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1 NEWS, WILK THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1944 2-2121 TIMES-LEADER, THE EVENING F6 SETTLE STRIKE TODAY Hopes Pinned On Mass Meeting of Detroit Workers Detrelt, Oct. 5. 44) -Labor leadens pinned their hopes of ending strike by maintenance men that estimated has brought idleness to an Detroit war plant employes on mASS meeting today at which high union officials were expected to call for immediate resumption of work. A similar meeting. held after the National War Labor Board notified United Automobile Workers (CIO) officers that no consideration would be given their demands until the strike is ended, broke up last night without a vote on the back-to-work Issue.

Scheduled to address the ance men were Walter P. Reuther, international vice president of the union, and -CIO Regional Directors Richard T. Leonard and Melvin Bishop, The three men were given space on an Army bomber late yesterday at Atlantic City, N. J. where they were attending an tive board session, so they could attend last night's meeting, but were delayed in departure.

Also slated to appear at today's were six members of a meeting mittee appointed by the maintenance, construction and powerhouse counell of the UAW-CIO, with which the strikers are affiliated. They likewise were given plane priority in Washington at the request of the WL.B members with whom they conferred earlier in the day, but were grounded in Pittsburgh. Protesting inequalities in wage rate structures as they affect CIOaffiliated maintenance men compared with those belonging to the AFL, the council threatened eral walkout in 300 plants that might involve nearly a million workers unless the WLB agrees to set up fact-finding panel to study the case. Two Plains Men Paroled In Charge Preferred By Girl Joseph Fanelli, 17, Rose, avenue, Plains, and Joseph 104 West Carey street, Plains, were today sentenced by Judge W. A.

Valentine to pay cost of prosecution and undergo imprisonment in Luzerne County prison for a period of three months beginning September 19. They were then paroled upon the conditions that they pay the cost of prosecution within one month and that they observe the law in the future. Fanelli and Florio had been convicted of beating and wounding, and with intent to criminally attack an 18-year-old Plains girl, on the evening of July 13, on Bald Mountain, Plains Township. Pvt. Richard H.

Klick of the State Police was prosecutor. The defendants were arrested by Pvt. Klick on the 15th of July. Stanley Troutman, NEA-Acme Newspictures correspondent for the war picture pool, happened be on the other end of the to camera when he paused briefly in his duties on Pelellu Island to Inspect a smashed Japanese tank. Click! Morals Case Is Set For Hearing This Afternoon The case of six Wilkes-Barre business men, charged with moral oftenses, which have been dragging in the criminal courts for almost year, is scheduled to come before President Judge W.

A. Valentine this afternoon. They have waived trial by a jury, and the Commonwealth will call witnesses today to support the indictments wherein charges are preferred against them by a 13-year-old Pittston girl and a 20-year-old woman of Ashley. The 13-year-old Pittston girl is now an inmate of a juvenile institution and will not be called as a witness, although District Attorney Schwartz will produce her testimony through statements made at the time of the arrest of the dedendants. Langford Sentenced London, Oct.

5-4P) Lord Langford, 59-year-old Irish was sentenced today at Farnham, Surto twelve months imprisonreent at labor on conviction of obtaining $3,200 from a woman under false pretenses. KINGSTON Bankers Aid Plans Guest Of Honor For Testimonial A committee of bankers is assisting with plans for the testimonial dinner to be tendered Edward J. Evans at Hotel Sterling next Tuesday night. Mr. Evans recently retired as vice president of Kingston National Bank and the affair is being arranged by men who have been associated with him in business and civic affairs for many Superior Court Judge Arthur H.

James will be principal speaker. Two-minute talks will be given by representatives of these groups and municipal bodies with which Mr. Evans has been associated: Robert H. Miller, community; Dr. Wilbur H.

Fleck, good neighbors; Miss Frances Dorrance, Hoyt Library; Peter Wanko, burgess of Edwardsville; Osborne Morgan, chair. man of Kingston Council; Charles B. Humpleby, president of Kingston School Board; Attorney John Morris, West Side Lions Club, and Clifford Wentz, president of Kingston Businessmen's Association. R. H.

Levy, new commander of Black Diamond Post, American Legion, a will make the presentation speech. Sterling L. Wandell is general chairman. On the bankers committee: Frank Cooper, Newell Harold Tippett, Robert Jones, Harry B. Glidden.

