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Evening star., 1949-12-25

caliber revolver on a ledge near
the floor in room back of the
door leading to the patio. Lowell
Bradford, Santa Clara County
Pathologist, said the gun had been
fired twice.
One slug was imbedded in 4
wall.
Mrs. Tales body was lying face
down in a pool of blood.
Her slippers were in a hallway
nearby.
Native Of Denver.
Mr.. Cuffaro found picture of
Mrs. Tale inscribed to Tommy
with love. It'll death do us part
Margaret"
Mrs. Tale, a native of Denver,
married Tale about four years
ago. She was his second wife.
His first wife. Mary. lives in
Ration, N. Mex. with their 12-
year-old daughter, Mary Beth.
The Tales, in recent years,
have lived in this area, but only q
few days ago moved into the new
home in an exclusive district be-
tween nearby Saratoga and Los
Gatos. They had no children.
Tale is the scion of a we'll
known ranching family which
owned extensive properties in
Colorado and New Mexico. He
was a polo player when he at
tended New Mexico Military In
Stitute at Roswell.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Police Rescue Woman
Atop Tower in Norfolk
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. pa
barefoot young woman in slacks
and a light jacket was brought
down from atop radio station
WEARS new television tower to-
night an hour and a half after
she climbed, screaming, 800 feet
up to the base of the antenna.
She was lashed to the shoulders
Of Patrolman p. L. Huddleston,
a husky motorcycle policeman.
when she reached the ground.
Officer Huddleston climbed up
after her with Patro1man Robert
c. Wash.
Police identified her as Mrs.
Mary Shaffer. Is. and said she
came here about a month ago
from Princeton, w. Va.
A taxicab driver said he drove
her from Ocean View to Voss
street near the 399-foot television
tower. He said she lived in Ocean
View.
A large crowd gathered at the
base of the tower. apparently ex-
pecting the woman to jump.
She was unconscious when she
was brought to the ground. Police
said they knew no motive for the
climb.
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Runch Hands Shear
Sheep With Penknives
By the kssoeiotsd Press

SYDNEY. Australia. Native
jackeroos australian for appren-
tice ranch hands, in the New
Guinea highlands have astonished
their employer by shearing some
of his prize sheep with a pocket
knife.
Last year, R. H. Gibbes few a
small trial flock Of 10 prize ewes
and rams from Australia to his
holding at Wewak, New Guinea.
The native boys became intensely
interested in sheep-farming and,
after watching the first sheep
shorn. quickly and neatly clipped
the rest, Of the flock with pen
knives. Mr.. Gibbes believes the
Wawat highlands near Wewak are
as good for sheep-raising as any
part Of Australia.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
School in Work Hours
IUroed on British Firms
By the Associated Press

LONDON.-A government COM
mittee urged British employers to
give their employees a chance
where possible to go to school
during working hours when study
ing for special qualifications.
when employees are enabled to
pursue part at least of their study
in working hours the result is far
better than that obtained by eve
ming study after the days work, I"
the committee said.
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LONDONDERRY Taylor got
his life for a Christmas present.
Home Secretary Chuter EIDE to.
day commuted to life imprison.
ment Taylor's death sentence fol
numbering 13-year-old Pearl Cow
man by throwing her into a canal
SHANNON, Ireland - Young
Sean O'Neill of Cork says Santa
is from Dallas and he has two
genuine Roy Rogers cowboy suits
to prove it.
Here's what happened:
The 7-year-old lad wrote te
Santa in care of Dallas (Tex.)
postmaster.
Postmaster Howard Payne re-
sponded for Santa and told Sean
to be at Shannon Airport Christ
mas eve. \
| The boy and his parents trav-
eled 80 miles and when they ar
rived here the youngster breath
lessly received two cowboy outfits
including boots, hat and holster.
MEXICO CITY-Mexico starts
its Christmas celebration with
midnight masses tonight. Tomor-
row will be devoted to fireworks
horse e-racing. bullfights and as
sorted gaiety.
For the bulk of Mexican chill
dren, there were no presents. In
Mexico, these come on January 6
the day of the three kings. There
are Christmas trees only in the
houses of the comparatively few
Mexicans who have adopted
American customs.
President Miguel Aleman, his
wife and three children went tC
Cuernavaca's spring-like climate
BARDSEY ISLAND, Wales. Dec
"a up. - Santa Claus won't be
coming to Bardsey tonight. The
weatherman is keeping him away
This island, lying of the Welsh
coast, has been stormbound for
three weeks by high winds and
heavy seas. A boat tried to get
through to the mainland again
today to pick up Christmas parcels
but the rough seas forced it to
turn back.
BANGKOK, Thailand (Siam)
Dec. "a (P. - Shipment of real
Christmas trees arrived today by
Scandinavian air lines for the
Swedish, Danish and Norwegian
diplomats.
The trees were brought to the
diplomatic community as a re-
minder Of home on Christmas
Day. Outside, the temperature
was around 80 degrees.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
z More Hurt in Crash
Near Alexandra Die;
Week End Death Toll {

