Williamsport Sun-Gazette from Williamsport, Pennsylvania • Page 2

1 PAGE A- AND PX, IW'-XT MORNINa In Check -Forgeries DEATH RECORD Benjomin J. Smith, 80, Of Hughesville, Expires i HUGHES VIT.r,F. Benjamin Apprehend Smith, 82, died of a heart attack Vi i Knt-n A A PA City a Ws nere at 7.43 HoUSCr, Thursday morning. J. Gahan, 86, Expires At Residence Here Mrs.

Amanda Jennie Gahan. 88, of 1151 Cast Third Street, died 'at Officers rr at home lt r45 clock day evening. She was the widow I A Surviving are his wife, two of Thomas F. Gahan. ThlS City, released After i daughters Mrs George Taylcr, Surviving are a daughter, i i 4 MilUu'lle; Mrs.

Alvin Houseknecht, tha. Winnetka. 111., and a son. 'this jrt-ce: thi.c-«.u. Frank I Thomas, Clifton.

Mlllvllle Chester, will aT Muncy D.r grandchildren the h-jfne 'at X30 o'clock Satur Investigation. Sheriff Detdlnf Others. At the rcquMf of the Clinton County Williamsport police picked up during Wednesday night and morning, Helen 4M WiffiWrt Street: Cyrus Street, and Thomas Houser, 302 StatVTStrret. in conneetnm i some bad checks that county. Bryerton came to Jacob a'fft three to Lock Haven for examination.

He Returned with them later. ihc day arid nylfgacJ as Houser. but 1 when he went back to Lock Haven at 3 p. he took Cyrus Houser and Helen Lentz with him as prisoners. Admits Guilt Wnen arrtattd the giri-stated at the Williamjport police station that she was RUilty.

She said -she ad- niiHod it and there was no reason for to deny it. 16 great-grandchildren. A brother, Charles Smith, of this place, also day'afternoon, with'Adjutant Ward Nicholson, of the Salvation Army. offlclatng. Interment will be made Funeral will be held at at Edgewuud.

the Honry Funeral Hume at Friends may call at the home from o'clock Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. R. J-- Wei pastor of the Clinton Baptist Church, Montgomery. officiating. Interment will oe nvle in the Cemetery.

lends -may home. Mrs. Mary Gallagher, 65, Dies Of Heart Condition Mrs. Mary Gallagher. 65.

of 1108 Almond Street, widow of Frartcis M. Gallagher, former man and county commissioner, died In the Winiamsport Hospital at 12.05 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Gallagher- was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 23, in a critical 7 to 9 o'clock this evening.

FUNERALS Cyrus Houser's record is exten-1 condition from a slve. He was sent to Huntingdon Reformatory in 1W9- broke parole in 1920. He was arrested in 1923 for impersonating a federal Officer; In 1926 foF petty larceny in Geneva, N. and in 1927 was sentenced to from one to two years in the Penitentiary' on burglary and larceny and three and one-half to six years in the same institution on a holdup charge. He paroled in 1931.

Police said he also deserted the S. Army. llr 658 Apply Marry Marriage License Docker In County Shows Increase 'IT Total Over June Largest Month. Six hundred and i i i a riage applications were filed ing the year at the Marriage Licenio, This is 44 in excess ot the year 1938, when 814 were-fifed. In January.

37 were filed: 32; March. 57; April, 37; May, 70; June, 109; July 52; August. 53; September. 55; October, 60; November. 48; and December 48.

Ambulance Used JJ49 Times Since Arriyal.Feb.il The Community ambulance, which tvas placed in service on February -11. has answered 849 calls up to last night. -I Trucker Takes Self To Jail Guy F. 23. of Canton rang the bell at the entrance to the County Jail yesterday a'fler- noon, and handed in a committmenl for himself for ten days.

It was made out by Justice N. P. Browne of Loyalsock Township, on charges of driving an overloaded truck. rnnrtilinn heart ailment. until the time of her death.

