Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              Do Your Duty—Be Sure to Vote on Tuesday
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Partly cletidy, eo^«r. Monday mild, ahowart.
44TH YEAR, NO. 2S —64 PAGES
UNITED i-hi:m«
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1950
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
Call on West for Dynamic Steps Against 'Only Militaristic And Aggressive Power'
IXiXDON'. — The western Big Three foreign ministers announced last night that they have agreed on a global policy to combat the niena. e of "the only militaristic and aggressive power In th. world," g TJ. S. Secretary of Btate Dean VAcheson, British Secretary Erneat Bevin and Frencn Foreign Minister Robert .Schuman wound up iliiir three-day conference here Vith a pledge of dynamic steps to he.a protect the free world from the unnamed power—obviously Russia.
The three foreign ministers promised in their communique that the strength of the free worlil would never be used for aggres- si^-e purposes. Meeting   Soviet   .Menace
They said they had agreed "upon the main lines of the policy of all parts of the world,"
Thu agreement, Ihey said, cov¬ ered these dynamic ateps to fight the menace of Soviet  Imperialism:
1,    Publication today of a general
declaration of policy  for Germany
^Imed  at  bringing    that    country
"into    more    Intimate    relationship
wilh the  Atlantic  powers. \
I.—A promise of economic aid to underdeveloped southeast Asian countries and a pledge to encour¬ age and support the new govern¬ ments there threatened by Com¬ munism,
3.—Closer co-operation among lh* United States, Britain and France to strengthen  their  econo
Children Drowned in Abandoned StrippingHole
(8unil«y   I-Qd.p«nJfnt   Plioto.rftfh   by   Jfob   Brood.v;
lUra. Catherine MeTague and Youngest Grandchild
Everyday Is Mother's Day
BOlh Birthday Tomorrow for Mrs. Catherine McTague Who Enjoys Travel, Visits With Eight Children Through Year
Girl, lh Tried to Save Uttle Brother At Beaver Meadows
An 11-year-old girl and her brother three year, young.r perlahad together in a water-filled Beaver Meadows hole yesterday afternoon, the courageous Uttl. girl going to her death because sh. thoug^ht only ot  B.iving the  boy.
me -victims, two of the 10 children of Mr. smd Mrs. John Kovallok of New OoxeviUe—a real catat. development near Hazlrton—ware Kugene, 8, and Monica, 11. / State Police told the story of th. brav. giri who oould hav. been saved if sh. had not given her life a boat and Trooper Ro.ell. recov- in a futile effort to save her | ered the body of Eugene at 4 brother from the watery death i oclock afid th. body of the alat.r which claimed them both In ths 55 minutes later, hole  at  Idle  Beaver Meadow. Col- kittle  Boy  FeU  In
OUldren TeU Story According    to    mformaUon    ob-
When the children failed to re-;tained by Investigators. Eugene turn home from a hike, the par-|toPPl«t '"*» the mine stripping ents and friends started a search. iho'«. «'hi<:h U 30 feet deep and Admissions fmally were obtained |M1«1 with 20 feet of water, and from   frightened   youngsters   who failed to come to the surface. His
sister, -n-ithout hesitation, leaped into the water after him and tHao went to th. bottom.
John Salvator. jr. of Hazleton deputy coroner In th. lower county area, pronounced the children dead as a result of accidental drowning. Also at the .cen. during th. recov¬ ery operations -nas Rev. Micfaad (Continued  on  Paga  A-2)
."More   than  three-quarters  of   a  century   separate  tr.e   ages   of Mrs.  Catherine McTague,  this  city,  and her  youngest grandchild,     , Ned McTague, age one and one-half, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward    j McTague,  Carey  avenue,   city.
