Williamsport Sun-Gazette from Williamsport, Pennsylvania • Page 2

2 od Imll.tU, rt. Wcd-tUty Mormiif, Jmlf 19. 1944 HACK QUESTION CAUSks Condition of WORRY FOR DRAi-TKRS OF DEMOCRATIC FUTFORM OPA Rent Survey Takes in Three Additional Towns Man Sbuck by Train Serious a oigamtation before the Platform Committee, au a group ti of the A embittered Southerners to df i a with' 1 to oppose declaring CHICAdO The quei DCKtori remained uncertain lioti. spark of the ly thjs i i of the of in- volt in the Democratic de- that i Shirm, night as the most tewed i the i ac- problem in fronting i when his truck was the party plstfoim as by a Reading Railroad pM- I joined in demand! for a stntfer train at the -Strebeigh Lane strong declaration on the racial is- i a trowing but his condition continued to be serious. Philip Murray prendrnt of the port Hospital authorities iald i 1 i a i and ons i SUmi Middleburg an 1 equality Ciod America a de t-lired, if war is wun 'I uesday by the i of Trice Administration area rent di rector, of the Willismspori A i iatd a i ques lonnaires i i -through the co-opcraUun and (acili lies of industrial plants in Milton a Lewisburtf and i i i a i numerous cases 1 overseas we should i ourselves here into a terrifying war 1 of hatred lie said the a should not avoid a declaration on raual.

religious Or minority questions It should MRMiay alto of the poll levied in several Southern vv joined in paving more rent than Mr Shirm son of Postmaster and Mrs Jewett Shirm of Mon was thrown a few feet clear of the demolished truck which rolled over spvrral and landed on the north bank of the railroad right-of way about 30 feet west of the crossing A Montourgvillr physician was called to the scene and the injured man was removed to the hospital Truck Body Lh1 with top sot almoft seveced Apparently the locome- tive struck the truck, in the cen- (..,,,,,, mtv position' by otheV" wTtneaWs' on right side The steel IheJ.Mdlordx rpgi.tmion Richard Morford of New 1 also rrunv cases of fail Uie to register, failure changes tenancy, and tu maintain services and equipment included in the rent He reported that 108 violations the rent regulations were d'i- clised in the similar survey com- ploted June 30 Danville More than 4000 additional questionnaires' were distributed this Meek to employees of industrial the three towns added to the survey, according to Tuesday P.A. statement, Recalls Alaiuein In Intensity (Continued from First Page Vaucelles on the south side of the Orne opposite Gaen and strong armored and mobile forces spreading out into the Caen plain-open, ideal tank fjfhtmg country east of the city, seven to ten miles wade and attending 20-mile4 southeastward all the way to Falaise Within the -space of two starting at 5 43 a 8000 tons of high explosives cascaded upon the German rlpfprise Accented Press correspondent Roger Greene wrote from the Caen front A witness of the spectacular ajr bombardment, Greene said the assault carried deep into the enettiy On American front the break -in the -battle for St Lo. the hardest for the Americans since their on the Normandy beaches, Germans began trying to pull awty Assocnted Press correspondent Don Whitehead wrote from the rubbled i last i The first American troops outskirts of the town at 10 and last night York read was editor scan, he said 8nd was of a statement by Jennmgs 1 the Nashville Tennes-, tn )L. asking for a party pledge north tfte that Congress 'exert its full constitutional power" to protect the right to vote Permanent F.C. Witnesses for Negro organizations claiming memberihip of 6 500,000 the committee Mon- dajr for a pirty declaration for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee (F and anti lynching and anti-poll tax legislation One spokesman suggested use of troops if necessary, to give Negroes the opportunity to vote The Hepubhcunj wrote into their platform a plank calling for a permanent aticTfor anti- lynchmg and anti-poll tax legislation No diMensiorr rud itself to trouble the Democrats on the fore.gn plank, but the platform framers had-- this big question to "What ihall we say on the race Issue''" -On the answer will rest the measure of party solidarity in the cam- paigu months ahead Tfie problem is to find Janguage satisfying elements the, party demanding a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee and anti-lynch.

anti legislation and at the time to mollify a group of Southern Democrats who oppose these things and demand a states rights declaration train was traveling went toward Williarnsport and Mr Shirm driving north Mr Shirm who has been In the truektng buEinets for several years. was hauling soil on a Self-employed' basis from the Lycomink Silica Sand plant to Wilhamsport The tram was, delayed for more than a half hour because of damage to the air system The engine was covered with dirt A man in fifth, coach from the engine said he felt the shock and heard the loud crash when the train struck the truck, Officials jund employes from th International Furniture Company plant, which j4 adjacent to the north side of the railroad rushed to the to put ti. up all your paper and it on curb for collectors. Trucks will eovw WillkuMpavt, South Wllli-. DuBoiitown, Faxon, and TUusvtlle Area of Oil Boom Officials Check MONTGOMERY AIDED OnfireHirods BY HEAVY BOMB: LONDON Al led a i fort bomneri mt i huilod 1500 br dgr ci The i of ruv bomberi and nl medium nt Ifjiy MI I i a a i in a bomben i i i i Slrett a i i port of Gen Sir Bernard I.

