Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 2

Location:
Chester, Pennsylvania
Issue Date:
Page:
2
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

iff tStmStm, mw Ntwtst Exdwto Club Mtmbtr 2 Convicts Charged With Prison Murder Of Remington as Probe by FBI Continues fl 9 wm Dr. Duncan $. Hatton, Chter physician, presents a ptaqut from tht Anitrican Mtdical Association to Mrs. Annie Mirkil Cochran, signifying that sht Is a monibar of tht Aste-eiatton's Century Club. Membership in tho club is limited to those persons who reach their 100th year.

"Aunt Annie," who lives at Oakcrest Nursing Home, Upland, was 100 Nov. 13. (Times Photo) Segregation Americans Forget Worries For Annual Day of Thanks Aemi Eisenhower tmilcs as she holds a foeiimil of the Columbine III, a gift from the plant's maker, after the pin was presented to her yesterday following christening of the chief executive's new plan at Washington National Airport. Mrs. Eisenhower broke a bottle of Colorado trout stream water across the bow to formally christen the new plane.

(AP Wirephoto) i U.S. Nixes Banker's Role jFor Hemisphere Bank Plan Three Killed Jgln Ohio Crash I A YTGN, Ohio-iff) Three iiciians; spending- the Thanks giving holiday with relatives here were killed early. today when their loaded seven persons, fled with a second car' just-east oi Dayton. Five other persons were injured, seriously. IK The State Highway Patrol ideJj-festified the dead as: Richard Stamper, 53; his wife, sCassie, also 53; and their son Jesse.

13. all Officials Won't Say Release of Hiss Was Cause LEWISBURG, Pa. tfi FBI agents and federal penitentiary authorities today investigate the death of William Walter Reming ton, convicted perjuror whose wife; was quoted as saying he was! fatally injured by "a couple of hpodjums who got all worked up tjy: all the publicity about Communists." Remington, convicted oi perjury after denying he gave government secrets to the Communists, died the Lewisburg penitentiary tios- bital yesterday of a skull fracture. Prison officials said his head was battered while he slept Monday, i An. emergency operation Tuesday failed to save his life- Two other convicts identified las George Junior Mc Coy, Grundy, and Kotiert can Parker, 21, Washington, D.G.

-were charged with murder in con nection with Remington's death. Both men are serving time on autoj theft charges. BISS LEAVES SATURDAY The probe of the attack on Rem ington came as prison authorities at Lewisburg prepared for the release Saturday of Alger Hiss, due to oe treed alter serving years of a perjury sentence also involv ing denials lie gave government secrets to the Reds. Acting Warden Fred T. Wilkin son said no prisoner had been caused by the ap proach of Hiss" release and prison officials issued a terse no com ment" reply to "statements that I Remington's death had been 'caused by anti-Red feeling among the penitentiary's inmates.

However, -Remingtons second wife was quoted as telling the New York Post her husband was at tacked by "a couple of hoodlums ho got all worked up by all tae iPUbacity about bne quoted Wilkinson as telling her, though that the attack ap peared completely unprovoked and was an impersonal thing. The New York Journal-American quoted Mrs. Remington as saying: "They killed him. They killed him because they thought he was a Communist. Uh, my God, my; God! No matter what they thought he never was a HAS 3 CHILDREN Remington, who has three chi ldren, married for the second time 'between his two perjury trials.

His I present wile now lives in New York under her maiden name, their lS-months-old son. Remington, who resigned a job with the U. S. Department of Commerce in 1950 to detend nimsc-if against the per jury charge, obtained a U.S. Su court, ruling, setting nis initial conviction.

He was convicted lor the second time Jan. i27, 1953. He began serving a three-year sentence in April, 1953. At. Jus lirst txiai, Remingtons first wife -Anns Mods Remington testified he was a member the Communist party and paid duesi to Elizabeth' Behtley, admitted Red spy ring courier.

