Lebanon Daily News (Newspaper) - December 23, 1942, Lebanon, Pennsylvania V GOOh the says Sauta Ill just wear skates to 90 Copy Three Cents Publisher Evening Sunday Daily Tuno LEBANON WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 23 1942 THK WEATHER Somewhat tonight KuterM as matter al the tho Act of Match 3 i n 1 hi REE CENTS Freezing Rain Brings Death t Injuries As Temperature Climbs V Five Lebanon Persons Treated At Good Sa maritan Hospital As Result Of Weather Northern Part Of State Is Sheathed In Ice Mercury Here Only Down To 17 Above Zero Lebanon citizens slipped and skidded to work today along with the rest of Pennsylvania as a sudden break in the weather following a nearrecord cold wave accounted for more than a score of deaths and dozens of injuries through out the state Rain falling as the temperature leaped from to as high as 31 degrees above coated sidewalks and streets with a glazed surface resulting in five persons treated at the Good Samaritan Hospital and causing one motor ac in the county although it was not a serious one From the high mark of 31 yesterday the mercury fell during the night to an increase of 21 degrees over yesterdays low mark Most serious mishap In the state occured near Aliquippa a thaw caused a landslide and a bus was buried be neath tons of rocks Twentytwo persons in the bus were killed Sixth Street slipped and fell while emerging from a front door at Tour local were treated the Good Samaritan Hospital laat evening tor injuries sustained In falls on icy sidewalks and a fifth was treated for Injuries di ascribed to the weather Three of the five patients were admitted to the hospital for fur ther observation and treatment Michael Hartman of 330 federal Street employed as a bandy at a local political club fell on the Icy pavement on Chest nut Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets A nearby physician hli removal to the hos pital where lie was admitted at m Bo Jar hone frao io age Hartman was detained for the of B North the home of her sister Mrs Kaley Zimmerman 22 North Sixth Street She suffered a of the left foot at the ankle according to reports A caster splint was ap plied to the leg and ankle and she was sent home In the lance Mrs 73 ot 416 North Ninth Street slipped and fell on an icy pavement and suf Injuries to She was admitted to the hospital at 8 p m EH of Poplar Street tras treated for lacerations and contusions of the hack ot the head at sald be Miss PRESENTED AT HARDING HIGH Directed By Miss Ruth Harpel ot Harding Junior High School Sixth and Chestnut their parents and friends this morning enjoyed presenta tion of Charles Dickens Immortal Christmas which was In a aeries of nine staves by the pupils of Section The presentation was the out come ot their study of The Christmas tho past month in the English department Their Instructor Miss Ruth C Harpel directed mornings dramatic effort and was chairman of tho committee in charge All costumes were authentic Singing of Christmas favorites the staves with solo on Page Four TWO FAMILIES FLEE FROM BURNING HOME Reading Today Two families to floe In freezing weather when fire de the stone farm house ot Howard Chapman north of Worn last night Firemen were called from four towns but were de by icy highways and the house was nearly leveled before they arrived Chapman his son and their families were able to save a few belongings JUST TON Papa and Mama Dolls Parker Games to Bay berry and Christmas Candles at Furniture Store Will Be Closed Saturday Dec 26 To Give Our Employes Holiday Pageant Presented By Talented Cast Is Feature Christmas was today by students of Henry Houck Junior High the an Christmas In the school auditorium fA delightful pageant entitled The Miracle of the Clock was presented by a talented cast Including the fol lowing characters and performers respectively Carol si Wil liam Snyder Matters Kenneth Rhine James Morgan George Levendis nnd Robert Michael Nell G e 1 b a c Nancy Light Mary Shepherds John Brown John Clarence Continued on Eight SERGT SWEIGART HOME FROM BATTLE FRONT PALMYRA MAN DIES STRICKEN ON DUTY Stricken while on duty yester day evening at the air plane observation post Miles P Schaeffer one ot Palmyras better known residents passed away this morning at his home 38 North Grant Street Schaeffer who was 62 years ot age was on duty at the post with Elmer Gingrich also of Palmyra on the 6 to 9 p m shift when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage He was born In Myerstown the son of the late Adam and Sydney Schaeffer and was a lifelong resident of Lebanon county Jlr Schaeffer was a prominent member of Trinity Reformed Continued on Page Three 22 PERSONS DIE IN BUS HIT BY TWO BOULDERS Trag edy Occurs Near Pa Aliquippa night when two boulders one weighing more than 100 tons crashed down upon a big yellow Ohio River Motor Coach bus crowded with war workers Only three