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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT CLOUDY, COLD Snow nurries likely. Monday little change. 48TH YEAR — NO. 14 — 62 PAGES . "Tr WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY JANUARY 31, 1954 Wli» Mem 9«rTl« PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS UMW Lent $4 Million To Mine Pension Fund Tried to Hold $100; TomKennedy Denies Loans Made to ILA 2 Children Die In Readitii' from Oil Furnace Fumes READING, Pa. (IP -- Patricia Goho, 10, and her two-year-old brother, Donald, were found as¬ phyxiated and another brother and their father overcome Sat¬ urday in a five-room bungalow at nearby Gouglersville. Roy O. Goho, 47, and his other aon, Larry, 7, were taken to a Reading Hospital In critical con¬ dition. State policeman Elwood Krause and James Wood said a pipe leading from the oil-fired hot "air furnac* to the chimney had been blown apart, filling the house with fumes. -Paul BlBi.y f Trucksville Woman Raises Motherless Puppies Mrs. H. Sandra Nestor of Trucksville and the five puppies ahe raised sin.e birth following the death of their mother in mid-December. Mra. Nestor's ingenuity In caring for the puppies is matched by her husband's home-mada bottling rack from which the puppiee take their bottlea. Threa y«ars ago a rat terrier wandered inlo the home of Mr. snd Mrs. Charles Nei»tor along the old Harris Hill Road near Checkboard Comers in Trucka- vtUa In mid-December of last year, that same rat t«rrler—for three years a faithful watohdog--gav« birth to five puppies and a day later died. I That left the Neatora with one of the biggest assi^nmenta of a lifetime and they ihaslened into the task of raising the puppiea. I Seldom do all the puppies aur- ¦ viva foUowing the death of th* ' mother but th« NcMora «tn- romping around the Nestor home—healthy and very much at home. -Male Puppy Biggest The higgeat ia the lone male In the group with the four fe- mal* ioga all about th* aame ployed aivery ounc* of ingenuity | alae to keep them aliv* and he«Ulthy.'| For thre* weeks after their In an el tort to keep up the full payment of $100 a month to pensioned miners, The United Mine Workers have poured heavily from their union treasury into the Anthra¬ cite Health and Welfare Fund. Thomas Kennedy, UMW vice-president, aaid last night that almoat J<,000,000 had in this way been loaned to the fund. I At thc same time, Mr. Kennedy branded as "absolutely allly" t*ie I reporta- that the UMW had loaned large «um« to the old Interna¬ tional l»ngshoem>an'8 Union. Reports from New York and, It waa In a telephone Interview Washington were to thc effect;with the Sunday Independent laat that John L. Lewis had loaned:night at his Hazleton home that $50,000 to the ILW through its'Kennedy flatly denied that the leader. Captain Wiiiiam Bradley,!UMW had made the loans to the and then had practically ussurcdilLA, for which tt had been e»p?- to produce more funds tj pay j cially criticized when the pen- strike benefits if needed in a sions were cut to $50 a month, showdown battle with the newi That alao waa when hc made longshoremen's union form'^d by'it known that the UMW had, in- AFL. I stead, done ita lending to the This move brought aurpi-ije In'Anthracite Health and WeLfaxe many quarters since thc oM ILA, Fund. He explained: had> been thoroughly discred.tedj ".lohn L. Lewis, international! bccaus? of the manner in wJiich; president, an.d all leaders of thci it was charged with being shot| United Mine Workers werej full of graft and dominated by.hoping tliese loans of almost| known hoodlums twid water front $4,000,(X)0 would be aufflcicnt toj killers. j keep paying retirement minej Gives Flat Denial | workers $100 a month. | PANMUNJOM (IP)~ The 347 AJ- Recently, howcvec, there hsvc] "However, the alump tti ooal lied war prisoners who gav* up been