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SEL any Es , 1947 %~ ) S VOLUM,'_§‘._ 1, NUMBER 18 LACKAWANNA, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28,1947 EIGHT PAG CITY AWAITS JURY’S DECISION FOOD MERCHANTS WAGE CAMPAIGN T0 DEFEAT TAX VETERANS GROUPS Wlll PARADE ON MEMORIAL DAY ‘[0 Be Installed As Head Of Teachers REPORT OF MAY GRAND JURY EXPECTED TOMORROW; STATE 3*’; .=.;«=- Parade wi slur! at 10 A. M.; Ihuo stops wiil be made on- rouu to Holy Cross Como- nry. COMMISSION STUDIES CASE Schulla Outlines Aciion Taken To Have Sales Tax Repealed; Public Support Vital. State Commission ‘Head Calls Charges ‘Grave’ And Promises Full Inquiry; Steel City Board Given Opportunity 'I'o Reply In Civil Ser- vice Investigation. The largest Memorial Day pa- rndo in the history of the city will take ]')lIK‘0 Friday morning. All veterans’ groups in Lackawanna and South Buffalo are invited to participate as are all other patrio- tic organizations and marching musical units, together with boy and girl scouts. The Memorial Day Committee also invites ser- vice men on furlough to take part. Assembling at 9:30 A. M. at Eleventh and Gilbride Sts., the parade will get under way at 10 o'clock sharp according to Com- mander Thomas L. McGrath of the South Buffalo Post, American Legion, who will be marshall. The parade will move west over Ele- venth St. to Hamburg Tpk. to Ridge Road, and thence east via Ridge Road to Holy Cross Ceme- tery. Heading the parade will be a contingent of Gold Star Mothers in cars with an escort of local police and firemen. JCC Memorial To Be Unveiled The parade will make three stops em-cute. The first halt will be made at the American Bank where a wreath will be placed on the Honor Plaque by the I Am An American Club and Dom Pol- ski Association. The John B. We- ber Post, V.F.W., will act as guard of honor at the ceremony. At the Lnckawanna High School a 10-minute stop will be made to unveil a World War II Memorial presented to the city by the Ju- P11-sident Floyd R. Schuttn of tho Lzxckawanna Food Merchants A~~«:ciation declared that his or- g:.nuz:\l'i0n representing most of tnr fuod merchants of the city is 1.2...h\-rnbly opposed to the impo- :.. an of the 1% sales tax and tho :x.~»umptl0n of city, town, village m .1 school district functions by the r-..n:l.)‘. He termed the tax a \unis.-mce\. The May Grand Jury, continu- ing its investigation into the con- duct of the Civil Service Exami- nation for firemen, is expected to make its report to County Judge (‘arlton A. Fischer tomorrow. Meanwhile, the State Civil Service Commission meeting in New York last week studied the petition charging irregularities in appoint- ments to the fire department sub- mitted by the local Joint Veterans Committee on Civil Service Af- fairs. =;=::2‘=' 3 ‘. 5 .,. § PRESS DEDICATES ISSUE TO WAR DEAD This issue of the Steel City Press is dedicated to all the men from Lackawanna who lost their lives in the recent wag-ld conflict. To remind as constant- ly of the eternel debt of [reti- tmle we owe the memory of our fellen heroes, the Prone through the cooperation of Mn. Howey W. Dodge is able to ’publiah the Honor Roll of World War II deed. Later, City Historian Cl-re Wheelen will forwenl to the State Hietoricnl Society e complete report on than who died. He further stated that the As- aocmtion at i meeting held last week drafted :2. resolution which was submitted to the Board of Sn- pcrvisors requesting them to im- modintely repeal the sales tax and return all functions of cities, towns and villages and school districts absorbed thus far and to abandon plnns for annexing similar func- tions in the future. Petition: 'MniluI EDWARD F. SMITH The new president is well known in school and fraternal circles in this city. He attended O.L.V. Grammar School and High School. He later went to Csnisius College. ‘-In 1937, he started at the Luckn- wanna High School as a teacher of mathematics and science. For the past three years he has been head of the Science Department._ He is a delegate to the State Teachers Association and a mem- ber of the Resolutions Committee, Western Zone, New York State Teachers Association. He is also the director of dramatics at the high school. Mr. Smith is married to the for- mer Nell Gaul and is the father of three children. He is a member of Father Baker Council, Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Victory Parish. Shortly after the meeting, Presi- dent J. Edward Conway of the commission branded the charges as of A “grave nature\. State Group Meets In June “By reason of the charges bee ing so grave,” he said, \the Lack- awanna. Civil Service Commission will be afforded an opportunity to have such an explanation as it thinks necessary before the state commission at our next meeting.