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WEATHER FORECAST, Sunny'with high 66 to 73 today. Clear tonight with low in the 40s. Sunday fair with little temperature change. THE GETTYSBURG TIMES 1 Truth Our Guide--The Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To Our Patrons GOOD EVENING Maybe the man. who ihot a train porter in Illinois wanted to carry his own bag.

Vol. 50, No. 226 Adams County's Only Daily Newspaper GETTYSBURG, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1952 Leased Member of The Associated Prew PRICE THREE CENT! PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL SAYS TAX RATE HERE IS "VERY ''Borough finances are in good shape, and the tax rate, which has remained unchanged, is very low in comparison with many other com- 'munities," Councilman H. M. Oyler president of the Borough Council told members of the Women's Civic Council Friday night at its first fall meeting at YWCA.

He said that while in past years it between and $38,000 to operate the borough government, "operation costs have risen and this year it will cost about $120,000. The borough has better equipment now that it ever had its new $9,000 roller, new trucks and modern snow loader. In response to questions about the mosquito nuisance, he said that while in the past about 5500 was spent during the summer to rid the town of mosquitoes, much more was expended this summer and that oil is still being sprayed on Rock Creek. Quizzed On Comfort Station The council president discussed the operation of the Municipal Authority, the new sewage disposal plant and the police department. He was asked many questions relative of building a public comfort station, which club members said was necessary for both residents and tourists.

Mrs. Frederic Griest, Flora Dale, Commissioned Miss Dorothy J. Wehler, daughter of Oliver Wehler, New Oxford R. 1, who was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. She was an assistant at the Adams County Free Library before entering: service.

IENSENY-HALL NUPTIALS WILL BE READ TODAY The wedding of. Miss Doris Jean Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. COUNTY COUPLE TO BE MARRIED THIS AFTERNOON Miss Wanda June Currens, daugh- er of Mr. and Mrs.

Allen Luther 3urrens, 1, will become he bride of Robert Maurice Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy S. Miler, 147 York at a double ring ceremony to be performed in the Mt. Hope EUB Church, Fairfield R.

1, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Roger E. Burtner, pastor, as the officiating clergyman. The bride, who will be given in marriage by her father, will wear a sftreet-length dress of white lace in pinwheel design oven satin featuring a full skirt and a matching jacket designed with mandarin collar and three-quarter sleeves. Her shoulder-length 'veil of, nylon net will be attached to a half-hat of lace and her white satin pumps adorned will gloves and a single strand of pearls, the latter a gift of the groom.

Her bouquet is a cascade arrangement of white roses and baker fern Maid Of Honor Miss Jacquelin Long, Carlisle a student at BuckneU University, is the maid of honor. She will wear a street-length dress of bronze iridescent taffeta designed with a lull skirt, three-quarter sleeves, rolled collar- and silver buttons. -Her jewelry is a single choker strand of baby pearls with.matching earrings and her accessories are in green (Please turn to Pagfe 3) many tourists stop at her fruit Qrrtanna, and Den' i fa rip's stand and complain about facilities in Gettysburg and "cannot under nis C. Senseny, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence T. Senseny, 339 E. King TI 1 WlCU. CAAl-C stand why a community like Gettys- cham bersbuxg, will be solem- burg doesn't take some action on aftemoon at 4 0 iock. The double ring ceremony will be such'an important matter." Mrs.

W. R. Sammel, president performed by Rev FT. Louis J. in Ignatius Catholic Buchanan Valley, before an altar, of palms, white gladioli busload qTjourists is not usually a pompon chxysanthe funeliou of TWCAa.

and. CTCS flfteen minute organ recital by thff no special water rate is Wn11 vAn the cost of this service -is becoming 1 i.1 i CGO.C the YWCA, said that providing comfort station facilities not only local residents but "to busload after Sums Bequeathed To Church, Orphanages Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church. Me Sherrytown, and two Catholic or phans' homes will benefit from th estate of Clara Riser Klunk, late of McSherrystown, according to the will entered 'for probate with the office of the county register and recorder. Jn. her lists S200 the Rt.

Mrg John Hall pre 8 the ceremony. The bride, who will be given- in i marriage by her father, will wear an imported white Chantilly lace over r. Oyler said the borough would i as far as possible. 14 Groups Represented Fourteen long lace train. Her headdress will re'n- ibe a satin cap edged with lace and 'with following changes of representation were reported: Woman's Club, Mrs.

