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7HZ BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1955 ELEVEN Edward J. Obert Is Named Chief Warden of CD Unit MILFORD Meyer Ttaherman warden of local Civil Detenu Warden Service. mght announced the Appointment of Edward J. Obeit Jr. as chief warden of unit.

A life Ion; resident of liilford, Mr. Obert attended Milford public Milford Preparatory school, Mount Herman school and a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford. Mr. Obert Is a veteran of World War Two. having served with the U.

S. Army In European theft- ter of operations in five major cam- palgns, Including- thsr Normandy invasion, was active in IT. S. Army Reserve until December, 19S4, at time he was discharged as a lieutenant. Mr.

Obert li married to the otfn- er Ruth Sediamer of Milford and the couple have two He 1 employed with Sikorsky Aircraft division of United Aircraft Club Sponsors Mftvle The Milford and Professional Women's club will sponsor the movie. "Deep In My 1 which will be shown at the Capitol theater, Feb. 7 and 8. Tickets are now on gale and may be purchased from any member of the club. Mrs.

Shirley Newton, president of the group, has called an executive meeting for tomorrow at p.m. in the club roms at 31 River itreet Ruth League Meeting The Babe Ruth league will meet tonight at 8 o'clock In the Recreation department at Town hall to hear a report from the Spoolers committee and discuss plans for formation of a base- bill school for eligible 13 to IB year old hoys, The Sponsors'committee has been Contacting: orga.niia.tlon* seeking "upport, and any group interested sponsoring team Is'urged to -end a representative tonight's Parents of all eligible boys also are Invited. The league also will discuss preparation, of a schedule for the Ing season. Building Permits Three building permits -were Issued yesterday by Robert T. Dlxon building Inspector, as follows: Edward Nurse, house on Cleveland avenue, estimated to cost 000; Frank Cogianello.

alterations to house at 248 East Broadway and Berkley Bray, alterations and an addition to house at Naugautck avenue. Marriage Intentions One application for a marriage was filed yeserday with Town Clerk George F. Weed as Gertrude W. Floom, 44, machine operator of New Haven, to Oseftr R. Laul, 45, carpenter, 145 Kent street.

Property Transfers Property transfers recorded yesterday with Town Clerk George F. Weed are as follows: HacDarlen Construction Co. to Eugene F. and Mary G. McGrath.

house on Riverdale road; Roderick G. and Rita G. Seheets to Russell J. IASSC, house on Naugatuck avenue; Anthony J. and Florence O.

Farina, to John J. and Antoinette F. Maceyunos, house on road and Edward T. and Mildred Blake to Merwin P. and Elisabeth Hubbell, bouse on Bertrose avenue.

Also, Andrew Weisz to H. F. Zwle- bel, land on Deerwood road; Helen 3. Cunningham to H. F.

Zwtebel, land on Wooster street; William S. r-nd Charles Honek to William V. Rose Mancint, house on Klrk- -ida drive; William S. and Chartsi 'Tonek to Albert W. and Marie E.

'elf, house on Klrkslde avenue; roseph R. and John T. Boyce to "Varren C. and Jean B. Weeks, 'touse on Greenfield road; Mildred Holland to Elinor T.

Drlscoll, land on Seaside avenue; Elinor T. Drts- coll to H. F. Zwlebel, land on Seaside avenue; Roger S. Lynch to Rudolph F.

Papale, house at Merwin street; William V. Manclnl and Philip DeLeo to James Stewart, buildings at 204-SOe East Broadway and Lois G. Travis to John W. and Bertha Wosalowski, house at M4 High street Tonight In Town Basketball for grammar school children, West Shore recreation center, 4:15 until 5:30. badminton for high school students, West Shore recreation center, until 8 o'clock.

badminton for adults. West Shore recreation center, 8 until 10 o'clock. badminton for adults, high school gym. 7:30 until 10 o'clock. square dance lessons for beginners.

Central grammar school gym, until 10:80 wanls club, supper meeting Howard Johnson's. Meet Isabella Rebekah Lodge 33. wi" meet tomorrow at p.m. in Odd hall on Daniel street. Mrs.

Florence Lakw will A school Instruction will conducted by Mrs. Lillian Jagoe. dis- SGARS DRUG CO. 2-2328 and ED 7-22M iTUTMU trlct deputy president of the Evening Star lodge of Stratford. Sterling House defeated the West Shore Recreation center boys fll-il in a basketball contest recently.

