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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1948
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Parsons-Miners Mills Parade Tops Local Halloween Programs
It was 28 yeara ago^-the first full assembly of the League of Nations was belnK summoned— when the last Hallwe'en parade was held In Parsoits and Miners Mills.
On Friday afternoon the Hal¬ lowe'en parade custom was revived with an enthusiasm that practical¬ ly brought business to a standstill in   both   areas.
The large picture above shows H small portion of the more than L',.'iOO  school  children  who  paraded'
before the reviewing stand in Pine Ridge Park. In the background can be seen the many proud par¬ ents and other adults who attended he ceremonies.
Lower picture shows one of the colorful vehicular floats that took part in the parade. Seated in the old-fashioned two - seated buggy are Ma.xlne and Rose Susek who guided the pony along the line of march, with the assistance of the owner, Arthur Lang, Miners Mills (Continued on Page A-10>
French Labor Leaders Plan to End Long Strife
Pans. Oct. 30 'UP)-The gov- ernnrent sought tonight to end the bitter labor trife tbat has (Tippled France for the pa.« four years, but non-Communist union leaders rejected the proffered peace  terms.
Premier Henri Queuille called representatives o f management and moderate labor groups to a conference to discuss a proposed program of wage increases, cuts in profits and food prices and "re¬ stricted increases" in Industrial prices.
After the meeting. Paul Devinat, Queuille's Radical Socialist secre¬ tary, said that management had been willing to offer consider¬ able concessions to combat infla¬ tion   and   promote  labor  peace.
Lahor  leaders Not SatlHfled
Moderate labor leaders agreed, however, that the government had not gone far cnough in its effort  to   satisfy   the  workers.
Leon .Jouhaux. Socialist secre¬ tary general of the powerful "Workers' Force." said on leaving the meeting, "The government tried to close the gap between prices and wages but there still is too large a spread between the two, and we cannot declare our¬ selves   satisfied."
Robert Bothereau, another offic¬ ial of the Worker's Force, de¬ clared lhat "the price cuts prom¬ ised by the government do not compensate for the price boosts al¬ so  decided   upon."
Leaders of the Christian Work¬ ers' Federation said they could not
The powerful. Communist-domi¬ nated General Federation of Labor, prime mover in the recent wave of strikes, was not Invited to the meeting.
The government's offer to ap- please non-Communist workers fol¬ lowed reporta that Communists would be purged from the French army and  all  public jobs.
At the same time, reports and an¬ nouncements from all parts of the country indicated that the 27-day- old coal strike and the accompany¬ ing land and sea "blockade" of foreign coal shipments were about to end In failure.
The Interior ministry announced that seizure of strike-bound mines, combined with a growing "back-to- work" movement, were gradually restoring coal operations to normal.
Ships Being Unloaded
Soldiers and volunteer labor gangs w^ere unloading strike-bound coal ships in four ports, and rail workers so far have Ignored or¬ ders from their Communist union leaders to halt coal trains at the border.
Only the OGT continued to pre¬ dict victory for the striker*. A triumphant communique issued by the federation bade the miners "hold firm" until national misery forced the government to give in.
"The government will soon h^ve to reduce train travel and cut elec¬ tricity," the CGT boasted. "The hour is near when your bravery will be crowned with victory."
The   government's     peace     plan.
Two Fiscal Offices, State Legislature, Congress Prize Plums
Harrisburg, Oct. 30. (UP) — A confident Republican party today, wound up the general election cam- p.iign it hopes will end all vestige of Democratic control of Pennsyl¬ vania's federal and state offices.
For tiha Democrats the Nov. 2 balloting offers an opportunity to retain the state's two fiscal offices, capture control of the State Legis¬ lature and win back many of the congressional seats lost in the 1946 Republican sweep.
Both major parties have 'mside Pennsylvania, a major battleground in the campaign. The Keystcme State's 35 presidential electoral votes and 33-meraber congressional delegation are the prlz* plums. Legialative Seat* at Stake
All 206 state House seats and 26 of the 50 state senate memberships I will be subject to next Tuesday's balltHlng.
Voters will cast ballots on only two statewide offices—state treas¬ urer and auditor general, both now held  by Democrats.
The treasury race pits State Sen. William J. Lane, D., West Brow>n9- viUe, against Stat« Welfare Secre¬ tary Charlie R. Barber, R., Erie. State Treasurer Ramsey S. Bla^^k, a Democrat, and State Sen. Weldon B. Heybum, R.. Concordviile, are seeking   tftie   auditor   generalsliip.
