Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - June 16, 1954, Zanesville, Ohio Serving Zanesville and Southeastern Ohio for Three Generations The Times Recorder Today's News Today Only Paper Delivered By BFD The Same Day It Is Printed 70TH 141 PHONE IS PAGES OHIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 16 1954 HOT FIVE CENTS DRAMA IN FINAL ACT Oppenheimer Is Scored And Praised At Hearing Before Security Board Scientist Pictured As Probable Russian Agent And Patriotic American During Special Session To Determine Loyalty WASHINGTON June 15 C-P Atomic Scientist J Robert Oppenheimer was variously pictured at his recent security hearing as a probable Russian agent and as a patriotic American a transcript of the proceedings showed tonight The praise for Oppenheimer came from Gordon Dean former chairman of the j Atomic Energy commission The j project and supported the H-bomb until an A-bomb was dropped on condemnation came from William nn nav hp U.S Steel And Union Near Agreement PITTSBURGH June 15 UP The CIO United Steelworkers today called a meeting of its powerful wage policy com- for next Tuesday giving rise to speculation the union is nearing agreement with U S Steel Corp on 1954 contract terms Neither the union nor the company would comment on progress of the in the eighth the makers seldom are called into session at contract time except to pass on terms ed in negotiations Most observers feel that no formal agreement has been reached but that the union and company have hit on a working formula which they expect to produce re- sults by next Tuesday A working formula would mean that the negotiators have decided on the cost of a package increase but are still working out distribution of the terms of wages and fringe benefits The negotiators have been split into small to work on specific points Neither Union President David J McDonald nor Vice President John A Stephens who heads the corporation tions attended today's sessions Union and company spokesmen said the leaders were standing by to handle any which would arise at the various subcommittee meetings The are scheduled to meet again tomorrow The union's contract with U S Steel expires June 30 at which time the union could call a strike if a new contract had not been settled Few observers expect any dispute ever They point to the friendly tion between McDonald and Benjamin F Fairless chairman of U S Steel The two just recently completed a joint tour of the corporation's plants McDonald and Fairless said the tour was made to build better tions at all levels of the industry L Borden former executive tary of the Atomic committee THE TWO men were among many who testified pro and con in the lengthy hearing conducted by Statement By Red Cross Head Arouses Storm ic y a special AEC security board The i tested against bringing in board ruled on May 27 that Op- ness to this was a loyal American but decided that he was a Proceeding up to tins point curity risk not entitled to access to atomic data Hiroshima on which day he sonally urged each senior dual working in this field to desist Borden's letter was admitted American National Red Cross the record over the objections of counsel for Oppenheimer who LOS ANGELES June 15 lA statement by the chairman of some hadn't reimbursed the a help kicked up storm today accusation not dreamed of in j CHAIRMAN E Roland cities Red Cross Oppenheimer a principal builder of the atomic bomb has denied ho The volume of the transcript of the security board hearings had been distributed for American convention yesterday singled out Flint Mich man addressing the National Red Cross ever was a Communist although he said he did have Red Fulton tion in the past He has expressed excerpts tonight complete devotion to America and publication at noon EDT mayor of Flint said today this However Radio was an unjustified attack on the Dean backed him in there He is a very human man a sensitive man a very well ted man a man of complete in- in my association with him And a very devoted man to his country and certainly to the commission No question of these things in my mind KEAD a letter he said he to FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover Nov 7 1953 The letter re- a series of charges against Oppenheimer most of which had brought denied by but which Borden said justified the that Op- willingly spied for the Soviets Borden said of He had no close friends except Lewis Jr broadcast saying he was deliberately violating the tion as to time of publication NOTING THAT Oppenheimer's lawyers already had made some Turn to Page 10 Please when disasters Churchill Plans To Visit Ike For Conference WASHINGTON June 15 President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill will sit down in the White House June 25 in people and the city Harriman told the Developments in recent ter operations make it necessary for the Red Cross to return to its previous practice campaigns strike THE AMERICAN people have supported the Red Cross disaster programs because they have