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14s (fl 9v ffl LOCAL WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight. Tomorrow, cloudy with probable snow. Yesterday'-s high, 35; last night's low, 21. Sunset today, 5:04 p.m.; sunrise tomorrow, a.m.; sunset tomorrow, 5:05 p.m. 24 PAGES TWO SECTIONS FOUNDED 1 884-71 Year PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1955 FIVE CENTS EiseiilioweF OkeB For Protecting? Formosa 4 III Jil Ill 'I Asks rit.

-va a 11 "hi JHi fillet i 11 Hi Show Seventh lip AtvAif 1 hp gteBPte 1 1 111 j3 Coronet Photo b7 E. T. Wiggins players. The two youngsters in the foreground are Steve and Sally Baumgartner, both of Cook School. The two others, from left, to right, are Sandra Southwick of Evergreen School and Sarah Stout of Hubbard School.

(Other Picture and Details on Page 8) GOLLY, GEE Four elementary school pupils expressed interest in the bass viol Saturday morning at the "Concert for Young People" presented by the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra in Plainfield High School. Miss Marjorie Anne Leihman and Avery McCure are the bass viol uA Su i I mA Coronet Photo by E. T. Wiggins 15, of Trenton, from almost certain death by drowning last summer in the waters off Camp Osborn, near Normandy Beach. Shown, from left to right, are: Karen, Mr.

Van Arsdalen, Joyce, Mrs. Humphrey and Mr. Humphrey. Mr. Van Arsdalen is a former North Plain-field High School physical education teacher and track coach.

(Other Details on Page 4) A HERO'S REWARD Mr. and Mrs. Norwood B. Humphrey of 1348 Park Ave. and their daughters, Joyce, 14, and Karen, 9, need never say "thank you" to Norman C.

Van Arsdalen of 14 Dayton Edison, for saving Joyce's life last summer. It's shown in their glances. Mr. Van Arsdalen will receive the Carnegie medal for heroism for saving Joyce and Ruth D. Walsh, McClellan Considering New Liries of Inquiry Peress, the New York dentist who was promoted to major and then Assembly to Try Again To Reapportion Its Seats Trenton (JP) The New each to Burlington, Union which sey Legislature meets today inland Monmouth.

Washington (JP) Senator Mc Clellan (D-Ark.) called the Sen ate Investigations subcommittee mto session today to organize under his chairmanship and he said it may open up some new lines of inquiry. He declined to give any hint of what these might be in advance of the closed meeting, but said that "two or three new matters probably will come up for discussion." The subcommittee may order "some preliminary investigations" into these matters, he said. Also to be considered by the subcbmmittee, which was headed by Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) in the last Congress, is various "un-i finished-business." In this cate-i gory McClellan said, is the Army's handling of the case of Irving William O. Barnes Assem- bly majority leader, opposes. the new plan, but Bodme says he thinks it can pass.

Barnes said the new bill, intro duced in the Assembly by C. William Haines (R-Burlington) will probably come up for second reading, but not for a final vote, which requires a third reading. The Assembly is required by the state Constitution to redistribute its seats after every federal census. No reapportionment plan has been able to pass since the 1950 census. Bodine said the proposed measure could pass because Camden, a Democratic county, Fleet Admiral Ready Taipeh, Formosa (JP) Vice Adm.

Alfred M. Pride, commander of the "standing at ready" U. S. 7th Fleet, said today President Eisenhower was going to ask Congress for approval of evacua tion of the Tachen Islands by the fleet. The admiral said the Chief Executive was asking Congress because "it would be a very grave move and a major change in policy." But he said the fleet, if called upon, could cope with any eventuality.

The Chinese Nationalist air force reported heavy losses were inflicted on Communist troops last night in a raid on Yikiangshan by four-engined bombers. Yikiangshan, eight miles north of the Tachens fell to the Reds last week. It probably would be a springboard for any assault on the Tachens. Artillery Blasts Another communique reported Communist artillery on Toumen Island "blindly fired" on the Tachens 13 miles away but all the shells "fell harmlessly into the sea." Pride said the fleet, prepared for the evacuation and to protect other offshore islands, if so ordered, includes four large carriers the Essex, Yorktown, Kearsarge and Wasp. "I am not free to say what we plan to do the admiral told a news conference aboard his flagship, the cruiser Helena, at Keelung.

