Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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51ST YEAR — NO. 37 — 66 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1957
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kussia Accuses U.S. Of Threatening Peace In Arming Soufh Korea
M 0 S C 0 W (IP) — Rus.sia last nighl accused the United States of tlireatening peace in the Far East by its decision to bring modern arms and planes into South Korea.   —	
A government state¬ ment denounced tlie deci- .lion of the United Nation.s Command in Korea la.st month to scrap the ban on importing new weapons to Korea
The UN Command said it de¬ rided to build up its armed forces because the North Koreans and Chinese Commu¬ ni.st* had illegally brought new weapons into North Korea in violation  of the  IS.'i.T  armstice.
Denies Northern Buildup
The Soviet statement asked what situation would arise if the Communiists side "on its part also started to introduce into North Korea new types of armaments."
Volunteer fire Companies Check Blaze At West Side Lumber Firm
Leader Charges Budget Needed No New Taxes
Governor Says GOP 'Gave' Big Utilities Over $18 Million
H A R R I S B U R G (IP) —Gov. George M. Leader jcliarged tliat tiie Republi- rharges of a Red buildup injcan-controlied General As- North Korea. |sembly could have financed It charged that the United'nearly all of his legislative pro- States military authorities "have|gram without adding new taxes been systematically pursuing a if it had not "given awav" more policy bf undennining the armi-jthan $18,000,000 to big utilities, stice in Korea." | Leader said the Legislature's The statement reviewed the GOP leaders "cannot hide the U. N. Command decision to can-|real facts." "They bent the knee eel paragraph no of the armi-'o the big lobbyists and exempt- stice   agreement    under   which|Cd   the   power   companie.s.   the
The statement denied Western Red   buildup   in
West Side volunteer firemen are seen bringing under control a sawdust storage bin blaze that threatened Steinhauer Lumber Co. yard and mills yesterday afternoon at Lu¬ zeme.—(Photo by Chukinas)
both sides agreed not to increasejrailroads.  the  •nipouiiaing  con-i      .     eeneral    alarm    was « engaged in the  manufacture! said it was not determined how or   modernize   their   armaments cerns   and   the   telephone   com- »      vPst^rHav   aftpr \of store fixtures, with a majorlthe fire surted.  The bins, used
in the divided country. pany from paying the sales tax;.sounaea   ye.steraay   aiier-        .^^ ^^ .^^ production being for the storage of sawdust and
Hit. D«f«na« Dewirtment "" "ia"y "^ces.^ities which theyinoon when fire broke out f^r f. W. Woolworth Co. The wood chips from production de-
It conipltined^haT the U   S ?^'"''    ••        ""^""^'y  consumer.jn the sawdust bins of the'company  plans to resume nor- partments of the  plant, are lo-
Defense  Deoartment   simuitanp      -T-ty.   i-      .   -»   .1,. -.imi'ling plant of tha George P.,mal operations tomorrow. cated next to the boiler room
ousfv   announced   tha^  r^odemLhaleful ^v«^^^ Co..   Inc..   23o'Fac.i    Traffic on Union  St.. a main but no fire was in the furnace
Filipinos Want U. S. Seaman Bad for Trial
Was Indicted
For Auto Crash;
Home, Discharged
MANILA (IP)—Angry Filipinos led hy the mayor of Manila staged an anti-j American demonstration yesterday over the Philippine's counterpart of .lapan's cele¬ brated Girard case.
The demonstrators demanded the return and trial of a former U. S. sailor who was sent back to America and discharged after auto accident charges were lodged against him here.
About 2,000 demonstrators, most of them students, gathered m downtown Manila Plaza, a mile from the U. S. embassy for an orderly rally that at times sounded more iike an all- out Philippine political meeting than an anti-Amrican protest.
Attack On Garcia
Manila    Mayor    Arsenio    H Ltcson is runtiing for president i!"\'
Siari of Homeward Rush This Afiernoon Expecied To Push 270 Toll Higher
By UNITED PRESS
Cautious elation was expre.ssed by the National Safety Council iast night because of a drop-off in the rate of traffic deaths on the third day of the nation's
 «Foiirth of July celebration
Safety official.':, how. ever, were not overly opti¬ mistic, realizing the worst may yet come in the homeward crush of highway traffic Sunday afternoon and night
A   spokesman   for   the   safety
Humphrey Says Steel Price Hike Arrogant Move
Says Explanation Lot of Nonsense; Hints at Controls
WASHINGTON (IP) —Sen. Hubert H. Humph¬ rey (D-Minn.) said yes¬ terday the steel industry's argument that higher wage forced the recent $6 a ton steel price increase is 'a lot of pl.Tin. unadulterated nonsense."
