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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER  10, 1948
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
Gromek Easy Winner; Boston Gives Little Opposition Before   . Record Series Crowd
THK COAI., MINER — Sunday school teacher J. W. Clarke sym¬ bolizes the hardy coal miner. Secretary of the youth depart¬ ment  for  the  Oaklands  Congre¬
gational Church, he was the cen¬ tral figure In a drama on coal presented at the Harvest Fes¬ tival service held In the London Church.
Cleveland, Oct. 9 (UP)—Steve Gromek. a ham and egg hurler, got his chance to shine today and did, i hy pitching the Cleveland Indians to their third straight World Se¬ rial victory over the Boston [ Jpves. Thc score was 2 to 1.
And he did it before the  largest
lowd ever to see a World Series i game—81,897     fans,    who     packed ! every     cranny  of Cleveland's    big lal<e front Municipal Stadium.
All season long, big Steve, a knuckle ball expert, had been over- .ihadowed by such notables as Bob Feller. Bob Lemon and Gene Bear- don. But today it wa* his ahow and he spelled out impending dis- a.ster to the sagging Nationa! I,eague clmmpion... If they lose again tomorrow, when tliey must face the great Feller again, the se¬ ries will be over and the Indians will he world champions. nnfn Wb« n<»od. Too
Steve had tn be goid. His pitch¬ ing opponent was .lohnny Sain, who be»t Feller in the first game and Rave only five hits today, two less than Gromek.
But unfortunately for Sain one of those hits was the first home j run of the series, a prodigious poke j in the third by Ivirry Doby. which «ent 390 feet into the right cen-' ter field standing room assemblage.
Thr Indians had gotten another] van in the first and that waa the last run the Indians got—or needed. Oromek, who won only nine games while losing three this season, had what it took today. I
The Braves got the hits Including s home run of their own. but they iculdn't put them  tOKcther.
They played as If they were get¬ ting a little weary of It all. There were times when they looked like the White .«!ox on a muggy Mon¬ day ahd the bettintr In this mad Lake Krie metropolis now Is that it will be all over after tomorrow's' game. Brave** Rookie Homers
TTie only run the Brave« oculd muster off Gromek—which Incl- 'lentally was only their third In four Mries  games—wm the home
nm smash, by rookie Marvin Rick- until   Monday,   tha   committee   onj terday   labelled   Mr.    Truman    an erf In the se^'enth inning.                  the constitution alao drafted a plan | "enemy" of the union and Indirect- Young   Rlckert.   who   played   all to  drive   chiselers   off   the  union's iiy endorsed Dewey bcca-jse he has season In minor league Milwaukee, $100,000,000 a year welfare and re-'  ' '¦'-'•
No Peace Envoy to Moscow^ President Truman Decides
Changes Plans After Talks With Marshall
Washington, Oct. 9 (UP)—President Truman disclosed tonight after emergency meetings with Secretary of State George C. Marshall that he had dropped plans to send a special peace emissary to Moscow.
Mr. Truman said he was prompted to suggest sending Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson to the Kremlin becau.se of "my continuing great desire to see peace firmly established in the world and of my particular concern" over the Soviet attitude "regarding the atomic problem."
But after discussing it with Marshall, the President said, "I decided not to take this step."
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LIFE m FOR
other UMW Locals Favor Same Action For Kennedy, Owens
Cincinnati, C. Oct. 9. (UP)—A committee of the United Mine Workers *Oth convention today worked on a proposal that would rive union President John L. Lewis a life term at $50,000 .% year, which ia double his present salary.
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The President cut short a cam¬ paign trip through eastern states to return to Washington for the conferences with Marshall. The secretary flew here from the United Nations meetings In Paris. The two men conferred twice daily. Mr. Truman issued his statement half an hour after the second White House meeting.
News of the President's Vinson suggestions had leaked out here, setting oft a wave of rumors that he and Marshall were "split" on what to do. Shortly after Mr. Tru¬ man Issued hU statement, the aec¬ retary also iasued one. No Rift Between Them
He said the reports of a rift had "no   foundation."
