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Evening star., 1948-12-23
| Soldier Who Gave
Blood for Tojo
|Hoppy He's Dead
BY the Assoeioted Press

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. 23.-The
Army sergeant who gave a blood
TRANSMISSION to Hideki TOTO when the
Japanese Premier attempted suicide
three years ago said Tojo's changing
yesterday made him feel pretty
good"
The former sergeant is John
(Jack) Archinal, 43, now manager
of a small hotel here.
TOTO tried to kill himself a month
after Japan's surrender.
Mr.. Archinal volunteered to pro-
vide the blood needed to save the
life of the man who ordered the
Pearl Harbor attack. Mr.. Archinal
explained then: -.
II want to see that he gets what's
coming to him and to make him
suffer for making me spend II
months in New Guinea, Morotai an6
the Philippines"
Says Mr. Archinal now: "It makes
me feel happy that TOTO is dead"
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Nine. Chang Ends Visit
Al Home OF MarshaI|s

Nine Chang Kai-shek has ended
her visit at the Leesburg home of
Secretary of State and Mrs. Mar
shall, but her future plans remained
secret today.
1t was learned that Nine Chang,
wife of China's President, moved
from the Marshall home Monday
to house owned by relatives in
Washington. A Chinese Embassy
spokesman said he had no informa-
ton on her present whereabouts.
Nine. Chang arrived here on De-
cember / to reinforce with personal
appeals requests of her husbands
government for urgent increased aid
in its struggle against Chinese
Communists.
She had a half-hour meeting with
President Truman and two talks
with Secretary Of State Marshall,
with no indications of success in her
mission.
There have been reports that
Nine. Chang planned to remain
in this country indefinitely. Acting
Secretary of State Lovett said yes
terday he had no information re-
garding her plans.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. s* A


in this country shortly after Christi
mas.
They refused any comment on his
possible resignation. Gen. Smith,
in poor health for some time, Is
understood to have asked PresideHt
Truman months ago to be relieved
of his Moscow assignment. He was
persuaded to remain until after the
November election. -
Evening star., 1948-12-23
High School Caro|ers
Help Trunans Get
Into Holiday Mood
BY the Associated Press

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Dec. a.
The Christmas celebration started
early for President Truman.
A Christmas tree, 10-foot tall,
stood today in the parlor of the big
frame house on North Delaware
street where Mr.. Truman hustled
about in a holiday mood.
Mrs. Truman and the Presidents
daughter, Margaret, had spent three
hours Tuesday night decorating the
tree to have it ready when, Mr..
Truman few in from Washington
yesterday.
1t was lit up last night when two
groups of carolers got down to the
business of serenading the White
House family from the sidewalks
bordering the spacious lawn.
The singers were from the William
Chrisman High School and the In
Junior High School.
The President listened from his
study, but made no appearance.
Mrs. Truman and Margaret ap-
peared on the front porch and waved
at the crowd.
Mr.. Truman drove to nearby
Kansas City again today for more
work in his penthouse quar-
ters in the Hotel Muehlebach on
reports and other official papers
flown to Missouri by courier plane.
In Kansas City the President re-
ceived a fill-in on foreign affairs
in l0-minute telephone conference
with Acting Secretary of State
Lovett
While the President will keep up
with the usual White House routine,
he will try to relax as much as
possible
The President looked forward to a
big dinner Saturday with his family
Therell be hams and Turkeys and
all the traditional Christmas del
icacieS.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Magma Carta Shown Here
Returned 10 British Custody

The Lacock Abbey Magma Carta
of 1925, on display in the Library
of Congress for two years, today
was returned to the custody Of the
British Museum in a brief cere-
mony at the Library. @
In the presence of Chief Justice
Vinson and British Ambassador Sir
Oliver S. Franks, DR.. Luther H.
Evans, librarian of Congress, handed
the precious document to A. j. Col
Inns. keeper of manuscripts in the
British Museum. The ceremony
was held in the Lbrary's Rare Book
Room.
The manuscript, loaned for two
years to the Library of Congress
by a special act of Parliament, is
the only complete extant original
of the third and final revision OF
the Great Charter of Liberties of
1915. Only one other original, de-
faced and obliterated, of the 80
copies of the 1925 revision, is still
extant.
A facsimile of the document is
now on view at the Library of
Congress.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Network Will Repeat
RAGGED Cloak Story

