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LOUIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1954 -18 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS Vol. 76. No. 333. (76th Year) U.S.

CONSULTS J7.iV. ASSEMBLY RATIFIES Car Falls Off Eads Bridge DEFENSE RESTS ALLIES ON U.N. ACTION TO FREE AT0MS-F0R-PEACE PLAN BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE HELD FLYERS Russian Rebukes Montgomery JLOC GOES For Atomic Warfare Statements You Are Playing With VasilevskyU-Warns Briton Who Said West Should J) Be Set to Use Nuclear Weapons. "This flair for weapons of mass annihilation has taken such an insistent character in Montgomery that some Englishmen have begun to ask themselves whether Field Marshal Montgomery is suffering from atomic WLttiiimmmimnmim i mi HIM liimiwwiiuiillin minium Mi Dotted tine in this view of east approach of Eads Bridge shows path followed by automobile of Harry A. Stamps of Granite City after it plunged through south guardrail of bridge early today.

Stamps was killed in the 90-foot drop, the second fatality at this point in three weeks. Stamps' automobile, being examined by GEORGE EV-ANSCO, towing service employe, shows force of impact with which it struck ground. The machine landed on its top. AFTER DALE, 4 i Hod Carriers Boss Denies Extortion Charges Bateman Does Not Take Stand Case Recessed Till Monday. The defense rested today at the trial of Evan R.

Dale and James Bateman, Southern Illinois labor leaders charged with racketeering, after calling only Dale and four other witnesses in an effort to refute Government charges that the two men attempted to extort $1,030,000 from a contractor building the Joppa (111) atomic energy facility. Dale had occupied the stand all day yesterday, making a sweeping denial that he had attempted to shake down Ebasco Services, prime contractor at the Joppa generating plant, or that he had solicited or received a $7500 payoff from the Maxon Construction of Dayton, a subcontractor. The trial was recessed until Monday at 10 a.m. when arguments will begin. The case is expected to go to the jury of six men and six women late Monday.

Bateman, business agent of a Murphysboro (111.) local of the AFL Pipefitters' Union who was charged only with attempting the Ebasco shakedown, did not testify in his own defense. One of his attorneys, John M. Karns of East St. Louis, announced Bateman would "stand on the record." Another Count Against Dale. Dale, president of the Southern Illinois District Council of the AFL Hod Carriers and Common Laborers' Union, and Bateman were charged jointly with interfering with interstate commerce by attempting to extort money from Ebasco Services.

Dale is charged alone with the Maxon count of the indictment. The sudden ending of testimony in the trial in United States Court at East St, Louis came as a surprise, bow Dale and his attorney had in dicated there would be many more witnesses. Among those who had been under subpena to testify for the defense but who were not called were three Illinois Republican political leaders, Gov. William G. Stratton, State Senator George E.

Drach of Springfield and Attorney General Latham Csstlc First Witness Today. The first witness today was Elmer H. Williams of San Francisco, industrial relations official of the Bechtel which succeeded Ebasco Services at Joppa. He gave testimony intended to show that Dale was not necessarily suggesting i shakedown when advising con tractors at Joppa "to learn to do business in the customary manner in southern Illinois. Williams, "-former business manager of a Portland (Ore.) boilermakers' union and former deputy chief of the labor di- vision, Mutual Security Admin istration, was asked by defense attorney John J.

Hoban if he had ever heard the expression. He replied he had. Asked what it would mean to him if he heard the expression, he replied: "I would say they (labor leaders) were referring to practices such as jurisdiction Continued on Page 8, Column 2. LATEST RUSSIAN INVENTION: TWO HEADS ON ONE DOG LONDON, Dec. 4 (AP) The Moscow radio says Dr.

Valentin Demikhov, a Soviet surgeon who has successfully replaced the hearts and lungs of dogs, has now created an animal with two heads. A broadcast last night reported: "The head of a puppy was grafted upon the neck of a dog just below its other head. The operation was quite successful. The puppy's head showed all. the signs of life, reacted to stimuli and even exhibited the usual playfulness of a puppy.