"Such statement! can do no good,'' Marshall aaid, "and they certainly can do a great deal of harm and I deplore them."
Concerning the Berlin -crisis Marshall reiterated that the west- em powers are still willing to start Big Four negotiation* on all Ger¬ man problems "provided first the (Soviet)  blockade Is raised."
Mr. Truman said he first broach
he said, his concern whether the attitude of Russian leaders on the atomic problem "did not reflect a misunderstanding ... so seriou*, from the standpoint of world peace, that we would be remiss if we left undone anjrthing which might con¬ ceivably serve to dispell it.''
The President said he had asked Marshall whether any useful pur¬ pose would be served in sending Vinson on the peace mission "In an effort to make the Soviet lead¬ ers understand the seriousness and sincerity of the feeling of the peo¬ ple of the United States about these matters."
"Secretary Marsha" described to me the situation which we faced in Paris, and in the light of hi* re¬ port and possibilities of misunder¬ standing to which any unilateral action, however, desirable, other¬ wise, could lead at present. I decide not to take this step," he said.
Mr. Truman aaid his talks today with Marshall were "gratifying."'
"I wa* glad to hear his report of the unity which has prevailed be¬ tween ourselves and the French and British representative* In Paris in all phases of the handling
ed the subject of sending Vinaon! of   the   Berlin   criai*,   and   of   the
to Moscow last Tuesday. He said he communicated his proposal to Marshall  on that  day,  explaining.
earnest effort being made  by the
Security Council  and the General
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UMW Shows Sign* ay Of Revolt Against    ^ Political Leadership
FREE
Churchill Pleads
,., Tells U.S. to KeepA-Bombs
Cincinnati, O.. Oct. 9.  (UP)-'!7|^j -   '—     — ^      r
T^^**predicted To'day that th*! Tq 1x^60 Russio from War
United Mine Workers' indirect en-j ¦  ^   M^^^g^   mwmm^mmmmm   « « w>->
dorsement  of  Republican Nominee;    ijandudno, Wales, Oct 9. (UP)— Thomas E. Dewey will not change wm.ton   Churchill   warned   today
the outcome of the Nov. 2 election. The miners' 40th convention yes
looked .strictly like a major leagiur. His tenm mates were the ones who
tirement  fund. Lewis   told   the
convention
looked    as   if   they   should    have,the only office lor whioh he spent the summer In the minors.
He grt two of th* seven hits off Gromek and his home run was no •heap one. It was a rifle-shot deep ilnto the right field stands, about ST."!  feet  from  the home  plate.
The Indian.i scored their first run n the very first inning. Their brll- 'iant manager. Lou Boudreau. Irove it In but In the process lost ills temper.
Dale Mitchell, fhe first batter to fpce .Sain got a single to left and nioved to second fn Doby's infield out Up stepped Boudreau and. hit- 'ing behind the runner, he drove the ball down the right field line ¦" the fence, scoring Mitchell. Bill HtewaH, Agafn
Boudreau    reached   second   with ea.ie and tried fo make it a triple (Continued  on  Page  A-8)
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that is a candidate Is that of president of tbe union, but under the present constitution he ia required to re tire at 70 unless the executive board makes an exception. He will be 70 on Feb. 12, 1950. before the next constitutional convention. Bap at Chiselers
Several   local   unions   have   pro posed   a   life   term   for   him.   Vice President    Thomas    Kennedy    and Secretary-Treasurer   John   Owens.
The anti-chiseler.s program is in tended to halt an influx of new workers attempting to "horn in," and at the action of some coal companies in demoting aged super- vlsoiy employees to union-held jobfl in order to get pensions and other benefits from the fund.
The fund is financed by a 20 cents a ton contribution by oper¬ ators on all coal mined. It is used to pay $1,000 death benefits, month¬ ly disability and hardship allow¬ ances, medical and hospital care, and $100 a month pensions to miners with 20 years' service who have reached  their 62ml. birthday.
