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, I M A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT CLOUDY, HOT HifhMt M t» n 4 1 Monday: TirafkAm^nm % 47TH YEAR — NO. 35 — 74 PAGES MnnlMv Andit Bnrma ot ClTcalatloas WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1953 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Pains of His Own Surprise Meeting Is Held To End Korea Truce Crisis Robertson, Rhee Near Agreement BULLEllN TOKYO, SUNDAY—Asslstant Secretary of State Walter Robertson held an unscheduled conference with President LEGISLAIURE SHOW BUT UHLE PROGRESS SO EAR Important Bills Are Stuck in Committee Or Blocked on Floor HARRISBURO.—Here's an up- to-date progress report on Im¬ portant legislation before the Pennsylvania General Assembly.' <8e« Page B-ll) Taxes—Still no solution to this $118,000,000 question, although rival parties hav* slated a record top-level conference next week with Gov. John S. Fine to Iron out differences. A hodge-podge aales tax program seems in thej offing, however, with levies on new and used car and television set sales i« the tentative tax paclcage. The one per cent sales tax appears dead. rEPO—SUlled in House Com¬ mittee since eariy in the session, with no Indication whether it will reach the floor. ("institutional Revision — Over¬ haul of the state's antiquated basic law- a campaign pledge of both parties -was passed in watered-down form by the Sen¬ ate and sent back to ths House for final approval. The House laid the bill on the table where tt still rests. AnnuaJ Sesfiions — Bills have been introduced in both houses to hold annual cessions of the Ijegislature, but neither House passed its 'uersion of the constitu¬ tional amendment. New Racing Bil^ Hone Racing—Several lightly- regarded "perennials" have ap¬ peared again this session, but a Democratic leader ha.i promised a "serious week. Appropriations — Still a moot question, since the Legislature haa not found the answer to ths tax question. Economy — The state's "Little Hoover Committee" bills found stormy going in the state, with few major measures passed. What few Important reforms escaped the Senate axe found even tougher going In the House. I'rison Reform — The Devers Prison Investigating Committee package breezed through the Ben- ate--with the final measure clear¬ ing Thursday—and the 10 bills are before the House, where leaders (Continued on Page A-10) Fireworks Casualties Cet Off to Early Start CHICAGO—Fireworks casualties began mounting yesterday with the *th of July still a week away. An explosion at Kansas City. Mo., killed two soda fountain girls, and fireworks were blamed for a tragedy at Keithsburg, 111., where an enranged man fatally wounded a boy, shot and wounded two other children and killed himself. Fireworks also destroyed six small Chicago warehouses and caused a fire at Canton, 111. Last week about 20 persons were hurt and 100 houses were damaged by a blast at the Wilfong Fireworks Co. at Fort Worth, Tex. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, said there is "no such things as safe fireworks." Dearborn said the Safety Council opposes all fireworks ex¬ cept those set off at formal displays by professionals. To Clear Confusio!^* More Authors Called By McCarthy Committee WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph McCarthy's investigators revealed today that painter Rockwell Kent, playwright Lillian Hellman and writer-humorist Dorothy Parker are among 23 persons to t>e called aa possible witnesses this week on the Stats Department's overseas libraries and information centers. Chief counsel Roy M. Cohn said the Senate permanent Investigat¬ ing subcommittee is having "great difficulty" locating some of the witnesses and "It ia obvious they are ducking" his subpenas. He did not say who was "ducking." Cohn said others called for the from libraries overseas in the wake of charges by McCarthy that many "pro-Communist" authors were represented. McCarthy s«id the additional authors are being called to "give a more complete picture" of the library program and to show the views of some of the writers whose books have been used. He said the hearings also may clear up some of the "confusion" over the book-burning charges. Cohn said subpenas have been uasued for 23 writers or artists and that "more than 15" are ex¬ pected to actually be put on the stand. The hearin.ers wil] run Wed three-d«v hearings, scheduled to _, open Wednesday, include Mrs.! "'''^"y- Thursday and Friday, Paul Roibeson. wife of the N^gro! * "^ ~ singer; writer Richard O. Boyer. CARDINAL DENOUNCES Corliss Lamont, teacher, writer and philosopher and Prof. Edwin B. Burgxim, formerly of New York University. The subcommittee has been In¬ vestigating the State Department bi-partisan bill next overseas 1 Ibrarles amid charges and counter-charges o,f "book burning" in which President ELienhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles have figured prominently. No Conun«int On Letter McCarthy today declined to comment on Mr. Eisenhower'a letter to the American Library As sociation warning against "zea lots" who try ,to keep freedoin- lovlng people from reading any literature they choose. In an earlier speech at Dartmouth Col¬ lege, Hanover, N. H., the Presi¬ dent said "Don't join the book burnerfl." The State Department has been removing large numbers of books POLISH REPRESSIONS VATICAN CITY, June 27— Stefan Cardinal Wysrynsky, Roman Catholic primate of Po¬ land, has denounced the Polish Communist regime's attempts to suppress the church and warned the hierarchy Is prepared to shed Its blood to meet the challenge, Vatican sources revealed. Wyjzjmsky. .52, is th* only prince of the church to escape imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain. He was created a car¬ dinal by Pope Pius xn last January. The Vatican newspaper Osser- vatore Romano said Wysiynsky defied the Red Polish govern¬ ment in a speech on Corpus Christi Day, June 4. The dis¬ closure was made In wi article which said that the situation Qf the ohureh in Poland "is becom¬ ing aiggravated day by day." Late Surgical Wizard, Dr. Lahey, Averaged 1,000 Operations a Year BOSTON Surgical wizard Dr. Frank H. Lahey, who applied his genius unstintingly to rich and poor alike, died yesterday at New England Baptist Hospital, an af¬ filiate of his Internationally fam¬ ed Lahey Clinic. He was 73. The heart seizure which closed the career of one of medicine's most brilliant figures struck La¬ hey 12 days ago soon after he In Today's Issue Classified jj 9 Kditorial ,. B—6 Feature Page ,. B—7 -Alovii N ' C—• Obituary A—10 Ra*lio ^ c—« Social „....