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Weather By D. 8. Weather Boreas Eastern Pennsylvania: Cloudy and colder today; tomorrow rain. U.S. WEATHER BUREAU OFFICE Reading, Pa, Jan.

2, 1939 7:30 A.M. Barometer Sea level ..29.74 Temperature Dry bulb Wet bulb Precipitin, ins. Humidity, pet. Wind direction Wind velocity 42 35 0 47 W. 7 18 degrees above normal.

12 Noon 55 42 0 28 W. 18 7:30 P.M. 29.75 29.92 44 38 0 57 N.W. 13 Weather cond's Clear Clear PtCl'dy Highest temperature 54 at 11 45 a. m.

Lowest temperature 41 at 8 a. m. Average temperature 48, which is Same date last year: highest 42; lowest 29; weather, cloudy. .01. Highest and lowest temperatures for this date on record are: 58 in 1919.

and 2 in 1899. Excess in temperature since Jan. 1st. 28 degrees. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.

0, which is .13 below nor mal. Deficiency in precipitation since Jan. 1st, .26 inches. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES 7:30 P.M. High Boston 38 50 Chicago 36 36 Los Angeles 56 58 Mimia 74 78 New York 46 52 Philadelphia 50 56 San Francisco.

54 56 Standing of Crews Engineers: Kerschner. Blanschard, Sterner. Dauber, Putt, Zechman. Firemen: Cauff, Kauffman, Roland, Guistwite, Adams, Johnson, Longenecker, Andrisch, McCorkle, Jones, Gerber, Stoudt, Bender, Maurer, Conrath, Davis, Baer. Conductors: Sle'm, Tobias, Leber.

Brakemen: Warmkessel, Heltz lnger. Buckwalter, Bender, Thompson, Bryan, Conroy, Stevenson, Cul bert, Skusa. Tard Brakemen: Yoder, Welsenford, Snyder, Moore, Mohr, Hassler, Zerbe, Ireland, Hepner, Eisenbrand, Stieff, Harper, White, Nicholas, Wolf, Snipe. Conductors Stuber, Weitzel, Ruffner. R.

and C. Engineers: Wells. Firemen 1 1, Troutman, Kelly, Bartle. Brakemen: Ritter, Strohl, Trout man. Two Piano Russians In Rajah Concert With Vronsky and Babin, famous Russian two piano team, as the featured artists, the third of this season's Haage concerts will be held In the Rajah Theatre on Thursday vening.

Comprised of Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, the artists will present a program of original works for two pianos and arrangements and adaptations. Their program follows: Variations on a theme by Haydn, by Brahms; "Sonata in allegro con spirito, andante, and allegro molto, by Mozart; "Fantasia," Opus 5, allegretto (Barcarolle) adagio sostenuto, largo de molto, allegro maestoso (Easter Bells) by Rachmaninoff; "Scaramouche" vlf, mod ere, Braziliern, Darius Milhaud: "Three Edutes" by Victor Babin, and "Polovtsian Dances," by Borodin and Babin. Holiday Complicates Year End Tax Rush With the last day of 1938 falling on a Saturday, a four hour business day, tax receiving offices, city county and school, as well as those of the county borough and townships, will not know the volume of their year end rush receipts until today's mails are received and their check contents calculated. Checks mailed at any hour on Saturday must be accepted as in payment of taxes, regular or delinquent, before the December deadline ended. In the city hall office, where city, school and county taxes on city realty are paid, the weekend payments reached large amounts.

The total for the final days of the week and for the entire month will be estimated by tomorrow. Fire Destroys Tool House At Oley St. Mills Tlameg early Sunday morning 1 velled a tool house at the Oley mill. Schuylkill firemen responded along with Assistant Chief Edward Dell who estimated the loss at $50. A short circuit in a radio yesterday summoned firemen to 334 N.

Sixth st. A radio and furniture were damaged. The loss was estimated at $25. Firemen Postpone Monthly Meetings Because of the holiday, six Reading fire companies last night postponed monthly meetings. Rainbow, Hampden, Washington and Riverside companies will meet instead tonight.