He said the increases were an invitation  to federal  price con-
of the Philippines^in the Novem-j' „, ^. „„   ,. . ,, .,   .  „   ,„.,
ber elections   He was the chief .."""^f^^rey said that since 194.'i
the   rally,   and   ^"^^^   industry s   income   has
oratorical   guns
speaker   at
turned   his
much   on   President   Carlos   P.
Garcia as on the U. S.
The reason for the rally, how¬ ever, was the case of George E Roe of Clio. Mich.   While serv .. ling as a  sailor at the  LangleyJEisenhower's "'° I Point   Naval   SUtion   near   Ma-jand labor
[.-iLiio industry's income nas in creased $3 for every $1 in added labor costs.  He  said  the  three
Defense    aides.     Smoke
would belof economy."       " ,    0"e  fireman  was Injured
'    "The Republican leaders made Luzerne volunteers, assisted by Civil
false claim that they held the '^''"'P*™** ^'^"^ Kingston, Swoy-jcould be seen at a considerable ne  on  taxes    That  is  untrue !«'''ville and Pringle, brought the distance and a large number of,
jflames   under   control   in   lessjpeople converged on the scene, j than an hour, Frank Gaiteri,
and other armaments shipped to Korea.
".A  spokesman  of  the  U.   S a Defense Department also stated|line
that American divisions in South.The sales tax which I .signed so Korea would be equipped withircluctantly in 19.56 provided atomic weapons." it said :that the rate would drop from, j     , .        x .u i     -
Western rharons that thr"* '<> 2% On June 1. 19.57. The man. received a laceration of thei ren Ave.. Kingston, a partner Communists had been m<^erni7 ' "''^^ Legislature did not hold right hand and was treated atijn the firm with Walter Stein- Communists had been moderniz-^l^.^  line   Instead  it  raised  the Nesbitt   Memorial   H o s pi t a I,|hauer  of   Shavertown,   said   an
[investigation   was   being   made
'Damage of About $5,000
a Luzeme fire-|    George   P.   Steinhauer,
War-
ins  snd  expanding  their  arma-     ,     .      ^    ,  .   n~   ,.   , .- „„ f™
ments in North Korea have hewn'^*^** '^^ •'"^'^ *° ¦'%• "^''*"'¦*l'^'"^^''*" , „
"disproved hv the facts" it said  exacted a cigarette tax that was;    The damage was confined to to determine the extent of the -rt,   in   . n,     , t    originally   voted   for   an   emer- a   two-story  cement-waTIed  dn-ldamage. He estimated the dam-
ine western moves, tne s ate-:gg„(,y period only." nex at the southwest comer ofjage would be about $.5,000
Workers Leave Plant
The flames belched from the doors and windows of the cor¬ ner structure and broke through the roof before being spotted at .3:15 P. M. by Mrs. Margaret Chukinas, who resides next door. She summoned the Lu¬ zeme firemen.
Engines 1, 2 ^nd 3 of Luzeme responded scene and
nila.
near Roe was charged with in
biggest steel producers have incrAsed their sales 105% in profits after taxes  186%.
He   said   the   price   increase;
came on the heels of President
plea  for   industry
to act voluntarily to
cut inflationary pressures.
council, which had predicted 535 auto fatalities by midniaht Sunday, said the deaih rate was running "about even " with nor¬ mal traffic for the same num¬ ber of days at this time of year.
At midnight, the Ui^ited Press registered 270 deaths on iie nation's roads. Added to them were 1153 deaths by drowning, two caused by fire¬ works, 13 in plane crashes and 42 in miscellaneous accidents to boost the total fataJity count to 480.
California counted 24 high¬ way dead, the worst figure in the tally by states. New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio had 20 traffic deaths apiece. Texas 18, Michigan 15, Oklahoma 13, Illinois II and Indiana 10.
