Reporter

Chester
PUBL1SHKD BY THK STR1K1XG A. X. G. EMPLOYES OF THE CHESTKK TDIES

VOL.

CHESTER, PA.. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8,1941

1, NO. 10

"Assessments" Probe
Ordered by MacDade

READY IN CRISIS

District Attorney McClenachan

Given Unlimited Power By Judge
Who Gives Names Of Witnesses
A complete investigation of the political "assessments"
levied on county employes was launched today by District
Attorney William B. McClenachan, Jr.
The prosecutor was given unlimited powers to conduct the probe by Judge Albert Button MacDade on Friday
and after making a study the jm-ist's comments over the
week-end, McClenachan announced today that he had started
the investigation.
The court ordered probe a>ter James L. Rrankin, local
attorny, arguing for the ouster of four Upper Darby school
directors, said teachers in the township 'were coerced into
contributing to political campaigns.

THREE CENTS

res As
Nation
Navy Battles Japs
America is in the war!
Japanese dive bombers screamed clown from the morning- sky on Hawaii yesterday to begin hostilities.
The Nation awaits a special message to both houses of Congress by the President this
morning, which is expected to ask for a declaration of war.
The Nipponese government already has announced that a "state of war" exists between Japan and the United States and Great Britain.

It was reported that Manila too had been bombed. How-

"The school board in Upper

ever, this was later denied.
Darby is using the same method
The U. S. S. West Virginia, huge battleship, has been
of collecting money as the politireported sunk at Pearl Harboi% while the U. S. S. Oklahoma
cal machine in Delaware County is
using in the Courthouse," Rankin
The Domei (official Japanese) News Agency an- was said to be burning.... Both reports were unconfirmed.
More than one hundred soldiers were killed in their
said.
nounced that the battleship Oklahoma has been sunk
barracks at Hickman Field, near Pearl Harbor. Fires were
Judge MacDade Instructed the
in Pearl Harbor.
district attorney to talk with J.
seen, risin g f rom. Ford Island, Navy-base,. and :the air -was*
' Harvey- Smith,' a county employe
~ ;: The Army and Navy were ordered to be on the alert filled with the fire of anti-aircraft guns. Several planes
for more than thirty years, who
One Victim Has Ear
and put on a full war footing by Government order.
bearing the Rising Sun insignia of the Japanese Empire
was fired as deputy clerk of .the
Badly Slashed, Other
__courts four years ago by Fred
All aliens in Hawaii and the Canal Zone are being were reported shot down.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose, special message on the
The attack came as a complete surprise. The Japanese
Is Blackjacked
Duke, Clerk of the Courts, when
rounded up by police and soldiers.
Japanese attack on Hawaii to a joint session of Congress Is awaited by
he refused to pay an. "assessment"
planes,
probably based on an aircraft carrier, swooped down
the entire nation.
to the political organization.
Chester detectives are seeking
The Japanese-controlled Shanghai radio announced near the important harbor fortress in the early morning
"After Smith was dropped from the "twin brother bandits" who
that Army and Navy bases at Manila have been heavily hours, sending their bombs hurtling down on Army and Navy
his job, I appointed him clerk in
beat and'robbed two pedestrians
bombed by the Japanese.
bases.
my courtroom" Judge MacDade
yesterday
morning.
One
of
the
vicIn the Pacific, a U. S. Army cargo ship, loaded with
said. "I am sure if you talk with
A "state of war" exists between the Dutch Governtims nearly lost an ear when a
Smith he may enlighten you."
With the nation on the verge of war, I call upon
ment-in-exile and the Japanese, the Dutch announced lumber, was torpedoed and sunk. Another sent out distress
The court also suggested that knife was slashed viciously across
signals.
the citizens of Chester to remain calm in this crisis.
in London.
McClenachan talk with Mrs. Mary his head.
On the West Coast all Naval leaves were cancelled and
Our local Council of Defense is on guard against
Reith, a janitress employed in the
Thomas Dostiliq, of 710 West
General
Douglas
A.
McArthur,
commander
of
men ordered to report to their ships and stations.
courthouse who was threatened
any eventuality. Air raid wardens are standing by,
Third street, told police he was on
American forces in the Philippines, ordered all women
with dismissal two years ago beSecretary of War Stimson ordered all Army officers
ready
for
duty.
There
is
no
cause
for
alarm,
however.
cause she refused to contribute his way home at 1.30 a. m. and had
and
children
evacuated
from
Manila
and
moved
inland.
and
men
to report today "in uniform" to their bases.
The city authorities are redoubling their efforts
to the coffers of the organization. almost reached his home when two
News of the attacks came while Japanese envoys Kurusu
to forestall any attempts to damage or sabotage local
A Japanese aircraft carrier was reported sunk by
Intervention by some of the judges young Negroes, %vho appeared to be j
and
Nomura were in the State Department with Secretary
twin
brothers,
held
him
up
opsaved Mrs. Keith's job.
defense plants. It is vitally important now that these
U. S. Navy ships off Honolulu.
of
State
Hull.
The assessment system used for posite a vacant lot.
plants be guarded so that they can turn out the tools
One of the bandits shoved a gun
The
War
Department
reported
from
Washington
decades by both major political
The
envoys had come to the State Department with the
of war and defense against aggression. All possible coparties has been flourishing in the against his stomach while the other
last
night
that
104
soldiers
are
dead
and
304
wounded
long awaited answer to the U. S. note to Japan. Such was
brandished a blackjacked and a
operation is needed from the public.
courthouse for many years.
in the bombing of Hawaiian bases. This figure does the answer that Secretary of State Hull told the envoys
knife,
Dostilio
said,
while
they
took
A local man, who occupies a
We are all Americans. Today we should join benot include civilians or Navy personnel.
that "never in my 50 years of service to my country have
$3,000-a year post, is the "col- S20 from his pockets. The one
hind
our Government to see through the job we find
with
the
knife
slashed
his
right
I ever seen infamous distortions and falsehoods on a scale
lector" and every employe is reThe first Latin-American country to declare war
before us.
quired to "voluntarily contribute" ear nearly off, it being necessary
on Japan was Costa Rica. The tiny republic's action is so huge. I never imagined any government on this planet
MAYOR CLIFFORD H. PEOPLES
3 percent of his salary if he makes for physicians at Chester Hospital
expected to be followed by other countries in South was capable of issuing them."
53,000 or under annually. If his to insert several stitches.
Meantime at the Japanese msalary exceeds that figure, the A few minutes earlier Joseph
America.
bassy, officials were seen In the
I
Colonna,
of
10-4
Franklin
street,
percentage is much higher.
embassy garden burning secret
The Governor of the Dutch East Indies formally
On paydays it is a common sigh t i was beaten and robbed bv the twin
documents
so that they would
to see the county employes stand- thugs in front of 229 Penn street.
declared war against Japan late yesterday and
not be seized by the United States
Colonna
was
on
his
way
home
ing in line outside the collector's
ordered immediate mobilization of troops.
in the event of war.
office waiting to pay. As the pay- from work and was walking down
The attack on Hawaii was made
Penn
street
%vhen
the
Negroes
apment is made, a check mark is
Canada last night declared war on Japan, it was
P. T. C. Plans To Use at 2:25 (E.S.T.) yesterday afterAnticipating the largest volume [ vorable comments on the lighting
peared out of the shadows and held
placed jjgainst his name.
announced in Ottawa, capital of the Dominion.
Plot On Sixth Street; noon it was announced by Stephen
Many of the workers pay on the him up. After taking $4.70 from of holiday business in many years, J this year. Ropes of twined laurel
Chester's
merchants
will
keep
their!
are
suspended
across
the
streets,
Early, secretary to the President
him,
one
of
the
pair
struck
him
installment plan "contributing" a
Japanese have bombed cities and Army and Navy
Budget Introduced
stores
open
tonight
and
every
night
with
large
illuminated
stars
in
the
Later reports said that the atover
the
head
with
a
blackjack,
certain amount out of each pay.
bases and air fields in the Philippines. However, no
center and colored lights spaced
tacks were continuing. Bombs had
If the payment is overdue the then slugged him on the jaw. until Christmas.
In a move designed to eliminate
bombs have fallen on Manila. A Japanese aircraft carfallen on Hickman Field, Army air
The holiday schedule actually be- from curb to curb. Laurel also
employe is sent for and repri- Colonna was also treated at Chestraffice
hazards incident to the base; Ford Island, Navy base, and
ter
Hospital.
an
Fridav
night,
but
downtown
stretches
along
the
curblines,
with
rier
is
said
to
be
near
the
lands.
manded.
1
loading ant unloading of bus pas- j Pear! Island Navy Yard, Pearl IsJudge MacDade gave the dis- Descriptions given by the two establishments are normally openi ^ at intervals.
Singapore
and
Hong
Kong
were
undergoing
bombvictims
tallied
in
most
respects,
in one of "the strongest harsengers
on Sixth street, near Welsh,
Friday and Saturday nights any-j
trict attorney full power to subbor
especially
the
"twin"
brother
part.
(Chester
City
Council
has
approved
i
fortresses
in the world.
ing
attacks.
Japanese
have
attacked
Malaya.
way so the real Christmas rush be-'
pena any witnesses he may need
Thfc
planes
which made the atto conduct the investigation and it The yuths were described as being gins tonight.
a plan whereby Philadelphia TransFour
Japanese
submarines
have
been
sunk,
it
is
tack
have
been
based on aircraft
was indicated that if the evidence about 20 years old, of medium
Sales forces have been augment-!yll 11}
A i
portation Company buses will no
reported.
warrants it, the December Grand height and build. They were dress- ed to take care of the extra busi-JklHeQ Dj AUlO
longer have to use the street itself carriers, it was reported, as Hawaii
ed exactly alike, according to both ness, stocks have been renewed!
is 3,800 miles from Japan, too far
Jury may be recalled.
as a loading station.
Japanese-American
naval
battle
reported
in
Pacific.
for an
Dostilio and Colonna.
At an adjourned meeting Satur>" Japanese bombers to fly.
and replenished with up to the Ii A 54-year-old West End Ice dealFleet steams from Pearl Harbor to meet the enemy.
SUIT STOLEN
day the city solons adopted a reso-|The attacking planes were dive
minute merchandise and stores re- j er was killed by an automobile
Silas Jones, Jr., of 1602 Provimodeled and decorated for the 1941
lution authorizing the sub-leasing j bombersDESERTER HELD
|
early
yesterday
as
he
attempted
to
Nicaraugua
also
declared
war
on
Japan
last
night.
dence avenue, notified police yes- Francis J. Bonner, 21, of the 1400 Christmas shopping season.
Smoke could be seen hi Honolulu
of a 285-foot strip of ground on the
1 cross Second street, at Wilson.
terday that a thief had stolen a block Willison street, was held for
lower side of Sixth street, just east rising from Ford Island. Anti-airThe first Christmas trees haves
lap, who arc making an Investiga- of Welsh, to the P. T. C., for use craft fire filled the skies as the
suit and an overcoat from a doset the military authorities Saturday as been put up for sale in the do%vn-| The victim, Frank Peciuch. of j Embryo Goodmans
wnen
in his bedroom.
tion, learned that Wilson Morris, Of its buses so they can drive in planes bearing Rising Sun insigniaa deserter from the U. S. Marine town district, adding the final touch ] 111 Wilson street, was dead
!cj.__l Clarinets
ireal
of the Japanese Empire came divof 520 East Twenty-second street, i off the streetV,ianneia
Corps after being arrested on a to the gala Yuletide air that h a s j h e reached Chester Hospital at 3.30|
charge of failing to pay for a meal been prevalent in Chester for the: a. m. His body, witnesses said,j ^.Qm clarinets, valued at a total! saw a mysterious man of foreign j The city has already arranged for ing from the morning sky.
Unconfirmed reports said that an
i was badly mangled.
i in a restaurant on East Ninth! past few days.
of 5272 have been stolen from a j appearance in the room shortly
unidentified
battleship bombarded
Railroad.
Thc
tracks
will
I street. Bonner admitted deserting
The outdoor lights were turned j The driver of the death car was
thc clarinels wcre discovei
" be removed and the ground resur- the Naval base. "Fifty to one
I from the Marines on November 17, on in their entirety Friday night, j listed by police as Stephen Im- | closet in the tnusic room at Ches-j^
ed missing.
faced to make a suitable loading hundred" planes made the attack.
i having enlisted last July. He was transforming Market street, Edg- j burgia, 28, of 3 Boothwyn road, ter High School.
Several were shot down. First restation.
I fined $5 for failing to pay the ret- mont avenue and Third street into j Boothwyn. Imburgia took Peciuch, "The instrument's were the propports said that at least five were
It
was
stated,
that
the
move
to
erty
of
Rudolph
Pompilli.
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LEAGUE
OP
G.
0.
T.
WOMEN
' | taurant bill, as were. three friends gleaming lanes of red, green, blue (who was married, to the hospital in
who were with him, Edwin Miazza, and yellow incandescence. Over his automobile and was placed un West Third street; Emil MatysJ At a Friendly Neighbor Meeting, j take the buses off Sixth street when killed and "many" wounded by the
:
j,
1122, of the 600 block East Fourth this rose the tinkle of bells at the der arrest by Detective Rogozinski 3031 West Third street; Theodore tonight, at the Bcllcvue-Strat- j loading and unloading was in. bombs.
,1 Ii street;, Joe Lanahan,
. . . . 21,
_ . of
.- the 800 Salvation Army Christmas kettles: and Patrolman Toole. Imburgia I Middleton, 2910 West Ninth street, ford, Mrs. Eleanor Evans, County | stigatcd by the Safety Council and Police and firemen were ordered
Sjblock East Seventh street, a n d j a n d the soft notes of .carols from j was held in $2,000 bail for a hear-|and Joseph Valzone, l l l o West! Vice-Chairman, in charge of plans, the traffic bureau of the Chester to the Pearl Harbor district bywill talk on "Office of Recorder of Police Department. A small shel- radio shortly after the attack. It
Michael Bullick, 21, of Third street j several of the stores.
ing before Magistrate Michael A. Ninth street.
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jji j and Concord avenue.
Detectives Rogozinski and Dun- Deeds."
j Shoppers have passed many fa- Honan.

FLASHES

"Twin Brother"
Bandits Hold Up
And Beat 2 Men

Proclamation

Official Xmas Season

Marked by Merchants

West End Man

SHOPPING
DAYS
'TIL
CHRISTMAS

City Approves
Bus Terminal

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PUBLISHED BY THE STRIKING A. X. G. EMPLOYES OF THE CHESTER TIMES

CHESTER, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1941

VOL. 1. NO. 10

LE NATION GIRDS F
NGRESS DECL
Delehanty Mobilizes
Air Defense Forces
Calls For Further Expansion Of
Facilities in Industrial Area
Along Delaware River
By E. J. MAGNIN, JR.
"War with Japan implies immediate all-out war with
Germany!"

County Defense
Councils Ready
For Emergency
Forty-Seven Local
Groups Are Notified
To Await Orders

Delaware County's National De,,.-,, . . . . .

, ,
:/-,, - j , - r> -j j , fense Councils sprang into action
With that ringing declaration, Chief Air Raid Warden |,.e,terd ,

L
William F. Delehanty yesterday mobilized the defense forces
hours after news of the
on the industrial and civilian fronts in Delaware County hostilities in the Pacific became
known, William J. Enders, head
against air attacks.
Along the industrial front he called on leaders for im- of the Delaware County council.
sent telegrams to each of the 47
mediate expansion of defense forces.
local Defense Councils in the
"Expand the present fire, police, medical and engineer- countv, notifying them of the
ing services at once," he urged. "Establish look-outs and j emergency and asking them to
dual plant inter-communication systems.
j stand by for further instructions.
"Organize shop committees and personnel to meet with I The committees from each of the
county's 47 communities met in
management. The cooperation of management and workers is the Courthouse at Media last night
essential."
and formulated plans for Delaware

.WATCHERS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed for air raid warning service in this area. Men are needed immediately to augment the force now in operation.
Since the declaration of war, the local watchers,
men of The Sergeant Stevenson Post, No. 190, American Legion, have been on 24-hour duty. There are 34
in the unit at the present time, but many more are
necessary to maintain constant watch.
Applications will be received at the post home,
227 West Seventh street, on Wednesday evening at
7:30 o'clock. All men are requested to be on hand for
this important national defense duty.
With the important industrial plants centered in
in this area, the station takes on particular importance, Ray Phillips, Legionnaire in charge of the program, said today.

40 Dolls Exhibited
At West End Library

Charity Group To
Discuss Plans

Jap Planes Contif

Attacks on Islan

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The United States today prepared to meet the myriad tasks of a m
_ $9,
lowing- President Roosevelt's signing- of the declaration of .war againsv
-$8 . ...
, .
,.
$f civilian
yesterday afternoon.
;h5. Bedws power
Attacks continued on Hawaii and the Philippines. Casualties in Ha^* chest 2-^,
the heaviest attacks have occurred, were estimated unoffically at more
hundreds of soldiers and civilians have been killed in the Philippines.
The declaration of war on the United States by Germany and It_
hourly. The Axis although they have made no formal statement as :
to consider the United States an "aggressor" and join in the attack againstss.Sf
terms of the Tri-Partite agreement.
''chMtithat s
The President will speak to the Nation tonight at 10 o'clock by radi
_;' .
to give a report on the hostilities and to call for a united front against
ttc
""'
Although the
passed the Senat<'_
lorl
and there was but or.
.
it in the HousetL'
' be
Rankin who voted ey 5t*. "f
San FranciscoThis city underwent a test air raid trance int Wprld V. 6-9154'^
alarm at 6:20 p. m. Pacific time, Tuesday (9:20, EST). The consideralil
original flash warned of enemy planes a hundred miles off the
Arm

FLASHES

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The Delaware County Group of

Miss Anna A. Hannum and Mrs.
Delehanty communicated with
County's protection in the present Lelia Ridgeway, of the West End the United Charities Campaign
the-various air raid zone wardens
crisis.
Branch of the J. Lewis Crozer Li- will hold a dinner meeting on
throughout the county and arrangWhile working tirelessly coordi- brary, recently .. visited Philadel- tomorrow evening, at 6:30 p. m.,
ed for the re-testing of the raid
at Henri's, Upper Darby, to discuss
nating the various units, Enders phia to .witness a doll exhibit.
alarm system. Under this plan the
asked the 400,000 residents of the
For. the past year the Library further organization for the comtwo Delaware county centers
WH3TE ASH
has been collecting dolls for a per- ing 1942 drive, which is being hold the coast. It was not revealed until nearly two hours later
60-Ton Monster Shows county to remain calm.
Chester and Upper Darbytelethat the alarm was to test air raid warning facilities.
-STOVE
"I appeal to the people of every manent exhibit. There are now January 25 to February 11.
phoned their sub-centers and the
Paces Before Army Men community to respond to any calls about 40 in the collection, each Invitations have been sent to all
sub-centers contacted their termiShanghiJapan has taken over complete control of this
from their local councils of defense doll dressed in the native costume division chairmen, district direcAT Eddystone Plantnal stations to prove the readiness
and maintain a calm attitude. In of a foreign country. Four of the tors, associate directors, vice chair- key Chinese city.
of the system.
America's first 60-ton tank was this emergency the responsibility dolls are dressed in costumes rep- men and secretaries.
The chief warden pointed out turned over to the Army yesterday | of every civilian in Delaware resenting a period of American
ManilaAir raid warnings were sounded here but until
Robert Dechert, Esq., General
that, now that war has been offi, _,,...
" . " , , . , * Countv is as 6great as that of a history, the latest doll added to the Chairman of the entire campaign, a late hour Tuesday there were no reports of bombs having
.
cially declared by both the United bv the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1 soldier,
sailor or marine m our collection being a ".Baltimore Cava- will be the principal speaker. He fallen.
.
States and Japan, air raids in this Eddystone. Brigadier General G.[aj.med forces_
lier" resplendent in a green velvet will be ably, assisted by. Louis H.
area are not only possible, but M. Barnes, of the Ordnance De- "Every citizen should be on suit with sword and a hat with red Beller, chairman of District "B,"
SingaporeJapanese air raids are said to have taken a
"probable."
Frederick R. Drayton, Chairman of
partment, accepted the new weapon guard against,any act of sabotage .
.
_
toll
of
60 dead and as many injured. The raidei-S'are^accused