The Reading Hose and Marion companies will meet next Monday night. To Plan Baer Park Field House Opening The Baer Park Playground Association will meet in the Berks County Boys' Home. 821 Schuylkill tonight at 8 o'clock. Members are urged to attend and help Iron out details for occupancy of the almost completed field house. Mrs.

William DeWald, the president, will preside. HOMES FOR REIT Ton'lt And a food eleetln of hornet er rent in todavi TIMES Want Ads All ti2s and prices to flt every jeocketbeok. particulars see Classification SO ea the Classified Pare. Reading Iron Orders Plants Here Demolished Corporafion Obtains City Permits To Raze Its 85 Buildings (ronlinnrd from Pace One) Employing 7.500 men a quarter century ago in its various plants, including mills out of Reading, the Reading Iron Company's operations in Reading have steadily dwindled in volume of employment for the last IS years. Last spring, when its parent company, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, went Into reorganization proceedings under Section 77 of the federal law, the last major operation, the Seventh street tube works, went out of operation.

At that time estimates of the of employes on payrolls in Reading located plants ranged from 1,500 to 1,700. Many years ago employes in all the Reading plants. Including the long vanished Spruce street mills, were 3,000 to 3.500 in number. Twenty five to thirty years ago the company was our of the largest Iron pipe and bar iron producers In the Independent field not to mention Its blast furnace output. It employed about 7.500 men then.

A large number of men were employed in the Danville rolling mills of the company. Many others were employed in the Columbia rolling mills, and others in Pottstown. Smaller crews were at work In the Blandon and Seyfert rolling mills others in Birdsboro. Eventually the Birdsboro plant was closed and the nail factory shifted to Reading. The others were either sold or shut down and dismantled.

The nail factory is reported to have orders enough to keep its force, a comparatively small number, at work for some months to come. Obtains Tax Reduction When the Keystone furnace was ordered dismantled, several months ago, the company obtained an assessment reduction from city. county and school districts on 1939 tax bills. Razing work there is ap proaching completion. City assessments on the South Seventh street plant, about the North Ninth street mills, $250, 000, and the Oley street mills, Including the Roe puddler, about $200,000, plus land appraisements, totalled about $1,400,000.

When the buildings are removed the assessable property will be only the land. The Seventh street property is the equivalent of three city blocks In area; the North Ninth street tract nearly 45 acres and the Oley street plRnt area neerly as large. Recently the company sold its three properties on North Eighth THE READING TIMES, READING, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 9 3 9 704FromDPA Over Holidays State Department of Public Assistance vouchers totalling $18,704.30 were sent to Berks during the week ending December 24, it was announced yesterday at Harrisburg. A total of 2.972 families received aid, said the report. New applications for aid numbered 386.

A total of 150 new cases was opened, and 58 other cases were closed, making a net change in the Reading Berks district of 94. street, known as the Scott foundry and auxiliary buildings, sidings and lands, to the Birdsboro Steel Foundry and Machine Company for approximately $140,000. The old Eckert furnaces at South street and the Reading Railway, near the pipe mill plant, were razed many years ago, and the Spruce street mills were dismantled almost two decades ago. The Iron company may not get a reduction in its tax bills for 1939, by ordering the 85 buildings razed, even though the razing permits were issued before the end of 1938. In a somewhat similar case before the authorities some time ago, it was held that as the budget for the current year was estimated on assessments on properties standing at the time of budget making, the asMsitmrnt for the year covered by the budget would stand, even although the property in question had been razed soon after the budget was made.

On a basis of 30'i mills, the total city, school and county mill age, on an estimated $1,500,000 assessment, the company's yearly tax bill was $45,750 at the low ebb period of Its operations. At one time, when the company had more plants operating, the Scott Works, the Spruce street mill and tne Eckert furnaces, its annual tax bills were above that amount. The 1939 city budget was completed about one month before the end of the year. The razing permits were issued to the company the same morning in which council, holding its final 1938 session on Saturday officially adopted the budget and tax rate ordinances. Will Get Triennial Adjustment The new year, 1939, will however be the time of the triennial assessment, for preparation of 1940, 1941 and 1942 valuation figures.

