Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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42ND YEAR, NO. 49 — 5(9 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1948
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
Three Dead, 16 Missing In Seaplane
Upset By Wind In Norwegian Harbor After Safe Landing; 26 Persons Saved
Oslo, Norway, Oct. 3 (UP)—Three
persons  were  reported   killed  and j ]« missing today  In  the  crash  of
a Norwelgan alrlllnee flying boat I at Hommelvlk seaplane baae rear Itfondhelm In central Norway. ¦Twenty-six of the 49 pasaengeri hd crewmen aboard, including FBritlsh author - philosopher Ber- [trand Russell, were saved. Russell
and a number of other were  un¬ hurt, but an undetermined number
suffered minor injuries. I    Pilot  John Straindrud  was  hoe- I pitalized    in    Trondheim    with    a
broker arm. I Landing In High Wind
The four-engined, Brltlsh-bulU ; Sandringham flying boat was at- ; tempting to land In a high wing I when a sudden gust hurled It Into
the water. The craft waa wrecked,
but  stayed  afloat   for  10  minutes.
Airport  patrol  boats were able to
rescue  four crewmen and 22 paa-
sengers. Including three children.
Russell, Intervie^ved by telephone, gxaid that an enforced swim in Nor- 'way's chill coastal waters was his
worst experience In  the  crash. "It waa only for a minute or so
but  It  was  cold  enough."  the  72- year-old  philosopher  said. "We were  already down on  the
water  and   taxiing  In  toward   the
coaat when the accident happened,"
he added. "I think a sudden gust
of  wind   muust   have   caught   the
'The water came in, and we had to go out through the window Into the water," RuaseU said, "It was only a minute of so before we were picked up by the boata that had come out to meet us."
Russell, although  a British eaxi. Is better known by the commoner's title which  he uses In his writing and teaching. T«rn Women Killed
The loca! office of the airline oon- flrmed that a Norwegian woman passenger and a stewardess were killed In the crash. Reports from the scene said that the body of a third Norwetglan had beea re¬ covered,
Oslo newspaper reports put tke death toll of the crash as high aa sis, but theee reports could not be confirmed Immediately.
The  airlines  offlce  in  Oslo  said lican nominee. j court    for    refusing    to   call    off
that the big flying boat was making DiuatJsfied With  Dewey atrikes, and the miners have bolted
a routine flight from Oslo to Trond-j    Tlie minere" boss  is bitterly op- the AFT. again, hdm with S8 passengers and a crew
ef   seven.   Russell   waa    the   only __,__,_   «_.,.._  „--,. -,« foreigner aboard STATE'S CRIME RATE FAR
T'he noted philosopher had been
KMSATZ tX)AL—Coal is gold in Berlin these days. Here a Uerman housewife is feeding the fire with a brick of "coal" to keep the pot boiling. The bricks are composed of coal dust, sawdust and a tarry substance. The Germans are turning out 30,000 of these a day.   They sell for 15 cents apiece.
Reds Offer to Resume Talks on Berlin Crisis
Sofco/ovsky Denies City Is Blockaded
Berlin, Oct. 2. (UP)—Marshall Vassily D. Sokolovsky, 8o\'let com¬ mander In Germany, declared today Russia is willing to resume talk on the Berlin crisis.
He added that "a practical solution" rests solely on the desire of the United' States, Britain and France to achdeve a settlement.
Sokolovslcy summed up the Soviet position on Berlin In a 10.000-word wiiite paper which authoritative western sources viewed as a preview of the case Russia will make before the United Nations Security <>outu:il In Paris.   . occupation auhtorities, deprives the
The Soviet commander charged that the western policy of "parti¬ tioning CJermany" waa responsible for the cold war In the former Reich eapital. He specifically blamed western Allied currency reform as the Immediate cause of the "so-called Berlin crisis." Says Tliere's No Blockade
population of the possibility of securing these supplies directly, even In the etores of the western sectors  of Berlin,
Sokolovsky said the Western Powers' airlift therefore Is "cost¬ ly .. . unnecessary and a purely propagandistlc measure which bur¬ dens   Germany   with    superfluous
Sokolovsky asserted there is no such thing ea a blockade of Ber¬ lin, but he again offered to supply food and coal to the Inhabitants of tbe city's western sectors, an offer spurned  once  before.
