Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - March 10, 1948, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Vol 46 No 60 Czech Minister Jan Masaryk Ends His Life Prague March U IP Jan Masaryk 61 foreign minister In the new Communist government killed himself today in a leap from his second story office the government announced Gen Lev a Czech resistance leader in London com- It is Masaryk was the son of Thomas Masaryk founder and first president of the republic His death took from the communists the use of the distinguished name The controlled radio said Masaryk must have been seriously aggrieved and wounded by the malicious tendentious at- tacks made upon him by the ern press PUy Requiem Music Officials of the foreign ministry after a period of reluctance to con- firm the report finally announced Masaryk had died at 8 a m The government broadcast at noon of- announced the death It lowed the announcement with the miles of three and four lane solemn requiem music of Anton ment which will extend eastward Dvorak the great Czech composer from the end of the Williams con- The government delayed without tract explanation foreign news agency The village of Fayetteville will be THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To Our Patrons Good Evening who tell you almost nothing but the truth tell you almost nothing Read by Nearly Everybody m i GETTYSBURG PA WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 10 1948 Wire Member of Toe Associated Frees PRICE THREE CENTS AWARD THIRD CONTRACT FOR LINCOLN ROAD The contract for improvement of the third link on U 8 Route 30 the Lincoln highway between and Chambersburg was awarded today by the Department of Highways The contract was given to the H J Williams Co Inc York at the low bid of It is for miles of concrete pavement 33 feet wide and a bridge to carry the highway over tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad This project will connect with slightly more than three miles of new concrete pavement completed last fall east of Chambersburg Tuesday the department announced award of two contract 12.36 DONATED TO HONOR ROLL FUND CAMPAIGN The Adams county honor roll committee fund drive is well over the halfway mark toward its goal of Mrs Henrietta Blocher urer announced today Donations to date total from 19 organizations throughout the county The money will bp used to purchase name plates to complete the list of World War II veterans wide Fills up to 32 feet in height from Adams county move the will be made at the bridge approach j ent honor roll from its site on center The structure will require cubic square to the court house and to pay yards of concrete 5.919 pounds of clerical help and other needed courtyard where he J structural steel and pounds expenses in connection with the fell Dr Prokop Drtina who was of steel reinforcing bars At present making of a file of all veterans and minister of justice in the the highway crosses the tracks cabinet with him was convalescing j grade from head injuries sustained in what APF police said was a three-story the structure carrying the Lincoln garet is working from his villa two days after highway over the in checking sources of ra Continued on Page 6 telegraph circuits for 30 minutes Masaryk last appeared publicly Sunday He looked harassed gard and worried The controlled press had quoted him as telling Czechoslovak army officers last You can count on me I am one or you x x x We must have unity with the Soviet Union Our place is at their We must be grateful if Russia allows us to be there We made a bloodless revolution and have entered a new phase of history Second Death Plunge Even while Masaryk's body was by the new highway Bridge The contract calls for cubic yards of excavation and 863 cubic yards of filL The roadway will be graded for a width of from 49 to 61 feet A nine inch concrete slab pavement will be laid on top of a six inch special subgrade Plans call for construction of a three-span structure over the tracks These spans will be 45 feet Car Damaged In Rear-End Collision An automobile operated by Mrs Eleanor A Fox 34 of 30 York street was damaged at p m Tuesday when it ran into the rear of the car of W Earl King 42 of Waterfall Pa on the Lincoln highway two miles west of Gettysburg state lice who investigated the accident said According to the police report a car operated by Nelson Henschke 16 New R 1 stopped on the highway car stopped be- hind it and Mrs Pox ran into the King machine Damage to her auto- mobile was estimated at Police said there was no damage to the other vehicles No one was injured The investigation is being continued RED CROSS GIFTS MOUNT TO ON TENTH DAY Contributions