But the state contests have been overshadowed   by   the   presidential race   between   Truman   and   Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Both Claim Victory
Both major parties claim ¦victory, But the Democrats face a Repub¬ lican registration lead of more than 1,000,000 voters. There wili be more than 4,770,000 Pennsylvanians eligi¬ ble to ¦vote—an increase of about 3.2 per cent above the 1944 total. (Continued  on  Page A-2)
Says He Threatens Goblins Will Gef You'
New York, Oct. 30. (UP)—Gov. Thomaa E. Dewey wound up his hectic election campaign in Madison Square Garden tonight with a star-studded show and a call to the voters to end the "nightmare" of the Truman administration at  the  polls next Tuesday,
A capacity crowd of more than 22,000 in the Garden cheered the Republican presidential candidate as he ripped Into his Democratic opponent for runirtng a "hobgoblin" campaign at a time when the nation faces a "grave" international situation.
A crowd estimated by police to be more than 100,000 strong lined Broadway to ¦whopp it up for the candidate as he drove from his hotel to the Garden for his ad¬ dress, the last major talk of his long campaign.
Inside the Garden, huge bat¬ teries of searchlights bathed Dewey In blue and white light as he spoke. He received an ovation at the start of his speech that lasted about three minutes while an assortment of bands added to the  clamor.
Dewey     recleved     a     deafening blast of applause when he predicted that tonight was "the eve of vic¬ tory." ^ Ridicules Opponent
Dewey was at his satirical best, when, taking President Truman's own words as a foundation, he ridi¬ culed the Democratic candidate for telling the voters Halloween "ghost stories" and threatening "the gob¬ lins will get you."
"Memibers of Congress elected by the people, have had special Hal¬ loween treatment by these tellers of tall tales," Dewey said.     "They
give  their okay  to the  scalp  the aimed  at  ending  the   labor   disor government has set for wages and!ders   that   have    plagued    France prices." (Continued  on  Page  A-2)
U,S, Flying Vfing Jet Bomber Travels over 3,400 Miles in Test
Washington, (X-t. 30. (UP)—The The average speed of the jet Air Force announced toniglht thatjbomber, not counting the let down its new Northrop B-49 jet bomberjfor landing, was 382 miles an hour, has flown more than 3,400 miles, It has'a top speed of more than surpassing the range performance 500 miles an hour. But the Air of the famous B-29 in its early!Force nnadc it clear it was not try^ days. ing the jet for speed—it was test
The    flying   wing   bomber   flew ing endurance and range.
GREEN OBEYED Tl
3,4.'i8   miles   in   nine   and   one-half j
The Air Force said the B-49, in
hours in a recent test a Muroc,^^^; ^^^ ^^^^^^ f^ght, took off Air force base in California. In so^^ ,g^ ^^^^ ij^ ™,ss ^^eight of doing it remained in thc air longer 233,000 pounds witlTfuel tanks full, than any other jet-propelled plane, .j.^;^   indicated   that   without   any
Air Force experts said the B-29, now the backbone of tilie bomber neet, flew only 3,200 miles witb 10 tons of bombs on. itji first test flights. Thc B-49 now is undergo¬ ing similar  tests.
In Today's Issue
Rditorinl     B—6
Classified      C—11
Movies   C—10
Obituary   A—21
J««lo   C—10
Social   C—1
Sporta B—1
fundamental change in design, but with the tanks filled, the plane could travel even farther.
The B-49 has been rated pre¬ viously with a flight distance of 3,000 miles. That means it can strike targets 1500 miles away from home base. This latest performance adds another 458 miles to the rated flight distance.
The  flying wing  is  in the  final stages of its test flights before go¬ ing into full-scale production.   The Air Force  has ordered  30. (Continued on Page A-2)
UMW Chief Renews Feud With AFL Over French Strike Aid
Washington, Oct. 30 (UP)—John L. Lewis charged today that "Tru¬ man axmen" forced AFL Presi dent William Green to oppose American intervention in the French coal  miners'  strike.
Green refused to answer the UMW President. He said as far as he is concerned the matter is closed.
