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tartling New Evidence Expected in Roberts' Case
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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47TTT YEAR —NO. 16 — 62 PAGES
it May or May Not Be Jhe Weapon
Complete Secrecy Guarding Plans of District Attorney; Jury Hears Wire Tap
Police circles buzzpd last night with reports that the common¬ wealth may introduce a hcadliner- loading developnirnt into the Robert* murder trial this week that would be "on a par" with the mneh-discussed murder weapon. ^ ..li waa determined without a ^ Jt that only the top personal- \iak m the prospcution guarded the details of any »uch new de¬ velopment—and they were guard- InK it closely.
One police aurce, who revealed ^jkat little he l<new of things do- ^ft: in the prosecution camp, said that even If he knew more he wmild not disclose it because that would be unfair to everyone work¬ ing on the case. Thnught Not the Gun
Those who would talk were of the opinion that any big break would not center on a weapon.
What would it be? That was the $64 question and the answers raiiired from .something in the re¬ cordings yet to be played to a aurprise witness. But they all were jam juppositions.
Reporters started to track down reports of a new development that were heard shortly after court wsn adjourned yesterday after¬ noon at 1:20 until tomorrow j morning at B. I
At the time of adj4ournment,] the prosecution, headed by Dis-j trict Attorney Louis G. Feldmann, | merely indicated that the only! evidence in sight was the playing! back of six remaining tapes made when police Interviewed Roberts in his room at tJeneral Hospital. Talks to riweetheart
Yesterday a hushed courtroom listened to what the prosecution claimed was tbe recorded voice of
onah Roberts, 4«, of EWwards-
ille, talking to Frances Allen, 24, Shickshinny, his alleged sweet- art, two days after Roberts' wife was slain on a lonely road in the Bear Creek area.
The jury of seven women and five men, with Judge J. Harold Flannery, heard a wire-tapped re¬ cording, allegedly a telephone con¬ versation Roberts, a textile fac¬ tory machinist, had from his hos¬ pital room with Misa Allen, an attractive, blonde oo-worker.
The prosecution charges that Roberts killed his wife, Mary, 43. for his love for Miss Allen, and then wounded himself to disguise ths crime. Hn Blames Hitchliikers
Roberts himself maintains his wife was killed by two hitchhikers they picked up in Scranton as
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1953
UNITED PRESS
Wire New* Serrtc
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Cpl. John L. Fonzo, Exeier, Has Audience wiih Pope Pius
Corporal John L. Fonio, center, of Exeter, kneels at the feet of Pope Pius XII at a special audience given by His Holiness for a group of American citizens and servicemen.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fonio, Memorial Avenue, Exeter, Corporal Fonzo is stationed In Germany with the Army. The Fonzo family are parishioners of St. Anthony's Church, Exeter.
A brother, Gerald Fonzo, is studying for ths priesthood at the Oblate House of Studies in West PitUton.
HARRISBURG — The state's "Little Hoover Committee" yester¬ day said "It is virtually impossible to obtain an accurate picture of the financial condition of the Commonwealth."
The economy-minded group rec¬ ommended that the present ac¬ counting methods of the state be junked, and an Accountant-Gen
they took a drive In their newt "al's Department be s«t up to
automobile on the balmy evenlngltake over much of Pennsylvania,
of last June 10 I bookkeeping.
The jury and spectators yester-i At Pre""t the state's financial
day strained to understand the|affsirs are handled by the Audi
words "Spoken In the recordings
True Picture of State's Finances Is 'Impossible'
'Little Hoover' Finds Public Distrust Aroused—Would Junk Ancient Methods, Install New Department to Handle Job
words which were muffled and ¦omstlmes so garbled they hardly \\d be distinguished. The rt- \«3ontlnued on Page A-10)
KEFAUVER AIDE JOINS WATERFRONT PROBERS
WASHINGTON. — Sen, Charles W. Tobey (R.N.H.) recruited an¬ other investigator who worked for the Kefauver Senate crime oommlttee fbr his prorposed In¬ vestigation of the nations water¬ fronts.
He announced that George Rob¬ inson haa been named associate counsel of the InvestiKating sub¬ committee of the Senate com¬ merce committee, of which Tobey is chairman.
Robinson, on temporary leave from his job as legislative counsel 'or the Air Force, waa on the staff of the Senate crime Investi¬ gating committee in 19150 and 1951. Dowjiojr Rice, chief counsel for Tobey's investigation, also was on the crims rommittee staff.
Leading Jet Ace Gets Sth MIG
TOKYO, Sunday—The leading American jet aoe still In Korea added another Communist MIG to his string of victories Satur¬ day while ground fighting step¬ ped up all across* the battle- front.
