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A Paper For The Home lXj —A SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Partly cloudy. Somewhat wanner. 42ND YEAR, NO. 8 — 52 PAGES DNITKD PRESS WIra New* Serrlc* WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1947 if ^ if PRICE TWELVE CENTS Western Unions 50,000 May Strike 'Any Moment' Negotiatidns Fail; Locals Meet Today Washington, Dec. 20 (UP)—Negotiations aimed at averting a Christmas-season strike of three AFL, unions against the Western Union Telegraph Co. were recessed tonight until Sunday with no sign of progress. The night session was the third of the day. Federal mediators met separately with representatives of the three unions and of the telegraph company. There were no joint sessions of the ccmpany and unions. As the final session broke up shortly before midnight, Adolph —Acju lloi't'lnan NATIVITY SCENE at College Misericordia, Dallas, is oiu: of r.iir.y which Can be seen in churches and schools throughout Wyoming Valley during tHe Christmas season. At Misericordia the role of St. .Joseph is played by Virginia Cadan with Patricia Mulgrew a.s the Blessed Virgin Mary. Others, reading clockwise, are: Betty McAndrew, Joan Matthews, Cathesine Dougherty, Gabrille Detirro, Mary Beatty and Margaret MuhK. i Expect Court en Banc Rule I On Club Liquor Licenses The controversial question of the commonwealth have reversed whether club liquor licenses should' similar de<:islon8. or should not be granted under thej Among these are the courts of Quota Law of 1939 In the Issuance' Erie, Allegheny, Fayette and Cam- of new permits will be decided b/ bria counties. the court en banc of Luzerne coun- In asking the court to reverse its tv Judge Thomas F. Farrell rulefl decision in the Exeter case, Attor- '' incy Jurchak based his case on the yesterday. \f^^.^ ^^at in approving Senate Bill He said he would take up tl>e|gi4^ taking veterans' clubs out of matter with other judges after Uhe Quota Law for 18 months, the Deputy Attorney General Peter 1,^3^ session of the Legislature in- the Pennsylvania dilated that the regular Quota Law I AGOSTON JAILED; HE KILLED BALLIEI Denies Other Crimes; Search Continues For Salesman's Body Brungs, Western Union director for the AFL Commercial Tele¬ graphers Union, said the company "has offered us nothing." The three unions are seeking a 15-cent- an-hour wage increase. Told To Be Keady Frank Bloom, general counsel ' for one of the unions, said all ! locals have been told to be ready lo strike "at any time before or litter" the 6 a. m. EST deadline Tuesday. He said the orders sent loday mean that the walkout might be called "at any moment." Bloom announced later tliat strike strategy mass meetings will be held by local unions tomorrow afternoon' "in every important cit across the country." The Washing¬ ton mass meeting will be at 2 p. m. EST. .More than 40 employees of the Wilketi-Barre oftice of Western Union would be affected by the impending strike call. Spokes¬ men for the local union group said last night they were "wait¬ ing for instructions". "We have¬ n't been notified, we're just wait¬ ing," they said. Meanwhile Cyrus S. Ching, di¬ rector of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, conferred separately with Bloom and W. D. Alex Agoston jr., Berwick, was ... »,, . .u I I formerly arraigned yesterday for covered clubs. This was the in- L,,^ ^^^^ ^„« ^„^^^^ ^^ /^^^^„ tention of Uie lawmakers, he em- g^m^j 36-year-old Pond Hill used phaslzed. \ ,^j. salesman, and was placed in the Fayette County Case Columbia county jail. The slayer In the course of the argument I .signed a written confession, Pfc, conciliators met with other union and company representatives. Neither party would comment but informed sources said the talks to¬ day had been as fruitless as previ¬ ous federal efforts to avert the "walkout. The three unions involved in the promised walkout are the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union, the Telegraph Employes Union and the Telegraph Workers Union. They are demanding a 15-cent-an-hour wage boost. Union otHcials say a strike of their ."iO.OOO members would shut down Western Union offices across the country in the midst of the busy Christmas season. It might force stock, grain and cotton ex¬ changes to close, they said. ' An official of the mediation serv¬ ice said Western Union may fore¬ stall the strike by