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) 2 (Sec. 1) Statesman, Salem, Ore.. Mon May 10. 1954 Secret Service Checks Threat On Life of Ike WASHINGTON UP Secret Serv ice Chief U. E. Baughman said Sunday night his agnts "thorough ly checked" a report there would be an attempt on President Eisen hower's life Sunday, "but I'm sat isfied there was nothing to it." Baughman said the report was that there would be an attempt to assassinate Eisenhower at Fred ericksburg. Va. The President visited Fred ericksburg Sunday afternoon to place a wreath at a monument honoring Mary Ball Washington, mother of the nation's first Presi dent. No Incident The Mother's Day ceremonies went off without incident, but the Fredericksburg Police Department put 60 officers on the job to watch for any possible trouble. Baughman told a reporter he was informed by A. G. Kendall, police chief at Fredericksburg, that an attempt on the President's life might be made. Kendall told newsmen after the Letter From PW Who Chose Reds Brightens Day for Mother ALDEN. Minn. CP Letters from her prisoner of war son who chose Communism instead of re patriation brightened Mother's Day for Mrs. Portia Howe. A letter from Pfc. Richard R. Tenneson, dated March 28 and rrarked Tiyuan, China, arrived a: the Howe farm Saturday. An other, somewhat shorter note from Tiyuan was delivered to Mrs. Howe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall May Ask Decision on Joe Backed Br JACK BELL WASHINGTON -P GOP Na tional Chairman Leonard W. Hall may ask the Republican Party's executive committee here this week to back his decision cutting Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis loose as a free agent in this year's campaign. Hall has called the 17-member group into session Friday to lay be fore them preliminary plans for a drive to retain control of Congress a drive which would star Presi dent Eisenhower and Vice Presi dent Nixon as campaign speakers. Eisenhower has said he won't campaign locally for candidates, but he is expected to make some speeches at critical points. Nixon is keeping September and October open for assignments from the GOP National Committee. Hall has ruled the National Com mittee will make no assignments for McCarthy stops on the cam pass on to the senator specific re quests it receives for appearances by him. This apparently reflects the White House attitude toward Mc Carthy, who is involved in a dis pute with Secretary of the Army Stevens. President Eisenhower has said the public hearings in this row are lowering American pres tige abroad. While Hall's personally-picked ex ecutive committee is expected to support his decision, the party leadership has discovered local de mands for McCarthy are likely to keep the Wisconsin senator going full blast during the campaign, if he chooses to accept them. Couple Parted 50 Years Wed WASHINGTON OP Childhood sweethearts who parted after a quarrel 50 years ago were wed here Sunday. Principals were Clarence Onyun, 72, Washington, and his bride', Mrs. Jennie Richards, 72, who flew here from Detroit for the cere mony. The two grew up together In Peoria, IU.. plighted their troth when tbey were 18 but quarreled and went their separate ways. Onyun, a semi-retired hotel cigar clerk, recalled that they had a spat after he made a trip to Chi- The Red Mill Victor Herbert's Ever-Popular Musical-Comedy PRESENTED BY Salem High School Choir and Orchestra May 11 and 12 Adults, 75c; Students, 50e Salem High Auditorium 1 p.m. PORTABLE and AUTO RADIOS Expertly Repaired Vacation Rates Avoid the Rush L W. Robins Co. 1295 S. 12th Ph. 4-603 President left that a "reliable" Negro man reported being offered $500 by two other men, possibly Puerto Ricans, to .help them "knock the President off." The of ficer said he and aides laid a trap, with the help of his in formant, but failed to catch the two men at a rendezvous point early Sunday morning. Kendall de clined to name his informant. Gets Report The chief Kendall" did get such a report containing certain information as to an alleged threat against the President's life," Baughman said. He added: "Our agents thoroughly checked into it and questioned the source of the report. "It's a question as to the re libality of the source because the information could not be verified by our agents, and as you know, nothing happened at Fredericks burg. "The point is that the men who reportedly were planning to show up did not do so." W. Jensen, Clark's Grove, Minn., about the same time. The March 28 letter to the Jen sens had the same date as their 46th wedding anniversary. How ever, Mrs. Howe said she thought that was probably a coincidence. In his letier to his mother, Ten neson said he was in good health. He said