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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-08-13, Page 2Great Manhunt In Old London At 2:45 on a summery after- noon last month Detective Sgt. Ray Purdy, a tall, lean London policeman, telephoned his wife from Chelsea police station, "I shall probably be late ,again," he told her, "Oh dear," said Mrs. .Purdy, who had fixed 'a special treat for her husband's tea. But she didn't worry. Ray always work- ed long hours, and during the past few days, he had, been working even later than usual on the ease of the blackmailed blonde. The blonde was Verne Schifl- man, a British -born American divorcee who models in London under the name of Joan O'Hara. A burglar had stolen some of her personal documents and now was blackmailing her. The model notified the police who put a tap on her telephone line. Four times, the threaten- ing calls came in and four times the tap failed. Now, at last, Sergeant Purdy's tap had worked. The blackmailer was calling from a number in South Kensington subway station — KNightsbridge 2355. Rushing out of the police sta- tion with a colleague. Detective Sgt, John Sandford, Purdy caught the man leaving a phone booth. He broke 'away, but the bobbies cornered him in the entrance to a. block of luxury flats. The prisoner was slim, of medium height, wore dark glasses, and spoke with an "American" accent, Because London bobbies don't carry guns — and because even among the worst elements of the London underworld, it is un- thinkable to use a gun on a bobby — it didn't occur to Pur- dy to search his man for wea- pons, But when Sandford went to call a Black Maria, the prisoner pulled a gun, He shot Purdy through the heart — and fled. What followed was probably th e fiercest manhunt Scotland Yard has ever launched. Police- man going off duty volunteered to stay on and help search to avenge the death of their fel- low cop. A task force of detec- tives reconstructed possible es - RR PRETTY SOLDIER — A possible new glamour queen for Holly- wood is Haya Harareet, fem- inine lead in "Bur Hur," said M be the most expensive pic- ture ever made. An Israeli citi- zen, Ha y a served in Israel's army. She learned to use a rifle and is now in Israel's army reserve, gape route s, running down streets and leaping over walls, Railroad and air terminals were elosely watched and a systema- tic cheek was made of hotel and boardinghouse r e g i s t r y books. One of these yielded a major clue: A man answering the right description had sign- ed the book and, being foreign, had shown his passport, It was Canadian, Scotland Yard cabled Ottawa. Back• from the Mounties came a complete dossier — photo- graph, fingerprints, police re- cord, and name. A few hours later, the bob- bies quietly surrounded a hotel only blocks away from the scene of the shooting. Detec- t i v e s pounded up the stairs, smashed down the door of Room No. 15, and took their man, He was 30 -year-old Guen- ter Fritz Erwin Podola, a one- time member of the Nazi . Hit- ler Youth who had emigrated from his native Germany to Canada in 1955. Booked at Chelsea police sta- tion by Sergeant Purdy's mates, Podola — if he is found guilty — will get no benefit from Bri- tain's recent abolition of eapi- tal punishment. There are sev- eral exceptions to the rule. Hanging still is mandatory ,for armed robbers, two-time mur- derers, and those who kill Bri- tain's unarmed warders and po- lice. There Really Was A King Midas At the time of Homer there lived, deep in the interior of Asia Minor, a great king named Midas. The Greeks were awed by his enormous wealth, amused by his odd taste in music. To celebrate the first they grew the legend of the "Midas touch." The king had once wished, they said, that everything he touched would turn to gold, and his wish was granted, even to the inclusion of whatever touched his lips. Be- fore the laughing gods allowed him to rescind his wish, Midas almost died of thirst. As for his taste in music, Midas had the long, pointed ears of an ass, ac- cording to the Greeks, because in judging a musical contest he had preferred Pan to Apollo. Midas was no legend. Genera- tions of kings bearing his name reigned over Phrygia from the great city of Gorium, now a des- ert waste 70 miles southwest of Turkey's Ankara. Two years ago an archaeological expedition mounted by the University of Pennsylvania, scratching t h e Gordian ground, broke through to tombs, closed up eight cen- turies before Christ. One con- tained the bones of Midas' line. Also found in the tombs were a four-poster bed (bearing a five - ft. -three -skeleton), inlaid screens and tables, riding gear, weapons and quantities of bronze objects, from giant caldrons ornamented with winged figures to enor- mously complex hairpins with concealed catches. Buried with a little prince were a vase in the shape of a goose and toy animals of great refinement. This strange and splendid treasure has been touring the U.S., was