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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1948
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Ultimatum to Russia:
No Negotiations Until Reds End Berlin Blockade
CZEtHS ON WAV IO MOW HOME — The Czech refugees, traveling In a special U. S. Army train pausing In Rome, are enroute to the International Organization   camps   In   Italy   to
await resettlement in Canada or the U. S. They fled from their country when the Communists seized power and since that time time have been cared for in refugee camps In the U. S. zone
of Germany. Now they look for¬ ward to a new life. Here the refugees stand at the doorway to get a view of Rome. Some take the opportunity to wash away the dust of travel.
REO SPIES STOLE
REP. Vt SAYS
Research Safeguards Penetrated During War, He Discloses
Washington.   Sept.   11    (UP)   — House Investigations  have reliable     . , , .
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Larksville, Edwardsville Street Car Tracks to Co
To Repave 4 Miles of State Highway As Far as Vine Street in Plymouth; Goeringer Co. Starts Work Monday
The state highway in Larksville and EdwardsviUe, long the route of street cars in those towns, will be reconstructed and resurfaced from curb to curb starting tomorrow.
C. P. Goeringer Construction Co. haa been awarded the contract (or rtntiOt/Bl of mobt of the tracks and rebuilding the ruad. Expense will be assumed Jointly by the tJtate highway department, Hudson Coal Co. and Wllkes-Barre Transit Corj'.
The highway, long neglected and an eyesore because of constant
company has agreed to share costa
were able to steal some atomic bomb secrets during the war, Rej. Richard B. Vail, R., IU., said to¬ night.
Vail, a member of the House Un- American Activities Committee, quuoted as his source a "high-rank¬ ing Army offlcer" who was closely associated with the development of the atomic bomb. |t Vail declined to Identify the of¬ flcer but It was apparent he re¬ ferred to r.,t. Gen. Leslie R. Gnnres, ths retired Army offlcer who head¬ ed the Army's wartime A-bomb project. Groves appeared before a closed session of a subcommittee Friday.
"According to the testimony of the officer, he waa certain that In some   degree   Russian   efforta   to
mately four miles from Vine street in Plymouth to Church sireet in Edwardsvllle. It Includes Wash¬ ington avenue, State street, Lu¬ zerne avenue and Wilson street in Larksvllle, Jackson street and part of Main street In Edwards¬ ville.
Xhe contractor moved equip¬ ment to Washington avenue last week and is ready to swing inlo action early tomorrow. Removal of rails will be the first step and within a month the entire project is expected to be finished. Trackless Trolleys Soon
Wllkes-Barre Transit Corp. will lose no time Installing new poles and erecting wires to Inaugurate the new service to Larksvllle with¬ in two months. Plans have not been    completed    for    removal    of
Conferees Tired of Kremlin Run Around'; Want to See Top Men
London, Sept. 11. (UP)—The United States, Britain and France have decided to halt all negotiations with Russia on the Berlin crisis unless the Soviets agree at once to lift the Berlin blockade, it was leamed today.
Reports from Moscow said that U. S. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith had requested another meeting of the western envoys with Premier Josef Stalin or Foreign Minister Viacheslav M. Molotov, or both.
guards were successful, Vail said, "To whal degree, he could not venture an opinion."
He said the offlcer reported the situation directly to the late Presi¬ dent Roosevelt and later to Presi¬ dent Truman.
"This statement is a direct con¬ tradiction of Hr. Truman's con¬ tention that CorAmunlsts were not involved in wartime espionage," Vail said.
Meanwhile, committee members mid their spy hunt has taken a "new tum" which may force post¬ ponement of open hearings set for Wednesday. Cfieck New Leads
They said they have to check new leads which have been de¬ veloped during the past week.
A subcommitte. headed by Rep. .1 Parnell Thomas, R., N. J., has been Investigating alleged Soviet attempta to steal U. S. atomic secrets One of the members said the group has uncovered a situa¬ tion "which can be described as 'grave'".
Oroves. following his appearance Friday, refused to comment on his testimony. But he hinted that there had been some leaks from the Manhattan Project. Oroves pointed out that the project employed 600,- OOfl people.
"Anybody who thinkh that you can get 600.000 people who are per¬ fect Just Isn't intelligent," he said.
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Hollywood, Sept. IX, (UP) — Movie star Gloria De Haven, 23, charged cruelty In a divorce suit iflled yesterday against actor John Payne. '
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stalling   trackless   trolleys   on Edwardsvllle Ilne.