Green also declined comment on Lewis' offer to meet him in "an^ other secret meeting." It was bC' llcvcd that at one or more earlier meetings Lewis and Green discus sed possible reaftillation of the miners with the AFL. Lewis has dropped some bints about such conferences and Green said 'asi night the miners should reaffiii ate.
Lewis told Green today that he will not take umbrage at the lying statements and contemptible slurs" in the AFL president's let ter last night. Green had written Lewis that hi.s proposal for Amer ican intervention in the French coal strike might have been made by a Communist. The miners' chief first proposed such action last Wednesday.
Lewis began the feud by sug gesting that Green urge President Truman to use his powers to halt Marshal Pl?n aid to France to compel the French government to stop "shooting hungry" striking miners.
Green at first said he was sym pathetic   And   would   Investigate. But  he  wrote   Lewis  last  night that  after investigation he is con¬ vinced the French  strike is Com¬ munist-directed. Green   refused   to   answer   ques- (Continued on Page A-2)
are described as 'predatory ani¬ mals' each has a 'mossback.' They do their dreadful work with "meat axes, butcher knives and sabers.' and what do these monsters eat?— why, 'red herring,' of course."
This brought Dewey his biggest laugh from the audience. He went on to express amazement that "grown men would ever have used such desperate tactics in a free election ..."
Dewey's tone of voice changed from the satirical to the gravely serious as he attacked the Demo¬ cratic party for having quarreled and splintered to "the point of col¬ lapse."
"In this grave hour, a party that cannot keep the peace within its£>* cannot be entrusted with the solemn task of uniting our country or of keeping peace in the world," he said.
"The time has come to bring these tragedies to an end," he added. "For the sake of the people of our country and the peace of the world, we must have a better government. We can and will get a (CJontlnued on Page A-15)
Communist Leader Flees Soviet Zone
Berlin, Oct. 30 (UP)—Shortly before midnight, Erich Gniffke, a member of the Russian zone Communist central committee, escaped from Russian authorities and surrendered to one of the western   powers   in   Berlin. |
Both the American - licensed | newspaper Neue Zeitung; and 1 the C>)mmunist press spread re- j ports through the city that Gniffke had fled the Soviet zone. At that time, however, he | waa still in hiding within Bus- 1 sian-controlled   territory. ]
Through   a   phone   call   to   a  I friend    in    the   western    sector,   | Gniffke    arranged    a    rendezous   ; "at a certain train  station" with an    escort    of   officers    from    a western   power,   it was  learned.
Israeli Open Major Offensive; Ignore UN Order
Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 30 (UP)—The Israeli Army opened a major air-land offensive in northern Palestine today, captured tne Arab strong¬ hold of Tarshiha and pressed on in defiance ot a United Wauons cease- lire  order.
UN truce headquarters at Haifa confirmed the tall of 'iarshiha, 20 miles to the northeast, and reported that Sassa Al-Malakieh also was threatened by Jewish forces.
Arab underground  reports  reaching  UN headquarters said tank-led
JewLsh   forces   also   had   captured Most  observers   had  withdrawn  to
LIBEL CHARGE AT PRESIDENT
Says Progressives Set New Standard of Political Morality
PhlUdelphIa, Oct, 30. (UP)— Henry A. Wallace said tonight that President Truman's campaign has set a new record for "transparent hypocrisy" In the "long and shoddy annals  of  politics."
The Progressive Party presiden¬ tial candidate accused Mr. Truman of "two-timing, double talk" and "libel."
Making his final major campaign address before election day next Tuesday, Wallace said the Presi dent now "loves" the labor he threatened with bayonets and con¬ demns the "Taft-Hartley slave law
the law he enforces so savagely."
"The President who refused to sign an order ending segregation in the armed forces, is the candi¬ date now paying lip service to civil rights," Wallace told a party rally at the former Metropolitan Opera House.
Wallace said Mr. Truman's speeches were not the result of malice but of a "frantic effort to please the people while he is a candidate, to please Wall Street while  he is  President."
"It should be clear to everyone now that a wasted vote is a vote for Truman," Wallace said. "If you want  reaction  vote  for Dewey."
Appealing for a large vote for peace and abundance, Wallace said his rivals campaigned on double- talk, "home and mother" and the glories of the Grand Canyon and Niagara  Falls.
But our chief accomplishment, Wallace said, is that we have given the American people a new standard of political morality and truth.