Indications that Lewis was production did not end, with the • ¦ ¦ - - growing cold on the deal becaiise I ireeu'lt a out hn4 to b* mad* In of the criminai ciement In the'pension pcqm«nta. TLA. With that, the atatement j "Om loans w*r* baaed on the of Kennedy, denying th* kjans, belief that th* ianiui^ry would Turncoats Headed for No. Korea Train Kills 28 Massed to Greet Egypt President KAFTl EL ZAYAT, Egypt <IP) A train plowed Into a crowd massed on the tracks to acclaim Egyptian President Mohammed Naguib Saturday and police reported 28 persons killed. At least seven oiher persona were hospitalized. OfficiaJs said the accident was the worst rail disaster of th* century in Egypt. The President was in a train .standing in the station at this Nile-side city on the main rail line between Cairo and Alexandria being cheered by the crowd when tragedy struck. A die.sel-engine^ train en route from Alexandria rammed into the demonstrators, grinding a number to death beneath its wheels and hurling others through the air to die by the right-of-way. .Vaguib had been visiting the neighboring village of Kulelb Ibyar which was devastated by fire Friday. He often travels about the country by train and crowds turn out to applaud hira on his "whistle stop" appearances. The president remained In Kafr el Zayat, about midway be¬ tween Cairo and Alexan4ria, to direct the rescue operations. Sen. Bricker Agrees To Watered-Down Plan Their efforts proved suoceasful birth, Mrs. Nestor awakened |ln<Jl<»tes that the ILA might have: make Its usual qtick "jcovery. and today the five puppies ar* | (Continued on Page 8, Section 1) F ASKS PARTY Tump/ke Retiring Bonds 6 Years Before Due Daie been unable to dean itself Biiffl-|I still have confidence In the abil- cJently to meet Lewis' terms. tlheir l^mLVoTrJ^^.n^;^* ."^ WASHINGTON .IP) Sen lohnl Informant, said the proposed l^t!^ .^hl L,^^^2T IT W- B"'^''"' R-O- has tentauvcly subsUtute would eliminate Uis T^Z^JZ.,i.^J^^^''i. f^sreed to accept a watered-down I first of these clauses and modify ::**l'i'S'-!!l?:^^.'^*''.','"=*'°'**'"« fwbstitute for his controversial| the second, while leaving In th* te Ih* Conumjnijtt Radio. amendment to limit the Pr?»i- amendment provisions stating ITALY FEARED (Continued on Pag* «, Section l)|Kaesong houses "for their short ————^——————-jstay pending thdr trip ward." TO ACT AS TEAM, BACK PRESIDENT Pa. Senator Says Party Must Unite To Stay in Power NEW YORK, HP- Sen. Jan _ 11 Duff, R-Pa.. said vesterday tne »^ul<l ^ paid off by 1968, Republican party must havei^?* '^'*" '<"" »^"« """^ HAJiRISBURG, Pa. <IPI — Thei Following payment <rf the debt Pennsylvania Turnpike Commis-'for the present length, the pro- sion reported that it is paying officeeds will go Into a special fund its bonds six and a half years .set up presumably to finance new ahead of the due date. projecta. T'he bright financial picture wiao!^ , „ ,,,,,. the result of a record tmfflc toad *^* ^'^ MUhon. i which has netted the oo«nmis*ion The «a*t«m and western lega of '90 million dollars sine* the road,Turnpike cost an estimated 211 opened in 1940. | mldlion dollars, and 66 mlHion dol- If business continues JUSt as '*''» •" honds was sbJd to finance good, the commission predicted'th* Delaware River exitensSon. ;e!, the present lenfUh of thc toil roadj Financing arrangements are still ; inoomi^lete for th* proposed north- Fanfani's Defeat Puts Nation In Its Worst Crisis ROMB; OP)—Italy's 12-day-old DOLLES, MOLOTOV MEET IN SECRET, DISCUSS A-PACT Session 'Amiable/ Associates Say; More Talks Due A Red broadcast from Pclplngi ^^nf, treaty-making powers, m- that no treaty or executive Sunday aaid the South Korean' farmed sources said Saturday. ment may override the Constltu- turncoats were decorating their ™. .... . . ;__ I They said his accentamce was,'""- , conditioned on the White Hoii.se Senate Republican lieader Wll- " also going along with it. Pr si-iHam P. Knowland said he ex- TTh. .,,„ B^.1 u..,^v.