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LVII, No. 273 SAYRE ATHENS, WAVERLY, N. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2', 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Mrs. Inez Perry Dies, Mate Faces Murder Friess Heads Sayre Community Chest Drive Next Month Tentative Budget of $18,640 Approved, $630 Under '48 Total ination of one agency which is no longer operating. Against these cuts were offset the addition of one agency not on the list last year and a slight increase in campaign costs.

The exact date for the 1949 campaign will be decided by Mr. Friess and Chest President Michael DeSisti, and will be announced shortly, it was decided. The budget figure is tentative agencies are dethe two budgetinitely cided. No request was made by the Boy Scouts, apparently through oversight, but the Chest directors included that agency in the total for $1,300, the same amount as last year, pending definite decision. A committee composed of James W.

Cullen, L. E. DeLaney and Mr. Friess was named to decide on the division of this fund between the General Sullivan Council and purely local Scouting activities. The Community Nursing service asked for an appropriation of $1,200, compared with $1,450 in 1948, but said that a new study of its figures might permit a still further the amount it will requirese The Community Center still remains the principal beneficiary of Chest funds.

It's 1949 budget, as submitted to the board and approved by the di rectors, as $12,875, as compared with $13,050 for 1948. Girl Scouts were allotted a requested $875, $25 under the 1948 total; the Bradford County Child Health Board was given $300 compared 'with $400 last year; and the U. S. O. was given $240.

This, latter organization was not Chest last year, but has resumed activities and was granted funds. The United Nations Childrens Relief fund, received $500 last year, asked no funds this year. Administrative expense budg. et was set at $500, $70 less than in 1948, and the campaign expenses were estimated at $850, up $250 from last year. A contingency fund and an emergency fund, each of $250, were left unchanged from 1948.

The board approved the hiring of Earl Southee to assist Mr. Friess in campaign. He has had considerable experience in Edmund 'A. Friess will head the Sayre Community Chest campaign in March, it was dediced yesterday afternoon by the Chest board of directors. Selection of Mr.

Friess as general drive chairman was unanimously voted by the board, which also approved a tentative Chest budget of $18,640, a crease of $630 from the 1948 campaign goal. The decreased budget was made possible by small cuts made in the budgets of most member agencies and the elim- NYC to Lay Off Albany Shopmen' ALBANY. N. Feb. 2-(A P)-A seasonal slump in operations will force the New York Central railroad to lay off approximately 375.

workmen Friday at its West Albany shops. A company official said last night that the men who have received layoff notices constitute about 15 per cent of the 2,500 employes. They will be laid off for an indefinite period, de added. The shops were manned by a skeleton force for four days last week. TREASURY BALANCE WASHINGTON, Feb.

2-(UP) -Treasury balance Jan. 31, was $4.659,251,495.29. Everett Herrick, Sayre Teacher 32 Years, Dies Never Missed School Day Since Coming Here in 1917 Everett L. Herrick, who taught in Sayre high school for 32 years without missing a day until his final illness, died at 6:15 o'clock this morning at his home, 316 Chemung street after a brief illness. He was 65 years old.

On Monday of this week he was unable to be in his classroom, due to illness, for the first time since taking the post. Instructor in the commercial department, Mr. Herrick came to Sayre in 1917 and inaugurated the department that year. Facilities at the old high school building, now the Community Center, were inadequate at that time and classes were held in rooms in the Sayre Land company block on West Lockhart street. Classes continued there until the present school was occupied in 1928.

Mr. Herrick was instructor in bookkeeping, business English, business law, business arithmetic and salesmanship at the time of his Born in Evans Mills, Jefferson county, N. Oct. 24, 1883 Mr. Herrick received his early school education in Pottsdam, N.

He received his bachelor's degree from New York university, New York city and completed considerable graduate work there. He took special work at the University of Chicago for about a year and a half and also, attended the Rochester, N. Y. Commercial Institute. At one time he was commercial instructor in the Olean, N.

Y. high school. He came to Sayre from Auburn, N. Y. Mr.

Herrick attended the First Presbyterian church of Sayrer He is survived by his wife, Frances Waring Herrick at home, music supervisor in Sayre schools at one time; two sons, Carlyle Herrick of Schenectady, N. Y. and Lt. (j. Robert Herrick, Navy, stationed at Key West, two daughters, Mrs.

W. P. Randall of Johnson City, N. and Miss Hildegarde Herrick at home: three grandchildren, Robert Herrick and Janete, and Cathlyn Randall; and a brother, Roy J. Herrick of Evans Mills.

The body is at the Kolb funeral home, 126 North Elmer avenue Sayre, where friends may call. Funeral services will be held there Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Paul D. Wells, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Sayre, will officiate.

