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232 Asheville, N. Friday Morning, August 20, 1954 Folrrtit fornnl rtw Mitttr Pnt Ulflea, Aikolll, N. C. Gty Edition AP HlrepfacU Red Chinese pray.por.peace Foreign A id, A ti-Red Bills Sen To Presiden A djournmen Nea Accuse U.S. Of 'Provocation' Sounded By President To Peoples Of World Premier Offers 2 Choices Major Items Are Cleared 25th, 2nd Divisions To Move Show Of Strength Near Mainland' Prompts Blast TAIPEH, Formosa, Friday, Aug.

20 (AP) Four U.S. Germany, France Clash Over EDC 7th Fleet destroyers visited WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (AP) Congress sped anti-Communist legislation and a BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 19 (AP) The wartime TOKYO, Friday, Aug. 20 tne lacnen islands wunin inrmips prmanv and Kranrn.

ashed totlav over tne API Tha ir annnnnwiiraues ui uie neu tiuin tuasi 15,243,575,795 foreign aid 'plans of France's Premier to change the European army today that the first two of yesterday. Last nigm nea bill to President Eisenhower; pact to guard the peace. 'four U.S. divisions to be China accused tne united Eisenhower Plugs For GOP Victory EVANSTON, Aug. 19 (AP) President Eisenhower, in a whirlwind visit to.

Illinois today, plugged for a Republican victory in this fall's congressional elections and urged the peoples of the world to pray for peace. Pierre Mendes-France of France was reported to withdrawn from Korea will States of armed provoca- have told the six-nation foreign ministers parley here hp the 25th and 2nd Infantrv tion with a show of air and their project as it stands for pooling their forces in a onc- Divisions. naval strength. The locale of the what uniform European Defense will be sent to The 25th today and all but cleared its decks of major controversies. Leaders predicted the national Legislature would adjourn tomorrow.

The only big stumbling block remaining was a measure to ex- Reds called American m- TiniteH state the Armvtrusion" was the Nationalist- Community was as good as dead in his country. He was said by official German sources to have confronted the said, jheld Tachen Islands within The announcement said the move sight of the China coast 4 will come "in the immediate where U.h. Adm. renx a. pand and liberalize old age pen meeting with a choice between his inn under social security.

Senate-: olan for far-reaching amendments future." Stump visited recently. The President first stop was at Springfield, where his Hnii mnrorri nlanneri tn no KDC at all. And he was said, ucn. jonn nun. u.a.

rdn ic --j East commander, said selection of nounced a stopover there by the the other divisions to be moved destroyers Maddox, Brush, H.J. speech at the Illinois Mate Fair's Republican Day celebration this morning carried a distinctly political flavor. 1 will be made soon. jThomas and Moore as a routine The Pentagon announced earlier, visit, this week that four of the six! The charee. made in a Peipng Then he flew to Evanston in th OTdiBSSSS.0 lry anew ZTST, Iron out omerences.

icrisjs fof lh(j whoo Atlantic alh. The major issue on this i biU ancc by propellinK into office a whether to bring 3,600.000 government sympathetic to operators and 500,000 professional Russia vSted largely to go along with the fS but the g' oeciinea. plete and inexact." But the French During the day. there had reused to give any de-ome talk the Congress might wind i th Premier- ttement American divisions now stationed dcast neard London and oi Tokyo, said one naval-air snow oc afternoon to tell delegates and visitors at the World Council of Churches that "hundreds upon hundreds of millions" would pray i vjic lie a aociai uiuuwia. Besides the 25th and 2d.

the triaay mornmg American divisions now in Korea time). Stump presumably had leit. are the 3rd, 7th, 24th and 1st the area by then alter an mspec Marines. There is also an Ameri- trin up tonight. But the House recessed or eiaborate on hi8 comment that: can -AP Wlrrphoto ALC1DE DE GASPERI regimental com Dai learn Th p.inin.

aA not men. regimental combat team "simultaneously and fervently for the devotion, wisdom and stamina to work unceasingly for a just and lasting peace." At Springfield, Eisenhower flail I 4 I aknul ftnrt man Uachinfftnn roi1 at p.m.. unui noon 10- tne Gcrman report was fauity. morrow when it became clear that! it Inn wmilri he tranSferrl ition Stump, the U.S. Pacific COU) the Senate could not perform ell its chores this evening Knrad Adenauer rejected the Through busy hours today the Proposals for turning EDC; House and Senate had gotten a lot lnt0 loose1f mi itary coalition.

