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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Fair, somewhat warmer; Monday, rlnudy, warm, scattered showers. 41ST YEAR, NO. 37 — 40 PAGES CMTKO PREHS WIra Newt 8en-tc« WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1947 PRICE TWELVE CENTS Marshall Parley Urges Reds to Come in Say Failure Y/ill Set Europe Back By 10,000 Years Paris, July 12,— (UP)—Forty-eight statesmen sat down around a table in the foreign offlce today and opened a fateful, Russian- boycotted conference on the Marshall PleCn which perhaps was their last chance to pull the 16 Western European nations they represent out 'of a deepening morass of bankruptcy, hunger and despair. If their deliberations succeed, Western Europe may, with American help, attain to a prosperity end muiuai trust that it has never known. Count Carlo Sforza, Italy's foreign minister, warned that if thej' fail, civilization will be set back 10,000 —Jamss Uutur llis^hff a^r Hazards—Xo. 5 Room for One Car Here at a Time But Big Trucks, Pedestrians Keep Trying This ts a part of Pennsylvania's vast highway system — and a small portion it if, for two cars cannot pass each other in this narrow underpass which leads from Lu¬ zerne to the upper reaches of the borough and then to Bunker Hill and the Back Mountain region. While only one car can negotiate the tiny underpass at a time, pedestrians also find themselves a neglected lot since no provi¬ sion has been made for their safety on this roadway. Already one life has been lost and numerous injuries incurred by pedestrians caught in the under¬ pass trap by vehicles, Man.v head- on collisions have rceulted as motorists attempted to gain prior¬ ity passage through the single-lane underpass. Latest boon to danger has been the addition of huge trailer trucks which ease through and crowd the underpass en route to mine operations in Luzerne and Swoyet:- villc. Thfe "Narrow Bridge' warning sign has been knocked down and now rests on the ground out of view of motorists. Out of view of many residents who are eyeing Pennsylvania's widely heralded safety campaign, this dangerous underpass is in constant use daily by residents and motorists who see not even the slightest chance for safety here and are content to keep their fingers crossed and hope to get through - - with luck. 2 EX-SERGEANTS SECRETS ARRESra Mt. Lebanon and Chicago Men Face Fines, Jail Terms Washington, July 12 (UP)-The FBI tonight arrested two former Army sergeants and charged them wilh stealing highly restricted doc¬ uments and data about the nation's most doscly-guarded secret—thc atomic bomb. Thc arrested men are Alexander von der Luft. 23, of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., and Earnest D. Wallis. 34, of Chicago. Afting Individually, thc FBI said they stole documents and photographs from the atomic bomb plant al I^os Alamos, N. M. Everything they took, FBI Di¬ rector J. Edgar Hoover said, has since been recovered and returned to the Atomic Energy Commission. Army Was In Charge Hoover said the bomb secrets were stolen before the civilian atomic commission came into exist¬ ence. He placed responsibility for thc breach of security "wiihin the sole nnd exclusive jurisdiction of the (Army's) Manhattan engineer district." Both men were arrested early tonight, von der Luft in Mt. I.K;banon and Wallis in Chicago. Von der Luft will be arraigned in Pittsburfth, Wallis in Chicago, at a time not announced by the FBI. They face maximum penalties, if convicted, of $2,000 fine and three years in prison. Von der Luft is a .senior at Princeton,. home now for the sum¬ mer. The Los Alam<-% loot Included (Continued on Page A-13) Ancient City History Yf ashed Up by Big Rain Water in Wood Street Area Caused by Flow from Penna. RR Drain, Built .After Civil War When Canal Was Filled A portion of Wilkes-Barre's ancient history came to light in the investigation made of the Hooded conditions in the South Main, South Franklin and Wood streel areas nearly two weeks ago. It waan't bad planning on the cit;A. part after all and the fear that another drain would have to be installed seems eliminated. Trouble was caused by overflowing of the old masonry culvert, built right afler the Civil War, under ths Pennsylvania Railroad. When all that water, gu.shing «iit by blowing up the manholes in a years. Undisturbed by East-West fric¬ tion, the conference worked with speed unprecedented in interna- national meetings since the end of the war. The conference held a first session that lasted from 11:03 a. m. to 12:0.') p. m. Russia Also Moves Fast Russia and one of its satellites, Czechoslovakia, also disclosed an example of quick agreement today. It was a far-reaching, five-year trade treaty which may be, the start of a Russian counter-offen¬ sive project to the Marshall Plan Cowmunist Premier Klemen Gotl- wald. Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and Minister of Justice Prokop Dritina. returned to Prague, the capital of their country, and an¬ nounced that Russia in 1948 will de- Uver to Czechoslovakia 400,000 tons of wheat, fodder and corn, e.S.OOO tons of fertilizers, 20,000 tons of cotton and various ores. Czechoslovakia will deliver loco¬ motives, machinery, meat, sugar, shoes and textiles. Gottwald, Masaryk and Dritina had spent only two days in Moscow. But during that time, they had reached the trade agreement and also agreed with Premier Joseph Stalin that Czechoslovakia should back out of the Paris Conference after it had accepted an invitation. Haste Urged During the hour and two minutes of the first session. Foreign Min- Lster Ernest Bevin of Britain and Foreign Minister Georges Bidault of France, representing the Inviting powers, made short speeches. They, as well as Sforza, ttie only other speaker, emphasized the urgent need of haste to save western Europe from economic chaos, Before adjourning, the plenary long stretch from South Wilkes Barre Corners up to Waverly Place and Whalen Court, there followed a rush far more than the city drains lould handle. Councilman Oliver Price said yes¬ terday that it is considered cer¬ tain this old and big culvert, which is flve feet high and three feet wide, backed up because it was blocked. This is fortunate because if it should be proved the culvert just was not big enough any more, the city would face trouble. Followed Canal Days City Engineer Guy B. Walker explained that the big culvert was built when the old canal was filled in and the railroad built where it used to be. "When the canal was fhere," he said, "all the water that drained down from the Hill went into it. That's what made the