Burial will. be in Tioga Point cemetery. It was the request of Mr. Herrick that flowers be omitted. Secret Agent Not Secret Enough NEW YORK, Feb.

Gilbert P. Simons charged today in a suit for divorce that her husband, a secret agent for the Central Intelligence agency of the defense department, was unable to keep secret from her his indiscretions with two other women. Speaking Personally By Clarence Carey Bonnie Lee, seven year old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perley Lee of East Athens, is patiently undergoing treatment in the RPH for an ear ailment.

Mother and sister, Eleanor can't get to see her right away for they are both home ill with the grippe. E. B. Van Riper back at his home. 610 Stevenson street, re from the RPH after a fourday stay for an eye operation, and reporting that he is coming along nicely.

Don Geiger, who up until vesterday, was hospitalized with injuries suffered recently in a carl Mrs. Inez Rockwell Perry of Towanda, who died late this morning of wounds from a gun allegedly fired by her husband early Sunday. Three Waverly Scouts Qualify For High Awards Three Scouts qualified for three of Scouting's highest awards, while seven boys qualified for 17 merit badges at a Board of Review held Monday evening at the Waverly Presbyterian church social hall. James Halton successfully passed the Board of Review in quest of the highest award in Scouting, the Eagle badge. To complete the requirements for this award, James has passed tests for five merit badges, including civics, woodcarving, animal industry, bird study and canoeing.

Richard Halton ar. 1 Richard Fiske each passed the board and are eligible for the Star Scout award. Scout Fiske passed four a merit badge tests that were reviewed. These were for rowing, swimming, woodcarving and caoneing. Others who were authorized to receive merit badge awards were: Stuart Schwartz, music; Carl Ace, firemanship, conserA vation, carpentry and leathercraft; John Howard, personal health; Bernard McKenna, cooking; and Phillip VanDerKarr, music.

Each of these boys will appear before the Court of Honor to be held at the Presbyterian church social hall next Monday evening. Tom Worthington Here for Banquet Tom Worthington, Northwestern university student, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Worthington, Sayre, arrived home today for the testimonial dinner in his honor in the Sayre high school gymnasium this evening, beginning at 6:30 o'clock.

He arrived in Waverly at 1:03, p.m. on the Erie where he was greeted by members of his family and whent immediately to the home of his parents. Approximately 600 Worthington admirers will gather in the school gym this evening to honor him in recognition of his great with Northwestern in the team's 20 to 14 victory over California a in this year's Rose Bowl grid classic at Pasadena, Calif. Plans are completed for the event, at which Bradford County Judge William M. Rosenfield, will be toastmaster.

He will be introduced by Samuel J. Kresge. secretary the Sayre school board. In a 15-minute broadcast from 7:45 to 8 direct from the gymnasium, through the facilities of Elmira Radio Station WENY, H. Austin Snyder will greet Tom, who in turn, will respond.

One of the highlights will be showing of movies by Worthington of the Bowl game and the Tournament of Roses parade which preceded the contest. Music will be furnished by a group of instrumentalists under the direction of Nelson Sickler. Chile Accepts Truman Program SANTIAGO, Feb. 2- (UP) President Gabriel Gonzalez Vi. dela offered today to open Chile to American capital investments without discrimination of any kind.

He said Chile would like to accept an offer from President Truman of American know-how and other help for free countries "in order to produce more food, more clothing, more construction and materials, and more energy to lighten their The offer was made in Mr. Truman's inaugural address. TIMES Paul F. (Pete) Perry, unemployed bartender who now faces a murder charge, the first in Bradford county in 18 years, following his wife's death today. Railroads, Non-Op Unions Ask New Intervention by Fact Finders CHICAGO, Feb.

2 (UP)-The nations railroads and 16 unions agreed in an unprecedented move today ask that a Presidential fact-finding board be reconvened to settle their wage hour dispute. The unions, representing 000.000 non-operating workers, and the railroads announced that they were unable to reach an agreement on their There is no provision under the National Railway Labor Act for calling in the fact-finding board after it has once issued its recommendations for a settlement. But the action, taken on the initiative of the railroads and unions themselves, apparently meant that any strike threat would be held in abeyance. Under the Railway Act the unions have been free to strike since Jan. 17.

The fact-finding board appointed by President Truman last October, recommended a 40-hour work week for the employes, to replace the present 48 hour week, and a seven-cent hourly pay raise. While there is no precedent for recalling the fact-finding board as an agency to attempt settlement, it was believed that government authorities would consent to the move in hopes of maintaining railway labor peace. Neither the unions nor the railroads, however, said they would accept the fact-finding board as the final arbiter in the dispute. The decision to recall the factfinding board was regarded by observers as an indication that the disputants were not far from settlement. The development came after the railroads had presented their first settlemtne proposal to (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) Expect U.S.

