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THE EVENING NEWS, HARR1SBURG. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1943 PAGE TWO Camp Hill Man May Be President Sends Committee May Infantile Paralysis Foundation Gift Boxes to Be Placed in City Only 1 of 75 on Plane Survive Crash in Peru By United Press LIMA, Peru, Jan, 26. Only one of the fifteen persons aboard survived the crash of a Pan-American Grace commercial plane which crashed into a hillside about 300 miles south of Lima Friday afternoon, it was reported today. Fourteen charred bodies have been removed from the Douglas DC-3 passenger plane, which was flying from Santiago, Chile, to Lima with eleven passengers and a crew of four. The lone survivor was J.

A. Howard, a passenger, an Englishman, who was injured. The dead were saia to include six Americans and two British diplomats. All four crew members were Americans. Having decided to omit the customary President's Birthday Ball this year because of transportation limitations, officers of Dauphin County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis are preparing to place coin boxes in Downtown business establishments to receive contributions for the cause.

Some officers of the chapter and members of the committee are shown as they prepared the boxes yesterday for distribution. They are, seated, left to right: Mrs. H. G. Reuwer, secretary of the local chapter; Mrs.

W. J. Moore, chairman vt the Newcomers' Club; Mrs. Erwin O. Jung, chairman of the chapter; standing; Mrs.

R. E. Wiker, Mrs. A. D.

Beck, Mrs. Paul Murphy, Mrs. Robert Spencer, Mrs. Lindley C. Kimmer and Mrs.

Ray Pope, Jr. ill Would Give 2 Unconfirmed linfees See Senate Group The two unconfirmed Martin cab-! Mnet appointees, John U. Schroyer, 'Shamokin, as Secretary of Highways, and Samuel Y. Ramage, 3d, 'Oil City, as Secretary of Public Assistance, appeared before the Senate Committee on Executive Nominations this afternoon to out line qualifications for the posts they have been designated to fill. The Senate recessed at 1 o'clock this afternoon to permit the committee to conduct examination of the appointees following last night's demand of the Democratic minority "to learn who these men are." Senator G.

Harold Watkins, chairman of the committee, said the men were present for questioning. The recess was until 3.30 o'clock, when, it was expected, the names of the two men would be presented to the Senate for confirmation, which will require a two-third majority. Democratic Senator John J. Ha-luska, Patton, told the Upper House this morning he would vote confirmation of the two cabinet members when they are presented to the Senate. "If these men are not fit, the present Governor is to blame It's my duty to vote for confirmation of them," Haluska declared, pointing out that the Governor and not the Senate is responsible for the department heads.

At its session this morning the Senate took no action on its calendar of bills for second reading; confirmed a number of notaries public, and received several new bills. Senator John J. Haluska, Democrat, Cambria, introduced a bill last night permitting the employment of women as bartenders. Present legislation permits only female license-holders or wives of license-holders behind the bar. The Senate approved a resolution extending the life of the anthracite subsidence commission to March 15.

Senator George B. Stevenson, Clinton, commission chairman, said the agency could not finish its work by February 1, the original deadline. The first calendar of the session appeared in the Senate after eight bills were reported from committee and given first reading, including one giving municipalities authority to establish employes' retirement 20 Teachers Needed In County Schools At least twenty teachers are needed in borough and township high school to fill war-made vacan cies and school districts are now trying to persuade clergymen to double up by taking on schoolroom jobs. County Superintendent I. B.

App said today. Teachers are needed, he said, in science, mathematics, physical education and typing, and Doctor App said he fears serious consequences if more teachers are taken out of the high schools. Already, some ministers are doing double duty. He said emergency substitutes have prevented closing of some rural or elementary schools. Whiners Blamed for Fight on Parole Act Dr.

