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ALTOONA TRIBUNE. ALTOONA. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1938 page: rwELva BARBARA'S BABY IS BAPTIZE; Returns Home to Tragedy At the Theatres DEATHS Letter Holds Possible Clue To Deaths Altoonans To Attend Convention Local Bonus Total Over $630,000 1 'j pip 1 One of the world's wealthiest and most famous babies, the Infant son of the Count and Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, Is shown in the arms of his mother, the former Barbara Hutton, leaving Marlborough House chapel In London after his baptism. (Associated Press Photo) K. of P.

Hold Memorial Service JAMES A. PRICE James A. Price died at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning at his home, 509 Fourteenth street, East "Juniata. He was born at Warriors Ridge 56 years ago the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Adam Price and had been employed by the Pennsylvania railroad for the past 34 years. On November t8 1901. he mar ried Mrs. Jennie May (Bumbar- ger) Megahan who survives with "nn rtnnchtpr and one 'son, Mrs. Chester Parks of Williamsburg and William at home: two step-'sons, Walter Megahan of Todd and Lester of Williamsburg: 12 children, one brother ana four sisters: Samuel of" Huntingdon Mrs.

G. H. Fowler. Mrs. Liz- Petttconi.

Mrs. Mary Shepp and Mrs. Frank Yarnell. all of War riors Ridge. Brief service will be held at tha home this afternoon at 1 o'clock followed bv further service at 3 O'clock in the Petersburg Method ist church.

Burial will be in tne Petersburg cemetery. GEORGE II. CRISTE George H. Criste. veteran Al-toona erocer, but retired for the past 11 years, died yesterday morninsr at 9:35 o'clock at his home.

424 First avenue. Mr. Criste was ill only one day. suffering a heart attack Saturday. He was a member of St.

Mark'3 Catholic church. His wife, Mrs. Annie (Zimmerman) Criste, died December 24, 1931. Mr. Criste was born October 24, 1867 at Loretto, and Is survived by one daughter, Mrs.

Fred Pfef-fer: a granddaughter, Carol Sue Pfeffer: and the following brothers and sisters, all of Altoona; John Criste, Mrs. Sadie Myers, Mrs. Lester Zimmerman, Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Fred Hesser and Mrs.

Charles Roessler; and Frank Criste, of Cresson. Funeral service will be held at 9 o'clock, Wednesday morning, in St Mark's church. Burial will be In Calvary cemetery. The body may be viewed at the home. MRS.

KATHRYN A. BRUNSWICK Mrs. Kathryn A. Brunwick, 38, of Pine Grove Mills, died Saturday morning at 8 o'clock In the State hospital, death being caused by a complication of diseases. Born In Altoona February 6.

1898, Mrs. Brunwick was a daughter of Francis and Nina (Potter) Archey. She Is survived by her husband, Arthur Brunswick, and by one brother, Wallace B. Archey, 408 Twenty-fifth avenue, Altoona. She was a member of the State College Presbyterian church, the Order of Amaranth, and the American Legion auxiliary.

Funeral service will beheld at the home in Pine Grove Mills this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, followed by burial in Graysville cemeterv. Rev. Edward Jones of State College will be in charge of the grevice. MRS. MARY E.

HIMSTEAI) Mrs. Mary Elizahefh (Foreman) Himstead died at 3:20 o'clock ye-terday afternoon at her1 home, 621 Ntith avenue, Juniata. She was born March 10. 1866, fit Osceola Mils, the daughter of Joseph E. and Matilda (Leacox) Foreman.

Surviving are her husband, William A. Himstead; one son, JoseDh of Cleveland: and two brothers: Samuel and Joseph Foreman of Osceola Mills. She was a member of the Firt Presbyterian church of Juniata and the Ladies' auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men. The body may be viewed at the home after 7 o'clock this evening. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

MRS. HENRIETTA McNTSLLY Mrs. Henrietta McNellv. wife of Thomas McNelly of Blandburg, died suddenly of a heart attack, at 7:45 o'clock Saturday morning nt the home of her daughter. Mrs.

