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WmMm THE WEATHER Rain or Snow CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA'S GREAT MORNING NEWSPAPER Phone 8181 Vol. 93 No. I Continuously Published Since Jan. S. ISM Monday Morning, January 3, 1949 Member of the Audit of Circulation Five Cents nnr Jl) New Blizzard Sweeps East From Midwest Industrial Prospects Reported Bright For Altoona Area In 1949 Penelec To Spend $15,000,000 In Its Territory For Improvements BY TEDDY B.

HARE Although local industrial leaders CHANGED MIND Frederick Neatrour, 31, (left) of Johnstown, met his Germim fiancee, Mrs. Elizabeth Albinus, 25, (right) in New York after her arrival from Europe, only to learn that she had changed her mind about the marriage and was returning home to Munich. He said she told him both had changed too much in the past three and one-half years. Neatrour returned to Johnstown alone. (AP Wirephoto).

G. L. Loomis New Sylvania Plant Manager Comes From Emporium To Succeed Homer D. Broker George L. Loomis, 35, division manager of product engineering at the Sylvania plant in Emporium, has been promoted to the position of manager of the Altoona plant and will assume his duties in that capacity Monday.

Mr. Loomis will succeed Homer Centre County Child Killed While Coasting Five of Family Hurt Iu Auto At Greenwood Struck while sledding on the highway, a 13-year-old county child, died enroute to Phtllpburg state hospital, Sunday afternoon increasing the 4xea fatal accidents over the slew Year's holiday to three, 'in Blair county Sunday evening, five members of a St. Mary's family were injured when their car skidded on ice and struck a pole at the Greenwood F1CIU3 one daughter were admitted to: Altoona hospital and two sons were treated in the dUpensary. STRUCK BY ACTO JOINS POUCY STAFF Miss Dorothy Fosdick (above), an expert on the United Nations, has been named a member of the policy planning staff of the State department. She is first woman ever to hold a top position in formation of U.

S. foreign policy. She is daughter of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, noted New York minister. Former Local Soldier Killed In Georgia Cpl.

Joseph Stanley Biddle, 39th infantry, headquarters company, Fort Dix, N. formerly of 2630 Walnut avenue, Altoona, was killed in an automobile accident, at Augusta, Friday eNenmS 81 He was born Sept. 15, 192S, in Altoona, the son of Joseph S. and Pearl (Zeigler) Biddle. He is survived by his mother and two sisters, Mrs.

Martha Datrass, Altoona; and Mrs. Kenneth Moore, Hollidaysburg. Record Budget Expected To Be Called for by President Tighter Economic Controls Also To Be Sought as Congress Convenes WASHINGTON A confident President will call on a friendly congress in the next eight days for higher taxes, tighter economic controls and a peacetime-peak budget of perhaps $43,000,000,000. This1 was predicted Sunday night by a number of administration officials. They also say: Mr.

Truman will urge a national defense speed-up within his own $15,000,000,000 limitation and a Truman-version new deal which could hike "social" spending and might reopen his battle with the southern Democrats. THREE DEMANDS The demands will come in three bundles: The state of the Union address, to be delivered in person on Wednesday; the economic report, due on Friday; and the budget message for fiscal 1950, on Monday, January 10. The big question marks are taxation and business controlr Right up to this weekend, it is known, White House advk-'rs were still split on whether to e-peat last year's request strong "standby" powers to control runaway prices and ration scarce consumer items. The late-1948 price dips may make drastic anti-inflation l'ws unnecessary, some believe. But Mr.

Truman makes his own decisions. And, at tho least, ha is believed likely to ask this much intervention in business affairs: Mandatory power to allocate steel and scarce industrial ma-, terials, to back up the, voluntary ration system; tighter rent control; stronger authorily to regulate bank credit; stronger anti-monopoly laws; renewed controls over exports, imports and stallment buying. TAXES As for taxes: the excess proflfs' tax, a bogey of business, was asked last January and again in July, when Mr Truman stood no chance of getting it from a Republican congress. The state of the Union message, Mr. Truman has said, will cover the waterfront; it will touch on every major phase of foreign and domestic affairs in 30 minutes.

CONGRESS House Republican leaders called a policy huddle to decide whether to team up with some southern Democrats Monday in forcing a first-day showdown of Truman administration strength in the new 81st congress. The fight will come in the House when the congress holds its first meeting. There as in the senate the Democrats are (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) do not wish to prophecy in detail on the industrial outlook for Altoona for the coming year they d-feel that the general trend is comforting. D.

