Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 13. 156 Page 12 Section 3 THK CAPITAL JOURNAL Blind Colonel, Family Happy To Aid Others Give Christinas Money To Refugees, Kather Than Bnv Gifts Held in Bus Depot Killing flMlMt$uLL J? 'WW'I'Wiii m i ii ii m By LOUIS CASSKI.S United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON Of) This Christmas story begins with a let ter that arrived at the I'niterl Press office in Washington o few days ago. It was a single-page, neatly typed tetter, and it stood out in the stack of morning mail be cause it had no impressive letter bead at the top. no formidablf title under the signature. It rame from a residential add ress in a nice section of Washing ton and was signed simply, "Har rison King." The writer said his family had found a way to spend a "richer and more meaningful Christmas" and thought other Americans might like to try it. King said he and his wife had "taiked at some length" about the tragic news from Hungary and "the sufferings of many people in this world as compared to the comfort and warmth of our own home." They also talked about all the money they were preparing to spend on Christmas presents for each other, for their 17-year-old daughter, Patsy, their 15-year-old son, Bill, and their own parents. The Kings decided that it would be more in the "spirit of Christ mas" if the money they might have spent on family presents was given instead to the Red Cross and CARE for relief of Hungarian ref ugees. Family Support "I should state that this Idea ha.Cbeen supported and subscribed to by our children and their grand parents," King wrote. "We all feel that our gift will make for a richer and more mean ingful Christmas. "I am writing this letter to you bcause I believe other Americans might feel the same way and. if you agree, you could give the idea publicity." It sounded like a sincere, straightforward 1 e 1 1 r. There didn't seem to be any catch to it. But a news agency has to check such things. And a little investiga tion of Harrison King disclosed that he hadn't told the whole story in his letter. Whole Story He didn't, for example, use his proper title, which is "Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired." ' And ho didn't say that he knew what It's like to make sacrifices lor cause, as the Hungarians re doing. He didn't mention the fact that he lost his own eyesight while lead lng a U.S. battalion .in the battle of Aniio beachhead In World War 11. "Yes, he Is blind." Mrs. King told a reporter who called to con firm these facts. But he wouldn't want you to make lot of that in the story. "You see. It's not his troubles but his blessings that he wants to share." 'Lev J 7 1 a, ijaext k Jl v jm b mi ii w.m- v ff 'r m n "VV' " , mm. . VAX ' I S 1 1 i mm&ssL A$ ': '7' Ml 1 WMinsDOijims NKWPOKT, Ore. John Willie I.oiitf. 36, IJuvlan. Olihi. resit head on hand In county Juil Iiiti? iiftrr arrnl In fatnl nlimUni( of an old friend, C. J. Huff of I'nrlland, Ore, nt him depot In money dispute. With Long here Ii Slate 1'iilrolmnn Donald II. AJjiIsoij. ( A I ttirrphontoj He's Never Been Miffed Over Being Named Just Plain Tiff I DOVKR, N.H (UP) Parrnfs. take it from Tifft, thre'n no urnsc arguing about what to name your offspring. Ti(ft has lived 78 years without first name and found it no hardship. The retired Brooklyn, N.Y., lumber dealer, who settled in New lamnslure 21) years ago. explains that his parents couldn't decide what to call liim. Labor Study Iiaps Illegal Vote Charge "They finally agreed lo lei me chno.se my own name when I was old enough. I just never bother- Pit " Tiff I k-iil ii ru n-tw i- l. i tween elections just as frequently when Tiffl s first son was horn' nnmn.--i. j son Herbert Tif ft, after his grand- POnTI.AND 'Pi A Purvey made by the Oregon State Labor Council shows that Republicans move from their precincts be- Yank Troops Handle Cargo In Yokohama fotlur "I rather regret thai now," hi' said. "We could have just called him Tiflt II." Tif ft has another son, six grand children and two great children. All are well supplied with first and middle names. "So far as I know," Tillt said, "I'm the only man In the country with Just a surname. About the only diflFrencc.it has made in my life is that people generally remember me a lot better this way. "You can sum it up this wav," lie said. "I've never been miffed British Storm Takes 4 Lives YOKOHAMA, Japan W U.S. Army officials said Thursday u'i,.;.,. t,w IllltlC mail l.imi niin iiinit nuniii i will handle military cargo here as long as a strike by Japanese stevedores lasts. The Army said "there appears to be no legitimate reason" for the walkout. Jlnndlinif the Ameri can freight are about fiOO soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division and some 500 olher cavalrymen and transport