84 Survive Unprecedented Brush with Death as
Giant Airliners Collide in Midair Over Maryland
to
as
ABERDEEN. Md., Dec. 19-P)
-Eighty-four persons had an un
precedented brush with wift
' death tonight when two Muimi
bound airliners collided here tn
mid-air but the pilots Unded
both ships afely and no one,
incredibly, was even scratched.
One plane was a big four-en-gined
DC-4 of Eastern Airlines
with 56 passengers and four
crew member. Its tail dam
aged but the pilot. J. B. Kuhn
of Miami, flew it on to a jmooth
landing at National airport in
Washington where fire engine,
ambulance nnd other emer
gency vehicles hai been mus
tered but pro ed not to be
needed.
The other was a two-engined
ship of Universal Airline:',
which operates so-called "11011-
Toilav'n Winner
259 111 75-55
74-SOl 155-533
23-781 339-328
78-557 33S-9S9
77-28 9-424
Prizes in The Oregon States
man - Warner Brothers Ceur
teees Driving Campaign await
drivers of cars with these li
censes, at The Statesman of
fice. NINETY -SIXTH YEAR
TKDOjDS
Several months ago the O & C
administration held hearings re
luting to the setting up of a mas
ter unit In the Siuslaw district
which would set up forest man
agement on a renewal basis in
perpetuity. The plan was vigor
ously objected to by some of the
loggers and mills operating in the
area who feared they would be
but out when the unit was set
UP
The proposals were reviewed
by the secretary of the Interior's
office in Washington, which has
charge of the division, and word
rame a few days ago that the
unit had been approved. Local
offices will proceed to work out
agreements with owners of pri
vate lands In the area to estab
lish operations on- a sustained j
yield basis. There are nine units
In the Siuslaw master unit, each
laid out to conform to the topog
raphy for economical adminis
tration and logging. In western
Oregon eleven other master units
are planned by O & C.
This is a real victory for the
cause of sustained yield in our
forests Had the plan been over
thrown serious delay would have
resulted, and with the fast cut
ting of virgin Umber delay is
dangerous It is time to make the
transition now to a system of ro
tation cropping of timber, bring
ing the annual cut into line w ith
annual growth.
I'nder the plan the O & C ad
ministration will agree to re
serve for ronii-rns owning pri
vate timber lands contiguous
stands of O & (' timber so log
ging operations may be continu
ous. The private owner agrees to
conform to proper practices in
handling of his lands so the foret
crop will renew itself Prices for
the government timber will be
detet mir.ed on the nasi of the
market at the time of sale
The federal forest service is
embarking on sfmilar plans An
nouncement has just been made
of a cutting agreement covering
forest lands at Shelton. Wash
The forest service has been work
ing out cutting-circle plans with
mills -t Bend.
In the course of the next cen
tury, which will be the critical
period, this transition should be
effected. It will mean stability
for the timber and lumber busi
ness ard Insure steady supplies
of forest products for vise of men.
Next in order of need is adop
tion of the general program for
the state as recommended by the
special committee appointed in
1945 by Gov. Snell. This will tie
In well with the advance moves
of the federal bureaus dealing
with forests.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Don't jtat $tand thert,
1
$tuptdUt him mr
cheduled service from New
York to Miami and Puerto Rico,
with 21 passengers and a crew
of three. The windshield of the
cockpit was caved in. a hole was
driven into the fuselage above
the cockpit, and its radio and
hydraulic system were knocked
out, but its pilot. Henry Nor
ris, brought it down safely at
the army post field here. The
planes were flyir.g in the same
direction. Visability was report
ed normal.
Undaunted by their experi
ence, the passengers of the
EiiMern Airlines plane took off
from Washington in another
plne at 8 09 to resume their
interrupted flight to Miami.
