Chester Times (Newspaper) - August 8, 1940, Chester, Pennsylvania WEariRlDUCETKAT rt iwe LAST CITY EDITION Dally Leased Wire Reports of United Press UP and International News Service INS CHESTER PA THURSDAY AUGUST S 1940 SENATE TO VOTE TODAY ON GUARD MOBILIZATION Majority Leader Con- siders Plan to Obtain tion Despite Opposition Amendment Providing for Use of Men Gains in Favor Aug ate Majority Leader Alben W ley planned an extraordinary step to obtain a vote this afternoon on the to give President Roosevelt authority to tional Guardsmen and reservists for a year of training Bark ley said he will ask the ate to adopt a rule halting debate at 4 p m so the chamber can act and clear the way for consideration of the compulsory military training The majority leader was disturbed at the falure of the Senate to take final action on the Guard measure three days of angry discussion was virtually no opposition to its passage but for two days a fire of personal invectives between Sens D Holt D W Va and Gherman Minton D Ind shunted attention from the pending measure 10 the controversial conscription issue Opponents of the worth appeared to be mapping organized campaign against the draft which if as now written would require registration of over men between the ages of 21 and 31 for Army duty A dozen Senators opposing the peacetime measure met late yesterday in the office of Sen George W Norris Ind Neb to plan strategy for the coming debate Among them were Sens Edwin C Johnson D Colo Robert M P Wis Gerald P Nye R N D and Burton K Wheeler D Mont The bloc ing to one member laid the work for a debate on the New foreign policy which will show exactly what is being done to put this nation into war Several of the conferees insisted that the group merely sought to ascertain how many speakers they could muster what phases of the they would attack and general problems of strategy Barkley scoffed at claims of anti- conscription Senators that they could rally enough strength to de- feat the and predicted not more than 24 negative votes Senator Edward R Burke D Nebraska of the MISSING HEIRESS PATRICIA CAIN A search is being pressed for Patricia Cain 21 ciety heiress who disappeared when she stopped at a restaurant with her parents near Mass She left the restaurant on an er- rand and failed to return EXPLOSION AT TRAINER PLANT Three Overcome by Fumes During Blast at Stauffer Chemical Co Continued on Page 8 WORKMAN BURNED AS FUMES IGNITE Two persons were burned one seriously shortly before noon today when a paint removal torch ignited paint fumes and other inflammable material in an automobile body and fender repair shop known as Tony's Fender Shop at 416 West Second street Samuel Lapin 24 of 201 South Sixty-first street Philadelphia who was working in the shop at the time of the accident ran from the ing with his clothing in flames and these were extinguished by trians on the sidewalk Pie was bundled into an automobile and taken to the Chester Hospital where he was admitted with second degree burns of the arms neck and face Lapin received first aid treatment at the dispensary of the Ford Motor Company several squares from the paint shop he was taken to the hospital David Laws Negro 51 of 802 West Second street who was in the shop a the time suffered burns of the left leg arms and chest in trying to battle the fire He was treated at the Chester Hospital and discharged Men of the Franklin Fire Com- pany responded from their quarters and extinguished the fire by smothering the blaze with canvas covers from their apparatus There was no serious damage to the shop as the firemen under direction of Assistant Chief Elmer Wiegand ex- the biasing material be- fore woodwork was ignited SHARON HILL BOY INJURED BY WASHER An explosion at the Stauffer Chemical Company plant at Second and Price streets Trainer rocked the surrounding industrial and area at 1 p m today and was felt in sections of Marcus Hook half a mile from the plant All employes of the company were out of the building at lunch when the explosion took place and three men who were overcome by ical fumes while they battled a small fire which followed the blast were the only casualties All were revived a short while later at the Chester Hospital where they were taken in the ambulance of the Franklin Fire Company Rescue Squad They were returned to the plant after brief treatment at the hospital and then sent to their homes in Chester They were John Welc Frank Usavage and Samuel All are employed as laborers at the plant Police from Chester Marcus Hook and Trainer responded to a general alarm which was sounded by tele- phone and they soon had a cordon of police thrown about the plant Two Chester fire companies joined with the men from Trainer and Marcus Hook who answered the call The blast took place in n chemical storage tank on the second floor of a two story brick wing at the east end of the big plant ing to employes the wing used like the remainder of the plant in ing carbon disulphide had not been in use for the past week and the James Hogan four son of Mr and Mrs John Hogan of 307 Oak avenue Sharon Hill was injured seriously at p m yesterday when he pulled an electric washing machine over in the of his home The paratus which was being used by