{ title: 'Nassau daily review-star. (Metropolitan, Long Island, Nassau County [Freeport], N.Y.) 1937-1954, May 17, 1938, Page 4, Image 4', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031113/1938-05-17/ed-1/seq-4/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031113/1938-05-17/ed-1/seq-4.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031113/1938-05-17/ed-1/seq-4/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031113/1938-05-17/ed-1/seq-4/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Alene Scoblete, Rockville Centre Public Library; Tom Tryniski
in 'Black Out' E. x FAEEPORT PLOT |PMLIGE PMAKE] |Creation of Warning Ne? numa manwn Ao e Co- aAr. AR RAID ETHODS TESTED IN FARMINGONE \Enemy\ Airmen's Flares Pierce Nassau Night As Thousands Watch By FRED J. NOETH In one of the most spec- tacular army sir shows ever to take place in America, Farmingdale, and surround- ing - communities within a $wo-and-a-half-mile - radius iEltwak To Make Special Their Capable Handling: _- T* Vuinsrability Of Metropolis || Postal Flight From Of \'Black Out\ Area The \Battle of Farmingdale,\. highlight of the GHQ air force VillageE-jowark HughILLjuded pmswer it detense oe the Atientic seabourd from T in ao od : Sponsored by the chamber of Farmingdale village officials day lauded members of the malfkwdxmmzm centre of the area to Of wind, drifting of projec- the village's half-hour \black-out\ mama. with the 8th and 3.1“ and, instantly count? these last night, ven every stot and | four Antunes ilies clad) uf (mins act halt-mile radius of the village hall! Brooklyn, Roosevelt in Mineola |°USY trained on the target, Lucky was turned out. and Seversky at F , |indeed is the pilot who comes within rane and 'fliles away to fy Firemen, Veterans Help \Warning Net\ again another day'.\ of the village halllast “In Police Chiet Arthur Powell ot | wa\ tabu\ Ar 0 | \When the \warning net\ sends \suffered\ a bombardme when Litwak takes Farmingdale had every member | Brigadier General Frederick L. ||Nformation to defense headquar- of \shells\ dropped squarely the old golf course on My“: of the force on duty for the night | Martin explained the creation of | !€fs Central control station, air- on. local aircraft heéoym I}? b dus briugss as nass He\ 04) | In order to augment this |a \warning net\ as the key to suc- | men of the pursuit units plot on \raiding\ airmen flying in 6 _| members of the fire department cessful defense of the area. 'The the \master defense map the time, smart formation thousands welt wince\ that ha, and Talbonard American Legion ° net\ is an area extend- |Dath, speed and altitude of the head there for air mail| PQst Of Farmingdale were dePU- ing 100 miles in all directions and ©DEMY raiders. af feat over head. P then take off for Newark tized for the period of the \raid\ four miles high with headquarters \Just as soon as we make our Autos Choke Roads week and Were the mail will bY Village Clerk William E| at the center, plot, the pursuit units stationed on More than 100,000 persons from “m to iis destination Wesche. Dozens of \Information had been received OUUTYINE airdromes are given or- all sections of Long Island, Brook» {mtg um the cox‘my you: circa-l to indicate that \enemy forces\ 193m by; gem tomtakeb analog\; h al o e crowds un p t rt\ , - lym, Manbattan, the Bronx and | [ air roall letters leaving the | {hrough Io dectror tno anerot, Hesuore. |stant readiness to take off,\ army New Jersey came in droves to the [f C Twenty men of the second Pre- turing plants at Farmingdale. |OMCials revealed. . incorporated village nefr the Nas~ cinct, Syosset, were stationed Third wing headquarters were The plotted information is =Buffolk county border to wit- - The stimp reads: all roads in their precinct leading temporarily established in the transmitted by teletype to the a the first \black-out\ of an § port Chamber. of Com. Na-| to the \forbidden\ circle, where vicinity, pursuit group headquarters miles entire area as protection against | Abe Litwak, widely known South Main street omay fuch migh he ld i i »{the war games were in progress. At the first flash from the |@Way. In the plotting room, the 6 1# Air Mail Week, May 15-21.