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FEBRUARY 14, 1955. AS PAGES FIVE CENTS i 7 Worth Scranfon mgton Chairman Says President Backs Late Convention Democratic Head Sets :1 Civic Leader Her9Dies Peiping Warns U.S. on Taking Aggressive Step Plan of Britain Given July 23 as Dead Line for 1956 Gathering By LYLCE C. WILSON WASHINGTON U.R) Ite 7 Death Shock To Community By MARTIN HAYES Times Staff Writtr Worthington Scran ton, scion of the family which gave this citjr its name and for more than a half century Strong Backing by Franco, Other Allies TOKYO WV-Mao Tit-unz. ruler of Red China- de publican National Chairman clared yesterday that "should Leonard W.

Hall discussed 1956 GOP convention plans tr.e lmpena.luts start a war" the ConusunUt world "will certainly vripe them cut clean frcrn the furface cf the a dominant figure in the in-! with President Eisenhower today and said afterwards he still thinks the President will be available for a sec ond term, globe." The Red China leader Li one of his rare public appearance made hi tough-talking speech at a Soviet reception dustnal, financial, civic and cultural life of the community; died yesterday at 1 A.M. in St. Mary's Hospital, West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 78 years old. Mr.

Scranton suffered a coronary thrombosis at his Winter Hall also said that Chicago, Philadelphia' and San Francisco i. v. are the leading cities under con-j sideration for the 1956 preslden-l tial nominating convention. He estate at Ilobe Sound, Fri on use in in anniversary cf the lijrninfi cf the Corn.rau-nist China-Russia Mutual Defense Pact. said Mr.

Eisenhower favors laie aaie ana a "snorter campaign goals also desired by UMTED NATIONS Y. tne uemocrauc party. Hall said the subject of Mr. Eisenhower's own 1958 inten- The UN Security Council today adjourned its For- mosan rease fire debate indefinitely to permit behind. tions did not enter into today's discussion.

But he added that nothing happened to change his MEETS THE PRESS CM.n KaUhk (rl9M) VrtS Mnmn largest nws conference he has held since he left the mainland In 1949. Chlent shoved Ire determination to held the rest of the Chinese Nationalist effthere Islands, and made Uin he expects the United States te help him fight fer them If the Chinese Commvrtists attack. ine-scene effort to find a assumption that Mr. Eisenhower peace formula. The Idea cf tai-clcf ta priratt ika was proposed br Rnii.

A New Funds Required and aurported br ism Man Kills Self 6 St. ranee and oLhrr Wet-rn ctKiBtnes as rrrult el KH Ctuae's rvfnMl te take rrt la will be available for renomina-tion. About the same time that GOP leaders went to the White House to discuss their convention plans with the President, Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler announced that his party has decided tentatively to open its 1956 convention in Chicago July 23 Mail Poll Vot.d day, or a number of years, he and his wife, Marion Margery Scranton, had spent their Winters at their estate in the South. News of Mr.

Scranton's unexpected death came a severe shock to the people of the community on which his life and endeavors had left an everlasting imprint. From men high in the councils of national, state, and local government came spontaneous expressions of sympathy to the members of his family, with emphasis on the great loss which his passing means to this area where his business activities, his civic leadership and his philanthropies had constituted a bright chapter in the history of the Lackawanna Valley. Mr. Scranton's funeral will bt private and af tha convenience of the family, with burial in Dunmore Cemetery. A me-mortal service will be held Thursday at 2:30 P.M.

at Wast, minsttr Church, at which Rav. Dr. Pattr K. Emmons, pastor of Westminster Church, and Rev. Richard K.

Whit, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, will officiate. "ury Council diicaujocj. In Shaft Plunge Cohen Declares State Is 'Broke Temporarily1 iftt Yuttcra Cflxziu tuft it clfir, hecifr. thrr Aid rt coiuider the UN bd vuM It, Repkovitch Missing Sinco nrc cr the probletn.

but were mery akirf more tor ted ttuy HARRISBURG (T) A high state official said todsy the Assembly must provide new funds to meet a deficit for tho A Oyear-cli North Scranton present biennium ending May 31, estimated at. $50.0000 to $90,000,000. Butler suggested to Demo-1 cratic leaden in several states possible changes state election laws to permit later presidential i nominating conventions. 1 man, mkiing from hU home since fluUtQ ia riew WORTHINGTON SCRANTON "The sad truth is that the state is broke temporarily," said Attorney General Herbert, B. Cohen.

