The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

LAST EDITION ttfttR FIVE CENTS VOL. 52, NO. 251. CONNELLSViLLE, SOUTH COXXELLSA'ILLE. SCOTTDALE.

MT. PLEASANT, SATl'UDAV I SEPTEMBER -1, 1954. TWELVE PAGES. Filipinos Assured U. S.

Will Fight If Communists Attack By ROBERT U.O1CK. i i i i Press Staff Correspondent. MANILA Sept. 4. Secretary of Stale John Foster Dulles that the United States would fight assured the Philippines todr.v should this country ever be attacked by Communists Dulles gave this assurance as a seres of i i a talks between the United States and the Philippines opened this mormnfi, iwo days before the start of Monday.

the Southeast Asia defense conference on said. I wish to state in the most emphatic terms Uiat the U. S. will honor fully its commitments under the a defense treaty," Dullct the Philippines were attacked, the United States would act immediately. President of the United States has ordered the Seventh Fleet to protect Formosa from invasion by Communist aggressors.

In the case of the Philippines, no specific orders are required. Our forces would automatically react." Dulles' statement sought to case Filipino fears that the United States might not come to this country's aid if it were attacked. The military talks aimed at netting a guarantee of automatic assistance from the U. S. in case of aggression against the Philippines.

In reassuring the Filipinos, Dulles said that in case of war the. United States could take "the offensive against points of its Any U. S. help would be given under terms of the Philippine- American Mutual Defense Pact. This provides that the U.

S. will consider an attack on the Philippines a threat to its own security. In such an event, the U. S. would take action "in accordance with its costitutional processes." PRESIDENT PLEADS Buskin, Perry-Lower Tyrone FOR By United Press.

i mostly ing motorists apparently the "Os the eastern i were heec.iin° safe-driving pleas Nation and ranged into irom President Eisenhower a i and Gulf afcty officials- today as Labor states It was gs at Kansas Day week-end, traditional 1 a Mo. of the summer, began. A developing storm i light and Fairs Will Be Held Next Week The President issued a ppcal Friday mote mts Minnesota and fool the experts" after the a mal Safety Council predicted 390 ersons would die on the Nation's Ucets and highways from 6 P. Theie was some cloudiness and i to midnight Monday. indicated the a i and in the Pacific i but were gener- reports indicated a i a lcmpCTauu cs in President's warning was i n.g 60s edcc 1 The NSC's a i i prediction Up to 5 A.

M. (EDT), only twoj-pppcscntcd a i eduction fi om the accidental deaths weie reported, estimate of iccent years. A coun- Both were a i fatalities, one spokesman said the a i in Colorado and one in Georgia. ath rate has been declining in Pleasantly cool weather and 1954 compared i last year, Troutman's Store Has Grand Opening Thursday Morning Workmen engaged in the re- odclmy job a de- pal linont store are pushing haul a i completion date of next Wednesday night. The reason is a NEW SUMMER COTTAGE WITH I The a i wiU net a next week in northern Fayette county when the two of four will be The 2 in a a Bullskin i i Fair and Farm Products show i Tues-dav and continue through the re- a i of the Pleasant a i a Hall and its grounds at Wooddale, closing a i a i This show is under sponsoiship of the a Grange i Fair Assoc i a i The a a Pel ry-Lower rone i Fair, which i be hold in school i i and vocational a i i i jat Peiryopoh.s, i a i Wodnesdav and.

i through Salurday. i The a a i Fair is scheduled for Ihe I i a Aris i i and a and surrounding grounds at i September 15, Hi, 17 and 18. 1 The i a i sponsoi its a a community fair at the i a a on Friday and Saturday, September piessing one The "grand opening" of the city's only department GREEK CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE WILL By United Press. I I Sept. 4.

0 Eighl days ago, bus i Otto air skies helped most of the Na- i a a i has shown a slorc schcciulcd for a Ti bought a summer' lion enjoy its last summer holiday. Conuniicrl on Page Two looming. September U. a at i a i Beach, Troutman's oflicials have plans i. ACC I A A A to make the opening a Thci was bt ort i a Carol LADUK I a in the history of the throush New En i land.