\ % 'the - ' r r kpt his plane, hie dely=kno hant| An equal number of men fr0Mm \warning net\ of the approach of pursuit group commander keeps weur it m'v/iiti‘g‘gm to‘h'ml’: air nuke-mm brawn-r airport, fiMy. 1‘- E. fut-z “E 2:3, 9,314.1“ of m3\; the first precinct covered high- “Emmy! aircraft within the 200-|UP with the problem in hand and aceur wa me of 's ol F twak F ways in their area. mile circle, the word \intercept\ Calculates in advance what he may lac-fin along the Afsntic “than“ fly‘hngnit'n'n five nu: In:- is 1m m a has ém'fianzuxv’x‘fi; lolwr‘. n Since Sm; ail-ole interselpted 3:0.- 1 was ”fen to the pursuit planes. ‘gzve‘ to Sgelawt gni' T3212” ‘htf, or= “l'rhm been specially commissioned rtmen 11 use on the | Nassau-Suffo! county line, ®) As the planes took to the air der is r red to rcept\. was angst; r:igffnmfu \gag: Postmaster Edward A. Rice gor’rfim‘:mg‘?fim h‘belnfi: m’i'mmmal'mXMn spueciully Suffolk county portion of the area \to circle for altitude and await |. Colonel E. N. Naiden, command- sect sponsor ham! comme mail mmi i | » i-ad Ing th rsult in the Fi - issi d mail pilot] Was guarded by members of the | the \enemy\, the anti-aircraft ar- ing the pursuit group in the Farm milod‘figlh?wgll: 1111305! x12: of the flux-3m 3:1: rock burr: wfiLfihtmh‘erué-l'clre-t fo ssioper ® Hcented mail p/ tilery with its batteries of search- lingdale \defense\ stated \as in- mobiles packed with tors. « lights prepared to carry on the |formation keeps coming in from Large details of ice officers, i lice officers fot the fight. state police, and pol oAll air m‘rfl letters mailed at the from the towns of Babylon and i 30 | Ishp. { battle from the ground. our ground 'warning net\ we con- Freeport postoffice before 11:30 , ; a vom g a ctically invisible from the Police guarding the highways Colonel H. W. T. Elgin, com- (tinue to plot the enemy course volunteer fremen and veterans $513,313! ”a!\ FARMINGDALE FOCUS fixzrr“?:‘nzlhneym$$mnl wxu‘mopped all care attempting\ to en- ma:d?:§ o tana main artll- | until the picture on vur map in- deputized for the \w ”95: During the \black out\ all lights OF, MucflleT—EREST halk _ ter the section during wthe balf~ |lery, explained what happens \dicates a raid on some target in \Shae ' 4 n P £009 | othe grea were turned out. Pa- Inlaid GLEE CLUB WILL SING | hour of \total darkness\. when the two batteries of three- | Our defended area.\ . y t\tlgiciul'o hour approached, trolling units of village firemen \Foreign\ Air Raid Om. Village Traffic Jams Highways inch guns begin firing 28 rounds When all.is in reafliness, the or- thtAolnu ai the Seversky | reported no violators of the re- Drops Plenty Coin In Tills IN ROCKVILLE TONIGHT| The searchlight truck of the | ying ense inute into the sky, \A bat-|der to \intercept\ goes out to the \Defi Gen- quest for \lights out\ urged by chants county police, as well as severuhlegmo‘; these guns key“ literally |bursult group commander. The gut 32mm\ for the ma- goth the war department and vil- r Of ml 2:7 ¥ ® t\ made South Shore Group To End Season | highway patrol cars were sta- gil the air in the vicinity of the Pursuit planes take off and head 1 * armingdale's ack out\ mad meuvers, and at the principal | lage trustees. ot wid At Concert In Morris School; | UONed in the village as an emer- target with shrapnel and shell |for a definite spot in the area. . the community the focus-of wide- street intersections of the village. All highways entering Farming- |! gency precaution. | fragments. The fire of these guns This spot is determined from the Hush Holds Spectators dale and vicinity were blocked to spread aftention and resulted in an Pfost Soloist The traffic congestion on all € . G lub will |hi C |is controlled by a director, 'This |plotting board by rapid calcula-; i outh lee wi A bush of expectancy fell upon traffic by police. Those in the enormous increase in business, ac- \; $ Shore elul {highways entering the village, Tonight with a ¥ to ihe |instrurfent takes all the factors ' tions. i son . to w reviot © ', reached the thousands gathered, at men | \doomed\ area were asked to T%~ | cording to. \mink“? k'fidm { at. Moris “pm“ proportions. - Retl- mm‘w.‘ lighting or “l 'day. - Restaurants, - Iunchrooms, | ville Centre. mates of the number of cars in the R cigarets, cigars or pipes during fecti stores, - bars - and | - The 43-voice chorus will present | section during the evening ranged | 10: m., the battery of eight /the \attack\ sirice every ray of | confectionary res, a program including numbers by | from 50,000 to 75,000. searchlights attached to the 6204 | light, no matter how small, would grills and ice cream parlors hap- Handel, Scott, Debussy, Bartholo-i The entire \show\ was put on coast artillery speared the -be immediately detected on the | pily reported large scales. mew, Romberg and Wagner. Con- | without a hitch; no accidents, no 'Two minutes later the fire siren | sensitive photographic\ Plates!