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WE DO OUR PART Founded 1831 VoLCIV No. 133 20 PAGES ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1934 Dally except 8unday. Entered Becond Clue Matter at the Poet Olf lee at Barrleburg SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS Two Are Injured as Trolley Hits Highway Scraper jUfebArebAU laUoiuvJ WjM UoiiMl MOTORMAN, OF MACHINE INJURED IN LUCKNOW CRASH Rockville Street Car Hits Scraper; Three Passengers Are Unhurt; Car Man Pinned in Wreck A Rockville street car crashed into a road scraper In North Sixth street, near Lucknow this morning. The motorman and the operator of the machine were injured. They are: Harvey B.

Wheeler, 64, 240 North Fourteenth street, Harrisburg Railways motorman, who suffered cuts and bruises of both knees and injury to tendons of the left knee. J. Boyd 26, Dillsburg, State Highway Department operator of the scraper, fracture of left knee, cuts and bruises of both hands. The scraper and the front of the street car were badly damaged. Pinned in Wreckage Wheeler was pinned in the trol PWA TO SPEND $1,640,976 AT MIDDLETOWN Air Depot to Be Eastern Storage and Repair Center Washington, June 5, The Public Works Administration was advised today the War Department had awarded contract for construction of a shop and hangars at the Middletown, Pennsylvania, air depot.

The depot will be the eastern repair and storage center for all War Department aeronautics operations. New construction, reconditioning and improvements will require expenditure of $1,640,976 of Public Works funds. THIEF USES CIRCUS STUNT TO GET LOOT Scaling a board, which he had placed against a second story rear window, a thief early today entered the home of John Machan, 1334 Cowden street, and stole three dresses valued at $7. In his haste to leave the house, the thief stumbled over occuahts of the house, who were sleeping in the front room of the first floor, Machan said. Aroused by the noise, they frightened, him away.

Machan reorted the theft to City Patrolmen Albert Duvall and C. A. McCarthy. TWO OF FAMOUS SEXTUPLETS ALIVE Bv Associated Press Buffalo, N. June 5.

The five Dionne babies of Corbeil, have revived memories in western New York of the "Bushnell sextuplets," four girls and two boys, born in 1869. They were the children of Mr. and Mrs. James Bushnell, and were born while the family lived in Chicago. Shortly after their birth the parents came to Buffalo and later they lived at Lockport and then at Albion, N.

Y. At least two of sextet still are living in western New York. EINSTEIrTS NEW BOOK Paris, June 5, (JP) Professor Albert Einstein, who found a haven in the United States after his exile from Nazi, Germany, charged to day that America's war debt policy made her "an accomplice in the ruin of political morality and the cultivation of a revenge spirit encouraged by despair." In his new book, "How I see the world," the scientist said "America Is not innocent of Europe's misery." GRADUATION SUPPLEMENT TH Telegraph newspapers present with the Evening leiegrapn loaay ineir an i nual 48 page Commencement supplement. It contains individual pictures of the 891 graduates of City, Steelton and West Shore senior high and preparatory schools: nineteen group pictures the promotion sections of the Camp Curtin and Edison Junior High schools; 1600 paragraph sketches of the senior and Junior high pupils to be graduated or promoted; columns of details about commencements, reviews of school activities, sports records and other Interesting news. OPERATOR ley was extricated by J.

E. Putt, 1815 Herr street, one of the three passengers on the street car. Putt and two other men on the trolley were unhurt. The scraper was being used on an intersection and as the operator of the seven ton machine drove it to the trolley track to turn the machine the street car hit it, pushing it about forty feet. Earl Parthemore, Colonial Park, another State Highway employe took the injured men to the Poly clinic Hospital.

R. L. Nilster, Harrisburg, R. D. 4, foreman of the Highway crew, said the scraper is owned by H.

W. Shaull, Mechanicsburg, and was leased for the work. CONFEDERATE LINE OF GRAY THINNING; 7890 ARE LIVING Annual Reunion of Rebel Forces Under Way in Chattanooga By Associated Press Chattanooga, June 5. The thin ranks of sturdy men in gray who fought for their cause in the sixties had grown thinner as they carried the weight of another year upon bending military shoulders in the Confederate reunion here today. Sons of Confederate veterans, meeting simultaneously, reported the total number of veterans on Confederate pension rolls in the thirteen pension paying southern states was 7494, the number of Confederate veterans in Confederate homes maintained by the same states was 396, and the total veterans on pension rolls and in Confederate homes was 7890.

