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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1950
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Opening Probe to Find Who Leaked to McCartliy
Acheson Sure To Take Stand
WASHINGTON—Chairman Seth W. Richardson yesterday began a personal Investigation to determine who "leaksd" Information from the  loyalty review board  to Sen.  Joseph  R.  McCarthy,  R.,   Wis.
"I'm going to ses If I can't find out who Is loosa-tongued," Rich¬ ardson said. '
McCarthy, who has been offering evtdsnco befora a Benats aub- ! committee to show that the Stats Department la studded with pro- ' Conununists, Immediately denied that his Information about tha loyalty case of State Department hs did not think McCarthy's dis-1 career man John S. Service came closure was especially Important in; from   Richardson's   board. lUelf.  Ho  noted  however   that the
McCarthy insisted that he re-j review board Is supposed to giva ceived his information from aSlateliu  information  only to  the  agen-
Crisis Grows ^/<*'"">9 Valley Towns _. Wow to Cet Orders to
More DltlBr start sewage Disposal
Over Leopold
Department source whom he would not   Identify.
Tho controversy developed as Sen. Walter George D., Ga., said Secretary of State Dean Aacheson "certainly" will bo called to answer McCarthy's charges that there are at least 57 Communists on the State  Department's payroll.
Richardson said he Is personally trying to find out who tn his rela¬ tively  sinall  organization  told Mc-
cies concerned
"I don't like to tblnk that a third party may havo auch in¬ formation. Tomorrow a leak might occur that would bo extromely Im¬ portant," he said.
Georg*, meanwhile, told Republi¬ cans that they will gain "no politi¬ cal advantage" by trying to drag out the current Inveatlcation of McCarthy's charges.
George's  statement   to   newsmen
Cabinet Resigns; Premier Trying For New Alliance Of Major Parties
Belgium
BRUaSEXfi, Belgtum.-The Bel¬ gian government raalgned last night in the midst of a bitter na-l
Oonal   crisis   ovor   whother .sxiled; ™"fij;^ct treatment works. King Lsopold ni should be called back to tho throno.
Premier Gaston Eyskcns turned in tho rsalgnaUon of hU Catholic- Liberal    coalition    govemment    to
TH.AT HF.I.PFI'1. MARMHAM.
PLAN -Bridging a gorge across Ui« Arve River, high in the French Alps near Le Fayet, this
steel tube will support its own weight when it goes into use. It Is one of the units employed in the spectacular harnessing of two
rivers with the help of tho Amercican Marshall I'lan. Tho wooden shack, top center, indi¬ cates the  height of the tunnel.
Carthy    that    the    loyalty    review!came    as    Senate^  administrationJR^ent  Prince  Charles,  the  king's
Duff Willing to Risk All To Beat GOP's Old Guard
board had recommended that Serv-1 leadera were pressing for an "an- :lce be recalled for a hearing before!swer In full" directly from Acheson jthe State Department loyalty board, to the charges. 1** department : On Way to India itself   Is  gearing   for    a    eounter-
Service was on his way to a offonaive, and Ambassador Ptilllp I diplomatic assignment In India C. Jeasup will flre tho opening 'when   McCarthy   disclosed   tho   ro-(salvo  Monday.
view  board's  decision to  a Senate | Predicts Testimony
younger brother.
Tho    regent    accepted   tho   pre¬ mier's    resignation   and   was   re¬ ported reliably to have asked him to form a new cabinet. UbenUs Unwilling
B^kens,    tt    was    learned,    In-
HARRISBURG-The state haa strucUon of sewage treatment expanded its orders for construe-1 works by all municipalities along tlon of sewage treatment plants the Susquehanna River from the along streams in eastern and cen- Maryland-Pennsylvania line to tha tral Penniiylvania Wilkes-Barre confluence of the North and West and all other Wyoming Valley; branches of the river at Sunbury, towns now will be told to start and those on the Weat Branch up- actual construcion, expecting to stream to and Including Lock cost about $10,000,000. i Haven, and those    on    the    North
The state saniUry water board Branch to the mouth of tho Lack- said that municipalities on most of awanna River at Pittston, whicii tho tributaries C the Susquehanna come within the scope of tbe cleaa River, which were not included in streams law. That order also la¬ the orders recently issued to com- eluded the municipalities along th« munities on that river and those Juniata River and its tributaries." on the Juniata River and Its trib-' Seek Financial Aid utaries, now will receive orders to At a conference called recentl7 .. by   Mayor   Claude   R.   Robins   of
Deadline—June 1, 1951 Harrisburg,   representatives   of   26
The deadline for having them in communities slong tho Susque- operation was set at June 1, 1952.'hanna set up a special committee the same deadline that was estab-;to confer with Gov. James H. Duff lished for communities along the! and legislative leaders In an at- Susquehanna. {tejnpt to obtain state financial aid
"This   action  was  taken   by  thelin construction of the plants, board." Health Secretary Dr. Norris'    Tho officials contended that most W.   Vaux   said,   "In   extending   Its of  them  could  not   finance  treat- previous  policy  of   requiring  con-[ment works without state aid.
