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The News-Herald from Franklin, Pennsylvania • Page 12

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The News-Heraldi
Location:
Franklin, Pennsylvania
Issue Date:
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12
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PAGH TWELVE THE NEWS-HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927, WE HAVE JUST BEEN GRANTED THE EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE FOR THIS TERRITORY FOR THE FAMOUS IEFF 1 EF Ti AMH3) IN ORDER TO PROPERLY INTRODUCE THIS TO THE PUBLIC WE ARE GIVING AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE, A TUBE WITH EVERY TIRE PURCHASED FOR CASH AT OUR SERVICE STATION SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, MAY 21st AND 22nd, 1927. IffiMJIDBJS S9, 0 27x4.40 Ajax Tube Free 29x4.40 Ajax Tube Free II 30x4.75 Ajax $12.15 $12.85 $16.80 $19.00 $21.25 $21.95 $25.00 $28.45 SOxSHCLAjax Cord Tube Free 30x32 SS Ajax Cord Tube Free 30x3 Vi CL Paragon Cord Tube Free 31x4 Ajax Tube Free 32x4 Ajax Cord Tube Free 33x4 Ajax Cord Tube Free 32x4 Vi Ajax Cord Tube Free 33x4 Vi Ajax Cord Tube Free $14.60 88,80 $18,35 $19.35 $20.35 $26.35 $27.35 Tube Free 30x4.95 Ajax Tube Free 30x5.25 Ajax Tube Free 31x5.25 Ajax Tube Free 30x5.77 Ajax Tube Free 33x6.00 Ajax Tube Free IF YOUR SIZE IS NOT LISTED WE HAVE IT IN STOCK. WE CHANGE YOUR TIRE FREE OF CHARGE. 0 1 1 1 1 1 II 414 TWELFTH STREET FRANKLIN, PA. A TEMPLE THAT WILL BE CLOSED.

Encouragement for Women of Middle-Age HEART-RENDING SCENES OCCUR AT DYNAMITED SCHOOL in a smooth stream Mothers and Fathers, Frantic With Grief, Search for Their Loved Ones in the Ruins. If wM mipk iiii ii i 'if mi -rf' WOMEN LIFT HEAVY BEAMS BATH, May 20. scenes have taken place here without number Mnce the com This new $75Whi monument to Brigham Young, at Mesa, is open to the public, but on Oct. 1 it closes forever to public gaze. Only, Mormons of advanced rank then will be permitted to enter the building, which is not a church" for regular worship but will be used only for marriage ceremonies and "baptism of the dead." Hundreds of tourists have gone through the temple.

munity school was dynamited, exact- inz a death toll of 1. Xetvs of the traaedv smeari rnnirilv 0 a li The outstanding characteristic of the Essex Super-Six is complete absence of labor in all performance. Whether spurting at top speed or doing a comfortable 50 miles an hour all day long, you can realize its super ability only by the way you distance others. This smoothness means economy economy of effort, economy of power, economy in the long life of all moving parts. And in making long tours or using your Essex all day in city traffic, you will find the greater economy of physi- cal freshness that comes from easy driving, riding, steering and control, and its freedom from vibration at all speeds.

ESSEX Stspsrix through the state of Michigan. By the ing its lifeless form lying on the broktf i ii'; sobs and swo.med," lie time frantic parents and friends had ndaimen: the last of the broken form-! of llie victims late yesterdav. a solid nf nnmmnl-m'ni; ct rtkttMtir. iiivifiu, for miles alone every road lending into pupils of his class climb to safety. "Mr.

Huyck was giving us an examination," Anson McNatt, a pupil, said in describing the explosion. "We were in the upstairs room in the east wing, the old part. I was sitting near the door, Mr. Huyck was at the front of the room. "The explosion came at 9:45.