In the Senior Mens league, Mai- elo's defeated Gloria's Market 48-41, Norden downed the VFW 46-30; U. 8. Motors triumphed over the Radar Pointers T4-22 and Perry's Shoes won from Battery M-42. St. Mary's were the victors ovcf St.

Agnes 21-14; the Plymouth! downed the 34-18; the Tomahawks won from the PAL 26-T and the Bayview Wildcats won by forfeit from the Bombers. Oelden Agere' Recently the Golden Age club had a party for all members whose birthdays were during- January. Honored were Mrs. Llda Smith and William Mulcahy. The elub has contributed 10 to tns local polio fund.

Cub Paek II News Cub Pack 18 had its regular monthly pack meeting recently at the West Main street school. Games were directed by Davis Fowler after which movies about rallroadi were shown. Prizes -wart awarded to the cubs who sold the most Christmas cards with James Plude receiving first prizs for selling 85 boxes. Others who were awarded prliea were Peter Zackowskl, Thomas Grlaaell, John Marvel, Richard Ho mi Her and Lee MacNamara. CubmMtor John Lloyd met with the Den Tothers to formulate plans for the annual Blue and Gold supper which will take place Feb.

25. At a recent committee meeting which took place nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, plans for the month of February were discussed. Exhibits on Indian craft wilt be presented by each den at the Blue and Gold supper.

RIOGEFIELD YOUTH GETS SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT Free Pie it Up Delivery DANBURY. Deb. 1--Richard H. Bobbins, of RFD 4, Btdgefleld, sentenced to Indeterminate term at Cheshire reformatory by Judge Louis George In City court today when he pleaded nolo to a charge of assault on an 18-year-old girl. Statements Introduced by Prosecutor Joseph showed Robbins admitted forcing the girl, whose name was withheld, into his car with hto band tupped over her mouth, as she walked along street Saturday evening, Police MIA Robbtns then drove her to Bethel whero he attempted to awault her.

but later drove her back to-Embury and let her go. Local detectives traced Bobbins through a registration number given by girl, although one wrong number in the marker plate caused some delay in the Investigation, which culminated in Bobbins' arrest Monday afternoon. Prosecutor Joseph eh recommended the reformatory sentence and said the youth was a par- from the Mtriden School for Boys. STRAUSS HITS MURRAY IN DIXON-YATES SPAT WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 A Adm.

Lewis L. Strauss protested today what he termed the erroneous idea that the Dlxon-Tates power controvsrsy had hampered nuclear work carried on by the Atomic Knergy commission. "I must not allow the infedenee to stand," the AEC chairman told the Senate-House Atomic Energy committee, Strauss thus fired back at Thomas E. Murray, only holdover appointee of former President Truman on the ABC. Murray sold the power row had been a drain on the time and energies of the commission.

Their spat over -effects of the contract pointed up a spilt In ths commission, now func- with only three of Its allotted five members. PORTRAITS ORDERED IfARTFORD. Feb. l-(AP) The majority leader of the House, Rtp. Norman K.

Parsells (RrFairfield), told the members today: "We always hang our Governors, sometimes before and sometimes after." It was In fun as Rep. Piraells spoke in support of a resolution, pasted last week by the Senate, au- thorising the painting of portrait of Governor tUblcoff. Rep. Psrselli also complimented the Democratic Chief Executive by saying, "we're fortunate In having such a handsome Governor to paint." The minority leader. Rep.

Stanley Tesukle- wlcs (D-Kifield) rose to the occasion a moment later when the House adopted a companion resolution for a portrait of a Republican Lieut. Oov. Charles W. Jewett. He said Mr.

Jewett "la equally photogenic and a good subjuet for a portrait." AMERICAN CALIFORNIA Mr WE QUICKLY 3ACKS ASIA PACT WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (API The Senate ratified the Southeast Asia Defense Treaty 82-1 today. The pact links the United States with seven other nations In a new front against any communist aggression in the Far East. Sen. George (EMja).

chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, called for swift action on the treaty as a signal "to any communist country planning any aggression that they will have to reckon witn the United Senate ratified it after short debate. Only Lander Votes "No- Only Sen. Langer (R-ND) voted He told the Senate he thought this country "ought mind its own business and keep out of foreign entanglements all over Europe and Asia." The treaty is aimed at blocking external aggression and internal subversion in an area -which embraces the Asian territory of Pakistan. Thailand. South Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia.

