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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Cloudy, Cool Hisrheat today 40 to 42 Monday: Fair, colder 48TH YEAR — NO. 2 ~ 82 PAGES ^ «•«b«a««t WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1953 CMITED PHES9 Wire New. Btiilt. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS East Bows To Battering Of Storiii Death Toll Rises In Snow and Gale; •^ Tides Bring Floods; ' f Resort Piers Ruined i XEW YORK (lP)--0.ale for<;p| winds and 40-fool Atlantic Ocean waves laahed th" anow-blankelcd East Coast Saturday, causing floods that forced more than 10- thousand persons from their home and swept resort piers and build¬ ings out to sea. At least 22 persons had been lifted as dead and 18 some of whom had been feared dead, were rescued in storms that struck with unususl fury on the eastern seaboard and in the Northern Plains stales. | Residents of Kansa.s, Nebraska j and the Dakotas dug out from; under a heavy blanket of snow I roristli ''in*"crowded" h^eis° ButjDrifted Sflow FoUs to Holt Moif farmers rejoiced over the bene-| ^ "Just slowed me up a bit," wa.-i the matter-of-fact comment of veteran postal carrier Thomas L. McGuire, who is pictured as he made his rounds through drifts yesterdav morning on Wyo¬ ming avenue, Kingston. This picture was snapped as he left the Stegmaier residence at Wyoming avenue and James street after making a delivery. A carrier for 29 years, McGuire, who resides at 212 Cooper street, Coutrdalc, said he has stopped getting concerned about the weather. Hot, cold, dry or wet—it is all the same with him and, he believes, that just about adds up the attitude of the other grey- uniformed mtn who take it all in stride through sunshine or blizzards to deliver the most valuable document or a picture postcard from Aunt Susie in Kalamazoo. True to the tradition of the postal service to make appointed rounds on schedule despite handicaps, carriers in the Wyoming Valley area completed all deliveries, it was reported at Wilkes- Barre and Kingston post offices. (HKH)to by Jt)nalh.an Russin) MayCallTrumantoStand On Promoting Soviet Spy Democrats Charge COP Is Desperate In Wake of Defeat New Riots Shake Rome Over Trieste Swiss May Quit ficial moisture fo their drought parched winter wheat For I.4ueme County atorm reporta aee Pace A-18 I Hi Rain, Sleet, Wind, too ^^L Easterners fought off first snow ¦ ' Uicn rain and sleet and finally ¦ winds up to 80 miles an hour. These were coupled with unusun' tidal forces that swelled tides to 20 to 30 per cent above normal. Ten duck hunters who had been missing and feared dead on Long Island were rescued from flooded marshes. Police also aaved five children who were stranded on a rock on a flooded beach. Resorts Bnttered The famous resort cities of At¬ lantic City and Asbury Park, N.J., were hard hit by the rampaging ocean. A 200-foot section of thc| i-nd of the famous .Steel Pier wa; , ¦ashed away and an Asbury Park^ oeach club was carried out to sen.' An insurance executive esti-' mated damage at Atlantic City at^ million dollars—more than. sed by the 1944 hurricane.; Damage elsewhere along the! seaboard was running into the! millions and more than 3,700 por-| sons were given shelter by the! Red Cross in New Jersey, New Vork and Connecticut Other person.^, evacuated from .'looded home.s by city busses, row- Doats and Army "ducks." were given shelter in schools, churche.' and other buildings. .Jjnergenries Derlared WASHINGTON (IPV—Former President Truman may be summoned before Senate inve«itigators to testify on the administration's charge that he promoted a known Soviet spy tfl a top government job, it was disclo.sed Saturday. Robert' Morris, chief coun.sel for the Senate Interns! Security sub-committee which is planning hearings on the ca.se. said there are no present plan.s- to quiz Mr. Ti-umaii but "of course, there is a possibility he might be called." Some Democratic congressmen, including Assistant House Leader John W. McCormack, rushed to Mr. Truman's defense in the furor touched off by Attorney General Herbert Brownell jr. Brownell charged that Mr. Truman gave the late Harry Dexter White a gov¬ ernment promotion—after the FBI had warned that White was a'students led by Fascist and""com- Ruasian spy. _ , munist agitators battled police for A high source in the Eisenho'ver '-¦'-'- —' '~ "- " ' " > • • administration predicted new One Student Killed, 170 Persons Hurt; Fascist Salute Given by Rioters RO.ME IIP) Could Deny U.S. Chance fo Talk I To Pro-Red