Whether or not the Reading Iron Company gets a reduction on its 1939 tax bills, it is certain to get the benefit of "land only" valuations for the next triennium. The company itself may pass out of existence, as its assets are being realized on as rapidly as possible to aid in adjusting the affairs of the parent company, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. The razing order, granted by City Building Inspector Alfred E. Eck enrode, is in three permits, one for Reasons for opening new cases were loss of private employment, 62; loss of public works jobs, 42; cessation of unemployment compensation, 15; other cases, 33. Reasons for closing cases were private employment secured, 31; public works Jobs secured, placed on unemployment compensation, other cases, 18.

Reflecting the effects of Federal Works Program curtailment to an Bashore Includes Kutztown Project Ralph M. Bashore, state secretary of labor and industry, lists Kutztown $134,000 sewerage system project as one of the Pennsylvania building operations reported to his office In November. On the list is a Schuylkill Haven electric plant, cost $184,000. Nine communities in this locality reported. Reading Is not in the list, nor are Lancaster, Pottsville, Easton or Harrisburg.

Building officials in 240 communities issued 2,947 permits during November for operations to cost $6, 808,000. These 240 municipalities contain more than five and one half million people, approximately half of the state's total population. Residential construction planned this month was 14.1 percent higher than the October level, although expenditures for non residential building, additions, alterations and repairs showed declines. Improvement was shown In all types of resi dential buildings. Permits for 628 single homes totaled $2,970,000.

Six double homes will cost 139.000 and six apartment houses, $280,000. each plant. Edward H. Leonard, the company's chief engineer, made the application. The company will do the work itself, the cost estimated to be about $20,000.

The machinery will be sold to plants elsewhere or disposed of to scrap dealers as junk Iron or steel. Idle Several Years The North Ninth street rolling mills have been idle for several years, except the charcoal plant, which operated at intervals after the main plant closed. Some sheet iron was processed at rare intervals. The last pipe at the Seventh street plant was turned in March, 1937, but other work at the plant was not completed until near June 1. The Oley street mills were in operation, occasionally, in the fore part of 1937.

but closed down finally many months ago. The demolition order Includes the Roe mechanical puddler, an automatic puddling mill at the Oley street plant designed and built by the late James Roe. Roe, who died several years ago, was a company official for many years and personally directed the automatic plant's operation. Increasing degree, the general as sistance rolls of the department showed a net rise of 6.327 cases Involving 21,944 persons, during the week In the state at large. On Christmas eve the rolls numbered 217,736 cases, representing 669.212 persons.

The week's rise was the outcome of opening 9,744 cases including 33.358 persons and closing 3,417 cases, including 11,414 persons. Millmont Center Reopens Tonight Skeetball, dancing, a band concert and a lecture are listed as this month's activities at the Millmont Community Center, which reopens tonight. The skeetball league will resume its schedule tonight with the Carver Ice Cream quintet meeting the Fleetwing five at 7 p. m. At 8:18 p.

m. the Hot Shots will meet the Ghost five. Modern dancing for all boys and girls, 16 years of age and over, will be tomorrow night's attraction. The program will begin at 7 p. m.

with a dance orchestra providing music. On January 11 a free concert will be presented by the WPA Band under the direction of Willy Richter. A lecture for boys, 16 years and over, will be given on January 17 by William L. McKinney, of the Homeopathic Hospital. His topic will be "From Boyhood to Manhood." Four Labor Groups Protest Embargo The adoption of resolutions urging President Roosevelt to lift the embargo on Loyalist Spain by four labor groups who have also contributed financial aid was announced yesterday by Verna Phillips, secretary of the Reading Branch of the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.