Treaty territory also includes the Philippines and British and French possessions in the Southwest Pacific. Signatories are the United Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Pakistan and Thailand, The three Independent Indochlnese states are not parties to the pact, although their boundaries are protected by It Territories farther north, including japan and the Nationalist Chinese-held Island of Formosa, do not come within the. sphere of the treaty. of the treaty specifically state that military action in the event of aggression would depend on the constitutional processes of each signatory nation. Secretary of State Dulles assured the Foreign committee last month that President Elsen- hower would ask congress for its approval to use military force in any emergency unless it were "so great that prompt action was necessary to save a vital interest of the United States." Serves Notice On Reds Sen.

H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ), who accompanied Dulles to Mantis, when the pact was negotiated told the Senate today: "The net effect of this treaty Is to serve notice on the Chinese com- munifiti that they shall not encroach farther on these free nations of Asia. They are no longer free to isolate and absorb these countries ttne by one." STAMFORD WOMAN D.ES IN ILLINOIS AUTO CRASH ST. JACOB, 211., Feb. 1--AP Mrs.

Theresa BianchI, 70, of 328 Atlantic street, Stamford, was killed and six other persons including ber two sons were Injured In a two-car collision near St. Jacob yesterday. State Police said cars driven by Dominic Evaristo, 50, of Stamford, and Mrs. Sarah De Marco ot Wilbraham, collided broadside on U. S.

highway 40. Evaristo suffered a broken Jaw and his brother, Joaeph, a fractured collarbone. Both are Mrs. Blanch I'i sons. Another passenger In their car, John P.

Verdirosa, 33, also of Stamford, received Internal injuries, Mrs. DeUarco, her husband, Donato, and Mm. Theresa Nardi, 58, of Ludlowe, also were Injured. The Injured were taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Highland but none was reported In critical condition.

GREENWICH MAN SWORN TO U. S. POST Feb. 1 (UP) William A. G.

Minot of Greenwich. -HAS sworn In today as Deputy Director Of the Foreign Operations Administration mission to France, On hand for the ceremony were Senator Prescott Buah John Lodge, ambassador-designate to Spain, Maurice Perouse of the French embassy, and Mrs. Minot, Minot served fSr more than a year as administrative assistant to Lodge, former Governor of Connecticut. The new deputy director of thp POA mission to France is president and major stockholder of the Canada. Dry Bottling of Stamford.

Conn. He started the business shortly after leaving Navy service during World II. Born in Berlin, Minot attended the Grot on school. was graduated from Tale college In 1939. SOVIET PAPERS REPORT HUDDLE OF A MOSCOW Feb.

2 (AP) Soviet newspapers published today long accounts of a inff of the atl-powerfut central committee of the Soviet communist party. They (tlftcloaed committee WHS In Jan. 25-31 FlrM word that su-h a mceUng hud bern held was given to American correspondents yesterday at the Kremlin. The session at a time when the Fonnoaa issue la at a critical stage and when the Soviet Union's diplomatic bsttlK again it rearmament of Weat Germany is in full swing. It coincided with a meeting In Moscow of Soviet ambassadors to major Western cspi- tala and East Germany.

The Supreme Soviet (Purltament) of the U.S.S.R. opena a tension In the Kremlin tomorrow, and it la expected It will approve vital decisions regarding Soviet foreign and domestic polteiee, CtJTIES By E. Simms CamnbelL Britain Discloses Plans For 'Fire Brigade' Army "Listea, he's waited five years to MARRY me--so he can wait another half-hour!" Margaret Begins Tour of Indies At Colorful Trinidad Reception PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb. --CAP)--Radiant Princess Margaret stepped from 'a silvery airliner amid cheers of a shirt-sleeve crowd of 0,000 today to begin- a month's royal tour or the British'West Indies. The temperature stood at 86 degrees ana the sun shone brightly in -sharp contrast to the blustery cold she If.ft yesterday in London.

The prlnceW is making a royal good will, tour of'her own for the first time. It also is her first visit to the new world. The 24-year-old sister of Queen Elizabeth -was the first to leave the airliner at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. The crowd cheered, and waved flags.

