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S. Senate to Hear Election Charges in Wilkes-Barre A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Today—Cloudy, eoMar. Monday—Warmer. 45TH YEAR, NO. 14 — 52 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1951 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Hew Wilkes-Barre-Nanticoke Highway To Follow Little of Present Route Thc»a viewa'of tha naw routa (or tha Wilkaa-Nanticoka hlghwajr, looking toward Nanticoke, ahow tba vaat amount tt dearing which nuit be •ceompltataed prior te the conatruction of the roadbed. In the Kotn Kreat ¦action, north of Bang Souei Park, the two itructurei at right, above, will be nwved. Mr. and Mra. Harry Getb reaide in the buUding in the foreground and conduct a grocery atore hi the aame atruoture. Preaent plant eaU for the moving of the Gelb buUding to the rear and then to the tide *e aa to face the new highway. Harry Galaid/a oafe and reataurant alao will be moved back from the planned route of the new highway. The highway will follow moat of the route of the old atreet ear tracka in tiiia aectlon. Caearing nt the highway bed baa been underway fer the paat month. UN Troops Keep Gainings Planes Return to Fight Raid High Ground On Seoul Outsldrts By RUTHERFORD M. POATS TOKYO (SUNDAY) Feb. 4 (UP).—An Anerican- n«iich aimored cpearhcad poshed five aiika northward in a flanking drire east of Seoul today as Allied nnita battled counterattacking Communists for UH positions less than 10 miles south of the capital An ath Army communique aald the Communlata Mt tiie Allied line In five or ahi placet during the night. At one apot 12 milea north of Ichon, they mounted a atrong attack "of undetermhied aiae" early Sunday. The area of the attack ia about launching their own counterattack. 22 milea aoutheaat of Seoul on the central aector ef the 4S-mile western front The communique aald UN forces were meeting "ateadily Inoreaaing reaiatance" aa the Allies slugged their way eloser to SeouL In perfect flyhig weather. Allied planea roared over the front lines to support the regimental tiuik foree which waa threaiening to outflank tbe Communist line on the east and to hdp United Na- t'cns troops under eounterattaek south of SeouL In the area near Angyang, eight miles south ef Seoul, South Korean forces fou^t all night ob a tow¬ ering hill agakiat an aatimated three attacking enemy eempaniea. The South Koreans finally secured the creat at T «. m. Sunday, United Press Gorrespondent Rich ard Applegate reportid. netee Fight fer Peak The atrategle creat evwiooka the main hlghwiay to SeouL The South Koreans battled to within IS yards of the peak late Saturday ^ternoon and dug tn for the night below tfae ridge. The Reds opened up on them during the night with grenades, mortars and ¦man anus fire. But at dawn, Api^egate reported, the South Kmreans were holding firm and it all the way te the top after I>a.pwia«at VlMtosraph ky Mnl ¦l.lw tills vlmr between the IhwaUtai Brewery end Buttoowood OolUery facing toward Nanticoke. U added ««ldei|oe that the naw WIUus-Barre-NanUooke hii^way wiU folkiw little ef the eld roadway, i^ eutting through lam! eaet of the Bottaawood CoUiery, the familiar curve at left will be tmerad When tlM stm^iM road, paraUeling the new service poles at right, is completed. Underpass «t the ButtoRwnod CoUiery wiu be widened to permit subsequent construction of four-lane foadwi^. PrsssiH Vtaas call for a two-lane highway. Preliminary work te permit proper dMlaage ia the aaaia VVDjaet of tbe Ooon CMtstruction Company at the preaent time in this Besume Bitter Session Of Legislature Monday Governor's Budget Plans Not Ready; Cabinet Fight Due By LLOTD B. BOOOBUJB Inited HARRISBUBG—The 1961 Gen¬ eral Aaaembly swings back Inte action Monday with adminirtration leadera prepared to introduce bills apelUng the legislative blueprint for the next two years. Returning to the Capitol after a thren-week reoesa, tbe legislators arc also faced with the threat of a court fight by rebellious Senate j makeup of Pine's Cabinet, which General State Authority rentals, $•,000,000: financing the aoldiers' bonus, $50,000,000; school subsidies and payments to teachers retire¬ ment funde MisUng hnr, |M,000,000, and welfare and health intsitutiens, 114.000,000. Any attempt by the administrar tion to