The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 55, No. 250, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1952 Page: 1 of 14
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WASH INCiTON. Thiaia I dMaT
kaaw a beet Chrlaimaa Hart
am anma ihinca 1 didnt exactly
know and perhaps you didnt an
tircly know about Chrlaimaa
The firat Christmas traaa warn
brought bare by German ImmL
ranis .... Tha firat light ini of
Chrlaimaa traaa waa practiced tat
Una country by Hcaaian aohticra.
Chris Imaa cards cama fmm
Enaland . . . Tha Idea of Santa
Claus cama fmm Holland
Tha practice of hanging up stock-
ings cams bom Franca. Belgium
and Holland though originally
they used wooden shoes . . . Tha
Yule log rama from Scandina-
via .. . Mistletoe cama from tha
Ancient Druids .... Christmas
carols cama fmm almost
country ... in fact while
have coma to think of Christmas
as a great American institution
and probably wa go in for it more
than most countries nevertheless
Christmas customs am all trans-
planted. And though wa am still . . . . . ;
struggling to achieve Christ a goal I !"5lr ow WM registered
tti "Omm m ffirth'1. at haft tha I
Dull gray skies and a keen
of Peace on Earth" at least the
manner of observing his birthday
is intemationsl.
Christmas edebratlana His-
torians cannot fix the date when
the first observance of Christs
birthday began. Tha early Christ-
iana opposed birthday demonstra-
tions. For a time also the exact
date of Christs birthday could not
be established . . . The first Eng-
lish Christmas celebration
ever was held by King Arthur in
the city of York in 521... About
this time the celebration of Christ-
mas on Dec. 15 waa fixed in other
countries also . . . Christmas
flourished under Queen Elizabeth
was abolished fay the Puritans
came bock under the restoration.
American celebrations At first
Chrlstmaa was banned in Hew
England. A Hew England law
passed MSS read: Whosoever
shall be found observing any such
day as Christmas and the like
dither by forbearing labor feasting
or any other way upon such ac-
count as aforesaid every such per-
son so offending shall pay for each
offense five shillings as a fine to
the country.". . . This did not mean
the Puritans were against Christ
only against ostentatiousness on
- his birthday ... In 1723 the gov-
i amor of Massachusetts
I this publicly recognized Christ-
mas aa a holiday but many Puri-
tans still opposed it and when
President John Adams of Boston
first moved into the White House
Christmas was still not an import-
j ant occasion among Hew Eng-
j landers.
i Santa Clans Was first brought
to this country from Holland by
Early Dutch settlers. The Santa
Claus tradition was probably hand-
ed down from St. Nicholas patron
aaint of children who in the fourth
century waa supposed to have
been wealthy and to have given
much to the poor throwing gold
purses in cottage windows and
running away ... In Germany
St. Hicholas comes to the door
rather than down the chimney
In Hew England the custom of
sweeping the chimney to bring
good luck may have started the
Two accidents Wednesday
today marred the Christmas holi-
day in Chic kasha and Grady
county.
Four persona were injured la
is accidents among traffic
which was described by state
treapars as the heaviest to years.
"Traffic was extremely heavy
custom of Santa coming down the I Wednesday night and early this
chimney. I morning said one trooper. And
not all tha cars today are state
cars.
Tha troopers repeated their ap-
peal to motorists to drive care-
fully and to stop and rest If you
feel yourself getting sleepy stop
and drink a civ cf coffee. Dring
enough to keep you awake" said
tha troonera.
ley reads were Mamed for ma
a coldest at 11:45 a.m. Wednes-
day near tha Back Island rail-
lead overpass ssrth sf Mines su
U. S.8L
A IMS coach driven fay L A.
Viersen 45 Elk City was travel-
ing north on tha highway and ap-
proached the overpast at an ap-
parent high rale of speed. Upon
entering the overpass he lost earn
tool of the car due to Ice on the
road. The car skidded and straight
eaed out on the opposite side of
the highway then crashed headan
with a 1951 sedan driven fay A. A.