"Quite naturally, the Seventh Fleet deploys in the best way it can to fulfill its mission. Important Situation "We must necessarily keep abreast of affairs in this part of the world and the Tachen situation is very much in our mind." Reports of unfriendly submarines in this region has been current for the past year' but were "pretty general and vague," Pride declared. He said the Communist air, sea and land attack on Yikiangshan, Nationalist outpost which fell to the Reds Thursday, as well executed but did not represent the Communists' maximum effort. Snow Possible For Tuesday TEHLPEKATTJKES (At The Courier-News Building-) Today Overnight low 21 7 a. m.

29 6 a. 31 9 a. m. 33 10 a. m.

35 11 a. 37 12 noon 38 1 p. 38 1:30 ip. 39 A disturbance which appeared yesterday in the Gulf of may threaten Plainfield tomorrow, and if it does not pass off the South Atlantic Coast we may expect snow in this area, Cooper ative Weather Observer S. K.

Pearson states. In the meanwhile skies will be partly cloudy tonight without decided changes in temperature, he said. Saturday's high was 41 degrees and the overnight low, 22, Yesterday's high, 35; last night's low, 21. The bitterest weather of the winter struck Plainfield on Jan. 24, 1935 when one foot of snow fell and the mercury dropped to nine degrees above zero, Mr.

Pearson declared. Then on Jan. 25, 1941, Plain-fielders and suburbanites came sliding an skidding to work as the result of a howling and singing sheet of sleet which descended on the entire eastern seaboard, he said. would take one additional seat, would vote for it. The new bill would give normally Republican counties a net gain of one seat.

The defeated bill would have given them two. The all-Republican 12-man Essex County delegation and Democratic Hudson with nine seats are expected to oppose the new plan. Bodine believes the remaining 10 Assembly Democrats will vote in favor of the measure. It takes 31 of the Assembly's 60 votes to pass a bill. The Senate is not expected to take any major legislative action or confirm important nominations.

portion the lower house seats. Anton said he would reintro- Hnrp ric IQRd r-OQnliitirm in Kvct Defense Subpenas 25 in Bookie Case Vogel Sees Defeat For Reapportioning We Are Willing To Fight Washington (JP) President Eisenhower today asked Congress for authority to use "the1 armed forces of the United States if necessary to assure the security of Formosa and the Pescadores" against Communist attack. In a special message, the President said redeployment of Chinese Nationalist forces from other islands "would be impractical without the assistance of the armed forces of the United States." He said this is "because of the air situation." He said the United States must be ready to help the Chinese Nationalists redeploy their forces. Readiness to Fight In the interest of peace the United States must remove any doubt regarding our readiness to fight, if necessary, to preserve the vital stake of the free world in a free Formosa, and to engage in whatever operations may be required to carry out that purpose." Eisenhower said the existing ana developing situation around Formosa "poses a serious danger to the security of our country and of the entire Pacific area and indeed to the peace of the world." The chief executive then said the situation "is one for appro priate action of the United Nations under its charter, for the purpose of ending present hostilities in that area." For UN Truce Action The President said the United States "would welcome assumption of such "jurisdiction" by the UN in an attempt to arrange a cease fire between the Chinese Nationalists and the attacking fdrces of Red China. Declaring the actions the United States must be ready to undertake "are of various kinds," Eisenhower added: "For example, we must be ready to assist the Republic of China to redeploy and consolidate its forces if it should so desire.

"Some of these forces are scattered throughout the smaller offshore islands as a result of his- uus u.ujr itmen ueienuing Formosa. Need U. S. Assistance "Because of the air situation in the area, withdrawals for the purpose of redeployment of Chinese Nationalist forces would be impractical without assistance of the armed forces of the United States. "Moreover, we must be alert to any concentration or employ- jment of Chinese forces obvi- ously undertaken to facilitate at tack UDon Formosa, and be nre- pared to take appropriate mili tary action.

Congress apparently was set to act quickly on the President's request The Senate Foreign Relations Committee called a meeting to hear Secretary of State Dulles land to consider a resolution in Eisenhower's request would open the way for use of U.S. sea and air power to remove these trooDS from the islands. Red planes attacked the U.S. Truce Effort By UN Seen United Nations, N. Y.

