Sunday Tribune, The (Newspaper) - April 18, 1954, Albert Lea, Minnesota COLDER Friday 49 Minimum Friday Ing 32 Minimum Saturday tog 35 THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE Newa Report of 18 CENTS World Prays For Peace in First Hydrogen Bomb Era NEW YORK W The first Easter of the H-bomb era wiU be observed around the world today With for peace and tion Rejoicing that Christ is risen mingles with fears that man has fashioned a weapon that could doom civilization The hope of men women and children at Eastertide was that occasion never would arise to Unleash the fury President Eisenhower on whose rests much of the free World's burden of preventing war will attend services at Augusta Ga In Rome Pope Pius XII will appear on the loggia of St Peter's Basilica to impart benediction to the world Coincides With Passover The Christian feast of Easter by unusual coincidence comes this year on the same day as the Jewish feast of Passover which com- the flight of the ites from Egypt They coincided in 1923 and 1927 but will not again until 1981 The date of Easter is determined by Oppenheimer Held Loyal by High Official WASHINGTON ffi A high-level member of the hower administration says he feels that Atomic Scientist J Robert Oppenheimer is a loyal even though the information in his file is voluminous and makes a case of security risk This official gave his opinion to newsmen but stipulated that not be disclosed He has had contact with the the Oppenheimer case since 1948 when the pioneer with a leading role in of the atomic questioned by the congressional committee Oppenheimer has been barred the Gregorian calendar based on the position in relation to the sun and that of Passover by the Hebrew calendar based on the moon's position in relation to the earth and sun Actually the first day of the 8 day Passover season started at sunset Saturday and continues til sunset Sunday while Easter runs from midnight to midnight Although the Holy Land itself is torn with tension church bells called worshippers to service as usual on Easter In old Jerusalem scene of the Happy Easter Drop Planes Men Arms For French HANOI Indochina of D a k o t a s and Flying Boxcars dropped men and equipment to the besieged garrison of Dien Bien Phu Saturday The at- tackers clung to dugouts only 800 yards from the heart of the ress despite heavy ground fire and air attacks Men parachuted in as ments included a number of from the Red River delta area A French high command spokesman said they would be held as reserves for critical moments during the next Vietminh assault That blow which would be the third big one is expected soon before the Geneva conference opens April 26 Garrison soldiers backed by planes and lank and artillery counterattacked against the Com- rebels at all points Relentless French drives against Infiltrating Vietminh mats en- trenched on the northern part of Dien Bien main airstrip failed Friday o route them Near Headquarters At the airstrip the rebels clung Jo dugouts just 800 yards from the bunkers where Brig Gen Christian de Castries the fortress commander has his headquarters The De Castries was hard at work directing the for- defenses when he received word the Paris government had officially boosted his rank from colonel to brigadier general A French plane parachuted to De Castries the two stars which the French use to designate a brigadier general Behind a curtain of mortar fire that blocked Friday's French charges against the infiltrated Vietminh the enemy managed to dig in deeper fanning out from new craters they had blasted in Dien Bien Phu runways with high explosives off Rebels Other rebel units trying to sneak toward the airstrip from the west were knocked out the French said Some French troops skirted the rebel air field positions to force on the eastern and western rims of the besieged fortress The French acknowledged ever the enemy's foothold near the heart of the fortress seriously hampered the defenders east-west communications on President Eisenhower's orders from further access to U S ic secrets pending a review of his case A special three-man Atomic Energy Commission panel has been sitting in the case Would Forget Associations The overshadowing issue in the Oppenheimer case said this cial is whether the government should hold that past associations even if foresworn should forever after rule out government ment I do not believe it he said and I believe each case should be considered on its merits ularly when dealing with an logy which during the had such an appeal among the gentsia and groups If the man is a security risk if he is not subject to mail he should have a right to York for the government Believes Him Loyal Dr Oppenheimer at least on he evidence I have seen in my opinion is a loyal American On he other hand the information in Us file is voluminous and makes a prima facie case