Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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'I HAVEN'T LET YOU DOWN', SAYS JUDGE JAMES
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Wt;a ther
Sunday:   Rain,   cool    in    momlnfi
clearing in afternoon, Monday;  Fair,   slightly   warmer.
FIFTY-TWO PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1938
PRICE TEN CENTS
ENCLAND
READY TO AID CHINA
PRESENTS ^^ ^^'*'^^^" ^^^^ ^^*^^
niununT «0'     ^^ Years in Dark Hovel
'MCCARTHY'
Ventriloquist's Dummy With
Flowing Moustache Speaks
for John L. Lewis
Bcston's Strangest Case Finds All Hopeless Mentally
and Physically After Life in Semi-Darkness;
Mother Insane, Father Bedridden
Boston, May 14, (UP)—Out from i ficient, were at work In the vicinity.
ARMORY JAMMED
•ays Opponent Sells Party
Down New Deal River;
Fine a 'Shorn Lamb'
a st itlered Roxbury tenement to¬ day came four children who re¬ portedly had lived there in semi darkness for 14 years.
The   children,  two  brothers  and two  sisters  In   a  family  of  eight
The father, a 73-year-old former resident of Saint John, N. B., was bedridden. The 53-ycar-o!d mother was mentaHy deficient.
In  Darkness  14  Years "None  of  the  children  had  seen daylight     except     what     filtered
Returning to his home county after seven weeks of campaigning In practically every town and ham¬ let of the commonwealth, Superior Court Judge Arthur H. James last night closed his speaking lour by addressing thousands of his friends and neighbors at Wilkes-Barre Armory. The Plymouth candidate for Governor was widely acclaim¬ ed. The South Main street build¬ ing was jammed to capacity.
Previous to the rally, a recep¬ tion was held at Sterling Hotel «nd a massive parade staged, in which counly officials and scores of municipal officials from nearly every town of the county partici¬ pated.
Over a radio hookup. Judge James lambasted his opponent. Gifford Pinchot, as the puppet of John L, l.*wis, in addition to de¬ livering stinging criticism of the state administration for reckless spending and failing to disjirove the charges made against mem¬ bers by ex-Attorney-General Chas. Margiotti.
Judge James literally turned the Armory into a circus ring during •ome parts of his speech.   He used
presented   a   case   which   medical, Ihrough     drawn    shades    for    14
experts described as "the strangest | years," True said. "They were liv-
we have  ever come across." ing in indescribable filth, were un-
Shadowy Forms Seen able to speak, unable to walk and
Neighborhood children's reports i were dragged from place to place of seeing shadowy forms moving j about the house by their mother." about in the shabby flat's darkened : All were malnourished. The interior, led to discovery of their ¦ youngest, a boy of 14, was blind, plight, I partly deaf, and had the physique
Agent   Robert   C.   True   of   the  of a seven-year-old. Massachusetts Society for the Pre-1    Professor    Clyde    E.    Keeler    of venlion of Cruelly lo Children said i Harvard   Medical  School   began   a he found the four, ranging in age i study of the  cases. The M. S.  P. from  14  lo 25,  hopelessly crippled i C,  C.  planned   no  prosecution  but
REVISING SPENDING PROGRAM
Striving   to   Reduce   Size
of Fund, Give Congress
Additional   Control
Making 16,500-Mile Flight to Poland
HEARINGS OPEN MONDAY
mentally and physically.
