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4eTH YEAR — NO. 29 — 66 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1952
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Wyoming Valle j Tours . • . « , s « « « No. 1
Truntan Flatly Charges Big Steel' Wants Strike
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Susquehanna's Glamour from Wyalusing Rotks
For tfaa Indians—at least that's what tbey aay and It aounda «ulta all right—the alta oa whloh tha oaiaera raated aa it recorded the view abova waa a lookout alta. For tiia whlta Bian, it opens up one of the moat beautiful ef all tiia tammm 'Vtataa alfatad %r tha boaotlfal Susquehanna as It winds Ha way through Pennaylvaaia.
Presses Demand For Full Support Ot Civil Rights
WASHINGTON.—President Trutnan, in a wide swing¬ ing attaclc «« the Republican Party and onionents of liis administration in general, last night injected into a thump¬ ing political ^eech his belief that the steel industry wants a strike.
Speaking te the flfth annual convention of the "liberal' Americans for Democratic Action, Mr. Truman tore into the "Ug steel eompanies" for not agreeing to what he considered a ftdr aettlement of their dispute with the ao United Steriworkers.
Mm aaid the ble aompanlea had ailar^^raaented tha aituaUon and had atated flatly that «ha fovarnmant muat give them la bis price
Getting There Is Simple-^a Pleasant Day's Trjp
From WUkes-Barre taka Route SM which atarta aut at tHo Harvey'a Laka road but branchea off Just befora Dallaa la reach¬ ed—to Tunkhannoek, Meshop¬ pen, Wyalusing and then }uat a bit beyond to have the acene unfolded for you. If you prefer, you can oome back the way you came or, to make for variety, oome back to Wyaluaing and take Route SOS east through Lawt9n to Montroae, then turn south to oome by Ldike Oarey, IntoTimkliannock and then back of SOe ta Wilkes-Barre.
There's hlatory all along the route —and baauty, too. The drive froas DaUaa to tfae Bow- man'a Oroek eountry Is delight¬ ful eountcyalda, Ifs a bit wilder but still gorgeous along that stream aad then comes Tunk- hannoch, whidi geta IU name from t*»e vilk«e of Delaware Indians which was located there, at tfae mouth of the ci- eek. llie name "TunMiannock" means "aawU stream." Belling and Rugged
Continuing northward through mora wonderland country which ¦rima (anna with both rolling aad NSged land—all the whiles tha ateap hills rlaing from the
river forms the background— the general route Is thft «< General John Sullivan ka he marcited north from Wyoming Valley In 1779 to crudi for ones and all the Indian threat to thc old frontier along which Wllkes- Barre waa one of the main settlements.
Just before reaching Wya¬ lusing comes Indian Hill. On Sept. 29, 1778, a battle was fought there between the men of Col. Thomaa Hartley, who had come from Fort Muncy, and the Indians. Two days before, Hartley had burned Queen Esther's town, which was lo¬ cated near the present town of~- Athens.
Then comes WyalUfcing, loca¬ tion of another^Indian town—ol the Munsee Delawares. Here, in 1763. Moravian missionaries led by Zeiaberger founded the mis¬ sion of Frledenshueten. It be¬ came a colony but moved out Into Ohio in 1772.
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WyoBBiac high laoha that ito tha itrar to loiai point <Nas whieh tha Rad Mm oould watch for friends and ene¬ mies on the rlvar below which waa the wide higtawi^ between north and aouth. Provialona have been made there to enjoy all the scenery offered.
Coming baok, lunch can be had at several placea in Wya¬ luaing or the drive oaa be oon- tlnucHl on to Montrose and fam¬ ous Montrose Inn.
The route back to Tunkhan¬ nock which has been auggested is not a miin highway and will keep away from heavy traffic. However, It is a good road and a safe one. Then, from Tunk¬ hannock baek home will be a well-known route.
The whole trip will come to about   100 miles.
Finally, lefa hope for good weather.
At Mils point Kr. Truman departed «ro«n hia prepared teat to addt "And I liilnit ttuir want a strike." '
Truman to Veto Tidelands Oil Bill
WASHINOTON — President Truman made clear last nigtit that he will veto the "VMrrupt" Tidelands Oil Bill, which he called 'robbery In broad day- liglft—and on a colloaal acale."
He angrily denounced the bill
to give coastal statea quit-claim
title to oil-rich submerged lands
—on   which  Congress   finished
action only 24 houra earlier.