his mother pinned him to the floor Taken to tal he was admitted with a possible skull fracture and severe lacerations of the face DAY CAMP NEARS END OF SEASON Seventy Children Enjoy Planned Activities at Smedley Park Continued on Page 5 JURIST AND WIFE IN ROLE OF HOSTS Two members of the judiciary and several members of the Delaware county bar were guests yesterday of Judge and Mrs Albert Dutton MacDade at their summer home on Harvard avenue Ventnor N J The jurists were Justice Edward Barnes of the Pennsylvania Court and Judge John E McDonough of Delaware County Orphans Court Included in the party were A A Cochran James A Cochrane Mervyn R Turk E lace Chadwick and James L kin of Chester Howard M Lutz Robert W Beatty A Sidney son William K Rhodes Joseph D Calhoun Robert B Greer and ward H Bryant Jr of Media Prank A of Lansdowne and C H Russell of the Chester Times TWO GARAGES ROBBED Police are investigating the mg and entry of two garages in the western section of the city late last night A lock was forced from the door of the garage of Tony of West Second street and a short time later report was received that entrance was forced in the of Prank at 227 Byran I street where thieves stole motor oil in scaled containers valued nt STEVENSON POST SESSION Nomination of officers will ture the meeting of Sergeant Alfred Stevenson Post No ISO American Legion to be held this evening in the post headquarters 227 West Seventh street Fred Marklin com- mander of the post will preside UPLAND FLOWER SHOW The Upland Civic Committee will hold its second annual flower show on Saturday September 14 in the Upland Fire Company auditorium Many entrants are expected in the 45 classes open to contestants 9 GERMAN PLANES BROUGHT DOWN BY BRITISH GUNS Using Dive Bombers RAF Fliers Rout Nazis ing- Test Terrific Battle Fought Over Southeast White Powder Analyzed London Aup ing at least 120 war planes into action Nazi Germany launched a test blitzkrieg against the British Isles today coincident with dis- closure that Britain is now using her own Stuka dive bombers against German bases At least nine Nazi planes fell tim to British guns in a terrific battle over the southeast coast Watchers counted 50 German kers bombers 60 and as well as other craft being engaged by swarms of British Spitfires and Hurricanes The battle broke out when the bombers covered by fighting planes attempted to attack a convoy in the channel and shot down a loon barrage shielding a strategic southeast port Royal Air Force planes surprised and scattered the huge German de- while another squadron of 12 Junkers planes and bombers attempting to attack a convoy fled when they spotted proaching Spitfires While the renewed German ial activity kept British craft defenses busy scientists went to work on a new problem which might prove ol great importance to Britain's success in combating the expected Nazi all out attack Chemists in the service of the government sought to identify and analyze a mysterious white powder found in the streets of a western English town after a man raider passed over the area last night Officials said an earlier tion had established that the der was harmless but nevertheless it was obvious that scientists were determined to discover its exact nature A full report on the powder will be sent to the Ministry of Home Security Editor's While censored cable messages from London did nob say so the implication to be that British suspect the powder might be some new form of German weapon Ever since the ning of the war there have been fantastic reports and rumors regarding methods Germany plans to uSe in an effort to sub- EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY Continued on Page G STRIKERS ATTACK TWO BARTENDERS Two Yeadon residents ers at the Penn Athletic Club were attacked and beaten yesterday by striking workers The men Joseph O'Connor 26 and Albert Smith 24 told Chief Magistrate John J Malley they were attacked because they insisted on continuing to pass through the picket line to work In the club at Eighteenth and Locust streets Charges of breach of the peace against the two bartenders were dismissed but four members of the striking CIO Hotel and Restaurant Workers No 356 were held in high bail Magistrate O'Malley told Smith You men have the right to protect yourselves in any way from attack Why don't you get a half of a pool cue and keep it up your sleeve or in your DARBY FIRM GETS CONTRACT The Sure Pit Products Co of Darby manufacturer of mattress covers received a contract ing to from the War De- in Washington D C day as an aggregate of in contracts were let by the ment PRICE THREE CENTS 500 HOLDOVER STATE EMPLOYES Department of Labor and Industry Head Ruling on Appeal Charges Many Job ers Resorted to Franc To Obtain Ratings of 500 provisional employes of th state division WP precarious today as Labor and In Secretary Lewis G Hinc awaited word from Washington his appeal for money to the stinking civil service In his unemployment compensation agency This group includes 125 hold overs appointed during forme Governor George H Earle's admin Their checks will be due next Thursday but Hines was tain whethe the Federal Social Security Boar would approve another payroll fo the group which continues its