Times Signal (Newspaper) - December 26, 1943, Zanesville, Ohio d SUNDAY 1 No 26 DECEMBER EIGHT CENTS A Fire Destroys 3 Man Injured by Falling Beam f Showdown Seen Monday In Threat of Steel Strike in steel possibly the forerunner of a strike involving a large part of the oday halted production of more than workers in four tates Collective bargaining contracts expired at 214 anies employing about workers with no agreement sight between the employers and the United Steel Workers America The union is asking a wage raise from he present standard of 78 cents If it would crack he War Labor little steel formula generally were quiet in steel mill with many plants idle in observance of the holiday while others operated normally But in Ohio picket lines formed at the midnight shift ast night at mills in Cleveland and Youngstown of the Re- public Steel and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube nd more than workers were idle there Pickets also appeared at the works in Cleveland and stoppage involved several thousand Pickets withdrew early n the morning The Youngston Sheet Tube mill at Indiana reported a walkout of open hearth and blast furnace division forcing a shutdown of the whole em- ploying The same company's South employing also was down after a blast furnace walkout Closing of a few small plants brought the total workers die to more than Mills also were at the Great Steel Corp in Detroit and the Wheeling Steel n West Virginia and but spokesmen for these and This picture was taken by photographer Newell Harvey Supply company was at its height One man was seriously injured and damage mated at yesterday from a spectacular fire which destroyed the offices and warehouses of the Holbein Supply company on North Third street Elmer of Newark a brother of Leroy who owns the supply a possible skull fracture when a heavy roof ber fell upon his head as he made an inspection trip among the smouldering ruins early in the afternoon The fire broke out shortly before 10 o'clock apparently near the center of the huge warehouse which was filled with machinery and yesterday morning while the spectacular fire at the Holbein parts Np cause for the blaze could be but the flames spread quickly to the firm's two offices in frame dwellings on Third street Firemen said the buildings were a mass of flames when they reached the scene A number of trucks which were parked outside the building were moved to only one of them be- ing damaged Important to the company loss of valuable office records Most of the damage was covered by insurance The injury to Holbein was not considered serious at and he was removed to Later in the Many a Vacant Chair Marks Christmas Observance The Santa's neighborly visits and family gatherings around the dinner table highlighted Zanesville's observance of a Christmas yesterday in of the churches underscored the religious the day I ast festivities included Blue Star a ar- ranged essentially for the Blue Star Mothers club will help maintain a service men's canteen in the of the Elks building on South Fourth street Most industries here were Bethlehem Holy Drama Dev 23 Thousands of most them m Allied heard affording the thp holw of chime Of the great at midnight of Bethlehem chime in tidings cf a 12 Service Stars At St Louis Home Dec Mr arid Mrs M Van to the service in the front a married son said today he has enlisted the marines and expects to be called next month Three daughters are in the six other sons are in the one in the army and one in the merchant marine Christmas the fourth since World War II j Once again this holy village be- came of and most pant ry tunes the scene of the Christendom's greatest vital drama The itself the legacy of of served as a reaffirmation that the principles for Christ died have not been surrendered Among the pilgrims were sian Creek American and Palestinian ians as well as Chinese Many of the Palestinian Christians perhaps were descendants of the same townspeople who thronged cobbled streets on that night nearly years ago when the three wise men offered their first gifts and the Christmas dition was horn The ritual began at P M when his beatitude the Mgr Louis lassina passed through the historic Jaffa gate leading out of lem and took up his journey on the six-mile road to ancient Roman road lowed by Mary and Joseph on the eve of the Nativity Making his triumphal entry into the Patriarch traversed the square and quickly passed through the stone courtyard and into of St double holiday respite from time production The day here lacked its usual gaiety because so many homes were without loved ones who are in service Emphasis was placed on seeing that the unmindful of the horrors of selves as they played beneath their Christmas trees Prisoners at the county jail and at the detention a menu of roast the trimmings home dined chicken and which is part of the church of streets and which stands over the cave where Jesus was born Fire Destroys Two Houses In County Ten Muskingum county dents were made homeless when fire destroyed two farm houses Friday night and Saturday A two-story double house two miles south of Fultonham and a one and story frame dwelling on road seven miles from burned to the ground The house near owned by -T N Winter that was occupied by Mr and Vernon Gillespie and their son and Mr and Mrs William Holcomb and their five children It went up in flames Saturday morning while the Holcomb family was preparing for its Christmas festivities The cause was not de- termined The Gillespie family was away on a Christmas visit at the time The fire at the White residence on Christmas eve was blamed on an flue The family was away at the time nnd flames were discovered by J E a neighbor Efforts to save the household alarm last night at Elm and were unsuccessful in Fire Destroys Automobile An automobile owned by H T 320 avenue was destroyed by fire last firemen reported The machine was parked in mond's back but the fire was not discovered until the car was ablaze Raymond said the car was caused by a short circuit in the wiring of the car and that he first learned of the blaze when the horn on the machine started to blow Firemen also answered a false Plunge From Haymow Kills Man Frank died Sat morning in Good hospital of sustaine Christmas-eve when haymow of a farr hear Norwich He hell from a outside door Mr Hogan was born and near Norwich but later moved t where he resided fo 30 years before returning to th Norwich community in 1931 Surviving are his widow Mar a Mrs Florenc Atkinson of and thre S H Hogan of Zanesville William of Newark and Fred o Warren He was a member of the Firs Methodist church of Cambridge Malta F A M th United Spanish War Veterans Funeral services will be held a 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at th First Methodist church in Cam bridge Burial will be in North wood cemetery Cambridge Th body was removed to the Mod home in New Concord but will be returned to the residence Sunday afternoon