The princes; put her right hand LAWRENCE BREEN HEADS TUNXIS HILL I Lawrence Breen of 20 Rosedale street, Fairfield, was elected new chief of the Tunxls 'Hill fire company last-night at the annual meeting at the flrehouse. He succeeds Joseph Mack who had held the post for -10 years. SteVen BrTM was reflected president. Other officers named first vlce- prastfdent, Martin Swwwon, second vice-prealdent, Daniel W. Sullivan, recording secretary, John Makar, financial secretary, William Seher, treasurer, Frank CataTdo, custodian, Frank Stopa, Louis Stopa and Frank Toth, auditors, and Stanley Mack, trustee for three years, Edward Lasko was elected assistant chief.

Other officials elected were Jtfhn Molnar, captain, Alex Vetrosky, first lieutenant, and Raymond Eruzdlenakt, second lieutenant. 135-CARAT GEM BOUGHT BY GLORIA STOKOWSKI MILAN, Feb. I--(AP) Gloria Van- derbllt Stokownkl, estranged wife of Leopold Stokowskl, has bought the 135-carat emerald called "The Eye of Mahomet's Horse." The purchase was disclosed today in testimony at trial centering around the gem and several former central Asian potentates wno once owned it. The defendant Is Edoard de Klerq, a Belgian Jeweler. He is charged.

with a worthless check when be originally bought the emerald from the former king of Afghanistan. One of the witnesses was Antanultah, the ex-king, who now lives in Rome, De Klerq's attorney disclosed that Mrs. Stokowskl, who recently turned actress, kad bought thi gem and it now Id on its "way to the United States. The price was not disclosed. AGA KHAN I I CEREMONY SET FEB.

20 CAIHO, Egypt, Feb. 1 AP) The manager of Cairo's Scmiramla hotel said today Moslem followers of the Aga Khan have re.aervrd two big reception halls for a veigMng- in ceremony on Feb. 20. The 77- year-old leader of the Ismail! arct weight matched-by platinum cnn- tributlons tn Kenya Ufinnrta. but ill health prevented him from making the trip there.

The decretory of the Ago, an id he "has no plann at all" for the ceremony but Ismail! Iradfrs probably hid arranged it. The Hccretary added It would he. "purely symbolic" It would be Impossible to ship the platinum from East Africa. The Aga, convalescing from Influenza at the. Nile resort of expected to return to Cairo Feb.

7. A CONDEMNATION 'NORWALK, Feb. 1 The State Highway department today fllnd condemnation papers In the Town Clerk's office to acquire three tracts for thruway construction. Condemned were a home and .21 of an acre owned by Dennis Horan and Eleanor Stuart avenue; a home and one-half acre Of land near avenue, owned hy David and Dorothy MeOllvmy; and 7.2S acres of land on Richards avenue, owned by Harry J. over her tiny hat to keep It from sailing away in the breeze that swept -the sun-drenched airport.

A few drops of rain bad fallen earlier in the day, but by the time the airliner Canopus touched down the sky had cleared. The princeas wore a pale beige taffeta dress, open-toed high- he el shoes, and long white gloves. A string of pearls gleamed about her neck. She carried small black bag on her left arm. Smiling frequently and looking fresh after her flight, the incess reviewed a snappy Trinidad police guard of honor.

"Neither space nor time limit those ties of interest and affection which bind us so closely," the princess told a welcoming group headed by Gov. Sir Hubert Hance. "I hope to see as much as I can of your lovely countryside." The governor was dressed in a ceremonial white tunic, white- trousers and pith helmet with yellow and red plumes tied to the spike. The colorful 10-man honor guard wore white tunics, dark blue trousers, black boots and white spiked pith helmets. Margaret was followed from the plane by ber twa ladies in waiting, Lady Elizabeth.

