Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Previous | 1 of 56 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
I TEN INJURED IN TWO BAD AUTO WRECKS HERE A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Weather Sunday: Showen and coeltr. Monday: Fair. SIXTY PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1937 PRICE TEN CENTS FURIOUS ATTACK FOLLOWS JAP RAIDS \ 4 NEWPORT^"*^^'^ ^^^"^ ^''^ ^^^^ ¦irti nnaoii ^^««es To Valley Port MEN CRASH INTO TRUCK Seriously Hurt As Car Forced Under Heavily Loaded Vehicle Is ON DUPONT ROAD Ram Into Rear On Hil Three Autos In Col¬ lision Near Hazleton Senator Mundy Announces Plan To Erect Range Station Here; Latest Safety Devices To Make Airport Among Most Complete In East A radio range station costin^r $3.'S,000 will be erected at 'Wyoming Valley airport, thus making the local airmail and pa.ssenger term¬ inal one of the most complete in the East, according to announce¬ ment here last night. Money for the new development will be sup¬ plied by the government. Senator Leo C. Mundy made station is to be established here, Airport Manager George Eckman explained the, J35,0O0 con.struction work involved. Four steel towers will be erected to form a square covering approximately two or three acres. These towers will be similar in appearance to the towers u.sed by power companies to carry their lines over mountains here. plans for creation of the radio On the ground there will also be a range station public after a visit small building to house machinery here yesterday of Captain Robert required lo transmit the beam. LeRoy of the Department of Aero- Current for the beam will be se- naulics at Harrisbu-g. The station's cured from a power company. Each function will be lo .send out radio '• tower will be about 75 feet in beams that will guide pilot.s safely to the Forly Fort field in all kinds of weather. All of the great ports used by the country's large trans¬ port lines are ."similarly equipped. To Be Located in Exeter Senator Mundy announced that Captain LeRoy picked out a site height. The beam itself will act as a 24-four hour guide to pilots bound for the Wilkes-Barre airport. In¬ struments aboard the planes will pick up a steady signal which will Indicate when the ship is safely on the beam. A "cone of silence" will on the old Exeter fairgrounds, a \ prevail directly over the radio litlle more than two miles from the j range station so that pilots, passl.".g airport itself, as the location of the ; there, will know when to swing radio range base. Actual construe- j over to the other beam. The signal tion work is expected to be staried itself will bo along fhe nature of Ten persons were injured, several seriously, in two accidents wliich were under investigation last n'g*t by Pennsylvania Motor Police. In a crash on the Dupont road, four young men were taken to a hospital after their speeding car rammed a truck loaded with eight tons of ice. In the Hazleton area, six other pcr-sons were hurt as three automo¬ biles upset after a collision. Other hospital cases reported during the day showed nearly a dozen others hurt in • variety of smaller mis- baps. Residents Of Newport Four residents of Newport Town¬ ship were injured in the accident on the Dupont highway, nearj,.^^.^ Another will point toward ' porting bureau at the Forly Fort Yatesvi e, when their mach ne „, . u-i .>. . . . ' . ". .1 .uL I . . I /-> „» .1,'. Elmira, while the remaining two struck the ice truck. One of the ' - ^ • victims was discharged from Pitts wilhin a short lime so that the radio beam will be working before winier weather sets in. The radio beam will extend ini four directions from Exelcr. It will stretch out approximately 80 to 90 miles, or more than half the distance between this city and Newark and practically the entire short-wave transmission and can¬ not be picked up by radio sets in home.s. Will >Ial<e Port Complete Definite asurance that the radio range station, is to be added lo the local port's equipment came after some months of diligent effort by Senator Mundy. With it in opera- Baby Deserted While His Mother Turns Gunwoman 7,150 Civilians Killed In China flying distance from here to El-1 tion and work already nearing mira. One beam will point toward completion on the new weather re- legs mey be used as approaches to < ¦• 1 1. ^ .u. _iu—. ,.