Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              ILKES-BARRE'S NEW TRAFFIC RULES START TOMORROW
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I No Turning Like This Tomorrow Afternoon
When Wllkes-Barre'i new traffic rule* go into effect at midnlffht tonigtit, one of the restric- I tiona will halt left turns from South River street into Weat Northampton atreet between 4 and 6 in tha afternoon.
Thla pbaae of the new traffic program ia designed to apeed the flow of traffic on South River atreet, one of the busieat arteriea of travel ih the city and one which reaches its peak betvraan the boura of 4 and 6 in the afternoon. The left turn bas been piling up traffic in both dltcotiona in tbe buay hours.
Hong Kong Is Rocked by Comnmnist-Led R iof ing
Students Battle Police, Wrecfc Cars
HONG KONG—^Ten thousand Communist-led students and workers battled British police and soldiers Saturday injuring two American dipltmatic officials and 13 other persons.
The injured U. S. officials were Jack Leach, United States information service officer, and Robert Ballantyne, U. S. vice-consul.
The rioters set fire to official vehicles and attacked a police station. • A aenior iMlice officer aaid aome 100 CSilnese had been arrested, and that additional arreata were likely.
Five of the In^ed were IDuropeans, including two Kurop«an police inspectors.
Lieach, of Oldahoma CHty, had    The    youthful    demonstratora
Warships lunk,34Hit Iff Korea
Minttweeper Lost To Minn Which Navy Says Now Have Only Nuisance Value
WASHZNGTON-A    total    «f Amarieui    warafalps    have uak and U othara damaged KDreaa war, tbe Navy dis- «B Saturday.
r mliMawMpars have been Iqr ¦OaM. A amatt Anny ala* WM hMt to « alaa. But Na»r MW thlnka It haa laie ¦nw* wUppad. Vtca Adm. U. MMtlh, 8«v«ntli Fleet id«r, told the Unltad PrMa threat bad been reduced idha eritical category to one aliich haa Httile more than nuis¬ ance value."
Four destroyers have been damaged by mines and 29 other U. S. warsMps, mostly destroyers, Ware damaged by Gooimunist ih<H« battery flre. Cnilaar Wghtly Damaged A arulaer, the Roeheatar,
tflaA Mlgbitly by a near miaa aaaailal bomb. No earrlers or battlertilpB have ten daotaged.
In addition to the surface ship casualtiea, the Seventh Fleet has lost 407 carrier-based ajrcroft. Of these, 181 were combat tosses and J2« operational.
Navy personnel casualties total l,23ft-including 243 dead. J35 Wounded and 52 missing. But the Navy haa made the Communists pay many times over for these losses, fiatimated destruction and damage by the Seventh Fleet to Ked forces includea: Troopa   killed,   52.7B0;   railroad
trs deatroyed, 2,700 and damaged 40; bridges destroyed 1,000 and danwged 1,940: buildings destroy¬ ed 19,360, damaged 5,600 and locoraotives destroyed 290 anJ damaged 875. Snianhing Supply Lines
One of the main missions of the Seventh Fleet has been to disrupt enemy supply lines in North Ko¬ rea. And the Navy has inflicted moat of itJ destruction and dam¬ age In tbat area.
Thla mission has been carried out moat auccesHfully Martin said.
The Seventh Fleet has been di¬ vided Into four operating groups (Oontinued  on Page A-2)
Last-Minute Touches
Made by
Strkt Enforcement Sure
WUkes-Barrc's first radically new traffic program since the in- atallation of traffic lights will go into effect tomorrow morning at 7.1
Special police detalla worked last night and will continue today erecting holders and poata for the dosens of "no left turn," "no ^rking," "one wasr" and varied other aigna that will be affixed late tonight to guide motorista tomorrow morning.
Greatest concentration of traffic patrolmen In the central city area tn the history of the police bureau will take place tomorrow tnorning.  Men will be spotted at {that in mind and aet according
minor head inhirlea but waa not taken to the hospital. BaUantyne went to a hospital for treatment of head injuries.
