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ft FINAL EDITION EVENING The Weather Few scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunder showers today and, Wednesday. High Yesterday 83 Morning Low Hourly Temperatures 1 3 4 5 8 1 II 1 1 87 fiS 65 64 S3 C4 7t 74 78 80 81 84 (Complete Forecast en Pag 3) OIL AIBO VOL 79 NO. 35. Tele. 3-441 1 -Classified Only 3-851 1 Price 5 Cts.

TWENTY-FOUR PAGES ORLANDO, FLORIDA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 27, 1954 will iTiTyop Vd.ll vU (Q)SL(C- ark Lake Public Boat, 1.6: 1 WW: Swimming Site Offered County commissioners today agreed to hard surface a road from Hwy. 50 to Lake Apopka in return for a public park and boating land site on the lake. Octane Row Brings New Bids Request A high octane argument today caused Orlando Utility commissioners to ask for new bids on a quarter million gallons of gasoline for trucks and cars. And another hitch developed when bids were opened for a standby electric unit for Florida Sanitarium and Hospital. Farm and Home Machinery Co.

bid $4,522 for a 50-kilo-watt gasoline unit. The next low bidder, Florida-Georgia Tractor with $5,000 for the same make unit, asked for a study of its competitor's bid with regard to specifications. Commissioners left the decision to a plant engineer. i IV syr. VV'- i George Daniels of Oakland told the commissioners he could obtain a deed to a site WELCH DISPLAYS PHOTOGRAPH Joseph N.

Welch, Army counsel for the McCarthy-Army hearing, today displays a photograph at the Washington, D. C. hearing showing Army Sec. Robert Stevens, Pvt. G.

David Schine and another unidentified man. Welch said a photo presented to the hearing yesterday by special counsel Ray Jenkins was a "doctored" version of this picture. AP Wirephoto. 150 feet along the lake front and 400 feet deep if given assurance the road would be built Stirs Hornet's Nest This site, adjacent to an 80- foot right-of-way strip owned by the city of Oakland actually will provide a 230-foot park. Citrus Men Name Lesley To Top Job John T.

Lesley, Tampa, man Didn't Fake Photo, Colin Tells Probe Roy Cohn, counsel to Mc The gas hassle started when bids were opened for a year's supply. Called for were 180,000 gallons the figure was estimated at a meeting to run or more with a minimum octane rating of 86, to be delivered to the utilities tanks. Orlando Fuel Oil with a ager of the Florida Citrus Exchange, was elected president of the Florida Council of Farmer Co-operatives today as the Orange County home economics teachers at dinner last night to meet Miss Ruth Hogan, cooking school instructor. Talking over the dinner menu are, left to right, seated, Mrs. Ruby T.

Church, Mrs. Mary Sue Grinan and Miss Hogan. Standing are Mrs. Virginia S. Prentice and Whittle.

WHEN COOKS GET TOGETHER What is the topic when home economics specialists get together? Food, of course. As a preliminary to the opening of the Sentinel-Star Cooking School tonight, Reed Whittle, president of Central Florida Gas Institute entertained "It's too wonderful a. site to pass up," Commr. Jack Mo Dowall said in urging immediate action by the board. He was backed up by Commr.

Jimmy Cooper who made an inspection of the site along with McDowall last week. Provide Police City water and power will be available for the park and Daniels said the city also would be able to provide police protection to the area. Part of the proposed road soon will be paved by the State Road Dept. and commissioners agreed to complete the link just as soon as funds are available. W.

L. Minster and a group who said they were representing local taxpayers told com Carthy, was called to the witness chair and acknowledged he had supplied the photograph to Ray H. Jenkins, special counsel to the Senate in-' vestigations subcommittee. But Cohn said he did not know the picture had been "cropped" or edited, and argued that it was irrelevant anyway. Welch announced "the official photographer" who took the picture for the Army at WASHINGTON UP) Disclosure that a photograph of Sec.

of the Army Stevens and Pvt. G. David Schine, provided by the McCarthy camp, was "cropped" from a larger picture stirred a roaring row today at hearings on the McCarthy-Army dispute. Army Counsel Joseph N. Welch called it a "doctored" photograph, a "trick" and "shameful." Sen.

