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TWO THE BRIDGEPORT POST, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1955. Star Greets Movie Set Visitors Mrs. Luce Entertains Mrs. FDR SCOTSIWEN GREET BILLY GRAHAM ASYLUM OVEN 20 RED SAILORS WHO DESERTED BRITAIN FIGHTS PUBLICATION OF POTSDAM TALKS 'Pen. wiper' Halt Post Of ice Progress HARTFORD, March 19 tAP) A noble experiment in Hartford's main post office has ended.

Old-fashioned nib pens and' inkwells are back on the writing desks-there. In January the post office began an experiment with nice, easy-writing ballpoint pens. Of the 600 pens, only 95 are 'left, and many of the 100 chains are lost, strayed or stol- "It'i gone too far," said the harassed oostmaater, John F. Heneghan. "We'd put four new pens at a desk pne day and the next morning they'd all be gone.

Tv writing to the chief industrial engineer in the Post Office department in Washington and recommending that ballpoint pens be discontinued." The old fashioned nib pens were replaced because "people must have something to write with." Heneghan explained. "We'll use the dipping pens until we receive further instructions from Washington." "It's a shame' Heneghan added. "The new pens write so much better." mm Visiting the Paramount Pictures studio in Hollywood Mr. Continued from Pag One) entry Into the United States of communists and former communists. Atty.

Gen. Brownell, however, has the right to waive this restriction when he believes it would serve the government's security interests The Soviet crewmen would be the second batch of Iron Curtain sailors admitted to the United after jumping ship in the Far Bast, last fall, 22 Polish seamen were allowed to enter the United States after their ships were also captured by Chinese Nationalist warships. In their case, the National Catholic Welfare conference, a private relief agency, obtained jobs for them in the United States and agreed to be responsible for them. It is not known whether any private agency would offer to look after the Russians in the same way. YOUTH IS FACING DEATH IN CHAIR (Continued Page One) attorneys said.

last night Chapi "We don't kno' step will be." Throughout the 11-day trial Chap- York city (left) and Mr. -and Mrs. Fairfield, were greeted on the set Kaye, the star of the new movie. California and Hawaii, visiting Clare Booths Luce. U.

S. Ambassador to Italv. chats with her guest, Mrs. Franklin O. Roosevelt, in ths garden of her Villa Taverna home in Rome on Wednesday.

Mrs. Roosevelt, currently on a round-the-world trip, was Mrs. Lues's luncheon guest. Mrs. Lues returned todsy to the United States.

in appeared completely disinterest- Jerry's Hangmans club, a tavern ed as defense lawyers sought vain- and dance establishment, was hit ly to prove Chapin was insane at I nPXt but nbody seriouslv injured the time of the slaying. nudn.ght cha.ge set off on 1 thp r0f sprayed a four-piece band Chapin stood aleit while the juiy lth debris and glass announced its verdict. He staied The third explosion blew win-straight ahead while the judge mi- I dows from an apartment project posed the sentence that may rnaki him one of the youngest convicts 1 to die in the Massachusetts elec- trie chair. The boy's paients. Mr and Mrs.

Theodore Chapin, listened intently a-s the jurors made known their verdict. His mother sobbed quietlv and bowed her head The father sat Chapin was the second Bay Stat-3 (Continued from Pag One) Senator to Press For Official Report WASHINGTON, March 14. (AP) Senator Knowland R-Calif) said today he win press for publication within a year of official reports on the wartime Tehran and Potsdam conferences. Knowland, the Senate Republican leader, said that so far as he is concerned it is "purely coincidental" that reports of these meet ings or democratic Presidents with Russia's Joseph Stalin may become public as the 1956 Presidential campaign is getting underway. State department officials said yesterday that world reaction to disclosure to the Yalta conference report has caused abandonment of plans to publish reports of the Potsdam, Tehran and Cairo conferences this year.