The Kimball. W. Va., Local charged in a resolution under con¬ sideration by the constitution com¬ mittee that "men from other in¬ dustries are fEut attempting to horn In on the fund." Fund Swindle Charged
"Wc see hundreds of people try¬ ing to reap thc benefits of the fund thnt are not entitled to it and are trying to swindle this fund for all thev can," the South Wil¬ liamson.   Ky.,   Local   said.
The same local said it "knows of coal companies cutting off their aged bosses and putting them on jo'bs covered by the contract in order to get them retired on a, fl'pen.'-ion from the welfare fund."
Similar protests were made by other   locals.
The  kicals urged  an  increase in dues and in the present $10 initia- ((Dontinued  on  Page  A-8)
Score By Inning* Boston 000 000 100—1
Cleveland       101 000 OOx—2
Runs batted in—Boudreau, Doby, Ktekert.
Two hase hits — Torgeson 2, ooudreau.
Home runs—Doby. Rirkert,
wriflce*—Sain.  Hegan.
I^efl on  bases—Boston  6, Cleve-
Bwes on  ball* off—(ironiek  1. "truck out by—Sain.S. Gromek 2 Uouble    play—Boudreau-Gordon- ••"hlnson.
,J;"'n'>'e»—Grieve (A) plate; Barr "i^' Ih; Summer (A) 2h; Stewart 2' Sh; Foul Lines: Paparella (A),
Time—1:81. Attendance—81,894.
not "uttered any statements which reflect on the integrity" of the un¬ ion or its officers. Still  Confldent
George M. Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway CHerks (AFL) and chairman of the Dem¬ ocratic national committee's labor division and Jack Kroll. director of the CIO Political Action Com¬ mittee, said the miners are the biggest union officially in the Dewey camp, but they said the bulk of the labor vote will be cast for Truman. Tlicy think the Presi¬ dent aWill win.
"Ifs what we expected." Harri¬ son said of the miners' action. He and Kroll, both Crincinnatl resi¬ dents, are members of the com¬ mittee welcoming Mr. Truman here for a campaign appearance next Monday. A Kroll aide said the miners' convention probably will not swing all the 600,000 union members  behind Dewey.
The bri?f flght on the conven¬ tion floor before the De^vey en¬ dorsement was adopted gave evi¬ dence of some rank and file revdit from the leadership of Miners' President John L. Lewis on this political question.
"You   can   vote    for    whomever you   please,"  Lewis  told  the  dele¬ gates.    "I    don't    care  who's   for Truman."' Plea for liMW Loyalty
Then he made a strong plea to the personal loyalties of the miners to back  his  leadership.
"If there is any man who wants to trade me off for a Truman." he said, "let him trade and be damned on him."
Harrison said that in addition to the Mine Workers, thc only other national labor union to back Dewey Is the 178,000-member Building Service Employees.
He shared Kroii's optimism that
that the world seems remorselessly approaching a third war and pleaded that the United States not destroy its atomic bomb stockpile lest all Europe be subjected to "Communist tvranny."
If the United States did dispose of Its atomic bombs In return for a paper agreement, he said, it would be committing suicide and murdering human freedom. Only Reaaon for Peace
"Nothing stands between Europe today and complete subjugation to Communist tyranny but the atomic bomb In American possession," he solemnly told Conservative party members :nassed at the windup rally of their annual  conferen-re.'
It was the most pessimistic speech made by the 73-year-old party leader and war-time prime minister since thc end of the war.
Churchill nevertheless urged the western powers to bring matters to a head and trj* to reach a final settlement with Russia before It Is too late and the Soviet* get the atomic bomb.
'Tt may be," he said, "that some
formula will be found or artificial compromise effected which will be hailed as a aolution and a deliver¬ ance. But the fundamental danger and antagonism will still remain."
Other highlights of his speech Include:
1.—The Berlin crisis "may at any tlma precipitate a hideous worf^ ¦tpuggle."