offering a wage increase. He .said he believed the company would offer a five-cent-an- hour boost in an effort to break the deadlocked negotiations. Union Charges Violation First indication that the unions might walk out at any time and without notice came in telegrams to Cyrus Ching, director of the mediation service, and to Presi¬ dent Truman. The unions accused Gaillard jr., attorney for Western jthe company of violati^ng the Taft- Union. A panel of three federal I (Continued on Page A-14) Jurchak of Liquor Control Board cited a Su¬ perior Court decision of Nov. 12, 1947. which defined "a court" as "the majority of the fu!! bench." Attorney Jurchak held that the cnurt. not a single judge, should determine the meaning of the law! yesterday, with Atty. Louis Fcld-]Karl Guers of the State Police in governing the situation. jman- representing the Veterans of [Shickshinny said. Balliefs body I'iuTell Appe«tni to Agree j Foreign Wars and Atty. Frank'dumped in the Susquehanna River .ludge Farrell agreed, apparently. i**<=°"'K^" ^'j'' fi"'7'J:^'^ ^^'?"/\i^ Willow Grove bridge, had not "I wish the Superior Court had i'"« ?"'"'"*-'y f"^'''^ ^^ P''^^*"^^'^ b*^" f°""<l- indicated this long ago," the jurist^" Judge Farrell a copy of the At the arraignment in the office commented. i Superior Court decision m a Fayette I of Justice of the Peace John Dug- The local derision was an nut- *=°""'y '^^"^^ ""^'^ ^" ^^^ "^^ °^igan, Berwick, were District Attor- grilJth of the Exeter West S^del^r, ^ons of Italy Lodge 334, in n^y W. S. Sharpless of Columbia Social Club case, in which the!**''^^ ?."*= JU<^8e decided one way .county. Patrolman Hurley Stout of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board T'"^'.^'^"^ except.ons taken to his Berwick, Pfc. Karl Guew and Pfc. had asked the court to reconsider'''«'^'^'°" ""'** overruled by two victor Vandling of the State Police. iU decision on the Quota Law of,"'*'®'" members of the court. |together with the magistrate and 1939. Local judges ruled repeated- Then came the Superior Court (defendant, ly that the law did not apply to decision that a majority of the full j shows No Remarse clubs, but several other courts of bench is "the court.'' POPE PIUS ASKING PRAYERS FOR PEACE In m,iny other counties, includ¬ ing Lackawanna, the court en banc sits on liquor cases. The LCB wants the same Ihing here. It's the main point in the case at hand because once a decision is handed down by a majbrity of the local judges both Vatican Cit.^', Dec. 20 (UP>_ Pope Pius XII called upon the > world's Catholics in an encyclical'clubs and officers of the LCB will 'today to pray for peace and said be guided by it. ttsss hatred, exploited by "secret 1 and .shrewd" falculation. threat¬ ened every war-devastated state. "Peace is still oscillating and uncerUin and a.s all can note will sorrow and trepidation keeps suspended in anguish the souls of tuples while in not a few nations already devastated by the world conflict and by the ruins and miseries which are its sorrowful consequoncf^.-.iocial classes agi¬ tated by bitter hatred and with mimerou.'? disorders and troubles threaten .is all can see to over¬ throw and batter away the very foundations of states," he said. The Pope's encyclical was re¬ garded by observers a« a direct an.-iwer to the disorder and agita- t'-"! in Italy and France and the ^^nrid pessimism brought on bv the 3 PA. MEN DIE IN PLANE DOWN NEAR TERRE HAUTE Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 20.- (UF) —Four bodies were found in the wreckage of a small civilian plane on a farm near here today. Offi¬ cials of a nearby airport believed smoke and fog caused the crackup. The plane was en route from St. Louis to Indianapolis. The gasoline tanks exploded when It struck the ground. The craft apparently was flying at a high rate of speed. The weather was "very bad". Visibility was zero. The victims were: William P. Student, Kan.sas City, Mo.; Steve Student jr., Leighton. Pa.: Charles failure of the Big Four foreign J Fassler jr., Penfield, Pa.; Ray m'nlsters conference. mond P. Zielinski, Reading, Pa. Marine Vet Spends 8 Awful Days In Crowded and Sealed Box Car ^orl Smith, Ark., Dec. 21 (UP>— the blond, gray-eyed Harrison said, A »4-.ye;ir-old Marine Corps veteran | "thirst began to dog me." aescribed from a hospital bed to-| "I could not sleep because of the y'^ip eight horror-filled days and i cramped position-I was in. I did hignts he spent sealed in a boxcar not have room to sit up, and when ^-'"ttii Weils, Nev., and Fort 1 was not lying down, i hunciieu "hiith. Ark. up on my elbows." Earl E. Harrison, an unemployed! !