on exhibition at Man- hattan's Metropolitan Museum last month. In August it will re- turn to Turkey. The Lind opens a new chapter in the history of. art, providing a missing link be- tween the culture of the Euph- rates basin and that of archaic Greece. Similarities in style show that Greek traders and marauders must have brought home in their hollow ships a mass of Phrygian treasure— which in turn helped shape Greek art. BIGGER IN BUNCHES — Huge es It looks, this liquid -fueled rocket engine will be combined with several of its fellows to supply 1,500,000 pounds of thrust for the proposed "Saturn" space vehicle. It's a compact, simplified version of already - operational Thor and Jupiter missile engines. MEMORIAL TO J, F. D. — Youthful Viennese sculptor Carlo Wimmer works on a bust of John Foster Dulles, the late US. secretary of state. Dulles' family cornmissloned the work. a Jari3, TABLE TALKS ear Andrews It's melon time — and the re- cipeswe pass • along to you to- day make use of both the can teloupe and the watermelon. * * * WATERMELON RIND PRESERVES 2 pounds prepared rind. 4 tablespoons salt or 2 tablespoons slaked lime 1 tablespoon ground ginger 2 pounds sugar 2 lemons Watermelon rind is soaked in either salt or lime water before preserving. Lime makes a crisp- er product. Trim green skin and red flesh from thick rind,, either before or after cutting .into pieces of shape and size wanted. Dissolve salt or lime in 8 cups cold water and pour over rind. If salt is used, soak rind 5 to 6 hours; if lime is used, soak rind 2 to 3 hours. Rinse rind. Let stand 30 minutes in_ fresh water, Drain. Sprinkle ginger over rind. Cover with water. Bail until fork -tender.. Drain, Add sugar and juice of 1 lemon to 7 cups water Boil 5 minutes. Cool. 'Add rind to syrup. Boil 30 minutes. Add the other:lem- on, thinly sliced. Continue cook- ing until rind is clear. Pack in- to hot jars. Process pints and quarts 20 niinutes. in simmering (180-185 degrees' F.) hot-water bath. WATERMELON RIND PICKLES 1 gallon prepared rind 4 tablespoons slaked lime or 1 cup salt 8 to 12 cups sugar 8 cups vinegar 2 tablespoons allspice • 2 tablespoons cloves 4 sticks cinnamon 2 pieces ginger root, Cut rind into 5 or 6 -inch pieces and drop it into bailing water. 13oi1 5 minutes. Drain. Cool. Cut off pink part and green skin. (This may be done before par. boiling, but is easier - after- wards.) Cut rind as wanted, then measure. Dissolve either. lime or salt in 8 cups cold' water. Pour over rind (add more water if needed to cover). If lime is used let stand 3 hours. Drain, rinse and cover rind with clear water. Boil until fork - tender. Drain, add 4 cups sugar, 2 cups vinegar, spices (tied in bag) to 8 cups water. Boil 5 minutes. Add rind, Simmer 30 minutes. Let stand 12 to 24 hours in a cool place, Add remaining sug- ar and vinegar. Boil until rind is clear, Add boiling water if syrup becomes too thick before rind is clear. Pack, boiling hot into hot jars; seal at once. Lime makes a crisper pickle than salt, 1• * u CANTALOUPE SPARKLE 2 medium-sized cantaloupes 3 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice 2 teaspoons grenadine syrup* 1 cup chilled gingerale Cut cantaloupes in halves and remove the seeds. Combine sug- ar, lime juice and grenadine syrup, and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add gingerale and mix lightly. Pour into canta- loupe halves and serve at once. Makes 4 servings, *Syrup from maraschino Sher- ries may be substituted if de- sired. CANTALOUPE WALDORF SALAD 2 eups'dieed cantaloupe 1 cup dined apples 1 cup diced fresh peaches 54 cup Preneh dressing 34 cup chopped nuts Lettuce, chopped fresh mint 1 cup mayonnaise Combine fruits and celery; marinate in French dressing 10 minutes. Drain off excess dress- ing, add nuts and serve on crisp lettuce in individual plates. Top • with mayonnaise and sprinkle with mint. Makes about 6 salads. * * FRUITED CREAM 1 9 -oz. can sliced pineapple, cut up, or 4 slices and 1cup syrup 1 cup chopped plumped prunes* 1 cup orange sections r/s„ cup sugar 2 cups diced sponge cake 1 large (or 1 cup) sliced banana 1 cup slivered toasted almonds 1 cup heavy cream, whipped 5 plumped prunes for garnish Combine pineapple, prunes, orange sections, sugar and sponge cake cubes; mix welLi.Let stand in refrigerator until keeded. Just before serving, add `'Caine slices and almonds., 'Fold in .whipped cream. Serve in large dessert dish garnished with whole plumped prunes, almonds and fruit slices. Makes 6-8 servings: TIDBIT — Wide-eyed Gina Lol- lobrigida munches a tidbit at a New York party. She recently has finished her first made -in - Hollywood film. *To plump prones, soak over- night in cold water, * * * Every dieter knows that some dressings can make a salad as calorie -laden as a handful of bonbons. The dressings .that fol- low, made with evaporated milk and vinegar, are a delight to the taste and a boon to the calorie- counter, RANDALL HOUSE DRESSING 1 can (1% eups) evaporated