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c ' I > ^3 Dead, 1 Hurt in Auto Crash on Red Rock Mountain A Paper Fpr The Home 47TH YEAR — NO. 40 — 58 PAGES « Men,...A„... "* Bureau of Clrculatian* SUNDAY INDEPENDENT / * Cloudy, Warm Monday, Showers WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 2,1953 tTKTTBO PIIK98 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Mayor Inaugurates New Telephone Dial System ^ Shown abovp is the mayor of Wilkes-Barre Inaugurating the new two-letter, five-digit plan of dial- I ing which was introduced to Wyoming Valley residenU at midnight Saturday. Also shown is, at ' left, John O. Conway, secrotaiy of Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce, and James C. Poff. district manager of the Bell Tclep.hone Company. When You Phone Today Remember the New System Dial Two Letters Before the Numbers PYom Now on—75 Extra Workers Help Telephone Company Shift Smoothly U. S. Hurls 'Lie' at Russia In Plane-Shooting Stories Demands Reports On Survivors WASHINGTON (LP)—The United States ctirtly told Russia on Saturday there is no "foundation in fact" to its charge an American fighter plane shot down a Soviet transport over Chinese territory on July 27. The State Department's rejection of the Soviet pro¬ test was the second time in two days it had called "lies," in diplomatic language, Russian accounts oi. two plane incidents. Meanwhile, the department impatiently awaited information from Russia on what happened to the survivors of an American recon¬ naissance B-50 bomber shot down on Wednesday by Russian planes 40 miles off the Siberian coast. m At the same time, an informed Air. Force source said Russian planes have flown "repeatedly" over North America and U. S. territory since the start of the cold war. It has been "established, this source said, that Red planes flew over Ala.ska, northern Can¬ ada and Greenland at least a dozen times in the past year. ' Under U. S. rules, however, ttiese flights were not considered hos¬ tile acts or violations of U. S. territory, and American pilots do not have "shoot-on-sight" orders Congress Angry ConE;rcssional tempers were roused by destruction of the Am¬ erican bomber. Chairman Alexaiv der Wiley (R-Wis.) of the Senate foreign rplations committee sai.d T-.. i„u. .. .V . , .. .« . 1 , . ,,,.,, „ ... lit was "an absolute outrage." Last night at he stroke of 12 telephones m WUkes-Barre, Kmgston, ..-rhe Russian action is another |Mo ntaintop, Plymouth and Pittston were changed to permit the j^jtter cmen of what we may ex- ;dialinK of two letters and five numbers. Ipeet on the Korean truce dis- Iclephone company officials report little difficulty was encountered cu-ssion" Wiley said in a state- !;" '"a'<'"g the change Many persons stayed up to experiment with Iment. He said the Russians are Three persons lost their lives in the plan and most of them dialed correctly. For those who hadl-pompletclv misjudzing the tem- a horrible accident on the Red trouble remembering to dial the two letters first and then the fivcjper of the American government Rock Mountain highway yesterdayinumbers, the telephone company had persons standing by at the and people" if they "think that afternoon. One of two victims p*""- ,^»nt-oi offire lo help. noljncpd dead at the «P°t--ai _,-._.,,,,_,,,__ ,,, I Extra .Men Brought in .«S«n -was decapitated, while a; I II'I ¦||J| |l|lI IJ ll/II I | Promptly at midnight t'hrei th/rd was dead on arrival at Nan-|r|\r|l|nl|wllfK UillM ;'"'^J°'' operations took place si ticoke State Hospital. |L.IUL.I II IU f I Lll JHLL'multaneously, with some 75 extra they can shoot dovirn an Ameri¬ can plane, kill and imprison American boys with utter im¬ punity, and If they expect to uae that sort of Kangster tactics In violation of International law for Uie purpose of applying presDure in relation to the Korean truce.'.' The Russian transport was shot down Monday, 10 hours before the Korean cease-fire became effective, Russia said the plane was attacked by four U. S. fight¬ ers 70 miles inside Red China with a loss of 21 lives. Location "Confinned* But the State Department said it had " confirmed" that the transport was "Inside Korean ter¬ ritory approximately eight miles from the Yalu River border be¬ tween Korea and China. And the State Department said the Plane was not shot 4own by four U. S. Fighters but by one- piloted by Capt. Ralph S. Parr of Apple Valley, Cai. "The planp was in a war area (Continued on Page A-2) It was the eighth fatalfty at thel same spot—^the sharp curve near I the bottom of the steep and | treacherous grade—in the pasti four years. 