"The Legislature must provide the money in either case," Cohen'Dfrf Im A I am Tf said. "Either new taxes will have DISSI 111 AIOlTl 1 6SIS to be levied to raise the money Started with Penny Arcade An examination of state statutes, he said, shows that several states require certification of the presidential candidates any Thursday, was found dead today i.tft tr .4 it. cease-cu-e for the off Vs ft boUoni cf lhor WQdi would terra no til 400-foot shaft at the Hudson Coalful purpoi. Marvine Colliery, 3000 Northf Soviet ddet Arkady A. to-Main Ave jboler irututed that the CouocU.

He was identified as Peter j. instead cf iodcf.t.Uly Repkovitch, 63, of 25 Holliateri0 hia oa ciurfes" Ave- who diiaDDeared frcrn hit 01 U-S. arrrtaion arirt Me E. Comerford EstateValued needed until May 31 or a law Tamaaih where from 70 to 98 days be- xore election day. JCI UI lUlUUIIUVf LAS VEGAS, KEV.

(DO The will have to be passed to accelerate (speed up) some of our present taxes." tor instance, Connecticut re home last ThuriHav tnd hil dfmiBli 1nr home last Thursday morning after wr. bcranton had been re quires that candidates be oerti- ported not in the best of health for a time last year, but his con tiea to election officers as early Gov. George M. Leader placed; thunder of exploding atoms to- donning working clothes and telling his wife be intended to dean his garage. forces from Formosa.

The Couik-U had acrtd earUer to liumbe the Soriet charges on Ike arenda. but ta ttk the deficit lor the remainder of will usher in a new series dition is said to have improved At $1052,777, Account Shows The estate of M. E. Comerford, who started in the amusement field with a penny arcade here and rose to become one of the outstanding motion picture exhibitors of the nation, had a net value of $1,052,777.58 as of Dec. 31, 1954, according to an account, ug filed at the Courthouse this afternoon by Frank C.

Walker, as Aug. io. inat would make it impossible to hold conventions the biennium at $89,000,000. For greatly when he and Mrs. Scran after or near that date.

At pressume Scranton Tolire of nuclear testa on the Nevada desert designed to measure the mer Gov. John S. Fine fixed it at ton left for Florida recently. He He announced that members and Dr. P.

E. Kubasko. disposed of the was stricken unexpectedly Friday $60,000,000 before he left office. Some Remihliran cinr than ability of soldiers and civilians to coroner, after conducting an in- hlJtv, i broucht briar tne Democratic National Commit and death came within 48 hours. Ihm rniii tee in a mail" POll had VOtfd to hav sralpH th ficnir rinorn tit'tlk an ifnmli Cinuliir nnnrh vestlgation.

at the colUerr. by an- New Zealand. nounced death was suicidaL worcningion scranton was a grandson of Joseph H. Scranton, come back firhtinr. executor.

Companion acounts were filed the estate of M. B. Comerford and in the estate of the latter's The Weitrra liler iuuhuuuu Ul VU1' cago as unafi-imously recora- Mr. Repkovitch, bo until last 3 tmormea sources said i The Atom Enerrr rmmli. ilhat the suspension of debate did mended by the site committ-e April 5 was employed as wife, who had served as adminis Coe Admits Murder Guilt; Given Chair hopes to avoid imposing new sion announced that the Initial 'miner'a Uborerat Marvin Col 1 001 mtMn tbeT had CnaL'y taxes to meet the deficit by blast inita tanonnrwi nrnmn, 7Z.1 of fh- JTr one of the founders of the community which took the name of family, and the son of William W.

Scranton who during his lifetime played an outstanding tratrix until her death in 1945, sneodinff im onWtinn h- I l. uu in wrap 31 F- Operation Teapot," will be fired bottom i ch.rt At the end th rv, i me accountings, recorded at moments before dawn tomorrowjita days of operation was known1 VlL 10-1 takicx cp the the office of Register of Wills porate net income tax by placing collections on a pay-as-you-go basis. Butler said that opening the Democratic convention on July 23 is the "latest possible date" in view of the existing laws. The Democratic National Committee prefers a later convention date and a shorter campaign. Butler noted that the Republi at Yucca Flat, a desolate a "man- shaft used for the William F.

