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ON TODAY'S EDITORIAL PAGE No Retreat From Science: Editorial. Despicable Since Tiberius's Time: Editorial. 'Scram, This Is a Private Deal': Cartoon. FINAL! I (Closing New York Stock Prices) Vol. 77.

No. 34. (77th Year) ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1955 46 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS Hotel in Which St. Louisans Invested EDEN SAYS WBJ.S.

COOL TO ANY PARLEY 2 HERE INVESTED IN NEVADA HOTEL 11 IS DENIED GAMING LICENSE i U.K TO ARRANGE FIRE OFF CHINA OUTSIDE CEASE Old Friend: i n- -n Royal Nevada Hotel at Las Vegas, Nev. RED 10 HAKE Recognizes Pei ping's Claim to Them but Cautions Against Attempt to Assert Authority Now. ONDON, Feb. 4 (UP) Moscow radio announced that Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.

Molotov today received British Ambassador Sir William Hayter and the acting charge d'affaires of India in Moscow LONDON. Feb. 4 CAP) For- Secretary Anthony Eden warned today that any attempt by Red China to seize such Na- tionahst-held islands as yuemoy and the Tachen and Matsu chains by force would endanger world peace and security. Eden said in a written reply to a question by former Defense Minister Emanuel Shinwell, a Laborite. that.

the offshore ls- lanas unaoumeaiy iorm pari oi the territory of the People's Republic of China." "Any attempt by the government of the People's Republic of China, however, to assert its authority over these islands by force, woum, in tne circum stances peculiar to the case, give rise to a situation endangering peace and security which is properly matter of international concern," Eden informed the House of Commons. Status cf Formosa. TTlon ronaofarl (ha ffo nrTi iTl CHINA SLES 1 DA ER AE i DOVD Albert B. Moll, Mrs. fa.

berta Simon Put Up Total of $250,000 Their Partners Called By THEODORE C. LINK Of the Post-Dispatch Staff. Two Louisans Invested approximately $250,000 in the plush new Royal Nevada Hotel at Las Vegas, which has failed to get a state gambling license because three other partners in the project are "totally undesirable citizens," the Post-Dispatch was told today. Another St. Louisan, a banker, was reported to have made a $100,000 loan without interest or collateral to one of those named as undesirable.

Albert B. Moll told the Post-DLspatch by telephone from Las Vegas that he had invested ap proximately $150,000 and Mrs. Roberta Mae Simon invested ap- proximately $100,000. He said the minority stockholders proposed to go abend with a revised application, without the partners to whom the commission took exception. They were to have had 10 per cent each.

Moll has had a poultry busi- BY JUDGE NANGLE Asjociaiea rrfss Wirephoto. ADLAI STEVENSON receiving beaming greeting from MISS MARGARET TRUMAN at party at Woman's' National Democratic Club at Washington yesterday. Between them is MRS. OSCAR CHAPMAN, club president and wife of the former Secretary of the Interior. Meet ASKED BY U.S.

TO iTalk nf Fi oh tin or in Hold Islands Is creasing Among tionalists. In-Na- By FRED IIAMPSON TAIPEH, Formosa, Feb. 4 (AP) Nationalist China's President Chiang Kai-shek was reported today to be considering a United States request that he evacuate his troops from the Red-threatened Tachen islands, 200 miles north of Formosa. Responsible Government spokesmen said flatly tonight there was no truth in reports that Chiang had rejected the re- ti -I 1 1' I X- i REPORTED QUI if AM 'Mrtc i ASSAILS Files Motion to Nullify i Rulings Which He Charges Were Contrary toLaw. Circuit Judge James F.

Nan-1 gle acted contrary to law in granting at least four paroles or suspended sentences because the defendants already had been convicted of felonies, Circuit Attorney Edward L. Dowd charged today. Dowd filed motions in Nan- gie court seeking to nullify the paroles and suspended tences Dowd referred to specific leases on which his allegations wf-i-p haspH nn invnivoH ir. uiui Lic.Mit; i' rice, men livinu .1,1, IW trip isnn 'avenue. In Mav 1954.

court OlOLK 01 ftllSSOUri nrrfs ehnu, ha rape. He pieaaed guilty of assault with intent to ravish. Grants Suspended Sentence. Judge Nanfle gave Price a suspended sentence and ordered him to report to the parole office for two years. Price's record prior to being placed on probation shows he was arrested on a burglary charge in October ESGRANTED i I Mrs.