of security One of the allegations against Oppenheimer is he opposed of the hydrogen bomb even after President Truman dered in 1950 that work on that be pushed leimer has asserted he dropped iia opposition as soon as Truman made his decision and that he went at the task with a will Sen a ormer chairman of the and now its vice-chairman was asked on a CBS radio program ast night whether disloyalty ured in the H-bomb delay I wouldn't pass judgment on particular matter at this Hickenlooper replied Oppenheimer's name was not mentioned Former Nazi Envoy Freed From Prison AACHEN Germany tfl Abetz former Nazi ambassador to occupied France said today his release from a French prison in Lille did not exactly surprise him The French freed him Friday from a war crimes tence imposed by a Paris military tribunal in 1949 A spokesman for France's President said in Paris Abetz was pardoned because he had no blood on his hands He did not participate directly in war crimes Weather Sunday partly cloudy and colder high Sunday north Colder Sunday cloudy Sunday partly cloudy much cooler NORTH continued cool SOUTH nd cooler Woman Planning Suicide Saves Would-be Rescuer BILOXI Miss UP A woman bent on suicide gave it up to save a would-be rescuer who couldn't swim Biloxi police quoted Elaine dancer as saying she jumped from a wharf Friday shi was tired of living A bystander Ja m e s forgot he didn't know how to swim and jumped in to rescue her Miss Martinez pulled him front the water Officers Emile Rousseau and Vincent Ferenda Jr said the dancer was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and resurrection Thousands Attend Services Across the United States dreds of thousands of worshippers attended outdoor or indoor rise services In one gay note of the day women will don their new Easter finery New York looked forward to its traditional 5th Avenue er event that will be televised nationwide at 11 CST What is claimed to be the gest Easter egg in the world feet long and 9 feet wide is on display at Red Cloud Neb for an annual Easter egg hunt that at- tracts some children Minden Neb known as the Christmas City because of it brilliant lighting at Yuletide i branching out this year with an Easter lighting display expected to rival the Christmas show Three Military Services In Washington three military sunrise services were by the Army in gardens at the Walter Reed Medical Center by the Navy on grounds of the Naval Medical Center and by the Air EASTER SEASON One of the great religious festivals of the Christian world is Easter And in the spirit of the season everybody strives for best appearance These choir girls make sure they are ready They are left to right Sharon son daughter of Mr and Mri Harvey R Paulson 647 East Seventh Shirley Schultz daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Schultz 518 East Fifth Jo Anne Peal daughter Mr and Mrs Ed G Peal 1309 James All art members of the First Lutheran junior choir Tribune Early Criminal Prosecutions Hinted in FHA Scandal Sift WASHINGTON Ad- ministrator Albert M Cole says early criminal prosecutions may develop out of a full tive cleanup of the shocked Federal Housing tration He also promises new top level firings Cole summoned to a strategy council this afternoon key officials of the Justice Department the In- ternal Revenue and his Housing and Home Finance cy which has jurisdiction over the FHA President Eisenhower Friday armed Cole with a directive to all federal agencies to cooperate fully with the administration's probe of alleged multimillion dollar rackets under the loan insurance program in the home repair and apartment construction fields Two congressional committees are set to open public hearings next week In parallel tions of the FHA and the hower order directed federal operation with these groups also Cole announced Friday that Burton C Bovard had been placed on leave after he had refused to quit as FHA general counsel Cole said that in the next few days we will make such other removals as are necessary to insure a free swift investigation of all relevant FHA matters Mentioning evidence un- covered of incredible official laxity Ccle said he expects in a fairly short time to develop cases possibly leading to tion and to take any additional steps needed for full tive cleanup In the FHA Cole later confirmed published reports that gambling by one key FHA official had a part in setting off the investigation The Washington Post and Herald said the FBI received a one official is known in some circles to be a gambler This official said Cole Is in a responsible job He I had his situation in mind when I be- gan the investigation FHA leadership has been en around considerably since charges came to light Monday that some apartment builders raked in an aggregate of many millions of dollars by floating in- flated construction loans eed by the government under