It was certainly an unusual sight to see the two-headed dog lapping milk from two saucers at once." The experiments look toward the possibilities of replacing vital human organs, the broadcast explained. 8 FAIL TO BREAK THE CHURCH BELL RINGING RECORD LOUGHBOROUGH. England, Dec. 4 (AP) A team of eight men which set out before dawn to beat the world's record for church bell ringing called it quits- late today after 9 hours and 48 minutes far short of their goaL When they abandoned their attempt they had run 21,088 changes at a local bell foundry. They'were trying to ring 40,230 changes in 20 hours and beat a record that has stood for 200 years.

RACKET TR1A OTHERS TESTIFYRED E' DEAN, HOODLUM KILLED; WIFE REPORTED TO IT She Tells Deputies He Beat Her After They Had Visited Taverns Murder Warrant Issued Against Her. Rolla (Blackle) Dean, notorious hoodlum and bomber, was shot and killed today at his home in Country Club Heights, west of Belleville. St. Clair county authorities an nounced that Deans wue, Catherine Martin Dean, former St. Louis deputy sheriff, admitted she killed her husband.

A murder warrant was issued against her by Justice of the Peace William Isselhardt. Deputy sheriffs, who were cent to the Dean home, 7109 Northern avenue. In response to a telephone call received at 9:20 a.m., found Dean's body lying on a bed, clad in underwear and shoes. He had been shot five times, in the chest and arms, and was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

She Says He Beat Her. Mrs. Dean, wearing an expensive suit and fur jacket, was taken to the Belleville courthouse, where she told officers she killed her husband after he beat her. She exhibited a contusion on the back of her head in support of her assertion. In her statement, Mrs.

Dean said she and her husband visited several East Side taverns last night, including the Paddock Tavern, 429 St. Louis avenue. The tavern is operated by Ted Wortman. brother of Frank (Buster) Wortman, gangster and associate of Capone hoodlums. She and Dean quarreled, she related, and she went home.

She returned to the Paddock, and the quarrel was renewed, and the returned home again. "My husband came in after 8 o'clock, and the quarrel started again," Mrs. Dean told officers. "He hit me with his fists on the" head. I went to our bedroom, got his revolver out of a dresser and started back to the kitchen.

"We met at opposite ends of the hallway. I pointed the revolver and pulled the trigger." The Deans have a 4-year-old daughter and Mr. Dean hag an 18-year-old ton, William Martin by her former marriage. The son and daughter were in the home at the time of the shooting. Mrs.

Dean is the former Catherine Moriarty. Her brother, Cpl. Martin Moriarty, a special officer of Lucas Avenue District, and Chief of Detectives James Chapman went to Belleville to talk with Mrs. Dean, at the request of Belleville police. In Prison Six Years.

Dean, a former convict, was 54 years old. He was convicted in 1925 of robbery and served six years in the Missouri Peni tentiary. He had a record oi more than 240 arrests dating to 1917. Mrs. Dean, former Democratic committeewoman of the Twentieth ward, was appointed a courtroom deputy by former Sheriff John F.

Dougherty in 1945. She was appointed under the name of Catherine Martin, her name from a former marriage, which ended in divorce. The appointment was investigated by the circuit judges. Dean was formerly a business agent for Larry Callanan's Steamfitters Local 562 and later was on the payroll of the Teamsters' council. He was questioned in bombings growing out of steamfitters' activities.

He also was suspected in bombings on the East Side and In the Joe Simpkins bombings, now under investigation by the federal grand jury and the grand jury in St. Louis county. Shotgun Fired Into Home. Two windows were shattered In the Dean home in November 1953. A shotgun was fired Continued on Page 8, Column 6.

Showers, Mild Official forecast for St. Louis ind vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with occa-lional showers beginning tonight ir tomorrow; continued mild; low temperature tomorrow norntng about 40; high in afternoon near 60. TEMPER ATl'BES 1 a.m. 44 2 a.m. 3 a.m.