canal. Prob- ablly, before there was a canal, there was a creek along there and streams flowing into it off what is now the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre. "We are shown all the time that when cities build therhselves over the natural waler courses, tlie water has to be taken care of. It does not stop flowing just because the creek bed is filled in. Built in 1870*8 "That is why, to take care of nearly all the water which flows down from the Heights, tbe big culvert was biult wherf the canal was filled in. That was done In the 1870's. "Pennsylvania Railroad built that part which flows from Northamp¬ ton street down to Solomon's Creek, "Lehigh Valley built the other part, taking the water the other way to the north, under tracks part way and then out to the river under what are now the Laurel Line tracks. "Naturally, when that culvert, carrying all that water, was blocked, the ¦water backed up and terrific force was generated. It had to go some place and blew out the man holes. That sent all the water over towards Wood street. Drains Filled "All our drains from that sec¬ tion were full to the top. They couldn't carry any more. So the water spread out over the ground." Councilman Price added that the discovery of the real cause ended his belief that a new drain would have to be installed on South Franklin street, from Elizabeth sireet to Wood, "The drains there are all right," he said. "There is no reason to expect drains there to handle such an emergency as this, caused by (Continued on Page A-12) Jews Threaten to Kill Two British Hostages Jerusalem, Palestine, July (UP) Menahem Beigin, chief of tlie Jewish underground group Ii-gun Zvai Leumi, threatened to¬ night that two British sergeants Ifidnapped from the diamond center of Nathanya, would be hanged unless "our prisoners of War are given a fair deal," The death threat came soon after Brig. J. W. R. Moore announced military operations againsi Jewish that the British army will start cxtremLsts tomorrow morning, Beigln's threat was contained In * letter received by Mayor Oved Ben-Ami of Nathanya. who had ap¬ pealed for the release of the hostages. Ben-Ami's plea to "e.'ery citizen In Today's tssue Kditorial B ( Classified C—7 Movies C 8 Obituary A—« Kadio C_« Sports ,..„ B 1 Social C 1 12. of good will In the district to leave no stone unturned to extend the ut¬ most help toward finding those kid¬ napped," came after an all-day search by Hagana, Jewish imder- ground army, failed. Beigin, in his letter to the mayor, said: "No, no, this time we shall neither let these two hostages go nor allow anyone to intervene-in their behalf. This time we mean business. We shall hang them unless our own prisoners of war are given a fair deal." Retaliation Move The Irgunist leader's statement bore out earlier belief that the kid¬ nappings were carried out in retali¬ ation for the death .sentences con¬ firmed last week on three Irgunists convicted of participating in the daring Acre prison raid last May. Moore, military commander of the area, informed Ben-Ami that "the army will start operations which will 'inconvenience' the local population." He said that he would take every drastic step short of martial law unless the hostages were retivned. NEW SUPER-ROCKET CAN CARRY 200-LB. LOAD 8,000 MPH Colorado Springs, Colo., July 12, (UPI-The United States has de¬ veloped a super-rocket '\vhich could carry a 200-pound load across the country at 8,000 miles an hour, a scientist who inspected the rocket proving grounds at White Sands, N. M., disclosed today. Dr. Walter Orr Roberts, superin tendent of the high altitude ob servatory of Harvard Universit.v and the University of Colorado at Climax, Colo., described the new "Neptune" rocket to a Rotary Club meeting. "This is not a dream," he said, "but a completed thing. It has been developed for scientific pur poses — I hope," ^ He said the 8,000-mile-an-hour speed and 200-pound load, which could be "a bomb if necessary," were "proven statistics." He said the rocket could rise 235 miles above the earth's surface. White .Sands, N. M., July 12. (UPl—Army Ordnance Proving Ground officers had no comment tonight on reports that the U. S. had developed an 8,000-miles-an- hour super-rocket. Maj. P. G.* Scholar, executive officer, said the newest "Neptune" rocket 'was "a Navy project" about which the Army would aay nothing. Long-Winded Talks Delay Tax Bill Vote to Monday Washington, July 12. (UP)- Sen¬ ate tax-cutters bowed to long- winded opposition oratory tonight and put off until Monday passage of the revived $4.1000,000.000 income tax reduction bill. Chairman Eugene D. Millikln, R., Colo., of lhe finance committee and Republican Whip Kenneth S. Wherry had planned lo keep the unusual Saturday session going un¬ til the Senate waa ready to vole. But afler the Senate had quickly killed a number of opposition amendments, foes of the measure lossed such a stream of argument againsi il under the Senate's un¬ limited debate rule that Repub¬ licans leaders decided to call' it a day. The Republican leadership reluc tanlly consented to a recess al 8:49 p. m. EDT, afler a session lasting nearly 10 hours. The Senate is now expected to pa.ss the House-approved bill Mon¬ day. The House passed the bill Tues¬ day with 26 more votes than it will need lo override the veto President Truman has promised Just before the Senate recessed. Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky said he was confident the Upper House could complele action Monday and that President Truman would probably send it back with a veto. A United Press poll shows 33 senators, including two Republi¬ cans, lined up to support n presi¬ dential veto, Tliirty-two would be sufficient to sustain if 94 senators were present. The major amendment still pend¬ ing would extend to married couples in all states a community properly benefit permitting them to split their incomes for tax pur- pcscs. Sen. John D. McClellan. D.. Ark., sponsor of the amendment, said it would require only a short debate. Although no specific hour wa? set for a final vote on the bill, it appeared likely the Senate would reject McClellan's amendment and approve the bill "as is." t'nlikc Texas Republicans Earlier, the determined effort of Maiorily Whip Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska brought loud objections from Sen, Tom Connally, D„ Tex,, who oHservcd: GEORGES BIDAULT Hopes empty places soon will be occupied. session unanimously approved a motion by Britain and France for setting up, as a matter of urgency, a series of committees to meet in Paris. It will b« the duty of these com¬ mittees to prepare a response to