ties notwithstanding 1 provision o the state law requiring the to be 100 per cent manned by service selections after January 1938 J Hines was in Washington week renewing his plea for to finance civil service tions to replace depleted lists many of whom used franc and deception to get His previous appeals dating from uary 1 have been refused The board suggested Hines make re- placements by appointments fron eligible lists for higher position where merit system rolls for a visional job were exhausted but the state Justice Department that would be illegal The civil service setup in the division stinks and everybody knows Hines said If I could talk common sense to the Social ity crowd in Washington I deodorize it The division has a payroll of persons Last merit system were given in November 1937 Eligible lists established from that have had the cream skimmed from Hines said He added that real civil service in the division will be impossible to achieve until new examinations arc given He threw out the for positions paying more than a year before going to Washington Monday Hines revealed that State urer P Clair Ross conferred with social security officials the same day in an effort to retain in patronage 81 division employes who write checks in the treasury Hines said the unemployment compensation law puts all division employes under the labor and In- dustry secretary but that Ross had persuaded Former Governor o let him select this group of over objections of Salph M Tremont then abor and industry secretary Twenty-three members of the roup were appointed by Ross since the advent of Governor Arthur H James regime 30 months ago Hines said U DARBY POLICE HEAD CRITICIZED The appointment of a former state policeman as photographer and expert at Upper Darby by Superintendent Joseph E was yesterday by Township Commissioner John E who said that all LeStrange las done is to pile up additional expenses If he keeps on at this rate we vill be unable to meet the budget next Bur declared He said a nan in the department could have been trained to do the work for LeStrange hired Harold ong 39 of Lemoyne at a salary of 165 a month Proclamation OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Chester Pa On August 14 Chester Day at the New York World's Fair will be celebrated in a program ar- ranged for many of our citizens to view the wonders of the World of Tomorrow The Fair is coming Into its nal stages and I feel that all who can take an opportunity to make the visit arranged by local chants should do so for the and entertainment tures which the great itan exhibit offers Last year this community made a national record for group attendance at the Fair and I hope that all will join In the visit this year to again bring Chester to the fore in the eyes of the nation for its interest in a spectacle which may never again be paralleled CLIFFORD H PEOPLES Mayor of Chester The Delaware County Day Camp a new departure in the field of In this area is now in its final period Seventy children from all parts of the county are enjoying all the benefits and activities of a regularly organized camp at Samuel L ley Park beauty spot along Crum creek In Nether Providence township The camp was inaugurated this season by the Delaware County and Recreation Board as a of its recreational program Two periods of the camp been held with nearly children taking part in the ties Under the W Howard Yost director of athletics at Sharon Hill high school a program of Continued on Page 2 Ten Cemetery Workers on Strike at Collingdale It to come sooner or strike in a cemetery Ten employes of M Lebanon cemetery Collingdale are ing the graveyard In protest what they term Insufficient wages and poor working conditions Since the strike began four days ago one man has handled the three which passed the picket lines In addition to the lone man Superintendent Kurt Jackel has been on duty The cemetery employes members of Local 180 United Cannery cultural Packing and Allied ers a CIO affiliate called the strike after one of their number was laid following attempted negotiations with the company which has its headquarters in Philadelphia at 338 South Fifth street They said they asked for higher pay and better working conditions but the company countered with the proposal that their salaries be increased a day with the that they work on Sunday and one employe be laid off This was re- fused and picket lines were The strikers said today they had refused an offer to return to work pending discussion of the case by an arbitration board NO DEVELOPMENTS IN UPLAND STRIKE No further developments have been reported in connection with the of 300 employes of the Collins and Aikman Corporation textile plant Upland avenue at Sixth street Upland now in Its eighth day Approximately 10 strikers took their accustomed places before the mill awaiting developments No in- formation on the progress of their committee In closing the Bondsville plant of the textile company north of was available POLICE HUNT PROWLER Police searched the vicinity of the home of Taylor at 512 West Ninth street early today when a prowler was In the Patrolmen Bartish and Baynes answered the call FIRE Youth Burned as Blaze Damages Coombs Home on Third Street Yesterday afternoon