Butler O. Bower, George Z. Keller, Sheldon Evans, William Dieter and Guy W. Moore. It was announced last night that employes of Kingston National Bank, with which Mr.

Evans was associated for 47 years, have indicated that they will attend the affair. FOR RENT-3 room apartment, all improvements. 1st floor. 263 Pringle, Kingston. Board of Meeting West Side District Board of Review will meet at Rutter avenue school building tonight.

TODAY'S BEST DESSERT SPENCER'S HO-MADE ICE CREAM Brotherhood Meeting Kingston Lodge No. 1, Patriotic Brotherhood of Americans, will hold its monthly business meeting on Thursday night, October 12, at 8. This meeting will be known as the Golden Harvest Festival, and the program will be in charge of Joseph Vartini, assisted by Andrew Kreller. A class of candidates will be inducted into membership. Brief Mention Gleaners Class of Dorranceton Methodist Church will meet tomorrow night at 8 at the home of Mrs.

Leroy Reese, 146 West Dorrance street. American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 395, will conduct a rummage sale at 189 Main street, Luzerne on October 12, 13 and 14. Persons having donations are asked to contact Mrs. Arthur Engler, chairman, or Mrs. Charles Ransom, co-chairman, or leave their rummage at the store room in Luzerne.

Kindergarten Meeting Mother's Club of Cuba Street Kindergarten, will hold its meeting October 11, at 7:45 p. m. the Boys overseas Special GIft from Tea Derick's overseas mailing Allow to 1111 gifts the boys DERICK, Inc. TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS TODAY'S High Low Close Addresig-Mult Air Reduction Alaska Juneau Alleghany Corp Alleg Lud St Allen Industries Al Chem Dye Allied Mills 32 Allied Stra Allis-Ch Mtg Am Airlines Am Bank Note 211 Am Cable Rad Am Can Am Car Fdy Am Distill 264 Am Am pt 90 89 90 Am 2 pt Am International Am Locomotive 22 Am Fdy 16 Am Met Am Pow Li Am Rad St 12 12. Am Roll Mill Am Smelt 42 St Fdrs 26 Am Stores 18 18 18 Am Tel Tel Am Tob 69 Am Type Fdrs 13 Am Viscose 46 46.

Am Wat Wks Am Woolen Anaconda Cop Armour Co 64 Assd Dry Goods 17 17 Atch All Coast Line 41 41 Atl Refining Atlas Corp Atlas Aust Nichols 101 Aviation Corp Bald Loco ct 24 Balt Ohio Barber Asph Barnsdall Oil 16 Bath Ir Wks 16 Bayuk Cigars 30 30 30 Bell Aire Bendix Aviat 45 45 Best Co. 41 Best Foods Beth Steel Black Decker Blaw-Knox Boeing Airplane 16 Bohn Al Brass 49 49 49 Bond Strs 47 Borden Co. 34 Borg -Warner 40 Braniff Airw Briggs Mig Bklyn Un Gas Budd MIg 11 Burr Add Mach Calif Packing Campbell Wyant 20 20 Can Dry Ale Canad Pacific Case (J I) Co 38 Caterpil Tractor Celanese Corp Celotex Corp 14 14 14 Cent Foundry Cerro de Pas Ches Ohio Chi Pneu Tool Chrysler Corp 93 Climax Molyb Cluett Peabody Colgate-Palm-P 30 30 Collins Aik Col Fuel Ir Colum Br'castA Colum El Colum Carbon 88 87 88 Coml Credit Coml Invest Tr Coml Solvents Com'with Edis Com'with South 15-16 Congoleum 27 Larkin Upholds Reading Company Shenandoah, an Oct. umpire of 5-(AP)- the Anthracite Board of Conciliation, upheld today the action of the Philaand Reading Coal and Iron delphia Company in discharging Julius Barowsky, a union committeeman at its Knickerbocker colliery, in denying him reinstatement and back wages. Barowski is in the army now.

The dispute in that work stoppage of more followed his discharge resulted a than a week last February, in which some 8,000 miners participated. Ashley Funke Heads Drive Funke heads the Ashley anAlvin, Welfare Federation Drive, in of major, and with his the capacity assistants is preparing to start SOlicitations. The latter are Miss district Gertrude Schwab, co-major; captains, George Renoe, Association; president Ashley Businessmen's Martin L. Thomas Jackson, Alice GorMurray, school division; Mrs. Nora Cleary, Mrs.

