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THE NEWS-HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1945. PAGE ELEVEN. I -vv; OIL CITY OFFICE National Transit Building. tl4 SeneM Street. Phones 4260 and 436L OIL CITY DEPART OIL CITY STAFF Newt Robert Davis, Elaine Koits Society Mrs.

Charles Humphrey Circulation Don Verner. I 11 5 MENT LAST TIAIES TODAY CITY PLANS TO COUNTY C. T. II. IN SESSION HERE TODAY IBM BORROW 5291 HELD OVER TODAY and WED.

SOCIETY WOMEN'S NEWS, PERSONALS, CLUB EVENTS MRS. CHARLES HUMPHREY, Editor Phone 4360 y5idb, STARTING WEDNESDAY Titusville Wedding Of Interest Here A double ring ceremony in the St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, Titusville, Saturday evening united in marriage Miss Mary McGough, a former local high school student, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J.

McGough, of Grand Valley, and Cpl. Frank E. Galmish, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Galmish, of Titusville.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. William D. Cogley, pastor. Mrs. William H.

McQuiston, of Hart-ville, sister of the bridegroom, and Cpl. William A. Galmish, brother of to Jfe 7 mn imm '1' fa t. p. ft Committee Heads are Named; New Castle Woman to Speak.

Appointment of committees, reports of department directors and other routine business featured the morning of the annual convention of the Ven ango County Women's Christian Teni- peranee Union in Trinity Aletbodist Church, this morning. Mrs. William Parker, of this city, county presi-ident, called the convention to order. Approximately 50 members were pres ent for the morning session and a much larger attendance is anticipated this afternoon and evening. Mrs.

T. E. Osborne, of Cranberry, iwas song leader and Airs. C. C.

Cross, also of Cranberry was accompanist. Following the singing of the opening hymn "America," the salute to the flag was led by Mrs. C. W. Bergman, of Rocky Grove.

Devotions were led by Mrs. F. H. Wilkins, of Franklin. Greetings were extended by Airs.

G. W. Greenawalt, of the South Side Oil City union and the response was by Airs. O. F.

Richey, of Franklin. A report of the executive committee meeting which was held preceding the opening of the convention session was given by Mrs. O. J. Bankson, recording secretary.

Committees apixnnted included Auditing, Airs. T. E. Osborne, Cranberry, Airs. W.

L. Gillies, Franklin credentials, Floyd Linn, Franklin, membership, Airs. Greenawalt, Oil City, Airs. Isa II. Dale, Franklin; telegrams and greetings.

Airs. H. C. Graham and Airs. T.

C. Eshelman, Franklin; plaice of meeting for 190, Airs. Arthur Lynn. Emlenton, Airs. Evan G.

Hunsberger, Pleassinfville and Mrs. J. H. Hoefner, Franklin. Reports of the department directors included Alcohol education, Aliss An- etta Beatty, Franklin amethyst drinks, Mrs.

Hoffuer. The noontide prayer which concluded the morning session was by Airs. Walter Rugh, Oil City. Tlie afternoon session oiened with a ong service and devotions in charge of Airs. Osborne.

A memorial service was conducted by Airs. Gillies. Reports and election of officers were also scheduled on the afternoon's pro- ram, and a round table discussion was to be conducted by Airs. Helen Wilkins, of New Castle, state recording secre tary, who was introduced to the mem bers of the morning session. She wil also be the princiiial sieaker at the evening session which will start at 7 :30 p.

m. NO 'CEASE FIRE' ORDER YET ISSUED Adm. Halsey's Fleet Still Steaming Off Jap Coast. GUAM. Aue.

14. UP No "cease fire" order has yet been issued. It was emphasized that would not come until receipt of official word of Japan's decision to quit the war. Adm. William F.

Halsey's fleet still was steaming off Japan. It was understood that today's Superfortress raids were meant to persuade the Japanese that peace was the best course. But it appeared that their minds already had been made up when the heavy explosions rocked three more of their cities. It was not immediately known wheth er the Superforts again would be grounded on the basis of the Tokyo announcement as happened after the first one on Friday or whether they would continue the air war until of ficial cease fire orders are issued. VENUS WOMAN DIES AT HER HOME MONDAY Airs.

