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47TH YEAR — NO. 26 — 70 PAGES
No^Care, No Heat, ilo Medicine
Liberated Prisoners Say Thousands Died; Insist Redlly Sick Were Not Exchanged
Bv AL K\rr
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f-REEDOM VILLAGE, Korea -j lyiberatwd Amerioan prisoners of war to eg 4,000 more Allied prls-j oners wiio died of CommunlMI brutality or neglect. j
fiome o* the reports overlapped j and the figures could not boi (;h*'"ked, but the number of Allied j deaths in Red r4iptlvlty was est!-; mated to be near 7,000. |
United     Nations    offli'ials     an-^
nounced meanwhile tJiat Commu-1
.nist    oorreaoondents    Alan    'Win-1
0ington and Wilfred BurcheU hadi
'^•d to indoctrinate the VritoniiTB^^      ^^^   Armory,   durinj with Communism. " j,   «u..i.,
TTie UN ofActal aaid Burrhett snd Wlnninsrton brought the pris¬ oners news of world  events  and
M«mb«r Audit Barntq  of Clr«iiliktloiis
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1953
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Wtl* New*    Snrrtca
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Today's Truce Talk Test Of Russian's Sincerity
Photograph  by I^yon* Studio
Mrs. Edgar Griffiths, City Patrolman's Wife, Is Mrs. Wyoming Valley
Climaxinc a successful weelc ati
wliich!
approximately S0,000 'Wyoming'
Valley   citizens   visited   the   hugej
Trade and Home .Show sponsored
(A l>ioKrapiilnal sketch of Mrs. Wyominit Valley api>earB in this edition on Page C-S In the Society Section.)
Judges    fof   the    contest,    who painstakingly   In   screen
Af ew Compromise on Issue of Prisoners Offers a Solution
PANMUNJOM, Korea. Sunday—The Communists announced that with the return of 13 more Americans toda.v their exchange of sick and wounded prisoners had ended.
The Communist control officer at the exchangt- point in Panmunjom told Col. Edward L. Austin, chief Allied control officer, that "we have finished deliver¬ ing prisoners". The Reds handed over 71 other Allied POWs in addition to the 13 Americans.
Don'f Forget Yours
PANMUNJOM, Korea—The Korean truce negotiations reopen today in a crucial test of the Kremlin's desire for peace,
A few hours before the meeting anoiher exchange of
while talking with them in Com- by Wiikes-Barre Junior Chamberiworked   ii<>iiiai.tiiMiiKi.r   '"   »>-.cc..-i   . , , j   j       - l "'   vir.     c:     ti.  ir^.. »...>
rauniat   POW   camps,   played    .\ot   Commerce,   Mrs.   Edgar  Grif-|ing all applicants and making theSIck and wounded prisoners began.     Mtty hOUth IVOreans
lending  role"   In   the   Indoctrina- f'ths,   42   Custer   street,   Wllkes-lvery difficult decision, were:   Mrs.jweie  returned  by  the  (^ommunistS in  the  first exchange
Bare,  was crowned  "Mrs.  Wyo-iJoseph Miezkowski, Mrs. Charics^yhiie the Allies Sent back 100 North  Koreans.    In fhe ming Valley" last night at ^''YotX'^^^l"'^nf^Trt^'l^tf'c.ls^^^     i?""®"? ^ "bonus" allied ailing prisoners were 13
Weyand. I Americans.
The  entire  project,  from   plan-'    Under today's accelerated schedule the Allies will return 497 North ning to execution, was handled by'Koreans in three and a half hours.
tion of Americans and Britons. Deitth Marche*, Frerxinc
Prisoners told earlier of deaths of 8,000 UN troops in "death marches or In unheated storksules during periods of below- sero temperatures when they often were without proper eare.
Today there were new reports of the deaths of 1,500 men In one camp, 1,600 to 1,800 in another and 800 at Camp No. 8 near Pyoktong.
