Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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46TH YEAR — NO. 45 — 64 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1952
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Speaking of Plowing Coniesi$
Jet Explodes at Air Show; 27 Killed and 63 Injured
Flaming Engine Plumments into Screaming Crowd
FARNBOROUGH, England—A British jet fighter try¬ ing to speed through the super-sonic wall exploded over an airshow here on Saturday, showering the audience of 120,000 with flaming wreckage. At least 27 persons were killed and 6.3 injured. x
The dead included John Derry,> 32, Britain's best known test pilot, and the observer flying with him. They were screaming over the crowd at an altitude of about 1,000 feet, seconds after a power dive in which their De Havil- land 110 jet flew faster than sound when the ship began disintegrating.
...The other 26 victims—^three of them chUdren—^were spectator* who had crowded Ulltop vantage pointa to wstch tbe bis Fam- borough air show.
The   DH-HO   exploded   with   a good  reason  "for   believing  that
America Giving up Hope Of Getting Korean Truce
Bonus for Vets Demanded
^Korea
Firemen s Parade Draws Big Crowd fo Hanover
sickening roar, lobbing engines and other big pieces of wreckage into crowds that were too tightly jammed together even to try to dodge.   Derry's wife saw him die
Late   last   night,   nine   of   the dead—three men,  four women,  a girl and a baby—still had not been identified. Expertit Can't Explain
Two of Britain's top aircraft experts said in a joint statement jthat scientific tests have proved that there is nothing dangerous about supersonic flight as such. They pointed out that DH-llOs have flown faster than sound more than 100 times without bad effects.
The   experts   said   there   Is   no
I
Penna. Democrats Adopt Platform, Open Campaign; Oppose Income Tax
Duryea Tops Prizes At 22nd Convention Of NEP Federation
i    Thousands   of   spectators   wit-
jnessed the annual volunteer fire¬ men's parade yesterday afUrnoon
Ial Hanover township that cli¬ maxed the 22nd annual conven¬ tion of the Northeastern Pennsyl-
I vania  Volunteer   Firemen's   Fed-
leration.
Saturday's accident was associat¬ ed with the supersonic flight which prece,ded it."
However, no one had any other explanation to offer. The experts promised a thorough Investigation by the chief Inspector of accidents to determine tha cause of the tragic crash.
Thirty-five of those injured were taken to hospitals tn seri¬ ous condition, many suffering from critical head Injuries and broken arms and legs. Another 30 were discharged from the hos¬ pital after receiving treatment. Many others wera given minor first aid at the scene.
The spectators were killed when (Continued on Page A-10)
WASHINGTON. — American officials have about given up hope of getting a truce in Korea, tt was learned on Saturday.
They are so pessimistic they now are basing their strategic planning on the probability the present "twilight" war wlU con¬ tinue indefinitely.
A few months ago these same officials said they believed there was at least a 50-50 chance for an armistice. Now they pri¬ vately estimate the odds against It at more than 100 to 1.
They remain convinced, aa they have from the beginning, that the war-weary Chinese and North Korean Reds—and even Russia—would like a truce to put an end to their botched ag¬ gression attempt.
But they now fully realize, aa
they did not before, that the non-forcible repatriation of Red prisoners on which the United Nations has insisted is too bit¬ ter a pill for the Communists to swallow.
As a resut, U. S. experts on Korean strategy see no way out of the deadlock unless Moscow, which can be very unpredicta¬ ble, should suddenly order a truce for some overriding rea¬ son of its own.
The Allies t re therefore busy working on way to meet the problem of a prolonged stale¬ mate. Most important, they are speding the buildup of South Korean forces to shoulder more of the combat load..
Eventually, they hope this way to begin sending UN troops home. But, although the South Korean    soldiers    have    shown
"amazing"     progress,     officials said it will be some time before a troop withdrawal program can be put into effect. Favor Discussion in VN
The Gloomy estimate of the truce prospects has prompted a tentative U. S. decision to favor discussion of the situation in the forthcoming session of the UN General  Assembly.
Details haven't been worked out. But officials indicated this country will ask the assembly to brand the Communists — and possibly even Russia directly— with blame for the truce break¬ down.
