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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-24

who carry health insurance really
Just a bunch of hypochondriacs,
always running to the doctor?
Because some of their charges are
prepaid, are they more likely to
treat themselves to the luxury of
private hospital rooms? Are they
more likely to agree to needed OPP
erations because they know they
can pay their bills? 7?
No one really knows, but the
fact is that every 100 insured per-
sons spend an average Of 10 days
in the hospital each year. Those
not insured get by with only 80
days!
1t seems logical to assume that
nobody goes to the hospital or
has an operation just for fun. It
is probable that the people with
health insurance keep in better
health by taking better care of
themselves. They can have hospital
care, when it is needed, and recov-
er more quickly. If an operation
is needed, they don't put it off
because they fear they can't. pay
for it. Conditions that might later
cause complications and heavy
medical expenses are corrected be-
fore they become acute.
Families with many chlIdren
who are sickness-prone are going
to get insured and hang on to it.
People who know they are going
to want medical care in time of
illness are going to do the same.
Since 1889, the Health Informa-
tion Foundation reveals, the num-
ber of persons holding voluntary
health insurance policies h "a S
grown from 6,500,O00 to nearly 90
million, and every big jump in
policy-holding has resulted in
greatly increased use of personal
health service by the insured. OF
course, there are many fact ors in
volved. There are more doctors,
more hospitals, more widely dis
tributed diagnostic centers and
clinics than there were fifteen
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-24
THE sENlWesKY MADISON COUNTY DEMOCRAT LONDON OHIO

more likely, too, seek corrective
surgery, like Strengthening a brok-
en- nose or re-setting an improper
ly mended bone.
Whatever the reasons behind
our greatly increased use of medi-
cal facilities, one fact, authorities
say, is clear. For good health, most
of us are willing to pay the cost.
Considering that we are enjoying
the benefits of research in mira
Gle drugs better trained doctors,
advanced hospital and diagnostic
facilities ~ all of which have in
creased the span of human life in
the U.S.A. from 48 to 68 years in
the last half century ~ the price
does not seem very high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Few Signs Of Alarm
Found on Chinese
Nationalist Island
By Spencer Moose
As.oeieted pre.. ForeIsn core.ponde,

stSSSNtAfSN ssSos tetSt8b ~StfNstSStt9StN
QUEMOY. Sept. 11.-Explod-
ing Communist shells and the
threat of a Red invasion have
brought few changes to this tiny
Nationalist island stronghold just
off the China coast.
Farmers calmly till their fields.
scarcely glancing up as OCCASION
al shells land with a dull boom
a few miles away.
Heavy military trucks roar
down fine new highways, whiz-
zing past tiny ponies carrying
farmers riding comfortably in
baskets strapped on either side.
Almost every one celebrated
the moon festival yesterday.
Yet the Nationalist garrison
commander says the Reds have
n1assed 100, 900 Russian-equipp
troops-up to 10000 of them
Korean war veterans-within SO
miles of Quenoy.
A group OF 20 newSnlen who
flew here from Taipeh for an
on-the-spot inspection found few
signs of alarm and the comman-
der of 10000 Nationalist defen-
ders said he doubts that the
Reds will risk an invasion of
this island, focal point of a
west pocket war; since Septem-
Der 3.
Maj. Gen. William Chase, head
of the United States military
assistance advisory group to Ma
tionalist China, arrived here this
morning. He gave no reason for
his trip, but presumably he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Murphy Reported
On Arms Mission
BY the Assoeiatsd Pres.

Deputy Undersecretary of
State Robert D. Murphy, top
ranking professional diplomat
In the Eisenhower administra-
ton, is reported to be leaving
today for q flying tour of West
ern European capitals to sound
out sentiment on q solution to
the critical German re-arma-
ment problem.
His lnannounced mission is
scheduled to take him to key
centers including London, Bonn,
Paris and Rome.
Pressed for some explanation
of the trip, officials said it was
simply q 'slook-see' survey by
a man intimately familiar with
administration thinking on Eu-
ropean issues. These informants
said Mr.. Murphy was not carry
ing any secret United States
plans for dealing with the Eu-
ropean problem and that his
mission was not prompted by
British Foreign Secretary Eden's
visit to European capitals this
week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11

store at Otis and Warder streets
NV.
Mr.. Jones said he couldn't
have been in the store more than
a minute or two. When he came
out. the car and the children
were gone.
At that point. he said, II
jumped sky high" hailed q
passing cab and rushed to the
precinct.
Detective Lyons drove to the
spot on Otis street just east of
Warder where Mr.. Jones left his
car. He decided to start toward
Soldiers Home.
He was passing an alley when
Mr.. Jones let out q shout.
There, In the alley, its back
against q fence was Mr.. jones'
yellow and black car. Huddled
in the front seat. scared and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Typhoon Expected TO Miss
U. 5. Base Of 0kinawa
by The Associated Press