at ion corpsmen Three Japanese Prop-ess Told On Educational TV in Portland PORTLAND ut - Plans for gel tiliK a Portland educational tele- stevednrinij ; vision station on the air were dis- tirms normally provide wie aocs-1 cmseiS hne Wednesdav nisht by representatives of civic clubs, parent-teachers, labor, manage- rn to handle American military LONDON un The worst (tales 'freight under contracts with a of the winter swept over sections Japanese government procure rf Britain Thursday, killing atment agency. The strike started least four persons and bringing! two weeks ago in a three-way dis heavy snows to parts of Scotland, pule among the Japanese con Two men died in the Shetland tractors, subcontractors, and la Islands when their small boat cap- bnr. sued in a gale which reached a I Two stevedoring companies re velocity oi 104 miles an hour An assistant lighthouse keeper: force higher contract charges and was swept out to sea and drowned 1 to pressure the third company !n the Outer Hebrides and another! that has been using nonunion msD was killed nr.ir Kherfil,( liim 1'ha Arinv ctirl (list fim. when a high wind blew a bus i tracts went to the lowest bidders , t"!n sUUions nve offered $125,- Shelter atop him. .nd that each firm aiireed to pay,' ' un eqmpnieiii. Snow fell heavily In many places prevailing watfes. is onRiaim. unirs wnn BlISll 01 George Brown of the union or ganization said the survey was made to dispute pre - election charges by Republicans that il legal voting could be expected from a large number of Demo- nr-fife tvhn hxA mnvorl from thi.tr grand-1 precincts and would try to vote without re-registering as required by law. Brown said that 2,802 letters were sent out to voters of 10 Multnomah county precincts. Of this number 574 were returned with the notation that the ad dressee had moved. Of this total 295 were Republican registrants and 279 were Democratic, he said. He said that at the last legis lative session Republicans had passed "restrictive legislation" based on its charces of "alleged Illegal voting on the part of reg istered Democrats." "It would seem." Brown said, "that in the liht of the statistics we have developed, an analysis of our election laws should be made in the coming session of the Legis lature, based upon an intelligent approach to the problem, rather than the inaccurate - and preju diced informal iop that was pre sented at the li55 legislative session." YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU ANYWHERE! new Admiral "big 10 portable TV (JJ II! all-channel tuner ment and education groups. Claude V. Palmer, a spokes man, reported that Portland pub lic schools have offered space for the proposed channel 10 station. Money probably can be obtained portedlv want lo use the strike to'"""" '" 'UIU foundations fund ! i.:i . i... ,.i, ,i for the Advancement of Kduca- lion, he said. Several Portland urea colleges have pledged finan cial support and commercial tele- Ill miles an hour howled over parti of northern Scotland 'Life' Photographer Missing in Hunpirv VIENNA. Austria (fl -The U.S. embassy here said Thursday Mrs. Georgette Meyer "Dickv" ("h. pelle. an American photographer wnoe worit appears In Life maga sine, is missing In Hungary Appeal Filed 15v Atom Spy NK.W YORK Us-('onvicted atom spy Morton Sohell has filed a new appeal from his 30 year prison sentence in Alcntraz. Snbell, 37, was convicted In 19.M with Julius and Kthel Rosenberg. Since the greet flow of refuoeei . who were executed in 19S3 for Into Austria began last month, transmitting atomic secrets to Mr. Chapelle, J7, of Milwaukee. Russia. ha made frequent trips frsm! Sohell has appealed his convic Vienna to the border area to make lion a numher of tunes, photographs. She left her hotel In his latest action yesterday Dec. 4, telling the clerk she was before the V. S. Court of Appeals, foing to lower Austria and would ho contended the government used tie 'Baric in tnrec days. I perjured testimony nt his trial. 1PH Free Gifts-Coffee Turkey or Ham Snacks y 'iiUssm Tahiti umsg A?njAiMoroiitMm 1 1 SALEM - ORECOW CITY j 360 State St. Ph. 3.9148 However. Palmer said, before Ui Loan or Gift Urged lo Austria NKW YORK UV-Angicr Piddle Duke, president of the Interna tional Rescue Committee, has urged a loan or an outright gift ot five million dollars from the United States government to the Austrian people who have aided Hungarian refugees. Duke also told the Women's license can be obtained, there I National lteoublican Club vester. "must be assurance of an oper- day the Hungarians who fled to flting budget and an organization! Austria "have won the most lm plan that is sound and assures ' porlant victory since the war and keeping the station on the air." i they know they've won It." 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