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Detroit Beats Cleveland for First Win; Phils Win Of A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Today: Cloudy, oool. Monday: Cloudy, warmer. 46TH YEAR — NO. 26 — 68 PAGES m%at Aaait «t OlraUaaaM WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Scenes from Nanticoke's Loyalty Day Parade Renewal of Truce Talks Abruptly Halted by UN —aaaaar iBnaosiuiMit Pbotosnrn b; Paui him«v Part of i^ Berwick Cadeta Jundor Dmm and Bugl* Corpa, togetiier with' member* ef the Polish American Citizens Club and the Italian-American Citlzena Oiub of Nantleok* par¬ ticipating in yesterday's Loyalty Day celebration in Nantiooke, are ahown abova. Olieae group*, among tbe outstanding parade entriea, drew applauae along tta* Vn* of march. (So* Story on Page A-IS.) —aaaday Iiid«o«Bd*nt Plistoantph br Paul BUI«r CblldrMi ot tt>e Nantlook* araa war* in their gk>ry yaotorday aa tfti*y paradad, hundrad* atrong; l*i th* flrat of numeroua Loyalty Day proc***iona *oh*dul*d to he held tfaroughout th* eountry from April 26 to May 4. til* marchar* *hown abova, laft te riglit, ar* th* Junior Oaithoiic Daughter* and ttMir aaeort*. aad variou* Boy Soout troop* ef the area, with their color bearata. 19 MUes Not Far —to Negro School KNOXVILJ.K, Tenn.,—A fed- aa|J }udc* yesterday refused to fwJr fiv* If*gro parenta send their «htldr*a to a whit* high *chool and aaid that It mllaa I* not an *>inreaaonabIe'' distance for them to toaval to a Nagro •oh oot. Judga ItolMtt Ll. Taylor, who to(A ttaa aaa* uader advt*em*nt in Tthmimf, rwlad tbat fiv* Anderaea aounty Negro (Aildren wer* not daaicd *qual constitu¬ tional protactlon hy having to attend til* Negro echool. Taylor aaid that Knoxvllle's Austin Ugh achool for Negroes has a higher aeademic rating than th* nearby Clinton white high aebool, whioh tfaar aought to att*Bd. Taylor aaid tbat atany white ¦tud^-nta ar* r*4iiir*d to traval *hn11ar dlatanc** und*r Bimilar eiroumatanoe* to r*aeh aehool* in Andaroon county. He *aid aohool bua*** ar* provided in an MALAYAN TERRORIST SLAIN BY BRITISH SINGAPORK — One of the chief Comuniat terrorists in Ma¬ laya and three of his followers were ahot to death yeaterday by Brtiah troopa In Selangor atate. Information volunteered by local reaidenta enabled troops of the Suffolk Regiment to corner ' and kill Long Pin, commander of the Communist "First Regi¬ ment," near the town of Ulu, it waa reported here. Thousands on Hand To Watch Nanticoke's Loyalty Day Parade th* world'* largeat. Including the drum and bugla aorp*, aiajor attea, oolor guard*, aelor baarara and a good oroa* aeotloa of organiiatloa'a mambarahip, all wearing their ualqna oap*. Nanticoke oity and achool offi¬ cial* and repreaentativ** of Now- port township school board and Hanover township board of com- misisoner* marched together, the largeat municipal government representation for a parade in years. With organizationa from th* h*avll7 r*prc*enl*d in tfaa Ua* of nuireh and unlformad bodioa from town* 10 to 20 mile* distant sw^lag tha aumbcn, Nantleok*'* Loyalty Day parad* yeaterday afteraoon meaeured up to th* expectation*. Post 200, Veteran* of Foreign Wars, apon¬ aored the large and colorful affair. The marching delegations, out stronger than ever before for a parade in Nanticoke, thrilled thousands of residenU and visi- Shickahinny Welcomed tors who lined the streets to view th* stirring spectacle. N*v*r before had so many ehil¬ drea appeared in a line of march in that part of the valley. Boy Sooute, Girl Scouta, drum and bugla groups, high achool banda, majorette*, big and littl* baton twirler*, eolor guards, color b * a r a r a and other uniformed groups, with moat members carry¬ ing flags, marched proudly In re¬ view. Patriotism was the key¬ note of the city's third annual Loyalty Day procession and the Showdown Was Thought at Hand TOKYO, Sunday — The United Nation* cmnnuuid can celled the firvt high-level meeting en a Koreui true* in more than two months today because of "unavoidable cfrcuaistances" an hour before senior negotiators were to meet at Panmunjon. "I eannot in any way am^y this move," said Allied spokeunan Brig. Gen. William P. Mucluris alter the Com munists agreed to the canccUation IS sdnutes after K wss proposed. atrcmc ladioationa existad prior to tba maatlnc batwaaa ooe IMtmd Nationa a*cotiator Vl«a AdOL C TiarB*r Jof and Noalb Karaan Qtet. Nam n, «hl*f Rad d*I«cate, tfaM tka i or th* 224aoath-old Koiaaa aw weald bava baan at Um fadad alreua taat Tfaa Canary aeaaion — flrat aoboduled la OT daya—wag post- ponod Indafinitaly. Ill* UN aaid Allied lialaoB officera would la- form tb* Oooimuniat* wfa*n thay wer* r*ady to raaum* tb* talk*. VSf llaiaon officer Col. Aadraw J. Kinney delivered tb* aoto.to th* Reda wllli tha Information that "unavoidahl* alrcumatanc**" ftiread th« oaoorilatlon. Matt Teama Maat Armlatie* aupwviaion negotl- atten* at tb* aUCf oMic*r levtf convened at tba true* ait* aftar th* fuU-drea* m**tlnc waa callad ott. Staff officers on annlatica w parviaion ar* diacuaaing tbm 1*- •ue* of Ruaaia's "nautrallty" and military airfield raoonatruction in North Koraa after a