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The first measurable snow of
the season fell in Salem Satur
day with 2, of an inch recorded
by weathermen t McNary Field
and driving made hazardous as
highways turned slick and slu
shy. Occasional snow flurries are
forecast for today with tempera
tures ranging from a few degrees
above freezing today to about 25
tonight. -
No serious accidents were re
ported in the Salem area but
traffic was slowed and tempor
arily stalled in several areas,
State Police and Marion County
Sheriffs deputies reported.
Most serious Sam occurred on
niihee Hill, five miles south of
Salem, on 99-E when one south
bound car slipped into the ditch,
State Police said. Another auto
stopped and couldn't gain trac
tion, halting other cars until the
slope was lined with stalled au
tos. The line-up was cleared
about an hour later with arrival
of a sanding crew and easing of
ale Churns Seas Mear
Europe, SMps Crippled
By LEONARD LENNINGTON
LONDON W)-Furious storms, whipped up by hurricane winds
roaring across the Atlantic, lashed Europe's western coasts Saturday
ZUgnvana 20 persons were repvricu ucau w uussuig.
The Atlantic was one vast seething cauldron, from the Bay of
Biscay to Britain.
Sixty-foot waves pounded over the coast of Southern England.
CRT
TO COCO
Dec. 27 came to Korea and to
Panmunjom; came and passed . . .
and nothing happened.
That was the date for the end
of the period within which "a
cease fire would come, at the
present battle line if other truce
conditions could be arranged.
The other conditions have not
been agreed to. Full scale fight
ing could be resumed; but except
in the air it has not been. And
the truce talks continue.
To forthright Americans this is
a most unsatisfactory state cf af
fairs. We business-minded people
are accustomed ,to arriving at a
bargain in short order? or else
calling the' deal off. With the ex
ception of the War of 1812 we
have fought our wars through to
a decision in the field. Peace terms
were what we as the victor im
posed, we are unaccumsiuiucu w
the haggling, the delay and the
lack of decision.
In this situation it is not sur
prising to hear demands that we
proceed to show the Reds "what"
to renew the fighting on an all
out scale; even to threaten to
carry the war to China if the
Chinese persist in taking part in
the Korean affair.
Thus the San Francisco Chron
icle terms the end of the 30-day
period an "hour of decision." It
says that on the basis of facts
presently known "it is apparent
that the United Nations must de
cide for intensification of the Ko
rean War, or reconcile itself to a
steady worsening of its position
and eventual defeat." It suggests
that ample military force "now
be made ready and applied.' The
Chronicle lists these items on its
program of
(Continued on editorial page 4.)
Truman Forms
Commission on
Health Needs
WASHINGTON (JP) - President
Truman created a "Commission
on the Health Needs of the Na
tion" Saturday.
Mr. Truman, who has been plug
ging for a national compulsory
health insurance plan without suc
cess since 1945, noted in a state
ment that he had asked others to
come forward with ideas of their
own.
"But such counter - proposals
have not been forthcoming." He
said, adding:
"I have, therefore, established
the President's Commission on the
Health Needs of the Nation to
study the facts and to present its
recommendations for safeguarding
and improving the health of the
nation.
' "It will make a searching in
quiry into the facts and give us
the benefit of objective and con
structive thinking on these prob
lems which are of vital concern to
every American.
, To head the commission, Mr.
Truman named Dr. Paul B. Mag
nuson, Chicago orthopedic surgeon
who formerly was chief medical
director of the Veterans Adminis
tration.' -, Magnuson has proposed instead
that a network of clinics be estab
lished through local initiative to
provide diagnostic examinations on
a pay-what-you-can-aff ord basis.
Treatment would be left, pp.; to
private physicians and the annual
losses of the clinics would be made
up by contributions from federal,
state and local governments . and
from. private agencies.,
the cars into movement by state
and county officers.
Traffic was reported almost at
a standstill for a time in the
Dallas area.
An unidentified motorist slid
into a power pole at Market and
North Winter Streets, cracking
the pole at the base. City police
said the driver drove away be
fore arrival of a patrolman.
Several minor fender - bumping
accidents were reported by city
police.
The McNary Field airport had
a thin coat of ice on the run
ways late Saturday night, wea
thermen said.
