Lebanon Daily News (Newspaper) - July 15, 1949, Lebanon, Pennsylvania GOOD EVENING Searty has a rem edy for of w one but his OWE THE WEATHER Kastern Penosi Considerable tonight and probably Saturday little change In tern and The Lebanon Daily Times 77th YEAR No 264 LEBANON PA FRIDAY EVENING JULY 15 1949 Catered a dan at at Po outer Act rf Marck 3 1879 Truman Top Leaders In Mystery Session Bethlehem Steel Corp Accepts Sixty Day Truce Agrees To Go Along Beth Steel With Trumans Plan Workers Not t Strike Now However Will Nof Be Bound By Any Finding Of Board BETHLEHEM Pa Today P Bethlehem Steel Cory an today it has accepted President Trumans 60day truce proposal in the steel dispute The nations number two steel company qualified its acceptance by saying any recommendations of a Presidential Board are not binding A B Homer company presi dent said in a statement The Steelworkers Union is presenting demands which if granted would result in substan tial increases in labor costs in the steel industry and indirectly in many other industries While the earnings of steel workers are at an high there has been a marked slump in business generally in the steel j industry operations have declined j sharply from 103 per cent capacity from March 1949 toj under SO per cent currently j Concluding his statement Homer said j We will continue operation cf our plant in accordance with our j collective bargaining agreement j which will remain in effect until April 30 1950 in the absence of a strike He made no definite statement fcs to whether the company will continue operations in the current dispute Our reluctance to Seventh Street Home Is Sold For Action By Corp Removes Threat Of Walkout Here following Charles W and Bernice Henne to Roy H M Auchenbach John L and Jane E Yordy have sold their property at 602 South Seventh Street to James D and Rhoda C Miller Ann ville according to a deed filed j The inst the Bethle for record at the courthouse yes afternoon Revenue stamps i hem Sleel Company has been can on the deed indicate an 500 i celled That is the announcement transaction j made in a telegram sent to Mor Other realty transfers on file j ris Miller district representative for record today included t h e of the local steel union by Phillip I Murray president of the CIO United Steelworkers Murray in his telegram con firmed the story that the Bethle hem Steel Company has agreed to the Presidential proposal for a 60day truce and any strike plans against the number two steel firm have been cancelled for the present It was announced that the president of each local will re a telegram this afternoon from Murray confirming the fact Miller was in conference with officials at the Bethlehem plant in Lebanon when he received the notice from Murray Ancient Mai Trucks Are Used By Local Post Office premises situated at 115 North Railroad Street Myerstown Up to Violet B Seltzer and Edgar M Eby executors of the estate of a on Second Arrest Made By Police Probing Robbery Of Diner your proposal he messaged President Truman for a board that would make tions as to terms of settlement is based in part on our past ex with such boards A second arrest was made yes as the investigation into the burglary of Florys Diner 25 South Twelfth Street some time during the night of July 7 or early morning of July S was approve j pressed by city police Chief of Police William H Fairburn an today Fairburn announced that Lt William Lynch assigned to the investigation yesterday arrested Ralph Beard 22 1336 Walnut We have learned from esj Street and committed that when a union which Beard to the county jail on a has a virtual monopoly in an burglary charge preferred before portant industry threatens a Nathan Sundel strike in support of its demands a board of inquiry has uniformly recommended the granting of some of those de Continued on Iae Eleven Details Are Given On Water Co Sale It will require about a month to 45 days to complete details of the acquisition of the Myerstown Water Companys interests by the Myerstown Water Authority Boro Solicitor Waiter C Graeff stated today when queried about the significance of the order of ap proval issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission yester day The cost of the acquisition has been agreed upon as which includes all of the capital stock of the water company water works facilities rights and fran chises In connection with the or der the transfer by purchase from the Company to the Authority the PUC issued a certificate of public convenience to the Authority The cost of purchase will be covered by a bond issue of 000 which the C C Collins and Company investment brokerage firm of Philadelphia has agreed to take over at par of per bond Beard joins Wilmer Haas Jr 21 Street who was confined to the county jail on Continued on Pare Twenty H 5 Building To House Myerstown First Graders The great increase in the num ber of children to enter school for the first time this fall along with a probable shortage in nec essary buildings will cause the first grade children of Myerstown to be housed in the high school building next term The action was taken at the regular session of the Myerstown Board of Educa tion held last night In addition it was announced that grades two and three will be divided in order to better facilitate teaching and crowded conditions It was reported that the reg ular