Opl. Wendell R Treffery of Ter- ryviUe, Oonn., told newwnen here tliat "if they had given us better food   and   medical   care,   t,»00  to
Valley" last night at Wyoming Valley Parade of Prog the ress. She is pictured as she re¬ ceived a $500 bond from J. B. Post jr., Jaycee president, and Mrs. Mary Kerr, JayCette chairman.
Mrs. Griffiths (the former ar- rlet Ponting) won out over a field of 31 other Wyoming Valley house¬ wives, whose names and qualifi¬ cations    were   submitted    to   the
The Red« are to turn back 84
the JayCettes, auxiliary to the Wilkes-Barre Junior Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the Jay¬ Cettes committee was Mrs. Mary Kerr.
Mrs.     Griffiths,     a     charming
committee by friends and neigh-1blonde, is the wife of a Wilkea- l>ors. FinalisU In the contest, whoJBarre city policeman and World were presented to the Parade audi-1 War II veteran, and the mother ence, v«>re Mrs. C. William Mock, of two chilren.    She is an active
Mrs. Jule Ayers, Mrs. Walter Cum-
participant  in   the   annual   drives
of the Community Chest, the Red
Croaa, The Heart Fund, and other
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Allied  troops.
Ninety minutes after the laat North Korean is delivered today UN and Communist truce dele¬ gates vrill sit down for their first plenary seesion in 19» days—to break the longest recess in the truce negotiations.
Today's aession waa held in the ahadow cast by the stories of re¬ turned Alliea of Red atrocities and the deaths of some 7,000 UN prisoners.
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison, (Continued  on  P«««  A-10)
See Hope in 'Moderate' Soviet Reply
(Did you turn your clock ahead, to be ready for the Daylight Saving Time ultich went into effect today?)
Over $38 MUlion Paid by Siaie in Luzerne County
Public Schools Alone Given over $12 Million, Veterans $15 Million; Say Fig:ures Show Sales Tax Need
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For«ed In Red Army
South Korean Kim Hak No said 1.000 ROK prisonera In hia group werp prpssjfd into service in the North Korean  Amiy.
Turkish Pv Melimet Durjun, 27, and Pvt. Mustafa .Sayicl, 24, said life In their POW camp was made ap ot "vnuth work. InsufB- clent food" and such punishment sa 80«klnc a prisoner's hair and faoe and making him stand vut- dooea in freectng weather.
Atomic blast showers radioactive material over two highways
UiS \'TO3'ASj Nev.—One of the isrgeat atomio blasts aver set off in tha United States, yesterday showered radioactive material aerosa a narrow band stretching up to 100 miles frora the test alte
Radioactive matter from the 'Tallou't" from the boiling atomic cloud scattered over portions of U. S. highways 83 and 01 near the ("mall farming oommunitlea of (ilendala and Alamo.
Although apparently no ona In the araa auffercd any harmful ef¬ fects, a Greyhound bus and four cara out of 40 vehiclea checked at roadblocks wera found to be "hot." They were decontaminated by a thorough washing down.
Atomic ESnargy Commission o*fi- •lala aald It waa the flrat occur¬ rence of Ha natura ainoe tha Ne- - vada fttonyifl taat alta waa actl- vatad in 1991.
tliat can be found.
The income tax, for inatance, Is Imposaibla ainca too many Repub- licsna have pledged not to vots for it whlla the Democrata will atand together tn a body of opposition.
Only other poaatblllty aftar that is tha maroantila tax, but this alao will find formidable oippon- enta who can win general aupport baoauas of the manner )n which It cain ba clasaed aa dUcrbnlnatory. Anothar Buaineaa Tax
It hits buainesa all by itself, and. In places Ilka Wjroming Val¬ ley—where the times are bad be¬ cause of short work-weeks at the mines — merchants especially would ba hard hit.