truo* settlement However th*r* waa littl* hop* that progreaa woukl bo aiad* at tba *tailf offlear l*val until after tta* top ddasata* moot Today'a ¦Mating waa Um T«fa by ataff offlooM aa armialaa auparvlatoa. Uiat tba pltnary hava ptoduoad a *n la Iba UN f«|dy OommuBlato aakad what waa to ba diaouaaad at tba maatkig. The bkint Alliad aaawar waat "^lie aimlatloa wnx. TO SAVB WAflHZNOrOtf — Iba United iOr loaaad War «t a Oonununlat ratum ot unwUUas prkMnara avan at Vim itek prriongad- aaBltaay atolam*te ranawal of major Cishtlae; V. officiala aaid «n Batuiday. IVnp laval d*t*nBiiiatk)n to stand firm tnd*Anlt*ly *n the POW kwua win ha r*A*otad, It was said la kUar truaa talks at Panmunjom, Oan B AutfaasMtaa b*sa ara making ao tt Is A-SO» T FOR MUM AID Ireland Rejects Atlantic Pact Ties, Loses Marshall Funds An outatanding and well cheer ed group waa tha Shiclcahinny delegation led by the high •ehool band and ita stete ehampkui baton twirler, maJor*ttas, drum and bugl* eorp* and oolor guards and eolor b*ar*rs of th* Am*rl' can Legion of the town. Immediately following waa Wilkes-Barra Orcle No. i and nicely uniformed r^r**entetlv< of the Berwick CadeU Junior Drum and Bugle Corp*. Polish Falcons of Mocanaqua, marchers played their parU well. I •^'^ ^y "* <*'""'" ^^^ ^^l' corps, Led by Police 1'^''° made an impressive ahow- Led by Wilkea-Barre Police !«« '" **» march through the Department'a motorcycle escorU four uniformed Nanticoke city patrolmen and six mounted mem¬ bers of the State Police at Wyo¬ ming, the parade moved west¬ ward on East Main street from Pennsylvania Stete Armor}' as darkening skies threatened more of the week's heavy rainfall. Harold Wermuth was parade marshal. Congressman James Van town. Polish Falcons of Nanti¬ coke proudly followed. Slocum townahip VFW, New¬ port High School Band and iU majorettes, West Side Club, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Polish- American Citizens Club and the Italian-American Citizena Club of Nanticoke had large groups en¬ tered and these marcher* radi- _ ated enthusiasm as they march- Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, the.Zandt, former national command- ed along. /British high commUsioner. sent er of the Veterans of Foreign! living RuUtein Post of the congratulations to the reginuiit. Wars, together with top local andj American Legion. Jewish War rcmpler also renewed h.s dc-j county officials of the VFW and Veterans, as well as Slocum town- for more work and loss Mayor A. B. Dreier, followed imghip American Legion with color European resi dents i open cars. .gu^^^^s and color bearers, helped to give the parade a miliUry air. his dc mand play" from of Malaya in a speech to thej Next in the line of march was Oiamber of Commerce in Ku-|the colorful delegation sent by ala Lumpur. Anthracite Post 283 of the VFW. Dying Mother Decides on Couple To Adopt Her Two Young Sons WjLUTH, Minn Mr.s. Ifivelyn I Paro made a henrt-breaking de¬ cision yesterday. She selected tin? ¦ couple ahe wants to adopt lier two boys after she dies aoon of oancer. Mrs. Paro, 44-year-old divorcee, already has outlived the time al- loted to her by doctors who told her March 6 that ahe waa in¬ curably ill. Many Want Children Many couples have offered to •^opt six-year-old Cle raid and nine-year-old Gordon, and M\fi. Paro has spent many tearful hours talking'te them. The right couple In Today's Issue nassified B—It Editorial. B—« fVaturo Pago K—l Moviea C—ll Obituary A—10 Radio C—W Social C—1 *l Sporte ...... »_i uajutf along Friday night, but Mrs. Paro haa not notified them yet She said she would not disclose their names until she has talked to them again. "They're wonderful people," she said, "and I know they'U be hap¬ py when I tell them I will leave my boys in their care.'' Mrs. Paro said she dad not think her ex-husband would claim the boys. "I doubt if he would be inter¬ ested," she said. She won a divorce and custody of the children in 1950 and said she believed her husband had left Minnesota. "I've worked hard all the^iP ve»r,s for the hoys" uhe nddrf'. "and I hate to leave them now." Yoiuiger Boy Can't Understand Gerald can not understand what is happening, she aaid. but Gor¬ don "itnow* and undersUnda." Gerald cries when we ask him whom he'd like for his next moth- (Continued on Page A-10) Luther Cease, president of the Nanticoke Eagles, was especially dressed for the occasion and rode a spirited horse. Youth Program on View The various Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops of the Nanticoke area as well aa tiie Junior Catho¬ lic Daughters were out for the occasion several hundred strong and showed the growth of the youth program in the past few (Continued on Page A-10» EXETER AUTO VICTIM STILL IN A COMA John J. Tomashunas, 87, of 170 West Grant atreet, Exeter, who was struck by an automobile Fri day momlng, has been in a coma at the Pittston Hospital for the past 40 hours, hospital authorities reported late laat nigh. He has not regained consciousness aince hir admission shortly before noon or. Friday. His condition was re¬ ported as "critical." The accident occurred in Exeter boi-ough and police said the