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on Can Vole In Todays Primary Election Until 7:30 Tonight fWTIPPT AT AKRON BEACON Forget About Your Defects? Enjoy Life, Page SO a FINAL hi oat in pi IS tt EDITION NO. IIS 115th Year Tuesday, May 4, 1954 Five Cents EFFORTS TO CURB IT FAIL Vs S- Probe McCarthy-Army Go 4nn TO iii omg lo bitter JtLnd fi- I ft. 4T i lit -1-. 7SI 1 a Workers IIihIiIIp Altotif Slnvon fytf UK Reports Ike Balks Lone jlndo Roe Few Early Voles Cast As Primary Lacks Contests I 1 4 1. lit OROTIIYl Want I5( ickinif Can't Agree To Limit Witnesses Stevens Wants 'Everv Fact' WASHINGTON Efforts to confine the McCarthy-Army hearings to testimony by Sen, McCarthy and Secretary Stev.

ens collapsed today. Chairman Mundt, South Dakota Republican, announced the public in nuirv would riroceer! as srhednl. SVFM ,4. i.JS By CLYDE MANN Rracon Joornal Politln Writer Only a small percentage of the total vole exported I. J- '4 'V' if'' i at today's county and state-wide primary election was 1 1 I fit Hv Aia IVople WASHINGTON HP, Sen, Ralph E.

Flanders, Vermont Republican, said today after a conference with President Eisenhower that Mr. Eisenhower will oppose any military intervention in Indochina unless it has the full support of the people of that area. Flanders told reporters he recorded in the voting booths this forenoon. Officials said it was impossible to predict the size of the total vote on the basis of the morning turnout. Voting booth officials had little to do except huddle around the coal stoves in most of the 580 precincts.

Now and then a citizen en- ,1 '1 tered and asked for a primary ballot. "Ifs a good thing we don't get paid by the number get better latei in the day. "Always a light morning vote during Daylight Saving Time," said Board of Election Clerk E. C. Brown.

of ballots we issue. We'd lose and the I'resident are in full I agreement the United States! money today," said a booth FAMILY PORTRAIT Dorothy Whit', the Hjfhth grsuU-r after Monday niRht's win- MM Beacon JournHl SiM-Ilinjf Bee rham- text are (left to right) father, Charles pion. Is congratulated by memlters of her sisters, Jean, 16, and Oraldine, and family. Hugging the Siiffleld School brothers, Bobby. 7, and Billy, 5.

rrounMl iiamn worker in the Sixth Ward. That's the way voting wentj ed "to the bitter end. Mundt said the subcommittee, investigating the controversy had explored in closed meetings Monday night and today "every honorable way" to shorten the hearings, and rejected "every dishonorable way." But he said all efforts to arbitrate the dispute and agree on a narrowing down of charges THE A. M. opening of, I.

t'rlnrn throughout the county and state today as voters showed Saving time prevents many lack of interest in a primary i' from voting earlier. can do nothing militarily alone In the Asiatic conflict. "I was also glad to hear him say no military action would be taken unless it had the support of the people of the region," Flanders said. FLANDERS SAID he talked over the matter with Mr. Eisenhower in preparation for a I io When polls open at 6:30 a.

m. the lowest vote total since mav Suffield Girl, 73, Spells 'Pernicious To Win Bee THE APa'thV by voters Is!" land witnesses had failed to bring agreement among all the parties concerned. blamed to the lack of contested races on both the Republican -n and Democratic tickets. i 'WASTING TIME Mrs. Wilina Soss of "Sf.w York, president of the Federation of Women Shareholders, was branded a "cheap publicity seeker" by a United States Steel Corp.

stockholder after nominating a woman as a candidate for member of the board. The charge was made by Atty. Edward Kemmomgs Tllg-man, Salisbury, during the meeting Monday at Ho-boken, IS. J. Tilgman I draws compromise for uniting Korea.