A breakdown on tha money that oomea Into Liuzema county from tha atate ahowa tha following:
Publie achoola   ft2,188,4RI
Health exama   375,890
Puhlic asalstMMsa .... 5,851,000
Liquor feea     «<J2,525
HosplUl  aid     S.161,000
From   Motor  Fund.. 1,615,878
Paid -reterana  15,079,810
Total  $S8JIS>3S0
Say 1% IRnough
Tha  OOP leadership will  eome to a Monday afternoon caucus of
Remove Wallpaper or Move Order Has Family of 12 Siumped
SBJRBA, C —The odda are stacked aga'nst Mrs. Don Walko, mother of 10, in a battle over wallpaper.
Mra,  Walko Uvea In  tha Beraa housing    project,     managed     by James  Bennett  of  the  Cleveland MetropoliUn  Housing Authority. Don't Like Paint
Sha and her hiidband decided re¬ cantly to redecorate their house with wallpaper. They didn't like tha paiat uaed at the project, be- eauaa "it'a eheap petnt and drab in color."
So tiw Bennetts put up their ^•allpaper in a tastefully matched
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combination. All went well until a maintenance man noticed the walliMiper during a route inspec¬ tion. A govarnment regulation under which the housing project falls decrees there shiJl be no wallpaper In housing unita. Remove or Move
A letter shortly arrived from Bennett, who Insisted there would be no exceptions to tha govern¬ ment rule. He gave them SO days to remove the wallpaper or move out. The 30 days will ba up May 1.
"I'm not going to be unreaaon- able about this," Bennett said. "If they want another 30 daya, they can have It but If I let them have wallpaper, everyone out here will want it.''
Mrs. Walko suid she had a "good notion to fight this." Then added wistfully, "but we've got 10 children to think of, ranging in lage from -3 down to 14 months. I We don't have any plaie else to \^o so I guess we'll have to start a,-raping off wallpaper,"
ir»bo tnin who'dled woiild ba'aliwi?i'"«»L ^'^"- l'   Charles   Romane, tod«y" Mrs. Joseph Kozak and tha wln-
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M/Sgt. Gilbert Oirlatte of Mont- eauma, Ind., aald thera wera about 3.000 POWs In hla CJunp in 1950 and that "about 80 per cent of the men died."
Pfo. John U Waiters of Waah-| Ington, D. C placed the number of deatiia in hit camp at 800. I
A.moat every story by the llb-| erated prlsotiers told of greiU suf-l faring. Soma insisted they werei in "perfect health" and th«t pria-l oners left behind wara in aerioiiai condition. j
Pfc. Theodora A. Juam of For-        HARRXSBURCJ—Support for tha sales taxes—^belated as it ia— eat   Park    111.    said   ha   aaw   onc'^^^''^ ^° ^^* effeot laat week aa figures sent out from tbe capital POW  in'a  hoapital   "all  avvollan'*''''**'^ ^''^ *''*'"*"'*°"* *'"°"'** *^'''^'"•y **'*¦'¦•'•''*¦'''**"'P*"*^^'"* before   he   died   from   Infeo- '" **»• municipalities.
In Luzarne county alona tha total for tha biennium cama to mora than $38,000,000, with nearly »14,000,000 in tha form of aid to the public achoola alone.
Payment to veterans mada up over $16,000,000. It  is  considered that  disclosure of this  information  will  help the their    rank    and    file    members sales  tax because   in  spite of all ^^ed with facts and figures ae¬ the difficulties and delays in «ett-»'Kned   to  show   that   a  one   per
ing this U» through the House, It ^^"t   '^^y   "^"^^^   "ti"   l""'"*   '" IS considered tha moat acceptable enough   revenue  to  PermHt  drop¬ ping   of  more  than   $47,000,000  in so-called "nuisance" taxes now on the books.
Tha plan waa drafted in a frank eiffort to woo inaurgent and un¬ decided Rapublloan repreaanta.- tlvaa soma of whom object to a two per cent tax aa now drawn— but at tha aama tlma want "nul- aanca" taxaa al>ol Ished.