Mrs. Julia Heyler-Snyder NAUVOO Mrs. Julia Heyler Snyder, widow of the late William Snyder, died at her home at 12.45 o'clock Thursday morning, after an llnesj of a week. She was a mem- aer of Salem Lutheran Church. She is survived by three sons, the Rev.

Daniel J. Snyder, Long Beach, Edward J. Snyder, Morris; Ward W. Snyder, at home; three arothers, Samuel Helyer, San Diego, Edward Heyler, Mitchell, S. Titus Heyler, Edmonds, Wash.

Prayer services wil 1 be held from the home at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, with further services in the Salem Lutheran Churct, with tier pastor, the "Rev. W. A. Moser, liberty, officiating. Interment will te made in the adjoining cemetery.

Friends may call at the home any time after 7 "evening. Mrs. Harry McKeague DonaloT Keith Larson. 21-month- old son of W. Larson and Fay Lord Mrson, forjtierly of city, who died in N.

will be held at the home of his untie, Oscar Bower, 1639 Almond Street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, with hev. J. E. Law. pastor of the Redeemer Lutheran Church, of- Interment wlirbe made in the Montoursville Cemetery.

Friends may call, at the borne on Almond Street WATSON--Funeral services forjj Mary E. Watson will huld at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. Platt Moore, 834 Hepburn Street, at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, with Mrs. Ida Areila McKeague, wife of of Williamsport 1.

died at her home Wednesday afternoon after a months' Surviving her husband, two sonsV James and Harry Lee'Mc- Pupils Get Awrds Tioga And Lycoming County Formers Of America To Receive 17 Medals, 4 Honorable. Mentions "Jan. tfrtnttorrtsburg." Future Fanners of America in Tioga and county ichooU will receive 17 mectali and 4 honorable mentions Jan. 16 in Harrisburg at the annual meeting of the Keystone Association In connection wllft the Terjnsylvanra ShoWi About 1,000 project record books were entered In the various sponsored by the counties where vocational work is carried on. Winners IrTthe counties will receive two gold medals, three silver medals, 12 bronze one and the honorable mentions.

Charles D. Carey, county voca- Is in To J.Awaif frial In Lewisburg Court F-lnw Stelnbacher, 41, of Nisbet, was committed to the county jail yesterday afternoon-by V- S. Commissioner Harry S. Phillips to await trial in federal court at Lewisburg, bn Jan. 17.

charged with violation of the internal revenue law. Steinbacher, who previously was Indicted, was taken into custody on a federal bench warrant and was Jail-- of bail. Cily Police Arrest 71 In Past Month 29 Traffic Violation Cases Variety Of Charges On 7 Usual Children's Diseases Lead 1937 Contagious List Although 3,104 cases of contagious disease were reported at the city health department during 1B37, with today still to the number of cases of contagion is not large for a city the of Williamsport when it is taken into account that 2,814 of those cases were what are commonly known as children's diseases, measles, mumps, whooping cough and enpox. ci other than the four diseases Williamsport can be said to have oeeh a healthy city during the past year. 'Measles takes year with the lead for the cases and mumps is a good second with 833 cases.

The record for the year, with one more day in" 1937 be recorded. Is as follows, by months: Sc'tet oT" M'tltt P'nla Tver C'sh Pox 34 March bi 5 '11 uo' 18 38 KB 283 13 31 4 2 8 18 3 a i 8 IS 30 IS 14 IS 14 8 13 10 18 2 3 1 IT S3 4 114 x-- I 170 68 14 384 215 1ST 144 14 It 83 43 832 In addition to the above there the year 15 ot 14 of tt-of 4'o culosls, 2 of scabies, 2 of fever, 2 of merjingitls, 1 of paratyphoid and 1 of r-ila, Diirjng the first 11 months the year, houses were placarded with contagious signs and the cards were removed from 1,838 houiss. were issued to 2.280 persons, the health officer 250 Inspections ot restaurants and. stores and In- were The police docket last evening showed 71. attests have been made thus far during the month of December.