Two persons died in Alexandria
Hospital late yesterday, bringing
to six the number of traffic fatali-
ties in the District area over the
Christmas week end.
Primus Feaster, "a. colored. of
357 G street S.W., and Mary Watt,
%, colored, of Baltimore, died
within 8 hours of each other from
injuries suffered in a four-car
crash early yesterday on the Shir-
ley highway south of Alexandria.
One other person killed in the
same accident also was identified
last night. He was Hoyle Minter,
80. colored, Of $500 Sheriff road,
Fairmount Heights, Md.
Two other persons involved il
the Virginia accident still were in
Alexandria Hospital where their
condition was described as fair.
They were Herman Bealing and
Dan Tyson, both colored, of Balti-
more.
A 7-year-old girl, Carroll Jean
Watt, said to be daughter of the
dead woman, and two other per-
sons, Marine Maj. and Mrs. Ed
win G. Wheeler, 5217 North
Twenty fifth place, Arlington, also
were hurt in the same accident,
but not seriously. The latter two
were treated at Fort Belvoir Hos
pital.
Miss Vera M. Langley, 18, col
ored, of 5015 Banks place NE,
died in Casualty Hospital last
night, apparently of injuries suf-
fered when she was struck by an
automobile on Thursday as she
was crossing Central avenue at
Fiftieth street NE. A companion
Lambert Atwater, %, colored, of
1904 East Capitol street, received
minor injuries. The driver of the
automobile was John D. Garner,
21. of 267s Rhode Island avenue
NE.
The traffic fatalities in the
District were Harry S. Dove, 81,
colored, of 222 street NV, killed
as he crossed Massachusetts, ave-
nue. at Second street NV, and
Fenton Furr, II. of 4911 Thir-
teenth street NV. who died fol-
lowing injuries received on De-
cember II when he was struck by
q tayi
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Edward R. Stirling Dies;
Former Legion Official
By the Assoeiofed Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 24.-Edward
r. Stirling, ST., SO, national vice
commander Of the American Le-
gion in 1910 and 1941. died of a
heart ailment at his home in
suburban Shaker Heights today.
Mr.. Stirling was a sales exec
utive with Diamond Alkali Sales
Corp. since last October !, and
came here from Cincinnati where
he had been vice president and
treasurer of the Diakel Corp.
He spent most of his early adult
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Protestonts, Catholics Unite
ToSpirituoIize Holiday Season

HOCklOTQ Nl1aulUGT O1 IOI1llIlclCC
Believed to be the first Of its kind
in the country, the pageant placed
Santa Claus at the end of the
reverent and impressive process
sion.
Other communities staged SINH
lar, if less ambitious, displays. In
Canyon. Tex, citizens witnessed
nightly pageants depicting the
Nativity story which were ar
ranged by the Amarillo Ministerial
Alliance. At Norfolk, Va. a liv-
ing Christmas tableau, using 600
members of the Talbot Park Bap-
tist Church, was a high spot OF
the yuletide season.
Nativity Painting Unveiled.
In Marshville, N. c., a commit
tee of ministers saw its efforts
to "ChristianiZe" Christmas
crowned with success when the
unveiling of huge painting OF
the Nativity scene and the singing
of Christmas carols replaced the
parade and beauty contest which
were formerly a local yuletide
feature.
Milwaukee, Wis, storekeepers
outdid themselves in efforts to
make the Christmas observance
more reverent by displaying the
Nativity scene in their. windows.
Encouraged by the Milwaukee
Archconfraternity of Christian
Mothers, Roman Catholic wo-
mems organization, the mer-
chants also displayed the slogan.
PUT Christ into Christmas" The
same slogan was exhibited on
theater and hotel marques. and
appropriate cards were carried
on buses, street cars and in city
taxicabs.
Before the Catholic inspired
campaign got under way. a thou
sand members of the Lutheran
Men in America Of Wisconsin
unanimously passed commend
atory resolution which decried the
tendency toward the commerce
alization of Christmas.
Church leaders cast an especi-
ally critical eye on Christmas
drinking parties in Offices and
factories. The Salvation Army
appealed to business firms to dry
up" their Office parties. declaring
that "in too many instances the
Office Christmas party has become
an occasion dreaded by those at
home"
Other appeals Of the same type
were made in leading communi-
ties. A Christmas Safety Com
mittee" in Philadelphia. repre-.
senting Christian lay leaders, sent
an open letter to Offices through
out the city declaring that III
alcoholic beverages are served
ouCl1 Pal tACO Aldy VAAuAASC q AnCA2
Christmas to a mournful Christ
mas for some eager child"
Church leaders are also urging
their followers to eschew New
Years Eve drinking parties ant
to gather instead for Watch Night
services in their local churches
According to DR.. Jesse M. Ba.
der, executive secretary of thu
Federal Council of Churches De.
partment Of Evangelism, an esti.
mated 25,000,000 American Prot.
|estants will attend such service!
and maintain. a 24-hour vigil oI
|prayer as part Of their New Year!
observance.
DR.. Bader said the vigil o.
prayer is being introduced thi'
year for the first time. Prayers
to be offered during the vigil
he declared, will emphasize ths
need for a religious revival II
America, as we'll as for the reviva
of the moral and physical power
of the churches.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