foreign      relations     subcommittee;    George Is a  ranking member of|formod  the   regent  he   oould   not
'VETERAN LOSI JOB FOR OPPOSING FINE
Governor Candidate        i Savs Duff Men Caught 'With Excuses Down'
HARRIS BURG — Republican gubernatorial candidate Jay Cooke, Philadelphia, charged that pro- Duff state ofBcials fl.-ed a Pitts¬ burgh msn from a state job bo- .causc he opposed the candidacy %t John a. Fine.
'   Cooke said State Insurance Com- """;"' ,•""¦'-"-•¦   -''¦ A^r:; missioner James F. Malone jr.. one  '^''"""'»^*"""" °- "»»"" ^''" of   Cookei    supporters.    Informed     "I"  n^X  opinion,  G.-undy-Owlett- hlm  that  Anthony Gnmn,   a  Pitts-  '••m  means  govemment  by burgh veteran, was summarily dis-1'of   'he   beneiit   of  a   !>•*¦ missed from his job as inheritance | ^"Pen**   «'   the   public," tax     investigator     in     Allegheny'"'"* '
FEAR 11 DEAD AFTER FREIGHTER
Rli^ardson   said   that disclosure   wa*   made   five   hours before  the  State  Department  was advised of the decision. Richardson   made   it   clear   that
McC^arthy's the Benat*  foreign  relations  com¬ mittee,  a special   vubcommlttee  of which   is  invesUgatlng  McOarthsr-a allegations.    He predicted that (Continued on Page A-10)
Says Democrats Will      j Win If His Group Is Beaten in Primary
HERSHEY—<;ov. James H. Duff yesterday said be was willing to [ risk being "wiped out" as a polit-' iral figure in Per.nsylvania !f tt would contribute to the downfall of the Republican parly's Old Guard | wing  in  the  state. !
In   a   fighting   speech  before  the county chairmen who are support¬ ing   his   senatorial  bid.   Duff   said,    HALIFAX,  N.   S—Eleven   erew- he was out to "prevent the domins- men   were  presumed  dead   In   the „..„,.   ., „.      ...   .    .   „....., |.,,..u.-   .hi... .ai.....»..i »_ »h. ....
Uon of our party" by the  faction pre-dawn collision of their fishing "'PP'if^ atomic   test   fleet   vessel | tho three ships diverted to the res
heited   by   fVnner   V   S   f^nator schooner and a frcighUr near thi ^^ KWer and ordered an investi- cue mission, picked them up Hour. I referendum on hi.  retu.:,
Jowph   R   Gr™dv   and   National entr..m-e  to  Halifax  harbor. ; gation int« the failure of a pas, ng, later   a    sister    rescue    ship,    '—   -   -    ¦      -      -
josepn   n-   urunu.Y   ana   .Kniiuiiai     ^^        ^   _^    o..   military   transport   to   answer   the! destroyer    tender    Piedmont,
distress
Navy Y/ill Probe Failure Of Troop Ship to Pick Up 40 Men Adrift in Pacific
PEARL   HARBOR — The   Navy i up as dusk feU FViday night.   The . rescued   the   40   crewmen    of   tbe i navy repair ship Comstock, one of
get anougii liberal support to formj another coalition government un-| leas a compromise is 'worked out "temporarily" to ahclve Leopold's return.