The Russians were not represented at Cairo. Knowland indicated he will de mand the decision be reversed, and predicted the additional reports will be published by next year. senator sparKman tu-Aia) said In a separate interview he bell the political impact of the Yalta record has been a dud so fa the Republicans are' concerned. As the Tehran and Potsaam pa pers, he said: iet them come. The Tehran conference in No vember and Decembei, 1943.

the first meeting between Franklin j. Roosevelt. Winston Churchill nd Stalin. It dealt largely with ilans for a second front in Europe, pledged the postwar recall of occu- the arming of Yugoslav guer- INDUSTRY INVITED TO SET UP EXHIBITS HARTFORD, March 19 Govern- Ribicoff has proposed to indus-v that exhibits be set up on the round floor of the State Capitol i turn that hall into a "living luseum of Connecticut industry." The chief executive disclosed ye-lday that he has asked several of the state's major manufacturers ect exhibits illustrating their and products. Thereby, the governor said, thousands of Capitol vlsitois would see the various products each year.

trovernor kidicoit got the idea, he lid. from an exhibit recently put i by vaiious industries at the Statler hotel. In addition to that, he added, he has seen exhibits at al industrial plants throughout the State illustrating the work done there. Connecticut," the Governor said, as industries known the world er. Thev have supplied essential pioducts to the world for years.

It leems a shame that they are not adequately illustrated the State." Departure division of General Motors corporation. It will illustrate the accuracy and perfect roundness of steel balls manufactured by the ball bearing firm. One of the first exhibits to be installed in the Capitol is expected to be set up on Monday by the New "We should not let any opportun ity go by to advertise Connecticut's industries," the governor said. "I think that the State Capitol, visited as it Is by people from all parts of the country, is an ideal location for such exhibits." Governor Ribicoff has character-zed himself as the State's "No. 1 salesman." FACES MORAL CHARGE Joseph Gamblno 19, of 2095 More house highway, Fairfield, was ai- rested by Stratford police at 8:40 p.m.

Friday on a charge of breach of the peace, pending investigation. He was released in bonds of 21,000 for Stratford Town court Monday. Stratford police said the arrest fol lowed complaint or a 13 year-old a morals charge. 1,000 Jam Railroad Station to Welcpmc Praaehar Crusade By ALVIN BTaUMKOPP GLASGOW, Scotland; March i. (AP) Hymn-iinrinx Scotsmen gave a fervent welcome thte auany morning to American evangelist Billy Graham.

He is to, conduct six-weeK religious crusade. He" was greeted, by 1,000 otrsons who jammed a' platform St. Enoch's railway: station. thing he said when-tlie smgfmV stop- pea was max ne comes as an numoie person, frightened it the-great-responsibility placed on him. Instantly he was caught' up'in a swift round of affairs.

At a news conference he' told 150 repdrteirs he is avoiding tricky questions. The American preacher' refused to discuss Princess Margaret's reported romance, the political aspects of making H-bombs, the worth of a three-power conference, -or, the prospects of projected" international prise fights. Parries Questions He warded off sucli questions with smiles. His stor he is the Bible and he carried a cojpyjbf it as he stepped from his train and walked with a committee of Scottish sponsors to the station restaurant coffee. The hymn-singing welcome began for Graham in-the grey of tho dawn as his train Crossed from England to Scotland near Dumfries.

At -the Dumfries station a Crowd of persons, many of them middle-aged women, were singing "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." Graham described the scene: "I was in bed; but I thought if these people can get up so early to a hymn I can get up to talk to them. "I put on a coat over my pajamas and leaned from the window. They wanted me to come Out onto the platform, -but I had to explain with some embarrassment that I wis just wearing pajamas in the nether regions ao they let nte get this 'first glimpse of Scotland leaning from a At the Glasgow station the hymn was "Tell Me the Story" and Graham, wearing a beige topcoat, sweater and a snappy light' grey hat. grasped as many hands as possible and joined in a few phrases of the Tells of Humility At the station restaurant, from which police managed to exclude most of the said the coffee was excellent. Then he told of the humility he feels- in coming to Scotland for what many church (aders feel will be for the country's iggest religious event of the cen- The Rev.

