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HUNGARIAN WOMEN ARE CLUBBED
Former Old Forge
R^idents Among
Injured in 2-Car
Accident in Poconos
A two-car crackup in tlie Poconos last night claimed one life and in- iiired eight others, one ciiticallv. Eight passengers in OPc car were traveling from East Orange, N. J. to visit rela¬ tives at Old Forge where they formerly resided. Three passen¬ gers in the other were enroute from Moscow, Lackawanna County, to Buckhill Falls, their place of employment.
Dead is Juanita Brcnnan, ?6. of Butler, Pa., an appren¬ tice beautician. She died at Mm roe County General Hos¬ pital, East Stroudsburg, sev- rral hours after the accident occurred at 5 ftM.
In critical condition at the same hospital Is Betty Ray¬ mond, Brooklyn, N. Y., the oneratnr of the car in which the girls were riding.
Less seriously hurt was Evelyn Walker, \9, of Lake Ariel, Wayne County. She and her companions were taken to the Monroe Courfty hospital in the hospital ambulance.
In Scranton Hospital
Taken  to Hahnemann  Hospi-
• lal,   Scranton,   in   private   cars
were  the  following   passengers
of the car, all former Old Forge
residents:
Hugo Mandolini, 48, of 271 North Day St., East Orange, N. J., the driver. He suffers possible fractured ribs and pos- .sible puncturfd lung. His con¬ dition last night was guarded.
Marian Mandolini, 44, his wife, lacerations of the face, possi¬ ble fractured ribs and possible fractured right arm.
Mrs. Theresa Tomasetti, 41, of « Sheffield Dr., East Orange. bruises of the right eye.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, 40, of 299 Glenwo'od Ave, East Or¬ ange, bruises of the head.
Martha Johnson, eight, her (tiughter. multiple lacerations of the face and possible frac¬ tured nose.
Rene   Johnson,   six,   another
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Man Can't Take His Wife fo Jaii
DUBLIN, Ireland (IPI—Thom¬ as Devereaux, 45, sentenced to two months in jail on a minor charge, asked the judg« to jail his wife too because "she has no one to look after her."
Judge Kenneth Reddin turned down the request be¬ cause "there are no married quarters" in the city jail.
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As Christmas Shopping Peak Nears
Port Said Alert For Outbreak Of Terrorism
British, French Double Patrols, Seize Ammunition
PORT SAID, Egypt (IP) —The Anglo-French com¬ mand placed its troop.s on special alert last night be¬ cause of growing indications an Egyptian underground organiz.T- tion may be planning a wave of terrorism as Allied forces dwin¬ dle.
Lt. Gen. Sir Hugh Stockwell doubled all military patrols in this occupied city.
His order folowed seizure of large quantities of explosives and ammunition being smuggled in from the Nile Delta by Egyp¬ tian fishing boats. Want Nasser Guarantee
Dr. Maurice Thudicum, Swiss delegate of an international committee, asked the American Consulate and United Nations commander Gen. E. L. M. Burns to request Egyptian President Carnal Abdel Nasser to assure the safety of foreign residents in Port Said after the departure of the Anglo-Frwich .troops.
Thudicum said it appeared a small group of Moslem fanatics might attempt a "Christian mas¬ sacre" because of widely circu¬ lated stories that some Europe¬ ans living in Port Said shot Egyptian defenders in the back while the Anglo-French invaders were capturing the town. Stories Untrue
"These sories are completely unfounded as far as I can de¬ termine," Thudicum said, "but they are being believed by the Arab population and there are strong indications that a small band of fanatics is waiting to retaliate."
Thudicum said he asked Ge¬ neva to send a shipment of Red Cross flags to mark bisildings harboring foreigners.
Parade of Mourners Attacked by Militia, Eyewitness Reports
Traffic in central cit.v yesterday as the Christmas shopping peak ap¬ proaches spelled out a bumper-to-bumper need for immediate reforms in ve¬ hicle movement and parking. South Washington .St., one of the city's key traffic arteries, is seen automobile-locked in the upper photo as shoppers in¬ vaded the city and staged k mad-dash hunt for parking space. In the lower photo. South Main St. is viewed looking to Public Square. This busy sector not only encountered a traffic flow that kept police in a frenzy, but the pedestrian flow was reported "like peas in a pod" by patrolmen. (Stories on the need for traffic reforms and the Christmas shopping rush will be found On Page 1, Section 2.)—(Photos by Bieley)
Police. FBI Will Guard Negroes Entering School
CLINTON, Tenn. (IP) — Armed ix)lice units backed up by FBI agents will stand watch over Negro chil¬ dren marching back to high school when it reopens tomorrow for another try at racial integration.
