Show THE WEATHER OGDEN: Fair low 60-6- high £mmlmt 95 98 5 UTAII: Fair northwest warm low high 90-10- 60-7- 0 0 P© TELEPHONE 7711 No 212 84th YEAR 1© UTAH FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 12 1955 OGDEN i Or den Boise Chicago Denver Las Vegas Login Wi re- : S I y ROY D THATCHER He Headed Regents Roy Thatcher Retired Ogden Lawyer Dies Davis Thatcher 75 retired Ogden lawyer and former chairman of the University of Utah BoaroV of Regents died yesRoy terday Mr Thatcher was born in Logan Sept 17 1879 a son of John" Bethuel and Sara Mans (Davis) Thatcher He was a stu dent at the Utah State Agricul Haotaa In 1 ono at the University of Chicago In 1947 he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by the Uni versity of Utah He was married to Diana Bean Feb 21 1905 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and practiced law in Logan from that time until 1923 when he moved to Ogden and practiced until his retirement four years ago as senior member of the firm of Thatcher & Young VtnVt aTa if law FORMED CORPORATION One of his more important ac tivities as a lawyer wasthe organ- The nationwide survey showed: 1 The number of polio fatalities has dropped 46 per cent below last year's level In the key states supplying second shots the decline has been 65 per cent 2 Of 6V4 million youngsters injected with the vaccine nine have died of polio There have been 247 cases of the disease among the vaccinated children 3 Outside of the South there has been considerable resistance to launching the second shot campaign which was delayed by uncertainty and shortage of vaccine Eighteen of the 48 states are waiting for fall to renew the campaign Few states have made any plans for a third injection These figures were tabulated on the basis of nearly complete reports from the 48 states and the District of Columbia: Those given polio shot No 1 — 6458996 Those given polio shot No 2 — 1080329 Polio deaths this year— 191 Folio deaths to this time last year —355 FIGURES TENTATIVE It is impossible of course to draw definite conclusions from the statistics since some figures are tentative they have not been evaluated scientifically and the possibility of coincidence is too strong There can be no doubt however that the number of polio fatalities has been reduced sharply from last year level Last year was a fairly average year tor polio deaths The Public Health Service reports that one death was listed per 100000 This compares with population the high of two in 1952 and the low of 04 in 1947 MASSACHUSETTS AT TOP The greatest number of polio deaths this year has been in Massachusetts which reported 24 Texas has the second highest total 22 with California third with 11 No other states has had more than nine fatalities The nine deaths listed among children inoculated with the Salk vaccine included three in Idaho two in Pennsylvania and one each in Louisiana New Mexico New York and Texas HUNTERS NOT TOO ACCURATE ization of the First Security Corp of which he was counsel This was the first bank holding comHOLLISTER Calif (AP) pany in the country The Wild Ass Mining Co Mr Thatcher was associated without too much respect for in many public activities He the accuracy of California was district attorney in Logan hunters ran this newspaper from 1912 to 1920 Other posiadvertisement today: tions he held included member"Hunters welcome on the ship on the board of trustees of Ass Mining Co proper-"tie- s Wild Utah State Training School U of Area Js patrolled by U board of regents and member 0 the covernor's committee of deputy coroners" 43 which formulated Utah's liauor Normally isuch ads in this area warn off hunters saying control system He was a member ot the Rotary Club of Ogden and the areas are patrolled by the Timpanogos and Aztec Club 'deputy sheriffs" of Salt Lake Citv The ad was placed by E R Hanna San Benito County His professional memberships were in tne American and Utah surveyor who doubles as Bar Associations president of the firm which He was a member- of the Mt has two chrome prospects in the southern part of the Ogden LDS Ward and had ful filled missions in Switzerland county each named after a and England brand of beer Mr Thatcher is survived by his widow and the following sons and daughters: Paul B Thatcher of ogden Emerson Thatcher of Kent Wash Mrs R L (Olive) Irwin of Syracuse N Y and Mrs Comedian Victor Moore 79 is David (Miriam) Bonner of New Haven Conn in the hospital suffering from Funeral