MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1943 POTTSTOWN MERCURY, POTTSTOWN, PA. Phone 2263 PAGE THREE 100 Persons Injured In Gas Truck Blast PORT MYERS. Dec, 5 A loaded gasoline truck exploded on a city street here tonight, injuring 100 persons in a crowd that had gathered after the vchicle and another truck collided. Forty- eight of the injured were reported seriously hurt. Great sheets of flames belched from the truck and sprayed over the crowd.
Every available ambulance and private car was pressed into service to rush the Injured to Lee Memorial hospital. Many victims were suffering from shock and severe burns. One of the patients was a 14- months-old baby who was still clasped in the arms of his aunt, Mrs. Stella Williams, of Fort Myers. The name was listed as Darrell Conrad Williams.
The force of the blast ripped out all of Fort Myers communications lines. Soldiers from nearby Buckingham Air Field were rushed to the scene to help remove the injured to the hospital. Eyewitnesses said a sheet of flame 400 feet high gushed from the truck and blazing oil fell over a wide area Funeral services for HELENA RHOADS, of 64 SOUTH EVANS STREET, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 from a funeral home at 404 High street. The Rev. Harry Dickinson officiated.
Interment was made in Falkner Reformed cemetery, Swamp. Bearers were Christian Pieiffer, Benjamin Smith, Alix Pfeiffer, John Pfieffer, William Rhoads and Elmer Rhoads. church; Sumneytown and Red Lodge of Green Lane. He is survived by his wife; a daughter: Katie, wife of Milton W. Sweisfort, Norristown; two brothers: John and Thomas, both of Green Lane; four grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Taxi Driver Found Dead Near His Car Funeral services lor CORNELIA E. S. BULL, widow Dr. William H. Bull, of 1114 HIGH STREET, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 from a funeral home at 139 High street.
The Rev. Burtis Hallock officiated. Interment was made in St. cemetery, Douglassville. Bearers were Robert Schulz, Gerald Lawler, Donald McIntyre and Harold Yergey.
PLANE CRASHES IN HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5 An Army fighter plane crashed into an unoccupied house in nearby Daly City today, killing the pilot, demolishing the house and damaging four other residences. Then the plane exploded, spewing flaming gasoline in the street. No civilians were injured, but two couples in bed in separate homes, saw of the plane tear through the walls above their heads. Another Army single-seated plane crashed in the hills not far away, killing the pilot.
ISAAC WESTLEY, 50, of 552 GRANT STREET, died early yesterday in Pottstown hospital. He was the son of the late Harry and Catherine (Huyitt) Westley. He is by a son, James, in the armed service; a granddaughter, and a half brother; Heber Boyer, 513 Lincoln avenue. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m.
from a funeral home at 112 North Charlotte street. Interment will be made in Pottstown West End cemetery. Funeral services for GEORGE BREYER 70, husband of Dena (Carver) Breyer, of GREEN LANE, R. who died at his home Friday, will be held from his.late residence Wednesday at 1:30 m. Interment will be made in Friedens Union cemetery, Sumneytown.
The Rev. E. L. Angstadt will officiate. He w-as the son of the late Jacob and Rosa (Weinberger) Breyer and a member of Friedens Lutheran PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM TUBERCULOSIS CHRISTMAS SEALS MAY BE USED ON LETTERS AND PACKAGES NOW! I sc Them On All Yolir Mail For Sale at The Mercury end The Family Welfare Office, High and Hanover HELP ALLAY TUBERCULOSIS BUY ani USE Chrislmaj Siab THIS ADVERTIsem*nT PAID FOR BY A PUGHL.il SPIRITED CITIZEN WHO IS DEEPLY INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF POTTSTOWN Clinton Miller, 67, who lodged at the home of Mrs.
Lizzie Schwab, 6 East High street, was found lying near his taxicab at the Reading railway station about 10:45 Saturday night. He was found by two unidentified women who notified Ticket Agent Russell Hassler, of 502 West Wyomissing avenue, Lawn, who in turn notified the Good Will ambulance driver. Miller was taken to the Pottstown hospital in the ambulance where he was pronounced dead. Heart attack was given as the cause of death. Coroner Winslow J.
Rushong was notified and he released the body to a local undertaker. Miller leaves a wife, Mrs. Blanche Miller, 444 High street, The incident was investigated by Police Officers Harold Hahn and Henry Ziegler. Borough Dress Shop Ownership Changes Leslie G. Rowe, local upholsterer, has purchased the Maxine Dress Shop, formerly operated by Mrs.
Dorothy Weiss, it was announced last night. Rowe will assume operation of the business at 238 High street immediately, it was said. The transaction wa.s completed last Monday and negotiations were handled by Carroll L. Rutter, Pottstown torney. Rowe said last night that the staff, composed of Mrs.
Melba O'Brien and Miss Marie Pirochok, will be augmented by the addition of two new clerks, Mrs. Gertrude Palmer, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Joseph Croft, of Phoenix ville. Mrs. Weiss had operated the business the given location for seven years.
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C. church, and Leon Hauseman, First Baptist church. The benediction was given by the Rev. Wilbur A. Martin, pastor of the First Church of the Brethren.
The next hymn sing will be held Dec. 19 at the First Baptist church. 2 OTHERS HURT (Continued from Page One) of the other victims in the debris. The trash occurred at 11:25 on the farm of Harry Schenk, near the Fuzzydale ar s. The four-engined Liberator probably was low in fuel, according: to report.
When aid arrived three men i were found in a woods. Two of them were alive. One was taken to the Veterans Hospital at Coatesville, while another was treated by Dr. Philip L. Rettew, of Elverson.
They were Sgt. John F. Gillespie, Philadelphia, and Sgt. Vern A. Vandelin, Detroit.
