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Vol. CXIX, No. 301,
Search Underway For
Missing C-46 Airliner
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 81.— (AP) —Air, water and ground
forces searched today for a big airliner which vanished
mysteriously with 40 persons aboard while on a 190-mile
Pittsburgh to Buffalo flight.
The twin-engine C-46, owned by Continental Charters,
Inc., of Miami, left Pittsburgh Saturday night on its non
scheduled flight. It had a three hour gasoline supply for
the normally one-hour trip.
Nearly 200 planes were recruit
ed for the widening search. Coast
Guard boats were dispatched from
Buffalo and Erie. Pennsylvania
state police led scores of ground
searchers.
John A. Belding, 35-year-old
president of continental charters,
arrived here early today to join
the search. He declared:
“I'm hopeful that we will find
+he nlane and that everyone will
he alive. T don’t know what could
have happened. The plane only
recently had undergone a thorough
check.”
Search Hampered
Wild rumors the plane had been
found hampered search parties.
Hundred of curiosity seekers jam
med roads about 100 miles north
of Pittsburgh after one report.
The newest clue being investi
g-ted Is by Robert Hawthorne of
mitueville, Pa. He reported seeing
the lights of a low-flying plane at
11 p. m. Saturday six miles south
of Sheffield, Pa. That is only a
few miles from the New York
state border and the general aerial
route from Pittsburgh to Buffalo.
Most of the 33 passengers
aboard the ship are from Pitts
burgh. Included are three chil
dren, one only 14 months old.
There are two pilots, . two co
pilots and three stewardesses
aboard. Three of the crew mem
bers were “deadheading” to
Svracuse, N. Y., to pick up another
plane.
The flight originated at Miami.
The plane was to have returned
there after its stop at Buffalo.
Not a word was heard from the
ship after pilot J. C. Webber ot
Miami reported his takeoff time
from Pittsburgh at 9:47 p. m.
(EST) Saturday.
Officials of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration said Webber’s
flight plan called for him to fly
te Buffalo by ground contact—in
sight of the ground at all times.
~ Heavy Fog
Visibility was good on the take
off but CAA officials reported
pea soup fog closed in on the
mountainous route to Buffalo.
The airliner is the same type of
craft which erashed and killed all
56 aboard at: Elizabeth, N. J., Dec.
16. It, too, was on a non-scheduled
flight,
Non-scheduled airlines have no
regular schedules. Generally, they
take off when they have a load
of passengers.
Officials of Continental, who
said they hadn’t had a crash in
five years of flying, came to Pitts
burgh to help in the search.
Veteran airmen say the plane
could have plummeted into either
Lake Ontario or Lake Erie. Both
are only a short distance from the
route the plane would take near
Buffalo.
In addition to hunting the rug
ged snow covered western Penn
sylvania mountains, the hills and
fields of adjoining New York state
are being combed.
Mrs. Jackson Is
Taken By Death
Mrs. Kitty Jackson, 101 years
of age, died this morning at 10:30
in a local hospital after a brief
illness. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday afternoon, 3
o‘clock, January 1 at the graveside
with interment in the Maxeys
cemetery with Bernstenn Funeral
Home wn charge. The Rev. Dan
Joiner will officiate.
Mrs. Jackson is the widow of the
late Richard M. Jackson and had
lived in Maxeys for the past fifty
vears. She wag a native of Oconee
County.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs, W. T. Brightwell, of Maxeys;
three grandsons, T. J. Brightwell
and H. F. Brightwell, of Maxeys,
and Morton Brightwell, of Laur
ens, S. C.; and five great-great
grandchildren.
Va :
. 250 N Kies Are
Conducted Today
Mrs. Cornelius Vason, prominent
Madison citizen, died in a local
hospital yesterday at 1:15 a. m,
after an illness of three weeks.
Mrs, Vason was 76 years old.