Sword 51. Wichita. Kan.
Mrs. Ellen Bwsrd 52. Wichita
Kan. a passenger to tha ear
driven by her husband and Mr.
Sword warn taken to St. Authewy
' Christmas trees - Thera are
many legends about the origin cf
toe Christmas tree some believ-
ing that Martin Luther inspired
toe Men because he wanted hi
wife and children to see toe beauty
cf the snow-covered forest r . . .
In France there is a romance
about a knight who finds a gigan-
tic tree branches covered with
lighted candles crowned by a
child with ha la When toe knight
asked for an explanation the Pope
aid' toe tree represented man-
kind tha .candles human beings
and tha child the saviour ....
Actually the tree has long been a
religious symbol of many coun-
tries and to various religions. In
ancient Egypt it was customary to
decorate homes with green palm
branches at the time of the winter
solstice. Tha palm was tha sym-
bol of life over death ... In Druid
lore green boughs meant eternal
life . . . When toe Romani ob-
served the feast of Saturn they
raised an evergreen bough ... In
the Cth century. Pope Gregory I
instructed hia missionaries not to Ja u rEiS
destroy innocent pagan customs - CHy. Ex-
regarding trees but adopt them as
part of Christian 'customs.
Chrlstmaa cards Were inaugu-
rated hr an English artist in IMS
who designed a colored lithograph
for Christmas. By 1882 the custom
had come into vogue in England.
It had been the English custom
to shout Merry Christmas" from
the window on Christmas morn-
ing.' and the next step waa to ex'
press the same thought by card.
Christmas ateekiags Belgian
French and Dutch children i
taught to put their shoes by the
fireside on Christmas Eve and if
they didn't have them lined up
straight -Santa would bring no
gifts . . . English children having
no wooden shoes used stockings
. . . The holly wreath is symbolic
of the crown of thorns worn fay the
saviour and red berries drops of
blood . . . Mistletoe originated with
the Druids who believed that
mistletoe brought happiness to
those it covered hence toe kiss.
Chrlstmaa carols Began folk
music; expressions of religious
feeling ky the people of the 14th
and 15th centuries. When toe Puri-
tan parliament abolished Christ-
mas in 1647 however many folk
ere lost .... They re-
turned in the U century however
an Editorial Page)
lath Year X. 251
Mercury Skids
To 18 Degrees
Christmas Eve
Temperature Dips
To Lowest Mark
Since 1924 Yule
Chick asha Christmas Eva cele-
brants had their noses nipped by
frigid lS-degree temperatures
Wednesday night as the mercury
dropped to its lowest mark In 31
Christmases.
It wss the coldest since
north wind combined today to
keep the temperature in the lew
Ms.
The much-d res med-of white
Christmas was out of the picture
as snow flurries Wednesday gave
way to pale sunshine In the late
afternoon.
A light fleet shrouded the
county during the night but
highways were dry for holiday
motorists.
Temperature Wednesday clim-
bed only one degree above fram-
ing during the day.
Christmas 1B51 recorded a
high of 5d degrees and a low of
37.
Christmas Day in Oklahoma
was a little chilly for Junior to
try out his new bicycle and there
wasnt enough snow to give the
new sled a trial run In most sec-
tions. The weatherman could offer lit-
tle hope far warmer weather to-
day as temperatures were expect-
ed to star below freezing. How-
(See Page 4. Ha 2)
Crashes Mar Grady Holiday;
World Hopes For Full Peace
Troopers Urge
Care On Road
tent ef tojariee is .
Vierson was taken to an El Ri -o
hospital.
Damage to the Viersen cer was
estimated at 5850 and 51350 to toe
Sword car.
Trooper Homer Kidd investi-
gated the mishap.