Frederic E. S- Lester be a cascade of 'gardenias and ivy foliage. As maid of honor. Miss Sara A Hall, York, cousin of the bride, will Tiniest TwinsThriving Now Tiny but beautiful bits of humanity we the two younff firU posing for their first picture at the home of their Mr. and Mrs.

John W. Duttera, The prematurely-born younfsters were the smallest twins ever at the Warner Hospital. The young lady io the left, Sharon Ruth, weighed one pound, 15 at birth on May 16. Her nister, Shirley Ruth, weighed two pounds two ounces. Recently, they reached approximately poundi and were removed to their home.

(Gettysburg Times Photo) Small Baby Girls At Home After 3 Months In Incubator MARKET PRICES ARE UNCHANGED THIS MORNING The Farmers Market experienced another busy session this morning. Late summer produce was in good supply and the market was crowded with buyers. Few, if any, changes in prices were noted. Egg prices remained at last week's levels, with large whites and browns 'bringing 75 cents a dozen. Mediums sold for 65 cents a dozen.

Corn was back on the market in better supply today as later crops became available. Most of the roasting ears sold for 35 and 40 cents a dozen. The demand was good and supplies were sold out early. Peaches offered included mostly Belle of Georgia and Elbertas. They were 20 cents a quart box and 30 cents a two-quart container; $1, fl.50 and $2 a half bushel.

Some brought from S2 to $2.50 a bushel. Other Market Prices Tomatoes sold for 20 and 25 cents a' quart box and $1.25 for a half bushel basket. Plums sold for 25 cents a quart and crab apples at 25 cents a quarter peck, 45 cents a half peck. Apples sold for 25 cents a quarter cents a half peck Col. a Smith To Be Lions' Speaker Colonel Charles "Bud" Smith of Dillsburg, who has served for a number of years with the Air Force in this country and abroad, will be the speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Gettysburg Lions Club Monday evening at Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church.

An initiation of new members also will be conducted with Colonel Smith, a former Lions district governor, conducting the initiation. A meeting of the club's community fter the club session. The club will hold a ladies' night meeting September 29 at Arendts- 'ille. Two tiny girls, the smallest living to be Wen to Patrick F. McGee to be.used as he sees fit for the -McSherrystown Catholic church.

Another $200 bequest is made to Bishop George L. Leech, Harrisburg, to be.used as he sees fit for Sylvan Heights home, twins ever born in the Warner Hospital, are now at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dut-' tera, Guldens, and growing bigger and stronger and healthier every day.

The tiny now more than three months of age, weigh a little over seven pounds apiece-the weight of a normal sized baby at birth. Now plump and pink, the little; tots a delight to their parents, and to their two-year-old brother, Johnny, who thinks it a "wonderful -Km of Nile Griest replacing Mrs. Scott- Eagles Auxiliary, Mrs. Pearl wear a floor-length gown Wiser replacing Mrs. Roy Cold- gre en taffeta and lace, with scal- L.

smith. Mrs. Charles L. Lauver, secretary, bronze who was in charge of securing jth ivy foliage, workers for the Information Booth Two Bridesmaids during the first half of this month, Attending as bridesmaids, that members of the Civic Misses Janet Sheaffer, Council organizations served many times during the summer. The president stated that she would resume "her official visits to member organizations this fall.

Six were visited during the late winter and spring. The off ciers were author- (Continned on Page 2) loped illusion cascade bouquet of pompon---chrysanthemums the Fannetts- (please Turn to Page 3) Hold Military Rites For Edw. W. Sanders LOCAL ANTIQUE CAR BE IN'52 TOUR The 1952 Glidden Tour of antique automobiles will pass through Gettysburg Tuesday morning, and when it- does there will be four of these ancient vehicles from this two of them from Olidden tourers--will-meet-Monday in HarSSg in time for a banquet ing as pallbearers were Commander at fhe Hotel. They will Harold Wentz.

Joseph John begin leaving the state capital short- A military funeral was conducted Thursday for Edward William Sanders, 44 North McSherrystown, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Commodore Sanders and veteran of World War II, who died Sunday at the Hanover Hospital. Services consisted of prayers at the J. T.

Kernan Funeral Home, McSherrystown, and a requiem mass in the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, McSherrystown. The rector, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick F.

McGee, officiated. Interment with military rites by. Albert J. Lentz Post -202, American Legion, Gettysburg, was in the church cemetery. Members of the color guard were Eugene Sickles, Harry Ridinger, Kenneth -T-awnev and Willam Shealer.

