Thursday, May 6th, 1943, UNION PRESS-COURIER NEW REFLECTOR TYPE CURB ACTS AS AID TO DRIVERS IN THE FOG Harrisburg.—The hazards of fog] and rain, those two great enemies or | the night driver, are appreciaply re- | duced by the new reiecior type] curbing with which the state hign-| way department is boraering the me- dian strips that separate trartic mov- | ing in opposite directions on new multiple lane roads. With the extended program of | highway construction which will fol- low the war, Secretary John U. Shr-| oyer said, this modern safety meas- | ure is expected to be incorporated in | the principal new roads, tour lanes or more in width, to be built at that time. { The reflector strip, achieves its effect by means of a series of shal- | low scored races in the curbing which | reflect beams from the headlights. | This improvement over the older] type of smooth curbing is doubly ef- | fective in wet weather. | “A smooth, dry white curb, for example,” Secretary Shroyer explain- ed, “will reflect very little light back | to the driver, because most of the] reflected light goes in the opposite | direction. And winen this smooth, | white curb is wet, the beams reflect | back practically no rays at all. In| contrast the corrugated white curb reflects the rays back to the driver, | and the divisor in the center of ihe] pavement becomes clearly visible un- | der either normal or adverse weath- er conditions. “On rainy nights the ‘visibility | thus achieved actually increases, be- | cause the film of water, acting like a mirror on the corrugated surfaces steps up the reflection and empha- sizes the contrast with the road or other surrounding surfaces. What this can mean to the driver will be realiz- ed by every motorist who has had the experience of proceeding cau- tiously over roads dimmed by heavy rains.” To an even greater degree the re- = = | ACRE Shoe Sale | MENS’ and BOYS ENDICOTT-JOHNSON DRESS SHOES $2.98 a "y WE. W.) JOE'S CUT-RATE STORE BARNESBORO THE WAHOO CHALKS UP ANOTHER JAP VICTIM MADE THROUGH THE PERISCOPE of the U.S. submarine Wahoo, this photo shows a torpedoed Jap ship as it starts its final plunge to the bottom somewhere in the Pacific. This enemy vessel was one of eight ships torpedoed and sunk by the Wahoo during a recent, far-ranging patrol. The sub is under the command of Lt. Comm. Dudley W. Morton. This is an official U. S. Navy photo. flecting curb, its advocates say, de- $65 a month to his wife. Through the | creases the periods and uncertainty wife's cousci, Attorney Bruce A. Sci- | of driving through fog at night. Be- | otto, Mrs. veutsch asked Judge Ivan | cause the new divisor curbing in the |J. McKenrick to grant an attacih-| center of the roadway intensifies | ment of Mr. Deutscn’s wages. Judge | both the reflection and the contrast |MciKenrick ruled, however, that wa- with surrounding objects, it serves | ges are not subject to attachment, | as a constant guide to motorists un- [and an appeal was taken to the Su- | (International Soundphoto) Still Fights Nazis der such conditions, not only supply- | preme Court. | ing a line of light which he can ‘ol- | low, but keeping him from groping | past the middle of the road into the | jof wages tiom attachment was not approaching line of traffic. Pennsylvania now has under con-| tract more than 62,000 feet of the privilege upon laborers but was en- | reflector curbing, and is providing | for the use of 70,600 feet of the re. | flector curbing on additional excess | projects expected to be put under | contract within the coming year. | Np WAGES ARE SUBJECT TO | ATTACHMENT IN CASES | OF NON-SUPPORT, RULE Cambria county husbands, who are | under court orders to contribute to the support of their wives or child- | ren, and fail tc do so, may soon find | their wages attached. Acting under a-ruling by Justice Horace Stern of the State Supreme | Court, who set a precedent by de-| claring that wages or salaries of husbands are subject to attachment in non-support cases, Mrs. Lola M. Bennett, chief county probation offi- cer, has declared that she would act to attach, the pay of husbands who refuse to contribute to the support of their families. : “In proper cases where husbands refuse to comply with or ignore the court orders to make payments to their wives or children, I will ask that their pay be attached,” asserted Mrs. Bennett. Justice Stern's decision was hand- ed down in the case of Jacob Deu- tsch, Bethlehem worker, who had | ration certificate may serviceable. specialist. 