Protestant and Roman Catholic
services tomorrow.
The Rev. s. Linton. a British
minister, has arrived to hold the
Protestant services at Spasse
House, the United States embassy
The Rev. Jean Thomas viii
celebrate Catholic masses at the
Church Of st. Louis.
LONDON.-Lord Tedder, mar
shall of the Royal Air Force. in
Christmas message, hailed the CO.
operation between the Air Forces
of the United States and Britain
TN war and peace our two all
forces have shown the world an
example of coordination and CO.
operation which is a model of its
kind and serves as a lesson in the
application of air power and as
a powerful force in peace" he
said.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland.-Is Ice
land or the United States the
home of Father Christmas? Ice
landic children are wondering
For centuries they have believed
their Santa Claus dwelt in Ice
lands mountains or glaciers. But
Christmas parties put on fol
them by American personnel at
Reykjavik airport, complete with
toys and candies, caused word tt
spread this week that he is ar
American, living in the United
States of America.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia.-Ca-
madam Minister Emile Vaillan-
court yesterday called on Premier
Marshal Tito and wished him 8
Merry Christmas. 1t was his first
visit in two years. Mr.. Vaillan-
court said they spent their half
hour mostly talking about the
weather.
Tito's Christmas callers also in
cluded Swiss Minister Robert
Kohl and a group of Serbian Or
thodox priests who pledged their
church's support for Tito's FIVE
year plan.
CALLANDER, Ontario. - Olivia
Dionne, father of the 15-year-old
Dionne quintuplets, said today his
famous five have received more
Christmas gifts and cards this
year than ever before.
Christmas Day at the Dionne
home will be strictly a family af-
fair. The quints are getting new
ice skates from their parents
They are proficient figure skaters
and tomorrow they will be able to
try out new blades.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

dence.
Close mouthed officers would
not disclose any findings. A jailer
at the county Jail said Everything
will be cleared up by tomorrow.
But tonight he even refused to
ask Tale for his wife's maiden
name.
Tales attorney. James F. Boc-
cardo. turned Tale over to
authorities after the woman's
body was found shortly after mid
night on the patio of the Tales
$4,000 new home in exclusive
Montecito Heights.
Seemed Upset.
Wiley Van Hecke of San Jose,
a close friend of Tale, told news
papermen that Tale, seemingly
terribly upset." asked him to
meet him in downtown Los Gatos
last night.
Tale told him he had been try
ing to reach Mr.. Boccardo so Mr..
Van Hecke got in touch with the
attorney.
The three men drove to the
Tale residence where, Van Hecke
said, "the headlights picked up
the body of Mrs. Tale on the
porch"
He said Mr.. Boccardo tele-
phoned District Attorney N. j.
Menard. spoke of some trouble"
and said that he was ready to
surrender Talle.
Tale was taken into custody
at 2:20 am.
Found Revolver,
Sheriff's Deputy Phil Cuffaro,
sent to the home, found Mrs.
~
Evening star., 1949-12-25
The Week in Religion
BY Religious News Service

