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More Net ' Paid ClrcuUOoa Dally Than All County Weeklies Combined. . -- • ‘ m Ooeawlonal rain* tonight naU 'Thursday, somewhiit colder tomor- rof ; *0? Friday. # Temperatara past It honra 1 1 p. m. 1 a. m. U noon | SS ** «: ' '. o' VOL 51. NO. 168 Member International New* Service Member Central Trees Association WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940 Ah Independent Newspaper Member A. K, C. (Audit Bureau ot Circulations) IDOLS AND fA FAIL TO AGREE AGAIN Two Factions Argue Over Proportion at Length Before Supervisors Without Result A further discussion of the mer its of a plan advanced by the Na tional .Touth Administration to give unemployed youths work and thU scheme's possible conflict with ex isting school . vocation training Twiddling of Thumbs Is Main Job at Hearings scheduled now In operation, occu pied a half hour for the Board of Supervisors at their meeting yes terday at New City. It was the third successive meeting at which this knotty problem was tacklfed — and the close of the session left the plan no further advanced than It was at the time-of Its inception. With county school executives and representatives of the Pearl River Board of Education's voca tional school taking part on one side and ' NYA District Director John F. Flanagan arguing the ad vantages of his organization ’ s - scheme to build a workshop on county owned property at ‘ New City, the discussion Anally ended with the Idea that a survey would be made by Flanagan of existing vocation schools in Haverstraw, Spring Valley, Nyack, and Pearl River and that from this some ad- ditional conference of schoolmen and himself would result. When this is ironed out, it was indicated) the members of both fac tions will return to the county board again to discuss the build ing of a county garage which would temporarily house a work center. Once again the district director hinted that if Rockland did not want to go through with such a program as indicated by the NYA, that there were plenty of other counties which would leap at the opportunity. No Conflict Seen / Flanagan denied the assertions that his organization ’ s proposed workshop, which would specialize in production - and pay the boys working in It a stipulated salary, would in any way conflict with.-^hc exist 1 set up ’ by the var ious towns In the county under the National Defense Act. \Our problem, ” said Flanagan, \is to face the issue as it is today. It is a challenge to make this help available to industry. It is a posi tive action, regardless of whether Rockland or some other county takes advantage of the program. ” In response to a query by Super visor Robert Clark of Orange.town, Flanagan said that there were 167 lifted in one survey he had made, that it, 167 unemployed youths out of school between the ages of 18 and 24, the age limits in which the NYA is interested. He went on to say that during the month of Sep tember, two-and-one-half times as many youths left the NYA to go into private industry as had in any September in the past four years. Flanagan explained how the setup called for taking any youth be tween the ages prescribed, not just those whose families are receiving relief. Flanagan said that as he saw it all that youth needed was to be told how to get jobs. Objections Asked Leonard Miller, county director of vocational guidance, asked Flan agan what the objection was by the NYA to the use of existing voca tional schools and to cooperating with the schools. Guy P. Rlgaud of Spring Valley, president of the Rockland County School Executives Association, re futing one point made by Flana gan that youth wanted to go back to school, asked why the NYA could not give thes# vocational schools additional instructors so that larger classes could be given i n them. To Flanagan ’ s statement that it was possible to get such in structors fqr such schools, Rigaud replied that this could not be done unless such instructors were ac ceptable to industry. Rlgaud went on to recall that at a recent meeting of school execu tives and NYA officials, it had been decided that both would cooperate to further a training plan — as long as the NYA ’ s scheme did not con flict ^rith the schools already Met up in the county. Cooperation Sought \We understood that the NYA was willing to cooperate, ” said Ri- (Conltnufd on I ’ agt 7uo) No Orangetown or Clarkstown village had enough taxpayers ap pearances at