Surrounded Allied soldiers fought their way out of a'Com- munist trap in the most spec¬ tacular action of the day while other United Nations soldiers heat off four aharp Communiat probing attacks and launched a series of raids of their own.
Col. Royal N. Baker of Mc- Klnney, Tcx., who had already shot down eight Russian-built jets, downed he is ninth with a burst of fire (rom his wing guns at 800 feet.
Col. Richard L. Ayersman of Sacramento, Calif., damaged an¬ other MIO In the high altitude battle between 17 Sabrejets and 27 MIGS near the Yula River.
No Dancing in Dark i
Lig^eorted Legislature of
^c ll Dakota Having Great Time
BIS.MARCK, N. D.—The coun-iwould enforce sn already exist- try's most lighthearted state legis-jing measure which prohibits danc- laliire was fresh out of unusuaijing In the d^rk. oil l.s today, but the shortage prob-i Delighted teenagers and adults *bl.v won't last long. I who packed the galeries tittered
The North Dakota Senate oni during the minority's spirited de- »'rHiay debated legislation affect-!bate on the isues. Jng candy cigareta. dancing ini Sen. Amos Freed ot Dickinson the dark, baby bottles and cap said that if the Senate planned Pi'tols. jto keep children away from candy
A bill to ban the sale of candy!cigarets they should also coa cigarets, on the grounds they sider banning baby bottles. •n'Sht encourage juvenile smok-' "They might become drinkers,"
'ng. passed by a wide margin.
1*0 IJancing in the Dark
J npn the chamber moved on to Vote in favor
of
bill which
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Freed also said It would make more sense to prohibit toy guns
"I'd rather have smokers than killers," he commented. He Feels Badly
Nobody objected too strenuously to the proposal to make sure no body in North Dakota danced in the dark and got away with it. But it lead Sen. Milton Rue to comment wistfully:
"This Is a sign we're all getting old."
iSen. Carroll Day of Grand Forks
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tor-General and the State Treas¬ urer, both elective officials, and the Budget Office, which is di rectly under the Governor. Publlo Distrust"
The committee noted that "con¬ troversy and public distrust" has been caused over the state's "so- called surplus or deficit." Such confusion results from the ab¬ sence of proper accounting and financial reporting.
The group's recommendations for the accounting overhaul were: 1.—That the satte'ii present accounting system be modified to conform with modern ae¬ oountlng practices, and that the "Aooountlng-Gcneral" establish a system for all state functions. 2.—That the "accountant gen¬ eral" be given final say over all accounting In the state, with tha exception of post-auditing done by the Auditor-General and audit reports.
S. — That the Auditor-General continue to be the Common¬ wealth's financial watchdog, in¬ dependent of the administration, but relieved of pre-audit func¬ tions.
4.—That the Budget Office be "reconstituted" as only the fi¬ nancial adviser of the Governor on budget matters.
5.—^That the "Accountant-Gen¬ eral" be made responsible for all money paid out. If he disap¬ proves, the questionable item should bs sent back to the source, with right of appeal to the Governor.
Thomas M. O'Neill, a member of the "task force" which submit¬ ted the report en accounting methods, said the recommenda¬ tions would "not necesssrily" make puppets of the Auditor-Gen¬ eral and the State Treasurer. StUl to Have Voice
He said the Auditor-General still will have final responsibility for tha state's post-audit, and the recommendations would "eliminate a lot of routine functions" of the State Treasurer.
The "task force" which inves¬ tigated the state's accounting methods were members of the Pennsylvania Institue of Certified Public Accountaints. The study group was headed by Robert W. Williams.
Other members, besides O'Neill, were Harold C. Stott, Clarence L. Turner, Sydney V. Young, I. H. Kreksteln, Samuel W. Price and Harry H. Steinmeier.
ALL HANDS SAVED WHEN STEAMER SINKS IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
SAINT PETER PORT, GUERN¬ SEY CHANNEL ISLANDS-The 586-ton British steamer Stanley Force sank off Cape De La Hague today, and its 11 crew memhers wera picked by the steamer Por telet after taking: to lifeboats.
No Injuries were reported, and none of the crew required med¬ ical attention.
46 Believed Victims in Crash in Cult of Mexico
New Orleans-Bound Plane Many Hours Late from Tampa
TAMPA, Fla.—A National Airlines DC-6 with a crew of five and 41 passengers aboard, most of them apparently bound fw the gay Mardi Gras in >iew Orleans, was pre¬ sumed to be down in the rough waters of the Gulf of Mexico this morning.