He nt thines out of the wav including "Iff1 action to implement ed away at "economic prophets of doom" and "crooked fence economic politics." In addition to the Americans, a mander-in-chief, by name but said British Commonwealth division is American advisors to the Formosa-stationed on the wartorn peninsula, 'based forces of Nationalist leader There are strong indications it Kn, had engaged in be cut in size. Intense activities at Tachen Island. American sources yesterday dis- De Gasperi Dies After EDC Plea He mentioned no names, but this some of the major barriers to ad- J'Jf journment lther delays cannot be tolerated. Howevet'. even before the House1 e.

J0" was an obvious allusion to contentions of Democrats that the administration has been leading tha 1 I JL" mm Kii mini "rrf fi i rJi n' iimnf'f! in fit ImfTfii -j-f- fc of Korea will be "deployed to other; dosed that Stump had visited tne I Rave up on any hope of quitting l'e tonight, Sen. Knowland slgne" 0 arna where it is ho teveri thpv an ana me ueiene uc- nation into a depression. A crowd estimated by the fair aid it was "overly optimistic" to rfown the. MpnrtM Franr strategic interests partment in Washington described SELLA VAL SUGANA. orL.L.n inu nff nlan oeiier serve me sirau figure on final adjournment before Zet Aug.

19 ofv-Villagers mourned side of the United States. Italy, better serve the the Pacific commander's visit as tomorrow. iVi South Korea hotly oddoscs the a warning to the Chinese Lomrau- -AP Wirepboto A NEIGHBOR'S YOUNGSTER, Drew Davis, 5, found President Eisenhower on the porch at the home of the Northwestern University president yesterday and got an autograph. The President was the guest of Dr. J.

Roscoe Miller while in Evanston, 111., to address the World Council of Churches. by side with national leaders tod a. grounds manager, Strother Jones, at 100,000 was within earshot as Eisenhower praised Republican members of Illinois' congressional pact be speedily turned into a at the bier of former Premier Al- pullout. Inists to stay on the mainland un- .1 i fl I 1 can leader, noted at sunset that a 7 All CIUC UC USbUeri. Hie jlllll-VUIllllIU-! In annminnmff the tran.r.p nf th 1CM lllcy want WJ laiiKic w.wi battler who led Italy out of a "3 "ftl naval power.

delegation. He said they had striven to help him carry out a wnicn wouia put iermans in uni-r hiuuhi uie muuuf form to help defend the West I Tne 8aunt the 73-year-! the United Nations Command to news conference Tuesday it the At the end of the day of hard Christian Democrat leader lay-defend the Republic of Korea Reds tried to take the Nationalist promise to worK for one thing ana one thing only the good of the United States of America." exchanges. Belgian Foreign Minis-Iln a simple wooden bed in the pine--against possible aggression in the bastion of formosa as nea rre- Oakes Avery Farmer. mier Chou En-lai has threatened Another 18,000 to 20.000 as es future." ter Paul-Henri Spaak came up surrounded chalet in his native Army Officer Friday To Face Court-Mfirtial timated by Cook County Sheriff wim a compromise plan. His a iieari av 1.

The ministers would separate. tatlt ruc mm eariy loaay. Mendes France's proposals into! De Gasperi fousht for the Euro- Killed; 'In-Laiv' Held repeatedly in recent speeches they would have to jump over the U.S. 7th Fleet on patrol in the 100-mUe-wide Formosa Strait. The Peiping broadcast said, "An American cruiser, a destroyer and; John Babb gathered on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston as the President delivered his second address of the day.

two lists, one containing amenH.inean Defense Cnrnmiinitv almnst to Canada, Australia May Pull Out Troops FROM AP REPORTS FT. SHERIDAN, Aug. 19 ments which would require ratifi- the last and hazards now besetting Wv Lt CoL Harry Fleming of cation anew by parliaments which European unity at a six-nation! rRnWVflR Atltf 111 A vniinfr, Tamat rtarlr ahmit il the four escort destroyers in close ac-i Canada almost certainly will "The cause of peace needs God," Racine, Jjnday will face a already have approved the pact, 'Brussels meeting apparently con- tion with bandit forces on 1JZTL ZZmZTZ withdraw a substantial proportion of her brigade in Korea genera! coun-maruai on cnarges ana Die otner containing points tribuled to his death. that he "wrongfully collaborated which are regarded merely as in-l rjn1v last nicht he made an Im bland, conducted acuvities off 'heueaui iiay i uiuuic. uoiiic beiieve seacoast east of Chekiang Prov and a brother-in-law of the dead' was famUy trouble L0 in the next few months, officials wiin tne enemy ana committed, terpreting the pact.