Every  day  Is  Mother's Day  for during the year."  she  said yester-
mies.   maintain    their   social    and I Mrs.   Catherine    McTari*.    whose day    "and  I   get   such  a  kick  out
material    standards    and    develop' happines. dwells  In   periodic  visits of  travellmg
^.. „,. _,.„,,,,, with her sons and daughters reaid- Husband Was Barher
4    MoJ^     fluent     Bia     Three '"« >" ^•»'-'°"» sections of Pennsyl-      'Widow   of   the   late   P.   F^   Mc-
4-Mor.     frequent   ^^« ^j^^*; v«ila and  New Jersey. ^Tagu. who  was  the oldest  barber
had witnessed the tragedy as t) what  had   happened.
Stat. Police at Hazleton bar¬ racks were notified and Corp. Peters and Troopers Roselle, Buta- ko and Golden sped to the scene with rescue and grappling .qutp- ment
Thomas Hartung. a grocer of nearby Beaver Meadows  furnished
Now it's Your Turn
State's Fierce
.^'tJlTV^rhetor'e ?hrilTc^n'  '^'". McTague, who "was born and in "these  parts  prior  to  his  death m New Tork before  lh. UN  On-;^^.^^^   ^^  ^^^   Avondslc   section   of 17 years ago, Mr.. McTague spends
Plymouth    township,    will    observe a large part  of her time with  her her 80th  birthday  tomorrow. sons    and    daughters    In    'Wilkee-
eral Assembly. 5 - -Recognition
of    the    Import-
^ JHC"?*  "' *>'•   political   development j-V-j,^^"; gi^'nd  feeiing'to have so Barre and also pays regular vislu PJIFW the  peoples  of  Africa  and  f<!o-i,^^j.  ^„,  ^^^  daughters  to  visit
romic and social Impro-vements fo
them.
Adjourn  Meeting
A second communique Issued by the foreign ministers said they would consult on new approaches to Kilve the problem of migration of peoples to western  Europe.
Tlie three ministers adjourned their conference at « p.m. and left for a weekMid In th. country. ¦ They will meet t*. nine other | foreign ministers of th. AtlantK'; Pact countrie. here Monday. |
• Continued   on   Page   A-2>
Winnipeg Like Ghost; 110,000 People Cone; Higher Flood Coming
FEPC BACKERS   !NEW ISOLATION ARE STILL SHY   |WILL MEAN WAR,
OF SENATE VOTES TRUMAN OEMS;GOP Fight Ends;
Cooke-Fine Close
Rule to Cut Debate Up for Vote Friday; Absences Hurt Chances
Addreses Farmers On Economic Factors For Maintaining Peace
40 HURT IN RAIL WRECK NORTH OF LIVERPOOL
PRF.ri'l'OX,      England   - persons   were    Injured   last
¦WINNIPEG, Man.—A giant fleet j boundaries in of S.700 ear. and truck, and six | track of the special Red Cross trains carried refugees, citirens oul of Winnipeg ve.sterday The Red In crcsi.
WASHINGTON — Republican; ABOARD TRtJMAN TRAIN — senatora have been Informed thati President Truman declared iMt Sen. Arthur H. 'Vandcnburg, (R., night that a rebirth of American Mich.) probably will be available'economic isolation would causa de¬ pression, possibly war, and "let the Communist, take over."
"Ther. is no room for econooUo Isolation in a world torn between freedom and Communist tjrrajuiy," he said. "The United States haa no choice  but  to work  with  th.  free
to vote on the fair employment bill If his vote is needed to break a filibuster, it waa disclosed today, an effort to keep] Illness haa kept 'Vandenburg hug. numbers of! from the Senate floor since last February.
Crass   was   nroviding,Still Will Be Shy
a mass flight from a new flood free transportation to refugees "" .^'*.'''?'"''*''^5'*'", **'",*'''   '"°'f*'^° nations of the globe In mutual as- a mass lugnt irom a special  dailv  trains  and hand- that Vandenburg's  vote  would  not ,1,^^^,  ^^ partnership."