The construction work in Larks¬ ville has been made possible at this time by an agreement be¬ tween Hudson Coal Oi. and the highway department. The former mined under the route and caved both Washington avenue and State streets.
About two years ago the coal company agreed to reroute State street and build a new highway paralleling the present road. The purpose was to compensate for caving the state road and allow for future mining. The plan was dis¬ carded after a survey because of the  expenses  Involved.     Now  the
Foothall Arrives in Midst of Hot Races In Major Leagues
In the midst of the hot pen- nanta fights In the American and National leagues, football mak'es Us inroad here in Wyom¬ ing Valley.
In today's sports section, there are complete reporta on yester¬ day's sciiolastic games In addi¬ tion to reviews of other high schools which begin their cam¬ paigns this week. Yesterday's   football   scores:
larksville 20. RdwardKvllle 6.
PIttMon  13, Jenkins Twp. 0.
Exeter 7, Dupont 0. night. Among twin-triumphs register¬ ed in the baseball world yester¬ day were dual victories by the Indians, Red Sox, Giants, and Tigers—complete results of the Saturday contest.4 will be found on the first sports page—B-1.
\Slim Chance for Siamese Twin Girls (orn Last Sunday at Lansing, Mich,
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Lansing, Mlcli., Sept. 11 (UP)- ¦he doctor attending infant Siamese twin girls, jclned al the labdomen, said today they are In I poor condition at Edward W. j Sparrow Hospital. I>ri^**'*'"^ a weeks silence Dr. I Tliomas M. Spaulding disclosed Ithat the babies, daughters of Mr. K?",.^" Robert Rick of Holt, IMich.. were born at «:35 a. m. last
The doctor said chances for sur¬ vival of the twins are slim although he added It Is Impossible to say definitely now whether they will continue to live. They now are in an oxygen tent.
Mrs. Rick was reported conva¬ lescing in excellent condition.
Spaulding disclosed lhat the girls are joined at the pelvis and lower
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have separate heads, arms, ch.^sts and upper stomach organs.
He said they are not "true Siamese twins" because they are not linked al the shoulders.
The doctor said that he will Is.sue a dally bulletin on their condition. He has not flled birth certificates hut stale law requires that this be done within five days.
Spaulding aaid that birth of SIhmese twins is so rare that the chance of such a case is beyond calculation.
He knew of only three other cases. Including the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, who caused a world-wide sensation back In the early igOO't.
of   repaving   to   offset   subsidence
damages
Cancel Plymouth Paving
In the meantime, a change of plans has been reported for East and West Main streets In Ply¬ mouth. It was reported th^t no money has been appropriated by the slate this year for paving that highway and it Will remain as Is until next year.
Originally, West Main street In Plymouth was to have been paved this year from Plymouth High School to the Plymouth Township boundary after removal of tracks. In addition, tracks on East Main street were to lie burned out and the track bed covered with black¬ top this year.
C. F. CJoeringer. who waa given the contract for the Plymouth pro¬ ject, stated last night, "No money has been appropriated for It and I am afraid It will be delayed until next year." Finish Bridge Monday
Carey Avenue Bridge will be completed tomorrow night, accord¬ ing to Mr. CJoerlnger. Paving has been finished and painters will wind up their work as of tomor¬ row.
Allowing a few days for curing, the bridge will be ready for Wed¬ neaday, it was learned, but open¬ ing will be delayed until the offi¬ cial dedication on Monday, Sept. 20.
Western officials hoped the Mos¬ cow conferences could be resumed Monday In an effort to break the deadlock caused by disagreement among the Big Four military gov¬ ernors on the Berlin currency question.
If the Russians continue to stall and If they refuse to lift the block¬ ade, it was understood that the western powers will Issue a joint whita paper, blaming Russia for the entire Berlin situation and ac¬ cusing Russia of violating the United Nations charter by Impos¬ ing the blockade.
The western allies would then refer the case to the UN General Assembly which meeta In Paris, Sept 21, It was learned authorita¬ tively.
Think Reds Want Crisis
Reliable Informanta said the Big Three have decided reluctantly tijat Russia does not want any set¬ tlement of the crisis which would allow other powers to remain In the city. After nearly two months of negotiating, the western powers reportedly have reached the con¬ clusion that they are getting a "run-around"   from   the   Kremlin.