Gl's I PANMUNJOM, (IP) -Swiss threats to walk out of the Neutral Na- Itions Repatriation Commliision threatened Saturday to wreck Ameri. can plans for persuading 22 "pro-Communist" Gl's to return home. Armin Daeniker. the Swiss delegate, threatened to withdraw unless the Communists change their tactics of mercilessly questioning antl- jCommunist prisoners for hours at a time. j Maj. Gen. Jan Stenstrom, the Swedish delegate on the five-nation • ¦ ' ¦ • "holds little hope for the explanations to Communism - corruption charges against Mr. Truman's regime comparable to Brownell's blast, which kicked up a violent politi¬ cal storm and a running battle between Mr. Truman and the White House over who is telling the truth. "Mes," Say Tniman T..„ i„- *i, .isuptrvisory body, said he iweJve thousand r t . ~. j •< i pn-soners bemg resumed. I ^ . ^ , . ..... ^, . » 1. fi.1. ceptance of Communism and hava ^ ... Might Not Reach Them high post on the International j six hours Saturday in tu'multuowsl End of the Repatriation Com- Monetary Fund despite two FBI I riots against the United Stateslmission woud block American ef- not started explanations, .Might Help Allies Some UN officials expressed hope the Swis.s would walk out "only partially" by refusing to ref¬ eree interviews with Chinese and North Koreans while still func¬ tioning for Allied explainers, headline to offset" their recent I ;:""Vr"" »""^ °','"'"' •¦'"°*'*^"'' ^" aaaition to tne Americans The test will come-Monday when election defeats. ,^ .second day of protests there are one Briton and 332 South I explanations to North Koreans The White House challenged him Hf^^ • Anglo-American actions Koreans whose fate would be left and Chinese may be resumed after on that. Presidential Press Sec- '''^, ' '"a"y^°f ^O" /'"ters up in the air. \^ two-dav holidav broueht by an repeatedly gave the Fascist sa-^ lute. warnings that White was a Rus- and Britain. |,„rts to talk with 22 reluctant *'»? ^^' , ¦ . J ,,ri... ' One Student was reported killed US. soldiers since the armistice Mr._ Truman insisted White waS|^hile r.0 policemen and 120 "ui-jagreemenU provide no other means of persuading the reluctant captives. In addition to the Americans there are one Briton and 332 South fired" as soon as he was found L""; ",;/"r^ . """''=." ^H'' a h. Hi=i„v,i .„.i o„n„.»H .v,„ «'.'^"'» ^'"<^ ba<J'y Injured m the to be disloyal and accused thei rioting which surged around the Republicans of trving to get ''a/;";;? " * ^^ "r*^^ ^ ° w ." i,o=rfii„„ f„ „ff.„t-. Thoi, ';»„o„f ^"''¦f'f^an and British embasSio.? Mr. Truman made It clear in Kansas City, Mo., that he is ready^ retary James E. Hagerty said the for whatever the Republicans pro-j records showed White resigned duce: land Mr. Truman accepted the res-,""''' Blames Allies The more lies they tell," heiigrnation "with considerable re- The Italian government Satur- Merchants Begin Filing State's Sales Tax Forms said, "the more trouble they're going to get into." Mr. Truman stuck by his flat denial of Brownell's charge, made in a Chicago speech, that he knowingly promoted White to a luctance." Ex-Presldent Answers Advised of this, Mr. Truman re¬ sponded: "I suppose it is p.T- fectly all right for one man as (Continued on Page A-8) PHILADRI.<PHIA ilp A crip¬ pling record snowfall vVith drifts :: J*Emorgen<ics were declared in''"a"K'".K "P to 15 feet in depth ^1 *tnat cans RecordSnow BringsDeath To 10 in Pa. Quarter Returns Due by Nov. 20; Deluge Foreseen U. S. SyPPORTS BISH STEPS N TRIESTE ^tainford. Conn., and In all New i Jersey tow»« from Monmouth *%<ach to East Keansburg—an srea of about 16 miles. More than 60,000 telephones on caused at least 10 deaths and heavy property damage through¬ out Pennsylvania yesterday. Seven deaths were attributed to heart attacks from over-exertion HARRISBURG (P.NS) — Penn¬ sylvania merchants have begun' filing their first quarter returnsj under the new state sales tax. | Thousands more are rooting out; forms from behind cash registers,! out of cigar boxes and otherj "filing" places. Tho deadline for! the first filing period for money; collected during the months of September and October is No. 20.1 Few Baek to Now ^j Department threw its full sup- The Sales Tax Bureau reported p^rt to the British Allied miU- it has received only a "sprinkle ^^ry government Saturday os of returns thus far. Most of thosel^nj^^lcan soldiers took over guard received are from smal taxpay-1 j^igg ^^^ ^^Is riot-torn city from ers, according to Wilham P. - - - — ¦¦ Gray, assistant bureau