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1 The Statesman. Solent, Ore.. Thursday. Deemier 23.' 193 Tf T fj W O j-jl i s w in iaee With Gasoline $lMiUionDope Haul Made in San Francisco .SAN. FRANCISCO. Dec. 22-UPV-The arrest of a San Francisco sea man on suspicion of having smug gled approximately one million dollars worth of heroin into this country was announced today by Customs Collector Paul Leake. Leake said approximately 104 ounces of heroin, presumably ready for the trade, were seized. He said the haul was the biggest narcotic smuggling case in the his tory of the San Francisco customs office. He identified the man under ar rest as John Sninaie. 22. a seaman on the Pacific transport lines Hong Kong Transport" which docked here about a week ago. been smuggled in from Hong Kong the customs col'ector said. round Heroin tsars Customs officials, tipped that inai nong ivung iiinpvii was d hot ship," searched -the vessel &vhen it docked and found the bags of" heroin secreted in the shin's fore oeak. They maintained a vigil for five days and five nights, awaiting someone to attempt to pick it up'. Leake said Spinale made three visits, on the um two just looK inj around. Today, he said, officers watched Spinale lift up some boards, go after the bags of her oin and start to go away with two of them. Man Surrendered Leake said the valuation of the heroin was estimated on the basis of what it would bring, when cut. on the black market. He said the smuggler was liable to a maximum of $5,000 fine and ,10 years imprisonment on each ot three counts: possession, transpor tation and importation of a nar cotic. The case still is being investi gated, he said, to determine whether any other persons are involved. Ends TonJxht! ' ' -The Sainted Sisters" The Counterfeiters" Tour Biggest And Best Holklcry Show Starts TOMORROW! TkriH In Hit e i i f f -1 mm Battle of Bulge Vets Meet on Anniversary DETROIT, Dec. 22 - (JP - Four years ago tonight, an American division surrounded by nazi troops during fierce fighting at Bastogne, France made history when rejected surrender de mands with a terse "nuts." Tonight Detroit area veterans of that 101st Airborne division had their former commander, Ma J. Gen Anthony C. McAuliffe, as guest at a reunion. They swapped stories about their experiences during those bitter days of fighting and General Mc Auliffe told how he got the stir- render demands from nazi offi cers. He related that he wrote out the single word reply "nuts" and gave it to an American officer for delivery to a German outpost. The nazi officer who got the reply wasn't familiar with the word nuts th general said. McAuliffe continued, "the Amer ican Courier explained to the nazi "it means go to hell. You under stand; that, don't you?' the German nodded and went back to his troops." The day after Christmas, the American troops had blunted the nazi drive on Batogne and had launched successful counterbacks. General McAuliffe took time out from the celebration tonight o send a cablegram to the people of: Bastogne. It read: -Men of the 101st Airborne dl-; vision and myself join in sending the city of Bastogne a supply of American nuts in memory of Dec 22, 1944. May the citizens of Bas togne enjoy a happy Christmas eve." ' In Pacific Hop SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22-(&) Two navy planes over the Pacific, dangerously low on fuel, called for help today but both made safe landings at Moffett field, near here. They were Flying Fortresses- -"B- 17s long familiar as air force equipment. The navy said it was using several of them as "utility ships," and on "experimental mis sions." The two were en route to the mainland from Hawaii. They en countered headwinds of unexpec ted strength an fuel consumption leaped. The first word of danger came at about 9 a.m. PDT. The navy .said the pilot of one plane sent a distress message saying he might ?have to "ditch" his ship 600 miles off San Francisco. That message sent navy, coast guard and air force air-sea rescue units, both air and surface, toward m rendezvous. Lrwfcn an atrial crr"t fiimm. jpanied the plane and saw it to a safe landing. One officer said it had only 45 gallons left in its gas tanks. Meanwhile escorts had hurried lr take over the watch on the other Fortress. It got in safely, too, about 15 minutes after the pther. ' Each plane carried a crew of $ men. Aurora Rural Mail Carrier Hurt in Wreck AURORA, Dec. 22- (Special ) George Jones, Woodburn, rural mail crarier, was taken to Salem Memorial hospital this morning with severe head injuries follow ing a collision of his car and a truck on the Donald-Aurora high way. Considerable Christmas mail was scattered over the highway, but Harriet Fleischauer, Aurora postmistress, reported that none was lost. Francis Ryan, substitute mail carrier, will handle Jones route, she said. State police identified the truck driver as James Marshall Duo Tigard. The accident occurred at 9:30 ajn. Wednesday at the inter section of the new Wilsonville highway and the Donald-Aurora road about a mile and a half west of Aurora. Officials at the hospital gave Jones' condition as "fair"' Wednes day night. World's Press Barred from Jap Executions (Story 'also on page 1.) TOKYO, Thursday, Dec, 23-UPt The press of the world sat out the war crimes executions today by order of General Douglas Mac Arthur. General MacArthur's public in formation officer, CoL Marion P. Echols, declined to elaborate on the execution story which his of- ITT t TKHHlCOiflMl