passengers escaped two of them with critical injuries The tragedy oc curred a mile here at p as the bus threaded its way around K treacherous S curve on narrow slippery road Three other busses were just ahead of It and two were trailing The boulders toppled down from from a high perch with little warning although the Sergeant Luther Merlin Swei gert of the United States Bomb ing Squadron of the Air Corps arrived home today on a surprise visit to his parents Mr and Mrs Charles of 18 South Ninth Street The young soldier has returned from San Francisco after seeing action In New Guinea and other foreign battlefronts Following his enlistment on De cember 11 he received sev eral months of training In the States and later was transferred to foreign soil During recent ac tion Sergeant received leg injuries but following treat ment he reports that he is enjoy ing good health The local soldier will enjoy a h r e e day furlough and upon his return to duites will re port to Idaho where lie will serve as instructor in training of service men PVT LAZORICK HOME FOR XMAS HOLIDAYS Private First Class GeorgeS ot 241 Weidman Street arrived home today to spend the Christmas holidays in this city Private who was a lino type operator at the Lebanon Cally plant prior to his Induction Armyon May 15 to Continued 011 Pape LEARN SON HA IMPED IN AFRICA Mr and Mrs Charles ot 316 North Seventh Streel were overjoyed on Tuesday when they received a letter from their son Private Charles who In formed his parents that he has ar rived safely somewhere in This was the first news received from the local soldier In more than nine weeks Private Keesey was inducted into service on April 1 3012 and received training in various camps throughout the South with thu United States Engineer Corps He Is a graduate of the Lebanon School and was engaged as a plumber by his father SOLDIER SON IS HOME FOR XMAS HOLIDAYS Corporal Hobart K Kittle U S Army stationed at Fort Jackson South Carolina Is spending the Christmas holiday period with his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Rittle of 220 Lehman Street Tie has been in the army since last April 1st His brother Charles Rittle a third class petty officer in the U S Navy is at present stationed In Jacksonville Florida So far as the parents know he will be unable to come home for the period Officer In the Navy last CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM SON IN IRELAND Mr and Mrs William Parks of Route 4 Lebanon were over Joyed recently when thoy received Christmas greetings in tho form of a cablegram from their gon Parks who Is aa a civilian worker for the Lock Heed Company In Northern Ire land He been stationed on for eign soil since September 1942 and reports that he Is enjoying the environment very much and that In health bH to CLEANERS ec 25 ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN AT POSTOFFICE Last Years Volume Of Mail Already Exceeded TWO MORE DAYS Expect To Handle Another Hundred Thousand Pieces Handling pieces of mull yesterday all previous Christmas records at the post office wuro broken number ot pieces of mall handled up unlit P m last evening was 245 this exceeded Inat years record by pieces of mail With two days still remaining be fore Christmas post office officials estimate close to an additional hundred thousand pieces of mall to be handled by tho post office before they windows before the Christmas holiday The new record established two days ahead of schedule Is attrib to tho fact that tho Christmas mall rush started three days ahead of schedule In first three days of the Christmas rush last year pieces of mall were handled this year In the first three days the post office handled pieces Jn other years the flow of into the local post office was bunched together in two or three days however this year the mall flow was more uniform In other years the Christmas rush was spread over an period this year tho period was 11 days T jO a trucks roll the Icy p m duo to Iho difficult driving conditions Had the trucks been allowed to make collections until 10 p m the number of pieces of mail would have exceeded last years record by more than tho 1400 that it did P E Kuhlman Superintendent of Mails that the post office employees are thankful for the cooperation given by tho pub lic to their requests that they mall their greetings early He also said Continued on Paire IMPRESSIVE XMAS PROGRAM Five Scenes From The Nativity Are Presented THIS AFTERNOON Marks Close Of High School Until New Year and girls of Lebanon Senior High School this afternoon enjoyed an Impressive Christmas program which was given In the auditorium at oclock wills Miss H Ross of Uio Eng lish department and Miss Helen of the music depart ment in charge Christmas program ing scones from Tho Na was presented by mem bers of the Junior class When the program came to an end with the singing of O