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THE KANE REPUBLICAN' WEATHER REPORT Partly cloudy and cold tonight, low 10. Tuesday sunny and warmer, high about 35 degrees. VOL. LXVI. NO.

129 TELEPHONE 98 99 KANE and MT. JEWETT. PA MONDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1960 SEVEN CENTS A COPT Daily Temperatures Overnight minimum 10 Noon recording 25 Buried Under iiltOD alentihe's Day Snow ST Nineteen lnch Snowfall I Weekend; Here 15 Inches 3 TO INCHES OF SNOW IN PEISWANIS Cmkluci Kane has had its St.

Patrick's Day storms, New Year's Day icing. Groundhog Day blitzs and Palm Sunday ski races, but the weatherman tossed in a Valentine's Day long to remember with the heaviest February snow fall in local records and one of the biggest weekend totals on record. A total of 19 inches of snow fell in the weekend period more than 15 inches in a 24 hour period for the record fall which gave borough and state snow fighting crews their first real workout of the season. Main thoroughfares were open, traffic on the move, but it took almost a day to dig out, in general, and crews 1 1 i inn I FRANCE EXPLODES ITS FIRST ATOMIC BOMB The flowing mushroom marks the spot where France detonated its first atomic bomb. The Plutonium device, suspended atop a 336 foot tower near the oasis of Reggane in southern Algeria, was triggered with "success," President Charles de Gaulle himself announced in a communique from Paris.

The three shaded zones indicate where flying permission was forbidden or restricted. in 24 Hours were mopping up today Snow fighters were on an emer gency schedule, opening main loutes first. At some plowed lncs were drifted full in an hour. Thre was a threat of serious drifting conditions with high wind in the late afternoon and evening, with the mercury dropping to ten degreos. The storm eased through the ni ht and, with the exception of a light flurry this morning, skies cleared for a time.

The sun broke through momentarily, then skies clouded up, the mercury easing up to 16 degrees at 8 a. m. and moving upwardto threaten more snow. In addition to the borough and highway equipment, scores of jeeps and other vehicles with plows weie in action. Kane was in good condition by Sunday afternoon and "operation snow shovel'' was finishing the task.

Many plowed in vehicles were being dug out today moved out of the way so that snow could be pushed back over the curb line. Such over the curb plowing is necessary in the event another heavy fall of snow occurred to threat en dangerous narrowing of traffic lanes. 14 Inches on Ground Ray Anderson reported measure ments for the U. S. Weather Bureau showing about 14 inches on the ground today.

This fall was toi. ed in 3, 1, 12 and 3 inch successive measurements. Measurements are taken in 8 a. m. to 8 a.

m. periods which accounts for the variation in the regular day to day, 12 midnight to 12 midnight recordings. Some idea of the amount of snow that fell over the weekend can be noted in comparison With the entire month of February last year when only 11.20 inches was recorded. In February, 1958, a big snow montn, snowfall was recorded on ill but three clays of the month and che total for the month was an even 20 inches. There are many recordings of six and seven inch snow falls in February through the years.

Big snow usually have been recorded in March. In 1956, 12.70 inches fell on March 16 and last March a 12 inch fall was recorded on March 12. Only other foot of snow per day recording was Dec. 19, 1945. Kane in the past has had far more snow on the ground successive falls of snow remaining with constant freezing weather.

But, for the records, it is the first tiroa a month's average fall for February has been dropped onto the Hilltop over a weekend. Some comparison with this date in the past is noted in the "Jfears Ago'' column today a $100,000 ice storm in 1950; an 11 inch snow in 1940, blocking roads and railroad trains and, back in 1930, it was 23 below zero. state police reported no serious mishaps over the weekend on area highways. Roads were listed as slippery. Traffic was moving at winter normalcy.

CROWDS GATHER AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE LONDON UP) Excited Britons began gathering outside the gates of Buckingham Palace early todny as the long wait for the birth of Queen Elizabeth's third child appeared nearing an end. Gray haired Sister Helen P.owe, the Queen's maternity nurse, moved into the palace Sunday. The Queen's obstetrician, John Harold Peel, waited at his London apartment only seven minutes drive from the palace. URUGUAY ARGENTINA MAR DEL PLATA tAHtA, BLANCA SOUTH AMERICA MAP LOCATES Nuevo gulf, where Argentina launched an all out effort to "get" a strange submarine detected there. Gulf Is more than 400 feet deep.

