Republican and Herald from Pottsville, Pennsylvania • 1

VOL. LXVIIL No. 197. Publish)) It It South lardla Street. Shenandoah.

Pi. Bell Phone 1777 SHENANDOAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1938. Entered at the poet office et 8tefundoafa, Pi second -cUm mad matter. THREE CENTS. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST ARRIVES JAPS ACCUSED Catch Balls Thrown From C.1.0.

LEADERS ARE OFFERED GOMMITTEE IS NAMED TO RAlSEFUNDSf 1 OF RESORTING TO POISON GAS I III Road crews clearing the right of way for a new highway through Fountain City, 12 miles from Knoxville, set off a blast of dynamite under an old tree stump, with- this result The 400-pound chunk of wood sailed 200 feet through the air into living room of W. D. Henderlight (right) who ruefully surveys the chaos. Deputy Sheriff Bruce Newman checks the damage. (Central Prett) Intensification Service Squabble Is Seen Issue Will Likely Come to a Head When the Special Assembly pavid Watson Heads Group to Collect $50,000 Needed to Re-open Mines PROPOSITION DISCUSSED BY LEADING CITIZENS A committee of six was appointed last night, and given the responsibility of securing I the $50,000 needed tor the re-oDeninz of the Packer col' lieries under the Dodson plan as proposed to a local group this week.

This committee. of six was selected from a group of 18 financial, business and labor leaders who met last night in the Hotel Ferguson to take action on the Dodson proposal which requires the immediate raising of $50,000 to insure the re-opening of these mines. James Hough Presides The committee of six is headed by David L. Watson cashier of the Union National Bank, as chairman Rev. Francis Swietek, pastor of the Polish National Church and vice.

nresident of the Shenandoah In dustrial Association; Paul C. Nay-lor, cashier of the Merchants National Bank; Julius Luschinsky, cashier of the Miners National Bank; C. R. Brickies, president of the Shenandoah Merchants' Association; and Karl A. Hoffman of the Evening Herald.

The new committee was instructed to make every effort to find security for a loan of this amount which would be acceptable to fed eral, regional or local sources of ready cash, if the committee tans in their search for legal security, they were charged with devising a plan to raise the money by some other means and to present sucn a plan in the very riear future to another general meeting of local financial, business and labor leaders: or to report failure, and place the problem back in the hands of ithe larger group for solution. The appointment of the smaller working committee resulted 'after a two-and-a-half hour discussion of the money raising proposition. James Hough president of the Merchants National Bank, acted chairman at last night's meeting. A considerable portion of the meet ing was given to a discussion of the possibility of raising the $50,000 by means of "baby bonds" or participation shares in the loan, such shares or "bonds" to be offered in small denominations to the general public, and possibly to the employes of the Packer mines. This plan was held to be practical by some of the men represented, while others cited the dif ficulty encountered in raising money by door-to-door solicitations especially under present business conditions.

The final action of last night's group was that every effort should be made to obtain an industrial loan before asking local people to assume this obligation. Negotiations Reviewed David Watson reviewed the history of early negotiations which led to the Dodson executives becoming interested in the possibility of obtaining coal from the Packer mines and of his efforts and others on his first committee to get favorable expressions from the Lehigh Valley Coal Company and the Girard Estate. The record of the Weston Dodson Company as salesmen and as employer of labor was reviewed, and by means of graphs, Mr. Dodson was able to show this company to 'have had one of the best records in the Continued, on Page Ten CO. ASSISTANCE BOARD-APPOINTMENTS UPHELD Reconvenes Sept.

Howe's Action in Soliciting Ruling From Atty. General Held Antagonistic Move by Some. HEADS YOUIIG REPUBLICANS Frank C. Hilton Re-elected Chairman by Acclamation; Endorse Judge James GEORGE WALKER NAMED ASSISTANT TREASURER Harrisburg, Aug. 20.

(U.P.) Frank C. Hilton, -Wyomia-sing, was re-elected by acclamation today as State Chairman of the Young Republicans of Pennsylvania at concluding; sessions of their biennial convention. Endorse Torrance The junior G. O.P. adopted a resolution endorsing Superior Court Judge Arthur H.