Already riddled with amend¬ ments, tha aalea tax bill intro¬ duced by Rep. E^arl E. Hewitt R- Indiano. haa been on the third- reading calendar since April 9. It has not been called up for its de¬ cisive test because tlie Repub¬ licans lack the votes for relay to the Senate in a membership of 109.
Passage of a bill In the House- where all tax measures must orig¬ inate—requires lOS votes. The 98- member Democratio bloc Is lined up solidly against imposition of a sales tax, in keeping with the party'a platform pledge. Want to Be Sure
One thing is fairly certain—the leadershl/p will not call up tha bill unleaa the 105 votea are assured in advance. And some of the veter¬ an memliers also want assurances from their Senate colleagues that tha bill could clear that chamber, having in mind tha 1951 session when Cjrov. John S. BMne's income tax plan passed the House but died in a Senata committee.
Aaide from tlia knotty fiscal problema, tha Lagislature will mova into tta ISth working week amid a build-up oif controversial issuea either on the calendar, in committeea or nearing introduc¬ tion.
BYRO SAYS TO CUT TAXES
ADA QUIZES McCarthy
ON N, Y. POST QUIZ
. WASHINGTON.--The Ameri ciina for Democratic Action caJIed on chalnnan Joseph R. McCarthy to make public secret testimony given by the editor of the New York Post to McCarthy's Senate Investigatir^g subcommittee.
Reginald H. Zalles, na,tiona] ex¬ ecutive aecretary of the ADA. aaid statements made after Friday's quizzing of editor James A. Wechsler raised "the ^ave issue of whether in fact an inquiry Into the activities of the press ia being conducted by the su.bcommittee.
"^ews rejxirts indicate that both" you and Mr. Wechsler told the press that a significant portion of the hearing had been devoted to the editorial policies of the New York Post," Za.leB told McCartJiy.
Offers Own Plan For Balanced Budget; Suggests Slashes I
WASHINGTON—Sen. Harry F. Byrd branded current tax reduc¬ tion proposals aa "recklaaa" and offered his own plan for balanc¬ ing the federal budget in tha next fiscal year.
Tha Virginia Democrat aallad on the Eisenhower adminiatration to throw tts weight ag&biat tax cuts—^automatic or otherwiae—In the next vear, and he asked Con gress to follow through.
Plus Budget Cluta
Byrd's program called for chop¬ ping $6,800,000,000 out of tha |T8,- 600,000,000 apending budget aub¬ mltted by former President Tru¬ man in January for tha fiscal year beginning July 1.
It Sklso called for holding tax ratea at existing lavala through Jima 30 1964, and for ooilecting an additional $1,000,000,000 by liquidating aoma of tha assata of btuinesa enterprlsea and corpora¬ tions  owned  by  tha government
"I disagree with ourrent de¬ featist talk to the affect that the budget cannot ba baJanoed in the next fiscal year," Byrd aaid bi a statement aimed at both Omgress and the administration. 'It can be done if there is a will to do it."
Houae Republican leaders said meanwhile they 'believe they have set a pattern for reducing spend¬ ing enough possibly to justify a tax cut by July 1. Their problem is how to maintain the rate of reduction established in the first fiscal 1954 money bills approved by the House appropriation com¬ mittee.
The independent offices bill was slashed 01 percent and the In¬ terior Department measure 36 percent below Truman estimates.
Speaker Joseph W. Martin jr told a reporter he Is encouraged by what has been done so far but, in line with what Preaident ELsen- hower has said, still insiats a bal¬ anced budget must be In sight before the tax cutting aignal is given.
Rep. Daniel A. Reod (R-N.Y.), chairman of the tax-writing House ways and means commit¬ tee. Is sponsoring a bill to cut taxes about 10 percent July 1. He has refused to give up his ftght for early action despite formidable opposition. He is try¬ ing to force his bill from the House rules committee through a discharge petition which requires 218 signaturefl. To date ho has only 67—37 Republlcana and 20 Democrats.
