Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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49TH YEAR —NO. U~64 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA.,  SUNDAY,  JANUARY 30, 1955
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President Eisenhower Says:
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If5 Christmas Every Day for Crippled Falls Man
Crippled since birth and forced to apend 10 yeara in a hoapital, nine of them with his Kmba aheathed in heavy c€wts, plucky Frrtncis Maloney of RO 1, Falls, ia anything but an invalid.
Moat of the year he la uble to regularly flU a job as a truck driver—because he was able to plan a device that would permit him to be a aafe and  qualified  operator.
What gives him this spirit and drive?
He keeps in a happy, holiday mood year- round by working year-round on an elaborate Christmas display, a portion of which la pic¬ tured.
With the exception of electric train equip¬ ment, tha platforms, housea, tunnels and other display Itema ere hand-made oy Maloney.
"This work end my Job driving a apecially designed truck for Wyoming Sand and Stone Co., at Falls, keepa me « happy end contented snan," aaid Maloney.^
He haa been working on hia CbristfltaJi display  for  10  yeara.
Although he works year-round on the display, he disa«sembiea portiona of it ao that It will be a freah treat each year for the kld» He has to »t*nt in October to get *t together, with ncw additions, for the holiday season.
He finda It's difficult at timea to respond to alarms, but Maloney ia an avid flre buff and takea an active interest in the Falls Volunteer  Firo  Department.
It can truthfully be aaid, however, that it is Ohriatmaa every day at the Maloney home.
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Falcone 6ets Ufe For Murder
Threatening Letters Were Kept Secret In Jim Ttiorpe Trial; Killed Lover, Husband
JIM THORPE,  Pa.  OP*—Daniel
Falcone, 51, wes found guilty by
a Carbon  county  jury  yeisterday
of flrat degree murder charges In
Ithe slaying of a Palmerton couple
yast Oct. 3.
The jury of eight men and four women aet the penalty of life im- prieonment and Falcone was sen¬ tenced Immediately by Judge Jamea C.  McCready.
The defendant broke down and eried aa the verdict was read by Sam P. Lapp of Lohighton, the Jury  foreman.
Falcone  waa   hustled   from   the courtroom  by  Sheriff  Charles   D. Neast and  taken  to   the  Carbon countv jail. Wlll Get Treatment
In passing the life aentence, McCready directed Falcone be sent to the Correctional DiaKno.s.tlc and Claasifleation Center al Eastern Bute Penitentiary, Phlladelph i«u
Falcone was found guilty on two eounta of murder In the deatha of Matthew Dameker, Palmerton Jus- f«« of the peace, end Daneker's wife, Mildred. The Daneker. were •hot to deeth es they were enter¬ ing the Trinity Evangelical Church at Palmerton.
A closely guarded aecret during tha trial was the mailing of two threatening lettera to Falcone. Both letters were Intercepted by Sheriff Neeat end Falcone never (lid receive the«n. -flailed In Bangor
One of the letters waa signed "The Sicilian Society" and the other waa unsigned. Both were poatmarked Bangor. ' Neast Mid tho first letter ar¬ rived before the trial opened Jan, IT.   The second arrived on Friday,
The Jury deliberated three hours' (Continued on  Page 2, Sec,  1)
Three Major Problems Tie up Pa. Legislature
Republican Senate Blocks Jobs, Change; Fight Jobless Pay Cut
HARRISBURO (IP) ~ The 1M5 General Assembly plagued al¬ ready by ita split personality, faces a troubled week with three major problems threatening to pit the Republican-controlled Sen ate against the Democratic-domi¬ nated  House.
Although Gov. Georg# M. Lead er'a adnunistratlon Is leaa than two week old, several roadblocks already have appeared on the leg' iaiative road. And although I.<eader Is hoping for the quickest possible action in removing the obstacles, it appeara that the key lo the situation rests almost en¬ tirely with the Republican oppoaJ tion.
S Main PoinU
So far, major differences of opinion have arisen on theae three problems:
1.—The governor's plan to re¬ organize the adminlslratlve branch of  the stale  government
2. -The problem of how to avoid a reduction in maximum unem¬ ployment compensation payments from J30 to J20 a week while pre venting too sharp an Increase In the amounta employers contribute to the state's unempl<Qnment com pensation fund.
3.-The problem of aeveral major appointments to boards and commissions on which the Republican majority In the Senate has  held  up conflnmetion.