^ , V dent Ei-senhower has declared his pected to get an answer from th* .nT^rh'^f^^n^o^^^,^™,'^"""" altera ble opposition" to'White House Monday He waa ^.A,^.H„?<.^ Communist mn- Bri.ker's original amendment. t "still encouraged by the prospecU trZ .T„.^. tr 'i",^ it ^'.""i The stlll-secrel substitute, ham-:of working something out." front, s^e they left the neutral ^ .^^^ „„t ,„ ^ ^ conference! May Appear Monday zone three days ago. i^j ,^p ^^^ Democratic leadersl If the White House voices no TeU of "Peaceful Life" 'witli Bricker present was sent!objections—which would amount If Red officers move the South'to the White House for Ktudjjto a tacit okay—the CJOP leaders Koreans north, the 21 Americans over thc weekend, and one Briton among the 347; „. . ., ., ... who embraced Communism prob-1 "''^''"'"" Explained aibly will go with them. ! Administration opposition to the Radio Pciping, meanwhile, re- original Bricker Amendment ceiv are expected to introduce the pro¬ posal Monday with Wnth Demo¬ cratic and Repubhcan sponsors, in cluding Bricker. Chairman Homer Ferguson R- I eastern line, but It was estinvated cabinet fell team play" behind President ,.^"^.*1.7^ pointed out t»iat «^ ,,„,^yjj ^^^ jij,,^,^^ 2^0 nvllUoin Chamber of DepuOes refused to be a long tun* after i Ith* supsThlfhway system. Elsenhower If it U to sUy ln,*|.iH might ^ i*« ii„W »».-, .«*ik,..«i** ~«i«« »«#, ,^j that t)efore the Tumpik* beoomasjtio •"* *»• anthraott* region w«»i He called on the GOP to unite ;*'™«*'^«''^y' tn a speech at a luncheon of the Women's National Republican Ypp Might KflOW Dirferenoe Obvious Plan for Cheap Butter Meets Heavy Opposition Duff said Republicans cannot close their eyes to the fact that there aft wide differences within the party on nome of tJie most important legislation hefore Oon- grtm. "If we ars to remain In power. w* must haw team play as a party," h* said. "And team play ^ ,. .. » jj , ,j ._. assumes l«kd«-»htp and. of cour*..! '^^-fl^ butt«r on American din-1 told htav *n strong that leadership I. and should be"*' *f"*» "^" «™^ ¦"" oongres-; wouM hav* to oosn. up with the President's ; sional opiposttjon Saturday. somstitlng better for th* two- "No one should b* asked to sur-' Critics hung a "Brannan Pl««i" wfeed profctsm rf rsdu^g th* rsnder conscientious conv*ctl<ms l-**! »" *• P«>P«»1. »^<* «»Jl» P"**""* *'*TT'*°*" ""^J"*..!!^''^ \n ord<v to follow th* Pneald.nt. 'or "producUon payin«rts"-»r pwentlng Mtiir* sooumulaUons but I firmly b*llev* that on m«*-l"»*^*«" ^ produoer*. ters of opinion and policy serious; It's Dead nofislderatlon ought to b* given j g^ j^,^ j ElJend.* tWU be sndeavor to rw-ond* ln*vVd-;^j .^^., ^^^.. h* Is th* rank- ual opinion wtth ths policy of the President." Admits AfirteDs Confllet Duff said Mr. Elsenhower has run Into "serious conflicts" with ported th* "peaceful life" thei tered on two clauses. One wouldiMich of the Senate GOP Policy dishonorably discharged American! have required action by bo t h Committee aaid "I believe wc will soldiers are leading in their first houses of Congress and all 48 be able to get a mutually accept- stop behind the Iron Curtain. state legislatures to put ^onie able compromise this wckend. Here is Pedpings account of '^'"'''' "' treaties Into effect nsjWe are really very very close." what some of them are doing: domestic law. The other wouldi If thc compromise can be OP)—Italy's 12-day-oldi BEiRLrN <m — Secretary eti 'Morris R Willis, Fort Ann, N.if>ave given Congress the power agreed upon, Knowland said he Baturdftv when the Slate John Foster Dulles and So- Y., and Aaron P. Wilson, Urania, to regulate all executiv apr.-e- hopes to get a final vote on ths Viet Foreign Miniater V M. MoJo- Le.: They paid a visnt to their] ments made by the President with, Bricker i.