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Page 2--THE DAILY PA I i 'DAY. A 2 2 1945 Personal Mention Mrs. E. B. Brunner and son Robert of Hyr.dman were guests week of -Mrs.

Ida Evan 5 of the White Front Apartments. Work pants for big men. Waist sizes 32 to 52. Sam Simons, Tailor, 170 W. Crawford Avenue.

eb-5t. Harvey Showman, William Matson, Vincent Tedesco, Mrs. Cable, Mrs. Helen Lyr.n, Mrs. Lucille Francis, Mrs.

Mar.e Herbert, Mrs. Mary Pastore and daughter and Mrs. Virginia De- luhus and son were discharged nom Connellsville State Hospital Thursday. Just received! Cowhide jackets, all sizes. Sam Simons, Tailor.

Lee G. Hoover of 505 East Washington avenue. Who had been a patient in Connellsvile State Hospital for about two weeks, where he underwent a major operation, was discharged Thursday. He is reported to be getting along nicely. School noys pants, $2.75 and up.

Sam Simons, Tailor. Ad- vertiseme nt-- 18f eb-5t. Bertie Moyer, small son of Mr. aad Mrs. Robert C.

Moyer, who had been a patient at the Uniontown Hospital for the past couple of days for treatment, was discharged and is at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. AUNT HEX By ROBERT QUILLEN "It ain't poverty that makes Tom dress shabby. When you get as rich as he is, you feel like you don't need fine clothes to show how important you are." truck he was driving broke and it upset. He was admitted to South Side Hospital at Youngstown, Ohio, and will be placed in a plaster cast.

Albert Cossel of Hickory Bottom, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cossel of Broad Ford, is conva- ej. cu id, ivii. cuu.1 iVilo.

vj. jjj. uaia as (JUIlVcl-- A. E. Lowery, 308 East Patterson at his home after an ill- avenue, with whom the Moyers' ness dating from January 22.

He are residing for the present. There suffered a severe attack of pleuro is an improvement in Bertie's con- pneumonia and was bedfast until dition. Pittsburgh bus leaves Connellsville daily, 8 A. M. and 1 P.

M. last Saturday. First Lieutenant Carl Ziltz, who has reenlisted in the Army, and Hagerstown, after spending I 30 days here. Lieutenant Ziltz is! on a two months' leave before reporting for active duty. Leaves Pittsburgh 10:15 A.

M. Captain James Billings were en- and 5:15 P. Sundays anj noli- days, leaves Connellsville 8 A. M. and 5 P.

M. Leaves Pittsburgh 10:15 A. M. and 7:15 P. AJthough still confined to her bed, Mrs.

Charles Leighty, who is 111 at her home in East Crawford avenue, is getting along nicely. Mrs. M. R. Vance is critically ill at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. L. R. Wagner of East Cedar avenue, with whom she makes her home. Mrs.

Vance had recovered from an attack of pneumonia when another illness developed. James Ash, who is employed by THE GRIM REAPER MRS. FIDELIS McGFVERN Mrs. Fidelis Reilly McGivern, 47, died at 5 o'clock this morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Philip Reilly of 144 South Eighth West Side. She was born September 30, 1898, at Broad Ford and had lived most of her life in Connellsville and vicinity. Mrs. McGivern was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church. MRS.

JANE MADDEN Mrs. Jane Madden, widow of Martm V. Madden, died at 12:50 o'clock Thursday morning at her home in the Seanor Apartments, West Otterman street, Greensburg. Mrs. Madden, who was 80 yeais old, formerly resided at Mount Pleasant.

She leaves these children: Dr. J. R. Madden, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. Margaret Ames, Detroit; I French Liked Germans, 1 Says Major Harmon Continued From Page One.

SITUATION AT A GLANCE demolished. Some time was devoted, in his talk, to persons. refugees and The former, displaced he said, Besides her parents she is survived by two children, Mrs. Angela DeMott of Brockway and Geraldine at home; two grandchildren, three brothers, Attorney James A. Reilly of Uniontown, Philip and Eugene Reilly of Connellsville and two sisters, Mrs.

