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WEATHER Warm and humid with Mattered showerg tonight. Cooler An Indiana County Newspaper That Every Member of the 2Ftt)f amt laitttnm COVERING THE WOULD WOM THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF WESTCE TEDDY Careless people have no license to drive even if they have one. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA VOLUME 238. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1955. TWO SECTIONS FIVE CENTS NEUTRALITY FOR GERMANY REJECTED State Partisan "Sparks Fly" On Farmers Gas Tax Refunds Finger Tdlk GOP Favors -All; Demos insist Half HARRISBURG (AP) Partisan sparks flew today as Senate Republicans and Democrats locked themselves in a battle on how much of a refund farmers should get from paid on gasoline used in farm machinery.

Republicans say, all pf it should be rebated. Demo rats contend 50 per cent is enough since $900,000 is involved every two years. They're voting on it finally today, with Republicans expected to win their point. But so, it would be tempor- ary since the Democratic controlled House would have to agree. If they don't get together by May 31, then farmers won't get any refund.

The present system of giving them a 50 per cent rebate started under Republicans in 1949. But both parties are apparently agreed on companion House passed legislation to extend the 5-cents a gallon gasoline tax and the 1 per cent real estate transfer tor Another two Two 'cents of the gasoline levy and all of the real estate transfer impost automatically expire May See 1 Shoots Husband ARLINGTON, Va. Mrs. Edward Goricki, 42, is held in Arlington jail charged with the fatal shooting of her husband, a Marine Lieutenant, 39, during an argument at their home over how to cook chops. Photo was made some time ago when she was serving in the women's branch of the Marines.

(AP Wirephoto) Offer Diary Military Buying Probe WASHINGTON diary in Arabic script, much ol it scrawled on scraps of paper, promised to figure today in a Senate search for irregularities in clothing buying lor the armed lorces. The Senate Investigations sub- if'committee called Levy, a clothing manufacturer, to tell at a public hearing aboutthe diary which it says is in his handwriting. Chairman McClellan (D-Ark), who contends the inquiry already has shown the existence of a "nest of small grafts" reaping profits from Pentagon contracts, said in advance he expects through Levy and the diary to bring some bigger into the inquiry. He did not elaborate. The diary has been translated.

Prior witnesses Jjave named Levy as a source of money they said found its way as cash and gifts to some Army quartermaster contract negotiating and enforcing employes. Levy is treasurer and a founder of Bonita Originals, ol New City, whose contract to a million garrison caps for the Army is under the subcommittee's scrutiny. An immigrant from Syria, Levy has lived in the United States lor about 40 years. He has been termed a cooperative witness. All blouses Vt price.

Gearhart's, 707 Phila. St. 238x Action Asked On Minimum WdgeBodst WASHINGTON of Labor Mitchell today appealed to Republican congressional leaders for action on the administration bill to increase the minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour. Mitchell made the appeal in the presence of President Eisenhower at the regular Tuesday morning meeting ol the Republican legislative chiels with the President. House Republican leader Martin told newsmen alter the session that Mitchell said he is "anxious that Congress get about doing something" about the minimum wage measure.

The bill still is in committee in both the Senate and the House. Various other minimum wage measures, most ol them calling for an increase to more than 90 cents an hour, also are being studied by committees. Asked by a reporter whether it was true that the administration bill was "locked" in a committee headed by Rep. Barden (D-Nd), See 6 FreeX-Rays For Indiana In addition to the Lucernemines and Ernest visits on May 31 and June 1, respectively, announced in yesterday's Gazette, the mobile x- ray unit will be in Indiana June 2 and 3 to give free chest x-rays to local citizens. Officials of the Indiana County tuberculosis society announced that the unit will be on Philadelphia street near Coup's Bakery from 9:30 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. both days. National, State Politics Blasted For Complicating Polio Disputi Senate GOP In Move To Stop Demos WASHINGTON Ufl Senate Republicans rallied today in a desperate effort to stave off Senate passage of a Democratic alternative to President Eisenhower's highway building program. Chairman Millikin of Colorado called all Republican senators into a conference to discuss a move to shelve the Democratic bill brought before the Senate by Sen.

Gore (D-Tenn). The fact that the Republicans were summoned to talk about a move to send the Gore bill back to the Public Works Committee indicated many ol them felt there was little chance of gaining approval at this time for the President's program. Gore won committee approval for a proposed $17,941,000,000 outlay of federal and state funds lor building highways in the next five years. Senate debate on this measure began Friday. Sen! Martin (R-Pa) yesterday formally, offered as a substitute the administration's plan 'for spending 38 billions in a 10-year federal-state road program.

