Bakersfield Californian (Newspaper) - December 28, 1948, Bakersfield, California THE WEATHER ri Hieb Yesterday 53 3 Storm Last Tear This Tear Forecast Clearing this but more fosc stud clouds again tomorrow 61 5 CENTS PER COPY TWO SECTIONS I DECEMBER 24 PAGES 5CENTS PER COPY 128 By United Press WASHINGTON Twelve castaway American fliers were rescued from the Green land ice cap today by an air h force transport Fitted with skis and take off a swooped down on the 7700foot ice plateau this loaded the stranded n fliers aboard and flew back to its Greenland base 270 miles The air force said all 12 casta ways were in good physical although seven of them had been H stranded on the ice since Decem ber The five others in the marooned party landed there accidentally in three separate and unsuccessful at tempts to remove the original Until the actual rescue was ac it had been believed that 13 men were down on the ice But the air force said it had been confirmed that only five fliers were stranded in the rescue instead of six as had been reported Two fliers crashed on December they tried to rescue the C4 crew in a Two joined the lost band in an at tempted snatch on December and another was added to the list when he failed in a solo glider Christmas The rescue was announced by air force headquarters Race for Rescue It climaxed a dramatic race by the air Arctic fliers against the bitter Greenland weather and the which had ordered the carrier out of last week to join the rescue from the Saipan said the flattop was plowing through heavy seas about 1000 miles south of Greenland when the ma men were snatched off the ice Colonel Bernt veteran polar explorer and commander of an air force rescue unit in also was called in during the final hours of the Too Late to Help Balchen and a team of 13 Arctic rescue specialists flew 3800 miles from Alaska to join the but they arrived in Greenland this morning too late to The rescue plane piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Emil Beaudry of air force All the rescued men were ex isted to be flown shortly to Goose Many of them have Greenland and probably will return MIAMI If charter air plane with 28 persons on board was missing today on a flight from San Porto to A great aerial search was under The a DC3 charter a crew of 3 and 25 It was more than five hours overdue at Its fuel supply was exhausted about The Coast Guard Rescue Service said the last contact with the plane was made by overseas radio at New Orleans at The plane at that time gave its position as 50 miles south of Overseas a unit of the Civil Aeronautics read the po sition report back to the plane and asked for No answer was Continuous calling by radio brought no further re Leaving San Juan at the craft was due in Miami about Twenty searching aircraft of the air navy and coast guard spread out over the Atlantic in an effort to find the missing The search planes covered 50 miles on each side of the Juan airway and the entire Bahama Is land Cooperation Administration today established a kitty to permit war ravaged China to buy emergency material any where in the gave its overseas mission in China blanket authority to spend the funds as they are required with out obtaining prior approval from This is the first time such action has been taken by the recovery Previously all nations first were required to tell what they planned to buy before they re authorization to make pur made the disclosure in a new authorization list totaling for six European China and the French zone of Ger Todays money increased total authorization to SAN move ment intended to oust Attorney Gen eral Fred Howser from office was started here today by two San Francisco A letter proposing Bowsers recall was all peace officers and law enforcement and political and civic groups by James Republican and former district and Morris a Democrat The letter laid particular basis for the proposed recall on recent gambling furors which culminated in the Mendocino county slot ma chine racket trials and the convic tion on bribery conspiracy charges of Wiley Buck former undercover agent for Under Sentence Caddel is under sentence to San Quentin conviction other defendants on charges of bribing Sheriff Beverly Broaddus of Mendocino county in an alleged attempt to organize slot machine operations under protection of the attorney generals In their Brennan and Grupp said r No responsible public official Vith good judgment would ever have appointed with his back to the important position he occupied in the attorney generals Letter to Governor Copies of the which also went to Governor Barl and both Republican and state central Some one had to start things We were willing to be that some This is a call We V STORM topsoil from a newly leveled piece of land alongside the Sandrini north of Mettler Station is seen piled along the side of tne road after the week ends big duit The winds deposited the rich soil to a depth of 18 inches in some spots and spread a 1 to 3inch layer over half the The owner of the land will hare to do a complete releveling job before he will be able to plant a new crop next Winds in the flat area of the Wheeler Station blew up to SO miles an hour during the dust storm which stopped traffic on Highway Story on Page gladly join any person or organization or and take any part necessary to effect recall by reason of Ms and will do our share to help finance the movement when a responsible finance officer has been agreed L War Brides Race to Beat Deadline Elliott was ordered today to appear before the Dutch ess county district attorney to explain how his actress Faye reportedly slashed her left wrist there Mew Named The air force named the rescued men as follows From the which crashed December 0 First Lieutenant Continued on Page 2 Unemployment Showing increase CHICAGO The nations weather map showed a variety of climatic conditions Early morning temperatures were around 10 below zero in and Grand There were heavy falls of snow in sections of the plateau states and the central Salt Lake City reported a fall of eight inches in The at ployment is increasing in San Fran the state employment service reported The agency said approximately persons are an in crease of almost 50 per cent over the period last In addition to seasonal the blamed unemployment also measured eight inches anil it was two inches deep at which broke out