-,.1.. the local port in bad weather or ton hospital but the others reni^a>.^^„^^^ »-,,,, necessary. Each ed^ there early -"^-y. ""« °f ^hem ^^^^^ ^..„ being reported in a serious condi- Uon. The injures: Eli MorgLs, 7 Arch street. Glen Lyon, received deep lacerations of the forehead and a posible frac¬ tured skull. He was still uncon¬ scious at a late hour this morning. .lames Ko.sloski. 5 Wesl Kenmore ; street, Alden, received multiple ; lacerations of the face, a fractured j shoulder and jaw. His condition j is serious. i Clem Pru.shinski, 146 West Main | street. Glen Lyon, rereived lacera- j tions of the face, elbow and chin j and a dislocated hip. He also is in | a serious condition. Steve Kush of 8 Arrh street. Glen Lyon, was discharged follow¬ ing treatment for lacerations of the face. Forced Under Truck i The car in which Ihe quartet j was riding was mounting a steep grade near Yatesville at a rapid rate of speed, according lo a report of Pennsylvania Motor Police. The marhine was owned by Kosloski and operated by Prushinskl. The party was headed north. Directly ahead, going in the same direction, was a truck owned by West Side Ice Company of Kings¬ ton. It was driven by Howard McNeil of 1.1 Hughes slrect, Lu¬ zerne, containing eight tons of ice be about six miles wide, and may be picked up by pilots at any time of the twenty-four hours. Following Senator Mundy's an¬ nouncement that a radio range field, the final link has been forged in the chain binding Wilkes-Barre to the nation's airlines. Captain LeRoy on his visit here yesterday expressed satisfaction at the development of the airport and declared that his bureau consider it one of the leading fields In all of Pennsylvania. Three-montlyold Charles J. Bird i said by police to have deserted i gled guns to her husband, Charles, was left to the care of his grand- him lo aid her hu.sband to escape j who overpowered jail deputies, re- mother, Mrs. Joseph Sieber, above, from Cuyahoga jail. They alleged leased his brother and fatally in¬ in Cleveland, when his mother was | the baby's mother, Barbara, smug- | jured a woman, as they drove away. LUZERNE G.O.P. HITLER WILL NDIFFERENT TO DcpAY VRIT siaiemeem'*'^'^'*'*'^" IS MADE CHOICE OF He Can Lose To Be Next Meeting Place Of Presbytery; Address Given By Dr. Black TODAY'S PROGRAM Philadelphia was selected as next | meeting place of the Welsh Presby¬ tery of Pennsylvania at the semi¬ annual fall meeting held in Gay¬ lord Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plymouth, yesterday. It will be . . , - ., . , . held in the Welsh Presbyterian and traveling at the rate of ten j_.hyrjh „, Philadelphia In April, miles per hour, police said. I .jjg , The touring car crashed into its i ^ ' , . rear and the impact was so great I ^"terday s se.ssion was opened ^ that the front part of the machine j ^V lhe pastor, Rev. Hugh W. Gnf- > wedged under the high body of the ' ''^h, M. A., B. D.. moderator of the ire truck. McNeil the driver, is quoted PS Saying that he felt only a heavy jar. Pa.ssing motorists look Ihe injured men lo the hospital. Their car was extensively damaged. Three Cars in Wreck Six persons were injuFcd, one of them perhaps fatally, last night at 7:.'in oclock in a wreck of three automobiles on the Hazleloii-Shcpp- ton road. Thomas S. Vozar, .17, of Oneida, Schuylkill county, was re¬ ported in a dying condition early today after his car had been de¬ molished in a cra.sh wilh two olher machines. Others taken to Hazleton Stale Hospital were .lames Sl. Mary 2.1, of .%38 Laurel street, Hazleton, and .Toseph p'ritz, 60, of 77 Church street, Audenried. Three other per¬ sons were treated by physicians. Highway Patrolmen W. J. Griffin «nd R. M. Sewell reported that Vozar's car first collided with St. Mary's machine and upset three (Continued on Page A-10) Presbytery, who presided. Preceded by a meeting of the council at nine oclock, the session was attended by many clergy and lay delegates. Rev. Dr. Black, a representative of the Board of Christian Educa¬ tion of the Presbytery Synod of Pennsylvania, attended the meet¬ ing. He spoke on "Christian Edu¬ cation." The morning program opened withe devotions. Rev. O. R. Wil¬ liams, of Philadelphia, state clerk, read