financial campaign being conducted by the Adams county Red Cross this month today a number of additional districts for- warding to the county office Among the donations was from the Upper congregation of the East Berlin Church of the Brethren The money was raised by a collection taken at the Annual Red Cross Sunday service held by the church The Rev J Monroe ner is pastor Among the larger donations listed today were from the Carroll Shoe company of Littlestown and from the Littlestown Re- formed church Sunday school from the church So far only a few solicitors in each district have turned over to the county chapter the contributions they have obtained in their house campaign More than 300 are conducting the collection Donations by district include Dis- Two Cash town area Dis- trist Three Upper Adams Dis- Four York Springs area District Five Bast Berlin area District Seven town area District Eight town area District Nine Gettysburg R D Gettysburg First ward first precinct First ward second precinct Second ward Third wardi ness district ward Third Ward business district clubs tions their war records Work on the compilation of the Approximately 300 feet west of i records is well underway Miss ful records crete arch having a span of 50 feet whose names should be listed will be built over a stream This on honor roll are urged to write will take cubic yards of con- crete and pounds of steel reinforcing bars This project like the two Tuesday will be financed entirely with state funds Bids for the improvement 27 were opened Rites Saturday For Mrs Hanson Peters Funeral services for Mrs Hanson W Peters 69 Aspers R 1 who died at the Warner hospital Tuesday morning from a complication of diseases will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock from the MRS BAYLY DIES TUESDAY Mrs Mary Kuhns Bayly 89 widow of William Hamilton Bayly native of Adams county and an alumna of Gettysburg college died Tuesday her home in Washington D C Older residents of the county will remember Mrs Bayly as a frequent visitor to this section She also gave a number of organ recitals in Mrs Bayly was a native of burg Pa and graduated from land College for Women in 1877 Her husband was an attorney in the legal department of the Bureau of Pensions and became chief clerk under President He died in 1907 Louis H Bayly an only child lost his life in the first world war and wap buried in the American cemetery at Suresnes Prance Mrs Bayly was active in Red Cross and YWCA work and ted tour ing parties to Europe and on cruises She was presented to the Court of Si James In 1933 and headed ft OoM Star Mothers to Europe In 1931 Funeral will be held to Washington Suicides Foreign Minister Jan G saryk MMI of the first president of Czechoslovakia who ted suicide this morning by ing from a second floor window in the foreign office in Prague MRS GILBERT 76 IS FOUND DEAD AT HER HOME Mrs Mary A Gilbert 76 widow of Frank Gilbert was found dead at her home 26 at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Dr C G Crist county coroner who was called said death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage Mrs Gilbert was found in her bed by a neighbor Cletus Smith 34 Breckenridge street Mrs Smith had visited with Mrs Gilbert Monday evening and she had appeared In her usual health at that time When she was not seen about Tuesday Mrs Smith became worried At 4 o'clock Mr Smith finding all of the doors locked a window and found the body A member of the Gettysburg church Mrs Gilbert had carried on at her home the wall paper sales business of her husband since his death 27 years ago Surviving are a daughter Mrs Howard E Hull Dayton Ohio an adopted daughter Mrs C P perd Mansfield La three grand- children and four dren Funeral services Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Bender funeral home with the Rev John Ness Jr pastor of the York Haven with one thought in de- ical United Brethren church a feat Of Communism in any part of grandson officiating Interment in the Judge W C Sheely told Evergreen cemetery members of the Good Samaritan Friends may call Friday evening j Arch Chapter No 266 at their at the funeral home COMMISSIONERS TO ASK ROUTE 30 BE KEPT OPEN The Adams county commissioners will ask the state Highway de- to keep the Lincoln way west of riere open during the coming summer while the new bed is laid between McKnightstown and Fayetteville That decision was reached this morning after John D Lippy Jr Henry W Garvin David Forney Charles H Huber Jr and Albert L Wolford appeared before the com- since 1913 was praised by missioners asking their assistance Doctor Hanson for his work during in keeping the old toad open while Period the new road is