Inassinned telenhnne call tn Pre- Pipes said. acts detrimental to fellow prison man has given himself up and I z. ine ministers would men sien misr lUa-in imnct cnh. tion, together with your brethren said yesterday. And from Australia came reports Pipes said the shooting took ripes sa me snooting iook admitted the shooting.

Ffc. R. a aeciarauon oi intention to con-jbing as he warned his protege that ers ot war, sth Army headquarters announced today. Pipes of the State Highway Patrol o( other jths can place about p.m. the yard of should be Grady Oakes' home.

Grady, fnvitini. pvprv the government is asking other oMiciiuiiicuu, iict urn, "it the Defense Community is not The 46-year-old artillery officer reported. comes into torce. established. God knows what will powers interested in Korea to agree to Australia withdrawing Is the first Army officer to be d.

XIIC JUIIIIMCIS ur Uieir aCDU- hannon Dead is Floyd Eugene Oakes, 24, tried by court-martial for behavior ties would try to aeree on the: t.ac',i one of her two battalions there. Today's Chuckle Things that begin at 40: Life, lumbago, bifocals, stomach disorders, and an inclination to tell the same old stories, over and over. X- ls, slu ma" wPlson in every single country ia the was killed. All are farmers in theWOrId whobeieves jn the White Pine section. prayer to a supreme being, to join Pipes quoted Mr.

Grady miohtv int-nc. of the White Pine community near in Communist prisoner of war points of interpretation before the were De Gasperi's last words iust' The United States announced here. Being held in the Avery I pact goes into effect. camps. Wednesday night it will withdraw before he died, his family re County jau charged with murder four its six divisions in Korea.

as saying she and Floyd Oakes 0 fajt), were at her house when Clark ported. ing Oakes is his brother-in-law, One of the first to send condol ences was Pope Pius XII, whose came into the yard and called to Floyd Oakes saying he would ZtJ. Koman catholic faithful provide a 5. Bon. deUveed simulUneous to and bulwark of support for the Chris U.

S. Charges Reds Holding tian Democrats. The pontiff dec Anderson Murdei Case Will Go To Jury Today riatterrsl for tta devotujn. wisdom orated De Gasperi with the Grand Cross of the Pian order in 1949. ith a .22.

caliber pistol. Pipes 'd quoted Mrs, Oakes as saying. SunS'an ul President Eisenhower praised de Gasperi's "devotion to democracy 15 Airmen oaKes. snot in ine aDoomen, endi campaign for legs, neck and thumb. died m-rted constantly bv oraver.

I am son of Lester Harwood, was ar The fate of 40-year-old Aaron Anderson of the Haw Branch section and his dedication to the cause of I European integration." Prime Min rested by sheriff's deputies. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 l-The stantly, the officer said. Pipes estimated the shooting took place at close range, "probably from about near Barnardsville will be placed ister Churchill said De Gasperi Anderson testified that r.e returned later in the eveninf and certain wondrous results would obtain." The President flew here from Springfield, where he took oart in served both Italy and all Europe United State fr.the flrit itime announced that 15 American in the hands of.

a Buncombe Su perior Court jury today. 20 feet." found Guthrie on the porch. He I "loyally and well." Pipes quoted Mrs. Oakes as say 3 la relehratinn at the State Fai. Tn said Guthrie went into the house De Gasperi's long-time pol.tical H1f.JI and nnured twn drinks then re.

foe. Italian Communist chief Pal- are known to be alive, and Charged ing her brother-in-law was Summations by both state and defense in the trial of Anderson on a charge of first degree murder in the shooting of Marcell H. Guthrie armed with any type of weapon turned carrying a knife in each miro Togliatti. joined in the con- ")at are bln1? lie'd P1 hand. dolences.

