December 26, 1951 (Mt.Tremblant) GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: ..r The~our~airmen will be set free tomorrow, Thursday. This was announc d by the ~na,arian Legation in Washington late this afternoon. The Reds acted after the U.S. Government had announ A ed that it would ay the 11hirty thousand dollars, assessed agains the four airmen 1n th6 fonn of penalties for alleged espiorage. Huge fines; sheer blaclonail;) nd it comes hard to pay a shakedown by Red extortion. But tt would be still harder to have flyers or the American Air Force ln a Cormnunist prison, serving sentences through no fault of their own. So today, ecretary of State A heson announced that the U.S. Charge d'Affaires at Budapest had been instructed to inform the Rd Foreign Office that the United States will pay the one hundred and twenty thousand dollars -- if the LEAD - 2 flyers are released prom p tly. So that would seem to end an ugly episode which has aroused much angry r e sentment. Today, from far and wide, came reports of moves to raise funds for the liberation of the flyers -- the idea seemed to be that it would be less humiliating if the 'DlOney were to be put up by citizens, instead of the U.S. Government. The latest -- the American Leg1Jn offering to provide the entire sum. The StoteDepartment has been trying to discourage these private efforts, but they spring up out of popular indignation. All of which would seem to be academic -- now that Washington has to d the Hungarian Reds that the ransom will be paid. And the report s that the flyers will be set free tomorrow. 111111 ------ Tb• n•• l■•rioan aabaaaador to loaoow - • Qeora• r. 1•••••• lonati•• State Depart■ent expert • on So•i•t attaira. Th• appoint■•nt baa been antioipated, bat••• aot c•rtain to 10 tbroaab. I••••• h•• b••• oae oft~• p•i•• aatho•• of the laerioan pollo7 ot cheatln1 le4 •••••••loa, aa4 it •••••4 lik•lJ ••••&h that hia •PP•int•••t aiaht aot b• ••••••bl• to •••o••• The l••i•t• h•• be•• ••••••oir.• I••••• r•o•ntl7 - - •••• la taot, P••••• HA!I priat•4 a bltt•• •ttaok •• bi■• l•t, toai&ht •• b••• \be aaaoaaoe■ent f•o• tb• T•uaa h••• at Ia4•p•••••o•, ll•••uri - • tbe Pr••i••nt atatia1 tbat b• baa ••••4 Qeora• r. lenaan to •••o••· lhioh ia iue4latel7 f•llo••• b7 wo•d• \bat tbe •••1•~ ••••• .. ••' b•• ••i• - · eta7 • . looo•dina to Aill!!lii! ca1to■, the7 ■ i1bt qwlte oorr•otl7 r•f••• tb• 1••••• app•la\■ent. at all - - 10100• aak•• no •bjeoti••• . I lQ.11.l..tl.GI.• · · · · Late news in tonight relate• that the 0.1. truce tea• baa arri••d at Paa aua Joa for the finai ••••ion - - before tbe end of tbe tbirt7-da7 period for•• atte■pt to air•• on an ar■ iatioe. Tb• atta■pt ha■ tailed·· hat~e■eral li41ewa7 ha■ hee■ aathorlsed to air•• to a fift•••-••1 ezteaaloa of tb• 4ea4liae, it he •ee• a■7 ohanoe of ■■ooe••~ Thi• 11 •P to tbe Sapr••• Co■■ ander, who la to be caided b7 d•••lop■eat• OD · tbe •o••·· B• oaa extend the traoe deadline, or oall oft the arran1••••t whereby the pr••••t battlefroat woald be an ar■ i1tioe 11••• t~•• far, tb•r• baa~••• ao iaaieatiea et wtiat be will 4e. ler 1• there ••7 111• of wbetber er aot there •111 be a reauptioa of f•ll-aoale warfare tollowla1 •• ••4 to th• tr•o• perio4. Tb• wor4 froa flare-ap of battle - aiaoe th• ar■ l1tioe ll&lii!iill! !ill !!lii!II, hdliU or 11 UIAli!I· ~o4a7•• 4•••lop■ant• in the talk• at Pan la■ Joa ••r• aria. Th• Red• declared that fi•e-huadred and ••••nt7-ooe prisoner ■ of war ••r• killed by Allied air attack or ganfira, or periahed troa di•••••·) The7 eay that ca1ualtiee aaooa priaoner1 of war were caueed by Aaerican war plan•• and abellfire, when pri■onera ••r• eacorted to th• rear. ( oar neaotiatora retorted ia■ediatel7 with bitter aa•- picion of - - aurder coaaitted by led• 1aardia1 pri1oaera. Tb• Co■■uoiata added that one-huodred-and- fltty-two priaoner• ha•• eacaped, and three ha•• been releaaed. reply that - - To which the 0.1. repreeeotati••• not one ot