Louis N. Robinson, chairman of the Pennsylvania Parole Board, charged today that the new system created by the 1941 Legislature is being "sabotaged by the whining of certain people who have had their toes tread on." Doctor Robinson, Nationally-recognized expert on criminology and penology, rebutted each of the attacks declaring that "if there are any political groups who think they can tear down this act which the people have passed after long and mature consideration, they are going to be sorry." DIVORCE SUITS FILED Divorce suits started in the Dauphin County Court today are: James M. Kauffman against Mrs. Marie L. Kauffman, 634 Woodbine street, charging indignities, and Albert S.

Hoy against Mrs, Mabel E. Hoy, 1628 North Fifth street, charging indignities. Weather Report From United States Weather Bureau, Harrisburg FORECAST FOR HARRISBURG AND VICINITY Snow and colder tonight. High yesterday, 55 degrees; low last night, 85. Precipitation .02 of an inch.

River stage today and tomorrow 4.8 feet. River Bulletin Fet A Tnth Station- 2 few to i Binghamton Corning Towanda Wilkes-Barre Clearfield Renovo Lock Haven Williamsport Mapleton Depot Newport Sunbury Harrisburg 14 7.1 16 22 10 16 21 20 3.4 5.6 5.8 3.9 8.8 5.1 5.7 5.6 3.5 4.8 4.9 22 16 17 3.4 4.8 -This information must rot be broad-cr by radio. Appc New Senate Librarian A Capitol Hill rumor is that L. Passmore, 312 North Twenty-fourth street, Camp Hill, a Reve- nue Department attache, will be elected by the Senate as Senate librarian, succeeding Al S. Cooper, who has announced his intention of retiring.

Passmore ii3 a borough council man and a former Republican State committee member. Japanese Planes Are Turned Back Af Guadalcanal International News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Indi cating the arrival of Japanese aerial reinforcements in the Solomons, the Navy announced today that a large force of enemy dive and twin-engined bombers and fighters, which were headed for Guadalcanal, were routed in a sky battle by United States planes. Four Nipponese Zeros were shot down.

No United States planes were lost. This was the first powerful Jap anese plane force reported in op eration in the southern Solomons since early November. Only lone Nipponese bombers have been raiding American positions in recent weeks. The Navy also made public de tails of the American capture of the Japanese Guadalcanal head quarters at Kokumbona, seven miles west of the United States airfield on that island. The Navy communique explained that two separate United States ground forces carried out a pinc ers movement which caught the Japanese from the south and east and wiped out 293 enemy troops and captured five prisoners.

A Navy spokesman said the cas ualties were in addition to the 201 Japanese reported killed and forty prisoners taken in action that led up to' the capture of Kokumbona. "The maneuver resulted in giv ing United States forces unrestricted use of Kokumbona and the beach to the east," the Navy said. Among the equipment captured by the American forces were sev eral enemy supply dumps, three six inch artillery guns, seven .77 mm. guns, two .37 mm. guns, one tank, several trucks, and three anti-aircraft weapons in addition to other field pieces and small arms.

The Navy added that "offensive operations against enemy resistance continue," presumably against Jap positions west and south of Kokumbona. Can Collection Is Postponed The collection of processed tin cans scheduled for Thursday has been postponed until February 11 because of the lack of sufficient workers in the City Ash Bureau to aather the cans, Albert S. Schmidt, salvage chairman, said today. William T. DeHart, public safety director, conferred yesterday with salvage officials and told them the Ash Bureau is hard pressed to keep up ash collections because of a manpower shortage.

City cellars are piling up with ashes, he said, and the trucks are needed by the bureau. The salvage committee agreed to the postponement, and Schmidt is notifying all chairmen of neighboring communities of this city's decision. Schmidt asked housewives to continue saving their processed tin cans until the next collection. Small School Districts Get State Checks Soon The 2200 fourth class school dis tricts of Pennsylvania will be paid within the next few days as their semi-annual share of State aid for public schools. Dauphin County's districts will receive a total of Cumberland's, and Perry's, $72,256.

