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BEST RADIO BETS 00 P. M. Orchestral Concert WEAF and Seventeen Station. 00 P. M.

Second A. E. F. Farewell Banquet on S. 5.

Leviathan WJZ and Five Station. TODAY IN HISTORY California admitted to the Union, 18S0. halt German advance at Marne, 1914. Battle of Flodden, 1513. VK OLB0T I E1A.I 2 Page Thirteen READING, A I A MO RN I SEP 9, 192 7 Section 2 Page Thirteen LABELS PRISONS BERKS TO COMPETE Reading National Guards To Open Reenactment of Battle of, Brandywine SCHOOLS OF CRIME SCHOOL FOUR DAMAGE SUITS AT LIONS LUNCHEON ILA.

STATIONS Cargo of Typewriter For Shaaber to Reach Reading by Airplane CARRYING a cargo of typewriters, what is said to be the, world's first air delivery truck is expected to arrive in Reading this' morning. The giant plane, the largest of its type in the world, according to its owners, is equipped to land freight by parachute. The delivery is expected to be made about 10 o'clock this morning at the Reading Fair grounds. The plane, which will bring a consignment of six Royal typewriters to the H. C.

Shaaber agency, is a commercial carrier with a 74 foot wing spread and powered by three Wright whirlwind motors. First State Cancer Clinic Is Conducted Gives No Treatments 333M 1VBK, Springfield 0OK 9.30 A.M. Organ recital; household talk. 5.10 P. M.

Market reports. 5.15 P.M. Musicale. 5.50 P.M. Baseball scores.

6.03 P. M. Recital; news; time. 6.31 P. M.

Music. 7.30 P. M. Same as WJZ. 10.30 P.M.

Baseball; dance music; missing persons; weather. 2K6M BAL, Baltimore 1.050K 4.00 P. M. Salon orchestra. 6.30 P.

M. Dinner orchestra. 7.30 P. M. Same as WJZ.

8.00 P. M. Studio ensemble. 9.00 P.M. Municipal band.

469iH WRC, Washington 610K 6.45 A.M. Same as WEAF. NEARLY fifty persons attended the first state cancer clinic which was held yesterday afternoon at Medical hall. The clinic is free to the public and is for diagnosis only. No treatments were given.

1 The clinic will be held weekly on Thursday from 3 to 4 p. m. Dr. Davis Hunt and Miss Marie C. Reider, R.

state welfare nurse, have charge of the clinic. ILLNESS OF SANDERS HAMPERS WEBER AT LINDBERGH VIADUCT The nervous breakdown suffered by County Engineer Charles Sanders, which sent him to the Pacific coast in search of health thrust a number of difficult engineering problems of the Lindbergh viaduct on to City En gineer E. Clinton Weber, Councilman J. H. MCConnell said yesterday.

oanaers was designing and supervising engineer on the bridge. We are carrying on the construc tion bridge according to Sanders' plans," said Weber yesterday, "but the work has entailed a great deal of labor we had not expected in our. de pocket at the eastern approach of the partment." The engineers discovered a sand bridge and Sanders changed the design of the bridge to conform with this condition. In addition, citv coun cil ordered a change in the original pians to permit the joining of Eckert avenue with the viaduct at the eastern approach. This work to.

gether with the change in design of central pillars made by Sanders be foe his health failed but after the contract was let added approximately $40,000 to the original cost of the work. OPENS AIR SERVICE FOR PASSENGERS First Regular Flight Between Reading and Phila. Carries Automobile Representatives (Picture on Page 12) Airplane passenger service between Reading and Philadelphia was in augurated yesterday when Lieut. M. C.

J. Markle, former army pilot, flying a 1927 Swallow, plane, took two passengers to' the Quaker City. Leaving the St. Lawrence landing field at 12.10 p. Markle set down his "custcmiers' at the Pitcairn flying field at 12.45, just 35 minutes after he had hopped off.

On the return trip the flier left Philadelphia at 4.30 and arrived at the home field at 5.05. The passengers who accompanied Markle on the 1 initial trip were Charles Zabel and Robert E. Smith, of the Hain Spatz Motor company, who made the. flight in order to at tend a meeting of the 72 card club the Chevrolet Automobile com pany in Philadelphia. Zabel ana Smith new from Pitcairn neld? to the navy yard field in a navy Markle, who is a former army avi ator of six years experience, having left the service only a few months ago, will carry freight and passengers from the St.

Lawrence field to Philadelphia daily at 12 o'clock noon. Within a week Markle expects to double his equipment by acquiring a four passenger 1928 Swallow airplane. Within a month two hangars may be erected at the St. Lawrence field he declared yesterday. do need is justice, sure and cer tain.

