Charleston Gazette (Newspaper) - October 6, 1954, Charleston, West Virginia Chemical Center Of The World The Charleston Gazette The State You Read or Sec the Big INS Meetly cloudy cooler with Wednesday Details on Pace Wednesday Morning October 6 1954 Alt 24 Cents Mayor Slaps Broad Scale Of Book Ban Copenhaver Says He'll Battle Ordinance Originally Intended to Curb Extremes In Comic Books9 Available to Children By Don Seagle Staff Writer for The Gazette Mayor Copenhaver said he was surprised at the broad scope of a proposed ordinance regulating reading material in Charleston anc added he would vigorously oppose city council adopting it The mayor said introduction at Monday's was one of said neither Flags Wave As Trieste Hails Italy of Port Tito Terms Settlement Reasonable TRIESTE Oct cheers of citizens massed in a great waterfront square proclaimed day that Trieste is Italian again The citizens gathered in Unity Square of this port city to rejoice over the announcement in don that Italian and Yugoslavia diplomats had initialed an ment dividing the disputed free territory of Trieste between the two countries The emotional out- burst here carried a note of relief that the long quarrel which times threatened to draw Italians and Yugoslavs into a shooting war was over mayor of the ordinance meeting of council those things and he nor a citizens study commit tee had considered a measure so far reaching in authority The ordinance as presented he continued was lifted almost verbatim from that used in an- other city and had neither been studied nor proposed by the group Originally a number of private individuals had formed an In decent and Objectionable Comic Books Committee based on elim ance would be council meeting of books from comii city news stands Mayor Copenhaver endorsee that aim and promised an ordin introduced at a HE SAID he was as as anyone when he checked the proposed regulation and found i applied not only to comic book lets but to newspapers magazines pictures and other books as well I think it is too comprehensive and goes far beyond what any one here in Charleston would pro Architect Testifies Bribe Given To Official POLICE BLOCK a group of in Washington as the youngsters attempt to march across the Sousa bridge to join other demonstrators at a neighboring school The Washington police have orders to curb a growing wave of students demonstrating against the end of segregation in public schools The cers have tried to disperse large gatherings of the demonstrators UP Facsimile Race Strike Is Believed On Wane in Washington WASHINGTON Oct strikes in protest against mixing of white and Negro pupils spread to nine schools in the nation's capital today but a classes movement developed too I feel that the peak of the disturbance is Police Lt William T Murphy said at Anacostia High School scene of the biggest and noisiest demonstrations against the program of racial integration in District of Columbia schools School authorities reported Star n a A A Senatorial Probers Hear Clyde Powell Banked Considerably More Than Salary Gambling Losses Figure in Testimony By Lee Garrett WASHINGTON Oct Washington architect testified today Clyde L Powell demanded and was paid in cash to approve a increase in the FHA loan commitment on a Negro apartment project here The testimony by Albert I Cassel who said he made the payment was the first in six months of hearings before the Senate Banking Committee to include mention of direct demands for money by any government housing official although erous irregularities have In Rome the Italian Senate stood the mayor declared solemnly as Premier Mario think it would be entirely right and proper for Charleston to have an ordinance dealing with comic books which are filled with ror crime and sex Personally I would be op- posed to even give consideration an ordinance which goes be- yond that point announced with deep 10 years the Italian flag again flies over the tower of the city of Trieste A singing crowd of young Italians paraded down Rome's main street tonight brating the settlement Otherwise Italy remained surprisingly calm In Belgrade President Marshal Tito's Communist government of- termed its agreement with Italy a reasonable compromise in the interests of improved Italian Yugoslav relations and world peace The Yugoslav people the semiofficial news agency put more than pupils absent at one time or another from three high schools and six junior highs About 100 white boys and girls congregated hi front of the Court Building but left quickly under police orders The Supreme Court ruled public school segregation unconstitutional last May and the District of lumbia started mixing white and Negro pupils without the court's final Police took six pei young white adults Joe Served Divorce Papers In Same House With Marilyn been charged Powell who was ousted last April as director of rental nous ing for the Federal Housing Ad- ministration took the stand a short time later