been in sympathy with our sound policy of meeting basic needs alone We have never considered that the public wishes us to act as an insurance company and replace disaster losses on the basis of loss When a community wishes to spend disaster funds raised by its historic conference designed to harmonize the two nations con- wit h own way it has every right to do so Hut first things come first Communists policies on coping HE HAD at least one Com- Communist munist mistress ANNOUNCEMENT that the He belonged only to Communist j year-old British prime minister organizations apart from come here for the week end a affiliations beginning 25 nnd 000 Not one cent of this was turn- HE SAID that when a tornado struck Flint last June the Red con- count rv Korean Peace Negotiations Broken Off Cohn Leaves Stand After Paying Fervent Tribute To Chief As Great End of Long-Drawn-Out Hearings Nears With Wisconsin Senator Scheduled To Take Stand Today For Final Testimony WASHINGTON June drama reached its final act today after a fervent tribute to Sen McCarthy by his chief counsel Roy M Cohn Cohn turned the witness stand back to McCarthy who will testify tomorrow as the final witness and praised the semi tor as a great American j whose only crime has been told newsmen there is a ing his level best to try and thn curtain will fall tomorrow tect the nation from Communist Cohn s last round of filtration took only 25 minutes ALMOST reverent tones from his volunteered GENEVA June 15 The 16 UN allies who fought the Reds in Korea regretfully broke off Colin by inference to McCarthy about all he did seeking n pence fended McCarthy against to deny in terms of contempt ment for that cruelty charge suggestion from the Army side sula today after seven weeks him last week by the not the Wisconsin fruitless argument with the chief counsel Joseph N been in control of the bloc Welch have McCarthy subcommittee a Too ridiculous for less said his lip curling THE TALKS on Indochina also known appeared to be headed for an Cohn conclusive breakup by the end Icss charity in WITH A broad smile McCarthy the week added that anyone who has M The end of been the long-drawn-out watching the days of hearings Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov promptly assailed h cn r n K s approached television will agree that the break He said the Hi with both Cohn are very hard to con- United States Britain Carr staff director of Australia Belgium senate Investigations Ethiopia Greece Luxem- bourg New Zealand Netherlands Philippines South Korea nt McCarthy will largely de- and Welch tangled mitee winding up their briefly when the whose ton questioned the word of the senator's secretary Mrs soon and Turkey will have to ermine how the responsibility The allies in a statement explaining their decision they broke off me talks reluctantly and regretfully They added the Communist delegations have re- nil our efforts to settle the deadlocked Korean problem THE DECISION followed ly on the heels of a last-minute effort by the Communist North Korean delegation to prolong the negotiations by introducing a governor Hoffman Accused Of Mismanaging o o State Division Ihc end who hnd testified she typed a Jan 17 memo from Carr to McCarthy I suggest she did not type Welch told Carr renewing a pre- vious controversy over a series of Carr Cohn McCarthy memos whose authenticity the Army side has long questioned TRENTON N J The late Harold June 15 proposal The resolution offered by wealthy division of demanded Welch apologize to Mrs Driscoll or be sworn as n witness G Some groans were heard from the and McCarthy told Welch I know you've got your claque of mismanaging the He was in frequent contact with at the White House and in London Soviet espionage agents ALSO said his opinion that Oppenheimer more probably Within minutes after the Secretary of Dulles expressed tho hope it would over State needs to Red Cross to meet fad to new progress in his drive enlist Britain and other On the Harriman Body Of Putnam Resident Found Hanging In Garage The body of John William er 55 of 964 Moxahala avenue was found hanging from a rafter in the garage at his home at o'clock last night police reported DK S S DAW Muskingum county coroner investigated and said the death was apparently suicide He said death was due to strangulation Butcher had been dead about 10 hours when his body was discovered by his wife Mary the coroner said Relatives told Patrolmen Harry j Pride and Bobbie Martin Butcher had been in ill health in recent weeks j WAS AN operator at the 171 than not is an agent of ti viet Union was on job all that dence indicating he hired a ern n a united d hrr of Communists for the m hoy d Cross irrespective of whether Dulles who is to attend the three thcy havo tak day meeting along with British from hen on jn wh Foreign Minister Anthony in t said Britain apparently feels the Flint Ma possibilities that finished money was dis- and STILL O'Leary Jr of who has hiccuped once a lecond day and night for more than six years eats a