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nszai 247. PHONE 256 Pottstown VOL. 19, NO. 7 ASSOCIATED PflESS CENTRAL PRESS TELEPHONE 2363 POTTSTOWN, THURSDAY Mercury DlRitlOnDS CASH-CHARGE MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1949 ASSOCIATED PflESS CENTRAL PRESS TELEPHONE 2263 5c A COPV 25c A They Beat the Dodgers in Series Opener C' A couple of happy Yankees are First Baseman Tommy Henrich (left) and Pitcher Allie Reynolds as they met in the dressing: room yesterday after niiith inning: homer gave Yankes 1-0 win over Brooklyn in first game of World Series, it was a duel between Reynolds and Newcombe which ended with four-base Wirephoto. Henrich Poles Homer in 9th To Give Yankees 1-0 Win (Other series stories and pictures on Page 20 and 21) NEW YORK.

Oct. 5 Tommy Henrich blasted a monstrous home run into the right field seats at Yankee Stadium in the ninth inning today to break up a brilliant pitching duel between Allie Reynolds and Don Newcombe and give the York Yankees a 1 to 0 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the opening game of the World Series. The first Yankee to face Newcombe In the ninth, Henrich looked at two balls and then slammed the next pitch, a waist high fast ball, on a Work TOMATO CARGO IS SPILLED AS r- Dl TRUCKS COLLIDE Ignores Careteria rlea screaming line into the lower deck the 344-foot mark. With the crack of bat the crowd of 66,224 jumped to its feet almost as one and gave out a blast that must have rippled flag the centerfield flagpole. There was never a doubt where the ball was going.

The pay-off blast was only the fifth hit off the rookie Newcombe, who had struck out 11 of his American league opponents in the eight previous intvings. Reynolds, the winner, pitched one of the classics of World Series history In blanking the Dodgers with two widely spaced hits. He struck out nine. In racking up 20 strikeouts, the two sizzling righthanders came within two of the series record set In 1944 playoff between the two St. Louis clubs, when Mort Cooper of the Cards whiffed 12 and Denny Galehouse of the Browns, 10.

Up to the time of colos- clout, the Yankees had not pushed a man past second against Brooklyn flame-thrower. Only Dodger saw third off Reynolds, that was the outgrowth of a pair of walks to open the second inning. (Continued on Page Twenty) URW Officials Eye Meeting Today for HinI of Reprisals AKRON, Ohio, Oct. of the CIO United Rubber Workers today were awaiting the meeting of the new general executive board here tomorrow for an answer to the question: Will there be any reprisals for the The executive meeting will be the first formal one since the turbulent convention In Toronto, the past month, when L. S.

Buckmaster, Akron, won his fight to regain the general presidency. Most of opponents went on the defensive after his victory on two issues; lifting of a suspension imposed by the general board and subsequent reelection to office. His executive board candidates also were victorious. FOUR OP THE seven executive board members who voted to suspend Buckmaster declined to run for re-election. They were George D.

Milliron and Charles McCarter, both Akron men; Joseph MacKenzie, Canada, and Patrick Gallucci, Chicopee Falls, Mass. One of the few antl-Buck- master leaders involved in the (Continued on Page Eleven) Cleric to Open Honduras Mission A 33-year-old Bally minis- an educational or medical type i. 1 T. -HT-ii he added. ter, the Rev.

George T. Miller, and his family, will under- ip it is the Negroes, he take a pioneer work for the ihe be worWng with A 1 i. 1 direct descendants of French slaves Mennonite church when they brought from Africa to work the open the first Mennonite mission in plantations of the Caribbean is- Central America, In and later transported to Hon- February, 1950. duras when they became too num- 5 Tons strewn Across Road at Douglassville; Neither Driver Is Hurt An estimated five tons of i ripe tomatoes cascaded across three lanes of Route 422 yesterday morning when a heavily-laden tractor-trailer truck sideswiped a light pickup truck in front of W. W.

