r "a , Will to jod in I the Jdiejnedt, and on dearth peace. oo ?t Weather : 1 ;' I i .Max. l kin. Mi! 43 fieri Salm , . , Portland Sn Francisco Chicago 4i 4 S 43; . ttt Mew York Willamette rivtr 10 ' ft - FORECAST (from U 8. treitWr Wt reau. McNary field, Salem): Ctatfy today and tonight, with rain feu to night. Slightly warmer, with. . m bir todar near 44. and low tonlrht a. 1651 Salem temperature at; 12 .-01 teetey IT ae, Merry Cmistmas SOfflXJOB TOjCDQEB The Issue of the Bethlehem Ga zette of December 28, Year O had no notice of the birth oi a son w Joseph and Mary, late come from Galilee. Joseph held nc press con ference after the event. No photo graphers popped their flashbulbs at the manger-cradled child. Nei ther politicians nor social workers moved to end the housing shortage in Rethlehem. A luminous star guided wise men from the east to the stable, and a vision with voi ces sent shepherds hurrying to Mary's bedside. But there was no televising the Advent for a world to see. It would be a very strange world to Jesus if He returned in flesh today. The mechanical gad gets would be a complete mystery to this one who knew only the simple tools of the carpenter and the husbandman. He might even be amazed at the great temples erect ed in His honor and the services inside might mystify Him who was familiar only with the synagogue and the spare lines of the Tem ple. He would find plenty to con demn today: Greed, War, Hate, Lust. But he would find much to commend too. Wesus was called Rabbi, which means Teacher. He would find schools for the teaching of children and youth, extensive schools rea ching into years of man's maturity for his higher education. Jesus was sensitive to childhood, and He would find children loved and nurtured in every home. Jesus was a healer: and He would find excellent hospitals and skilled physicians and trained nur ses. He .helped the blind to see; and He would be pleased wtih our success in . (Continued on editorial page, 4) 2 Drown as Car Skids into Coastal River ASTORIA, Dec. 24 Two persons were drowned hert tonight when a car skidded through the rails of an icy .bridge and plunged Into the Lewis' and Clark river. One man. escaped drowning. He was found standing atop the sub merged car holding onto a bridge abutment. He ft William McPheeters jr., Astoria. He was treated at St. Mary's hospital here for shock. Hospital attendants said he told them that his step-father and mother, James Cox, 22, and Ora Cox, 49, were trapped in the car. The mishap occurred at about 7:30 pjn. The bodies were recov ered about three hours later. The death raised Oregon holi day traffic fatalities to five. Yule Weather Picture Varies Across Nation By The Associated Press The weather bureau Monday night sketched this picture of the nation's Christmas climate: Fair and colder In New Eng land. Cloudy, snow and cold in the mid-Atlantic states. Near normal temperatures and fair to partly cloudy in the south east. Snow and cold in the midwest Some freezing drizzle in the lower Ohio valley and central Il linois. Fair and cold in the north plains. Snow in the upper Rockies. Fair and colder than normal in the south plains and southwest. Fair and warm on the gulf coast. Mostly fair and colder than usual west of the Rockies. The white Christmas country, the forecaster said, covers gen erally the northern third of the nation, except lower New Eng land and the Pacific northwest. Animal Crackoro fy WARREN COOORICH 1 feel so bsnevoUnt today, Tra not vm going to scratch 117 Im." lifts - 101st YEAR SoDoinis IDeoDoyinice QJoSo Fleirs' FSones As 'I13ed BOacfcmniaDll' By Wllmot Hereher WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 - (JP) - Members of congress denounced Hungary furiously today for levying $120,000 in fines against four American fliers. They called the fines "blood money," "ransom" and "blackmail," and most of them said payment should be refused. But President Truman, asked by reporters whether he planned any move in the case today, inquired solemnly: "What can you do? President Said Ready to Act in Steel Dispute KANSAS CITY, Dec. 24 - (P)- President Truman declared today he will use whatever laws are on the books to keep the nation's steel mills rolling. This might mean the Taft Hartley law vith its emergency