10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mdf0,J, 0gaw, Monday, May 12. 1958 '
Diamond Smuggling Big
Business in African Colony
B7 CHARLES RIDLEY
United Press Correspondent
Freetown, Sierra Leone OPS'
Diamonds literally sprout
from the ground in this
British West African crown
colony.
Ana where there are dia
ish and their native levies to
patrol the far-stretching bush
so thoroughly that the dia
monds can be protected.
When the rivers shrink
after the rainy season, cus
toms men use slow-moving
planes to spot the main cen-
monds. the Km,,i k rs piraie activity. Any
smuMlin raokt bush pilot will tell you how
Diamonds are smuggled out
of the country to the tuneof
bout S42 million each year.
n nobody is able to stop it.
The experts say" the ready
tlunder robs the colony of as
many rough diamonds as . it
legally exports every year
err?bryo sparklers valued at
mori than $42 million.
They are scattered on the
ground like pebbles, or lie
just underneath the surface
soil in the bushland, the dia
monds of Sierra Leone. They
ar washed in from outside
th colony by five rivers and
rovide easy pickings for tens
of thousands of native farmers.
atfrls Unfeasible
It is impossible for the Brit-
I the diamond pickers scurry
for cover at the sight of a
plane.
But the planes and other pa
trolling schemes merely serve
as a slight harassment to the
farmers who merely stoop to
reach a diamond bonanza.
Sierra Leone it got its
name, which means ''Lion's
Head," from the early Portu
guese traders has the added
advantage of having a long
frontier with Liberia, the
easy-customed state that at
tracts most of the illicit dia
monds. British customs officials say
there are bush landing strips
just across the border in Li
beria where big-time operat
ors keep planes waiting to
whisk the uncut stones far
away to lucrative markets.
Smuggling Widespread
But not all the smuggled
stones pass through Liberia.
Many are smuggled out
through Freetown airport, by
apparently bona fide travelers.
Only two months ago a Bel
gian was arrested at the air
port with S112,000 worth of
illicit stones on his person. He
was a recognized diamond
buyer and had legally ac
quired stones in his suitcase.
The illicit jewels were carried
in little bags strapped under
neath his armpits.
What happens to the river
of illicit diamonds that drains
the lifeblood from one of Brit
ain's best-run and least-restive
territories in Africa?
The customs men believe
the vast majority find then
way behind the Iron Curtain,
via the Middle East. There,
in the Communist states of
Eastern Europe, a diamond is
worth greatly inflated sums
in local currency and no
body asks its pedigree.
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Matches In Bed.
Kill Mother, Babies
Chicago (IPi Two boys
playing with matches in bed
caused a fire Friday that
killed a mother and two
babies and injured three other
persons.
The blaze spread swiftly
through more than half of 32
apartments in a crowded tene
ment and drove panic-stricken
families to the street. Many
had to be rescued by fire
fighters. Authorities identified the
dead as Minnie Grant, 20, her
son, Stanley, 1, and her niece,
Rochelle, 2 months.
City Fire Attorney Earle
Downes said two sons of Mrs.
Grant's sister-in-law confessed
they had been lighting match
es and accidentally started the
fire.
"The bed caught fire and
flames spread immediately,"
Downes said.
SCREAMING INSULTS at Viae President Richard M. Nixon, mob of Communist-led stu
dents creates international incident outside San Marcos University, Lima, Peru. Police
made only a half-hearted effort to protect Nixon party. (International Soundpkoto)
What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
Cellege of Law, Willamette University. Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
STlo Killed the Camper?
Abe planned to take a trip
inte the mountains. It would
take him a week to reach his
objective and a week to re
turn home. During this time
he did not expect to see any
other person or have access to
any food other than what he
took with him. Abe had two
Saskets of food each contain-,
Sng enough to feed him for a
week.
Sylvester had a grudge
against Abe and planned to
kill him in such a way that if
his body was found, it would
appear to be a case of acci
dental death in the mountains.
Sylvester followed his victim
into the mountains and while
Abe was asleep on the eighth
day put poison in all the re
maining food so that any food
Abe ate would be fatal.