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l7--;--i3'-"P.ut yourself in.the enemy's po- from-."William- H. Harman,- Baldwin which'may hinder our defense.pro-1
The- purpose of the exhibit Isio who is Chairman of Outlying Dis- of having used mustard gas during the raids.
sition," he said, "then you'll re- vice-president in charge of sales, gram. I wish to emphasize that
afford children an aid in studying tricts.
.
alize that aside from the New York- partment officials, prominent in- the civilian defense program is one
TokyoJapanese officials claim to have sunk the U. S.
the authentic costumes worn by
Long Island section, the Philadel- partment o....cials, prominent in- Of passive defense. No citizen will
the children of far-off countries, as
warship
Oklahoma and West Virginia and four American at leasV
phia, Chester, Carnden, Wilming- dustrialists, and several thousand I be required'to do anything of a
Kiwan is Club To
well as the different periods of
destroyers as well as to have damaged several other ships. planes,
ton area is the most important Baldwin employes witnessed thej m nitary nature. That is a matter
View Color Film
ig, stove, nut; 59
from a military standpoint in the delivery, which was followed by a j f o r our government," Enders said. American history.
Three hundred planes are also claimed to have been destroyed mosa. 5.00. Buck $6.50.
During
the
observance
of
ChilA technicolor film, "Deep HoriManila,
East."
dramatic demonstration of thei jn a swift series of meetings
without the loss of a single vessel.
LOCATION
He urged, however, that the lo- i powers of the huge tank. The ex-1 TCith the heads of the key commit- dren's Book Week, a number of zons," prepared by the petroleum
classes
accompanied
by
their
teachindustry, will be presented to the
cal citizens remain calm under all | hibition was climaxed by a sham | tees yesterday, Enders laid the
WashingtonNaval officials admit the loss of one "old" was repor$3t
circumstances and co-operate to battle involving the heavy tank,! groundwork for county defense ac- ers from the West End schools Chester Kiwanis Club at their warship and several destroyers but do not confirm other planes bcai
luncheon meeting on Wednesday
Rising Sun
the fullest with the various agen- two medium tanks produced byjtion, crystallizing the "paper came to the doll collection.
The children were delighted with at the Y.W.C.A. building, Seventh Japanese claims.
Authorities "wwter
Baldwin's and three U. S. Army i plans" on which the County Councies set up for civilian defense.
evacuate 270.000 civilians
light tanks.
Alarm Setup
Icil has been working for the past the dolls, the boys conceding that and Sproul streets.
SingaporeBritish Army officials claim to have set fire Manila, which had had seve~
they were "nice."
James Banta, chairmsn, will
"Our country will soon surpass five months.
Delehanty described the workto
two
Japanese merchant ships carrying troops for in- raid alarms. President
For the coming holiday season sponsor the film. Plans will be disings of the aircraft warning sys- all others in production of weapons The first meeting was at 10
Mrs.
Ridgeway,
who
is
in
charge
cussed at the meeting for the com- 'vasion of British positions here.
Quezon, who has been
tem as setup for the eastern sea- for modern warfare," General o'clock yesterday, when Enders
turning to the capital to
Barnes declared, in accepting the conferred with William J. Dele- of the Children's Library has plan- ing Christmas Party the service
( board.
1
BerlinThe German government announced that it would of civilian defense.
All warnings are flashed from tank.
hanty, the county air raid warden; ned a suitable Christmas exhibit, clubmen annually hold for underThe Japanese radio crackl
The Army's new military mon- Thomas J. Campbell, head of the ! which will include a gaily trimmed privileged children. J. Homer "act without warning" against any nation declaring war on
the chief interceptor station at
Graber is chairman of the commit- its Axis partner, Japan.
optimistic reports of the fig
Mitchell Field, L. I. For example, ster went through its paces on the county fire defense committee, and | tree.
The librarians extend to the pub- tee. He will be assisted by A. Lawso far. They claimed the ^
if enemy planes are heading this 100-acre test track field on the bank Stewart Robinson, chief of the
WashingtonSpecial guards have been placed inside tion of two American ba-.
way, the field notifies Philadelphia. of the Delaware. It ground down!countv police defense committee, lic an invitation to see the Christ- rence Baxter, J. Edward Buckley,
,i
Philadelphia immediately- signals three telephone poles at once, An hour later he met with John mas display also the many new Joseph F. Chcrmol, Frank J. Kerr, the Japanese Embassy to prevent Ambassador Nomura and an aircraft carrier, destroys
the two Delaware county centers j churned through loose sand and Techton, of the Sun Shipbuilding books both for children and adults, Charles E. Lanyon, Edward A. MeBritish cruisers and succes:
which have recently been placed Cadden, John S. Miller, Jr., Donald Special Envoy Kurusu from comitting hari-kari, traditional where. Their losses, they s;
at Chester and Upper Darby.
| raced past the reviewing stand for
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on the shelves. Library hours are Neilson, William J. Steuhani and Nipponese form of "honorable" suicide.
In Chester, Zone Warden Fee- j a brake test, skidding to a stop in.
zero.
Experts discouni
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
John C. Wakeling.
ney notifies sub-centers at Marcus ' a few feet on a concrete pavement.
i claims. It was admitted,b:
YOUTH HURT
* I'AKKSIDK PARTY
Hook, the Black Horse Barracks of
The mock combat was realistic, Vincent Gray, 14, of 634 Crosby j
NEW OFFICE
! U. S. sources that an
SHOOTS DEEK
CORRECTION
the Pennsylvania Motor Police and
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The Ladies' Community Club of! ship probably the Oklah
Household Finance Corporation
street, was treated at Chester HosIn Friday's paper it was report- Henry "Bud" Miller, of Waliing- announced today that it has moved Parkside held its annual members j been hit and/capsized an,
the Sharon Hill and Swarthmore
pital for abrasions of the left leg
radio stations. Upper Darby notiHOLIDAY DECORATION'S - Sunday night after being knocked i ed that Mrs. Anna Cycyk, whose ford, returned from a hunting trip its office from the Croze!" Building Christmas party last night in lhc j stroyers
fies Haverford, Radnor and LansOne of the most attractive out- down by an automobile at Seventh! marriage was noted, was a widow. to Ogden Hi!!, Lycoming county, Fifth and Market streets, to OH
__J.ap troops attemptei
firehouse.
A business meeting,
- downe. All sub-centers contact theirfaoor Christmas displays yet to be and Crosbv streets. The driver, j This is incorrect, according to her yesterday, after bagging a 7-pointj Edgrnom avenue, above the
| in .Malaya about 200 miles
terminal points, assuring that every j seen in the downtown area is that i James B. Ward, of 2907 West daughter, Mrs. Anna Hinkle, of buck. Others in the party were j LinMln Storo _ T hc office is on the scheduled for t, o'clock, will pre-, Singaporc> but met ;strong Br Uar
Gaven Scherer, Tom Oewey and j sccond floor_ ln moving to the n>:\v ceded the party. Each member of j resistance. Hong Kong and Si es
community in the county is warn- j over the broad store front of Wein- j Twelfth street, told police that the 1140 Thomas street. Mrs. Cycyk
ed of the approach of the bombers, j berg's, 627 Edgmont avenue. The j youth darted into the side of his j was divorced last summer.
John Ruhl, of Chester.
building, the company has increas- the club participated in an ex-i pore were bombed.
1 ers
In
All have police radio coverage, he design consists in the main of two j car.
ed its office spac<; in an effort w change of gifts.
Washington Congress fare} By
said, with the exception of the x"i- life-size white deer, surrounded by j
| give the continued courteous serv(Continued <jn. Page/^4)
tally important Chester, Marcus large Christmas trees. The im-j
LEAVES FOR ARMY
SCALES STOLEN
j ice that has made possible the conHook, Upland, Trainer, Eddystone j pressive Christmas lighting effects! Ben D. Wright II, of Springfield, i
.
.
,
,
-, ,
- ,
Stanley Gink, Jr., of 725 East SevCYCLIST INJURED
district, which must rely on tele-1 -ere placed under the supervisionj has volunteered for the Army and I
America IS at war. We stand united against
Xorris Gibson, of 602 Ke
; hold has 301 Offices located in 23 enth street, notified nolice that a
phone communication.
! Of John R. Loughead, local union | will report to Camp Meade, Md., to-! unprovoked aggression.
states and the Dominion of Can- thief had broken into his parked i street, suffered cuts of the f
"Suppose," Delehanty said, "that | electrical contractor.
I morrow morning.
Every resource of the Nation must be placed at the' a f l a .
early yesterday when he rodecar and stolen a S5 set of scales.
:
American Legion spotters in Deibicycle into a car driven by- Jt
Government's disposal. We must present a united front
aware county observe enemy i
Hefton, of 112G Walnut street."
against the foe across the Pacific.
planes nearby.
'
Seventh street and Edgmont s
The CHESTER REPORTER and the striking employes
"They note the number of planes, ;
nue. He was treated at Chr
types of bombers, direction of j
of the Chester Times, who are publishing the daily paper,
Hospital.
, \
flight, speed and height. Then they j
offer their unlimited services to the City, County, State
telephone the Philadelphia filter '.
DIES AT HOME
and Nation to do what they can.
station, where course of the planes ; Sjx lhousand ,vorkm^a^offic~<T, the Safetv office; in the rear of the
George Bogonek, 60, of 2S26.
Only in America could it hap-,v;hieh v.-iH bo attended fay repreIn our first edition we said that we were publishing
is plotted on a large map. Th.s in- , cmployes
;;entaiives of every patriotic organl- Sixth street, collapsed at his
t l l i j J i U i - C3 of
\Jt lhe
U I C Sun
O L i J I Shipbuilding
d l l U U U l l U I l I K( m
i Ia
J l ic tnJ I J office
UiiiU'J building;
I J U U U K J K , the
I III; South!
iSUUUI i ,
Y-\-r^-r\/-\T-mTTl-
i f
TT7
i _ *
j _ A l j _
pen:
formation is sent to Mitchell Field. >
^.^ Company ^ caltn.: Yard in front of thc fabrlcation j the REPORTER as a public service. We meant just that.
late yesterday morning. He
Eightv-two aliens from eleven xition.
and from there the alert is sound- j ly and quietly while the President. shop, and in the Wetherill plant.
We offer our nexvs columns, as we should, as a medium CDUn\ries winbe admitted to unit-! Tin? nov. citizens were given rushed to the Chester
ed to the districts affected."
of the United States before a joint j It was a quite throng that await- for the dissemination of information to the public.
Our ed States citizenship on December their "final papers" last week after pronounced dead. Deputy
He explained that observers spot- i session of Congress informed the led the radio preamble to the
en-j local defense groups can count on OUT cooperation in this 23 at a colorful ceremony in Court- they were questioned by an exam- George White said th^/If
ting planes on the outskirts of - nation that a state of war already! trance of the President. Workmen
en,! . T.
i room No. 1, at Media.
inei- from the United States Immi- parently came fr,otrfnatu
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H 110
,
.
.
i
Side
bv
side
will
stand
German
oration Department. They will rei existed between this country and welders, shipfitters, ri\reters, lofts
"
.
The
panel
newspaper IS the
pu b l l C n form iatlOn, t he anrj Rug ' sjan> Brill)n and Kalian, ceivc their naturalization certif
; the Japanese government.
; men, machinists, electricians and
.visibls
CHRISTMAS
In addition to small radio sets-all the other employes, in working! builder of public morale. The REPORTER, with the rest ] singing "God Bless America." The cates at. thc ceremonies on Decem-|
SEALS
distributed about the office, there] togs and plastic helmets stood; of the Nation's press, will do its part.
\ words may betray thc accent of!ber 23.
j
I were five amplifiers distributed j silently smoking cigarettes, awaitDark days are ahead. In the future lie "blood, sweat j <-heir nativc !and but the music w i u l The new citizens and the coun-i
from thdr, hcartt
about the yard. Orders from John ing the Presidents voice.
. ' lrics of thcir birih arc: M . _'
and tears," and uVictory. In the meantime,, we must work i' comc
'
Tile
. Pew, president of the company,! As the group waited, quiet con-|
P rinci P al speaker will he| Great Britain Myle.s Martin, Esj and Strive together.
j Judge- Adrian Bonnelly of Philade!-|sington; Bessie Dewar, Media; Denis
SHOPPING
|
! gave the men freedom to listen i versation v'/ heard.
loss
of
pay,
in
fact
all
were
i
"Well,
t|4J&is
no
other
choice,
ll
There
is
no
need
for
fear.
The
United
States
is
pre-j
Other speakers will be the j Callahan, Glen Riddle; John Dohiwithoull<
p hia.
-| urged to avail themselves of the j hope he g^JeSS
IT A f< tf C* ti Our Navy, the world's best, lies across the path of i four local judges, -W. Roger Froen- erty, Bryn Ma wr; 'Rowland "BT.- Hickequipment for the momentous oc-! remarked *
ackers. Our citizen-army is trained and ready. It field, Albert Dutton MacDade, Har- ling, Boothwyn; Thomas Johnscasion.
,
j ,A shiji/
old L. Ervin and John E. McDon-iton, Woodlyn; Elizabeth Hastings,)
ROTI
ur duty to be prepared,
Amplifiers were located In the be crazy 24Ht St., Ck*ftr
Collingdale; Isabel.M. Barratt, Mar-i
ou;?h.
Pin
'pledge to do our part in this hour of our country's iVervyn R- Turk, local attorney cus Hook; Mary vlli nger, 711
(north yard, nearla concrete co; laying *e^irtd
Witch for Hi*
m th* Winrf
^g I fcany office; in theVenter yard-ney
4)
C
will be in charge
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We Will Do Our Part

6000 Sun Ship Workers

Hear President Speak

Aliens From Warring

Nations Naturalized

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Chester

MT5USHED BY THE STR1K1XG A. X. G. EMPLOYES OF THE CHESTER TIMES

VOL. 1, NO. 12.

2S

CHESTER, PA.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1941

THREE CENTS

OSEVELT
U.S. FACES THREAT OF
Council Appoints Two AH Men Needed
To Water Authority [For Emergency
Also Add Fifteen Policemen
To Force To Protect Local Industries;
Starr, FeeSey Get Water Jobs

Y. M. C. A. SPEAKER

Duties Today!
Defense Council Asks
Volunteers For Duty
As Public Officers

By E. J. MAGNIN, JR.
Two of the four vacancies on the Chester Municipal;YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS
Water Authority were filled at a special meeting of thej
YOU
City Council yesterday when Colonel Clarence T. Starr, j
BY EDWARD JOHNSTON
graduate manager of athletics at Pennsylvania Military Col-1 Every able-bodied man in
lege, and Thomas F. Feeley, former Democratic Delaware i Delaware County is urgently
County Commissioner, were named.
needed in the present crisis to
Appointment of members to fill the other two vacan- Ci0 njs part jn home defense,
cies was postponed until after January 1.
j William J. Enders, execuCouncil also appointed 15 new patrolmen to the Chester j fj ve secretary of the Delaware! P:ml B. Anderson, who will speak
at the Chester Y. M. C. A. tomorrow
police force to build up the city's defense system in view County National Defense; night of liis experiences as a Y. M.
of the declaration of war against Japan by Congress.
Council today outlined com- iC. A. worker in German prison

Heavy Duties Start

Today For Patrolmen

.,
..
I
_ ,
prehensive plans for the deNew Members Replace | fenS8 of the C0lmty,t a n d j

Men Who Resigned

camps.

Speaker Worked
In Prison Camps

Defense Groups
Parade Through
City's Streets

Japan Charged With

Axis Collaooration

P. M. C. Cadets Lead
Quickly-Mobilized
Unity Demonstration

President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the American public last night that the United
States is set for a long war against powerful bandits, in an address to the largest world
With the throat of foreign invas- j audience in history.
ion nearing the shores of America, j
He stated emphatically that the basis of the plans of the Nation's armed and civilian
Chester's defense forces swung in-1
to full action last night, signalized j forces was for a hard conilict requiring all the money, materials and man power
by a stirring street parade through j available.
the main business district.
Beginning with a summary of the relationships between the United States and
The procession started at Third | Japan from Commander Perry's visit to the islands 88 years ago, and ending with the
and Korlin streets, headed to Mar-j
visit of two Japanese emissaries to Secretary of State Cordell Hull on Sunday one hour
ket and north to Twelfth street. {
where It disbanded. The parade | after hostilities had commenced against Pearl Harbor, he accused the Nipponese Governwas decided upon hue Monday j ment of actual collaboration with the Axis powers.
night at a meeting of the Chester
Warning the nation to share the bad news as well as the good news, he admitted that so
Council of Defense and, despite the far information was "all bad." He prepared the Nation for news that the Pacific outposts
short notice, hundreds of spectators lined the sidewalks to view of Guam, Wake and Midway islands had been siezed.
In connection with the dissemination of war news, he assured the American public
the various units in line.
Heading the line in back of the that they will get the facts as soon as two conditions are met, first that the information
three marshals were the colors o f j is definite and officially confirmed, and second, that the release of the news will not be
Sergeant Alfred Stevenson Post,}
valuable either directly or indirectly to the enemy.
.r-.i.^....

urged every man and woman I

j
Colonel Starr was named to the to cooperate.
Addition of 15 patrolmen means
Meeting with important i
that Chester now has a police de- Authority to succeed Councilman
American Legion, followed by a
partment of 70 men. Sixty-nine of William P. Lear, who resigned key committees, Enders an-!
banner proclaiming the Chester
these are active while one. Chester from the board last Thursday. nounced the formation of!
Paul B. Anderson, "Y" Council of Defense.
Martin, is on the disabled list. Mar- Councilman William J. McDowell! aux;ijarv
The Pennsylvania Military Colfire companies in i Workers, Will Speak
tin was seriously Injured several and former Councilman.Edward D.'
lege
band, nattily attired In dress
Tomorrow Night
years ago when he was thrown! McLaughlin and John T. Ross every section, and the estabuniforms, was followed by the
from his motorcycle while respond- handed in their resignations at the lishing of a volunteer police
corps of cadets, in command of
ing to a fire alarm.
same time.
force numbering thousands of Paul B. Anderson, representative Colonel Frank K. Hyatt. Members
in Paris of the International ComThe new officers will begin func- j The coioneif who was nominated men.
mittee of the Y.M.C.A., will speak of the Defense Council rode in
tioning immediately, without even jfor appointment -oy Lear, will serve
"The
fire
chief
of
every
tomorrow night at the Chester Y. cars, headed by Mayor Clifford H.
waiting for uniforms. Beginning ja gve.year term,
Peoples and Coordinator Paul J.
existing fire company in Dela- M.C.A.
today they will be put on the street
Feeley, who was proposed by
Mr. Anderson will speak twice, Carey.
Ware C Unt has received or
as rapidly as possible to bring
Dr.
John
P.
Nolan,
renlaces
Ross

y
'
Chief George J. Feeney led a
at a dinner meeting at 6 o'clock
Chester's force somewhere near
ders to
ivili
serve
:.a,
.one-year
terra.
set
up-four
auxiliary.
:
unit; of-15-' city -policemen"-In- uni:
:
and
again
at"S
o'clock."jSe'wUl"tell
where it should be." :'
'.'''-"'
---*- -- were
--- = - - approved
- - . - fi re companies, each with a
Both nominations
of his experiences working In the form. Both patrol wagons were in
Before the appointments -were unanimously fay council,
complement
of
32
men.
These
German prison camps in Europe. line, along with the fire chief's
made. -Mayor Peoples stated that it j ~^r Clifford"H."'peoplles
While his main efforts during the cars, fire apparatus from the five
had been hoped to put 20 more, ^^ ^ ^
* companies will be equipped
city companies, the Moyamensing
r
men on at this time. He said, how- j
with auxiliary fire-fighting i past twenty years have been direct- Juniors and the First District cofe
Can un l a Ler
ever, that 33 men remain on the.,j ^ ^.,
' ^
j apparatus provided by the! ed towards helping the very large
I the first Ui
of ,the
year..
11C JCQ1
eligible list for appointment and i
.
;
_ , , ,
j Russian emigre population adjust fee wagon.