Douglassville. Westbound traffic was confined i to a single lane on the far right- hand side of the highway for almost an noiir, while westbound traffic had to detour through the garage driveway. William Hoffman, Ziegler- ville, an 1 of J. H. Anders, Rahns, making a left tufn from the westbound lane of the highway on to road when the right rear end of his pickup truck was struck by the heavier vehicle.

The light truck w'as spun almost completely around. was already off the concrete when he hit he declared. The driver of the eastbound tomato truck, Nevin Deysher, Kempton, said Hoffman cut in front of him. An attempt to cut his wheels to the left to avoid hitting the light truck almost tipped his trailer, he explained. By ED ROSENBERi; (Mercury Staff Writer) Work is continuing on the construction of an elaborate new front for the Pottstown Senior High school, in spite of the unanimous support of students and their parents for a new school cafeteria on the site of the old M.

H. Richards building. Workmen are beginning to build a new door on the building, facing Walnut street, where the Richard building stood until the May 5 fire. Plans call for the door to be built out from the high school witir pnnel WOULD HAVE LOST most of my load Deysher remarked. I cut to the side, the whole rig started rocking and almost went Loaded with more than 12 tons of tomatoes, the trailer spilled almost five tons which were stacked above its sides.

Baskets and tomatoes were strewTi all over the highway. No one was injured in the collision, which was investigated by State police of the West Reading barracks, but both trucks were damaged. The flat bed of ve: frame was bent, the gas tank punc- i tured and the right rear tire flat! tened. The wliole right front of truck was pushed in. i TWO CARS WERE damaged in a collision at the Beech and Wa.shing- ton intersection yesterday I morning when a his young son on tiie front seat bei side him.

failed to notice a stop sign at the comer. Andy E. Ellis, 348 Beech street, (Continued on Page Eleven) glass brick above it to provide light for the second floor corridor. The third floor opening into the old building will be sealed and a will be inserted in the wall. In addition, a maca'dam-covered yard will lead up to the main doorway opening on the first floor corridor.

The entire job is expected to cost approximately $12,000. This yard will cover the Richards building basement, a site considered "practical for a by Warren B. Zern, Pottstown builder, and also suggested editorially by The Mercury for a new lunchroom, STUDENTS AND their parents have supported The Mercury in its campaign for a new cafeteria, to replace existing facilities a small, basement lunchroom, used mastly by vocational school boys and providing only snacks, and a small study hall where students may eat the lunches they bring from home. Although long-range tchool board plans call for a new high school near the Junior High Si'hool in the North End, a cafeteria in the existing high school would not constitute a waste of funds, either now or in the future. A cafeteria now' be welcomed by the Senior High and vocational school students, they have indicated in a Mercury survey.

And when the high school is moved away from the center of town, expansion of the vocational school into the high school building, or the conversion of that structure into an elementary school, replacing the ancient Washington and Jackson buildings, still would mean the presence of hundreds of boys and girls who would need a cafeteria to supply them with well- balanced meals at low cost each day. Board Once Rejected School Meal Subsidy Why has the Pottstow'n school district not applied for the government cash and food subsidies available for the asking? When this question was put to school officials last night, it was learned that; During the past five or six years, application for the including a 9-cent payment per platter, was not made, or even considered, And prior to 1944, the Idea was proposed and rejected mainly because teachers would not be eligible for the lower prices that resulted from the subsidy, and because It was believed that the pupils would be restricted to the amount of food they could purchase. George D. Robins, president of the school board since January, 1948, and a school board member since January, 1946, said yesterday, matter has not been considered w'hile I have been on the He said the school directors, during his tenure, had not discussed it among theipselves, and doubted they could express an opinion on the subject looked into it IN PAST YEARS, however, It was learned, an application for the lunchroom subsidy had been considered, but the idea rejected. Behind this rejection apparently lay two reasons.