McCarthy snapped that Welch was "lying." two-day meeting of the group in Orange Court Hotel drew near conclusion. Others elected were Marvin Walker, Lake Wales, Florida bid of 20.925 cts. a gallon, including state taxes, was low bidder according to specifica Experts Open Cooks' School McGurie Air Force Base, New Jersey, is being called to Washington to tell which of the two For 4-Day Run tions. The federal tax of two cts. doesn't apply.

But before the bids were all open, Clyde C. Reveal of Standard Oil Co. was pointing out that his gas was 90.5 octane. His price was 21.0283. Carl A.

Schultheis of Pure Oil, with the same price, commented that Standard was only a few days ahead of the other companies and that they would all have higher octane gas. Citrus Can-ners' Co-opera-tive; W. E. Rheney, Homestead, i e-president of Florida Tropi-c a 1 Fruit Growers Assn: Aubrey Fowler, Live Oak, secretary- i Tonight is the night. At 8 p.m.

at Municipal Auditorium pictures is "the driginal. Welch's statement set off an uproar. McCarthy, Welch and some of the senators all sought to get the floor at the same time, and McCarthy and Sen. Symington Machine Firm Names Ward New President Election of C. F.

Ward. to the presidency of American Lesley treasurer of the North Florida hate Bulletins DICKENSON'S MOTHER HAS HEART ATTACK WASHINGTON INS The 46-year-old mother of Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson suffered a heart attack today while attending his Army court-martial trial. See story on Page 3.

The mother, Mrs. Van Buren Dickenson, went into a semicoma and was trembling violently. WOOL AMENDMENT SCUTTLED WASHINGTON The Senate defeated today an effort to extend rigid Govt farm price supports on major crops for a year through 1955. By a 48-40 vote, it scuttled an amendment to a special wool bill offered by Sen. Ellender D-La and a group of other farm state lawmakers.

YASMIN GETS MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT NEW YORK (J) Movie Star Rita Hayworth and her former husband, Prince Aly Khan, today reached agreement on custody and financial provisions for their daughter, Yasmin, 4. Aly's lawyer, Charles Torem, indicated the prince was setting up a fund of about $1,400,000 for the child, at the rate of $100,000 a year for 14 years. DEAN JOILNSON GROWING WEAKER Dean Melville E. Johnson was reported "very low" at Orange Memorial Hospital today and his family was called to his bedside. Hospital officials said his condition is growing steadily weaker and he is in a coma most of the time.

D-Mo flared at each other, "Oh, be quiet," McCarthy snapped at Symington who was pounding on the table with his fist while trying to get word in. Angrily, Symington retorted Machinery Corp. and the resignation of J. Gordon Johnson, president of the firm since its inception 25 years ago, were announced today. Johnson will remain on the board of directors and retains his full interest in the company.

The changes were announced following a special meeting of the board of directors at the Fairvilla plant. that "I haven't the slightest in tention" of letting McCarthy shush him. Pure Oil had already upped the octane but hadn't advertised it, he added. Commissioners got into a spirited discussion on whether a high octane gas was more efficient for trucks. Chmn.

E. A. Stebbins, Lincoln-Mertfury dealer, was called on for his opinion and said a truck engine was built for low octane gas. Mayor J. Rolfe Davis cited the city's experience with high octant gas and felt it was worth a price differential, he said.

He added, however, that he didn't favor awarding the present bids on that basis. He made a motion that all bids be tossed out and new ones requested for higher octane gas. The motion passed. Ray H. Jenkins, special sub committee counsel, said Cohn had provided the picture and called Cohn to answer ques tions about the alleged "doc Production Credit all of whom were elected vice-presidents; Al Whitmore, Orlando, secretary; Paul Simmons, Lake Alfred, Growers Fertilizer Cooperative, treasurer; and Dr.

E. W. Ned Cake, Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Florida, executive secretary. The conference concludes this afternoon with addresses and panel discussions. Elected directors yesterday were Fowler, and alternate Ed Dukes, Palatka; Ed N.