The Ragged Cloak" story of the
Christ Child's first unrecorded mir
acle, which is becoming a radio
Christmas classic, will be repeated
for the fourth time at 10 am.
tomorrow on the ABC network.
WMAL is the local outlet for the
My True Story" program, which
will feature the Christmas drama.
THE Ragged Cloak" written for
radio by Margaret Sangster, tells
the familiar story of the Nativity,
contrasting the treatment of Mary
and Joseph by the innkeeper at
Bethlehem with the kindness of the
crippled boy who tends the stable.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Colonial AirIines Wins
Additional Mail Puy
BY the Associated Prexk


The Civil Aeronautics Board
today awarded Colonial Airlines
$6S1 900 additional air mail pay for
the period from April Is, 1916, to
April 80, 1948.
The board fixed total mail pay
for certain routes during that
period of 81 ,999, 900, of which $1,318,-
600 already had been paid.
At the same time, the board de-
cided to continue the rate of
IS cents a plane-mile leach mile
flown) which became effective last
May l. This amounts to around
1865 900 a year.
The line operates principally be-
tween New York and Montreal and
between Washington and Ottawa
and Bermuda.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
FOUND.

BILLF0LD, containing sum Of money, in
kresge s Dime Store, Pa. ave. s.e., on Tues
day. Owner communicate with ia. 1877.
BLUE PERSIAN CAT, vicinity of 18th and
Newton NV; first seen last spring. Phone
AID. 1888. "a
DOG. small, black, male, brown paws,
white shirt front, leather collar, no tag;
vic. King and Wash. SITS. Call Alex. 3O34
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY, female COL
lar; in South Arlington. Call CHI. 1865.
HOUND, male. has on collar Henry Wal
ker. Cabin John, Md" Phone Randolph
MALTESE CAT, gray, white SPOT on breast;
found Sunday. owner call OR. $685.
PACKAGE, containing lady's robe (neW5;
in North Arlington. on We'd, Dec. 22
Owner can have same by identifying, Call
6W. 771l, MR.. CANNON.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Statue by hicheIange|o
Due Here for Exhibition

A Michelangelo masterpiece OF
sculpture, a small David will be
accepted for exhibition at the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, Constitution
avenue ard Sixth street NV, at
l0:45 am. tomorrow.
The statue. the first actually
carved by Michelangelo to be eX-
hibited in the United States, will be
ready for display during President
Truman'S Inauguration week.
Loaned by the italian government
to the National Gallery for exhibit
ton, the 5-foot statue arrived on
the U. S. S. Grand Canyon at
Norfolk today. 1t is being brought
here by the Navy. Charles Seymour
curator of sculpture at the National
Gallery, is supervising its trans
portation.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
AieIIo
Continued From First Page)