provisions for an 80-day anti strike injunction. The president made his decla ration in a brief exchange with newsmen who crowded around him in the music room of the Truman family home at Inde pendence, Mo., as he pressed a gold-plated telegraph key to light the national community Christ mas tree on the capitol grounds in Washington. One reporter asked directly whether Mr. Truman would use the Taft-Hartly law If Phillip Murray's CIO steel workers per sist - in their plan to strike New Year's day. The president snapped back that he will use whatever laws there are on the books to keep the steel mills going. While he did not use the name of the law, he obviously included the Taft-Hartley law. He expand ed a bit further with the asser tion that he will use all the pow ers the president has to keep the vital metal rolling out of the mills. Dick Contino Leaves Prison, To Join Army TACOMA, Dec. 24 -(JPh The warden of McNeil Island federal prison today announced the re lease of Dick Contino, California accordionist sentenced for draft evasion. Warden Fred T. Wilkinson said the one-time $4,000-a-week night club entertainer left the island yesterday after serving 4 months. Contino, 21, was given time off his six-month sentence for good behavior, Wilkinson added. ,i Contino said today he plans to go into the army. At Glendale, Calif., he said: "I definitely will do the right thing about this whole situation. I'm not bitter at all." He couldn't say when he will volunteer for military service, but he is under what amounts to a court order to do so. He said he went to McNeil de termined to build himself up physically. "I feel great. Im in the best shape I've ever been. My weight went up from 180 to 193 pounds." APARTMENTS SCORCHED PORTLAND, Dec. 24-P)-Fire damaged four apartments in the Queen Louise apartment house here today at a loss of $3,000. The fire, controlled after a half hour, singed the hair of one woman. Other tenants were evacuated safely. Carols, Gunfire Blend Oddly in Korean Air SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday, Dec 2HP-Carols and gunfire blended oddly in the frosty air today as United Nations soldiers from many lands celebrated Christmas on the barren Korean battle front. For some it was their last Christmas on earth. Many Allied troops, flyers and navy men bowed and devoutly prayed for peace as the war en tered its 19th month. Francis Cardinal Spellxnan and chaplains of all faiths conducted services across the battle-scarred peninsula.: - Communist radio reports said even prisoners of war behind their stockades in north Korea had spe cial services, and entertainment. white-haired Cardinal Spellman in his sermon to the "brave, but sad. tired young faces' called on them to 1 "fight against hostile hordes . , .! and crusade against tyranny, godlessness and hateful- 24 PAGES Soviet fighters forced the Amer- leans to land their C-47 cargo plane in communist Hungary No vember 19. Subsequently a Hun garian military court convicted them of violating the Hungarian border and fined them 360,000 forints (about $30,000) each, with the alternative of three months in jaiL The Hungarian government an nounced the fines yesterday, stat ing it suspected that parachutes, blankets and other equipment in the plane were intended to be dropped to "spies and diversion ists active in the people's democ racies." No Action Yet The state department has not announced any course of action yet. George Abbott, American charge d' affaires in Budapest, conferred with Hungary's deputy foreign minister today but there was no announcement at the end of the meeting. "We should not pay this inter national blackmail," Senator Humphrey (D-Minn.) told a re porter angrily. "We told the Barbary pirates we would not pay one cent of tribute and we should tell the Hungarian government the same thing," the senator said. Humphrey said he advocates "diplomatic pressures up to and including a break in diplomatic relations' to induce cancellation of the penalties. "This is a case which calls for diplomacy on an eye-for-an-eye basis," he asserted. Asks Ultimatum Senator Tobey (R-N. H.) said today he believes "we should give them an ultimatum to release these men or else." A reporter asked him how far he thought the government should go to effect the release of the fliers. "I'm not the president," he re sponded, "but if I were, action would be taken to release those men whatever action was need ed. We have played ducks and drakes long enough, and we should let them know that this is the end." Senators Hickenlooper (R Iowa) and Edwin C. Johnson, (D Colo.) called the action a "shake down." Rep. Armstrong (R-Mo.) said it would be "unthinkable" to pay the fines. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 24-P)-The Oregon department of the American Legion will accept con tributions to pay the fines of four U. S. airmen convicted of violat ing Hungary's borders. The Oregonlan suggested edi torially today that the $120,000 fine be raised by public subscrip tion. Ex-Pen Guard Gets 6 Months A six-months county jail term was issued Monday to Howard B. Hansen, former state penitentiary guard, after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of attempt ing to take drugs to a prisoner. The sentencing was in Marion county district court. District Judge Val D. Sloper told the prisoner, after he had pleaded, that Hansen had be trayed the trust of the people of Oregon in his smuggling attempt. Hansen was arrested last Thurs day with seven vials of a drug similar to benzedrine which he told police he was to have sold to an inmate. ness" for the cause of humanity, religion and free nations. At the front and in the rear areas, soldiers ate hot turkey din ner with all the trimmings and played Santa Claus .to hundreds of Korean orphans. They opened mail and presents from home. They sang the songs of the Christ mastide. But the war went right on through it all. The navy announced today it sent carrier planes over Hungnam in a special attack that came ex actly one year after the last Allied troops left that east coast port in the famous Tenth corps evacua tion. In Monday's raid, task force 77 planes covered a 120-mile stretch of the east coast and cut rail lines in 101 places. Allied warships also pounded Red targets on both east and west coasts. The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oxwgon, Tuesday, December 25, 1951 U. N. Says Allied Prisoners Taken Outside of Korea PANMUNJOM, Korea, Tues day, Dee. 25 -OP-The United Nations Command today charg ed that the communists had tak en allied prisoners of war out side of Korea Vice A dm. R. E. Llbby, U. N. Command negotiator at the truce talks, told the reds, "Your pris oners of war tell us they saw large sumbers of United Na tions prisoners in China. Can you furnish us with a list of these prisoners of war?" Second Slide . In Cascades Delays Trains Two northbound Southern Pa cific passenger trains are expected to be 13 to 18 hours late arriving in Salem today after a second slide in successive days at Wickobee near Crescent Lake in the Cascade mountains southeast of Eugene. The new slide Monday, 100 feet long and 15 feet deep, block ed the SP mainline in front of the northbound Klamath train. Be hind it the Shasta , Daylight was rerouted over the Siskiyou line. The Klamath, ordinarily due in Salem at 6:40 p.m., is now expect ed at 1 p.m. today; the Daylight. due last night at 9:50 is expected this morning at 10:30, instead. This was the official word re ceived from SP at the Salem yard office. There it was reported that a ditcher work train and bull dozers with railroad crews were working through the night in near zero temperatures to unblock the mainline. Earlier Monday work crews had restored traffic by clearing the slide which had occurred Sunday. Besides the holiday delay, of passenger trains, two northbound freight trains were held up at Crescent Lake and three other freights, southbound, were being held at Oakridge. Salem Persons Provide Gifts For Inmates Salem residents this Christmas have been unusually generous in remembering state institution in mates. They are receiving many gifts and Tuesday will have Christmas dinner with turkey and all the trimmings. Eighty children at the state blind school were invited by a nearby restaurant owner to receive their fill of free hamburgers and milk shakes. A Salem skating rink owner in vited the blind children to roller skate and they had the rink all by themselves. Walter Dry, blind school superintendent, said this was the blind children's outstand