The premier was reported to hav* labelled formation of an all-Catho¬ lle government "a risky venture."
The Social Cbristlan (Catholic) premier acted after a threo-hour emergency cabinet session failed to reach a decision on holding a joint seasion of parltamsnt to decide on Leopold's   return.
The resignation waa pro\'oked by
the reluctance of the eight Liberal; Shooting FoUowed  Party members of th* IT-man cabinet to support Leopold, who won 57.68 per cent nf the votes in last Sunday's
thei catholics for Retium
a  few,
,   at   Uie
he   said.
Let us join together to rid Penn¬
s.vlvania
county   after   he   told   one   of   his syivania of this selfish, baleful and
supporters he intended to support  unscrupulous   group;   let   us   show j^^^^ ^^^^
Cooke. ll>P   nation  that  in  the  b<>st   »pi'"'ticovered
Cooke  labeled  the  dismissal  "vl- and tradition of Republicanism we  Sank in  a  Minute cious   retaliation   against   low-sal-1 Intend to flght for a type of gov-     ^.^^ 6()-ton schooner
The   two-masted   schooner   (Jer-,, ,   --   ••,... ,,   ;        ..-....._       ...       ,.,,.,,
trude dArosta laden with fish !''"'• ship's frantic distress calls i reached the side of the helpi*— sank immediately after being ram-; five days ago. Elder, 85 miles from Uie  rafts,
med amld.«hip in ihe darkness by; R^ar Adm. (3iarlee H. McMorris, The cluster of rafts was spotted the 6.000 lon Canadian Island Can- > commander of Pacific rescue oper- from the air—amidst a spreading nector. I ations,    said    the    Hawaiian    Sea stain  of vivid yellow "rescue dye"
Six   of   the   schooner's   crewmen j Frontier will make an administra-1 marker—by  a  navy privateer, one wnr..   rescued.     The   others   were! tive   inquiry   into   "all   phases"   of, of  10   planes   assigned  to  tho  air
^**'!    Th* nine Catholic ministers want I in   e  huff.
Leopold back in th* fac* of strong!    enlarged  with
sried state employees who have the courage. In the face of fan¬ tastic intimidation and coercion, to support my candidacy for gover¬ nor."
liov. James H. Duff answered ucri.'..   about   thc   case   with   this
atcmcnt:
ernment and a type of party Uiat „,i„u,p.. after the splintering crash has a chance to successfully com-|,aid (^apt. Iy)uU Giasson of the bat the tremendously entrenched freighter. The lost vessel's skipper. Democratic   stronghold   in    vVash-lcapt.   Haslam   Knickle   of  Lunen-
ingtnn."
Reviews the Feud
Duff, who has been feuding open y  with  the  Grundy  faction
¦1  hsve no knowledge of who it the   party's   19*8   national
burg.  N. S., was killed.    His body was  one  of lliose   recovered.
Two   bodies   were   picked   up   by 5ince;the freighter soon after  the colli-, onven- sion.    A  third  washed  ashore  and I i.r   where   he   is   or   what   it   U   all  Uon  In Philadelphia, reviewed that a fourth was found in the achoon-j sbout. Judge Fine. Lloyd Wood and'fight  over  control of  the  Pennsyl- er'«  wreckage. j
William Livengood  (Duff's running vania delegation. v.        ,.   '"¦,>ioo"'''' ^W""     VfT?""?!
mates) all are veterans and, I pre-      "There Is no doubt  in my niind, about five knots *hen we hit her.   ,
- ... j^j^   ^j Captain Giaiwon said. His freighter
waa outward  bound and  the fish¬ ing  boat  was   about  to  enter  the
Four bodies wer* re- I the disaster.
T Days in Broiling Sun McMorris issued a "well done" to "sank In one | ^u concerned in the safe rescue of the 40 men from th* Elder and rafts after drifting under a broil¬ ing South Pacific sun 1.900 miles west of Pearl Hart>or for seven days.
search Friday  «hen nsvy anxiety began to grow.
MILTON BABICH WILL APPEAL CONVICTION
MILWAUKEE—Counsel for Mll-
^^^ ton Babish, 19, serving a life term
The Elder, a net tender assigned j for the slaying of his bride's young
¦''ito   the    forthcoming  atomic   testsisister,   filed  notice with   the  State
at   the   Eniwetok   Island   proving l Supreme C^urt yesterday  that
grounds,  was ripped  by an  engine
Socialist and Oxnmunlst opposi¬ tion and the heeitaney of the wav¬ ering  Liberals.
