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u^ A Paper For The Home G>(rv-vowjUuL/ SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Partly Cloudy. Cooler Tonight. Monday Fair. 42ND YEAR, NO. 52 — 48 PAGES ritlTED PREHS Wir* New* Htrrtc* WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1948 PRICE TWELVE CENTS ~-ABtl>ony T. Conti President Truman Meets Matthew Elliot, Who Led Delegation of Miners from Baltimore Colliery. r —Antliony T. f'jiitl Sjrt. Bob Hopkins. Pittston, who fought before President Truman's artillery unit during World War I, is greeted by the cliiof executive. Jews Ignore Cease-Fire, , ConfinueAttacks,UNSays Tel Aviv, Israel, Oit. 23 (UPi Jewish forces slUI were attacking Egyptian positions in southern Palestine 24 hours after the United Nations rease-firc deadline, UN truce headquarters announced to¬ night. Heavy fi,!hting al.so was reported in the northern district of Galilee, although no late detail;; were hJlf available Syria nnd Israel blame rach other for the battle which flared akng the Syrian border last night. . Arab reports said 200 Jews were killed and 22 wounded and cap- lured in the northern fighting. Appeal to r\ for Action Thc Palestine Arab executive committee in Amman, Tran.s-Jor- dan, today appcealed to the United Nations for quick action to prevent Jewish forces from seizing all of Arab Palestine. Jewish harbor guards at Haifa opened fire today on a U. S. Navy nictor launch flying American and UN flags. The bullets missed their imark, but U. S. Marine Brig. Gen. j William E. Riley, chief of UN truce staff, protested sharply to the pro- viftional government of Israel. I Observers at Riley's Haif.-J head- i quarters said incomplete reports ; from the Negrv desert front in I southern Palestine blamed Israel ifor attacks on Arab positions from (Continued on Page A-3) NEW VORK RK AS Truman Appeals to Labor In Wilkes-Barre Speech New Jersey Third; These 3 States Get Over 75% of Total Harrisburg. Oct 2S (UP)—New York State is crowding Pennayl¬ vania as a user of anthracite, the State Mine Department disclosed today. In the first eight montha of this year, shipment of hard coal to Em¬ pire State consiuners totaled 10,- 564.067 tons, only 467.000 tons less than the tonnage delivered to points in the G.immonwealth. Rail shipments to New York overshado%ved Pennsylvania-bound shipmentiff by almost 3.fi00,000 torus. But truck deliveries in Pennsyl¬ vania came to 4,225,99.5 tons com¬ pared to only 309,000 tons delivered by motor vehicles to New Y(wk consumers. New Jersey, with 4.225.99.'5 tons delivered to coal yards and bins up to the end of August, ranked third among the statea in hard coal consumption. The three middle Atlantic states received more than 75 per cent of all anthracite shipped to domestic points this year. Of 34.625.084 tons delivered. 26,365,557 tons went to Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. During the late spring and sum¬ mer months shipments of coal to other states are greater than de¬ liveries In Pennsylvania, but truck deliveries to domestic users in the coal regions more than doubled In the late fall and winter. New York topped Pennsylvania in the amount of anthracite re¬ ceived this year in April, May and August. Pennsylvania led in the other months. His Story Is Strange and Confused And it Ends with a Double Murder Alexandria, Va.. Oct. 23. (UP)— As pieced togetlwr from what he aaid, what the police said and what ^¦<'ViIs folks and neighbors said, this is the story of 23-yi'ar-old Her¬ bert D. Alexander jr.: He was a nervous, high-strung boy. He quit junior higii school because he was "restless." He didn't like the jobs he got. The war came along and he went into the Navy. Gunnery practice "jolted" him and he spent the rest of the war in a mental Ward. After the war he married a lovely 17-year-old girl named Gloria. In the course of Ume they had a blond daughter. Bonnie. He liked his family, but he quarreled frequently with his wife. Wife Got Him Out ^ Last summer Alexander began to "feel bad." His eyes hurt. He waa fn Today's issue Kditorial B—« ('lassified A—21 Movies A—20 Obituary A—18 Radio B—6 Social ; C—1 Sporta B—1 more nervous than ever. He re ported to the veterans mental hoa-| pital at Perry Point, Md. i Three weeks later his wife got I him out—though the doctors saidi he was too ill to leave. They said| he had tried to kill himself with; sleeping pills and aspirin. He suf-' fered delusions. But Mrs. Alexander, "against i medical advice," took him honie.i There came a time when she said.; "I'm afraid of my husband. He! gels crazy sometimes." His father would visit him. a.sk| "What's the trouble, son?" Hcj would say he was "afraid of his job," would rather do something else, that his "eyes hurt." After breakfast yesterday Alex¬ ander pushed back his chair. He got up, walked toward his wife. A few minutes later he was on the telephone, saying to the police; "I strangled them. Come and get me. I've killed my wife and baby." Then he cut his wrists—but not deeply enough. Over and over he said. "I couldn't .stand it any longer." He killed his wife fir.st. then the (Continued on Page A-5) GEN. CLAY STILL HOPES FOR SUCCESS OF UN Berlin, Oct. 23 UP)—Gen Lucius D. Clay, American miUtary gover¬ nor of Berlin, said today that he refused "to give up hope" that the United Nations would successfully mediate the clash between Russia and the western powers over Ger¬ many. Speaking on the eve of the tliird anniversary of the world organiza¬ tion. Clay said he was "aware that the United Nations today faces the most critical problem in Its his- history " "But I, for one, refuse to give up hone." Clay declared. "We must not give up hope In its success," Clay said. "Never in history has the conception of an crganization like the United Na¬ tions been more necessary to man¬ kind." 20,000 Jam Square For Morning Address By THCVIAS F. BARRV President Truman, m a rmglng appeal to labor to protect its rights, struck hard yesterday in his bid for Pennsylvania's 35 electorial votes when he addressed a crowd of 2d,000 in Wilkes-Barre Public Square, estimated. iOarUer, in Scranton, he told an audience of 15,000 that a KepuDlican Congreaa eventually would wreck all gains made by organ¬ ized labor. In this city President Truman called upon Luzeme coimty citizens to elect Atty. Daniel J. Flood to Congress. Public Square was a solid mass "We need federal aid to educa- of humanity as President Truman spoke. Windows In bulldlnga around the Square were vantage points for additional hundreds. The warmth and aincerity of the welcome which was estended to him tn thia city waa flrst ahown in the East E^d section. There, hundreds lined the atreeta and gave