a that ended during the Truman administration report that dropped as this unnamed official much as in a single night roughly half his an- salary Cole said he knew nothing of a loss but that I do know Ohio Reports New Windshield Mystery CANTON Ohio have received nearly 1000 reports of auto windshields blemished in a manner in Stark County Reports on similar damage have come also from neighboring ties in northern Ohio Following on the heels of an epidemic in the Pacific Northwest the rash of pock-marked shields has completely befuddled authorities here A supervisor at a closely guarded plant parking lot told sheriff's the windshields of 63 cars in the lot were pitted Friday NEW SERIES TO START AP Writer Declares Time Running Out in Indochina Time Is running out in Indo- china the report from William L Ryan AP writer who has just completed a tour of the Viet Nam battle areas and talked to scores of persons in Indochina Today Ryan back in Singa- pore where free from ship he can write the story of Sunday fair Indochina as he saw it He is Sunday fair preparing a series of articles which will begin Monday in The Evening Tribune Ryan Is an AP specialist In Com- munist affairs He speaks Russian and for several years has read and analyzed the Moscow press Last year he raveled miles unescorted through the Soviet Un- ion and wrote n revealing of articles Now he has seen Com- at work again in Indo- china His articles will touch several aspects of the Indochina situation which have received tle attention before Watch for Ryan on beginning Monday Children Empty Piggy Bank Help Pay Fine ST LOUIS W Lino li's fine was paid day with the help of his two dren who raided their piggy bank of eight dollars in pennies and nickels City Judge Robert Q Dowd who imposed the fine dug into his pocket and reimbursed the children after learning of their action They are Thomas 6 and dine 8 The father was charged with driving his car to the left of a streetcar his first traffic of- fense -in more than 10 years of driving Long Illness Fatal for Him Al Robbins owner of the bins Furniture store in Albert Lea died Friday night in St where he had been a hospital tient for some time Funeral vices will be held Monday afternoon in St Paul Eisenhower Note Cheers French President message to Ga Eisenhower in a fenders of the fortress Dien Jien Phu says they are dem qualities on which the survival of the free world de- Moscow Boy Injured in Farm Mishap A 12 year old Moscow farm youth was injured Saturday morning when the tractor he was driving rolled over in a ditch near iis home and pinned to the round Bjorn O Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Olav Nelson miles west of Moscow is being held at Naeve Hospital until the extent of his in- juries can be determined The at- tending physician had not com- his examination at press jme Bjorn was hauling a load of nure to the field when a truck passed him on the county road Bjorn said he tried to read the letters on the truck and then lost control of the tractor as it ran in- loose gravel at the edge of the road A neighbor who was not fied found Bjorn pinned under the tractor and went to the Sam Froiland farm to get help land and the unidentified neighbor vent back to the accident and re- moved the wheel from the boy's neck The boy's legs were pinned down by the sent of the tractor and a hydraulic plow bracket was pressed against his back Bjorn was brought to Albert Lea in the Froiland car after his ents were called to the scene of the accident A Albert Lea youth was injured about p.m day when struck by a car near Donovans Inc on West Front St Injured was Larry Classen 5 son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Rake 704 Madison Ave He received a head laceration and skinned botl hands He was released from Naeve Hospital After Driver of the car was Ovis Smith 48 of 721 according t police Force at Boiling Field Nearby the Grand ment Knights Templar will sor sunrise services at the on National Cemetery r In Boston the Navy conducted Protestant service at 5 aboard the frigate ion world's oldest war vessel still n commission at the Navy A half hour earlier national services were held at he C of the Pines Rindge on a cleared of giant U.S May Send Army to Asia pines by the 1938 hurricane The cathedral waj In memory of Lt Sanderson Sloane of Newtonville Mass killed in action over Germany in 1944 Its altar contains stones from all 48 states and elsewhere Including one sent from Omaha Beach by the then Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and one from Japan by Gen Douglas MacArthur Abandon Old Practice In remot little mountain villages in northern New Mexico the tent Brotherhood observed the Easter season without its former physical excesses guch as self- flagellation Members of the order once be- only blood could atone for their sins The group long out- lawed was