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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec. 4 (UP) The United States consulted with its 15 Korean allies for the third straight day today to expedite United Nations action on the case of 11 American aviators jailed by Communist China on espionage charges. The 16 nations agreed last night to demand U.N. action in the General Assembly at the "earliest possible date," and it was believed the United States may present the demand today. The United States was steering clear of the Security Council, where Russia exercises a veto.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who flew here from Washington yesterday, did not attend a meeting of the 16 combatant nations, but it was believed he urged earliest possible action. The prisoner issue may come when the assembly meets this afternoon to expedite adjournment in time for the Christmas holidays. If the subject does not come up today, it will be introduced Monday. Resolution to Be Drafted. The 16 allies held informal discussions today on the wording of the resolution that will be presented to the assembly.

United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge said after yesterday's meeting: "We had a meeting of the 16, and there is marvelous and inspiring unity on the vital need to get release of the 11 American men and of all others who fought as members of the United Nations command and who arc detained in violation of the Korean armistice agreement. "We reached agreement that we will take the matter up in the General Assembly at the earliest possible date." Diplomats who attended the closed-door session said a charge of truce agreement violation would be lodged against the Chinese Reds. They said they did not ex pect the Peiping Government to sacrifice "face" by agreeing immediately to release the prisoners, but they hoped the moral weight of the U.N. action would persuade them to open negotiation for their release. Communist China announced it had sentenced 13 Americans to jail terms varying from four years to life.

Eleven of them were flyers captured while in service for the U.N. The other two were civilians for whom the U.N. has no responsibility. Hold a Number, Lodge Says. Lodge's statement emphasized that the 16 powers would seek U.N.

action not only for the captured American war prisoners but for nationals of other countries captured during the hostilities and still detained by the Reds. Lodge said earlier It was known the Communists held a number of prisoners of nationalities other than Americans, but the exact figure was unknown. There had been talk of calling a Sunday session of the Assem bly to discuss the prisoners, but this apparently was dropped in view of opposition from several of the American allies. The 16 countries met Thurs day and the 15 American allies asked their home governments for guidance. The first came from Britain, whose Foreign Office announced it stood with the United States in whatever course of action it chose to follow under the Panmunjom agreement.

MAN FAILS TO PAY S0C CAB FARE, GETS 60-DAY JAIL TERM NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AP) A man who failed to pay a 50-cent taxicab bill has been sen tenced to 60 days in jail. Magistrate John E. Prender- gast imposed the punishment on James Williams, 22 years old. The cab driver, Russell Gar rison, said Williams haled his cab, was taken to where he wanted to go, and then said he would have to go into a build ing to get the fare.

Garrison, who said he has been duped by other passengers, said he asked Williams to leave something of value with him while he went in to get the money. When Williams refused, Garrison drove him to a police station. In court, Williams pleaded not guilty of disorderly conduct, and claimed he bad paid his fare. Kefusing to discuss "other elements" in the case, Prender-gast said: "I made my ruling." TRIES ROBBERY IN BANK, SAYS LOUSY THIEF' ROBBED HIM NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AP) Four detectives followed Lewis Law for three hours yesterday as he strolled in and out of a dozen banks.

Finally, the detectives said, Law grabbed a $1542 payroll in the handbag of a woman messenger. Law, booksd on a robbery charge, was quuled as saying he had only 40 cents to his name because "some lousy thief took $8 from my pocket last night" Russian Proposals on Veto and Red China Fail Romulo Hails 'Atomic Peace Bomb' Step. iV By ALVIN H. GOLDSTEIX A Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. UNITED NATIONS, Dec, 4 The United Nations General Assembly, by unanimous vote, today gave final'ap-proval to the Eisenhower plan for promoting the peaceful use of atomic energy throughout the world.

Tvo Russian amendments to the resolution recognizing establishment of an international agency to co-ordinate the voluntary distribution of nuclear assets were defeated. One would have made the body responsible to the veto vested Security Council and the other would have permitted Red China to participate. The Russian amendments previously had been defeated in the Political Committee, which also unanimously approved the resolution. 'V Despite the failure of the Russian amendments, the Soviet bloc joined in the affirmative vote. Romulo's Challenge.

Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines in final debate, challenged the Soviet Union to match the United States pledge of 220 pounds of fissionable material to launch the historic enterprise. Britain has promised 44 pounds. Romulo said he thought history might record this Assembly as the one "of the atomic peace bomb." Communist spokesmen argued that the Soviet amendments would advance the cause of dis armament and prohibition of nuclear weapons by linking the the U.N. through the Council, which is charged with the preservation of world peace.