Thera ia not, nor Ja there Ifkely to be, any problem In the Houae of Represenatlvea, where the Democrats hold a 111-99 margin The 12-vote edge le expected to provide the adminL<rtration with the strength to put across what It wi^es in the w«y of lexis lation.
Senate the Problem
But it Is another matter In the Senate—€is the Republicana el ready have proved. Since the open¬ ing day, when the majority party gave the green light to the Gov ernor's major cabinet appoint¬ ments, there haa been no move to bring to the floor the remainder of hie naminatiofis—Including the
CoM Weather Corttinues Today; Prediction Is for Light Snow
''rigid, Arctic air continued to «>W Pennsylvania in Its icy grip y«aterday, despite e prediction of •unny skies for most of thf -atate.
The weather bureau said the «oW wave probably would not *f»P until aometi'me Tuesday, *'Oen alowly rising temperatures ^*r« expected. In the meantime, '••''ings early yesterday after¬ noon were below 20 and last night "9 the mercury waa down to 10 •nd atill dropping. *»«w Coming Today
The bureau aaid sklea will be- *^e increasingly cloudy today, )J™enng in light snow from the •nWwest The snowfall will be general throughout the alate, the heaviest concentrations coming in We mounuins, eapeciaily on the windward slopes.
Predictions of 5 to 10 degrees «etow rero have been made for ht "'*'""'«''> *re«s for this morn-
ihJ *„''** degrees above aer© In
we valley.
f*l<J Morning
in^* '"^ yesterday morning was
" degrees at Avoca Airport and
["• high was 20.    Ookie«t apot in
^ «rea was  reported at Lopes
_tbe mercuxy akidded to 18 to.iour inohea.
below. At the same time. It wae five below at Harvey'a Lahe, two below at Bear Creek, four below at Mountain Top end Shavertown. Central City Usted 12 above.
Lopez reported 22 below on Fri¬ day morning, while Bear Creek listed eight below end Wilkes- Barre reading showed tSie tem¬ perature to be 8 above. Freexing Ewry Day
In the 29 days so far this month, the temperature has never reached above the freezing point of 32 de¬ grees. Despite the extreme cold, no records have been aet, accord¬ ing to weather observers.
C^oldest spot in the nation waa International Falls, Minn., on the Canadian border, where the mer¬ cury skidded to 34 degree* below zero. It waa four below aa far south as Columbua, Ohio, and eight below at BurUngton, Iowa. In Miami, Fia., and Los Angeles, CaUf, the highest overnight low temperature was 56 degreea.
Caribou, Me., reported an ac¬ cumulation of 50 inches of snow, snd large areas ot the shivering midwest   were   blanketed  by  one
'Fight for Formosa' Plan Step 'to Preserve Peace'
Finds Americans United to Help 'A Brave Ally'
WASHINGTON <IP) — President Elsenhower Saturday signed the fight-for-Formosa resolution and declared It is a atep "to preserve the peace" in the face of threatened armed Communist aggression.
He said the resolution shows the world that Americans are united in their determination "to help a brave elly"—Nationalist Cnina—to block Red China's aggressive aims.
The history-making resolution was signed at en 8:30 a. m. EjST White-House ceremony attended by Secretary of Slate John Poater Dulles,   end.,   top   ..congressional
Now a 'Super' Super-Bomb Reported Being Prepared
three for tho Liquo* Control Board poaiUona.
Beriy thia week it became ap- penent that twenty of oppoeition waa developing on the GOP aide of the chamber to the two other controversial Items — government reorganiaatlon end the unemploy¬ ment compensation  proWetn.
Influential Senate Majority Lead¬ er Rowland B. Mahany has term¬ ed the Oovernor'a plan to reorgan¬ ize the mechanics of the state government equivalent of giving him a "blank check." Mahany also expressed his doubta a« to the constitutionality of the meaaure.
(See Page 8,  Section Two)
It waa Mahany, also, who put the brakea on when the first plan to circumvent the unemployment compensation problem was shown to him. Mahany eaid that he would not aupport the proposal because It wea "definitely detrl mental" to the state's employers.
Still, the Governor appeared con¬ fident Hi, hia firat presa confer ence.
It Is almost certain that eome sort of answer to the unemploy ment compenealion will be arrived al since leaders of both parties have insisted that ection muat be taken on behalf of both the Job leaa workem who would have their ch«cka out end employers whose contributions would go to the maximum of S.7 per cent of tbeir peyrolla.