W. Jardine, Penelec president in Johnstown, said, "During 1948, the company spent $13,000,000 for improvements and additions. We have formulated plans calling foi the expenditure of $15,000,000 for improvements in 1949. William II. Wade, Penelec vice atedf "Sardlng the company plans for expansion i ai )r "As we enter the new year we naturally look forward and aneaa ni i area Ls concerned industrially 1949 shouId see a continuation of the gn activity in industry as we saw during 1948." INCREASING DEMAND i lags behind demand and to make these items, products pro- duced liPrP snd in nenrral Ppnn.

duced here and in central Penn sylvania are needed, such as silica brick, glass sand, gannister, land coal." far as eIectrjc flnd business js concerned Mr. 'ade pointed out. "there has been a consUnt increase in the demand f. sprvip- sin0 tho -nH Shirlev Flood. 12.

daughter of a PPhet hestitate Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flood. Pow-'t0 make any forecast, it does ap-llrnn which ariioins Sandv RideeiP631" to me 'hat as far as this Cpl. Biddle was a member of.braska.

west and north central January Grand Jury Will Meet After instruction of Judge George G. Patterson in Hollidaysburg at 9:30 a. m. Monday, the members of the grand jury summoned for the January term of criminal court will begin their deliberations on commonwealth indictments against 20 defendants. Following the court's charge, the jurors will retire to court room 2 where District Attorney J.

Calvin Lang and his assistant, Park H. Loose and Frank B. Warfel, will present commonwealth testimony against the defendants to determine whether the jury is to approve or ignore the bills of indictment. After the jurors retire to court room No. 2, Judge Patterson will preside at a session of miscellaneous court, receiving motions and petitions and acting on any other legal matters requiring his attention.

To date one defendant, Fred Dively, charged with operating a motor vehicle after revocation of license, has waived action by the grand jury to enter a submission before Judge Patterson. Following is District Attorney Lang's list of defendants and the Indictments against them to be presented to the grand jury at the session beginning Monday morning: Assault and Battery and Morals Charge Lloyd Elmer Irvin. Morals Charge Samuel Sisto. Possession of Lottery or Number Tickets Lloyd Goss Hill. Resisting Arrest, Assault and Battery and Aggravated Assault and Battery Upon an Officer Louis Glashouser.

Operating Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated Earl F. Abrahims. Russell Lee Rhoades and H. D. Rettberg.

Failing to Stop After an AccidentMarion F. Boggs. Operating Motor Vehicle After Suspension of License John George Woytowiez and Lawrence Shields. Robbery William Wilson Coble. Burglary, Larceny, Receiving Stolen Goods Ellwood C.

Burger (five counts), Robert Edward Lott (two counts) and Robert Cramer. Larceny and Receiving Stolen Goods Ellwood C. Burger. Burglary Robert Edward Lott (two counts). Assault and Battery, Aggravated Assault and Battery and Assault and Battery With Intent (Continued on Page 2, Col.

1) World war II up to the present he was transferred again to Em-time and the company's facilities porium as division manager of are now taxed to the utmost to product engineering. He held that meet this demand." position until his promotion to LARGEST CONSTRUCTION A1 as Plt manager. i iam 1 Ir- Loomis who is a member Kiwanis Cub and th instruction budget in the company's jD. Broker, who has been associ- ated with th I. ursi uegan operations nere, Originally from WilliamsDort jSrnta wS educateTin the itZZt EhSS "21 Penn Sute fn)m hp graduated with the class of 1935.

BEGAN" IX 19S6 Ha hpcran pamur Ct i jvania in 1936, in the lamp divi- sion at St. Mary's, Pa. In 1939, he was transferred to Emporium as product engineer in the tube di vision. From 1942 until 1947, Mr. did design engineering in connection witn problems concerning receiving tubes, and in Jan 1947 las JanUary lyi, W8S transtei red to the general engineering de partment to work on tube design for the receiving tube division.

TRANSFERRED August 1. 1947, Mr Loomis was transferred to the Mill Hall plant as supervisor of product and in Octolier 1947 of Emporium, began with" Syl- vania as an employe in vania as an employe in the Em- porium riant. He rose to the was then transferred to the Mill Hall branch. He began in Altoona as a plant foreman and was promoted to superintendent and finally plant manager. Mr.