in parts of Missouri and eastern Nebraska was associated with a storm developing in eastern Colorado and the central f Rain or snow was forecast for most of the SAN tional unscheduled planeloads of war brides and fiancees expected to arrive in San Francisco today in a mad dash to beat the expiration of the bride and fiancee The acts will midnight Under terms of the law the women can enter the United States without visas if they are here before Sixtyone Chinese and Filipino war brides and fiancees were de at immigration headquarters yesterday when they were unable immediately to meet all of the re It for them to prove that their husbands or fiances are citizens and were honorably dis All those arriving before midnight tonight are protected in their rights even though final clearance is not given Legal status of war brides and fiancees en route to the United States at the time of expiration was not made SEATS AVAILABLE of seats still are available for Presi dent Trumans inaugural The inaugural ticket committee said more than seats have been sold but that a large number still can be purchased at and with a razor blade after quarreL District family Vincent GOVERNMENT LAUDS VICTIM SAYS DEATH AT CRITICAL TI Grady said the son of the late Presi dent Franklin Roosevelt linn come to his office at 10 Sheriff Fred Close said the in cident took place at 4 Sunday in the bathroom of the Dream House cottage at Hyde Park which President Roosevelt had built for his The couple had lived there since the war and were alone at the time of the he Treated by Neighbor The sheriff said Miss Emerson was restrained from seriously in juring herself and was driven by her husband to the home of a neigh Sherman for On Doctor Hirsts she was taken to Brothers Hospital arriving at 5 a She was dismissed Monday with tape left wrist and right index Young Roosevelt called for his wife at the hospital and reportedly took her to New York where they Doctor Hirst was quoted by Sheriff Close as saying no stitches were required to close the Report Due District Attorney Grady said the case was being investigated because Continued on Page 2 Premier Mahmoud Pasha was assassinated today by a college student identified by police as a member of the outlawed national the Moslem Brother The assassination was believed in retaliation for action in student political demon which often verged into terroristic and for out lawing the Moslem Brotherhood early this The brotherhood was declared an illegal organization and its officers arrested on grounds that it had been active in fomenting student terror brotherhood claimed 000 but was believed to be much Wore Police Uniform firing point killed the Premier with five out of six revolver The shoot ing occurred near an elevator in the ministry of interior Police identified the assassin as Ahmed a vet college student who was dis guised in the uniform of a first lieutenant of the Egyptian A communique an nouncing assassination said he had been struck down by a criminal hand at a time when the country sorely needed his sincere outstanding coura rare wisdom and absolute body was taken in an ambulance from the scene of the slaying to his King Farouk called at the home within a short time offer over the pre miers body and expressed sympathy to his r To Name Successor j High political sources said the present situation was too critical to permit the post of premier to re main vacant for long and that a new premier would be named within a few Powerful police details were called out All efforts of the government were directed Continued on Page Seven earth Attorney Carl Shelley said today Vicki Jeanne 3year old child tarried away by her 1 on cumulative effects of trade w bas been pules in the maritime and petroleum a decrease in construc tion activities and the fact that prune industries have failed to ex pand as Pickets in Jail After Holiday Free LOS ANGELES Four Hollywood film pickets are hack in today after spending the Christmas holiday flt Emil Heary Shel don Kelsey and Jack Brooks were released December 23 on a habeas corpus writ granted by the Su Courts appellate The writ was denied Monday by department judges at a The four were convicted of dis regarding a Superior Court order against mass picketing in the film Sentences were one for Freed and six mouths for tu He said Los Angeles police noti fied him that and John j turned themselves in last night after seej ing publicity in the papers about the missing mother of the miss ing child adopted by and her husband were sought on a fugitive warrant charging kidnap As far as know the child is safe and said The and Harry cried with joy the b when told of the Snyder said Yule Presents Wait We want Vicki back here just as soon as possible so that we can go ahead with arrangements for our Christmas The is still up and those little presents we have Eor Vicki are still under Snyder repeated a previous statement that Vicki was taken for Snyder for adding We didnt give her that child by any Its our legally adopted her and if I had known she was going to do anything like I would never have allowed Jeanne Braget to get her hands on Snyder said she and her hus band would be available if needed to go to California to bring Kidnaping Warrant r Shelley the warrant for the Braget couple on a charge of kidnaping Shelley said Braget stopped at Snyders home here 10 days ago j and received permission to take the i child to mutual friends 10 miles from The child was riot returned to the Snyder 1 The mother signed away all her rights to the when she put her up for Shelley That makes her no different from anyone h Shelley said that Vicki was four months old when the mother left her with the Their Harry and Vickis mother sub sequently were Harry Snyder now at Callt Seized Yanks Ameri can soldiers captured by the Rus sians at gunpoint Sunday when they crossed into the Soviet zone of Germany by mistake have been re turned it was announced officially The members of the 22nd Constabulary Squadron at were identified by the army as Sergeant Joseph Phila delphia Corporal John Private Edward Sas Private Miller Private Ches ter and Pri vate Robert Keenan An army spokesman said a Ger man policeman accompanying the soldiers also had been Two jeeps aud all their weapons were re turned with the City Considers Jail Work NORTH SACRAMENTO CD Work gangs for city streets com posed of