An impressive show of*
protection    for    Negroesjfront   or   subversive   organiza- was    being   readied,    al-jtion..." though officers anticipated little Governor Charges Oppression trouble  from   militant   segrega-,    !„ Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Mai
Mar J ,-.i- .      ,.,.   ^ u    ,  ,     jvm   Griffin,   himself   a   strong
down Clmton  Hig,h School  last segregation    leader,    announced
tionists    whose    violence    shut
Tuesday
"If  anybody  tries   anything." .Sheriff   Glad   Woodward   said, "they're   going   to   get   nailed hard." 16 Face Trial
¦Sixteen   persons  face  federal court trial this week for inter-
1 fehng   with   classroom   integra¬ tion here and the FBI was  in-
Ivestigating  alleged   civil   rights
he had started with his personal check a legal aid for the "op¬ pressed citizens" of Clinton, Tenn.
Fourteen men and two women, some of them accused of being "ringleads" in a movement to hound Negro students from the school, will be formally ar¬ raigned  tomorrow at 9  A. M.,
20 miles away.
ins students
In Nashville, Tenn., the pro- segregation Tennessee Federa¬ tion for Constitutional Govern¬ ment asked the FBI to conduct *n investigation "of all parties" Involved in the Clinton strife.
The telegram to FBI Director J. Kdgar Hoover said the probe «hould "include the National As- fciation for the Advancement of Colored People and the activ
Criminal Contempt
They are charged with crim¬ inal contempt for violating a permanent injunction, issued last September by Taylor, forbidding activities against peaceful inte¬ gration of Negroes with some 700 white students here.
Mass trial for the 16 probably will   be  held   this  week.  Judge
ities ,f any possible Communist- Taylor has indicated
Kansas City Star Closed Down As Newsboys Picket Its Plant
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UV- Picketing independent carriers ^ept the Kansas City Star from publishing afternoon edi¬ tions yesterday.
The Kansas City Star Co. said the action of the car¬ eers was "illegal," since each "rrier is an independent mer¬ chant with an individual con- "act and "no legal collective oarsaining standing."
Some members of the Star's "^^Khanical department re- .„rJ° cross the picket line «"a the Star was unable to P'blish.
Cards carried bv the pick¬ et indicated the carriers want
th»i .["^"'^ '" prices charged jhem by the Star.
'"junction Hearing
tpmn       Wurphy    granted    a temporary   restraining   order
shortly and set a hearing on It for Dec. 21.
The Star said the "illegal" picket line was set up to "im¬ plant the idea with the public and employees of the Star that a dispute existed between the Star and some of its em¬ ployees."
The Star said it had "no dispute of any kind with any of its employees."
The Star said the status of carriers was determined in 1947 when the newspaper was forced by strike to suspend publication for 17 days. The National Labor Relations Board '•uled then, the Star said, that carriers had no col¬ lective bargaining status, and the Missouri Supreme Court also held carriers were not employees.
'"'There has been no change of status," the Star said.
Bad Weather Is Forecast
Freezing Rain, Snow Expected
Stormy weather was |forecast for today throughout this section of the state. Motorists were cautioned by the Weather'Bu¬ reau and State Police not to move too far from home.
Northeastern Pennsylvania was promised a cold rain mixed with snow and sleet, and low tem¬ peratures for most of the day. The high will be .32 to 34, ac¬ cording to the Weather Bureau at Avoca. Hazardous driving conditions are anticipated.
The outlook for Monday indi¬ cates little change, with cloudy and continued rather cold weather mixed with rain in thej east portion, and some snow flurries. Precipitation Is Watched
Progress of precipitation In the Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania was being watched last night to determine how much snow might be expected locally today.
The mercury soared to S8 degrees early yesterday morn¬ ing before starting a down¬ ward movement to 32 by mid¬ night. A mass of cold air from Canada reached this area yesterday, causing the temperature to dip after five consecutive days of above- normal readings.