James, Republican nominee for Governor, and all other state wide candidates of the party, as worthy of the united support at the November election. They also adopted an endorse ment resolution of James F. Torrance, Westmoreland 'county, who was elected state chairman of the senior Republican organization in June. Constitutional and by-law changes were adopted to permit election of eight instead of four vice-chairmen and the increase of the divisions in the state from 12 to 22. Other officers elected were: Vice chairmen: Eastern Division Catherine Clif ton, Philadelphia county; Samuel Ewing, Montgomery; Lester Male, Wayne.

Central Division Thelma Show- alter, Union; Spencer HilL Lycoming. Western Division George Barco, Crawford; James Mevling, Clear field; Helen Watson, Indiana. National Committeemen Allison Wade. Warren; Frieda Gibb, Alle gheny. Secretary Louis Hoy, Lebanon; assistant secretary, Marion Froberg, Dauphin; treasurer, George Walker, Schuylkill; assistant treasurer, Justin J.

Lightner, Perry; recording secretary, Sara Hanawalt, Berks. The Republican party has under gone a rebirth this year, an internal and fundamental expansion and re- awakening," Judge James told the 000 convention delegates last night. While the Democratic party has been making itself the party of fear, the Republican party in this. rate has become the party of hope for definite return to those American principles and American Continued on Page FourJ RACE AGAINST TIME Harrisburg, Aug. 20.

(U.R Scores of state administration staffers were working at top speed today to over come time handicaps resulting from Legislature decision to with hold final action on important bills ivolvmg calendar deadline until Governor George H. Earle returns from vacation to sign the measures into law. Legislation held on the House-Senate calendars when tha Assembly recessed last Tuesday in advance of the originally adopted time included the Thompson bills providing for expenditure of on school building projects requiring P. W. A.

approval before September 30 and a bill requiring the state to assume responsibility for medical aid to non-institutionalized indigents by September 15. STOCK MARKET NEWS New York, Aug. 20. (U.R) General Motors made a new 1938, high and led a quiet advance on the stock market today. Automobile and steel shares made the best showing among the various groups.

Industrial shares generally were firm and the average rose for the sixth consecutive session. Last week there were six consecutive declines. REAGAN IS PICKED Lewisburg, Aug. 20. (U.B The Union County Republican Committee last night chose Charles Arthur Reagan, Winfield, as the Republican candidate for State Representative succeeding Francis T.

Baker, Lewisburg, who died August 8. Baker represented Union County in the Assembly since 1928. He died here of a kidney ailment WORKING TIME Wm. Penn colliery will work Monday. Weston Coal Company will be idle Monday.

Spnngdale washery will be idle Monday. All P. R. C. Company collieries will be idle Monday.

Kehley Run colliery will work Monday. Packer No. 5 colliery will be idle Monday. East Bear Ridge colliery will work Monday. Colonial colliery will work Mon day.

Park colliery will work Monday. Morea and New Boston collieries will work Monday. OUR WEATHERMAN Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday, partly cloudy. 23 708-Foot Tower Cleveland. Aug.

20. (U.R) Two Cleveland Indian catchers today caught baseballs thrown from a 708-foot skyscraper, to break a 31 -year- old elevation pitching record by 153 feet Frankie Pytlack, regular catcher, and Hank Helf, third-stringer, caught balls thrown into the Pub lie Square from the Terminal Tower by Ken Keltner, rookie third base man. Keltner took three practice tosses to the ground, then pitched nine regular throws. Helf was first to make a catch. Pytlak's ball zigzagged as it de scended, at what mathematicians calculated was a 138-mile-an-hour speed.

Helf ball plummeted into his thick leather mitt He juggled it for a moment, then retained it with his other, bare hand. He said he didn' "feel it." The two catches broke the world's record set in 1907 when Gabby Street caught a ball dropped 555 feet from the Washington Monu ment in the capital. Street record had been equalled several times since his performance, but no attempt had been made to better it. LARGE PARADE ENDS El Election of Officers and Adop tion of Resolutions Mark Closing Business WILLIAMSP0RT IS CHOSEN Scranlon, Aug. 20.