KEEET STACK JOBtlffiD Km iMftEtu-Mixtr vuu -gTW t nun AND! T Gaffes ; Wmf Sr." wmw mm m m i 4 : mm dm. swer additional questions such as the identity of the hangmen, the disposal of the ashes and descrip tion of the bodies. Echols said he did not attend the execution himself. He said no pictures were made ' of the hang ings -unless plans were changed at the last minute." Headquarters has never ex plained officially why the press was not allowed to watch the exie cution. American correspondents nrotested MacArthur's order. On November 26, however. Army Se cretary Royall said in Washington it was up to MacArthur to decide whether or not reporters and pho tographers should be permitted. The same policy prevailed in the executions of former Generals Tomoyuki Yamashita and Masa haru Hommo in the Philippines. As one result, thousands of Jap anese believe these two are still alive. Some Japanese think the same feeling could arise concern- ing the men who died today. Police Given Unexpected Yule Carols Via Phone City policemen were on the lis tening end of some unexpected Christmas caroling Wednesday night via telephone. j' After the carolers had concluded with the Yuletide music a volte identified the group as the Hot Red Squirrel association and asked, "Now, will ou admit that we have talent?" perman Jury Holds Fate of U. S. Woman ; . MARBURG. Germany, Dec. 22 (JP A military court had in its hands tonight the question wheth er Mrs. Wilms (Billie) Ybarbo maliciously and cruelly killed her U-S. -soldier husband as the pro secution charges, or acted in self defense. A verdict may be announced to morrow in this first trial of an American woman for murder by a TJ-S. military government court. Even if she is convicted of having shot and slain her husband. Sgt. John Ybarbo of Goliad, Texas, the night of September 20, there seemed no prospect that the death penalty would be infhcated. Her attorney, Stanley H. Gaines of Brookline. Mass., has entered tne execution siory wmca self-defense plea for the comely fice prepared. He refused to an-fj, u Maiden. Mass.. de- lendant. In final arguments he asked the court to find that she Heavy Mail Keeps Real Santa Busy OTTUMWA, la., Dec. 22-UPV-! The man whose peculiar destiny it 4s to go through life named San ta Claus has mailed answers to 500 children's letters this week. The Rev.' ' Santa Claus is a Church of God preacher- . who moved to Ottumwa last year vfrom Marshall, Mo. His mail box, served by a mounted carrier, is the larg est on the route. For 19 years Rev. Santa Claus has run up a huge personal postal bill along about Christmas time, because he accepts delivery of let ters addressed "Santa Claus." He said so far he has' been able to answer every one. It all started in 1929, when he was working in Kansas City and I was injured. He was hospitalized ; 7S days. A fellow patient learned i bis name, and gleefully informed a newspaper that "Santa Claus has broken his leg." Then the mail started pouring in. He and Mrs. Claus have pre- j pared separate letters for boys and ; fLU IB. X t it ru. ivjii a v i j t v it via lite "bank of happiness" with each reply. "Sometimes we see from the letter that there will be ho Christ mas for the winter, unless some one pitches in," Santa Claus said. ' "Then we try by telephone and ' letter to th? clubs or Chamber of j Commerce in the town where the ! child lives, to assure that some! gift comes to him on December 25," v Drive to Save Southeast Asia From Communism Under Way Br StaaOer SwtetM SINGAPORE, Dec. 22-(VAn Anglo-American political drive to save southeast Asia from oommunism is getting quietly under way. Nobody says anything officially about it yet. Qualified sources, less tight lipped privately, give this picture of the problems and how It is planned to meet them.' ding i rtoo, J AFL MEETING MOVED PORTLAND, Dec. 22-(JP)-The Oregon State Federation of Labor today awarded the 1949 conven tion to Eugene. Originally sched uled for Corvallis, the meeting was ordered shifted because of the Corvallis room shortage. PORTLAND LIGHTS TREE PORTLAND, Dec, 22-GPr-PoTt-land got into the "biggest Christ mas tree" derby tonight by turn ing; on lights on a 138-foot growl ing tree in an east side park. acted justifiably, and to acquit her so that she and her little boy and the court can enjoy this Christmas." AFL Chilly to CIO Proposal i WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 - VP) -The CIO's offer to form a united labor lobby with the AFL and railroad unions in the new 81st Congress met a chilly setback from AFL President William Green today. CIO President Philip Murray made the proposal a week ago. He urged that the major labor groups unite in making demands for re peal of the Taft-Hartley act, high er minimum wages and other leg islation. Today, Green wrote to Murray saying that a former reply could not be made until the AFL'i 15 merober executive council meets in Miami Jan. 31. However, Green reminded Mur ray that when the CIO made a similar offer a year ago, the AFL' council insisted on merger before 1 cooperation. Atom-Damage May Help in Eye Research . By Frank Carey Associated Press Science Reporter WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-0,-Science may gain new knowledge of eye cataracts as a result of damage done to the eyes of five researchers by "atom-smasher" radiations, a government doctor said today. I ; At the wme time. Dr. Shields -l Warren and other members of the; I ffffgr IwiflTI atomic energy commission's scien- j . ta"sa