Civilian Defense Volunteers Needed The Civilian De fense Volunteer Office today asked men, living in the vicinity of the Reily Hose Company and willing to volunteer as stretcher-bearers, to register immediately at their ioffice. VOLUNTEER OFFICE The Telephone Squad of the Con trol Center needs both men and women. The shifts to be filled are Sunday and Thursday nights from 7 p. m. to 1 a.

for men, and Wed nesday afternoon from 3 p. to 7 p. m. for women. The need continues for men and women who can give a half day or more each week assisting with clerl cal work at the Ration Board Office.

Volunteers for any of these purposes may register at Room 304, City Hall, between 9 a. m. and 4 p. and Saturday, 9 a. m.

to 1 p. For further information telephone 4-5579. Troops Message In North Irelan By United Press BELFAST, Jan. 26. President Roosevelt told American troops in North Ireland in a message today that "the road to Berlin is long and hard, but it is very sure." Russell P.

Hartle, who commanded the first American forces in the British Isles, read the President's message at ceremonies commemorating the first anniver sary of the arrival of United States troops. "A year ago the first great con voy of American troops crossed the Atlantic and landed at North Ireland," the President said. "It came to buttress the grim defenses of this besieged fortress of freedom. "Things have changed greatly in twelve months. We speak no longer of defense We think of attack determined, unrelenting, smashing attack.

Our troops have chafed at inaction. They will get action." Sir James Grigg, British war secretary, said that "your stay here has been the best possible prelude not only to the active struggle against Germany and Japan and their jackals but to even more difficult times, when this struggle had been brought to a victorious end." Hartle said he believed that Ger man submarines would be unable to destroy the "bridge" from America. "Thousands of American sol diers and hundreds of thousands of tons of American sinews of war have crossed the North Atlantic to put down at this port," he said. "The fact that they came in such numbers and such quantities is a tribute to the navies and air forces of our two nations." 2 Priests Become Army Chaplains The conn.vlssioning of two priests of the Harrisburg Diocese of the Catholic Church as chaplains in the United States Army was revealed today in an announce ment by Bishop George L. Leech.

They are the Rev. Chester T. Lozewski, who has been chaplain at the Pennsylvania Industrial Sch6ol for Boys at White Hill and rector of St. Joseph's Church, Me-chanicsburg, and the Rev. Joseph L.

Browne, assistant rector at St. Patrick's Church, York. Father Lozewski, a native of Ranshaw, has been ordered to report February 2 at Harvard University. He studied for the priesthood at St. Vincent's Seminary, Latrobe, and was ordained by Bishop Leech June 6,1936.

Father Browne has been ordered to report February 4 to Camp Wolters, Texas. He is a native of Somerville, and studied for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. He was ordained June 14, 1935. Father Lozewski will be succeeded at White Hill and Mechan-icsburg by the Rev.

George A. La-vell, who is transferred from assistant at St. Edward's Church, Shamokin. The replacement at York was previously announced. Alleged Window-Peeper Is Handed $25 Fine Seized early today by Charles Guramo while allegedly peeping in a window at the Gummo home, 1644 Fulton street, Joseph Horvath, 28, guest at a hotel at Sixth and Ver-beke streets, was fined $25 and ordered to pay $2.85 costs at a police court hearing today on a disorderly practice charge.

Horvath was treated at the Harrisburg Hospital for lacerations of the forhead. Gummo said he was compelled to use force to hold Horvath. Are You Planning Any Parties For February? Valentine's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday each calls for a distinctive type of entertainment. Novel ideas and suggestions for parties on these dates as well as parties for every season of the year are included in our forty-four-page booklet, Parties and Games. A special chapter is devoted to children's parties and games, you will find it a handy guiae to modern entertaining.

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Name Street City r- State (Mail to Washington, D. Reject Wickard Subsidy Program Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Mem bers of the Congressional Appro priations Committee today were expected to find "wholly unaccept able" the Administration's 000,000 subsidy program for en couraging increased production of war bonds. Administration farm officials hoped, however, that it would slow the farm bloc drive to force up farm prices by adding labor costs to present, parity figures.

Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard announced the additional "incentive payments" last night to encourage farmers to plant more soy beans, peanuts, dry peas, flax, grain sorghums and sweet potatoes. He said he would ask Congress to increase the Agriculture Adjustment Administration's appropriation from the originally requested to $500,000,000 to finance the new program. That's where the program will run into trouble. Chairman Clar ence Cannon, Democrat, Missouri, of the House Appropriations Com mittee, said: "This subsidy would be a purely artificial arrangement and I believe that it would be wholly unac ceptable to the members of the committee.

This would be a sub sidy to the consumer, not to the farmer. The farmers and the farm organizations will be against it. The consumer is being subsidized at the expense of the farmer." Wickard admitted that the new program was a "subsidy to consumers, not to farmers." The funds would be disbursed in addi tion to regular farm payments in a program intended to obtain greater food production without di rectly increasing costs to the con sumer. Lebanon Trolley Strike. Threat READING, Jan.

26. Demands for wage increases today threatened to halt trolley and bus service in Read ing and Lebanon on Thursday. Percy L. Murphy, president of the Independent Street Railway Broth erhood, served notice on J. P.

Cos telle, general superintendent of the Reading Street Railway Company, that operators want increases of twenty cents an hour in Reading and twenty-five cents in Lebanon. Murphy set the deadline for Cos tello's answer at 10 a. m. Wednes day, but said that the strike, if called, would not start until Thurs day. About 150 men who operate fifty-six trolleys and sixty buses are involved in the dispute.

Costello said the present contract calls for a forty-ejght-hour week, with maximums of eighty cents an hour for bus and one-man trolley operators, and seventy cents for two man trolley crews. Witness Tells Of Nazi Salute PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26. De naturalization proceedings against Alexander M. Hartman, 42-year-old engineer, continued in Federal Court today after John C.

Met calfe, Washington correspondent for the Chicago Times, testified that he saw five men in United States Army officers' uniform, give the Nazi salute at a meeting of the German-American Bund in 1937. Metcalfe said that after the men left the meeting at the Deutschorst Country Club, near Croydon, an airplane dropped small Nazi flags. Hartman formerly headed the club, Metcalfe, who said the joined the Bund to expose its activities for his newspaper, testified that the five men arrived in an automobile with Pennsylvania license plates bearing the insignia "28th Division Air Coi-ps." He said the men exchanged the salute, with G. Wilhelm Kunze, former Philadel phia leader of the Bund. Hartmann is charged with "re taining a mental reservation of loyalty to Germany" when he obtained his citizenship in 1934, and of being active in the Bund.

Child Drowns as He Tries to Retrieve Skate CHAMBERSBURG, Jan. 26 -Seven-year-old Charles W. Pfeiffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmert Pfeif fer, Fayetteville, R.

drowned in twelve feet of water yesterday when ice broke as he crawled out on it to retrieve a roller skate. His playmates, Donald Beck, 6, and Joan Beck, 8, ran to the Pfeif fer home 400 yards away to get Mrs. Pfeiffer, but she was unable to get to her son because of the weak ice. James Beck, father of the BecK children, finally removed the body with a limb. Dr.

S. B. Shull, Franklin County joroner, released the body to the Seller funeral home here. The Beck children told authorities they had been playing on a rock pile when the Pfeiffer boy's skate rolled out onto the ice. Spencer Charters Found Dead in Garage on Coast SPENCER CHARTERS One year after his equally famed wife died, Spencer Charters, 68, who began his acting career in Harris burg, was found dead yesterday in the garage of his Hollywood home Monoxide fumes from the idling motor of his car and an overdose of sleeping pills caused the death, the coroner reported.

He had been ill for some time, police said. The body was found by his daughter Irene, 12. A brother, Charles T. Charters, 17 North Twentieth street, said he be lieved the death was accidental. His brother, he said, had been in the hospital for four weeks, but on Sun day had sent a telegram to Harris, burg telling his relatives here he was feeling better.

A sister, Mrs. Oscar Horner, lives in Progress, and another brother, Horace, is in New York. Another brother was the late Alderman William Charters. Charters visited Harrisburg last September and was not feeling well then, the brother said. His wife, known as Little Irene Myers when on the stage, died in December, 1941.

