The Bradford Era from Bradford, Pennsylvania • Page 12

FADE TWELVE THE ERA, BRADFORD, SATURDAY. MARCH 23, 1946. CWO dikes' Johnson Readies Bikini Atoll for A-Bomb Test Chief Warrant Officer Phtlo A. "Slices" Johnson, son of Mia, Asher R. Johnson of Contsrcss not content with belns naval veteran of two theaters of operation during World War It.

is now nelplnu prepare thr wav for the United Slate 1 test of moct advanced weapon. I'- atomic bomb CWO Johnson is at present stationed on Bikini atoll supervising the work of some 500 U. 3. Navy Senbees constructing steel towers, dugouts and emplacements that will piny nn essential port in "Operation Crossroads" The destruction wrought to these military Installations will determine for the Army and more detailed evaluation of the efficiency of thf A-bomb. A enlKlns in the on December 13.

Johnson sailed In April of the following vear for North Africa. Then followed Sicily, Italy, where lie participated la landing operations at famed beachhead, and England. April of the following yenr brought him Stateside, but six month's la'cr he was Pacific-bound, There he the Invasion of Okinawa, was wounded and later evacuated to a hospi'al In Ouam where he was awarded thf Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement. A commission as Lt J. O.

awarded bv the Navy Department at that time was refused bv Johnson. When he completed supervising installation of ft large dlesel power plant and warehouses at Ouam. CWO Johnson was scheduled to return to the States for discharge early this month, but he volunteered (o carry out the construction job at Bikini. He Is expected home In June. Revolt in Iron KURDISTAN 110 Attend Rew Father, Son Banquet The Father and Son Banquet, served last niRht in the dining room of the Earl J.

Hyatt School at Rew by members of the Amici Class of the Rew Unilcd Brethren Church, attracted 110 persons Three generations were represented In the Cleveland family, including Arthur Cleveland of West Bronch, his son, Ralph and grandson, James, A baked ham dinner was served at tables decorated in and yellow and centered with Spring plants. The Rev, C. C. Grovcr, pastor of Hill Memorial United Brethren Church. Bradford, was the guest speaker.

Officer Gilmore Walks Toughest Oh, ls a Girl Patrolman Jack Gilmore of the Bradford Police Department claimed hr walked his toughest "beat" Thursday night and Friday while awaiting Ihe birth of his daughter at the Bradford Hospital. The child was horn last night. The nurses aided his morale by supplying him with Mother and child arp doing well. Minor Installed as IOOF Chief Minor L. Tyrrel last night a installed as Chief Patriarch of Me- Mrs.

Howard Dies After Long Illness Kean Encampment, No. 266. I.O.O.F.' Gilmore, 33 Congress St. at meet inn held last night in the Admissions local lodge. Otis Baker, Rochester Hotel.

The Bradford instnllinB team also placed the following officers: High Priest. Ray Dempsey; Senior Warden, Arthur Sandeen; Junior Warden, Lloyd E. Heller; Guide, Ben L. Rifle; First Watch, A. L.

Hospital Notes Visiting Hours Mon. 7 to 8 m. 2-3 m. tidav 2-3 7-8 m. Materaity Ward: Same hjurs as above except In evening, when husbands only are admitted.

jjirlh, i Collection of income tax and ex- A daughter to Mr. and Mrs John cess profit taxes for the 35 counties Western, Pa. Tax Returns Parallel '45 JE-ocolt, 1 A. M. A M.

A A A.M. Milton Pearson, Ridgway. Norman Tarr, Tuna. Dr. Burg Chadwick, Smethport.

Discharges Elvin Loop, Eldred. Mrs. Elroy Phillips, Grand ValleV Shunvin; Second Watch, H. Milton Pn Titus; Third Watch. William Mrs i lte i Landstrom, 10 Brown Morris; Fourth Watch, Milton J.

Ave Dawley; Inside Sentinel. Carl M. Mrs Harry McCormick, R. D. 3, Smeigh; Outside Sentinel, Ned A.

