Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - May 11, 1948, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Action By U S Blocks Rail Strike Lift Food Embargo Washington May 11 railroads ran as usual under ment direction today andi the army lifted the emergency embargo on shipment of perishable goods The action restoring freight ice to normal came after the forced the engineers men and switchmen to call off a strike set for this morning Eighty-eight lines had banned shipments of perishables during the week-end to prevent them from be- ing stranded in event of a walkout Many cancelled the embargoes last night however in advance of the army order In Eight Days rail unions off the threatened strike in compliance with a court order from Justice T Alan Goldsborough the federal judge who twice fined John L Lewis for contempt in mine strikes But the long and bitter railroad case is not ended temporary re- straining order a type of tion expires May 19 eight days from today The judge set a hearing for that date on the government's request for a longer injunction The three unions will have their chance then to back There were other question marks too Dispute Stands President Truman had to seize the to ward off the strike The Army thus found itself in technical possession of the country's immense network of railroads How would it deal with the When could it turn the properties back to their owners without risking a new lock and an actual The dispute over wages and working rules is not settled Presidential assistant John R Steelman had labored for days to persuade the railroad operators and the unions to come to an ment But he failed and yesterday's seizure order was the result S WILL SEEK TO AVOID PALESTINE WAR The United States win continue to press for a truce in Palestine to pre- vent blood shed and for solution of the problem there through the United Nations Dr Dean Rusk di- rector of the office of United tions Affairs of the U S State De- told members of the In- dub of Gettysburg col- lege Monday evening in a talk at The Palestine question came be- fore the United Nations over a year ago United Kingdom de- ciding it no longer could handle its mandate over Palestine placed the before the United Nations Doctor Rusk explained Prior to that date the United had been trying to work the United Kingdom for a solution of the problem involved When Palestine was placed be- fore the UN the United States de- to deal with the question of Palestine only as pan of the United Nations and not he said When the idea was presented that a commission of 11 nations be appointed to investigate the tine situation the United States backed the idea Lacked World Backing The United States backed the report but made eraj suggestions for changes in the proposed boundary to prevent the of a minority of 000 Arabs in the Jewish state The decision of the assembly however did not have the prestige that rit needed if it were to Dr Rusk said and in the security council several nations abstained from voting thus the re- solution a failure without united world opinion back of it The next question was whether the struggle in Palestine was a threat to peace When the United Kingdom was asked it said that a judgment on facts the rest have to make and it abstained China and France also not decide whether a threat to peace existed force is to be used where does force Dr Rusk asked There have been many decisions before What about And what about What about the United Kingdom in a previous case it failed to comply with a It was not a theoretical question it was a question of the whole nature of the United Nations To use force in the Palestine tion but not in others would place page Z Weather Forecast Fair with little change in tonight Wednesday not quite so warm with scattered ers likely in afternoon Local Weather Yesterday's high Last night's tow Today at p m 88 58 THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Public Good Qur Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To Our Good Evening Regardless of your walk in life smooth running gets you there a lot quicker Vol 46 No 113 Nearly Everybody In Adams County GETTYSBURG PA TUESDAY EVENING MAY 11 1948 Leased Wire Member of The Associated PRICE THUMB CENTO FAIR LEADERS PUSH PLANS FOR COUNTY EVENT The South Mountain Fair sociation swung into high gear today following a dinner meeting for all committees Monday evening at the National Fruit Product plant at Peach Glen The members were dinner guests of the executive man M E Knouse With all committees selected the groups are to begin immediately their work leading up to the fair at Arendtsville on September 8 9 10 and 11 Some committees had ready begun their activities and reported progress at Monday's session Chairman Knouse spoke on the past 25 years of the fair's history paying tribute to G W Koser P S Omer A D Sheely S A Skinner and George Hoffman as the men who founded the fair The group stood for a moment in memory of George Hoffman who died during the last year Sideshows Barred Again One afternoon of the fair will be set aside for field demonstrations of sprayers and other equipment used by fruit growers Harold on Page 2 GIVE MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR ROTARY CLUB The old and new combined day evening in the presentation