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Evening star., 1954-08-06

intruder might have been wound
ed in the exchange of pistol
fire. Using four searchlights
powered by mobile generators,
they kept vigil during an off,
and-on drizzle last night on a
3-square-mile area in which they
say he might be hiding. Road
blocks were maintained on high
ways.
The man bolted into the forest
in the early morning hours after
trading shots with the three
officers who came across him in
the basement of the home owned
by DR.. James Perkins, a Water
vliet dentist.
Evening star., 1954-08-06
Seven Mexicans Killed
As Bandits Raid Towns
By The A.soeioted Press

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 6.-Seven !
Mexicans died yesterday in two
widely separated bandit raids.
At Cardenas, near San Luis
Potosi. soldiers killed two mem
bers of a band which tried to
raid the town. &:
Near Cuernavaca four men
raided the village of Tetela and
killed a police officer who had
arrested them previously for
various crimes. The officers two
sons were wounded in the attack.
Soldiers pursued the quartet
and arrested three Of them after
a gun battle in which one soldier
was killed. Then the three cap =.
tives tried to escape and were
killed.
Evening star., 1954-08-06
Lawyers Seek 10 Free
Sheppard, Say His
Arrest Was Illegal
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND. Aug. 6.-At-
torneys for the young Bay Viii
lage osteopath accused of
clubbing his pregnant wife to
death tried today to free him
from prison on grounds his
arrest was illegal.
They did so in the face of q
warning by County Prosecutor
Frank T. Cullitan that "any
break in continuity" that would
get DR.. Samuel Sheppard out of
Jail even temporarily would
force the autorities' hand"
Mr.. Cullitan said he would
speed the case to the grand jury,
possibly early next week. and
start feeding it evidence i'm
mediately if more legal snarls
develop.
Seeking for the second time
to free the 30-year-old osteopath,
the lawyers want the court Of
appeals to halt a preliminary
hearing on his first degree
murder charge, scheduled to-
morrow in the swank suburb.
They say Bay Villages acting
Mayor. Gershem M. Barber. had
no right to sign a warrant for
DR.. Sheppard's arrest and to
hold him for grand jury action.
Earlier this week Common Pleas
Judge Frank j. Merrick ruled a
194l Ohio law gave Mr.. Barber
that right. 9aas ~
DR.. Sheppard was arrested last
Friday night. He pleaded not
guilty. s@
While some investigators con-
tinued looking for bloodstains in
the lakefront home where 81
year-old Marilyn Sheppard was
beaten 81 times on the head
before dawn July 4, others tried
to piece together information
concerning reported extra-mari-
tai affairs of the tall, dark
haired oSteopath.
Evening star., 1954-08-06
Redesigned Mortin
Light Bomber Unveiled
By fhe Assoeioted pre.s

by the AssocIofed PTeSs
BALTIMORE, Aug. 6.-The
B-57B, a redesigned version. of
the B-57 light bomber, has been
unveiled by the Glenn L. Martin
Co. and the United States Air
Force.
The new design was aimed at
providing improved visibility for
the pilot and his navigator-radar
operator -bombardier. The twin
jet plane also will handle easier
than the B-57.
Evening star., 1954-08-06
Gaspe Prospeleior
To Hang for One Of
; Hunter Sayings
BY III. As.oeIutsd Press