The prospect of the king's re¬ turn from Switzerland resulted In a "warning strike" yesterday of more than SOO.OOO Socialist-led i walkout
Insanity Plea Rejected^ Yvette Given IS Years
FTIA.NKFVRT, Germany—Yvette stood as If in a tranos when the Madsen, 22, waa found guilty yes- oourt announced s decision, terday of murdering her husband, "Will they let mo see my babiea Air Force Lt. Andrew Madsen, af- before they send me away?" she ter a aoutherner laughed at her whispered. Her children. Dana, Brooklyn  accent  during  a  party,   four, and Nancy, two, are with her
She  was  sentenced  to   15  years' mother,   Mrs.    Alfred   Noack,    In bl  a woman's  reformatory. Brooklyn.
•rv,-   .»nin,r   m^h...   «»n.v,<   n.i»      Her father, a Brooklyn carpenter, tir^nH-^mbr^'i 5X F^e'd J*}"   ««-  h"»   to  his  daughter'.
J. ^hn Of th.^;cial higl, -ni-^^;'«X;^»^ '".--•^^j-'X mi,«i,^T, ~v„r+ r»«H th. v..,-,<i^t *"d broken up to comment. Be¬ fore the verdict waa pronounced, he said, "TTiey have to find Yvetle Madsen, air lift veteran, of Oak-| inaane. She would not be found land. Calif., waa shot through thej guilty In the United States." heart with a .45 automatic Oct, 20; There waa no Jury. (3ohn of Ra- when ho returned to his home alone leigh, N. C, and his assistant^ from the party his wife had left | John Speight of Dothan. Ala., and
I Herman Elegant of New York City, first degree  mur-; suggested  she  serve  out  her  sen-
sume,   are  as   much   interested   in and   I   am   sure   in   the   m^
veterans as Mr. Cooke" Republican,   clear   across   the   ria-
A state revenue department offl- lion."    he   said.      that   the   tactics ^^^^^^^^ rial who refu.sed to be quoted said  of   the   Grundy-Owlrlt   faction   at   j,.j ^^^ ^^ Freighter that Ouzio was emploved for tem-; the    convenUon    put    a   hlignt    on      ...j.^^^   Island   Connector   was   or
porsry work  and was'so Informed the party that was largely respon- ^^^^^ ^^  j^,, ^^^^ astern, but the
when  he  took  the  state   job.    He sible for the defeat of the Repub- ,^hooner came  at   us at  an  angle
room explosion at midnight March 10, and  a raging flre broke out.
Twenty-six crewmen were or¬ dered to abandon ship in a life¬ boat and two life rafU. The re¬ maining 14, Including the three ofHcers, remained to flght th* flre. Frantic Signals Heeded
Three days later, and    the   helpless
be
will appeal the conviction.
Babich was convicted of shooting 18-year-oId Patricia Birmingham to death Feb. 10, 1949, tying a con¬ crete block to her body sind dump¬ ing it into the Milwaukee River.
Tho prosecution charged he kill¬ ed  her  to   keep   hsr   from   telling tales  about  th*  pregnancy of  her with the rafU older sister.  Kathleen,  18.    Babich Elder   drifting and Kathleen  eloped shorUy  after
was dismissed, the spokesman said,, lican   party   nat'<"ial!>'   '^o   >';'*'"'• and  then   cut   acroas the  bow"  he because  he was  no longer needed, ago.    The  Grundy-Owlett   faction ^.j      ^.j,^   schooner's   helmsman
A Cooke spokesman  replied: were the  architects of onr  of tn^apparenUy failed to see the frelght-
"Is that the best alibi they have?  greatest   disa.'«ters^ In   the   hlstor>-^P ,^ jj,p darkness until loo late. They've certainly been caught with! of Republicanism.' The   six   survivors   of   the   Ger-
Uirir excuses down" ¦     Duff charged that his opponents j^udp   d'AcosU.   picked   up   by   the
 .  were    now    proposing   to    "'cpeat i freighter,  were  hurried   to  a hos-
>r,..«   ...N  p.i-#M>tA exacUy   the   same   tactics   In   the pit^j suffering shock and exposure.