Simon obtained a divorce committee to investi-here last May from Frederick Sate reports that a gambling M. Simon, securities broker. Syndicate headed by gangster They were married in March Frailk (Buster) Wortman is 1952 separated about two i years ago. Mrs. Simon lives at jPerating dice and blackjack 8208 Riverwood drive, Jennings.

I games in Venice, was announced Mrs. Simon received, a "sub- today by Roy Rauschkolb, sec-stantial" money settlement at Vetary of the Tri Cities Cham-the time of the divorce said to have been about $100,000. It ber of Commerce, was that money that she put Rauschkolb said the commit-lnto the proposed new business. tet headed by Jule Bartels, was Opening Postponed. late this afternoon to The Royal Nevada is rearing iara'v ul a program to combat completion and had been sched- invasion of the Tri City area government's position that took with good-humored legal ownership of Chiang Kai- main bases the United States-protected Formosa-Pesca- Idores group remains to be de- h.

iH- slop ormosa ana me rescauores are in the veiw of Her plus TRI CITY C. OE C. jlMames Clt izens Group to Investigate Reports of Wortman Syndicate Games. tne syndicate, The casino, known variously as Villa Venice and Club 22, allegedly began operations recently on State street, near the eastern approach of Merchants Bridge. It Is about one and one-half blocks south of a building which formerly housed a notorious gambling establishment known as the 200 Club.

Capt. Walter Eichen of the II linols sUte PolIce to)d the iDispatch he has had the two- story building under observation and would raid whenever his officers have obtained evidence that gambling laws are being vioiated. I Persons admitted to the kus-peeted building, a frame structure recently covered with imitation brick siding, have been carefully screened. Only those carrying cards or who are identified by regular customers are permitted to enter. The front door is of heavv plays on There is nearby.

the door after dark. a large parking lot Chief of Police Robert Trower of Venice told the Post-Dispatch he was prepared to enforce gambling laws if he received i complaints about the place. There has been no wide onen eamblin? in Venice since Mav 1950 hen Gov. Adlai E. Steven son directed the Illinois State Police in a raid on the notorious Hyde Park Club.

The 200 Club was raided and closed down at the same time, U.S. PILOT KILLED IN JAPAN ACTS TO COMBAT GAMBLING Rli 1948, and was sentenced to thelferred with United States Am- quest. They said no statement i quest. Suydam said this was a on the subject has yet been "general discussion of the situ-made by Chiang. ation in the Far East." The request is believed to Suydam would not say wheth-have been transmitted to Chiang er the discussion covered the bv United States Ambassador I possibility of some sort of NDICATES IT BELIEVES SUCH TALKS WOULD BE MTEMPERATE Stalj Department Spokesman Says 'No Is Interested in Experience WASHINGTON, Feb.

4 AP-The United States indicated to day it would look with disfavor on any move for a Formosa cease-fire conference outside the United Nations. A State Department spokesman I said a special conference on For-j mosa, such as the parley held at Geneva last year on Indochina, might subject the United Nations to a repetition of "most intemperate and arrogant language." Press Officer Henry Suydam told newsmen: "I find it difficult to believe that anyone who participated in that experience i would be interested in repeating it." Possible Move by Nehru. i At the United Nations in New York as well as in London, there has been talk of a possible move by India's Prime Minister Nehru for a cease fire conference outside the U.N. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty was asked for comment on these reports.

He said: "I have nothing to say one way or the other on that, and I would refer questions like that to the State Department. Suydam was asked whether the State Department had received any suggestions of a multi-nation conference. He replied, "Not as far as I'm informed. To questions, Suydam said United States Ambassador Winthrop Aldrich at London had talked with Nehru for a half- hour yesterday at Nehru's re Geneva-tvpe conference outside the U.N. Asked specifically whether the United States would be interested in a Far East conference, he replied: "I have said all I could say." Dulles Kept Informed.