IK- cautioned the radio ami newspapers of the Nation to beware of

rumors coming under the guise of
an authoritative source. He attributed many of the wild reports
of the last few days to enemy
HavanaThe Cuban Government declared war on Ja- propagandists. He also cautioned
pan late tonight.
the citizens against starting damaging and unconfirmed rumors.
TokyoJapanese officials claim that Nipponese ground Speed up of the tremendous introops, naval and air forces had attacked the island of Luzon dustrial forces of the nation was
promised, with two steps already
in the Philippines, and that considerable damage had been taken by him and the -Congress,;
1
caused, and ina'ny fires*started.' -They further reported "'that 'the establishment of a seveh ^Tav""

FLASHE

25 American planes had been shot down in the air over the i week and .1 tremendous augmentaof defense plants, including
Philippines, and 71 had been destroyed on the ground. These
smaller unit's not as yet touched.
claims were denied by United States.
President Roosevelt spoke of the

MalayaJapanese claim that they are gaining military

Ambulances from Chester and successes, and that their forces are advancing through Thaican be added at anv time up to | APPwntment of the two men yes- [ Federal government," Enders j to new life around the world, he
three months from now. Some of i terday wil1 Provide Ule Authority
has also given his energies in the i Crozer Hospitals were followed by land on British-held Singapore.
with a quorum, however, Ralph
a unit from the Salvation Army-

sacrifices that would have to be

made in all phases o the national
life, and said that they would not
be considered sacrifices but rather
privileges.

Chester's present
five companies, past three yearswherever pos- j
.
--------,
-----------the reserve may be put on at vaNo shortage in food was exrious- times on a ten-dav special jSwarts ' be!nS the third member. | will be augmented by 20 addi- sibleto emergency needs related Air raid wardens from various secVichyFrance may collaborate more closely with the pected according to the Chief Ex(Continued on Page 4)
(Continued
on Page 4)
officer basis, he pointed out. This He was the only one left on the '
to World War II. Beginning in
Axis following a meeting with Admiral Darlan and Count j ecutive, who told the country that
means that a man may be made a board when the four resigned last)
1938, he represented the interests
special officer .for 10 days, and re- week.
Ciano. The first move may be a transfer of French African j ^^ suff|ci<f foodstuffs for
of the International Committee
Cancel
Xmos
Party
Colonel
Starr,
it
was
pointed
out,
i T i
I
Nation and also for the othlt
appointed for additional periods of
first in Prague, then in Budapest,
bases to Germany and Italy.
enemies Of Axis powers. He did
30 days each if defense needs re- has had experience in the .local At Post Office
Sofia and Salonica. On the heels
water situation, having formerly
i state that many metals used for
quire it.
The war with Japan struck home of the invasion of France, Mr. AndSan
Francisco

Residents
of
the
West
Coast
were
told
j civilian purposes in the past year
Howard Gallagher, of the Police served as assistant engineer with
at Chester Post Offiice employes to- erson went to work with prisoners
the
Chester
Water
Service
Comlast night that they escaped bombing by "the Grace of God" j uid be curtailed indicating that
Cixnl Service Board, read the list
day when it was announced that of war, internees and refugees,
be
of eligible men who passed the re- pany.
traveling in an ambulance or staaccording to Army and Navy officials. It was "no hoax" the |
***>* to
cent examinations, and council se- He also was identified with thp i owing to the outbreak of hostilities. tion wagon Into many areas of
military affirmed, and said that scouting forces of the enemy He said that isolationism has
lected one from each group of four. movement to locate a new source the annual Christmas party has France among Germans. French,
Commissioners Follow
of
been
canceled.
boon smashed forever, and dewere near the coast.
After approving each one individ- i Drinking water for the city, it
Poles, Czechs and Russians.
was stated H
Th
December
Grand
Jury's
clared that the United States would
uallv a resolution was adopted I
- e has been connected
e affair had been planned for
As director of the International
accept
no result but victory, final,
authorizing their appointment and | with the p- M- c- for the last three! next Monday night in the main Committee's work with Russia
Study Of Problem
ToykoJapanese radio reported that a 15,000-ton and complete.
The Nation, he stated,
ordering them to begin active duty ' years, succeeding Clarence Conner, j lo"by of thejmilding, where every
emigres Mr. Anderson has frc-l
m
United
States
Army
transport
had
been
sunk
by
their
naval
had
boon
hesitant
to leap into
year
a
tall
Christmas
tree
is
erectimmediately.
j who is now identified with the
*""
""'
The Delaware County Commisthe world conflict, because it was
ed and the employes gather for a nuently visited even," country of! sioners will make provisions in the units off Manila.
j
American
Distillery
Company.
Those appointed were:
,
Europe. In 1921 he established!
dirty business. We didn't like it,
Joseph G. Vankoski, 242 Patter-1 Feele-v served tw rms as mi- social time.
the Correspondence School, which 3042 budget for a new Juvenile
norit r
want to get in it, but now
Postmaster
Isaac
A.
Hiorth.
in
House of Detention.
i county commissioner, later
WashingtonAdmiral Hart, Commander of the Asiatic didn't
?on street; Anthony Cresta, 719 i eratin
has given 11,000 young Russians a i
we are in it.
announcing
canceiation
of
the
g a grocery business at
West Second street; Edward J. i P
wide variety of study courses by j The long-awaited home for ju- Fleet of the United States Navy, declared the fleet had exDeliberately stating that GerSpellacy, 716 Barclay street; Frank j1 Tenth and Walnut streets. He is party, said the move was taken as which they have been enabled.to! venile delinquents will become a
tended
its
operations
to
include
the
entire
area
of
the
waters
many
and Japan consider themj a precautionary measure in view of
J. Carr. 1207 West Seventh street. now retired.
attain economic independence. He i reality by the action of the Decem- of the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, northern Borneo, selves at war with the United States
the
serious
situation.
There
will
The four who resigned from the
Jacob L. Killian, 216 Jeffrey
developed the YMCA Press, princi- ber Grand Jury, which in its report.
at this moment, he said their grand
street; Samuel D'Amato, 315 Kerlin Authority last Thursday based not even be a Christmas tree in the pal publishing house of Russia re-j to the Common Pleas Court at Burma, Thailand, British Malaya and French Indo-China.
strategy w;is to war on all peopres
street; Oakley H. Bern-, 1725 Con- | their quittals, it was stated, on a building, he said.
ligioug writing. In 1930, to prov-j Media yesterday, recommended the
unfavorable to the Axis. In anre
cord road.
j cent decision by the Pennsylvaj the cash register and stole S20 in swer, he stated that a similar
GAS STATION' KOBBKD
ide higher vocational educational j allocation of funds for "making
WOMEN FOR DEFENSE
Joseph F. Devlin, 1131 Upland | ma Supreme Court in the Beaver|
A sneak thief entered the gaso-j bills. The thief was evidentally grand strategy of the United States
opportunities for Russian youth, | and completing t h e necessary
street; James Jardine. 345 Broomall; Falls, Pa., case." in which it was Mrs. Helen Peterman, chairman
he initiated the Superior Technical i study of a location, and of build- line station owned by Leon Fauch-1 frl g htfinctl awav as he left several is to defeat all the Axis powers
street; Joseph Bail, 305 Market! held that jobs on City Council and of Women's Home Defense for
er at the southwest corner of Ridge j rtol'ars in change in the cash draw- wherever they could be found. By
Institute, an engineering school; ing a proper Juvenile Home."
street; Carl P. Morelli. '1020 Butler | a municipal authority were incom- Parkside, announced that %vomen
The present Juvenile Home, lo- road and Market street, Linwood;
which has French Government
police were notified "-" he indicated that the aid to
street.
| patible. Ross resigned from Coun- may register for defense work at
cated on Crosby street, between early Monday afternoon, while the! C r recognition.
other countries engaged on EurJohn H. O'Brien, 32S Sunnyside ! cil several weeks ago while Mc- the Parkside Fire House this -fterFourth and Fifth streets, has been proprietor was eating lunch at a l a n d are conducting an inve.stiga- O p enn ancl African fronts would
avenue; Frank Schoneld, 705 Edg-, Latighiin resigned last spring.
noon between 1 and 4 o'clock.
deemed inadequate for many years nearby restaurant. He forced open i tion.
still be continued.
FIELD FIRE
I
mont avenue; Edward Johnson. 406 | ....
and a long succession of Granrl
It is no immediate victory that
A fifild fire, fanned with a high
East Eighth street, and Joseph W. j
Juries have recommended its
the
Nation is pointing for accordwind,
burned
off
the
dead
grass
on
;
Ryan, 713 Crosby street.
',
abolishment.
ing
to the President, but somethe Marshal! estate on Twin OaksO'Brien, it was pointed out, has ;
The December Grand Jury, how(Continued on Page 5)
road, early Monday afternoon. A] ever, spent several days studying
been serving as a park guard.
j
resident of the neighborhood no- the home and conferred with counI'.B.I. MAX VISITS
ticed the flames eating their way |ty and welfare officials before
COMMISSIONERS MEET
!
Henry
B. Cox, son of Rev. and
in
the
direction
of
a
group
of
At a special meeting of the j
recommending the building of a
By GEORGE T. HAYES
As
a
result,
Wei-ts-Zen,
another;
Mrs.
J.
Perry
Cox, of 723 Madison
houses in the area and notified the new home, and the appointment of The Chester unit of the Pennsyl- However, all others have been caliboard of commissioners of Lower j "Old Main," standing on the
street,
spent
last week-end with
Linwood
Fire
Company.
When
the!
Chinese
student,
is
today
wearing!
ed
up.
Chichester township, held in the! peaceful campus of Crozer Theologia committee to select a site for it. vania Reserve Defense Corps han
his
parents.
The young man isThe
defense
workmen
have
been
firemen
arrived
they
permitted
t
h
e
j
Lin^-ood firehouse Monday, the! cal seminary in Upland is the tem- a big green tag, giving his name,
The jurors heard testimony from answered the Governor's call to
ordered to report to the local armo- connected with the Federal Bureau
amount of the bond of the town-! porary home of nine Oriental stu- and proclaiming in large letter that fire to burn the dead grass off the! James B. Miller, chairman of the
arms. They have left their jobs in ; ry in their free hours to be ready of Investigation in Washington.
Board of County Commissioners,
ship treasurer was decided. Verne] dents, who, as a result of the his- he is a Chinese.
!
and also conferred with Mrs. Mar- offices, mills and storts in an ! for active duty on moment's notice, His father is pastor of the Madison
J. Weber, the president, was in
tory making events of the past few- Seven Chinese, one Japanese a n d .
garet P. Anthony and Mrs. George emergency mobilization to guard i In an emergency the unit will be Street Methodist Church.
.charge of the meeting.
days, are sorely puzzled and not a one Filipino are attending classes Red Cross Needs
Clapp, of the Delaware County important centers against damage. I transported to any place in the state
little worried.
together, trying to go about their i Your Support
The unit, which is commanded by : where they are needed and housed
League of Women Voters, and
CHRISTMAS
Already the far-reaching effects daily routine calmly, as though i
Captain
Xeal T. Phelps, donned in hotels, tourists homes or any
Mrs. Emilie Meyers, executive secSEALS
of war have been felt at Crozer. their world had not been suddenThe Red Cross has redoubled retary of the Delaware County their blue-gray uniforms on Mon- other available housing facilities.
On Sunday night, Tung Yuen Fong, ly turned upside down. Yet, one their efforts to raise a fund of
day. Fully equipped with rifles, ; Thf-ir expenses will be paid by the
Welfare Council.
one of seven Chinese students at can see that they are figuratively 825,000 in this city, with a little
From these officials the jurors bayonets, revolvers and machine State.
*
1^
* the Upland institution, was detain- whistling in the dark to keep up more than $8,000 already colheard of the crying need for a guns they spent yesterday on duty j The 59 men and two officers,
ed by F.B.I, agents in a Philadel- their courage. All of the students lected.
larger, more modern detention at Norristown guarding bridges ; Captain Phelps and First Lieutenphia railroad station, while in the have families at home; all have disThe money is sorely needed house where juvenile offenders and plants. Today they are on duty ; a n t Raymond Raudruff, of Ridley
company of two American stu- tinct feelings concerning the pres- now that the United States is may be housed until their cases in Norristown also.
Park, are garbed in blue-gray unidents. Fong was taken to the local ent conflict: some fear to express at war. The annual Roll Call has are disposed of.
n
Captain Phelps' outfit, Company forms similar in cut to those worn
headquarters of the F.B.I, and opinion freely lest there be reper- its headquarters at 317-318
It is almost certain that the new E, number 59 men. but the ranks j by the State Motor Police. On their
questioned. After being detained cussions at homo.
Crozer Building. M. Herbert Paul home will be built in the country have been depleted somewhat by 'campaign hats and their sleeves
Protecf
for two hours, he was released, Akira Chiba, the only Japanese is chairman of the drive.
with plenty of recreation space. allowing men in vital defense in- j they wear the blue and silver RDC
Your Home from
having proven his identity.
Toberailosit
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dustries to go about their jobs. 'insignia.

County Budget
To Include New
Juvenile Home

Oriental Students A t
Crozer Calm in Crisis

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VOL. 1, NO. 13.

EMPLOYES OF THE CHESTER TIMES

CHESTER, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941

Curfew
County Wide Radio To9 O'CIock
Be Enforced
System
Is
Planned
i

District Attorney McClenachan
Calls Meeting Of All Local Heads
To Build Up Defense Network

Bv EDWARD JOHNSTON
1i
The first steps to coordinate Delaware County's forty- |
three police districts will be taken at Media tomorrow at
2 o'clock when officials from every municipality will meet}
with District Attorney William B. McClenadian, Jr.
The county prosecutor, spurred by the national crisis, !
has invited Mayor Clifford E. Peoples," Sheriff William W. l
McKim, the three County Commissioners, every burgess in i
the county, the chairman of even- police committee, and !
the head of ever;' police department.
j
The main subject of discussion will be the establish- j
ment of a county-wide radio system with headquarters in j
Media for facilitating police work in the county.
By meeting tomorrow, the
County Commissioners will have
an opportunity to make provisions in. the 1942 budget for the expenditures necessary for the installation of the system and each
local municipality will also have
ample time to arrange financing.
It is tenatively planned to have i
every police car in the count3'
including those in this citycornBusiness Men Take
pletely equipped with & two-way
Action
At Meeting
radio so that every police departOn Defense Plans
ment will be in constant communication with the headquarters in
Chester thus far has had no
Media.
blackouts but members of the
Until the system is underway,
Chester Business Men's AssociaDistrict Attorney McClenachan
tion, in anticipation of such action,
plans to keep his office open seven
have decided to voluntarily darken
days a week, on a twenty-four hour
their f stores completely at the
a day basis with trained operators
closing
hour each night.
on duty, prepared
for any
At
a
special
meeting of the Board
emergency.
.
:Of Directors of the association yesWith men on duty in
iu. the
-.n= dismo-1 ,. ,
- a resolution was adopted
trict attorney's office at all hours,
to ! all' local
an emergency, police ala:

"The curfew shall not ring

tonight" it's going to blow,
and with a vengeance, for Chester boys and girls under 26
years of age.
The curfew, which has been
very loosely enforced for many
years, is sounded at 0 o'clock
each night on the city fire alarm
system. Starting right, now, according to orders issued by
Chief George J. Feeney. the police are going to rigidly enforce
the going home deadline for the
kiddies.
He has ordered every policeman on night duty to check on
all children under 16 who are
on the streets after the curfew
sounds. Unless they are with
their parents, they will be ordered to go home. And if any of
them don't like the idea, the
officer is to take their names
and addresses for future references.

Stores To Black
Out Each Night Plants Planning
At Closing Time Protection For
Their Employes
Precaution Against
Air Raids Heard From
Chief Air Warden

Governor Authorizes
Arming Plant Guards
Governor Arthur H. James yesterday authorized the arming of
all guards in defense industry
plants in Delaware county.
In an executive order, the Governor recognized the possibilities

, yesterday that plans for safeguard: ing the county's school children
i are being formulated and will be
1 complete by tomorrow night.
i Dr. Car! G. Leech, superimendi em, of the county school system.

THREE CENTS

Invasion
Balked By

The battle flamed in the Pacific from Hon^c Konjc, the Philippines to Singapore as
of sabotage in the vital industrial j win meet tomorrow morning with j the Japanese invaders launched furious attacks in all three areas,
plants along the riverfront, and j the superintendent of every school
Japanese parachutists were reported landing at Vijjan. port in northwestern Luzon
ordered them to be fully armed ! in the county,
20 miles northwest of Ma ila
Plans will be completed for eva

and deputized.
children in
in case
case of
of j transports, which was beaten off.
Every guard will be certified by uating schooll children

This followed an attempted landing by Japanese

the company employing him, and i an air raid alarm, and for protect-1
At Honjjr Koiitf two attempts were made to breach the defenses of this British citadel,
win be immediately sworn in by ing school property as far as it is j It was reported that the attacks were repulsed with great Japanese losses.
an attache of the Governor's office.
It was also learned that every
industrial organization engaged in
defense work is increasing the
number of guards now on the payroll, and is throwing a veritable
cordon of armed men around the
plants.
Rumors of attempted sabotage in
a local plant two weeks ago, resulted in an increase in the number of guards, and the increasing
of vigilance.
William J. Enders. executive secretary of the Delaware County National Defense Council, announced

possible.
IMalaya was another target for
Enders also announced that a
the Japanese, with die strategyschool for training deputy air raid
apparent ly being a drive southwardens will be started on Monday.
ward down the narrow peninsula
It is planned to hire the largest
to England's other Far Eastern
auditorium In the county to house
A blackout was ordered in California from Bakersfield! stronghold. Singapore,
the 1500 men who will take the
south to the Mexican border. This included the cities of Lost Wave on wave of four-motored
training course.
0
r arcd Ver Ma
hitting

naval'
nll
The course will consist of IS Angeles
rp, and
. , San
, Diego.
.
, Radios in
, both
, cities went
off thei^T"^
a a"d T*
Cavite,
at
hours of training in emergency air. The blackout order was made at 11 p. m., E.S.T.
objectives and much-bombed Nichfire fighting, first aid, and extinols Field.
guishing Incendiary bombs. On the
Singapore."Several hundred" survivors of the Prince| Fifty-four Japanese planes took
completion of the course each depof Wales and Repulse, which were sunk yesterday, landed part in the raid, zooming in
uty warden will be given a certhrough a hail of anti-aircraft fire
tificate and will be prepared to here last night.
and American interceptor planes
start his duties.
which broke up the attacking

FLASHES

Honolulu.The Navy reported last night that there formations.

have been no attacks on Hawaii since Sunday.
West of Luzon, Army and Navy

The first of Delaware county's sons has

given his life in the service of his country.
When the Japanese dive bombers came roaring down on Hickam Field, Hawaii, on Sunday,
one of their missiles snuffed out the life of Private
Ralph S. Smith, of 611 Saude avenue, Essington.
A terse telegram received by his parents,
Harry A. and Naomi Smith, at their home in
Essington today announced that their son had
"died in action." His body will not be returned
home until the end of the war, the telegram sd^d.
Private^Smith,.,enlisted in the Army last
.'/. August;;: ;:H&_\te^
' where he ^Vag "attached^^;t6'"Goinpaiiy 22, (Materials
Squadron, at Hickam Field:1' '
' '
He was a graduate of Eddystone High School
in the class of 1939. In high school he was a member of the football, basketball and track teams.
Besides his father, who is a foreman at the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Lester, and his mother, he is survived by
a sister, Mrs. William Moore, of Varoma, Pa.,
and four brothers, Robert, of Turtle Creek, Pa.,
William H., of Holmes, and Joseph and John, of
Essington. The latter three also are employes of
Westinghouse.