the President a great ovation Raps DP Law The President lost no time in this city rapping the law passed by tHo 80th Congress to admit a limited number of European displaced persons to this country. "It excluded nearly all displaced persons who belong to the Jewish faith," he said, "and it excluded an unfair proportion of those be¬ longing to the Catholic faith. I do not think thia ia right. It ia not American." The early morning crowd at Scranton was told by Mr. Truman that the Taft-Hartley Bill ia 'aike a termite undermining and eating away your legal protection to orga¬ nize and bargain collectively. This law. he aaid, is only a aample of what Republicans will do if they win the election. Gives Democratic Program The President added befora the big Public 6quare throng: "We need a law that will pro¬ vide a half million of units of low-rent hoiuing, clearance of our slums, and rural housing. The Democratic Congress will give ua that law. Television Program Sent 6,000 Miles London, Oct. 23 (UP)—BritUh Broadcasting Corporation an¬ nounced a new television aend- ing record of 6,000 miles today. P. H. Rieder of Oipetown, South Africa, reported he had picked up an entire program originat¬ ing in London. BBC said the previous record was 3.000 miles, from London to New York. France African Brings Troops tion. A Democratic Congress will give us that. "We need at least a 75-cent mini¬ mum wage. A Democratic Con¬ gress will give us that minimum wage. "We need extension of Social Se¬ curity to everybowy in the entire nation now covered and a 50-per¬ cent increase In benefits. A Demo¬ cratic CVmgress will give ua that extension and increase. "We need controls on inflation. A Democratic Congress will give us these controls. "Then we can go on to build the kind of people's America that our great President, Franklin D. Roose¬ velt, had in mind wheft he gava us the New Deal." Lauds Mitchell, VMW In his Scranton talk the Presi¬ dent lauded John Mitchell, father of the United Mine Workers, and the progress the organization has made. He praised the Miners' wel¬ fare fund as a move in the right direction. The President said that the Re¬ publicans had Intended to outlaw union welfare funds, but were stop¬ ped when the courts ruled that companies must bargain on them. Later in the day President Tru¬ man, in a speecli ^t Johnstown, charged big business with filling the coffers of the GOP in order to guard against tha return of price controls. He said the heads of some of the ((Continued on Page A-5) DEWEY F Notes of Truman Visit Mayor Luther Kniffen, who wel-1 railroad unions and the American comed President Truman to the {Federation of Latior. city, waa impressed by the grac¬ iousness of the distinguished visi¬ tor and particularly his healthful appearance, after one of tha hard¬ est presidential campaigns ever known. The President smiled when he mentioned about hia appearance. President Truman was not the only presidential candidate to ad¬ dress an early morning crowd in the city. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 spoke to about 40,000 in Miner Park. That meeting was organized by labor. Among those present were John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and for¬ mer Lieutenant (JSovernor Thomas Kennedy of Hazleton. Local newspapermen and radio commentators who were close to the Public Square stand were im- p^essed by the President's charm. This waa evidenced in Scranton, also. Dan Gallagher, retired railroader from East End who celebrated his 80th birthday in March, made the trip to Scranton to meet the Presi¬ dent He managed to tell Mr. Truman that he can recall tlie presidential campaign of 1876 be¬ tween Tilden and Hayes, with Peter Cooper tossed in for good metuure. Democratic leaders in the coun¬ ty were given an idea of how efficiently United Statea Secret Service agents gruard the Presi¬ dent. After a .check of the plat¬ form built on Public Square, one of them recommended that it be strengthened. "We don't take any chance," he told County Chairman John A. Riley. Theodore Roosevelt, the 25th President of the United States, fav¬ ored Wilkes-Barre with three visits as chief executive. President Truman received his biggest kick of the morning when the engineer on a mine lokie for the Hud.son Coal Co. kept the whistle blowing as the President passed. He got a wave from the President in appreciation. The State Police, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre police and borough police on the route of the Presi¬ dent from Scranton kept thc Presi¬ dent well protected. They watched intersections in particular. The delicate international ques¬ tion was given as one of the rea¬ sons for vigilance of the police. Even the reporters were checked closely. Residents of North Washington street had more American flagra out than any other section in the President's drive from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre. An escort of Lackawanna Dem¬ ocrats followed the President al¬ most to the city. They made the return from where the Scranton highway meets the main highway to the Poconoa. Flanking the President en route to Wilkes-Barre were Attorney Flood and Mr. Riley, while James J. Law and James Sheridan occu¬ pied the auxiliary seats in the White House machine. Others in tlie escort to Wllkes- Barre were former Mayor Con McCole, M. J. McLaughlin sr., John Malinowski, State Senatorial can¬ didate Patrick Toole, Richard Riley, Daniel Gallagher, Patrick McGinnis, Peter Brady, Attorney James L. Brown,- James Mitchell, Joseph P. CoUis, Joseph Sai.tucci, William Schrode, James Mitchell. The President received a rousing send-off at the DL&W station. Kingston, from where he departed with a ten-car special. Chief of Police David Francis took care of the President's safety in Kingston. .u T,'^.^""/,r.