Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              [$3,750,000 Collected in Miners' Benefits In 1953
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
CLOUDY, MILD
Highest Todsy, «0l Monday: Fair, WarnMr.
48TH YEAR — NO. 17 — 68 PAGES
MaBlMvAatM
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1954
UKITRD FKKM
Win Ii^ws   botvIm
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Concrete Curiain
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Approval of Warren as Chief Justice Assured
Si^ crJlr^ct c'l ROKS Offer WesfPun/sfterf
Charges 'Tommyrot'AMm tO ^^ Bhzzard,
Indo-China
Dust Storm Ends
WASHINOTON (tP)—Earl Warren won approvaJ of his nomina- jtion aa Cliief Justice Saturday In a showdown •eaaion of a Senate ! Judiciary sub-committee whidi rejected a« "tammyrot" dhar^es fiied
a«rain«t him by an alleged perjurer. IIIMW     WIIIIIU i   DALLAS, Tex. (IPi-A raging blizzard yesterday followed th<. ww«t
The bJ-partiB«in action waa at once a Pe«oimdln(r vote of oonfl- .dust storm since tbe depression day.s of the 19.30s into the nation'a
dence  In the former California governor and an impUed r<»buke to     SAKJO."?, Indochina ilP» - South bread-basket and three new tornadoes hit the South, sub-committee   Chairman   William   Langer   (R-ND).  who  aired   thetRoroa Saturday proposed an anti-:   The throe new tornadoes struck in Mis-sLssippi, near the town* vt unaubstajitiated (Aarges at a stormy public hearing Friday. Communist alliance with  the   In- Philadelphia,  Sumrall  and  Laurel.  Damage waa estimated  at mor*
I.«n.ger   did   no<.   join   the   four; , do-thlnese    kingdoms    of    Laos.tban $250,000.
:::^™l'^.°r'^* "'Z'^^Z '";rV^r1 ^XubstanS ^^¦»'^'* •'"-^ ^l^ Nam and re-|   Thoy made a total of six tornadoes sinco noon Friday The other.
he   o(ppo«,   tSie   action.     He   toldi^^»°h, he said. f*e *t;ai'f had  di- ™""  ^^"'^ ^°  '^^''^  *-^^ Com-, fhe tornadoes injured at least 10 I rciDorterw he favored •«ndin« the^SWited tram more than 200 letter*     „ '  "„ . r'.i,,      ,
inS^S^n onCXTr^nat^iin opposMon  to the  noonln^tlon. i    The   South   Kor«^n   offer   came     The damage  from the  blizzard.
¦ i,../ij„fc.«„ rvv..,i...wifr. .^»h^.,i ¦,,     The    rthmrmw    numsipd    fprvm    a*'  ^   S.  Foreign  Aid  CJhiof  Har-dust   storms   that   covered
,Jt^tefc«y0^i««* without •»yj^^*'JJI^wS^^^^'^^'jold   E.  Stassen  prepared  to con- than 80,000 square miles and the »tffi lingered over most of Texaa.
rr^t^     .; S^'^  C^fomil  llX-^lf" «-'th French Defense Minietor tornadoes  totalled   many  millions'^-here k made day like night Frt-
T. Aet Wedneaday ^ I^St aXt H  Esh tTLi^-R«>ne Pleven, possibly Sunday, onlof dollars. day, but it wa., gradually nettfinR.
The full  committee w^Hl «;ot omiioggition    that    he    ItaWoiwed    thei'"*^'"'^**^     *'d    to    the    French!    Five .persons were killed. L.ight-     The  blizzard  started   Friday  in
day as far east aa Tennessee and Illinois and  as  far south as Mo- more,''"p- ¦*¦'*¦• *"<! New Orleana. Dust
' wljei day.
tthe njominfttton Wedineoday. Mem-j "Marxiw; revaairtiomary Mw"'    "'"i Union forces. jning killed  a guard  at  the  state Kansas,   coming  ao   close  to  the
bens predicted « wM *peeday en-     Stm.   ArtflMir   V,    Watkins    (rJ    Stassen told a press conference P<'»it*"t'a''y   at   Angola,   La..   on|du«t   storm   that   at  some  ^inU dorse  the i.uib-oo«raniit)tee's  action, utalh) *a   sub-oommlttee   member j the French Union troops are get-'I^"day night when the twister hit *"<w *";* d^»t j";*""* mixei Eteht
*o t'he had bounded the charge,'•tammy.'i ting   ¦'sufficient-   American   mili-jl-here. j inches of snow Wocked road, over
rot.- ' '|tar>-   aid   "for   victoiy"   but   sai.lj    Three   person,   died    in    auto- wide aroas of Kaneas yeeterday.