ADENAUER WARNS FOES OF REARMAMENT
BONN, Germany <1P»—Chancel¬ lor Konrad Adenauer struck back Saturday night el the foes of rearmament with a warning that Wessi Germany ran the risk of los¬ ing Ua AUled aupport if Soviet overtures ere permitted to side¬ track approval of the Paria enns treaties.
Adenauer aaid the recent Soviet campaign of threats, promises and offers must not delay the Bonn government's ratification of the treatiea which would rearm Weat Germany on the aide of the Weat.
JET CRASHES. KILLS
2 IN CREW IN ALASKA
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (IP> -An F- » jet fighter plane plunged to earth with e treimendous roar from its exploding rockets on Bentley Island yesterday, killing the pilot end radar observer.
Air Force personnel kept reai¬ dents of the area awiay from the wreckage umtil cUl of the plane's armed rockets could be account¬ ed for. The explosion was heard througrhout the Fairbanks area end the impact dug a huge crater near the Bentley Lsland runway.
3 DIE IN FLAMES   • AT LODGING HOUSE
LYNN, Maai. (IP)—Flamea swept e three-story wooden lodging house which housed many aged persona early yesterday, killing three resident* and Injuring nine othera.
Firemen reaoued many of the 60 residents from the blazing Weatmorelend Hotel. Othera fled into the street in 15-degree pre dawn cold, clad only in their nightclothes. Two middle-aged men leaped to safety from upper atoriea.
Damage in the general alarm bla%^ vm» «t UmM. $20,000i
leaders.
Mr.  Elsenhower reasserted  this country's   intention   to   aupport  a United    Nations'   effort   to   "end present hostilities dn the area." Blank Check Authority
The resolution, passed over¬ whelmingly by the House and Sen- ale, gives Mr. Elsenhower blank check authority to order Ameri¬ cin armed forces into battle, if necessary, to defend Formosa and the Pescadore islands against threatened Red Chinese invasion.
After signing the resolution, the president end Dulles then acted to dampen the steadily-mounting tension that had built up In the capital during debate over the¬ re solution.
Mr. Eisenhower flew to Angus ta,   Ga.,   for  a   48-hour   vacation, and Dulles  left by plane  for  the Bahamas and a one-week flailing vacation. Far East Meeting
The Stale Department, meon- whlle, acted to bring up-to-date the latest assessment of the Far Eastern situation. It announced that chiefs of the US. diplomatic missions in the Far East will ea- aemble in Manila lete in February and early March for en exchange of views.
Tour ettentlon is e^ed to the foUowing dispatch by Joseph L. Myler, veteran United Presa atomics reporter, on the Atomic Energy Commisslon'a 17th semi¬ annual report Myler reveala the conunission mey heve a new Huper weapon—equal to the force of 60 miUion tona of TNT —In the worlu.
DuUes, who will attend the Feb. 23 Bangkok conference of nations which signed the Manila pace, will have an opportunity to at' tend the high-level briefing.
Mr, Eisenhower used 12 pens to sign   the   fateful   resolution   end then distributed them to the eon gressional leadera as mementos of the occasions.
President Oretefnl
He made the first stroke with the first pen et 8:4i am. EST, and, after completing his signa¬ ture, he read thia brief atatement to the assembled audience end a battery of cameras:
"I am deeply gratified et the almost unanimous vote In the Con gress of the United Statea on this Joint resolution. To the members of the Congress and to their lead ers with me here today I wish publicly to thank them for their greet patriotic aervice.
"By their vote, the American people through their elected rep resentatives, have made it clear to the world that we ere united here et home in our determina¬ tion to help a brave ally end to resist Communlat armed eggrea- sion.
"By MO asserting thia belief we
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3 YOUTHS HELD
OF EXIORTION
Made Him Pay $500 As 'Protection' Against Beating
KINGSTON, N. Y. (ID—Three teen-agers were held yesterday after a frail, 15-year-old youth accused them of forcing him to give them almost $500 "protec¬ tion" money under the threat of a daily beating.
Authorltips said the vfctlm whose name was withheld, dis¬ closed the racket after his par¬ ents became suspicious because money was missing from their home and discussed reporting it to state police. He said the older boys had been taking from $1 to $5 a day from him aince Isat fall.