Catherine Irene Knight, 66, of Venus. R. D. 1. died at her home Alonday evening at 0:30 o'clock after an illness of three years.

She was born June 7, 1S79. in Pine-grove Township, daughter of Joan and Rebecca Paup. She was a member of the Fertigs Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Erve Knight, and the following children: Airs. Myrtle Sharrer, Airs.

Viola Stover, both of Fertigs; Airs. Mae Amsler, Mrs. Arlene Strotman, Ray Knight, Park Knight and Russell Knight, all of Bradford; Airs. Bernice Strotman, of Philadelphia; Airs. Betty Burk-hart, of Erie; also Cpl.

Norris E. Knight and Pfc. Doyle R. Knight, who are both now serving in Germany. She is also survived by one sister.

Mrs. Carrie Zink, of Clarksburg, W. two (brothers, Grover Paup, Fertigs, and Arnold Paup, of Venus, several grandchildren and great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one son, Cpl. James L.

Knight, who died a year ago on his return trip from the South Pacific. The body has been removed to the Osenider Memorial Chapel where friends may call until noon Thursday. Funeral services -will 'be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Fertigs Methodist Evangelical Church, with Rev. Mohney, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Perry Cemetery.

OIL CITY DEATHS. William Gordon Nieol. A commitment service for William Gorden NiooJ, 83, former Oil City resident, ho died at :30 a. m. Monday at ibis home, R.

D. 1, Erie, wili be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Forest County.

The body is now at the N4col home. Mr. Nieol had been in ill health for nine years, but his condition has been considered serious for only two weeks. He was born in Canada and came to Tionesta when he was 20 years old. He returned to Canada for a few years and then returned to the states and lived in Oil City for seven years, moving to Brie 15 years ago.

His wife died soon after they moved there. Surviving are the following children: Harry D. Nieol, of 806 East Third Street; Mrs. Margaret Zuck, of Siverly; Bryan Nieol, of Canada; Airs. Pearl Hill, of San Jose, Marquis Nieol, of Erie, i TONIGHT IS TREASURE NITE! 1210 hews Jffaiey WINTER'S Loans made promptly for the purchase of eoal, to avoid a shortage next winter.

See us for the casta you need for this or any other worthy purpose. if you cannot come in, write or phone and we will call and make all arrangements. l'he Old Reliable Company, 29 Years in Oil City. I LOAN CO. Seeond Flour 218 0.

0. F. Bldg. Phone 9-1-5 OIL CITX, PA. OIL CITY LOCALS.

The National AVar Fund Quota for the district comprising A7enango, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest and Warren Counties has been set at $386,752. A special mass of thanksgiving has been scheduled for St. Stephen's Church at 9 a. m. of the day following the official announcement of the surrender of Japan, Rev.

Louis Kelley, pastor, has announced. The' report of City Treasurer C. Guy Whitehill for the month of July, submitted to council last night, showed general fund receipts of $10,250.93 and disbursements of assessment fund collections, $39; water fund receipts, 10,877.51 and expenditures, $5,715.54. A bid of $2,901.20 from the Eckerfe Plumbing Company for a heating sys tem in the city garage and shop build ing at the rear of city hall was received 'by council Alonday night and referred to Oouncilmen R. R.

van Kirk and Jeff AI. Sharp and City Engineer B. B. Weber for consideration. Frank Shannon, state I.

O. O. F. sec retary, will conduct a meeting of Oil City Lodge, 589, AVednesday evening, at which time a program for the grand master's session, limited, on Oct 10 will be made. All county lodges, in cluding the Rebekahs, Theta Roe Girls and junior boys will be represented at the meeting tomorrow.

A petition asking the paving of Seventh alley, from Eaglewood Avenue to the top of the hill overlooking Allegheny Avenue, was approved by city council Monday night on recommendation of Councilman Ray L. Way. Approval was also given to a recommendation by Air. Way that the city engineer prepare plans and specifications for the paving of Aloran Street from Front to North Street. No Way Out Now NOT EVEN SUICIDE for the Emperor teemed left to Gen.

