unw-

ll Countless Lives Saved In WakeOf Grove Fire

change a light bulb in an artifi-

Iwere convicted. The nightclub

Alan Farrell and his wife relax on board their schooner 0008" Girl. their home in the harbor at Nanaimo, B.C.. on

By ROBERT P. SALMON

BOSTON (APi—It began life. this building that was to be- come Boston’s plushiest night- club. as a garage in 1916.

All that remains today on the spot where it stood is a parking

lot. There is no marker to re- __

call the Cocoanut Grove where 492 persons died on the night of Nov. 28. 1942.

Yet. out of the death and iorror came—practically over-

night —— a revolutionary treat- incnt for burn victims. And the public shock and indignation

that resulted from disclosure of unbelievable laxity in fire pro. ter'iion brought about a sweep- in: revision in fire laws— changes that have probably saved countless lives in the last '30 years.

Ten ersons were indicted in the fire's aftermath. Only two

\vner. Barnett (Barney) Wel- nsky. was sentenced to 10 to

Contractor Rudnick, who reconstructed the old garage into the Cocoanut Grove. received a two-year

Vancouver Island. The couple b t the schooner together piece by piece in three years. This year they completed a

TRAGIC BLAZE RECALLED

term for conspiracy to violate the city’s building laws.

A fire department sergeant who had inspected the club eight days before the holocaust —turning in a report of "good" fire precautions in the building one persons either acquitted or otherwise freed

The nightclub. Boston’s larg- est and most popular in war- time 1942. had two unlocked doors. One was a revolving door that had no supplementary side exits. The other door opened

A dozen theories were ad- vanced for the cause of the fire.

Yet the final, official ruling was: “Cause unknown."

The Cocoanut Grove was the place to go at the time. It fea- tured a Polynesian motif with fake palm trees and colorful. flimsy decorations.

About 1,000 customers were in the Grove on the night of Saturday. Nov. 28, 1942. The club’s seating capacity was 750. At 10:15 p.m. a . had been pressed into service

as a spare waiter, tried to

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Lounge. scratched a match to see bet-

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widely advanced theory. 1 STARTED IN TREE I According to accounts later! pieced together by investigating officials, a young couple sitting directly beneath the palm no- ticed a small fire ﬂare immedi- ately in the fake tree. I'll get my coat and let’s get out of here." the girl said to her ﬁance.

At the top of the stairs shei poked her head into the ladies ‘ powder room and called: .

“Hey. girls, don’t get excited.

t there's a e wn- stars. You better start getting

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out

But it wasn't a “little fire" anymo The the palm tree to fabric decorat— ;

ing

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. I through a window of broken glass brick was half in. half out when flames belchcd through from the club into the street. The man was charred before firemen could reach him.

A emerged from the club stark naked except for a felt list. He began to run along the sidewalk. then collapsed and died.

Hundreds of firemen, police. servicemen. civil defence work- ers and volunteers were at the scene in the midst of the city's theatrical section within min- utes. A wartime disaster plan was put into immediate use.

A, secret government experi-

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‘ millan before the British prime

1 tions today.

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Mac, De Gaulle Talks Welcomed

PARIS (Reuters) —- Reports that Prime Minister Macmillan will have talks with President de Gaulle early next month are welcomed here as giving the two a chance to exchange views on expected summit talks be- tween Soviet Premier Khrush- chev and U.S. President Ken~ nedy.

Paris also is pleased that de Gaulle will be able to discuss international issues with ac-

minlster meets Kennedy. prob- ably just after Christmas. ,

Usually Well-informed sources said Saturday Macmillan will meet de Gaulle month, but there has been no official confirmation.

Generally de Gaulle has al- ways felt Khrushchev is a man of peace. but that to make premature conteasiona or gel- tures of appeasement to Mos- cow is not the best way to en- courage the Russians towards better relations_wlth the West.

Officials close to de Gaulle said two other major questions bound to be discussed are Brit- ish membership of the Euro-

pean Common Market and France's nuclear policy. Mikoyan Plans To Quit Cuba For UN Today UNITED NATIONS (CP) — Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan will move his talks on the

dwindling Cuban crisis from Ha- vana back to the United No-

He will fly into New York af- ter 24 days in Cuba, where he talked with Premier Castro as the worst of the crisis passed.

A UN spokesman said Sun- day Mikoyan will come here to have dinner with UN acting sec- retary - general U Thant a Thant‘s invitation.

A diplomat told a to- porter it was probable Mikoyan also will meet some U.S. dele- gates. Soviet sources sald Mik- oyan probably will leave to

oscow Tuesday.

The Russians said Mikoyan wants to find out first han what has been said about the

FASTEST GUN IN THE NORTH

with Pauloosce and his pals in an Eskimo village on Frobish- er Bay in the Northwest Ter- ritories.

Pauloosee outdraws an im- i aginary badman. Cowboys and I Indians is a popular game

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ment for burns suddenly he- came a treatment. From ew‘ Jersey sped two young chem- ists. they brought with them all new “mystery serum" — peni-' cillin.