th••• •••r ca■e back to the Allied lin•••) OD their aid• th• Couaniat• are de■andina inforaation about led prtaoner• who•• na•••• they clai■ are not on the 111t1 ai••o by the 1111••· O•• bri&ht feature toda7 wa• - - the handina o••r of letter ■• In tb• truce tent at Pan lua Joa, Co■■uniat officer• produced a parcel, about a foot high • • the firat ■ail fro■ priaon•r• to their faaili••• Thia waa taken for pro■pt deliYery - - and at laat word the letter• ••r• bein& 1orted oat aad •••t oa their way. ruili•• ta the Unite4 State• to bear 100n fro ■ pri1oaer1 of war. BOIBIIG ••••• -------- Tb• r.B.I. annoanoea an all-out i••••tiaa- tion of terrori•• in florida. Thia followa another boabin& oatra1• today - - killin& Barrr T. loore, head of th• Florida aeotioa of th• latioaal laaociatloa for the 14Yanoeaeat of Colored People. Bi• wife - - iajared by the blaat that ahattered their ho••· Thia co••• aa a cll ■ax in . a whole aerie• of boabi•&• aa4 boabia& att1■pt1 - - cblefl1 at lia■ i, •b•r• attack• ba•• b••· aa4• OD J••l•b •1aa101u•• and ■ e1ro boaain& proJeota. lTJG •••.•• _a,:_ Britain toda7 ••• &i•en reaaaurance aboat liDI George - - la a cbaracteriatlc bit or n•••· Yeaterda7, ■ ia&i•in&• were aroused b7 the loyal broadcaat on Chriataaa. Th• Yoice of Geora• the Sixth waa harah and weak - - reoallin& tbe laD& operation of a f•• •••k• aao. an4 feeble, aoande4 o■ iaoua. Bia tone, raapin& Today tb• 10,al ph7aiciaa1 explained that, after the l•n& operation, the liD&'• •oio• waa affected, an4 be bad to take •peciai breatbin1 exeroi•••· Bat the reaaaurance waa ao■ethia& ■ore t7pioally Britlab. It waa ai■ply aaaoaaced that, durina tb• Cbriat■ aa holl4aya Bia lajeaty bad been oat abootla1! lt Sandrlaabaa, th• coantr7 reaideaoe of the lo7ai fa■ ily, Geora• Sixth aet out with bia aanbearera. Ga■e beater• dro•• th• birda, and bi• lajeaty blase4 ·••Y• lll ao royally traditioaal that Briton• fro ■ thi• can really be reaa1ured. IGIPT ...•. ----- There waa wild riotin& toda7 iD th, ancient city of Alexandria - - wbea Ioele■ extre■i•t• went on th• ra■paae, de■onatratin& •&•in1t the appoint- aent of two ad•i••r• to lin& rarouk. Tbirt,7-on• were iajared in a battle b•t•••n a orowd of 1tadent1 and th• police, the latter firiaa with back1bot and barlin& tear-a•• bo■b1 aaaiaat a barr•a• of bricu and atone,. Toalaht a atat••••• of •••raeno7 b•• been proclaiaed ia both Alexandria and Cairo. Tb• two appoiataeata were ■ ad• by lina rarout hiaaelt, who n•••• bi• own ooaacil of ad•l•era. Tb••• are iadependeat of the Cabinet liai1tr7, which 1• re1poa1ibl1 to the Calr~ Parliaa,at. Th• two new ad•l••r• are ao4erat•• who fa•or a co■proai•• with Great Britain ia tb• Sa•• Caaal 41aput,. Oa• la th• l&Jptian a■ba11ador to London who wa1 calle4 ho•• laat week, brta1i•1 an•• cri•i• la tb• qua~r•l. Be is a aradoat• of Osford. Th• other - • a diplo- aat \ c ••teran who baa repreaeated R17pt la London twice, firat •• ainiater, then aabaaaador. ililtt. 2 Tb• appoint■enta are conaidered aa aeanin& - - liDI rarout want• to do aoaetbin& to 1ettl• th• bitter lead. Poa1ibl7 - - b7 bria&iD& l17pt into a 1ear laatern deten•• pact wbiob could pro•14• a coapro•i•• ia tbe queatlon of 8••• Canal control. lt aa7 rate, that 11 tb• bellet of 4lploaatlo circle• in Loa4on - - aleo th, belief of · tb• ra1la1 aob1 in llexan4ria. Tbe7 ••r• atoraiDI to4a7 aaaiaat an7 coaproai••· UllCl• ·. ·. Ber••• a war bulletin - - fro■ Africa. lot about any conflict with plane, and tank• - • bat, fiercer! 1£!}!1 war in the old tradition of --- Africa - - with a ca1aalty rate tar wor•• than aa7thin1 in lorea. It happened at Johanneabera, the Gold Center - where the worker, are recraited fro■ natl•• tribe,. So•• are Zalu1, renowned tor their belli1erent history, other• are Ba1uto1, al10 plenty warlike. Tro•ble broke oat bet•••• the · 1111! !IA the 11!!