Full Repudiation I more economic assistance is need- ""o^'le crocks blamed on the deep!    The Wi^.zaTd moved out of Kan-
The oiinidher was aPpHied wlienied, particularly to assist refugees "no^'  '"   Kansas  and   South   Da- sas northward toward Iowa, Min.. Deputy    Atty.    Gen.    Williaim    P.
aTid   eond  tHie  nominafcion Setniate floor for filial aipproval.
Mr. WaaTen h«is been serving as CSi'leif Juattoe aiiioa laait October under a recess aippoimment.
Minutes after the «uD-camJnJttee|R;o«ens and Amt Atty. Gen. War- a»ted PpeSJdent Eia«nlhow*r in-|pe„ oiney m appeared at the termpted   his   v*calU)cm   ait   Pahniojosed sub-oommiitte* Mssdon and
wind,   to
(See '^Stirring Protest Needed Right Xow or A'alley Wlil Get No Interchange"- on Editorial Page today.)
Payments To Miners Reported
An astonishing total of M.TSQ,- 000 in tJeneftta was paid In 1K3 to anthracite mine workers, their widows  and  their  dependeaits.
This wa* dieolosed by Attorney Thomas L. Kennedy jr.. chief counsel of the United Mine Work¬ ers of America.
More than liulf of the total J2.022,967.O4 woiu to reciirtents in District 1, which embraces Scmn¬ ton and Wilkes-Barre. However, the d+H'Iine of mining in Liarka- vanna county would indicate mat the bulk of this money came to theVVilkes-Barre area.
Most for Deaths
Atty. Kennedy pointed out ttMlt! ths awards were v\'on under the Occupational r>isea»e Act for total disability and deaths resulting from anthracosilicosis (miners • «thina> contracted by employees. The amount paid was $3,320,740.07.
Fewer Men but Output up In Anthracite in 1954
Even with lesa manipower ussed, anthnuJite ppoduoHon from Jain. 1 W»rougih Feb. 13 vra» actually 3.4 per cent greater than production for the vtmilair period in 1963 AotAiraoite Indurtry ««Mto revealed:"*"'-
Production for the short week ending Feb. 13 amounted to 561.000 tons, sendrng the total tonnage 117,000 higher tham it wa. a .v<-ar ago. The industry produced 3.608,000 tons oocnpared to 3,491,000 ton. jMtn Jan.  1  to Feb. 34, J993.
The repoW twf lecta the new spirit ol oo-o^ieration today be- Ing practiced by laibor and management. Substantial gains in production have been made at a number of mines where work ausponsiona  wore  threacemd   m   reoent  months.
I.*Hders of Dorranoe Local union, Leihtgh Vailiey Coal CJom. pany, are among the lateat to caiH on their membeWhip for in¬ creased production.
"Produce or fa<« a layxjff," the 7S0 member, of the union were advLfod by labor leader* at a sipecial meeting Wednesday night. It was ojcpfcuned that nianag<»mont w«4s on the verge of shutting down the colliory as an unprofitable operation, as hap¬ pened the previous day with anothnr LVC at Harleton.