Cold Arctic air which gripped the northern plains throughout the past week edged into the Atlantic Coast states last night. Nasty weather erupted over the nation's midsection when a warm front lying south of the Ohio River clashed with the eastbound cold front. Consider¬ able moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was contained in the warmer air.
Pocono Mountain routes were hazardous last night as motor¬ ists reported slippery highways and pockets of fog.
Five Missing In Plane Crash
PORT MAITLAND, Ont. (IP)— A private twin-engined plane plunged into Lake Erie near here last night and provincial police feared the pilot and four pas¬ sengers lost their lives.
Constable Robert Kausman said a rescue crew had reached the submerged craft. "But there was no sign of lift." he Mid.
Belafonte Beats Elvis at University
MILWAUKEE OP) — Elvis Presley has lost out to Harry Belafonte on the juke box at the Marquette University Stu¬ dent Union.
Presley records were pulled from the machine after stu¬ dents circulated a petition and presented it to the Union Council, which agreed to re¬ place Presley with Belafonte recordings.
Gi Home Costs Face Scrutiny
Congressman Raps Hike in Interest
WASHINGTON (IP) — Rep. Olin E. Teague (D-Tex) voiced opposition yesterday to growing de¬ mands for an increase in GI home loan, rates. He suggested instead that the government un¬ dertake a vast direct loan pro¬ gram.
Teague disclosed his views in an announcement that the House Veterans Committee which he leads will conduct a "complete reappraisal" of the veterans housing program immediately after Congress convenes next month.
Teague said the hearings are necessary because of the admin¬ istration's increase last week in the rates of FHA-insured loans from 5 to 5'^%. Loans in Doubt
He reported many letters from builders, lenders and veteran or¬ ganizations expressing concern that the FHA rate increase will dry up capital available for GI loans.
Teague said that as a result there is mounting pressure to have Congress hike the GI loan rate from 41/2 to 5%.
He said the proposed '/2% in¬ crease would add from $600 to $1,000 in interest charges on most GI loans, and probably wouldn't attract any additional capital for such loans anyway.
Budapest Families Lose Their Homes
Budapest, (IPI—The Budapest workers council .said yesterday that 4,870 families lost their homes during the battle of Budapest.
It said 1,617 apartments were destroyed or badly dam¬ aged where opposition to the Russians was stiffest.
Reconstruction of damaged homes is progressing slowly as a result of the passive resist¬ ance of construction workers, the council said.
BUDAPEST (IP) — Police and army militiamen broke up a women's mourning demonstration with clubs in the uranium mining region of Pecs where large rebel bands still are battling Russian forces, an
 ^eyewitness reported last
night. Ilkl Ajb /^amJammm     a worker, returning to I IN   in  LlinnPllin tense  but  quiet  Budapest  from Ull   Iv   VVIIUUIIIII the Pecs area close to the Yugo¬ slav frontier, confirmed reports
jAid to Britain To Be Routine
Humphrey Says
Money Available
NfiW YORK (IPX-Sec¬ retary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey came out in apparent op¬ position last night to a big new economic aid program for Bri¬ tain and France.
He said in a speech here that some estimates of Western Eu¬ rope's need for dollars as a re¬ sult of the Suez crisis have been "greatly exaggerated." Assistance Ready
"The fact is that in all prob¬ ability existing institutions will be able to provide most of the assistance that may be needed," he said.
In Washington, informed ad¬ ministration sources .said Humphrey hoped to make clear that U. S. help for Britain and France, as now seen, is confined to backing Britain's withdrawal of dollars from the International Monetary Fund and—if neces¬ sary—a Iqpn from the U. S. Ex¬ port-Import Bank or the World Bank.
Needs Half-Billion
One source estimated Britain would need $500,000,000 at most.
Humphrey's cryptic speech was delivered before the Penn¬ sylvania Society which awarded him a gold medal a few hours before his departure for a meet¬ ing of top North Atlantic Treaty Organization  officials in  Paris.
British Newsman Killed in Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus OPt—A Greek rebel gunman shot and killed a British newsman out¬ side a movie theater in the city of Kyrenia  yesterday.
The victim was identified as Peter Fox who only recently joined the staff of the "Times of Cyprus."