director. Gray said the larger sums from GIs Replace Tommies In Patrolling City; Uneasy Peace Prevails TRIESTE (IP)- The U. S. State the less popular Britons The pro-Italian press kept citl- j ._ . Bens' anger higher with graphic big corporations and chain stores ^„j one-sided reports of how dem- Long Island and 5,000 in Now "^^e to the snow while three other probably will not come in untili^^j^j^ajgr^ ^p^p j^dlg^ by poll"e Jersey were knocked out of serv-'P^"""* '''«'•'• fo""d suffocated inj near the deadline. ibullets in demonstrations of the ice and more than 1.000 repair-'*" automobile that was almost Some officials have voiced be-, , j ^ jgy, B„t the city re IS day night formally blamed Allied trained police for the Trieste in¬ cidents in which seven demon¬ strators were shot and killed Fri¬ day In anti-British riots. men were sent out to mend thei^uried in snow on Route 122 near damages. j Oxford, Pa. Auxiliary police were ordered jCoal Khortage into Milford. Conn., to prevent Hundreds of persons in north lofHlne of ab.'ndnned homes jeentral Pennsylvania were caught From the New Jersey Shore,i^'thout sufficient fuel supplies, along the southern edge of Staten|Coa' trucks were halted by deep Island and Long Island and Con¬ necticut's Long Island Sound com¬ munities, the atorm rsiged hour after hour. Fire* Md riood Trees were ripped up. Power lines were snapped. Highways and bridges were flooded. Public transportation facilities were knocked out of service. The winds fanned several fires that broke out along the coast as far south aa Baltimore where 14 row houses were destroved. In New York CTty, subways were flooded. Water stood « inches deep In some Manhattan basements and high tides threatened to inun¬ date LaGuardia Airport. Staten Island ferries atopped running V *°*" *'»^''" »»P» became flooded. ^QUEEN FREDERIKA fSTOPPED BY BAD COLD CmCAOO (UV-Queen Frederika drifts and anthracite dealers set up an emergency system to reach "distress areiwi." Many trucks had to be abandoned. A fall of 26 inches was reported at Lock Haven, while Schuylkill county reported a snow blanket of 12 Inchea. Drifts piled up to 15 feet, closing off 90 per cent of the county's secondary roads. State highway crews wa.ged a day-long battle in an attempt to keep main highways open. Heart attack viotims were lief the inevitable "deluge" of re¬ turns will not hit the bureau until as lale as Nov. 15. Experience Before The prediction ia based on pre¬ vious experience with corporation tax collection. One spokesman said that a "fantastically large" amount of these tax returns usual¬ ly are filed Just under the dead¬ Une. Approximately 162,000 sales tax applications have been sent to merchants eligible to collect the one per cent levy. The bureau hoped to get all returns processed within 10 days after the final re¬ porting date. But officials emphasized that! mained quiet Wrath for British Dawn found alert but friendly American GIs standing watch over all principal buildings. In eluding the military government headquarters. Most of the Trl estines wrath In recent daya was focussed on British guards who Saturday wera Inconspicuously In reserve. A police spokesman revealed police squads raided a tough, downtown section of the city dur ing the night and arrested men believed those arrested were listed for fomenting the riots. It was believed those arrested wre elisted this is merely the "target date." " P^P?" «e.zed earlier in a po- Thcy point out that thi. is the '« ;»"» »" i^e headquarters of !«,-.;*„.. „# .... h„r„.„'. nr«n«.. the fascistic Trieste MSI party. wlio collapsed while walking to work. Earl T. Drexel, who died in his home when two ambulances, call ed to take him to the hospital, be. came stuck in anow drifts. Victor Gansch, 80, Roalyn, stricken while walking through the storm in Philadelphia. Spurgeon P. Williams, Chester, who died shoveling anow from his ._, -»».;v„ .. ,cw.;....» sidewalk. <» Greece yesterday cancelled David Hinshaw, noted author, PlM* to viait a farm In suburban |found dead of a heart attack be- "¦wego because ot a cold thatiside his'automobile, confined her to bed. Busses Halted Her huaband, King Paul, went Transportation schedule* were ahead with hit schedule and head- upset and traffic snarled through- ^ tor the farm ot J. George out the state. The Edwards I^ke omhh to partake ot a home-*ook- to the Sea bus line, running from Harold L. Hergert, 45, Columbia, first test of the bureau's proces¬ sing machinery and it may take;General Addresses People some time to get the