Of these arrests for traf- char, Fannen of Xme" violations lead with 29 drunk ica activities the two-county area. First place awards qualify for pastor oi the First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, officiating. Private interment will be made in the Williamsport Cemetery. COVERT--Funeral services -for Mrs. Mary J.

Covert be held at the home of her son. Ralph Covert, 22iO Riverside Drvie, South I Williamsport. at 2.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev! E. Ritzman, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, of which a member, officiating. Interment will be made in Wildwood.

Friends may call at tbe''honie from 7 to 9 o'clock this' evening. services for 1547 Sherman second for silver, in tenth, bronze buttons others are honorable Winners Darwin Neal, High School, carried off honors for the -district with ooirnrst-in laying hens, a second in chick project and a fifth in average egg production per hen. Other awards for Mansfield school at which T. W. Crittenden is instructor were; Myron Husted, fifst, dairy calf; Edgar Roupp, second dairy calf; Edwin Trask, SMnH Charles- 1,.

Smith, Street, will be held at UO o'clock this afternoon, with the Rev. J. E. Law, pastor of the Redeemer Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be marie in.

Wildwood. HH1C9 aim ficui ATA.V-- KeaguN a daughter, Frances, at home; sisters. Miss Shirley Black. New York City; Mrs. Ernestine Blair, this city; and two brothers, George Black, Buffalo.

N. and L. W. Black. Jersey City, N.

J. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the home. Burial will be made in Edgewood Cemetery. Friends may call at the home from 7 to'9 o'clock this ConraOottenfelter Conrad Battcnfelter, 85, of Cogan Station R. D.

1. died at the Williamsport -Hospital early Thursday morning. There are no immediate surviving relatives. Funeral services will be held at the Spitler Funeral Home at 1.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, i the Rev. C.

F. Himes, paftor of thr Montoursville M. Church, officiating. Interment will be made in the Stoltz Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 o'clock this evening.

DECKER Funeral services for two John C. Decker, prominent business man and resident of Montgomery, will be held at the home at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, with the Rev. Albert F. Klepfer. pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which he was a council member, officiating.

Interment will be made 493 Arrests On Traffic Charges In Cily Curing Year; 368 Drunks Held 81 Pul In County Jail In December With the report for December Incomplete the Williamsport police force is shown by the dockets to have made 1,327 audits during 1937. The greatest number of arrests was in June and the smallest not counting the incomplete figures of December, was May. The largest number of anests were made for traffic violations, with drunk and The number of axiests each month for the principal were as follows: D'dtrly Ttl LVeny Drunk Cdoct Frbnurjr March April May Jul Ausuit Novrfnber ira ins 1ST 1U KQ J37 10S 71 13 10 7 3 1 15 11 19 0 Xt PT 44 RS 44 19 4 11 30 4 14 41 48 24 13 13 "ToUTiV.7T.T7T -TW 4OT The other 312 arrests were scattered over a large number of charges, the number in each not being great. For Bronchitis Coughs, Colds Acts Like a FLASH Variety Of Charges Listed On Docket For Past Month. 55 In County Prison Last Night.

There were 81 committments at the County Jail during the month December, as listed on the docket. Among the charges were those of drunken driving, assault and battery, forgery, larceny, disorderly conduct, pretense, immoral relations, violation motor codes, drunk snd disorderly, desertion and non-support snd frsudlent conversion, speeding, reckless driving, resisting offices, arson, immigration act violation and violation federal act. The population of the was In artKyi It'i on fact find- MlXTl'Rr artlns' la UM narrw of amatfn( raufti and fold pfikcrlfi 0 that pure and from harmful (tot a rtilW can Mill' dp and rovfh It rough hfard afaln-- It's wnndrrrm la walfh apiiJ. hant pfrrlnf roldi' art put out Af -buriMn KfCStlXT'Sr MUTCStC now on ai.rti--«**r mUOmr fentUM aold In cnM-vriniry ,1,1., A Banihor.prus'.--x«n._ Heavy Transfer Of Parcel Post At City Station The transfer mall clerks at the Park Hotel station have handled from 70 to 00 sacks of parcel post daily for the past three days. Some of the contents are probably delayed Christmas presents.