1 The only one In the car whoj escaped death was the driver, an I Endicott, N. Y„ woman. | Btate Police and Deputy Cor-j oner Alfred Bron.son of Sweet ^ Valley tentatively Identified the victims as: k Dead: f Mrs. a W. Hess, 53. of RD2, Benton, t, former Wilkes-Barre reiRkient, who was decapitated L«on C. Bishop, RD2, Endicott, K Y.. and, Mrs. Joseph L. Frost, 24*4 Car har.st avenue, John.son City, N. Y., CIPAIGN IN PA. Expected to Launch Duff's Candidacy for Governor at Hershey HARRISBURG—Will it be for"-'' "r;/"\r,"'°- X^JXh* "t^: WASHINGTON (lP)-The United T\„rf they purposely scneauJea the ,,. ,ir , i. j J-*"''- „L,„ *_,!,„ „.v,., „i„- /„.. Co, Mine Workers have accused a . . , , change to the new plan tor Sat- ™ ., ,^ , ¦ j . , j Assurance was given laat week m.(j^y midnight so that by the Southern soft coal industry leader that the Pennsylvania Republican ^ f„ ^j business on Monday °^ "seeking to sabotage" collective organixation will get lU 1954 j^ ^„^i^ ^^^^^^ ^,,^^. ''^If'"'"*^, '" ""T^ T fif^; pronounced dead upon arrival atj gubernatorial campaign off to thCjgjjjg^'^^jj'j^j^j, j^^.^ j The blast came on the day that Nanticoke State Hospital aboutimost rousing start it ever has ..^j.^^" isn't "O" IJohn L. Lewis was free to serve 6 pm. Iknown- while at the same time; w j^ ' , .^^ trouble if anv ls^"°'^''='' °" ^^^ operators that he injured: -'!'"« "" '° ''''•'^ " ''«>• '^« expc" tedt tmrfrom' tho^e who!-if^,L\° >>:«'" -ffi'^""--" men brought in to do the job In addition to the dialing change! in the Wilkes-Barre office, Pitts-i ton telephones were changed fromj manual to dial with the new cen-| tral office name of "Olympic" and i a new office was cut in at Bear] Creek. The latter project was de¬ signed primarily to ease the load! on the Wilkes-Barre exchange. | Starting today, residents of Wy¬ oming Valley will have an oppor¬ tunity to become accustomed to the new plan. Telephone officials report Monday is generally one of their busiest days. Realizing this, they purposely scheduled the change to the new plan for Sat¬ urday midnight so that by the opening of business on Monday most people could become aceus- PAY CUI REOUESI T" S RENTS GO UP Nine Killed In Auto Crash LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (tR— Two automobiles collided nsar here Saturday on a rain-slick highway, killing nins persons and critically Injuring a tenth. One car apparently skidded on the blacktop (ind the second car ploughed Into It broadside. The first car, occupied by six Canadians, was knocked tnto a raln-fillcd ditch. All its passen¬ gers were killed. Only survivor of the crash was Mrs. Gust Olson of Minne¬ apolis, wtio was riding in t'ne second car. She was taken to a local hospital in critical con¬ dition. Plettl said ths highway was "seal coated" recently and was unusually slippery when wet. The c<jllision occurred In a driv¬ ing rain. Say All Miners Are Worth Same Price; No Contract Talk !oosta. That assuFMice came In (Continued on Page A-2) Mrs. Alberta TioHn Bishop, 60, wife of Leon C. BLshop, in seriousi . , .. ..^ . condition at Nantiooke State Hos- 'o™ «' .t*?* acceptance by Presi rital 'Vkb injuries of the righti"^ent D^'^'ight D. Eisenhower of thej forearm, face, right ankle and'^^'';''''^"'"^ ^^ t^''K""^'! «'^"""^l qditicu ATfinfl CDV \A/CnC ehest. She is being treated by Dr. «« the affair, which will be held BRITISH ATOM SPY WEDS .Stephen Jonas of Nanticoke. She ''^ Hershey on Tuesday. Oot. 13. was the operator of the mnchine The date also happens to be the Troopers Cari Guers and Cecil ^vc of the President's birthday, Herman of the State Police said »<»''>"« «^«^" •"°'"« '"'"^" J? ''^'^ occasion wluch at leaet 8,000 are expected to attend with the ad- missfon price sat at .$100 a head. Duff Bac4{erM .Toyful The general feeling is that it a witne»» to the accident reported that the r,ar came down the hill at terrific speed and went 20 feet into the. air after striking the em¬ bankment at the last curve. It ... .u .. .. .u ^i„i .<•» 'new contract. However, there was the'I^'^wf ^'J.^r... T °" <! P f/,f„^no sign that the miners' chief was thejthe letter "O . To reach a Pittston; ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ j,;^ ^^^.^ \ .Moody Attacked An editorial in the UAfW month¬ ly journal attacked Joseph E. Moody, president of the Southern Coal Operators Association, for his recent statement that the coal industry was "sick" and fur ther wage increases would be an "economic outrage. "Ifs the old game of seeking to then fell back to the highway on!