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Warrant Officer Wilbur T. Martin,
Irene Mansfeldt, was scheduled to be first witness at prosecution of the
San Francisco socialite who shot and killed Mrs. Martin because she sus
pected her ol stealing her husband's affection. .
Mrs. Mansfeldt in "Somnolentia"
When Rival Killed, Says Attorney
San Francisco. Nov. 28 U.R)
"Somnolentia," a weird, half-
waking state of mind, was pro
wled tndav as the condition of
i Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt
i when she killed a suspected ri
! val for her husband's affections
j Defense Attorney Vincent
i Hallinan, in his opening re
i mirin in a 1nrv of seven wo
I men and five men hearing the
murder trial, yesterday portray
H hi. client as a Eood wife and
I mother whose married life was
? haunted by the "spectre of herm
itary insanity.
Over prosecution objections,
Hallanan outlined the strange,
twisted relationship between the
late Dr. Jtohn H. Mansfeldt and
his wife and described what he
I said was her drug-induced state
when she shot and killed Mrs.
Vada Martin.
Drugged Involuntarily
"We do not claim justifiable
Vinmiridp " Hallinan said. "We
are not invoking any unwritten
law ... it is our contention that
Mrs. Mansfeldt was intoxicated,
not by liquor, but by drugs, in
voluntarily taken."
Hallinan said that Dr. Mans
feldt had given his wife a strong
sedative and "two pills with a
sweet liquid" the night before
she killed the attractive 38-year-
old nurse with a revolver "she
liadn't the vaguest Idea how to
load or operate."
The drug, Hallinan said,
"produced a profound, unwel
come sleep for Mrs. Mansfeldt
a sleep so abnormal it tore
loose the structure of her sub
conscious mind, which like Pan
dora's box had been storing
away the terror and horror and
fears of countless years."
Semi-Consciouf
"When she awakened in the
morning she was suffering from
a condition somnolentia in
which she gave the aspects of
consciousness but actually was
only semi-conscious." Hallinan
contended.
Earlier. Hallinan had describ
ed a "dreadful dance of insan
ity" that dominated Mrs. Mans
feldt's existence before and dur
ing her marriaee.
Tracing her life from the age
of 15, when she allegedly dis-
i Favoritism Shown
Son of General Is
Congress Charge
Washington, Nov. 28 (U.R)
Discharge of a general's son so
that he could return to pre
medical school brought a con
gressional demand today for the
immediate discharge of all medi
cal and pre-medical students.
Pep. Paul J. Kilday. D., Tex.,
said Marine Corps Pvt. Jack
MacNider. son of Brig. Gen.
Hanford MacNider. was not en
titled to release under the point
system and that the preference
given hirr will be "deeply re
sented." MacNider was released
yesterday at his father's request.
Meanwhile, marine corps
i headouarters declined comment
f on General Douglas MacArth
ur's statement in Tokyo that he
had not requested MacNider's
discharge.
The marine corps said yester
day that MacNider was dis-
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shown sitting stolidly behind Mrs.
covered her father having an
affair with her mother's sister,
Hallinan depicted the "neurotic,
unnatural" surroundings of the
Mansfeldt home.
Hallinan said the onetime
raisin festival beauty queen, "a
young girl, distinguished by
beauty who comes as near as wo
men ever come to possessing the
best human traits of genius,
married into a family dominated
by Eva Mansfeldt, her husband's
mother, who now is confined to
a. mental institution.
BITTER FIGHTING
RAGES IN CHINA
Chungking, Nov. 28 (U.R)
Bitter fighting in China's civil
war was reported raging today
near the Chinese coast between
Tsingtao and Shanghai and in
southern Hopei province hun
dreds of miles south of General
issimo Chaing Kai-Shek's armies
advancing into Manchuria. 1
The central news agency said
communist troops were fiercely
attacking the government-held
town of Hanchuang on a rail
road between China's coast and
the interior. 30 miles north of
Hsuchow. The town is on the
border between important Shan
tung province and swampy
coastal Kiangsu, over most of
which communists claim con
trol. The news agency also said
Lcommunists far in the interior
had occupied Fiehsiang in Hopci
after three months' fighting.
