The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

LAST EDITION VOL. 45, NO. 290. The Weakly Courier, Founded July 17, UilO. Tho Daily Courier.

Founded November 10, 1C Merjjed 1002 July IB. 1020. CONNELLSVILLE, KIUDAY BVlCiN'ING, 17. TWENTY PACKS. SEVEN MORE BANNER AWARDS MADE; FUND WORKERS WILL MAKE FULL REPORT MONDAY New Manager STAUFFER NEW COUNTY 40-8 HEAD Harold F.

Slaufl'ei 1 of Connolls- ville was installed as, the new did cle garo of Fayellc County Voiturc No. J8, Forty and i nt H.s dinner Thursday evening in FinmiU's Hold along Route 51 near Phillips. He succeeds I Ray Bltz of Uniontown. Oilier ofliccrs follow: Wilbur Wilson, chef do train: T. King, commisairc ui- tondanl; Den H.

Campbell, uon- 'ductour; Joseph D. Harbnugh, sous conductour; Dr. S. A. Baltz, medceiii; Homoi 1 L.

Cuuvlord, gin do la portfi; Robert S. On 1 lampislc; Frank Hillon, uommis voyayeur, and Homer J. Boss, aumonicj 1 Cliief De a StaulTor then appointed the following. Matthew F. War.co, James Jelleris, coriuspondaul: James H.

Jcfl'cris, publicile, B. Ray chairman child wuUaro and Scotland school; Harold S. Anscll, chairman Legion membership, and Wray T. Laird of ions Loss By United Hi A I Oct. Community Fund a awards took another jump today with announcement by Chairman; John Kestnei of seven additional llrms that have qualified for them, Mr.

Kestner was unable to announce any new totals in subscriptions but he was encouraged by the number of "banner" firms that had accumulated since yes- terdny. "That is evidence of progress," said. The latest award winners are; Burns drug store. Model dairy. Bernardo's paint store.

ConnellsvlUe Water Company ofllcc. Mervis furniture store. Swan's G. E. store.

Schmitz tire shop. Mr. Kestner also umiouiv that ha desired to have every worker in the advance gifts i report to Mayor Abe- Daniels or to Dr. J. Harold Dull by Monday.

He also requested that retail workers report to Albeit Fulmor, workers to.M. Pyle, ConneUsville township solicitors to James Swan, and South Conncllsvillc workers to C. E. Pinkerton or A. A.

Tresslor. "We'd like to get a complete picture where we stand by years. The company Monday," said the chairman. in September, 1880, and incor-, the principal speaker, who dis- caution against fires. It was also suKgested today that I porated in December, 1903.

It is cussed Congress and the veteran. Duff's action in barring the pub- everyone who has contributed lo one ol' lhe oldest retail food cs- After the dinner, the was He trom the the fund place a campaign sticker i tciblishments in Fayette county. over lo Grand Chomhiot I be the first in the window of: their home. LABOR MAY PASS WAGE HIKE MOVE I DROP Vandcrbilt, George Bronson of sylvania ofllcijls and -iporliinen Fayette City, David B. McJimkln were apprehensive loduy over LATEST NEWS BULLETINS By United LONDON, Oct.

cow rncliti roporlod lonijjhl Russia had made hostages of Hin former Brazilian ambassador and Uy United Pies, i 10 re to 1S tllC ft idcpnrUiro from Brazil of the A I Oct. RusMan embassy staff in Rio DC ion leaders said today" that and CIO demands for another round of increases might be LONDON, Ocl. V. sidetracked if the special session Novkov, Russian ambassador lo ol i i about a sub-1'he United Slates, bus been re- slanlial cut in living costs. rallc frt)IT1 Ills osl an(i Thulr attitude was that Con-, by Alexander Panyushkin, gross should have ch.ince to fnrmar Soviet ambassador lo OSCAR L.

