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A OtMjnd Tribune, Tufahy, Upt. 6, 1955 Russia Hurls of All U.S. Release Citizens Keaeiionary ONCE AROUND THE WORLD Shaky Peace in IsraelEgypt I JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 Israel and Egypt struggled today to maintain a shaky peace along the tense Gaza frontier. I -j Israel apologized yesterday for the only clash reported alone the border since both nations renewed their eease- State Dept.

List of 41 Names Given Red Chinese Thought to Be Too Low ft ,1 vf 'MvSvi'X i Sept. SV-V-The State DepartmenV today hailed red Chma's announced plans to free nine de; tainid Americans possible first step "in the 'return pfc all the Americans in China.f i i i A department spokesman said officials here checked by telephone with- Alexis' one of their patrols had crossed into the Egyptian-held Gaza strip Sunday night "through a mistake." Egypt said the patrpl of20 soldiers opened fire on an Egyptian outpost. Two Israelis were killed and a third taken prisoner in the ensuing clash. The Egyptians said they suffered no casualties. They returned the two bodies to Israel yesterday.

The U.N. Egyptian-Israeli armistice conmission held the longest meeting of its history After 14 hours it I vA Mima IMS, PfcM "Well? how did you enjoy our first day of school, Mom? Blast afNixon Trying to Upset Big; 4 Trend, Pravda Accuses MOSCOW. Sept. 6 The Soviet icommunist party newspaper Ipravda says Vice President Nixon is "one of the American reactionaries' trying to reverse tjie trend established at the suijnmit 'conference in Geneva. i Pravda said yesterday Nixon's speech Aug.

29 to the of Foreign Wars in Boston was "permeated with a spirit of in tolerance and attacks against the USSR, the (communist) people's republic of China and the peoples democracies. The I Pravda I article was the strongest attack-on a U.S. Gov emmerft spokesman in the Soviet press since the July Big Four meeting induced a more moderate tone in political com ment tj "I SHARP, CONTRAST The! blast against Nixon con trasted) sharply with the Soviet papers previous publication without comment Of excerpts from President Eisenhower Philadelphia speech in which he said, the United States would not agree to perpetuation of the division of Europe as the price of the peace it seeks, Pravda said the Soviet Union has been making great efforts since the summit -meeting to les sen international tension, it cited the announced demobil ization jOf 640,000 members of the Soviet armed forces and sharing of atomic knowledge as exantples. i The newspaper continued that certain 1 reactionary Americans were trying to reverse the Ge neva trend despite the fact "President Eisenhower said it was sin historic meeting and good work was done there." FABRICATIONS' "Nixon was not loath to give currency again fabrications of cold war proponents, who long afcd lost moral and political such as the story about a fantastic Iron Curtain of 'barbed wire, prunes. and machine guns' with which the USSR and the peoplejs democracies) allegedly have willed themselves off or the legend about communist subversive activity and espion age," Pravda added.7 The two "fabrications'' cited by Pravda were among five road blocks to world peace Nixon in Boston; said only the Soviet lead ers could remove.

Holiday Auto Toll 47 in California, 438 for Nation By the Associated Press speeding car with his red light and siren on. He was Deputy Sheriff Alfred Shepard, 28, whose ntome was at King's Beach. I The other deadr John T. West, it, of 626 Lar- kin St- San Francisco. 1 Peter J.

Jelmini, 61, of Fresno. Caldwell Tyner, 57, of Fresno. Billy E. Guenther, 24, a Sailor killed near Salinas. Raymond T.

Roudebush, 54, of Whittier, killed near Fresno. Robert I Smith, 32, of Al- hambra, killed near Susanville. Eugene R. Larson, 21, of Co- tati, killed near Santa Rsa. In Oakland, two separate traf fic crashes injured nine persons, two of them seriously.

Deputy Sheriff Shepard had been assigned to the area at the north end of Lake Tahoe only two weeks ago. His permanent home was at Colfax. KILLED BT BUS West died under the- rear wheels of a Greyhound bus he had been trying to catch as it departed from the depot in Sausalito. A passenger on the bus said he saw West run into the side of the vehicle Jelmini lost control of his car in West Fresno as he rounded a turn. The car overturned and struck a tree.

