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331-. \~ , .s~..,.2w4 ~ -4\ 4 N1], 1‘? ANNA‘5PU.BUC’:[_-]B '..$.‘:9§,~;,, V. AWVA-N&N~A Pumas ~l;‘lBF€AF§‘“:f ‘ ' - y # .~.-ga : ':,; :‘ , ' ; E; \ « ‘ z:;:':\..' ‘: r ‘I V‘0L;IJ;:ME THREE+—~-'N~UaMBER 1 1I‘uACKAW.ANNA, N. X'..,, 'I‘H*U‘iRSDA~Y.. SEPTEMBER 28*, I933 5c A CQP\1'-3—$1.'50 A YEAR *'?l\';AX;PA-YERS 170 ASK _sl-.‘_0R; .«nuoc;a1' namaucumaur ‘DECISION Wl:’[?=HHvELD _ «IN ‘FATAL ASSA-ULT ‘Steels Plant Seer‘ks. 4toWRe's;train Use of Papers on Their Survey .MORE F_vIRM_S~ JOIN ‘IN EARLY CLOSING. :MYZ'EL SAYS THIRD PARTY WILL BE IN THE FIELD At «a meeting of the .ta;xpay- er'.s~d-ivisi‘on of the Chamber of Com~naerce. Monday evening, the assessment fight against the Behtlehem Steel was dis- cussed with comment for and against. % Chairman Mil-ks, uppn mo-I tfion, asked‘ Assessor -Eanleonej if he would like to‘ present the; a.ssessor’s side of the case, but} when Falcone told the Ch‘a‘i,r- man it would take \two hours to present his figures the chair decided’ to‘ turn the offer‘ down. W;h=iile no ‘charges ‘have been -filed :against them, LKa¢zecl'l_\en ;Wi1‘ber and Theodore Fthcevy, who were arrested in connec- :tion with the fatal assaul on John‘ Higgins, 42,. of 115 Sand .Street, were continued under $5,000 each .until Wed-nesday, October 4. The men's fiurnishers and haiberdashers of the city have joined with the Butchers & Grocers associaion in‘ setting the week day closing hour at 7 P. M. and will join in a pc- tition to the ‘Common ‘Council asking that an ordinance be added‘ making this the «uni- -versal closing hour. Frank Piiiion, president of the Board of Trade, stated today that: a great majority of the ‘busi- ness men are in favor of clos- ing at 7 o'clock on week days and at 10 o'clock on Saturdays, and that a determined effort would be made to make the closing hour, 7 o’clock, except in certain industries which de- pend upon the evening trade for their existance. Jacob Myzel, campaign manager for Clement ‘S. Stew- sky, stated emphatically this morning‘, when questioned as to whether there would be a third party in the at the regular election in Novmber: “You may say for me, that a slate will soon be formed of non-political character to con- test the coming election. Every day more citizens have impor- tuned me to carry the fight for a real business administra- tion to a finish. . Charging that certain infor- mation and records in connec- tion with the tax litigaion be- tween the ‘Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the City of Lacka-wanna had been il~le'ga‘lly -obtained, -Donovan, Raichle & Randall, attorneys tor H. A. Brassert & Company, Chica~‘go. appraisers, obtained an order to show cause why the records should «not be returned’ from Supreme Court Judge '1‘-homas Noonan‘. Tuesday. The action is against the City of Lackawa-nna, Anthony J, Falcone, John W. ‘O'Connor’ and Cuthbert E. Reeves. Plaintiffs claim» to ‘be advis- ors of practically the entire steel industry of the world. And, to have designed and in- stalled equipment for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and many other steel plants. They admit, in toto, several of the allegations of one H. L. Gove, that much of their sur-, ‘vey of the local plant is ‘based I upon information received, from plant officials--rather than their employees—when they claim that certain infor- mation they wish suppressed “wv'as unavailable to any other engineer,” and that -certain figures were taken from the. Bethlehem Steel »Corporation figures in ia-rriving at their valuation of the local plant. The papers and figures the Brassent Company has asked the court to -compound were placed in the ‘City's possession by H. -L. Gove, 'a former Bras- sert employee, who resigned from the organization “when he was ordered to base his ‘figures ‘upon: the data furnish~ ed by the plant instead of fig- ures discovered by engineers employed by Brassert,\ Accorgding to the story given Assessor Anthony Falcone by Gove. 1l)e'c‘ision« being with