\^i" be used to launch the candi- its side and bounced back to lts!l»''>' "' ^- -^- Senator Jam.a H. ,i^l,pp]g I Duff tor governor, putting his Mrs.' Hess was drcapitn.i«l! expected effort to regain tlje AUSTRIAN DIVORCEE GA^lBRIDGE, England HP)— Convicted atom spy Alan Nunn May yesterday married a Vienna- born divorcee in a brief civil ceremony here. ' ,, , .. Nunn May, 42, was released bypass or sabotage collective bar- when she plunged through the\°"'::^ °" '" » "^'"8 «tart and windshield iwith a great advantage over whit- Mr. Bishop lost his life while,'-ver candidate is put up by his seated in the rear .seat of the an'h-rival. Governor John S. Fine ^gj,j^.[p , With the la-st hope crushed th.it Dr. Harold Saches. Bloom.sburg,!"^'' """" ''V^'' "^a" "« rfeoncili«ted, pronounced both dead at the f leene. ' Terriftc Speed State Police said speed of the oul-of- and with Preeident Eifsenhowsr already having asked Duff to .^eek the offl"e, it is almost taken for granted that Ike will climax his the terrific!.addrcs.s of the evening by laun-h- onlrol auto-|in<r Duff's caiiina!P:n. mobile was • indicated by skid' That will set off the bitterest marks miujiuriiig 180 feet back;batt!e for the. R.e;,jbllc.nn noniin.a- from the point of the crash. It'tion any contest for the offioe of was the same .spot, they said, | governor ever has known, w-here a boy waa killed two years! tn addition, followers of Duff ago and three I*hiladclphia-area|have benji most obvious with thoir women lo.st their lives in 1949.|ioy ever since the President ac- Many other iion-tatal accidentsi cepted the invit«Mon to attend hav* been chalked against the'what GOP State (Tiftirman M. (Continued «on Page A-2) ' ' (Continued.on Page A-2) from Wakefield jail last Dec. 28 after serving .seven years of a 10-year sentence for giving* iitom secrets to Russia. His bride, 42- year-old Hildegarde Broda, has been working as a school medical officor. in Cambridge. Nunn May's brother, with whom he lived for some time after his release from pi'ifion, was one of the witnesses at tlie plajin wedding ceremony. A man identified only as Peter Jewell, a woman and a small boy were also present. Afterward, the party left by a side door and drove away in a station wagon. Munn May wag arrested early in 1946 as one of a gang of atom spies which included Bthel and Julius Rosenberg, David Green- glas.s and Klaus Fuchs. The}' had been passing atom secrets to Russia siiiice 1944. His jail sen¬ tence was reduced by three years for good conduct, and he went free la.st year. gaining by advance speeches—all for the purpose of obscuring the facts and prejudicing the public mind," the editorial said. In his statement. Moody indi cated that some Southern coal op erators might take advantage of Ralph,'tbe opening date under the con- tspct to demand a reduction in wages. He asserted that the Southern industry was being driven to destruction by having to pay the same wages as North¬ ern operators, and that Lewis should permit a wage differential benefitting the South. Opposes Uiscrimination To this proposal, the editorial replied: "The whole idea of a sep- (Continued on Page A-2) 10-15 Per Cent Rise Seems the Average; Some Gouging Reported CMICAGO (IP)—Tenants in most affected cities had their rents boosted an average of 10 to 18 per cent as federal controls died last week but some renters report¬ ed increases of more than 100 per cent. In many • communities, real es tate men set up boarda to' try to keep rent increases within rea¬ son in fear that gouging would result in a return to controls. They relied on publicity as their main weapon against abuses and it appeared that generally they were receiving cooperation from landlords. The Kansas City real estate board, for example, said most rent increases were bein^; held to around 10 per cent. Won't Pay, Move An easing of the housing short¬ age, the board said, was giving tenants some leeway if they did not want to accept the irtcreases. A check of movers showed that business was up. Some movers said customers reported that their rents hrfd been raised more than 106 per cent. » Henry dii Lawrence, a realtors' spokesman at Cleveland, said boosts were "gratifying low" but reports from one slum area said rents there were going up 100 per cent from $26 to $50. Pittsburgh realtors estimated the average increases there at three to 15 per cent. An advisory fair rent commdttee s.et up by the San Francisco board (Continued on Page A-2» Colleagues Arranging Taft Service Senator's Body Will Lie in State In Capitol Rotunda; Burial on Tuesday WASHINGTON (IP)—Grieving colleagues arranged yesterday to bring Sen. Robert A. Taft "home" again to the Capitol—to lie in