Victor ham, Miskiel, women's division. Fourteen Die In Service Fourteen young men of Ashley have died in the war service it has been fatalities are reported by War announced. In the future, as Department, the public will be asked to display the American on the Sunday following the Home On Furlough been in Sergeant the Army Corps six John Shrader, who has and for the last two and onehalf years was located in the South Pacific, years and saw service in Australia and New Guinea, is here on furlough at the home of Mrs. David Jones, Hartford street. He Mrs.

is a David son of the late Mr. and Shrader. He is a graduate of Ashley High School and before entering the service was employed by Central Railroad of New Jersey. He is to report at Atlantic City, N. following his furlough.

Brief Mention I Mrs. Harry L. Stout, Ashley street, had as recent guests Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stout and daughters, Janet and Judith.

Mrs. David T. Jones, Hartford street, is home New York where she visited relatives. Mrs. Jesse Houck, street, is home from Pittsburgh where she attended the Daughters of America convention.

Mrs. Fred Dierolf, Ashley street, is in Chatham, N. where she is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Owens. Mrs.

John Fedock and children, who were guests of Mrs. Fedock's father, Joseph Krogulski, Hazleton street, have returned to their home in Lancaster. Mr. Krogulski is recuperating at his home after having been a patient at Mercy Hospital. A meeting of Ashley Post, American Legion, will be held tonight at 8 oclock at Legion Home, North Main street.

Commander James P. Mitchell will preside. Official board of Methodist Church will meet tonight at 8:30. Altar and Rosary Society, Council of Catholic Women and Retreat Guild of St. Leo's Church, will meet tonight at 8 oclock in the Community House.

A social hour will follow. (STEELS AND LEAD MARKET By Victor New York, Oct. 5. (P) another brisk early stab specialties, but demand follow eventually sprinters failed to Some Song! photo from NEA) LA. (NAVY David Stanley Crockett, USNR, above, of Indianapolis, wonders if it was the song the shells that caused 500 or Germans to surrender to him.

Crockett, fighter pilot, shot down over Toulon, France, and captured. He and fellowprisoners sang "God Bless Amerduring an all-day Allied bombardment of the Nasis. Then the Germans' commanding officer summoned Crockett and rendered himself and men. COMPENSATION BOARD RULING IS SUSTAINED Court Finds Hazleton Man Was Working In Dangerous Place In Mines, Contrary To Orders Judge Thomas F. Farrell, in a decision handed down this afternoon, upheld the findings of the Workmen's Compensation Board in the appeal of Mrs.

Angeline DeDuzzio, 896 Alter street, Hazleton, from 8 decision of the State board relative to the death of her husband. Joseph DeMuzzio, husband the plaintiff, was killed by a fall of rock in the mines of the Humbolt Colliery, Lattimer Coal Company, on March 12, 1943. In due course of time the Workmen's Compensation Referee awarded the widow compensation but the referee was reversed by the Workmen's Compensation Board on the ground that the deceased, at the time of his death, was working in a dangerous place in violation of Patrick orders issued by his foreman, Sharkey. In reviewing the testimony the court concluded such to have been the case and upheld the board in its ruling. The defendant coal company was represented by Attorneys Frank while L.

Pinola and Nathan Heyman plaintiff was represented by Attorney Roger Dever, counsel for the United Mine Workers. HENDERSHOT DIES AT WORK Son of Former County Controller Was Machinist At Power Plant Charles W. Hendershot, 58, of 125 Center avenue, Plymouth, died of a heart attack this morning at 10 white at work in the Hunlock Creek plant of Luzerne County Gas Electric Company. He had been employed by the utility company for 27 years as a machinist. Born in Plymouth and a life resident of that borough, Mr.

Hendershot was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fuller R. Hendershot. His father was a former county controller.

Mr. Hendershot was active in Republican politics and represented Fifth the party as committeeman in the Ward of Plymouth. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Plymouth. Surviving are his widow, Margaret; three daughters, Luzerne Miss MarGas Electric Company in its gretta, employed by County bin, at home; Mrs. William PotPlymouth office; Mrs.