Organizations which adopted the resolutions and contributed included the American Federation of Railroad Workers, the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, Branch 10, Local 7 of the State. County and Municipal Workers of America and the Reading Branch of the International Workers Order. Judges Sit Today, First 1939 Court Court sessions for the new year will be inaugurated today. Common pleas Judges will sit at an argument court session. A list of 62 accounts are scheduled to be called before Judge F.

A. Marx in Orphans' Court. Thursday Assistant District Attorney James F. Marx will call 24 defendants for sentence. Friday the court will hear non support and desertion cases.

Next Monday a two week civil court session will be opened. Judge Fred S. Reese, Carlisle, will assist Judges H. Robert Mays and Forrest R. Shanaman.

Fire Apparatus, Police Patrol In Crash Near Hall Bluecoat, Prisoner In Black Maria Hurt (Continued from Page One) later released in the custody of his wife. Six more persons were yesterday added to the holiday list of injured as the result of highway accidents in Reading and Berks. Three youths were injured one seriously when a car in which they were riding ran off Route 73 about one and a half miles from the city limits at 10:30 last night. Marvin Bixler, 22, of Mohnton R. D.

1, was most seriously injured of the trio. The driver of the car, he was admitted to Homeopathic Hospital with a fracture of the right leg, a laceration above the right eye and lacerations of the head. Two passengers, Royden Mast, 20, of Reading R. D. 1, and L.

Carl Lebo, Mohnton R. D. 1, were treated for minor injuries and dis charged. Injured when his car overturned on New Year's Day, Chester Grim, 58, of Hamburg, was admitted to Homeopathic Hospital with a frac ture of the left arm. Hurt In Collision At Reading Hospital, Wendell Delts.

17, of 1315 H. Thirteenth was admitted with a possible fracture of the right leg after an auto mobile he was driving collided with another car driven by Stanley Le catas, 26. of 816 Button wood st. John Corcoran. 44, of 309 E.

Race Pottsville, suffered minor bruises when he was struck by an automo bile driven by Norman E. Rhoads. 33. of Laureldale, on the 400 block i of Washington st. He was dis charged after receiving treatment at Homeopathic Hospital.

8 PUtes Crowns 8 Minn 8 Children's Dental Work 8 2 Doctors 8Narse 8 Extractions Ask Court Approve Sale of Five Bonds Court approval to sell five $1,000 bonds of Charles John F. Fred and H. Frank Corbit at private sale for $1,500 has been asked In a petition of the Newton Title and Trust Company, Newtown, Bucks County. Judge H. Robert Mays fixed January for a hearing.

The bank was appointed successor trustee of a trust created by Paul C. Rothermel with the Reading National Bank Trust Company and needs cash for the care of trust beneficiaries, says the petition, presented by P. Herbert Reigner, Sues For $2,846 For Fall Injuries Damages of $2,846.20 for injuries claimed to have been suffered when she slipped and fell on freshly mopped linoleum has been asked by Rosa A. Stott. Reading, against E.

Goulden and N. Kaplan, trading as Penn Chiropodists. The plaintiff in her bill filed by Walter S. Young, attorney, says the accident occurred August 15, 1937, when she visited offices, of the OPEN 8 ATM. TILL 8 P.

M. fl Don't Throw Away Your Old or Loose 386 Fire Hazards Reported In 1938 Three hundred and eighty six fire hazard complaints weer received in 1938, annual reports to Councilman Paul A. Wenrich, director of public safety, disclosed yesterday. Inspections of all kinds numbered 597. Largest number of hazards were paper and rubbish cans placed In dangerous locations; defective chimneys, 40; generally poor condition of buildings, 26; obstructed or poorly lighted Are escapes, 22; faulty storage, lack of sufficient exits and obtsructions at exits, 12.

I Jackson Day Feast In Americus Club Americus Club members will hold their sixtieth annual Jackson Day dinner in headquarters, 28 N. Sixth Saturday night. The dinner, held in past years in the Rajah Temple, was one of the biggest annual events usually attracting 1,200 or more participants. Daniel F. McKenna, club president, and others will speak on Saturday's program.

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