Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - March 12, 1932, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania GOOD EVENING men dispose of a disagreeable matter by stuffing papers in the drawer ot a desk WEATHER Cloudy THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Member of The Associated Press Truth Our Public Good Our Aim Read By Nearly Everybody In Adams County ESTABLISHED 1902 GETTYSBURG PA SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 12 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS EXPENSES OF COUNTY DROP DURING YEAR Local Man Is Held For Court Russell E Murray of Gettysburg I was held for the April session of j York county court following a ing before Justice of the Peace L D Sell Hanover Friday j Murray is charged with operating motor vehicle while under the in- fluence of of Police R A Wolford is the The defendant entered bail Clarence Sheely Gettysburg represented the defendant The arrest the result of an j automobile accident in which a car i AUDITORS driven by the defendant figured accident happened in Hanover l Saturday afternoon Murray's j car struck a parked car owned by j Adams county ended 1931 with a Shearer Hanover and then rash balance of 80 in its followed an erratic course down the treasury as compared with to police al the end 01 1930 to the annual report of the I filed in court this week and i published in detail elsewhere m At End I 1931 Larger Than 1930 But Operation Costs Fall Daniel Alexander Skelly Relates His Boyhood Adventures During Civil War at Gettysburg in New Booklet Experiences Of Store Clerk Of een With The Confederate Soldiers And Of The Days Following The Battle Told In Interesting Manner Author Of Newest Battlefield Book A T the time when most boys were thinking of the joys ot the out-of-doors and the activities of the youngsters of Gettysburg during the month of June 1853 were faced with some of the most trying days in history of the United States The story of that major f I C C War as Jt appeared to the boys of Gettysburg L L U 0 L 11 has been m a book by Daniel A called of The Gettysburg ON ROADS AIM Boy's Experiences During the Battles of Mr Skelly has limited his number of books to 300 most of which jhe will distribute among his friends in this community and I the United States day's edition Times While the emerged fiom 1931 with a greater cash balance Ml AT AR AI the merchandising business at an early age Mr n its treasury than it did in 1930 I III soon became the owner of the store and served the the cost of the county vl SHU I U U W V j people of Gettysburg for years He was also active ast year was less than j j m the community lile of tne town and a prominent figure m the year before with receipts j T civic affairs One of his most important duties has been the lower Last year Appeal JL O secretaryship of the Masonic order m Gettysburg which post alter a service of 40 Mr Skelly is one J J of the Persons In Gettysburg and Adams county who is ARQ able to relate the history and changes heie since the civil All Others i His Story Begins OP TR A Dunns the month of June 1863 young Mi Skelly spent V of hls time in Kew York When he dld June to Hanover he found that due to the fighting it would be impossible to reach Gettysburg by tram The next An appeal to automobile truck man and two of his friends secured pares with a duplicate of I and motorcycle operators in ja hand car and started for Gettysburg on the Gettysburg and 16 for the year before a to join in a statewide Hanover railroad They succeeded in getting as far as New of j to lessen traffic noises was Oxford and then abandoned the car to walk the remaining Items of Expense t sued today by the ania ten miles to Gettysburg The next two days were intense m Among the items of expense federation state unit of the j excitement for the townspeople with the confederate soldiers conducting the county's varied j American Automobile association only a few miles away But a sense of security settled over This plea will be carried j the town on June 30 when two brigades of General Buford's ally every community in the com- cavalry reached through the agency That night the people of Gettysburg settled down in their the eighty-six motor clubs homes with little thought of the events of the morrow Mr describes the opening of the battle as On the morning of July l about 8 o'clock in company low er the county account shows tures of as with in 1930 1 The account of R miller county for the year ending January 4 1932 shows i receipts of 03 as ed j with receipts of for the j year ending January 4 1931 The tax duplicates for the last j jear was which com- Local Soldier Writes Of Hardships In East Mrs Benton D Gilbeit Buford avenue this morning received a letter from her brother Private Ralph E Bixler of ro- stationed Co K United States at Shanghai China telling her of the hardships American soldiers are experiencing in that country The letter was written February 15 when the war was at its height Private who is serving his fifth enlistment in the army went to Shanghai from Manila where the regiment was stationed Daniel A in 1932 activities last year are the County horns appropriation 500 court expenses printing election tion printing and plies 99 court commonwealth costs mary election fall roads and bridges jury com- missioners grand jury jury keeps ed with the state federation At its best the din of traffic these days is said Edward Gable president of the of my old friend Samuel W