(U.R) American Legionnaires close their 20th annual Pennsylvania convention today with subversive influences and organi zations, national defense and pref erence of war veterans. The "big parade," with 20,000 men and women marching, will mark the close of the three-day conclave. The veterans' organization will meet next year at Williamsport. The 1,041 delegates will chose the new department commander, to suc ceed William F. Smith of Punxsu-tawney, from Kenneth J.

Guest of Plymouth, Frank Gwynn of Allen town and I. G. Gordon Forster of Philadelphia, who were nominated yesterday. Resolutions attacking both Fascist and Communist influences in the United States will be placed before delegates for action at the closing session. Conley Speaks Attacking "every ism Commun ism, Fascism and Naznsm which would make the people slaves of the government," National Vice Commander Phil Conley of Charles ton, W.

Va told the convention yesterday that "the very officials charged with enforcing the statutes are protecting an alien Communist agitator on the west coast" against whom, he said, the Legion had evi dence sufficient to persuade anyone should be deported." Conley also warned that "the per son who attempts to use the American Legion for political purposes will be hurt and the partisan group that expects to benefit from the or ganization will be disappointed." Clayton Williams of Lansford defeated H. L. (Hal) Reese of Wynne-wood for eastern vice commander yesterday. Central and western district vice commanders previously were elected by acclamation. J.

Guy Griffith of New Kensington, national executive committeeman, and the Rev. Wesley Bare of Summit Hill, departmental chaplain, both were re-elected without opposition. Harry K. Stinger of Philadelphia, was named alternate national executive committeeman, succeeding Michael J. Kane, who was not a candidate for re-election.

Mrs. James B. Casey, of Philadelphia, defeated Mrs. Paul R. Sine, of Perkaise, in the balloting for state president of the Legion Auxiliary.

Other Auxiliary officers named Included Mrs. C. W. Drexler of Swissvale, secretary-treasurer; Continued on Page Four INSURANCE SALESMAN IS HELD UNDER BAIL Harrisburg, Aug. 20.

(U.F9 Digby Baltzell, insurance salesman for Lloyd's of London, arrested for illegal sales of workmen's compensation protection to anthracite mine operators, will be given a hearing before Alderman James P. Curran at Scranton, August 24, the State Insurance Department announced today. A spokesman for Insurance Commissioner Owen B. Hunt said Baltzell worked "through" the Republic Agency, a Lloyd underwriter, and the Coleman Service Agency, Scranton, a workmen's compensation adjustment firm, "neither of which are licensed to handle insurance in this state." Baltzell was charged by Harold B. Foulrod, special Insurance Department investigator, with "soliciting insurance without a license and representing an unauthorized company," the department announced.

Foulkrod reported to his chief that Baltzell carried "stop-loss coverage policies for the Buck Mountain Coal Company and the Cranberry Coal Company, both of Hazle-ton" at the time of his arrest last Wednesday in Dallas Township, Luzerne County. Alderman Curran -released Baltzell under 91,000 bail, Foulkrod said. The investigator said he anticipated filing similar charges against "two or three other salesmen for the Coleman TO Chairman Martin Dies, of House Committee, Promises Full and Complete Hearing NEWS EDITOR OF LABOR PAPER ATTACKS PROBERS Washington, Aug. 20. (U.R) Chair man Martin Dies, answer ed the criticism of the Committee for Industrial Organization today with an invitation to C.

I. O. leaders to testifv before his House committee investigating un-American activities. "We'll give them a courteous, lull and complete hearing," Dies said. "We'll give them the same latitude and the same tune that we gave Mr.

Frev." He referred to John P. Frey of the American Federation of Labor, whose charges of communist domina tion of the C. I. O. provoked a bitter attack on him and the committee in the current issue of the C.

I. O. News. Continue Inquiry The committee continued its in vestigation of charges that communists control the federal theatre pro ject through the workers alliance. Witnesses have charged that the alliance is a "front" for the communist party.