__. C^l '^I'^rts .,."."".'.'.'..¦'. B—1 TeleviuoR ».. C—U finished an operation. His wfie and three doctors were at bis bedside when he died. For 30 years, Lahey averaged more than 1,000 operations an nually, specializing in a thyroid technique which cut the death rate for that operation from one out of five to one out of 140. Operated on Siamese Twins One of the last times he took scalpel in hand was to remove a fibroid tumor from one of the middle-aged Holyoke, Mass., Sia- GOVERNMENT STUDY AUTHORIZED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON.-The Senate passed and sent to the White House a Ipill to set up a new "Hoover Oommission" "type of aftudy of the federal government. It also approved and returned to the House with minor change a companion bill to establish a separate commission on federal- state relations, including duplica¬ tion of taxes. £(pth studies are aimed at sav¬ ing money by cutting down over¬ lapping governmental activities. The "commission on inter-gov¬ ernmental relations" was pro¬ posed by President Eisenhower after a conference with state Synfirman Rhe« today and expressed confidence afler the meeting that "we can reach a mutual agreement" on the Korean armistice crisis. President Eisenhower's special envoy and Rhee tt-M for 50 minutes in the South Korean president's mansion in Seoul, The unusual Sunday conference followed closely after a meeting between Rhee with his top lieutenants. Robertson said he returned to see Rhee today "to clear up details." TOKYO, Sunday—An American diplomatic and military team has just about convinced President Syngman Rhee to end his revolt and accept a Korean War armistice, well informed South Korean sources said on Saturday. The Korean sources close to the South Korean president said the negotiations to win South Korean support for a truce should be settled within the week. Reports to Washington said President Eisenhower and his top aides were "encouraged" over prospects of a settlement of American- South Korean armistice differences. Official word receive.d in Washington said the truce situation looked "brighter." American Assistant Secretary of Appeasing but... Mom Unimpressed By Ocean Hop LONDON — An adventurous San Francisco watchmaker who flew a single-cngined plane across the United States and the Atlantic Oce«in to see his family Vas greeted by his mother who ignorepl his feat and said, "Peter, you're much too fat." Peter Gluckmann brought his blue-and-gold Luscombe plane in for a landing at Northolt I „ ....,„ . . ^ • ... , . , BERLIN—The Communist Ea.st German government is trying t* airport to complete a three- .^;^ ^^^^ support from the populace it controls only through th* weeks, 7,000-mlle flight. He Russian army. Yesterday it announced sweeping reforms as th* stepped from the plane and em- ;western Allied high commissioners called on the Soviet to relax it« braced the gray^haired Mrs. !»«>" K""'? "" '¦he nation. _ p, . I The British. French and American iugh commi.ssioners, in a joint i!.rma LriucKmann. jstatement, called on the Russians to allow free elections and a Then she stood back, sur- unified CJermany. They said the formation of an all-German gov- veyed reprovingly: "Peter, you |ernment should be followed by a Reds Ignore All Allied Plans fo End Marfial Law State Walter Robertson and United Nations Commander Gen. Mark W. Clark were in Seoul Sunday waiting for a possible new meeting with the South Korean president. May Moet again Today Robertson cancelled a scheduled visit to the Korean War front today, presumably to be available immediately for additional talks. The American diplomatic and military negotiators met with Rhee Saturday and then dined W'ith the South Korean President. Both sides made guarded state¬ ments of optimism. Th*y may meet again today. The Korean sources said the "conferences are going forward drder optimistic circumstances The two sides are only inches apart and the problem should be (Continued on Page A-10) I whelmingly President Eisenhow er's defense reorganisation plan. The roll call vote was 234 to 108 against a resolution rejecting the plan which now becomes ef¬ fective midnight Monday, Op¬ ponents, who claimed it could lead to a powerful '"Prussian style" general staff, needed votes to kill the plan. Powerful Figure It provides for: 1.—Veto power for the chair¬ man of tht- joint chiefs of staff Big-3 Conference Postponed Again Doctors Order Quiet LONDON —Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 78, began a "complete rest" under doctors' or¬ ders that forced de'finite post¬ ponement of the Bermuda con¬ ference and thereby pushed back any big po^er meetins with Russia. Churchill also gave up active leadership of the government to spend at least a month at his country home outside London re¬ cuperating from the strain of overwork. Rumors immediately began to fly that Churchill waa seriously ill, but it was learned that the doughty old gentleman Was waJik- ing around his Cliartwell home with the aid of a cans. Conference Off The scheduled Bermuda meet¬ ing was called off after Churchill talked by telephone With Presi¬ dent Eisenhower and new French Premier Joseph Laniei. Churchill had been set to sail Tuesday for a meeting to begin Juiy 8, Churchill will be 79 In Novem¬ ber and his friends have been worried in recent months at his shouldering the load both of premier and foreign aecretary in the illness of Anthony Eden. Newly knighted by Queen Eliza¬ beth, he went through the coro¬ nation ceremonials in fine form, j^^^j^^ ^^ ^^j^^^ but hvs whole bearing has been j^,g^J , ^^^^^^^ noticeably weaker. Authority Delegated The day-to-day direction of the government was turned over to 50-year-old R. A. Butler, chan¬ cellor of the exchequer and hitherto ranked behind Churchill and BMen In the government. Butler will preside at cabinet are much too fat. much too fat.' Gluckmann began his flight at San Francisco on June S. He travelled across the states and through Canada to Goose Bay, Labrador, then