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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
No MysferY Mon Now

US. Army MPs came to the
aid Of Dutch authorities who
thought they had an American
war hero suffering from amnesia
The mystery man, found wan
dering in a dazed condition near
the German border in Holland
on July 26, said he was Capt
David Samuel Rollins, 81. of
Washington, D. c. He claimed to
have been a World War II
bomber pilot shot down by the
Germans and imprisoned in
Stalag IL. On his back, he bore
a tattoo in German which read:
This is the fate of US. arson
murderers and gangster pilots. "
Col. Arthur L. Selby, the US.
Army provost marshal in Frank
furt, said the mystery man was
a German vagrant with a yen for
as an AWOL combat
soldier.
Under the name Of Ernest S.
Williams, he was held for OBJ
servation in an Army hospital in
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
CONTINUING Fireworks

~ 10
With or without television, the
Mccarthy hearings remain py-
lroteehnic displays. The probe
into censure charges against the
Junior senator from Wisconsin
lerupted in a familiar pattern
this week as the report on the
McCarthY-Army hearings was
made public. Both were craggy
with controversy.
Sen. Arthur v. Watkins (R-
Utah), banged his gaveI repeat
ledly in an uproarious opening
session Of the hearing on cen
sure charges in an attempt to
silence Sen. Mccarthy, finally
recessed the hearings until next
day, after ruling Mccarthy was
tout Of order"
I'VE are not going to be in
terrupted by these diversions
we are going straight down the
line" declared the ordinarily
mild-mannered chairman, his
voice trembling.
The Chair Rules
The explosion occurred when
Mccarthy persisted in trying to
challenge the impartiality Of
Sen. Edwin G. johnson (D-Col).
vice chairman Of the committee.
Mccarthy demanded to know
whether an interview in Den
yer newspaper was true. The
article had quoted johnson as
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
SideIiahts

Q In New York City, two mer
the Rev. Gerald Butterfly
a ride and when he got into Their
car tried to hold him uU The
priest, who had arrived from
Ireland five days before, dragged
one Of the thugs to the sidewalk
and when the second Joined the
punched him too. 81 can
use my fists when I have t." said
the priest after the two men
climbed back into their car and
fed.
9 An 80-ton statue of Christ OF
the Deeps" dedicated to sailors
and all who persisted at sea, was
lowered into SO feet Of water 500
yards of the Italian coastal town
Of Camogli. The eight-foot statue
was placed on a concrete base on
the bottom during a mass cele-
nrated on raft by an Italian
chaplain.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
Medicine
Oldsfers, Be Active


Modern science has buttressed
the old saying that more elderly
people rust out than wear out
DR.. Joseph w. Still Of George
Washington University School Of
Medicine is authority for the
statement that there is a need for
activity in advancing years. but
that it must be adjusted in pro-
portion to the body's gradual
loss of reserves and residence
with age"
In our advice to the aged. he
said, Il believe we should gener-
ally emphasize activity rather
than rest. My observation is that
older people tend to be too sed-
entary and I think this tendency
must be eombatted."
DR.. Still said it has been scien-
ILLEGALLY proved that inactivity
and bed rest can be as stressing
as, say, over-exposure to heat or
cold. A system of gradually
slowed-down activity can do
much to assure a long, active and
life, he told the fifth
annual conference Of the Ameri-
can Assn. of Rehabilitation
Therapists.
Such a formula, he suggested,
might be summarized thus:
Sprint up to 25 years, trot from
% to 40, walk from 40 to CO.
and after go, dawdls at golf."
At present there are between
II million and IS million per-
sons in the United States IS
years or over-equal to the en-
tire population Of Canada.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
In Short.

Lifted: BY Britain, a three.
year-old embargo on arms &c
Egypt, following British agree.
ment to withdraw her troops
from the Suez Canal Is months
after signing Of a new seven
year defense pact with Egypt.
Reported: BY a japanese news.
paper, that one crewman Of the
fishing boat busted by radio
active particles in the March
Bikini hydrogen bomb test is in
serious condition.
Sued: Millionaire John Jacob
Astor. 4S, for separation by Mrs.
Gertrude Gretsch Astor, who
asked that Mexican divorce he
obtained last month be set aside,
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
Hurricane
Nature on Rompugs