driver of the vehicle, Joseph Brogenaki of Threofi, was releaaed under 1500 ball pending the outeome of Tomaataunair injurl**. WASHINOTON - Chairman Clement J. Zablocki of a Houae foreign affaira aubcommittee on mutual security said yesterday the United SUtes should con¬ tinue to withhold aid to Ireland until that country ia ready to make common cause with the frea nations of th* world. "Thara la r*ally no nautrallty," Zablocki aaid. "Kither you ar* for or atalast" For TlgMar Mriass on Omato Tha WlaooaalB Damoort h*ad- *d a foralga affair* *ubcom»ilt- te* that tourad W**t*m Burop* laat fali Th* subcommitt**'* r*- port urgod increaaed American aid for Spain and Tugoslavla, hut it called for tighter atrings on this eountry'a assistance to Atlantic Pact countries ahd Ger¬ many. 2iablocki aaid in an interview that ha believed United SUtea mlliUry and economic aasistanca to Ireland would tend to strength¬ en th* coUectlva defenae* of tta* West "But unleaa It ean be don* under th* mutual aecurity pro¬ gram, I do not believe w* should offer any help—militery or aco- nomic—to Ireland," he aaid. Bajectad Pact Ireland 1* the only Marshall Plan country that has declined to make an agreement for iU continuance under the Mutual Security Act of 1981. The act, passed laat October, specifies that future American aid muat be restricted to those friendly countriea prepared to help atrengthen "the mutual ae¬ curlty and individual and collec¬ tive defenaea of the fre* world." The Irl*h govormnent, which has declined to associate iteelf with th* Atlantic Pact has re¬ fused to accept American money under thoae terma. Paasea ITp Aaalatance In Uking tbis position. Ireland bas sprned a 96,000,000 technical assisUnce program which the Mutual Security Agency has pro¬ grammed for 1952. MSA had (Continued on Page A-10^ SAYS REVERSAL OF SHEL SEIZURE MEANS SIKE Court Decision Due; Doubt Taft-Hartley Wlll Be Invoked WASHINOTON—steel operators faced th* proopcct of winning court fight against President Truman's seizure of the Industry —and inviting a strike by 650,000 CaiO United Steel Workers. Nathan P. Feinsinger, ohairman of th* Wag* Stebillsation Board, pradicted "thar* d*ftaiitely will be a strike" if Fcdaxal Judg* David A. Plaa nuUlflaa Iba aateur*. Plna la —p*eted to daed* aarty a*at waak wbathar to snnt th* Induatry'a vaquaat for an injunc¬ tion asabiat ttaa sataur*, or at l*a*t oa iitt aaoompaaytng motion for aa ordar prohibiting a wage In- »as* tta* govSmment 1* ready to Impo**. Industry official* wera optimis¬ tic ovar their chances for a favor¬ able ruling on the basia of Pine's apparent aatonlshment at the gov¬ ernment's oontentlon that the courU eannot interfere with the Ptaeident'a inherent powera in an emergency. Feteainger said be felt a aettle¬ ment between the union and the induatry could b* "worked out at tha bargaining Ubl*" if th* aeix- ure la upheld. Only S Oourae* But he added that Mr. Truman would have only two courses open if nominal government operation of the steel mills were voided. He said the President could invoke the Taft-Hartley Act or aak Con- gress for apecial legislation au¬ thorising tha aeizure. But government officials doubt¬ ed that Mr. Truman would use the Taft-Hartley Act for a no-strike injunction inaamuoh aa tii« union voluntarily haa poatj>oned IU strike five tknes—at tbe government's requast^for a toUl of weU over the m-day* cooling off period the law provides. ¦nier* la considerable question how long It would take the Presi¬ dent to get the Taft-Hartley ma chinerv In motion to ward off a strike if It sUrted. On* industry official aaid a fact-flndng board could be apponted and sJi injunc¬ tion obUned in six hours. (Continued on Page A-10) Newbold Morris Case Under Pressure WASHINOTON—Houa* cm- ruptien lav*atlgatora plan to r*- T*al aext week taow the Juatte* Department handled the aurplu« tanker aaaa against tormer «l*an-u9 man Nawhold Morria, It waa laamad laat algtot Houaa auboommlttea ebairmaa Frank U Chalf (D-Ky.) said ha axpacte to mak* pubUc pravieu* doaod door taatlmony of an "attomay" tai th* Juatloa De- partmaat aad *a)I Aaalatant At¬ tomay Gaaaral Jama* M. M*- Inaniay for ci>*n quaationing. lb* aubcommlttea baa qu**- tlon*d te dosed session an un- IdantUlad attomay in th* erim* taial dlvWcn about an laveati- jatkm af Monte' Arm for ite part te tha tanb*c d«*1>. Taft, Ike Are Close In 5 States Iowa Asks Help As Mississippi Runs Unchecked WASHINGTON—Taft and BUa- onhoiwor toroea waged a nook' and-naok battle laat night aa re turns rolled in from five states with T« votes at the Republican i^raaidential nosninating conven tton. Saa. Robert A. Taft, tradition- aHy strong ta tb* South, waa aiaditad witb a majority of the ll-'Tote Aifcanaaa aad 14-vote Ariaona d*l*gatton*. Backera af a*n. Dwight D. Bkwnhwwer domlnatad th* IB- vote OoAorado and IT-vote Geor- fla delagationa. Taft backera alao claimed thc edga on the 14 votes of Utah. Colorado Aida Ike Colorado gave the Eisenhower force* their biggest boost—listing 15 for the general, two for Taft and on* for Harold e:. Stesaen. It waa a triumpta for Gov. Dan Iboraton and XSaenhowar booat- a. Ariaona Mated 10 