A key See 2 Drop Charge Of Murder In Army Case HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Marcus Bluth's attorneys apparently will attempt to show that someone other than the slight Army officer had a motive for killing the 32-year-old wile ol a lellow officer. Only four witnesses were heard during the first day ol Blutb's trial lor manslaughter in the slaying of beautiful Mrs. Helen Meighen, whose body was found Dec. 6 in her apartment by a postman.

Solicitor Glenn Manning dropped murder charges in a surprise move, and said he would seek conviction of Bluth on a charge of O'Connor Has Faith In Serum WASHINGTON (AP) Efforts to get the lagging an- vaccination program sack into full swing appeared be nearing a decisive stage ioday as representatives of virtually all groups concerned assembled for a major conference here. U.S. Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele sent out the conference call last night after fresh criticism of the government's handling of the program. In New York, Basil O'Connor, head ol the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, listed "national and "tate politics" among factors he said are complicating the situation.

O'Connor also mentioned supply, demand and "economic factors of competition" as other factors. Meanwhile, he stressed his faith in the vaccine itself. Later, O'Connor demanded that the government "release immediately" the results ol its study ol polio vaccine made by Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif. It was the occurrence ol the disease among children inoculated with vaccine made by Cutter and other drug firms that led to suspension ol the mass immunization program over two weeks' ago to See Three Plead Guilty Here Sentencing of three defendants who entered pleas ol guilty, was deferred in Indiana County court yesterday. John P.

Oravec, Homer City, RD 1, who was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under suspension of his operating privileges pled guilty. Charges against him had been filed by criminal assa'ult and assault with State Police ol the sub- Soviet Move Seen To Split U.S., British WASHINGTON Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) forecast today a Russian effort at the prospective top-level Big Four conference to split The United States and Britain over Formosa. Smith, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in ari interview toe believes the Soviets "will throw the Formosa matter into the conference to try to split us away from Britain." British leaders generally have advocated a settlement under which the Chinese Nationalist-held island ol Formosa would be placed under a United Nations trusteeship.

This government has taken no firm position on the eventual status of Formosa, but has a treaty with Chiang Kai-shek pledging ot help defend it from any attack by the Chinese Reds. Britain" has been cop 1 also to ward claims td the off shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. The Eisenhower administration has declined to say whether it would help to defend them. Except for some shelling of these islands, the situation in the Formosa Strait has been relatively calm in recent weeks, with Pei- ping soft-pedaling her pledges to conquer Formosa. Some American officials attribute this calm to a possible refusal by Russia to back up Red China States.

They said a shift to softer tactics by Red China and Russia is evidence that both have their hands full at home with lagging farm and factory programs. About the same time Russia was agreeing to independence for Aus tria in Europe, Chinese Premier Chou En-lai was proposing direc' talks with The United States to settle Far East tension, particularly around Formosa. Officials assessing these developments said there was evidence that Moscow had -notified Peiping it could not count on Russian support if a shooting war developed over Formosa. They speculated See 3 conversation was not overheard, but Vincent Auriol ol France and President Eisenhower seem to be talking with the lingers, too, at the White House. Auriol, former president of France Madame Auriol lunched with the Eisenhowers after their arrival by plane.

Auriol now is honorary president of the World Veterans Federation. (AP Wirephoto) intent to ravish. Bluth is the former chief legal officer at Redstone Arsenal, and played the part of friend and adviser to the Meighens before the Polish immigrant wife was found dead after a Thanksgiving weekend di'inking bout. He is a native station. Kenneth L.

Hill, also known as Kenneth L. Goldinger, 19, of Ros-, siter, pled guilty to charges of bur-! glarizing the Rossiter post office of $2 and three letters with a juvenile companion. They were arrested May 13 by of Joliet, 111., and was a member State Police of the Punxsutawney of the California Bar Assn. Meighen and his wife came to five days after is a native of Huntsville only Bluth. Meighen Waynesburg, Pa.

He met his wife in Germany in 1948, and they were married about a year later. Large selection of plants for Decoration Day, Rowley's Greenhouse. 241x Barracks and the youth turned over to juvenile court. William Adams pled guilty to a charge of assault and battery which was filed against him as a result of an incident March 19 involving a Graceton woman. The trio will be sentenced by court on June 20.

Warren P. Kline, Indiana's bur is resting comfortable in In diana Hospital today where he jhas shown considerable improve ment after suffering a heart attack last week. i The burgess was admitted las Thursday evening and required ox lygen for a couple of days. His phy jsician stated this morning "Tha he is off the critical list." Early- Young Businessman Watches Cash STURGEON, Mo. Sydow started out in the sheep business at the age of 8 with $53 in his pocket and good intentions.