Tom Allan, chairman of the committee Scottish chiwch- said the American evangelist would have a potential audience, of nd one-half million persons a telephone relay hookup while he is speaking in Glasgow's Kelvin hall. The capacity of the hall itself-has been stretched to the utmost. Organizers now believe they- will have accommodation for 14.500.wor-shippers nightly beginning Monday. Graham was told that 25 times more persons had volunteered to be his religious counselors here than he had cooperating with him at the highly successful London crsade "When 1 heard of some of the fabulous preparations I a Glasgow clergyman to tell him I was alarmed by my own limitations," Graham' said. "His Teply gave me a smue He wrote that what Scotland needs is ministers that recognize some.

limitations. "So here we are, men and women of limitations, who have come to work with you. We are not presuming to show you how. W-have ana miraculous meuu. all here," Graham said, caressing has Bible.

ROTARY MEETS TUEt0Y Th wnturv rluh will hear Mitch Miller of Columbia Records speaking on "Artists Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. when they meet in the Stratfieid hotel. DAYSTROM DINETTES BREiiiralmiio. SSI HAWCVCK AVE. ID MN teenager convicted of murder with-in 24 hours.

Thursday, Peter Mak-1 TAIPEI. Foin arewicz, 16. of Norwood was con- fAP) Qualified victed of the strangle slaying of a I Nationalist Chin, Mrs. Herbert M. Moloney, of New Ray Flicker, of Crestwood road, of "The Court Jester" by Danny.

The couples are on a vacation trip points of interest in both places. 'BOMBINGS' INJURE 3 DALLAS, Texas. March 19. (AP) Three persons were injured, two seriously, in a series of "bombings" that locked the Oak Cliff section of Dallas today and last night. The first blast, just outside the city limits, occurred about 10:415 p.m..

at the This-Is-It club. An explosive device thrown on the roof seriously injured Leon McCallum, ouIv about midwav brt two blast scenes Ti 1 130 8 third. blast injured nobod CHIANG DISCOUNTS RED AIR BUILDUP March 19. rces heie, both! and American, ports of a bie toaay discount buildup on the main- aiea opposite Matsu island rotmation trgarded heip as worthy suggests that lecent rts of the tiansfer of Red jets bases in Fukien province, off both Matsu and Quemoy aie itcd. aie unfounded le of these reports had it that Fukit This situation, it is conceded, could change overnight once the Reds aie able to shift their an stienRth southwaid from the Shang-hai-Hangchow-Ningpo region some 350 miles north of Matsu.

But out of it has Riown much moir confidence that under piesertt ncumstances the Nationalists could csstul defei ell as Quemoy 150 miles to thesouth. The feelln; is deeloping that mmunists plan to risk ith the United States nd Quemoy, it might FUND GOAL IS EXCEEDED BY HARTFORD RED CROSS Hait fold's Red Cross dine was successful again this year. A final report session yesterdav disclosed workeis had laised $360,625 in then drive-a total of $5,625 ove. their quota Virtually eveiy division in the drive exceeded its goal. KNITTING FAN HUDDERSFIELD, England, March 19 (AP) The Rev.

Reginald Parry likes to knit -especially on train trips "It starts people talking," the 64-year-old cleric said, "and the chance often arises to spread the Christian message." Iowa to "a is of tie 12, of the his of PLANE DAMAGE HELD SABOTAGE BIRMINGHAM. March 19 (AP) Damage to government planes craft corporation plant was called serious case of sabotage" by a hirh company official. Vital flying surfaces of Air Force transport planes the large C118 boxcars and the smaller B25 aircraftwere found to have been tampered with, the company reported. The extent of the damage was not disclosed. The damage was discovered yesterday, and FBI, Air Force and company agents began an immediate investigation.

"Such sabotage endanger the lives of people who fly these airplanes." said Hairy Rowland, president of Hayes, "and I want all employes to know that if one more case of sabotage occurs, we shall cease operations until investigations have ended Haves labeled the reported damage "a serious case of sabotage." The company is negotiating a new contract with the United Automobile and Airciaft Workers union (CIO), which has notified the firm that it will terminate its agreement March 27 unless a new agreement reached. Union leadeis disclaimed any responsibility for the alleged sabotage. They said thp first they heard it was at yesterday's negotiating In a statement last night. the union said it had offered to aid i investigating the alleged sabotage. MOTHER REGAINS KIDNAPED CHILD frqpi Page Ont) irdiately recalled by The baby was found bv Mrs.

