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Evening star., 1954-04-27
7 D. {. Banks
Push Surprise
Merger Plan
American Security,
Hamilton National
Boards Meet Today

Boards of the American Se-
curity & Trust Co. and the
Hamilton National Bank are
meeting to ratify a merger pro-
posal, it was learned today.
The proposal has been &C
cepted by top officials of both
groups and only formal rati-
flcation by the boards and stock
holders remains to complete the
deal, reports said.
Details have not been dis
closed but it was understood
stockholders of the Hamilton
Bank would receive two shares
of American Security & Trust
stock for each share of Hamil-
ton.
The surprise merger proposal
followed closely negotiations be-
tween Hamilton and the Ma
tional Bank of WASHINGTON
which is controlled by the United
Mine Workers Union. 1t was
indicated these negotiations
which repeatedly had gone so
far that a large block of Hamil-
ton stock had been acquired by
a broker agent for the National
Bank-may have prompted the
interest of American Security
q Trust in merger.
Pairs Large Banks.
The deal will pair the areas
second and fourth largest banks
and create an institution with
more than 1882 million of re-
sources and nearly 5000 million
of deposits.
The combined bank will not be
far behind Riggs National Bank,
the leader The third largest bank
is the National Bank of Wash
ington with its large mine union
deposits.
American Security & Trust Co.
directors met at 1:30 pm. Ham
llton directors were to meet at
3 pm. The deal also will have
to be ratified by owners of two
thirds of the stock of both in
stitutionS.
Combined capital funds of the
merged company will be $20,-
768,176. according to the April
Is condition statements.
Stock Exchange Reported.
Reports that the merger would
be effected through an exchange
of stock, with Hamilton holders
receiving two shares for each OF
their shares. was about in line
with book values.
The book value of American
Security & Trust Co. $40 par
stock on April Is was $37.54 a
share, while that of Hamilton's
$40 par stock was $67.21 a share.
American Security has 374.0O0
shares outstanding, while Ham
ilton has 100000.
In addition to it's main office,
American Security has eight
branches scattered throughout
the city. Hamilton also has
eight branches.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
John @. May Not Be Army-McCorthy Fan

dicated by constituents does not
stop at the waters edge is shown
by a. quotation from the story
filed by the London Daily Mirror
reporter, w. N. Connor. He
wrote for his British readers: Il
have been watching the greatest
and most powerful nation on
earth make an ass of itself-and
a shameful ass at that.
II have been watching a circus
so fantastic. so degrading. so
puerile and so recklessly dirty
that the disgust one feels is
matched only by alarm over the
behavior of our closest ally in
the conduct Of their domestic
affairs"
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Maryland Man, So, Dies
OF Gun Wound in Head

Paul C. zier, So, of 5218 Emer-
son street, Edmonston. Md, died
in Prince Georges General Hos
pital today two hours after he
had been found in his home with
a bullet wound in his head,
Prince Georges County police re-
ported.
DR.. John T. Maloney, county
medical examiner, was investi-
eating.
Police said a .38-caliber pistol
was found next to Mr.. Zier's
body A bullet passed through
his right temple and out the left
side of his head. The shooting
occurred about am. He died
at the hospital at 9:03 am.
Police said the family told
them Mr.. Zier had been despond-
ent because of poor health.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
By Crosby S. Noyes
Enrainn nTnrrnsnandanAoE Il IL. S..

GENEVA, April 27.-From the
standpoint of solid news, this
international conference may not
have broken any records yet. But
covering it is a fine way to get
Sunburn.
They say that if you sit long
enough at the Cafe de la Paix
in Paris you'll see everybody
worth seeing. And if you sit
long enough on the terrace of
Geneva's Rhone Hotel you'll hear
every rumor about this confer
ence worth hearing.
The terrace. becoming famil-
iarly known as the Beach Club,
is on the sidewalk in front of
headquarters of the American
delegation here. Secretary of
State Dulles has his Office and
living quarters on the sixth floor
of the glittering modernistic
building. Lesser lights of his
diplomatic team are distributed
nearby.
It's hard to get into these
sacred precincts. But the front
terrace is free territory and be-
fore noon the place is we'll popu-
lated by newsmen slipping thin
Swiss beer and keeping a wary
eye for official sources.
Bidault Appears Suddenly.
Beach club meetings are sell
dom dull. At yesterdays session
attention of late arrivals was
drawn to rows of shiny limou-
sines parked in front of the
hotel. Word spread quickly that
the allies were meeting upstairs,
trying to find formula for the
tricky business of rotating chair
manship during coming confer
ence sessions. The question was
loaded since the status of Red
China at the conference was
deeply involved. British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, it was
learned, was acting as go-be-
tween.
At 1890 the sudden appear
ance of French Foreign Minis
ter Bidault at the front door
brings reporters to their feet.
They run to intercept him as he
heads for his car with the tri-
color on it's fender.
In answer to shouted inquiries,
Mr.. Bidault smiles wanly.
"I'm sorry but / can tell you
nothing" he says. "Mr. Eden
may have something interesting
to say"
HE looks GRIM" comments a
French reporter as the car drives
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Injured Man, in Agony
After Crash, Ends Life
BY the Assoeioied Press

