Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              Harry Bridges Rushed to Jail to Start 5-Year Term
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44TH YEAR, NO. 40 — 48 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1950
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
Reds Probe for Opening To Start All-Out Attack
(Sunday  Indepandent   Photograph  by J«cob   Broody)
Susquehanna Near Carey Ave. Bridge Mostly Bars, Islands These Days
You can go liear in faot, all the way In the Suaquehanna River without getting your feet wet these  days  dowm  around  the   Carey  Avenue  Bridge section of the stream.
It's happened before, usually around this time of the ye^r. However, Ws quite a contraat to the rampaging Susquehanna which had to be  channeled with dikes over the past decade.
The piiolograph siiowa Uie east side of the river looking north toward Richarda Island from the Carey Avenue Bridge, The acene represents a typical condition of this particular channel when the flow is siifficlcntly low to expose the bed of all but a narrow strip.
The exposed island reveals large depoaita of gravel which are consrtantly changing in location and contour  depending  upon  the  flow condition  at  any particular time.
These natural deposits in the form of bars and islands are present at all times and it is only because  of  the  low  flow  that  they  were  noticeable when the photographs  were taken  yesterday.
The channel east of Richards Island can be seen JUst above the center of the photograph. The background Is thc east side dike.   The trees at left are on Richards Island.
FAREWELL REVIEW FOR OUFF TODAY
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Final Ceremony Before Coming Home For Federal Induction
7 TNDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. —The 10,000 troops of Pennsylvania'a 28th Infantry Division will display their military might today In a farewell review before returning home to wait federal Induction.
More than 20,000 spectators, twice the attendance of former years, were expected to witness the mass formation in honor of Gov. James H, Duff, The traditional "Gov¬ ernor's Day" exercises will start promptly at 2 p, m. (EDT), rain or shine.
Gen. Mark W, Clark, chief of llie Army field forces, will join the Governor In taking the salute «» the troops swing by with their commander, Maj, Gen. Daniel B, Strickler, and staff officers in thc lead, Maj. Gen. Frank A, Weber, ramp commander and state adju¬ tant general, and other high rank¬ ing military figures will also be in the reviewing stand, Lneal Men Fire Salute
Battery C.   109th  Field   Artillery • Continued on  Page  A-8)
Ii^nore  Loss  of  Liie
High Korean Casualties Fol I OVi Russian Pattern
WASHINGTON. — A defense spokesman forecasting more and fiercer battles than thoae now shaping up, said yesterday that the Russian-trained North Korean war leaders consider their troops ex¬ pendable "to the last man."
The spokesman reminded re¬ porters at a Pentagon press brief¬ ing of the unconcernedly lavish Soviet expenditure of men in 'ft'orld War II. The western allies tried to keep their casualties low; the Russians calmly let theirs pile up, he said. No Regard For Lite
Like their Russian Masters, he aaid, the North Korean Comniu¬ nists possess "utter disregard for human life, so they may be expect¬ ed to keep hurling their forces into battle right up "to the last Inch of land if they can,"
Though the North Koreans' loss¬ es "have been heavy—in materials and men- they simply continue re¬ gardless of those heavy losses," the spokesman said.
In respect, he indicated the North Koreans have been good pupils in the school of war run by the Rus¬ sians. > r. S. Uses Equipment
"In World W.xr II," the spokes¬ man said, "The Soviets had no re¬ gard for life—they lost millions. The United States uses equipment
and save human U'e wherevar pos¬ sible.
That is why In the Interval be¬ tween that war and this one, the United States has spent much time, brains, and treasure on develop¬ ment of better weapons.
Some of these—the 3.5 Inch ba¬ zooka, the recollless rifle, the gen¬ eral Patton tank, and the jet war- plane—already have gone into ac¬ tion in Korea, An army spokes¬ man said another weapon, new to combat, is either in the hands of U. S, troops in Korea or Is on the way to them. Shaped Charge Shell
It Is the shaped charged shell for 90-mm guns. It is guaranteed to kill any tank yet devised. Like the bazooka rocket, its charge Is shaped to focus the full blasting power of the explosive against the target.
But  fired by a 90-mm   rifle tike (Continued on Page A-ll)
AiteMiion Hoarders
Meal 5c Pound, Butter ISc
As Government Unloads Surplus
WA.SHI.NUTUN TliegovtriuniiU 2. I'Ik' tood iiui.sl be used in titferecl today to sell vast quantities special supplementary feeding pro¬ of food at fantastically low prices. Igrams so its distribution won't dis-
The bargains  included  meat  f-.r rupt normal foreign markets, five conts  a  pound,   butter  for   ''51"Nominal" Prices i^tnls a pound and cheese for seven     The   Agriculture   Department,   In Md a half cents a pound, | announcing  the  new  program,   re-
But the American consumer isn t eligible to take advantage of anv of these prices. Thc food was of¬ fered only to foreign governments which are membcrs of the United Nations' food and agriculture or¬ ganization. RiMtsia  Not   Kligible
Sovie' Ru.s.siii, wliich is not n iiiembcr, isn't eligible to buy thc bargain-priced food.
