The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 1

Rescue Race On in By JAMES F. DONOVAN ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER SAIPAN, Dec. 27 (U.PJ--This big ship churned northward through heavy seas today in a dramatic race with the Air Force for the honor of rescuing the 13 airmen stranded on a Greenland ice cap. i Giant waves were buffeting the) Saipan as it entered Canadian waters, however and there was some question whether it could reach Greenland on schedule and start helicopter rescue a i Wednesday. The skipper, Capt.

Joseph L. Paddy, was forced to reduce speed to about 11 land miles an hour after gales tore down five of the ship's eight radio aerials and left about half the crew seasick. 'In Washington, the Air Force admitted It was having weather trouble, too. Bad visibility blocked another rescue attempt yesterday but two new C-82 transports with gliders reached Goose Bay, Labrador, to join In the rescue operations. 'The Air Force also announced that Col.

Bernt Balchcn. an expert on Artie flying, was en route to rescue headquarters by plane from Ladd Air Base in Alaska. iTho stranded men are in good spirits but getting a "bit the Air Force said. Christmas dinners with all the trimmings were dropped to them by parachute and five of the men with families in Greenland talked to them by radio) The Saipan left Norfolk, Saturday but Wiis plagued by bad weather almost all the way. The Navy hopes its five new helicopters SEE RESCUE.

Page 2 Arctic ft, --Associated Press Photo Christmas was white but not merry for the 13 airmen stranded on this ice cap in Greenland. Seven of them have been marooned since Dec. 9, when this C-47 Air Force transport when dawn. The others joined them as result of unsuccessful rescue attempts. The last two were left on the ice cap Christmas Day when the towline of their rescue alid- der broke.

Asks Help I Constable J. D. Duke is calling for I help. In a letter to county commis-! IJsioners, the constable requested two I 11 paid deputies lor his office, he now- handles with two unpaid! I deputies. The commissioners, who held a brief session this morning, referred I the letter to County Auditor John Crudgington for study and a later report.

In his letter to the commis- i sioners, the constable pointed out that there are 114 deputies in the sheriffs office and suggested that two deputy positions could be transferred from the sheriff's office to his. "Whenever I need anything done I have to call on my unpaid deputies to do it for me as I do not get.any help from the sheriffs office and furthermore I don't expect any," Con- SEE CONSTABLE, Page 2 Accidents Make Holiday Last for 473 Over US By United Press -BV umtea press The nation counted 473 dead today in one of the highest! Christmas week-end death tolls in its history. The weather! was a major factor in boosting the toll. Slippery highways and fires spreading from overheated stoves caused most of ftnA the deaths, a nationwide sur- the worst Christmas holiday death tolls! vey by the i spokTM, Showed. "It may be the worst, but we' Accidents on ice-glazed highways won't know until we check fur- i claimed 286 lives.

Fires killed 77 ther." persons and 110 died In miscellaneous accidents. The traffic toll compared with .265 deaths which the national safety council had predicted for the period from 6 o'clock Friday night to midnight last night. Subsequent deaths from fatal injuries will boost the final total even higher. He said one of the worst previous Christmas tolls was in 1946 when 213 died In traffic accidents during an evening and a day Christmas period. The total that year, including fires and miscellaneous, was 305.

Temperatures were rising rapidly today and skies were clear over i uwuttj tiuu sues clear at least one of the most states as warmer air came down from Canada, The frigid air mass which caused the cold wave had poured down from Hudson's bay and sent tht mercury tumbling as far south the deep Dixieland states. At least 33 children were among those killed in fires resulting from overheated stoves ar.d a Christmas decorations. Relief from the cold was moving southeastward rapidly. Thermometers at Pembina, ND. read 1 above zero early today.

Yesterday they read 26 below. Forecasters said the warmer air would sweep over the Great and Ohio Valley into the Appalachians by tliis afternoon and warm the Middle Atlantic states by SEE ACCIDENTS. Page 2 THE AMARILLO (AP) Indicates The Associated Press (UP) Indicates The United Press GLOBE News About Amarillo and the Entire Great Plains Empire TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 222 GRIM Bank Burglary Loot Estimate Past No Clue to Yeggs AMARILLO. TEXAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1948 16 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS Estimate of the loot in the Christmas night burglary of I balqony offices.