kinka worked State Department support was out of the system Complicated Form announced by the military gov. ernor, British Maj. Gen. Sir. John The bureau said there are in- Winterton as some 2,000 men and dications that many small mer¬ chants are confused about the 34- Item sales tax report form which even the bureau admits is com¬ plicated. women strolled the bullet-scarred Piazzi Unita but refrained from new demonstrations. Winterton announced receipt of the Washington message in a spe- But bureau officials pointed out cial communique broadcast to the that under a recent ruling, mer- people in the Italian and Slovene chants whose collections total less languages *<1 chicken dinner. (Continued on Page A-«) Oil Not So Good Finds Less Lung Cancer in Towns Where Coal Has Been Major Fuel Lung cancer atrlkes less often m coal-burning oommunitlea than jn tliose where oil la the major fuel. The authority tor this Is Dr. »'am Kotin of California, who Wld the American Cancer Socle jy« convention hust week that hard, cold atatlstlca prove that In eoal-burnlng Plttatourgh for the 'aat 20 ye«rs the rise In lung eancer has been proportionately f fn Today's luue (classified „ B—H Editorial B-« (¦"nature P«t« B—7 ^'ovleit C-« Obituary A—S Rldio f IQ *i«clal O—1 Hporta B—1 Televiaioti C—ll less than In oil-burning Los An¬ geles. The brilliant young research speciall«t's report om how petro¬ leum exhaust products Induced cancer came aa a blow to oil In¬ terests, but made tobacco firms very happy. They have been a target for lung cancer blame for years. Dr. Kotin, who was an Air Force fighter squadron surgeon in tha FIjli and Solomons, drew the immediate attention of the ACS's cancer probeni with his findings. Dr. Kotin also covered In his report municipal air pollution and smog, and this brought to light that automobile and other com¬ bustion engine manufacturers are I r " co-operating wtth cancer ex¬ perts on I output of harmful exfaauats. than $100 may ignore 29 of the 34 items on the tax return formsi . Most of the 29 questions are for Informational purposes and are aimed at the larger retailers. The bureau was frank to aay this information Is requested for "The communiques Issued by the military government have have given a factual account of happenings In Trieste during the last two days. GaDa for Oalm "Today Is calm, and responsible research and statistical reasons— people of the city have shown de not necessarily in connection with termination that all members of the sales tax. Some of it will be the community must resume their sent to the state Department of Internal Affairs, the Commerce Department and other agencies charged with studying the state's business personality. The only items required by the smaller merchants are: Item 28, taxable sales; Item 27, amount of sales tax collected; item 28, less commission of three per cent; and Item 29, total amount due oh sales tax. FRENCH SAY REDS HAD 5,400 CASUALTIES HANOI, Indochina (IPV—The French command said Saturday its forces have inflicted 8,400 casualties on Viet Mlnh Com' munist rebelirTn their 23-day of¬ fensive which marked the begin¬ ning of the militarily favorable drv seaaon. Gen. Rene Cogny, French com¬ mander in northern Indochina, who directed the offensive, said he has pulled back his 30,000-man erating wtin cancer .. force from pursuit "'J^,^^ how to cut down the| divisions to prepara new attacks elsewhere. normal lives. "Gen. Winterton hopes that calm will continue to prevail and in this he is joined by a message from the Department of State in Washington which says: " "We hope that the Trieste peo¬ ple will recognize their responsi- (Contlnued on Pajre A-8> OF TAFT-HARTLEY Crackdown on Reds, Stiffen Requirements On Bargaining Agents WASHINGTON dPl - The Na¬ tional Labor Relations Board Is quietly—but drastically changing the course of labor-management relations by new interpretations of the controversial Taft-Hartley law. Led by the Eisenhower-appoint¬ ed chairman, Guy Farmer, the NLRB is handing dow-n decisions that may do mire to alter col¬ lective bargaining than «nv pro¬ posed amendments reaching Con¬ gress in January. Policies Reversed The NLRB, however, actin? on,scond dav of Fascist. romiTiunl<5t Its authority to regulate labor a"^ govrnment party demonstra- and management under rules laid;'¦""*• down by the act, already has re- The thousands of rioting stu- (Contjnued on Page A-8) Moscow Shows Might; Says Borders Are Safe a two-day holiday brought by an Both the Swiss and Swedish;Indian holiday and the regular