109s i a haurd for Sflme I gomery rxw Orne River break- a i due to its i to lev- I through in a yesterday i a i and eral busmeu haa been con- I the greatest display of i damaged 14 curtailed and the 1 it since Day The blafted planen at tha intLstence of German positions over a 75 njuaie '1 he i i Michael a and i area i more than 8000 was rwj rig i i a investigator. Captain Lloyd tons of exploding steel Smith i Germany Itself was not neglect night Cellarways and basements of ed More than 1,000 Amer can ton buimeu blocks are reported to be a bombers smarted over the i considerably better condition at Reii-h both from Britam and I a a i (Mi present than they have i i production ce item for 1( i a for a number years Investiga- robot and regulation air- tioru of various from a basements to roof are made a i Italian-based heavies of the by a a i i and reports of Mediterranean A i a i forte their condition reported to Fite streaked into njuthein Germany Chief Clark a attacked aircraft factory and owners of bun at Friederichihofen and an airfield nesi places are co operating i at Memmingen, some 40 miles to the fire department in the interest the northeast Simultaneously of fire Score Gains on PolishFront 'Continued from First Page) Romanian beaches on the Black Sea 1,900 Taken Nearly 1000 new villages were overrun by the Rus- ever indication of settling down sians, 800 of them the new drive to 5 to 10 barrels a day on Lwow, and between that city) Gas well drillings are equally TITUSVILLE fAP)--This Pennsylvania district it bulling with talk of a new oil boom in (the lands which the oilmen of and productive west, midwest and south have long regarded as old and womout. Reason for the speculation it the advent of Northern Ordnance Incorporated of Minneapolis into the Pennsylvania grade oil field Already the company started 50 wells and has announced the intention of sinking 1 500 The blg- geat power plant in the district has been started and of roads have been built In a 15-mile ride from TitusviUe to Grand Valley one sees more rigs on both sides of the highway than have been seen in recent years the entire county There" are 30 or 40 of drillers' tools busy now in the Goodwill Hill area near Grand Valley Some of the new holes have been Rood one actually flowing otl and captured Kowel, 95 the north With to productive One reported last week open flow cauge of 2000000 cubic per- day of the boom of the 1 SCO's when the wells really gushed their black gold drillers have come in from all parts of the country There are men from the Bradford, Pa field, from Oklahoma, Illinois and Michigan Nevertheless operations have been handicapped by a shortage of manpower The mail behineV Northern Ordnance is John of Minneapolis, one of the country's outstanding engineers and m- ventois- As oWner of rsorifieriv Pump Co he received numerous citations from the Army and Navy for his work in producing precision equipment. Hawley has experimented oil drillings in other states but his heretofore, have been of wtldeattmg-- nature. lirst time his company has purchased a known producing field There is still prenty of oil in the Pennsylvania ground and'many men know almost to the foot out of a one-inch pipe now to et lt out in irMirahnn heavy support of These were other platform developments.

1 I leaders Philip Murray Sidney Hillman submitted to the committee the program adopted I Sunday after a three-month lull in the Tidioute region made an solve it paying quantities has been the problem It is a problem for an engineer and Hawley evidently is out to massed Runs and clouds of warplanes the First Ukrainian Army went over to the offensive last came sxiddenlv Uu morning as the by the Political Action Committee Un that front, and "broke throufih rt month, calllng ttll pOgtwar ong echeloned' Axis ternational cooperation reconver defenses steps to assure full employ- Lwow was threatened by one raent, abolition of the pell tax and i sened a a protection of minority William Green American Federation marched in i through the of Labor president, trrgrd repeal of the main town itself I of the Smith-Connally Anti-Strike The Germans still had not i Law. WNterWad wrote and explosions 2 organizations called I Moscow'said continued to roar through the, a plank declaring that the war Marshal Ivan Konev whote To jo Replaced ip Sweeping Shakeup (Continued from First Page) lowing in the highest lev- Federal Sdldier Ballot Scored (Continued from First Page) i men to vote air fleet of a across Germany to BatWc. toast and two expenmen Explosion Costs Lives of 350 (Continued from Page) with a thunder that shook the hills Destroyed Navy were flattened Wires marsh grass Argentan A great fighter owiti where flying bombs are developed In addition the British-baaed air armada slashed at objectives Kiel area and elsewhere in north Germany Furious opposition was encountered over Germany--the most concentrated since July 7 Normantty-bajed American Mustangs and Thunderbolts accounted for 31 ME-lOQs in a patrol sweep 22 miles on the north-northeast, by a second group which took Busk. J5 northeast and by a i which captured rTOy command were made Time this campaign of deceit around 11300000 Proper BorUkov, 27 on the east I 'labeled and exposed 1 He added Lty in. Port Chicago Tojo was suc ieded as staff chief that I decline to connive seve ral neighboring everything was borne to earth The pier from which loading were being carried on simply dis appeared.