Services were conducted this
afternoon from the home in Mad-:
ison at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. Vason, well known in Ath
ens where she had a large circle
of friends, is survived by a
daughter, Miss Sue Reid Vason,
Madison, and one son, Cornelius
Vason, jr., also of Madison; two
sisters, Mrs. James Atwater,
Thomaston, and Mrs. W. F. Man
ley, Madison, and two grandsons.
She was the sister of the late
brloved Mrs. Julian MeCurry, for
many years resident here,
Mrs, Vason was a member of
the Methodist Church.
NO VIOLENT DEATHS
In sharp contrast to last week’s
heavy toll, no violent deaths had
been refi:rtod to the Georgia State
Patrol Monday. !
This compared with 17 traffic
;ieaths during the first half of tr:ie
ong C ho ~ weexenda.
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Minister Takes
Title Of World
Champion Liar
BURLINGTON, WIS, Dec. 31—
(9P) — Flabbergasted Judges of
the Burlington Liar’s Club today
pinned the title of the World's
Champion Lair on a member of the
clergy—the Rev. Arthur R. Kirk
of Biggs, Calif.
O. C. Hulett, president of the
-club, said the club’s officers, act
ing as judges, came to a unani
mous decision on the winner of
their 1951 contest “and then al
most fainted when they looked at
the name signed at the bottom of
the letter.”
Here’s what Mr, Kirk, pastor of
the Biggs community church,
wrate:
“A man living west of town tried
to raise watermelons this sumimer.
He had very bad luck. The soil
was too rich. The watermelon
vines grew so fast that they wore
the watermelons out, dragging
them along on the ground.
Some Story
“One of the boys from town
went out one night to swipe a
melon. He got the melon all right,
but the vines were growing so
fast that warm night that the boy
had to be taken to the hospital.
Before he could break the melon
off the vine it had dragged him
half a mile and he was in bad
shape.” s L R
A woman broke into the hon
orable mention column. with a
yarn about Minnnesota mosquit
oes. Mrs. Faith B. Fourre on Min
neapolis, Minn., related: “As we
were on way home from berry
picking, we took a shortcut throu
gh a rough cow pasture, when all
of a sudden we heard the loud
clanging of & cow-bell. Wondering
what was the matter with our old
milch cow, I went to investigate,
and found that our Minnesota mo
squitoes had eaten the cow—and
were ringing the bell, trying to
coax her calf out of the brush,
where they could get at him.”
This fishy tale won honorable
mention for Oswald J. Solheim of
Hudson, Wis.:
“Down in Arizona last summer
the rivers were so dry that when
the fish swan up-stream, all you
could see was a cloud of dust.
Some of the older fish, who had
two or three years of practice,
would blow ‘smoke rings’ of Alk
ali through their fills.” /
Another honorable mention
went to E. L. Morris of San An
tonio, Tex. for this quickie:
“My neighbor, a chicken and egg
producer, fed his hens a concoction
of sawdust instead of laying mash.
The dumb hens won’'t know the
difference,” he said. But he was
surprised when instead of eggs, he
found the nests full of knotholes,”
.
Demonstration
. .
School Opening
University Demonstration School
will resume classes on Thursday
with a full schedule planned and
with the lunchroom in operation.
Students in city and county
schools will return to classes
Wednesday. A full slate of classes
will be held and the lunchrooms
will also be in operation.
Students at the University wiil
register on Wednesday and classes
will begin the following day.
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a big hug from a 14-year-old fan, Judy Angell of Lyn
brook, N. Y., who found her way into the actress’ hotel
suite during news conference following conviction of
Tallulah’s former maid-secretary, Mrs. Evyleen Cronin,
on charges of hiking Miss Bankhead’s checks. The
stormy actress told newsmen In New York, “I'm not
going: to say much, darlings” and the ‘“most wonderful
thing” to eome out of the trial was. ‘that I.was exoner
ated by the jury—bless their hearts.”