The safe which was American Bank here rose to more than $13,000 1 1 today as bank oiiicials continued checking possible night depositors. A pair ol burglars chiseled through the roof of the Polk Street bank building and then knocked open the safe containing alter-hour deposits. Vice-Presidenl W. J.I a i checked so far report having placed about $6,800 in cash The first officers on the scene i and $6,500 in checks in the discovered shoe tracks in the snow night-depository oiler closing. 011 the raof but the morning sun time Friday afternoon.

melted away the evidence before catches the after- believe the bags Coming Up For Plains Cloudy skies, warmer temperatures and occasional light rains are were forecast for Amarillo tonight and -0 dropped from the roof into a pickup tomorrow, H. G. Winburn, US fr TM IT CATCHING Mcanwhlle-nolice and.FBI agent, When ready to leave the building with the loot the burglars piled a chair, a table and two desks under the hole in the roof making a stepiaddcr to the ceiling. The robbers did not touch the large bank vaults nor desks and drawers in the building. All the bags from do with the song but the Christmas baby born to Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Liberty had two front teeth. lives King. The officers also were taking into; consideration that the job was well' planned from the time element. Deposits made by after-hour customers! aro usually taken out every morning, i But Saturday being Christmas the! bank was not open and late Christmas Eve shopping receipts as well as UVALDE, Dec.

27 m--Police today questioned several suspects in all Saturday business was in the the kidnaping and mistreatment of a baby girl here Christmas EveT Th Baby Recovers From Kidnap and Assaylt DOG SUFFOCATES BABY VANNE, France, Dec. 27 family dog climbed into the cradle of H-month-old" Marcel Raoul here today and went to sleep on the baby's chest. The child died of suffocation. Letter-Writing Business Reversed Santa Claus GOSHEN, Dec. 27 W) -Santa, says the Goshen Junior can be as ve small safe at the front of the build- child, 10-motUh-old Juanita Sherman, was recovering in a Uvalde' hos-! Chamber of Commerce, "K- P.

ltal from exposure and the attack. She is the daughter of Mrs Tony I had. One bag of receipts in the sa fe hermrm of Uvalrie and Fred Sher-, was from "Pun- Fooci Store Mo. 4 at! a New Yol City. 507 Georgia.

The manager there I 1C was kidnaped from the seat asked that any customers i 0 a pick-up truck parked in front a downtown Uvalde cafe. Mrs. Sherman told officers she the baby asleep in the vehicle while she and her brother, removed except for its dress. cashed checks at that store Christ- mas-Eve afternoon contact him so' ha can stop payment on them. Officers were inclined to believe tbat the checks taken In the burglary will be thrown uway or burned, since accomplished burglars und hank rubbers know the danger involved In attempting to cash stolen checks.

found the baby gone. An alarm The robbery was discovered at wns given. 10:31) o'clock Sunday morning by a Several hours later fin army re- cruiting sergeant from San Antonio was attracted by the cries of a baby and found the child lying on the ground at the rear of a vacant building. All of the child's clothing had jMancha. went in the cafe to eat.

snid they checked on the child several times during the hour they were in the cafe, but as they started to get into the car to RO home they The sergeant took off his shirt, wrapped the baby in it and took it to a hospital. Chief of Police Martin Davis said the child had been attacked. Seven suspects were picked up, were Surprised got a letter in their Santa Claus mailbox last week saying: "All I want for Christmas is Santa Claus himself." (The letter writer said she is 29.) The letter a given -wide publicity and replies from St. Nicholas or possible imposters in Joplin, Milledgevillc, St. Albans, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle have offered to become pen pals and some even offered matrimony.

Winburn said a low pressure cell moving eastward from central California, coupled with a high pressure cell over North Carolina, is causing southerly winds and higher temperatures here and loading the air with moisture. High temperature forecast for this afternoon is 54 degrees, and low expected tonight is 37 degrees. High slated for tomorrow Is 58 degrees. High yesterday was 45 degrees, and low last night was 28 degrees. There was snow on the ground in Amarillo during the last half hour of Christmas Day.

The Weather Bureau said snow began falling here about 11:15 o'clock Saturday night and continued intermittently until 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Winburn said about .02 of an inch of moisture fell in the form of snow. He said .2 of an inch of, snow fell during the night. Total precipitation for the year in Amarillo is 24.38 inches, or 3.46 inches above normal. Thefts, Violence Mar Holiday Week End Here Crime and violence were rampant in Amarillo over the long Chirstmas week end.

Burglars, hijackers and prowlers operated in homes, banks, cars and business offices. Loot. amounted to around $17.000. And there was at least one knife-bottle fight, and -a reported slugging Everything's Lost i FHA Repair Loan down paj Death Beats Santa to Four G. W.

Laing, Retired Grocer, Dies at 90 BIG BEAR, Dec. 27 (API--The table was set lor! Santa Claus, but death came instead for young Dr. Jerome G. Schnedori, two of his children, and his mother. Their! bodies were found yesterday among Christmas decorations! and unopened presents in their rented mountain While the cause ol death remained an official theories of possible carbon monoxide poisoning irom a qas 1 heater or a the heateri The Amarillo Golden Sandstorm i I very Claus lost one of its most ardent surj- burned up the oxygen supply Preliminary autopsy by Dr.

