The Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 1

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TWELVE PAGES mm Ke, fW Boaneil Approvo British Seizure Of Vital Gi PRISON TERM 0 Slayer of Brother-in-Law to Serve from Four to Ten Years Strains Relations With 'So This I Ghdefil Warship 10 V. Romo-Borlin 7, Mussolini Refrains From FMirj Prematura Conclusions of "Da plorable State of Affairs" 'A By The Associated Preas blockade dispute with Italy, th Three war problemi possibility of spring air raids and trouble in Palestine todajjf called Britain's attention away from tha battlefields dt Europe's two wars. Seven Italian ships carrying German fuel supplies vitaityW to Italian industry were in the hands of the British cratea'sj band control, bringing British relations with one of the prin cipal non-belligerents into sharp focus. Authoritative Italians said the British seizure lendedC'r mvain a nrtm'a in Tl lianRiMf fflh rplnfinne ttrnuiti tiava ItAtfm notably smooth since war started. Italy alreadr had redsterad sttV- it energeuc protest against blockade' interference with her German troVf? fi GRAND JURY INDICTS SEVEN 0 Group Completes Work.

Returning Only One Non-True Bill The Indiana County Grand Jury returned seven true bill and one non-true bill yenterday afternoon upon the completion of its work. After hearing testimony on the criminal court cases, members of the jury were led on a tour of Inspection through county offices by judge E. E. Creps. The jury returned the following indictments: Howard Mumau, Glen Campbell, voluntary manslaughter.

Roy Fulzner, Indiana R. D. 6., operating a motor vehicle while under the' influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug. Ernest Widmar, Vinton dale, R. D.

1, assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery. John' Tabacsko, Banks Township, aggravated assault and battery. John Senile, Center Township, agiravated assault and battery. Voyzey, Arcadia, sale of beer and liquor without license, rality. Vita Marguerite, New Castle, mo The lone non-true bill cleared Sam Sewcll, Negro, of Lucerne-mines, charged with assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery.

SEARCHERS FAIL TO FIND BODY 0- Mrs. Margaret Byera of Bumside Is Still Missing No trace of the body of Mrs. Margaret Byera, 33, of Burnside, who disappeared from her bedroom in the-iiome of her parents' early Monday morning, has been discovered by rescue parties who have been searching for her since then. Her footprints were traced to the bank of the nearby Suaquehanna River, where they ended at a hole in the Jce. The wife of Charles Byers, she was the mother of a two-weeks-old infant State Motor Police, firemen from neighboring communities and volunteer crews have scoured the vicinity and dragged the river bed without success in their endeavors to And the woman or her body.

TOXOID FOR WHITE TOWNSHIP Toxoid for school and preschool children of White Township will be edministered at 9:00 a. m. Friday, March at Memorial Hall, here. Extra police were assigned to gjlafc'r aVlSBBiaBaBBBSBBBJBBBSBBBBBBBSSBBaMBaBBaBaaa "Se-ihte-la-Snfflasul'' Interest narks Die faces ef these members of the third CanaaHaa contingent aa the sirhtv ef the vaether eeaatry tempeca-rily divert attention from their husky sandwiches. They are pioured after their recent arrival at an noamcd port.

possible demonstrations. The possibility ranalned, hov ever, that Britain acted with Irmnesa only after establishing! -S tartler own satisfaction that that-would not push Premier into the conflict on tiie iddeV-oi-na Rome-Berlin axis partner. London officials eppealed raS'Jtf registratibir of ejl chfldrwt' JnVn aTtheUfi- ad thV ffl0ek8glKm be made for their withdrawsj- tdtvj, eoumtry in event eprmg brmfalolQFt- Sorting feared air raids to London. dt 2,000 Candidates Unrest In Patestfna nilrrMf the government's new regulation of; 0 or I D46 Europe's Lot Hollywood-Mend, wtm her Bret Anerloaei contract all signed end sealed, a 1 1 1 Keren Vecne le ptetnred ae she reeenlly arrived in New York, Bern In Berlin, she Is British by marriage, and has acted in English Alms. FLOOD FEAR HAS-VANISHED 0 Water Reaches Stage of, 17.6 Feet in Pittsburgh, fiegins Dropping Any fear of floods vanished with recession pf Western Pennsylvania rivers today.