TALK BY MORSE CRACK! SENATE RECORDS
Sees Give-away of Billions Involved In Tidelands Oil
I Congress Is Siill in a Hassle
Over Daylighi Time for Washingion
Along   with    mobt    of   Luzerne the   isaue   gol   more   complicated county, about 60,000,000 Americans; than  ever this year, will  get   up   an   hour   earlier   as!     Every   year   a   group   of   farm
congressmen    claim
Even Pravda Stops Attacking Eisenhower; But London Fears Reds Just 'Buy Time'
By  HENRY SHAPIRO
L'nited Press Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW — Western observer* ¦ said the "relatively moderate" So¬ viet press reply to President Eisen¬ hower appears to offer aome hopa of successful peace talks between Russia and the West.
(Expert analy.sts in London be¬ lieved, however, that the Russians are seeking only to "buy time" for the settlement of their inter¬ nal troublea. No Real Willingness
(They said the press statement, although indicating that Russia is willing to negotiate indefinitely, showed no sign of a willingness to offer acceptable terms on any point—except perhaps the rela¬ tively minor issue of an Austrian peace treaty.)
The official organs Pravda and jlzvestia devoted their entire front pages Saturday to editorials de¬ claring that Russia is willing to Uak» part In "a Kprinus hiisinesa- like discussion ... of contentious international   questions."
The editorials said the Russians
WASHINGTON—Sen. Wayne Morse cracked all Senate speak¬ ing raoor.da Saturday with a 22- hour, 28-mJnute apeech against the Tidelands oil lidll during which he variously denounced It aa a bil¬ lion dollar "give-away" and dis¬ coursed on tha delectablllty of round bologna.
The Oregon independent began talking at 11:40 a.m., EST, Fri¬ day and finished at 10:06 a.m EJST Saturday. He never sat down and stopped speaking only mo¬ mentarily to sip soup, nibble on a cracker and anawer a few ques¬ tions
.   Tha roea in hia las>el liad wilted, but tha e2-y*ar-old aanator lookad fraah  and fit at tha and of hla marathon Said It AO
Ha aald ha atopped speaking after almoat 23 houra beoauaa "I had finlahad all I wantad to aaiy."
But the mountain rf words which ha poured forth will have no more edffect than a mouaa in moving the Republican leaders' intentions to pasa tha legislation next  week
His almost double-around the clock effort was quixotic. The (JOP lea,dership had no intention of forcing a vote Friday night or yesterday.
In fact, when he finished. Sen¬ ate   Majority   Leader   Robert   A.
much of the nation goes through! state congressmen claim •¦fastr!^^^''L""?,^.''*'f e.i°/^*' '^'""^'''^'^ Ita annual rite of switching toj time" is against Nature's laws and' *^^ '"* United States or to un- Daylight  Saving  Time. I try to block it This time a House i'^^':^*    general     negotiations
Daylight  Saving  Time will   be-! Di st ric t   committeo  didn't  getLJ^''.'*^'"-}^^    framework    of   tne gin officially at 2 a.m. local timej around to okaying the switch un-l^'li?^^  Nations. Sunday   in   areas   where   it   hasi til Friday and House leaders say',.,     ^   ^^V^ been   approved   by   state   law   orj the  bill  won't be brought up  forj^'"^.^;'^,^'^^" local option. l action   until  Monday.
Washington. D.C. where con-1 Forty-three sciieduled' airlines gressmen decide on the change, decided Jo .solve the confusing will have to wait a while before; problem of different times by is- catehing up with other "fast time"! suing new timetables based on cities because the annual fight on'"local time." whatever Its variety.