MnEALAtMS The answered J3 flre alarms for the month Tif De- ccihber up to midnight last night Eight district alarms, 6 still snd 3 false alarms were received. capon and broiler; David Neal, eighth, capon and broiler. Hughesville High School, Joseph Ryburn, instructor: Robert second, truck; MtClaln, ninth, corn. Knoxvill;" Chatham, WfE. Eshelman, instructor: Stuart Davis, tenth, laying hens; Stuart Davis, seventh.

average egg production per hen. Liberty Liberty High School. M. M. Grubbsrinitructor: Paul Connelly, picion, 8 for disorderly conduct.

5 for larceny, 2 for violation of the p'hotographer ordinance, 2 for and one for each of the following: violating the garbage ordinance and shoplifting. Ex-sheriff I lusted Dies Former Tioga CdUntv Official Succumbs To Heart Attack At Wellsboro. WEbbSBORO Fred S. Husted, former Tioga County sheriff, died Thursday morning at 2.45 o'clock at the Knapp Hospital in Wellsboro. He was 83.

Mr. Husted was born in Morris Run--July on -Jan. 29. 1908, married ninth, dairy calf; Ernest tenth, small fruit. Lawrenceville Jackson ship, George Derr, instructor: Adrian Garrison, seventh, dairy cows.

Clymer--Gaines, George Painter, Albert Harris, tenth. In 1918-they icmoved to Wellsboro Danley. hen Mr. Husted was elected sheriff of Tioga County. He served in this capacity until 1921.

Mrs. Husted died April 1. 1936. Mr. Husted has been employed the Wellsboro division of the instructor: dairy calf.

Ralston High School, Charles D. I ears Corning Glass Works and several the Fairview Cemetery. Funeral services for Ferris Fuller, of Cammal, who died at the Williamsport Hospital, will be held at the church at Cammal on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Foster Fuller, pastor of the Newberry Church of Christ, will officiate.

Interment will be made-lirthe adjolnlnfcemetery. MULLIGAN Funeral services for George Mulligan will be held! at the home at Port Penn. near here, 1 at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Collins E.

Hazen, pastor of the Methodist Church, will officiate and interment will be made in the Muncy Cemetery. GRIMM Funeral for Adam H. Grimm, 18 Broad Street, Montgomery, will be held at the Wallis Funeral Home. Muncy, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, with the Rjv. Ira Duvall, pastor of-the Montgomery Methodist Church, official ing.

Interment will be made in the Allenwood WEAVER Prayer service for Mrs. Aaron Weaver, Buttonwood, will be held at the home at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, with further services at the Evangelical Church, Buttonwood. The Rev. Dorr Stock, Liberty, will officiate and interment will be made in Freidens Cemettij, Liberty. Carey, instructor: Theodore Apker, eighth, bookkeeping.

Charleston Township, L. J. Hayden, instructor: George Hammond, fourteenth, dairy calf; Marion Goodwin, fifteenth, bookkeeping. Tioga High School, Sproat, weeks ago received a badge for 10 Faithful service. While at work last Thursday he was stricken with a heart attack that led to his death.

He was a member The survivors: two sons, Robert S. Husted and J. Frederick Husttd, of Wellsboro: one sister, Mrs. WnlInstructor: Richard'Hughes, thlr- ter Blair, of Spangler; and thr-e teenth, dairy calf; Wayne Burrows, TM ia 5 le 1 fifteenth, dairy cows. Mrs.