Two other children, mentally de-I In a mental hospital
said  the  children would be  placed
AND WIFE DEAD AS
Rescue Efforts Fail When
Flames Quickly Envelop
Flimsy   Structure
CIGARET IS BLAMED
JEWELRY STORE OF HERMAN LAKS El
Vandenberg Would Decen¬ tralize   Relief,   Have States Provide 25%
Washington, May 14 (UP)- Sen-
John Padguden, ,'(S, and his wife Catherine, 78, were burned to death yesterday afternoon shortly before 4 oclock in their two-room hut in
Trayful Taken While Propri¬ etor Is Upstairs and Clerk Seemed Alone
SEARCH PROVES FUTILE
PAIR OF BABY BOOTS FOUND IN GIRL HUNT
Kane,   Pa.,   May   14,   (UP)—Dis-   guardsman-member of the search-i covery of a pair of baby boots in   ing parly of about 300 men,  were
CZECHS TRYING TO FILL DEMANDS OF
Charlie   McCarthy   figure   with ' rear of 14 Clark  street, Scranton
flowing moustache to t.vpify his G O. P, opponent as he charged Pin¬ chot was merely the mouthpiece of Lewis. Again, he stepped out of the role of campaigner to take . pointer In hand and become the school teacher.
Introduced by Judge Jones
"Pinchot Is selling the Repub¬ lican parly down the New Den\ River," he staled. "But how can a New Dealer be nominated on a Re¬ publican ticket in this stale of ours?"
Candidale James was lauded by nistrlct Attorney Leon Schwartz. master of ceremonies, and by Judge Benjamin R. Jones, who presented him lo the assembly.
"I deem it a pleasure to present to you the next (jovernor of Penn¬ sylvania," announced the local jurist. "I can judge by your en¬ thusiasm that you are anxious for a change in administration at Har¬ risburg. The other side Is divided into three groups, each assailing the other of fraud and miscon¬ duct.
"Gifford   Pinchot   Is   looking   for a  third   term   as  Governor  of  the stale.    At the age of 73 he should step down and give a young man I a  chance.    James  has   the  ability and experience to fill this import¬ ant  position.    If elected  vou'll  find him   in   Harrisburg    not   sailing   to   mobiles containing curious persons Europe.    His   feet  will   he  on  the ' ""¦"«'^'*'/' ]'>' "le fire. ground   not in the air." I     ^^'  ''"'^'^  were   removed
morgue by county coroners. Hits Highway Work
Judge   Jones    stated      _
Arthur   James   In   the   Governors I ON HER OH-
chair there would be less flags [ Tulsa, Okla., May 14, (UP) - and fires along the highways, bul Mexico will discard its present there would be more work and policy of selling oil to none but better buill roads. He said that democratic countries if Great he would not introduce him, since Britain refuses to buy Mexican oil he was known per.'.onally by nearly as a result of severance of di- everybody in the hall.
when bed-clothes became ignited in some undetermined manner and set the entire structure ablaze.
Efforts of a neighbor, Paul Gel- inski, 60, a boarder in the home of John Zymblosky in front of the ill-fated building, to enter the house to save the couple were vain. He was burned about the back and hands and was removed lo Scranton State Hospital, where last night his condition was report¬ ed as good.
Charred Bodie« Found
The small structure was envelop¬ ed in hla/.e when fire companies, plowing through an 18-inch creek, arrived on the scene. They pre< vented spread of the blaze to neighboring structures, but found only the charred bodies of the Padguden couple, burned beyond recognition.
Firemen said the fire apparently started in the bedroom of the hut and might have been caused by a match or lighted cigaret butt. Finding ready fuel In bed cover¬ ings and furnishings the flames shot along walls and ceiling to the kitchen. The victims, they said, apparently had no chance to escape, since their clothing prob- Ably caught fire simultaneously with the bed-clothes.
Police formed a barrier to keep out of the section numerous auto-
Herman Laks' jewelry store, 81 South Main street, yesterday morn¬ ing at 10:30 was robbed of four¬ teen men's cameo rings, valued at $304.75, according lo the proprietor. No clue of the robbers was report¬ ed and neither did the clerk, Anne
Wilkie, only one in the store at the | 000,000 appropriation for the Public time,    notice    that   anything   had happened.
the rain-swept Allegheny National Forest tonight spurred the hopes of National Guardsmen and stale policemen searching for four-year- old Marjory West, who disappeared a week ago.