the minutes and olher com¬ munications from various churches. They were presented for considera¬ tion. Members into Fellowship also were received. ReporU Recelvc4 Discussed during the afternoon were reports of the Presbytery Council; reports of standing com¬ mittees on missions, promotion, pensions, education, music festival, sessional records, condolence and (Continued on Page A-10) Only Miss O'Hara Attends; Green Chosen Chairman; Gov. Earle Is Attacked SUGGEST NEW PARTY Quickly Accepts Invitation To Repay Call; Puts Offi¬ cial Seal On Meeting PROVES ALLIANCE ' (Special To Independent) Altoona, Pa., Sept. 25—Luzerne Republican leaders were quita In- ' different to the rejuvenating meet¬ ing held here today by Stale Re¬ publicans under the auspices of the Republican Slate Committee. Only active Luzerne county leader to attend the ses.sions was Miss S. M. R. O'Hara, vice-chairman of the state organization, but ina.s- I much as she is not identified with ' the members of the party in con¬ trol of G. O. P. affairs in the county, her attendance was not significant. I Two highlights featured the day's mceiing which drew delegations from all other parts of the state. First was the election of G. Ed¬ ward Green of Pittsburgh as stale chairman of the Republican party to succeed Harvey Taylor. The other was an attack by Senator H. Styles Bridges of New Hamp¬ shire on the rumored aspirations of Governor Earle for the presi¬ dency. "Earle has demonstrated to my satisfaction that he is not fit for higher office," declared Bridges but ! did not further explain the charge of unfitness. U. S. Senator James J. Davis also scored the 'New Deal' I ed al the station. Munich, Sept. 25 (UP)—Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy today inaugurated his momentous con¬ ferences wilh Adolf Hitler, Ger¬ man dictator, by extending an invitation to Hitler to pay a return j visit to Italy. Hitler accepted. Diplomatic experts who have I watched this "dictators' meeting"; with tense interest described Mus¬ solini's move aa a "master stroke of diplomatic strategy." A Change Since 19S4 Hitler visited Mussolini in Rome in 1934, but on that occasion the two nations were virtually at sword's point over Austria. The Nazi leader, wearing a rumpled raincoat, had journeyed to Rome to try to make overtur"s for an understanding in Middle Europe. A few days later Chancellor Engel- bcrt Dolfuss of Austria was mur¬ dered and Italy mobilized her armies to keep the Nazis out of Austria. Hitler's forthcoming visit, how¬ ever, following Mussolini's trip here, will serve further notice of a German . Italian rapprochement which may be designed to offset the recently strengthened Anglo- French accord. Hitler, infected by the tension of the meeting, was snappish to his Storm Trooper escorts as he wait- IN FASCIST PLOI Argentine And Chilean Embassies Named In Cleanup Of Loyalists OVER 200 ARRESTED Woman Testifies Against Husband In Spite Of Her Fractured Skull Even Ihough later il was discov¬ ered she had been suffering from » possible fractured skull, Mrs. Anna Bockhaul, age 24, of 35 Essex Lane, city, appeared in police court I at 9:30 yesterday morning lo tes¬ tify against her husband. About six hours later .she was admitted to the General Hospital as a patient. The injury was caused by a do¬ mestic quarrel in the home at 1:30 .vesterday morning when she al¬ leged her husband wielded a club and struck her over the head. Ap¬ parently weak while leslifyiiig the young woman changed for' Ihe •orie in a »hort time and was finally forced to seek treatment. Entering the hospital at 3:45 p.m. Mrs. Bockhaul was examined and treated for fracture of the skull. She was held for observation, with her condition undetermined last night. Tho case was tried before Alder¬ man Joseph Hendler, police magis¬ trate, where the housewife accused her husband Frank, age 32, of mis¬ treatment and beating her with a club. Bockhaul was remanded to jail and later released under $500 bail for court. Officers Sprow and Kwochka of the city police made the arrest. Ameleto Battisli, Uruguayan gam¬ bler, lost a fortune at Biarritz, France, in 1929, recouped it in Cuba and South America and went baek to Biarritz to get revenge. This time he lost more than $370,000. EDWARD A. FILENE, NOTED