At The Point In Piits-buigh the water reached a stage of 17.6 feet then began- dropping. FJood stage Is 25 feet. Show siid ice have' made high ways hazardous in 1301 th western and uerttral PennajsVsftia, -tutomu-bile clubs reported. Snbw eight to 12 inches deep covered roads near Bradford. Light anew and nin forecast tpday.

Captain William Bessel Jr, formerly stationed at Tovt Leaven-wodth, has been transferred to Pittsburgh as assistant to Colonel W. E. R. Covell, district army en gineer In charge of federal flood control work in Western Pennsylvania. Bessel, who will arrive June 1, is a son of Colonel W.

W. Be; U. S. Army, retired, now living in rrankitn. Army engineers yesterday open ed bids for one lot of trees and shrubbery to be planted at the Mahoning dam site, near Dayton.

This Included '80 trees and 1.000 honeysuckle Hemy Koh ankle 8c Son, Painesville, sub mitted a low bid of 225. WELLES READY FOR PARIS VISIT ROME, March fl.PH-Joseph p. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, left today for Paris, en route to London to arrange for the visit of Undersecre tary of State Sumner Welles to tho British capital on his factfinding mission for President Roosevelt. Kennedy, returning from consul tations In Washington, Intended to fly from Paris to London. Welles, resting in Lausanne, Switzerland, after talks with Ger man leaders, will leave for Paris early tomorrow.

KEEP JOBS HAKHISBima. March W) Jobs of the Public Utility Commission's 00-some employes are not In Jeopardy, says Governor James. The mere fact that Ihey arc Democreta la no reaeon why they should be displaced," the governdr commented yesterday after Chairman D. J. Drlacotl'a resignation put control of the commission within James-reach.

DrlxcoU quit because of his appointment ea trusted to help in reorganisation ol the complex Associated On and (self ia System. But James Indicated was Ut no hurry to All Driscoll'a place and thereby have three representatives on tho regulatory agency, against two Democrats. GIBRALTAR HAS FIFTH AIR ALARM -p GIBRALTAR, March t-ttVgnvo annrchuui Gibraltar from the norikwet today caused the fifth air raid alarm i 111 war. Ta puma deviated to tfc south grow as ajuigtly took mtUn, HfWuut aim Wi see -i -gen eeawasfnaeeW Dndcot Solon Set Tw Levy At Sam Rate At Last Year w.p.aTprojects 0 RefuM to Reconiider Utt Month's Police Shake-up Approval of the 1940 budget for the borough, setting the tax levy at the same rate as last year, approval of several. WPA projects recommended by the Btreet committee and a 'refusal to reconsider the ouster of former Chief of Police Arthur E.

Beal by a vote of six to four, were the highlights of last night's monthly meeting of the ana borough Council The tax rate was set at ten and one-half mills, eight and one-half for the general fund. two for the sinking fund. The levy, with other income, is expected to produce a total revenue of $77,250, of which $77,045,50 is appropriated according to the budget, which appears fn its entirety he end of this article, The meeting was very interesting and at time became a little per sonal, as controversial subjects were discussed. In presentfcg tn budget, the recommendation of the police commit' tee was that the salary of Chief of Police Ford Coleman be set at $135 per month. When Mr.

Beal, ex -chief, was employed two years ago, his salary was set at 9150 per month. last spring it was raised to 160 per mofltsu After a. discussion by mem bera of the police committee and others, a motion was adopted set' Lting thalary -Mfj. at The salary schedule of the patrol- men and extra policemen as well as other borough employes was adopt ed as presented, there being i change from last year. It follows: Reaanmendeel Salaries for lMt Street Commissioner (per day) Borough mechanic First Ward weighmaster and janitor Fourth Ward weighmaster Caretaker of dump Caretaker of Community Center building Chief of police (per month) Four patrolmen (per month each) Extra police 50o first hour and 40c thereafter per hour Secretary Solicitor Assistant Secretary and Solicitor See COUNCIL (Continued on page two) 6.00 1,200.00 1,080.00 600.00 600.00 1,100.00 150.00 130.00 900,00 400.00 600 .00 U.