Thomas Kenny of Unior.town and Margaret at home. Friends are being received at the Reilly home. The funeral will Mar tin are to be pitied. They were driven from their homes. The latter are not.

They were in Germany voluntarily. They came from lands bordering the Reich. They Vfere ner for three reasons: he TM did not want to Clairton; Mrs. Mary Collins, Scottdale; Patrick McKeesport; Mrs. R.

Fait, Youngwood; Mrs. Agnes Wishart, Louisville, Thomas Clairton, and Cecelia, at home. There are 33 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning in Most Holy Sacrament be held Monday morning with a Church at Greensburg in charge of Father Linus Brugger, O. S.

B. Burial will be made in St. Joseph's Cemetery at Mount Pleas- prayer at the home at 8:30 clock. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. Henry Geibel, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be made in St. Joseph's Cemetery. MRS. ADAH SHAFFER MOUNT PLEASANT, Feb. 22.

Mrs. Adah Foust Shaffer, 66 years old, died early this morning at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- ant. MRS.

STEFL Mrs. Anna 'Stefl, 58 years old, of Acme, R. D. 1, died at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Frick Memorial Hospital at Mount Pleasant after 'a brief illness. She leaves her husband, Louie, and these children: Mrs.

Frank Miller, Louie, and Ernest of for their own lands; they could get good jobs and more money; they thought Germany could not be defeated and felt safe there. A ril 1- Strikes and shutdowns kept 1,004,000 American workers idle today, and new walkouts were threatened in the telephone, shipping and utilities industries. The major disputes: Communications--The National Federation of Telephone Workers! dent 'judge W. Russell Ca'rr cited (Ind.) set Maich 7 as the date the admission of the wife that for a Nation-wide strike affecting' sne had cashed bonds for $1,425 Dawson Desertion, Non-Support Action Dismissed by Court UNIONTOWX, Feb. the desertion and nonsupport case and dividing the costs in the action of Mabel E.

Haas of Dawson against Jesse F. Haas, a railroad fireman, Presi- Ohio Garloadings Drop 60,000 telephone workers. Shipping--Nearly 22,000 CIO longshoremen prepared to strike Pacific coast docks on or before liara Porch, near Kecksburg She cme 1 and Robert of was the last mnber of her She was a Wilily and leaves six children: Mrs and stanle Kantorik of Florence Porch, Kecksburg; Alvie cmc Amos Kan of Shaffer, Trent; Mrs. Irene Blystone, Mount Pleasant, H. D.

Mrs. Pearl Krepps, Mount Pleasant, R. D. Roy Shaffer, Somerset, R. D.

4, and Mrs. Josephine are 34 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Porch home and the funeral serv- Gibson avenue, South Connellsville, has returned from Miami Beach, where she spent a month's vacation. Miss Pizzi will return next week to her nursing duties at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Mrs.

Ida Evans and Mrs. Mary DeMuth visited Tuesday at Cumberland, with their cousin, Mrs. T. C. Dunlap.

the Vanderbilt Coal and Coke' Sergeant and Mrs. Edward Company interests, has returned Urbach are visiting their respec- from a business trip to Maryland, New York and Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. William J.

Harbaugh of Liberty recently received word that their nephew, "Bobbie" Humbertson, soa of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Humbertson of North Jackson, Ohio, was seriously injured in an automobile accident He suffered frictures of the vertebrae when toe steering apparatus of the "500" AND CORN PARTY Wednesday, Feb. 27 8 P. M.

Sharp Independent Slorak Citizens Club Sooth Efjhth Street, West Side. Benefit S. John's Church Admission 60o EAT At the BLUE RIDGE RESTAURANT Home Cooked Meals 24-Hour Service On Connellsville-Scottdale Bead tive parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hall of Rockridge road and Mr.

and Mrs. M. R. Urbach of South Connellsville. Sergeant Urbach, who reenlisted with the armed forces for three years, is stationed at Camp Pickett, Va.