She also once trod the boards "of Harrisburg theaters some fifty years. Charters was born in Duncannon He worked for Bethlehem Steel Company before he felt the call of the stage and got a job doing bit parts at the old Grand Opera House here. Later he joined, a traveling show. He climbed rapidly after getting the hired man part in George Cohan's "The Tavern." He was fond of recounting some of the more than 400 character parts he played on the legitimate stage, working with David Belasco and Flo Zlegfeld. He got into movies through Eddie Cantor's "Whoopee, and as a free lance action he appeared in more than 500 pictures.

One of the American stage's most laugh-provoking lines fell to the lot of Charters in "The Tavern." His "What's all the shootin' fer?" tick led the funnybones of thousands during the long New York run. Often Visited Here He spent many Summers here, where a brother, Charles T. Char ters. resides. Charters spent more than thirty years on the stage and for the past twelve years had appeared pic tures.

His character roles won him prominence in such films as "Our Town." "High Sierra" and "Tobacco Road." Charters met Little Irene Myers when she appeared here in her par ents' road company. Strangely enough, Little Irene played the role of the heroine and Charters was usually the villain. When the Grand Ooera House. Third and walnut streets, was destroyed by fire in 1907, performances were transferred td the Orpheum Theater, on the site of the present State Theater, tsotn entered vaudeville when the stock company dissolved. 2 K.

R. Workers Hurt Two Pennsylvania Railroad em ployes, William John Lay, 50, Dun cannon, R. D. 2, a laborer, and Charles A. Conley, 35, Harrisburg, R.

D. 3, a yard brakeman, were Harrisburg Hospital patients today with injuries suffered yesterday. Hospital attaches reported Lay has a compound fracture of the right leg and possible dislocation of the right foot, suffered when an on drum rolled on him in a storeroom at the Enola yards. Railroad officials said Conley under observation with abrasions of the left arm and chest and a possible fracture of the chest bone was bumped against a car at the GI "hump," near Lucknow. He ha? been employed only since January 8 DRIVER INJURED Donald Piatt, 19, 219 South Cam eron street, is in the Harrisburg Hospital today with contusions of the abdominal wall and possible rib fractures, suffered when an automobile struck a pole at Cameron and Magnolia streets.

'V if Jtf Jv? "A and deposit empty tin cans for collection by salvage crews. Another, by Philadelphia Representative Sam uel Rose would make it a misdemeanor to tamper with victory gar dens under a penalty of a $500 fine or a year in prison, or both. Reference to race, creed or color in an advertisement for help is made punishable by a fine of $100 or ten days in jail in a bill by Edwin F. Thompson, Philadelphia Democrat. T.

A. Freed, Republican, Lehigh, proposed to increase old age pensions to $40. Commissioners Hear Assessment Appeals in Lower Dauphin County Comparatively few aDoeals from the triennial assessment of reailty for county tax purposes were filed today with the County Commissioners as they sat in Middletown to hear objections to assessments in Middle-town, Royalton, Conewago, Londonderry and Lower Swatara Townships. This was in considerable contrast with the flood of appellants from a number of city districts, who crowded offices of the Commissioners in the Courthouse all dav ves- terday, protesting an upward revision of their assessments to meet 85 per cent, of the city assessment on their properties. Inequalities in assessments on neighboring properties were cited as the chief reason in today's complaints.

Several of the BDDellants asked for adjustments because they have disposed of part of their hold ings. Tomorrow, the Commissioners will sit in Gernert's Hotel. Millersbure. to hear appeals from residents of MUlersburg, Halifax, Upper Paxton and Halifax Townships. Men Needed for Navy's Construction Battalions Ratings as high as chief Dettv offi cer in more than twenty-five trades and skills are now oDen in the "Spa.

bees," the Navy Recruiting Station at Thirteenth and Market streets, an nounced today. Chief petty officers in the "Spa- Dees," the Navy's construction battalions, draw $188.70 a month. This includes base pay. overseas and rip. pendency allowance, with the pay raie scaling down to $92.80 received by seaman, second class.