(JP) Prime Minister Sidney Holland of New Zealand and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold discussed the general world situation today. Indications grew that the Security Council might meet soon to consider calling for a cease-fire in the fighting north of Formosa. Holland declined to say he had talked specifically with Ham- Nationalist Cheese undoubtedly leadins? cart, however as most acute DaTt of the situation at present OOro Hearing 3d A public hearing on the North Plainfield Board of Education's $1,166,611.50 school budget will be held today at 8 p.m. in Somerset SchooL Alteration Sale now in profrresm. Savings up 75 Matthew a Furni- ture, 316 W.

Front St. Adv. 12124 the House membership to 67, V1? militar another effort to reapportion the Assembly's 60 seats in line. with. the 1950 census.

At a meeting in a meeting in irinceton Friday, 15 of the 17 GOP sena tors with Republican State Chairman Samuel L. Bodine of Flemington and Assembly leaders, decided to support a plan that would take two seats from Essex and tw from Hudson and give one each to den, Burlington, Monmouth and Union Counties. Last week the Assembly de feated a measure which would have taken two seats from Hud- son and one from Essex and give 200 Expected At GOP Fete More than 200 are expected to attend the victory dinner this evening in the Park Hotel under the auspices of the Plainfield Republican City Committee. The dinner will start at 6:45. The dinner is being arranged for U.

S. Senator Clifford P. Case, Mayor Allen Tompkins, ex-Mayor Carlyle W. Crane, new councilmen David C. Bomberger, Richard PI Dyckman and Henry W.

Gondyke, and ex-councilmen Richard H. Snyder and Robert M. Read. City Chairman Homer W. Wieder, general chairman of the dinner, said today a large turn out is anticipated.

Former Mayor C. Benson Wig-ton is honorary chairman of the dinner. Another former mayor, John W. Zerega, who is being appointed to the Board of Freeholders to succeed Donald D. Mackey, will be toastmaster.

Boro High Principal Enters Hospital Dr. Warren M. Davis of 17 Rockview, principal of North Plainfield High School, is at Muhlenberg Hospital for observation. He has been ill for several days and entered the hospital yesterday. 3 Children Suffocated Levittown, N.

Y. (JP) Three small children suffocated early today when their bedroom was filled with smoke and heat from Drovidinff an additional seat each for Essex, Bergen, Union, Mon mouth, Middlesex, Camden, and Burlington and leaving the remaining counties unchanged. Train Uses New Track Dunellen Today's Central Railroad of New Jersey timetable didn't mention it, but a momen- tous event was scheduled 12:56 p.m. a The timetable simply said that Jersey Central Lines Raritan Clocker was due in Dunellen at that time. It didn't reveal that the Raritan Clocker.

due then, up until all of them are ready for announcement. Robert F. Kennedy, brother of Senator John F. Kennedy reportedly was slated for designation as chief counsel. The post has been vacant since Roy M.

Cohn, one of the principals in the McCarthy-Army hearings, resigned last summer. Since then James N. Juliana, who is not a lawyer, has been acting informally as both chief counsel and staff director. McCarthy has Said he knows of no opposition to naming Juliana as counsel to the Republican minority, and he has indicated no intention to oppose Kennedy. McClellan said he saw no need for a staff director in addition to a chief counsel, and he felt it was better to have responsiblity rest in one individual.

City Traffic Injuries Hit Hmh in '54 (Other Details on Page 7) Traffic injuries in Plainfield during 1954 cracked the ten-year record as 53 persons were re ported hurt 41 more than the previous hieh in 1952 and a 25 iper cent increase over last year's. The Plainfield Police Department's statistics show these injuries resulted from 577 collisions of motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians making it the second highest collision year in the past decade here. In 1952 reportable accidents totalled 621 and 566 smackups occurred in 1953. Police Chief Patrick J. Murray blamed the injury jump directly on motorists.

"Human error causes almost every accident." he said. "They just don't materialize for no reason, and it caa't be laid to mechanical failures of cars. backing this with a figure of only live cars involved accidents found to have mechanical defects last year. And 530 of the 1,036 drivers involved in accidents were found to be in vio'ation of traffic rules. The yearly traffic report gave no analysis of the effe.ts of oneway streets on safety since the system only has been in effect for the past five months and no fair comparison tould be made, it was felt.

So far, the traffic department offered, there has been no indication that streets have adversely affected traffic safety. Rather than causing danger ti one-way street are designed to increase safety besides speeding up the flow and volume of traffic. Points of possible conflict at two- way street intersections are re duced greatly through one-wry street movement, Sgt. Jens O. Madsen of the Traffic Department pointed out on a diagram.

