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SIOUX CITY, IOWA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, PAGES. f. 1 4 i j' CENTS' Vv Quits Search for French Submarine avy ADLA1 TO SPEAK FOR HIS SEGPiET i i in Mediterranean; Lists 48 ABoard 'Lost' I Z-J i Blasts. Services Slightly Too Large i or the Bean Pot it had been attached to the su-dersea dangled loose in the water, mute evidence that the Si-bylie may have dived too deep, burst before the men could escape and plummeted to the bottom from which- it probably never will, be "salvaged. The navy ministry in Paris save no indication that sabo- tare was suspected.

A spokesman said that, while the cause of the accident way never be known, it presum- ably was "the result of dam-ate to the diving mechanism. Toulon, France. (AP) The French submarine Sibylle trivcn up as lost French navy said it must have hurst under terrific pressure, during a dive, carrying its 43 officers and meni to certain death in 2.1 00 feet of water off the lUvier.i. men Tile l.tJCO-ton sub made its ill fated dive Wednesday during the French naval maneuvers In the Mediterranean and never came tip again. An intensive air and sea search throughout the night final ly was abandoned after searchers found a huge oil slick and debris where the vessel six miles east of Cape Camarat, near the Riviera resort of St.

Tropcz. The submarine's safety buoy was found, but the cable by which for Cojpipe ting' iiiBiiildup Baltimore. fAP) A pneked' hall cheered Hen. Dwight Eisenhower Thurs-' day night when he assailed th nation's military progranii and promised a government that "will see to it that America 23 safe." An overflow crowd of inore than. roared approval P.

presidential nominee appealed for a ha-lt tg what "he a 1 1 "stop-and- start planning." 1 it 1 Eisenhower called, unification of -the armed services a. virtual -fail- ure. He opposed universal military training while the draft is-in op-- Gold Cargo Worth $300,000 Vanishes from Airport Shed A $300,000 treasure of" newly Canadian gold has vanished from an 'unguarded wire-mesh safety cage at nearby Maltoh airport while awaiting shipment by plane to Montreal. Attendants said the cage door was protected only by a padlock. No trace of the gold had been found more than 24 hours later.

The cargo shed where the gold had been taken and deposited by Brink's armored car guards had been broken into twice recently, eration. He charged there is a "famine or feast: policy toward the tary which haslencouraged a fren- zied iarms expansion withdis- order-and duplication and waste. The greatest applause came 'when he turned his criticism the; democratic administration and called for a change in Washington. ,1 ne was interrupted by ap- plause 25 time? in blsi 23- minute speech. Two nightjr ago, Gov.

Adlai Stevenson of Illinois- Eisenhow -er's iiemocra tic rival for the presi- dency, spoke from the same plat- form in the Fifth regiment armory to an estimated 8,500 slightly less than the seating capacity. Ending a day of whistles-stop- ping through West Virginia and Maryland, EisenhoWeY said -in a-' Mrs. Andrew T. Ferguson, Providence, R. housewife, has discovered that advertising adjectives sometimes mean what they say.

Last sprinjr she ordered some seeds which the cata logue described as "gigantic butter beans." This, specimen from the crop they produced seems to justify the description. It measures inches and weights 12 pounds. (Av" Pv' wirephoio.) speech here that real unification of the armed forces has not yet i Besides the skipper, 32-year-old Lt. Gustave Pierre Curot, the vessel carried four other officers, nine officers and 34 men to their watery grarve. Loss of the Sibylle was the worst submarine disaster since Britain's Affray sank in the English channel in April, 1951, carrying 75 men to their death.

A total of 306 French lives have been lost in eight major submarine disasters since 1905. Tjhe laat previous French disaster occurred almost at the same, spot in December, 1945, when the "23-26" sank with the loss of 22 lives. The Sibylle 198 feet long with six 21-mch torpedo tubes, a 4-inch cannon and a. 20-mm. antiaircraft gun was loaned to France by the British on a four-year basis last July under terms of an Atlantic pact agreement.