All Yn the students left school for their annual Christmas holiday They will not return until in 4 3 After the opening of tho as sembly period the salute to tho flag and the singing of The Star S p a n o d the choir under Miss direction sang Joy to tho cies from Isaiah and wore by and Smith who road also scriptures which wore Interspersed with the tableaux Between tableau three and four Ruth Jean Kurr sang a soprano solo All members of cost were on Hie while thn The Chorus from Handels as the closing selection Members of Ilia cast were as follows Mary Virginia Fisher George Henry Walter Charles man Kaymond Mark Charlos Mark Wolfe wise men Edward Kupp Donald Henry SUkee angels Eleanor Sally Ann Ruth Irene Uhler Mehler Joyce on Four NEW FORM OF GAS RATIONING AIMED TO PREVENT NEW CRISIS Washington Today Aimed at preventing n recurrence of last weeks gasoline crisis in tho East R new form nf rationing for East coast gasoline and fuel oil suppliers has been by Petroleum Ickes The new system will the Office of Price llone rationing for the consumer by going to tho source of supply nnd Is expected to combat black market operations whereby some retailers have used bootleg cou pons to supplies from tins oil companies program suts up for sup pliers in six pastern zones pegged to the amount of products that cnn be shipped into each zone with presently available transportation In turn are ex to assign for whole salers nnd no supplier or will have mom gasoline to sell once his quota is exhausted may find their coupons arc worthiest ut times Hither the consumers will go without line or be forced to find a dealer who still ban sonic Previously tho supply for tho retailer or wholesaler was limited theoretically only by the amount of which received in THRO Eight MEN IN SERVICE SEND FLOWERS TO LOVED ONES Christmas will bring thoughts of home to all the men who this year are serving country on land on the sea and in the nlr Christmas in too will be concerned with the thoughts of beloved ones who are In the blues and the olive drabs of their country Last years Christinas followed Pearl Harbor and then were away from home the grim struggle was In its infancy for America This years celebration la tinned grief too for thoKe who will not come bnk The Red Cross field directors nn Jnge IS HOME OS Corporal Clifford T Vye arrived home from Fort Jackson North Carolina to spend a short furlough over the Ing his Mr and Mrs G Nye of 503 Noble and his wife tho former Paulino Corporal Nye In a mem ber of Corp at Fort Jackson He was Inducted lant April Bibles and Testaments for PAROLES ARE GRANTED FOR TWO BROTHERS Today The Pennsylvania Parole Hoard today announced paroles to James and Alfred broth em convicted of second degree murder In the election eve of The wardens at Penitentiary at Philadelphia dis closed after the announcement that the brothers were released yesterday afternoon The applied for parole July noon after Governor on recommendation of the stato pardon year Five persons In the mass killings In the County mining town Joseph Continued on KNOX Word has been received here that Private W oon of Mr and Mrs W Clalr of 429 North Street hax been stationed at Port Kentucky He will basic training at Fort Knox before being align ed lo a definite troop Santa Claus Suits and Masks at ANNVILLE AREA MEN REPORT TO ARMY TODAY Fortytwo registrants of 1 o c a 1 draft board throe with at High School bo gan In tho U S Army today following ac at tho Induc tion last Wednesday The men left this af oclock over tho H o a ding lines for Thirteen ot tho group continued on to tho reception center Rt Now Cumberland w h I 1 a the twentynine were dispatched to tho reception center at Fort With Iho d o p a r tn r o of this group county sent one and sixty men into the Army this month through tho three local draft hoards FORMER GRID STAR SUCCUMBS MYSTERIOUSLY Chris Cagle Dies Of Pneumonia tured Skull Now York with a background of mystery camo today to ono ot tho greatest football Christian Rod Caglo whoso bril liant for Army brought him glory The athlete mnl choice for back In 1928 and 1929 died a Queens hospital at a m of and fracture Cagle who carried his talents to gridiron and lyn eleven was Saturday night In tho lobby of a Continued on ruga Seven ARE YEARS Mr and Mrs tOuy Holm of 29 well known resi dents of the Side aro today observing their 22nd wadding an Owing lo Ilio absence of two ot children the cele brants will noto tho anniversary date mildly at homo jr A daughter Mary futio tp a at tho General Hospital and IH to tbo day with her parents does a short holiday for a few days however am will Day lit A son Ouy Hud Heiin la in thu U S Navy at tbo Naval Training School al Maryland and IH also unable to bn homo The aro parents of two and Allen both ut home and nro receiving the con gratulations of friends ami bors for tho occasion Mrs Helm is tbo former Kiltin