BUFFALO, Okla. April 27:-A
62-year-old motorist. in agony
with a broken jaw. shot himself
to death shortly after being in
jured in an automobile collision
yesterday.
Highway Patrol Trooper Fred
Barnes said James Colbert Miller
of Locust Grove stepped out of
his damaged auto. placed 49,
caliber pistol to his right temple
and fired.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Star Ad Sells Boot
Within Two Hours

How would you like to moke o
sole worth $l,lSo? M. [. v. T. had
set thot price on his 2l-foet cruiser
and was looking for buyer.
He found quick oction as soon os
he ron an inexpensive Slime od in
Stor Classified. Within two hours
otter the od wos published the cruiser
wos sold.
There is no substitute for the pull
ing power Of on od in Stor Classified.
II you have something to buy, trade
or sell tell the long established ou-
dienee Of Stor reode1 obout it and
get quick action. Just phone Sterling
5000 and osk for an ad -toker.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

filet mignon and champagne at
the Stork Club in New York
when he should have been peel
ing potatoes at Fort Dix.
The second is evidence that
the hearings are begging down
into a dreary sparring match.
'It'S murder" one of the seven
investigating Senators told a re-
porter. We're proving nothing
fast, and the mail indicates that
the people are getting mad. So
far they haven't decided whom
to be mad at. but ] suspect that.
il we don't get the Army back
to work pretty soon. it's going to
be uS-the committee"
That the displeasure being ip-
Evening star., 1954-04-27
NeWsmen Have Place in Sun
Outside Geneva Meetinq Hall
Rumors Abundant, But Facts Elusive,
AS Writers Sip Swiss Beer on Terrace

off. That's the way with BIZ
dault, you know. Everything
shows in his face"
Eden Slips Away.
Five minutes later Mr.. Eden's
classic profile is spotted briefly as
he scurries around the corner to
side entrance trailed by two
aides in homburgs. Half of the
sunhathers take off in pursuit.
Those without headlines to meet
settle back resignedly.
"Can you beat that. some one
says he came in a taxi. It's
miracle anybody saw him at ALL"
Other delegates start trickling
out, smiling affably and uncom-
municative. Nevertheless a
rumor filters through the group
that an agreement has been
reached and that the conference
will open on schedule.
The beach club is breaking up
for lunch when word comes that
''Henry's going to have press
conference in case you're in
terested." In the lobby of the
hotel Chief State Department
Press Officer Henry Suydam is
already surrounded by a knot of
reporters clutching notebooks.
Suydam Reads Statement.
Unruffled by the commotion,
Mr.. Suydam launches into his
speech:
"The representatives of the Is
countries met again this morn
ing in the headquarters of the
American delegation and pro-
ceeded to a discussion of ar
rangements for the conference"
1t had been agreed that Prince
Wan. Foreign Minister of Thai
land, would occupy the chair for
the opening session. Tomorrow
the chairman will be Mr.. Moltov
followed by Mr.. Eden. Rotation
will continue throughout con-
ference in that order. Mr.. Dulles
will not take the chair at all
and neither will Red China nor
France. The Secretary feels he
should devote his whole atten-
tion to matters under discussion
and docs not wish to be bur-
dened with the duties of the
chalrmanship."
Mr.. Suydam apologized for not
remembering Prince Vans full
name, which turns out later to
be His Royal Highness Wan
Waithayakon Krommun Narad-
hip Bongsprabandh.
Opinions Differ.
On the way to lunch there is
a heated debate on the Signifi-
canoe Of the mornings develop
ments. Opinion varies between
the idea that the allies have
come up with a neat solution to
tricky problem and the pessi-
mlstic view that, by renouncing
its turn at Craftsmanship. the
United States has put itself on
the same level as Red Chinese.
At any rate. the conference will
open and the afternoons work
IS cut out.
Before 3 o'clock a crowd has
gathered before the entrance to
the stately building that once
housed the League of Nations.
AS delegates arrive there is ap-
(See MOVES. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1954-04-27
BY Mortin S. Hayden
North American Newspaper AIlianes.