from loss of blood, and Gen. Eichel-
berger, Mr.. Aiello said. ordered the
Medical Corps to do all possible to
save his life SO that he could answer
TO rhis crimes.
TOTO needed fresh blood as well
as plasma.
I'VE on the generals staff let 1t
be known that pint of blood could
get a soldier a pint of stateside
Bourbon. You remember how tough
it was in those days to get drink
of whisky? Well, we never lacked
for volunteers"
Tojo Expresses Regrets.
After emergency transfusions,
when TOTO had revived somewhat,
the fallen warlord addressed Gen.
Eichelberger throughan interpreter,
Mr.. Aiello said. I'VE knew TOTO
could talk excellent English" Mr.
Aiello added, but he always refused
to do so.
In japanese he told the inter-
prefer to tell the general he was
very sorry for all the trouble he had
caused him.
Gen. Eichelberger replied, DO
you mean the trouble you have
caused US for the last four years?'"
TOTO, Mr.. Aiello said, refused to
reply.
The former Premier was given
eVerv care under SUPERVISION OF
Army nurses, and in few weeks
was strong enough to be removed
to prison.
Present at Ceremony.
On another occasion Mr.. Aicllo
was present when a frock-coated
representative OF the
former japanese Foreign Office
called at the hospital to present a
basket of apples to the former
Premier.
I'VE allowed the presentation
ceremony to go through. The ennis
sary bowed many times and deliv-
cred a flowery speech. TOTO &C
cepted the rare fruit, but he never
ate it. After the caller withdrew
we had the apples destroyed. 8.
We never knew if those red apples
contained some fatal capsule or
gimmick."
Newspaper corr espondents had
sought out TOTO and interviewed him
the day prior to his attempted sui
eide. Tojo fired the shot the next
day while Army officers waited TO
place him under arrest.
Sugiyama Surrendered.
After this fiasco it was decided to
order the top warlords believed
guilty of crimes against humanity
to surrender themselves to Gen
Eichelberger's headquarters or the
prison
One Of the first to present himself
Mr.. Aiello recalled, was Field Mar
shall Sugiyama. who on the following
day joined his wife in committing
hara kiri.
japanese officials then suggested
that Gen. Kenji Doihara. one of two
war criminals to appeal his death
SSElGCllCc W LllC oUPA ClilC SOAA U, hI
appointed in behalf of Sugiyama to
surrender the japanese Army.
This choice. Mr.. Aiello said, was
not acceptable to the American
command because of Doihara's war
record.
Tojo, Doihara and five others
were hanged in Sugamo Prison yes
teroay after the Supreme Court re-
jected the pleas of Doihara and for
mer Premier Koki Hirota.
Obtained TOTO Souvenir.
The other war criminals surrend-
cred according to orders in the first
few weeks of the occupation, Mr.
Aiello said.
weapons seized at Tojo's home in
cluded a number of fine Samurai
swords and razor-sharp hara kiri
knives. One of these found its way
into Mr.. Aiello's possession as a
souvenir of the long road to Japan
Mr.. Aiello, who has been with The
Star for the last Is years, went into
the Army after Pearl Harbor. He is
married and has two daughters, 8
and 8 years old.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

Australians protest that building
costs are going up instead Of
houses"
Evening star., 1948-12-23
LOST

LOST.
BAG, black cloth cont. large sum money,
fountain pen. key, ident. cards. Fri. Dec.
Il il Woodward and Lothrop' regard
BICYCLE, boys red with white trim.
basket, Arl. license 144s7. Shelby Supreme.
BILLFOLD, brown, with papers and money.
Lost Saturday night Rosslyn Hot Shoppe.
EEszsEdi EEsrnden e1sA5Es lsMEs Il0oETT' 'r es.ne
throsi chiid's pet: reW.rd 81. sss2.
COCKER SPANIEL, about 8 mos old black,
,.nsn S5ss scar 9n chest E ye ssss ellison and
c0cKIE sraSIEL saa, ma!s Ious 10 years S1d
3s24 Van Ness ST. NV EN-. 1855.
DIAMOND SOLITAIRE RING, white gold.
sSe ssss ea List Mr. GREEN Rf10 sR
DOG, mixed breed, part fox terrier. small,
o45s5. Reward De. 1871.
GERMAN SHEPHERD, part terrier. 6 mos.
leg, short hair named Rusty, no tag, n.
happy Xmas GL. 1856,
GOLD MONEY CLIP, initials IT. E. L. A
liberal reward for return. MI. 6446, ok Ext
HANDBAG, black. with broken upper, con-
tanning PERSONAL papers, billfold, etc, vic;
%sp1aeE zen s9S N sh sts aI2s n;S reward LILLIAN
MINK SCARF Friday. probably in taxi to
or from Union Station or airport; liberal
reward, Cali Monday, MR.. BARNARD
PoCKETBOoK, mans, containing valuable
Identification cards and cash; se.' Mon
eve. before 8 pm. Reward. FIR. 3s45.
POLICE DOG, male, fawn and black, very
eve vic. Of Fort Belvoir; childrens pet
Reward. l57 21st ST., Fort Belvoir Fort
RING, mans, 3 diamonds, Il rubies, no
initials, vicinity Clarendon, N. Highland
st. reward. GL. O26s. "a
RIGS. class diamond-ruby finger ring;
3eft on wa shstand in ladies' room, in Silver
Lorins Hot shoppe. Reward ia: 9516.
WALLET, black, money, ident. cards. De-
troit address; near Stroud's Dime Store,
Naylor SHOPPING center FINGER sI, nsSp kesp
II. PoLANDER, AK. 5121 -24
MALdET mans dsEk nss5 5000
ward: ROBERT JOHNSON. EN-. 5i3s. -23
WATCH, mans, Hamilton, wrist, tan
leather strap, lost on Mt. Pleasant car.
Dec; 8, about $40 pm, reward. NO.
ONE SILVER circular earring, vic. 18th
and Eye stS. NV, Tuesday evening. Call
SIS REWARD-Lost liver and white point
er dog. young male. weighs about 30 lbs,
strayed from ,26O6 36th st. NV. answers
70 s,u nsme sM sssa ssf5' owners name on collar
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Gen. Smith 10 Return
From Moscow for Talks