C. rtcrs Saturday night with the were advanced. Small disclosed no evidence of! ea George William Laing, 90 Victims of the Vulctidc tragedy monoxide "or any other venrs we 'l known retired Ama- werc Dr. Schncilorf, 35 years chemical analysis of the bodies 11 0 Si'ocer. of Santa Barbara.

Ills today was expected-to shed light oil' Mr Lain who had lived in Ama- Toininy, 3: His daughter. Judy, the mystery. rillo for the past 29 years, died at ami lils mother. Mrs. Josephine Sheriff's Deputy Kendall Stonei 1 1 clt) ic Saturday night at his Schnedorf, 64, of River Forest, III.

said he found butane gas heater i home. 1519 Pierce. The bodies were discovered by burning, but nddnd that the high-1 Funeral services were to be held physician's wife, Mrs. Mary banked snow may have a o'clock this afternoon in clorf, 37. when she awoke one or more of the vents.

burn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Dr. garct Schned from a coma of more than 30 hours. She and the eldest child. Jerry, nrcre found in a rear bedroom a thus narrowly escaped the fate of the others.

On a table, in keeping with an Old World Christmas custom, plate wns set for Simta Claus. Next; t.o it wns a note in an envelope! addressed to the three children. It read: "Hear Judy. Jerry and Tom. it was too cold to briner a cirl kitten and female canary to Big Bear Lake.

With this letter you can get a bird and kitty later If you arc good. "So tell your mother and dad, and to all a good night. Thank you for milk and steak. It was SEE FOUR DIE. Page 2 Cupid and Santa 111 Chief Deputy Coroner i i Cannon, pastor of Polk --i i stl ect Methodist Church, was to officiate.

Burial was to be in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers were to include George Waddill, Otis Trulove, R. T. Weills. E.

L. H. Land and Ed Spann. Born Dec. 24, 1858, in Whiteside County, Mr.

Laingr moved lo Iowa while still a young man and was enlaced in farming there. He entered the hardware business In Iowa and moved to Ar- i. tesia, NM. In 1910. In 1912 he went into grocery business in Artesia, and he moved County Clerk Loren Jones did a booming business in marriage licenses on Christmas Eve.

Jones took his license and receipt books home with him and issued nine licenses during the enrly hours of Christmas Eve, He was unable to issue licenses on Christmas Day and Sunday, however, due to Texas law forbidding it. Sentence Hifackers Two stiff sentences were meted out this afternoon to the pair who robbed Jess Willmering and a customer at 101 Liquor store of S94.42 last Nov. 30. Judge Henry Bishop sentenced Joe Kennedy, 26 years old, to 17 years in the state penitentiary, and gave David S. Cook.

20 years old, a sentence of 12 years. The men were brought to Ama- riilo- some time ago after they had received sentences in Wichita Falls for robbery there. In Wichita Falls Kennedy received a 5 to 15 year sentence and Cook a 5 to 10 year sentence. The pair pleaded guilty this morning to entering the 101 Liquor Store: at 101 Fillmore and holding up Willmering and a customer with a sawed-off shotgun. Both Willmering, and the customer were tied hand: and foot by the pair.

The rope and i a blue tie used by the bandit pair! was produced in court today by I Chief of Detective J. L. King. King I also produced a piece of a shotgun i barrel and hack saw blades which he said had been used by and Cook. The sentences of the pair will run concurrently with the given at Wichita Falls.

i South Dakota Senator Resigns PIERRE, SD, Dec. 27 (IP) -Mrs. Vera C. Bushfleld resigned as US Senator from South Dakota today. George T.

Mickelson was notified. The governor said he was 1m- I mediately appointing Sen. -elect i Karl E. Mundt. Madison, as a sue- cesspr.

However, Mundt will not qualify for trip office until tomorrow after a report of the --Associated Press Photo With an arm around his little brother's shoulder. Dale Wayne Bousman, 3 years old, surveys the ruins ol his parents' home at Clinton, destroyed by fire. Wearing borrowed clothes, he and his brother. Tommy (right), 2, saw all their Christmas gifts and even their Yule tree destroyed. The parents are Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Bousman. The father is unemployed. Hungarian Reds Jail Cardinal that accompanied the theft of a cor. Latest violence to be re- reported sent two men to SI.

Anthony's Hospital, they are suffering irom serious injuries inflicted in a fight early this morning. Police identified the injured men as Tack Gasway, 23 years old, 721 North Hayes, and Bill Magson. 24, 719 Cleveland. Officers are holding two other men involved in the affray. Attendants at the hospital said Gasway is "holding his own" in fight for his life.

He suffered knife wounds in the chest. His condition is considered serious. Magson is suffering from a blow on the head. Police said he struck with a bottle. Officers said they were called to 712 Harrison about 2:10 o'clock this morning.