Tomayuki Ya-mashita (above) if the surrender of Japan were ccaifirmed and accepted. Now trapped in the Luzon mountains, the swaggering "conqueror'' of Singapore and Bataaa was believed to have nothing left but abject capture. (International) I I if FWA Fund Would be Used to Complete Plans for Million Dollar Project Here. Oil City will make application to the Federal Works -Agency, bureau of municipalities, for a loan of $20,000 for an engineering survey and plans for a proposed million dollar post-war improvement project. Mayor John G.

Payne revealed the city's intention of making the loan at a meeting of city council Monday night. An outright grant from the state for the purpose of preparing plans for the development of Splane Memorial airport will also be made in the near future, he disclosed. The city has already spent approximately $1,000 in surveying and plan ing for a traffic circle and a viaduct from the north end of the State Street bridge to Colbert Avenue. The city now plans to bring in an outside firm to carry out the survey and complete the plans. It is estimated that the $29,000 will be necessary for this work.

The loan from the FWA would not have to be repaid if the project were completed. The traffic circle and viaduct project, including beautification of the river front, will cost an estimated $900,000, it was said last night. Mayor Payne has previously estimated the cost in the neighlorhood of $1,000,000. The figure quoted last night for the traffic circle and viaduct project, including beautification of the river front, was $900,000. When the project was first mentioned before council in April, 1044, the figure was estimated at $540,000.

Mayor Payne at another time estimated the cost at a million dollars in a talk before a local club. Other local 'post-war projects also came up for discussion by council last night. Completion of the intercept1" sewer system and construction of a sewage treatment works is a must matter for the city, being necessary under state legislation. This will take an outlay of Modernization of the municipal water works and street improvements are also planned by the city. During the discussion of post-war projects, Payne also reviewed for council an employment survey made by the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is secretary.

The survey, which indicifles employment here a year fol lowing the war will be above that of 1040, was announced in detail some time ago. CHANGES ARE MADE IN POLICE RANKS Resignation of one patrolman wa3 accepted and another was apjiointed by city council Alonday night. Robert L. Beal, a member of the police depart ment for a year, resigned in order to assume a better position. John R.

Silence, of East Second Street, was named to fill the vacancy. Council also confirmed Jack Alacfar-lane as a regular member of the force. Spenoe, a former meiiilier of an Oil City National Guard company, served in the Army five years, including 20 months overseas in Af rica, Sicily and Italy. He is married and the father of two children. He recently passed the civil service examination.

He will report for work on Aug. 16, when Real's resignation becomes effective. Patrolman Alacfarland has been serv-i ing with the department for a year and four months. LT. GLADYS STEELE IS HERE ON LEAVE Second Lt.

Gladys AI. Steele, daughter of Mr. and Airs. Noyce E. Steele, of 77 Glenview Avenue, arived in Oil City Sunday morning from Phoenix- ville.

where she has teen stationed for the past two months at the Valley Forge General Hospital, and will spend a 10-day leave here, upon completion of her leave she will report back to Phoenixville and from there will' be sent to an embarkation center. Lt. Steele, who formerly was at the local hospital as a private duty nurse, entered the Army last May and re ceived her basic training at Camp Lee, from there she was sent to the Vallev Forge Hospital. Prior to entering service she was supervisor at the Gainsville Hospital, at Gams- ville, Fla. WINNERS IN PRINT CONTEST NAMED AT CAMERA CLUB MEET The following winners of the quar terly print contest for open subjects were announced at the regular meeting of the Venango Camera Club held in the Pine Room at the Y.

AI. C. A. last night by Paul Dunn, print director: Rev. H.

Bielenberg, tirst, Class A winner, "Spring Alert;" Alfred Watson, second, "Peonies' Progress; Rev. Bielenberg, "Graudview Point," third; Alfred Watson, 'Pennsylvania Farm," honorable mention. A. S. Watson won all honors in the Class division with "OK Coach," Mother's Day," and "Spring taking first, second and third honors in the order mentioned.