Page 2. MUNDT MADE his announce-ment after Sen. Dirken, Illinois Republican, had proposed that crasy" which runnerup Lois Kieffaber, 13, Tallmadge Central eighth grader, started as "ideo-." Although the sun frequently! Bm' prec.nc re- broke through the overcast, the! PfW er first ballots were thermometer skidded to until tw0 afu'r-when the polls opened at the I'ned. i this morning and this is be- Summit Board of Election' lieved to have kept many away: heads earlier forecast a total from voting booths. I vote ranging from 69,000 to But business is expected to 80,000.

testimony oe connnea me i secretary of the Army and Mo ICarthy. I Dirksen had said he was tak ling up a suggestion made Mon- speech the senator plans toj make soon. He quoted the! President as saying military! action is useful and effective! only if based on acceptance andl desires of the people involved. charged Mrs. Soss with wasting to kholders' time.

by Joseph N. Welch, special IIIHvcrV. rondilion Vrlilvnl AP Story on Page 15. i Flanders called on Mr. Ftsen-', Jhower as Secretary of State' By FRANCES B.

All'KlilKY A wistful wisp of a girl from Portage County is the 1951 Beacon Journal Spelling Bee champion. Dorothy White, a brunette with pensive smile and soulful blue eyes, won the 27th regional spelldown Monday night. The 13-year-old Suffield School eighth-grader earned a trip to Washington, I). and the National Spelling Bee May 20 with the winning word, "pernicious." She first had to correct "idiosyn-lrhiil Prlo Vluttn scrap. Welch had aaid he would He content to rest his ease with Stvna unit Mi-Parthv nit "at Dulles headed home from the or I Geneva Far Eastern Conferewe LINDA OWENS, 12, a seventh-grade pupil at Firestone Park School, placed third when she misspelled "catenate," meaning to connect in a series of links or ties.

It took 239 words and 16 rounds of spelling to determine the winner among the 30 girls and four boys who participated in the first telecast of the Akron district bee. The too-rankine boy was i to report to the I'resident and most" two more witnesses. Republican and Democratic 2-Car Crash Kills Woman; Toll Noiv 12 The death of an Akron woman in a two-car collision at leaders in Congress. Officials said Dulles is determined to push for his "united action" plan to save Southeast Asia from Communism despite reefnt diplomatic rebuffs. Today Welch intimated that his suggestion had been misconstrued.

He would insist, he aaid, on tealling Roy M. Cohn, McCarthy (committee counsel, and Francis P. Carr, McCarthy itaff direo Uor. Dip Perils Fruit Crop Kenmore blvd. and Manchester Monday night has raised the city traffic death toll for 1954 to 12.

There were nine on the game date last year. 'j Killed was Amenda Belle The car broke a utility pole Menear, S8, of 65 Campbell sU jan(j tied up traffic at the busy Also iniured In the accident lintprwrinn while workers re-1 Fruit growers have a real' Welch said he fully concurred worry today. in the belief that the hearings BIT FLANDERS saldi "united action would be useless! unless the people of Asia feel; B3 Backs Into Role InPulilzer Aivard Eddie Austen, East eighth-grader who went into 36th place when he was tripped by "bicentenary." Dorothy Is the second Portage Countian in 27 yean to win the Beacon Journal Spelling Bee, In 1948 blond Jean Chappelear of Ravenna now Mrs. James Doak, won both the local and national bees. A predicted freezing tempera- jcould be shortened by terminat-ture of 25-30 tonight, on top ng Stevens' testimony and call-of a freezing 30 degrees andjing McCarthy next, but he frost in most parts of the coun-j made clear he was not with-ty Monday night, may cause idrawing his right to question we are helping them.

He said Mr. Eisenhower stressed every action of this government has been along the were George Adams, 42, ofjparPd broken high tension; Shelbyville, and DavejWirPS Bereschak, 62, of 1270 Kohler KprvicPS for xirs, Menear are! rpitinnshin with the wnnlp nf heavy loss of chen ies, plums Cohn and Carr. being arranged at the Hopkins Adams is in critical condition Funeral Home. and apples. THIS BROUGHT a conten- with head injuries at Peoples uui lanuers exprensea aouoi i uirnirn inu ihuios unit Without even knowing about it, the Beacon Journal had a part in the award of this year's Pulitzer prize for excellence in journalistic photography.