Speculation that 1t. Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith will resign soon as
American Ambassador to Russia
was stirred anew today by news that
he is returning to Washington for
consultation"
State Department officials said
they expect Gen. Smith to arrive
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Hoiti Using SuIes Tax

Taxes of S or 10 per cent have
been imposed in Haiti on sales of
articles purchased for consumption,
which are not classed as prime
necessities.
Evening star., 1948-01-25

comprises the name and likeness of
Admiral Byrd, the words Explorer,
Scientist and Patriot" and Latin
motto, "Sic igitur ad astra" $50
therefore to the stars'o. The medals
reverse side includes female figure
with a wreath, symbolizing the
spirit of Virginia, lowering over
Antarctic mountains. In the back
ground are ship and an airplane;
in the foreground, a dog sled, PEN
gums and the American flag.
The gold donations for the award
consisted of various family heir
looms, including some from de-
scendants of George Washington
and Robert E. Lee. One of the
gifts was a gold watch that has
been handed down in the family OF
Louis M. Sheers, LOG Westmoreland
road, Falls Church, Va, for several
generations. The watch was to
have gone to Mr.. Sheers' son, Will
liam Poe, on his 21st birthday. He
was lost at sea on that day during
the war. His mother and father
donated the watch for the Byrd
medal.
Robertson to Present Medal.
The medal will be presented to
Admiral Byrd by Senator Robert
son, Democrat, of Virginia, honorary
dinner chairman. Chairman for
the dinner is Elwood H. Seal. Wash
ington attorney who was formerly
District of Columbia corporation
counsel. The society's president is
John w. Rixey Smith, Bureau OF
Internal Revenue.
The following will be among the
guests of honor: Chief Justice Vim
son Of the United States, Justice
Jackson of the Supreme Court
Speaker Martin of the House. Sen
ator Minority Leader Barkley, Sen.
ator Byrd, Democrat of Virginia
brother of the admiral; Gov. Tuck
OF Virginia, Colgate w. Darden
former Governor of Virginia ane
president of the University of Vir.
ginia; Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross. di.
rector, Bureau Of the Mint; Mrs
/ Woodrow Wilson, widow of ,Presi'
4 dent Wilson; Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife
of the former Secretary of State
and Rear Admiral Richard H. Cru.
zen, who accompanied Admiral Byre
to Antarctica last year.
Admiral Byrd was born at Win
Evening star., 1948-01-25

Nearly IL ounces OF gold have
been contributed by more than loo
members of the Society of Virginia
families for Gold Medal OF
Achievement, to be presented by the
society to Rear Admiral Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Antarctic explorer.
The presentation will be made at
reception and banquet honoring
Admiral Byrd in the Statler Hotel
at 7 pm. Thursday. More than
300 society members and guests will
attend.
The medal is the first to be pre-
sented by the society, although it
has given citations to distinguished
Virginians in the past. The society
hopes the medal will establish a
precedent for future presentations
Designed by Mrs. Cummings.
The medal was designed by Mrs
Christabel Cummings, Washington
and Philadelphia artist who lives
at 2032 Belmont road NV. The
gold piece and six bronze medals
were struck by the United States
Mint in Philadelphia, and more
bronze ones may be made for society
members.
The diverse side of the medal
Evening star., 1948-01-25