Suydam said Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, on a fishing vacation in the Bahamas, has been kept informed on Far East developments. He said Dulles is expected back in -Washington this weekend, probably Sunday. Suydam, in a statement which the White House said today was approved in advance by President Eisenhower, commented yesterday on Red China's refusal of the U. N. invitation: "All those who sincerely work for peace regret this abrupt rejection of an invitation to come to the Security Council to consider the cessation of hostilities along the off-shore islands.

They-regret also this further flouting of the United Nations which is so similar to previous Chinese Communist actions in Korea and at Geneva. "It is for the Security Council, which is constantly striving for peace, to consider this rejection and we shall be consulting with other members toward a further meeting." U.N. SEEKS NEW FORMOSA SOLUTION UNITED NATIONS. N. I Feb.

4 (AP) United Nations diplomats consulted today on the next step in their quest for peace in the Formosa strait, They generally agreed the U.N. can do little in the face of Red I China's boycott of the proposed Security Council cease-fire talks. I Three courses appeared to be I open: 1. Make another enort to persuade Premier Chou En-lai to send a representative here. 2.

Debate the Formosan problem without the participation of the Chinese Communists. 3. Try to arrange a conference outside the U.N. like the Far Eastern parley in Geneva last spring at which the whole China problem could be discussed. Compromise Doubtful.

In view of Chou's declaration that he would not send a representative to the U.N. unless the Security Council ousts Nationalist China and gives Peip-ing that seat, many delegates saw no chance for compromise here. The Council was expected to stick to its previous firm refusals to replace Chiang Kal- Continued on fast i. Column 5. MRS.

ROBERTA SIMON PARK DEPARTMENT CAN'T EVEN GIVE AWAY FIREWOOD (Picture in Everyday Magazine. The St. Louis Park Department was stuck today with "an unusually large" pile of firewood 0m it has not even been able to Palmer B. Baumes reported The wood has been accumulating steadily since the department began cutting down dead and diseased trees in Forest Park. "Because of the drouth of the last two summers and a blight last year we had to cut down many more trees than usual," Baumes said.

The unwanted pile of wood is east of the zoo near the tennis courts. Efforts to sell the wood through newspaper classified ad- vertisements have been unsuc- cessful, Baumes a a "We're willing to give it to anyone who will cart it away," he said. Interested persons should get in touch with the Park Department. GIRL RUNS AWAY, GETS WRIT BARRING RETURN TO FAMILY MEXICO CITY, Feb. 4 (UP) Secret police yesterday found a missing teen-age girl and also learned she carries a court tn- junction against being returned to her parents.

The case was salQ 10 De WIlnoul Maria de Jesus de la Campa. a minor, lett nome eany mis year and her parents asked the police to find her. A search was started. In the meantime, however, the girl had appeared before a federal judge and presented what seemed to him adequate evidence that she need not return to her parents. Convinced of this, he issued the injunction against her parents.

The girl contended she was mistreated and that she was forced to turn over to her par ents her entire earnings as a servant. tiled to open for business next month, but now the opening will have to be postponed because its application for a gambling license was turned down yesterday by the Nevada Tax Commission. Frank Fishman, millionaire California hotel man, and two Florida gamblers, Sam Game Boy) Miller and Herbert (Pit-zie) Manheim were named by the commission as the principal The commission told the other partners not to make another request for a license until Fishman, Miller and Man heim are separated from the undertaking. It was Manheim who was said to have obtained the $100,000 bank loan in St. Louis.

Investigated St. Louisans. Last November, Robbins E. Cahill, secretary of the Nevada Tax Commission, and a member of his staff were in St. Louis investigating the background of the St.

Louis investors. Satisfied as to the qualifications of Moll and Mrs. Simon, Cahill made attempts to contact the St. Louis banker. The banker, however, was in New York at the time.