impose a statawlde sales tax will meet stiff resistance, pita- elpally from the virtual solid De¬ mocratic bloc ef 107 members in both houses, from the big labor or- Eleven miles northwest of Buwon, Turkish troot>s were driven off a hiU in fieroe night fighting and atiU had not regained it thia moming. American, Greek, TurkiA and South Korean troops had repelled three heavy Communist counter- thrusts Saturday and paused fer the ni^t near Anjrnny, the last town between them snd SeouL Step Probbig AMaeka On the remainder of the weat' em front's left flank, the enemy launched small probling attacks War Map on Page A-10 City Is Site Icar cut in Of Hearings ashley man W ADen LeForte. 20. of 117 Nart For Penna. HALF; DIES wltiMut suoeeas against AlUed po¬ sitions secured after advancea up¬ wards of a mile on Saturday. On the eastern end of the 46- mile front, the Vraaeo-American regimental eembat team—the sams which riddled two Chinese regi¬ ments thursday to break out of a trap—advanced past thousands of enemy dead te seise Chipyong, U^ mUes north of Yoju. Its eommander, OoL Poul Ij. Presman, Roanoke. Va., said he eocpeeted a figfat Iifoanwhile » correspondent with the 'XSiinese Peoples Volunteers' reported in a Seoul dispatch that (Continued on Page A-10> BRITAIN HOPES CHINA WILL TALK ON KOREAN PEACE Red Premier's Blast TlYought Not Final Bar; Await Official Word SENATECOMMITTEE WANTS MORE m TAKEN EORSERVICE Considering Draft Of 18-Year-Olds; Eisenhower Agrees County Official Charged for Using County Funds to Finance Campaign WASHINGTON. — The Senate Bleottons Committee voted on Sat¬ urday to held pid>Ue hearings In Maryland and Pennsjdvante on charges of "irregularitiea" in t% 1060 primary and general eleetlona in thoae states. Committee Chairman Guy M. Gillette, D., Ia., aald the hearings will be conducted by subcmnmit- tees. Definite dates and places will be decided later. b Wilkea-Barre Gillette said the Pennsylvania hearings will be held in Wilkes- Barre by a two-man subconunittee —Sens. Thomas C Hennlngs Jr., D. Me., and Rober C Hendrickson. R., N. J., he added the committee may decide later te order hearings In Philadelphia. TiM Wilkes-Barre hearings In¬ volve a charge that several days be¬ fore the election a Republiean county official withdrew eounty funda appropriated for election ex¬ penses and turned them ovar to party officials. Hsndricksen point¬ ed out that this charge waa aet made under eath and ha« yet te be investigated. The committee alao voted to turn over Ha list of allegad Illegal voteta aad registrants te the Ptiiladeli^la registration commission and te the Philadelphia Democimtie and Re- puUiean eommltteea SIO-PATON New Order Curtails Rubber and Aluminum For Civilian Uses , . ^ ,_ WASHINGTON —The govem< ganisaUons and from auch groups.„,„t ^5,,^ ^^^^ !„„ and steel aa the Pennsylvania Retailers Aa-j,c,ap prices about $10 a ton yes- '*^*'w?:. .. .. ..^ ... 'terday and banned aluminum anj The bitter parUsan fight over the ^tu,,! rubber in articles ranging iDemocraU over the legality of Gov. fJohn 8. Fine's Cabinet. While the legislative program is shaping up rather well, the law¬ makers will have to wait awhile for the Governor's budget recom¬ mendations for carrying atate com¬ mitments and keeping it out of the red in the biennium. With the prob¬ lem of raising an estimated $120,- broke out on the Senate floor a few hours before the new Governor was Inaugurated Jan. 16, will be tossed into the laps of State Supreme Court justices this month—unless there is an "out of court" settle¬ ment The issue revolves around the Democratic challenge that Attor¬ ney-General Charles J. Margiottl 000,000 in additional revenues, the'has no right to starve in the Fine Governor and his advisers do not I Cabinet without Senate conflrma- expect to have the biidgrt message | tion. ready until later In the month, from to>» to bath mats. The orders were issued by. the Natural Production Authority aa part of tbe program to marshal step by step the available supplies of essential materlala for defense production. They represent the deepest cuts yet into familiar items of everyday life. Union l*lef See Truman At the aame time, AST. Presi dent William Green and i30 Presi dent Philip Murray carried lONDON—Great BriUin's hopes] WASHINOTON—The Senate pre¬ fer a negotiated