placed Nearly all of the construction Oil ft OTA DO PCT take place over a route Q I Ijt I Dr Crist To End Duties At College Dr Henry W A Hanson dent of Gettysburg college today an- the resignation of Dr C G Crist as medical director for the college He also announced the pointment of Dr Joseph B Baker road as medical director for the institution Doctor Baker is a son of the late Rev Dr J B Baker who was a trustee of the college He recently moved from Washington D C to near Gettysburg with his wife and twin children The appointment and resignation are effective at the end of the rent school year Doctor Crist who has been medical director for the SHEELY SCORES RED MENACE AS WORLD THREAT Every Mason every Christian every American must bind together some distance from the present i way and thus could be carried out without the present Route 30 the group told the commissioners Cite Harmful Effects Thoy said tbat they had learned traffic maybe turned off at and sent by way of through Emmitsburg while the new road is being built To halt traffic on the Lincoln highway would be very harmful to business places along the present highway during the summer when LETTERS MAT EXHIBIT GIVEN Eight members of the Gettysburg high school basketball squad were awarded varsity letters during the assembly program presented by the physical education department in the school gymnasium this tourist traffic is at its height the ing men pointed out They added that the proposed The letters were awarded to the following by Fred Haehnlen fao road could be nearly completed be- ulty Kenneth Fair Bruce fore it would be necessary to cut Westerdahl William Bushman Guy Lincoln highway at Donaldson William Eisenhart the HAROLD KELLER BADLY BURNED AS FIRE LEVELS GARAGE SHOP A owned by Harold Keller 47 Grand View Terrace was completely destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon an automobile owned by Robert Thompson York Springs was lost with the two other were damaged the rear of Keller's home adjoining the garage was scorched and Mr Keller was taken to tbe Warner hospital with serious first and second degree burns Mr Keller conducted an auto- mobile repair shop and auto ing plant He and his son Janies Nevin aged about 20 years were changing a gasoline tank on the Thompson car There were two stoves in the garage and it is be- lived that gasoline fumes ignited and exploded Flames filled the building Son Removes Car Keller was badly burned about the face arms and legs before he could get out of the garage His son jumped into his own car which uas in the building and drove it through the doors The front of it was badly burned however Fire Chief James A Aumen said Another automobile standing at the side of the garage was also damaged The heat of the flames to the honor roll committee at the arbitration room in the court house giving full details of their service including their address at the time of induction and their connection with the county at that time Value To Veterans Melchlor Sheads chairman of the historical committee in charge of compilation of the records said that the records will be of value to all veterans if bonuses are granted on a state or national level The 19 organizations which have donated to the fund so far Littlestown Alpha fire company Ab- fire company Gettysburg Rotary club New Oxford fire com- SAYS FAITH IN UN IS NEEDED FOR ITS SUCCESS UlC tm first annual ladies night and th spots where the new and en Keeney Ray Sollberger Leonard scorched the tarpaper shingles on P Sites and Manager Robert Shetter the Keller house but Gettysburg quet at the Trinity Reformed church old road connect Tuesday evening The commissioners acting as the football and basketball Approximately 165 Masons and county election board set letters uere also presented 15 between 1 and 2 o'clock as bers of the Gettysburg junior high the time of drawing for places on teams by Mr Haehnlen Those re- football awards were neth Becker Harold Cleveland Eu- Continued on page 6 The United ultimate Nations success council of their ladies heard Judge Sheely tell of the threat to Masonry in 1830 when an convention was held in Philadelphia with more than 100 delegates Included among the delegates was Gettysburg's Thaddeus Stevens From 1830 to 1850 Masonry en- the countered much opposition and depends ville conducted by the Rev Dr O D Coble Interment in the cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock own fire company Bendersville fire Lions club Centennial fire company iurg Eagles lodge Gettysburg Elks York Joy Aspers Cashtown and Arendtsville PLAN MEETINGS TO EXTEND 4-H Plans for a series of meetings in arious communities to promote rational 4-H clubs in