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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Donovan Reported
Target in Air Attack
BY The Associated Press


BANGKOK, Thailand. July 80
Some support was found today
for published reports that the
Chinese Communists actually
were cunning for William j
Donovan. United States ambas-
sador to Thailand. when they
shot down a British airliner of
Hainan Island last Friday.
A United States embassy
source confirmed that Mr.. Dono-
van, who left Bangkok Wednes-
day for a four-day visit to Chi
nese Nationalist Formosa. origi-
nally was scheduled to go July
81 on q Civil Air Transport
plane.
The source said wireless mes
sages concerning Mr.. Donovan's
booking had passed between CAT
offices in Bangkok and Hong
Kong. It was possible they had
been picked up by Chinese Red
radio monitors.
Mr.. Donovan never was booked
on the Inflated airliner. but II
was noted here that Peiping In
its apology to Britain said the
airliner had been mistaken for
q Chinese Nationalist plane.
CAT, headed by Maj. Gen
Claire Chennault. flies the Chi
nese Nationalist flag on it,
planes.
Mr.. Donovan. because of his
prominent role in helping tt
shape United States policy IL
Asia, has long been a target Of
Communist propaganda broad.
casts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Woman Driver Dies,
Six in Car Injured
In Truck Collision

A 81 year old Washington
housewife was killed and six
passengers in her car were hurt
last night in a head-on collision
with a truck near Seat Pleas
ant. Md. *
Mrs. George M. Schneider. 81.
of 2l0 lakewood street Sc. was
pronounced dead at Prince
Georges General Hospital after
the accident. Het two sons,
Everett. 3. and Lewis. 5. were
treated at the hospital for
bruises.
Prince Georges County police
said Mrs. Schneider was return
ing from day Of swimming at
one of the nearby Chesapeake
Bay beaches when her car coll
lided head-on with a stake body
truck driven by Roland E. Gray.
81. OF Upper Marlboro. Gray.
not hurt. was charged with man
slaughter and reckless driving
and released under $1.l00 bond.
Police said the truck crossed into
the left lane.
Mrs. Schneider was the wife Of
an assistant controller of the Ma
tional Red Cross retirement sys-
tenn.
In critical condition at Prince
Georges Hospital was Mrs. Mary
Green, so, of 4301 First street
Sc. The hospital said she SUI
fered severe facial fractures and
a fractured arm.
Also hospitalized. in fair con-
dition, were Mrs. Ella Bran, So.
Of 81 Elmira street Sc. with
q fractured skull, and Mrs. He'd
wig Richtman, IS, Mrs. Schnei-
der's mother, also of the Oak
wood street address. with scalp
injuries
Released after treatment for
scalp injuries was Mrs. jose
phine Gemunder. 66, of 2 For
roster street S.W.. the hospital
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
a n - ~
Noyes
Continued from First Page.)

national will is not an empty
word. as I have discovered In the
course Of q thrilling experiment.
And now that we have redis-
covered this Irresistible force.
which Is that Of democracy, we
are ready for the tasks and the
struggles that await u.s."
One Big Weakness.
Effective as this approach may
be. there is one obvious weakness
in Mr.. Mendes-France's posi-
ton. At Geneva he was backed
by the overwhelming demand of
the French people to reach an
acceptable agreement. In the
showdown to come. no one. in
GLIDING Mr.. Mendes-France him
self. has any certain knowledge
Of what the nation at will de-
mands or where it may lead.
Every one has his own ideas
oAA0 CdOA AlOPCo w GAplO1t tkl1S
irresistible force" to his own
advantage. This even the Com
munists can seize on the
Premier'S own words as the
launching platform for their new
attack on the Western alliance
This new national will, de-
clares "Humanite," demands
equally clearly today that edo
be rejected and that collective
security shall triumph. It an
swers mo- to plans for aggres-
sion and yes to negotiation pro-
posed by the u. S. s. r."
None but the most pessimistic
would say fatty that the French
government has no chance OF
weathering the storm ahead
The very holiness with which
! the course has been set and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30

