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New War Classes To Start Snowstorm Hits Scrap Drive In Zone 7 Tomorrow York County Nearly three inches fell until 5 p. m. Transportation facilities uninterrupted. Streets blocked off for sledding. The snowstorm which covered most of the United States late Wednesday and Thursday struck York Pmmtv nhnnt 3-4 nVW-lr Auxiliary Police will collect paper and other scrap.

Other scrap collection dates Hlsted. Members of the Auxiliary Police of Zone 7 are planning a scrap drive tomorrow starting at 1 o'clock. Thomas Mills and Dr. Harry Conway are in charge. Paper in any form or any other kind of scrap will be collected.

C. Kennth Shanaman, assistant chairman of the local Salvage committee, announced that the Betsy Ross School PTA is planning a scrap campaign for Feb. 18. Children of the Madison school in a recent drive collected 14,320 7 -(jyfe 1 )ti pounds of paper, 140 pounds of rags and 2700 pounds of iron. Air raid wardens of Zone 2 conducted a recent collection and contributed 1445 pounds of waste paper, 16,951 pounds, of newspaper, 23,070 pounds of cardboard cartons, 457 pounds of rags and 860 pounds of iron for the waF effort.

Pine Street school pupils also recently collected 5,500 pounds of paper. Mr. Shanaman emphasized the need for these materials and urged more and better cooperation. He noted a health hazard involved in placing for collection papers, which have been used for food and might be smeared with food remnants. Such paper is not to be placed for collection.

The chairman further asked that all groups planning to conduct drives in the near future contact him at City hall, so that scheduled times in the same sections of the city will not coincide. Delinquency Cause Traced To Parents "Back of every delinquent child is a delinquent parent; behind every broken youth is a broken Photo by The Gazette and Daily mechanics, fundamental principles of mechanics and strength of terials; die design II, advanced types of dies and punch press accessories; qualifying mathematics for engineering courses, basic principles of algebra, geometry, and trigonometric functions; foundations of engineering mathematics (algebra and trigonometry), heat, and electricity; applied engineering mathematics algebra and trigonometry; applied engineering mathematics II, analytic geometry, calculus, and differential equations. All courses are tuition free and 'sponsored by the United States "Office of Education. The only cost to the student is for text material. It is required that the registrant be a high school graduate or that he supply an industrial equivalent.

Beginning Monday, new evening classes of the Pennsylvania State College Engineering, science, and management war program in York at the William Penn Senior High school and at the Y. C. will open at 7 o'clock under the direction of Charles W. Rutschky, administrative head and instructor in foundations and engineering. Persons may register any course offered Monday evening when the courses for the next 15-week period will be opened and organized.

Each class meets two evenings a week and lasts three1 and a half hours. The picture above shows Yorkers studying the fundamentals of electrical engineering during a previous course. The courses offered by the Pennsylvania State college extension service include: In dustrial involving the basic principles and techniques of accounting, and corporation and manufacturing accounting; chemistry, technical chemical analysis and testing teaching techniques and methods of analysis; drafting, engineering drafting teaching the basic principles and practices; engineering drafting II, involving visualization, single and double auxiliary projection, layout and detail drawings; industrial drafting practices, machine drawings, limits and tolerances, and detail layouts; fundamentals of electrical engineering; industrial electronics, industrial applications and characteristics of electron tubes; engineering, industrial organization and management, teaching the fundamental principles; tool design theory underlying the design of jigs and fixtures; applied home" declared Mrs. Benjamin Steinfelt, chairman of the Family-Parent Education committee of St. Joseph's Parish council, during a session held Thursday night in the school hall.

Mrs. Steinfelt continued that she thinks it important for every mother who flatters herself be-" cause she is aiding the war effort, to discover whether she is working because of a patriotic urge, or m- for the love of money. She further contended that recreation halls alone will not solve the youth problem, but the parents of the children themselves must spend more time with their offspring, so that they will not feel neglected. Mrs. J.

Eck, chairman of the Publicity committee, asked members to volunteer for home i nursing classes, sponsored by the Red Cross, which are to be start-ed in the near future. Mrs. A. E. Tyson, president, who was in the chair, appointed the following nominating committee: Mrs.