arrangements are be- what his physician said was a ing directed by Lindquist & Sons vascular disorder complicated by diabetes He was stricken yesterday at his Beverly Hills home CARS GOT ALONG - -- - TRAFFIC LIGHTS! EDINBURG Tex (UP) — Edinburg police proudly announced yesterday that there hadnt been a single traffic accident on Courthouse Square during the three months that its traffic lights were missing because of new construction Then they replaced the lights Within the hour two cars collided on the square Gal© Hits Tucson TUCSON Ariz (AP) — A storm with winds of up to 75 miles per hour drove through Tucson today cutting off electric service knocking down hundreds of trees and tearing roofing off several homes Estimated damage was "thousands of do- llars" H its n N C (UP)— Hurricane Connie smacked against the North Carolina coast today and headed north toward the heavily populated Eastern Seaboard while far to the southeast another tropical storm reached full hurricane strength The new hurricane was Diane still 1150 miles east of Miami Highest winds already were up to 80 or 90 miles 1 an hour L- Arco Idaho First to Get Atomic Power in the US Sports Car Crash Kills Ace Envoy Thailand (AP) — A crash today killed U S Ambassador John E Peuri-- f oy 48 a diplomatic trouble shooter who starred in settlement of Guatemala's 1954 civil war A man who liked fast sports cars Peurifoy and his son Daniel perished when his Ford Thunderbird collided head-o- n with a truck on a narrow bridge 125 miles south of Bangkok The ambassador's other son Clinton Peurifoy 14 was injured critically in the smashup which came near the beach resort of Hua Hin on the Gulf of Siam The tall handsome ambassador who celebrated his 48th birthday on Tuesday came to Thailand last November after brilliant service in -- Greece and Guatemala A career diplomat he began his government service in 1935 as a elevator operator in the Senate Office Building in Washington BANGKOK car-truc- k GENEVA (AP) — American atomic scientists announced a distinction today for Arco Idaho (pop 1200) It was cited as the first community in the United States to use light and power produced from nuclear energy The scientists said Arco received its entire supply of electricity for more than an hour last July 17 from an experimental power plant operated by the National Laboratory at the US Atomic Energy Commission's National Reactor Testing Station 20 miles away A US spokesman said "the people of Arco didn't even know Ar-gon- ne 1000 ON HAND about it" The announcement of the Arco experiment was made by the US e delegation to the conference The experimental plant at Arco is known as Borax an abbreviation for "boiling water experiment" It generates more than 2000 kilowatts of electricity The announcement said: "The simplicity of construction ease of operation low cost and high degree of safety suggest that this type of small power plant is suitable for use in remote areas or in conjunction with min72-natio- $90-a-mon- ing or manufacturing operations" Adlai Before Me in Race For Presidency: Harriman BELL By JACK support within the party ranks CHICAGO (AP) — Adlai JI There is some doubt however Stevenson and Gov Averell Har- that he could muster sufficient 5 - s pre-conventi- 10-da- y air-droppi- i pro-Communi- he could be expected to attempt to shift his strength quickly to Harriman Together Stevenson and Harriman represent the two potentially most powerful voting blocs in next summer's convention Starting with his Illinois home base vote of 60 Stevenson has wide grade j anti-Commun- ist j pro-Americ- government I The outspoken diplomat's first big foreign assignment came in 1950 when President Truman named him ambassador to Greece Pilot Crashes In Idaho Dies Idaho (AP) — A pilot crashed and was killed in a front yard in Ketchum today after circling over the home and yelling to the owner to "get the kids out of the way" Fred Cecil Haynes of Lebanon Ore smashed nose down in the yard at the home of Mrs Elma KETCHUM ld Anderson where a group of children had been playing only moments before A few minutes earlier police reported he had circled over his mother's home here and shouted to her to "put the coffee on" Haynes was flying to Ketchum in a light plane from Lebanon to visit his mother Mrs Edward Haynes The cause of the crash was not known immediately - 12-ho- "! vi d fi Privacy at Last CAMBRIDGE Mass (UP) — The line for Radcliffe girls soon will be abolished Radcliffe