James J. Wadsworth, American delegate, called for adoption of the resolution without amendment. He pointed out that any conduct of a participant in the atomic undertaking which might be deemed a threat to- interna tional security would 1 become Security Council business. There must be no veto privi lege, he insisted, which might paralyze the agency as it has Council. Although there was some dis cussion in the Assembly of the Soviet amendments, all speakers praised the plan.

Arkady A. Sobolev of the Soviet Unipn x- pressed reservations because of the "limited scope" of the enter-: prise, but his delegation and others in the Communist bloc; gave praise to the resolution. "despite its inis was tne second maior proposal to receive unanimous; indorsement at the current As sembly session. The 60 delega tions previously had approved a plan of work for the U.N. Dis armament Commission.

The resolution placing.1 the atom plan under "the aegis of the U.N." as suggested by Mr. Eisenhower, was sponsored by six governments besides the United States. They were Britain, France, Australia, Canada, South Africa and Belgium. These nations have vast atemic. resources.

"Nuclear PowersJV, Designated as "nuclear 'pow ers, the sponsors and perhaps others possessing atomic riches whether U.N. members such as the Soviet Union or non- members such as Portugal are expected to be the nucleus, of the international agency to collect, produce and distribute atomic material and practical knowledge to areas needing it most. As contemplated in the resolution, the world atom agency will serve as a "clearing house" for voluntary donations from the nuclear powers. They will reserve the right to specify where and how contributions will be utilized. Each participating nation, entering in bilateral atomic treaties with other par-.

ticipants. will control its own contributions. The "clearing house" will not provide the degree of international co-operation implied by Mr. Eisenhower in making his dramatic proposal last Decern-, ber for creation of a world pool of atomic resources for benevolent uses. It nevertheless has been saluted as a magnificent move toward world collabora- tion.

To provide it with the U.N. shield, the resolution stipulates- that the U.N. Secretary General should summon nuclear experts Continued on Page 8, Column 6. ALONG OLLOWING CONDDEFEATOF 2 AMENDMENTS MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (UP) Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky rebuked British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery today for his recept statements on atomic warfare and warned that "you are playing with fire." Vasilevsky, writing in the official Communist party organ Pravda, attacked Montgomery for his "insistent appeals to unloose atomic warfare" and for "appealing to the American command to tell the Russians that 'we will give them the works'." "A well-known proverb says 'Who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind'," Vasilevsky wrote.

"I would not advise you, Field Marshal Montgomery, to take the role of a sower of atomic war." Vasilevsky, now deputy minister of defense, was appointed chief of the Russian general staff in April 1943. (Montgomery, in a speech at Los Angeles, Nov. 29, said the free world should be ready to use nuclear weapons if necessary "even in small local wars" and suggested the Allied political leaders warn Russia "we will give them the works" in event of aggression.) PRESIDENT GIVES WATKINS PRAISE ON 'SPLENDID JOB' Congratulates Senator Personally for Way He Handled 'Tough' Task on McCarthy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UP) The White House said today that President Eisenhower personally congratulated Senator Arthur V.

Watkins Utah, "on the very splendid job he did" as chairman of the McCarthy censure committee. Press Secretary James C. Hag-ertv told renorters of the con gratulations following a White House call by Watkins. Hagerty said the President "congratulated the Senator on the very splendid job he did as chairman of the special com mittee." "He told the Senator he thought he had handled a diffi cult and tough assignment witn a great deal of dignity which re flected the respect tne people of the country have for the Sen ate of the United States," Hag erty said. Watkins also talked with re porters after a 45-minute visit with Mr.

Eisenhower. He said he told the President a great load had been lifted from his shoulders. "I feel good this morning," the Senator said. "I feel considerably younger, even though I may not look it." Watkins said he did not believe the vote to condemn Senator Joseph R. McCarthy Wisconsin, would cause any permanent split in the Republican party.