of a program of music for the local Rotary club With the Rev Robert M Hunt acting as master of ceremonies the Rotarians at their regular session held in the YWCA heard the music of the ancient a bamboo flute that has been one of the basic Chinese instruments for centuries They also heard a more modern folk invention the musical saw and heard top ranking contralto and baritone voices singing modern songs James Liu Chinese minister who is studying at the Lutheran logical seminary here demonstrated the amazing tone and excellent music that can be secured from a carpenter's saw a bow and a skillful hand He then demonstrated the ancient bamboo musical instrument playing on it a native Chinese ody Guest Soloists Eden Nicholas and Mrs Clarence Bartholomew presented the songs accompanied by Mrs Robert M Hunt Mrs Bartholomew sang Take Joy Desert My Hero and Its a Grand Night for Singing Mr Nicholas sang Without a Danny You'll Never Walk from Carousel and Old Man River Fifty members attended the ing The president Dr C Harold Johnson presided CAR HITS HOUSE IN WN An automobile owned by the Hertz Drive Yourself system Lancaster and operated by Charles G 15 of Baltimore blew a front tire while rounding the circle in Abbottstown at o'clock this morning and struck a brick house owned by G M Wildasin state police who in- reported Neither Mills nor two passengers riding with bim were injured cording to police who estimated damage to the automobile at and to the house at The in- is being continued A dairy truck owned by the West End Dairy Hanover and driven by Robert A Brodbeck 26 town struck a bridge guard rail and upset near the Hanover Shoe farms Monday state police said Brodbeck was en route to Littlestown The truck upset after running down an embankment Fifteen cases of milk were spilled Brodbeck was treated for a tion of the left hand and his helper John Roth 30 Hanover received treatment for a fractured rib and multiple lacerations Family Night At Marsh Creek Church Family Night for the Marsh Creek congregation of the Church of the Brethren will be observed day evening at 7 o'clock at the Harsh Creek church The service will open With a meal after which a special program win be presented by the committee Special music wiD be dered by a trio from York followed by the address by the Rev Bernard King of the York church AD bers and friends of the church are welcome Believe Watch May Have Been In Loot A Gettysburg college coed garet Graefe has asked borough police to check the list of articles recovered in the automobile of Mrs Lillian Lucile Becker California di- arrested in Maryland to see if her Hamilton gold wrist watch is among them Mrs Becker confessed according to Maryland authorities to taking money and jewelry from women's dormitories at several colleges among them It was first believed that only money taken here but Miss Graefe told police that she has to find her watch since Mrs Becker's visit here on April 28 Mrs Becker was arrested in land for thefts from a girls tory at Washington college Local authorities sent a detainer for her for the theft of approximately in cash RAYMOND GROUP IS FOUND DEAD BY WIFE MONDAY Raymond S Group 57 Aspers R 1 a farmer was found dead about 5 o'clock Monday evening by Mrs Group when she returned home from work after having been away from home all day Mr Group was found lying in front of a farm tractor which he ently had been attempting to crank when he was stricken with a heart attack The time of his death was placed at about 9 a m Members of the family said Mr Group had been under a doctor's care for some time and had been against hard physical labor He had been at the Group home alone from the tame his wife and two daughters left for in the morning Services Thursday The deceased a son of the late Rev P W and Mary E Snyder Group He was a native of land county but had lived most of his life in Adams county He was a member of the Gettysburg lodge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Surviving are his widow the for- mer Mabel Wolfe these Mrs Dean Hollabaugh York Mrs Lloyd Lerew York Springs and Helen and Lois Group both at two sisters Ida E and Bertha M Group Gardners Funeral services Thursday after- noon at 2 o'clock from the Dugan funeral home with the Rev P J Horick officiating Interment in Upper Bermudian cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock THREE MEN ARE ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF AUTO Frederick Md police recovered the automobile of a Gettysburg man before he knew it was stolen and arrested three occupants who were held for the FBI on an larceny charge The driver of the car was as William Shirley Cook 29 of Gettysburg Frederick authorities said they were informed he had re- cently been released after serving a three-year term for car theft The other occupants were as George Rager 27 and Harold M Franklin 25 also of Gettysburg They were in jail here awaiting FBI action An investigation by Officer Ralph Potts resulted in the arrests cer Potts according to reports first saw the car in Frederick Sunday with in it Later he saw it with only one man in it When he saw it for the third time with three men inside his suspicions were aroused and he stopped it The driver could produce no op- license and no registration card Officer Potts noted