Prison officials said Rr-minrrton ihad been -slugged over the head and face by a brick, apparently ntained in a white sock. Carrier Undergoes rer emry mio ner mannning IB Vic Damone Honeymoons In Las Vegas HOLLYWOOD tB-Actress Pier Angeli and singer Vic Damone, married in the presence of 600 quests including many film lumi naries, chose Las Vegas, for a Thanksgiving Day honeymoon. The 26-vear-oId bridegroom nasi a two weeks singing engagement Beginning uec. i in ias vegas. Damone and Miss Angel ere married yesterday by the Rev.

William O'Shea in a doublei ring ceremony at St. Timothy's; Catholic Church. bride, wearing white; silk chiffon over white crepe, was' attended by her twin sister, Maris; Pavan, as maid of honor. Bo Roos a film stars' busi ness manager, was best mam Ushers'' included Tonv Martin. Rob ert Stirling, Dean Martin and producer Joe Pasternak.

After the low nuptial mass, Missi Angeli walked to a statue of thei Blessed Virgin and placed a small! sprjg limes of the valley before! then Knelt in prayer, tollovvingl Italian oriaai custom. British Mail Favoring CcnsurtNow On Increase Shift Occurs In Offices Several Senators WASHINGTON W-The offices of several senators said today that the last weeK me mail tney have received in iavor of censuring Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) shown a marked increase. noticeable shift has oc curred," said an aide of 'Sen. Ku-chel (R-Calif).

who has not committed himself on the censure is-sure. Until about a week ago, the aide said, the bulk of Kuchel's mail was "heavily pro-McCarthy." Several other senators oi vary ing opinions on the censure issue were JiKewise reported getting more mail opposed to McCarthy's case, although in some instances the over-all ratio was listed as still in McCarthy's favor or about evenly divided. NO CHANGE SHOWN On the other hand an aide to Sen. Jenner (R-Ind) said the sena tor's mail was 100 to 1 against censure and had shown no change. Jenner is a McCarthy supporter.

The Senate's debate on the proposed 'censure of McCarthy, unanimously recommended by a special committee of three Republicans and three Democrats, began Nov. 8 but was recessea a weeK ago until Nov. 29 after McCarthy went to a hospital for treatment' of an injured elbow. Whether will be on hand when the Senate reassembles Mondav is not known for sure. The latest report from the nearby jEethesda, Naval Hospital where he is receiving treatment was that he is showing continued improvement.

nice ot sen wauuns Utah) chairman of the special committee that recommended censure said that his mail, up to the start of the censure debate, naa been "preponderate" pro-McCarthy but that a gradual shift set in as the debate progressed. Now, his office said bis mail is running about .10 to 1 in iavor ot the special committee's censure recommenda tions. committee recommended censure on grounds (1) that McCarthy had failed to cooperate tth, and abused members of, a Senate Elections subcommittee that probed his finances in 1951-52, and (2) that his conduct in questioning Brig, Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker at a one-man hearing had been "inexcusable" and "repre hensible." OTHER MAIL CHECKS Other mail checks brought these responses from senators or their (assistants: Sen.

Purtell (R-Conn) mail ran I about 100 to 1 for McCarthy right 'after the censure committee filed its report, but since the middle of last week it has been about evenly divided. Sen. Ives (R-NYl mail now "is running strongly against while earlier it had been in McCarthy's favor on the censure issue, Sen. Lehman (D-Lib-NYl re ported a like switch, and that practicaLly ail mail now sup ports censure. hen.

Holland (D-Fla mail at first was overwhelmingly pro-Mc Carthy hut now, while a majority still backs McCarthy, "it is swinging way away from "the first trend." Sen. Eastland (D-Missl no no ticeable change, "still mostly pro- Mccarthy" mail. Sen. Henninss (D-Mn) mail at first was "overwhelmingly pro- with most of it com- lrom the state. Now is coming from Missouri and is "strongly anti-McCarthy." sen.

Jactson CD-Wash) mail is 3w about evenly divided while. at the outset, it had been mostly against censure. detected. the stains with portable spotlights in an examination of the Sheppard home July 23, he said, NINE SPOTS TESTED Nine spots on the basement stairs were tested that day and proved to be blood either human or animal, Dombrowski testified. And from one large splotch on the tread of the third step from the bottom of the basement, Dombrowski carved a -inch-sguars piece of wood bearing the stain.

