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Timing; Men lived in 'Comfort'
WASHINGTON, Dec SS-tfVA precision-timed gamble against bit
ter Arctic cold lay behind the aerial rescue of 12 U. S. fliers marooned
on an ice cap. in Greenland, it was disclosed today.
Success of the daring; operation, as described by air force officers,
depended uoon the swiftness of its execution. It was carried out in
exactly 38 minutes. If It had taken
rescue plane might have frozen.
Tonight the 12 rescued cast
aways were still in Greenland, but
tentative mans were in tne max
ing to bring at least some of them
home for a hero's welcome.
During the day, Lt- Jack Mc
Cauley, air force headquarters rep
resentative from Wasnington, ex
cressed hope the men and their
two rescuers could be brought to
New York for the "biggest possible
reception."
Cenflictinx Statement
However, there were con flirting
statements regarding the air force's
welcome plans, and Mayor CDwy
er's office in New York said lt bad
no information about a reception
for the castaway and their
rescuers.
Nine of the 12 who were strand
ed have been flown to Bluie West
One, air force base in southern
Greenland. The other three, and
the two rescue fliers, were await
ing transportation at Bluie West
Eight base, 270 miles northwest of
the 7,800-foot high ice field wbere
the 12 were marooned. They were
picked up and flown to safety yes
terday. ,-
Details Revealed
New details of how the men liv
ed and how they fared in their
lonely vigil were related by an air
force public relations officer at
Harmon Field, Newfoundland. He
said the men suffered only slight
loss of weight and lived in "com
parative luxury" as U. S. planes
flew over the scene and dropped
them food, medical supplies and
other equipment by parachute.
The men built a three - room
Snowhouse, he said, and warmed
themselves with portable heaters.
They even had electric lights, us
ing equipment including a power
generator dropped from the skies.
In addition, films were 'chuted
down and the stranded men made
a pictorial record of their adven
ture. Three nights ago, a polar
bear prowled within 30 feet of the
camp but did not molest the cast
ways.
On Christmas day, some of the
men talxed to their wives at a dis
tant Greenland base over a port
able radio transmitter.
State Liquor Board
Has Authority to
Pay Lawyer Fee
PORTLAND, Dec.
state liquor control commission
was advised by Attorney-General
George Neuner today that it has
PAINTING
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Galleries
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Ualnnl Ileal and Filbert Heals
Also Walnuts in the Shell
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ft N. Front Street
SALEM
incedon
longer, the Jet equipment on the
legal authority to pay a former I
attorney 115.000.
Wilber Henderson had sought
that sum for his services during
negotiations on the distilleries
bought by Oregon and Washing
ton. Commissioner Thomas L.
Gatch had expressed doubt whe
ther the commission had authority
to pay Henderson.
The commission will meet here
next week.
Woman Held
On Charge of
Check-Passing
A middle-aged woman. Identi
fied by police as Arbella Mae
Sawchuck, S70 Union st was
held In the city jail Wednesday on
$1,000 bail on a charge of attempt
ing to pass a forged check at a
Salem store Wednesday morning.
She will be arraigned in district
court Thursday.
Police said she admitted
passing 15 checks during
the past month at several business
houses.
Most of the checks were written
for amounts under $20. She told
police she could not remember the
names signed or amounts on seven
checks passed here recently. Eight
others ranged in value from $7.50
to $18.50.
Charge Against
Men Dropped
Charges that two former con
victs stole a pump and other
equipment from the Oregon state
penitentiary were dropped Wed
nesday in Marion county circuit
court.
Judge George R. Duncan hon
ored a motion by District Attorney
Miller B. Havden to dismiss the
larceny Indictment acainst Tred
Fisco and Elmer Haab. both of I
Portland.
Hayden said there was not
enough evidence against the men
as a material witness could, not be
located, and also that Portland po
lice officers had promised Haab
and Fisco immunity for their as
sistance in a Portland investiga
tion.
Steelhammer
Prepares Bills
Representative John Steelham
mer. Marion county, announced
Wednesday he has prepared two
bills for the 1S49 legislature re
pealing laws of previous legisla
tive sessions.
One bill would repeal the state
witholding tax and the other tne
birth certificate law. A new bill
would be substituted for the latter
act.
Attorney General George Neun
er reported Wednesday his office
is flooded with requests to pre
pare bills for the 1949 legislative
session mostly irom state aepan
ments and legislators.
Telephone S-7C3S
9 you- Us ay. .
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Calif, as Navy prepares to re-activate some vessels of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Metal domes ire
de-hamidulers mounted as protective "cocoons" over anti-aircraft guns.
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Christmas beal
Collections
Total $13,566
Approximately $12,568 has been
collected to date in the Marion
county tuberculosis Christmas seal
sale although only about one-half
the seals sent out have been ac
counted for, it was reported Wed
nesday. Although the sale is officially
over, contributions are still ac
cepted, according to Mrs. Ruby
Bunnell, executive secretary of the
Marion County Tuberculosis and
Health association, agency spon
soring the sale. Seals not purchas
ed should bo returned to the of
fice, she said.
The contribution total Is that
raised through sale of seals by
mail and In three booths in down
town Salem, and the aale of bangle
pins In the schools.
Mrs. Bunnell also reported the
mobile health X-ray unit will be
in Marion county for a three-week
stay in mid-March. , Through it
free X-rays will be taken for mem
bers of local industries and state
institutions, high school students
and the general public.
BID ON DAMSITE BUILDING
WALLAJEALLA, Dec. 29-VP)-MillarPierce,
Inc.. ot Pasco sub
mitted the low bid of $184,990 for
construction of a maintenance
building at the townsite of the
McNary dam project, the army en
gineers reported today. There
were nine bidders.
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