During the last assembly a year ago, the United States blocked discussion. It then thought the chances for a truce were good and that debate would  ruin  them.
11 Men Missing
Of bOVemOriSp''' >•> rwo ty winds
Miss Georgia Is Miss America
ATLANTIC CITY. -Neva Langley, a Florida girl masquer¬ ading as "Miss Georgia" in the annual Atlantic City beauty pageant, won the "Miss Amer¬ ica" title  last night.
The   19-year-old   beauty   was
chosen from 52 others from all
A total of 60 pieces of fire ap-   sections   of   the   country.   She
Iparatus from six counties, Lacka-! went into the finals an odds-on
wanna,    Pike,    Wayne,    Susque-1 favorite to win on the basis of
hanna,    Wyoming   and    Luzerne,;  having    won    the    preliminary
       were included in the line of march:  bathing suit  contest  in  a one-
rampsigns yesterday on a P'a'-jheaded by John Wilson, chief of! strapped white suit and a talent form calling for strong civil rightsj^jj^ Hanover Green Fire Depart-, contest with her piano playing, snd  labor  planl<«  and  oppositionij^^p^^^ j^^ tj,p pjjgt 25 years. |      Second was Miss Indiana, Ann
to   a   sales   or    income   Ux   'o^p^i^p. Awarded ! Gamier; third. Miss California,
Ppnnsylvanla. j    parade prizes were awarded as! Jeanne    Shores;    fourth.    Miss
It also Included  a  demand   forij^ug^.g. Alabama,   Gwen   Harmon;   and
bonus for veterans of the Korean:    j,^^    ^^^^^^^   company   in   line,   ""h. Miss Chicago, Jo Hoppe. War.
GENERALASSURES STEVENSON RAPS
H.\RRISBURG — Ppnnsylvanla P^mocrats formally open their ]»52    statewide    and    legislative
I    $50,   largest   company [with  band—Duryea.
U. S. FARMERS
GOP BACKS PARITY ON FARM PRICES
The Democratic State Commit-1    ^^5    largest   company   in   line,idling   the   large   crowd   of   spec tee adopted the 24-point 'l-atementi^.j^j^jj^jj^ band-West Pittston tators. Wilkes-Barre Transit Com
upon   which   the   party's   c^di-     ^^   uniformed band with most dates   will   begin   stumping   the instruments—Ashley. •Ute's «7 counties this week. J35   uniformed band with most
•Itlckotr Dinner members—Blakely.
Th. meeting opened a round ofi $35, uniformed drum and bugle conferences of party leaders and | corps with most InstrumenU- standard-bearets.    climaxed    last] East Scranton.
night  by   a   campaign   "kickoff"!    $35, uniformed drum »nd buglej^^^^^jj-.^j^jj summer and corned
Denounces Democrats For 'Scare' Tactics; Reception 'Cliilly'
KASSON, Minn. — Dwight t>. Elsenhower yesterday promised that Republicans would support farm prices at 90 per cent of par¬ ity tor the next two years whi « working toward "full parity" witn less government control, and ac¬ cused the Democrats of trying tc "scare" farmers into voting Dem¬ ocratic.
The Republican presidential nominee accused the Democrats of "false propaganda" and "acare" tactics for spreading tbe word that a Republican administration would cut down benefits of the present farm law. Charges Scare Tactics
"Fear is being broadcast by the administration and its phony front organizations," he said, "They are
ANY 'SQUIRMING'
CHARLESTON, S. C—A Pana-itaken pin-pointing the SOS mes- manian tanker split in two Satur- sage. The "Gibson Girl" sends day in the offshoot winds of an automatic distress signals foUow- Atlantic hurricane and 10 crew- ed by long dashes, men were missing. Eighteen other Meanwhile, the Coast Guard cut- icrewmen wewre rescued from thelter Travis was ordered to try Iship Foundation Star, but a stub-lagain to remove the doughty cook born ship's cook risked his life to from the battered Foundation Star, remain al>oard the broken wreck- The rescue ship Emu, which pick- age, ed up 18 survivors of the 29-man
Search planes and surface ves- "^ew, tried in vain  for hours to
Sees Eisenhower Set to Plow Under Republican Platform
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Got. Adlai Stevenson received a whooping welcome from Wyoming Demo¬ crats hem laat night as he cat- ried his whirlwind campaign for the presidency Into the west. Tbe     Democratic     presidential nominee flew here from Kasson, Minn., where earlier he had told a crowd of more than 100,000 per¬ sons at the national plowing con¬ test that  his  Republican  oppon¬ ent,  Dwight  D.  Eisenhower,  ap¬ parently decided  "to plow  under the    Republican    platform    alto¬ gether."
