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THE DAILY NEWS, HUNTINGDON. MONDAY; MAY 26, 794T. PAGE FIVE. OOP CHIEFS PLAN QUEEN MARY (Continued from First Page) A bill giving school boards the authority to impose wide range of local salary increases over the state minimum reportedly the crux of the plan favord by House Education Committee recalcitrants. Other proposals call 1'or erea- (Continued from First Page) All of the handful of people listed in the peerage order of precedence under the magic category "Royal Family" were invited to Ihe old queen's birthday party except the former Wallis Warfield of Baltimore.

OBITUARY turn of a public school authority cause the wife for whom he to permit school districts to de- the throrte could not be at his velop long-range capital im- of a provements, establishment tax- equalization board to determine state subsidies on true real estate valuations, and permission for the appointivt education in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to rai.se school real estate values 15 cents per $100 valuation and impose a $1 to $5 annual 'per capita tax on all per- over 21. up side. Instead, he paid an unexpected morning at her town MArl borough House. half-hour visit to his mother this residence, He came alone, a small figure in. the back seat of a huge Rolls Royce.

Somehow the word got around that "Eddie is with his as it always does when he is in scores were there to cheer him as he left. He tipped his bowler hat, but his face was un- Of equal concern to Duff and wonted erious his legislative lieutenants was i whatever was in the duke's apparent determination of mi Ad whcn he chose to visit many Senate members to ap- England at the time of his prove labor measures which mother's birthday and some House leaders oppose as thought he might have hoped for ing with collective bargaining. a blunt Senate Nils still Jacking admin-j omission of the duchess from istration indorsement include the luncheon party emphasized that she never can assume her place in British society while the implacable Queen Mary lives. those requiring unions to open their membership to anyone qualified to fiil a job regardless of closed shop agreements, and establishing -i 120-day "cooling off" period in' advance of strikes. The administration's labor program is -oppe- by i public em- ploye strike ban, elimination of jobless benefits to strikers, and a.

prohibition against picketing by non-employes of a struck plant. A new bill, reportedly fav Santa Ana, May "26. ored by Duff, will be introduced Be'alah Louise Overell. IS-year-okl this to curb strikes and heiress, and the 21-year-old pre- lockouts in utility 'abor disputes medical student she planned to under a modified form of com- marry four weeks a.zo, go on trial Pair Go On Trial For Slaying Of Wealthy Couple Mrs. F.

W. Kieferle Mrs. Klsitj R. Kieferle, wife of F. Kieferle of Allensville died in Lewistown Hospital at 3 a.

m. Saturday, 24, 1947. She was admitted May 10 and underwent an operation "for generalized peritonitis which caused her death. Her health had failed during the last year. She was aged 63 years, 5 months and 12 days.

She was born in Philadelphia Pecember 12, 18S3, a daughter of the late William and Jennie Kane. Surviving are her husband and three stepsons and two stepdaughters: Coyle Kieferle of Akron, Ohio; Stetson Kieferle of Lewistown, and Raymond Kieferle of Washington, D. Mrs. Robert P. (Clarinda) Moyer of Lewistown; and Mrs.

David I Mary Dale of Akron, Ohio. Six stepgrandchil- dren are living. Mrs. Kieferle was a member of West Kishacoquillas Valley Presbyterian Church in Belleville and of Kishacoquillas D. A.

Chapter of which she was recently elected eoresponding: secretary. Friends may call at Fretz Funeral Home in Lewistown after 7 p. m. Monday until services there at 2:30 p. Tuesday.

Her pastor. Rev. John P. Martin will officiate. Burial will be made in Mount Todd, conducted by the Rev.

Ernest Butler and the Rev. Richard Meyers. Interment in the Beavertown Cemetery will be directed by McClain's Funeral Service. Friends mav call at the late residence in ToJld. Charles Wesley Lobb pulsory arbitration.