MMM Alton Stonebraker, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. Joseph Stonebraker of Indian He.ad, who has been in the U. S. Navy in the South Pacific for the past 27 months, was discharged and is residing with his parents.

He expects to visit friends in Richmond, Va. for a few days and from there go to Chicago, to study deisel locomotive engineering. Detroit's Milk Supply Virtually Cut by Strike By United Press. DETROIT, Feb. Nation's fourth largest virtually without milk today cis mediators scheduled new wage conferences a affected creameries and the CIO United Dairy Workers Union.

Strikes at major milk companies shut oft 75 per cent of the city's milk supply, affecting more than 1,000,000 Detroit residents. Union and company representatives were scheduled to meet at 10 M. in an attempt to settle a ITDW demand for 20 cents hourly wage increase, anl to avert a complete milk famine. Under a tentative plan both sides in the dispute agreed to permit the sale of milk for children and the sick, but only out of existing supplies. the Mount Joy As to the' women immigrants, many of them married Germans and were contented.

In the maher of occupation of Germany, the doctor's view was that thjat by the Russians is most with Britain second and the United States third. The reason, he said, is that the United States forces are following instructions of the Allied setup at Berlin, while Russia ar.d Britain are going on their own. Speaking of the notorious concentration camps, particularly of Buchenwald, the doctor said 12 million persons were committed to the camp during 10 years and that four millions died there. Hospital facilities were described as deplorable. In one structure 80x40 feet he said there were as many as 2.500 patients at a time, placed in bunks one over the other to a height of five and with five patients side by side.

They died like flies. As" a part the evening's program there were talks on Compassion Week by Misses Marilyn Scolnick and Gwendolyn Sharp and Mrs. Reid Pendleton. There at the Mount Zion Church of the' a a so a musical program, ar- Brethren at Mount Pleasant at' ran Mrs Leland S. Whip- Smock, Mrs.

Elizabeth Horak of Everson, Mrs. George Lessick of Indianola and Mrs. Louis Farkosh of Acme, R. D. 1.

There will be a brief funeral service at the home at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with full rites Utilities-- 3,400 members of an independent union prepared to strike at 12:01 A. M. Monday, curtailing power in the Pittsburgh area. CIO Steel Workers remained on strike against steel producers and fabricatois. Automotive 175,000 CIO United Auto Workers continued their strike against General and had sold furniture for cash for a total of $2,425, of which half could rightfully be classed as hers.

The expenses, a slated by Mrs. Haas totaled $861.66. The hearing was the' longest of the day lasting most of the afternoon after starting before the lunch hour. Judge H. Vance Cottom ordered John Faris of Duribar township to pay his divorced wife $37.50 per month for the maintenance of their son, "'enneth, aged three.

The husband made an offer of Carloads handled on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during the week ended February 16, totaled 58,039 consisting of 35,627 loaded on line and 22,412 received from connections. During the same week of last year the total was 71,275 made up of 38.654 loaded on line and 32,621 received from connections. For the previous week (the week ended February 9) the total was 59,294 cars handled with 36,354 loaded on line and 22,940 received from connections. During the same week of 1930 the total was 66,555, comprising 42,031 loaded on line ar.d 24,524 received from connections. Motors Coiporation but union and management were reported nearl agreement on the union security issue.

Milk--A strike of 3,000 dairy workers was its third cutting off 75 per cent of troit's milk supply. day, De- Remains In Serious Condition Church of the Brethren, the funeral party leaving the home at 1 o'clock. Rev. J. W.

Showalter, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be made in Mount Joy Cemetery. 2:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. Russell K. Showalter.

Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Mrs A. C. KARGLE Kargle, 43, wife of DALE W. WILLIAMS Dale Wilson Williams, 28, died Thursday at his home in Hunker after a brief illness.