He recommended that the peo¬ ple of the west remember in this election   year   that  the   progress
Of Louisiana
Kennon Says 'Time To End Sorry Era In American History'; Others Hint' Same
BATON ROUGE, La.-Oov. ¦Roberl F. Kenno announced Sat¬ urday he will vote for Dwight D. Eisenhower for President Nov. 4, thus becoming the first dissatis¬ fied Dixie Democratic leader to bolt his party openly.
In a dramatic statement endors-, kilocycles, the
ing the Republican nominee, Ken- ,„^5,„,h-,„=.    Hi,f,»..   f,-„,.:„.„ non  denounced    our government
pany detoured its traffic around the parade area
The parade began at the Lee Park area and followed a route trough Lyndwood, finally disband¬ ing In Breslau.
Many   companies   were    repre-  _
r   s   t^iiipaiB..     "  :    '    •      \ u .,,>nted with mummer and corned- trying to"scare'l/Ju Tnto' voting'!°'*•*«'"¦ »««^^^
dinner.    The    principal    speakers!corps with most members-i^iius|,j,j, ^^^j, ^j,ich won the applause not  as  your  conscience  dictates,;"¦"•«   '"   Washington   was   partic- were Democratic  National Chair- Playground, Carbondalc. jof the spectators. | but   as   they   want   you   to   vote.!"•»'"'>' <^"« ^° ^''^^ efforts of Sen.
Mitchell and! »25, best aPPf«|','"«, ""''°,7"*°i . Wilson, a member of the GoodlThey are telling you 'The Repub-iJoseph C. OMahoney in conserva- ,mpany-l. m Hill. f'>™°"^"' ¦^'jil Hose Company, was aided by | licans will pull the rug out from "»"• ""igation and development $23, best appearing ladies  auxi'-ig,,   ^ose   company   fire  chiefs   of under  you.'" ;of water resources.
Uary—Taylor ^o. 1. ,.,,.„, Hanover township, in leading the]    this,   he   said,   is   "bunk,   just! 	
$25,    larges     appearmg   •"d'es I  ^^^^^ | bu„k " . !    MASSON    Minn.-Gov.    Adlai
*"*'''>'i"wannearing   ambulance'    The    convention    which    began|    Addressing   an   audience   esti-'Stevenson   gave   ringing  endorse- $25.  best   appearing   amoumntc ^^_^^^ ^_^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ j^gi mated  at   upwards   of   100,000  at ment to the Democratic farm pro
kind ever held >n  Hanover town-jthe    national    plowing    contest—
wltere Democratic nominee Adlai
seis scoured the rough Atlantic in an area some 135 miles off Charles¬ ton throughout the day without finding a trace of the missing men, including the captain, who aet off in a water-logged lifeboat Hear SOS
But early last night a British trawler, the Loch Doone, reported hearing 306 signals, foUowwed by
of racketeers and influence ped dlers." He said he is going to vote for  Eisenhower "because  I truly believe he is tbe man to steer us away from catastrophe." Kennon  gave positive action to
The Loch Doone said the signal sounded like it come from a "Gib¬ son Girl" emergency radio—the type carried by lifeboats and air¬ planes. Coast    Guard   officials    quickly
the undercurrent of unrest among ;'"'«"sified the search. If three Southern Democrats that has ben!ships can pick up the signals, simmering since the Democratic jt^^y '^'d. a radio "fix" can be national convention. He decided | on his course thre days after Eisenhower concluded an aggres¬ sive tour through the South in a bid to break ita traditional Demo¬ cratic ranks. Time to End Sorry Era
"The time is here to end a sorry era in American history," Kennon said. "The time to put Gen. (Harry) Vaughn out and to put Gen. Elsenhower in: to delouse (Continued on Page A-10)
entice the cook to leave.