Additional searchers were dis- to the location, near Kinzu, Pa., which is approximately aix miles from the clearing in the forest where Marjory disappeared ' while gathering wild flowers on Mother's Day.
The    boots,    picked    up    by    a
reported lo be of a size which might fit the missing child. They were  in  good  condition.
Authorities virtually have given up hope thai the child, a daughter of Shirley M. West, Bradford, Pa., oil field worker, might still be ali\e. Slate Police investigate! abduction theories.
West Side Light, Car Service Hii
Five Polish airmen tuned up last i flight to Mexico City, flrst leg ofisowskl. Interpreter; Major Waclaw of fhe $90,000 planes ordered by the ] a    16-,'iOOmiIe    flight    to    Poland.   Makowski,   flight  chief;   Jim   Bar- ate   foes   of   President   Roosevelt's   Polish government and hopped off, Three are shown above before the   wick,  Los  Angeles   lest   pilot,   and recovery-relief     program     tonight   ''¦°'" burbank, Cal., for a non-slop | start:   Left  to  right,  Jerzy  Kras-1 Zbigniew Wysiekicrski, pilot, drafted   a   series   of   revisions   by i ,
which they seek to tighten con¬ gressional control and reduce the size of the huge spending-lending program.
Senate hearings on the $3,154,425,- 000 recovery bill will begin Monday before the appropriations commit¬ tee. The measure was passed by the House Thursday in about the j form recommended by the admin¬ istration.
Latest plan to restrict President I Roosevelt's authority was advanced | by Sen, Edward R. Burke, D., Neb. j He   proposed   that   appropriations I committee approval be required for I      . v,  j all new Public Works projects. He '. £."__, said  he  would  question  Secretary of the Interior Harold L, Ickes on his proposal.
Gives Congresi Veto Power
Ickes. Works Progress Adminis¬ trator Harry L. Hopkins and Secre¬ tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal¬ lace will testify at two days of executive hearings. The bill then will be reported to the Senate and possibly passed before the end of the  week.
The measure now carries a $965,
CREDIT WILL HELP NATION FACE COSTS
Britain Sounds Quick Sup¬ port After League Asks Members to Act
CHILE RESIGNS
Japan Reports More Gains
After   Cutting   life
Line' of Chinese
ENGLAND CLOSES HER LEGATION   IN   MEXICO
Detectives Koval and .lack Wil¬ liams were notified at 2:30 oclock but were unable to discover any evidence. Herman Laks, who had been upstairs when the rings were taken, could offer little assistance. In Tray on Counter
The rings were In a jeweler's tray on a counter nearest the en¬ trance and easily accessible, re¬ ported cily dectives. They were all 10-karal yellow gold, of various designs and sizes. Although no one was seen in the store at the time, Williams and Koval said it would have been a simple matter to grab the tray merely by reach¬ ing through the doorway, due to the ea.sy manner In which the door is operated,
Mr. Laks had left the store and gone upstairs at 10:25 yesterday morning when the robbery occur¬ red. The clerk was engaged straightening counters and clean¬ ing in the rear. The proprietor was certain that cameos were in their proper place before leaving and noticed the absence upon re¬ entering the setablishmcnt.
Mexico City, May 14, (UP)-Sus¬ pension of diplomatic relations be¬ tween Mexico and Great Britain was   completed   tonight   when   the
Z°ono Administration «nd « S'^- , 3,^;,,, government ordered its lega 000,000 \\ PA revolving fund   Under , «
the   present  system,   discretion   as
to  a
800,000 ITALIANS BOO THE MENTION OF U. S.
Geona,  May  14.   (UP)—A  crowd
to   which   projects   to   start   rests | with   Ickes   and.   Indirectly,   with i President Roosevelt, Under Burke's plan,   committees   of   Senate   and House   would    retain   veto   power over Public Works projects, j
Opponents of the lending-spend¬ ing program hold no hope they can defeat it, but they do seek to modify  some  features.