An editorial entitled and the "Looking Ahead" column of the I. O. News editor, Len De Caux, in today's issue of the paper was the C. I. O.

first answer to charges that have been levelled at it during the Dies committee hearings. The editorial charged that the com mittee is engaged in "a crap game with loaded dice" and described the investigators as "the loaded Dies committee. "The Fascist purveyors of alien doctrines have been all but ignored," it said, "while stool pigeons. Fascists and Freys have been" given full lee way to make ridiculous and completely unsupported charges against the C. I.

one of the most truly and distinctly American movements this country has known. These worthies have not stopped at the C. I. but have extended their slanders and attacks to include the La Follettee civil liberties committee, government officials and de partments and the wljole New Deal. If un-American activities are to be really exposed, the committee might do well to start by examining the.

motivations and machinations be hind the recent disgraceful slander and smear campaigns directed against progressive labor unionism and against all other forms of modern democratic Americanism." JURY FINDS DIDYOUNG'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL William Hasding, of St Nicholas, driver of the car from which his father-in-law, John Didyoung, fell and suffered fatal injuries last Sat urday, was exonerated of any blame by a coroner's jury at Mahanoy City last night At the conclusion of the inquest, conducted by Deputy Coroner Frank W. Boczkowski, the jury returned a veroict ox ac cidental death. Mr. Didyoung, whose funeral was held yesterday afternoon, was holding a piece of ice on the rear bumper of the car when a rut in the road between St. Nicholas and Gil berton jarred the car, causing him to fall.

He received a fractured skull when his head struck a rock. Harding, with Robert Davis and James Didyoung, the latter a son of the deceased, were returning from Mahanoy City when they discovered that the ice had fallen from the bumper just before reach- ma the Davis home. Harding de cided to return to pick up the ice and Mr. Didyoung, who was in front of the Davis home, boarded the bumper but was warned against taking the risK. Harding started the car off, presuming his father- in-law had alighted from the bump er.

A short distance away a Bystander shouted to Harding that a man was lying on the highway. In addition to Harding, Davis andl James Didyoung, Patrolman A. J. D'Aneelo, of the Frackville State Motor Police was present to testify. DEWEY LOCATES WITNESS IN CALIFORNIA PRISON New York, Aug.

20. (U.B District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey today located In a California prison a bondsman for the late Dutch Schultz who may be returned as a star witness against James J. Hines, Tammany Hall leader on trial charged with having sold political protection to the Schultz, lottery mob. The bondsman, Max Silverman, located through police fingerprint records, is serving a term of one to 14 years in San Quentin prison on a bad check charge.

His possible entry into the Hines case became a sensation when it was reported that he had conferred with Schultz three hours before that mob leader was slain in a Newark, N. J. saloon in October, 1935, and that at the time Schultz was slain he was going over the records of his payments for political protection, Dewey hoped that Silverman might have seen these records during his conference with Schultz, INJURED IN FALL Frances Ugolick, nine-year-old girl of 323 South Main street, received injuries to her right cheek and knee yesterday when she fell on a coal bank. She was treated at the Locust Mountain Hosoita and discharged. BID HEARING Chinese Charge It Was Used to Break Up Counterattack in Kiukiang Sector BRITISH ARREST 4,000 ARABS IN PALESTINE By United Press Chinese officials charged today that poison gas had been used by Japanese troops in a desperate effort to bolster their offensive up the Yangtse River toward Hankow.

A counter-attack by Chinese in the Kiukiang sector, where Japan's great military machine has been stalled for almost a month, failed only when the gas was used, accord ing to an official communique from Hankow. Floods, mosquitoes, cholera and a stubborn, defensive army have made the climatic phase of Japan con quest the most difficult military operation yet undertaken by Tokyo. Soviet Russia has been reported supplying the Chinese with war material, particularly airplanes and Communist leaders in China have insisted that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek fight to a finish before Hankow. May Seek Peace Principal reason for change in the Chinese policy of withdrawing crack troops before they can be crushed by the Superior Japanese military equipment was the apparent decision of Tokyo to seek peace after the capture of Hankows- Italy-has secretly sought to arrange such a peace by negotiations with former Chinese Premier Wang Ching-Wei, who represents a conservative faction in China. It was proposed that Wang head a new regime, adhere to the anti- Communism pact among Japan, Germany and Italy and that Japan aban don its announced determination to crush the last vestige of Chiang's power.