Ne''0iS On NomPdge
Carol, the seasons third btlrri-
cane, played hob this week Is
New England after dancing ca
prleiously up the Atlantic coast
Born off Florida, it moved
slowly northward at sea while
southern coastwise. cities and
resorts battened down their
matches. It swept inshore at Hat
teras, N. c., veered seward
again with winds Of rs miles an
hour, without doing serious
Carol appeared to be disssi-
pating along the traditional
North Atlantic storm track when
suddenly il veered again and
picking up speed, smashed across
eastern Long Island into New
England. The bowling winds in
creased in velocity
Gusts Up to i25 miles
Harvard observatory il Bos-
ton reported sustained wind
speeds Of SO m.p.h. and Gusts
reaching l25 m.p,h. Il was the
second-highest reading in Sc
years Of meteorological record
ing at the station, being sur
passed only BY the 1888 hurri-
cane when sustained winds Of
40 m.p.h. were registered with
gusts up to 1856 m.p.h.
Carols toll was around so lives
ia New England and Canada
millions Of dollars il damage.
wrecked yachts and sumner
homes, and nearly a score Of
cities and towns cut oif from
power and communication facilf-
ties.
One casualty was the historic
old North Church tower ia Bos-
ton from which Paul Revere re-
eeived the signal to alert every
village and farm.
The famed Revolutionary steeple
toppled at the storms height,
along with q score of old elms on
the Boston Common.
Emergency areas were de-
clared in Cape Cod. Mass. New
London, Conn., and Providence
and Westerly.
The famed Newport, r. +
Casino was g shambles. Damage
IN that area was estimated Ia the
millions.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
Traffic
Holiday Emeroency


Michigan led the nation with
80 highway traffic deaths over
the Fourth Of July weekend.
To prevent a recurrence oi
THAT toll over the Labor Dav
weekend, Gov. G. Mennen VIII.
Hams declared a state of emer-
gency and called out units Of the
Michigan National Guard to aid
police patrolling state highways
Some 200 state guardsmen
were modified for the emer-
lgency period-from noon Friday
to noon Tuesday. Drawing fun
federal pay and allowances, the
guardsmen served with local law
enforcement agencies in inten-
sive air and ground patrols to
seek out traffic violators.
Nine aircraft were scheduled
to be aloft almost continuously
to spot violators and potential
congestion. State police and the
Guard supplied two planes each,
the Guard two helicopters and
the Department Of Aeronautics
three planes.
The ground force consisted Of
more than 500 patrol cars. These
specially marked Guard
vehicles, and the prowl cars Of
state police, sherif's deputies
and local police departments.
Special signs announcing the
emergency and the intensified
traffic controls were placed on
entering the state and
at main intersections within the
state.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

troubled waters. It is going to Be
active in the coming weeks 4
the Western allies succeed ii
patching up their differences and
agreeing on a solution to their
problems, the Kremlin win have
lost some Of the fruits Of rs
Monday victory. Thisis not what
the men from Moscow count on.
The Russians won the Edo
fight in great degree by dangling
ne front Of war-wearv Etlrope
the hope Of peace. The post
Stain regime has been very sue
cessful in creating in Western
Europe the impression that Il
wants peace, that i. is friendly
TO Western European countries.
that it is no menace TO their
New Gestures
Obviously the Kremlin can be
expected to continue this policy.
All kinds Of friendly gestures in
the direction Of Britain. France
and West Germany can be ex-
pected from the Russians in
coming weeks.
One Of the strengths Of the
Russians vis-a-vis the French
and Germans is that both these
Western nations harbor the idea
tnat there is an alternative to
any alliance with each other
an alliance with Russia The
French have the old and strong
tradition Of the French-Russian
before and during World
war ! and the Franco-Russian
alliance in the 1905. The Ger
mans have the concept Of RAJ
pallo-a Cferman-Soviet agree.
ment-not to mention the Nazi-
Soviet pact Of 1889 in the back
- tAlS4I IIlillQ. me Russians have
been adept at suggesting in both
countries the advantages Of such
arrangements.
Initiative Passes
The United States is in a tough
situation. This year the diplo.
matte initiative within the West
ern camp has passed out Of the
hands Of the State Department.
American foreign policy leaders
nc longer are in control Of The
situations with which they have
to deal This was true On neqoti.
alton Of the cease-fre in Indo-
China. t was true on EDO.
A great deal depends on
whether at this point the State
Department is able to make
some sort of a recovery. whether
i can return to the leadership a.
the big but shaky alliance
against Communism
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