Mai. George Carpenter, fighter ace who is home on leave, related his ex periences while a prisoner of the Ger man government and showed motion pictures of combat and strafing work. Carl Nelson showed pictures of v-h Day, and Warrant Officer Robert Kahle, who recently returned from Europe, exhibited a number of cam eras brought home from Europe, including a German aero camera, as well as guns, medals and other sou venirs. Another service man, How ard Jones, also attended the meeting. Plans for a photo nke sometime late in August were made and a com mittee, iauiiposed of Charles Perry, Howard schottenberg and Carl Nel son, was named to arrange the event Between 3 and 5 in the afternoon is the usual time for occurrence of tornadoes, according to calculations.

A. W. Kauffmans Celebrate Golden Wedding, Monday Assisted by approximately 100 friends and relatives in the observ ance of their golden wedding anni versary, Mr. and Mrs. A.

W. Kauft-man, of West Fourth Street, spent a delightful day at their home yesterday, holding open house both afternoon and evening. The home was decorated with gladioli, tea roses and sweet peas. A family dinner with eight persons attending was served at 6 o'clock at the home. The table, arranged in a gold theme, was centered with a two-tiered wedding cake.

During the afternoon and evening light refreshments were served, with Mrs. C. M. Harbison, Mrs. George Kincaid, Mrs.

W. B. Kauffman and Mrs. J. A.

Kauffman as aides. The couple received many trie gifts and cards of congratulation on this special occasion. Two of their four children, John, of Altoona, and Philip, of this city, were present yesterday. Albert, of Beaver Falls, and his family visited the local couple Sunday, and the fourth child, their daughter, Helen, of Winston-Salem, N. was unable to attend because of illness.

They also have 10 grandchildren. The couple has resided here for the past 36 years. Mrs. Kauffman is the former Margaret E. Bourne, of Hunt-ingdan, Pa.

Mr. Kauffman is a retired employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and is well known here. He overcame a serious handicap with the use of a voca-phone to assist him in talking. He had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad for 4S years before his retirement in June, 1938. Local Folk Attend Carsonville Reunion Mrs.

Myrtle Gegogeine and Alma Carson of this city attended the -iva Carson-Landers reunion held Saturday at the old homestead at Carsonville. There were 40 relatives present for the affair. Dinner was served at 1 :30 i). m. A ibusiness session with election of officers was held, resulting as follows President, Charles Carson vice presi dent, Clyde Waddell; secretary, Josephine Cubbon; treasurer, Robert Landers.

The program arranged by Mrs. Harry Nelson, included group" singing and other musical numbers, readings and recitations. County Past Grands To Meet Tomorrow The August meeting of the Venan go County Past Grands Association of the Rebekah lodges, will be held Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Odd Fellows Hall in Dempsey- town. A tureen dinner will be served at 6 p. with Mrs.

Elva Kane, Mrs. Esther Thompson, Mrs. Fay Kalten- baugh and Miss Ruth Carll as the com mittee. The business session will be at 7:30 p. in charge of the president, Miss Orpha Moyer.

Julia Dent Grant Tent To Vote On Candidates A vote will be taken on a class of candidates at the meeting of the Julia Dent Grant Tent, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. in Latonia Hall, and all members of the organization are asked to be present. Mrs. Margie Sheats, president, will conduct the which will be followed by a social hour and refresh ments.

FUNERALS. Mrs. Charles H. Kreger. Funeral services for Mrs.

Laura A. Kreger, wife of Charles H. Kreger, were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Crawford funeral home, with Rev. Kenneth Shindledecker, of the Bethel Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Sunset Hill Memorial Park.

Pall-bearers were Richard Ward, Henry Dunkle, Pete Gidders, Jess Hip-well, Frank Dunkle and Russell Osten. Among those attending the services from out of town were: Mrs. Frank Schmidbaner and Ardelle Kreger, of Buffalo, N. Charles Hoch, Kittan-ning; Mildred Gass, of Brackenridge Mrs. Minnie Dunkle and Florence lsh-inan, of Carlington.