Benjamin Steinfelt, Mrs. J. J. Eck and Miss Esther Laity. The group will meet next March 9 when they will stage a Pollyanna social.

Price Panel Calls Furniture Merchant "FlagrantViolatorOfOPARegulations" yesterday, morning and deposited nearly three inches of light, -powdery snow until five p. according to the official weather observer. Most of the snow fell during the early morning, but spasmodic falls were still con tinuing at an early hour this morning. Local transportation facilities suffered little with the York Bus company keeping their lines in operation without much difficulty. The York Cab and Taxi company was refusing all calls of the non-emergency variety and were only making calls to the railroad station, hospitals and the like.

Trains were reported running in and out of York on schedule. The State Highway department reported that the Susquehanna trail and all main county roads were being cleared by 209 men and 71 pieces of equipment. No automobile accidents resulting from the storm were reported. As usual children, big and little and young and old, took to their sleds almost at the crack of dawn and were at it all day. Several areas were blocked off by the city police, and patrolled by them for the use of sleigh riders but long before the deadline at 10 o'clock, most of the streets designated for this use were deserted.

There was some sledding last evening on Hartley street from Pine street to College avenue. This area was being patrolled by residents of the section. Other sections blocked off "were: Lehman, street from Market to Edison, Manor street from Maple to King's Mill road; Locust street from Hawthorne street to Richland avenue; Madison street from Penn street to Hartley street and Belvidere avenue from Texas to Pennsylvania avenue. Claims' Officer Was Discourteous To Him Robert Schwartz, 248 East College avenue, who was stopped by Officer William Farrel at Manor and Lafayette street last evening when he attempted to drive through the street which was blocked off for sledding, complained to the Gazette and Daily last night that the policeman was discourteous to him and asked him several personal and unnecessary questions. Schwartz further claimed that Farrel threatened him with a summons and that when he went to police headquarters to complain about the treatment he received he got no satisfaction.

When questioned about the case, Officer Farrel said that Schwartz was trying to drive through the blocked-off area at about 25 miles an hour and when he, Farrel tried to flag him down he kept blowing his horn. Farrel further stated that when asked for his operator's and' owner's license, Schwartz could not produce the latter and demanded 24 hours to do so. Farrel said that he considered holding hte car until he ascertained who the owner, was but since Schwartz had his "wife and child with hint, decided to let him go. Lieut. Charles Sweigert who talked to Schwartz at City hall said that he "set him straight" on the law, telling the driver that a policeman may stop a car and ask for licenses whenever he deems it necessary and that any 24-hour leeway given to produce an owner's card is at the courtesy of the officer and is not law.

Condition Of Auto Victim Satisfactory The condition of Jacqueline Boyd, seven, 414 East King street, who is a patient at the York hospital, was reported as satisfactory by hospital attaches last night. The Boyd youngster sustained a fracture of the right leg and a fracture of the lower jaw Thursday evening when struck by an automobile operated by Eln G. Snyder, York R. D. 5.

Lewis Schell, operator of the Yorktowne Furniture company, 25 North Penn street, was termed "a wilful and flagrant violator of OPA regulations" last evening at the weekly. Price Panel Board meeting. As the result of two accusations against, him, his case will be turned over to the law enforcement office of. the OPA for criminal prosecution. Schell was asked to report for a hearing last week at the Old City Hall building but failed to appear.

It was testified he had sold a used washing machine at a price way beyond the ceiling. This week he could not be contacted by the Price Panel secretary, but another similar charge was brought against him, resulting in the board's decision to refer his case to law enforcement authorities. Robert W. Lauer, operator of The Electric Shop, 210 West Market street, refunded $39.50 to a complainant, who charged that he had purchased a the ceiling price of which was approximately $12, from him for $39.50. Mr.

Lauer claimed that he was not aware that there were ceilings on radios, which statement the board discounted on the grounds that it is the duty of every merchant to inform himself of the OPA regulations on salable articles. Another Discussions Still Continue In Smith Co. Strike Results of yesterday's conferences regarding the walkout at Mrs. Smith's Pie company could not be learned by early this morning. Lengthy discussions between Edward Taggert, business representative of Philadelphia Local No.