ARMS-AID BEGINS election    for    ofiices    in    Pennsyl-JAH live in Nova ScoUa.
Uk/ITU   ni  sikir   euiDH/ICMTC   vania this-a critical  year for the     ^he Gertrude d'AcosU,  operated tVI I M   rLANt   bnlrlVltIM I O   Republican   party   and   a   year   m f„r th» I..awrcnre !=weeny fleet out
NORFOLK,   Va.  -The   fir.st   ship- which  the  results  in  Pennsylvania nf   Yarmouth.   N.   P..   was^ one   of   ^^__^^   ^   ^___^ ment  in   the  $1,000,000,000  arms  to can  have a decided Influence upon the   last   rem Mning   '""-"KRed  ^.^^^^^^^   ^j^p^^ ^^^ Europe program headed for France  what    happens    in    the    nation    in s,-hooncrs    .still     P'avm?    off    the, yesterdav   aboard   thc   French   air-  19S2" , Grand    Banks    m    Newfoundlands,
craft  carrier  Dixmude. "Vicious Propaeamla' '¦'''^ .'"'"•"''  V^l!   ,u     k.„i,
Carn,-ing 48 American fighter and      The   Governor  Said   the  Grund.v-      Returning   from   the   banks bomber  planes   the  ship  sailed  for Owlett wing is attempting to break schooner    already     had    lost    one Bi^erte  In  North  Africa. down  the "wide popular ^PP'-^^'^'/''^''^'^""  ''''??*/";^ .*'**;'*"1^^
The   vessel   will    return    to    thc of his  administration  ^ •'some of nratrd from the vessel at sea. United   States   for   a   second   ship-.the  most  vicious   propaganda ever ment of planes affer unloading at put   out   in   a  political  campaign. Bizerte (Continued  on  Page A-10)
Iowa Student Will Claim Death Of His Sweetheart Was Accident
IOWA ( irV 1. Kiio^ri B..i„a- holl.¦^c wnere he livid. But, the de- wk. 24 on trial for the murder of fense aUomey said, sodium penta- hii campus sweetheart, said he i.s thoi administered by a University "confident" thst his "truth serum" of Iowa psychiatrist drew the de- story of the slaying will clear him. tails     from     Dodnasek's    emotion-
Bednasek     a    dreamy-eyed    p-sy- blanked memory.
apart, the transport (5eneral Brew-1 the slaying, ster passed by wtthin two or three; miles. The Brewster apparently failed to see a furious distress bar¬ rage of flares, signal star shells. mirrors, flags, and 20-millimeter cannonading aboard the Elder.
The Elder's skipper, Lt. William, F. Adams, said the Brewester took t "about two hours" to pass the clus- i ter of life rafts. j
As survivors were being trans-1 j ferred to the Navy repair vessel: no word from j the skipper of the Brewester. The ship's destination was classed as .. "restricted." A spokesman said she, al.so was heading for Eniwetok.
McMorris said the commander of ¦ Pacific service forces would try to determine the cause of the explo-: sion. as well as the failure of the Brewster to stop. Poses a Mystery
How the Brewster's watch missed
had  still   had   it.'
chology senior at the University of lows Is accused of .strangling pret¬ ty Msrgaret (Oe Gee) Jackson. 20. In a fit of jealous passion last Dec.
Hill nalm Aeeideni
Defen.-e Attorney Clair Hamilton •aid in his opening statement Fri¬ day that he will slake Bedi.aisek's fute on his storv that the sl.^ymg Wss an accident Bednasek cltlm.<. th' girl went limp in his arms when he clasped his hands around her neck and playfully demonstra¬ ted "how to choke someone."