Besides his widow, Mrs. Virginia Harbaugh Williams, he is survived by two children, Joyce Ann and Ernest Dale; his mother, Mrs. Catherine Williams of Uniontown, and the following brothers and sisters: Edmund of Oakland, 111.,. Mrs. Ethel Demner of Norvelt, Mrs.

Margaret Ferguson of Greensburg, Mrs. Catherine Learn of Elmira, N. Howard R. and Mrs. Anna Mary Hughes of Uniontown and Ralph E.

of Punxsutawney. The funeral service will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in St. Matthews Lutheran Church at Hunker. Interment will be in Westmoreland Memorial Park, GEORGE J. MARLIN George J.

Marlin, 61, died suddenly at 5:30 o'clock Thursday A August C. Kargle of Collinsburg, near West Newton, died Thursday at her home. She leaves her husband, two sons, one sister and four brothers. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon. Three Killed Near Bedford When Gar Goes Off Turnpike BEDFORD, Feb.

22. Three persons were killed and two were injured early today when the automobile in which they were riding plunged off the State turnpike and crashed into a culvert 16 miles west of here. One of the victims, the driver of the car, was identified as Capt. Charles F. Hale, a resident of Ware, and currently stationed at Army Airbase, Wright Field, Ohio.

The others killed were identi- key, choir director: Piano solo, Reid Pendleton, vocal solos, "Brahm's Lullaby" and "Alice Blue Gown," Lois Fornwalt. with Mrs. William Stevens as accompanist; piano solo, "Farewell to the Piano," Janice Sharp; vocal solos, prelude from "Cycle of Life" and a medley, "I'll See You Again" and "When You're Away," Miss Marjorie Horron, with Mrs. Mary Lucius at the piano. Rev.

Merrill L. Cadwell presided. Divorces Sought By Two Loca9 Persons TJNIONTOWN, Feb. 22. Six months after their marriage, his Continued From Page One.

had considerable trouble since he returned from service; that the wife had gone to her home in Morgantown and that Merryman Divorce action has been started by Robert Cornish of Uniontown, against Elaine Cornish, whom he says he caught'in a car with another man and forced them to drive to the home of his in-laws to prove that she was taking suspicious night rides. The husband testified that in the car with his wife was Gus Girard, a soldier, who had written love letters to Mrs. Cornish. Judge Cottom ruled that $30 a month should be paid for the one child born to Mrs. Cornish.

A mother-in-law figured in the payment Cindrick alimony by Mike Masontown. Thirty had taken their two dollars per month must be paid Carol Ann, four, and Geary, two, to her. to the home of his mother, Mrs. Helen Merryman, in Mifflin ave- Explanation of the trouble in the Merryman family was revealed in a letter which the wife had started to her mother and her step-father, whom she called Steer Takes to River. NEW KENSINGTON, Feb.

"log" floating down the river turned out to be a yearling steer sidestepping the slaughterhouse. Boatmen Moe Bishop and Cliff Kennedy, aboard a tiny skiS, lassoed the fugitive and tugged it ashore a mile and a half from here. Home From Hospital. Mrs. Albert Komacko and Mrs.

Steve Komacko of Perryopolis and Mrs. William Package of Fayette City have been discharged from Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. In the missive she wrote that "Bud" had threatened to kill her. "I got sick and tired hearing him say that he was going to kill me," she wrote. "He a.ways smelled my breath and looked at my clothes when I was out and returned home." The letter stated that the ex- soldier struck his wife and threatened to kill her if she took the children out.

Mrs. Goodrich asserted that George had received letters frora a girl in Virginia, where he had been in camp after going into the Army. "These letters indicated," Mrs. wife, Mary B. Hush, of Connells- Goodrich said, "that George "had ville, cursed him and otherwise SSAKlSSrcSH Jt.rKSBo.Tl 555-3 the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Ralph G.

Norbert, about 26, of Kingston. In addition to his widow, Mrs. lola B. Marlin, he is survived by three sons, Charles Leslie J. and Joseph Lee, at home, and one daughter, Miss Edith Mary Marin, also at home.