PHILANTHOPIST, PASSES AWAY IN PARIS on the Supreme Court issue Reflect Finchot Attitude Indifference of the followers of Judge Fine reflected the lack of interest in the Alloona meeting assumed by followers of former Governor Pinchot throughout the state. Pinchot leaders viewed the gathering as a bit of window dress¬ ing for the Grundy-Pew-Owlett Old Guard element of the party, which is suspected of having staged the meeting for the sole purpose of making Green's seat as chairman secure for the coming year. Luzerne 'eaders would have been on hand In large numbers if Mr. Pinchot's plan for the election of his old-time secretary, Steve Stahl- necker, had not gone awry. Inti¬ mates of the Luzerne leadership (Continued on Page A-10) The Spanish situation, chiefly revolving around the Anglo-Frencli proposal that Italy withdraw her "volunteers" from Spain in return for French and British recognition of her conquests in Ethiopia. II Duce would be expected to seek Hitler's advice on the ticklish deci¬ sion. Central Europe's involved politi¬ cal situation, including the rela¬ tions of the Lillle Entente, Hun¬ gary and Germany will be discuss¬ ed. The all-important "Bolshevist question"—the nail on which the political fallh of both the Nazi and Fascist dictatorships hang. | Honors Exchanged | Mussolini opened the exchange : of formal felicitations by making! Hitler an honorary corporal In (Continued on Page A-in) i Madrid, Sunday, Sept. 26. (UP) —Charges that foreign embassies were involved in a Fascist spy plot in which nearly 8,000 persons were involved brought strong de¬ nials today from the Chilean and Argentine charges d'affaires. Guillermo Achaval, Argentine charge d'affaires, protested to Na¬ tional Defen.se Mini.ster Indalecio \ Priclo In Valencia agninst charges that the embassy wa.s involved in I a plot to overthrow the govern- | ment. To Clean Out Madrid The Chilean charge d'affaires also dispatched a telegram of pro¬ test denying that Manuel Asensio, who was named lu a police note, was a Chilean citizen and that the embassy served as spy headquar¬ ters. Tite protests were made after General Jose Miaja, supreme com¬ mander on the Madrid front, re¬ portedly visited Valencia and de¬ manded authority to declare a slate of war at Madrid for Ihe purpose of cleaning out "Fascist plotters." More than 200 persons were be¬ lieved to be under arre.st as a re¬ sult of the discoverey of the plot (Continued on Page A-10) Paris, Sunday, Sept. 26 (UP) — Edward A. Filene 77-year-old Bos¬ ton merchant who was known as one of America's mo.-l socially minded and philanthropic million¬ aires, an active worker for "social security" and a pioneer in advocat¬ ing the five-day week, died today. The noted business man suffered his second attack of pneumonia in two years on Sept. 22. He was im¬ mediately taken to the American Hospital, where the crisis was pre¬ dicted for yesterday. For a while physicians thought he would pull through but his age was too much for the illness. Filene was stricken in Moscow 'No Army Can Stand Japs' Rain Of Death' New York, Sept. 25 (UP)—No aerial and trench warfare which army can withstand for long the rain of death which the Japanese are pouring down on Chinese troops from the air and by long range arlillery. Earl I^af, manager of the North China Bureau of the United Press, said tonight in a broadcast from Shanghai. The defensive weapons of the Chinese are too inadequate to break the power and fore; of the I Japanese war machine. Leaf said in I an address over a WABC-Ciluinbia 1 (Continued on Page A-XOI ' network m a descrifUou of preicut i valor and iiigb morale," hs experienced during a visit to Chinese lines around Shanghai, "I want to take off my hat to the Chinese soldiers," Leaf said. "Only a few months ago the Chin¬ ese soldier was regarded as little more than nincompoop. "Bul those of us who have seen the Chinese soldier of 1"37 in ac¬ tion on the front or in l?