Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Cloudy,  warm   and  humid. Mondajr—Cloudy, lest humid
41ST YEAR, NO. 51 — 56 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER   19, 1947
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French Communists May Call for General Strike
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liil^hway Hazard I\o. 19
Freak tec Park HUl a Serious Haxard, /
But Residents Oppose Ifs Elimination
One of the worst highway hazard* in Northeastern Pennsylvania is pictured above, but residents of Oaltlawn avenue in Vee Park, where thc picture was talten, consistently oppose its elimination.
A high natural mound in the street obscures the vision of motorists travelling both ways and many motorists have had close shaves at this point. A State Police car almost figured in an accident there a short time ago. The trooper driving the vehicle evidently was not aware of the sharp drop on the other side of the hill.
The rise and fall of Oaklawn Cemetery property, adjacent to Oaklawn avenue, indicates the gen¬ eral contour of this dangerous piece of road. 1 i e height of the service pole in the foreground and K^ tlie one just over the hill also furnish interesting comparison. Oaklawn avenue is level from start to ^ finish except for this one spot which is doubly hazardous because of the outciy>p of stone.
Hanover Township commissioners, as well as < len Alden Coal Co., the township road contractor, attempted to remedy the situation a number of times but were blocked by protests of adjoining property owners who contend that elimination of the freak hill might make It difficult for them to drive in and out of their garages.
SOLOMON'S CREEK
East Side Protected Against Floods; Plymouth Pumps Due
U. fi. Army Engineers yesterday announced the completion of the Solomon's Creek main pumping station and sub-station whiah waa started in IMl and delayed be¬ cause of lack of material during 1 tjj« war.
Rudy Penia, residence Migineer with the U. 6. Army group here, isaid that completion of the Solo- monii Creek project marks the eAd nf the dike program on the •Ast side.
The Solomon's Creek program cost an estimated half-million dol¬ lars, one of tho largest single itenrui of expenditure in the entire flood control pKn set at more than 10 million dollars. Pump* Due tn Plymouth
While the flood control program on the east side of the Susque¬ hanna River will not be officially compicted until U.S. Army engineers turn over the vast network of levees and equipment to Wilkes Barre and Hanover, only remain¬ ing projects on the west side are the Plymouth pumping stations at Wadham's and Brown Creek out lets.
The last of the two west side pumping stations is expected to be completed sometime the early part lof next year. Motors for the Wad¬ ham's Creek pumping station are due this week. Equipment for the jumping station at Brown's Creek 'Is not expected until January.
The Solomon's Creek flood con' tro! project Includes one maip pumping station, a sub-station, stop-log structure to prevent back¬ wash and m 13,000-volt transmia »lon line.
Penza said the pumping stations arc ready for operation, have been tested several times, and as soon as the maintenance system Is ar ranged between the Army engin*rs and Hanover township officials the entire project will be turned over to them.
The Solomon's Creek pumping station structures were completed In 1943. Difficulty in obtaining equipment during World War II halted work. Since the end of bos- (Contlnued on Page A-14)
PRR Sfarts $25,000 Job To .Clean Drain in City
Will End Much Water Damage Danger; City May Face Task of Keeping Culm From Mines Flowing Into River
Pay Study; Fighting deCaulle In National Vote
Paris, Oct. 18 (UP)—First break in the paralyzing Paris transit strike came today when Minister of Labor Daniel Mayer announced the government has agreed to study the question of "equalizing" the wages of bus and subway workers with salaries paid out by the newly nationalized gas and electricity workers.
Mayer said the government's decision was taken at an emergency afternoon meeting of the inner cabinet presided over by Minister of State Pierre Teitgen. Until now the government has refused to discuss increased pay for the strikers.        l series   of  wage  demands   and   de-
The  firi|t  sign  of  a government nounced    Socialist    Premier    Paul
Letting a $25,000 contract to the New York Pipe Cleaning Co., to open and clear out the masonry culvert under ita tracks from Northampton street to Solomon's Creek, the Pennsylvania Railroad appears doing its part to eliminate water damage in the South Wilkes- Barre Corners area, caused when this conduit fails to carry off sur¬ face water.
However, two otiier factors are atlll involved. One of these is the continued failure of Hanover town¬ ahip to. dredge the creek bejow the city lliie, to keep it from backing up Into the drain. The other is the expected continued flow of Glen Alden Coal Co. culm into this big drain. PRB Blames Culm
The railroad company claimed this culm was largely responsible for blocking the conduit.