As long as Chiang's armies' hold Hankow such talk of a peace settle ment is of slight importance, but once his armies were driven fur ther inland and Japan acted to consolidate her gains against widesm-ead guerrilla raids there might easily be a cnange in tne outlook. -British, American and other for eign commercial interests in the Yangtse Valley are chiefly interested in restoration of markets. Chiang's task of keeping the new spirit of Chinese nationalism at high tide would be immeasurably increased. Elsewhere on the world front: Spain Loyalist front line dispatches claimed that renewed insurgent assaults on the Ebro River sector had been repulsed but the rebels reported they were slowly driving back the government troops. neoei ueneralissirho Francisco Franco appeared to be Dreriarine for a new mass offensive.

Czechoslovakia The government disclosed that a dozen new posts would be offered to the Sudeten German party in an effort to break the deadlock over the Czech min ority problem. The Sudeten leaders indicated, however, that they would not yield. Palestine British trooDS arrested 4,000 Arabs in a new big-scale drive to end rioting between Jews and Arabs in which 60 were killed late this week. GREEN ASKS REVISION OF FEDERAL LABOR LAW Hyde Park, N. Aug.

20. OJ.B Complaints against the Labor Board's administration of the Wagner Act coupled with a request for certain revisions of the labor law were laid before Bresident Roosevelt today by William Green, president of the A. of L. "I went over the matter very thoroughly with the President," Green said, "and referred to certain specific cases which in my mind were handled out of accord of the purpose of the law." Green said that' he "advised changes in the law" and explained that while nothing specific was agreed on both were in accord on the necessity of certain changes in the law that would overcome the objections against administration by the board. He suggested reduction of the power of the board or amplification of the law to make clear the authority of the board.

Asked to cite a specific complaint. Green said that he informed Mr. Roosevelt of a ruling affecting the Ambridge Products Company of Ambridge, Pa. There," he explained, "the board intervened on complaint of the C. O.

and ordered a contract between the Ambridge Company and the electrical workers set aside. The- management took the case to the Federal District Court and the court held the contract valid. Notwithstanding the court decision the board refused to abide by the decision and ordered an election held. The A. F.

of L. won and, of course, the contract applied." MEET TOMORROW The Lithuanian Republican Club will hold a meeting tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in Egan's HalL Main and Centre streets, for the purpose of making arrangements for the outing which will be held September 17 at Swank's Grove, in the Ringtown Valley. Those who have signed applications for membership in the club will also be Initiated into the organization. The committee will make reports concerning the registration drive. Read the latest news in the Evening Herald.

John Bellinger, 83, held by New York police in the fatal shooting of Marie Joyce, daughter of a prominent official of upper Montclair, N. whose love he could not recapture, is pictured above. Police -say he shot the girl who spurned his love, with a sawed-off rifle, after which he confessed to a priest who persuaded him to surrender. (Central Prese) CO. COMMISSIONERS R.

Request for Reduction of Coal Land Valuation Is Still Under Study FILES SUIT FOR DAMAGES Court House, Pottsville, Aug. 20. No decision by the County Com missioners on the request of the P. R. C.

I. Company, that its assessed valuation on Coal lands be reduced 50 per cent, is expected un til next month. The County Com missioners will be away the greater part of next week in attendance at the state convention of county cpm-miss'ioners but it is understood that they will take up this matter upon their return- To date, almost all of the taxing bodies have replied to the letters sent out by the Commissioners in an effort to obtain the opinion of the taxing bodies and it is understood that not one reply has fa vored the granting of the reduction. Based upon this it is said that the Schuylkill County Commis sioners will join with the Northum- Deriana county Board ol commis sioners and refuse to grant the re duction. Whether or not the decision of the County Commissioners will be made before the appeals of the Girard Estate are heard is not known.