that there was no ignition key The tion developed that some wiring had been evidently to start the machine Statements were cured from the occupants and the charges weie preferred Frederick police notified vania authorities who in turn called William L Loughman 7 Hanover street Gettysburg the owner of the machine Loughman at first could not believe the car was stolen cers said He had parked it in front of his residence Saturday night and thought it was there Birth Announcements Mr and Mrs James Henderson Jr Gettysburg R 1 announce the birth of a daughter at the Warner hospital Monday afternoon ANNIVERSARY Mr and Mis George F Smith ST 129 West High street are quietly ob- serving their wedding sary today High School Band To Present Show Friday V Approximately 80 Gettysburg high school students will take part in the Band Show to be presented un- der the lights on the school athletic field Friday evening at 8 o'clock Special lighting effect and drum major drills will be a feature of the program to be given under the di- rection of Edwin S Longanecker instrumental music director at the high school Student council and band members are selling tickets for the affair Those who will participate in- Bisbing ald Bellinger Mary Bowers Arthur Clapsaddle Galen Keeney guerite Mickley William ney Robert Shealer Alice Plank James Slaybaugh and Ruth J Diehl Juniors Marion Clapsaddle Richard Deaner Lorraine Hartman i David Jones Harold Raffensperger j Jane Sanders Robert Sanders Mary Wilson Mary Evans Jean Kane Margie Leedy and Charlotte ers Bracey Ross Kenneth Deardorff Carol Dolly William Durborow Linn ner Alfred Levan Arlene Lewis John Miller John Ralph Sitler Mildred Stover Janet Thomas John Trout Thomas Trout Ann Snider Barbara Bream thy Musselman Phyllis Herring Catherine Smith Sally Caroline Miller Anna Belle Sites Gloria Biesecker Anna McCleaf Doris Harm Betty Miller Barbara Miller and Harry Coffelt Augustine Albert Bachman Janet Carey Donald Carey Donna Hammers Teddy Hay Patty Lightner Paul Myers Dwight Putman Dorothy Spence Nancy Teeter Robert Boyd Ranger er Donald Geiman Jack Thrush I Mervin Weikert Gerald Keller Jean Mountain Doris Miller Nancy Lighter and Doris Moser MRS BUEHLER NAMES YWCA COMMITTEES Mrs Elizabeth Hennig street elected a member of the executive board of the YWCA day evening at the regular ing of the Y board held at 8 o'clock in the organization's home on center square Mrs fills vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs Sheldon Ackley which by the board with regret Mrs Guyon E Buehler presiding at her first session of the board as president outlined the theme of meetings for the coming year For the fall the theme of meetings of organizations will be To Share His Love for ATI said The winter program theme will be Realization in Our Com- mon Life During the spring months Ideals of Personal and Social concerning problems Continued on Page Two FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Word has been received here of the death of George F Daugherty 73 formerly of Gettysburg Mr Daugherty died Friday evening at o'clock at Lancaster Calif He had been in ill health for the last two years and had suffered several strokes His was the second death in the Daugherty family in recent weeks A brother Edward J Daugherty died in Gettysburg early last month Mr Daugherty who was a ter is survived by his an adopted daughter Mrs Harold ner Shawnee and these brothers and sisters Charles H Daugherty Frederick Harry D Emory Pontiac Mich and Mrs Luther E Donnell West Middle street Mr Daugherty was married twice His first wife was the former Mary Swisher of Gettysburg His widow is the former Anna Lightner Knoxville HL Funeral services and interment are being held at Lancaster Invite Public To Attend Open The board of directors of the Warner hospital today issued an invitation to all of Adams county to attend the annual open house at the hospital Sunday afternoon May 16 from 2 to o'clock and see the many improvements which have been made recently in the buildings and equipment The renovation of the kitchen is nearly completed and the new equipment which has been provided will be on display Nurses aides will conduct visitors through the pital buildings and members of the medical staff will be on hand to explain the various departments An movie You're the obtained through the American Hospital association will be shown during the afternoon COURT DECIDES VIOLATION WAS UNINTENTIONAL The Adams county court Monday found that while Edward deH Stick Hanover beer distributor had lated the law and regulations of the he held a Sunday party at the McSherrystown K of C hall his was an unintentional and un- known violation That decision was reached after a hearing on the Pennsylvania Control Board complaint against Stick that he against the Please Turn to Page 5 LIONS TO TALK TO BOROUGH ON METER MIXUP Delegates Will Present Reports Mrs Henry M Scharf president of the Gettysburg Woman's Mrs J Walter Coleman and Mrs R S Saby who were delegates to the recent sessions of the vania Federation of Women's Clubs at Harrisburg will report to the local club on the state meetings at the meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the YWCA building Reports of committee chairman and officers also will be received There will be special