Dulles Facing Most Critical Mission of Life
Sure Badly Shaken Western Alliance Can Be Made Firm
W A S HI N G T 0 N <IP)
—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flew to Paris yesterday on one of the most crucial missions of his life, "confident" that he will help to "strengthen the bonds" of the badly shaken Western al¬ liance.
Dulles and other top cabinet officers headed for a North At¬ lantic Treaty Organization Council meeting at a time when U. S.-British-French relations are at a new post-war low. Other NATO allies also are cool to¬ ward the- U. S. They squirmed in the pinch of adamant Ameri¬ can policies toward Britain and France after the Anglo-French attack on Egypt. To Give Aid
In a prepared statement, Dul¬ les voiced hope that personal contact would heal these wounds and restore harmony He was armed with assurance that the United States is now ready to give all aid it can to Britain and other Western Euro¬ pean nations in their post-Suez troubles.
He said the NATO Council session which begins Tuesday will be "perhaps the most im¬ portant such meeting that has been held.
"I am confident that the meet¬ ing in the discharge of its res ponsibilities, will strengthen the bonds that unite the treaty members to safeguard the free dom, common heritage and civil ization of their peoples, whfch is the express purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty" he said. Near Collapse
The alliance has been near collapse since the United States refused to approve the Anglo French invasion of Egypt.
The secretary, recovered from his recent cancer operation, said NATO members will be reviewing a world situation which "bears the indelible im¬ print of Soviet ruthlessness ex¬ hibited in Hungary."
He conceded that the world "also shows the need of rebuild¬ ing the process of inter-depend¬ ence between Western Europe and the Middle East"—in other words, Europe's need for Middle Eastern oil and the Suez Canal trade shortcut.
Troops Unload Christmas Mail
YOKOHAMA, (W — American soldiers unloaded their own Chri-stmas parcels from the S.S. ¦President Wilson here yesterday in the face of a boycott by Japa- Inese longshoremen.
The Japanese dockworkers re¬ fused to handle military cargo for the 10th straight day.
Soldiers from the U. S. Army Port Command and the First Cavalry Division worked through the night to unload mail, turkey and other food for Christmas arfti New Year's Day.
Russian Acts In Hungary
U.S., 12 Others Back Resolution; Vote Due Tomorrow
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, (IP) — The United States and 12 other na¬ tions decided yesterday to demand that the United Nations General Assembly condemn Rus¬ sia for violating the UN charter by intervening in the Hungarian revolt.
The resolution will be placed before the General Assembly to¬ morrow morning for immediate debate.
It makes no mention of the Hungarian puppet regime, but there was a possibility that a move to reject the credentials of its delegation here — thus sus¬ pending Hungary from UN mem bership might yet be worked out. Balking at Visit
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in a report to the General Assem¬ bly held Hungary to the Dec. 16 date for his proposed inspection tour and said if he is not per¬ mitted to visit Budapest then, there might be no point in his making the trip at all.
Hammarskjold received Aus¬ tria's agreement to accept UN observation team to in- ve.stigate the Hungarian situa¬ tion from Austrian territory. Yugoslavia formal I y rejected the General Assembly s request to admit a similar team, and Ro¬ mania and Czechoslovakia, Hun¬ gary's other neighbors, were ex¬ pected to do likewise. Will Be Condemned
The U. S. and 16 other coun¬ tries met for three hours to work out a draft resoulation condemning Russia for the as¬ sembly debate.
Cuba, which was one of the 14 countries sponsoring a reso¬ lution passed last Tuesday to send in the observers, declared the measure agreed upon was not strong enough and refused to sponsor it.
that "about 2,000" armed par¬ tisans are active in the Mecsek Mountains near the city and that they killed the Soviet com¬ mander of Pecs about three weeks ago. Miners Use Grenades
Vienna dispatches reported miners battling Russian troops with grenades in the mining region.
The eyewitness said women in Pecs gathered Friday to stage a parade of mourning for men lost in the rebellion.
Police backed by army militia charged the women with clubs and scattered them, the worker said.
As far as was known, Russian troops did not take part.
The worker said the women tried to parade with flowers to honor their dead just as Buda¬ pest women did in the face of Soviet troops and tanks Tues¬ day and Wednesday. Budapest Is Quiet
Budapest itself turned quiet yesterday after five days of clashes. The regime of Premier Janos Kadar brought in Soviet infantry reinforcements to bol¬ ster the armored garri.son and placated angry workers by free¬ ing 69 of their arrested leaders.