peace In Korea parednasa oommKtce aet ei* yas- have not been blasted by the radio terday te beat the buah« for *-Tm tooadcast of Red OUna's premier, L^^ either ean hold daak )ebs er Chou, Bn-L*i, a Foreign Office,|^ turned tato first-class flghting ¦pokesmaa said yesterday. Ilie spokesman aald Britain be- Ueeed tho United Nations good offices eonunisslon should meat aa quickly aa possible aad make every effort te work, out a eease fire. Tlte.atatement made it alaar that Britain Intands to ge slow in aay VJX eUutn^ to Invoke ¦anetlona against Communlat China, dsapHa the American view that Choa I^- Lai's broadcast waa a flat rejee- tion of the UN's i>eace-maklng. Sentiment For Oelay men. Obalman L^mdcn B. ioh) (D.. Ite.) mM the task wm be turned over to a suboonml whose membera wlB be appolnited later. It wU be a peimaaant watah- dog aubeemmlttee to keep stant eheok en the Defeoae De- partment^a program," Jehaaon said. 'It will have two jobe—one, to find 4-Fs who ean render aervlee and two to find spots In the defense Other officials said this was a setup where they ean aerva.' Ume for the UN delegates to usel^orry over 18-Tear-Olda cool heads in considering Chou'sj _. . « -u.gtion t.aa statement that the General Assem-' ^".•¦^^'"^J^^j;".^ bly resolution braadtag Red Cchina '"«• "" ** conmiittees consider- ADen LeForte. 20, of 117 North Main street, Ashley, was instantly killed this mominK at 12:30 when an antomo* Mle he was driving was cut in half when it hit a serrice pole OR West End Road, Hanover Township, near the Half-Circle Barbecue Stand. A paasenger, Robert E. Barney, proceeding for another 50 feet _ 18, of IM BSast Newport atreet, Hanover Green ambulance was Hanover township, was in a critica! summoned and rushed ttie uncon- condition In Mercy Hoapitol thiascious Barney to Mercy Hospital morning at 1:16 with multiple in- In the ambulance crew were Peter juriea -Steve, George Matyas, Frank Joseph Kacfaanski of 385 East Northampton atreet, Wilkes-Barre, told police that the car, travelling from Plymouth, paased him at a "terrific rate of speed" and sudden, ly the driver seemed to lose control. He said tiie car hit the service pole on the north side of the road and seemed to disintegrate. Sgt. Arthur Lewis and Sgt. Barney Galinskl of Hanover town Piestrak and Gus Cachner. Patrolman J<An Radko and Frank ChemetskI, who also joined the Inwestigation, said that L«- Forte waa thrown from the ear when the doors were ripped from the body when the car hit tha pole. Tha Sunday Independent waa flooded with calla from passing mo¬ torists, all of whom deacrihed the wreck as the worst they had ever ship police said that the impact witnessed, of the crash cut the ear in half, Parte of the ear were spread with the rear section stajring at {over the area for a radiua of 7S the pole and the front of the car feet, one motorist reported. OUlette said the Maryland hear- taifs will inv«dve charge that '¦ourriloua and Defamatory litera- tnre" waa used in the senatorial campaign ia which veteran Sen. Millard B. Tydlngs, a Democrat, waa unseated by Republican Jtriin Marshall Butler. Tydittgs alace haa charged ttiat (OoRtimMd en Page A-10> I? Drastic Mail Cut AsFewSwitchmen Return to Posts WASHIN€TON.~-Represcntatives of the "Big Four" raikoad brotherhoods and the nation's carriers recessed thdr joint barvaining talks late laat night, still a kmg way from settling the contract dispute that haa eaused ttie wildcat rail strike. CHICAGO-Baek-to-woric move-i At Atlanta, Ga., V. W. Setter* mento among atriking switchmen white ef Richmond, a BRT vice- were reported at scattered pointe thia morning, although few main terminal points reported any indi¬ cations that their switchyard em¬ ployees were heading back to theii Jobs. The switchmen have been order¬ ed by union leaders to end their five-day walkout. The Post Office Department or¬ dered a aweeping mail embargo, the most drastic in Its history stem¬ ming from a rail tie-up, eutting de¬ liveriea of firet class mail weigh¬ ing more titan eight ounces, air president, said he expetoed "some" striking awitohmen to return to work by 10:1S p. m. BST. He said Brotherhood officera had UM him they would report to work them¬ selves and urge others to do like¬ wise at Atlanta, aliere 1,600 were idle. Union Pacific awltchmen were likewise expected