Laboratory analysis of a solution derived from this stained wood chip showed thp snnt mt I made by. human blood, Dombrow-j ski reported. Testimony ahnnf tn other spots and cross-examination is still to come, for the state has given little time thus far to this part of its evidence. Hitherto, most talk of blood spots concerned those left la 51 Anril Mr jSheppards" pet female dog, Koko, "UI1C diiimdi was in heat. COUGH HELP For coughs and bronchitis due to colds you can fjet S.O.P.

COUGH SYRUP in Green and White package. 11 will aid nature to soothe and heal raw, inflamed throat and bronchial membranes relieving the cough and promoting rest and sleep. Ask lor S.O.P. COUGH SYRUP ONLY AT KEYSTONE DRUB CQ, 308 MARKET ST. CIToslcr -mi Ask about S.O.P, Throat Lozence-to relieve sore throat and ticklirj in throat.

Two other sons, Kirby.rlfi and "Alva, 3, were treated and released Continued From Page 1 because "it is clear that no sins formula or blueprint is readily! susceptible of application to all localities." He emphasized however that he believes the Supreme Court, should keep jurisdiction in the 'matter for the purpose ot making such lunner oraers, ir any, as-may be come necessary. STEPS PROPOSED The attorney general proposed) these steps among others: A Supreme Court decree declar-j inK racial sesrecation in Dublic schools is unconstitutional and that all laws requiring or permitting sucn segregation are invalid. A return of the cases involvine1 the four states and the District of Columbia to the lower courts whence they came, for further ac tion in line with the Supreme Court's decision. Entry of orders in the lower courts directing the defendant school boards to submit, within 90 days, plans ending segregation' in meir oismcts as soon as icasi- hle." If. a satisfactory desergregation program is rnot submitted to and1 approved by the lower court, the I entry of an order by that court I directing that nonsegregated pub- nv; suuuuis oe operaiea at tne be ginning of the next school term, It is not known the preme Court will tret around tn final ruling.

Arguments on how to carry out the May 17 order were originally scheduled to start Dec. 6, but were put off indefinitely pending me seaang oi another1 justice on tne nign c-encn. Yoshida Refuses TOKYO Lf)-Prime Minister Shi- geru Yoshida today added new fuel to i the poll tSal'V crisis threatening to his', government when he turned down a third summons to testily oeiore a House Audit Committee on Japan's ar smpbuilQing subsidy scandal. First recorded instance of white men reacting japan was in 1543. Christening Gift QUTTANDINHA, Brazil, m- Chile's proposal for a hemisphere hank to finance Latin America's economic development faced an uncertain future at the inter-American Economic Conference 'today! The big hitch was U.S.

unwilling ness to put up the money. Other affluenti American nations also were re-j cool to the idea of pooling their foreign reserves to help their underdeveloped sisters, -a plan put forward in Broad outline day oe- Eore yesterday by Chiiean Finance Minister Jorge' Wat. Mexico; was said to bo leery of 'he project and Peru also was not to take to. it. Cuba re portedly has done s.uch extensive financing of her own sugar econ-l omy that she cannot 'go along with: any program of giving aid abroad, The delegation has empha- srad if has nn nbieetinn to the Chi lean pian; if the other nations want it.

Bat Washington's represents! also made clear that President Eisenhower's government will no; contribute funds. The administra tion feels that the proposed Chilean Dr.otrram can onlv duplicate: work already Being done or contemplat ed oy the txpon-imoon; Bank, Us-? International Monetary Fund and other hanking and financial insti tutions. counterpart, Wene Penc-cbiu bowen to do this yestei day, but reported he expects no! reply for "two or three days" on. his demand' for a face-to-face1 This direct contact, es tablished ai the Geneva Tar East peace conference last summer especially lor prisoner exchange discussions, is the only direct dip lomatic channel open between! Washington and Peipinff. tne Geneva overtures prove fruitless it was expected that U.

S. diplomats would fall back on (he measures which they nave used in the past, i hese generally are brought to bear on Peiping through the British represent ative there, but sometimes through otner Allied representatives accredited to Hed China. As far as going to the U. American officials appear somewhat No 'practical results came from U. S.

