Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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isKI) YEAR, NO. 29—44 PAGES
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Weather
Sunday:  Fair: little rhang*
In temperaturs. Monday: Fair.
"wiLKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
CONGRESS QUITS ON BITTER NOTE
CIO Wins 125,000 Auto Men
General Motors Strike Is Ended; Work This Week
BAN NEW WALKOUTS
More Scandals in Louisiana
Congress vs. F.D.- A Box Score
Union Sees Victory In End of Martin; Futile to Knudsen
American Missionaries Flee Before Jap Troops
Detroit, Aiijf. 5. (UP) A strike iettlcment that gives the United Automobile Worlters Union (CIOi barfcaminR rights for an estimated i:."),000 worl<ers in 42 General Motors planis was ratified today b.v iltilled worl<ers whose walkout a month ago retarded tJM prepara¬ tion   for   1340  automobiles.
William S. Knud.'en, General Motors president, said the 7.600 •trikers and others affected by the dispute would go back to work Monday or Tuesday and that Gen¬ eral Motors' J940 models .soon would be rolling off the as.seinbling hncs at a rate that eventually will equal the volume of 1939 production.
The agreement was formerly ilgned at 6:30 p. m. this evening by representatives of the corporA-
tion and the  union. i     shanghai.  Sunday,  Aug. fi.   (UP)
lsed "Slow PrrsHtire" | - Reports of terrorism by Japanese
The • UMW-CIO using "slow troops and Chinese mercenaries, pressure" strategy that closed one aimed chiefly at Britain and Amer- plant after another until 12 key I can missionarie.s, poured into Shang- tooi and die planl.s were down, i hai today from widespread parts struck   for  a  general  10 cents  an : of  China.
Tax Assessment Doubled for Man Who Aided Probe; New Vote Fraud Arousing Residents
The this
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'Waahington. Aug. .\ (UPi - Congressional box score for lession: President Roosevelt got: A modified reorganization under which realignment of emmental agencies has been start¬ ed. The Pre.sident estimated that initial reorganizations would save $30,000,000 a year. New Orleans, Aug. (,. (UP)-I His $2,000,000,000 national de- Assistant U. .S. Attorney General 'ense program in full, except for an O. John Rogge tonight carried to air base on Guam ¦Washington   reports   of   additional
Honest—Tliey're Both the Same Breed
Meet Midget, worlds smallest pound Percheron grand stallion. ' will be at the National Perrhcron purebred Percheron stallion, mak- The little fellow has sired eight .Show, .St. Paul, August 26-Septem- ing   friends   with   Marccau,   2,100-   colts   of  normal   .size.    Both  horses   bor  4.
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federal violations in the Louisiana scandals.
Rogge, assigned by the govern¬ ment to head the cleanup of Louisi¬ ana's politics, was angered at the intimidation of a man who had volunteered him information re¬ garding the widespread corruption.
Before leaving for a week-end conference with Attorney General Frank Murphy, Rogge revealed a small property holder had report¬ ed his tax assessments were doubled after an anonymous telephone call that his levies would "shoot up ^o high he couldn't touch them with  a 10-foot pole."
Rogge declared the government, as a warning to others, would push the tax assessment case to the limit.
I wouldn't believe this." he said
Continuance   of   his   $2,000,000,000 stabilization    fund    and    monetary powers. Relief Reatrirted
His 1940 relief program for $1,- T.VI.fiOO.OOO in full, but loaded with restrictions which the President did not   like.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memo¬ rial Library, to be established at Hyde Park, N. Y., with the gov¬ ernment pledged to maintain the library. i
The President was denied:
A     neutrality     act     lifting     the mandatory arms embargo. :    The    $3,000,000,000    lending    pro- , gram, killed  in  the House. !    The     $800,000,000     housing     bill, killed in the House.
$50,000,000 requested for 1939 re¬ lief deficiencies. I     General  legislation: '     Amended the Social Security Act
Angry Speech Marks Senate Adjournment; House Hears Poetry
Senator Pepper Attaeks Coalition as 'Unholy .Alliance' Despite Effort to Force Silence; Social Security Change, Deficiency Bill, NLRB Probe Passed; Roosevelt Sends Best Wishes
Washington, Aug. 5 (UP)—A weary Congress quit Washingtoii'.s heat with a chrer tonight after one last di.splay of the bitter division that split Democratic ranks and cost President Roosevelt several defeats during the seven-month .session.