Laos Defenses Collapse;
ailand
Taft called up, under a one-hour
HANOI.    Indo-China — Organ-|their delaying ^action in a frantic ized    opixjsition    collapsed    lastl bid  to gain time for  the  buildup night along the C>jmmuni.sts' mai.nof Luang Prabang's defenses, invasion  route  through the  king-^    A   second   Vietminh   force   was dom of Laos.   French officials said camped 60 miles east of the royal
"jcity,   re.sidence  of  King  Sisavang
a (Ttommunist invasion of neigh¬ boring Thailand might come next.iyong. This force was about mid^ Spearheads of the invading jway between Luang, Prabang and Oommuniat armiea were lesa than the bastions on the Plaine dea 48 mUes from Luang Prabang, thejJarres, 280 milea southwest of anciant and roya> capital oif Laoa, '¦ here.'
whosa   frightened   residents   were     A    third    Communist    invasion preparing  to flee by  air and  by spearhead  waa  aimed  at  the ad-
land
A Frenoh headquarters spokes¬ man announced a patrol clash at tbe Uttle Franco-Laotian outpost of Palcseng on the Namsuong River only 4."i mile.s northeast of Luang Prabang, indicating a 15- mlle enemy advance since the Reds overran and set fire to the outpost of Muong Ngoi on Friday.
No details were yet available from Paksene:, where outnumber¬ ed   French   Union   troops   fought
ministrative capital of Vientiane, 70 miles south of the plains, where the enemy was expected to by¬ pass the biggest concentration of French firepower.
The headquarters spokesman said Luang Prabang had been strongly reinforced. He denied reports the city would be evacu¬ ated shortly, although the govern¬ ment of Laos announced Fridsy that air evacuation plans were in I readiness.
statements were a o Mr. Eiscnhowi^r's April 18 appeal to the Russians to back up peaceful words with deeds. 'The text of the Pre.sidcnt's speech was printed on Page 3 of both  organ.?.
Pravda and Izvestia questioned the sincerity of America's desire for peace, and warned flatly that Russia will not tolerate any "un¬ acceptable conditions" unless tha United States is willing to offer concessions.
Observers here believed that no negotiation.s will be possible if the United States in.'Ists on discuss¬ ing the status of the Communist states of Eastern Europe.
They also were of the opinion that Russia will undertake no gen¬ eral discussion of the situation in Asia unless China is represented at the conference table.
The feature of the press state¬ ments considered most hopeful by w<'stern observers was the fact that they included no blistering attack on Mr. Eisenhower, who haa not been assailed by news¬ papers here since he assumed tha presidency.
They did, however, denoun«« Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, charging that he had tried to convert Eisenhower's speech into "an act of war."
debate limiting agreement, a bill to extend federal rent controls. It passe.d quickly and was sent to the. White House.
Tlie Senate then resumed the tidelands debate. It recessed a 3:40 p.m. until 11 am. Monday after being in session conUnuously since 11 a.m. Fri^y. Breaks Old Records
Morse'a apeech was in the style! | of old-time filibusters, and even better He eclipsed a senate rec¬ ord which had stood for 45 years —set by Wisconsin's famed Pro¬ gressive, Sen. Roliert M. Lafaol- letta sr., who apoke for 18 hours and  23 minutes.
And Morse had no respites for quorum calls to round irp absent Senators  as  did  Lafolletta
The tidelands legislation would give title to aubmerged landa to the coastal atatea out for three milea in mort casea and IOH miles in the case of Texajs and some areas of Florida. The oil   bearing.
But  Moraa—with  his  daughter, (Continued on Paga  A-IO)
2 BOMBS EXPLODE AFTER PERON SPEECH
BUENOS AIRES—Two bomb explosions rocked an army clubj party here early yesterday shortly I after President Juan D. Peron i witnessed the unveiling of a por-'
trait of his late wife, Eva.
It was the second double-bomb¬ ing in Buenos Aires in the last 10 day.s.
On April 15, two bombs ex¬ ploded while Peron addre.sses a big rally of his followers in the Plaza de Mayo, killing six persons and Injuring nearly 100. A polic. announcement said there were no casualties in yesterday's blasts at; the Circulo military club. The first explosion occurred at 2:10 a. m. By and the second a minute later.