held‘ by Judge Pillion on the inquest and preliminary hearing in ‘the Higgins delath, until that :date, Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Francis M. Kujawa, County’ medical -examiner, who held a post mortem examin- ation on September 15, testi- fied that Higgins. met his death through injuries which could‘ only have been ‘caused by external violence. -Mrs. Higgins, wife of the de- (zetsed; Chief Ray R. Giilson and -Detective Peter O'Rourke, of the police department, and other witnesses testified, none however directly implicating either Wilber or Fahey. David S. Doyle assistant district attorney for the State, Samuel Fleishm'an defense at- torney, praticipated in the hearing. The chair then turned the meeting -over to Mrs. White» hill, chairman -of the budget aommittee, to-‘check up on the budget. The committee: Mrs. Chest- er B. Whiteh_i_ll, Henry H. ‘Syl- vester, Mrs. Hovey Dodge and Nelson C. Milks will appear -before the City Council Mon- day evening. with requests for of some alleged unnecessary salary reductions; dismissal- employees, and other recom- mendations for revisal of the tentative‘ ‘budget. The present‘ Assessors and the Democratic candidates for Assessor will give their version of the plant assessment at the meeting next Monday evening- “I believe that there are enough voters in Lackawanna who are more interested in the welfare of the city than they are in the building up of either politiqal machine. Brassert & Company in their complaint allege that their professional standing is jeparodizod through Gove’s turning ‘over information in his possession to the City. Gove alleged that his pro- f'ession'al standing was jeparo- dized when it appeared he was to take the stand and swear to figures he knew were not cor- rect, and not substantiated by engineers employed by the Brasserts. . The action this time, looks as if the corporatioii counsel had \the goods\ on the plant and General Babcock and his «onferees were “up a tree\ on their claim for reduced as» sessment. : A “There is no reason,\ Mr. Pillion told the haaberdashers at the meeting in which the closing hours was decided upon. “why you merchants should pay out more for elec- tricity than you take in. “There are plenty of men, yes and women, who are not controlled heart and soul ‘by either machine who will give the citizens a square deal, and whom I believe will be re- ceived with open arms by the voters of‘ Lackawann'a. “A meeting will be held in the near future to select can- rlidates for the various offices. andl am sure that when we citizens recognize the sterling qualities of these candidates they will flock to the stand- ards represented by these out- standing representatives of the peoples’ interests, Myzel also branded. an ar- ticle in a Buffalo [taper where- in it was stated that the Staw- sky organization would sup- port Tomaka, a falsehood. “The average person can purchase the merchandise you handle before 7 o'clock.\ x _Lgf. »g‘ :7, P-__ Neither Wilber or Fahey -testified at the hearing. CROSBY CHAMPIONS _ BETHLEHEM STEEL ;,’I:.”;; § Cleveland W. Crosby, presi- dent of the Chamber of Com-« merce, continuing his fight against the administration, threatened to bring the Cham- ber into the fight Tuesday. Setting himself up as a cri- terion on city af accord- ing to Buffalo papers, Mr. Crosby is quoted as saying: “The city officials are sim- ply biting the hand that has been feeding them when they permit this outrageous assess- ment of the steel plant.\ “In my opinion, city officials ought to have had more wis- dom than to permi.tV.an in- from ‘T$2‘1-,500;000‘~— to‘ $34,500,000.” HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GLEE CLUB FORMED COMMITTEES‘ FOR - DEMOCRATIC DANCE Chairman A. Burke of the card party and dance sponsor- ed by the City Democratic or- ganization at the Silver Moon bnllroom, at the bridge, Tues- day October 3, has announced the following committees: Prizes; 1st Ward, Mrs. S. Canestrari, Mrs: T. Houle, Miss A. Morgan, Miss R. Grosso; 2nd W ard, Mrs. Y. Nowak. Mrs. L. Bratek, Mrs. J. Duza‘. 