Leach said he and Ballantyne were riding in a taxi along Nathan Road when they encoun¬ tered the demonstrators. About 30 persons, shouting alogans and throwing stones, aurged toward the car.
The two men raced into a near¬ by police atation hot not before they were atruck by rocks. Many iBjured
In addition to 16 persons treated at hospitals, numerous others suffered minor injuries but did not report for boapitai treat' ment
The injured Induded Hong Kong Deputy P<riic* Gonunission¬ er A. C. Maxwell.
United Stataa Navy officers and enlisted men on shore leave here were ordered baok to their ships as a precautionary measure.
British army peraiMinel waa ordered to return to units and radio broadcasts warned all resi dents to stay off the atreeta unless they had urgent budneaa.
all key pointa under the new pro gram, in addiUon to fillini the teguUr "traffie poata. Vlalaltena ta Bring Arrests
Last-minute preparationa for the start of the program and the scheduling of police personnel were completed yeaterday after¬ noon at 3:30 by Mayor Luther M. Kniffen, Chief of Police J. Rua¬ sell Taylor and Capt C. J. Rigoni at the police traffic division.
R la going to Uke Ume for motoriata to become familiar with the new regulations and Mayor Kniffen said "our ptdlce will have
ly." But he aaid—and he emphatic about It—that absolute violations, auch as parking in prohibited areas and flagrant dis¬ regard for normal flow of traffic, will bring arreata. Cars to Be Towed Away
The ^ mayor ^so announced through Chief IVylor and Capt. Rigoni that "the practice of tow¬ ing automoMIea out of prohibited sones will be resumed"
They said that the new traffic
program can only be sueeessful
through  eomplete observance of
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Here Are the New Rules:
ONE WAY — EAST JEFFERSON LANE—between SOUTH MAIN  and
SOUTH STATE. SOUTH STREET—between SOUTH WASHINGTON
and SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA. EAST   JACKSON—between   NORTH   MAIN   and
NORTH PENNSYLVANIA.
ONE WAY — WEST MERCHANTS LANE—between NORTH PENNSYL¬ VANIA and NORTH STATE.
ONE WAY — SOUTH SOUTH   STATE—between   EAST   MARKET SOUTH STREET.
and
NO PARKING — 4 TO 6 P. M. ONLY NORTH    RIVER—between    NORTH    and    WEST
MARKET. SOUTH    RIVER—between    SOUTH    and    WEST
MARKET.
NO PARKING AT ANY TIME WEST   JACKSON—between   NORTH   MAIN   and
NORTH RlVEK. EAST JACKSON—on north side between NORTH
MAIN and NORTH PENNSYLVANIA.
NO LEFT TURNS — 4 TO 6 P. M. ONLY SOUTH RIVER and WEST NORTHAMPTON SOUTH MAIN and NORTHAMPTON EAST MARKET and WASHINGTON
NO LEFT TURNS AT ANY TIME SOUTH WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON LANE
were protesting firm action by this Britlah crown otdony govern ment In blocking the entry to Hong Kong of a Chinese Com' munlst refugee "comfort missipm." Big Welcome Planned
The 81-man mission was to come here from Canton with the proclaimed purpose of providing reUef for about 20,000 Chinese made homeless by a fire last No¬ vember in the refugee colony of Tungtau. Liocal Communist lead¬ ers had made preparations for a big welcunne for the Red mission.
Demonstrators    carrying    r« d flags and bamnera started march lag to tbe border to welcome the mission but their path was block¬ ed by police, and rioting flared,
One group of several hundred Commimiart-led youths. In 40 min' utes of violence, overturned and burned ona poUea oar, one police motorcycle and an army truck Nine peraons wera injured in thia daah. Including a BriUah soldier and a European poUee officer.
Anothar mob,  sevaral hundred
atrong,   broke   from   the   main
ranks and attacked the Mongkok
Ipolice station.