If any accurate study of one-way street traffic and pedestrian safety is made it will be done by a traffic engineer and authorized by the Traffic and Parking Commission, it advised. Formosa Crisis Delays National Health Note I Washington JP) President I Eisenhower has delayed at least until tomorrow the sending to Congress of a special message dealing with the nation's health. I The White House announced i Saturday the President would send to Congress today a message dealing with U. S. policy toward the defense of Formosa, and consequently would delay the health message, which had been scheduled to go to the Capitol today.

honorably discharged after he had refused to answer questions about Communism. McClellan added, however, there still is some staff work to be done before the subcommittee can reopen hearings on the Peress case. One of the principal purposes of the subcommittee's organization meeting was to agree on a budget to be submitted for Senate approval. McClellan. has indi cated he expects the subcom mittee toask for somewhat less than $200,000.

McCarthy got $214,000 for the subcommittee's work last year. McClellan said the subcommittee also may" name a new chief counsel, but he said that other staff appointments might be held I the municipal police either didn't know about the gambling that was going on within sight df their station or condoned it. Trial May Last for Week Two weeks ago, when the trial date was set in County Court, the prosecutor estimated that two days would be required for the completion of the case. Mr. Levy insisted that the trial would con tinue for at least a week, point ing out that he intended to call a number of witnesses.

The prose cutor asked if they would all be character witnesses, implying that such testimony is generally brief, but Levy ignored the question. Election Scheduled Notice of election of members to the Board of Education of the Regional High School district of Watchung, Warren and Passaic is published in The Courier-News today on Page 21. BULLETIN Chou Accuses U. S. Tokyo (JP) Premier Chou En-lai of Red China today accused the United States of stepping up "military operations to make war provocations" since the Communists seized Yikiang-shan Island.

A statement broadcast by Peiping radio accused the U. S. Government of intervention in "the Chinese Peoples' liberation of Taiwan (Formosa)." Yikiangshan, some 200 miles north of Formosa, was seized by the Communists last week. Theater Plans Opposed The Pro posed Drive-in rneater ai Mountain Ave. and Route 22 in Scotch Plains Would Create a "Safety Hazard" The Blue Star Drive Contest Committee Said Today Page 11.

Births Bundcsen Church News Classified Ads 10 16 11 21 22-23 Comics Coming Events Editorials, Letters Menu Obituaries 2 Patri 4 Patterns Radio and Television Readers' Exclnmge Real Estate Transfers Social Sports Stars Say Theaters, Amusements Woman's Page 20 10 14 16 21-24 16 16 17 16 18 10-11 18-19 16 17 16 Somerville- Two directors of Bound Brook Hospital and virtually all Raritan officials and police officers have been subpenaed by the defense counsel for ac cused bookmaker John Salerno, 36, whose trial got underway today in the Courthouse here. Defense lawyer Myron Levy of Somerville would not comment on the action, but the witnesses were on hand this morning in court. It is known that a sheriff's deputy served more than 25 subpenas Saturday. The state charges that Salerno operated as a bookmaker in his luncheonette directly across the street from Raritan Police Headquarters. Dr.

Benjamin Borow, medical director at Bound Brook Hospital, and his brother, Dr. Henry Borow, a member of the Board of Directors, have been subpened. Mayor Is Called Others include: Mayor Anthony Santora, Police Chief Lorenzo Rossi, Councilmen Dayton Peebles, Tullio Mencaroni, Vincent Stabile, Frank Kelly and Louis Orlando; Police Sgt. Ralph Petrone and Patrolmen John Soriano, Thomas Vescovi and Paul Popaduik. Salerno, arrested' last July in a raid conducted by the prosecutor's staff and State Police, has been free on bail.

The day after Salerno's arrest, Mayor Santora announced that Raritan authorities tipped former county Prosecutor T. Girard Wharton more than a year ago about gambling in the luncheonette. The announcement; followed grumblings by residents who complained that was to be the first train witn te President's proposal. through Dunellen without passing a single grade crossing. The railroad has completed its elimination of five grade cross Newark (JP) State Senator Bernard W.