BUDGET HEARING SET OCTOBER 10 Protest Over Council's Figures One of Five to Be A protest against the city's 'proposed 5-million-dollar budget for 1953 will be aired before the state appeal btoard in a hearing here October 10. The Sioux City hearing Is one on a schedule of five to be con ducted by the board in the second week of October, according to the Associated Press. The protest against Sioux City's proposed budget was filed August 29 by a delegation of 122 taxpayers, who asserted the budget was "unreasonably high, unlawful and in parts unexplained." Opposition to the budget was spearheaded by the Woodbury County Taxpayers conference, whose secretary, William J. McGlone, has said the budget could be trimmed by at least $200,000. Members df the appeal board are Glenn D.

Sarsfield, state con troller; C. B. Akers, state audi tor, and M. L. Abrahamson, state At the hearing, the petitioners will bear the burden of proof on any proposed item in the budget which was included in the budget for 1952 and which the protesters wish to reduce or exclude.

Similarly, the city council will have the burden of proof to show that any new item in the budget or any increase in the budget is necessary, reasonable or in the interest of public welfare. Other hearings on the sched ule of the appeal board are: At Albia, October 6 a com plaint against the budget for Monroe county. At Mount Pleasant, October 7 protests against the budgets adopted by the New London and Salem school districts, both in Henry county. At Deloit, October J) involving a complaint against 'the budget drawn by the Deloit school board of Crawford county." Sioux Gtyans Bask in Indian Summer's Heat; More Coming Sioux Cityans received a dose of Indian summer Thursday as the meFcury climbed to 86 degrees and set fall fashions back a month. The weather man promised more of the same today, predicting continued fair, and mild weather with a top mark of 78 degrees.

The early morning low today was figured to be 43 degrees. Thursday's. 88 was warm, but missed byj 7 degrees matching the all-time record for September 25 The mark of 93 was recorded in 1897. i A clear, mild weekend appeared likely the weather man said. Youth, 16, Gives Self Up After Stealing 2 Cars Cheyenne, Wyo.

A 16-year-old Lincoln, Neb boy asked authorities in Cheyenne Thursday what he should do about stealing two automobiles. The boy, a tall, slender blond, told police he took a car in Lincoln last Sunday and drove it to a point near Hamburg, la. There he abandoned the car and walked into Hamburg where he took another, entered a house and obtained $12 in cash Police Chief Bill Lane said the boy landed in. Cheyenne Wednes day evening and apparently spent the night the car. Thursday morning the boy went to i-aramie county weiiare au thorities, who called police.

vmer xane saia onieers are checking the boy's story with Lincoln authorities. "Mussolini Kin to UTed isieor uapri. me mar riage of Raimonda Ciano, grand daugnter ot Benito Mussolini, to Alessandro Guinta of Brazil will take place October 25, in Rome it was announced here Thursday. The bride-to-be is a daughter of Countess Edda Ciano, widow of Mussolini's foreign minister who was executed by Italian fascists after he turned openly against Mussolini. STATE PAYROLL 'Will Have Something to Manager Assures Sprinsrfield, 111.

(AP) Gov. Adlai E. Stevensons campaign manager said Thursday the democratic presidential nominee "will have something further to say'' about the con troversial fund set tin tio supplement the pay of Illinois state officials. Wilson Wyatt. the Stevenson manager, told a news conference about the governor's plans after the camp of his republican op ponent for the presidency, Gen Dwight Eisenhower, had charged: "Apparently the democratic nominee has something to hide regarding the fund.

Wyatt was asked for comment on that charge by Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire, Eisen hower's political chief-of staff. "I have no comment, Wyatt replied. He added, however, that be saw the governor a few minutes be fore the news conference, and that Stevenson told me he willhave something further to say." Stevenson has defended use of the fund, saying it enabled him to bring into the state government men of "real competence who otherwise "could not afford to leave prmte employment Won't Give Names But he rejected demands that he name donors, to the fund and Questions about the Illinois fund were put to Wyatt as he announced that Stevenson is planning campaign tours taking him into 11 southern, rnidwestern and western states between October 7 and 18. Wyatt also sketched Stev-ensons travel plans for the period from mid-October until election day, November 4.