In their search for truth in the
row between Senator Mccarthy
and the Pentagon, members of
the Permanent Investigations
Subcommittee are beginning to
wish they had stayed at home.
First cause of their unhappi-
ness is rising speculation on the
home front and abroad as to
whether. in a hydrogen-bom
world. a roomful of Senators and
top military commanders could
not be better occupied than in q
debate over why millionaire Pvt.
G. David Schine was enjoying
Evening star., 1954-04-27
controversy into an uproar O
shouting and Disappointing.

controversy into an uproar of
shouting and Disappointing.
AS a result. Mr.. Stevens was
asked to step aside as a witness.
He was replaced on the stand by
Roy M. Cohn as the Senate In
veStigating subcommittee sought
to explore the origin of the dis
puted picture. Mr.. Cohn is the
subcommittee's regular chief
counsel.
Ray H. Jenkins. special coun-
sci for the investigation. called
Mr.. Cohn as witness after tell
ing the subcommittee the pic
ture had been supplied him by
parties adverse" to the Army.
Taken From Group Picture.
Mr.. Cohn. under oath, ac-
knowledged that the picture in
troduced by Mr.. jenkins at yes
terday's hearings had been sup
Piled by the Mccarthy side of
the controversy and was taken
from a group photograph, in
cluding at least one other per-
son.
Mr.. Cohn is one of the prin-
clpals in the hearing, along with
Senator Mccarthy and Francis
Carr, subcommittee staff director,
accused by the Army of exerting
improper pressures to obtain
favorable treatment for Pvt.
Schine, former subcommittee
conSultant.
Mr.. Cohn contended that the
picture as submitted did not
make the slightest difference"
He said Mr.. Stevens requested
that it be made after the time
the Secretary contends threat 0
and pressures we're used to OBJ
tain special treatment for Pvt.
Schine.
Mr.. Stevens, on the other
hand. charged that the picture
represented an effort "to edit
the information" being supplied
in the hearings.
No Hint of Changes,
AS Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Welch's charge reverberated in
the hearing, Mr.. Jenkins, the
rugged Knoxville CTenn.D trial
lawyer directing the investiga-
ton, told the subcommittee that
when he was given the picture
he received mo intimation, no
insinuation," that it had been
altered. Then he suggested that
Mr.. Stevens be asked to stand
aside while he called IAN ad-
verse witness to the stand and
establish that fact"
Senator Mccarthy had par
ticipated in the Disappointing
and shouting when the matter
first came up, and at one point
in the melee had brusquely
told Senator Symington, Demo-
crat, of Missouri. "Oh. be quiet!"
He agreed to the procedure of
calling Mr.. Cohn. But he in
sisted on first having his turn at
questioning Mr.. Stevens.
The Wisconsin Republican
then spent most of his 10-minute
questioning turn in asking Mr..
Stevens about the picture. try
Continued on Page AS, Col. -
Evening star., 1954-04-27

out to the car to give one to
Donald when his mother. Mrs.
Dorothy McCrary. 312 Meadow
View road. drove up.
Mrs: McCrary said Donald
broke out with the measles to-
day. When doctors told her
Donald could take the polio shot
anyway, she bundled him UP in
his pajamas and drove. him to
the school. The doctor went
outside so the 63 other children
getting the treatment would not
be exposed to Donald's mi eAsles.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Lute News
Bulletin
Mrs. Dickinson Stricken

mrs. DiCkenSon stricken
Mrs. Van Buren, Dickinson,
46, mother of Corpl. Edward
S. Dickinson, suffered a nerv-
GUS attack today outside of
Fort Leslie j. McNair court
room, where her son is being
tried by cOurt-martial on
charges of collaborating with
the Communists while pris-
Oner in Korea. Mrs. Dickinson
was scheduled to testify tomor-
row. Trial proceedings were
suspended and Corpl. Dicken-
son was allowed to go to his
mothers side.
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1954-04-27