"There was  and  la no blockade of   Berlin,"   he   aaid   In   an   inter- _        n ...    .. view with the Soviet-licensed pres,->, |~»'" "*^™ "«• He  aaid   a   blockade  would   mean'    He accused British Foreign Sec
costa'
He aaid Russia sent 100,000 tons of grajn and 10,800 tons of fats to Berlin after the Soviet govern¬ ment made its original offer in July to take over the feeding of all  Berlin.
Win Give
Today Will Pennant
Flood and Stroh Debate Thursday
Luzerne county's two candi¬ dates for Congress, Dr. Robert i Stroh, Republican, and Atty. Daniel F. Flood, Democrat, will | appear on the same platform i Thursday night to discuss in the ' same allotted time the topic:        |
"Why I  Should  Be Elected to (Congress."
The meeting of the two can¬ didates will take" place Thursday j The Cleveland Indians blasted j third when Detroit's Pat MuUin night at 8 in Hotel Redington at lan 8 to 0 victory over Detroit ye.s-|fumbled the rebound for an error. a membership meeting of Wyom- terday and clinched at least a tie Doby stayed on third when ing Valley Junior Chamber of ,for the American League pennant jCleveland Manager Lou Boudreau (Commerce. !while,   in   Boston,   the   New   York;grounded out but came home when
To Cleveland
This unique Jaycee program feature was arranged by Hugh Ridall jr., who will introduce the two speakers.
Yankees   lost   to   the   Boston   Red Joe Gordon rammed out his doifble.
DOFF PROMISES
Sox and were eliminated from the race.
A Cleveland victory over Detroit in   (Cleveland   today   in   the   final
an arch to left center. Ken Kelt- ner bounce a hard grounder oft third baseman Joiinny Outlaw's glove   and   Outlaw    was    charged
game   of   the   season,   would   give with an error.   CJordon scored and
the  Indians  the  pennant  no  mat-IKeltner went to second.
ter what the Red Sox and  Yanks     Walt  Judnich   walked  and    •'^n
Lewis Y/ill Say Tuesday Whether He's for Dewey
Waahlngton,   Oct.   2.    (UP)—In-lposed to President Truman for u»-
foi-med *oi:rit.i3 jlrite-i tonight thctjjn^    federil court    Injjn.^-tfor.?  tn
John L. Lewis probably wiil re¬ veal TueMiay whether he will sup¬ port (Jov. Thomas E. Dewey for preeident.
Lewis will open the 40th conven¬ tion of the United Mine Workera that day in Cincinnati. On the same day the National Co&l As¬ sociation, representing the bulk of the bituminous industry, begins Its annua] meeting In New York.
break two strikes in 194A and 1&48, But there have been hlnU that he also is disaatisfied because Dewey has not come out for repeal of the Taft-Hartley law,
TTie United Mine Workers Jour¬ nal,   whiohi   reflects   Lewis'   views, has   been   urgrlng   the   miners   td* give all their attention to the elec tion of congressmen who will vote
Spokesman for both labor and to repeal the lalxir law. Lewis management Indicated that there could lay down tills policy tor the will be plenty of coal this winter,    union's   1948   political   action   pro
Lewis is expected to review the I gram. The union convention has inttnstry's coaJ production record'avoided an outright presidential la his opening addres«. If he fol- [ endorsement In the paet. lows pest practice, he also will gince 1944 the union's welfare have something to say about the[g„j retirement fund has been e»- presidential campaign. In 1940 and | tabllshed, LewU and the union have 1944 he came out for the Repu»-|been    fined    $2,130,000    in   federal
that Bcrliners could not get food, fuel and other necessities.