«ue next week. Th* ,tov held an "amialble" meeting j Korean friends presumably pro-l'o'e'R" nations. Senate resumes debate Monday. voU oonfldeno* in Premler-dertg-, j^at night on means of push-!Red South Korean POWs at a! ———— nat* Amlntor* Fanfani, and the'ing ahead President Eisenhower's I place three miles away. 'This is' nation plung»d Into Ka woAit polWcal erlsl* sine* WorM War n. Western observers expressed! ends, an indication fear th* new government setbaski making progress, would swing Italy doser to theJDown to Business? Communist orbit. Mental Fugitive Is Shot In Philadelphia Holdup atomi-for-pe«ce plan. th* longest stroll we have taken They agreed to me«t again on jin three and a half years,' Wilson the subject before the current Blgisaid." I Four foreign ministers conference Otho G. Bell, Olj-mpia, Wash.; thcy were "Played the guitar while a few j others hummed American folk I songs by the fire." ' PHILADELPHIA (IP — A man! the building could not see them DuUes and Molotov. accom- Haa American Football who esimped from the Philadelphia!emerge. panied by a few aides conferred Samuel D. Hawkin.s, Oklahoma -^"-ate Hospital at Byberry three. As they neared thc truck. Fay Ths chambsr unceremoniously; f„, ^q minute* in an ante-room of Citv, and William O. White Plum- ''»>¦'' *"¦'<"•<" ^as wounded criUcally dropped suddenly to the ground defeated Fanfanl by a voU of 803'the Big Four conference building'merviJJe. Ark.: "Outside the house yesterday in a gun battle with a ajid pulled his revolver from his WASHINGTON <tPi - "nie ad- from the Senate group. It wasto 260 with 12 abstentions, end-iafter the Big Four session ended (throwing an American football " Policeman during a service station holster. The gunman fired four ministraUon's plan for putting:understood that scvetml members;.„, ,t,^ .« „«-,^ih <«h.h. ~« 'with what on* Western spokes-' Harold H. Webb, Pl. pierce, "''*'"''^ »'*""!>' buliets as Fay dashed for cover ing ths 4iC-ysar-old 'llttls pro¬ fessor's" hop«s of b«!omlng the •"*" <le*:rlbed a« "a serious and!Fla, youngest pr*ml*r sine* Benito MiMMllnl. How It WooU W«rk liolds th* moat pttaniss" is this Ills gov«niiiMiiit would buy all ing Democrat on th* Senats Agrl-1 butter produosd at SO esnts a cultur* Oommlttee. I pound and f*-*ell tt lnifnedlat«ly Another InfluentlaJ eommittee In car-h3t« to «h* tra4*, which member, Sen. Clinton P. Ander- som* Republicans with his legis¬ lative program. "Consequently the year 1964 son D-J^M, former agriculture I secretary, also Indtoatcd jdisap- proval. Howard H. Gordon, president rJ^m/ ^*l^*"'''"^*,^Mi'':of the Commodity Credit Corp. Republican party," he »aM. "'To „^i,„^j ^^ plan !n closed *». me It seems like a time of do or j ;,";';;',""^ "b^^'lloui; "an 'sei^ite die decision " He expressed the belief that Mr. Elsenhower has proclaimed "sound, progressive and middle- of-the-road Republican doctrine" REDS" IN INDO-CHINA "It ought to be the kind of doc- agriculture commiittees this week. Gordon got a frosty reception trine under which Republicans can and iriimild unite In order to keen control of the goverrnnent," Duff said. BOY DROWNS, FRIEND HAS NARROW ESCAPE HA.MBURG, Pa. <IP> — George fiolubi.s, 13, of Lenhartsvllle, .drowned yesterday when he fell tlirough a hole in the Ics on a P'lnd near hla home. His companion, Thomas Lud- ^':t. narrowly escaped the same - fate when he attempted to rescue! call to chase ths French Union TAKE 15 OUTPOSTS HANOI, Indo-Chinst, (IP> —The Communists captured IB outposts and two towns and Mvpipsd up pre*surs all through Indo-Chto» aa the R«d radio proclaimed a "general offensive" Satur<Jay to vrfpe out th* French expeditionary force. Hea'vy guns could bs he€u<d clearly in Hanoi. him, tol strong terms, h« useful" discusison ef Grermany, Th* neat BJg Four meeting wUl 'b* hekl tomorrow in th* Soviet