One pa.-senger of the EAL
plane. Ben J Slutzky of Ellen
Mile. N. Y . announced a pres
16 PAGES
Handling Record Mails at the
The popnlaee trod a path to these people's door this week. Pictured is a behind-the-window scene at
the Salem postoffice where record numbers of letters and parcels have been dispatched in the pre
Chrlstmas rush. It can be taken for granted that the esual great sUcks of packages are in the unseen
background. Left to right are: Reece Jones. Mrs. Edith Mndd and Lawton Girod. (Latest cancellation
totals elsewhere on page 1.) (Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.)
Farmers Fear
Channel Shift
In Willamette
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec ID.-GP)
-Fear that the Willamette river
might return to an old channel
and convert 10. 000 acres of farms
into an island was reported today.
While the river continued fall
ing from its recent flood stage,
some farmers in the Corvajlis
area said the receding waters ap
peared to be working behind a re
vetment near Ingram island.
They feared that the revetment
might collapse and would cause
Ihe water to be diverted into an
old channel and join the Long
Tom river.
Army engineers said repairs
would start as soon as weither
.permits, and expressed belief that
the new cut in any case would be
only a high-water channel.
DONALD rOPlLATION 186
The population of the city of
D.inald in Marion county is now
186. it was reported today by
Robert S Farrell, jr.. secretary
of state, at the completion of a
census count ofthat city. The 1840
population was 164.
Courtesy Driving
Campaign Prizes
Following is the list of prizes
in The Oregon Statesman-War- j
nor Brothers Courtesy Driving i
campaign:
MAJOB 6SAND FUZE
Svrnlm-)nl wrlatwatch. chele '
m4 men or women's (Stevens At Son).
GtAND PmiZES
tat: New tire and tub (Slate Ttre
ervice I
(a.: Dishes, service for I (Salem
Hardware I.
ir4 : Sandwich frill and fly rod
(Sears Roebuck).
etk: Permanent ave (Larsen't Beau
ty Studio) .'
Sla: Wool auto robe (Bishop's Oo th
ins 1
It: Airplane suitcase (Miller Mer
cantile) " Tta: Table lamp (Cfstrom's).
St: Electric room heater (McKay
Chevrolet
tb: Table lamp (Court Street Radio).
10th : Andiraru ( Douchton Hard are) .
daily pants
1st: Camellia if A. Doerfier At Sons).
ted: Three pair nylons (Army A
Navy store)
rd: Ten jsllons gasoline. 01) change .
lubrication (General Petroleum).
tea : Umbrella iJ. C Penney co )
Ka
ture)
at
?t
Car vacuum (Hamilton Furni-
Album of records (Hetder Ba
Aute AaahUfht (Y eater A poll -Half
failon Ice cream (The
Pike).
: Two tickets Dainore theatre.
lUi: Two tickets KUalnore theatre.
la addition, every one of the prise
winners (daily and grand) win re
ceive a certificate enUUing him r her
to aa t a IS browntone photcgrani)
(Btsheo-Moderne).
All prizes are being made
available at The Statesman office,
with the exception that certifi
cates instead of actual merchan
dise will be issued for the photo
sraDhs. rasoline-oil. the perma-
' pent wave and ice cream.
ent of $500 to th crew and in
vited his fellow-passengers to
a "survivors' party" at the Copa
cabana night club in Miami.
Mrs. Sam Neger of New York
related that "it seemed like w
hit the side of a house."
Her husband recalled he had
told her at the time that "if we
had hit something we wouldtt't
be here now."
Flight Officer Eugene M. Har
vey of Miami, Fla., co-pilot of
the plane which landed at Aber
deen gave this account of the
crash:
"We were flying at about 2000
feet a few miles north of Aber
deen when all of a sudden there
was a terrific thump and then
a crashing round.
"The wholg. side of the cock
pits windshield caved in and
INDBO 1 651
Salem. Orecon. Friday Morning, December 20. 1946
1 r '
- -rvj
1,000 Lights Blaze
un iiinstmas iree
The annual Cher nan -sponsored
1000 Christinas
lights on the courthouse lawn
Christmas tree wepe turned
on at 8:53 oclock last night.