"Aa far as I am concerned, I intend to stand up and fight to protect thc people's Interest in this matter," said Mr. Truman.
His veto decision was no real surprise. It was foretold by Sen. Joseph C. CMahoney (D- Wyo.) on Friday as the Senate approved the measure by voice vote. The house vote was 247 to 89—or 2S more votes than the two-thirds necessary to over¬ ride a veto. Once before, in 1946, Mr. Truman vetoed similar legislation.
Save Texas City From Oil Fire With Chemicals
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. —A i age Co., as did the tanks, and a thousand fire-fighters smothered small refinery that belonged to chemicals yesterday after battling the   Southwestern   Refining   and
IIm Prasldsat also Muntly pladcsd a "ao oomipromlse" eleo- tloa-ysaar Debt far ills alvle xlgbts ptoanaa, and rMcsd the possiblU t)r «€ a Soutbara IMt ftom ths Daaioeratle Party.
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Hs pradlotsd the elation of a Itbaral Damocratlc presidential aaadldate and said ho was squally
oonfldant tliat tha Republicans, as usual, will defeat themselves In NoTsmiMr by thslr own blunders.
Ha also asserted without nam¬ ing Gan. Dwight D. Eisenhower, that "even If the Republicana gst a prasMsntlid oandldato with a good record In foreign affairs, he wtn aot be able to drown out the laMooua Isolatloiilst sries ef tfae rest oC tbs party."
Hs added that ttaa prospect is bsginning to scare thc voters —as It eertalnly should." Kefauver Preaent
Aa hs spoks tfae President was flanked by auch Democratic presi¬ dential liopefulc as W. Averell Harrtanan and Sen. Blstes Ke- fairvar.
Ks cBuphaslaed repeatedly his belief that a Democrat oan win tfae White House again IC he sticks
to tha basla polioles of ths Nsw Dsal and the Valr Deal.
Ilckinc off names of Republi oan otiponents In the Senate— MoOatihy, Cain, Walker, Mundt Hlckenlooipar, 8ohoet>pal, Bridges and Fergusoih—ths President uaed a technique that was unusual even for bis "give 'cm hell" tac tics. He denounced this group of senators as being "Republicans before they are Americans.' No Backing Dowa
The President received prob¬ ably the greatest ovation of the evening when hc told his audi ence of about 1,000 persona that the Demoorats should not back down on the Iaaue of civil rights.
Kefauver joined in the outburst of applauae.
Declaring that discrimination waa contrary to truer American' Ism, the President recalled tliat he made a similar statement to the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner March 29 when he announced that he would not run again.
By Robert Vermillion '
TOKYO, Sunday. — The Koje Island priaon camp fiasco cast a new  shadow  over the  collapsing Korean truce negotiations today. Communist Peiping radio direc¬ ted    a    new    propaganda    blast against United  Nations Supreme Commander Gen. Mark W. Clark and his  reipudiation  of the  con¬ cessions made to Koje's Red in UI..       iij^i.^,     ^      J mates   to  obtain   the   release   of Vr     1*^ ui*"»u,***^'th^   camp's   former   commander,
the March 29 apeech and the one he made last night would be "the fundamental basis of the Demo cratic platform th^ year." (ttontlnued oa Page A-10)
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To Give Series Of Sunday Tours
In co-operation with the Wyo¬ ming Valley Motor Club, presi¬ dent of which Is former Sen. Andrew J. Sordoni, the Sunday Independent will present a series of Interesting Sunday tours— to and from Wyoming Valley. Scenic and historic interest will be eonsidered and mueh other information will be added to make tiie trip easier and more enjoyable.
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HOLXiYWOOD ~,A handaoma self-styled actor stumbled from a hotel room Saturday with hia mouth taped shut and his left hand blown off and hysterically told police two men bound him to a bed and tied dynamite sticks to his arms because he would not join them In blackmailing ac¬ tresses for $50,000.
The man registered at the hotel as Paul Curtis, 28, San Francisco but at a hospital he said his real name was George Yoho. He re¬ fused to identify his alleged as¬ sailants and police aaid they wers checking the possibility of at¬ tempted suicide. Seriously Wounded
Curtis, in serious condition at Los Angeles General Hospital, told police he came here from San Francisco Friday and met two men from Pennsylvania who told him they planned to black- mall two top film actreSaes for $50,00. They asked him to help, he said.
