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CARMEL ITEM. MOUNT CARMEL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933. PAGE SEVEN SUSPECTS IN FIRE CASE RELEASED Three New York men, picked up night in with the recent destruca police roundup in connection Trevorton Shirt Facdon of the were scheduled to be by fire, released Joseph Lyons of the today. Trooper barracks, State Police, who this section shortly after Reading came been notified that the trio to been taken into custody, said having Morris Sabot, Herhad that the men, and 1 Natti Marigold, had man liven satisfactory reasons why Jaffe they were quizzed the visitors at in the region. Ashland He est night and also at City Hall in Sabot, Jaffe were Shamokin this mortifigold by Chief of Police Frank bicked up Wentzel of Ashland following extended an automobile chase which almost to Gordon.

Wentzel, seeing the Now. York Itate license on motor hailed laining the three men, them stop and when they failed to heed he a machine and followed. Near Cordon, the auto in which the chief of police was riding crowded the other Wentzel car to with the aide drawn of the revolver highway. placed the trio" in custody. According to Trooper Lyons, Sabot is engaged in the silk transportation business, Jaffee 1s an accountant and Marigold claimed Trevorton to be a stockholder in the Shirt Factory, only industry located in the town.

The fire believed to have been caused by incendiaries, threw 300 persons out of employment temporarily. AMARILLO, Texas -Rabbit ears have been ruled out of the budget by economy-minded county commissioners here. Last December the county paid a bounty of five cents on a pair of ears to 15 hunters who. killed 2,000 animals. The bounty was offered in an effort to rid the section of garden corp pests.

The proposition attracted unemployed men, who armed themselves with clubs and dogs. One man alone turned in 800 pairs of ears. NEW PRESIDENT DICTATORIAL OPPOSES PLAN WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, (U.P.)President Hoover was represented today by Republican congressional leaders as unalterably opposed to Democratio plans to invest President-elect Roosevelt with so-called "dictatorial" powers. Mr.

Hoover conferred with House Republican floor leader Snell and Rep. Wood, ranking party member on the appropriation committee, on the drastic proposals to give Mr. Roosevelt a free reduce government expenditures." President on Wednesday expressed his support of the plan approved by the Senate to invest the incoming administration with complete authority to reorganize the Federal departments. However, House Democrats led by Speaker Garner now propose even more drastic powers. They would give Mr.

Roosevelt authority to reduce expenditures on a wide front without requiring, congressional sanction. was the one which Mr. was represented as definitely opposing. ELECTRIC CLOCKS, $1 UP At Fox's Jewelry Store, 108 South Oak Street. 1t SIX DOGS ADRIFT ON FLOATING ICE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb.

10, (U.P)-Six of the 11 dogs that faithfully helped Mischa Charles carry mall over barren Alaskan trails in the north were helplessly adrift in the Bering sea today on a 30-foot cake of ice. The husky malamutes were harnessed to their sled on which was loaded 400 pounds of mail. Charles was attempting to deliver the mail to Nome when the ice-pack split up and carried him out to sea. Charles got ashore, but his dogs and sled were carried out to sea. Jerry Jones, pilot of Alaska Airways, flew over the shifting ice pack and reported that only six of the 11 dogs were with the sled.

FOUNTAIN PENS, $1.00 UP At Fox's Jewelry Store, 108 South Oak Street. 1t THIS CURIOUS WORLD IN THE CUSTOM OF STRETCHING THE LIPS WITH WOODEN DISCS WAS BEGUN IN ORDER TO RENDER THE WOMEN VALUELESS TO OLD ARA8 SLAVE THE DISFIGUREMENT HAS COME TO BE CONSIDERED A MARK OF BEAUTY, BUT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT NOW FORBIDS THE PRACTICE. 1932 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. Secco ELEPHANTS ARE SURPRISINGLY AGILE. THEIR TRACKS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE SUMMIT OF ADAM'S PEAK IN CEYLON, A PEAK THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR HUMANS TO CLIMB.