and refused for the third time to answer any questions He again claimed his constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment to avoid giving testimony wbick might nate him Chairman Capehart asked if Powell would refuse to talk regardless of how simple the questions might be My answer win remain Powell answered the the settlement without A MESSAGE FROM British Maj Gen Sir John Winterton com- mander of the U Zone A of the Trieste announced to the citizens in Unity Square that the diplomats in London had finally agreed Their away from classes hundred shouting Please Torn to Page 8 Col 6 Mitchell ADA Pummel Nixon WASHINGTON Oct 5 cratic Chairman Stephen A chell and the Americans for cratic Action both accused Vice President Nixon today of campaign tactics Mitchell told a National Press Club luncheon that Nixon's especially on the matter is becoming a campaign issue He asked whether President hower is going to continue to countenance what he called dis- that amount to erate falsehoods The ADA blast at the vice dent was in a statement which said Nixon had conducted a of vilification and against ADA It said he had tried to identify ADA with the Democratic party and called this a preposterously dishonest diversion The ADA too quoted Nixon as having said its record on the in- ternal Communist issue is not HE POINTED OUT that no damage was done that the posed ordinance was merely something put before council its consideration The suggested ordinance was forwarded to council's own ance writing committee which proves suggested laws before they are accepted or rejected Mayor Copenhaver emphasized the citizens committee had ing to do with the proposed ordinance as it was received day by council Spy Accuses PARIS Oct Con- fessed Red spy Andre Baranes added a new sensation to of defense leaks today when he said acting Boss Jacques Duclos Communist last month spurned an offer of military crets because the Reds had more complete information The implication was that a big Communist spy ring may still be operating in Paris endangering French defense plans Baranes who admitted after his arrest last Saturday that he served as courier for a ring information from the French Defense Committee to the erly conduct charges were released Apart egging on by adults protests against d Baltimore and Milford Del but a eral law violations y declined to outside may in the demonstrations Reporters who visited schools public schools in W found no sign of a dii vancement of White I That organization ought desegregation i now is Maryland of Negro pupils has not b The name of the ne tion is a take-off on 1 Assn for the ored People whose mixed schools children home to prevent Please Tarn to Page 8 Col 3 Inside Today Please Turn to Page 8 Col 3 Burdett Denies Union Pressure State Orders Painting Boss Off County Courthouse Job By Bayard F Ennis Staff Waiter for The Gazette Local labor leaders who lost which he said li thur to completion job which he reportedly waiting tor oct s c yn Monroe bedded upstairs with c y which upset and a virus sued p o be DiMaggio for divorce today the former baseball hero p ito himself comfortable s in the home they still share a jody stayed nd suit filed in nearby Santa a lite through her attorney such mental cruelty but cited j specific instances r former star outfielder of e New York Yankees caused j on No 1 box office at- j The grievous mental from and anguish through no the of hers the action said be as her attorney had pre- j it was an innocuous com- of the type often filed by Hollywood folk The briel lent said which spelled an end to the of the year's most celebrated esman gave the date of the rights last Jan 14 in San any date of the separation Sept st The just before DiMaggio went East say w nether be cover the World Series for a syndicate and said are no ed the and no community of the ect link THE PRINCIPALS have the recently for the in seclusion in their Beverly Hills home since successfully n Dalaware ig in Monroe surprised with the news of their breakup yesterday ept for actress attorney Jerry white held an hour and a half een w the of headed by and Marilyn Split Club officials Wake nts keeping vent YORK Oct 5 W The DiMaggio split e 8 Col had severe repercussions in today the combined Fan Club also the parting of the ways Simakow head of the DiMaggio group said they entirely with reports that was irked about Marilyn's pictures Too for a married she 5 a reporter Martin Balan chief of the Marilyn enthusiasts all males in the said he had personally spent on long distance telephone f an inside trying to Marilyn in conference with Miss Monroe day and later reported her upset and emotionally When he served the divorce pers on DiMaggio in the stairs living room the them very complacently and very Giesler said The attorney told newsmen there no need for a property ment because there is no erty involved What she has earned hers What he has earned is his If DiMaggio decides not to