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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
RAIN, COLD
Highest 34-42 todar. Monday: Cloudy, cold.
47TH YEAR —NO. 8 — 72 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1952
Wir. Km* Serrie.
PRICE FIFTEEN (ENTS
All  Servicemen Heading  Home
84 Die in Worst Air Disaster
NEEDY AIDED BY CUSTER STREET CUB PACK
Clobemaster Dives On Takeoff from Larson, Wosfi.^ Base
MOSES LAKE, Wash.—A giant Air Force Globemaster transport carrying servicemen home for Christmas crashed on takeoff today, killing 84 persons in the worst disaster in aviation history.
Maj. P. M. Wassum, adjutant of the 62nd Troop Carrier wing at Larson Air Force Base, said 83 persons were killed outright in the crash and one more of injuries seven hours later.   There were 32 survivors, he said.
The C-124^ world'* largest troop | transport    plane,    plummeted    to critical condition and  not expect-
Rifleman's Reverie
earth "like a wounded eagle" sec¬ onds after taking off at 6:30 a.m. (PST)   from  Liarsan  In a snow¬ storm. Carried 115
ed to live until next of kin are notified, but he said six or seven! men were "up and around." j
Wassum  said  the  list  of deadi probably   would   not   be   released j
Wassum said the plane carriedi""*"  *"''*''  ***•'*   ^*f.'i^''-    "« ' ""'""" ¦"""  "»= i~ said, however, he was    doing mvi
a total of 116 servicemen PMsen-Jbest" to revise the ii.,t of sur-l gers and crew  It was bound fori^ j^^,^^^    ^^^^    ^^^  ,
SaH Antonio, Tex., and all *!»<>»«! addresses aboard were stationed at L4ir«on,|   rn,^  ,„l--f   „,_,rf„„a   „:,.  .™,u'
,     ,,      -     »» _ . T   1 J  '    Tne  worst   previous   air  crash i
?l ^'',«"'™ ^tf J^ I' °^l"ioccurred in Britain, when an Avro^ ttie Pacfic northwest, the Air^^udor airliner crashed in Wales,! *orce saia. 'March 12, 1950, killing 80 persons.'
The   air   force   earlier  had   re-i   The worst previous U.  S. mili- ported   132   persons   were   aboard tary airplane disaster occurred on
the ill-fated craft and that 102 were killed. But Waavum aald several official revlalona wera ne¬ cessary while bodies wera removed from the cheu'red wreckage and survivors "walking around under shock" were located. "However," he said, "this figure should be it.
It was hard to pin down. It was, vanished on a Trans - Atlantic almost an Impossible situation if:fiight on Mrfch 23, 1951. carrying you cain understand the confused'53 persons. The second accident picture around the wreckage." |was last Nov. 23, when a 0-124, Bodies at Morgue 'carrying  52   persons   slamed   into
The last of the mangled bodies an Alaskan mountain. was removed to a morgue about'Faltered at Takeoff 6 p. m. (PST). • j   In yesterday's  crash,  Finnegan
Wassum aald he oouM  not dl-'s*^-  the  control  tower   reported
•—Sunday Iiid*p«n4m>t Photosrrap'a* br Pau! Blaley
PITTSTON AREA GIRL SCOUTS SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Girl and Cub Scouts of Volley Providing True Spirit and Songs of Chrisimas Season
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Food gifts for the needy highlighted the Christinas meet¬ ing of Cub Pack 71. of the Custer street Parent-Teacher Association, which was held Thursday night at tb* Cu«Ur Street School.
Th« top pboto abows mtmbars ef tlia pa«k surrounding the baakata of food donated by the Cub Scouts. Th* food packages wer* glvan to the Salvation -\ Arrty for distribution to needy families. The quantities were accumulated during the past several weeks by the Cubs do¬ nating food articles at each meeting.