Now, at 12, he has five ewes and a purebred sow as capital live- Jftock, it earning profits from their offspring, and doesn't owe anyone a cent. The man who gave scores of other youngsters in this starting boost with a loan is C. L. Harper, president of the Sturgeon State Bank in this east- central Missouri farming community of 570 persons. Harper says he has loaned about $6,000 in the past 10 years to Youngsters from 6 to 16.

Risky you say? "I've never turned down a youngster's application lor loan, never foreclosed on one, and never! lost a cent on any loan," Harper! declared proudly. A mortgage on a boy's initial' purchase ol cattle, hogs or sheep is standard procedure. Interest is' 6 per cent and everything is strict- 1 1y business. Loans average be-! ween $100 and $200. One boy, Harper recalls, sold steer, repaid his loan, then de-' posited a $50 profit in the bank.

He came back two months later i and stood around bashfully until i his lather said, "He won't tell; you, but he wants to see. his he's afraid it isn't keeping all right." i Harper solemnly produced the $50, the boy counted it, and handed 1 it back, satisfied. All Play Hooky GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. Fifty-two honor students at Glov-i ersville High School, nearing thej end of their senior year, played hooky last Friday afternoon for a picnic at a nearby lake. They saidi they figured they would be kept! after school a few days.

The nine boys and 43 girls terday were suspended for two days. Rules "apply to all students" said William E. Male, superintendent of schools. i Bookies 179 Huks Surrender MANILA The Philippine army says 179 Communist-led Huk LONDON said i rebels have surrendered in south they had taken so much Conserve- east Luzon Island in the past two live money on the Maj 26 election weeks. that they weren't accepting any more bet, They had been offering 7: SSSSSSTSSSS.S'ft; to J-l odds.

Gifts and Door Prize. 238x Labor bettors up Peron Now Working BUENOS AIRES Juan Peron has returned to work after a week's illness with influenza. Cooking Demonstration 7:30 p.m. Indiana Hardware. Free Gifts and Door Prize.

238x Vegetable Plants Tomato, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts, egg plant and celery. Indiana Floral Greenhouse, Ben Avon. It Memorial Day "In Memoriam Page Offered To Readers A special "In Memoriam Page" will be published in the Indiana Evening Gazette on Saturday of this week. Here is an opportunity to publicaUy pay tribute to departed loved-ones as we observe Memorial Day in 1955. Deadline for submitting your "Ju Memoriam" is 5 p.m.

tomorrow (Wednesday) don't miss this opportunity. For complete details, read the special "In Memoriam" ad on page 16 of today's Gazette. Veto Of Postal Wage Boost Given Support WASHINGTON Sen. Knowland (R-Calif) told President Eisenhower today he believes the Senate will sustain the chief executive's veto of the bill to increase the pay of about half a million postal workers. The President vetoed the bill last week.

It calls for an average pay hike of 8.6 per cent. Knowland and other Republican congressional leaders discussed the measure with the President at the White House as the Senate made ready to vote later in the day on whether to ovrride the veto. It was the regular Tuesday morning meeting of the leaders with Eisenhower. After Support For Private Army SAIGON, South Viet Nam The antigovernment pope of the Cao Dai Religious Sect is receiving French financial aid to form his own private army, a source close to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem declared last night. The informan said Gen.

Nguyen Thanh Phuong, commander in chief of the regular Cao Dai forces and a supporter of Diem, had notified the government of the French action. The report of French collaboration with an enemy of Diem was sharply denied by a spokesman at the office of French Commissioner General Paul Ely. The government source, however, told newsmen that Phuong had reported an attempt had been made to present a French gift of a million piastres ($28,000) to his own May 15. When Phuong ordered the money returned, it was sent by the French to the Cao Dai Religious Council headquarters at Tay Ninh, the informant said. The Cao Dai pope, Pham Cong Tac, long at odds with Diem, has assembled about 500 men but they still lack arms, the source continued.

They have joined the religious leaders' private, army with promises of more money and assurances that they can do their mill tary duty in his force as well asj in the national army. Phuong's army of Cao Dai has See 6 the session, Knowiand back to-, tho" for further Siscussion of the with other members of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. House GOP leader Martin (Mass) told newsmen Knowland had advised the President "he thinks he has got the votes to sustain the veto." It takes a two-thirds majority of those present and voting to override. Martin expressed confidence that if the Senate should vote to override, the House then would sustain the President. The post office workers may still See 5 Dulles Tells U.