J. R. Meade, of 722 Spruce Street, reported to the police last night that a Itp robe had been stolen from her automobile, wh'le parked opposite Williamspyrt Hospital. of Washington. D.

and Raymond, of Spangler. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Evans Funeral Rev. Orrin G. Cocks, D. will officiate and burial will be in the Wells- ooro Csmetery.

Go zc tie end I let! That at 12 o'clock tonight the year 1937 will die and at 12.01 o'clock 1938 will be born. Many will rejoice because of the New Year, but why should they, as they will be a year older and in all probability the New Year will be no different than the old year? That It Is no surprise that ear muffs- have made their appearance on the streets ms there's so much being --d these days that Isn't worth hearing. That with all the hustle and bustle attendant upon celebrating Christmas, only one alarm, that of a short electric circuit on a Christmas tree, was the cause of an outdoor excursion for the local firemen. That a nuaber of have already been untrlmraed and seen -on trucks on their way to the city dump. Five words the story: "All things ihU away." TO DAY SEE tW fktt Mtfoi ftotirit tff HM of tht U.

S. Paiuy, ttkM fcy a MovlitOM itws ctiMraiMR altaN Ilii Hl-faUd Amarfeaa fctatl EvocuoHon of Nanking I Wounded and dying hiding in marshts! by bombs! U. S. Sailors bock at attacking ploim! of taking off in boots! a i I i and wounded on Hit of Hit Panay! SuiTiton a i i in Shanghai! a actually (inking! Bodto of victims biing taktn obiard S. S.

AagStto! boordtng ttit Panay! Arriral of Hit U. S. S. Oahu, rttcut thip! Bombs plants falling all around tht Ponay! a of Nanking! Tanktr ignittd by bombs! Japaacit Army-Offictrs in launch to idtn- tify Hit Ponay! NEWSPAPER! WKAK PROQRAM al Mcetii Is III Clinton Board Elects Mrs. Betts As Preside rector And Si "Chosen.

HAVEN Mr Betts, of Lock Haven chairman of the Clint Board of Assistance Than at the board's orgamzatio in ihe Court Mrs, Gertrude WhecWi port, was named tecrJ treasurer will be el administration funds Nine O'Clocken. Friday 7.30 Early 8.00 News. 8.1P Early 840 Morning Devotions. 8.46 9.00 MO Di-7t 9.4V-WPA. 10.15--LHi'an's Kitchen.

10.30 On the 11.01 Organ Melodies. Clock. 12.00-- Dance Hour. 12.15--News. 12JO--Dance Hoar.

1.00 Concert Hall. 140-- Farm News. 1.45-- Nat Bhllkret, Orch. 2.00 News. 2.15--Xsviw Cugai, Orch.

2.30 Sketches In Melody. 3.00--D*nee Matinee. 4.00--News. 4.15--W. H.

McAllister. 4.3»--Classical Interlude. 5.00 Johnny's Entertainers. 5.15-- Dance Music. 5.30 Speed Gibson.

5.45--Home Folk's Frolic. 6.00--Ne^s. 6.15--Round the Town. 6.30-- Reveries. Talk.

7.00--P»nchers. 7.15--Musical Moments, 7.30 News. 7.45--Helen Weeks. 8,00 Studio 8.15--Arthur Dsblgren. 8.30--News.

Saturday 7.30--Early Riser. 8.00--News. 8.10-- Early Riser. 8.30--Morning Devotions. 8.45--Buccaneers.

9.00--Nine O'Clockers. Music. 9.45--WPA. 10.00--News. 10.15--LI11I«"« Kitchen.

10.30 On the Mall. 11.00--New Years Program. 11.30--Steitstown String Band. 12.00--Dance Hour. 12.15--News.

12.45--Kathallne Sundberg. 1.00 Concert Halt 1.40-- Ferde Grofe. 2.00-- News. 2.15--Harry Reeser. 2.30--Sketches in Melody.