With GOP ehiets considering adjournment dates, House Democratic Minority Leader Hiram G. Andrews, Johnstown, pointed out that many measures must be enacted to cover Republican campaign promises. The Semite expected to receive this week a bill drafted by the Justice Department to curb sales new and used cars in a racket reportedly costing purchasers between 5500 and over the established pri.c. A H.ottse-ay>pro\e<-' bill exempting clubs from the liquor license auota law for IS months after next Sept. 1 will be vetoed by Duff if it is n- opted by the jden- atf.

informed sources said. Sen. A. H. Letzler, Hoiilzdale.

chairman of the Senate law and order committee holding the bill, said he opposed to thp- proposal. Evidently heac'ed for UIP Senate ax also was a "bis truck" bill. Defeated once in the House, it was reconsidered and adonted. It is lodged in the Senate Highways Committee and expected tn ctay there. The measure would allov." an increise in the rvf semi-trailers wit'r axle? from 45.000 to i today for the murder of her I wealthy parents.

1 The stolid co-ed and her fiance, George (Bud) Golhim, are charged with plotting the death of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Overell. socially prominent Los Angeles couple, and Rending their bodies to the, bottom of Newport harbor by blowing up the family yacht, Mary with a time bomb.

When Superior Judge Kenneth E. Morrison convenes liis court, one of the strangest stories ever tolcl in this little citrus-belt city is expected to unfold. Both Miss Overell and Golhim were outwardly calm as they awaitrrl opening of the ordeal that can clear them or send Golhim to his death and Overell to a life behind bars. The girl was a juvenile when the alleged crime occurred and is not subject to the death penalty. Mrs.

Eva Marie Miller Mrs. Eva Marie Miller of Mapleton passed away at her home at nine o'clock Saturday evening, May 24, 1947. She had been an invalid for several years. Born in Huntingdon County on February 22, 1874, slve was a daughter of Samuel and Mary Rupert Schultz. Her husband, Thompson Miller, died in 1932.

Charles Wesley Lobb of Aitch R. a Huntingdon County resi- dent for -fifty years and a retired school teacher, died in the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital at 4:35 a. m.

Sunday, May 25, 11)47. He had been ill for two weeks. He was born in Allegheny County on July 7, 3869, the son of Benjamin and Alice (Kemp) Lobb. Mr. Lobb was the last member of his immediate family.

Several nieces and nephews are surviving. He attended Juniata College. For about 20 years he taught in Hopewell Township nd also was a teacher in County. A professor of music, he formerly was organist at the First Methodist Church in Huntingdon. For the past several years he spent the Winter months with Huntingdon friends, Mr.

and Mrs. Hospital Drive Reaches $691, Await Reports Returns totaling- 50,000 are a- this week to push the J. C. Blair Hospital Fund drive "over the top," Campaign Chaiiman James C. Morgan stated this morning.

Though final arc- coming' in slowly, expectations are that Ihe $700,000 goal will bo reached. Campaign contributions now stand at the office for the fund cirive reported. Final reports fiom four areas are expevlod to result in the real- isation of 'he Included are: Area 8, Petersburg section under the chairmanship of T. Roy Morton; Area 4, Alexandria, the Rev. Harry Geiss.nger chairman; Area 5, Saxton and RoherLsdalo.

Robert Huff anu James George, chairmen; and Area 6, Mapleton, Vance David chairman. Bernard Port Street. of 1519 Oneida was a member of the Cherrytmvn Methodist Church. The Rev. R.

A. Zimmerman of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church, Huntingdon, will conduct the funeral service in the Cherrytown Methodist Churcli on Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. Inteiment will be in the Cherrytown Methodist Cemetery. Friends may call at the Green funeral home.

Huntingdon, until 11 a. m. Tuesday and at the churr-h from 12:30 p. m. until the service.

The following children survive Blessed Events Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton of 'AO'l Spruce Street, South Hunt- to mourn her passing: Rolla Miller jngdon. announce the birth of a and Lemuel Miller, both of son on Saturday. May 24, 1947, at Toledo.

Ohio; Earl M. Miller of Harrisburg; Mrs. Luella Orr and Mrs. Grace Boore, both of Altoona; Theodore Miller, Mrs. STOCKS New York, May held to a narrow range in light trading today.

First-hour sales wtre at a pace of little more than 500.000 shares for a full day. Only a few stocks broke out of a fractional rut, including Marshall Field preferred and Norfolk Western, up a point each; American Car Foundry preferred, up IU; Fiiestone, First National and International Harvester, down a point or more each. Mclntyre Pocupine was up nearly a point today. Du Pont, Bethlehem Steel and American Can were fractionally higher. Small losses were noted in Southern Rail, Santa Fe, Marshall Field common and Motors.