S. Views OK'd By Ike WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Dulles, with special authorization jfrom President Eisenhower, Itoday totally rejected any policy of neutrality for Germany. Dulles said the stand applies (o West Germany which might some day result from bringing together the Eastern and Western zones. Clearing up an uncertainty which resulted from Eisenhower's remarks at a news conference last week, Dulles told reporters today that the West German government has been officially informed of the U. S.

view. He stated the American position to Ambassador Heinz Krekeler last Friday, said. Dulles declared it is the view of the United States that a policy of neutrality has-no application to a country of the character of Germany win, its 70 million industrious people, strategic position and power resources. He said he does not believe that anyone seriously thinks the German people are designed to play the role of neutrality. Eisenhower recognized at a news conference Wednesday the existence '-'of speculation about creation of a belt of neutral states between Russia and the West.

He emphasized that in the case of Austria this was an armed neutrality and not a military That produced tfttn3is that' States might en- vision a neutral role Germany in connection prospective See 7 Fumigating "Fire" Here Some neighbors ol M. A. Kanarr of 9 South First street, Indiana, don't believe in signs and as a result the Indiana Fire company received a general alarm at 9:30 a. m. this morning.

The Kanarr residence is being fumigated as a sign on the door so states. Some billows of the fumigating gas escaped from the house and neighbors seeing the gas thought it was smoke and called the lire company. The trucks and men made the trip to the house, took a look, and quickly returned to the fire station. Inside Today Aladdin's Lamp 21 Boyle 8 Classifieds 23 Comics 20-21 Crosswords 8 Hospital Notes 7 Medicine 16 Obituaries 2 Pearson 11 9 Radio-TV 18 Society 10 Sports 17 Theater 18 Town Teen Talk 32 Washington Letter World Today 14 Large selection of plants for Decoration Day. Rowley's Greenhouse.

241x Polio Shot Theft NEW HAVEN, Conn. City health officials reported 140 vials of Salk polio vaccine, containing enough for 1,260 shots, were missing. They were valued at $1,500 but would be worth much more on the black market. Police were investigating. VoteNears On Sale of State Land HARRISBURG House advanced into position for finaJ passage today a proposal to permit construction ol an experimen tal aeronautical plant in north-cen tral Pennsylvania.

By agreement of both parties, amendments will be permitted before the final vote. Several representatives of the Allegheny County Sportsmen League met with Gov. Leader yesterday to express their position to the present form ol the bill. They contend it would put the state in the real estate business. Rep.

Murray (D-Allegheny) said he would ask for public hearings on the bill as suggested by state Federation ol Sportsmen's Clubs. He added that he would vole against the enabling legislation il such hearings were not approved. Rep. Readinger, house Democratic leader, said in an interview he waa confident the bill would pass today without amendments. i Rep.

Banker (R-Huntingdon), who had planned amendments, said he had changed his mind because "they would cause too much trouble." The measure would authorize the sale and lease ol 84 square miles of state forest and game land in Cameron, Elk and Clearlield coun ties, near Clearlield, to the Curtiss Wright Aeronautical Corp. Reduction on all hats, 1-3 to 1-2 off. Gearhart's. 238x i The J. R.

DiMond Chiropractic office will be closed till Friday, May 27. For appointment, call 56751. 239.x Wore 2 Man In Sheppard Killing CLEVELAND Atty. Arthur W. Petersilge, third man on the three-man defense team ol convicted wife slayer Samuel H.

Sheppard, took the floor again today in an Appeals Court hearing. Petersilge, following two other defense lawyers in the first day ol Marilyn last July 4. The defen: contends there were errors in th trial and that evidence did not jut tify the verdict. Petersilge advanced a neu theory the "real killer" of Marilyn Sheppard made his getaway wearing two During a d's trial, the the hearing yesterday, still wasl state emphasized the fact that a presenting his arguments when the session closed in the afternoon. Flants-Plants-Plants Combination Plants, geraniums, coleus, petunias, ageratum and all types of bedding annuals.

Ceme- i minutes earlier today so that tery vases and wreaths. Indiana i Floral Greenhouse, at Ben Avon. 242x Over the prosecution's objection, the court decided to convene 15 Petersilge could finish. Judge Julius Kovachy, head of the three- Indiana Legion Party 56 Reasons. to-night.

237x judge court, said he believed the state could conclude its arguments today. T-shirt he was weaving on the eve of the slaying never was found. Petersilge suggested that killer may have put on T-shirt over his own to co' spots. "The state's ho (Sheppard) is guilty he can give latisfactpry explanation! i of certain things hap. I wish to thank all ol you for your influence and support in npm-! inating me for County Commission- 1 at the Primary Election.

Harold C. McCormick 238 The defense wants the court tojpened to T-shirt," upset the jury verdict that the i contended. "If the state Village osteopath was guilyi tablish them, it has no legal right of second-degree murder in the'to the burden bludgeoning deatb ol wife Sam.".