Sine die adjournment was voted very brief and Identical letteri to in the House at ~:.'!0 p. m. and in Vice-President John N. Garner and the Senate at 7:3.") (EDTi. With i Speaker William B. Bankhead, who these   major   accomplishments   re-; read them just before adjournment.
"unless I came across It this way." j to save business $905,000,000 in taxes
Churches Burned, Priests Kidnapped By Terrorists
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hour wage incrca.sc for skilled workers and xixcjnf the union label on all GM dies. '
The settlement plan, formulated by UAW-CIO and General Motors officials in providence tailed by Federal Labor Concilation James Dewey, provided:
1. That the UAW-CIO shall have exclusive bargaining rights in plants where the union controls plant committees. (UAW-CIO offi¬ cials claim  42 such plantsi.
2 -Wage in-jrcascs for some skilled workers and reduction of wage differentials between various plants.
S. -That  the  UAW-CIO  will  not etrike  again   until  all   negotiations through    regular    established    pro¬ cedure hnve  failed. Win  .luriMlirtioiial   Battle
The first provision was the most important from the union stand¬ point because of its jurisdictional hattie with Homer Martin's UAW- AFL, which also clainnd to reprc- t.enl a majority of General Motors workers.
The corporation prior to the strike maintained tliat It would not deal with either union faction until one of them legally was desig¬ nated as owner of the General Motors contract.
In the remainder of the com¬ pany's .in planis, according to the settlement, both union lonimitlees will be recognized where each has a local unit. This situation exists In 11 plants, and the company has asked for a National Labor Rela¬ tions Board bargaining election in them. In the other six planis Martin's union either Is unopposed or there is no organization. Knudsen .Sees  Nothing (iained
"This is General Motors first cor¬ poration-wide wage agreement," Walter Reuther, director of the General Motors department of the UAW-CIO said.
Knudsen said the union did not Kain a thing that could not have been achieved without a strike.
"We're still where we were when 'he  strike   started,"   Knudsen   said.
"Wc have not  negotiated  a sup¬ plementary agreement, as the union requested, and all provisions which 'Continued on  Page A-10)
Bombing.s of mission.s. kidnap¬ ping of missionaries and the forced exodus of many Europeans and American.s were told of in reports from Chinese and other sources.
The incidents of terrorism follow United States denunciation of her trade treaty with Japan, and in¬ dications Ihat Tokyo is again con¬ sidering a military alliance wilh Germany and Italy. Japanese troops and Chinese , mercenaries were reported to have opened a campaign of terror in Honan province, where American and British missionaries have con¬ centrated their activities in recent months. The missionaries were re¬ porled  fleeing before the troops.
The latest incident Involving the military and missionaries occurred at ¦yochow. where, according to Chinese reports. Japanese troops forced American nnd British mis¬ sionaries to abandon their church and homes. The church was de¬ molished, aitording to the reports. Reformed (hurrh Dratroyrd
Another report, received in the provisional Chinese capital o Chungking today, was that the Japanese had destroyed the Re¬ formed Church of the United Slates at Yochow and forced all mission¬ aries of all nalionalilics from the city.
Chinese mercenaries and Jap¬ anese troops were reported to have destroved a British mission hospital at Tsinyang, In Honan province.
In Peiping. two priests attached to the American Catholic Univer¬ sity were kidnapped by plain¬ clothes operatives of the Japanese- dominated Chinese provisiolnal government.
Th" kidnapping took place Thursday, but it was not reported unlll today because the university authorities feared reprisals if they publi.shed the details Priest  Rattles  "ldnap|>er»
The kidnappers first seized the Rev. John Fu, Chinese professor. Then they seized the Rev. Henry Kroes. Netherlands, director of studies and registrar.
Father Kroes, a tall husky man. gave his assailants a hattie before he was overpowered. He knocked down several wilh his fists and then nttempted to escape, but later (Continued on  Page  A-lOi
Down to the Sea In Ships
Gloucester, Mass., Aug, 5.   (UPi — Five   fishermen   never   came back   in   the   past  12   months and   to   them   this   old   seaport will pay tribute tomorrow.
The scene which will be re- enacted now is familiar to mil¬ lions of persons who witnessed the motion picture "Captains Courageous." Gloucester folk havo joined in the fisherman's Memorial Service each year since 1909 and this year, for the first time, tho U. S. Navy will be represented at the ceremonies.