Snow flurries fell throughout
the state Saturday. Redmond in
Central Oregon and Burns far
ther east both reported eight in
ches of new snow.
State police said chains were
required for travel in the Cas
cade passes. Highway conditions
generally were made dangerous
by the snowfall, police said. '
nunareas 01 smau Doaxs lying at
anchor were swamped. Even the
giant Queen Mary limped into port
72 hours late.
Most of the frequent radio calls
from ships in distress came from
the area off Land's End, the
southeastern corner of England.
A dispatch from Spain said 15
Spanish fishermen have been lost
in the last three days. Ten storm
deaths developed in Ireland, where
the hurricane winds struck most
fiercely, and another was reported
on an American freighter at sea.
Many ports reported extensive
damage.
Waves Lash Ports
Great waves were rolling Into
French ports. An 18-inch lawer of
sand was deposited on some build
ings at Biarritz.
Among big vessels signalling for
help, the 6,711-ton U.S. Freighter
Flying Enterprise, carrying a crew
of 40 and 10 passengers, appeared
worst off. Rescue ships moved in
as the Flying Enterprise listed 60
to 8a degrees in the battering seas
on the approaches to the English
Channel.
A radio message picked up in
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from
the U.S. troopship Gen. A. W.
Greeley said all persons had been
removed from the stricken freight
er except her skipper, Capt Kurt
Carlson.
One Death Reported
One dead person was taken off
xne snip by the Gen. Greeley, ac
cording to a spokesman for the
U. S. Military Sea Transportation
Service in New York.
Seaside buildings and piers dis
appeared in towns all along the
coast of England. Even the inland
waters felt the imoact of the winds
which reached 89 miles an hour
to the English Channel.
The skipper of the giant Cunard
liner, Queen Mary, said the trio
to New York and back was the
worst he had known since 1914
Passengers on the Queen Mary
said it was awful. Tables, dishes
and glassware went hurtling
through the air.
Margaret Rose
On New List of
'Best Dressed9
NEW YORK fiPV-Princess Mar
garet Rose, younger daughter of
King George and Queen Elizabeth,
appeared on the New York Dress
Institute's list of best dressed
women for the first time today.
The Duchess of Windsor still
led the voting for top honors in
the 1951 list.
Another royal figure, the Duch
ess of Kent, was returned to the
list.
Other newcomers included Mrs.
Douglas MacArthur, wife of the
general; Mrs. George McGhee of
Washington, wife of the assistant
Secretary of State and mother of
five children; Irene Dunne and
Marlene Dietrich, actresses who
were frequent runners-up but nev
er before among the top selectees,
and Countess Uberto Corti, young
society leader of Rome.
The New York dress institute,
an association of the New York
wholesale fashion industry, has
conducted the poll for many years.
fttaflssiamis
Betfoire
By RICHARD K. CMAIXJEY
ERDING, Germany (JP) - Four
American fliers, whose liberation
cost the United States $120,000,
told newsmen Saturday they were
held and questioned by the Rus-i
sians in Hungary for 14 days be
fore, being turned over to Hun
garian authorities.
They said they were never mis
treated physically and were never
accused of being spies, but were
"interrogated and interrogated and
interrogated" during their 39 days
of solitary confinement.
The four men lost their way on
a routine flight from this Ameri
101st TEAR
Stiff Spy
Penalties
Sought
WASHINGTON VPy-The House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee said Saturday Soviet spying in
the United States demands "dras
tic steps." It proposed that foreign
espionage, even in peacetime, be
made punishable by death.
In a critical review of Russian
activities in this country over the
past 30 years, the committee re
ported it found "an alarming lack
of prosecution in cases of espion
age that have been discovered
from 1919 to the present d,ate."
The committee displayed parti
cular interest in pre-World War
II spy contacts within the Depart
ment of Justice. It noted, without
elaboration, that it was investigat
ing what may possibly be a hither
to undisclosed instance of espion
age within the Department.
"The committee is interested in
this phase of espionage because
since 1941 it has been disclosed
that two other Soviet espionage
agents, Judith Coplon and Alger
Hiss, have been employed by the
Department of Justice," the com
mittee said.