PIERCE, Quebec, Aug. 6.-Wil-
bert Coffin, 43-year-old Gaspe
prospector, was sentenced last
night to hang November 26 for
the murder of Richard Lindsey.
one Of three Pennsylvania hunt
ers slain last summer in the
Gaspe Peninsula wilds.
Collins chief counsel, Ray
mond Maher. told reporters the
decision whether to appeal would
be made "in few days"
Six English-speaking and six
French speaking jurors took
only "a minutes to agree that
the prospector murdered the
17-year-old youth. The crown
contended that robbery was the
motive.
Minutes after the verdict,
Justice Gerard Lacroix donned
the traditional black gloves and
sentenced Coffin to the manda-
tory death penalty.
Richard Lindsey, his father
Eugene, Al. and Albert Claar, 20,
were slain in the forest while on
a hunting trip during June, 1853.
All were from Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Bodies Gnawed by Bears.
Their remains-bits of bodies
and bones gnawed by bears
were found a month later, after
the mems families became wor-
ried and contacted Quebec au-
thorities. Because of the condi-
ton Of the remains. police could
determine only that the younger
Lindsey had been shot.
Coffin, who helped in the
search for the Americans, ad-
mitted to the police that he
had seen three hunters in the
bush. But he said two Ameri-
cans-whose names he didn't
know--Were with them the last
time he saw them. Witnesses at
the trial testified no trace was
ever found Of the mysterious
AmericanS-or the jeep Coffin
said they were in.
The crown. contended the
prospector killed the men to rob
the elder Lindsey of some $7OO
witnesses testified he was carry
ing.
Eighty persons took the stand
Tor the prosecution, many of
them telling of a cross-country
drinking trip Coffin made in the
days after the hunters deaths.
Calls No Witnesses.
At the conclusion of the
crowns case. Defense Counsel
Maher startled the court with
the announcement he would call
no witnesses. Instead he staked
his case on the contention that
the evidence against Coffin was
circumstantial, and that there
was reasonable doubt" of how
Richard Lindsey had been killed
and Of who killed him.
The trial lasted 10 DAYS. be-
cause all testimony had to be
given in both English and French
for the bilingual jury. Coffin
speaks only English and Quebec
law required that at least half
the jury speak the same Ian
guage. In this largely French
speaking section an all-English-
speaking jury was impossible.
Today a heavy police escort
will drive the condemned man
to the jail in Quebec City. Later
he will be transferred to Mont
reals Bordeaux Jail, where the
execution sentence will be car
ried out If there is no stay.
Coffin .paled as r ON u I'D
Caron, the jury foreman, looked
across the tiny courtroom at
him and said:
I'VE find the prisoner guilty"
He appeared not to hear the
court clSfk ask him if he had
anything to say. Then the Judge
pronounced the death sentence.
Evening star., 1954-08-06
illinois Capitol Shift

SPRINGFIELD. - Abraham
Lincoln was largely instrumental
in removing the State capital
Of Illinois from Vandalia to the
present site of Springfield.
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WAsHINCTON LETTER
Interest In SubUersiUes

WASHINGTON-The Ameri-
can people are very much inter-
ested in the threat subversive
activities pose to our national
security,
These are evident efforts in
some quarters to play down this
danger but Judging from the
number Of bills on the subject
already introduced in the Sec
ond session of the 83rd Congress,
the American people themsel-
YES are concerned. And, still
more measures Of this nature
are expected to be put into the
legislative hopper.
Senators and Representatives
are sensitive TO the expressed
opinions of their constituents.
They are especially sensitive in
an election year. which 1854 is.
Because they are only recently
returned from back home" it
it is reasonable to assume that
the legislators, when they hasten
to introduce bills early in the
session, are acting in the light of
what they we're told in their
constituencies.
Several recently introduced
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CandIemas, Our Lady's Feast