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WAR NEW S Ui 11 v AR ¥ RONT—W hen this United
Nations tank crew is not rolling about the Korean battle
front on patrols a high powered portable radio is set up
so the men can listen to the news of the latest develop=
ments of the peace talks at Panmunjom.—(NEA Tele
photo.)
Watch Nicht Services
Planned By Churches
As the City Hall clock’s scissor-like hands close on mid
night tonight, snipping off another year, many Athenians
will be in silent prayer in the church of their choice.
In the East Athens Baptist Church, watch night services
from 9-12 p. m. will be held. Songs, testimonies, messages,
and fellowship will comprise the service, according to Rev.
H. R. Burnley, pastor.
Congregational singing, recrea
tion, and devotions will be held at
the watch nignt services, at the
First Baptist Church. Also, two
films will be shown, according to
Rev. Howard P. Giddens.
Baptist Training Union officers
will meet tonight at 7 p. m. to sit
in on the Council discusson at
Prnce Avenue Baptist Church.
Afterwards, supper will be served.
A movie, games and refreshments
will be enjoyed by all attendants,
said Rev. T. R. Harvill. Radio Sta
tion WRFC will broadcast the
service at 11:15 p. m. tonight.
At West End Baptist Church
watch night services will begin
at 8 p. m. with congregational
singing. At 10:30 o’clock, refresh
ments will be served. According
to Rev. W. S. Pruitt, the later serv
ice will consist of songs, messages
and prayer.
Father Walter Donovan of St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church said
Mass will be held on New Years
Day at 8:30 a. m. and 11 o’clock.
Communion service and a watch
night service will be held at Oco~
nee Street Methodist Church, Rev.
Burch Fannin stated. :
Rev. G. M. Spivey, Young Harris
Memorial Church, reperted that a
social will be held in the Educa
tion Building at 10 o’clock on New
Years Eve, with services beginning
at 11:30 p. m..A1l Athenians are
invited to be present at both
services,
Regular monthly testimonial
services will be held by the
Christian Science Church in the
Georgian Hotel, Wednesday night
at 8 o’clock, but no special services
for the New Year have been
planned.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1951.
Detention Camps
For Subversives
Are Established
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—(AP)
Attorney General McGrath is
quietly taking the first steps
toward setting up detention camps
for dangerous subversives in this
country, should the need arise.
It is a big-scale operation, pro
viding for a possible roundup of
many thousand potential spies and
saboteurs.
Federal prison labor is already
at work — or soon will be — on
three major installations with a
combined capacity for housing
more than 3,000 persons.
One of these is the former mili
tary airport at Wickenburg, Ariz.
The others are World War 1I pris
oner-of-war camps at Florence,
Ariz., and El Reno, Okla.
Surveys Underway
Surveys of other similar un
used governmei t properties are
being made, including Tule Lake,
Calif.,, where some 20,000 West
Coast Japanese were held during
the last war. ‘
The entire project is under the
supervision of James V. Bennett,
director of the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, a division of the Attorney
General’s office.
Bennett, in response to a re
porter’s inquiries, says only that
his division is at work on a series
of standby prison camps, for use
in event of emergency. He says
he is not authorized to say more
at this time.
MeCarran Act i
It is known however, that Mc-
Grath is proceeding under the
last and most drastic section of the
1950 Internaal Security Act, popu
larly known as the McCarran Act.
That sectign charges the Attor
ney General with the responsibil
ity for rounding up and holding
all persons likely to commit sabo
tage or espionage should there be
(1) an invasion of the United
States or its possessions; (2) a dec
laration of war by Congress; or
(3) an insurrection within this
country in aid of a foreign enemy.
An elaborate procedure for
hearings and appeals is provided
for persons picked up, but mean
while the Attorney General must
keep them in “places of deten
tion,” which may -not be ordinary
criminal prisons.
Cadets Aboard
. .
