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ALTOONA TRIBUNE 14. Monday, Jane 1956 DEATHS Funeral Notices Will Be Found On Classified Page GEORGE E. EHREDT Of 1431 9th died at 10:30 A. M. Friday in the Altoona Veterans hospital.

was born in Altoona Nov. 27, 1890, a 1 son of Fred and Kathrine (Runyan) Ehredt, and married Miss Stella, Robinson, who preceded death. He was a retired steeplejack. He leaves one brother, C. Fred Ehredendf they city.

call at the Lafferty funeral home. MRS. MARY E. WINSLOW Of Hollidaysburg, died unexpectedly at 41:30 A. M.

Saturday. She was born in Elbel, Jefferson county, on May 24, 1867, a daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Henry) Elbel, and married Thomas Winslow, who died Feb. 17, 1917. She leaves the following children: Walter Robert and Mrs. Beatrice Mitchell of Altoona, Mrs.

Dorothy Ross of Buckingham, Mrs. Carolyn Mills' of San Diego, and Miss Eleanor and Mrs. Martha Ross of Los Angeles, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Anna Gaston of Punxsutawney, Miss Martha and Mrs. Augusta Frampton of Meadville.

Mrs. Winslow was a member of the Zion Lutheran church, Hollidaysburg. Friends are being at Creamer and receiveder home, Hollidaysburg. MRS. ABBIE E.

MITCHELL Wife of Luther E. Mitchell of 851 29th died at her home at 6:52 o'clock Saturday morning after an extended illness. She was born in Altoona Dec 11, 1889, a daughter of David and Julia (Shollar) Snyder, and was united in marriage with Mr. Mitchell May 18, 1910., She leaves her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Helen Sickles, and one brother, Richard R.

Snyder, all of the city, and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran, church, the Golden class and of the Altoona chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Friends are being received at the Replogle funeral home.

ANDREW J. POTTER Aged 73, formerly of Altoona, died Wednesday morning at Rio Linda, where he had resided since 1947. Mr. Potter was retired as a Middle division yard engineer in 1947. He was a member of the First Methodist church, Altoona.

He leaves his wife, the former Matilda Eisele; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie E. Knouse, and one grandson. all of California, and two brothers and one sister, Kirby E. and Miss May N.

of California and Russell A. of Altoona. Friends are being received at the Laughlin funeral home. THOMAS EDWARD LONG R. D.

2, Box C39, Hollidaysburg, died at the Altoona Veterans hospital Saturday at 4:30 P. M. after an extended illness. He was born Nov. 26, 1911, at Milesburg, a son of Albert E.

and Maud (Murray) Long. He was an auto body repairman. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian church. He served in the army, 15. months of the time in the E.

T. He leaves his wife, Lillian, his father, a brother, Fred M. Long, Altoona, a sister, Mrs. Edna Brown, Frankstown road, and a brother, Andrew C. Long, Lakemont.

Friends will be received at the N. A. Stevens funeral home after 7 P. M. Monday.

EDWARD BECK 1601 8th died at Altoona Veterans hospital Sunday at 2:10 A. M. after an extended illness. He was born in Altoona May 14, 1890, son of Michael and Rose (Segrist) Beck. He was retired machinist, having retired in 1954.

He was a veteran of World war I and a member of St. Mary's Catholic church. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Regina Klaiber, Altoona, Miss Emma Beck, Altoona, a brother Anthony Beck, Altoona, and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the N.

A. Stevens funeral home after 7 P. M. Monday. SARAH ALICE LIST 1918 3rd died at her dence Saturday at 3:10 after a brief illness.

She was born Oct. 22, 1874 at Wilmore, a daughter of Andrew and Lucinda (Claycomb) Englehart. She leaves her daughter, Mrs. Louise Bloom with whom she made her home; a sister, Mrs. Anna Harlin, New York.

Friends will be received at the home after noon Monday. HARRY EDWARD DEMPSEY Of Williamsburg R. D. 2, Woodbury township, died Saturday at 9:55 A. M.

at the Veterans hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Woodbury township, June 7, 1891, the son of William and Catherine (Kensinger) Dempsey. He was married Feb. 19, 1919 to Miss Leah Catherine Dixon by Rev. Elmer E.

