Thursday, October 12th, 1939. { D. R. LOVETT IS NAMED | SCOUT LEADER FOR THE NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT | D. R. Lovett, Spangler, was elected chairman of the North Cambria Dis- trict of the Admiral Robert E. Peary | Council, Boy Scouts of America, at a| meeting on Wednesday night of last | week in the Patton fire hall. Lovett was selected by district offi- | cials to succeed George C .Hoppel of | Patton, who served during the last] year. Dr. Harry B. Denny of Spangler, | was elected vice chairman to succeed | Fred B. Buck of Carrolltown. { The men were unanimously elected on the recommendation of the nomin- | ating committee which was composed | of Fred Buck, William F. Blatt and R. W. Johns. Francis X. Young, Patton, district commissioner ,was in charge of the] meeting. He led a discussion on the question of training courses. The dis- trict officials decided to ask council authorities to present elements 1 and elements 2 of the course given by Ro- ger W. Cann, assistant executive. William J. Blatt, district chairman of the organization ,reported that six new troops have been organized in the north county district since the first of the year. He reported that other troops advancing in scouting are earning many merit badges. A committee was appointed to ar- range for a district dinner meeting to be staged next month in the Barnesbo- ro American Legion home. The com- mittee is composed of John Foreman, Bakerton; and R. W. Scollon, Barnes- boro. The Barnesooro auxiliary will serve the dinner. The group also discussed the sus- taining membership campaign to be launched October 17th throughout | Cambria and Somerset counties. The | drive will officially open at a dinner | meeting in Brandon Hotel, Spangler, October 17th. EXTRA SESSION OF LEG- ISLATURE LIKELY NEXT | JANUARY, OR IN JUNE | | Harrisburg.—The Republican floor | leader of the House revived special | session talk the other day with a pre- diction the legislature would be called to meet either next January or June. Representative Robert E. Woodside, (R-Dauphin) said a special session is | still inevitable to provide additional | funds for relief despite improved em- ployment conditions and other favora- ble factors. At the present rate of expenditures | the $121,000,000 appropriated for relief for the present two year period will be | exhausted next spring. { Most legislative leaders contacted | think that January is the earliest that | a session should be called by Govern- | or James, because of the November el- | ections and the holidays. A June call would come after heat of the primaries next year had cleared | and before the fall campaign gets un- | der way. Terms of all 208 members of the | House and half the 50 senators expire | in 1940. | Governor James hopes to avert a| special session and saw one “silver | lining” in the recent supreme court | decision upholding the franchise tax | on out of state corporations. Pennsyl- | vania’s stake in that tax totals ap- proximately $35,000,000. | No governor since 1931 has been ab- | le to get through his four year term | without a special session of the legis- | lature. | OCTOBER MOTOR FATALITY RECORD WORST OF YEAR | | | | | | | | Harrisburg.—The average motorist | in Pennsylvania has less chance of reaching his destination this month] than at any other time of the year. Motor Police Commissioner Lynn G. Adams warned that the month of Oc- tober has been the most dangerous in | point of highway fatalities for the last | two years and urged extraordinary | caution on the part of all drivers. | “Start earlier for that football game. | You will be more likely to get there,” | said Major Adams. | State police records showed that] 298 persons died in highway crashes | + in October, 1937, and 22 in October, | 1938. Major Adams said the explanation of why October is most dangerous is not clear but that the condition is li- kely due to equinoctial rain, slippery leaves and fog more prevalent during the month than at other times during the year. FOREST FIRES BURNED LARGE ACREAGE, 1938 Washington.—Forest fires in 1938 burned over 33,815,100 acres, an area as large as Arkansas, the forest ser- vice reported this week. The fires oc- curred at an average of one every two and a half minutes. 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It was pointed out, summary gives the number of fires however, that improved methods and | for the calendar year 1938 as 232,229, | facilities for detecting and reporting or 47,020, above 1937 and 41,287 above | fires also made for a larger recorded the average for 1934-38, number for the year as compared with The summary showed on the other | Previous years. hand, that the acreage burned over | last year was 624,203 acres below the { OUT OF THE STATE MOTORISTS | five year average, and that the esti- | | mated damage was $1,551,400 below | | the average for the same period. Prolonged spring and summer dry | ARE THE MOST CARELESS, A SURVEY OF DRIVERS SHOWS ulations and dimming of lights, have Harrisburg.—Col. Lynn G. Adams, | spells, which increased abnormally the | Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Mo- | the law is absolutely necessary to s vehicle laws. | Adams further stated that the three; i week study made during all hours of | | the night and day revealed that in ad-| dition to speeding a considerable am- | { ount of improper passing, driving to | the center of the highway, failing to| | yield the right of way, improper turn- | { ing, failure to observe “Stop” sign reg- | | been recorded. | It is pointed out that observance of afe | hazard of fire from all causes, with se- tor Police, the other day said a three | travel. The ratio of accidents to viola- | vere and frequent lightning periods in | weeks survey by police in plain cloth- | tions indicates that in practically every | cited by the Forest Service as | case motor vehicle accidents have been | participants. Colonel Adams further stated that | he has ordered squadron commanders | to bring immediate police concentra- | tion on the highways on which viola- | tions of the law were found to be fre- quent and the provisions of the vehicle code will be rigidly enforced to insure safe travel for all. i EXTEND TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS VICTIMS IN STATE Harrisburg—The state health de- partment is planning to extend chni- ————————— eet cal facilities for treatment of th é ; e y tire sanatoria waiting list of 850 Ay sylvania tuberculosis sufferers, it ig reported, 4 These expansion plans, quietly une der way several months at the instan- ce of Dr. John J. Shaw, state health secretary, were revealed this week when the state authority was confron- ted with the necessity of deciding whee | ther the $2,300,000 state tuberculosis | sanitorium at Butler would be fitte@ from part of a $7,000,000 equipment landscaping bond issue finally approva. {ed by the authority last week. It is now proposed to open the Butler sane atorium next year,
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