the county were discussed Tuesday evening at a meeting of county 4-H local leaders in the extension office in the court house No dates were set The program will be up by the extension office in the near uture In addition to the present dairy and beef clubs clubs in pig feeding capon raising strawberries berries and bees were suggested by the local leaders At the meetings to be in various parts of the county parents potential 4-H members anyone will be invited Allen Baker state chib leader spoke on activities of 4-H clubs in other parts of the state and showed motion pictures of projects ed by various clubs fire Soroptimist club fife company FIVE ENROLL IN SOROPTIMISTS Five new members of the club were introduced by Mrs Violet Hill at the club's regular meeting Tuesday night at the Hotel The five are Mrs Lucille Walton Biglerville Miss Ml ryn Knouse Arendtsville Mrs H Wilbur Baker Mrs Jane and Miss Dorothy Foth all of Rites Here For War Hero On Thursday Funeral services for Pvt diaries B Hinkle son of Mrs Esther Tagert will be held Thursday morning ajt 11 o'clock at the burg National cemetery with an Army chaplain from the Carlisle barracks In charge Interment will be made in the cemetery Private Hinkle was killed in action October 21 1944 in the Southwest Pacific th of war A former dent at William Penn high school he entered the air corps SCARLET FEVER John E Shultz 17 a student at Gettysburg high school was tined this morning by William I Shields state sanitarian in Adams county He is a son of Mr and Mrs John Shults Straiten township New Oxford R 3 NAMED TO STAFF Dr Robert R Holland Red Lion a graduate of Gettysburg college and Jefferson Medical college was pointed ft resident physician in surgery at York hospital day effective 1 companies the and Gettysburg upon the faith which people like us have m Mrs Lester O Johnson North Stratton street declared Tuesday night in a talk on The United Nations at the regular meeting of the Business and Women's club held at the YWCA The meeting followed a ner at p m Mrs Johnson stressed the im- portance of having faith in the UN and the importance of supporting it While many people say that it is too idealistic and that it will be impossible to make it work what many lodges were forced to close their doors Comparing the threat to Masonry then with an even greater threat to Masonry Sheely declared it is a threat to democracy itself He spoke of the danger of Com- Communistic propaganda is being preached in country after country Communism is based on atheism which is opposed to the basic elements of Masonry Com- abolishes the basic truths teaches rebellion against order and is against freedom and liberty while Masonry teaches truths stands other hope for the world is law and order and champions under such stress and strain as we freedom and liberty Installation ceremonies for the new members will be held at a ner meeting April 27 postponed this month because of Holy Week In- tead of this month's dinner meeting the club will attend the 9th birthday anniversary dinner of the York club next Tuesday evening at the hotel in York Members who desire to attend are asked to contact Mrs George F Eberhart not later than Saturday morning Delegates and alternates who are planning to attend the spring con- at Camden N J on April 17 include the club president Mrs Frederic R Flora Dale the vice Mrs Wayne M Keet and Mrs beth Hennig an alternate for Mrs David who will be unable to attend Several other members may attend the conference among them Mrs Wilbur Bream Biglerville R 1 Mrs first president of the club when it was formed here more than nine years ago addressed the new members and explained the policies duties and responsibilities of the club have Mrs Johnson asked The speaker said that in the for- mation of the original United tions charter it came through a series of events the Atlantic ter in 1941 the UN declaration in 1942 the Moscow conference In 1945 45 Nations Involved In all the discussions it is im- portant to note that the 45 small nations were given opportunity to discuss criticize and amend the Mrs Johnson pointed out The speaker concluded by Please Turn to Page Two 35 Seek Rural Carrier Post Here Thirty-five applications have been filed with the United States Civil Service commission for an tion for rural mail carrier burg post office to be held day morning at a m at the Gettysburg high school Wilbur A Geiselman civil service examiner said today The examination will be in charge of Jesse E Snyder local civil service secretary and Mr The eligible list obtained from the ex- amination will be used to fill three vacancies on rural carrier routes out of the Gettysburg post office The routes