milk 34 cup vinegar 1 package dehydrated onion soup mix 1/2 cup catchup Y2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon 'Tabasco Combine evaporated milk and vinegar in a 1 -quart jar or bowl. Add onion soup mix, catchup, Worcestershire sauce and Tabas- co; shake or stir until blended. Chill, Serve over mixed greens, vegetable or seafood salads. Makes 214 cups. * * * ,SLIM LINE SALAD DRESSING 1 can (1/ cups) evaporated milk 1 cup vinegar 1 pkg. salad dressing mix 1 teaspoon sugar \. Combine evaporated milk and vinegar in 1 -quart jar or bowl. Add salad dressing mix and sug- ar, shake or stir until blended. Serve over mixed greens or veg- etables, seafood, meat, poultry or fruit salad. Makes about two cups. Vast Vision But -Still Sees Pennies He bought his, first tiny paper in the northern Ontario town of North Bay, 28 years ago, and from this beginning, burly Roy Thomson, 64, has piled up a large fortune and a sprawling empire of 35 papers in Canada and the U.S. In the manner of most successful businessmen he is always one step ahead of his last big deal. Thus when he made his move from Toronto to Scotland, to buy Edinburgh's influential Scotsman (circula- tion: 58,550) in 1953, he explain- ed he was also dickering for the huge Kemsley group — but, as he put it, "Kemsley 'wants too much money." It was a long siege of bargaining, but last month 79 -year-old Lord Kem- sley one of Britain's leading press barons — agreed to sell his pivotal shares to Thomson for a fat $14 million. If other Kemsley group stock- holders, who own another $21 million in shares, take His Lordship's advice at an Aug. 14 general meeting and back the sale, Roy Thomson will head an awesome journalistic com- bine. Among the Kemsley as- sets: The distinguished and pro- fitable Sunday Times (circula- tion:'795,192); The Sunday Em- pire News (2,161,230); Sunday Graphic (952,781); and nineteen out -of -London paper s, whose circulation of 1,9 million makes them the biggest provincial chain in Britain. What can the British expect of their newest press potentate, who insists he "worries more about sales than the contents of the paper?" For one, Thom- son is comparatively unpreten- tious. Although he operates Scotland's lone registered Cadil- lac, he often looks as though he needs a new suit, sometimes takes his lunches queuing up in a cafeteria for soda pop and a sandwich. When he buys a new paper, he always marches into the office, joviality shakes hands with ' everyone. Before long, however, his sharp cost -account- ing eye sends shivers down the spines of subordinates. Thomson learned his book- keeping early. The son of a Toronto barber, he it:. at 14, became a clerk, zovesius, and finally a radio salesman in the Ontario wilds. Sales didn't go well because local reception was bad, so he opened his own radio station in North Bay. Soon, he had a newspaper t h e r e, It was the first of a string in places like Kirkland Lake, Pembroke, Moose Jaw. As his empire grew, Thomsons left his editors relatively free to set policy. But if one paper had picture cuts made for a few pennies less, he wanted to know why others were spend- ing more, Today he has 28 Ca- nadian newspapers, six radio and. TV stations. He also owns seven small U.S, dailies, includ- ''ing The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Independent ("to have some- thing to do on my vacation") — From NEWSWEEK. Mama Knows Best! Two Princesses demontrated that what Rudyard Kipling said of the Colonel's Lady an' Judy O'Grady applies to royalty and commoners, t o o, especially if they're kids. First, she had to demonstrate that she'd mastered the arts of washing dishes, setting a table, lighting a fire, and tying a reef knot 'behind her back. Then, she had to pledge always to obey her mother. That done, 8 -year-old Princess Anne of England was officially accepted into the Brownies at a ceremony in Buckingham Pal- ace Gardens. Her mother, Princess Alexan- dria Dinizulu of Zululand, had left her alone in their fashion- able apartment in the staid St. James's section of London, and 6 -year-old Pr in cess Elizabeth was bored. Opening a window, she proceeded to entertain her- self by dumping water upon the bowler -hatted Britons passing below. The drenched pedestri- ans merely opened up their.urn- brellas and stood around and watched. But, when Princess Alexandria returned, she wasn't as amused as the bystanders. She vowed to give Elizabeth a royal spanking. INTERNATIONAL — Holding the title of Miss Hawaii of 1959 is Gordon Leilehau Lee, 19. She traces her ancestry to China, Scotland, India, England, Ger- many and her native islands. ISSUE 32 - 1959. t3 R "I f NEW USE FOR EGGSHELLS — Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Ackerman are shown with some of the 400 shadow boxes they've made by cutting windows in eggshells and decorating them. Shells range from a robin's egg 10 a goose egg. In the foreground Is their tribute to Alaska, e star and igloo.