28,000, 000,000,000,000 WOULD COST FIFTY DOLLARS TO GET EACH WORTH OF GOLD IN THE BUT IT ONE DOLLAR'S WORTH OF IT. THIS CURIOUS WORLD THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE COULD BE WIPED OFF THE EARTH WITH ONLY SIXTY POUNDS OF THE TOXIN WHICH CAUSES THE DEADLY FOOD- -POISONING KNOWN AS BOTULISM. The PATINUM a SEED the ONCE THAT WAS BRICKS SO OF CHEAP IT AVOCADO WERE GILDED AND PEAR FOLD TO UNWARY YIELDS GREENHORNS. INDELIBLE INK. SUSQUEHANNA WANTS A TAX REDUCTION The County Commissioners were visited this morning by representa- re tives of the Susquehanna Collieries Company, who protested against assessments lands in the vicinity of Kulpmont.

Coal Company officials said that 77 acres of the tract, designated as virgin coal lands, are assessed at $1,700 an acre. Other lands in the same tract are assessed at $1,300 an acre. The coal company wants the assessments on the 77 acres reduced 1 to $1,300. The Kulpmont assessor refuses to make the reduction because drop in the assessed valuation at this time would seriously affect the budgets of the borough council and the school board. The Commissioners took the case under advisement.

FILIBUSTER COSTLY TO SOME WIDOWS A Sunbury woman whose pension Congress." The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announced fine sets today that Potts Colliery at Locust Jewelry Dale will resume work tomorrow af1t ter an idleness since the first of (Advertisement). was one of the Incidental casualties of Senator Huey Long's fillbuster has definitely lost her chance of obtaining this relief, it was learned today. Mrs. Harriet Seasholtz, R.F.D. No.

3, is the Sunbury woman who can attribute a direct dollar and cent loss almost directly to Senator Long's fondness for addressing the Senate. No attempt has been made to report the pension item to the calendar and that there probably would be little chance of getting aotion on it if it were reported. The bill for Mrs. Seasholtz's relief along with many others, was passed by the House 'ast session If they are to be considered by the next session these bills must be reintroduced. But even then it is not expected they will receive much consideration because of the condition of the treasury.

A letter received today states: "It begins to look as if a lot of these aged ladies will be beyond the need of aid before they get it from Congress." SILVER SETS We have some unusually at very low prices. Fox's Store, 108 South Oak Street. 48 A BORNEO INDIAN BATAVIA En SURABAYA OCEAN DUTCH BATTLESHIP SEIZED BY MUTINEERS-INDIAN OCEAN Mutiny in the high seas is being enacted as a Sumatran crew pushes the Dutch battleship De Seven Provincien (pictured above) through the Indian ocean. Enraged because their wages had been reduced, they seized the vessel, kidnapped nine Dutch officers and some sub-officers and put out to sea. The entire East Indian fleet is sear ching for the vessel, which is heavily armed.

The map shows Kuta Raja (A) where the vessel was seized and Melaboe (B) where the craft was sighted. POTTS COLLIERY TO WORK TOMORROW THIS CURIOUS WORLD THE FUR OF THE WOLVERINE IS USED TO TRIM THE FRONT OF THE ESKIMO'S HOOD, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CATCH FROST FROM THE HAWAII HAS NO INSECTS THAT POLLINATE THE BLOSSOMS OF THE PINEAPPLE! SUCH AN INSECT WOULD I RUIN THEIR, PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY, FOR WHEN THE The ANAKIN, ARE THE POLLINATED FLOWERS A SMALL BIRD OF CENTRAL THEY PRODUCE FRUIT 'AMERICA, WEARS A CONTAINING HUNDREDS BEARD, OF HARD SEEDS. 6 1933 BY MA SERVICE, INC. THIS CURIOUS WORLD THE OF DESIGN scouT IS THOUSANDS OF IT IS TAKEN FROM THE MARINER'S "SIGN OF COMPASS. THE WLANG NORTH, ON THE CHINESE CLAIM TO HAVE USED THE THE SIGN AS EARLY AS 2634 8.C.