AFi.Cs.JJ. tific staff said the exposure of the. v "TOT 1 ' five "should -be written off to : I lipc in TOS Lr (their) scientific enthusiasm and a ; a- A VV,JX certain amount of calculated risk" j in the face of a hazard that was known to them. Saying the men were exposed while working on early-type cyc lotrons before and during the early part of the war and not under government contract Dr. War ren told reporters early-type ma chines were subject to "operation al grief with the necessity for physicists to make adjustments while in operation." The A.E.C. scientists declared at the time the men were appar ently first exposed (anywhere from six to 12 years ago,) they and all other scientists were ign orant of certain factors regarding the bodily effects of "neutrons" a type of radiation, that can be produced in a cyclotron. Three of the men had worked at the University of Illinois, one at Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology and one at Carnegie Insti- j luuon or wasnington, a commis sion spokesman said. Warren declared the men "are not on their way to permanent blindness because cataract can be operated on successfully." (By re moving the lens of the eye and compensating for its loss with special eye-glasses.) WILLOWS. Calif.. Dec. 22-UPH John S. Alexander. 47. of Winston.' Ore., was' killed and five persons were injured seriously in. an auto mobile collision two miles north of here tonight. V California highway patrolmen said Alexander's car collided with on driven by Henry B. Edwards of Seattle. Alexander's wife, Mildred, 50; his daughter. Maryann, 5; and Myrtle Hiqkey, 29, also of Winston. Ore. were injured, as were Edwards and his daughter, whose name was not learned, me rive injured were taken to Glenn county hospital. The Aiuflo-Americans want to from China into this area, which feeds vitally needed raw materials into the world's trade marts. They do not want to lose these products of Malaya. Indonesia, Siam. Indo china, Burma and British Burma. Conditions in these sectors are as dangerously disturbed today as they were in 1945. Communism thrives on unrest, so the Anglo Americans want to stabilize the area and make it peaceful. For instance, they5 feared the Dutch attack in Indonesia might drive the Nationalists into the arms of -the communists, and ap plied intense diplomatic pressure to keep the peace. The moderate Indonesian Nationalists up to now have warred openly with the Reds. Banas ia 'Chaaw The French and VietNam repub licans are at dagger points in In-do-China, and this worries the Anglo-Americans, too. Burma is in chaos, with communist, non-communist and tribal groups all in separate revolt. Malaya has a small Red rebellion on its hands. Siam has a troublesome 2,000 to 3,000 quasi-communist bandits plaguing her southern frontier. It is unlikely any plan of ac tion has been written on paper, but qualified sources say the British and Americans are fully arTeecf on what should- be done. These sources say Jhe plan ap parently embraces 1. Support for moderate Nation alists. The British , and Americans fear restoration ' of old-fashioned 1 keep communism from sprea colonial rule would create a fal stability if any which would crumble quickly. LMhtr Faith la West They believe disappointed Na tionalists. losing faith in the West, might turn to the communists to help them realize their dreams of self-government, and that no col onial power could muster enough military force to stop them. 2. Diplomatic pressure is being exerted on France and the Nether lands to think in terms of recon ciliation with Nationalists. 3. Secret orders have been sued for fuller exchange formation between Britons arid Americans in equivalent diplo matic positions in southeast Asia. British officials already have such orders. j Americans are expected to get somewhat simjlar ones shortly. -4- rcon- een is of ln- CONCRETE READ? FOfc DAM WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 22 (P)-First concrete will be poured at 2 J p. m. (PST) tomorrow to launch heavy construction on; tha Columbia river's McNary damj 1 CLUB TUMBLE nvnvr Presents for youn pleasure Music by The Royal 4 All S of Them Xmas Eve & 1 Xm Night 1 Delicious Stoak a&d Chldcm Dinner Set-rod ! Mak twsrratkm tot New Year's; mrm NOW Ph. f 13 . 15S8r Albany Located an aid Highway mil N. of y i Wick's. Steak HoumI I s a I 2 The! Colonial House OPEN CHRISTMAS s . , - Dinner Served 1 P. M. to 9 P. MJ Complete Turkey Dinner, $2JQ0 CHILD'S PLATE 11.00 I Make Reserratioak Early Phone 21391 I 4 Mile? South on Highway S9E f 3 CBStSXltt 2 s 3 2 8 S 8 8 3 Rep. Thomas Stricken By Stomach Hemorrhage. ALENDALE, N. J Dec. 22-TP)-Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, New Jer sey republican under Indictment for conspiracy, was stricken today with a stomach hemorrhage simi lar to the one which laid him up earlier this year. His physician. Dr. Fred S. Kan nin,g of Allendale, reported Thom as in satisfactory condition at his Allendale home. McKay, Hall Confer At Executive Offices Governor-elect Douglas McKay and John Hall, retiring governor, held a lengthy conference in the executive department here Wednesday. Thy were reported to have dis cussed their messages to the 194D legislature. Neither would com ment. ACTRESS IN IRELAND COBH, Eire, Thursday, Dec 23 (AVRita Hayworth and Aly Khan disembarked from the liner Bri tannic early today and said they hoped to spend a pleasant Christ mas in Ireland. j ; LK M 5UJrl U ! 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