The rite is featured by the tossing of a bouquet into tlie ebbing tide frnm Blvnman Bridge for every fisherman lost at sea during the preceding year.
Five names—Rudolph Johnson, Albert Carter, William Nolan, Alexander Mulse and James Murphy-were added to the 300- year roster of some 8,000 lost in   the   fisheries.
Engines Derailed, Roar into Crowd, Smash into Bus
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BACKED BY AFL, vKENIUCKY LEADER
New Test for John L. Lewis; Two Shootings
London, Aug. 5.   (UP)—At least! ten   persons    lost   their   lives   and ' more than 20 were  injured  in two railroad accidents today at the peak of Great Britain's bank  holiday in which thousands  left  metropolitan centers   for   resorts  despite  torren¬ tial rainstorms in the British Isles. | Five  persons were killed,20 were i injured   and   several  were   believed ] mis.sing when the engine and three coaches  of  the  Glasgow-Ardrossan excursion   train   plunged   down   an i embankment.    The   train   narrowly ; missed     a     miners'     convalescent i home.   The train was en  route  to meet   an   excursion   boat   and   left he  tracks after rounding a sharp curve. I Crowd >fowed Down j     Fifty   miners   rushed   from   their i dinner   table   to   aid   the   injured, ! strewn    about    In     the    wreckage among the holiday luggage of chil¬ dren's seaside pails and  spades.
Five were killed and an undeter¬ mined number injured when the Jersey holiday special, carrying holidayilcs to the Channel Island, ploughed through a crowd of work¬ men boarding other trains at Bram- shot. In Hampshire. Eye-witnesses said that 2,000 men, anxiously awaiting to board their train, rush¬ ed down both sides of the track. The express train could not stop in time to avoid striking them.
Pedestrians Will Get 'Break' On Kingston's Market Street
Better    days    are    coming    for ' guaged   In   such   a   manner   that pedestrians lacking the temerity to   iraftlc flows continually past all in-
cross Market street, Kingston, at Intersections  lacking  traffic  lights.
The present stagger system of traffic control will be abandoned. Burgess Lewis Reese announced iMt night, and metropolitan methods substituted.
The   plan   Is   to   adopt   the   New
York
tersecliona that are not guarded by the red-green standards. At these points it is almost iinpossible for anyone to cross without risk to life and  limb.
People getting off street cars at these unguarded iMleiseclions and others   endeavoring   to   board ,cars
Louisville, Ky., Aug. K. (UP)- Lieut. Gov. Keen Johnson, backed by retiring Gov. A. B. Chandler and endorsed by President William Green of the American Federation of Iwtbor. tonight increased his lead in the Democratic primary guber¬ natorial conlest over John 'V. Brown, Lexington, supported by the Congress of Industrial Organiza¬ tions.
Brown also has the sanction of Sen. Majority leader Alben W. Barkley.
With 171 of the slate's 4,320 pre¬ cincts  reporting  the  vote  stood:
Johnson  11,651.
Brown  8,60fi.
Charles  D.  Bamett 27."i.
In the Republican race for the nomination for governor, Judge King .Swope of Lexington, had n lead ob 944 votes over Judge John S. Cooper, Somerset. With 122 pre¬ cincts tabulated in this conlest the vote stood:
Swope 2901,
Cooper   1957.
U O. Smith 17.
Returns   were   not   available   for U. G. Foster, the other Democratic landidate, nor for G. Tom Hawkins the  fourth Republican entry. One Dead, One Wounded
Two   shootings   occurred   during the day. neither of which, officials said, lion.   One  was   in   Harlan   counly.
¦SiaBj*%-in* tra ad
The assistant attorney-general snid his agents were studying re¬ ports of fraud in one of Louisiana's 1938 congressional primaries. It was believed he referred to the hitter Sixth district race In which Dr, J. K. Griffith, administration candidate, won over James H, Morrison, an outspoken critic of the Long machine.
Joseph Sims. Morrison's campaign manager, filed a charge of fraud when the official results were an¬ nounced.
The influential Young Business Men's Club of New Orleans and Its state-wide branches assemble to¬ morrow at Baton Rouge "to do more than just talking about the current political scandals." Threaten Legislator*
The club announced that Unless Gov. Earl  K. Long summoned the legislature   into   session   with   two weeks to  remedy the  siluation,  it would   call   for   petitioning   of   all legislators to demand their consti¬ tutional rights of a special session. If  that   failed,   the   club   members ! would   pledge   themselves   not   to vote for Long in his 1940 re-election i race   on   the   legislators.   The   club j said it would ask organizations to make similar pledges.