College will install private phones thus ending a long established system whereby one telephone is provided for each 25 girls 25-par- ty INDEX Stewart Alsop 6A Dr William Brady 11A Comics 6B 7B Com Pages 10A 14A 15A Editorial Page 6A Dr Crane 13 A 6A Gallup Poll NIal 6A Maj Obituaries 7B Drew Pearson 6A - Radio-T- 7B Programs 2B 3B 4B Sports 10 20 and 50 Ycara Ago 6A Vital Statistics 7B Al Warden 2B Women's Pages 11A 12A 13A V d C-5- 4 j i TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Calif (AP) — Eleven! American airmen coming homej from 32 long lonely months in Red China prisons flew in fron Hawaii today — one day closer to the reunions with their loved ones Six of the airmen landed in Gen Douglas MacArthur's for mer plane the transport uawau xuc vuici xivc iuuvucu down moments later in a sister ship This was a high point of the journey along the ro4d of freedom that began in Hong Kong last month But the best was yet to come Later today the airmen will leave Travis in Air Force planes on the last leg of the journey to long-awaite- th ation Reports received in Bangkok said the accident occurred as the trio was on the way back! to Hua Hin In the spring before he was named to the Bangkok post Peur-if- y had won widespread attention for his role during the overthrow of the regime in Guatemala Although he kept in the background at first to avoid charges oX intervention both sides turned to him for advice during the fighting and he played a major role in the peace settlement which put the leader of the forces Carlos Castillo Armas in power CREDITED WITH CHANGES During the past week widespread rumors in Bangkok credited Peurifoy's influence with the responsibility for major political changes in the Thai Cabinet These put staunchly Premier P Pibulsohggram into undisputed leadership of the Freed by Red China Reach 11 S 11 atoms-for-peac- ri riman of New York apparently votes to win the nomination withhave reached an informal work- out New York's 94 in early baling agreement aimed at bring- loting ing one of them the 1956 presi-- It is accepted generally that unless something happens to upidential nomination-'f- e Associates confirmed that the set the working agreement that former Illinois governor who if Stevenson appears to bea going comwith was beaten by President Eisen- into the convention he will get position manding hower in 1952 has come to an the New York support that probunderstanding with Harriman un- ably would cinch his nomination ON HOLIDAY Harriman's chance at the prize which Stevenson will get first He had arrived in the resort der depends on Stevenapparently at next year's party prize Thursday with his wife Betty crack son's flunking his Jane and their two sons for a - These associates said however campaign tests after he makes holiday This morning he I that if it becomes apparent at any a promised formal announcement took the boys to a nearby police point in the next 12 months that of his intentions in November training base to watch Thai para- Stevenson is unlikely to make the The Stevenson camp4till is diopertroopers in an vided on whether the former Il- 74th birthday anniversary today with his usual working day Frank A Seiberling 95 the "Little Napoleon'' of the rubber industry who founded but later control of Goodyear Tire & lost Band leader Pupl Campo 35 Co and later with his Rubber oband singer Betty Clooney 24 brother Charles founded and tained a marriage license yesbuilt Rubber Co Seiberling Miss Clooney's singing died terday yesterday sister Rosemary is flying home from Spain with her husband Jose Ferrer for the wedding Arthur Godfrey who's had trouble before at Teterboro N J airport damaged the rieht win? cf his plane yesterday when it rut a ground light According to an airport spokesman the entertainer was taxiing his DC3 on the run way in preparation tor takeoff for his Virginia home No one was hurt and the wing was damaged only slightly in hitting the light In March 1954 Godirev's nilot license was suspended for six months for flyinff low over the Teterboro control tower two months previously CECIL B DeMILLE Cecil B DeMille celebrated his Works as Usual red-haire- 5 CENTS CAPE HATTERAS NAMES IN THE NEWS BETTER WITHOUT 65 30 1 Another Storm Diane Coming Still 1150 Miles East of Miami leased today The study also showed that US doctors have given more than a million youngsters their second Salk polio vaccine shots with the South leading the way AH told 6V£ million first and second