Secretary oif Stale George Mar¬ shall's proposal, made in a speech al Harvard University June 5. that the nations of Europe get together see what they can do for them- (Continucd on Pago A-2) tliey cannot prevent passage now, apparently have enough votes to sustain a veto. filibusters," Connally said. "This ll Saturday nighl—we owe ourselves little rest and relaxation." Proponents of the revived Repub¬ lican bill lo cut income taxes 10.5 lo .30 per cent embarked on an amendqiicnt-killing campaign in a drive to get a vote soon. The House passed tlje $4,000,- 00O,0(X) a year lax slash Tuesday with a margin of 26 more voteg than would be needed to overside the velo which President Truman has promised. The Senate will pass the new bill but by a smaller margin. As things stand now, foe.s of the measure ap¬ parently have_enough votes — 33 — lo sustain a veto. It lakes a two- third-s mpjority to override. O'Mahoney Talks 3 Hours After the Senate had defeated a number of amendments, Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney. D., Wyo., spoke two hours against the bill. O'Mahoney argued that any Treasury surplus should be used for debt rather than tax reduction. The bill us jusl like the one which President Truman killed with a velo earlier in the session except that its effective date would b« Senate opponents ot tax cuts, whil* "In my country all good Republi- Jan. 1 instead of last July 1 cans are out somewhere on Sat- Shortly after today's debate urdav night having a good time." opened, the Senate went to work "These kind of tactics make for' (Conlinued on Page A-13) SHOT AT BECAUSE Ex-Capitol Cop Shoots Twice In Senate Subway Expect to Ban U. S. Relief To Poland and Hungary Washington, July 12. (UP) —Iwas made public, authorized a Secretary ot State George C. Mar- $350,000,000 foreign relief program. | shall conferred for three hours | But it has not yet appropriated I with Republican House leaders to¬ day aa reports circulated that Con¬ gress would ban U. S. relief to Poland and Hungary bccause.they jointed Russia in boycotting thc Marshall Plan conference in Paris. Marshall talked with Speaker Joseph W. Martin jr. and GOP members of the House appropria¬ tions commitlee. All declined to comment afterward except to say they talked over the general for¬ eign relief situation. Slay Ban Red Nations funds to carry it out. Designated as relief recipients in tlie author¬ ization measure were Poland, Hun¬ gary, Italy, Austria, Greece, 'Trieste and China. But it has been reported from several sources that the Houae appropriations committee plans to draft a prohibition against relief funds for countries which refuse to co-operate in the Marshall Plan. Rep. Carl E. Mundt,' R., S. D., _ member of the House foreign Congress',' long 'bef'o're the Mar-j affairs committee, predicted that shall Plan for European recovery' (Continued on Page A-12) Washington, July 12. lUP) —An ex-capitol policeman with a 15- year-old grudge again.st Sen. John W. Bricker fired two bullets at the Ohio Republican today missed. The assailant, William L. Kaiser of Columbia, C, told reporters af¬ ter he was captured that he shot at Bricker in order "to refresh his memory." The shooting occurred in the block-lonq; underground subway linking the Capitol and thc Senate Office Building. Kaiser fled, but was captured by Washington police in the lobb.v ot a downtown aparlment house. The gun waa tucked in a leather holster inside his shirt. Thought They Were Blanks Bricker, who described his as.sall- anl as "a little off," .said immedi Neiv Labor Law Violated by CIO To Force Test Washington, Jirty 12. (UP)- CIO President I'hilip Murray and Wal¬ ter P. Reuther. head of the CIO's biggest union, deliberately violated the Taft-Hartley Act today to pro¬ voke court tests of ils ban on union political expenditures. Murray violated tlie ban by pub¬ lishing an editorial statement tak¬ ing sides in a Maryland congres- but sional campaign. Reuther. chief of the United Auto Workers Union, took similar action in Detroit. In Uie July issue of "Th.5 United Automobile Work¬ er" Re'uther took sides in the Mary¬ land campaign" and urged voters Murray urged CIO members In Maryland's Third congressional district to vote for Edward .\. Garmatz, Democratic party candt> date in Tuesday's special con- gressional election. Without naming names, Murray called one of Garmatz' opponents "notorious" for his "anti-unioa views and activities." Garmatz is opposed by Edwin S. Panetti, Republican, and Simoa P. Jarosinski, independent Demo« crat. The election is to fill the House seat vacated by Thomas D'Alesandro jr., who resigned to in a Pennsylvania district to elect | run for mayor of Baltimore. the Democratic candidate for Con¬ gress. Reuther said he doubted Sen Murray said hia statement wds a clear violation of a provision of thfc new labor law which pro- Robert A Taft, R., C, or other I hibits corporations and unions backers of the new labor law "will! from making any contribution or have the courage to demand prose¬ cution for this violation." He said he hopea someone would prose¬ cute, h'lwcver, "because the law needs I " le te.'5ted." Both he and Murray said a test would establish the "iinconstitu- Killing of 7 Negroes in Prison Called Massacre Brunswick, Ga., July 12 (UP) — Negro convicts who survived "a massacre" at the Anguilla prison camp told a coroner's jury loday that Warden H. G. Worthy was "half drunk" 'and gave the com¬ mand for the barrage of shots that killed seven of their number and wounded six by shouting to guards: "Mow 'em down, boys." Their stories were heatedly de¬ nied by Worthy and other white men who witnessed the shooting late yesterday afternoon. Bul the coroner's inquest was recessed abruptly when Superior Judge Gor¬ don Knox convened a grand jury for Wednesday to investigate al the request of C. G. Cogdcll, a white attorney retained by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. While the coroner's inquest heard witnesses, one of the convicts wounded, died, brings the death toll to seven. The chief convict witness was Willie (Pee Wee) Bell, a Ufer, who accused the warden. Denying liie accusations of Worthy that he had led a "mutiny' or "revolt" of convicts, Bell said Worthy had ordered the barrage. Another convict, Albert Adams, said that just before the shooting began Worthy had called from out¬ side the stockade: "Come on out. Pee Wee, I want to kill you." Rather than "lunging" at Worthy, as Worthy alleged. Bell backed into the crowd of convicts and asked the warden to let him take off his shoes because he didn't want lo die wilh his shoes on, Adams said. Denies Charging Warden