2.—The western power* *hould have taken counter - mea*iirea against Russian shipping 8,nd war- useful imports in retaliation for the Soviet land blykade of Berlin. Support* Government
S.—The Conservative party sup¬ ports the Labor government's policy of firmness toward Russia and de¬ termination to remain in Berlin regardless of any consequences.
4.—If the iron curtain shielding the Soviet jiopulalion from the rest of the world were lifted and free Intercourse again allowed, the Com¬ munist oligarchy in Moscow would soon be undermined.
5.—The United Nations hjis been reduced to "a mere cockpit in which representatives of the great nations hurl reproaches, taunts and insults at one another."
$20,000 FINE STAYED IN STORE UNION CASE
New York, Oct. 9 (UP)—The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals today granted a one-week stay of execu¬ tion of a federal court decision to flne a department store union $20,- 000 and jail six of its leaders for violating a picketing ban.
Judge Leamed Hand gave local 1250 of the Department Store Em¬ ployes Union (Ind.) and the of¬ ficials a stay until Friday. At that time the full three-judge CSrcuit C!ourt of Appeals panel will re¬ view the case and consider the sentences imposed by Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman yesterday.
The higher court's ruling would permit the union to continue pick¬ eting the Brooklyn and Manhattan branches of Oppenheim-Coilins & Co. until Friday, at least.
the   »ecord   registration   of   voters!
here means a  Fruman majority AJ TREASURE   HUNT   YACHT
the   polls.
"We  are   going  to    beat    Reps. (Continued  on  Page A-8)
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Finnish Boy, 17, Says He Built, Flew Own Jet Plane at 529 MPH
Helsinni, Finland, Oct. 9. ((UP) —
A 17-year-old factory worker who was so poor in mathematics he failed to finish school, claimed to¬ day to have built a wingless, jet- propelled aircraft from scrap metal in a home workshop and to have flown it at a speed of 529 miles an hour.
The boy. Silvo Sokka, said his plane now is at the bottom of a lake on which he was forced to crash land it.
Authorities have questioned Sok¬ ka. who is employed in a plywood factory in the central Finland town of Kuopio, but so far no one has been found who saw the strange airship in flight.
Police Chief Mika .Siinojoki was at   first   inclined   to   believe   there
ka's story. Police said late tonight that the youth "may have told ua some fairy tales."
Today Sokka led police to the forest slope, four miles from the, nearest road, where he said he started his flight. Investigation re¬ vealed no signs of a jet take-off.
The young inventor also took in¬ vestigators to the bam where he said the mystery plane had been built. The building was full of hay, which Sokka said he and friends removed while work was In progress and then replaced. Police said they found not as much as a single stray straw outside the building.
The persons who revived Sokka after his reported plunge into the lake said that most of his body was wet, but the back of his shirt was dry. No one has yet been heard the flash-
SAFE BELOW SAN DIEGO
San Diego, Oct. 9. (UP)—The 112- foot treasurer yacht Malibu Inez, reported missing for two day.s ra¬ dioed a Coast Guard plane today that it was safe and on its way to San Diego under its own power.
The plane reported to the C^ast Guard  here  that  the  Malibu  Inez
was located near Ba Santa Mag- dalena, 650 miles south of here. The report said the yacht was expected to arrive in San Diego on Oct. 20 and that It was not In dan¬ ger. The Malibu Inez aaid it had had some radio trouble.
The yacht, homeward bound from Cocas Islands with a crew of 12 California treasure hunters, aent a distress message on Thursday say¬ ing she was caught In a hurricane.
Valley Scene
Officials at Larksville-GAR football game leaving the park by a "short-cut" through a wooden gate', only to find it led to wire fence and waa not an exit.
Guest at dinner in city hotel leaving hot turkey meal to dash out arid feed the parking meter.
Eight boyg rolling the domi¬ noes yesterday aftemoon on a busy Northampton ttreet ear¬ ner.
Little boy opening door of Kingston tavern T hurt dav night, yelling "Anybody want a fistful of knuckles?" and then running like anything.