*'"^ ,?,' ^ * K"^5* °'iThe crowd at the station was esti. the United Mine Workers and the|^^jg^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^an 4.000. Catholic Abstinence Union, who] o„^ „f j^e first men to get a holding conventions in the-^^^^ghake from the President was i Mathew Elliot of 91 Thomas street, i (Continued on Page A-3) Reefs Demand Removal of Berlin's Top Officials BROOKLYN CARS COLLIDE 50 PASSENGERS HURT Now York, Oct. 23. (UP)—Two trolley cars collided in Brooklyn tonight, injuring 50 passengers, several of them serfously, police reported. Twelve of the injured were taken to Kings C^ounty Hospital and four were taken to Cumberland Hospi¬ tal. Police said 84 persons were given first aid at the scene. The collision occurred on Flat- bush Avenue at the entrance to the Prospect Park zoo. Police said one trolley had stopped to take on passengers when the other trolley, travelling rapidly down a hill, crashed into it. The standing trol¬ ley was derailed. Police said about 40 persons were aboard each car. Two police disaster imita were sent to the seen*. Believed Part Of Soviet Drive To Take over City Berlin, Sunday, Oct. 24. (UP)- were city. On the occasion of the silver jubilee of the late Monsignor J. J. Curran, former pastor of St. Mary's Church, C!ol, Roosevelt was again a visitor. One of the very first presidential candidates to visit this city was James G. ' Blaine, the Plumed Knight, in 1876, 1880 and 1884. He was one of the great figures of his time. United States Senator Francis Myers met the President in Scran¬ ton and came to this city with him. The President's service in World War I was brought to the atten-. Uon of the friendly audience yes- Russia officially charged early to- terday by Atty. Dan Flood. He'day ti-.at the mayor and five other told how a Missouri National,officials of Berlin had violated the Gdard unit under Captain Harrv Four-Power agreement on the city Truman helped out the 109th Field and demanded that they be re- Artillery. I moved from oftice and punished. He introduced Sgt Bob Hopkins: The Soviet news bureau said that a Russian court had charged the officials with making "Fascist" speeches, forbidden by an order of the Allied Control Council. Want Them Turned Over The charge has been turned over to "the proper military authori¬ ties" for punishment of the offi¬ cials, the announcement said. The charge was regarded as an¬ other step in a continued Russian drive to bring the city under Com¬ munist rule. By "proper Authori¬ ties" it was believed the Russians meant the Soviet military admini¬ stration and ths military govern- FEVER ABATES GOP Candidate's Aides Convinced Race Is Over, Won Albany, N. Y., Oct. 23. (UP)- Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, res^ng before the finish drive in his presi¬ dential election race, said tonight that he wanted the American Navy to be continued as "the strongest In the world." The occasion of hia remarks about the Navy was a proclamation designating Oct 27 as Navy Day in New York State. Oct. 27 also is the birthday of Theodore Roceevelt.' l^e GOP presidential candidate; said that this country finished the; second world war with the "strong-1 est" Navy in world history. ! "In the interests of the preserva- j tion of our ancient freedoms, we 1 must make aure that it continues to be the strongest in the world. "This must be part of our na¬ tional policy of making America so strong that no agressor nation will ever be deluded by the belief that our free society cannot defend itself." The governor spent today in the executive mansion, nursing a head cold and working on the four ma¬ jor speeches with which he will fin¬ ish his campaign next week. Fever is Gona His staff reported that hia cold improved overnight, that he had no fever this morning and was feeling appreciably better. A slight at¬ tack of bursitis in the right shoul¬ der continues to bother him. Dewey will remain here until Monday night when he leaves for (Chicago. He will speak in (^icago Stadium Tuesday night. He will speak in Cleveland and Boston be¬ fore returning to New York Caty for a mammoth rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 30. Although the New York governor will spend a week of intensive campaigning, the men close to him seemed to regard the race as over and won. His advisers, although dealing with the immediate task at hand of shaping his flnal stump talks. were dealing, too, with the weighty To Strike Zone Paris, Oct 23 (UP) Four per-, resulted when police broke up ¦ sons were injured today in clashes strike meeting. The police charged between strikers, police and fierce | into a hail of atonea thrown by native soldier.s brought in from strikers. Frances African colonies to pre-1 At Forbach, police reportedly serve order in the crippling nat-1 used tear gas to break up a cafa ional coal mine strike. I brawl in which miners hurled The C>)mmunist party and lead-! tables and chairs at police, ers of the Communist-dominated i The labor federation today called General Federation of Labor. 1 on all workers for strikes and scorning the government's threat i demonstrations in sympathy with of a bloody showdown in the labor j the miners, and appealed to min- war, called on the workers of the ers, stevedores and merchant sea- western world to support the 20-1 men in the United States and day-old walkout. Strapping Negro soldiers from West Africa and fierce Berbers from Morocco moved Into mining districts throughout the country to back up police and security guards in dealing with rioting strikers. Two Bad Clashm The day's two worst clashes oc- Britain to block exports of coa! to this country. The C>>mmunist party issued a defiant maifesto denouncing the government for following "direc¬ tives handed down by American imperialists." In the southern coal fields, pre¬ viously the center of fierce riot- curred at Forbach. on the German ing, tension was high through the border in northwestern Lorraine, | day but only minor clashes oc- and In the northern town of Creu-1 curred. tzwald. where the four casualties I (Continued on Page A-5> Father of 18 Buried In Larksville Mine One man was buried under what was reported as a fall of "hun¬ dreds of tons of rock" at Loree No. 3 Ojlliery, Hudson Coal Co., in Larksville, about 5:15 last night. Another man, his laborer, mi¬ raculously escaped a similar fate, according to reports of the mis- bap. The buried man was unofficially identified as Stanley (Stookey) Romanowski. 80 Thomas street, Larksville. Romanowski previously lived in Larksville In the Railroad section, according to men at the mine. The man is the father of 18 chil¬ dren, eleven living, it was learned at the family home early this morn¬ ing. His wife, shocked and sad¬ dened by the awful tragedy, was sitting up awaiting reports, hoping for some favorable word, but nevertheless fearing the worst Romanowski is believed to be the father of the largest family on the Greater West Side. Con Ritz, Romanowski's laborer. talization. The other vehicle waa operated by John J. Dairies, 693 Wyoming avenue, according to Chief James Gansel, Dallas Town¬ ship, who investigated. An automobile owned by WiU'am Washkevicz. 