"We have spoken of specific issues, of 25-cent milk and dollar hamburger; of the speed-up and high prices, and of shrinking wages,"  Wallace  said,
"We have proposed to break the power of thc trusts by government ownership of Wall Street banks, railroads and public utilities," he added.
The third party candidate said his campaign revealed that the people are determined at last to control history instead of being its victims, "to stop war now instead of being names on future casualty lists."
He said new Ideas were growing within the people and they were that war is not an act of God, but of a few men bent on profit and power, and that as men make war they can also make peace.
TOBIN RATES DEWEY ABOVE OPPONENTS
Washington, Oct. 30 (UP)—Daniel J. Tobin, president of the Team¬ sters Union (AFL), said today that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey "is a more firm character and Individual than his opponents who are candidates for the presidency."
Tobin. who four times supported President Roosevelt and headed the labor division of the Democratic national committee, made the state¬ ment in an editorial in the Novem¬ ber issue of his union's magazine.
"It must be said of Gov. Dewey that if he is elected and if he fol¬ lows out his procedure as governor of New York, he will be 90 per cent sympathetic with the just claims of labor," Tobin said.
TRUMAN SAYS GOP TRIED TO BLUFF INTO WIIITE HOUSE
President Confident; Says Opponent Refused To Discuss Issues
St. Louis, Oct. 30 (UP)—Presi¬ dent Truman wound up his cam paign in his home state tonight with a charge that the Republicans have triad to "bluff" their ¦way into the White House with a "propaganda blitz."
But, he predicted, there will be a Democratic 'victory in Tuesday's election.
The President wound up his 22,- 000-mile, 270-speech campaign with a speech in Kiel Auditorium here. He will make a "get-out-and-vote" appeal on a nationwide broadcast from his home in Independence, Mo., Monday night. Exudes Confidence
Mr. Truman exuded confidence as he wound up his campaign.
"The smart boys said we could not win,"  he said.
"They tried to bluff us with a propaganda blitz. But we called their bluff. We told the people the truth. And the people are with us. The tide Is rolling. All over the counti-y I have seen It in the people's faces. The people are go¬ ing to  win  this  election."
A people's victory, he said, means  a  Democratic victory.
As he campaigned across the midwest today on his way to St. Louis, Mr. Truman said he was running ahead in the presidential race.
He continued In the vein In his speech tonight, and said that one of the reasons the Democrats will win is that his Republican oppon¬ ent. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, has refused   to   discuss  the   issues.
"I  have  travelled     22,000    miles and  made about 270 speeches,"  he said.  "I have taken  a positive  po¬ sition   on   every   Issue. 'Platitudes,   Double-Talk'
"But the Republican candidate refuses to tell the American people where he stands on any of them. The campaign is ending and you still don't know. All you have got is  plptitudes  and  double-talk."
For his own discussion of the issues, the President struck out hard again at the record of the Republican - controlled 80th Con¬ gress on labor and farm legisla¬ tion.
He said the Taft-Hartley labor law "is a vicious law and it ought to be repealed." He said most Re¬ publicans in Congress "don't like farm price supports" and they "seem to think it is a iittle wicked for the government to be con¬ cerned   about   farm   prices."
TAYLOR SEES DEWEY WINNER BY y, MILLION
Harrisburg, Oct. 31. (UP)-—Penn¬ sylvania will give (Jov. Thomas E. Dewey a majority of at least half a million votes Tuesday. Senator M. Harvey Taylor, Republican state chairman, predicted today.
Taylor also said that "Repub¬ lican candidates on the state ticket will make a clean sweep" Nov. 2 and "substantially Increase the GOP majority in the state senate and house of representatives."
The nation's "need for compe¬ tent leadership and unity" has made the "trend straight Repub¬ lican, as all the nation's polls have shown," Taylor said.
Berlin Told Voting Won't Shift Policy
Berlin, Oct 30 (UP)—Dr. Philip C. Jessup. member of the Amer¬ ican delegation to the United Na¬ tions, said today that the United States will maintain its firm posi¬ tion in Berlin regardless of the outcome ot the presidential elec¬ tion.
Jessup reafliirmed the American position shortly after German Communists followed uip Premier Josef Stalin's denunciation of the west by renewing their demand that all the Western Allies get out of Berlin. Finds Americans United
He said the American people were firmly behind the govern¬ ment's declared policy not to nego¬ tiate .with the Russians under duress.
"In its partloipetion in the United Nations the United States is a United Nation," Jessup said. "The fact that we are having a national election on Tuesday does not alter that fact."