^ P'-^^'^. '^" ^^^ "T'",Hf, *f,'f fa'lroad mechanic climbed into the! The happiest moment of his life Agoston, 40, former steel worker and miner, still showed no sign of of these. ed Columbia county, where he wanted to be "a big shot." In ad¬ mitting this crime he denied oth¬ ers, however, stating he was not implicated in the disappearance of other missing men, one at Peck- ville and another in Nanticoke. Authorities from o'ther towns took witnesses to Berwick in an ei rt to solve other crimes, or suspected crimes, but the former ACF em¬ ployee was not recognized by any remorse for a crime that has shock- He again accompanied (State Po¬ lice on a visit to the scene of his crime and maintained the body Is in the river. Police grappled with¬ out success. The search will conti¬ nue today. ttonfident of ttonvictlon Authorities think they have enough evidence to convict the Berwick man even without the body, a highly important element in a murder trial. His statements, the written confession, bul'.et holes in his automobile, a bunch of hair that the Inon grating of the bridge evidently had torn from the vic¬ tim's scalp, tht sum of money found on Agoston's person at the time of arrest and the buying splurge he took shortly before his apprehension are considered im- l>3r.ant to the case and will, the authorities predict, stand up court. Cuba Sentences Satira To 72 Years in Prison Havana, Cuba, Dec. 20. (UP)—| that of the sentence. During the Patricia (Satira) Schmidt, 22-year-1parole, the person cannot leave old American dancer who shot and! Cuban territory and must report killed her married lover aboard his I to authorities periodically, yacht in Havana Harbor last April,! Miss Schmidt went on trial Oct. was reported tonight to have been;'^ for slaying John Lester Mee, sentenced by a three-man tribunal I Chicago playboy and former naval to 12 years in prison and fined P^-boat commander. The only (ggOQ [other person aboard the yacht L. ' a, ! 1 «¦ _. when he was shot April 8 was There was no official confirma-1 entries Jackson, River Forest, III.. engineer, who was released from custody yesterday. no official tion of the reported sentence. But a formal announcement was ex¬ pected Monday. The reported sentence, which was said to recognize Patricia as the family. direct author of a premeditated j During the trial, which began homicide, also included payment by | Oct. 7 after two postponements, her of all court costs, it was said. | Patricia testified that she had The $5,000 fine reportedly was levied as an indemnity for Mee's Actually, if her sentence is 12 years, the sultry night club dancer would serve eight years and 10 months — counting time off for good behavior at the rate of two months for each year after the first and the time she already has spent in the National Women's Prison at Guanabacao. Must Stay In Cuba Under the Cuban penal system providing such a sentence, the convicted person must also.spend on parole a period equivalent to lived with Mee aboard his yacht, renamed Satira in her honor, but that prior to the shooting he had abused and threatened her. Claimed Self Defense In one of her many stories of the shooting, she said that Mee rushed at her with a ceremonial sword she used in night club routines and that she had fired in self defense. Just before Mee died at Ameri¬ can Hospital he said, "Patsy Shot me. Deliberately." I LAST INDEPENDENT EUEL OIL PLEA; L 1st Open Crackdown On Political Parties Opposing Their Policy Southi ern Pacific box car at Wells "n Thiir«ria„ rv!, .-i ..u «• k darkness of his prison. '»Pof a?rin\ T °"^i' /"L "I cannot express how I felt Wth his fam'^lv , ^T^'/f7.i° ^^ ^hen the door was opened and M„" ""¦ '™''y f<"- the first Christ- hi^hf n^,.