Ore in Bruzil
RIO DE JANEIRO-Fifteen
billion tons Of high grade iron
ore are contained in the Brazil
ian state Of Minas Geraes. 1t has
been estimated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
u. 5. Korean Talks
Draw 10 Close Today;
GWU Honors Rhee
BY John v. Homer

Top-level talks being con-
Quoted here between the United
States and Korea on military
and economic subjects drew to
a close today
A statement on the confer
ences was promised by the White
~>~---------~-------
Crowds Meet President and Mrs. Rhee.
Page B-3
House after the final general
discussion this afternoon at the
State Department.
Earlier today, the military ex-
perts who accompanied President
Syngman Rhee to Washington
from Korea conferred with their
American oppOsjtes at the De-
Tense Department, while experts
on economic matters met at the
Foreign Operations Administra-
ton.
No Talk Of Speech.
President Rhee told reporters
after a final meeting yesterday
with President Eisenhower that
the conversations were proceed
ing satisfactorily. He said. how
ever, they had not discussed DIR.
Rhee's speech to Congress
Wednesdays speech IN which
he bluntly advocated a "coun-
terattack" upon the Red China
mainland.
President Rhee went to Lisner
Hall yesterday to receive the
honorary degree of doctor Of
laws from George Washington
University, his alma mater.
In accepting the degree from
President Cloyd Heck Marvin
of the university. DR.. Rhee ex-
pressed gratitude for the honor.
He reiterated his deep concern
over the threat of spreading
communism and declared that
the universities of all free coun-
tries must get in the forefront
in the fight against communism.
Calls for Unified Action.
He again warned that the
time for action is now and said
the free world can be saved only
by unified action.
President Rhee was presented
as a candidate for the degree
by Robert v. Fleming, chairman
of the board of trustees. DR.. o.
s. Colclough. dean of faculty,
had announced the grant Of au-
thority for the comforting of
the degree from the trustees.
The convocation marshal was
John F. Latimer and prayers
for the exercises were offered
by DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo. Among
those in the academic process
sion were Korean Ambassador
You Chan Yang and the State
Departments chief of protocol,
John F. Simmons.
DR.. Rhee was graduated from
the university in 1907, taking
the bachelor of arts degree. In
1949, he was awarded the Uni
versity Alum nj Achievement
Award.
DR.. Rhee was guest Of honor
for an off-the-record address to
the Overseas Writers at their
luncheon in Hotel Statler.
He expects to leave Washing
ton at 10 am. tomorrow for
New York but will return Sum
day morning to attend services
at Foundry Methodist Church.
conducted by his old friend. DR..
Frederick Brown Harris.
He will spend Sunday after
noon at the Korean Embassy be-
fore returning to New York by
way Of Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Legion 10 Nominate
D. c. Officers al
Convention Today

The Seth annual convention
of the District Department of
the American Legion continued
today. with nominations of new
officers and several other events
scheduled In the Shoreham
Hotel,
At 8 o'clock tonight. Rocco C..
Sjciliane. Assistant Secretary Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Spending Speedup
10 Nudge Economy
| Disclosed by Weeks
BY the Assoeiosed Press