Jessup, who represents the Unit¬ ed States in the UN Security CJoun- cil arrived in Berlin today from Paris and Frankfurt by way of the Berlin airlift. He told newsmen he foresaw no Immediate change in Soviet policies which might lead to settlement cf the Berlin crisis.
"There is no evidence that the Russians desire to risk an agree¬ ment," he said.
Jessup also addressed the German people by radio, emphasizing the solidarity of the American people, even though a presidential election is being held. Says Stalin in Error
Jessup said Stalin was badly in error when he charged that the western powers rejected an agreed draft resolution which would have solved the Berlin crisis.
"It is possible that Premier Stal in was misinformed," he said. "And I feel therefore that we should not be too concerned by these factual errors. Now that I have crossed the air bridge to Berlin I have some hope that in any further in¬ ternational discussions of the Ber lin situation the Soviet represen¬ tative will feel less inclined to de Clare that the blockade is a myth."
The American licensed newspaper Neue Zeitung reported today that the whole Russian timetable for withdrawal of occupation troops from Germany has been "thrown off schedule." The newspaper said that Gen. Walter von Seydlitz, formerly of the German army, had been re¬ turned to Moscow under Soviet guard. Seydlitz, a prisoner of war, reportedly was brought to Ger¬ many to head a Soviet zone police force of from 200,000 to 400,000 which would take over when Rus¬ sian occupation troops were evacu¬ ated.
Safasaf, 10 miles east of Tarshiha, but this could not be confirmed. Oct Cease-Flre Order
Brig. Gen. William Riley, chief of staff of UN observers in Pales¬ tine, ordered both Arabs and Jews to cease flre on the northern front at 4 p.m.
But when UN truce headquarters closed at 10:30 p.m. there still had been no reply from the Israeli government. Reports filtered in from isolated UN field posts saying the Jews still were maintaining pressure   against   the   Arab   lines.
Tiberias, some miles south of the fighting front, or to Beirut, Lieb¬ anon,  however.
Both Arabs and Jews were re¬ ported  moving   up   reinforcements.
Lebanon was said to have re¬ plied to the cease-fire order with an offer to comply if the Jews did. Some Lebanese troops were in¬ volved, although most of the Arabs were  irregulars.
However, Haifa said the Israeli chief of staff replied that he had referred the matter to his govem- (Continued on Page A-10)
UN Struggles to Save Truce in Palestine
Paris, Oct, 30. (UP)—The United Nations, in a desperate effort to save its crumbling Palestine truce, cabled Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok a personal appeal tonight to call off the Jewish offensive on the  northern front.
A Security Council sub-commit¬ tee, meantime, approved a resolu¬ tion calling for a study of possible economic and diplomatic sanctions against Israel unless she gives up Beersheha and other newly won territory   in   southern   Palestine.
UN truce headquarters in Haifa notified the Security Council that it had directed both Israeli and Arab forces to cea^ hostilities by noon GMT. WiU Obey if Jews Do
The Lebanese commander In thc field replied tlhiat he would obey the order unless Jewish forces "continue their attacks or do not cease fire within the lapse of a certain  time."
The Jewish field command, on the other hand, referred the order to his government for decision. Faced with this delay, acting UN Mediator Dr. Ralpiht Bunche per¬ sonally appealed to Shertok by cable  to  accept  the  order.
There was much confusion in UN headquarters here as to wheth¬ er fighting actually had ceased at the cease-fire deadline. At firat, officials said all hostilities had halted, but later tiicy reported they were continuing. No   Penalty  Threaf
In any event, the northern front cea.se-fire order carried no direct threat of penalties for violations. Such action would need the ap¬ proval   of   the   Security  Council.
Further action on possible sanc¬ tions against Israel for alleged truce violations on the southern Palestine front must wait until after the American presidential election   Tuesday.
The United States was not repre-
Valley Scene
Big towing tmck from Ell's Garage, usuallj/ seen with wrecked car hung on behind, pulling ancient boiler out of Wilkes - Barre police head¬ quarters.
Motorcyle traveling up East Market street last night, fullii equipped with high aerial arid all.
Sign    on    South    Franklin atreet   Friday   night   reading, .    "Parking     Lot     Filled"—atid not a ear in the place.
sented on the five-nation sub¬ committees -wihich approved the Anglo-C^inesc resolution urging a study of such sanctions. The reso¬ lution cannot come up before the Security Council as a whole be¬ fore   Tuesday   or   Wednesday.