Greenland and Iceland. He landed at Ren¬ frew, Scotland, after fog closed in the Prestwick Airport, his original destination. peace treaty with the new gov- 1 ernment. The three western high corn- lift martial law in the Soviet zone and restore normal communica¬ tions and travel between East Imissioners also sent identical and West Berlin. I notes to Soviet High Commis- The western powers new ap- i sioner Vladimir Semyonov in peal to the Soviets followed the Iwhich they "insisted" on early announcement by the Communist 'restoration of normal conditions East German government of new lin East Berlin, whfre martial law .sweeping concessions to farmers, iand a curfew have boen applied sm^ll businessmen and workers, by the Soviets since the June 171 The new Red government moves ! riots. iwere an attempt to win support JAsk Martial Law End Ifor a regime held in power by the i Their statement was issued] presence of 300,000 Red Army I after a two and one-half hour i troops, jmeeting in Berlin reviewing thei The worried East German lead- bloody workers' revolt in Easst [Germany against eight years of I Soviet occupation oppression. The Allied high commis.sioners again pres.sed the Russians to ers, although protected by the Red Army, apparently have given up their Sovietiration program to appease the workers and other (Continued on Page A-10) OF DEFENSE OEPI, Ignores Criticism Of Staff Proposal As 'Prussian-Style' 10 CALL UP BILL Excess Profits Bill In House Tomorrow; Outcome Uncertain Injuries to 2 Boys Bring Police Warning I ^^ ASmNGTON — Speaker .To.?-: (^jpf „( poij^e j Rugspn Tay-'his father. Dr. L. C. Blaum, after ,eph \\. Miirtm jr.. said yesterday jg^ voiced a plea to motorists to l^- was hit by a car ..it Scott and .the unusual method used to lake ugg extreme caution when they,Chapel streets, near the family iup excess protits tax legislation gj^g^ve children at piay after two home. The Blaum boy, who suf- tomorrow was required by the Wilkes-Barre boys were hit by fered a bruised right ankle, also j extraordinary circumstances. : ^^^.^ yesterday afternoon while was chasing a ball when hit by I The Massachusetts Republican cha.sing balls into the street. In a car operated by Raymond Bu- i tartly rapped Democrats for their another accident a Korn Krest gay. 30, of 75S Lehigh street, |Opposilion to tho method used.'rv,.-¦, vcm h''rt when he "bla?kedi Wilkcs-Barre township, according WASHINGTON.—The House'^^ charged them witli trying to out 'while driving his car. jto Patrolman Matthew Sarnoski. yesterday overrode protests thatj"f""f"se the issue," He insisted j^^^y Warkc, three, of .MR N.' John Yano.shak, 38, of 32 Dia- a possible military dictatorship i!'l';U^ ^^^^'= question is wliether the pgn^gyiyanj^ avenue, was treated mond sireet, Kern Krest, who told being created and approved over- ^2 pcr cent, $800,000,000 excess ^^ General Hospital for lip, fore- Patrolman John Johnson "I profits tax on corporations should j^^^j and knee" injuries after he'''^cked out," suffered knee In- be extended for six months until^^„ j^^^ ^^^ p^^^ ^, ^„ automo- Juries when his brand new Hud- Dec. 31. The matter of procedure ^iie operated by Mrs Gussie son car crashed into a parked is secondar.v, he said. jRomanik of 49 Henry street. The -r in front o? .361 N. Main street. Up to Democrats jacident occurred at North Penn-city. Yanoshak's car was badly Democrats, who could possibly sylvania avenue and Ralph street, damaged, as was the parked car swing the vote either way, have Patrolman Matthew Sarnoski re- owned by Philip Gilroy. 36, of 9. objected to the by-pa.ssing of the ported that the child, who was William street, city.' Yanoshak, 2isi tax-framing House Ways and; cliasns; a y-n]\. -an frim behind a who was treated by Dr. Francis Means committee to gel the bill, bus into the path of the car. jO'Donnell. took all blame for the to the House floor. '„,.„. I , . .... _, ... , , , , ., iTreatcdby Father laccident and assumed responsibiU Republican leaders ordered the; , .., , committee by-passed after Chair-i ^o"''^ Blaum, 10. was treated by ity for damages. I man Danel A. Reed (R-N.Y.) re-: '" ' > over personnel aelected for the I fused to let it vote on the legis vital 210-man staff of the joint chiefs. The Army, Navy and Air Force each select 70 officers for the staff, the nation's top military strategy group. 2.—Great management authori Iation urgently asked by President Eisenhower. The House rules committee sent the bill to the floor. Martin said the method was "unusual" but not without prece- ty Hot the chairman of the joint"^^"t. He said the GOP plan "will! chiefs over the staff. | permit representative government 3.—Abolition of the Munitionsl'" function under extraordinary: Board, Research and Develop-! •conditions." ment Board, and Defense Supply Management agency. 4.—Creation of six new assist¬ ant defense secretaries. Devereux Opposes The flnst two provisions drew the fire of opponents. Rep. Jamei Sharp Fight 8«'en Reds Take Lookout Mt. With Heaviest Barrage Of 3'Year Korean War TOKYO, Sunday-CJhinese Com-|was unsuccessful. The counter- Th„ f;™v,f ,.„„,„„„,., I. -.«.»-..,f„.il "'""'*' troops behind the heaviestlattack force withdrew to the new The fight toniorrjw is e^Pected j^^^ ^ ;„ barrage of the three-,South Korean lines, according to to be sharp and leave some ran- y^^^.„,^ Korean war, recaptured Ilast reports. TheTo"wdown vote will come f[/^*',^^^l^^^1„°°'^^^^^^^^ T^^° '"i""; Hed attacks on the when the House votes formally' ^ *^^^^ ^*^"'^'^'^'^^"'^^'^^- T**^ central front were nurled whether to take up the measure,! Tv#o Red convpanies smashed to back today by ROK troop... Fight- P. S, beveVeux''iR:MdT,'"r''eti'rediA big number of Democrats are'tlj^^ "^«t °f 'he domi^^^^^^ going to oppose this. Actual ex-i Position, south of Capitol Hill, tension — if the House votes toi ""^'y » '^^ hours after South Uke up the bill-is expected to; |^0';^^'^"}''^P\h^d seized the peak be overwhelming. of Wake of their "dangers." Chairman Dewey Short (R-Mo.) of the armed services committee said, however, the fears of a grab for power by the chairman of the joint chiefs were "ghosts and hobgoblins." Devereux retorted that "they are not ghosts and hobgoblins in a see-saw battle Chinese mortars and cannon n,,^^, , ..^ ..... . __. —..^- fi-'cd 81,052 round."