ing sport. Prison ' Warden Virgil O'Malley said one of his prisoners, a 20 year old boy, had a serious case of cross-eyes which caused him to become bitter and turn to crime. A Salem eye doctor examined the boy and then operated and cor rected the condition. The warden said the doctor's service was free. Churches Plan Climax to Yule Rites Today A child that was born in a manger of Bethlehem, Judea, 194 centuries ago, and the bright star that guided shepherds and kings to the manger are the Inspiration for religious services that climax today in Christmas, or the Feast of the Nativity. Although most churches com pleted their programs of pageant ry, giving and worship by Sunday, the corporate worship is continued today in some, especially the litur gical churches. The rites in Salem include wor ship at 6 ajn. in First Congrega tional church; communion at 10 ajn. at St. Paul's Episcopal; wor ship at 11 a.m. in Central Luther an festival worship at 10:30 a.m. in Christ Lutheran; festival wor ship at 11 ajn. in Grace Lutheran; festival service at 10 ajn. in St. John's Lutheran; masses at 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11:15 ajn. and high mass at 10 ajn. at St. Joseph's Catholic church; masses at 8, 7, 9:45 and 11 ajn. and high mass at 8:30 a.m. at St Vincent dePaul Catholic church. SAI.KM PRECIPITATION Sl Start f Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year Last Year 24.44 Normal ISM 22 a Christmas Eve Rescue Frels Illinois Mine Blast Snrviiwi1 It's Good lTt4---T - - n , l if'. y", , a Hi- - - 3 cxr MK - f A tt t feHr .-A L X-"" t: rA Amonr the estimated several hundred Willamette valley servicemen Christmas is Cpl. Joseph G. Ehli of Salem. A Korean war veteran, mother, Mrs. Joseph P. Ehli. (Statesman photo). 1950 Yuletide in Korea Increases GFs Praise of 1951 Holiday at Home To the servicemen who spent nothing short of miraculous to be with their loved ones. One of those who will have his feet under the family table to day is Marine Cpl. Joseph G. Ehli, who arrived Saturday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Ehli, 2062 McCoy ave. Cpl. Ehli landed Dec. 12, 1950, in I Korea and fought along the central and eastern front in northern Korea. His infantry outfit was re grouping at Masan when the birthday of the Prince of Peace was observed. He recalls no celebration. Colder Than Silverton "We had a good dinner, though," he remembers. And it was freez ing weather lots colder than at Silverton, for instance, where he attended high school until 1948. He entered the service that year. After spending- more than 11 months in Korea, Cpl. Ehli shipped home. He landed in San Francisco, Calif., December 20. He flew to Portland and arrived home in plenty time to catch up on his first stateside Christmas shopping in several years. Arriving home to a closer per sonal Christmas greeting was an other Korean veteran, 20-year-old PFC Edson C. LaValley, 2456 Claude st. PFC LaValley was greeted on his arrival here Satur day, by his wife, Edna, and his eight-month-old son, Mike, whom the soldier had never seen except by snapshot. By the time Christmas day, 1950, rolled around LaValley had been in combat since the previous No vember 1, with an artillery regi ment in the 11th marines. "It was cold and rainy," he re calls. "We lived in tents. We had just returned from fighting in the northern part of Korea. I didn't celebrate much on that Christmas dav. but I can still remember the wonderful Christmas dinner." How will he observe Christmas day? "Just lying around, taking it easy. No excitement. We've got a Christmas dinner planned and that's about all." "It's sure swell to be home!" Two Sons Home A special Christmas is also in order at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Briggs, 505 Madison st., this year with the homecoming of their two sons, Lts. C. M. and Donald Briggs. It is the first time all have been together on Christmas since 1940. Wives of the navy pilots and the two children of Lt. C. M. Briggs are accompanying them. For the past two years Don has been stationed in Honolulu while his brother is presently attending the University of California under the navy's program. Season's Low of 22 Recorded in Salem "Frigid temperatures enveloped Salem Monday, bringing ther mometers down