are now being carried by substitutes Judge Sheely reminded the group that an iron curtain has descended on the countries of and Europe Please Turn to Page Two the ballot for the April primary Fire Company To Meet This Evening The regular March meeting of the j Gettysburg Fire department will held at o'clock tonight at the engine house Refreshments will be served after the meeting A meeting of the ladder truck committee of which William G Weaver is chairman is scheduled to be held Saturday when further plans for placing the new vehicle purchased last year from the mington fire department in service will be discussed Tentative plans have been made SENIOR PLAY AT GETTYSBURG HI MARCH 18 AND 19 The Senior class of Gettysburg High school today announced the cast anS other personnel for the senior play Angel which will be presented March 18 and 19 in the high school auditorium at 8 p tn for purchasing a new tractor to be Proceeds will go to the senior class paid for by the borough council to help defray the cost of The present tractor according to the annual yearbook fire company officials is in need of j won as in previous years will be replacement The tractor and truck 50 cents for adults and 30 cents for had been in service in Wilmington en for 22 years prior to The story of the play deals with the Gettysburg department for i the of Angel street men who were called succeeded an saving this building 1 Equipment Lost The garage was of frame tion covered by tarpaper shingles ante burned quickly Firemen saad they could see the flames shooting 50 to 75 feet in the air as they sped out Carlisle street en route to the fire There was no water and as fast as water in the booster tanks of he Gettysburg fire trucks was used jp the trucks returned to a way fire hydrant to fill up again Firemen were unable to accurately estimate the damage but said it would reach several thousand lars Considerable garage equipment and paint sprayers were destroyed in the fire Mr Keller remains a patient in the hospital today Two Motorists Are Each Fined Harvey L Longanecker town R 2 paid a fine of and costs to Justice of the Peace Gerald Orndorff of New Oxford on a charge of too close to another home Biglerville R 2 near vehicle state police of the town this morning at o'clock burg who filed the charge announced today Raymond C Graham York charged by state police with ing paid and costs to Justice JAMES M KINT DIES AT HOME James M Kint 61 died at his Egg Hunt For Children Up To 8 Will Be Held March 27 EXTINGUISH BLAZE Firemen were called at a m today to the home of John 405 York street where oil from an oil burner to the Ignited The before the of the firemen Forecast Cloudy and colder tonight by or mow All Gettysburg youngsters up to eight years of age will be invited to take part in an Easter egg hunt on Saturday afternoon March 27 from 3 to 4 o'clock according to tive plans announced today by the Delta chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority lowing a meeting of the chapter at St James church The place of the egg hunt has not been decided upon Prices will be given to the children finding the most eggs Miss McCleaf president of the chapter was in charge of the business meeting Reports were given by Miss Bream secretary and Mies Louise Duncan treasurer Committee chairmen also gave re- ports and June Myers man of the and means com- ft food sale for the benefit of UN dab will be March 97 the of complications He had been in ill health for five years A native of Adams county he was a son of the late John and Liza D Shover Kint For the last four years of the Peace David Hykes New he was employed by the Gettysburg ford R D Panel company and before that was farmer He was a member of United Brethren church Surviving are his widow Rosie B Currens Kint to whom he had been married 39 years the following dren Charles LeRoy Kinf ville R Raymond E Kint Nicholas E Kint Iron Springs R 1 and John A Kint at home four grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters Tohn Kint Iron Springs R Mrs John Charmian Harvey Kint Iron Springs R 1 Mrs Susan Shindledecker Iron Springs R 1 Walter Kint Laurae Neb George Kint Iron Byron Kint Gettysburg Mrs Mary Shealer Orrtanna Miss Myrtle Kint Iron Springs R 1 and Norman Kint Blue Ridge Summit Funeral services Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bender funeral home with the Rev Amos Funk and the Rev Fred officiating Interment in cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening Red Cross Seeks Friends The Adams county Red Cross day asked all those who may have known James Robert Calloway while he was in Gettysburg between 1939 and 1942 to repon the fact to the Red Cross office on