chocolate ice cream cone one of the fow foods he ii able to retain Jack now 29 began hiccuping after an appendix rupture His weight dropped from 135 to 77 pounds stair Nam U called for 1 withdrawal of making but It doesn't influence me of all foreign troops from of a familiar Communist funds which has been rejected THUEE TOI employes ly by the West 2 reduction Hoffman headed the North and South Korean wore suspended ns a result life facing cadi other to a probe each cancellation of resigned involving military obligations for however he is getting pound AP Wirephoto bit stronger now and has gained a peace have been ed at Geneva and that tives now can be considered EVERY critical world problem will be discussed at the high level meeting he said including the of some new plan for ing German troops to Western de- lenses in Europe j Dulles acknowledged that current French government crisis of the money contributed after the tornado was given to the Red Cross He expressed hope the ter could be cleared up aiareiy.'1 Temperature Drops Following Storms In Surrounding Areas the memo hraded Francis P Carr to of McCarthy And the lawyer for 13 said Mrs Driscoll never In her anything but Frank or Mr Welch went over the series of The report outlining the i with almost either part of and M charges against Hoffman a His obvious purpose though of wits made by didn't say so was to suggest to work out arrangements for'jr Gov Robert B together after tho peaceful development of tho press conference McCarthy Army feud reached the ed peninsula It on of boiling point around March The proposal hurl the Immediate day's spiriting disclosure that nof the dates on the backing of Molotov and Red who served in public office Turn to Page 1C Please na's minister mom than M years had em- Molotov also offered to finance his own resolution providing that no career and pay off a acts threatening the peace in state official now rea will be made pending settlement of the Korean on the basis of the establishment HOFFMAN n jovial fun-loving i broad-shouldered man whose A that in the On the basts 01 the A severe storm in UIL n j i j j t i town named a high school for him area and halted electric service to an estimated independent and n Qf hoart tack at the age of Thousands who came to tho neral pay him homage were southeastern Ohio homes split before reaching the area Here Two Days Tuesday afternoon and the only benefit this city received was a temperature drop and a light trickle of rain Part of the storm veered north and hit Coshocton j with a hard downpour refrigerators ceased operating and lightning while the other part plants were idled radio and TV swept far to the south and left the air and service Marietta into the Parkersburg brought about by the collapse ofj The Ringling Brothers and the government headed by Joseph delay create Laniel threatens new long-standing plans to new European Army which would include Germany HE Hazel Atlas Plant No 2 He was a member of the First CLIFTON June 15 i Glass Kathleen Spohn is down in dumps today the gabage dumps that for Methodist church and the Bottle Blowers association Surviving are his widow one son James of the home one daughter Mrs Joan Sharer of store put in Muskingum avenue and a grand- and in wrapped coins in a gar box for safe keeping The box was tossed out with garbage by Barnum Bailey circus billed as the greatest show on earth will be in Zanesville July U and 12 but for only two ances on the second day A permit was obtained day at the mayor's office by len Lester advance man for the circus Lester is a native of Roseville and widely known here The show will arrive on Sunday and set up its many giant tents at the fairgrounds in preparation for the matinee and evening THE HARD rain experienced in Coshocton was spotty however fcr not a drop fell at the General tric plant less than a mile from the town was cut off to Chillicothe Athens Gallipolis Circleville Jackson Glouster and Middleport Duet Applauded MILWAUKEE June 15 Former President Harry S man and James C station of the AFL American unable to continue its telecasting oration of Musicians played a pi- of the McCarthy hearing and the early network programs because lof the Columbus power failure Temperatures here had climbed n Mrs Spohr who operates a on Monday Donald Sharer THE BODY was removed to the AlltO Arouses Ire Putnam avenue chapel of the yesterday funeral home pending She and her husband searched the East Rutherford garbage MEMPHIS 15 dumps unsuccessfully yesterday Leroy Maxwell 30 was arrangements Short Story About Shorts PITTSBURGH June 15 J and to about 95 on downtown The nine degree occurred between 5 and 6 p m The Columbus storm caused communication lines from here to that city to be idle and Associated Press service was not started until p m and then it was by way of Cincinnati and Pittsburgh THE area a power blackout starting at p m when lightning hit a transmission line of the Columbus and Southern Ohio itric Co Electric buses were Under ordinary Ohio Power plant