Washington.The War Department reported that Japanese attacks on the island of Luzon have been thrown back.
Landings have been made, the announcement said, but
American bombers wrought havoc among the Japanese
troops.

forces defeated a sea-borne Japanese attack, it was announced by

the War Department.
Six Japanese transports, escorted by Nipponese naval craft, tried
to make a landing off Vigan. Three
were hit, one capsized and bombs
hit close to three others. The Japanese admitted that two transports

Every industrial plant, in DelaWashington.It was announced that the Trans-Pacific wcre sunlc and two damaged> but
ware county is taking "every poscable
between Manila and San Francisco has been cut, pre-"there was no loss of life."
sible measure" to protect its perJapan jubilantly received the
sonnel and property against damsumably by the Japanese.
news of the sinking of two British
age if enemy bombers roar over
,
, - i
j j j . -.
4. i
i j ft.
<- i ra P ital ships, the battleship Prince
this area.
Argentina has added to its coastal patrol after reports | of WaleSf a 35,ooo-tonner, and the
This statement was made today
that the German pocket battleship" Leutzow was seen off battle cruiser Repulse, of 32,000
by William F. Delehanty, chief air
the coast. >
raid warden -'of Delaware county,
,. ^ i, <
though there' was" no" clear "picafter a 'lijestirig "with-"more than7
of the sinking of these two
outside ! 225 representatives of industry on-!
inside"
and"
Berlin.A
meeting
of
the
Reichstag
will
hear
a
mesremain in operation until the radio
(great
crafts; it was said to have
their stores, be extinguished upon Tuesday night at the Chester Club. [
sage, probably from Adolf Hitler, on German-Japanese soli- been clone by bombing. However,
system is installed.
closing said stores, or sooner if
Delehanty outlined to the indus- j
A survey for the installation of a emergency requires."
it is believed that "suicide squaddarity at 3 p. m. (Berlin time) today.
trialists the dangers facing this
two-way radio system for the,(
rons" of Japanese pilots must have
This means that when a mer- j teeming production area, No. 1 tarcounty was made by Assistant |
dived their planes into the British
et n
chant closes up at night, he will S the Eastern Seaboard.
j
Berne, Switzerland.It has been reported that Admiral ships to sink
District Attorney Guy G- de Furia'
them, as no other
see to it that the establishment is i He told them of the methods of j
Darlan,'
French Vice-Premier, has agreed to turn part of capital ships
four years ago, when the State com lfete
been lost directLeeislature in 1937 passed an act! P ly dark, from "the display j minimizing the destructive power j
the
French
navy
over
to
the
Germans
in
return
for
concesly
through
bombing
by Great Brit. i windows to even the small "night" j of bombs, methods which have been j
ain since the war began.
sions to the Vichy-controlled area.
i
lights
usually
left
burning.
j
tried
and
proven
in
bomb-torn
authority with the consent
The action In which the British
approval of the county commis- The business men have been as- England.
o,
,
.
,

.
,
,
,
.
,
.

,.
,
.
lost
their ships occurred off MalaHe also told them of the need of
Sealtle, Wash. Washington State Police were searching ya> whcra jBpancSe troops wer^
sioners, to set up the system which sured of increased police protecr
training
of
first
aid
men,
auxiliary
is under the district attornej 's tion to safeguard their stores durfor suspected Fifth Columnists who were reported to have reported to have made a landing
ing the night and it has been as- police and firemen, watchers; the |
antl were
control.
lighted
flares near this Pacific Coast city. It is said that
fighting a bloody battle
importance of proper blackouts and j
The radio system, which would certained through Solicitor Aaron
with lhe nritish some 20 miles
the
flares
formed
an
arrow
pointing
to
the
city
to
guide

the coordinating of efforts between j

cover the county from Upper Darby Tollin that insurance rates will
,
,
north of Singapore.
not
be
affected
in
any
way
through
j
plants.
bombers.
.
.
f'
'
,
t
to the Delaware State line and from
Here
in the Tjmted States, the
j A dual communicating system is
the river front to Radnor township, the absence of light.
war effort continued at redoubled
Many of the stores are operated needed in all plants, Delehanty
would be on the same wave length
Batavia, Java.The second air raid alarm of the war! speed. William s. Knudsen reportas the police radios in Philadelphia ion an almatic lighting system, warned the industrial leaders. This;
was
sounded here yesterday.
j eci tlial mir borrmer production
through which the lights go on precaution already has been taken !
and ^Montgomery Counties.
_
____
i would" be doubled. Following the
uul ln
a v and in many plants, but must be done by ;
a .certain "
hour
in ule
the "dav
When the district attorney sug- ! at """"
- a
.
1
r~
m
L
j
-M
it.
-iI President's speech of Tuesday
r
others as soon as possible.
Los Angeles.-!. B.I. agents and Mexican authorities | n l g h t > thc mtion ra,,lcd to ^
sted to
to the
coun commissioners
c m i s i
iStay " U n t i l the automa <ic device
gcsted
the county
The importance of the secondary
were reported to be searching for "armed bands" of Jap- jcaii to action. Thousands swarmed
in 1937 that the system be installed, \
hour a night. Under the plan communications network, by po-1
it was vetoed because the cost at I
anese,
said to be roaming through the arid Lower California I to recruiting stations throughout
First Group to Leave
that time seemed to be too high. j adopted by the Board of Directors lice radio, was also emphasized, j
; the country to enlist in the Army,
peninsula in Mexico.
I this system will no longer be fol- Chester, Marcus Hook, Eddystone
Members of the Chester Business
Navy and Marine Corps. In Philaof the
the present emerg-j ,owed, the
Because of
,
Since
Declaration
ictors
f
and Trainer, vital defense centers,
e?ncy however, it is almost certain j lhe lights as thev leaye_
Men's Association have voted to
delphia alone. .1.200 applied for en*
however, do not have police radio |
Of War on Japan
ri?l* nrnVKifmc
r>:>r> be
rir made
m n r < n in
i ' .
! furnish the American Legion airlistment to the Navy in the first
that
provisions can
uiere should be an air raid alarm sj'sterns. However, a signal which {
next year's budget to provide for
Ihre3 days of the war.
'-,
i plane spotters stationed at Mount
after closing, the stores will be will work at all times and under j Most individuals consider 13 to
the cost.
; Hope Cemetery with a set of preciThe
harbor
approaches
of
New
already blacked out ond there will all conditions will be established. be an unlucky number, but the
' fiion binoculars and a compass.
York were mlnod. It was announcThe cost of. installing the equip- j be no possibility Of a repetition of
Air raid signals will be a one old superstition did not daunt the
Ralph
F.
Swarts-and
Albert
Canter
ed by the Navy Department. Inment in the Courthouse, including j the Seattle -window-smashing in- minute blast, followed by a half- 13 young men, who, with heads
form the committee in charge.
j
coming
vessels will secure directhe erection of a radio tower, is cidents.
Corps Organized
To Name Wardens
minute blast, then another one high, marched behind the Chester
' tions from a patrol vessel stationestimated at approximately. 58,000.
The
Instruments,
which
will
be
The resolution provided for the minute blast and another half-min- High School band to the PennsylFor Defense Service
For Protection Against
icd in Ambrose Channel.
The estimated cost of equipping
extinguishing of the Christmas ute, as long as needed. A long. vania Railroad station yesterday purchased immediately, are expectIn Emergencies
each police car with two-way servThere was still a war raging in
cd to
rove of
reat aid to tne ob
Raids,
Sabotage
P

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lights on the city streets immedi- sustained bfast will be the all clear I morning to take a train for camp.'
ice is S750. The estimate for radio
Libya and Russia. The Russians
servers
whose
duly
It
is
to
report
They
were
the
first
group
to
leave
the SOundi
"S of an air signal.
4
maintenance and operation of the
Pennsylvania Miliru-y College i reported that they have routed thc
Plans for the defense of Chester's
Only about seven minutes notice Chester for induction into the movements of all aircrafts In thc
ngCmentS
station, exclusive of personnel
vicinity.
i
important
war
industries
against!
has
organized a defense organiza-j enemy at Oleis. cast of Orel, takmade with the electric com- will be able to be given if a raid Army since Japan's invasion of
e f;m
air
salaries, is 31,500 annually.
The'men
are
maintaining
a
24-'
"
>'
raids
and
sabotage
were
j
'ion
within
the ranks of the Cadet'ing 12,000 prisoners. Two German
our
possessions,
and
since
Congress
pany to have the decorative lights occurs, Delehanty said. This makes
Several municipalities at the
hour a day vigil at their obsctwa- I lnkcn U P lasl ni S ht at '" meeting i Corps. This unit Is composed of! infantry divisions were captured,
turned out the instant an alert is necessary immediate action on the declared war on that country.
c
present time have radio-equipped
The .Mayor's Emergency Hospl t f c n post, reporting their findings I of representatives of the plants and j all 'n of 21 years of age and j *ey
part of air defense workers.
police cars, but they are in the
over, and is available for immediate; There was litMe change in the
Protection of workers and their! talit-v Cominiue e met with the boys directly to the interceptor corn- i! the Chester Council of Defense.
minorit3', and the system is not
duty in this nat'f-nnl emergency. : war in the Western Desert. Britat C}ly H a U wherc the
were
j
Robert
I..
Granger,
of
the
J'nila
mand at Mitchell Field. L. I.
The resolution, which was slgnea families is the most important step!
'
>'
effective because other communiColonel Stephen Wilson Winfrce,' i s h a -''orities said that they were
jomcd by dt
offi
Electric Company, chair>'
al-v Horace
ties which do not have the service by President Samuel Feinberg, that must be taken. Only then, h<>!: \V. Daft, chairman
rc arin
to m
rernatnof thc cornP
man of the industrial Defense Com- U. S. A., is in charge of this spc-;P P &
SOUMKKS PASS THKOUCH
pledged the association's -fullest said, will workers and families both
cannot be communicated with.
(k'r of General Rommel's Panzer
cial
portion
of
the
Cadet
Corps
at
mUtcc aarcncc Smedlc
ub1iclt
mittee,
is
in
charge
of
th--highly
Three-hundred and fifty units
1
'
>'- P
y
The installation of the radio cooperation and support to the feel secure, and then too their se.!
: cnairman, and other members. of an anti-aircraft regiment nu/vcd important task of coordinating the P. M. C. <'ir.fl is being assisted by fore. ?.
system has been recommended by. United States and to the officer.?, curity will be assured.
' Following
the ,Chester High School out of Fort Belvior, Va., at l'A'> defense systems 'if the many Ches- Captain Sianton von Grahill and
plants
"T
i ' i * t-.-j have
iici ' ^ started
okcii L.T.;LI work
> \Ji iv ' i
i
>
, .
MARKI.AGK .MCKXSE
numerous Grand Juries in the pas't \ enSacci in the defense of this i Many
by
| on air raid protection and others!^' *?
The following application for
"* COk>r *U3rd and o'clock la:,T night, on thftir way to ter plants. Representatives of ftj Captain .Jesse Roberts, officers of
eight years, but no action was ever jcountI7-'
t h e five drum majorettes, the group Trenton, ?>". J. The molori?/!d firms, both large and small, were the college faculty.
marriage license was made in
taken.
i are making plans to do so in the
| marched to the Sixth Street Station cavalcade passed through Delaware invited to the session while those
1
Mtanwhilo Colonel Frank K. the office of Winfield W. Crawford,
i
near
future
.
Windows
will
be
i West End Boot Club i painted black on the outside to pro- j
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count}- over Baltimore pike.
located outside thc city may take Hyatt, president and commandant register of wills, at Media.
A sheet of parchment nearly 3
i
Elects
Officers
part if they ko de.sire.
of P. M. C,, announced th;u the coi- George F. Taylor, 28, 2o01 Parkj vent leakage of ligh- or reflection;
feet square was required for the i
Granger emphasized the fact that
': is now on a complete war time! way, Philadelphia, and Elinor 31.
i the windows will be pasted with
rwal wedding certificate of the
j .Robert B. Keel was reelected
his
committee
is
issuing
no
orders
is nnd is working at top speed ' De Armit, 24, -135 East Ninth street,
)ia*ka.i Kent.
! cloth and wire screens placed ini president of the West End Boat
regarding dcfcn.se.
\ to prepare the Cadet.-; for imme-'
; side to stop glass splinters. "Baffles"
Club at their meeting on Tuesday
"Rail. . c, we are giving assistance j diato call into the active ranks of
i will be built to break the force of
CHRISTMAS
his second term in the office.
in formulating plans for the mutual the United States Army and Marine
the bombs. Personnel will be disSEALS
Other officer- elected were Norprotection of the industries against | Corps.
The CHESTER REPORTER will cease free distripersed over wide areas to prevent
DO
man D. Rieck, vice-president; Wilair raids or sabotage," he pointed
The special defense unit will be
heavy casualties.
bution
after
December
12,
tomorrow,
in
Chester,
Upliam F. Hickey, treasurer; L. C.
out.
. used in a cooperative manner with
YOUR
The industrial program is In full
land, Marcus Hook, Linwood, Boothwyn, Trainer, ParkHaynes, secretary, and William L.
Each of thc local industries has , the Chester Defense Council and
swing, under Delehanty's direction,
side, Garden City, Springhaven, Eddystone, Crum
Conly, William M. Duffy and EdPART
been asked to appoint wardens to i Colonel Winfree placed his men at
prepared for any eventuality. Delaward B. Mousley, trustees. It will
Lynne,
Leiperville
and
Milmont.
take cherg? of d..-fens "-<* at the j the disposal of Paul J. Carey, Co-.
ware county will be ready.
v/ith
be Haynes twelfth year as secretary
Ail persons desiring the CHESTER REPORTER
plants. It is planned to have them rrdiratT of the Council. The P.
of the organization.
meet for instruction with Granger, M. C. men are specialists in all j
'TIL:
after this date may obtain it from their newsdealer or
Xmas
Others elected were Newton A.
the first class being scheduled for types of
r,: y defense and I
SUPPORTTHEGU1LD
write
directly
to
the
CHESTER
REPORTER,
612
EdgMyers, commodore: John H. Reilly,
0 o'clock Saturday morning at will be us
a complete unit j
frofecf
Sea is
vice-commodore, and Leo J. Ketmont avenue, Chester. Phone: Chester 2-4420 and 7501. Chester High School. Granger is throughout.
Your Home iron
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rear commodore.
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Merchants Supply
Legion Spatters
With Instruments

Plan Defense Of P. M. C. Cadets

City's Industries Ready For Duty

NOTICE

SHOPPING
DAYS

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THREE CENTS

CHESTER, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1941

1, NO. 14.

ELAWAR
NEAR AS
Officials Declare
County "Vulnerable"

EDITORIAL

Ircraft Crew
ries
Guard

We Pick Up The Gauntlet

The issue is clear now. It is WE or,
THEY!
We have aliened ourselves with the
! forces of right against the Axis bandits who
lhave spread their bloody path across the!

By EDWARD JOHNSTON
Delaware County will soon undergo its first blackout!
The glim reality of war will be forcibly brought to our doorsteps within a very short' world.
time;
Germany,
The entire county from Millbourne to the Delaware State line, and from the Delaware

Two thousand troops moved into Marcus Hook last night!

The soldiers shipped here from an undisclosed Army camp are being quartered in
| the plant of the American Viscose Company. Four hundred are barracked in the old Num, ! ber Five Process Plant in Model Village. The remainder are quartered on the fifth floor

Japan, boot-hckmg Italy and

their poor vassal stares are the enemy on a

of the Main

Building.

The troops, members of an anti-aircraft batten,', are setting up high-powered

searchlights
on the roof of the main building and are surrounding the entire area with,
This is being speedily arranged because ARMY AND NAVY OFFICIALS HAVE DE-j battle front Spread from North Cape to the
anti-aircraft guns.
GLARED THIS COUNTY TO BE ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE EAST; D t h t In(Jjes_a battle front that
.
It was also revealed that 130 additional soldiers will arrive in Marcus Hook either
AND HAVE ISSUED A WARNING THAT ''SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN!"
row
reach
acrOSS
the
Atlantic
tO
OUl
j
j
j
oc av or tomorrow to augment the company guards at the oil refineries in the borough
This grim warning was uttered late yesterday by the most authoritative source in the j
and in Trainer.
doorstep.
county, James B. Miller, chairman of the Delaware Count}- Defense Council.
Coincident \vi(h the arrival of the troops, was the announcement that the Seventh
Calling together every employe
For two years now others have been fight- Street
of the county, County CommissionGrammar School, with 300 pupils, will be evacuated immediately, and the
er Miller In solemn, measured tones
ing GUI' battle against the forces Of evil. NOW Sch0ol building converted into a Red Cross base.

River to Radnor township will be cast into utter darkness.

FLASHES

told them to cast aside their apathy

and petty jealousies and start rendering every posible service TO
their county to their country.