The prize went to a San An-W(h Mrs. Schan for trann-elmo, Cat, housewife, Mrs.j niinsion. Walter M. Schau, lor an acci- Bv lone distance toleohone fruit already set, advanced by lion by McCarthy that Welch appeared to be "welshing" on the United States has put across cd for minor injuries and Menear, 13, of Fairmont, i the prolonged period of above nornml pmiwrilnii In Anril to the Asiatic people the real basis of hostility to the Com W. and Jerry.

10, of Moose leased. Among the first to congratulate Dorothy on her were her father, Cttarles A few minutes earlier. Apples have been blooming for munist regime Stevens had said he personally MRS. MENEAR was riding in a 1950 sedan driven by Ad Flanders said he personally more than a week. felt the J-reneh have presented! u6 v.

u. dent rescue pic-j today, Mrs. Schau said she had ture "published: no how the newspaper in the lnron t0 be out for men. Journal and. Hon hv the Pulitzer awards ams.

Bereschak said he was heart, 111.: five brothers, Thirl, Ralph and Wilbur all of Akron, and Arthur and Thavmer of Islington, VV. her "father, Charles Griffith of Belington, and sister, Mrs. Ola Anderson of Fairmount. Other pictures on Pages sidelights on Bee and box score on Page 46. a.

Aims- i A. a- i -(-, v- Vr 111 irafl OHUU IU IITZ Ul Ujil UUU a great difficulty and put he! no formaI statement about dam-1 Welch told the committee Lnited btates in tne position; tnat ma have bee(J done! that he had conferred with France18 last spe.ial committee counsel Ray i However, Ray Robinson, head H. Jenkins this morning and driving east on Kenmore blvd. at 7:45 p. m.

when his 1949 sedan was struck on the left other pers." The newspa- committee. Beacon HUNDREDS of other news- Friends may call at the fu- side by the Adams car. of the U. S. Weather Bureau I we were unable to invent a Police said Bereschak's cari'neral home, 517 Canton from 2 to 4 n.

m. Wednesday at the Akron Canton Airport, 'magic formula for shortening said he expected widespread the hearings." U. S.9 Canada 1 11 ii spun around and traveled 180 P. White, a Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. employe; sisters, Jean, 16, and Geraldine, 15; brothers, Bobby, 7, and Billy, 5, and her teacher, Edwin O'Harra.

The White family also in Journal had. papers, subscribers ot the photo printed the pic- service, had used the same picture a year ago( ture. today after Its A spokesman for the Asso-receipt from the! elated Press at York said wlrephoto net-jhe could "surmise" only the 'First, last and always we Services and burial will be at Belington. fruit damage tonight. feet before coming to a stop, facing in the opposite direction.

A11KC iua issev Mrs. Schau work of the As- committee used a tear-sheet which arrangedi from the Beacon Journal In its aoclated Press cludes Jim, 17, a Suffield High junior, and Tom, 19, who works on their 10-acre See PORTAGE GIRL, Page 2 'deliberations. In that fashion the paper was mentioned in connection with the award. Frosty WASl 1 1 Gen. Vincent Massey of Canada told Congress today that Canadian and American foreign policies have the same "fundamental aims" although "we may not always agree on every detail." Massey, who arrived In Washington Monday for a three-day visit, spoke of the Mrs.

Schau described herself must always plow the long furrow," Welch stated firmly. McCARTHY said he would ae-cept the Dirksen proposal to end the hearings after Stevens' and McCarthy's testimony if it were clear that such action would not dismiss the charges he had made against H. Struve Hensel, assistant secretary of defense, and these charges possibly could be considered later. "If the proceedings are to end," McCarthy said, "the Hen-sel matter will be a very lmpor See HEARINGS, Page 2 as "no photographer at allnot WITH CHERRIES as large as peas on some of his own trees, Robinson said he was "fearful of the results of tonight's freeze." The mercury dipped to a low of 30 at 6:30 a. m.

today and equaled Hie former record low set in 1926. Ice formed in puddles left by the recent rains and dew froze on grass. The prediction Is for a warming trend starting Wednesday and then cooler and some more rain by the end of the week. AKRON AND VICINITY High of 45 today and clearing. UMW Pickets 22 Mines It's Crazy War, Helen Finds In Indochina By HELEN WATERHOUSE HANOI Gen.