"Practically, however," he said, "the whole Berlin population has the full possibility of obtainnig from the Soviet sector of Berlin aU the supplies to which they are entitled, including coal for the winter.
"Only the opposition of the Ber¬ lin Maglstraat (city adminlstra- *'.*>B.\   »ubmls*>lve  to   tlie   V/e»tern
retary Ernest Bevin of fabrication.
It,ussia has no Intention of try¬ ing to starve, the inhabitants of the   western  sector,  he  said.
"I would like determinedly to deny the lying statement made re¬ cently in the London House of C!ommons that Soviet authorities, in introducing measures restricting lines of communication between Berlin and the western zones on (Continued on Page A-2)
FOR lOLE SIAIE
do in Boston. If CHeveland loses land New York wins, the Indians j still would get the title. But if Cleveland lo#es and Boston wins, the race will end in an Indian- Boston tie and a playoff game will have to be played Monday. One  Big Inning
The   Indians   won     their    game with a five-run  fourth inning, Un
Will Place Them Near Great Centers Of Population
Aliquippa.   Pa,.    Oct,   2.    (UP)-
Bill Robinson whipped a double to right field which scored Keltner and sent Judnich to third. B&th Judnich and Robinson came Mome on Jim Hegan's single to short center with the fourth and fifth runs.
Cleveland scored two more runs in the fifth and another in the sixth, but the fourth frame was the whole  ball   game.
PRESIDENT RESTS
sceduled to lecture to the student body at Trondheim Technical High .School tonight The lecture was cancelled.
STATE OIL INDUSTRY WIU. FIGHT ANY PLAN TO BOOST GAS TAX
BELOW U. S. AVERAGE
Washington, Oct. 2. (UP)—The Federal Bureau of Investigation re¬ ported today that Pennsylvania's crime rate is far below the nat¬ ional  average.
I The FBI, In a report on crime (trends during the first six montha lof this year, said Penrusylvania had Harrisburg. Oct. 2. (UP)-Thelf*''*"" murders, robberies burglar- Pennsylvania Petroleum Associa-!"• i"""""" »"^*"t°'"°^','« thefts tlon announced today It would fighti*"P'?P<"""°" 'f l^ Population than to  the   finish   any  attempt   to  in-
creaae the state's four-cents-a- gallon gasoline tax.
The petroleum products distribu¬ tors placed themselves in direct op¬ position to Gov, James H. Duff and Highways Secretary Ray F. .Smock, who said a two cent a gal- Inn increase in the gasoline tax would be necessary to maintain Pennsylvania's   highway  system.
The association said it would "op¬ pose any and all efforts to increase such tax, either temporarily or per¬ manently."
did the rest of the nation
The report covered 226 cities and tioroughs in Pennsylvania and 2,279 in the country as a whole.
Pennsylvania's ratio for violent deaths—murders and manslaughter —was 1.72 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to the national average of 2,86, The state's ratio for other crimes was correspondingly low.
New Hampshire had the lowest crime rate, according to the FBI report.
STATE'S FARM PRICES TRIPLED IN 10 YEARS
Harrisburg. Oct. 2, (UP)—Farm products In Pennsylvania last month averaged exactly three times the prices asked by .'armers 30 years ago, the state agriculture department said  today.
The Index of prices received by farmers for crops and livestock stood at 300 on Sept. 16, on tfae basis of the 1909-1914 price average equalling 100. Nationally, the price index was 290.
Crop prices, except for hay, which advanced $1 per ton, de¬ clined during the month. Wheat dropped two cents a bushel to $2.02. Corn fell off 12 cents per bushel to $1.97. Potatoes and apples at $1.75 and $2.05 were off 15 and 35 cents a bushel, respectively.
Chickens dropped to 36 cents a pound, off one cent a pound. Eggs jumped to 06 cents per dozen, a gain of 2.4 cants, but butter fell two eents a pound to T6 cents.