Jerry Ray White 23 Lindsay
waa believed to have eeffered
ealy minor leg lajariee in aa ac-
cident at 7:10 a.m. today an a
bridge feat aertt ef the Tabier
He was a passenger In a 1050
coach being driven hy Aubrey
Way land Heatley 21. Lindsay.
. ISee Pago 4 Ha 5
Lumber Fire Causes
Million Dollar Loss
NORTH TONAWANDA H. Y
OP) Wind-fanned flame swept a
big lumber yard here Christmas
Eve and the lose was estimated
unofficially at a million dollars.
A mill valued at 0250000 by
Jerome Williams president cf the
Bennett Lumber Company was
destroyed along with other build-
ings a carload of mahogany a
carload of oak flooring and huge
piles of lumber.
The flames shot 100 feet into
the air and scorched nearby
' this Buffato suburb
l?p CMjtrkaslia Ia
"Oklahoma's Most Interesting And Most Readable Daily
Fourteen Fsira
" Seycn OnT-3
Don't Worry
About Holiday
ANCHORAGE Alaska 0P Tor
seven men near the North Pole
Christmas has no worries. No last
minute shopping no standing in
line to mail parcel and no
Christmas packages to open eith-
er. .
The seven are stationed at T-J
or Fletchers Island a floating toe
bland near tha Fob.
Their mail including packages
from home wont be delivered
until after Christmas. Arrange-
ment! had been made to fly their
holiday mail from Elmendorf Air
Force Base here to Thule Green-
land where an Air Force plane
was to drop it on T-l.. Tha plans
fell through and the mail waa de-
layed at Thule.
Bright Nate
On bright note for the T-J
group was reported by Air Force
officials here. Their Christmas din-
ner b all set
It wa flown to toe be bland
on the last flight in October. Its
complete holiday meal from
shrimp cocktail through turkey
with all the trimmings?
The men an T-3 reported t 3
sun. today that it was 20 below
near the North Pols with light
snow falling. They send weather
reports several times a day and
thats about alL They arent talk-
ative. The floating island moving
slowly through the Arctic Ocean
now b about 130 mile south of
the Pole.
Prisoners In Jails
Get Holiday Dinner
Turkey and all the trimmings
and chicken and dressing with
giblet gravey waa in store for
county and city prisoners today.
Eight persons in the city jail
will be served a chicken dinner.
The three prisoners being held
in county jail will get a turkey
dinner.
A special chicken dinner was be-
ing planned for city firemen on
duty today.
Santa Visits Twice
In Home Of Loretta
SILVER SPRINGS Md. )
Santa had to vbit twice last night
to make it a merry Chrlstmaa for
four-year-old Loretta King.
Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry J. King rushed to the store aft-
er 15000 fire destroyed most of
the family presents in the attic.
They returned in time to fill the
stocking and put toy under the
Christmas tree for an unsuspecting
Loretta
e
Bed Charge
MUNSAN Korea UP) Commu-
nist truce negotiators at Panmun-
lom today charged that United Na-
tions aircraft fie over the re-
stricted ait of the true talks at
M9 pa yeatarday.
Chirkasha Oklahoma
Truman Urges
Support Of Gl
By The Associated Press
The worlds Christians gathered
today around cheery hearths and
on frozen battlefields to celebrate
the birthday of the Prince of Peace
and take comfort in the hope that
toe day promises.
In America and Europe besides
traditional church services there
was gaity In festive parties and
family get-togethers. And there
was a tremendous exchange of
gifts for the past year had been
the moat prosperous since World
War IL
But hearts went out to soldiers
in the troubled East where war
raged in Korea and Indochina.
Tree Lighted
President Truman lighted a
Christmas tree on the While House
lawn in Washington last night as
carols were sung. Then in a na-
tionwide broadcast he called for
America to remain steadfast be-
hind her fighting soldiers.
The Korean fight has been long
and bitter he said but:
It has a hopeful meaning be-
cause It b the common struggle of
many free nations which have
Joined together to seek a Just and
lasting peace . . . Whether we
shall succeed depends upon our pa-
tience and fortitude . . .'
