TUESDAY. MAY 25, 1954 Molotov Snarls Ceasefire Talks On Indochina GENEVA, May 24 VP)—Soviet Foreign Minister V_ M. Molotov, apparently shifting his ground in . the negotiations for a quick cease fire in Indochina, snarled proceedings today with a demand for political discussions. ' A reliable informant said Molotov raised the issue at today's Big 3 Asks Germany Division End BONN, Germany, May 24 (W)— The Wetsern Big Three powers to day again called on the Russians to lower the barriers \ between Soviet-occupied East Germany and West Germany. In identical notes, the United States, Britain and France charged that Soviet rejection of previous Allied requests "serves only to accentuate the present division of Germany." The notes were sent by the three Allied high commis-. sioners to Soviet High Commis sioner Vladimir S. Semyenov. The three powers declared they "do not intend to be diverted from the constructive proposals" they made to the Russians Feb. 22 and again March 17. These, proposals asked the Rus .sians' to pull down the Iron Cur tain barriers that hinder trade and travel between West and East Germany. winch from about 150 feet in the The Soviets countered April 17 with a proposal that "all-German committees'; negotiate the remov al of these barriers. They argued that the Soviet proclamation of "sovereignty" for the Communist controlled East German govern ment gives thhat regime the right to handle internal and foreign af fairs, including relations• with West Germany. In their new note_ today, the Western Powers stressed that they "still regard the Soviet Union as the power responsible for the So viet zone of Germany and do not recognize the sovereignty of the East German regime." They said that in their. two pre vious notes the three powers have "put forward postive suggest ions for the elimination of unjusti fiable obstacles which prevent freedom of movement for Ger mans between the different parts of Germany." Malone to Expand Probe on Macing PITTSBURGH, May 24 (W)— Dist. Atty. James F. Mal One today said a grand jury investigating charges that state workers *ere forced to contribute to a political campaign fund will expand its probe to include five Pittsburgh offices of two more state -depart ments. The grand jury is investigating Malone's charges that the admin istration of Gov. John S. Fine forced state employes to con tribute 1 per cent of their wages to a primary campaign fund. The grand jury already is prob ing the Highway Department and the State Inheritance Tax Office. McClellan Says GOP Could Have Avoided Row WASHING-TON, May 24 (IP) Sen. McClellan (D-Ark) said today that if Republicans - had listened to Democratic advice they might have avoided the "mess" of the McCarthy-Army dispute. McClellan said that Deputy Atty. Gen. William Rogers had sent Army Counsellor John G. Adams to see him Jan. 20 to com plain among other things, about alleged, favors sought by Sen. Mc- Carthy. Collins is Now Collins When Joe Collins appears in the New York Yankees baseball lineup it will be Joe Collins in name-as well as person. Union County Judge Milton A. Feller today approved the appli cPtion 'to change Joe's last name from Kalloring - to Collins in a brief court hearing. secret session as the Geneva con ference went into its fifth. week. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, just back alter high level talks with Prime Minister .Church ill and other Cabinet ministers in London, said what happens here this, week may be decisive. Molotov on Ceasefire Molotov, after presenting the conference Friday - with a fiVe point agenda for getting down to business on a ceasefire, proposed today that, the nine-party discus sions be devoted to a permanent political settlement. The cease fire, he said, should be handled directly b - y the "two sides"— France and the Communist-led Vietminh. The informant said French For eign Minister Georges Bidattlt im mediately protested, refusing to discuss political aspects of the dispute until -a ceasefire agree ment had been achieved. As a re sult, what had started out as a promising discussion on an agen da fixed by Molotov himself end ed in confusion. Smith Backs Bidault ,U.S. Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith was said to have backed up Bidault in his op position to discussing • political questions - before military prob lems are tackled. The lid of secrecy on the meet ings was clamped down tighter than ever today, but it was plain there was no inclination among the Americans to be optimistic after the four-hour debate. A communique on the secret session said °only: "The nine delegations discussed against the restoration of peace in Indochina. They will meet again in restricted session to morrow." Today's was the fifth secret session, and the delegates still are talking abo u t procedural problems. License Tag Deadline HARRISBURG, May 24 (W)— The Bureau of Motor Vehicles to day estimated nearly 100,000 com mercial vehicle owners will be un_ able to operate June 1 because they failed to apply for new li cense tags iii time. Heroine Back Horne After Red Captivity HANOI, Indochina, May 24 (IP) —The ordeal of Dien Bien Phu behind - her, Lt. Genevieve de Galard Terraube fleW into Hanoi and a heroine's welcome tonight, wearing a dusty, sweat-stained uniform and a big smile. Cheering friends hailed her at this French headquarters city The cherubic-faced, blue-eyed 29-year-old French air force nurse was finally freed by the Vietminh at the battered fortress where she had toilekamong the French Un ion 'wounded • - for 74-days—first under the rising fire of siege guns that led to the rebel victory May 7, then under Red captivity. The only woman among per haps 14,000 men of Brig. Gen. Christian de Casteries' vanquished command; Genevieve came back in a French hospital transport plane such as has borne more than 400 of her crippled charges. Gay Despite• Drab Garb She came back gaily in the worn, campaign garb of a para chute trooper, with heavily stuffed knee— pockets She was bare headed. She wore dusty canvas shoes without stockings, this girl who was made a knight of the Legion of Honor and presented the French Military Medal for her heroic job while the battle was still on at Dien Bien Phu. But her lips were rouged. She was met at the airport by Can. Rene Cogny, commander of French Union land forc2s in North Indochina, and Brig. Gen. Jean Ti-IE DAILY COLLECAAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA French Beat Off Vietminh Attack SAIGON, Indochina, May 24 (JP) —French Union forces outnum bered three to two beat off a six day pocket-size Dien 'Bien Phu type siege by the Vietminh in northern Laos near Red China's border, the French high command announced today. The French-Laotian post, Nam Tha, is only 18 miles south of China's Yunnan Province and 100 miles west of Dien Bien Phu. The defenders, who were subjected to continual mortar and machinegun fire beginning May 18, finally forced 400 attacking rebels to lift their siege. The French and Laotian garri son were able to keep up the fight through parachute drops by French planes. They reported they. knocked out 55 Vietminh while suffering "very light" losses them selves. Army to Call Reserve Officers To Active Duty WASHINGTON, May 24 (.P)— The Army announced today it will commission and call to active duty virtually all the 16,000 reserve of ficer training corps graduates this year. A small number of veterans will be commissioned in the reserve corps but not called to duty unless they so request. The vast majority of the 16,000 were permitted to complete their college educations under an agreement which de ferred them from the draft. All those who complete their schooling this summer and were deferred will r e p or t for active duty between July 1 and June 30, 1955. Such young officers may signify the month in which they desire to start their active duty tours and the Army as agreed re spect individual wishes as far as possible within a quote schedule. Medical, dental, and veterinary graduates this year under the ROTC program will be called to duty according to the priority sys tem established by the doctor draft act. Prior to reporting for active duty the medical officers will be assigned to reserve units. Oil Executive Named NEW YORK, May 24 (JP)—Sin clair Oil Corp. today named Mill ward E. Stone, director of indus trial relations, a vice president. Stone came to Sinclair from Ben dix Aviation Corp. in November, 1952. Dechaux, air commander in the zone. As an air force nurse, she is under Dechaux's orders. Under the eyes of Algerian guards, a swarm of friends closed in. They embraced her, shook her hands, cheered and in some cases just reached through the crowd to touch her. "I have nothing to say," she told reporters, "and I've made up my mind about that." A French military detail finally whisked her away in Dechaux's car and said she would Mot be available for "interviewing until she had, a night's rest. With her was Miss Monique Gilles, the first nurse , to go into Dien Bien Phu to help bring out the wounded after its fall. Moon Jury Deliberates WARREN, Pa., May 24 (iv)- A jury began deliberating tonight the fate of Norman W. Moon in the courtroom slaying of Judge Allison D. Wade last Jan. 13. The case went to the jury of 10 men . and two women at' 7:10 p.m. C=E=l= Record Broken