Serv- Harrisburg and Paradise Protectory near Abbottstowh. Both gifts are "in memory of the Riser family." Other donations of family cemetery plots, at chapel and at McSherrystown are listed in the will, S50 to. go to Conewago Chapel and $100 to Annunciation church. Attorney J. F.

Yake is executor of'the Sll.OOO estate. Another will entered for probate at the office of the county register and recorder is that-of-Harvey H. Flickinger, late of Mt. Pleasant Twp. Ralph J.

Flickinger, Littlestown R. 2, is executor of the S4.200 estate. COLLEGTGRAD GETS NEW POST thiiig" to have two such tiny sisters. There is sometimes a little confusion as to which is Shirley Ruth and which is Sharon'Ruth, but the family can generally straighten things out when they put the two together. One is more active than the other.

Shu-ley, if one looks sharply, is a little plumper than Sharon. Since the' two- are identical twins the family hopes tliey grow up to look exactly alike--to the amused confusion of everyone. When the children, some three months premature, entered the and $2 a half bushel. Sweet potatoes were 35 cents a world, however, there was not much hope for the girls' survival. Shirley at birth weighed two pounds, two ounces; Sharon weighed one pound, 15 ounces.

The incubator at the hospital became their home and they became cnown to the hospital nurses as and As the weeks went on, the sxtremely tiny humans became the ''stars" of the nursery; despite the competition of the babies who were "gigantic" In, comparison to the two-pound infants. Incubator Wore put One incubator wore out while the children were still under care. They were transferred immediately to a new incubator. Dr. Harrison Harbach, who kept a watchful-eye on their growth, he believes the twins are among the smallest ever born who survived and grew to normal, infancy.

Birthday of the twins was May 16. Shirley reached the point where she could leave to go-to her home at Guldens' Station on August 23. Sharon arrived home on August 31. Incidentally the Ruth portion of the twins' names is that of their mother. FIELD STAFF quart and other potatoes 35 cents a quarter peck, 65 cents a half peck and $1.25 a peck.

Shelled lima beans were 35 cents a pint, 65 cents quart; green and yellow beans, 15 and 20 cents a quart. Beets were ten cents a bunch; pattypan squash, 10 and 15 cents each; pumpkins, 10, 15 and 25 cents each; cabbage, sb cents a pound; peppers, two for fivi cents and five cents each; cucumbers, small, one cent three for five and five cents each; broccoli, 20 cents a bunch. Grapes Are On. Sale Grapes made their appearance on the market today, selling mostly at 25 cents a quart box. Fox grapes 25 cents a quart.

Dressed chickens were 60 cents a pound and butter TO and 75 cents a pound. Other prices included whipping cream, 40 cents a pint; potato salad, 25 cents a pint; cottage cheese, 20 cents a pint; bread, 20 cents a loaf; rolls, 20 cents a dozen; cookies, 30 and 35 cents a 40 and 50. $1 and $1.25. HERE NEXT WEEK Miss' Elise F. Moller, member of the Community Division field staff of the' Young Women's Christian Association 'in the eastern region with headquarters in New York City, will be in Gettysburg from Monday to Wednesday.

a field staff member Miss Moller will work with the Gettysburg association on all phases of program and administration. She is respon- 2 PROCESSORS CITED IN FTC COMPLAINT ON APPLE BUSINESS Local processors and fruit growers were amazed today to learn that the Appalachian Apple Service, and two county processing concerns have been cited in a complaint of the Federal Trade Commission as having "entered into an understanding, agreement and combination to restrain trade and interstate commerce in apples" and with "engaging in a planned common course of action." Cited in the complaint are the Appalachian Apple Service, which includes a number of local growers, the C. H. Musselman Biglerville: Knouse Foods Cooperative, Peach Glen; National Fruit Product Company, Winchester; Bowman Apple Products, Mt. Jackson, and Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Corp.

of Winchester. The citation includes all officers and members, including the growers, of the various organizations. Commenting on the complaint which may lead to a "cease and de- Here And There News Collected At Random ly after 7 a.m. Tuesday. The first cars are expected to pass through Gettysburg, driving in Carlisle St.

around Lincoln Square and out Baltimore St. and Steinwehr Ave. to the Washington Rd. shortly after 8 o'clock. 2 Local IVIen In Tour Local antique car owners who plan to take part in the tour are John D.

