Bridgeport Telegram, The (Newspaper) - September 2, 1954, Bridgeport, Connecticut Weather Forecast FAIR WARM TODAY AND FRIDAY Editorial TELEGRAM Fairfield County's Morning Newspaper VOL NO 209 Sdwod Hatter Pent Com BRIDGEPORT 2 CONN THURSDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 2 1954 Dally it 410 St Bridgeport Conn 52 Pages rive CENTS TAKE EVIDENCE ON THREE CHARGES Speedy Windup Indicated Recess Slated After day's Session SILENT Absent Most of the Time Senator Lets Lawyer Speak for Him WASHINGTON Sept 1 AP Senate investigators completed ing evidence on three of the five censure charges against Senator McCarthy today moving with a speed and orderliness unheard of in a proceeding of this kind With McCarthy away from the hearing room most of the and sitting silent when he did at- tend the committee moved to consider dence on the remaining two charges tomorrow All indications pointed to a speedy windup of the old Inquiry 2 Newsmen Called The committee called two both newspapermen and otherwise confined itself to reading documents of public record in ing evidence on charges 1 McCarthy committed con- tempt of the Senate in failing to testify before a 1952 subcommittee which investigated his financial and other affairs McCarthy's yer Edward Bennett Williams argued that this count should be thrown out on the ground that the 52 committee was improperly set up and went beyond its authority Chairman Watkins re- fused however to strike out the contempt charge at this time 2 McCarthy has ridiculed fellow senators in vulgar base language The committee subpoenaed two Press who fied the senator did make remarks attributed to him about Senators Flanders and Hendrickson McCarthy's lawyer ed he would argue that the makers attacked by McCarthy had said just as sharp things about the Wisconsin senator 3 McCarthy impugned the alty patriotism and character of Brig Gen Ralph Two pieces of evidence were sub- mitted on this point One was the transcript of a hearing at which McCarthy told the general he unfit to command The other was service record showing decorations for combat heroism Jn World War II Data Charges Left This left for the committee only two other groups of charges which it has winnowed from some 40 legations submitted by Flanders Senator Fulbright and ator Morse in seeking a Senate vote of censure against Carthy One remaining charge is based on McCarthy's call during the ings on his row with Army officials for government employes to give him evidence of subversion or other wrongdoing even if they disregard security regulations in doing so The other charge closely related involves McCarthy's alleged re- reipt of use of confidential tion or classified documents or other confidential information from executive files Both charges stem from Carthy's production at the Army hearings of a 2 page memo which turned out to be a summary of a confidential FBI document on n search for possible espionage at Fort Monmouth N J Watkins said as the hearings recessed today that the committee would make use of the hearings script Recess Planned The committee planned to recess the current hearings at the end of tomorrow's session and presumably to let McCarthy present his defense next Tuesday The tor's lawyer We are not pre- pared to say at this time how long the defense may take McCarthy Japanese Keeping Death Watch Over Bedside of H Bomb Victim on Page Fourteen AP Kuboyama 39 who aboard the Japanese fishing vessel Lucky Dragon it by from an American H-Bomb blast with newsmen during an interview where he and 21 other of the crew are being treated in Tokyo Thit picture was taken recently but lie cince become worte and been in coma more Fisherman Burned by Ash Reported in Deep Coma OFFICIAL WEATHER Data from the U 8 Weather Bureau BRIDGEPORT AND Mostly fair ature today and tonight High near 80 Low tonight in Friday some cloudiness and a little warmer TEMPERATURE Highest 79 Lowest yesterday 62 Highest year ago yesterday 90 Lowest year ago PRECIPITATION Yesterday None For month None Barometer 8 p.m reading 30.08 Humidity 8 p.m reading THE TIDE Today Tomorrow p.m Low p.m p.m ALMANAC Thursday September 2 Two hundred and forty-fifth day of the year The seventy-third day of summer The sun rises at jum sun at p.m TOKYO Sept Eighty million Japanese drawn closely together in their strongest national feeling World War H kept an agonized death watch today over the bedside of a failing unconscious man The sick was Kuboyama radio operator who was dusted with radioactive ash along with 22 other crewmen of the Lucky gon last March 1 when the United States set off