S. WOMEN ARE MOST HEALTHY Science Acclaims Their Su-nnrinritv and Thev Now Surplus Thanks NEW YORK, March Anv ertcaa women are growing health, ler then the men. and their luper lorlty ia ao great that in every decade of life, from crudle to old age, fewer females die than mo lea. A clear-cut aurplua of woman la in prospect aa a result of thla trend. (tgurea publiihed today by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com' pahy Indicate.

Tho auperlor ability ol the WO' men to escape death covers the present oentuiy up to 0137, the last year whan data are available. During thla long period, the death late of white male babies under on year old decreased 61 per cent; of girls, 69. At 90, the young men's death rata dropped 61 per cent; the young women, St. At 40, the men weer down 40 per cent; the women U. At 60, males experienced a reduction In mortality of less than .1 per sent, ggguut 16 for the women.

The women were ahead at the tart ct the oentury, and have lm-j proved their positions ever since, "la ton situation, and in the absence si any substantial immigration," says the report, "it ia very Ultaily that the ratio of female to male In our population will show ontiBUlA iMrease." Tremendous aaeuil trend that may tow trsan aueh female tur-ug art mouUanod In i separate) Uglysii ol Curopaan nttiona where, due la the World War, theer were 1st a Una surpluses of women ol WrUgeghlt Vila shortage tt lniiBgnrti Oat result was a Urlojai eUifuoslon ol permitting sassy, AnoUwr was marriage Mr gta yews waaun, witk Throwing himself on the mercy of the court, Howard K. Mumau, 48year-old Glen Campbell World War veteran pleaded guilty to the charge of voluntary manslaughter yesterday. President Judge K. Crops sentenced him to from four to ten years In th Western Penitentiary. Mumau shot and fatally wounded bis brother-in-law, William R.

Smith, 30, of Detroit, In a fray which followed a New Year's drinking party on the morning of January 1 The shooting occurred the house of Mumau 70-yeer old mother, Mrs. Emma Mumau, with whom he made his home. It climaxed a dispute 'between Mu-. mau and Smith as to whether Mu-' mau should, go to bed. Testifying himself for the first time, Mumau told Judge Crepsthat Smith, a larger and stronger man than himself, had beaten him more than once in the course of the quarrel.

Both Mumau himself and Dr. Frederick J. Kellam testified that the accused was in a tubercular condition. Mrs. Vada Smith, Jf Detroit, wife of the dead man and sister of his stayer, testified before the Jurist aa she had at Coroner E.

L. Fleming's inquest and the preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Walter H. Jackson. She laid that both men were under the Influence of liquor at the lime shooting occurred. Sentence was Imposed two hours after Mumau was indicted by the Indiana County Grand Jury.

CAVE-IN FOLKS DEMAND ACTION 0 Embattled Citizenry Want Court Rule to End Growing Menace SHENANDOAH. March An official of the United. Mine Workers asked federal housing ait; tfaoritiei today to authorise a new project in Shenandoah or vincity ao that families may be removed from homes affected by subsidence. The request was made by Martin F. Brennan, president of the U.

M. district 9, as state mine in spectors entered underground work-ings a second time in their investigation of Monday's disastrous sinkings. Citizen meanwhile sought re dress in court and legislation to safeguard their Interests against the threat of recurrent caverns. Angrily shouted demands for prompt action punctuated a town meeting last night when a perma nent organization was formed to in sist that anthracite mining compan ies nx responsibility, support dam age claims and help eradicate 'the cavern menace. Advised by Governor Arthur H.