But the Pecs area still was in turmoil. And there were reports that partisans have set forest fires in the last few days.
The Communist Party prom¬ ised and overhaul of the eco¬ nomic system and said the gov¬ ernment no longer would re¬ ceive orders from the party "Biit only advice."
Word that the labor council members had been freed spread quickly through workers' dis¬ tricts. No new arrests were re¬ ported.
The    Budapefit    council    had
* warned  that the arrests  would
bring   more   "bloodshed   and   a
new   national   tragedy"   unless
they stopped.
Railroad workers, second only to miners in their demands for freedom, cancelled plans for a strike yesterday when the gov¬ ernment freed three prominent officials of the state railways who were arrested last Thurs¬ day. The government bowed to demands that they be released.
Revolt Crushed
NIQUERO. Cuba OPI—Govern¬ ment officers said yesterday rebel resistance in Cuba's east¬ ern mountains has been crushed. They predicted the last anti- government holdouts will be "wiped out or captured within five days."
Will Help Hungarian Refugees Reach Penna.
HARRISBURG (IP)—Four skilled personnel offi¬ cers will be flown to Europe next week to expedite the flow of Hungarian refugees to Peitnsylvania.
The four officers, employees of the state Employ- ment   Security   Service,^        ,	
volunteered  for the dutvjc   u -L ¦¦
o>,«^+i,r off«« n^.r r'.,„..„.V, Such interviews are usually con- shortly after Gov. George l^^cted at Camp Kilmer, N. J.. M. Leader ordered the move tOgfter the immigrants have ar- speed up the complex processes jcjygj entailed in bringing immigrants to America. ''
The four are William L. Kiska McKeesport; Andrew Havrilla, of
Leader's action is the first such step undertaken by any governor in the nation.
"I am very pleased that these
.lohnstown; Michael Hazuda, Lo- men displayed their eagerness to cust Gap, and John Kaduk, Mc-ijerve in this fine movement. I Adoo. Two speak Hungarian and 3,5^  ^^^^   to   cong»|ulate   the
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Valley Scenes
Boil, .", asked his full yiamr and telling questioner: "Don't say that! 1 don't got no fool
Re/iorter getting slick hair¬ cut, fcHcfceV shai'e and ^jiark- ling shoe shine to properly set off his neiv e.cpenxire suit —and getting nothing hut laughs from co-wurkcrs be- cuuxe he had failed to put on a tie.
Heights boy, 4, telling de¬ partment store Santa Claus to bring "my Daddy a train like iniiu. Ht likes mine a lot."
the others speak related Slavic languages, the governor's office said.
On Dec. 14 or 15 the four will fly from New York to Bremer- haven, Germany, where they will board a ship carrying refu¬ gees to this country.
Aboard ship they will inter¬ view the Hungarians with a view to classifying their skills so  that jobs may  be   obtained
others who volunteered for the service, but were not selected," the Governor said.
"I hope that in the future we will be able to assist In the work of helping these brave people in every manner. Their action, I believe, represents the spirit of the people of Pennsyl¬ vania, who have manifested their willingness to do every¬ thing possible to aid the victims
for them as quickly as possible, of Communist oppression."
4-Monfh-Ofd Puppy Leads Posse To His Lost I'Year-Old Master
TROY, N. H. (IP) — A little black mongrel puppy's shrill barks brought rescuers run¬ ning yesterday to the side of a three-year-old boy who had been lost in the New Hamp¬ shire woods all night.
"I feel good," blonde, blue- eyed Barton Patria told his rescuers, who had awakened him with sirens.
The sirens set off barking by four-month-old Hunter. Barton's pet dog, which had strayed away from home with him Friday.
The boy, who had been the object of a 20-hour search by a platoon of soldiers, 200 vol¬ unteers and two bloodhounds.
was found huddled in a wood¬ land clearing only a mile from home.
Police Chief John Koski said Barton suffered minor frost¬ bite on his fingers and had a slight temperature, but other¬ wise was "okay" despite his night outdoors. The boy was warmly dressed and tempera¬ tures were unseasonably high during the night.
Barton was reported miss¬ ing by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Patria, Friday when he failed to appear for lunch. He had been playing with two of his three brtrthers in the yard of their horn*.
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