NanMd Cabinet Jaa. U sector of Bertin. Fanfanl had announced hla new; Befors tb*y met mlddls-of-the-Toad oablnst onlyiDuBes ohallengsd Russia torssiah Th« nian which Gordon said •'¦"• ^•' *"*** *^* Western powsrs: agreement wtth th* West on Ci*r- lol^ ttTmo^^Mnlss" is ^s' J^^* •'"P** Italy's eight-month-old I many ss a test "whether w* are ' crtsis was snded. His downfall;really qualified to work togethsir struok a seve«« blow at Western;for peace." military strategy sines Italy Is thejs More Meetings key to Allied defenses in the Med- j Dulles' challenge cam* a« the Iterranean. |H;a8t and West joined battle for The chamber had listened inth* first time in six meetings on U»nb-Iik* silence to Fanfanl's ap-i the future of Germany. The West peal for a vote of confidence and won o»i*-round when ihe Soviets then began methodically voting agreed to drop their demand for down the Vfoot, 3-inch politician i East-West (German representation whose defense of his anti-Com-iat the conference, munist "new deal" social program; Later, other Interested nations went unheeded. j including Great Britain, France It appeared now that unless i »"<'<^^^*"*d* *^'l P»rticrpate In the Ident E;naudl Uilgl must tuml"*«"»c talks. At a still later date Italy holds general elecUons Pres-1o*"*'.**^"*^"** aharply to the left or right If a «>">"»« In and Clarence C. Adams, th* soviet, in prh^ate'Valley Scepe would paas tt on to ths consu¬ mers at an ultimata retail level of 46 to 4T c«n4a a pound. The calculation la baaed on lAudles ahowing th* noimal "take" for wholesaler aad retailer averages 16 to 17 eenta a pound. As the flnal atep, the govern¬ ment woul4 pay the producer the differenos between 30 cents and whatsiwr Agrioutturs Secretairy Elsra T. Benson proctaima aa the federal auiypott level. 71^ Is cur¬ rently about 68 cents a pound but Is to bs reduced as of Api41 1. JOE AND MARILYN ARRIVE IN HAWAII HONOLUIAJ T. H. flP> — Mr and Mrs. Gltueppe DdMagglo wer* vlaltoirs In th* Haiwaiian Islanda yeaterday. That would be, ti eourse, Joe. A French spokesman admitted jthe Yankee slitter at baaeball the military situathm has become,,^„^ ^^^ Marilyn Monroe, more serious during the past <8 ^^ , -„,.^^_ _¦_ ,,_ _j-, hours but derided the Communist «^«y»«*'y •«»«",'^"-"P «*'*' llie well-publlclaad couple Patrolman W'aUer Fay and War-'behind the truck. All four ahots //-. i. J Tt • ej .¦ .V ren Dickerson stopped their patrol missed. (Continued on Page 8, Section V ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ToMnc check on Safely behind the truck. Fay the service station in Northeast took aim *nd fired once. The bul- Philadelphia. Fay entered the sta.jlet struck the gunman in the tion and found a man talking to chest. John Carey. 53. the night attend-i Nab Accomplice, Too I ant. At the sight of the policeman,; Dickerson, hearing the shots, ran Poliee investigating hurplnry the man pulled a revolver from around the building in time to at Plymouth Legion Home de- .his ooat. larre.st a man sitting in the truck termining three men were in' |l"»>ed Gun on fop jas an accomplice. volved heeniise eaeh ove drank \ The gunman held Fay and Carey; The wounded man waa taken to a different brand of bottle jat gunpoint while he took $l.'5i Northeastern Hospital Where he 6e*r an they ransacked the ifrom a cash register, then i>r-;was identified as Peter Beres. 