Harter at the Hollidaysburg Methodist parsonage. He leaves seven children, Lewis Calvin David Walter and Mrs. Hazel Hamilton of Williamsburg, Mrs. Josephine Hoover of Duncansville, and Melvin E. of Mace Coal Co.

Specializing in Deep Mine Coal All other coals on request. Single tons delivered Office Yard 1710 Margaret Ave. 7 Die Last Year In City Traffic Toll Seven persons died as sult of traffic accidents in Altoona during 1955. The annual city traffic report also recorded a dron of 37.5 per cent the number of persons injured in the community, 250 to 400 in 1954. Property damage amounted to $452,599.75 which is an increase of $102,340.75 over the 1954 mark, $350,259.

Saturday during the winter months between the hours of 2-4 P. M. was the worst time for drivers and pedestrians in the city of Altoona. This is when the greatest number of traffic accidents took place during 1955. On the other hand, the safest time to be on the streets of the city was on Sunday during the summer months between 2-4 o'clock in the morning.

These were among the salient facts included in the annual traffic report compiled by Sgt. Harry E. Biddle of the traffic records office and submitted to Mayor Walter H. Grove. October was the worst month in the year for traffic fatalities when two persons were killed.

One traffic death occurred in each of the following months: February, March, May, September and November. The figure of seven deaths last year compares to four in 1954, which was the lowest figure in the last 18 years. In 1953 six persons died as the result of city accidents while the all time high is 13 deaths in 1942. 250 INJURED During last year there were 503 traffic accidents in the city which injured a total of 250 persons. There were 165 men injured as compared to 85 women In 1954 there were 400 persons injured while in 1953 the mark of 394 was entered in the record books.

Figures disclosed that drivers should beware of the period between 2 and 4 P. M. 405 accidents took place. The safest driving time is between 4 and 6 A. 29 accidents followed by the hours of 2 and 4 A.

80 accidents. It was just a bit safer to be a pedestrian in Altoona last year when 138 were injured in traffic accidents as compared to 144 in 1954 and 143 in 1953. In'1952 there were only 123 persons injured on the streets. While the of December, January and February were the times for the 10 sledding accidents, five, three, two, respectively, 16 of the 29 bicycle accidents happened during May, June and July, four, six, six, respectively. Although the number of persons injured dropped last year by about 37 per cent, the property damage rose about 22 per cent from $350,259 in 1954 to 599.75 in 1955.

Of the 2,503 traffic accidents last year, figures disclose that the winter months, as may be expected, are the most dangerous. December led the list with 306. During the year, city police investigated 948 traffic accidents as compared to 788 in 1954 and 888 the year before. They issued 397 citations for 1955 as compared to 296 in 1954, 309 in 1953 and 2 268 ATTENTION. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS All Knights are requested to meet at the V.

L. Stevens Funeral Home tonight at 8:30 P. M. to recite the Rosary for the repose of the soul of our late Brother James L. Foose.

Signed, C. L. BENDER, Grand Knight The Altoona Hotel 3830 5th AVE. Wishes Everybody A Very Happy New Year Open Monday With Your Favorite Menu WIN RECOGNITION A Better, Bigger Income World Famous DALE CARNEGIE COURSE Learn how to develop your best qualities Prepare yourself for more rugged competition Classes in Effective Speaking and Human Relations start WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 MEETING 14 WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AT ALTOONA SCHOOL OF COMMERCE Inquire Now to be Sure of a Place in the Class.

(Limited to 40 Men and Women) Phone 6134 or Mail Coupon for Class Details Name. Address Altoona School of Commerce (Local Sponsor Mrs. T. W. Tobias) 1110 Thirteenth Street, Altoona Record Number Region Trainmen Conductors Retire More than 2,500 years of combined service to the Pennsylvania Railroad came to an end Saturday when the record number of 54 conductors and trainmen were retired by the railroad's Pittsburg Region.