RETURNEES EACE
Seattle. Nov. 28 (U.R)
Thousands of servicemen, re
turning from the Pacific, today
faced the gloomy prospect of be
ing stranded on the west coast
during Christmas, unable to get
to their homes because of in
adequate transportation, the
13th naval district announced.
A report from the commander
of the western sea frontier to
the chief of naval operations, a
copy of which was released
here, described the situation as
"critical." the navy said.
"The average daily intake of
military personnel at west coast
ports has been increasing stead
ily month to month, and the
peak will be reached about
Dec. 5-20, when the daily aver
age will reach an estimated
16.702 per day,' 'the report said.
ANTI-BRITISH FEELING
WORRIES U.S. VISITOR
London, Nov. 28 U.R Lab
orite Rhys Davies returned to
commons after a two-month tour
of the United States today tnd
told his fellow MP's he vas
"rathe disturbed" at finding
anti-British feeling in many sec
tions of America, especially west
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OF NAZI GRAY FOX
TOLDJHRIAL
Von Papen Said Seizure of
Southeastern Europe Was
Planned Long Before War
Nuernberg, Nov. 28 OJ.R)
Franz Von Papen, bland "Gray
Fox" of German diplomacy,
heard himself accused by an
American diplomat today of
boasting long before the war
that the nazis were bent on
seizing control of all southeast
ern Europe, and nothing could
stop them.
Allied war crimes prosecutors
struck a telling blow for their
conspiracy charge against nazi
leaders with presentation of an
affidavit by George Messer
smith, U. S. diplomat formerly
stationed in Berlin and Vienna.
Austria First
The Austrian Anschluss was
presented as the first move by
the nazis to engulf the entire
Balkan area. Messersmith
said nazi leaders had maintained
openly for years that they
would seize Austria by "what
ever means necessary."
Von Papen, one of the nazi
defendants, grimaced wryly, his
face reddened, and he wagged
his head as Prosecutor Sidney
Alderman read the affidavit by
Messersmith, now U. S. ambas
sador in Mexico City.
Messersmith's affidavit said
regarding a meeting with Von
Papen:
"He blandly and directly said
that getting control of Austria
was to be the first step. He def
initely stated he was in Aus
tria to weaken and undermine
the Austrian government and to
work from Vienna toward
weakening the governments of
other states in the south and
southeast.
Revelation Shocked
Messersmith expressed him
self to Von Papen as shocked by
these revelations, but the nazi
merely smiled, and said the con
versation was between them.
Medical reports submitted to
the international war crimes
tribunal said that Rudplf Hess
has resisted all efforts to cure
his amnesia and refused, to un
dergo voluntary treatment until
his trial is finished.
OEEP SEA DIVER
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First Creek, Wash., Nov. 28
(U.R) A deep-sea diVer from
Seattle, Walter McCray, today
arrived at Lake Chelan to di
rect navy divers in their quest
for a school bus that Monday
plunged into the icy lake with
15 students and an adult driver.
Two of the students' bodies
have been recovered.
The bus is estimated to lie in
300 to 400 feet of water, and a
buoy marks the spot where ear
lier investigation had tentative
ly located the bus. McCray said
the divers first would hunt for
the exact spot by dragging the
lake with cables.
If it's possible to snag it with
cables, the bus will be pulled
to shallower water 100 to 200
feet.
AMERICAN THIRST
STILL UNDER 1942
Washington. Nov. 28 (U.R)
Americans had a heavier thirst
last year than the year before
but they still drank far less
than in 1942 the last year in
which unlimited whiskey pro
duction was permitted.