Like many another grandfather
President-elect Eisenhower helped
trim to . Christmas tree in hb New
York home. He spent the day with
hb wife hb da ughter-in-law and
her three small children. Eisen-
hower too John an Army ma-
jor. waa in Korea.
The annual Christmas message
from Pope Pius XII was a call
for charity and efforts toward
He said people today should carry
on toe work Christ started and
(Sea peg 4 Ha 3)
Fur Coat Big Shock
So His Wife Faints
By HAL BOYLE
HOMETOWN U. S. A. Of)
Trellis Mac Feeble Americas av-
erage wife could hardly believe
her eyes when she opened the big
box under the family Christmas
tree.
In fact she took one look and
fainted. -
When the slowly swam back to
her senses she saw her husband
Wi'bur bending anxiously over
her and fanning her with a maga-
zine. "Am 1 dreaming?" she mur-
mured "or did I really see a fur
coat In that box?"
"Of sauna you did" said Wft-
Thursday December 23 1932
We Saw
Bill Kempe proud of his new
Christmas pipe and breaking
it ia eLy today. If one of
these with swap-out bowls and
good goo trap" ha explained
as he took it apart lor a demon-
stration . . . Murky gray clouds
hinting at possible mobture for
Christmas despite weather
forecarts to the contrary . . .Ray
Koerner saying he sure wanb
to help hb son work with a
new construction ant before he
scatters parts all over the house.
And Glen Pool adding" It
wouldnt be safe to- walk bare-
foot through our house if the
lights are out Theres so much
of the kids stuff on the floor."
J. W. McBride end Hamer
Huffhine doing double dirty aa
holiday chefs for the fire de-
partment Mac waa offering
tips cm checking the chicken so
Homer lifts toe lid and cornea
bark with the comment "Its
still there." ... Mr. J. C. Good
saying it waa the coldest Christ-
mas Eve sine 194 ...The
postoffice virtuii1'? deserted aa
only n skelr a crew worked on
the hollda ' following a hectic
rush period of package and mall
delivery... And Mrs. A. C.
Strickter former resident of
Rush Springs back from Mis-
souri for the holidays and doing
some final Christmas shopping
in Chickasha.
AF Soys Controls
Of C-124 'Locked1
WASHINGTON OP) Someone
aboard the C-124 Globemaster
which crashed and killed 88 per-
is In aviation worst disaster
last Saturday failed to unlock ease
of the controls tha Air Force has
decided.
A report by a special accident
investigating board yesterday said
tha elevator and rudder control
surfaces of the wrecked cargo
plane were found in a locked
bur.
Who is it for?
It's for you of course."
Fsinte Afala
For me? Trellis Mae prompt-
ly tainted again. The shock waa
too much. She had only been
working on Wilbur for 12 year to
get her a fur eoat
But a moment later she strug-
gled to her feet She read the card
on the box To the prettiest wife
in the world gave Wilbur a big
hug and a kin. She snuggled into
the fur eoat and began parading
before the bedroom mirrow.
"Oh it's simply beautiful aha
(See Page 4 Na D
feqjresa
Newspaper M
Member
Joe Slalom
Talks WdGEu
Favors
like Dim
Korea West (Peace
Premier Answers Queries
Of NY Times; U. S. Officials
Silent Over His Comment
' NEW YORK (AP) Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin reply-
ing to queries aubmitted by the New York Times saya he
favor a meeting with President-elect Eisenhower does not
consider conflict with the West "inevitable" and that Russia
"is interested" in ending the Korean War. .
The Times termed the Premier's answers to its four ques-
tion "encouraging" and added:
"...They marked an attitude on the part of the
Kremlin very different from the hostile one recently
anaumed in the United Na'tiona . .
