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KEEP IN TOrfH To keep in touch with activities of the day in your community read The F5ristol Courier daily. he ristol ourier VOL. 103 BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY EYENIMii. (X I'OBER 4. Price 2c a Copy 6c a Week FRENCH TROOPS PUSH AHEAD IN FLANKING MOVES Move is Aimed at Eventful Occupation of and Zweibrucken NIGHT REPORTED CALM Claim the Air Raids of The French Were All Repulsed By Kenneth T.

Downs 1 N. S. Staff Correspondent PARIS. Oct. troops pushed forward today with their flanking movements east of the Moselle River between Saarbrucken and brucken in a move aimed at eventual occupation of both towns.

This military nique, No. til, said merely: night was calm. There wras artillery fire from sides in the region south of Deux Pouts The French tactics, still on a minor scale, brought continued reaction from the forces, which not levelled a searching artillery fire against French communications and reinforcements but also sent out raiding parties to harry the French advance. Earlier the War Ministry revealed that the German air force launched several air raids against French positions, but claimed that all the raids were repulsed. Official war communique No.

60 stated: air raids were repulsed east of the Moselle River and east of the Saar River. There wras artillery activ-1 ity on both sides in the same According to semi-official reports from the front, the French tactics were sufficient to break up and throw back the German raiding parties. The French advance posts, it was stated, spread out in fashion, breaking into groups of a few men armed with light machine guns. These men. supported by field artillery units and observers, were able to throw back the raiders.

It was understood the German raiding parties were sent out to spot French artillery emplacements owing to the alleged failure of German reconnaissance planes to obtain a clear idea ol the French advance positions. The German maneuvers also were believed to indicate the possibility of a counter-attack in the near future. The artillery fire from each side was described its more than intermittent, luit it still has not. reached major intensity. Nevertheless, French authorities were alert to the possibility of a new German drive aimed at regaining certain vantage points on the Saar front which would enable them to strike at the French reinforcements in the rear.

Observers at the front, meanwhile, consider that the French are continuing to maintain their superiority in artillery fire, both in weight and accuracy. Predict Peace Proposal Berlin, Oct. 4 The possibility that Reiehsfuehrer Hitler may propose a brief truce in his forthcoming speech to the Reichstag to enable a thorough canvass of proposals, was predicted today. The Fuehrer, it was said, is anxious for this brief respite in order that al! diplomatic means may be brought to bear to forestall large-scale war, and provide time for the peace plan he intends to outline. For tiiis reason, the German verge of Quiet On the Western will continue in effect under direct orders from Berlin.

The German peace plan as disclosed exclusively by International News Service yesterday, included creation of a Polish buffer state, world-wide disarmament, redistribution of raw material, and guarantees of the international status quo. Miss Betty Kaiser Is Feted at Ferguson Home A miscellaneous shower was tendered Miss Betty Kaiser, Tuesday evening, by Miss Elizabeth Ferguson and Miss Agnes Schweizer, at the Ferguson home. Miss Kaiser was presented with a bouquet of flowers to which was attached ribbons, and on each rib-! bon was a verse, telling her where the various gifts were hidden. Games were played by: the Misses Margaret Moore, Enid Whyatt, Irene and Minnie VanSoest, Agnes Schweizer, Elizabeth and Eunice Ferguson, Katherine Baur, Mrs. L.

Roger, J. Choma, R. Ferguson, Bristol; Alma Ada Bustraan. Edgely; Mildred Holland and Ann Friel, Croydon. The Misses Anna and Margaret Billy, Anna Babyuk, Helen Pevovar- nik, Carol Reynolds, Mrs.

W. Bogden, Fieldsboro, N. Miss Emily Monti, Tullytown; Eleanor LaBuer, Katherine Kay, Gertrude Kaiser, Mrs. P. Buer, Trenton, N.

Mrs. M. Elchen- LATEST NEWS Received by International News Service Leased Wires, Here and There in Bucks County Towns Shooting To Be Aired Maticli hunk, Oct. story of the gun" shooting of 14-year-old i Joan Stevens, little Nesquehoning school girl, by a State Police corporal last June today was to be spread before a Carbon county grand jury. Eagerly awaited by an aroused anthracite area, the grand jury proceedings were ordered by District Attorney Announcement was mado todny that construetion work will start immediately on new and modern cohl age locker plant on old William Baxter property ing the new section of the Laekawamm Trail at the intersection of Swamp Road and Route 611.