yesterday ’ s grievance hearings to Justify the four statu tory hours the trustees, clerks, and-Hueasurera had to sit In for mal session. The majority of the queries ; in tjrangetown were based on mistaken identity of the .vil lage Assessment roll instead of the town assessment roll as the one which had undergone some changes. . • Of the 11 or 12 owners who came to the South Nyack hearing, most were objecting to changes which had been made in the town roll rather than that of the village. The same was true with the 11 taxpayers who visited the Nyack meeting from 1 to 5 p. m. The Piermont hearing, during the. sameirboura ns South Nyack ’ s, from 7 to if p. m., drew eight or nine visitors, none with a* serious complaint. Grand View officials sat from 5 to 9 p. m. without getting much of a rise out of the public Two persons attended the Upper Nyack hearing from 3 (o 7 p. m. Fqr the first time in many years, not a single Suffern taxpayer ap pealed before the village board at the tax grievance hearing held yes terday at the municipal building in guffern. Clerk .Robert DuVall de clared that he has attended at least seven consecutive annual hearings and yesterday was the first one which failed to produce at least or^e objector. In Spring Valley a few com plaints were' registered and the board promised to give each con sideration. L STOLEN CAR IN SPEEDY CHASE Investigate These Listings If you plan to move you havd your choice of houses In Congers, Bardonla, Nanuet, Tappan, Spring Valley, New City, Suffern, Val ley Cottage, Haverstraw, the Ny ack a, Piermont, West Nyack or Centenary. Each of these towns Is represented In the rental col umns of The Journal-News Clas sified page. Consult this section today if you plan to move, per haps you will find the very place to fit your requirements. While you are looking at the Classified Ads check over the bsrgalhs listed In the \Merchan dise For Sale ” columns. Articles advertised through this medium eai usually be purchased at mU tractive prices. ” f | West Nyack Boy, 13, Is Picked Up After 90 M.P.H. Pursuit 90-mile-an-hour chase like nothing the movies ever dreamed, over the Pulaski Skyway and through the downtown streets of Jersey , city until a collision, yes terday ended the escapade of John Morris, 13, of Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, and Herbert Maxfleld, 15, of Paterson, who had been on the loose since Saturday afternoon. Morris was driving a car reported stolen Saturday night by Vincent Jasinski. Spring Valley lawyer, when a Hudson County policeman was pursuing vainly at the 90-mile clip. Patrolman William Bloomer driving his patrol car on the Sky way at Kearny when the Jasinski coupe flashed past him toward New York. He watched his speed ometer rise to 90 without closing distance appreciably. On a pressed highway leading toward the Holland Tunnel, however, he was able to force the car to the curb. While he was walking to ward the car, Morris shifted into gear and shot away. Chase Through Traffic The chase continued through heavy traffic for half an hour. Ac cording to Patrolman Bloomer, Morris twisted the stolen qar out of no less than 15 smash-ups by & mere whisper, Anally circling one block twice and on the third circuit crashing into a truck. The front of the car was damaged but no one was hurt. Maxfleld, who had been visiting Morris last week, gave a Nyack address of relatives before admit ting his home residence in Pater son. Nyack police helped in un tangling the case. Clarkstown po lice had issued a missing person alarm for Morris. It developed (Conlinutd on Paat Two) PROTESTS ARE MANY AGAINST VALUES RAISE West Haverstraw Board to _ Continue Grievance Day Hearings ‘ at Next Meeting After hearing many complaints on a general ten percent increase in ' assessment on ail properties in the village during a four hour hearing last night, the West Hav- erstraw Board of Trustees voted to continue the annual Grievance Day hearing at the next meeting on December 11 so that all those who. have complalnta may be heard. Meanwhile, those who filed protests lost night were assured that their claims will be given con sideration. The complaints ran the whole gamut from those that were com pletely ridiculous to those that contained constructive suggestions. On freqt&nt occasions, Mayor Thomas C. Rowan i was forced to deny statements that the board is playing politics ai\d to point out that the Increase is general throughout the entire