and reconstruction in war-batter-;^°ta. Robert F  Boylen   pre.sident I nesola   and   the   Dakota.^   Hun-
ed areas of the country. iof the Fidelity Tru«t 60. of Sanjdreds   of   persons   were  stranded
The figliting iu Indochina quiet-Antonio, Tex., crashed in his pri-ion taghwao^s in Nebraska, includ-
„ _, _ „,. , ^   „  .^ ,^™v~. -..V. ed almost to the tempo of the Kor-vate plane in the dust storm nearijng a bus with a high notmca
Sprimign   OaMf.,   to   voice   8tnoin«idiaoloeed tihat many of the charges lean-type twilight war while bothjDallas on Friday and was killed.jketb*!! team. WBpoPt   «rf   the   Jurist    H.  said I had ori«Jna*ed ta a letter written I sides marked time, awaiting ou*.     Skies   were   darkened   by   thej    Eighty-mUe-an-hour ehe foCTnea- t^ifom'ia gwvwnor M.by   Roderick    J.    WWsom,    vrtiom come of the peace talks In Gene- remnants of the dust storm Satur. (Continued on Page 2. Section 1) on. of t*» ftwee* pulbHie •ervants ^^y desorilbed as a fugHtiive from.Va in late AprU.   OnJy smaill local -Su.~Tl!!l   l^T* "^"iS        * perjury indlctmont In San Fnan-,attacks and a French commando! M^VS^ilT^J'^*' P-^^lolsoo. raid on the Annan coa«t were re-
Went  foMoMned  ajja*«ner«f«»n,    Roger, *nd Otoey also toM the ported. Vice President Ructoard M. Nixon I s«„atar. that Burr Mcaoskey Jr.,: -
Friday  Mght  tl»*  Langw  ought'^,   intermediary   who   presented! to   inve.tB«at»   Mr.   Warren'.   ac-iWiteons   allegatiwne   to   the   «ib-
cumn Instead of Mt. Wwnren.      I oammittee, was a one-ttme mem Langer Dr»ws Anger iber of  sovenail  "TrotMiylte Com
SeveiPttJ (Ub-oonunMtee m«nbe«'m,unis«t"' organiaaJtlonii.
democrats sure house will vote e;
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More Tobocco Produced In Lancasien Pa., Thait Any Oiher County in U.S.
HARRISBURG   (PNSl-Clgaret:• greater wsreage of iobacoa L*a
manufacturers   may   Ulk   of   lm- caster   county   farmers   get   t ported   tobaccos   and   to baccoi greater   yield   per    acre    and   a
Law Revision Due For Action in March; Means $80 Per Year
WASHINIGTON  'IP> — Democra¬ tic   members   of  Congress   confi-Ir   CKonski  (R-Wis) said yestcr- dently   predicted   yesterday   thatj jay  the   Eisenhower   administra.i the   House   will   approve   a   $l00itio„ has given the dairy farmers' increase  In   personal  income  tax; exemptions next month. I pants"
To A married  couple with  two enough
O'KonskI Says Voters Threaten Retaliation; Wili Seek Reversal
WASHINGTON <1P>—Rep.  AMn
j children   living  on  $5,000 a year. Ithis would mean a tax saving of I about $80 a year. Vp from (600
!%• preeent perM>naI exemption Ifor a taxpayer and each depen- jdent is $600 per year. Democrats ippopoee to a»k the House to vote
in his district "a kick In thej and "many are bitter! about   it   to   vote   Demo-',
Valley Scene
Middle-aged gentleman wiih. briefcase ftaniling on Publie Square witli pink bubble-gi>in cigar clamped in ' hit mouth }ugt Uk* the rea! thing
Siirpri.ied Snuth Wafhington »treet hot dog .ttnnd owner serv¬ ing bacon and eggs early yea- terdalt viorning and in the ejccitement forgetting to fur¬ nish a fori;—most of /iw enn- tomem using only a spoon for coffee and fingers for the hot dogs
WnitresB in central eitii cafe polling her customers to deter¬ mine whether she should go red head or become a platinum blonde.
Young lad stopping State troopers on patml nnd inquir¬ ing how you get in the Cana¬ dian. \orthwest Mounted Po¬ lice, which were ienliired in the thriller movie he had just witnessed.
Army Officers Are Told to Ignore Sen. McCarthy
I BULLETIN^
! WASHINGTON (IPi—Army Secretary Rohert T. Steven, haa
Instructed three Army officers to ignore Sen. Joseph R, Mc- , Garths'', request to appear before hi. inveatigating subcommittee^ i    it w^as learned late last night.
