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Treat 'Em Right! UNT MARY is one of those' cheerful taxpayers, who wants her employes, the Cap Hillers to have a good time and not too much work. Naturally she's perturbed about the shortness of the Christmas vacation. "Just think of she said this morning. "They hav tc work right up to the day before Christmas, the 24th and then hurry back on the 30th, the following Monday Why should they bother coming back until January 2. It's going to be tough, those two days, Monday and Tuesday, before New Year's Eve.

I do hope they have New Year's Day off." Don't worry, auntie, they will. Ray C. Llewellyn, 1238 Market st. (40 600), has a collie English setter, three months old, which can a good home "Trained and well bred," says RCL. HEARD AT COURT and Walnut: "Millions for defense but not one cent for "TPA." HARRY O.

BECK drops by to remind that the Elks, as usual, will visit the Crippled Children's Home at Elizabethtown on Christmas morning No show. That will come later when the Christmas toys are broken and forgotten. THE BOYS in the Arcade barber shop are rightfully proud of their inside Christmas decorations, speak highly of "the intuitive aesthetic sensibilities" of Ed Kelly. Fine, boys, but how about having the landlord shear off that cornice to the right of the door, which serves only to "bark the shins of hur Tying customers? Ouch! "MAYOR" FRANK THOMP SON of the lucky Thirteenth notes this lighted Christmas sign over Prospect Hill Cemetery: "Rest in Peace." 4 ND what about the fellow out in the western part of the State, who marketing tombstones with Neon signs? If he gets away with that the graveyard ghosts will be on the retired list. Newspapermen as Husbands and Such! Meeting at Third and Walnut yesterday afternoon the "Angel From Providence," who has a date with a wedding, confides' "And it isn't going to be the newspaperman; he's a division manager.

Newspapermen are too unstable." Ouch! But so much more exciting maybe! The writing gentleman is on a roving assignment south of the Panama Canal Think of the tropical moons, soft midnight breezes and Spring the South American way You think! I'm off to the next paragraph. RECENT PARAGRAPH about Billy Earle's loss of sleep cupping at 2 a. m. and alarm clock ing at 7 a. when does he sleep?" brings this via Dave Shoop, the WHP concert master: "When does the SEC sleep?" Well, that is a good question! PETE USK received a handful of cigars from a politico late on Election Day, has to go outdoors to smoke them, his good wife and severest critic saying: "It's a good thing he gave those cigars away after the votes were in." 4 MEL McCLINTOCK'S new boss apparently likes the way he goes about increasing sales As neat a little bonus as ever bulged a pocketbook.

Every time I see Dr. Samuel B. Fluke, I wonder what ever hap pened to the old Oliver typewriter on which was written so much deathless prose and ephemeral verse. Diana Versus Vesta TT 7 HAT'S this about Mrs. Ken yy Ivory shooting her first pheasant during the recent season and then being persuaded to singe it with a box of safety matches, burning her fingers, all ends QuothMr.

Haps Parsons, the well known dog fancier and student of Greek mythology (The Italians say they're pretty real myths and don't myth much): "You can't expect a Diana to be a Vesta or Vice Versa or sic semper frypanni?" FOR EVERY nice day in December, you'll get a cold blast in March Old Probabilities always balances the weather budget, much more adroitly than the city coun cilmen balance their's. Sincerely THE SEC. JL JLttUL XVJL JO IMJf SECOND SECTION HARRISBURG, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1940 PAGE 17 SECOND SECTION Young Farmers Vie at Hershey Roundup 1000 Pupils To Participate In Program Harris, Penn, Edison, Cur tin and Catholic Groups Have Rehearsals One hour of Christmas music will be broadcast 'iy approximate ly 1000 city high school students from 1 to 2 p.m. hunaay, in me Third Annual School Broadcast of the Community Christmas Pro gram. Orchestras, i ental and vocal ensemble, soloists, glee ciuds and choruses will be heard during the broadcast, which will be pre' sented over radio sations WHP and WKBO.