30, Idered the policemen to preccdejwho fled the Byberry mental in- him outside to a truck on the; stltution on Wednesday. The other street. Diskerson. waiting in the suspect was identified as Robert patrol car on thc opposite side of Miller, 25. ailso might bei premier is to receive the parlla- mentary approval hs neeidi to form a government Communists en Increase Not only ars general elections coatly, but pro-Western parties fear they might not be able to check the steady rise of Commun¬ ist and fellow travelers votes. Since 1948 oi?e out of every three Italians has become Red or pro- iRed. The <flamber downed Fanfanl despite a dramatic appea] Friday night by former Premier Alcide .Voung Goliibics. forces Into th* sea. Baby-Sitter, U, Kills Boy, 8. Who Kept Asking to 'Play Guns' DBB MOINES, la. (IP)--A 14-i After all-night questlanteg, he } year-old baby-sitter confessed yesterday he shot and killed an eight-year-old boy after he kept getting out of bed and asking to play guns," Sheriff Tom Reilly •aid f" Toda!/'$ inane C'lasmified Editorial l''eatures i'Movies Obituary Radio Social •*<port« TeievisioB .Sec 1, Page 2S Sec. t, Page 6 .'iec. 2, Page i!<ec. S, Page .Sec. I, Page Sec S, Page Sec S, Page Sec. 2, Page Sec 8. Page said, Giarry Broiwnlng admitted he fired a .20-guage shotgun blast into the chest of Bobby Hopp Fri¬ day night. Garry said he was trying to frighten Bobby into going back to bed and thought the gun's safe¬ ty lock on. The dead boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hopp, were at a drive- in, which th^ own, when the shooting occurred. Sheriff Reilly said the boy made a statement and It was being typewritten for him to aign. The boy waa hekl in Um aouatr jali . --SSMtm^imMilSK soalted np the famous Hawaiian aunahiin* wMl* wwttlng to take off on tha aecond l«g of their eomMnad baaaball -and- dalayied nMMQ'vnooB txip te Japan* pla<'e. Mine hosf telling norkera to get home from in vern earhi, ag soon OS the (TV) fights are over, because there't work tomorrow. Regulars in North Washing¬ ton steet tavern switching their favorite TV s;)or(» -iro- grinn so th^st two uovngsters who dropped in with thfir father could see a rnwboii thirllir. U. S. SETS CONDITION FOR RESUMING TALKS ON KOREAN PEACE WASIHNGTON, (IP) The Unl- Division Dangerous In th* Big Four meeting Dulles warned that oontinued Di¬ vision of CSennany between E>ust snd West 'wa* dangerous and would be an sventual threat to peace. •The partition of (Sermany con- ..^-— police reported stltutei a baaic source of Instalbll- WASrffNG-rON. (IP) The Unl-I eioch. who faced possible dis-,,. ^.. ... r,^„ . .^. Ity Mid there is Uttle merit in our I ted States planned yesterday tOibarment for his attack on thcl'^^. ^''^. ""'°" ..^ .Jf^ talking about peace If at the s^e; tell the (Communists It will r*"- President nnd other official^ was |^'''''J^^^ '"**>/5°"'?* .*i'^ 2! time ws a<e perpetuating oondi-jsimie preliminary Korean P«we.pr„nounced dead of natural "** moment of their deaths — Uons which endanger the pe«ce,":talks on the understanding that causes he said. the Reds have retracted ' Perfidy ", 1,,^^ Attack During today's 8\»-hour sessiomicharges^againsl this government,; j^ physician staid Bloch appar Defender of Rosenbergs Dies of Heart Attack ! NEW YORK (IP)—Emanuel H., The S3-year-old lawyer had d*- Bloch, attorney for executed atomjvoted most of his time during spies Julius and Ethd Rosen-,the last few years to the ode- berg, who charged President!brated Ro.senberg case, and onlj Eisenhower with "murder" for:recently had found a hom* for their electrocutions, was found'their two young boya, dead yesterdey in a bathtub ln| .^^ Rosenbergs were executed H'/.F:''!"^!?!'.^'"^*^^ ap«.rtment.!,^j ^^^^ ,^_. ^^^^ng to gl^ United States at<»nic secaets ta Molotov criticized at length the PAYS HIGHEB FARE DOWN TO HALF-CENT FHUjADLFKIA <IP>—Pnmk M. Z^Isr, aO-Tsar-old mining engi¬ neer ^«t th* city's transit fare Increaa* down t* ths last balX- eant yeaerday. With a new rate of 17 H cents per ride, two tokens for 86 cents, Zeller presented a subway cashier with a dime, a nickel, two pen¬ nies and a ISSl half-oent piece. Mra. Helen B. O'Donnell, a Philadelphia Transportatloa Co. aocatited th* tertk De Gasperl to inrtall him In pow-1 West's plan for German unifica- er. De Gasp! warned of the al-l tion after free nationwide