to return to work at Salt Lake City, and rail offices said they expect "no more abaaa- tees because of sickness." But at Chicago, the midwest's great rail hub, railroads were reti- pareel poat weighhig more than two'cent to predict any such return to pounds, and providing only a few i work. The Illinois Central said ita exceptions necessary to public '^Itching duties still were being health. | performed entirely by supervisors, Rail union and management i*a did the hard-hit Milwaukee road, heads were meeting in Washington' ^he Pennsylvania and Balti- in what was called a "friendly" at- ""ore and Ohio railroads said they mosphere, and Army and manage- '>a<l 'ean no back te work move¬ ment apokesmen there reported •"«"*• »"<• the New York Central that a back-to-work movement **'•! that it had "no switchmen re- shewed at some poinU. The Army .turning to work." said wildcat strikers had returned Indianapolis reported 300 swltch- at Hamlet, N. C, and JacksonviUe, """ there at mid-evening still were Flai defying their officials back-to-work Management spokesman said! "•**"•. „ , . other strikers were returning toi*'»™P"" Tarda lammed their Jobs at Akron, O., Holloway. And at Memphis, supervisory O., and Tallahassee, Fla., and might I en^P'^y*** ^•'¦« atruggling with be considering such a move in To- (Continued on Page A-10) ledo and Cleveland, Ohio. | Officiala of the Brotherhood ofi loomed ation of the administration's bill to draft 18-ysar-olds. T^e legisla¬ tors want assurancea that every available man will be taken from tha older age groups first. Pressnt law authorises the draft- New Taxes a Secret Fine has been conferring almost Another suit win ask the court! ^^re^dent Truman their deiuanda to determine whether eight othen'"r • top labor man m the gowern-| _ _ _ Cabinet members can legally serve ;">«"''» economic policy-making, daily with top Republican legls- as deputy aecreUrles and be paid ""chlnery. Th.«y «'<> "°t wv what lative leaders and the budget office.^full cabbiet member salaries. The'"ck they had m a half-hour White Jiut what taxes have been consid- Governor chose that method of by-iHo"*e tallt- , . . „ ^ „„. I ered has been surrounded with a passing the Senate stalemate whenj The carefully detailed NPA or-, veil of secrecy, but only recently the Democratic bloc served notice ders were designed to insure that, the chief executive stated that no; it would confirm no appointments defense industry gets all it needs deflnHe decision has been reached;until the Margiottl question wss «>' the scrap--essentlal In steel- on taxation-"aJl tax matters are .lettled. .making-^d the aluminum and| tentative." Some RepuUioans Opposed !natural rubber which go into the: The administration Intends to get The Democrats said they wiU file^"""* "' *'*'"• 1 aff to a flying start on an i&sue.the court test unless the Republi- More for Retreads resulting from the tense interna*'cans can present a solid voting The rubber order called for ai tional situation. It will dump Into front for Mars;lotti. There are 30 *> P«r cent increase in production an aggressor had "blocked the path to peaceful aettlement" in Korea. Tha British Foreign Office aald that, so far, only fragmentary re¬ ports had been received ef the Chinese statement and that a full text was awaited. hig of men 19 through 25 for 31 "But on the basis of the some-1 months of service. Within tiiat what acrappy reports received so;bracket the selective service ad- far, we do not consider that the'ministration hss claaslfled about '"i Chinese have s^d that no negotia- 800,000 as 4-F—exempt fromaervice (Continued on Page A-10) (Continued on Page A-10) ASK BIG CUTS IN NEW BUDGET Foreign Aid, State Assistance Would Feel Slash WASHINOTON.—Two Democra tie senators yesterday unveiled de- untciaia oi uie Brotherhood ofi aPMV TlironAT ranci7Ce taUed programs to cut billions of Railroad Trainmen, from President; "'•"'•' i UUDUM I UArOlCCd dollars from President Truman'sj W. P. Kennedy on down, had called; IA ftp 9t) IMFIU ^AVPH $71,600,000,000 fiscal 1952 budget. | for such a work return after] " fcv ififcis OHVtu From Sen. Harry F. Byrd Va.,i mounting reports of strike damage; FROM HEAVY SEA the legislative hopper on Monday kills on civil defense, covering the oresnlgational setup. (Continued on Page A-10) Fine and his advisors still don't: VATICAI\I WARNS know how much money will bel necessary for defense, because of a proposed federal-stote program hut unofficial estimates range any¬ where from 125,000,000 to $100,- W0,000. Other new expenditu^ required CATHOLICS ON ACCEPTING 'MIRACLES' ROMBJ—The Vatican yesterday warned Catholic priests and Cath¬ olics against "uncontrolled" claims to the 1951-53 biennium include of miracles or supernatural eventa which could discredit true miracles. '» Todoffs Issue Oswified A—S8 2'»"'»'y A—10 S**!