Two small coast guard were crushed and live coast guardsmen an missing Emergency calls brought doctors and nurses from everywhere in the bay area Ice wagons were turned Into ambulances Operating rooms were wherever facilities could be established. Hospitals were jammed, their i crowded Afa Red Crew receiving jstation the steps were drenched blood from Sacn For The great were witnessed by Jack McDowell of the San Francisco Call-Bulletins st-aff He at Orinda, 20 miles from Port Chicago. 'There was a blinding flash that literally filled the sky with flame he said. It was followed by other flashes of less intensity and then dull very odd, orangeish glow that seemed to hang on sky for as long as 10 or men jf all went black Fifty miles away, the seismograph of Santa Clara University register ed the blast for two Unquestionably no trace whatever will be found of most of thoie who perished in the disaster In the instant of the explosions they simply ceased to be Monetary Lv neavj Monetary km win run into many millions of dollars The big Victory ships, of the cla-ss of the Quinault. around $3 000000 to build and The and that i was sma ller Liberty of the Bryan tie ensued when eight Mustangs met 100 Nan fighters American Lightning fighter- AU ill -M onev i ent veteran it a citnen to whom the.

Second a i A last Sprina and artillery shells crashed along nat.rm owes a debt of gratitude smashed into Romania is directing the American line of march which can be paid, only partially the, Army, the order of the Mrs. J. Ward Tate hitn hia-widow disclosed. He replaced (orphan and other dependents a a Gregory who pletajrederal protection I last had a command In by tB-i'ear-old General ffoup advocating use of bsl- Umeiu, hitherto commander milot jt of Jgpan army Manchuria I counted which could not be and 'ambassador to Manchukuo' -real ruler of that puppet Terming the state war ballot law In the Manchurian potts Umeiui Democratic by Generil Otozo s.mpllcity adopted a i of the "a model of governor said it One Navy officer atked about the of life told reporters whn inquired about condition of MILESBURG i a funeral services for Mrs Margaret Tate. tion a 4 lca houl1 lts 1 weight! died Thursday, July 13, 1044, idea of frw a at he- home, were held at the trammeled mterchanRe of Memorial Chapel at Miles- among nations John loading to go down there--or i 3 "The platform drafters were, the area YamBd i inspector null- was' a to fit precisely bqut a down there by twb spokesmen of the na- a of Nikolai Urjr Two of the federal law i Two ld 2 2SO a to declare a Amer- a i i a round robin Field a th distribution" of state war Marshal Gen Sugiyama was named to succeed Yamada Suigyama had I The federal a i i i been chief of staff i shaken I men to presidential elec anJ 1 sa the new offen a 7 "plo-snns "none of a ome yet The Army pe tank them of poudent of had lived in Salona for the last 25 he American Society of Newie a where she was an active paper Editors, and Ralph McGill member of the Methodist Church, editor of the Atlanta Constitution Surviving are her husband, three, and representative of a committee Mrs Harry McElwaln.

Un- of newspaper edilori, said the free lonvLlle, Mi-a A Wagner. Uppt, nv wgul(1 efsen and Mrs, Marion Fred- 'chance of future wars ind increase er.cks, Philadelphia The Rev the hkebhood of A LiWsori Meihadul pastor 4 A declaration for statehood conducted the services' and for Hawaii the earlie.lt possible v.aj assisted by the Rev John moment' requested by William Sanderson, of Wiiiiamiport former chairman of the Hawaiian pastor Interment was made in the delegation to the convention In a command upheaval last and members of Congrss i treated water to Tojo added in'th the Grm 'TM these army in the south. 1 Another, Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar ace German i i a analyst, said 1 Germany would to even the last resources and en-1 York ballot lists all federal ern Contra Costa an state and local offices emergency i i supply The said more than 1308001 explosions had crippled i 1 i for th ergiftT Sbviet avalanche Gata it stop the i state Approximately i 100,000 New Yorkers are in armed forces The Nwrtfe There was no indication in TUBS- pUn was simple and appealed to pp ballot in seven cfties GOJS of Rockville mmandins officer at the magazine, commented wa have ne, for giving more i swept onward through 0 towns and villages They (lay's broadcasts that Tojo had lost any portion of great power Umeru, powerful Japanese mill- New Union Cemetery near Union- ie period of Summer know dog days was named by an- ents pertaining to the nstng a i The American Farm Bureau from Poland in and Federation of the original sponsors of present A crop adjustment, program, called M1(a44t 2S 1 1 Stnkrn I 1 Soviet fighter were strafing la.t home of miral The changei announced of service men to advise them not to be deceived as to right to vote" All that is necessary, he explained. Is to send a post card Or any other cause of the explosion as there no survivors tq give evidence of what happened are THE MAN bEHINu iHh HO The mm behind the hoe backs up the man! hind the gun, By, more fresh foods for onr fighting men and allies. Making more freight- epace axailable for war weapons.