AS LATE AS THE 18TH CENTURY SWALLOWS WERE BELIEVED TO HIBERNATE IN THE MUD AT THE BOTTOM OF STREAMS! TO PROVE THIS THEORY, RED THREADS WERE TIED AROUND THE LEGS OF NUMEROUS SWALLOWS, SOME OF WHICH WERE RECAPTURED THE NEXT YEAR, AND, SINCE THE STRINGS WERE UNFADED, FAITH IN THE BELIEF WAS SHAKEN. a. 1740. BURNED WHEN A TANK EXPLODED 1 Wayne Smith, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Leonard Smith, Beaverdale, employed at Locust Spring Colliery, was burned about the face, forehead and hands yesterday at the Locust Summit breaker. A gasoline tank exploded in an unaccountable manner. I TEMPERATURE WAS DOWN TO ZERO A lot of people don't believe that there is a Santa Claus or an Easter Rabbit, but just the same they will have to believe that we have a Ground Hog and that Sir Ground Hog saw his shadow. On Tuesday, February 2, it was 8 nice, sunny and warm day. Sir Ground Hog came out and looked around and seeing his shadow hurried and ran back to his hole.

A lot of people said, "Oh, that Ground Hog story is bunk." But just the same the Ground Hog said, "Look out for six weeks of terrible weather." Well, it has started. 80 far the Ground Hog has batted one thousand per cent. Last night the temperature went to zero. STORM ISOLATED NEW PENITENTIARY The new Northeastern Penitentiary at Lewisburg today was again connected with the outside world after having been completely lated since Wednesday as a result of seven to eight-foot high snow drifts on all highways in the vithe prison. "Emploves of the State Highway Department succeeded late yesterday in finally opening the roads.

To scores of prisoners at the new penitentiary, those from the South, the recent blizzard was a novelty. They had never before seen any snow. BIGGER AND BETTER 16 Pages of Colored Comics, lucky buck play money, comic cut-outs for the boys and girls and big American Weekly Magazine all with next Sunday's New York American. (Advertisement). GIRLS' CLUB STOPPED POISONING OF DOGS KANSAS CITY, Mo.

(U.P.) Nancy Drew Detective Club, composed of 10 and 11-year-old school girls, put a quick stop to a campaig of dog poisoning in the neighborhood of their school. After 11 pets had been poisoned in one week the girls formed a sort of a "Secret Six" organization. "Our club met every day, discussed all clues and I guess we scared the poisoner away," President Beatrice Peet. PREFER ATHLETICS AND MOVIES TOPEKA, Kan. (U.P)-Athletics and moving picture shows are preferred as entertainment among high school students of the man Memorial Church according to the results of a coducted by the Rev.

questionnaire vaney. Only a small proportion of them preferred dancing and an even smaller proportion liked card games. BREWERY MADE READY ABERDEEN, Wash. (U.P.)-When -and if -beer is legalized--Grays Harbor will have at ery ready. The Old Aberdeen Brewing Company plant, built in is being refitted.

Ernest Bloch, brewmaster of the plant prior to prohibition, was here recently on a visit and may run the new plant. HUNTERS MAY BE BARRED PLANES MISSOULA, Mont. (U.P) The Western Montana Fish and Game Association has announced that it will present resolution to the current state legislative session, urging that hunters and fishermen from using airplanes be prohibited to make trips into the Flathead Lake and Glacier Park districts. SUN LAMP BURNED SALESMAN ABERDEEN, Wash. (U.P.) -F.

L. Meredith, down on 8 bed for bath under salesmanute 8 sun lamp. He fell asleep and awakened three hours later. He was "done brown on both sides" and was taken to a hospital for three days. FIRES OUT AT LEWSBURG Residents of Lewisburg shivered in the cold last night when a break in the big water main forced them to put out the fires.