There i be formal When Tn.schelh drove to the Crowds i i culling of a ribbon Eiakt Injured As A Two Autos a i a i 50,000 Top Chinese Leaders Meet; Reds Threaten To Bombard Island NO PAPER MONDAY Monday being Laboi Day, there will be no publication of The Courier. i i i a i be awarded. i A heaclon auto crash in the early) One whole floor of the Troul-j f)l WO W66KS holiday week-end a i rush ma" i i has been added to, yeslerdav afternoon 1 1 1 0 "store, space." Partitions, five Conncllsville arca people a i formerly divided offices on, Ihrcc members of a Clairton, the i floor have been removed now devol- TA1PEH, Formosa, Sept. American officers were killed in the Chinese Communist shelling of Quemoy Island Friday, Nationalist headquarters here announced today. A spokesman for the American Advisory Assistance Gronp on Formosa made the announcement.

The names of the dead officers were withheld pending notification of next ot kin. No further details were immediately available. TAIPEI, Formosa. Sept. 4.

-Top-level Nationalist i leaders held two urgent meetings today on the growing Communist against the bombarded Nationalist island ol Quemoy. Unconfirmed reports said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek" attended the second meeting. emergency conferences were mad- known amid reports, that the Chinese Communists had massed 100,000 troops along the Fukien coist on the mainland near the little bastion of Quemoy. Bis Communist shore guns bombarded Quemoy a two other Nationalist islands in the arca less than 15 miles from the mainland with "thousands" of shell; from Russian-made artillcr- ry pieces on, the coast and Communist-held islands adjacent to Quemoy. "It is most unlikely they would have moved in so much arliller hlnr 70 for nothing," a Nationalist UI6S 01 man said.

"We are sure that some- NEW ENGLANDERS FACE BLACKOUT IN WAKE OF STORM PRESIDENT MAKING AIRPLANE TOUR OF DROUTH AREAS DENVER, Sept. 4. President Eisenhower look off at 9:26 A. M. (EDT) today for a one-day plane tour of proposed reclamation projects and drought areas in four Western and Great Plains states.

And, although the tour was billed as non-political, the Presi- BOSTON, Sept. Thousands of New Englanders today faced a Labor Day week-end blackout as damage estimated mounted steadily in the of hurricane Carol which claimed 66 lives Tuesday. President Eisenhower allocated 500.000 in Federal disaster for Massachusetts but distribution was held up pending further instructions on proper use of the money in hurricane relief. The smashup occurred on Route A ncw loo has bcen 880 West borough a new a i i added; old 5-20 P. M.

a Both vehicles dcpa tmonts relocated. The remodeling (ask, in its final stages, arc listed as a total loss. Most seriously injured of local people is Hugh a a 58, of Uunbar. A passenger in an auto driven by John A. Smarto of 303 West Fayclte slreet, he fered injuries to the head, Icfl arm and left knee.

Authorities at 1 Homestead Hospital put his condition down as "just fair." Others taken to the same hospital were: Marie Dunaway, Housing Projecl, Abductor 100 Miles By United Press. PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4. for of peliial Help which opened week ago today and will close Monday a The pilfii image is made to Ml. Si.

Macrina a Unionlown where the Sislcrs of Si Basil the Great are located. Visitois are expected from i i a every parl of the United Stales and Canada and there i be i from the A a i a i in chartcied a Herring is president ot Perry-Lower Tyrone Comm i Fair Association and hij aides include James Swartz, vice- i Clem Swiantek, treas- uu-r, and Joseph J. Haller, secretary. The Pcrryopolis a i will officially open at noon Wednesday exhibits will be received and they may be placed until 8 P. M.

the 20th a a i fi all home economics and vegetable exhibits will ake place Thursday while the lorseshoe pitching contest will begin al 6 P. M. for three cash irizes. A log sawing contest is 'isted for 7 P. M.

and all con- will i be finished in i young bride of two weeks was or (he i i ceremony, abducted and forced to drive to Cambridge. Ohio, early loday by a man who leaped inlo her automobile when she stopped to ask directions lo Greater Pittsburgh Airport to meet her sailor husband. A i i said the girl, Mrs Barbara Lang. 25, of Homestead, UNIONTOWN, Sept. 4--A a a a terrified but a a Early Model Autos On 450-Mile Tour buses.