OHara, cover the xc on- me norm ena or ine iowenns and hoicifnw rJ PITTSBURGH (INS) A defend-1 ant who pleaded guilty to murder financial 'transactions and. the iurccs now. The safpensioa ef the debate fJ1" PP1 Bn tain Sir Pierton Dutoa. There was bo formal vote. part in the development of the steel mill industry here and later founded and developed the Scranton Gas Water Co.

His son followed his father in the presidency of the latter com- not for coaL worth of the several estates from AECs southern Nevada test site, if the weather is favorable. was sentenced to the electric tne time of the death of M. Three members of a maintenance crew encazed in rrmot-inp AEC officials would not dis cans also would prefer a later Theopresent situation is apart from the tax-revenue problem ahead for) the 1955-57 biennium, starting June 1. The governor has estimated $400,000,000 to $500,000,000 in new taxes must firtt TlttfUrgh' Comerford on Dec. 2, 1935, to the first such action in 15 years.

end of last year equipment and machinery Aualls VS. close immediately whether the convention i and briefer cam paign. atomic device wiir be fired death in 1916, and continued asU1 Button Cole, In the estate of rnmor. head of th- utiiitv it sentence irom a fromjthe.nl?nf operation discov- Meanwhile Premier Ctoa Ea. ered the virtim'i body floating lal of Red OuxiTZ ,7 "iLh.f,1 tteadcait today declared thl ford, Walkers atop one of several steel towers at the test 70 mil north mm be imposed to balance the Com sold late in 1927 to the Fedefal Sell BALANCE t.

monwealth's of Las Vegas, or be dronned from lbft bottom. 1L Cited WASHINGTON (INSV-Treasure and snowea a value of $2,849,553.41, They are John BatL 2001 to xt two year a bomber to spend' ita fury high less liabilities of for oaiance ep. $4,727,715,878.48 ouaget zor the period. Cole pleaded guilty about two over vne wasieiana. "-r George Grudis, 328 tack against ta.

lit North Hyde Park Ave- and John tile ar. rvT months ago to the sex murder of 30-year-old Pearline Williams, mother of a seven-year-old eirl. a net wortn oi $2,670,593. Income to 1953 amounted to Mr. Walker, accounted for nrin.

Water Service Co. and merged with the Spring Brook Water covering a great part of Luzerne Continued on Page 2) Four Teen-Agers Saved from River Tomcho. 611 Sandenoa SC. OtyV thVa PSL A rtlW broadcart keard removed the victim to Tokyo said Chou spoke yetterdar the surface and Immuti at a tt- 7 in his hill district home last May cipal disbursements of $937,765.87 a ih aW" oisDursemews oi Called a DhvtlHin nA Icim -v- -i wiiaxs in r.p.r bv Judpc w.i lo Aaoj- Advances legatees under the will amount- a lununooea vt. hju- oo vne ium acnirersary cf tha baiko.

Uirnir? cf i. i TRENTON, NJ. Four teen awWTwh.ArfinSl3i? t0. the report Mr. Reckontch.

txAc tJmutuii fnu a agers, their rowboat trapped by anything to Amon wc" $378, ice floes in the Delaware River, 1 1 fWt If rr A. A day was reported by his wife to Chou ha.Jed th be in ill health mad despondent fr.temai btwiVthi was Dronounced. he hail tnM th. voraenora. were rescued by a power boat court- 7 wiaow, to Mariel court: yesterday while thousands of tnaay, $128,000 to Margaret B.

from hone Ttondar. Mrs v. L'cioa t. spectators looked on. kotitch reporteJ tia oiisin to S-ao-SovSet t'eatr ef Mw.v;.

A helicopter's efforts to pick urcy and to her estate, and other proportionate sums. Police Headquarters on Friday. alliance and mutual aMiiTXi -mornina at Cbon. Utu was told by Sapp and Blu-j meneld defense attorneys Ralph Sapp and Herbert Blumen-feld to plead guilty and I would get a life sentence. They promised me life.

I don't want to die." As four, deputy sheriffs led up me youngsters Irom the row-boat had proved in vain, since the boys were too cold to hang Included in the liabilities deducted from the assets listed as of Dec. 31, 1954, were: Due J. J. on to a tow line or Innctor T. accused the Umted Sutcs cf Rers, thii city, aho laid Usii tti-fprt pirir.f ta itc ernoon that Mr.