to 22 degrees, the lowest this season and marking the coldest day since last Janu ary. The temperature was .ex pected to stay in the middle twen ties this morning. Rain is predict ed for tonight. to Be Home for last Christmas in Korea it seems spending this Yuletide at home Nation Counts 540 Deaths Due to Holiday Accidents By The Associated Press Hundreds of American homes had a somber note Christmas eve as the nation counted more than 500 dead in violent acci dents. At least 540 persons were kill ed in a variety of accidents mainly traffic mishaps be tween 6 p.m. (local time) Friday and midnight E.S.T. Monday. Traffic accidents accounted for 372 deaths, 81 perished in fires and 87 persons died in miscel laneous accidents connected with the long holiday period. The death toll approached the all - time four - day Christmas week end fatality record set in 1936 when 761 persons lost their lives. Toll by states included: Traf fic - fires - miscellaneous: Idaho 0-0-1; Oregon 5-0-0; Washing ton 8-0-1. Melee Disrupts Family Reunion; 3 Persons Hurt; Police Seek 5 A Christmas eve family reun ion in Salem turned into a violent melee over the custody of a child, leaving three persons injured and five others charged with assault and battery, sheriffs deputies re ported. Most seriously hurt was C. R. Lannigan, 74, 4885 Auburn rd., who was taken to Salem General hospital with a skull fracture and facial injuries. The reunion was at Lannigan's home. Lanni gan's son, Fred, was treated for facial injuries, and a son-in-law, John Stevans of North Richland, Wash., incurred minor cuts and bruises. Hunted In connection with the melee were Jay McDonald, Albany, his father, John McDonald, 1195 Reedy st., Tom and Mary Gordon of Shaw. A John Doe warrent was issued for the fifth person. The complaints were signed by Stevans, Fred Lannigan, and C. R. Lannigan's daughter, Mrs, Stevans. Jay McDonald is the former hus band of Lannigan's daughter, Mrs. Phyllis McDonald. Sheriff's dep uties said Mrs. McDonald told them that her former husband came to her father's house last night, forced his way in and de manded that she return their five-year-old daughter, Janet, to 'him. Mrs. McDonald, who has cus- PRICE 5c Christmas and women visiting at home this CpL Ehli la shown at home with his Truman Flies Home; Asserts 'Hope Growing' KANSAS CITY, Dec. 14-(P)- President Truman flew home for a family Christmas today with message of hope. Shortly after his arrival the president said in a message pre pared for broadcast from his own living room that a "higher hope" has risen in the world a hope for true and lasting peace founded on the drawing together of free na tions. He paid high tribute to the men who are fighting in Korea to make that hope come true. His broadcast message was in connection with the ceremony of lighting the national community Christmas tree, a graceful 40-foot spruce on the south grounds of the White House. He arranged to car ry out the annual custom by press ing a telegraph key here. In his radio speech the president commented that the world "is still in danger tonight," then added: , "But a great change has come about. A new spirit has been born and has grown up in the world . "Tonight, we have a different goal and a higher hope. Despite difficulties the free nations have grown together solidly for a great purpose: Not solely to defend themselves, but merely to win a bloody war if it should come; but for the purpose of creating a real peace a peace that shall be a pos itive reality and not an empty hope, a just and lasting peace." tody of the child for the next six months under terms of a divorce granted earlier this year, said she refused. Her sister, Mrs. Stevans, told investigating officers that when her father atempted to get Mc Donald out of the house, McDon ald's companions joined him in resisting. Then Lannigan's two sons, and Stevans, went to the aid of Lannigan, she said. During the scuffling on the front porch, Lannigan was knocked off, she said, striking his head as he fell. Mrs. Stevans said she, Mrs. Mc Donald, another sister, and two brothers, all were involved mo mentarily in the fighting. Mrs. Stevans, who, with her husband, had come to Salem from Washington to spend the holiday with her father, contact ed the sheriffs