The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 20

TWENTY THE EVENING NEWS, HARRISBURG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937 Governor Earle Heads Welcoming Party for New Plane Service With the landing of a giant twin-motor Douglass plane at the Harrisburg Airport yesterday, air transport and mail service was resumed. welcoming party, is shown at the left, reading a letter of greeting from the president of the New York Chamber of Commerce, which arrived on their son, Ralph. At the right is a view of the big ship taken shortly after it landed. Pennsylvania Builds New Type of Locomotive Heralding a new era of faster builders throughout the country, is above. The locomotive is capable to By United Press PHILADELPHIA, June new streamlined steam locomotive, capable of equaling the speed and power of electric engines in pulling fourteen-car passenger train at 100 miles an hour, is being developed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was disclosed today.

President Martin' W. Clement announced that engineers will combine P. U. C. FAVORS CUT IN INCOME From Page One clusions drawn by the witness.

Because of lawyers engagements and other circumstances, the next hearing may not be held until some time in July, on a day to be agreed upon by the attorneys. Today's hearing, confined largely to book record testimony given from Clark's Ferry reports over a period of, years by the Commission's chief accountant, Roger McShea, did not deal directly with the toll rates charged by the bridge company. Nor was anything said about an attempt to revalue the bridge. Largely, it had to do with the company's income status, its fluctuation and degree of certainty. Hull objected to going on with the hearing today, contending the Commission has no right or authority while to start long this new pending ings, a case is awaiting action by the State Superior Court on appeal but he was overruled.

In that pealed rate case, the bridge company is giving bridge patrons receipts in the amount of their toll payments, so if it is held later that the tolls must be cut as of May, 1937, the receipt slips can be turned back to be redeemed for the difference between what the patrons should have paid and what they actually Accountant McShea's testimony dealt with annual income and expense, how with two or three exceptions in the last decade, it had reached or exceeded the allowed 7 per cent. and how the company was able to pay off approximately half its $450,000 bond issue in a comparatively few years. Will Hold Supper The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wormleysburg Fire Company will hold a covered dish supper tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock in the town hall. The regular meeting will follow. train schedules than any now regularly now engaged in developing an entirely hauling fourteen-car passenger car improvements in design and efficiency with the basic features of the present standard coal burning locomotive to produce an engine capable of pulling the car load--a weight of 1200 tons--at sustained speeds of twenty-five to thirty miles an hour faster than the present type.

'It is expected that this locomotive will combine power, speed and econ- Bookkeeping Award For Resta Penland MISS RESTA PENLAND The highest bookkeeping award the school year, a gold pin, has been awarded to Miss Resta a member of the June promotion class at Camp Curtin Junior High School. Miss Penland is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.

Penland, 1518. North Sixth street. A silver pin was seconals to Miss Betty Rowe for honors, and a bronze pin to Doris Yoffee for third honors. Bookkeeping certificates of proficiency were awarded to the following high ranking students: Helen Borlo, Lucille Braxton, Florence Deckert, Mary Grissinger, Catherine Houck, Resta Penland, Betty Rowe, Marian Thomas, Mary Warfel, Elaine Witten, Genevieve Guyer, Dorothy Heckman, Kenneth Barr, Doris Broadley, Ida Bryson, Leroy Depew, Daniel Ernst, Jerry Hartz, Philip Heminerdinger, David Maeder, Winifred Reeves, Catherine Wallace, Yoffee, Ruth Yoffee. Robert Richard Grimes, Betty Dorian a Irvin.

Grace Kugle, Robert McDonel, Leroy Rhine, Mary Ross, Paul Showers, and Josephine Tyson, Meredith Ashby, Florence Berkheiser, James Bolash, Lewis Clionsky. Helen Levine, John Wireman, Betty Hand, Evelyn Laudermilch land Virginia Helsley. attained, the Pennsylvania Railroad, in conjunction with locomotive new and distinctive type of steam locomotive such as the one pictured trains, 1200 tons of steel, at sustained speeds of 100 miles an hour. omy of operation to a degree Chicago and St. Louis.

The railbefore achieved and will anticipate road will be electrified east of railroad locomotive development for Pennsylvania State Capital the time the new engines are completed. years to come," he said. Engineers of the Baldwin, AmerOfficials hope to complete con- ican and Lima locomotive comstruction of the first of the new panies are joining with railroad oflocomotives, to be known as "The ficials in designing the new engine, Pennsylvania withitha rail- which will be the same height and road's Altoona shops service year. as the present standard locoThey will be put into motive, but ten to fifteen feet through trains between Harrisburg longer. Dies From Heart Attack A's She Works in Kitchen OBITUARY Seized with a heart attack as she worked in her kitchen, Mrs.