Harry Hark less. Funeral services for Harry Harkless, who died Saturday at the Oil City Hospital as a result of a fall, were held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, at the Crawford funeral home, with Ir. Dwight R. Guthrie, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in charge. Dr.

Oirttirie read two hynius, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Sometime We'll Understand." Burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery. PaHbearers were B. L. Lrliy, Harvey Trilby, Roy Williams, Ur. Wilson, William Hazlett and Daniel Lowe.

Among those attending from out of town were: Arnold Harkless and son, Francis, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Denver Harkless, of Youngstown, and Mrs. Mottie Bickei, of Conneaut-ville, Pa.

Mrs. Andrew K. Petrovieh. The body of Mrs. Lena Gegogeine Petrovieh, wife of Andrew R.

Petro-vich, of 14 Selden Avenue, who died at 12:30 p. m. Monday at her home following a -week's illness, will be re moved from the Osenider Funeral Home to her home today. Funeral ar rangements are incomplete, pending word from her husband from over seas. the bridegroom, attended the couple.

The bride wore a street length dress of royal blue with black accessories and a shoulder bouquet of yellow roses. Her attendant wore a street length dress of 'black and white, with black accessories and a shoulder bouquet of red roses. A wedding dinner at the Ritz Restaurant in Corry for the bridal party followed the ceremony, and a wedding dinner was served on Sunday at the home of the bride's parents in Grand Valley for the immediate families, A three tiered wedding cake featured the decorations. The couple took a short wedding trip, and for traveling the bride wore a Muck and white wool suit. The bride is a graduate of Oil City High School, claas of 1037 and is employed by the Universal Cyclops Steel Corporation.

The bridegroom, a graduate of Cole-stock High School, Titusville, class of 1037, has just returned from 20 months overseas and upon completion of his furlough will report to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. P.T. A. War Activities Committee To Picnic A picnic will be held in Hasson Park Wednesday by members of the local unit of the war activities committee, Oil City Council of Parents and Teachers, with Air. and Mrs.

William Dodds, of Ihe local USO as guests. members of the committee and their children are invited. The dinner will be served at 6 p. m. During the past two years this committee of women has worked at the USO headquarters here assisting in mailing out news letters to men and women in the service, and pins for this service will be presented to them by Mr.

Lodds in connection with the picnic outing. All persons who have rendered service to the local USO are cordially invited to attend. Mrs. T. E.

Leech, war activities chairman, is In charge of arrangements for the picnic, assisted by Mrs. F. A. Cowin of Central Avenue P. T.

Mrs. D. J. Winger, of the Gay Street group; Airs. Delia Hicks, of Grant Street Mrs.

Irwin George, of Lincoln; Mrs. J. C. Greenawalt, of Senior High, and Mrs. W.

J. Toy, of Siverly. Ice Cream Social At Reno, Friday An ice cream social will be sponsored by the Mens Brotherhood and the young people of the Reno Methodist Church Friday evening at the church from 6:30 to 9 p. m. A fish pond will be conducted by the members of the Reno 4-H Club.

The young people of the church will do the serving at the social. Music during the evening will be furnished by the church orchestra. C. J. Alexander is chairman of arrangements.

Waste Paper Drive Planned At Reno A waste paper drive will be sponsored by the Reno Parent teachers Association next Saturday morning starting at 8 o'clock. Reno residents are asked to have their contributions of paper in front of their homes, and well tied, at an early hour so that they may be collected. SELDEN ST, RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OF PLANT Residents of the iSelden Avenue district Monday night lodged a complaint with council on the oeration of the new plant of the Western Pennsylvania Asphalt Company at the site of the former New York Central roundhouse on North Seneca Street. Charles Welms and Raymond Kluck, both of Selden Avenue, appeared lie-fore council with the complaint that the plant is becoming a nuisance because of the dirt and noise it creates. They claimed that dust raised by the plant makes it impossible to paint houses in the district or to sit on porches.