A a i procession i be held at 8:30 o'clock tonight a which there i be the reci- a i of the Rosary and nn English sermon by Rev. Thomas a of Pcrryopolis on "Our Lady of the Rosary." Solemn high masses i be held Sunday i i ii memorial service at the cemetery on the premises in the after- by a heavy turnout of Republican candidates and party leaders al! wrist and hand, left knee and ribs. the three airports where his plancjshe was treated and released to away 27 19 Veterans va carly m0d a harmed i the wild 100-rnilc noon i a a i light procession iorf i i and chuficcd out of Un- ride. al'cRCd abductor, a a a i a a a in the cvc- injuiy 10 I i i i nn i nwn i nn (ho Href lor nf rharloc Nnnnnn 2.1 Cnm- will put down in Colorado, Wyoming and Mr. Eisenhower was accom- return for X-rays.

Dunaway. 33. her husband, lacerations of face, injury yanied by Secretary of Agricul- to lcft wrist a abdomin a a i iontown today on the first leg of Charles S. Noonon, 23, Cam a two-day tour which will cover 450 miles through western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia. bridge, suffered fractures of both ankles and other injuries during Mrs.

Lang's escape. Ohio State Police Sgl. S. F. Mc- Secretary Douglas McKay and a host of Agiiculture and Interior Department officials on the trip After, a parade through down-l sa i tyi rs Lang at first was town streets, the cars a blc to give a coherent account ning.

Monday, the concluding dny of pilgrimage, there will be a solemn eucharislic procession and a benediction at 2:30 P. M. in charge of Very Rev. Daniel I a bishop of the Greek tcslanls must bring their own aws. There will be three cash awards.

An auction sale of maked is listed for 0 P. M. An ice cream a i demonstration is ilso planned. There i be a pel show for children 12 years of age and under 't 6 P. M.

Friday and prizes' will 3e awarded. There will be a concert by the high school band under he direction of Laddie Griglak on school grounds at 7 P. M. A a tractor driving conlest is listed for 7:30 P. M.

and a tractor Hilling contest for 8 P. M. Clem Swiantek will be chairman of the contcsl, assisled by Paul O. Ltico ind a Luce. The a a square, dance will be held in Ihe school gymnasium at 8:30 P.

M. Removal of exhibits will start Continued on Page Eleven. TM.iejr i--. presidential a tne col- Mr. Eisenhower was expected lo announce allocation of funds for Rhode Island as soon as civil defense teams recommended a specific amount.

Thunder, rain and hailstorms Friday night set utility back 24 hours in their far-flung repair projects. Earlier, the New, England Telephone Telegraph' Company had expected to complete communication repairs by Labor Day night. umbine. Fenlon Praises Act Parting Mine Bureau And Regional Office factory Marie Palko, 28, 427 Brown'Parkersburg, W. Va.

JMorganlown, Clarksburg a iCatholics of the i i Dioc- streel, Evcrson, lacerations of face, bruises. She was admitted and listed as ''satisfactory." Smarto, 23, driver, lacerations of eye, chin, left knee and pos- rib fractures. Treated and released lo return for X-rays. rest The drivers al Parkers- Mrs. Lang said she was i hcr husband, Boal- burg.

swain's Male a Lang, I was arriving by a in esc. Al Ihe 10 A. M. Mass a i Rev. Vernon F.

Gallagher president of Duqucsne University will preach in English and Rl Frank Ruff Parker, Former Scottdale the situation. There was no indication vci uc life-ling resident of I I I I a 1IU i a i i in-n-. .1 what measures, if any, the U. sJScoltdale. died Friday night al Rev.

vicar Msgr. Nicholas general of lhc More ancient cars will i i 5 on a i a i a caravan at Parkersburg for dcslr Conc a Nor final leg along the western shore 1 of Ihe Ohio River. group i J. ajd she became confused avon diocese of Pittsburgh, i rosary, began Fri- T. Elko Byzanline I 0 TM" I to the a i a In All named above were ot Marietla, ZancsviJle, Cosh- slol3Dcd "ask directions at the ers in IHe Smarlo vehicle.

and Millcrsburg of Routcs 22 30 a i a evening and will conclude al John Wallace, driver of Ihe sec-'hcadmg for Washington. Pa. The Li nc lne i ond car, of Clairton, R. D. 2, will disband at the Greene WASHINGTON, Scpl.

admitted with left wrist and rib County Fairgrounds in Waynes- Ivor D. Fcnton (R-Pa.) praised an'fractures. He was listed as "jusl'burg. Interior Department action which fair." he said will divorce activilies Wallace's Iwo daughters, Belly, 1 the Bureau of Mines in and Jean, 17, were admitled West Sunda Bishop WL.SL. i bureau's regional office al Pills- Iheir condition was described as burgh.