state In the marble rotunda and for a memorial service tomorrow. I President Eisenhower and high (dignitaries from all branches of j the government and the diplo- j matic corps will attend the for¬ mal state memorial service tomor¬ row noon. Burial Tuesday Then Taft's body will be taken to Cincinnati for private funeral services in the Indian Hill Church at 11 a, m. Tuesday, followed by burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements for the Washing¬ ton ceremony were completed in conferences between Senate lead¬ ers and the Taft family yesterday. The body will be brought here from New York, where a swift- developing malignant tumors kill¬ ed Taft Friday at the age of 83, and will be placed on view in the Capitol rotunda from 3 to 9 p. m. Capitol police arranged extra details to handle the many thous¬ ands expected to walk by the bier to pay last respects to the Ohioan whose long political career was at ita zenith when he was stricken. President Delays Trip President Eisenhower delayed a scheduled tritt to Seattle to attend the sirvice. "The White House said he will go to the west coast Tues¬ day instead of Monday as origi¬ nally planned. The arrangement for the state memorial cervice in the rotunda was but another mark of the emo¬ tional wrench dealt to all political faiths by Taft's death. Only 12 before him have lain in state in the great oval rotunda, among them Abraham Lincolq (Continued on Page A-2) CermanWorkers DefyCommunisfs To Cet U.S. Food BERLIN (tP)—^The <:!o»nmuni»t East German government halted rail travel from East to West Berlin last nljcht in a, crackdown aimed Bt stopping hungry Soviet Zone residents from coming to the west for American food packages. The Communist government announced that sale of tickets in the Soviet Zone on rail lines to West Berlin stations would cease im¬ mediately and tickets already bopght were no longer valid. BERLIN (IP)—^East Cierman factory workers taunted Communist border guards Saturday as they streamed into West Berlin by tho thousands to get American food. But the Soviet Zone leadership toughened Its terroristic policies, threatening to close the East-West Berlin border to hunger marchers and beginning mass confiscation of the identity cards without which East (Germans are subject to arrest. Defiant American authorities announced they would use "other methods of distribution until all 18,000,000 East Germans are fed. The "other methods" were not revealed. Seised ifiy Reds Communist police seized addi¬ tional thousands of food packages from women and aged men and set up distribution centers of their own near the "Soviet Aid." A few dozen did so. West Berlin officials said 150,000 persons took advantage of the Eisenhower food offer yesterday —most of them rebellions CJerman workers who revolted against the Red regime on June 17. the offi¬ cials said a total of 1.0,50.000 East (jlermans had received food in the first six days of the program. A spokesman for the U. S. high oommission in Germany announc¬ ed the too,6 program would con¬ tinue "for a considerable time" past the Aug. 15 deadline. To Reach Them All "We shall use other methods of distribution In addition to those we are using now," he said. "We shall use all posaible meana of get¬ ting food to the East Germans. Our aim Is to keep the program going until all 18,000,000 East: CJermans have received food par¬ cels." U. S. High Commissioner James B. Conant announced he wouM come here Sunday to watch the feeding operation personally. He said he had been "gratified" by the East German's enthusia3ni and appreciation for the gift of "American food." Despite Communist seizures, a West Berlin police officer esti¬ mated 80 to 85 per cent of the East Germans were still getting through to their homes with their food.They were using every fo"m of guile Imaginable to get their suitcases, sacks and rucksacks of food past the guards. The factory workers were more forthright. They said the Com- (Ointinued on Page A-2) Fear Destruction Priceless Biblical Scrolls Grabbed up by t4omad Tt-ibesmen IX)NDON (U-i- Priceless Bibli'ial scrolls are in danger of being lost or destroyed becauae nomad tribesmen in Jordan beat official expeditions to their hiding places. G. Lankester Hardng, director of antiquities for the Kingdom of Jordan, said yesterday the scrolls are,among the earliest known to exist. • >. '" Today's Issue aasiiifi,.d A—23 S'^'torial B-^ *Vtttnre Page B-7 o'"^.""