Bell also denied Worthy's charge that he lunged at the warden when he entered the stockade. The guards fired inlo 27 convicts mill¬ ing around in the wire enclosure. The trouble siarted when the 27 refused to wade into a swamp water to cut roadside weeds. They were returned to the camp and (Continued on Page A-12) So. Carolina Told to Let Negroes Vote in Primary Charleston, S. C, July 13 (UP)— Federal District Judge J. Vvaites Waring ruled today that the state of South Carolina must permit Negroes lo vote in heretofore all- while Democratic primary elec¬ tions. Waring granted a plea by George Elmore, a Columbia, S, C, Negro who asked for a declaratory judg¬ ment lo prevent the Democratic parly from barring Negroes at the polls. Democratic parly leaders turned the primary in Piuth Carolina into a "private clui * affair after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot bar Negroes from elections in .which federal offices are at stake. Georgia followed the Identical pattern when the slate legislature met last spring but Gov, M. E, Thompson vetoed the "white su¬ premacy" legislation. South Carolina Democrats took the position that as long as their primary was held as a parly and not a state election, the Supreme Court decision did not apply. But Waring held that "the pres¬ ent Democratic party is acting for and on behalf of the people of South Carolina and the primary is the only practical place where one can express a choice," Racial distinction, he said, "can¬ not bc allowed to cxi"* 'n the ma¬ chinery which selecLt, the law¬ makers and officers of the United States." atelv after the shooting that he i tionality" of the political ban. thought Kaiser had used blanks,; In a signed statement on the But police said Kaiser admit-^ f^""' P^&^ "^ "'" ^^^ ^cws, ted he had fired "live bullets." | They said that Kaiser, 49, would be given a preliminary court hear¬ ing Mond.ay on charges of assault with intent to kill. Bricker said Kaiser rame to him three months ago and again yes¬ terday demanding to know when the senator was going to return "the money vou stole" from the Columbia Building and Loan Asso¬ ciation of Columbus 15 years ago. The former Ohio Governor and 1944 Republican vice-presidential nominee explained that Kaiser ap¬ parently lost some money when the company was ordered liquidated in 1932 by Bricker—who was then Ohio atiorney general. Kaiser's statement that he shot at Bricker lo "refresh his memory' apparently referred to that liquida¬ tion. Kaiser, captured three hours after the shooting, was charged wilh assault with intent to kill. Discharged in April He was discharged from the capitol police force last April as pari of the political patronage turnover whirh resulted when the Republicana took over control of Congress this year. Kuiser had been appointed by Biickcra predecessor. Sen. Ja",,.* W. Huffman. D., O. Kaiser implied to newmen that he was not trying to assassinate Bricker. When a reporter told him it looked "•.!. if you were trying lo 'Continued on Page A-12) expenditure in political campaigns for federal office. He said CIO lawyers have told him this provision is unconstitu¬ tional and the only way to find out is by 'affirmative action." The Justice Department would not comment immediately on tho two violations. Department attor- (Contir.ued on Page A-12) Chance for Buck Rogers Journey But-It Will Co On Forever San Krancisco, July 12.—(I I"! — Scinnce has developed a new exploNive poxy^rful cniiugh lo burl steel comi* beyond the pull of gravity where tliey will float around the earth forever, an astronomer said today. The explosive, named penolite, has been a closely guarded military secret since its ilcvclopinciit n( vc-.i years ago, acrording to Dr. Fritz Zwicky, astronomer at >lt. WilSon Oliservatoiy. In a report to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Zwicky said scientiHlK already have alteinpted to toss projectiles high enough to Ix'coine artificial satellites like Ihe moon. The attempts failed but new experiments are being planned, lie said. If the tents succeed thoy mighl mark a milestone in the development of inter-planctary coinniuniration, Zwicky said. I'cnolitc is repiitrd to be about one-third more powerful than TNT and capable of propelling one of the cones at about six miles per wcond. Zviicky's disclosure came on the hecU of an announcement that the Iniversitj' of California's new 4,00(l-lon cyclotron has blasted as many as '^2 and possibly 30 particlt s from an atomic nucleus and produced new atoms not found in nature. ^ame Withclrai%ii Valley Scene Hotel Sterlhig lobby jammed Moiidan night us seldom bef ort, with Ctcuelaiid Indians baselxill team, Caniiin Cavalhru'a orch¬ estra and rodeo performers all scekiiii/ rooms ut the same time. Helyful citii traffic cop re- turninci gasoline container to liifer street station after has¬ tening along stalled car ichich had been blocking traffic. Three tvomen, seated side hn »ide in Wilkes-Barre beaut if parlor, acting so surprised to hum each other's names: Crook, Laic and Wardetu Biddle Accuses Vandenberg of Blocking Nomination to UN Washington, July 1- /UP) -ifor oniy one. I'hus he will be only F'ormer Attorney General Francis „ part-time representative at tha Biddle, once a prominent member ,.^, of the "Newr"- . ^ . ^^ Deal." accused ^^^ action ended a six montlir Senate Presi-! behind-the-scenes row between dent Arthur H. j Vandenberg, Republican spokesmaft Vandenberg to-ion foreign policy, and the admmis- day of blocking | tralion. At times the quarrel seem- Senate action 0.11 ed to carry the seeds of a threat his nomination j to the bipartisan foreign poUcy. lo be U. S. rer-1 president Truman no«iinatel resentative o n JBiddle in January to replace former lhe United Na-ly^n,j,assador John G. Winant at the ticins economic I yfj ^f^^,. Biddle completed hie and social coun-jjj^gjg„,„g^j ^^^ ^^^^ yg member of ''"' I the international military tribunal At Biddle's re- which tried top Nazi leaders «t S.S.AVANDEN.HG w!ir''grekt re-^'""^^"''^^^- . „ ,,. ulctancl'^ Prest Vandenberg and other RepublU dent Truman withdraw the nomi- <^»" ".embers of the Senate foreign n.Uion and in his place named Wil- .relations committee lo-t "o time lard L. Thorp, assistant secretary ^'"'"''^ing it known that they con- of slate for economics. Thorp wiUiS'dered Biddle poliHrally obnoxious hold botli jobs but will receive pay (Continued on Page A-13) S. 9M%
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Date | 1947-07-13 |
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Day | 13 |
Year | 1947 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 37 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