(Central PresaJ EIGHT YEAR OLD DIES IN ACCIDENT AT WESTLINE, PA. BRADFORD An eight year old Bradford boy was killed at a West line hunting camp Saturday afternoon when a shot fired by his nine year old brother ricocheted off a rock and struck him in the heart. Gary Leonard Garth wail son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl R.

Garthwaite, was killed instantly at 3:30 o'clock by a .22 rifle bullet. Gary, a third crnder at the Second Ward School, and a brother Gregg Earl, 9, were target shooting at some tin cans on a rock near the camp on the Camp Run Rd. Garv went to replace the cans and as he backed away from the target area Gregg fired and the bullet glanced off the rock and pierced his heart. McKean County Coroner Gale Hollenbeck, Bradford, ruled death was accidentaal and, after a conference with District Attorney Clnnn E. Mencer.

Eldred. said there would be no autopsy or inquest. Trooper William Wooditch, of the Kane based State Police, assisted in the investigation. Gary was born here Sept. 24, 1951, and is survived by his parents, two other brothers, Roger Alan, 15, and Bruce Lynn, a sister, Sandra Kay, 12, and both grandmothers, Mrs.

Rose Garthwaite and Mrs. Katherine Hanna, both of Bradford. I1S BUENOS AIRES UP) Argentina's frustrated navy today pressed its attack pn a mystery subma rine with new deep level U. S. depth charges, but the quarry evaded capture.

As the hunt went into its day, naval officials said their ships were being harassed by a second sub which had slipped through the guarded entrance to Golfo Nuevo in an effort to divert the chase from its apparently damaged comrade. All Argentina waited for "operation to produce some results after Navy Secretary Gaston Clement's boast Sunday that the search would reach a climax "in a matter of hours." The United States said it has no information of any subs in the area. The Kritish. deny the suds are theirs. And the Soviet embassy Sunday night issued a statement saying no Russian warship is near the Argentine coast.

Bradford Teenager In Critical Condition BRADFORD The condition of a 16 year old Bradford Twp. youth was reported as critical at Bradford Hospital today. The youth, Carl Seeker, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Seeker, was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound.

Cpl. Robert Bamat and Trooper Francis Carroll of the Pennsylvania State Police, Kane barracks, are investigating. Young Seeker is said to have suffered a jawbone fracture of the right side of the face about 3:30 p. m. Sunday at his home when a .22 caliber revolver he and a friend were playing with accidentally went off.

Cpl. Bamat stated that he hasn't been able to question the hysterical companion, Lawrence Rogers, 16. IUEN0S AIRsffii HE I ID THE AUTO By BEN rHLKGAR DETROIT CP) The compact car boom has exploded into a full sole revolution in the auto industry. Falcon, Corvair and Valiant, plus their slightly older companions I and Lark, accounted tor almost 25 per cent of all domestic cars sold in January. This figure has added significance since January" Was the only month in the entire first thrd of the I960 model year in which supplies oi all cars were reasonably good.

"Everything is changing," sys Ben Mills, Ford vice president whose Lincoln Mercury Division is introducing still another compact, the Comet, next month. "A revolution is underway. Nobody knows where it will end." The 19G0 model year was bound to be confusing with the entry of four new cars the three new compacts and the Dodge Dart right tt the' start. It became even more so as steeli shortages curtailed production and compounded distribution problems. Many of the long range questions, such as who will be hurt and whether foreign cars will dwindle into oblivion, remain unanswered.

The only thing definite so far is the new size cars are selling, At the moment this is the situation: The five compact lines sold about 101,500 cars in January against an industry total of 455,000. Rambler's total of 34,949 put it third among all cars with Falcon fourth. Amo.ig the five compacts, Corvair ran a distant third with only half as many sales as Falcon. Lark was lourih and Valiant fifth. With the Falcon booming, sales of the standard Ford have slumped sharply from year ago figures.