He said all anthracite work! West i i borough police a ngfC after will be under direct control investigating the crash which Ihcyj As Pachuco Suspect of the bureau's Washington office. Fer.ton termed this "a grcal vic- said occurred on a three-lane: highway. It is believed both By United Press. Noonon leaped into the car. "He just opened door and jumped in," Mrs.

Lang said. "I was Mrs. Lang said Noonan was not armed bul forced her "wilh Ihreals" lo drive lo Cambridge. Near Ihe Ohio cily, Mrs. Lang said she forced Noonan from Ihe car.

However, she Inlcr said Noonan gol oul al a mole), laking the kcvs to Ihe ear wilh him bul Ivancho will lead lion. in its rccita- lory for the snthracile'induslryjwcre in the passing lane and trav-j PITTSBURGH, Sepl. 4. arid Ihe people dependent upon i i in opposite directions. tcen- for a livelihood." He said the ac c- said that in addition to the Labor sign of the i lo lock the ignition.

I She said she sped away and tion climaxed a seven-year cam-iDay holiday, the Allegheny arrested as a loiterer here paign on his part. Seventh Fleet 'was ta'k'ing in i face of the now Red threat. A For TMW vcars group of American officers stati on Quemoy as advisers. Military spokesmen refused to disclose the effect of the Communist bombardment. he was engaged in business with his father, John Sterrett Parker, and a Harry, under the trade name of J.

S. Parker Company, a dry goods store. Mr. Parker was active in civic affairs. He atlended lhc Scolt- dalc public schools, Duff's Iron City College in Pittsburgh and! W.

College. He was a mem-' bcr of the First Presbyterian, Church and a charter member of B. P. O. Elks No.

777 of Scottdale. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sept. American Air ForcejOlive Anderson Parker; two sis- Air Force Technicians Freed by Communists Now in Philippines CLARK FIELD, -Philippines, Frcmce, Tunisia Open Conference ty Fair which opened this wcekiJusl 10 minutes ofler he i added to the amount of traffic and hiked into Pittsburgh from Tal- 'increascd road hazards in a where he recently i was released from a correctional 'inslilulion. In addilion lo lhe.Pachuco mark- area.

Noonan was injured trying dang on to the car. GE-IUEW Pact Grants 80,000 Nickel Raise NEW YORK, Sepl. 4. A a i of the General Electric Company and the Inlcr- i a Union of Electrical Workers I signed a new contract i i an average five cents increase and olher i lo some 80,000 workcis. POST OFFICE 1IOUKS FOR LABOR DAY NOTED FILHO BRAZIL'S NEW PRESIDENT TUNIS, Tunisia, Sept.

Hospital William Chambers of Postmasler Charles M. F. RIO DE A I Bra7.il, ings police said the youth, Donald Announced today a Labor'Sepl. 4. Joao a Filho took Con- J.

Clinc, also boie numerous a a September fi--will over his duties as the 17lh presi- Bey of Tunis opene a historic con- nellsville, R. D. Alfred tattoos on his hands, arms and be observed as a holiday by the denl of Brazil the republic fcrcnce between France and Tu-'Dunbar, R. D. Mrs.

Jane Giob-jchesl, including a French phase 'local Post Office. There will be nisia loday aimed al eventually bi, Dunbar; Mrs. Thelma Evans, meaning "child of misfortune." this protectorate morc'scoltdale; John M. Lowry, Con-1 -rule, 'R. D.

Mrs. Belly) New Query: What's Bunsln? carrier service, cither in the was established in 188fl. Cafe look the oalh of office of- icily or on Ihe a routes, and no ficially Friday at a ceremony bc- window service will be rendered. Despite a recent outburst of ac- Bernardo, 613 Snydcr strcel a 1 NEW ORLEANS, Sepl. 4.

A 1 The lobby, however, will be by fanalical terrorists a A Shcplcy, 309 Brashear woman called the U. S. Wcalhcr open from 6 A. M. lo P.

M. Tunisian officials were slrccl, Brownsville, have been Bureau here Friday and asked for Special delivery and perishable clearly oplimistic about the ne- admitted to Connellsville Stale "the mosquito forecast for will be promplly delivered gotiations. 'Hospital. Miss." upon a i a at the office. fore a ioinl session of Congress, i i i his accension lo lhc post he assumed a a i a when the late President Gctulio Vargas rommillcd suicide 10 days ago.

technicians released by. Communist captors in 'Indo-China arrived here today. ters, Miss' Jane Parker and Miss May Parker ot Scottdale, a Clyde OFFICERS OF CONNELLSVILLE COMMUNITY FUND 11 cse children, John Clyde of The Americans who were frccdjGIIipolis, Ohio, Mrs. Gertrude on Tuesday after more than two Earhart of Bainbridgc, Mrs. Paul- months in Communist hands were Porter of Scottdale, Miss Dor- taken to the base hospital at Clark thy Jane of East Lansing, Field for a complete medical check-up immediately after they Frank Ruff, of Steubenville, Ohio, and Albert Anderson of arrived.

Mich. When the Indo-China Commu-j The body is at the Murphy fu- nist radio announced their re- me ral home in Pitlsburg street loase. it attributed lo the the funeral service will ne cans stereotyped phrases of praise for the Reds and statements saying they received good treatment. held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in charge of Rev. Charles E.

Haninett. Burial will be made in Scottdale Cemetery. The Weather Fair, high in 70s today; fair, low 53 to 58 tonight; Sunday rather cloudy, a bit warmer with scattered showers likely is Ihe noon for Western Reeoftf. 1951 195.1 84 9" fifl 74 72 88 weather forecast Pennsylvania. Maximum Minimum THREE BIRTHS AT HOSPITAL One girl and two boys were born at Connellsville State pital as follows; Daughter, to Mr.

and Mrs. John Laws, Normalville, 11:40 A. Friday. Son, Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Sherwood, First street, South Connellsville, 11:45 A.

M. Friday. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bell, Mount Pleasant, R.

D. 2, 5:08 A. today. REPUBLICANS REGISTER 152 Republicans increased I i area regislration advantage in Friday's at the East Side Fire Station. The GOP added 152 persons while the Democrats enrolled 10R.

There were 50 changes of addresses. Registrars will be al Ihe fire station i 9 o'clock tonight, providing an opportunity for district citizens (o qualify for a vote at November 2 election. A today, it will be necessary lo go lo the courthouse at Uniontown to register. September 11, however, is the deadline for registration for the balloting. Lawrence M.

P(aadl Retired Treasurer Of Bryce Glass, Dies Special to The Courier. PLEASANT, Sept. 4. Lawrence M. Pfaadt, 73, of 234 Soulh Church street, retired treasurer of Bryce Brothers Glass omp.iny, died at his home at 4 o'clock this morning.

He was a member of the Reunion Presbyterian Church: master and member of Marion -odgc No. 5(52, Free and Accepted Ma.sons ot Scotldalc; Tall Cedars of Lebanon of Dcrry: Caravan Eight of Grecnsburg; Uniontown of Perfection Xo. 77 and Syria Shrine of Pittsburgh. Mr. a was director of the Mount Pleasant Building and Loan Asso- mtion and a i i i mcmocr of Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fira Department and a member of B.

P. A. Elks No. 868. He leaves one daughter, Mary Elizabeth a a at home; two sons.

Captain L. R. a a now stalioned in Yokohoma, Japan, and William at homc, and one grandson. His wife. Mrs.

Margaret i a Pfaadt, died in 1938. The funeral will be held at lhc Rigss funeral homc at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. son Wiley i i a i assisted by Rev. J. E.

a a of Scottdale. Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Auto Saftfy Tip Leading MRS, HfcffcEt vember, and the confidence of son who made a contribution contributors rests upon the prcs- to the fund during the preceding tige and inlergrity of (hose busi- campaign was entitled to cast ness and industrial leaders. a ballot, Gerharl M- ing preparations for its annual I jl last I was elected president. Dr.

iiftaftcia! Campaign ift i It City Hal! at which arty N'ed Culler lirst MR. WAMELS are citizens of officials of Community Fund which is mak- Here's a safety tip from (he Ameiican Automobile Association: The slowpoke is just as dangerous as the speed demon. Charles E. Daniels second vice- Craddock, Mrs. Abe 1.

Dan- mg along at a snail's pace president, James M. Driscoll iels, Charles E. Daniels, James forces the other drivers to M. Driscoll, Mrs. Joseph M.

take you, sometimes with Forejf, Rev. Robert C. Miller, astrous results. Drive your cut Dr. Pollack and Carl F.

snch a manner that you PACE WITH TRAFFIC MR. DIHSCOU, secretary and Mrs. Jean A. Hetzel treasurer. Directors chosen fvr lerms M.

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