One was that the teachers would have to pay an additional amount of money in the school cafeteria, equivalent to the amount of the subsidy. The other was that the boys and girls who bought the platter would not be allowed to substitute items on it for that day. (Continued on Page Eleven) SIX MAILBOXES THE WEATHER For Eastern Pennsylvania; Mostly cloudy followed by rain this afternoon and tonight. Highest temperature today near 65. Showers and mild tomorrow.

71 Mercury 56 High Antics Low TEMPERATURE EXTREMES Local temperatures yesterday and early this morning were: They will begin their work only after taking a four-month intensive Spanish course at the Presbyterian Orientation Center and Language school, Medellin, Columbia, South America. The mission will be the first charge of the Rev. Miller, a native of Ohio, who was ordained by the Mennonite church only the past Aug. 21. He and his family wiU serve under the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, Lancaster.

Yesterday the Rev. Miller said he believed his mission field would be situated near Trujillo among the Negro fishermen and cocoanut farmers of the northern Honduran coast, although there is a possibility it may be among the Indians or Spanish residents of the country. It will be an evangelistic, rather eroui. Present plans call for the Rev. and Mrs.

Miller and their two children, John Mark, 5, and Ruth Elizabeth, 2, to leave for Columbia Tuesday. They will fly from Miami to Medellin, arriving next Thursday. Their equipment and supplies, which are being packed, will be stored until they are ready tp open their mission and then will be transported by ship. Until then, they will take only enough clothing to last them until the mission is started. The Rev, Miller noted that Honduras is almost as large as Pennsylvania and has over 1,000,000 inhabitants, A tropical country, it will be necessary for and his family to guard against malaria and other (Continued on Page Eleven) Packing for Mission Journey 4 5 a.

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...............57 3 p. a.m. ...............56 Staff Photo A farewell coiwecration service was conducted the Bally Mennonite church last night for a newly-ordained minister, the Rev. George T. Miller, and his family.

Bally, who will be the first Mennonite missionary to Honduras, Central America. The Rev. Miller is shown packing some of the clothing and equipment he will need for a three or four year stay. German Club members, Koffee Klatch and Dance, 5-10 p. m.

Meeting Potts. W. End Fire Stowe, 9th, 7:15 p.m. Look for Pood Specials. Hartenstines Market Ad, Page 11.

Big Values! See at 7 Companies Battle $250,000 Blaze in Coaiesville Stores COATESVILLE, Oct. windswept fire roared through the central business district of Coatesville today, causing $250,000 damage before firemen subdued It. The general alarm blaze began in an elevator shaft of a three-story furniture store, raced out of control and involved a group of nearby buildings. Defective wiring was blamed for the fire. Firemen came from three volunteer companies and from fire-fighting organizations in Wagontown, Pomeroy, Downingtown and West Chester.

Water was pumped not only from city mains, but from the Brandywine creek, three blocks away, when the blaze rose to the peak of its intensity. Of the 150 firemen who answered the alarms, three w'ere overcome by smoke or Injured, and treated in Coatesville hospital. Pranksters Blamed For Rural Vandalism In Ringing Hill Section A gang of what may have been faTher, talking" to I n-age pranksters ripped six rural mailboxes from their posts along and Yarnall roads, Ringing Hill, late Tuesday night and hurled them away indiscriminately. The youthful mischief makers left themselves open to heavy fines, imprisonment, or both, by violating Federal laws protecting the U. S.

mail. Ear! Schwoerer, Pottstown RD 3, discovered some of the depredations at 11:20 Tuesday night as he was returning from his job at the Spicer Manufacturing company. He found mailboxes belonging to Mrs. Mary Davidheiser, Elwood Feather and Harvey Mest lying in the center of Orlando's road. It was the second time the group of boxes had been torn from their posts.

Yesterday morning he found his own mailbox had been torn from its post. He had passed it unnoticed the night before. box had its bracket broken from the metal frame and required expensive repairs. Flagg Union Talks End i I Negotiations between Stanley G. Flagg and company jand Local 2326, United Steelworkers (CIO), were post; poned indefinitely at a meeting yesterday pending outcome 1 of the Big Steel strike.