a hydrogen explosion at Bikini atoll Kuboyama racked with radiation sickness and jaundice clung feebly o life in a deep coma Wife Up Hope His wife has given up hope Hw American and Japanese lave issued grave bulletins And across Japan's four main islands he blackest headlines Victim Near Death If Kuboyama dies it is certain hat U relations will to the lowest point since the Pacific war ended just nine years ago Indicative of the importance thp United States attaches to the case J S John M called on Foreign Minister Okazaki and expressed deepest regret over the critical of Kuboyama Allison assured a- embassy statement said that Mr Kuboyama has the sympathy and Continued on Fourteen Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Angelo Patri Page 35 Classified Ads Pages Comics Page 34 Constantine Brown Page 26 Cr word Puzzle Page 34 Dr Page 28 Editorials Page 26 Erich Brandeis Page 39 Fashions Page 35 Financial 45 Obituaries Page 45 Radio and TV Pages Sports Pages Sylvia Porter Page 32 Theater News Pages Women's News Page 30 Yanks Beat Indians Giants and Dodgers Lose The New York Yankees de- the Cleveland Indians cut the league margin to The New Tork Giants failed to gain on the Brooklyn Dodgers as both teams wire defeated The Giants were beaten by the Cincinnati Redlegs while the Dodgers lost to the Chicago Cubs Eddie Lopat and Yogi Berra led the Yankees to victory over the Indians Lopat hurled fine ball in the pinches and Berra hit a home run and two singles The league New York 4 Cleveland 1 4 Detroit 0 day Chicago Boston 3 night Only games scheduled National League New Chicago 9 Brooklyn 5 Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5 St Louis 2 Cabinet Makes Decision at Emergency Meeting in London Ike Cuts Red Tape to Aid Hurricane Victims in N E Bert Acosta 59 Dies BONN ISSUES PLEA Nixon Says GOP Must Win Or Be Dead as the Dodo Bird Demands Its Independence Bids Indirectly for Place in NATO STRATFORD HEARS SHOP CENTER PLAN Project Proposed op Barnum Ave Plea for Waiver Tabled The Stratford Town Planning and Zoning board last night tabled a petition of and Gertrude for a change of zone from residence B to business 1 of perty on Curtis place and Frederick street where it is proposed to erect a shopping center with buildings estimated to cost between and A national chain store was re- ported to be negotiating for one of the larger stores There were 11 persons present in opposition in addition to a petition field prior to the meeting Urges Delay in Decision Robert E Trevethan counsel for 18 property owners in the area told the board that the request did not meet any of the requirements tot a zone change as outlined by the Connecticut Supreme court He argued that action should be un- favorable on any such requests un- LONDON Sept 1 AP The British cabinet decided at an ency session tonight to push for limited rearmament of West many within the North Atlantic alliance official sources said At the same time the West man government demanded from the Big Three powers and made an indirect bid on its own for NATO ship Chancellor Konrad auer's government ignoring France announced a foreign policy based on independence equality and tary co-operation with other tries supporting West European unity The action in London and Bonn climaxed bitter Western reaction to Monday's vote in France killing the European Defense Community EDC plan to add German military support to a projected unified Euro- pean army This plan had been posed originally by France to avert the a national German army NATO is an alliance stretching from the United States to Turkey with integrated but not unified armed forces Its li members may be increased by unanimous ment NATO officials were ing heavily on the establishment of EDC because it appeared to be the only way to get the German units considered vital for Western de- fense The death blow which France dealt EDC now turns ern Attention back to NATO Secret Deadline Set Diplomatic officials in London said today the United States and Britain had set A secret deadline for West German rearmament They said the Churchill cabinet had decided to call an for- eign ministers meeting -in London this month to discuss German re- armament Represented would be the United States Britain and the six signers of the EDC France West Germany Italy the Netherlands and bourg The informants gave this account of the plan to bring in the West German military units held pensable for Western Even before the military program for Germany is worked out the United States and Britain intend to proceed with their earlier plan to restore civil