3rd Ward, Mrs. L. McCarthy, Mrs. S. Evans, Mrs. H. Switek, Mrs. J, Drucbik; 4th _Ward, ‘Mrs: \C; 2rI0nI’gh‘anr*Mfii“*M’F McGinnes. At a meeting of the various classes of the High School’, last Friday evening, a greatly increased interest was shown in Glee Club activities for the school. year. Instead of only 13, as came outlast year, 48 enthusiastic members were present Friday TELESCOPE MAKERS SEEK MORE MEMBERS POLICE OFFICERS‘ SUSPENDED Thaddeus Czerniejewski, \son of Court Marshal Czernie- jewski an enthusiastic ama- teur promoter of reflecting telescope knowledge and also .o‘f corelated arts and sciences. and the only Lackawanna lmember of the recently organ-. ized Amateur’Tclescope Mak-. '91;a,..4‘)£~Buifaio;*-is=méldng‘ \ creased Jnembership in the organization for the Steel city. 3 According to Thad, mem- bership in the body is open to any person interested in tele- scope making, an interesting and instructive hobby, and aids members in making and set- tig up telescopes. Originally organized with ‘I5 charter members, -the club has the following objectives: promoting of general know- ledge of reflecting telescope making together with the arts and sciences with which it is related, and aiding members in the making and setting up‘ of telescopes. ’ Information concerning the club will gladly be furnished by Thad or by addressing the club at Box 394. Believing that it was for the best interests of [the force, Mayor Lohr and Police Com- missioners John Widmer and Adolph Rosinski voted to sus- pend o Stephen Balon and Adam Drozdowski pend- ing the outcome of their trial on a ‘chap-gee of ,‘bi‘jb,e2fy‘_p‘;.efer.-. -red”I)y the Di§‘tr‘i“ct A-tto'rn’ey’s otiice, at a meeting of the Board last Friday. Chief Gilson also appeared before the board and denied a statement attributed to him in which it was alleged he tnld District Attorney Newcomb: “I couldn't do anything to pa~ trolman Balon because he con- trolled a great many of Mayor Lohr’s votes.\ The head of the department *5‘ quoted as saying: “The de- partment is frec from political in and that he, as the chief of police, is entirely re- cponsible for the manner in which the department is con- ducted.\ TWO LOCAL MEN FINED IN WOODLAWN DRIVE ‘p 3 _ evening, showing that last I ; year's organization laid‘ ‘a 1 1, foundation that is really rep- E‘ 3 rosentative of what this year's ;_ j- group will be able to accom- JEI , - - ;1;,,.u.v;’\».::..~ 1 _<. ,. 2. .~. 7 ‘fr ; '7' The following officers were 2 selected to lead ’34 vocal activ~ v ities: Peter Karwlis, presi- f dent; Carl Lohr, vice-president ; ' Bill Radecki, secretary; Dick O'Boy1e, treasurer; Brownie M A l Janicki, libranian. Eleanore L Anderson will direct the club. Besides a number of local 1 concerts the Glee Club expects ;' ' to schedule a tour in the sur- ? rounding territory during the winter months. Woodlawn’s safety crusade, instituted near the close of the 1932-1933 school year follow- ing the two fatalities and sev- eral severely injured, children w_l_Lov,q,aerei.hit .by.motorists',. re- ceived new impetus, Monday, when troopers from the Wana- kth barracks tarragined three violators of the traffic ordin- ances before Justice of the Peace Arthur A. I-Iawley, and were fined $10. The value of the crusade if evident from the fact that no serious accidents have been reported since it.v inception. T-wo Lackawanna -men, John Bandish, 24, 39 Jackson Street, and George Stromayer, 24, 422 Gates Avenue, were among the first victims of the safety drive. Mendel! V. Schole, 23, 20 Helen Avenue, Blasdell, was the other victim. Cards, Pencils, Tables, Score Cards, F. Langan, J. O'Connor, D. Murray. Card Committee, Mrs. H. Switek, Mrs, J. Drucbik, Mrs. R. Sawyer, Mrs. V. Nowak, Mrs. J. Bratek, Mrs. Rogers. Music, J. Houston, R. Brom- ley, Bar, H. Rolls, J. O'Connor, A. Kearns, '1‘. McDonnell. Refreshments, Miss R. Gros- so, Mrs. J. Gallagher, Mrs. A. Burke, Mrs. A. Gaffney, Mrs. '1‘. Lewis, Mrs. M. McGuire. Mrs. E. Moreland. “Members of the Chamber of Commerce have become in- flamed over the employment of Cuthbert E. Reeves, civil engineer, at a salaryof $100 per day to niake a survey of the steel plant property. 