Must Protect Files
"The security of this country
would suffer a severe blow if the
confidential reports of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation were
available to the Soviet govern
ment." The committee's report and sug
gestions were contained in a de
tailed, "The Shameful Years," re
viewing Soviet esponage since
1919.
Truman Sends
Condolences to
Walter Pierce
President Truman Saturday
wired Walter M. Pierce, hospital
ized former Oregon governor, to
"take this experience in your
stride with chin up."
"Am sorry to learn that you
are in the hospital." the Truman
telegram began, "and I want you
to know that I am thinking of you
and hope you are not having too
hard a time. Happy New Year to
you."
It was signed "Harry S. Tru
man." Friends of the former Demo
cratic governor recalled Saturday
that he had twice introduced the
President to Oregon audiences and
that he had aided Truman when
the latter headed a Senate investi
gating committee.
The wire from the President
followed a similar one from James
Farley, former postmaster gen
eral and Democratic National
Committee Chairman.
Condition of Pierce was termed
"fairly good" late Saturday at Sa
lem Memorial Hospital where he
has been a patient for 10 days.
U.S. Freighter
Runs Aground
SAN FRANCISCO (JP)-An S.O.S.
from the American freighter An
gelina reporting itself aground
and being pounded on the rocks
was intercepted by Globe Wire
less Saturday via Hong Kong.
The ship gave its position as in
the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast
of Luichow Peninsula.
Oklahoma Guard
In Korean War
TOKYO (iP)-General Matthew
B. Ridgway's headquarters an
nounced Sunday that the 45th in
fantry division former Oklahoma
National Guard outfit is now in
action in Korea.
Questtionned 4 FBiers
LeMoig IHluinigairSainis
can air base to Belgrade. Yugo
slavia, on Nov. 19 and their C-47
transport was forced down by
Soviet fighters in Communist
Hungary. '
They were tried before Hun
garian military court Dec. 23 and
convicted on a charge of inten
tionally violating the Hungarian
border. They were fined $30,000
apiece and freed Friday after pay
ment of the fines.
Capt. Dave H. Henderson, 32,
of Shawnee, Okla, commander of
the flight, appeared to have suf
fered the most from his experi
ence. He fumbled with a type-
TWO SECTIONS 28 PAGES
Ms
Hydrogen Gun Fires Bullets at Fantastic Speed;
8-Jet Stratof or tress Bomber Nears Final Tests
Secrecy Lifted
Slightly From
Giant Aircraft
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON (JP) - The Air
Force provided a pictorial peek
Saturday night at its huge all-jet
"Stratofortress" bomber, disclos
ing that the B-52 is trying out its
eight engines preparatory to trial
flight.
An announcement accompany
ing the first picture of the new
bomber said the engine "run-up"
tests required moving the hitherto
carefully screened plane to a more
exposed area of the field at Seat
tle, Wash. It also was necessary
to remove the camouflage which
had draped the plane since it was
rolled out of the Boeing Airplane
company's plant several weeks
ago.
The statement by Air Secretary
Thomas Finlettet said frankly that
the official photograph of the
Boeing XB-52 "shows the least
possible amount of information
that could be of value to ny en
emy." He renewed his earlier plea
that neither the press nor public
make any pictures of their own
of the bomber.
Outline of B-47
The picture revealed an aircraft
having the approximate general
outline of the Boeing medium B-47
six-jet bomber but on massive
scale. Its obviously cavernous fus
elage should be able to carry more
than one atomic bomb.
Neither the Air Force nor com
pany have disclosed specifications,
but one unofficial guess, by the
British publication Jane's "All the
World's Aircraft," said it would
"weigh 350,000 pounds."
The Air Force, short-cutting the
usual long test programs, has or
dered Boeing to go into production
of the B-52. Finletter explained
that experience and information
gained in production of the B-47
was adequate to warrant produc
tion orders for th B-52.
For Mass Production
The company now is tooling
one of its plants for maSS produc
tion. In addition to the airplane
now getting ready for test flight,
a second B-52 is nearing comple
tion at the Seattle plant.
The swept-wing B-52 is power
ed with eight J-57 Pratt & Whit
ney engines, mounted in pairs
near the middle and toward the
outboard end of each of the knife
like wings. There has been some
unofficial speculation that these
newly developed engines produce
considerably more than 7,000
pounds thrust each.