Western envoys In Moscow, therefore, have been Instructed to seek one more high-level meeting at the Kremlin, probably with Premier Josef Stalin. That meet¬ ing will be a showdown confer¬ ence on Beriln.
The representative of the Uni ted States, Britain and France will make It clear that there still Is a chance for thc Russians to agree to a settlement. But they will make It equally plain that this time Ruaaia must act In lifting tiie
blockade   instead   of   engaging   In more  long  negotiations. In Weak Position
But the West really Is In a weak position. Physically Ita position in Berlin can be made almost unten¬ able if the Russians so choose. The most the western powers can do is lo threaten to hale Russia be¬ fore the United Nations, and It will not be a very effective threat If the Russians really don't want a settlement.
The entire Berlin crisis, there¬ fore, hinges upon the next meet¬ ing in Moscow. The Russians could, as they have In the past, make a last-mlnuta decision and lift the blockade.
If the Russians do not make auch a last-minute decision, then the prolonged negotiations will be dropped and the case will go to the  UN.
The western powers fear the worst. Virtually all hope of set¬ tlement appears to have been abandoned. But the West Is com' mitted publicly to every possible diplomatic avenue In search of a settlement.
The Big Three may set a time limit on the showdown meeting In Moscow. The feeling Is that they will ask the Russians for a definite "Yes or No" answer within a reasonable time on. whether the blockade will be lifted. Berlin Talks to End
(An authoritative source In Washington said the negotiations on Berlin would bc ended within 48 hours and that tbe western pow¬ ers will issue a white paper blam¬ ing Russia for the Berlin crisis.)
U.  S.  Ambassador Lewis  Doug¬ las,     French    Ambassador    Rene (Continued on Page A-2)
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Boston Charity Cets $2,424,000 But the Donor Remains Unknown
Boston. Sept. II. (IP)—A gift totaling $2,424,<KM has been given for charitable work in Boston by a donor whose Identity remains • secret, it vtas disclosed today.
The money was left in a legacy butt Jan. 1 to the permanent cliarity fund of Boston which distributes money as it sees fit to cliaritable organizations, needy persona or for deserving causes.
The benefactor, who i« dead, liad an intense passion for anonj-niity and stipulated that his or her name must never b« disclosed. The gift waa revealed in the pemMoent charity fund's annual report.
This waa the second unusual bequest left to the fund. Several yeara ago, the iate James Dean, former president of the Boston Stock Exchange, gave $10,000 from which the income was to b« used to assure delivery ot Boston newspapers to the Boston Lifht Ship.
Aht Truck Sfrikes End; 100,000 Still Are Idle
FRENCH CABINET TOLD IT MUST
Higher Taxes, Less Spending on Program Of Premier Queuille
Paris, Sept. 11. (UP>--Premier Henri Queuille, 64-year-oId physi¬ cian, formed a cabinet today to administer his prescription of higher taxes and less government spending to France's ailing econ¬ omy.
Queuille said he would present his cabinet list to President Vin¬ cent Auriol immediately. He plans to present his program to the na¬ tional assembly Tuesday and said the new coalition government would stand or fall on its recep¬ tion.
Except for minor details, his program is a warmed-up version of the financial programs unsuc¬ cessfully presented by Andre Marie and Robert Schuman during their premiershlps earlier this month. Grim Bankruptey Warning
This time, however, there was the grim warning that the alter¬ native to financial reform was bankruptcy and probably the end of the "Third Force" (Ontrlst) regime in France.
(jueuille. a Radical Socialist (Conservative), was approved by the Assembly last night as Auriol's third choice for premier in 10 days. He sel to work immediately to end the two-week political crisis by forming a rlght-of-center gov¬ ernment.
Queuille himself assumed the key post of minister of finance. In¬ cluded In the 32-member cabinet were nine Popular Republicans (MRP), eight Socialists, eight Radical Socialists, three members of the Republican Party of Lib¬ erty (PRL), two members of the Democratic and Socialist Union of Resistance (UDSR), one Indepen- (Contlnued on Page A-2)
Marshall in Urgent Talks As Negotiations Fail
Was'hington, Sept. U. (UP)— Seoretary of State George C. Mar¬ shall held a series of urgent conferences today as crucial EJast- Wcst negotiations over the Berlin blockade approached outright failure.