Want  Stat«a  to  Give  25%
Sen.  Arthur  H.  Vandenberg,  R.,
Owen St. C. O'Malley, British minister, and the personnel of the legation were instructed to leave Mexico.
O'Malley said he would entrain for the United Stales, en route lo Ixindon, as soon aa he completes packing, which he said would re¬ quire a few days. |
I',  S. Withholds  Comment
Washington, May 14, (UP) - Stale Depariment officials withheld Mich., plans to spon.sor an amend- comment tonight until official dis- ment embodying the Republican patches from Mexico Cily shall plan for decentralizing relief. The make clear whether the Mexican- slates would put up 25 per cent of British crisis is to be a real blow the funds and administer their pro- I or just a teapot tempest, grams through state boards. All   agreed   that   the   suspension
Sen. Harry F, Byrd, D., Va„ Is : of diplomatic relations represented considering an amendment to elim- j delicate and dangerous possibilities Inate from the omnibus bill all pro- 1 for the United States. All likewise visions but the relief appropriation, professed confidence that the sit- He said he would support a plan ' uation will be settled by amicable (Continued on Page B-4) ' means.
Repair crews of two West Side ulilities were kept busy last night restoring service to p.-itrons of both companies, the Luzerne County Gas and Elec¬ lric Corporation and the Wilkcs- Barre Railway Corporation.
Light company crew was call¬ ed out at 8:20 to restore ser¬ vice to residents of Maplo avenue after a transformer weighing several hundred pounds, attached to top of n light pole at intersection of Sprague avenue nnd Market street, pulled feed wires loose from their cutouts and threw the neighborhood into darkne e for   45   minutes.
Traction company repairmen were called out after a section nf trolley wire fell lo the road¬ way near the intersection o( Maplo nvenue and Main street. Kingston, and interrupted ser¬ vice to Edwardsville, Larksville and Plymouth for 35 minule.'i. Kingston police directed auto¬ mobile and pedestrian traffic while the trolley wire was being repaired.
Promise   Powers   Every
Effort to Avoid Trouble
with Henlein Group
GERMANY BELLIGERANT
Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 14 (UP) -Czechoslovakia assured Great Britain and France today that she would do everything pos¬ .sihle to satisfy the demands of Konrad Henlein, leader of the Ger¬ man  (Sudeten I  minority,
Kamil Krofta, the foreign min¬ ister, informed Basil Cochrane- Newton, the British minister, and Victor Leopold de Lacroix, the French minister of the govern¬ ment's decision. It was understood that he outlined lo them in detail Czechoslovakia's new minority statute which "constitutes a basis for an integral solution of Czech national minority problems." FIxpect European Conference
One of the chief demands of the
Geneva, May 14. (UP)—Great Britain is ready to give "serious and sympathetic" consideration to China's appeals for commercial credit to aid her fight against th* Japanese invasion. Lord Halifax, British foreign secretary, said to- j night.
The stalcmeni was made ane* the council of the League of Nations adopted a resolution urg¬ ing all members of the league to extend individual aid lo China. Th« resolution expressed strong sym¬ pathy for the Chinese in their "heroic  struggle."
