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MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 29, 1 952. WQAN AM (630) FM (92.3 MC.) abed FIVE CENTS I TV ri ATn Hi 1 1 UVJ UWUZAiUVJ 3 Area Residents Killed as Auto Rams Pole Near Berwick Ruins of Car in Which 3 Young Persons Rode to Death MCL Telecasting Seeks Assignment of TV Permit Corporation Includes Scranton Broadcasters, Times Publishers and Meco Firm Studios to Be In Prudential Building-Affiliated with CBS ChargeMade by Member Of New York Federal Jury Cahil Testifies the Panel Felt There Was a Conspiracy by a Subversive Clique' to Put People Into Important Places in the State Department WASHINGTON (JP) A New York federal grand juror testified Mary Joyce ,17, Kin of Memolo, One of Victims 3 Other Hurt Seriously in Route 11 Tragedy An application will be filed with the Federal Communications Commission today in Washington for approval of assignment of the television station construction permit of Scranton Broadcasters, to the MCL Telecasting Corp. today that "four or five" United Nations employes suspected of Com munist leanings had been recommended to the UN by a member of Congress. Joseph A. Cahil, the juror, also.

said the jury felt "there was a conspiracy by a subversive clique tthat had been putting people in Three young persons were killed Dies in Ambulance and three others were injured seriously today at 3:05 AM. when The move, if approved, will provide the Scanton area with "su- trior television service" on Ultra-gh Frequency Channel 22. Tele-rastinir would start some' time in important places in the State Department for over 20 years. their car went out of control on a Cahil declined, however, to nam the lawmaker who, he said, "prob curve, crashed against a utility pole and skidded sideways into an April, under the applicant' pres-1 ft It fid uu.niMi iiMiiiiirimniw i 1 approaching automobile on Route 11 at Briar Creek, Columbia ent Studios of the new corporation would be located in the Prudential Building, formerly the Adminis- $, I Eisenhower Lists Parley with Taft Legislative Problems On Agenda Tomorrow NEW YORK (INS) President- ably was an unwitting tool in con-spiracy." "I would give his name in a minute if I thought he did it intentionally," Cahil said. "He enjoys a very good reputation and for me to say anything as far afield as saying whether he is in the Senate or the House I hesitate to do." Cahil bolstered the testimony ty, a half mile west of Berwick.

The dead are: Miss Mary P. (Mimi) Joyce, 17, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Austin S. Joyce, 117 Warren West Pittston.

William Hudak, 19, of Mrs. Mary Hudak, 247 Gnt Exeter. Stephen C. Pestak Jrv 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Stephen C. Pestak 165 Grant Exeter. rt. if elect Dwight Eisenhower will meet; of another witness, Charles J. Har-with Sen.

Robert A. Taft and other assistant foreman of the Red- lnnnfinr mrv ttA ArAA tration Building of the International Correspondence Schools, at 1000 Wyoming Ave. The studios are practicallyeady for use in telecasting, as is a new tower on Bald Mount. Delivery of a transmitter and antenna is expected early in March, 1953. The station would be affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System's television; network Stockholders of MCL Telecasting Corp.

are Scranton Broadcasters, operators of Radio Stations WGBI-AM and WGBI-FM; Edward Senate leaders tomorrow to talkl '1- The injured, all reported in faCinihampd th. taJSSSSS serious condition in Berwick Hos his administration. pital, are: Miss Mary P. Joyce, 17, of West Pittston, and William Hudak, 19, and Stephen C. Pestak 21, both of Exeter, were killed and three young companions seriously injured when this car careened out of control at Briar Creek, near Berwick, early today.

J. and Elizabeth R- Lynett, co-publishers of The Times, which is RONALD (RONNIE) HILL the licensee of Radio Stations 4-Day Yuletide Traffic Deaths ot subversives among American citizens employed by the UN. They appeared before a Hous Judiciary Subcommittee investigating reports the Justice Department interfered in the jury's inquiry. Cahil said the jury decided to return a presentment recommending that a new jury dig deeper into possible Communist infiltration. This decision, he added, was based on the feeling there was a "subversive clique" putting people in the State Department.