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Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
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FullText | A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Fair, somewhat warmer; Monday, rlnudy, warm, scattered showers. 41ST YEAR, NO. 37 — 40 PAGES CMTKO PREHS WIra Newt 8en-tc« WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1947 PRICE TWELVE CENTS Marshall Parley Urges Reds to Come in Say Failure Y/ill Set Europe Back By 10,000 Years Paris, July 12,— (UP)—Forty-eight statesmen sat down around a table in the foreign offlce today and opened a fateful, Russian- boycotted conference on the Marshall PleCn which perhaps was their last chance to pull the 16 Western European nations they represent out 'of a deepening morass of bankruptcy, hunger and despair. If their deliberations succeed, Western Europe may, with American help, attain to a prosperity end muiuai trust that it has never known. Count Carlo Sforza, Italy's foreign minister, warned that if thej' fail, civilization will be set back 10,000 —Jamss Uutur llis^hff a^r Hazards—Xo. 5 Room for One Car Here at a Time But Big Trucks, Pedestrians Keep Trying This ts a part of Pennsylvania's vast highway system — and a small portion it if, for two cars cannot pass each other in this narrow underpass which leads from Lu¬ zerne to the upper reaches of the borough and then to Bunker Hill and the Back Mountain region. While only one car can negotiate the tiny underpass at a time, pedestrians also find themselves a neglected lot since no provi¬ sion has been made for their safety on this roadway. Already one life has been lost and numerous injuries incurred by pedestrians caught in the under¬ pass trap by vehicles, Man.v head- on collisions have rceulted as motorists attempted to gain prior¬ ity passage through the single-lane underpass. Latest boon to danger has been the addition of huge trailer trucks which ease through and crowd the underpass en route to mine operations in Luzerne and Swoyet:- villc. Thfe "Narrow Bridge' warning sign has been knocked down and now rests on the ground out of view of motorists. Out of view of many residents who are eyeing Pennsylvania's widely heralded safety campaign, this dangerous underpass is in constant use daily by residents and motorists who see not even the slightest chance for safety here and are content to keep their fingers crossed and hope to get through - - with luck. 2 EX-SERGEANTS SECRETS ARRESra Mt. Lebanon and Chicago Men Face Fines, Jail Terms Washington, July 12 (UP)-The FBI tonight arrested two former Army sergeants and charged them wilh stealing highly restricted doc¬ uments and data about the nation's most doscly-guarded secret—thc atomic bomb. Thc arrested men are Alexander von der Luft. 23, of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., and Earnest D. Wallis. 34, of Chicago. Afting Individually, thc FBI said they stole documents and photographs from the atomic bomb plant al I^os Alamos, N. M. Everything they took, FBI Di¬ rector J. Edgar Hoover said, has since been recovered and returned to the Atomic Energy Commission. Army Was In Charge Hoover said the bomb secrets were stolen before the civilian atomic commission came into exist¬ ence. He placed responsibility for thc breach of security "wiihin the sole nnd exclusive jurisdiction of the (Army's) Manhattan engineer district." Both men were arrested early tonight, von der Luft in Mt. I.K;banon and Wallis in Chicago. Von der Luft will be arraigned in Pittsburfth, Wallis in Chicago, at a time not announced by the FBI. They face maximum penalties, if convicted, of $2,000 fine and three years in prison. Von der Luft is a .senior at Princeton,. home now for the sum¬ mer. The Los Alam<-% loot Included (Continued on Page A-13) Ancient City History Yf ashed Up by Big Rain Water in Wood Street Area Caused by Flow from Penna. RR Drain, Built .After Civil War When Canal Was Filled A portion of Wilkes-Barre's ancient history came to light in the investigation made of the Hooded conditions in the South Main, South Franklin and Wood streel areas nearly two weeks ago. It waan't bad planning on the cit;A. part after all and the fear that another drain would have to be installed seems eliminated. Trouble was caused by overflowing of the old masonry culvert, built right afler the Civil War, under ths Pennsylvania Railroad. When all that water, gu.shing «iit by blowing up the manholes in a years. Undisturbed by East-West fric¬ tion, the conference worked with speed unprecedented in interna- national meetings since the end of the war. The conference held a first session that lasted from 11:03 a. m. to 12:0.') p. m. Russia Also Moves Fast Russia and one of its satellites, Czechoslovakia, also disclosed an example of quick agreement today. It was a far-reaching, five-year trade treaty which may be, the start of a Russian counter-offen¬ sive project to the Marshall Plan Cowmunist Premier Klemen Gotl- wald. Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and Minister of Justice Prokop Dritina. returned to Prague, the capital of their country, and an¬ nounced that Russia in 1948 will de- Uver to Czechoslovakia 400,000 tons of wheat, fodder and corn, e.S.OOO tons of fertilizers, 20,000 tons of cotton and various ores. Czechoslovakia will deliver loco¬ motives, machinery, meat, sugar, shoes and textiles. Gottwald, Masaryk and Dritina had spent only two days in Moscow. But during that time, they had reached the trade agreement and also agreed with Premier Joseph Stalin that Czechoslovakia should back out of the Paris Conference after it had accepted an invitation. Haste Urged During the hour and two minutes of the first session. Foreign Min- Lster Ernest Bevin of Britain and Foreign Minister Georges Bidault of France, representing the Inviting powers, made short speeches. They, as well as Sforza, ttie only other speaker, emphasized the urgent need of haste to save western Europe from economic chaos, Before adjourning, the plenary long stretch from South Wilkes Barre Corners up to Waverly Place and Whalen Court, there followed a rush far more than the city drains lould handle. Councilman Oliver Price said yes¬ terday that it is considered cer¬ tain this old and big culvert, which is flve feet high and three feet wide, backed up because it was blocked. This is fortunate because if it should be proved the culvert just was not big enough any more, the city would face trouble. Followed Canal Days City Engineer Guy B. Walker explained that the big culvert was built when the old canal was filled in and the