The loss from rolls by death and other causes during the past year was 2104 or approximately 21 per cent. BELLEFONTE WOMAN AMONG FIVE DEAD IN TENNESSEE CRASH Bv Associated Press Johnson City. June 5. Two automobiles collided head on eight miles east of here yesterday killing five persons and seriously injuring two others. The dead were identified as Mr.

and Mrs. Cornelius Musser and Mrs. Frank Keller, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, 65, of Johnson City, and Mrs. Hunter Hann, 44, of Bristol, Tenn.

The injured were Miss Audrey Keller, 22, and Miss Katherine Kel ler, 25, identified as daughters of Mrs. Keller. Physicians held little hope for recovery of the younger girl. GUN INVENTOR DIES New Haven, June 5, (JP) Thomas C. Johnson, 72, of this city, nationally known as an inventor of firearms, died today after a short illness.

For the past fifty years he was employed by the Winchester Arms Company. He was born in Bridgeport and was graduated from Yale in 1884. PORK CHOP'S I WHEN HE RETURNS TO FINISH HIS DINNER By Associated Press New York, June 5. Leo Unton was headed for the last pork chop. As his fork moved toward the platter at the evening meal last night, a guttural noise came from deep down in the throat of Alex Ulinsky, a fellow boarder.

"Get your fork away from that victual," warned Ulnisky. "I have had no pork chop as yet." "That," remarked Unton as his fork sank into the lean loin, "is too bad." Ulinsky sizzled. "You heard me, Unton; I have had no pork chop. Do you understand? No teensy weensy bit of pork chop. Yet you have the effrontery to snatch the last piece of pig from under my very nose: I re sent that." "Go ahead and resent it," said Unton, unconcerned.

$525,000,000 DROUGHT RELIEF PROGRAM RUSHED Congress in Accord With President; Plan Early Action on Bill 1 By Associated Press Washington, June 5. President Roosevelt outlined a $525,000,000 emergency drought relief program today to Congressional leaders and it was agreed to rush it through be for the approaching end of this session. The Congressional leaders were in agreement that little time would be required to put through the urgent appropriation. The President outlined the situation to more than 50 members of the Senate and House from the drought states who gathered in the Executive Office. Studies of conditions have progressed very rapidly through the Department of Agriculture and emergency relief organizations and wil be continued," said Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, as he emerged.

"Before the end of the session a message recommending appropriations of approximately $500,000,000 to be used by existing machinery, in providing relief for stock and human beings will be sent to Congress by the President. "It is thought likely a separate bill will be the best means of securing the legislation but it may be attached to the pending deficiency appropriation bill. "The legislation will not require much time in either house, and probably will be acted upon just before the end of the session so that intervening time may be used in obtaining further information and in formulating plans. Condi tions are constantly changing and no delay will result." SAYS MEYERS WILL SUPPORT TICKET By Associated Press Warren Van Dyke, Democratic State chairman, says Meridith Meyers, director of the primary campaign of a slate opposed to the candidates picked by the State committee, will support the party's nominees in the general election. "Party principles rate first with me; individuals and candidates," Van Dyke says the Lewistown pub lisher wrote in a letter, received at State headquarters.

The State chairman said last night he invited Meyers to confer with him on the fall campaign. Meyers was State chairman of the campaign of the independents who lost to a ticket, headed by Joseph F. Gufley lor United States Sena tor and George H. Earle for gover nor in the balloting last month. "NO TELLS MOTHER, DIES By Associated Press new xoric, June 5.

"I ain't no shnitch," murmured thirteen year old Meyer Geller, and died. He had come home from school yesterday and said to his mother: "A big boy hit me on the head. He was fighting. I feel awful sick." She asked him who the big boy was. He answered: "Aw, mom, I can't tell you; honest can't.

I ain't no snitch." He died like that. increlsHnIbuilding Increased building operations in more than half of 72 Pennsylvania municipalities with a population over 10,000 persons is reported by the State Department of Labor and Industry for the month of April. COLD "Things are too quiet around here," cried Ulinsky, jumping up and producing a pistol. Unton immediately lost all interest in fried pig and concerned himself with the propositoin of putting territory between himself and the chopless Ulinsky. He ran into the kitchen and slammed the door.