George Durters, Carol Durbin, and a sister, Miss Kingston; a granddaughter. funeral will be fro mthe famPearl Hendershot, Plymouth. The ily home. Estates Of Two Soldiers Filed Letters of administration Katherine were granted today to Mrs. avenue, Wilkes-Barre, in the estate of her Zwiebel, 34 Marlborough brother, the late John States Gwynne, first lieutenant in the United in accident Army, Lt.

the Gwynne Hazleton highway on the evewas killed an on of September 2 on his way to this ning city from Aberdeen, where he was stationed, Letters of administration were granted to Mrs. Katherine Darguzia, 92 Newport street, Sheatown, in the estate of her son, the late Felix P. Mitrekevich, who was killed in action of on war. Personal estate is valued May 8, 1944 in the Pacific theatre at $400. You have only 8 DAYS left to mail XMAS GIFTS to your boy We suggest Famous Bond DeLuxe Fruit Cake Ib.

rise ready for mailing only $3.45 REA DERICK, Inc. SPECIALTIES ADVANCE I EDWARD J. EVANS VFW Party Tonight Anthracite Post 283, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will entertain regular and associate members tonight at a party in the post home, 757 Wyoming avenue, Kingston. Officers extend an invitation to service men home on furlough. Their uniforms will admit them in lieu of a membership card.

Forty Fort Sgt. Rave Home After 32 Months In Service Abroad After 32 months of overseas duty with the Fifth Air Force, Sgt. Louis F. Rave returned home for a 24-day furlough. At present he is visiting father, Louis F.

Rave, at 964 Wyoming avenue, Forty Fort. At the expiration of his leave Sgt. Rave will report to Atlantic City for rehabilitation and reassignment. While in the South Pacific he was member of the famous heavy bombing group, "The one of the finest fighting outfits in that war theatre. In his travels around the world, Sgt.

Rave spent considerable time in Australia, New Guinea, and outlying islands. Troop Elects Officers Girl Scout Troop 101 elected officers at a recent meeting. Claire Dougherty was chosen president; Mary Ryan, vice president; Beverly Van Horn, secretary; Nancy Swartz, treasurer, and Betty Fagan, scribe. Committees named were: program, Phyllis Williams, L. Coughlin and Virginia Hergert; party, Ruth Reid and Virginia Hunt.

Next meeting will be held in Band Hall next Monday evening, FORTY FORT TONIGHT 7-9 "FOLLOW THE BOYS" Ted Lewis and His Band George Baft, Vera Sorina High Low Close Consol Cigar Cons Edison Cont Bak 84 Cont Can Motors Cont Oil Del Cont Steel Corn Products Crane Co Crosley Corp 354 Crucible Steel Sugar Curtis Publishg Curtiss-Wright A Deere Co Del Hudson Del Lack West Detroit Edison Dist Corp-Seag Dome Mines Douglas Aircraft 68 Dow Chem Duplan Corp 17 17 17 du Pont de 154 154 Eastern Air 39 39 Eastman Kodak 165 165 Eaton Mfg El Auto- Lite Elec Boat Power Lt El Pow Lt $6 pt Pub Service 154 15 Eng Erie RR Erie RR ct Products Evans Ex-Cell-0 Fairbanks Morse Farns Tel Rad Fed Lt Trac 17 Federat Strs 50 50 Firestone Foster Wheeler Sulph 32 32 Freeport Baking Gen Gen Bronze 10 10 10 Elec Gen Foods 43 Gen Gen Motors Gen Out Advert A 12 Gen Ry Signal Gen Refract Gillette Sat 13 13 Glidden Co (Adolf) Gobel Brew Goodrich (B F) 52 52 Goodyear Grand Union Gt Nor Ir Ore ct Gt Northn Ry pf Green (H L) Greyhound Corp 21 Gulf Mob Ohio 13 Gulf Ou 46 Hall (W Indust F) Print 20 Hayes Mig 8 8 Hayes Haz el-Atlas Gl Holland Furn 45 Homestake Min Houston Oil Hudson Motor Hupp Motor I Illinois Central 17 17 Indust Rayon Inger-Rand Inland Steel Inspirat Cop Interchem Corp Interlake Iron Int Harvester Int Nick Can Paper Int Tel Tel 18 Jones Johns-Manville Stl 97 Kan City South Kelsey-Hay Wb Kennecott Cop Brotherhood Wins Fight To Restore Switch Lamps The Public Utility Commission today ordered the Delaware and Hudson railroad to install switch lamps on its Pennsylvania division tracks before April 1, 1945. The commission sustained complaint by Anthracite Lodge No. 544, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Wilkes-Barre, "a against the railroad which said dangerous condition affecting lives of employes operating trains as well as the lives of the traveling public had been created by the removal of the main track switch lamps." McCrindle Names East Side Majors In War Chest Drive James G. McCrindle, this year's colonel of the East Side Municipalities Division of the Community War Chest campaign, has completed the appointment of the majors who will work with him when the drive opens next week. His terriory will be covered under the direction of nine majors, their captains and lieutenants.