Lot Wilson and her daughter Jean, on a second floor stair landing their West Harlem tenement, which is npar the home of Mrs. Phipps' mother Mrs. Phipps apparently smuggled baby into the apartment building and slippPd away without anyone seeing hei. MAN FALLS FROM ROOF OF FAIRFIELD HOUSE Joseph Parent. 32, of 867 Gi nfield avenue, was injured today at 9:10 a.m.

when he slipped awl fell 30 feet from the roof of a dwelling at 2S5 Roselle street. Fairfield, while pre paring to install a television anten- Parent landed on the television antennae, which was on the ground, and received a fractured arm and lacerations of the face. He was taken in the Fairfield Police ambu lance to St. Vincent hospital condition is reported "fairly gooa. The injured man was an employe the Reliable Radio and Television company, 32 Berkshire ave- SLAYER SEEKS AD IN MEETING BILL Wliliam M.

Davis, 32, who is serving a life term foi strangulation murder of his former employer, Mrs. Samlra Coates Ev ans, 30, of Westport, wants the state ot Connecticut to pay ror transcript of testimony presented during his trial before a Superior court jury two years ago. In a motion filed in Superior court today, Davis said he is with out lunds, ana asKed that the state be directed to pay the trial transcript. The request was forwarded to Judge Thomas E. Tro-land who presided over the' trial.

Davis disclosed several weeks ago that he may ask for a new trial the ground of newly discovered evidence. Davis claimed at his trial that he was in a hysteria of fear wh he garroted Mrs. Evans with the cord of an electric cloclt in Westport home Jan. 26, 1953. Prior killing, tne aeienaant said.

he and Mrs. Evans had consumed quantity of liquor and engaged sexual intercourse. He became frightened, he alleged, when Mrs. Evans threatened to call the police and tell them he had raped hei The jury convicted Davis of first degree murder May 21, 1953, but ommending life imprison "without benefit of release." resented by John H. Norton and John R.

Curran, Davis did not ap peal to the State supreme court. an by Mrs. Evans at the time of the urder. SETTLEMENT HALTS 2-DAY DAMAGE SUIT A two-day tiial before a guperi- court iurv ended yesterday when Galen and Marion L. Conron, hus band and wife, of stamrora, ac- pted $5,000 in settlement ot a neirHirenee suit in which they claimed damages of $28,335 for property damage and personal in juries caused by a three-car collision.

Defendants in the action were Mrs. Grace M. Mix, executrix of the estate of her husband James Mix; the Excelsior Plimp Trucx company, and Miss Madeline Smith, all of Stamford. During partial trial of the suit before Judge James C. Shannon and a jury of 12, witnesses said an auto operated by Mr.

Mix and own- id by Excelsior fiimp coinaea wirn car driven by Miss Smith' at Forest and Pleasant streets, Stamford, it 5:20 p.m. July 6, 1953. Miss Smith's auto in turn collided, head- i with a car o.wned by Mr. Con-n and operated by his wife. Mrs.

Conron, who sought dam ages of $25,000, claimed she received jaw and facial injuries as a result of which she lost 10 teeth. Mr. Conron claimed damages of $1,335 carnage to his auto. Mr. and Mrs.

Conron were re presented by John F. McGowan and Daniel E. Ryan. J. Kenneth Bradley, of Pullman, Comley, Bradley and Reeves was counsel for Mrs.

Mix whose husband died a short time after the accident, and for Excelsior-Plimp. Maurice J. Buckley represented Miss Smith. MERCHANTS SPLIT ON SUNDAY REE (Continued from Page One) complete enforcement in Milford and throughout the state. Mr.

Campbell, owner of Devon Paint and Hardware pany, pointed out he has totally complied with the official ruling and closed his store for the past two Sundays. He is also a member of the association. However, he and his brother, he said, spent the past two sunaays cnecKing violations Stratford and Bridgeport found 133 stores, 42 of these drug stores, open and selling all chandise. "Not Defying Law" "I am not defying the law." he asserted. nut neither can I gc along with the inconsistent enforce ment of it in Milford to a point wnere a iantastic situation now ists.