Ulinsky's pistol popped four times. One bullet, ploughing through the door, put a minor crease in Unton's cheek. There was much running about and calling of police. Outstanding among the mnners about was Ulinsky. He lammed out of the place and down the street where, three hours later the police found him.

They took him away for felonious assault. During the hubbub, the pork chop a bone of contentoin, one might call it got cold. CITY HALL CLOSES AS TRIBUTE TO UNOFFICIAL Last Rites Held For Late Harry A. Sherk, Highway Bureau Director Many friends and associates attended the funeral of City Highway Director H. A.

Sherk, at his late residence, 1325 State street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Ma sonic burial was in the Shoop's Church Cemetery, east of Progress. The Rev. A. S.

Lehman, pastor of the Derry Street United Brethren Church, officiated at the services. City Council met today it regular meeting day and adjourned immediately until tomorrow as a tribute to Mr. Sherk. Resolutions on his death were adopted at a special council session yesterday. All City Hall offices closed at noon to permit city employes and associates to attend the funeral.

Council appeared at the Sherk residence in a group. The Sherk residence today was banked with flowers, tributes by the scores being sent from many friends. MEAN THIL TAKES AUTO BATTERY AND LOOSENS REAR WHEEL Police today were searching for a thief who stole a battery from an automobile owned by Leroy Hart well, which had been parked in a vacant lot at Fourth and Hamilton streets. Hartwell discovered' the theft of the battery last night, added the thief also loosened a nut on the left rear wheel. The wheel dropped from the machine as Hart well was driving it near his home.

WIN TOURNEY In the annual caddie driving tournament at the Blue Ridge Country Club, yesterday, there were fifty entries. The three winners were R. Parker, D. Doener and E. Hahn all of Harrisburg.

They were presented with prizes by Craig Dougherty. 1 Queer Quips and Quirks of Fate GOT AN EYEFUL Oakland, Calif. William Biehl, 68, winked and a flattened .38 cali ber bullet came out of his right eye. Physicians' looked up Biehl's hospital record and learned he had been treated for an accidental bullet wound three years' ago. The bullet was not found at the time.

HAD AN EARFUL Bend, Ore. Larry Shattuck, 13, was confident he had lost all his baby teeth many years ago, but a physician convinced him he hadn't, producing a baby tooth from the boy's ear for proof. It is believed the tooth was in the ear for six or seven years. THIEVES NO CONNOISSEURS Rockford, 111. Thieves, ransack ing the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Day, ignored paintings, silver and other heirlooms valued at many thousands of dollars. The 'treasures once belonged to Sir Francis Drake and the Duke of Richmond. Dia monds and some silver pieces worth $15,000 were stolen; Mr. and Mrs.

Day agreed the bur glars missed the best. PUPPY FOOD Tucson, Ariz. C. T. Reddington's petition for the Democratic nomination for state representative went to the dogs.

Almost completed, it fell among a litter or hungry puppies which proceeded to have breakfast. Now Reddington must start collecting signatures all over again. NO PLACE LIKE HOME NOW Philadelphia "I'd like very much to go to jail if you don't mind," said Jack Smith as he stepped up to the Police Sergeant Kelly. "I'm one of the guys you're looking for in that $17,000 mail truck holdup in Conshohocken last week." At the police station Smith changed his mind. "My wife got mad at me, and I decided I'd rather be in Jail," he explained.

The magistrate decided he should be, fixing bail at $5000 for further hearing. BLIND MAN IS LEADER Atlanta A blind man was the only student to graduate "with honor" in Georgia Tech's depart ment of general science. Clifford M.J Wichter, blind since infancy, had been an outstanding student since entering the institute four years ago and last April was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship cup for attaining the highest average among seniors. Two Injured 'ji Two men were hurt this morning in this street car road scraper Lucknow. Three trolley passengers escaped Injury.

LIQUOR DRINKING AT OLD LEVELS, BEER, ALE LESS $25,000,000 Monthly Rolls Into Treasury From Federal Tax Washington, June 5. Half a year of repeal has found the drinkers of America putting away Just about as much legal hard stuff as before prohibition. But the taste for legal beer and ale is less than half the old time average of 1,800,000,000 to 2,000, 000,000 gallons a year. So the tax figures indicated the statistics do not reckon the bootleg supply, which officials have declared to be still enormous. Repeal, six months old today, is paying the Federal Government taxes of around $25,000,000 monthly, or four to five million more than lower rates returned before prohibition.