- against thr RUSSIANS WILL RELEASE troops of the 3rd ROK Division. 600 AUSTRIAN CAPTIVESle^^^;rl55^;v'btt,^^rrt^o''': VIENNA, Austria. The Aus-l record total of 130,960 rouncis. trian government announced that: Three other Chinese companies ing died down m the rain-soaked sector early today but ROKs pa¬ trolled in front «f the outposts. Counterattacking South Koraan troops recaptured an important outpost lost to the Reds on the western front but were force! to withdraw from Ontnost Bak when Red artillery position made the position untenable. Two other po.sitions captured by the Reds Friday, Hill 179 and an unnamed meetings and will share the primej(,j,^ ^j.^ .^^^^ real," He said the'*^he Soviet government had in- attacked almost slniultancously|hcight, were still in Rsd hands. minister's chores in the House of|jncreased authority would mean'' ^ " ' ' """ ' "" " "' " ' °'^" —"¦— —"" Commons with Capt, Harry Crookshank, conservative leader of the House. Taft In Favor Of Postponement WASHINGTON —Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-0.> said the postpone¬ ment of the Big Three Bermuda (Continued on Page A-10) tliat all the nation's military planning may be a "reflection of one man, the chairman. . . ." The resolution to kill the plan was offered by Rep. Robert L. Condon (D-Oal.) Rep. William L. Dawson (D-IU.) was among those supporting Condon, contending the plan would make the joint chiefs chairman a "superman." at a smaller ROK position south-' west of Lookout .Mountain but VFW ASKS LAW TO BAN formed it that 600 Austrian pris¬ oners of war and interned civil¬ ians serving prison terms in Rus- were thrown back down the mud- «|jqi»i|- -fr^ DncrKlDCOrNO sia had been granted amnesty, jdy aproach slopes in two hours On nil''t IU nUoENDCnGS The announcement said the of fighting, i LAKE PLACTD, N, Y.—Some Soviet foreign office informed the A delayed report from the South!3,000 Veterans of Foreign Wars Austrian ambassador in Moscow Korean sector oast of the Pukhanjended their annual state conven- of the amnesty in a note. 'River said a single ROK coun- lion Saturday, after demanding a The prisoner.s will be returned:ter attack to regain ground lost:state law to prevent erection of a to Austria, the government said, to Chinese in heavy attacks Fri- "shrine" to executed atom spies The first group is expected about day night and Saturday morning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. July 1. _^ Truman Says He Is Not Out of Polities-Yet mese twins, Mary and Margaret Gibb, in a history-making oper-1 governors this spring on overlap- i^tion_ ping and duplicating federal-«tate The last of hundreds ot world] programs, notables whose cases fell within The conference of sUte gover- his scope was British Foreign nors is almost unanimously be- Se-retary .Anthony Eden. Lahey I hind the program, which will be was summoned as a consuitant|a prime topic at Ils annual meet- (Continued on Pag* A-10) ling in Seattle in August NEW YORK—Former President Harry S. Truman said yesterday that after 40 years in politici^, "I'm not out of it yet." Mr. Truman did not indicate ex¬ actly what future political activity he had in mind however, as he talked Informally with reporters after his arrivaV here by train from Philadelphia for his first visit to the big city since he left the White House. Mr. Truman was asked how he felt since he became ex-Preeident. He laughed, and replied: January 20th lifted a terrible weight off me. It is a very diffi¬ cult job to do for any man." He was asked again if he would "I have no comment to make on the administration. I always ad¬ vised the Congress never to at¬ tack the President. Attack his politics, but not him personally." Mr. Truman's remark about politics came when he was asked to comment on reports his daugh¬ ter might become a candidate for office. "She is free and 21," he replied. "Whatever she does, I will ap¬ prove," He was asked if he would give Miss Truman any advice, "She will have to ask me," he said. "I can pose as a man of Valley Scene Garden Tlieatre marquee an¬ nouncing laitl week: DISHES TONIGHT GOOU TIME GIRL NOT WANTED Guy tvho believed in livinff dangerously ehowinp he c'ould ignite fumes after taking cap off his car's gasoline tank, tlien smothering flame qiticklu with rag. Three-iiear-otd son of state rejiresentative in W h e I n n' s with grandmother, seeking to settle difference of oinitioi} hn saying, "Let's have a caucus and vote on it." comment on the (iOP administra-1 experience after 40 years—and I'm I reading, "Don't be a litUr- "lon. inot out of it yet.* ' »-'•" Sign on Careu ai'env.e l.aivn, fad bug. Hawaii Lines Up For or Againsi Siarched Shiri. Tie in Offices HONOLULU, T. H. — A new starched shirt and tie edict has Hawaii territorial workers uncom¬ fortable, both psysically and po¬ litically. Republican Gov. Samuel Wilder King, a part Hawaiian, touched off a controversy Wednesday when he rejected the use of gaudy aloha shirts in territorial office buil.dings. Mayor on Opposite Side Democrat Mayor .John H. Wil¬ son, 81. who enjoys a political feud, promptly advised city hall workers they could wear "casual dress-«-ven breechcloths' If they wished this summer. Taking a cue from the com But across the street at city hall workers discarded white shirts for multicolored prints of every description. There were no breechcloths, however. Break with Custom Pr<-vious Hawaii governors al¬ lowed employes to wear aloha shirts during summer months, but Gov. King said he -didn't feel they were "seemly" in offices. However. King said he would not object to the casual wear If the general public showed no obiection to their use in territorial offices. The governor admitted this '.eft jthe whole issue up in the.air, ments of their respective bosses, since it was rather difficult to territorial workers appearc' nl sound out public opinion. freshly starched white shirts • dj Neither the governor nor tb* ties at historic lolani Palace, 1 mayor wears, aloha shirts.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 47 |
Issue | 35 |
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 | 1953-06-28 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Month | 06 |
Day | 28 |
Year | 1953 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 47 |
Issue | 35 |