delegates criticized the Commun-j Sunday recess. ist explainers for their tactics, andj Daeniker said the Communist Peace Conference propagandists violated the Geneva Is Endangered Convention and the spirit, if notj PANMUNJOM, Sunday (IPi U. the letter, of the rules of proce- S. Envoy Arthur H. Dean may dure governing the interviews. walk out of the Korean peace con- A Swiss withdrawal would de-'ference negotiations this week if The Italian ambassadors :n,atroy the commission and Allied;tbe Communists fail to yield London and Washington were or-i explainers would be unable to in-1 ground, United Nations observers dered to protest the incidentskerview their turncoat prisoners, aaid Sunday. which created a wave of rioting American officers had hoped al The talka have been deadlocked in every major Itelia'n citv nn-lllong wait would weaken their ac-l attacks on a number of British consulate,"?. BritiKh Warning The decision to protest was made by Premier Giuseppe Pells and President Einaudi Luigi after British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden summoned Italian Ambassa¬ dor Manlio Brosio to his office Saturday end warned him that Britain is taking a "very serious view" of the anti-British riots. American Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce called on Pella last night for an "Important meetinpr" after 500 rIcS't police turned back an attempted attack on the U. S. embassy. Later the rioters stim- ed the British embassy with stones nnd paving bricks. Battle for Hours Streot battles raged through Rome for hours from the gates of the embassies to the former castle of the popes. BrifLsh con¬ sulates were attacked in ither cities. Riots broke out in all big Italian elites. One rioter a'ld three policemen were near death here after the MOSCOW, (IP) — Soviet Russia displayed her military might in a thundering parade through Red Square yesterday as Defense Min¬ ister Nikolai A. Buiganin said the Red army stood ready to "guar- minister said. report about the training and man¬ euvers of troops of the aggressive North Atlantic bloc, carried out, as a rule, under the leadership of Ameriean generals," the defense versed old policiea to give Taft Hartley a new look. These ac¬ tions include: 1.—A new "crack-down" on Communist-dominated unions. 2.—^Decisions that event u a 11 y will free thousands of workers from control of the federal board and place them under state laws. 3.—A policy that will require dents screamed "all Trieste is ours." The uprising started as a Fas¬ cist protest against the killing nf rioting Italians in Trieste by Al¬ lied-trained police. March on Embassy Rock-hurling mobs marched on the Ameriean embassy for the antee the security" of the Soviet state. Marshal Buiganin sounded the keynote of preparedness in speech before tlie walls of the Kremlin and then reviewed the giant parade marking the 36th anniversary of the Communist revolution. Ambassadors Present Bulyganin spoke to assembled Soviet officials and members of the foreign diplomatic and press corps, including the American, British and French ambassadors. He said that the Soviets held war games this year "In circum¬ stances similar to war reality." The games "showed that our arm¬ ed forces . . . with new arms supplied by the government . . . have done a great deal to height¬ en their preparedness." "The foreign press continues to Mentions Bases Buiganin said more and more new Western bases are being "act up on the territories of the coun¬ tries neighboring the U.S.S.R." "In these conditions our govern, ment cannot but show the nee essary solicitude to strengthen our armed forces and to guarantee the security of the Soviet atate," Buiganin said. The defense minister made It clear that the Soviet Union is maintaining her military power at top efficiency and prepared¬ ness despite greatly increased at¬ tention to internal problems. Echoing earlier Soviet state¬ ments, Buiganin said the Soviets had turned down a Big "Three in- vitation to meet at Lugano, Switzerland, because of "prelim¬ inary conditions" Which do not conform to the interests of inter¬ national security. unions to show more evidence ofi third time In 24 hours, but were suproort by the workers before!turned back by a solid cordon of authorizing them as bargaining; 500 riot police, agents. I The rioters swerved to the Pi- 4.