Revised Treasury tax figures indicate hard liquor withdrawn for consumption totaled about 6,500,000 gallons a month or 78,000,000 a year, should the rate be maintained. For ten years before prohibition, the average consumption ranged from 64,500,000 to 96,000, 000 gallons. Beer consumption has been aver again 2,350,000 barrels a month, a ratelikely to Increase this summer. This would amount to 28, 200,000 barrels' a year, against a 1017 consumption of 60,790,000 barrels. DR.

GARWOOD TAKES PITTSBURG POST Dr. Clyde H. Garwood, former school superintendent of Harrisburg who recently resigned'a similar posi tion in Bloomsburg, has been appointed to an administrative position in the Pittsburgh school district. Dr. Garwood was assistant superintendent in Pittsburgh before taking the superintendency in Harrisburg.

RUBBER WORKERS STRIKE Mansfield, Ohio, June 5, (IP) A strike of rubber workers at the Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company was ended last night with the announcement of H. F. Sullivan, secretary of the Mansfield local, united rubber workers, that wage adjustments had been made. COOKING EXPERTS GREETED BY LARGE CROWDS AT SCHOOL In the number of dishes prepared, the practical value of the demon strations and the general richness of the program offered, the Telegraph's New and Different Cooking School, which opened this aft ernoon bids fair to surpass any thing in this line ever offered to the home makers of Central Penn sylvania. Miss Ruth Chambers cooking ex pert of the National Live Stock and eat Board who conduct tne in Trolley Road GOVERNOR NAMES WOMAN TO BENCH; SECOND IN STATE Pennsylvania today obtained its second woman judge through the appointment by Governor Pinchot of Mrs.

Lois Downs MoBride, Pittsburgh, as Judge of the Allegheny County Court. Several years ago Governor Fisher appointed Judge Sara M. Soffel to the Allegheny County Court Bench. Governor Pinchot today also appointed Joseph A. Richardson of Pittsburgh as.

Judge of Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge Sylvester J. Snee. The Allegheny County Court corresponds to the municipal court of Philadelphia. COMB HIGHWAYS FOR GUNMAN WHO KILIB SHERIFF Same Quartet Also Wounded Policeman Near Scottsburg, Ind. By Associated Press Scottsburg, June 5.

Peace officers of several southern Indiana counties combed highways early to day in search of four gunmen who shot and fatally wounded Harold Amick, a deputy sheriff, near Un derwood, five miles south of here, last night. A short time four men believed to be the same group critically wounded John Pfaffen berger, Seymour policeman, in an exchange of shots at Seymour. WHO SAID Kittannlng, June 5, (JP) Great gorges of ice piled on the Allegheny river banks by the severe cold wave of last winter are withstanding the heat. Citizens frolicked in the ice field this week, digging chunks out of the Jam. The gorge was left on the bank of the river near Temple ton and Sarah Furnace.

250 WEST POINT CADETS West Point, N. June 5, (JP Two hundred and fifty cadets from forty four states, three territories and one foreign country will be graduated from the United States Military Academy June 12. school, has as her assistant Miss Conklin a young woman who is a vertiable artist in arranging and garnishing the dishes for display. Varied Program With two such experts in charge, the Telegraph's Cooking School Is able to offer a much more interesting and varied program than most cooking schools can boast. Each session will xsee the preparation of Page H) Scraper Crash crash in North Sixth street near LIVE STEAM USED TO ROUT ARMED NASHVILLE TRIO Prison Guard Held Hostage by the Prisoners as By Press Nashville, June 5.

Three long term prisoners surrendered to prison authorities today after two of them had disarmed a guard, and with the third convict barricaded themselves in the east wing of the state penitentiary and defied efforts to take them for more than seven hours. Prison attaches said the men were Carl Pentecost, Lonnie Taylor and J. Raines. Taylor participated in a prison break here last year, and was given a long term sentence in connection with the slaying of a prison trusty. C.

Smith, prison guard who was held captive, was overpowered shortly before midnight when he was placing 100 long term convicts in the cells. 4 At the time, he was holding both his own pistol and that of Oliver Spurlock, another guard who was assisting in checking in the prisoners. Smith was heard to scream when he was attacked and it was feared he had been injured as he was whisked into the barricade in the heart of the east wing. Live steam was turned into an air channel under the prison floor to avert any attempt at escape that way. Prison officials expressed fear that the barricaded pair might have obtained keys and liberated some of their 500 fellow prisoners confined in the wing.