Cahill and his aid went to Florida to look Into the backgrounds of the Florida investors in the Royal Nevada as well as other new casinos which are scheduled to open in Las Vegas. Later the banker was contacted in New York and told of lending Mannheim the money. Mann heim, he said, was a personal friend of his. The commission's chief inves 'canX. tisator, William STEVENSON STEALS SPOTLIGHT FROM MARGARET TRUMAN WASHINGTON, Feb.

4 (AP) Margaret'Truman lost the spot light to Adlai Stevenson at a party in her honor yesterday but grace, The 1952 Democratic presi aenuai nominee was invuea to by the Woman's National Democratic Club, and did. Mevenson was spearheaded i enmo mnn of tko rflK I r. some men at the club to its presiaent, Mrs. uscar I "What do I do now-where is I receiving line?" asked Stev- enson. Foer Truman's quick-thinking daughter spoke up: "Ive got news for you.

You're it." And he was. Margaret, Mrs. Chapman, Representative Leonor Sullivan Missouri, and Mrs. Stuart Symington and Mrs. Thomas C.

Hennings wives of Missouri's senators, were cased into the background as he was welcomed. 5 AFS IMPROPER DIET CAUSED DEATH OF FAMED GORILLA CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (AP) It seems that Bushman, Chicago's world-famous 550-pound gorilla, died because he did not get the right kind of food. This was the opinion expressed today by a medical team which did a detailed autopsy on Bushman immprtiafplv aftor Mo death in iqst at the nf The immediate cause of death of the 6-foot 2-inch gorilla was heart disease. However he also suffered from arthritic like symptoms, degeneration of the spinal cord, liver and spleen, atrophy of the leg muscles, a chronic ulcer on his left heel, stomach hemorrhages, hardening of the brain arteries and swelling of the kidneys.

What vital food source Bushman needed, the researchers could not say. A non-meat eater, he put away 22 pounds of fresh fruit, vegetables and whole wheat raisin bread each day. He also had three quarts of fresh milk daily and multiple vitamins were added to his diet. He was a little overweight, by wild gorilla standards. Quake Rocks Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 4 'AP) An earth tremor shook Salt Lake City today. There were no reports of damage. Workhouse for 30 days on a re-; duced charge. In November 1950, he was ar- rested for operating an auto-j mobile without consent of the owner, lie was given a two- year sentence which was com-! muted.

1 Another case involved Her-j man Stewart, Negro, then living, in the 3000 block of Thomas i street who was charged, under the habitual criminal act, with tampering with a motor vehicle, i Sentenced to Three Years. He pleaded guilty Jan. 28 and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary oy Judge Nan gle. Stewart received a bench parole the same day. Stewarts previous record showed that in August 1949, he was convicted of assault with in- tent to rob and was sentenced to six monins in me vvoiKnouse.

In March 1947, he was sentenced to six months on a grand larceny charge- Another case cited by Dowd HUH liidl Ul E.UW1I1 lVJdllUHIl Miller, 4100 block of California avenue. He was found guilty May 5, 1954, by a jury in Judge Nangle's court of armed and hi ssentence was fixed at 10 years in prison, In addition, there were two'ernment saw the best nrosrjeet over which is uncertain or un- determined. "The Nationalist-held islands in close proximity to the coast of China are in a different rate- 7 rom. nd. th" cadores since they undoubtedly form part of the territory of the People's Republic of China." Sees U.S.

Envoy. The Foreign Secretary con- bassador Winthrop W. Aldrich on the Formosa crisis today. The meeting, over luncheon at Eden's home, was the first con- tact between the two diplomats on Formosa since Red China's refusal yesterday to discuss cease-fire in the United Nations. Also present at the luncheon were Prime Minister Robert G.

Menzies of Australia and Sir John Kotelawela, Ceylon's Premier, who are attending the British Commonwealth confer ence here. Aldrich spent half an hour yesterday talking to Prime Min ister Nehru of India who has a center diplomatic ac- (uvny regaroing ormosa in re- U.N. Cease-Fire Hope Fades. 1 ne British Government mpan. while, wrote off all immediate chances of a United Nations cease-fire in the Formosa strait instead, it turned to Asian leaders of the British Common- wealth in the hope of findins a solution to the explosive situation and adverting a major war in the Far East.