They recommended that city officials take steps to have the plant removed to some location where its operation would not affect property values. ATOMIC BOMB CENTER ASKS FOR LATEST NEWS WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 UP Isolated but interested, the workers on the Clinton, atomic project broke in on a receiving machine in the Washington bureau of the United Press. "This is Clinton, the atomic bomb project," the message said. "Can you 'give me the latest on Japanese surrender situation? What is the latest development United Press, Washington, promptly filed its current lead story to Clinton and added to it the broadcast state of a Japanese commentator that atomic bombs were not so much of a much.

If a transport pilot should stay off authority to fly over it is automatically cancelled. nm SYDNEY mSNSmEET BROTHERS HERE ON FURLOUGH, Sgt. Jack W. Ilovis, who recently returned from serving 8 months in Guinea, and Cpl. Richard E.

Hovis, who recently returned from the C. B. I. theatre where he served for 30 months, are spending 30-day furloughs here with their parents, Mr and H. D.

Ilovis. of 116 East Sixth Street. 'gt. Ilovis will report to the Woodrow Wilson Hospital, 1 where he is hospitalized, at the com pletion of his furlough, and Cpl. Hovis I will report to amp Crowder, for reassignment.

ARRIVES IN THIS COUNTRY. Cpl. John H. Wright, veteran of five years service, three of which have been sjient overseas, phoned his par ents, Mr. and Mrs.

John H. Wright, of 105 Halyday Street, Monday eve ning from Miami, telling them he had just arrived there toy plane from Casablanca. He expects to he home in about three weeks. HERE FROM OVERSEAS. Cpl.

Delos A. Dawson, who has spent two years in England and six months in France as a surgical technician with the Eighth Air Force, arrived here Sunday morning for a 30- day furlough, at the conclusion of which he will report to. Indiantown Gap and then be sent to Deal Field, for reassignment. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Dawson, of 305 Bishop Avenue, and formerly was machinist with the Oil Well Supply I Company. His brother, MSgt. William L. Dawson, who has 'been overseas for a year and one-half, is now in Germany. SOUTHlMRCHES TO UNITE FOR SERVICE When V-J Day is officially proclaimed by the President, there will toe a union service of the South Side ichurches in the Second Presbyterian 'Church at o'clock in the evening providing the proclamation comes before 7 p.

m. Otherwise the service will be on the following day. Both ministers and laymen will par ticipate in the services. At the Hospital. Admitted.

Leskoxke, 110 Barney Charlton Street. Mrs. Carroll Cole, Reno. Mrs. Fred Jacobs, 301 Seeley Avenue.

Shirley Kunselman, Tionesta. J. Archie Passauer, Tidioute. Howard Sliontz, Rouseville. Mrs.

William Bcirehheld, R. D. 2. William Heath, Van. Mrs.

David Goodman, R. D. 2. Mrs. Ella Stover, 127 Plum Street.

Mrs. Walter Tologo, 445 Seneca Street. Stanley Kline, Kno. Mrs. Ralph BbKesov Spartansburg.

Gerald Flick, 802 East Second Street. Mat Kelley, 105 North Perry Street, Titusville. Discharged. Frank Wiltanger, 212 Spruce Street. Mary Ann Winger, 434 Colbert Ave-iue.

James Shirkey, Rynd Farm. Mrs. William Giles, 3 Myian Street, i James Reisinger, 16 Dwyer Street, Titusville. Mrs. James Hicks, 502 West Main Street, Titusville.

Penelope Wolfe, 121 Orchard Street. Mrs. Lloyd Sharrar, Reno. Mrs. Harold Day, 12 West Eighth Street.

Kenneth Grant, 97 Glenview Avenue, Births. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Williamson, 210 Bishop Avenue, at 7:57 a. m.

Monday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William T. Burchtteld, R.

D. 2, at 5:58 p. m. Monday. A son to Mt.

and Mrs. Frank Brzez-inski, of 112 West Third Street, at I 8 :01 p. m. Monday. It is possible to sail up the Amazon fur days without seeing either shore.