When they arrived, they I found Gasway and Magsun injured and took two men into custody. A woman witnessed the dispute, said police. Leff Clounch, 713 Harrison, told police lost night he was slugged and robbed of S41 in cash and his automobile. According to his account given police, Clounch had started to leave his residence for a cup of coffee when the attack occurred. The biggest and perhaps boldest job over the week end was the night burglary of the National Bank.

The loss from the night depository box in the bank is estimated at $6 000 in I cash; SQ.OOO in checks. Another large haul was taken from a car parked at Pueblo Courts, 3101 N'orth East Eighth. Two men from Evanstown, E. T. Zwiefei and Dr.

R. f. Koch, told police approximately $1,000 worth of luggage and clothing was stolen from their station wagon. The men were en route to California. The car prowling was discovered about 7 o'clock this morn- i I The loot included three filled with clothing.

Two suitcases were found by children near the home of Baird. 815 North Manhattan, about 11 o'clock this morning. The suitcases contained clothing, i Cash was taken from a filing cabinet type safe at the BM Auto Sales office, 700 time (during the week end. The office (was closed last Friday and the was discovered this morning. Police said the place was entered by knocking out a small pane of glass on the door and reaching through to turn the lock.

About S72 in cash was taken. A safe containing S100 was not bothered. Several thousand dollars worth of checks were scattered around the office by prowlers. G. W.

LAING News Tip Prize Goes To Mrs. O. B. Johnson Mrs. O.

B. Johnson. 916 Kentucky. in jewelry was stolen. 1919 and had lived here since that; time.

At one time he and his sons: operated three grocery stores but Mr. Laing always devoted most football team. Even until a few days ago he followed with interest the progress of the Sandies in the state playoff. BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 27 (AP) lose! Cardinal Tr hD 00 ed the safe at Mindszenty.

Koman Catholic primate ol Hungary, was ar- i Mrs. Bushfield has filled the today on suspicion of plotting against the government, 9 cks totaling several thousand position since Oct. 6 when she was spying, treason and black market money dealings, the gov- Th" 1K TM ment "Bounced. The announcement contained no VUceWenfcuttlnt 1 ll fVl who requested that his name not bel to the airport, which in 48 A until he 1agt4218M Method cZct" THE WEATHER to In August of 1947. he and Mrs.

ment. he turned our T- the wife Mrs Df the store overi a LaIn a daughter. Mrs. M. DI tne store over Flemmg of thr AMARILLO A prises." He said the ment had indisputable evi-'ficial statement without comment.

Guy G. and Glenn all ht rai i WEST tonight and Tuesday. TEXAS: and i. i i jt, i i oiiuicit. Ul 1st 11 He HI1Q iVirS -n i who provided a Tip on an Amarillo Mrs.

W. A. Goetz, 723 Laing celebrated their 60th wed- ff Am anllo; a brother, James a TMer with occasional ram this tlinff for a woman becoming a grandmother at wins $2 for her Tip on a woman i ding anniversary They were mar- Atascadaro, six grandchildren a Anight and Tuesday. Vatican City, otm MMIIC 1. I i pjfrbr.

NEW MEXICO: Clnuriv with VICINITY: dence" against the cardinal. Istvan Barankovits, leader of the (Hun government is dom- opposition in Parliament, said cabmet, but noth.ni inatcd by the Communists, with was not surprised by the announce-! IT whom the cardinal has been bat- ment. He said the speeches of top! yUyea'rs ot age. for the best: being hit ried" sVlW'she'wasi and eight reat NEW MEXICO: Cloudy with, cardinal Mlndszenty News Tip of last week. Lincoln.

the former Kleeb nor scattered light ram or drizzle in. surpri se, predicted "Se-ond prize of $3 goes to Jesse Others calling in Tips last week As a vonn? man Mr nS- NADA Portions of lower elevation and. connecte with the Maddox, 500 Taylor, for the Tip on! included Mrs. Tommy Sapp, 712-B an amateur bTsebal player" Tnd traffl? helnfd Srif rtm untain 0 TM suffer excommunicatio: the window robbery of the Amarillo West Tenth; Ray Whisenand. 813, was always interested In SD ortf i wi nf 3 da 1 5 bt an No im 67 per cent -Catholic.) ardinal has been bat- ment.

He said the speeches of topi long time. Sources in politicians, including Premier Istvan! TT.P"«f» saying the arrest of Dobi and Deputy Premier Matyas ab 6 o'clock thi ndszenty would be a Communist) showed a i safe was kept. The building was entered br smashing a window. The burglars also broke Out locks and rifled all the offjs- found airport was discovered this morning by Band House, in which about $1.500 Virginia; Mrs. Ralph Warre: 1 1 lfl49 calendar pncls and other aun- ies at Rubella.

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