It is in this connection that an important point Is • likely to be raised when Governor Duff's clean- streams program progresses suf¬ ficiently in this area to foi<bid further entrance of mine refuse into the Susquehanna River.
That is because there Is just a chftnce that, because this culm  in
concession in the strike followed a Communist threat to call a city- wide general strike on the eve of the showdown struggle between Communists and Gen. Charles de Gaulle's new anti-red party in municipal elections tomorrow throughout France.
In 36,000 communes across France, voters were said to be minimizing local issues, even though they were preparing to elect municipal councillors. The question tomorrow was Commun¬ ism—the strikes tlje party had In¬ spired and the anti-American aid line  it  had  adopted.
Some 25,000 Communist-led bus and subway employees voted this morning to continue their crippling five-day-old walkout. Eugene Hen- aff, Paris area secretary of Com¬ munist-dominated General Confed¬ eration of Labor, (CGT) flung down a general strike threat in a fiery speech to the strikers.
Henaff said Paris workers 'have and will use the means to obtain satisfaction  for the strikers."
Introducing violence for the first be the  case with other  indtlitrial time, the strikers beat up one non-
wastes from other plants located in the city. The city will be held re¬ sponsible for disposal of these wastes before the sewer and drain¬ age wiater enters the river, when the disposal plant is ordered built.
If all of this holds truo, the state may be able to compel the city to take ,over the job of desilt¬ ing the mine water which flows from a colliery. Involved Qnestlon
The fact that the city actually daes not own this particular drain, still the ppojjerty of the Pennsyl vania Railroad even though It serves as « public sewer, may be able to turn the responeiblMty back to others. It appears an involved legal question can be raised.
However, the cleaning action of the Pennsylvania Railroad should be of great cmslstance in Itself for the present. It is »ure to speed the flow of water in the conduit and make it possible for the pipe to carry off much ot the water which caused damage to neaPby proper¬ ties after the heavy ralna of last summeir.
Both to ease the present cle^aning job and to make it more simple to
South Wilkes-Barre first goes into
what is part of the city's drainage 1 control the situation in the future, and sewer system, the city will be the railroad also has Installed .a held responsible and forced to re- number of extra manholes in the move the culm before the drainage conduit. This peirmits entrance, water enters the streams. for   cleaning   purposes,   at   many
As   a  matter  of   fact,   that  will Imore points.
Think New Hurricane Will Miss Florida
Miami Fla., Oct. 18 IH^)—An in-1 southwest of Bermuda. Ships In the tense tropical hurricane swept path of the hurricane were ad- northward in the Atlantic 650 miles!vised to exercise extreme caution.
east of Florida tonight. The Miami weather bijreau said it appeared likely to miss the United States coastline altogether.
But as the third big blow of the season twisted away from the weather-shocked Bahamas and Florida, It grew in size. At V).15 p. m. EST the Miami weather bureau estimated highest winds at 120 miles an hour near the center with winds near 75 miles an hour extending for 150 miles north and eastward
striking   worker,   fought  with   po lice,   hi-jacked   government   oper¬ ated   busses   and   reinforced   their picket lines.
In a whirlwind bid for votes, the Communists prepared to bombard the    government   with    an   entire
Ramadier as a strikebreaker, trai¬ tor to the working class and "agent df   American   capitalism." Demand Ketum to Work
Ramadier's government last night refused to negotiate with the Paris Strikers until they go back to work. With the strike prolonged an<l the government unable to reopen transit service, some 4,000,000 foot¬ sore Parisians were doomed to walk  and   bicycle  a  while  longer.
Henaff met this afternoon with National Federation of Employers officials and presented demands for a flat 15 to 20 per cent wage increase, pending a general up¬ ward revision of pay scales in December.
Two other CGT affiliates, the Paris Municipal Workers and the Civil Servants unions, planned to ask Monday for more pay. If the government said "No," they would strike.