The lmilding to 10 60 feet, in the last several weeks iti the fertile Spinnet stow Steinsburg Old ZloilSN il 1c sect ions. Dickeushied X- Weinberger. Knap penberger. Hausetnan, Kleppinger and Stauffer orchards are models of orchard efficiency and their products known throughout the fruit and produce markets. This year a large will be of stone construction and will of Un ir yield went to New York bo tilled with small lockers that the that this was a pretty good year for them.

be used by farmers and others desiring cold storage space for meals, prod lice and other materials. The property was purchased this week and workmen will start on the new plant in a few days. The contract calls for the plant to be completed and ready for operation on November lath Quakerlown is becoming famous as ko, Mt. Holly. N.

J. HISTORIANS MEET AT THE COUNTY SEAT Albert F. Heinbach. despite the ab-jthe Eastern market for peaches, sence of Deputy Attorney General I About 50.OOti baskets have been picked Harrington F. Adams.

Especially as-1 signed to the case, Adams was being delayed by prosecution in Butler, Heinbach was informed. Red Cross Planning For Membership Drive Plans for the participation of the lit isiol Branch of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Red Cross in the 1 roll call are being prepared by Mrs William Dullamel, 807 Had cliffe street, chairman of the Bristol Branch. Mrs Frank Lehman. 316 Radcliffe street, is Membership Chairman of the lit isiol Blanch, and Miss Marion Smith is assistant membership chairman of I he Bristol Branch Mrs, Dullamel will! JUDGE KELLER GIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY HISTORY IN ADDRESS Judge of Bucks County Courts Speaks at Meeting of Women Council INTERESTING ADDRESS Hear Interesting Paper, Last Purchase of Land From The Indians in Bucks FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL ONLY PROFITABLE SPORTS Events Carry Other Activities at Morris ville ADMIT 6 NEW MEMBERS DOYLESTOWN, Oct. Last Purchase of Land from the Indians in Bucks was the title of an interesting paper read at the autumn meeting of Bucks County Historical Society, held here Saturday.

The meeting was held in the Elkins Building auditorium with the president, Dr. B. Frank Fackenthal, of Riegelsville, presiding. Six new members were admitted: Cleaveland W. Hilson.

this place; Mrs. A. A. Burridge, Ontario, Canada; William G. Ellis, Philadelphia; Mrs.

Alan Wounded by a volley of heavy calibre slugs, the Stevens girl died in a state police car last Summer as she was re- portedly being questioned by Corporal Receipts From Grid and age Benjamin Franklin about her asserted knowledge of bank hold-ups in the Mauch Chunk region. The 33-year-old trooper has been at 1 liberty in $5,000 bail since the shoot-1 B. B. AND 1 RACK COSTLY ing. MORRISVILLE.

Oct. I Football and basket ball are the only two sports at Merrisville high school oil a paying basis, the statement of receipts and expenditures submitted by Supervising Principal Manoah Ii. Reiter shows. Morrisvilh two major sports, and track, been costly Grain Crops Above Average Oct. last drought conditions, Pennsylvania grain crops will be above the ten year average yield, the United States De pa it men of Agriculture predicted to- DaKt'ba 11 day in its final weekly review of the crop and weather conditions for the season.

Declaring that the summer had been the summary added: main crop, such as corn, wheat. Houseman has installed a cold storage plant to keep his fruit hi perfect condition and he. as well as others, have installed maehitierry for grading and selecting peaches for their size. It takes considerable capital to operate an orchard fot as one can readily see, the entire year is spent in order to take the chance with Mother Nature in the Fall that the fruit will be there and that there will be a market In hielt to sell ii profitably. The value of the farms and orchards in this section on which the fruit is grown is ('stimateti at a quarter of a million dollars.