Mendes-France a debt of graft.
tude. Every action which he took
after coming to Office in early
July seemed almost as if delib-
erately intended to speed the
death of EDO.
1t was more than a case of
Mendes-France acting alone,
however.
55-VOte Margin
edo was killed by a vote OF
the French National Assembly
on a resolution calling for an
end Of discussion Of the agree
ment-in other words dismissal
Of it without debate. The reso-
luton passed by a vote Of 319-
264.
The groups who passed the
resolution were from the ex-
IRENE right-the Gaullists-and
the extreme left-the Commu-
nists-and the middle.
The Socialists, though they are
Strongly anti-Communist and in
the postwar period have gener-
ALLY favored Western collabora-
ton against the menace Of the
Kremlin, split wide open over
edo. Over so Socialists in Par
Iliament defied the party leader
ship to vote against EDO. Their
votes could have changed the
score.
Grass-ROOts Sentiment
The situation is illustrated BY
the fact that Jules Moch, one of
the staunchest fighters against
the Communists and formerly
one Of the best friends of the
United States, was among those
who led the Socialist rebels
against edo. He was expelled
from the party in consequence.
along with two other rebels.
The fact is that the parlia-
mentary vote against EDO
strong grass-roots
sentiment in France against
.rearming the Germans-not lust
in the relatively mild and
guarded form of the European.
army but in any form at all.
But Western Germany is quite.
likely to rearm in one form or
another whether the French like
il or not.
It can be recognized that the.
situation is so delicate right now
that ineptitude on the part of
any one Of the big Western DOW
ers could easily create a situation
in which the entire carefully
built structure Of Western unitvI
will come topping down.
It is a time which calls for
skillful diplomacy and tact.
Moscow likes to fish I'M
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
Quotes

Philippines Communist
Hulk leader Luis Taruc, SEN
fenced to - years in jail and
a $4,000 fine for rebellion:
Il can take anything for the
sake of peace in our coun-
try"
Dennis Massey, 42-year-
old bachelor farmer, who
won 500, 900 in a soccer pool
and promptly received hun
dreds of marriage proposals
by mail: THE shameless
hussies write they've always
wanted to be a farmers
wife. The girls didn't want
me before and they amt go
ing to get me now"
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

lr Moscow
the Kremlin
was jubilant.
This was the
greatest Com
munist vic
tory since the
revolution in
China and it
cost nothing.
The Rus
ia ms ap-
peared to owe
French Pre-
.mier Pierre
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

that defense
experts were
working on a
n e W man
power pro-
gram. IT was
recalled that
Eisenhower
b a d b e e n
called ia as
chairman OF
tn e Joint
Chiefs Of Staff
nv prnqidanf
Truman with
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

velopment in that field is going
to be one Of his prime recon-
mendations to the next Congress.
He didn't spell out universal
military training, but it was adj
vance notice Of something very
much like that.
i already had been known
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
West With EDC Dead Begins Agonzinq Reapp
World LEADERSHIP
Demands Strength
By ]. N. ROBERTS JR.
AssOciafed Press NetOs An0Ivsl

N MEhlCANS were reminded on several fronts this
week of the obligations that are piling I,, IN +beo
along with leadership Of the non-Communist world
President Eisenhower told the nation it had din some
respects the most powerful armed force ever deveonad
But there aren't enough reserves, he SAID. and de-
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10