Missing Plane
PHOENIX, Ariz.,, Dec. 31—
(AP)—Nineteen cadets from the
U. S. Military Academy at West
Point were among the 28 persons
on a military transport plane miss
ing 18 hours after radioing for
landing instructiomns.
Bad weather throughout Ari
zona today hampered the search
for the big C-47 plane and an F
-51 tfighter plane which also has
been missing since yesterday aft
ernoon.
At Hamilton Air Force Base in
California, it was reported the
cadets were among the 28 aboard.
They presumably were returning
to the Academy after Christmas
with their families in northern
Calirornia,
Hamilton said the plane earried
five' ether military. passengers and:
a crew of four,
Athenians Ready
To Welcome 51:
Parties Planned
Atheniang prepared to welcome
in the New Year with services
at some of the churches, innumer
able parties, both large and small,
tireworks, ine blast of factory and
train whistles and assorted noise
makers. 5
Special services td be conducted
at some of the churches are listed
in another story on this page.
Two largest parties scheduled
will be at Athens Country Club
and the local Elks Club for mem
bers and out-of-town guests. The
Country Club celebration will
feature a buffet dinner dance with
orchestra. At the Elks Club danc
ing will be enjoyed from 9 p. m. to
1 a. m,, dinner being served from
6 to 11 p. m. At midnight those
attending will observe the “end”
of 1951 and the “In” of 1952. How=~
ard Kinsey's Orchestra will furn
ish the music. At 1 a. m. a break
fast of country ham and eggs will
be served. Souvenirs, favors noise
makers, ete., will be distributed.
Some other organizations plan
celebrations, but none will be as
large as the above two mentioned,
and in a multitude of private
homes friends and neighbors will
gather to wish each other health,
wealth and happiness in the com
ing year. SR b ey
For most Athenians New Year’s
Day will be a holiday and will be
spent in various ways some will
enjoya hunting trip others visiting
relatives or having relatives visit
them and a very great many will
have their ears glued to the var
ious bowl football games, especial=-
ly the Orange Bowl contest in
Miami, Where Georgia Tech faces
Baylor. The Sugar Bowl game in
New Orleans will also attract
many listeners with Tennessee
and Maryland occuping the prin
cipal roles. In the Cotton Bowl
at Dallas, Kentucky and Texas
Christian University are the bat
tlers. Jacksonville, Fla., presents
Clemson College and Miami Uni
versity in the Gator Bowl. The
Rose Bowl, with Stanford’s Indians
meeting Illinois can be heard start
ing about 5 p. m. Athens time, and
an hour of this affair can also be
seen over television.
New Year’s Day the Post Ogffice
and other federal agencies will be
closed. All services windows at the
Post Office remain closed and no
deliveries, other than special de
liveries, or perishable items, will
be made.
All three local banks will be
closed, as will the offices in the
go(lxlnty Courthouse. and at City
all.
Fire Kills Two
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 31—(AP)—
A fire apparently caused by a
cigarette falling on a sofa killed
two persons in an efficiency apart
ment here.
The dead were Leonard Cald
well, jr., 32, occupant of the apart
;nent, and Miss Jacqueline Leslie,
6.
Caldwell operated a food brok
erage company here and also had
business interests in- Mulberry.
Miss Leslie was a secretary for
another Tampa firm.
The smoldering fire had not ad
vance({s beyond Caldwell’s one
room apartment when the smoke
led to its discovery early Sunday
morning, Deputy Sheriff D. D.
Stephens said Caldwell burned to
death on the Sofa, but Miss Les
lie apparently died of suffocation.
GERMAN ARMS DEADLOCK
PARIS, Dec. 31, (AP)—A dead
lock still prevailed today among
six European nations on terms of
a treaty that would permit West
Germany to rearm in a common
western continental defense plan.
The foreign ministers of the six
nations broke up their conference
last night but left military and
financial experts working here to
iron out difficulties.