In rapid-fire order, Marahall met wllh British Ambasaador Sir Oliver Franks and then with Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., chief Republican foreign policy spokes¬ man in Congress. Franks made two trips to the Slate Department within two  hours.
Vandenberg conferred for two hours and 10 minutes with Mar¬ shall, Undersecretary of State Rob¬ ert A. Lovett and Charlea E. Bohlen, one of Marshall's top ex¬ perts on Russia. Decisive Action Due
The extraordinary conferences foreshadowed some decisive action by the Western powers on their negotiations with Russia to end the   Berlin   blockade.
Unusual gloom over the long efforts of the Western powers to reach an agreement with the Rus¬ sians was clearly reflected in virtually all diplomatic quarters. This contrasted sharply with previ¬ ous guarded optimism that aome accord might be reached between East and West to end the ^ Red siege and establish a single cur¬ rency in divided Berlin.
State Departmenl officials left unchallenged a London report that the United States, Britain and France had decided to end all furthe-r talks wllh the Russians unlesa the blockade Li lifted at once.
However, reliable sources con¬ ceded that the chances of agree¬ ment with Moscow were dimmer than at any time since the negotia¬ tions began July 80. Ready to  Go  to  UN
This indicated that, barring some
new and unaxpected action by Russia, the three Western powers were ready to take the Berlin dispute to United Nationa for a hearing.
Though tight-lipped regarding his long meeting with Marshall, Van¬ denberg left no doubt they dis¬ cussed the Berlin crisis and a bi¬ partisan agreement on the next move.
Reliable sourcee said peseimlsm over the outcome of the East- West negotiations began to appear as soon as tho four military gov¬ ernors In Berlin undertook to reach an agreement on technical ques¬ tions on lifting the blockade and a new currency for Berlin. Despite indications given in Moscow by Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, It was understood the Soviet military com¬ mander in Beriln proved adamant and unco-operative during the negotiations.
Communist Inspired riota at the Berlin city hall and Soviet efforta to curb air lift also indicated to western diplomats that Stalin had changed hia mind about the ad- visabiHty of lifting thc blockade at this time. The Russian tactics were attributed in part to the aeri- ous French political crisis. Reports to  Dewey        <
Vandenberg was expected to re port promptly on the results of his State Department conference to GOP presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey and to John Foster Dulles, key Republican foreign policy spokesman. The three met last night in. New York in an extraordinary session devoted to foreign  policy matters.
After the New York meeting, Vandenberg said solemnly that the United States, notwithstanding the domestic political campaign, was. united against aggression and ready to protect Ita righta every' where.
Dies at 71 Years; Was 'Great Leader' To India's Moslems
Bombay, India, Sunday, Scpt. 12. (UP)—^The Indian news agency reported today that Mohammed All Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of tho Moslem dominion of Pakistan, died last night In Karachi.   He was 71.
The news agency, quoting a PaMat&n communique, said that Jinnah died at 1:36 a. m. Satur¬ day EJDT In the capital city of his infant dominion, which cele¬ brated Its first anniversary less than a  month  ago.
The Brltish-educa.ted Jinnah, "great leader" of millions of Mos¬ lems In Pakistan and elsewhere on the Indian peninsula, had been ailing for aome time. Tlie l/ean Man'
A lawyer by profession, Jinnah was born on Christmas Day In 1B76, the first child of a wealthy hide and akin merchant of Karachi named Jinnah Poonja. Tho worfl Jinnah means "lean man," and the •on ultimately took it as his last name. It was a fitting name, for Jinnah was a hollow-che«ked man more than six feet tall.
He waa educated at Karachi and In England and became a prac¬ ticing lawyer in 1898. IJe was highly successful. In 1916, he was elected president of the All-India Moslem League, with 100,000,000 members, and eventually led it In fulfilling his dream of partition and creation of the Moslem state of Pakistan.
Early in his career he sought Hindu-Moslem unity but came to despair of this, believing that his people would become subordinate to the Indian Hindus who were almost   three   times   aa  numerous.