9. Traveling school official. | | Get yours while you can have a choice of body types and colors I | Additional thousands application for the purchase of new Pontiacs. A person belonging to any of the following groups, if his present car is a 1939 or earlier model, or if his car, irre- spective of age, has been driven over 40,000 miles, and in either case the Rationing Board considers the car not 1. Essential war, hospital or utility worker. 2. Construction, repair, maintenance worker or production 3. Transport four or more to school. 4. Transport farm or marine workers. 3. Physician, veterinarian, interne or public health nurse. « Labor conciliation, recruiting, training workers, 8. Official government or Red Cross business. 10. Member of armed forces traveling to duty. | Additional Thousands Now Permitted to Buy New Poriitres I | | are now eligible to make now be obtained by any I —or, if you want to sell it for —by selling it to us NOW, 6. Minister, priest, rabbi, embalmer. | 7 | | I I | | | TOP PRICES PAID FOR USED CARS (ll America’s essential workers need more and more used cars to keep rolling to work. If your car is not being used for our SPOT CASH and HIGH DOLLAR offer. We are buying «// makes of cars. The cars we are buying are being subjected to a careful checking or reconditioning pro- gram and then because of the volume we are handling, offered for sale at attractive prices. You can help, indirectly, in the war effort—and you can get a big price for your car any reason—see us FIRST WESTRICK MOTOR CO. Sts., Carrolltown Main and Scanlon In his decision Justice Stern de- | clared: “It is argued that the exemption intended merely to confer a personal | acted tor the protection of their em- | ployers as well. This is true, but so- | licitude for the convenience of em-| ployers must give way to the Para. | mount need of society to protect fa- | mily life and the social institution of | marriage. “Indeed, th» exemption of wages | from seizure by creditors was design- | ed largely for the very purpose of | supplying the wants of wife and ot | children.” | ELS Wa | FROST DAMAGE | Considerable heaving of new grass | y seedlings and alfalfa in many locali-| todoulos Gigantes, is in command ties of this state as a result of the| ©f © “sacred squadron” attached alternate freezing and thawing dur- to the British 8th Army in Africa. ing the winter months is reported in The squadron is made up of men the survey of the Federal-State Crop and officers who escaped from Reporting Service, according to the Greece and has helped to hase Secretary of Agriculture Miles Horst. Rommel 3 Afrika Boze from | gv Cool weather during the early spring io Tunisia, ( mierRational) has retarded pasture growth. 7 | THIS BEARDED WARRIOR, Col. Chris- PARTY LINE PHONE USERS CONTRIBUTION TO —Wars need money. This month MAKE buy bonds. WAR EFFORT, SAYS FOHL V- rr Felix Eats ‘Frank’ _ War has increased the number of Pennsylvania families using party- line Bell Telephone service by approx- imately 100,000 since Pearl Harbor, Edward F. Zohl, manager of the Bell Telephone Company, asserts. Greatly increased use of party lines has made it possible to meet the increased demands for war time ser- vice with a minimum of critical ma- terials,, he said. | Nearly 75 per cent if all residential {telephone service in the state is now provided by party lines, Mr. Fohl de- clared. On the basis of the average | size family, this means that approx- [imately 2,700,000 Pensylvanians are | now sharing their home telephone fa- cilities with others. “The telephone is often forgotten when people think of the things they | must share in the war time,” he said. “But the telephone has gone to war just as have new automobiles, tires |and nylon stockings. “Thousands of new subscribers as | well as old subscribers who have mo- ved, have accepted party line service to help spread the existing supply of | telephone service. Many of these