\ One lunch wagon on Conklin ductor 'Carl A. Pfost will sing a |ambulance calls, no burglaries, no atop the Farmingdale firehouse which replaced the (\loads Of | street was reportedly sold out: a baritone solo and Margaret E. fires or other incidents were re- sounded the alarm-as much a8| death\ ordinarily carried in the | full hour before the attack started. Brindley will play a piano solo. | ported during the interval. to say: \The raiders \In @P~ | bomb racks of the \enemy\ planes. Dozens of \ice cream on: wheels\ The concert will begin at 8:30 omen _ proaching from the east! {gur | - During the \attack\, village | units were stationed within the | gelock, . MOTORCYCLIST HURT As the horn blasted the mg: streets were black, The darkness |five mile circle dnd did a \laid | pr. E.'Wallace Small of How- \ N stillness three times, to be ©©h0®0| was emphasized 'by 'the heavy | office\ business before and after | lett is president of the club, which | Malverne Man Injured In Crash ae tf as mawéms shade trees which line: the walks | the \raid.\ ch a includes residents of south shore With Car + all a f the village and kept out even All local merchants and stote . v off, One by one, then in groups, ot th xe P o¢ a villages, A concert to given house lights blinked out until the '\6 M2Le the fates, ,_, _. _., |owners, however, fafthfully com- along with other units of the As- Walter Fredericks, 21, of 12 e dat plied with the request for ©0-0p- | sociated Glee Clubs of America at | Hawthorne street, West Hemp- entire area, a circle with a | loud | talldng. _ No - automobile | eration voiced by G. H. Q, and vil- the World's fair is in preparation. | Stead, was recovering today from ter of five miles, was in cOMPl®!® | moved, Houses and stores were lage officials and turned out their | Rehearsals will be resumed al| ht sustained yesterday darkness. high | in complete blackness. lights during the \attack.\ Hewitt school, Rockville Centre, | when the motorcycle he was rid- The moon had not risen J,\ The \War's\ Over 220000 __ next fall. ing collided with a truck on enough to cast its beams On € \ sri, ang there huddled groups PODEYN TO SPEAK aes Hempstead turnpike, near Broad- gold, gray scene. of men and women and children Milind CUBS TO GET COLORS | way, West Hempstead. Re | ern, Man) | Addremes . Norlicant . Olvies . At | . peo ent i t tors sat in their cars and listened | tation At | Ski-ma? “flaming; to radio broadcast descriptions of Oceanside Tonight Kiwanis To Make Presenistion truck ahead of him, operated by what was taking place, glancing| Colonel Emil M. Podeyn, chair- Rockville Centre Daniel Cooper .of 50 Orchard the \raiders\ means Of dir8¢- out the automobile windows from man of the Nassau county board The Rockville Centre Kiwanis Hempstead, began to make tion sound ampinc®iiore snCwn,As time to time, craning their necks Of assessors, will speak on the re- club will present colors to the cub exponential horns. luat A tos Ino. I a U-turn, lfcordln. to the fifth thi head aerial Valuation of properties ough~ pack which its sponsors, a cere- | precinct's police report. Fredericks Tears\ picked up the sound and 13512?!\ ® over out the county, at &.meeting of the monies to be held in the Morris | could not avoid a crash, police located its source, the word was the tire signal) Northeast Civic association at the | school, Morris avenue, Thursday | said, He was thrown to the pave- flashed to the pm searchlight “Tfi’ficfilc'flhwfi'wfl; halted the | Terrace | hall, Columbus avenue, |might at 1:18 o'clock: A 15-minute | ment, suffering bruiges 10 ine nes batteries mann crews sol« t told the village the Oceanside, tonight. Members of program has been planned. and cuts to the legs and arms. He [ 41:1 £10051?) rat] till! W5:- $2,211}: $32; sgfng.1|.hul.n|n several other organizations in ack an cross stare The cub pack, organized last refused medical attention. studded sky the beams flashed un: shone along the avenues, traffic) Oceanside have been invited to | November, now has 20 memberse, y the - signa nd the attend the meeting. between the ages of nine and 11, GUILD HAS DINNER til they centered on their objec- mm\ alima'fifie; home, | Colonel Podeyn alto will speak Joseph Patterson is in charge of Members of the Women's guild \the raiders.