Martha J. Laverty, 68, wife of Clayton W. Laverty, died suddenly West yesterday; afternoon at her home, lane, Enola. Dr. Edward A.

Haegele, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County coroner, announced the cause of death. In addition to her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. M. F. Rockey, New Cumberland; Mrs.

V. P. Coble, Lewisberry; Mrs. Mary Laverty, Pottstown, and Mrs. Leroy Sites, Enola; five Charles Jacob N.

and Abram' F. Laverty, Enola; Harvey W. Laverty, Harrisburg, and Paul H. Laverty, town. Twenty-six grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at o'clock at the Musselman funeral home, 324 Hummel avenue, Lemoyne. Rev. John Rice, pastor of the Enola Lutheran Church, will officiate, and burial will be in the Stone Church Cemetery. The body may be viewed tomorrow evening at the funeral parlors, MRS. EDWARD HARTWICK Mrs.

Margaret Hoyler 67, wife of Edward A. Hartwick, died at 9 o'clock this morning at her residence, 27 South Fifteenth street. Surviving besides her husband are two sons, J. Edward Hartwick, Camp Hill, and Albert G. Hartwick, Wilkinsburg; three sisters, W.

A. B. Miller, Harrisburg; Mrs. Emory Kain, York; Mrs. A.

Kline, Richmond, two brothers, John G. Hoyler, Richmond, and Andrew Hoyler, Harrisburg, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence Friday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.

ARTHUR S. FIELDS, SR. Funeral services for Arthur S. Fields, 341 Muench street, who died Monday night at his home, will be held 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the residence. The Rev.

John C. Spivey, pastor of the Monumental A. E. Church, of Steelton, will officiate, and burial be in the Lincoln Cemetery. Flower Garden in New Cumberland I With peonies in full bloom in the yard at her home, 136 East Fifteenth street, New Cumberland, Mrs.

Melvin Holmes is spending much of her time working in her spacious Mrs. Holmes is shown above with her granddaughter, Jacqueline Curry, in the center of the peonies. Witness Signing of Full Crew Bill 0378 Governor Earle, who headed an official the plane. With him is Mrs. Earle and SCORE INJURED AS 500 PICKETS, WORKERS CLASH PATERSON, N.

June wild riot at of the Little Laundry then strike nearby Little Falls early today between twenty and thirty persons injured, several seriously, fifty automobiles damaged by stones hurled by the rioters. About 250 workers and a siminumber of strikers took part the melee which ended only police tossed tear gas bombs streams firemen directed high-pressure of water upon the fight- Three women were injured so seriously that they were rushed to hospital. Immediate cause of the battle not clear. However, groups strikers began gathering the plant, scene of CIO-organlizing activities recently, early morning, The laundry company loyal employes previously had granted injunctions prohibit-liff picketing, demonstrations or interference with workers. The trouble when the workers arrived to find the strikers the scene.

Fifty automobiles which had about borne the workers were ranged the premises. Practically every vehicle suffered some damage when rocks were thrown clubs wielded by the battling Sporadic fist-fights, individual first, spread rapidly until handto-hand struggle was in progress. The battle raged only a short Here is a scene in the Governor's office as Governor Earle signed the full crew bill yesterday. Seated are, Secretary of the David L. Lawrence (left), and Governor Earle.

Standing, first row, 1 left Commonwealth to right: H. Kiefer, secretary of the Brotherhood of Firemen; B. H. Winegartner, chairman of the Charles Brotherhood of Engineers; H. O.

Cook, of the Order of Railway Conductors: W. J. Major, man of the Order of Railway Conductors; Washington, vice-chairman of the Brotherhood secretary, of chair- Firemen; State Senator William Eroe, Joseph Hughes, secretary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; G. B. Rowand, chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; Mrs.

Edith. Landis, chairman of the women's auxiliary to the Brotherhood Railway Trainmen, Representative Matthew Welsh. Rear row: Secretary of Revenue John B. Kelley, J. A.

Fox, legislative chairman for the Brotherhood of Firemen; Representative Peter P. Reising, Representative Frank Fitch, Representative J. P. Moran, and Harry C. Walsh, vicechairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

Car in Which Woman Met Her Death Mrs. Veronica Kvederavich, 50, shown above in the foreground, tire blew out. The second car, in the background at the right. before police, sheriff's ties and firemen were at the scene. After driving back the fighters with the tear gas and water, SherGavan succeeded in dispersing both factions by reading the riot act.