Chile Leave* League
Another development al the coun¬ cil meeting waa Chile's resignation from the League, which dealt a new blow to the prestige of tha world congress, (ihile withdrew because of failure of the league to reform the sanctions section of the  covenant,
Halifax announced that Britain warmly supported the resolution and added "wc have done our best within the limits of the situation. We will give serious and sympa¬ thetic consideration to any request from the Chinese government in conformity with the resolution," France expressed similar senti¬ ments,
Soviet Russia said the resolution was not as strong as desired, but hoped it would be useful,
Russia Sends Planes
There has been no secret about Russian aid lo China, chiefly air¬ planes. As far as the French ar» concerned, it was reported that al¬ though the Indo-Chinese railway! theoretically is closed to arms Iraf-
Sudeten Germans was for complete ^ ''<^' '^''y ^" ."''""liV^ quantities of
Plan to Use Busses on Grove and Brown Line
that with ^ MEXICO WILL FIGHT BoYcoTT' f' 800,000 Italians jeered and booed Extension of Scrvicc by Traction Companv to First
mal    wiin  the United States todav when Pre- ...        .      . .... . _ ^      '
the United States today when Pre mier  Benito  Mussolini  condemned America's refusal to recognize the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, , From the gray prow of a model warship, a war memorial in Victory
Ward of Kingston and to Pringle Borough Also Before PUC; Rutter Ave. Line Unchanged
Wilkes-Barre   Railway   Corpora-) motor  service   on   the   Grove   and Square,   II   Duce   declared   that   if  tion  officials  announced  yesterday , Brown   line   not  only  will   be  felt
: plomatic relations between the two j jjoptri„^,    .^.^^     ^^en    totalitarian
the   democracies   "want   to   make   the company has made application
Judge James expressed happiness I countries, Vicente  Cortez Hcrrara, (Continued on Page B-4) Mexican  oil  man,  said  tonight
First Arrest Made in County for Violating Women's Work-HourLaiv
stales will close themselves Into one block and march to the bitter end."
KNUDSEN TAKES BLAME FROM   PROFITS  TAXES
First arrest and summary con¬ viction In Luzerne county for vio¬ lation of the Woman's Law, Act 466 as amended in 1937, has been secured by Kathleen  E. Straessley
law and that Mr. Guzy failed to post copy of the act in rooms where girls were employed. This also Is necessary.
Claim Warning* Ignored It    was    brought    out    by    Mrs.
of  this   city,   an   inspector   of   the J Straessley   that   several   warnings
Rochester, N. Y., May 14. 'UP)— William S. Knudsen, president of General Motors, loda.v urged relief "from burdensome taxes," but said that the undistributed profits tax was not responsible for the cur- j tailmenl  of auto  output. ]
"General   Motors    production    Is
Department of Labor and Industry,   had  been  given  the  defendant be-   carefully geared lo sales and when
to Public Utilities Commission to operate motor busses on Grove and Brown and Heights trolley lines lo extend service to numerous resi¬ dents in the Mayflower Park and Stanton colliery sections.
The corporation also has decided lo maintain its present schedule on the Rutler avenue bus line which provides service for residents of Kingston and Forly Fort, al¬ though it Is not known when the fare on that line is to be reduced from ten to eight cents. Extension of service to First ward of King¬ ston borough which will include service for Pringle Hill residents now awaits approval of the Public
by residents along the present street car routes and those in the Mayflower Park and Slanlon col¬ liery sections, but also in the thickly populated neighborhood be¬ tween Grove and Hazle streets, officials  said.
J. B. Potter, general manager of the traction company, reported there is no immediate proupect of reduction of fare along the P.ullcr avenue line and ,statcd the present schedule, adopted two months ago amid protests of numerous resi¬ dents, will be continued at least during the summer months, when travel   Is   light.
Short Run  Added
Busses  operated  on  a  20-minule
SHICKSHINNY MAN HURT IN  LOOMIS  ROCK  FALL
Dom'nic Sw.-iinitti, 38, of R, D, 1, ShicU.shinny, suffered a deep lacer¬ ation of the right foot last night when caught in a fall of rock at Loomi.s colliery of the Glen Alden So,t1 Company,
He W.IS admitted to Nanticoke State Ho.spital where his condition was  reported   "fair"  this  morning.
autonomy and a share in national i and  local governments. 1
I    It was believed here that the visit i of    Henlein    to    London    brought ; closer  the  possibility  of  a  British- I French-German-Italian    conference to discuss the entire Central Euro¬ pean problem. There almost was a conviction  that Henlein's  visit was ' ncse     mililary connected with  some effort  to ar- i nounced   today range   a  big  diplomatic   meeting.