The kindergarten department of

the school will be abolished, and
WashingtonThe Nav>- Department announced that; neutra jity "lease-lend" and Other weasel
the children of the other grades,
four fierce attacks on Wake Island have been driven oft by |
*' . .
from the first to the sixth, will be
cannot emphasize too.strongly !intrepid jtf ar j ne defenders. Fresh attacks are expected tojWOl'dS. -NOW it IS WAK!
transferred to the Eighth street
school.
Sr^r hl/es^rri| follow the others which have occurred in the past 48 hours, j
Hitler and hfe miniolis WOUld decide the
The evacuated school is less than
Your lives arc at stafce. j It was officially announced that Marine bombers have sunk j
"throughout the next 500 01'
75 yards from the Sun Oil ComThe
United
States
struck
hack:
the
Japanese
lost
their
2000-ton
The apathy \\-hich has surround-1 a Japanese cruiser and destroyer off the island.
I-LC^V, WJ.
^
to
s Uie Padflc sinkin a
pany plant, and it was feared that
ed our entire defense program
,1
-'
-
1
1
-F 1
. I Japanese cruiser and severely Qf Luzon _ Aj . mv }mmbKrs ballcred (ho lives of the children would be
endangered in the event of an
I P book
hOOK OT
HOnOT of
OT rininapinir
S ! la^f c^iiraSn
Hong Kong._ChineSe forces under the leadership ofwrm H wriTO Va nQCTP
damaging another.
page in
in T
the
of honor
at the ship until It sank.
attack. Meanwhile, a heroic band of Maboth of which have been very con-! General Chiang Kai Shek were reported ^marching on the
historv
T>aee Written
ill the rines on Wake Island fought off Navy patrol bombers hit at an- The movement of the troops was
niSTOl} ," a page
wiiueii ,11
spicuous. must be discarded.
! rear of the Japanese troops attacking this British strong- 1
thrre Japanese attacks with a I other cruiser, probably part, of a accomplished with the utmost sec-I conferred today with Mayor j hold. The drive was started by the Chinese to relieve the blood of conquered nations.
heavy hull of gunfire. It was re-1 force protecting landing operations, rcnv and it was not until late last
Bernard Samuels, of Philadelphia, j japanese pressure on the vital base.
ported that a Japanese light cruis-; and it was reported badly damaged | night that the REPORTER learned
who is National Defense Co-ordina-j
of it exclusively.
I perhaps sinking.
er
and a destroyer were sunk.
ior for
iur the
me -vieinjyuii*.ii
^
/-ITtor
Metropolitan A.iijjvn,t
Philadel ,
r
....The
Japanese
sinking
of
the
Attacks
on
the
Philippines.
>verc,
The troops arrived in a caravan
phia Area which includes Delaware I
ChungkingBesides the drive on Hong Konsr, Chinese
Prince
of
Wales
and
Repulse
was
fought
off
by
U.
SArmy
and
of
more than 200 trucks, complete"
forces were-reported prepared for a strong push toward
County.
Naval forces. Landings had been caused by torpedo planes and high ly equipped with field kitchens,
"This meeting, attended by Army Canton to split Japanese forces in South China.
effected in northern Luzon, but flying bombers, not a "secret ambulances, first aid cars, floodlight
and Navy officials and other repour troops were mopping up the weapon," It was announced. More trucks, rifles and ammunition.
resentatives of our Government,
ManilaArmy planes repulsed attacks on the island j CO War dly Japanese, dl'OVe back the forces Of invaders.
than 2UOO survivors from the two
Scores of anti-aircraft guns were
was of the utmost importance.
ships
have landed in Singapore, seen and It was learned that they
The
anti-Axis
groups
were
soliMany of the issues discussed can- of Luzon and this city. An air raid alarm was sounded here evil that WOUld drag US back into the Dark
dified. Dutch naval forces and with fiOO still missing.
will be set up in various sections of
not be revealed by me at this time. early, this morning.
The declaration .of .war, against the Marcus Hook sector. Several
Australian flyers landed at Singa"But I feel I am at liberty to
pore. The Russian radio announc- Germany and Italy by Congress; guns wul bc mounted on the roof
tell vou this. A government official j
Hong Eong.British planes raided Japanese bases near
ed that 1 Russia will never make widened the scope of American Of t]ie five-story main plant of the
from Seattle is working night and '
peace with Germany so long as operations, although it caused no Viscose Company, along with the
day at the present time to perfect here while it was reported that Australian bombers based
o said i further excitement in Washington. high-powered searchlights.
Hitler is in
in
the
Dutch
East
Indies
struck
heavy
blows
at
Jap
bases
plans for a complete blackout for
they would consider U. S. interests j The Capital wont about its tasks
The Government's quick action
Delaware County.
on small islands near the Indies.
grimly, prepared for whatever j i n dispatching" the" troops into Marin any peace treaty.
"This wfll plunge the entire
cus Hook emphasizes the importThis alliance of (he Russians might conic.
county into blackness. Every home,
Honolulu.Secretary of the Navy Knox arrived here
The vote on the war was unani- ance and vulnerability of the riverwith our Government brought the
every building, every highway ana
possibility of a Hud attack on Ja- mous in both houses. Jeancue Ran- front industrial area.
every automobile will be cast into last night to inspect the damage caused by last Sunday's
The exact number of anti-airpan nearer reality, although there kin. who voted against the decladarkness.
surprise bombing. It was announced that 20 bombers were
ration
of
war
against
Japan,
vot-1
craft
guns which will be mounted
has
boon
no
official
declaration.
-The exact time of the blackout ; shot down over Pearl Harbor during last Sunday's attacks.
Is a military secret and could not
The American action in which ing "present."
is not yet known, but I can assure I
be revealed, but it is known that
you it is in the very near future.
there is a .sufficient number to ward
Batavia.-A general mobilization was ordered here as
Hook Police Chief
"At this meeting officials told me the Dutch array prepared for any eventuality.
off any surprise air attack.
that 'something is going to hapOne rumor has it that there are
Seeks Volunteers
pen.' They pointed out that this
nearly
200 of the most modern type
r chltf of n
wmiam
Washington.Conp-ess yesterday passed a bill authorarea, Philadelphia and Delaware j
of
anti-aircraft
guns being mounted
"
County, are the most vulnerable I
at strategic points at the present
an American Expeditionary Force. The vote in the
of 11arcus Ilook who has
spots in the East. Something dras-1
time.
was 86-0 aand the Mouse vote was DV acclimation. An i
_
>
; pointed chairman of the Notional]
tic must be done, they said.
j
In addition to guarding the
-The plans for the black mt aie ' army of 4,000,000 men may be raised. It was reported that! liver legions Will find aligned against them Defense Committee of Marcus Hook
plants of the Sun Oil, Sinclair Oil,
Chester Divided Into
being rushed because officials ex-J men from 18 to 64 may be called on to register for military or the majestic might of America.
and air warden of the lower DclaTexas Oil, and Pure Oil companies,
county area, 1s-: now busily enpect a bombing. They are con- j civilian defense service.
all of which are highly vulnerable,
Eleven Zones With
vinced it will take place sooner or j
in securing enlistments for
the troops will also protect the im*"
(1
1
I J T
I
*
( l i t
' ' Wardens For Each
later. And it may not be very late.;
portant industrial riverfront plants
Tokyo.It was reported that Japanese troops had
! cnsa:
''I have no idea when the order i
in Chester and Eddystone.
Chief of Police George J. Fecney,
or a
effected landings on the Island of Luzon, 150 miles south of
Th:.se plants, among them the
c
l
Chester air raid warden, today anit will definitely take place."
j Manila.
i Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
pers on
io complete- the compienounwl the- .setup of the city's a i r , Companv> lhe Bnldvv!n Locomotive
The grim-visaged group of over ';
defense organisation.
jv-m.^ ^ Genera] Stee, Con,pany
400 which jammed Courtroom No.
I, sat spellbound as Miller's cule*
Chief
Keeney
will
be
assisted
by
; a n d IJK, Westinghouse Electric
Local Youth Aboard
voice, filled with conviction, rang
Captain
A.
A.
Quinn,
of
the
local
|
Company, are all working night
open. Persons desiring to become
U. S. S. Virginia
through the room. It was probpolice,
who
will
be
assistant
air|
national defense
am[
fi.lv
On
affiliated with either the police
ably the first time the county emraid
warden.
j
projects.
force, air raid wardens or firemen
.Robert C. Lippincott, 24, of
ployes, most of them leaders repcan ir.ake application at the police \ The city has b<H-n divided t.y ; The quartering of the troops is
223
West
Fourth
street,
was
resenting every precinct in DelaFred \V. Schoen, of 40 Taylor avehead'ju.'.'rtfrr.s in the Municip.il ' wards into eleven 7. ws w i t h zone j a tremf;:i(iou:J p:".;!jiern which is boware County, were ever assembled nu Linwood, was struck down by '. aboard the U.S.S. We.-i Virginia,
fjiiil'lin;.;. Tenth and Grei.'n streets. wardens for e,-,eh zone. The zone ing handled with the usual Army
which was bombed at Pearl
for a non-political purpose.
hit-run driver while he walked ',
T;io':.e dc.-irin^ to beromc 1 a f f i l i a - i w;i!'d..'iis w i ' l ho in charge of air : '-j'Ticiciicy. Army kitchens have
Harbor, Hawaii, last Sunday.
Flanking Miller as he spoke were
t'.-'J w i t h i i i e fire compnnlcs may I raid precaution': in their respective1 been .set up, barracks have been
Judges Albert Dutton MacDade and alon g Ta:-'lor avenue, near BoothThe Japanese said that 'he ship
rn;>k'.- ft{)pli''ntion to i-ithf.-r Harry areas and will head their own' established, in the plant buildings,
Karold L. Ervin, Mrs. Eleanor wyn road, in Upper Chichester
was sunk, but no confirm."t-on
and the Marcus Hook force has
Collins .';". I'hi: firehidise of the Vis- orp.'iriizntion.-.
Evans, vice-chairman of the Dela- township early yesterday morning,
or
report nss come from
TlKisr; appoir.Urd by Chief I-'ccinoy , been aucnKnu-il by more than a
;rc
tco'
Fii'e
fVirnri'inv
or)
the
Po
t
ware County National Defense. gchocn wag" founr] , v , ng besidc
Washington.
j .st-.-ivc of m i l i t a r y police who have
ro.vl in the Model Yillr.i sec-tin!
Council; and County Commission-: ,
.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
I already rn-'i-.ie their appearance in
Zone I, ,l;irn''> If. Cnriipbcll.
...
"
.T
tne road bv Jack Price, o; Boot.".-.vvn
ers Au?u.?t Nicmeyer and James t.
Charles Lippincoit, who said
| the b'lroueh wi'.h '.he familiar red
Xonp II, .Mien Ctillis.
;i
us
nrc
(
omp;
Dou^hertv
road, a short time after the accident
that they have heard nothing
i bands on their arms,
Xonn
III.
.lark
f,.
Nathan.
f
it.ifrhth and Man;ttt s-.troots.
.Miller told the wrrkers how he The injured man was taken to the- frorr. their son since Sundav.
!
i Tlit; recreation problem has not
/one IV, Grnrsjc White.
anrl the other members of the de- Chester Hospital in the Linwood
I y.-t h-'en solved. The entertainment
7/>nr Y, .loscjih Midcnr'-k.
tr : h; hcen a
!nlwl chairi
fense council had labored for Fire- Company ambulance.
of 2,000 troops Is a problem, but
MAY JOIN" GC.AKDS
Zosic
Yl.
.JuM-pIi
Miclcarek
anil
!
'
! of thv' Y/o.-r.'in'H National Def>
months trying to tell the people of

(Contir.uod on Page 4) '

Cnief of Police William Russo, of
.Jo'-fjili JrFiirKi.
Members of the Enlistr-d Reserve
(Continued on Page -=)
; Upper Chichester township, said | Corps not ir. active Federal serv/one V I I , Harry Dcak.vne.
:
thai he had definite clues to the
/one \'III. Tliomas Hairdon.
CHRISTMAS
:
identity of the brutal hit-runner. enlist !n Slate Home Guards with/one IX, E. Courllaiid v\'r:;;ht.
SEALS
He said that he expects to have the out affecting their Enlisted Reserve
X.ono X, Pet IT IJalirki.
DO
' culprit tinder arrest soon, unless he status. Enlistment in the State
7,oiic XI, A n t h o n y J. I'r/.filial.
:
YOUR
gives himself np to the authorities.
Harlior Warden, John Koiigrom
SUPPORT THE
- - - - - - . . . . . .
'
Schoen suffered head injuries and . w i t h their being called t o active
Ixitham.
PART
a fractured leg. He- is in serious I Federal service in the Enlisted ,
Each zone warden vill appoint
GUILD STRIKERS
:
condition.
(Continued on Page -1)
Reserve Corps, however.
! WOl'ld 011C6 more.
with

it is our job too. No longer will we mouth

U. S. Bombers Smash
At Japanese Cruisers

i 1000 years," the world of the New Order. He I ><*""*

R | muse,- no came orr the island

That page shall not be written.

What shall be written is that the free
people of the "United States, arising in horror
at the unprovoked attack upon us by the

Ages, and brought Liberty and Freedom to

the world.
This we shall do.
No longer is there indecision, fear or prejudice. We are all Americans, fighting for
the same cause: the preservation of American
liberty.
Even now our Navy, Army and Air Force
are beating back the attacks of the Japanese
in the Far East. The element of surprise is
gone now. We are prepared.
We are prepared to meet the attack from
the Atlantic now. Hysterical Hitler and his
M n * thP Hon,e vote was bv acdimation in I horde of Huns, bombastic Benito and his lily

City Air Defense

p <* i Plan Announced
**" ^ \
ief Feeney

Thousands are flocking to the recruitingj^!?"

offices throughout the country to serve in the;auxiliary pou. firemen, ah- wardarmed forces. Our mills and factories are :
working at redoubled speed to turn out thei
'* "
tools to defeat our enemies: tools for our sol-i mem of each of'UK- four divisions.
diers, sailors and airmen and for our Allies;
against the Axis foes.
Here at home the public has rallied to the
call. All the auxiliary forces are being deluged with applicants but still more are needed. Air raid wardens, watchers, auxiliary
police and firemen, women workers are necessary to protect and maintain our safety. But
the American people will do the job.
It is necessary for us to maintain our con- \\x\-. boro..^. or -^ n^hou^ or
fidence in the future and banish fear. The::!. ;'^ "?'*;
'
bombers may come. Some may die. But the M,^ id*, nesson. of MI v.r,<.
! ultimate victory will be ours.
> ' *- - pt
\
We must, we will stand united against /v,mmim.r. m ^ i>/,rouph. .
the forces across the seas. If they come, we;^Tn!"rc"tMnThe'work'arfTr
I will be ready. We will meet them united and ed to contact her at hr home.
! strong and drive them back into the darkness i
Home Guard win not interfere f which
ich they come. Then, and
am then only,!
liVht of Freedom shine
1

Hit-Run Driver
Injures Walker

SHOPPING
DAYS
'TIL
4) * CHRISTMAS I!
ft

UNCLE SAM

Protect
Yofff Homo rronj

Xmas
Seals

Chester Reporter
PI-BUSHED BY THE STRIKING A. X. G. KMPLOYRS OK THE CHESTER TIMES

THREE CENTS

CHESTER, PA.,

VOL. 1, NO. 15.

FORCES CONTINUE VI
City Defense Council
Gets Full Authority

Correlation Of
County Police
Nearly Ready

are also Under consideration.

i A meeting with police represen-

Luncheon Coffee
Contains Poison
Police are investigating a
complaint by a West Knd workman that someone has been
poisoning the coffee he drinks
at lunch time.
The man. Martin Turczynski.
of 2l3 Wilson street, told Patrolman Boulden yesterday afternoon that the coffee, which he
takes to work in a thermos
bottle, has had a poculair taste
lately and has made him ill on
several occasions. His physician.
Turczynski said, told him that
the coffee contained a slight
amount of poison.

District Attorney's
Committee Prepares
By E. J. MAGNIN, JR.
Report Of Study
Moving swiftly over the week-end to prepare the city's defenses against any war
emergency, the Chester Council of Defense and members of City Council collaborated in i p!ans fo[. ihe complete corrcla.
formulating plans of far-reaching importance.
j uon of the police departments in
4s ? result of intensive work by both groups, Chester today has a Defense Council! Delaware County are being formDistrict Attorney \Vilthat is fully authorized and financed to carry on the important task of protecting thejuiated^ ^' ^'^"""^
c
:oml
city's civilian and industrial populations. The group has already laid plans for construct- j - ^^1^;^^^
ppointed
ing air raid shelters at strategic locations throughout the city, while private shelters 1 by ^
The Defense Council was originally set up under an Act of Assembly but this did jIati\-es from every municipality in;
not provide it with enough authority so City Council has approved an ordinance, based!the county was held in the court-i
on the third class cities code, which gives it the necessary "teeth" to put the defense | house ^at j^^'1^^^!
program over successfully. Under the ordinance all the city's resources, including the j ^'^ ;,. the '^ordination prob.|
police and fire departments, are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Council.
jlem was" madc.
j

Police Groups
Elect Officers

Four Jap Transports

Sunk In China Sea
America entered its second week of total war yesterday still beating off Japanese attacks and smashing Japanese transports in the Pacific with hammer blows.
Our bombing- planes have sunk four Japanese troop ships and damaged three others.
The situation "both on the ground and In the air" was well in hand, the Philippine
Command reported. Japanese losses for the week included at least 40 planes destroyed
and two battleships badly damaged.
Our Dutch allies after sinking four ships on Saturday, destroyed two more by submarine action off Malaya, the official Dutch East. Indies news agency, Aneta reported from
Batavia.
The Japanese launched a strong general offensive against beleagured Hong Kong. The
British Government of the Crown Colony defied a Japanese demand that they surrender,
according to Domei, Japanese news agency.

FLASHES

Pressure on the island fortress

was expected to be lessened somewhat by Chinese troops. From
Chungking came reports that
Chiang Kai Shek's armies were
driving through the Japanese toward the British lines. The furthest point of the advance reached

Patrolman Baynes
The Defense Council was originThe prosecutor announced that!
ally set up some months ago under
within a few days a tenative plan
Reeiected President
SingaporeA battle of major proportions was shapan Act of Assembly, but the act did
to weld the county's law-enforcing
Of
Organizations
ing
up
on the Malayan peninsula <is Japanese threw tanks
not provide it with enough authorbodies into one unit .will be comity. The new- ordinance just adoptpleted.
I Patrolman William B a r n e s . and armored cars in a fierce attack on British defenders in wi.n'in 1;} ni n cs Of the British deed here is based on the third-class
In the meantime. a comprehen-1 police switch board operator for the steaming jungle. All attacks have been beaten off, so far,j fonses. it was said.
city code and places the entire city
Heroic U. S. Marines continued
The C H E S T E R REPORTER signs chalked on them. "Japan or j sive survey is being made for the; Ujg se(.ond consccuUve ycar. has it is reported.
under its jurisdiction, including
Ttnst"
I purpose of installing a county-wide been elected presk ient of the Fratheir epic struggle against overwent
to
Indiantown
Gap
last
week,
the police and fire departments.
Outstanding work on the recent radio system with headquarters in ternal Order of Police and the
' Hong KongPrime Minister Churchill sent a message of whelming odds on the islands of
Duties of the Defense Council, '300 copies strong, and was receiv.ng Is Chester Police Association. He
nnoii^orc in the south,
smith from
frnm the Courthouse. This building
The Marines'
Chester's ! maneuvers
ed
enthusiastically
by
encouragement
to this Crown Colony today as the Japanese!! Wake
and Midway.
as provided by the new statute, in

n t i "t1 *f"-*i f t n
*rt nrtri
! nanti-aircraft
fire
and combat planes
! which the boys have recently re- j one of the few which has an was elected at the joint meeting of
men
in
arms.
clude coordinating the activities of
Police Sergeant Carl Peterson ! turned, prompted Captain Donald j emergency power plant, and in the the two organizations held on redoubled their efforts to breach the city's defenses. Chinese ! played an Important part in the
governmental and local agencies in
left Chester at 9 p. m. Thursday j W. Griffith, commander of Com- j case of a blackout or a complete Thursday evening in the F. 0. P. troops were reported marching to the relief of the city and battles which should take their
the defense of the city. They also
place on the most glorious pages
night with 150 copies of Tuurs-! pany L, and First Lieutenant New- shut-off of power, the radio sys- headquarters on Fifth street, west have captured two cities not far from here.
include:
day's edition, arriving at the camp j hauser, commander of Company K j tern would still be in operation.
of our history.
of Market.
;
Receiving, acknowledging and j at midnight. He said the men of i to remark that the "Chester and i At the meeting the district at'one
minesweeper
and
an
empty
transport
j
Tlirkcy sent a note to Secretary
TokioOnly
Bavnes was unopposed for the
appraising all proffers of facilities, I
Companies K and L jumped out of Delaware county men are among torney emphasized that he did not office as head of the Fraternal Or- vessel have been lost by Japan in the war so far," a Govern- Of State Hull yesterday announcservices and ideas and making apthe best soldiers in the Arm}-."
wish to control the police depart- der of Police, but had opposition ment announcement says. (This hardly agrees with the re- ing that it will remain neutral in
bed and ran for the local paper.
propriate disposition of them;
In the vernacular of the sports ments of the county but w?.s merely in Patrolman Frank Toole for presOn Friday Eddie Davis took an, .
,n
,
1
t- i ' the widening world o f war. Thirtyclearing information concerning de^ nations
^J a(are
.c now
.
other 150, and plans are under j world, the local soldiers cleaned attempting to correlate them forident of the Chester Policemen's port of heavy Japanese losses during the past week, particul- four
now ^
in ^
the con
confense programs and objectives
way to find means by which the i up while on maneuvers, and they jthe duration of the war.
arly
during
the
past
two
days.
Observers
called
it
"a
typical
flict. In Ireland Prime Minister
Association by a majority of two
among the cooperating agencies; CHESTER REPORTER can be reg- are awaiting orders momentarily
.-ln ^is emergency, all police deEamon DeValera warned his nation
Axis
news
report.")
votes.
adjusting or arranging, through ularly sent to the doughboysj that will send them out to meet j partments in the county should be
to prepare for war, which might
There was a large turnout of
the Mayor, the prompt assimilation
It was a meeting of sergeants, j the enemy, wherever and when- jn continuous communication with
MoscowThe
Russians
report
continued
successes,
likcome
"like a thief in the night," he
members
and
the
election
for
presof governmental programs and ac- when the local police officer ar- j ever it is decided by the War Deeach otnerT. The only way this can ^^ Qf ?the pollcemen.s association
ening
the
German
retreat
-toJthe
.debacle,
of
-the.
^applepjiic.-aid.
..Rumania.declared
war on die,
tivities for defense to the appro- rived at the " camp, and visited partment.
be done . efficiently. la- by^instaUs. .^^s^^rg^^eff^^ft---?!^
sta s
priate, .officers, 'departments, or -w.ith.: his
^p^Temper^tarerottff'tfc'&ees
below
zero
have
been
<<*>*
*
y^"**. 2Q.000 's
mty-wide radio -hboK-up," tion following
, ,,_..j__ a_ ' spirited
__i.j ,>mnat<m
Secretary of the Navy Knox arcampaign.
agencies; accumulating: or' aiding Peterson,, of Company K..
crowded and waiting_ orders at Inreported. The Red Army claims the recapture of 400 villages rived In Washington last night to
Other
officers
elected,
all
of
in the accumulation of information
He said he found his son, and diantown Gap, the men themselves
While the program is being whom \vere unopposed, were De- and towns.
report his findings in Hawaii. He
regarding local or governmental the men of both companies in. fine quietly go through their daily du-i
worked out> the district attorney's
Hew to Honolulu last week to infinancial, economical, industrial physical condition and boasting of j ties, and in the evenings assemble j Qffice ... remaining open seven days tective Stanley Rogozinski, viceWashingtonThe
Navy
Department
announced
that
spect,
bombed Pearl Harbor and
president;
Sergeant
Edward
F.
Maand human facilities and resources the best morale in the world. The in their recreation halls, playing
i a twenty-four hour day guire, treasurer; Patrolman John the heroic Marine garrison of Wake Island beat off a strong learn first hand the results of last
and to take all necessary steps to trucks of the company have huge'
(Continued on Page 4)
schedule. In case of an emergency Kandravi, financial secretary; PatSunday's treacherous attack.
effect a proper defense of Chester.
Japanese attack yesterday, downing two Jap bombers.
any message affecting police can be rolman Paul McKinney, recording
However, it was not expected
The Defense Council, the ordisent to Media and relayed from secretary.
LondonThe Greek government in exile reports that! that his findings would be made
nance states, is "the only official
there, to every police department
A contest for the three trustee,. has
,
,broken
i
Greece.
r'.-nn Lighteen
rrirriifonn Geiman,
r tn-m a n I public. Such information would
body acting for the Chester City
revolt
out, in
in the county.
ships had a field of six candidates a major
government" in the local defense
who hav<j clalmed to haye
Most municipalities In the county who were Patrolmen John Hager, and Italian divisions are being kept busy suppressing
program.
have
radio-equipped
police
cars
at
sunk three American ships. If
William Lykens, George Pedrick, attacks.
Chief Boatswain Edwin J.
At a special meeting of the group
the present time. Haverford, Sharan Fred Statter, Sergeant Jamas
-! they knew of America's exact
Hill,
former
resident
of
Yeadon,
it was agreed to open a central ofService Groups
Hill, Lansdowne, and Swarthmore, Owens and Detective Roy Seaman.
Washington