Anderson a resident of P M P We do not hope nor ex- i tucky but formerly of our town I walked out the to with all of this noise but our aim is to curb arid horn blowing and other unnecessary sounds especially burg road north of the town short distance beyond college building where there lay encamped in the fields Col brigade of Buford's division of cavalry which with Gambles brigade of Buford's As He Appeared in j r t o U o Ui V officials salaries sinking mg the approaching season of I had come mtc om town Qn tne fund damage claims heaviest traffic when householders r business establishments and others previous day 55130 Warner hospital tion loans and interest 221.66 coupons soldiers and widows county commissions The sinking fund account shows a balance of at the end of last year Twenty thousand lars worth of county bonds were retired during the year leaving the have doors and windows open most of the time I While we stood at Col an order was handed The manufacturers of motor General him hides have done away with his brigade west of the town as the confederates were then the all the noise of operation and have added so many safety advancing on the town by devices that even the sounding of Chambersburg pike west of horns has come to be considered except in occasional instances un- Special Services At U B Next Week The subject for the regular ing service in the United county's total indebtedness j essential to careful driving No The account of Mr Kitzmiller as treasurer of the Adams county poor district appears in detail in the ad- of the county accounts to Ridge My companion and I went di- j longer is the sounding of horn across to Seminary other warning signal at every then known as the Railroad considered the proper j woods by reason of the Old thing The cautious and being cut through it ed operator seldom has occasion to i Anderson went toward the nnd shows expenditures of use the horn and when that logical seminary buildings expecting 92 with a balance on hand casion arises sounds it in a way to get on the cupola of the uary 4 1932 of 67 j that does not offend Other Accounts t Curb Horn also gives Tne efforts account ard at 11 remained on Seminary ridge just where the old railroad will not I cut through it The ridge was full To Complete Motor Show Plans Sunday Final arrangements for burg's 1932 automobile show will be completed at a meeting Sunday Dr John H Ness as the speaker on j afternoon ci the Adams County Wednesday evening and the Rev t Dealers association church West The Giver High street will be In the the pastor the Rev w M Beattie will speak on the general theme What Is A Services during the week will begin Tuesday evening and continue until Friday evening with i Ralph E Boyer as speaker Thursday evening on GUIDES MEET MONDAY The Gettysburg battlefield guides association will holo a special ing in the fire engine house day evening at o'clock All of George Patterson be confined to curbing of men and boys from the town all members of the association aie the county home the horn blowing but will to W witness a brush with the I urged to attend as matters of im- port of Charles E Stahle j elude among other things a confederates and not di earning of to every guide will Continued on Pace Two Emmitsburg Hard Hit by Recent Storm against unnecessary noises j made by motorcycles and trucks It is impossible to operate a heavy i truck without considerable noise t said Mr Gable but some drivers overstep their lights and without thought for pedestrians for holders along the streets over which they are passing 01 for other motorists seem to trv to make all Continued on Page Foui cussed Prince Weds Commoner And Loses His Royal Title Emmitsburg haid hit by last Continued on Fase Two Sunday's has far from March 12 An insistence on a church tne can This i joung prince Lennart of Outside the office i here m QTT of all arrangements have been completed but a fev minor details will be completed when the dealers assemble for the last time before the opening of the show Wednesday morning Sixteen automobile and accessory dealers have booked space m the Hotel Gettysburg annex for the ex- position and it is believed that eral others will join in displaying automobiles or auto parts and the official opening The decorating committee was scheduled to stait work on rating the interior of the annex in preparation for the exposition and che m of the show I announced that this yeai s display vill be the most attractive held from the effects of the storm and expected that several days wall elapse before the little Maryland just across the Pennsylvania line will be re- stored to semblance of malcy The is still I without electric light and telephone service although crews from the two public utility companies serving that area have been working through the week in an attempt repair the crippled light and phone service Coal oil lamps and candles pressed into service and are only means of illumination for the entire community The few industrial plants have been closed all week because of lack of electrical power to operate the machines and power plants The Hotel Slagle is without its former heating plant electrical current crippling this much needed piece of machinery and the hostelry is be- ing heated by coal and oil stoves The Emmitsburg Chronicle weekly paper did not publish this week because of lack of power to operate the printing press WEATHER REPORT Mostly cloudy tonight and day Probably snow in west and north portions