fire swept the entire first and second floors of the home of Harold Coombs of Third street The fire was caused when an oil stove exploded In the kitchen of the home In a few moments flames had swept through the entire home land and companies tened to the scene but found the fire had gained too much headway to save any of the furniture Harold Coombs Jr 22 received serious burns of the face neck and arm while attempting to put the fire out and was taken to Chester Hospital The household furnishings were practically all destroyed Firemen fought the blaze for over two hours Damage was estimated at about Continued on 2 CONTROL OF SUEZ CANAL Mediterranean Sea SUEZ CANAL BRITISH NAVAL ON PATROL HERE READY T0 SHELL ITALIANS ADVANCING NEAR SEA s s I ITALIAN EGYPT ITALIAN DESERT BLITZKRIEG AGAINST EGYPT EXPECTED BUT BRITISH CLAIM DOMINATION OF ENTIRE AREA ARABIA v FR V ANGLO- EGYPTIAN SUDAN m I I ADEN SR t ITALIAN I I O LJ L oni i ion EAST v N AFRICA V V LAUNCH V y OFFENSIVES AGAINST V V SOMALILAND y BR HAiLE SELASSIE REPORTED f KENYA LEADING ETHIOPIAN ARMY AGAINST ITALIANS 200 nr the start of fronts as Illustrated or map above Battle of Africa hi ultimate objective of Italian lami attacks was control of England's lifeline the Suez PRIEST TELLS STORY OF ORDER Rev J F Lenny S J Speaks at K i w a n i s Former City Resident Rev John F Lenny s J cipal of St Joseph's Preparatory School hi Philadelphia gave nn in- resume of the historical background of the Society of Jesus yesterday at a luncheon meeting of Lhc Chester Club at the Y W C A building Seventh and Sproul He chose as his topic Four dred Years of to the four hundredth anniversary of the society started in 1540 by the lardy Spanish soldier Ignatius joyola and to the feeling of op- on the part of the religious order that fundamentally believes hat man has a desire to be good and have considered it our to him achieve that desire Father Lenny was presented to he club by J Edward Buckley Continued on Page LABEL FATE UNAVOIDABLE A jury at West er yesterday found that the death of Luigi 47 of Chadds rd who was killed when his car crashed Into an army truck at crossroads last Friday as apparently The driver of the truck Private Adam 22 of Fort was exonerated by the jury was driving the second ruck in a convoy of 50 on the way o the war games in New York Witnesses testified before Dr R 3 Hughes coroner of Chester that was blinded by the early morning un and did not sec the soldier who was directing traffic at the In- The accident occurred it 7 o'clock in the morning CHESTER WOMAN CHILDREN INJURED Mrs Davidson 40 of 507 Reaney street this city and her two children Eileen 15 and Harry 12 were injured today when their auto- nobile overturned after colliding h another machine at First street New York avenue North wood N J PROPOSAL FOR CHESTER FLIERS Suggests tion of Civic cal Reserve Chester and Delaware county rs of private aircraft are receiving proposals of Clifford H Peoples for the of a Civil Aeronautical Reserve unit for the 60 private flyers n this locality Mayor Peoples revealed today that 10 Is working In concert with the Delaware County Flying Club to organize such a useful volunteer jroup with headquarters to be at the Buckman Airport n the western section of this city The purpose In organizing the unit would be to have the members erve In various emergency ies to co-operate with all civil and municipal police groups and other Oodles of police or military nature in this locality They Continued on Page 4 LAST MINUTE NEWS GERMANS ATTACKS ON London Aug planes were re- ported off the southeast coast ol England this afternoon ing n resumption of earlier attacks on shipping in the English Channel HEAVY NAVAL ENGAGEMENT UNDERWAY heavy bus been raping for the last days in the Mediterranean between in the Balearic Islands and Algiers tho newspaper reported from Valencia Spain today Heavy has boon hoard at dawn for three days past the report said TO TERMINATE DERATE LATE TODAY Washington AUK way wus cleared for a vote on President Roosevelt's proposal to mobilise the National Guard for a year of intensive training dvity when the Semite today agreed to terminate debate at 4 p m GETS YEAR FOR ROBBING MOURNERS Pittsburgh 8 Sobbing bitterly who lias confessed 17 robberies and denied six others today was sentenced to at least a yoar in jail for robbing ers at funerals She has reimbursed her victims she told Judge Henry She denied however that any man accompanied her or encouraged her to rifle tho purses of grieving mourners at funeral masses PHILADELPHIA GIVES O K ON SHIPYARD SETTLEMENT Acting to speed eventual reopening of the gigantic Cramp's Shipyard closed since Philadelphia's city council's tee on Commerce and Navigation today unanimously approved an ordinance accepting in settlement of delinquent taxes owed by the plant THREE FROM COUNTY GET SCHOLARSHIPS Three Delaware county youths are among the 19 recent high school graduates who ly received scholarships from Col- lege P F Banmiller registrar of college announced today They are Robert 174 Springton road Upper Darby a graduate of Upper Darby High school George A Baird Meredith avenue Hill Radnor High school and Robert J Lukens 102 Wycombe avenue Lansdowne West Philadelphia Catholic High