R. W. Rollo, 1347 Seventh avenue, Juniata. She was born in Williamsburg, December 31. 1S66.

Surviving are her husband, four children: Alvie and Chester of this citv, Landis of Irvona. and Mrs. Rollo of Juniata: 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The bodv has been taken to her home in Blandburg where it may be viewed until service In the Blandburg Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill cemetery, Glasgow.

CHARLES REED The body of Charles E. Reed, who died in Fontana, last Wednesday, arrived last evening In Hollidaysburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Blair county Democrats yesterday prepared to follow their party high command to for their party's national convention. Mrs.

Clara Philips. 2024 Broad avenue, alternate district delegate, and Mrs. R. A. Henderson, alternate delegate at large, left yesterday to represent the local party at the national gathering.

Other Democratic women of the county who are preparing to attend include Mrs. Arthur B. Clark, 1118 Fourteenth avenue: Mrs. Catherine Wertzberger, 2118 Eighteenth street, president of the Blair coun ty Federation of Democratic women; Mrs. Annla Gilmartin, 1223 Seventh avenue; Mrs.

Charles F. Ewing, 2322 Broad avenue; Mrs. Anna Keown, and Miss Mary Brady, 722 Fifth avenue; Mrs. F. J.

Hoover, Bellwood; Mrs. Cornelia Lingenfelter. Claysburg. Mr. and Mrs.

C. A. Malone and Mr. and Mrs. J.

R. Malone, all of Hollidaysburg, expect to attend, also. B. J. Clark, state committeeman, who has not missed a national Democratic convention for 30 years, leaves today for the convention city.

Thomas Lawly, Democratic county chairman, of Hollidaysburg; William A. Aukerman, Attorney Robert W. Anthony, both of Altoona, and other party leaders will follow, later in the week. Postmaster Arthur B. Clark will also attend, if the bonus situation permits his absence from his duties at the postofflce.

where he has worked night and day for the last week. 2,000 See Mass Funeral For 11 Drowning Victims LUPEC, June 21 (IP) Two thousand persons stood with bowed, bared heads today and 6aw the boies of 11 children, drowned a school picnic tragedy, buried in two cemeteries. Six persons, two of them mothers of victims, collapsed. Nine boys and girls were buried in a mass funeral at West Lubec cemetery an dfunerals of two others were held at Mount: Hope cemetery, two miles distant. Requieo high mass will be sung tomorrow for the 12th victim, Daniel McCur-dy, 10.

The children, whose ages ranged from 8 to 16, were amcng the 17 occupants of a 14-foot motorized Dhingy which capsized in choppy Lake Gardner, 20 miles away, last Friday. Only four children, and the op erator, Calvin Lundin, 56, Lubec Ridge cripple, escaped. Lundin, virtually absolved bf neg- igence by county officials, collapsed while attending the larger funeral service. He had been ill, from grief and exhaustion, since the tragedy, and left his bed to attend. Five women also collapsed, hys terical with grief.

"I trust that we shall get along very nicely said Mrs. Brown to the maid she had just engaged; for I am not at all difficult to please." "No, ma'am," replied the maid, 'that's what I thought as soon as ever I saw your husband." Wall Journal. Sheriff Seizes Guns Sheriff E. L. Burr seized these tear gas gunt when officers entered the Black and Decker company plant at Kent, besieged by strikers, and irrested 40 company guards on charges of shooting with intent to wound.

(Associated Press Photo) PITTSBURG, June Police turned tonight to a letter apparently written by Mrs. Eleanor Feely to her husband, in an effort to throw light on the mysterious deaths of the woman and her two babies. The officers said the letter was de livered to a New Jersey camp just two hours after Martin J. Feely left for home on receiving word of the deaths. They ordered the mis sive forwarded to Pittsburg.