TOKYO, Sept. 11.-Typhoon
June. an enormous storm with
winds of up to 100 miles an hour
at its center, veered eastward
today and weather experts said
it would miss the United States
base at Okinawa.
The island battened down for
the big blow, but the Air Force
said late today winds Of no
more than so miles an hour
would hit Okinawa.
Although typhoon June Is the
10th this year by U. S. Air Force
reckoning, it is the 18th listed
by Japanese weather experts be-
cause they use a different start
ing date.
Typhoon Is, which hit Japan
early this week, actually formed
later than Typhoon June but it
swung north earlier and faster.
It was relatively small by COM
parison with the new storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11

/ the heaviest water since 1893
when the inlet broke through
during hurricane.
All but some of the larger
marlin boats at Ocean City took
shelter in Herring Greek a few
miles north. A seawall at the
Ocean Beach development to the
south prevented damage there, a
spokesman for the development
company said.
AT some points along the mar
row island, Sinepuxent Bay and
1.-THE ocean joined, with water in
the streets. AS late as Z am. to-
day, winds of As miles an hour
were reported. Easements of
some hotels were flooded.
Amateur radio operators at
Ocean City stayed on the air
during the night to bring up-to-
the-minute information to resi-
dents. They were unable to get
detailed information during
much Of the night. however. and
some confusion developed over
whether the beach should be
evacuated and when, so the resi-
dents remained where they were.
Boiling and Andrews Air Force
bases, near Washington. put
emergency plans into effect yes
terday for evacuating planes to
the interior of the country.
At Boiling, ITO aircraft were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
New England May Miss Worst
As Hurricane Shifts Northeast;
High Winds Batter Coast Areas
Storm Danger
Now Past in
New York City
By The A.,oeio..d Pres.

The United States Weather
Bureau at Boston said New Eng
land may escape the worst OF
Hurricane Edna today because
a shift in direction moved the
hurricane northeasterly.
And in New York, the bureau
there said New York City had
seen the worst of its share of the
hurricane by II am. edit.
Shortly before noon the Air
Force obtained a radar fix on
the hurricane, spotting its heart
as 80 miles southeast of Mon
tauk, which is on the tip of Long
Island.
An Air Force spokesman said
If it continued its present course
it would cross the tip of Cape
Cod and leave the New. England
coast relatively unframed.
Gale Force Winds Due. .
The Boston forecaster said at
1880 am. that most of New
England would get gale force
winds of under rs miles an hour
rather than the full hurricane.
He said the hurricane would
pass to the east of Cape Cod be-
tween ! and 2 pm, leaving the
major part of New England to
the west-or the least dangerous
side-of the storm.
The Weather Bureau at Hills
grove, r. I, reported about a
half hour earlier that the storms
core, which packed winds of 125
miles per hour, would pass to the
east of Rhode Island.
The forecaster there said the
southerly shore Of Rhode Island,
and Connecticut and parts of
Massachusetts, would get hurri-
cane-force winds, but most of
New England would be spared
because Of the change in direc-
ton.
Heavy Rain in New York.
BY II am. 4.82 inches of rain
had fallen in New York City,
which had been buffeted by sus-
tanned winds of 80 to 40 miles an
hour and occasional gusts of up
to So miles an hour.
Ernest j. Christie, chief me-
teorologist of the New York
Weather Bureau, said at that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
7 Killed, Third Hurt
In Aufo-Train Crash
Near Gaifhersburg
Fatal Collision Occurs
At Rood Crossing Soon
To BE Eliminated