By Navy Blimp MIAMI, Fla., May 24 (11 3 )—A U.S. Navy blimp today broke the world endurance record for a crew and aircraft by remaining aloft without refueling for 180 hours. The Navy said the ZPG2 airship cruising toward the Florida Keys and Boca Chica Naval Air Station, nine miles north of Key West, about 2:30 p.m. (EST) tomorrow. The lighter-than-air ship left Lakehurst N.J Naval Air Station at 7:32 a.m. (EDT) last Monday to carry out a simulated antisubmar ine patrol .Broken Record Over Miami The new record was set over Miami today when the blimp ex ceeded the old record of 170.3 hours set in 1947 by an M-type airship, also out of Lakehurst. Cmdr. Marion H. Eppes of Pin son, Ala., is in command of the aircraft which carries a Navy crew of 14 and a civilian observer. He told newsmen by radio tele phone as -the blimp cruised over northwest Miami that all aboard had eaten and slept well. "But after a week we need baths," he said. The 342-foot nonrigid airship will have covered more than 3000 miles by' the time it gets to Boca Chica. It has been on patrol over the Atlantic seaboard, the Carib bean and the Gulf of Mexico. Never 'Just Hovers' Lt. Albert Roberston, a Navy public information officer from Key West, said the blimp has been under way at all times and never "just hovered." "The blimp could wait for a submarine to surface if •it took all week," Robertson said, "and there are many other times when continuous flight without refuel ing could be a great tactical ad vantage." Robertson said the blimp did not pick up any fuel or provisions during the trip, but did pick up sea water. He explained that as the gasoline wa s 'consumed a huge, weighted canvas bag was let down to the sea by a cable and which from, about 150 feet in the air and water hauled aboard to serve as ballast. Good Food for Trip Capt. Eppes said a deep freeze provided everyone with excellent food throughout the trip. The NAN-type aircraft, he add ed, is the largest nonrigid type aircraft in the world and is de signed primarily for antisubma rine warfare. The Navy said the airship has many novel innovations over older type airships. For one ,thing its engines are located in the gon dola and geared to the propellors through shafting. This permits en gine repair and adjustment in flight, which extends the air ship's potential operating radius. MEMO: to future ALUMS . Keen up with Penn State news after you leave campus by subscribing to THE DAILY COL LEGIAN. Simply clip the coupon below and return to THE DAILY COLLEGIAN—you'II be • billed next semester. Don't Be 'Out of -- Stay in the Know ! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Campus State College, Pa. Name • Address $3.00 Sem. ( ) $5.00 Yr. ( ) of the NAN type was now was expected to, land at the U.S. Arms 2 Guatemala Neighbors WASHINGTON, May 24 071— The United States is flying guns to Nicaragua an d Honduras, neighbors of leftwing Guatemala, which is being armed by the Com munists. Reports of the Central Ameri can airlift were confirmed today by a State Department press offi cer, Lincoln White, who said a special effort is being made to speed up - the shipments because of the 70 freight carloads of Red weapon' s just unloaded in Guate mala. . A Defense Department spokes man said C 124 Globemaster trans ports are flying small arms, am munition, jeeps and three-quar ter-ton weapons carriers to Nica ragua. and Honduras. He said the equipment is of the type used by light infantry troops. White explained the airlift is "an implementation" of mutual defense assistance agreements re cently signed with the two coun tires. It is understood the ship ments are on a "rapidly as pos sible" basis, with a priority simi lar to •that given goods destined for Korea and Indochina. The State Department did not indicate how much U.S. equip ment will go to Nicaragua arid Honduras. Nor did it give routing details. But it is reported the ship ments are being flown out-of Mo bile, Ala., on the Gulf of Mexico. House Committee OKs Old-Age Retirement Plan WASHINGTON, May 24 (W)— An administration proposal to liberalize the old-age insurance benefits of persons who become disabled before retirement was approved today by the House Ways and Means Committee. The proposal would "freeze" the benefits of a disabled person at the. amount he would have re ceived had he retired before be coming disabled. Fight Postponement Seen HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (iP)— Kid Gavilan may be unable to de f end his welterweight title against Johnny Saxton at Phila delphia, July 14, because of a bone dislocation in his right hand. PAGE Ti4REE
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