Judge Harold L. Paul has announced that he will take up these appeals as soon as he is out of criminal court. It was at first thought that he Would take up these appeals on September 12, the open ing day of criminal court, but due to the exceptionally heavy term he has decided to sit in criminal court but has served notice that he will not sit in the civil session. This will bring up the Girard appeals on September 26. An effort to settle the appeals out of court has failed but it is understood that both sides have agreed on -much of the matter in dispute which will shorten the hearings.

Trespass Suit Filed Claiming that she- was injured when she fell entering the store of Singer Sewing Machine Com pany, Centre and Arch streets, Pottsville, Mrs. Elizabeth Pritko, of Pottsville, is asking $5,000 damages from the defendant company. The suit was filed this morning by At torney V. J. Dalton.

It is alleged that the company was at fault in not properly protecting steps at the entrance of the store and that as the result other people fell. The plaintiff suffered injuries to her knee and her system was severely shocked. Receipts Low What IS believed to be a new low for daily receipts to the treas ury of the county came yesterday when only one payment was receiv ed and that was in the small amount of $24.21 and came from a resident of Porter Township who Continued on Page tour GIRARDVILLE REPUBLICANS TO HOLD PICNIC SUNDAY Members of the Girardville Re publican Club will spend tomorrow at Watkins' Grove, near Fountain Springs, scene of their picnic. Joseph Lewis, president of the club, said today that preparations are made to accommodate more than 300 persons. Food and refreshments will be served all day and there will be sport events and other amusement features.

The club has prepared three months for the affair and assure a happy out-door event for its members and friends. A possibility exists that some of the Republican candidates will be present. No speeches, however, will be made. Most of the picnickers will travel to the grove in their own automo biles while others will be provided wnn transportation. Trucks will leave from the club's headquarters in the.

Davis building-on East Main street at noon or shortly The outing is the first to be spon sored by the club which now has a membership of more than 200. With active leaders the club has progressed rapidly and recently acquired the permanent headquarters in the Davis building. By MOREY J. POTTER United Press Staff Correspondent Harrisburg, Aug. 20.

flJ.B The month-long squabble between legis lators and the Public Assistance Department over legality of the state relief civil service setup will resume with greater intensity when the special assembly reconvenes September 6, it appeared today. Lawmakers interviewed on the subject by the United Press ex pressed the feeling that Public Assistance Secretary Arthur w. Howe. antagonized them in ioliciting a formal opinion from Attorney General Guy K. Bard that further merit system replace ments cannot be blocked the House-Senate welfare committees despite the serious doubt the joint group raised over legality of the competitive examinations.

While agreeing Bard's opinion was an abvious one on a legal point that would not tax the judgment of a civics student in the public schools, solons pointed out -that Howe could have appeased the wrath r.f the welfare committeemen by maintaining a status quo until MINE BOARD ASKS WAGES OF W. P. A. BE INCREASED Increased wages for W. P.

A. workers in this locality are de manded in a resolution passed by the General Mine Board here last night and forwarded to Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administra tor, Assembled in the Junior High School building, the board also passed a resolution endorsing the Dodson Coal Company plan to reopen Packer Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Collieries. Discussion followed on the Phillips-Jones factory strike at Pottsville and the board condemned Mayor Claude A.

Lord for ajleged unfair tactics in the handling of the picket lines. A little evil for obtaining a taire. is often necessary great good. Vol- Read The Evening Herald. Of Civil an amicable agreement was reached on future conduct of examina tions by the state employment On the basis of the Bard ruling, the board began releasing volun tarily impounded lists of certified civil service eligibles for the remaining 4,500 assistance jobs.