department after McDonald and his companions left, she said. District Atty. E. O. Stadter, Jr., prepared the warrants, which were signed by District Judge Val D. Sloper. Bail of $250 on each of the three counts, a total of $750, was set by Stadter. Stadter said that Jay McDonald had custody of the litle girl since 1 last May under the divorce terms. Mrs. McDonald got her daughter from the home of McDonald's mother Monday, Stadter said. No. 272 Bodies of 119 . - ! it . hi Miners Tk From Shaft n WEST FRANKFORT," 111., Dm 24-GfP)-It:was a miracle a Christ mas miracle, residents of this coat mining town agreed today. They referred to f he almost un believable survival of Cecil San ders, who clung to j life through almost 60 hours of an underground explosion ordeal in which lit others perished. f Sanders himself couldn't explain the "miracle." Foj : him it hd been a cold and lonely wait in tho darkness, 550 j feet oelow tho earth's surface.1 1 1 i "Give me some water." were the 44-year-old Sander' first word when a rescue crew found him at 5:45 a. m. i The blast occurred around 7:30 p. m. (CST) Friday night. Exhausted, but conscious and coherent, Sanders was found ly ing on his back behind a thin barricade. Around Wm were the bodies of eight buddies, i . After he had been riven a in of water, Sanders asked the date. . He was told lt was the dav before Christmas. ' ' I "This is a wonderful Chrint-' mas eve," the bearded and wiy miner said. I i - Later he told officials that ho was working near six or eight oth ers when the blast ripped the dig gings. They ran labout half a mile to an air passageway. -Temporary WaUs 1 i There they 1 walled thcmselvM off from the poisonous air- with barricade of cloth on a wood frame. I . f i ' "I lay down 1ridprayea"nI then relaxed and dropped off to sleep," Sanders related slowly. "When I woke up I started calling for my buddies but; I never got an . answer ... I golf awfully cold down there and my mouth was dry ... I feel as, though I wo .. asleep until you fellows reached me." ! i The miner's : son,! Paul, .23, had ' spent the night at the morgue. He wanted to; be pn hand when his father's body was brought in for identification. i He was there when ' news was flashed that his father, was alive. , Paul was waiting ; at J the mino when his dad was , brought out They talked as the? elder Sander was given coffee and oxygen. Eyes Swollen : i Mrs. Sanders was waiting at the hospital. Her eyes were swol len and she wrung her hands mm she paced the floor. For her, too, it had been a long; 'wait. "Hello, honey," Sanders said with a smile. f Through tears she talked to her husband briefly. If "Oh, my God, weve prayed and prayed for this," she sobbed re peatedly. "It's ; a miracle a mir acle." I i i i A company physician after ex amining Sanders said there were no visible signs of Injury, adding: "He's pretty well chilled but he's not frozen." j Mrs. Sanders told newsmen tho had taken down the, family Christ- as soon as I. get home." : Yes, she 'repeated, i it was . m miracle. s Town Saddened But Christmas eve was a sad mining town of 12,000. They talked tonight of funerals i of the rela tives and friends, not '. of Christ mas gifts. ' i ;i ' Rescue workers,! some of who collapsed from exhaustion or from inhaling gas fumes, too long, hA worked feverishly t for nearly t(T hours in hope : that; some of their fellow miners i were alive in tho sprawling tunnels of Orient No. 2. But fight as they did. they broke . through too late for tome who obviously hung on behind quickly barricaded ? mine cuts un til early today. Ill .Some of the bodies about six still were warm when rescue workers reached them.' And there was B. R. Williams' note, scrib bled on a cigaret Wrapper. "I love you fall way (Sic), the 40-year-old miner! wrote to his wife in his final tnessage. "I go tonight with Christ. I love hint too.' i , - Dogs All Find Homes By Holiday i rhritma business1 at the Salen pound was pretty! doggone good Monday. In fact all the dogs were gone, Poundmaster William Wil son reported Monday night. Wilson said nine dogs were som for Christmas presents, owners re deemed six others, and Wilson passed up the usual two del la fee to give another one to a young ster whose parents didn't hae money to buy a pet f him. ! f