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 | 1953-06-28 |
Date Digital | 2011-01-06 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
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Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | , I M A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT CLOUDY, HOT HifhMt M t» n 4 1 Monday: TirafkAm^nm % 47TH YEAR — NO. 35 — 74 PAGES MnnlMv Andit Bnrma ot ClTcalatloas WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1953 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Pains of His Own Surprise Meeting Is Held To End Korea Truce Crisis Robertson, Rhee Near Agreement BULLEllN TOKYO, SUNDAY—Asslstant Secretary of State Walter Robertson held an unscheduled conference with President LEGISLAIURE SHOW BUT UHLE PROGRESS SO EAR Important Bills Are Stuck in Committee Or Blocked on Floor HARRISBURO.—Here's an up- to-date progress report on Im¬ portant legislation before the Pennsylvania General Assembly.' <8e« Page B-ll) Taxes—Still no solution to this $118,000,000 question, although rival parties hav* slated a record top-level conference next week with Gov. John S. Fine to Iron out differences. A hodge-podge aales tax program seems in thej offing, however, with levies on new and used car and television set sales i« the tentative tax paclcage. The one per cent sales tax appears dead. rEPO—SUlled in House Com¬ mittee since eariy in the session, with no Indication whether it will reach the floor. ("institutional Revision — Over¬ haul of the state's antiquated basic law- a campaign pledge of both parties -was passed in watered-down form by the Sen¬ ate and sent back to ths House for final approval. The House laid the bill on the table where tt still rests. AnnuaJ Sesfiions — Bills have been introduced in both houses to hold annual cessions of the Ijegislature, but neither House passed its 'uersion of the constitu¬ tional amendment. New Racing Bil^ Hone Racing—Several lightly- regarded "perennials" have ap¬ peared again this session, but a Democratic leader ha.i promised a "serious week. Appropriations — Still a moot question, since the Legislature haa not found the answer to ths tax question. Economy — The state's "Little Hoover Committee" bills found stormy going in the state, with few major measures passed. What few Important reforms escaped the Senate axe found even tougher going In the House. I'rison Reform — The Devers Prison Investigating Committee package breezed through the Ben- ate--with the final measure clear¬ ing Thursday—and the 10 bills are before the House, where leaders (Continued on Page A-10) Fireworks Casualties Cet Off to Early Start CHICAGO—Fireworks casualties began mounting yesterday with the *th of July still a week away. An explosion at Kansas City. Mo., killed two soda fountain girls, and fireworks were blamed for a tragedy at Keithsburg, 111., where an enranged man fatally wounded a boy, shot and wounded two other children and killed himself. Fireworks also destroyed six small Chicago warehouses and caused a fire at Canton, 111. Last week about 20 persons were hurt and 100 houses were damaged by a blast at the Wilfong Fireworks Co. at Fort Worth, Tex. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, said there is "no such things as safe fireworks." Dearborn said the Safety Council opposes all fireworks ex¬ cept those set off at formal displays by professionals. To Clear Confusio!^* More Authors Called By McCarthy Committee WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph McCarthy's investigators revealed today that painter Rockwell Kent, playwright Lillian Hellman and writer-humorist Dorothy Parker are among 23 persons to t>e called aa possible witnesses this week on the Stats Department's overseas libraries and information centers. Chief counsel Roy M. Cohn said the Senate permanent Investigat¬ ing subcommittee is having "great difficulty" locating some of the witnesses and "It ia obvious they are ducking" his subpenas. He did not say who was "ducking." Cohn said others called for the from libraries overseas in the wake of charges by McCarthy that many "pro-Communist" authors were represented. McCarthy s«id the additional authors are being called to "give a more complete picture" of the library program and to show the views of some of the writers whose books have been used. He said the hearings also may clear up some of the "confusion" over the book-burning charges. Cohn said subpenas have been uasued for 23 writers or artists and that "more than 15" are ex¬ pected to actually be put on the stand. The hearin.ers wil] run Wed three-d«v hearings, scheduled to _, open Wednesday, include Mrs.! "'''^"y- Thursday and Friday, Paul Roibeson. wife of the N^gro! * "^ ~ singer; writer Richard O. Boyer. CARDINAL DENOUNCES Corliss Lamont, teacher, writer and philosopher and Prof. Edwin B. Burgxim, formerly of New York University. The subcommittee has been In¬ vestigating the State Department bi-partisan bill next overseas 1 Ibrarles amid charges and counter-charges o,f "book burning" in which President ELienhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles have figured prominently. No Conun«int On Letter McCarthy today declined to comment on Mr. Eisenhower'a letter to the American Library As sociation warning against "zea lots" who try ,to keep freedoin- lovlng people from reading any literature they choose. In an earlier speech at Dartmouth Col¬ lege, Hanover, N. H., the Presi¬ dent said "Don't join the book burnerfl." The State Department has been removing large numbers of books POLISH REPRESSIONS VATICAN CITY, June 27— Stefan Cardinal Wysrynsky, Roman Catholic primate of Po¬ land, has denounced the Polish Communist regime's attempts to suppress the church and warned the hierarchy Is prepared to shed Its blood to meet the challenge, Vatican sources revealed. Wyjzjmsky. .52, is th* only prince of the church to escape imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain. He was created a car¬ dinal by Pope Pius xn last January. The Vatican newspaper Osser- vatore Romano said Wysiynsky defied the Red Polish govern¬ ment in a speech on Corpus Christi Day, June 4. The dis¬ closure was made In wi article which said that the situation Qf the ohureh in Poland "is becom¬ ing aiggravated day by day." Late Surgical Wizard, Dr. Lahey, Averaged 1,000 Operations a Year BOSTON Surgical wizard Dr. Frank H. Lahey, who applied his genius unstintingly to rich and poor alike, died yesterday at New England Baptist Hospital, an af¬ filiate of his Internationally fam¬ ed Lahey Clinic. He was 73. The heart seizure which closed the career of one of medicine's most brilliant figures struck La¬ hey 12 days ago soon after he In Today's Issue Classified jj 9 Kditorial ,. B—6 Feature Page ,. B—7 -Alovii N ' C—• Obituary A—10 Ra*lio ^ c—« Social „....