Mrs. Feely, 30, and the children, Bobby, 5 and Janice, 3, were found dead in the nursery of their home Thursday. The children had been strangled and Mrs. Feely died from wounds inflicted with an ice pick. All had been stabbed in the temple.

Officers have expressed the opinion Mrs. Feely killed her children and herself. Feely, an assistant professor of physical education at the University of Pittsburg, refused to accept their theory, 'saying: "She loved them and me too much. I know of no enemies in Mrs. Feely's life or my life, who might want to avenge a wrong or an imaginary wrong." An ice-pick, a butcher knife and lengths of rope are in the police flics.

They were found near the bodies by Charles Young, who broke into the apartment in his home after faling to hear Mrs. Feely or the children for many hours. The police flies held, too, a claw hammer twisted into a rope tied about Mrs. Feely's neck. They said it bore a thumb-print Detective Samuel E.

Wheeler, called into the case by Mayor William N. McNair, traced the rope a wholesale house without result i. He said the doors and windows of the Feely home all were locked. Another officer, Howard Forner, who replaced Wheeler as detective inspector last week during a feud between the mayor and Safety Director Thomas Dunn, questioned physicians about Mrs. Feely's mental and emotional makeup.

Roosevelt Lifts Arms Embargo WASHINGTON, June 21 (P) A likelihood that neutrality wih come in for serious attention of Democratic platform builders ah Philadelphia this week was seen by some observers today in tha wake of President Roosevelt's revocation of American war restrictions against Italy and Ethiopia. Informed sources asserted that the chief executive's action yesterday in lifting arms and financial embargoes and other measures designed to safeguard this country's neutrality in the north African hostilities had focused attention anew on a subject which has marked a conspicuous develop ment of American foreign policy during the last year. President Roosevelt acted, as required by the neutrality act, after determining that a state of war no longer existed between the Italian conquerors and the disorganized forces of Emperor Haile Selassie. Because of this, authoritative quarters expressed confidence that administration leaders would seek a renewed expression concerning neutrality policy in any foreign affairs plank submitted to the Philadelphia convention. Secretary Hull, the Praiianf.

chief neutrality adviser, has played a leading role in drafting the proposed Democratic statement on principles on foreign policies and will attend the convention as a delegate from his native Tennes- The absence nf a fin men tion of neutrality in the platform recently adopW by the can convention at Cleveland evok- llf MarflVaU Upon G-ernor preside the RePulican presidential nomin u. ick t.ikk 77 reoer. Libby director of the Na-Counci for fh of Wo- i "evenuon ejected Ut of war Defeated 'Brown Bomber' Passes Tbrnncrl, IT ncrc Joe Louis, the "Brown who turned out to be a dnrf o.i westward through Altoona SatUrdey evening at 10:45 o'clock, aboard thi rennsyivania's Red Arrow for Dp- troit Still suffering from his rout at the hands of Max Schmejing. Louis naa noming to say," according to porters and trainmen. "He went to bed at 5 o'clock," one porter toll local station attaches.

FEATURE TIME CAPITOL "Palm Springs'' with Sir Guy Standing and Smith Ballew. Call 2-3740 for times. OLYMPIC "The First Baby" with Johnny Downs and Shirley Deane. Also "Special Investigator" with Richard Dlx. Call 2-6170 for feature times.

STATE "The Garden Murder Case" with Edmund Lowe and Virginia Bruce. Call 2-3489 for feature times. STRAND "Driuru'a's Daughter" with Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden. Call 6300 for feature times. MISIU.ER "Three on the Trail" with William Boyd.

Also "The Crime Pat nil" with Ray Walker and Geneva Mitchell. Call 7000 for feature times. Brumbaugh Co, Fclcs Truck Dealers Seveniy-five truck dealers from all sections of central Pennsyl vania attended a dinner party in their honor held at the ncwly- complcted Brumbaugh Body works, Plank road and Logan avenue, oa Friday night. They viewed various types ot special equipment brought here for display purposes, enjoyed a fried chicken dinner, and heard J. C.