Students in the dormitories at Bucknell University went to sleep in their overcoats. PRINCIPAL'S CAR DYNAMITED ORENCO, looked for a disgruntled pupil when someone entered the garage of W. Harader, principal of the Orenco school, and blew the engine of his automobile to bits with dynamite. HELPED ALONG KJERULF--You say you came to this country from Moscow. Were your parents Russian? BJSCZ-You bet they were rushin'.

I guess you'd be rushin' too if you had a squad of soldiers with fixed bayonets helping you out of the RIGOR MORTIS MOB What's all dish yer talk Ah hears erbout habbin' anudder moratorium? What's moratorium? EPH-Ah dunno exactly, but Ah believes hit am one of dese yer, places whar buries people when dey's -Pathfinder. Grossman': New Spring DRESSES In Prints and Solid Color Combinations. Very fine qualities at $5.98 Early Showing of New Models in SPRING HATS In All the Gay Colors. $1.49 $1.98 $2.49 New Models in Corselettes, with or without inner belts. $2.00 Sizes 32 to 50 New Garter Belts, in Satin and Crepe de Chine .07 50c Women's Pure Silk Slips, Chemises, Dance Sets and Half Slips Beautifully lace trimmed.

$1.00 Special "Economy" Full Fashioned Pure Silk Stockings -Service or Chiffon Weights. All Special, Colors. Pair 49c "Wear-Right" Chamoisuede Gloves-Close Special, Out- Pair Values to $1.50. Cel 25c the new year. Approximately 800 men are employed at the operation.

Announcement at the same time was made tha both sides of Locust Summit central breaker would be operated tomorrow for the first time in several months. There will be one shift. Name Guardian For Bride In Divorce Suit (Continued from Page One) year old legal ward. Three Other Suits Divorce business experienced somewhat of a spurt in Northumberland County in the past when three new actions were started at the office of Prothonotary Clyde D. Boden.

Mrs. Eva V. Baskin of Sunbury, brought action against her husband, George W. Baskin on grounds of desertion in 1930. They formerly lived at Tharptown, and were married there in 1917 by the Rev.

J. F. Brown, formerly of that place and now of Sunbunry. Two children were born to the union. The couple resided at Tharptown, Shamokin, Milton and Sunbury.

Beatrice E. Sharer of Dewart, brought suit for divorce against her husband Henry Shearer. They were married in 1924, and resided with his parents at Williamsport. She declares that they made it so unpleasant for her and were always trying to persuade her to leave that she could stand it no longer, and left. The third action was James Bickford versus his wife Frieda on ground of intolerable treatment.

Marriage License Licensed to wed Alex Narcavage of Kulpmont and Jennie Witouskie, of Keiser. DAN. H. SMITH. NATIVE OF MAHANTANGO, DIES Daniel Harvey Smith, of Shamokin, a native of Mahantango Valley, died at the Geisinger Hospital in Danville.

Death was due to an abscessed lung, the aftermath of an attack of pneumonia. He had been a resident of Shamokin the past 35 years and was employed in the mines. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Godmanskey with whom he lived, three brothers, Nate and William, of Michigan; Frank, of Valley View, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schlegel, of Valley View, and Mrs.

Alice Steeley, of Gratz. Funeral services will be held on Saturday. FOOTBALL RULES Feb. 10 (U.P)-The Inter-Collegiate Football Rules Committee, will meet this afternoon for the first conference of their threeday session. Walter Okeson, recently appointed chairman of the con.mittee, will preside.

If any changes in the football rules are made, although few are expected, they will be made before this group of men, who alone have the authority to regulate the gridiron code. The committee, which is composed of delegates representing various districts throughout the coutry, includes: Amas Alonzo Stagg, former coach at the University of Chicago, and Fielding H. Yost, Michigan, middie western states delegate. Wilmer G. Crowell, Swarthmore, will represent the Middle Atlantic states: William J.