I..«ad*ra of th* Cub Pack ar* shown in th* back row, l*ft to right, Ab* Roaenbaum, eubmsM- ter;   Paul   Kladm,   sooutma*t*r
of Troop 361, Boy Scouts; Jo¬ seph Gumienny, chairman of the Cub and Boy Scout committee; John Ringo, explorer scout; Robert Arbogast, Boy Scout d«n chief ;and Pater Sladln, an •xplorar scout.
Parents of th* Cub Scouts and tb* following I>*n Mothers wer* in ^ttcndane*: Mrs. G*rt Ros*nbaum, Mrs. Stella Kum- iega, Mrs. Margaret Zielinski, and Mrs. Helen Sladln.
Pittston Girl Sconto Singing Carols
Th* lower photo Is a scene of th* Community Carol Singing sponsorsd Thursday evening by Girl Scout* of tb* Plttston area. Th* gaUtsring took plac* at th* triangl* Wyoming and Del-
aware   avenue.   West   Pittston.
Ralph Norris directed th* singing, accompanied by a brass quartet under the direction of Palmer Norris, assisted by Alex Slusser, Thomas Driesbach, Lee Owens, and Benjamin Ghss- Uok.
Th* Girl Scout* wer* aeoom- panied by th* following l*ad*rs: Mrs. Rob«rt HUaman, Mrs. Ralph Thomas, Mr*. Clayton Evans, Mrs. Nels Munson, Mrs. William Ruth, Miss Margaret Monk, Miss Betty Lumley, Mrs. Carl Monk, Mrs. Robert Com- stock, Mrs. Emma Sabatlni and Mrs. Adolph Vlncentl.
Following th* singing, th* Girl Scouts and leaders were invited to th* bom* of Mr*. Vlncentl, wher* cooki** and chooolat* milk war* s*rv*d.
f   3 Air Force Men From Sania Land Buying Presents for 144 Orphans
EATON RAPIDS. Mich.—Thre* IJ. S. airmen wtvo cam* h«r* from Santa's baickyard were busy yes- t-pfday buying $5,000 in gifts for orphan* of overseas veterans to prove thwe is a good St. Nick.
TliB thre* sergeants are buying tovfi, clothes and goodies for 144 orphans of the Veterans of For¬ eign Wars national home bere.
Cjanie from Labrador lDpleg»ted as "SanU's helpers" VV Lhelr fellow non-conunisaioned officers «t Goos* Bay Air Bas*. Labrador, they ar* spending money kicked In by airmen there. Til* only instructions they have
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Aug. 23, 1944, when an Air Force plane crashed at Freckleton, Kng- land, killing 54. A total of 73 died on April 4, 1933, when the U. S. Navy dirigible Akron crashed at sea off the New Jersey coast.
Two    other    $1,800,000    Globe- masters have crashed.    The first
Artillery Answers
Chinese Using Christmas Music As Propaganda 4gainsi Gl's
vulg* bow many survivors were in
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WESTERN    FRONT,    Korea--: said, Christmas   carols   blared   harshly 'em.''
"but  1   don't   think   we  got
&r«: IS** tbat thoM kids bav* a Marry Oiristmaa."
SUff a«ts. WUbur Lants, 22, Waynesboro, Pa., Richard A LAne, 24, New Carlisle, C. and Victor A, Scheuren, 29, Buokroe Beaoii, Va.. ar* doing just that.
liants, who originated the plan, said members of his non-cont- mlssionad officers' club face a "very simsple" Christmas party of their own because of their "op¬ eration Santa CHaus."
Tii*    'VFW    bom*    her*    wws chosen after queries to tb* Vet¬ erans' Administration. It has chil¬ dren from all states who are or- (Contlnued on Pag* A-6)
Soviet Version of the 'Wolf Leaves Trail of Broken Hearts
LONDON—Tlic Moscow Literary Gazette yesterday told the scanda¬ lous tale of "Peter the Wolf" who left a trail of broken-hearted far
and business was good. One 8Up
All  went  well,   the   newspaper said, until he forgot a small suit- merit  daughters  from  Siberia  toicase in a private house in Kiev, the Ukraine. iThe   case   was   found   to   contain
Peter  was   Identified   as   piotrldetailed  files  listing all his  past Pctrovich Kokushkin, a senior offi-a""*  Pr^ent  accounts  as  well cial of the ministry of educationl"prospecU" for the future.