The White House announced last night there would be no
immediate comment on the story datelined Washington. An
Eisenhower press aide said the general had retired for the
night and could not be reached for comment. John Foster
Dulles secretary of state-designate waa reported to be out
of town.
. The Times said United Nations observers expressed spe-
cial interest in Stalins statement in which he said he favored
diplomatic conversations leading to a settlement of the
Korean War.
The Soviet Union and III satel-
lites opposed a recent U. N. Gen-
eral Assembly compromise resolu-
tion on the Korean prisoner of war
Issue. After passage by the U.N
Communist China and North Ko-
rea rejected the measure. '
President Truman repeatedly
has said be would be glad to
Stalin but in Washington.
Neither the Times nor Stalin In
(he exchange mentioned a possible
meeting place.
Pol ley Cited
The basic policy of the Presl
dent and Secretary of State Dean
Acheaon has been that there must
be proof of Soviet good faith and
peaceful Intentions on specific
things before there can be any
aucccsaful general settlement with
Russia
The Eisenhower high command
the Times reported yesterday had
formulated a strategic plan which
it hoped would put enough pres-
sure on the Communists to induce
the Soviet Union to agree to an
armistice. The Times said Stalin's
answers in reply to the questions
submitted Dec. 18 by Heston ap-
parently were written before El-
seu'nuwer latest move waa
known.
Soma five hours U. S. time
after the Times published the
Stalin story Radio Moscow went
on the air with the questions and
answer. It was a local broadcast
to the Russian people.
Stalins answers were received
at the Soviet embassy in Wash-
(Sea Pag 4 Ha 8)
position.
Throttle Unlocked
These mechsnisims must be un-
locked to permit a plane to taka
off ssd fly normally. The board
said the throttle was unlocked
thus permitting application of the
power that lifted tha plana briefly
into tha air.
There was no attachment of
blame in the boards report. How-
ever an Air Force spokesman said
it is the idiot's responsibility to
check all control surfaces before
takeoff. -
1 This kind of accident has hap-
pened before on other types of air-
plane with fatal results several
instances wen reported In combat
areas during war-time and the
cause of such accidents has been
attributed to pilot error.
Of 114 service personnel aboard
the giant double-decker only 28
survived.
The plana crashed on takeoff
from Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake Wash. The toll of 88
dead is thq greatest of any avia-
tion accident
The Air Force explained that
the C-124 has one mechanical con-
trol handle which locks four sep-
arate controls the throttles ele-
vators ailerons and rudder
when the plane is perked on the
ground.
To unlock all at these controls
its full travel before the -take-eft"
the Air Fores said.
Assertaled Fresa
By The Associated Press
Two deaths on Christmas t
sent Oklahomas 1952 highway fa-
tality toll to 568 one more than
for the same period last year.
The latest victims were Adolphus
Pahdocany 26. Altai an employe
at the Ft Sill Army Base and
Warner Charles Evans 29 Nor-
man. Others Killed
Three other persons died In
Christmas Eve accidents. They
were Lonnie Winfield Rollins 38
Ponca City; Lester L. Witt 22
Edmond and A. B. Wood 73 Las
Cruces N. M.
Pahdocany was killed when
thrown from hia ear and pinned
beneath it after it overturned 12
miles north of Lawton.
Evans died in an Oklahoma City
hospital today after suffering in-
juries when hia car went out of
control and knocked over a tele-
phone pole just northeast of Okie'
home City shortly before midnight
80 Killed In
Yule Accidents
(By The Associated Press)
Mora than 80 persons lost their
Uvea in violent accidents in the
first 12 hours of the nation's ex-
tended Christmas holiday.
Mishaps on the highways took
the heaviest toll. No deaths from
Christmas tree fires were report-
ed In the early hours of the holi-
day. Icy Highways
Driving was hazardous In snow
and lot covered highway in some
areau In the midwest and south-
west P"t there was no snow for
the holiday over wide areas of ths
country.