He said the party might divide from time to time on matters of principle, but no one man could cause a permanent rift in the G.O.P. He said the party has sustained many divisions over the years and still is healthy and strong. "Senator McCarthy says he won't leave the party," Watkins said. "So it seems, we are agreed that it won't split the party." Earlier Watkins and Senator John C. Stennis Mississippi, a member of the special committee, told Capitol reporters they felt the Senate should follow up its condemnation of McCarthy by revising the rules under which investigating committees operate.

Watkins said the Senate next year should adopt four rules changes recommended earlier by the censure committee but overlooked in the furor over repri manding McCarthy. Rancher Lassos Sunk to Their MILNER, Idaho, Dec, 4 (AP) Two duck hunters owe their lives to a rancher who roped them with a lariat and hauled them from a reservoir as mud sucked around their necks. Mr. and Mrs. Goss Gordon and Walt Gooding became stuck in the ooze yesterday after their untried boat capsized on the lake behind Milner dam.

Gooding worked himself free, but the Gordons were up to their necks before two other duck hunters, hearing their screams, summoned Edwin a psychosis, Vasilevsky wrote. "When a British field marshal who has to understand clearly the horrors of this war especially for such countries as England appeals for atomic war it is not simply senselessness but something worse. "We, Field Marshal Montgomery, are a military people. We know what war is like and have 'now a clear idea of the de structive power of atomic and hydrogen weapons and the hor rible consequences of an atomic war." As for giving Russia the works, Vasilevsky said, there is a difference between the "desire to 'give the works' to others and the possibility of attaining it." "I could remind you. Field Marshal Montgomery," he said, "that the Russians are capable of 'giving the works' to all attempting to disturb their peace-ful labor." POPE GAINING STRENGTH, FEELS Specialists Dispel Fears He Might Have Cancer.

-Condition No Longer Desperate. VATICAN CITY, Dec. 4 (AP) Pope Pius XII was a little better again today and special ists dispelled fears that the seriously ailing Pontiff has cancer. Two clinical experts who took part in a bedside conference last midnight said the Pope was not suffering from a tumoral sac of the digestive tubes. The 78-year-old head -of the Roman Catholic Church suffered a collapse Thursday that brought him close to death, but his sturdy heart pulled him through that crisis and he has been re gaining strength.

"Everything looks better," Dr. Luciano Casimiri, a Vatican spokesman, said as he issued the morning communique. Resting Fairly Easily. The Pope was resting fairly easily in his white-walled bed chamber in the Vatican Palace. Despite grave weakness, his morning included conferences with leading prelates interpreted here as probably designed to two ends: 1.

Delegation of some of his duties during his severe illness. 2. Preparation for a possible bedside consistory at which the six vacancies in the College of Cardinals would be filled. The encouraging clinical re port was foreshadowed when two cardinals emerged from a bedside audience with the Pope and reported finding him "much better and more cheerful." The prelates. Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, dean of the College of Cardinals, and Cardinal Ni cola Canali, said the Pope spent comparatively restful night.

The Pope, besides receiving the cardinals, also saw his sister Elisabetta, and three nephews, the Princes Carlo, Giulio and Marcantonio Pacelli. Physicians earlier reported the Pope was in dangerous but no longer desDerate condition. Physicians' Report, This morning's bulletin said: "Two clinical doctors consulted yesterday, Prof. Antonio Gasbarrini and the surgeon Prof. Raffaele Paolucci di Val maggiore issued the following report: "The clinical facts resulting from the history, notwithstanding the fact we could not make Continued on Paee 8.

Column 7. Duck Hunters Necks in Mud Bench from his nearby ranch. Speeding across the dam on horseback. Bench threw a rope to Mrs. Gordon.

It settled over one arm, which she had raised at Bench's order. He dismounted and hauled her to safety. Meanwhile Gordon, after more than an hour of struggling, was too groggy to respond. Bench tossed a poje on the mud and inched forward, placing the noose around his body. Bench and the two other hunters hauled Gordon to safety.

The Gordons were taken to hospital at Burley. MORE CHEERFU PEIPING PAYS $1,276,000 AS COMPENSATION FOR DOWNING BRITISH PLANE LONDON, Dec. 4 (UP). COMMUNIST China has handed ever a $1,276,000 check as compensation for the shooting down of a British airliner last summer, the Foreign Office announced today. Ten persons, including three Americans, lost their lives in the shooting incident.