MOTOR TO MERCERSBURG HERSHEY, June A. Bowman Snavely and Mrs. A. T. Heilmanamotored to bring Mercersburg, their sons, MeClyde Snavely and Charles Heilman, are students Mercersburg Academy, for their Summer vacation.

Charles Heilman has accepted a position with the Phila. Toboggan Company, in the Hershey Park. of Seltzer City, Schuylkill County, collided with another machine in the which Glendon Hoover, 34, of this Farmers Field Day to Be Held at Penn State The annual farmers' field day at State College will be held Thursday, June 11. The farmers attending will be taken on bus rides over the college farms and in the afternoon, the fourth annual rural chorus contest will be held. Dauphin County farmers who are planning to visit the Kylertown pasture experiment, thirty-five miles west of State College, will meet at 2.30 o'clock on June 10 at the college beef cattle barn, DAIRY GROUP TO MEET C.

R. Gearhart. State College dairy specialist, will speak on the advantages of recording identity, pedigree and production perform- was killed yesterday, when the car, Jonestown Progress, after a city, suffered minor injuries, is shown in lance of cattle at the annual meeting of the Dauphin County Dairy Herd Improvement Association to be held at Tuesday evening at the at Ray Shoemaker farm near Progress. Friends may call between 2 and 9.30 p. m.

today at the home. Surviving are one son, Arthur Fields, a city policeman; one niece, Mrs. Pearl Smith, and a granddaughter. MRS. LAURA K.

CRANFORD Following a long illness, Mrs. Laura K. Cranford, 85, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 82 Front street, West Fairview. She is survived by four sons, Luther Fairview; Clayton Harrisburg; Russell Camp Hill, and Forrest Harrisburg: two daughters, Miss Catharine Cranford, at home, and Raymond Moore, Hollywood, Calif. Sixteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence, with the Rev. J. Schmitt, pastor of the West Fairview United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Enola Cemetery. The body may be viewed tomorroxt the evening residence.

from 7 to CHARLES R. GILL Charles R. Gill, 2006 Penn street, died yesterday at a local hospital. was 27 years old. He is survived by his mother, Minnie sisters, all Gill; of five this brothers and 'three city.

Private, the funeral services will be held Hoover funeral home, 1413 North Second street tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. William M. Taylor, pastor of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Paxtang Cemetery.

The body may be viewed tonight at the funeral home. Approval Given Sale of Carlisle Trucking Line The Public Utility Commission today approved the application of Samuel A. Line, Carlisle trucker, and the Daily Motor Express, also of Carlisle, providing for sale of Line's trucking equipment and business to the motor express company. Line has been transporting property in Carlisle and within a threemile limit of the borough limits as well as household goods within la twenty- mile limit. The motor firm had had the right to transport property between this city and Mt.

Holly Springs by way of Mechanicsburg and Carlisle and meat between Harrisburg and points in Cumberland and Adams Counties. Members of Seiler School Graduating Class Perry County Sabbath School Group to Meet LOYSVILLE, June Paul Shull, Lewistown; the Rev. J. S. Stambach, Shermansdale, and A.

D. Gougler, Middleburg, will address the annual convention of District County Sabbath School Association, on Sunday in the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, The delegates will be welcomed by C. B. Dunkleberger, superintendent of the host Sunday School.

Prof. A. M. Bolze will deliver the response. Members of the graduating class of the Seiler School, who received diplomas at commencement exercises at the school yesterday afternoon, are shown here.

They are, seated, left to right: Miss Mary Elizabeth Vance, Miss Jeanne Elizabeth Reist, Miss Peggy Magoun and Miss Jane A. Traver. Standing: Miss Virginia Leiby, Miss Blanche Hicks, Miss Catherine Jane Zimmerman and Miss Molly Vorse. Prominent Members of Symphony Society at Board Meeting Among the prominent members of the Symphony Society of Harrisburg, who attended the annual meeting of the board of directors yesterday at the Civic Club, were, left to right: Mrs. John C.

Reed, Mrs. William E. Wright, Mrs. James M. Cameron, vice-president; Mrs.

Arthur H. Hull, president; Mrs. Vance C. McCormick, vice-president; George King Raudenbush, conductor; Mrs. Martin W.

Fager, secretary, and Mrs. Robert Hall Craig, chairman of the Women's Committee,.