Coast Guard cutters and other surface ships continued the search for the 10 missing crewmen into the night and planes were alert¬ ed to set out at dawn Sunday. Mopes For Salvage
The cook apparently was hold> ing out in the hope the ship could be towed to port and his owners vould only have to pay salvage costs instead of losing the ship and cargo. If abandoned, the Founda¬ tion Star would become the prize >f any salvage outfit that could bring her in.
He followed In the tradition of Capt. Kurt Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise, a freighter that fi¬ nally sank after her skipper rode her alone through stormy seas off England  last winter.
Savage Battles Rage Lengtit ot Korean Front
man   Stephen    A.
former   Federal    Judge   Guy    K.| company-^ 1. m Hill, who seeks the U
Bard, Ephrata,
S. Senate seat now held by Repub
lican Sen. EJdward Martin.
The 1952 pUtform planks are similar In many respecU to pre¬ vious pledges which the Demo¬ crats were unable to fulfill be¬ cause of their minority status in the state's legislative chambers. Bonus Extension
Among   the   new   pledges   was
that calling for extension of the
state   bonus    paid    Pennsylvania
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unit- New Milford.
$10, company coming longest distance—Susquehanna.
$10, oldest appearing apparatus —Ashley,   using   an   Ahrens-Fox piston-pumper. Police Lend Aid
Police from various towns In the valley co-operated with the Hanover township police in  han-
hower   ripped   into   the   Truman
administration.  He called It "cyn-
(C^ntinued on Page A-10)
gram yesterday and charged that his Republican opponent Dwight D. Eisenhower apparently "de¬ cided to plow under the Repub¬ lican platfocm altogether." ((Continued on Page A-10)
Flashes of Life
Squeal by Pig Squeals on Men Who Thought if Was in fhe Bag
WEST   HAVEN,    N.    Y.  -- A
squealer put the Balsley brothers behind bars yesterday.
The  squealer  was  a   pig  which 'Brewster and Robert Balsley had; stolen from a state institution and stuffed in a paper bag.
Patrolman John Nolan saw Brewster holding the bag. His suspicions were arftused becauw It was chilly and Brewster had draped his coat over the sac'.t. Nolan poked the bag and the pig squealed. Six months for the Baisleys.
charged a miniature locomotive operated by craft shows at the California State Fair hit him at a crossing "without bell, whlstte or other warning."
Man-Sized
SAfTlAiMENTO, C*lif-~A kid- sized railrnnd is faced v.ith a man-sized   S20 0()0   Inxvsiiit.
Charlett Quer.on.  Bryle. Calif.,
ship.  A total of 350 delegates, rep    _    _,, , ,       „.
resenting 250 fire departments, at-  ^-   Stevenson   also   spoke-Eisen
tended.
New Officers Introduced
A banquet was held in the eve¬ ning at St. Michael's Hall, Bres¬ lau, at which the new officers of the federation were introduced as] follows:
President, James Oakey, Dick¬ son City; first vice president, Olaf Young, Newport; second vice president, Clarence Howells of Taylor; third vice president,! James    Flore,    Archbald;    fourth!
vice president, Charies Ross, Du-     WASHINGTON — Defense   Sec-|    6.-Create   "no  addiUonal  inde pont.
Recording secretary, Harry Armstrong, Taylor; corresponding secretary, (3erald Quinn, Wyo¬ ming; treasurer, Franklin Clover, Lake Winola; delegate to state convention, Joseph Quinn, Arch- (Continued on Page A-10)
Armed Forces Ordered To Merge Purchase Plans; Change May Save Billions
Valley Scene
South Franklin street resi¬ dent washing his car with ffarden hose during last week's heavy rainstorm and then puzzliPff neigbo-rs bu using deep mud puddle to dip chamois during wipe-off job.
Plymouth's three-year rec¬ ord of no raffie, fatalities nearly shattered yesterday afternoon when a farmer po¬ liceman stepped into the path of automobile and narrowly escaped death.