The American delegation sup¬ ported the resolution when it first was discussed in the Security Council Thursday. But then yes¬ terday it withdrew its support, re¬ portedly as the result of interven¬ tion  by President Truman.
Britain »u ported the resolution in Uhe sub-committee. But Dmitri Manuilski of the Ukraine opposed it and said Ru.ssia would do like¬ wise when it reaches the Seourity; Council   as  a  whole.
France sought modification, but waa overruled.
As approved, the resolution pro¬ vides that Arab and Jewish forces withdraw to lines they held in the Negev area of southern Palestine on Oct. 14.
This would require only a Jewish .withdrawal, however, for the Jews took Beersheba and opened up sup¬ ply lines to Jewish settlements farther south in the 10-day battle.
Bunche was understood to be planning to appeal for new Se¬ curity Ouncil intervenion If the Jews and Arabs refuse to cease hostilities' in northern  Palestine.
PRESIDENT CANDIDATE MARRIES A SUPPORTER AND HE'S 86 YEARS OLD
Chicago, Oct. 30 (UP) — John Maxwell, Cliicago, 86-year-old Vege¬ tarian party candidate for Presi¬ dent, announced today that he was married last week to one of hit party workers.
Maxwell was reluctant to talk about the wedding and identified his bride only as "Elizabeth." He would not say how old she is.
"I've known her quite a while,"* he said. "We met through the Vege^ tarian movement."
After a moment of thought he added:
'This makes me certain of at least  one more vote."
Maxwell said that everyone seems a lot more interested in his per¬ sonal life than they are In his presi¬ dential campaign.
FALES-HNE AD!vnTTED TO ARAB LEAGUE
Cairo. Egypt. Oct. 30 (UP)—Ilia Arab League today admitted Pales¬ tine as its eighth member state and greeted Ahmed Hilmi Pasha aa premier of "the all-Palestine gov¬ ernment."
873 DPs End Years of Wandering As Their Ship Docks in New York Cify
New York, Oct. 30 (UP).—Wide- eyed and tremulous, 813 European displaced persons arrived in New York today to start life all over again in the promised land for which they yearned for years while wandering over Europe.
Weeping, laughing and cheering, the travellers arrived aboard the U. S. Army transport General Black, which left Bremerhaven, Germany, nine days ago. They were the first of 205,000 displaced Europeans who will reach haven in the United States   in  the next  two  years.
Aboard the ship were children who never have tasted ice cream and women to whom nylon stock- iiigs are only for those who can afford the black market. The ship was crowded and most of the pas¬ sengers still wore the same clothes they had on when they left Bremer¬ haven, but they were neat and clean and happy. AU wore identi¬ fication tags and buttons showing
the   organization   which   sponsored their arrival. Old Clothes
There were no New Look dresses aboard the General Black. Hem¬ lines were high and the men's suits I were shiny. Many women and girls wore shawls, and there were a few Sunday best hats from a decade ago.
The new arrivals were let off the ship alphabetically. Some sh!e<! away from the gangplank at the last minute. Not speaking English, they were afraid of life in the new country.
There were 374 men. 316 women, 19 infants and 104 children ti^fs two to 10. They represented many religions and nationality groups, in¬ cluding Poles, Lithuanians. Czecho- slovakians. Latvians and Germans.
One of them was Franie Dajcz, an 18-year-old Jewish girl from Poland. Her mother, father and two brothers were murdered in a
Nazi crematorium. She w^ept wttH joy when slie saw the Statue of Liberty, because she knew it meant freedom. She did not want to talk, 'of her past experiences, but said ! she was going to live with her 'uncle. Max Derby, in New York, and try to find a job. ! There also were Manfred Blu« jmenbach, 39, and his wife and two children. Wants to Forget  Past
"I  am  so  happy   to  be  here  to start a new life." Blumenbach said. "I don't even like to think of what happened before.  I want to forget everything that happened." !    The   Blumenbachs   are   going   ta I live    with    his    brother,    Fred   S. i Brooks.  Seattle,  Wash. I Scared by Fire Boat i    The   new   post-war   immigrants ¦were startled when a fireboat gava jthe usual whitle blast accorded to important   ship   arrivals.   Othciai* I        (Continued oa Pa{* A-2).