Jf^;orT'."l.c:;stT\h°e"p=t|fi of 18 School Children Shot .000 ton limit on gross loads of ^^ j-^^^ TresRoss Ofl Old Form
Ipost trucks to bring Pennsylvania's Veguiatlons up to those of surround- ^Ing states.
The organization last week re¬ elected L. J. Stetzer, Camp Hill, Pa,, as president; G. iE. Phillips, I.>ewi8town, Pa., vice-president, and Philip Peters, AUentown, second vice-president.
Dayton, O., Oct. 2. (UP)—Sher- injured seriously, wsre sprayed Iff's deputies today sought a mys-j^u, .hotgun pelleU as the/ halt terions    gunman    "" - ""
who    shot    and woi'nded   eight   of   18   school   chil¬ dren as they explored an old farm near here last night The youths,  none of whom  was
Harrisburf^ liandyw€>man
Little Old Lady Handles Anything •rom state Flag to Lost Button
i*^arrisburg,  Oct.  2.   (UP)—When ped wallet, a puUed-off belt buckle A Governor needs a five-star flag or a severed strap.    Then she re¬ in  a  hurry   to   herald   a   visiting pairs the damage "as a favor, general  or a Capitol  stenographer     "I   just   loVe   trying    to    please loses a slipper heel—it's Lillian to people," she says. the rescue.
Offloially, Mrs, Ulllan Haines Is • fumiture upholsterer, the only Woman in that job classification po the state government payroll, But her as-a-favor work covers a wide range.
fcfht by the Corridor
Mrs. Haines learned the uphol¬ stery trade late In life. She work¬ ed 20 years on alterations at men's clothing stores here before goin^ on the state payroll in January, 1939. Her husband, James, a con¬ stable, died three months later.
The  sewing  phase  of  upholster¬
ed their hayrlde near a farm itnown as "The Bottle Farm," where a sign warns: "Ordered to shoot anyone caught.    Murdering."
All of the children were from nearby Middletown, O. The Injured were treated at a hospital and released.
Sheriff Ben H. SmiUi of Mont¬ gomery county said his deputies were "still Investigating," but add¬ ed that the children and their chaperone were trespassing In pri¬ vate property and ths idiootlng would thereby be justified. Giri, 12, Tells Story
Marilyn Witherspoon, 12, who was shot in the face and legs, said the Troup decided to go to "The Bo:*'-' Farm" after roasting wein- ers. The farm Is known as "The Bottle Farm" because Its owner. Winter Zero Swartzel, has decor¬ ated  the  house,   fences  and   trees
'CRUSADE' IN EAST
Appears Eager To Resume Stumping, Despite Long Trip
Washington, Oct. 2. (UP)—Pres¬ ident Truman returned from a rug¬ ged cross-country "give 'em hell" campaign trip today and prepared to carry his political "crusade" to eastern Republican strongholds af¬ ter a four-day rest.
Mr. Truman told cheering thous¬ ands who greeted him on his ar¬ rival at the capital's Union Station that Tve just begu nto fight"
The President, laoking fit and confldent, arrived aboard his 17- car special train shortly atfer 10 a. m. EST For 18 days, he had be¬ labored the Republicans from coast to coast, delivering more than IfiO speeches In a strenous 8,300-mille tour through 18 states.
Next   Wednesday,   ths   President
til  then,  it was a  tense,  scoreless
game with Detroit making several! The shut-out was victory No. 18 mild threats against the jittery for Gene Bearden, Cleveland's ace tribe. southpaw, and the most Important
Three doubles and two Detroit I victory of hLi career, errors produced the five runs j Kretlow Disappointed .which  pushed  Cleveland to within]    The  game   meant  bitter    dlsap-
CJov.  James  H.  Duff today  prom-j reaching distance of its flrst cham-1 pointment for Lou Kretlow, a per-
ised   that  the   state  will   establish I pionship since 1920. jennlal   rookie    who    got    his    big
recreation parks "near all the great I    Larry   Doby,    Negro    outfielder, chance    when    Tiger     ace     Fred
centers of population" In Pennasj^ started   the  burst with    the    first]Hutchinson    contracted    Influenza.