independence to West Germany give the Bonn regime full control over its own affairs except the right to rearm Talks are Expected American and British dors are expected to outline details of the plan to the Bonn and Paris governments within the next day or two They also will tell France that Washington and London have set a deadline for starting West German rearmament It was not disclosed what guards Britain has in mind to pre- vent the unlimited rearmament of West Germany within NATO French Premier Pierre France said Monday when French adherence to EDC was rejected that NATO remains the basis of French foreign policy He also some action would have to be taken on German sovereignty and the question of German rearmament London feels the con- Continued on Page Fourteen Aviation Pioneer Flew Adm Byrd in Historic Atlantic Flight Continued on Fourteen Huge Profits in Housing Deals By Syndicates Bared in Probe LOS ANGELES Sept 1 AP A syndicate controlled by railroad tycoon Robert R Young and an Clint W Murchison was ed today to have made huge out of two big Los Angeles county housing projects Sen Homer Capehart chairman of a Senate tee probing FHA and building dais named Young and millionaire owner of Del Mar race track top of a neapolis syndicate which helped two of the era A Loi Angeles multimillionaire builder Ben told the in- he ft principal stockholder In 200 Or MO wasn't sure how obtained maybe 200 million wasn't aure of that FHA Weingart he was a principal stockholder in one company that land to another company which he controlled at a huge fit Then in turn corporations built such as wood Park and Carson Park biggest developments The he alto done at a large profit Questioned counsel William Simon said he got an FHA guaranteed loan of Continued LEGION RENEWS BATTLE WITH AMA Calls for Expanded ment Medical Care for Veterans WASHINGTON Sept 3 AP The American Legion called today for expanded government medical care for veterans and challenged the stand of the American Medical association AMA on that Hsue Resuming business sessions of the national convention after 11 1-2-hour parade the Legionnaires fixed their policy through a number of resolutions but delayed until tomorrow action on a series of others having to do with efforts to combat communism The convention refused to In- with the present cd policy of a subsidiary the 40 and 8 society rejecting a mise resolution would nave Riven state Legion groups ty to decide the issue in their re- The Legion itself is ed Its fun-loving offshoot the 40 and 8 limited to males A Continued on Page Fourteen DENVER Sept 1 AP Bert Acosta 59 veteran flier and lace car driver died today in the Jewish Consumptives Relief society here after a two-year illness Acosta started flying a plane in 1910 and 11 years later set a new flying speed record of 176.9 miles an hour He flew with Admiral Richard E Byrd and Bert Balchen across the Atlantic shortly after Lindbergh's epic 1927 flight He later became a test pilot and aviation consultant but collapsed In 1952 on a New Yoik sidewalk with what was diagnosed as an advanced case of tuberculosis To Scatter at Sea Relatives said after cremation here Acosta's ashes will be scattered over the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles by Cmdr George Neville All services they said will be private Acosta was born in San Diego Calif Jan 1 1895 His father was a mining engineer a member of an southern California Continued on Fourteen BERT ACOSTA Swing Will Be Completely to Left It Party Election He Warns CINCINNATI Sept 1 Vice President Nixon told the can national committee today that the GOP must put on a winning drive this fall or the Republican party will be dead as dodo bird He made the at a closed hearing ol the committee but they were easily overheard by ers and reporters If the Republicans do not win the vice president said The will be completely to the left I don't come to you with a ly optimistic outlook he said ther am I pessimistic Sees Horse Race I think this election is a horse race I think it is extremely close in the House extremely close in the Senate You could make a pretty good case for a statement that the Re- publicans are ahead in the House as well as the Senate It could go either way He said defeat was a possibility If that happens this year we 500 MILLION Small Business Agency An- Areas for gency Loans IDLED IN R I 10 Tons of Dry Ice Flown from N J to Critical Bay State Zones Continued on Page Fourteen SOCIAL SECURITY Ike Calls One of stones to Build Better America FRASER Colo Sept President Eisenhower signed into law in a Rocky