* C%-iO "bltuary 4_o Social, Sri imports . ^I leievuion':::::::;;.:;;;: Sis The first discovery of scrolls near the Dead Sea came in 1947. The shepherds who found them were paid a "considerable aum," Harding said. This was done in the belief that no more were to be found in the region. But the h a n.d s o m e reward prompted over Arabs to search the many caves in the area. Hard¬ ing estimates they hit pay dirt and that now many invaluable antiquities are in their hands. The British antiquarian said the native finds will have to be pur¬ chased, or they will be smuggled out of the country and sold piece¬ meal in the open market. He es¬ timated it will take about $28,t)00 to purchase them. 1 Czech President Admits Red Errors VIENNA, Austria, ilPi Presi¬ dent Antonin Zapatocky of Communi.st - dominated Czecho- filovakria admitted yesterd ly there had been "mistakes in the construction of .socialism " and called on Czech workers to "in¬ crease production." Zapatocky, in a speech broad¬ cast by Radio Prague last night, said "We have not done enough to secure the supply of the peo¬ ple with food." The Czech president said "espe¬ cially the supply of meat is still insufficietn and we must in¬ crease the production of agri¬ cultural products." "The only way lo raise our H.vin" standard i.s to increase the productivity of our work." he Jiaid. Zapatocky aired his views in a speech before workers of nn electric power plant under con¬ struction near Kladno, Bohe¬ mia. 400 Sick and V/ounded First Allied Prisoners Scheduled for Release Korea, Sunday!"comfort packages' of food, medi- andlcine and toilet articles. ! PANMUNJOM. j (IP)—Four hundred sick ! wounded allied war prisoners, j Allied officials held a full dress Imany of them Americans, are ex-j rehearsal Saturday to make sure I pected to arri\e late today in thej their prisoner exchange problems Communist truce camp ^t Kae-'have been ironed out so the men song—six miles and two days imay be sent home as quickly as from freedom. possible. Another rehearsal is set Committee Dooms Request For New U.S. Debt Limit Valley Scene Young man, apparenflu dresned ea«uaU>i in but a T- xhirt, driving car into parking lot, disappearing for a moment and then reappearing in collnr and black front of a priest. Man on way fo Twin Motors on Market street, Kingston, to pick up new Mercury, being stopped on Market Street Bridge and arrested for pM having inspection sticker on his old car. Picture in window of eit;f photo studio showing handsome young man identified onlji by cittached sign as "Mr. Anthra- sight of 1953." The 400 men, among 600 sick and wounded to be repatriated firat in the exchange of 12,763 al¬ lied and 74,000 (Communist POWs, will be turned over to the United Nations at 9 a.m. Wednesday (8 p.m. EDT Tuesday). 3,313 Americans are turned. 400 Men a Day Col. Lee Pyung II, North Korean representative to the joint com for tomorrow. The military armistice commis¬ sion, which met for 48 minutes in its fifth session Saturday, called an unexplained 24-hour recess. It is the chief commission dealing A total ofi with the truce. to be re-Able-Bodied First During the meeting of the com¬ mittee on prisoner repatriation the Communists asked that able- bodied Red prisoners be turned mittee for prisoner repatriation,!over first, followed by the sick said 100 men will be returned each hour for four hours each day, starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Red Cross representatives will enter North Korea tomorrow and are expected to be the first to greet the prisoners, giving them and wounded. The Allies had planned to repatriate 360 sick and wounded before giving the Com¬ munists 2,400 able-bodied men the first day of the exchange. The first group of Allied" war (CV)ntinued on Page A-2> OHIO ADMITTED TO UNION 150 YEARS LATE WASHINGTON (IP)—With a flare of wit an,d just ISO years too late, The Senate yesterday ap¬ proved and sent to the White House legislation to admit Ohio into the union. And a good thing, too. The pre¬ siding officer of the Senate at the moment was Sen. John W. BricKer of Ohio. If the measure had failed, where would that ^ave Bricker? - * ^ The joint resolution, convenient ly timed to coincide with the 160th anniversary of the time Ohio thought it was admitted, would, tidy up a technicality. Seems Congress in 1803 never got iround to stating specifically that Ohio was a atate. Senate Group Rejects Administration Pleas; Setback for President WASHINGTON (IP)—The Sen¬ ate finance committee last night rejected Preeident Eisenhower's request to increase the national debt limit. The action apparently cleared the way for congressional adjournment on Tuesday. The committee's action was a sledge-hammer blow to Mr. ELsen- hower. His request that the detot limit be raised from $275,000,000, 000 to $280,000,000,000 had sailed through the House. Appeals Unavailing The committee acted after lis¬ tening to arguments from Secre¬ tary of the Treasury (3eorge M Humphrey and Budget Director Joseph Dodge in two sessions for almost four hours, and after per sonal appeals by the President to chiefs of both parties. They had warned that the limit must be raised so the govern¬ ment would have money to pay its bills this fall. The development put it up to the President whether he must call a special session of Congresa this fall to act on the measure. Republican leaders have hinted he would do that if Osngress re¬ buffed him now. The vote on a motion to table the measure was not announced. but sotne committee members said it was 11 to 4. V/2 Billion Leeway The committee vote doomed any action at this sessio^to raise the debt ceiling. The m-tit now stands at about $272,500,000,000, and the senatorial sentiment seemed to be that it would not go above the $275,000,000,000 limit before Congress returns in Janu¬ ary. Almost Done Both House and Senate had al¬ most completed their work. Both will meet tomorrow—'the Senate at 10 a.m. and the House at 11 a.m. Members of both chambers will participate ait noon tomorrow In memorial services for the late Sen. Robert A. Taft in the ro¬ tunda of the Capitol. After that, they will finish up their work. Before quitting late yesterday, both houses completed action cn all but thre*> of the money bills for the 1954 fiscal year which be¬ gan July 1. Still pending are the House- passed $4,531,507,000 compromise foreign aid measure; the $545,889,- 964 compromise supplemental ap¬ propriations bill, and a tentative¬ ly-approved $1,086,645,601 bill to finance the State, Justice, and Commerce departments. In addition to these regular ap¬ propriations. Congress also .has approved indefinite appropriations of about $7,500,000,000 for such fix«d items as interest on the (CJontinued on Page A-2) Paris Speaks: Gals to Look Like Champagne Glass, And Turning Upside Down at Night PARIS (IP)—French fashion de¬ signers want women to mould their winter 1054 figure like a champagne glass—upright by day and upside-down by night. That was the gist of the trend shown in some 5,000 originf^l gowns by 44 haute coutoure art¬ ists in the traditionally-hectic first week of the Paris collec- tons. Bggest splash was Christian Di¬ or's ultra-skimpy "shocknig short'" skirts, averaging 16 Inches from the ground and giving generous glimpses of leg. But expert opin¬ ion was the Dior's sensational re¬ versal of his 1047 "New Look" would be some time catching on, if at all, despite wide publicity and hs own clams that any other length now Is "out-moded." Women with any but the most beautiful limbs will think twice before hauling up their hemline like the flappers of the 1920's. "rhua the "champagne glass' trend—wide shoulders, proudly- emphasized bust and-slim tube or sheath skirts—appeared the vic¬ tor for daytime wear. For nights it was reversed: bell or princess skirts topped by tightly fitting bodices. "Rounded" was another catch¬ word for the collections. Wide round shoulders, high rounded bust and slim rounded hips gave a hard-to-beat feminine effect. Waists were at their natural level and not emphasized gener¬ ally. The hemline battle opposed two main contestants. Pierre Balmain came out with an elegant long skirt, 10 inches from the floor, and claimed i{ was more "inter¬ esting" that way. Dior countered with his hemline just below ths knee—and the fight was on. Among other famous designers, Fath, Desses and Castillo of Lan- vin took the high road, behind Dior—averaging their skirts about 15 inches from the carpet. But SchiaparelU. Hubert de Givenchy, Jacques Griffe and Manguin stuck to the low road- lO-to-12 inches. In-betwceners Uke Balanciaga, Jacques Heim. Maggy Rouff, Mad¬ eleine de Rauch and newcomer Marc Bohan drew the line at out 14 inches. The real arbiters will be the women of the world, which is why Dior admitted he was "scared stiff launching his new lin*. »
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 47 |
Issue | 40 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 08 |
Day | 02 |
Year | 1953 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 47 |
Issue | 40 |
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 | 1953-08-02 |
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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. |
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^3 Dead, 1 Hurt in Auto Crash on Red Rock Mountain
A Paper Fpr The Home
47TH YEAR — NO. 40 — 58 PAGES « Men,...A„...