¦>'«"¦" ,_. Idouble.  a long one  which  hit  thejKretlow had failed on two previous
The Governor made the promisejright  fleld  fence,  and  he went toi tConUiraiJfi on f'ig6 A-2>
In   dedicating  a   new   -"^¦•'""""''^
lake, impounded by a recently-con-1
structed   state   dam   at   the   6,500-
acre Racoon Park near here. Similar  parks will  be developed,
near   the  state's  great   population
areas   "to   afford   people   in   those ongested   areas     fine   recreational
TRUMAN FAILED CONGRESS, DEIY TELLS iSSOURI
'Blackguarding' Of Lawmaking Body Is Hit By GOP Nominee
En Route With Dewey, Oct. 2. (UP)—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican    presidential    nominee,
carried   his   campaign   into   Presi-  _^    ^  	
dent    Truman's    home    state    of} jor project  dedicated' by  the CJov-
Spy Prober Urges Charges For Contempt Against 5
facilities within eany traveling dis tance."  Duff said. Working On Other Danis
"Actual engineering work now Is well under way for dams in other parts of the Commonv/ealth." the Governor said. He said "it is well" that the flrst major recreation pro¬ ject was initiated in the Pitts- burgii district because "there is no place in the state In greater need of a clean water recreation cen¬ ter."
Racoon Park was the third ma-
3 New Deal Lawyers, 2 Alleged Communists Ignored Questions
Missouri   today   by   indirectly   ac cusing   the   President   of   "black¬ guarding"   Congress.
It was as close as the GfOP White House aspirant has come on an 8,822-mile transcontinental cam¬ paign swing to crossing swords directly with his Democratic op¬ ponent
ernor  in the  past two weeks.
The two others were the $80,000,- 000 extension  of  the  Pennsylvania
the Office of Price Administration, the War Production Board, and tlJe Treasury Department.
The  committee  has  already an¬ nounced that it will press a con¬ tempt  citation  against  Steve  Nel* Washington,   Oct.   2   (UP)—Rep. son, Communist organizer of wost- John   McDowell   (R.,   Pa.),   today i ern   Pennsylvania.      He   allegedly urged prosecution of three top New i received    confidential   atomic   In- Deal    lavipyers    and    two    alleged \ formation   from   a   yet   unnamed Communist   spies   for   refusing  to i "Scientist X" during the war.
answer thc questions of House in vestlgators.
McDowell. acting chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee, said he will propose contempt 'citations against Oie five I men.   They have refused to answer
T,...-,^!v,o  ... fv.«  oi,ii„^.,i„v,i.  -„f 'committee que.sions about their ac Turnpike  to the  Philadelphia out- ....itio. h„..= „.. *>...,.. ,„„»-. »,i»i„
skirts   and   the   $35,000,000   Schuyl¬ kill   River   dredging   project. Praises  Pennsylvania   Week .
Duff   said   Pennsylvania    Week, which   closed   today
way  into   Missouri,   Dewey   told   ai crowd   of  1 City,  Kan.; "I   prbmise   you   an
tivities because their replies might be "self-incriminating."
The  three   lawyers  were  identi¬ fied as secret members of a pre- has^ been 'a ^*'" ^^'^ unedrground among gov-
Swingimr  across  Kanais  on  his tremendous  success." l?,^J""l"'^   employes   by   Whittalter   _	
owiiiBijiK  across   i^na.is   «"   nis, ^„„m^    ^u„.   ,.„„„!«   „. Chambers,   admited   ex-Commun st      _ ^
ay mto  Missouri,   Dewey   told   a       It   h„«   enab ed   the   people   of .    Patuxent,
crowd   of  about   8,000  in   Junction ithe  State   to   realize  the  greatness'
lof its  resources as well as to look    •* ¦'
administra ''^°^'^^^^  '»  a  program  of develop-     Lee   Pressman—Former   Agricul Will start a f^r-day stumping trip -n whicii w.1 want ^^^,_,^.„not^y^. ^ts^indu^^
representatives   in   Congress,    and I'V „ P??P'"   '°'   "'*"'  ««""*'   '^"^• not go around  the  country black-1"'    '-^""  '*"'¦ guarding  it."