Christian de Castries, commander of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, talked to his wife over the telephone Sunday at 3 p. m. after attacking Communist forces had made another attempt to take the fortress. Tt was lust after the big Story of Pulitzer Prize winners and pictures on Page 21. even an amateur." She said she had used a-small, inexpensive camera "only for family out Ings and things like that." Clear and colder tonlRht with frost, temperatures 25 to 30.

Wednesday sunny and warmer, high of 55. Monday high 65; low 37. Record high for this date 88 in 1895; record low 30 in 1926. FIVE DAY FORECAST Temperatures will average normal of 55. Average high 62; average low 40.

The cool period will be followed by a warming trend and then cooler at the end of the week. Precipitation toward end of week about one-fourth inch. Hirlli Ha 1'ps. Downs SOMERSET, Pa. (IP) State police stood guard against possible violence today as 1,000 roving pickets ordered out by United Mine Workers Union President John L.

Lewis roamed areas around 22 idled mines in Somerset County. Lewis ordered picket lines at the Shanksville mine out of the Cambria Fuel Co. Monday after the company tried to operate the mine with nonunion employes. The company notified the UMW 60 days ago it was terminating its contract to com "THIS TIME I just hit it right," she said, referring to her photograph which showed the rescue of two men from the dangling cab of a truck that had U. S.

and Canada as "partners" and "allies in the defense of the things we value." As an example of the partnership, he cited Joint projects In Northern Canada "to strengthen the defenses of this continent. He spoke also of a brigade of Canadian troops "now standing guard (in Korea) against the possibility of renewed attack." A-Planl Work Resumes WAVERLY, O. ()A11 pickets were removed today from the Portsmouth area atomic energy plant and construction returned to normal. Some 200 truckers, members of AFL Teamsters Local 413, had been picketing the plant for a week. PAST HOPRS 1:30 m.

B3 m. See PULITZER, Page 2 Plunges Car Into Lake Spoclat to Iha Beacoa Journal CLEVELAND A man tenta tlvely identified as John J. Bar pete with nearby non-union op 13 so 1:30 I .10 SI40 4:30 '30 :30 P. p. P.

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The pickets spread to 21 of the non-union mines, which Ml 47 4 43 4.1 43 42 40 311 6H 7:30 p. m. attack," Mme. Jacqueline De Castries told me in an exclusive interview Monday. We sat in the lobby of Hotel Metropole, 182 miles from Dien Bien Phu.

(Fifteen words censored.) French Union forces lost three strong points to the Vietmlnh in savage hand-to-hand fighting that lasted all night and into Sunday afternoon. a "HE ALWAYS tells me what they need," said Mme. De Casteries, a vivacious blonde. She laughed and went on: "He told me some of his Foreign Legionnaires had promoted him to corporal In their outfit." "We're going to throw a beer party if We can get some beer," the general told his wife. So Sunday night Mme.

De Casteries had dinner with a local brewer. Monday she was busy arranging lo have some cases of liecr dropped on Dien Bien Phu. "They also want some canned fruit," she continued. "And some tinned chocolate too." a MME. DE CASTRIES, who last saw her husband March 1, said he sounded tired but cheerful.

"He's getting only two hours sleep out of 21," she said. "Of course he can get along with very little sleep but this is hardly enough," she said with nervous gesture. "I think it helps his morale when I call him up. which I do almost every day," she said, "of course if there's a counterattack going ont he cannot talk very long." This is crazy war. employ between 400 and 500 Three Enter Elevator, Four Come Oat HASTINGS, England (P)-Three people walked into an elevator today and four came out.

The fourth was a baby girl, born on the journey up. It happened in St. Helen's Hospital here. The mother, Mrs. Dorothy Gilham, was being taken up to a fourth-floor maternity ward by her husband and a hospital maid.

THE ELEVATOR, jammed between the third and fourth floors. The maid shouted for help. Nurses rushed to the shaft. They called Instructions to the maid and the husband. And they passed down blankets for the newborn child.

After 40 minutes, engineers freed the car. Mother and baby were reported doing fine. 8:30 p. 8:30 p. m.

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UUrofflcUt). about 35, was found dead men, and forced them to close down. In the auto which plunged off the E. Ninth it. pier here early BAILT TEMPER ATURI1 ART uu nnim Minimum today.

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