"In seeing who recommended certain individuals to hieh Dosi- WQAN-AM and WQAN-FM, and Meco Realty Co. Frank C. Walker of Meco Realty Boy Loses Fight William Law Teeter 17, of West River Wilkes-Barre, fractured left leg and lacerations of scalp, mouth and right wrist. He lost six teeth. Miss Sally Kear, 15, Dallas, possible fractured skull, shock and multiple abrasions and contusions.

Ida Mae Kiefer, about 17, New York City, formerly of Dallas, a holiday house guest of Misses Joyce and Kear, concussion of brain, possible internal injuries and multiple abrasions and contusions: The hospital this afternoon. re Soar to an All-Time Record Injunction Rule Upheld by Judge CIO Loses First Round The conference, which was tentatively scheduled earlier, will take place at the General's New York headquarters, where he held a similar meeting Dec. 18 with Republican leaders in the House. Sitting in on the meeting besides Taft will be Sen. Styles Bridges, of New Hampshire, slated to become president pro-tem of the Senate; Sen.

Eugene Millikin of Colorado; Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, and Sen. Milton R. Young of North Dakota. Young is an added starter to the list originally given out by the General's headquarters of those who would participate in the conference.

A spokesman said Young was added in bis capacity as a member of the Senate Republican Co. is president; Mr. Lynett, secretary, and Mrs. M. E.

Megargee, By United Presa Traffic deaths during the four-day Christmas holiday soared to president of Scranton Broadcasters, With Grim Reaper treasurer, of MCL Telecasting an all-time record for any holiday period since the advent of the The officers also are di rectors. automobile, a final count showed today. Ronnie Hill Had Been From 6 P.M. Christmas Eve to midnight Sunday jughL Americans tioins," Cahil went on, "we found four or five traced to the same source I don't like to mention his Wre killed on streets and highways at tha rate of one every. 10 II III- IHIM'-! II 111.

lll.lll I Mr. Walker, former postmssterT TV. 7.. ported Miss Kear and Miss Kiefer in critical condition. The little fellow with the great; BUFFALO, N.Y.

(JP) Federal Judge John Knight today declared constitutional the injunction provision of the Taft-Hartley Labor general, is chief executive officer in whom authority is vested "to minuies: A revised final ount by United Press showed 588 killed in traffic, onlv two short of th National Reds Repulsed The 1951 Cadillac sedan in which Policy Committee. insure the operation of the television station as an independent Act. the three couples were riding is owned by Miss Joyce's father who It will he the second mppfinff hp- KfaTMas A rPMi i 'itety Council's advance estimate Iff IVeVV MoSaUl I of 590. Seven persons were killed Hi decision came as he granted tween General Eisenhower and competitive medium? big smile died today, i Ronald (Ronnie) Hill, who, Times readers will recall, had the "grandest time of his life" just before Christmas back in 1947, lost his battle against muscular dystrophy. The 14-year-old boy, son of Mr.

and Mrs. W. F. Hill, 312 Putnam died at 12:30 this afternoon in i ttthA OTiVorn mont an RfLH in inn.innra. i i is proprietor of the Blue Ridge Supply dealer in wholesale plumbing and heating SEOUL W-Chinese Reds, stung Piane.

crasnes. ox in. nres ana "'7 T' en5 hv nn nf th hoamoct Aiiiorf miscellaneous acciaems ior i ana meir iirsi since iaii criucism with outlets in Scranton and Pitts- Other directors are: Miss Lynett, Mrs. Madge Megargee Holcomb, Vance L. Eckersley, Thomas L.

Moran, Thomas JP. Comerf ord and J. J. O'Leary. -x ton.

workers ffbrn continuing a strike the General's appointment of at the Dunkirk plant of the Ameri- Martin P. Durkin as Labor Secre-can Xocomotive Company. Xaft termed the appointment The action, contested by the United Steelworkers Union. W3S I Thai AAnAA M5 11 AVAf Ahli Mother Was Mary Memolo strikes against a single North Korean target since last August, struck back with a ground assault on the Central front last night. Dug-in UN troops drove them hack (the Fire Department ambulance en Miss Joyce's mother is the for The FCC on Aug.