railroad built where it used to be. "When the canal was fhere," he said, "all the water that drained down from the Hill went into it. That's what made the canal. Prob- ablly, before there was a canal, there was a creek along there and streams flowing into it off what is now the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre. "We are shown all the time that when cities build therhselves over the natural waler courses, tlie water has to be taken care of. It does not stop flowing just because the creek bed is filled in. Built in 1870*8 "That is why, to take care of nearly all the water which flows down from the Heights, tbe big culvert was biult wherf the canal was filled in. That was done In the 1870's. "Pennsylvania Railroad built that part which flows from Northamp¬ ton street down to Solomon's Creek, "Lehigh Valley built the other part, taking the water the other way to the north, under tracks part way and then out to the river under what are now the Laurel Line tracks. "Naturally, when that culvert, carrying all that water, was blocked, the ¦water backed up and terrific force was generated. It had to go some place and blew out the man holes. That sent all the water over towards Wood street. Drains Filled "All our drains from that sec¬ tion were full to the top. They couldn't carry any more. So the water spread out over the ground." Councilman Price added that the discovery of the real cause ended his belief that a new drain would have to be installed on South Franklin street, from Elizabeth sireet to Wood, "The drains there are all right," he said. "There is no reason to expect drains there to handle such an emergency as this, caused by (Continued on Page A-12) Jews Threaten to Kill Two British Hostages Jerusalem, Palestine, July (UP) Menahem Beigin, chief of tlie Jewish underground group Ii-gun Zvai Leumi, threatened to¬ night that two British sergeants Ifidnapped from the diamond center of Nathanya, would be hanged unless "our prisoners of War are given a fair deal," The death threat came soon after Brig. J. W. R. Moore announced military operations againsi Jewish that the British army will start cxtremLsts tomorrow morning, Beigln's threat was contained In * letter received by Mayor Oved Ben-Ami of Nathanya. who had ap¬ pealed for the release of the hostages. Ben-Ami's plea to "e.'ery citizen In Today's tssue Kditorial B ( Classified C—7 Movies C 8 Obituary A—« Kadio C_« Sports ,..„ B 1 Social C 1 12. of good will In the district to leave no stone unturned to extend the ut¬ most help toward finding those kid¬ napped," came after an all-day search by Hagana, Jewish imder- ground army, failed. Beigin, in his letter to the mayor, said: "No, no, this time we shall neither let these two hostages go nor allow anyone to intervene-in their behalf. This time we mean business. We shall hang them unless our own prisoners of war are given a fair deal." Retaliation Move The Irgunist leader's statement bore out earlier belief that the kid¬ nappings were carried out in retali¬ ation for the death .sentences con¬ firmed last week on three Irgunists convicted of participating in the daring Acre prison raid last May. Moore, military commander of the area, informed Ben-Ami that "the army will start operations which will 'inconvenience' the local population." He said that he would take every drastic step short of martial law unless the hostages were retivned. NEW SUPER-ROCKET CAN CARRY 200-LB. LOAD 8,000 MPH Colorado Springs, Colo., July 12, (UPI-The United States has de¬ veloped a super-rocket '\vhich could carry a 200-pound load across the country at 8,000 miles an hour, a scientist who inspected the rocket proving grounds at White Sands, N. M., disclosed today. Dr. Walter Orr Roberts, superin tendent of the high altitude ob servatory of Harvard Universit.v and the University of Colorado at Climax, Colo., described the new "Neptune" rocket to a Rotary Club meeting. "This is not a dream," he said, "but a completed thing. It has been developed for scientific pur poses — I hope," ^ He said the 8,000-mile-an-hour speed and 200-pound load, which could be "a bomb if necessary," were "proven statistics." He said the rocket could rise 235 miles above the earth's surface. White .Sands, N. M., July 12. (UPl—Army Ordnance Proving Ground officers had no comment tonight on reports that the U. S. had developed an 8,000-miles-an- hour super-rocket. Maj. P. G.* Scholar, executive officer, said the newest "Neptune" rocket 'was "a Navy project" about which the Army would aay nothing. Long-Winded Talks Delay Tax Bill Vote to Monday Washington, July 12. (UP)- Sen¬ ate tax-cutters bowed to long- winded opposition oratory tonight and put off until Monday passage of the revived $4.1000,000.000 income tax reduction bill. Chairman Eugene D. Millikln, R., Colo., of lhe finance committee and Republican Whip Kenneth S. Wherry had planned lo keep the unusual Saturday session going un¬ til the Senate waa ready to vole. But afler the Senate had quickly killed a number of opposition amendments, foes of the measure lossed such a stream of argument againsi il under the Senate's un¬ limited debate rule that Repub¬ licans leaders decided to call' it a day. The Republican leadership reluc tanlly consented to a recess al 8:49 p. m. EDT, afler a session lasting nearly 10 hours. The Senate is now expected to pa.ss the House-approved bill Mon¬ day. The House passed the bill Tues¬ day with 26 more votes than it will need lo override the veto President Truman has promised Just before the Senate recessed. Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky said he was confident the Upper House could complele action Monday and that President Truman would probably send it back with a veto. A United Press poll shows 33 senators, including two Republi¬ cans, lined up to support n presi¬ dential veto, Tliirty-two would be sufficient to sustain if 94 senators were present. The major amendment still pend¬ ing would extend to married couples in all states a community properly benefit permitting them to split their incomes for tax pur- pcscs. Sen. John D. McClellan. D.. Ark., sponsor of the amendment, said it would require only a short debate. Although no specific hour wa? set for a final vote on the bill, it appeared likely the Senate would reject McClellan's amendment and approve the bill "as is." t'nlikc Texas Republicans Earlier, the determined effort of Maiorily Whip Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska brought loud objections from Sen, Tom Connally, D„ Tex,, who oHservcd: GEORGES BIDAULT Hopes empty places soon will be occupied. session unanimously approved a motion by Britain