"* Bureau of Clrculatian*
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
/ *
Cloudy, Warm
Monday, Showers
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 2,1953
tTKTTBO PIIK98
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Mayor Inaugurates New Telephone Dial System
^ Shown abovp is the mayor of Wilkes-Barre Inaugurating the new two-letter, five-digit plan of dial- I ing which was introduced to Wyoming Valley residenU at midnight Saturday. Also shown is, at ' left, John O. Conway, secrotaiy of Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce, and James C. Poff.
district manager of the Bell Tclep.hone Company.
When You Phone Today Remember the New System
Dial Two Letters Before the Numbers PYom Now on—75 Extra Workers Help Telephone Company Shift Smoothly
U. S. Hurls 'Lie' at Russia In Plane-Shooting Stories
Demands Reports On Survivors
WASHINGTON (LP)—The United States ctirtly told Russia on Saturday there is no "foundation in fact" to its charge an American fighter plane shot down a Soviet transport over Chinese territory on July 27.
The State Department's rejection of the Soviet pro¬ test was the second time in two days it had called "lies," in diplomatic language, Russian accounts oi. two plane incidents.
Meanwhile, the department impatiently awaited information from Russia on what happened to the survivors of an American recon¬ naissance B-50 bomber shot down on Wednesday by Russian planes 40 miles off the Siberian coast.
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At the same time, an informed Air. Force source said Russian planes have flown "repeatedly" over North America and U. S. territory since the start of the cold war. It has been "established, this source said, that Red planes flew over Ala.ska, northern Can¬ ada and Greenland at least a dozen times in the past year. '
Under U. S. rules, however, ttiese flights were not considered hos¬ tile acts or violations of U. S. territory, and American pilots do not have "shoot-on-sight" orders Congress Angry
ConE;rcssional tempers were roused by destruction of the Am¬ erican bomber. Chairman Alexaiv der Wiley (R-Wis.) of the Senate foreign rplations committee sai.d T-.. i„u. .. .V . , .. .« . 1 , . ,,,.,, „ ... lit was "an absolute outrage."
Last night at he stroke of 12 telephones m WUkes-Barre, Kmgston, ..-rhe Russian action is another |Mo ntaintop, Plymouth and Pittston were changed to permit the j^jtter cmen of what we may ex- ;dialinK of two letters and five numbers. Ipeet on the Korean truce dis-
Iclephone company officials report little difficulty was encountered cu-ssion" Wiley said in a state- !;" '"a'<'"g the change Many persons stayed up to experiment with Iment. He said the Russians are Three persons lost their lives in the plan and most of them dialed correctly. For those who hadl-pompletclv misjudzing the tem- a horrible accident on the Red trouble remembering to dial the two letters first and then the fivcjper of the American government Rock Mountain highway yesterdayinumbers, the telephone company had persons standing by at the and people" if they "think that afternoon. One of two victims p*""- ,^»nt-oi offire lo help.