Two Ashleji seeond-graders having a heated argument as one prodded the other abont having "more books to take home than you."
By Victor Kendriok
TOKYO. Sunday.—The Commu¬ nists threw a near-record artillery and motar borrage into United Nations lines today and sent sav¬ age Infantry attacks against Allied defenses.
when today's results are tabulated. Cloae Fighting
Some 600 communists supported by the blistering artillery stormed three allied -held hills west of the truce village of Penmunjom, to be repulsed by bayonet and fist- swinging U.  N.  troops after  two
Enemy infantrymen struck with]hours of combat screaming fury near Panmunjom |    vicious   fighting   continued
to
on the western front, near Capitol Uhe east, meanwhile, on the blood Hill   on   the   central   front,   the go^^g^j g, „f gunj^g^ ^111, but
'sandbag castle" area on the east¬ ern front and at Bunker Hill on the western front.
Intensity Mounts
As ground fighting all along the 155-mile battlefront mounted in intensity near that of the ."iwlrling air battles of recent weeks, the Communists unleashed in those three areas alone 21,000 mortar and artillery shells.
The record artillery barrage was set Aug. 9 when Oimmunlst gun¬ ners sent ?1.688 rounds ripping Into U. N. positions". Allied officers I the same bleak area the Corn- speculated total shellfire across jmunlsts failed to reach the hlll- the front may exceed that mark crest before falling back.
there were no immediate Allied dispatches on the extent of the battle.
After a Red battalion assaulted the first hill west of Panmunjom shortly after midnight and was thrown back, a company-siie at¬ tack upon another hill succeeded in overrunning UN positions.
But a vicious Allied counter¬ attack broke the enemy attack and the Communist foot soldiers retreated, "carrying away their wounded."   In a third assault In
Fine Was Easier 	
MARIETTA,  Okla.-Three  Ard-1—— "
more,    Okla.,    men    had   to   Pay|p|JTSTON   POLICEMAN
Sg"*"but poIice'laidlhe'CylBADLY BURNED USII\IG
trio  seemed   happy   about ««""'S|q/^S0LII\1E TO  CLEAN
The three men "seemed glad t0| a Pittston police officer, Sam see us" Sheriff Horton Bone said, (Bing) Bossoc, 42, of 85 Pine when he and deputies arrested street. Pittston, was admitted at them  as  they   docked  their  boat
retary Robert A. Lovett yesterday j pendent or expanded supply facll- ordered the armed forces to begin Ities for common-use standard merging their purchase and sup-! stock Items . . . without prior ply systems and cut down oni approval" by Lovett's office, waste which congressional watch-i i^vett Informed the military dogs have estimated at billions establishment that other dlrec- annually. tlvea will- follow  as   fast  as  they
In tht- first of a sene.s of direc- can be put into effect, tivcs.   I.^vett   ordered   the   Army.     ,j,j^^ Pentagon disclosed Lovett's Navy and Air Force to: "
Big Saturday In Baseball
It happened fast and furious yesterday—In baseball.
In a relentless double-header sweep reminiscent of their drive *o the 1951 pennant, the New York Giants trimmed the Brook-
'Finest Gentlemen I ever Met' Says Woman W/io Served Ike and Adlai
Today's /fi.si/e
< limsifird    :   .   B—11
i;dKor!iil      U—(i
Keature Page  B—^
Movies   O—»
Obituary   A—-10
Radio   C—«
iltocial  ...„  C—I
Sports  B—1
yesterday
"There werf 10 or 12 fishermen ,who had been splashed and were I just waiting to get their hands on Ithem," Bone said
No Wonder
PITTSBURGH — .4ll^gben.v county officials figured the.v need a drawbridge over the Ohio  Klver near  here.
A derrick barge got stuck un¬ der the Fleming Park Bridge for (Continued on Page A-10)
4:50 yesterday afternoon to Pitts ton Hospital for reatment of sec¬ ond degree burn.s.
He  was  cleaning  washing  ma chine   parts   in  the   cellar  of   his home  with gasoline when the in¬ cident  occurred.   Pittston   firemen were summoned and u.scd a lK)ast-| slocks wherever practical.