recognized by Roman Catholics in 1947 and since required to keep its within moderation The Shrine of Ages on the south rim of the Grand Canyon waft the scene of a colorful sunrise service conducted by Gov Howard Pyle of Arizona PASSES ALL TESTS Albert Lea Boy Receives West Point Appointment An Albert Lean has been appointed to the United States Military Academy He is Gerald M Steen 17 who will graduate from Albert iea high school this June He was appointed to West Point by August Andresen Re- presentative of the First Congressional District after he had assed the necessary preliminary examinations Notice of his appointment received here from Maj Gen William E Bergin Receives Notice I am pleased to advise you that as a result of the recent entrance examination you are entitled to admission to the United States Military Academy on 6 July 1954 1 congratulate you on having selected for this fine and wish you a full sure of success and satisfaction as a cadet and later as a sioned officer In the service of your the general wrote The new cadet is a son of Mr and Mrs Merlin Steen 221 East Main street He was born at Rochester Aug 17 1936 and moved here with his amily while in kindergarten The amily lived here until 1945 when they moved to a farm near mony He enrolled in the fourth grade of a rural school near mony and attended Harmony high school five semesters He came back to Albert Lea in January of 953 as a Junior Took Part In He Played football basketball and baseball earning a letter In here He was in the boys club at Harmony and in the Senior Chorus here He was also active in the work and was in he Tiger's Roar He is an only child His father Is n employe of the Queen Stove He took the designation tion at Austin and received one if the two principal appointments iut of 50 applicants in this district He then reported March 1 to Ft Sheridan 111 for entrance ations mental medical and sical Official word his appointment was received Saturday morning rom Rep Andresen To Present Own Charges WASHINGTON Ml A of particulars by Sen McCarthy Vis against top Army officials day was reported In store for his Senate investigations it goes into sesson Monday McCarthy was vacationing In Texas But he was expected back n Washington over the weekend to attend subcommittee talks which may determine whether the group can as it now plans launch on Thursday a public televised search for the truth among the charges and In Word from his associates wa that McCarthy will be prepared o submit Monday a written ment of specifications denying denouncing accusations the Army las levelled at him and a group of aides and spelling out counter- charges McCarthy Is raising top Army officials Naguib Quits As Premier CARIO Egypt A spokesman announced early Sunday that President hamed Naguib has resigned as Premier and turned the post over to Vice Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser Last-Ditch Move to Stop Communists GOP Democratic Lawmakers Question His Authority WASHINGTON Ufi Vice ent Nixon says American troops ight be used in a last-ditch ort to save Indochina The Lent brought prompt challenges rom both Republican and ratic lawmakers The Vice President sad he does lot believe such action will be necessary because he thinks Indo- china can be saved from the Com- GERALD STEEN Spike Spicer In Rochester For Treatment L W Spike Spicer 530 Park Ave underwent major surgery Saturday at Rochester for removal of a blood clot on his brain His condition is considered good The clot is believed to have been a result of an automobile accident several weeks ago in Iowa in which both he and his wife ved painful injuries Spicer is president of the born County Historical Society and long active in the business and civic HCe of Albert Lea Will Ask Congress If Troops Used WASHINGTON UH Senator Knowland declares he is confident President Eisenhower will ask prior approval by Con- gress if it becomes necessary to use any American combat units to prevent the fall of Indochina to the Communists by other means But hi ic unlikely event that French withdraw he said this would have to send in roops But he was connected with the from several sources he London Times included in its tory a statement that the only gh administration source making speech here Friday was ixon And the Niles Mich Daily said Rep Hoffman opposition to the ment had identified Nixon as its Nixon himself was not tely available for comment on the leaks The disclosure that Nixon was Concluded On Page 18 BUNNY'S DAY The traditional is some guy to Nancy McCluskey 2 She plants an appreciative kiss on his brow today after she discovers the eggs the house apparently left by the Easter bunny The rabbit is the day's for most of Albert Lea's population of wee ones Nancy on Good Friday two ago is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim McCluskey 1325 Todd Ave Tribune