Some stores have been stay ing open regardless, ana one two of these have been singled out Tor penalty. They are all small Business people. Real estate offices are open and doing business, and they are no more exempted than I i by the law. in fact, they have bill before the Legislature asking to be exempted. uas stations, which are permitted to seu gasoline, change a tin wash a car, are selling anything tney nave in stocK.

with no penalty attached. Some, not all, drugstores are selling freely from their stock of cosmetics, camera supplies and other items on the 'forbidden' list. Like all others who have at tempted to comply, I am losing not only money but my customers, who are free to go to Stratford or Bridgeport. I have given work and thought to building my business. So have the other merchants.

If all were closed on Sunday, and I mean in all towns, I would be glad to take the day off. But we are losing respect for our officials who have brought about this ridiculous, inconsistent situation." Police Action Opposed Frank Rirta, proprietor of the Riverside Pharmacy in Milford center, said last night that he felt forced to close the drugstore tomorrow at 1 p.m. because of the "embarrassing situation" which the present "indiscriminate enforcement" of the blue law has brought However, he said, the drugstore vill be on "answorine service" for any patrons with emergency need for drugs or medicine. "If we are called," Mr. Rizza said, "we will take care of such emergencies im mediately." However, he said that compliance with the law by the store for the past two Sundays has resulted "in confusion and embarrassment" when local police have differed on whether certain medical and associated items could both be sold as needed to a customer, "we have not gone to the lengths of 'covering' all prohibited merchandise," (as the law demands) he explained, "but we have politely informed customers we could not sell It to "However, the real difficulty is having the Police department proscribe what does or does not constitute medical emergency needs.

This is a specialized field of knowledge, yet our judgment is questioned, and in one case we were told we had to refuse to sell one item which had to to with another in order to effect the relief the doctor bad ordered. Fairfield Outlines Stand on Blue Laws Violators of the general statutes banning Sunday sales will be ar-resied in Fairfield only on specific complaints, it was reported yesterday by Norwick R. G. Goodspeed, Fairfield town court prosecutor. A statement, reaffirming a position taken last year when hardware store owners asked for equal application of the law, was made by Mr.

Goodspeed following a let ter received by Police Chief James K. ran lie rrom riarom Bassett oi Milford. Chief Kranyik said Mr. Basaett's tetter, a cow of one sent to Lorin w. Willis, state's attorney, msn-tioned that Milford merchants had made a purchase in a' Post road drugstore last Sunday and asked that tho law no eniorcea.

Mr. Goodspeed said persons i intf anv eomnlainta must present corroborative evidence and must appear In court to testify. J. W. DAVIS REPORTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION CHARLESTON, S.

March 19. -(AP) John W. Davis. 81. Demo cratic Presidential candidate 1924, is reported to be in serious condition in a hospital nere.

Hospital officials recused to dis cuss details of Davis' illness. He was taken to the hospital sort near here yesterday. Davis ran unsuccessful lv President against Calvin Coolidare WEATHER CLEARS IN MOST AREAS Br THE ASSOCIATED MESS There was wet weather in part! of the south and northern bordei states today but skies were gener illy clear in most other sections of the nation. rain belt extended from North-Texas and Eastern Oklahoma eastward across Arkansas, Ken tucky. Tennessee and the northern falls, around one inch, were report- id at Nashville, and Dallas.

Light snow fell along the Cftnad-an border states with falls measur ing less than one inch in most i. Showers were reported in tne me Southern Rockies. It was cloudy in most of the Middle Atlan tic states but other areas reported mostly fair skies. Coldest weather today was in Northern Lowei Michigan with a low of 5 degrees below zero at Pellston. In contrast, reading along the Gulf coast were in the 60s and 70s.

Readings were in the low 90s in Southern Texas yesterday. FOUR HELD IN PROBE OF CAR LICENSE RING HARTFORD, March 19 (AP) Four men are under arrest, including two at Springfield, in lOnth-long investigation into wnat state officials called a ring which fraudulently obtained drivers li- tnses in this state. State Police Commissioner. John Kelly identified the four as Ro bert Brissett, 25, of Winsor Locks; Antonio Lopez, 20, of Hartford; and Jose Vega, 21, and Jorge S. Vega, both of Springfield.