Move To Back Norway. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-(AP) way The United States and other a Atlantic powers were expected That today to give Norway speedy top support in her resistance to Russian pressure against joining the projected North Atlantic alliance. Diplomats predicted that the seven nations already negotiating the pact here would lose time in making Norway one of their group. This presumably would have the effect of fixing Norway's position firmly and thereby strengthen the hand of the Oslo government in any further exchanges with Moscow.

The fact that Norway and sevbe invited the milieral other countries, will soon tary alliance project was officially disclosed yesterday by the state department. The state department has not yet made public a list of the nations which it and the other negotiating powers hope may be included in the expanded pact. They are reported to include Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland and probably Denmark, in addition to Norway. Already in the negotiations are the United States. Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Of all these 13 nations, Fair and rather cold tonight. Thursday increasing cloudiness and continued rather cold. Stalin Calls for Truman Meeting In Red Territory New Message Regarded As Just Another Move In Peace Offensive By United Press Premier Josef Stalin of Russia today invited President Truman to meet with him to talk peace, but specified that the meeting would have to take place behind the Iron Cirtain. Officialy Washington has not been informed of the invitation. But all indications were that it would be regarded as simply another move in Stalin's propaganda "peace offensive, and that Mr.

Truman would make no move to accept it. At the same time, the President was expected to hold open his offer repeated only yesterday--to meet Stalin in Washington any time. Stalin said in his latest message that he would like to visit Washington but could not because his doctors forbid him to make long trips by air or sea. He offered as possible places for a meeting five cities in Russia, or some unspecified point in Poland or Czechoslovakia. No point west of the Iron Curtain was mentioned.

Stalin is 69. and very gray now. But all available reports have indicated that he is in good physical and mental condition. The immediate reaction in semi- official sources in ington and London was that the Russian Premier is determined, for propaganda purposes, to ed territory meeting avoid leaving Russian with Mr. Truman.

Stalin's new message was cabled to J. Kingsbury Smith, of International News Service, at his Paris office. It was in reply to a message from Smith asking whether Stalin "would be prepared" to go to Washington to see the President. REA Expansion Backed by Truman NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (AP).

President Truman has promised continued support for expansion of rural electrification. In a message last night to the annual meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the president said: "It will continue to be the policy of this administration to provide loans as rapidly as funds are required to extend electrification to rural areas XXX through the creation and extension of cooperatives on a sound The president expressed confidence that the government would continue to have the association's cooperation "to improve the standard of living of farm families and thus to extend the benefits of our democratic way of life." Yale Gets Sea Assignment, Rosh Named Navy Recruiting Office Head Chief Machinist Mate Walter: Yale of Waverly, head of the Elmira Navy recruiting office for WALTER YALE Budget Proposes One- Boost In County Taxes TOWANDA, Feb. 2- A proposed budget for county and institution district operation in 1949 calling for expenditures of $449,468.07 was opened for inspection by the Bradford county commissioners yesterday. This is $75,138 more than was spent in 1948 although the proposed unappropriated balance is $5,736.62 less than the $15,812.86 set aside a year ago. A one mill increase would be made in the for the general county account to meet these larger expenditures, putting the rate No change in the seven mills for institution purposes of 1948 has been proposed.

The budget will be adopted at a session of the commissioners late in February. Most of the increases, the commissioners due to higher costs in salaries and operation while numerous other items have been eliminated or decreased. A breakdown shows that for county operation $299,252.20 is appropriated for expenses, while receipts of $302,066.53 are anticipated, leaving an unappropriated balance on hand of $2.914.33. Receipts would consist of $64,633.62 balance from 1948, receipts from tax levies of cur. rent and prior years of 982.91, other revenue $25,400 and miscellaneous monies of $4,050.

During 1949 the tax would be based on real estate assessment of $17,932,065 and occupaI tional valuation of $1,353,770 in the county. County appropriations are roughly broken down to proposed expenditures of $140,485 for administrative department use and $35,584.88 for the judicial section. Large portions of each of these would go to salaries of (Continued on Page 2 Column 5) the past three years, has been transferred to Norfolk, where he will be assigned to the USS George H. Fox, a destroyer in the Atlantic fleet. Chief Yale will be succeeded by Chief John Rosh, who has been on duty in the Elmira recruiting office.

Both are native Sayreites. Chief Yale will be detached from his present post on Feb. 7, and after 20 days leave, will report to Norfolk March 1. His family will remain in Waverly for the present, where they live at 13 Tioga street. Chief Yale enlisted in the Navy on June 26, 1934, and except for his shore duty the past three Death Shortly Before Noon Today Results From Gunshot Wounds Mrs.

