Chester Times (Newspaper) - October 16, 1942, Chester, Pennsylvania THE WEATHER Eastern with moderate temperature tonight Last Edition 20363 Dally Leased Wire Called Press UP and International News Service IKS CHESTER PA FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 1942 PUBLISHED EVERY EXCEPT SUNDAY PRICE THREE CENTS BATTLE RAGES WITH JAPS IN SOLOMONS FEAR U S AIRFIELD USELESS Greatly Reinforced Enemy Armies Press American Combined Branches For Recapture of Solomons Key Island Few Details of Terrific Encounter Reach Washington Some Quarters See Situation a TossUp Washington battle for the Solo mon Islands which may spell the fate of the entire Aus area in the South Pacific mounted in f ury and our forces main the offensive in the Aleutians in the North Pacific Although no communique was issued on the Solomons situation up to midday Amer ican forces were reported still holding grimly to their posi tions on Guadalcanal against a growing concentration of enemy land sea and air might The Japanese were reported to be moving still more naval forces into the area and a major sea battle ap While no infor mation was available on American fleet movements in the area it was pointed out that the United States was not likely to give up any of its toeholds in the Solomons without putting up a mighty battle No Communique Issued Meanwhile the Navy issued a com reporting that Army long range bombers again had blasted Kiska last remaining Japanese base in the Aleutians in two raids in which they used demolition and in bombs Large fires were started in the camp area and once more the Navy significantly men the complete lack of enemy aircraft opposition J Three enemy seaplanes were de by our strafing fighters at Kiska but one of our planes was lost The present situation in the Sol on the basis of latest avail able reports was described as a tossup But the confidence of American naval chiefs was undeterred They have claimed that American forces will hold their positions Admiral Chester W Nimitz again expressed that belief in an address at Pearl yesterday He said Amer ican troops in the Solomons thus Turn to Page 2 Number 4 LAWYER LEAVES COURTROOM IN ARGUMENT An argument over Samuel Green berg local gambler known as Thei Little Colonel in Motion Court at Media today ended with Greenberg being committed to jail and his at torney walking from the courtroom in a rage Expressing his displeasure at the way the case being handled Francis Anderson prominent Phil adelphia attorney and partner of William A Gray told President Judge Albert Dutton MacDade Im getting out of here as he stalked from the crowded court room The dispute started when Judge MacDade ruled Greenberg who was freed on Wednesday of a gambling charge because of the lack of evi dence was in contempt of court be cause he failed to stay out of Dela ware county This was one of the provisions of a parole granted to him in November 1940 when he served eight months for gambling Precipitated Anderson said his client lived and worked in Delaware County and did not want to leave This precipitat ed the argument which ended with Greenberg back in prison on the contempt charge It is not known what further ac tion will be taken by Gray or An derson to secure the gamblers freedom appeared before Judge Harold charged with maintaining establish ment in in which a man was stabbed in April 1941 First Assistant District Attorney Guy G de Furia asked that the case be nolle pressed because of the lack of evidence It was agreed the costs would be placed on the county When Judge MacDade heard about the disposition of the case he sent for Probation Officer Lewis Palmer Greenberg and his attor ney After reading the conditions of the 1940 parole the court ordered Greenberg committed until today when the case was slated for final disposition At the hearing before the court sitting en bane today Judge Ervin said he had no knowledge of the parole stipulation on Wednesday when Greenberg appeared before him Suggests Judge MacDade suggested the costs be placed on Greenberg and if he agreed to remain out of Delaware County he would be re paroled My client lives in this county Turn to Page 2 Number 6 iTER DAY WRITE TO SCRAP CAMPAIGN Volunteers To Work Throughout City Award Tomorrow is your last chance to take a shot at the Axis By getting out that extra few pounds of metal in the cellar you may be providing TEEN AGE DRAFT IN HOUSE JUNIOR C OF C TO COLLECT SCRAP Volunteers from the Chester Junl ior Chamber of Commerce will climb aboard the trucks at 8 oclock 1 rim on Saturday morning to help round lit I H up the scrap according lo John W 1 Ull Carrol president ol the Junior Chamber Jesse E Ray is chairman of the scrap committee for the Junior or and he has sent out a call for the members to meet atthe Chester Times Building prepared to man the trucks Now or Later Its better to collect scrap now than to eat it in the future Judge Henry G Sweney declared oday He was expressing his hearty support of the Chester Salvage Committees roundup of scrap throughout the city on Sat I feel our citizens gen particularly the schools are doing a wonderfully construc tive job he added