account of the Myerstown Borough School District and the class and organization fund ac counts have been audited Sum mer personnel of the school dis will shortly begin the paint ing of the floor of the high school building The Board of Education is asking for bids for recondition ine of the driveway in the front of the high school building Act passed by the State Legis Nit the board to act as supervisor of the In the meantime union wage contracts are currently for at seven Lebanon County steel plants according to a statement made yesterday by Morris Miller district represen of the United Steelworkers of Current con tracts at the various industrial plants run out in 1950 but wage provisions have been reopened According to Miller the union is asking for substantial increases in wages pensions and insurance which would average about 30 cents hourly for the workers Miller stated that all plants have been served the 60 day notice by the union as stipulated under the Act and that af ter dates negotiations become a day to day affair Ex en Open New Driver Exam Course At Harrisburg A driver examination course the result of 10 years study by Penn sylvania State Police and the De of Revenue has been opened at Harrisburg Features of the course will be incorporated in other similar Shown above are two representative mail trucks of the type currently In use by most post offices Theyre a familiar sight on the streets but few people ever stop to realize just how old they are The two above vintage of 1929 and 1930 are part of the four truck fleet at the Lebanon Post Office Doily NEWS Photo The trucks driven day after lay in all types of weather are seldom replaced by newer models but are generally repaired ready to take to the road again for a few more years Shown petting into the truck is John R Parry veteran post office employee and driver of one of the trucks Penryn Park May Become New Site For YMCA Camp Camp Greble the Y M C A camp located near Myerstown may soon be abandoned for a prob able new site located at Penryn Park in ar exception rather than the rule approval was given today by the State Wrater and Power ces Board at Harrisburg for re moval of water above the lake for the purpose of dredging that body of water The application for the project had been filed by the Leb anon Y M C A The land approximately 50 or 60 acres owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company would replace the current Camp Greble as a sum mer camp site now being used by the Y According to word from one company spokesman the tract tiie similar fields to be constructs in an amusement the future The examination field is the completed providing lature Principal Harvey L raurer was appointed by and accrued interest The bond i school activities and funds and issue run from 1949 to 19SS and j Rodney P Steltz school treasurer a prepared statement shows that was designated as of on Pae Fourteen i the class and organization funds Gov Duff Welcomes Dies Pennsylvania Boys j On Gallows After At Summer Camp Four last Meals GAP Pa Today j WALLA WALLA Wash Today James H Duff Jake Bird who rially and proudly welcomed J 30 axe ate some 2500 Pennsylvania boys to I a State sponsored last meals died on the an experiment in j gallows of Washingtons Walia Walla State prison early today The gallows trap was sprung at am EST and the 4S his dream of vacation and junior citizenship The teenagers poured into the huge military reservation yester day and Wednesday for their camping spree from all sections of the commonwealth For the first time in the his of the United States to my knowledge Duff said a state has determined to play hosts to its children at a summer camp After their governors welcome the boys scattered to Continued on JPage Seven first to be continuous driving which is specially designed to operating ability of applicants according to State Police The use of a driver examina tion course assures uniformity of conditions and hazards not pos sible to duplicate on a highway where traffic density and con ditions may change with the hour of the day or day of the week a spokesman said This examination presents a reasonable series of tests which any and qualified driver should be able to complete successfully The course is laid out in such a manner that the applicant must control the car every moment during the driving test the spokesman explained this is ac by ingenious placing of upgrade and downgrade sec tions which require the applicant to demonstrate ability to start on a grade turn in a street 28 feet in width and make right and left turns by driving through a series of stanchions which measure abil ity to drive under alternating con ditions requiring steering An SO 0foot stretch includes an ascending turn and a descent to the finish line In addition to the course a limitedaccess road leading to it from Route 22 by pass is designed to provide con ditions requiring no pass and other regulatory signs with which an applicant must be familiar park will be donated to the M C A by Bethlehem Steel as soon as the deed has been trans ferred Another application approved allows the drawing of water above Colebrook Calvary Dam in Lon Township to clean and repair the dam breast Filing the application was Albert Dommel A total of 59 applications for constructions across State streams and 22 applications for uams were approved by the