*- rear on reserve must pay him hoiioi-. Even the Japanese have heen loinpellecl to pay reluctant tribute lo his Pittston Blast Thought Suicidal A dynamite explosion of pos¬ sibly suicidal intent Inst night maimed Michael Kohala, 45, a recluse who lived in a shack at the rear of 120 Cornelia street, Piltston. Early today he was in an unconscious condi¬ tion while police sought an ex¬ planation of the blast which was heard in more than a score of homes in the neighborhood. The explosion occurred short¬ ly before 10 oclock in a small stove which Kohala used to cook his food. When neighbors reach¬ ed the victim's cabin, they found him senseless on the floor. His nose had heen partly torn away and lacerations cover¬ ing his scalp showed that he had received the full force of the explosion. The stove was ripped apart by the blast but prompt action prevented the fire from spread¬ ing to the shack. The victim waa hurried to Pittston Hos¬ pital. County Detective John Lough¬ ney, with Officers James Price and Albert Ulvitch of Pittston police, expressed belief that Kohala may have attempted to end his life by tossing a stick of dynamite or some dynamite caps into lhe slovc. From near¬ by residents they learned tho man had been drinking heavily of late and was despondent. He is sairl to have a wife and two children living In Austria. Shanghai, Sunday, Sept. 26. <UP)—A United Press Ubula- tion today, hased on official Chinese reports, showed that a total of 7,150 Chinese civilians have been killed in aerial bomb¬ ings since August 12. The figure includes those kill¬ ed in the Shanghai Interna¬ tional Settlement by Chinese bombs intended for Japanese warships in the Whangpoo River. Greatest death toll ha.s been In Canton, where the Chinese statements showed that more than 3,000 civilians have been killed. No figures are available for North China cities—dozens of which have been bombed. NANKING IN PANIC Japanese Dominate Air But • Government Will Not Abandon City WATER, LIGHT HIT By JOHN R. MORRIS Copyright, 1937, By United Pres Nanking, Sunday, Sept. 26 (UP) —II was announced officially today that at least 300 persons were kill¬ ed and 400 wounded by Japanese aerial bombs during five more smashing raids on thla battered capital Saturday. A Chinese -spokesman said that 96 Japanese planes participated in the raids, which Ia3tmj»«lfid»y,"«hd dropped 200 bombs. Five Japanese planes were shot down and three Chinese planes were lost. Defending Planea Routed Squadrons of Chinese planes which intercepted the Japanese outside the capilal shortly after dawn Saturdny morning were beat¬ en off after three of Ihem had been shot down. The Japanese demonstrated al¬ most complete superiority in the air and bombed their objectives with deadly accuracy despite heavy Chinese anli-aircraft fire. There was near panic in the city as the raids continued hour after liour. Man.v additional people fled inlo the country. Military attaches said the civilian populalion showed definite signs of "cracking." The government insisted, how¬ ever, that it will nol abandon the caiiilal nnd a spokesman said there are still about 500,000 civilians in the city. Tremendous Damage A check up by half a dozen United Press reporters showed enormous damage—probably reach¬ ing millions of dollars. The electric power plant was hit and Nanking was wilhoul lights. Thousands of workmen were re¬ pairing streets and removing the debris of wrecked buildings early loday. Tho United Press offices were partly wrecked when four bombs hit the building of the Nationnl Economic Council across the street. S. F. Yao, a Chinese reporter employed by the United Press, was slightly hurt. The main offices of the Central Broadcasting Station were wrecked but the organization continued operating from an auxiliary station. The water works were badly damaged. All power nnd telephone lines were down but it wns expected they would be repaired within a few hours. Several persons were killed by concussion in a nearby dugout. Another dugout was wrecked and workmen removed arms, legs and smashed bodies from it, .Saturday dawned clear and hot and the cily was apprehensive. (Continued on Page A-10) HEAVIEST FIGHTING IN WEEKS Smashing Attack Made* Upon Chinese Lines Now Held Aboui Shanghai 250,000 TROOPS READY Defending Airships Brave! Fire To Retaliate; Report Victory In North By EARL LEAF CopjTight, 1937, By Inited Preu Shanghai, Sunday, Sept. 26. (UP) —The Japanese, after making a new series of bombing raids Satur¬ day in which hundreds of civiliant were killed in Nanking, Hankow and olher interior cities, began a smashing land attack today on Chinese troops entrenched