NEA Telephoto Official TJ S Navy WHILE THE BATTLE for control of the Solomon Islands grows in size and this picture released by the U S Navy helps to illustrate the crisis faced by forces on Guadalcanal Island Here you see the air field at the vital base as Marines with trucks filled in craters caused by enemy action This field has been subjected to heavy aerial and naval bombardment by the Japanese that GUADALCANAL SCENE OF continued fighting in the south ern Solomon Islands has been a major battlefield ever since U S forces landed there Aug 7 Off its shores many American and Jap warships have been sunk in big naval engagements Amid its mountains jungles and coconut plantations U S Marines have held a key air base and fought off Jap attempts to regain control of the island The War in Brief By United Press Pearl Harbor Admiral Chester W Nimitz confident Marines at Guadalcanal can repel Japanese at tacks as allout drive is begun by enemy in Solomons Gen U S Air Force aids Solomons de fense by bombing Japanese bases and damaging Japanese light cruiser at Stalingrad flares in renewed fury as Germans make second advance in 24 hours blasts Cologne six Allied governments list war crim for postwar trials boosts bag Of Axis planes to 97 downed in five days reported jit tery over possibility that their coun try may be battle ground admirals two ma ior generals listed among several thousand soldiers and sailors killed early in Pacific war REPORTS TAVERN RECEIPTS MISSING The proprietor of a tap room this morning complained to police that one of his bartenders had absconded with yesterdays re amounting to William P Murphy proprietor of Murphys Cafe 22 East Sixth street told police this morning that he left the establishment early last night with the bartender in charge When he went to the place this morning about 6 oclock to open it for the day he was unable to find the money for yesterdays business Murphy said he went in search of the man at his hotel but learned that he had checked out The man is said to have a wife in a Baltimore hospital Murphy indicated he would swear out a warrant for his arrest COSTS BELOW 1939 FDR REPORTS Sends Statement To Congress In Accounting Washington UP President Roosevelt in a report on the New Deal spending record advised Con gress today that nonwar tures for the current fiscal year are 356 per cent below the 1939 peak fiscal year In a accounting the President included budget estimates for the current fiscal year placing total expenditures at including ior war purposes for nonwar purposes and for in terest on the mounting public debt The President said he was send ing the message to Congress in re sponse to some Congressional de mands which he said had been echoed in some newspapers and magazines for a reduction in the Federal governments nonwar bud get Although at first glance the fig ures appeared to be a downward re vision of those presented by the Budget Bureau on Oct 6 that was not the case In both estimates the nonwar expenditures were the same But the war spending figures prepared for Mr Roosevelt did not include in government corporation outlays which would boost the total to as reported Oct 6 The report was prepared for Air Roosevelt by Budget Director Harold D Smith and transmitted with a brief Presidential message The mes sage described the figures as show ing the important reductions which have been made without sacrificing humanitarian considerations The President acknowledged re of many letter from citizens in all walks of life Some of them protested against recent cuts in ap and others urged a re duction of federal expenditures to the amount spent in the fiscal year 1932 the year before the President first came into office Clarifies Report Explaining the voluminous report to a press conference Mr Roosevelt compared the estimated 000 nonwar total for the 1943 fiscal year with the peak in He also pointed out that non war spending this year is 000000 below the corresponding fig ures for fiscal 1942 and that these reductions were made despite the many expanding duties of primarily nonwar government agencies He divided the nonwar tures into two Turn to Page 2 Number 5 LAST MINUTE NEWS LARGE ENEMY FORCE SHELLING GUADALCANAL Washington large enemy force has landed on Guadalcanal with artillery which is now shelling our positions the Navy announced today A communique also revealed that more Japanese ships were being poured into the Solomon Island area For the first time U S motor torpedo boats were revealed to be in action and already they have scored one probable torpedo hit on a cruiser WASHINGTON D C AWAITS WORST FLOOD Washington the raging Potomac already 64 feet above flood stage Weather Bureau officials today predicted that Washington be struck by the history to night or tomorrow morning The flood has already caused one death The bureau reported that the flood gauge has risen to 177 feet and said they expected it would go higher than the record 28 feet of 1936 SOME TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS SOLVED Chicago B Eastman director of the Office of Defense Transportation said today that the difficult transportation problems