^^A in " ¦^as in seven years. He thought the car opened at Ogden. Utah .ar^^' '"^'ead, the lumber-laden!pounds, vl ^^'^ ""' opened until It reached "That was the best water I ever 'Oft Smith Friday. ; tasted," he said. "It was wonder- FEAR SHORTAGE Sees Northeast With 15% Deficit; Shipping Lacking Albany, N. Y., Dec. 20. (UP)— Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is "grave¬ ly concerned" over the prospect of a serious fuel oil shortage in New York and may ask the peo¬ ple to adopt a voluntary rationing program, an Informed source said tonight. An administration spokesman said Dewey was convinced that skyrocketing demands for fuel oil would result in a 15 per cent shortage this winter in the north¬ east. Dewey conferred yesterday in New York City with 20 representa- First Open Act fives of major oil companies to was opened and | Apparently satisfied with the' j^ ^^ j^e first time the Soviets explore problems of supplying fuel light flooded in," he said. jway Ssate Police were treating aij^g^g ^^.jed openly in Germany toi°i' to the people of New York. Harrison was taken to a hospital I man who had robbed another otn^^g^ out political party leaders' Will Ask Lower Temperatures Berlin, Dec. 20 (UP)—The press department of the Christian Demo¬ cratic party (CDU) today announc¬ ed that the party's two leaders in the Russian occupation zone of Germany had been thrown out of '"(Office on direct orders of the Soviet military administration. Pfc. Karl Guers, who made the ^he ousted officials are Jakol. arrest and continues on the case,]Kaiser and his deputy. Max Lem- said yesterday that a deputy sheriff of Columbia conty last was when sunlight broke into the July had granted Agoston a per¬ mit to carry a gun. It was said that the license was granted after mer. They incurred Soviet wrath by rcfesins to recognize r ('oi munist sponsored peoples party meeting in Berlin two weeks ago. Both are generally considered the DEWEY PREPARES Taft Hits Huge Sums For Europe Finds Them Not Needed To Produce Recovery; Says Spending Can Wreck U.S. Economy Washington, Dec. 20 (UP^—Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., who believes the proi>osed $17,000,000,000 Mar¬ shall Plan could "wreck" the U. S. economy, asserted tonight that big- scale American spending is not essential to EuropcEin recovety. Taft, chairman of the Senate Re¬ publican policy committee, was the first GOP leader to announce flat opposition to Mr. Truman's con¬ ception of what this country must do to halt the march of "selfish, totalitarian aggression" in Europe. Taft predicted that the recovery program would not be ready for floor debate in the Senate until March 1, just one month before President Truman's target date for getting the program underway. This would make it almost impos¬ sible for Congress to pass and ap¬ propriate money for the measure by April 1. Truman to Urge Speed From a Democratic source it was learned that Mr. Truman is pre¬ pared to urge speedy action in his state of the union address which he will deliver to Congress in per¬ son on Jan. 7. Asserting that administratloon officials in drafting the four-year recovery plan had "overdrawn" the seriousness of western Europe's plight, Taft told reporters that per¬ sons visiting Europe haven't seen evidence of a "complete collapse." "People don't completely col¬ lapse." Taft said. '"They go on living anyway." Taft agreed, however, that Amer¬ ican assistance would be helpful in rebuilding ICurope's war-smashed economy and might establish con¬ ditions under which it would be "less likely" that European nations would fall under Communist sway. Marshall Vacationing Secretary of State George C. Mar¬ shall ,meanwhile .departed for a vacation "ordered" by President Truman. Marshall flew to join his wife at their Pinehurst, N. C. home. He expects to remain until after Christmas. But associates said he would return to the capital at any time his presence was required in connection with the impending con¬ gressional battle over the recovery program. He left Washington after report¬ ing to the country on failure of the Big Four foreign ministers to find agreement on German and Austrian peace terms at their Lon¬ don meeting. Marshall took the Occasion to remind the country that Russia already ha.s declared "hostility and opposition" to the European recovery plan. He as¬ serted that on success of that program hangs the world's hopes for lasting peace. Marshall's speech and President Truman's message to Congress, de¬ livered yesterday, weighed heavily in the minds of legislators stream- (Continued on Page A-14) Also to Probe Trading In Cotton^ Eggs, Butter Grain Expose Seeks Government Men Using Inside Information Wa.shington, Dec. 20 (UP)— Chairman August H. Andresen oT a special House investigating com¬ mittee tonight disclosed plans to expose "improper" speculation in cotton, eggs and butter