Curtis, who had served three years in Montana State Priaon for burglary, aaid the men had plan¬ ned to extort tbe monsjr (nm
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Doria Day and Ritth Roman, De- teoUve Sgt. K. M. Ooosen report¬ ed.
"When I refused to go through with it and would not help them in a holdup last night they tied me to the bed, bound two sticks of dynamite la each hand and stuck the fuses to an electric Ught socket," he told Detective Sgt. John Tliornton.
Curtis said he managed to work the dynamite sticks out of his right haad before the explosion, which shook tha hotel and knock- ed plaster from several rooms. His room was siiattersd and guesto In adjoining rooms were awaken ed.
Thornton said aeveral sticks of unexploded dynamite were found on the floor of the man's room.
A few seconds after the blast, Curtis staggered <fown the stolrs. His left band waa gone and hU arm was bleeding. He ripped the tope from his mouth as hs ran.
"Let me out of here," he scream¬ ed to a elsrk. "Hisy'ra trying to gst ma but rn tain aartoftfasm."
Vorys Is Confident Another Billion Cut Won't Hurt Program
WASHINaTON—House Repub Soaaa sharpaasd ttisir sconomy aaa for aaothsr $1,000,000,000 swing at Prssidsnt Truman's $7,. 900,00^000 foreign aid bUl.
"The Houaa foreign affaira com¬ mittee already haa whittled away $1,000,000,000 to match a $1,000, 000,000 eut proposed by the Senate foreign relationa committee. But Rep. John M. Vorys (R-O.), lead¬ ing OOP foreign affairs spokes man In the House, was confident that the alash could be doubled without impairing the world-wide build-up against Communism.
"Hie bill is scheduled to come up for House floor action Tues¬ day or Wedneaday. Democratic leaders predict the chamber will paas It before the weekend.
The Senate put off action on ito bill until it completes action on a pending immigration bill and on thc nomination of Judge James P. McGranery as attorney gen eral.
Some Senate Republicans hoped for another $1,000,000,000 slice in that chamber but informed sources believe they will settle for $400,000,000. The Senate commit tee's $1,000,000,000 cut was across the-board on all items. Trim European Aid
The House committee made ite trim on European aid alone.   It (Continued on Page A-10)
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a million-dollar oil fire with the flames for 17 hours to save the city from a fate rivalling that of the Texas City disaster of 1947.
The firemen quenched the flamea about 10 a. m. with six truckloads of Foamlte rushed from Houston, 240 miles away, be¬ hind a state police escort that cleared the highway with acream- ing sirens. Cute off Oxygen
The Foamlte covered the burn¬ ing fuel oil, crude petroleum and kerosene with a white blanket resembling beer suds and which cut off the fire's supply of oxygen. Tt died out In less than an hour later.
A partial assessment ef the damages showed that the fire, since It started at 4:47 p. m. Fri¬ day had consumed a tank filled with 80,000 barrels of kerosene a medium-sized tank filled with fuel oil or crude oil and six smaller tanks of oil.
It also burned a two-story office building that belonged to the General American Tank Stor-
Oil Co., which owned thc oil In
the tanks.
SO Persons Mnged
The fire injured 80 to 00 per¬ sons, the majority of whom were singed or blistered by the fire. Ten had to go to hospitals for treatment. The others were treat¬ ed on the acene.
Fire Cailef John Carlisle of Corpus Chrlsti estimated damages "at well over $1,00,900."
When the last of the flames had flickered out, nearly all of the tired, blackened flre-flghters went home. A few were left, in case the fire broke out again. Fearful Night
Time and again during the night, it appeared that thc fire might start skipping from tonk to tank through (Seneral Amer¬ ican's tank farm and throw sheets of flaming oil all over the Corpus Christi Industrial district and harbor.
If that had happened, firemen said. It would have caused a dis¬ aster   comparable   to  the  Texas (Continued on Page A-10)
Slashes Taft Lead; Kefauver Walks off With Oregon Contest
WASHINGTON —Gen. Dwight D. Eiaenhower on Saturday com¬ pleted a one-two political punch grabbing Vermont'a 12 Republi¬ can presidential convention dele¬ gatea after acoring a solid victory { In Oregon's primary.