The postponement actually Is a further extension of wage clauses in the current contract which will expire Aug. 31, 1950. The original date for re-opening talks on wages and related matters --------------------------------------------was the past Aug. 31. A 45-day extension, which will expire Oct.

15, was agreed upon then, pending Big Steel negotiations. Negotiations will not be re- until the outcome of the current steel strike, James H. Corum, Flagg president, said last night. At the start of negotiations the union asked for the 10 cents an hour package of social insurance and pension recommended by the Presidential fact-finding board In the Big Steel dispute. The board recommended that management foot the bill for the benefits.

CHARLES West High street, Stowe, the rural carrier on the route, found boxes belonging to Joseph Slobodnick and Michael Kulishoff had been torn from their posts on Yamal! road. box was found lying in a field, but (Continued on Page Eleven) OP THE QUARTER million dollar damage, $200,000 was caused in the Lipkin furniture store, on the Stowe Man Injures Arm In Fall Off Ladder Ludwig Eczko, 66, Grosstown road, Stowe, was admitted to Memorial Tinnnin hospital last night at 5:30 with a possible fracture of his right artery between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Flames destroyed the store and swept across the roofs of six adjoining buildings in downtown Coatesville. When the roof of the Lipkin store collapsed one fireman was injured seriously as he was plunged Into the burning third floor. He was Edward Sabczynsko, 24, a member of the Coatesville West End company.

Sabczynski was (Continued on Page Eleven) Weatherman Predicts Rain for Borougli Today For three days the skies have looked more and more like a Russian novel but today, after a couple of predictions that rise in the oven, there will be rain, the weatherman promised. None of your showers. Ju.st plain rain. Tomorrow will have the showers, he added, plus continued mild. Yesterday a muggy high of 71 degrees made shirt sleeves uncomfortable but the mark was a long way from the record of 94.

A morning shower peppered the area with .05 inches of rain. foreann suffered in a fall off a ladder. He told hospital authorities that he fell while working on a stepladder In his home. He will be X-rayed today. Bethlehem Strikers To Be Paid Today; Negotiators to Meet Pottstown Bethlehem Steel company workers will be paid today and The negotiating committee of Local 2177, United Steel Workers (CIO), will meet this morning with management.

These announcements were made last night as the nation-wide steel 1500 union members at the Pottstown its fifth day. J. Alfred Marquet, Local 2177 president, said that management has notified union leaders that the company will pay men at the plant today at 1 p. m. and tomorrow from 8 a.

m. to 6 Bethlehem pays its workers every two weeks. The pay to be given out today and tomorrow will be for work done the two- week period ending the past Sunday. Union members stopped working the past Friday, the last day before the strike. Marquet recommended that workers bring the brass checks that bear their identifying symbols.

H. LEWIS WILLIAMS, plant manager, announced that ment has asked the negotiating committee of Local 2177 to meet with it this morning at 10 in the plant office. About the purpose of the meeting, Williams said only that it was for discussion per(Continued on Page Eight) FOUR SCHOOLS ENTER BANDS IN KIDDIES PARADE Commission Also Asks Other Groups to Take Part In Fete Oct. 21 Principals of four schools yesterday' whole agreed to have their bands inarch in the big parade the afternoon of Oct. 21.

Participating bands will be from the Pottstown Senior and Junior High schools and the North Coventry and West Pottsgrove townrhip schools. The Pottstown Recreation commission, sponsor of the first parade since the war also invited bands from all other schools in the Pottstown trading area to march In the children's parade. The four school principals asserted that taking part in the parade would give the marching youngsters good experience and an afternoon of fun. Principals of the four schools are Harry L. Smith, Pottstown Senior High; 'William D.

Mower, Junior High school; Paul H. Grim, Norco, and James T. Jones, West Pottsgrove. JONES SAID HIS school band would appear under something of a handicap. The depleted ranks of the band were filled only the past semester, and some of the youngsters have had only a minimum of experience.

be there just the Jones said. have all the confidence in the world in our Harry E. Sowers, president of the Pottstown Optimist club, yesterday said he would serve as general chairman of the parade. Members of his club have volunteered to help Francis Donnon, recreation director, and the recreation commission, to make the parade a success. Anthony F.