Broker has been transferred to operations at Seneca Falls, N. as plant manager. It is expected that cathode ray tubes for the television industry will be manufactured there. Priest Dies PITTSBURG UP) The Rev. Father John A.

Sabinash, assistant pastor of St. Mary of the Cold Wave More Across Four States From Rockies CHICAGO UP) Four states were alerted for blizzard conditions as a storm centered in the southern Rocky mountains moved eastward Sunday night. Heavy drifting snow, a cold wave, and high winds were expected to reach west and north central Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and northwest Oklahoma by Monday morning. Eastern Colorado and Wyoming were hit by their heaviest snowstorm of the winter Sunday. Train and motor travel were Impeded by deep snow drifts piled up by high winds.

A ground bliz zard struck east of Limon, on U. S. highway 40. Elsewhere ji the country, a blizzard iced the mountainous ridge route between Los Angeles and San Francisco, north central Washington suffered its second cold snap ir. less than two weeks, and below-freezing temperatures struck at the rich Everglades truck farms in Lakeland, Fla.

Floods in the northeastern states continued to subside Sunday. There were snow flurries In Montana, local snows in the upper Mississippi valley and rain spreading southward in the lower Mississippi area and Texas. Skies were cloudy over New England, New York and Pennsylvania, where the only precipitation was in the form of scattered snow flurries. BLIZZARD WARNINGS In special warnings Sunday, the weather bureau forecast: Heavy drifting snow and temperatures dropp.ng to zero Sun day night and Monday over Ne Kansas' awtf Oklahoma, Blizzard warnings for South Da- kota, where winds near Philip hit 45 miles an hour and the mercury dropped to zero. A blizzard beginning Sunday night in the Oklahoma Panhandle and continuing in the northwest portion Monday, including a cold wave and strong northerly winds about 40 miles an hour.

The storm in the southern Rockies consisted mainly of high winds and blowing dust but was expected to produce blizzard con-! ditions as it moved eastward. Federal forecasters said some snow and cold weather was in prospect for the midwest, but not in blizzard proportions. Thousands of motorists re- turninS northward after the holi- Unni. highw igiiov vtucu iicavj siium Cfl Umm itrinc frnJ7ln and ined the whipp road. I Jtlf lOlliafl ijiumihmu WU1 Direct will be available in January and in financial Altoona July to assist with gr a for the Centennial, August 7 to 14, it was learned at a meeting of the centennial committee at the Penn Alto hotel where Chairman Roy F.

Thompson heard sub-committee reports. J. E. Holtzinger reported that the board of directors of the Mirror Printing company has approved the use of the former Wolfe building, 1001 Chestnut avenue, as the headnuarters for centennial administrative affairs. Mayor J.

Lester Laughlin, cen tennial co-chairman, reported 1 mat tne Aiioona scnool board 1 has authorized the arrangement of school duties for Howard Lindaman, director of music, which will give him more free time to devote to his duties as general chairman of the centennial program committee, to which he was unanimously elected. Outlining some of the features he has in mind for the centennial program. Chairman Linda-man told the group that each day of the centennial will have special significance such as Church Day, Nationality Day, Fraternal Day, Retail Day, Industrial Day and Labor Day. The committee agreed that the Mansion park athletic field will serve as the center for all out-dour programs and activity in (Continued on Page 1, CoL 1) Calvary Baptist church and prior to his enlistment in 19 15 ne served two years in the coast guard, The body will arrive in Altoona at 2:16 o'clock Monday evening and friends may call at the Lafferty funeral home after 7 o'clock Monday evening. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Airliner Guides Army Pilot To Safety WSHINGTON LP An air force pilot, lost 4.000 feet over Pennsylvania mountains. miM WES a United Air Lines plane. ttuj United Air Lines said K. A. 10 ashington, spotted the plane "ter alerte- by the Pitts- I tbur2 airport and in 45 minutes tr.

onu 11 10 Pittsburg. The air force rrilot. flvinz a two- I I history, which will provide ad-' dhional, power plant capacity, 'nave tw. daughters, Constance, augmented transmission and sub-1 an Nancy, 8. station capaaty, and the enlarge-1 The new Syivania plant mana-ment of urban and rural distri- ger and his family hope to pur-bution facil.des to assure the I chase a home in Eldorado, public an adequate supply of an Homer D.