The Vermont GOP broke tradi¬ tion. Heretofore, It has always given Its nationai convention dele¬ gation a frehand, but State Rep. Lawrence F. Klllick, an Eisen¬ hower supporter, said the state convention at Montpelier "steam¬ rollered" Taft partisans and "Inde- pendente" by a margin of "better than three to one."
'Taft'a Lead Slipping
With all of Oregon's 18 dele¬ gates apparently his after his Friday primary triumph, and Ver¬ mont's solidly in his camp, Eisen¬ hower reducted Sen. Robert A. Taft's bulge in the delegate race to 19.
The United Press tabulation of delegates committed for the na¬ tional convention atood at 378 for Taft and 369 for Elsenhower.
Taft forces had conceded In ad¬ vance that Elsenhower would win In both stotes. Taft did not enter the Oregon primary, which ap¬ peared to be most important for producing an Eisenhower victory over Gov. Earl Warren of Cali- (Oontlnued on Page A-10)
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd.
Observers anticipated that the Peiping broadcast attacking Clark probably keynoted today's session of the truce conference, which has degenerated into Communist propaganda forum.
Peiping radio berated C31ark for welching on the UN's word and said the prisoner's demands were wholly justified. The entire Com¬ munist armies In Korea, the broadcast, stond behind the pris¬ oners' demands.
For days the truce meetings have been kept alive only be¬ cause neither aide will assume responsibility for branding them a  failure.
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy told the Reds yesterday that the UN had gone "more than half¬ way" in offering concessions to ((Continued on Page A-10)
Gangland Roundup on as Brink Case Gets Break
Jeweler, Bartender Nabbed after Killing Of Man Named Boss
WEST WARWICK, R. I.—An ex-gangster named as the "brains" behind the $1,219,000 Brink's, Inc., holdup was shot to death in gang¬ land style Saturday and police picked uip a Providence jeweler and* Boston bartender for ques¬ tioning.
The slaying of <3arlton O'Brien, 49, In a burst of shotgun and pistol fire outelde his home was the first "wide open" break in the two-year investigation of the nation's largest  robbery.
The 50-year-old jeweler was seized by Providence police and held as a "material witness" to the killing on orders of Rhode Island Atty. Gen. William E. Powers. Associate of O'Brien
Powers   said  the   man   was  a
Tough Combat Troopi Wofcfiing fCo/e Prisoners
Little Inch Gas Line Explodes Near Marietta
MARIETTA, Pa. — A new sec¬ tion of the Littie Inch gas pipe¬ line exploded with a roar near here Saturday Injuring six work¬ men, rocking a wide area and sending a hugh ball of red clay dust rolling along thc ground for a half mile.
The explosion, caused by a valve failure, spread natural gas over the countryside and police and volunteer firemen raced through the area warning resi¬ denU.   There was no fire.
The blast, which shook Mari¬ etta and Maytown. four miles away, occurred only a short time after thc new 20-lnch pipeline had been put into service. The line had been placed above ground to aUow erection of a new compres¬ sor statioo.
In addition to the six work¬ men taken to nearby Columbia Hospital 12 others employed on the compressor station project suffered minor injuries: The blast shredded the clothing of the men.
They suffered fractures and brush bums from earth hurled at them by the explosion. All «lx also were treated  for shock.
Ck)ntractors said the new pipe¬ line was filled with water and tested for two days before it was fliled with gas under 500 pounds of pressure on Friday
The compressor station is being built    for    the    Texas    Eastern
PUSAN, Korea, Sunday—Three thousand tough American para¬ troopers were rushed to Koje Island today to clamp Iron-clad prison discipline on 80,000 muti¬ nous Red war prisoners who are still defying United Nations au¬ thority.
The move was the strongest yet taken to restore order among the prisoners who gained control of the camp after capturing the for¬ mer camp commander and extort¬ ing humiliating concessions from his successor. It was ordered as UN officers at nearby Munsan prisoner camp reported that Red agents were attempting to create disorders and riots there.
Prisoners StiU Defiant
The paratroopers of the battle- hardened United States 187th Air¬ borne Infantry Regiment arrived at a camp already ringed with flame-t browing tanks, trucks mounting quadruple 50 caliber machlneguns and fortified pill¬ boxes.
Despite these measures and warning from Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, new Koje camp com¬ mander, that they must comply with UN orders, the defiant Com¬ munista still flew red banners above camp compounds today.
United Nations guards had not yet ventured Inside the barbed wire enclosures where fanatical Communiste threatened death to Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd. the former commander they held as hostage for four days.