All six men refused to answer committee questions, relying on tho fifth amendment to the 0>nstitu- tion. The amendment says no one "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against him¬ self."
Nelson, however, freely admitted his C>>mmunist affiliations to re¬ porters after the committee hear* ings had ended.
The 65-year-old :i;dy siU at her [^Zl ro'''«treTch**dam?ei^^^ml- with   thousands  of various-shaped
•ewing machine by an open door I" a Capitol basement workroom "> view of hundreds of government Workers who walk the corridor •wily to and fro from the refresh- ">ent center.
Mrs.    Haines    checks    all     her 'fends for missing buttons, a   V.o-
tation leather and tack it to  fur-j bottles, niture wa.s  difficult Sheriff  Smith   said  hu   deputies
CnrtiUns, Too *      jhad been unable to flnd SwartzeK
Mrs. Haines also manages alter-1 Two strangerS who had been living ations and repairs to the 56 Capitol jon the farm also were missing, the policemen's uniforms,  and services sheriff said.
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curtains for the Governor's homes here and at Indiatown Gap. She recently fllled a rush order for special flags needed at Indiantown when Gen. Omar N. Bradley In¬ spected the military reservation.
Yesterday   she   removed   a    spot from a cabinet oflficer's tuxedo and
Swartzel's brother, H. A. Swart* zel, who lives on a farm a mile from "The Bottle Farm," told a reporter:
"If there was any shooting and anyone got hurt they deserved to get hurt if they were trespassing.
readied a scarlet rug for Gov. Earl,I would have done the same thtag
Warren to stand on when the Re¬ publican Vice Presidential nomineo •peaks here Mondajr* *
if they were trespassing on my place. Vandals have been bother¬ ing the farm quit* a bit lately."
through four eastern states, includ¬ ing New York, home of Gov. Tom E. Dewey, his chief rival for the next four-year term In the White House. In the four days. Mr, Tru¬ man will appear in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Del¬ aware. He will visit Wilkes-Barre next Saturday.
Police   estimated   that   50,000   to 75,000 were  on  hand  here  to  tell the    President     "welcome    home, Hsu-ry." Will PuU No Ponches
In a brief appearance at thc sta¬ tion, he promised he wouldn't "pull my punches." "I've Just begun to fight," he said..
The chief executive estimated that from 2,000,000 bo 3,000,000 people heard him during his na¬ tion-wide tour. Throughout the 16 days, Mr. Truman kept up a run¬ ning attack on the CSOP-controlled CJongress, accused the Republicans of being in leaarue with "special in¬ terest groups, and asserted that election of Dewey and a Republi¬ can Congress would Insure another depression.
He told his audience here he had leamed that the people "are begin¬ ning to wake up to the fact that thts is a crusade.'
"The people are against the special Interests, he said,
Mr. Truman and his aides were convinced, as the long, weary tour ended, that the President had won many votes In his bid for his flrst full term In the White House. position Improves
And It was the concensus of newsmen, who made the trip with him that the chief executive had improwed his position.
•The President and his colleagues (Ckintinued on Page A-2)
BABY GIRL WEIGHS 1 POUND, 12 OUNCES
Spangler, Pa., Oct 2 (UP) — A baby girl weighing only one pound. 12 ounces was born last Tuesday to Mrs. John Soltis, 20, of nearby Emeight, Spangler Hospital at¬ taches revealed today.
The Infant was bom three months prematufely and was placed In an Incubator. It Is fed with a medicine dropper and has a "very good chance" to survive, attaches said.