Srnelnpor t. Jones: First Guard to Tent, Herbert R. Brown; Second Guard to Tent. 58. Charles L.

Mendelson. The Royal Purple Degree was also Iranian troops arc reported to be lighting desperately to hold Me towns of Sardasht, Saqqiz and Baneh nsainst a rcbel- linn of i i tribesmen amid unconfirmed reports that a --ep- arate Kurdistan republic had been set up. The new i government i' 'aid to have established headquarter" at Mrhnbad 2 direct i i He's Seeing Red Mrs. Lizzie Belser Howard, The Invocation was Riven who nas bcen vlsitinK at the home by Joseph Hughes, and Ihe benedic- of her son Cec Belser in Inter-' coll erre( on a joint class of can- tlon offered by the Rev. Maurice ate rfcway, died in the Bradford d)dateSi including eight from Brad- Oaugh, pastor of the Smethport Hosp Friday afternoon at 1 for and 12 from Smethport, Baptist Church.

o'clock. Deceased had been in ill A toast to the Sons was proposal a i Uio past, two years but Man, 44, Hospitalized After Fist Fight Otis W. Baker. 44, is a patient in the Bradford Hospital suffering The local Installlnc team will RO from lacerations 'on the forehead with a toast to the mls three months ngo. Death was due to complications.

Howard WRS bo in Sl Rnl Lorana PTA Wins Certificate for Magazine Work Executive members of the Parent-Teacher Association held a business meeting yesterday afternoon in the Sixth Ward school. Mrs. Ralph Boyle conducted the meeting which reports were made by Mrs. Ouy finance co-chairman, and Mra. Arthur Kern, program chairman.

treasurer's report wa.i given by MlM Marie Moyer and minutes of the last executive meeting read by MM. Howard Williams, acting secretary. Boyle nnmed Mrs M. McCleary nct Mrs. O.

K. Maybury delegates to represent Lorann P.T.A. at the County Council session to be held Mar. 29 In the Sixth Ward School. The Lorana PTA haj received the Oold and Blue certificates for their magazine work for this year, and also the Oak Lent certificate for having used the Parent Education 1 responded Fathers.

The Rev. John Carlson, pastor o'. Rew United Brethren Church, was TMVarVfn" 29. 1887. chairman of the program, the mil- ghp has Uved a and Meal portion of which was pro- vlcmlty pftrt of llfe vlded by Clarence Sheldon.

wa rcspcctcd i The dinner committee was under Sev(M a ycars ago she move to the chairmanship of Mrs. H. Hobo Tlonrsta Pa wlth ner husband, Hayes, and included Mrs. Kenneth a a a Howard. Last Christmas Freeman, Mrs.

Claude Tracy and Mrs Howard came to Bradford Mrs. Charles Heaslcy. to Mt Jewett Thursday officers there. in 3 Bradfordians Involved in Crash in.stnll nose and lip received in a fist fight yesterday about 2.30 p. in front of Colella's Restaurant, Webster according to police records.

Police, who are investigating the altercation, took the Injured man to the hospital. resided at the Main St. Western Pennsylvania this yearlHA.il. has been running very close to 0011 lections of a year ago, according toI i Stanley Granger, Collector of Inter-1 nal Revenue for the Western I trict of Pennsylvania. He income and excess profit taxes of I the district will produce a revenue of $150,000,000.

Mr. Granger further stated that on the last day of the filing period he received eight tons of mail. -Withholding tax returns for 1M6, he said, amount to decrease of $11.731,334.69 for the same period in 1945 when the tax returns amounted to 4345,077,064. At the close of business March ihe office had received returns, which total represented 682,978 withholding receipt returns, 663,024 1040's, 11,607 fiduciary it- emu 1 turns, 10,943 partnership returns, 7,485 corporation returns, and 2,417 excess profit tax returns. In addition, 135,218 estimated tax returns have been filed.