State Doubles Draft Boards Calls Because so Many Flunk Physical
Harrisburg.   Oct.  9.   (UP)—^Penn-1 order   to   get   one   man   qualified sylvania's   175   local   draft   boards' and  available  for  induction."
might  be  some  truth  in  the  tale,
but preliminnary investigaUon pro-, found who saw or
duced no evidence to back up Sok-1 Uke "flight
received orders today to double their original 1,890-man call for pre-induction physical examina¬ tions this month to meet the state quota  of  630   November  inductees.
Ck)l. Henry M. Gross, state se¬ lective service director, wired the orders to the boards late yester¬ day. The original call, which totaled 1,80, ranged from 20  men  per  board.
Gross said the doubling order resulted from reports of other states that "approximately six registrants must be sent for pre- inducUon phyvical examinations ia K
Gross said the ratio will drop as men in the younger age groups are reached.
The headquarters telegrams told boards which are forwarding men for Oct, 11-13 checkups at the nine pre-induction physical examination stations to abide by the original oall quota. Corrected call quotas two to I will govern the later forwarding*. i "It may be necessary to change the date of corrected calls to stay within station capacity." the tele¬ gram said. "Local boards are urged to exert every effort to meet this compeUing situation."
Troops Sent To Put Down French Riots
Premier Terms Spread Of Crippling Strikes As Near Insurrection; Sees Threat To Regime
Paris, Oct. 9 (UP)—Troops were rushed Into riot - torn eastern France tonight as Premier Henri Queuille declared that the Com¬ munist-led strike movement is tak¬ ing on the character of an insur¬ rection.
Queuille said the government would use all nec?ssr.ry means to crush mushrooming work stoppages which have erupted Into violence three times In the past two days. Club-swinging police used tear gas bombs today to hold off a mob of demonstrators at Nancy. Several persons were Injured In the clash. BeCMlls Ministers
Alarmed by the bloodshed and spFaBRi.ig v.ork aioppBaifl, Queuille called his top minister* back to Parts from vacation* to consider meana of combatting the Com¬ munist-led campaign. Later he ad¬ dressed the nation by radio.
"The government declare* thati it will not tolerate such threats toi the republican regime It ia deter-1 mined to defend," he »ald. "It will use all necessary mean* to put an end to agitation which is taking on the character of an Insurrec¬ tion. I^e constitution did not in¬ tend that, and constitutional order will be expected.
"Today we are witnessing social disturbance* originating in the political plans of certain persons. It 1* inadmissable that the work¬ ing classes should oppose the gen¬ erous aid given by the United State*, and that the right to strike should put an Intolerable burden on the country's foreign policy."
Troops Head for Lorraine
As battle-equipped troops de¬ parted for the restive Lorraine coal flelds, Queuille appealed to French workers to "think It over again and listen to the language of reason."
Queuille's broadcast came *hort- ly after he had talked for two and a half hours with ths leader* of France's three big labor federa¬ tions. The union representatives said they again outlined their "minimum" demands which in¬ cluded general wage increases, lower prices, and a convplete reor¬ ganization of the goods distrfbu- tion  system.
The fighting broke out In Nancy today a few hour* after Queuille summoned hi* "Inner cabinet" back to Paris.
Local railway strikes were re¬ ported spreading throughout the country and the Communist-led dock workers' union scheduled a 24-hour walkout in all French ports for Wednesday.
Queuille called the emergency meeting amid reports that Com¬ munists were deliberately stirring up labor unrest on direct orders from the CJommunist information bureau headquarters at Bucharest, Romania.
Mines Idle
France's nationalized coal mines have been strike-bound for six days. Wildcat walkouts are spread-1 ing through the nationalized rail-i roads, and at least one steel works, at Micheville, has been idle for two weeks.
In thc northern French town of Long\vy, all shops and factories closed and Republican security guards in full battle kit were pa¬ trolling the streets.
The creeping railway strike al¬ ready has tied up many lines in eastern France, but, except for detours, trains were running nor¬ mally into and out of Paris.
A tottU of 600.000 workers. In¬ cluding 350,000 coal miners, are idle throughout France.