If a' man knows that he will, land in jail he will think twice before 'pUllin? a fin a hTS Is a chance of cheating justice is willing to gamble no matter what the odds 508M WI1 5D0K Weather forecast. Dinner orchestra. live stock; pro markets. Bedtime story ancl roll call. 508M WOO 690K Grand Weather forecast.

Time signals; orchestra. Police reports. Grand organ and trumpets. Dinner music. Science talk; music.

Organ recital. Musicale. Time signals; weather. 405M WFl 740K Markets; talk: music. String ensemble.

Market reports. String ensemble. Artists' concert; glassware Baseball scores. Dance orchestra: talks. Ask Me Another.

405 WLIT 740K Announcements; organ re Religious service. Organ recital. Franklin Concert Orchestra Recital, News flashes. Baseball and sports, Arcadia Orchestra. Same as WEAF.

YORK STATIONS I92JI WEAF 010K Tower exercjees. The Roaring Lyons. Federation devotions; Cheerio. Helen and Gertrude Bierling, On the Avenue Maida Davis. Helen and Gertrude Bierling, Jeanne Carpenter, talk.

Market and weather reports. Palais D'Or Orchestra. Grace Hopper, contralto. Helen Wilcox, piano. John Finnegan, tenor.

Elsie Clark, talk. Sorey's Orchestra. Dinner music. Baseball scores. Stardom of Broadway.

A The Happiness Boys. Cities Service Orchestra. Howard time; musical minia La France Orchestra. W'liittall Anglo Persians. Park Central Orchestra.

Farrell's Orchestra. 1S5.M WJZ S(iOK Pennsylvania Orchestra. Weather reports. Vlenu Mrs. Julian Heath.

Dress Pauline Desha. Jandy Mrs. Elinor Hanna. Manhattan Trio. Market closing; summary.

"arm market reports. Baseball scores. time; Friedman's i. )ld time musicale. loyal Stenographers.

liilRo Concert Orchestra, jongines time; Granada's 'ennsylvania Orchestra. 9M WOltS 800K 'imoiy talks by Terese. Morence Lewison, piano, 'lora W. Hofman, talk. Morenoe Lewison, piano, tertram Taylor, talk, erlpture reading.

elene Polka, talk, anjo Buddy. iterview with Alice. Porter, anjo Buddy. 1 elen Keyes, talk. avis Cup tennis matches, tarlight rof.

Harry Guest, talk, tarlight WWC 570K arket talk. iano selections. rench V. Berlitz. rench V.

Berlitz. jlice alarms. aseball resultsv Recital. Roland E. Meyer, violin.

il. Alfred J. Taylor, talk. M. prna ICorn, contralto, r.

M. Hans Merx, songs. OTHER STATIONS S16M KDKA. Pittsburgh 50K 30. 0f A.

M. lAvk stock market review. 31.15A. M. Sunday school lesson.

11.57 A.M. Time signals. 3 2.00 Noon Weather forecast. 2. 30 P.M.

Baseball scores. 3.45 P. M. Farm report. 5.00 P.

M. Baseball scores; dinner con FOR 135,000 TOTAL Actions Follow Crash Near Six Mile House, When Baby Is Killed THREE OF FAMILY HURT Fifth Suit, for $9,500, 'Names Fleetwood Man Defendant; Child Injured Five damage suits totaling $45,531.48 were filed in the Berks court yesterday as the result of injuries received in automobile accidents. Four of the suits ask damages of $35,031.48 from Fred" F. Eberwein, Allentown, as the result pf a collision July 31 near the Six Mile House on the Kutztown pike, ana tne other is for $9,500 against Stanley Kochan, The Eberwein machine struck the car driven by Michael Fleischman, Reading. Injuries were received by Mrs.

Fleischman, her husband and their 10 year old son, Kenneth. A isernara, iu months old. was killed. In this suit 55,410.43 is claimed for the death of the baby. The remainder of the claim are for injuries and hospital expenses of the other members of the family.

The $9,500 suit against Kochan was brought by Esther Marganti through her father, Guider Margantl, for injuries received August 21, when the child Was struck by Kochan's automobile on Laurel avenue, between the Kutztown pike and Hay road in Temple. The child has been confined in a hospital since that time, and it is alleged she will bear scars from tha accident for the remainder of her life, THIRD DINNER GIVEN PRIS ON REFORMERS "Prisons and What Tpu Make of Them," was the subject of an address by Professor, James A. Barkley at the third dinner given to adherents of the prison reform movement at the Thomas Jefferson tea room last night. Candidates endorsed by the organization for the position of prison inspectors were invited to attend and a number were present. Those, candidates receiving invitai0ViS' wereY1 J3hn.