Two men were killed and q
third was injured early today
when their auto rammed a Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad passen-
ger train near Gaithersburg, Md.
The crash occurred at the
Brown Station road crossing,
which is to be eliminated as part
of a $1.2 million project on
which contracts are to be award
ed by the State Roads Commits
sion next week.
The dead are Guy Perry, 43,
Of Route 3, Mount Airy, Md, and
Grant Buttry, At, of Gathers
burg.
The injured man is Harry
Poole, %. a carpenter, of Mount
Airy. He was reported to be in
fairly good condition in Sub
urban Hospital today.
Three in Front Seat.
Montgomery County Policeman
John Bechtel said Mr.. Poole,
suffering from head injuries,
was unable to recall the accident
but he told police all three men
were riding in the front seat
before the crash.
Engineer of the train, the
Shenandoah, bound for Chicago,
was identified by police as H. B.
Treyillion of Falls Church, va.
MIR. Bechtel said the engineer
told him the train was travelling
at 10 miles an hour when the
diesel engine was struck on the
left side. about S feet from the
front. at 1882 am.
Police said Mr.. Poole was
thrown Is feet and landed in
a cinder path. Mr.. Perry landed
on the tracks about SO feet from
the scene of the impact. Mr..
Buttry was thrown about so
feet and landed in grass behind
a shack.
Mr.. Perry died instantly, police
said. MIR. Buttry was admitted
to Suburban Hospital, where he
died about 2::3O am.
Wreckage Along Tracks.
!
Wreckage of the car was
strewn for 900 feet along the
tracks.
Train traffic was halted for
about an hour.
The crossing. mile north of
Gaithersburg, is to be replaced
by an underpass. This will tie
in with an overpass taking Brown
Station road traffic over the new
Washington National pike, ac-
cording to the acting Montgom-
cry County manager, Mason A.
Butcher. Contracts on the prof.
ect, estimated to cost about
81 $50. 600. are to be awarded
next week, Mr.. Butcher said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Small Boys Strange Ride StortIes Father

crying, were Jerome Lee Jones.
3. and Bernxxd Andrew Jones, 2.
Mr.. Jones scooped his boys
into his arms and Rugged them.
Detective Lyons tried to find
out what had happened. All he
could make out was that no
one else had been in the car.
The car had been left with
another car parked behind it.
Presumably. one of the boys re-
leased the brake but it was on
when the car was parked.
Somehow. the car Unanswered
out of the parking space. rolled
80 feet downhill. crossed the
street and turned out OF sight
into the alley where 1t stopped
against q fence 20 feet inside
the alley.
The happy father drove his
boys home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
District Area Gets Light Rain
But Big Blow Fails to Develop
Heavy Waves Pound Nearby Beaches;
Storm Warnings Lowered Along Potomac

Washington escaped battering
from Hurricane Edna's fringes as
expected heavy winds failed to
develop and the big blow stayed
farther east than predicted.
There was steady but. light
rain here during the night and
early morning, and winds were
around 40 miles an hour with
gusts up to 80 miles an hour.
Some coastal beaches favored
by Washington vacationers, how
ever, were hammered by heavy
waves accompanying high tides
and roaring winds. The Chesa-
peake Bay beaches. for the most
part. escaped the hurricanes
fury.
The bay was rough during
the night, with winds of as to 40
miles an hour, but storm warn
ings were lowered at 5 O'Clock
this morning along the bay and
lower Potomac.
Potomac tides were to be only
slightly higher than normal, the
Weather Bureau said, Northerly
winds are helping to keep them
down.
Ocean City, Md, apparently
was one of the hardest hit. al
though residents were prepared
and not much damage was re-
ported.
Tremendous waves coming at
the time of high tide, brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Fall Festival Of Homes
Section IN Today's Star

The Fall Festival Of Homes, sponsored by the
Washington Home Builders Association in co-opera-
ton with The Evening Star, starts today.
See the big Home Section, beginning on Page
b. which offers map showing the locations OF the
approximately go homes that will be on exhibit from
today through October s. Pictures and articles
about the festival will appear today and for three
more Saturdays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Dog Bites Russian, ,
And 2 Policemen
May Be Fired
By the Assoeicisd Press

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. IL
Russian occupation authorities
have demanded the Austrian
government fire two policemen
who allowed their dog to bite a
Soviet soldier.
The dog attacked the soldier
recently after the Russian
threatened a shoemaker with q
knife if he did not get me a
woman" The police went to the
shoemaker's aid.
When the soldier threatened
them, too, the dog jumped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11