The Feast Of the Publication of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Candlemas Day is one of the old
est feasts OF the Mother Of our Divine Savior 1t
IS also one OF the important feaSts OF Our Lady
singled out by Pope Plus XII for special privileges
during this Marian year
As long ago as the seventh century the feast
OF the Publication Of Mary ranked only after the
feast Of her Assumption. II is observed to commem-
orate Marys going to Jerusalem in accordance with
the Mosaic Law forty days after the birth of Jesus
to offer the prescribed sacrifice. Mothers were to
offer lamb. or. if their means did not allow two
doves or two young pigeons. OF course Mary took
the infant Jesus with her and the Candemas pro,
cession recalls The journey Of Mary and Joseph
ascending the temple TO present the light to the
revelation Of the Gentles" as Maachy had proph
esied
However. Mary was not obliged To conform 10
the Law In this instance since her motherhood was
beyond ordinary laws. And IL is doubtless for this
reason that the liturgy OF the Church emphasizes in
stead on this feast the Presentation of Jesus in
the Temple. The candles blessed on this day rep
resent Jesus as the Light of the World The
prayers for this blessing are most instructive and
indicative of fhe significance of the feast The Cos
pei of the Mass recounts the story. ending with
the famous Csntice Of Simon. the Kunc Dt1pittis:
Nov Thou does dismiss Thy servant O Lord &C.
cording TO Thy word IN peace"
For the Marian Year Pope Plus XII has desis-
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who has refused on the grounds
of standardization to testify
before congressional committees.
One bill would deprive natur-
sl-born or naturalized citizens
of their nationality upon convic-
tion of certain crimes relating to
national security.
Under still another meas
ure. a person would not be per-
mitted to pursue education cour-
ses or training in foreign coun-
try under the Servicemen's Re
adjustment Act of 1914, if such
person engaged in any activities
contrary TO the interests of the
United States.
These are not all of the meas
ures pertaining TO national Sc
curity and subyersive activities
that are presently before Con-
gress, and they are constantly
being added to. What will be
the fate of any. or all of them,
it is of course too early to pre-
dict. Right now, they serve as a
pretty good indication of the
widespread concern of the Amer
iosn peonle over such matters.
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The Diocese Of Columbus has double reason
for rejoicing this Friday, January 90 The feast Of
ST. Francis de Sales. This great Saint, born into
times much like our own, is the patron of the
Diocese of Columbus and also patron of the Catholic
Press.
The Diocese Of Columbus has much to be fer
venty thankful for in reviewing the year that has
passed since the last feastday of Sc. Francis This
Church of Columbus under his patronage has eN-
panded greatly during this time, both in soul and
body. For his past favors We arc ioyfully thankful
and humbly pray for his continued guidance
and support in the year TO come.
We salute ST. Francis also as the patron of the
Catholic Press Three hundred years ago, this holy
man realized the great importance of the written
word in spreading the doctrine of Christ and in
combating the errors Of his day.
We pray that under his protection the Catholic
Press of today may continue TO prosper and TO
emulate the success OF ST. Francis and his aposolale
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bills seek to outlaw the commun-
ist party in the United States.
Some of the bills would achieve
this end by making ii a crime
to belong to that party. Some
measures would deprive one of
his citizenship for belonging to
the communist party, and others
would take citizenship away for
belonging to any organization
having for one of its purposes
the seizure or overthrow of the
Y. S. Government by force or
violence.
One measure would combat
subversion by preventing Fed
eral agencies from making,
guaranteeing or insuring loans TO
or for persons affiliated with
subversiye organizations. or who
individually advocate the over
throw of our Government by
force.
Still another approach TO the
matter is made by bill that
would stop payments of compen-
sation or Government retire
ment benefits to any officer or
employee, or former officer or
ennlovee. or tho Covernn' ont
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LOUIS F. BUDEN
The Rising Flood Of FaLsehOOd