Repkwitch had continued; been la ill health for some -We wUd warn th But the power boat chonned Leary, trustee, Comerford Treasurer. $720,862: Bins- 1 A'1 V) Cole from the courtroom, he snarled at prosecutor. Samuel hamton Theater Co', Ko-I deco Realty rco $30,000, and Meco Realty $2,400. This de its way through the frozen river to reach them. The teen-agers were back on the shore more than four hours after they set Strauss: ikwt wrucn it benered to hsre SUtes arrrearc circles-been responsible for his cessation "The Ciuntie pmle mho tar rw Marvlne last AprilJtood up and Td like to get my hands on duction brought the net value of off on their ride.

you, you punk-you. Strauss! BW7 bss oeen removed to aoiid alUnce with tt the estate to $1,052,777.58. They were Robert Nemeth. 15, Blumenf eld earlier today pre- the Pestimkas Funeral 1721 North Maia Are. Mr.

Walker. Mr. CLearr and reofle. stroncfy united (With the peocles 5rv- William Dickey, 15; Charles! sented a motion to withdraw the TTaI.m a plea. Strauss vigorously opposed', J.ttiSXn th the estte of M.B.

Comer- Mitchell, 15, and his 17-year-old brother, Neil. thl iudV KW.raLM.!!! lte a net value Is are cetermxned and have the streer-h to defend their territory and as weJ as their fruits cf victory." Pope Says Mass; nt II court he had ngiy ltht en.d of ear. nans meetings Three More Teams Accept NIT Bids The value of Oct 25. 1945. vnoa ca Dot say that EslssIs ould aid for tw.

with disburse- VATICAN CTTY Ml TT ttina us Xn celebrated mass la ha but cccie to Ecd China's XH celebrated mass in lu. lAc! but riVfiuus vuljr. Pius cb- ments since of $200.181.87. leav prtvate chapel yesterday for r. ing a total of $92,411.48.

Against the latter item are loans of $70 strong independent basketball jQuake Recorded umt since bis serious col-L CT lapse in December. Vf' rrT nd BERKELEY. CAL. UP -L A to iix the net value of teams, Louisville, Manhattan and Niagara, accepted invitations to aluance beteea tfce vm tnn slight earthquake was recorded, $21,928.41 A Vatican source said the play in the National Invitation an the University of California The disbursements include dis- 4 Pope's health Is continuing to Inv 4Bd prove slowly and that clan. a tartar Is seiamograpn today beginning at 'triDution of $1,195,859.06 as Basketball Tournament todav, completing half the 12-team invitation list.

a aeries of meeticrs with i ortd Pc. o.j.zi.o A.M. it continued one minute on the record. r-. I 1 23-share of the securities to the M.

B. Comerford partnership and 23 of the securities to the Anna Davton, Duquesne Barbara Amberson. assistant u. Comerford estate. The origi had agFeed 10 1 seismologist, said the quake was play In the tourrament in Madi- about 65 miles from $90,000 LOSS: I11 Flr cpt' chwrch' ktt5rt vMr trw awa flsmes as firemen battle to keep blase from tereadlr thrwsh conaested row-ftouse neighborhood In Baltimore, Md.

Loss was estimated at 19Q fioo. TtJL. Baltimore durin, In wKS r. ..13 temperatures remained bolow freezing. vuuuuu iuw mi iurae, prooawy rs seeing one each day.

The Pon-jVerY 5pCial Day tiff a doctors hare adrUed hi DETROIT. UV-This is a rrrj bowrrer, sot to resume his gen- rcial St. Valectine day for Krs eral audiences lor pilgrims and Elizabeth Mcltosaid. Its bei other Ttsitora to Rome. HOOth son Square Garden.

March 12.l9Jr.rnhhw i k- nal inventory in tne M. B. Comer-f (Continued en Page 30) Mr saav UU1 fj dUJ iorgiiitofiii 1 Sale rs UJ tj moir Bays ToBay. -Tomdirrovj Galore arsarns 0 Map af Free Parking Area Salo Days Off to FasJ Start, Crowds Cbmo Early Pago 3 I It Took Two Years to Plan I Sale Days Event Pago 22 Area Women Get Big Chance For Real Savings Pago 39 Photo Glimpses of Shoppers Busy vith Pago 40 For Sale Days. Page 15x.