Topped by a huge blue star,
the spectrum-lighted tree ha.s
been sponsored by the Cher
rians every year since 1913,
except the three blackout
years during the recent war.
W. W. Chad wick, king bing
of the Cherrians, made a !
short talk over radio station
KSLM just before County
Judge Grant Murphy turned
on the lights. Chad wick's talk
interrupted a half-hour pro
gram by the Willamette uni
versity choir.
Laborites Seek
Farm Controls
LONDON, Dec. 19. -JP)- The
labor government asked today for
a revolutionary farm bill under
which a farmer could be ousted
from his land for ignoring "scien
tific'"advice on how to till his
acres, and Winston Churchill an
grily announced he would seek
overthrow of the government on
grounds of "tyranny, conceit and
incompetence."
The bill, representing the first
major governmental attempt at
peacetime regulation of agricul
ture since the repeal 100 years ,
ago of the "corn laws." calls for 1
subsidies, pegged minimum prices
and guaranteed markets, even if
the government has to buy some
products.
COAL FOUND IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19-P)-.
The bureau Of mines disclosed to- 1
day discovery of enough coal in
the Point Barrow, Alaska, area
to supply that Arctic village for
75 years.
Mexican Babe Born in Coal Bin, Joins
Family of 9 Living in Basement Room
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 19 -(yp-ln
the Christmas spirit, men
of good will today sought a new
home for Be be Ana Gamez, born
two weeks ago in as humble a
place as that in which the Christ
child came into the world twenty
centuries ago.
Be be Ana was ushered into life,
not in a manger but in a 7-by-12-foot
basement coal bin with her
13-year-old sister, Maria, assist
ing; the mother at the accouch
ment The story of Bebe Ana, the
eighth child of Antonio Gamez,
40-year-old itinerant worker, and
his 32-year-old wife, Faustina,
vgas brought out when the mother,
suffering from an infection after
child-birth, was taken to a hos
pital along with the baby.
Antonio, a native of Mexico but
a naturalized U. S, citizen, sought
the aid of the Associated Catholic
Charities. Then Township Trustee
nearly hit me on the head. A
hole was stove in the fuselage
right over the cockpit.
"After a few moments, we
realized that the plane was op
erating all right, but that our
-entire hydraulic system was
knocked out.
"We checked our landing gear
visually, and it looked O. IC,
but we had no way of knowing
whether it would stand up un
der a landing because of the
hydraulic system.
"The Aberdeen field was
lighted and we tried to contact
them by radio, only to find the
radio was shot also. So we
circled the field and came in
w ith our fingers crossed. Nor
ris landed perfectly. I didn't
know that we had been in col
W If
'Vfif
Postoffice
120 - FootWave
Crushes North.
Santiam Bridge
One bridge and 40 feet of rail
road tracks were washed out by
a tidal wave estimated to have
been 20 feet high in a creek just
above Niagara on the north San
tiam highway Thursday morning,
according to reports received by
Roy Rice. Marion county commis
sioner. The bridge is the first one
above Niagara, which is located
between Mill City and Detroit.
Time of the washout was be
tween 8:10 and 8:30 ajrr. when it
was first reported Rice said. A
school bus passes over the bridge
at approximately 8:10 each morn
ing and must have just missed be
ing on the bridge at the time it
was washed out.
County road crews were at work
on the bridge Thursday afternoon
and it is hoped to have the road
opened to traffic by S a t ur day
morning. Rice said. Railroad of
ficials estimated that it would be
a week before railroad service
could be resumed.
The huge wave left marks of its
progress 20 feet above the creek
bed. and its speed and force up
rooted and swept along large trees
Rice reported. The water is be
lieved to have been stored up in
some pool in the upper reaches of
the creek during the recent heavy
rains, and pressure built up until
released Thursday.