Rogge  was  expected  to hold  an important conference with his staff tomorrow night in preparation for another  week   of  Investigating   by the federal grand jury. On Monday i the   jurors   are   believed   likely   to j return   more   Indictments   against I high figures in state politics. This I report  was   strengthened  when   it ' was observed the jury was working long   past   routine   closing   hours. Federal  investigators  also  length¬ ened their regular schedules. Leaders to Go on Trial
Five high leaders Indicted by the federal grand jury must stand trial Sept. 5 on charges of mail fraud In connection with the al¬ leged "double sale" of Bienville Hotel   to  Louisiana  State   Univer-
nnd   gave  benefits  ot  $1,200,000,000 more. "¦»-
Congress passed and Mr. Roose¬ velt signed the Hatch Bill, pro¬ hibiting political activity by nil federal jobholders save the top policy-making officials. Wishes Ignored
The House launched a $50,000 In¬ vestigation of the National Labor Relations Board, against adminis¬ tration wishes.
Railroad-relief legislation was left In n conference committee un¬ til next session,
Revision   of was delayed.
Major items of amending the Wagner-Labor Relations Act nnd the wage-hour law were put over unlil next session, on the list of unfinished business. This suited the administration.
The Townsend $200-a-monlh old age pension bill was beaten in the House, 3 lo 1
corded  for the day:
Senate approval, 68 to 4, o( Hiiiendinents increasing pension benefits nnd easing Sorlal Se¬ curity   taxes.
House nnd Senate approval of the .'«l8,'),lRfi,06fi third defi¬ ciency bill, Including a $119.- 000,00(1 fund fnr crop loans by the ( ninniodity Credit Corpo¬ ration.
Appointment of a five-mem¬ ber House r n iii in 111 e e to investigate the National Labor Relations Board.
1 His letter lo Garner said:— j "On this the occasion of the ad- i journment of the first session of , the 76th Congress, will you be good ; enough to express to the members ; of the Senate my good wishes for I a   plea.sant   vacation?
"Very sincerely yourg, I     "Franklin   I).  Roosevelt."
The scene ns the House quit wai totally different from the stormy ' scene Pepper aroused In the Sen- ^ ale. Rep. Luther Patrick, D., Ala., ' read poetry to the half-filled gal- I leries,  and   rated  some  applause.
Those  things  were  aecomplished !"_'"'''¦. .,',"_„^^..., " wilh  n minimum  debate. Then,  at j P''««l<««""t ^l*-* Opposlttou
came the fireworks of the ' This Congress developed a hard- hitting Republican - DcmocraliO coalition in opposition lo President
the last,
sort   that   the   ndjoiirnmenl   night: galleries hnd heen waiting for, -
••rnholv   AlliRnee" Roosevelt. But he was able to beat
I nholj   Alliance | .j. ^^^.^ ^^ occasion, notably on re-
Sen.    Claude    Pepper,    D.,    Fla.. , nef appropriations, government re- ardent    New    Dealer,    rose     and I organization   and   his   dollar   and the   farm   program   charged  that Republican and  con-1 gjiver policies.
; servalive     Democr.itic     colleagues j    gut this session junked hig neu-
had fnrmcd "an unholy alhancc" to: trality,  lending  nnd  housing  legis-
j s.ibotagc Mr. Rooscvoll's progrnm,   i jation  and  raised  issues that can-
I    Sen. Edward R. Burke, D., Neb,, ! „„^ faji tn  raise an  uproar in ths
anti-New   Dealer,   challenged   Pep- 1 194Q   presidential   campaign.
pers   right  to  speak.   He  asserted]    Today's   business   was   compara-
Ihat   the   Floridan   was   attacking   tively brief and simple.   House and
"the entire Senate" in violation of   senate   completed   final   legislative
.¦""'f'- ^ ^.      , , ,.   .   ' action on n $185,186,000 compromise
-. ..,.,„     .J     ,1     PPPP"  Insisted  on  his   Hght  to   third deficiency bill.
Congress exceeded the President's! speak.   Sen. Key Pittman, D, Ney., |    upwards  of a score  of senators
financial    budget $300,000,000.