Baltimore street Calloway's mother who lives in N C is trying to get in touch with those who knew the man while here through the local Red Cross Calloway was killed in action during World War II In it Mr is slowly turing his wife into insanity While her husband is out of the house however a police inspector visits her and helps prove to her that her band is a maniacal criminal of a murder in the same house 15 years before The plot then unfolds the game of trying to un- cover the necessary evidence against Mr The following persons make up the Mr Manningham liam McKenney Mrs Manningham Ruth Jeanne Dlehl Rough Tom Hemingway Elizabeth Mary Kay Continued on page 6 Mrs Harvey Dickert was named as the club's representative on the Women's Community Improvement committee organized recently by Burgess C A Heiges The first election of officers for the sorority for the coming year will take place at the next meeting Tuesday March 23 Terms of office of those serving since the tion of the group will end with this election They were appointed by the international director Mrs Mabel Shinn Tests for the ritual of the Jewels were given to each member Tuesday night The degree will be conferred on them at the Founders Day quet Mrs Sterling Musselman a member was given a cup for her infant daughter The chapter will hold its next meeting March 33 at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs Julius Swope timore street Twenty members at- tended meeting Vet Agriculture Students To Meet A meeting of all Veterans culture program students in Adams county will be held this evening at o'clock at the Earl of the State College extension staff will speak on Phases of Farm Management MRS DRAIS 80 EXPIRES TODAY Mis Minnie L Drais 80 wife of Frank Drais Highland township died at o'clock this morning at the home of a daughter Mrs Luther Scott Gettysburg R 2 of internal cancer after an illness of about a year During most of that time she remained at the home of the daughter A daughter of the late Christian and Matilda Hummer Byer she was a member of the First Brethren church of Hagerstown She lived in Highland township since her riage 57 years Surviving aie the children Mrs Arthur Knouse R U and Mi Charles lor Donaldson 7 grandchildren one great-grandchild a brother William Byer Schenectady N Y and the following sisters Mrs Charles Shaw Washington D C Mrs William Bikle Hagerstown and Mrs Fannie Reichard Hagerstown Funeral services Saturday after- noon at 2 o'clock at the Bender neral home with the Rev Harry Ecker officiating Interment in Evergreen cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Friday ning Littlestown 20TH BIRTHDAY PARTY IS HELD BY ROTARIANS The 20th birthday anniversary of the Littlestown Rotary club was ob- served Tuesday evening in banquet hall the same place the first meeting was held 20 years ago Local and visiting were present to help celebrate the occasion Ladies night was held in connection with it Howard C Koontz president of the Westminster Rotary club pre- sented the local club with a table display of flowers The Gettysburg Rotary club was instrumental in the formation of the local club and C A Bixler who was one of the bers of the Gettysburg club at time represented his club at the meeting William Montgomery dent of the Hanover Rotary club was official representative of his club The guests at the meeting ed Mr and Mrs Howard C Koontz and Mr and Mrs Philip Rover Westminster Mr and Mrs William Montgomery Hanover Mr and Mrs C A Bixler and Rotarian J C Shank Gettysburg former charter members I D Grouse Joseph son John A Mayers and Mrs Continued on 6 FILE ESTATE BOND An administration bond in the estate of Jennie A late of Union township has been filed at the court house here by the ad- a daughter Annie E Hunk R 3 CLUB TO BANQUET The annual banquet of the Adams County Senior Extension club will be held Thursday March 18 at 7 p m in the Two Taverns parish hall Miss Mabel supervisor of home eco- nomics will speak on The Part Young People Play in the ment Pf Community Ufe SCOUTS REPORT OVER The current Boy Scout finance campaign in the Black Walnut dis- now exceeds according to reports in the hands of Daniel E Teeter finance chairman The re- ports are incomplete in all areas but Mr Teeter announced that area and the the Cashtown McKnightstown masburg area have already buted in excess of their quotas The current drive is for a maintenance fund of for the district The partial reports show that among the contributors of and over are the Gettysburg Gettysburg Eagles Gettysburg Lions Gettysburg Throwing com- pany M A Hartley company zens Oil company United Telephone company of Pennsylvania Bender's la the ww two s i Vu tf i