he was resting and would go to work shortly. Just where he had been since January, the last time Mrs. Howe heard from him, was not mentioned, nor did Ten neson say when he would write again. "There was no indication In his letter," said Mrs. Howe, "as to how he is being housed or fed. These are things a mother would like to know." Still, cheerful and pleased with this latest contact, she said, "It makes this a much nicer Mother's Day." Tenneson said he wrote the let ter after attending church. No mention was made of any of the other 21 Americans who refused repatriation, but Tenneson used the term "we" when referring to the impending work. Mrs. Howe, 43. flew to Japan last Dec. 9 in a dramatic but fu tile attempt to win young Tenne son back from the Communists. She got as far as Tokyo, where the United Nations command for bade her to go to Korea. She re turned home to spend Christmas with the family. A written appeal at the time for Tenneson to come home was an swered by a bitter, "I have made up my mind and I am not going." Mrs. Howe said on her return that she would be happy to receive her son if he ever chose to come home. Crash Victims Satisfactory Statesman Ncwi Service STAYTON Four persons injured in a car train crash in Mill City Saturday afternoon were reported in satisfactory condition here at the Santiam Memorial Hospital Sunday night. Five others in the car sustain ed minor injuries and were re leased from the hospital Satur day night or Sunday. Still confined at the hospital were Ernest Christensen and his wife, Elizabeth, of Mill City; Robert Shultz of Scio; and Dean Christensen and his 2-year-old daughter, Linda. The nine persons were riding in a car driven by Mrs. Dean Christensen which was struck by a Southern Pacific diesel en gine. cago and was late calling for her to take her to church. Last Christmas Onyun. who has lived alone the past 10 years, continued the correspondence and won her. They were married at the Brook land Methodist Church in a cere mony attended by about 25 per sons, including one "stranger lady" who had read about their romance in the paper and came to furnish rice for the occasion. Onyun was as romantic as a groom should be. He stole a look at his bride and whispered "Jeep ers. you've got pretty eyes." This was Onyun 's third mar riage. The bride is a widow. NOW PLAYING! Two Color Hits -Martm-Xewi. 'Money Bom Home -ALSO- ALASKA SEAS With Robert Jan Ryan Sterling 3 J fCollectiveWest Action in Asia Sought by UJS. GENEVA if The United States Sunday called anew for collective action by the free world to stem the surging tide of communism in Southeast Asia. The Geneva Con ference appeared stalemated on both Korea and Indochina. Walter Bedell Smith, undersecre tary of state and chief of the American delegation here, empha sized Washington's desire for West ern unify in a formal statement summing up his impressions after a week's work. The Indochina talks between East and West seemed stalled by Soviet. Red Chinese and Vietminh demands for a voice for "govern ments" in Laos and Cambodia which France has described as "phantom" regimes. The Korea talks were equally snagged on conflicting plans for elections. 'See Clearly' "We in America." said Smitfi, "see clearly that our own future, our own prospects of remaining at peace, are directly related to a basic principle collective security . . . The significance of Korea and Indochina is worldwide. Powerful forces are behind the complex in fluences that make these two areas the focus of potential war." Smith said Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' plans for a Southeast Asia security pact were forced upon the U.S. by Commun ist offensives. Speaks Out on Reds In speaking of the Geneva Con ference, the American diplomat said "we are here to prevent the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. We are here to bring closer together the free nations of the world." American leaders, meanwhile, carefully avoided further comment on the plan for a supervised ces sation of hostilities, followed by in ternationally controlled elections, presented to the Indochina con ferenoe Saturday by French For eign Minister Georges Bidault as a solution to the- seven-year-long war in the former French colony. Kuomintan; Worried Over Fortress' Fall TAIPEH UP The Nationalist Chinese are worried lest the fall of Dien Bien Pho set off a chain reaction leading to ultimate loss of all southeast Asia to the Reds. Over the weekend, a top level meeting was held in Taipeh pre sided over by the chief of the joint general staff. Gen. Chou Chi-Jou. Later he and Foreign Minister George Yeh made a report to Pres ident Chiang Kai-Shek. A Defense Ministry spokesman told The Associated Press that