—A "stricter" interpretation ofjaza Hotel, smashed window.s of Taft-Hartley, resulting In an jthe British airways offices there overturn of past bord decisions and overturned a British car be- on the make-up of bargaining fore swinging up the street to- units, restrictions on employer ac-|ward the British embassy with tivitiea and other federal con-!cries of "down with Britan." trols over collective bargaining, j The riots died down during the T-H <niaslcaJly Sound" Uoon hours but flared again and Farmer, describing Taft-HartlevI^ild pitched battles raged as a "basically sound law. Indeed, throughout the city with police using red riot jeeps to frighten rioters and jets of water to turn call apparently had the backing of Premier Pella. a salutary one," is leading the switch in policy. Significantly, when Farmer first took over the'them back. board chairmanshin In July, hei ^.^e Christian Democratic Bat- fired three sharp dissenU in key t^ugn Confederation of Free decLilons handed down by the] Workers (Cn.> called a 10-minute majority hold-over members ap- general strike throughout Italv pointed by former President Tru-|f„r io a. m. Monday to protest man. '¦• ~ ~ ¦ •• Since then, following the resig¬ nation of two memberw and a new appointment by President Eisen¬ hower, the hoard has come up with Farmer-supported decisions. Theae are some of the key moves. The NLRB announced that it will not authorize any union as bargaining agent If one of Its officials has been jndicted on charges of faleely filing a non- Communist oath--even if a bar¬ gaining election Is won by such (Continued on Page A-8) Mossadegh Faces Death; Trial Opens Today TEHRAN, Iran, (IP) — Former Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, whose stormy rule of tears and terror brought this once oil-rich nation to the brink of economic ruin, is scheduled to go on trial today for his life on charges of treason. The 72-year-old Mossadegh and his former military chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Taqqi Riahl, are charged with plotting the over¬ throw of Iran's young shas, whom Mossadegh once swore on the Koran never to betray. Death Penalty Military prosecutor Brig. Gen. Hpssein Azemoudeh said he will demand the death penalty for both defendants. The trial is set for hearing In the Trieste killings." The" strike the salon of the swank officers' fits of uncontrollable weeping and fainting when his policies wera opposed by the parliamentary op¬ position he sought to crush, waa described as "intensely nervous" last night. At today's opening hearinf he is to hear the prosecution raad the lengthy Indictment Overthrown Aug. 19 When overthrown and arrested by pro-monarchist supporters of the shah last Aug. 19, Mossadegh was accused of pro-Communiat leanings, corrupt administration and deliberate wreckage of tha nation's economy. The prosecutor will demand that "by article 317 of the miliUry p«. nal code both defendants ba sentenced to death for attempting to overthrow the constitutional monarchy of this country and in¬ citing the peotila to armed ia« surrectlon against the crown." club of the Saltamatabad military barracks Mossadegh, who used to stage It was officially announced Sat- hlvf b"ee^n killed TnT appr^Ji" Mysterv Fir OS at Coal Tipples mately 100 injured The announce-' ment .said 79 police were injured and seven hospitalized in the series of riots. Alfred Hinson, Another of FBI's '10 Most Wanted Men,' Captured MJ2MIPIHIS, Tenn. (IF) — TEH agents captured Arnold Hinson, 40, identified as one of the "10 most wanted fufttlves" on a downtown street yeaterday where the auspected killer waa reading a newspaper in hig automobile, his wife beside him. FBI agent Charles E. Weeks said that Hinson and hla wife, 36, offered no resistance, that the woman "broke down and cried." Hinson ^aa not armed. Weeks said. Hinaon readily admitted bia Mentlty, Weeks said. Hinion aaid he had been in "almoat every atate of the union working." Hinson faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecu¬ tion. He is charged with Aiurder at Great Falls, Mont. > Weeks said Hinson killed a ranch hand near Milligan, Mont., on June 17, 1962. The victim had four bullet holes through the head, and was last seen alive with Hin¬ son and hla wife June. Weeks said the couple would be arraigned here, and then taken to Montana. Valley Scene Plinnouth blind vian helping young lady pick winner* on the weekly football pool. Sign on Wilke»-Barre lawn: "Please enoperate. Don't be a little dog." Sign in Bretlau service sta¬ tion-garage : You Waah CARS UV Waih SOe WASHED $1.00 While motorists yesterday struggled to get their cars go¬ ing, two Askam boys out with their bikes slithering nnd hav¬ ing fun in tM deep