Douglas Labels
Eisenhower
As 'Favorite'
WASHINGTON -UP)- A Demo
cratic senator described General
Eisenhower as an "overwhelming
favorite" for president today, but
a Republican congressman de
clared President Truman could
win another term if the election
were held now.
The Democrat, Senator Douglas
of Illinois, told reporters "a great
many" voters in his party would
hop the political fence and cast
ballots for Eisenhower if the Gen
eral becomes the Republican pres
idential nominee.
The prediction Mr. Truman
could be reelected if the voting
were held now came from Rep.
Crawford, Michigan Republican.
Crawford said he believes the
income tax scandals turned up by
a house investigating committee
have hurt Mr. Truman politically,
but he added that the damage
hasn't been great enough to keep
the president from being re-elected.
written sheet as he gave the for
mal account of his adventure. His
lips trembled as he began to speak.
At the table with him were the
other freed men Co-pilot Capt.
John J. Swift 34, of Glens Falls,
N. Y., T. Sgt. Jess Duff of Spo
kane, Wash., the crew chief, and
Sgt. James A. Elam of Kings land,
Ark., the radio operator.
Henderson said the Russians
constantly tried to extract mili
tary information from them. Hen
derson was cautioned by an air
force officer not to elaborate on
that phase of their interrogation.
He said the questioning centered
Th Orecjon Statesman. Salem. Oreaon. Sunday. December
New Blue Books Available
Copies of the new Orecon Blue Book fresh from the State Printing
Shop represent nearly a year's work of querying, compilinr and
editins f information about Orecon by Mildred Thurston, above.
As secretary to William E. Healy, assistant Secretary of State, she
Is responsible for the 22,000 copies edition. (Statesman photo.)
(Story and picture also on pace 8.)
Television Actress
Trades Necklines
During Show
NEW YORK-(iT)-Actress Madge
Evans had the neck of her low
cut dress filled in Saturday night
after she appeared on a television
show for a brief period.
Miss Evans made an opening an
nouncement on the "Show of
Shows" program over the National
Broadcasting Company. Then she
went backstage and had tulle plac
ed over the neckline.
Miss Lee Painton, NBC spokes
man, said the 42-year-old actress
was on the screen only 20 seconds
before the change was made.
Another NBC spokesman, who
wouldn't allow use of his name,
declined to comment on whether
any complaints were received.
38 Passengers
On Overdue Plane
BUFFALO, N. Y. (JP)- A non
scheduled C-146 airliner carrying
38 passengers, its tanks reportedly
holding only enough fuel for three
hours flying time, was reported
four hours overdue early Sunday
on a flight from Pittsburgh to
Buffalo. The plane, a Continental
Charter Airlines' ship, was to fly
to Miami, Fla., after stopping in
Buffalo. It left Pittsburgh at 9:47
p. m. and was due in Buffalo an
hour later.
Convict Missing
From Pen Annex
L. E. Enfield, 19, serving one
year for obtaining money by false
pretenses, was missed from 10:30
p.m. bedcheck Saturday at the
State Prison Annex, Guard Capt.
Ellsworth Herder said at midnight.
Enfield was received in May from
Clackamas County.
2L4 Days
Talk Oveir
almost continually on extra para
chutes, blankets and a "Gibson
girl" radio aboard the plane. Hun
gary charged this equipment
showed the plane was intended
for use' in parachuting spies ' be-'
hind the Iron Curtain.
The radio can send only SOS
signals and along with extra para
chutes and blankets, is normal
equipment on a C-47 in case of
a forced landing.
The airmen said the questioners
were "very friendly," but- their
trial, as they described it, followed
the usual practice in Communist
countries there was not much
chance to put up a defense.
1651
Auto Indust
ry
Faces Heavy
Cutbacks Soon
WASHINGTON -P)- Govern
ment officials warned the auto
mobile industry Saturday that it
faced heavy production cutbacks
next spring, but promised to begin
an intensive survey to see if more
critical materials could be used
for making cars.
Earlier in the day, the govern
ment's tentative plans to hold the
auto manufacturers to 800,000 cars
and 200,000 trucks in the second
quarter of 1952 were denounced
by industry spokesman as unneed
ed and even criminal in their im
plications. President C E. Wilson of Gen
eral Motors told an industry-government
conference that this re
striction of production roughly 20
per cent below present output;
would mean the layoff of another
125,000 auto workers.