Shocked and disappointed by Red China's refusal to come to the U.N. and talk things over, rnme Minister Churchill's gov New Moves Studied. The Commonwealth Prime Ministers began a scries of iumiaicis a scries oi urgent consultations this morn- ing on new ways to bring a Continued on Page 5, Snow, Sleet Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Cloudy tonight and tomorrow with snow, sleet and occasional freezing rain; low temperature tomorrow In middle 20s; high in afternoon near 30. TKMI'KKATTHKS 1 a.m.

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12 noon 1 p.m. 2 m. .1 p.m. 4 p.m. Unofficial.

Normal mjntlmmri this ilste. 42; normal minimum, '27. Yfsierday'n hish. 30 at 4 p.m. low, 20 at 7:30 a.m.

Rainfall this wajr, 1-74 InchM; normal, fi Inrhfi. i All weather lnrludln torrenrlt and temperature, eosr cptcm WtATNf mo I or. supplied nv 0.8. Weather Bureau.) llainiirl-1Mlnl fnwaU and weather la other fltlen, l'e 3. Col.

I. Weather map, l'se 71). Sunset, 5:26 p.m.; sunrise do-morrow), 7:03 a.m. Stage of the Mississippi at St. Louis, minus 0.8 feet, a rise of 0.1: the Missouri at St.

Charles, 8.2 feet, a rise of 0.5. de 3ure 'in 'aw) sovereignty other armed robbery charges peace in secret, behind-the-against him at that time. He was scene diplomacy instead of pub-sent to the penitentiary but was jc negotratlon through the U.N tified Miller as a former Micm- i gan gambler and operator of a TOKYO, Feb. 4 (AP) Two horse racing wire service, and United states F.8G Sabrejcls col. he said Manheim also gambled Iidecl above northern Honshu to-for many years in Michigan be- day killjng one pjlotj Faf ast fore moving to Florida.

Air announced. The other Fishman was the chief pro-, pilot unharmed Name moter, with 30 per cent of the dead fl wag withheld stock. IN SUNDAY'S LOUIS POST.DISPATCH ST. Karl L. Rankin in a 75-minute conference Wednesday.

The United States was reported to have taken the stand that the United States Seventh Fleet which is to help In the evacuation, cannot be held in a state of readiness indefinitely. I here was no firmation I here of rumors that Chiang would reply to the United States request today. Talk of Fighting. Red China's reiprtinn nf a United Nations invitation to ioin in cease-fire talks signaled trou ble. There was increasing talk at middle Nationalist levels of fiehtine inr thp Tactions instpad )0f abandoning them to the Reds.

(International News Service quoted, the Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry as saying it will "fight to the death" to defend the Tachen islands.) The Tachens were written off as not worth fighting for under Preident Eisenhower's Formosa defense plan. The Nationalists have long acknowledged the ability of the Communists to launch an amphibious attack on the Tachens. Right how, however, no suchsat-tack appears imminent. Gen. Earle E.

Partridge, commander of the United States Far East Air Forces, told a news conference the Reds are capable of starting a war nd "we have to be ready to fight if it starts. We are maintaining that readiness." The United States Eighteenth Fighter Bomber Wing was recently transferred here from Continued on Page 4, Column 3. U.S. Highway 66, headed for Tyson Park, now a Government ammunition dump. Twice Boland fired with his powerful rifle, and the last he saw of the whatever-it-was, it was crawling into the underbrush, dragging its hindquarters, apparently wounded, he reported.

Just before the commission's team, tired after hours of fruitless searching of rocky ledges, caves and crevices in the rough terrain, headed back for Jefferson City, a spokesman said: "There is a good possibility a panther could have been seen here, as Mr. Boland reported. It would not be surprising to see the pr.nther again in Missouri, particularly in view of the increase in our deer herd." Tyson Park Panther Hunters Fail to Find Their Quarry A five-man Missouri Conser-1 By the time he grabbed a vation Commission team combed rifle and started his pickup Tyson Valley Park in St. truck, the animal had crossed brought back to St. Louis by the circuit attorney on the other two charges.