Hamilton admitted that Dadna- •fk at First could recall no details of the girl's death during their for- Hidrn   rendezvous   in   the   rooming
The   drug,   known   as   a   "truth . ^     . .._     ^
.serum." generally is used by the f,"_"<']['^2., ?.* ^.'"""'J'"' prosecution in such cases. But "" ~--»--» ^ »—" Bednasek's   lawyers   sent   him   to
MARSHALL PLAN FOOD IS SEIZED BY RED^
LONDON.   The Corrmunist New the furious distress signalling or the China  news agency  reported  from ' men In the water—was a mystery.    ' Sh.inghnl last night  that  the city's,    '"The crew jumped and waved and military authorities have seized aliwe would have used three-Inch am- Mar.shnll Plan supplies stored there and  will   use   them   for  emergencv relief
Peking radio monitored here, said the Shanghai military control committee Lssued the order taking over all supplies of the China Coopera¬ tion   Administration  two  days  Ago.
The   supplies,   which   were   de-
Valley Scene
Youngster keeping unugually romplete tear* of Baron 6o*- ktthall game*, because "my father toon't let me eomt un¬ less / do, so he ean read it n* soon aa I get home."
Pnp on Chrisman ttreet, Fortu Fort, shaking his blan¬ ket vigorouslu every morning and then carting it off to stair railing, to air until bedtime.
Little boy watehinff birds slipping on the tleet on tht roof of their feeder box out- tide the window, and asking, "Whv don't thev put chains on, badttf"
workers.      A    waterfront was called for tomorrow.
The resignation of Kyeken's cabi¬ net could result in • dissolution of parliament and calling of new national elections.
This afternoon, th* prince regent called  in Catholic President of the House  Frans  Van Oauwelnert andj nounced he will Robert Glllon. Liberal senate presi- (peal  tomorrow, dent.      He   conferred    with   tbem separately on  the crisis.
Vice-Premier Albert Devere aatd (Continued on Psg* A-10)
der, Yvette pleaded not guilty byj tence at the ¦woman's reformatory reason of Insanity. Tho three-man at Alderson, W. Va. oourt refused to believe her insane,! Another American wife in (3er- but lightened her sentence because; many convicted of almost an iden- "we cannot but conclude she is a tical crime went free on appeal last psychopathic   personklity." year. Mrs. William Ybarbo, 23, Mal-
Under (ierman  civil  law  Yvette den,  Mass.,  was convicted  of klU-
could bave been sentenced to life; ing her husband, Sgt. John Ybarbo, In prison, but the Judges invoked with a pistol in the bathroom of that  part  of  the  law  which  pro- their home.
vides for shorter terms In cases| A military court sentenced her where     "the    defendant    suffered; to  20 year*.   Oi   appeal,   the  sen-
from diminished will power. Will Appeal Verdict Her  atlorney.   Elmo Gower,  an- fUe notice of ap- lorrow. Yvette,   In   almost   constant   col¬ lapse during the last two trial days.
tence was reduced to five. Thea Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the U. 3. Military (Sovemor. freed her, say¬ ing he had taken Into conslder¬ aUon the "unnaUiral environment" and the "general looaeness" in the Ybarbo home.
Woman with Infant Son Suicides on Airliner
AMARILLO,    Tex. — A    Kansas He   will   have   to   have   food   and City,   Mo.,   woman   enroute    home | clothes. Ciod help you If you don't from  Phoenix,  Aril.,  with  her  In- fant  son,  died   aboard  an   airliner yesterday,  apparently by  an over-
doee of sleeping pills.
•- Mrs. Clifford Snow, about 30, was'
take care of him. The stewardew will feed  him ... "
The note was addressed to the woman's husband,   police said.
Mrs. Bonita Wilkinson. Amarillo
COMMUNIST REBELS IN INDO-CHINA FIRE ON 2 U. S. DESTROYERS
PARIS. — Unconfirmed reporta from Saigon aaid today the Com¬ munist rebels flred mortar shellt toward two American destroyers paying a courtssy visit to Saigon, the Indo-Chlna city, but that no shots came dos* to the vessels.       r    •¦"-. ^ - .-  ^ —,        .,        , .u ... ^      ..