The bargain offers marked the agriculture Dcimrtmenfs latest cf- |ort to get rid of its growing stocn « perishable foods. Kxcept for »* """*'' "" "f the bargain  food.'
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However,   a   government   source in  a   position  to   know  told   a porter these are the quantities and prices involved  in  the offer
MEAT-30,000,000 pounds at five cents a pound. All of this Mexican canned meat and cost the government more than 30 cents a pound. It was acquired under a .subsidv program as part of joint U, S.-Mexican efforts to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease a m o n t Mexican cattle. Although the meat is perfectlv all right. It cannot legally be sold in the U. S, market at anv nricp
BUTTER   SO,0O0,O00 pounds at 15 cents a  nound
CHEKflR -2.'5,000,000    pounds    at T.S   cents   a   pound.
DRIED EGGS -25.000,000 pounds at  five  cents  a pound
DRIED  SKIM   MILK -100,000,000 pounds   at   three   or   five   cents pound dcoending on  type.
DRY   BEANS -60.000,000   pounds at 2.5 cents a pound.
DR'V PEAS—10,000,000 pounds at two cents a  pound.
All    told,    the    government    ha roughly  about  $100.000 000  invested m   these   foods.     Even   if   foreien nations   purcha.se   it   all,  this  Rov¬ ernment   will   get  back  leas  than
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Planes Smash Boats At River Crossing
By FRANK TREMAINE
TOKYO (Sunday).—Two groups of Communist patrols crossed the Naktong River 17 miles northwest of Masan early today and came under the immediate attack of thinned-out American patrols guarding the ea.stern bank.
An officer in the 24th Division line guarding a 40-mile stretch of the front lines said an undetermined number of tanks also crossed with the enemy infantry, but later he said he had been mistaken. U. S, Sth Army headquarters confirmed that only enemy ground troops were involved and that no enemy tanks were across the  river.
Staff  offlcera   of   the  24th  Divi
sion said it was not yet apparent whether the Reds were attempt¬ ing a landing in force, were test¬ ing American strength on the east bank of tile river or were trying to pinch off a five-mile loop of the river in that area for a bridge¬ head on .the eastern bank. V. ». Planes Attack American  fighter  planes  ranged
At 7:30 a. m. another Commun¬ ist force of about two platoons crossed at the village of Sinam-Ni, three miles north of Chirhyon-Ni. Both villages nre In a five-mile- wide loop of the Naktong in the area just north of where the river bends east toward Pusan. CaU for Reinforcements United Press Correspondent Rob- up and down" the river wreaking ert Bennyhoff, with the 24th Divi- destruction among North Korean sion on the Naktong front, report- boats and rafts which began to'ed that American patrols engaged appear at the two crossing points, the Invaders immediately and sent American troops engaged both land-1 back an urgent request for rein- ings.    American    artillery    opened i fOrcements.
up, blasting at river bank villages! Bennyhoff said that spotter planes and along the shore to break up reported the northern landing forces any further crossings, |"were  dressed   in   brown,  but  now
Tfie first crossing was made be- have changed to white and are fore dawn at the village of Chir-j heading toward a small village on hyon-Ni,   37   miles   northwest   of the east bank."   Artillery was cail-
Masan in the area 35 miles south¬ west of Taegu and 50 miles north¬ west of the big supply port of Pusan, The crossing put the Com¬ munists on the same side of the new American river line as Taegu and Pusan.
ed upon to smash that village and other places nearby where the in¬ vaders   might  seek  cover.
Other   American   fighter   planes ranged out behind the Communist lines to attack a column of about (Continued on  Page  A-2)
Korean War Won't Change Plans To Produce Long-Range Bombers
TOKYO—The »hortag« of tactical aircraft for ground support in Ko¬ rea stemmed from American long- range planning for a possible war against Russia and the need for strategic planes that could deUver the atom bomb, high air force officials   said   yesterday.