for Taft, two fbr IMaanhowar aad two uneom¬ mittad. Arkanaaa oomplatad ite U-vote d*I«eation with nin* favoring Taft and tfwo Macommitted. Eia¬ enhower backers claimed three of (CTontlnued on Page A-10) DUBUQUE, la. — Rivar flood water* p o u r • d through tb* d*fenaaleaa lowlands of Dubuqu* yaaterday, routing mora than 1,000 people from their homes. Tha Miasiteipipl flood threat b*cama ao oritical in Iowa that tho governor aaked President Truman to daelar* flood*d *ec- tiona of th* *tate dlaaater areaa. Tba Miaaouri'a crest rolled through Dubuqu* early yeater¬ day. dfaiiton and Sabula, la., were aext in tte path. Sabula waa an Island aity, tta* riv*r flowing around it, and th* leveea there w<er* aoaked dangeroualy. Sewera Baddng Up Clinton r**identa also braced for tha river'a racord crest. Fur¬ naca oqui|ment waa removed from tta* cellar* of aeveral hun¬ dred houaea as aewer* in come neighborhood* began to baok up. Tba muddy water* of th* Miss- iaaippi atood up to six feet deep over a 100-block area of Dubuque. Most buoinasaas in the flooded area wer* forced to cloee. Flood Runs Vneheeked When th* river'a flood crest reached bh* city, th* water pour¬ ed unchecked through the streets. I>ubuqiua had no dtkcg to hold back the river, and residenU wera unable to build levee* along th* aix-mil* rivar front in thne for the oriel*. Ooaat Ouardamen te two amall Misaiasippi boaU and on* larger craft pa¬ trolled the water front aiding stranded reaidenU. At Davenport la., tha Miaaia- sippi wag nearing the oreat pra. dieted for today, and volunt**ta mainUined a 24-hour dike patroL Sandbags were piled oa aewer manholea to prevent flooding. Gov. William S. Bearaley aur- vayed tfaa flood aeen* from a Na¬ tional Guard plane. Later ha aaked Mr. Truman to decter* a disaster. Miaaourl Dropping Aoroaa Iowa to th* weet th* Missouri's might waned gradu¬ ally aa ito SO-foot «rast rolled downstream toward th* Missia- aippi. The swollen "Old Muddy" landed a few parting blows oa sagging dikea, but tha worat of the $200,000,000, three-waek ramp¬ age apparently waa ov*r. Muddy wator alowly receded from th* 600,000 acreg of land that had been flooded from th* Dakotaa to Misaourl. Many of th* 87,000 persons who had fled their homes were returning to clean up the mess. The Missouri continued to fall at Kansaa City, Mo., and pointe upstream. It hod dropped 1.4 feet to 23.3 feet in 24 houra at St Joseph, Mo. At Atehison, Kans., where tha river was six miles wide three days ago, it showed a drop of 2.4 feet since 7 a. m. Friday. PRO-TAFT FORCES WIN UTAH ELECTION SALT LAKE CJITY—Utah Re¬ publicans yesterday voted to aend to tha Chicago Nationai Republi¬ can Ccmvantion a alate of 14 men and woman favoring tta* Pr**i- dantlal nomination of S*n. Rohert A. Taft Th* Uteh delegate* will not be speclUcaUy inatructed, but pro- Taft forces won by a ratio of about aeven to four. Don't Forget the Clock- And You Turn If AHEAD At 2 thia morning, when you might best have been in bed, an invisible change occurred. ... It became Day¬ light Saving Time. You were supposed to have turned your clocka AHEAD one hour before you retired. If you didn't do it now and before you go out, or you might meet your¬ aelf coming hack. Tou might make aure also that aomebody alsa didnt turn It ahead last nlgbc . . . Getting tba tim*pi*oa tera hours to th* for* do*« no good at all, aittaor. ifi Valley Scene Kingston tchool bojit, with rw mort protection from pouring rain tham, whitt crotibeltt nuirking them taftty leadert, helping three tehoolmatet (girls) in boott, raincoats and hoods, aerott Wyoming avenue at Union ttreet, Thursday noon. Two girlt, after attending firet dano* in high heelt, tak¬ ing them, off to vialk the two miltt front Nanticoke high school to Honey Pot m slocking feet. Mother telling of all her troubles raising three ohil¬ dren wondering why mam in group rmiled—until he men¬ tioned he wat the father of if- Military Warns Economy Takes Korean War funds WASHINGTON — Defense Se< retary Robert A. Lovett yesterday aaked the Senate appropriations committee to restore $3,619,797,858 of the $4,713,845,216 cut by the Houae from millUry funds for iho fiscal yaar beginning July 1. Lovett alao aaked that oerUIn "language" in the House bill be eliminated on grounda it will in- terfere with Defenae Department operatlona. The defense chief did not spec¬ ify the language, but it was learned at the Defense Depart¬ ment that he did not refer to the House - imposed $46,000,000,000 spending limit. To Stop Navy Expansion Congrassional miliUry experta attacked that apending liniit on Saturday, aaying that funds for waging th* Korean War would ba endangarad aad tfaat It would raault in outbacks te Navy *x- ponalon, procurement of war plane* and building of air base*. Lovett'* reference to the lan¬ guage In the House-passed ap¬ propriations bill, it wa* explained, and on hiring of civil service em¬ ployees. However, it waa disclosed that when military leadera go befor* th* Senate miliUiy appropria^ tions aubcommittee they wH maite a strong effort to have the apending ceiling eliminated. BaqneH by LattOr Lovett'* requeet waa made in a letter to Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) of the mili¬ tary appropriations , subcommit¬ tee. It accompanied a aecret re¬ port on the Defense Department's analysis of the effects of the House cuts. The Defense Department had asked for appropriationa of $50,- 921,022,770 for the 1953 fiscal year. The Houee cut that to $46,- 207,177,864 and, in addition, apeci¬ fied that only $46,000,000,000 could be apent in tta* yaar. Tha department had Intended to apend more than that becaua* it had mon*y left over from pre¬ vloua yaara. O'Mahoney aaJd hia aubcom¬ mlttea will meet Tuesday to de- appUed to reatrictiona on funda i cide how to proceed on tfae de- carrled over from jrear to yearif«nse money hill. F^w Airmen in Korea Have Refused to Fly SEX>UL, Korea.