Earth Tremors
Damage Coal
Mining City
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., WV—The
second series of earth tremors in
three days damaged hundreds of
homes and broke up streets last
night in a five-block area where
anthracite mines honeycomb the
earth.
The shock sent hundreds of
persons, many of them in night
clothes, fleeing to the streets
shortly before midnight in this
tremor-conscious city. Police re
ported no one was injured.
Several residents of the area
reported hearing underground ex
plosions at • the time of the dis
turbance. The Woodward collery
of the Glen Alden Coal Co. has
hard coal workings 400 feet under
the surface of the area.
The upheaval of the ground
cracked foundations, walls, and
windows of homes and raised
some sections of pavement as high
as a foot or more. Fences were
pushed over.
The state, city and coal com
pany have launched separate in
vestigations of the tremors but
little is expected to be learned
until the mines clear of gas caused
by the earth movements.
By coincidence, similar earth
movements rocked a residential
are.: of Allentown, 76 miles to the
south, severe 1 hours earlier. Al
lentown has no coal workings un
de. the city.
Man Finds Shore Alter
46 Days At Sea In Dinghy
BRISBANE, Australia, UP—'Vik
tors Jvejnieks, 28, staggered
ashore north of Cairns Monday,
suffering from malnutrition and
exposure, after drifting 450 miles
through the Coral Sea in an open
12-foot dinghy without a paddle.
He had been at sea 46 days.
Latvian-born Jvejnieks put out
in the dinghy Jan. 6 from Thurs
day Island, just off the tip of
Cape York Peninusla, the north -
ernment part of Australia. Some
days out, he lost his paddles in
a storm.
His drift took him down the
coastal section of northeast Aus
tralia guarded by the great bar
rier reef.
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Congressmen Find
Inefficiencies In
U. S. Embassies
WASHINGTON, OP—Investigat
ing congressmen say they found
13 British tenants living in the
American embassy in London —
and getting room service for
meals — because American pur
chasing agents showed “very poor
judgment’’ in acquiring the pro
perty.
The congressmen said they also
found instances of “inexcusable
inefficiency” and extravagance in
a survey of the land and buildings
bought by the State Department
; from Tokyo to London.
In Rome, 33 embassy housing
units cost $21,057 each, without
furnishings, the congressmen re
ported. This is as expensive as
the frequently investigated new
housing project in Bonn, Ger
many, they added.
Their comments were made
during hearings, made public yes
terday by a House Appropriations
subcommittee on the State De
partment budget.
The congressmen said the
United States bought property in
London’s Grosvenor Square with
leases outstanding for as long as
21 years, some of them executed
during negotiations for the sale.
“Thus the United States gov
ernment is in effect acting as a
landlord to foreign nationals, in
cluding the service of meals to
them in their rooms, located in a
building which now houses our
embassy.
“Th maintenance of tenants, |
their servants, and their guests j
on and in embassy property pre- i
sents a serious security problem." i
Japanese Businessman
Plans Visit To Russia
For Trade Agreement
TOKYO, liP)—A Japanese busi
ness man planning a visit to So
viet Russia has tacit approval of
the Japanese government, Kyodo
News Agency said Tuesday.
Rensaku Onishi, president of
Hokuyo Fisheries Co., will seek
entry for Japanese fishing craft
in the rich crab waters off Kam
chatka.
Before Russia seized Sakhalin
and the Kurile Islands, these
frigid waters were the source of
Japan’s prewar lobster, trout, sal
mon and crab catches.
During his visit Onishi plans to j
offer Russia Japan’s ship building j
and repair facilities, copper wire
and canned fruit, Kyodo said, in I
exchange for fishing rights.
The Japanese government, Ky- ;
odo said, feels that Onishi’s visit j
would be a tactful device for pro
moting trade between Japan and '
Russia without committing Japan
officially.
Syrian Oil Fire Halted
DAMASCUS, Syria, (P—Fire
raging 18 hours and destroying
S175,000 worth of crude oil at
Danias, Syrian terminal of the
pipeline from the Iraqi fields,
was brought under control early
1 today.
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Experts’ Report
Casts Doubt On
Gamma Globulin
WASHINGTON, UP) — The re
action of the medical profession—
particularly state and local health
officers—to a somewhat inconclu
sive report on the use of gamma
globulin against polio may deter
mine the extent to which it is
used this year.
Health officials indicated they
would await such reactions before
determining the extent to which
gamma globulin is used in 1954—
and how.
A group of 17 polio experts ap
pointed by the U.S. Public Health
Service reported Monday night
that:
1. It had found no evidence that
gamma globulin, a blood deriva
tive, prevented or mitigated para
lytic polio when given in mass
inoculation programs to all chil
dren in the 23 areas in 13 states
which had epidemics last summer.
2. It had found no evidence that
gamma globulin was effective
when given to family contacts or
persons stricken.
However, the committee quali
fied its statement about the mass
inoculation program by saying
that observations did not provide
enough information to permit it
to conclude whether or not
gamma globulin had an effect in
preventing or alleviating the dis
ease when used in this way.
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis had announced
that it would make available for
use this summer three million
doses of gamma globulin, worth
19 million dollars. It reaffirmed
those plans in commenting on the
committee’s report.
Japanese Lady, Intrigued
By Mr. Billiken, Wants
To Visit Alaska
Mr. Billiken, grinning mascot of
the Alaska Visitors Association,
has invaded Japan, the exotic
land of the cherry blossom and
kimono-clad lady, and captured
the heart of a schoolteacher whose
only knowledge of our beautiful
territory dates back to an old
and slightly misleading Para
mount Pictures comedy.
Attracted by the happy little
man who smiled up at her from
an ad in Holiday Magazine, Hazy
mae Watanabe, of Simokokura,
Kinucima, Kawati, Tontigi, Japan,
wrote the Alaska Visitors Assn,
telling of her desire to learn more
of Alaska.
Mr. Billiken’s newly-won ad
mirer said she was greatly inter
ested in Alaska, and added:
“Please don’t think me a spy
of Red, as I only interested in un
known land. Alaska is known to
me by “Road to Utopia” picture
of Paramount with Crosby, Hope
and Lamour. I can’t tour your
wonderful land of Mr. Billiken
now but some day I will. I want
your beautiful folder because I
teach geography in elementary
| school.”
Pitcher Vic Raschi Sold
To St. Louis Cardinals
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., CP)—'The
New York Yankees Tuesday an
nounced the sale of right-handed
pitcher Vic Raschi to the St. Louis
Cardinals for cash and several
minor league players.
Raschi has a record of 120 wins
and 50 defeats during the years
he has been with the Yankees.
He had 13 wins and 6 defeats
last year and a 16-6 record the
year before. From 1949 through
1951, he won 21 games a year.
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