During the picking season there are many working and Iheir pay foils are distributed over a wide area Many baskets are sold di- reetly at the orchards and customers are welcome to see how the peaches are picked and pi ('pared for market. of the Smith as chairman committee Because of the international situtt- tion. membership objective of the Southeastern Chapter is expected to be considerably more than last year. Volunteers are being recruited by the main branches throughout the chapter for the house-to-house canvassing which will begin on November 11th. SCHOOL BOARD TOLD OF PLAN FOR NIGHT CLASSES Representatives of State Dc partment Outline Method To Be Followed MAY BE FORMED HERE publicity Other Candidates Attend The Meeting and Are Presented Sixteen lltlts act i Vit ill boi II high school are Morrisville High for ex i curricula the junior and senior now organized in School, Leonard school principal, an R.

Cook, Riegelsville, and Mr. and Mrs. rye and barley, will yield above the 10 Holy Name Societies To Rally at Cornwells Joseph B. Lathrop, of Rye, N. Y.

Announcement was made by President Fackenthal that the annual meeting will be held in May. Dr. George Wheeler, of Philadelphia, who read a paper on Last Purchase of Land from the Indians in Bucks illustrated his talk with a map which made clear his points of historical importance to his audience. Dr. Wheeler, a former Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, told how he came across, in an obscure library in Philadelphia, a Conrad Wrei- ser manuscript w'hich threw considerable light on the purchase of land from the Iroquois Indians in 1749.

The portion of his paper wrhich was of interest to Bucks countians tells how the upper part of the controversial purchase of land in 1737 (commonly known as the Indian Walking Purchase) was re-purchased from the Iroquois and not from its original owners, the Delawares. Personal touches in his paper told of the experiences Conrad Weiser hadj with the Iroquois Indian chiefs while I making a trip from home, near Reading, to Philadelphia, Edward R. Barnsley, of Newtown, who read a paper on Societies of Bucks County including an Account of Public Fairs and Livestock reported that a semi-annual fair was held in Bristol borough from 1720 to 1796. The Bucks County Society for Promotion of Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures held fairs from 1809 to 1812. The Agricultural Society of Bucks County functioned from 1820 to 1832.

and the Bucks County Agricultural Society and Institute held fairs from 1843 to 1883. The Universal Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition was held in the County Seat in 1855. and the Doylestown Agricultural and Institute operated from 1865 to 1890. Following the meeting, refreshments were served. J.

A. Leckie Stricken Suddenly 111 Here, Dies year average in most regions. The oat crop was rather short. However, the grain was of good quality, and in many instances yields were better than expected. The hay crop, except timothy and clover, was rather short.

Alfalfa did not suffer so much from drought as other hay crops. "Truck crops suffered considerably from the summer drought, but not enough to reduce the supply below reasonable demand. Orchard fruits ranged from poor to good. Peaches were most affected by the summer drought. Apples were above the usual quantity and were the best for the last four or five seasons.

Caum. high uounced today With Ilo members, and undei su pervision of Horace Hutchison, the Mixed Chorus Club has the most mem hers in the senior Itigli school. Miss for years and during the 193S-39 period i Ik)l o(hy hnH of went fun her behind a paving basis, 1 high school club. Mlie Dancing Club, which has 52 mom- Gl the extra-curricular activities, I vh The following is the attendance the Senior Operetta, Leaders Club and ()t junjor dubs: Student found! are ahead Junior chorus. Horace Hutchison.

being the big cost in this ructor, 10; library, Miss Charlotte Kohler 7' dancing, 52; science, Floyd Kerr, IN; handicraft, Miss Margaret Keller gave the band depart ment Football had a balance of from Revenues in 1938-39 was $1.451. II and expenditures $1,595.77. for a total balance of $768.57. Basketball, with a balance in 1937-38 of $331.75. had $621.12 for revenue at i the close of last year and expendi of $509.13.

leaving a total bal- lance of $116 II Basketball and track, a deficit carried for several years lo cost $419,93 be tween them last season and ftrought in only $50 I. This leaves lite two Sum nier sports with a completi' deficit of $1,214.36 as compared to the total in come of 1.21.1.01 for ba keiball and football. Other sports and activities have deficits follow: Tennis hockey, band. focus $263.42. Balan French Ministers Meet Paris, Oct.