As in previous years, the station in the Telegraph building will be the "key" of the small net. work which will be set up within the city to present the hour of music. Commentators for the program will be at microphones in the WKP studio. As each school John Harris, William Penn, Edison, Camp Curtin and Catholic High goes on the air, the program will, be switched to the auditoriums and music rooms in the school build ings. There the principals will act as announcers ior eacn scnooi part of the broadcast.

In preparation for the broadcast, radio station crews visited all five high schools, holding preliminary rehearsals to insure the proper ar rangement of the musicians and vocalists, to be certain each school's series of numbers would be pre sented within the 11 minutes al loted to it. Music supervisors in each of the high schools prepared each school's part in the broadcast, and sub mitted their selections to Russell Shuttlesworth, supervisor of music in the city public schools, and the Rev. William J. Fitzpatrick, prin cipal of Harrisburg Catholic High. Both men are.

members of the School Broadcast Committee and it was their responsibility to check each part of the program to elimi nate any duplications. Post Office Gerks Elect New Officers Officers were elected by Branch No. 89, National Association of Post Office Clerks, at its monthly meeting last night in the New Governor Hotel. They are: Roy F. Gutshall, president Boyd H.

Pottiger, vice president; Albert S. Smith, recording secretary; C. H. Stein inger, financial secretary; N. H.

Patterson, treasurer and chaplain; C. M. Boyer, J. Y. Gahring, N.

A. Clevish, R. S. Boyer and W. G.

Kretzing, trustees. Venison Dinner The Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association will hold a venison dinner Thursday, December 12 at its home 265 Boas street, from 6 to 8 p. m. 25 to Share DeHart Estate Camp Curtin Trust Ob tains Letter; Heisley Will Filed One uncle and twenty four cousins share in the $4200 estate of Dr. Foster L.

DeHart, late Harrisburg dentist of 1912 North Third street, according to the letters of administration issued at the court house to the Camp Curtin Trust Company. The $9000 estate of Joseph F. Heisley, late of Harrisburg, is shared by five brothers, eight sisters and several nieces and nephews. Bequests of $500 each are left to two sisters in law, Ella Hoffman and Mary E. Howe.

Daniel A. Heisley, 1915 North Second street, a brother, is executor. Heirs in the $4200 estate of James K. Robinson, late of Harrisburg, are a son and daughter, J. Richard Robinson, Ardmore, and Mrs.

Kathleen R. McCurdy, Worm leysburg, and a grand son, James R. Shepley, Washington, D. C. Mrs.

McCurdy is administrator. Mrs. Delia M. Seal, Millersburg, is sole heir to the $4000 estate of her mother, Mrs. Mary C.

Grubb, late of Millersburg. William E. Seal is administrator. I 1 II 0 ii tin TOYS PACKED FOR SANTA Toy Mission workers today began packing gifts to be distributed to boys and girls in the city at Christmas. They are Miss Jean Keister, Miss Betty Neale, chairman; Miss Ann Eckenrode and Miss Laura Brown.

Police Report Small Thefts Merchandise Just Deliver ed From Philadelphia Taken From Uptown House A package of merchandise de livered by a Philadelphia store to an Uptown couple was among number of items reported stolen to City Police today. Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Brindle, 1933 North Third street, told detectives the package containing a woman house coat, men slip pers, and a roll of upholstering material was stolen from the vestibule at their home.

A second floor tenant, Ray Eberly, said the packages arrived about 2.15 p. R. S. Caley, 1245 Swatara street, told police an express wagon valued at $5.95 was taken from a rear porch, and the Dauphin Elec trie Company, 434 Market street, reported a board used as a hand truck extension was taken from the rear of the store in Straw berry street opposite the garage where police house cruiser cars and motorcycles. Patrolman Arlington Lenker said at 3.15 a.

m. today he found a ladder leaning against an open first floor window at the rear of the Merchants and Business Men's Insurance Company, 321 North Second street. A door leading to offices of the Welfare Federation, Z01 South street, was open also. Nothing was stolen. Headmaster Outlines Junior College Aims Functions and purposes of the junior college were discussed by Frank' C.