Fal con has more than taken up the slack, however, so Ford division sold more cars this January than last. Standard Chevrolet sales, wwle lVV II LlJHl a tUi ibly better than those of the regular Ford. And like Ford division, overall Chevrolet sales are up. Plymouth Sales Up At Plymouth the situation is a little different Combined Plymouth Valiant sales are only slightly above last year's Plymouth total. The standard Plymouth appears to be suffering competition from the Dodge Dart, another new Chry.

ler car right in Plymouth's price iango. Dart sales in January ran almost 19,000 units compared with 22,8:19 for Plymouth. The only standard size car line showing any appreciable sales increase in January was Dodge, which more than doubled its 1959 totals. And the sole reason for the Dodge spurt is the lower priced Dart. Last August Rambler's George Romney, who finally convinced the Big Three that compact cars were profitable, sized up 1960 as a ye.ir in which the industry would sell 1, 750,000 smaller U.

S. built cars, including 500,000 Ramblers. Right now his figures look good. Romney also predicted the medium price lines would fall on their faces and that the tide of imports woud be stemmed. In January tne medium price lines dropped 5 per cent from a year ago sales totals while the low price lines, even with the additien of Dart, were 10 per One month doesn't, make a year however, and when the medium price lines bring out their own co.n pacts, such as the Comet, things are sure to change.

Lincoln Mercury expects the Comet to cut into Mercury sales but declines to estimate to what extent. Compact cars from Buick, Olds mobile, Pontiac and probably Dudge will be along in the early fall. Does all this mean standard size cars are doomed? Nobody in Detroit thinks so, although Romney says compacts will make up 50 per cent of all car sales by 1963. "There will always be a place for us," says James Roche, general manager of Cadillac. And this sentiment is echoed by all of the other makers.

Even a certain amount of skepticism about the compacts remain. Harry Chesebrough, general ager of Plymouth DeSoto Valiant, warned early this month that the boom mignt level on. in enect, ire of the smaller cars, we've not sure yet they're here to stay. But his big boss, Chrysler president L. L.

Colbert, frankly admitted "we underestimated the small car nnr ket." Ford originally predicted total I960 sales of Falcon, Corvair and Valiant at 750,000 to one million cars. Now Ford is talking in tern's of 500,000 to 600,000 Falsons alone. How about the people who have bought the new cars what do they say? Generally their comments are full of praise, despite original price tags a little higher than expected and gas mileage a little less. The Falcon, most conventional cf the three, apparently has run into the fewest production bugs. Falcon owners usually report better mileage than the other two.

The Valiant, heaviest of the thr has had no major problems, bat some owners have complained of inferior finishing, particularly inside. I AT VAN RIE TRIAt Mrs. Nell a Van Rie, wife of Dutch radio operator Willem Van Rie, is shown as she left the courtroom in Boston, where her husbana is on trial. He is being tried in connection with the death of Bonnie Lynn Kauffman after the freighter Utrecht left Boston Harbor last Sept. 18.

At bottom is Boston police photographer William E. Hussey who testified regarding pictures he made of the murder scene. Cuban Businessmen Wondering About Russian Sugar Pact HAVANA UP) Cuban businessmen wondered today how much profit there will be if anyfrom Moscow's promise to buy one million tons of Cuban sugar a year. Soviet Deputy Premier A. I.

Mi koyan, signing the five year Soviet Cuban trade pact here Saturday, said the Kremlin would pay no premium for the sugar. A fifth of each year's purcha.se, or 200,000 tons, will be paid for in U. S. dollars at the world market price, now about 3 cents a pound. The balance will be paid for in So viet goods, at a price to be worked out, and some other nations nich have participated in such baiter deals with the Soviets have con plained that the Soviet goods are frequently overpriced.

There was mounting concarn in some quarters over what the reaction will be in the United Stales, which buys half Cuba's annual sugar crop at premium prices of more than 2 cents above the world market. This amounts to an yimual premium of between 150 and ISO million dollars. Some observers predicted the no Soviet pact would prompt many' U. S. congressmen to demand a change in the U.

S. Sugar Act quota of Cuban sugar bought at more thnn the world price. Police Probe Six Elk County Thefts RIDGWAY i State police from the local substation are investigating five robberies that occurred in Elk County either late Thursday night or early Friday morning. The places entered were: Army and Navy Club at Brock port. Reported about $100 worth of whiskey and unknown amount of cash taken.

Pool room at Brandy Camp. Four to six cartons of cigarettes and chewing gum. Kersey Buiiders Supply, Kersey. Entry reported by John Gutowski who told state police they are checking inventory to see whether anything was taken. Not definite today.