James that the state was powerless to intervene in their behalf, the vic tims of Monday's costly subsidence voiced determination to have the Legislature adjust the clash of property rights with mining rights. Criticism of recent mining opera tions beneath this mountain-side town of 21,000 came from its busi ness and civic leaders. Although a group of engineers pian to continue looay inves tigation of tunnels collapsing more man soo feet below the townsfolk contended proper pre cautions to safeguard against cave- had not been taken by com panles exploiting Shenandoah coal veins. Asserting that a junior high school was ruined by the subsidence, School Superintendent A. Rbtchford denounced "the kind of mining that caused this" aa criminal I don't think the technicalities tha fact that we lease only the surface right when we get lend for our nomee make us helpless vic tuns.

I can't believe any court wijl say otherwise." The informal and unofficial odw- iong of engineers who toured the labyrinthine passage beneath Shan- andoah varied to the factor of factora responsible for the wont cavern since the rlon hard coal fields ol Pannsyivanii war first tapped. dames Urace, the itatoi dis trict mine inspector, reserved hie conclusion pending further inquiry, tut said the inspection party found nothing "immediately alarming." "We found seething of coal. lock end earth throughout the two miles ol the underground area." Orace said, "You might say was like ft giant had bald ol lb ground ifiid wu stoking, it.1 AiinougA there was mvar auo- si dance yesterday in Utt wske of the abarn aatn stuck thai ant SAuO person from their bomse, cape ppwes in agreement that ins worst wsj over u4 tM further duttaUgritUwi would gradual AuuwmM gpaiwuea rom 10 rceiort prmgt nufeli? tvlct nd item owiftiM MBi through Mir to Ktwtftd wU a4 Jmind aaaM! tSiSt alsfHy sension in parliament, where that. was a movement to censure thoW government policy. ap) Both sides marshalled orator ii debate the issue as reports aiftlhg; through Britain's tight -Palwtipe; censorship told of violence In tho Holy Land in protest against tha -X land restrictions; -A Loss of prisoner on the Wester- Front was acknowledged by Britain, A German announcement amid- thafr Id British soldier were captured JflUV' a sharp local engagement east oftV the Moselle.

Small German attack on quiescent front were reported fbjpKJ the French to have been repulsed: Russia and Finland remained -i' locked in combat for posaeaaiya o- Vilpuri, the ruined city toward-: which the Red army has boon drref-S1' mg for more than a month. The Finnish force claimed thejl had inflicted heavy damage on thil' jy invading forces, particularly whero jj thev acroM tha lee of SKELETON SUTTON. W. Va March 8. (PyA collection of human bones recently found scattered on nsarby Powell Mountain today turned out to be only remnants of a skeleton selection job instead of what authorities thought might be a' murder mystery.

Dr. G. G. Lovett of Bull town, nearlng 70 and blind for 10 years, wrote Properutor Charles A. DufReld, that the bones were brought to his place eight years ago by two physicians who were teachers in the University of West Virginia Medical School.

1 Free Pinnocchio with qt. Brick of Ice Cream, 29c Dairy Dell. 169x awer bay, but admitted that loss the) -Li DEATH CLAIMS AGED RESIDENT 0 Mrs. Martha 75, White Dies in Hospital Here f. Following prplop'lgd illness, son, 7B, widow of Ji D.

a resident of White township for 30 years, died at 3:16 a. m. TAiesday in Indiana Hospital A daughter of John D. and Margaret Mears) Cummins, she was born September 29, 1664, in Washington township. The family home was In Creekside, before being removed to Indiana.

Mrs. Wilson was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church, the Women's Missionary Society and Mrs, Mack's Sabbath School class. Surviving are thtee children: Day Wilson, at home; Mrs. Carrie Low-man of Indiana. R.

and Miss Gertrude A. Wilson, a teacher, at home. She was a sister of Joseph D. Cummins of Kittanning and John Cummins of Indiana. Friends are being received in the family home, where services will be conducted at 2:30 p.

m. Friday. The Rev. Stiliman Foster, D. will officiate and Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery MISS ANNA LAUBA ELLIS.