village. One of the- first to protest ‘ was Peter Donohue, who . entered a blanket objection to the ’ increase in assessments. Mayor Rowan said that there appeared to be a mis understanding and stated that the raise docs not mean a jump in the tax rate. Then Donohue pointed out that his state, county, and town assessment is lower than that of the village. Village Ifna Rig Job \We have nothing to do with the state, county, and town taxes, ” Mayor Rowan replied. \People complain vigorously about village taxes without stopping to consider that they get from the village po lice protection, Are protection, gar bage collections, macadamized streets, snow plowing, street lights, sowers and many , other things. What do you get back from your town taxes? ” \What is the idea of the in crease? ” Donohue parried. \In the first place, it recommended strongly by the state, ” the mayor responded. \Then it will give us additional borrow ing power. If assert.urnts were levied at 100 percent of full valun tlon, every taxpayer in the village would benefit. ” One of the group of taxpayers voiced the opinion that the in crease would give succeeding boards additional borrowing power and that there would seem to be no limit as to how far i! might go. Still ' another recommended a 100 percent valuation. Some of the taxpayers present seemed to have difficulty in dis tinguishing between state, county, and town taxes and village taxes and frequent explanations were necessary. Reduction Asked Former Trustee Sullivan Zariello entered no protest against t general increase but asked for reduction of the assessment on 1 own property on the ground that It has been devaluated, by the poor condition of the village street on which it is located. Mayor Rowan said that plans have al ready been made to put a scarifier and roller to* work on the road. As protests continued to come In, the mayor explained that dur ing the past year the village has lost more than $24,000 in assess ment due to the granting of emptions to war veterans. He said that It is necessary to make this up in some way and predicted that the increase will tend to lower rather than raise the tax rate. One man charged that some of (Conltnued on Pag* 7 hr**) REJECTED BY LABORGROUP Organization Won ’ t Recognize Briscoe Wing, Approves of County Chib Rejecting a suggestion for mediat ing with the present county com mittee of the American Labor Party, the American Labor Party Club of Rockland County in meet ing last night at the Bob Inn, Rockland Lake, decided to aim for the defeat of County Chairman William H. Briscoe at the next pri mary election. , Charles Prindle of Central Ny ack, who was elected vice-chairman of ’ the club in its organization ses sion, stated that the labor party in its hew setup could expect the full cooperation of labor organizations, for which he spoke as secretary and treasurer of the Rockland County Building Trades Council, But that unions would withdraw their support if the party were to continue under th«> leadership of Briscoe. His statement disposed of a ques tion by Miss Bcren VanSlyke of New City about the possibility of mediating with the present com mittee. The majority of those pres ent agreed that mediation was an unnecessary and an unwanted step. Lewis Is Cha rmah L. J. Lewi ’ s of Rockland Lake, named by the state organization as temporary chairman to conduct the Roosovelt-Wallace-Mead campaign in Rockland, was elected chairman and Helen Bryant, secretary, of the club. Mr. Lewis outlined plans for the formation of n Central Trades Council to solidify the union locals In Rockland County Into one gov erning body in order to make or ganized labor more effective. Mr Prindle, Sophie Deanin, and Dinah Lewis were named a committee to confer with union officials in fur thering this work. Mrs. Alice Beal Parsons, Ralph Pearson, and J. Sege ’ lman were appointed on a com mittee for organization and mem bership. George Marlin, upstate director of the American Labor Party* .ad dressed the gathering on the his tory of the party since Its incep tion in 1936. Murlin G.ves Views \The purpose of this meeting,\ he said, \is to form a permanent orgdhizntion of the American Labor Party in Rockland County, In or der to solidify the gains made in the last election,- when we gave Roosevelt such a tremendous vote in the face of the disloyalty shown by the present county committee, who arc no longer recognized by the state organization of the