O Ike Faces Rough Daily except Sunday Ministers Assemble For Talks ' Summit Regarded As Sure Thing GENEVA UPI The Big Four foreign ministers began assem bling in Geneva today for Mon day's Berlin crisis talks and Rus sia's Andrei -Gromyko started speeding up pressure for an early summit meeting. Gromyko was the first to arrive. The Soviet Foreign Minister ex pressed hope "that the , foreign ministers conference will arrange an early convocation of the heads of government." The statement supported claims by Communist sources that the Russians will forego wrangling over procedural matters at the be ginning of the foreign ministers meeting in order to speed the way to the summit conference that both East and West now regard as inevitable. Soviet Complaint Rejected U.S. Secretary of State Christian Hcrtcr stopped over in Bonn, West Germany, on his way to Geneva, for talks with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He arrives here late this afternoon. The West German Government disclosed it had replied to Rus sia's April 24 warning against the arming of West German forces with atomic weapons. The reply was believed to have rejected the Soviet complaint in much the same forthright terms as the United States' rejection Friday of a similar warning against supplying nuclear weapons to its NATO allies. Responsible Communist sources predicted today that Gromyko would try to settle outside the con ference of ministers such questions as the seating of the East German Communists, Poland and Czecho slovakia so as to avoid days of argument. . .,.,,,... v.--.. ; Soeict Premier Nikita Khrush chev believes that only a meeting with the other heads of state can reach a cold war settlement and Gromyko has been ordered to speed things up, the sources said. Khrushchev hopes for summit talks during the summer. Mounts Win First Game Eastern Oregon College defeat ed Southern Oregon 5-3 to take the first of three Oregon O.Uegiate Conference baseball games being played today on the college dia mond. The game was continued from yesterday when EOC was leading 3 0 in the fourth when the game was called because of rain. Satch Miller allowed only four hits over a nine-inning stint for the Mounts. Frank Chase led EOC batters with three for four, including a triple. In the second game the score was 0-0 after three innings. Dave D'Olivo had allowed no hits for SOC and John Willmarth but one for EOC in the three innings. La Grande FFA Places Second ""La Grande High School's chap ter of the Future Farmers of America placed second in both the varsity and freshmen divi sions of livestock judging at the Pea Festival at Milton-Frcewutor. However, one member of each of the local teams placed first in high individual ' judging. Larry Campbell took top ribbon for the varsity squad, and his cousin. Mike Campbell, took the fresh man blue ribhon. Mac Hi nr.scd out the varsity by nine points to take first in that division. They were followed by La Grande, Hcppner Pendleton, lmblcr, Elgin, and then schools from Umatilla county. Heppncr took freshman honors with La Grande second and lmblcr third. Pendleton Firm Submits Low Bid The Russell Olson Construction Company fcf Pendleton was ap parent low bidder on 4.24 miles of oil surfacing of the Phillips Creek Dry Creek section of the Sander son Spring Road. The Pendleton firm's offer of $18,724 was low among four bid ders. The highway work will be gin about 3.3 miles west of Elgin. The bid award will be made by the State Highway .Department in Salem on May 28. Union county road crews are now working on rock crusher ma terial for the road which will be improved later this summer. J3 . mm ' 3 ft So says Mimi (center) portrayed by Becky Kimbrell in the Eastern Oregon College production of "Mrs. McThing" which comp letes a three-night run tonight. From left, Nancy Brooks, Ronny Fuller, Becky, and Larry Nelson, all of La Grande. (EOC Photo) 'I AM A TIMID MAN'. Truman Honored By 50,000 Admirers On 75th Birthday NEW YORK (UPD-Hu-ry Tru man celebrated his 75th birthday Friday night with 50,000 of his admirers at parties in 17 cities connected by closed circuit tele vision, i It was a scntimcnlul affair at times and the former president was near tears at the end, but he provided his own comic relief with the Truman touch of trying to cut the wooden interior of a huge tiered birthday cake. It was also a highly partisan affair, with not a Republican in sight, and Truman got his biggest laughs fiom wisecracks about Clare Boolhc Luce and Sin. Wayne Morse,'' Vice - President' Diehard Nixon and Gen. Douglas Mao-Arthur. Laughs At Digs There were 1,000 Democrats paying $100 a plate at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York where Truman and his wife dined. I An enthusiastic storm of applause broke when firmer New York Gov. Avercll Hnrriman said the party wished he would be their candidate next year. Truman showed embarrassment as Democrats lavished their praise for the historic decisions he made in the presidency the use of the atom bomb against Japan, the Berlin airlift, the Mar shall Plan and intervention in Ko rea. "I am a timid man I am em barrassed at what you said here," he said in emotion-choked tones. He was far happier at mild digs at himself such as Dean Ache- son's