sub- | scribers have never had party line | service before and are not familiar lwith the ‘etiquette’ of sharing a line.” The Bell official pointed out three important rules of telephone etiquet- te which should be particularly stres- sed during war time: Be brief; be a good ‘‘telephone neighbor;” and do not make needless calls. “Long conversations are bound to be unfair and inconsiderate to the SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Felix Frankfurter doesn’t mind a pun on his name He is shown eating a frankfurter at the opening of the National Press Club open house can- teen at which boys of all branches of the services are entertained every Saturday. (International) COL. ROOSEVELT ON BOMBED MALTA « GETTING THE LOWDOWN on how air guerillas on war torn Malta in the Mediterranean battle the Axis bombers is Col. Elliott Roosevelt (left), son of the President. He’s watching a British airman load cannon shells into the magazine of an “Intruder” plane, (International) 2Q00OQ0 OOOOOONNOCOOOOOOOONNCINCICICICIIICICIIIONOCOONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I MI PAGE SEVEN A Small Loan ] will clear those old accounts! Why not consolidate your Spring Expenses, such as Painting, Papering, Repairs, Ete., with a Friendly Barnesboro Budget Plan Small Loan. We are ready to offer you a quick, convenient, confidential small loan to help you with your cash problems. Loans up to $300 MAY BE REPAID IN EASY CONVENIENT INSTALLMENTS Prepare Now! Telephone 467 2D OODOOOC Your Second Income Tax Installment Payment is due on June fifteenth — If you are short of cash to meet it on that date —let US help you. Hours: 9 to 5:00 Daily, Except Wednesday Afternoon BARNESBORO BUDGET PLAN, A FRIENDLY LOAN SERVICE TO MEET EVERY NEED Buy War Bonds and Stamps! INC. BARNESBORO IO000000000000O0OLLO0O0COCIONC Modified dirndl, By VERA WINSTON THE MODIFIED dirndl silhou- ette is such a favorite that it automatically makes its appear- ance in almost every collection. This silhouette is used for a little daytime dress of dahlia red crepe with staccato accents of black strategically placed in the insert. ed bands that run both horizon. tally above the hem and vertical ly down either side, There are unpressed pleats at the center front of the skirt. The cuffs are trimmed in black. other users of the line who may be waiting to make an important call,” | he pointed out. “They may also be | cy calls because they are tying up| central office equipment which can only handle so many calls at one time. “Party line users are urged to treat other subscribers as they would | like to be treated themselves. When | a click is heard, indicating another subscriber wants to use the line, the cooperative thing to do is to bring the conversation to a close as soon as possible, just as you would want the other subscriber to do if you had to make the call.” The telephone system is now hand- ling the largest volume of calls in history, many of them vital war calls, the Bell manager said, adding that these calls can only be handled efficiently if all subscribers coopers ate. “We cannot expand our facilities now because of material shortages, he declared, “but we can stretch them to handle the necessary wars time increase in calling by cooperas tion, particularly in keeping callg short. The equipment needed for one fifteen minute call can handle five three minute calls at the same time.* tN DIES AFTER PLUNGE INTO A MINE SHAFT George Krepp, 37, of Franklin, Pa., was injured fatally Thursday morne ing when he plunged 35 feet down a shaft which is being constructed on the Charles Hill farm in Cambria Township. Krepp was rushed to the Colver hospital, where he died late Thursday afternoon of head injuries. The shaft is being constructed by the Williamson Shaft Construction Company of Columbus, Ohio. Krepp was being lowered into the shaft in a bucket shortly before 11 o'clock on Thursday morning when the bucket is said to have struck a time ber, the impact loosening the hook holding the bucket and throwing the man to the bottom. George Krepp was born on Sept. 25, 1905, in Franklin, a son of Geo. M. and Lottie Krepp. He is survived by his widow. 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