Morris Coudriet, used car lot on Million Dollar Highway, near Ford Road. Undetermined if anything missing. Jerome Gradizzi, service station at Toby. Also unknown at present if anything was taken. Johnsonburg police today reported no new developments in tin robbery of the Central Hose Co.

Club there with that state police are now assisting in the investigation. Approximately $350 in cash was taken from the club MarARTIIL'R IMPROVED NEW YORK UP) Den. Douglas MacArthur's condition continued to improve today at Lenox Hill Hospital where he is being treated for a urological condition. rA I if vr I 1 Winter Wonderland Becomes a Motorist's Nightmare. By The Associated Press Snow whitened Pennsylvania a weekend 'winter wonderland for children became a motorist's nightmare today as weekday traffic churned and skidded on ice and snow packed highways.

The forecast called for snow flurries and a high of 25 degrees today. That offered little hope or quick relief from hazardous driving conditions. Snow accumulation ranged from three inches in parts of eastern counties of Pennsylvania to as much as 20 inches in some areas of the western end of the state. Road crews worked through the weekend trying to keep highways open. Four highway deaths and five fatal heart attacks were blamed on the weather.

The storm moved into the state Saturday night and continued until late Sunday morning. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arriv ed in Pittsburgh too late to address an Israel bond rally because of the storm. First her plane could not land in Pittsburgh.

It continued to Columbus, Ohio. Bus la Stranded Then a chartered bus was strand ed in a traffic jam for several hours on Route 40 near Claysville in southwestern Pennsylvania. Finally she was brought to Pittsburgh in a state police' car but the rally already had ended and most of the guests had gone. She immediately boarded a train for New York. A foot of snow fell in Pittsburgh in a '12 hour period.

Buses, trolleys and airlines were affected and schedules fell far behind. In many parts of western Pennsylvania schools cancelled Monday classes. Even the motorists who managed to negotiate th snow clogged highways and reached downtown Pittsburgh encounter ed trouble parking. Many of the parking lots still were buried under snow drifts. In some instances church services were cancelled Sunday morning.

It was the biggest snow storm to hit the Pittsburgh area since 1950 when a late November storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the area and all but paralyzed the industrial area. A group of boy scouts was evacuated from Camps VVesco and Twin Echoes in Westmoreland County by a state highways department crew. None of the scouts suffered from the experience. The storm moved up the east coast from the southern states where it had buried much of the area. Mammoth traffic jams were reported in sections of the Western end of the state Saturday night and Sunday.

Police found many cars parked at the bottom of steep grades where motorists had to leave, the vehicles while they sought help. 'No Fight Over GOP Delegation from HARRISBURG UP) George I. Bloom, Republican state chairman, said today he and U. S. Sen.

Hugh Scott are agreed thfe would be "no fight'' for the leadership of the state's 70 vote GOP presidential delegation. He denied reports that the ReiUD lican State Committee's endorsement of Scott for vice president was a move to remove the Philadelphia senator from consideration for the delegation chairmanship. "There was no thought about that," Bloom said in an interview. "There's not going to be any fuss about it. Hugh and I have agreed to work together." FIVE DA FORECAST Western Pennsylvania, western New York and West Virginia Tem peratures will average near normal.

warming trend Tuesday and Wednesday with little day to day change thereafter. Precipitation Thursday and again Saturday will total less than 0.1 inch. for women for the stags. The Princetonian, campus newspaper, said in a headline designed to help sell tickets: "100 dales to be sold for dance." The paper said a girl was included at 25 cents extra in the price of a stag ticket. The girls' parents found out, complained, and the girls were ordered by Centenary offipials not to attend.

The dateless Princeton men were offered apologies and refunds by the dance, sponsors. Bodies of Mystery Bomber's Crew Members Found WASHINGTON UP) Tne bodies of five cf the nine crewmen aboard the fabled Worla War II bomber "Lady Be G.iod have been found on the Libyan Desert, the Air Forcje said. The almost "intact bomber, which disappeared on a bombin? flight April 4, 1943, was discovered 10 months ago. Searchers found signs then that the crew had left the scene of the forced landing 440 miles southeast of Benghazi and started hiking toward hoped for safety. Members of an oil company exploration team discovered the five bodies.

They said they believed others might be buried in the sand in the same area. The bodies, along with personal equipment, were found about 85 miles from the wreckage, on the edge of a sand sea. A. F. Officials at Scene A group of Air Force officials from Wheelus Air Base, Libya, flew to the scene after the oil company explorers reported the discovery.