Allied Liquor Industries. Inc..
a beverage trade organization.
reached deep into its statistical i
grab-bag today and came upi
with the fact that the average j
American (counting men, wo
men and children) drank 1.26
gallons of liquor in 1944. I
The figures are based on the
country's total population, since
there is no way to separate !
drinkers from non-drinkers. !
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Reservoir Break Dangers
Health, Closes Schools
Astoria Lashed by Gale.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 28 4U.R)
One of the worst storms in
years was whipping the Pacific
northwest today, causing untold
damage to communications and
property.
The coastal communities of
Coos Bay and North Bend, in
the heart of the fierce rain and
wind storm, were without water
due to the breaking of the Coos
Bay city reservoir under heavy
water pressure. The reservoir
supplies both Coos Bay and
North Bend.
Health Dangered
Officials of both communities
advised residents to take every
precaution to safeguard health
during an expected two or three
days without water.
Public schools in the area
were closed today and school
officials said they would be kept
closed until water could be re
stored to the stricken communi
ties. The city of North Bend had
only a three hour supply of
water left in an auxiliary reser
voir and it was being saved for
emergency purposes.
Astoria Gale-Lashed
Elsewhere In Oregon and
parts of southern Washington
the storm was bringing rivers
to near flood stages. At Astoria.
Ore., nestling at the mouth of
the Columbia river, . gale winds
were reported whipping IK
miles an hour.
Numerous highways through
out Oregon were closed by slides
and rising waters which covered
some highways.
Washington, Nov; 28 U.R)
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D.,
Colo., told the senate today that
the United Slates "is drifting
toward war with Russia with
with certainty and speed."
Johnson asserted that "A com
bination of suspicion, bluff and
appeasement brought on war
with Japan," and added:,
"Today we are trying to bluff
Russia with conscription of
'teen-aged boys but we are only
fooling ourselves. Russia knows
that we are waving an empty
pistol by our conscription prat
tle and their contempt for us
must grow with each passing
hour. Panic action, apeasement
and defeatism must certainly
end in disaster."
Johnson made his prediction
as the senate continued debate
on legislation detailing U. S.
obligations as a member of the
United Nations organization.
JAVA EVACUATION IS
URGED BY RED CROSS
Bat a via, Nov. 28 U.R
Evacuation of 200.000 Euro-1
peans and Eurasians from Java
was urged by the Batavia Red
Cross society today as fighting
continued between British and
Indonesian forces.
Allen Judwo'lh, chairman of
the society, said these people
were facing the danger of mas
sacre and were enduring the
sickness and misery of three
and a half year's internment.
Yamashita Denies Responsibility
In Manila Death and Destruction
Manila. Nov. 28 U.R Gen. i decided In mid-December, 1944
Tomoyuki Yamashita testified j not to defend Manila and or
in his defense today that he did
not order the destruction of
Manila and swore that he "ab
solutely" did not order the kill
ing of civilians or prisoners-of-war.
As the 60-year-old "Tiger of
Malaya" protested innocence be
fore the military commission
trying him, the Philippines su
preme court denied his habeas
corpus petition challenging Gen.
MacArthur's authority to order
war crimes trials.
-MBER 28, 1945.
Secretary Byrnes Reveals Details
Of Hurley's Displeasure; Leaks in
State Department Among Irritants
Washington, Nov. 28 (U.R) Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes declared today that Patrick J. Hurley would have had
the state department's complete backing if he had continued in
his post as U. S. ambassador to China,
Hurley resigned yesterday with the charge that career diplo
mats in the state department had sabotaged his attempts to unify
now warring factions in China on a democratic basis. He did not
then identify the diplomats he had in mind.
Ready To Name Names
i Hurley's friends made it clear,
however, that he was ready to
name names and pile details on
details- before a congressional
committee. It appeared a cer
tainty that either the house or
senate would investigate his
charges.
President Truman, meanwhile,
conferred with Gen. George C.