Some 25,000 merchant seamen, meanwhile, planned to return to their ships tomorrow, with a 15 per cent wage hike. Fast nego¬ tiating between union leaders and the government broke up their strike in one day. General Strike Decision
The  signal  for a general   strike
would probably come from a union
leaders' meeting in Paris on Mon-
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Saysl).S.CariBrazi7 Breaks
Give Europe $20 Billions
Wf'ffi Russians Over Insults
Massive Krug Report Shows Men, Resources Are Available Here; Sees Million Jobs
Washington, Oct. 18 (LT)— Sec¬ retary of Interior J. A. Krug re¬ ported to President Truman to¬ night that the United States is rich enough to provide Europe with   up   to   $20,000,000,000   in   aid
in  the next  five years under the! Aside from this formality ties be Marshall  Plan. tween   the   two   countries   already
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 18 (UP)—Final step* in Brmsfi's mov* to break off diplomatic relations with Russia have been taken and formal announcement of the breach will be made Monday, a foreign office spokesman said today.
Arrangements have been completed to transfer the archives of th* Brazilian embassy in Moscow and those of the Soviet embassy here to s third power which will take care of the respective interests of both countries, the spokesman said. Only Formality Remains
Preparations have been made to deliver hU passports to Soviet Charge   d'Affairs   Georgi   Sakalov.
Remember Others
The storm veered to the north ward late this afternoon, but weathermen said then they could not estimate chances of its missing the peninsula state. They remem¬ bered the erratic Sept. 17. storm which turned sharply westward and struck the richest section of the Florida CJold C!oast, and the freak hurricane of last week that sneaked in from the Gulf of Mexico.
But  its  coursc  may  change  to
At   that   time,   the   center   was northeast   Sunday,"  the   latest   ad- placed   at  about  610  miles  south- ll^l"ZoZ'.m''r::.T":^rto'^^l
east  of  all  points  on  the  United States coastline." Changed  Suddenly South Florida  had  waited  hope-
PctrSilo Af^aiii
Sad News for Juke Box Addicts; No New Records After Dec. 31
Chicago, Oct. 18. (UP)—Musi-1means, he said, that transcribed clans' Union czar James Petrillol radio shows, such as those present- announced today that none of its 225,000 memibers would be per- mittf'd "ever again" to make re¬ cordings or transcriptions after i^c. 31, thus giving his final answer to passage of the Taft- Hartley law.
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Airliner Crashes in Sea Off Spain; Search Confused
Paris, Oct. 18 (UP)—The Inter¬ national Air Transport Oj., a French charter line, announced to¬ day that 42 persons, including eight children, were believed lost Thurs¬ day when one of its two-engined airliners crashed in the Mediter¬ ranean near Cartagena, Spain, en route from Marseille to Oran, Algeria.
A company spokesman said that only two of those aboard—a flight engineer and a male passenger— were found alive by rescue vessels. FMve bodies were recovered, he said. All the passengers were French or Algerian.
Reports from Casablanca, French Morocco and Cartagena put the nunrjber of bodies found at 16 and said more had been sighted float¬ ing near the scene of the wreck.
Reports froi.i Cartagena said that several ships, including one Span¬ ish submarine, were continuing the heach for survivors or bodies.
The French patrol boat Sabre picked up the two known survivors a few hours after the crash Thurs¬ day night but found no immediate trace of the other 42 passengers and crew members aboard the plane.
False   Report  of  Rescue
The    company    had    announced
yesterday that all aboard had been
rescued by a Spanish steamer and
taken to Cartagena, but a spokes-
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AS linLE UN' PLANTS ADOPTED
Predict Ruin of Alt As Veto Is Blocked; Byrnes Is Attacked
In a massive report on "Nation¬ al Resources and Foreign Aid," Krug said that amount of aid could i>e furnished without endan¬ gering U. S. security or living standards. Sees Some  Shortages
But he warned that the task will not be easy or simple. He said:
1.—Some shortages in U. S. wheat, nitrogen fertilizers, coal, steel, industrial equipment, and petroleum can be met thorugh rigid screening of western Europ¬ ean requirements, allocation of available supplies, voluntary con¬ trols in this country, and substi¬ tutions.
2.—Regardless of the multi-bil¬ lion dollar aid project, the United States must embark immediately on a nation-wide program of ex¬ ploration and conservation of Its resources which are "being wasted" and consumed faster than those of the  rest of the world.
In accepting the report. President Truman said "the fact that our nat¬ ural resources are adequate to per¬ mit sharing is heartening." But he pointed out that the Krug report was only one of several needed be¬ fore a final European aid program can be sent to Congress. Comprehensive Kvalnation
Xhe Krug report wa* prepared with the assistanc* of 17 govern¬ ment agencies, industrial and agri¬ cultural leaders. It Is one of the most comprehensive surveys ever made of the nation's human and material resources.