Broker, 39, a native BULLETIN SEATTLE CD A chartered DC-3 transport plane, reportcJly carrying 28 Yale university students buck to school, crashed and burned on a takeoff at Boeing field Sunday night. Pennsylvania Legislature Meets Tuesday HARRISBURG UP) Pennsylvania's general assembly swings into its 138th session here Tuesday with a host of hot issues on tap to harass legislators. Of paramount concern will be where and how to raise money to finance the commonwealth's vasf public improvement program, as well as meet spiraling costs of everyday operation Piled on top of this poser are other controversial problems such as creation of a fair employment practice commission, increased benefits under the state's unemployment, workmen's compensation and occupational disease com pensation program, a soldier's bonus and housing. And the man who will play the largest role in guiding these tough issues to a solution is Gov. James H.

Duff. Holding undisputed GOP leadership in the state, the governor will lay down what he has described in advance as a "forward-looking program" for the public welfare. GOVERNOR TO SPEAK Duff will present his outline for state operation the next two years in a speech before the general assembly Tuesday shortly after it, meets and organizes for the coming session. The governcr announced last week he has his money-raising program all lined up and said it would be "simple, clear and understandable" "As far as the administration is concerned," Duff asserted, "there will be no need for a long session. Everyone will know-exactly what we want to do." The governor's hopes for a short session follow the usual official objective, but privately both Republicans and Democrats say it will take at least six months to clear away the stack of pressing matters.

Duff already, has indicated, that he will call for extension of the clean streams program, mental hospital expansion, and aug-( Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) proximately $1,030,000 if it in personal income taxes. The deal between C. B. S.

and Benny represented the second transaction this year in which a show had been transferred from N. B. to B. S. The Amos 'N' Andy program switched at the outset of the current season.

The $2,260,000 involved in the Benny deal was $260,000 more than Amos 'N' Andy were reported to have received. There were indications, too, that this latest switch from N. B. to B. S.

might not be the last The price paid by C. B. S. for the Benny show represents the purchase of Amusement Enter prises. of which Benny owns (Continued on P.ge 2, toL 60 per cent of the stock.

i to Philipsburg state hospital. having suffered a fracture of the skull when her sled was struck by a car. Mate police said the operator. Marvin L. Jarrett.

lb. ot K. iiseeoia was not neia. The accident happened at 2:30 p. m.

Sunday on the highway) nrl fit. between Sandv Ridge and Os-1 ceola Mills. The body was removed to the Heath funeral home in Osceola MiUs from where funeral ar-! rangements will be announced. Jie Sf Vr- I i (Continued on Fage toL Twins Born As Bells Ring In New Year "While the bWU were rlng-insf, at exactly I o'clock a the old year dit-J anil the new year dawned, a baby girl was brn at the Altoona hospital to Mr. and Mrs.

Josrpli Dullman, 1487 Washington avenue. What made it more of a thrill was the fact that a twin brother twins have not been named. The babv girl weighed five pounds one ounce and her twin brother five pounds. The twins have a sister. Denise.

aged two years. The father is employed at the Veterans' hos- The mother is the former Miss Marguerite Mahoney, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ma-', "Were all wild about it! said Mrs. Mahonev Sundav.

when asked how the" parents liked the ftlea of twins i TWIN GIRLS i At the Mercy hospital at 12:31 twin girls were born to Ralph! and Eunice Miller, R. D. 1, Wil- iiamsDurg. maKing seem as (Continued on Page Col. 4) PUMilLflN As New Year's wuz ush- ered in amid a blizzard.

I kind o' miss- i'a- tnat be-in" ver night cf," sez Mr. which s'prized n.e. "I had a lot o' records all complied fer ja, on that there Well." I sez, "Give 'em to me 'Can sez he. "I lost Vm over th' weeki An' any hov. there's another blizzard headin' in this way.

Might hit here, an' might die on th' way, but ifl shove a lot o' cold air in, anyhow. Forecast fer Mondav cails fer INCREASES' CLOUDINESS FOLLERED BY OCCASIONAL RAIN ER SNOW. TUESDAY, SNOW. ER RAIN CHANG IN' 1 iNUV A.N OJLDhK. Trnip- ure at 1 a- m.

wuz 30. rent i I I 1 engine AT 6. was Lt. G. E.

Rid- Ct Cm toiltlinl ler, flying from Scott field at VllV leilieUnidl Belleville, 111., to Pittsburg. Fifteen passengers were aboard Harlan P. Crowell, fund rais-the United plane. Stewardess expert from New England, essential service." Mr. Wade said that "the con- formation of this budget is con- company to attract capital from the money market which unf or- tunately, at the moment is quite unsettled due to many factors." "However," Mr.