Services will be conducted in the Ellis family home. Church street, at 2:30 p. m. Thursday. The Rev.

Charles Sinclair Applegath, D. will officiate and interment will be In Oakland Cemetery. WILLIAM J. BARB, son of a pioneer Blairsville family, was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, following services at 10:00 a. m.

today In St Paul's Cathedral. His death occurred Sunday in Holy Trinity, Alabama. Mr. Barr was to have been an honor guest at the opening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike In the summer. He was employed by contractors boring the original tunnels for the South Penn Railroad a half-century ago.

He was an authority on sports, particularly baseball, in the United States and England and traveled extensively. He ia credited with being the first announcer to Bee OBITUARY (Continued on page two) VICE PHILADELPHIA. March -( The vice squad operotes (com City Hall, but Isn't adverse to going down on the term. The sen wag one of rural bliss yesterday when Sergeant Clarene Ferguson and aidga descended Usui barnyard the outskirts ol town. Some cowa vwk it nooebgl.

antly. but not so tho owner ol the rural layout. Ke wu arrested (or passottlnn ol MOO number! slips and the machinery to turn them auk COUNTY ROAD CONTRACT LET HABRUBUBa. Marok Kiihway oantiartg twefdosl to Hw Mglg Inrhifjfit' InsUgag and Jatfenon CaiMliies U. 8, Boutg Ufc Karat olllttiilaii; au Tauu ms aaninsi og isstiala gjs aaaa aiili Mine Caveins Peril Shenandoah city seemed Inevitable.

yesterday in a Soviet air raid on 0O4V3C2 1 l. 1 -Jv" uwwu wwn hwimi turn VW1UV- Unea. 4M id Petitions Want Variety of Post May Withdraw Up to Saturday HARRISBURG, March 6. (P A tired handful of clerks today set about sorting petitions of 2.000 can didates for nominations for a wide variety of political posts, and cal culating the states income from fees. A little before last midnight, the Elections Bureau staff caught up with the stacks ox petitions deliver' ed by the mailman or brought ii personally by prospective candi dates before the door was closed to petitioners at 5 P.

M. Monday. The next step was to get records in order before ny aspirants who changed their mind could counter mand their requests for listing on the April S3 primary ballots. Can didates have until Saturday to withdraw their petitions. When the last petition had been checked, several late-comers were disclosed in the race for state-wide offices.

The lineups for principal of ficessubject to withdrawalsare: U. S. Senator- Democratic Joseph F. Guffey, Pittsburgh; Walter A. Jones, Pittsburgh William N.

McNair, Pitts burgh. Republican Jay Cooke, Philadelphia; John A- De Renzo, Altoona; Albert H. Ladner, Philadelphia. State Treasurer Democratic Jackson E. Scarl.

Bethlehem; Owen B. Hunt, Philadelphia; Joseph D. Burke, Philadelphia. Republican James Ma lone, Pitts- ee CANDIDATES (Continued on page two) G-MEN PHILADELPHIA, March Vfti. Edgar Hoover'a G-man, It seems, are in the same boat with the chap who propounded the one about "how're you gonna keep 'em down on the wtmV C- Grill, special ageut of the Philadelphia FBI office, lamented that as soon aa many G-men gat all tha mining they need, they quit lo Decome Sri ve rivate investigelore for detec- agent ins at higher saia- "RADIO TRIATORS" ARE CONVICTED FABIS.

March French Kllileuy tribunal today handed down death sgnteaeM (ol Paul Ferdouner and Andre Obrgcht the Stuttgart "Igdio trails Tiled la AbJMtlg, they wen eaaytcUtd ej trtuan. Free F-Uuuecaia with at. Brick al IN Ci ego, Bgiry Mt ee iRTEnnAxioiiiaa Continued on Pag Two YOUNG HERO SAVES HIS PALV 7 rrr fTT 1 7 4 fgk la Ifce wall eke wall tu a)we Tragedy Cornea. Howevw, Second Boy Plunge i Under Ice, Drowm EAST BRADY. March I V-eV.

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