as well as in the grain markets. The Minnesota Republican aban¬ doned his Christmas holiday plans and said ha will remain in Wash¬ ington to get investigating ma¬ chinery in shape .so hearings can start as soon as possible after Con¬ gress returns on Jan. 6. Andresen told a reporter his com¬ mittee, organized yesterday, has agreed to put first emphasis on speculation in grain but to follow up "at the greatest possible speed" with investigation of market oper¬ ations in all commodities in which trading is done on a "future de¬ livery" basis. Splitting Party Lines Andresen's disclosure came amid hints of an impending split along party lines over the scope of com¬ modity investigations to be pressed simultaneously in House and Sen? ate. Some Democrats fear Republi¬ cans will try to limit the investiga¬ tions to an exposure of persons who through government connec¬ tions are able to get "inside infor¬ mation" by which they could out¬ guess the market. Administration supporters will demand that investigators go after market gambling as such. Both sides agree legitimate hedging op- , Will Celebrate 71st Anniversary Columbus. Wis.. Dec. 20 (UP) — Mrs. Eva Richards, 91, could "hardly believe" today that to¬ morrow will be her 71st wedding anniversary. "My." he said, "I never ex¬ pected to celebrate our 71st wed¬ ding anniversary." Her husband has been con¬ fined to bed since 1944. They live with a daughter, Mrs. C. H. Jones. A son. Dr. William C. Richards, Morrisonville, Wis., veterinarian, will be with them for the cele¬ bration. "But of course, we aren't able to do much celebrating after all these years," Mrs. Richards said. She had no recipe for a suc¬ cessful marriage. "We just got along nicely and lived to a good old age," she said. erations in commodity markets— such as hedging by millers in the grain market—should not be at¬ tacked. Chairman William Langer, R., N. D., of the Senate Civil Service com¬ mittee meantime called on the Civil Service Commission to "make pub¬ lic immediately" whatever informa¬ tion it may have on speculation by government employees. It was disclosed earlier that tha late Presient Roosevelt at one e ordered the commission to include in its records reports of market operations by federal officials. Sen. William F. Knowland, R., Cal., said he thought Civil Service (Continued on Page A-14) Agoston told the deputy that hejo„iy independent political leaders was accustomed to carrying largejjn the Soviet zone, sums of money. would be j and given two sips of water. 176 miles 150 pounds had withered to His 100 His shouting and pounding on the | f"'- «oor at every stop failed to attract!May Lose Legs ""eniion. and he resumed his Dr. W. L. Shippey '^f'b "^ni'-P'-one position. At the end of the second day," $1,500 and also took his life,\vho oppo.sed their policies. ! The governor was understood to Agoston is quoted as having said^ Informed quarters said that Col.'' believe that a self-rationing pro- in the confession, "At no time did Serge Tulpanov, chief of the Rus- Sram. under which house temper- a man lay a hand on me. threaten sit.n information department, con-, atures would be cut to 68 degrees, or try bo abuse me." U.S. Soldier Killed By Russian in Vienna Vienna, Austria, Dec. 20 (UP)— The U. S. Army provost marshal's office announced tonight that a self-described Russian news cor¬ respondent had beaten and kicked an American soldier to death in a boarding house in Vienna's inter¬ national zone. The Russian, named Stephan Inrin, bit a second American who tried to help the soldier. A four- power international patrol arrived and arrested the Russian at that point, the provd'st marshal's office I said. InrIn has been turned over to Russian authorities for punish¬ ment. The name of the U. S. sol¬ dier will not be announced until his next-of-kin are notified of his slaying. "The soldier died late yesterday :in a military hospital, to which he {was taken after the attack. ! The operator of the boarding house told the provost marshal's office that Inrin accosted the American and asked him his na- itionality. Without further ado, he 'then set upon him, knocked him I to the floor and kicked him in Ithe head and body. Ammunition Dump in Alps Explodes, Wrecks Town Valley Scene Man in big inarket very sheeinsh as checker at door finds him with a pound of but¬ ter under his hat. Man standing high above South Main street sidewalk, crowd nn