~21 at Jobanae1ber1, aa4 today•• dlapatob tell• bow it flared la aeddea, 1a•a1• ooafll~t. Tb• aaaber of warrior• la tb• ,attl• waa aot lar1• - - oaly tbr•• beadred. Tb• olaah ••• brief, la1tla1 oaly three alaut•• before th• police iater••••d and ,topped it. B•t th• oa1aaltie1 nuaber - • alxteea killed and ■or• tban oa• b•adred wounded. That aaay - - in a tlabt ot thr•• hundred tor tbr•• ■ inat••· lor•• than aodera ••r· Zula• aad 8a1ato1 in tribal battle. Ullill••··· Y••t•rday •a• a aad Cbri1taa1 for a Bunaarian JaYelin thrower at Toronto - - but today it wa 1 different. B•'• an Ol7apic athlete, Zoltan l•d1e117, who repr•••nt•d Ban1ar7 in tbe a•••• - - then fl•d fro• th• t7raaa7 of th• l•da. A f•w daJ• aao be told Toroato ••w•••n that thi1 would l>e th• aa44••t Chriataaa of bi1 lif• - - becau•• be cl.ida't tao• •h•re bi• taail7 waa. Tb•J, too, bad ••o•p•d fro■ R•d Bua1ar7 1 bat had loet track ot ••ch other. To••1• th• n••• it•• attraot•d atteation at a Toroato rubb•r tir• factor7, not far troa tb• boM of the J•••lia tbro••r. Tb••• a laboratory t•obai• oian fro• •••1•r1, •••4 it with profoaad i•t•reat. I•'• a broth•• ot th• Ol7apio atar. lioha•l •••••••1• al10 a Jav•lia thrower - - fora•r Jl!i!t Buaaariaa obaapio•• So a aerr1 Cbri1taa1 wa1 d•laJ•4 until toda7 1 wh•n the brother• reJoiaed ••ob other - - tho•• two Ban1arian jav•lia tbrow•r•• lioba•l and Zoltaa. 11G11u ..... Recently, a Britlab expedition returned fro ■ exploration of the 1outbern alopea of ■ount l••r•at. lbere the cliabera, beaded b7 Irie Shipton, found lar1e ani ■ al track ■ in the anow - - at aa altitude conaidered abo•• the ranae of bea1t1 of an7 11,e. They pbotoarapbed the tootprinta, pioturea reproduced la Britlah ••••papera. - - &ad now tb•~e•a apeoala- tloa about tbe tearao■e oreatarea, if fearao■e tbe7 are. lell, aucb aniaal traoka are an old ator7, ba•in& been reported la tbo1e fa■oua a\te■p~ to acale l•ereat iD tbe 1920a. Today, a •••ber of the Irie Sbiptoa expeditioa 1a71 be tbiak1 the toot- priata were ■ ade b7 a red bear of the 8\aalayaa. But ao aacb lill}I eaplaaatioa will do, •here there 11 a chance tor be1uilia1 •1•t•r1 - - like tbe •&bo■ iaable Sao•••••! aa \beJ call . it. Tb• aa■• la a literal trualatlon of a Tibetan expreaaion tor balt bu■ an creature• of the anow. Bideou1 tac•• and coat• of aba111 hair - - 11211&1 - 2 1ort of 111aio& Link. Two trlbea. one atan4ia& only fiYe feet bi&b, rather ■ ild, the other, aon1ter1 •i&bt feet tall, and ferociou1. Th•J deYour 1ak1! l huaan beia&? - - Jaat a ••all aor•~l! Tb• ••naation la London iaapire4 th•••• fork Ti••• to flaab an inquiry to lt• correapoa4eat, Robert Truabull - - who, at pr•••at, la in lepal, ••eluded Biaala7an kiaa4o■ in tbe r•1loa of IYere1t. Truaball inquired of a lapal••• official, Colonel 1. I. laaa, wbo kaowa about 1ach aatter1. lbere- upon Colonel Baaa pr••••t•4 10•• eYidaaoe if Joa oaa call it that. Be 1a7a that, aot loa& •10 word ca•• to lepal that aoae waaderi■& trib••••n oaptured an infaat of the &i!&i !29!i!t breed. Tb•J ••1••4 it, too~ it aloa1 - - and tbea di1appeared. Tb••••• oa■e by the Bi■alayan arapeYiae, aad parti•• went oat in •••rob of tb• tribe•••• and th• baby •&boainabl• Baowaaa•, bat tb•J ••r• n •••r found. • §IQ!lll - J On another occasion aoae hillaen encountered oo• of the ••aller epeciea (the fiwe-foot kind, 1ei1ed it, and tied it up with ropes). But the •&boaioable Snowaan• refused to eat, and atarwed to death. The aountain ••o (were ao i&norant, the7) n•••r realized the Yalu• of the carcaaa - - wblcb tbeJ abandoned. Colonel Rana ••1• a 1earch ••• aade for it, but the bodJ of the •&boainable Snow■an• ••• ne•er found. So that•• the ••ideaoe - •••• kind aa 7ou•r• llkel7 to find in le1end1 of ■onatera in aan7 aountainous r•&i~ns. Toaorrow I expect to be in the Devil'• River countr7 on the north of It. Tre■blant, in the 1now7 Laurentian•. There I'll ••k Frankie and Johnnie O'Rear• what aon1ter1 they••• aeen or heard of up here in th• lountalaa of Quebec. To find frankie and Johnnie, lelaon, I'll ha•e to go to a place called the Bear Pit!