Tyner died in a collision on Highway 466, 20 miles east of Paso Roblles. Guenther was crushed against the back of the car he was push ing on Highway 101 south of Salinas when another car struck I him, It was not immediately known where he was assigned Roudebush died in the wreck- State Ready Sou AT Wlraykcto BISHOP WALSH Free to Leave China i 1 1 "i rnnn in3 rn ii i nnaiiy rreea WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 Bishop Edward Walsh, given permission to leave red China, whenever he applies for ato exit permit, was the first American Roman. Catholic bishop for, China. He was consecrated on Chma's Sanchian Island Mav 55 1997.

In April, 1948, he accompanied Francis Cardinal. Spellman, Archbishop of New York, to Melbourne, Australia, for" a Catholic anniversary celebration The bishop, now 62, is a mem ber of the Catholic Foreign Mis sion Society of America, popu larly known as the Maryknoll Fathers from their headquarters in Maryknoll, N.Y. IU MAX Catholic Bureau in Shanghai in -Tun 1Q.S1 4Tia nmmiintat. dered" Bishon Walsh in remain in the city pending an- investiga tion. The bureau was a central ized advisory board, with duties- similar to those of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in the United States.

A year later the bishop was reported under "surveillance" in 'Shanghai, being denied an exit permit XT i nuuuuj was iicaiu- ironi mm for more than a year, when a Canadian leaving red China reported the bishop was keeping busy and had not been further molested by the reds. A French nun released by the communists last March said she had recently talked with the bishop; who told her: "It looks asr if I will be staying in China a while because am an American." PLIGHT TOLD An account of the bishop's pri vations was given last May by the Rev. Charles Meeus, a Bel- secretary who was permitted by the reds to leave China and reached Hong Kong. Father Meeus said Bishop Walsh was living in cramped quarters and shaving with 5-year-old blades. "The bishop leads a life of piety, numnieness, ana frugality, and is- known as the 'Holy American' to the humble Chinese in Shanghai," Father Meeus added.

The bishop was described as living with three Chinese priests, with whom he had to in Latin since they all did not speak the same Chinese dialect. He is the only American Cath olic bishop now left Western Envoys Visit Russ A-Uriir MOSCOW, Sept. 6 UFi-A nartv of amhassarlnri nf fh Western Powers, led by Charles E. Bohlen of the United States and Sir William Hayter of Britain, were escorted today on a tour of the Soviet Union's atomio power station iear Moscow. THE COUNTRY PARSON vvnen veryrning seems to against you, ramambar alrMlan 4alr tM 'against nw wina, nor wim n.

qht Pleasant Valley Court Fights Change of Name Wait and See, Captain Says Of Princess LONDON, Sept. 6 "Wait and see" was the cryptic reply from Group CapL Peter Townsend last night to questions about himself and Princess Margaret. The 40-year-old Royal Air Force flier was the center of attention at a cocktail party at the Belgian Embassy because of long standing reports linking him romantically with the 25-year-old sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Townsend returned to Brit ain yesterday for the first time since last September. Princess Margaret is vacationing at Balmoral Castle in Scotland with other members of the royal family.

More New Laws To Worry You SACRAMENTO, Sept, 6 Here are some of the 1,986 bills signed into law by Governor Knight which become effective at midnight tonight: Liberalizes the teachers retirement program. Creates the job of Auditor General to be appointed by the Legislature to audit State accounts. Makes it a misdemeanor not to remove hinges and door latching before abandoning a refrigerator or ice box. Spares television sets from attachment provided a claim for i i rxompuon nat oeen maae. Changes Nov.

11 from Armistice to Veterans Day. Amends jurisdictional strike act to exclude company unions from definition of "labor organizations." AGED, BUND AID Qualifies some inmates of public institutions for aged or blind id. I Makes eligible for aged aid aliens how have lived in the United States 25 years but who have, been disqualified because of race or national origin. Declares it a crime to have hypodermic needle or syringe in possession, with some exceptions. Specifies that orange drink must have at least 30 per cent orange juice.