Similar Plan
".Ibert, who also had a
grudge against Abe, had a
plan similar to Sylvester's but
he had no idea of the poison
; inf plot. A few hours after
Sylvester poisoned the food,
; Albert stole it before Abe had
; chance to eat it. Abe even
tually died of starvation in the
mountains. The question: Who
killed Abe?
The question involves a
problem of causation. Before
one can be convicted of homi
cide, it must be established
that he caused the death of
his victim.
The question is thus hot
what would have happened
but what did happen. If Abe
had eaten the poisoned food,
he would have died. But Abe
died from the lack of food and
Albert stole the food. Albert
killed Abe.
Mental Gymnastics
What if Albert had been
Abe's friend? Perhaps he took
the food hoping he would save
Abe and hoping that Abe
would find other food. Would
Albert still be the one who
killed Abe? Maybe Abe had
detected the poison and had
destroyed the food, hoping to
find other supplies. Would his
eventual death have been a
case of suicide?
These are problems which
arise and provide mental, gym
nastics for those who must
solve them.
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Daughters of UN
Envoy Attacked
New York W Police
today sought two teen-age
girls who attacked and slash
ed the 16-year-old daughter of
Iran's ambassador to the
United Nations in a Bronx
park.
Frieda,! Abdoh, the daughter
of Dr. Djalal Abdoh, was
walking in the park with her
sister, Masty, 12, police said,
when she was set upon by two
Negro girls. She was cut on
the right hand and her dress
slashed almost to ribbons.
As their 'assailants ap
proached, one threw an elec
tric lightjsulb which exploded
near Frieda. One of the girls
ordered Frieda to remove her
dress. She refused.
The Abdoh girls also re
fused a demand for money.
One of the assailants pulled a
switchblade knife, slashed
Frieda's dress, and fled.
Tito Warned To
Return To Bloc
Belgrade - (ID The So
viet Union has delivered an
ultimatum to President Tito
demanding that he return to
the Communist bloc or face
the consequences, it was dis
closed today.
Delivery of the note coin
cided with announcement that
Kliment Y. Vqroshilov, the So
viet head of state, had "post
poned" a visit to Belgrade
scheduled for this week end.
The ultimatum was re
ported to have been delivered
by Russian Ambassador Ivan
Konstantinovic Zamchevsky
last Saturday. It was expected
to be fololwed by economic
pressure on Tito.
Soviet sources said the let
ter came from the Soviet
Communist Party Central
Committee and was addressed
directly to Tito, who is vaca
tioning on the isle of Brioni.
Voroshilov was to have
started his visit Sunday.
There was no formal reason
given for the eleventh hour
postponement, but political
sources in Moscow said a
technical reason was the con
tinued visit of U.A.R. Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Actor Injured
In Auto Collision
Hollywood (IP) Actor
Peter Lawford suffered an in
jured left arm early today in
a two-car collision in West
Los Angeles, police reported.
Officers booked Aaron Wal
lace, a Los Angelas man who
claimed to be a minister, on
suspicion of hit-run felony.
Thev said Wallace was under
fthe influence'of alcohol. -.-
Police said witnesses who
saw Wallace's car .cross the
white line and side-swipe
Lawford's vehcile chased the
suspect, forced him to stop
and brought him back to the
scene. . ,
Five gallons of gasoline in
Canada, imperial measure,
equal six gallons in the United
States.'. - -,
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CONGRATULATIONS ARE GIVEN Mrs. Louise Lake, Salt
Lake City polio victim, by President Eisenhower as he
presents her with trophy as "Handicapped Person of Year"
at annual meeting of President's Committee on Employ
ment of Physically Handicapped. (International)
WCTU Farm Home
Aide Promoted
Corvallis (W Richard
W. Thomas, 41, assistant sup
erintendent of the . WCTU
Children's Farm Home near
Corvallis, has been named as
superintendent, H. V. John
son of Eugene, president of
the Farm Home board of di
rectors, said today.