Baldwin, headmaster of the Harrisburg Academy, at the weekly luncheon of the Exchange Club in the Harnsburger Hotel today. Baldwin pointed out that in 1890 there were no junior col leges compared to nearly 600 to day with an enrollment of about 200,000 students, nearly half of them in California. He explained junior colleges are especially adapted to the needs of students who afe unable to take a four year course and gives them sound training found in no other Tall Cedars Elect Sheldon to Preside Hanisburg Forest No. 43, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, elected Harry M. Sheldon grand tall cedar 500 attending the annual meeting last night.

Other officers named were John P. Tate, senior deputy; Harry K. Burchfield, junior deputy; C. Ernest Keys, treasurer; Paul F. Lloyd, scribe; Frank C.

Foose, trustee. Ladies' Night will be ob served January 28 and the winter ceremonial February 25. Nazi Military Roads Shown to Engineers Views of military highways in Germany were shown the Engineers Society of Pennsylvania at the weekly luncheon today in the Pennsylvania station annex bv J. W. Poulter, research engineer of the Koehnng Company, Toy Mission, 13 S.

Front Harrisburg, Penna. Telephone 4 5263 Enclosed US. in be used for purchase of toys. I have some toys for Toy Mission. Signed (Print with pencil) Name Address (Make checks payable to Mrs.

Paul Doutrich, treasurer) Six Personnel Changes in Capitol Department Superintendent of Public In struction Francis B. Haas today dismissed two employes and ap pointed four. Henry K. Deisher, Kutztown, museum assistant, Si380. and Eleanor J.

Rodgers, Johnstown, clerk, $1020, were dismissed. The appointees: Thdma E. Marks, Greenville, clerk, $1020; Elizabeth J. Martella, Beaverdale, clerk, $1020; John R. McClintock, Union City, clerk, $1380; Charles M.

Steese, Mifflin burfe, museum assistant, $1380. Pilots Enroll New Members Aviation Development in Gty Area Shown; Col. Stackpole Speaks Thirty five members and guests attended the meeting of the Cen tral Pennsylvania Pilots' Associa tion last night in Pierre Cafe along the York road south of New Cumberland. Motion pictures of aviation de velopment in the Harrisburg area were shown by S. W.

Kuhnert and Colonel A. H. Stackpole told of his early experiences as a pilot Among the guests was Pat Brooke, Philadelphia, former resident here. New members present included: Saul O. Messimer, Middietown John Selcher, Highspire; M.

Peters, Camp Hill; Howard A. Le Van, Harrisburg; Harry W. Pott, Dillsburg; W. C. Shumberger, Camp Hill; W.

L. Glessner, West Fairview; Frank E. Nelson, Enola; John Harrison, Camp Hill; Homer Luttringer, Harrisburg; George Fisher, Elizabethtown; William Peifer, Carlisle; Nelson Eichel berger, Lemoyne; Girard Conn, Chambersburg, and Benjamin J. Gryctko, Belief onte, who plans to organize an association chap ter. 15 Artillery Officers Will Go to Fort Bragg The Department of Military Af fairs today received orders from the War Department directing that fifteen officers of the 190th Field Artillery, Pennsylvania National Guard, be sent to Fort Bragg, N.

for special training beginning next Sunday. The 190th, organized last Sep tember principally with units formerly a part of the 103rd Cavalry, has batteries in Clearfield, Lock Haven, Bellefonte, Lewisburg, Sunbury, Punxsutawney and New Castle, each of which is to send either the commanding officer or executive. In addition, battalion commanders or their executives, battalion and regimental plans and training officers, and the regimen tal executive are to attend. The regiment, part of the 73rd Artillery Brigade, is to go to Camp Shelby, for its year of active training. Its induction into Federal service will come about the middle of January.

Toy Mission Needs Funds Contributions Asked to Complete Annual Program of Volunteers Additional contributions of cash are urgently needed to complete the annual Toy Mission program of providing a happy Christmas for all boys and girls in the city Miss Betty Neale, chairman, said today. Gifts of toys must be received net later toan Monday in order to permit sorting and repairs before Christmas. New toys may be sent also, or donations of money. All funds received are used for the purchase of toys, and gifts of cash may be sent at any time. Because of the unusually large list of requests from children this year volunteers at the Toy Mis sion today began packing the first boxes for deliveries just before Christmas.