Carver of this rlty Mr IB employed at tho Air Depot TWO PALMYRA SOLDIERS ENJOY READING NEWS Mr and Mrs ot 27 North Jal myra have received welcomed let ters from their Private Wil liam and Warren who arc nerving in Undo Sams armed forced In which stale bow much they appreciate reading tho NEWS which informs them of the happenings of friends back homo Private William wan inducted Into on October 15 and is stationed at Oregon Mln brother ban been Die armed forces since April 14 1342 and has re cently been to IMH An California THURSDAY DEADLINE ON CHURCH NOTICES Hue to the fact that Friday in and the DAILY NEWS will not lo published that day it Is that all church notices be received In the office of the no later than 2 p on day It will he to In clude them In edition if Inter than thai RIG CHRISTMAS ORANGES Tangerines and Grapefruit 15th Cumb Sis Christmas Home and Table Decorations at Germans Are Captured By Soviets Red Army Offensive Makes Astonishing Progress SEIZE 32 Fate Of Axis In Africa Grows More Precarious By Tha grunt countermarch across Iho middle Don tonard Rostov wan officially re ported to al least 32 villager and ilowi by of A from Soviet houd nt noon Moscow tho Hod Into eight towns Inst nights Several dozen other pianos worn reported In earlier com Organized of groups to hold back tho offensive ot tho Rod have been unsuccessful In tho already groat ot tho Russian com Ina of the laming tin battalion of Nazi 800 to together tallon to Iho dispatch es snld nnd drifts the Hod Armys was astonishing progress drive Railway lo tho mately troops Two from different ro ported within 120 Tillies ot Ros lov One column hud captured tho largo village of Kamensky tn Iho vicinity of 120 inn north tbo town of Moro about Iho namo of Rostov Kamon Bky with a city 40 miles Bouth of Din Red battled lo Inflict a on Adolf tho futo ot tbo Axis In North Af rica grow more On front Gen on Two TWO ARE FINED FOR MOTOR LAW VIOLATIONS Two violators uf the motor woro by A II ut tbo mid week Reunion of court and c a H c H wore nf Onn of Mike HraJ of ft o u t o 1 a finn of und costs of when ho guilty lo operating n car his driv undor suspension HR was nil owed 30 to pay J V LanRttn of the Indian town r n p of police told Iho court hf In Union last April 11 after he on FORMER LOCAL GIRL IS U S ARMY NURSE Lebanon friends of A Christine formerly of this rlty are Bending Christmas grnet to tho lady who now Is a member of the United Stalen Army Nurses and Is sta at Camp Swift She IB the daughter of Mr and Mrs William If formerly of now ot Carlisle Ha While they resided in this Mr Spa h n was employed by llm Pennsylvania Kaliiond with which he Is associated Spahn Is a graduate nt the Cheater and joined the Army on Oc tober IS 1342 Previous to that she was employed in the Carlisle Hospital Carlisle THE WAR TODAY By Today Staff officers at ot Ninth American Air Force in Cairo have H glint In oyoB thoso days r Its a dead for tho satisfaction they feel over the contribution Uncle Sama airmen ore continuing to make to tho British offensive against mol 1 dropped lii on en oral Victor H Sturm staff to Major General Lewis H ton commander of U S air forces It tho nnc India lo tho flag still You hot retorted Our on AT MASTER Is Effected After Two Shoot ing Episodes Lancaster Today A Wilmington Del man captured mi was the County today fpr M o t b ot o nvo r Tho p r 1 o n e r as V In n poll co Insl night by Sergeant Lewis P atu Corporal Harry K Fitzgerald who bad boon searching but tbo lie was Owen snld Mills drew R rovol vor overpowered before he It Barller a car by the man on Boven WEST LEBANON COUPLE ARE WEDDED 20 YEARS Mr and Mrs Harvey Boltz 2132 Stroot arc the ro today of matsy and congratulatory mes liio ot twentieth or wedding anniversary Tbo anniversary will bo cole on Christmas Day with n turkey dinner and all tho trim mings to bo nerved for members of the family Thoro will bo n largo birthday since Mr will his birthday on Day Mr and Mrs Bollz were mar ried In this city by tho Rev W ft then pastor of tlie First K v a n g n I I c a I Congregational Church Sixth nnd Sis Mrs is tho former Violet Long and Is tho daughter of the Into Cyrus Long of Lebanon Mr who hns been employed by the NEWS for tho 23 years Is the ton of the Into who died last August There were In all seven chil dren born to the couple five sons and two daughters There are In tho family four aons and a daughter two children having passed away Tho sons aro Bolmar Wallace Tames and Gordon at and tho daughter is Hetty Jane who Is at homo also IS ot Through suffered ot the right broke while she Jo thn cap Fhc wan at tlic Good Inn Desk Sets Wallets and Key Cases al NOTICE Helen Sheppards Beauty Shop Will Be Closed From December 244 Christmas The LATE SHOPPERS will find nn EXCELLENT A S S 0 H T M T N T t the BETTER CLASS OF GIFTS from which to CHOOSE yoir BUY more price J C Jeweler