State Motor venicie commission- John J. Tynan said the four are accused of taking Connecticut mo- vehicle operators examination illiterate Cubans and Puerto Ricans, obtaining licenses under various names other than their There was no indication when Brissett and Lopez were due for court arraignment. They are held without bona penning xurtner in vestigation. NAMED TO SALES POST BEN. C.

BOWE, JR. Ben C. Bowe, of Milford re cently was appointed Fairfield county sales and service representative for the Elliot Addressing macnine company of New Haven. veteran of world war when he served with the combat engineers through' Europe, Mr. Bowe attended the university oi Connecticut and is a graduate of Mark Wiseman's School of Advertising, New Tork city.

Previously he had been employed by the Bray company as a sales representative St. bouts ana tne ShawvRarton ramnnv at Ohio with headquarters in Now Haven. 15-year-old girl and sentenced to death penalty when the jury recommended merev. Not In Court The parents of the slain Goldberg youth were not the court-i oom when the Chapin verdict came in. Neither were the parent's of the Smith girl.

Lynn Ann's mother had Rien birtn few houis before to a premature baby, which failed to survive. The father had been called to During the defense summation Chapin remained stony- ird his Nor did he flinch when Dist Attv. Stephen A Movnahan castigated him as "murdering with extreme atrocity and cruelty." The prosecutor also ridiculed the efforts of psychiatrists who testified that the youth had a split pei-sonality and had psychomotoi epilepsy. Chapin was arrested 10 days after the double murder when detectives traced to his home a piece of crochet thread found at the scene Police said the thread had been used to hold a paper wrapped around the handle of the death weapon. Chapin, who lived onlv two houses away from the Smith girl, went regularly to classes in school, and attended Lynn Ann's wake the night before he served as one of her bearers.

POLICE PROBE ENDS IN CAR DEATH CASE (Continued from Page One) Mr. Macieski and Mr. Gay were not with him during the drinking. Private services for Mr. Butlei will take place Monday in the Godfrey and Conway funeral home, 309 Washington, avenue, with the Rev.

Edward C. Morgan, rector of St Paul's Episcopal church, officiating. Burial will be in Park cemetery. $412,000 ESTATE LEFT BY MISS EMMA DONOVAN Mise Emma Dorothy Donovan, daughter of the late Congressman Jeremiah Donovan left an estate of $412,000, according to her will filed -in the office of Norwalk Probate Judge Alfred A. Santaniello.

A breakdown of the estate shows $400,000 in personal property and $12,000 in real estate. Miss Donovan, who died recently, lived at 188 Flax Hill road, Nor walk. Approximately $20,000 in bequests are made to churches, hospitals, American Red Cross, Boy and Girl Scouts and other public institutions with the bulk of the estate going to an aunt in Hartford. Edward J. Quintan was named ex ecutor of the estate, residue of which will go to tne society ior tne Propagation of tne Faun, riaruora.

kt cousins, receiving De- quest of $,000 each, are Margaret i seymour siren, nu Frank, 183 Thompson Paradise for Geese CHARCOAL BROILED TWIN I OBMHtS! Pufting our best foot forward! A Dinnar featuring an Entrae of Two Charcoal Broiled Chicken Lobsters. i.i Priced At $3.75 And Served fvery Day of the Yawl mm4m fk NEWTOWN. at tk FLACPOLt 6, 202 25 Wy Dmy of tk Ymt Wild geese, some of the hundreds of thousands en their way te nesting arose in the far north, darken ths sky ever Forney's Lake. Thurman. Iowa, a Otate-owned are in southwest Iowa near the Missouri Ths lake hss tot hsd water in it aines 1952 and last ysar 400 acres were planted with cont.

Because of heavy rains last fall ths corn in ths lowest areas could not bo picked. Now, with food abundant and water loft from molting snow, tho "toko" it a paradise for tho blue, anew and Canada gooso as they rest on thoir northward flight ARCHIVE1 FWSPAPFRl FWSPAPFR ARCHIVE.