39 Spring street, Wilkes-Barre, and operated by Fel¬ ix Wysowskie, address unknown, was demolished last night on tM Huntsville Road \«ipn it failed to negotiai:e a sharp curve. T.i» ac¬ cident was investigated hy Chie* James Gansel, with State Tro-pers Ciiarles Drunstaff and Kenneth Owens, but Wysowskie left the scene before they arrived. Blood found in the car Indicated he had been-injured. The car left the r-jad and lolled over an embankment, polic 6a>d. Andrew lorio, seven, of 417 South Empire street, was admitted to Mercy Hospital yesterday after¬ noon for head and hand injuries suffered when hit by a truck op¬ erated by Raymond Woode, 231 Parrish street. residing on the same street, was the According to police. lorlo darted man who escaped. ,. in front of the vehicle on Hazle Officials of the operation could street and was knocked several not be reached for a statement -The.f^et He was taken to the hos- colliery office reported early today pit^i by Woode, who later made officials were still in the mine. Ai^ report to police working force was endeavoring to _. it -. i problems Dewey would face if he reach Romanowski. but there was' ^^It^to" Hospital reported four is elected President. i slim hope the man would be taken ^cements yesterday. These problems naturallv include jout alive. .f"" ^.^r. ' ^ ' u'. ^ ^"'*'" the formation of a national admin-1 Men working in the section y/Zterdav a^te"rnZ'iiV^ th/^ istration. budgetary planning and ] said they had been told that the crossfn^ M^n street nea^ pfni* patronage. These matters are ap-j cave, 30 feet long 12 feet wide ^X'„"„^. ^"e'" recefvld ?"e ^d and at fast eight feet thick was shoulder injuries. His condition is practically all rock. Thy explained there was only slight possibility that anyone buried under a cave of thia tremendous size could be saved. Ritz was exceptionally fortunate. He was covered by the fall, but not pinned. The rock formed a proached in complete c nfldence that Dewey will defeat President Truman. Valley Scene Younff sons of veil known county Republican leader din- tributivf) Truman pamphlets on Public Square Saturday morning. Two Kingston High plnytri sitting on Wyoming bench cheering for Forty Fort at yesterday's game. Gentleman from the rural area, arriviyig in city a few minutes before President Tnt- man, asking a polireman what in the world all the croivd was about. operated by Pine stre«t, good. The car was Oiarles Calabro, 10 Pittston' McKinley Tibbtee, 45, of 218 Simpson street, Dupont, received lacerations of the leg yesterday aftemoon at 4 while at work in , No. 4 shaft, Ewen Colliery, Penn- tent above him and he walked .yivania Coal Co. A motorman, ha to safety, unhurt. was struck by a runaway motor. The fall was in the section I His condition is good, known as the Red Ash. Walter Leikauskas. 49. of 67 Only hope for Romanowski, ac-iDrummond street, Pittston, waa cording to men at the mine, lies j hit by a car near Curtis street, in the possibility that he also may | Pittston. yesterday morning at have been trapped under a pro-111:15. He received a possible frac- tective formation such as the one tured pelvis and face injuries. His that saved the life of his com- condition is good. The car was panion. Clifford Shupp of Dallas RD 2, had a narrow escape last night operated by Benjamin Rader, 37 Curtis street, Pittston. Robert Crawford, SVs, 575 Sperl- when his car crashed into the rear i ing street. West Wyoming, was of another on the Kunkle Road,!struck by a truck yesterday after- near Dallas, traveled about 50 feet | noon at 2:20 near his home. H« rolled over several times and rest«f received shoulder and arm Injur- upright against the home of PauT ies. His condition is good. The Hilbert. Shupp received a cut on j truck was driwen by Andrew the head, but did not require ho;-pi-' Koscilansky, of 48 Madison street. ments of the three Western powers. Russia brought the charge under Allied Control Council directive No. 40. which prohibits Germans from making Fascist speeclies. The order from Russia Tried to Get Ultrafax, Remarkable New Communications across Washington in 1^ power. Washington, Oct 23. (UP»—,Wind" Defense officials revealed tonight!minutes. that Russia attempted to get from' Forrestal suggested in a letter further forbids Germans I the Radio Corporation of America to Gen. David Sarnoff, president offending any occupying'righU to Ultrafax, the new com-'of RCA, that Ultrafax would b« a munieations system for transmit-1 boon in wartime. of Pittston township, who told of the Missouri boya helping the 109th under fire. Bob waa given a hearty hand¬ shake by the President Wilkes-Barre Po.st 132, American Legion Band, directed by John Sauer, with 20 musicians, played for thc crowd before the President's arrival. Labor support of the President was evident to the local delegation iof Democrats who went to Scran¬ ¬ton early in the morning to escort Ihim to this city. Many Truman (aigna were carried by CIO leaders, All City Officials iting words wit^ii the speed of light- "In wartime, extra burdens ar« Involved in the 4tusaian charge- .pj^^ Russians officials said, ap- P'^'-'^'^ on the existing means ol iVere Acting Mayor Ferdinand;proached RCA with a request for • • • transmitting combat informa- Friedensburg. the elected but un-1 authorization to set up an Ultrafax tion to and from the commandera recognized Mayor Ernst Reuter.jj^.gten, ;„ the Soviet Union. RCA "i combat areaa." Forrestal said. Assembly President Otto Suhr, anduumed down the request and told' "Every step which improves tha C?ity Assemblymen Franz Neu-|u g. defense officers about it. effectiveness of thia network en- mann. Kurt Mattik and Rudolf | 'officials gave no more details'^'^''c** ^^^ security of the nation." Markewitz. L^t ^^jg jt pj^jn that the Rus-j The Navy communicaUon syrtera The speeches which drew th€|j.i3n bjtj ^vas rejected for security'an* "i* Army Signal Corps both Russians' ire were made during reasons. I*''* investigating application of an anti-Communist demonstration '_ juitrafax to military comrounica- which erupted on Sept. 9 in the British sector, according to the Soviet announcement. Last night the American-licensed Dena news agency reported that German Gen. Walter von Seydlitz, reputed chief of the Soviet police tions. A big difficulty in a huga Aid to National Security Defense Secretary James Por-'military operation like the Nor- restal has called Ultrafax a bigimandy invasion in World War n contribution to national! security.lis jammed communications. Ultra- He said it should step up efficiency'fax would prevent this, military of the communication system. [experts said. RCA officials demonstrated Ultra-1 And. they added, communlcationa army now being formed, had been > fax to reporters and high govern-1 between battle fronts, rear areaJ fired on by a would-be assassin in ment officials this week by sending and factories at home coul4 b< tis« Russian occupation xona. 'the entira novel "Gone With the I speeded up.
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Issue | 52 |
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Month | 10 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Volume | 42 |