uate School of Business, said the
upturn may last only few
months.
1T may be more realistic" he
added. Ito regard the present
prospect of improvement as a
period of rally in longer period
of slack activity"
Walter E. Hoadley. jr., econ
omist for the Armstrong Cork
Co. of Lancaster, Pa, foresaw
the next two to five years as
probably IAN interim period be-
tween two boomS."
Signs of ReSurgence.
A. L. Mills, jr., member of the
Board of Governors of the Fed
eral Reserve System. said there
is increasing evidence of "a re-
surgent business activity"
The speakers addressed the
second general session Of the
national chambers AID annual
convention in the national
chambers building.
Majority Leader Knowland of
the Senate addressed the meet
ing at today's session and warned
against United States isolation in
a totalitarian world.
DR.. Brown said there is some
evidence that the turn around"
in business may have started a
month or so ago. But. he added,
there is no convincing evidence
that the revival will last more
than few months; it may
turn out to be just a period
of stability at present levels.
The Columbia educator ad-
vised that new and dynamic
sources of strength will reappear
in the economy" when these
events occur:
l. The wearing out of present
stocks of usable articles in the
hands of consumers.
2. The depreciation of business
assets.
3. The increase in marriages
and the start of new families
"a few years hence" as large
numbers of the children born in
the 1940s begin to mature.
He said it also appears that
additional stimulus may come
from "a clustering of new prof.
ects in the years ahead"
DR. Brown said Government
can do only a few things to
stimulate business.
1T may be that Government
action, to be really effective,
would involve measures so drastic
that they would be incompatible
with the political philosophy of
the present administration" he
went on.
Cites Probable Course.
I'm the circumstances 1t seems
more probable that the course of
business for the next several
years will more or less go its own
way, not entirely independently.
yet not too much influenced by
Federal Government measures.
Mr.. Hoadley also drew conf
dence from the fact that the
bumper crop Of babies of the
1940s and since then will be
forming families in unprecedent-
ed numbers" in the 1860 and
1905.
He also pointed to a strong
determination by the American
people to increase their living
standards. Here he introduced
grim note. He said that in
volved in this determination to
raise living standards is the
tendency of many individuals
to adopt q sf1orter-term outlook
on life because Of the H-bomb
and other similar Developments"
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Elements Die, Return
To Take Part in Life

llFE'S RESoURCES-Certcin eIe-
ments which moke up living things
die with them but in time return to
add their contribution TO the reservoir
Of life. But it tokes z billion yeors
See story by Thomos R. Henry on
Poee AIS.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Holsey in Australia

BRISBANE, Australia, April
81 R.-United States Ad-
miral William F. Halsey (ret.)
received a noisy welcome as he
arrived here today to attend
ceremonies marking the ami
versary of the World War II
battle of the Coral Sea.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Measles Patient
Gets. His Polio Shot
With Curb Service

Curb service was provided
Donald McCrary. 6. when he re-
ported to the Graham Road
School near Falls Church today
for his Salk polio incubation.
DR.. Carl Parker, who was CIV
ing the shots in the school, went
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Stevens Picture 'Doctored,'
Army. Charges; Cohn Insists
Editing Makes No Difference
Attorney Testifies
Mccarthy Group
Supplied Photo
BULLETIN

Special Counsel Ray jenkins
took the witness stand at the
my-McCarthy hearing today
to testify that Senator Nc
Carthy's aides said nothing to
him indicating disputed pho
tograph of Army Secretary
Stevens and Pvt. G. David
Schine had been ALTERED,
changed, edited or otherwise"
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Korean Rivals
AreHeard at
Geneva Session
North and South
Offer Widely Varying
Election Proposals
BY tho Assoeioted Press

GENEVA, April 27.-North
Korea proposed here today that
Korea be unified by an election
to be conducted along lines the
West has rejected in the past.
Gen. Nam II, foreign minister
of the Communist regime in
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Polio voccine Shots Given ot II More
Schools IN Foirfox. Pose Al
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Slump in Business
Has Been Halted,
u. ). Chamber Hears
Two Experts Foresee
No New Boom for
Several Years
By Froncis P. Douglas

Experts addressing the United
States Chamber of Commerce
convention today agreed that
the business downturn probably
has been halted, but two of
them see no boom in sight for
several years.
DR.. Courtney c. Brown, dean
of Columbia University's Grad
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Down Under" Motions Reported Fovor-
ing Action in Indo- Chino. Poee A-3
Monsoon Hits Indo- Chino Fort; Red
Guns Wound U. S Flyer. Poee A-3
Soviet Replies to Plan for Atomic Pool;
Little Progress Noted. Poee A-3
Evening star., 1954-04-27
By Cecil HoIIond and
Allen Drurv