wirina De Gasperi's wid- tical Prisoners by the Chinese stepped actively into the adminis- when he started toward Clark. Clark went immediately to the iiutnrie, Anderson said, advancediow that he was "always on him and threatened to kill him of having served with him the The formal charge was coupled Avery County jau in Newland, were incomplete yesterday when court was recessed until this morning by Judge Susie Sharp. Earlier, the jury heard Anderson Anderson said he shot Guthrie when it appeared that Guthrie was cause of the people and of liberty with a renewed demand that the in the hardest moments of our Reds render an accounting for a gave himself up to Sheriff W. H. Hughes and admitted that he had country." total of 526 missing Americans, in- admit that he shot Guthrie June 19 killed Oakes, Pipes and Hugnes reported.

A warrant was sworn It had been generally cludine the 15 airmen, and their going to jump down the steps toward him with the knives. Deputy Sheriff Leet Sluder testi Tora Ta Pag Tw Two Teen-Ajjc Boys Drowii In Watauga but claim self-defense. Guthrie was killed by a shotgun charge in the chest at the home of out charging Cfarir with murderl that De Gasperi would have beenjreturn dead or alive. elected President of Italy next Many months ago Communist fied for the state yesterday morn- and he is being held without bond, Hughes said. ing that two knives were found in yar at tne end tne term of in-: propagandists referred to the cap- Lester Harwood.

his father-in-law. r.uthrie'x nnrketo when he nther'Cumbent Luigi Einaudi. ture ot iz members ot tne crew ot Oakes is survived by his father. deputies and Dr. P.

R. Terry, coro- De Gasperi ended his 74 years; a B29 bomber, reported by the Willie D. Oakes of the White Pine community; three sisters, Mrs. as head of the Italian government ner, arrived on the scene, but that Hill Fox Walton Herndon U.S. Command to have been shot down in northwestern Korea but alleged by the Reds to have been BOONE, Aug.

19-The body of in July 1953. Mary Ollis of Crossnore, Mrs. Bon Anderson took the stand as first witness for the defense after the atate rested its case shortly before Boon. The defendant said he went to the Harwood home the afternoon of June 19, and left following an altercation is which Roscoe Harwood, Charles Ellison, 18, was recovered Although there had been reports' both knives were closed. Mrs.

Texas Anderson, former wife of the defendant and second nie Johnson of Orange, and of poor health, De Gasperi's deauYbrou8lt don jn Manchuria, north trom later Hill Lake at 12:30 p. Mrs. Myrtle Clark, wife of James of the Yalu River. came without any prior public hint Clark; three brothers. Grady.

today, two and a half hours FOUR ATLANTA PLAYERS, all ranking masters, participated last night in the Sam Holt Memorial Pairs, first event of the 14th annual Southern Appalachian Contract Bridge Championships here. They are Al Walton, Paul Herndon, Roy Hill and Mrs. Claire Fox. Only today the Defense Depart Turn To Page Twol mat ne was seriously ill. nf Shell fVeek Tenn and Robert auer searcners louna uie arownea body of his swimming companion.

Lee Oakes of Kingsport, Tenn. ment formally accepted the Chines propaganda claims as fact. It cited statements made to that effect by the Chinese negotiators at the re cent Geneva conference and sup 16- year-old Russeu Guy. Recovery of the bodies ended a 17- hour search which began when the boys' clothing was found on the lake bank and the horse they had taken on a logging operation was found tethered near by. The horse was tied to a "No Swimming'' Bridge Tourney Opens; porting information obtained from Americans who were once prison ers of the communists in the Far East but have since been 2 Championships Planned Today sign.

The other three airmen alleged Relatives said the Ellison boy to be held as political prisoners were Air Force officers who were By DICK KAPLAN The tempo of the 14th annual championships, each one-session amassed a fine 67 per cent in last events, will get under way at 2 p. year's event, m. today Life masters Mark The popular Mixed Pairs cham-Hodges, Chattanooga, andjPi0nship, another one-session could swim "a little" but the Guy boy could not swim. Coroner Richard E. Kelly said the deaths were attributed to accidental drowning and no inquest lost on missions flying single-seater aircraft.

Southern Appalachian Contract Bridge Championships will move Early this week the U.N. Com mand representative at Panmun- event, wiu pegm v. will neld lormer Illinois siaie senator jonn J. Parish. Centralia, 111., are de into high gear with three events and the Charles H.