Issue | 52 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Full Text | u^ A Paper For The Home G>(rv-vowjUuL/ SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Partly Cloudy. Cooler Tonight. Monday Fair. 42ND YEAR, NO. 52 — 48 PAGES ritlTED PREHS Wir* New* Htrrtc* WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1948 PRICE TWELVE CENTS ~-ABtl>ony T. Conti President Truman Meets Matthew Elliot, Who Led Delegation of Miners from Baltimore Colliery. r —Antliony T. f'jiitl Sjrt. Bob Hopkins. Pittston, who fought before President Truman's artillery unit during World War I, is greeted by the cliiof executive. Jews Ignore Cease-Fire, , ConfinueAttacks,UNSays Tel Aviv, Israel, Oit. 23 (UPi Jewish forces slUI were attacking Egyptian positions in southern Palestine 24 hours after the United Nations rease-firc deadline, UN truce headquarters announced to¬ night. Heavy fi,!hting al.so was reported in the northern district of Galilee, although no late detail;; were hJlf available Syria nnd Israel blame rach other for the battle which flared akng the Syrian border last night. . Arab reports said 200 Jews were killed and 22 wounded and cap- lured in the northern fighting. Appeal to r\ for Action Thc Palestine Arab executive committee in Amman, Tran.s-Jor- dan, today appcealed to the United Nations for quick action to prevent Jewish forces from seizing all of Arab Palestine. Jewish harbor guards at Haifa opened fire today on a U. S. Navy nictor launch flying American and UN flags. The bullets missed their imark, but U. S. Marine Brig. Gen. j William E. Riley, chief of UN truce staff, protested sharply to the pro- viftional government of Israel. I Observers at Riley's Haif.-J head- i quarters said incomplete reports ; from the Negrv desert front in I southern Palestine blamed Israel ifor attacks on Arab positions from (Continued on Page A-3) NEW VORK RK AS Truman Appeals to Labor In Wilkes-Barre Speech New Jersey Third; These 3 States Get Over 75% of Total Harrisburg. Oct 2S (UP)—New York State is crowding Pennayl¬ vania as a user of anthracite, the State Mine Department disclosed today. In the first eight montha of this year, shipment of hard coal to Em¬ pire State consiuners totaled 10,- 564.067 tons, only 467.000 tons less than the tonnage delivered to points in the G.immonwealth. Rail shipments to New York overshado%ved Pennsylvania-bound shipmentiff by almost 3.fi00,000 torus. But truck deliveries in Pennsyl¬ vania came to 4,225,99.5 tons com¬ pared to only 309,000 tons delivered by motor vehicles to New Y(wk consumers. New Jersey, with 4.225.99.'5 tons delivered to coal yards and bins up to the end of August, ranked third among the statea in hard coal consumption. The three middle Atlantic states received more than 75 per cent of all anthracite shipped to domestic points this year. Of 34.625.084 tons delivered. 26,365,557 tons went to Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. During the late spring and sum¬ mer months shipments of coal to other states are greater than de¬ liveries In Pennsylvania, but truck deliveries to domestic users in the coal regions more than doubled In the late fall and winter. New York topped Pennsylvania in the amount of anthracite re¬ ceived this year in April, May and August. Pennsylvania led in the other months. His Story Is Strange and Confused And it Ends with a Double Murder Alexandria, Va.. Oct. 23. (UP)— As pieced togetlwr from what he aaid, what the police said and what ^¦<'ViIs folks and neighbors said, this is the story of 23-yi'ar-old Her¬ bert D. Alexander jr.: He was a nervous, high-strung boy. He quit junior higii school because he was "restless." He didn't like the jobs he got. The war came along and he went into the Navy. Gunnery practice "jolted" him and he spent the rest of the war in a mental Ward. After the war he married a lovely 17-year-old girl named Gloria. In the course of Ume they had a blond daughter. Bonnie. He liked his family, but he quarreled frequently with his wife. Wife Got Him Out ^ Last summer Alexander began to "feel bad." His eyes hurt. He waa fn Today's issue Kditorial B—« ('lassified A—21 Movies A—20 Obituary A—18 Radio B—6 Social ; C—1 Sporta B—1 more nervous than ever. He re ported to the veterans mental hoa-| pital at Perry Point, Md. i Three weeks later his wife got I him out—though the doctors saidi he was too ill to leave. They said| he had tried to kill himself with; sleeping pills and aspirin. He suf-' fered delusions. But Mrs. Alexander, "against i medical advice," took him honie.i There came a time when she said.; "I'm afraid of my husband. He! gels crazy sometimes." His father would visit him. a.sk| "What's the trouble, son?" Hcj would say he was "afraid of his job," would rather do something else, that his "eyes hurt." After breakfast yesterday Alex¬ ander pushed back his chair. He got up, walked toward his wife. A few minutes later he was on the telephone, saying to the police; "I strangled them. Come and get me. I've killed my wife and baby." Then he cut his wrists—but not deeply enough. Over and over he said. "I couldn't .stand it any longer." He killed his wife fir.st. then the (Continued on Page A-5) GEN. CLAY STILL HOPES FOR SUCCESS OF UN Berlin, Oct. 23 UP)—Gen Lucius D. Clay, American miUtary gover¬ nor of Berlin, said today that he refused "to give up hope" that the United Nations would successfully mediate the clash between Russia and the western powers over Ger¬ many. Speaking on the eve of the tliird anniversary of the world organiza¬ tion. Clay said he was "aware that the United Nations today faces the most critical problem in Its his- history " "But I, for one, refuse to give up hone." Clay declared. "We must not give up hope In its success," Clay said. "Never in history has the conception of an crganization like the United Na¬ tions been more necessary to man¬ kind." 20,000 Jam Square For Morning Address By THCVIAS F. BARRV President Truman, m a rmglng appeal to labor to protect its rights, struck hard yesterday in his bid for Pennsylvania's 35 electorial votes when he addressed a crowd of 2d,000 in Wilkes-Barre Public Square, estimated. iOarUer, in Scranton, he told an audience of 15,000 that a KepuDlican Congreaa eventually would wreck all gains made by organ¬ ized labor. In this city President Truman called upon Luzeme coimty citizens to elect Atty. Daniel J. Flood to Congress. Public Square was a solid mass "We need federal aid to educa- of humanity as President Truman spoke. Windows In bulldlnga around the Square were vantage points for additional hundreds. The warmth and aincerity of the welcome which was estended to him tn thia city waa