Trio Arraigned
State police identified the older boys ea Walter Miller and DomI nick DeMarco. both 16, and Thomas Dougherty, 17, all of nearby Highland, "rhey were ar¬ rested end arraigned on charges of extortion. Miller was ordered held for examination and De Marco and Dougherty were held for the grand jury.
Police aaid the younger boy told Central high school principal Hubert Perkins that the tlyee had even threatened once to use a knife on him, but that actually he never had been harmed be¬ cause he always paid up.
Officers said they had not learned how the boys spent the money they collected, liiey aaid it appeared that the ra(;ket had been practiced against only one youth, but that they were inves¬ tigating to find out if others were involved.
PAPERS OF AEC MAN RECOVERED IN STREET
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (U>)—Papers stolen from a radiation expert, m- cluding modifications to various buildings at the atomic energy In¬ sUllation at Mercury, Nev.. were recovered yesterday and returned to AEC officials who listed them as "unimportant."
Earle Hightower, apokesman at the AEC installation at Mercury, where atomic tests are scheduled for "about the middle of Febru¬ ary." said the papers were found on a Laa Vegas street and given to the sheriffs office which in turn handed them over to the AEC.
UN WILL INVITE CHINESE TO TALK ABOUT CEASE-FIRE
Pushes for Debate Despite Refusal By Both Factions
UNITED NA-nONS (IP> — The Western powers went ahead yea¬ terday with plana for a United Nations Security Council meeting tomorrow to discuss a Formosa area cease-fire despite flat rejec¬ tion of the Idea by both the Chi¬ nese Nationalists and tha Com munists.
Communist China will be ir- vited at the 11 a. m. (EST* meet ing to send representati/es to New York to argue the ca^e be¬ fore the United Nations, w.i:oh haa repeatedly voted egAinst seating tha Chines* Rada as UN n-i mbera.
Pelplng radio broadcast «n- olr.er tirade againat the Un',.<!J Stales yesterday, vowing to 'Strike back wllh heavy bl'W'.' If U. S. armed forcea 'dare at¬ tack" Communist fores atterepi- ing to "liberate Formosa."
Want No Armistice
At the same time the Nitlonal- ists reiterated their "irrevocable" opposition to UN attempta to bring about an armistice in the Formosa area, maintaining that they had the right to reconquer the Chinese mainland—the same way the  Reds took  lt~by force
Despite the flat opposition of both belligerents, there was no let-up in UN efforts to get a cease-fire. Sir Leslie Knox Munro of New Zealand, fiecuurlty Coun¬ cil president for January, was ex' pected to take the lead in invlt Ing the Reda to send representa¬ tives to the debate, India playing a  prominent  role aa  go-between
Fleet Reedy
The Natlonali/rt government has accepted President Eisenhower's Formosa defense policy, and Gen¬ eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek was expected shortly to give the sig¬ nal which win aend the U. S. Tih Fleet Into the troubled waters around Tachen Island to evecuete the Nationalist garrison there.
However, the government offl cl*l interviewed by the United Press said his government was adamant in Its refusal to accept .T cease-fire which would prevent Nationalist attempts to take the mainland. He also reiterated Chung's long-standing opposition tn letting Red China gain a foot- nold in the United Nations.
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
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Amusement  ..jJ,....Four
Oity HaU  Two 10
Classified    Five 9-12
County    Two 11
Crossword Putzle .„ Four H
Drew  Pearson   Three 6
Editorial   Three
Frank Tripp  Three
Obituary  », 3ne
Section Baffe
9'George M. Adam* Three 6
Home   Builders   Eive 12
Politica    - Three 6
Radio   - Four 10
Robert C. Ruark Threa 7
Stale  Oapitol Two »
State Newa  Two 9
eSports  Three 1-5
7 Tv       Four 10-11
8-Women* Section   Four A-S
WASHINGTON <m — The Atomic Energy Commission dia- closed Saturday that a super superbomb may be in the works.
"The prospective weapon, ac¬ cording to a clue supplied by an administration official, may be three times as powerful as the biggest  H-bomb yet tested.
The AEC sadd in its 17lh semi¬ annual report to Congress thet it is stockpiling weapons proved in last spring's Pacific H-bomb tests.
These new weapons add "large potential to our defensive pow¬
er," it added. But apparently even mightier bombs are on the way as one fruit of 1954'e "Op¬ eration Castle" at the Pacific proving ground. Promise of Progress
The commission said the Castle expkisiona confirmed advance "promise of most significant progress in design, development and proof test of weapons."