mountain pine grove today legislation extending social security coverage and benefits He called the sure one of the cornerstones to build a better and stronger erict Besides extending coverage to 10 million additional Americans and providing for greater benefits the new law also increases payments into the social security fund on ths part of both employes and ers Mr Eisenhower vacationing at a secluded ranch high in the Rockies here with former President Hoover put his signature to the while sitting at a rustic picnic table in a pine grove The President wore a suede jacket a tan spoil shirt toned at the without a tie and tan tweed slacks His face was deeply tanned from golf and trout fishing Calls it In a prepared statement Mr I am very happy to sign the cial security amendments of 1954 By enabling some more Americana to participate in the oU age and survivors insurance gram it gives them an opportunity to establish a solid foundation of economic security for themselves and their families He added that the plus ers in related fields which already had been signed into law will Continued on Fourteen VIVIEN APPEARS TO LACK PETITIONS Signatures of Fewer Than Filed Here and Hartford on Deadline 390 Holiday Deaths Predicted by Council CHICAGO Sept tional Safety Council predicted today that 390 persons may be killed during the Labor Day holiday weekend Ned H Dearborn council ident said that the cold tics can melt if enough drivers get hot about the accident lem and drive safely over the holiday period He We're asking everyone to do that this Labor hot about the carelessness tesy and lack of common sense that so often make a travesty of our national holidays AREA PROGRESSES Sand Debris Trees Cleared from Roads Utility vices Restored Operations toward restoring con- BOSTON Sept A idential order to cut through red tape to aid hurricane victims brought encouragement to New England authorities today as they battled with the herculean tasks of restoration necessitated by day's furious Atlantic coastal storm I Inspections of damaged particularly in eastern setts and Rhode a panorama of led summer homes sea coasts and harbors strewn with splintered yachts cities and towns completely without electric power and facing food crises because of lack of re- No central agency could estimate accurately the full damage but newspapers placed the losses at be- tween and 53 Dead Counted The unofficial death list stood at 53 most of them from New land Sixteen were unofficially re- ported About ed injuries of some sort and persons were evacuated it was re- ported President Eisenhower's directive was issued to the Federal Civil De- LODGE OFFERS AID TO STORM VICTIMS State Agencies Ordered to Help Communities Loss Tops Million HARTFORD Sept AP ernor Lodge today the full services of all state agencies to Connecticut's shoreline ties to help them recover from the effects of Tuesday's hurricane which the Governor said caused more than worth of perty damage along the shore from East Haven to the Rhode Island state line In a aeries of orders the rur acted to protect water supplies and sewage treatment facilities make sure that no contaminated drugs or food products arc offered for sale establish patrols to stop possible mechanical and manpower facilities looting of damaged He also offered the full to normal in ed Bridgeport and area ties showed good progress yester day At dawn public works crews moved to the job of clearing sand and debris covering roads in the shore section and by nightfall had made a dent in the obstacles deposited by the winds and tidal waters whipped up into a fury by the fringe of Hurricane Carol Tuesday Pumps were pressed into service to drain flooded cellars in houses stores and manufacturing concerns Summer dwellers ated from their vacation homes ing the returned to bepin Operation Mop on floors covered with silt and sand Decline to Estimate Losses Municipal officials were hesitant about guessing figures on the age caused by the storm Unofficial estimates Indicated the loss In ford would be nearly and in Westport well over Nearing an end however were the tasks of the United ing company and the Southern New England Telephone company in re- storing electric power and telephone service disrupted bv the winds which felled trees and trees across the utilities lines Richard H Van Horn UI vice president said he expected the re- homes without to have their power restored while Lauritz C Eiby manager of f ense administration about the time Gov Dennis J Roberts of Rhode Island wired thp Chief Executive and other federal officials to de- clare Little Rhody