"It   Is   self-evident   that   even   a country as wealthy In resources as (Continued on Page A-14)
Lake Success, N. Y., "Oct. 18. (UP)—The United Nations en¬ dorsed the principle of the Ameri¬ can "Little UN Assembly plan today in defiance of grim warn¬ ings by Russia that it may bring "the   ruin"  of  the  whole  UN.
In one of the gloomiest days the reconverted war plant near Lake Success has yet seen aa head¬ quarters of the UN, the political and security committee of the CJen- eral Assembly established a 15- nation subcommittee to hammer out details of a committee of all 57 United Nations which will de¬ bate international problems the year  'round.
Russia and Chechoslovakia, both elected to the committee, prompt¬ ly announced they would boycott it.
With four other Soviet-bloc states for company, they also left little doubt they would refuse to take part in the Little Assembly itself when it ultimately is estab¬ lished by the Assembly as a par¬ tial answer to Russia's veto in the UN Security Council.
The other members of the sub¬ committee will be the United States, Great Britain, France, China, Argentina, Australia, Boli¬ via, Canada, India. Lebanon, Mexi¬ co, the Netherlands and Norway. Wouldn't even Vote
The   vote   for  the  subcommittee was 38 in favor, none against and (Continued  on  Page  A-2)
State Warns Parrot Owners;
Oct.  19   (UP)—If  iti    The prohibition against sale, im-
no conditions will we again make recordings or transcriptions," Petrillo said.
As president of thc Amerioan Federation of Mhsicians (AFL), Pclrlllo is "boss" of nearly all the nation's  professional  musicians.
He said the ban covered all re¬ cordings and transcriptions, wheth- *>¦ for home or commercial use.   It
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ed   by   Bing   Crosby,   Aibbott   andlj^^^ fleld.s, were more than willing Costello    and     other    performers,'j^^ ^g^ ^j^jg gjofm pass them by could not be made after Jan. 1. "'   - "
"After   the  first  of the  year, they  want  musicians,  they'll  have to buy in the flesh," he said. Action Unanimous
Petrillo  said   the   union's  execu
and for all the making of record- inngs and transcriptions when con¬ tracts with the nation's record companies and radio transcription firms expire at the end of the year
ist.s due soon, have escaped with less actual damage than the in¬ terior farm and cattle lands. They are well out of the flooded sections tive"board unanimously passed a j where most damage has been count- resolution Thursday to "stop onc-e ed and where the Red Cross fore¬ sees a 90-day job. Governor CaHs Meeting
Gov Millard Caldwell today called' a meeting for Monday in . West Palm Beach to plan for the The musicians are determmed ¦ ^^^^^^^j.^y ^f ^ tj,ird hit, and never lo again make the '"»""- L„Mine relief for the flooded coun- ment  that  will   eventually  destroy 1°""'"' "'"='
them," Petrillo said. "They rfB-}^^^\sl^^e the stormy period will be that the making of » t-'T'lr ""^ over by the time the winter season and a recording makes their <^°llli°\^i^ u„der way, it Is not competition. ,)„„•*'expected that the  state's lucrative'
kno°w"of'rnv''^."nerin tMs coun- St 'business will suffer in the iry that would make an Instru- long run, but there are indications ment that would destroy itself. So that some who migh have been we are taking the same position | early visitors have called off their (Continued  on Page  A-2) 'plans for the time bcms at leaaU
aThartth"TreviL"hTrH:!Bon$ Sending in of Birds
canes—one from the east and last;
Saturday from the west—had made:    Harrisburg,
sudden and unexpected changes In | isn t   one   thing,   it s   anotner   ior ^ portation,   breeding,   transportation
direction. The thousands of flood- state  oKicials. j       transfer  of  the birds in Penn
J.l  k„r.ioi»«Q   and   hundreds  of      Last   week   they   started   worry-, ed-out homeless,  and  hunareas  oi  _^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^   _^y.^_^ Longirostre.'|sylvania was imposed Jan. 1, 1946,
a  new   insect   pest-discovered  for i following several outbreaks of the the first time in Erie county. i disease earlier.
Now it's "Psittacosis,'  a disease species  Barred caused   by   parrots   and   members of the  same  family
men working on dikes and in sod-
are considered as virtually broken, he added.