which have been overcome since Dec 7 are small com pared to those still to be faced The enormous productive effort in which the nation is now engaged has raised the traffic volume of both commodities and persons to heights never before reached and the peak is still to come he told the National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards SENATE GROUP APPROVES TEEN AGE DRAFT Washington Senate Military Affairs Committee today unanimously approved legislation lowering the draft age to 18 as the House prepared to debate and complete action on a similar measure tomorrow CONFEREES 0 K 5 PER CENT VICTORY TAX Washington joint Tax Confer ence Committee today approved the 5 per cent Victory tax a modified gross income levy which is estimated to yield a year The action carries with it a payroll reduction of 5 per cent on wages and salaries over 12 a week beginning Jan 1 1943 ammunition for some soldier sailor or marine Enthusiastic response from every source is certain to make tomorrow Chester Day the biggest day in the cam for scrap metals All that is needed is YOUR coop Arthur Gearhart chairman of the RIGID MAN POWER CONTROL SETUP URGED Negro Labor Is Topic of U S Agency Representative Here Pennsylvania is faced with a total collapse of its war labor mar ket unless rigid manpower controls are set up Lawrence A Oxley sen ior technical representative for the United States Employment Service in the War Manpower Commission said at the monthly dinner meeting of the Delaware County Industrial Club at the Y M C A last night The club is made up of personnel managers and shop foremen of the major war industries in this labor market area Deploring the continued nonuse of available qualified Negro labor by the war industries the speaker pointed out innumerable examples of successful work performance by Negro men and women in war pro duction plants throughout the na Salvage Committee said today that the call for volunteers is being an swered by scores of organizations in the city and a large turnout is an tomorrow morning when Uie workers will meet in front of the Chester Times Building at 8 Students Cooperate The entire senior class of girls from Chester High School have vol and will go from house to house ringing doorbells and urging housewives to search for any scrap metals which may have been over looked The response from the precinct tion More particularly he stressed the untouched sources represented among Negro women His topic was The Negro in Industry In a graphic manner he cited and traced some outstanding tions of the Negro To the American Way of Life and urged increased utilization of the skills in this group to meeting the need to produce the arms and munitions and food re quired by ourselves and by our fighting allies to win this war Qualifications Listed Committee Approves Measure Argument Set For Saturday Washington the same swift pace which has marked consid of the legislation throughout the week the House rules committee today unanimously approved the 18 draft and sent it to the floor for final passage tomorrow The rule limited debate to two hours Speaker Rayburn announced that the House would meet at 11 oclock tomorrow an hour earlier than usual and will stay in session until the is passed The timetable fixed by congressional and military of calls for 1 The House to pass the legislation Saturday 2 Senate to act Tuesday 3 to the White House late Wednesday or Thursday for President sig nature 4 Issuance of an order late next week to local draft boards to start sifting through their IS and clas to make ready for the December Selective Serv ice call 5 First inductions of teen political workers of both the Re publican and Democratic City Com has been unusually good members of the committee said and the 168 workers will swell the ranks of canvassers Air raid wardens auxiliary police men auxiliary firemen boy scouts girl scouts school children war vet erans members of labor unions service club members women and scores of others will join in the cam to put Chester Day over with a bang Tomorrow will end the campaign for scrap metals which has been Turn to Page 2 Number 1 NAME COPELAND TO RATIONING BOARD Arthur E Copeland of 512 East street this city has been named a member of Local Ra Board No 2310 of Chester filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Michael T OBrien Mr Copeland is senior partner of the firm of Warren Tyson Company His first official act will be to super vise the issuance of fuel oil ration books in this city The appointment was announced by R C Stephenson executive sec of OPA in the county COUNTY HOME IS LIONS CLUB TOPIC The regular weekly meeting of the Lions Club of Chester was held at Chester Arms on Thursday Joseph Covington was chairman of the pro gram and he had secured James T Brosnan superintendent of the County Home speaker at Lima as guest Superintendent Brosnan outlined the operations of the Home and told of some of the many problems the county staff faces in handling the cases at the Home Physical fitness mental alertness and formal job training are certain prerequisites every war worker must have stated Mr Oxley He went on to say