(In terms of consecutive years, service theoretically would extender back to 579 years before the time of Christ.) The mass retirement was the result of a new agreement between the Pennsylvania and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen which within four years will 65. require, retirementhe enforced retirement age became 69. This will be graduated down one year, each succeeding year, until 1960. Hitherto, there was no enretirement age, physical condition being the determining factor. Ages of the men retired Saturday ranged from 69 to 73 years, individual service ranging years.

The group includup tooth passenger and freight trainmen. Henceforth trainmen will be retired monthly as they reach retirement age. in 1952. The age group between 25 and 44, with 2,094 accidents, led the list, followed by the 45-64 age bracket with 1,099, while the group over 65 years of age had 231 reported accidents. The 15-24 age division had the third highest total with 1,013.

There were 428 violations reported to the city police. Japan Mourns Stampede Death Of 124 Shinto Worshippers NIIGATA, Japan, Monday- -A trickle of mourners filed silently up the steps of Lyahiko Shrine Monday, shocked with grief for the 124 Shinto worshipers who died there in a panictriggered stampede only hours earlier. They wmoved slowly through debris thousands of Japanese had gathered to greet the new year with thanks to their gods for good crops and good fortune in 1955. Police said their earlier count of 112 dead had been raised by 12 after a careful recheck. They also listed 36 injured, eight of them seriously.

The disaster struck five minutes after throbbing drums and pealing, bells It heralded the birth of crowd a year. scrambled for the traditional good luck rice cakes thrown by Shinto priests. It ended with bodies piled three and four deep, spilling off a raised platform. and down a narrow Police survivors told this grim story: At midnight, several hundred Japanese stood before the rail of the open-air Lyahiko Shrine altar. Below them, 6,000 to 7,000 people had jammed onto a broad raised platform surrounded by a stone PRECISION GRINDING OF ROLLER SKATE WHEELS Make sure your skate wheels are balanced and true for full enjoyment in skating.

LAKEMONT ROLLER RINK fence. Farther down were 30,000 others awaiting their turn to worship. When the deep boom of Shinto bell announced the new year, the worshipers above began moving slowly the stairway. The crowd below pressed relentsly forward. Robed Shinto priests stood atop special towers on each side of the 15-step stairway, which served as a funnel between worshipers at the altar and the crowd below.

Then the priests began throwing pounded rice cakes, known as mochi. The worshipers scrambled for the good luck tokens and in a moment the solemn rite became a wild stampede. "Those who had finished praying swarmed back down the stairs to catch the mochi, crashing into the arriving worshipers," said Tsuneo Togawa, a reporter for the newspaper Asahi. "Some stumbled off the staircase or were crushed under the oncoming hu man Panic flashed through the crowd. There were screams of terror and shouts of agony.

The stone fence broke. Many were pushed off the platform and fell shrieki: to the ground below, Others fell on top of them. A survey in 1954 revealed that 89 per cent of the families of Rhode Island television sets. This compares with a national average of 58 per cent of families throughout the country. HUNDREDS OF SAMPLES OF MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS COATS SLACKS SPORTS COATS To Select From on Special Orders S.

MARCH'S SONS-ROOM 406 CENTRAL TRUST BLDG. 002 DENIES HE BRIBED FRENCH POLICE -Georges Chassague, Fox Movietone cameraman, is pictured at a press conference in Paris, Dec. 30, at which he denied he bribed a French gendarme to kill a rebel in Algeria in order to make a newsreel shot. The pictures Chassagne made have become a last-minute issue in the French national elections. (AP Wirephoto via radio Last Week's Oddities A Bad Week For Burglars, Feathers, Twins, Jailbirds BY JOY MILLER NEW New Year were a set of twins couple of bird eggs laid in a Both blessed events week had their unusual aspects.

The twins were the third set born to the same mother in years. As the doctor came in the room after the delivery she remarked wth heartfelt fervor: "Tell me anything, but don't tell me it's twins." T'was. About the eggs: they were believed to be the first laid in captivity by a South American horned screamer bird. The mother bird didn't make a postnatal remark, she just screamed. Cleveland Police Hold Sailor In Girl's Death CLEVELAND- (P) -The nude body of a slender brunette in her early twenties was found Sunday on the frozen ground of an East Side baseball diamond.