Fri^lay, marking show window, grabbing ivildly for. support a.s gawking shopper stumbled heavily against bottom of his stepladder. Pretty brunette carrying Christmas tree into. Veterans Building h/ilf an hour before t^tarting time to surjirise co¬ workers. The "shiverir.g Salvation Army lassie giving a most sincere "Thank you" as man took last bill from his xvallet and drop- ^5 in the kettle. Blausee, Switzerland, Dec. 20 (UP)—An ammunition depot blew up deep inside a mountain in the Bernese Alps shortly before last modnight creating a man-made volcano that spewed boulders, bombs, handgrenades and hot shells throughout Kanderthal Val¬ ley, wrecking scores of houses and a railroad station. A police sergeant in charge of a small detachment in the disaster area reported that nine persons iiad been killed, four to five wciu missing and an undetermined number injured. Swiss miliary authorities ordered the entire area closed for dO hours as small explosions continued to rumble from the shattered moun- taainside and a light snowfall covered unexploded missiles scat¬ tered throughout the valley. Rail and road traffic was inter¬ rupted. Repairs are under way but resumption of traffic will depend upon progress of search action for missiles on the ground which must be destroyed. Several hundred soldiers were rushed into the area and some 300 firemen were working on the scene. The explosions occurred in Kan¬ derthal Valley near the little rail station of Blausse-Mlttholz which ' was flattened by rocks ahd debris. The first great rumble was heard around midnight and explosions continued until near noon. Shells Sweep Sky Anti-aircraft shells, hand gren¬ ades and bombs were thrown in [every direction trom the gaping hole in the mountainside where the depot used to be. As soon as the rain of missiles subsided, anti-mine detachments went out to gather up live shells. I While the main explosions ceased ; around noon, smaller ones were ! still erupting intermittently in the i heart of the wrecked depot. Arnold Steiger. manager of the Hotel Kurhaus. which is about one 'and a half miles from the ammu- j nition dump, said he first heard 'the explosion at 11:35 p.m. last ' night and even at that distance "it nearly knocked me oft my feet." ' "I saw a blinding flash, windows in the hotel rattled and the whole building just seemed to bend," he said. "Panicky people came from everywhere. The skies were criss- /;rossed with "^dhot shells that looked like tr ."• rs. Some shells i (Continued on FVige A-14) Twins Born Joined at Their Skulls; Parents Refuse to Take Them Home 'n TtHtay's Issue .Editorial f'lHssified B—11 .™°*''''' B—10 S''."""* A-2Z ^"o B-10 *"•*«' B-1 ) a veteran of World War II. immediately began giving the emaciated man intra¬ venous injections of glucose, amino acids, fruit juices, water and coffee. Dr. Shippey said warmth has re¬ turned to the man's frostbitten hands but not to his feet and legs to the knees, which still are in [danger of amputatum. He is us- 'ing elastic band; / s on the legs land washing them with germicidal Isoai) and alcohol to prevent Infec- Uon. .:) Police Have No Gallantry Detroit, Dec. 20 (UP)—Olga Kuty and Yolande Bennett, pretty stenographers, waved a cheerful holiday greeting at the two traffic officers as they crossed a down¬ town street today. Delighted, Patrolmen Charles Teal and George Campbell waved back, then thought It over and handed the girls tickets for jay¬ walking. ferred on the dismssals with For- would be a vital step toward solv eign Minister V. M. Molotov Tues-[ing the fuel scarciH/. day when Molotov stopped briefly The administration source said in Berlin enroute to Moscow from [ "the simple fact is that consump- the London conference of foreign | tion in the country as a whole Is ministers. ¦ far beyond the capacity of ship- The action of the Soviets, com- i ping facilities." ing'on the heels of the abortive | He said the situation was com- London conference, may well serve; plicated by: as notice to other oppostion lead- | 1.—A scarcity of steel tankers, ers, Informed jiources said. Some i 2.—Some fuel oil is being sent to observers felt the move wr- Europe. Russian start on "co-ordinating" | 3.