Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - March 9, 1951, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Weather Forecast cold low tonight 25-30 THE GETTYSBURG TIMES TEN PAGES Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To And Profit To Our Patrons Evening Worrying is like sitting in 3. There's a. good deal of agitation without getting VoL 49, No. 59 Adams County's Only Daily FRIDAY MARCH 9, 1951 Leased Wire Member of The Associated Press PRICE THREE CENTS GASTON ENTERS OBJECTIONS TO WiU Recondition County Cemetery RP Tiie county borne cemetery ffl ft M ILT I ft 0 D V be fins D I ert J. steward at the home V W VI I Committees Named j Chairmen of the various I of the Re- Merchants association were at a meeting of the board of j officers Thursday night in the office of the Frank Wills Retail merchants will be divided into several automobile Inductive corporation grass is to be planted and then kept br the Red Cross with the Woman's i and accessory dealers in retail were raised by John R. cut through the in a hiring Thursday j 40 persons are buried to level off the was ordered by the to BL W. last Taylor and is j East Middle serving is a due to arrive within the fear ORGANIZATIONS the fund current bv 15 local trustee in the reorganization of fhe Afar the ground is j organizations were announced today Speaks Tonight Dr. Arthur dean emeritus of men at Penn will deliver the main ad- dress at the pledge banquet this evening at the Hotel The event is one of the features of at hag donated to the afternoon before Walter It. plot The moss recent interment a referee in bankruptcy for ths was mads about two years drive Middle District of Pennsylvania ials made as a rate of less a j The importance of increases of Gettysburg leading the grocers in and other its 1950 chants in similar The Held in the bouse the hearing iras to hear any objections to the naming of and J. 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Burial of I home die or friends now is handled by donations over last year's figure was stressed today by Campaign The most recent burials have been have died within the vision can be as trustees for the local No objections were against former president and eral manager of the two Harrisburg neys to place his objections to in the tion of the His in were based on i Wolfington could qualify as tee under the bankruptcy statute because of the fact that Wolfington j since May was general manager the Inductive served J as an of the company for some time previously and a stockholder in the i out that this year's quota is men selected Thursday night will be contacted and asked to serve be- fore announcement of J is Charles B. chairman the presided at the i Others attending were Vice1 tiUS and Stover county and for no other goal is the absolute j j Secretary 8 WILL PLAY ON BAND CONCERT I minimum that must be raised if j the Red Cross for 1951 is to carried out in full in this j he participation J in the blood donor program is at 1 stake and if funds are not I the popular and very valuable j mer water safety and swimming classes will have to be curtailed or j The organizations on today's list in addition to the Woman's club the college said that Wolfington has purchased j ft I t Eight Adams wiU Gettysburg Lions First National bank of each from Gettysburg Ka- tional the Lentz post of the three shares of company stock at a American Gettysburg lodge nominal price as a matter of con- i of the and the Great At- to He also raised a number of matters in re- gard to business relationships be- j club and the Gettysburg Rotary tween Gaston and 1 510 from the Gettysburg Referee Compton asked attorneys i burg R. 5, and chapter of the Daughters of the for both sices to file briefs within and Pacific Tea Mickley I each from the Annie Darmer American the Cashtown The under the of Fire and the Bendersville the nest on the matter and said he will hand down his decision A. Hamer with Elwood H. National and froni each of following a study of the j wia the Gettysburg VFW Attorneys Horace E. concert the Mary Rebekah and Norman H. purple Other selections in lodge and the Women of the Wolfington and j part include an Attorney Charles W. by C. the Negro H H I lit T V HIDI represented Indue dance of IIII II il I f J. ADAMS WOMAN'S CLUBS TO MEET IN LITTLESTOWN The spring meeting of the County of Woman's clubs will be held March 27, beginning with a banquet at o'clock ini Redeemer's Evangelical and Re- i formed it decided at a meeting of the tive board Thursday night at home of Mrs. R. S. federation j The principal speaker will be Mrs. Harry W. of j dent of the Pennsylvania Federation J of Woman's Other guests who will speak briefly be Mrs. George president of the South Central dis- j Mrs. Joseph of the Franklin j county federation and Mrs. Paul Spring a past state MORE MONEY IS NEEDED TO BUY PROJECTOR FOR COUNTY HOME The Adams County Home ary needs funds to chase a motion picture projector for B. ar- rested by Constable Charles Smith Wednesday afternoon ir. was held for court night by Justice of the Peace K. Basehore on a surety of the peace This and a of desertion and nonsupport hac been Sled against Bay by his Gladys L. of Littlest He held lor court on the other