Police said a 24-year-old sailor admitted beating the girl, whose name he did not know. Held by police was William Miller, a Navy veteran of eight years who was home on Christmas leave prior to shipping out from Formosa. Miller a handsome, rusty-haired six-footer who is estranged from his wife, admitted he picked up the girl during a New Year's Eve round of bars, homicide Capt. David E. Kerr said.

Both were drinking heavily when they went out to Humphrey Field, near Euclid Beach Park. Maddened by the girl's refusal of a proposition he made, Miller stripped, punched and kicked her, he told police. The sailor said she was still alive when he left. A man out walking his dog discovered the body and notified police, who later were tipped by another woman to look for the sailor. The father said his son spent eight weeks in a naval psychiatric ward a year ago after threatening to kill his wife, Louise, a former woman Marine who lives with their year daughter in Huntington, Va.

Bicyclist Breaks Arm Ronald Witters, 12, of 3925 Walnut was treated at Mercy hospital for a fracture of the left elbow, which he received when he fell from his bicycle at Broad avenue and Thirty-sixth street Saturday morning. Bedford; three brothers, Peter of Williamsburg R. D. 2, Lewis of Williamsburg R. D.

2 and Robert of Akron, nine grandchildren. He was educated in the Ridge school, at Pine Creek and was a member of the Church of God, Williamsburg and the American Legion of Huntingdon. He had been a farmer most of his life. He a veteran of World war I. Friends will be received at the Homer Bechtel funeral home, Williamsburg from 7 to 9 P.

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PHONE 2-2718 -Arriving in time to welcome the born in Columbus, and a San Diego zoo. Grownup identical girl twins London said "I do" in a double ceremony. But there the identicalness ended. They married men named John Blunt and John Sharp. A coming out party for some Washington State Prison inmates was called off.

Actually it was only the beginning of a tunnela two-foot hole under the orchestra pit of the prison auditorium where the prisoners had been rehearsing for a show. The Walla Walla boys obviously dig their music. On the subject of crime, it On the subject of crime, it took a long time but Lt. Frank Pape, head of the Chicago police department's robbery detail finally concluded people will steal anything. The theft of 450 pounds of feathers from the Progressive Feather Co.

convinced him. How big a package would a and a quarter of feathers make That's one thing the statisticians overlooked. In Los Angeles a holdup man took the usual thing, money, but he robs the same market operator so often that this time he called him by his first name. "The gall of that guy," sputtered the store's owner. And in Dallas a burglar trapped in a garage after he was caught ransacking a house blamed it all on Texas architecture.

In California, he complained, garages have back doors and he could have escaped. He added a public-spirited afterthought: "There ought to be a law to build back doors in 'em. Somebody could get trapped if there was a fire." DEPENDABLE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Local and Nation-Wide Claim Service PARSONS AGENCY 1120 12th Ave. Dial 3-8191 HOUSER 00 George Koelsch, Chief Switchman, Lancaster, helps Mrs. Koelsch replenish the family larder.

He is one of nearly 37,000 telephone men and women who are steady customers of those who sell life's necessities, luxuries, and services throughout Pennsylvania. 230 MILLION DOLLARS BUYS A LOT OF PROSPERITY FOR PENNSYLVANIA Last year, our payroll was more than 150 million dollars. Most of these dollars were spent where they were earned and for the things all of us spend our money for for homes and heat and light for food and for dresses and suits and hats and shoes haircuts and permanent for automobiles and TV sets and deep freezers But that's only the beginning. The company itself spent 34 million dollars for materials, services and supplies, every penny of it in Pennsylvania. And Western Electric, the Bell manufacturing and purchasing unit, spent another 46 million dollars in Pennsylvania alone.

All this adds up to 230 million dollars. In another sense, though, it adds up to much more to good, steady customers in every Pennsylvania community served by Bell. Any way you look at it, the successful operation of the telephone business means a great deal to the steady employment of a great many Pennsylvanians, both in and out of the telephone industry. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania resiP. M..