* OS ^'r\tm C—1 SMal . c—l ¦P«rta ""I"" ¦ Msgr. Alfredo Ottaviani, assessor of the Supreme Congregation of the of "camelback," the material used to retread tires. Only 6 per cent of camelback is natural rubber, the rest is synthetic or reclaimed. In a new tire, 35 per cent of the rub¬ ber is natural. The camelback in¬ crease may mean a slight out ia rubber for new tires. The orders were: 1.—Iron and steel acrap—Effect¬ ive Wednesday, prices are cut back about $10 a ton with new ceilings William J. Burke, 78. Kingston, Fatally Hurt; Hit by Car at Luzerne A Spanish-American War vet¬ eran met his death last night at 7:45 when hs was struck by an automobile while creasing Bennett street, Luzerne, near the Lehigh Valley Railroad creasing. He was William J. Burke, 78, of John atreet, Kingaton. Driver of the car was Morris in Plymouth. did not see the man until he heard the impact Ha asked Anthony Reyamlcis, a LAiaarne businessman who roaidea neaf to eall for th< ambulance, while he gave Orst aid treatment. Mr. Burke reaided with his nleoe, Mrs. George Krsage. He was bom Holy Office, said in a special ar-jSome grades will drop $60 a ton. tide in the Vatican City newspaper; Minimum prices were set. Osservetore Romano that recent Sliarp Aluminum Cut reports of miracles led many Oth- 2.—Aluminum—Effective April 1. olics into "deplorable disobedience the shiny metal Is baned from ash ef ecelsalasUv authority." i (Continue^ on Page A-10) based on a key figure of $44 "aI Dlppre, 207 Vaughn atreet, Luserne, | He is survived by three sisters, gross ton for No. 1 heavy melting I who was oh his way home from Mrs. Chellis Warner, Detroit; Mra grades delivered in Pittsburgh, work. Catherine Groves, Eaat Orange, ' Luzerne police officers, MathewjN. J., and Mrs. Nellie Jones of Lugar and Vincent Veranko. rush-1 Kingston. ed the man to the Nesbitt Hospi- The body was removed to Ihe tal. where death eame shortly aftot his admittance. Dippre told Luaarae poUea ha Charlea B. Flyna f^meral Heme, 160 South Maple altaet, KingiAon, team where the Amarai iHil be bald. came a plan to reduce the total by $•,100,000,000. From Sen. Herbert R. O'Oinor, Md., came another to trim $5,288,000. Both proposed that hig slices be takea from the items Mr. Truman haa budgeted for foreign aid, pub¬ lic works, federal aid to ^e states for welfare purposes, and govern¬ ment outlaya to expand defense production. Similar In Sum Byrd's statement followed the outline of other budget programs he haa made recently. 0'C>>nor's followed a similar pattern but gen¬ erally proposed more modest cuts. Both complained that the Presi¬ dent wanted to undertake new "so¬ cialized" or "sociaUstic" programa. CC^nor suggested no reduction] in Mr. Truman's defense budget but Byrd said $500,000,000 could be saved by more efficient use of man-; power in the military departments.! Foreign Aid in Half I Both senators would make their biggest cuts In foreign aid. For this purpose. Mr. Truman budget¬ ed $7,112,000,000 but gave no break¬ down. Pending clarification, Byrd asked for a $3,500,000,000 reduction In economic aid, leaving funds to carry out commitments already made. (yConor would cut the av¬ erage total by $2,212,000,000. "We can't send both butter aad guna," said Bsrrd. Regarding federal aid for public welfare programs, both senators in¬ sisted the states assume a bigger share. For federal aid to the sUtea to the nation's economy. war effort and Valley Scene Letter arririnff in office of Sunday Inieprndent, with «»» eent$ in ttamp* avd marked "Air Mail"—from Larkaville, ¦ Nice young ladit askinff Laurel Line conductor at Pitt- etori, "Which vmy do I go out?" And conductor, tired of it all after day of elect and rain, sailing, "You can po out the way you eame in—or jump through a window." Police Chief Robert Oeorge