elec- tematlve — a possible Communist! tlona and announced he would regime that wouM bring "the end]come up with a Soviet sounter- of liberty." plan tomorrow. Boy, A, viith Sturdy Pair of Legs Is Found Safe After a Long Hike BRISTOL, Pa. <lP)-Leroy Eck- bold jr., 4, a youngster with a "good sense of direction" and a sturdy pair of legs, was safe at home today after an eight mile hike that touched off a wide¬ spread search. The youngster wandered out of a day nursery in Philadelphia yes¬ terday and started to trudge home. Meanwhile, officials at the nursery reported him missing and the parents were notified. Both parents were working. Lero}' was picked up about ithrsa and • half hour* later by a motorist who noticed him cry¬ ing. The boy managed to give the motorist his name and ad¬ dress and was taken to his home. Ihe bojr's father and mother ioin¬ ed six patrolmsn in searching the neighborhood of the nursery home. Leroy was safs all the time. "It never occurred to me that my son oould bs home," she said. Young Leroy waa half way boons when he was picked up. He averaged more than two miles an bour^-and in th* right diraction. had suffered a heart at- June 19. The laat Supreme Oblift ruling on the case came only a few hours before the coupls WW* electrocuted. t) I (Continued on Page 8, Informed sources said. entlv FMnal details of an American tack reply to a Red offer to resume ' the Panmunjom talks are expect- ^k^n^ "^"^^^tarnsTr^ u^^ Army to File 'Airtight' Charges der way wltlh Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Berlin. ENGINEERS WITHDRAW SEAWAY OPPOSITION SAN FRANCISCO 'IP> Guy L. Brown, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an¬ nounced last night thfit his union is dropping Ita traditional opposi Against GIs Who Betrayed Buddie% SEOUL, (IPi -The UJ3. Army No action has been taken ao flat ^ against soldiers who returned lm the prisoner exchange last aum- mer although fel tow priaonera pointed out some of them as maa W'ho would "sell their country for a cigaret." Charges will b* filed agataMt those accused of betraying eseap* plans and other prison cam'P ae- tivities to the Communists in r*- turn for special privileges, th* source said. He added that ao action wiil be taken against men who were merely deluded by Red SeawB.v "ie something which mu.st'against one of them, Cpl. Edward propaganda. come inevitably, and the soon^rS. Dickenson, of Big Stone Gap, Tlie informant said th* Army you and I accept il and adjust to.Va. The other 21 have been dis-jhas collected statCTnents from tt ths less w» can be hurt by It."'honorab^ discharged from thelacores of returned priaonar* plans soon to file "airtight" court martial charges against former prisoners of war who betrayed fellow Americans in return for Communist favors, it was report¬ ed yesterday. An informed source said the Army delayed prosecution of thc tion to the St. Lawrence Seaway.imen until it was certain that no He said the Seaway threatened;more of the original 2.". Americans the livelihoods of many BLE: who choee Communism would members on Eastern railroads!change their minds and return to which carry the freight arrivingiu.fi. jurisdiction. by ship at Ea^item ports. Two of thc 23 did return, and But he said the St. Lawrence charges already have been filed Army and left to the Reds. JJ > > .mmiBssi^^ila
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 14 |
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 | 1954-01-31 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 01 |
Day | 31 |
Year | 1954 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 14 |
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 | 1954-01-31 |
Date Digital | 2011-12-12 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 33813 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
CLOUDY, COLD
Snow nurries likely. Monday little change.