The
War
Department
announced
that
i
OSSCSi
experts said, they might be
was
killed
in
action
at
Pearl
fice at 16-18 East Fifth street,
Urge Citizens to
The successful candidates were Armv war planes are maintaining a constant patrol along j in a position to launch another
Harbor, the second county man have sending stations.
where all council activities will
Two of the largest municipalities Seaman, Pedrick and Owens.
whose death has been reported
take place, including registrations
Donate Supplies
the West Coast to forestall any surprise attacks.
j attack.
in the county, Chester and Radnor
by
the
War
Department.
Besides Baynes being chosen for
of all kinds. The homes and
____________

I In Washington it was announced

Hill, who was 43, had been township, are without radio stations president of the policemen's assoThe hospitals of Delaware county
rooms registration will be held
Manila

Only
a
few
Japanese
attacking
forces
remained
mat American industry is studying
in the Navy for 25 years. A year ! and radio cars.
ciation, other officers elected were:,
there in the future. Miss Alyce are in desperate need of cots and
T
plans for a four-shift system of
ith
Army
and
Navy
detachments
Patrolman Stanley McDowell. vice-| 0" the island of Luzon, V
ago he was transferred from
Rote, formerly of the NYA, is to be i blankets in preparation for disaswork so that plants may be run
the Philadelphia Navy Yard to
president; Sergeant Edward F. M a - j busy mopping them Up.
executive secretary in charge of ters of an industrial or military
on a seven-days-a-week schedule.
Hawaii. During the first World
guirc, treasurer; Patrolman John
the office. Miss Rote, who lives at nature, according to Raymond H.
The Senate will consider a bill to
12 West Twenty-fourth street, will Diament, chairman of the Dela-1 War he served on the battleship
Kandravi. financial secretary, and
Captain Peterson's
| purchase gas masks andfirefightPatrolman Paul McKinney, recbe assisted by volunteer workers. ware County Base Hospital Service j Pennsylvania. He leaves a wife
ing equipment for civil defense.
and three children, who are
An extensive report was made Group.
ording secretary. All other officers
Lieutenant General Douglas Macliving in Long Beach, Cal.
Mr. Diament, and Dr. Frank
but that for president were u n - j
by the newly set up engineering
A r t h u r in the Phiii
Men Guard Bridges;
Mrs. HcnryTp^rson and h c r |
PP h ' es said ***
committee. It dealt chiefly wth Chamberlain, president of the Delopposed.
!
first weck Of lhe
War
had
daughter, Ruth, of CO West Tenth | ^
Many Volunteer For
providing air raid shelters, both j aware County Medical Society,
There was also a contest In the
. ,. . .
. . .
,,.
! ended with the United States still
street, left this morning from Chesuublic and private, for the city.
| joined in urging the citizens of
Nether Providence
association for the three trustee-j
in control of the situation. He said
Service In Company
ter station for Fort Ellington,!
A preliminary survey of Chester j Chester and the county to donate
ships. The candidates were Patrol-1
that during the week there had
Group Will Organize
Texas, where they will join t h e i r ;
has been made for the purpose of jail the available cots and blankets
been 1-1 raids on the islands, but
Chester's Reserve Defense Corps men John Hager, William Lykens, j
husband and father. Captain Henry;
A nervy Chester shopkeeper foilAt School Meeting
selecting the best locations for the 1to the county medical institutions,
unit, Company E, First Regiment, George Pedrick, Fred Statter. Ser-j
_
.
,
the Japanese had paid dearlv.
T
L. Peterson, a former commander;
'
J
shelters. Plans and specifications j No money is to be given for the ed a robbery at his store late Fri- is continuing its guard of bridges j geant James Owens and Detective j
Army and Navy bombers, he said,
Tonight all the air wardens of of Company L, l l l t ' n Infantry, j had struck hard and often at Japwill be drawn up shortly and work purpose because it is almost impos- day night by hurling a sode pop at Norristown, under orders from j Roy Seaman. Those elected were
Nether Providence township will Twenty-eighth Division, who is sta- anese landing operations, bombing
will get under way. It is not yet sible to purchase cots at the bottle at the bandit who was point- the Governor.
Seaman, Owens and Pedrick.
ing
a
deadly-looking
automatic
at
At
the
conclusion
of
the
meeting'assemble
at the Nether Providence tioned at the fort in charge of the them "effectively."
known how many will be built but present time. The United States
The men are being fed at the
the committee is arranging for | Quartermaster's Department has him.
. Norristown Y. W. C. A. and arc \ refreshments were served and a n ' H i g h School for further organiza- air field. They v/il! make their
Numerous deeds of Individual
The proprietor, Albert Weisman, j quartercd
jn
the
Bridgeport: entertainment was provided. Vocal j tional work in preparation of a home in the Lone Star stale during heroism were reported in the Genample protection of the entire j priority on all such stores.
In time of need the hospitals was alone in the store at SOI Mary Borough Hall. Blankets and cots ; selections were sung by the police-; possible bombing attack on the | the Ume Captain Petereon^remains eral's
civilian population.
communique. "Splendid
Information pertaining to the se- may ask for cots from the War street near closing time when a ! were supplied by the Norristown : men's quartet composed of Patrol- vital Delaware River industrial at the fort. Miss Agnes Peterson, morale" exists among both Fili1
another daughter, who is employed
curing of private shelters will be i Department, but because emer- Negro strode in with a white hand- jY_ M _ c' 'A and the Red Cross.
men Oby O'Brien, tenor; Harry belt.
pino and American troops, he said.
gency calls are such that the de- ] kerchief tied around his face and a! A p]atoon is being held in re- Feeney, second tenor, George Pert(Continued on Page 4)
On Wednesday evening, all fire in this city in the office of an in"Everyone is responding not
mand would be immediate, and the j light brown hat pulled down well jserve at the local armory in com-; rick, baritone, and Stanley Me- 1 wardens and defense police will dustrial concern, xvill continue to only courageously, but, what is
time that would elapse procuring over his eyes.
jmanti of First Sergeant Disbrow Dowel!, bass.
i gather for a similar purpose. Red make her home here.
1 equally important, intelligently,"
"This is a hold-up," the bandit 1 pettv and Supply Sergeant Richard i

Government; stores would be too

Second Lieutenant N. Harry Im- the communique said.
i Cross instruction periods will be
HIT BV AUTO
announced tersely as he covered j A. Grav.
long, Mr. Diament explained.
held under expert instructors, !t plaglnzzio, of this city, a former ; The Dutch scored on a tanker
Harry Zuita. 35. of 1-512 Willsonj^ announcc(1 a rnas8 meeling officer of Company L, l l l t . h InThose with cots to donate are Weisman with a blue steel auto-! The company is accepting enand freighter in the action off
Swarthmore College blacked-out,
.
listments. Several volunteers have ; street, was admitted to Taylor Hos- i f o r defense last Thursday evening fan try, Twent-eighth Division, i s j ^ a i a y n . Air force units, reinma tic.
last night for 15 minutes in simu-jf ed to refrain frm .^ndf
w l n
in the past f e w ' p i t a l ' ' head and face injuries by Mrs. Dalngerfield M. Groome, j also stationed at Fort Ellington. ' f "d by Australian planes, have
The storekeeper dropped behind i been
orce
Cation of air raid conditions. The *hem <" w the hsP'*f' bu %
The
new
members arc after being .struck by an automo-; c h a j r m a n Q[
counter,
seized
a
pop
bottle'
days.
, t
VT ^ <
,* i-r,,' contact their local Boy Scout Troop the
Red Cross activi-j
!
| participated in the defense of
students
assembled In predesignai- :
-, , *
^ u
' . , or the local Council of Defense, i and threw t straight at the sur-; Charles E. Johnson, of 1127 Marli- bile at Fourteenth street and Mel- ties of the township.
\EORO STEALS PURSE
.Malaya.
ed places of satety during the
1
' ( The County Medical Defense Board prised robber's head. The Negro. son street; Raymond L. Justison, rose avenue. The driver, John J.
The Dutch also reported that
The meeting last week, at which
Mrs
C.
VanPatton,
of
604
Kerlln
quarter-hour of darkness.
iwill then distribute them when ducked and the bottle crashed \ of 194 West Fifteenth street; Harry Bressc-t. of I!34 Hancock street, 500 residents turned out
for the ^ s . rcc t r complained to police Satur- Japanese had effected a landing on
There have been many volunthrough a glass panel in the door.! Sorkenn, of 000 West Third street; told police the man stepped off the
mectlne
ineeded.
its kind since j f]a
that a Negro grabbed her! the coast of British Borneo. How
teers from the student body for
At this point the bandit aban- Arthur E. Propst, of 204 East j sidewalk ami into v the side of h i s : '' %"
. . was established in
township
pocketbook,
which contained more! effective the attack was could not
service In SreSghting, first aid and
STRUCK BY A.UTO
doned his abortive robbery attempt Ninth street, and Gail H. Belmont, i car.
1CS7, plans were made for the reg- , , h a n $16> as she was - v a , k i n g on be learned. Batavia had its sixth
evacuation work. A group of air
Charles Roemhield, 51, of 314 and fled down the street. Weis- of 713 West Third street,
raid alarm but no bombs were
tration of hundreds of men and |Scvenlh street, near Fulton.
raid wardens 5s being formed. Ten ! Strathmore road, Brookline, was man told police he was light-j Applications for enlistment may
F.\U,S INTO HOI.K
dropped.
P.
Boban.
of
N
i
n
t
h
and
Flower
i
women
in
vita!
defense
categories,
instructors and ten students have j gen"ouajv hurt when struck by an skinned, about five feet ?Ix Inches j be secured at the Armor/ tonight,
streets,
was
detained
at
Chester!
T.
Jay
Sproul,
former
State
Repformed a college defense council,
"
OFFICER'S
CAR
RORBET)
j
while walking along: tall and weighed about 140 pounds.! The company
is commanded
.
.
. by
,,;,,,
nf
of
A thief broke into the car of;
j Sproul road, near the West Chester i He wore a brown camel-hair coat. Captain Nell T. Pheip, Second In ' Hosp.tal with head injuries S.tur- ;cntau
Lieutenant
day
night
after
falling
into
an
ex-'.township
commissioners,
presided
command is First
I pike, Broomall, on Saturday night j
Lieutenant Haynes, of the 77th
was
cavation at Ninth street and Co.n-^"'*
swamped with applicaRaymond Rutlrauff.
GASOLINE SIPHONED
I in the driving rain.
i
Burlap bags and cloth tor
| tral avenue. Two soldiers and a Ho for volunteer service hy the Coast Artillery, while it was parkI The driver of the car, Verne A. A gasoline thief siphoned eight
making
bags are needed imed in Cheater l.'ite Friday night and
i civilian assisted him from the audience.
OPERATOR
I Cameron, of Ridley Park, told police gallons from the car of Robert
I
stole
a
radio,
a
.traveling
bag
and
[
mediately
by the local defense
: that he skidded into a ditch after; Kyles, of 14 West Ridley avenue, Desk Operator Howard Yarnall,! ditch and placed him in the far of Specifically, the meeting was for
several
shirts.
Lieutenant
Haynes;
council. They will be made into
hitting the man. Another motorist j Norwood, Saturday night while the of the Chester Police Department, j Captain A. A. Qulnn, who took him : fire wardens, police, fire fighters,
Is stationed at Marcus Hook.
j sandbags.
(Continued on Page })
I to the hospital.

Soldiers Receiving
"Chester Reporter

Hospitals Need
Blankets, Cots

- .

F \

Former County Man

Killed In Hawaii

I Reserve Corps
On 24-Hour Duty

. . .

Township Air
Wardens Meet

Wife, Daughter Leave

Local Shopkeeper
Thwarts Burglary

College Blacks Out

in Raid Simulation

BAGS NEEDED!

SHOPPING
DAYS
'TIL
CHRISTMAS

: took Roemhield to the Taylor Hos owner was attending a local movie. Ms seriously ill at his home.

UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOUR AID NOW!

The materials may be turned

in at the nearest firehouse. All
donations should be made at
oncf, U'ie defense council urges.

Chester

PI-BUSHED BY THK STRIKING A. X. G.

EMPLOYKS OK THJ^

TiMES

THREE CENTS

"CHESTER, PA-fTUESDAYT^CEMBER

VOL. 1, NO. 16.

APANES
Officials Plan New
Air Alarm System

Many Shelters
Are Being Built

USO Plans Xmas

I For Service Men

Riddle, Jeffords
Start Construction;
Others Started

Prepare For Holiday

In 400 Centers Spread
Across The World

With *xis air raids not only ^possibility but a probability in the highly important! ^ ^ shelters In
Chester production area, engineers are hard at work perfecting a suitable warning system ^..^ Countv
under t
for the city's civilian and industrial population.
^
^ruction.
Thev are in the midst of important experiments at Pennsylvania Military College, de-. XVork sta!-;ed yesterday on
veloping
an air
air raid
clearly audible
of
jI building~ an elaborate air ,-aui
Oinff an
raid alarm
aia.nn system
SNSLCIU that
uia^ will
m be
-j>- v/iv-nn...i^~-~ injill
- parts
i
-- Chester.
The
out with the
of Colonel Frank K Hyatt,
o f : shelter
j.ne alarm
ennini is
io being
jtm 6 worked
""
- - co-operation
- .
_
Fiddle on
millionaire sportsman who
P. M. C., and the Chester Council of Defense,with Bert Goodman lending his technical ser-, ^ ^ '^^ c^c in G , cn Uiddk, ,

f*

/*t

Secretary btates
Forces
The United States, finally apprised of the toll of the Japanese attack on Hawaii