SNYDEK i the high i-osl ot i i i i Moscow radio an- bciore labor presses for the third nouncCli 1 general hourly pay boost since tho ol the war. Most union 4 i jNUDumii v-uiiuiutjuu i of Brownsville and Sam Cappcn- danger of serious fires In drought- 1 'TMTM I Chan-man Carroll Recce said io- clla ot Republic, ehemlnol locale, parched a A large class PCs was passed and woodlands which will iupon to be "wrecked" into the olosod to lhe public Monday i PHILADELPHIA, Oct. publican National i ol' 18Vz cents an hour last Reorganization or the J. i at a ceremony to be unless a heavy rain Calls before. and 15Vi cents ond round boost (his year.

The second round raised aver- he hoped "for lhe good of the nation" that President Truman 'will have a comprehensive plnn' 1 to place before the special session i U- tlb bv, i 1 1 I I I I I 'JH' 1 1 I I Davidson Company was, at the Graystone Hotel at i Gov. James H. Dult late yeslcr- I of Congress called for November .,1 i a i i ilil i i TPi-lrinv i i i i a i i i TM ID .1 1 OC01 CI i i al a meeting held Oscar i Republic Friday night, November day Issued a proclamation, L. Sr.ydor of Uniontown has pu Ul I J.I' ir-17. live at 12:01 A.

M. next Monday, chased the mtciest of James W. Charles F. White of Connells- cloiing all Stale-owned forests, of this year. The Government's consumer price index, however, touched a new all-time pmLAD IA, Oct.

24--An He will handled the role toast- game lands and preserves to the principal cause. The AFL aaid yesterday for the "If that practice is followed it Company at Indian Head, will save the house-to-house can- is president of. the Davidson firm, vassors Irom making a call at that He has been affllinted with it home and permit them to make since 1943. B. Prank Smith, with C.

W. Resh, owner ol the Sparks, Boyd Harrold of Latrobe, who greater speed in their canvass," said Mr. Kcstner. The Fund Association yesterday received a check from Mrs. Warren L.

Wright, a former resident, now in Nebraska. "It is nice to know that people who once lived in ConneUsville continue to remember the old home town," was the comment of V. J. Cunco, president. fund associatloc G.

O. P. Holds Fine Rally At Normalville tho company for 37 years, is vice- president, David with the company tor 35 years, is secretary. Mr. Snydcr was elected treasurer.

The new manager is at present employed by Standard Brands, ot Uniontown. conducted the installation. Protest Against Plans have been discussed '-r Votws second Ward are modernizing the business and I voiclllg scvere criticism of the maintaining the J. R. Davidson Fa yctte county commissioners who Comoany as one of the leading changod their poUin place lor the loocl in this city and Fay- Novembei 4 election.

Col. 35, and Jalte Grooh, 18, were rid- his'ory. Tl 1 said that woodlands to hunting and fishing only on Iwo previous occasions in 1924 and 1930 because ot droughts. 1C lhe proclamation i.s not can- ceiled, Pennsylvania will become tho sixth state to bar the public from t'oiests because of dry weather, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine ana New York took similar action earlier. Duff said that the protracted previously that a new wage 31 i would be demanded unless prices i came down.

Although agreed on their reason dry weather has the foresl LAKE SUCCESS, N. Orl. 2 4 Russia today attacked in the Nations the House WI.MvTJN! HAH A I hoot- irrlmcil lire lijrlilcrs npin-arcd today to i i Iliclr liiiHli' iiiriihiM oi' tlinnc linvu leveled hvo-tlilnlii of DiK Mimmor jilnyirrouml of rtcli, forced cvacuiidcin of n'sldonlh uud ctiuMiil loss. L'nitotl J'ross Staff I A i IJAKHOn, Ocl. 10-mile wall of lire with Humes foci In a slant, ptnccr across Mount TJcrtun Island toiluy In its $10,000,000 witko tin's smouldering fjliosi town from which residents liud Abend lay the village of Seal Harbor, Soraesville, Northeast, and Southwest Harbors--their lownfolk already in full flight.

nehlmi were ruins of homes, stores, hotels and palatial estates which made this picturesque coastal village a vacation land for people of. wealth. Driven to the rock-hound waterfront when this town was ringed by a curtain of flames, the villagers spent live icrror-niled hours before they escaped by sea or overland on a route hacked through the fiery traj). With half their town de- 'molislwd, most of the frightened Ireiuaeeh wcro led to safety by a i heroic band ot soldiers trom Dow Field who rode their bucking bulldozers through the ever-tlgliten- Inff riiiHr of cultins lane to safely over tho Hull's Cove road. Others had been taken olf the island by Navy, Coast Guard or boats.