—Lt. Gea. Frank _ IS Air Force reaervisU at San F Evereirt aaid yeaterday only a Antonio, T*»c, to oontimi* flying, "very amaU percantage" of Uth "In *uoh cases," th* Oth Atr Air Force airmen fighting in Force oommander aaid, "th* quea- Korea ever have expreased fear tion to be determined ia whether of flying and haa refused to fly th* fear of flying ia a consequenoa iii the last aix months. of temporary combat fatigue or He said there never haa been whether fear of flying la being a court martial In Korea for re- resorted to in order to avoid oom- fuaal to fly and no auch cases bat. TTiis ia determined by flying are pending* evaluation boarda, with the advice Answers Nowsmen «f medical officers. His atetement was made toi; 1n combat Where the gam* to response to newsmen's question* played for keepa, a weak pilot or in connecUom with the refusal ofl (Continued on Paga A«10) family Forbitts Blood Transfusion Cuartis Daughter's Hospital Room ODESSA, Tex—The father and two brother* of a critically-in¬ jured young mother guarded her hoapiUl room and threatened phyaleal violence if a doctor tried to give her a. blood tranafusion that might aava h*r life. lb* family «f 90-y*ar-old Marie Oliff, all mem'bar* of the Jeho¬ vah'* Witnes* religious acct, claimed tfae Bible forbids blood transfusions. "We think ahe will have a bet¬ ter chance to live by obeying God'a law." aaid the father. 31- year-old WiUiam Oliff. Midland, Tex., trailer caqip operator. "If she doesn't live we're still look ing out for her chances in the hereafter." Many Fractures The girl, injured in a head-on automobile coUiaion laat Sunday, had not regained conaciouaneas. She auffered a compound skull fractinra, a Cracturad pdvte, dislocated hip and both legs were broken. The physician, who would not permit use of hla name, said she was in danger of developing pneumonia and he feared that only blood could save her. Judge Caiarle* D. ButU Issued a restraining order to stop the family from interfering. The physician had not ordered a transfusion, however, and remain¬ ed "reluctantly" at her side. Will Ilc«i8t Ejection If he does order one, a war¬ rant will be issued so the father and his sons can be put out of the hospital corridor. They said they would resist ejection "phys¬ ically" or sue the doctor for vio¬ lation of their civil liberties. "You that eateth any aianner of Wood: I WlU ast mgr faaa against that soul . . . and wUl ««it him off from among bla paep)*," the paasag* aaid. The restraining order waa granted on a petition filed by Marie's ex-husband, Oyd* WMght of Ode**a. Mari*. wiw took har maiden nam* after bar dteetea, is the mother of a IS-montb-old daughter. Olvea IVo Pints Befora The attending doctor aaid that the family permitted hhn to give the girl two pints of blood when she wae brought to the Medieal Onter HospiUl after the acci¬ dent. "It saved her life, 1 feel" 'he doctor said. "At the time, her Oliff and his sons, John 27 and! father was quite willing for her Ben, 23. who came here from jto have the blood. He went out their Brooklyn, N. Y., homes.jand got a donor, in fact. He sinee quoted from the book of Levit- has changed his mind." cue, 17:10-2, to aupport their I The doctor said Marie waa atend. * (Ontinued oa Paga A-10) } i
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 26 |
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 | 1952-04-27 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1952 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 26 |
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.) |
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Detroit Beats Cleveland for First Win; Phils Win
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Today: Cloudy, oool. Monday: Cloudy, warmer.
46TH YEAR — NO. 26 — 68 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1952
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Scenes from Nanticoke's Loyalty Day Parade
Renewal of Truce Talks Abruptly Halted by UN
—aaaaar iBnaosiuiMit Pbotosnrn b; Paui him«v
Part of i^ Berwick Cadeta Jundor Dmm and Bugl* Corpa, togetiier with' member* ef the Polish American Citizens Club and the Italian-American Citlzena Oiub of Nantleok* par¬ ticipating in yesterday's Loyalty Day celebration in Nantiooke, are ahown abova. Olieae group*, among tbe outstanding parade entriea, drew applauae along tta* Vn* of march. (So* Story on Page A-IS.)