Jinnah's    followers    called    him "Qaid-I-A«am,"    an    Arabic    word which  means  great  leaders. Variety of Religions
He became wealthy and estab¬ lished two palatial homes. His wife died several yeara ago. She was a Parsi, a descendent of the Per¬ sians and a follower of ZorO' aslrian doctrines, but adopted the Moslem faith after her marriage. He broke with hU daughter, who adopted CJhristianity after marry¬ ing a Parsl. In recent years he had  lived  alone with his sister,
Jinnah was a bitter opponent to
the  late   Hindu   leader  Mohandas
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Ceorgia Negro Is Slain; Demanded Right to Vote
Ml. Vernon, Ga.. Seipt. 11 (UP)— The killing of a Negro who insisted on his right to vole In the Demo¬ cratic primary, in which Herman Talmadge was nominated governor, was disclosed today.
The racial issue was a feature of Talmadge's canvpaign which culminated In his victory in Wed¬ nesday's voting.
Montgomery County Sheriff R. M. Mc(3rimmon said Isiah Nixon, 28, a Negro, died at a Dublin, Ga., hospital of three bullet wounds.
The sheriff- arrested John John¬ son. 22. on a charge of being an accessory to the killing. Johnson was released under bond. A search waa    under    wojr   tor   Johncon's
brother, M. A. Johnson, for whom a murder warrane was issued.
McCrimmon said he was told Nixon went to the polling place at Alston and asked to vote. Nixon was told tbat he had the right to vote but was advised not to exer¬ cise it.
The sheriff said Nixon Insisted, but it was not learned inunediately whether he waa allowed to vote.
The Johnson brothers went to Nixon's house that night, the sheriff HSLid, and the shota were fired. John Johnson said he and his brother went to the house to see Nixon about doing some work and his brother "fired at Nlxoa in self defense."
Chicago, Sept. 11 (UP)—Two major strikes drew to an end to¬ day, but unsettled labor di.iputes still Idled about 100,000 workers across the nation.
In New York, trucks rolled through the streets with food and merchandise for the first time in 11 daya as the strike by 10,000 drivers rapidly approached com¬ plete settlement.
At Seattle, Wash., the four- month strike against two Boeing aircraft planta ended when 14,800 members of the Independent Aero Mechanics Union voted overwhelm¬ ingly to return to work.
But strikes still plagued West Coast shipping, western oil refin¬ eries, Minneapolis milling firms and Detroit automobile plants.
In the West Cteast maritime strike, the CIO Longshoremen's Union reported that most locals at big ports along the coast had. re¬ jected   overwhelmingly   a   demand
by   employers   that   union   leaders sign anti-C:!ommilnist affidavits be¬ fore negotiations would be resum* td. Warren Names Coordinator
In the oil strike, (3ov. Earl War¬ ren of California appointed Robert P. O'Brien as elate coordinator to save fuel In the face of critical shortages of gasoline and oil. The strike involves IS.OOO workers at six major itfiuciirit.
At Richmond, (3al., about 1,500 workers met to discuss the possi¬ bility of a back-to-work movement at the Standard Oil plant.
The Minneapolis grain strike. In¬ volving 1,400 AFL grain processors at six major milling firms, appear* ed to have reached a stalemate.
At Detroit, 50,000 automobile workers were idle for the fourth straight day because of a strike by 170 guards at the Briggs body plant whicji supplies bodies to Chrysler and olher firms.
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Atlantic aty, N. .T.. Sept. 12 (UP) —Beatrice (Bebe) Shopp, Miss Min¬ nesota, last night was selected Miss America for 1948.
The 18-year-old girl from Hop¬ kins. Minn., who had caught the judges' eyes and ears with her buxom beauty and her talent for playing the vlbraharp, paraded In triumph down a long ramp to re¬ ceive her crown.
She wore a blue taffeta gown with a deep red velvet rose pinned to it.
Miss Shopp, a native of Berwyn, m., won out over 84 other con- testanta from the 48 slates and several cities, and Canada, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. All went through a nearve-slralnlng week of parad¬ ing before 11 of the most critical pudges of feminine charm.
The runners-up, all of whom won college scholarships, were. In ortler: Miss Wyoming, CJarol  Held;  Miss
Valley Scene
Bride and groom, both dressed in white, riding in little buggy pulled by two tinji ponies through A'ctu- town section of Hanover townjihip   u^sterday   morning,
Man, caught vmlking white traffic line on old River Road to tent equilibrium, being load¬ ed aboard bus and sent home by police.
Brawny young man, carr;/- ing nothing but his big muscles, xvalking down South Main street while his slender . wife was burdened by their husky offspring nestling in her arms.