Now these volunteers had gone back to make a stand on the I Southwest Harbor road, faclnK I the npproachinK inferno with reservoir and attacked, shovels, axes and dynamite, according to information furnished I There was no prospect of rain Assistant County Detective Law- for drought-parched New Youth in Hospital After Attack; Two Arrest After lie w.is invited into a (truck in which George Schroyer, A. Hflfigcrty Thursday night is in Crmncllwillo SIM)I in Bribed "7re land and at dawn more than 300 3 unionized factory workers, the AFL and CIO are at opposite ends tnTooo 'only as "fair." He suffered brash j00 TM Holl ood film Hollywood film industry. LONDON, Oct. of the question on what Congress i hl pel-sons we're killed today burns of. both knees possible concussion and contusions of the upper lip.

six-slate' area still This was the picture: ii i bri 8 Wn lhe 0 a ISO injured when a Maine--The town of Brownfield and East Brownflold wiped out, fully 75 other burning. ctte couuty. TAFT WILL SEEKG.O.P. United I WAS By LYLE C. WILSON An enthusiastic rally at the Norrmilville school building was addressed by three Republican candidates for county offices Thursday night.

Approximately a hundred persons gathered in tho school, Dr, Orland F. Loighty, candidate for commissioner; Frank Lane, seeking a judgeshlp, and Joseph G. Berry, register of wills TT inee, bidding for reelection, gavel 1 1 nomination. He 58 years short talks in which they urged the residents of the Indian Creek Valley to march to the polls at the ia November 4 election to register Taft ke ecl hjs announcement their will cau campaign of avoid- E. Muiphy of Connollsvillc' in primary conserved as chairman and also with other Republican as- troduccd other candidates.

pirants. Press Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Oct. Robert A. Tafl of Ohio today announced his candidacy for next year's Republican The polling place has been located In Central Service Station garage in North Pittsburg street.

It has been transferred to the J. The CIO called lor ,1 special ses-' ond highly inflammable," pointing sion of restore price out that a number of disastrous forest flies have occurred in northeastern seaboard slates "where a like condition prevails." "Insofar as precaution will avoid such (ires Pennsylvania," he said, "it is necessary for the Commonwealth to exert itself I lhe utmost, because forest fires callcd lor a ecia Congressional'(ions to make the Soviet press 0 a ai i a large scale, with the forests scsslon authorize the funds. a radio halt its campaign of is lo con I in the shape they now are, could A ch contract expirations, "psychological aggression" against izc to Bcll olncc of Alderman Andrew Rottlcr in West Peach street. Electors maintain that the new place is inadequate inasmuch as 111 ie fciicj' i-iuw thcie will bo two voting machines not mly to the for- and at least five members but the dcstruc- board as well as tlon gjme tberein of the Uyo parties who check all who come to vote. The garage, wage freezes and rationing as coaches, "abhorrent and unworkable." I favors "voluntary measures." thousands homeless, damage apparently approaching $37,000,000.

Schroyer and Groah on in-1 New Hampshire At least Alderman 100 homes destroyed, 50 ot thrm in the Rochester area now facing Mrs. Edith Miller, the young'" rc on throe sides. Damage cstt- man's mother, s.iid that her son 'led at 5500,000 to $1,000,000, and Jack Leonard were walking i Vwmont--A hslt-doxen fires, LAKE SUCCESS Ort along Both unions at tht-ir national charged conventions favored American aid with to Europe, but only the CIO street at South Con- nt about 9 o'clock when they were all reported controlled, Massachusetts Eighty burning but all believed con- il3l the tSck by trolled, damase $300.000 or more. All we want you der on the other hand, it is set forth, provides much better accommodations in that there is considerable i floor space and in case oi rain The Governor said that Forestb and Waters Secretary Milo Draemel and Seth Gordon, game commission executive director, "indicated to me their belief that the situation is highly dangerous cars hauling voters may even anc that it demands immediate into the building. Complamts to be teken lo iold and the son of a former Presi- thp commissioners, hoping that a william Ta change will be made.