6, Bakery and Confectionery Workers, A. F. of Ernst Struck-man, plant and production manager of the company, were held in the presence of Robert Thompson, representative of the State Mediation Bureau, in an effort to straighten out the difficulty, which is said to have arisen from a desire on the part of local employees for an 82C hourly raise in pay. This demand, which was reported to be the reason for the management's failure to sign a union contract, is based on the wage scale of the company in Philadelphia and Pottstown." 12-Year-Old Boy Struck By Auto Donald Dietz, 12, 463 Salem avenue, suffered slight leg injuries when he was struck by an automobile about 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning at the intersection of King and Hartley streets, according to city police. Edwin F.

Slagle, 1414 West Poplar street, told police that he was driving east on King street as the left front fender of his car struck the boy, who was walking from the south to the north side of the street. Slagle said that he was not driving more than ten miles per hour. The boy was taken to the offices of Dr. L. S.

Landis, 454 West Market street, for treatment. in changing to special work clothes. The union is also seeking representation on the War Meat Board. Jobs to do have fun too Wear the gallant Navy Blue Join the VAVES case against Mr. Lauer is pending.

The board reserved judgment in a case against a seller of a treadle-type sewing machine, which had been converted into an electric machine. It. was deemed necessary that an additional investigation be conducted into the improvements made before a. correct ceiling could be estimated. The importance of reporting discrepancies between ceiling prices and purchasing prices was emphasized by board members, who stated that it was equally as necessary that violators in the.

sale of inexpensive articles be discovered and corrected as those who sell more valuable merchandise. It was noted that few complaints have been received regarding grocers, although it is known that there are many persons in this strata, who are guilty of disobeying the law. The Price Panel secretary reported that new grocery ceiling prices are being sent out of Harrisburg Feb. 15, to be delivered before Feb. 21, and to go into effect no later than Feb.

22. The board stated that, contrary to the belief of a number of persons, the Western National Bank is not involved in any violation of OPA but discounted a note without knowing that it involved a ceiling price violator. Gazette And Daily) are getting less pay than unskilled workers in other war industries." The packers' claim that without price increases they cannot afford to pay higher wages and improve conditions is refuted according to Clark, by the fact that "they are making triple the profits they did before the Clark and a delegation are here seeking action on a case before the WLB (War Labor Board) calling for a 10 cents per hour general wage increase, reclassification of job rates and pay for time spent OFFICES CLOSED TODAY All offices in the court house, l. tne city treasurer oince ai uiy hall and banks throughout the city and county will be closed today in observance of Lincoln's birthday, a national holiday. No local event has been planned to mark the anniversary of the great emancipator's birthday.

11 -Inch Snowfall In Mid-West. Four Deaths Laid To Storm UP) Heavy snowstorms swirling over the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states and sub-zero cold in the Midwest brought "the most severe weather of the winter to a large section of the United States last-night (Friday). With the Midwest already buried under a snowfall ranging up to 11 inches, the storm was general east of Chicago and especially heavy in the Northeast. Snow and freezing rain lashed the area from southern New Jersey south to Atlanta. Three deaths in Illinois and one in Indiana were attributed to the storm.

In New York, one man died of suffocation and burns when his apartment was destroyed by a fire which was fanned by the high winds; and another collapsed and died while walking through the snow. Planes were grounded in Chicago and New York. Trains were delayed, highway travel impeded and schools in many midwestern states closed. Union Charges Meat Packers Attempt To Provoke Strike (Special To The Washington, Feb. 11 The manpower crisis in the Nation's meat packing industry is threatening severe meat shortages, President Lewis J.

Clark, of the United Packing House Workers, CIO, declared today. The crisis, he asserted, is caused by bad working conditions and low wage policies in the industry which are driving workers to other industries. He charged that his union members "are working 70, 80, 90 and in some cases as much as 120 hours a week," and that "in many instances these highly skilled men.