flrst ahown in the East E^d section. There, hundreds lined the atreeta and gave the President a great ovation Raps DP Law The President lost no time in this city rapping the law passed by tHo 80th Congress to admit a limited number of European displaced persons to this country. "It excluded nearly all displaced persons who belong to the Jewish faith," he said, "and it excluded an unfair proportion of those be¬ longing to the Catholic faith. I do not think thia ia right. It ia not American." The early morning crowd at Scranton was told by Mr. Truman that the Taft-Hartley Bill ia 'aike a termite undermining and eating away your legal protection to orga¬ nize and bargain collectively. This law. he aaid, is only a aample of what Republicans will do if they win the election. Gives Democratic Program The President added befora the big Public 6quare throng: "We need a law that will pro¬ vide a half million of units of low-rent hoiuing, clearance of our slums, and rural housing. The Democratic Congress will give ua that law. Television Program Sent 6,000 Miles London, Oct. 23 (UP)—BritUh Broadcasting Corporation an¬ nounced a new television aend- ing record of 6,000 miles today. P. H. Rieder of Oipetown, South Africa, reported he had picked up an entire program originat¬ ing in London. BBC said the previous record was 3.000 miles, from London to New York. France African Brings Troops tion. A Democratic Congress will give us that. "We need at least a 75-cent mini¬ mum wage. A Democratic Con¬ gress will give us that minimum wage. "We need extension of Social Se¬ curity to everybowy in the entire nation now covered and a 50-per¬ cent increase In benefits. A Demo¬ cratic CVmgress will give ua that extension and increase. "We need controls on inflation. A Democratic Congress will give us these controls. "Then we can go on to build the kind of people's America that our great President, Franklin D. Roose¬ velt, had in mind wheft he gava us the New Deal." Lauds Mitchell, VMW In his Scranton talk the Presi¬ dent lauded John Mitchell, father of the United Mine Workers, and the progress the organization has made. He praised the Miners' wel¬ fare fund as a move in the right direction. The President said that the Re¬ publicans had Intended to outlaw union welfare funds, but were stop¬ ped when the courts ruled that companies must bargain on them. Later in the day President Tru¬ man, in a speecli ^t Johnstown, charged big business with filling the coffers of the GOP in order to guard against tha return of price controls. He said the heads of some of the ((Continued on Page A-5) DEWEY F Notes of Truman Visit Mayor Luther Kniffen, who wel-1 railroad unions and the American comed President Truman to the {Federation of Latior. city, waa impressed by the grac¬ iousness of the distinguished visi¬ tor and particularly his healthful appearance, after one of tha hard¬ est presidential campaigns ever known. The President smiled when he mentioned about hia appearance. President Truman was not the only presidential candidate to ad¬ dress an early morning crowd in the city. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 spoke to about 40,000 in Miner Park. That meeting was organized by labor. Among those present were John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and for¬ mer Lieutenant (JSovernor Thomas Kennedy of Hazleton. Local newspapermen and radio commentators who were close to the Public Square stand were im- p^essed by the President's charm. This waa evidenced in Scranton, also. Dan Gallagher, retired railroader from East End who celebrated his 80th birthday in March, made the trip to Scranton to meet the Presi¬ dent He managed to tell Mr. Truman that he can recall tlie presidential campaign of 1876 be¬ tween Tilden and Hayes, with Peter Cooper tossed in for good metuure. Democratic leaders in the coun¬ ty were given an idea of how efficiently United Statea Secret Service agents gruard the Presi¬ dent. After a .check of the plat¬ form built on Public Square, one of them recommended that it be strengthened. "We don't take any chance," he told County Chairman John A. Riley. Theodore Roosevelt, the 25th President of the United States, fav¬ ored Wilkes-Barre with three visits as chief executive. President Truman received his biggest kick of the morning when the engineer on a mine lokie for the Hud.son Coal Co. kept the whistle blowing as the President passed. He got a wave from the President in appreciation. The State Police, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre police and borough police on the route of the Presi¬ dent from Scranton kept thc Presi¬ dent well protected. They watched intersections in particular. The delicate international ques¬ tion was given as one of the rea¬ sons for vigilance of the police. Even the reporters were checked closely. Residents of North Washington street had more American flagra out than any other section in the President's drive from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre. An escort of Lackawanna Dem¬ ocrats followed the President al¬ most to the city. They made the return from where the Scranton highway meets the main highway to the Poconoa. Flanking the President en route to Wilkes-Barre were Attorney Flood and Mr. Riley, while James J. Law and James Sheridan occu¬ pied the auxiliary seats in the White House machine. Others in tlie escort to Wllkes- Barre were former Mayor Con McCole, M. J. McLaughlin sr., John Malinowski, State Senatorial can¬ didate Patrick Toole, Richard Riley, Daniel Gallagher, Patrick McGinnis, Peter Brady, Attorney James L. Brown,- James Mitchell, Joseph P. CoUis, Joseph Sai.tucci, William Schrode, James Mitchell. The President received a rousing send-off at the DL&W station. Kingston, from where he departed with a ten-car special. Chief of Police David Francis took care of the President's safety in Kingston. .u T,'^.^""/,r.