hoard Biggest Guns Of Pa Guard Boom Today At Gap Reservation INDIANTOWN GAP Pa To day P The biggest guns of the Pennsylvania National Guard boomed out over the huge mili tary reservation here today The 200th Field Artillery of the Tenth Corps moved into the firing range with its 155mm howitzer and sent volleys raining through the air at targets The Belle fonte outfit concludes its firing problem Monday Postmaster Walter Blames Congress For Use Here Of Twenty Year Old P 0 Mail Trucks L By Pa Chief Of Budgets Have you while walking along the street noticed the trucks in use by your local postoffice not Department cannot very well re place old worn out pieces such as the antiquated mail trucks in ser only the Lebanon post office but vice that of any in any town in the j Congressmen and U S Sena country Most of them are 1930 tors are responsible for this an vintage or equipment said Walter 20 years old In some localities some tairly late model trucks may appear at times tut this Is the Postmaster Daniel E Walter of the Lebanon Post Office admits this is true and places the blame for the whole matter on the ac rather lack of action by Congress Postmaster Walter has said that if Congress does not allot the money for the purchase of new equipment the Post Office in a statement to a re porter Walter went on to say that every time the Post Depart ment has requested an increase in rates for certain classes of July contrast to the rest vania statistics dhow people in tne States counties such as Lebanon Dauphin York mail on which money is lost Conj Berks take more pride in their local and pro duce tetter taxpaying and col post card which he said costs the letting records according to A Department over two and a half j c chief of the Budget cents per card to deliver t Continues on Page Twelve Secrecy Shield Covers Confab At Bair House Speculate Atomic Weapons Subject Of Conference White House shield of secrecy today threw a light cover over a conference which brought President together with top military atomic diplomatic and congres leaders For two hours and minutes these list was impress together behind closed doors last night in historic Blair House the Presidents temporary home There was no announcement whatever of what went on How ever the identity of the partic pointed strongly toward some development in the atomic weapons field on an international evel The New York Times said the meeting dealt with the question of giving to Great Britain technical on the production of atomic It learned later however he newspaper added that no de cisions were made during the ses sion unless the President came to some determination that he did not disclose The 16 who were closeted with Mr Truman were singularly closemouthed as they left What little they did reply to questions could be summed up If anything is going to said the President win say it Mr Truman wasnt talking There was no Bign that lie would later The conference staged against tie dual backdrops of A tha gress has refused to grant the in creases As an example Mr Wal ter took tire well known American Legion Membership In Co Reported At 3308 Lebanon Countys American Pfc Rodger Young Praised In Ballad Returns To States CHICAGO Today Legion membership stands 3SOS Rodger who died for the strong at the end of the Legions men he fought among is on his to the day on great national membership cam it was reported last eve ning at the quarterly meeting of the Lebanon County Council of the American Legion at Richland The figures were quoted by Coun ty Membership Charles Hallman of Palmyra Forty delegates were present to be welcomed to the host men who slog through mud every way home today That would be Pfc Rodger Young heroic Infantryman who fell fire six years ago New Georgia That would be Rodger Young Division Internal Affairs Depart ment Internal Affairs Department records according to re veal that agencies annually boot away thousands of dollars in per capi ta and occupation taxes and the sum jumps into the millions over the years while the record gets on Two Telegram Brings Man Down To Earth before murderous Japanese LIMA 0 mond Jutila tha demented slay er was tired and sunburned after his 29 hours atop the State Hos 130foot inspiration for a ballad that al will be sacred to fighting He also was re land post by Richland Commander where Tt Ned County Comman der Mark Fausnacht town conducted the session Considerable discussion was de voted to the issue of the Continued on tional Guards are winding up their first week of a encampment here preceding ths on Twenty Son 5 of Manufacturer Dies In Swimming Poo HAVERFORD Pa Sharpies five year old son of Laurence P Lebanon Independent Boro First J Sharpie Philadelphia Aid Unit placed its completely drowned yesterday in a equipped ambulance in service and swimming pool at the Sharpies j to date a total of 256 calls been recorded including fire rails j The mother told police the boy Ambulance Of Boro Unif Completes 2 Yrs Service Two years ago this week the Doc Im awful sorry for all the trouble Ive caused you he Private and his platoon were cut off and pinned in a Dr B E hospital It was on July 31 1943 that trap A spiteful and deadly Nip on Twelve superintendent The 35yearold insane killer came down yesterday from his perch on top of the at Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane He was happy after