aclion for the preservation of our forests and game." In a statement accompanying Continued on Page Two. Vets Meet Tonight To Discuss War Meanwhile plans are being de- vcloped for the mammoth Republican rally at the Hillcrest Skat- His announcement came in the face of determined insistence by many influential republicans that! With Clyde A. Rankin, depuly Rink at 7:30 o'clock Thursday I Taft would be a weak general of Pennsylvania night, October 30, Attorney Thorn- Hls supporters respond sharply Jn charge, plans Will be outlined as A. Waggoner, candidate fori a TaCt Already is the most in- for tho repatriation the war common pleas judge, will be the man in his party. They dead al a meeting at 7 o'clock this principal speaker.

Musical enter- 'insist that the 1948 G. O. P. in the courthouse at Un- lainment has been arranged. Citizens of Connellsville, South and Everson and Conncllsville, Bullskln and Dun- form must be largely a Tafl nlal-, ionlown.

form because he was so rTectivej Representatives of veterans or- in shaping the party's legislation i ganizalions of Fayette, Somerset, during the past session of: Con- Greene, Bedford, Washington and bar townships are expected to jam gress, the spacious auditorium in a Tho senator is a fascinating promises to be the biggest meeting of the entire campaign. and baffling political figure. To some persons a wooly radical. That is what oppcnents of public Continued on Pant: Two Has Sixth Operation. Mrs.

Paul Francis of Union- town has undergone an operation i I at Unionlown Hospital. It is hex- sixth time under the knifo. She is the former Jean Wagner, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. C.

A. Wagner ot the Paramount apartments, this city. A I AGAIN POSTPONED Westmoreland counties are to at- lend to hear a discussion.of plans Werner In Serious Condition Robert L. Werner of 509 Race street is reported in a serious condition at ConneUsville Slate Hospital where he was removed yesterday afternoon by the South Connullsville firemen's nmbulance after collapsing in a physician's office. Mr.

Werner, a foreman for the Connellsville Manufacturing Mine Supply Company and owner and manager of Werner's Sunoco 'service stalion in South Arch street, became suddenly ill about showed that the earliret date for a third round wage increase demand would be next February 20 or March 1 in any nationwide major industry. THREE FIRE COMPANIES FIGHT BLAZE NEAR LAYTON Turkey. PERSONNEL TAKES ROOT come on up and opolo- 1 Mrs, said that her son had been accused ot Connecticut--About SO con- trwlcd fires. At least six persons had died, about in yesterday's They I included Barton La Pointe of ford said lie was dragged from tiie truck by the two men and was told "now we're going to settle matters." He was badly beaten by the two men and suid A personnel association, cncom- that while he was on the ground passing the industries in young Schroyer kicked him. The county and those adjacent, other two men held back Leonard Westmoreland tried to interfere, it was re- launched at a meeting held Thurs- ported to Maggoty.

Miller was day evening at Pleasant Valley 'left badly beaten on the ground. Firemen from Vanderbilt Perry- Country Club. Representatives of 'He later staggered to the home of opolis -and Dawson were called to' 1 10 leading manufacturers, to- 'Mrs. Ira Kimmcl when he fainted. making remarks Schroyer.

The truck was followed by John Brownflcld, Wiilinm Schroyer and John Groah, both i 80 ot Mass Mal ot South Conncllsville. When they aret Moran S3 Gloucester, Rot near the Schroyer home Cllf- the Lay ton district where a forest ethcr with lcnciers othcr fire had started and was getting out control, this afternoon. Early reports started near the indicated tracks of it the Baltimore Ohio Railroad and a the flames which were spreading over the hillside. for lull military rites for veterans Thui sdtly mornlnB to the Slates from their overseas burial places. The hem-ins of Alderman char ns 1 T71 1 1 a I License Suspension.