Butler, Live Oak, and alternate Jack Matthews, Trenton; Lesley, and alternate John Nelson, Umatilla, and Armour Johnson, Plymouth, and alternate A. V. Saurman, Clearwater. Husband Freed In Wife's Death John G. Cisneros was freed missioners that prevailing wage scales were not paid by contractors on the Lake Silver and Pineloch elementary schools and urged the board to see that the state law be followed in construction of a proposed juvenile detention home Cites Code Minster also said the plumbing contractor on the Lake Silver school did not follow the apprenticeship code.

William DiaL attorney for the board, told Minster county commissioners had no jurisdiction over school matters and if he had a complaint the matter should be taken up with the school board. Commissioners also received a complaint from Sam Murrell that the clerk of criminal court and the clerk of circuit court were charging different fees for preparing copies of transcript in court cases. He urged the commissioners to take some action on the matter but the board, following a long practice of not interfering with the duties of elected fee officers, declined to do so. Dial suggested to Murrell that if he was not satisfied he could file a law suit and obtain a ruling. toring." In an unusual move, Jenkins asked to be sworn as a witness, i This was done and he testified: 1.

It was his impression, WP Vi; Miss Ruth Hogan will lead a capacity audience down the road to adventures in foods at the 1954 Sentinel-Star cooking school. On stage in front of her cooking-conscious crowd, Miss Hogan, with assistance of her aide, Miss Caroline Marshall, will whip up no less than 10 tantalizing dishes to tempt the palates of her audience. Tonight's is the initial session. The cooking school continues each night through Friday. Last night the home economics teachers of Orange County were introduced to Miss Hogan and her assistant at a dinner given by Reed Whittle, president of the Central Florida Gas Institute.

The Gas Institute, along with Publix Markets and the Orlando Sentinel-Star, co-sponsors the four-day all-gas cooking school. Among home economics teachers attending last night's dinner were Mrs. Virginia S. Prentice, Mrs. Lorena W.

Hendry, Mrs. Ruth Murdock, Mrs. Mary Lucile Bone, Mrs. Marjorie H. Brinkley, Miss Elizabeth Yancey, Mrs.

Ruby T. Church, Mrs. Ernie M. Starr and Mrs. Mary Sue Grin-nan.

Mrs. W. E. Hendry, foods supervisor, Orange County Schools, was also present. All indicated they would attend the sessions and urge their pupils to also attend.

On stage tonight Miss Hogan will whip up such mouth-watering dishes as simmering braised short ribs, scalloped potatoes with frankfurters, buttermilk veal steak, a beef roulade and oatmeal refrigerator cookies. Many valuable gifts will be when he questioned Stevens about the photograph, that it depicted the secretary and Schine "alone." 2. But he could not recall whether he got that impression from Cohn, from examination of the "cropped" photograph N. Korea Asks Vote To 4 Unify' Country From Wire Dispatches GENEVA North Korea today proposed that Korea be unified by a general election to be conducted along the lines which Russia proposed for Germany in Berlin last February. The Russian plan on Germany was rejected by the West.

In other action. South Korea told the Geneva conference Johnson 4 Ward Ward has been with Amer Reds Wound U. S. Airman HONG KONG UP! An American civilian pilot flying supplies to besieged French Union forces at Dien Bien Phu is the first U. S.

casualty of the ican Machinery 10 years and has worked in various capact itself, or from members of his own staff. ties from cost accountant to 3. He would never, in any it opposes simultaneous with- circumstances, tolerate introduction of spurious evidence or documents of any kind. After Jenkins testified, the hearing was recessed until 1:30 from jail today after a coroner's autopsy disclosed his wife had died of natural causes. Cisneros, 40, of 35 E.

Orlando was jailed yesterday after his wife, Regina, 34, was found dead on a couch in the living room of their home. Coroner E. G. Duckworth said Mrs. Cisneros died of lobar pneumonia.