*'"^ ,?,' ^ * K"^5* °'iThe crowd at the station was esti. the United Mine Workers and the|^^jg^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^an 4.000. Catholic Abstinence Union, who] o„^ „f j^e first men to get a holding conventions in the-^^^^ghake from the President was i Mathew Elliot of 91 Thomas street, i (Continued on Page A-3) Reefs Demand Removal of Berlin's Top Officials BROOKLYN CARS COLLIDE 50 PASSENGERS HURT Now York, Oct. 23. (UP)—Two trolley cars collided in Brooklyn tonight, injuring 50 passengers, several of them serfously, police reported. Twelve of the injured were taken to Kings C^ounty Hospital and four were taken to Cumberland Hospi¬ tal. Police said 84 persons were given first aid at the scene. The collision occurred on Flat- bush Avenue at the entrance to the Prospect Park zoo. Police said one trolley had stopped to take on passengers when the other trolley, travelling rapidly down a hill, crashed into it. The standing trol¬ ley was derailed. Police said about 40 persons were aboard each car. Two police disaster imita were sent to the seen*. Believed Part Of Soviet Drive To Take over City Berlin, Sunday, Oct. 24. (UP)- were city. On the occasion of the silver jubilee of the late Monsignor J. J. Curran, former pastor of St. Mary's Church, C!ol, Roosevelt was again a visitor. One of the very first presidential candidates to visit this city was James G. ' Blaine, the Plumed Knight, in 1876, 1880 and 1884. He was one of the great figures of his time. United States Senator Francis Myers met the President in Scran¬ ton and came to this city with him. The President's service in World War I was brought to the atten-. Uon of the friendly audience yes- Russia officially charged early to- terday by Atty. Dan Flood. He'day ti-.at the mayor and five other told how a Missouri National,officials of Berlin had violated the Gdard unit under Captain Harrv Four-Power agreement on the city Truman helped out the 109th Field and demanded that they be re- Artillery. I moved from oftice and punished. He introduced Sgt Bob Hopkins: The Soviet news bureau said that a Russian court had charged the officials with making "Fascist" speeches, forbidden by an order of the Allied Control Council. Want Them Turned Over The charge has been turned over to "the proper military authori¬ ties" for punishment of the offi¬ cials, the announcement said. The charge was regarded as an¬ other step in a continued Russian drive to bring the city under Com¬ munist rule. By "proper Authori¬ ties" it was believed the Russians meant the Soviet military admini¬ stration and ths military govern- FEVER ABATES GOP Candidate's Aides Convinced Race Is Over, Won Albany, N. Y., Oct. 23. (UP)- Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, res^ng before the finish drive in his presi¬ dential election race, said tonight that he wanted the American Navy to be continued as "the strongest In the world." The occasion of hia remarks about the Navy was a proclamation designating Oct 27 as Navy Day in New York State. Oct. 27 also is the birthday of Theodore Roceevelt.' l^e GOP presidential candidate; said that this country finished the; second world war with the "strong-1 est" Navy in world history. ! "In the interests of the preserva- j tion of our ancient freedoms, we 1 must make aure that it continues to be the strongest in the world. "This must be part of our na¬ tional policy of making America so strong that no agressor nation will ever be deluded by the belief that our free society cannot defend itself." The governor spent today in the executive mansion, nursing a head cold and working on the four ma¬ jor speeches with which he will fin¬ ish his campaign next week. Fever is Gona His staff reported that hia cold improved overnight, that he had no fever this morning and was feeling appreciably better. A slight at¬ tack of bursitis in the right shoul¬ der continues to bother him. Dewey will remain here until Monday night when he leaves for (Chicago. He will speak in (^icago Stadium Tuesday night. He will speak in Cleveland and Boston be¬ fore returning to New York Caty for a mammoth rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 30. Although the New York governor will spend a week of intensive campaigning, the men close to him seemed to regard the race as over and won. His advisers, although dealing with the immediate task at hand of shaping his flnal stump talks. were dealing, too, with the weighty To Strike Zone Paris, Oct 23 (UP) Four per-, resulted when police broke up ¦ sons were injured today in clashes strike meeting. The police charged between strikers, police and fierce | into a hail of atonea thrown by native soldier.s brought in from strikers. Frances African colonies to pre-1 At Forbach, police reportedly serve order in the crippling nat-1 used tear gas to break up a cafa ional coal mine strike. I brawl in which miners hurled The C>)mmunist party and lead-! tables and chairs at police, ers of the Communist-dominated i The labor federation today called General Federation of Labor. 1 on all workers for strikes and scorning the government's threat i demonstrations in sympathy with of a bloody showdown in the labor j the miners, and appealed to min- war, called on the workers of the ers, stevedores and merchant sea- western world to support the 20-1 men in the United States and day-old walkout. Strapping Negro soldiers from West Africa and fierce Berbers from Morocco moved Into mining districts throughout the country to back up police and security guards in dealing with rioting strikers. Two Bad Clashm The day's two worst clashes oc- Britain to block exports of coa! to this country. The C>>mmunist party issued a defiant maifesto denouncing the government for following "direc¬ tives handed down by American imperialists." In the southern coal fields, pre¬ viously the center of fierce riot- curred at Forbach. on the German ing, tension was high through the border in northwestern Lorraine, | day but only minor clashes oc- and In the northern town of Creu-1 curred. tzwald. where the four casualties I (Continued on Page A-5> Father of 18 Buried In Larksville Mine One man was buried under what was reported as a fall of "hun¬ dreds of tons of rock" at Loree No. 3 Ojlliery, Hudson Coal Co., in Larksville, about 5:15 last night. Another man, his laborer, mi¬ raculously escaped a similar fate, according to reports of the mis- bap. The buried man was unofficially identified as Stanley (Stookey) Romanowski. 80 Thomas street, Larksville. Romanowski previously lived in Larksville In the Railroad section, according to men at the mine. The man is the father of 18 chil¬ dren, eleven living, it was learned at the family home early this morn¬ ing. His wife, shocked and sad¬ dened by the awful tragedy, was sitting up awaiting reports, hoping for some favorable word, but nevertheless fearing the worst Romanowski is believed to be the father of the largest family on the Greater West Side. Con Ritz, Romanowski's laborer. talization. The other vehicle waa operated by John J. Dairies, 693 Wyoming avenue, according to Chief James Gansel, Dallas Town¬ ship, who investigated. An automobile owned by WiU'am Washkevicz. 