Cavendish and Miss Iris Peake. Replying the governor's address of welcome, the princess aaid: "I have been looking forward BO much to the time when I should set foot in the British West Indies and I should like you to know hnw delighted I am to be here In Trinidad." Ranee asked her an her return to England "to convey to her majesty the queen an expression of the loyalty and devotion which the people of Trinidad and Tobago cherinh for her throne' and person." The princens replied: "It will give me the greatest pleasure to carry home to my sister the queen the messages of loyalty In Trinldid and Tobago with which you have charged me. I know that j-d'ur expression of loyalty will he as pleasing to her as your wonderful wrlcnme today Is to me." Ranee aald he hoped her visit to Trinidad, 10 miles off the coast of Venezuela, "will prove an auspicious start to a happy and memorable tour" of the British-ruled IB- lands curving up the Caribbean. Mar Rare act foot on new world soil for the first time thin morning at Montego Bay, Jamaica, another Brit in colony 1,250 milr.t north went of Trinidad, during a refueling stop on the long H-R southward from Montreal, where the Canopua halted briefly last night. She's paving an official call to Jamaica Feb.

17, hot got In a visit with Gov. Sir Hugh M. Foot before Inking off for rity, Receptions and garden partial swnit Margaret. She will watch carnivals and her oalyimn written In honor of hr vmil. UNITED NATIONS.

N. Fob 1 (AP UN Security Council delegates agreed unofficially today to Sive Had China a week to decide whether to take part in crucial debates here on a cease-fire in Formosa Strait. Setratary General Dag Ham- dispatched last night to Peiping an invitation from the rouncil to the communist Chinese premier and foreign minister, Chou En-lai. The council set no deadline for a reply. But one key delegate said today the council will have to decide what to do if no response is received early next west.

This delegate said Red China likely will study the transcript of the council meeting, wejgh the conditions nnd consequences of accepting the bid. nnd then advise the council, Hammarskjold conferred with Chou last month in an attempt to obtain the release Of 11 American fliers and other UN personnel hold in Red Chinese jails. The Question of the prisoners appears to have been shunted to side while the council seeks to stop the fighting 1 off China's shore. In endorsing a New Zealand proposal to invite Red China to come here for the talks, Henri Hoppenot of Prance urped fellow delegates to avoid hurried procedure and to take only one step at a ttme. He reminded the delegates that the council has had experience in arranging cease-fires In Palestine and Kashmir.

The consensus appeared to be; that Chou would send a represen- i tative. i The council technically was recessed subject to the call of the president. Victor Andres Belaunde. veteran delegate of Peru who formerly served in the League of Nations, is president for February. The council post rotates monthly.

PERON OFFICIAL SHOT, WOUNDED SERIOUSLY LONDON. Feb. 1 (Ap) Britain told British common wealth prime ministers today its plans for a flying "fire brigade" army to douse small wars in Asia, the Middle East, or Africa. Informants said defense Minister Harold MacMillan took the wraps off the propram before the heads of commonwealth nations at the second day of their 10-day confer- BUENOS AIRES, Arf-entina. Feb.

1--(AP) A former public works minister in Eva Peron province shot Pcronista GoV. Salvador Ana- nla three times today while the governor was placing a wrcatli on a monument in Santa Rosa to the late wife of Prt-sidcnt Peron. The fiovernor, wounded 'twice in the chest and once in the ne-ek, was reported in serious condition. Eva Peron province is in central Argentina. Santa Rosa, its capital, is about 300 miles southwest of Buenos At res.

former minister, Justo Tierno, gave himself tip to police. He had fceld the provincial ministry up to last when he reportedly was forced by Ananla to resign. Pre'liminary secret talks also were held about defenses in the H-bomb ngc. No details leaked out. Prime Minister Churchill and leaders of the eight other nations of the commonwealth earlier agreed to delay Independent diplomatic moves on the Formosan crisis In hopes the UN Security council and Red China will arrange a cease fire.

But informants said the hopes were slim. Prime Ministers Jawaharal Nehru of India, Mohammad Alt of Pakistan and Sir John Kotelawala of Ceylon did not attend talks eon- with European defense. Formosa Oitcusted Tho three Asian prime ministers discussed Formosa and "the International situation" with Churchill. Robert C. Mensies ol Australia, Sidney G.

Holland of New Zealand, Louis St. Laurent of Canada. Sir Godfrey Muggins of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and Charles n. Swart, deputy prime minister of South Africa, a conference communique said. Churchill presided.