Rodgers, of the Pottstown Junior Chamber of Commerce, will head the judges committee. Rodgers was appointed yesterday by Albert E. Hartman, Jaycee president. THE PARADE. OPEN to all school and pre-school age children in the Pottstown trading area, will begin at 5 p.

Oct. 21, at Hifh and I Keim streets. The line of march for the youngsters will be down High street to i York street. So far; 63 prizes in the form of merchandise have been offered by the Pottstown Mercantile bureau. In the parade there will be costume divisions, divided into age groups, and a separate vehicle division- This vehicle division may include everything from baby buggies to I horses and carriages, Donnon said yesterday.

FOR THE COSTUMES, there will be 10 first prizes of $7.50 in gift certificates, good in local stores; 10 (Continued on Eleven) THE CURRENT decision to await the end of the strike is subject to approval of the membership. A report of meeting will be made at a meeting of the local Tuesday night. Representing the union yesterday were Corum, Clarence Matx, Raymond Wilkinson, Levi Burdan, Chester Ayres, Clyde Reeder, Ann DeFeo, Roy Eagle (Continued on Page Eight) Endurance Mark Broken By Two Ex-Navy Pilots YUMA, Oct. 5 Two Navj' veterans Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward shattered the world endurance flight record at (9:15 p. Pottstown Time) tonight.

The two pilots sailed past the old mark of 1008 hours without a falter and reaffirmed their plans by radio to stay up one more week. airplane and the pilots are in the same Jongeward reported. are tired, but could stay up a lot ON THE. MAIN DRAG KAY RHOADS at her success in reducing. CLINTON MILLER at the results of an accident.

BILL a yarn witli gestures, JO LEE MARL4NO a ride in a black coupe, TIM MORAN in front of a banlc, THELMA SNYDER greeting a friend. CHARLIE STETLER down a shady comer. JOYCE LEVENGOOD for some big doings. GEORGE MAYER some sad baseball news. FRED SCHWARTZER a friend pick apples.

Tons of Tomatoes Litter Highway After Two Trucks Collide Now Open Saturdays Girard Investment Co. Rummage Sale, today, by American Legion Brothers. Fine Beerg and Beverages. Phone 40. St.

i Watches, Diamonds, Wedding Rings. High and Hanover streets. See Look for Pood Specials. Hartenstines Market Ad. Page 11.

Big Values! Lorraine social party tonight at 8 o'clock. Harry Shop, 364 High St. Harry Blackwell. Scattered like buckshot, almost five tons of ripe tomatoei lie spread across Route 4ZH in front of W. W.

garage, Douglassville, after the heavily-laden tractor-trailer truck (left sideswiped a light pickup truck (circled) at the Monocacy road intersection. Nevin Staff Photo Deysher. Kempion, the driver of the heavy truck, said he couid not avoid hitting the light truck driven by William Hoffman, Neither of the drivers was hurt. See Series at 7, Y.W.C.A. Jefferson Dot and Biirs social party tonight opposite Sanatoga Inn, 8 Turkey "dinner.

Amity Saturday, Oct. 15, from 4 p. m. iUrry's Soclarpafty McIntosh Apples Ringing Hill Orchard Eye examination daily exc. Wed.

9to 5. Dr. Phillips, High See Series at Harry Shop, 364 High Si. Harry Blackwell. I No office hours Oct.

7th. Dr. S. 0 Look Market Ad, 11. B-s? Vauiis! Rummage U- CTrifcn, Walnut aiid See at St.

Dressed lurkeyi'from LAurai I 'i. Heat in Winter. Cool In Summer. Mike Raymond, 358 Cherry. Ph.

2231 See Series at McCarraher's deTicious Apple Pies to take out. Phone 1429. Assorted Stationery. Mercury Office..