being assured released convicts would not harm his family The family had not been threatened Dr Bushong said fear was just a mental i delusion The Warren 0 man had OFFICE CLOSED Saturday July 16th to Saturday July 23rd Inc Paul H Yocum MD 122 KORTH STREET BEST PLACE TO BUY A USED CAR yearold was pronounced dead at by Dr Elmer Hill Walla Walia physician Bird was hanged for the 1947 axe slaying of Mrs Bertha Kludt of Tacoma Wash He had evaded the gallows three times with legal maneuver His final appeal was turned on LATE NEWS sharp Senate debate on the Atlan tic Pact and and B a congressional hearing into charges of mismanagement of tha atomic energy program threw open the doors to wide areas of speculation This was true because of tha Continued on rare fourteen Size Saves Small Boy Under Overturned Truck MILWAUKEE INS Douglas Sturom ski is one youngster who doesnt mind being size saved his life The boy was sitting on a near his Milwaukee home day when a lurching panel truck over on top of him Horrified spectators rushed to the scene and righted the truck expecting to find Douglas crushed by the weight Douglas was still sitting on his tricycle dazed but unhurt The small boy and his tiny tri cycle had fitted neatly through an open window of the truck Jap Pipeline Scheme is Called Fantastic TOKYO Japanese are talking about a yea project to build a 250mile nat ural gas pipeline into Tokyo but occupation authorities call tha scheme fantastic The Keizai leading economic paper carried a lengthy story outlining the am project backed by Tokyo businessmen and eas producers from Niagara Prefecture An American official at Gea edal Natural Re sources Section said such a scampered up the rower line is out of the question at this day morning He refused to come critical period in Japans econ in cooperation with the Boro Fire apparently lost his balance as he until protection against Department of which the units j tried to ikim some leaves from on Thirteen James Sheehan is i the surface of the pool with a net i omy considering the of gas they have got chief In connection with the sick and accident calls the ambulance has traveled to all sections Lebanon County Philadelphia The strainer lay beside the body when the childs mother dis at covered him at the bottom of Lancaster Reading deep end of the pool He had Hagerstown Md and other points been dead about 15 minutes i Total mileage recorded on the speedometer is 66S1 j The above figures were cited in j i a report presented to the Unit i WASHINGTON Truman signed members by Director James w I TRUMAN SIGNS HOUSING Northside Jewelry Store CLOSED Country Kam Steak Tonight Smiths Colonial Rest the housing today and said it must be put into operation quickly The President called in more than a score of sponsors of the legislation for the signing ceremony Passage of the by Congress last week gave Mr Truman his first major victory in his fair deal legislative program In a statement Mr Truman said the measure equips the federal government for the first time with effective means for aiding cities in the vital task of clearing slums and rebuilding blighted areas He said he Is submitting to Congress immediately a request for additional appropriations necessary to finance the program this year Ebur at a special meeting held last evenin in Boro Hall Director Ebar stated that the ambulance is subject to 24hour service daily not only for its 1300 members but for the general public as well in the and county The Unit a strictly volunteer outfit is a member of the Lebanon County Ambulance Association and as such is in complete harmony and cooperation with other lance corps ot the city and county It Is selfsupporting At last eve special meeting plans were completed for the annual Unit Fes tival to he held on the Boro School Killed in Explosion WEST CHESTER Pa Today Pete Kellar 21yearold star athlete was kill ed today and two other men were hurt in an explosion at the big inch pipe line depot at Eagle ten miles north of West Chester Kellar who was to have en tered Duke University in the fall was a sports ace at Prep last year He served two years In the Marines Injured in the sudden blast origin was a mystery were Donald 17 Eze Deep Mystery Still Surrounds Strange Case Of State Report On Schools Here By S S VAN DOPE The case of the report from the State Department of Labor and Industry regarding fire hazards said to exist in the Lebanon city schools remains today as deepest and darkest mystery However Lebanon Daily NEWS known as making some progress in their drive to find out what is in the secret document on Saturday of i kiel Taylor at Alicia Ark Unable to break through the Maginot line of obscurity thrown around the State tions by School Solicitor Clarke M Seltzer the NEWS sleuths adopted clandestine methods to bring the details of the report be fore the people of Lebanon One informed source close to members of the school board said the State ordered the Leb anon schools to erect new fire escapes at several elementary is Lebanon The source said he did cot know what buildings were involved but added that the school authorities were bending every effort to hoid this information from public Up to this time so de tails have been learned about tha report but the NEWS will con its campaign until all information is made available for the people of Lebanon They a right to Snow