Chief Delegate Henry Gabot Lodge's denunciation iast bepreniDcr ot ihe Hcd Chinese shooting down of an American plane. In all such maneuvers in the U. America runs the risk ofl opening the door for Red Chinese memocrship. Nationalists Plan Mainland Rule Formosa tfi-National-ist China today set up an "Mainland Rccoverv Board" to plan for Nationalist rule- on tne mainland when we return: there." President Chiang Kai-shek said! organization of the board was thel slop town-d invasion. rteevtA Uh.

AltJtHT Kt LALLI Foot Special ist- Chiropodist announces the Tesump- i tion of regular office hours. 530 Market St. (Room 201-Kreige 13e Slora CHastar 3-3315 at a Dayton hospital. Mrs. Maude Cornett, 43, also Dwarf, was in fair condition at ai Dayton hospital, watson afejjHiia li son, 21, of Dwarf, drivef'o! th carrying the seven jw was in good condition.

Wis Driver of the second Evenly lace cuts. He was alone. ih Wi Quake Reported Igjs -EUREKA, Calif. lr-A rumbling i was foit in Eureka and the surrounding nortnwestern California area at 3:18 a.m. today.

-Sheriffs officers said there 0i i ports of damage. Fliers Continued From Page I to voice indignation. Sen. Pu'rtell 1 fD-Conn) urged alt possible action rree uie id. ben.

vveiKer.trL-Idaho) said force should be used. By TI1E ASSOCIATED PRESS Americans the world around took time off today from worries about the Russians, taxes and the high cost of living to give thanks for the many blessings they do nave. Although the weather over much of the nation left mucn to be de sired, the day promised to be one of the most joyful in the annual observance ot this uniquely Amer ican holiday of prayer and feasting. With the world's shooting wars stilled by an uneasy peace, the nation could echo with deep-felt thanks President Eisenhower's Proclamation: "We are grateful that our be-1 loved country remains free and strong, and that each of i can worship tiod in our own way. Government economists did their hit to spread joy by calculating that the traditional turkey dinner would be cheaper than last year.

Turkeys, the experts said, generally were 4 to 10 cents a pound under-last year's levels. WEATHERMAN GLOOIY Onlv the weatherman a ii" i rr Snow flurries for most of the section the ith rain in New York, New Jer sey and coastal sections of New England. Partly cloudy was the word for all the northern states from Min nesota to the Paciiic Ocean, with Tests porr, ronsr.iouin, lomoriow. me HEARING AID I I BATTERIES 3 Far All Wftko Slti I 3 conns REPAtSS I I NELSON'S I the Mississipppi and Ohio Valleys1 shivering under cold northerly winds. The southern third of the na tion, however, was expected to have generally fair weather.

President and Mrs. Eisenhower were in Augusta, lor the holi-j day. Like thousands of other Amer icans, they had a guest to help them eat their turkey Britain's! field Marshal Viscount Montgom cry, the President's World War II comrade in arms and now deputy commander of Allied forces in Europe. The presidential bird, the gift of the National Turkey Founda- Don, weighed a pounds. The Army furnished turkey din ners to its men in foreign posts.

Vice President Richard M. Nixon, vacationing in the Bahama Islands with his wife, was host at a Thanks. giving dinner for 35 guests at the Nassau home ot u. S. Consul Hart- well Johnson: PLENTY OF FOOTBALL As usual in.

America, thousands of sports fans were rushing from! the loaded dinner table to loot-ball stadiums throughout the coun try to watch one of the traditional Thanksgiving Day Among the top contests were Cornell vs. Pennsylvania, Colgate vs Brown, Utah vs-Utah State and Virginia; lecn vs Virginia Military institute. For those unwilling or unable to leave home after the feast, the television networks offered Mary land vs Missouri and a profes sional game between the. Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers. mere was tragedy, too.