Chrysler was unchanged. Recognition to groups of employes additional have been given, i'r. Morgan pointed out. Among those pledging cooperation to the hospital campaign are: Tho Daily News staff, Jackson's Tavern, -Kami's Grocery Stoie, Huntingdon Airport, Clark and Davis Service Station and the Crownover Planing Mill. In addition to these 100 1 groups many other groups are obtaining memorials in the planned additions to the hospital.

In this classification are the sylvan ia rtailroad employes whose total contributions are expected to exceed S5.000. Persons who have not bopn solicited anc who wish to make a conttibutio'i may do so at the hospital or writ'ng to P. O. Box "65 at Huntingdon. York, Maj 26.

Ciulnirrii Amrrii-an Can Amtrtrau Kad SS Armuur and Trl Ati'liiium tialtimurr Ohlu Hfiidix Alilliun llMliJthfm Slrrl Iturx Warner Dircapriikt and Ohio ni. ftnvk 9U 1 I'utuinhiit Oininninn mllh and ijoulhrrn Tonic. Nair ruiinciliiUlrd t'unh'nrnlal MtilorK I'urltsii Wrifclil 16.) 1 Klri-crii- limrral the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vocum of Edith Alexandria are rejoicing over the White, Misses Ruth and Geraldine birth of daughter at the J. i Miller, all of Mapleton. One Blair Memorial Hospital on Sim- brother, Schultz of Altoona, i day, May 25, 1947.

also survives. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Mapleton Evangelical Brethren Church. Mr. and Mrs.

William Oearhart United i of 22 Mifflin Street, Hunting- (Ion. are the proud parents of a The Millers lived in the vicinity daughter born on Sunday, of Altoona prior to moving to Mapleton twenty-eight years ag-o. The funeral service will be held in Green's funeral home in Hunt Loses Life On Way To Decorate Husband's Grave While en route to a cemetery to decorate the grave of her husband, Mrs. Liberiila Maio, of 717 Locust Johnstown, was injured fatally Friday nip.ht in Clearliold. Clearfield police said Mrs.

Maio was going to Hillcrest Cemetery 1947, at the J. C. Blair Memorial to place flowers on the ginve of Hospital. Mr. and Mrs.

Dwight insjdon on Tuesday afternoon at Cnamliersburg. are the proud par! throe o'clock. The Rev i enls of a daughter born at the pastor of the Mapleton i Chambersburg Hospital on Wed! Evangelical United Brethren 65 a 1 194 This is the r-hin-nh iviii 0 cnuo in tne family. Mrs. UN PROBE OF HOLY LAND TROUBLE OPENS will officiate and the Rev.

E. E. Dunkelberger of Me- Locke is the former Jane Keltner of Chambersburg and Mr. Locke i.s Veytown rt Burial will he rm made in thp I. O.

O. F. Cemetery 'andem Treasury Report Washing-ton, May 26. Government expenses and receipts for the current fiscal 3 ear through May 22: expenses. $36,100.024,145.74: receipts.

surplus. SS67.0S6.096.44; cash balance, 54.090,001.205.00; public Lake -Sue N. May The United Nations launched its ir.ciuirv into tV.r. festering Palps- tine problem today, hopeful but noticeably confident that it will find a solution acceptable to Jews. Ara'rs and big powers.

The opening of the 19th Holy Land investigation since World War I was accompanied by report? that the U. commission of inquiry we'ild decide to tour Europe's displaced persons camps and that the Arabs would boycott the entire proceedin? if it did. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovak officials were ready to ask the commission at the outset to consider the displaced Jews and at Mapleton. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of the service. Mrs.

Alice Nearhoof debt, gold re- their to make homes in Pal- servo, $20,913,655.213.72. i "stinp. SEE THEM SUNNY SANDALS The toug-hest, longest wearing, best fitting sandals on the market! For children and misses! Tan Tole sandals and the' Real Barefoot sandals for children! Sizes i-lZ Sizes Ladies' Novelty Shoes Odds and ends: Reg-a- lar £6.95, S7.95. $2-9 ON RACKS FOR EASY SELECTION! 713 Washington St. Phone 172 "FAITHLESS" FRIENDS BLAMED BY ROMNEY Washington.