$2,500,000 Stolen from Home In History's Biggest Robbery
WSm SEEK 10 STOP FORMING EUROPEAN M
May Be Price of Co-operation with Present Government
PARIS, — Gen. Charles De Gaulle's "Rally of the French People" last night handed Paul Reynaud a list of terms which may include acrapping of the European army plan aa the price for partkcipaitloB hi tbe govam- ment Rsgmaud bopea te f ona.
OauUtat party laadaia, aftar talking wtth Raynaud, aaid thay
«• "aMwntiaUy In aooord" with his attempt* to reeeiM Franca trom its cabtnat crisis and finan- elid ills through ereation of a "National Unity" government.
The GauBlats announced their willingness to discuss the possi¬ bility of joining a cosdttion for the firat time since the party was organized, as the Bank of France warned that the state of French finances leavea no time for po¬ llUcal dallying.
While the GauHst party's sup¬ port spurred hopes that Reynaud could form 9. government to end the nation's grave crisis, the partjr's terms were expected to be hard, if not Impoasible, for Rey¬ naud to accept nrst Offer To Co-operate
Last night's discussion of the Gaulist party leaders with Rey¬ naud marked the first time since the party was founded in 1947 that they had so much as offered to conaider participation in any government which they did not oompletely control. ,
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An OPS Story
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Cop, Lawyer, Birds, Slingshot Set Scene for Washington Tangle
TREASURY HEAD UNDER NEW FIRE
RENO, Nev. — Multi-million- aire Laverne V. Redfield, who was rohbed of $2,500,000 in what may be historys' biggest burglary, said he guessed he was "pretty stupid" to have kept all that wealth at his homa
But he had "a reason," he said.
He refused, however, to tell why he had the fortune in cash, securities and jewelry in the 400-pound safe that burglars carted from a bedroom eloaet Jn mid-afternoon Friday. Red- field and his wife were playing roulette in a downtown casino at the time, and the burglars fed their watchdog a hambone from the refrigerator to keep him quiet. Misa Another Million
It would have been an even bigger haul. Police said the burglars missed a battered suit¬ case which was in the same closet It oontaitied another $1,- 000,000 in negotiable securities.
Redfield found one thing to smile about today: the burglars did not harm his dog.
'That's the thing that pleases me most," he said. "I'd rather lose two or three million dollars than have them harm my dog. He's a good dog."
While he was reputed to he 1 worth  millions,  he was known I to haggle over  the  price, of a can of soup. Fortune In Oil
Redfield's friends said he was broke in. 1931 and made his first fortune in oil deals. Today the multi-millionaire aaid he had a reason for keeping his hoard in  the closet.
"I know it's difficult for a person to understand," he said. "But I do have a reason. I don't think .anything would be gained by saying what It is^but hon¬ estly, I do have a very sound reaaon." Dog Unabashed
But totally unabashed over the incident was Rcdfield's Kerry Blue terrier, which munched on a hambone the burglars took from a kitchen icebox to keep the animal quiet while they made off with the safe.
Redfield satd he had slim hope that the burglars who looted his 15-room stone house could be traced When they tried to cash the securities. He con¬ fessed he had no list of tne cer¬ tificate numbers they bore.
"I know this sounds pretty silly, but I just don't have those   numbers   available."   he
satd. "I do a lot of trading ta investments, and for some rea¬ son they just aren't available." He said business associataa, including several members of the New York Stock Exchange, had telephoned, asking for &¦ certificate numbers in an ef¬ fort to prevent transfer of tha securities.
"I had to tell them I didn't have that information," Rod- field said sadly.
In Washington, internal rev¬ enue commissioner John B. Dunlap said his tax agents wera Interested in the ease.
"Tou're doggone right we'ra interested." he said. '1 havent been told about it officially, but I'm sure our special agent eut there is looking into tt.'' »
Police had two clues. One was a badly-scratched piekuqp truck two neighbors sak) they saw in the Redfield yard during the time the burglary was be¬ lieved to have occurred. Pra- aumably. It was uaed to carry away the safe.