as q prime purpose, though Con-
gress proved to be unready for
it then.
Time to Act
Eisenhower is now renewing
the campaign at a time when
riffs ia the Allied front make
American strength more impor-
tant than ever. It can no longer
be barred. he said, by "Wishful
thinking and political timidity. /"
That's notice that neither money
nor the desires Of fond parents
can stand ia the way.
AT the same time Secretary
Dulles was off to the Philippines
where the United States is TAX
ing the lead in organization Of a
new anti-Communist defense ar
rangement which was envis-
Toned as primarily economic and
political, but which Thailand
and the Philippines were expect
ed to insist must also contain
automatic military defense ar
rangements. The burden Of this
new organization win have to be
borne largely by the United
States as it has borne a great
proportion Of the load Of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton.
Alternative to EDO
And in that connection, Dulles,
Just before he took of, called for
a meeting Of the NATO minis
terial council % consider Ger
man rearmament in the light Of
Frances refusal to ratify the Eu-
ropean Defense Community.
Ways and means of getting
around this obstacle involved.
not only a great new prospective
expense, but also imposed a deep.
political obligation to meet the.
defense needs Of a Communist
threatened Europe without for
getting its traditional national
conflicts.
The State Department will
hold public hearings within a
few days to get advice from busi-
ness men about how American
delegates to a big tariff confer
ence in Geneva should conduct
themselves. This win be the
meeting at which numerous
changes will be proposed for the
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT) in a further
effort to ease trade barriers.
Trade Meeting
This meeting viii be held in
November, shortly before Eisen- /
hover viii again ask Congress
to extend the Reciprocal Trade
Act, giving him authority to un-
dertake a long range program oil
tariff and customs liberalization.
One thing the administration
Is expected to do at the GAIT
meeting win be to seek elimina-
ton Of many foreign restrictions
on dollar imports. This should |
have the effect. if it IS done, oil
creating q more receptive atmos-
phere in Congress for the liber-
alization program which ran this
year into the normal reaction
from industry and labor with the
double impact Of election time.
GAIT began with the idea
that agreements between nations
for free exchange, snowballing
from one to another as each re-
.eived export benefits, would
eventually produce equality of
treatment for everybody. This is
also one Of the features Of theE
most favored nation clause Of
.he American Reciprocal Trade
Act.
This has been approached, but
BY no means attained, becausel
100 many loopholes were left in
M agreement made when many
economies were ia fux
md escape clauses were needed.
One Of the detectives at Gene
"a VIII be to produce a greater
for individual trade
agreements with fewer escape
clauses, which would tend to
greater order and stabi-
ty, and at the same time foster
liberalization, making it a big is
.ue ID the United States again
lext year.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
Dates

Monday, Sept. g
Labor Day.
Lafayette Day.
Anniversary (40th), Battle
Of the Marine.
Tuesday, Sept. Z
Arizona primary.
Anniversary (18th), Hoo
yer (Boulder) Dam.
Wednesday, Sept. 8
Georgia Democratic pri-
mary.
Thursday, Sept. 8
Anniversary (178th), Unit
ed States became the official
name for the united Col
onies" by order Of the Con-
tinental Congress.
Sunday, Sept. ~
Defenders Day, Nd.
World Congress on Cardi-
ology opens, Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
HeKcuIeon Task
Faced by Dulles
By TOM WHITNEY
AssOciated Press Foreign Stat Writer

ASI Monday went down in history as the dav the
project. community
The rest Of the week was given over to moves Of the
western powers aimed at savagng something from the
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

. -4O-4 Whit LlAID uau en-
bodied
Secretary Of State Dulles said
the United States will have to
reappraise its security policies
going back to 1916 but he en-
phasized this country would not
60 it alone or fall back into
narrow nationalism" or "isola-
ton"
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

development Of a UNIT program
as q prime purpose, though Con-
gress proved to be unready for
II then
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ship last week. is inclined to
pooh-pooh this practice BUSH
ness, contending that only five
days practice can't be much
help to anyone. Now if they had
worked out together three weeks
or so. then there would be a
difference" Littman argues.
Eastern sent six Of its boys to
the all-star team. tops for both
squads, but Littman viii start
only left-hander Dickie Small
wood, according to his announced
lineup.
The All-High starting batting
order reads: Joe Marcellino, Cool
idge, third base; Frank Copper,
Anacostia. second base: George
Dutrow. Tech, first base; Al Ma
son. Wilson. rightfield: Pat
Clarke. Anacostia, leftfield;
Vince Diver. Tech, shortstop;
Carl RoSenbuSch, Western, CEN
terfleld; Bob Wright. Roosevelt,
catcher. and Smallwood. Eastern,
pitcher.
Lineup Subject to Change.
Littman is quick to point out
that the lineup is subject to
change without notice. His tao
tics in attempting to allow all
% players to get in the game
probably will be directed toward
finishing with his strongest team.
Last year." Littman explains,
I'VE started our strongest play
ers and they left midway in the
game and we almost were beat
en-" The score was 6-5
Contrary to the original Sc
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Eagles Trade :. ZiegIer
In 4-Ployer Giant Deal