Wade said in conclusion, "we look forward in 1949 with confidence in the ability of the American people to solve all their problems for the common good." GOOD, AT SYLVAMA George L. Loomis. new Syl- vanli manager stated that Pro'Pts look very good for the Sylvania company beaiuse of the tube television industrial boom. Mr. Loomis feels that because there are some television stations operating in various cities now, uui iiicic iu ue a ir.arKei tor television sets in those areas.

'it 1 He also stated that there is a continued demand for ordinary AM-FM receivers and that auto- Mount church in suburban Mt. with the Pittsbur airport but was Washington, died Saturday night unable to get his bearings He had of a heart attack in the church his landing lights for identifi-rectory. Father Sabinash. a native of simko ani Thonl his Lancaster, came to St. Continued on Page C4.I.

8) and at New Castle Rll rii li I Stiit I hniKruin- Jack Benny Makes Big Deal But Government Makes Money Helen Geneva said they watched the entire "rescue" and did not complain of the 45-minute delay. Simko, after landing at Washington, gave this account: Ridler was in communication ts for better visibility. Simko. "i'n at ieet. spotiea a pm- point of light which he said was for a star and 100 hih for a ground light." control tower to ask the air force 7.

plane to blink its lights. In a few-seconds the lights he was flying toward blinked. Eventually Simko and Ridler got on the same radio wave length. Fimko said Ridler opened the conversation: "Roger, Roger. I have you in sight." Simko instructed Ridler to 'follow Hm nrf tho ni9u tMi-n to 2,000 feet over the Pittsburg airport, 'Ircled to make sure he landed safely, and then headed for Washington.

The Wash'ngton traffic control i0ffice said Pjdle gasoline gauges Council Passes Revised Tax Ordinance The previously adopted one per cent income tax ordinance was rescinded and a new one passed at a special meeting of city council Friday morning. Owing to a technical legal as pect, council acted on the ordi nance which will remain the same as the originally advertised one except that provision 3 deal ing with the relationship of the income and business privilege tax has been dropped. It was reporttKl that aclicn was taken because "objections have been raised that the pro- vision may be construed as an exemption under the Income tax ordinance which is prohibited under the law." The provision removed from the ordinance reads that "a person or persons, partnerships, firms or corporations subject to the taxes imposed by the income tax ordinance who also have been subject to the tax under thi business privilege tax ordinance in the same year shall pay the larger." City Solicitor Paul E. Beavtr explained that the provision inserted to clarify a situation where a taxpayer was subject to tax under the business privilege ordinance. It was also reported thar rules and regulations governin-; the new tax ordinance will handled by the department of finance.

Hollidavsburg Phones To Dials 7 numbers will be changed when dial service is introduced. "Installers, when they change the instruments will place the new dial number plate under a temporary number plate, show- ing tne present manual number," Mr. Koons said. "When the change to dial is made, subscribers will remove the temporary plate and their new number will appear below." Mr. Koons also cautioned Hol lidaysburg telephone users not to move the newly Installed dials By JACK MacBETH NEW YORK JPi It was a new year and a new network Sunday night for Radio Comedian Jack Benny.

The Benny show, rated first in the most recent Hooper popularity listings, was hearJ Sunday night over the Columbia broadcasting system network, itching from its long-time spot at the same hour on the National Broadcastnig company network. The change was announced last November, and became effective Sunday. Last Friday B. S. disclosed that the total money Involved In the transaction bringing Benny to B.

S. was $2,260,000. Benny' al share amounted to $1.3 000, and be Mill ho required to pay ap- The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Monday will tart changing all Hollidayi-burj telephones to dial instruments in preparation for the change to dial service next spring, it was announced by Robert A. Koons, local manager. In some cases, he said, the necessary dial equipment can be added to the present instruments, while in other cases, entire new instruments must be installed.

Until tie change to dial opera tion the dial instruments will be used in the same manrr as th older manual instruments. It will reouire sj-wri month ciianse all instruments AU lfouidaVburg telephone I while a call is In progress, err'' wnen he landed that might result in the call be-' 8t Pittsburg. It said Ridier gave ing cut off. Special instructions" Sifnl fu'1 credit for saving his on how to use the dial telephones le and that of his passenger, will be provided all subscribers whose identity was not learned prior to the change. immediately.

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