con- gest the divorce it could go to trial in six weeks Giesler said If he BEFORE HE TOOK the stand his attorney Daniel B Maher told the committee that Powell is under subpoena to appear before a eral grand jury tomorrow The grand jury probe of Powell's was ordered by Atty Gen Brownell Cassel said Powell demanded the payment when he went to Powell's office seeking an in creased loan commitment oh May Strike Idles Gotham's Port 71 Vessels Walkout May Spread NEW YORK Oct 5 In Police Assn all but done for a few months ago struck the New York waterfront today in a bold display of oldtime power Seventy-one ships were caught in port There was no violence The in two by interunion rivalry less than five months to sndden strike call with the smooth shoulder to shoulder precision that was an ILA mark during the union's heyday Tugs were not struck at the ou set and the huge liners Queer Mary and the Independence were docked routinely However water borne picket lines were being or s Kin Slay Groom At Beckley Couple Packing to Go To Texas Her Father Brother Held by Cops BECKLEY Oct 5 young corporal was shot to death oday 20 hours after his wedding nd State Police the father nd brother of the bride would be barged with murder The victim was Andrew Garcia Miramontez 27 of Lubbock Tex who formerly was stationed near Beckley with he Army Engineer Co tez and Miss Nina Eva vich 21 ef nearby Lanark were married last night in the First Christian Church here State Trooper C M England aid the bride's father Charles 64 and his son Joe 31 orally admitted he shooting The father and son Doth coal miners were placed in Raleigh County jail here tonight after lengthy questioning by State to try to turn back th tugs There is a strong possibility that the men in other ports from Portland Me to Hampton Roads fair Mansions He said Powell him that unless the money was paid the increase would not be approved Cassel said he later made the will UJ payment in cash in three ments The committee devoted the en- tire day to ell's activities Earlier witnesses testified that President William V Bradley months away TO ALL APPEARANCES and Joe seem the When is DiMaggio I don't know The lawyer added moving lease on the house isn't up for a few weeks so he might stay that Out at For the why of Marilyn Monroe's sudden decision to di- vorce Joe DiMaggio read and at be- ginning today on page 10 contests it the trial might be powell gambled heavily borrowed from builders whose loan ance he approved and deposited more than his net Please Turn to Page 8 Col i i 13 Kids Admit Damaging Auto In Gang Fight Thirteen young children all be- tween the ages of six and eight told Sgt Frank Riddle yesterday long He said DiMaggio has been living downstairs since the ration Miss Monroe missed work at her studio yesterday and again today and there was no indication when she would go back Giesler said the matter of a news conference at which one or both members of the famed couple might cite reasons for their split is still up in the air pending Miss Monroe's recovery In her announcement yesterday Marilyn blamed incompatibility and career conflict DiMaggio has remained silent Supporters Plead Tough Ahead out last Friday in a showdown before being taken away under with the Kanawha County year sentence for Page Amusements 17 Astrological Forecast Bob Comic Pages Crossword Puzzle 18 Editorials Columns 6 Gazette Want Ads standing McArthur a Market Reports over the use of prison labor for repairs to the courthouse day appeared to have scored a partial victory The boss of the paint job George McArthur was marily removed from the ty jail and transferred to the Huttonsville medium security prison by order of the State Board of Control According to a prior under- forgery It was agreeable with me that McArthur be returned to do that Burdett stated When they put him to work on the outside of the building I that the inside job was done and ordered his trans- fer 20 Obituary Funerals 8 17 Sports Pages Women's tonian would have been able for work here until Nov 6 Joe F Burdett president of the board charged the county with violating an agreement with him BURDETT DENIED that labor union objections to the use of prison labor by the County Court had anything to do with his action though he admitted that it was union representatives Tun to CM the marriage going HE FAILED but he said he thought the girls should have at least a try at reaching Joe on a similar mission The clubs combined nine months ago when Joe and were married In time an and Miss Simakow began keeping company themselves Whether their friendship was at an end because of the differences over Joe and Marilyn was not quite clear But Balan said I just hope comes to her senses about me that is they were guilty of seriously aging the automobile of a man James Britt of Kirk Ct page Terrace discovered the seemingly wanton vandalism after he returned from a hospital where he had been receiving treatment for a broken leg He