Acci dents exacted their toll of trav-1 elers on the nation's highways. Ana in isorthport, the Rev. Amos Kangee, 66, a Methodist min ister assigned to Indian missions died of a heart at tack last night after preaching the iiianKsgivuig sermon at a joint rrotestant service. all love each other." Americans in Europe observed the day with all the traditional trimmings. There were special din- ana rcugious services at all ot the ii.

b. Air rorcc bases. In Germany the troops had bie dinners with many units inviting German children as special euests. In Augsburg the 11th Infantry Regiment was host to children from live orphanages. Rome, U.

S. Ambassador1 Clare Boo the Luce Jed the Ameri can colony a service at St. Paul's American Protestant church. Her husoand, Henry Luce, gave an address. In Paris, the holiday coincided with the feast of St.

Catherine, wmch is observed somewhat riotously by working girls who are spinsters. U. S. Ambassador G. Douglas Dillon spoke at a Thanks-j 'iving dinner marking the with an niversary of the American Club oil Fans.

In Brussels, Ambassador Fred-i rnck M. Alger Jr. greeted Amer icans at a reception at his resi dence. the Swedish-Amer ican Society observed the occasion with a dinner last night. Rummage Sale a rummage sale tomorrow evening' and Saturday morning at iu w.

st. Contrary to DODular belief, mnst bats can see well in bright light. WHY Suffer With HEAD COLDS Ask Your OrufSltt About Favif Apply Ah Ample Supply GATTONT5 RESEARCH MORTON, PA. Sen. John M.

Butler (R-Md) said) iVs other than diplomatic measures! should be decided on "without de- Sheppard without compromise -or with-'out piecemeal appeasement." Rep. Thomas J. Lane: the State Department should r'f'. serve notice on the Reds that they have a week to fly the men out to 'freedom. Ir this isn't complied with, lie said, Peiping should be told the United States will step up to the Chinese Nationalist iorr.es and allow ihem "to engage twin counteroffensive action against the Chinese mainland effectively beaung on an nca commerce.

4.. Washington has instructed U. S. General Franklin Gowrr. Geneva to make "the strongest J- possible protest to his Red Chi- Missing Girl Found Injured HIGHLAND VILLE, -Mo.

OV-A school girl, missing since yesterday afternoon, was found injured this morning not far) from her home. Sheriff Clay Rogers said the girl. Joan Rantz. was unabie to I ell of Continued From Page 1 basement brownish spots he said iuusea line uiooa. He and two colleagues from scientific' crime detection nnif me Cleveland Police Department WPWA Call Letters Changed to WDRF Federal Lommission has eranfivl annrnvai lor radio station WPWA to change ihe 'station was tpcptiIIv srUA hastem Broadcasting a firm headed by Louis Kapelski.

general manager oi ine cnester-iindgeport Kapelski said the new call letters become effective today with the sign on at G.30 a.m. He said the new group took over comnlete op eration of the station yesterday. Cy Swingle has been named manager of the station, Kapelski said. Swingle has filled the position' mcc iov. A total of 2Vi million tons nf shipping flics the Liberian flag.

Ralllnr Pwts anil Siert for Sale Dtlct Wilding ft Mf, Go. Itilnr, P. Tlnitwin 3-W2 ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK jtft )m Porch Supports Lmp Posts Steel Stairs nd Platforms Fir EscaptJ ficers happened except to I that two men had picked! nrr up in a car. Sheriff Rogers said the crirl found by searchers beside the '0 road, indicating she had been thrown or let out of a car re- The aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark, latest addition to the Roya! Navy, takes a trial run off me oritisn coan in prepari BUlwarK incoroporarej an nn oeveiopmanis in turner letnuique, inciuaing angiea nigni deck and the most modern radar and gun operating system. Commanded by Capt, J.

J. Villiers, the Bulwark is the third ship of the Hermes class. Her sister ships, the Centaru and the Albion, went into service earlier year. (AP Wirephoto) cently. Extent of her injuries wa: immediately determined.

DR. BARAK DENTIST 701 Welsh St. PLATES REPAIRED f2 umn 9 CREDIT Bnl NATIONAL 'M TABLE PADS1 M.rF.-T(J-MP.AStlRB ALEXANDER'S iii e. sixth it. eft.

a-Tter.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About Delaware County Daily Times Archive

Pages Available:
307,149
Years Available:
1876-1977