1.—Let one service do the buy¬ ing for all wherever it means a "net advantage"  to the taxpayer.
2.—"Vigorously" expedite lag¬ ging work on a single supply cat¬ alogue for the entire military establi.shment, as ordered by Con
lyn Dodgers, 6-4 and 7-3, to ad- directive within hours after one; vance to within four games of investigating subcommittee re-; the National League lead, ported scoring a billion dollar; When most fans were discus- victory for taxpayers over the Air] sing the Giants' sweep, the Phil- Force. I adelphia Phillies turned up with Chairman   Herbert   C.   Bonner'  a   thrilling   7-6,   17-innlng   trl-
^^           (D-N.C),  of  the'House   subcom-i  umph in the first game of their
greys' At least"""l5~'separate oata-''"'^'^*'^ "" executive expenditures,! twi-night program with the logueJs- some of which embrace! reported top Air Force officials: Braves, bringing Robin Roberts dozens of volumes—are now in'had promised to abandon plans to; his 23rd triumph, thanks to use j create  their   own   supply   system.*  Del Ennis'homer.
3.'-Standardize   common   use Even In the face of House warn-
items,   such   as   beds,   jeeps   and'i"K8   earlier,   the   Air  Force   had
offi-e .supplies |been  charged by the subcommit-
4.-Share their warehouses and!tee with going ahead on  its own
["supply     empire' — especially    '"
By ¦VIRS. CLARA SNOW As told to United Press
KASSON, Minn—Tve just had dinner with two of the finest gentlemen I've ever met. |
I   didn't   serve   them   anything
tomatoes,   apple   pie   and   coffee. Mr. Eisenhower said he waa aw¬ fully tired but he thought the din¬ ner was awfully good. Both lUiJoyed Meal Both of them said they enjoyed
-Relieve pressure  on  civilian i ^"rope.
er   pump   to   extinguisii   a   blaiej    5. . .      , ,       .
which  had  engulfed   tho   wasliing buyers by considering market ef-     Most congressional attention m machine. .„   | fficts   bofore   placing   order.s.    In
He suffered burns of Un- riglitisome cases, Lovett said, they may arm right ear, and right side of want to "phase" either orders or the face. The hospital reported his delivery dates to lessen the Im- conditlon as good. pact on the civilian economy.
the session just past, however, was on the single supply eatalogue. House experts said up to (5 billion a year would be aaved hy a "uni¬ fied" catalogue.
This Phils' victory made en- thuslsistic fans forget about the A's twin loss to the Boston Red Sox.
But as the midnight hour was reached the Yankees were back in the win column at the ex¬ pense of the Washington Sena¬ tors, S-2, and continued ahead of the victorious Tribe.
Details  on  Sports  Pages
special, just a plain old-fashioned country meal. Mr. Eisenhower came first, so he got the hot din¬ ner right of^ the stove. We had to serve Mr. Stevenson cold chick¬ en sandwiches, sliced tomatoes and deep-dish apple pie, but I thought it waa just as good as the hot meal. Weeks of Prepsiratlon
I've spent weeks working up to this day and it's been worth every minute of it. When I heard that Mr.  Eisenhower was  planning to
the meal very much and I certain ly enjoyed having them. I thought Governor Stevenson's son, Borden, waa a very nice young man. I saw my daughters, Betty and Joyce on either side of him. Betty Is 15 years old and Joyce la 1«.
Both Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Stevenson were perfect gentlemen at the table. I'd be glad to have them back any time. I recall one thing Mr. Stevenson said which I thought was funny. All the pho^ tographers were let in and the room was filled with flashing have dinner with us I said I just|bulbs. He said "1 never knew any- have to have Governor Steven-lone eating could be so interest- son, too, but it was a httle hard'ing."
to serve them both  on the same!    Mr.  Stevenson  said  he  thought day. my cold chicken sandwiches wert i
For   Mr.   Eisenhower   we   hadiwondertul.  He   appeared   to  b«  a • fried   chicken,   mashed   potatoes, little bimgry, too, sine* heat* corn, gravy, cabbage salad, sliced [well.