—aaaday Iiid«o«Bd*nt Plistoantph br Paul BUI«r
CblldrMi ot tt>e Nantlook* araa war* in their gk>ry yaotorday aa tfti*y paradad, hundrad* atrong; l*i th* flrat of numeroua Loyalty Day proc***iona *oh*dul*d to he held tfaroughout th* eountry from April 26 to May 4.
til* marchar* *hown abova, laft te riglit, ar* th* Junior Oaithoiic Daughter* and ttMir aaeort*. aad variou* Boy Soout troop* ef the area, with their color bearata.
19 MUes Not Far —to Negro School
KNOXVILJ.K, Tenn.,—A fed- aa|J }udc* yesterday refused to fwJr fiv* If*gro parenta send their «htldr*a to a whit* high *chool and aaid that It mllaa I* not an *>inreaaonabIe'' distance for them to toaval to a Nagro •oh oot.
Judga ItolMtt Ll. Taylor, who to(A ttaa aaa* uader advt*em*nt in Tthmimf, rwlad tbat fiv* Anderaea aounty Negro (Aildren wer* not daaicd *qual constitu¬ tional protactlon hy having to attend til* Negro echool.
Taylor aaid that Knoxvllle's Austin Ugh achool for Negroes has a higher aeademic rating than th* nearby Clinton white high aebool, whioh tfaar aought to att*Bd.
Taylor aaid tbat atany white ¦tud^-nta ar* r*4iiir*d to traval *hn11ar dlatanc** und*r Bimilar eiroumatanoe* to r*aeh aehool* in Andaroon county. He *aid aohool bua*** ar* provided in
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MALAYAN TERRORIST SLAIN BY BRITISH
SINGAPORK — One of the chief Comuniat terrorists in Ma¬ laya and three of his followers were ahot to death yeaterday by Brtiah troopa In Selangor atate.
Information volunteered by local reaidenta enabled troops of the Suffolk Regiment to corner ' and kill Long Pin, commander of the Communist "First Regi¬ ment," near the town of Ulu, it waa reported here.
Thousands on Hand To Watch Nanticoke's Loyalty Day Parade
th* world'* largeat. Including the drum and bugla aorp*, aiajor attea, oolor guard*, aelor baarara and a good oroa* aeotloa of organiiatloa'a mambarahip, all wearing their ualqna oap*.
Nanticoke oity and achool offi¬ cial* and repreaentativ** of Now- port township school board and Hanover township board of com- misisoner* marched together, the largeat municipal government representation for a parade in years.
With organizationa from th* h*avll7 r*prc*enl*d in tfaa Ua* of nuireh and unlformad bodioa from town* 10 to 20 mile* distant sw^lag tha aumbcn, Nantleok*'* Loyalty Day parad* yeaterday afteraoon meaeured up to th* expectation*. Post 200, Veteran* of Foreign Wars, apon¬ aored the large and colorful affair.
The marching delegations, out stronger than ever before for a parade in Nanticoke, thrilled
thousands of residenU and visi- Shickahinny Welcomed tors who lined the streets to view th* stirring spectacle.
N*v*r before had so many ehil¬ drea appeared in a line of march in that part of the valley.
Boy Sooute, Girl Scouta, drum and bugla groups, high achool banda, majorette*, big and littl* baton twirler*, eolor guards, color b * a r a r a and other uniformed groups, with moat members carry¬ ing flags, marched proudly In re¬ view. Patriotism was the key¬ note of the city's third annual Loyalty Day procession and the
Showdown Was Thought at Hand
TOKYO, Sunday — The United Nation* cmnnuuid can celled the firvt high-level meeting en a Koreui true* in more than two months today because of "unavoidable cfrcuaistances" an hour before senior negotiators were to meet at Panmunjon.
"I eannot in any way am^y this move," said Allied spokeunan Brig. Gen. William P. Mucluris alter the Com munists agreed to the canccUation IS sdnutes after K wss proposed.
atrcmc ladioationa existad prior to tba maatlnc batwaaa ooe IMtmd Nationa a*cotiator Vl«a AdOL C TiarB*r Jof and Noalb Karaan Qtet. Nam n, «hl*f Rad d*I«cate, tfaM tka i or th* 224aoath-old Koiaaa aw weald bava baan at Um fadad alreua taat
Tfaa Canary aeaaion — flrat aoboduled la OT daya—wag post- ponod Indafinitaly. Ill* UN aaid Allied lialaoB officera would la- form tb* Oooimuniat* wfa*n thay wer* r*ady to raaum* tb* talk*.
VSf llaiaon officer Col. Aadraw J. Kinney delivered tb* aoto.to th* Reda wllli tha Information that "unavoidahl* alrcumatanc**" ftiread th« oaoorilatlon. Matt Teama Maat
Armlatie* aupwviaion negotl- atten* at tb* aUCf oMic*r levtf convened at tba true* ait* aftar th* fuU-drea* m**tlnc waa callad ott.
Staff officers on annlatica w parviaion ar* diacuaaing tbm 1*- •ue* of Ruaaia's "nautrallty" and military airfield raoonatruction in North Koraa after a truo* settlement
However th*r* waa littl* hop* that progreaa woukl bo aiad* at tba *tailf offlear l*val until after tta* top ddasata* moot Today'a ¦Mating waa Um T«fa by ataff offlooM aa armialaa auparvlatoa.