of Avoca plowing through enow nnd gleet to ask a lady motorift why she parked on the sidewalk where people have to pass, and b<'ing told. "Any¬ one walking out today it silly." SAN FRANCISCO—A «4-foot 'Army tugboat, carrying 20 service¬ men, including a high ranking Air Foree officer, capsized in a heavy sea off the (Tolden Gate yesterday. Six men were missing. Fourteen were savad from the water after a wave swamped the veasel, which was on an Air Force fiahiag aaeur- aion. The misshig included three Array enlisted men and three Air Force officers. Among the survivors was OoL J. S. Mears, 32, eommandiag of¬ ficer of the 110th Special Air Missions Group, Boiling Field, Washington. D. C Meara and a group of officers from his saff \ here on an inspection trip. Mears reported 17 Air Foroe i and three Army aboard the veasel when it "Ml a wave wrong" and rolled ever withht sight of the spot where the hoapi¬ tal ship Benevolence i killing 23. Mystery'ThinginBlue-Wliif Ughf Seen Near Wilkes-Bar re by Airliner UTICA, N. Y.—A Robinson Air- white light and appeared to ha at liner pilot said yesterday he saw jthe same altitude aa hia alillnar— a mysterious stor-shaped flying ob-i *•''*' '**t. ^ ject northeast of WUkea-Barre, Pa.,ltrrveUng T'^^l JIT^r^ Friday night then veered to the aorthweat !»• C^pt. Lawrence McDermott of ward Blnghamton, N. Y.. MeDar* « .,, , , ., _ ;Ithaca, N. Y.. said he saw the ob- mott said, adding that he did aet for public assistance. Mr. Trumaillject while flying from Newark, try to overUke it beeauaa he waa auggested $1,802,000,000. Byrd would jN. J., to Utica. He said his co- on a set course ""**"" " '^ ^^^^J>^''^'«>0^ni(yCcinotpi\ot. Charles Fiester: Steward McDermott said the cM>toln e« a S2J!z:ISS:»^ii..fc Ralph Senton and several pas-ien- flight between Albany and Ithaca ^*r^.m-«^fH.-*-.s ««,««« '^7^'*° "**"'^'' " ^''"'^ he contacted also repotted Mr. Tnunan budgeted $1,242,000,-1 McDermott, who termed the Inci- seeing the object Oneida oowty 000 for davdo^nent ef natural re-j dent "moat unusual" but refused airport officials said aaveial i ¦eweas, not faiohidfaig agriculture {to identify the object as a "flying engers on McDermett'a flaw (GaotlmMd an Fa«a A-10) aaoeer." aaid It gava off a bluish- flad hia itery.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 14 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 02 |
Day | 04 |
Year | 1951 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 14 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1951-02-04 |
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S. Senate to Hear Election Charges in Wilkes-Barre
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Today—Cloudy, eoMar. Monday—Warmer.
45TH YEAR, NO. 14 — 52 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1951
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Hew Wilkes-Barre-Nanticoke Highway To Follow Little of Present Route
Thc»a viewa'of tha naw routa (or tha Wilkaa-Nanticoka hlghwajr, looking toward Nanticoke, ahow tba vaat amount tt dearing which nuit be •ceompltataed prior te the conatruction of the roadbed.
In the Kotn Kreat ¦action, north of Bang Souei Park, the two itructurei at right, above, will be nwved. Mr. and Mra. Harry Getb reaide in the buUding in the foreground and conduct a grocery atore hi the aame atruoture.
Preaent plant eaU for the moving of the Gelb buUding to the rear and then to the tide *e aa to face the new highway. Harry Galaid/a oafe and reataurant alao will be moved back from the planned route of the new highway.
The highway will follow moat of the route of the old atreet ear tracka in tiiia aectlon. Caearing nt the highway bed baa been underway fer the paat month.
UN Troops Keep Gainings Planes Return to Fight
Raid High Ground On Seoul Outsldrts
By RUTHERFORD M. POATS
TOKYO (SUNDAY) Feb. 4 (UP).—An Anerican- n«iich aimored cpearhcad poshed five aiika northward in a flanking drire east of Seoul today as Allied nnita battled counterattacking Communists for UH positions less than 10 miles south of the capital
An ath Army communique aald the Communlata Mt tiie Allied line In five or ahi placet during the night. At one apot 12 milea north of Ichon, they mounted a atrong attack "of undetermhied aiae" early Sunday. The area of the attack ia about launching their own counterattack.