I Stevens' action set the stage for a showdown battle betweem
]   the Army secretary and the Wisconsin Republican over cliargiM that the Army has been coddling Ommunlsta.
McCarthy, a high Army official reported, has "directed" Brig. Gon. Ralph W. Zwicker, commander of Camp Kilmer, N.J., and two of his subordinates, to appear before his Permanent Investigating Suboomntiittee in New York Tuewiay.
Stevens may appear before the McCarthy group himself, but If so it will be voluntarily, it wus stated on high authority.
Earlier Saturday an Army spokesman called news agende. to report that Stevens had been "subpenaed" to appear before McCarthy's subcommittee.
Army counsellor John G. Adams told the United Press, how¬ ever, that Stevens "has received no subpena."
A congressional subpena of an official In the executiv. branch is virtually unprecedented under the division of powen between Congress and the Executive.
Mine workers auffering from In. juries suiitalned In ap<>idents i-ol- leited $4,'12.275.2.'5 in benefits under the Workmen's Compensation I.iaw.
Occupational disease awards In r>istrict 7, covering the Hazletm and Panther Valley regions, to¬ taled $720,789.."SO, while recoveries •iniier the compenMation lawa were 193,619,7.3.
In District 9. Including the Bhenandoah, Pottsvllle and Shani-j okin area*, $79.'5,938.R7 waa award-! ed under occupational deceases: »nd $119,700.4« under the Work-1 ftiftn's Oompensation  Law.
RMII .'More Paid |
Tlie broakdou'n of these figures' doea not indicate what has beenj paid by coal companies without legal proteot. '
Other millions have been paid; fci pensions, which recently havej been cirt to $150 a month.
Offli-es of the United Workers' legal department are maintained^ In Hazleton. i
grown and produced in other states, but the fact remains that Pennsylvania's own Lancaster County it-sclf produces more to¬ bacco than any other county In the United States.
Although farmers of Pitt coun¬ ty down  in  North Carolina grow
larger total production, Pennsyl¬ vania News Servio. learned this week.
cratic.- i
O'KonskI and other memben of! C>>ngrees from the Wl«x>nsln-j Minnesota dairying area com¬ plained that the Impending redac¬ tion in dairy price mtpport. will have     aerlous     political >' eonse-
to boost tto. figure to "j70o"wir^ !«>"«"<•-« " " '« *"°^^ ** •*«"<'¦ tax revision legislation is eonaid-| Protests Pour In ••red early in March. j    y^^ ^j,, ^^e protest mail from
The    $100    exemiption    Increase jthe area is starting to come in. would mean a loss of an estimated!    o'Konski told reporters the gist!
$2,500,000,000 a year to the Treas-i^f ^^^ „f tj,e letters is:
Surveys   reveal   that   Lancaster
ury.
Rep.   Hale
v:.?5 '^LP'f *iL?^/" i"j''! p-^^d
Boggs   (D-Ija>. $100   exemption
.Vation with an output of almost 50,000,000 pounds of cigar leaf tobacco hut j^ear.
Tills    wa.    nearly    7    million pounds more than was  produced'certain   bo   approve   a in  the top Carolina oounty that creaM^.
year. -Tmt only question  Is whether
Big SrVear IncreaM jthe   Ropuhllcan.   decide  to   pro-
Interestlngly, ten yeara aco Lan-j pose it themrolves,"  he «ii,d.  "If caster county ranked about thirdjthey   don't   ,the   Demoomta   will, among all counties in tobacco pro-'and it will be approved." duoUon.   Hoiwwer, five yeam la ' ter It  had jumped to first place;  r» w    rwi      *
and   that   position   haa   been   re-\ t renCtt  1 rOlH tained ever since.