The second was a minatura bar of soap with a wrapper bearing the worda "Vi. James Hotel, Davenport. Ia." It was found near the window through which the burglars lifted tba safe and may have been used to slide the safe out
TRUMAN KEEPS
Rep. Reed Demands Snyder Give Up Post; 'Winked' at Corruption
WASHINGTbN — Rep. Daniel A Reed demanded yeterday the resignation or firing of Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder for "winking" at corruption in the tax-collecUng Intamal Reve- nu« Buceau.
Reed is ttaa top-ranking Ra- piddloan maoiAMr at tba Houas ways an4 Biaaaa aoMMiItt Krtalflb has gaaaral Jurisdietion h^aUthm aiffaoting the Traasuiy Depaitmant Raps Snyder, President
'Secretary Sngrder cannot evade r«a{>onsiblUty for the widespread corruption rampant In tbe Inter¬ nal Revenue Bureau," tha New Hampshire legislator aaid. "Vot oan Prwaident Truman success- ftiUy aipologize for Snyder's fail¬ ure to correct scandalous con¬ ditions existing within the bureau
It becomes tncrcaalngly dear that the treasury was not ignor¬ ant of thoae conditions—^that in fact, he winked at tiiem." Neither Movea
Reed's attack folk>wed similar demands from other Republicans. The GOP criticism has had no apparent effect however, because Snyder has shown* no Indication of resigning nor haa Mr. Truman hinted tbat he has given any thout^t to firing him.
The President and Snyder are close friends.
Reed aaid in his statement that George J. Schoeneman, then com- (Continued on Page A-2)
3S,000CommunistsHere C of C Tells in Survey
Sees 'Hard-Core' Remaining for WorJc, Thousands Shying Away
Ends Speculation On Pentagon Fight Over Defense Plans
WASeONGTON-Gen. Aoyt a Vandenberg, Air Force dilef ef ataff, waa taptied by President Tnmian yesterday for another 14-month term in the Important defense post.
The White House said the President wanted to give Vanden¬ berg the opportunity to complete 30 years of military service in his present iob.
Gen. Curtis E. Leraay, com¬ manding general of the Strategic Air Command, will move up to vice-chief of staff, and Gen. Na¬ than F. Twining, who has been vtoa-obiet, wtU take over Lamay's big bomber post ¦paanUtlea Ended
Tho Preaideat's nomination of Vandenberg will ba sent to the Sanato thla week. Vsndenberg's preaent four-year term expires April 30. He will be continued m Us job until June 30, 1953.
The^omination ends months of speculation at the Pentagon that Vandenberg might be on the way out and would be replaced by Lemay.
Lamay is a protagonist of long- range atomic bombing, and as such seea eye-to-^eye with Air Force Secretary Thomas K. Fin- latter.
Therefore, the movement up the scale of command for Lemay represented no victory for the advocates of more emphasis on tactical air power—fighters and close support of army ground troops.
As vice-chairman. Lemay, in a sense, would be the acting ooera- tional chief while the handsome SS-year-old Vandenberg is busy wlUi Congress and the joint chiefs of staff.
The   White   House   annoiince- (Contlnued on Page A-2)
WASHINGTON-A special com¬ mittee on Oommuniam aet up by tha U. S. Chamber of Commerce reiported that the American Omn- munlst party haa been stripped to 35,000 "hard-core" members and that "fellow-travellers and dupes" have been "disillusioned or fright¬ ened away in drovea"
Less than two weeks ago, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said thera were 54,000 card-carrying Communists in the United States and about 540,000 potentially dan¬ gerous fellow-travellers. Raps 8tat« Dept
The Chamber of Commorce ma;de its estimate in a 65-page report on "Communism: Where Do We Stand Today?" The report castigated the State Dapartment
for miahaniSlpg tlila oountry's ffsf elgn relations and loalng w«rtd oonfidenoa ia America's leads r- ihip.