Teeter and Ernest Simpson. Teeter has a 1915 Ford Touring car. Simp- son has a 1916 Overland touring. Teeter and Simpson expect to join the cavalcade in Harrisburg for the start and remain with, it to Washington. John D.

Basehoar, Littlestown, who has a 1915 Ford which belonged to his father, the late D. D. Basehoar, will compete in the endurance contest part of the tour. He will drive his car to Philadelphia and there join the party for the trip to Harrisburg by way of Stroudsburg, this route being taken in order to accumulate the nece.s- 200 miles. Dr.

Mark Redding, Hanover, a former Adams countian, and a brother of Allen Redding, Baltimore expects to be in the parade too, but may not go to Harrisburg, joining the other antique cars as they pass through Gettysburg. Local Yesterday's high LMt night's low Today at 8:30 a.m at 10:90 Paul Fox, John Murray and- Edward Culp. Bugler Edward Hughes sounded taps. Members of Hanover Post 250, VFV Robert Gise, Henry E. Burnell Warner and Charles H.

Halter, were in the firing squad. Mason Print Wins In Month's Display A print shown by Dr. Francis C. Mason of Gettysburg College won first position in the monthly print show at the September meeting of the Gettysburg photographic Society Friday evening at home of Edward Stine, W. Middle St.

Pictures displayed by' Dr. C. A. Sloat and La Verne Dietz tied for second position and a print by Paul G. Pensinger placed third.

Next Saturday evening the Get- JOHN W. FISHER John W. Fisher, graduate of Academy and Gettysburg College, class of 1914. has been elected instructor in Tnathematics at the birth Qf Peddie School, Hightstown, N. it was announced today by Dr.

Carrol Morong, headmaster. Mr. Fisher had been principal at Westernport High School, Md. He received an M.A- from the university -of Maryland and has sudicd at Columbia University and the University of Southern California. He has taught at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Wilbraham Academy.

Wilbraham, New- ark'Academy, Newark, N. and The bulletin of Christ Lutheran Church, Rev. Wallace E. Fisher, pastor, under date of September 14 contained the fol.lowing: Now here's a bit worth pondering "The thin-lipped virtues may have their place but what they add'up to is something less than goodness and considerably less than character. What I am saying is that if you don't a don't ch a don't i don't a don't lose your temper, don't transgress any of these meritorious prohibitions and proscriptions, and yet refuse the claim of the world for brotherhood, the cry for a universal, just community, it would be better if you cheated, lied and all the rest a-nd-stni had-roem-for the great claims, the great purposes of your age.

What I am saying is that if you never listen to a dirty story but you do listen to race (Continued on 1'age 6) sist order," John A. Hauser, president of the C. H. Musselman said today: "As I understand the complaint we have been cited as endeavoring to work with and help the growers. It is certainly true that we have their interests at heart.

In Sympathy With FTC "While we are in sympathy with aims and purposes of the Federal Trade Commission and disapprove of unfair competition and unfair acts of competition in commerce, we do feel that long established trade customs in a far- flung business like the apple industry in buying and" selling tend (Continued on Page 2) Post House Manager Featured In Campaign Mrs. Evelyn L. Hoffman, 313 B. Washington manager of the Greyhound Post House, 21 N. Washington will be featured in the Greyhound Lines' three-month, nation-wide advertising campaign which started Friday.

She has been manager since July, 1950. Assisting her with ticket sales are Herbert Thoads, Mrs. Gladys Bechtel and Mrs. Jean Pyle. Greyhound agents as a group will be featured in national magazines and television advertising and Mrs.

Hoffman will be featured in the Greyhound fall advertising campaign in The Gettysburg Times. Chemical Society To Meet Next Thursday The Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society will hold its initial meeting of the 1952-53 season at the new Armstrong Cork Co. research and development center, Lincolnway West, Lancaster, Thursday. The meeting will be highlighted by a guided tour through the center beginning'at 8 p.m. Dinner will be tysburg group will serve as the greeter committee for the annual banquet and show of the Mason- Dixon Council of Camera Clubs.at the Yorktowne Hotel in York.

Dr. Francis Wu of China will be the speaker. President Tyson presided at the meeting. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs.