Vogel (D-Middlesex) says he does not expect "too much action" to be taken on a bill to reapportion Assembly seats. He made the comment last night while appearing on Governor Meyner's weekly radio-television "report to the people." New Measure The measure calls for taking two Assembly seats each from Essex and Hudson Counties, and giving them to Union, Burlington, Camden and Monmouth Counties. Following Meyner's program over television station WATV was the weekly "Legislative Report," which also was devoted to a discussion of the Assembly reapportionment bill. Assemblyman Frederick H. Hauser (D-Hudson) said he would "fight tooth and nail" against the proposal.

He was joined by Assemblywoman Marie Maebert (R-Essex). State Senator Kenneth C. Hand and Assemblyman G. Clifford Thomas, both Republicans from Union County, were guests on the lawmakers' program. Has.

New Plan In another weekend develop ment, State Senator Mark Anton (R-Essex) said he planned to sponsor a constitutional amend- plane sank immediately in about 25 feet of water, but Cap- 'rescued by a Russell Brothers itue. alerted by the airport and police. Captain Brady, an assistant bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was pilot of a bomber in World War and again in KoreaH service The Bradys have lived here about two vears. He is a graduate of: I ings in the area Washington forces, that could lead to an Prospect Grove St, mediate clash of arms with the Pulaski St. and Rock -j Communists.

Plainfield. I a lire in tne iirst noor oi tneirfment to increase tne total num-home. The blaze was discovered ber of seats in the Assembly from by a neighbor who woke up the! the present 60 to 67. children's father, Charles Shee- And he said he would combat han, asleep on the first floor. the way" a plan to reap- Guide to Today's News The railroad considered the, event momentous enough to invite state and local dignitaries to make the trip and to participate in a buffet luncheon as the train completed its run to Raritan.

The new high-level tracks over three miles of roaded, will be in permanent use in the near future. 3 Slot Machines Netted in Raid Copper Hill Three slot machines were confiscated in a raid at the Copper Hill Country Club near Flemington, about 6 S. Plainfield Flyer Ditches Craft in Newark Channel South Plainfield An intrepid! local Air National Guard flyer aturaay io arrests were madeibut said eir conversation dealt dove his disabled F51 fighter nis naUve and' was torcea tain Brady lnimea ms -aim "a with general subjects. The fight-uuve ms uiaduieu ox nguicr -uw nfr.Vwu ta rin-ta until Johnson said that an nffirr nfl- plane into Newark Channels icyjthere because of unfayorabli waters yesterday, rather than en-iweather. Bedbugs Found Real Tenants Just 5(1 Years Aeo Today Plain- field Lawyer S.

S. Swackham- mer Convinced a bomersei County Jury That Bedbugs, Not the People That Resided There Were the Real Tenants of a North Plainfield House Page 13. Stock Market Helps Teacher With More and More People Entering the Stock Market Every Day a Study xof the Situation Seems in Order. A Top Associate! Press Reporter Has Made a Complete Study of the Market. Today He Tells of the Experiences of a Retiring School Teacher Page 13.

Skating Rink Planned Plain-field Will Have Its First Municipal Skating Rink in Recent Years If the Weather Is Willing. The Rink Will Be Located at Seidler Field Page 9. danger life or property in the vicinity of Newark Airport. He was Capt. Paul Brady, 30, She said he had been on routine training flight to He told her the single-seater propellor-driven craft he pilots; as a member of the 108th fighter interppntnr ermaHrnn nf th Kpw giving him trouble near Flying too low to parachute and afraid he might endanger life and property, he sent the plane into a glide that carried 'him over the water.

She said he had opened the canopy before he "ditched." aiThe World War 2 and Korean WarjjerSev Air National Guard beean the club will be charged with Possession of slot machines. ABC Agent Hary Creveling of the Newark office, discovered the jmacnines, cot in the barroom, and called State Police Detective John Opdyke and Troopers Sidney Spiegle and Lawrence DeVuyst made the raid, few persons were the club -Adv. 121 24 veteran. His wife, at their 138 Gubernat Dr. residence, said to- day he narrowly escaped death by drowning.

Captain Brady is recovering from his immersion the icy waters of the Newark Bay offshoot, in St James Hos-I pitaL Newark. Boston schools and of George- and no one was using the ma-town University Foreign Service -chines at the time, they reported. School, Washington, D. C. The Alteration Sal now in progress.

Bradys have two sons, 2 and uto' Furni- years of age. I.