"The toll still is running at approximately the non-holiday toll for the same number of hours at this time of year," said Ned H. Dearborn, pr« * dent of the Safety Council.|
"We repard ths as gratif> and compliment the drivers traffic enforcement officers.
"Let's keep it up,' Dearborn
said.
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"In
iuring  a  Filipino  woman  in   a traffic accident January 1, 1956.
Protest to U. S.
In a note of protest to the U.   S.  last   Sunday,  the   Philip pine    government    complained that the Navy gent Roe back to the U.  S. and gave him a dis
charge despite the fact he hadifiu"enced by'theTresIdent's ex been indicted. pressed   reluctance   to   impose
The    Filipino    demonstrators pnce and wage controls at this
        time.
"Of   course   government   con
....    -   r.      _     .J    .. 1    ^ normal four-day  period  at
flouting   the   PresidenfsUhis   time   of   year,   thr council
plea for self-restraint the leader-l3ai<j_   ^^nld Recount  for  about
465 traffic deaths. For the first
ship of the steel industry has demonstrated an economic ar¬ rogance that is shocking to the American public," Humphrey said.
He said business leaders "ap¬ pear  to  have  been  unduly  in
and   were    on    the want Roe returned for trial be in action before emjdm^m ^Mnmn -court for injuries
60 hours of the period, a council spokesman said, about 250 per¬ sons woufd have lost their lives on the nation's roads.
Worst highway disaster fnr t'he Independence Day holiday occurred near Copemish, Mich., where seven persons were killed and three others injured in an auto-truck collision
A    two^ar    collision     near
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ment said, "disclose more clear¬ ly the aim  of  American  rulin circles to impede  an easing international tension in the Far East."
The United States was ac¬ cused of trying to establish "atomic units" in the Far East which would intensify the "threat to the cause of maintain¬ ing peace in the Far East "
Russian Policy Not Changing
|the plant. The Steinhauer firml "Luzerne Fire Chief Ken Heidel' (Continued on Page 2, Sec. 1)
ployees  of  the  Steinhauer firm|ca'used to Roman Ortiz thl^ough|trote in peacetime are anathema]i.o"e^Q'"J^_''g'(,jj>ynted Tor three
Aircraft Bngine Probe Ordered
House to Vote On Gi Trials
WASHINGTON (IPI — House investigators are going to try to determine whether the aircraft engine industry is making ex¬ cessive profits on military con¬ tracts. I
Chairman F. Edeard Herbert! (DLa.) of a Hou.se Armed Serv¬ ices Subcommittee announced vesterday the inquiry will start
July 15 with testimony from—^»e lloiise yesterday companies which have engine appeared liliely to pass contracts with the Air Force or legislation  demanding  an
Will Support Ban
In Foreign Lands
WASHLNGTOxN (IP) -The
LONDON warned  the
since   he   left   office   and   the ,.Navy. end to foreign  trials of Amer- great  of both  political   parties,
(IP)—Russia!    Herbert pointed out that both ,(.an  troops.   Sponsors   hope  to of civic institutions, and of the West   vester-i^'^fe"^ ¦""* spend about $2,-bring it to Uie floor Wednesday, nation's educational lifa shared
$27 Million Truman Library Is Dedicated
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (iPl^-The Harry S. Tru¬ man Library here was dedicated yesterday in cere monies that fulfilled the ultimate dream of an ama¬ teur historian who.se career took him from a ^lissouri
cornfield   to   the   White 	
House.
It was the former Presi dent's biggest "day in the sun"
alleged "reckless imprudence." I to all  of us who beieve  in ajjeaths. * "^ 'free and competitive system of'
private enterprise," Humphrey said. "But irresponsible price boosts cannot and will not be indefinitely tolerated. Remedial action will be necessitated."
Business leaders should un¬ derstand that in failing to meet I their social responsibilities, they| are issuing an invitation for gov
Methodists Ask structure Study
Has Big Day
1500,000,000 a year for plane en-
113 Homes Buried
day that the ouster of the,^j^j Stalinist leaders will not ^    _ result In any "compromise" on Soviet foreign policy.