who travelled all over the Soviet' Th* "'* showed he had scores! range between the productivity of Union spreading education to the o' fiancees in the past on govern- the best one-third and the poorest masses. 1        (Continued on Page A-6>
Taught Many Girls
Many a Russian girl had an edu¬ cation from Peter, the Gazette re¬ ported.   It hinted Kokushkin may
limE HOOVERS
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ON SIATE FARMS
But Find Too Wide Productivity Range Between Best, Worst
HARKISBURO— Th* •oonomy mindad CbesUnnan commltUe today put its stamp of approval on tha operation of Pennayl vania's 37 institutional farms.
Th* state's "Little Hoover Com mittee" released Its appraisal of state farm* operated at 21 mental and Mx p*nal Institution* as the seventh in a series of 30 studies of efficiency In state departments.
Found Efficiency
"Evidence of the general effici¬ ency of farm operations is to "be found in the high rates of pro¬ duction of crops and livestock," the committee reported.
But w4iil<» the group found over¬ all efficiency good, they sharply divided the farms, noting "a ivide
Will Not Debate Rejection of Truce By Chinese in Korea
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—The United Nations pressed toward a CSiristmas adjournment last night without taking action on the for¬ mal Communist rejection of its compromise Korean peace offer.
Assembly President Lester B. Pearson of Cana^da, hoping to avoid a debat* which would delay tb* Assembly's recess, has decided not to mak* a formal report on th* Red's rajaotJon te th* OO-nar tlon world parllamant, Infonnad souross salfd. Oensurs for SoBsla
In it# most Important action of a two-session Saturday, the Gen eral Assembly voted an Implied censure against Russia and ap pealed to tha Big four powers to conduda a peace treaty with Austria. The vote was 48-0 with two abstentions (Afghanistan and Pakistan).
Russia and her four (3omlnform satellites had announced earlier they would have no part of the U.N. debate on the Austrian Issue and would consider "Illegal" any resolution passed. C>onsequently, they registered "not participating" In yesterday's vote.
over the moonlit no-man's-land, stirring reluctant memories among the men who stood guard in the trenches.
When tha music stopped, Cpl. Marvin C. Hedrick, 23, Flint, Mich., said:
"We could hear the loudspeaker voice es clear as day. They were ^telling us to go home or we'd be j noivyr j Shouted for .More
The men moved s'Wlftly against [this appeal to their emotions. I    "Play  White  Christmas!"   they shouted,   "White airistmas!"
They shouted again and again, their voices echoing througib the dark bills. '
They were trying to stiUl the enemy propaganda teams until Al¬ lied artillery could zero them in. Within a minute, a full battalion ..^^ barrage tore into th* CTommunlst
WASHINGTON   —    Presi-ihill. dent-elect Ei.senhower will face a!    "We're out to sing them a verse major snarl  in U. S.  foreign aid jof   Silent   Night   now."  one   man programs   when he takes   ntnr.t>\ next month. !
Even very partisan adminlstra-l tlon officials conceded there IsJ some basis for Secretary of Oom-j merce Charles Sawyer's charge,] made after an overseas Investiga¬ tion, that the multl-'billlon dollar
Congress Contributed To Duplicate Effort; Stassen Studying Work
At division headquarters a psy¬ chological warfare officer said the 0>mmunist8 have stepped up their propaganda during the lull in fighting. They have concentrated on American sentimentality—love for Christmas. Give an Answer
"Ocrtainly our men are listen¬ ing,' said Capt. Robert Downen. Monrovia, Calif. "And they're ex¬ periencing a little nostalgia too."
But every night propaganda is thrown back at the Reds.
"Our biggest hazard is incoming artillery," Downen said, 'the men on the line don't like ua to hang around too long because we draw fire."