On   the   whole,   th.  quality  ofi Lancaster county tobacco is con
who'    "We've   been   life-long  Reipubli- i„.leans.  We can't be anymore with
Spring Styles Special Section Next Sunday
Next Sunday, a special section of Spring Styles will be included in the regular ediltion of tiie Sunday  Independent. i
The Sunday Independent Is happy to Iverald Spring in tbi. gay entrance and brings a gala
showing  of  styles  destined  for i.,j^,^       .ir     . , r ". — 	
staidom  in the new season. !*h"!!'^*^:*^* ^^f *^.* ^"' '*^
Wj-oming    Valley    merchants 1?^^ »>"n>08e.    OUier counties
Will displTy the thrilling n«w '".^'^^^T** '"^" ^'''**^°' Ideas they've garnered for your ?"1h"'','!*'?['' T" ">* fl"»nt"y delliht found  in the  land of th. Penn-
D^nt mks this gala array of   "y'v"^*  Dutchman. new-season    need. — for   you, *! your family and home.
crease that was rejected recently '^s  going on.  ¦« e  apologize  for by   the  House   ways  and   means'wwltiTiK   ^or   the   Republicans   '- committee,   said   that  despite  the| *« l«t election.' committee's action  the House   is Pressure en President $100    In-
Reaches 138 MPH
Two ll'Year-Olds Claim Same Dog But 'Very Wise Judge' Found a Way
AlliJMlPHIS, Tenn. (IP)—The young jwas his "l>addie" and for a tlBie •osfr In a suit over a friendly!it appeared there was no way to «ollie dog christened his consola-lavoid causing heartbreak for one tion puppy "Bobby"* yesterday  in'of the boys.   But Judge HoffinMi
Rep.  Gardner R.  Withrow  (R-
Wis), who lias written the Presi¬ dent protesting the price cut and
has introduced a bill  to veto  tt,
said. "There is going to be much
pressure on the administration to
change the order eund I am  not
wiping   to   assume,   yet,   that   it
will  stick." The order, which goes Into force
April 1, will reduce the govem- PARIS. (IP—An electric loco- ment's support price for butter; motSve of Che Fremch National !8'» cent, a pound and will cut! Riadlroad set a new worid speed |4^4 cents per pound off cheese, record y*siterday of 1S8.2 mile, supports and about one cent off an hou' during a regular run Idried skim milk supports. on   the   Paris-Dijjon   line,   offi- ! Tremendous Surplus
"^eliSne locomotive broke a i    The c.^ were ordennl because EverVbodV   IW   Oil  the  Act  faot  StOte  FoUS tO Fill
le  year  old  U.S.  mark   Friday j Present high guarantee, had pi>d ' '
when 11 peached a- top speed of
1S3.2 miles an hour on the same line.
The   104-ton   looomomve   waa developed leM than three years ago.
up more than one billion pouiide of surplus dair'.' products.
President Elsenhower told a news conference last week that he has no thought of reconsidering the order.
honor of the "wise" judge who knew the secret of Justice with- o<K hearebreak.
Twelve-year-old 'Richard Har- pove happily made a home for Bobby" and his mother, Mrs. /ames E. Holcomb, gratefully oall- •« Judge Robert Hoffman "a very ^ise judge."
found a way.
Hoffman announced hia dectalon sustaining the writ of replevin under whi^eh Johnny's parents, Mr. and Mra. H B. Thomaa, had seised bhe dog from the Holoomb home. Then Came Solution
Then, as if by magic. Deputy Clerk  Robert I... Horn broug'h  hi
TRUCK DRIVER ,DIES FROM EXHAUST FUMES AS HE SLEEPS IN CAB    !
PHILADBLJ'IHIA   dPi — MaTris*
McCuff,  28,   was  killed   and   his!
, brcthcr,  Azdl, overooiiis  by   car ¦.
and for a time bon monoxide fume. Saturday as
they slept in th. cab of a tractor- ^^^^^^^^ OFFEEE0 SANCTUARY-Local man
Th. brothers were found by aj       *»1*"<J *« girl-shy males.   Seetlon Pour, Page ». cousin.  Franklin Smith, •^^ej' h'joOUSfTY HITS 1Q8TATC JACKPOT—Revenue derived by Luierne
Dangerous Holes along New Highway in Newport
**appy Plans
Richard said he was going to the pure-bred collie pup for Rlcn- 'eed his collie pup a rich dlet|a'"<l' th* Sift of Judge Hoffman, of dog food "just like I did I Both youngsters and their parent. •'Prince'," the year-old collie he I were over joyed. 'ost in an unusual triai In General! Hoffman had sent the deputy Sessions Court Friday. secretly to a pet shop to buy the
Another 12-year-old boy, Johnnv 1 homos, ciaimed the .haggy dog
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT   |
ready to give'
county property owners is surpriaing.   Section One, Pas:. 16.