* '.-«_ „;,» »,i.,H. tn ™onv nf -ho hnme- be enough to provide the 04 votes
A Red Cross oflclal said that by   "f °"' /""ds to many of .he home-^^^^^^^  K^  ^^^v ^^  ^^^^^^  ^^  ^.^^
Fort:*'Monday  a  total  of  110,000 persons '""  vavims. ,       ^  ^ „   pending   motion    to   take    up
nlffht —more than one-third of this city's      The army  continued  to  urge all ^pp^^   j,;,,      .^,,^5,^.   t^mes
Speaking at Fargo, N. D., on the
Railroad Strike Is Extended
Halt Union Pacific; Joint Session Held; PRR Adding Trains Out of Harrisburg
CHICAGO - The Coast-to-co«at railroad strike spread to a fifth major system on Saturday as loco¬ motive firemen walked off th. job lo tie up traffic over th. Union Pacific's Salt L«k. Clty-Los An- gele.  division.
Meanwhile, th. National Media¬ tion Board reported her. that af- foru to Mttl. th. .trik. still ara deadlocked, but that Joint negotia¬ tions have been r.aumed for tb. first time sine* th. walkout befan Wednesday.
Freight  DIspoMd of
Union Pacific apokesmen aaid the striking Brotherhood of Loco> motive Firemen and Eteglnemen gave them enough notice so that all freight on hand was disposed of and no perishables wer. en¬ dangered.
Th. union moved Immediately to set up picket lines at passenger stations, freight yards, shops and roundhouses.
Meanwhile, ether struck roads w>ught to restore a meaaura ot normal service. Th. New York Central announcMl It will put one passenger train a day Into service between Cleveland and Columbus, O, starting Monday. PRR Service  Boosted
Producing a campaign .uch aa Pennsylvania never knew before! J?;*'^ f'?."*'*'""!' '"!'''''"'"*'' f* —and few ever dreamed It would experienca~the remarkable apllt V'"*':*',f"'* "'** freight service In In the Republican ranka remained top political newa In th. naUonl"!*,,*''"'''* *°"1 '*'•" '"" "°"* right up to IU local climax Friday night. iof Harrisburg,  Pa,  has been atep-
•   .. 1    ....       ... .< .1.1      .        ,       ... ...,._ ....     pod up to 21 traina daily, with th«
-^.        1^ V"^'.^"*," "'™««'» ^hich la without example In the^rospect of further increases, atate's  political  history,  LAizem.  county—alw^ays  politically  minded— r «    .u d   1 -j  1*
waa right In tha foreground.   For with th.  bitterest struggle of all    .,      f »«"*"«>¦"  "ft"^ •*'a  ™ for th. OOP nomination for govu^or, a Luxeme countlan is one of i"''^"*""" ''   spotty but hnproving.
,. _ 1 I      ...      » ...   ,. n,j     « .      .„, n.      .Southern   President   Ernest   Norria
thoa. seekhig th. q>ot .West Sid. Armory for Fin..   TTiey!
So,  in thta almoat llf.-and-death classify  It  as purely a "patronage struggle. It was back to the home show" put  on with great gusto.
county  of  former  Judge   John   8.,    if   I.uierne   couniy   registrations offered to us Fine that th. political caravan led mean anything, the vote cast here by Governor James H.  Duff  came should   be   heavy   on   the   Repub for   lis   final   display   '-   —'--   "- - -
said  the road is operating 42 pas¬ senger trains  and  "all  the   freight I trains needed to move the business
At   Chicago,   f lairman   Francl.