graders have received a first shot and somewhere around 60 to 70 per cent of those with access to the second shot have had it I SllProro 73 Salt Lako 62 San Fran 37 54 A -- jf 9 80 95 92 96 fin (AP)— The number of US polio fatalities has dropped 46 per cent below last year's level according to an Associated Press nationwide survey S3 rem '7 ' 85 104 95 nlllOTOC Million Get 1st Shots And Over Million 2nd Shot v MixMln— Anfelesi 95 58 New York 7 PocateUo 81 n 6V2 WASHINGTON 5Iu98Mlnl M Los 2 SECTIONS 28 ?AGES Fatalities US Drop n TEMPERATURES ' linois governor ought to go into primaries to test his strength locally against other potential candiates like Sen Estes Ke-fauv- er (D-Ten- n) Advisers who oppose such strategy argue that Kefauver won a lot of primaries in 1951 but didn't get the nomination They say the primary road drains funds and time that might be better spent in other efforts to gather delegates On the other hand some of his advisers think the handicap of Stevenson's 1952 defeat requires him to put his name on the line despite the fact that a single primary loss might be so damaging to his prestige as to cost him the nomination Some Democratic governors who have been attending the 47th annual governors conference here have indicated they think Stevenson is going to have to show his prowess as a vote getter within his own party if he expects to be the choice to take on Eisenhower again Stevenson also faces some opposition in the South as evidenced by a declaration Thursday by Gov Allan Shivers of Texas a 1952 bolter that he would fight Stevenson's nomination and support "practically anybody" — — who Democrat or Republican " opposed him j home- - and family A crowd of about 11000 men and women of the Air Force was on hand to greet the returnees There was no mass reunion here with theif families The men said they preferred it that way Dr Robert D Arnojd Sunnyvale Calif was the only relative on hand He was here to meet his brother Col jTohn Knox Arnold j Col Arnold's sister-m-laher face streaked with tears of joy covered Arnold's gaunt face with lipstick "This is wonderful!" Arnold exclaimed "I didn't ever expect to see them again My brother here is the only relative I have besides my wife and four w -- Connie bored inland at More-hea- d City N C in midmorning with winds officially clocked at about 100 miles an hour but unofficially they were said to have been considerably below that shortly after they hit the coast The storm pushed tidewater far inland however and streams flooded their banks at scores of points Thousands were homeless j now" j ' An amateur radio operator reported from a spot inland that he may have to close down because the top of the tower where his equipment was located was about to blow away Morehead City appeared to have escaped major damage and no injuries were reported The Red Cross housed 14000 last night in shelters along the North Carolina coast and another 6700 at Myrtle Beach S C The Miami Weather Bureau passed control of Connie to Washington weathermen but picked right up on Diane An advisory said Diane had reached full hurricane force with winds up to 90 miles an hour That was almost precisely the path followed earlier by Connie EXPECTED TO WEAKEN Connie was centered about 60 miles west of here headed on an "erratic" course toward the north Hurricane force winds fanned out about 50 miles east of center and gales for 250 miles Force of the storm is expected to "weaken gradually after another six hours" the advisory said There was no further indication of acceleration The weather forecast was for heavy rain and high tides in the storm's path north Although the noon forecast was optimistic all interests along the coast to New England were cautioned to maintain an alert SAN FRANCISCO Air Force offered today to make many of its closely: guarded bases available to Soviet! aircraft under President Eisenhower's proposed Russian-America- (aerial-phot- n j address prepared for the Air j Force Assn convention Twining said the President's plan for the US land Russia to photograph each other's military installations from' the air was aimed against surprise attack and "could be a key step toward U peace" j "If this proposal is accepted the Air Force will enthusiasticalmake ly devote its energies-t-o this great idea work" Twining said The Air Force leader did not elaborate upon the manner in which Russian planes might use American - photo-reconnaissan- air bases- ld ce i 'j— :V