"Tough But Fair"
Conceslsons they won from Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson, Dodd's successor to obtain Dodd's release, have been repudiated by the UN supreme commander. Gen. Mark W. Clark. A full military inquiry Into the circumstances of Dodd's capture and Colson's concessions, w|^ich baited a Communist propa
fair" policy for governing the camp.
The paratroopers already were on duty at Koje Island when Clark announced the action taken.
At Koje, the airborne regiment is only IS miles across a narrow sea channel from Munsan, where another UN prison camp is lo cated.
Guards at that camp have noti¬ fied the UN command that they have evidence Communist agenU are plotting riota tend disorders there similar to those which rocW ed the Koje camp and put tm prisoners in control of the prison.
Col. John Scott of Blnghamton, N. Y., who commands the Mun¬ san camp, said his guars are ready to handle any situation that may develop.
"frequent and known" associate of O'Brien but refused to say whether he was named with O'Brien by an underworld in¬ formant as a member of the Brink's gang.
In Boston, meanwhile, a cafe bartender with a criminal rec¬ ord was picked up by police on orders of Lt. James V. Crowley, who is in charge of the Brink's lnv||*tigation in that city.
PoUce there refused to say whether he was a suspect in the O'Brien killing, a suspected mem¬ ber of the Brink's mob, or both.
At Providence oounty jail in Cranston, Powers and Massa¬ chusetts Atty. CJen. Francis E. Kelly resumed questioning of the man who has provided the big¬ gest break in the case so far- Alfred (Sagnion, 41-year-old race track tout who is awaiting trial on an attempted robbery charge.
It was Gagnon who "fingered" O'Brien during six hours of ques¬ tioning Thursday by Massacfau- (Continued on Page A-10)
Valley Scene
Sle«py East End girl daah- ing out of her home to cateh but for work and discovering at the alighted a,t Public Square, that the waa wearing bedroom  slippers.
Man leaning on fublie Square mail box uHitehing another man mail some let¬ ters, then jumping to atten¬ tion to shout: "Gosh, that reminds me I have been carrying a letter for two days."
Newly-married couple get¬ ting first matrimonial bumps at Pierce street and Third avenue, Kingston wh^n third ear in wedding caravan banged into seeond and tant that into the bridal tedan— at onlookers applauded.
Senators in Spot over Bill Cutting Congressmen's Taxes
; WASHINGTON — .Senate lead¬ ers, on an embarrassing spot, said they will try to limit the tax cut voted quietly by the House for all members of Congress.
Sen. John J. Williams (R-Del.) opposed the House action, and said "I'm sure It will not slide through the Senate as it did the House." Morse Against
Sen. Wayne Morse (R-Ore. said Congress, Instead of fostering "tax evasion," should close some of the tax loopholes already In the law for business and other groups.
There was indecision among Senate leaders on how to treat the matter. The cut was voted quietly by the House on Thurs¬ day in an almost unnoticed "rider" to another piece of legis¬ lation.
The Senate committees—finance and   appropriatkms — tastoad   of the customary ons, are wisstMng with the problem. Oeorge Slceptieal
Chairman Walter T. Oeorge <D-Ga.) of the finance eomialttee said "I think th«e must bs a limitation on the amount of s«- pensea that can be deductible."
A member of the appropriations committee, requesting Anonymity for the Ume being, said a deduc¬ tion of $260 per month for aach member of Congress might be "reasonable." Ellender in Favor
But Chairman Allen J. Bllemler (D-La.) of the- appropriations subcommittee, which will make some recommendation to the full Senate, has indicated he will go along with the House rider. Sen¬ ate Republican leader Styles Bridges (N.H.), ranking minority member of the sub-commit^e, is
The rider would make all ganda trap for the UN has been; Washington expenses of congress- ordered. fnp„   deductible   for   income   tax! understood to favor some llmita-
Boatner,   himself  a  battle-wise purposes on the ground that their; tion. combat commander,  has  put the! residence   here   is   "temporary" -\    Morse   said   "every   man   who
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tural gas from Texas to the eastlReds on notice that "prisoners do: that tiiey are just like any bus;-|runs for Congress does so know oocMt    Supply of gas to easterajnot negotiate." : nessman    who    spends    expensejing his Washington expenses are
eitlss was not affected. He   announced   a   "tough   but I money here. not deductible."
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