The commission did not hint at whet the 'additional major developments" were Ukely to be. But civil defense ndmlnistrator Val Peterson may have let the cat out of the oag.
Unofficial estimates aay the greatest of the five giant test explosiona in the Pacific last spring yielded violence eoual to 20 million tons of TNT. One auch weapon would kill a major city.
But In e speech in Ohioago Tuesday night Peterson aaid: "In  the  not  too distant  future
we will be building a bomb equal in force to 60 million tons of TNT."
The AEC said in Saturday'a " report that production of atomic raw materials and nuclear ex¬ plosives and fuels had reached a new all-time high. Uranium ore ta piling up faster than It can be processed, it said. Emphesixe Atom's Roles
The commission emphasized the defensive and .peaceful rolea. It said the "low-yield" atomic tests scheduled to start in Ne¬ vada in mid-February are "es¬ sential to development and uti¬ lization of nuclear weapons for defense of this nation and tha free world."
One result of the Nevada testa is expected to be an atomic war¬ head for anti-aircraft guided missies to beef up continental defense against enemy H-bomb-
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Fight on Oil Imports Gets Angry
Hard, Soft Coal And Domestic Oil Producers Asking That It Be Limited
WASHINGTON   <IPI—Tlie   drive by domestic oU end coal  produc- era to curb imports of highly com petitive foreign oil took on angry tones today.
Chainnan L. Newton Thomas of the Foreign OU Policy CommiUee, blamed what he called "misdi¬ rected policiee" of both the Tru¬ man and Elsenhower edministre- llons for excessive Importa and said "It la now time for atrong corrective legislation."
Tom Pickett, executive vice president of the National Coal As¬ sociation, announced that six gov emors of coal-producing statea, or their representatives, would ap¬ pear before the House Ways and Means Oommittee Monday to plead for Import quotas, Low-Teriff Bill
The committee, la considering President Eisenhower's low-tariff reciprocal trade bill which car ries no provision for import quotas. The FOPC, NCA, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and other groups which aay tney are auffering from import com¬ petition, hop* to persuade the committee to write in a quota amendment.
The FOPC representa soft end hard eoei producers, coal eelee agenciea, retailers, mine workers, railroads, rail workers and eome Independent oH operators. It Is supporting bilki which would limit residential fuel oil Unporta to 10 per cent of domestic consumption for the corres^jonding quarter of the previous year, and place en over-aU 10 per cent quota restric¬ tion on import* of crude and pe¬ troleum products. NCA Support* Meoaarea
The NCA, repreaenting 22 major ooal producing areas, e>)o sup¬ ports  theee measures.
T^e IPAA wants bnports cut "to a reasonable amount, whieh we believe should not exceed 10 per cent of the annual domestic requirement" President William A. Vaughey Bald the legislation supported by the coal Interests "is connistent with our recom¬ mendation."
The varioua organizations began their concerted drive after most of the big American importing companies failed to a«ree on a voluntary plan to reduce imports. (Continued  on  Page 2,  Sec,  1>
Not  Like Korea
Valley Scene
Polieeman in Wfat Side town tagging, of all things, a h«arie.
Absent - mindfd motorist stueic on a sHpiiern spot on th« Ashley Boulevard put ting ehains on the front wheels of his ear, and thinking it noth¬ ing st'fange that the ear then slithered oiit onto the highway.
Boy at Washington and Mar¬ ket streets, loaded down wttfc firearms like a eombination Bill Hiekok, Roy Roger's and Lone Ranger, wondering out loud how those men kept their gun* warm during eold weather.
Police officer in juighboring town not bothering to eome out of the shelter of a store-front when a motorist deliberately drove through a traffic light. "We'd both frteas out there," he eominenttd.
Planes, Ships Not Restrained If Heds Shoot
TAIPEI, Formosa, <IP>—American Jrtiips wiU dare Red mines end torpedo boats in carrying GeneraKssimo Chiang Kai-Shek's troopa off Invasion-bhrealened Tachen island, authoritative United Statea aources said Saiurday.
American carrier-based planes from the U. S. 7th Fleet and U. S. Sth Air Force Sabrejeta from Formosan bases will sweep the aklea clear of Red China's Soviet-built MIG jeta in the evacuation opera¬ tion, the sources said.