PHILADELPHIA, June IL up.
The Philadelphia Eagles today
announced they traded halfback
Frank Ziegler and rookie end
Bob Schneider to the New York
Giants in a straight player deal
for defensive halfback Don Me-
nasco and offensive guard Ches-
ter Lagod. 4
Vince McNalley, general man
ager of the Eagles, disclosed the
team has lost three players to
the armed forces.
The three now in United States
uniforms are Tom Brookshier,
defensive halfback; Maurice
Napp, offensive guard, and Bob
Stringer, utility defensive back.
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Around the NFL Circuit
BY the Associated Press

REGINA. Saskatchewan, June
12.-Ken Carpenter. a bulwark
in the Cleveland Browns back
field the past four seasons. has
Joined the list ofg National Foot
ball League players moving to
Canada.
The 28-year-old former Oregon
State College star today signed
with the Saskatchewan Rough
Riders of the Western Confer
ence.
Carpenters jump was totally
unexpected in NIL circles. He
was an important cog in Coach
Paul Browns perennial division
championship winner. The
Browns won the title all four
years of the old All-America
Conferences existence and has
been the American Conference
winner every year since joining
the NIL in 1850. They lost their
last three championship playof
games. - : :
Brown told a reporter in Cleve-
land today that Carpenters sign
ing was news to me."G He had
no further comment. ,
A 6-foot, 195-pound halfback,
Carpenter was leading ground
gamer for the Browns, averaging
about five yards per carry.
While at Oregon State, Car
penter set a total offense record
of 1908 yards for one season.
in 19494-and in four years
gained 3,459 yards, 2.452 of it on
the ground. =
In a similar case, Tackle John
Kissell of the Browns signed a
contract with Ottawa. But after
the NIL initiated a lawsuit in
protest of its players jumping to
Canada, KisSell returned volun-
tarily. The lawsuit never went to
trial.
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We're heading down to Ocean
City to fish tomorrow for blues
off the Jack Spot. If we have
luck, will tell you about it. Incl
dentally, if you plan to go after
marlin this summer, let us
remind you again that most
party boats are already booked
solid, so it would be wise to set
a date and start now to make
your reservation.
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The Home Plate Club presents
the best in schoolboy baseball
again at 8 pm. tomorrow when
A players from 10 high schools
engage in the third annual ALI
High, All-Prep game at Grit
fifth Stadium.
A major portion of the net
proceeds will be turned over to
the Boys Club Of Washington,
the organization that produced
Is of the players. The Home
Plate Club also will use some
Of the receipts to continue its
popular baseball clinics through
out the metropolitan area.
The All-High squad. composed
Of players from the nine Dis
trict Interhigh division u
League schools, is favored to win
for the third straight time. This
supposition is based on their
heavier hitting during fine sea-
son.
Prep Team Banks on Defense.
The prep outfit is banking its
hopes for an upset on what is
reputed to be. superior defense
and the fact that it's fielding has
reached a high polish during
five practices.
The All-High team, on the
other hand, has been able to get
in only two workouts since the
end of the Interhigh playoffs
last Wednesday.
Herman Littman. who earned
the job of All-High coach when
he guided Eastern to its second
straight Interhigh champion
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Around the NIL Circuit
Ken Carpenter Jumps Browns
For Berth in Canadian League

pound fullback. Ray is a sill,
226-pound guard.
Eli played for Wichita Univer-
sity and Ray competed at Kansas
State and later earned recogni-
ton in service football.
Among the Bears top rookie
prospects are Quarterback Zeke
Bratkowski, Georgia: Tackle
Stan Jones, Maryland; Fullback
Stan Wallace, Illinois; Halfback
Ray Smith, Camp Lejeune, N. c.;
Quarterback Ed Brown, Camp
Pendleton, Calf; Fullback
Charley Phillips, Fort jackson,
S. c.; Fullback Ken Miller, Illi-
nois, and Guard Joe Faragalli,
Villanova.
BratkowSki, Jones and Wallace
are scheduled to join the Collie
giate squad later for the All-Star
game against the Detroit Lions
in Soldier Field August Is.
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arcano Convince Charles Champions Never Come Back


gone two changes so far. the
most serious of which was Joe
Starke'S shift to the outfield.
Starke, the strong highlander
who was Carroll Highs most re-
liable pitcher in the late stages
Of its drive to the Catholic
League championship, has q
sore arm. He will warm up
Monday but it is almost certain
Starke will play only in the OUT
field.