The majors who will serve with Mr. McCrindle, and their territory iollow: Alvin Funke, major of Ashley; Mrs. Gomer Jones, major of Hanover Township; Miss Ruth Searfoss will be in charge of the Laurel Run territory; Albert S. Dew will Samuel head Mountain Top; Mrs. W.

E. will take charge of Bear Creek. Herman E. Cardoni will act as major in Plains; Sugar Notch will be in charge of John A. head Riley; Warrior Stanley Nadwahny will Run, and John Skuba will Township.

be major of Wilkes-Barre Martin Fights "Socialization" Harrisburg, Oct. 5. (P) Protesting against what he termed "Socialization of Industry" Governor Martin has called on labor, agriculture industry and the home owners of Pennsylvania to aid him in a fight against a United States Senate committee's proposal to reconversion of Eastern war plants. The committee, headed by Senator McCarran proposed that Government-owned war plants in the South and West be reconbut verted that those in 11 Eastern and and reopened after the war, Northern States be frozen, Martin yesterday called the plan "a barefaced attempt to transplant Pennsylvania industry and jobs under the guise of New Deal postwar planning." The executive asserted that "the proposal is the rankest and sort of declared sectional discrimination" that "the State Government will resist to the utmost any such attempted socialization of industry and its withdrawal from our State." Americans use about 11,000,000,000 pounds of fats and oils a year. Of this, 67 per cent is used in the form of food, 20 per cent as soap, 8 per cent in paints and varnishes, and the rest in varied products, High Low Close Kroger Grocery Lehigh CAN Lehigh Port 30 Lehigh Val Coal Lehigh Val Coal pt Leh Val RR Lehman Corp Lerner Stores 424 Lib-O-7 Glass Libby MeN A Ligg My Liquid Carbonic Lockheed Aire Loew's Inc 604 Lbr A Loose Biscuit Lorillard (P) Louis Nash Trucks 434 Mack (RH) Macy Manati Marine Sugar Midland Martin Marshall (GL) Field Alk 20 17 1885 FeKess Rob McLellan Strs 11 Mead Corp Machine Mesta Pet Mid-Cont Minn-Honey Reg Chem 87 Mo-Kan-Texas Monsanto Ward Montgom Murray Corp 14 14 Nash-Kelvinator 23 234 Nat Biscult Nat Can Cash Reg 32 Nat Dairy Prod 25 25 Nat Distillers 36 Nat Stpg 35 Nat Enam Nat Gypsum Lead 24 Nat Li Nat Pow Natl Steel Nat Supply Natomas Co Indust Newport Air Central Brake RR 19 19 Chi St Lou 29 29 29 Chi St pt 92 Shipbuilding 206 206 Nort Western No Am Aviation North Amer 19 Pacific 16 Northern Norwalk Tire 0 Oil Ohio Col Otis Elevator Oppenheim Owens-Il1 Glass Pac Gas Elec Pac Tin Cons Packard Motor Pan Am Airways 32.

32 Param Pictures Park Utah Con Parke Davis Patino Mines (J C) 107 107 Penn-Cent Airl Penney Penn-Dix Cement Penn RR 30 30 -Cola 65 66 Pepsi Phelps Dodge 24 Elec Philco Corp Phila Pet Phillips Pittston Co 12 Co Poor Stl Car Pressed Gam Procter Sve NJ Pub Pullman Pure Oil 16 Sta Oil Radio Quaker Am 11 Corp Radio-Keith-Orph 9 Co. Reading Silk Hosiery Real 14 Wills Probated At Court House Henry Sauer, late of 116 his Poplar will street, Wilkes-Barre, by at the court house today, probated, entire estate to wife, Catherine who is named executrix. Personal estate is valued at $250. Value of real estate is not given. Peter De Martin, late of 1 Fellows street, Shickshinny, leaves his estate valued at $250 to his wife, Irene De Martin, is named executrix.