the county It is f and for the Both needs outlined Thursday after- noon at the of the auxiliary held at the county attended the Mrs. K. movie chairman reported that were shown under the sponsorship of local at the county home twice during the past nnd that present arrangements call for showing fUnis at least ice monthly for the next several Donated Is Jailed I I j. On Second I afiKS Heavy Losses was remanded to jail court Here And There News Collected At Random Thomas L. and Harry chairman and respectively of the Upper She that so iar has for Cross been toward purchase of a fund todav 2nr.OUJlced the projector and screen for the soakers who are carrying on the to the projector fund so house house 3. The canvassers in Biglerville in- clude Allen S. John C. Mrs. 1 far include from the Gettysburg J each from the local and American Legion and from the Letters are to be she to other organizations A new book on Pennsylvania's 100 Governors and the executive mansion by Lt. Col. Lercy V. of Camp will be published by Stackpole March 19. Colonel Greene is well known in burg having spoken here on eral Ke represented Governor James at the tion of the site for the proposed Longstreet memorial on the He is a veteran newspaperman and served three legai step tor company E. and Spirit j in its reorganization will take place j by S. E. BummeL in District court 12 when it is The second part j to present a plan for getting the a Spaniel March or i company back into active t j. Sonny I J. B. 1 in George j HI Tito SCOUT COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING The board of directors of the An- I ams Scout Council met Lancom with the Variety by M. March 9 W. inake their 4a- f accused j They j sheely announced that an Russia today of applying j scouts in the county are now against her ancl j the j selling the profits from which plying the Soviet satellites Mis Rath and go to the The arms and troops with which to over- j Richard authorized by the will be throw Marshal Tito's form There be no a the Girl community service The charges were a silver offering 481-page white paper which a spokesman said would sent to United Nations Secretary Generai Trygve Deputy Foreign Minister Ivp voda summoned a con- and told foreign the is being own Mrs. Sheely to 1 Mrs. Harvey Raff man of the staS and office I reminded the board that Miss Tapper terminate her services as executive director on March 16. She stated that after that date the Girl Scout room will be handed to representatives of to remove j to 5 recording f with Mrs. M- H. Nichols in WEATHER BOX FOUND ON FARM western powers stationed in Woman Injured In i Weather a tree near Mt. Cannel were f i needed to rescue a similar On ment Saturday on the chairman reportea plans are com- Un J. town feu to a J plete for the rally to Mrs. Anna J. 41. The a miniature York suffered casting sec attached to a balloon I of the face at o'clock 1 sent aloft nave TO 63XT-V1 1 of a barn on the farm of charge of The on j Charles R. 4, j milk company and Elm avenue in according to two and a half miles from i Weather send signak to with each girl Police said Strausbaugh was recording moisture I bringing ner ing west on Elm avenue and cut the j and air pressure during their Mrs. Romayne corner too short making cent. The balloons which carry them the owning an unnamed The the aloft reach an altitude of about 12 car caught in a drainpipe and Mrs. j miles before they j are interested Strausbaugh was thrown against i William 17. a son of Mrs. the Damage to the car and Mrs. Charles owners was estimated at state police of the Gettysburg sub- j suggests an eight-hour j the and a junior I oe planned for board members burg followed the in- i on the box mailed Members agreed to at- the to be held on a John i the recorder to j Saturday afternoon and the 1: Mrs. Norman i Weather The location De- deeded when the Ridgel i name of owner is Thomas John data was card in tire box and Favourite box and held aJ ihe Cross Keys RisseL Gettysburg H. 3- Mrs were found about 4c30 Maurice Harmon o'clock Saturday She had a date for 8ie council meeting to oe Among those present Mrs. Amos Myers and i no have York Mrs. been lying in the It was Carroll Arter and Mrs. James Oxford 2: Mrs. Lloyd but the parachute completely Gettysburg R. i; Mrs. George covered the protecting it and Martin and infant j Beeping it Mrs. Basil Ab- GIVE NOW i News Of la Armed Forces Pvt. Norman his man Co. 135 47th Camp Ala. i Mrs. Mrs. Thomas Mrs. George A. Miss Miss Oma Mrs. J. Mrs. Mrs. Sheely and Mrs. all of ty Reported to BANQUET TUESDAY The Gettysburg Elks will hold Harry Will Address DAC The Manor of the Maske chapter of the Daughters of American banquet in honor of will meet Monday evening at rulers Tuesday o'clock at the home of Miss ning at 7 o'clock at the Elks home j Grace 325 Hanover j on York The dinner is for i with Miss Margaret Mrs. Local Yesterday's Last night's low Today at Today nt members 58 35 39 35 BE 74 SATURDAY J. Edward 218 Stratton ob- serve his 74tti birthday anniversary on S. J. Trine and Mrs. Charles Drum as additional Prof. Harry of the college will speak on American and there will be Irish songs by Mrs. John Reservations Close March 20------- Tickets for the