Traffic accidents killed 68 per-
ns since 8 p.m. local time
Wednesday. Twelve persons lost
their lives in accidents from mis-
cellaneous causes and one death
resulted from a fire In New York.
Ohio reported 18 traffic fatali-
ties in the firat 12 hours includ-
ing -two mishap in .which six
Tsons were killed.
The accidental death toll ever
the 1951 four-day Christmas holi-
day waa a record breaking 788
including a traffic total of 535. The
current survey extends to mid-
night Sunday Dec. 28.
The National Safety Council es-
timates 590 persona will he killed
In motor mishaps during the 4-day
period. The Council's figures show
that in the first 11 months this
year 102 persona died in traffic
accidents every 24 hours. It said
however that this figura includes
deaths resulting from injuries
long after the accident In which
the victims were injured. The hol-
iday survey covers only deaths
within the four-day period
District Wtilku
Parity cloudy tonight warm-
er Friday.
Inil Irmprratuim: Nimhi Is-
day 23; Wednesday high S3;
Wahmitay low 18
Price S Cents
Torrid Fights
Mark 'Holiday'
In Korean War
i
Air Force Sweeps
MIG Flight Back
To Enemy Areas
SEOUL (Pi Allied fighting men
In Korea asked and gave no quar-
ter this Christmas Day. Air battles
artillery duels and clnae-quarter
fighting marked tha birthday of
the Prince of Peace.
Russian-built MIG15 Jets vs
lured farther south In mass than
ever before the Air Force said.
Allied pilots roared aloft and
turned them back after destroying
one Red warplane end probably
destroying another.
MIGa Sweep Area
The Air Force did not say how
many MIGs left their usual haunte
nqpr their Manchurian sanctuary
or Just how far south they got But
a spokesman said they did not get
below the bomb line" an imag-
inary boundary a few miles north
of the front behind which Allied
pilots never attack for tear ot hit-
ting their own troop.
On the Certral Front Chinese
Reds announced by loudspeaker
1 that they would hold their fire
- from 8 a.m. until noon In bbserv
I ance of Christmas. They also
i urged U. N. soldiers to corns In
i one by one and surrender."
The Allies asked no favors. They
opened up With their big guns
destroyed .the loudspeaker ana
killed two members of the propa-
ganda team.
Tha Reds replied with a barrage
at their own.
Similar Red broadcasts last week
boasted that the Communists would
be in Seoul by Chrlstmaa. That
threat fell far short of fulfillment.
Heavy Fighting
In the bleak frozen hills ot
Eastern Korea 400 North Korean
Reds overran an Allied outpost
after heavy hand-to-hand fighting.
The Allied infantrymen stormed
back and recaptured the position.
Soldiers of both sides huddled in
miserable foxholes chilled by 10
degree temperatures.
The Communist warplanes .got
pretty far south" before the Sabre
jets chased them bM an Air
Force spokesman said. The unus-
ual invasion set off alerts at
air fields near Seoul but the all-
clear came less than an hour later.
One alert caught evangelist
Billy Graham awaiting a plana to
Tokyo and delayed hia departure
about an hour.
Allied B26 Invader bombers
pre-dawn darkness and the Air
Force said they racked up 73 Com-
(Sce Page 4 Na 4)
GIs In Europe Get
Christmas Packages
HEIDELBERG Germany OP)
Santa the U. S. Army post office-delivered
each GI In Europe
an average of 30 pound of pack-
ages tetters and cards from home
this Christmas.
The average soldier sent home
less than one pound of mail.
Since the Yule mail season
started Nov. I postal officials In
Germany have handled 13 million
pounds of Christmas maiL
Unknown Paata
BIRMINGHAM I An un-
known Santa Claus handed out
gifts of freedom to 15 prisoner
who didn't have enough money to
pay mall fines here last night.
The stranger paid fines totaling
5138 at the Fairfield and Southsid
jails. Ha didnt wait to receive
the thanks of the ran he set free.
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