The pjane, enroute from Miami-|er over the gulf yesterday after- Tampa, was due in New Orleans!noon, last night at 6:45 p.m. EST. Na- The huge, four-engine airliner,
tionad Airlines officials said tbe ship had only enough fuel to last until 10:30 p. m. EJST.
At that time, airline officials announced that the big plane -"is presumed to be down in the Gulf."
Coast Guard rescue planes snd boats began an immediate search for the plane as soon a« it be¬ came overdue. No trace of the apparently-doomed ship was re¬ ported early thia morning.
One of the crew members on the ship, Stewardess Betty Bau- com of Miami, was Miss Miami Beach of 1950. Tlie pretty and tiny blonde was a bookkeeper and model before she joined the air¬ lines.
All of the passengers were listed as being from South Florida, most of them from Miami and TaMpa. However, airline officialls pointed ofut that quite frequently passen¬ gers uflo the city of departure as their hometown.
The DC-6, first of the U. S;believed airlines to suffer an apparent fa-|revelry, tality since Feb. 11, 19B2, was
NAL flight 470, left Tampa In temational Airport at 4:40 p.m.i EjST yesterday and was due inl New Orleans at 6:45 p.m. EKT.
The weather bureau in Nev/,' Orleans said a .small, "rather in-; tense" disturbance moved into the^ gulf off the lower Texas coast yesterday morting and moved! rapidly eastward, in the vicinity, where the DC-6 waa last reported.!
The Miami Weather Bureau had| hoisted small craft warnings for, S5 mile per hour winds on thej Florida West Coast at S yester-; day afternoon. i
¦The plane's last position wasj believed to be 130 miles east ofi the southern tip of Louisiana. I
The flight was one of Nation¬ al's regularly scheduled runs be¬ tween Miami and Tampa and Newj Orleans. Since the Mardi Gras; was in full swing—although damp-i ened somewhat by bad weather; —many of the bound
Price of Good Steaks Is Rising
NEW YORK — The price of prime steaks has increased aa much as 10 cents a pound since price controls were lifted and may rise further, Simon Adler, president of the Restaurant League of New York, said yes¬ terday.
Adler, speaking for owners of 139 large restaurants, said the nationawide slump in meat prices did not embrace top qual¬ ity meat.
"In fact, the price paid by restaurants for selected prime ^eaks has increased from around $1.65 a pound under the OPS (Office of Price Stabiliza¬ tion) to as much as .S1.75 a pound since removel of controls this week." he said.
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PLAN TO REM PA. CONST
Says Self-Appointed Brain Trusters' Would Force In A New One
New Rosenberg Note from Pope Direct to Ike
WASHINGTON—Pope Pius XII has sent directly to the White Hou.se a report on "many new demands" that this government give mercy to doomed atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, it was announced on Satur¬ day.
The White House indicated, however, that President Eisenhower will stand firm in his refusal to save the New York couple from execution in the electric chair at New York's Sing Sing prison.
A White House announcement said the apostolic delegate to Washington, Archbishop Amieto Cicognani. sent Sherman Adam.s, ¦assistant to the President, a letter formally advising that "many new demands are being receii'cd at the Vatican urging the Holy Fatlier to intervene for clemency in behalf of the Rosenbergs . . ,"
The archbishop's letter, as re-' leased at the White House, did th" Grave Doubts In the Rosen- not make a direct request that ^"''¦g Case"; and "Reconsider— it Mr. Eisenhower reduce the death |^* ^'o' Too Late.' penalty. |Hear Mensage Held up
But it noted that "I am directed Archbishop Cicognani's letter by the Holy See to inform thc;said he was writing directly to competent U. S. authorities . . .Adams because of press reports that leftist new,spapers insi.st that that the White House never was ;His Holiness has done nothing" informed of a similar communica¬
tion from the Pope, given in De¬ cember by the apostolic delegation
reported heading fot rough weath-
in behalf of the Rosenbergs.
Affairs Secretary WiUiam S. Liv-lP""l«ft>nK RMunws ... ^^ . , .
passengers werejengood said Saturday that "self-! Shortly after the White House to the Department of Justice.
for the annual!appointed brain-busters are trying,disclosed the now papal communi- Former Attorney-General James
ito force a new constitution on the'cat'O". upwards of 300 persons— P. McGranery said j^sterday in
Coast Guard officers in New Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ,sent here from New Vork by "the Palm Bi^ach, Fla., that the original
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GOP ilERS iIKE SCHEDULES
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, ^ bi-partisan House bill, which^*f!°"^'. Vh""'^ „ securecomunication from the Pope was
•state Attorney General Robert E.:^^"'^^ '.".!'?? Ros^^nberg case - given to him verbally by represen-
IWoodside has branded "illegal." is''*5*" P\-=''eV^.f?v,"'^^Ifu'l*'"''^''' °^ '^'^ apostolic delega- 'i.i posiUon for final passage in ?:'^""« 1" ^""^ .°^. ^^"^ White tion.