A spokesman, said the money will be allotted by the British to the families of the victims, including the Americans. EXPLOSIVES TRUCK BLOWS UP, RAZING GASOLINE STATION Accident Happens During Fueling Building Across Street Badly Damaged. OWATONNA. Dec. 4 (UP) A huge semi-trailer truck loaded with white powder explosives "blew sky high" today when friction ignited a gasoline hose while the truck was being refuelled.

Authorities said it sounded like the town was being bombed, but by a no one was hurt. The blast demolished the truck 'and the gasoline station and badly damaged a two-story apartment bulding across the street. Flying debris broke windows and started fires in four upstairs apartments. Damage was expected to exceed $50,000. Occupants of three of the burned-out apartments fled in night clothes and no one was home in the fourth.

Walter Stultz, Omaha, had pulled his huge Watson Brothers truck into the station for gas61ine. When attendant Otto Wodrick put the hose in the tank, a spark, apparently caused when the metal end of the hose hit the truck frame, ignited the gasoline and a fire started. I It was the fourth explosives-loaded Watson Brothers truck to blow up in 14 months. -By Post-Dispatch Photographer. IS KILLED Car of H.

A. Stamps, Father of 14, Falls 90 Feet Scene of Recent Fatal Crash. Harry A. Stamps, father of 14 children, was killed early today when his automobile plunged off the east approach of Eads Bridge at the exact point where another man died in a similar accident last Nov. 16.

Stamps, who lived near Gran ite City and operated a cesspool cleaning service on the East Side, was westbound. A 'Witness said the automobile had reacnea a slight jog at the top of the westbound ramp leading to the bridge deck when it struck the right-hand curb. Glancing off the curb, the 1954 Packard sedan swerved across the roadway and plunged through a barricade of heavy planking which replaced temporarily the railing torn out in the previous accident in which J. Willard Dungey, Belleville real estate dealer, was killed. Two other motorists were killed in separate accidents last December when their machines ran off the bridge at virtually the same place.

Stamps's automobile fell about 90 feet, landing on its top. Alone in the machine, he was killed instantly. In addition to demolishing the wooden barricade, the heavy machine tore out two more sections of the concrete railing. Stamps was 53 years old. His children range in age from 5 to 29 years.

As a result of demands by East St. Louis authorities for stronger guard rails, the Ter minal Roalroad owner of the bridge, has submitted plans for steel railings to the East St, Louis city engineer for approval, piece of wood joined to another in the chamber," Bothmer reported. "What we saw today was Just an enormous pile of boat parts covered with planking to suggest somewhat the shape of a boat." Bothmer said he now believes It impossible ever to lift the boat out of the chamber as once had been hoped. "The problem now is not only to photograph and plot all parts," Bothmer said, "but to take up the thousands of pieces individually for careful examination. "If one tiny piece is lost or damaged a valuable clue to history may be lost forever." He explained disorder in the chamber could have been due to characteristic "carelessness of ancient Egyptian priests, who frequently "dumped" treasures into tombs apparently not thinking that, anyone would ever check their work.

MAN AS AUTO RUNS OFF BRIDGE APPROACH Chepps's 'Solar Boat' Now Seems To Be Pile of Unjoined Parts CAIRO, Dec. 4 (AP) The so-called "solar boat" of Cheops is not a boat at all but a pile of disassembled parts of a boat. says an American archeologist who yesterday had the best look yet taken at the famous find. Bernard V. Bothmer, director of the American Research Center in Egypt and assistant curator of Egyptian art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, inspected the boat chamber with American Ambassador Jefferson Caffery and two leading Egyptian archeologists, Dr.

Ahmed Fakhry and Dr. Abdel Moneim Abubekr, chairman of the committee uncovering the boat. After four of 41 slabs had been removed from the chamber ceiling the four, men lay on a limestone ledge and examined the interior with searchlights and binoculars. "So far as we could see there is no hull and scarcely one I A change Is a variation in the striking order of the bells. The way in which they are rung out is strictly governed by rules..