FRANK KOMLO Frank Komlo, 73, died Wednesday afternoon in Uniontown Hospital shortly after admittance. He survived by one daughter, Mrs Elizabeth Oberly of Cleveland Ohio, and two sons, John Komlo of Clarksville and Joseph Komlo of Los Angeles, Cal. Corn Party St. John's Social Hall, West Side Sunday, Feb. 24th 8:00 O'clock Sharp Auspices Christian Mothers was guilty of mistreatment, according to a divorce libel filed by Richard P.

Rush of Connellsville. The husband claimed he was forced to leave her February 14 of this year. They were married November 18, 1941, in Connells- In another libel, Martha Jane Madeira of Connellsville charges that she was deserted by Claude G. Madeira of Pitcairn. The date was given as January 3, 1940.

The wedding was solemnized September 23, 1938, in Rockwood. been cheating." Following her return from Morgantown Wednesday evening, Mrs. Merryman was seated in the Continental grill with two other girls. She refused to return home with her husband, fearing that he would execute his death threats and Merryman called Mrs. Goodrich inquiring if his wife could stay the rest of the night with her.

Merryman went to the Goodrich home at 8 A. quarreled with his wife when she refused to be reconciled and the attack followed. Frank Yeager of Georges township was subjected to a $75 per month order and Ernest Shaffer of Smithfield $30 monthly. In a compromise agreement, Everett McGill of Connellsville was ordered to pay Luanna Mc- C-ill $145 monthly. ''I SHE PREFERS RINGS from GERRY'S Rings of timeless, enduring loveliness.

Diamonds of flery glory enhanced by distinctive mountings of gleaming 14K gold. Worthy symbols of your love that she will wear with p-ide. Wedding Bands to JEWELRY STORE The Borne of the Finest Diamonds GUABANTEED WATCHES 114 North Pittsbnrg Street Orpheum CO- DITI3CT, Heaqua VETCHES Collaborationist Dies. PARIS, Feb. Luc- haire, collaborationist chief of the Paris press during the German occupation, was executed by a firing squad at Fort de Chatillon today.

Luchaire was convicted of treason one month ago. He died at 8:56 A. M. 10,000 Tires Burn. PHILADELPHIA, Feb.

thousand rubber tires were destroyed in a fira which wrecked the four-story Keystone Tire Company building with a loss of $150,000. GOLDEN STAR INN Near R. R. Station, Republic, Pa. Phone 5481.

featuring--Jerry Harris, Dancing and Comedian M. C. Polly Rouchelle, Singing- and Comedienne Al Williams Orch. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT GawfordTeaRoom From 11 Until 2:30 We wJU serve any Dinner on our Menu for An Excellent Dinner at a price anyone can afford. You cannot pay more than 39c for any dinner on onr menu on Saturday, from until 2:30.

For the MEN- Learher JACKETS Warm and comfortable! Tailored of genuine leather in coat and aviation styles. Well lined. Sizes 36 to 48. SWEATERS Wool and part wool coat snd slipover styles in solid and fancy shades. Sizes 36 to 46.

$2.98 $6.98 Dress Slacks Choose from a good selection of tweeds, twills, and worsteds. Sizes 29 to 42. $3.98 $12.50 Work Shoes Brown and black. Extra heavy leather, and rubber soles. Sizes 6 to 12.

$3.98 $6.98 For the BOYS- Fingertip COATS Good looking coats in teal blue, brown, and navy. Sizes 6 to 20 years. Values to $17.98, now OFF SNOW SUITS 3-piece suits in coat anl jacket styles. Sizes 2 to 8 years. Values to $16.98, now-- OFF MACKINAWS With without hoods.

Plaids, solid shades. Sizes 6 to 14. Values to $12.98, now Off JACKETS Cloth reversibles in red, and black. Sizes 10 to 20 years. Values to $9.98, now $6.98 FEDERATED STORES 135 W.

Craypford Avenue. Phone 1002.

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