48TH YEAR — NO. 14 — 62 PAGES . "Tr
WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY JANUARY 31, 1954
Wli» Mem 9«rTl«
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
UMW Lent $4 Million To Mine Pension Fund
Tried to Hold $100; TomKennedy Denies Loans Made to ILA
2 Children Die In Readitii' from Oil Furnace Fumes
READING, Pa. (IP -- Patricia Goho, 10, and her two-year-old brother, Donald, were found as¬ phyxiated and another brother and their father overcome Sat¬ urday in a five-room bungalow at nearby Gouglersville.
Roy O. Goho, 47, and his other aon, Larry, 7, were taken to a Reading Hospital In critical con¬ dition.
State policeman Elwood Krause and James Wood said a pipe leading from the oil-fired hot "air furnac* to the chimney had been blown apart, filling the house with fumes.
-Paul BlBi.y
f Trucksville Woman Raises Motherless Puppies
Mrs. H. Sandra Nestor of Trucksville and the five puppies ahe raised sin.e birth following the death of their mother in mid-December. Mra. Nestor's ingenuity In caring for the puppies is matched by her husband's home-mada bottling rack from which the puppiee take their bottlea.
Threa y«ars ago a rat terrier wandered inlo the home of Mr. snd Mrs. Charles Nei»tor along the old Harris Hill Road near Checkboard Comers in Trucka- vtUa
In mid-December of last year, that same rat t«rrler—for three years a faithful watohdog--gav« birth to five puppies and a day later died.
I That left the Neatora with one
of the biggest assi^nmenta of a
lifetime and they ihaslened into
the task of raising the puppiea.
I Seldom do all the puppies aur-
¦ viva foUowing the death of th*
' mother but th« NcMora «tn-
romping around the Nestor home—healthy and very much at home. -Male Puppy Biggest
The higgeat ia the lone male In the group with the four fe- mal* ioga all about th* aame
ployed aivery ounc* of ingenuity | alae
to keep them aliv* and he«Ulthy.'| For thre* weeks after their
In an el tort to keep up the full payment of $100 a month to pensioned miners, The United Mine Workers have poured heavily from their union treasury into the Anthra¬ cite Health and Welfare Fund.
Thomas Kennedy, UMW vice-president, aaid last night that almoat J<,000,000 had in this way been loaned to the fund. I At thc same time, Mr. Kennedy branded as "absolutely allly" t*ie I reporta- that the UMW had loaned large «um« to the old Interna¬ tional l»ngshoem>an'8 Union.
Reports from New York and, It waa In a telephone Interview Washington were to thc effect;with the Sunday Independent laat that John L. Lewis had loaned:night at his Hazleton home that $50,000 to the ILW through its'Kennedy flatly denied that the leader. Captain Wiiiiam Bradley,!UMW had made the loans to the and then had practically ussurcdilLA, for which tt had been e»p?- to produce more funds tj pay j cially criticized when the pen- strike benefits if needed in a sions were cut to $50 a month, showdown battle with the newi That alao waa when hc made longshoremen's union form'^d by'it known that the UMW had, in- AFL. I stead, done ita lending to the
This move brought aurpi-ije In'Anthracite Health and WeLfaxe many quarters since thc oM ILA, Fund. He explained: had> been thoroughly discred.tedj ".lohn L. Lewis, international! bccaus? of the manner in wJiich; president, an.d all leaders of thci it was charged with being shot| United Mine Workers werej full of graft and dominated by.hoping tliese loans of almost| known hoodlums twid water front $4,000,(X)0 would be aufflcicnt toj killers. j keep paying retirement minej
Gives Flat Denial | workers $100 a month. | PANMUNJOM (IP)~ The 347 AJ-
Recently, howcvec, there hsvc] "However, the alump tti ooal lied war prisoners who gav* up been Indications that Lewis was production did not end, with the • ¦ ¦ - -
growing cold on the deal becaiise I ireeu'lt a out hn4 to b* mad* In of the criminai ciement In the'pension pcqm«nta. TLA. With that, the atatement j "Om loans w*r* baaed on the of Kennedy, denying th* kjans, belief that th* ianiui^ry would
Turncoats Headed for No. Korea
Train Kills 28 Massed to Greet Egypt President
KAFTl EL ZAYAT, Egypt |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19540131_001.tif |
Month | 01 |
Day | 31 |
Year | 1954 |
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