Continued denial to Negroes and other racial minorities of the privilege of work ing in war industries is can and is a source of comfort to the enemy The speaker related further that no longer should a pa and loyal group represented in the American Negro beg for jobs in war Industries On the other hand many Negro leaders through out the nation are of the opinion that he who would deny to our be loved America in her hour of peril the skills and contributions freely offered by thousands of men and women of color is a saboteur even as that man who throws a wrench into the machinery of war produc tion Following his speech he was greeted with overwhelming applause The club is a local chapter of the National Foremans Club sponsored by the National Y M C A Ivor R Jones president acted as ter for the meeting A number of new members were introduced A gift was given to Harry Rossiter for his new son No Women in Group No women for the time being will be allowed to join the group de spite the fact that women are every day taking more jobs in war indus that of these some are being trained as foreladies Only about a third of those present were in favor of letting the female ele ment into the group A stirring call for funds in the coming Community Fund and War Chest campaign was made by Cor dina LaRose high school student The guest of honor at the meeting was Clifford H Peoples mayer of Chester The program consisted of group singing led by Raymond E man and accordion tap dancing and vocal selections by the Yelton sisters Their mother acted as mas ter of ceremonies 80 On Monday To Close Studio Here FOR SALVAGE INFORMATION CALL 4528 Headquarters at Chester Times Lobby FERDINAND Ferdinand is retiring This noted Chester rapher whose galleries have been patronized by all the great and near great from this area for the past 60 years will be 80 years of age on Monday Oct 19 and he is closing his Third street studios Interviewed this morning amid the dust of studio rooms that are stripped of their furnishings hut whose walls are still hung with por traits of Chester and Delaware coun tys leading business and profes men bankers judges manu their wives and children recounted a life story that has never before been told Born in 1867 in Aus tria what has been CzechoSlovakia of Wilhelm and Justine young Ferdinand came to America in a sailing vessel landing at South street Philadelphia at the age of 17 That was in the year 1879 He could speak several European lan but he knew no English There were nine cents in his pocket and he had no job On a corner in Philadelphia close by the present Wanamaker Store he met a young man from Holyoke Massachusetts who was practically SCRAP AWARDS GIVEN SCHOOLS Awards of merit for their efforts in collecting scrap were made today to pupils of four schools Douglass Junior High School Smedley Junior High Watts and Morton schools were honored by receiving embossed certificates bear ing the city seal anl signed by Mayor Clifford H Peoples The awards were made by Arthur Gearhart chairman of the salvage committee F Herman Fritz tendent of schools Addison Showal ter assistant superintendent George F White Robert Reddie and Harry Hynes CONTEMPT CASE IS DROPPED Contempt proceedings brought by the National Labor Relations Board against the Empire Ordnance Co of Philadelphia and its subsidiary the West Pittston Iron Works of West Pittston Pa were dropped in U S Circuit Court of Appeals late yesterday after attorneys for the two companies signed stipulations with NLRB representatives It had been alleged that the com panies signed a closed shop agree ment with the International Asso of Machinists AFL and that employes sympathetic with the United Steel Workers of America CIO were threatened with dis missal U S TREASURY BALANCE Washington bal ance Oct 14 Inter nal Revenue Customs Receipts Miscellaneous Receipts Expend tures NEW OXYGEN PLANT IN CO Work has been started at Essing on on a new plant for he Linde Air Products Company according to an announcement at the company headquarters today Producers of commercial oxygen which is extensively used in welding the Linde Company has operated a small plant between Island road the Reading tracks at Essington or several years Some months ago he company purchased 47 acres be tween the railroad and the Dela ware River including the property of the old Philadelphia Yacht Club The general contractor on the job is James Stewart and Company Inc Officials were unable to say when the plant would be completed but it is understood that the work is be ing rushed so that the company will be better able to serve the expand ing war industries in the Delaware County area PUBLICITY STAFF HOLDS MEETING The various phases of public re lations were discussed by Alfred G Hill publisher of The Chester Times at a meeting of the Chester High School publicity committee in the school yesterday afternoon Made up of faculty members from all departments of the school the committee has as its purpose the furtherance of school public rela tions and the acquainting of the community with school activities A talk on women in industry will probably be the topic of the speak er at the