Downen maintains a sense of humor about bis peculiar position in an outfit noted for Its fighting spirit. A sign painted on his jeep reads, "Have no fear, pay is here."
Before each  broadcast  Downen plays   "authentic  Chinese   music" (Continued on Page A-6)
Port f robe Go On, Dewey Says
Holds 4-Hour Meeting With Investigators; Will Ask Legislature For Additional Funds
ALBANY — Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and the New 1fork State Crime Commission discussed "a number of possible steps" for new legislation to clean up New 'Vork City's waterfront rackets which he called a "stench in the nostrils of the community."
The  governor,  at  a  press con¬ ference, promi.sed there would ba additional   waterfront   racket  ex¬ posures. Covers All Aspects
Dewey said the commission would have a series of reports dealing with all aspects of Its In¬ vestigation. These include polit¬ ical organizations, courts, law en¬ forcement, the administration of criminal justice and the New York waterfront.
"I am sure that by the time they are completed and trans¬ lated into action we shall have made an epochal advance in the morale of the community and th* administration of justice," he said. Concerning legislation for a long-range reform program, th* governor said this was "perhaps the most difficult of all" tasks, and added that "certainly, It can¬ not be based on happy thought or crackpot solutions." 1-Hour Session
The governor said  he and th*
commission,  at  a   four-hour talk
in   his capitol offices,   went over
the  group's current  investigation
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operation is riddled with duplies tions, wast* and confusion, in-; otuding a surplus of ambassadors. Stassen Studying Setup
Harold E. Stassen, who will In¬ herit most  of the  headaches  aa
Only Bombers Active As Frost Grips Korea
By ROBERT VER!!knLLroN United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Sunday—Allied fighter- bombers darted through holes  in
Navy
an F-84 Thunderjet and a Corsair.
Temperatures    In    the    Sniper Ridge sector north of Kumhwa on
This IS
An Example
MONTREAL, Que.—Salvation Army officials reported someone had dropped a $1,000 bill in a Christmas kettle on downtown Catherine street in Friday's col¬ lection.
The officials said they had no idea of the identity of the donor but pointed out that his anon- imlty prevented his claiming the donation as an income tax ex¬ emption.
thick clouds Saturday to bomb ajtbe central front dropped to three
Tr)..ni,nwAr'i.   foreien   aid    chief Communist tank-massing area.      i below   zero  end   troops   on   both Eisenhowers   foreign   am   cnier,    ^   ^^^„   formation   of   United'sides stayed close to their bunkers a^o-^y
KIDS PASS UP SANTA, CHEER GOV. STEVENSON
SPRINGFIELD. HI. — Santa C^Haus wore bright red velvet and a long, white beard but 5,000 youngsters gave more cheers to a balding man in a business suit.
The balding man was (5ov. Adlai E. Stevenson, who gave a (airistmas   party    in    the    stata
waa hard at work at tha Mutual Security Agency studying Uic problem.
But  he  said   he  considered   it ^,„„i   u«i.ti u          u        ,^ <i           t. ." t„  „.^^n,or,f .n-  -vTr '™"*-   battlellne   where   Commun "premature" to comment on Mr. ,„4.   ,    ,    _, j,   	
Sawj-er's   hard-hitting   report   on
Nations planes found a break in and trenches, the overcast and bombed Sibyon-' Nl, a village north of the western;
Thursday to President Truman That would have to wait he said, until ha starts his new job on Jan. 20.
"I am here getting an appraisal of the situation as of now," he told the United Press. "I am meeting with the various heads of the agency end analyzing the critical problems.
The   censure   waa   directed   at Russia  because  of the  Kremlin'si^p'j;/'f;^bi;;;; unwllhngness   to   giva   Austria   a    ,„j,j^^   foreign   aid   program peace treaty formally ending the occupation   that   followed   World War II. Big Three Ready
The United States, Britain and France have sought unsuccessful¬ ly to win Russia's assent in fruit¬ less negotiations during the last six years and drew Soviet ire earlier this year when they jointly offered Austria an abreviated state treaty containing the claua- > (Continued on Page A-6)
Valley Scene
Traffic being hnlted at South
Main street and Public Square
can find a courtroom big enough    j/esterdaii morning when book-
figure in a sensational breach of promises trail—presumably if they
to hold all nis conquests
Despite his title of senior inspec¬ tor. Peter's job was similar to that of the travelling salesman of capi- tali.st countries. He sold education,
one-third farms."
of     tha     institutional
In Todnu's tsaue
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keeper of central city establish¬ ment dropped eontens of her purse over busy thoroughfare.