Western Powers Vfin Skirmish in UN A-Bomb Row
Paris, Oct. 9 (UP)—The Western Powers won a preliminary skir¬ mish today In their fight to get United Nations approval of the United States' stockpile of atomic bombs until an effective interna¬ tional control system has been set up.
Overriding Soviet objections, a sub-committee of the United Na¬ tions political committee endorsed by a vote of 9 to 2 American pro¬ posals of what constitutes a "nec¬ essary basis" for limiting atomic energy  to  peace.ful  iises.
The vote in effect rejected Soviet counter-proposals to outlaw the atomic bomb simultaneously with the signing of a treaty t< establish international contro! of atomic energy.
In the political committee itself, Britain lambasted a Soviet pro¬ posal that the Big Five reduce their armaments by • one - third within a year as J'humbug, rub¬ bish and propaganda." Red  Plan  Called Trick
British Attorney CJcneral Sir Hartley Shawcross implied that the Soviet proposal was a trick which would   leave  Russia  with    armies
greater   than   any   others   in    th( world.
He said he was "reliably Inform*
ed"   that  Russia's    armed    forcei
still are two and a quarter timet
what they were in 1939.    Estimate*
have placed Soviet armed strengtii
in 1939 at about 1,000,000 men.
I    "The Soviet government have go<
[to put a great many cards on th«
j table," Shawcross said, "before w»
or   anyone  else  who  has    studied
this  subject  can  be  satisfied  thai
(this  proposal   is  anything    but    a
; somewhat   threadbare   propaganda
device."
I The meeting adjourned tintil I Monday without the United Statei I asking for the floor to discuss th4 [Soviet disarmament proposals. i The subcommittee meeting offer¬ ed the flrst opportunity to nationa other than members of the Secur¬ ity Council to vote on the West'i atomic energy control program.
Only Russia and the Ukraine op< posed  it.
Voting in favor of the proposal were the United States, Britain, France, China, Sweden, Ek:uador, Brazil,  India  and  Canada.
UN Delegafes Dismayed By Trumans Proposal
Paris, Oct. 9 (UP)—Western del- gate handling the Berlin crisis In egates expresaed fear tonight that j the Security Council, hinted in a ~        '    " UN   radio   broadcast   tonight   that
the United States would be willing to accept a UN on-the-spot Inves¬ tigating commission.
He pointed out that the Security Council could take milder step* than    applying   sanction*   against
President Truman's proiposals — even if not carried out—to send a personal envoy to Premier Stalin might torpedo United Nations ne¬ gotiations on the Berlin crisis.
Official announcement today that Mr.   Truman   had   considered   and aibandoned   plans    to   send   (Thief  Russia. Justice Fred M. Vinson to Moscow deepend the dismay here. British, French Review Fears
The announcement revived the Old fears of British and French diplomats that the U. S. might some day yield to Stalin's desire to exclude all but the two chief world powers — Russia and the United States—from the settlement of post-war problems.
Some western sources comment¬ ed that the new development would be very useful to Soviet propagan¬ dists, who they said now could charge that "imperialist American warmongers" _ had prevented the sending of a" peace envoy to the Kremlin.
Delegate after delegate com¬ mented privately that Mr. Tru¬ man's     consideration     of
"Under (3iapter Six of the UN charter," he said, "the Security Council oould use its good offices, or anything of that sort.'
He said the United States ia pre¬ pared to accept such measures if the Security Council invoked them.
DEMOCRATS OF STATE ASK CONTRIBUTIONS TO FIGHT VOTE FRAUDS
Harrisburg, Oct. 9 (UP)—The Democratic state committee today appealed for contributions to pre¬ vent "fraud and irregularities" at the polls in the Nov. 2 election.
Philip Mathews. Democratic state chairman, said funds are single-1 needed so the party can hire work- handed action had jeopardized any i ers and watchers for every one of attempt to resolve the Berlin crisis the 8.260 polling places. ^^T^- I    'There are spots in Pennsylvania
They were dismayed that the j where, from the results of past elec- Presldent's proposal should havei tions. we know that attempt.'? wil] been made public at a time when j be made to nullify the will of the
people through fraud and irregular¬ ities." Mathews said.