petty offenders from the city jail are being considered here today by No action will be pending an opinion by ihe city City Administrator lew Dew said that by Setting the prison ers work out the city would save considerable money on labor Prisoners sentenced to jail would have part of their sentences sus pended if they joined the work Dew KANSAS President today announced the ap pointment of Joseph Keenan as United States representative oa the United Nations conciliation commis sion for The 60yearold Keenan formerly served as United States chief of counsel for the prosecution in the trials of the Japanese war criminals at He is a former assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division of the department of Keenans appointment was made public at a news conference by Charles presidential press He said Keenan was being given a recess appointment for the quakes hit Reno within four and a half hours last third one causing a good deal of jiggling in Renos 42yearold city hall and prompt adjournment of a city council There were no reports of Frank city hall re porter covering the council session for the Keno said the jig shock was accompanied by a slight At least two of the earlier tremors were relatively he Made House Sway The second of the series made our whole house caused can dles on table to and upset our Christmas he The first noticeable tremor swung chan deliers and rattled doors and win Although some of the lesser trem ors were not generally Pro fessor Vincent Uni versity of Nevada said seven were recorded between and he Germans to Have Same Vote as Wests Trio Russia Left Out By ALEX SINGLETON Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON The western powers set up today a strict international control system to bar industrial Ruhr valley from war pro The Ruhr was ordered to produce solely for Their decision was an in a formal com as the climax of a six week conference here attended by representatives of the United The Belgium and It contained no admission of Rus sia as a partner in the International control board to be known as the Ruhr An American spokesman told a news conference at the embassy the agreement probably will go into operation in two or three He said a security board provided for in the agreement also will begin functioning within that The spokesman said the Americans regard the pact as an executive will not need congressional approval as a formal treaty Place for Germans The agreement offered Germany a place on the board as soon as it develops a legal The Germans will have the same as the United and France will and two more than each of the Benelux countries which it overran in World War It set up an international system of framework of an industrial keep the Ruhr Continued on Page 2 WASHINGTON Senator Four were very He reported that he had heard a rumbling sound at and again at Gianella said all the quakes cen tered very close to a city of to Res idents from Reno eastward to three miles felt the tremors and deluged fire men and newspapers with telephone Feared Major Disaster The area has had no major earth quake in the although a 1932 Continued on Page 2 Morse said today the greatest defense weapon we have is the potential electric power re sources of the he is watching con struction of power dams more than any other phase of this de fense He added he plans a strong fight in the new Congress for ample funds for power flood con reclamation and soil conserva The maximum national he told a calls for con struction of power dams in this country as rapidly as they can be constructed if we are to keep the American people secure from any threatened Russian Jap Warships Latest Item on Black Market Press reports to day revealed two warships of the imperial Japanese navy had been stolen and sold on the black A report from Northern disclosed the destroyer To kiwa and another warship of un known name had disappeared after being contracted for dismantling by 64yearold iron plant Police traced the theft to who had channeled 2000 tons of dismantled sheet metal into the black market and sold Navy Tug Drags oat Off Beach OXNARD A navy tug dragged the purse seiner Western Fisher off the beach near here today before roaring seas could dash it to The 92foot fishing boat slid back into the water with little once the Wenonah vered to get lines to Yugoslavia cut off all food exports to eastern Europe today and pre pared to begin trading her rich stores of iron ore and timber to the west in return for WHISKEY HILL REBELS The with Captain Jerry Thomas and a crew of 10 was tossed by heavy waves onto the sand on a lonely stretch of shoreline near Point five miles south of CHILDREN GET BREAK Tenn UE The fight over the carcass of a buck deer ended when those involved donated of the meat to the Crippled Childrens Whiskey Hill near here have asked The buck had wandered the county court to rename of the woods into the path of a district Hawthorne The trade break with Russia and Soviet satelite countries was an in a major policy speech before the Yugoslav Parliament Monday by Marshal Says Pacts Broken Tito said no longer will export any oils and other items to eastern Europe because those nations have violated trade agreements with Yugoslavia as a result of the ex communication of the Tito govern ment Concrete economic pressure from of the peoples democracies do not want to help if they violate agreements and various they have with then of course we must sell our raw materials elsewhere to capitalist countries 3n order to buy the machines needed for mechanization of our mines and heary Influence Denied Tito emphasized that trade is not a matter of influence but merely an exchange of goods and that Yugoslavia would not fall under the sway of the west because it traded with western reaction One wag I speeding The driver and eastern Europe is Tito suggested the change be made j witnesses claimed the buck until told Parliament in presenting the more to Hootch i the game budget of dinars Martini Mesa or Bourbon j gested that steaks appear on Hr j Tito emphasized that the break with Russia began two years ago when Yugoslavia inaugurated the fiveyear plan to industrialize the Our basic trouble is that we want to bring socialism and indus our country as rapidly as and not remain a backward rural country which only sends out hospital i our allies in the countries I raw he r r I 4T