Goren lecture scheduled for today's program in jom demanded an accounting from the Communists for all of the 526 wei Known me master ana oriuge Guy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. writer, S. Garton Churchill. Greatlp.

fending champions in the former. Defending the Women's Pairs are Americans included among 2,840 Allied soldiers who were believed Mrs. Frank Fountain and Mrs. Neck. Long Island, N.

art, HE ll of" ztvtlk are defending UUehoIders. Th. ntv nro.ni7-j M. Willis, Knoxville, who: to have fallen into enemy hands. Some 400 Players from 25 States early vecferrfav hv Watansa rin.

are participating in the big Ameri-lty Sheriff Earl D. Cook, included can Contract Bridge League 25 Boone business men and which will end Sunday night They include many of the nation's lead Youth Prefers A ttending Church To Jail Term college students under the direction of R. W. Watkins. Tater Hill Lake is located on the George vanderbiit Hotel.

Drawing a large field, the Sam Holt Memorial Pairs event last night successfully opened Eastern America's largest sectional tournament Results of the Sam Holt Memorial Pairs, completed early this morning, are: first, Kiffin Rock-weir and LeRoy Gross, Asheville, 66 23 per cent; second. Dr. Blackburn Gross and W. Frank Godwin Asheville, 66 13 per cent; third, Mr. and Mrs.

Murray Gross, Asheville, 65.7 per cent. A new attendance record was established in this introductory ing life masters besides a cosmo politan banner gathering of ex- Rich Mountain about I miles from perts, senior masters, national Boone. "i AbH i aajMaaajajajajaMajajajaajM BALTIMORE. Aug. 19 vrV-Mao istrate S.

Robert Levinson today masters, junior masters, sen-styieo Beside, parenU, Russell Guy experts, aspiring masters, average iurvived by one brother, David, players, newcomers, tyros, and, of Mven iifterg. Roli Em. course, just plain people. son Mri. Glen Moretz, Mrs.

Lexie Directing the championships isTrivette. and Georgia. Mauie. Goren To Lecture Charles II. Goren, top authority on bridge, will deliver a lecture on bridge for enthusiasts throughout Western North Carolina and neighboring states this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the George Vanderbiit Hotel Lecture tickets, offered at the Citizen-Times Building for several days, will remain on sale at the hotel this morning as long as seats are available.

A luncheon honoring Goren will follow the lecture at 12:15 p. m. with luncheon tickets available until the starting hour of the lecture. The Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Co. is sponsor of the gave 18-year-old August R.

Meyer his choice of going to church every Sunday for six months or event. Thirty-five and one-half ta- going to jail. ACBL National totfrtiametit maa- Mary Su and Annie Guy, all of ager A. M. Sobel of New York.

The ZionviUe. ro bies were in play in three sections. Meyer said ne would go ment. internationally-famed official, wno runerai services ior ouy wm oe responds to the widespread calls of; held tomorrow at 2 p. m.

ia Pleas- Al! has directed all previous irove Baptist inurcn. xtunai He was before Levinson on al Goren, America's No. 1 ranking charge of failing to stop after a life master with nearly 5,000 mas-traffic accident Monday. ter points, will deliver a special Meyer must come into Traffic lecture and auestion-answer period will be in Recce Cemetery. Southern Appalachian tournaments.

THE ARMY ENTERED the atomic power race yesterday with the announcement it will build a nuclear power plant to produce both heat and electricity. The plant will be constructed by the Army's Corps of Engineers at Ft. Belvoir, and will be so built that any part of it can be transported by plane. In this picture, Lawrence R. Hafstead, AEC director of reactor development, pointed to the reactor unit of the model of the proposed plant as Maj, Gen.

Samuel D. Sturgis chief of Army Engineers, stood beside him at a press conference in Washington. He is being assisted by Mrs. Frank The body of the Ellison boy was taken to Mountain City, and burial will be at Tamarack. At- a weisbach.

Cincinnati, Ohio, and Walter Wilson, Houston, Court every Monday with a letter! at tournament headquarters in the from his pastor saying he was in George Vanderbiit Hotel. church the day before. I The Men's and Women's Pairs irangementi are io9Cfiet. lecture and luncheon. Texas, J..