They said as far as they had been able to ascertain, the prisoners obtained pistols by seizing two guards, one of whom they believed to have been wounded in the encounter and taken into the barricade as a captive. MODEL LAWT0R OLD AGE PENSIONS AIM Hazleton, June 5. Enactment of a model old age pension law in the State and Nation has become one of the objective of the fraternal Order of Eagles of Pennsylvania. Determination to advance such legislation was voiced by officers of the order at opening of the Eagles' State Convention yesterday. Approval of President Roosevelt's recovery policies Was also expressed by the officers in addresses that opened the annual sessions.

A slate of officers headed by James H. Au men, of Gettysburg, for president was elected. A parade was scheduled for to day. parkeITdavis DIES Easton, June 5, (AP). Parke H.

Davis, football pioneer, coach, and years nationally recognised statistician of the game died today at his home here. CAN'T FIRE THE COOK Woman "Doe your husband kick about the meals?" Other Bridge Player (mllln) what he kick about it having to I 'get them." Bordw CUie Star, OLD OFFENDER IS SENT TO PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS Accused of Taking Purse From Man at Hummels town Football Game Lewis Simons, alleged professional Philadelphia pickpocket who during a criminal career dating from 1915 has been docketed by police in a number of eastern cities under twelve different aliases, was sentenced to two and a half to five years in the Eastern Penitentiary today in Dauphin County Court. Simons was convicted several months ago of picking the pocket of Miles Albright at a football game last November at Hummels town. Judge Frank B. Wicker sham last week refused to set aside the conviction and grant a new trial on a plea that the evidence which convicted Simons was purely circumstantial.

Assistant District Attorney E. Leroy Keen said Simons served a year on a pickpocket charge in 1915; six years beginning in 1917; another term in 1927 under a professional theft act, and three" month terms in Camden in 1931 and 1932. Escapes Life Term With his conviction in the Dauphin Court making his fourth in Pennsylvania, It was at first believed Simons might have been sentenced to penitentiary for life, but close scrutiny of the professional theft act by District Attorney Karl E. Richards revealed that larceny is not among the crimes for which life terms can be imposed. The Simons case has been before the court for almost a year.

When it was first scheduled for trial it had to be continued to a later term because a member of the trial Jury told the court he had been approached in what appeared to be an attempt to influence the verdict. SEVEN KILLED IN OKLAHOMA BLAST By Associated Press Norman, June 5. Exploding accidentally, dynamite mangled to death seven members of an engineering party, who had expected to use it in seismograph explorations for oil. All were employes of the Petty Geophysics Engineering Company. They were working near two trucks on a road eight miles southeast of here yesterday when the blast occurred.

TURNER, HERRING WINNING IN IOWA Des Moines, June 5, (JP) With more than two thirds of the state's precincts reported, former Governor Dan Turnsr was leading Robert W. Colflesh for the Republican nomina tion for governor by 2653 votes. On the Democratic side Governor Clyde L. Herring had further clinched the nomination by piling up some 50,000 votes more than his closest rival, George Finch of Sioux City, gangsters'get gunsjn armory Baltimore, June 4. Two automatic rifles and four 45 caliber automatic pistols, found in the home occupied by two gangsters and a woman arrested today, were identified by police tonight as having been stolen from the Hyatts ville armory Friday night.

The identity of the arms was made by the Baltimore police in comparing the numbers with Hyattsville authorities. FALLS TO DEATH Allentown, June 5, (IP) Mrs. Rose Morella, 25, fell to her death from a window on the fifth of the Commonwealth Building today. GRAYS AGAIN ARRISBURG meets ita elose rival for the league leader, ship, Williamsport, on the Island today. The lineups: Harrisburg Williamsport McGee, as.

Snyder, aa. Grant, lb. Marqnardt, lb. Young, 2b. Bonowits, if.

Morales, cf. McBrlde, If. Mueller, Cicero, cf. Tyler, rf. W.

Baker, e. Taylor, 3b. HIpps, lb. Baker, If. Myers, 3b.

Heffelfinger, p. p. THEWEATHER Taealay, Jmn 5, WM. Harrhborr and vicinity, alxi BaiterM Pennsylvania: Fair tonlfht, Wednesday local thnndenlfewerat continued warm. Lowest temperature tonight at Bar rlsburt about TO decrees.

River: River stages will not change math tonight and Wednesday. (Couplet report en Pag OM, lasaai Section)..