Mr. Granger said there were no Baker, a laborer, I outs tanding large checks as "moat Rochester Hotel, corpora tions had segregated their Hospital authorities described his Herman Barron Leads Golfers with 66 Three Bradford residents were involved in a truck-car collision last condition as good. a and had been here ever since. Since. se an Jumps lo lllC her confinement she made her home seiiousi.v with her son.

Cecil Belser. in In- mobile was demolished Mexican League payments, rather than paying all with one check. The largest check 3-BlockR, Destroys! Pitt In yew, in neJtstctton. Fire Chief buainesanw It TU the dajri. A vicinity u- supply the taltraih was approximately $7,000,000.

Twenty-two He expects the local office to by falling febrji ugl remain in the 11.000,000,000 elate but collections at the end of the fiscal year which expires June 30, i 1946, will be considerably lower. terstate Parkway extension. In addition to her husband and Patrolman H. Chamberlain Last year the local collection dis- of the New York State Police at Al- Torres, Wash-1 trlct reached an all-time high of 111 RCICIIUUU I1LI "i i AnK vft nno Greensboro, N. C.

Herman! on Cec she su ived by anoth- I legany, N. who Is investigating. i fi lder, has jumped to the Barron, veteran White Plains, N. cr son elscr. of Corry.

the crash said the two vehicles pro- Mexlca league, the Times-Herald professional, who is this ant i five daughters, Mrs. Roy ceeding opposite directions col- tociay fourth leading money winner a i rlen and Mrs Stewart Dixon of 1 lided, overturning owned and In a dlspatcn rom Washmgt ons Greensboro Open I of West Branch; three slight knee injury, police said. brothers, Ouv Newton, of Dallas i The car came to re-st on the hlgh- Failing a loan from the U. France may have to switch her policy toward Russia and seek economic aid from Moscow, French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault indicated in an exclusive Interview with Joieph W. Grigg, of the United Press.

Mrs. J. Curcio, Aged 83, Dies At Lewis Run though he has not won a tournn- Mrs. Paul Eschrlch of operated by James R. Kennclcy of 30 ment.

banged out a four-tinder- Cllster Clty Mrs. Delbert Bullock of I Rochester Bradford A pas- par 88 Friday to take a two-stroke, Brftcirord and rs. Donald Schwab Uenger in the car, Mi's. Bessie Wil- lead after the first round of the of Tioncsta her mother. Mrs.

Delia Hams, also of Bradford, suffered a $7,500 Greater Oolf Tourney. His 33-34--68 equalled the course Harvey Newton of Cusler City way. slowing traffic in the area un- record for the par-70J rjc-nnid Newton of West til it was removed by a wrecker. Sedgefleld Country Club course near' Branch: three sisters, Mrs. The name, of the truck driver, hsre snd gave him an edge on Jim Limestone.

N. Mrs. jalso a Bradford man, was not avaii- I Ferrier, former Australian now play- Douglas, of Custer City, and able last night. Ing out of Chicago, who had 33-35--' Mrs Kenneth Tubbs. of West Branch.

Twenty grandchildren and TWO FOUND GUILTY Eight players were tied with 69's two Kr(at grandchildren also sin- Buffalo, N. Federal Jury and Sam Snead. the favorite from viv( last, night found Robert Norman, 42. Hot Springs. was bracketed Friends are invited to call nl and Larry Robinson, 33, both of with four others with even par Healy Funeral Home In 372 East i Niagara Falls, guilty on three 70's.

Main St. from Saturday noon until i counts of a five-count indictment Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock a charging they harbored and trans- Korea has a much higher per- which time the funeral services i ported alien women lor immora 1 centage of literacy than any other' take place. The Rev. Ira of purposes. Bradi'ord will have charge of the services.