Hardin, president of the Rockhill Body company, Rockhill, S. manufacturers of school bus bodies, announce that the local plant has been selected as the northern assembling plant for the Rockhill company. According to C. D. Brumbaugh, president of the local company, thig means that approximately 100 school bus bodies will be fabri cated here annually, providing work for several additional men at' the Brumbaugh plant.

Other speakers were Paul Monroe, vice president of Hercules Steel Products company, Gallion, manufacturers of steel dump bodies, and George K. Specht, president of the Hercules Body company, Evansvllle, Ind. Bert Leopold, president of the Altoona Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the truck dealers to the affair. A complete hydraulic dump body, the main door prize, went to the Hayes garage, Houtzdale. To Nominate Again Judge John E.

Mack, who was unrecognized when he arrived at the White House to lunch with President Roosevelt, will repeat his 1932 performance and place the name of the President before the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. (Associated Press Photo) REAL SERVICE HELPS There Is more than fine foods at moderate prices to assure your meal enjoyment when you lunch or dine with us. Perfect sen Ice adds to the meal's pleasures. Deft, prompt, considerate waiters and immaculate aapery make foods taste better, at any meal, the clock-around, here! PernAlto Hotel Postmaster Arthur B. Clark disbursed nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in United States treasury checks to satisfy bonus claims of 1,455 Altoona war veterans last week.

At the close of business at the postofflce Saturday afterno Postmaster Clark had signed and placed in the mails 1,455 checks totaling $632,600.00, representing cash claimed by veterans for bonus bonds during the week. A complete report on bonus payments for each day of the week was released by Mr. Clark last night, as follows: Monday, 18 checks, representing $6,800. Tuesday, 12 checks, representing $59,000. Wednesday, 270 checks, totaling $121,000.

Thursday, 305 checks, totaling $137,150. Friday, 550 checks, totaling Saturday, 200 checks, representing $78,000. "Sixty-eight per cent of the 2,314 World War veterans who received bonus checks through the Altooni postoftlre have received checks in payment of all or part of their bonus bonds," Postmaster Clark said last night. With the demand for certification of bonus claims falling off rapidly. Postmaster Clark has decreed that henceforth the work will be carried on only during business hours, In the Postmaster'3 public ofllce, of the main lobby of the postofflce.

Cambrian Endorses St. Francis' Safely Drive Albert L. O'Connor, Loretto, Democratic nominee for the general assembly, recently endorsed the safe driving campaign being sponsored by 'The official student publication of Saint Francis college, Loretto. Furthermore Attorney O'Connor pledges himself to support in its entirety the nine point highway safety program of Coroner Cyrus W. Davis, of Cambria county.

The paper's highway safety crusade has to date been personally endorsed by Governor George H. Earle, Coroner Cyrus W. Davis, Representative John J. Haluska and Representative Michael Chervcnak. Attorney O'Connor's letter, to the staff of "The Loretto" follows: The Loretto StaT, Saint Francis College, Loretto, Pa.

Gentlemen: It afforded me great pleasure to sign your "Safety Pledge." I congratulate you on your leader ship in the movement to save hu man lives and. to lesson suffering by human beings which are now caused by want of safety measures. I wish you continued success in your noble undertaking and as sure you I shall be glad to endorse your Safety campaign publicly and if successful, to do my utmost to have the measures you advocate enacted into law. Very sincerely yours, ALBERT L. O'CONNOR.

Three Killed When Truck Hits Auto GREENSBURG, June 21. (JP) A milk truck overturned on an automobile today, fatally crush ing three Pittsburg welfare workers. They were: Mrs. Marion H. Ewalt, of Dor- mont, asssitant director of the bureau of social research, Feder ation of Social agencies.