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Ireland Rejects Atlantic Pact Ties, Loses Marshall Funds
An outatanding and well cheer ed group waa tha Shiclcahinny delegation led by the high •ehool band and ita stete ehampkui baton twirler, maJor*ttas, drum and bugl* eorp* and oolor guards and eolor b*ar*rs of th* Am*rl' can Legion of the town.
Immediately following waa Wilkes-Barra Orcle No. i and nicely uniformed r^r**entetlv< of the Berwick CadeU Junior Drum and Bugle Corp*.
Polish Falcons of Mocanaqua,
marchers played their parU well. I •^'^ ^y "* <*'""'" ^^^ ^^l' corps, Led by Police 1'^''° made an impressive ahow-
Led by Wilkea-Barre Police !«« '" **» march through the
Department'a motorcycle escorU four uniformed Nanticoke city patrolmen and six mounted mem¬ bers of the State Police at Wyo¬ ming, the parade moved west¬ ward on East Main street from Pennsylvania Stete Armor}' as darkening skies threatened more of the week's heavy rainfall.
Harold Wermuth was parade marshal. Congressman James Van
town. Polish Falcons of Nanti¬ coke proudly followed.
Slocum townahip VFW, New¬ port High School Band and iU majorettes, West Side Club, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Polish- American Citizens Club and the Italian-American Citizena Club of Nanticoke had large groups en¬ tered and these marcher* radi-
_ ated enthusiasm as they march- Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, the.Zandt, former national command- ed along. /British high commUsioner. sent er of the Veterans of Foreign! living RuUtein Post of the congratulations to the reginuiit. Wars, together with top local andj American Legion. Jewish War rcmpler also renewed h.s dc-j county officials of the VFW and Veterans, as well as Slocum town- for more work and loss Mayor A. B. Dreier, followed imghip American Legion with color European resi dents i open cars. .gu^^^^s and color bearers, helped
to give the parade a miliUry air.
his dc mand
play" from
of Malaya in a speech to thej Next in the line of march was Oiamber of Commerce in Ku-|the colorful delegation sent by ala Lumpur. Anthracite Post 283 of the VFW.
Dying Mother Decides on Couple To Adopt Her Two Young Sons
WjLUTH, Minn Mr.s. Ifivelyn
I Paro made a henrt-breaking de¬ cision yesterday. She selected tin?
¦ couple ahe wants to adopt lier two boys after she dies aoon of oancer.
Mrs. Paro, 44-year-old divorcee, already has outlived the time al- loted to her by doctors who told her March 6 that ahe waa in¬ curably ill. Many Want Children
Many couples have offered to •^opt six-year-old Cle raid and nine-year-old Gordon, and M\fi. Paro has spent many tearful hours talking'te them. The right couple
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uajutf along Friday night, but Mrs. Paro haa not notified them yet She said she would not disclose their names until she has talked to them again.
"They're wonderful people," she said, "and I know they'U be hap¬ py when I tell them I will leave my boys in their care.''
Mrs. Paro said she dad not think her ex-husband would claim the boys.
"I doubt if he would be inter¬ ested," she said.
She won a divorce and custody of the children in 1950 and said she believed her husband had left Minnesota.
"I've worked hard all the^iP ve»r,s for the hoys" uhe nddrf'. "and I hate to leave them now." Yoiuiger Boy Can't Understand
Gerald can not understand what is happening, she aaid. but Gor¬ don "itnow* and undersUnda."
Gerald cries when we ask him whom he'd like for his next moth- (Continued on Page A-10)
Luther Cease, president of the Nanticoke Eagles, was especially dressed for the occasion and rode a spirited horse. Youth Program on View
The various Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops of the Nanticoke area as well aa tiie Junior Catho¬ lic Daughters were out for the occasion several hundred strong and showed the growth of the youth program in the past few (Continued on Page A-10»
EXETER AUTO VICTIM STILL IN A COMA
John J. Tomashunas, 87, of 170 West Grant atreet, Exeter, who was struck by an automobile Fri day momlng, has been in a coma at the Pittston Hospital for the past 40 hours, hospital authorities reported late laat nigh. He has not regained consciousness aince hir admission shortly before noon or. Friday. His condition was re¬ ported as "critical."
The accident occurred in Exeter boi-ough and police said the driver of the vehicle, Joseph Brogenaki of Threofi, was releaaed under 1500 ball pending the outeome of Tomaataunair injurl**.
WASHINOTON - Chairman Clement J. Zablocki of a Houae foreign affaira aubcommittee on mutual security said yesterday the United SUtes should con¬ tinue to withhold aid to Ireland until that country ia ready to make common cause with the frea nations of th* world.
"Thara la r*ally no nautrallty," Zablocki aaid. "Kither you ar* for or atalast" For TlgMar Mriass on Omato
Tha WlaooaalB Damoort h*ad- *d a foralga affair* *ubcom»ilt- te* that tourad W**t*m Burop* laat fali Th* subcommitt**'* r*- port urgod increaaed American aid for Spain and Tugoslavla, hut it called for tighter atrings on this eountry'a assistance to Atlantic Pact countries ahd Ger¬ many.
2iablocki aaid in an interview that ha believed United SUtea mlliUry and economic aasistanca to Ireland would tend to strength¬ en th* coUectlva defenae* of tta* West
"But unleaa It ean be don* under th* mutual aecurity pro¬ gram, I do not believe w* should offer any help—militery or aco- nomic—to Ireland," he aaid. Bajectad Pact
Ireland 1* the only Marshall Plan country that has declined to make an agreement for iU continuance under the Mutual Security Act of 1981.