when a passenger train and a light population     of    320,000^-wlll    have cltiiens    who    w'ere    not    actively  pyj.j,y   on   guesses,   were   reported that   "we
•ate.st   flood   exodus fighting the floo<ls lo leave town      ,^^ indicate that the administration I'solationu
rhl'farmer's stake  In  world trade,  th'e J,",'"   '"'%'   °'7'Yw'°   ""^•."»'ican   side.    The   lisU   show   1«.8« O^Nel'I °;[^*^« 7"'^'*"°" ^^ j,^*^Ipresident   said   he   waa     confldeiftll".^ %'!°'^„^,.Y'!iLw*:^i-r°™i"J'.*^?" ^^^u^licans   eligible   to  vote.   The I',"  had  brought_ representatives <«
locomotive collided on a local rail-:fled   In   the   grea        —   — .       . u,      -si     -. u     "• ¦ ••"  "—- "'^ — ¦	
road    line    betwen    Preston    and'in Canadian history. '    Hour    by    hour,   this   Manitoba ^^^^ ^.j,,  j^H  fo„ to  eight votes
Southport.  north of Liverpool. Th.     Canadian     National     »nd "P't»> ';^"^;^°'"'"KJ"*^^^^^^
Th. ^Teck occurred at Penworth- c^in.dlan Pacific railway, reported Kho.'t cUy. About 10 per cent Of t^^     ^   attempt   must   be   mad.   to way  to
sm.  hist  outMde of Preston,  from'that 70000 persona had left bv rail "nflo«<J«<l home, were in darkneM.,,i„,t     d^^ate     because     southeniiThU la th. way to aehlav. frMdon 4, wher. the train departed   Railway ,„<! airline  officiaU   reported  that *^'>'  two  power  planU  ar.  oper-, D,mocr8ta,   who   oppose   the   bill, and peac." •^officials  said  th.  first  coach  was ,200   had   been   flown   out   In   the:»tlng. Only aix bridges were  open ^lU  try  to   talk   It  to   death.    In,Ask. for Trad. Aeeord
tele«!op*d. j^t fiv. davs  A United Press aur-'''"' •¦mergency trafic and only two,the week the  bill  has been before     He called anew for Congreaa to
Fh-. flre eiwln««. ambulances and vev   showed,   however,   that   onlv '" '"" *^'"""'" |the Senate, they  have  not had  to approve   th.   International     Trad.
doctor, wer. rushed  to th. .cmie.160000 of th.s. refugees had homes :«• Mile. WMe do   much    talking    because   more Organisation.,   which    has    aUllwl
The   crew,   of  both   locomotives m'Winnipeg TTi*    ''tv's   fi.t   schools   and   40 than   75   per   eent   of   the   Senate against   bitter   R.pubIlo«n   oppost-
wer. unhurt ' ,>„ » nJL t    a n..,. [theatres all were closed and one by debate thia week dealt with other tlon.
 ¦  I Great noo in • ^J*..,    . ,. „  Ion.    restaurants   were    forced   to subjects. I   He said It provides a basic eoiM
V/CWCJIICI  A   nun AU/C ..^'"•'""ili    u u      J^    «n^ *„"; close becauae of blocked sewera and noture  Vote  Friday of fair  trad.  prUiciples and   prac-
VENEZUELA   OUTLAWS        |ltoba_sald  sljelter  for 85.000  flood ^^^^^ basements. Senate   Democratic   leader   Scott tices  among th.  52  signatory   na-
j^^^^  ^^jj  ^^^ Senate that h. tions  and  th.  United  Statea  need IContinued   on   Page   A-10> not fear a normal increase In Im-
ports If It maintain, a dynamic, ex¬ panding economy.
Asserting that "economy Isola¬ tionism ran its bitter course to help bring on a second world war." Mr.
shall  continue  to   aefeat,""''"' ^^~''*'^*'"'^"'''''""'""'*" Democratic registration is 61.825.     the   atruck   roads   and   the   union „..                                           ler and twlee-wounded war veteran'    In th. closing speeches tomorrow          tContinued   on   Page  A-2> This I. th. wav to defeat Ohn.  i *"***   *"?   ''""'**'   '""^   '   aeriou. „ight, Republicana will be urged to 	
build  a prospM'ous   world.