\ Mr. Conway said the Lacknwan- na group may file any “statement or information\ it deems neces- sary. The next meeting of the state commission will be in Al- bany, June 24-25. Last week's major developments in the Civil Service case were the results of persistent -2-(‘fort on the part; of the Joint Veterztns Com- mittee to obtain a “fair and im- partial examination\ for all vet- erans and later to protect the rights of disabled veterans under the Civil Service Veterans Pref- erence Act. Petition Laid On Table If by any r.-‘Lance, lln Honor Roll published in not complete, would you Itindivy supply Mn. Dodge the nuns: omitted. Ad- dress communications in cure of the Steel City Preu. Mr. Schutta announced that he and Secretary John Janiga attend- ed :1 meeting of the Anti-Sales Tax 'A~sociation 01 Erie County held in I.mu-aster last night. The Luckn- wnnnu Food Merchants are in com- ph-tn accord with the aims of the nu-My formed Association which Ilium to carry on an aggressive fxzzlu: for the elimination of the 1\‘ Sales Tax, restoration of local f-mvmms absorbed by the county, the prevention of further trans- fvre nnd the preservation of Home Rule City Auditor Dwight Cham- lu-xlnin is vice-president of the gr:-up. §=§ii=“§‘§§.%27' -3*»-‘=2:-:.-; VETERANS POSTS DECORATE GRAVES Last Sunday morning, 1,150 vet- erans’ graves in Holy Cross Cem- etery were decorated by members of local veterans organizations, assisted by Boy Scouts and others. This is the first year that the Spanish-American War veterans found it impossible to decorate the graves of their comrades. Their ranks have become so thinned that they requested the local Memor- ial Day Committee to decorate the graves of the 104 Spanish Ameri- can War veterans in the Old and New Holy Cross Cemetery. VETERANS GROUP (Continued on Page 2) local Bqnks Have New Schedule For Summer In addition, signs bearing the inacription “Sign Petitions here Al-\I-NST Snlea Tax and Trans.- f~-r= along with the petitions ad.- dI‘- mod to the Board of Supervi- S--I~ have been mailed out to all f-ml merchants in the community. MI Schutta urges every business ‘I1--u. and every céifsumei‘ t'o éiéii U‘~w'-- petitions so that the mount- ing pressure will be immesistible. SODA SEEKS TOP Patrons of the two Lackawanna banks, the Manufacturers and Tra- ders Trust. Co. and the Mmrine. Trust Co. should remember that starting May 31, both banks will close all day on Saturdays. The schedule will continue until Sept. 27. However, both banks will re- open tintil 6 P. M. on Fridays. If a legal holiday falls on 8 Fri- day, and the banks are closed, they will remain open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. the preceding day. Also, the banks will continue to close at noon on Wednesdays. Banking hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays will be from 9 A. M. in 3 P. M. On Memorial Day, the bunks will be closed but will remain open until 6 P. M. on Thursday. COUNTY VFW POST When the County V.F'.W. En- campment convenes this Saturday and Sunday in the clubrooms of the New York Central Post, the name of Julius Boda, past com- mander of the Weber Post, 898, will be submitted for the position of County Commander. Boda. was unanimously endorsed for the post last Thursday at a meeting of the John B. Weber Post. His name was presented by Thaddeus Gasiewicz, county V.F.W. inspector. In making the nomination, Mr. Gasiewicz emphasized the leader- ship of Mr. Boda and showed that the county would gain by his be- coming commander. “It would not be long,\ said Mr. Gasiewicz, “be- fore the leadership and in of Julius Boda, as a county com- mander, would be felt in all posts in the county and in all county council meetings. We know that he would push a strong and vigor- ous program.” The text of'thc original peti- tion submitted to the local com- mission was published in the Steel City Press in the Mam-.li 26 odi- tion. The petition was laid on the table and referred to (ho Corpo- ration Counsc-I. No f1n'l,ln-r word was hczud in regard to the poti- tion which requested the commis- sion to conduct its own invvstiga- tion into alleged irregularit,ics in the conduct. of the fire e..