V. Clair Gardner, Mt. Holly Springs, announce the daughter on Thursday. MISS HARTMAN, JOHN WADDELL TO WED TODAY Miss Doris June Hartman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Mark Hartman, Biglerville R. 2, will become the bride of John Waddell, son of Mrs. Helen Waddell, Philadelphia, at a ceremony to be performed this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Arendtsville. The double-ring ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Robert Schiebel.

pastor. Church decorations will include white dahlias and asters mixed with rhododendron. Chris Young Philadelphia, who will be accompanied by the organist, Mrs. Kenneth Lawver, Biglerville, will sing "I Love You Truly," "Because," "The Wedding Hymn" and "The Lord's Prayer" during the ceremony. The- bride, be given in marriage by her father, will wear a floor-length gown of white satin designed with a sweetheart neckline trimmed with Chantilly lace.

The bodice is fitted with a nylon net yoke and the full skirt, adorned with Chantilly lace ruffles, ends in a train. The full-length sleeves taper over the wrists. Her veil of illusion net falls from a lace cap trimmed with r.ylon tulle and seed pearls. The bridal jewelry is a single strand of pearls, a gift of MISS MOLLER sible for cooperation with association leadership on Teen-age program, on business, professional and industrial members. She will also advise on questions of finance, community cooperation and other phases of the program.

Prior to joining- the national staff Miss Moller was on the staff of YWCA's in Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Born in Brooklyn, N. Miss Moller majored social work and history at the Pennsylvania College for Women, Pitts- (Fleaae Turn to Paf 3) served at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria of the laboratory and will be- followed by short addresses by Ned Claxton, director, and Bob Rohrer, assistant director. Several countians are members of the society.

Bride, 19, Expectant Mother, Stricken With Polio At Mount The 19-year-old bride of a Mount Saint Mary's College student is the fifth Emmitsburg area resident to be stricken with polio. Peggy Greenholt, a resident the groom. She will carry a bouquet of stephanotis and white carnations centered with a white orchid, and a white Bible with ribbon streamers. Sister Is Maid Of Honor Miss Margaret Waddell, Philadelphia, sister of the groom, will be the maid of -honor. She will be attired in a floor-length gown of peacock-blue designed with a satin bodice and Peter Pan collar and a full skirt of nylon tulle over satin.

Her small hat is of matching color with a veil and she will wear elbow- length mitts. She will carry a he became infected with the dis- colonial bouquet of roses and Accident Injury And Heart Attack Fatal Word has been received here of the death of Russell J. Richwine, 30, Orlando, formerly of Gardners, who succumbed Friday morning at 3:30 o'clock in the Hospital of a heart attack and a'back injury. He was struck by a falling piece of hea.vy while at his place of employment Thursday. He is survived by his Mrs.

Marjorie 'Braggs Richwine, of Orlando, 'and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Richwine, Gardners; a daughter, Sandra Jean, and a stepson, Charles; two brothers, Brinton, of Marysville, and Foster, of Gardners R. and four sisters, Mrs.

Mechanicsburg R. Mrs. Myrtle Nichols, Mechanicsburg R. Mrs. Edith Herman, Gardners R.

and Mrs. Miriam Plank, Gettysburg-R. D. The deceased was an employe of the New Ideal Equipment Company, Orlando. Funeral arrangements have not' be announced.

Action Flares newlnivon Allies Retain 4 Hill Pasitions Chinese Reds won 'Control of the crest of Old Baldy Hill last night but' were driven back in charges against four other N. hill positions in a flareup of action on the Korean front. Red artillery fire increased' an along the line. U. N.

planes hammered- the Reds with gasoline bombs and bullets in supporting Allied infantrymen on Old Baldy, a battle- scarred knob west of Chbrwon. The U. S. Eighth Army said U. troops last night and today repulsed a tank supported Chinese assault against four Allied hill positions south of Panmunjom, site of the armistice talks.

The Reds attacked in battalion force--about 800 men--along a front nearly two miles wide. Eighth Army staff officer LICENSED TO WED A marriage license has been issued at the court house to Paul Alexander Brodbeck son Mrs. P. A. Brodbeck East Berlin, and Barbara Ann Bankert, daughter of Mr.

and Mfs. Harold Bftnkwt, Hunover. Southern California Military AC- Hanover wh0t ith her husband, ademy, Long Beach, as well as to tne marriec i students in various high schools in Maryland. BUTLER TWP. FARM SOLD A 172-acre farm located in Butler Twp.

Adams County, belonging to Charles A. Brinton, has been pur- quarters at Mount Saint Mary's about ten days ago, was diagnosed as suffering, with polio Friday and was rushed to the York hospital. Dr. James H. Allison, her phy- chased by'Morris Pinnon, Phlladel- sician, said Mrs.