22 milea aoutheaat of Seoul on the central aector ef the 4S-mile western front
The communique aald UN forces were meeting "ateadily Inoreaaing reaiatance" aa the Allies slugged their way eloser to SeouL
In perfect flyhig weather. Allied planea roared over the front lines to support the regimental tiuik foree which waa threaiening to outflank tbe Communist line on the east and to hdp United Na- t'cns troops under eounterattaek south of SeouL
In the area near Angyang, eight miles south ef Seoul, South Korean forces fou^t all night ob a tow¬ ering hill agakiat an aatimated three attacking enemy eempaniea. The South Koreans finally secured the creat at T «. m. Sunday, United Press Gorrespondent Rich ard Applegate reportid. netee Fight fer Peak
The atrategle creat evwiooka the main hlghwiay to SeouL
The South Koreans battled to within IS yards of the peak late Saturday ^ternoon and dug tn for the night below tfae ridge. The Reds opened up on them during the night with grenades, mortars and ¦man anus fire. But at dawn, Api^egate reported, the South Kmreans were holding firm and it all the way te the top after
I>a.pwia«at VlMtosraph ky Mnl ¦l.lw tills vlmr between the IhwaUtai Brewery end Buttoowood OolUery facing toward Nanticoke. U added ««ldei|oe that the naw WIUus-Barre-NanUooke hii^way wiU folkiw little ef the eld roadway, i^ eutting through lam! eaet of the Bottaawood CoUiery, the familiar curve at left will be tmerad When tlM stm^iM road, paraUeling the new service poles at right, is completed. Underpass «t the ButtoRwnod CoUiery wiu be widened to permit subsequent construction of four-lane foadwi^. PrsssiH Vtaas call for a two-lane highway. Preliminary work te permit proper dMlaage ia the aaaia VVDjaet of tbe Ooon CMtstruction Company at the preaent time in this
Besume Bitter Session Of Legislature Monday
Governor's Budget Plans Not Ready; Cabinet Fight Due
By LLOTD B. BOOOBUJB
Inited
HARRISBUBG—The 1961 Gen¬ eral Aaaembly swings back Inte action Monday with adminirtration leadera prepared to introduce bills apelUng the legislative blueprint for the next two years.
Returning to the Capitol after a thren-week reoesa, tbe legislators arc also faced with the threat of a court fight by rebellious Senate j makeup of Pine's Cabinet, which
General State Authority rentals, $•,000,000: financing the aoldiers' bonus, $50,000,000; school subsidies and payments to teachers retire¬ ment funde MisUng hnr, |M,000,000, and welfare and health intsitutiens, 114.000,000.
Any attempt by the administrar tion to impose a statawlde sales tax will meet stiff resistance, pita- elpally from the virtual solid De¬ mocratic bloc ef 107 members in both houses, from the big labor or-
Eleven miles northwest of Buwon, Turkish troot>s were driven off a hiU in fieroe night fighting and atiU had not regained it thia moming.
American, Greek, TurkiA and South Korean troops had repelled three heavy Communist counter- thrusts Saturday and paused fer the ni^t near Anjrnny, the last town between them snd SeouL Step Probbig AMaeka
On the remainder of the weat' em front's left flank, the enemy launched small probling attacks
War Map on Page A-10
City Is Site Icar cut in Of Hearings ashley man
W ADen LeForte. 20. of 117 Nart
For Penna.
HALF; DIES
wltiMut suoeeas against AlUed po¬ sitions secured after advancea up¬ wards of a mile on Saturday.
On the eastern end of the 46- mile front, the Vraaeo-American regimental eembat team—the sams which riddled two Chinese regi¬ ments thursday to break out of a trap—advanced past thousands of enemy dead te seise Chipyong, U^ mUes north of Yoju.
Its eommander, OoL Poul Ij. Presman, Roanoke. Va., said he eocpeeted a figfat
Iifoanwhile » correspondent with the 'XSiinese Peoples Volunteers' reported in a Seoul dispatch that (Continued on Page A-10>
BRITAIN HOPES CHINA WILL TALK ON KOREAN PEACE
Red Premier's Blast TlYought Not Final Bar; Await Official Word
SENATECOMMITTEE WANTS MORE m TAKEN EORSERVICE
Considering Draft Of 18-Year-Olds; Eisenhower Agrees
County Official Charged for Using County Funds to Finance Campaign
WASHINGTON. — The Senate Bleottons Committee voted on Sat¬ urday to held pid>Ue hearings In Maryland and Pennsjdvante on charges of "irregularitiea" in t% 1060 primary and general eleetlona in thoae states.
Committee Chairman Guy M. Gillette, D., Ia., aald the hearings will be conducted by subcmnmit- tees. Definite dates and places will be decided later. b Wilkea-Barre
Gillette said the Pennsylvania hearings will be held in Wilkes- Barre by a two-man subconunittee —Sens. Thomas C Hennlngs Jr., D. Me., and Rober C Hendrickson. R., N. J., he added the committee may decide later te order hearings In Philadelphia.
TiM Wilkes-Barre hearings In¬ volve a charge that several days be¬ fore the election a Republiean county official withdrew eounty funda appropriated for election ex¬ penses and turned them ovar to party officials. Hsndricksen point¬ ed out that this charge waa aet made under eath and ha« yet te be investigated.