Wiestern   diplomats   took   the ,       , I       J  fj
warning  broadcast  by  Moscow In   JapOH   Landslide
Ilm!f.4m1nl'^f"''tr T^^'Jif' SAGA. Japan (*-A mountain temperament of the now all- ¦ j weakened hv tf>pr».ntial powerful Nikita S. Krushchev toi*'"*    weakened    by    torrential
mean the West may be in for some surprising shocks in inter- nationtal relations in the future. An English-language broad¬ cast over the official Soviet ra¬ dio said it is "entirely unjusti¬ fied" for the West to hope for a "certain compromising atti¬ tude in Soviet foreign policy."
'Clarification'
Commentator Anatoly Bobrow said Western newspaper ac¬ counts of the possible diplo-| matic effect on the ouster of' Molotov, Malenkov and Kagano- vich "need clarification."
He said publicly ekpresscd hopes that the new Soviet lead-j ership would soften foreign policy are groundless.
Up to West
"The Soviet Union has always been willing to meet the West halfway," he said. "But it is up to the West to act in similar fashion." '
Indications are that Krushchev will go all out to revive the! Soviet peace campaign and im-^ prove East-West relations while he consolidates his regime and; masters an Internal economic! crisis.
controversial "status of forces' agreements  on  foreign  trial  of servicemen,    sponsors    of    the measure said. - ,    . _,     Members reported no sign of
[*'_"*.^^T J?^^. y.^i!!:'*fy..*".'! any  such  drive  by the  admin-
Onlv   a   major   White   House it with him. drive "to Vina up RepubUcan op- Momentous Decision! position can  atop the congres-     Chief Justice Earl Warren of sional    campaign    against    thejthe    United     States    Supreme
Court,   a   Republican,  paid  tri¬ bute to Truman and  the many momentous   decisions   he  made in an era of crisis. In   the   principal   dedicatory
buried  13 homes under tons of;
istration. beyond la.st Tuesday's
earth, rock and uprooted trees.|j,"j3(g^pnts by Secretary of De- Six persons were reported miss- fp^g^ Charles E. Wilson and Un- mg^ and feared dead. _       dersecretary of State Christian|
Three-hundred police and fire-
eV Herter.  Wilson warned that
men  were mobilized to dig for any"att«nptV to"renegotiate the
thp   hiiried •' .....    --j   j-
the buried.
The landslide hit a small com¬ munity in the suburbs of Imari in Japan's southernmost island of Kyushu.
Marine Brig Guard Upheld in Shooting
CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C. OFI —A court of inquiry ruled yesterday that a Marine base brig guard was "following or¬ ders" when he killed • pris¬ oner who was attempting to escape.
The court found Pfc. John T. Dye, the guard, "complied fully" with existing regula¬ tions before firing on Pvt. Gilorma G. Romagnola, 17, of Niagara Falls. N. Y. A Marine base spokesman said Romag¬ nola had been convicted thre* times by courts martial for violating  regulations.
Cop for Partner
Former Jewish Mayor of Dublin May Sell Irish Blankets in U.S.
aereements would fail, and de¬ nunciation of the pacts would result in the wrecking of Amer¬ ica's overseas defense bases.
There was speculation here that no top level administi^tion fight will ^ JPI^^ ,^^^^,^1^^ ""^^^ ?^:f^:l*ahw'."wouTd!United   States   govemment
WASHINGTON (W—The Meth¬ odist   Church   announced   here
yesterday it has scheduled pub- _      „. ^_
lie   hearings   in   24   cities   nextjemment intervention,""he said Fall on the "strength of weak¬ nesses"    of    its    jurisdictional structure, including racial segre¬ gation.
A 70-member commission headed by Rev. Dr. C. Cooper Bell. Lynchburg, Va., has been authorized to make a four-year study of the various problems The public hearings are part of this study.
The commission was created last year at the Methodist Gen¬ eral Conference, the church's main legislative body, and di¬ rected to report its findings at Denver in I960.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
CHICAGO (IPi — Robert Briscoe, former lord mayor of Dublin, Ireland, may estab¬ lish a blanket business at Chi¬ cago.
Briscoe won world-wide recognition last year when he became the Irish city's Jew¬ ish mayor.
During his stop here, while making a seven-week tour of the U. S., Briscoe met Chi¬ cago detective Gerald Mc¬ Carthy.