Authorizes liquor to be served aboard airborne planes with meals. Requires county central committee members to take loyalty oath. Prohibits feeding of uncooked garbage to swine. Holds mother criminally liable for wilful failure to provide for child where father fails to. Characterizes as separate property earnings of husband after "unjustifiable abandon ment by wife and prior to her offer to return.

7 CHECK CHARGE Increases from 25 to 35 cents maximum charge for cashing check of $100 or less. Sets SI 80 State college fee for out-of-state students. Ends rental fees by State Lands Commission for private recreational piers. Directs community chests, Red Cross and Salvation Army to file financial reports with State Department of Social Welfare on charity collections over $25,000. Requires public to obey orders of firemen on the job.

Permits employers to make deductions from employee's wage for health-welfare or pen sion fund. You'll be entitled to wreck your own car without an auto wrecker's license if you don't wreck more than three vehicles within 12 months. That's good to know? And, speaking of wrecks, dont drive in the ex treme left lane of a 3-lane road; thats another new law. nORROE COMICS BAN Junior may not like, it, but Tuesday is the last day he can buy crime or horror comic books in California. Effective Wednesday, 1 sales of these comics to anyone under 18 is forbidden.

Of interest also to the 'teen-age set. it will he a violation for minors to be Increased State revenue is pre dicted as the result of the Shell Cunningham Act 1 which opens State oil tidelands to wildcat ting. State purchasing procedure is completely revuea oy anotner 1.W Liquor taverns stand to lose licenses it they allow the premises to be used as a hangout for narcotics addicts or peddlers, pimps, panderers or sexual per Terts. And State liquor agents will have full police powers while in liquor establishments jonnson, negotiating with the red Chinese at Geneva. Hf said Johnson confirmed the reported red Chinese offer to free nine Americans immediately.

t- Officials checked their files for home towns and next of kin of? the U.S. citizens expected to 00, freed. There were no U.S. addresses in several cases. NtJMBER IN CONFUSION jThere was some (Confusion, to, over the total number.

Nine persons were listed" by the communists as free to jjeave any tine, two others whenever they apply for exit permits and an other whenever he settles his affairs estimated by the reds to take two or three months. The department haf presented red China 'at Geneva with a list of 41 American civilians adr mlttedly held by, thi red Chir The department empha sises, however, that it believes th)ere are others. I Of the 12 names given out by the red Chinese today, 11 are listed theState Department as' being unable to get exit per mits. Mrs. Marcella Eileen Huizef was born Marcella Eileen Muni? sterman at Walcott4 Ind.

The State Department had no other information on The reds said her husband is Peter Huizer, Dutch manager of the Shanghai branch of the Bank of America. jp BUSINESSMAN INCLUDED I A businessman listed by the if- Ss reds- as free to leave when settles his in two or three months was r1 named as Charles Sydney Miner. The department said his home is Ta koma Park, a suburb of Washington, D.C Miner represented several American business interests in China for some years. He rep- relented C. V.

Starr of New York, publisher of i the Shane haj Evening Post and the Chung? king Mercttry, when they suspended publication in Juh4 1945. I Workers of the suspended Shanghai paper barricaded Mfiier in his downtown officf and held him prisoner there for 29 1 hours. They claimed the paper owed them back pay. Thjis was the time when reds were sweeping over and American owners of other enter prises confronted with similar demands for back pay said it was simply a case of demand; ing tribute. The United States protested what it called tardy action by the communist gov ernment in halting mob vio lence at the Shanghai newspaper building.

I DRESSES UNKNOWN I the An gelina Barry was said by the de partment to be 10 yiprs old. No S. address was available. Ge neva information was that her mother is a whifl Russia, Neither was there My U.S. ad? dress or next of for Mrs.

Nadeshda M. Romanoff of her daughter Irene, whese age was given as 15; nor Ralph Boyd or Eva S. Dugay (Sister Theresa, a Carmelite nun). The communists gave Boyd-s home town as Washington, D.C, and" Sister Theresa's as New York City. The confusion 6ver home towns is understandable.