14 granted aroUte to the sute HospitaL He had mer Miss Mary Memolo, daughter permit to Scranton Broadcasters, been an invalid all his life. the first direct court test of the.iegislative problems facing the of former Attorney John Memolo in predawn darkness this morning. Today the war slackened off to consuiuuonamy 01 me administration and dis this It was on Dec. 15,1 1947, The Times received a letter from Ronnie's grandmother. She wrote that name.

Cahil said this unidentified man had sponsored certain persons for high posts in various departments. The most charitable thing 1 can say about him is that he had faulty judgment," Cahil added. The juror insisted "if we had a Justice Department that was' willing to co-operate we could have dug up a lot of dirt and filth in" the United Nations and by dirt and filth I mean subversive." Earlier, Harsany said the FBI made investigations of UN personnel but the. jury "had some doubt" that State Department officials had relayed the reports to the UN. He added that State and Justice Department officials labeled as "confidential" a list of State Department officials who handled the FBI reports.

He said the jury was unsuccessful in efforts to get the names of persons investigated or the names of State Department officials who handled the reports. Mr. Hudak was the son of the a vernal offensive in which the a total of 773.. Texas led all other states in the grim parade with 57 traffic fatalities. Wyoming and Vermont were the only states in the union reporting no traffic deaths.

New York was second to Texas with 45 traffic fatalities. Ohio had 38, Illinois 34, California 33, Pennsylvania 31, Indiana 22, Michigan 21, and Missouri, Oklahoma and Virginia, 18 each. The- old record of 555 auto deaths was set last Christmas. The over-all accidental death record, also set last Christmas, is 856. Although motorists wrote a until that year Ronnie's family had Reds urged Allied soldiers fo surrender and enjoy a "big New Year's late Andrew Hudak, native of Dickson City, who was killed in a mine accident about five years ago.

He ley act injunction provision. The government had sought an injunction to' keep the supply of nickle-plated pipe, vital to atomic energy work, flowing from the Dunkirk plant. 1 Knight ordered the workers to been able to. carry him into the stores to talk to Santa Claus. But, celebration" in North Korea.

is the grandson of Mrs. Mary for construction of a commercial television station on UHF Channel 22, one of three assigned to this city. A similar permit was granted simultaneously to the Appalachian Co. for UHF Channel 73. At the same time the FCC ordered into competitive hearings the applications of the Electric City Telecasting of which Mr.

Lynett, Miss Lynett and the Meco Realty Co. are parties, and the cuss ways of achieving the co-operation between the White House and Capitol Hill. The original announcement of (Continued on Page 16) Political Appointees In Tax Bureau Cited Hudak, 618 Morgan Dickson City. Cloudy skies and snow squalls grounded most UN warplanes today and gave the Reds a respite from hammering Allied air blows. Sabre jets patroled MIG alley but found stay on their jobs until March 2.

Columbia County Coroner S. Earl she went on, he was by that time too weak and helpless to handle with the Christmas crowds. And then the grandmother, Mrs. I. R.

Samuel of 1511 North Sumner added: 1 "Would Santa Claus -please call McHenry, Briar Creek, investi Knight said the strike could not continue because it affected the health and security of the nation gated the accident with Trooper no Red warplanes. 1 1 i a ii Ti, A.V onnjoiooay new page imo toe recora The plant's 1.500 John W. Kistler of Bloomsburg substation, and reported Hudak ni riA cibooks this year, other types of ac- WASHINGTON (JP) Sen. Her- Union Broadcasting licensee of him up and talk to him a little? supply center near Pyongyang, man Dworshak said to uuiia. waa nub 11 ivc nidi tuc over-all record would be sur day a Bureau of Internal Revenue He will him a very brighti patient little boy and it? would certainly be the thrill of his life." and Pestak died instantly from broken necks and Miss Joyce was killed outright by a fractured skull.

xiarsany jury disbanded Dee. of black smoke sending clouds passed. report. lo a oenaie comraiiiec "shows that our tax collecting i-1 tha-t' i j-j cincw grand jury die deeoer into billowing high. The 5th Air Force said its The National Safety Council, an (Continued on Pag 37) IChildren Perish In Philadelphia Fire Police reported they believe struck Aug.

