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The Seaforth News, 1961-10-19, Page 3fou45irkg Of A Great Spygatther The "refugee" wore a gray suit, carried a light suitcase and presented papers that were all in order. Persuasive and charm- ing, he explained that he had escaped from occupied France into Spain where his first over- night stop was at the [Intel Con- tinental in Barcelona, "Splendid hotel," said the Bri- tish intelligence officer who was questioning him, "Did you enjoy the food?" "I got there too late for din- ner," was the reply: "It was 10 o'clock." That was the end of the re- fugee's persuasiveness, His in- terrogator knew that he was lying because the Continental's restaurant stays open until mid- night. For Col. Oreste Pinto, the mas- ter spycatcher of World War II, this was an easy case, but it did emphasize one of his many tal- ents: An encyclopedic knowledge of the hotels, buildings, and streets, of every major Euro- pean city, With this knowledge, Pinto combined complete mastery of six languages and a working knowledge of seven others, in- cluding Swahili, IIe also had a memory so ' phenomenal that after 50 years he could still re- cite a long 'list of telephone numbers that his father kept in the Pintos' original home in the Netherlands. Pinto was a natural for the shadowy 'world of espionage, which he entered while a stu- dent in Paris during World War I. Hired by the Deuxieme Bur- eau, he went to Germany, posed as a tobacco salesman and sent out messages on tobacco wrap- pers. In World. War II, the British asked Pinto to set up a special interrogation center to screen out spies from among the thou- sands of refugees pouring into Britain. Seven of those he caught were executed. One of them held out for thirteen days but was finally trapped after Pinto, go- ing through a huge dictionary page by page, came upon a clue. Pinpricks had been made under certain letters on different pages. Put together the letter spelled out the names of the spy's con- tacts. Pinto made his biggest single haul shortly before the Germans planned to invade England in "Operation Sealion." Tipped off, he and twelve men lay in wait on the coast for a ' submarine bringing four top German spies. Three were nabbed promptly but the fourth disappeared in the dark and almost got away the next morning by joining up with those who were looking for him. The spyoatcher''s most specta- cular catch occurred after the Allied landings in Europe when Pinto joined the Free Dutch counterespionage s e r vi c e. He named their famous resistance leader, Christian (King Korg) , Lindema:ns as "the traitor of Arnhem." Lindenlans — accord- ing to Pinto — gave the Germans advance notice of t h e British army's ill-fated (7,000 casualties) paratrooper drop at Arnhem in 1044. For this work, Pinto drew praise from Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower as '"the greatest liv- ing expert on security" but be- fore the charge could be fully proven the "traitor" committed suicide in a prison hospital. After the war, Pinto moved to England and wrote four "books about his adventures ("Spycatch- er," "Spycatcher Two," Spy - catcher Three," "Friend or Foe.") Turned into a TV series, they made their author a national fig- ure. But Pinto continued to live quietly until taken recently to Westminster hospital. There last month he died. at the age of 71. AIR LIFT — Salvador Dail, the surrealist painter, suggested this way of removing dead bulls from the arena. All that the fans could do was watch amazed as the helicopter lifted the beast, just after it was slain by a matador in Barra.ncaber- mejo, Colombia, Ralph Houk Filled Old Casey's Shoes In a.ppaulding New' York's 26th American League pennant and 11th in the last 13 years, it would be a gross injustice to brush over the key role played by Ralph Houk, the freshman manager. At the beginning of the season, the one - time Army major, though obviously supported by the best organization in profes- sional baseball, sat in an un- • comfortable managerial seat. He was following the popular Casey Stengel, the recognized managing genius of this genera- tion, with the most successful won -and -lost record in the his- tory of the game. Winner of 10 league cham- pionships in 12 years, includ- ing unbroken strings of four and five, Stengel left the Yankee club in the fall of '60• amid the protests of millions. Though commended in some quarters for his courage in the face of criticism that was sure to come, owner Dan Topping aroused the ire of the entire nation when he handed Casey his walking pa- pers. And into the middle of this widely publicized controversy stepped the cool, equally cour- ageous figure of Houk who knew better than most the spot he was on. But the' man who had been. an Army Ranger, decorated and promoted in the heat of battle, not only was equal to the chal- lenge, he proceeded to win with even more ease and finality than had the wily Stengel. Houk managed his 104th Yan- kee flag clinching victory at the old 154 -game mark, Stengel fin- ished second in his lone 100 -win year at Yankee Stadium, This is not written to belittle Stengel in any way, for his greatness at the Stadium will linger forever—his greatness and the stories he used to tell. But the innocent have to wonder if' this tremendous . Yankee year could have been possible under anyone except Houk, Could Roger Maris have writ- ten the individual story of the year? Could Whitey Ford have had his first 20 -victory year on the mound? Could Elston How- ard have had his best year, and Could young John - Blanchard have blossomed so impressively? The answers to these questions will never be known, of course, But what we 'can do' is give Houk the full credit he deserves for being the manager in the un- folding of this fine 'Yankee story. He handled himself like a pro • GRAND SLAM. RECORD — Jim Gentile, first baseman of Balti- more's Orioles, is shown in the dressing room just after he set a new American League record for the most grand slam home runs in one season, ail the way, working efficiently in the background while his ballplayers took most of the bows, plodding with rare deter- initiation up the victory ladder to another pennant, writes Ed Ramill in the Christian Science Monitor, The Yankees were loaded with' catchers in the spring and a trade involving one of them seemed imminent, but Houk re- sisted the temptation, one of the master moves of the season. Howard, given more work be- hind the plate, developed into the best catcher in the league, Yogi Berra