I7p to Voter* Sow |th.   Issues   Involved   In   th.   bitter  NATIONALISTS LAND ON
Outaid.  of  manning  th.  polling|primary  struggl.. i CHINESE   MAINLAND
11"^..^!^ .^'",t^'"f.l '".T;::     FVom Winnipeg to the U. S. bor-   VV.
I vat. homes throughout the prairie
der fiS miles away, th. rampaging
COMMUNIST PARTY
CARACA.S. Veneiuela-The Ven-1 provinces and eastern Canada.        , ^^^ j^,^.^^ ^^ ^p^^^^ ^^^ „^.^^ ,^^ Muelan   government   outlawed   the'    The masa exodiia was spurred by  prairies   to   a   width   of  20   miles.   naiM   Tnr\   I  »TC   cnO Communist party yesterday on the warnings  that  the snake-like  Red ggme   10,000   persona   were   driven   MAIIM    I UU   LA I t   rUH grounds   It   had   organized   a   cam-iRlver,  which was  surging  through  i^ this  .MO square mile section  of   rjIKT RDWI    WHFAT
paign  of agitation   and subversive the  city  at   seven   miles   an   hour,,the  Red   River valley and soldiers   ""»»'   b"'»«-  «»ni.«i  ^ 	
activity. would rise three to six inches In the  „.prs patroling the area 'n amphib-     OKLAHOMA   CITY — Dust   bowl Truman said the nation once more
A decree ordered all Communist next 24  hours  and  would  bring a  jouj craft.                                                .warnings came down in the .South- (Continued  on  Page   A-2>
party   offices    and    publicity   and'new  flood  crest here  tn  about  six •           iwest on Saturday but crop ob.serv- '
propaganda  organs  closed   down.      days. In addition, fresh rains were   ^.,,_    ..,.-..-,,-.    «.,                  r"    ""'"^     "'"     """'     fa"'"K    "" ni-nno-r   i\kinnc-r   mii-rx       ''
The anouncement said the Com- forecast  for  tomorrow CALLS   ATTACK   ON idrought-damaged wheat sUrtcd too  REPORT    WORST   OVER
munisfa.   along   with   the   •lis.solvedj    U.  R.    Army    Engineer    H.    W   riiir>rKl7   <r>nixiaDni V»              '""" IM    M      RAI^nTA    Cl nnno       I
nemocralic .\ction Party, had been JHarlch, flown here to help plot the  dUUcIM^     UUWAnUl.T              1    One offlclal    said    the    moisture IIM    N.    UMMll A   ruUUUO
responsible     for     recent     "Illegal: flood's course, said the second flood      NEW    YORK   The    Very    Rev. would   hurt  wheat   which   survived .lAMEZSTOWN, N. D.—The worst!
strikes" in  the oil industry.                crest would  be  "even wor.'e"  than  I.,aurence   J    McGinley,   SJ,   preai-ithP   eight-month   dry   spell. appeared  to be over laat night  fori
The    Democratic    Action    Partyithe firat.                                                   ident of Fordham University, today'    "^t  came too late to help wheat two of North DakoU's most flood-1
Was   the   govemment   party  before' Cheeking Refugees                                 'called  Sen,   Dennis  Chavez'  attack l'""''^'   ''"t   It will  make the weedfl battered  cities.                                          !
It was rtepo.sed hy a military Junta      Army officials reported they had on    LouLs   F.   Budenz   "slanderous 1 ff™'"' *"'' they will hurt the wheat Officials here and at Grand Forks
m 1»4«.                                                     set up control check points nt city  and    cowardly"    and    a    "vicious.harve.st."  said  crop statistician  K. were confident that the flooda were
¦  offen.«e against  Christian  charily.'"'O   Blood. at   or   near  their   crMts.   although
The   New   Mexico   Democrat    a     Rain fell in the last 24 hours over no   large   drop   In   water   waa   ex- Catholic    accused   Budenz   on   the "'"'te'-n   Oklahoma   and   much     of peeled   for several  days.