U.S. PENSION PLAN S LIBERALIZED
by    more    than   who  was  presiding, was  forced  to ; and" more   than   100   members   of
  ' take a Senate vole on the issue of  tj,g H^y^g already had left as Con-
  whether   Pepper   should    be   per-  g^^g,   performed   ita   final   chores.
milted to.    The decision was 34 to ' Adjournment   today   was   aji   anti-
I.",, in favor of lotting hini go ahead, ^y^^^^ to a .session which oftert In   his   speech    the   New   Dealer | ^^^^^  i„  d^,„ ^„^,i„^ ^^^ ^^^^^^,
said that he could not let Congress l^^^^i^,^^,,     ^^^j^^j       ,i^i^^, ^^
adjourn  without  "lifting my voice | ^i^^   fury.
Revisions in Social Security Act Add, Speed Benefits
-Con-
to decry the unholy alliance of those who have been willing to scuttle the American government and the American people, and jeopardize the p.-ace of the world [ ibecause thoy hate Roosevelt and ' what  Roosevelt  stands  for," I
Senators Show Anger |
'I accuse that alliance of putting
Deciding to take advantage of speedy disposition of must business, Sennte leaders kept that body at work after final adoption of the third deficiency bill. That action finished the business which had been delaying adjournment.
But Senate Majority Leader Al¬ ben    W.    Barkley    announced    he
Pittman   whether   It   would   be   in order   for   a   sennlor   to   term   the
cow-
8 Dip in German Crash
Potsdam, Germany, Aug. IS.   (UPi
At least eight persons were killed j sity. They nre Seymour Weiss, hotel and eight injured seriously todny j owner and a trensuror of Huey P, when n train crnshed into a crowd-i Long's empire: Dr. James Monroe od  bus  near  Babelsberg. (Continued on Page A-10)
Expect Resumption of WPA Furlough Plans
Washington,  Aug.   ,'i   (UP) gress  today revised the  Social Se
'¦"'"i'^ ^^i' ''PP''"'*"^ business with remarks of another sennlor a $90,\000 000 lax reduction and r^l^. ^^^ mendacious" boosting benefits by $1 200,000.000. ..i,„ ,,^ jt to him privatelv," By a vole of 58 to 4, the Sena e ; g^ii^^ declared when Pittman de- sent   tho   measure   to   the   While  ,^„rfjd
House by accepting a conference | Even'Sen. Sheridan Downey. D., report ironing out differences with falif., him.self a New Dealer, arose the House, Sens^ Allen J. Ellender, to express di.s.sent from Pepper's D.,   La,   Tom   Connally,   D.,   Tex., | remarks
Claude Pepper, D.   Fla., and Rich-   Barkley Calls "House In Order" ard B. Russell, D., Ga., voted against      ^vhen the stormy Sennte session the  report, neared its close. Democratic Lender
personal grudge and pnrty feeling , would ask for a call of the calendar above the welfare nnd the safety of of unobjected bills already passed the American people," Pepper dc- by the house in an effort to obtain clared. a   wholesale   enanclment   of   sec-
Some   senators   evidenced   anger , ondary    pending   matters.    Before as Pepper continued. ! turning   to   that   he   placed   before
Sen. Josinh Bailey, D., NC, asked' the senate  the Pittman bill to en¬
able the United Slates to build war¬ ships for South American repub¬ lics. It already has passed the house.
.Senators were not willing to de- vole themselves to exclusive de¬ bate of that measure and Barkley warned that unless they went to work on the business at hand they might be here until midnight or even fail to adjourn  unlil Monday.
Vice-President John N. Garner appeared on the floor at 6:25 p. m. EDT and  mingled wilh  the  sena-
Connally ^condemned   conference | XibenW.  Barkley,'comniented'on   tors" niid" 20 'minutes  later," Bark
Murray Amendment To Halt Firings i    Loses in Congress
I Job security for 2,500 Luzerne Counly WPA workers of more than eighteen nionthg continuous em¬ ployment was ended last night with Senate  defeat of a  final effort to
, outlaw the proposed wholesale dis-
¦ missals.
Since a week ago yesterday, when the firing plans were abrupt¬ ly hailed, the hundreds of men and women facing loss of their jobs here anxiously watched U, S, Sena¬ tor Murray's fight in Washington to liberalize the nation's new work relief laws.