Antoni Tolodoziecki, late of 713 Maple street, Nanticoke, leaves all money in bank to daughter, Sophie Jaruszenski, she to funeral expenses. He leaves remainder of his estate in equal shares to daughter Sophie and son, Bernard. Both children are named executors. The estate is valued at $250. John Korvalicki, late of 137 West Chestnut street, Wilkes-Barre, leaves $100 for masses and directs that a suitable monument be erected over his grave in Sacred Heart Cemetery at Dallas.

He leaves his estate to children, Mary, Veronica, Julia, Joseph, and Daniel and names tate is valued Mary, $2,010. daughter, executrix. The es- 2 Steel Workers Killed In Crash Greensburg, Oct. 5-(P)-Two steelworkers were killed and two others injured, when their automobile into the rear of a moving truck, a mile and a halt east of the Irwin interchange of the Pennsylvania turnpike last night. James Byron, of Mt.

Pleasant, and William Santmyer, 35, of Scottdale, died of skull fractures and Everett Nelson, 37, also of Scottdale, in a serious condition at Westmoreland hospital, also with a fractured skull. The driver, James Lipps, 30, of Scottdale, who suffered lacerations, told state police he failed to see the large truck until he was almost upon it. Report Revolts In Vienna Area London, Oct. 5. (P) The London radio, quoting advices from Bern, said last night that revolts are reported to have broken out in Vienna and other parts of Austria.

There was no immediate confirmation from other sources. BBC declared that casualties and arrests had occurred in disturbances only two days after Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Moscow radio told the Austrians that "the time has come" for them to give active proof of their willingness to break with their German masters. The said unrest was reported in the industrial district of Steyr, where "workers are in some cases coming out on strike and carrying out considerable sabotage." In Wayne Court Judge Andrew Luzerne County Coutt on order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ly today presided in the Orphan's Court of Wayne County at Hones- of.

dale in the hearing of the ReedChapman trust case. I High Low Reming Rand Repub Steel Revere Cop Br Reynolds Tob Richneld Oil Rustless 1 Safeway Stores St L-San Fran Savage Arms Schenley Distil Sears Roebuck 90 1 Servel Ine Sharp Dohme Shell Union Oil Simmons Co Sinclair Oil Skelly oil Smith (A0) Corp Socony Vacuum Sou Am So Rico Sug Sou Cal Edison South Pacific Southern Ry Southern Ry pt Sparks Withing Sperry Corp Spiegel Ine Stand Brands Stand Oil Cal Stand Oil Ind 33 Stand Oil Std St Sprgs Stone Webster 11 Studebaker Corp Sun Oil Sunray Oil Sunshine Mng 10 Swift Co. Swift Intl 29 Texas Co Texas Gulf Prod Texas Gulf Sulph Tex Pac 17 Tex Pac Trust 8hird Ave Tran Thompson-Starrett Tide Wat A Oil 15 Timken Bear Transamerica Trans West Air Tri-Cont Corp Twent Underwood- Ell Union Bag Union Carbide Union Pacific 109 United Air Lines United Aircraft United Corp United Drug Unit Fruit United Gas 'Imp Hoffman Mach Indus Chem 39 39 Leather Pipe Fdry 37 37 Rubber Smelt Steel Steel pf Univ Leaf Tob Vanadium Corp Walworth Co West Mig West 2-485 Sug Warner Bros Pict Wayne Pump 30 West Tel A 46 Westing Air Br Wheeling Steel White Motor White Sew Mach Wilson Overland 16 Woolworth (FW) Worthing Young Spg Youngst Sh Zenith 42 Zonite Products 6 MRS. KLEIN PASSES AWAY Leader In Church Work Is Fatally Stricken At Meal Time Mrs. Elizabeth M.

Klein, 66, of 574 South Franklin street, city, died of a heart attack this afternoon in her home. Seh was having lunch and conversing with a member of her family when she was suddenly stricken and died a few minutes later. For the past 47 years she had lived in this city and during that time wa sone most active workers of St. Nicholas' Church. Mrs.

Klein was president of the local unit of Catholic Women's Union, treasurer of the C. W. U. State organization, and treasurer of the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Nicholas' parish.

She also was chairman of the group which conducted the cannig kitchen sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Society of her parish, and was a member and officer of the Third Order of Francis. Native Scranton Born in Scranton. she was a child when her family moved to Pittston. She attended Pittston schools and lived in that city until she made her home in this city 47 years ago.

Her husband, Francis J. Klein, former manager of R. Bauer Son Printery, died in 1922. Surviving are her children, Mrs. Edward J.