—More than 100,00 new dwelling all German political opinion in units in the state are being heated their zone. {with oil. The Russians were understoodi Although oil companies increased (Continued on Page A-U) i (Continued on Pis«« A-14) NAPLES JOBLESS RIOT, GUNFIRE WOUNDS FIVE Rome, Italy, Dec. 20. (UP> -Five persons were wounded by gunfire in downtown Naples today when police clashed with unemployed rioters protesting the size wf the government Christmas allowance to Naples jobless. Simultaneiously, 300,00^: food in¬ dustry workers in all parts of Italy walked off jobs in a strike expected to cause widespread mis¬ ery unless it can be settled quickly. The Naples riot started ' when hundreds of unemployed Italians attempted to seize the government office building in the Via Duomo, just around the corner from the city's main public square, In pro¬ test against the small size of thfe Cairistmas bonus. 1 IiLdianapolis, Dec. 20. i UP) - Mr land Mrs. Edward R. Speer of Bed- I ford, Ind.. today had only two [week.') to decide what to do about I f heir Siamese twin sians who were born joined together at the tops of their sku;ls. Dr. Donald Casely, director of the Indian:i University medical center, said that if the twins con¬ tinued to thrive for those two weeks, they would be ready to leave James Whitocmb Riley Hos pital for Children. j Bjit the Speers iniist that they will never take the twins home — or even look at them — so long as they are still joined. Etoctors said that an operation would cer¬ tainly be fatal since the same brain tissue runs through both skulls. Face Non-support Charge Furthermore, authorities said the Speers could be charged with non- support if they refused to take the babies. Speer, a 31-year-old modestly- paid accountant for the naval depot at Crane, Ind.. said he and his 27- year-old wife could not afford the special care t^ babiea need. But all the weight of thousands lof years of philosophy, law, re¬ ligion and human ethics were against the Speers. "No doctor will operate to separate the twins, even if the i parents insist," (basely said. "The ethics of the profession prevent us 'from trying what we know to b« futile." Says ".Merry Ktlling" Murder ¦ Professor Mortimer J. Adler, University of Chicago authority on [the philosophy of law. said that the Indianapolis case involves "the whole question of mercy killing." "And the courts have held," he said, "that mercy killing Is murder." He said he could offer the parents no advice but to take the children or face prosecution for non-support. Despite their common brain tissue, the two babies apparently have separate personalities and mentalities. Twin "A" may cry while "B" coos happily. One may be eating while the other plajrs with its tiny toes. However, doctors said that it could not be de¬ termined whether they have nor¬ mal mentalities "ntll tkey w«r« grown, I
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Date | 1947-12-21 |
Month | 12 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1947 |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 8 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
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Year | 1947 |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 8 |
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Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
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A Paper For The Home
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Partly cloudy. Somewhat wanner.
42ND YEAR, NO. 8 — 52 PAGES
DNITKD PRESS WIra New* Serrlc*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1947
if ^ if PRICE TWELVE CENTS
Western Unions 50,000 May Strike 'Any Moment'
Negotiatidns Fail; Locals Meet Today
Washington, Dec. 20 (UP)—Negotiations aimed at averting a Christmas-season strike of three AFL, unions against the Western Union Telegraph Co. were recessed tonight until Sunday with no sign of progress.
The night session was the third of the day. Federal mediators met separately with representatives of the three unions and of the telegraph company. There were no joint sessions of the ccmpany and unions.
As the final session broke up shortly before midnight, Adolph
—Acju lloi't'lnan
NATIVITY SCENE at College Misericordia, Dallas, is oiu: of r.iir.y which Can be seen in churches and schools throughout Wyoming Valley during tHe Christmas season. At Misericordia the role of St. .Joseph is played by Virginia Cadan with Patricia Mulgrew a.s the Blessed Virgin Mary. Others, reading clockwise, are: Betty McAndrew, Joan Matthews, Cathesine Dougherty, Gabrille Detirro,
Mary Beatty and Margaret MuhK.