Many of the 12 persdns I have" spent long years abroad, as mission aries or businessmen, while their home ties withered. For example, Hi; Parker Js listed as a native Philadel phia, but he has spent the past of his 82 years iq- China. WIFE OF CHINESE I Mrs. Juanita Byrd Huang 4s listed as wife of a Chinese and a- teacher. Her home town is given as.Mount Olive, Miss.

Mrs Howard L. Ricks is understood to have been born at Shanghai in 1894, her husband at' Bos epbel, five earlier. I One name left off the list, when today's red Chinese an nouncement is compared with State Department records, is that of Mee Sem a Chinese-American who returned to China and who recently has been seeking an iixit permit, er case was taken up at Geneva but, because of her. Chi nese ancestry, it may. have been Sidetracked.

li if i l' Mystery Man Says Reds Insisted He Is American BERLIN, Sept. 6Mm A tery man released by the So viets as an American said to day his real namewas Klobitz and that he only posed as an American because: the Soviets insisted he was one. The mystery man, with pierc ing blue eyes and a small mus tache, was turned over to U.5 authorities yesterday under the name of Frederick M. Hopkins ox New York Cityi Two Amer ican soldiers wera released it the same time. ruled that both nations had ad yio- la ted their 1948 armistice, Red China Revolt TAIPEL Sept 6-4 An official Nationalist Chinese newi ageney reported today that more than 3,000 persons are tn active revolt In the northwestern areas of Hunan province on the communist Chinese mainland.

Blast at Consulate ATHENS, Sept 6 WV A stick of dynamite exploded early today in the yard of the Turkish Consulate at Salonika. The incident occurred as unrest increased in political quarters here because of a statement by "Turkey's foreign minister in Loifdon that Greece must pre vent on Cyprus "if they want peace in the east Mediterranean aod if they want continued friendship with Tur- key and Britain." Amnesty for Reds SINGAPORE. Sept. 6 UTi I David Marshall, chief minister of the government of Singapore, announced today that his cabinet intends to offer an amnesty to communists in the colony. New Jordan Plan BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept.

6 UFi Eric Johnston, President Eisenhower's, special envoy to the Middle East, today announced new concessions to the Arabs in arr attempt to win their support for a plan to develop the Jordan River valley. Johnston has been trying to get the Arabs and Israelis to agree since 1953 on a plan to develop the Jordan valley by an irrigation and power network to increase the productivity of the area. Johnston said the plan had been revised to meet Arab de mands for greater storage of water in the Yarmuk basin of Jordan and Syria. Truce Teams Retire SEOUL, Sept fi Poles, Czechs, Swedes and Swiss of Korea's controversial truce inspection teams withdrew today from two Sooth Korean ports of entry and reduced their strength at three others. New Argentine Law BUENOS AIRES.

Sept. 6 Uft A bill authorizing President Peron to postpone until mid-1956 the touchy question of separating the state and the Roman Catholic church in Argentina became law today. Morocco Formula ROME, Sept. 6-MJR Peace in strife-ridden Morocco is still possible if the French will ne gotiate with "a truly Moroccan regime," independence party leaders said today, Top men of the big Istiqlal (independence) party have as sembled here for secret policy making talks. They are opposed to Sultan Mohammed Ben Mou-lay Arafa, who declared last night he would "continue his divine mission" for Morocco.

"His mission never has been divine," said Mohammed Al fassi, cousin of Istiqlal leader Allal El Fassi, in interview today. "Certainly it has never had the blessing of the Moroccan people. Our people have never been behind him. Paul Muni to Hare Operation on Eye NEW YORK. Scot.

6 Wl Veteran actor Paul Muni under goes eye surgery today for an ailment that forced him to withdraw from the hit Broadway play, "Inherit the Wind." It Was reported Mini would suffer the loss of his left eye in the operation. Specialists who examined Muni after he left the play last week reported that he had a tumor of the eve. Mount Sinai Hospital said the operation was scheduled for early afternoon. Muni had complained for sev eral days before he withdrew from the play of failing eyesight and was reported by friends to have been in severe pain. Coin.