These officials challenged critlca who contended the Kore*l War has proved they put too much em¬ phasis on strategic bombing. They said that was contending that ma¬ jor military preparations of the past few years should have been based on the assumption that North Korea rather than Russ'a was the United States' primary adversary. No Reason to Change
These sources see nothing in the Korean War to indicate there should be reduced emphasis on development of B-36 superbombers and    B-50    superfort,    lang-range
striking forces. On the contrary, they said, so much U. S. militarj- power is now concentrated in the Far East that the strategic air command takes on even greater importance in ' event of troubl; elsewhere.
Nevertheless, It is true that tactical air power for ground sup¬ port has had the lowest priority in the air force until recently, and some of the more candid offlcers frankly  acknowledge   it.
The air force's supposedly best ground support jtt fighters- the l<- 84 Thunderjet—are being sent to groups in Europe. A new tactical air force (the Ninth Air Force) is being organized as a "package unit" ready to move quickly any¬ where that war might break out. The original idea was that it should be used in the defense of western   Kurope.
Judge Galls Longshore Boss a Red
Says He Forfeits Rights by Foilowing Communist Line Since Korean War Started
SAy FRANCISCO, C«lif~Long- shore leader Harry Bridges was jailed yesterday on order of a fed¬ eral judge -who banded him "one of the most potent figures in the Ck)nimunist  party  in   America.
Judge George B. Harria lashed out at the flery longshore leader in a bitter 20-minute denunciation from the bench, curtly refused him a stay of execution, and then sum¬ marily ordered him into custody of a U, S. marshal who carted hirn off to the county jail.
Harris sent Bridges to jail by revoking the $25,000 bail granted the president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehouse¬ men's Union (CIO), pending an ap¬ peal of his conviction and flva- year sentence last April on charges of perjury and conspiracy In hiding his Communist party affiliations when he applied for U. S, citizen¬ ship in 1945. Says   Rights  Forfeited
The judge acted after a four- day hearing on a government mo¬ tion for ball revocation on ground: that Bridges forfeited his right to freedom by his party hne activi¬ ties since the outbreak of the Ko¬ rean War.
Bridges was booked once Uy Deputy U. S. Marshal Joseph Ken¬ nedy in a court house anteroom and again at the county jail in the nearby hall of justice.
There, smiling and outwardly affable. Bridges said. "When you take a job as president of a long¬ shoremen's union, you've got to be prepared   for   anything."
His final stop was a flve-by- eight foot cell in a tier reserved for  federal   prisoners.
Meanwhile, his attorneys were scurrying around in an apparently futile effort to find * district court of appeals judge who woulo au¬ thorize a new bail to free Bridges on a writ of habeas corpus until a  hearing  for  bail   wa.s  gr;inted
Harris   in   reading   his   decision (Continued  on Page A-ll)
54 Persons Hurt In Train Wreck On Long Island
HUNTINGTON, N. Y. — More than 50 persons were injured yes¬ terday, three of them seriously, when a young brakeman ihrcw a switch by mistake and sent a Long Island passenger train crash¬ ing into a freight train parked on a  siding.
Police reported that Robert J. Colgan, 22, of Richmond Hill, N. Y., said he threw the switch because he thought Henry Krantz, 60, Ja¬ maica. N. Y., conductor of the freight train, had ordered him to do  so.
Police said they had not de¬ cided what action, if any, would be taken against Colgan, The youth had served as a brakeman for  only   three   montlis.
Only three of thc 54 persons treated at hospitals in the Hunt¬ ington area were injured serious¬ ly, police reported. The others were sent home after treatment for shock   or  cuts  and   bruises.
About 200 commuters, homeward bound from Manhattan for the week end, were aboard the rush- hour   passenger   train.
Huntington    is    35    miles    from
Manhattan aaid 25 miles from Rockville Center, Long Island, where 32 persons were killed and 158 injured last Feb. 17 when two Long Island paasenger trains col¬ lided head on on a temporary overlapping  track.
The seven-car steam powere passenger train, which had lefi Ne-w York'a Pennsylvania Static; at 3:03 p. m., hit the open swltci at 4:13 p. m. and ploughed int the engine of a three-car freigh train. Engine Derailed
The engine of the passenger train was derailed but the passen¬ ger cars remained on the track Thc force of the coUialon tossed the freight train's coal car across the tracks and splintered the tw. box  cars   like   orange   crates.
Daniel Vaughn, conductor of th passenger train, was in the rer of the first car when the acc dent occurred. He was pitched t the floor but  waa  not hurt.
"I just   heard a  crash  and  pe'
pie   started   to   scream,"   he   sai.