\ At once the a; t army |at 12:30 o'clock fomorraw the group of the Lakeview Lutheran church fire anti-aircraft gm went at ammdflgnwfiflzk G, at a meeting of the Baldwit Busi~ s had a dinner party at the Tyro- action. Colonel H. W, T, Eg- Scholl expresed his thanks to the ness Men's .associition in the HOSTESS FOR SON lean Village in Franklin Square lin, commanding the anti-aircraft village merchants and residents Baldwin Brau Haus. . Mrs.. Elsie Fowley of Fifth Saturday night. Attending were artillery, revealed the guns are thpable of firing 25 rounds per wit-u, co-operated in the \black HAVE FACULTY tea street, Valley Stream, entertained | the Mesdames Elizabeth Abrams, out.\ He id he was highly Sunday in honor of her son, Wil-| Frank McCort, Edward Laxton, minute or more than 100 rounds pleased zjmnth. success of the at-| Women members of the liam, who was confirmed at St. Emest B Charles | Martens, ttery. fair. rence. school- Hewlett, ~Afmculty.| Paul's Evangelical Lutheran) William Martens, Joseph Mills, m on the root of the nosso gave a farewell tea at \The) church, Valley Stream, by Rev.| George Thoman, John Walker, village hall were unable to hear HOSTESS TO CLUB Maine Maid,\ Jeticho, on Satur~ Christian Hetrrukind, Michael the roar of the three-inch be-| Mrs. Wallace Smith of South|day for Miss Ann Hayes, Miss Spahn, Daniel Mcintosh, Peter gauze of the wind's M: and Main street, Freeport, entertained |Frances Blakeslee and Mrs W. why Dusette, Charles Herzog, John distan flashes b, at her home, - Esther estover, o Floyd Hart, trom ffi'n \J: 33m. wot? brig: mum gNIO‘ 3:1 are leaving the school upon the i mm Bernard Kiein- Hant on the skyline. Mesdames John. Mathias, Pitman completion of this semester, Miss . schmidt, William Folk, Frank Of- Defense Take Off Combes, Frank White, Fred Puff, Helen Munyan and Mrs. Ward L. ferman, the Misses Mildred Du- At the frst alarm speedy pur» Wiliam Seaman, Mervin Smith Johnson, wif e sette and Lulu Bauer. sult planes, lined in on Irving Carman, Seversky field, with the command iin \enomy.\ , the \0.03 FAll -up © ~. Measureone cap Kré-mel Surprise and one- by liynh Ale look 'this recipe half cap of water into a small seucepan. Stir As the re« ‘ C ver Ovet a low hire $ minutes until smooth sod leased in : mii for Kre-mel Chocolats®>. thick, keeping mixture below the boiling m” From sodale the amait design uf the new 14400tWillys 5 Tp \ 1 . -= -|\General Martin Outlines Strategy As: ArmyJ \‘“’\°fi.‘\u ‘ Ada \ A m Sauce : . ”hhfifilnmotpddhp i «wk h + g.“ old-fashioned way of delicious? That will §urprise f re olate Surprise has other surprises TELEpHoRnE -| ‘hmlqh’ ris Woodc’ldmhrdmco- RECTORY mwmgfiMo-IMM Jurprise: costs ‘ - but 15¢ and your grocer sells it. IT'S RICH IN DEXTROSE. periment . + (omit ision OF FARMINGDALE - War Games Put Central Island Community On The Map Farmingdale is probably the most widely publized incorporated village in the United States today as a result of the 's desig- mation by army officials for the first \black out\ and \bombard~ ment\ staged in a civilian sector by United States Air corps bomb= ers and pursuit units, last night. Broadcast To Nation A preview of the air \raid\ was given to the entire nation on the Blue network of the National Broadcasting company from to 9:30 p. m. During this period army officers in charge of the \de- fense\ of the village, including Brigadier General Frederick L. Martin, Colonel H. W. T. Eglin and Colonel A. C. Naiden made addresses. . Mayor Frank G. Scholl and Fire Chief Alfred C. Scherer also spoke and outlined the _ proposed | \attack.\ . WJZ, WABC | and - WOR - broadcast descriptions of the \alr raid.\ The Associated Press as well as other . important . newsgathering agencies were represented. Doz- ens of photographers were on the scene and reporters of all metro- politan newspapers \covered\ the event. Three newsreel photographers were stationed on top of their cars at the intersection of Conklin and Main streets in the heart of the village. LADIES AID TO MEET The Ladies Aid society of the Hicksville Community Reformed church will meet tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. Henry Lumm. The Rev. William Striker is pase tor of the parish. BROWNE'S BUSINESS SCHOOL LYNBROOK Sunrise By. Hempstead 266 Fulton Ave. Secretarial Machines POSITIONS SECURED