__. C^l '^I'^rts .,."."".'.'.'..¦'. B—1 TeleviuoR ».. C—U finished an operation. His wfie and three doctors were at bis bedside when he died. For 30 years, Lahey averaged more than 1,000 operations an nually, specializing in a thyroid technique which cut the death rate for that operation from one out of five to one out of 140. Operated on Siamese Twins One of the last times he took scalpel in hand was to remove a fibroid tumor from one of the middle-aged Holyoke, Mass., Sia- GOVERNMENT STUDY AUTHORIZED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON.-The Senate passed and sent to the White House a Ipill to set up a new "Hoover Oommission" "type of aftudy of the federal government. It also approved and returned to the House with minor change a companion bill to establish a separate commission on federal- state relations, including duplica¬ tion of taxes. £(pth studies are aimed at sav¬ ing money by cutting down over¬ lapping governmental activities. The "commission on inter-gov¬ ernmental relations" was pro¬ posed by President Eisenhower after a conference with state Synfirman Rhe« today and expressed confidence afler the meeting that "we can reach a mutual agreement" on the Korean armistice crisis. President Eisenhower's special envoy and Rhee tt-M for 50 minutes in the South Korean president's mansion in Seoul, The unusual Sunday conference followed closely after a meeting between Rhee with his top lieutenants. Robertson said he returned to see Rhee today "to clear up details." TOKYO, Sunday—An American diplomatic and military team has just about convinced President Syngman Rhee to end his revolt and accept a Korean War armistice, well informed South Korean sources said on Saturday. The Korean sources close to the South Korean president said the negotiations to win South Korean support for a truce should be settled within the week. Reports to Washington said President Eisenhower and his top aides were "encouraged" over prospects of a settlement of American- South Korean armistice differences. Official word receive.d in Washington said the truce situation looked "brighter." American Assistant Secretary of Appeasing but... Mom Unimpressed By Ocean Hop LONDON — An adventurous San Francisco watchmaker who flew a single-cngined plane across the United States and the Atlantic Oce«in to see his family Vas greeted by his mother who ignorepl his feat and said, "Peter, you're much too fat." Peter Gluckmann brought his blue-and-gold Luscombe plane in for a landing at Northolt I „ ....,„ . . ^ • ... , . , BERLIN—The Communist Ea.st German government is trying t* airport to complete a three- .^;^ ^^^^ support from the populace it controls only through th* weeks, 7,000-mlle flight. He Russian army. Yesterday it announced sweeping reforms as th* stepped from the plane and em- ;western Allied high commissioners called on the Soviet to relax it« braced the gray^haired Mrs. !»«>" K""'? "" '¦he nation. _ p, . I The British. French and American iugh commi.ssioners, in a joint i!.rma LriucKmann. jstatement, called on the Russians to allow free elections and a Then she stood back, sur- unified CJermany. They said the formation of an all-German gov- veyed reprovingly: "Peter, you |ernment should be followed by a Reds Ignore All Allied Plans fo End Marfial Law State Walter Robertson and United Nations Commander Gen. Mark W. Clark were in Seoul Sunday waiting for a possible new meeting with the South Korean president. May Moet again Today Robertson cancelled a scheduled visit to the Korean War front today, presumably to be available immediately for additional talks. The American diplomatic and military negotiators met with Rhee Saturday and then dined W'ith the South Korean President. Both sides made guarded state¬ ments of optimism. Th*y may meet again today. The Korean sources said the "conferences are going forward drder optimistic circumstances The two sides are only inches apart and the problem should be (Continued on Page A-10) I whelmingly President Eisenhow er's defense reorganisation plan. The roll call vote was 234 to 108 against a resolution rejecting the plan which now becomes ef¬ fective midnight Monday, Op¬ ponents, who claimed it could lead to a powerful '"Prussian style" general staff, needed votes to kill the plan. Powerful Figure It provides for: 1.—Veto power for the chair¬ man of tht- joint chiefs of staff Big-3 Conference Postponed Again Doctors Order Quiet LONDON —Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 78, began a "complete rest" under doctors' or¬ ders that forced de'finite post¬ ponement of the Bermuda con¬ ference and thereby pushed back any big po^er meetins with Russia. Churchill also gave up active leadership of the government to spend at least a month at his country home outside London re¬ cuperating from the strain of overwork. Rumors immediately began to fly that Churchill waa seriously ill, but it was learned that the doughty old gentleman Was waJik- ing around his Cliartwell home with the aid of a cans. Conference Off The scheduled Bermuda meet¬ ing was called off after Churchill talked by telephone With Presi¬ dent Eisenhower and new French Premier Joseph Laniei. Churchill had been set to sail Tuesday for a meeting to begin Juiy 8, Churchill will be 79 In Novem¬ ber and his friends have been worried in recent months at his shouldering the load both of premier and foreign aecretary in the illness of Anthony Eden. Newly knighted by Queen Eliza¬ beth, he went through the coro¬ nation ceremonials in fine form, j^^^j^^ ^^ ^^j^^^ but hvs whole bearing has been j^,g^J , ^^^^^^^ noticeably weaker. Authority Delegated The day-to-day direction of the government was turned over to 50-year-old R. A. Butler, chan¬ cellor of the exchequer and hitherto ranked behind Churchill and BMen In the government. Butler will