The Army charged today that
a hloWn-up picture showing
Army Secretary Stevens with
Pvt. G. David Schine had been
"doctored" before it was intro
duced in the Mccarthy Army
investigation.
The charge threw the fourth
day of public hearings in the
Partial Transcript Of Todoy's Testimony.
Pooe A
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Picture on Poee AS
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(See MOVES, Page A-3.)
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(See GENEVA, Page A-30
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Baby Week

It's appropriate enough that there
should be National Baby Week when
you consider that the 1858 crop of babies
totaled 1911 900. For story on this cele-
bration for the new citizens, see
Page B-2
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Scattered showers tonight, low in mid-60
Cloudy tomorrow, showers in mornin
cooler. "Details on Dage A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Continued on Page AS, Col. /.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-06-10
The Merchant Of
Marion

She was hard-to-please customer
and fingered this bit of lace and
picked up that spool of colored
thread - but bought not. Joel D..
Butler, followed the Foman around
his little store and lfrowned each
time she disarranged an article in
his neatly displayed Estock. Buffers
stock was small but he kept it neatly
and did not want lit unused up"
in trying to make GALES.
The Marion, Marion County, mer-
chant showed the farmers wife a few
more items but she looked over the
merchandise without buying any
thing. Then Butler walked from
behind the counter, sat down on a
chair and took out his pipe.
''You don't want to buy damned
thing and you'd better clear to hell
out of here" he told the customer,
''No man," he added, "you don't
want nothin, you better go back
home" Whether she ever came back
is not recorded but the reader may
use his own conjecture.
Despite his squeamishness and dis,
courtesy to customers, Butler managed
to own his own store and buy the
business room next north of it, which
he later sold to J. S. Reed & Com
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-06-10
Jenera Soldier
Completes School

Pfc Donald d. Grieser, %, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Grieser, Jen-
era, was recently graduated from
the Seventh Army Non-C Commissioned
Officer Academy in Munich, Ger
many.
A radio operator assigned to the
7th Corps, he successfully completed
a five-week COZ rrse in the leadership
of units, map reading and other
military subjects.
Grieser ents cred the Army in July
1858 and arrived overseas three
months ago From Fort Knox, KY,
where he completed basic training.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-06-10
Ne YIH ARR VnI.lH Al 3

pany, hiS competitors. Butler had
come from Delaware and had opened
his store in 1929. Goods were sold
at enormous prices and credit was
the rule. Little ready cash entered
into any transaction.
Butler took in money from farmers
however, and paid them yearly in
terest for it, doing sort of banking
business on the side. But he kept
no books and had no regular account
of his liabilities. He did business
that way for a good many years but
he failed when his customers wanted
their money back after so long
time.
Laid out in 1922 Marion then
only had three stores, three taverns
and a few workshops and cabins
when the county was set up IN 1874.
Stocks of merchandise were small
and usually consisted of whisky,
tobacco, ammunition, a few bolts of
calico and cotton cloth and but few
groceries. Those were the staples
and little money was in the woods.
Everybody wanted to buy but few
of them had anything to pay with
so credit was given freely to the
people and as most of them were
transient, unmarried and unstable,
the losses equaled the gains. Some
times when such a customers abuse
of confidence was too fragrant the
settlers lynched him.
Things changed in 1889 when a
Yankee merchant came and opened
his store and began selling for
small profits but for absolute cash
on the counter. The old traders who
had learned the business their own
way were shocked. They tried their
best to run the Yankee out of town
but could not do it. He had come
to stay. So had better merchandising.
Gradually all took up the Yankees
way and eventually all were happier.
The farmers prospered because they
saved half their expenses and the
merchants prospered because they no
longer lost their profits in bid debts.
In place of $4,000 or $4,000 stocks
of merchandise stocks of $4,000 or
more became common. Before that
failure had been the rule and success
in business had been its exception.
Thus it was that the old kind
of store faded away in Marion -
the store with its scant stock; its
ready whisky bottle and handy tin
cup; its Noah's Ark fashions and its
scribbled day-book and blown-up
prices.
Eber Baker, who laid out the town,
came the next year, the year after
the Yankees arrival, and had the
first tavern. His rates were low too
"a half-penny-bit-six and quarter
cents, for lodging; twice that, a
York shilling, for a horses feed;
and three times the cost of lodging
for a meal. To Immigrants and
others passing through to points
+ further on the tavern gave big
reductions.
1t is an old-fashiened story and