On Dec. 8, 1954 o-. i Miller pleaded guilty to these Iwn chnreps of armed rohberv. He was given a suspended sen tence on both. Miller was sentenced to two years on three burglary charges in 1943.

He was sentenced to two years in 1945 for burglary. In 1946 Miller was sentenced to four years for robbery in Terre Haute, and in 1950 was sentenced to three years for burglary. HOLMES TYPE MYSTERY ENDS JN BAKER STREET LONDON, Feb. 4 (AP) In the parcels room of the Baker street subway station, just a few paces from where fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is supposed to have maintained offices, real detectives found the missing manuscript. It was the original Strasbourg edition of "La Marseillaise," national anthein of France.

It was stolen fioni the' British Museum, which valued it at 1000 Detectives told the story yesterday when Thomas Bolkho, who lives nowhere in particular, appeared in police court. Bolitho, the officers said, advised them to go to the station parcel? room and look into a little brown case checked in the name of "Mr. Blake." Bolitho was bound over for trial on a larceny charge. Police would not go into details of their investigation. Shenker Their Lawyer.

Morris A. Shenker, attorney for Moll and Mrs. Simon, said he had not expected any diffi- cutly in obtaining the casino license. He said he had not jj "advised" Mrs. Simon to make the investment, but added that he did not discourage it.

Shenker said Moll has moved to Las Vegas, expecting to hjnve an active part in manage- of the gambling layout, and that Mrs. Simon planned to go there later. Other St. Louisans have preceded them as investors in gambling in Nevada, the one state where gambling is legal. Sidney Wyman, who once operated a national clearing house here for handling bets, bought a 6 per cent interest in the Sands Hotel at Las Vegas in 1953.

He said in March of that year he had paid $100,000 on his interest in the $5,000,000 establishment. Malcolm Clarke', another former St. Louisan, also bought a 6 per cent interest in the Sands. TWO MEN ROB MILWAUKEE FIRM OF $24,000 PAYROLL i MILWAUKEE, Feb. 4 CUP) Two men, one wearing a lalse nose, walked into the main office of the Mueller Climatrol Co.

today and walked out with about $24,000. It was payday and the men got all the payroll, according to assistant paymaster Elmer Beres. They escaped in an automobile. Some 40 to 50 persons were at work in the office, Beres said. "The Family of Man" People are essentially the same all over the world.

To demonstrate this, New York's Museum of Modern Art has examined more than 2,000,000 photos to pick out 500 of the most arresting studies of humankind. Two pages show some of the selections. PICTURES. Mothers Story of Korean Death March Maria Kilin begins a moving account of how she, her husband and three small children underwent almost four years of Communist torture. First of a series.

EVERYDAY MAGAZINE. St. Louis Through Large Telescope Startling effects are obtained by taking photos of St. Louis through a telescope that normally is used for studying the stars. JDowntown is moved uptown.

Familiar buildings are jammed together, others are misplaced. Two pages of photos made from Washington University's Observatory by Jack Gould, text by Robert E. Hannon. PICTURES. What Gives Under Car Hood The things women don't know about automobiles would fill a book, but they're doing something about it at classes in "Gas, Gaskets and Glamour." By Clarissa Start.

EVERYDAY MAGAZINE. Louis county in vain today, seek ing to resolve a controversial question: "Are there varmints in those hills?" The searcn, which began yesterday, was sparked by Daniel C. Boland, a farmer, who is prepared to testify that on Jan. 26 he saw a big cat of the type once known in the Ozarks as "the varmint" and elsewhere as panther, cougar, mountain lion or puma. His report, accompanied by a photograph of a huge pawprint, brought the commission team on the run, The controversy over whether Missouri still has pan thers has grown by leaps and bounds in recent months.

Boland asserts he saw, in broad daylight w4th a farmer's clear eye, the big cat slinking 'across his fields cast of Eureka..