Weather
Max. Min Precip.
Salem 49 11 .M
Portland . 43 S4 trace
San Francisco 59 37 .00
Chicago 33 12 .00
Willamette river 15 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight with light
fog In morning. Highest temperature
today 47. Lowest tonight 35.
Walter F. Hayes began an inves
tigation. He said he learned that
the Gamez family was living in
the coal bin in the basement of
the home of a fellow countryman.
Gamez had rented the bin for "$40
a month, Hayes said, when the
family came here a few weeks ago
from Berne, Ind., where the father
had teen working in a tomato
packing plant.
Gamez speaks little English but
through an interpreter he told
Hayes he was well satisfied with
his basement home and that he
wanted to remain in Fort Wayne,
where his children would have an
opportunity to get a good educa
tion. "I want my little family tq live
here, he said. "Here they have a
better chance."
And Roberto, the eldest ton,
said:. "Anyway we are not cold.
See, we are right next to the furnace."
It
lision with until after we
landed."
Miss Joan Cotton of Orange,
N. J., hostess of the Universal
plane who was acclaimed a
heroine by the passengers and
given the credit for averting a
panic, said she was distributing
homemade Christmas cookies
when the collision occurred.
"Most of the passengers were
alternately praying and asking
questions. I fastened their safe
ty belts and kept saying 'Every
thing is all right.' I tried to think
of something to say,' but that
was all that would come out
"When we finally landed the
passengers saw the bis hole in
the front section, some of them
started praying ail over again
and this time they were prayers
of thanks."
Pric 5c
No. 228
Coal Czar
Peace 6id
Forecast
By Harold W. Ward
WASHINGTON, ec. 19 -(JP)
The soft coal operators split ranks
tonight, breaking up for the
present their national Wage com
mittee, and producers of 60 per
cent of the nation's bituminous,
coal expressed willingness to ne
gotiate immediately for a new
contract with John L. Lewis.
All but the southern and far
western producing groups Joined
in a statement offering to nego
tiate a new contract directly with
Lewis "at any convenient time."
Charles O'Neill, head of the
Northern Appalachian operators
and chief spokesman for the ma
jority, said that so far as the
mine owners were concerned
they would be willing to open
conversations with Lewis -immediately,
without waiting for a su
preme court decision validity of
the $3,510,000 fines against Lewis
and the United Mine Workers for
contempt of court.
The fines grew out of the re
cent strike. When Lewis called
off the strike he announced his
willingness to open negotiations
for a new contract. The mines
are now being operated by the
government as a result of last
spring's strike.
The national bituminous coal
negotiating committee, the ope
rators' organization, was ad
journed tonight sine die not
to be reconvened except by unan
imous votes of its five geo
graphical groups.
The Southern Coal Producers
association and the producers
west of the Mississippi river, pro
ducing about 35 per cent and 5
per cent, respectively, were op
posed to beginning negotiations
at this time.
All-Time High
Hit in City Mail
Cancellations
An all-time record in letter con
cellations 137,000 was reached
at the Salem post office yesterday
as the mail continued to pour in
at the peak of the Christmas rush.
The previous record of 136,000
set on December 18 last year was
smashed as postal clerks worked
far into last night to keep up
with the flow. Yesterday's peak
load made a four-day total of
518.000 letters cancelled from De
cember 16 through 19 postal offic
ials said last night.
E. B. Daugherty, superintend
ent of mails, in reporting the over
whelming totals last night, said
that a truck and a half of mail
awaited hauling to the depot at
that time and revealed that the
office was sending at least a rail
carload of mail from Salem each
day.
The bin served as the dwelling
for the father and mother and
seven children - - Roberto, 17; Ro
dolfo, 16; Maria, 13; Pasquale, 12;
Lorenzo, 7; Gilbert, 4 and Juan 2.
"It was as clean as such a place
could possibly have been," said
Hayes, "But just the same it's not
a fit place for a family of that
size."