Traffic patrolmen uihiatlinff —in swing tempo—"O Lord I Am Not Worthy" as he directed husn traffic yesterday after¬ noon at River and East Market streets.
Three pretty high achool girls riding the mecfi/inical apace ship in front of Ameri/ian Auto Ffttyre on South Main street and tieing up both pedestrian a)td vehicfdar traffia.
Make Suggestions
Among the recommendations suggested to Increase efliclency here:
Less diversification of crops and and more concentration on larger crop units; e- system for Inter¬ changing produce sunong the In
Is complex end haa a close relation to peace, which is Eisenhower's objective. We hope to be ready to deal with It next month."
Sawyer charged that "we have too many people, too many agen¬ cies and too many ambassadors" handling American aid eround the globe. The result, he said, is "con¬ fusion and wasted effort."
A survey showed the United States has 32,000 American clvU- (Continued on Pag* A-fl)
ists  have   been  observed   concen trating unusual numbers of tanks.
Too Late for Seoul
Communist propaganda blasts from frontiline loudspeakers tap¬ ered off after six days of harping on the "In Seoul by Christmas" theme. Frontline officers said that, even assuming they had the power to do it, the Reds' deadline for a successful Christmas drive on Seoul has passed.
The fighter-bomber attack on Sibyon-No followed a night raid by 11 B-29 Superforts on a sup¬ ply center at Unhung-Nln, 18 miles northeast of Anju in north-} west Korea.
The   Superforts    flew   through
Dutch Find Wreck Of Missing Plane
THE HAGUE. Holland.—The wreckage of a EKitch Navy fly¬ ing boat, missing on a flight from New Guinea to Holland, was found last night on the slopes of a mountain In Lebanon the Navy  reported.
A spokesman said one of the nine crew members was killed and the remaining eight escaped serious Injury.
The governor's party for Sprinif- field area children is an annual event, and whm Stevenson step¬ ped on the stage the crowds roarod.
He .said hello, told the kids to have a good tune, mentioned an appointment in Chicago, and then sat in the fifth row to watch tha stage show for a few minutes.
He was mobbed immediately. (Children in mufflers and galoshes thrust pieces of paper, autograph books, any writing material they could lay their hands on at him.
Later, Santa Claus showed up, traditionally fat and jolly. Then the Shrine band  marched in.
Compared to Captain Kidd
Former Jersey City Resident
"light to heavy" C>}mmunist anti-i^^ •    ^     j     .t a^» *     ^r *
aircraft fire to dump 110 tons of COnVICtGCf OT rirOCV 111 JOngierS
One Brodie Twin Plays Pat-a-Cake, Brother Hovers at Brink of Death
CHICA(X).—Rodney Dee Brodie played Pat-a-cake with his nurse last night and doctors said he might be taken off the "critical" list today. But they said his in¬ fant twin "could not be closer to death."
The University of Illinois Re¬ search and Educational Hospital reported Rodney "is starting to respond." It was the first officiaJ
stitutions;    Improved    purchasing j word of encouragement since the practices; better cost records kept boy's heads were separated Wed
nesday in an historic feat of sur¬ gery. But Uie other twin. Roger Lee,
by the Department of Welfare.
The group, which is conducting
the surveys at the request of Gov.igjiYfwas unconscious and Tn "very
John  S.  Fine, found institutionaljprecarious   condition,"   a   hospital
farms  in  the  black  by $1,765,277 'spokesman said.