party. ” He declared emphatically that the purpose of organzing the Amer ican Labor Party in 1936 was to aid the election of President Roose velt, \who had done so much in the interests of labor. ” At that time, he said, the State Federation of Labor was in full accord with the principles and platform of the party. Mr. Marlin attributed the rift in the party to the infiltration of Communist-controlled factions, de claring that the party has endured much hardship in its endeavor to rid itself of Communist influence, succeeding In doing so at the state conventions and by process of law. Refers to Local Squabble He then referred to the present Rockland County committee head ed by Mr. Briscoe, \who had re fused to comply with the principles and platform of the American La bor Party, ” and to the appointment of the temporary chairman by the state organization. In explaining the status of the present county committee Mr. Mar- (Continued on Pag* Two) I! DRAFTEES BIRMINGHAM DIGS OUT PRICE THREE CENTS > ‘ .wM I® j FROM COUNTY GETSENDOFF Dinner Is Planned for Orangetown Group, Ramapo Contingent Guests of Morse Plfin. were announced today (or a farewell dinner to the alx Or- an'getown men leaving on Monday for Induction at the Bronx atallon and for a year'a military train ing at Fort Dix, N. J.. and to the pat-enta of the young men. Chairman Charles H. Dftvldeon of the Orangetown draft hoard alated that, through the generoally of the Nyack and Pearl River Ro tary Club*,- the Lederlc Labora- torlea, and the Dexter Folder Com pany, the dinner will he held at 0 p. m. Saturday at the Hotel St. George, Nyack. ^ The gueata of honor will be the following men and their parents: Donald Davidson of Pearl Rtver, Order No. 709v; Alexander. Cherec- wich of Pearl River, Order No. 81v; Lawrence Wnnnmaker of Ny ack, Order No. 1138c; Peter Oh- mels ot Sparklll, Order No. 102v: Robert Elwood Andrews of Blauvell, Order No. 2; and George Eugene Rlst of Orangeburg. Order No. 13. Physical examination yes terday deferred William Kile, Jr., of Sparklll, Order No. 6, st the lest minute. Other Gueata Also Invited as guests will be Mayor Edward T. Lovatt of Ny ack. the Rev. Dr. William Neely Ross, Rabbi Joseph Kali, and tho Rev. John A. Farrclly of Nyack the Rev. Michael T. Toner, and the Rev, Edward Butler of Pearl River. Indlvlduala In Orangetown are invited generally to , attend the dinner-Jiut must, like the draft ofllclala themselves, pay for their own meals and must make reserva tions at the draft board ofllco by 5 p. m. Friday. On Monday morning the Nyack High School band and the colors of the Nyack'and Rockland State Hospital American-Legion posts will escort the draftees from the Nyack post office to the bus sta tion. Father Farrclly and Rabbi IJ^tx will participated in this send- Physical examinations have established a list of five Class laymen for the next quota: Frank Salvatore Renetla of Nyack, Order No. ID; Leslie H. Quackchhush of Nyacki Order No. 33; Frank Bivens of Nyack, Order No. 49; Donald Chester Harper of the Rockland State Hospital, Order No. 61; and Stanley William Roach ot the State Hospital, Order No. 87. Eight more men in Class 1 arc to be examined next Tuesday. ‘ Off With Its Head ’ for Dinner Tomorrow Thirty pounds ol Thanksgiving Day suc culence He on the block as BiU DeGroat, butcher at the Packard-Bam- berger Market, Nyack, raises his cleaver for the kick-off. The next play for this turkey, an emi grant from the North west, will be through the center of a ‘ tableful of hungry people tomorrow noon. AFTER Prayers for Peace Mark Thanksgiving Death Toll Believed Great As British Industrial Center Is Bombed Churches Will Stress Good Fortune of U. S. and Plead for World Unity For the second year in succession, Rockland County residents will observe Thanksgiving Day tomorrow one week earlier than the traditional date for the holiday. Prayers for the peace of the world and thanks for the blessings be stowed upon America will feature Thanksgiving sendees in many of the churches of the county, held in compliance with the proclamations of President Roosevelt and Gover nor Lehman. In many communities, several congregations will join in union services. TOWN PASSES 1941 BUDGET Judge Osborn Cites His Objections, Whitmore Is Opposed to Estimate Haverstraw Sends Seven Five volunteers and two draftees will comprise the flrat selective service quota of Local Board No. 763, comprising\ the towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw and Stony Point. Notices have been mailed to the men to report at nine o'clock next Monday at the board ’ s offices in Haverstraw, from where they will be sent to the induction station at the 105th Field Artillery armory, 166th Street and Franklin Avenue, the Bronx. The volunteers and their local order numbers are: Thomas A. Gagan, Haverstraw, NO. 11; Jo seph Rocco Leo, Jr., Nanuet, No. 60; Winfield Scott Jones, Stony Point, No. 937; John Vincent Lynch, Haverstraw, No. 1292, and Brewster Allison Askew, Haver straw, No. 2080. The men who have been induct ed and placed in Class 1-A and have been ordered to report Mon day are Joseph A. Parano, Con vent Road, Nanuet, No. 13, and Angelo Charles Donato, Benson Street, West Haverstraw, No. 24. Two men are on the reserve list, subject to five-day call in the event that replacements should be required for any men in the quota who may fall to report or be re jected at the induction station The reserves will not be ordered to report Monday. The two men and their local order numbers, are William Homer Conklin, R.F.D.( Pomona, No. 50, and Hanford Raymond Lewis, Tomkins Cove, l^o. 53. Ramapo Quota The first group of men from Ramapo to be mobilized under the Selective Service Law will be in ducted .on Monday in the Bronx. Six men have been called and the quota will be filled almost, if not entirely, by volunteers. It is the plan of Parley Morse, chairman of Local Board No. 762, to give these first recruits a send off by treating' them to luncheon at the Eureka House and then conveying them by car to their in duction station. The members of the town board and the draft board will be in attendance and the local American Legion Post will be rep resented. There will be other guesta as well. PURDY IS 70 Employes of County Clerk Heman M. Purdy's office at New City, feted him at a dinner given at the Elms Hotel, New City, yesterday. Mis Luella Stcinmunn of New City made the presentation of a gold pen knife oa an office gift to cel* brate Mr. Purdy ’ s 70th birthday which,comes tomorrow. NO PAPER TOMORROW The Journal-Newfi will not be published tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day. BERUN, POTSDAM HU Hungary Lined Up by Axis; Germany Seeks Ruma nian Support, Too ■/. Ju»tlc« of th« Poace Harold C. Osborn, actln* as a prlyats clti- zen, he said, last night objected before the Ramapo town council to the 1941 town budget, register ing a complaint agntnet Increases In salaries and new equipment aggre gating some J3.S00. Judge Osborn stated that he \was publicly pro testing against these Increases and was definitely opposed to the same. ” \I understand that one of the arguments ‘ In favor of these In creases Is that the tax rate in Ramapo will not be Increased, but In my opinion this does not Justi fy any unneceaaary expenditures at this time,\ aald Mr. Oaborn. Mr. Osborn also stated that thia Is called to the attention of the office holders for whom these Increases are Intended that they wilt bo willing to do their bit and carry on .at their present salaries and I further feel that thli board should do everything to discourage the heads of the various depart ment* from talcing any iteps to ward Increasing the cost of operat ing their departments at this time.\ Discussion revealed that the cost of operating the township for 4941 exclusive of the township share of county welfare home charges for 1941 would he $3,406.46 leas than last year, despite the Increase of salaries to which Judge Osborn objected. Increase* listed Involved In the salary Increases ire $100 per year for clerk to the .upervlsor, $200 a per year for the chairman of the board of asses sors, $200 per. year for salarlea of clerks In the office of the tax re ceiver, and $230 per year for the salary of the welfare officer. One of ihe largest Items of In crease is that in the highway de partment for the purchase of a new truck to replace one that haa been in service for the peat 18 years and which was -reported by Commissioner of Highways John E. Dodd to be practically worn out. Some of the other Increases by departmental bureaus consisted of $500 in the town board budget, $80 In the budget of the Justices of the peace, $1,110 for the conduct of elections, the major portion of which was for a new voting ma chine. welfare Drop Some departments, including that of the supervisor, were reduced but the main drop was that for wel fare purposee which Is