The committee alao voted to turn over Ha list of allegad Illegal voteta aad registrants te the Ptiiladeli^la registration commission and te the Philadelphia Democimtie and Re- puUiean eommltteea
SIO-PATON
New Order Curtails Rubber and Aluminum For Civilian Uses
, . ^ ,_ WASHINGTON —The govem<
ganisaUons and from auch groups.„,„t ^5,,^ ^^^^ !„„ and steel aa the Pennsylvania Retailers Aa-j,c,ap prices about $10 a ton yes- '*^*'w?:. .. .. ..^ ... 'terday and banned aluminum anj
The bitter parUsan fight over the ^tu,,! rubber in articles ranging
iDemocraU over the legality of Gov.
fJohn 8. Fine's Cabinet.
While the legislative program is shaping up rather well, the law¬ makers will have to wait awhile for the Governor's budget recom¬ mendations for carrying atate com¬ mitments and keeping it out of the red in the biennium. With the prob¬ lem of raising an estimated $120,-
broke out on the Senate floor a few hours before the new Governor was Inaugurated Jan. 16, will be tossed into the laps of State Supreme Court justices this month—unless there is an "out of court" settle¬ ment
The issue revolves around the Democratic challenge that Attor¬ ney-General Charles J. Margiottl
000,000 in additional revenues, the'has no right to starve in the Fine Governor and his advisers do not I Cabinet without Senate conflrma- expect to have the biidgrt message | tion. ready until later In the month,
from to>» to bath mats.
The orders were issued by. the Natural Production Authority aa part of tbe program to marshal step by step the available supplies of essential materlala for defense production. They represent the deepest cuts yet into familiar items of everyday life. Union l*lef See Truman
At the aame time, AST. Presi dent William Green and i30 Presi dent Philip Murray carried
lONDON—Great BriUin's hopes] WASHINOTON—The Senate pre¬ fer a negotiated peace In Korea parednasa oommKtce aet ei* yas- have not been blasted by the radio terday te beat the buah« for *-Tm tooadcast of Red OUna's premier, L^^ either ean hold daak )ebs er Chou, Bn-L*i, a Foreign Office,|^ turned tato first-class flghting ¦pokesmaa said yesterday.
Ilie spokesman aald Britain be- Ueeed tho United Nations good offices eonunisslon should meat aa quickly aa possible aad make every effort te work, out a eease fire.
Tlte.atatement made it alaar that Britain Intands to ge slow in aay VJX eUutn^ to Invoke ¦anetlona against Communlat China, dsapHa the American view that Choa I^- Lai's broadcast waa a flat rejee- tion of the UN's i>eace-maklng. Sentiment For Oelay
men.
Obalman L^mdcn B. ioh) (D.. Ite.) mM the task wm be turned over to a suboonml whose membera wlB be appolnited later.
It wU be a peimaaant watah- dog aubeemmlttee to keep stant eheok en the Defeoae De- partment^a program," Jehaaon said. 'It will have two jobe—one, to find 4-Fs who ean render aervlee and two to find spots In the defense
Other officials said this was a setup where they ean aerva.' Ume for the UN delegates to usel^orry over 18-Tear-Olda cool heads in considering Chou'sj _. . « -u.gtion t.aa statement that the General Assem-' ^".•¦^^'"^J^^j;".^ bly resolution braadtag Red Cchina '"«• "" ** conmiittees consider-
ADen LeForte. 20, of 117 North Main street, Ashley, was instantly killed this mominK at 12:30 when an antomo* Mle he was driving was cut in half when it hit a serrice pole OR West End Road, Hanover Township, near the Half-Circle Barbecue Stand.
A paasenger, Robert E. Barney, proceeding for another 50 feet _ 18, of IM BSast Newport atreet, Hanover Green ambulance was Hanover township, was in a critica! summoned and rushed ttie uncon- condition In Mercy Hoapitol thiascious Barney to Mercy Hospital morning at 1:16 with multiple in- In the ambulance crew were Peter juriea -Steve, George Matyas, Frank
Joseph Kacfaanski of 385 East Northampton atreet, Wilkes-Barre, told police that the car, travelling from Plymouth, paased him at a "terrific rate of speed" and sudden, ly the driver seemed to lose control. He said tiie car hit the service pole on the north side of the road and seemed to disintegrate.
Sgt. Arthur Lewis and Sgt. Barney Galinskl of Hanover town
Piestrak and Gus Cachner.
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