Dial Phone YORK; Sept. 6 First coin operated dial telephone was installed in New York in 1927. Abbott; Venue in Doubt age of his car which spun out of control on Highway 99 south of Fresno and hit a palm tree. His wife and 19-year-old daugh ter suffered serious injuries. CRASH AND FIRE Smith was killed when his speeding car overturned and burned on Highway 395 east of Susanville.

Larson died when his car went out of control and hit a tree south of Santa Rosa. A passen ger, William Reynolds, also of Cotati, suffered serious injuries In the Oakland accidents, the mother of a family of four chil dren suffered a possible skull fracture when a car driven by her husband, Stitch Short, 39, a Navy machinist's mate, collided with another vehicle' at 150th Ave. and Foothill Blvd. I Mrs. Short, 41, her husband, and children, Brenda, 11; Stith Jr Sarah, and Hunter, 2, were removed to the Oakland Naval Hospital.

Short and -the children suffered minor bruises. heir home is at the Alameda Naval Air Station. BUS AND CAR MEET jShort car collided with an aiito driven by Lewis Fogle 49, of 2137 Lincoln Ala meda. The other accident took place at Broadway and Manila Ave between a Greyhound bus with 22 passengers and a car driven by Jess Troxel, 24, of 445 Oakland Ave. I Troxel was not injured but his passenger, Jim Snelling, 24, of 2815 Market suffered a possible skull fracture when he Was pitched to the street.

No one in the bus was injured to Try stead the defense counsel Is expected to make two motions, one is to set aside the ldictment on grounds of insufficient evi dence and the other is for change of jurisdiction. Date for arguing such motions would be sejt in about a week. Asst. Dist. Atty.

Folger Emer son will be in court ior. uie Drosecution when the case is called before Superior Judge Donald K. Quayle. pHe weht to Alameda this morning on what his office de scribed as a "routine" visit. This afternoon he is to go to Berke ley to discuss aspects of the case with Berkeley Inspector Charles upneara.

JAIL CONFERENCE I Abbott's attorneys, Stanley Whitney and Harold Hove, paid a Labor Day visit to their client in the Alameda County Jail, remaining wit him for some 40 minutes. HoVe spent 10 min utes with Abbott this morning. Today was Visiting day at the jail, and Abbott's wife, Georgia, and a neighbor, Mrs. Betty Jo Pfeifer, of 1544 Bay Alameda, called, Mrs. Pfeifer is the wife of Jack Pfeifer, a ma rine master sergeant.

Coakley had no comment on whether or not Mrs. Elsie Ab bott, "Tnother of the defendant, will be called before the grand jury. Previously her reputed story to Berkeley police of find' ing the girl's purse in the base ment of the Abbott Alameda home was termed vitaj but she went into seclusion and did not respond to a grand jury sub pen a. Mrs. Georgia Abbott reported finding the 14-year-old Berkeley girl's purse in the Abbott basement July 15.

Other belongings were found there andxfive days later the child's body was found across the road from the Abbott cabin near Wildwood, Trinity County. I Eight additional traffic deaths in i Northern California took place yesterday as thousands of vacationing motorists streamed home from their three-day holiday weekend. The fatalities brought to 47 the number of persons killed on California highways since the Labor Day weekend began at 6 p.m. Friday. In addition, 16 drowned and 15 died in other mishaps.

Across the nation, safety of ficials predicted that when the final figures are totted the 1955 weekend toll will be the worst in history. Reports trickling in showed 438deao in traf fic accidents, 80 drowned and 90 met violent death from mis cellaneous causes for an overall total of 608. LAST REPORTED The last of the Northern California deaths of the holiday period was that of a Placer County deputy sheriff, killed early Aoday near Tahoe Vista at the North end of Lake Tahoe when his car went ou of control while was chasing a directly affected. "We have never been advised officially that the name has been or is to be changed. This district has been as Pleasant Valley for over 40 years even before our homes were built here, and street names of 'Pleasant Valley Courts' have been used ever since this tract was opened.

"The name 'Pleasant Valley Court' has been used on city maps for years and also appears on deeds covering property in this area. To drop the designa tion of 'Pleasant Valley Court' now is unnecessary and would result in much inconvenience and confusion to interested resi dents, and would bring no com pensating benefits. We are proud of our Pleasant Valley Court and like the name and can see no good reason why it should be changed. The petitioners noted that the court branches off Pleasant Valley a two-block long street connecting Grand Ave, and Mather and that the name Pleasant valley Ave. still remains.