Little change in temperature Two Trophies On Display Two large trophies won by the Gettysburg college basketball team in the Eastern Collegiate basketball league aie on in the business office windows of The Gettysburg Times The permanent trophy is a black with a bronze half basketball on the front and a bronre plate beneath denoting the 1932 championship of the league This will be retained Gettysburg The larger trophy a ver trophy pedestal is ed by a large silver basketball atop which is a silver figure of a player in the act of tossing the ball The trophy is on a black base This trophy will be retained by Gettysburg for one year It will be awarded to the team winning each season's championship The team winning the league title three times will DC awarded the trophy for permanent possession Gettysburg college as winner of the 1932 pennant will be en- graved on the lower half of the basketball sacrificed his royal the sample ceremony was said Arrangement privileges quarreled with his cockney crowd of a thousand or during the 1 cr and married a commoner A colorless in Prince's Row register office united j attired in a green traveling suit 25 1 the grandson of the king of Sweden J j for continuous show have been sent up a the i and these clad as and the bude with the smart slick lines of 25 models to be displayed colorings and special and Miss Kann a beau- Inside the register official arc expected to to giri with hair whose presence they repeated the most successful exposition ever daughter of a wealthy Stockholm i words of the marriage business man just wished addition to the 25 new models No sooner had the Lennart took Kann in his aims i there will be displays of automobile ed than a of he and kissed her accessories greases oils radios up and Tne couple without any nee 01 parts and other devices old shoes went m a large car The show opens Wednesday T Swedish legation stepped handed an envelope to the prince FIRST LIBRARY CONFERENCE IN 7 Librarians Of burg Regional Dis- To ble Here MANY SPEAKERS ARE ANNOUNCED The first regional brary conference ever held in Ad- ams county will convene Thursday April 7 m the burg college memorial library John H Knickerbocker college librarian announced morning Library representatives from col- leges high schools and ties in the Harrisburg area com- prising several counties will at- tend the conference Mr bocker said Morning Sessions The morning session will con- vene at o'clock with tho lowing program Address of welcome Dr H W A Plymouth Pa Note i Ransom For Lindbergh Child Mystery Note Demands Money Tonight With Prom- ise To Return Babe To Woman ROSNER'S WORK CLOSELY GUARDED Morris Rosner former ment agent supposed to have connections in gang circles is believed to be aiding in tions the return of Baby Lindbergh Kumor has it that ner caused the naming of two ster to act in the case LINES ARE DRAWN FOR PRIMARY SCRAP Harrisburg March 12 Pennsylvania authorities have been requested by the New Jersey state police to investigate the sending of a letter postmarked Plymouth Pennsylvania demanding for the return of the Lindbergh baby tonight Police at Plymouth could throw no light on the letter which was the unholy three The ter Well here we are for Uie last act We now send plans and tions for yon to follow in order to get the baby back Leave the cops out of this or all of the police from here to heU can't get him back alive for you We want in twenty lar bills all old money agent must be a woman and carry the money in a black She must be alone No shadows Get this One false step now and you will rain the deal for good Agent to use the name of Mrs Thomas Lewis and be in front of post office at Plymouth PaJ at Saturday March 12 She will get orders from trere She will get baby one-half hour after we get the money More Fights Among Republicans Than Hanson president of Democrats Official List Shows 3 G 0 P MEN SEEK SEAT IN CONGRESS college The College Charter April 7 1832 James Bristol 32 college We Will Rejoice Gettysburg college glee club Pennsylvania Libraries to 1832 J W 32 Gettysburg col- j colmlj at the s Brief Report on Re paries April 26 will be called Libraries the librarians of to decicle a number of con- tests for nominations but the fights aie moie numerous among cans than they are crats A thud candidate for the can nomination for congress in the district has filed his nominating petitions at He is Samuel R Boyer of New Cumberland R D in the per end of York The other two republican candidates are ton C Taylor of Bendersville and Franklin of York county Democrats will be faced only one contest That is for delegates to the national convention Four candidates are running for the two positions the district There aie no democratic contests j for state committee i nate delegates to the national J the conference Pennsylvania News Miss Evelyn L Matthews consulting state library The Library in the Community Miss Grace H Hildei brand free library conference Chust Lutheran church Afternoon Session The Newer Function of the Col- lege Library Miss Helen I man librarian Wilson college Chambersburg of a City Library Miss Alice R Eaton public library The State Developments Within the State Miss Gertrude MacKinney commonwealth of Harrisburg Book the County Miss Adelene J L sts OI j arranged by include Piatt state director Maryland have he horary filed al the state j do not appear m the School libraries in Modem same as on cation Miss Grace Strickland h- ballots to orarian public school