In reporting the "drastic shrink¬ age" in Communist party mam- bershlp and tlla number «f felhMfo travellers, tha Chamber warnM against over-opUmiaa In tha aat* tie against aubversien.
"It la not yet time fer eompla* ceney," the reiiett said. It easH not be ignored tbat ws hava in our mldrt aavaral hundred tha«- sand foimer Oonunmlst partgr members." Few Make Switdi
The report said that only a "^Mi¬ nority" of these are known "^ have made a complete switch and are thoroughlyr toyal." Still fewer have become "strong anti-Com¬ munist fighters," the report added.
"It would be premature to re¬ joice In thlj shrinkage, as if the fight were over," the report said. (Continued on Page A-3)
Telephone Rtrfe Decision Due By Friday from State PUC
WASHINGTON The cop Knew »• law and his duty
For that  matter,  so  did  Fritz ^rtaann, youthful government at •orney.
fe d tone of authority the cop ¦"d: "tu have to take that it's • *»agerous  weapon."
Said Heiraann:   "You can't  It's ¦"vernment property. m,^"^'   'n   his   wa.v,   was   right ^  cop   was   right   because   it was a dangerous weapon -for fhe
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Heimann was right, too, about one thing.    The slingshot in his hand really was government prop¬ erty. DM His Duty
But out there on the pigeon- cluttered mall at the fool of Capitol Hill, the cop clearly had to do his duty.
He not only made Hoimann slnit 'hooting: he took away his sling¬ shot.
Heimann complaint-fl to Farli Police headqnarter.^. After hear¬ ing his  story, tbe  police said  ht
POPE IS 76 TODAY; RECEIVES MESSAGES
VATICAN CITY—Pope Pius XII received ocores of congratu¬ latory messages from all over the world laat night on the eve ofi his 76th birthday anniversary and the 13th annlveraary of his elecUon to the pontificate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vatican sources said an even greater number of messages was expected todio', but that the Pope woidd mark the dual anniversary only by holding his usual audi¬ ences and going for his usual daily walk.
Communist Foe to Form N ew Government in Egfpt
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvan¬ ians will lca«n this week whether the five-cent pay-station telephone call will follow the nickel beer and dime hot dog into oblivion.
The state Public Utillity Com¬ mission before Friday must de¬ cide what to do with the $32,355,- 600 annual raite increase asked by the Bell Telephone Co. for its customers throughout the state.
The rate boost, which the tele¬ phone firm filed with the PUC on Jan. T would raise basic resi¬ dential charges by approximately 50 cents a month and would double the preaent nickel pay sta¬ tion charge for local calls. Three Coorses Open
The PUC may follow three courses on the rate case.   Tt may:
1.—Permit BeJl to put the pro¬ posed tariffs into effect March 7 as the utility requested.
2.—Suspend them for ' six months while it investigates the company's statistics to support the rate increase.
S.—Stash the proposed increaaa or reject It entirely.
The commission is believed more likely to adopt either of the first two choices than the third. Since the end of World War It the PUC has consistently adhered to the policy of granting rate In¬ creases as long aa costs eontlnuus to rise. Big Boost ta IMI
BeU received a $17.M3.000-a- year boost in its rates In \Mt af¬ ter a k>ng, drawn-out series ef hearings before the eommissian. The utility had asked %o ba par- mitted to boost rates by t25,000,« 000 but the PUC slashed mara than $7,000,000 from that amount
Formal complaint against the Bell proposal have been filed by the city of Pittsburgh, the Penn¬ sylvania Hotels Associattion and the state Ooumcil fer Industrial Organization rCIO>. In addition, a niwiber of Informal protests have been lodged by individuals and groups.
All Officers' Clab
CAIRO, Egypt — Premier Aly Maher Pasha resigned on Satur¬ day just as the crucial Angol- Kgyptian negotiations we^e sched¬ uled to rpsume. and King Farouk called on Neguib El Hilaly Pasha, a bitter foe of Communism, to for a new government.