a major dis- aster arpa The big storm left an estimated persons out of work in Rhode Island and newspaper counts indicated the loss in that state alone will exceed the loss suffered m the 1938 hurricano The Federal Small Business Ad- ministration later declared parts of all New England states except Vermont as disaster areas where loans for emergency rebuilding can be made Three Connecticut ties New London New Haven j and Middlesex were included Another hurricane Dolly the fourth of the season is shaping jp off Florida but it still was too far away from New England to figure whether it will reach this area Gov Christian A Herter of before flying over en Cape Cod towns declared a the the state of emergency and said first practical problem was preservation of food supplies in sections lacking electric power L I Damage Estimated Battered Island lies figured their and flood damage at about three million lars Suffolk County Long Island Sheriff William C McCollom mated damage in his county alone at two million ported that telephone service in a i j of the State Highway department to few isolated points will be returned Bridgeport branch The Long Island Lighting help in the tremendous job of this Doubt that Vivien Kellems has secured the required signatures op nominating petitions to permit her to run an independent Re- publican candidate for Governor was expressed in political quarters yesterday the deadline for filing petitions Petitions bearing 550 names were filed with Town Clerk William A Linnane in Hartford and 260 were filed with Town Clerk Louis A Hafele here day The Hartford petitions brought the number of signers filed there to 780 Nearly iBO of these already havo been disqualified in Hartford as to meet requirements of the election laws There were no reports from other communities on the filing of lems petitions Miss Kellems who resides In Mystic could not be reached for a statement In her previous bids to go on the ballot Continued en Fourteen ing the debris on public and private property As of 5 p.m today the Governor snid he had received a preliminary report on shoreline damage from State Police Commissioner John C Kelly which indicated that damage along the shore will amount to more than The figure damage to real property only and does not Include personal losses From East Haven to the Rhode Continued on Fourteen pany has families still without electricity and the New York Tele- phone company said some of its phones were still out of com- mission most of them in Suffolk county New Jersey shore communities J Holland their damage at about a man of the Fairfield Flood Control I quarter of a million dollars with committee disclosed yesterday he the greatest has written to U S Sen Prescott in the Asbury Park area Fairfield Seeks Controls Fairfield took steps to seek relief from the flood conditions which have plagued the town in recent Bush urging that no time be lost in making available a federal survey of flood control measures In the Fairfield shoreline area In Milford town officials huddled Continued on Fourteen New Hurricane Roars Northward 460 Miles off North Carolina MIAMI Fla Sept A new east and 100 miles to the west of hurricane roared northward In the m the of tne hurri open Atlantic today with no canp to use caution tlon it would strike anywhere along Intensity is expected to remain i about the same but with some of strong The hurricane passed within 50 miles of the Jersey coast Approximately a third of the 000000 persons in New England had no electricity and many no telephones Homes with freezers and commercial plants depending on electricity to keep food safe faced the prospect of spoilage un- less current is restored within 24 hours The Massachusetts Department the coast At p.m Hurricane miles east of Wilmington N U The Weather bureau said It would beau n Ug fi p m able supplies of dry ice an distributing it in critical areas Ten tons of dry Ice was flown Continued on Pago Fourteen m Manor CMin Miller Norton chief storm fore- curve gradually toward northeast Bt Weather during the next 12 to 18 hours j gajd the torm offered no The sea ion's fourth hurricane i threat to any land areas for 24 whirling along at 28 miles an hour with winds of 100 to 115 miles per hour near the center Hurricane hour extended outward about 90 miles from center and Rales extended outward 150 miles to the hours or more It's a small hurricane moving said Norton From Its present position it will stay out over water for a considerable time I don't think we need to worry too much about it at the Love of money no a bad bat I never jeard of body
