreign musical pro
grams but "during the war The
AFM waived its objections to net
work broadcasts of programs em
anating from foreign countries,
even though music far these pro
grams was furnished by musicians
who . are not members of the
American Federation of Musicians."
French Drop -
attended a midnight Christ-1 VnlliO s7t0110
mass at pier 45 in San Fran-1 ' AU.C JM. M. A tllll
mas mass at pier
Cisco. In all cities churches had
special welcomes for the men.
Dog
Hero, With Tongue in Cheek
tule Affects Salem id Varied Ways
By ISABEL CniLDS
City Editor. Th Statesman
Xn Salem, Christmas, 1945, was
many things. V- f - -'-1 :
The Birthday of the King was
birthday for at least three chil
dren, delivered in hospital and
r4aternity home here. I '
n : hundreds "'of f midvalley
hopaes, it was a day of homecom
ing as men in uniforms soon to pe
discarded or wearing smaH golden
lapel eagles gathered round laden
tables and trees, i- - I
i It was another kind of home
coming for a pair of boys, 15 and
man; described as a friendly fam
ily 'chat, the president's - party
drove or. to Independence
About 200 carolers serenaded
the president shortly after he en
tered his home. As they concluded
witti Silent NighV the; president
came out on the front porch to
greet them. The president's plane
had made only one stop, that at
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Woodburn on ChrisjSnas; night
shortly after their absence . was
discovered at the school."
t For motonst.' -r" in f this; area,
Christmas probably set a record:
With heaviest traffic since Labor
Diy, no major highway accident
was reported, state police said.
Christmas meant candy in some
homes," but stocks of chocolates
were sold out long before the. day,:
and little of the old-type Christ
mas mix was available.
Christmas, was chicken, rather
than turkey," for a majority of the
diners at the one major restaurant
which remained open in - down
town Salem. But the customers
made their own selection, because
there .was : turkey sufficient
Christmas dinner was cranberry
less for the last of the throng fed
at the one restaurant, but the
other trimmings 'were there.; "?
Complaint were part of the day
at the establishment where an en
larged staff smiled and served.
but customers acted disgruntled
either because- they had no homes
or had hunted so long for a place
to eat Some criticized other res
tauranteurs for . closing . shop on
Christmas day; others found fault
with the one establishment for
working its employes (oh, buh,
people did criticize just that the
while they were stuffing them
selves with gobbler and gobbling
the turkey stuffing). '
;umsunas was What made one
woman drunk. That's what she
told city first aid
men when they
removed her from; a Marion street
gutter. She also told city police,
who took her in custody after' a
physician had examined her and
declared her . intoxicated ' with
something more than the joy of
the - day, that it f was Christmas
made inem -act so smart
But police- also found that
Christmas brought - out other
qualities in some: persons: There
was the man arrested for speed
ing, who paid $25" bail without
arguing and before he -left the
station turned to the arresting of
ficer with a word of thanks, "de
claring be "had the arrest com-
ing." ' -A j-., :: - - -
Christmas was (damp 41 of an
inch of fain fell! during the day
here. It. was cool: j Temperature
ranged from 49 to 40 degrees. It
was bright with .the first outdoor
decorative 'lights ) since 1940 and
wasn't it a merry Christmas!
PARIS, Dec 25-(P)-The French
government announced tonight
that it had cut the value of the I
franc by more than half, setting 1
it at 110.10609 to the dollar, and V
480 to the pound sterling.
Devaluation of the franc which
since the liberation, has been
unusual commendations stemming XiSd at 50 to the dollar and 200
from. World war IL - .. f T. w : ..v.n k. .
Three years ago. Laddie; the
shepherd dog of Ronnie Haskvitz, I journal.
died, and to spare Ronnie's 'feet . Members of the constituent as-
mgs his parents told him Laddie sembly forecast last week the
had been enlisted in the K-9. He 1 franc would be reduced in "value '
was headed overseas, they ex-1 as a sten toward full scale re
puunea. iney , mougn i Konrnel sumption of international trade.
wouia zorgei m time. . ; h
Then a short time ago Ronnie 1 CI iA a TTnlto VaIo
caw Bnmo JT.0 Ana UAAlHi UlUUJ I SO
out of service and he waited for Il?ootATowl Tv
Laddie who, he told bis mother, 17 r
"will soon be comfauf home. )t A V
Weeks passed and the impatient tr, tTZn m mn
SSSlsS.11 west of Denver toda7erailed th.
engine of a westbound u&ntfjr et
headed it off. More weeks and gait Lake City train, blocking the
another letter, but this time Ron- passage and marooning several
nie mailed It himself and the bur- himHr .oidi ahnan two east.'
den of it was: where Is my dog? bound troop trains.
In a few days an apologetic cf- Fred Booth, traffic manager of
ficer called from nearby Ft Snell- the D8cSL, said no one was re-
injg. K-9 records had no such dog ported injured. --
listed.- Mrs. Haskvitz explained. '.Booth said passengers from the
The officer had no comment train enroute to Craig were re-
Today Ronnie was proudly dis-1 turned to Denver, while crews
playing a communication If rom! from the D&SL' and Rio Grande
headquarters at Ft Snelling.
, lWe received your letter," lt
said, "and after checking all the
files here at this headquarters we
regret to inform you. that your
dog died while in the service of
his , country. We know you will
feel bad about It, but you! should
be ,glad he died while doing some
thing for the war. We extend to
you our heartfelt sympathy."
railroads labored to restore service
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