Uptown Couple Sues Son in Auto Injury Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cohen, 812 North Sixth street, filed a $7816.76 damage suit in Dauphin, County Court against their son, Emanuel Cohen, Harrisburg, for injuries suffered by Mrs. Cohen, Septem ber 3, 1939, as a passenger in the defendant's automobile. According to the statement of claim filed by Solomon Hurwitz, attorney, Mrs.

Cohen suffered a spinal fracture when the automobile struck a depression in the pavement at Bordeck and Filbert streets, Philadelphia. She asks $5000 for pain and her husband asks $2816.76 for medical treatment and other expenses. Euclid Lodge To Celerate Masonic Leaders to Attend 21st Anniversary Ban. quet at Temple Euclid Lodge No. 698, F.

and A. tonight will celebrate the 21st anniversary of its constitu tion at a special meeting and dinner at 6:30 in the Masonic Temple, Third and State streets, Milton O. Billow, worshipful master, an nounced. Dr. William Mosely Brown, past grand master fo Virginia, will speak on "Squaring the Dr.

Brown is grand sentinel and intendant general of the Grand Imperial Council, Red Cross of Constantine for the United States. Other Masonic leaders who will be guests include: William H. Brehm, grand master of Masons Pennsylvania and the most illustrious grand sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine, Albert T. Hanby, Philadelphia, who is also grand treasurer of Royal Arch Masons in Pennsylvania. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE HM so ms THIS SAME GIRL WHO made you that dress, eh? best looking rk3 you, ever had.

helen! wonderful! yes! rrs peg! and OH, CLARENCE SWEET AND HONEST AND FINE IS' SEE NOW SHE TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT HOW THEY STOLE HER BABY. EH? AK YES VERY. PKTHET1C 29 Youths Proudly Exhibit Products of Year's Work Winners Will Place Animals in Competition in State Championship at Farm Show Next Month Hershey, Dec. 11. Twenty nine youthful farmers of Dauphin county displayed the products of their year work for their first real test at the annual round up yesterday of the Dauphin County 4 Baby Beef and Lamb Clubs.

Four Officers Go to Camp Lieutenants to Train With Regular Army at Fort Benning Four Reserve Officers from the Harrisburg area left today for one year's service with the Regular Army at Fort Benning, Georgia as part of the Nation's defense training program. All will serve in the Second Armored Division, The officers include First Lieu tenant Victor R. Drawbaugh, Me chanicsburg, a postal employe. who became a father Monday First Lieutenant Benjamin Bretz, 425 Swatara street, Steel ton, who was commander of the Carlisle State Police detail; First Lieutenant Allan G. Crist, 2312 Penn street, a native of Harris burg who has been night editor for the Associated Press since 1932, and Second Lieutenant Richard S.

Goudy, employed since his grad uation in June from Lehigh Uni versity by the Underwood Elliott Fisher Company, 23 South Third street. All of the officers, except Goudy, are married. Court Drops Damage Claim Action to Cancel Naturali zations Postponed Next Term SHE BO NOT? NOT A WORD OF IT FROM HER BUT ITS TRUE! YouvE ear to KEEP THEM FROM TAKING HER CHILD FROM HER AGAIN to Judge Albert L. Watson today dismissed a suit for $15,300 dam ages sought following an auto mobile accident August 2, 1936, along the Lincoln Highway in Chester county, ruling there was insufficient evidence of negligence The decision was given after counsel for Allen M. Yingst, Cornwall, the defendant, made a mo tion for non suit.

Previously Simon Perell, Buffa lo, told Federal Court jurors that his earning capacity was cur tailed by the injuries suffered in the crash at an underpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Green Tree Station. He had asked $10, 300 damages for injuries and his wife, Fannie, asked $5,000. Two other cases were continued before the court was adjourned until the next term. Both are actions by the Government which seeks to cancel naturalization cer tificates of Harrisburg and Steel ton men on charges that papers were obtained fraudulently. The defendants are Nicodemo Mazzoni 62, Washington street near Sec cond, and Francesco Intrieri, 60, Steelton.