Ruth Taylor, 25, Pittsburg, case worker for the Catholic Charities. Franklin H. Patterson, 27, pub licity director for the Pittsburg Community fund. They were en route to the home of Joseph Tufts, head of the Pittsburg Housing association, near Ligonicr. Highway pdtrolmen said a truck struck their automobile, swerved around and toppled on the car driven by Patterson.

The welfare workers were pinned in the wreckage. Albert Miller, of Greensburg, driver of the truck. suffered only minor injuries. OUR FIXE ART OF DRY (LEANING Restores summer garments to their original fresh trim smartness. STAR Cleaners and Dyers We Call For and Deliver PHONE 96ol Main Office and Plant 215 E.

Bell Altoona i The four local lodges of the Knights of Pythias Altoona lodge, Blair lodge, Logan lodge, and White Cross lodge were represented by nearly 150 members at their annual memorial service last night in First Lutheran church here. Preaching the memorial sermon, Rev. Luke H. Rhodes, pastor, chose "Friendship" for his theme, retelling the stories of Damon and Pythias, and of David and Jonathan. "Friendship is still possible," he held, "even in this world of sorrow, temptation and treachery." Charles W.

Woods, representing the membership, recalled the lives of members who passed away during the past year. His remarks were timely, and much appreciated. W. B. Perry was in charge of the memorial services.

As the roll of members was read, white carnations were placed in a dedicated vase, one flower for each deceased member. Denver Mason was In charge of the committee on arrangements. More than 150 members of the congregation were also presnet for the services. Files Reno Divorce Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Phelpi (above), society leader and heiress to two of America's largest fortunes, lied suit in Reno to divorce Henry Delafleld Phelps of Newport, R.

charging cruelty. (Associated Press Photo) I nil mil Coll usivc Bidding Charged WASHINGTON, June 21. ffl A federal trade commission report accusing four steel companies of "collusive bidding" on PWA projects today was in the hands of the justice department, referred there by President Roosevelt for "appropriate action." The commission said that the steel companies "admitted" they quoted identical delivered prices for sheet piling on three projects because they were acting pursuant to a resolution of the industry continuing a system of prices fixed under provisions of the former NRA steel code. Prepared at Mr. Roosevelt's request, the report said that the identical bids were submitted during August and September, 1935.

on the piling of the Triborough bridge at New York, a deep sea harbor project at Miami, and an ocean terminal at Morehe.id City, N. C. Saying the commission had found the production of steel sheet piling is "concentrated in the hands of f.our concerns," the report named these as the United States Steel corporation, the Bethlehem Steel corporation, the Jones and Laughlin Steel corporation, and the Inland Steel company. All were described as having offered identical bids on the three projects. Setting out that there was "reasonable ground to believe that the anti-trust laws have been violated," the commission recommended that the question be referred to the attorney general.

It also was suggested that all government purchasing officials be asked to collect evidence on cases of identical bid ding. In a letter to Attorney General Cummings Mr. Roosevelt said: "You will note that the federal trade commission definitely finds the existence of collusion. In accordance with their recommendation, I am referring the whole matter to you for appropriate action." Mr. Roosevelt called attention to the commission's recommendation, and asked Cummings to prepare "the necessary letters to purchasing agents to be sent out by me at once and also to prepare a draft of recommendations to the congress at its next session." In reply to a specific inquiry bv the President, the commission said it was unable to obtain definite information ai to whether "there had been dumpine of German steel sheet piling in the United States at less than prices charged purchasers In Germany." Two British Soldiers, 10 Arabs Killed JERUSALEM, June 21 CP) Two British soldiers and at least 10 Arabs were known to have been killed at the village of Anabta on the Haifa-Tel Aviv road after heavy fighting this afternoon.