dinner will and reservations must be made I not later than March 20. Members of the munity club will make with Mrs. Charles chairman of the public affairs com- of the county while Mrs. Edmund W. president of the j an's dub wiU receive from her club The Franklin councy will receive an invitation to i Mrs. Saby said arrangements had j been made for a tape recording of Mrs. talk to be later from She asked bers of the executive board to stress attendance at the convention of die state federation in York April 30, and May 1 and 2. Members of the board attending were Mrs. and Mrs. Leon Mrs. Flora and Mrs. Frank H. Mrs. George H. Thrush and Mrs. Charles T. SEEK WORKERS Employment in Adams county the local State Employment Service office an- j E. said his office is 50 both men and to fiil orders for placed the office in the past few More requests have come in for men workers than for Grouse Openings are available in and garment factories and on In addition there some posts on the Beard Lot project of the Camp Ritchie de- he He urged persons seeking em- ployment to contact his office as soon as in order that requests from employers can be filled with capable secretary or military The book is titled For His it is the result of twelve years of research work by the broken by a tour of military duty overseas in World War H. This narrative speeds through an account of the early describes the Revolutionary greats who ruled the and then turns to the line of sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch folios ed by the heroes of tbe Civil War who were Some were weii known and others not so well were forgotten Many went to greatness and glory and died their boots while others plunged into dis- grace and or died deaths of There were like Peter and intellectual giants like jamin A a. Sf Readers will enjoy reading the answers WHICH GOVERNOR was one of the greatest all-time was the champion playboy of them kicked a Justice of die preme Court in the seat of the while still m to and never heard from again? has gone m under the name? weighed 400 pounds live had but one the first to complain about the of the was the Srst to die in of- asking Harry heading a studying furniture needs at the county reported chat at least three of the county home guests would like to have bureaus in their He said there is a need bed stand type tables that can be swung across beds for use of ul or bedfast The auxiliary is also seeking four or record to be placed in the four sitting rooms at the county Seek 80 Sponsors Members discussed the of seeking donations lor trinkets ana other to oe sold at a ba- On Enemy in New Offensive March 9 troops ripped gaping holes in lines as they drove ahead as much as four miles today in their big new Korean Thousands of Red casualties were added Friday to the more rhan killed or wounded in the first two of the Allied northward A U. S. Ninth Corps spokesman to be tailing along the entire central He indicated a general withdrawal from the U. S. Eighth Army's major offensive was in Corps troops pushed ward up to four miles Friday through rough They met little This was described as rear guard 5-Mile Bridgehead U. S. 25th Division troops killed or wounded an estimated 2.000 Chinese in gaining a bitter the end of the thundering 70-mile Korea C. Miss June Tlle gain the 25th Han Mrs Jonn C. MISS river bridgehead to five The Mrs. Harry Miss Edna i UPPER ARE ANNOUNCE campaign in dis- i three assault Mrs. ira C. Mrs. abous 15 east Earl W. Mrs George of Seoul Robert W. Mrs. air and O. Mrs. George W. 25c-n Division Mrs. Edwin L. Ruth of and Mrs. Joseph of river doughboys drove t Red resistance was de- The Arendtsville committee scribed as American cludes Samuel were Mrs. Glenn A. Mrs. Thirty prisoners captured Marion Miss Ruth Mrs. Louise Mrs. Mario Mrs. zaar to be held at the county Mrs. Ira chairman of birthday reported tha z- monthly birthday panes are held at the At present time gifts are being given by tions and at the An attempt is being she 30 persons m the county to one gaest at the home as their and personalized birthday gifts on the Mrs. Hope reading committee re- ported that sufficient persons have volunteered 10 provide reading ice for those it at least once a The service is provided for those who are unable to or prefer someone to read Membership Is 85 Miss Margaret reported present membership in the auxiliary at 85. and representation 34 in the county Mrs. R. S Saby reported place articles activities t of the local auxiliary m the terest Frank Mrs. Dale Mrs Miles and Miss Sue Other Workers said their forces suffered heavy casualties from zae roaring air poundings and infantry Short of Food The prisoners said they were short Mrs. of food and They said Roland Mrs. Emerson Mrs. Ralph Mrs. Helen Miss Ardis Mrs. H. Earl Mrs. Melvin Mrs. Elmer H. L. Mrs. Charles E. also that Chinese soldiers were eager to mainly because their almost invariably fled when artillery barrages hit their de- fense Oa the east-central South Korean troops checked a counter- by the Korean Second Mrs. Karvey Miss Corps southeast of Dons Miss Delores die Republican regiment cracked Table Mrs. Guy under the Red assault reinforcements Siled low HilL Miss Becky Flora j the Daie to Mrs. j American