Col. Stebbins W. Griffith, commander of the party, said pieces of American military equipment )A other evidence made it apparent the bodies were those of the men from the lost bomber. Individual identification of each of the bodies is awaiting analysis of a U. S.

Army mortuary group. However, the Air Force said, one positive piece of evidence found was a sunglass es case with the name Lt. D. P. Hayes still legible on the worn leather.

Hayes, of Lee's Summit, was a navigator on the bomber, which was return ing to its North Africa base from a mission to Italy. It was the first combat mission for the crew. IT ODDS WITH HUNTERS BY RICHARD L. GRAVES HARRISBURG UP) Farmers and foresters are at odds again with the state's hunters over management of Pennsylvania's migrating deer herd. In essence the problem is economic.

The state's forests and farms are losing tremendous quantities of production to the state deer herd estimated at more than 400,000 animals. "All across the Northern Tier counties deer have eaten the lower limbs off many trees and have eaten the small seedling trees sprouting after tiniber has been cut scientifically," said Dr. Maurice K. Goddard, secretary of forests and waters. "Overbrowsing of this kind plays hob with scientific management pluns," he added.

"We do not get the young trees coming back that we could normally expect. The deer problem is more acute this year since fewer animals were killed in the 195D hunting season than the year before. Figures to be released later this week will show that the reported deer kill in the last season was about 90,000 compared to 111,925 in 1958. The State Game Commission said this indicates Vio reduction in the herd, but less hunting because of bad weather. The commission has worked hard to bring the state's deer herd in line with available food supplies in the forest.

But pressure from hunters has prevented establishment of a scientific program for culling the herds. The hunters' strongest argument for a large deer herd is also economic. Sportsmen spend millions of dollars on licenses, equipment, travel and accommodations. The commission has attempted to limit the herd by allowing antler less seasons hunting of small bucks and doe but it has not solved the problem. OITOMETRIST DIES PHILADELPHIA UP) Dr.

Albert Fitch, 80, president and founder of the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry, died Saturday at his home II KILLED ACCIDENTALLY IN THE C0I10IOLIH By The Associated Tress At least ten persons died accident ally in Pennsylvania over the week end, seven of them on the state's ice and snow covered highways. Four of the traffic deaths were atributed in part to the heavy weekend storm. In the non traffic accidents, a bul let bounced off a rock and killed an eight year old boy and a 35 ye.ir old man sunocated in a fire. The body of a Slate Highways Department inspector was found buried under the snow near his cellar steps. Police said he apparently, slipped on He died of a concussion.

The toll was the lowest this year. The previous low was 16 deaths on three different weeknds. The victims: Montrose Margaret Roardan, C2, of Montrose, RD 4, was killed Friday night when the jeep in which she was riding over turned. A. section of the vehicle's roof support pinned her neck to the riund strangling her.

Norristown Mose Ricket, 35, was hit by two cars as he crossed a street Friday night. Farrell Mrs. Michael Dander, 59, of nearby Sharon, was fatally injured Friday night by an automobile as she crossed a street. Conshohoc ken G. Earle Raum, 40, Narberth, was killed Saturday night when a tractor trailer skidded on the snow slicked Schuylkill Expressway and slammed into his car.

Philadelphia Stanley Tonik, 32, of Philadelphia, was hit by a skidding automobile Sunday as he was getting into another car. Danville Emma Kessler, 63, did Saturday night when the car in which she was riding hit a tree after skidding during a snow storm. pollegeville John W. Hanlon, 9, was killed when his sled ran under a moving car Sunday. Bradford Boy Killed Bradford Gary L.

Garthwaite, 8, was killed by a ricocheting t'Ullet Saturday at his family's camp near here. Police said the .22 caliber rifle shot was fired by his brotner Gregg, 9, and hit a rock. Titusville Edward K. McMunn, 35, of Oil City, was suffocated Sunday in a fire in a relative's home in a rural area 20 miles north of here. Greensburg The body of Olgaid E.

Kaiser, 50, a State Highways Department inspector, was found Sunday under four inches of snow pear cellar steps outside his Herminie home. Police said he apparently slipped on ice and struck a sharp concrete slab. He died of a concussion. New England. Travel air, highway and train was sharply curtailed.