and France for setting up, as a matter of urgency, a series of committees to meet in Paris. It will b« the duty of these com¬ mittees to prepare a response to Secretary oif Stale George Mar¬ shall's proposal, made in a speech al Harvard University June 5. that the nations of Europe get together see what they can do for them- (Continucd on Pago A-2) tliey cannot prevent passage now, apparently have enough votes to sustain a veto. filibusters," Connally said. "This ll Saturday nighl—we owe ourselves little rest and relaxation." Proponents of the revived Repub¬ lican bill lo cut income taxes 10.5 lo .30 per cent embarked on an amendqiicnt-killing campaign in a drive to get a vote soon. The House passed tlje $4,000,- 00O,0(X) a year lax slash Tuesday with a margin of 26 more voteg than would be needed to overside the velo which President Truman has promised. The Senate will pass the new bill but by a smaller margin. As things stand now, foe.s of the measure ap¬ parently have_enough votes — 33 — lo sustain a veto. It lakes a two- third-s mpjority to override. O'Mahoney Talks 3 Hours After the Senate had defeated a number of amendments, Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney. D., Wyo., spoke two hours against the bill. O'Mahoney argued that any Treasury surplus should be used for debt rather than tax reduction. The bill us jusl like the one which President Truman killed with a velo earlier in the session except that its effective date would b« Senate opponents ot tax cuts, whil* "In my country all good Republi- Jan. 1 instead of last July 1 cans are out somewhere on Sat- Shortly after today's debate urdav night having a good time." opened, the Senate went to work "These kind of tactics make for' (Conlinued on Page A-13) SHOT AT BECAUSE Ex-Capitol Cop Shoots Twice In Senate Subway Expect to Ban U. S. Relief To Poland and Hungary Washington, July 12. (UP) —Iwas made public, authorized a Secretary ot State George C. Mar- $350,000,000 foreign relief program. | shall conferred for three hours | But it has not yet appropriated I with Republican House leaders to¬ day aa reports circulated that Con¬ gress would ban U. S. relief to Poland and Hungary bccause.they jointed Russia in boycotting thc Marshall Plan conference in Paris. Marshall talked with Speaker Joseph W. Martin jr. and GOP members of the House appropria¬ tions commitlee. All declined to comment afterward except to say they talked over the general for¬ eign relief situation. Slay Ban Red Nations funds to carry it out. Designated as relief recipients in tlie author¬ ization measure were Poland, Hun¬ gary, Italy, Austria, Greece, 'Trieste and China. But it has been reported from several sources that the Houae appropriations committee plans to draft a prohibition against relief funds for countries which refuse to co-operate in the Marshall Plan. Rep. Carl E. Mundt,' R., S. D., _ member of the House foreign Congress',' long 'bef'o're the Mar-j affairs committee, predicted that shall Plan for European recovery' (Continued on Page A-12) Washington, July 12. lUP) —An ex-capitol policeman with a 15- year-old grudge again.st Sen. John W. Bricker fired two bullets at the Ohio Republican today missed. The assailant, William L. Kaiser of Columbia, C, told reporters af¬ ter he was captured that he shot at Bricker in order "to refresh his memory." The shooting occurred in the block-lonq; underground subway linking the Capitol and thc Senate Office Building. Kaiser fled, but was captured by Washington police in the lobb.v ot a downtown aparlment house. The gun waa tucked in a leather holster inside his shirt. Thought They Were Blanks Bricker, who described his as.sall- anl as "a little off," .said immedi Neiv Labor Law Violated by CIO To Force Test Washington, Jirty 12. (UP)- CIO President I'hilip Murray and Wal¬ ter P. Reuther. head of the CIO's biggest union, deliberately violated the Taft-Hartley Act today to pro¬ voke court tests of ils ban on union political expenditures. Murray violated tlie ban by pub¬ lishing an editorial statement tak¬ ing sides in a Maryland congres- but sional campaign. Reuther. chief of the United Auto Workers Union, took similar action in Detroit. In Uie July issue of "Th.5 United Automobile Work¬ er" Re'uther took sides in the Mary¬ land campaign" and urged voters Murray urged CIO members In Maryland's Third congressional district to vote for Edward .\. Garmatz, Democratic party candt> date in Tuesday's special con- gressional election. Without naming names, Murray called one of Garmatz' opponents "notorious" for his "anti-unioa views and activities." Garmatz is opposed by Edwin S. Panetti, Republican, and Simoa P. Jarosinski, independent Demo« crat. The election is to fill the House seat vacated by Thomas D'Alesandro jr., who resigned to in a Pennsylvania district to elect | run for mayor of Baltimore. the Democratic candidate for Con¬ gress. Reuther said he doubted Sen Murray said hia statement wds a clear violation of a provision of thfc new labor law which pro- Robert A Taft, R., C, or other I hibits corporations and unions backers of the new labor law "will! from making any contribution or have the courage to demand prose¬ cution for this violation." He said he hopea someone would prose¬ cute, h'lwcver, "because the law needs I " le te.'5ted." Both he and Murray said a test would establish the "iinconstitu- Killing of 7 Negroes in Prison Called Massacre Brunswick, Ga., July 12 (UP) — Negro convicts who survived "a massacre" at the Anguilla prison camp told a coroner's jury loday that Warden H. G. Worthy was "half drunk" 'and gave the com¬ mand for the barrage of shots that killed seven of their number and wounded six by shouting to guards: "Mow 'em down, boys." Their stories were heatedly de¬ nied by Worthy and other white men who witnessed the shooting late yesterday afternoon. Bul the coroner's inquest was recessed abruptly when Superior Judge Gor¬ don Knox convened a grand jury for Wednesday to investigate al the request of C. G. Cogdcll, a white attorney retained by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. While the coroner's inquest heard witnesses, one of the convicts wounded, died, brings the death toll to seven. The chief convict witness was Willie (Pee Wee) Bell, a Ufer, who accused the warden. Denying liie accusations of Worthy that he had led a "mutiny' or "revolt" of convicts, Bell said Worthy had ordered the barrage. Another convict, Albert Adams, said that just before the shooting began Worthy had called from out¬ side the stockade: "Come on out. Pee Wee, I want to kill you." Rather than "lunging" at Worthy, as Worthy alleged. Bell backed