Another meeting is expected be
tween Jan. 26 and Feb. 1. Op~
timism prevailed despite the dead
lock.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and warm to
day, tonight and Tuesday. Scat
tered showers Tuesday after
noon or night, followed by celd
er Wednesday. Sun sets today
5:33 and rises tomorrow 7:39.
. GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued unseasonably
warm this afternoon, tonight
and Tuesday, chance of showers
in mountain sections late Tues
day or Tuesday night,
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Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since December 1 ... 6.26
Excess since December 1 .. 1.67
Average December rainfail. 4.59
Total since January 1., ..42.39
Deficit since January 1 ... 7.36
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New Allied Charges
Lodged Against Reds
Reds Accused Of Planning For
War While Negofiating Truce
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 31. — (AP) — In final Korean
truce talks of 1951, the United Nations today accused the
Reds of planning war while negotiating a truce and of
trying to squirm out of an agreement to tell what hap
pened to more than 50,000 unaccounted for prisoners of
war.
Subcommittees wound up the year still deadlocked on
the issues of policing an armistice and exchanging prison
ers of war. Both groups scheduled meetings in Panmunjom
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HILLYER C. KING
. « « New Postmaster
King To Assume
Postmastership
Here Tomorrow
Hillyer C, King tomorrow of
ficially assumes his duties as
United States Postmaster here.
Mr. King has already been giv
en the oath of office by Clarke
County Clerk of Courts Elmer J.
Crawford, has made bond and re
ceived his commission, and for a
number of days has been familiar
izing himself with the duties of
the office he will fill.
Acting Postmaster Ellison B.
Stonne will return to kis former
duties and J. F. Carr remains in
his position as Assistant Post
master.
Mr, King was recommended to
President Truman for appointment
by Congressman Paul Brown up
on the endorsement of the U. S.
Civil Service Commission as hav
ing the highest grades of the four
teen applicants for the Post
mastership.
The new Postmaster succeeds
Jonas R. Myers, who retired. In
terim appointments as Acting
Postmaster were served by J. Fred
Bishop and Mr. Stone.
Native Of Preston
Mr, King is a native of Preston,
Webster county, Ga., and was a
resident of Cordele from the time
he was one year old until he en
listed in the Navy at the start of
World War One. Upon being dis
charged from the Navy he entered
the University of Georgia and has.
been a resident here since. Mr,,
and Mrs. King reside at 108 Mill
edge Heights. , ;
Mrs. King is the former Miss’
Louise Kytle and the ‘touple has
two children, Mrs, Chirles Eaves,
of Elberton, and a son, Hillyer
King, jr., who is now in the U. S.
Air Force, stationed at Lowry Air,
Force Base, Denver, Colo.
Mr, King is a member of Sigma f
Nu social fraternity at the Uni~-i
versity, a Mason and a Shriner,
He is a member of Athens Lodge !
No. 790 B. P. O. Elks, and served’
as Exalted Ruler of the local lodge }
last year. 1
He is a charter member of the
Athens Touchdown Club, the
Gridiron Club at the University,
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars,
Until resigning to take over his
new duties, Mr. King for twenty
years was southern regresentative
of the E. A. Wright Company of
Philadelphia, Penna.
Rufus L. Crawford, Post Office
Inspector, has been transferred
from Waycross to the Atlanta of
fice of the Post Office Depart~
ment, with Athens in his terri
tory.
Mr. Crawford, whd> succeeds
Frank C. Ellis, deceased, is in
Athens attendant on the occasion
of Hillyer C, King assuming the
Postmastership of the local office
Tuesday.