With Christmas, 1949, here
Protestant and Roman Catholic
Leaders already are looking for
ward to Christmas next year
when they anticipate that their
Nationwide efforts will result in
greater emphasis on the spiritual
significance of the festival.
For too many years, the
churchmen feel, undue stress has
been laid on the secular and COM
mercial aspects Of the holy sea-
son-with the focus on Santa
Claus rather than on the Babe
of Bethlehem.
However, a strong movement Is
developing to rescue Christmas
from excessive commercialism
Chief Protestant group behind the
drive is the Federal Council Of
Churches, which also Is cam
paigning against the headache
producing revelry" of New Years
eve.
Climaxes 15-Month Drive.
The council has announced
that its 27 member denominations
will summon their 100000 local
churches next year to spiritual
ize" the observance Of the two
holidays In. a climax to a Is
months evangelistic campaign
which began on Octobr 2.
Meanwhile, Toledo (Ohio), Pro-
testants and Roman Catholics,
who cooperate in sponsoring a
More Reverent Observance of
Good Friday" program each year,
are reported planning a joint
effort next year to stress the
religious aspects of Christmas
The campaign, which has the
support of the Toledo Council Of
Churches and the Knights OF
Columbus. is believed to be the
first of its kind in Ohio.
In an editorial in its pre-
Christmas issue. the. Catholic
Review, official publication Of the
Archdioceses Of Washington and
Baltimore, counseled those who
want Ito keep Christ in Christ
mas" to "leave Santa to those
who have nothing better"
Santa Rivals Holy Child.
"Our Santa" the paper said,
'''has become a rival Of the Holy
Child, often enough to the COM
plete exclusion of the latter from
any place in the minds Of chill
dren."
Much the same complaint came
from the Christian Century, m-
denominational Protestant weekly
published In Chicago, which said
Signs multiply that Christians
are getting a. bad conscience about
the American Christmas" and
more and more Americans are be-
ginning to ask whether Christmas
in this favored land is not being
commercialized beyond all rea-
son."
The Christian Century asserted
that so many people have become
disturbed at the "crassness" Of the
American Christmas season thai
in some cities civic and church au.
thorities have "co-operated in try.
ing to regain its religious sig.
nificance.
One Of the most noteworthy in.
stances Of this cooperative effort
was in Rockford, Ill.,, where some
$50, 600 persons braved freezing
weather to view a Christina.
story pageant" designed to high
light the spiritual message Of thu
Nativity observance. !
Forty-four church floats were
entered for the Smile parade, CO.
sponsored by the Rockford Min.
isterial Association, the Catholic
churches Of Rockford. and thu
Evening star., 1949-12-25

pierced by a
bullet. He said
she had been
s h OF in tn e
b a c k. La t e r
Deputy Coroner
Leo York said
he could not
d e t e r m in e
" h e t h er the
bullet had en-
tered the wom-
ans chest or
back.
Mr.. Cufaro
found a A.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

night.
Dead was 90
year-old Mar
garet Tale; in
jail booked for
inv e S t igation
was her hus-
b a n d. twice.
married Tom
Tale. 81.
r e p reSenta-
tives of the
sherin's Office,
district attor.
nav and roro.
n e r s Office
studied the evi-
Evening star., 1949-12-25

life in the Pittsburgh area and
was a charter member and past
commander Of the nearby New
Kensington (Pa.) Legion Post. He
served as Pennsylvania State
Commander in 1899 and 1910.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
" Plans Holiday Swim Glass

The YMCA will hold special
holiday season learn-to- swim class
beginning at $3.50 I'm. Tuesday at
the pool in YMCA headquarters,
1882 G street NV. The class will
meet for an hour each day through
Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
New Mexico Rancher
Held for Questioning
In Staying Of Wife

SAN JOSE, Calf, Dec. a.
Mystery shrouded the Staying Of
the pretty wife of a wealthy re-
tired New Mexico cattleman to-
Evening star., 1949-12-25

MOSCOW. - Moscow's western
diplomatic colony will have both
Evening star., 1949-12-25

VIENNA, Austria. - Elephant
steak will be on the Christmas
menu tomorrow Of a number of
Viennese restaurants. About two
tons of meat were stripped from
the carcass of Bubi, a 27-year- old
circus elephant shot by police
after he went berserk and at
tackled his owner.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

PRAGUE, Czechosovakia.-The
official Prague radio urged
Czechoslovak mothers to buy their
children Christmas books which
"emphasize the class conflict" !"
The life stories of Lenin and
Stain were recommended.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