Informants said the "fire ade" program calls for a mobile strategic reserve ot two British divisions bused on Britain, A fleet of air transports -will be built to fly the streamlined units to "brushflre wars" caused by communist penetration along the peri- mftter of the Red world. The troops would go to such areas as Malaya, which is British-controlled, or to non-British perimeter areas whose governments called for help. Informed sources said Britain has already asked some commonwealth nations for air base and transit rights so the troops could be shuttled quickly totrouble spots. Britain has In mind Using the reserve to defend Southeast Asia against any further communist penetration, Built Airfields for RAF support of the Iroops already are being built In Mfilaya. Four Canberra jet bombers here from troops withdrawn from the Suez Canal Zone.

The strategic reserve for small wars would be part of a British grand strategy which would count on the atom power of the U. S. Strategic Air Force and Britain's own growing A-bomb fleet to keep Russia fearful of starting a. major war. Informed sources said Britain has asked Australia and New Zealand to contribute to the defense of Malaya and Southeast Asia.

The Australian premier was reported to have given his tentative agreement to supplying one or two battalions. New Zealand is alao expected to comply with the British request, but may keep its troops at home on a. stand-by basis to be flown out as needed. EX-OFFICIAL RENAMED; JAIL WALLINGFORD. Feb.

1 (AP) Former i Commissioner Thomas J. Ferrari, released at Christmas time from New Haven county jail where he served part of a three months sentence for obstructing justice, tonight was reap pointed to the board OF Police Commissioners. Ferrari was renamed by Borough Warden John A. McGuire, after tha Court of Burgesses voted unanimously In favor of his appointment. Ferrari sentenced Oct.

28 on a charge of obstructing a police officer in the administration of justice. He was released after serving S3 days. He was accused of attempting to alter an arrest slip of a man who had been charged by Wallingford police with drunken driving. Tha state charged that Ferrari came to headquarters and changed the drunken Driving charge to A lesser violation. Later, however, the charge was changed back to drunken driving and the man was convicted.

Appointment of police commissioner actually Is made only by the Borough warden. However, McGuire put the matter before the Court of Burgesses for approval. MRS. LUCE LEAVES FOR ROME NEW YORK. Feb.

Mrs. CUrc Boothe Luce, ambassador to Kaly, left by plane today enroute will fly there Monday. They will, to Rome after a month's vacation, form the first contingent In a Mrs. Luce left last night but her ual buildup of jet strength developed trouble and return- Thelr first asslgnftwrf T1 ke in support ground troofu munlst guerrillas the peninsula. Troops in Britain already have been earmarked lor the ftre brigade.

Another division is being formed to Idlewlld airport two hours later. She decided to ety overnight and fly out tonight. Oliver Wendell Holmes; famous jurist, fought in the Civil War for three years. From Trinidad, the will turn- in the royul vachl Britannia. Other atopplnp places include Grenada, St.

Vincent, Antigua, St. Kltts, Jamaica and the Bahama H. She If to back to London March 2. U.S. Air Force rrsruc planra c.i- cortrd the Cnnopus on its flight from Cainda WORTH FIGHTING FOR Healthy Homes Make Truly Hap Ever 1855 Fnther JoWa has hrrn in of families.

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said it was an apparent arrldental asphyxiation hv illuminating Kas The bodv was hv Joseph owner rf the apartment building notified Mr Laeporgato a thev ould smelt gas commK from Killen part merit. Mt Lasprogalo entered the apartment with a pnsskcv a er turning off Rns i a ment master Police said the i was used during the lerent rold spell to supplement the steam a the apartment Thev sn'd pun nt water wsa found in the indicating; it was to heen used for purpose todav Police said records lit high school showed the Stem girl left (Incurs eailv yesterday of illness Mrs Klllen and lin rnme heie to In from Westport about A year ago. BILKO SIGNS WITH CUBS Weatport), Gennaro Frate R-Dar, Hilda Clarke (R-Stamford), Beulah Blackman (R-Trumbull), Harold DouRlnsn (R-Greenwich) and Hall Everson, (R- Greenwich! About 35 legislators from 20 shorefront towns were present Democrat is A Democratic' legislator from New Haven countv. Rep Matthew Coyle of West Haven, WB.S some- a critical of Governor Rihiroff for appearing in newspaper pho o- p-raphs while survey ing the erosion i i Mavbe It was a mistake" he said, urging a on-parti sun approach" to the whole problem. Eailiei lodav Senator Theodore 9 Rvan a i minoi ity leader of the Senate, speaking at the weekly GOP.