chester, Va, In 1888. He was grad.
uated from the Naval Academy ir
1912 and became a naval aviator ir
World War I. In 1926 he made q
flight over the North Pole and fol-
the fight received the Congressional
Medal of Honor. He led four Ant
arctic expeditions In 1928, 1888
1889 and 1916. During World Wai
II he was stationed In Washington
in the Office of the Secretary Of
War as consultant for cold climate
clothing development. Admiral BYRD
retired In September and lives In
Boston.
Citation Pays Tribute.
I. The citation which accompanies
the Society of Virginia's medal halls
Admiral Byrd as the only man tc
fly over both poles and as man who
has looked upon more square miles
Of unexplored territory than any
human being in history. The cita-
ton pays tribute to his contribu-
tions to science and calls him 1.-THE
only living American who has added
one square mile. of territory to his
country's empire, and the only
American since Lewis and Clarke
who has extended the American do
main by exploration and discovery
'* He has made himself a
scientist notable in an age of SCI
ience, a patriot outstanding in an
age of patriotism, and an explorer
high in the rank of all time, and
second to none in the world today
Evening star., 1948-01-25
'Deane 10 Address Meeting
On Home Rule for D. {.

Representative Deane, Democrat,
Of North Carolina and member
of the House District Committee,
will speak at a meeting on home
rule for the District at $3.50 pm
tomorrow at Pierce Hall, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV. The
meeting is sponsored by the Evans
F. Carlson Chapter of the American
Veterans Committee.
An open discussion Of home rule
proposals will follow Mr.. Deane' S
talk. 1t will be led by Wilmer. A.
Eisenhart, president of the Rhode
Island Avenue Citizens Association
and William A. Roberts, Washing
ton attorney.
Evening star., 1948-01-25
Admiral Byrd to Receive Medal
AT Virginia Banquet Thursday

Elwood H. Seal, Society Of
Virginia dinner chairman
displays a plaster model and
lead proof of the Gold Medal
of Achievement, to be given to
Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
Antarctic explorer, at a So
ciety banquet Thursday.
Star Staff Photo.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19
AMERIKOJE SLAM
PINEJA 5000 RUSQ
SNIPU

Kongrese vel iskelta faktas
kad sioje salyje slampineja net
5000 ivairiu Rusu, Maskvos
atsiustu neva ivairiu specials
tu ir ekspertu, kurie tikrenybe-
je yra ivairus snipai.
Kongr. Boggs reikalauja kad
butq pravesta istatymas regu-
liuojantis ju veikla sioje Sally
je.
Boggs irodo kad tie 5000 So
vietu pilieciai buvo ileisti i sia
Sail legaliai, ir kad 1,5OO is jq
atvyko pereitais metals. Prize
tu, dar 80 Rusu yra numatyti
deportavimui, susekti komuni-
stineje veikloje.
Dabar items sovietu agen-
tams nera kitokiu suvarzymu
po sia Sail bastytls, kalp tlk
patvarkymas kad turi pranesti
savo nuolatini adresa. Toks
adresas gall butt paduotas kur
nors vienoje vietoje, jie gall
laisvai vazineti ir snipineti po
visa Sail.
Jie yra specialiai parinkti is-
tikimi Stalino pakalikai, kitaip
nei vienas is Rusijos isvaziuoti
ir negali.
CEKIJOS darbininkai dabar,
kOmunistams uzvaldziuS, mega
Ii nieko daugiau laimeti kaip
tik retezius.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19
krokodiliaus Asaros

Prahoje, laidojant Cekoslo-
vakijos uzsieniq reikalu mini
stra, Jan Masaryka, kuri ko-
munistai, uzgrobe Sales valdy-
ma, priverte nusizudyti, kapi-
nese svarbiausia kalba sake
komunistas premjeras Klemen-
sas Gottwald, isliedamas kro-
kodiliskas asaras savo melagin-
gomis isvadomis apie Masary-
ka ir kitus Cekq veikejus. Jis
irodinejo buk Jan Masaryk la
bal jautesi apsivyles nekuriq
Ceku diplomatq uzsienyje is
davikiskumu. -. Mat, tie &C.
kai diplomatai uzsieniuose, bu-
dami laisvi nuo enkavedistV
nagu, isliko gyvi ir galejo pa
sakyti pasauliui viesai ir atvi-
sal ka jle mano aple komunls-
tQ uzgrobima ju tevynes. Jan
Masaryk irgi gal but bande Pa
sakyti atvirai ka jis mano apie
toki Gottwaldo isdavikiska dar-
ba, bet uz tai jis buvo kalinys
ir neturejo kitos iseities kaip
tik mirti.
Xiii Cekoslovakijos diploma
tai kurie nepritare pardavimui
ju tevynes Maskvai, rezignavo
is savo vietq ir Cekoslovakija
negrys. Juos Gottwald pava-
dino isdavikais, ir ju viesa pa
smerkima komunistinio smurto
ju tevyneje Gottwald prisega
Masarykui, buk jis labai susi-
krimtes del anu nepritarimo
naujai vyriausybei ir todel nu-
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19
VAKARAS TEN.