Reliable sources confirmed news¬ paper reports that the Kremlin had rejected not only one but two Brazilian diplomatic protests de¬ manding satisfaction for recent nsults to President Eurico Caspar Dutra in  the Soviet  press.
They said the first note was re¬ jected on the grounds that the terms In which It was couched were unacceptable. A second note then was sent to Foreign Oimmis- sar V. Molotov, but It also waa returned unanswered, It was said. Relations Cold
Local newspapers considered the break an accomplished fact and reported it under huge headlines. Available editorial comment en¬ dorsed the government's action. The Ojmmunist organ Trlbuna Popular remained  silent.
Coldness and strict formality have characterized Brazilian-Soviet relations since their resumption late    In    1945.    They
PRES. E^nUCO GASPER DUTRA
Valley Scene
Well dressed woman snuff¬ ing out cigaret and stowing it in pockebook when her luneh appears at central city restau¬ rant.
Taxi driver, arrested by city patrolman, driving officer to police station and then demand¬ ing to be paid regular fare for ihe ride—and getting it.
Two young women who slipped out of central city office during working hours for cup of cof¬ fee, meeting the boss as they left the restaurant—and getting just a cheery wave.
Man who fainted in central city Saturday morning being shoved like stick of lumber along floor of vehicle which was to   take  him   to  hospital.
party was outlawed early this year, with the Soviet Insults to Presi¬ dent Dutra, recent establishment of the nine-nation CJommunlst front In Europe and the allegedly deteriorated \ Communist - sponsored strikes in rapidly after the local Ctommunlst i Chile contributing to the break.
Truman Turns Attention To Good Low-Priced Meals
Washington, Oct. 18. (UP)— Presixlent Truman's food commit¬ tee, reversing Its previous poaition that prices are none of Its business.
spare to Europe under the Marshall Plan probably would be reduced by an increase in our own popula¬ tion.
announced tonight that ,t 1. setting du^tVn"'duS' t^'nlTfo'^y^IS
up a special section to help hou*«- wives plan low-cost meals.
Committee Chairman Charles Luckmen said the section will be headed by Katharine Fisher, who is on leave as chief of the Good Housekeeping Institute. He said her aim would be to protect the health and pocketbook of every American.
"For the first time in our national hisitory," he said, "the full resources of government, industry and the national magazines are being pulled together in one oon- certed endeaver to help the home- makers in the face of rising food prices." Can  Mean  Failure
Luckman said the food conserva¬ tion drive would defeat its own purposes if it resulted in higher retiail fcod prices and inadequate diets even though  It succeeded  in
with the exception of wheat — should be about as large as thi* year. But if national income re¬ mains high, population increases will absorb much of this, leaving less for export
May  Drop  Eggless Day
Luckman also re-emphasized the value of meatless Tuesdays to the food drive. Perhaps significantly he did not mention poultryless Thursdays. It was reported that the committee is c-isidering junk¬ ing chickenless and eggless days. A  decision  is expected  Monday.
He said meatless Tuesdays wera not an attempt to cut the con¬ sumption of meat itaelf. He said the committee realized that many families can't eat meat as often as they might like, anyway—b*- ciuse of high prices.
But, he said, "In order to get uniformity in public eating places,
raising an extra 100,000,000 bushels jand  also   In  order  that all  of  ut of grain  for  Europe.    • may feel that we are making our
Meanwhile, Secretary of Interior contribution together, the commlt- J. A. Krug said the amount of tee has designated Tuesday as a food which the United States could meatless   day."
Valley's Building Boom Record With 20 Million
Wyoming Valley is experiencing the biggest building period In history.
Up and down the breadth of this region home-buUding is on the rise, industrial plants are expanding their facilities, and muncipal, county and state highway, road and bridge plans combine to bring the total expenditure for construction to more than 20 million dollars.
Public works projects top activity with a total program costing four million dollars.