More than -kni I'.S. 0- centers

on December 7. mourns the death of 2,729 men, heroes who fell in the blistering surfrom Kotiiak. Airit-kn to old Key
West arc only a \ \ : u t i n g the jiiu;!o prise raid from the skies.
of Santa's bells 10 raise the curtain
Secretary of the Navy Knox. reporting on the air raid after a five-day survey trip
on a holiday program, p a o k f i i with to Hawaii, said yesterday that the battleship Arizona, an old target ship Utah, three
features, for ail our men in unidestroyers,' Cassiii, Downs and Shaw, and a mine layer Oglala were destroyed.
The
form. Emery M. Nelson, secretary
of the Chester V. M. C. A., was ad- ased battleship Oklahoma was capsized, but can be repaired.
lie stated that the United States services were not on the alert against the surprise
vised by the V. M. C. A. National
vices to both groups.
i The construction details are a ; Council in New York today.
air attack on Hawaii, and said further that President Roosevelt will immediately initiThe first raid drill held here at noon last Friday proved to be a failure, with the sccrot. but it was learned that the The boys afar have not been ate a formal investigation. He followed bj declaring that the defense after the attack
used at that timesirens on police cars and fire enginesfailing to be heard : shelter, being dug on a secluded | overlooked. Nelson announced that
was conducted skillfully and bravely.
a few small areas. This led to the development of a new system, the one that is pan of the spacious grounds.
*,u. Christmas bunting is
and the last j
!
Secretary Knox declared that, " . . . the most effective fifth column work of the
! U. S. 0. centers in the
now in experimental stages at P. M. C.
! word in comfort.
'Hawaii, the Canal /.one. in British ! entire war was done in Hawaii, with the possible exception of Norway." In the battle
' Another air raid shelter is being Guiana, Trinidad, Antigua and JaThis new system, as described
| ie known Japanese losses were three submarines and -11 planes. The United States
built on the estate of Walter Jef- i maica of the British West Indies,
by Goodman, utilizes the public
' Army had severe aircraft losses and some hangars were destroyed.
fords, another millionaire sports- ' Porto Rico, Cuba and Bermuda.
address system that was mounted
The Navy head released his offiman and a relative of Riddle, who | Large scale Christmas activities
cial
report on the Hawaii attack
in the college athletic stadium. It
' lives in Edgemont township
also have been arranged by the.
after reporting to President Rooseis not a siren. It consists of a recWashington.-ln a radio speech celebrating the 150thj
'R^
=
"<*''T
tnV^,Like
Riddle,
Jeffords
owns
many
c
V. M.
l
velt on his return from a personal
ording, amplified and broadcast to anniversary of the Bill of Rights, President Roosevelt pledg- jrace horses anci is act iv e to hunting, A,& [n lhe Canal Zone>
and
tour of the islands.
the public. The sound resembles ed that the
the post-war world would be safe for
for free men. He ; circles.
especially at the Y's on the aactual
especially
Labeling the Nipponese strategy
Several families In the Rose Val- "firing line" in Honolulu and Manthat of a shrill, high-pitched whis- declared that we would not lay down our arms until the
to knock out the United States beley and Wallingford section have ila. Christmas cheer will be proeverv
resi- fore the war started as a failure.,
,,
-. foreign-born
- ...
tle, of sufficient intensity to carry | wor}(j js a safe place in which to live and work.
Slate Motor Police working with pared
awarded contracts for the erection
for the American troops in
dent of the county. These dossiers | he stated that the attack had been
agents
of
the
FBI
are
rounding
up
over a large section. If the ampliof shelters to Media builders
through co-operation with
scores of alien suspects in the sec- complete in every detail were coin-i the result of many weeks of prefier works satisfactorily in the
Moscow.Russian authorities announce that a German j in at least one case, work has the British Y. M. C. A.'s.
piled by eight troopers who work-| paration. He did admit, however,
The biggest presents for the tions of Delaware county.
P.M.C. tests, it is planned to ta-jannyf battered by pursuing troops and aircraft, is in full already started.
V, nlghl
' '- an(i
---'day
-' on "t h"b%i -investiga*"">*- that the armed services were not
Working
quietly
and
swiftly,
the
One builder has drawn plans for
for
the
punitive
stall additional ones in strategs= | retreat along the entire Eastern front
Federal
agents
have
made
'
more
j
tlon
only,
being
relieved
of every prepared
several different types of air sheli. 0. clubhouses the government
measure.
pans of the city so that Chester
other
duty.
Iters
teii based
uuseu on
uu. the
"ic various
vanuua types
-j K" | ^..jjj drop
^p in
jn their
^gjj. Christmas
<.;nnstmas stockSIOCK- than fifty arrests since December'
Speaking upon
forthcoming
When war was declared the FBI
will be completely blanketed.
London.British naval officials claim the sinking of 13 now in use in Great Britain. He |ings More than 100 wlu be com. 7 when war was declared.
agents
went
through
their
files]
Presidential
investigation
he asGerThe
aliens,
most
of
them
Thus if a raid warning should be
reports that inquiries are being re-1 pjete by christmas Day, and over
A-xis vessels in the Mediterranean over the w-eek-end.
and began an immediate check-up i surert the Nation that it was enreceived in Chester, the recording
ceived every day, and expects to j20Q wijl be in operation early in mans and Italians, are being taken
to the Philadelphia offices of the on the county's enemy aliens, i titled to knowv the reason why.
would be started up in the office of
'
"
start work on several units within
Fe^eral'Burc^u
of Investigation for Their" "names'were" turned over to Two facts that the investigation
Chief of Police George J. Feeney. It
Stockholm.^Swedish news_ sources...report, the _.put-| a few days. ^ -,.
, - - oo"r?"th'e clubhouse" festivities
the State police again, and the ar- should reveal are: whether thers
;
questioning.
wou'd be broadcast simultaneously break of .typhus and spotted fever on an alarming scale in
will be in full swing all over the
Many of"the suspects have been! rests followed.
j wns an J r err r of judgment which
country. The entertainment falls
Seven Are injured
released with orders to report at
A suspected German spy who j contributed to the surprise and if
(Continued on Page 4)
frequent intervals to the Federal lived in the central section of thei'bere was any dereliction of duty
In Ridley Township
sounded on the agreed signal of
offices. While they are free they j county for over eight months, fled! prior to the attack,
two-minute blasts, separated by a,
Washington. Congress acted to grant President Rooseare being kept under surveillance-j hurriedly less than twelve hours j A bomb which passed 'down the
Seven
persons
are
in
the
Taylor
Fife Local Woman's
pause of eight seconds. Feeney is j ^
powers held by President Woodrow Wilson durleast twenty of the aliens, It j before police went to his home to j smoke-stack of the Arizona sent
Hospital
with
injuries
suffered
in
planning to have some of the in- '
Will At Court House wasAt learned,
! the capitol ship to the bottom
have been sent to the! arrest him.
a three-car crash on the Chester
nustrial whistles blown as well. ing World War I.
Gloucester,
N.
J.,
Immigration
Sta-j
This
man
who
was
under
surveil-i
when its boiler and forward magapike at Taylor avenue, Ridlev ! The will of Mrs. Sarah A. Stinson,
The engineers are experimenting
tlon,
where
they
are
being
d
e
t
a
i
n
j
lance
for
some
time,
worked
con-!zinc
exploded. The Utah has not
Manila.Lieutenant
who uieu
died cit
at her
921 ^"v
East FiflYiaiUia..-JUIcULcIiani General
VJciieiai Douglas
jL/uugiao MacArthur,
ma.\*~*L b u u i , with
im.**,j township,
1-. on Sunday
^ afternoon.
,I wno
iiei home,
ilium;, <;*-..
-"
u-ith vocal announcements over
_
.
.. * - !
stigation is!
tinually in his cellar. It. was learn-'been used as a combatant ship for
TT"V-iOi'-ii~o
e
are I~li *!.-en n V TJi~i"MT;"n
f>d
while
n
fuller
Investigation
is
the amplifiers to augment the the historic phrase, "Let's keep the flag flying," defied Nipf >'
Dickson v. Brown n : teenth strccl, on September 2 has
,,v.-,i lb made.
M,.,,^.
... is
..-, j.ossiblc that c<\ and no om- was permitted to j many years and was in Hawaii as
It
^__ filed
_ at Media. U disposes
;poses of an being
whistle-like alarm. - fnr thJponese
L m M n airmen
.,vJn to
f force
f the
fh. removal
vpmnval of
of Old
Old Glory
Glorv from
from his
<****
* , of ,,_? ar " *"d jbeen
cuts
his
some
of
those
detained
may be in- enter it. Employes of the elwtric * training ship for experimental
rests will
win be
uc ^
--, r
i
! George Wood, 18, this city, a ;estate valued at 2,500 in real estate
Tests
carried on tor tne;
terned for the duration of the war. | and water companies were not purposes and a n t i - a i r c r a f t
next few days at P. M. C. and the | headquarters.
_
_
I passenger, head and body injuries;' and $250 m pei.sonai property.
For the past year. State Motor j permitted to rent! the meters In the ] gunnery.
public has been asked to cooper-j
Japanese raiders again
again bombed
bombed Nichols Air
Air Field,
Field. j| Stephen n.
R. Davis, IS,
is, of
of Ridley |i The cxccutors named are
are the
ti
Police from th'e'filnck Horse bar- j cellar and complaints were made to j The Oglala, a minelayer, was a
Ground
troops
and
airmen
held
Nipponese
invaders
at
three
j
township,
driver
of
the
second
car,!
i
j.
stinson.
and
If
one
should
hear
peculiar'
husbandt Samuc
ate. If one
racks at Media, have been w o r k i n g i t h e companies.
|converted merchantman formerly
_
' head iniuries;
!,. Mrs.
,.=, Sarah
cn,-nh J.
.1 Tnnni
injuries; this mother, Mrs.',.
Mrs.; dau g nter<
^rl
noises emanating from the gen- i coastal points on Luzon.
In collaboration with the FBI j The alien, who held a key posi-;on the Fall River Line as a passen-'
-,
j
u
Tc
A
i
Elizabeth
Davis,
48,
internal
in-'
'
j
j
f
to
the
husband
T
n
P
erta
te
s
c
t
eral direction of the college dome, ^
Two Japanese transports were damaged by U. b. Army juries. Thomas Glannon , 17> of Rid.| ^ ^m hjs dcalh js !efl to thrcc
cbecking on aliens, especially those! lion in one of the riverfront Indus-! S^r ship.
The conversion took
'he should listen and see if he can
employed
In
vital
defense
Indus-!
t
r
i
a
l
plants,
has
vanished
with
his
jP'ace
during
the World War.
ley Park, a passenger in Davis' jchndrcni jirs. Toppin, Charles W.
hear any vocal announcements fol- bombers off Legaspi, 2-50 miles southeast of Manila.
:
tries
In
the
county.
j
wife,
and
an
extensive
search
is!
Other
Navy
ships
were damaged in
car.
body
injuries;
Mrs.
Mona
ert
H.
Slinson.
S U n s o n a n f j Rob
lowing. If he can hear them, he
Complete dossiers have been prf:- ! noxv being made for him.
| varying degrees, but many have
Knapp,
32.
of
Essington,
wife
of
E.
Letters
testamentary
were
grantshould call Sill, police headquarDover.Long-range Nazi guns on the French coast G. Knapp, driver of the third car,
been repaired, and are either at sea
ed in the
of
ters, and report to the desk oper^p estate
^
^ Thomas
^^
^
or ready to weigh anchor.
pounded
the
English
coastal
area
of
Dover
lor
three
hours
,
i
j
.
.s.
d
Mrs.
Arthur
ig;
t
park,
who
died
h
c
a
d
n
ur
ie
an
of
rospec
ator, leaving his name, address and
Some will require a lengthy
in the heaviest and longest bombardment in a fortnight Cramer,
-her mother,
. . face
. and
, ,body, on- November

30. The estate conwhere he heard the alarm.

period
to repair, principally the
cuts.
sists of $2,000 in real estate and
It has been stressed that the De- yesterday.
| Oklahoma which capsized but can
Knapp
was
not
injured
in
the
i S2.000 in personal property. The
fense Council wants the city to be
be righted and placed into sen-ice.
crash. All three cars \vere badly i estate is left to a sister, Mrs. Marcompletely covered by the warning
The remainder of the Pacific
Vichy.A
"dynamite
artichoke"
was
thrown
into
a
damaged.
igaret H. Jarvis, also of Prospect
signals. Enough will be erected to
Fleet,
still in full battle effective,
Negro Killed Best
! Park. A friend, Frank W. Penny- \
Rose Street Resident
insure every section being pro- restaurant frequented by Nazis in one of two outbreaks
ness. Secretary Knox stated "are
! packer. 521 Tenth avenue, Prostected.
.1 against the invaders in Paris yesterday.
Friend, Mistaking
T-> r
r>
J
i
Dies After Being Hit
all at sea seeking contact with
The only recording to be used |
: pect Park.
the enemy."
This includes airHim
For
Intruder
By Southern Pa. Bus
will be kept in Feeney's office.
j craft carriers, heavy cruisers, light
North
Africa.British
troops
have
forced
fleeing
Axis
There will be only the one copy
James Carr, 64, of 530 Rose
A coroner's inquest is pending lasers. destroyers and subunits to turn and fight in several retreating movements in '.
available.
,,,,.,
.^
t .
r r ....ion the fatal shooting which oc-i marines, some of which were, of
A somewhat similar alarm sys-; the desert.
street,
f.ullj .njuro,
, nj ro, ,,on,.,
^ Twin
^ O
^
i n j a t u r e ^^ type _
|
street, was
was foully
s W i ^ r^^
mMn
a k s ' c^
a r l v ^^
Satur-^ m
miniature
two-man type,
tern is now being tested in Phila-j
before
7
o'clock
last
night
w
h
e
n
;
^
^.^
^
Heroism
of the real Ameri
irican
R;]yiwm(1 Ro^ \
The
battleship
Oklahoma
lies
on
its
side
in
delphia, where the first raid drill
k i n d v- as
men
in
he
was
struck
by
a
bus
at.
tho
l
n
;
^
Xcg
.
of
28
Thomas
avenue,
j
'
exhibited
by
the
men
Washington.President Roosevelt cited the duplicity of
3
ro
battered Pearl Harbor, according to Secretary of the
last Friday was also a failure.
tersoction
of
Fifth
and
Franklin
j
,nd
'killed
his
neighbor
!
blue
and
kahki
after
the
attack
got
K
h
o
t
;
a
n
d
the Japanese Government, chronologically censuring the NipNavy Knox. Nothing is known of casualties on the
i best friend. James Wormley. N'e- \ under way.
s,rw.!s
ponese in a message sent to the Senate and House of
l
damaged ship.
,taa,.on
Calling the opening engagement
Baldwin Machinist
on .0 rhf ..., r Ho<: . pro, whom he mistook for a robber.'
Representatives.
*
' lf"
,
,.
, .
, . . i of the war "... the Navy's gravest
r)
However,
word
was
received
in
Chester
yesterday
According
to
the
storv
Ross
told
:

,
Dies After Accident
pita! where he died shortly aft*r:
* , . ,." .
, ,. hour of peril he stated that offrom a man who served on that ill-fated battleship.
Davis
\V.
Morns,
of
Lp'
.
.
.
.
.
..
..
.
,
.,
f?r>or-c
masmin.
f,cers ^inH
menpvninifpH
exnioited
magmfiadmission.
He stiff c-red a f r a c - ' '
an d mr.n
james Grimiey, 63, of ii4 j
Singapore.British admit the Japanese invaders have
His poignant message was a Christmas card sent
: ner Chirrhftster township, he was
&
t.-rfri
cVnil
a
<-ru=hed
i
f
f
t
!<
and
'""'
~
-------
'"
"
cent
courage
and
resourcefulness
'
tured s K U i i , a ciu.-.nt-i. m t .,,
awakened about 2:45 a. m. bv some-,
_
Whitiey avenue, Why. died yes-1 gained ground in the Kedah area of northern Malaya despite
to William D. Pullen, Jr., of 220 West Second street,
. . . ,
,
.
'
in the assault. Prompt action savmterna!
injuries.
'
one
a
t
t
e
m
p
t
i
n
g
to
force
entrance
to
,.
,,
terday at the Fitzgerald-Mercy iheavy ]0sseS.
, .
.'
' , ,
ed manv lives and large quantities
secretary of the Penn Forest, Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
Hospital from injuries suffered
<-"ff*-<i
Mr. and Mr*. Waiter Imbody, of t h e rear of h, S home
^ ^
^
The card read:
when he was struck by an auto22 East Fourth street, who were. He ordcren the mtruder away. ^ ^ ^^ Qf ^^^ as
Motorcyclist Hurt
mobile at Ririge and Main streets, Loan Co. Trustees
preying the bus In their car,!^ #* attempts were repeated.:
91 dead aR(, 2
U. S. S. Oklahoma, Nov. 22, 1941
l' --o
ji yj
.
fit-rt,]
O1 fcalibre
s - j l i K r f revolver,
rcn-frlwr
Ross
fired na .32
Darby, Sunday night.
In Crash With Truck
Order
Payments
wounded;
enlisted
men, 2.63S
'
told police that Carr .stepped from j th
"Aloha to you this Christmas Day and
window to frighten
Grimiey, a machinist at the
and
636
wounded.
the- curb and that they had 'o., ! l e man away. He then shot in
Baldwin Locomotive Works, sufthroughout the year. Wish you a very Merry
Checks will be received today by ! Eugene Kiel, of PlainSeld, X. J.,
Gripping stories of a recruit sea!
iwas treated at Chester Hospital
fered fractures of both legs, chest
swerve
to avoid hitting him.
the direction of a form near the; mnn manning a machine gun
Xmas.
: stockholders of the defunct Com1 yesterday afternoon for cuts and
injuries, and a fractured skull.
Carr was struck by the bus, own-: rear floor,
Fraternally
, single handed, knocking a Jap torRichard J. OToole, 26, of Paxon mercial Building and Loan Asso- i bruises of the hand, nose, elbow
ed
by
1
bv the
Ac Southern Pennsylvania; The
" intruder
minificr persisted,
,,^^-u, and

, aRe out of thf, air as it

d
Anthony
C.
Plurnb"
street near Race, Philadelphia, was: ciation, which is its third year of jand knee after his motorcycle and
. .
. I finallv Ross reached for a shotgun '
'
, ,
_
(Continued from Page 1)
Bus Company.
It was driven by ii a n c j, ^j-j-fpjj
"
. at t j,.c m a n i w hou fell.
/ nI i
(Continued
^./...j j
the driver of the car. He was i liquidation. This announcement j an Army truck collided at Second
Plumb left Chester about two years ago to become
William Foote. IS East Twenty Ross then called to his next door:
arrested by Darby police and is
made by Lhe liquidating mis- and Lloyd streets.
a
member
of
the
band
of
the
Oklahoma.
He
was
a
being held for a coroner's inquest.
according
to
the
report
first street. Koote was unaware of nc ,jghbor, James Wormley, but Mrs.
CHRISTMAS
:, Henry G. Sweeney, John K.
member
of
the
band
of
the
Penn
Forest
before
entering
filed
with
police,
was
attempting
the accident and proceeded west on ; Wormley answered. She told Ross
SEALS
Hagerty and Morris M. Sapovits.
DO
Fifth
streK
until
overtaken
by
i
!hr,t
her
husband
was
not
at
home,
The checks,, amounting to ap- to pass the truck, driven by 0. M.
the service.
' proxirr.ately S10.000, were placed in ; Bobbin, of Baltimore, at the same
another motorist.
j and he asked her to come over.
His family now live at 829 Elm avenue, Long
YOUR
the mail late Saturday, represent- time that Bobbitt was making a
When informed of the accident; Mrs. Wormley came to the door
Beach,
Cal.
They
were
about
to
leave
for
Manila
when
S
left turn.
ing the sixth payment the trustees
i Foote surrendered to Chester p o - j O f Ross' house, and saw a form
news of the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. Mrs. ;iice. He wa.s released under bond: sprawled in the doorway. As the
Kiel was taken to the hospital by
have ordered since assuming the
|
with
Plumb has not yet had word from her husband.
task of clearing up the company's Patrolman Toole and was discharg!to await the coroner's inquest.
i
(Continued on Page 4)

FLASHES

State Motor Police

Arrest Enemy Aliens

Injuries Fata!
To James Carr

Coroner Probes
Twin Oaks Death

Derense bonds

Card From War Zone

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PART

SHOPPING
DAYS

CHRISTMAS

business.

ed after treatment.

UNCLE SAM NEEDS

Xmas
Protect
Year Home from
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Seals

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PUBLISHED BY THK STRIKING A. X. C. EMPLOVKS OK THE OHKSTEK TIMES

VOL.

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CHESTER, PA.. WEDNESDAY. DECE^ER_17!_1941:_

1, NO. 17.