HARRISBURG, Ocl. State Liquor Control Board announced a 30-ciay suspension for Cecilia C. Aldom, Aldom's Res- tauranl, Mounl Pleasant, R. D. 3, was about to have X-rays taken in a doctor's office when he suffered a heart attack, He is allowed no visitors.

Mr. Werner is well-known in musical circles in Conncllsville and is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church choir. Garibaldi (Baldy) Feniello of lhe First Ward on duct charge was a devices and permitted, Daughter Arrives. Mr. and Mrs.

John Kozolovich Menallen Grangers To Husk Field Of Corn for Member There be a demonstration oi' that old time neijjhborliness spirit which helped make the United States great. Abeam Brown, Menallen township farmer, died last Sunday. There is a large field of. corn that is not husked. Detective Haggerty declared I that there has been a feud in that lot business, attended.

The plan was outlined by sector, ter D. Wyant, of the Allegheny-Risk! Valley Personnel Association and manager P. S. E. S.

office in New Kcnsinp ton. He was Introduced by Van I A. Marietta, manager of the local P. S. E.

S. office. I I I i I H. N. Petlibone, plant manager for the Auburn Rubber Corporation of this city, presided.

L. R. Clark, industrial relations director of the Richmond Radiator Company of Uniontown, took Saturday an active part in tho discussion. The purpose of the organization is to bring about a better understanding between management and employes and to pci-mit an exchange of ideas among the industries. There will be a meeting the Fayette County Republican Committee at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in White- Swan Hotel at Uniontown.

County Chairman Darrcll W. Smiley and Vice-Chairman Mollie and an unidentified woman as result of the Bar Harbor blaze. A caravan ot trucks and buses was assembled to speed the fearful evacuees from Bar Harbor to points oJ! refuge on the mainland. It was one ot these trucKB that struck and killed the woman, Yet rescue said it seemed miraculous that more did nol die. From Beech Hill, halt-mile trom the holocaust, Dr.

John B. EJJs, a Bar Harbor dentist, watched the ilcry scene below. "I saw the great mansions go tumbling down," he said, "flames spouting from the roots. I saw Joseph Pulitzer's huge estate consumed and the E. T.

Stotcsbury cottage that cost $2,500,000 lo build and furnish turned to ashes. "Mary Roberts Rlnehart's place Is gone and the home of Henry Morsenthau is lost. So the great place owned by Amory Thorndike, ond the one built by A. Atwater Kont. I'd say 25 per cent oC the settled area on tho island is nothing but rubble." Flumes that multi-millionaires' homos thus far had spared most the fashionable shops in the business area.

But the hotclh--Malbcrn, Belmonl and H. Bacr urge the presence of a DeGroiwire--were demolished. members along wit. their workers Upon a unanimous vote. tb'! to hear the county candidutes.

chair appointed a committee to is vitally important for all As the lire swept on to within four blocks of the waterfront where townsfolk huddled, Navy have volunteered to husk the corn Real Estate Transfer. GREENSBURG, Oct. H. ot I A in The postponement was at the request ot Attorney Glassburn, who said tha torney Wade K. Newell, Feniello's counsel, is in the Midwest Mount Pleasant township to Car- others.

Members of Menallon plans for the organha- members and workers to attend Coast Guard craft, guided by to set a date for the next this us plans will Picked their way through i al)kct of sm()kc lhat huni; foR over the sea, Enroutft 1 cutters, tugs mid the committee are Joseph Martin-1 sck, Scotldnle; S. M. Pyle, Con Cardinal Salottl Dies. ROME, Oct. Cardinal Salolti, 77, died toddy of a liver tumor.

The Weather Fair and much somewhat colder cooler today; tonight with freezing temperatures in the north portion; Saturday increas- a disorderly con- insufficient illumination ot Lemont Furnace are the parents for the Brown family and women' meeting, to nominate olTlcers am! mao for the work that is to be is postponed today' a 1 ei remale to render ot a daughter born a', Uniontown oil the grange will provide the submit proposals for the plan before and on election day," I. Daniels until 10 SGrvice tehlnd the bar. Hospital at 8:30 P. M. Friday.