Today, McCarthy received a   poU   card   trom   Bruu>e,
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written two days after he had lost the mayor's job, in a draw, stating his interest in setting up business here.
The post card read;
"Gerald, as you may have read. I am no longer lord mayor, so as per our chat while visiting Chicago. I am asking if you will be able to assist me in obtaining a busi¬ ness in your charming city. I hope you liked the Irish blanket. Can you get me loina orders for tbem?"
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The idea, presumably be to give House members a chance to let off steam against the administration on the polit¬ ically explosive case of GI Wil¬ liam S. Girard, thus reducing the chances of an attack on the foreign aid appropriation bill.
Congress Ends Effort io Cui Soil Subsidies
WASHINGTON OP—Congress put a stop order yesterday in the path of administration plans to cut back on soil conservation subsidies to farmers.
The administration wanted] drastically to curtail the 1958 subsidies for certain conserva¬ tion practices and drop others outright. That would add to the already huge stocks of govern¬ ment-owned surplus crops.
But Congress reacted quickly after the administration's quiet¬ ly-drafted plans came to light when a secret Agriculture De¬ partment    memorandum    came! Amusement Four
into the hands of several con-l Around the Town..Three gressmen. 1 Better English Two
A    Senate-House    conferencejCity Hall News ....Three
committee, repoating on a com-Classified  Six
promise   multi-billion   d o 11 a ri County News Three
Agriculture   Department   appro-!Crossword Puzzle...Six
priation   bill,   said   "flood   andjDrew Pearson Three
drought conditions in  much of Editorial Three
the  nation  make  it  imperative! Frank Tripp Three
that all  1957 conservation pro-j Home of the Week Six firams b« continued." lHous« Doctor Six
il O'Connor, president of the . - i     r\     m.
ary foundation, presented the, Veneiuela  UUStS
address, Warren described the former President as a man of action, "Tireless, fearless and decisive."
The library, Warren said, "is destined to become a midwest- em center of study and re¬ search, not only for the period of Mr. Truman's presidency, hut also for the whole complex pic¬ ture of events surrounding it." Presented by O'Connor
The library, valued along with its contents at $21,000,000, pass¬ ed formaUy to ownership of the
as Bas
library foundation, presented deed to the building and land to . ••        c
Franklin    G.     Floete.    General Argentine cnVOy Service Administration.  Trutnani    CARACAS,    Venezuela presented   his  papers  and   his-' torical    mementoes    to    Floete. who. accepted them in behalf of the govemment.
The largest group of national figures ever to assemble here at-i„.,.    .,„ .,. , ^.„:„„ ;». ^„ tended   the   ceremonies   in   the|y**'<^'^^y "^^f <=*''""« "» "^ modemistic  library,   built  fromja^bassador home from Buenos public   donations  totaling   moreiAires
than the $1,750,000 cost of the! The Foreign Ministry commu- structure, for which the city ofinique announcing the move said. Independence contributed thelhowever, that Venezuela has site. Among them were formerlnot broken diplomatic relations President Herbert Hoover andjwith Argentina. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, one- a formal communique ac time members of Truman's cabi-cused Toranzo of "deliberately" net, congressional leaders ofirefusing to take part in Vene- both parties; governors of more.zuelan Independence Day cele- than half a dozen states, andjbrations and taking a "disre- the heads of numerous institu- spectful attitude towards Vene- tions of higher learning, zuelan authorities."
4 Die as Plane Explodes In Air
SANFORD. Fla. (IP—An A.3D Douglas twin-jet bomber ex¬ ploded in the air and crashed last night carrying its four crew- members to their deaths.
The plane crashed near th« edge of Silver l.ake outside of Sanford between a Boy Scout camp and a residential section. The crash took place in a area between the two sites.
Spokesmen at the Sanford Naval Air Station to which the plane had been attached said the craft had been practicing landings.
Ji^le wooded
Venezuela    declared Anrbassador     Carios Montero persona non grata and ordered him out of the country
(m_l    An eyewitness told authorities Ithat he saw  the plane  explode Argentine] jn   ...
Plane Crash Kills Father, Hurts 2 Tots
F.RIEVILLE, N. Y. OPI—A man was killed and his two children were injured when their plane crashed yesterday into a lake seconds after takeoff. The pilot also was hurt.