Thousands of autos and trucks were abandoned on sncw clogged highways, in rural areas and in cities. Scores of air flights were cancelled. Train and bus service slowed. Biting, gusty winds off Lake Erie drifted snow up to 10 feet high in upstate New York. The ground was covered with falls up to 18 inches.

More than a foot of snow was general in many areas. The severe winds churned up abnormally high tides against the New England coast. Swirling waters blocked dozens of roads on the Connecticut thoreline. Gale warnings remained displayed irom Cape Hatteras, N. to Eastport, Maine.

The sleet whic pelted New England areas changed to snow as colder air swept into Ihe storm belt. Major Oil Firms Cleared on Price Conspiracy Charge TULSA, Okla. UP) Price conspiracy charges against 29 major oil firms were dismissed Saturday. U. S.

District Court Judge Royce Savage, who heard the case without jury, dismissed the charges 10 days after the start of the trial. Defense attorneys never presented their case. The government's chief prosecutor, Joseph McDowell, said there could be no appeal. Judge Savage said the government did not lift its case "above the level of suspicion." The government contended the oil firms plotted to raise prices by using the 1956 Suez Canal crisis as an excuse. Savage said he subscribed more to the defense claim that rising costs of operations justified price increases made in January, 1957.

"I think I should say simply that after giving consideration to the evidence I have absolute conviction, personally, that the defendants are not guilty," said the judge. Key point in the government's case was the contention that consultations between parent oil companies and their afficiates was a violation of the Sherman Anti Trust Law. Savage said he could not accept this contention. BUFFALO, N.Y. UP)' Two horses were killed and 28 others stampeded, some onto the runways of the Buffalo International Airport today, when fire swept a riding stable in suburban Cheek towaga.

The landing of a Capitol Airlines flight was delayed briefly as employes of the airport rounded up the strays on the main runways. One of the horses bolted from the burning Rob Roy riding and boarding stable and whs struck by an automobile as it crossed a road. It later was destroyed by Cheek towaga police. Another horse in the fire. The fire caused an estimated $45,000 damage.

The origin of the fire was not determined. Brother oi Wilcox People Succumbs Louis Fcikls, 59, of Erie, uncle of Henry Feikls of 326 Dawson Street and brother of Mrs. Sophie Zimmer man, Mrs. Tonka Padasak and Rudolph Feikls of Wilcox, died suddenly Friday evening at his home. 403 Euclid Avenue.

Mr. Feikls retired last Jan. 1 after being employed as an assem bler for 37 years. Ha is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ann Kisko Feikls; a daughter, Mrs.

Margaret Lempitki; a son, Francis L. Feikls; and five grandchildren. all of Erie; two sisters, Mrs. Padasak and Mrs. Zimmerman and a brother, Rudolph Feikls, all of Wil cox.

Requiem High Mass will be said Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at Mt. Calvary Church, Erie. Interment will be in Calvary cemetery. A BRUSH ITH DEATH BALTIMORE UP) A motorist drove off an icy bridge Sunday and twirled 75 foot through the air before thudding into a frozen railroad bed below. Fred V.

Nichols, 41 year old Negro, slid out of his flattened car with face and knee cuts and murmured, "I don't know why I'm alive." He was charged witiv reckless driving. Gale Whipped Snow and Sleet St agger Eastern U. S. Princeton Men Stood Up by Co eds; Female Is Hurt By The Associated Press Winter's most violent weather, a two ply combination of gale whipped snow and sleet, staggered most of the Eastern quarter of the country over the weekend. The crippling storms, which left a blanket of snow across the Southland, hammered more than a dozen Eastern states Sunday.

It diminished during the night but snow and strong winds continued to lash areas from the upper Ohio Valley into New York and New England. Wrinds of 40 m.p.h. pounded sections of New York causing considerable drifting of snow. Property damage was expected to run into the thousands of dollars. The roving storm, after plastering Dixie with as much as of snow, rocked areas from eastern Ohio to the Atlantic Coast and into PRINCETON, N.J.

UP) A hundred Centenary College girls. stood up a flock of Princeton men who came dateless but hopeful to a St. Valentine's dance. The girl's from the Ilacketts town school had been invited to the Saturday night ball. They declined at the last minute because the dance got publicity unflattering to the female ego.

Dance tickets were advertised at $4.75 a couple and $5 a stag. The group sponsoring the dance invited 100 girls from Centenary College 0.