Two Obtain Divorces Two men were granted divorces in Dauphin County Court on grounds of desertion. They are Paul C. Eberly, Steelton, from Mrs. Beatrice H. Eberly, 231 Boas street, and William K.

Ickes, 1620 Regina street, from Mrs. Evelyn I. Ickes, Harrisburg. In both cases the husbands testified that their wives deserted them within a year of their marriage. Marriage Applications Donald V.

Weil, 22, 1413 Berry hill street, and Miss Eleanor Alice Rife, 20, 514 South Twentieth street. Casper R. Dagen, 23, Middle town, and Miss Mary E. Hawk, 21, Royalton. George W.

Miller, 23, Steelton, and Miss Alma Vera Liner, 19, Royalton. CANT INFLUENCE A JUDGE! LAW 16 LAW SENTIMENT MA6 NOPLACE ON The roundup was held at Over view Farm on the Hershey Es tates. The young men and women had waited for nearly a year for this day. Through the year they had groomed and fed their animals carefully in the fervent hopes that they would qualify for en trance into the State judging at the State Farm Show. The animals were herded to gether in trucks, were lined up and then judged.

The winners, five beeves and three pens of lambs, will com pete with 100 baby beeves and fifty six of lambs in the State championship at the Farm Show January 20 to 24. The following young farmers entered the winning animals, chosen as the prize lot of Dauphin county's baby beeves and lambs. Angus calves, Charles Keiter, Halifax, R. D. Millard Barn hart, Grantville, and Mary Dehmey, Elizabethtown, R.

D. Hereford steers, Glen Matter, Halifax, R. D. 1, and Edward Stover, Hummelstown. Pen of southdown lambs, Al bert Schreffler, Elizabethville; pen of Cheviot lambs, Miriam Kahler, Millersburg, R.

and Boyd Schreffler, brother of Albert, of Elizabethville. These young 4 boys and girls will bring their animals to the Farm Show next month with high hopes for a few blue ribbons. The judges were W. B. Connell.

of the livestock extension office of the Pennsylvania State Col lege, and Charles C. Russell, Swift and Company, Harrisburg. Abram Kaylor, of Middietown, R. D. 1 1, whose Angus baby beef was chosen as sixth best, is eligible for a consolation prize.

This mormng at 11 clock in Lancaster his baby beef will be entered in a contest with animals from Lancaster, York and Chester counties. This event is the feature of a sale to be held there of the losing animals. Each county picks the best of the losing animals and enters it in this contest. The remainder of Dauphin county's losers will be taken to Lancaster to be sold, but will not be entered in the contest. Death Toll at Three in Farm House Fire Corry, Dec.

11, The death toll from a fire at the farm home of Edward Lindsey rose to three when another son, Donald Lind say, 13, died of burns last night. Two of his brothers, Richard, 14, and Bruce, 5, perished yester day. Lindsey, his wife, and a fourth son, Harold, 11, were burned, but five daughters fled the house unscatched. Dr. W.

G. Stroble, Erie county coroner, said the blaze was caused bv exDlosion of an old oil lamn Harrisburg's sixteen fire com panies voted unanimously to bring the 1941 Dauphin County Fire men's Association convention to the city, Chief Earl W. Swartz, general chairman, said today. In addition to Swartz, other convention aides selected, were: Patton, vice chairman; A.JM. Parker, secretary; J.

P. Watts, financial secretary. The convention will be held June 13 and 14. Treasury Receipts Washington, Dec. 11, The position of the Treasury Decem ber 9: Receipts, expen ditures, net bal ance, $1,685,890,159.03.

THE BENCH? I WONT USTEN TO YOU! poppycock! AND YOU WILL LISTEN TO I YOU'LL NOT GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE TILL YOU PROMISE HAROLD S6M "1 hf. V. FiL Ml 1 Ll I Dismissals Upheld Superintendent of Public Instruction Francis B. Haas today upheld the actions of two more boards of school directors in dismissing teachers for incompetency, making a total three such decisions in twenty four appeals brought to the superintendent un der the Tenure Act. Dr.