Bingham, New England; H. J. Stegeman, Southeastern; X. Bible, Missouri Valley: Ray Morrison, Southwestern; C. H.

Smith, Mountain state, and W. 0. Hunter, Pacific Coast W. 8. Langford, is secretary of the committee.

The net cost of the World War to the United States was $27,600,000 per day; including loans to the Allies, the sum rises to $38,500,000 dally. Stock Market Noon Summary NEW YORK, Feb. 10.00 (U.P)-Stocks moved narrowly around their best levels of recovery in the early dealings as traders awaited publication of the January unfilled order statistics of the United States Steel Corporation. Few traders were willing to take an important position in the Market until this major news item was of the way and as a result dealtings through the first off two from hours reshowed a sharp falling cent levels. making Steel an Common early fell gain to of after point to and similar movements oCcurred in other leading shares.

Agricultural issues were moderately lower on overnight reduction of the preferred dividend by J. I. Case. Gold mining issues were Armer. The 1932 report of the American Telephone Telegraph Co.

ing profit to $7.82 a capital share, dividend requireequivalent, ments of $9 a share, had been discounted and the stock moved narrowly around its previous levels. Wall Street read President Walter S. Gifford's annual statement to mean that the current dividend would be continued at next week's meeting of the board. Colliery Working Time Working Saturday P. R.

C. 4 I. CO. Bear Valley. Ellangowan.

Gilberton. Locust -(Only Shaft, West Spring and Main Gap Sections). Locust Summit-(Twe Sides, One Shift), Maple HIlL Potts. St. Nicholas-(Two Sides, One Shift).

SUSQUEHANNA. Pennsylvania. Richards-(No. 1 Slope Only). LEHIGH VALLEY Packer No.

I. MADEIRA, HILL Colonial. LAVELLE Mowry. NORTHUMBERLAND Enterprise. STEVENS Cameron.

Trout Run. RING NECKLACE SETS In all birthstones--fine selection up. Fox's Jewelry Store, 108 South Oak Street. 1t (Advertisement). Fire At Johnstown JOHNSTOWN, Pa.

Feb. 10 (U.P)Johnstown and nearby borough Aremen suffered frota the zero weather today while fighting fire which damaged the H. H. Cupp store and building and the Tremont hotel here. Loss was estimated at $60,000.

CLASSIFIED Advertising LOST FOR SALE -Heaters, kitchen stoves, desks, iron beds from $1 up. Violins and pianos. We buy and sell second hand furniture. Apply to B. Ambrose, Second and Beech streets.

Phone. ad 1t FOR SALE-4-burner gas stove with controlled oven. Cheap. Good dition. 8-piece Dining Room Suite and 12 sq.

yards linoleum, 125 West Third Street. ad FOR SALE- -Genuine Estate Heatrolas at very low prices. Closing out our entire winter stock. Buy, Hack's now and save. Easy terms.

Hardware, 8 North Oak street. 8 3t FOR SALt Seven bird's-eye maple suite; cheap for quick sale. Call at 142 south Grape street. ad 7 40 FOR RENT FOR RENT--Two rooms facing Oak street, suitable for offices. Apply Hack's Hardware, 8 North Oak street.

ad 8 8t FOR RENT-Desriable home, good location, reasonable. rent. Apply at 52 South Vine street. ad 8 W'ANTED POSITION WANTED--A middle aged woman wants a position as keeper or work by day. Apply to Box 1954, Care The Item.

ad 9 Certified Motor Oil, 15c Qt. Two quarts for 25c; 48c at the E. M. Lewis Store, 29 North Oaks Street. Bring your can.

10 (Advertisement). FINAL DAYS HURRY TO The BOOTERY'S Clearance Sale Hundreds of Women's New Seasonable Slippers $1.49 Values to $2.95. Short Lots. A Fine Selection of Styles at $2.49 Values to $5.00. Women's Full Fashioned Silk Hose 48c The finest in the city 1 this price The BOOTERY 6 So.

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