\'amim\- tions. The local committee is made up of representatives of Laokowanna and South» Buffalo veterans’ posts and other patriotic organizations. Officers of the committee are: Chairman, Coleman J. Ehrman, Sons of Union Veterans;vice-chair- man, William C. Geary. South Buffalo Post, A. L.; secretary, Clarence A. Conway, Post 63, AL. The committee has held two meet- ings at which the Memorial Day arrangements were made. It will also meet. again on September 17 at Post 63 to discuss the possiblity of setting aside in veterans’ plot in New Holy Cross Cemetery. FREDRlK$EN'S OFFER TO RESIGN CHAMBER PRESIDENCY TABLED Nurmnn C. Fredriksen, local real estate dealer, who is a candidate for the Republican endorsement for imtvor. offered his resignation as lmwident of the Lackewanna Clmnxber of Commerce at a meet- imr held recently. The members voted to table the N*'1:nation and notify Mr. Fred- ?“---n that they would accept it Only if and when he receives the ondm-sement., Mr. Fred:-iksen did not attend WK‘ meeting himself, but a letter from him was read by Secretary, Dmuol B1-och, In it, Mr. Fl'edrik- Thereafter, the Joint Veterans‘ Committee through their attor- neys Flcischmnnn and Augsbur- gcr submitted the facts to the District Attorney’s office and later to the State Civil Service Com- ission. Last Wednesday the story of the Grand Jury iiivesligation and the petition to the State (‘om- mission hroke in the Steel City Press am: the Buffalo newspapers. In addition to the Mayor and the members of the local Civil Service Commission who appeared before the Grand Jury last. Thurs- day, a long list of witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify before that body. The investigation is still continuing. legion Post 63 Not Sonsring _Cunvasser ndcd nrm Rigid frame hupcd mob in. wido. 2» sh. Bronze Post 63, American Legion has received several complaints that a canvasser is making the rounds in Lackawanna selling articles for the American Legion. After pay- ing for and receiving the articles, customers have found them not to be as represented. Members of Post 63 wish it to be known that this person has been sent here from another post in another town and that he has no connection with the local organization. GLAB POST MEMBERS All members of the Glab Post, No. 1477, will meet at 8:46 on Decoration Day in front of the post rooms to receive information and instructions for participation in the Memorial Day parade. They will proceed to the parade start- ing point immediately thereafter. Legion or service hats will be worn by all members. Post 63 Drum Corps Vwins \Best Unit\ Prize ' said,“ Because I an aspiring the office of mayor and actively The American Legion’: Post 63 Drum Corps won a prize as the best unit in a parade held in Gar- denville last Sunday. Commander Nelson Reed and Adjutant Stanley Janus announced that practice would be held at the Memorial Hall tonight for the Drum Corps. Preparations for the coming Me- morial Day Parade will be made also. Anyone wishing to join the’ Corp: will please contact Mr. Reed or II. Janus. E3 Ylng to gain the endorsement the Lackawanna Republican my for this office, I feel it. cumbent upon me, so 55 not to hurl-an the Chamber of Com~' I've, to here present my resi- ution an Chamber of Commerce 9-ndents\ REPUBLICANS TO ENDORSE John L. Panczykowski, chair- man, has announced that the Lackawanna Republican City Com- mittee will endorse candidntes for local office at a meeting to be held Monday, June 2nd. This meet- ing will be held at Dom Polski Hall at 7:30 P. H. \=‘ .: E E1IIi] GLAB MEETING Chief of umpires, Leo J. Stump, has called a meeting of all umpires of City Muny League, at Hotel ‘Luckawanna for Saturday, May 31 at 7:30 P. I. The regular June meeting of the Mathew Glab Post, 1477, Ameri- can Legion, will be held at the pgst rooms, Monday, June 2 at 8:30 P. I. . El Mr. Fred:-iksen said thud: he took 53 move because the Ghmbér il 'Ionpolit_ical body. 1:4: .- 5?; §'2,’:§$’ EH1