29 but returned Dec. 12-after Knight issued, in district court, a temporary injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act. The CIO-USW has said it would carry the case to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Arthur J.

Goldberg of Washington, general counsel of the CIO, contended in arguments before Knight Dec. 18 that the injunction Hudak was operating the car. The bombers and fighter-bombers; Truman Democrats Miiiuv iiixiiii OlllIl VaV the UN staff. He testified neitlipr couples were said to be returning struck hard at troop billets, barracks an supply buildings. Many the State nor Justice Department from Shamokin where they at seemed Dworshak told a reporter that no matter whom President-elect Dwight D.

Eisenhower appoints as commissioner of Internal Revenue to want such a report tended a party at the Elks Club. secondary explosions were touched filed. ticipating the crush of holiday travel, had predicted that 590 persons would be killed on the highways and streets this Christmas. Mayor Refuses To Take Stand The car, police said, swung to off, indicating ammunition dumps PHILADELPHI A'VP) Two young children burned to death today when fire swept their three-room home in South Philadelphia. the left of the highway out of con clause was unconstitutional.

i "it's certain to be very difficult He said Myles Lane, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District -of New York, aslrorl iha i. had been hit. Protective Sabre jets destroyed trol while rounding a slight curve. Counsel for ALCO, -also a de for the new commissioner to oper it is reported to have skidded 120 Margaret Jane Major, nine ate an efficient tax Helpers Aided Santa Claus It was then that helpers of Santa Claus went to work.

The editor realized that at that particular time of the year Santa Claus was really very busy, So why not, asked the editor, bring Ronnie down town to see St. Nick rather than have Santa go up to see Ronnie? It turned out to be a truly wonderful plan helped along by folks like. Mayor James T. Hanlon, who provided a real police car manned by Patrolmen Al Kathalynas and Abe Jones, to escort the Vanston ambulance which carried Ronnie on gay, wonderful tour of many toylarrds in the city. collecting report when the Jurors firrt fendant in the case, did not dispute the government's request for two MIGs, probably destroyed a third and damaged a fourth, the oureau inai is loaaeu uuwn wUjalscussed the idea of making Air Force said.

months old, and her brother, William Edward, five years, died despite the efforts of their mother Mayor.the injunction (Continued on Page 37) Eisler's Office NEWARK, N.J. (U.R) U.S. B-29 Superforts roared across John 'Kinn nf Pitv.ro- ciuuviauv. presenimeni last October The tax collecting agency hasjRaiMd Ub been reorganued under a plan President Truman sent to Congress trter 8aid- L3" told and neighbors to rescue them. The mother, Mrs.

Margaret Ma Abolished by Reels the Sea of Japan Sunday night to testify today beore the dropped 120 tons of bombs on ajNew Jersey Law Enforcement Red airfield at Pyongyang The Council investigating waterfront Superforts cratered a rimp a finriinir ic jurors tney made last January after disclosures of sistant to the U.S. Attorney General, argued that -the courts had recognized that the government had an interest in any strike affecting the general public interest. or, 23, and her other son, James Franklin, lour, were burned. The beklln (INS) Gerhardt Eisler's which mentioned names they would subject themselves to charges of libel. propaganda office under heavy runway, which the Air Force said i fn fnr nnniornnt bungalow burned to the ground.

fraud and mismanagement by some tax officials. "Notwithstanding the fact that the bureau was honeycombed with Eight injunctions had been Fireman found the charred bodies Communist- attack for "gross incompetence" today was ordered migni uieu oy uuisauce-ijrFe Kenny refused to take the stand Ronnie really had a marvelous of the two children in the ruins. He left a definite impression he wanted to frighten us against (Continued on Paga 37) time. Why not? 1 The lather, a trucker, was away invaders kept up the ou rejected ms reauest for corruption and mismanagement. aureiy he never met so many from home.

Jn'S UaT "1 of counsel during his testi- uonality never bVfwe lhad been ma1y i01" Simony about rackets on the JerseyiISed bCeD I poetical appomtees have been blan- grand helpers of Santa Claus and certainly never did 1 so many dissolved New Year's Day in an East German Government "reorganization." Eisler's future status was left in doubt. Functions of his office recently called a "pig sty" by Communist leaders will be taken over by the A r--rmA mvA rk PieFS. people try so hard-to give him the TUNE IN It was the second tragedy in the Major family in less than six months. Five months ago, another son, Edward, two, drowned in a pond 25 feet from his. home.