4 The French Counsel credited to Student of Ministers met in secret session Club. $1.87: day to decide whether to reject any German peace offers in advance or consider them and make counter proposals which would mean the end of Reiehsfuehrer domination of central Europe. What decision was any -was a closely guarded secret. Conili which $68.56 music, es are 1.89 Watkius. 36; dramaties, Miss Melva Peitly.

junior high band Harry Filer, 11 laide Mason, 24. Senior High: Mixed boi us, camera. E. Howdl Windle, Il metal. Wilbur Sauder lo; typing Ella Borni, leaders, library.

Vlis Kohler. 11 John Contar, 15; art. MI Howa rd 1 li Mach club llleel cilhei on Wediiestlav onomics. I mh Ade 110 art Miss Glsb, biology. Bernice once a woo or Thursday Social Circle Honors Three; Present Gifts The lirsi the Social Church, wa moot Ing Circle 4 held la of of si the season of First Baptist Veiling ill Sllll ienior Operetta.

$62.56. Although the football balan shrank a bit last year due to newly purchased equipment, the Bristol till is iieduled hero this year and will undoubtedly give football an excellent increase in profit for next report NOT WORRIED OVER LOSS OF ONE OF HIS JOBS Rev. William P. Young Will Not Be Candidate At November Election HAS MANY ACTIVITIES if YARDLEY. Oct I Miss Kathryn Van Hart, daughter ol Mr and Mrs William Van Hart of Washington Crossing, berime bride of John C.

Coulton, son of Mr, and Mr John Coulton, Sr. of Y.irdb\ on Saturday afternoon The ceremony was pet form ed by the Rev Kenneth Maclxmald, in the Trinity Chapel. Solebury The couple will make home near Washington Cro: sing School room, 80 attending A tiens mooting was In Id, with Mr' i Weik presiding Arrangements Iliade for a I la I lo pa i i li ree new members joined A miscellaneous shown was for three members, Miss Elizabeth I 'crides to be; and Mrs. who was married during Eat received many gift was decorated In while nor private hospital. The 53-year-old Edgely leaves his wife, Louise, and dren.

The Rev. Francis H. Smith, resident two chll- ret tor Stricken suddenly ill at his The Holy Name Societies of the i employment with Fleetwings, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Holy Name John A Hainf will hold sectional rallies. Sun-1 kdgely, died that evening in ag- day afternoon. District No.

13, comprising all the parishes in Bucks county, will hold a rally at St. Charles Church, Cornwells Heights, at three The Rev. John L. Nugent, pastor of of A11 Saints Episcopal Chuich, Fa s- St Charles, ill address the assembly. I ofriciate at 1 John A.

district representa-! service tomorrow at two p. m.f tom tive and Albert Wissman is marshal of Molden funeral chapel. ei the parade street. Burial will be in Bristol Ceme- After the address, benediction of the Friends mayjcall this evening. Most Blessed Sacrament will be given.

The services will be concluded with the singing of God We Praise Thy and Star-Spangled TIDES AT BRISTOL High water Low water 6.10 a. m. 1.24 a. m. 6.49 1.2S LEAVES HOSPITAL Unbelievable Joseph Smith, who sustained a broken leg.

has left Frankford Hospital, and returned to his Cedar avenue home, Croydon, being taken there in the Rescue Squad ambulance. Spend 25c and get dollars In retnrm, iry The classified way. (By A tiny miss was playing with a little neighbor on Radcliffe street, and was heard to remark: do you think? There is a girl attending our school, who is 10 years old. and she hasn't had her tonsils out The Rev. William P.

Young, pastor at the Tullytown Community Chapel, is a jack-of-all trades and the mere fact that he is about to lose one of his jobs does not wony him. Young, as the result of the New Jersey primary election, will not be a candidate for the office of justice of the peace as he was defeated. His term for the office which he now holds expires next May. His police magistrate's term end until 1941, and he is a preacher at Tullytown, and Pinegrove. N.

churches. In his workshop behind bis court chambers along busy New Jersey State highway, route 2a, at Burlington, he works on various such as electric lamps, rustic bird- i houses, flower boxes, electric signs, glass numbers for houses. He sharp ens lawn-mowers and ice skates. He has a telegraph agency and collects old bills and handles real estate transact ions. At other times he has been chaplain of the Trenton State Prison, United States harmonica champion, city councilman, county coroner, alderman, insurance salesman, gas station operator.

deputy motor vehicle inspector, produce market manager, radio announcer and distributor of fish and game licenses. He also has given 45) blood transfusions my he exclaimed today. job is it? I keep track of my he exclaimed today. job is it? I keep track of i He lives at 442 Wood street, Bur lington, with his wife, Irene, and daughter, Mildred. He has married) 300 couples, once accompanying an i eloping pair to Elkton himself tok Is II I A resident of Bridgetown Road Langhorne, Mrs.