House Sergeant-at-Arms Kenneth Romney, faced with a prison -Mrs. Alice C. Gensimnre Near- Ki nc covering up a of Spring- Moun' Valley S6 snorta lh House bank, blamed his plight today on "faithless" friends who looted the bank and left him to take the rap. The 65-year old Montana crat. who refused to go on the stand or enter a formal defense at his trial, broke his silence with a public statement appealing for reversal of his conviction.

He was sentenced Friday to serve one to three years in federal penitentiary. He is free on 52,500 bail pending outcome of an appeal. Romney contended that he spread a trail of false entries across the bank records only because he saw no other way of recovering the money embezzled by near Warriors died at he: home at 3:35 o'clock on Sunday morning, 25, 1347. She had been ill for two years. She had been a resident of Warriors Mark Valley her entire life.

Born in Center Line, Centre County, on Jtiiy 15, 1S73, she was a daughter of George and Levina (Nearhoof; Gensimore. Her hus-. band, Harry Nearhoof, preceded her in death. One brother and two sisters survive. They are: Harry Angelina and Mary C.

Gensimore, all of Warriors R. D. She was a member of the Progress Brethren, Church at Johnstown. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the funeral home at Warriors Mark. The Rev.

R. Roland Ritter pastor of the Warriors Mark Methodia'. Church, will officiate and burial will be made in the Nearhoof Cemetery in Sprin.e Mount. Friends may call at the funeral home until 9 o'clock this evening and from 10 a. m.

until the hour of the service on Tuesday. Mary Jane Foster her husband, Domenic Maio, when she was struck by a car. She died Locke, i at p. m. Friday in Clep.i field Hospital.

The coroner said death resulted from a skull, fractured left leg and internal injuries. According" to police reports. Mrs. Maio alighted from a Tyione- Clearfield bus at an inleresction in Cleaniekl. She walked around the hack of the bus, police said, ami stepped directly into the path of a car operated by Charles W.

Wigfield. 44. Clearfield R. D. The coroner listed death as accidental and said an inquest would not be neresssry.

Wigfielil was released on his own recognizance. Mrs. Maio went to Johnstown to live after the death of her husband about two years ago. Five children reside in Johnstown. rubber-check Washington.

artists in official Htind and Shurt UT; Klrrlru- Motors 54' REQUEST'RENEWED (Continued from First Page) suitable for the prog-am has been greatly reduced Mr. Truman said that our armed fOKe.i havr maintained "cordial relations of collaboration" with the arnif-d forces of the other American republics "within the frame work of the good neighbor policy." Mary Jane Foster of Todii passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John 1815 Allegheny Street, Huntingdon, on Sunday afternoon, May 2o, 1947, at 4:45. She had been in poor health for the past year, and had been beadfast about fourteen weeks. She was born in England, September 9, 1379, hence she was aged at the time of death 67 years, months and 16 days.

She was a laughter of Robert E. and Margaret Bell, both deceased. She was united in marriage to Afichael J. Foster on Jan. 3, 1898.

Mrs. Foster was a consistent member of the First Baptist Church of Brownsville, Pa. Surviving besides her husband are the following sons and daugh- i ters: Robert J. Foster. Elizabeth, Ellis A.

Foster, Pittsburgh; Theodore Foster, Todd; Jemima i Mrs. John Keglerl, Hunting-don; Pearl (Mrs. Vern Norman), I Dravosburg; Lill (Mr.s. 1 er Fufata), Pittsburgh; Ruth i i Mrs. Alexander Carmack).

Todci; Nellie Mae (Mrs. Herbert McNerlin), Todd. Also surviving are two sisters: Annie Gross of McKeesport and Nellie Bell of Shirleysburg; three half-sisters: Pearl Good of Dravosburg; Sallie McDonald of McKeesport, and Jemima Querry of Hollidaysburg; three step-sisters and one 1 stepbrothpr: Mrs. Ethel Patterson of Oamnirhsels; Mrs. Jessie Carter of Orlando, Mrs.