The French ministry of national discovered  dead   about  20 minutes J"*"'"* "f, the peace, said her ten- defense  in   Paris   said   It   had   no'out of Amarillo by Uie stewardess j Native decUion in the case was sui- comfirmaUon    but    oalled    Uie re-(of th* Trans World Alrilnes plane i'^'''* '™" ^'l* ¦'^P'"^.P'"*' ports  "completelv plausible." Indo-1 Beside her was her boy, about ninej    Airplane officials said Uie young
lines* terrorises yesterday threwjmonths old,  gurgling and <^^''^i^t\Z°Vh".Zt J'^L  .^^^ T^^^'
bomb tnto a crowded downtown|happily  on   a  rag  doll. !l,,™,^!^    tw", ^k°    '^^ ,t   "^"a
cafe   in   Saigon,   narrowly   missing |    A   note   found   in   Mr.,    Snow's r/JH^^d Tb^ut'an Tour" wh^n some U. S. blue Jackets. ^handbag written tn pencil and un-jj^j^j,^ "uon
Reporu   from   Saigon   said   the signed  indicated  her last thoughtsi    „.,   Wilkinson   took  the ,tiirdv shooting   began   at   5   oclock   last, had been with her «,n. br^n-eyei^'^^o^unrst 'Ynt^*" he";
night and kept up for hai   an hour.;    ..j   ^.^.^   ,,,,   ^.^at   1,   coming I home unUl this afternoon when she Ten shells were flr.d hi the direc-.,„d   ,^hui   see«ui   best."   the   note!p,ft  him  aboard  another   plane  to thon   of   the   two   destroyed,   tn,i„^^   ..j  ^.^nted  to  .stay  and  hear carry him to his father. His faUier StiokeU and Rlrhard B. Anderson U^im say Mama and aee him walkhad requested that she do so. the reports said.   Both vessels  er-|
[rived yesterday as planes from the                      «   _        ~I^              Z~I                _^ American  carrier  Boxer flew over! §> |orida   taamblerN   Hn01¥ the city. 	
High Treason Charged Against Czech Bishops
Truman Doesn't Have to Go Far To Find the Easy Dollar Has Cone
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia—Alexej I     Opicka.   who   led   the   year-long
By   MKRRIMAN  .SMITH Florida, they manage to be Is bust-
I I'nited Pre«« Wliite Hnuse Reporter ne.ss w^hen Business is good. KEY   WF-ST.   Fla.-Wants'  know      Th*   Word   from   the  dice
munition   if   we said  Adams.
Adams   said   the   Brewester   an¬ swered   the   Elder's   first   few   sig¬ nals with a blinkered m....<sage, then minister   of   lustice   and "ght to subdue the CaUiolic Church, ^bout economics and the high price and roulette wheels today waa th«t It aa-l'-d on without stopping.   "The C^p.ck«,mljiW^^ ^^^^   ^^^   statement  in  a   budget, ^^  Hving,  bub?   Just  hang  around, the cream has be*n skimmed, and cluster of life rafts then was *'/^-i ^"f^f r'l^yestertay tha^^^^ '"   th»   National   Assembly uiu, dice Uble for a spell. The easy Jhe easy  money  is gone, m ^almost shouting distance of ^^'^¦ »«»^;j^,f ^^^/'^X-J^e'Sf^^^              the last_ Vatican ^f P;-."/."*-'*:: ! dough has blown. Nothing left butj    One roulette operator .aid;
Men In the life rafts were picked  are guilty of high treason
5.7u;rv;r"sit;";s;chiatri;'ward f;; signed to aid the Chiang Kai-Shek [;.o weeks hefSre the start  of thc brigands to wage •"'^''.^y.:- "^i'   ^c medical used for emergency relief,    the Red broadcxst said.
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trial   in   the   hope   that
science could restore his memory."
Worried about Career
The case was in roecss yesterday, but It was learned that Bednasek told his lawyers he is "more con¬ fident  than   ever"  of   acquittal.   It
was   learned   that   he   "feels   con-  communists   demanded   yesterday' vinced ' the jury of eight men snd , u,at    Uie    governments    of   Hong
Kong   and   Singapore   hand   over i the   40   or   more   ships   purchased
from   the   United   States—but   not
CHINESE REDS DEMAND RETURNOF 40 SHIPS
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four women will set him free, and i that  his main  concern  Is  whether to continue with psychology or seek another career.
Townspeople waited eagerly for testimony to resume tomorrow when uiey hope to learn more about the rctidezvouc at which Bednasek made "bare-che-^ted love" ;o the girl in the strapless white evening   gown   after   a   supper   of
.lobster and burgandy wine by can-
idlellffat.
paid   for—by   the   .Vationalists.