I workers with their lunch. operation of the association. On Chairman Id. 301- 6. Will Be Walchword Peninllft's Mummers Parade Tuesday Night Ca will not be back in the county before November 3.

Feniello Patrolman alleges that the defendant subjected him to vile, profane and abusive language when the latter was a by Fred Whitlaker who Safety and good oroer are lo be the watchwords of the annudl mummer's parade lo be held Tues- approached him about inserting a night. Experience has taught New Ha- had been parked in a downtown iven Hose Company lhat insufficient street. lighting and policing permit a Ing cloudiness and continued a Sainst the officer before a Union- is the noon weather forecast for tow alderman. Western Pennsylvania. No date has been set tor a hear- rowdy minority to commit acts ing of Feniello's counter charge of vandalism.

School be assigned to the various flood lights to be, mountcd at the High School where the treat will be distribuled. Additional police will be used lo control traffic on the parade route so that the parade will not be disrupted or accidents occur. In addition, all firemen will report to the station at 8 o'clock and Temperature Record. 9-17 1946 a i S- 1 7 Minimum 46 47 Mean 65 UO Librarian Resigns, Mrs. H.

D. Hutehinson has resigned after serving as librarian i public library for 114 have urgently requested thnt ev-1 units, whose marching they will ery effort be made to prevent such protect and control. The parade will be twice re- acts. The hose company, therefore, West Pcnn terminal where the parade will again be viewed and the prize winners' finally determined. In relation lo the display of art exhibits in the store windows, the hose company announced that any question regarding the allolmenl of windows should be addressed to the fire station.

"A progressive community is Joseph J. Fisher, Scottdale; Leu Duncan, Oliver. Mr. Pcttibonc was continued as (655 the temporary chairman. Hospital Patients, Paul Hall, 21G South Prospect street; Benny King, New Salem; Audrey Port, South' Navy destroyer Perry with fprrl, cloiliinii and medical sup- pi io- 1 the soldiers, some asbestos suits, managed to through the barrier of flro and lrc evacuees streamed away from the doomed town.

Fiom various sources it was psiimaiod that 3,000 persons on i-ilaml wcro honv-less, Tho population is about WASHINGTON. Oct. Two it WD-- Iwllevvd many mor Session i i JT.UUI i YI i i Eighth si reel; Mrs. Myrtle Wills, i opubll 1 wdors ol thc Iioll Wou Wlt ut sholw bcf 11 CrtiHi. i r.in up the South Connellsville; Clifford Mil- signal today the fire was ler, Reidmore road! South ConH Prosid 1 lnan jdc a for nelhville, and Eugene- Varhola wit prices at home Al Ethal Eoyd measured by the activity of its I citizens in community viewed by the judges in order to award lhe prizes.

The parade will in the annual Hallowe'en parade Commercial Travelers of has made arrangements for the formation point ot the parade first v.ewed by His judges be floodlighted, For the parade to it passes City Hjll. The lo be held on tnc Uniontown Fralornai Homf bpeinninc fit" be followed by floodlights, and tor i then move to the front of the'October 23," an official said. on Iho night of Dccombpr 16. -Standard Time. i a MUVt lAt 1 I Star Junction have been admitted and Eur pcan f' ef the No to Connollsville State Hospital for vemoer 17 special session of Con- Evelyn Kropps of Bobtown, Paul 'treatment.

of Gnns, Marlon Their warnings came Mr. Hnijgcrty of Uniomown 1 Truman prepared to addivss the John Berisko of Orient Nation by radio tonii-ht lo outline Morrison ot Brownflcld have bceii h.si for summonms tho to Unlonlovii isperjuJ Hi will for IroMmcni, Those UCT Party Uec. 16. either a participant or Fj cllc County Council, United by the New Haven Hose is planning Christirw party 3- ovor ill nctwo.ks- lor IS in P. M.

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