Jaeobs, R. J. Calm, Aaron S. Hornberger, Rev. Darlington Kulp; Democratic, Louis F.

Grebe, Dr. L. R. Rothermel, William N. Miller; Socialist, A.

P. Bower, Adam U. Eberly and Albert R. Goodhart. Account Now 'it.

LAMPS NEW ARRIVALS IN LAMPS SPECIAL FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY 11.55 A.M. Time signals. 12.00 Noon Same as WJZ. 1.00 P. M.

Organ recital. 6.30 P. M. Concert orchestra. 7.00 P.

M. Same as WEAF. .8.30 P.M. Quartet; Calvert ensemble. 9.30 P.M.

Same as WJZ. 10.30 P. M. Same as WEAF. 400M WTAM, Cleveland 750K 7.00 P.

M. Same as WEAF. 8.00 P. M. Studio program.

9.00 P. M. Studio recital. 11.00 P.M. Dance music.

436M KYW, Chicago 560K 7.00 P. M. Same as WJZ. 9.00 P.M. Classical concert 10.30P.M.

Studio program. 11.55 P. M. Time; weather. 306M WON, Chicago 980K 6.01 P.

M. Stock quotations. 6.19 P.M. Punch, and Judy. V.

t. 6.35 P.M. Concert ensemble. 'M 6.50 P. M.

Old fashioned 8.00 P. M. Song recital. 8.30 P. M.

Ash Entertainers. 9.15 P. M. Musicale. 9.35 P.

M. Phantom violin. 10.00 P.M. Sam and Henry, songs. 10.10 P.

M. Music. 10.30 P.M. Tomorrow's Tribune. iu.iup.

M. pepper partv. 488M WMAQ, Chicago 670K 6.00 P. M. Vesper chimes.

6.20 P. M. Wide Awake club. 6.50P.M. Baseball; dance music.

7.0OP. M. Orchestra. 8.00 P. M.

Same as WEAF. 9.00 P. M. Musicale. 12.00 P.

M. WQJ program. 390M WBBM, Chicago 7T0K 8.00 P. M. Artist recital.

10.00 P. M. Dance orchestra; soloists. 12.00 P. M.

Organ recital. 476M WSB, Atlanta 630K S.00 P. M. Same as WJZ. 9.00 P.

M. Musicale. 11.45 P. M. Barn dance.

333M Davenport 850K 7.00 P. M. Same as WEAF. 9.00 P. M.

Musicale. 405AI WCCO, Minneapolis "40K 7.00 P. M. Same as WEAF. 8.00 P.

M. Dinner concert. 9.30 P. M. Wheattes quartet.

10.00 P.M. Lecture. 11.00 P. M. Market; weather;" music.

536M WHO. Ufa Moines 56UK 6.45 P. M. string trio. 7.30 P.

M. Salon orchestra. 9.30 P. M. String trio.

370M WDAF, Kansas City 810K 8.00 P. M. iSairie as WEAF. 8.30 P. M.

Melody club. 9.00 P. M. Orchestra: duets. 12.43 A.

M. Nighthawk Frolic. DEATHS In Reading J. GEORGE SELIG. S6.

father, of Fred Solig, Reading policeman, 1130 uiey and for years a summer resident of Heading, died at iiis residence in Indianapolis. Hs was a Civil War veteran. Otficer Selig went to to attend the funeral. LEWIS H. NEIMAN, 79, died of infirmaties yesterday noon at his home, 36 N.

Tenth st. He was a of St. Stephen's Reformed church, of Camp 329, P. O. S.

of and of Sirius Castle, No. 63, K. E. There survive the widow, Sallie (Milmore); a daughter, Ida May; a son, Clarence, and a. granddaughter, all of Reading.

The funeral will be held from the home at 2 p. m. Monday, Rev. Thomas Dickert officiating. Burial will he made in Charles Evans cemetery in' charge of Funeral Director Cramp.

LILLIAN H. WATSON, 48, died yesterday at her home, 414 S. Fourth st. She was born in Watsontown, N. a daughter of the late Taylor and Ida W.

Watson. She has lived most of her life in this city. She was the last of her immediate family. Several in this city survive. The funeral will be at 10 i.

m. Monday with burial in. Charles Evans cemetery. Undertaker AuTnarf is in charge. FRANK H.

DOREMUS, 55, Inter villa, died at 5.45 p. Wednesday, at the Reading hospital. Death from complications occurred six hours after he was admitted to the Institution. He was the son of the late John and Sadora Doremus. There survive the widow.

