Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              }
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INdSpENDENT
The Weather
Fair,  continued  cold.
45TH YEAR, NO. 19 — 55 PAGES
ONITEO  PRIUM
Wlr.   Kmn   Umm
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1951
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Sunday  Ind>>pcndent Photograiih   by  Parajuouat  Studio
People Asking limination of Reservoir
Where Another Nanticoke Boy Drowned Last Week
Arrow points to spot in NanUcoke mine reservoir where Delbert Hummel, 7, drowned last week There have been other tragedies there although it was recommended years ago that the places  be  drained  and  filled.
An injunction to eliminate an "attractive nuisance" responsible for the death of a young Nanti¬ coke boy last week will be sought in the Luzerne county court to¬ morrow.
Atty, .John M. Dudrick said yesterday he intends to take the «< tion in behalf of the Residents of West Main street section of •Vanticoke, as well as himself, to force the removal t)f two haz¬ ardous reservoirs in the rear of
I Nanticoke's West Main Street j School, both owned by Susque- j hanna Collieries Ckwnpany.
One  of  the   dams   is  pictured
above.  The  arrow points to the
; spot   where   Delbert   Hummel,
seven-year-old   son   of   Mr,   and
Mrs. Delbert Hummel of 38 North
Market street, Nanticoke. drown-
i ed   Monday  afternoon,   Incident-
I ally, this was not the first death
in these huge coal company res-
I ervoirs.
The otlier photo, shown on Page A-10, taken from the second floor of the schoolhouse, tells an interesting story. The fence of the schoolyard, pictured in the fore¬ ground. Is dovm and there is like¬ wise no fence to prevent children from falling into the reservoir a few feet away.
Young Hummel is believed to have slipped into the water while throwing a rock. He was with a (Continued on Page A-10)
II.S.toDump 15 Million BuJ Of Potatoes
PRESQUE ISLE, Me.—A potato industry spokesman on Saturday charged tbat tbe federal govern¬ ment baa ordered the dumping of 15,000,000 bushels of potatoes in Maine.
Herbert W. Moore, retiring exec-
' utlve secretary of the Maine Potato
Industry Council, said tbat "there
is   no   reason   for   dumping"   the
spuds, valued at about $9,000,000.
Moore said tbat tbe 15,000,000 bushels of potatoes thcit Maine farmers will plow under in their fields would make about 9,000,000 gallons of commercial alcohol which is needed in tba war effort.
Moore added that the government will purchase 25,000,000 bushels of potatoes in Maine this year from a 1950 crop of about 62,000,000 bushels. He said that of the total govern¬ ment purchase about 15,000,(100 will be dumped.
Lawrence Chatto, state head of the Production and Marketing Ad¬ ministration said the government has found the conversion of pota¬ toes into commercial alcohol too expensive.
Expect Decision Today On Penna. Income Tax
Report Fine Leailers Favor Flat 1/2^0; Won't Stop Town Wage Taxes Now Levied; Want Motor Fund to Buy ToU Bridges
HARRISBURG.—A final decision is expected tonight that will bring the state income tax to Pennsylvania. (Jov. John S. Fine and his legislative leaders hope to complete the administration's tax program today.
The flat income tax of one-half of one per eent on the wages and
other income of all Pennsylvanians is expected to produce $100,000,000.
That and an additional $44,000,000 counted on in the next biennium
frotn a one per cent booat of the corporate net income tax are believed
measures considered when the >^e administration began its search for ways of raising the extra $120,000,- 000 In the next two yeara.
For a time the opposition of la¬ bor was a deterrent. In addition there were the more than 200 coi.t<- munities which now collect wage taxes (income taxes) under the Tax Anything Law which  permits  the
::""'i   "l,,"*':"'™'^?';. r'"   'uptowns  to  tax  anything  the  staU sUte Ck>nBtitution, Which forces the .„^,   „„.     j,„' ..t   ,.„,   ,t,^„
Seoul Flanked as Attack Bolsters Whole UN Line
Allied Troops Poised To Attack or Hold
TOKYO (Sunday) March 11 (UP).—United Nations troops held control of a highway junction area only 7 i/i miles from the Communist headquarters city of Hongchon in cen¬ tral Korea today after a lightning four-mile drive from the Yongdti sector. Seoid was being outflanked and the whole UN line across the peninsula was readied either for attack or to hold.
On the east central front, American artillery stopped an enemy breakthrough at dawn and reinforced South Korean Marines and infantrymen jumped off to pusli back an eight-mile Communist salient.
Farther west, troops attached to ths U. S. First Cavalry Division were poised on ridges commanding the junction village of Yangdogwon, seven miles southwest of Hongchon and on the southern outskirts of Yangdogwon. Yesterday the Allied force drove the Communists out of the village and then pulled back to the higb ground command¬ ing it for the nigbt.
It was part of a pincer opera¬ tion closing in on Hongchon, as U. S. Marines drove northward to¬ ward that center from Hoengsong, 15 miles directly south.
A front dispatch said the Chi¬ nese CJommunist 66th Army had committed all its three divisions against the Marines. The Leather¬ necks made a cautious 1,500-yard advance yesterday without meet¬ ing strong resistance. Some Ma¬ rine officers said they throught the Chinese armyy waa fighting a de¬ laying action on the hills and ridges to allow time for a major counter-blow by the enemy.
Kujandto  is  the  junction  of  a lateral road connecting the Yong- du Hongchon and the Hoengsong- Hongehon highways. Fight-and-Run  Retreat
Across tho rest of the 70-mile Korean front Chinese Otmmunista
were making a fight-and-run re¬ treat as Allied assault forces carved out gains of up to four miles tn the offensive that has claimed 38,- 475 enemy casualties in a week.
At the west end of the front, tb; U. S. 24th and 25th divisions were joined on an eight-mile front east of Seoul and driving forward stead'
War Map on Page A-2
ily in an operation tbat threatened to outflank the city.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's  com munique   said   Clommunlst   forces withdrew as much as one to two miles yesterday in the face of the UN offensive, Fortificationa Ahead
The C!hinese fought back fiercely
with automatic wea;pons, small arms
(CTontinued on Page A-10)
QUEUILLE FORMS
counted en to produce tha** new funds tbe Fine administration needs. "
This indicates that plans to get a graduated Income tax by subter¬ fuge, by basing the state tax on the amount of federal income tax each person pays, has been aban¬ doned.
Instead, the flat income tax Is strictly   in   accordance   with   the
Sea ¦% D and Ripper Bills" On Pagb A-7
same tax rate to be levied on all, regardless of the amount of their income.    It also  prohibits  exemp¬ tions for dependents. Favorite Tax Plan
The   income   tax   has   been   the favorite method all along to ral.se ^
would have to give up their wage taxes when the state imposed an income tax. Three Income Taxea
However, the state now plans legislation permitting the munici¬ palities to continue their wage taxes even though the atate has an Income tax.
Then, people of these places will
JOHNSTON RAPS CLAIM OF BIG BUSINESS BIAS
WASHINGTON —Econbmic Ste- bilizer Eric A. Johnston, in a sharp statement aimed at "some labor rireles." yesterday demanded an end to the "lie" that Defense Mobillzer Charles E. ^'itson had dictated wage policies with "big business bias.''
He said such statements have hurt efforts to bring organized labor baek into the mobilization agencies which they bolted partly in protest against wage formula based on a 10 per cent ilncrease since Jan. 15, 1950.
Johnston, while he indicated labor leaders ans fairly close to resum¬ ing their cooperation In the de¬ fense drive, did not say specific¬ ally whom he was criticizing.
all the extra monev the adminuitra-jhave to pay three income taxes a tion will need to finance in spend- year—federal, state and munici}>al. ing plans I    Herbert P. Sorg (R, Elk), Speak-
In  the  first  place,  it  is  recom-!" of the House, last week admitted mended   by its  ease of coUecUon.! the   administration   is   considering Employers    wtll    be    required    toi the state income tax. withhold the tax from pay'checks.  I    However,   he   said,   "Discussions The  levy  was   one  of  the   firsti        (Ontinued  on  Page A-7)
Czech Bishop Banished From Prague, in Custody
PRAGUE, Czechasolvakia—Arch, bishop Josef Beran, Roman Cath-i olic primate of Czechoslovakia, has! been banished from Prague and placed under confinement in the country, it waa announced last night.
The official Prague radio said Beran, who led the church's los¬ ing fight againat fhe Communist i state for control of church affairs,! also had been fined an undisclosed;
Marine Ace Joe Foss of World War II Is Ordered Back into Uniform
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.-Joe Foss, Marine Air Ace who shot down 26 Japajiese planes and won the Con¬ gressional Medal of Honor, got his orders on Saturday to go back into uniform.
"A lot of things are different this lime," the 36-year old Foss said. "This time you know what It's like. The last time it was all a big mys¬ tery and a little exciting. But now you know what war is—that It's dangerous, that men get killed. You play for keeps in this game." Drops "No Combat" Tag
Foss, a colonel, was ordered to report March 16 to headquarters of the Central Air Defense Force of the Air Defense Command at Kansas City, Mo. His assignment Was not specified, but he hopea it
In today's Issue
Classified   C—H
OI>ituary   A—16
^loviem  C—*
ladio   Q 9
?<"''«> 'zzziz"z:. C-I I
^Votit  a_l     i
will be with a tactical unit. That is the reason he recently asked the Air Force to waive its rule against! combat assignments for Congres¬ sional Medal of Honor winners.      I
In World War II Kos.s wore thei green uniform of>the Marine Corps. | This time it will be Air Force blue.|
"That stuff gets you." he said.j "Onee you're a Marine you never quite get over being one. But I've got a lot of friends in the Air Force and I'm happy to serve any¬ where."
Foss, the first air aoe to destroy more enemy planes than Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker did in World War I. glanced at the picture of his pretty wife and two young daughters on his desk.
"T'm leaving a lot behind." he said quietly. "But so are a lot of other men, and you might as well face facts. Maybe if we hadn't made some of the mistakes we've made, . , . Different Now
"When  I went in  last time,' he said,  "I didn't have a family  and (Continued on Page A-10)
amount    for    violating    "criminal law,"
The government did not say whether the archbishop was in prison or awaiting trial. Neither did it say when Bercn had been ordered from Prague.
An earlier radio news bulletin indicated that Antomin Stehllk. who was described as "a patriotic priest," would take over archbishop Bcran's dutie.s. Vatican City long ago announced that all Catholic priests who cooperate with the state would be excommunicated.
The annoimcement of Archbishop Bcran's exile came 18 months af¬ ter CommunLst rioters broke up the mass at which he was presiding in St. Vitus Cathedral, five minutea walking distance from the arch-i bishop's  palace. i
As far as Ls known, Archbishop | Beran has not been outside the, palace since and he has been at-i tacked repeatedly in statements byl government officials from Presi-: dent Klement .Gottwald on down. I
Catholic sources charged thc[ archbishop was a virtual prisoner' inside his palace. He had been! quoted as saying he was interned there. The government, however,! indicated Beran remained in the palace because he chose to do so.
One of Beran's last public utter¬ ances, June 18, 194d, appealed to Czechoslovakia's 8.000,000 CJatho- lics not to believe an.v "confes- siona" he might r.iake in the fu¬ ture. The then 60-year-old arch¬ bishop spoke from the pulpit of the chapel of the Strahov Monastery.! Even then his palace was reported! to be guarded by secret police.       j
The church-state fight waa cll-; maxed Nov. 1, 1949, when the! church control laws went into ef-| feet making all clergymeit civil: servants paid by the state. '
I6TH SINCE WAR
Includes Bidault, Pleven, Mollett, Who Led Government
PARIS—Henr! QueulUe formed France's 16th calbinet aince 1944 last night with much the same faces and prdblems that resulted in a crisis 10 days ago.
The 67-year-old veteran Radical Socialist leader who was given a solid vote of confirmation by the national assembly completed the line-up of a middle-of-the-road co¬ alition "government of liquidation" to prepare the country for a gen¬ eral election—probably early in June. Jobs Before It
The new governmcint, almost identical with its predeces.sor, would have to pass some economic reforms, approve the delayed 1951 budget, rush through sonne consti¬ tutional reforms and get the as¬ sembly to agree on changes in the balloting system for the elections.
A last-minute difficulty Ujat arose when the Socialists asked that former Premier Paul Rama- dler be given a cabinet post waa solved when the Socialists with¬ drew  the  demand.
The chief difference in the new cabinet will be the return of George Bidault. leader of the Catli¬ olic Popular Republicans (MRP), as ene of the three vice-premiers. Bidault had sat on the sideline.] hi the last cabinet but had par¬ ticipated in practically all other post-war French governments.
Queuille announced that Bidault had accepted the job along witli Rene Pleven, leader of the Dem¬ ocratic and Soeiali.sl union of re¬ sistance parties who headed the last coalition government, and Guy Mollett, Socialist party leader. Both Bidault and Mollct tried to form governments in this crisis.
Radio-Controlled Bombs in Use
WASHINGTON — Radio-con¬ trolled bombs now are being used in the Korean War.
They are fairly crude with ad¬ vanced models now under devel¬ opment, but they nonetheless are forerunners of guided missile warfare.
They are improvements of the heavy Tarzon bomb and the light¬ er Razon VD-3 which were in ex¬ istence when World War II ended. B-29 bombardiers can con¬ trol the Tarzon and Razon throughout their fall to tbe tar¬ get.
The Tarzon is a 12,000-pound general purpose bomb and B-29's usually carry only one at a time, authorities said. The Razon weighs 1,000 pounds.
While it is a free-falling wea¬ pon, it is fitted with radio equip¬ ment and movable tal fins so that its course can be altered within limits after release from the plane.
To help a bombardier follow the Tarzon's trail visually, flares can be Installed in its tall.
18V2-Year Limit
1944 TAX EVADERS
T BEFORE MARCH 15
Treasury Intensifies Inquiry Into Profits Of Gamblers, Others
WASHINGTON. — The JusUce Department yesterday turned on new pressure in a drive to grab evaders of millions in taxes on wartime profits and gambling— cases which may hit scores of per¬ sons in all walks of life.
The campaign coincided with an investigation by a House subcom¬ mittee to see if the Treasury's in¬ ternal revenue bureau is getting the results it claims against underworld characters who turn in "loose" re¬ turns oin their big incomes. lime Running Out
The Justice Department's most pressing cases involve 1944 incomes. They must be in thc courts by March 15 as indictments or crim^ nal complaints. On that day the statute of limitations would bar prosecution of 1944 evaaions unless a case is before a court.
This big push against persons with large incomes when war pumped billions into the national economy could see high penalties exacted against all kinds of offend¬ ers caught by the dragnet. Not Only Gamblera f
The department let It be known it is not interested just in gamblers and the Uke, but also in socialites, professional men, businessmen and others who might have tried to get away with an evasion.
Penalty for a false return calls for a maximum of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Besides, tax penalties can be levied in high percentages, for example $125,000 where the amount of evasion was $215,000.
Last year, in a 45-day period, criminal prosecutions were begun against 148 persons who evaded more than $10,000,000 in taxes.
Yugoslav Chiefs Charge Russian Policy Means V/ar
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia—Edvard Kardelj,   deputy   premier   and   for-'. eign  minister  of  Yugoslavia,   said; last   night   that   Soviet   policy   is "leading directly to war."
Kardelj addressed an election ¦ meeting of some 20,000 Slovenes at Ljubljana after a top Yugoslav field commander said in Belgrade' that Marshal Tito's army would; "break the enemy's divisions" if Yugoslavia were attacked. Hurting Soviets, Too i
"Soviet policy, like every policy | of violence and domination, not only causes war but is a worm which is nibbling away at the forces of the Soviet Union itself," Kardelj said. All peace-loving na¬ tions would be grateful, he added, if "the masters" of the Cominform peace campaign would say theyi are against aggression, threats and! other Soviet policies. !
"If they give a positive answer,"! he'said, "then they must change| their  whole  policy  toward  Yugo-i
House Draft Bill Reduces Powers Of the President
'/ASHINGTON-Chairman C^arl Vinson of the House armed serv¬ ices committee has revised his draft bill to allow C!ongress to stop Inductions and begin universal mil-| itary training without consent of the Presdent.
The bill, worked out in closed- door committee sevsions last week, retains the group's plan for a min¬ imum draft age of 18H, as against 18 in the Senate-passed bill, and a 26-month term of service as com¬ pared with 24 months in the Sen¬ ate version.
Vincent's proposal in effect strengthens Congress' control ovei UMT. In addition to by-passing the President, it would require de¬ tailed reports tu CVingress on UMT every six months, and gives Con¬ gress the right to nalt inductions for either the draft or UMT.
There is no comparable provision on   UMT   in   the   Senate   bill   but there is for the draft. Delay* Probable
Vinson hopes to get committee approval of the bill Monday, send it through the rules committee Tuesday and call it up in the House Wedneaday. His aim is to get House approval before the 10- day Easter recess begins March 22.
There is doubt, however, that the program   will   go   that   smoothly.
Probe of RFC Reaches Internal Revenue Man
Challenge
Russia's
Sincerity
Communists Told To Prove They Want Big 4 Conference To End World Tension
PARIS.—The United States, Great Britain and France have challenged Russia to prove she wants a seri¬ ous foreign ministers conference to end world tension.
In a morning session, the Wast's tliree deputy foreign 'gdnistM's iub- miCteS « eaii^iOmMfc^^iiuda. pt, list at topica.^to be diacidMd by the foreign ministers tbemaelves. Showdown Expected
Deputy Soviet Foreign Miinitter Andrei Gromyko virtually rejected the western compromise agenda in advance, charging that it was de¬ signed to "stifle" discussion. But he promised a full reply on Monday and the showdown was expected to come this week. ,
Tlie first week of conferences among tha deputies ended in dead¬ lock.
The West wants the agenda tobe nothing more than a bare catalogue of subjects for the foreign minis¬ ters. But Russia has insisted on phrasing which the West contends "prejudices" each issue.
The West dropped its compro¬ mise agenda on the table near the close of yesterday's aession, after American Delegate Philip C. Jes sup spent most of the morning de nouncing Gromyko's long-winded attack on the West on Friday. ¦Valse Arguments"
Speaking for the other delegates, Ernest Davies of Britain and Alex¬ andre Parodi of France, Jessup de¬ clared the West never could come to a foreign ministers conferem-e based on Russia's "false argumenta and conclusions, or on the Soviet- sponsored Prague declaration last year."
(The   Prague   declaration   called; awaiting   an   answer—or   even   Sh
The House Republican policy com* mittee will seek to amend it to require approTal of both House and Senate before more troops are sent to  Europe.
Republicans and other members also are advocating both segrega¬ tion and anti-segregation amend¬ ments, and a plan to separate UMT from the draft so each issuse could be voted separatelyy.
Vinson's bill follows the Seaata lead in fixing 4,000,000-man limit on the armed forces. Present goal of the services is 3,500,000 men bjr next June 3. Three-Year Extension '
The bill has these new proposals;
1. —Termination date for the draft — but not UMT — would b« July 9, 1954, a three-year exten* sion of the present draft law.
2. — Inactive reserves called to duty now or In the future could ba released after 12 months service if it would not impair tbe national security.
3.—E^ch draftee—for active serv¬ ice or UMT—would stay in the re¬ serve after discharge until he com¬ pletes a total of six years. The previous Housa bill said eight years.
4.—The number of studenU de¬ ferred for senior reserve ofBcer (Continued en Page A-10)
Collector Names . /'Atspoiite'ImFteA For Fiederal Lease
WASHINGTON. — Chairman J. William Fulbright of the Senate RFC investigating subcommittee on Saturday suggested the Internal Revenue Bureau "take an interest" in the proposed business dealings of one of its tax collectors.
The Arkansas Democrat made the suggestion in a letter to Inter¬ nal Revenue Commissioner Creorge J. Schoeneman in which he en¬ closed excerpts from committee testimony dealing with James Fin¬ negan, collector of internal revenue in St Louis, Mo.
The letter was made public aa a federal grand jury here prepared to study "certain aspects" of the testimony presented to the commit¬ tee.
The Juatice Department haa as¬ signed three of its top criminal di¬ vision attorneys to handle the grand jury investigation. They are James T. O'Brien, William F. De¬ laney and Harold B. Beaton.
No witnesses were expected to be called Monday, with the possible exception of the official reporter of the Senate hearings. The first session probably will be devoted to an explanation by the attorneys of the legal problems involved, of:No Answer from Dawson
I    Meanwhile,   Fulbright   was   still
matter in which Me would went te
eepied fronk the Inikript at tha hearing aiid send yov. a eopy o< (them with thU letter." Tmman Refuted
The excerpts, relating to the at¬ tempt by Jacob* to rent the Cuban nickel facilities, shed some light on Fulbrlgbt's suggestion. Involved in the transaction wera several ot the people who have figured promi« nently in the subcommittee's explo¬ sive report on tbe RFC and testi¬ mony taken since to refute Presi¬ dent Truman's statement that the report waa "asinine."
Jacobs described Finnegan ia his testimony as "a very good friend." and said he thinks that be and the tax collector wera intro¬ duced by E. Merl Young—one tlma milkman who, according to the committee report, had powerful in¬ fluence in the RFC.
Young, Jacobs said, "may havo run some errands" for the group (Continued on Page A-10)
(Continued on Page A-10)
Valley Scene
Roadsi/Ie warnmg light bunt' ing through warning sign at the new bridge eonstrwetion joh on Old Jliv^r -Read—inr Hanover- townahip.
Housevnfe looking in aslonish- ment at the checker in a chain ttore when he rang up 96 cents for a head of cabbage.
Proud televiaion set owner, aaked about the reception at Nanticoke, anawering: "Fine! We aee some soldiers marching on a Sunday aftemoon."
! acknowledgement of receipt—to his letter written two weeks ago ex¬ tending an "invitation" to testify to Presidential Assistant Donald S. Dawson.
Dawson's name has cropped up frequently in connection with charges of "undue influence" in RFC loajis.
- In hi.s letter to Schaeneman. Tu\: bright noted that Rex C. Jacobs, president of the F. U Jacobs 0>., Detroit, told the subcommittee last week that Finnegan was to be an "associate" in a scheme which in¬ volved the lease for "certain facilities" from the federal govern¬ ment.
"Believing that this might be a
SAYS GOP HAMSTRINGS EISENHOWER'S ARMY
WASHINGTON.-Chairman Tom Connally (D., Tex.), of the ser.;'** foreign relations committ**, charged angrily on Sattirday that the Republicans are tr}'ing to "hamstring and delasr" the sending of American troops to bolster Gfen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atlantic Pact army.
He referred particularly to Sen. H. Alexander Smith (p.. N. J.), chief sponsor of a proposal already accepted In Connally's committee which demands "congressional ap¬ proval" before American ground troops ara committed to the pact "army.
Sen. Robert A. Taft <R.. Ohio), told a reporter that It may be pos¬ sible for Senate Republicans to close their ranks and "get together" on the troops issue on the ba^ o< the much-amended resolutions. He declined to stipulate that he WOuM vote for the current version.
slavia. They must renounce pres¬ sure against Eastern European na¬ tions which believed they could freely develop along the road to Socialism. Policy Leading to War
"They must change their whole international policy of threatening and imposing their will which Is leading  directly   to   war."
Kardelj said Yugoslavia would not be downed by "terror threats" and derided the "peace campaign" (* the Cominform nations.
"It is our duty to flght strongly for peace and unmask the lying peacemakers and the masked ag¬ gressors," he said. "Above all, it is necessary to flght against those elements which inevitably lead to war. These are the tendencies to¬ ward exploitation of other nations, domination of other nations and finally—domint\^ion  of the  world."
His speech came after Yugoslav veterans roared their determina¬ tion to defend their country at % meeting in Belgrade.
Little boy aplashing through the mild and slush, assuring his falher: "I like you and mama, hut I like mud and water much bcttrr."
Homeyer Acquired Seventh Wife After Dismembering the Sixth
ARGENTINES EXTEND LA PRENSA BOYCOTT
BUENOS   AIRES,    Argentina —
Authorities   yesterday   sought  to of natural causes last March end
account   for   the   other   wives   of that  he  became  panicky and dls-
oft-married   Charles   Homeyer,   53,!membered  her body  with  kitchen
Factoryville,    who    has    admitted ^ knives.     But   police   doubted   hia
dismembering the body of his sixth story that  he threw  most of her
wife. Ibody in the Delaware and Susque*
His   seventh   and   latest   spouse, hanna     Rivers.    They    continued
the former Emma Anderson. 42, is digging  In  the cellar.
, /,    , J , r.       ' liv^nK In  !-*» Angeles, Calif     She     Homeyer's   first  wife,   tha   Red
The General Confederation of Com- ,„^rjie^   t^e   balding   Homeyer   in Cross   informed   police,  was  Mary
mercial Employees voted yesterday;R^no^  jjev,,  last  October. iKenney, who died Feb. 2, wao, ia
to join a boycott against the inde-j    Records  of  the   Rod  Cross  and New York "in a flu epidemic"
pendent newspaper La Prensa an-ithe Bath, N. Y., Veterans Hospital Second Divorced
nounced by the Cieneral Confeder-,backed   up   the   main    outline    ofi    No.    2   waa    "a   Julia,"   whom
ation of Labor (CXJT). !Homeyer's own story of his mari-Ihe married within a year but dl«
The commercial employees group; tal  life. ivorced   shorUy  thereafter,
aaid its members will be instructed | First Wife Dead i    No.  3  was Helen  (Jrstal, wliom
"at the opportune moment" to: re-i    Homeyer  said  one wife  died  of he divorced Jan. 14,  1932, aceord- ifuse to sell any goods intended for the flu in 1920.    He divorced four ing  to  the  Red  Cross. I La   Prensa;    refuse   to   sell   any! others, he said, and  Is  still  mar-!    No.   4   was   Agnes   Klembo,  Ja» I goods    to    anyone    carrying     La; ned   to  the   seventh. maica,  N. Y.    The-Bath Hospital.
Prensa,   and   refuse   to   sell   any:    Police contined to search for the which admitted Homeyer as a pe- i goods advertised in La Prenaa. remains   of  the   sixth   wife.   Mrs. tient   in    1940,   said   he   gave   as
La Prensa was closed Jan. 26 Anna Snellman, whose skull was relatives a wife, Agnes, and • I after management rejected vend-! found buried in concrete in the daughter, Kathleen Thompson, of Iors'   demands,   which   Included   a cellar   of   the   Homeyers'   former Rifton, N.  Y
I large share of the paper's income home at nearby Factoryville No.   5   was   identified    anly    ee
ifrom want-ads and subscriptions. 1    Homeyer insists the woman died>        (Continued on Page A-IM
ii
fi