Gl Murders Girl
BOURBON, IND., Dec. 81 —
(AP) — A soldier on leave shot
and killed a 16 year old Mentone,
Ind., g'g‘l last night as she sat
among 200 worshippers in the Ap
ostolic Church and then killed
himself,
State police said Omer Shoe
maker 24 Akron, Ind., shot Ruth
Gilden in the back of the meck
and spine, apparently because she
wouldn’t have dates with him.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
BY DON HUTH
“By your assumed attitude of a
victor and your insistence on de
veloping a military air capability
(airfields) you have served clear
notice to the world that what you
have in mind is not pea‘cy. but
war,” said Maj. Gen. Howard M.
Turner, U. N. negotiator. “You
have cast an ominous shadow
over these negotiations.”
Rear Adm. R. E. Libby said the
Communists refused to provide
data on prisonevs the U. N, says
were not listed on the official Red
roster until the Allies supply
further information on prisoners
in U. N. camps. Most of the 50,000
the U. N. claims were listed as
prisoners by the Reds in official
radio broadcasts were South Ko
reans.
Grave Matter
The Communists insisted Mon
day that they already had turned
over all basic data on war prison
ers and .only “minutiae” was left.
Libby declared it was not “min
utiae” but “a grave matter.”
The Allied negotiator said North
Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sand Cho
promised Dec. 19 to furnish the
requested information. Libby said
he considered it a definite com
mitment,
Lee urged an immediate agree
ment to exchange all prisoners as
‘a sing New Year’s agreement.”
“Your proposal for an all-for
all exchange has one fatal defect,”
Libby replied. “You did not mean
‘all’ when you said all.” He did
not elaborate, but presumably re
ferred to 50,000 prisoners the Al
‘lies say the Reds have not ac
counted for. Most of them are
South Koreans.
Libby said the Allies “at the
appropriate time will relinquish
all prisoners.”
An official U. N. spokesman,
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols said
it appeared to him that the Reds
were “just going through the mo
tions. They had nothing new to
say. They appeared to be merely
waiting for instructions from
higher up.”
Nuckols emphasized, however,
that he was not “implying in any
way that a conciliatory move (on
the part of the Reds) is in the of=-
sing.”
The question of whether the
Communists should be allowed to
construct military airfields in
North Korea during an armistice
is the principal stumbling block to
agreement on truce supervision—
item three on the armistice talks
agenda. 5
UN Demand
. The U. N. command insists that
the Communists be prohibited
from building or repairing air
bases. The Reds replied Monday
that the Allies have a *“high
pitched imagination” on the air
fields threat. .
Turner told the Reds he believed
they want “to develop a military
capability during an armistice
‘which can be employed quickly
and effectively, especially against
hose who might have been lulledj
to a false sense of security by
e mere existence of an armis-|
tice.” 1
“By your continued insistence
on developing a military air capa- '
bility during an armistice you have l
confirmed the inescapable necessi- !
ty to restrict rehabilitation on air
fields,” Turner added. |
North Korean Col. Chang Chun
(Continued On Page Two) !
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i Floods Leave 12
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'Dead In Britain
| LONDON, Dec. 31. — (AP) —
| Floods today added to the havoce
| caused by 100-mile-an-hour winds
{ which swept Britain over the
!t week-end, leav:’nghat least 12 dead
iand hundreds of thousands of dol
(lars in damage.
I Weather experts say it may
| prove to be the worst storm of
‘the century. Highest wind record
!ed in Britain was 101-mile-an
hour at Turnhouse Airport, Edin~
l burgh.
Floods were reported sweeping
jthrough Kent where wind-swhip
ped seas tore a 30-foot gap in the
]sea wall at Dymchurch and en
idangered hundreds of homes,
{shops and farms which lic below
sea level. Troops finally closed the
gap with some 50,000 sand bags.
In the raging Atlantic ocean, 300
miles off Ireland, Captain Kurt
Carlsen waited alone in his 6,700~
ton ship Flying Enterprise, out of
New York.
The 40 crewmen and 10 passen
gers have been rescued from the
storm~disabled ship with a 40-
degree list, but Carlsen refused
to leave her.
At St. Ives in Cornwall winds
piled mountainous sand drifts
which reached the rooftops. Entire
streets were impassable.