I Senator Murray's first amend¬ ment, under which It would be pos¬ sible   for  almost  every  WPA   em-
Fair too Dressy For This Gal
New York, Aug, 6. (UP) — Delia Carroll, the Texas girl who quit dancing In a Vienna night club because of a Nazi edict against nudity, left the World's Fair tonight because ot a  too  concealing  costume.
The blonde beauty said «he would not appear again at the fair unlil she Is permitted to wear as little as is neces.sary for "proper presentation" of her dance. She described her fair- approved custom as similar to long  red  woolen  underwear.
The dancer hnd appeared at the   NTG   Congress   of   Beauty.
rejection of his amendment de¬ signed to aid slates too poor lo finance adequate old age assislance. Raps Other Amendment
Connally charged the House "bought" rejection of his amend¬ ment by accepting another Senate amendment, proposed by Sen. Rob¬ ert M. La Follette, P., Wise, cov¬ ering persons who became 65 years ot age this year under the old age
insurance   benefits   provision.   The | them."
present law provides benefits only - Acting Minoritv Lender Warren for those who become 65 in 1940 R. Austin. R.. VI. shook hands or   thereafter. : warmly  with   Barkley.
It was estimated the La Follette   Warm Wishes from Roosevelt amendment would cover under the.     j,^    Roo.sevelt,   who.se   domestic old age insurance benefits an addi¬ tional 200,000 persons  at a cost of
the work the Sonate nccomplishe'^ ley, unnble tn obtain agreement on Ihis sesskSn. He said it had "put procedure as to calendar bills, our own house In order," moved  that  the  Senate  notify ths
Inferentially taking rognizan.-e President thnt it was ready to re- of Pepper's hitter remarks nnd 1 ceive any final word from him. their possihie effect on already-! President Pro Tempore Key Pitt- wenkened administration congres- man, D., Nev., named Barkley an* sionni control, Bnrkley said thnt Sen, Warren R. Austin, R., Vt., te while "we hnve had our individual ^nit upon the President, differences. It would be a monot-, Barkley had the adjournment onous   world   If   we   didn't   have 1 resolution in his hands during Ihess
proceedings, Barkley   reported   at
';01 p. m. thnt he nnd the senator from Ver¬ mont had "performed the arduous dutie.s" imposed on them ns a com¬ mittee to inform the President thnt
this  means  that 650,000 employees will be dropped by September 1.
ployee to protect his job was first was connected with the elec-   H'^^^ '"  '^f  '^"dinB  bill,  passed ! May Be Delayed Here
I hy the benate and then was de where James Howard, a farmer, '-^"t^d in the House last Monday, was    fatally    wounded    at    Baxter.    Amendment Killed
system  of having  all  traffic   have   been   compelled  lo   resort  to   The sheriff said it had no connec-     _Once   again,   yestertiay,   Senator
hall at the same time, cars in be-   broken  liold  running  to  reach  the   tion with the election but the affair   Murray endeavored to tack a rider
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tween lights coming lo a stop at , curb or vice versa, jhe first intersection they encounter I The stagger system was origin- ¦n oompliance with the signal ally devised as a means of ellmi- ehanges ahead. Inating speeding.    II  was  reckoned
Conntant Trafflc a Hazard that   a   motorist   starling   with   Ih"
To Pedestrians green    light    at   Kingston   Corners
A, i. ,, .        ,1,    1    I .    , would    have    to   slop   once    if   he
A.. ,t u n..w the l,.h, , ha.iges are   ,„„i„tained a .peed of 25 milea an
I hour.
The block system, traffic flow coming to halt even at streets where there are no lights now located, will  pedmil  pedestrians to
1 cross   Market   street   at   all   inter
u now the light
occurred near a polling station. Ray Wolff was held without bond in  connection with  the shooting,
Robert Thomas was wounded in another scrap at Ages. A man giv¬ ing the nnme of Delbert Cross was held  for  questioning.
Execution of the dismissal plans for Luzerne county may not come this week, however, because ot the present state of uncertainty due to la.st week's consolidation maneuver by   Slate   WPA   officials,   merging
$695,000,000 during the next five years. Connally, asserting that these new beneficiaries had estab¬ lished only small reserves, declared they would have to be paid from funds established by workers who will retire from gainful employment in the future.