Hayes said he wanted to find
better quarters for the family but
admitted it would be difficult In
a city which he said is already
short a thousand or more homes.
Meanwhile the Gamez family
has been given temporary resi
dence in the Wayne township em-,
exgency housing shelter. Gamez
has been able to return to work at
a local packing plant. When his
wife went to the hospital he re
mained at home rather than keep
Maria, the eldest daughter, out of
school.
Courtesy
Nets New
Awards
The Oregon 'Statesman-Warner
Brothers Courtesy Driving cam
paign n eared an end today in a
flurry of letters commending the
plan and suggesting new and wor
thy nominees for a share in the
daily and grand prizes.
Specific nominees could not be
accepted, however, under the
avowed policy of observers who
were appointed to personally note
only the license numbers of cars
with no knowledge whatever of
drivers' identities.
Judges at the secretary of state's
office chose 10 more winners for
today's prizes, as listed below, and
will name another 10 for tomor
row and Sunday before settling
into their work of . selecting the
grand prize winners who will be
made known in next Tuesday's
Statesman.
More Prises Claimed
Persons who claimed their
prizes Thursday, on the basis of
license numbers previously pub
lished in The Statesman, included:
James Brandt, route 6, box 431,
Salem (camellia).
Mrs. Frank A. Waldorf, 1150 Lee
st., Salem (camellia).
Mrs. J. H. Turnbull, 1365 N. 21st
st., Salem (three pair nylons).
Ward Rueck, route 6, Bob 89,
Salem (10 gallons, oil change, lub
rication job.
Gruin M. Wayt, 1320 Franklin,
West Salem (10 gallons gasoline,
oil change, lubrication job).
Oiler W. Hall, route 2, Silverton
(car vacuum).
Dr. W. S. Cole, Salem (album
of records).
Jack Stevenson, box 213, Sweet
Home (album of records).
J. C. Darby, Salem (two the
atre tickets).
t Robert L. Martin, 3580 S. Com
mercial, Salem (two theatre tick
ets). Steams Cushing, 1475 Saginaw,
Salem (two theatre tickets).
Ail winners also receive certifi
cates for an 8x10 brown town pho
tograph. Judges in the campaign stressed
Thursday that the grand prizes
are not limited to the first-place
winners in the 10 daily contests,
because on some days the second
or third place winners might have
performed just as valuable acts of
courtesy as the first-place winners
on other days. The entire list of
winners, therefore, will be thrown
into the pool eligible for the major
awards.
New Winners Named
Today's 10 winners, by license
number, are as follows (weather,
traffic conditions, location, time
and other factors are considered
in the judging):
259-111: Dec. 18; downtown: 10:15 a.
m ; driver proceeded several blocks
looking for parking space but did not
double park: gave pedestrians right
of way: proper signals and turns at
tour Intersections.
74-el: Dec. 18; State and Commer
cial; 10:38 a.m.; driver courteous; gave
proper signal for righthand turn on
green light after permitting pedestrian
lane to clear.
23-781: Dec. 14 : 800 block on State:
9:45 a.m.; signalled properly and slow
ed to stop to let pedestrians across
street.
7C-557: Dec. 18: Court. CommerciaJ.
Church. Ferry: 10:50 a.m.: signalled
for left turn from standing stop, slow
ed at all intersections, turned in prop
er lanes, gave plain hand signals.
77-2SS: Dec. 18: State and Liberty:
2:10 p.m.: gave proper hand signals
and gave pedestrians right of way even
though signal was in driver's favor.
15-558: Dec. 18: Center and High;
4:20 p.m.: stopped for person stranded
in middle of crosswalk when light
changed.
159-533: Dec. 18: Capitol and D; 3:40
p.m.; stopped to avoid crowding peo
ple to curb and to prevent traffic tie
up. 338-32S: Dec. 18: Capitol and D: 3:35
p.m.: stopped to let school children
cross street, when line of cars was
holding them up.