selections by the Brownie rhythm band The Gettysburg Lions directed their community betterment com- Monday evening to take up with borough authorities the pre- sent confusion caused by the tion of parking meters on standard time in a community that is living on Daylight time The matter was brought to the the a member who pointed out that meter signs give notice in small print that they operate on standard time Many users needlessly deposit coins from 8 to 9 a m DST and stand the chance of getting tickets from 6 to 7 p m DST while the meters are still in Dr J Walter Coleman iburg National Park superintendent i entertained the club with a series of anecdotes of incidents during his administration of the parks at Vicksburg and Gettysburg He de- scribed too the way in which park affairs involve dealing with scores of state and federal agencies how some federal regulations make it illegal for the park office to answer requests for information through usual channels and the red tape involved in handling many routine matters of park business Plan Outing For Kids Commenting on the great variety of questions asked by park visitors Dr Coleman told of frequent com- made between modern fare and the weapons and army of Civil war days He told the Lions that casualty rates generally were higher in earlier wars than in the last world war pointing out that casualties at Gettysburg Continued From Page 4 BULLETINS Washington May 11 dent Truman said today that the American bid to Soviet Foreign Minister for decent and reasonable the two countries represented no new departure in American Its Mr said in a formal statement was to make it the United States has no hostile or aggressive designs whatsoever with to the Soviet The President's statement not indicate whether the note of Walter Bedell Smith May 4 might be construed as an American proposal for dis- cussion and settlement of existing differences between the two nations Jerusalem May II tsh army today the cap- tare of the strongly fortified Arab village off Beth on the fine from Aviv to Jerusalem The village is above the Bab El Wad Gorge Haganah said its engineers were clearing road Mocks Irgon described the battle as the biggest fight so far in Palestine Detroit May 11 W The CIO United Auto Workers today set 9 a m Wednesday for a oat of corporation employes hi the absence of a demand settlement Meanwhile talks with company and negotiators in efforts to head off a strike of hi 16 plants Rone May 11 Vice-Premier Loigi emerged today as the leading contender for the presidency of the new Italian Republic Barring unforeseen developments his tion is expected tonight 74 backed by the dominant Christian Democratic party Is a political in- dependent He is budget minuter and governor of the Bank of Italy Washington May 11 The United States and Italy have ated a treaty guaranteeing a free exchange of in- formation between the two nations WEDDING HELD A wedding was solemnized day morning at o'clock at St Joseph's Catholic church burg when Miss Helen Hobbs daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles J Hobbs of near Emmitsburg became the bride of Mark Sanders son of Mr and Mrs James Sanders of near Taneytown The double ring mony was performed by the Rev Gerald Curran assistant pastor of St Joseph's church The bride who was given in riage by her brother Francis Hobbs was attired in a princess style gown of white satin with a sweetheart neck Hne long sleeves which over the hand a full skirt and train She wore a veil which fell from a crown of seed pearl She ried a white prayer book from which hung multiple streamers of white Continued on 6 Mrs Idle Is Dean Of School Mrs Dunning Idle Sr of is dean of the annual mer school of missions of the tral Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist church to be held during Women's Fellowship Week at inson college Carlisle June 8 to 13 The church's Women's Society of Christian Service is the sponsor for the school Principal speaker will be Mrs J D Bragg president of the home missions council of North America member of the Executive committee of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and member of the board of the United Council of Church Women Two hundred women are expected to attend the school SUMMER CAMP PLANS OUTLINED Plans for three Girl Scout summer camps in as many sections of the county were outlined to members of the Adams County Girl Scout Board at a meeting Monday evening at St James Lutheran church by Mrs Mervin Bream chairman of the camping committee The day camps will be conducted at the Arendtsville park from June 29 to July 3 at St John's church grove at Littlestown from July 6 to 11 and at Camp Bernie town from July 13 to 17 Mrs Bream said the camp ties will cover five-day periods and will begin daily at 9 a m and end at 4 p m with transportation to be provided by the scout council The camps will be open to all Girl Scouts in the county and to all other girls of scouting age Leaders To Meet information on camping plans is being mailed to county girls ing such camp activities as arts and crafts outdoor cooking music and dancing and archery On Monday of each camp week Miss Marian Tupper who soon will take up her duties as Girl Scout executive in the county will confer with camping aides on the camp program for the