Maher Pasha's five-weeks-old independent rej<im«f resigned sud¬ denly in a cabinet dispute over whether Parliament should be kept in session during the pre¬ liminary talks with British Am- ):'.ssador Sir Ralph Stevenson which were scheduled to open yesterday. Parliament Won't Suspend
King Farouk had authorized a suspension of Parliament in caae of  opposition   to    bill   providing <i4 0ii'\000 damacies for victims ot o-  Ka'ser  Wilhelm   U   m<r- the   Cairo  rioU  on  Jan.  26,  but ould come and get the slingshot i ried   the   daughter  of  the   Duke|:lie council of ministers said ar Heimann's  story: | )f   Brunswick's   hunt   ma.su i    1    onderstanding  had  been  reached
Earlier in the week a sliiisshoi one of the most glittering royal I and  that  Parliament would  not ^(Continued on Page A-2)      'weddipga since the war. be suspended tor that reason.
KAISER'S GRANDSON HAS BIG WEDDING
DEDSTEDT, Germany — Prince Willujim Karl of Prussia, grand-
Coincidentally, the opening of the Anglo-Egyptian tolka was postponed unexpectedly because Stevenson reported that he was suffering from a chill. No new opening date was set Immediately for the negotiations, which are expected to cover the whole prob¬ lem of Eigypt's demand for Bri¬ tish evacuation of the Suez Canal zone and for unity With the Su¬ dan under the Egyptian crown. Think lUness Oenulne
(Officials in London dismissed the suggestion that Stevenson's illness was "diplomatic" and aald it was probable that a new date for opening the talks would be set/ next week).
Maher Pasha and his indepen¬ dent goveriunent resigned as a result of a dispute with Hafez Afifi, royal chief of the cabinet who demanded that the Wafdlst- dominated Chamber of Deputies ba suspended during tfaa nago- tiationa.
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Congressman Claims Rustic lakeside Lounge ts Tax-Paid Hide-away for Big Army Brass
A. P. HILL ACIIJTARY RES- E3RV ATION, Va. —That rustic lakeside lodge, said the colonel, with pointed finger, is an officers' club.
That officers' club, said Rep. Pat Sutton, is a hide-away or hunting lodge supported by the taxpayers for top-ranking Army officers.
The exchange took place when Sutton, a Tennessee Democrat, descended unannounced today on this military post with a number of newspapermen and photogra¬ phers, j
Sutton charged in the house Friday that the $50,000 Lodge was! built or the personal use of Lt.l Gen. Edward H. Brooks, comman-; der of the 2nd Army at Ft. Meade, Md. Club Closed on Saturday r
The colonel, Julian E. Raymond, ^t<mifii»mWiig oftloer of tbe rassr-
vation, insisted ^that the lodge, which was locked, is an officers' club.
Sutton, who served in the Navy for five years during World War II, said:
"That's the first officers' club I ever saw that was closed on Sat¬ urday afternoons.
"I am more convinced than ever that what I told the House was about right.
He said it might be that the lodge is used not only for Gen. Brooks, as he originally charged, but also for other top brass in the Army.
Sutton doubted that the lodg.^ had been used as any ordinary officers' club. Wouldn't Open it
Raymond  waa   asked  why   the
brisk business.   He replied: "Kn not that kind of a club."
The colonel said the ledga la opened only every month or M for a dance or a party. He da> dined to open it so Sutton and the newsmen could look losida ba> cause, he said, he didn't have s key.
But he already had a goad look through the windows before tka colonel arrived. He and Suttov reached the lodge without intar> ference by following a w^-mark- ed road which led over a winding route about five miles inside ths sprawling, wooded reservation.
The lodge is perched high on a knoll   overlooking   Travis   Laka ("Fishing by Permit Only"). Shiny and Spotleaa
The lodge has a big central haD
Lodge was locked tight on a Sat-j downstairs witii giant atone (Ira- urday afternoon when officers'pk%ces at each end. A huge ktteiM dubs aonnaUy would be doing ai       (Contlnuad on Page A.-9