of international Publishers as
the source for these pamphlets,
he does not generally know that
this is the official communist
concern authorized by Moscow
to publish the leading Marxist-
feminist works. When he notes
that the New Century Publishers
issues still other books and leaf
lets. he is not aware that this is
the title of the official Commun-
ist Party publisher for works of
apparently American origin. He
is off guard, and that is why
these Red fabrications get into
so many non-communist hands.
So vital is it that these Mos
cow-ereated pieces of propaganda
be exposed that | shall devote a
number of columns during the
next few months to refutation
of those receiving the widest cir
culation. But today ! must warn
that they Obtain a reader accept
ance because they are abetted
by books and magazine articles
issued under non-communist
auspices, which come from sour
ceS favoring appeasement. Few
books stand out more strikingly
in that category than Foreign
Policy Without Fear. recently
written by Vera Micheles Dean
Of the Foreign Policv Assooia-
tion and to be found in many of
our libraries.
Mrs. Dean resorts to that pc
culiar roundabout style, popular
lied by Owen baltimore. under
which vague friends Of ours
in Europe are represented as
standing for certain things and
wanting the United States 10
stand for certain things. But the
reader Is gradually led 10 accept
recognition of Red China as in
evitable and to oppose Congress
sional inquiries or any other real
effort TO subdue the Red CON
spiracy here. In other words,
whatever her purposes. Mrs.
Dean would brine us all around
to support the chief items in the
current communist line.
As 4 basis for her thoughts,
she opposes the "demoniac"
theory of history, by which she
seeks to soften American atti-
tudes toward communism. She
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rejects, in other words, the an
alysis of Pope Plus XI that this
is a Satanic scourgep, and she
thereby prepares the way to
champion negotiations with So
Wet Observation-Disclosures which
from the very nature of COM
munism can end only in diSas-
ter.
II is not surprising, then, as
part of her thesis that she must
assail the Catholic Church in the
United States, declaring on page
35 that the significant influence
of the Roman Catholic Church"
in this country challenged the
traditional separation of Church
and State" With this prepara-
tion, she leads naturally to argu-
ments for the recognition of Red
China. And the chief argument
she presents, practical but
thoroughly immoral one. is that
failure to recognize the Chinese
communists would mean that it
was not understood here that
they control the territory of
mainland China" The Red ter
ror under which they main
tain" that control, the surrenders
by the United States which led
them to be in power, and the fu-
ture danger TO our security
bound up in recognition are not
to he seriously considered at all!
The crowning offense in this
book. presented to us as the work
of another expert" is its plea
that the United States abandon
all effective measures against
the communist conspiracy in this
country. Mrs. Dean is in reality
against the uprooting of subver-
sives. she is opposed to the tes-
timonies of eX-communistS -
those very people who ]. Edgar
says have given the greatest
blows TO the Red conspiracy.
She would do away with Con
gressional inquiries, which have
been the chief agencies for
X-raying the conspiracy and its
threats. She is in effect preach
ing appeasement and surrender,
and with such counsels so we'll
received in many of our universe
ties. ii is no wonder that weak
ness and uncertainty have so
often dominated American pol
icy in world affairs.
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no Red threat within this coun-
try study Of these booklets, in
Guiding research as to the thou
sands of non-eommunist outlets
which they reach and affect.
To promote admiration for
Red China. and therefore recog-
milton of that Soviet regime, the
Communist Party issues a wide
variety of titles, ranging from
leaflet on New China" to the
Red Dean of Canterbury's effu-
sions on his trip to that coun-
try. To destroy Congressional in
vestigations there are no less
than ten different pamphlets
against "McCarthyism" alone.
These are climaxed by a special
contribution from the Red-ruled
United Electrical. Radio. and Ma
chine Workers Union, which does
that which the Party and its Of
ficial publishing houses might
not want to do. This "UE" pro-
duction presents a picture gal
lery. with brief biographies. of
the distinguished men and Wom-
en- who have followed the Com
munist lead in denouncing in
quiries into subversion. The list
is rather formidable one and
gives some indication of why our
powerful nation has proved so
impotent against Soviet com
munism.
American Readers off Guard
Even these official communist
publications find their way into
many American organizations
and American homes. When the
average American sees the name
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mated this Feast Of Our Lady along uith the feasts
of her Immaculate Conception, her Presentation her
Assumption and her Nativity, as days of special
privilege On these days of this blessed year, any
may gain plenary indulgence each time he
visits Marian church and prays for the inten-
tion of the Holy Father along with the usual con-
ditions Of Confession and Holy Communion neces-
sary for gaining such an indulgence. This means
that the faithful may gain as many plenary indu-
gences as they make visits TO Marian church, full
filling the conditions stated
Ii was through Mary that the Light of the
World" came on earth. And it is fitting that the
feast observing her presentation of that Light"
in the temple should be the day on which the
Church blesses candles used in iturgical functions
throughout the year. For the lighted candle Is
the symbol of Christ
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Democratic party is now firmly
entrenched in power and Konrad
Adenauer is universally recognlz-
ed as one of the most important
political figures in the Western
world. Time magazine, in select
ing Chancellor Adenauer as the
Man Of the Year for 1858. hon
ored a movement as well as
man, since Adenauer is the class
ic symbol of the Christian De-
macracy that is gradually dis
placing Socialism as the DOM
inant influence in the political
life of contemporary Europe.
The recent victory of Alden
auer in Germany and the par
allel. if less spectacular, growth
of Christian Democratic parties
in France and Italy were goodfor
Europe. They we're also good for
Socialism. For under the grim
discipline of adversely and defeat
Socialism in Western Europe is
beginning to change for the bet
ter.
Socialists Abandoning Marx
The NeW York Times reports
and the Wall Street Journal
has recently published corro-
borating evidence-that the So
cial Democratic Party in West
ern Germany is now in the pro
cess of revising its philosophy
and is gradually veering away
from Marxist theology.
German Socialism," the
Wall Street Journal tells us in
a special dispatch from Bonn,
lis closing the political bible It
has followed for generations:
Karl Marx 'Das Kapital.' The
erstwhile eollectivists of this
European nation are now brows-
ing instead through the hand
books of modern Western cap
italism."
The philosophy of the class
struggle is also being reconsid-
cred and gradually abandoned.
According to the Neto York
Times, the Social Democrats no
longer conceive of a single
working class" Professor Carlo
Schmid. one of the Party's lead
ing theoreticians. recently stat
ed in a radio broadcast that the
SPD wants to represent the
interests of all those who stand
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Inquiry Corner
Father He1Iey.

