FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1954
Nine Nations Form Western European Union
1948 Alliance Reshaped
To Include West Germany
PARIS, Oct. 21 (/P)—Nine anti-Communist allies of the
Western world reached a historic agreement tonight on for
mation of the Western European Union. It will include the
arms and men of an all but fully sovereign West Germany.
Foreign ministers of the 1 nine nations virtually completed
hcluding. the forging of tight
controls over Germany’s military
potential for the rest of this cen
tury. Details were being ham
mered out so that each govern
ment may soon ask for ratifica
tion by their parliaments of treat
ies that will link West Germany
to the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization.
Agreement to bring the Bonn
republic into the proposed seven
' nation Western European Union
| —adding West Germany and Italy
to the already organized Benelux
organization followed quickly
after the American, British,
French and West German minis
ters agreed on terms to end the
nearly 10-year occupation of Ger
many and restore, with a few ex
ceptions, complete sovereignty to
that part of the divided nation.
That agreement was reached by
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, British Foreign Secretary
Sir Anthony Eden, French Pre
mier Pierre Mendes-France and
West German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer.
France—thrice invaded by Ger
many and two of those times in
this century—won the approval of
her partners for a far-reaching
pattern of control which will bar
the Germans from raising un
limited forces or making atomic
weapons without French :onsent
until 1998.
, The other members of the
Western European Union—better
known as the Brussels Alliance of
1948—. are Britain, France, Bel
gium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
The Brussels Alliance has been
reshaped to replace the defunct
European Defense Community.
Britain's involvement makes it
stronger than EDC, since the
Churchill government has prom
ised to, keep, four divisions and
a tactical air force on the Euro
pean continent for the remaining
44 years of the 50-year pact.
the agreements here today,
Ten Tentative
Sheppard Trial
Jurors Seated
CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 (JP)— Ten
jurors were tentatively seated to
day in the first degree murder
trial of Dr. Samuel Sheppard. A
full and final panel was conceiv
able by' nightfall Friday.
Three more housewives were
added—including a lady who
finds it hard to change her mind.
There now are six women and
four men, with two vancancies to
fill. Then a weeding out process
occurs and a final panel is sworn
in.
The last woman seated was
Mrs. Grace L. Prinz, mother of
four and wife of a meat packing
foreman.
Sheppard is accused of beating
his pregnant wife, Marilyn, 31, to
death July 4.in the bedroom of
their lakefront home. In pleading
innocent, he claimed a bushy
haired man invaded the house,
killed his wife and knocked' him
unconscious.
The state has no known wit
nesses to the slaying. 'But it has
built up a circumstantial case. It
has placed Sheppard on the scene.
And it has offered as a possible
motive his purported love affair
with 24-year-old Susan Hayes, a
pretty technician who once
worked in the same hospital with
him.
The state also has hammered
day in and day out on capital
punishment, satisfying itself that
no prospective juror is opposed to
it.
Defense attorney William J.
Corrigan brought out at one point
in his questioning that first de
gree murder—and the death' pen
alty—is not the only choice facing
the jury.
He pointed out that second de
gree murder, manslaughter or as
sault charges are possible alter
natives.
Mice Show Cancer
Cause in Smoking
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (yP)—Two
researchers said today they had
found a substance in smoke from
cigarette papers that causes can
cer in mice.
One of them said he had discov
ered a way to eliminate the- can
cer-causing substance.
The reports came from D. V.
Lefemine, chemist at the Cancer
Institute of Miami, Fla., and from
H, J. Rand, head of a Cleveland
research organization which is
partly financed by a tobacco com
pany.
Lefemine, in a report to the
Southeastern regional meeting, of
the American Chemical Society in
Birmingham, said laboratory work
had turned up the cancer-produc
ing element—benzpyrene.
It was found in tars extracted
from smoke produced in burning
cigarette papers, he said, He add
ed benzpyrene has proved in ani
mal experiments to be one of the
most powerful cancer-c aus i n g
agents.
Casablanca Terrorists
CASABLANCA, French Moroc
co, Oct. 21 (/P) —Bombs hurled by
terrorists injured two persons in
a tobacco shop and killed an 11-
year-old girl in -a butcher shop last
night in the .phosphate mining
town of Kouribga.
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British Strike
May End Soon
LONDON, Oct. 21 P) —A surprise hint that peace may be near
in Britain’s waterfront strike came tonight from government circles
as the walkout’s paralyzing, grip dug even deeper into the island
kingdom’s economy. 1
The 18-day strike of some 44,000 workers in the nation’s major
seaports has tied up 300 million
dollars worth of exports and im
ports and has idled more than
330 ships.
An “atmosphere of better will”
prevailed today at the govern
ment Board of Inquiry hearings,
officials said. The board will go
into private session tomorrow
with employer and , union heads.
Labor Minister
Labor Minister Sir Walter
Monckton spent 20 minutes with
Prime Minister Churchill on the
strike situation. Then it was an
nounced that a Cabinet meeting
would be held tomorrow. Obserw
ers said it would be “quite wrong”
to interpret the meeting as an in
dication that the calling out of
troops was imminent.
The likelihood of bringing in
troops which loomed ominously
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Ike Supports
NewYorkGOP
In City Tour
NEW YORK, Oct. 21
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower made
a surprise 40-m i 1 e automobile
campaign tour of New York City
today in behalf of the hard-press
ed Republican state ticket head
ed by Sen. Irving M. Ives, candi
date for governor.