Wilson said it would amount to
a "political, economic and social
crime."
Detroit estimates are that 125,
000 to 135,000 persons are now idle
in the area.
In reply, defense production Ad
ministrator Manly Fleischmann
denied that the auto industry was
being discriminated against in the
government orders reserving steel
and other materials for defense.
He said defense needs are para
mount. Atomic Energy
Converted to
Electric Power
CHICAGO (JP) - The Atomic
Energy Commission announced
Saturday that electric power
more than 100 kilowatts has been
produced from atomic energy by
U. S. scientists for the first tune.
The AEF said the power was
produced Dec. 21 and 22 at the
national reactor testing station,
Arco, Idaho. The -power was used
to operate pumps, reactor equip
ment, provide lights and electrical
facilities, the AEC said.
A liquid metal removed the heat
energy generated from the reactor
at a temperature high enough to
generate steam to drive a turbine.
The experiment was not intend
ed to show that electrical power
can b economically produced
from nuclear sources, the AEC
stated. But the technical informa
tion gained by the experiment may
be useful in the design of future
reactors aimed at generating elec
tricity at a competitive cost.
" " N
30. 1951
PRICE
10c
Navy Gun Fires
4 Times as Fast
As Average Rifle
BERKELEY, Calif. (JP) - The
Navy soon will have a hydrogen
gun not an H-bomb, but some
thing that will shoot bullets at
fantastic speeds.
The gun will give bullets a speed
of around four miles a second or
perhaps faster. That is about seven
times as fast as the average rifle
bullet.
The Navy already has a building
in which it can do indoor artillery
using shells and rockets up to 3
inches in diameter.
New Bullet Shapes
It is also experimenting with
"interesting" shapes of bullets and
explosive charges and how they
affect targets of varying designs.
The tests are designed to show
exactly what will happen when a
high explosive shell of the future
hits a tank or a fighting ship. De
tails are secret.
These things were subjects of
reports Saturday to the American
Physical Society by a group of re
searchers from the Naval Ord
nance test station at InyoKern,
Calif., a well isolated spot in the
Southern Califirnia desert area.
One researcher. Dr. Earl B. May
field, is building the hydrogen gun.
Tests Metals
He said he had been using oth
er means of propelling test bul
lets made of aluminum and mag
nesium, getting speeds a little
short of four miles a second. His
object is not to see how fast he can
make a bullet go but to find out
what happens to it when it moves
through the air at new high speeds.
Already he has demonstrated
that it is the bullet rather than
the air which burns when the pro
jectile's ultra speed produces a
glowing heat. This finding demol
ishes a widespread belief that it
is the air around the bullet rather
than the projectile itself which
burns.
His tests involved the use of an
Instrument to analyze the light
from the glowing streak produced
by the bullet. The analysis showed
them to be from burning metal
rather than from burning air.
Not For Space Ships
At one stroke, this wipes out
the chances of anybody ever using
aluminum or magnesium for a
space ship. Such a ship would have
to travel about seven miles a sec
ond to escape from the earth's
gravitational pulL Dr. Mayfield's
findings show that at that speed
it would burn up before it got be
y)und the earth's atmosphere.
For test purposes, the gun uses
projectiles smaller than rifle bul
lets. The explosive is liquid hydro
gen, touched off by a little injec
tion of oxygen. Details are confi
dential. NEW CITY MANAGER
COOS BAY (JP)-C. G. Reiter
will become city manager of Al
bany Feb. 1. He announced his
resignation as city manager here
after holding the position four
years.
1 CPQQi?C)GG I
Max.
Mln.
Preelp.
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.46
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J01
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
4 32
44 32
58 sa
39 2S
4 29
New York
Willamette River 7 fet.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary Field. Salem): Decreaa
tnjf cloudiness with occasional Ucht
now and rain mixed today. Cold to
day with a high of 35 to 37; low to
night 23 to 25. Warmer during the day
Monday. Salem temperature at 12:01
an. today was 32.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. I
This Year Last Year Normal
24.22
26.95
1S.7S
Salem Girl Describes Trio's
Exploits With Forged Checks
A 17-year-old Salem girl signed
a detailed statement Saturday ad
mitting she and two other teen
age Salem girls passed about $500
worth of forged checks in Salem
and Eugene 'in a three-month es
capade to California and back, city
police reported.