Olher liberalizing provisions: Benefits Increased
1.—Increase from $15 to $20 the maximum federal contribution to¬ ward an individual monthly old- age pension. '<
2.—Advance from Jan. 1, 1942, to Jan. 1, 1940, the b.;ginning of old age  annuities  to  persons  reaching
and   foreign   policy   programs   rnn   Congress wns ready to ndjourn and into Increasing trouble in the clos-   that the President had no  further ing   weeks    of   Congress,   confined   business   for   the   Congress. himself   to   wishing   the   congress- \     At   that   time   Rep.   Luther   Pat- mon   n   pleasant  vacation.   He   sent 'Continued   on   Pnge   B-4)
Fall Kills 4 of 'Safety Crew* In 'Dream-Highway' Tunnel
!Luze7ne"count'y wUh' Lackawa'nna I "^ t^''  y«»J ,^h°  have  been  pay- ' Luui i,y line the contributorv taxes for two
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.SKVE.N   KILLED  IN UKR.MAN AIR ( RA.SH
Berlin, Aug. 5 (UPi Four pas¬ sengers and three crew members were killed when the German air¬ liner   Hans   Wcndc   crashed   on   a
amendment to another piece of leg¬ islation, but this time his own Se_nale colleagues killed it.
Luzerne County's 2 ,500 work"ers iV^''^ ''^ °^^" '¦''^"'""' counties, and "ypVs'or more on a total income of
escape the job axe which must fall   fixing   headquarters   nt   Scranton. $600 or more.
before    September    1    when    these   In  any  event,   the  403's  will   be   in      3.-Provide   a   new   formula   gov-
positions-held eighteen months or i the hands of those for whom they erning the amount of monthly an- __ ^^^^
more   continuallv   by   the   present ' are intended not later than Seplem- nuily   payments,   raising   the   level     ^^^j  ^^^^^
occupants   aro  to   be  made   avail-, ber  1 as required by the new law. of  benefits  payable   in  the  earlier   J,^,tated   in
able for others with relief status I    Meanwhile, advice.s were awaited i years of the system.
Adjoiirnnicnl  last  nighl  of  Con- by  WPA  headquarters  here  as  to 4.- -Provide monthly security pay-
gresa   without  relaxing  the   .strings whether a sub-district office will be ments    to    widows,    children    and
it attached to WPA, was taken to maintained in Luzerne counly after nged dependent parents of old age
.i„„.   h^iween   fhe    bridge   and   flight yesterday between Barcelona   mean   that  Colonel   F.  C.   Harring- the    absorption    of    this    area    by annuitants,   instead  of  the   present
sections   between   the   bridge   and   J^^S"^^^^.^   .^^.^^ announced  lo-   lon,   national   WPA   administrator, Scranlon is carried Ihrough. While lump sum  payments.
ReHdiuslmrnt  of the  signal  lim-   day.  Among  those  killed  was  Col. j will   issue  orders  tomorrow  to  re- no  definite  dale  has  been  »ct  '<"•
;,nf"i     Irl Ic   bv   lh?manu-, Henrich von Scheelc. air attache of   sume   tho   firing.s   he   halted   last the merger to become an acualily
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Stahlslown. Pa., August 5. (UP) — Giant boulder dropping from ceil¬ ing of Laurel Hill Tunnel of $65,- 000,000 "dream highway" now being constructed crushed four men to death as they were making the tunnel safe from falling rock.
Three of the victims were killed instantly as the rock, weighing several tons, dropped onto a truck on which they were working, while fourth died while enroute to a hos- a limb had been am¬ putated   in   extricating   him   from
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beneath boulder.
Those killed: Wm. John Leach, 33, of Boswcll, who died enroule to the hospital: Walter Daley, 28, of l.«ingelcloth: Leonard Anderson, S,-), of Somer.set, and Olaf Kenneth Schooling, 25, of Somerset.
The  Laurel  Hill  Tunnel  is   the
first of the short cuts through th« mountains on the super-highway which is being constructed with PWA   funds.
The Hunkin ConUey Construction Co., of Cleveland, was the con¬ tractor to complete the tunnel, four fifths of a mile long, as part ot th» highway from Pittsburgh lo Har¬ risburg.
Today's cave-in occurcd less than 24 hours after officials ot the Penn¬ sylvania Turnpike Commission vis¬ ited the tunnel on a inspection tour.
Representative of the construc¬ tion company, said the regular mining crew used lo dynamit* through the rock was not on duty today. Only the "safely" men were working ti scale down ths loose rock to make the tunnel safer.
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