.'ienate   floor   Friday   of   using   the western Kansas—areas where  du.st At   Grand   Forks   City   Engineer
Catholic  Church   as   a   "shield  and r"°"^   '"»'•'   '"•''"   frf^'i^'t   in   re- A.  F.   Hulteng said the Red  River
cloak"   behind   which   he   wa.s   d««-;Ct"'_'"""'!'*•     ^^''^                  area of   the   north   had   not   reached .nouncing   others   falsely   as   Com
dlatricU for Tuoda^a primary,•tha|Cooke-Fln« Clo*. bitter eampalga for state offlce | Reports coming tn from various TAIPEI. Formosa fSunday)— practically endwl last night with I gecttona of the atate Indicate that 1 Nationalist guef^lla units landed th. Cooke leader, unimpresawl byickivemor J'amea Duff will ba nomi-1 on the China mainland at day- th. big campaign rally held at the;nated by th. Republicans for U. 8..break    Friday    and    are    fighting
Senator.  The close contest between | their way Inland, th. official Cen- Judge John S. Fine and Jay Cooke tral News agency reported today, can b. decided by an upset In any!'  The   dispatch   did   not   dlsclos. of th. larger countiea, particularly I atrength of the guerrillas, but said Philadelphia Ithey   had   captured   prisoners   and
Cooke Leader* OpUmlstle | booty   and   still   wer.   engaged   In
Cooke leaders were optimistic last'heavy fighting, night that their man would be thej    central   New.   said   the   landing Republican   nominee  when  the re-1 took plac. In  the Shihpu area. 70
Valley Scene
Yoiina .owpU walking doiin South Main afrr.t yttterday afternoon reading cop;/ of ihrft mutit "You Remind M* of My MoUur."
Pandhandling "rterchnnt" getting ihot thine on Eant Markrt ttreet and then pac¬ ing the youngster ji ith one of the   eomhi  from   hi$   "stock."
Kingston tou-nship ki'la gat¬ ing wistfully al locked-up *ifing$ in playground of Shavertown grade eehool on Center itr*et i^eeterday mom- ing.
turns were  In.
miles south of the threatenel  air
The campaign In this county has^^  naval  base  of  Tinghal,  Itself
been most unusual.   Ordinarily the
under   Communist   artillery   bom-
home candidates generally benefits bardment for several  day..
to such  an  extent that  opposition     _.        ., .        ,, .       . .
I continues    to   fade.      It    v*as   the     ^"*     ^atlonaIiats     have     mad.
opposite here when leaders of the "ther guerrilla raids in the Shihpu I Republican party started the switch ¦''*«•
I to Cooke. Those who have con-; Th. Communist radio rialmed 'slantly opposed the county organ- "^•lctory' ' in attacks against Tmg- I ization  also have  lined  up   behind hai, but status of the island atrong-
the Philadelphia man. i hold   was   not   clear.  Th.  Central
Attendance at the rally  here on News dispatch  from Tinghal ladl-
Frlday night was the  largest here cated   the  island remained  in  N«- iContinued  on   P.tge  A-2i ! llonalist hands.
I Sox Killed, I Shot, I Stabbed In New York Teen-Age Gang War
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^.r......   —^^      _   . „„„.,..it,.,   nther.   f>is«iv   ••   c'nm  I had   received   moisture   earlier  this definite    crest   and    that   he    does
NEW  YORK.-Teen-agers  killed old  Milton  "Vic"  Vidal  today  an«i;"°""""«   °'*'"'   *"^"y   "   ^'*'"'week.     Adjacent   areas   of  eastern not  expect  the  atream  to  atart  a on. youth, ahot another and sUb- asked his 13-year-old sister to '"i       iilj,,    p„..    McGln-ev    ssid    th.t 0'«'''homa received rccord-breskin - steady drop yetr bed a  third  In  neighborhood gans; him. Young Vidal stepped  Into the „,??',   «s.i.t«r.t nrofessnr of en   downponr.s thus week which .•»,... e      Tn.,,..H     1,.    . war outbursts  In  a 24-hour   period hall   and   dosed   the   door.   A   .•='.,: ,^".'      •¦;?'"?ft professor of e. o-
endlng Saturday. brought his mother, who found her 1°""1^*'' .."i.?'"™ Z?°„ „.   .