near the International Setllernent here. The heaviest'fighting in the past two weeks began with a furious outburst of artillery, machine gun, grenade and trench mortar fire at dawn. Big .shells from Japanese guns dropped into Chapei (Chinese sec¬ tion), rocking the International Settlement, (ihinese batteries re¬ turned the fire. ItO.OOO Troopi To Attack It appeared that reinforced Japanese troops, now said to num¬ ber 130.000 in the Shanghai area, were nbout to launch a large- scale olTensive. Machine guns kept up their chatter while Japanese batteriee turned on Liuhang, 12 miles west of Shanghai, where Japanese troops repeatedly have been re¬ pulsed. A dozen Japanese warships lined up in the Whangpoo River off Hongkew in the war's heaviest con¬ centration of warcraft. They did not join the bombardment, appar¬ ently preparing to cover landing operations at Pootung, across the river from the settlement. Robert Bellaire, of the Shanghai United Prers staff, went into the British defense zone In western Hongkew where sleepy-eyed Brit¬ ish soldiers suddenly were jolted into wakefulne.s.s by the barrage. He approached to wilhin a hloclt of the bomb-torn north station, where Chinese troops had crawled under cover. Giant Japanese shell* crumpled frame dwellings like cardboard houses and blasted huge craters in the streets, spraying shrapnel over wide areas. Chinese Planes Raid The Chinere made two surprise air raids on Japanese positions last night. The first rnid rame at 11 p. m., when Chinese planes, braving a rain of fire from Japanese war.ships in the Whangpoo River, swooped ove. the water front and dropped homhs on the Japanese positions in the Yangtsepoo and Honekew areas of the International Settlement, and on their military airfield. The second was at 1:40 a. m. Bombs were dropped around Jap¬ anese warships in the river, on thft Japanese military airdrome ia Yangtsepoo and on their batteries in Hongkew. Apparently none of the Chines* planes were hit despite the use of new anli-aircraft batteries and giant searchlights on imperial war¬ ships. Developments of the paat 21 hours included: Scores of Japanese planes raided Nanking, China's national capital 165 miles west of here, five tlme« on Saturday, killing additional hun« dreds of civilians and crippling tha (Continued on Page A-10) Melodrama;Even A Dancing Beauty;^ In Tale Of Spanish Spy In France Brciit, France, Sept. 25 (UP)- Police investigating the espionage band of Major Julian Troncoss, 1 Spanish Nationalist official accused of directing an attempt to seize a Loyalist submarine in Brest har¬ bor, reported evidence of enough plotting loday to supply half a dozen stage melodramas. They even had under surveillance a "mysterious dancer" whom they accused of doubling as spy, em¬ ploying her charms to extract secrets from the enemy. While Troncoso was questioned by French authorities here, word came from Hendaye on the French- Spanish frontier thnt Gen. Francis¬ co Frnnco had relieved Ium of his frontier rdininaiul ns puni.'^hmonl (or tlu blunder wittcU exposed Uie Nationalists' espionage system III this country. Minga Is Her Namn The mysterious dancer, who cam4 here from Spain after the civil war started and got a job in a public dance liall. was suspected of being the intermediary who at« tempted to bribe the crew and commander uf the submarine. Her name is Minga. When previous attempts to brib4 the commander failed, Minga waa assigned to the lask, it was saida She succeeded in becoming hia close friend and even attempted to persuade him to permit the sub- I marine to be stolen, police said, buH the commander rejected the sug« ! gestion and told her not to men* I tion it ngain i( she wished ta nm I mala bla Xrlend. -,- r.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1937-09-26 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 26 |
Year | 1937 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1937-09-26 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 26 |
Year | 1937 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 31573 kilobytes. |
FileName | 19370926_001.tif |
Date Digital | 2009-08-21 |
FullText |
I
TEN INJURED IN TWO BAD AUTO WRECKS HERE
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Weather
Sunday: Showen and coeltr. Monday: Fair.