338-989: Dec. 18: Commercial and
State: 2:43 p.m.: driver had right-of-way
but stopped, with proper hand
signal, to let another car go by.
9-424: Dec. 18; State and Commercial:
11:20 a.m.; gave pedestrians walking
against red light the right-of-way, sig
nalled for stop.
Repeating yesterday's winners,
some of whom have not yet called
for their prizes (which are listed
elsewhere on this page): 39-567.
285-700, 339-601, blank, 379-813.
263-784, 205-616, 357-548, 29-510,
336-476.
All prizes are available at The
Statesman office anytime this
week.
Camp Protests
Slum Charge
Protests against reported state
ments that the farm labor camp,
near the Salem airport, is a slum
district, were voiced last night
at a meeting of about 100 camp
residents in their community
building.
Representatives of the Salva
tion Army, Catholic Charity and
the county welfare administra
tion met with residents of the
camp to discuss the reports.
The main difficulty of main
taining the camp is caused by
poor drainage, Fred Settle, sup
erintendent, said, adding that he
has registered a complaint with
the Portland office of the U. S.
agricultural department, which
operates the camp, and expects
action on the drainage situation
soon.
Not Running
SACRAMENTO, Calif.. Dec 19;
(JP)- Gov. Earl Warren of Cali
fornia who added his name
once more today to the list of
republicans who say they are '
not candidates now for the GOP
preside ntial nomination. A
Dewey - Warren ticket for 1948
has been talked about In early ;
speculation.
Alumina Plant
Fertilizer to
Go toUNNRA
The $5,000,000 government
alumina plant on the north edge
of the city will begin operation
on a 54,000-ton ammunium sul
phate fertilizer order for UNNRA
immediately after the first of the
year, plant officials disclosed last
night.
Together with the announce
ment came the development that
the reconstruction finance corpor
ation Thursday had notified Sen
ator Guy Cordon it had concluded
arrangements for the Willamette
Fertilizer company to take over
the plant next year from the Co
lumbia Metals Co.
Local plant officials said last
night that it was their under
standing that no change In per
sonnel would result from the
switchover. The plant will con-
tinue to be operated by RFC but
will be handled locally by the
Willamette company, head ofi
which is Frank Birlingham, own- j
er of Wood burn Feed and Seed ;
Co. The Willamette concern is a i
distributing group.
May Go to China ;
The UNNRA order, dispersed
through the treasury department,
is thought to be destined for
China, and has been in the mak
ing for several months, plant of- ;
ficials revealed. The plant w ill J
continue to produce about 800
tons of the ammonium sulphate
fertilizer in addition to the
UNNRA order which will take
about six months to complete. It
is believed that additional UNNRA
orders are crowding the heels of
the first. ,
The plant now produces ap
proximately 6000 tons of fertil
izer per month. Its production j
capacities are larger, but a short- :
age of the two vital chemicals j
annydreous ammonia and sul
phuric acid, imported from other
states are retarding the fertil
izer output. Even so the plant in
tends to step up production to
about 7000 tons per month. Of-;
ficials expect the nitrogen short- i
age to last for about another 18 1
months. j
130 Men at Work
During October and November !
the Salem plant manufactured
one-third of all the ammonium j
sulphate made in the U. S. The
plant now hires 130 men on a a
five-day week. Six thousand 100-pound-bags
of fertilizer is top
production another bottleneck.
Because of the Tail car shortage
much of the plants output is
transported by truck. The com
pleted UNNRA order will go to
Portland docks by rail then onto
ships. Local state orders have
been kept to a minimum plant
officials say that one concern in
California could take the plants
total output
Cherry Growers
To Add to Plant
A $50,000 improvement will in
crease the capacity of Willam
ette Cherry Growers, Inc., cherry
curing and storage plant in Fair
grove addition south of the state
fairgrounds, by about 25 per cent
when it is completed some time
in the spring of 1947, Robert E.