approxi mately $10,000 less than for 1940. With the exception of Council man Daniel C. Whitmore ofSloats- burg, who also refused to sign the tentative budget, the member* of the board approved the budget figures. Mr. Whitmore aald that his refusal to vote for the budget was due to the Increases in sala rlea and equipment. The amount of the budget passed for 1941, exclusive of county home charges which were Included this year for the first, time in the town budget, was $84,718.73 aa against $88,125.19 for last year. The holiday will be devoted to family reunions In many homes. Thanksgiving Is the traditional day for such gathsrlnga and the spirit of the occasion will he carried out on a large scale in Rockland. [I . Except for the church services, no public gatherings In celebra tion of the holiday have been planned In the county, but traffic on the highways Is expected to be heavy and theaters are expected to draw largo crowd* of gorged din ers. too apathetic for strenuoua ac tivity after consuming large por tions of the customary Thanksgiv ing turkey and Ha attendant \flx- Inga.\ Services In the Churches The First Presbyterian Church of West Haverstraw. tho Methodist Church of Garnerville and Trinity Episcopal Church of Garnerville will participate In union Thanke- glvlng services at 10 a. m. tomor row In the Flrat Presbyterian Church. The Rev. .Paul Glffin will read the Scrlpturee, Rev. Roberi M. Campbell will conduct the prayers and Rev. France* Sidney Bancroft will deliver the . aermon. Music will he rendered by Ihe combined choirs of tho Presbyterian and Episcopal Churchas. A union service of the Methodist, Presbyterian. Episcopal and Jew ish congregations of Haverstraw will be held in St. Luke's Episco pal Church at 9:40 tomorrow morning. The address will . be given by the Rev. Charles M. Ack erman, pastor of Ihe Central Pres- byterlan-Church. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday the mid-week aervlceofthc Ladentown Methodiat Church will be held tonight at 8 p. m., Instead of Thursday. The Epworth League also will meet tonight, at 7 p. m. Three .Nanuet Churches, Trinity Presbyterian, St. Paul'a Lutheran and the Baptlat Church, will Join tonight at 8 p. m. In union Thanks giving aervlcee. The Germonds Presbyterian Church will have a Thanksgiving Day. service at 9:45 a. m. The sermon topic: \When Israel Gave Thanks to God. ” Thanksgiving services will be held In the Monsey Christian Re formed Church at 8 p. m. tonight. The Rev. John Beebe, former pal lor, will conduct the service. A Thanksgiving service will b* held In St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Spring Valley, on Thunsday at SPRING VALIEV GIRL WEDS IN VIRGINIA Mrs. Ivah P. Tallman of Spring Valley today announced that she had received a wire that her niece, Miu Glady* Jonee, former ly employed at the Ramapo Truzt Company of Spring Valley, had married John Hornack, at Win chester, Virginia, on Sunday after noon. The telegram confirms a aud den decision Miss Jones announced to her aunt early Sunday morning that she and Hornack planned to be married that day. The marriage was a surprise to Spring Valley, residents for invi tations had been sent out several days ago for the wedding' of Miss Joneayto William Bennett of Belle ville. N. J* this coming Saturday. 11 St. John ’ s Episcopal Church, New City, will hold a service at9:30 a.m. Churches of Christ, Scientist, in Rockland County will hold,Thanks giving services at 11 a. m. tomor row. The sbbject of the Lesson- Sermon will be \Thanksgiving. ’ ' One variation was noted among the county churches with nouncement that the First Baptist Church, Suffern, would hold Thanksgiving service /on Novem ber 28. LOVETT MUST PAY $150 AFTER ACCIDENT SUIT A jury in Rockland ’ County Su preme Court yesterday returned verdict of $150 In favor of Frank Klein of Spring Valley,in tlon brought by him against Fre mont and We,ley Lovett of Nyack aa a result of an automobile acci dent on June 8 at the Intersection of Route 59 and Main Street, Spring Valley. Robert Flnkelataln appeared for the plaintiff and Har old Y. MacCartncy for the de fendants. This morning another Jury be fore Justice Gerald F. Nolan be gan hearing testimony In an ac tion brought by Irving Welnateln of Spring Valley against Charles Carroll of South Nyack. Weinstein seeks damages aa a reault ot an accident at Ihe Interaectlon of Elysian Avenue and Route 9W, South Nyack, on January 12, this