At a base  "somewhere In For¬
mosa" it was revealed Saturday that American fighter pilots have been ordered to "pour It on" any Red plane firing on them over the Formosa Strait Fighter pi¬ lots defending Formosa and the nearby Pescadores Islands have been instructed to give "hot pur¬ suit" to attacking Red planes even if the chase leads over the Red- held mainland.
Not Like Korea
The order would end the "prlv- Uedged sanctuary" atatus whieh Communist pilots used in the Ko¬ rean war when they retreated be¬ hind the Yalu River, which was out-of-bounds to American pilots.
It was reported that Admiral Felix Stump, commander of the U. e. naval forces In the Pacific, was to arrive in Formosa to di¬ rect the showdown with Red China that was expected within the next two days.
President Eisenhower aigned the Formosa defenae reaolutlon in Washington Saiurday end said it showed the world that Americans are united In their determination
to "help a brave ally and to re¬ sist   Communist   aggression." 7th Fleet Ready
The resolution was signed while Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride's 7th Fleet awaited orders to steam into the East China Sea and evac¬ uate the Nationalists from Tachen, 200 miles north of here.
The Reds have said they would "strike back with heavy blows" if American forces "dare attack us," a threat which spurred the United Nations efforts to aeek a cease-fire formula.
The UN Security Council meeta at 11 a. m. Monday under the chairmanship of New Zealand to lake up the cease-fire problem. The council will mvite Communist Chinese repreaenlalles to New York for cease-fire talks—with India playing a go-between role.
The Nationalist and Communist Chinese Saiurday rejected any idea for a cease-fire. The Com¬ munista reiterated their insist¬ ence that Formosa be "liberated" while the Nationalista again voiced their opposition to seating the Communist "condemned ag¬ gressors" at the conference table.
Reds Break Tachen Lull, Pour Shells on Island
TAIPEI, Formosa, Sunday <1PV— The Chineee Communist suddenly broke the luU around Tachen Island today with a heavy artil¬ lery barrage against Nationalist poeltlona on the island some 200 milea north of Formosa.
An official Nationalist war communique said Red guns shelled Tachen from nearby Yikiangehan, the former Nationalist island cap¬ tured by the Communists recently.
It ¦was the first heavy bombard¬ ment directed againet Tachen from Yikiangshan.
Planes Active
Ohineae Communist bombers and RuaBian-bullt MTG-15 Jet fightera aiso stepped  up activity'
over Tachen, the Nationalists' northern-most outpost No bomba were dropped,   however.
The Communist apparently were feeling out the Nationalist de¬ fenses on the invasion-threatened island.
Red Ships Hit
Nationalist medium bombers caught three groups of Red Chinese supply ships north of Tachen. They reported sinking or seriously damaging three ves¬ sels   totaling   27,000   tons.
The communique said all Na¬ tionalist planea returned safely to bases in Formosa deepite extreme¬ ly heavy anti-aircraft fire frotn Red-held Islands.
Women and Money
Rubinsiein May Have Given out Too Many Keys to His Mansion
NmV YORK <IIV-The murder of Serge Rubinstein turned into a fir^t clasa "whodunit" Saturday with i>olice questioning cefe society beauties in a aearch for the keys to his mansion which Ote wizard of finance and romance gave women he often entertained late at night la froups of two or tihree.
Authoritative poUce aourcea aeid Rubineteln'a generosity with keys to the heavy iron-grilled door to his Fifth Avenue town houae may have led to his murder early Thursday after a 26-year-old mod¬ el left the houae, b&Ued a taxi and rode home alone.
It Could Be
Inveatigatora aeid one of the keys may have fallen into the hands of the kiUer or killers who bound the convicted draft-dodger's mouth with adhesive tape, lashed hia bands and feet,witb veaeUaa
bUnd eord end Chen strangled him In his ornate bedroom.
Rubinstein's 79-year-old mother told police she heard the voicea of men arguing in the bouse during the murder night, fttie aaid the sounds awakened her but ahe later went back to sleep.
Police queationed Rublnatein'a butler and handyman to find out "more about hi* habita," They went to the homee of hia girl frienda for aecret queetionlnf about  the  keys.
Police aaid there waa n© evi¬ dence of forced entry Into the home indicating the aaaellent or asaailants walked in through the front door.
Robbery waa ruled out aa a mo¬ tive when police found $20 to WO bills scattered through drawers In ; Rubinstein's   ransacked   bedrown.
They   alao   determined   the   cord tConUnrued on Page 2, <iM. 1)