The act, passed laat October, specifies that future American aid muat be restricted to those friendly countriea prepared to help atrengthen "the mutual ae¬ curlty and individual and collec¬ tive defenaea of the fre* world."
The Irl*h govormnent, which has declined to associate iteelf with th* Atlantic Pact has re¬ fused to accept American money under thoae terma. Paasea ITp Aaalatance
In Uking tbis position. Ireland bas sprned a 96,000,000 technical assisUnce program which the Mutual Security Agency has pro¬ grammed for 1952. MSA had (Continued on Page A-10^
SAYS REVERSAL OF SHEL SEIZURE MEANS SIKE
Court Decision Due; Doubt Taft-Hartley Wlll Be Invoked
WASHINOTON—steel operators faced th* proopcct of winning court fight against President Truman's seizure of the Industry —and inviting a strike by 650,000 CaiO United Steel Workers.
Nathan P. Feinsinger, ohairman of th* Wag* Stebillsation Board, pradicted "thar* d*ftaiitely will be a strike" if Fcdaxal Judg* David A. Plaa nuUlflaa Iba aateur*.
Plna la —p*eted to daed* aarty a*at waak wbathar to snnt th* Induatry'a vaquaat for an injunc¬ tion asabiat ttaa sataur*, or at l*a*t oa iitt aaoompaaytng motion for aa ordar prohibiting a wage In-
»as* tta* govSmment 1* ready to Impo**.
Industry official* wera optimis¬ tic ovar their chances for a favor¬ able ruling on the basia of Pine's apparent aatonlshment at the gov¬ ernment's oontentlon that the courU eannot interfere with the Ptaeident'a inherent powera in an emergency.
Feteainger said be felt a aettle¬ ment between the union and the induatry could b* "worked out at tha bargaining Ubl*" if th* aeix- ure la upheld. Only S Oourae*
But he added that Mr. Truman would have only two courses open if nominal government operation of the steel mills were voided. He said the President could invoke the Taft-Hartley Act or aak Con- gress for apecial legislation au¬ thorising tha aeizure.
But government officials doubt¬ ed that Mr. Truman would use the Taft-Hartley Act for a no-strike injunction inaamuoh aa tii« union voluntarily haa poatj>oned IU strike five tknes—at tbe government's requast^for a toUl of weU over the m-day* cooling off period the law provides.
¦nier* la considerable question how long It would take the Presi¬ dent to get the Taft-Hartley ma chinerv In motion to ward off a strike if It sUrted. On* industry official aaid a fact-flndng board could be apponted and sJi injunc¬ tion obUned in six hours. (Continued on Page A-10)
Newbold Morris Case Under Pressure
WASHINOTON—Houa* cm- ruptien lav*atlgatora plan to r*- T*al aext week taow the Juatte* Department handled the aurplu« tanker aaaa against tormer «l*an-u9 man Nawhold Morria, It waa laamad laat algtot
Houaa auboommlttea ebairmaa Frank U Chalf (D-Ky.) said ha axpacte to mak* pubUc pravieu* doaod door taatlmony of an "attomay" tai th* Juatloa De- partmaat aad *a)I Aaalatant At¬ tomay Gaaaral Jama* M. M*- Inaniay for ci>*n quaationing.
lb* aubcommlttea baa qu**- tlon*d te dosed session an un- IdantUlad attomay in th* erim* taial dlvWcn about an laveati- jatkm af Monte' Arm for ite part te tha tanb*c d«*1>.
Taft, Ike Are Close In 5 States
Iowa Asks Help As Mississippi Runs Unchecked
WASHINGTON—Taft and BUa- onhoiwor toroea waged a nook' and-naok battle laat night aa re turns rolled in from five states with T« votes at the Republican i^raaidential nosninating conven tton.
Saa. Robert A. Taft, tradition- aHy strong ta tb* South, waa aiaditad witb a majority of the ll-'Tote Aifcanaaa aad 14-vote Ariaona d*l*gatton*.
Backera af a*n. Dwight D. Bkwnhwwer domlnatad th* IB- vote OoAorado and IT-vote Geor- fla delagationa.
Taft backera alao claimed thc edga on the 14 votes of Utah. Colorado Aida Ike
Colorado gave the Eisenhower force* their biggest boost—listing 15 for the general, two for Taft and on* for Harold e:. Stesaen. It waa a triumpta for Gov. Dan Iboraton and XSaenhowar booat-
a.
Ariaona Mated 10 for Taft, two fbr IMaanhowar aad two uneom¬ mittad.
Arkanaaa oomplatad ite U-vote d*I«eation with nin* favoring Taft and tfwo Macommitted. Eia¬ enhower backers claimed three of (CTontlnued on Page A-10)
DUBUQUE, la. — Rivar flood water* p o u r • d through tb* d*fenaaleaa lowlands of Dubuqu* yaaterday, routing mora than 1,000 people from their homes.
Tha Miasiteipipl flood threat b*cama ao oritical in Iowa that tho governor aaked President Truman to daelar* flood*d *ec- tiona of th* *tate dlaaater areaa.
Tba Miaaouri'a crest rolled through Dubuqu* early yeater¬ day. dfaiiton and Sabula, la., were aext in tte path. Sabula waa an Island aity, tta* riv*r flowing around it, and th* leveea there w |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1952 |
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