luncheon In the Ho'el also had fltkized the Gev- erosion a CHICAGO Ffh 1 (L'Pl The Chicago today signed first pitcher Boh Thorpe tn Increase to I 3d the number of players under contract Thorpe 19 won 18 and lost four i ftames with the Stockton Calif club laat season. He had more wins a anv other piteher in organized ha nor din it 32 complete (tames 800 1-3 inntngt He hart an earned mn average 231. Bon-1 ernoi Senator Rvan said that "the Governors are persnadinp him 10 I ovet much toward en ing i a on the issue Pointing a newspaper quotation of the Goveinor's remarks in Milford to the effect that "everv- hodv talks about erosion but no- riodv doen a i i HbouT I and "I I to do something," Senator a said the Goveinor should of the steps taken hv former Goveinor JjOdjfr nnri "Republicans from the a delegation In Congress to com but eroimn. He sstd a Governor Rihicoff, who In "ritusl he an a of the Federal ap- proarh to the program," and also 1 should be nviare that the State 1 had provided t.WO.OOO foV use at 1 HammonaMiet and Sherwood Is- I land parks at last session of the IjegialRtme as part of the pro- I gram. He also UN id Governor last a disposition to Ignore the groundwork laid hv Governor Ixtgf for jolnl New England NEW DATA FOUND IN SERGE MURDER (Continued Page One) blew up during the day, as both women underwent renewed questioning.

Herman said Mrs. Rubinstein saw an ambulance attendant with a brown overcoat over his white uniform before she knew her son was dead. Mrs. Foresta saw nothing more than the butler, he added. Mrs.

Rubinstein, widow of a onetime banker in Czar is Russia, also claimed to have heard angry male voices arguing in her son's bedroom at one point during the night. However, Herman said she may have confused the noise with something she'd heard on another occasion. NORWALK DEFERS ACTION ON MURALS (Continued from Page One) or political associations of their painter. Sayi Mrs. Wlltcox said she was "bewildered" by the controversy, since no magazine or book publisher had ever questioned her political opinions in accepting her work trationa for children's stories She declared that she would be happy to have the board judge her work on Its intrinsic but said "I myself am not on trial and there is no reason why I should be." "I do not consider it fair either to the Board of Education or to me to ask the board to pass judgment on me as well as my pictures," she continued.

"As far as I know." she said, "they have not been ajked to pass judgment on the opinloas of the architect, contractors or working men at the new school. Anyhow, how could the board pass judgment on my opinions, which have never been publicly PXpressH. or on my character, without a hearing'" "However," the artist said, "if the pressure on the board Is such that planning a "long haul" military force or about 2,850,000. The present draft law was passed in June IMS and haa bpen extended several times since then. It applies to qualified men.

between the ages Of IS 1-2 and 2G. They are liable for two years' active service followed by si- years In the reserves. Draft calls ran about 20,000 men a month lst year, but the February and March quotai have been reduced to 11,000 Defense officials said they would continue at the 11,000 level at least until June, barring an emergency. The U. S.

Chamber of Commerce also supported the proposed extension, but. in a statement presented to the committee, asked for liberalization of deferments now- granted to certain typea of workera and students; Chairman Vinson (D--Ga.) eaid he planned to offer an. amendment exempting; honorably discharged veterans with six months or more service since Sept 16, 1944, except in an emergency declared by Congress Assistant Army Secretary Hugh M. Hilton told the committee that, during the next four years, the Army will need a total of 647,000 men from selective service. He gave this breakdown of draft requirements: for the fiscal year" of I9S6, ending- June 30, 1956, 144,000 men; fiscal 1957, fiscal 195g, 170,000 and fiscal 1959, 184,000.

Oafeots List Revised In an executive Order today, President Eisenhower revised the list of obvious physical defects which disqualify selective aervice registrants for the draft. He took the action to reflect the current physical the armed forces require. Murray Snyder, assistant White House Tress secretary, said the President's order would have tjie effect of disqualifying certain. registrants at the draft board level instead of at induction centers, as now ia the case Snyder added that the revision will not result in exempting anyone from service who would not be excluded under the physical standards of the armed services. Under the new order, draft boards can automatically disqualify any registrant who ie less than 5 feqt or more than 6 1-2 feet tall.