One of the British killed in the engagement was Sergeant Henry Sills. A detachment of Arabs ambushed a British convoy of troops on the road. The Arabs dragged Sills body into the cave in the vicinity and carried on their fight from there. The troops vainly tried to bomb their attackers from the cave. Later the Arabs slipped from the cave and fled for other cover.

Rate. at Once to 1301 17th Street Martin Feely, University of rittsburg Instructor (with hand on brow) pictured as he dis-cusse dthe mysterious deaths of his wife and their two small children. While investigators were puzzled over the case, he told police he believed they were murdered. (Associated Tress photo) North Dakota's G. 0.

P. Facing Major Problem BISMARCK, N. June 21 (JP) How the third-party presidentia candidacy of William Lemke would affect the contest for control of North Dakota's Nonpartisan league was the major problem facing state Republican leaders today as they prepared for Wednesday's state pri mary election. Lemke has been endorsed for re election to congress by the two factions of the league, headed respectively by Acting Governor Walter Welford and former Governor Wil liam Langer. He said he had no in tention of giving up his house seat since there was no legal barrier to both seeking that office and the presidency.

On the question of league control as well as Lettike's candidacy, an nounced only five days before the primary, political leaders were non committal. The matter of placing Lemke's name on the ticket as pres idential candidate had not arisen, officially, and would not be ruled on until it did. Attorney General P. O. Sathre said.

The Republican fight for the gu beratorial nomination within the league had stolen the show in the pre-primary campaign. There Lang er and Welford waged one of the bitterest battles in the organiza tion's history. Control of the group was generally conceded to the winner of the nomination. The Democrats also had a con test, although it was submerged in the heat of the dominant party's scrap. John Moses, regular Demo crat, was opposed for the guber natorial nomination by Ole H.

Ol son, former acting governor, "pro gressive Democrat, and James F. Morrow. Lemke and Congressman Usher L. Burdick were unopposed for the Republican congressional nomina tions, both having received indorse ments from the conflicting league factions. Five candidates sought the Democratic nomination: Henry Holt and J.

J. Nygaard, indorsed by the regular convention; P. J. Iverson, "progressive'1 indorsed, and Carl A. Berg and E.

A. Johansson, Wolfs Staging $60,000 Sales Event Never before in the history of the Wolf Furniture company store, 1501-03 Eleventh avenue, have such values been offered, as those in the $60,000 sale. loaay climaxes tne third pre- sale-day with special values in every aepartmeni or tne store. Shoppers will have the opportunity of tremendous savings until 9 o'clock tonight. According to H.

T. and G. A Wolf, managers, the sale will offer the greatest bargains to the public in a decade. Starts Wednesday June 24th 0i ifte, 0teouttd WANTED Every uniformed organization and band in Altoona and vicinity to participate in ALTOONA SAFE AND SANE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE Get in touch with Paul T. Winter, parade chairman, or communicate with Mayor J.

Harry Moser, at City hall at once. If your organisation alreidy has decided, or will participate, please fill out the following and mail it either to Mr. Winter or send to City hail: Name of Number who will parade Signed WHEN ELINOR FLEMING told Rupert Joris that their marriage was impossible, nn one thought he'd propose on the rebound to the first girl he saw. The disturbing complication was that Dirk Joris found himself in love with the strange girl to ho accepted his brother's offer. 1,000 ROOMS WANTED By VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS They are needed to house delegates and visitors attending tha State encampment Prevailing rates will be paid.

6)jl) ncatftet? Name Address No. Rooms No. People. 'Meals, Yes No Public Sale of Household Furniture at 2:00 P. M.

Monday, June 22nd, on the premises at 1423 tltn St. We are offering at Public Auction the Household Furniture and Personal Belongings of the Late P. II. Crawford. D.

L. StifTIer, Auctioneer McVEY'S. Inc, Agents Tor Estate by Margaret Bell Houston develops an absorbing novel from this situation. As Another Leading Tribune Serial Story Mail Coupon V. F.

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