A spending speedup to "give
the economy q little nudge
has been set In motion by the
Eisenhower administration, Sec
Rotary Of Commerce Weeks dis
closed yesterday.
Secretary Weeks called the
speedup "a conscious Govern
ment policy to speed up pro-
curement" without boosting to-
tai budget OUTLAWS.
The Commerce Secretary said
the idea Of the little nudge
is to offset the defiationary eff
feet Of cuts in defense expendi-
lures, while holding to the ad-
ministration's policies of econ
'omy and stable money. !
Won't Boost Total Outlay.
Appropriations will be spent
sooner than they otherwise
would be. he said. but total ex-
penditures over the long run will
not be increased.
The effort, he said, embraces
q $385-million ship-building
program. accelerated for high
way and airport construction,
and special consideration for de-
pressed industries. including soft
coal and anthracite. textiles and
metals mining.
Mr.. Weeks announced a $65. g
million Observation-Disclosures
expansion program for the
American President Lines, as q
start toward rejuvenating the
merchant fleet and reviving
United States shipyards- which,
he said, have not received pri-
vate shipbuilding order this year
The President Lines, he said
will build two new passenger
cargo ships of "the most adj
vanced design" will buy and re-
build four of the Maritime
Administrations fast Mariner
cargo vessels. and will buy two
luxury liners which it now OPP
crates in the Pacific under
charter. the Gover1ment-owned
President Cleveland and Preesi-
dent Wilson.
Forecasts Fall Pickup.
The Maritime Administration
also is negotiating with the
Grace and the Moore McCor-
mack Lines for construction of
two new ships each, Mr.. Weeks
said. He described the whole
shipbuilding program, including
Navy tanker construction and
other elements. as perhaps the
biggest in peacetime history.
The Secretary said that the
business outlook generally "is
bright. and can be made brighter
if Congress enacts the entire
package" Of President Eisen-
hower's legislative program. He
forecast q real pickup this
fall'' In business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Carriers in Shooting
Return to Monilu
By NO 4 ssoeicssd Press


MANILA, July so. The car
riers Philippine Sea and Hornet.
whose pilots shot down two
Communist planes Of Hanian Is
land Sunday. will return to Ma
Mia Bay tomorrow. the Navy
said today.
The carrier planes we're
searching for survivors Of a Brit
ish airliner which had been
shot down by Red planes when
they were attacked.
The carriers are part of
United States Fleet units now en-
gagged in training operations in
the South China Sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Churchill Wins Vote
OF Confidence On His
Plan 10 Give Up Suez
BY fhs Assoeioisd Press

LONDON, July 80. Parlia-
ment got ready to close shop
for the summer recess today
after according Prime Minister
Churchill a 10-1 confidence vote
on his plan to pull British troops
from the Suez Canal zone. Most
Laborites abstained on the
ballot.
The House of Commons backed
the Prime Minister'S historic
decision by q vote OF 257-26 after
Sir Winston made an impas-
stoned declaration that the H
bomb had rendered the billion
dollar. 75-year-old string OF
bases obsolete.
Both Commons and the House
Of Lords. which also debated the
controversial Suez issue, begin
their summer recess today. They
will not reconvene until October
Position Now Outdated.
Sir Winston, who in World
War II remarked he had not
become Prime. Minister in order
to liquidate the empire. declared
yesterday that the whole British
position in the Suez had been
outdated by "the appalling de-
velopments and the appalling
spectacles which imagination
raises before us"
Merely to try to imagine in
outline how to portray the first
few weeks Of a war as it is now
-. would convince you of the
obsolescence of the base" he
asserted.
The agreement. which has
strong United States support
call for the transfer of $4,000
British troops from their Sue2
base within 20 months after q
seven-year pact is signed.
Could Reoccupy Bases.
The pact will give Britain the
right to reoccupy the base in case
of attack on Turkey or any OF
the eight Arab nations. Civilian
caretakers under contract to
Britain will keep up the great
installations dominating the
vital waterway.
A group of 40 rebellious Con-
servatives had threatened to
break the party traces over the
prospect of seeing another por-
ton of the empire pass ont of
British hands. But in the final
test only. 26 Tories voted against
the government.
Less than half the House vot-
ed, however. The Labor Party.
skipping chance to topple the
government, passed the word to
it's members to abstain. In the
end five Laborites wound up vot-
ing with the government on the
evacuation plan. which the
Socialists have long urged.
During the debate preceding
the vote Labor Leader Clement
Attlee took a personal swipe at
Sir Winston, accusing him Of
scorning Laborite advice to come
to terms with Egypt more than
two years ago.
"The Prime Minister knows
that this could have been settled
on better terms, in fact on these
very terms two years ago." Mr..
Attlee said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Baltimorean HospifaIized
By Bus Accident Injuries