preside at cabinet are much too fat. much too fat.' Gluckmann began his flight at San Francisco on June S. He travelled across the states and through Canada to Goose Bay, Labrador, then Greenland and Iceland. He landed at Ren¬ frew, Scotland, after fog closed in the Prestwick Airport, his original destination. peace treaty with the new gov- 1 ernment. The three western high corn- lift martial law in the Soviet zone and restore normal communica¬ tions and travel between East Imissioners also sent identical and West Berlin. I notes to Soviet High Commis- The western powers new ap- i sioner Vladimir Semyonov in peal to the Soviets followed the Iwhich they "insisted" on early announcement by the Communist 'restoration of normal conditions East German government of new lin East Berlin, whfre martial law .sweeping concessions to farmers, iand a curfew have boen applied sm^ll businessmen and workers, by the Soviets since the June 171 The new Red government moves ! riots. iwere an attempt to win support JAsk Martial Law End Ifor a regime held in power by the i Their statement was issued] presence of 300,000 Red Army I after a two and one-half hour i troops, jmeeting in Berlin reviewing thei The worried East German lead- bloody workers' revolt in Easst [Germany against eight years of I Soviet occupation oppression. The Allied high commis.sioners again pres.sed the Russians to ers, although protected by the Red Army, apparently have given up their Sovietiration program to appease the workers and other (Continued on Page A-10) OF DEFENSE OEPI, Ignores Criticism Of Staff Proposal As 'Prussian-Style' 10 CALL UP BILL Excess Profits Bill In House Tomorrow; Outcome Uncertain Injuries to 2 Boys Bring Police Warning I ^^ ASmNGTON — Speaker .To.?-: (^jpf „( poij^e j Rugspn Tay-'his father. Dr. L. C. Blaum, after ,eph \\. Miirtm jr.. said yesterday jg^ voiced a plea to motorists to l^- was hit by a car ..it Scott and .the unusual method used to lake ugg extreme caution when they,Chapel streets, near the family iup excess protits tax legislation gj^g^ve children at piay after two home. The Blaum boy, who suf- tomorrow was required by the Wilkes-Barre boys were hit by fered a bruised right ankle, also j extraordinary circumstances. : ^^^.^ yesterday afternoon while was chasing a ball when hit by I The Massachusetts Republican cha.sing balls into the street. In a car operated by Raymond Bu- i tartly rapped Democrats for their another accident a Korn Krest gay. 30, of 75S Lehigh street, |Opposilion to tho method used.'rv,.-¦, vcm h''rt when he "bla?kedi Wilkcs-Barre township, according WASHINGTON.—The House'^^ charged them witli trying to out 'while driving his car. jto Patrolman Matthew Sarnoski. yesterday overrode protests thatj"f""f"se the issue," He insisted j^^^y Warkc, three, of .MR N.' John Yano.shak, 38, of 32 Dia- a possible military dictatorship i!'l';U^ ^^^^'= question is wliether the pgn^gyiyanj^ avenue, was treated mond sireet, Kern Krest, who told being created and approved over- ^2 pcr cent, $800,000,000 excess ^^ General Hospital for lip, fore- Patrolman John Johnson "I profits tax on corporations should j^^^j and knee" injuries after he'''^cked out," suffered knee In- be extended for six months until^^„ j^^^ ^^^ p^^^ ^, ^„ automo- Juries when his brand new Hud- Dec. 31. The matter of procedure ^iie operated by Mrs Gussie son car crashed into a parked is secondar.v, he said. jRomanik of 49 Henry street. The -r in front o? .361 N. Main street. Up to Democrats jacident occurred at North Penn-city. Yanoshak's car was badly Democrats, who could possibly sylvania avenue and Ralph street, damaged, as was the parked car swing the vote either way, have Patrolman Matthew Sarnoski re- owned by Philip Gilroy. 36, of 9. objected to the by-pa.ssing of the ported that the child, who was William street, city.' Yanoshak, 2isi tax-framing House Ways and; cliasns; a y-n]\. -an frim behind a who was treated by Dr. Francis Means committee to gel the bill, bus into the path of the car. jO'Donnell. took all blame for the to the House floor. '„,.„. I , . .... _, ... , , , , ., iTreatcdby Father laccident and assumed responsibiU Republican leaders ordered the; , .., , committee by-passed after Chair-i ^o"''^ Blaum, 10. was treated by ity for damages. I man Danel A. Reed (R-N.Y.) re-: '" ' > over personnel aelected for the I fused to let it vote on the legis vital 210-man staff of the joint chiefs. The Army, Navy and Air Force each select 70 officers for the staff, the nation's top military strategy group. 2.—Great management authori Iation urgently asked by President Eisenhower. The House rules committee sent the bill to the floor. Martin said the method was "unusual" but not without prece- ty Hot the chairman of the joint"^^"t. He said the GOP plan "will! chiefs over the staff. | permit representative government 3.—Abolition of the Munitionsl'" function under extraordinary: Board, Research and Develop-! •conditions." ment Board, and Defense Supply Management agency. 4.—Creation of six new assist¬ ant defense secretaries. Devereux Opposes The flnst two provisions drew the fire of opponents. Rep. Jamei Sharp Fight 8«'en Reds Take Lookout Mt. With Heaviest Barrage Of 3'Year Korean War TOKYO, Sunday-CJhinese Com-|was unsuccessful. The counter- Th„ f;™v,f ,.„„,„„„,., I. -.«.»-..,f„.il "'""'*' troops behind the heaviestlattack force withdrew to the new The fight toniorrjw is e^Pected j^^^ ^ ;„ barrage of the three-,South Korean lines, according to to be sharp and leave some ran- y^^^.„,^ Korean war, recaptured Ilast reports. TheTo"wdown vote will come f[/^*',^^^l^^^1„°°'^^^^^^^^ T^^° '"i""; Hed attacks on the when the House votes formally' ^ *^^^^ ^*^"'^'^'^'^^"'^^'^^- T**^ central front were nurled whether to take up the measure,! Tv#o Red convpanies smashed to back today by ROK troop... Fight- P. S, beveVeux''iR:MdT,'"r''eti'rediA big number of Democrats are'tlj^^ "^«t °f 'he domi^^^^^^ going to oppose this. Actual ex-i Position, south of Capitol Hill, tension — if the House votes toi ""^'y » '^^ hours after South Uke up the bill-is expected to; |^0';^^'^"}''^P\h^d seized the peak be overwhelming. of Wake of their "dangers." Chairman Dewey Short (R-Mo.) of the armed services committee said, however, the fears of a grab for power by the chairman of the joint chiefs were "ghosts and hobgoblins." Devereux retorted that "they are not ghosts and hobgoblins in a see-saw battle Chinese mortars and cannon n,,^^, , ..