Bridges Trial
Will Be Long
I)raw n < In! Affair
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uralized in September, 1945. He
>a d !u* was not and had not been
a member of the communist party.
So far only five of some 25
available prosecution witnesses
have testified, the government
says this time it “has the goods”
on Bridges. Twice before, but in
deportation, not criminal, pro
ceedings. the government failed to
make the communist label >tick.
Also on trial are Bridges’ two
witnesses at his naturalization
proceedings. Henry Schmidt, and
J. K. Robertson, charged with
helping him obtain citizenship by
fraud. All three are charged with
conspiracy.
The defense launched violent
attacks on all the testimony in
cross-examination, with varying
success. It challenged credibility,
went upon asserted enmity of wit
nesses for Bridges.
Every trick in the bag popped
out in defense tactics. “I’m en
titled to trap lying witnesses by
any trick I can—I make no apol
ogy for my method,” snapped Hal
lirnrn once. He is under a six
month jail sentence for contempt,
slapped on eary in the trial by
federal judge George Harris, based
a courtroom conduct and flouting
of court rulings. The sentence is
to be served after the trial. An ap
peal is in progress.
Prosecutor Donohue promises
another “punch witness” early this
week.
Nearly 1,000 nationals of the
other American republics have re
ceived technical training and ex
perience in the United States.
(Colonel Castner
■ Passes On
In California
OAKLAND. Calif. <^P> — The
man who made the Alaska Scouts
1 famous during World War II died
j here last Tuesday night.
He was Col. Lawrence V. Cast
ner, 47-year-old West Point grad
uate for whom “Castner’s Cut
throats" were nicknamed
He organized the Scouts to
serve as eyes and ears for the
army intelligence section in the
vast areas of western Alaska and
tiie Aleutians. They were mostly
miners, fishermen and natives.
They knew the country and were
hardy frontiersmen.
Castner always disliked the
nickname the scattered platoon
acquired. He insisted it belied the
true character of a well-disciplin
ed unit.
He has been an Anchorage,
Alaska, business man since the
war. He died at his mother’s home
here. He had been in ill health for
, some time.
We was the son of the late Maj.
Gen Joseph C Castner, and was
j graduated from West Point in
1 1923.
In World War II he was decor
ated with the distinguished serv
ice medal and the navy legion of
merit. He had retired from active
service.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Rachel Castner; two daugh
ters. Mrs. Regin Carr and Miss
Diana Castner, and his mother,
Mrs. Ada Castner.
Burial took place in the Nation
al Cemetery, Presidio, in San
Francisco.
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with eyes on two other legs.
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Tuesday. December 13, 1949
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12:45—At Ease
1:00—Around World In History
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1:30—Yesterday’s Best
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PioVieer Women of Alaska held
their annual election of officers
last Friday evening with the fol
lowing officers selected for the
coming year; Mary Roell, presi
dent; Vallee Scott, vice president;
; Anne Walsh, secretary; Helen Ol
sen. treasurer; Lyda Rohn. chap
lain; Carrie McLain, historian and
trustee, Emma Lyle.
Refreshments and entertain
ment were furnished by Grace
Edman and Margaret Steinwandel
with card game winners Helen
Bockman, Grace Roell and Carrie
McLain.
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Soft Coal Strike
Threatened Jan. 1
•NEW YORK, <£>)—Most of the
nation’s 400,000 soft coal miners
may be out on a new strike Jan.
1, the New York Times said today.
If united mine workers chief
John L. Lewis doesn’t call a strike
on his own initiative, “the opera
tors may take steps of their own
to force him into a strike,” the
Times said.
Full production under a Tal't
Hartley act injunction would be
the operators’ goal.
Formal contract negotiations
between the UMW and the soft
coal mine owners are in suspen
sion. But talks between the union
and the employers of 80,000 hard
coal miners resume here this af
ternoon.
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