Jane Weaver and Jamps both of Drsvos- burg. Thirty-one grandchildren aart four great-grandchildren ftlse I survive. i Funeral services will be held I May 28, at a o'clock lau residence in" BETTER LIVING Four Models Beautifully styled, heavily installed, and built for lonp 4, 6, 8 16 c. ft. Treat your family ami guests to the eniUess variety of choice foods that the Marqiietle Home Freezer makes Available at a moment's notice.

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Blair Memorial HOSPITAL NEWS May ri4 ami 1H47 Census Tinlay, HI Admitted: S. George Horton, Wood. Mrs. Isabel Parks. 769 Allegheny Street, Huntingdon.

Mary Wall, 1015 Moore Street, Huntingdon. Clyde Blair, Six Mile Run. Mr.s. l.uey Cox, Todd. Nancy Kennedy, 714 Perina.

Avenue, South Huntingdon. Sarah Jane Itinger, Alexandria. 'Diane Jean Schock, 730 Washington Street, Huntingdon. Ralph Wakefielii, Shirleya- burjf. Marie Gainer, 820 Washington Street, Huntingdon.

Mrs. Grace Fisher, D. Mrs. Olive Snyder, Silver i-'ord Heights, Mount Union. DisHitirgiMl: Helen Cummings, Mount Union R.

D. Mrs. 'Ailcen Adolphson, mont. lietty BaaVks, Fourth Street, Huntingdon. Richard Grice, 610 N.

Division Stre-et, Mount Union. Kli DeLuca, Dudley. James Wright, Alexandria. Mrs. Ma.ry Itinger, Alexandria.

Mrs. Margaret Kough, Sftltillo. Barbara Laird, 127 Morgan Street, Mount Union. Mrs. Martha Baker, 501 Washington KtretH, Huntingdon.

Warren Hhope, Huntingdon R. D. 2. Mrs. Ruth Strait, Waterfall.

Charles Knoile, Huntingdon R. D. -2. Mrs. May me Isenberg, Saxton.

Rowles, Blairs Mills. Mrs. Ruth Craig, McConnells- toNv'n. Mr.s. Pauline Kagnrise, 418 Penn Street, Huntingdon.

Donald Runk, 1130 Mifflin Street, Huntingdon. Alton Madden, Orhisonia R. D. Angelo Viola, 705 N. Jefferson Street, Mount Union.

Mr.s. Mary Fou.se, 700 Warm Springs Avenue, Huntingdon. Mrs. Theima Speck, 1714. Washington Street, Huntingdon.

Mrs. Kthel Seiner, Hesaton. Carol Hijird, Wb Penn Street, Kay Dean Bairl, 405 Penn Street, Huntingdon. Mrs. Ethel Heffner, 7M Washington Street, Huntingdon.

Miss Jane Simpson, 59 Standing Stone Avenue, Huntingdon. Artson Houck, 600 Warm Springs Avenue, Huntingdon. J. a ENNEY CO FIRE CAUSES $350 Continued from First Pflgej Mistible parts under the hood were badly damaged. The intense heat melted the rubber matting buineil the felt on the floor of the far.

1 Jlivlianies at the gsrase were unable to explain the sudden fire. The i-ar was at the garage Cor an engine overhauling. RKSPONU Hnnlingdon firemen responded i an alarm on Saturday after- ion around 2 o'clock. An was repotted In front of the Barber Shop on Washington f.rrrt, but when the firemen ar- ived the blaze was already ouU SPECIALS TUESDAY WOMEN'S'CHENILLE HOUSE COATS Sizes 12-20 38-44 WOMEN'S RAYOF SATIN SLIPS Tea Kose in sizes 46 ro 52 only YOUNG MEN'S SPORT COAT! $8-00- oroken lots broken sizes YOUNG MEN'S SPORT SUIT Novelty plaids, Herringbones fn blue or tan CLOSE OUT IN WOMEN'S SHOES Broken Lots Broken Sizes Open Toes Closed Toes Low Heels Medium Heels High Heels Plastic Patents Plastic Leathers Genuine Leathers PLASTIC FOR YOUR TABLE CLOTHS 54 72" Water and alcohol proof Stain resistant Won't crack or peel A LIMITED QUANTITY RED or BLUE BANDANAS Large Size MEN'S BLUE TWJLL WORK SHIRTS Clost Out Lot SURPLUS O. D.

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