at have been able to provide power to Columbus but a circuit breaker connecting the plant and nno trumpet duet today before delegates and guests at the National convention Mr Truman sounded a few chords then played Hail Hail The Gang's All Here Petrillo playing a golden trumpet Mayor's Father John P Johnson Dies In He made tcr to her to be opened after attack death buted n wavering melody to Mr t Columbus had been removed piano accompaniment morning for overhaul were being made last night to Turn to Page 10 Please She is back searching again day Lebanon Seeking Aid it From U.S was a short snort story today for BEIRUT Lebanon June 15 ed with disorderly conduct mischief and assault and tery Judge Beverly Boushe asked The Weather Boy Smothered Beneath Hay Thunderous applause greeted their efforts and they responded the with an encore repeating same selection partly for the fit of a large assemblage of Mnj i John Johnson 75 father of shocked yesterday when his Johnson died jast daughter Mrs Ada Hoffman in lhc V1 inin fl ard revealed her father had home n j ton h d mitted from bcon R of the Amboy Trust Co hoart attack in a February He suffered another morning and was in a coma until he died MR JOHNSON was a native of Lockland 0 where he spent most of his life He worked for the state highway department in the Cincinnati region office many years and also worked for the L N railroad Before his ment he had been employed n icr mill in Lockland He was a member of the tist church Surviving are his wife of the home three sons Mayor Johnson Walter Johnson of Dayton and Regular Army Takes Over FT RILEY Kan June 15 and equipment of tnu i division an activated Ohio a National Guard unit became a part of tho Regular Army today in a ceremony at Camp Funston here Tire ceremony was reel photographers Petrillo quipped that we to show you why we don't canned music In the P D Grinder com- general of the or ther Johnson of ar Cincinnati two 1 a brother in H l Kentucky His first wife Frances ana colors to Cul i any more canned music in p who In 192 VAN WERT Ohio June 15 States Mr Truman of Root inj MAYOR JOHNSON had not A boy was at Then the of Maj Gen last night when funeral ered today when a stack of j dent s j services are to be held and left hay fell on on a farm eight j For a once for Dayton miles southwest of Van Wert He was Lawrence Clouse G Mr Truman used a more than built Steinway concert grand without a unit until a POLICE CHIEF hot and humid son 0 Byron H the to the stepped forward and MOUNT VERNON Ohio June Clyde Ewing to detail his and Thursday with nearby aty and Walter man at today Said and battery thunderstorms both days About this that's because he four high school boys who Lebanese Deputy Emile up my girl firend However shorts to classes School Supt Dr David Stewart suspended them Said Dr I won't readmit them It's up to the board tany asked for U S arms don't care anything about that Lebanon today and said if I want to prosecute him for 12 2 p 4 p 6 p 8 p 10 p 12 were not forthcoming Lebanon should ask Russia for military aid He told a press conference the I United States must offer Lebanon The four boys all juniors million dollars because he Dormont high school said it was jt s pouring hundreds of AIR SERVICK is a dent in the top of my automobile Maxwell was fined for aging Ewing's car too hot to wear trousers to classes Israel Under last week's MOSCOW June 15 the U S cial French air mission School regulations forbid snorts between Girls also are net permitted Point Four program and Lebanon Jeans Dormont schools gets in aiJ TEMPERATURES Ry Kirk Cincinnati 92 68 Cleveland 97 B9 IXM Tl 60 Miami 79 71 SKIES TODAY Sunrise a m A p m Moon m Man near Die Moon Ihan e Mn n negotiations today with Soviet tonight move direct air next encer Mo Clouse of Logansport Ind The boy was standing next to the haystack watching men put it v through a machine Jury Visits Scene Of took about 10 minutes for the men to get the boy out They tried ar- respiration without success FARES HIKED CINCINNATI June 15 Cincinnati Transit Co announced cd the colors of the 10th 15 Mount Vernon police Cap- to Gen Grinder William has been Thus the transfer of the men named acting police chief He re- equipment of the to the places Chief Harold E George who division was completed died Sunday the division in name returned to Ohio to become once NEWARK Ohio June 15 again a National guard unit A jury of seven women and five TRIAL DATE SET PORTSMOUTH Ohio June er being seated to hear the first The trial of Edward T Beall men visited the scene a fatal shooting near Johnstown today today that bus fares will be murder trial of Carl Portsmouth city manager creased July 1 from six tickets for 95 cents to four for 75 cents Transfers will cost two cents each Robinson 35 of embezzling funds from Robinson is accused of shooting the Portsmouth General hospital his stepfather William H he acting head of the in- between Moscow and Paris fares will remain at 20 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