^ ..... . __. —..^- fi-'cd 81,052 round."- against thr RUSSIANS WILL RELEASE troops of the 3rd ROK Division. 600 AUSTRIAN CAPTIVESle^^^;rl55^;v'btt,^^rrt^o''': VIENNA, Austria. The Aus-l record total of 130,960 rouncis. trian government announced that: Three other Chinese companies ing died down m the rain-soaked sector early today but ROKs pa¬ trolled in front «f the outposts. Counterattacking South Koraan troops recaptured an important outpost lost to the Reds on the western front but were force! to withdraw from Ontnost Bak when Red artillery position made the position untenable. Two other po.sitions captured by the Reds Friday, Hill 179 and an unnamed meetings and will share the primej(,j,^ ^j.^ .^^^^ real," He said the'*^he Soviet government had in- attacked almost slniultancously|hcight, were still in Rsd hands. minister's chores in the House of|jncreased authority would mean'' ^ " ' ' """ ' "" " "' " ' °'^" —"¦— —"" Commons with Capt, Harry Crookshank, conservative leader of the House. Taft In Favor Of Postponement WASHINGTON —Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-0.> said the postpone¬ ment of the Big Three Bermuda (Continued on Page A-10) tliat all the nation's military planning may be a "reflection of one man, the chairman. . . ." The resolution to kill the plan was offered by Rep. Robert L. Condon (D-Oal.) Rep. William L. Dawson (D-IU.) was among those supporting Condon, contending the plan would make the joint chiefs chairman a "superman." at a smaller ROK position south-' west of Lookout .Mountain but VFW ASKS LAW TO BAN formed it that 600 Austrian pris¬ oners of war and interned civil¬ ians serving prison terms in Rus- were thrown back down the mud- «|jqi»i|- -fr^ DncrKlDCOrNO sia had been granted amnesty, jdy aproach slopes in two hours On nil''t IU nUoENDCnGS The announcement said the of fighting, i LAKE PLACTD, N, Y.—Some Soviet foreign office informed the A delayed report from the South!3,000 Veterans of Foreign Wars Austrian ambassador in Moscow Korean sector oast of the Pukhanjended their annual state conven- of the amnesty in a note. 'River said a single ROK coun- lion Saturday, after demanding a The prisoner.s will be returned:ter attack to regain ground lost:state law to prevent erection of a to Austria, the government said, to Chinese in heavy attacks Fri- "shrine" to executed atom spies The first group is expected about day night and Saturday morning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. July 1. _^ Truman Says He Is Not Out of Polities-Yet mese twins, Mary and Margaret Gibb, in a history-making oper-1 governors this spring on overlap- i^tion_ ping and duplicating federal-«tate The last of hundreds ot world] programs, notables whose cases fell within The conference of sUte gover- his scope was British Foreign nors is almost unanimously be- Se-retary .Anthony Eden. Lahey I hind the program, which will be was summoned as a consuitant|a prime topic at Ils annual meet- (Continued on Pag* A-10) ling in Seattle in August NEW YORK—Former President Harry S. Truman said yesterday that after 40 years in politici^, "I'm not out of it yet." Mr. Truman did not indicate ex¬ actly what future political activity he had in mind however, as he talked Informally with reporters after his arrivaV here by train from Philadelphia for his first visit to the big city since he left the White House. Mr. Truman was asked how he felt since he became ex-Preeident. He laughed, and replied: January 20th lifted a terrible weight off me. It is a very diffi¬ cult job to do for any man." He was asked again if he would "I have no comment to make on the administration. I always ad¬ vised the Congress never to at¬ tack the President. Attack his politics, but not him personally." Mr. Truman's remark about politics came when he was asked to comment on reports his daugh¬ ter might become a candidate for office. "She is free and 21," he replied. "Whatever she does, I will ap¬ prove," He was asked if he would give Miss Truman any advice, "She will have to ask me," he said. "I can pose as a man of Valley Scene Garden Tlieatre marquee an¬ nouncing laitl week: DISHES TONIGHT GOOU TIME GIRL NOT WANTED Guy tvho believed in livinff dangerously ehowinp he c'ould ignite fumes after taking cap off his car's gasoline tank, tlien smothering flame qiticklu with rag. Three-iiear-otd son of state rejiresentative in W h e I n n' s with grandmother, seeking to settle difference of oinitioi} hn saying, "Let's have a caucus and vote on it." comment on the (iOP administra-1 experience after 40 years—and I'm I reading, "Don't be a litUr- "lon. inot out of it yet.* ' »-'•" Sign on Careu ai'env.e l.aivn, fad bug. Hawaii Lines Up For or Againsi Siarched Shiri. Tie in Offices HONOLULU, T. H. — A new starched shirt and tie edict has Hawaii territorial workers uncom¬ fortable, both psysically and po¬ litically. Republican Gov. Samuel Wilder King, a part Hawaiian, touched off a controversy Wednesday when he rejected the use of gaudy aloha shirts in territorial office buil.dings. Mayor on Opposite Side Democrat Mayor .John H. Wil¬ son, 81. who enjoys a political feud, promptly advised city hall workers they could wear "casual dress-«-ven breechcloths' If they wished this summer. Taking a cue from the com But across the street at city hall workers discarded white shirts for multicolored prints of every description. There were no breechcloths, however. Break with Custom Pr<-vious Hawaii governors al¬ lowed employes to wear aloha shirts during summer months, but Gov. King said he -didn't feel they were "seemly" in offices. However. King said he would not object to the casual wear If the general public showed no obiection to their use in territorial offices. The governor admitted this '.eft jthe whole issue up in the.air, ments of their respective bosses, since it was rather difficult to territorial workers appearc' nl sound out public opinion. freshly starched white shirts • dj Neither the governor nor tb* ties at historic lolani Palace, 1 mayor wears, aloha shirts. |
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Year | 1953 |
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