Tarti»a   iTnrtKn.t..     IO     . ........ —   i..i-_   «_   .u      »i           u               the   Communist   partv.   vas   accus-
.lames    icortunato,    Ig,    a recent,son   lying   on   the   floor.    He   v»..m ,„_-j ,„ ....„i.. »,«_!  f^„~».„... .
high   achool   graduate,   was   ¦-'"—-'—   •-   -   >• '•-'   -^••-   -   -.      tomed to attacks from Communist
Seek Bombardier Sucked from 6-36 As Plastic Bubble Burst 5 Miles up
cau SI \
ktlle-li taken   to   a  hospital   with   a   »'•"-'»i,„i.,
last night in Prospect Park. Brooli- shot wound  In  the   right  shoulder ¦'":	
lyn.   In   a   juvenile   gang   feud   be- His  condition   Is  not  serious.
52^?/''um?'"""'^'"""'' "'¦'*'"    .^"'i'"'   **'",. ^'^7   "'""': ,,*''" H. W. FRASER, RAILWAY
AAnlt.   Killing .shooting   resulted   from   a   ¦falli'i-;i -,-,,,r.. i»s-rft»>o       r-sfM-n
"I    ahot    him,"     *aid     Anthony out"  among  boy  gangsters | CONDUCTORS   LEADER,
Scarpati.   16,   of   the   Garfields.    'I     The faUl shooting and the sUb-
•lon't want anyone elae to take the;bing  In  the  teen-age  fued   led  th.
blame." Kings    county    district    attorney's!    CHICAGO.-H,  W.   Fra.'^er.  preai
Alfred Venti.  IT.  was stabbed in office   to   order   police   to   make   h Ident of the Order of Railway Con
the abdomen  in the same battle     Iweekly  search   for  weapons   in   a'l ductors, died yesterda.v of a serief
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FORT     WORTTH.     Tex. -Search grees   above   when   it   bro.te,"   said gen    mask."    aaid    Gregg. went   on   today    over   the    rough Maj.   Edwin   D   Eaaley,  the  plane began  to  cmne through tba ttftat^
   Instead    .lie    added    that    there lands  of  southern  Arizona   for  an commander  and   pilot.    "Instantly, ing.'"
h^nlTJ wi,*h '^'"io"-" of dollars in flood dnmag-   .should   be  no   great rise  from  last Air    Force    bombardier    who    fell the temperature dropped to 65 de-     j^^j     Eaaigy    brought   tha    B-M °I.  L^,..   and four drownings night's   45,75-foot  level. more than five miles  from  a  B-3« grees  below  zero-the temperature d„«T,   t^   lower  and  warmar   alU-
Superbomber   through   a   ruptured outside." •^^^i^   „   swiftly   aa   poaalble   and
plastic observation bubble. |n Snow   Storm then   circled   the   area   for   mora
There ^ "o hope that Lt. ,j,j,^ .uperbomber wa.s lumbering than an hour until search and Freeman B. Horner, 33. of Miles ^,„^^ through a snow storm, rescue planes from WIIIImsj Air City. Mont., supnved the dizzy ^^^^^ „ „,j,pg ^^^^ ^f phoenix. Force base arrived over tta* WMnau plunge of 28.000 feet „„ y,^ return trip to Carawell Air Then, at reduced speed and at ab-
Preaunuibly, he wore a Para- ^^^^^ ,,j^, ,^ p„^ Worth, its normally low altitude, th. da-pra^ chute     But   the   tremendou.   sue- ^^^j,   ^,^^^ , routine training run surized     B-38     limped    homa.    It
F.   Richardson,   organization ''^ !tmosohe« Oi^uah" tht* smili ^ f-'irfleld-Suiaan  base,  Calif. landed six hours after HoTBar «M
.... . ...J  i.   —^..A "~ atmosphere through  the small     .^^   bubble   was   rectangular   in lost.