ranks are open to men between 16 ana 50, those in the 18-38 bracket will be voluntarily inducted through their local draft boards. Complete information shnnlri ho obtained at the local office immediately, as this policy is in effect only until February 1. Men especially needed are: Longshoresmen, stevedores, checkers, freight handlers, tug and dredge men, waterfront worKers, takers, boatswains, yeomen, ship's cooks, divers, black smiths, carpenters, quarry drillers, engine and shovel operators, pile driver powdermen, linemen, riggers. DiDe lavers. smiths, wharf builders and water tenders.

Applicants are also aerontprf the Navy Recruiting Substation, Koom dui, rost Office, Building. Racketeering Charges Are Probed by Army By United Press ATLANTIC PITY Tan or Military authorities at this shore resort, base for the Army Air Forces technical training command, today began an investigation into charges of possible racketeering in the mili- suppiy Dullness. Mustache Figures in Court Suit International News Servtet JOLIET, 111., Jan. 26. Everett Heath, 31, serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary as a habitual criminal, sought a writ of habeas corpus today on the ground that the Chicago police forced him to shave off a "full grown mustache." Heath asserted he sported the mustache when he was wounded and captured in a gun battle with Chicago police in 1935 near the scene of a holdup.

The police, he said, made him remove the mustache be fore he came into court with the re sult that persons who had reported being held up by a clean-shaven bandit identified him as the man. Begin Study of House Measures Eight House committees went into session this morning to consider State legislation already introduced, as the Democrats in the Legislature raced to head off Republicans in the program that the Republican majority had proposed and is now planning. Most significant of the bills filed by House Democrats last night were measures that would reduce taxes, and Minority Floor Leader Reuben E. Cohen, Philadelphia, offered a resolution which fixes March 1 as the last day for introduction of bills in the House, fifteen days earlier than the Republicans had planned. Cohen also put in a bill which would abolish the State personal property tax of four mills immedi ately, making it unnecessary to pay the tax for 1942, but Republicans pointed out that tax anticipation notes have already been issued against the revenue expected from this form of tax.

The Republicans plan to permit the law to lapse at the end of this biennium on May 30. Republican Assemblyman Morris J. Root, Philadelphia, went further than Republicans had planned, when he introduced a bill to abolish also the four-mill county personal prop erty tax. Tax Exemption Bills A bill by Representative W. J.

Lane, Washington, would exempt housewives from paying the occupation tax, which is twenty-four cents in Dauphin County, and a similar bill by Frances E. Pettit, Washington, would exempt housewives from paying the per capita school tax. Elimination of all night clubs lo cated below street level in Pennsyl vania was proposed in a bill of Rep resentative Herman J. Tahl, Republican, Philadelphia. His measure further would prohibit entertain ment or assemblages in any buildings not of fireproof construction throughout and would require one exit for every fifty seats.

Inflammable decorations would also be pro hibited. Other measures among the fifty- six introduced in the House would raise from $12,000 to $14,000 the an nual salaries of common pleas court judges in judicial districts with populations of more than 250,000 and less than 1,000,000, designed for jur ists in Montgomery, Delaware, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Westmoreland Counties. Establish a flat $10 license fee for all auto permits and reduce license fees for small pickup trucks from $26 prevent discharge of coal silt into the Schuylkill River; per mit the State or municipalities tp take over highways constructed by the Federal Government at the lat- ter's request. Permit first lieutenants and lieu tenants junior grade to serve as no- tarys public for members of the armed forces; make civilian defense workers injured in line of duty eligible for workmen's compensation; empower salary boards to fix the wages of fourth class county sheriff's solicitors; prohibit political can didates from using pictures or names of National, State or local party leaders on the same ad or poster. Impose an annual $25 tax to op erate bingo games and permit fra ternal, charitable, religious and ben eficial organizations, labor unions and post branches or camps to conduct bingo games and award prizes on payment of a $5 license fee; issue free birth certificates to members of the armed forces and dependents.