said he left his car on a parking lot at the housing project and when he returned found it had smashed headlights broken grill three shattered windows a broken windshield broken please Turn to Page 8 Col 7 FEDERAL mediators were ing for a truce as customs tabi lators said practically the whol port was at a standstill ships were being worked at Arm piers or docks where are not needed Mayor Robert F Wagner his assistance in the dispute I said he understood the strikers an the shipping firms were not to far apart On the face of it a contract di pute over retroactivity and arb tration touched off the strike Bu it also appeared to be a gesture of defiance toward the New Yor New Jersey Waterfront Commi sion a agency 1 police and control the docks The executive d rector Samuel M Lane only Saturday renewed the old accusa tion that the ILA is dominated Similar charges wer made by the AFL more than year ago in ousting the ILA THE STRIKE began at midnigh The few longshoremen crews wor ing the night off th Please Turn 5 Today's Definition Schoolboy A lad who thinks that five daj of school make one weak s Ike GOP Chiefs to Huddle on Election President Urged to Beef Up Campaign DENVER Oct 5 Eisenhower today called an congressional leaders to a strategy conference here Friday amid signs he may heed party chiefs and step up his sonal campaign for election of a GOP Congress The Denver White House an- the chief executive and a group of lop Republicans in the legislative branch will meet about two hours in advance of the President's nationwide television campaign address day night p m EST The leaders and Vice President Nixon who also will be on the coast to coast program all are scheduled to be on the speakers platform with Eisenhower at a big political rally in Municipal originate from the Eisenhower aides are saying the President's address will be his hardest hitting effort of the on the basis of in- creasing reports from GOP ers that the party faces a tough fight to maintain control of Con- gress ENGLAND SAID a grand jury would be asked to indict both on murder charges Investigating State Police gave this Miramontez and Miss wanted to marry while he still was in the Army and stationed at nearby Prince but her parents objected Since his discharge has been employed by the IVest Texas Compress Co at bock State Police said Miss vich now has a baby of whom Miramontez is the father Miramontez ied by his sister returned here from Texas Sunday to marry the Lanark girl After Miramontez visited the Woicehovich home at Lanark the couple obtained from Circuit Judge Norman Knapp a waiver of the state's three day waiting period so they could marry and Mira- Please Turn to Page 8 Col 4 leck did on Sunday Simpson made it plain to newsmen hi would like to see the Presiden make more campaign speeches than the two now Friday night and the mainly a Nov 1 election eve The White House indicated day that Eisenhower may decide to play a more active role Murray Snyder assistant press secretary said the President is considering several invitations to make ad- political addresses Snyder made the statement in re- CIO to Purge Fund Rackets WASHINGTON Oct CIO today created a standing com- to search out any irregular handling of rich union welfare funds and to oust any racketeers discovered The action taken unanimously by the CIO Executive Board also pledged cooperation mth federal and state investigators and said if additional legislation is found necessary as President hower has suggested the CIO will support it CIO President Walter Reuther said the standing committee was charged with ferreting out any unethical practices whereby un- ion leaders might enrich selves unjustly and still not be technically violating any law The the board said thermore will not delay action to prevent or remedy abuses until a case has been formally established in the courts Just as we did in expelling Communist unions we will in accordance with our own democratic procedures take prompt and effective action on our own initiative against financial cor- ruption by union officials Please Turn to Page 8 Col J Sell Your Don't With a Gazette Want Ad Scores are selling items for cash via Gazette Want Ads It's so easy to insert an ad that will sell these lor TYPEWRITER SOLD THE LATEST SUCH report was put before the President today by Rep Richard Simpson of vania chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Commit- to inquiries about Nixon s tee But Simpson said after last night that meeting with Eisenhower while the going will be rough he looks for the party to gain 15 to 20 seats in the House here The broadcast will As House Majority Leader er probably would make a major campaign address in the ton D C area about Oct 20 Please Turn to Page 8 Col 8 SMITH-CORONA portable typewriter SOLD BATH tub lavatory Good DOZEN WANTED COUCH COUCH double bed SHOTGUN SOLD GAUGE pump GAS RANGE SOLD GAS range good cond You'll get quick cash results with GAZETTE Want Dial