Inez Rockwell Perry of Towanda, 34-year-old junior high school teacher, died at the Robert Packer hospital at 11:15 o'clock this morning and the legal machinery of Bradford county moved toward a charge of murder against her husband, Paul F. (Pete) Perry, who was waiting stoically in a jail cell in Towanda. Perry had not been told of his wife's death at an early hour this afternoon, but had betrayed little emotion since police found the woman lying at the foot of the stairs in their kitchen on Kingsbury avenue shortly before 4 o'clock Sunday morning. The murder charge against him was expected to be filed tomorrow by Police Chief Dean Meredith of Towanda, in which event Bradford county will have its first such case in more than 18 years. An autopsy was to be performed this aft I noon by Dr.

C. H. DeWan of Sayre, a deputy coroner, and Chief Meredith and Trooper Anthony Walsh of the Towanda State Police detail expected to be present, after, which the next moves would be made by police and District Attorney Wayne Smyth of Troy, who was notified of Mrs. Perry's death shortly before noon. Hospital authorities said today that Mrs.

Perry suffered a severed spinal cord, a punctured lung and had been bleeding internally since she brought in early Sunday. She was paralyzed as the result of the severed spinal cord, it was stated. Perry, 3 7-y a r-old unemployed bartender is alleged to have shot his wife when she came home at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning from a party at a friend's house. bullet from a Winchester carbine went through her right arm and her chest. He had arrived home about 1 a.m., he told police, and admitted they said, having had considerable to drink earlier in the evening.

He called State Police and a friend, Thomas McGovern, who (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) Mrs. Paddock Dies in Athens, Fashion Artist years, has served on anything but destroyers. The Fox will be his the others be. JOHN ROSH ing the Fahlgren, Ellet and Hank. The son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. A. Yale of McDuffie street, he saw considerable action in the South Pacific during World War II, has seven battle stars and a citation for his work in command of a rescue boat off Savo Island in August 1942 when several cruisers were sunk. He was in the task force which launched the Doolittle raid over Tokyo in April 1942.

Chief Rosh was in 23 engagements in the war, also on des. troyers. He joined the Navy 1934. His destroyer was also in the Doolittle task force. Mrs.

Marguerite Noble Paddock, 62. of 623 South Main Street. Athens died last night at her home suddenly. clock following a heart attack. Well known in art circles, Mrs.

Paddock and her husband, Munson Paddock, were engaged in fashion drawing in New York City for several years. She was a Towanda native. Mrs. Paddock, a graduate of Cooper Union, the New York School of Art and the Art Students' league, came to Athens about nine years ago. While in this community, she was interested mostly in portraiture.

She is survived by her hus. band. Munson Paddock, a sister. Miss Kate Noble, at home and several cousins. The funeral will be held at the convenience of the family, and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery, Towanda.

is the only one which has common border with Russia. frozen boundary, up at the of the European continent, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) Local Highlights in Today's Times accident, is now at his home in Athens, R. D. 2. A dislocated hip necessitates a body cast.

He's an Athens high school athlete and was going big guns on the school's basketball team, but now injuries will keep him out the remainder of the season. His buddies will be calling on him for sure. Jake Brennan and his brother, Harold (Heck) are up from Trenton, N. J. for the Tom Worthington testimonial dinner in Sayre high school tonight.

Both Sayre high school graduates, they will be on hand to root for Tom. Mrs. Inez Perry, 34-year-old Towanda woman, dies this morning in the Robert Packer hospital of gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted Sunday morning by her husband, Paul F. Perry, 37, who now faces a murder charge. Pg.

1 Everett L. Herrick, Sayre high school commercial instructor for 32 years, dies this morning at the age of 65. Pg. 1 Bradford County budget of $449,468, $75,138 higher than last year, with one more mill tax rate, is opened for public inspection by county commissioners. Pg.

1 Edmond A. Friess will head 1949 Community Chest drive, Mrs. to start Munson in March. Paddock, 62, of Athens, a portrait Pg. paint- 1 er, dies.

Pg. 1 James Halton receives Eagle Scout award at Waverly Court of Honor. Pg. 1 CPO Walter F. Yale of Waverly, U.

S. navy recruiter, is transferred to sea duty and is replaced by CPO John Rosh of Sayre. Pg. 1 Tom Worthington, Northwestern football star, arrives in Sayre this afternoon for testimonial dinner in Sayre high school tonight. Pg.

1 Robert Thompson of Waverly is named president of the Tioga County Sportsmen's Federation for three years. Pg. 2 Athens defeats Mansfield, 36 to 33; Sayre edges Owego, 52 to 30. 9.