SCHOOL DIRECTORS ELECT SOLICITOR The County Board of School Di- rectors meeting in the office of Dr Carl O Leech county ent of schools In the court house at Media Inst night elected Robert W Beatty of Media as solicitor The board discussed tentative plans for proceeding with a program of vocational education in the county which may be enacted at the September meeting A number of auditors reports and financial statements of school districts were Inspected by the county board Norwood Youngsters Term Ice Box as Hot Place A refrigerator is a nice cool place most of the time but two Norwood boys one seven the other nine found one that was a little too hot for them The boys Joseph Connors nine and Bobby Bradley seven were playing In the cellar of the nors home at avenue A large refrigerator dis- carded a few weeks ago when the Connors purchased a new one In one corner of the cellar It was warm In the cellar so the soys thought they would cool off by crawling Into the refrigerator They did and closed the door be- hind them After a few minutes they tried to get out of their cramped ters but found the door latched Their cries for help were heard by Miss Doris who was ing the Connors at the time Pushing to the cellar she located the origin of the cries and liberated two badly frightened youngsters Although they had been In the refrigerator for but a few minutes they said It seemed like hours None the worse for his ence told his mother that Bobby had spent the time praying while he yelled for help He knew all the Joseph said I said was Qod Bless America PORT ON GULF OF ADEN SEIZED BY THE ITALIANS Mussolini's Troops trate More Than In British East Africa Two Divisions Prepare for Intensive Drive Toward The Suez Canal Cairo Aug a port on the Gulf of link In Britain's life-line and two other British Somaliland towns Italian forces today appeared to have penetrated more than 50 miles into British East African territory Latest advices indicated the Italian troops were still hammering against bitter resistance In a three-pronged drive against seaport capital of the Brit- ish protectorate fierce fighting progressed on the torrid desert the British East African high command an- thab the Italians aided by tanks and strafing planes occupied the port of Zeilnh Hargeisa and early this week but at heavy cost in lives and material on the Somaliland coast Is about 100 miles northwest of bcra and 75 miles southeast of the French Somaliland seaport of bouti now controlled by the ians Hargeisa is the most important inland community in British Two other divisions of Fascist were reported ready on the northeastern Libyan coast for a second and more extensive drive against Egypt and ths Suez Canal The Cairo communique which ad- mitted Italian occupation of the three Somaliland towns said an Italian bombing raid on the Land naval base of Haifa was a failure The Italians claimed an oil and several oil storage tanks at Haifa were set on fire and that bombs struck tha port's bor works The communique also stated thab the British as they fell back in- severe casualties upon the Italians while British casualties were British sources continued to de- ride Italian claims that the drive Into Egypt already has begun The only Italian officers on Egyptian soil are prisoners it was stated While admitting that British is in serious danger ing to elimination of French from the war British took the view that loss of the entire protectorate Including Berbera would not prove decisive In the control of ern Africa Topics of Times The Weather Washington D C Aug ern Pennsylvania Fair and con- cool Friday fair and slightly warmer OPTIMISTS SEE CAMP PICTURES Views of Chester Boys in Outdoors Shown by Wayne Hamilton Chester boys enjoying two weeks of camping in the open a number of them afforded their opportunity of a first contact with the healthy outdoor life with nature all about hem by the interest of the Optimists Club were pictured n a movie shown to club members yesterday The motion pictures were taken when a group ot the Optimists visited the Chester Young Men's Christian Association Camp in the midst of the Pennsylvania tains recently to hand the good which they were ing with their younger friends from the Junior Optimists Club The pictures cast on a screen by Secretary Wayne Hamilton showed the boys at work and play in camp and also showed how undar Continued on Pare man 9 German planes are dropping leaflets on British towns Those Britishers who have read them re- port tha blitzkrieg looks paper Al Capone we read now plays a lot of golf Wonder If he has any better luck getting out of sand traps than he did out of Now York hay fever have their own society It's a club they say and not to be sneezed at A woman can get rid of that Bloomy feeling writes a fashion ex- pert by buying a hat And then it's her husband's turn to be gloomy In Today's CHESTER TIMES Amusements 4 Answers to Questions 5 Bedtime Story 22 Bridge 10 Comics 22 27 28 Crossword Puzzle 22 Deaths 27 Editorials g Fiction 10 Financial 30 Health Article 10 In Hollywood 9 Marriage Licenses 4 Obituaries 2 Radio Time Table 13 Serial Story 10 Society News s Sports 24 25 Stamps 7 The Brighter Side 9 The Game of Politics 2 Thirty Years Ago 6 Women's Pages B 9 10