Marshall, former army chief of
staff, who will be his personal
envoy to China. Marshall will
succeed Hurley in China at least
temporarily.
Byrnes said at a press con
ference that before Hurley re
signed, he was given a definite
guarantee that he would have
the full backing of the secretary
if he stayed in the post and that
any career functionaries who in
terferrcd with his work would
be removed or recalled.
Speeches Rankled
But Hurley, Byrnes continued,
became incensed by speeches In
congress which the ambassador
charged were proof of informa
tion leaks in the state depart
ment. The speech which angered
Hurley most was made by Rep.
Hugh DeLacy, D., Wash., who
said the ambassador had caused
dissension between the Chinese
central and communist govern
ments. Byrnes said the career diplo
mats whose activities displeas
ed Hurley were' George Atche
son and John Service. They sub
sequently were recalled from
China" and are luSto taN Tokyo
on the state department's advis
ory staff to Gen. Douglas Mnc
Arthur. Byrnes said Hurley objected
to a report which Atcheson stnt
the department from Chungking
while Hurley was in the United
States on leave. In that report,
Byrnes said, Atcheson ouili.ied
a plan to promote unity in
China. Hurley found statements
in it to which he objected on
the basis of policy, Byrnes said.
Sydney, Nov. 28 (U.R) The
Sydney Sun reported from Ra
baul today that the Americans
are dumping into the sea or de
stroying equipment and sup
plies worth millions of dollars
as they abandon their Pacific
Island bases.
A Rabaul dispatch quoted
Australian officers in the Ad
miralties as saying 200 Hellcat
fighters, many of which had not
been uncratrd, were dumped in
to the sea there.
At Finschhafcn, New Guinea,
it said, rafts laden with Jeeps
put out to sea and Jettisoned.
Bargeloads of jeeps also were
reported thrown into the sea at
Jacquinot bay.
"The destruction is staggering
in scope and thoroughness," the
dispatch to the Sun said. "But
the American argument is that
if the gear is shipped home, it
would be merely transferring a
Junk heap from one place to an
other." Washington, Nov. 28 U.R
Rep. Robert Ramspeck, D., Ga.,
who is resigning from congress,
will be succeeded as house
democratic whip by Rep. John
J. Sparkman, D., Ala.
dered his troops to take to the
hills to fight a delaying action.
The rape of the city, he inferred,
was committed by navy troops
not under his command.
He said he never heard di
rectly of mistreatment of civil
ians in Manila although Tokyo
once advised him of a Spanish
protest against mistreatment of
Spanish citizens in the city.
"I did not order the destruc
tion of Manila and I absolutely
never ordered the raping of
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Comment
By United Press
PORTLAND OREGONIAN
What a breath of fresh air this
is . . . Let's have what Mr. Hur
ley wants, an American policy . .
That policy should be made de
finite and inflexible, and known
to all.
PORTLAND JOURNAL The
Hurley resignation bluntly de
clares that all is not well in
China, which we knew, but also
that the diplomatic exploitation
of China by the career diplomacy
of foreign powers, including our
own, is not at an end. This must
be looked into. We want to tec
China able to stand alone a
feat only possible under orderly,
central government.
NEW YORK TIMES For the
present, the net effect . . . must
be to increase current confusion
about our policy in China, and
at the same time emphasize the
need of a new statement, either
by the president himself or by
Mr. Byrnes, which will clear the
air.
NEW YORK HERALD TRI
BUNE His resignation from
his post in China is to be wel
comed ... It is a dangerous
statement, Just as Mr. Hurley's
policies in China were danger
ous for it Is likely to Increase
Russian suspicions of America's
actions in the Orient.
NEW YORK DAILY MIRROR
If half his charges can be
supported, our state deartmcnt
needs a shakeup.