About 2,500 positions have been filled. The statutory deadline for provisional appointee replacements by merit system selections is September 1 Bard's ruling avoided specific mention of the deadline. It also lacked specific authorization for continuation of civil service re placements of provisional ap pointees. Vigor of the fight to date pointed to tne likelihood that the disgruntled Democratic legislators would. as a last resort in their campaign against continuation of alleged favoritism toward "professional social workers," earmark the pending $25,000,000 relief appropriation to withhold wage payments to assistance staffers selected by competi tive examinations which a large Continued from first Page GILBERT IS CHAIRMAN OF BRANCH OF LEAGUE Charles Gilbert was elected chairman of the newly-formed lion Grove Branch of the Pennsylvania Security League, at a.

meeting held Thursday in the school building. Others officers elected by this group which now has a total of 51 members were: Roy Yeager, vice chairman; Alvin Rhoads, secretary; and Wilbur Kunkle, treasurer. According to Vice Chairman Yeager, the Pennsylvania Security League is non-political, and is pledged to work for- justice and a square deal for all people on relief and for W. P. A.

workers. The next meeting of the P. S. L. will be held at 7 o'clock Thursday evening at the Foose school, and every Thursday evening until further notice.

About 40 per cent of the fuel energy in an automobile is used in cooling water alone. building, Hughes turned the plane into a wide circle and brought it down into a 12-mile north wind. He taxied up the runway and came to a stop in front of 100 spectators, mostly airport attendants and newspapermen, the only ones who knew that he was coming. His takeoff from Los Angeles had been under mysterious circumstances with no announcement of his intentions. Hughes was asked at what altitude he flew and said that he flew at "various altitudes." "We operated at altitudes which depended on the weight of the plane," Hughes said.

"When we started the plane was heavily loaded and we didnt make an attempt to hoot Into the high altitudes then. As we burned up the gas we continued to go up but we didn't go nearly as high as I had expected. We didn't go any higher than 20,000 feet. We averaged about 17,000 feet for the entire flight" Hughes explained that he used Continued on Pag TenJ Harrisburg, Aug. 20.

UB The employment board confirmed today a group of county assistance board appointments made prior to Aug. 3 but upheld until Attorney General Guy Bard ruled legis lative committees have no authority to interfere with civil service appointments. During the special session of the Legislature now in recess, a squab- Hughes Spans Continent In 10 Hours, 35 Minutes (VS v-' Die over manner ol selecting cavil service examinees threatened to disrupt the merit system. Appointments include: Schuylkill Mary M. Gaughan, St.

Clair, telephone operator, Margaret Dougherty, reception clerk, Pottsville, Kathryn E. Bennie, Marian Frick, Margaret Er Sauers, C. Louise Sylvester, Pottsville; Stephen Gumrot, Gilberton; James P. Boyle, Coaldale, junior clerks, $1,020. Paul J.

Schlitzer, Loretta E. Daley, Raymond A. DrobeL Pottsville, clerks, Ruth M. Hall, Maha. noy City; Paul Henry Buehler, Pottsville, senior clerk, $1,380.

TWO GIRLS DROWNED Phillipsburg, N. Aug. 20. (U.R Two girls, members of a vacation party, were drowned in the Delaware River yesterday when their rowboat struck a submerged rock and sank at nearby Foul Rift The victims were Rose Scolgo, 25, and Elizabeth Clemens, 28, both of Bethlehem, Two others escaped when they swam ashore. The were Olga Scolgo, 22, sister of the dead-girl, and Grayce Muschlitz, 24, also Floyd Bennett Field, New York.

Aug. 20. U.R Howard Hughes land ed here at 7:56.50 a. m. (E.

S. today after a record-breaking flight from Los Angeles in his already famous round-the-world transport plane. Flying most of the way in the sub stratosphere, he completed the trip in 10 hours, 35 minutes, 50 seconds, breaking the transport plane record set four years ago by Tommy Tomlin-son. Who crossed the country in a transport plane in 11 hours and five minutes. He took off from Los Angeles at 9:21 p.

m. (E. S. TJ and reported by radio only at Alton, HI, and Pittsburgh. He was never sighted Already, Hughes held the transcontinental record for speed planes-seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds, which he set January 19, 1937, averaging 332 miles an hour from Los Angeles to Newark airport Flying at an altitude of 500 feet as hs crossed the airport administration of Bethlehem.

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