talking and fighting with the Com munists at the same time was one of the surest ways of losing battles to them. Kung Lun Pao, published by For mosan interests, said the heroic stand of the defenders of Dien Bien Phu should make the French po litical leaders ashamed of attempt ing peace talks with the Reds. The newspaper accused the French government of "faint-heart-edness in its war effort and com plete lack of a firm Indochina policy." All Formosan newspapers were agreed that Chiang has reached a firm, final decision not to send troops to Indochina unless the West decides on united, all-out action. Quarters in a position to know said no approach had been made to Taipeh looking toward such use of Nationalist troops. Memorial Day Ceremonies Due Saturdav Memorial Day ceremonies in Sa lem will be held on Saturday morn ing. May 29, the Salem Federation of Patriotic Orders has announced. The annual memorial church service for Marion County war vet erans killed while serving with the Armed Forces will be held Sun day evening, May 23. Place of service has not been decided. The federation also has appoint ed a committee to investigate the promotion of a July 4 celebration complete with sports contests and fire works display. Cottonwoods Thurs., May 13 VAN HOWAJO a piotd auna 41 I Vietminh Reds at Geneva GENEVA Pham Van Dong, center, foreign minister of Indo china's Communist-dominated Vietminh government, is flanked by aides as they attend the opening session of Indochinese peace talks in Geneva. France, shaken by the fall of Dien Bien Phu to the Vietminh rebels, proposed an immediate cease-fire in Indochina to be guaranteed by all parties at the Geneva meet ing. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Geneva.) Fate of French Wounded Puzzles -By JOHN RODERICK SAIGON, Indochina (JP) What has become of the wounded at Dien Bien Phu? An observation . plane which flew over the shattered fortress Sunday dropped medical supplies but brought back no word to Gen. Henri Navarre, French Union commander in Indochina, on what happened to the wounded after Red-led rebels overwhelmed the northern Indochinese strong hold Friday The wounded, estimated at 800 to 1,000, lay on litters in an under ground hospital as the 57-day siege reached its climax. No word of their fate has reached the outside world. Nor has there been any word of the French nurse, Gene vieve de Galard Terraube, who had been caring for them. Deaf to Appeals The rebels turned a deaf ear to French appeals for an armistice during the siege to permit removal of the battle casualties by plane. Any word on the disposition of the wounded now will have to come from the Vietminh. Whether any prisoner exchanges can be worked out is a question for the future. Military men here said the rebels' past practice has been to leave French and Vietnamese wounded on the battlefield after ad ministering elementary first aid. Then the French were allowed to pick them up. A French High Command spokes man in Hanoi said he doubted whether the rebels now would mount another general offensive in northern Indochina before the seasonal monsoon rains hit their peak at the end of June. 'Battle Corps Broken' "Their battle corps is broken," the spokesman said, referring to heavy rebel losses in the long fight to crush Dien Bien Phu. Overall Vietminh losses in that fight since the first human wave assault March 13 have been estimated as high as 35,000. Gen. Navarre, how ever, puts the figure at about 18,- 000. The little kingdom of Laos in northwestern and west central In dochina, one of the three Indo Chinese states associated with France in the French Union, was swept by a wave of uneasiness in the wake of Dien Bien Phu's fall. There was some speculation the rebels might soon try a new in vasion pointed at Luang Prabang, Laos royal capital about 100 miles southwest of Dien Bien Phu. Earli er this year the rebels pushed a division within sight of Luang Pra bang but pulled the troops back and threw them into the fight for Dien Bien Phu. , 40- HOUR WEEK SOUGHT BONN. Germany West Germany's six million organized workers are clamoring for a five day, 40 - hour work week. They claim America's experience proves that the 40-hour week increases, rather than decreases, production. The work week in booming Ger many now averages just over 48 hours. Now Showing Qpen fi:45 Adm. 50e HELD OVER ntmf -1 craairicziczin Technicolor Ce-Hit HELL GATE it Starring STERLING HA YD EN JOAN LESLIE JJ"'"' " (Lm Hj SAIGON, Indochina A broad cast by radio Vietminh Monday, monitored in Tokyo by the French press agency, announced that Brig. Christian de Castries and 8,000 of Dien Bien Pho's defenders had been captured. The broadcast was the rebels' first mention by name