A distyaught father rushed
into the Districts Tenth Precinct
station today and told police his
car had disappeared with his
two small sons, in It.
Attention all cars" blared the
police radio.
Police throughout the city
were alerted for possible kid
mapping.
Tenth Precinct Detective Leo
Lyons ran out to his car with
the father to cruise the neigh
borhood. listening to the story
as he drove.
The father, Alphonzo Jones.
~, cdlored. Of the 600 block Of
Newton place NV. said he had
left his sons. ages 2 and 8. in
his car while he went into .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Latest Big 4 Meeting
Leaves West With
Diplomatic Bruises
Sporring Ends With
Free World Rejecting Bid
Of Russia for NATo Role
By jones &. Roper

/ VI
Another round in the diplo-
| matte donnyorook between Rus
STA and the Western powers
ended quietely today. but the
West appeared to have suf-
fered most Of the bruises.
| The Soviet Union started the
round July "a when 1t proposed
q Big Four foreign ministers
meeting and q European confer
ence to write a security agree
ment for all Europe Communist
as well as non-C Communist. The
Soviets also suggested that they
join the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
After some diplomatic SPAR
ring, the United States, Great
Britain and France last night
gave Moscow their final an
swer: No.
They challenged Russia to
join the West in settling the
Austrian and German problems.
After that, said the Western
notes, the Big Four foreign min
listers might meet to consider
"the remaining aspects of Euro
pean security
Acfion Was Exnecfed.
Nobody in Washington, Lon
don or Paris expected the Soviet
to agree to such q procedure at
this time. But nobody in Mos
COW should have expected the
West to go for the Reds July
"a proposal.
i The Communist move seemed
aimed at causing enough confu-
sion to prevent French ratifica-
ton Of the treaty for the
European Defense Community
and its army for Western Europe.
Whatever the cause. France did
reject EDO. This handed a stiff
diplomatic defeat to United
States foreign policy.
The Soviet Unions July "A cry
for East West conferences also
enabled the Communists to make
a good showing in front of some
European neutralists, although
Washington itself .readily recog-
| nized the Soviet course as in
| sincere.
The Western notes to Moscow
| last night were worded mod
erately but tried to regain the
diplomatic initiative.
Security in Europe cannot
be brought about by the sigma
ture of q general treaty of the
kind proposed by the Soviet gov
ernment," said the note. 1T will
only result from the solution of
concrete problems, of which the
tSee BIG FOUR, Page A-2.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11

planned conferences with Ma
tionalist commanders.
Informed sources said Gen.
Chase's arrival tends to confirm
reports that the United States
has a strong interest in the Ma
tionalists retaining control of
Quemoy.
Visiting newsmen found shops
open and well-stocked in Kin
man, capital of Quemoy, even
though shells could be heard ex-
ploding in the distance.
So. far the village has escaped
damage, but there have been ci-
william casualties elsewhere on the
island.
The newsmen watched Nation
alist big guns lombard the main
land a few miles to the west,
even as Nationalist warplanes
streaked across Formosa strait
to rain bombs on Annoy and
lcea OTITN6Ov pooa A.ol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Education Section
Featured Tomorrow

The Stdr will publish its annual
"Boek-to-Sehoolr educational section
tomorrow.
Containing mony features and
photographs covering pIons and octiyi-
ties Of oreo colleges opd privote.
public and business schools, this sec
tion will nuke importont reading for
parents, teochers and students olike.
leora the latest developments in
the desesresotion program.
Dcn't miss this section II The
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War Criminals PuroIed

TOKYO, Sept. II (R.-Fifteen
Japanese convicted as war GRIM
inals by the Dutch government
were released on parole from
Sugamo Prison today. They were
of minor rank. japanese sem
fenced by the Dutch still in
Sugamo number 156.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Iron Reports Purging
Red Spies in Police
BY The A.seeiaisd Press

TETIERAN. Iran, Sept. IL
Teheran's military governor,
Gen. Tiemour Bakhtiar an
nounced today the purge of a
Communist spy ring in the po-
lice department had "cut of the
roots of Communist Party opera
tions in Trans security organiza-
itons.'
The governor told newsmen
more than 400 police officers
have been arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11

LONDON, Sept. IL tP.-Sen-
ator Wiley. Republican. of Wis
consin returned to London from
q private visit to Northern Ire
land today. The chairman OF
the United States Senate Foreign
Relations Committee has been
comforting with West European
leaders for several weeks. He
plans to fly to Paris on Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Free West Germany
Would Join NAT0,
Adenauer Declares
Chancellor Fccing
Test Of Leadership
In Stute Election
BY The Associated Press