The child measured just 10^ inches at birth. She is the Soltis' flrst child. The father is employed by the Cherrjr Tree Coal Co. at Emeigh.
Tnunan Not Mentioned
Dewey did not mention Mr. Tru¬ man by name. The crowd did not miss the point, however. Mr. Tru¬ man on his own campaign tour .swung heavily against the Repub¬ lican-controlled Congress with ac¬ cusations that it has been a tool of  "gluttons  of  privilege."
In s, campaign speech at Charles¬ ton, W. Va., last night, Mr. Tru¬ man quoted some of Dewey's praise of   the   SOth   Congress   and   added:
"Apparently he will be glad to help deliver a lot more of the same kind of blows you got frcm the 80Lh  Congress."
The President's challenge did not' deter   Dewey    from   praising    thej performance     of     that     Congress' again.    On   his   way   across   tradi-1 tionally Republican and  richly ag-| ricultural Kansas, he reminded hisi audiences   that   the   SOth   Congress passed  the  Hope-Aiken   long-range I farm  bill with  Its guarantee of 60 to 90 per cent of parity for  farm products.
Dewey said it was a good thing for the country as a whole, con¬ sumers  as  well  as  producers.
He  said   the   farmer   is   entitled
"not only for his  own  benefit  but
for that of the consumer,  to have
in assurance  that  the  time   never
(CJontinued on Page A-2)
Valley Scene
Big clock in front of 7i Public Square still showing Dai/light Saving Time /osf night.
U. S. Mail truck going wrong wa;/ on one-way State street and tying traffic in a tight snarl.
Motorist squinting at yel¬ low license on ear in front, not sure if it was New York, New Jersey or Georgia, then passing and finding out it was a license plate of Guam.
Driver of Willces-Barre gar¬ bage truck reading a maga¬ zine OS hc guided his vehicle slowlii vp. North Washington street Tuesday morning.
ture Department and Works Pro¬ gress Administration attorney, genereil counsel of he CIO. No longer connected with CIO, Press¬ man is now a prominent member of Henry Wallace's Progressive Party. He helped write its plat¬ form. ,
John Abt—Former Agriculture De¬ partment and WPA attorney, now general counsel of the Progressive Party.
Nathan   Witt—Former   executive secretary of the National Labor Re¬ lations Board, now engaged in pri¬ vate law practice in New York. Accused by Woman
The two alleged Communist spies—both ex-government officials , £/„„ J/^th Philtl -Iwere named by ex-Communist |""» ^'^^"' ^ nUa Elizabeth T. Bentley, She said she! Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of acted as a courier for Soviet es-j RD 1 Wapwallopen, announce pionage rings they operated inj the birth of a son, their 15th Washington during the war. Theyi thlld, at Nanticoke State Hcs- are: ¦ pital last night,
Nathan   Gregory   Silvermaster—I      The    proud    parents    formerly
Former official  of  Farm  Security!  resided in Nanticoke. Mr. Smith
Administration    who    worked    for;  served  in the U, S. Navy during
the   Board   of   Economic   Warfare'  World War II, He was inducted
(during the war. by  the   Nanticoke  board  a  few
'    Victor  Perlo—Former  official  ofl years after the conflict began.
FAMOUS NAVY BOMBER ON WAY TO CHILE
Md,, Oct. 2 (UP)—The Navy said tonight that its famed patrol bomber, the Truculent Turtle, was exactly on schedule on the flrst lap of a scheduled 6,192-mile non¬ stop flight to Santiago, Chile.
A navy spokesman said the pilot of the plane, Lt, Cmdr, W, Y, Mor¬ ton, reported at 8:30 p,m. BST that he was about 250 miles west of Bogota. Colombia.
The bomber, which holds the world distance record of 11,236 miles, took off at 8:15 a.m. EST. It is carrying Rear Adm. O, B. Har- dison, chief of Pan-American af¬ fairs and U. S. naval missions, on an annual inspection tour of naval missions in South America.