Franklin wa. unabl. to locate them in their! liouae.  "Hiay were taken to Meth-' odtot Hospital where Morria was!oATLIN i\IANDSCBMPT« IS FOUND—Kanwi. City man aaks $37,5001 pronounced   dead.     Doctors   saidi       |or r*i« work of frontier artist   Secoton One, Pa«« 12. Aiall, 30, WlU rMover.                     i                                                         ' 1
Asell   told   police  fa«   and    hisj                                      Section Pagei                                      Section Page brother planned to get a,n earilyiAmusement    "Hiree     8 Gdorge M. Adams  Two       6;
start for Chicago with a shipment'Around the Town  Two
of chemicals and decided  to naplClty  Hall One
In   the   trailer   for   a   few   hours.!Classified    Tivo
Th^ left  the   truck  motor  run-iCounty  One
ninj;   for   warmth.     Polk»   sald;Crojwword  Puzale   -Two
second  dog  whilo  testimony  was, Schrelber     Trucking StiU in {MogreM. | Pittaburgli.
fumes apparently filtered into the cab. Morris  was  employed    by   the Ca,     Inc,
Drew Pearson  Two
EMgar Guest Two
Editorial Two
Frank Tripp Two
Obituary .- - Ob.
7 H«me Builders  Two      8
17 Hor^ics     Two        «
9-11 Radio    Three    9
18 Roi>Lrt C. Ruarii  Two       7
9 Sports    Two    1-8
« State Capitol  One   ^ 19
estate   News    One       18
8i Thomas 8tokes  Two        1-
7 Television    Three   10;
lOiWooien's  S«^oa    .ThrM 1-9 i
Tlie state's failure to fill several large strip¬ ping holes along a new hig*w.iy in Newport tovvn.*h;iip has «nt fwople of tlie down-river comimunity inito a raige.
Motorists, and offl<>ial« of fhe mMnicipatlity believe the holes should be filled in the inter¬ est of public safety but have been fighting a losing battle for monchs. The machine-made oraiters are located aJong the new stale high¬ way below Wanujmie. One is pictured above, wltii a pool of water in the foreground, while another acroes the road, is both larger and deeper and considered even more dangerous becaiise of its steep-sided banlts.
The coal company owning the land used for the right of way stripped^ the area at the state's request before the road was built to save the state the heavy expense of purchas¬ ing coal Co insure surface support. It al»o started to backfiM but wa.s stopped when silate einginet-r* decided the soil was not suit¬ able for proper road support. Accordingij', everyone agrees tliat the coal company's re¬ sponsibility in this instance has been met. At tihe same time, motori.sts and the New- I>ort commissioners believe someone should and muM ahoulder ih« reist>onal'btiity iot th*
dangerous condition existing along thia puHte and heavily traveled road.
The commissioners, prevented fnom spendkiy any money on the project because privat. property is involved, have been endeavoctej to get st£.te action for months.
"Despite the erection <J guard rail, ateng this stretch of road, the strip mine openinc* present a constant threat of life and iHnb in the event of highway accidemta," Secretary ttt Mines William J. Clements ww ad'vl.Ml kgr the commiaaioners on Nov. 13. Governor Notified
On Nov. 16, a copy of said letter w«. fcr- warded to Gov. Fine wioh the nofcatjon. "Ttm board feels it is a shame to have such a s|il«a»- did new highway spoiled by the danger mm- tioned and also by the existing e(yesoi« aknv this short stretch of the road."
Duncan C, McCallum. Governor's secretary, advised the commussioners Dec. 1, "I hwv. been advised by Secretary Clememt. that tldB matter wffl be investigated and the operator requested to immediately refiM this area to a distance of 15 feet beyond the boundary In* of right-of-»^y as required by Jaw."
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