Automatic disqualification also is provided in the case of men who weigh less than 105 pounds, except for Puerto leans, Filipinos and others of Oriental descent. Tha minimum weight in those cases is 101 pounds. Draft boards also now can. reject registrants with severe asthma, cancer unless successfully treated five or more years previously, pulmonary tuberculosis -where the disease hag been active within the last two years, and flat feet in some cases, it does not feel free to judgment on mv pictures without passing on me personally. I vull relieve them of any embarrassment bv withdrawing mv sketches." Councilman Peter Leavitt told the board the answer to the controversy wns in themselves and dctlaird that the citv could not afford to turn them down.

A letter was read fiom Dr. Leo H. Herman of 85 East avenue, who urged the piftutps be accepted. Speaking against acceptance of the muials was a spectator, Thomas Kirby DIOR NOT KIDDING ON HIS FLAT LOOK (Continued from Page One) JAIL FARM CHANGED IN HARTFORD COUNTY HARTFORD Feb. 1 Hartford countv legislators at a meeting in the Capitol todav, unanimoun- Iv rejected a proposal to locate a Jail faim in BIoomfiHd The legislator will study a proposal for a jail farm in the Rainbow- section County Commissioner Carpenter, of Br'atoi, said the county commissioners now favor aite in the north-west section of Windsor neai the East Gianby line and the Farnungton Hver The properH consisting of three pa.crls of a totnl of 61 acres, Mr.

Carpenter said, ts owned bv Harry Rchwolsky of Hartford He a member of the Republican State Central eomrsuttee THEODORE H. RIDER, OF GREENWICH, DIES GRKRNWTCH. Feb 1 A loie Rider, 81, of Greenwich, died vMterrtm at a hospital in New Yfii citv A resident of Greenwich for the past tw years Mr Hitler was director of Research for Coty, Inc. He formerly was director of research for in New York and a toothpaste manufacturer He WM a graduate of Tale Rider is survived by his wife, Mrs Edna Rider; two "sons. Thec- Jr and Michael; a daughter, Jeanie Gray Rider, all of Greenw i his mother.

Mrs, Gertrude. Isheled the "A-line," was enthusiastically received by a jam-packed press audience. Much of the ap- plauss wag merited because the models -were expertly put together and eye-pleasing A typical three-piece daytime costume, done both in grey flannel and beige shantung, has a knife pleated skirt, a fingertip length jacket and a sleeveless pullover Suit jack ets in general are hip jpfigth, with four or six buttons closely fitted and narrow shouldered Sleeveless or very short-sleeved models predominate. Shantung, lin- i en and cotton are used In most of the daytime models. For late afternoon and evening, there is a.

-wide variety of soft toned particularly attractive in silk organdie Much attention Is to thn vouthful, fullBkntPd, flowered organdie aftetnoon dress and to thft short evening dress Materials for the latter are often ds 'elaborate embroidered and jewel encrusted satm.i as those -usually seen in trie 'most formal -winter ball gowns. Dior uses "A-linc" to describe the newer silhouette because the flare of the skirts given more of 1 triangular shape than laat season's "H-line" De Glvenohv a lot of attention to in his new collection. On- of the first models this afternoon was an eve-catching sleeveless round necked crusaders doublet of three-quarter length, worn over a fitted, collarleM Jacket anrl straight skirt. Hi also a number of Bertha collars on coats as well as suits and dresses LENGYEL PARENTS OF I development of an atomic eneriry Rid-r Harpham of Akron Ohio. program foi peacetime purposea I ar-d a stepsister.

Mm Artemis Calif held and an i ion lo redit for himself on -the for legislation in that field Strong of Sintft Psula Funeral will be Thursdav in the Chapel Chrlit Reiterating Republicans will here Burial win he private. Capt end Mrs Joseph W. of Ft Knox, Kentucky, arr the pai- ents of twin daughters, born terday morning in the hospital at Fort Knox where Capt Tjcng- vei is stationed Mrs. Longyel is the former Ann MacTaggart, who WAS associated with C. Wettinfion Walker, Bridgeport architect The maternal jrra.ndparents are Mr.

and Mrs. Andrew MaCTaggart of 108 avenue, Devon, grandmother Mrs. Btta of W04 Main street, Long Hill The children, the haw named Cheryl Ann "nd Pairim Ann..

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