State Police said the plane, a single-engined Aeronca pontoon craft, nosedived into the water about 46 seconds after taking off from Tuscarora Lake, near the victim's vacation cabin.
The dead man was identified as Robert W. Clark of Syracuse. Reported in serious condition at Syracuse Memorial Hospital were his two children, Cindy, five, and William, 10, and the pilot, William B. Kittner of Camillus.
Father Sues To Be at Birth
the air before it plummeted Toranzolto the ground with its forwardj section in flames.
Names of the four crewmem bers were withheld pending no¬ tification to next of kin.
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
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How Can 1 ???.... Four 2
Look and Learn ... One 12
Obituary One 8
Politics Three 6
Radio  Four 8
Robert C. Ruaric ... Three 7
2i State Capital Two lOj
State News Two II
Sporta Three l-5l
TV Four 8
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Valley Scenes
Group of angrlfared teen¬ age bays leavivg rhurrh mfft- ing and heivg r^nfronted at door by poUremnn who wnnt- td to know "who threw that firecracker out the windowi"
Father telling familj/ it wa$ "impossible" to bark family ear between tree and hark pore-h to load cottage furniture, but returning home, hour later to see oar being loaded in "impossible" spot whee it had been driven by 10-year-old son- Courtly lookivg old gen¬ tleman on Wyoming Ave., Kingston, "sniping" half- smoked cigar av/i lighting up after placing it in expensive looking eigar holder.
ROCHESTER. N. Y. OPI— Thomas W. O'Connell. a law¬ yer, is suing the Highland Hospital for permission to be present in the delivery room when his wife gives birth to another child shortly.
O'Connell, father of two children, started the action in state supreme court because of the hospital's rule prohibit¬ ing husbands from being with their wives during delivery.
Hurricane Data Not Adequate
WASHINGTON OP)
—Sen. Allfn .!.• F^IIender said la.st night the havoc of Hurricane .Audrey clearly shows the need for "some improvements in our hurricane warning system."
The Louisiana Democrat join¬ ed—to a lesser extent—criticism of the U. S. Weather Bureau voiced by his colleague, Sen. Russell  B. Long (D.-U).
Ellender said in his weekly radio broadcast over a New Orleans station that "gererally speaking, the weather bureau did a commendable job" in warn¬ ing inhabitants of the low-lying Louisiana coastal areas which took the savage brunt of ths hurricane.
Better Tracking
However, he said, "There fs some room for improvement" and "better methods of track¬ ing gulf storms must be de¬ vised."
Workers have recovered 811 bodies in southwest Louisiana. Some 116 persons still are miss¬ ing.
Long charged after a visit to the hard-hit Cameron la., area that the weather bureau was guilty of failing to give resi¬ dents of the coastal regions enough warning tine.
Ellender. also in Louisiana, said the weather bureau appar¬ ently lost track of the hurri¬ cane.
No Explanation
Sisters' Suicide Pact Fails As One Is Pulled From Ocean
MIAMI BEACH (IP — Two middle-aged New York sisters plunged into the surf fully clothed to carry out a suicide pact, authorities disclosed yes¬ terday.   One drowned.
Sgt. Pat Gallagher, sheriff's deputy, said the surviving sis¬ ter. Dorothy Englestein. 50, told him she and her sister, Frances, 54, had made the pact. They walked into the ocean near their hotel about 10:20 P. M.
One Comes Back
Williani Clark, a guest at another hotel, plunged into the water and pulled out Frances. Dorothy floundered in the surf and finally came back to shore unharmed.
With the aid of bystanders, Clark attempted to administer artificial respiration to Fran¬ ces.   A doctor summoned to
the scene performed an emergency operation in an attempt to clear water from the woman's lungs, but prt)- nounced her dead at 10;55 P. M. No Explanation
Gallagher said he was un¬ able to obtain a clear explan¬ ation from Dorothy as to why the sisters agreed to commit suicide.
Miami Beach police re¬ vealed that Frances Englestein apparently had attempted to jump from the roof of her hotel the day before she drowned.
A hotel employee told po¬ lice he had been called to the roof to break up a reported fight, but found Frances En¬ glestein sitting on the roof ledge with her sister, holding her tightly around the waist to keep her from jumping off.
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