Q. Is 1T possible for a good
person to commit q sin Just be-
fore he dies and 90 10 he'll, and
for a 1oicked person to repent at
the last minute and be Sdved?
If so, is that Just?
A. St. Paul points out the
Christian principle. For what a
man SoWS, that he will also
reap" Galatians 6:8) 1t is true
that good man who dies with
mrepented mortal sin would
lose his soul. Since God wishes
all men to be saved and gives
abundant graceS to all it is UNI
likely that a truly good man
would die unrepentant. The wick
ed man who repents certainly
can be saved as we know from
the instance of the Good Thief.
One problem in these considera-
etionS is the lack of knowledge
on our part of how good an ap-
parently good man is and how
wicked man may be who is
considered wicked. Only God
truly knows the many sins which
may precede the fall of an ap-
parently good man such as that
of Judas, or the many acts of
kindness and virtue in the lives
of sinners like Magdalene.
Q. What is a Sdcrdriltn1?
A. The Sacrarium is a sink or
basin set aside for water in
which the altar linens have been
purified. The water with which
the priest purifies his fingers
at the altar is also poured into
it. 1t is usually in the sacristy
of the church and has its outlet
deep in the ground.
Q. Ho1U could there be bless
tngS before Christ died on the
Cross? What kind of sign could
be made?
A. In the Old Testament we
read of blessings. Noe blessed
his two sons Genesis 9:26), Isaac
blessed Jacob Genesis 27:27)
and Jacob blessed hi twelve sons
Genesis 1929. Some clue as to
the form might be found in the
account in the book of Numbers
(623) where it describes the
priests stretching their hands ov-
er them and blessing them in
prayer.
Q. Is there anything in the
Scriptures indicating that zoe
should be kind to animals?
What about scientific erperi-
meatS causing them suffering?
A. The answer TO both ques-
tions is given in the first chap
Ter of Genesis. There God gives
to Adam dominion over all liV-
ing creatures. Genesis 1:28-30l.
The Fifth Commandment forbids
any cruel or intemperate use of
any living being. for man does
not have absolute dominion over
the gifts God has given him. The
book Of Proverbs speaks explicit
ly of proper care of animals
d2:I0) and Exodus (2O:8-1D
commands man. to give animals
proper rest and care. Christ of