comment, "When he made an error he learned from it, al though he never admitted it." Show Home Movies Adlai Stevenson in Chicago called him the "irrepressible member of the non-beat genera tion " And his c!J friond. Judge Samuel I. Rcsenman, toasted Mrs. Truman as "the one Ereat re straining influence in our hero's life." ? W ' vis i'i : If - Mtyl V'X TsWal'rfeW 'm ttf.iH.if itlfi iifti iirt rft hZ 1 j- Ttii, r - ' H LHS FESTIVAL ENTERTAINERS Pat Myers deft) and Charlene Koczan are s hown as they performed in the final show of the 1959 May Music Week Festival at th e La Grande High School. School officials termed the show a success. (Joe Diehl Photo) Established 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON, MY MOTHER IS UP Their daughter, Margaret, who is expecting a second child, was not at the party although her hjsband, K. C. Daniel Jr., at tended. Some of tno most moving mo n ents comio in showing of movie ; 'aken in Tinman s home town of I'ldepcndunce. Mil. In one shot his r'stcr, Ma.-y. said: "Harry was a nice bo.'. He always to'ik me everywhere. Maybe that's why I m still .in old maid." led Mark? the best mnn at 1 is wedding, ivcnl'vd visiting Tiu n an whih hi' Has preside it a.id fiing out on I he yacht, William burg.. A steward askH th pre.i dt nt-wher- !"" should bunk Marks in view of the fact he snored so loudly. "The president told him, 'Well, Heroine Says Over Dying Shark Victim SAN FRANCISCO (UPli "Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee." So whispered 18-year-old Albert Kogler during a hurried, beachside baptism, two hours before he died from wounds made by a man eating shark. Baptizing young Kogler was the 18-year-old girl who pulled him from the turbulent surf already turned red from his blood. The girl, Shirley O'Neill, had plunged back into the water Thurs day disregarding Kogler's scream-, ing warnings of danger. Already a heroine for her cour age in hauling the fatally mauled Kogler to shore, it was revealed today that Shirley baptized him and, in effect, said tho last rites over his body, from which life ob viously was fast ebbing. . After pulling Kogler to shore, she knelt over him, sprinkled his forehead with sea water and made the sign of the cross. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1959 THERE" move him in with me,' " Marks recalled. "That's one reason he's always been my best man." Hand On Heart Truman was in anything but a "give 'em hell" mood as he fi nally rose to respond. He put his hand on his heart and said, "If I tried to express what I feel' here, I couldn't talk." "I'll never forget it so long as I live," he said. "When I am 90, I will tell my great grandchildren about it. "1 am going to try to spend the rest of my life getting young peo ple to understand what they have in this great country and what they have to do to keep it." Then he tried to blow out the 75 candles on his cake. He needed help to extinguish them all. Last Rites "I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." She said, "I've baptized you, is that all right?" He murmured, "ok." Then, continuing the religious rite, he repeated after her the act of contrition: "Oh my God, I am sorry for having offended Thee..." His last words before becoming unconscious were: "I love God, and I love my mother, and I love my father. Oh, God, help me, help me." Kogler died a short time later after emergency surgery failed to stem the damage resulting from shock and loss of flesh and blood. Meanwhile, Mayor George Chris topher disclosed he planned to seek a Carnegie Medal of Heroism for Shirley for her dangerous and heartbreaking attempt to save the life of her friend. Dulles Contracts Pneu monia WASHINGTON lPI Ailing former Secretary of Slate John Foster Dulles contracted a mild case of pneumonia today. His con dition was described as "some what weaker." Dulles is in Walter Heed Armv Medical Center for treatment of cancer. The State Department in disclos ing the pneumonia attack, said that Dulles resixmled satisfactor ily to his initial injection of anti biotics. Constant Pain Dulles has been receiving anal gesics for relief of almost constant pain from the cancer attacks. It was disclosed earlier this week that Dulles now has to get around in a wheelchair. The State Department said he is able to walk but finds it more convenient to use the wheelchair. Today's announcement said: "Former Secretary Dulles has contracted a mild case of pneu monia. His initial response to anti biotics has been satisfactory and his temperature is normal. He is, however, somewhat weaker." The pneumonia attack followed one month after a medical report which said X-rays indicated Dulles had a malignant turner in the lower part of his neck. Radiation treatments that were started on April 14 were continued only four days when doctors said they were not helping the former secretary. Dulles on Feb. 13 underwent a hernia operation which disclosed that he was suffering from a re currence of abdominal cancer for which he originally underwent sur gery in November, t!)56. He received massive radiation treatments and injections of radio active gold. Hope For Victory mere was nope no might win his fight when the treatments were ended on March 17 and he was able to spend a weekend at his Washmuton homo. .