The    announcement    said    the
Who Won That Last Election?
WASHINGTON - Republican George H. Bender of Ohio noted with some horror that a group of new citizens in his home state were handed messages of con¬ gratulations by immigration of¬ ficials.
The messages themselves didn't bother him. It was the way they were signed- by Harry S. Tru¬ man and J. Howard McGrath.
DOOLITTLE WARNS U.S. OF RUSSIAN A-BOMB
I.AS VEGAS, Nev—Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle said the United States would be "foolhardy" to assume that Russia has not at¬ tained "a substantial rate of atomic bomb production."
Doolittle, famed World War II air force leader who now is a spe¬ cial advLser to the Air Force chief of staff, observed yesterday's atomic test.
He said the Communists already have exploded three nuclear da- vices and also had received infor¬ mation concerning the "earlier thinking" of the hydrogen bomb from British scientist Klaus Fuchs convicted atomic spy.
Jei Piloi Blacks Oui in Korea, Bui Is 'Talked Down' by Radioman
FRANK JORDAN United Press Staff Correspondent
SEOUL—An American jet  pilot blasts caused damage in the club's'blacked    out   during   a    bombing
offices and  restaurant and broke lands are I store plate glass windowa in five shops across the street.
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We'd Hate to Be along If He Really Meets Adventure
EDMONTON, Alta.—A cheerful young miaaionary returned Saturday from a 1,700-mile trip through hla "parish"*in the wilderness  and   reported   that  nothing  happened  except:
1.—Most of his dog team died more than 1,000 miles north of here on a stretch 200 milea from the nearest aettlement
2.-He and his Eskimo guide had to pull their 1,000-pound sled themselves!
3.—They fought through SO-degree below zero temperatures and had to jettison baggage and auppliea to maka it.
"Nothing very unusual," the Rev. John R. Sperry oonoludad.
Valley Scene
Taxi roaring over Hanover township railroad crossing Fri¬ dav aftemoon — bearing sign on 6ocfc reading: "Thit eah .tops at all railroad crossings."
Wilket College girla greeting summer tveather yesterday af- tervoori on rear roof of Sterl¬ ing hall on South River stree.
Central eity restaurant dis¬ playing in *jfrnt window the menu for the day-Sprinted on baek of sheet of lottery win- n.r$.
mission over North Korea yester¬ day but a radioman on the ground directed him to drop his bombs and come in to a safe landing.
Capt. Clarence H. Beil, Van Horn, Tex., took charge by radio after a defect in L>t. Richard L Spaulding's oxygen gear plunged him into a 'twilight sleep" re¬ sembling a hypnotic trance.
Over tlie radio, the pilot, whoae home is Ionia, Mich., could talk - not always sensibly-and could hear and obey orders. \\Tien he returned to full consciousness, however, he had no recollection otf what he had done.
His bomb - loaded Thunderjet rocketed    almost
hli hi*
Spaulding did after he "lort flight' over Red Korea, but plane showed signs that it rough ride. Wing rivets had pop¬ ped out, wing tanks were looaansd, and rigid stabilizing fins had baan curled back over the wingtlpa.
"It was as though I was ia a dream," the pilot said. "I ramaow ber the plane shaking and Tlltrai^ tng with awful violence. ' I wnM convinced   it  waa  exploding.
"Somewhere along the lina, I dropped my bom<ba. Whera ' o» when, I don't know. All I know is that when I got back they w*ra no  longer  with  me."
Bell realized that something wns wrong when he picked up Spauid- ing's plane o'n % radar scope and watched its erratic behavior Ha got in touch by radio, and tha vague   tones   of  the   pilots  volca
imcontroUedj con firmed his opinion, through  Korean   slties  for  nearly]    He steered Spaulding over Om¬
an hour before Bell finally him down." Nobody    knows
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