Resort areas, awaiting the annual ''influx of thousands of winter tour-
The U.S. public health service The%t:rhe:i;h department^aid has barred since last year inter- that the ban on «a!e and importa- «tate traffic in parrots, amazons, tion of such "psittacine" birds was Mexican double heads, parrakeets, being ignored in "most cities of African grays, cockatoos, macaws, Pennsylvania," and warned against love birds, lories, lorikeets and the  violations. , other    species    of    the    psittacine  'i"-"*^-
Mortality High. 'family.     Exceptions   permit   ship- •*'°^" ko*" "Oh
"Parrots and birds ot the same family can cause the disease of psittacosis of which there has been occasion outbreaks in the state," deputy Health Secretary J. Moore Campbell explained. "When these outbreaks  occur  the  mortality   of
Largest single project is the Carey Avenue Bridge for which one and a half million dollars will be ex¬ pended. Others include the con¬ struction of the South Street Bridge, $474,000 and Plymouth pumping stations, $925,000.
Repaving of Wilkes-Barre city streets, a project costing $300,000 with about $50,000 remaining to be
approximately   $7,000,   exclusive   ofl
Bridge Work
IVz Months Ahead
With two piers of the new Carey Avenue Bridge completed, C. F. Goeringer (I^. employees yesterday finished construction of the  "footers"  for  all  the  r««
plumbing,   heating   and   electrical I maining piers.   Third pier Is ex-
work
Home-building is receiving its greatest Impetus among Wyoming Valley communities in the Back Mountain and Mountain Top sec¬ tions,  where  several   developments
pected to be completed this week.
C. F. Goeringer said yesterday that low water in the Susque¬ hanna River has aided in speed¬ ing  up the pier construction.
"We  had  planned to  co-nplet*
have brought the building program | all the piers by the first of the
spent, will be completed next month. OOO.
to approximately more than $500,-
Kingston borough is engagca in the construction of a new sewer drainage system in the First ward of   that   community   at   a   cost   of
humans  is  so high  that  it  is  cer-
ments  to  zoos «nd  research  insti-|    One  of  the  ma]or  highway  im-
tutes,   and   movement   by   owners Provements is the contract for the
who accompany not more than two j construction of the Alden Mountain
birds  which  have  not  had  contact;road   at   $135,000.   Work   has   been
psittacine    bird*    fori^'^'ed   by   the   C.   F.   Goeringer
I Construction Co.
„ , , I    Tomorrow  work   is   expected   to
f^"""'.''*'" P°^.*_^/-*^P"""'^" start   on   the   development   of   one
with    other two years,
Natona Mills is planning con¬ struction of more than a dozen dwellings   for   its   employees • near
year. Now it looks as if we'll be finished with the six pier* by Nov. 15," he explained.
Mr. Gloeringir added that when the   piers   are  completed  he  ex-
Dallas.   Banks Construction Co.  is   pects that the steel shortage will
creating a large housing project to the east of the Natona plants between Lake street and the main highway and has 175 lots prepared for buildings. Another home-buUd- ing program is under way on Car¬ verton Road, where more than 40 dwellings are planned. Plymouth Activity Conversion of the former Strauss
force   a   delay   In   work   on   th* structure.
Is   bringing   Increased   aetlvHy  ta that region.
As an example of an increaa* in home construction. Forty Fort r*> ports more being built In that area than   in   any   period   In   the   pa*t
talnly worth taking precautions to l^'^"" psittacine birds prior to the^jj   ^j^^    largest   housing   develop- structure, one of Plymouth's largest seven years
guard against it." !l946  ban may keep  them  »»  pets j^j^jj^^   j^,  Wyoming  Valley  in  the buildings   on   Main   street,   into   a     A dozen dwellings are under con-
Campbell said that psittacosis isi'n '"«"¦ homes. iEdison-Lafayette   Park   section   of large   apartment   house   by   Peter struction,   most   of   which   will   b«
acute    disease    with    typhoid j    Health   oflScials   said   the   birds South   Wilkes-Barre.
Barney  is  the  largest  home-build- comipleted within a month.    Thr^
characteristics, ending fatally In ajshould   eventually   disappear   fromj    Ben   Ficrman   is   the   creator  of ing   Item   in   the   West  Side   com- are located on Arlington road, two
large percentage of cases. It is conveyed to humans by psittacine birds suffering with the ailment.
the Pennsylvania scene, but added jthe   home-building   program   there'munity. on  Murray  street,   two  on  Rutter
pointedly   that   their   average   life which  will include  46 units,  hous-|    Construction  of  many  homes  In| avenue   and   single   dwelling* span is 25 years. 'ing 92 families. Each unit will cost | the Mountain Top-Nuangola region |        <0>ntinued on Pag* A-S)
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