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Expect Court en Banc Rule I On Club Liquor Licenses
The controversial question of the commonwealth have reversed whether club liquor licenses should' similar de<:islon8. or should not be granted under thej Among these are the courts of Quota Law of 1939 In the Issuance' Erie, Allegheny, Fayette and Cam- of new permits will be decided b/ bria counties.
the court en banc of Luzerne coun- In asking the court to reverse its tv Judge Thomas F. Farrell rulefl decision in the Exeter case, Attor- '' incy Jurchak based his case on the
yesterday. \f^^.^ ^^at in approving Senate Bill
He said he would take up tl>e|gi4^ taking veterans' clubs out of matter with other judges after Uhe Quota Law for 18 months, the Deputy Attorney General Peter 1,^3^ session of the Legislature in- the Pennsylvania dilated that the regular Quota Law I
AGOSTON JAILED;
HE KILLED BALLIEI
Denies Other Crimes; Search Continues For Salesman's Body
Brungs, Western Union director for the AFL Commercial Tele¬ graphers Union, said the company "has offered us nothing." The three unions are seeking a 15-cent- an-hour wage increase. Told To Be Keady
Frank Bloom, general counsel ' for one of the unions, said all ! locals have been told to be ready lo strike "at any time before or litter" the 6 a. m. EST deadline Tuesday. He said the orders sent loday mean that the walkout might be called "at any moment."
Bloom announced later tliat strike strategy mass meetings will be held by local unions tomorrow afternoon' "in every important cit across the country." The Washing¬ ton mass meeting will be at 2 p. m. EST.
.More than 40 employees of the Wilketi-Barre oftice of Western Union would be affected by the impending strike call. Spokes¬ men for the local union group said last night they were "wait¬ ing for instructions". "We have¬ n't been notified, we're just wait¬ ing," they said.
Meanwhile Cyrus S. Ching, di¬ rector of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, conferred separately with Bloom and W. D.
Alex Agoston jr., Berwick, was
... »,, . .u I I formerly arraigned yesterday for
covered clubs. This was the in- L,,^ ^^^^ ^„« ^„^^^^ ^^ /^^^^„
tention of Uie lawmakers, he em- g^m^j 36-year-old Pond Hill used
phaslzed. \ ,^j. salesman, and was placed in the
Fayette County Case Columbia county jail. The slayer
In the course of the argument I .signed a written confession, Pfc,
conciliators met with other union and company representatives.
Neither party would comment but informed sources said the talks to¬ day had been as fruitless as previ¬ ous federal efforts to avert the "walkout.
The three unions involved in the promised walkout are the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union, the Telegraph Employes Union and the Telegraph Workers Union. They are demanding a 15-cent-an-hour wage boost.
Union otHcials say a strike of their ."iO.OOO members would shut down Western Union offices across the country in the midst of the busy Christmas season. It might force stock, grain and cotton ex¬ changes to close, they said. '
An official of the mediation serv¬ ice said Western Union may fore¬ stall the strike by offering a wage increase. He .said he believed the company would offer a five-cent-an- hour boost in an effort to break the deadlocked negotiations. Union Charges Violation
First indication that the unions might walk out at any time and without notice came in telegrams to Cyrus Ching, director of the mediation service, and to Presi¬ dent Truman. The unions accused Gaillard jr., attorney for Western jthe company of violati^ng the Taft- Union. A panel of three federal I (Continued on Page A-14)
Jurchak of
Liquor Control Board cited a Su¬ perior Court decision of Nov. 12, 1947. which defined "a court" as "the majority of the fu!! bench." Attorney Jurchak held that the cnurt. not a single judge, should
determine the meaning of the law! yesterday, with Atty. Louis Fcld-]Karl Guers of the State Police in governing the situation. jman- representing the Veterans of [Shickshinny said. Balliefs body
I'iuTell Appe«tni to Agree j Foreign Wars and Atty. Frank'dumped in the Susquehanna River
.ludge Farrell agreed, apparently. i**<=°"'K^" ^'j'' fi"'7'J:^'^ ^^'?"/\i^ Willow Grove bridge, had not "I wish the Superior Court had i'"« ?"'"'"*-'y f"^'''^ ^^ P''^^*"^^'^ b*^" f°"" |
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