Hannah Williams, 1 w'iis removed to Abington Hospital by Bucks County Rescue Squad Monday Imsi John were a ltd was given Ruth Welk, who are E. Blinker, the Summer The room with a white wedding bell in the center. In the tenter of each ol three tables was a beautiful bed spread and a doll dress ed as a bride, were gifts the young women Othn from the members were arranged around 11 Circle gifts. Officers of the organization were hostesses, namely: Mrs. John Welk, Percy Earl I.

Mi; Laura El I i Mi; Fred Gould and Mi: Noma John son. Each member received a favor I in the form of a colonial bouquet made of candy. If you have a house to rent, advertise It In the Courier. Bristol school board, hist night, bad explained the plan under which the I State of Education will pay instructors for what might be termed vocational The plan is called "Trade Extension by the State. Two representatives of the State Department appeared before the boardJund did also Mr, Miller of the NYA meat of tin The Board, without any formal mo- lion, decided it) have Warren P.

Sny- dor, school superintendent, discuss tjie matter with the various industri allsts and ascertain if there is a need for such training In this community. In brief, the plan as outlined Is for school board to conduct a survey I among the local Industries. If 15 or more individuals express a desire to receive instruction in any one vooa- lion, a class is organized. Each Individual pays a $2 enrollment fee, which Is i eturued if the individual attends 75'; of the sessions of that particular class. The Stale through its own funds ami those of the Federal Government pays the Instructors who must be cer- by ihe Siate.

The possibility of opening such lasses as chemistry, sheet metal I working, and textile, was suggested. The students provide their own nia- leiinIs, The plan was outlined to I lie Board by W. Bi union and Mr. Hartman I of State Department of Education, it was stateti there sufficient funds lo provide toi the next four years, and that il such classes are formed they must be starletl not later than October h. The I raining of supervisory personnel is Hie main object of the proj Mr, Miller, of the NYA, Informed the School Board that the Community Center is at the disposal of the Board for in cooking and wood working courses.

Mr. Miller also suggested a plan whereby the NYA would pay boys on relie! for time worked In tin onllnurd on I' iii gr Two Students To Witness On October 7th THE GREAT GAME OF POLITICS By FRANK R. KENT by McNaught Syndicate, Big Bu si ness marry them. THAT patii hai pod on foi ue; by the proferii has been the ft every soap box try and the fart: the left tin- proclaim that it has been twenty years liberals. It iti- of in the ilo.V were, to oily did they is the greedy financiers and conscienceless it: who were responsible for ilo- of our Amen ran in the Iasi European conflict.

THIS time I bat stuff is stone cold. This I it is clear that business and finance are solidly against our partictpatIon In the war than any other element we have. Many our leading bank ers and business men are strongly in favor of the President's proposals to lift the embargo against arms and ammunition; some, like Mr. Henry Ford arid Mr. Einest Weir, the steel magnate, favor the retention ol the embargo.

Bui, whether they are with the President or not, there an outstanding business man or banker in America who anxious that the Cnitod States should avoid involvement. A number of students of Bristol high school will on Saturday travel to Philadelphia see Hamlet Chaperones will be Miss Gladys Hewitt, Miss A let hea Myers, Miss Ken lo-dy and John Burrlss, English teachers. Tin I ips one of he big cit ies see this play, begun hi I hen the members tit the senior la: alone went to Philadelphia to I sec Leslie Howard in the lead. Las. 'year the senior class again went to see i This time in New York with Maurice Evans in the lead.

This year the trip is open It) all members of the Kcnioi high school who wish to go. Again as, last year Maurice Evans has the title role. However, this time is it) be done in Its entirety. Among those going to see are: Ruth Flum. Steve Masne, Emilio Bidet ke, Betty Somers, Florence Cian- dosi, Anna Ennis, Dorothy L.