The Key System station in the area is named the "Pleasant Valley Station," he said. S.F. 'Suicide7 Turns Up in Sonora Jail A San Francisco cab driver, who left a suicide note ir. his auto parked on the waterfront last week, turned up very much alive today in the Tuolumne County jail in. Sonora.

I Donald R. Higginbotham, 31, of 270 Fair Oaks Sai. Francisco, disappeared last Friday. His auto was found parked near Pier 9 and in it was a suicide note addressed to his wife, Ula, a telephone operator. Today, San Francisco police received call from Tuolumne County Sheriff Donald Vars, informing them that Higgin botham was being held there and asking if he was wanted by San Francisco police.

San Francisco Police Inspec tor Edward OUaire said Hig ginbotham would be returned to -San Francisco to be ques tioned about the fake suicide and also to face a bad check charge. Residents of a tree-lined horse-thoe court -at the head of Piedmont Ave. have petitioned the Oakland City Council to make jthe city engineering department take! down the "North Court'l and "South Court" signs put up! there 10 days ago and replace jhem with the old "Pleasant Villey Court" sign. Thejpietitioners claim! the tract of 40 homes has been known as Pleasant Valley Court since a tract jrriap was filed with the Alameda County Recorder on Oct. and that the street is eo identified on original maps and deds.

-j However, City Engineer John Morin! Contends that the official name the street has always been iNorth Court and South Courtj although residents have apparently always called it Pleasant Valley Court He said it wojuld require a city ordinance "change" the name to Pleasant Valley Courtj CHANGES IN DEEDS The; petitioners said that if the Pleasant Valley Court name is not 'returned soon, they would have to change all their deeds, insurance policies, credit cards, letter heads and other" docu mental and re-register to vote. Thev said ithev would also have t4 notify the Veterans Ad ministration and the Social Se curityj Bureau of the name change; in order to prevent delay in the; of checks. Second class mail addressed to them Would go undelivered, they said, rid they would have to write to all magazines they subscribe to, notifying them of the change. I The petition, filed with the clerk bf the City Council, reads -we, the undersigned property owners, request that the streets known1 as Pleasant Valley Courts north and south remain as Pleasant Valley Courts north and south as Shown oh the orig inal bounty maps and property deeds 1' CALLED ILL ADVISED Mrs. Worth H.

Alexander of the Pleasant Valley Court Prop erty Owners said in a letter ac companying the petition: Wej the property owners of Pleasant Valley Court, feel this action by the engineering department was unnecessary, ill advised and was taken without consulting with or considering! the interests of the people most Alameda Dist. Atty. Frank Oakley said today he could be ready to put Burton Abbott on trial Thursday when the 27- year-old U.C. student is due for arraignment in superior court for the kidnap-murder of Stephanie Bryan. "We'll be ready to go to trial Thursday and we're going to oppose any motion for a change in venue or to set aside the in dictment on ground of insuffi cient evidence, he said, "We are satisfied that the evi- dence (in the grand jury tran script) is sufficient to substan i tiate our indictment.

UP TO JUDGE He added that the court could determine any of the ten counties through which the defend ant passed as having jurisdiction according to a section of the penal code. The decision is en tirely" up to the judge. Coakley said should the case be transferred to Trinity county, where the girl's body was found near the Abbott vacation cabins its officials have two alterna tives if their financial and per sonnel resources are not deemed adequate. One is for the case to be transferred to any adjoining county that can handle it and the other is for Trinity officials to call on the Attorney general for assistance. Coakley said that should the trial be transferred "we'll do everything we can to assist them." DEFENSE SECRETIVE The adjoining counties are Humboldt, Mendocino; Shasta, Tehama, and Siskiyou.

Abbott's attorney, Stanley Whitney, refused to disclose his plans for Thursday's thrice- postponed arraignment, However, court attaches pointed out that normal pro cedure for such arraignment is for no plea to be entered. In.