The girl was arrested at her
home shortly after noon Saturday
after allegedly passing a forged
check in the morning at a grocery
store. The other two, one of whom
is the arrested girl's sister, were
being sought Saturday night in
California, police said. Their ap
prehension was thought to be a
matter of hours.
In her statement to police, the
girl said she and a friend obtained
a book -of blank checks at a Salem
bank Oct. 1 then wrote two $37.50
checks, later passing them to
downtown markets.
. Then the two were joined by
another girl in flight to Eugene,
where she said they passed nearly
$300 in checks, mostly at grocery
No. 271
U.N. .Cuts
1 erms in
Proposal
MUNSAN, Korea-LTVThe Com
munists rejected Sunday tw
points of a new Allied -final cf
fer" for supervising a Korean arm
istice. The Allies Saturday made their
offer a six point plan which re
duced sharply their terms for po
licing a truce. They insisted, how
ever, on banning construction
military airfields. Allied negotia
tors said the plan had to be ac
cepted completely or not at alL v
The Communists called the air
field construction ban "absolute
ly unacceptable" and objected
strongly to a second provision for
replacement of worn or expended
materiel.
The subcommittee, after a mors-'
ing session, agreed however t
meet at 11 ajen. tomorrow-iS am.
Sunday, PST.
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner
told the Reds "We have gone as
far as we would go. It's now your
move."
Give Assurances
Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang
reiterated Communist assurances
that the Reds would not bring"
warplanes into Korea while an
armistice was in force. He said
this oral promise should "relieve
the United Nations of their con
cern" regarding a buildup of Red
air power.
The subcommittee discussing the
exchange of war prisoners re-
poneu no progress u tiring a morn
ing session at Panmunjom.
The new Allied offer abandoned
iour 01 tne six safeguards wrucn
the U. N. Command had insisted
on retaining during an armistice,
A fifth was watered down. ;
Safeguards Cut
The safeguards abandoned were
aerial observation anywhere in
Korea during a truce; retention of
outpost islands behind enemy-lines
the Allies hold a number of
them; a single supervising author
ity for the truce, and Allied-Red
inspection teams free to travel
anywhere in Korea. 4
In addition, the Allies offered to
permit rebuilding of a Limited
number of North Korean airfields.
The only safeguard which the)
Allies have nailed down is a sound
military defense position during aa.
armistice.
Ask 3 Principles
- In return, the Allies asked the
Communists to accept three U. N.
Command principles. These arc!
1. A freeze on military buildup
but limited rotation of troops. -
2. Restriction of airfields re
built during a truce to civilian us
only.
3. Opening all main road and rail
lines throughout Korea to neutral
truce observers.
SEOUL, Korea (P-Commuriisi
infantry Saturday hurled bacH
three Allied attempts to regain a
hill on the Western front.
The Reds took the hill Friday,
and battled nearly all day Satur
day through sub-zero weather to
hold the ground.
In the late afternoon the Red
themselves attacked but failed te
dent the United Nations line.
(hurcliill,Edeii
Leave for U.S.
Dec. 30-iPrime Minister Win
ston Churchill and Foreign Secre
tary. Anthony Eden boarded thai
Queen Mary early today for their
voyage to the United States. The
vessel sails at 3:15 ajm. PST Sun
day. " .
stores. She said all checks -were
signed with numerous names, all
forgeries.
They next went to San Francis
co where, the statement continued,
they borrowed money from an ac
quaintance until they found Joba
with an insurance company.
The arrested girl said she then
returned to Salem two weeks ago,
obtained another blank check book
and took it to a hotel room where
she "wrote six or seven checks.
These were passed at several Sa
lem grocery stores- to the amount
of about $150. . -
The other, two girls came to Sa
lem about a week ago and spent
Christmas day .at their homes be
fore .returning to California, the
statement read.
-Authorities were asked to locate
the girls there. AH three had been
sought as runaways since October,
police said. The one now in Salem
custody was btng held in Mixioa
Comity Juvenile Ward Saturday
night. ;