HOME
EDITION
New Communist
Treachery May .
Follow Truce
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-—(APE
Any peace in Korea may he
lowed by some new “Commumist
treachery” there, Secretary of
State Acheson says, or be offset
by a major Red aggression in
southeast Asia or other border
area.
That prospect was held out by
the Secretary last night in a year
end foreign policy summary and
New Year {forecast in which he
told the nation that this is no time
“to let down at all in vigilanee,
purpose and effort.”
“It is hard to say that any ene
year is more critical than anoth
er,” Acheson told a meeting of
Jewish war veterans, “but it seems
to me certain that we will have it
in our power in 1852 to take ac
tion, or to withhold action, which
will have a decisive effect upon
the cause of peace.”
The great decisions to be made
in the defense of Western Europe,
Acheson said, concern a new At
lantic alliance mobilization sched
ule, the making of a peace con
tract with West Germany, and the
organization of Western European
forces to include. German units.
He predicted action on all these
in the first months of 1952.
u Danger Spots
In addition, he listed outside the
European area five danger spots
beginning with Korea and requir
ing constant *“vigilance” in the
New Year,
The critical other points listed
were Indo-China, Burma, Egypt
and Iran,
Even if an armistice is signed
in Korea, he said, “we shall have
to remain on guard against a re
newal of Communist treachery.”
Furthermore . there will remain
the economic task of rebuilding
the land and the political task of
unifying the country “on a basis
that provides a decent chance for
the Koreans to live as free men.”
In discussing the Korean situa
tion, Acheson declared “we shall
not- rest until our men who are
being held prisoner are released
. . . and shall stand firm against
any settlement that rewards ag
gression, or compromises the se=
curity of the Republic of Korea.”
Against these uncertainties and
potential perils of the New Year,
Acheson pictured the past year as
one in which great progress was
made in unifying and strmtfién‘e,,
ing the free nations, especially in
the North Atlantic area.
And he declared “there are
grounds for confidence, but there
are no grounds for complacency.”
Issues Warnings
He extended his cautions about
the critical importance of the New
Year to include an appeal for re
straint in political controversies
during the coming presidential
campaign.
“If we are to continue to bear
our responsibilities in the world—
on which the issue of peace or war
hangs in the balance,” he said,
“we cannot afford to let excesses
of partisan zeal blind us to the
sober requiremrents of our nationial
interest.”
After reviewing the accomplish=
ments of the closing year, Acheson
said:
“What it adds up to is that we
have had both gains and losses in
1951 but that we are better off
than we were a year ago.”
ChildM
(Child Murdered
By Baby Sitfer
LLOS ANGELES, Dec. 31-—(AP)
J\A 16-year-old baby sitter related
to police how she watched a mur
‘dm' mystery on television, then
| strangled a sleeping 6-year-cid
| girl with a sock.
“I did it, but I don’t have any
‘reasons,” Sheriff’s investigators.
' quoted the high school sophomore,
' Delora Mae Campbell, as saying
‘soon after a neighbor discovered
the tragedy early yesterday.
Delora Mae, in jail on a murder
booking, told deputies that as she
lay on the couch after watching
the television program, she “hac;‘
a vision.”
“l saw a girl lying in bed with
her arms folded across her chest
and a green necktie around her
neck,” Delora Mae said.
Tiny Vietim
The girl was Donna Joyee Ishell,
blonde daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Roy llsbell. She died with her
father’s black navy sock wound
tightly around her throat and with
the end of a sheet wadded into her
mouth. -
“Donna didn’t scream,” said
Delora Mae placidly. “She just
lifted her arms once, then fell
back.”
It happened Saturday night
while Donna’s mother was m
the late shift at Douglas as
The father, a petty officer, :
on duty at the Los Ahmihm
Air - Station. ' The dead girls’ 8~
year-old brother, Roy, A ot
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