ithat chamber Monda.v. Oonstilu-i"°"^.':„Jhey carired s^^^^ McGranery. a Roman Catholic
jtional revision was a platform ™^"'''"« ^^'- Eisenhower re-con-.^ho has been knighted by the ipledge of both parties. \ T^Lx>^J^f,iL* «,.. «„f !,„,« .„'"°'y ^^^' «*'^ ^^''^^ "'*» n° "¦"«
Livengood said, "I si.pect ^^.^'^^'^:1^^''^^^^:.^,^^ :^t"S ^ ;^-!A^:^^"^^»' ^"^'!?H-"tage of a bright mild d^. hei.^^^^'^^i.^^-^;;^'^^-J^'J^f^
OVER TAX CUT
Will Resent Delay, May Hold Up Bills Wanted By Senators
Reporters Hope He Will Continue 20-Year Custom
WASHINGTO N—President Eisenhower holds his first news
not to deliberate or a new consti--had left seTeral hours earlier to!
ness felt it appropriate to bring
tution but to ratify one that al-i piay golf in a Maryland suburb, u- .u,. -Hentinn r.f TTnif.,i «*=»-.
reatiy has been drafted by » The commitee had picketed thel'^'^^Xo""" f ™f^^^^^ rhnQ»M f»« " U.7UJ,. tr :_ »u. 1... .0...- -.'^'V" authorities a report on 'the
jWhite House in the last days ofl itlip Truman administration, but
conference as chief executive onUittce" has recommended that Tuesday, and there^s hope somelLivcngood's Department of Inter¬ nal Affairs be abolished, and branded it as a "fifth wheel."
Says It's Illegal
Justice Department is convinced that the administration's bill to provide the machinery for revision df Pennsylvania's 7P-year-old con-1 stitution is illegal in its present! form.
(See! Page A-19 for detailn.)
WASHINGTON—House Repub¬ licans talked angrily yesterday of "retaliation" against the Senate if senators carr>' out threats to scut,
tie a proposed July 1 income taxjof his key lieutenants will take cut. Ithe cue and lift a semi-blockade
"You can take it for granted 1°' ^^^ press, that we aren't going to stand Idly! The President's give-and-take, » ., n««aw™««f by and lot the Senate make thej meeting with new-smen is billed as JUtellce ueparimeni decision on tax reduction," a high-,the first of a regular series, in ranking Republican told a report-j keeping with a tradition started er. He asked that his name not iby the late Franklin D. Roosevelt be used. |20 years ago.
House Can Balk, too j Talked of TV Session
"We originate many pieces of! Mr. Elsenhower is considering legislation that senators are In-;an Innovation — televising one terested in—the reciprocal trade j news conference each month. But program, for example," he added.]Tuesday's ice-breaker will not be "That program must be renewed j on TV. and no firm White House this year or it will expire. It could j commitments has been made to be that we will be so busy we j televise succeeding ones, can't act on reciprocal trade in; Washington's legions of working the House until the Senate does! newsmen, shut out thus far except something about tax reduction."'once in attempts to subject cab-
This talk spread among GOPJinet oflicers to news conference members of the tax-framingj questioning, will be watching House wavs and means commit- closely to see if Mr. Eisenhowers tee prepared to meet tomorrow top administrators catch a go-sign. for expected approval of an in-1 to be more co-operative, oome tax cutting bill. i Onl>' Secretary of Agriculture!
„ I, c ¦ jEzra T. Benson, the choicest tar-
smal feavmg . ^ congressional sniping thus
This measure, sponsored by;« ^ ^ „^^^ conference.
R.pT.R NY^ TJ.ld rut indtlTh^re has been no repeat by Ben- Reed (R-N.Y.) would cut indl-, it,,o, h there may be more vidual Income taxes 10 to 11 per- """• i: .".1°".„ ;„* " cent for the last half of the year, h"*™"' '""« *" ^""^• or about five percent for the full |'Tight' Department year 1953. Experts estimated it: Benson's department, however, would mean a cut of $25 to $1501 is among the tightest for report- thls year for taxpayers with a net j ers to "crack" for information. By (Continued on Page A-10> i ((Continued on Page A-10)
'out of respect to the inaugura-!'^"'* Truman Nothing
cho.sen few.' Not Specific
Livengood saild, "the public haslwithdrew the marchers shortly