Lais wcic ucauiTcu aim vuc a grandest time of his life. motive was damaged. honrinp until Jan ri and annoiinrpHilU66ri IVtOf flGf UIGS Late that alternoon the very it would go to Superior Court and U.S. TREASURY REPORT WASHINGTON (INS) Treasury next day after the editor had received the letter Ronnie arrived press office of the Minister-Presi ask for a contempt citation against dent. COPENHAGEN (INS) Plans were balance Dec.

23, $8,724,719,798.22. 1 Kenny. keted under Civil Service," Dworshak said: "This gives them permanent status. I'm pretty certain we could have found many honest, efficient and deserving Republicans for these places." The reorganization plan was described as taking out of the realm of political patronage all top officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau except the Commissioner. home from his trip into "wonder One Alan's View By WALTE RIERNAN International Newa Servica land and everybody knew the day They Lost Lives in Auto Tragedy Near Berwick completed today for the state, funeral next Sunday of Queen Mother Alexandrine of Denmark who died yesterday.

THE PEOPLE ACT Listen as the citizens of another American community work out their problems With one long holiday weekend was a complete success. Had a Swell Time They knew it when Ronnie, sur rounded by-ppresents, looked at-his shape for another one so quickly but here it' comes, ready or not. mother and said: i "Gosh Mom, I had a swell time The 73-year-old mother of Den- I mark's King Fredericy the 9th and widow of King Christian the 10th. is to be entombed in Roskilde Ca-: thedral, the traditional last resting place of Danish royalty. i oon know what the course record was for Christmas spending It may very well have been the very happiest day a little fellow 3:05 to 3:30 P.M.

EVERY TUESDAY but a fellow in Toronto paid -The Queen Mother, who was 70 for a lady horse. than most men will spend in a life noted as a golfer and had her own time on a lady woman. -Y Election of Successor To Cox Scheduled Feb. 4 ATLANTA (JP) Feb. 4 was set today for a special second district election to name a successor to Rep.

E. E. Cox and Ihe widow the veteran congressman was the first candidate formally announced. Cox, 72, a Democrat, died last Wednesday, less than a month before the beginning of his 15th two-year term, to which he-was elected this year. He was buried yesterday at Camilla.

For MUSIC, NEWS. SPORTS "Keep in Tune with The Times" who rarely got the good breaks ever had. Surviving are his parents, three sisters, Barbara, Carol land Avril, this city; two brothers, William and Thomas, also of Scranton, and his grandparents, and Mrs. Samuel, this city. The funeral will be from the Snowdon Funeral Home, 1810 Sanderson at a time to be announced.

i The story doesn't say whether he bought it for a Christmas gift or as a hobby but it must have been as a gift because $30,870 is a private course near iopennagen, succumbed following a series of operations to treat an intestinal ailment. She was last operated on Dec. 17 but never left the hospital. For a time she rallied, but on last Friday she dropped into a coma from which she never recovered. i 1 i i 4 i 1 lot to snend for a hobbv horse.

As I understand it, the base 630 On EVERY Dial price, of the horse was $30,870 and the $870 was for the usual optional equipment. White sidewall A i Dies of Heart Attack LANCASTER, PA. (INSh-Ceroy Miller, 39-year-old Philadelphia disc jockey, died yesterday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, a few hours after suffering a heart attack at the home of his foster auuet, uiiimeis, etc. Tint if hie a wq ATnaMintf a Missing Child Found AFRICA (JP) Evelyn Maria Wools, five, who disappeared from a picnic party three days ago, was found alive but tired and hungry today under a tree on a mountain I Rotelle Changes Plea PHILADELPHIA (JP) Alfred Rotelle, 42, of RD 1, Ambler, today changed his plea in U.S.

District Court from innocent to no defense, on charges of income tax evasion. MISS MARY P. JOYCE mink, can't you just imagine how her eyes lit up when he said "and for you honey a horse!" WILLIAM HUDAK STEPHEN PESTAK JR. parents in nearby Marietta..