A 34-year-old Baltimorean is
in Casualty Hospital today in un-
determined condition from inju-
ries received in an accident on
the Union Station Plaza.
According to police, Robert j
McElroy stepped off the pave
ment into the side Of a passing
bus last night. He was treated
for head injuries and a fractured
left foot.
No charges were placed against
the Capital Transit Co. driver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30

risks accepted may do the trick.
At all times politics In France
are unpredictable. There is.
however, no attempt to hide the
fact that for Mr.. MendeS-
France. the real fight is only
just beginning. And that the
hazards Of the next fortnight
will make those already passed
seem like child's play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Judeo Library Dedicated

JERUSALEM. Israel Section.
July 80 (R.-The cornerstone of
library in memory of 6 million
Jews who persisted under Hitler
was laid yesterday on the rocky
slope of Judean mountain west
of Jerusalem.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13

east of Beaverdam, follows the pres
ent route for three miles, then pass
es south and east of Bluffton.
South of Gratz Crossing the new
road will have four lanes and a me-
dian strip of grass. North of the
crossing, which will be eliminated be-
cause the new highway will stay on
the east side of the Nickel Plate
railroad, the road will be a single
24-foot pavement for two-lane traf-
fic.
The project will include new
bridge over the A. c. & Y. railroad
east of town. All of the new road
way will be graded for four lanes and
can be increased later to "a divided
highway by adding another 24-foot
pavement.
functions of the Bluffton alternate
route and the new concrete highway
will be at Gratz Crossing on the
south and at the curve near the
junction of SR SO on the north.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13

West Buckeye avenue, Ada. 1t was
sold by W. Z. King, owner and oper-
ator for the past % years.
Prior to Kings ownership, the old
Ada establishment had been held by
the Slagle Lumber company, which
operated a chain of six yards in
Northwestern Ohio.
Mr.. Steinman will assume direct
management of the Ada yards until
a resident manager can be employed.
All former personnel of the firm will
be retained
The company's plans for the future
provide for centralizinE the book
keeping and stock C, ~'~~l system in
the Bluffton office. steps a. being
taken to enlarge the office /, ilding
here and to provide so per &C more
space. The Jenera plant, original
home of the Steinman comp&ny, will
specialize in millwork, although both
of the other yards will continue to
perform some operations.
Joseph Steinman of Jenera, one of
the original group of four brothers
who founded the business, heads the
firm as president. f 1aerson Steinman
is second vice president, Mrs. Verda
Steinman Reeder, treasurer, and Mrs.
Mildred Steinman Wilson, secretary
of the corporation.
Organized in 1891 by four Stein
man brothers, Charles, Joseph, John
and Jacob, and Ira Smith, the firm
has grown steadily. The present
manager has been active in state and
national lumber dealers association.
Recently Forrest was appointed one
of five dealers in the U. S. to serve
on the Education Committee of the
National Retail Lumber Dealers as
sociation. He and Mrs. Steinman are
leaving Saturday for Washington,
D. c. to attend a directors meeting
Monday and Tuesday.
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generator load, hoping to revive the
boiler pressure quickly. This effort
failed, however, and he had to work
in darkness.
The municipal plant superintendent
has ordered complete physical ex-
animation for Mr.. Luginbuhl.
II have every confidence in Rolly,"
Mr.. Draper said. 81 do not believe
he went to sleep on the job. / do not
believe good many other rumors
which seem to be circulating"
Mr.. Draper said that he has a
theory on what might have happened
TO cause a man to black-out two
times in such u manner, but refused
to say what it was until he investi-
gates it.
The current hassel over the ques-
tion of selling out or retaining the
municipal power distribution system
adds mystery and suspicion to the in
cidents which are interpreted to have
effects on the Forthcoming referen-
dun elect'o1.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13
DR.. Schultz Granted
Leave For MCC Work

DIR. Jacob S. Schultz, Bluffton col
lege dean and professor of teacher
EDUCATION, has been granted a leave
of absence for next semester in order
To do research for the Mennonite
Central Committee, Akron, Pa. DIR.
Schultz is retiring from the deanship,
but will resume his work as professor
of teacher education, following his
leave of absence.
The purpose of his research will
be to obtain Information that will
aid in understanding the impact the
current Nv program has had on the
men in alternate service, and to pro-
vide helpful information for the Men
MONTE Central Committee and other
cooperating groups in planning
future services to meet these mems
needs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13
Work Day Nets $500
For Cabin Fund