BARI, Italy.-San Nicola, the
patron saint of this Southern
Italian city, is supposed to be
resting tonight. tuckered out from
his scurrying to deliver toys to
children from Southern Italy to
the Netherlands. The tradition
is that he makes his toy-delivering
visits December 6.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

EDMONTON, Alta.-What kind
of people steal Christmas trees?
Parks Department police say most
Would-be tree-snatchers turn out
to be the well-to-do.
Said one patrolman: "It's
enough to rock ones faith in the
Christmas spirit"
Evening star., 1949-07-15

"Arnee said his father had been
taken to Siberia in 1888 because
he complained about conditions in
Russia and, after his return in
1887, disappeared for good in a
second purge. He told me how his
mother and brothers and sisters
had been killed in the war"
My friend gave me token ring
and a picture, Mr.. Eilers said. Il
told him about my hometown OF
Indianapolis and Baltimore where
my parents live (Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph John Eilers. sr) and Day.
ton, Ohio, where I grew up. He
wanted to see these cities"
II was sorry for him." he said.
II suggested that he come to
America. OF course, I didn't mean
desert, but to come through i'm
migration channels. but ]
guess that's impossible"
Mr.. Eilers said he was going to
try to get the Chamber of Com
merce in one of his home" cities
to see if the Russian could be
brought to America. Il promised
him I would show him around ane
I will" he said.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
New Eeg-Loying Zoo Mammals
Have Pouches for Young, QuilIs

they become available for export
only rarely.
The Zoo had one echidna many
years ago, DR.. Mann said. but when
this specimen died the only other
on exhibition in the United States
was in the Philadelphia Zoo. This
animal has lived there for the
last 40 years.
The male echidna, like the plat
ypus. carries hollow spurs on its
rear heels connected with glands
supposed to be poisonous.
The animals feed like anteaters
with their long tongues. and have
strong forepaws for burrowing in
sandy or pebbly soil.
The females usually lay two eggs
which they tuck into their pouches,
where the young also are carried
until large enough to forage for
themselves.
Evening star., 1949-07-15

passengers-willy- -nilly-to hear
radio programs including 'inciden-
tally loud advertisements. Now,
isn't this compulsion too much
like Russia to be tolerated in
free Allerica"?
The same writer. in another
letter, asked the PUG to kindly
let me know if this communistic
condition may be corrected"
Another man asserted that "the
people of the United States are
not the people of Nazi Germany
or Communist Russia to be
bounded day after day. hour after
hour, by the blare of public ad-
dress system.
Still another protested that nc
one has any right to sell our ears
and that is what is done when
the company takes a fee for i'm
posing this nuisance on its pas
sengers."
you may have accidents, -
some of the 10 writer's warn. MY
opinion is that radio service is of
no use to passengers and might
even be hazardous because of the
loudness, thereby shutting out the
sound of sirens or other SOS's," "
wrote one.
Reasoned another: II believe it
quite inconsistent on your part to
post signs in buses to the effect
that drivers are not allowed to
converse with passengers
yet the radio is constant poten-
tial distraction not only to the
passengers but to the drivers. who
are supposed to give their undi-
vided attention to driving"
A woman complained in a let
ter to police: There is law pro-
hibiting autoists from blowing
their horns unnecessarily, yet you
allow public conveyances to in
stall radios, blasting the most
gosh-awful music. advertising
weather reports, news commen-
taries. etc
| But complaints of wear and tear
on nerves from music and news
falling on unwilling ears seems to
be the main theme of the rebe
tune.
stop that noise. Stop that
noise" reiterated one writer.
Evening star., 1949-07-15

can, or begin to get ready to
enlarge St. Elizabeths," pleaded
another.
A New Yorker wrote pessimis-
tically that he almost hoped he
would not get the good job he
came here to get. He said he
could not stand the washington
noise" The driver called his stop,
he went on, but he could not hear
it above the radio. was late for
his appointment and probably
lost a good job, and that's that"
A succinct memo in the PUG
file setting forth the sorrow of
a passenger at the playing Of a
brass band radio concert" at
11:05 am. on Bus No. STA Febru-
ary IS notes, "he is opposed to this
type of radio reception"
And one feminine rider took the
opportunity in her letter of pro-
test to include an eight-point i'm
provement program for the transit
company. Included in her recon-.
mendations: Remove the beer
ads" "Oil the squeaking noisy
buses and streetcars." Reduce
| our fare"