Wapwallopen Couple
Continent-Jumping Atomic Rocliets By 1977 Is Belief of U. S. Chiefs Y/ho Draft SO-Year Defense Program
Washington.   Oct.
(UP)—Tlfe Russia   and   possibly   other   coun-
First of Tank Guns Arrives Here
The flrst of 18 M-7 tank guns assigned to local batteries of 967th Field Artillery Battalion arrived ye."»terday and was on dis¬ play at Bull Run Crossing, Ply¬ mouth, before being sent to Nan
the  developing  Western  European
military  alliance    with    lend-lease arms.    A  lend-lease  program  may l>e offered  to Congress  early  next year. President Truman  has said this
U. S. high command has drafted a,tries   can   develop  atomic   weapons
50-year  defense  program   based on jand long-range strategic air forces
belief   that   Russia   vvill   have     the capable  of  bombing U.  S.  cities.
atomic bomb by 1952 and that con-j    3.    From 1977 on.    In this phase,
tinent-jumping atomic  rockets will the chiefs  of staff  expect  develop-
be  ready  by  1977. ment   of   inter-cqntinental   rockets!country     will     support      Western
The  Armv   Navy and  Air  Force equipped    with    atomic    warheads, j Europe's   efforts   to   defend   Itself.
staff   -hiefs    it   was     learned     to- airplanes   travelling   several   timesiHis  Republican   opponent    in    the
night'believ-e  that  atomic  age   de- the speed of sound, gas clouds, and;presidential   campaign.  Thomas   E.
fense   needs   will   develop   in   *hree Possible death rays and other  fan-1Dewey,   has   urged   American   help ticoke.'   Two   others    have    been  j civilization-threatening phases dur-1 tactic   weapons     'This   is   the   per-for a United  States of  Europe, shipped for Wilkes-Barre. ine   the   next   half   century.     They w^'    military    leaders    believe,    in     Of even  more  immediate  import
The    guns,    mounted    on    half  jwill   ask   the   next    Congress     for which civilization will be in danger are Army plans to buy $302,000,000
tracks, weigh 25 tons. They will be divided equally between Wilkes - Barre, Plymouth and Nanticoke batteries, according to Col. Leon Beisel. Three tanks also will be sent to Headquarters Battery,  Wilkes-Barre.
Because Plymouth laci<s facili¬ ties for Battery C equipment, a large garage and material shed will be constructed in that town. Negotiations are being made with Glen Alden Coal Co. for land above Gaylord avenue, Plymouth, on which to erect the buildings.
of   annihilation.
$15,000,000,000 (Bl  to spend on flrst phase  defense  in fiscal  1950. ; Staff Plans Cited
The three phases: j    Present  staff  planning Is  aimed
1.    Now   until     1952     when     tht a*--
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(M) worth of new munitions this year. The munitions will include tanks, gun mounts, motor vehicles and other heavy modern equip- Iment. joint chiefs expect Russia to havej 1- Providing sufficient imme- Qf longer rang<^is the program the A-bomb. In this phase theidiate military power to back xip^^ ^uild up the Army's striking United States can develop over- U. S, diplomats in negotiations j f^rce to 18 divisions, the Air Fores whf'ming   superiority   in   the     airjWith Russia. Ug 70 fighting groups, and the Navy
and at sea but will find it hard toj    2.    Building  up   American   forceslair arm to 14,500 planes, compete   with  Russia's  land   power for  Phase  2  when   Russia  has  the'    gome of the best scientifle brains —estimated at  more  than  3.000,000 atomic  bomb. j^  ,he country are working mean-
men  under arms. Meanwhile, top military and dip-iwhile   on   the   weapons   which   will
2.   From 1952 to 1977.    This will lomatic   officials   are   working   out!be needed in the Phase i period Af be a critical period  during  which if-and-when   plans   for    bolstering'atomic rockets.