Ritter, Nancy Phillips, Isabelle Heath, Dorothy Vanzaui, Katherine Pllzonka, Hd 'eii Voif. bent Bernard, Alfred Rogers. William Walter, Elrnira Girton, Rita McNulty, Estelle Morgan, Letitia Cialella. William George, Richard Mat chena, Mildred Busso, Catherine Cuttone, Marie Spito, Mildred Graham, Marian Hardy, Marie Barr, Eleanor iKlawitter Jean Wilson, Ann Martini, Doris Sal vat Dorothy Strobele, Geraldine Seebold and Ann Fitzgerald. Cool For Series are many reasons why the Republican Party should appeal to the women," the Hon.

Hiram H. Keller told members of the Lower Bucks County Council of Republican Women when he addressed that body at their October meeting in the Travel Club Home here last evening. The speaker, president Judge of the Bucks Count Courts, and a candidate on both the Republican and Democratic tickets for re-election to a ten- yenr term, told the members and their friends, Suffrage first became a national issue In 1914 and was smothered by two Democratic Congresses and it was not until the Republican Congress came into power tluit it passed the Woman Suffrage amendment before ii had been in session two weeks. Furthermore, of the first twenty-four states to ratify amendment it) the Constitution, twenty were Republican." Speaking on the subject, History of the Republican Parly," Judge one of the most complete outlines of the develop- party ever heard In Bristol. an ii may Judge Keller stated, logical foundation of the Republican Party was laid by Thomas Jefferson in 1784, just seventy years before Its actual appearance, when he introduced a resolution into Congress of the United States, then acting under the Articles of Confederation, which preceded the adoption of the Constitution, for the organization of territorial governments in the great empty regions of the West which contained a provision designed to prevent the extension of slavery into any of those regions.

The speaker outlined the events In their historical order that led to the flrSt victory of the Republican Party as a national parly. He told of the two party system that was brought over from England, the revolution of Hie colonies, I he War of 1NL', the first signs of contention about the slavery question, the rise of numerous lies, the increase In friction between the North and the South over the slavery question, the rise of the young lawyer from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, and his subsequent election as president of the Pnited States. "Lincoln had been nominated as a candidate foi President in 1865 but his nomination was withdrawn in favor of Mr Fremont Judge Keller declared. "He was again a candidate in 1859 in Illinois and when the Republican National Convention of 1860 met In Chicago al the celebrated Wigwam, a building especially erected for this purpose, he was nominated and at the succeeding election was elected President. This marked the first victory by the Republican Parly I rty," Taking his audience I ea rly pa i ies National back in history Keller pointed AND tiiis includes Continued on the much ge Two New York, Oct.

1 Cloudy and tool weather was expected to prevail this afternoon when the New York kees and the Cincinnati Reds open the 1 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Moderate northerly winds and average temperature of 60 degrees! alty and it were forecast. say that This a revised forecast of tinuitv of earlier weather bureau predictions! co-ope that cool conditions would be ex pected. out that is as old as government Itself." Public policy from the beginning has largely been determined by organized pressure from special interest groups such as a coterie of priests or warriors In primitive society, or a feudal aristocracy, a military, religious or racial group, as in Medieval Europe. This was know'll as Party politics is largely a product of modern democracy.

Fnder governments which rest on force, such as our dictatorships in Europe of today, as well as those governments that base their claims on the Divine Right as were formerly our autocratic monarchies, there is no room for parties except, as revolutionary agencies. democratic societies, where government depends upon the active consent of the governed, political power goes to (bat group which is able, most effectively, to mobilize popular consent. political parties may be described as agencies having to do indirectly In democratic societies what is done directly under Emphasizing the pari that party loyalty lias played and continued to play in the success of a party Judge Keller said that find the same continuing loyally to party, the same self-denying contributions of time, money and personal service, and not always for actual personal benefit, but in many cases, from a sense of real patriotism and public spirit. is due to their belief and conviction that in order to accomplish anything, whether for ihe good of the community or for the country, there must be co-operation and group loy- is hardly an exaggeration i the formation and coiu oli'ical party existence this and group loyalty comes worth and ability of the CiiMiinuoj on Fear.