into the crowd of convicts and asked the warden to let him take off his shoes because he didn't want lo die wilh his shoes on, Adams said. Denies Charging Warden Bell also denied Worthy's charge that he lunged at the warden when he entered the stockade. The guards fired inlo 27 convicts mill¬ ing around in the wire enclosure. The trouble siarted when the 27 refused to wade into a swamp water to cut roadside weeds. They were returned to the camp and (Continued on Page A-12) So. Carolina Told to Let Negroes Vote in Primary Charleston, S. C, July 13 (UP)— Federal District Judge J. Vvaites Waring ruled today that the state of South Carolina must permit Negroes lo vote in heretofore all- while Democratic primary elec¬ tions. Waring granted a plea by George Elmore, a Columbia, S, C, Negro who asked for a declaratory judg¬ ment lo prevent the Democratic parly from barring Negroes at the polls. Democratic parly leaders turned the primary in Piuth Carolina into a "private clui * affair after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot bar Negroes from elections in .which federal offices are at stake. Georgia followed the Identical pattern when the slate legislature met last spring but Gov, M. E, Thompson vetoed the "white su¬ premacy" legislation. South Carolina Democrats took the position that as long as their primary was held as a parly and not a state election, the Supreme Court decision did not apply. But Waring held that "the pres¬ ent Democratic party is acting for and on behalf of the people of South Carolina and the primary is the only practical place where one can express a choice," Racial distinction, he said, "can¬ not bc allowed to cxi"* 'n the ma¬ chinery which selecLt, the law¬ makers and officers of the United States." atelv after the shooting that he i tionality" of the political ban. thought Kaiser had used blanks,; In a signed statement on the But police said Kaiser admit-^ f^""' P^&^ "^ "'" ^^^ ^cws, ted he had fired "live bullets." | They said that Kaiser, 49, would be given a preliminary court hear¬ ing Mond.ay on charges of assault with intent to kill. Bricker said Kaiser rame to him three months ago and again yes¬ terday demanding to know when the senator was going to return "the money vou stole" from the Columbia Building and Loan Asso¬ ciation of Columbus 15 years ago. The former Ohio Governor and 1944 Republican vice-presidential nominee explained that Kaiser ap¬ parently lost some money when the company was ordered liquidated in 1932 by Bricker—who was then Ohio atiorney general. Kaiser's statement that he shot at Bricker lo "refresh his memory' apparently referred to that liquida¬ tion. Kaiser, captured three hours after the shooting, was charged wilh assault with intent to kill. Discharged in April He was discharged from the capitol police force last April as pari of the political patronage turnover whirh resulted when the Republicana took over control of Congress this year. Kuiser had been appointed by Biickcra predecessor. Sen. Ja",,.* W. Huffman. D., O. Kaiser implied to newmen that he was not trying to assassinate Bricker. When a reporter told him it looked "•.!. if you were trying lo 'Continued on Page A-12) expenditure in political campaigns for federal office. He said CIO lawyers have told him this provision is unconstitu¬ tional and the only way to find out is by 'affirmative action." The Justice Department would not comment immediately on tho two violations. Department attor- (Contir.ued on Page A-12) Chance for Buck Rogers Journey But-It Will Co On Forever San Krancisco, July 12.—(I I"! — Scinnce has developed a new exploNive poxy^rful cniiugh lo burl steel comi* beyond the pull of gravity where tliey will float around the earth forever, an astronomer said today. The explosive, named penolite, has been a closely guarded military secret since its ilcvclopinciit n( vc-.i years ago, acrording to Dr. Fritz Zwicky, astronomer at >lt. WilSon Oliservatoiy. In a report to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Zwicky said scientiHlK already have alteinpted to toss projectiles high enough to Ix'coine artificial satellites like Ihe moon. The attempts failed but new experiments are being planned, lie said. If the tents succeed thoy mighl mark a milestone in the development of inter-planctary coinniuniration, Zwicky said. I'cnolitc is repiitrd to be about one-third more powerful than TNT and capable of propelling one of the cones at about six miles per wcond. Zviicky's disclosure came on the hecU of an announcement that the Iniversitj' of California's new 4,00(l-lon cyclotron has blasted as many as '^2 and possibly 30 particlt s from an atomic nucleus and produced new atoms not found in nature. ^ame Withclrai%ii Valley Scene Hotel Sterlhig lobby jammed Moiidan night us seldom bef ort, with Ctcuelaiid Indians baselxill team, Caniiin Cavalhru'a orch¬ estra and rodeo performers all scekiiii/ rooms ut the same time. Helyful citii traffic cop re- turninci gasoline container to liifer street station after has¬ tening along stalled car ichich had been blocking traffic. Three tvomen, seated side hn »ide in Wilkes-Barre beaut if parlor, acting so surprised to hum each other's names: Crook, Laic and Wardetu Biddle Accuses Vandenberg of Blocking Nomination to UN Washington, July 1- /UP) -ifor oniy one. I'hus he will be only F'ormer Attorney General Francis „ part-time representative at tha Biddle, once a prominent member ,.^, of the "Newr"- . ^ . ^^ Deal." accused ^^^ action ended a six montlir Senate Presi-! behind-the-scenes row between dent Arthur H. j Vandenberg, Republican spokesmaft Vandenberg to-ion foreign policy, and the admmis- day of blocking | tralion. At times the quarrel seem- Senate action 0.11 ed to carry the seeds of a threat his nomination j to the bipartisan foreign poUcy. lo be U. S. rer-1 president Truman no«iinatel resentative o n JBiddle in January to replace former lhe United Na-ly^n,j,assador John G. Winant at the ticins economic I yfj ^f^^,. Biddle completed hie and social coun-jjj^gjg„,„g^j ^^^ ^^^^ yg member of ''"' I the international military tribunal At Biddle's re- which tried top Nazi leaders «t S.S.AVANDEN.HG w!ir''grekt re-^'""^^"''^^^- . „ ,,. ulctancl'^ Prest Vandenberg and other RepublU dent Truman withdraw the nomi- <^»" ".embers of the Senate foreign n.Uion and in his place named Wil- .relations committee lo-t "o time lard L. Thorp, assistant secretary ^'"'"''^ing it known that they con- of slate for economics. Thorp wiUiS'dered Biddle poliHrally obnoxious hold botli jobs but will receive pay (Continued on Page A-13) S. 9M% |
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