Burial will take place In training camp at Orlando, the Times-Herald added: "The Information (about Torres came right off the boat (from Cuba with Oliverlo Ortiz, who reported to the Nats last night. "Torres, Ortiz revealed, has been given a contract for-three years at $12.500 per season and will manage one of the teams. Half of the salary already has been placed in a Cuban bank as guarantee of good faith." KILLED IN CYCLE CRASH Vandergrlft, Pa Rightnour. 30, of Tarentum. R.

D. 1, vaa i killed Friday in a motorcycle aeci- dent on Route 356 in Allegheny Township, near this Westmoreland County community, State police reported. flamw billowed the orerhiad alt fourth Are. to hotuts were supply flrmi. "orty boxcar kwtfti print, coal, and other product! Advertise In the Era and Star NO MORE WAITING! Ralrcntting and Manicuring by Appointment JUST PHONE Utt Otienbach'c Barber Shop HAIRCUTS 75e 22 Main, over Smith's Art SUM TOYS -MB- Clirk country of the Asiatic mainland.

5fi APPEALS LISTED After being preserved for 20 years, the family lot in the McKean Mem-1 Pittsburgh Fifty-six appeals, snalw venom was found to be as or a rk. including a number transferred here poisonous as ever. Arrangements are under the from eastern counties, are listed for direction of the Healy Funeral' the spring session of the State Su- Advertise In the and SUr Home. preme Court opening here Mondav Run. i John Curcio, 83, of Lewis will be held Monday, Apr.

1. WOMEN KIM.rt) suddenly at her home morning at 11:55 o'clock two hours after being stricken. McKenn County Coroner Elmer Beatty was sum- Pittsburgh Two Northslde moned nd 8tal ttut ri th was Johnnie Mae Franklin. 38, dlle lo ntart BU ck Mrs Curcl and Sarah Bradford, about 40, were becn bout two weekl pinned against wall and killed bv Mrs Curcl WM born ln ltaly an Army truck Friday, police re- on 1W3 a me to the 0rtc( United States In 1903 moving to Death Notices Lewis Run where she has resided since. She was a member of St.

Bernard Church here. Her husband, John Currlo. died Survivors Include one daughter, PAJRISI, Mrs. AiUflo. 30, of 110 16th in March 1918.

Buffalo. N. Y. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Pntsy Coswllo. 18 E. Washington St, Died at her home. Ro Chirumbola of Italy, two Wednesday. March 21.

1948. A brief sons. Anthony Curcio of Bradford, prayer service was held In Buffalo Bnd Carman Curcio of Lewis Run; Wii, a i and taken to the home of her Th was removed to thr where fuurral services will J. A Still Funeral Home and will he held Mondav. Mareh 2S.

ar an be token to the home in Lewis hour to be announced Inter. Fur- 1U (her will be nf the B. Rlm lWs mortll whcrc 'uneral aernnrd's Church Burial will In services will be held Tuesday morn- St Bernard's Cemetery. Arrange- ing nt o'clock followed bv a Stm Un th Hlr Ctl0 3'. Church at 9 o'clock.

Burial will be CVHt'lO. Jnhn. of Lewli Run. in the family plot In St. Bernard's a prominent resident nf thnt com-' for the past 43 ynnrs, died nt lier hnnio 2'J I94t, nt 11:55 two hour." a i belne stricken with hrart a a Funeral services will be heki Tttesday.

March 2S. from ih- late home nt 8 15 nnd from St. Bernard's Chuivh here at m. Btirlnl will be in the famll'- plot In the St. Bernard Cemeterv Arrangrmen's are under Hie direr- flnn of the Still Funeral Home RE-ROOFING? quality J-M Asphalt Shingles will protect your homo, give It now boauty Would a Low-Cost MORTGAGE LOAN HELP YOU Buy a Home Now? i i OS, Wl of Mlriinel Snnkticr.

of Custer resident nf thai i for tlie past 30 years, died nt her home on Thursday. March 22. at 7:1,1 1 rcslllt of pnmtvtlc stroke antl lllnpiw of two yeard. Funeral services will br held from the Intc home on Mondnv. March 25, 1946 nt 9 ft m.

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