snow. Keeping West Virginia Puzzled CHARLESTON, W. Va. (UV-1 Three aasistant fire marshala— Nine "suspicious" fires at coal Howard Morrison, Parker Wilaon tipples and loading docks In five and M. M. Arthur—have in'veatl- Northern West Virginia counties'gated the tipple fires. Special during the past three months'Agent H. M. Welcher of National ^ have investigators puzzled. State Fire Marshal C. A. Raper said yesterday. The series began with four fires and one attempted case of arson in Bai^ur, Harrison and Taylor counties on Aug. 17. Since then there have been three fires ln| Harrison, one In Preston and one In Monongalia county. Union and-Non-Union The latest was an eatimated $140,000 fire at the B. H. Swaney tipple at Erie, Harrison county, early Wednesday morning. Raper said the burned tipples have belonged to both union and non-union operations. Some of the fires definitely pointed to Incen- diaryiam, while no known cause can be aMigoed for the others. .\ Board of Fire Underwriters aad State Police from Shinnstoa and PhllippI also have lent a haad. Fire also destroyed a loadinc bin of the (Columbia Coal Co, W Rosemont, Taylor county. Find Evidence Damage to the Polino iipt^ was estimated at $75,000 and the loss In the Haywood Junction lire waa placed at between $40,000 and $SO,000. On the same day a jug contain. ing black powder and gaaoliaa was found at a tipple owned hf Jack Shaw of Baltimore near the Century Camp, Raper said. Seven days tater fire damaged a powerhouse of the Virginia Coal C!o. at Montclair, Harrison county, with a loss of |<,S00, the fire : •hal sakU i
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 2 |
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 | 1953-11-08 |
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Month | 11 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1953 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 2 |
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 | 1953-11-08 |
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Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Cloudy, Cool
Hisrheat today 40 to 42 Monday: Fair, colder
48TH YEAR — NO. 2 ~ 82 PAGES ^ «•«b«a««t
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1953
CMITED PHES9 Wire New. Btiilt.
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
East Bows To Battering Of Storiii
Death Toll Rises
In Snow and Gale; •^ Tides Bring Floods; ' f Resort Piers Ruined i
XEW YORK (lP)--0.ale for<;p| winds and 40-fool Atlantic Ocean waves laahed th" anow-blankelcd East Coast Saturday, causing floods that forced more than 10- thousand persons from their home and swept resort piers and build¬ ings out to sea.
At least 22 persons had been lifted as dead and 18 some of whom had been feared dead, were rescued in storms that struck with unususl fury on the eastern seaboard and in the Northern Plains stales. |
Residents of Kansa.s, Nebraska j and the Dakotas dug out from; under a heavy blanket of snow I
roristli ''in*"crowded" h^eis° ButjDrifted Sflow FoUs to Holt Moif
farmers rejoiced over the bene-| ^
"Just slowed me up a bit," wa.-i the matter-of-fact comment of veteran postal carrier Thomas L. McGuire, who is pictured as he made his rounds through drifts yesterdav morning on Wyo¬ ming avenue, Kingston. This picture was snapped as he left the Stegmaier residence at Wyoming avenue and James street after making a delivery.
A carrier for 29 years, McGuire, who resides at 212 Cooper street, Coutrdalc, said he has stopped getting concerned about the weather. Hot, cold, dry or wet—it is all the same with him and, he believes, that just about adds up the attitude of the other grey- uniformed mtn who take it all in stride through sunshine or blizzards to deliver the most valuable document or a picture postcard from Aunt Susie in Kalamazoo.
True to the tradition of the postal service to make appointed rounds on schedule despite handicaps, carriers in the Wyoming Valley area completed all deliveries, it was reported at Wilkes- Barre and Kingston post offices.
(HKH)to by Jt)nalh.an Russin)
MayCallTrumantoStand On Promoting Soviet Spy
Democrats Charge COP Is Desperate In Wake of Defeat
New Riots
Shake Rome
Over Trieste
Swiss May Quit
ficial moisture fo their drought parched winter wheat
For I.4ueme County atorm reporta aee Pace A-18
I
Hi Rain, Sleet, Wind, too
^^L Easterners fought off first snow
¦ ' Uicn rain and sleet and finally
¦ winds up to 80 miles an hour. These were coupled with unusun' tidal forces that swelled tides to 20 to 30 per cent above normal.