Mich. Vandelin was later taken to the Army Air Field base hospital in Reading. Both men were seriously injured. There was an explosion when the bomber crashed and the entire plane was immediately enveloped in flames which raged for about an hour. The Elverson and Morgantowm fire companies wrere summoned.
Arthur Ingram, a member of the Elverson company, said that when the firemen arrived on the scene they were helpless to fight the flames, Ingram said the low over a woodland, clipping off the tops of many trees, branches of which were found some distance from the woods. One of the four motors was thrown several hundred feet from the scene of the crash, he said. Ingram said there was a haze when the crash came. The survivors were wearing parachutes, indicating a possible lack oi time in w-hich the occupants might jump from the ship. Corp.
David Daniels, of the West Reading State police, said the civilian police investigation was in charge of the Coatesville barracks. State police patrolled the area and later were reinforced by military personnel from the Reading air field. Dr. was summoned and he called ambulances from the Reading hospital. It was not until late yesterday that all of the bodies were reoov- ered.
One cannot be identified. Fred Manship, of Coetesville, was summoned and he is co-operating with military authorities in an investigation. The investigation is being directed by Ross Jennings, of the sub-depot, of the Army Air Base at Reading. A cordon of soldiers was thrown around the wrecked plane by the provost marshal to keep at a distance hundreds of Sunday sightseers who sought to approach the scene. Col.
Thompson reported last night the dead were: Second Lieut. George W. Wimsatt, Evansville. the pilot. Second Lieut.
Alan B. Hamilton, Buffalo, N. co-pilot. Second Lieut. Martin Queen th, Milford, navigator.
Second Lieut. George E. O'Brien, New York City. Tech Sgt. Walter G.
Kellback, West Wis. Tech Sgt. Rufus N. Mobley, Fay- ettville, N. C.
Staff Sgt. Vincent B. McNally, Philadelphia. Staff Sgt. Joseph R.
Guay, Fall River, Mass. Sgt. Robert E. Hawkins, Hood River, Ore. TRAIN KILLS BOY MEADVILLE, Dec.
5 Barham, 15, was killed when hit by a Bessemer and Lake Erie freight train today near his home in Hartstown. The boy, returning from a visit to his string of muskrat traps, apparently became confused when trains approached from opposite directions. Farmers Will Get Enough 1944 Gas (Continued from Page One) erate Walker declared. He added that the scheme would manv of the suffered in the past." The local committeemen will recommend to rationing boards the quantity of gasoline required for individual farmers for whatever period the issuance made, he explained. The present allocations were for a six-month period.
The OPA was thoroughly in accord with the program, he pointed out, and while the federal agency will remain the final judge on gasoline rations, it was indicated that the local boards would act upon the committeemen's recommendations. Elks' Tribute Lists (Continued from Pare One) however, that "as ye sow, so also shall ye and declared that in life man has the opportunity to sow the seeds of flowers or weeds. he said, "without the help of God and a belief in the hereafter, the sowing shall be Lewis W. Himes, exalted ruler of the local lodge, officiated at the ceremonies, with Chaplain Walter Zimmerman delivering the invocation and closing prayer. Miss FYeda Schindler and Alton M.
Peterman were the vocalists. YANKS STORM RACING DRIVER KILLED DRESHERTOWN, Dec. 5 Sgts. John L. Pierson of Marshallton.
and Dorr C. Fultz of Walker. W. were killed today when a light sedan driven by Pierson, former midget auto racing driver, left a road in this southeastern Pennsylvania town and crashed into a garage. The Aegean island of Leros is not mueh larger than the island of Manhattan.
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American Marauders and RAF fighter-bombers also joined in the fray. The Allied raiders knocked down 11 enemy fighters but lost 11 bombers and one fighter. The crews of twro bombers were reported safe. Hardly had the American bombers bedded doWn for the night when formations of RAF night bombers were heard passing over Channel towns on the way to the Continent. On the long Russian front Red Army troops, in their element amid the swirling snows of early Winter, plunged forward to menace the defense line from one end of White Russia to the other, staged limited advances in the Ukraine, and generally stretched Nazi manpower to the limit.
Moscow announced last (Sunday) night that Russian troops pushing toward the railway town of Mogilev captured three strong German fortified centers and battered back resistance in the Propoisk sector 70 miles north of Gomel. Frcm Barcelona, Spain, came the story of an Argentine citizen just arrived from Italy that the Germans retreating before the Eighth army may be threatened from the rear by an Italian amy of 50,000 which retired into the Abruzzi mountains after the Italian capitulation. Army Liberator bombers, ranging through the central Pacific, raided Mili Atcll in the Japanese- held Marshalls and Mauru Island yesterday, the Navy reported last night. WORLD WILL GET Warns on Conversion Ot War Work Plants (Continued from Paee One) said the reason for their presence was not stated, but that it was I generally they will take part in seme Cairo After the conferences at Cairo and Theran which Roosevelt and Churchill had with Generalissimo Chiang and Stalin, a multi-front assault seemed assured. All reports on these conferences indicated that the Allied leaders laid the basis of a new world without war and were casting anxious eyes at Turkey.
A promise of freedom for Europe more precise even than the Atlantic; Charter was expected soon in the official declaration on the outcome of the American-British-So con- ference. British newspapers said the communique would disclose an agreement for attacks on from the east, west and south. A disclosure at last that talks with Chiang took place in the Mena Hotel suggested that Roosevelt and Churchill might have stopped there again on their trip from Teheran and then started home. The Prirfie Minister is expected to report with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in Commons on the greatest two weeks of Allied discussions of the war. Government concern over sion of Treasury-financed war plat i to peacetime production warning last night "hat speedy changes might result in nrrrifa and inequitable impacts upon rt established A study of the problem by Fred E.
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