For years the treatment for burns had been tannic acid. But on the night of Nov. 28. 1942.1 the treatment was revolution- ized at Massachusetts General Hospital. The burns weren’t even cleaned. Petroleum jelly was smeared on and covered with gauze bandages. .

palm tree at one corner of 40 - foot square Melody It was dark and

according to the most

little fir do

re. ﬂames had leaped from; By RICHARD O'REGAN

the ceiling. Racine along: BONN tAPi—-It used to be

over the heads of the diners ithat Horst Pfaff gave up his

and

o upstairs.

the

the huge nightclub. T

hind the ﬂames. Carbon mon-y oxide gas—unseen but deadly—i followed in the flames' w k . no man shouted:

got a fire downstairs" club's steward. 1

Within five minutes jrars fire raged everywhere in:

drinkers. the ﬂames moved ‘seat to ladies in crowded street-

He doesn't any more.

.‘ “Ever since I went to a bar- ICk '"wka Toned along [39' iber shop and found I had to have my hair cut by a girl, I consider women my equal," he a 9- lsays. “They can stand." “You’ve i to the ‘l and left in the evening. he used

. to “‘9 '“wa’dv 33‘” 3 be" of thands with 30 other employees.

ﬂame leap across the ceiling

and

volving doors.. But it was tool 13:;- aghey ow°r° 13mm“ from .you're so busy shaking .hands.‘ trying 'franticaily to push and claw t

entrance.

diod lng

overcame them.

Then every light in the club. - went 0;". The“ now w" u“ have similar wants. Prosperity

panic. , . Ono man trying

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'do hereby certify that due to weather conditions. I have

been unable to harvest“. . . . . acres of my I962 grain crop.

“This was a good old German custom. But the manager said ‘Nobody gets any work done—

tried to fold back the re-

m°“_m°5"y men‘ ‘lSo we gave that up too." Pfaff said.

1 Old European ways of life are breaking down. There is a great upsurge and ease in travel. Mass production and ad- vertising m e a n s Europeans

1' way out of the main

Nearly 200 people in heaps behind the revolv- door as smoke and gas

I er has brought an extraordinary

improvement in the European‘ standard of living during the last 10 years.

HAVE MORE LUXURIES West Europe's 800.000.000 peo- ple are better off than they or their ancestors ever were. - pite large areas of poverty in

to get I

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Greece. southern Italy. Spain and Portugal. Millions who never would

have dreamed of such luxuries. a few years ago now are buy- ing automobiles. television sets. washing machines, refrigera- tors.

Or take housing. Before the war. the highest aspiration of the average European was a two- or three-room apartment in the city. On he lwould muster his entire famin with rucksacks on their backs. take the streetcar to the city outskiits and go for a. long hike.

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N . man Europeans in large cities aspire for a small villa in the suburbs. As a result. satellite towns and communities are developing.

Take the role of women as another example.

Thirty-four per cent of Ger- man women no re working. They used to retire quietly to the corner and never butt into private conversations. of their husbands. Now they not only; talk. but also take an active. ‘part in politics.

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Frau Schmidt. and Madame Robert used to go out before' each meal to purchase the mak- Ings. They would have a nice chat with the little storekeeper around the corner and select something from his limited sup-

Signature)

. y- I Now supermarkets. depart-

OId Customs Fading In Booming Europe

When he arrived at his bank fathers shout

make a ritual of shaking to a series of rigidly regulated .

n Iday meal ls still sacred there.

_ aircraft have arrived for use by

Cuban question at the UN and in the U.S. while he was In

ArmsConierenceIoday

GENEVA (Reuters) United States. Britain. Canada

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During Mikoyan's visit there, Castro gave notice that he would not object to removal of Soviet jet bombers from Cuba and. on the isue of UN verifica- tion of the removal of bombers and missiles. he shifted his po- sition from "no inspection" to

-— Theying conducted by the U.S., Brit-

,ain and Russia in a conference subcommittee. are the most im- ,atufksualy held WEStem poncylmediate issue before the con- . a Sunday — the 9"? °f t’he;ference and the three nuclear Iresumption of the 17-nation dis- mowers have a Jan‘ 1 deadline “no unilateral inspection." Iarmament conference. :for agreement.

The UN“ waning for the U'S' Attention is focussed on thel The test-ban negotiations In reply to a 14mm“ agreement. -- lGeneva present in simpler form proposed by cum and the so' poulblhty 0' the conference' lthe basic conflict which has so vlet Union to wind up the crisis. which adjourned Sept. 7. reach- {far hampered an attempts at “‘3 agreement 0“ 1‘ "Helear‘progress toward a general and test-ban treaty in the post-Cu» complete disarmament treaty— ban crisis international atmos- the issue of adequate verifica- but highly - placed offi- ton and control. I cials on the four Western dele- But the test-ban talks also ap-. ations said progress toward a pear to offer the best hope fox-l reaty depended on a Soviet East-West agreement since bothI move. Russia and the U.S. have just.

The test-ban negotiations. be- completed extensive test, series.‘

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the Indian government. Canada has supplied DC-a transport planes. In Calcutta. Commonwealth Undersecretary n Tilne,‘ said Sandys will visit Pakistan this week to try to bring about an understanding between India and Pakistan on urgent matters of dispute arising from the Sino- Indian border situation.

PROTEST AID Pakistani press and opposi- tion parliamentary mem

have protested Western aid to India. Pakistan’s foe in the dis- pute over territory in Kashmir on the northern Indo-Pakistani border. I

The 33-member Indian na- tional defence council. presided over by Nehru. formed a nine- man military affairs committee under the chairmanship of the new defence minister. Y. B. Chavan. The committee will study the border situation. make arrangements for national defence and advise the govern-

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