Jennie (Farker); a son, James; a daughter, Sadora, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Conley, Atlantic City. Funeral Director Auman is in charge. ALLEGES DESERTION Alleging desertion, Harry H. King, of Fedelity st, yesterday filed divorce proceedings against Stella King, of Newmanstown.

The marriage took place September 2, 1923, and it is I claimed they separated June .4, 1925 King says his wife left him when she I tired of married life. Battery A's Searchlights to Play on Scene of Revolutionary Conflict Tonight Illuminated by searchlights from a mountain. Battery 213th Coast Artillery, will present the initial scene of the Battle of the. Brandy wine, to be re enacted West to night. The Reading battery, under the command of Captain Joseph Eisenbrown, will portray the muster ing of the Colonial troops upon the approach, of the British.

The manipulation of the giant searchlights will require 15 men, who will be. commanded by Lieuten ant Ralph Attend erf er. The unit's part in the historical pageant will be acted in front of the West Chester court house. iv Tomorrow the actual battle will be fought on the Brandywine "battle field at Chadd's Ford, near West Chester. Sproul to be Speaker Former Governor' William C.

Sproul chairman of the Brandywine Memorial association, which is spon soring the celebration will open to morrow's program with an address at 2 p. m. The governors of the original 13 states, Secretary of War Dwight Davis, who will represent President Coolidge; his assistant, IJanford MacNider. and the English and French ambassadors will be in attendance. Governor Fisher, Secretary Davis, and the two ambassadors also will Guardsmen of Pennsylvania and neighboring states, dressed in the ragged uniforms of the Revolutionary army, will enact the preliminnaries of the battle.

One detachment will scout for the lurking British; alarms will come In; the Colonial troops under General Washington will manoeuver into position and the Hessians will advance, followed by the forces of Lord Howe and General Cornwallis. Then the battle will take place. Details of "British" and "Continental" soldiers will lay wreaths on the field in memory of the fallen of both sides, To Review Guardsmen After the pageant there will be a review of the 2,000 participating troops, The Reading guards have two more exhibitipn engagements this season. They will go to York to participate in the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of that city, Oct. 6 to 8.

After the manoeuvers there they will go to iakr nart in show, Oct. 9 ll. Fish scales are now valuable, being used in the manufacture of imitation, pearls. A Heathsville, Virginia, fisherman recently sold $100 worth of herring scales from one day's fishing. ft Why Wail? Dress Up )i I Iff, 1 I I ATTENDANCE TEST Will Send Delegates to State Convention at New Castle, October 12 SHIELD TO BE AWARDED Distance Traveled and Enrollment of County to Be Considered Berks delegates to the New Castle state convention of the Sabbath school association will endeavor to capture a shield offered as an attend ance prize.

The award, donated by the New Castle Lions' club, will be given tQ the county having the largest delet gation at the annual convention Oct. 12 to 14. i In making the award the commit tee will take into consideration thi distance traveled and the enrollnjotr of the county. Otis Rothenberger, president qr the Berks County Sabbath School asso ciation, is making efforts to Berks send its full quota to tha meeting. PRITCHARD TC SPEAK AT INTERNATIONAL RECREATION SESSION Earle A.

Pritchard, director of rec reation, will speak at the International Recreation Congress fo be held in Memphis, Oct. 4, 5, and 7, he announced yesterday. He will talk on "Selecting and Training Summer Staff Workers." Pritchard stated that, at the invitation of M. J. Nuss, professor of political economy at Western Reserve university, Cleveland, he will give a series of lectures there on "Recre ation Facilities, Supplies and Theif Maintenance," the latter part of this month.

Requirement aUtfitd Customers ma 3 MM University of Delaware In structor Tells of Parole Sys tern at State Institution PRAISES PAROLE SYSTEM Could Name Jail, Where "Any Man with $1300 Can Says "Our prisons are school houses of crimes where a klndergartner becomes a senior before he gets out," Prof. James A. Barkley, of the Uni versify of Delaware, told the Lions' club yesterday. Barkley Is an ex pert on prison conditions, "I can name a jail where any man with $1,500 can escape and. 64 men 'escaped' from the institution In one he said.