3.00--Dance Matinee. 4.00-- News. Singers. 4.30--Classical Interlude. 5.W Johnles Entertainers.

5.15--Dance Music. 549 Melodacii. 5.15 Home Folks 6.CO News. (.10 "stonnd the Town. ISO Robh-on.

7.01 W. B. 7 IS Dre-- 7.3ft News. 7.45 Dance Music, Sunday 5.3* Ave Maria Hoar. KOI News.

Lew (JO ChrlstUn 14 Sports. 7.00 Sign Off. Cily Milk Inspector riles Report Samuel A. Youngmon Presents Review Of Activities For Post Year, Disclosing Large Amount Of Involved In Position. The general public does not realize the amount of work connected -with' the milk inspector of the city.

A glance at the annual report of Samuel A. Youngman, milk inspector of Williamsport for the year 1937 willTMConvince one that he earns his salary. The" report shows that in the performance of his duties he traveled 24.000 miles in carrying out the following: 1.348 dairy farms inspected; 20 dairy farms opened; 131 dairy farms temporarily closed; 3 dairy farms puir.anently closed: a dairy farms quarantined; 278 mi)k plants inspected. There were 191 milk wagons inspected; 115 health certificates issued; 2,020 sediment tests made; ,.323 cans of milk rejected; 2.750 temperature tests run; 4 bacterlalog- ical examinations made; 14 trucks checked for sanitation; i eit anJ conviction; 419 milk licenses issued; $838 revenues colected and accounted for. REPORT GASOLINE STOLEN The police have been notified of the stealing of gasoline and caps from the tanks of cars parked in at the old rubber works: Assistance.

Effective Jan. 1, the With--tin of all relief and assistant in the county. It will 1 the administration of genJ "outdoor" cases, mothers' 1 old age and blind pensl total of more than 1.300| Tempi Mrs. Hazel Kift secretary of the Mothers 1 Board, was appointed director and E. S.

Sher gency relief director, v. county supervisor. All ofl staff members will bl under the new set-up. Thl ments, however, are tl pending examinations for) tions to be given in Wil Jan. 8 and 15.

All members of the nJ as appointed by Goverl Dec. 20. attended the meet! are: Mrs.xBetts, Dr. J. L.

Lock Haven; Mrs. Editl, and George Betts, Avid Morris, Loganton; Mrs. WM Edward P. Jones. Rend Jones and Mr.

Belts ar licans; the others are Mrs. Betts. retiring the board of trustees of era' Assistance BnarH pr the session. EJlis Shrine Cll Fresii West Branch Organ Elects Officers--Pi Dance At The lj On Thursday, Jonj Members of the WeJ Shrine Club met last elected" nomir month. Dr M.

C. L. Ellis the presidency of the clj fourth consecutive in charge, of the meeting.l Plans were made for be held at The Lycnmtng day. a 13. The three vice president! Good, Harry C.

Krei Grover--P. Miller the sick committee. Group singing was. cnicj social time that followed! freshments and entertainij nlshed. Other officers elected, president and vice secretary.

Stanley S. SmiT urer. Henry A. Charles K. Deer.

Joseph Ben C. Bowman, Loui? and Walter Cole. Willlciiiiftpoit'ft Newest TheaUes Sooop The Town luu Monday! TuescU Df ABDlltON It; OCB KBGvUUt DO NOT BE MISLED BY CARELESS ADYERTKINB. THIS IS NOT A 2 MINUTE NEWSREEL STRIP. BUT A II MJNUiE EDUCATION FOR EVERY AMERICAN! WILL NOT BE SHOWN IN ANY OTHER LOCAL THM.TREl id II 0 AN ALLEY'S OWN AS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THEDfcCKOf SiRICiT EN PANAY! v--r 1 1 5- Vi PHOTCXSRAPHED FORE AND AS IT SAM AFTER THE BOMBING NOT JUST ODDS AM ENDS!.