That 1 why it important not In nrglr your Victory pyrden. It is up to to victorious Isattle weeds anrd VT up goo fight and keep your Victory garden growing! Hill vt low, prewar prliit Don't hacawM It IAMSPORI WATER CO after Nan- had replaced Ad- Shimada as navy thu change wai in- rereive a full ballot' The Republican presidential nom( inee conferred with Connecticut state Three Arrest for Cray's Run Cottage city men placed un- rifle, a roarter, an alarm clock, -i arrest TueKlfy afternoon after partly filled oil drum. Three of they were picked up for having oil. and a rim All the ar- broken Into and ransacked a cot-1 recovered from lage belonging to Moore at of the men Gray's Run on July 2 and 3 Police gave the names of the Police were notified by Mr Moore of the cabin entrance a i I lit 1J1 I HL --------men, who were placed, in the morning and the party of described by ntighbor- Hall lock-up Tuesday night Cart Butts 1114 Walter Dagitz Franklin Street WKm men, thr children and Clyde Avenue They uill be arraigned Alderman Edwards this morning, a i to Lyell two who 1032 Memorial, TM the the three police traced the men to their of work and put them under arrest -after an afternoon of questioning during which tigned of their guarding the roads to WarMW. th, Znft a rted trrJoK.

rf i monm sea ana air oatiie east or Of Marshal Rokos- sovsk tne tured ISO durjng the and than 17 miles from the Bug River frontier established after 1930 partition of Poland Litovrtt. where the man.Runo peace was signed In the First World War. also was immediately threatened -by men attacking from the north and east, and the new offensive by Marthal Konev menaced Brect Lj- tovsk from the southeast last were reported within 43 of the near the Pripyat River above KoweL NAZI ESCAPES NORTH EAST fAP) Military and police joined in a search for Heinx 23, Genun war prisoner, who escaped from the prison camp near here early yesterday said Oolta was first to escape since the, camp was set up to help can tha fruit crop in the area the and the loas of ilarid in the to Americans Shimada had Chref of the naval staff during the Feb 21 and that pout. very a of November Last night, engagement with Rep Wadsworth (R, JULY OFF SPECIALS CALIFORNIA COLD AYES pm Small fire in rear seat of an parked on West Fourth Street near Elmira Local tirll Service fattett Selling $1500 Votw. Street Extinguished by firt com-1 announced Tuesday that the gov pany No 2 with Indian pump I eminent ii in need of telephone Owner of car unknown Trie taxation of the operators in Washington, and that applications for such jobs will be accepted at tha, office ifi the Post'Office Building now Community Trade dLl-l Mrs.

E. Dyshel. Civil Service rtcmt national legislation' announced that ap- at a meeting fn A must 18 years of age afternoon. i and that would be presided. I immediate.

If you will not hear; reason, Spangle, county detective who operated i City Detective Earl Shirk and 5Ttate Police Cpl t. .1. Mochreiter in making th, arresu 1 itol your Th. trio told police uprm U-d 1M I B.nJ.min Franklin. 1757 i i Tuesday afternoon a they h-rt i i at the site nf the cabin July 2 and had returned to break 'n Oofl FotfCf Mr, Moore and the three arrest agreed Vhat the articles a pieces of ran nrd foods, a special Winchester Mill hiur fwtwy, iftf A ly RESIHOL ECONOMY DAY On ErtTT Artlclt In tht ICV11 JOHNSON SHOE jjow Lo pamper a a He ulir Out.

Alt of ia. if -I Mt GM tiM a Ml CLICQUOT CLUB CcMftlr Mir I 4441 k. Cold Wave 7 50 $20.00 Cold si A Wavelv COLD VICTORIA Regular $5.00 Oil Permanent Vfonii Pkhm laHuty COLO PERMANEMT WAVE BEAUTY BAR I 4 St A o.iRArats 9 9 5 3 Pie.