Eisenhower stepped dramatical
ly into the contest in the face of
newspaper polls showing Ives
trailing Averell Harriman, his
Democratic-Liberal opponent.
The President first addressed
campaign workers in GOP head
quarters and cautioned them not
to lose heart. He termed the elec
tion outcome “tremendously im
portant.”
Then he took off on a suddenly
scheduled motor tour with Ives at
his side. Seated in the automobile
with them was Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, who is retiring from of
fice.
The unheralded caravan toured
populous Manhattan, Brooklyn
and the Bronx, stopping at hous
ing and hospital projects, where
the President chatted informally
with workers and bystanders.
With hardly anyone knowing in
advance that the President was
to 'tour the city, crowds were
sparse at first but became larger
as the word spread.
When he returned from the 3%-
hour tour to the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel, about 2000 persons were
waiting outside.
Eisenhower addressed the cam
paign staff r informally after pos
ing. for pictures with Ives in front
of an “Ives for Governor” poster.
“I am here, I think, possibly more
because I am a voter in the state
of New York than I am a tempor
ary resident in Washington,” he
said. ,
“Here in this state you have a
senator who has been tremen
dously helpful in carrying us for
ward in Washington. He is now
turning and accepting the duty
of leading the job in the state, and
it is tremendously important.”
over the strike scene for the past
week “seems to have receded a
little,” a government official said.
One official said an “undefined
but brighter atmosphere” was
noted at the inquiry hearing. He
pointed out the inquiry board set
up to look into causes of the strike
was not in itself a conciliation
body, but there was nothing to
prevent the board from noting
the views of both sides.
Overtime Work
The walkout developed over a
demand by dockers for the fight
to reject overtime work. It has
the enthusiastic support of Brit
ain’s Communists.
Only some 11,000 strikers—
members of the independent Na
tional Amalgamated Stevedores
and Dockers Union—have backing
of their union leaders.
Motor Tour
2000 Persons
Increased U.S. Aid
To Bolster Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (£>)—'The United States agreed today
to step up sharply its aid to Pakistan, to a total of about 155 mil
lion dollars this fiscal year. The aim is to bolster the economy of a
key partner in the defense system against communism.
Of the total, 105 million would go for economic assistance, as
compared with 20 million in the
fiscal year ended last June. It
was reported that military aid
would total about 50 million, a
100 per cent increase over the fig
ure previously planned for the
current year.
Prime Minister
Prime Minister Mohammed Ali,
hastening home because of reports
of political unrest in his capital,
expressed satisfaction with his
discussions with administration
leaders, calling the talks “very
profitable.”
He appeared confident that any
domestic trouble confronting him
in Pakistan could be handled
wtihout difficulty.
A joint communique issued on
his departure said there has been
“earnest efforts within the U.S.
government to determine meas
ures which- the United States
might take to strengthen Pakistan,
bearing in mind Pakistan's spe
cial position.”
Defense Treaty
Pakistan is a partner in the
newly formed Southeast Asia col
lective defense treaty. It also has
a military treaty with Turkey,
thus serving to bridge the anti
communist defense line between
Europe and the Far East.
Without mentioning figures, the
communique said military aid to
Pakistan would start to flow at a
quicker pace. U.S. officials said
both the State and Defense de
partments had agreed that deliv
eries of supplies should flow as
fast as possible, with the first
shipment scheduled October ?,5.
Officials declined to say if the
aid would include tanks and jet
fighters, but they did say that
Pakistan would get modern weap
ons for land, sea and air.
Condemned Slayer
Declared Sane
WARREN, Pa., Oct. 21 (/P)—
Norman W. Moon, condemned to
death for slaying Judge Allison
D. Wade in court last Jan. 13,
was ruled legally sane today by
President Judge Alexander C.
Flick Jr. of Warren County.
The court’s ruling means that
the defense attorneys may now go
ahead with their motion to get a
new trail for Moon.
It also means that if the new
trial motion is turned down the
court may set a date for Moon’s
execution. Moon then would be
able to appeal to the higher
courts.
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UN Buries
Red China Bid
For Seating
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct.
21 —The General Assembly bur
ied Red China’s U.N member
ship hopes decisively today for
the rest of the year.
Against the background of a
resolution adopted on opening day
exactly a month ago—to shelve
the Red China issue—the Assem
bly took a separate vote on Na
tionalist China’s credentials. Only
10 countries voted against accept
ing them. Thirty five voted in fa
vor and three abstained.
The five countries of the Soviet
bloc, plus India, Indonesia, Bur
ma, Sweden and Yugoslavia were
the 10 that voted against Nation
alist China.
India’s V. K. Krishna Menon
moved too slowly to interfere.
He later said the vote was put
wrongly before the Assembly un
der charter provisions. Both Men
on and Russia’s Jacob A. Malik
insisted that only Red China was
entitled to represent China in the
UN.
But even Soviet Chief Delegate
Andrei Y. Vishinsky kept the de
bates pitched to a calm level to
day as the Assembly ratified deci
sions of its Steering Committee
to postpone until Nov. 2 Russian
and Red China charges of'"U.S.
aggression in and around the Na
tionalist island of Formosa. .
December Draft Call
HARRISBURG, Oct. 21 (/P )—
State selective service headquar
ters today announced a December
draft call of 1507 to be inducted
before Dec. 18.
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