Earlier the privately supported organization of 40000 air power enthusiasts adopted a policy statement commending the President for "bold and imaginative diplomacy" in making his mutual aerial inspection proposal at the re cent Geneva conference - Finn Twins Are Released After 115 Days in Prison LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Finn twins George and Charles 41 signed certificates of parole under protest and yesterday were released from the Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution j hunThey had staged a at the strike Springfield Mo ger Medical Center for Federal Prisoners and their release came 115 days after they were jailed on 79-da- y terms for interfering one-ye- ar I The Finns signed the certificates of parole at the behest of their lawyer Joseph Scott It how becomes mandatory for them to make monthly reports to a parole officer The US Board of Parole said in Washington that Scott gave his word thatj the Finns had protested not against the paroles but against the original sentences The brothers said their next step probably will be to apply for an appearance before the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Charles said he and his brother are in pretty good condition He said they would go to a hospital for a checkup t j ' - -- " About Tangled Marriage TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Schmidt's fixed 5 og raphy program The surprise suggestion came from Gen Nathan F Twining Air Force chief of staff in an Schmidt Declines to Talk Calif (AP) — With a set smile on his face and the words "I won't discuss it on his lips Airman Daniel Schmidt refused to day to talk about the tangled marital situation in which he found himself on his return from a Red China prison His wife Una Schmidt 20 had married another man in the belief she said that Schmidt was dead "I'm going to work this out by myself" was all the flier would say when asked to whom he might turn for help in solving the problem He was born at Coeur d'Alene Idaho He said he expected to leave Travis Air Force base "in a few minutes" but he wouldn't say where he was going It was known that his wife wanted to talk to him Her attorney Harold Berliner said she and their small son whom Schmidt had never seen were at an undisclosed rendezvous (AP)-- The SIGN PAROLE UNDER PROTEST Maj William McGinty of Air with a federal officer in making a Force headquarters : in Washing- citizens' arrest of U S Attorney ton traveled home with Schmidt Laughlin Waters in Los Angeles He said "Schmidt handled himThey accused him of illegally self beautifully all thei way He holding a US surplus cargo plane is being wonderful about this had bought from a school they He is terribly glad toi be home district in Kern County Calif and all the way over he didn't once discuss his: family life with any of the other men" Schmidt was surprised at the l foot of the ramp by his cousin Mrs Evelyn McQuary of Ala meda Calif She burst! out of the crowd and embraced the wcood looKing young airman I i To Russia - NO MAJOR DAMAGE children" Arnold who underwent the most severe torture the Chinese Reds dealt the airman was nervous but otherwise composed Center of attention by the crowd was Airman Daniel Schmidt of Portland Cire whose wife remarried while he was gone because she said she believed Schmidt was dead Schmidt spoke freely but whenever he was asked about his tangled marital affairs he replied firmly "I won't discuss that Offers U S Air Bases J- smile disapi pearedf once This was when a photographer handed him a picture of Una and theU son The smile returned quickly He said the boy "looks like me" Someone gave Schmidt three letters He didn't look at them Schmidt told newsmen: "I have a personal problem to be worked outj H is very much a personal problem and I want all the privacy in thei world for working it out I'll appreciate it very much if I can jhave that ' : :i privacy" There was speculation that Schmidt might be flown to Air Force Basel near Sacramento Calif Berliner said at Travis that plans for a meeting of Schmidt and Una "have not yet firmed answer quesup" He wouldn't tions as to where she was or whether she would (meet - the plane if Schmidt flew jin j v r 1 i V - y ' l - v : — -- s V ) V" ( ( i ' Mc-Clell- an ! In ELIGIBLE FOR PARDON — The flying Finn twins Georgs and Charles shown at Long Beach Calif airport today were eligible for presidential pardon following their releasa ca parole from federal prison |