VEACH'S VINE UPHOLSTERING By Factory Trained Expert! Oil Ctty. r. 100 CAN GET VANTTI FAB UNDKB WEAK AT EDWARDS' or oil cm Oil City Service Notes TWO MEN INJURED IN ROUTE 8 ACCIDENT Driver Falls Asleep at Wheel; Car is Demolished. Two men were injured as an automobile in which they were riding overturned on Route 8 at the foot of the Kaneville hill at 1 :30 a. in.

today. Gerald Flick. 18, a seaman in the Coast Guard, of Franklin, R. D. 2, and Alat Kelly, 30.

of Titusville, are ija-tients in the Oil City Hospital. Flick sustained brush burns on the leg and left hand and che-st bruises. Kelly has a possible fracture of the left shoulder. Both are good condition. Flick was driving a 1041 Chrysler coupe, owned by an uncle, Ed Roberts, of 802 East Second Street, Oil City, with whom he has been spending a leave.

State Police reported that Flick fell asleep at the wheel and the car left the highway and rolled over. The car was demolished in the ac cident and police expressed surprise that the occupants were not more seriously injured. MISSESlROTHER'S WEDDING RY 2 DAYS; HERE ON FURLOUGH Missing his brother's wedding by two davs, Pfc. K. T.

"Tommy Schwaben bauer, who served with Gen. Hodges' 9th Armored Infantry Division, the first division to cross the Rhine, ar rived in Oil City Alonday afternoon from Indiantown Gap and will spend a 30-day furlough here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E.

Schwatoenbauer, of 511 AVest Front Street. Pfc. Scbwabenbauer, who wears the ETO ribbon with two campaign stars for the battles of Rhineland and Central Germany, the good conduct ribbon, and the combat infantryman's badge, arrived in New York City on the "Luther Alartin" on Aug. 11, the day his brother was married. He entered the Army Feb.

25, 1043 and received basic training at Aliami, Beach, and served as an AI. P. at Drew Field, Tampa, Fla. From Tampa he was transferred to Camp Livingston, and left for overseas last February. Prior to entering the service he employed by the American Optical Company here.

He attended the Oil City High School. His brother, Sgt. Harry senwaoen- hauer, whom he saw yesterday for ithe first time in 32 months, and who had served in the South Pacific 27 months, arrived here July 4 on a 45-day furlough. Sgt Sehwabenbauer and his wife, the former Mary Frances Weaver, left this morning on a wedding trip to Canada. Upon their return here he will report to Camp Dix, N.

for reassignment, and his wife will reside here with her parents, Mr. and Airs. Walter Weaver, of West Front Street. Prior to entering the armed forces in December, 1042, Sgt. Sehwabenbauer was employed by the American Optical Company.

DRAKE PMWORK TO STARTjNSEPTEMBER Wrork of the proposed replica at the Drake Well Memorial Park will probably be started soon after Sept. 1. The contractor, O. H. Alartin, of Pittsburgh, is ready to proceed, but before he can do so considerable shrubbery will have to be moved.

This cannot ho undertaken before the latter part of August or ttie first of September. This work will be under the direction of Ralph Griswold, Director of Parks in Pittsburgh. Some of the white pine hmer to be used in the replica has arrived at Hie park from Elk County and is undergoing treatment. For the first time in many months the full membersMp of tne Drake Well Advisory Board met last night. It consists of the following: President, Obaries B.

iStegner; vice president, J. M. Bloss; secretary, WiHtam H. Srfieide; Dr. Paul H.

Giddeas, E. T. Stevenson, Edward S. Boyle and C. C.

Hogg. Mr. Hogg takes the place of farke Dickey, who resigned after leaving Pleasantville. The above-named officers were re-elected last night. VA.

SENATOR JOINS IN TIGHT TO CUT DRAFT WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 UP Sen. Chapman Revercomb, W. today joined the growing number of Congressional spokesmen demanding an immediate end of the draft Revercomb, a member of the Military Affairs Committee, mid be favored "immediate suspension of induction under Selective Service after V-J Day and the fastest orderly release of men and women from service." It is said that 500 different kinds of materials are used for manufacture of shoes. 0 I i i 1.

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