plane s   nose   cer- ^^^^^   approximately   2  feet  by  3 Paraohnte en SeM
feet, and  was located in the elon-;    \    parachute   was   left   at   Um
bombardier's seat    It was beliewd Horner    was    standing    directly that   it   was   an   extra   one. over,    or    very    near,    the    bubble ever,  and  that  Horner waa n through   which   he   took   sightings ing  his  own   'chute  when  ha
Say Stafe Motorists Pay $20 Million Needless Tax
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'"i/'L"^'!'ij:...L"^"'"''''   ''"" K«t;d nose of the plane.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania*      W. gasoline   industrv   asserted   yester- ««^"tlve secretary said   it   argued,;-„-„--7„- "      .. "    .    .L    ,.,     _        before  the   one-cent  addition   was ,.j_iv
.^ . . ""^y that motorists m the Common-, ^^^^ ^^ ^jj^ 1^,^, y,^ ^^^  f^^^.wino^
Three  youths   rang  the   doorbell, teen-age meeting  places in  Brook-iof heart attacks. He was 65. wealth   paid   an   entirely   unnet-es- ^ent  tax would    yield    $132,000,000 ^^j damaged'his 'chute.'
st the Manhattan home of 17-year- lyn, '    Fraser  suffered  a   major   attack'sary  $20,000,000 in  gasoline     taxes during  1»49.  Richardson  said  that     None  of  the  crew  saw  a   para-
4^ — J 4«  Rounded  I'p at   the     unions    convention     hereM.st year. "official   figures"    now    show  the chute  open  after he was  lost,
Y    ...^ Approximately    40    youths    were Wednesday  before a .session  which!    The    Associated    Petroleum    In-  four-cent     levy   would     have   pro-,^'hele  Crew   In   Danger
m   Inelnii'm   I.ana rounded up after the fight,  Patro.- elected Roy O. Hughes. Milwaukee,'duatries of Pe*insylvania made that duced $132,171,000, He put the total      The explosion   .jf  the   bubble  en- on  cheek-point.« dragged out into apace.
man Frank Mategari nished to the Wis., as  his succe.-isor. | estimate   in   a   report   released   to tax receipt for 1B49 at slightly more dangered the entire crew  and  the     First Lt, Albert .1   Gregg of Con-     Horner    w-aa    a    nln.-year    Atr
scene  after hearing  two  shots  and      Fraser was taken to Illlnois-Cen-iMlt>port itji stand that the one-cent than   $143,000,000, aix-en.i;ined   sky   gisnt, way,  N,   H,  was  the   closest  crew- Force  veteran   and  had baan  wtth
found young Fortunato unctm- tral Hospital. He died suddenly at a gallon Increase In the fuel tax "In reality, Pennsylvania high- Temperature In the cabin of the man to Horner, but his back waa the Sth Air Force at Fort Worth s. ioii.-^ He died before a <-'c,*') 5:50 p.m. CDT. He would have granted by 194i> legislature was not way users were over-askeased to the B-36 fel! »7 degrees at once when turned and he did not see him go, since 194S His wife and thre* arrived    But   Venti.   the   stabbing been M on  June 7,  His home was'needed  to  carrv  out the  adminis-< tune  of  better    thaa    $30,000,000," the bubble blew out. "I   felt   the   temperature   change young     children     Uve
.\-2i Colorado Spring, Coltk ' tratioa'a road prograiB. I Richardson said. '    "Cabin  tenperatur.  w^as   U  da- and immediately  put  on  my  osy-, Worth.
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