"When you get one gang of crooked politicians trying to keep another gang of crooked politi cians behind bars you've found the rottenest thing on dearth." He described the parole system used at the Delaware state prison, Prepare Men for Release Defending the system Barkley said, "We should never cut a man off from the hope of recovery. He must keep in mind the time when he will get out of jail and make good in the world. If a careful watch is kept on the man sent to prison we will find that the time comes when he can be paroled safely' "If he commits an offense while is out he can be taken back to jail on the old charge without the cost of a new trial. Our churches can be of service in working out this system for there are hundreds of men connected with the churches who can be of use as big brothers to these paroled men. 'We need institutions for the train.

ing of men and women for the super vision of paroled men. Another thing we, need is an investigating officer. It is not fair for the judges to have to get all his information from law yers arguing the case, He should be given some means of checking up on the statements of the prosecution and defense." Oppose Punishment He did not favor punishment, he said. "It carries with it ah idea of revenge and when that idea creeps in you lower yourself to the level n. the criminal," he declar "Vhat I Winter Tell Reading Leading Credit.

Store for Women We I HL nil: mm ma Mr 1 1 in i in i of we he DRESS Glorious fur opeuai It's EXCLUSIVE ALL APPAREL Stunning, New Dresses And Clever Coats One of a kind styles to help you UP FOR THE FAIR Open A Charge cert. 5.55 P. Baseball scores; music. 6.20 P. M.

Road report. 6.30 P. M. Live stock, grain, wool, cotton and produce, markets. 6.45 P.

M. Radio talk, John Way. 7.00 P. M. Same as WJZ.

0.00 P. M. Weather; baseball. 10.30 P. M.

Dance program. 273M WPO. Atlantic City 2.00 P. M. Beauty pageant.

7.30 P.M. Selection. beauty pageant prize winner. 42M WOR, Newark 710K 5.4.1 A. M.

Gym classes. 7.00 A. M. News; weather. 30.30 A.M.

Homemakprs' cluh. 1.30 P.M. John Romiser, readings. 1.45 P. M.

Jack Davis, songs. 2.00 P. M. Lillian Price, soprano. 2.15 P.M.

Tuhertini Concert trio. 5.15 P.M. Shelton ensemble. 5.45 P. M.

F. H. Chase, talk. 5.55 P. M.

Baseball scores. 6.00 P. M. Shelton ensemble. 6.30 P.M.

Pepper Pot orchestra. 7.00 P. M. Time; Hardman Male quartet. 7.15 P.

M. Melodic Heverie. 8.00 P. M. The Congo Tribesmen.

8.30 p. M. Corby hour of music. 9.30 P. M.

The Dyke trio. 9.55 P. M. News. 10.00 P.

M. Weather; Goldkette's orchestra. 380M WGY, Schenectady 790K 5.45 A. M. Same as WUAF.

11.30 A. M. Markets. A.M. Time signals; weather.

1.00 P.M. Van Curler orchestra; health talk. 5.00 P. IX. Stocks; news; baseball.

5.30 P. M. Dinner music. 6.20 P. M.

Music; talk. 6.30 P. M. Eastman program. 7.00 P.

M. Same as WEAF; news. New Fall Fall and Winter A Metal flTI' Bases For Everjr Room in he Hosts 1 The GROUP 20 I Blast BRIDGE LAMPS i Silk bullion fringe, georgette shades, polychrome bases; CO QC LamP at vQVO hjl Values i Offered 8 GROUP 30 i Choice i JUNIOR LAMPS i CT I the shades are made of georgette silk and trimmed with deep silk fringe. The bases are Dolvchrome AC 1 DRESSES Smart tailored dresses, semi tailored models. Afternoon Frocks and Dinner Dresses Crepe Back Satin.

Crepe Elizabeth Georgelle toilh Beaded Chiffon And Satins in every autumn coloring. ALL SIZES QO.50 to COATS 500 clever, new garments to select from Travel and Dress styles, in the Wanted new fabrics luxuriously furred to suit your taste every coat of the highest type in its class and all gorgeously lined. I ALL SIZES A $15 to 450 rn atq M. JTm A tu A 1 1 1 August rnces oini prevail. easier to buy your RAT A JACK'S N.

W. Corner 5th and Bingaman Sts. BABY WALKERS WASH BASKETS Up WINDOW SHADES 5oc UrT CUT TO FIT FREE GARDEN HOSE 10c Ft. LAWN MOWERS $5.95 Up Closing Out Window Screens and Screen Doors. WEARWELL PAINT $1.95 Gal.

ASPHALT ASBESTOS RUBBER ROOFING. $1 Gal. 5 $4.50 Wash Line Posts Made to Order. Pipe Fittings. COASTER WAGONS $4.98 Combination Meat and Food Chopper, Also for Making Home Made Sausage.

Fruit Presses and Crushers. Stove Piping, Galvanized and Black. CUT TO FIT FREE OF CHARGE EXTRACTS, Root, Birch and Ginger Ale. Bot. Distributor for Budweiser Malt Syrup, and Other GUARANTEED 100 PURE DIAL 6319 ft BELOW COST! All Summer Merchandise Must Go.

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