The United States has asked fo:- return of the ships, mostly Uberty .nnd Victor>- ships, bec-ausc the Na- tionali.sts def-^ulted in their pay¬ ments. The United States original¬ ly asited for the return of 43 shi)»». liioAt of them »n Far Eastern ports, but aince iias  recovered » few.     '
Do You Plan to Build-
Or to Improve Your Home?
.Now  Ihe  "Home of the Week" is  at your service.
Every week the Sundsy Independent will pre^nt the picture and plan of a'lovely home. It will be an Inspiration to those planning   to  build  or   to  improve  their  present   home*.
TheM- will not be drawing board dreams. They are practical designs for the kind of modem liomes the majority of today's hmT,e-«^ker» wsnt to  build  and  ran  afford  to build.
Vou will find full vsriety. too. inciuding one and two-story hou-es, ranch .t>le.. t.vpieal Colonials and olhent. all of varying slses.
Thev are selected 'or diotincttveneM of esterior architecture, for convenient room arrangement and lor practiral. sound and economical ronstrurtmn.
Turn to Pago A-2e today ta see the first one.   Tkeo. ber, there will be anotlMr every weelt
ment.
While
Msgr,    Ottavio   <i*   Liva
In   Czechoslovakia  left  Prague  on U^, j,hills  playing  for chips \    "1 spend more  Um* aeeing btm
orders  of  the Communist  govern-,    g^  ^^nt  th^   ,ad   Uie  of  many high I can  stack  chips than I 4d
a  sUck  man and  croupier  m  this running   the   wheel.   TlM   play  em . - .        southern   outpost   of   the   United this   board   stinks"
was  driving   to  the  airport  where j.^^^^, ^^i^j, j^^ become President The>'re Too  Otrefol U. S   Ambassador  Ellis <J|;Bf>8K» Truman's  favorite vacaUon  spot. A dice stick man—the man wh«
Mr. Truman has yet to see the runs the  game—oomplataied; more   colorful   side   of   Key   West,'     "The tourists are apendlng tt a« •Th- hi.K,....   i„ ..K^i-n„- fn .h.,''onfining himself to the ultra-reg-i food and  sight-seeing.  They mmm Th' bishops, in obedience to *«!u,ated  limits of  the naval .Nation.'in here, have a beer and go kMk
acti'viUes o'f h^gh tr^a^n^"'   <""»"**   "^   ''*""^y   «****   »' '°   ^»  *'"'"«'   »"<'   ">»"   *«y^ activities or nIgn _treason ^^j^^ ^^^^ reservation, there U an-l had    one terrific time. Used to be
other  world. 'I'd  see  a  guy fad*  a week's pay
It Is a world  where sharp-eyed just on one  roll of the dice. Noiw
luiow  as  much  snd  possibly they  wanta  play   for  quartwa."
more about the economic  sUte of;    The  anewer  seefoed  to  be tb«t
the nation  than   the fnnrieat slide-1 while Key West had has a bumper
rule  profeflsors   in   Washington.        tourist ero^ this yesr. most of the
Gambling    is    not    legal    in    the visitors   have  been  on  the  steady,
tight,    sUtutory    sense    here     But, family    side    snd    watched    their
somehow   a   numtjer   of   dice   and pennie.<
roulette  joints  manage  to stay   m      Sports   shirts   that   *>ld   a   few
higher, state-paid salaries, but they operation    They   close  oooa.sionally months   ago    for    18.98   are    being
have   refused  to  swear their osra: when the law bears down on them, cleared now, at t^e Mid •( tbe M^
* but lUie many  spots  ta  southern aoo, for efceut $Il
saw him off. Ce^picka, President K I * m » n t Ciottwald's aon-ln-law, I charged
tiishopi i hostile orders  of  the  Vatican,   en j gaged in
in the hope that a new world war i jwould  make possible the re-estab- lUshment of the capitalistic system I—a program  of disaster, war and,™*" 'hatred."
I     Ceptcka   said   the  nations 9.000.-' jOOO Catholics  did  not  support  the' I bishop's  defiance   of  sUte  control., (The bishops gave the country's 7.000   priesU   permission   to   swear loyalty to the state and accept the
lall^ianoei).