Shinn, "general manager, said
last night.
Additions will Include forty
two 12,000 gallon tanks for cur
ing and storage purposes, two
more receiving stations and truck
scales, Shinn said. A building per
mit for the improvement was
issued yesterday by the city en
gineer's officav
.
V -.
1 w I
Narcotics j
Permit in
Question
By William T. Peacock
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-iJP)
Senator Theodore G. Bilbo brand
ed as "lies" or "hallucinations
today every charge of wrong-doing
against him. then heard
new. witness say he once interest
ed himself in a Natchez, Miss.,
man's effort to get a narcotics per
mit. The witness was Dr. Harry J.
Anslinger. federal commissioner
of narcotics who identified th'
Natchez man as Harry Carr. Dr.
Anslinger told the senate war in
vestigating committee further that
one of his agents told me he had
evidence that the sum of $1,500
had been paid bv Mr. Carr to
Senator Bilbo in connection with
this prescription." j
Bilbo, 69-year-old Mississippi
democrat, testified for two and
one haM hours, sparred with Senf
ator Ferguson (R-Mich), and ob
viously enjoyed himself.
Denying all, Biibo denounced
his former aide as he re.id from a
42-page prepared statement.
Caesar and Bilbo
"Christ had his Judas Iscariot;
Caesar had his Brutus; George
Washington had his Benedict Ar
nold, but I claim to have had the
greatest traitor of them all in my
trusted secretary," he said.
Bilbo said negro and commun
ist-dominated groups who oppose
his philosophy are behind efforts
to blacken his name and drive him
from the senate.
Before Anslinger was called to
testify to the narcotics matter.
Bilbo had referred to Terry's
statement on it as a "lie out of tho
whole cloth."
Anslinger's story was this:
He was called to Bilbo's office
Oct. 11, 1945. The senator show ed
him a letter from Dr. A. J. P od
es ta of Vicksburg, Miss., to which
was attached two medical certifi
cates relating to a man named
Harry Carr at Natchez, Miss.
Anslinger said that the certifi
cates one signed by : Podesta,
the other by Dr. James Logan of
Natchez - - were to the effect that
Carr suffered from chronic afth
ma, ' chronic heart trouble and
chronic arthritis, was 66 years
old. and had been a user of nar
cotics for many years.
Sought Drug" Supply
Anslinger said Carr "wanted a
permit" for a regular supply of
drugs.
He said he told Bilbo that while
the bureau did not issue such per
mits, it would have no objection
to the prescribing of two grains;
daily to Carr if the doctors felt
the man had a medical need for
morphine and the bureau's inouir
ies substantiated that conclusion.
Nearly a year later, on Sept. 13,
1946. Anslinger said, a revenue
agent named Eaton came to him
asking for a statement on the facts
concerning the conversation he
had with Bilbo.
"Eaton told me he had evidence
that the sum of SI. 500 had bttn
paid by Mr. Carr to Senator Bil
bo in connection with this pre
scription," Anslinger testified.
U.N. Board to
Inspect Greek
Guerilla War
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.. Dec
1 The United Nations se
curity council, in a remarkable
spirit of harmony, voted unani
mously tonight to send a commis
sion to, the Balkans to investi
gate alleged border violations in
volving Greece and her neigh
bors and set up machinery for a
prompt report on the bloody
guerilla warfare along the north
ern Greek frontier. Action wss
completed after a vote on a Pol
ish amendment to invite "liasion
representatives of the four coun
tries involved to "assist" the
commission. Polish Delegate Os
car Lange said the amendment
would permit the representatives
to cross each others frontiers.
Soviet Delegate Andrei A.
Gromyko made a number of con
cessions, including the abandon
ment of an amendment which
would have limited the member
ship of the commissions staff,
after the council agreed Infor
mally that It would have as few
staff members as possible.
(7 i SHOPPING 1
I K DAYS If FT J