Greenholt, who is phia. Immediate possession has been given. Sale by C. A. Heiges and Son, 127 Buford Ave.

SOCIETY TO MEET The annual reorganization meet- ing'of the Adams County Unit of the American Cancer Society will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the board room of the Warner Hospital. an expectant mother, had been ill since Tuesday, but had believed her illness was a virus infection which has been prevalent this summer. Friday she noticed an unusual weakness in the lower portion of her legs, and diagnosis showed she had polio. The physician said "the chances are that her case is not relsted to the otheri in Emmiteburf, but thai ease in Hanover before moving to Mount Saint Mary's." Maryland, has no quarantine law, the ma.tter up to the discretion of the county medical officers. Thursday a conference was held between Emmitsburg area doctors and Frederick County medical authorities at Emmitsburg to discuss the polio situation.

No decisions were reached then to close theaters or schools, or otherwise take "drastic" measures in the attempt to curb the spread of the disease. Most of the doctors present were hesitant to tiike action unless other cases develop. Most expressed the opinion that polio, if it contagious, is contngiout prior to the appearance of any The opinion expressed that quarantines may not be necessary. II the disease continues to spread and theaters may carnations with pink satin streamers. Miss Diane Dollar, Altoona, and Miss Lois Diffendorfer, Waynesboro, Turn to Page 2) Mrs.

Otto Mendler Is Interred Today Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Mendler, wife of Otto C. Mendler, who died at her home, 5 S. Franklin Tuesday night, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Bender Funeral Home. The Rev.

Robert Knechel, pastor of the Gettysburg Church of the Brethren, officiated Interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery, lAwrence The pallbearers were Hartman Cyrus Bucher. Mervin Kepner, Charles Weaver. Harry Harmon and J. 1. Hereter.

William C. Everhart Helps Christen Plane William C. Everhart, historian of the Vicksburg National Military Park and son of Curtis Everhart, Fairfield took part in recent ceremonies christening a Southern Airways DC-3 at Vicksburg in honor of General John C. Pemberton. the Confederate defender of VicKsfc-arg.

The ceremonies on the apron of the Vicksburg Municipal Airport marked the highlight of the annual Confederate Air Force reunion. Everhart spoke of the career of General Pemberton. a native of Pennsylvania who threw in his lot with the South. City, airline and CAA officials took part in the exercises. ON WGET PROGRAMS Rev.

Dr. O. D. Coble, pastor of the Bendersville Lutheran Church will conduct the morning devotions at WGET on Monday. Other speakers for next week follow: Tuesday Harry C.

Browne, Christian Science: Wednesday, Rev. Glenn Rankin pastor of the Church of God, York Springs; Thursday, Rev. O. E. Feeman Grace Lutheran, Two Taverns Friday, Rev.

H. W. Sternat. Bigler- said sketchy 'front reports that the Communists controlled the crest of Old Baldy didn't necessarily mean they were atop it. But U.

N. soldiers have pulled out of prefabricated bunkers on the crest, and dug- in on the eastern and 'western slopes. The Chinese are on the north side of the hill and Allied tanks cover the southern approach. 800 Reds Attack Hill Infantry fighting on Old Bald) dwindled Friday night, but artil lery, mortar and tank fire from both sides was heavy. Fighting for flared anew Thursday when 800 Chinese attacked.

The hill changed hands four times in July and was seized Aug. 1 by the U. S. Second Division. U.

N. troops last night and today hurled back two Communist attacks on the Central Front-- east of he Pukhan River and on bloody 'inger -Ridge. In each assault, the Reds used two companies. The Air Force said one B29 Su- perfort failed to return from the ig Sept. 12-13 strike against the leds' Suiho power plant on the Yalu River.

The Air Force reported nine ither Allied planes lost during the week ended Friday, including four F86 Sabre jets-- but only one Sabre in aerial combat. Other TJ. N. plane losses included one F84 Thundcrjet and two prop- driven planes to ground fire and two other F84s to unexplained causes. Anjrry Session MUNSAN, Korea The Korean truce talks adjourned today for the eighth straight week-long recess after an angry session in which negotiators argued over who started the war.

It was the first plenary meeting since Sept. 12 and produced no headway in the prolonged stale- ville Lutheran, and Saturday, Rev. a Rohrbaugh. Bigierville Evanelical United Brethren. mate on prisoner exchange, major obstacle to a truce.

The Reds agreed to a U. N. request and recessed the talks at Panmunjom until Sept. 2t..

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