helped solve the left field problem, Blanchard, eased in and out of the lineup, pro- duced roduced a number of game -win- ning hits,,. Houk put Ford on a regular schedule and kept him there Ralph made Luis Arroyo the key man in his bull pen, Veterans Bob Turley and Art Ditmar had to be bypassed, and youngsters Roland Sheldon and Bill Staf- ford were promoted to the front line, as was Ralph Terry, Bud Daley was acquired from Kansas City and, With Jim Coates, was spotted on the rub- ber to fill out the hurling pic- ture. Houk anchored Tony Kubek at shortstop. The manager's handling of the Maris home run situation was noteworthy. When critics tried to pressure him into changing his batting order so as possibly to help Maris and Mickey Mantle in their pursuit of Babe Ruth, Houk stuck ' to his guns, em- phasising the importance of team interests and the champion- ship race. "Our prime object is to win a pennant," he kept saying, Great Mountain Climbers Meet The mountain bus was an un- gainly affair, a big, brown, rub- ber -tired creature with a high wheelbase, transporting us along rough tracks from the Mount Cook hotel, across the floor of a valley, through a wilderness of boulders, over dry stream beds , and right up to the side of the glacier, there to disgorge its loads of climbers and tourists. It was not long before I was regularly conducting parties of sightseers on their first visits to to the glacier, cutting steps, guiding them to some interest- ing point after alighting from the. bus, But always I enjoyed the rattling bus ride, too, for the view of the valley and mountains was superb. One day I noticed a long - limbed, keen -faced young than sitting alone on the rear seat. Dressed in old tweed trousers with puttees around the ankles, a tartan shirt with a sweat rag circling his neck, all topped by a battered brown ski cap, he carried an ice -axe and a small rucksack, and his green eyes roved with a curious excitement over the scenery. I joined him at the back of the bus, and we talked easily about the moun- tains. The excited, ever -inter- ested look never 'left his eyes. He had been a war -time naviga- tor on bombers, was four years my senior, and was now work- ing for his father who kept a bee farm in Auckland. "My father runs a fruit farm," I told him, "with bee -keeping as 'a sideline. As a matter of fact we get our queen bees from a chap in Auckland — someone called Hillary." "That's us," said the young man. "My name's Ed Hillary. Small world, isn't. it?" . . o e' During the next two seasons I was meeting Ed Hillary quite often, though not until 1951 was our plan for a climb real- ized. ----and then it was the result of a dreamy speculation while we were incarcerated in a moun- tain hut, a year earlier, cut off from the world by a violent storm. We had gone, Geoffrey (Milne) and I, to the hut called Haast which lies on the lower slopes from which the attempt on Mount Cook is made• We reached Haast about the same time as Hillary and his com- panion, a donnish young man named Bruce Morton. Then the storm broke and there was nothing for it but to sit tight 'and hope for the best, Lounging around the hut, the four ofus decided to team up for the climb if and when the weather cleared, But the snow streamed down and blew inces- santly, and we were besieged for nearly five days. For a time we amused ourselves playing draughts with a board drawn on a large cardboard calendar, our draughtsmen fashioned from chunks of parsnip and carrot, Between desultory games and primitive cooking we daydream- ed about the potential joys of climbing in the Himalayas, which in those days was still a distant if not unattainable Mec- ca for comparatively inexperi- enced climbers. By the end of the second clay our talk was soaring to a more daring level as Hillary and I asked each other, "Why not the Himalayas?" tp CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING a BABY CHICKS AVAILABJ,E, q u i e it shipment from Bray, started Ames pellets sod other good varieties. Also some dayelds. Broiler chicks, Qetober-Nevolnber, or• der now Year requirements hatched to order. See local agent, or write Bray Hatchery, 120 John North, Ham' Ilton, Ont, BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR SALE PHOTOGlRAPHIC Studio and Camera Shops tally equipped' established 15 Years; P 0 Box 100. Forest. 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Channel Swimming' Won't Re The Same Britons are saying that Eng- lish Channel swimming will never again be the same now that 42 -year-old Argentinian Antonio Abertondo has made history by crawl -stroking the Channel two ways nonstop. He achieved the ultimate round-trip swim in 43h. 5m,, and now his jovial manager, Sam Rockett, the English Channel expert who planned Abertondo's feat, asks: "What can anyone do now— except try to beat Abertondo's time for the two-way swim?" British newspapers, naturally, gave the chunky (5ft. 4in., 210 pounds) South American the salute he deserved, likening his accomplishment to the impossi- ble—as' impossible as once the four -minute mile was thought to be. Accepting humbly his new stature, Abertondo, through in- terpreters, modestly suggested: "If I get a reward for This back in Argentina, I hope it will be a swimming pool where i can teach boys and girls to swim." That has long been a dream of the short man who has taken his place among the great men of world sport. - How Can I? By Roberta Lee Q. Flow can I repair a small leak hi a water pipe? A; Wind some adhesive tape around it, then give it a coat of shellac. This repair will last quite a long time. Q. What can I do for pictures (hat have been stored away for sonic time and have become somewhat dingy -looking? A. Remove, the glass and trance, and then rub the picture gently with a slice of bread. The bread crumbs will often rub tile dirst right off, and leave a protective film on the pictures, too. Q. How can I treat some light burn marks on my furniture? A. These will sometimes disap- pear by use of your regular fur- niture polish. If not, use some rottenstone or finely -powdered pumice mixed to a thin paste with raw or boiled linseed oil, Rub in the direction of the grain. Wipe with another cloth moisten- ed with plain linseed oil. Repeat as often as necessary. 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Though in appearance "primitive" to the point that it is reminiscent of the cave living of early man, it is entirely practical, Metal lath and Cement plaster are the basic materials for the "continuous" construction,.