"Then    ambulances   and    fire   ap
(Continued on Page A-ll)
WESTERN ALLIES WILL MEET HERE TO TALK DEFENSE
12 in Atlantic Pact To Discuss Conditions Since Korean Invasion
ON SOME ITEMS
Senator Mentions Meat and Lumber; Congress Debating
state   Dean  Acheson,  British   For
eign   Minister   Ernest   Bevin   and
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S(mih Korea Superimposed Over NeurYork Area
WA.SHINGTON —The 12 North WASHINGTON.—Sen. John J. Atlantic Pact ministers will meeti Sparkman (D., Ala.) said yester- in New York on Sept. 15-16 to Iday that President Truman should deal with urgent defense prob-j have authority to put Immediate lems underscored by the Commun-"selective" price controls on meat ist   attack   in   Korea. jand  other   skyrocketing   items   o i
Diplomatic   informants   diaclosedifhe market counter. last   night   that   the   Atlantic   de-|    „      , ... .        t.       -i,
fense meeting will follow a sepa-' ^P""*"^^" told reporters he will rate conference bv Sec'retary of.f"' ^^^ ^^"f'^ banking committee .qt«t»   ne«n   A.h»=^„   n.iH'u^ip^.. to approve the  proposa   tomorrow
iwhen   It  meets  to  continue  action on  economic control  legislation. Alight Avert General Controls
Putting price curbs on specific items that get out of line might help avert the need for general controls, Sparkman said. But he added that the President ghould have authority for both.
"The President certainly should be given authority to invoke con¬ trols on selective items right down to the retail level," Sparkman said. The Alabama Democrat said the worst prices are perhaps in lum¬ ber. I}e mentioned meat and rub¬ ber as other items on which ceil¬ ings might be imposed at once if Congress gives the President power to do so.
The Senate committee has tenta¬ tively approved the principle of giving Mr. Truman authority to in¬ voke overall price and wage con¬ trols and rationing when he thinla they are needed.
The   senators   also   approved   In principle   authority   for   the   Presi¬ dent to put "selective" controls on (Continued  on  Page A-lD
Valley Scene
Former resident back in Avoca after long absence not¬ ing planea zooming off and on Avoca Airport und remark¬ ing in surprise: 'Why they're the same kind that take off from LaGuardia."
Man getting shine in cen¬ tral city noting woman pro¬ prietor watching all aninr bovs intently, uKking why aiui being told: "She won't let vs whistle or do the machine —and h ow can yon shine shoes without whixtling or doing   thc  machine   gun?"
Traffie heing held up on Xorth State .itreet while help¬ ing handn push private caV of police official out of police station to start it after bat¬ tery  died.
10,000 to Keep Vigil with Woman Who Says Virgin Mary Will Visit
NECEDAH, Wis,- An estimated 10,000 pilgrim.staie expeited here this week to keep vigil with Mrs. Fred Van Hoof, a farm wife who says the Virgin .Mary will visit her for the seventh time.
Trains, busses and cars were ex¬ pected to bring devout and curious persons from as far away as Chi¬ cago to this little village of 1,000 population.
Mrs. Van Hoof, mother of seven children, says the Virgin promised to appear before her again in the fields outside her home on Tues¬ day, Aug. 15, the day of the as¬ sumption of the Blessed Virgin M.iry,
She said the last vision occurred on   June   17.   Mrs.   Van   Hoof   said thc virgin also promised to appear to her on Oct, 7. Stand Setup
A stand selling rosaries has been set up along the country road lead¬ ing to the farm half a n»ile from here and hayfielda already bear the marks of auto tjres and trampling feet made by hundreds of persons who visit  the site dally,
I.*onard Benson, night man on the local police force, was worried about hawkers and traffic jam.s He said he'd have a hard time coping with an invasion of pitch¬ men wben the crowds appear.
j But he reserved his biggest wor- iries  for  what  may  be   Wisconsin's
greatest    traffic   snarl    along   the
narrow ,road. He haa been promised laid by deputies and state highway
patrolmen to keep the hundreds of I cars moving.
I Road signs pointing the way to (the "Van Hoof Shrine" were set up iafter   the   farm   mother   of   seven
children said she saw the Virgin IJune 17.
Only She Saw Vision
One thousand Catholic laymen tand priests watchfd with her on the grassy knoll. But when .'he ! cried that she saw the Virgin In a blinding light, they said they saw i nothing.
j She fainted from emotion and ihad to be revived by two priests. I "She came again, just like the lother times," the dark-haired wo- ,man said. "I knew she would, I jsaw the same light and she was there and she spoke to me."
Ever since Mrs. Van Hoofs an¬ nouncement the Catholic Church has maintained a neutral stand- Church officials said they wera investigating carefully the "appari¬ tions " But they said that "much of Ihe publicity connected with ti.ese events is spurious and tegret- Uble."
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