officers the Mrs. C. L. Koreans said the 1.200 to 1.500 Reds Mrs. Henry Lower and Mrs. Glenn to Van Dyke's Mrs. Blanche Bender's Howard Mrs. Earl Quaker Mrs. Guy John Clarence Mt. Tabor and Peach Mrs. Lester Mrs. Rothenhoefer and Mrs. Clyde Aspers to Centre Mrs. Garnet Coble and Welfare magazine to in- other in formes for their county Sc far only such nave in tne state The regular aate tor the organization was changed to tne the second Thursday of President Richard pre- at the AIDES Tax Collector Files AT ft I CM Abbottstown Report O 1 IS Tax Collector Wilmer E. Abbottstown R. 1. in his report filed with the county of day noted that township residents paid in in taxes during the past Of that amount was for township school dis- county and institution Outstanding taxes listed at the end of the year totalled The collection was made at a cost of TO CONFERENCE Members of the junior and senior A bicycle stolen at i from in front of the Gettysburg Hardware Baltimore ard West Middle was recovered later in the and the case of the boy who toofe it was slated to go to juvenile State police of the Gettysburg received a telephone call at o'clock that a boy was seen riding a new bicycle on the class of the Littlestown high school coin highway west of Gettysburg will attend the seventh They contacted borough At reer conference to be held at proprietor college Friday of the hardware reported the March 16. from 1 to 3 At bicycle PFC. RITES SATURDAY Funeral services for Ralph W. 28. whose body was found in Baltimore harbor will be held Saturday at the Colonial at 2 p with 1 Rev. John S. pastor of Para- dise Reformed charge will be Mt. Rose graveside military rites be con- 1 ducted by the Red Lion Veterans of Foreign Wars Surviving the York addition to ius Mrs. Ruth are two Mrs Alien East and Mrs. Jacob East Berlin R 3. Pfc. mert was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William him An performed Wednesday that presumably according to Baltimore's vras found by tne patrol Further tests before foul is ruled Mummert had been front Ft Meace since December 30. Ke had been named of the by his outfit ately before his i. local began ins Thursday evening as Red Cross aides at an organization session of the class az the Warner hospital board The class be instructed by Mus Lois R. director of with sessions to be he'd each Monday and Thursday from 7 to 10 o'clock Nest Monday be the last opportunity for to erster the Those already enrolled Mrs John D R. 3: Mrs. Selmar 229 Mrs. Richard 353 Miss Oak Miss Jacqueline 24 Fourth Mrs Donald 21S West Middle Grace E. 149 thy 30 Sasr Mrs timore Mrs Herta Mrs. H J. and 413 Carlisle who inade the attack Ke estimated 75 per cent of them were killed or wounded by and air attacks The U. S. to the left of the hard-pressed South held finn curing the Com- munist Reds Quit Caves Seventh Division units sheathed bayonets and seized high Mount Taemi in their advance through the forest wilderness 10 1. miles northwest of The Reds abandoned caves and foxholes and fied to the valley floor after a three-hour battle with the Red troops smashed at five Allied divisions before dawn Friday in their effort to check the grinding The Chinese and Korean struck with They employed virtually every trick of The Rec attacks started in east the South Korean 5th and 7th Then they rumbled ward the American Second and 2-iih in that Some of the attacks lasted the Others were short of about an The Reds broke off most of tne longer The Korean 7th was locked in battle at daybreak U forces their advance at daybreak ar- tillery barrages and heavy air of the U. S. Air Navy ani anc of Africa and Australia this conference there be a eral assembly after which there will The investigation which conducted by both borough and De sectional meetings where state police working re- tions selected by the various high that the youngster who took school students of the county will i the bike lived near CLUB MEETS TUESDAY The will hold a business meeting Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the pre- ceded by a meeting of the board directors at 7 o'clock be discussed by persons who are ex- perts in their The purpose is to give the student as much mation as possible on the vocation of his When he first said that another boy had given him the bi- Police recovered it and returned it to Mr. PARENTS OF BOY A instead of a was born at the Warner hospital i day evening to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy j 42 York To Broadcast Contests was made today by Earl Pace that all Dairies the during regular tional season oe broadest or will oe made to other the regular league season when are idle Trc broadcast of A will be mace Saturday i when the and St. Louis Cardinals meet in an exhibition game at St. Fla. The broadcast will start at bod lt Burma Surgeon Ordered Freed March 9 Burmese court cf today dered release ci Dr 1 e. famed Burma surgeon 1 uas sentenced February 17 -o six years m a charge of rebels T. The court tre i forced labor but reduces the to nearly sis he already jn The reduction tence of his age 1 and in gratitude for the services he had rendered to 1 A Burmese court sentenced the 53-year-old doctor on two of the three charges of high treason him