of De Castries, the com mander of the Dien Bien Phu gar rison. The broadcast said nothing about any French wounded. Hall, Mitchell Debate Issues WASHINGTON UFi Stephen A. Mitchell, Democratic national chairman, said Sunday the Eisen hower administration has so many foreign policy spokesemen the American . people are confused. He predicted that by the end of this year Secretary of State Dulles will be replaced. To this Republican National chairman Leonard Hall re sponded: "Oh. No." The exchange came during an NBC TV debate on American For um of the Air in which Hall and Mitchell were quizzed by a panel of Democratic and Republican sen ators and House members. The question of Dulles future was not developed. But at another point in the debate. Hall said the main accomplishment of the Eisen hower administration was to rec ognize Communism "as a world menace." He said the Democratic Administrations had failed to do this and as a result China was lost to the Reds. If the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman administrations had rec ognized this menace. Hall said, "we would not be talking about" the threat to Indochina now. PAUPERS ARE SANE? BRUNSWICK. Ga. JP) It costs $30 to go crazy in Glynn County. Worried by the drain on county funds from an increasing number of insanity cases, the County Com mission set the fee. Since 1888 more than 20 mil lion people have gone to the top of the Washington monument. fhoni a-sree NOW PLAYING! CKAJO STEVENS EVENS! XDPt I f JOYCf HOIDCN BOLD and FRANK os ifs Wr " r C305I3 ut f At 112 :it y White House Creates New U.S. Division WASHINGTON OH The White House Sunday announced the cre ation of a new Division of In ternal Security in the Justice De partment, designed to speed the prosecution of spies and other sub versive elements. President Eisenhower Monday will' nominate William F. Tomp kins of Maplewood, NJ. as an as sistant attorney general in charge of the new unit, which presum ably will handle all cases dealing with espionage, treason, sabotage, infiltration of defense plants, loyal ty of federal employes, and kin dred matters. Officials said the new division will be carved out of the present Criminal Division, headed by Asst. Atty. Gen. Warren Olney III. The effect will be, they said, to "cen tralize and fix responsibility" in the department for the handling of subversive activities. n The new division will take over prosecution of cases under the Smith Act, which makes it a crime to conspire to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government by force, and T cases before the Subversive Activities Control Board, which is trying to compel the registration of Communist front organizations. Announcement of the new civil anti-subversion agency came just one month after the inauguration of a new Army-Navy-Air Force se curity program aimed at keeping the armed forces free of security risks. Both actions came in the wake of though not specifically in re sponse to critkims by Sen. Mc Carthy (R.-Wis.) of the way the Government has handled alleged subversives. Eisenhower's choice to head the new division has been righting gamblers and racketeers as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey since last June. He is 41. Lewis' Miners Won't Rejoin AF of L, CIO WASHINGTON OP John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers presi dent, said Sunday he sees no im mediate prospect of his union re joining either the AFL or the CIO but this doesn't prevent his get ting together with leaders of those groups on specific objectives. His recent meeting with CIO and AFL representatives, Lewis said, was not necessarily an indi cation of "bigger things" in labor unity. He added it might "pos sibly" be such an indication and "probably" was so on specific problems. The mine chief, questioned on the NBC TV show "Meet the Press," had this to say of the get tgether: "It means the present leader ship of neither the CIO nor the AFL is meeting the requirements of organized labor hi protecting the interests of their vast numbers. "It's obvious that labor is badly organized into respective segments and that the collective strength of labor cannot be exercised on any given matter." Lewis said the fault in this "lies with the leadership of American labor, the rivalries between them, the political combinations that exist." He charged that some la bor leaders devote more time to their -own political interests than to the needs of their own union members. PHILCO SALES and SERVICE SORENSON'S TV and Appliance 1141 S. Coml. Ph.4-2177 FOAM RUBBER Pillows 275 np Mattresses 4390 ep Remnants SO P Shredded 59 lb. SLEEP-AIRE 2002 Fair groan ds Rd. H'lrHl NOW PLAYING! I i . 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