Bluffton college Work Day has
netted some 800 to date, according
to Dave Tice, chairman of the pro-
ject, and it is expected that when
all receipts are turned in, the total
Will reach $500.
Proceeds Will be used toward re-
construction of an old log cabin
recently acquired from the State
Highway Department. The cabin was
removed from its former site on
the new Route 25 right-of-way south
of town.
A new foundation will be built
on the college farm near the site
of the old college cabin damaged by
fire some time ago. The cabin will
also get a new roof, new door and
window frames and other improve
ments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13
Mystery ShrOuds Second
Light Plant BLack-Out

The story of Buttons second noe
turnal light plant black-out within
a two week period early Tuesday
morning, and the case of the uncon-
scious engineer began this week to
assume all of the aspects of an old
fashioned cloak and dagger mystery.
James Draper, light plant superin-
tendent, said Tuesday morning that
his engineer, Roland Luginbuhl, had
again reported that he simply
blacked out for a period, and did not
know what happened" When the
same thing happened Saturday a
week ago, Luginbuhl said that he be-
lieved he fell. He could not remem-
Der.
The electric system was shut down
for a two-hour period between and
4 a. m. The engineer said that he re-
gained consciousness before tn e
steam pressure had fallen t. a point
where the lights went out. He threw
all of the circuits with the exception
Of the plant circuit to relieve the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13

ground level in a rush to get them
ready for the wheat harvest in July.
And out on West Elm street the new
Mennonite Memorial Home for the
Aged is now at first-foor window
level and will be under roof by June
The grain storage silos and ele-
vator equipment which will be Install
ed with them is estimated to cost
approximately 100000.
The silos being constructed of pre-
cast concrete slabs will hold from
10000 to 10000 bushels of grain as
compared with the Bluffton firm's
present capacity of $4,000 bushels.
When completed, the elevator will
save farmers valuable waiting time
at the harvest. 1t has been estimated
that the new equipment will unload
waiting trucks four times faster than
last years process which had grain
wagons lined nearly to Main street
last summer.
At the site of the Mennonite Home
the basement foundation of the CEN
trail unit has been completed and a
new type of freproof first floor con-
struction of pre-cast concrete is being
completed. Bricklayers have laid up
the outer walls of the east wing of
the building up to frst-foor window
level and the aluminium window sash
have been set in.
No hold-up for materials is fore
seen, and most of the items necessary
for getting it under roof by June are
already on hand. The contractor ex-
poets to complete the central section
and the east wing-all that is con-
templated at presently the end of
the year.
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Three Nominated
For State Farmer
Degrees In FLA

Three members of the Bluffton
high school chapter of Future Farm
ers of America have been nominated
to receive the State Farmer Degree
at the state convention of the Ohio
Association of Future Farmers of
America in Columbus it was an
nounced by Lorain Basinger, voca-
tional agriculture instructor at the
nigh school.
Nominated to receive the award
Nera Fred Amstutz, a senior and
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Amstutz,
3luffton Route 2; Evan Lehman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Lehman,
Route 2, Columbus Grove; and La
Verne Moser, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rolly Moser, Bluffton Route 2. Moser
and Lehman are graduates of Bluff
ton high school and have retained
active membership in the chapter.
The degree is awarded for farm
ing ability, leadership, and character.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13
Methodist COnfab
Here On Monday

Sixty-two charges will be repre-
sented at the District Conference of
the Lima District of the Methodist
church when it assemblies at the First
Methodist Church of Bluffton Mon
day afternoon and evening. At the
same time the Ministers Wives as
sociation will hold its meeting in the
Parsonage at 2 pm.
The afternoon session will deal
with conference business and an
original drama will be presented on
the Christian Home. 1t was written
by Miss Margaret Huffman, D. r. E.
of Epworth church, Marion. After
a supper served by the WSCA, the
evening program will include music
by the Ohio Northern Choir and an
address by the Rev. VIM. Shaw on
Korea.