Haas affirmed the dismissal of Charles E. Miller, by the Morris Township, Clearfield County, Board, and that of Parul T. Huddle by the joint board for North Woodbury, Taylor and Huston Townships, Blair County. Last February Dr. Haas upheld a dismissal by the Pittsburgh Board of Education.

In a third opinion today Dr. Haas ruled a school board may not reduce the salary of an individual teacher without the consent of the individual unless the teacher is given a hearing. On this basis, he ordered the Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County Board to rescind a cut of $30 per month for Glenn Wilson, or conduct a hearing to prepare a record from which Dr. Haas can determine if the reduction was part of a general adjustment. Housing Authority William J.

Houston, of Mones sen, one of Governor James' appointees to the Westmoreland County Housing Authority named yesterday, is lieutenant colonel and second in command of the 110th Infantry. Other members are Samuel Russell, Vandergrif and W. S. MacDonald, Greens burg. Safety For Pupils The State Inter Department Committee on Safety Education is planning to distribute to elementary teachers a brief outline of instruction designed to make school children "safety conscious in an effort to reduce the heavy toll of young lives from street and highway hazards met on the way to and from school." The tentative draft, prepared by a sub committee headed by Dr.

Henry Klonower, is to be expanded for approval by the Safety Committee at its meeting January 21. In addition, another subcommittee, headed by Raymond W. Robinson, is preparing a plan tc improve transportation for school pupils. Before being distributed to the schools, the plan is being submitted to Secretary of Health John J. Shaw, Secretary or Revenue William J.

Ham ilton and Police Commissioner Lynn G. Adams for approval Harrisburg Elks w. i overlies the Western Lakes Region flaming oil. Firemen to Be Hosts at '41 Convention Plan Stag Night Harrisburg Lodge No. 12, B.

P. O. Elks will observe Stag Night for Elks only Thursday night starting at 6 o'clock. It will be another Oyster Night, J. Dale Fink, chairman of the entertainment com mittee, announced.

On New Year's Eve, December 31, the Elks will hold their annual party. There will be dancing and midnight lunch. Tickets go on sale this week. THE WEATHER Shipper! Forecast Protect shipments during the next 24 hours, from temperatures as follows: North and west, 22 to 26 degrees; South and East, 26 to 30 degrees. Weather Conditions The weather map this morning presents a picture of conflict between High pressure endeavoring to push southward and low pressure trying to advance northward.

The main ridge of high pressure overlies the region room the western Appalachians ot the Atlantic and from New York to Florida. A low pressure trough extends northeastward from southern Texas over the Ohio Vallev to southern Ohio, while another trough extends north eastwara from Arizona to the Dakotas. Pressure remains high over Montana and tne racitic There has been general cooling, at the surface and aloft during the past 24 hours, and as a result this morning's map shows a large irregular area of current snow from Missouri and Kansas northwestward to Montana and North Dakota and rain over the lower Ohio Valley and over Central Texas. General cloudiness extends from Texas northwestward to Montana and northeastward to New York. Susquehanna River Bulletin RIVER 8tII.I.ETUt Station! North Branch: a Feet Tenth Binghamton 14 3.0 0.3 Corning 16 3.0 0.4 Towanda 16 2.5 0.1 Wilkes Barre 22 4.5 0.6 West Branch: Claerfield 10 2.4 0.2 Renovo 16 3.5 0 Lock Haven (z) 21 0.06 0.5 Williamsport 20 3.6 0.3 Juniata: Mapleton Dp 3.1 0.2 Newport 22 3.6 0.1 Susquehana: Sunbury 16 2.5 0.1 Harrisburg 17 4.0 0.3 (z i Yesterday'! data.

By HAROLD GRAY GOT AN APPOINTMENT; BOT THE JUDGE TO SEE THE JUDGE IS OVER AN ON A LITTLE MATTER 1 NEVER HAPPENS) FOR MY tUHiT, Bfct UKfc in PETER LA PLATA TWENTY YE ARS.