"We intend that this election shall not be stolen."
Mathews said President Truman's "highly successful tour of eastern
neutral" small powers under the leadership of Argentina's Juan A. Bramuglia. acting chairman of the Security Council, were seeking to mediate the dispute.
The smal! powers met for an hour and 40 minutes during the ! p"ennsi.ivra"n7a"c;unties *demo'nstr'at morning for further 'exploratory L^ that the Democrats are on th* discussions. But they said no com-[road to victory in this state." Th* promise proposal has been drafted: president wiir carry Pennsylvania y**' I "If the voters come out and if their
Philip C. Jeasup, American dele-1 votes are counted," Mathews said.
Death Toll Withheld in Soviet Earthquake
Moscow. Oct. 9. (UP)—A large but unstated death toll was re¬ ported today from a severe earth¬ quake in the southern Soviet Re¬ public of Turkmen on Tuesday. The olficial Tass News Agency added that 6,000- persons were injured and at least 600 children were "orphaned."
Tass said 600 "orphoned children" were evacuated from the area in one day. and that hospital trains have been moving in and out of the area since  Thursday  morning.
The earthquake was described as a major disaster of 1948 and the moat disastrous tmblor in the his¬ tory  of Turkmen.
Reports   aid the earthquake een«
tered in northern Iran, but that the
hardest-hit   city   was   Ashkhabad,
about 50 miles from the epicenter.
Tass   said   "industrial   enterprises,
administrative buildings ... railway
{stations, communications, and cul<
'tural  institutions were  destroyed."
Thc Turkenian council of minis-
I ters   reported   that   1,000   doctor*^
I nurses  and other  medical   person-
nel had arrived in the area from
'Moscow and other cities. Tass said
i tbey were accompanied by the cbici
I Soviet health officer and the cbief
I surgeon of the Soviet Army.
Yank 'Breaks* Red Blockade
Berlin, Oct. 9 (UP)—U. S. Military Police said tonight an American Air Force sergeant had driven an automobile from Western Germany through the Soviet  blockade to  reach  Berlin.
The soldier was identified as M/Sgt. Ralph Felling, attached to the Templehoff Air  Base.
Police said Felling told them the Russian border guards seemed "tipsy." They let him pass at Helmstedt on the Brit¬ ish-Russian zonal border.
American MP's at Helmstedt also confirmed this. They said he was permitted to drive his Ford sedan past the check point after talking several minutes with the Russian soldiers.
Felling is the first American to "crash" the blockade since it began last June.
iNavy's New 'Buck Rogers' Ship Fitted to Launch Id-Ton Rockets
Washingon, Oct. 9. (UP)—Thei Navy revealed today that it has, converted a seaplane tender into a "Buck Rogers" ship for firing: 14-ton  rockets. i
The 510-foot floating laboratory! left Norfolk, Va., yesterday for the Pacific where various rockets will be tested, including the Ger¬ man V-2 and the Navy's Aerobee. Although the Navy successfully fired a V-2 from the deck of the aircraft carrier Midway in 1947. Ithe tender is thc first ship to be specifically equipped for rocket ! firing.
The tender is the Norton Sounl
It has a "basic  mission'  to extend
! upper atmosphere research thr ugh
; rocket   firing     experienments   "far
i out at sea in safe-isolated areas."
En route to the Pacific, the No<y ton Sound will pause In the Cari* bbean to launch high altitude \mU Ions for cosmic ray research aa4 test special electronic tracking !ni< struments and high speed eameraa^
The 640-foot 9,100 ton tender hai been sheathed with metal on hel seaplane decks to withstand thl heat of firing rockets fncm theii vertical cradle. Two gun turretl have been removed to make rooa for a helicopter landing platforag and  a  ballon-launching  platform.
It also has high speed motioa pitcure cameras.
A helicopter is carried aS>oar4 the ship to recover instrument* ia> stalled in the rockets