Alabama, Martha Ann Ingram; Miss Kansas, Vera J. Ralston; Miss Oklahoma, Donna Jane Briggs.
The fleld was narrowed to 15 at the start of last night's show, which was witnessed by a throng of IS.fKK). After the girls appeared in swim suita and evening gowns, the heat was on in the talent de¬ partment. Then the best flve wera announced.
Bebe had everything. Including a lot of the old-fashioned "it." Sha was vibrant on the vibraharp and she looked as cute In her blue evening gown as she did In a form fitting black and white CJatalina swim suit. ,
But the payoff part of her at¬ traction, no doubt, was the perfect proportion of her shapely body: height, 5 feet 9 inches; weight, 138; bus.t, 37; waist, 27; thigh, 20; wrist, 6'/4; hips, 36; calf. 14H; ankle, 9; shoo size, 9-A;  dress size, 16,
Among other things, she won a new Nash convertible and the pos¬ sibility of fame and glory under the lights of Broadway or Holly¬ wood.
She's got beauty, brains, and, aa already mentioned, talent.
Miss Minnesota said she attrib¬ uted all these fine qualities to "proper food, fresh air, exercise and enough sleep each night." Her hobby Is keeping a scrap book and sewing. Being from the lake coun¬ try, her , sporta are swimming, skiing and horseback  riding.
She said she planned to uee her scholarship to "further my musical education."
'AXIS SALLY' INDICTED, ' FACES.TREASON TRIAL
Washington, Sept. 11 (UP) ~ Mildred E. Gillars, the alleged "Axis Sally" of the wartime Nazi radio, was under formal indictment today en a charge of treason against the United States.
A date for arraignment of ths Maine-born woman probably will be set early next week.
Aitofher Daughter of Coal Miner Will Marry Wealthy Sodalite
Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 11 (WP)—A pretty, willowy bnmette who fled the drab life of her native Pennsylvania coal town to seek fortune and romance in New York City, will become the "Cinderella Bride" next week of FYancis Hitchcock, polo-playing scion of one of America's wealthly society families.
Stephana Saja, 23, whose late Czechoslovak father was a coal miner, arrived from New York by plane last night for a Florida mar¬ riage to the 39-year-old Hitchcock, who met her at the airport. They went into seclusion in the home of a friend.
Their wedding waa scheduuled for "Wednesday night or Thurs¬ day" In a luxurious suite at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel here. The ceremony had been scheduled for tomorrow but religious complica¬ tions and Miss Saja's late arrival altered that plan.
The Florida three-day law and blood test reqquirements forced postponement of the ceremony.
Miss Saja was following almost •sactlx ths trail that led another
coal miner's daugghter, Barbara Sears, Into a high-level American family through marriage to Win¬ throp Rockefeller jr., last Febru¬ ary.
Miss Saja was accompanied by her sister, Nancy, who will be her maid of honor. 'The wedding party was quartered In the "White Castle" estate of Col. Archie C. Wall and his daughter, Mrs. C. F. Rldeout. friends of the groom. Religious Troubles
The bride's desire for a cere¬ mony in the Greek Orthodox faith of her parenta was dashed by her own hometown priest and a Jack¬ sonville, Fla., priest. Both refus¬ ed to officiate bebcausi? Hitchcock had been divorced and Miss Saja had renounced the family religion.
Father John Loya, pastor of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in her hometown of Windber, Pa., re fused a "special dispensation" re¬ quested by Miss Saja. In Jaclison ville. Father Anasasius Bandy also declined on the grounds that Miss Saja became a Roman Catholic 10 years ago.
"In  ang  case,"     Father  Bandj
said, "I would be powerless wttt^ out the permission of her arw- bishop."
It was not known what nsw plans had been made by ths cou^e in view of the religious obstacles. The careers of Barbara Stars and Stephana Saja were rsmarii- ably parallel. Miss Sears' father was a Llthuimian Iramigrnt who found a meagre livelihood in the Pennsylvania mines. Miss Saja's faiher was a Czechoslovak miner who brought his family to the grimy coal town of Windber. Miss Saja was born there 23 years ago and attended Windber High School where she was graduated in IMS. Her home was a Iwo-slory frame
structure grimy from the coal dust blowing off nearby heaps of sla(. She was  bom  and  played in the
shadow of a mine tipple SOO feet
from her home.
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friends"   and   liked   by   everyone.
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