Gross  annual, production   on  thej*i«;t*''"B^*^"'»K«''    . _ ,
,. «r» ..in^annn   ,„un      But   Rodney,   whom   surgeons
36,556  acres  wa.i  $4,579,000, while I ^^^^  j^^^^  ^^  j^^^^  ,„   ^^,^^i^g
it cost the state $2,813,723 to oper- the twins apart, seemed to be get ate the farms In 1953. Uing stronger.   He lay on his hack
and   played   pat-a-cak«  with   bis nurse.
Then he played with e yellow rubber lamb end SMkad, "What is this?" They wera tha first words he had spoken.
Doctors expressed grave coU' cern, however, for Roger, who still had not regained conscious¬ ness. Possible Brain Injury
A spokesman said the longer he remained in a comatose condition, the stronger the indication that he had suffered brain injury.
The twins were born joined at
bombs on 60 buildings and 70 sup' ply concentrations near tha south¬ ern bank of the CSiongchon River. Night-flying B-26 Invaders de¬ stroyed 170 trucks and hit a sup¬ ply target east of Yangdok,
No MIOs Show
After five straight days- of jet fighting. Communist MIG-15s stayed out of sight of prowling American sabrejets.
The 6th Air Fore* announced the Sabres knocked down six MIGiS last week, probably de¬ stroyed one and damaged one without losing a single Sabre. 0>mmunist   ground   fire   downed
Cartoon Feature Starts Today
The  Sunday  Independent  to¬ day  offers
TANGIER — A former Jersey City, N. J., resident reported to have amassed a fabulous fortune in this International zone was con¬ victed Saturday of robbery and piracy on the high seas and sen¬ tenced to three years In prison In a case compareiii to that of Cap¬ tain Kidd.
Sidney Paley, 32, was convicted on two counts of complicity In the hijacking of $100,000 worth of American cigarettes from the Dutch express cruiser Ombinatie in the Mediterranean laat October. Back to 1701
During the trial the prosecutor compared the case with the I'^Ol trial of notorious pirate CJaptain Kidd.
was released in $10,000 bail. H* appeared in court in an expensive camel hair coat and immaculate blue suit. He thanked the judges for their kindness and consider¬ ation.
It was believed the appeal, ex¬ pected in two months, might bav* to be taken all the way to th* State Department in Washingtoe. Tangier is temporarily without e U S minister because of the sus¬ pension on loyalty grounds ot John Carter 'Vincent. Attacked Dutch Ship
One count against Paley, Iden¬ tified only as an American bus¬ inessman wltli textile Interests in Spain, charged him or his agents with seizing  2,700  cases   of   clg-
, arets from the Dutch cigaret run- Paley was tried before a U. R-jner Oct. 2. consular court.    Presiding   Judge |    -pjjg ^fher charge accused   him Milton Hemllck said two associate j^f    consnirafv    'hy    outfitting    «
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iU readers, a series of cartoons 'judges had disagreed and that the jnotorship,  the  Esme,  In assocla- by    the    country's    outstanding  ! dissensions    meant   Paley's    casejj^ion yi-ilh others, to carry out ths the top of the skull, and in sepa-; craftsmen. would go to the U. S. miniter fori attack  on  the Dutch   vessel,   ths
rating them Wednesday surgeon.<t|     These "best-seller" cartoonists   appeal. |Combiratie.    The    cigarets   wer«
were   forced   to   give   a   common   have t>ecome known  to the na- '    Defense  Counsel  Jack  Bohana.:iaken aboard the  Esme during • vein they shared to Rodney.   Thej tlonal public for their work in .who had asked  for   an   acquittalinight attack.
vein draws blood from the brain.( magazines    and    other    period- j because of the approach of Christ-     Paley was found guilty on both Nature compensated by supply-i  ioals.   They   will   lie   a   weekly imas and  the season of peace on counts  and  given  three years or ing less blood to be drained from; offering   of    this    paper   from learth and goodwill to all men an-|each.  H.mlick ruled the sentencei (CJontlnued on Page A-8)        I today. nounced he would appeal.   Paley I could run concurrently.