No inquest will be held. p. m. Market Report A meeting was scheduled, meanwhile, for 1:10 p. m.

in the office of Chairman Karl E. NOON STOCK QUOTATIONS Cent comptroller, the position he has held for the past year. He came to the company from the Kaiser Oakland, Calif. He has spent considerable time in Liberia on a large engineering and construction project. He attended the University of From small beginnings more than 25 years ago, American Machinery has grown into an important factor in the manufacture of food processing machinery for the packing and canning of fruits and vegetables.

Its products are sold in nearly every state and many foreign countries. During the war the com nt Harv bloody battle for that Indochina fortress, officials of Civil Air Transport said here today. The flier is Paul Robert Holden of Greenleaf who suffered severe wounds in his right side and right arm when Communist anti-aircraft fire hit his plane over Dien Bien Phu. CAT officials said Holden's condition is serious but not critical. Holden is the third listed American casualty of the eight-year-old Indochina war.

Meanwhile, the long-awaited See MCCARTHY Page 3 Georges Bidault conferred with Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov in what might be an attempt to get the critical In-dochinese problem put ahead of the Korean question on the conference agenda. 3. French sources disclosed that France last week asked the United States for immediate aerial aid in Indochina, including robot missiles.

Otherwise they felt it would be impossible to save Gen. Christian de Castries and his brave gar- 3 Mi 51'8 28Ta 397. 34 Cresge tSS) Cress SH jehman Cp Jgz My jockh Aire joew's S6. Car Windshield Pitting Strikes Orlando Area Affil Eq Alleghany Aliis Chal Am Airl Am Baker Am Can Am Smelt Am Sugar Am Am Tob Armour Atchinson Atl Line Atl Refin Bait Ohio Beth Stl Burl Mills Cater Trae Celanese Ches Oh Chrysler Coca Cols drawal of "United Nations police forces" and Red Chinese troops from Korea. In a speech to the first working session of the 19-nation conference on Asiatic problems South Korean Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai said such a withdrawal "would be like a burglar dropping his criminal weapon on condition that the policeman be disarmed simultaneously." These other developments occurred before and during the second day's meeting of the delegates: 1 Britain refused to join the United States in immediate action aimed to save the battered French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina.

Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons in London that Britain "is not prepared to give any under- 165 jorillard 16Ti jOU Nash 9 (vlongt Ward 95iiurphy 103 jvlurray Cp 33 Vash Keif 19'iUat Cyl Gai 63 -J at Stl 11 50 4l Packard 16 enney (JO 34 Mor given away each night of the rison oeing sapped within a narrow circle of death under cooking school, including 25 I baskets of groceries each pany's production was nearly 100 pet. for the armed services and included bombs, rudders Communist guns. big season monsoon rains hit Indochina today as French and Vietminh artillery kept up their violent duels across the battered ramparts of the besieged fortress. Colgate Palm 44 Radio Cp night. Each woman attending U.

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The Orlando case was reported by Airman 2C Edward Gingras of Pinecastle Air Force Base. Gingras exhibited tors for the Chemical Corps oi each of the 35 dishes which and many other items. The into the twilight zone of bel-1 1 .11 1 1 1 II liserencv. reauirine onn- wm ue piepireu uy iue ported. Like others throughout the nation, he was unable to explain their appearance.

In St. Petersburg, William A. Ross said drops of a heavy colorless liquid fell on his windshield while he was driving. When he wiped the liquid off, pits appeared in the glass, Ross said. Various theories ranging from radioactivity to grits to gremlins have been advanced and discounted in the case of dubious dimples.

But neither automobile owners nor scientists have come up with an acceptable explanation. company recently completed contracts with the Ordnance Corps for 60 mm and 75 mm gressional approval. He told f. fP5 from the Na. tional Live Stock and Meat the French the administration shells.

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Livingston Our Showroom and Lots Open Evenings and Sun. (after Church) Geneva." He did not say what an emergency "common de- Comics 18 Obituaries 19 a dozen tiny pockmarks which he said were not there prior to yesterday's rain. He first noticed the newly-made pits, this morning, the Mineville, N. airman re I Comic Dictionary HUSBAND The legally appointed audience for his wife. would happen if Geneva fail- fense arrangement," separate Cross.

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