Establish branch offices in each county to issue motor vehicle 11 censes; provide free hunting and Ashing licenses for members of the armed forces and aged on relief; extend from 1944 to 1946 the deadline for veterans' compensation ap plications; eliminate three-cent State tax on gasoline used for agncultu ral purposes. Make utilities liable for damages resulting from failure or shutoff of power; return workmen's compen sation statutes to 1937 levels; reduce voting age minimum to 18 years. Six Bills From Reese Dauphin County Rpublican As semblyman David P. Reese, in- troducd six bills, all amending the fiscal code. The corporate net in come tax would be made permanent through one of the bills.

The others provide for extension of time in resettlement of taxes and payment by the State of interest on refunds, Three House bills would permit registration of voters by aldermen and justices of the peace. A bill by Representative Earl Chudorr, Philadelphia, would require housewives, under a penalty of a $25 fine or thirty days in jail, to clean, press $27,593 to City From Page One streets, but dedication of an arch at the administration building as the memorial, as then proposed, was rejected. The Legislature of 1939 passed a similar bill but Governor James vetoed it because of lack of avail able funds. The money was orig inally subscribed locally for the reception of returning local soldiers. A bill to increase the salaries of court attendants in Dauphin and other fourth class counties, intro' duced today by Representative A H.

Hocke, York, would boost the pay of court crier3 from $1800 to $2200 a year and tipstaves from $1500 to $2000. Although eight committees of the House met today only one bill was sported out affirmatively. It was the Brothenck measure per mitting school boards to fill va cancies temporarily when a direc tor joins tha armed forces. Lift Gas Books Of 13 Motorists Pleading guilty to charges of violating the pleasure driving ban, thirteen motorists were "grounded" last night following hearings before the Harrisburg Ration Board, 210 North Second street. Board Chairman J.

W. Kline ex plained that "grounding" was accomplished by holding up the ration books of the offending motorists for one or two weeks. Each was furnished with the date on which he could retrieve his book. The hearings served to clarify what Is meant by pleasure driving. One motorist, who was asleep in his car with its motor running, explained he left the motor running to keep warm after parking along the road to rest after working overtime.

The holder of a book, he was advised that this -was "wasting" gasoline since many persons were cold because of the fuel shortage. His case was referred to the Waynesboro board, which issued his book. An empioye of a Harrisburg car owner caused his employer to lose his coupon books until February 7 because the employe stopped to take a girl friend for a ride while on an errand for his employer in the latter's pleasure car. OPA investigators, accompanied by city police, reported they lifted ration books of eighteen motorists and questioned many others Saturday night on the State Street Bridge and in the central city area. They said they lifted only the books of "out-and-out violators of the no-pleasure driving regulations." The second of the series of hearings before the Harrisburg Ration Board, through which more than 150 cases of alleged violations will be cleared, will be held Monday at 8 p.m.

Democratic Women Defer Convention The executive board of the Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women, holding its quarterly meeting today at the Harrisburger Hotel, unanimously voted to defer the annual convention scheduled for June in Altoona, until traveling facilities become more nearly normal. Miss Marion Stone, of Coudersport. president of the Federation, pre sided. MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS Gilbert Bronstein, 27, Boston, and Miriam Stein, 26, Los Angeles, Calif. Edward Hudson, 41, 642 Cumberland street, and Louise Banks, 37, 1506 Drummond street.

Robert L. Zimmerman, 24, Fort Bragg, and Betty P. Brown, 22, Colonial Park. Earl A. Robinson, 25, and Mary E.

Ringland, 24, both of Enola. Warren H. Fisher, 20, Schuylkill Haven, and Dorothy Cline, 19, Wormleysburg. Joseph F. Griffiths, 21, Washington, and Vivian Williams, 21, 1528 North Second street.

Paul A. Bergman, 27, Indiantown Gap, and Lorena M. Erato, 27, Harrisburg. Samuel L. Koons, 25, Harrisburg, and Mildred G.

Fox, 22, Middletown..