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ii. Weather Factor in Detroit-Los Angeles Game Today 4 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 f^ 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 1 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 (Continued on Page A-6) II T TO FACEMIIK FOREII 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 SI 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 (Continued on Page A-6) 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 ^Classified B—10 •Kdltorial B—fl "Feature Page B—7 .¦Vlovies ^—* Obituary »—» Radio C—S Social C—l Sports B—1 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 « t . a new feature for , ..- . „ 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.
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Volume | 47 |
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Volume | 47 |
Issue | 8 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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ii.
Weather Factor in Detroit-Los Angeles Game Today
4
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
f^
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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FACEMIIK FOREII
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
SI
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
(Continued on Page A-6)
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 ,^ (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
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"Feature Page B—7
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Radio C—S
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Sports B—1
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 «
t
. a new feature for , ..- . „
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. |
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