Dec Day work other companies said this was due Christmas A showdown was expected Monday when all mills would resume regular schedules Mills also operate on Sunday the number of men then is perhaps less than oD per cent of to Page Woman Seriously Injured In West Crash Accident Overtakes West Pike Family On Way to Christmas Dinner in City On their way to a Christmas three members a West pike family were one in an mobile collision early Saturday afternoon at West Main State streets George Spicer was serious early today at Bethesda while her husband and son were recovering from minor injuries They were on their way to the home of Mrs Spicer's Sharp 40S Pine when their car figured in a crash with a machine driven by Russell Williams of 26 Granville and owned by Chester liams of the same address Spicer sustained a ed left arm and internal Her husband and son were treated for severe cuts and bruises They were dismissed from the early last evening The disappearance of white and brown had been in the cars at the of the furnished a mystery last night Both cars were badly the Spicer machine having turned An a ham other items of the intended mas dinner menu were over the street at the scene the accident The accident victims were to the hospital in the ambulance Soldier Mug a Subject at Muskingum K ism S by the campus Aquaviva of Pittsburgh camera see Page Section 2 County's New Bond Drive Christmas Eviction both various spots again and again and ns tho bolls rang out glorious oil the Christ revealed at in triumphal 1 1 s Business Outlook 1 O 7 Be Published Next Sunday Dance Band Leader Dies COLUMBUS O Dec Dick Fidler popular band and orchestra leader of into t0 then descended tho tiny cave whore was as candles shadows the walls of tho Holy Patriarch placed the ihr great silver star beneath altar which marks the precise ot Jesus horn Then r of the of time was the babe was in the Joseph had done hundreds Cloudy and licht rain south slightly portion rain Portion by business commentator ment advisor An outstanding ROGER W to Quota Is Set Postponed Muskingum county's quota for the War Loan ing Jan has been set at according to word received yesterday by Tom chairman of the War Finance Committee for Muskingum county The quota divided into several will consist of the ing for individual Series E bonds F and G and other series will total This con- a total for individual chasers of Price said A quota of has been for purchase by corporations j including banks The amount set aside for in this has been sub- Increased over the Third War Loan quota as the ment urges that the smaller bond purchasers go in the j Two Under Roger W Babson America's foremost financial is now preparing his annual and Financial which will appear in the columns of The next Sunday Mr Babson's widely read col- umn appears each week in this newspaper and the annual fore- cast Is a feature awaited with con- interest by Zanesville readers In his outlook for 1944 it is promised that Mr Babson is pre- paring some of the most startling statements with to the war and elections that he had made since he predicted the 1929 stock Fidler formed his oun band after market crash American business has no more An East Market street ily was spared the sad ex- of eviction on mas Day when municipal personally interceded and secured an extension of the eviction order which had been obtained Friday the pealed personally to several charitable organizations and obtained enough food and Tuel to provide the which includes the parents and eight with the essentials for a merry Christmas The children range In age from one month to 16 years Shoemaker also said yesterday that he is attempting to secure the people another home Inter-American Hits Revolutionary Regimes Dec American committee for political the text of a message sent to the foreign secretaries American republics having declared war or broken tions with the Axis in which the committee that all exchange information before recognizing any regime by The hat tho facilities of his committee would out in full force to at least equal or their record for the Third War Loan Drive when the county quota was ed by several thousand dollars message explicitly stated that it does not refer to any the fact the originator of the vice president Alberto Guani of said his idea was started when Gen Pedro Ramirez took over the Argentina government and was developed this week by the overthrow of the Bolivian government by a revolutionary Junta Argentina was the only can country not sent the which said there was danger of Axis tion into the America through Dec governments emerging from nr w f v Soldier Is 5 War Corp John R near recently missing In action in at- prisoner of war in cording to word received day by his Mr and John H Corp army nearly two years has been overseas since March He was serving Army in Italy A inducted last Thursday here heart from Ohio State uni- played primarily in inspiring personality than Mr Columbus and Cleveland He broke internationally up the group in 1938 He Is survived by his wife Mar j Urges Amendment j For Soldier Vote speedy constitutional amendment giving congress undisputed power to facilitate voting by servicemen and servicewomen in federal tions was suggested today by ator O'Mahoney as a lution to the No 1 political confronting congress when i OIL MAN DIES Construction of two of the Navy's new riers is under way These designed to serve as bases for the largest planes ever to operate from carriers were which may hinge upon OK by Secretary of the Navy t least recommendation injured and highway traffic Th Argentine government is recognized by all Figure but the new Bolivian iVt TJi government is now awaiting 1 Dec his Marcin and that Knox in October A Navy official said today keels have been laid at the port News Dock company and at the Brooklyn Navy yard Construction of a third of the same type at Newport News will The unanimously yesterday adopted by the shipbuilding and dry declared that while the Newport News Axis had so far failed to annul the war effort is of the American evident the Axis continues to make efforts to such aims with the serious it reconvened January 10 A nation ratified repeal of prohibition in 368 the Wyoming senator can feature of his philosophy has been mother Margaret Fidler a soldier vote much of Cleveland less time ho started in the now serious ne started early in the danger that elements may take over by force the of American republics to separate them from the principles of union and solidarity adopted in Pa Dec Frank controller and assistant lo the president of Sun Oil company died at his home here early today ter an illness of a year and a from ed four hours near hero today an accident involving three a motor and cate car The icy over pass and was struck truck was hit by a Santa Fe t southbound then rammed into the bus hit the first and nearly off common enem and They were treated at of the United and Associated hospital for minor bruises