THE DAILY W O R K E R
Essentially the voice of those
American imperialists who are
openly anti-soviet and call
everything democratic In Eur
ope and Asia a manifestation of
"communist imperialism."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRON
ICLE "An intolerable condi
tion exists if, as Hurley charges,
subordinates work directly
against the policies declared by
their chiefs , , , such a condition
is not one to be cured by merely
changing secretaries of state or
under or assistant secretaries.
CHINESElION
U.S. PATROL SHIP
Shanghai, Nov. 28 (UP
American naval headquarters an
nounced today that the Ameri
can patrol vessel 134 was fired
upon yesterday, presumably by
communists, while on convoy
duty in the Yangtze river.
Rear Admiral Charles T. Joy,
commander of the Yangtze pa
trol, said the craft was filed
upon by small arms from the
shore at a point eight ir.ilcs
above Klchau while in a small
convoy returning from Hankow.
The craft returned the lire
with Its 20-millimetcr cannon.
There were no American casual
tics. A similar Incident Involving
another patrol craft occurred
Oct. 23.
The top commanders of the
American army and navy In
china departed for Chungking
today to confer with Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek about tnc
future of American forces in
North China.
Renegade Britisher
Sentenced to Death
London, Nov. 28 (U.R) John
Amcry, renegade son of the for
mer secretary of state for India,
was sentenced to death today on
charges of high treason and
treachery for broadcasting nazi
propaganda from Berlin.
Amery pleaded guilty to ciHht
counts in a brief trial at the Old
Bailey, He was sentenced only
eight minutes after pleading
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Resigns
(Arm lelephalat
Pictured In his office shortly aftei
he announced his resignation as U
S. ambassador to China Is Patrick J
Hurley, who bitterly criticized the
"professional" diplomats of th
State Department, charging that
they are sabotaging the basic prin
ciples of American foreign policy.
FAVOR OF STRIKE
By United Press
Early returns in the 650,000
United Steelworkers (CIO) strike
vote indicated today that the
workers favor a strike to sup
port their demand for a $2 a day
wage increase.
Voting was heavy in the 27
states involved. Union officials
predicted an overwhelming ma
jority In favor of a strike.
Official returns from five
small plants in western Penn
sylvania gave a margin of a
little less than two-to-one In-favor
of a stoppage, but unofficial
returns from two small eastern
Pennsylvania plants gave a mar
gin of nine to one in favor of
a strike.
Polling places were set up
near 766 plants in 27 states at
an estimated cost of $300,000 to
National Labor Relations board
although the United Steel
Workers (CIO) was assured that
demands for a $2-a-day blanket
pay boost would be endorsed.
The trade magazine Iron Age
admitted that an industrywide
steel strike appeared inevitable
but predicted t h e walkout
would not take place before the
first of the year.
Government and United Au
tomobile Workers (CIO) officials
began conferring in Washington
today as the General Motors tie
up, involving 175,000 strikers,
entered its second week.
November Rainfall
Far Above Normal
Twenty-two days of cloudy
skies and rain and precipitation
for the month thus far measur
ing more than twice the nonixil
2 34 inches mark an unusual
November in the valley, accord
ing to reports from the United
States weather bureau. Precipi
tation measuring .1)7 inches from
midnight to midnight yesterday
was highest recorded for the
month.
Comparison over the years
shows an even greater amount
of rainfall In past Novembers
with 8.62 inches in November,
1942; 5.70 In 1937 and 3.14 last
year.
SHOE CEILING INCREASE
TOO SMALL SAY MAKERS
Washington, Nov. 28 U.R
Shoe manufacturers today label
ed "unsatisfactory" the 4'i per
cent price ceiling increase grant
ed them by the OI'A but said
they would accept it to avoid
further delay in setting prices.
The OPA last night announced
shoe manufacturers would be al
lowed the ceiling boost sometime
next month. It added that re
tail ceilings would not Le set
until it had studied distributors'
costs and earnings and discussed
the question with the trade at
a meeting here Dec. 11 and 12.
FLY FLU VACCINE
San Francisco, Nov. 2B (UR)
A total of 1,000,000 individual
doses of anti-influenza vaccine
are being flown to London from
Australia by the Royal Air force
to combat influenza in Great
Britain, Melbourne radio said
U'i ' 1
REACH LOG CAMP
TO REPORT FALL
Rescuers Start Into Isolated
Storm Wracked Area; At
Least 13 Men Aboard.
Coot Bay, Ore.. Not. 28
Five airmen, passengers and
members of the crew of a C-46
transport plane that crashed
In the rugged Oregon woods
near here lat Monday, were
found today alive and well.
These turvivort reported 12
men were aboard the trans
port Eleven managed to
bail out but it was not ascer
tained whether Capt. Hugh B.
McMullen, Kansas City, Kan.,
pilot of the plane, had es
caped. The remaining men are be
lieved wandering somewhere
in the dense woods.
Coos Bay, Ore., Nov. 28 (U.R)
Army authorities today identi
fied reports of a crashed plana
on the Oregon coast as the miss
ing C-46 cargo plane which-crash-landed
Monday with at
least 13, possibly 15, men aboard.
Rescue parties started into
the mountain wilderness after
two army fliers stumbled into a
logging camp with an incoher
ent account of the crash. One of
the worst storms in many yean
has blanketed the coastal area
all week and the doctors, nurses
end loggers were not expected
to reach the wreck until tonight,
Wander Two Days
The Portland army air base
said the big plane had six air
men aboard when it left on a
routine flight from Sedalia, Mo.,
to McChord Field, Wash. Several
stops were made en route and
army officials said there were
additional "hitchhikers" aboard
when it took off from Oakland
Monday.
The two fliers wandered two.
days in the rugged Coos Bay
forest country seeking help be
fore they reached a lumber camp
14 miles from Coos Bay. They
related that 13 of their com
panions were dead or near death
in the wreckage.
Army officials at McChord,
Portland and San Francisco wera
at a loss to explain earlier this
week how the plane veered so
far off course during the storm.
I reached McChord Field but
could not land, was directed to
Spokane and then Pendleton,
Ore., 300 miles inland. Later, by
radio "fixes", it was established
the plane was over the ocean
and the men were preparing to
bail out.
In Isolated Spot
State police estimated, from
the story of the two survivore
questioned, the plane actually
crashed some SO miles east of
Coos Bay, and about 200 miles
south of Portland. It is one of
the most isolated areas of the
west.
Portland army officials said
the two survivors were not sure
whether some or all of the men
parachuted or went down with
the plane. One victim was sup
posed to be hanging in his para
chute from a tree.
The first party of relief work
ers left Coos Bay last night and
the army was dispatching an
other today. Their progress was
impeded by washed out bridges,
fallen trees over logging roads,
torrential rain and coastal gales.
First contact with the sup'iv
ors was near Alleghany on the
Coos river and their aiuues
checked that the plane was down
in the Bear Creek region.
Five Identified
Sedalia officials identified five
of the fliers yesterday, as fol
lows: Capt. Hugh B. McMullen,
Kansas City, Kan., pilot; Capt.
Harlow A. Marsh, Syracuse, N.
Y co pilot; 1st Lt. Vincent V.
Hannah, Big Timber, Mont.: Pfc.
Walter A. Smoyer, Bethlehem,
Pa., and Sgt. Robert T. W. Neal,
Los Angeles.
It could not determine Imme
diately whether the two airmen
struggling into the logging camp
were from the plane's original
crew or from the passengers.
One was in hysterical condi
tion. EDUCATOR DIES
Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 28
(U.R) Dr. Omera Floyd Long,
75. of Evanston, 111., professor
emeritus at Northwestern Uni
versity and a charter member
of the Big Ten conference execu
tive council, died unexpectedly
of heart disease yesterday at the
home of relatives here.
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