SIXTY PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1937
PRICE TEN CENTS
FURIOUS ATTACK FOLLOWS JAP RAIDS
\
4 NEWPORT^"*^^'^ ^^^"^ ^''^ ^^^^
¦irti nnaoii ^^««es To Valley Port
MEN CRASH INTO TRUCK
Seriously Hurt As Car Forced Under Heavily Loaded Vehicle
Is
ON DUPONT ROAD
Ram Into Rear On Hil Three Autos In Col¬ lision Near Hazleton
Senator Mundy Announces Plan To Erect Range
Station Here; Latest Safety Devices To Make
Airport Among Most Complete In East
A radio range station costin^r $3.'S,000 will be erected at 'Wyoming Valley airport, thus making the local airmail and pa.ssenger term¬ inal one of the most complete in the East, according to announce¬ ment here last night. Money for the new development will be sup¬ plied by the government.
Senator Leo C. Mundy made
station is to be established here, Airport Manager George Eckman explained the, J35,0O0 con.struction work involved. Four steel towers will be erected to form a square covering approximately two or three acres. These towers will be similar in appearance to the towers u.sed by power companies to carry their lines over mountains here.
plans for creation of the radio On the ground there will also be a range station public after a visit small building to house machinery here yesterday of Captain Robert required lo transmit the beam. LeRoy of the Department of Aero- Current for the beam will be se- naulics at Harrisbu-g. The station's cured from a power company. Each function will be lo .send out radio '• tower will be about 75 feet in
beams that will guide pilot.s safely to the Forly Fort field in all kinds of weather. All of the great ports used by the country's large trans¬ port lines are ."similarly equipped. To Be Located in Exeter Senator Mundy announced that Captain LeRoy picked out a site
height.
The beam itself will act as a 24-four hour guide to pilots bound for the Wilkes-Barre airport. In¬ struments aboard the planes will pick up a steady signal which will Indicate when the ship is safely on the beam. A "cone of silence" will
on the old Exeter fairgrounds, a \ prevail directly over the radio litlle more than two miles from the j range station so that pilots, passl.".g airport itself, as the location of the ; there, will know when to swing radio range base. Actual construe- j over to the other beam. The signal tion work is expected to be staried itself will bo along fhe nature of
Ten persons were injured, several seriously, in two accidents wliich were under investigation last n'g*t by Pennsylvania Motor Police.
In a crash on the Dupont road, four young men were taken to a hospital after their speeding car rammed a truck loaded with eight tons of ice.
In the Hazleton area, six other pcr-sons were hurt as three automo¬ biles upset after a collision. Other hospital cases reported during the day showed nearly a dozen others hurt in • variety of smaller mis- baps.
Residents Of Newport
Four residents of Newport Town¬ ship were injured in the accident
on the Dupont highway, nearj,.^^.^ Another will point toward ' porting bureau at the Forly Fort
Yatesvi e, when their mach ne „, . u-i .>. . . . ' . ".
.1 .uL I . . I /-> „» .1,'. Elmira, while the remaining two
struck the ice truck. One of the ' - ^ •
victims was discharged from Pitts
wilhin a short lime so that the radio beam will be working before winier weather sets in.
The radio beam will extend ini four directions from Exelcr. It will stretch out approximately 80 to 90 miles, or more than half the distance between this city and Newark and practically the entire
short-wave transmission and can¬ not be picked up by radio sets in home.s.
Will >Ial |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent