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^n~^^^^^ uWill Revise Wage Freeze 'at First Possible IVIoment' stst«L; Tit. fa, meal 'e perl dfonni I n aud- J, th«y eyabo » were place, A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Cloudy and cold; Snow flurries tomorrow. 45TH YEAR, NO. n^48 PAGES I'MTTKO FRXm WiM Mom acrTlM WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1951 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS —*vaA»,j Indapudent Photo(r«L|>h by Pitul bleler Sedan Loser in Meeting Freight On RR Crossing in Swoyerville Chief Joseph Urban, left, and Officer Andrew Leonard of the Swoyerville Police Department survey the damage to the sedan operated by Stephen Adams, Jay street, Swoyerville, which was struck by g Lehigh Valley freight train Friday night at Hugihes street crossing. Adam.s, alon, in the car at time of the accident, escaped with minor bruises. The train was traveling west at the time. Fourth Day of Offensive Takes Allies Neat Seoul Fanning Out as Reds Fail to Strike Back; Main Body Not Met By RUTHERFORD M. POATS TOKYO (SUNDAY) Jan 28 (UP).—Allied forces that drove through Suwon and speared within 10 miles of Seoul yesterday fanned out toward the north along a 40-mile front today for the fourth straight day of their offensive. 500 Gallons of \ Gasoline Sold \ For Furnace Oil FLINT. Mich.—Fire department emergency crews stood by last i night as radio stations and news- ; papers warned Flint home own¬ ers that S(X) gallons of highly explosive gasoline had been er- ront-ously so'd iOr fuel oli. Fire Chlet C^cin Jonnson said "a house would go up like a stick of dynamite" if any of the gaso¬ line got into an oil furnace. He said 150 gallons of the gas had been recovered but that "there's too much of It still miss- Changes Coming American and Allied units resumed the attack all along' ing to feel comfortable flNEINSISlG \Atomic Blast Set off iEW STATE TAXES'" ^*""'*''" "*''"*'" IL BE NEEDED Contradicts Hopeful Statement Given Out By State Senator STATEWIDE TEST OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 RAID WARNING startled Country Lit By Daylight Glow In Pre-Dawn Test the western front after expected Chinese Communist coun¬ ter-attacks failed to materialize during the night and early morning. United Nations troops moved out cautiously, searching every foot of the tetrrain on the lookout for what a briefing officer described »» a screening force of Reds who are fighting a delaying action." Officers said UN troops probably have not hit the enemy's m&in defensive forces. By the end of the third day ofilchon has been secured," an Allied the offensive yesterday the speedy! general told Burson In announcing Allied armored forces had routed jthe flrst strategic victory of the or trapped the last Chinese de- offensive since the capture of fenders of the strategic eaat-west highway through Suwon. American troops were waging a vicious battle of annihilation against j ———^^—^——————^— an endttiled Chinese force at dusk | Suwon, Kumpangpang, Ichon and Saturday in a tiny village among jYoju. the hUls southeast of Suwon, United I other front dispatches reported Press Correspondent William Bur-1 that the U. S. 1st Corps chopped ton reported from the western om gajng up to two miles against front today. ! stiffening resistance. The main drive "The highway between Suwon and! (Continued on Page A-2) Wage-Price Rule Seen Unable to Stop Inflation WASHINGTON.—The Wage Stabilization Board prom¬ ised on Saturday to revise the newly-ordered national pay. He said the gas would flash at freeze "at the first pos.sibIe moment. a temperature of 60 degrees. Fire officials urged that all persons purchasing fuel oil on Saturday check carefully before putting it in their furnaces. U.S. WON'T ASK War Map on Page A-2 LAS VEGAS, Nev,—The second atomic explosion ever set off in this country roared over remote Frenchman Flat before dawn Sat¬ urday and cast a brilliant daylight glow over all of southern Nevada. HARRISBURG - Gov. John S, • •"• ¦•• W " • "" "« •*- „ « .'^M ""e fl'st of a series of Fine yesterday hinted strongly -, » . e u IA J 11. If''*^'"» ^'^^^ •*'"?*?'*.I?* that new state taxes are In pros- Slatod Fob. 10 and 1 I,' ^t<»™'« ^nergy Commlasion's 5,00 nect after mil mi.Mia. >ij. square-mlle proving ground 100 ^ a^Jti^uSly worded sUte- Black Outs' ArC Not miles northwest of here, ment of about 180 words, the Gov- r^nnfiidArPfl NerP««9rV . "No/eports yet received have In emor appeared to contradict al ^'OnSmereU neceSSary dicated any hasard " the AEC field •tatsment by another top Repub-i MA»~T«mTTRr- in»»«, m,.«i^i **"*"•' *'•'"* •*** '" sjinounclng the Ucaa leader. Sen. JohajK wA«! Jf^f^™]^-^•'T'™7*5,'- Wast. of Oatanont, who predicted last; Jt"'' }^ ^tr>"fj^!^'^^ ^ n^ ^' ""»*"' »PP*reiitly waa re- week that: "K looks like we'B be'***** " participate In the first corded oo seismographs at Call¬ able to squeeie through without ""*" sUte-wlde test of the Com-fornla Inatltuto of Technology, N^^fcvying any new taxes." imonwealths air raid warnmg ays- nearly SOO miles away. Attendants ^.<#Walker Is majority floor leaderi t^"? »'»*«" '°^ „;,i ti. . ,¦»'<• "something" waa recorded on ( Tn the SUte Senate. His prediction' ,^^'- Alton C M'lf'. aiflf *<>' oi their Instruments about the time was made at a press conference, l'?* State Civil Defense Cx)mmis-|„f y,e blast. .« ••! .• L- .ai . sion, said that the state tests, which „_ „ _ _. «. „ ,i_ rSense MisnnderstaBdings' 'urtiiK. i,„i^ .„„,.„rr.«tw wifh «. No Report en Results ^_^ They described the shock as •d here In Its entirety) said: ;;;bMrdVma7be"held'on either or und*e?=i%s'li;V'-S,eTtlte"'«: »>oth of the two days scheduled, ^^ nances for the next two years ^T which need clarification. The practice alerts will he pne- ocded hy three sharp, separate ¦Due to the fact there are some;""«f. f »''Xif'i^!li!"^»„^']f^?;?! additional expenditures which must °f «<>'"»> '*?'''*•. *,!*'*' "*«"t"y'"« be made in the 1951-153 biennium ¦'«"•'» wo"'*^ ""^ ^ sounded. tional revenue will be required. But there will be no "black" or "very small" and said it was so slight they could not even compare Its Intensity with the shock of the atomic bomb explosion at Alamo- gordo, N. M., In 1949, which also was recorded at Caltech. The Al mogordo shock also was described by Caltech scientists as "very small." The commission wa« close-Ilpped Tl The chief additional expenditures Ijrown out in the state m con-|g^^yj ^^j^^, ^3^,^^, ^, ^^^^ ^^^ j^ »re: Financing the soldiers' bonus, nectvon with the exercises, MHler|,^j ^^ ^3, "unlikely" that any an- $59,000,000; school subsidies and said that Air Force officials l.ave|„„^^^^g„^ ^^ the results would paymenU to teachers retirement; he d that soich precautions ars not,^^ ^^^ ^^^ either here or ta funds under existing law $39.0M,- yet necessary. ^ I Washington, It would not »y 000; state authority rentals, $8,000,-! For the first time since the end in^ti„i„^ «« i>=o.« a in» 000, and welfare and health Instl-lof World War U, all Pcnn-sylvania| ^'-onimuea on r-age a-iui tutionN, $14,000,000, i citizens will hear the official, na- "Aliio we have to reckon with tionwide uniform signal denoting the fact that $6.3,000,000 ef surplus imipending air attack. This is the funds were used to balance the ao-called "red alert," t present budget. j In addition, county defense of- More Revenue Needed I ficlah will receive two preUminary "There are some non-recurring alerts—the "blue" and "yellow" sig- appropriations and reductions In nals. The "yellow" alert gives no- expenditures to partially offset the tice that enemy aircraft are In the additional expenditures. partlcu-{ (Continued on Page A-2) larly the $17,000,000 "Pr'T"'**''"" for Schuylkill River deslltlng; $15,- qoitaiw Tn DCr«AI I 000,000 for housing, and a large DnllAIIM IU nCUALL '^'Z i^.:if'I; that'Tiarg^ THOUSANDS OF VETERANS smouiit of additional levenue will LONDON—Prime Minister Clem- be ncpflfrt. ent R. Atlee is expected to an- "AU of this will be explained nounce plans for the recall to the Uy in my hurlget message and colors of 100,000 to 200,000 veterans midget as soon as it can be com- of World War II t<Hnorrow. plcted," I He also will Introduce a stiff re- But for More Taxes To Balance Budget; Meets Senate Chiefs WASHINGTON— President Tru- HARP.T.SBURG I armament program in Commons,[man was reported to have told GEORGE FOR CUT .S. BUDGET 0F5-6 BILLIONS May Mean End Of Marshall Aid; Way to Get Balance WASimn3T0!K.-Sen. Walter F, George (D., Ga.), said yesterday that Congreaa ^ould cut bstweeo 16,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 from President Truman's $71,600,000,000 budget for flacal 19S2. He suggested the lawmakers might start by "praotically eUmf- natlng" funds for foreign eoonomle aid programs such aa tha Marshall Plan. (3eorge la chairman of tlie Senate finance committee which must try to raise taxes enough to balance the budget Mr. Truman has asked CangteaM to balance tha budget by raising $16,500,000,000 ia naw taxes. Hopea for Big Cut 'I think we ought to out this budget by $5,000,000,000 or $6,000- ,000,000," George told a reporter. T certainly hope we will, but we can't tell how things will ahape up In the midst of a erisis. "If we ever did need to trim the budget and dimtnate deadmwd In all branches, this eertalaljr the hour." While he would not apell out how the budget could be cut as much as he proposed, fae said Con¬ gress "should do some real cutting in every non-defense item." 'I think we've practically got to eliminate foreign economic aid it we are going into this program of miliUry aid." he added. Sides with Byrd On this count. George put him¬ self in line with Sen. Harry F. Byrd, (D.. 'Va.), who has proposed that foreign economic aid spend¬ ing be limited to $50,000,000 to clean up existing programs next year. Byrd, who wants Mr. Truman's budget cut more than $7,000,000,- 000, expects to bring his Decem- (Continued on Page A-10) CONGRESS IS COOL TO DRAFTING BOYS; OTHERS AVAILABLE Young Married Men Wtio Are Not Veterans Now Are Considered SEEK REAL PEACE May Win Aid from Arab-Asian Bloc Witii New Proposal LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. — The United States announced on Satur¬ day that if Communist China gave any "clear Indication" of seeking an honorable Far East peace, the American government would not press for United Nations sanctions against the Chinese Reds. Austin's statement, viewed by moat delegations as more concilia¬ tory than the previous U. S. stand, waa clearly tatended to head off It made the statement as a chorus of complaints against the wage-control plan invoked Friday night swell acio.ss the nation. A board statement acknowledged that the full blast of the public outcry was hitting it directly, and Board C^iairman Cyrus S. Chlng appealed for "people to wait a Uttle time and not prod us." The board and other official.^ in the Economic Stabilization Agency held urgent weekend meetings to begin overhauling the wage-price freeze. The complaints were generally that It falls short of slowing dorwn inflation and works undue hardship on some parts of the economy. Caiing's board was experted to latlons. procedures ^nd policies will announce by Monday or Tuesday j be announced *y thp board at the the first relaxation of the bar onj first possible moment. Meanwhile, pay raises in an effort to help peo- they asked the public to be patient pie meet the still rising cost of Hv- and refrain from contacting indi- ing. "¦ Ividual members on specific prob- In yesterday's announcement, thejlem.s." board said simply: | Detailed changes in Ipss risid 'The wage stabilization board said! price controls—which exempt a today that wage stabilization regu-' (Continued on Page A-14) Baron Mannerlteim, Hero Of Finland, Dies af 83 IjAUSANNE, Switzerland.—Field I The field marshal, who was born Marshal Cl^rl Gustav Mannerheim, i In southern Finland In 1867, joined former President of Finland and a the Oarist army when he wa.« 20 fighting enemy of Communism, died; and served in it for more than 30 Saturday at the age of 83. year.$. The former CSsarist Russian of-1 He was made a colonel on the ficer, later known best as Baron! battlefield in the Russo-Japanese WASHINOTON — Opposttlen to drafting IS-yoar-olds mounted in Congress yeatsrday and new al- temativea wv« offered. Including one to call up childless married non-veterans, 19 through S6. Another, auggaated by Chainnan Carl Vinson (D., Ga.) of the House armed servloea eonunlttee, waa that Omgress plug loopholes In tha present 19-through-25 draft law to get "ntae out of 10 reglstranta now eacajring the draft," fohnaon Offers Proposals The married non-veteran plan was advanced by Sen, Lyndon B. Johnson (D,, Tex.) chairman of the Senate preparedness oommittea which is holding draft hearings. He said the people are "genuinely dis¬ turbed" by the proposal to draft 18 year-olds because other sources of manpower are available. Johnson advanced a thrae-potet plan: 1.—"Require that the atandards of acceptability as regarda mantal and physical qualifloationa ba ad¬ justed so that a very aonaldarabia number of men—majrbe aa many as 100,000 now classified as 4-F—are used. Yoong Non-Veteran Husbands 2.—"The large pool of non-vet¬ eran husbands—some 290,000 in the 19 to 26 age group alone—must be brought into the picture.'' 3.—The law should require that, "when and if It becomes neces¬ sary to take 18-year-olds, they must be taken in a definite priority so that the older ones will be taken first." Commenting on the husbandji, the Texan said: "I know of no other group con cernlng which we receive ao much comment, all of it asking why the (Continued on Page A-10) !!i*:?l!?«.'"'"'*~"'" *° "" "¦ ^ i^erheLr torwh^^ ^inrnd'sjWar of 1904-5 and served with dis- "Mannerhelm Line" was named,|tinction on the Eastern Front In underwent an abdominal operationi "<"''*' War I. Wednesday. Later he developed i I" between, he returned to Pin- circulatory complications and wasils"'* ^.nd, using his influence with given heart stimuiantj but failed ith« Czar's court, was instrumen- to respond to the treatment. |tal m greatly softening Russian Mannerheim had taken a serious I rule over his countrymen, turn for the worse earlier yester- ¦ When Mannerheim returned from day and his wife and Finnish gov- World War I, Finland had de resolution. Chief U. S, Delegate Warren R. uattiv told tho main political com¬ mittee, however, that his govern¬ ment would continue to press for UN ooademnation of Chinese Com- muniats for committing aggression in Korea. Holding Door Open Referring directly to the Ameri¬ can proposal, Austin declared: "We are not slamming the door. clared its independence and he was asked to restore order and stamp out the "Red" influence." He led his forces through a bitter cam¬ paign from northern Finland to ernment officials rushed to his bed side. Death came at 10:30 p. m. Mr« •— „„_-_.i,. «,_iji„-. i. -„»_ I Mannerheim led his nation's ^JlJ^t SSi^lJi^ ?^whff w.Tan'»""«1 '«'=«» «««™t ^^ '"^a<'*n« praying God tiiat Is what we can, g^j^^ ,„ j^g^ ^^ ^^ „fj^„ achleve-a peaceful setUement. I ^Hed the "Uncrowned King of Helsinki, entering the capital in Austin aimed his address directly pi„,^„d„ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^.^^ ^ , triumph May 19, 1919. at the Asian-Arab bloc of 12 na-| national hero After intervening with the Allies tions which submitted a rival res- ' to save his country from staivation, olutlon, which would not condemn' Mannerheim began hi.s long mili-1 Mannerheim wa-s named regent. Ho Peiping and which calls for a; tary career in the Czarist Russian; dissolved Parliament, ordered elec- seven-nation Far East conference,| army and in later years led Fin- tion of a new legislature and then including Communist China repre-l land's brilliant defense against: retired to private life until 1939 sentatives. 'Soviet Communist a«:gression, justi Recalled in 1939 with the rank of Austin also extended an olive prior to World War II, (Continued on Page A-10> branch to top western delegations. tacluding Britain and Canada, by i easing their fears that the Ameri¬ can, proposal would give additional authority to Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur's unified command. Replying direcUy to Canadian External Affairs Minister Lester fi. Pearson's questlop Friday on Miners Are Confident They Will Get Raise WASHINGTON. — Coal industry whether, It waa true that the U. S. ^nj united Mtae Workers officials had no such intentions, Austta re-j apparently were not worried about plied: '^ ' the effect of the government's stop- I am happy to say that this is gap wage freeze on the newly-won $1.60 a day pay hike for the men; to the case of the miners and other unions now in negotiations. Formula Soon Stabilizers hope to have a the view of my government:" Just before Austin spoke, Leb-. ^yi,„ (jjg pga) anon's Dr. Charles Malik disclosed Tj,e rise was scheduled to be ef- Ucs ice '.M. Sen. John M. probably calHng for an expenditure!Senate Democratic leaders that he Walker, R., Allegheny county, of $12,600,000,000 as a starter, jhas decided against recommending offered Pennsylvanians an encour- The Prime Minister paved theia general sales tax in his forth- aging prediction last week that way for these measures in a speech: coming $16 500,000,000 tax program, the state may not be forced to Friday night warning the British j jt was understood, however, that °^? 'Ao^n „ 1 .H ., Ai f H *'^'*'*'^ }^^^ Russian. ImperialUm ,,e reiterated he wants a tax m- The <.()P floor leader predUted was endsjngering tiieir way of life urease of that amount to balance (Continued on Page A-10) land happiness, jhig $71,600,000,000 spending budget I for the 1952 fiscal year. Kills Starving Cougar with Knife \^^r.^7:!rrl-...a his for- eign and domestic program, includ-1 ing the draft, budget and taxes,! at a two-l-io;;r Blair House con- CAMPBEIJ^ RIVKR, B. C.-A shattered and a dark shape hurtled! ference with the Senate Democratic 68-year-old government telegraph i into the room. policy committee. worker told yesterday how. armed; "I was standing there in my long; One of these present described only with a knife he won a hand-i underwear in the dark when the the meeting as a harmonious get- to-claw battle with a starving cou-l cougar came through the window j together at which the senators did gar in his darkened mountain glass and landed on me," McLean'most of the talking. Part of the "^shin. jsaid. I discussion, it wfis said, dealt with EJdward Mcl.«an of Sayworth, B.i "He wa."" obviously starving. He the current congressional dispute C., suffered a mauled arm and'grabbed my right arm before he over a,ssignment of troops to Eu-1xhe plane was en route from Paris12 34 p m and one minute later shoulder and a torn right ear in the even hit the floor. I got him down rope and with the administration 1 to Rome with 17 aboard. 'reported the plane over OviUvec- life and death struggle Hospital,on the floor and jammed my right request for power to draft 18-year-1 The Rome office of the AlitaliaL(,ia Contact ceased officials ¦ttpnriants ..IH hi.' rnnriiHnn «;«« „iK„... i_ 1,1. v,~,.K .„j u- I-,j. Alrllncs Identified the child aslsaid.' ' In Midnight Fight in Lonely Cabin American Child in 13 Dead As Lightning Hits Plane TARQUINIA, Italy — Thirteen | Officials at Rome's Olampino persons. Including an American j Airport said the Air Italia plane child, were killed and four were j was 15 minutes from landing and Injured when an Italian air liner j had signalled for Ita final approach crashed here today after it was i when the accident occurred. struck by lightning. They said the plane may havej \/ 11 C Authorities said three of the 'n- been struck by lightning. The pi- Ydll6V ^C6n6 jurcd were in serious condition, jot reported a normal flight and! *-"'^/ ««-«-w w for¬ mula ready for announcement early next week. It is expected to per¬ mit Increases up to about 10 per the first crack In Uie Arab-Asian f^Vv'e'Feb. T. Thr'wage freezeir^f °^" ^'f^'^i^ltr-^hi^i !"i'n bloc to which his nation belongs.' order was effective as of Jan. 25. l'»'' ^^Y' ^^^ """"^ ^°°^- "^ ^^ MaUk said he would vote for the t'nion .Men Confident P^"" '^'"""^ American and the 12-nation pro-' Union leaders were reported con- The U. S. Conference of Mayors posals, he argued, they were not fident the forthcoming wage for-jsaid that the 4,000,000 perso.na incompatible. Imula will permit the Increase goiworking for state and local gov- May Get New Support | through. |ernments are constitutionally ex- First reaction from the Impact President Joseph E. Moody of the | empt from the federal wage freeze. of Austin's clarifying speech was southern Coal Producers Assocla- Paul V. Setters, executive director that it might attract other delega-1 ({(,„_ ggjj industry leaders "believe of the conference, said no feder.il tions within and , outside of the vve can work out" wage-price Is-1 order "can constltultionally affect Araib-Asian bloc which had prev-jsues iniKilved in the new coal con-j cities and states or the wages or lously held serious misgivings on; tract with stabilization authorities. I salaries paid by cities and stat-.-s the U. S. plan. Canadian circles Government officials said the!to their employees." He said fed- indicated that,'as explained by Aus-i wage stabilization board planned to eral wage controls in World War tin, the resolution was certain to nie«*t throughout the weekend toi II were not binding on state and gain Canada's approval when it is draft "realLstic" policies applicable!local governments, voted upon. The vote is expected,___^_^„^.^__^__^____^_^^___________«_^___»_——. A spokesman for Britain, which NCW Gulded MlSSHeS Cflfl DG feared additi inol measures beyond J^r'^r^wXL^^'XS: lutt Launched from Planes, Ships, Subs "^ , . , .,; WASHINGTON — The Navy has White Sands, N. M., and Cocoa, }• la. -The gap leemn to be closing, |developed anti-submarine guided! Successful launching of guided he said. Helen Delaney, baby daughter of wood and Melal Plaim Mr, and Mrs. Robert Delaney ol "^"^ '™' **'^ "»"• cougar's window presence was when a of the one-room cabin J attendants said his' condition was elbow in his mouth and he was'olds Rood. I busy chewing on it, I put my It was reported to be the con- Oame Through Window l knee on his neck, sensus of those present that con- Tlie fight occurred Thursday | "I remembered a butcher knife grcssional action on both of those Bight as McLean prepared for bed. jon the table but I couldn't get ati issues will be much influenced by He said the fir.st he knew of the it so I pushed him along the floor the report of Gen. Dwight D. Eiscn- to the table. i hower this week on western Euro- "I started to saw his throat and|pean defense that weakened him. I cut right Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., down to the bene and severed his Tex.) was said to have discussed jugular vein. That's the only thing the proposals he made public for that saved me." .lowering draft standards and for After freeing himself, McLean drafting married men without chil- fled from the cabin barefoot and dren before taking the 18-year-olds ¦ SUir** <^'—' clad only ta his underwear. One Informant said Mr. Truman i struck by a lightning bolt over this ¦ ¦I!?*' V *^* In bitter cold, he rowed his boat|did not Indicate how he felt aboutjtown of 8,500, about 60 miles north f If Today't Inaue Classified B~ll Obituary ".". A—10 »«>io C_« ^•»le» C—7 2"»«W c_i ¦ports „ ; _ B-1 ((Continued on Page A-10) i these recommendations. Massachusetts. The mother and father were among the Injured, autholritles said. Hit by Lightning The dead also included seven British nationals, a Jugoslav and four Italians. One Englishman and an Italian crewmember were ta- jured along with the American couple. The four-cngined plane lof Rome. The plane was a four-engtae Sa- vola Marchetti 95 whicli has wood¬ en wtag structure covered with ply¬ wood and a combtaation wood and metal fuselage, airport officials said. I The four injured were rushed to| a hospital in Tarquina, 60 miles j north of here. It was the first Italian civilian was passenger plane crash since May 4, 1949, when another SM-6S crashed at Turin, kllltag SI, Includ¬ ing the entire Turin (ootbaal squad. Ex-GI's willingly Ifttinn former cmnrades in arms now tearing barbering practice on them—thug saving the cost of haircuts and shaves, while getting the massages and such they never would bother with otherwise. County employee putting official bumness sign in wind¬ shield of his car as he leaves it beside parking meter while he goes for lunch. Teacher in seventh grade at Nantieoke Junior High School asking student please not to bring limburger cheese sand¬ wiches for lunch any more. [missiles which can be launched missiles and rockets from a surface from aircraft, surface ships, and.ship which would be able to ap- submarlnes, the Defense Depart- proach an enemy coastline sho ment revealed on Saturday. ;that even a weapon of relative^ The department did not go into short ringe could become an inte details of range, fire-power, or pro- continental weapon, the Defe.' duction, 'Department said in an official pu! Two of the most Important de- lication. velopments in missiles are new "Air-to-AIr" Rocket guided missiles and rockets," the Another Important development !.s department said. the Navy's "Mighty Mouse." an Self-Propelled ' "air to-air" rocket with foldtag fins, A guided missile contains devices This weapon, announced months which steer it In a desired direc- ago, was developed for use by high- tlon after launching, while the speed fighter aircraft In attacking course of the rocket cannot be large, high-speed planes, changed after it is aimed and, The department said the Army launched. Both are self-propelled has "Loki" a new and relatively and carry their own fuel. inexpensive rocket, in "advanced Missile and rocket tests have been stages of development." under way for more than two years This rocket, it said, "gives prom- by all of the services from the ise of destroying planes at altitudes Navy's first experimental rocket above 60,000 feet." launching ship Norton Sound and; "There is also an Army guided at the Army's proving grounda at' tOmtinued on Page A-10> *i
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Volume | 45 |
Issue | 13 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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45TH YEAR, NO. n^48 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1951
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—*vaA»,j Indapudent Photo(r«L|>h by Pitul bleler
Sedan Loser in Meeting Freight On RR Crossing in Swoyerville
Chief Joseph Urban, left, and Officer Andrew Leonard of the Swoyerville Police Department survey the damage to the sedan operated by Stephen Adams, Jay street, Swoyerville, which was struck by g Lehigh Valley freight train Friday night at Hugihes street crossing. Adam.s, alon, in the car at time of the accident, escaped with minor bruises. The train was traveling west at the time.
Fourth Day of Offensive Takes Allies Neat Seoul
Fanning Out as Reds Fail to Strike Back; Main Body Not Met
By RUTHERFORD M. POATS
TOKYO (SUNDAY) Jan 28 (UP).—Allied forces that drove through Suwon and speared within 10 miles of Seoul yesterday fanned out toward the north along a 40-mile front today for the fourth straight day of their offensive.
500 Gallons of \
Gasoline Sold \
For Furnace Oil
FLINT. Mich.—Fire department emergency crews stood by last i night as radio stations and news- ; papers warned Flint home own¬ ers that S(X) gallons of highly explosive gasoline had been er- ront-ously so'd iOr fuel oli.
Fire Chlet C^cin Jonnson said "a house would go up like a stick of dynamite" if any of the gaso¬ line got into an oil furnace.
He said 150 gallons of the gas had been recovered but that "there's too much of It still miss-
Changes Coming
American and Allied units resumed the attack all along' ing to feel comfortable
flNEINSISlG \Atomic Blast Set off
iEW STATE TAXES'" ^*""'*''" "*''"*'" IL BE NEEDED
Contradicts Hopeful Statement Given Out By State Senator
STATEWIDE TEST OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 RAID WARNING
startled Country Lit By Daylight Glow In Pre-Dawn Test
the western front after expected Chinese Communist coun¬ ter-attacks failed to materialize during the night and early morning.
United Nations troops moved out cautiously, searching every foot of the tetrrain on the lookout for what a briefing officer described »» a screening force of Reds who are fighting a delaying action." Officers said UN troops probably have not hit the enemy's m&in defensive forces.
By the end of the third day ofilchon has been secured," an Allied the offensive yesterday the speedy! general told Burson In announcing Allied armored forces had routed jthe flrst strategic victory of the or trapped the last Chinese de- offensive since the capture of fenders of the strategic eaat-west highway through Suwon.
American troops were waging a
vicious battle of annihilation against j ———^^—^——————^—
an endttiled Chinese force at dusk | Suwon, Kumpangpang, Ichon and Saturday in a tiny village among jYoju.
the hUls southeast of Suwon, United I other front dispatches reported Press Correspondent William Bur-1 that the U. S. 1st Corps chopped ton reported from the western om gajng up to two miles against front today. ! stiffening resistance. The main drive
"The highway between Suwon and! (Continued on Page A-2)
Wage-Price Rule Seen Unable to Stop Inflation
WASHINGTON.—The Wage Stabilization Board prom¬ ised on Saturday to revise the newly-ordered national pay.
He said the gas would flash at freeze "at the first pos.sibIe moment.
a temperature of 60 degrees.
Fire officials urged that all persons purchasing fuel oil on Saturday check carefully before putting it in their furnaces.
U.S. WON'T ASK
War Map on Page A-2
LAS VEGAS, Nev,—The second atomic explosion ever set off in this country roared over remote Frenchman Flat before dawn Sat¬ urday and cast a brilliant daylight glow over all of southern Nevada. HARRISBURG - Gov. John S, • •"• ¦•• W " • "" "« •*- „ « .'^M ""e fl'st of a series of
Fine yesterday hinted strongly -, » . e u IA J 11. If''*^'"» ^'^^^ •*'"?*?'*.I?* that new state taxes are In pros- Slatod Fob. 10 and 1 I,' ^t<»™'« ^nergy Commlasion's 5,00 nect after mil mi.Mia. >ij. square-mlle proving ground 100
^ a^Jti^uSly worded sUte- Black Outs' ArC Not miles northwest of here,
ment of about 180 words, the Gov- r^nnfiidArPfl NerP««9rV . "No/eports yet received have In
emor appeared to contradict al ^'OnSmereU neceSSary dicated any hasard " the AEC field
•tatsment by another top Repub-i MA»~T«mTTRr- in»»«, m,.«i^i **"*"•' *'•'"* •*** '" sjinounclng the Ucaa leader. Sen. JohajK wA«! Jf^f^™]^-^•'T'™7*5,'- Wast.
of Oatanont, who predicted last; Jt"'' }^ ^tr>"fj^!^'^^ ^ n^ ^' ""»*"' »PP*reiitly waa re- week that: "K looks like we'B be'***** " participate In the first corded oo seismographs at Call¬ able to squeeie through without ""*" sUte-wlde test of the Com-fornla Inatltuto of Technology, N^^fcvying any new taxes." imonwealths air raid warnmg ays- nearly SOO miles away. Attendants
^.<#Walker Is majority floor leaderi t^"? »'»*«" '°^ „;,i ti. . ,¦»'<• "something" waa recorded on ( Tn the SUte Senate. His prediction' ,^^'- Alton C M'lf'. aiflf *<>' oi their Instruments about the time was made at a press conference, l'?* State Civil Defense Cx)mmis-|„f y,e blast.
.« ••! .• L- .ai . sion, said that the state tests, which „_ „ _ _. «. „ ,i_
rSense MisnnderstaBdings' 'urtiiK. i,„i^ .„„,.„rr.«tw wifh «. No Report en Results
^_^ They described the shock as
•d here In Its entirety) said: ;;;bMrdVma7be"held'on either or
und*e?=i%s'li;V'-S,eTtlte"'«: »>oth of the two days scheduled,
^^ nances for the next two years
^T which need clarification.
The practice alerts will he pne- ocded hy three sharp, separate
¦Due to the fact there are some;""«f. f »''Xif'i^!li!"^»„^']f^?;?! additional expenditures which must °f «<>'"»> '*?'''*•. *,!*'*' "*«"t"y'"« be made in the 1951-153 biennium ¦'«"•'» wo"'*^ ""^ ^ sounded.
tional revenue will be required. But there will be no "black" or
"very small" and said it was so slight they could not even compare Its Intensity with the shock of the atomic bomb explosion at Alamo- gordo, N. M., In 1949, which also was recorded at Caltech. The Al mogordo shock also was described by Caltech scientists as "very small." The commission wa« close-Ilpped
Tl
The chief additional expenditures Ijrown out in the state m con-|g^^yj ^^j^^, ^3^,^^, ^, ^^^^ ^^^ j^ »re: Financing the soldiers' bonus, nectvon with the exercises, MHler|,^j ^^ ^3, "unlikely" that any an- $59,000,000; school subsidies and said that Air Force officials l.ave|„„^^^^g„^ ^^ the results would paymenU to teachers retirement; he d that soich precautions ars not,^^ ^^^ ^^^ either here or ta funds under existing law $39.0M,- yet necessary. ^ I Washington, It would not »y
000; state authority rentals, $8,000,-! For the first time since the end in^ti„i„^ «« i>=o.« a in»
000, and welfare and health Instl-lof World War U, all Pcnn-sylvania| ^'-onimuea on r-age a-iui
tutionN, $14,000,000, i citizens will hear the official, na-
"Aliio we have to reckon with tionwide uniform signal denoting
the fact that $6.3,000,000 ef surplus imipending air attack. This is the
funds were used to balance the ao-called "red alert,"
t present budget. j In addition, county defense of-
More Revenue Needed I ficlah will receive two preUminary
"There are some non-recurring alerts—the "blue" and "yellow" sig- appropriations and reductions In nals. The "yellow" alert gives no- expenditures to partially offset the tice that enemy aircraft are In the additional expenditures. partlcu-{ (Continued on Page A-2) larly the $17,000,000 "Pr'T"'**''""
for Schuylkill River deslltlng; $15,- qoitaiw Tn DCr«AI I 000,000 for housing, and a large DnllAIIM IU nCUALL
'^'Z i^.:if'I; that'Tiarg^ THOUSANDS OF VETERANS
smouiit of additional levenue will LONDON—Prime Minister Clem- be ncpflfrt. ent R. Atlee is expected to an-
"AU of this will be explained nounce plans for the recall to the
Uy in my hurlget message and colors of 100,000 to 200,000 veterans
midget as soon as it can be com- of World War II t |
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