-- " He flew to Florida on March 30 for a rest cure, but on April 12 was flown back to Walter Reed suffering new pains in his neck. Two days later, a medical but letin reported the suspected tumor in the lower part of his neck and Dulles resigned the following day. Dulles has been seeing visitors only for a few minutes a day, He was visited this week by Pres ident Eisenhower and former Brit ish Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Friday he was visited by the President and later by his successor, Christian A. Hcrtcr. be fore Hertcr flew to Geneva for the Big Four foreign ministers meet ing. He was hospitalized on Febru ary 10 and an operation three days later confirmed the doctor's suspicions that he had a malignant tumor in his lower intestinal tract Local Riders Will Haul Mail For Pony Express Pony Express riders from the La Grande Mavericks and Union Range Riders will "haul the mail" from Kamcla to North Powder to morrow as part of the Centennial ! Pony Express run which started in : ' Portland over a week ago and f which will go to Independence,:' Mo., and back. I Riders from the Mavericks will ' i take the mail from Pendleton Riders at Kamvla and will carry It C to the slate weighing station east of La Grande on Route 30. Twenty-1 j five riders from the club will car-! i rv the nnllrh in ro1nv vtnrlinfy nt F 9:30 a.m. W. M. Curliss tf the Mavericks said that the rider should pass through La Grando between 11 and 12 a.m. A Union Range Rider horseman will pick up the pouch ut the weighing station and will carry it to Union where a special post of fice has been constructed. Spec ial Centennial Express stamps and envelopes are on sale there as well as at River Products Meats and Coy's Hardware Supply in La Grande. They will be on sale un til June when the express will re turn through this area en it's re turn trip to Port'and. Union riders will carry the mail pouch from Union aft-r ceremo nies at the post office in Union to North Powder where Baker riders will pick it up later tomorrow af ternoon. HIGGINS SETS TALK Harris Higgins will talk on Ore gon taxation at the Union county Farm Bureau meeting at Cove, 7 p.m. Tuesday. A p;t luck dinner will be included as part of the evening program. Price 5 Cents ARMED FORCES UNIFICATION WASHINGTON (UPI) De fense planners are toying with a new scheme for unifying the armed forces: standardizing buttonholes. 'This move was disclosed to day in testimony made public by a House appropriations sub committee. The project isn't sewed up yet. But officials of the agency which buys military uniforms told the subcommittee that but tonholes may be one of the next items they wilt standardiie. Presumably they feel the armed forces have too many shapes and sizes of buttonholes, boosting uniform costs. Not miss ing any bets, the agency said it also was considering whether to standardize military buttons. Local Teacher Is Featured In Magazine Miss Elda Mae Childcrs, who is completing hor 12th year as a ureenwuoa scnool tencner, is featured in the current issue of the National Education Associ ation Journal, a national profes sional publication. The article, accompanied by several pictures taken in the La Grande elementary school, out linos Miss Childcrs career of having spent all of her teaching tunc, plus teacher-training, at the Greenwood school. It also delves into her activi ties on the local, state and na tional level in professional edu cation organizations. Also men tinned was the fact that Miss Childcrs plans to marry Victor M. Crow of near Joseph this June. .Miss Childcrs says she still plans to return to teaching in the future. Tho magazine is running a fca lure each month on "American Teacher, 19,r9," and has selected ,i few outstanding teachers from over the nation for this particu lur honor. The article states that "School administrators and teachers, par enls and citizens of La Grande in Ki:neraJ.aio,uianiiouji iftjhnk praise of Miss Chiluors. . "Even more eloquent lestimoni al is to be found in her fifth- grade at the Greenwood grade school: The pupils not only say ite is tops but indicate their feelings by their bihavior." The magazine article-also tells of her being a native of Cove and her graduation from Eastern Oregon College. She plans to con tinue her studies for a master's degree in teaching. Miss Childers originally planned to teach music, Author of the article is H. E. Philby, La Grande Observer managing editor. Hindman Elected To School Board ELGIN (Special) Billy Hind man was elected to the Elgin Dis trict No. 23 school board at school clccticn Monday. Henry Wcathcrspoon won the Rural School District post. At the election voters also passed the Elgin district tax levy and the rural school tax levy. El lin voters favored Carl Webster for the membcr-at-largo berth on the rural school district board, TEACHER ".. i ... . f x -vy iiiirniiriri ' - ;----'- 1 ir i J "' .. .. t-'"... - -. with school Principal Loren Blanchard, is featured in the current issue of the National Fyliiratinn' Association Journal. The nrnfessinnal teacher's maeazine editors have sel- i ected a few outstanding teachers for the series on "American Teacher, 1959." , (Observer Photo) i Task Of Defense Secretary WASHINGTON (UPI) President Eisenhower faced the rough task today of replacing his two top defense officials in a period of crisis and military danger. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, who hopes to leave the Cabinet by the end of this year, began an urgent search for a successor to his deputy, Donald A. Quarles, who died early Friday. , , ...... It appeared probable tnat plans to retire despite yuaries i death. Quarles was considered Mc- Elroy's most likely successor. Observers forecast a complete reshuffling of the Pentagon's top leadership. Even if McElroy stayed, they saw major changes in the defense hierachy as a re sult of. the deputy secretary's death. Eisenhower's search for a new defense secretary and deputy comes less than one month after he had to replace John Foster Dulles as secretary of state. Had Rare Experience Speculation centered on several men in and out of government as Quarles' replacement. But Mc Elroy said he had little hope of matching Quarles' qualifications as scientist, mathematician and administrator. Quarles, 64, a thin, scholarly man with rare experience at the Pentagon, died in his sleep. As sociates said he literally had worked himself to death trying to keep this country ahead in the de velopment of modern weapons. Quarles will be buried in Arling ton National Cemetery with sim ple military honors next Tuesday. McElroy, who suspended plans to go to the Geneva foreign min isters conference, said Quarles was "irreplaceable" and conceded ho might have to reconsider his plans to return to the business world this year. But the odds fa vored McElroy's retirement. In The Running Among the men mentioned for the deputy's post, which uniquely carries the same authority as the secretary s office, are: Assistant Defense Secretary W. J. McNeil who has been de fense comptroller since the unifi cation of the armed forces in 1947. Air Force Secretary James II Douglas who succeeded Quarles in that post when Quarles became deputy defense secretary. , . Willlmi CT F6ter, deputy sec retary under President Harry S, Truman and chairman of Eisen hower's special committee on for eign military aid. Perkins McGuire, assistant de fense secretary for supply. wnoevcr becomes deputy may later advance to the Cabinet post when McElroy retires. Car Overturns Several Times Two occupants of a car that overturned several times were uninjurd in a Highway accident west of La Grande near the Glover overhead, State Police re ported this morning. Alfred Modine and his wife Nellie, of Boise, Idaho, were un scathed although the car driven by Modine swerved to the right and "rode the guard rail," carrccncd back onto the highway, went out of control and flipped several times on the highway, police reported. Modine was cited for violation of the basic rule. Tho accident occurred about midnight Thursday, police said FEATURED IN MAGAZINE 1 taanhar ttiA nnct 19. vpaw fihnwn ahnvo 1 Finding Mcelroy wouici go aneuu wim Heavy Tol In Nile River Boat Tragedy CAIRO (UPI I Frogmen today ' brought up the 31st body from the depths of the muddy river Nile, where the overcrowded steamer Dandarah capsized Fri day with an estimuled 350 per sons aboard. Wailing relatives of an estimat ed 150 persons feared drowned in the greatest Nile River disaster in many years lined the banks of the great river today to watch the grislcy search for bodies. The passengers aboard the Dan- . darah panicked Friday after the boat sprung a leak and swarmed to the side nearest shore. TbS Dandarah plopped over on its side and sank at once. . Police said "about 100" persons remained on the missing list and saved. But officials suid casualty . figures had not been checked through. Relatives on shore kept up a steady weeping chorus which oc casionally burst into piercing shrieks today each time a frog man raised another body to the 60-foot floating crane anchored ' over the sunken steamer. After one body was brought up, a policeman examined the oil blackened shape and then shouted to shore: "It's a little girl with white shoes and polkadot dress and wearing a cross around her neck." "Nuwal! Nawal! It's Nawal!" scramed a waiting mother on shore. The ship's captain, Abdel Ha feez Aly Hammad, lay injured in a hospital but police arrested him pending . investigation of charges -ho allowed the ship to be over loaded by loo more persons than it could sufcly carry. From stories of eyewitnesses on shore and survivors of the sinking officials were able today to reconstruct the tragedy. The ship was bdund for a di version dam across the Nile ten , miles north of Cairo. It was jam med with families of an agricul ture engineers syndicate. On the top of the three decks, a troupe of comics was entertain ing the crowd when suddenly the old ship sprung a leak. Crewmen steered quickly for . shore, but the ship began listing on the shore side. Passengers rushed in panic to that side as the ship ncared shore and the combined weight flipped the craft over. , - Today the scene of the sinking was a pathetic one. A rag doll floated to the oily surface. Oil covered bodies were laid on the sawdust, covered deck of a float ing crane. One body was that of a preg nant woman, another that of a 9-year-old boy in his first long pants. He still clutched a sting-shot.