Ten duck hunters who had been missing and feared dead on Long Island were rescued from flooded marshes. Police also aaved five children who were stranded on a rock on a flooded beach. Resorts Bnttered
The famous resort cities of At¬ lantic City and Asbury Park, N.J., were hard hit by the rampaging ocean. A 200-foot section of thc| i-nd of the famous .Steel Pier wa; , ¦ashed away and an Asbury Park^ oeach club was carried out to sen.'
An insurance executive esti-'
mated damage at Atlantic City at^
million dollars—more than.
sed by the 1944 hurricane.;
Damage elsewhere along the! seaboard was running into the! millions and more than 3,700 por-| sons were given shelter by the! Red Cross in New Jersey, New Vork and Connecticut
Other person.^, evacuated from .'looded home.s by city busses, row- Doats and Army "ducks." were given shelter in schools, churche.' and other buildings. .Jjnergenries Derlared
WASHINGTON (IPV—Former President Truman may be summoned before Senate inve«itigators to testify on the administration's charge that he promoted a known Soviet spy tfl a top government job, it was disclo.sed Saturday.
Robert' Morris, chief coun.sel for the Senate Interns! Security sub-committee which is planning hearings on the ca.se. said there are no present plan.s- to quiz Mr. Ti-umaii but "of course, there is a possibility he might be called."
Some Democratic congressmen, including Assistant House Leader John W. McCormack, rushed to Mr. Truman's defense in the furor touched off by Attorney General Herbert Brownell jr. Brownell charged that Mr. Truman gave the late Harry Dexter White a gov¬ ernment promotion—after the FBI had warned that White was a'students led by Fascist and""com- Ruasian spy. _ , munist agitators battled police for
A high source in the Eisenho'ver '-¦'-'- —' '~ "- " ' " > • • administration predicted new
One Student Killed, 170 Persons Hurt; Fascist Salute Given by Rioters
RO.ME IIP)
Could Deny U.S.
Chance fo Talk
I To Pro-Red Gl's
I PANMUNJOM, (IP) -Swiss threats to walk out of the Neutral Na- Itions Repatriation Commliision threatened Saturday to wreck Ameri. can plans for persuading 22 "pro-Communist" Gl's to return home.
Armin Daeniker. the Swiss delegate, threatened to withdraw unless the Communists change their tactics of mercilessly questioning antl- jCommunist prisoners for hours at a time.
j Maj. Gen. Jan Stenstrom, the Swedish delegate on the five-nation • ¦ ' ¦ • "holds little hope for the explanations to
Communism - corruption charges against Mr. Truman's regime comparable to Brownell's blast, which kicked up a violent politi¬ cal storm and a running battle between Mr. Truman and the White House over who is telling the truth. "Mes," Say Tniman
T..„ i„- *i, .isuptrvisory body, said he
iweJve thousand r t . ~. j •< i
pn-soners bemg resumed. I ^ . ^ , .
..... ^, . » 1. fi.1. ceptance of Communism and hava
^ ... Might Not Reach Them
high post on the International j six hours Saturday in tu'multuowsl End of the Repatriation Com-
Monetary Fund despite two FBI I riots against the United Stateslmission woud block American ef-
not started explanations, .Might Help Allies
Some UN officials expressed hope the Swis.s would walk out "only partially" by refusing to ref¬ eree interviews with Chinese and North Koreans while still func¬ tioning for Allied explainers, headline to offset" their recent I ;:""Vr"" »""^ °','"'"' •¦'"°*'*^"'' ^" aaaition to tne Americans The test will come-Monday when election defeats. ,^ .second day of protests there are one Briton and 332 South I explanations to North Koreans
The White House challenged him Hf^^ • Anglo-American actions Koreans whose fate would be left and Chinese may be resumed after on that. Presidential Press Sec- '''^, ' '"a"y^°f ^O" /'"ters up in the air. \^ two-dav holidav broueht by an
repeatedly gave the Fascist sa-^ lute.
warnings that White was a Rus- and Britain. |,„rts to talk with 22 reluctant
*'»? ^^' , ¦ . J ,,ri... ' One Student was reported killed US. soldiers since the armistice
Mr._ Truman insisted White waS|^hile r.0 policemen and 120 "ui-jagreemenU provide no other
means of persuading the reluctant captives.
In addition to the Americans there are one Briton and 332 South
fired" as soon as he was found L""; ",;/"r^ . """''=." ^H'' a h. Hi=i„v,i .„.i o„n„.»H .v,„ «'.'^"'» ^'"<^ ba |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19531108_001.tif |
Month | 11 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1953 |
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