York Selected Readings from the thor's Dr Francis Mason assistant professor of English college In it new their hotel where a at 10 o'clock and continues certified that he was plain Mr eon lead his passport and seemed to j realize for the first time tnat he i Symbol Of His Exchange This was the bespectacled j had boen shorn of ha titles He j man's of change of titles and rojal highness for the girl he loved No member of the prince's family was present and the small wedding party included only the bride's j mother aunt and voune i was served There through to closing late turned to his bride and raised his Skoal Mrs he said And she repeated Skoal Mr Saturday evening decide the order in which the names will appear Except where a ferent number is indicated only one is to be chosen for the of- fice Complete Lkt The complete list of candidates i follow Republican C Taylor Franklin Menges Yoik Samuel R New berland R D public Sunday evening at 8 Convention delegates to be o'clock in the Chestnut stieet R Lafean CHIROPRACTOR VISITS HERE Dr B J Palmer lounder of the Palmer school of Iowa visited in Gettysburg Friday While here he toured the Gettysburg battlefield and later left for Harrisburg He will deliver a Seek lire Plotters j March 12 eleventh day of the great Lindbergh kidnapping mystery found police trying to check their suspicions of five men and a plot They surmised that the five laid a kidnapping scheme as early as last November against the family and fortune of Colonel The plot was abandoned at the time but whether it was picked up again or earned through was a question police were trying to an- swer One of the suspects is in custody on a charge unrelated to the napping He was identified as an inmate of the Tombs prison in New York who was brought here day after Morris Rosner expert fixer acting as Lindbergh's under- cover agent interviewed him at the prison His name was closely guarded At Liberty Another of the five men is be- to be in prison elsewhere Police want to find out where he is so they can determine whether the three who remained at liberty ed up the abandoned plot and ried it through by stealing the baby from Ins crib March 1 A circular appealing to everyone underworld and respectability alike to give information about the kapping under pledge of strict secrecy was announced by the Jersey state police It was sent to every police de- in the country after be- ing submitted for approval to J Edgar Hoover chief of the bureau of investigation ot the United States department 01 justice Hoover was designated by President Hoover to sit at the recent ence called to coordinate efforts m the search tor the world's most mous baby Rosner's activities were the most closely guarded of all the flitting Continued on Page Two Continued on Page Two County Couple Adjudged Bankrupt j Francis K and his Minnie C j ors of Highland were ad- I judged bankrupts in the federal man's mother Grand Duchess The will of Sallie M Hai bolt late court of the middle of ric who an New Oxford was entered to this The hour protest against a in the office of Robert E pile of assets and debts received mony and refused to attend later i er register and i by John H j day at the office of J Donald Swope sent a telegram of best wishes Duttera New Oxford the executor i referee in bankruptcy shows debts Lennart and his bride left late in The estate is valued at i of 15 and assets of 50 the afternoon for a continental Can This Be WILL IS FILED honeymoon after which they will settle down at the tate on Lake Constance King Opposed Match The refusal of the prince's im- mediate family to attend was based on King Gustav's refusal to approve the union and the grand WEATHER FOR WEEK i LETTERS OV ESTATE Washington March 12 Letters of administration on the w eather outlook for the week estate of George W late of Generally fair middle ot week ning Monday cept rain about Continued cold Monday and day rising temperature Wednesday and Thursday and colder Friday I valued at 000 East Berlin were issued to Mary E and Harvey A Henise in the office of Robert E Fisher ister and recorder The estate is Every story about the meanest man is eclipsed by that of the meanest woman which a transient told a wife this week The transient tired and hungry stopped at a farm house m Adams county and asked the for a bite to eat The woman said she would we him something and asked him to wait A shoit time later the woman with a package ped in newspaper and handed it to the man who thanked her The walked a distance fiom the house and sat down and to unwrap the package expecting a good meal When the last wrapping was moved it revealed a dead cat The pooi man who had eaten substantial loi days was so touched the most of the woman that he cued in a shoit time the transient the stoiy to wife who took him into her home and cave n substantial meal CONTRACT FOR NEW ROOF IS LET Hospital Directors Award Work To T J brenner And Son Only business was trans- acted at the March meeting of the board of directors of the Warner hospital Friday evening Dorsey Dougherty president of the board was in charge of the meeting Announcement was made that the contract for the of the I hospital has beer awarded to T J Wmebrenner and Son Baltimore street An slag roof will be laid to replace the present tin I w hich s orn out in 1 places I Besides Mi other di- at the meeting included the Rev Father Mark Stock H H J Miller E P Miller Dr George D Stanley F V Topper Frank A E M Bender and C A j Bixler