Walters, city; Mrs. Edward J. Laux, Philadelphia; Francis W. Klein, city; Miss Leonore Klein, at home; also brothers and sister, William Backes, Nunday, N. Joseph Backes, and Mrs.

William Johnson, Pittston and five grandchildren. The funeral will be from the family home. Andrew Bartek Of Heights Dies Andrew Bartek of 105 North' Empire street, city, a charter member of St. John's Church, Hillside street, died this morning at 1:30 in his home after an illness. He had lived in the Heights section for a long time and formerly was employed at mining operations in this section.

He was a member of the Holy Name Society of his parish. The funeral will be held from his home on Saturday morning. Surviving are his children, Elizabeth, at home; John, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Mary Baloga, Mrs. Anna Kasaczun, city; George, Ashley; Andrew, Westville, Mrs.

Sue Karaska, Wilkes-Barre Township; Mrs. Stephen J. Verespy, Philadelphia: also sister, Mrs. Susan Guydish, Mauch Chunk. Former Resident Dies Orville E.

Pennington, 59, formerof 210 Blackman street, city, died this morning at Oaklawn, a suburb Chicago, according to word received by his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Cresley, 361 South Main street, city. Close 534 3 114 194 15 134 109 39 37 60 30 46 9 42 Eubank The stock market today made advance, led by many steels initial and tapered and Volume in the 1 forenoon preceding was session about as large blocks of pivotals and lowthat of the quoted issues crowded. the ticker and tape. some gains Slowdowns were erased came or generally later reduced to minor tractions near the losing hour, Liquors lost their recent buoyancy, Opening activity was and attributed new purchasing based on a slight upward partly to short covering trend in political optimism and both further belief that the wan, in Europe and obviate Japan, much would go reconversion on long enough to Tops for 1944 posted for Joy apprehension.

Great Northern, General Realty were and American Airlines. Ahead most of the proceedings were U. S. Steel, Chrysler, U. S.

Rubber, Douglas Atlantic Aircraft, Borden, Anoconda, Coast Line, Deere, Johns-Manville, Warner Bros. and Du Pont. Inclined to slip were Bethlehem, Texas Land Trust, Hiram Walker, Santa Fe, Boeing, Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward. Rail bonds exhibited strength. Commodities were lower.

Supported in the curb were craft Accessories Corporation, Electrict Bond Share, Glen Alden Coni, Cities Service and Creole Petroleum. Steels the beneft of roseate predictions, regarding big peacetime this feld which would tend to offset cancellation of armament contracts. Skeptics, however, wondered if mounting costs might not interfere with earnings. Helpful to motors was word the W. P.

B. had decided to authorize renewal of light truck production for civilian use with some 20,000 vehicles scheduled for the first six months of 1945. Statisticians recalled that securities markets have made more or less progress in the month preceding national election. Since 1900, it was observed, the industrial average has tilted forward in nine out of 11 pre-voting periods. The only declines were in 1932, when Roosevelt was chosen, and in 1916, when Wilson was re-elected.

PLANS I MAPPED BY GOP WOMEN Dewey-Bricker Dollar Certificate Campaign for Luzerne County Plans for their participation in the Fall election campaign were mapped out at a meeting of 400 Republican women of Wilkes-Barre at Hotel Sterling. Mrs. William G. Stahl, city chairman, who presided, thanked the women for their co-operation in the registration of voters and urged them to continue their efforts. Mrs.

eph T. Jones, Luzerne County vicechairman, also spoke. County Chairman David Vaughn complimented the women on their interest in saying it was a healthy sign for the community and country. City Chairman Oliver Price urged a united effort in the campaign. Mrs.

Austin Mullens, chairman of the Dewey Bricker One Dollar Certificate announced headquarters will be established at 74 Public Square and the campaign will De formally launched on October 9. Robert Eyerman, candidate for the State Senate, and David Livingstone and Edwin Miller, nominees for the State House of Representatives, were introduced. Entertainment was furnished, by Mrs. Cecial Slivinski and Marietta Slivinski. A social hour followed with Mrs.

Joseph Jones in charge. More than 500 million out of over 3 billion coins put out by the United States mint during the fiscal year ended on June 30, 1944, were foreign countries. The United States has been minting coins for foreign countries since 1874. The earth's first amphibious animals learned to walk on land because they wanted to live in water. These prehistoric creatures, seeing their own pools drying up, started out in search of deeper ones and found they could live on land.

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