next meeting of the organ it was stated Mr Oxley in answer to a ques tion stated that there is a definite need for the entertainment and re creation of the Negroes of this area Mr Oxley is planning on discussing the building of the TJ S O clubhouse for Negroes with William Anderson local leader in that idea Part three of the Fundamental age youths to start Dec 1 The House Military Affairs Com reported its version of the legislation late yesterday with the Rules Committee slated to act on the measure today The House bears the name of Rep Wadsworth N Y coauthor of the original draft act and was approved unani The Senate Military Affairs Com ended its hearings yesterday on a similar sponsored by Sen Gurney S D and convened to day behind closed doors to whip the legislation into final shape Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey Se Service director estimates that 1500000 youths between 18 20 will be drafted under the law Two Amendments The House committee however adopted two amendments which might affect the speed with which selective service will be able to act One amendment allows any youth who requests it to finsh his school year before induction but in no case would this type of deferment be operative beyond next July 1 This might slow down induction some what if many students asked de ferment A second amendment forbids any State draft quota to be filled with men having dependents until all single men have been inducted who are available in that state with the same priority system applying on down the scale to fathers The lat ter would be the last to go General Hershey however told the committee that this amendment would make it difficult to fill draft quotas speedily but the provision prevailed D Tex who sponsored it declared that most of the complaints being received by Congress have arisen out of cases where one draft board has reached men with dependents while another board close by still has not inducted all its single men The provision to allow a youth to complete his school year was opposed by some members of the military ngr of Supervisory Training and in formation service prepared in book let form by a committee of the group was outlined orally by Harry Rossiter chairman of the committee all branches of He is assisted by Clair Lyon and I Elmer Griscom Prospect Park Sailor On Quincy Describes Battle but was written into the legislation after Dr E C Elliott president of Purdue University and head of the War Manpower Commissions Tech Training Division had urged its adoption We are going to need doctors particularly and need them badly he said And a teacher of the sci ences will be just as much a weapon of the war as a tank Topics of Times POLICE CHIEFS BUY WAR BONDS The Delaware County Police Chiefs Association met in Boone avenue school Glenolden last night with Henry J Downing of East Lansdowne presiding The purchase of a war bond by the organization was authorized and one new member Frank Kulp of the Bell Telephone Company was admitted Chief Charles Walton of Nor wood reported that 250 policemen from all sections of the county have enrolled for the classes at the as rifle range on Bullens lane Ridley township William C Kinney probation of ficer attached to the Juvenile Home talked briefly on problems in juve nile delinquency EARL SPAULDING Safe and well and in remark ably good spirits Chief Petty Officer Earl Spaulding who was on the U S S Quincy when she was sunk by Japanese gunfire off the Solo mon Islands August 9 is on a well earned furlough at his home 702 Lincoln avenue Prospect Park with wife Rose In a few days time he will return to the west coast for assignment to further duty With a record of 24 years of serv ice in the Navy Chief Spaulding told of his harrowing experience to a reporter today He said he and his crew had just finished their tour of duty in one of the fire rooms of the ship when they were ordered to battle station passing ammunition to one of the ships gun crews From the time the battle began until the battleship slid be neath the waters of the Pacific lit tle more than a half hour had elapsed he said Throughout the battle discipline of the crew was excellent despite the heavy fire Spaulding said It was at the height of the battle that the ships captain Samuel Moore was fatally wounded while the ships bridge When the ship was abandoned the captains body was Turn to Page 2 Number 3 Generally speaking women are pretty Also they are pretty gen speaking Nazis Halt Siege on Stalingrad headline Or was it the Russians Some college students spend their time burning midnight spend it flame A spectator was oust ed from a football game They probably didnt like his hooray Lots of folks are discovering that a good disposition is no match for a bad fall cold In Todays CHESTER TIMES Page Amusements 19 Answers to Questions 6 Bedtime Bridge 9 Comics 21 22 Crossword Deaths 22 Editorials 6 Fiction 21 Financial 17 From The Times Files 6 Girl Scouts 3 In Hollywood 15 Marriage Licenses 8 Obituaries 2 Radio Time Table 14 Serial Story 9 Society News 8 Sports 17 18 19 Sunday School Lesson 11 The Brighter Side 6 With Our Service Men 3 Womens Pages 8 9 I f i