39 Spring street, Wilkes-Barre, and operated by Fel¬ ix Wysowskie, address unknown, was demolished last night on tM Huntsville Road \«ipn it failed to negotiai:e a sharp curve. T.i» ac¬ cident was investigated hy Chie* James Gansel, with State Tro-pers Ciiarles Drunstaff and Kenneth Owens, but Wysowskie left the scene before they arrived. Blood found in the car Indicated he had been-injured. The car left the r-jad and lolled over an embankment, polic 6a>d. Andrew lorio, seven, of 417 South Empire street, was admitted to Mercy Hospital yesterday after¬ noon for head and hand injuries suffered when hit by a truck op¬ erated by Raymond Woode, 231 Parrish street. residing on the same street, was the According to police. lorlo darted man who escaped. ,. in front of the vehicle on Hazle Officials of the operation could street and was knocked several not be reached for a statement -The.f^et He was taken to the hos- colliery office reported early today pit^i by Woode, who later made officials were still in the mine. Ai^ report to police working force was endeavoring to _. it -. i problems Dewey would face if he reach Romanowski. but there was' ^^It^to" Hospital reported four is elected President. i slim hope the man would be taken ^cements yesterday. These problems naturallv include jout alive. .f"" ^.^r. ' ^ ' u'. ^ ^"'*'" the formation of a national admin-1 Men working in the section y/Zterdav a^te"rnZ'iiV^ th/^ istration. budgetary planning and ] said they had been told that the crossfn^ M^n street nea^ pfni* patronage. These matters are ap-j cave, 30 feet long 12 feet wide ^X'„"„^. ^"e'" recefvld ?"e ^d and at fast eight feet thick was shoulder injuries. His condition is practically all rock. Thy explained there was only slight possibility that anyone buried under a cave of thia tremendous size could be saved. Ritz was exceptionally fortunate. He was covered by the fall, but not pinned. The rock formed a proached in complete c nfldence that Dewey will defeat President Truman. Valley Scene Younff sons of veil known county Republican leader din- tributivf) Truman pamphlets on Public Square Saturday morning. Two Kingston High plnytri sitting on Wyoming bench cheering for Forty Fort at yesterday's game. Gentleman from the rural area, arriviyig in city a few minutes before President Tnt- man, asking a polireman what in the world all the croivd was about. operated by Pine stre«t, good. The car was Oiarles Calabro, 10 Pittston' McKinley Tibbtee, 45, of 218 Simpson street, Dupont, received lacerations of the leg yesterday aftemoon at 4 while at work in , No. 4 shaft, Ewen Colliery, Penn- tent above him and he walked .yivania Coal Co. A motorman, ha to safety, unhurt. was struck by a runaway motor. The fall was in the section I His condition is good, known as the Red Ash. Walter Leikauskas. 49. of 67 Only hope for Romanowski, ac-iDrummond street, Pittston, waa cording to men at the mine, lies j hit by a car near Curtis street, in the possibility that he also may | Pittston. yesterday morning at have been trapped under a pro-111:15. He received a possible frac- tective formation such as the one tured pelvis and face injuries. His that saved the life of his com- condition is good. The car was panion. Clifford Shupp of Dallas RD 2, had a narrow escape last night operated by Benjamin Rader, 37 Curtis street, Pittston. Robert Crawford, SVs, 575 Sperl- when his car crashed into the rear i ing street. West Wyoming, was of another on the Kunkle Road,!struck by a truck yesterday after- near Dallas, traveled about 50 feet | noon at 2:20 near his home. H« rolled over several times and rest«f received shoulder and arm Injur- upright against the home of PauT ies. His condition is good. The Hilbert. Shupp received a cut on j truck was driwen by Andrew the head, but did not require ho;-pi-' Koscilansky, of 48 Madison street. ments of the three Western powers. Russia brought the charge under Allied Control Council directive No. 40. which prohibits Germans from making Fascist speeclies. The order from Russia Tried to Get Ultrafax, Remarkable New Communications across Washington in 1^ power. Washington, Oct 23. (UP»—,Wind" Defense officials revealed tonight!minutes. that Russia attempted to get from' Forrestal suggested in a letter further forbids Germans I the Radio Corporation of America to Gen. David Sarnoff, president offending any occupying'righU to Ultrafax, the new com-'of RCA, that Ultrafax would b« a munieations system for transmit-1 boon in wartime. of Pittston township, who told of the Missouri boya helping the 109th under fire. Bob waa given a hearty hand¬ shake by the President Wilkes-Barre Po.st 132, American Legion Band, directed by John Sauer, with 20 musicians, played for thc crowd before the President's arrival. Labor support of the President was evident to the local delegation iof Democrats who went to Scran¬ ¬ton early in the morning to escort Ihim to this city. Many Truman (aigna were carried by CIO leaders, All City Officials iting words wit^ii the speed of light- "In wartime, extra burdens ar« Involved in the 4tusaian charge- .pj^^ Russians officials said, ap- P'^'-'^'^ on the existing means ol iVere Acting Mayor Ferdinand;proached RCA with a request for • • • transmitting combat informa- Friedensburg. the elected but un-1 authorization to set up an Ultrafax tion to and from the commandera recognized Mayor Ernst Reuter.jj^.gten, ;„ the Soviet Union. RCA "i combat areaa." Forrestal said. Assembly President Otto Suhr, anduumed down the request and told' "Every step which improves tha C?ity Assemblymen Franz Neu-|u g. defense officers about it. effectiveness of thia network en- mann. Kurt Mattik and Rudolf | 'officials gave no more details'^'^''c** ^^^ security of the nation." Markewitz. L^t ^^jg jt pj^jn that the Rus-j The Navy communicaUon syrtera The speeches which drew th€|j.i3n bjtj ^vas rejected for security'an* "i* Army Signal Corps both Russians' ire were made during reasons. I*''* investigating application of an anti-Communist demonstration '_ juitrafax to military comrounica- which erupted on Sept. 9 in the British sector, according to the Soviet announcement. Last night the American-licensed Dena news agency reported that German Gen. Walter von Seydlitz, reputed chief of the Soviet police tions. A big difficulty in a huga Aid to National Security Defense Secretary James Por-'military operation like the Nor- restal has called Ultrafax a bigimandy invasion in World War n contribution to national! security.lis jammed communications. Ultra- He said it should step up efficiency'fax would prevent this, military of the communication system. [experts said. RCA officials demonstrated Ultra-1 And. they added, communlcationa army now being formed, had been > fax to reporters and high govern-1 between battle fronts, rear areaJ fired on by a would-be assassin in ment officials this week by sending and factories at home coul4 b< tis« Russian occupation xona. 'the entira novel "Gone With the I speeded up. |
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