At the same time, however, the Essen (Germany) National Zeilung, mouthpiece of Field Marshal Her¬ mann W, Goering, Adolf Hitler's chief aide, warned western powers to keep their hands off Czecho¬ slovakia,
II   said   that   speedy   and   com¬ plete   fulfillment   of   Henlein's   de¬ mands was the only guarantee for   aralion'    for     another     onslaught a     peaceful     .settlement     of     the   through    the    line.   Domei   corres- Sudetcn problem. | pendents  arc  the  only  newspaper-
Germans Form Fighting Force      men   permitted   lo  accompany  the The   German   minority   silualion   J'lpanese forces—Ed.) became more acute with announce-      The Japanese authorities claimed ARREST WOMAN IN KINGSTON   menl that the Suddens established   that their troops  under Gen.   Fan rw f    Charles    H     Killian    of   **   "Volunteer   German   Protective  Iwanaka     had     blasted     a     path Kintr's^oii police last night ancsled   Service" constiluling a Storm Troop  through  500,000 Chinese  at Wang- "^^ .i„„„..iv,ii,cr    i,oi-epif    as   organization  on  the  German  Nazi   chi, west of Suchow, and were pre-
^rr ;:;•;•  a^rkTsunbTry,  o'n   mo^.^'-   '' -as called the "FS."        Pared    for    a    general    offensive : .    .:      /.hnrires •       The   FS   IS   no   parading   troop  against that important junction of
invesUgaiion^c^nH^rj,^^.^^   ,.u.,tody   at' *>"•• * f'Si^'iR battalion," said Wil-   the Lung-Hni  and Tientsin-Pukow
arms lo slip into China.
Similarly arms are reaching China Ihrough British Hong Kong. What China needs now are credits to continue financing nf the im¬ portation of arms and equipment.
Japan Reports Gains
Shanghai, May 14 lUP)—Japa- commandcrs an- Ihat their forcei finally have cut the heavily-forti¬ fied Lung-Hai railroad and predict¬ ed that Ihc Chinese would abandon the vital defense sector around Suchow.
(In Tokyo the Dome! (Japanese) News Agency reported that the im¬ perial forces had dynamited a Lung-Hai railroad bridge near Sin- ancheng, east of Suchow, in  prep-
She  was
Kingston Diner, where police said she spent most of the day yester¬ day.
JOSEPH QUINT VICTIM OF TWO HIT-AND-RUN MOTORISTS   IN   CITY
(Continued on  Page  B-4)
(Nanking)  lines.
Hazleton Policeman Hurt in Crash Rushing Injured Boy to Hospital
Charles  Guzy,   proprietor  of  Guzy  fore  arrest  was  ordered  and  that 1 sales drop, so does the manufactur-1 y"'""  Commission,   which   heard   schedule along that route until two
Dress Shop, located al 8 East South j investigations were not permitted itrcel, Wilkcs-Barre, is defendant 1 She related that she was not al- in the case. lowed   lo   enter   the   premises,   a
At a hearing before Alderman power that is invested in agents of Raymond Faust, Guzy was found the Department of Labor and In- KUilly  of  three  charges  and  fined 1 dustry.
*75. It Is reported that he will The defendant did not have coun- sppeal the case within five days,      sel   al   the   hearing   and   failed   to
Charges outlined were that j testify in his own behalf. It was 'Sophia Dziuba. South Sherman j stated, however, that he would ap- street,   and   Isabella   Weiss,   Norlh 1 peal.