Thomas will succeed Ron-
j aid R. Hewitt, superintendent
jfor the past' four years, who
lis resigning to ,work for his
! master's degree' in sociology
at UCLA. Johnson said the
changeover will take place
about the middle of June
when Hewitt leaves for Cali
fornia. -
Thomas is a graduate of
MUNITIONS TRUCK HIT
Calera, Ala, (TO A muni
tions truck collided with a
train here Sunday, scattering
several hundred 105-millimeter
shells over an entire city
block. No shells exploded.
Police said the truck was torn
in half but the driver, R. T.
Lindbon of Indianapolis was
not hurt.
Linfield college and obtained
his master's degree in social
studies at the University -of
Oregon. He taught at a Van
couver, Wash., high school
and was in child welfare
work in' Yamhill county for
five years. '
The Farm Home k an in
stitution for children from
broken homes.
Says Nevada To Grow
If Given More Water
San Francisco 0P A New
York City economist declared
in the Colorado river suit that
Nevada's population will grow
from 270,000 to 1.300,000 by
the year 2000 if it has enough
water.
Eric D. Dodge said Nevada
grew faster in the last seven
years "than any other state
in the union." . Its population
jumped 66 per cent in that
period, he said.
Only lack of water could
keep Las Vegas' Clark county
from growing from its present
population of 115,000 to 600,
000 in the next 42 years, he
said.
Several States Involved
Dodge testified in the suit
as a witness for the state of
Nevada, one of several fight
ing over distribution of Col
orado river water. He is an
expert of the firm of Tippetts,
McCarthy and btratton.
Under questioning by Spe
cial Master Simon H. Rifkind,
Dodge admitted that growth
rates decline when areas be
come crowded, but said Ne
vada's deserts would not have
too many people "for some
time to come."
Rifkind upheld objections
by California attorneys who
argued Dodge should not be
permitted to testify about in-
FATHER RE-ELECTED .
Rome (IP) American Fa
ther Malcolm of Mary Sunday
was reelected Father General
of the Chapter General of the
Passionist Fathers. Father
Malcolm, born Francis . La
Velle in Rock Island, 111., wifi
serve a six-year term. The
Passionist congregation has
3,763 .members in various
parts at the world. It has two
provinces in the United States
with headquarters in Union
City, N. J., and Chicago.
dustrial development . in the
Las Vegas area. He restricted
the economist to predictions
about population growth.
Other Testimony
In other testimony. Dr.
George B. Maxey, an Urbana,
111., geologists said that in
figuring Nevada rights it
should be remembered that
Las Vegas' underground water
basin receives no water from
the Colorado river.
The basin is "structurally
closed," and recent years
have not brought enough rain
fall ' to fill the natural sub
terranean reservoir, he "said.
NOBEL WINNER WEDS
Summit, N. J. HP) Nobel
Prize winner Dr. Walter H.
Brattain of Chatham, N. J.,
was married during the week
end to Mrs. Roland B.fiMUler
of Walla Walla, Wash. Brat
tain, now a research physicist
for Bell Telephone Co. Lab
oratories, Murray Hill, N. J.,
was awarded the Nobel Prize
in 1956.
TWA Hires First
Negro Stewardess
New York
OP) Trans
World Airlines announced on
Sunday it has hired the first
Negro airline stewardess ever
employed by an international
carrier based in the United
States.
TWA said that Margaret
Grant, 21, a Hunter College
psychology student, will grad
uate next month and a few
days later will enter the air
line's hostess . training school
at Kansas City, Mo.
Miss rGant is the daughter
of a registered nurse and a
chef at a Saranac Lake hotel.
She is the second Negro to
be hired as a stewardess by
a U.S. airline. The first was
employed by Mohawk Air
lines last December. v New
York Airways, a helicopter
line, hired the first Negro
pilot employed by a domestic
airlines.
Scientists at Armour Re
search. Foundation have de
veloped glass ribbons, which
are expected to provide a
better building base than fiber
glass.'
Gibralter produces only
one thing. Other than serving
as a British army and navy
garrison, vthe native popula
tion depends almost upon en
tirely upon fish for export.
British Health Service rec
ords show yearly payments for
auto mileage to a doctor total
ing $4,800 for 64,000 miles of
travel, equal to 175 miles a
day.
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