following five days Mrs C H Johnson county Girl Scout president presided at day's meeting at which it was an- will be a meeting Wednesday evening in Christ theran church of the county Girl Scout club when Mrs Bream on the summer camping program Members of the Brownie troop committee at the church will be hostesses for meeting SCHOOL BOARD ADDS 3 MILLS TO TAX RATE IN GETTYSBURG The Gettysburg school district tax rate for next year will be throe mills higher than the tax rate for according to the budget adopted by the school board at its regular May meeting in the office of Superintendent of Schools Lloyd C Keefauver Monday night The rate will be 25 mills com- pared with 22 mills last year Final approval was given to a budget tentatively adopted on April 5 which lists expenditures of an increase of over the pre- vious budget The increase includes salary raises for teachers mandated by law Reject Roof Bids The Gettysburg National bank was elected treasurer of the school dis- and designated depository for school funds The board voted to reject all bids received for a new roof on the high school and postpone the laying of a new roof for another year Dr fauver reported that the roof came through the last heavy rains out leaking The board also the fact that it would be im- possible for a new roof to be laid before July 1 when the new ture goes into effect Two other proposed improvements were referred to the property com- of the new jointure the painting of the inside and outside of the high school and repairs to the walls of the Tiber near the Meade school Both were named as Please Turn to Pace 4 the Littlestown BROWNIE TROOP HAS BIRTHDAY WOMAN'S CLUB MAKES TRIP TO VALLEY FORGE Members of the Woman's Com- munity club of Littlestown and and guests gathered in front of Weikert's bakery Saturday ing at 7 o'clock where they were met by bus of Silver Run with Richard Hess as driver and left for a day's trip to Valley Forge and the DuPont Gardens Wilmington ware At Valley Forge they visited Washington's headquarters and seum the chapel and museum heard the-ch4sMf at noon and aaw the wood for which Valley Forge is noted At the Longwood Garden DuPont estate they saw displays of cultural specimens from all climates in the conservatory the sunken dens informal gardens featuring rock gardens masses of flowers and ponds Those making the trip Mr and Mrs John Fleming Miss Edna Basehoar George Basehoar Mrs Kenneth Olinger Mrs Erwin A crt Miss Edna Blocher Mrs J R Mrs George Esta Bemiller Mrs Melvin WeWer Joann Wehler Mrs Wilbur Bankert Bankert Mrs Walter DeGroft Mrs Donald Lemmon Mrs Lottie Miss Malva Duttera Miss Louise Mrs Charles W Weikert Mrs George C Dehoff Mrs George Patterson Mrs John LeGore Mrs Leonard L Potter Mrs George Maitland Jr Mrs Samuel Conorer Mrs Frank Mrs Alrin Grolt Mrs Roy Renner Nancy on 6 LEGION WOMEN MEET OBSERVE MOTHER'S DAY A special Mother's Day program was presented the Auxiliary of the Albert J Lentz post of the American Legion ing their regular business meeting Monday evening at the engine shouse The Legion women nominated of- and announced the annual election at the next meeting on May 24 which will be held in the new Legion home For a number of months the Legion women have been holding their meetings in the engine house It was announced the next joint council meeting will be held at Newport June 17 Delegates will be named later The Auxiliary also received an invitation to attend the Lebanon veterans hospital tion Wednesday Honor Gold Star Mothers The Mother's Day program was in charge of Mrs Howard HartzelL Continued on page 4 SHRINE CLUB CARNIVAL The Adams County Shrine club will hold its annual stag carnival meeting at White's garage in at o'clock Wednesday evening VETERAN'S BODY BEING RETURNED Mrs Rita Felix Emmitsburg has foy ment that the body of her late husband Sergeant John Felix is being returned to this country from France aboard the Lawrence tory for interment Sgt Felix is a son of Mrs Virginia Felix and the late Maurice Felix of near Greenmount He was ried to Mary Rita daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Em- on October 21 1942 Sgt Felix was inducted into the army on January 7 1943 and sent over- seas in May 1943 He tost his life on July 12 1944 in France He was 22 years old at the time of bis death Sgt Felix was a graduate of burg high school class of 1940 and worked for the company Hagerstown before his induction into the army Funeral arrangements will be an- later pending the arrival of the body at the Philadelphia Depot Brownie Troop No 10 by the Woman's Mother's Day and the unit's first birthday at a meeting Monday after- r at Christ Lutheran church It was announced that the 21 members Please Torn to Page Z PLAN TO MARRY Raymond Edgar Strickhouser Gettysburg R 2 and Mildred erva Reynolds Littlestown R 1 have filed application lor a riase license in York PAYS FIXE Clair Ford Gettysburg R D paid a fine in Hanover police court Saturday on a charge of driving too fast for conditions FIREMEN TO MEET A regular meeting of the burg Fire department wiH be held at the engine house Wednesday night at o'clock There trill be no drill this week Chief James A Aumen said Members are asked to their books Wednesday night Refreshments will be served after the meeting Acme out of business IV Myers 12