year. Mr. MacCartney appear* for the plaintiff and Henry V. Stebblns for the defendant. In the Interim between the two cases. Justice Nolan heard testi mony in an action brought by Blanche P. Rose of Sloatsburg to compel a hearing before a com* mission on the taking of prop erty owned by her by the County of Rockland for the widening of Route 17. Kenneth B. Rose. By International New* Servle* Britain's third city, the great Midlands industrial center of Birmingham, today dug through ruins of Coven try proportions to keep down a high death toll — while Berlin warned of still great er \reprisal ” attacks on Eng land to come. London reported a success ful rajd on Berlin, Hungary joined the Rome-Berlin- Tokyo alliance, and Athens reported continued Greek successes against the Italians in Albania. Five hundred ton* of bomba wera dropped on Birmingham, yet the atrlcken city today returned to the taak of supplying British fighting forces with arms and equipment. Berlin quickly followed up the at tack with warnings that dire re taliation would edme for last night ’ * RAF attack on Potsdam, the \Ver sailles of Berlin.\ Nazis Turn to Rumania Germany, after bringing Hun gary formally Into the Axis with amazing speed, turned to Rumania* with Dictator Antonescu due to ar rive in Berlin tomorrow. Both Budapest and Rome insisted that Hungary's union with the Axis will reduce the danger of war lq the Balkans. ' Berlin revealed the completion of two new 35,000-ton battleships, equipped with 15-inch guns and warplane catapults. Th*3f thq battleships Bismarck and TlrplU* the .largest ev%r bulls'll v #iirm*h yards. German naval circles aald they will atrengQien considerably the position of the Reich at aea. lilt British Arms Plants Berlin reported ' that the Nazi* Air Force, using hundreds of heavy bombers and dropping one and two-ton bomba ns well as thousand! of incendiaries, landed a paralyz ing blow on England's armament* munitiona and steel industries at Birmingham. The ten-hour long shattering attack was in retalia tion for RAF raids on Hamburg, Kiel and Bremen, German quarter* declared. Damage, according to th* Germans, was confined chiefly to major plants producing war mar terlals for the British. At the same time, Berlin report ed two RAF attacks on the Ger man capital. Only a few bomb* were dropped, it was claimed, but these hit hospitals, clinic* and apartment houses. Heavy Casualties From London came the new* that wave upon wave of German planes attacked the Midlands, and that heavy damages and casualties were reported. During part of th* attack the German raider# zoomed over the Midlands at a rate of more than one a minute. Thre* Midlands towns were severely bombed. In one of theee towne — presum ably Birmingham although it. wo* not named by the British — hun- drews of rescue workers dug fever ishly through piles of debris to rescue large numbers of buried men, women and children. The adherence of Hungary to the Axis-Japanese alliance gav* Germany a tremendous boost ia the Balkans. Hungary was brought into the alliance at Vienna, wher* a protocol was signed by the Ger man, Italian and Hungarian for eign ministers and the Japanes* Ambassador to Berlin. Shortly be fore the protocol was signed* Chancellor Hitler arrived ia Vienna. London announced that RAF! planes raided Central Germany and other objectives during th* night and that reconnalsaanc* , flights \proved ” that the Germaa passenger liner Europa had been heavily damaged by s previou* bombing attack. Light British naval forces were reported to hav* sunk a German \E-boat ” (motor torpedo boat) In the North Sea during the night. m PETITIONS TO BE HLED AT BUDGET HEARING Petitions bearing perhaps a* many os 1,000 names are expected to be filed this evening with th* Orangetown Council at its budget hearing, 7 p. m. in the office of Town Clerk Helen E. Essex In Ny ack, one petition demanding.salary parity among all three patrolmaa of the town police department and the other opposing Increase o* town officials ’ salaries. While salary Increases \'amount to only about $1,000 and a tajt -fct. r.ductlon of * f.w point, h.. and Walt.r A. Mcucrmoti, cov,„.jr- attorney, confeiird *t length with Juatice Nolan, thta morning >nd It waa indicated that than la a poaatblllty tha action may ba propped. ,becn promlacd anyway, taxpayer, backing Ihe petition ara arguln* a principle that sawry advance., except for the two Dearl IRlvotr , patrolman, ahould bo chocked.