l''ranklin street, both of Wilkes- ' A number of firms in the county Barre and office employees of the  are reported as having been warn-
months ago, when a 30-minutc basic schedule was adopted. How¬ ever,   the   company   established   a
rom
Decision to operate busses on the   short run on the same route fr
"¦30 to 9:30 a. m. and 3:30 lo 6:.30 p. m. during which busses operate from   Public   Square   to   Dorrance
ing  schedule,"   he   said.    "That   Is 1 testimony on the  trial application why there was all that talk about | during   the   past   week our layoffs last fall," he continued. I     _ Bus Plan  Part  of  Program "Sales  dried  up  and  reserves  had i
nothing  to  do  with   it.   For  that • Grove and Brown and Heights lines matier,  we   keep  an  inventory   of   over which  street cars have plied millions of dollars always on hand." , for many years fits In with a pro- He described the compromise tax' Rram  started  by  the  company   In , street, Kingston, every 15 minutes bill now before Congress as a "step   recent years to motorize Its lines, i    The new Kingston   line  will  ruri m  the  right  direction." to   extend   service   where   possible   from    Wyoming   avenue    al    Hoyt
"The   more   industry   can   plow | and to bring trackless trolley ser-   street, Kingston back into its plants in the way of  vice   to   Wyoming   Valley   munici-j street and lo Zerbey avenue.    Ser- Improvemenls   and   modernization,   palilies.   Hearing on the company's | vice will be provided for residents firm,  worked  more  than  44  hours  ed  of  infractions   of "the   law  and   the better will be the working con-   application   to   motorize   the   city ; of    Roosevelt,    Grove    and    other per week, had no regular lime for ^ unless    conditions    are    remedied, 1 dilions   and   the   longer   the   work   lines comes before the utilities com-   thoroughfares in the First ward in |4Unch  period  as  required  by  the j more arresU are expected. 'will last," he aaid. imUsion  June   2.   Maintenance   of, addition to Pringle.
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Joseph Quint, .19, of 246 East Green street, Nanticoke, well knnwn lower valley businessman, suffered undetermined injuries shortly after 1 oclock this fnorn- ing when he was struck hy two hit-and-run cars in front of 51 Norlh  River  street,  cily.
Quint, accompanied by Joseph Levcnthal, another Nanticoke busi¬ nessman, was leaving a Jewish conference at Hotel Sterling and was cro.ssing the street to his own machine when struck  by the  first
Levcnthal attempted to flag a second machine to l;iUc Ihc victim fo General Hospital hut  the second
     J driver ran  nver the  injured  man's
thence fo  Pringle j Jeg and  sped  away  in  a  northerly direction   on   the   .«treet.     Thomas
A Hazleton city policeman suf¬ fered a fractured skull early yes¬ terday afternoon when an auto¬ mobile bearing an accident victim, which he was guiding to Hazleton Slate Hospital while riding the running board, was struck by an¬ other machine al the intersection of Broad and Wyoming streets.
The patrolman. Ernest Valenl. 40, of 316 East Diamond avenue, Hazleton, was reported in "serious" condition at the hospital last night. The accident victim he was escort¬ ing. Joseph Solak. 8. of Harwood. suffered   two   fractured   legs   when
starled for Hazleton Slate Hos¬ pital bul upon reaching Broad street. Hazleton, asked Patrolman Valenl lo ride the fender and guida them through the heavy traffic. Sensing that the boy's condition was serious, Valenl stood on the running board and attempted to clear a path for Lindner and, en- route lo the hospital, the car passed Ihrough several trafflo signals.
Hit hy  Another Car At  the  intersection  of  Wyoming street,   another   automobile   swung into   the   main   artery   and  struck
struck  by a machine  in  his  home   the mercy car, flinging the palrol-
Walikns of 'Jl West .lackson street, city, the Ihir'l passing motorist, removpfi the injured man to the hospital, 	
town   only   a   short   while   before
bul his condition was reported fair.
SUrtrd   fnr   Hospital
Hazleton police reported Ihe boy da.slicd out in front of an auto¬ mobile operated by Henry Lindner, 32. of Ringlowii. near his home at Harwood. which is only a short distance   from   We«l   Hszlelon
Picking   up   the
man lo the pavement. He waa picked up by pedeetrians and rushed to the hospital with tha injured boy.
Hazleton police reported laat night they had not yet completed investigation of the accident, but staled Lindner had been released on his own recognisance to apptw
A
boy, , Uinduer j whin wanted, _J