Wyatt, in response to questions, said he had.no information as to when Stevenson will speak out again on the fund, or as to the nature of the forthcoming statement. The campaign manager also said he did not know whether Stevenson had been told about Adams statement 1 Asked whether he had dis cussed the Illinois fund with Stev- renson. wyau replied: "Not in anv detail." He declined' to talk about what was- said. Earlier, Senator Russell Long, Louisiana democrat, conferred with Stevenson and told newsmen afterward he 1 (Long) believes G. O.

P. vice presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon did nothtnr "in any. way dishonest in accepting an political expense fund. Long said lie did not discuss the Nixon episode with Stevenson.

Nor was there any I discussion of the governor's Illinois fund, the senator added, 1 At his news conference, Wyatt was asked whether Stevenson was abjmt" the troversy thellllindikv fund hajs stirred. i "You obviously- ire concerned about everything that comes up in an election campaign, Wyatt replied. "But any talk about would only i be reading, something into it i i I "He obviously would not be making a further statement if he didn't1 regard it of sufficient importance." i Ini reply to further juestions, Wyatt said he did nbt know what Stevenson's reaction Iwas to Eisenhower's statement I Wednesday night that Nixon hid been completely vindicated in connection with the, senator's acceptance and use of an $18)00 lund provided by California Andy. Wyatt said he had no comment on' the Nixon matter. As for Stevenson's travel plans, Wyatt said the democratic nomi nee will campaign five days October 7 through 11 in Michif gan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida andi Tennessee.

These states have a' total of 84 electoral Votes. From October 14 through 18, the governor will be bidding for support in Utah, Washington, California and Texas. They have 69 electoral votes among them. On the trips, Stevenson will make about 30 speeches, about 10 of them major addresses, Wyatt. said.

He also announced that a major speech at Minneapolis on Saturday (October 4) has been to the itinerary. The governor leaves Friday for an afternoon speech in Evans-ville, and an evening talk in Indianapolis, where he will discuss ment 'economy govern- Furnace Ideal for Them London. VPh Women's hats adorned with lumps of coal were introduced as the latest thing at a London fashion show Thursday, The hats, designed by French-born Mile. Simone Mirman, fea tured uneven chunks of anthra cite about three times the size of sugar cubes set in shocking-pink silk. With, announcement that "the Sibylle must be considered as lost," navy headquarters at Toulon began notifying the crew's next of kin, many of them residents of this southern port city.

French navarl craft will gather Friday at the spot where the submarine wlnt down to pay traditional tribute to the lost seamen. Wholesalers Show Opened by Governor (Picture on Page 10) Gov. William S. Beardsley' of Iowa highlighted the opening of the fourth annual Wholesalers and Manufacturers exposition Thursday at the municipal auditiorium with an evening address after participating in an impressive afternoon ribbon cutting ceremony that officially got the 1952 event under Aproximatelf. 12,000 visitors from the Siouxland area viewed the- many exhibits and demonstrations throughout the afternoon and evening, on the first and second floors of the audi torium.

Sponsored by the Exchange club, the" exposition will continue through Sunday with doors to open free to the public from 1 p. m. to 11 p. m. ea.ch day.

''Gateway to North west' In his evening address Gov. Beardsley called Sioux City "the gateway to the great northwest" and the commercial, financial and educational center for great four-state area." Then, he added, in Iowa live in the heartland of America the most favored land in the world. We have theigreatest farm ing land on eafth and a mighty. industrial "We have everything, In fact, needed to improve the lot of humankind," the governor continued. "But we need a peaceful world, he went on.

"If we can win the peace to enjoy all these fine things, we will accomplish -the major problem before us and the world today. Gov. Beardsley opened the ex position in the afternoon after a 'parade of officials and the Morningside college band through the business district to the auditorium. He also was guest at the Exchange cluVs noorf luncheon at the Martin hotel. Day Today Both floors of the auditorium are covered with exhibits by manufacturers, wholesalers, re tailers and groups such as the national guard and the Redi Cross.

Special exhibition features in elude a cooking school, baking contest and sewing school. Today will be women's iday at the exposition with the first 1,000 Women to arrive at the auditorium to receive red roses as gifts of the sponsoring club. A square donee will be held Saturday night and a talent show Sunday night by the Murrayettes as features of the exposition pro Awards were announced Thurs day night for the top booths with first place going to the D. K. Bax ter Co.

exhibit, second to the Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers of Sioux City and third to Storz Beer Co'. 1 The ludcine committee was headed by Leo Chokin. E. C. Peterson and Cliff Kil Strom are cochairmen of the ex position.

Next Time, the Mayor ft lit OtlU VTf ILUMfiiJ Hastings, Eng. The mayor of Hastings, H. W. Rymill, and an official party boarded the United Scales destroyer Keppler off Hastings Thursday to say hello. But waves in the harbor sud denly, got so big they couldn't leave by their regular launch After being stranded aboard the ship for three hours, a lifeboat put to sea and brought the off! cial party; back to shore.

TivoClwices Remain Qpen onBaseHere iwo pains leaamg to tne pansion of the City air force base remained open aftes Gov. William Beardsley told city nd Chamber of Commerce of fir! cials Thursday that a special session of the state legislature was not feasible. The city and chamber officials had asked the governor to call-the special session before the regular January 2 meeting date to pass legislation, enabling i the city to purchase 1,600 acres of land for expansion: of the a ixbase. After the conference with the governor officials said they st01 nad two cnances; first of which will be to the" state attorney general, 1 Robert Larson, for an opinion, on the question "Can the city legally issue bonds -to, expand an airbase if it plans to use the -expansion jointly with the airforce?" New York Trip Likely Gov, Beardsley suggested that the groups request Wallace 'w. Huff, county attorney to ask the attorney general -for the opinion if favorable, would enable the city to purchase the land, The second path, would- lead to New York and to the offices of Wood, King Dawson, a firm of bonding attorneys.

There, Harold L. Murphey, managing director oi.the chamber, an attorney; and city officials would ask the attorneys "t6 approvea issue to finance the purchase of the land. At the- conference Thursday, Gov. Beardsley said a special session before the November elec tions would require "12 special elections to fill vacancies in the state legislature. "The regular session of the new legislature will be a short time later," he; pointed out December 31 Deadline 'The governor is the republican candidate lor re-election.

The city was interested in a special session before Deceiriber 31, the deadline the kirforce has set for. the city to acquire for the huge! expansion program. If the land is not turned over to the airforce by that time, funds for; new construction the exr pansion program are likely to be diverted to other airforce construction. This would delay the expansion program Jiere for some time, it was neiievea. The idea of the special session was.

originated by the city. Cham-, ber of Commerce officials, supported the courfcit "We will support the city in any move to get the expanded airbase here," Mr. Murphey said Thursday. The possibility of the federal 'government buying the land has been ruled out by United States Senator Guy M. Gillette.

He the airfdrce appropriations i not provide fund for that purj- pose. Bit of a Joke, What? "i Lord Dunboy'ne, a friend' of Britain's royal family, got locked up in jail Thursday. It was all a mistake, The 35-year-old nobleman barrister was conferring with a client in the gravesend courthouse pokey when the. gate clanged shuiti Prison guards released him in a few minutes. is police reported.

The police said tne go-errtment-coniroiica Canada aMin.es had been advised at that time to tighten its security precautions but that ap parently nothing was done. Wednesday night's was the sec-end loss of an unguarded gold cargo in Canada in two months. In one previous breakin at the MaltQn air cargo shed a shipment of Swiss watches was stolen, police said. A hi police official, who declined use of his name, said, he was disgusted with the loss of the rold. lie said it would be easy for ear or truck, to drive up to the" shed, load up a shipment onCe a breakin had been, made, and make its getaway.

T. C. A. officials said -all gold shipments are confidential matters and no details on the methods of handling1 them' could be. given out.

More than 24 "hours, after "tfullion disappeared, police and -airline' 'Officials were still, baffled over what might have happened to Jt Detectives questioned cargo 'room attendants for hours without making any apparent progress About 20 attendants work each! eicht-hour shift. First report aald the mHs-lng gold was worth $375,000 this was scaled down in later estimates to A policeman said he believed that fn any ease it could be. for as mnch as a mil Him dollars In the gold blitk market that flourishes in liirope and elsewhere. The gold was in six boxes- weighing a totkl of 848 pounds, and "In a belated disclosure of the disapearance Thursday, indicated tney were looking or thieves bold and enough to. get away with such a cargo.

Leave Four Boxes Four ether boxes of gold in the same shipment were lert untouched and went out on schedule by plane to Montreal. The gold from northern Ontario mines was taken under guard tor a cargo shed of Trans-Canada airlines (T. C. lnjan express truck operated by Brinks, the armored money-car firm, police reported. When the 'gold was delivered, It was reported, one guard took up a position at, the shed entrance COLD (Continued on Page 2.

Column 3) It's OMcialNow Washington. UP) Republican national chairman Arthur E. Suniferf ield said Thursday the decisions of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the national romrriittee mean that Senator Richard M. Nixon remains- the Vice presidential 'A "The matter is a closed book and Senator Nixon has completely vindicated," Sum-merfield -said' in" a statement released by the He telegraphed Nxon Eisenhower and the committee not want him to -remain on the ticket "but they demand 'itV Efsenlhower had said Wednesday night that Nixon had been Vindicated of any wrongdoings in connection with a private expense fund, and all com-! rr.ittce members who were' reached 112 of 133 had i backed up the BtA no one in authority had sealed the question whether the senator was still the vice presidential nominee, although that was plainly That -W'astthe purpose of the Sum-crfield statement Thursday.

Law Professor 500 'Gift' Chicago. (JP) A university law professor whom Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson appointed to the Illinois supreme court said Thursday that Stevenson gave him a $500 Christmas check in 1950 while he was serving as nonFalaried chairman of the stale Little Hoover committee. Justice Walter V.

Schaefer said he was, drawing full salary from Northwestern university while worWng with the, committee that year. But he said the committee work took up sq much of his time he had to pass up other non-university work which had been supplementing his salary for "a number of "We (the Schaefer family) took quite a financial licking we had to sell every defense bond we owned," he ,0 Friends Swelled Fund- Meanwhile, a Chicago insurance executive, Herman Dunlap Smith, RULE DISCHARGE BY CITY ILLEGAL Civil service commission and city council members apeared in disagreement Thursday in the case of a city employe suspended by the council. i The employe, Don Wilmot, park maintenance was discharged September 5 by. the council. Councilmen said he was suspended indefinitely to reduce the number of employes in the.

park department Comissi oners objected to the action, claiming the council had violated sections of the Iowa civil service laws, and ruled that Mr, Wilmot must be rehired. 1 Tney said Mr. Wilmot had stood fourth from, the bottom of the senority list in his classificaton at the' time of his suspension. The three men below Mr- Wilmot should have -been discharged be fore he was, the comissioners asserted- Meanwhile, the civil service body received another complaint Thursday dealing with a council action. Howard Kingsbury; parks superintendent for 18 before his job was abolished by the city council Septmber, 3, asked for a hearing jm the matter before the civil service commis sjon.

Mr. Kingsbury, through his at torney, Robert Crary. asked that Frank Dano, parks supervisor; Drew Fletcher, superintendent of parks and public property, and other members of the council appear at the hearing because "they will be materially affected by a ruling of the Mr. Dano was asked to apear because he holds a civil service i position which is one grade below Mr. Kingsbury's former position.

It was expected that Mr. Kingsbury will attempt to prove that he should Mr. Dano from his job because, of his (Kingsbury's) higher seniority. The commission will meet Wednesday and probably will set Reports by Stevenson said that or three of Stevenson's close personal friends contributed a total of between $500 to $1,000 to the governor's special salary-supplementing -fund. Smith said they transmitted the contributions, through him because they wanted to "remain Stevenson has said he usQd fund to attract certain competent men from private life to lower-paying state jobs.

He said, his practice-is to make gifts, usually around Christmas time, to a "small number of key employes who are making sacrifices to stay in state government. The governor contends it would be "a breach-of faith" to name the officials receiving such gifts. He told newsmen at Springfield Wednesday hev didn't think he would have anything to say either about FUND (Continued on Page Column 4) ORDER HEARINGS ON 4 SIOUX CITY VIDEO REQUESTS Hearings were ordered Thurs day on contested applications lor television stations, including two at Sioux City, by the federal communications commission in Washington. The hearings on Sioux City applications involve Perkins Bros. licensee of KSCJ, and KCOM Broadcasting asking V.

H. F. channel 4, and Sioux land Television Co. and Cowle Broadcasting contenders- for V. H.

F. channel 9. Officials here said Thursday night they had been notified, of the commission's action; in order ing the heatings but said no defi nite. date had been set for the hearings. Sparkman to Attenj October 10 Difiner andJlally in Gty Senator John Sparkman, demo cratic vice presidential candi ate, will appear in Sioux City for ner ra41y in his honor Octo ber 10, it was revealed Thurs- ay night.

According i to Jake More, emocratic state chairman, and lorence Lynch, democratic com- itteewoman for Iowa, Sparkman will arrive by airplane about non jf the rally day. Democrats of -the Eighth Iowa district and from the surrounding counties in Nebraska and South Dakota will be invited to participate. Sioux Falls Decides to Keqp Rent Curbs in Special Election Sioux Falls. Voters dedded by a narrow margin in special election Thursday to continue rent controls until next April. The was 3,176 to 3,135.

The balloting was- on an ini tiated resolution to' determine or be kept in effect until spring. been achieved. And he said that, so -long as -there Is. a. draft of young -men Into the armed services j'we canno-at the same time establish any form of training for our young Raps Bradley Command Prfefiously, Eisenhower has been an advocate of universal military training and of putting it into despite the difficulties involved.

Thi nrnnAiirfriJTpn seemecl to put Eisenhower 'directly in line" with the views that have been expressed by republican Sen ator Robert Taft of Ohio on this, subject In the prepared text of his speech, Eisenhower appeared plainly to have included the j6int chiefs of staff inlliis criticism of th military. 1 uut in deuveringr talk, he-naroed 'Oie joint chiefs among those he was excluding from criticism. Reporters had noted the spare nt criticism in the advance text raised the question 'with Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty. Later in the evening, Hagerty revised4ex copies to show the joint chiefs were not among those blasted by the And Eisenhower followed the text as changed. Eisenhower saict that so-called unification of the "arrred services has produced more and not less competition among the "Such unity as we have achieved is too much form and too little substance, he declared.

''We have continued, with a loose wav of oDeratins thiat wastes time. money and talent wuth equal gen-' erosity. "With three services in place of thef ormer two still going separate ways and with an over all defense staff frequently un- able to enforce, corrective action, the end result frequently has been not to remove duplication buf to replace it with triplication. Asserting that there must be an -end to this as soon as" possible, the general declared: "Neither our security nor our solvency can permit such a way of conducting the crucial- business of national defense." I New Weapon Control i Eisenhower complained each service demands the right to use each new weapon developed in the laboratories. He said there are awesome weapons, including atomic bombs, giuded missiles and jet planes.

Cautioning that the so-called backward peoples, of the world seem to be able to learn to mse these weapons very efficiently, he Said that, there must fee new American EISENHOWER (Continued oh Page 2, Column fl) FEATURE INDEX Pg. 16, 23. Jsa. 8. 1 6.

16. 16. '14. 24. Vs.

13. S. 24. Births. Brady.

Comics. Editorials. Hatlo. Marriages. Obituaries.

McLemore. Movies. Radio. Ripley. Society.

Sports. Uncle Wea4he 1 1 1 I a date lor the hearing 'then, Missiwhether rent ceilings would ex-Dorothy O'Neill, secretary of the pire automatically September 30 coraission, said. if jt 1.

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