noljncpd dead at the «P°t--ai _,-._.,,,,_,,,__ ,,, I Extra .Men Brought in
.«S«n -was decapitated, while a; I II'I ¦||J| |l|lI IJ ll/II I | Promptly at midnight t'hrei th/rd was dead on arrival at Nan-|r|\r|l|nl|wllfK UillM ;'"'^J°'' operations took place si ticoke State Hospital. |L.IUL.I II IU f I Lll JHLL'multaneously, with some 75 extra
they can shoot dovirn an Ameri¬ can plane, kill and imprison American boys with utter im¬ punity, and If they expect to uae that sort of Kangster tactics In violation of International law for Uie purpose of applying presDure in relation to the Korean truce.'.' The Russian transport was shot down Monday, 10 hours before the Korean cease-fire became effective, Russia said the plane was attacked by four U. S. fight¬ ers 70 miles inside Red China with a loss of 21 lives. Location "Confinned*
But the State Department said it had " confirmed" that the transport was "Inside Korean ter¬ ritory approximately eight miles from the Yalu River border be¬ tween Korea and China.
And the State Department said the Plane was not shot 4own by four U. S. Fighters but by one- piloted by Capt. Ralph S. Parr of Apple Valley, Cai.
"The planp was in a war area (Continued on Page A-2)
It was the eighth fatalfty at thel same spot—^the sharp curve near I the bottom of the steep and | treacherous grade—in the pasti four years. 1
The only one In the car whoj escaped death was the driver, an I Endicott, N. Y„ woman. |
Btate Police and Deputy Cor-j oner Alfred Bron.son of Sweet ^ Valley tentatively Identified the victims as: k Dead:
f Mrs. a W. Hess, 53. of RD2, Benton, t, former Wilkes-Barre reiRkient, who was decapitated
L«on C. Bishop, RD2, Endicott, K Y.. and,
Mrs. Joseph L. Frost, 24*4 Car har.st avenue, John.son City, N. Y.,
CIPAIGN IN PA.
Expected to Launch Duff's Candidacy for Governor at Hershey
HARRISBURG—Will it be for"-'' "r;/"\r,"'°- X^JXh* "t^: WASHINGTON (lP)-The United T\„rf they purposely scneauJea the ,,. ,ir , i. j
J-*"''- „L,„ *_,!,„ „.v,., „i„- /„.. Co, Mine Workers have accused a
. . , , change to the new plan tor Sat- ™ ., ,^ , ¦ j . , j
Assurance was given laat week m.(j^y midnight so that by the Southern soft coal industry leader that the Pennsylvania Republican ^ f„ ^j business on Monday °^ "seeking to sabotage" collective organixation will get lU 1954 j^ ^„^i^ ^^^^^^ ^,,^^. ''^If'"'"*^, '" ""T^ T fif^;
pronounced dead upon arrival atj gubernatorial campaign off to thCjgjjjg^'^^jj'j^j^j, j^^.^ j The blast came on the day that
Nanticoke State Hospital aboutimost rousing start it ever has ..^j.^^" isn't "O" IJohn L. Lewis was free to serve
6 pm. Iknown- while at the same time; w j^ ' , .^^ trouble if anv ls^"°'^''='' °" ^^^ operators that he
injured: -'!'"« "" '° ''''•'^ " ''«>• '^« expc" tedt tmrfrom' tho^e who!-if^,L\° >>:«'" -ffi'^""--"
men brought in to do the job
In addition to the dialing change! in the Wilkes-Barre office, Pitts-i ton telephones were changed fromj manual to dial with the new cen-| tral office name of "Olympic" and i a new office was cut in at Bear] Creek. The latter project was de¬ signed primarily to ease the load! on the Wilkes-Barre exchange. | Starting today, residents of Wy¬ oming Valley will have an oppor¬ tunity to become accustomed to the new plan. Telephone officials report Monday is generally one of their busiest days. Realizing this, they purposely scheduled the change to the new plan for Sat¬ urday midnight so that by the opening of business on Monday most people could become aceus-
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RENTS GO UP
Nine Killed In Auto Crash
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (tR— Two automobiles collided nsar here Saturday on a rain-slick highway, killing nins persons and critically Injuring a tenth.
One car apparently skidded on the blacktop (ind the second car ploughed Into It broadside.
The first car, occupied by six Canadians, was knocked tnto a raln-fillcd ditch. All its passen¬ gers were killed.
Only survivor of the crash was Mrs. Gust Olson of Minne¬ apolis, wtio was riding in t'ne second car. She was taken to a local hospital in critical con¬ dition.
Plettl said ths highway was "seal coated" recently and was unusually slippery when wet. The c |
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Month | 08 |
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Year | 1953 |
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