BONN. Germany, Sept. IL.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
appealing for public confidence
in his policies on the eve Of key
state elections, declared last
night a free West Germany
would join the Atlantic alliance.
Tomorrow's election in Schles-
wig Holstein state will test the
78-year-old ehancellor's leader
ship for the first time since the
French National Assembly
knocked out the European army
plan, cornerstone of his pro-
Western foreign policy.
Campaigning at Neumuenster,
Mr.. Adenauer told a rally Of
1000 Christian Democratic fol-
lowers that West Germany-once
it is granted sovereignty--would
be prepared to join the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Too Long for New Pact.
He said he shared the British
view that a new pact to take the
place Of the defunct European
Defense Community would ''take
too long to work out. He did not
mention the possibility that the
French might also block German
membership in NATO.
Later he declared in an inter-
view in the Kiel newspaper KELLER
Nachrichten: "The federal gov
eminent can aim toward the
Identification of Germany and
present its policy in interna-
tional affairs clearly only if it
knows that the public is solidly
behind it,
You voters" he said, "are
part Of public opinion and un-
doubtedly the whole world will
watch the election closely to see
how you will express your opin-
ions."
Sticks to Present Policy.
An estimated / "a million voters
are eligible to cast ballots in the
northern state. Some political
observers predict the opposition
Socialists will beat Mr.. Ade-
nauer's Christian Democrats al
though the latter got 41.3 per
cent of the vote in the state in
last years national elections.
Mr.. Adenauer said the West
German government would not
veer from its present policy which
he said had resulted in eco
nomic and social Improvement
for the nation.
I'VE will not" he promised,
take D crooked road."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Bob Richards Making
Far East Tour for U. S.
By he As.o.eiaisd Pros,

The State Department dis
closed today the Rev. Robert z.
(Bob) Richards. Olympic pole
vault champion. left last Tues
day on a two-month good will
visit to Ceylon. India, Burma
and Korea.
Mr.. Richards, pastor of the
First Church of the Brethren Of
Long Beach. Calf, will give ath-
letic exhibitions and talk with
youth, professional and other
groups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Eden Launches
Talks 70 Find
edo Alternative
Arrives in Brussels
On Swing Through
European Capitals
BY The A.soeiuisd Press

BRUSSELS. Belgium, Sept. IL
British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden arrived in Brussels
today for talks with European
leaders on German rearmament
He will confer here with For
eign Minister Paul Henri Spaak
Of Belgium. Foreign Minister E
w. Beyen Of the Netherlands and
Premier Joseph Bech Of Luxern-
bourg. He then will fly to West
Germany. France and Italy fol
further high-level talks.
Mr.. Eden was welcomed at the
airport by Mr.. Spaak and British
Ambassador Sir Christopher
Warner. The foreign secretary
said in a press statement: Il
hope we will do good work to-
gether for peace and European
unity"
Has No Panacea.
Before he left London, Mr..
Eden told newsmen that he was
not carrying "any grand new
panacea" as an alternative to
the defunct European Defense
Community plan which was
killed by the French National
Assembly.
But we have got some ideas. =
he said. MY intention is to put
these to some OF the statesmen
who signed the EDO treaty and
to hear what they have to say
| Mr.. Eden's trip has been de-
scribed by the Foreign Office
this way:
To establish personal contact
with responsible ministers
to explain to them the views of
her nlajesty's government on the
situation tcreated by the French
rejection of EDC) and to learn
from them their views at first
hand.
Alternative Sought.
Mr.. Eden told newsmen: The
objects of the (EDC) treaty were
FIRST to bring Germany fully, and
u hope finally, into the West
European community and second
to devise an agreed method by
which Germany could play her
part in Western defense. That is
still our purpose.
I'VE have now to find another
way to put it into effect. We have
given q great deal of thought to
this question.
Later on I expect that we
shall have a conference, but what
I am doing now will, I hope, be
a first step in preparation"
Representatives of six EDO
nations were at the London air.
port to see Mr.. Eden off.
Mr.. Eden will attempt to lay
the groundwork for a nine-power
conference and subsequent meet
ing of the NATO council-both
designed to work out new pro-
gram for West German rearma-
ment.