ROOSEVELT GETS FU
Man

Plan Evacuation

^^

nc /"*. 9 r-U'U

Fingerprint Nurses
At Hospital Friday

Foils Robbery

Public Warned
Against Rumor

AH registered nurses in Chester

and vicinity are requos'.ecl to report at Chester Hospital Friday
Co-ordinotor Corey
afternoon at 1 o'clock to l>e fingerAsks Co-operation of
printed, in compliance w i t h provisCatches Suspect
Chester Citizens
ions of the national defence proPaul J. Carey, Defense Council
After Chase Through
gram. The arrangements are in
=, >'-,"'! may
Coordinator, Asks Registration
Do no: .-pread ri:
charge of Mrs, Thonia> P. Fenne'::.
Suburban Area
A censorship of newspapers, mails and radio will soon be established under cornrrTorts of
Mr?.
Bryce
and
Mrs.
Dunson.
The
endanger
the
de;V
For Housing Of Evacuees
3!l'.i U l l ' . v i t - phne v.ar powers granted President Roosevelt by unanimous vote in both the Senate and
A 30-year-old Chester shipworker i fingerprinting work will be dor.- the .Council of VviV
by
Ferris
Dunlap,
print
expert
of
of
;h.' r.ren. House yesterday.
tip.aiv harm the ci'Ji
If bombers come roaring \ip the Delaware River to : was held without bail yesterday for
th? Chester Police Dercirtment.
3 further hearin on a char e of
rei'pieji
of
hit at the vital defense industries clustered along its banks,!
f
?
The President first made announcement of the censorship at a press conference, anGraduate nurses of Tav'or Me- This was the urg'
attempting to hold up and rob ai
:;U'r
of
the
Paul
J.
CnreY.
>"\>o:
nouncing at the same time that Byron Price, executive news editor of the Associated
Chester will be ready.
morial Ho=pital, Ridley Park, wisl
A=ton Mills man.
Preparations are being made to evacuate all children The fl,^ec.^ John Rhodef . of the co to the office of Chiff of Police Drffjise Council
Press, would head the censorship bureau.
from the areas most likely to be targets for enemy bombers. : v00 b!ock Ea -, xi nTh stl-eet. was Sakers in that borough for finger- One of the lar
"The important t h i n g now," he said, "is that such forms of censorship as are necalso on Friday afternoon. forces ;o panic fl'.ici
As in England where thousands of children were taken from ; caught and turned over to police printing,
essary
shall be administered effectively and in harmony w i t h the best interests of our
There is no restriction on t h e ,
the crowded areas in the industrial sections of cities a n d ; b>; his imended victim, waiter j. program at Chester Hospital, n i l , tion of civilian nV-:
free institutions."
sent, into the country, Chester will take all measures possible \ j^"3","^^'
re^f^3^^*'^"'51 nurses to be given tho opportuni mo red story, which tiO'.-s '.ho
The censorship would be part mandatory and part; voluntary and wili apply to all
to renter To date about 175 entirely unauthoriz^i. g a t h e r i n g ;
10 protect its Children.
: ^hartnabv testified "that h/had
.
had their print, re-! momentum of fable as n goe?. T h i s . modiwns of t r a n s m i t t i n g information.
In an urgent call to all residents or Delaware and : bf>en auen ding a defense school atj'^
.Meanwhile, the President recom' is what the Council of Defense
Chester counties, Paul J. Carey, coordinator of the Chester j Fourth street and Morton avenue; '
1
mended
that the minimum age for
wants the citizens of the commulate
City Council of Defense, said today:
Monday night before driving to'
induction
into military service be
nity to stop at its source.
Ninth and Sproul streets and park"It may be necessary to evacuate
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
lowered from 21 to 19. Respondj ing at. a diner. The would-be banchildren from the danger zones in
in his historic addre.-s to (he na| ing to the appeal, the Senate Milidit aoparemly hid in the back of
Washington.The President's five-man board, headed!
Chester aad vicinity. If you can
tion several days apo. asked The
Affairs Committee v o t e d
the car ai thai time, as shortly j
American public to be suspicious y Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, prepared to l u n a n i m o i i s l v ,n favor of the mea5.
take one or more into your honie ' i pl. ln WO, WArlr
after leaving and driving out Con-j
please register promptly. In per-jl IdH f I Oil Tf U* IV
I cord road, Whartnaby felt w h a t :
"'"<* th * ir investigation into the bombing- of Pearl Harbor, _ AH _ ^ 1$ 54 v,u
Fourth Ward Leader
*on, by mail, or by phone, with the
I seemed to be a gun barrel press- j
rumors of this -y P e were sinned j The board will leave for Honolulu soon and see first hand i r o g i s t n r undfn . the proposed Iaw%
Released From Prison
Chester City Council of Defense, 12
W. j. Enders, Defense
ing against the back of his neck, j
by saboteur? and Fifth Columnists,! the damage caused by the Jap attacks. It is also expected | i,iu on!v ,|105!, f,-om 19 to 44. jn.
East Fifth street, Chester, phone
After Three Months
"All right buddy, stop the car,"
Council Head, Speaks
i
labels once laughed at, now a grim] {o investigate Fifth Column activities. Any Congressional j elusive, wilt be liable for military
Chester S5SO.
he was ordered.
At Clifton Meeting
"State how many children you
reality.
| investigation will be postponed u n t i l the finding's of the; servlc'?A. McClurg, Fourth
He looked around and saw a
i The -\\-nr has brought an end to
With
this
thought
in
mind.
Co-'
, ,
can take and your preferences as
leader, was .pa-|
'shim* object bein held bv the rob-i Ward
Republican
,
board are m a d e knOWn
j thrt six-year-old feud Vjetween th
More
than
400
firemen
from
all
has
asked
nil
per'-j
'
to age and sex. Chester residents
| ber/ whartnabvv ?aid> t h e n puned | ro led in Philadelphia on Monday i ordmator Carey
i American Federation of Labor and
living remote from the river are \ sections of the county were pres^ ^ m o m e n ,j a f t e r serving less than three I sons in possess!ion of alarming ru-!
Stockholm.It was reported that Nazis are torturing the cio in Philadelphia. A dozen
also'asked to register. We know! ent at the monthly meeting of the i another machinc a
^ and the I mon ths of a one-to-two-year prison i mors to first check w i t h the Council I
I of Defense before speaking to a n y - j ca pj.j ves in concentration camps in Norway. A Swedish representatives of the city's 350,you will all respond patriotically j Delaware County Firemen's Asso- j "
jumped ou' in front o'A ; sentence.
and unselfishlv."'
i ciation.
which
was
held
at
Clifton
|"
-i n e !~~^ that the measures being taken by the Nazis are! 000 organized workers met there
. , TT . ,
, _ , .
. , i it, waving his arms and shoutins. | McClurg pleaded guilty of con-,
paper s?
;md formed a joint labor committee
Headquarters of the Council are
and W hartnabv i spiracy to bribe a State policeman j
The importance of registering at j Heights Hign School Monday night, j ^ ^ =
? nov
'horrible."
1
to assure all-out production for the
guests o f ! told
. ,, the
occupants,
. . _ a man and, " j a t his trial September 22 after five
' established at 12 East Fifth
once was emphasized by Mr. jwhen
""'-" the
V"" firemen
"""";" were
"""_?""""'"'!
|
duration of the war, without the
I
street,
and
may
be
contacted
at
Carey. It is estimated that pos- the Clmon Heights Hre Protective :
^ hgd h
d _ Mean.| years of postponements.
siblv 7,000 children must be ac- Association.
< -.^ ^ ^ ^^ Qff !n Wg ^ j Judge Ed^in 0. Lewis, who is- Chester S3SO. It \R the public's deHong Kong.- Although under heavy attack, this Crown j danger O r strikes.
In the Pacific our fleet was
commodated and all facilities avail-j The principal speaker was Wil- jwhartnabv and the couple chased | sued the parole, said that ns was j fense unit, and they are urged to j Co j ony
ny stands
stands firm
fir against the Japanese attack. However,
liam J
hunting
down the Japanese. Their
able are needed.
I
- Enders. executive director ifit ,,.,;
through Mnroron
Morgan ,
into wri-M*
Parkside,i|releasing
releasing McClurg
McClurg "on
"on aa humane! make use of it at any time.
! the situation is admittedly dangerous.
the
orders were: "Seek out the enemy
Information authorized
!
...,
-,
^
j
,*
.-_
.,__
j,-_j
basis"
beca.use
because
he
is
suffering
sufferi
from
County
Defense
Oi the
where they trapped it in the dead
The committee in charge of the j
and desirov him." The Asiatic
War Department, and other gov-.j
a nervous breakdown.
end of Avon road.
evatuatipn plans is headed by Karl jCounci1' who had much OI"
^Fj:etterkk-.-4toUU^.su9eriQp.-er^an^JL^gendes,-'\vUl->b--rnade-|
Batavia.Dtitch naval"Units have Slink four transports Fleet was scouring the China Sea
the
firemen
r<
.; -Leaping- out,: Whartnabsr ptfltect
Agaij, principal, of Chester.,,..High.
h
part they must play in defense. open the door of the other car and tendent of Holmesburg Prison, P" ''-: through the CHESTER RE- anc} two supp]y sr,jps jn action off Java, the Dutch Admiralty looking for Japanese men-of-war,
School. Other members of the comso. far xvithout success.
John C. Hershey, of Wallingforcl, hauled the driver into the street. \vhere McClurg was confined, and PORTER as soon as verified. The announced.
mittee, which also has charge of
In Japan Admiral Tojo, thn
Council of Defense will notify this
who
is
chaplain
of
the
association.
Police - found an icepick sccrete(, ^jDr. Harry E. Tucker, prison physiplanning protective measures for r-_ _ :
.. - _ i _*
_ _i j
-i
'
.i cian,
r-i^in testified
f oct tHa/-l that
fhfit McGlurg
iVT^f^lnT-rt- could
r-rtu Irt i publication of vital
Pn?mii?r,
announced that the Amernews
to
the
in
a
ringing
patriotic
address
urged
j
_
sic]e hjs shir{
school children,
Chief
of JPolice
iV-ilUUl
lUliUlUll, tare
tie V
_ J l I C i Ut
TUJIWC
1 *t* *. -u
-j
*
1
-.
^IT
!1 OiUt liu o u t i ^ .
not. 1
Moscow.The Germans have suffered staggering- re- ican, (loot has been destroyed and
- George
_ '
_
.
the
firemen
to
sunnort
in
everv
-m.
_,
.
j
.
...

sleep
and
that
bromides
h
a
d
,
commumtv.
Other
stories,
rumors.
J. Feenev.
F. Herman Fritz I
nreu.en to aipport
in e i u j_t Rhodes insisted at, the hearing& nppn rn-nconnpn
'
i ! ir\r\
, , . l-ioli/-.rcr
, . ,~ vnnc-t ,Ki^ r1iErr.n.t>iTn/-l
,.
:\_ i _
__ui
fnr him.
n 1m . He
Hf* also
a ten i and
i i-ri_
ibeen prescribed for
beliefs, must
be discounted imversals all along the Russian front and are still in retreat. the major part of the. British Fleet
vi
i
and Charles Xolan.
; possible way our soldiers and ! that he had used no gun> me
has lost considerable weight, the j mediately until officially confirmed, Defeat may be approaching for the Nazi invaders, was the in the Far East "put out of comsai ors
i pressing a pencil against Whart- doctors said.
Arrangements are being made ' Others
who
spoke
were
District
I
nabv's neck. He said he had been
optimistic report from some quarters. Kalinin, 90 miles, ^^ ^^ Agency
with bus companies to have availRalph D'Amico, co-defendent con-! Chief Air \Vorden
. Attorney William B. McClenachan. drinking and wasn't fully responable in case of emergency all posvicted
with
McClurg
and
sentenced
j
,
.,-.
west of Moscow, has been recaptured and a German army jArllll ' jra i Yamamoto. conunander-inc
sible transportation to move the! Jr" and John v- Xoian ' vice-presi- sible for what he had done.
to six months to one year in jail, |->P6akS TO K l W O H I S
of 90,000 men "destroyed."
| chief of the Japanese fleet, was
children to places of safety. Parents I denl of the Chester Count>" Fire' I
will be paroled on Christmas Eve. i
"looking forward to dictating peace
men 3
with .automobiles also will b e |
' Association.
The third defendant in the case, Wiliiam F' Delehanty. chief air
vrarden of
Ankara.Hitler has been forced to leave the Russian to the United States in the White
utDized.
William E. Wunderlich, financial j j
Martin Sapiego, former State poDelaware county, will
address
his
fcllo
w
The evacuation plans are strictly secretary of the association an- i T\ 1
liceman, is on probation.
- Knvanians at front because of an imminent nervous breakdown, was the; TJ]e Japs bl..,gJ,Cl.j of other suc.
McClurg and the others were| t h e wcekl>' luncheon meeting of report here last night. lie is said to be in a lonely retreat |
of a precautionary measure, Mr. nounced two deaths during the | t~ 31ff
rnssr.j. sa yine; that, they have "atservice clubmen at noon today. [
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Agan pointed out, and should cause past month. They were John M. |
will explain the local air pro-' in the Bavarian Alps under the care of physicians.
no alarm. The Defense Council, he Spear, a charter member of the j
nn Army in th
Firemen
Petition
said, is preparing for any even-! association and the first president!
there. It was charged, that in 1036 j Action set-up.
i have ;nined a foothold in British
ext
of the
( t h e political leader tried to fix a j *
Wednesday. December 2-I.j
Mexico City.The Mexican Congress has received legis-l
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tuality and will be read;/if nec-|
Clifton Heights Protective.
Council To Augment
. [Borneo, strategic Island between
essarv.
i Association, and Thomas Sipps, of
(State police sergeant who raided i th e annual Christmas party for I
would allow U. S. troops to pass through Mexico! Sin ,, n p 0rp Manila
Local Companies
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house of which Mc-! cri PP led children will be held.!
The persons offering their homes i Prospect Park Fire Company,
and
aibw
American
ships
to use bases in the country.
I and wore driving down the MalaC!ur
was !ater c
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At the conclusion of the meeting!
t the force of paid i
Sn cted as oper-j with
J. Homer
Graber as
chairman.
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and on approval will form a per- motion pictures of London air raids jdrivers fo,. tho variou- Chester i
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| rh>s v/ih be neld at the ^. \\.
l h i s coum
on Ihe latler
London.America and Great Britain may .soon hold
manent register available at any! were shown through the courtesy! g re companies "be increased was ^
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charge, j building. Seventh and Sproul
time. It is probable that social | of the Philadelphia Electric Com-j presented to City Council at a
l SUal meCtmS r>Ir CC
f
i int Waf COnfei e Ce J t WaS re
i SrSt!? '
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CHir/D STRUCK
service agencies, working with thelpany.
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1 of a u n i f i e d h i g h command of a!1
'meeting held yesterday.
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AMisting Mr. Graber is the fola n '-'- Axis forccs ! ami tl^re was a serious threat to
Robert Pater, seven, of 210 East
Defense Council, wiil have charge!
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I The request was made by J. Har-i
v n

the fortress of Singapore. Lack of

tted
tOi'
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g
committee:
A.
Lawrence!
of ihe approval of the homes for
vey Mauger and Samuel Pancoas;,!
Eleventh
Ward
Group
Washington.The gritty Marine garrisons of Wake and j nav.ii superiority was blamed for
Chester Hospital late Monday! Baxter, J. Edward Buckley, Joseph j
the evacuees.
of the Felton Fire Comnanv, and, afler being struck by an
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Hears Defense Talks John
Dwyer, of the Hanley Com-!
automo-j t. Cnermol, Frank J. Kcrr, Cnnrlcsj Mir ] way j s jands continue to hold out despite heavy attacks
E.
Lanyon,
Edmund
A.
McCsddcn,
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-i ir of vu
i-" i c ibile
and Madison streets.
on *v.behalf
the whole
fire at Eighth

yesterday.
Ukrainian Groups
Called for the purpose of in ; pany,
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.-'Paul Vernon. of 207 East Third ! Dr. John S. Miller, Jr., Donald
Grocer Foils Holdup
Q<i
denartrnent.
ihev
asked
tnat
10
jstructing
air
raid
wardens
of
the
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Plan Defense Work
ns
the, af!d!Uondl
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street,
the
driver,
told
police
that
Xeilson.
William
J.
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d l u e r s be
nameaso that! ^
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Honolulu.Despite attacks on the two islands in tne Of Toy Gun Bandit
J Eleventh Ward in their duties. 7o:
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not
be
necessary
to,
the;
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Rev. Omelan Mycyk, pastor of St. men of the community attended a
Rubin Bonier, proprietor of a
Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, meeting at the headquarters of men to work 24-hour shifts. Coun-j
e matter
they
will
defeat
any
further
attack
on
this
strategic
city.:
y store at 3.:^ cirich street.
grocer
1
under consider- i
called today for a meeting of all Szymanski-Rywacki Post, Ameri-Little
damage
was
done
in
the
bombardment
of
the
two;
was
asked
for a package of cigaation.
Ukrainian groups to form a | can Legion, Third and Kerlin i
. , , , * i T i. . i
I relies last evening at 8 o'clock, bv
Council
opened
bids
on
gasoline,
Ukrainian Defense Council.
islands, Main and Johnston.
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| streets, Monday night.
The meeting will be held tonight
Captain Andrew Desmond pr oil and coal for W2' They w
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When
ihe
grocer
turned his back.
in the Ukrainian-American Xa- sided at the meeting and discussed ' referred to the De P a ment
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he
was
informed
that it was "a
tional Home, Fourth and Ward j' this particular phase of national ' Parks and Public Property for i Chester's 15 new policemen l i k e ^ c i l from the eligible list prepared
i holdup." Bonier faced his customer,
Thrown through the windshield j p f t u f.J n p Guard DutV
tabulatlon
streets. AH Ukrainian groups in j defense. Others who spoke were i
their jobsbut they'd like i h e m j a f r 50 men took Police Civil
and noticed he had slipped a mask
car on Monday night, when it j
the city have been asked to have j Captain Aloysius Quinn and Ser-1
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over his fare, and was pointing
a lot better if they had uniforms.
i that time it was indicated t h a t <:?:' collided with an Army truck in ', Company E, First Regiment a gun at him. When the grocer
representatives at the meeting, asjgeant of Police Edward McGuire,! Swarthmore Bands
:
Not that they're kicking. Far , tra men may be added after the Gloucester, X. J., Frank O. MeJio. Pennsylvania
Defense
Re.serve
well as all groups in the church.
j a i l of the C h e s t e r Police for Defense Work
noticed the weapon was a toy. he
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it. They've entered into their| f i r 5 t of lhc year on a 1M;,y spo-!^ of 2lCl Xa.s.sau Place. Prospect ; Corps, has now scitled
down to rwiehud under the counter for his
The priest said that the defense ] Department.
i
council would do any work pos-j The latter was -particularly famSwarthmore turned out en rnasse ; duties with .enthusiasm ar.d have ,cia! officer basis, under which a r - -.,.rk
.
i cr treatment
the regular routine of m i l i t a r y own giin, a real .32 calibre pis'o!.
is, une
under
treatment atat t h e ! the
sible to aid in the war. They will j jjjar with defense matters, h a v i n g - t o volunteer for civilian defense > already chalked up their first ' rangfement special policemen r.a " Wr.st Jersey Hospital. Cam<ien,
Thereupon, the Negro you'!;
work in the armory. Eight!) an
sell defense bonds and stamps, aid .attended & two weeks' course of! jobs at a rally in the Swarthmore : arrests.
: he appointed to the force for 10-.
turm-d
and ran out of the door.
.1., ior cuts of the throat and head.! Sproul streets.
in Red Cross work and do any j training at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 1 High School on Monday r.ight. | However.'it hasn't been possible ; day periods, and reappointed if
The j;rocf:i' stood helpless. His gun
One platoon of the company i
other jobs for which they are j where he received instruction in! More than 450 were registered.
for them to be immediately equip-; necessary at the end of each such; He was riding in the front sent of
was not loaded.
r-ailed.
j air raid shelters, bombs and gas i Captain J. Kirk McCurdy, head of , ed with uniforms. They'll be along | period.
a car operated and owned by Roy ; stationed at .N~orri.stox-.-n guarding
The Chfsirr Police Department
| attacks. He also just completed a ' Company H, Pennsylvania Reserve'sometime about the first of the j The 15 men appointed last week, Marriott, 51, of flio W a l n u t street..' bridges, while the other Pia?-oon ; was informrti, and Sergeant James
IX,DEFENSE COKPS
| week's course of instruction with i Defense Corps, was named air raid [year or shortly afterward, the or- - w h o are Joseph Vankoski, Anthony ,-n.-,. c j t .,_ private Henrv King was remains at the armory holding it- 'Owens dispatched Detective Stanley
Raymond Wallace, of GOO Lloyd
P'ederal Bureau of Investiga-j warden for the borough. Captain! ders having already been placed,; Cresta, Edward .I. Spcllacy, PYank: r l r j v i n p " . ho ^nited States A r m y , self in readiness for any work t h a t . lvO.c-ozin.ski and Patrolman .Tohp.
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street, has enlisted in Company E, lion in Philadelphia, where he was; McCurdy organized the defense ; but in the meantime the 15 rookies1.!. Carr, Jacob Killisn, Samuel driving the United States
Ketchel! to the scene. The storeat i it may 'oe cailcu upon to do.
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Re- schooled! in methods of prevention corps ur.it more than a year ago,! must do their stuff in civvies.
! D'Amato, Oakley Berry, Joseph;
'
keeper
supplied the police with a
serve Defense Corps. He is now; of sabo j are> air raids and other in. jlong before the war clouds loomed, j Thev have police badges and ! Devlin, Jarnes Jardine, Joseph Bail, : Broadway and New Jersey avenue.
Captain Xeil T. Phelps, com- ; liescri !lon of lhc vmuh> and po3icc
stationed at the armory, Eiehth cidentals of National Defense.
I Head of the auxiliary police islsidearms (revolvers to you), wear-i Carl Morelli, John O'Brien, Frank | King and Marriott were not injured j rnander of the company and First, arc investigating.
and Soroul streets.
j Lieutenant Raymond Hudrauff,
[Captain A. J. Herr, of the Swarth- ing the guns fastened to their' Schofield, Edward Johnson and in the crash.
--j commute between this city a n d ; CHRISTMAS
more police, and head of the aux-i trouser belts. But once in a while ; Joseph Ryan, spent the first, few
LOSES TWO TEETH
THIEF' STOLE $5
i Norristown in order to attend to;
Thirteen-year-old John Mullen, of: iliary firemen will be John Rumsey, ] they run into an argument when ; days making tours of duty with the
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Mrs. John Batsman, of Brook- j the duties necessary to keep t h a i
533 Parker street, had two teeth i fire chief. Mrs. J. Paul Brown will they go out on a case and the peo-; older members of the force,
broken off yesterday afternoon; be in charge of the women's de-jp!c- have to be really shown that! Many favorable comments h a v e ' haven, complained to police yester-j two platoons functioning. During;
YOUR
when he ran into the rear of a ' ffc-nse
e n s e corps.
| they are officers of the law.
1 been heard from the public on the' day afternoon that a thief had j their absence from this city. |
corps
William F. Delehanty, chief airi The new cops started their duties! city's action In enlarging the po-, stolen S4 from her purse while she Sergeant Disbrow Petty is in compolice car that was parked on
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N'orris street, near Third. He was raid warden of the county, spoke ! officially last Wednesday, being lice department, which now nurn-| was shopping in a local five and mand of the platoon stationed at |
the arrnorv.
ten cent store.
with
i named to the force by City Coun- hers 70 men.
I at the meeting.
treated at Chester Hospital.

Of City S Children Try Of Worker

FLASHES

Breakdown Gets
McClurg Parole

! County Firemen

Request More

Cops, Sans Uniforms,

Face Many Problems

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