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if medical advice is required. said. I "In no time more than 100 men were ut work tearing away the debris of the school, and nearly as many women were frantically pawing over the timber and brok'ii bricks for trace of their children I saw more vhan one woman lift clusters of bricks held together! by mortar heavier than the average man could have handle! without ai crow-bar. "I found one dead girl, and was work-i ing Wide Richardson, when door blew open and the windows blew out. There was a dull jar, and I jumped to the door to look out.

The hallway was littered with plaster. The plaster came down off the ceiling, and the light shades dropped too. "I jumped to the door and tried to run out, but the hallway was full of smoke and plaster. Then Mr. Huyck yelled for to cllm out of the window.

We slid down a shed roof and jumped to the ground, or climbed down the ladder." to town ciwkpfl every highway. Every home in ihe inot of which were in mourning, was ablaz? witli light far into the night, hile hundreds of citizens and visitors crowded the streets and discussed the tragedy. During the early evening scores of villagers appeared as if shell-shocked whenever photographer snapped the ruins of the 'school. With the coming of the first dusk of tragedy, however, members of th. diminutive community haltingly told ac counts of the explosion.

Martin G. Mil-liman, 72-year-old resident of Bath, told of runnin; to the school with the first blast, and of "Pitching in to save as many as I could." Couldn't Stand Pitiful Sight I couldn't stand it for long." he said, "I had taken four fcodis out of the ruins when Kehoe, believed by every-one to have: planned the- entire disaster, drew up to the enrh in front of the wrecked school and called out to Emory E. Huyck, superintendent, who was supervising the work of rescue. "Both of the men 'stood talking, at the curb for a few minutes, when suddenly Kehoe's automobile was blown to bits. He and Hnyck were killed oat-right, kelson MeFarran.

who was passing by, wa also killed, and Glenn Smith, Barn's postmaster, was mortal So great is the turnover among domestic workers today that one employment agency In New York places 25,000 servants every year. Hotel, Sylvania LOCUST 2e7ou BROAD PHILADELPHIA heard a litila girl buried a f-i; below the top level of the 'lebrK calling 'Daddy. Daddy, come srid get Two Eje-Witnesses to Explosion. "At that time I did not know that my own boy had escaped serious injury, when he was thrown through a first-story window by the explosion. But I decided I would not say anything about it, and kept on working to get that little girl free.

"There was a heavy board pinning her down, and I made up my mind the only thing to do was to break it free, so I pulled on it with all I bad. at the same time calling to the girl. "Yes. your Daddy will be there in a few minutes." The next moment I had broken the board and pulled out the girl. he, was not injured.

She was the daughter of the man who was working right beside me. Richardson gathered her into his arms and took her to Mrs. Richardson, who was working in another section of the school at the time." Two elderly citizens of the village saw the actual explosion, which occurred while they were holding a conversation rural-fashion over the fence adjoining their homes next to the school. East Wing Lifted About Four Feet. "The whole east wing seemed to lift up about four feet." one of them said.

"The walls caved outward, the roof toppled into the interior and a heavy cloud of smoke spread out in all directions. Then we heard the screams of the children, and saw the women folks come running from every direction. Patronize THE OLD RELIABLE Take no chances with your best clothes Play safe and send them here. Our DOLLAR prices are still good. SUPERIOR DRY CLEANING 1135 Liberty Street Phone 199 Franklin, Pa.

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Other Essex Models I and supper hours. I SbtfU room tctit lath I M.OOwp Jfi VlXwiVe room with Idh JPl se.oou, Vht ly wounded, with both legs severed at the knees. "When I Mrs. Smith rush over to her husband and gather his broken form Into her arms, somehow I lost all the strength I had. I was trying to saw off a plank that held a little girl captive in the wreckage, but I couldn't work the saw, and a man workin? beside me said.

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Franklin. Fa. May-FriW For a few minutes we could sot understand what had happened." Saved from death In the first blast, Supt. Huyck met death JO minutes and told of heart-rending scenes with the breathless arrival of mothers and fathers. Mother after mother came running Into the school yard, and demanded information about ber child and.

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