VAKARAS TEN. =.
Koks gi vakaras teviskej mielas,
koks gi kaimas gimtasis brangus
tavo dukes po koju kaip geles,
samanoti stogai kaip dangus.
Ten, uz iaujos, po viksvomis pelke;
kurkia varies varpeliais dusliais =
ilgesys, toks svelnus, sielon smelkias,
lyg kvieslys eiti burtu keliais.
Prizes vidurnakti veles pabunda,
paslaptis tamsia nakti uzlies,
paslaptingas dundejimas dunda
tai garsai nuskandintos piles.
Ir sugrizta praeiti lila
musu sielos slaptingais takais,
kai praeinam pro temstanti sila
ir vakarais gimtaisais laukais.
Kastytis Gliauda.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19
RUDUO BE TEVYNES

(Kazys Rradunas)
Saugo sleni anuo audru kalnai,
0 virs iu, kaip tevynes linai,
Spindi blykstancio veido dangus.
Kai po darbo miskais iseini,
Siaures vesa sparnuos nesini
Pauksciai skrenda virs tavo galvos.
Ir. tn nori sugryzt kur sklaidos
Bulvienoju vystanciu kvapas
Tusciuos begaliniuos laukuos. +.
Tx sparnuociu klegejimo aidas
lr akacijos krintantis lapas
Spaudzia asara tavo takuos.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19

rios siekiame tap kap uzdirbome pergae kare, bet
ne tuscais norais, realistinemis pastangoms.
"Vieningas tksas, vieningos pastangos ir vieninga
dvasa reikanga atsekmui prizes stovincios uzduo-
ties". " '-3"oH'
Sios svarbiausios istraukos is Prezidento Trumano
kalbos kme patieks skaitytoams pilna vaizda kr sa
dien pasaus ena kas darytna kad ia razutnga else
ma butu suaikyta = ir KAS ta gall sulaikyti
Anerika prabilo Tx lai nebaigia savo nuosirdziQ
pasiryzmu zodzais. AMERIKOJE CALI ATSITIKTI
TAS KAS ATSITIKO LIETUVOJE ir kitose konunstu
uzvaldytOse Salyse.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19

sizudes.
Masaryko laidotuvese mega
lejo dalyvauti Cekoslovakijos
prezidents Benes, jo ir jo tevo
draugas, mes Benes laikomas
belaisviu savo namuose. Gott-
wald suras priezasti ir Benesa
nuzudyti, mes jam pabegti is
Cekoslovakijos progu nera.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-19

LONDONO arsiausia trafiko nelaimese uz-
musimu dena yra sestadienis
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-14
Hitchhiker's Ride Costs Him $lO0 In Fairbanks Court

FAIRBANKS, - LP) A hitch hiker's boast that he knew a good bargain-'Nincluding some gamb- ling equipment" - boomeranged yesterday in the court of US. Com missioner Everette Smith.
 The boast was made last Satur- day night by Edward Campbell, who didn't learn until yesterday that the driver who picked him up was US. Marshal Stanley J. Nichols,
 Nichols seized 100 sets of nice "squeezers" dice manufactured to favor certain combinations - Sunday, and deputies and military police trailed Campbell to the civ ilian camp area at Ladd Field to break up gambling game.
 Arrested with Campbell were Herbert Doss, Gilbert Lane and Vern Johnson, all employees of civilian contractors at Ladd and Eielson Fields. Campbell was fined $100 and the other trio $50 each by Commissioner Smith.
 The raid was the second in less than a week in which games were broken up in Ladd Field latrines Three Fairbanks residents were fined from $1OO to $50 on theil plea of guilty to a charge of run ming gambling games in the ear Her raid.
 The drive is part of a current campaign prompted by the warn ing of Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney that unless "this wide open town is cleaned up, he will declare the city off limits to troops. Gen. Gaf- fney is commanding officer of the Yukon Composite Wing with Headquarters at Ladd Field.