'I‘o date more than $7500 in certi- ficates of indebtedness bearing six per cent interest have been given to Mr. Reeves,\ Mr. Crosby is reported to have told Buffalo reporters. “The Chamber will soon take up with the school board the reason for the dismissal of janiors employed by the school department, he also claimed.\ Officers for the ensuing year were elected at the meet- mg of Iona Rebekah, Lodge, No. 567, I.0.0.F'.; Monday evening, with following re- sults: Noble Grand, Hazel Whitelock; Vice Grand, Lil- lian Osborn’; Recording secre- tary, Mabel Ludtka; financial qecretary, Esther Leyda; trea- aurer, Maude Cowles; trustee for three years, Bertha Sea- mon. Luncheon was served by the Mesdames Hausrath, Wagner and Bromley. Instal- lation of officers will be held October 9. Invitations have been ten- dered all the eight lodges of the district to attend the ceremonies. Door, D. Murray, J. Gallag- har. Floor, F. Langhan. R. Brom- ley, F. Horton, J. Houston, R. Eagan, T. Lewis, J. O'Connor, H. Rolls, Mayor Lohr stated that he had ever interfered in the de- parment during his term in of- fice and had‘ given the chief no directions as to the manag-(u ment except in instances where an opinion was sought. GRADUATES FETE OPENS ST. HYACINTI-l’S HALL MAMMOUTH PARTY OF ENGLISH SPEAIUNG LODGE Stephen Balon. chairman for the mammouth card party bin- go and dance sponsored by the ~“Lackawannas\ English Speak. ing Lodge, No. 726, C. F.’ U., at Croatian church hall Sun- day, October 8. has announced thv following committees: Ticket: Mary Serlnach, Bar- bara Maglic, Zora Pozder, An- na Balon. Joseph Juran, Jos- eph Kustreba and Mary Sick- ich. _. __..o_..._.... WILDCATS DEFEAT SCRANTON BLASDELL BAD MEDICINE FOR THESE RED MEN Formal opening of St. Hya- cinth's church hall will occur Sunday, October 1, when for- mer graduatrs of the school will stage a home coming un- der the auspices of the Young Woman's Sodality of the par- ish. The card party and dance in connection with the reunion will. no doubt. appeal to the parents .and .friends .of .the school alumni. who are cordial- ly invited to attend. The Rolzgncl VVild'clats Min- ims easily defeated the strong Scranton town team at Scran- ton by the score of 19 to 0. Next Sunday Oct. 1st. the strong Roland team will be out to notch another victory at the expense of the Zolady Jrs. of Buffalo. The game will be called at 3 P. M. at the Blas- dell Field. Medicine bag, swatiska or any other medicine all went “fluey\ for two red» men in Blasdell Monday, when Halli- day Pierce, alias Robert New- ton. of Taylor Hollow Road’. Collins, and Gerry Plummer, Gowanda. both Indians, were arraigned before Judge Ira Z. Dunmire. NIGHT CLASSES OPEN IN GRADE SCHOOLS OCT. 8 '\ Q7, 3;; Annual night classes in the Grammar Schools in English. Elementary subjects and Citi- zenship will open Monday, October 7, under the direction of James Shea, member of the High‘ School ‘faculty. While these classes are pri- marily for those of foreign birth who wish to become more familar with English and citi- zenship requirements. any ad- tult wishing to brush up on the subjects taught are eligible to enter the classes. Classes will start at 7:30 P. M. and early registration is re- quested. Cards: Mary Mrak, Sylvia Matkovic, Samuel Milosic and Walter Pozder. Picked up for the theft of milk in the village, the Indians were awaiting sentence, when two State Troopers dropped in for a chat with the judge. Recognizing the prisoners as men sought in Gowanda for ‘chicken stealing. they accord- ingly took the two Indians to Gowanda. There the two were convicted and given 60 days in the penitentiary. WEDDING KNOT TIED FOR FORMER PARISQIIONER v: M’ Ia’; , $3‘ E‘ (- GIRL SCOUT NEWS Refreshments: John Milosic, John Mayer. Sophie Krause, Stanley and Sophie Zak, Mat~ thew Marenovic and Stephen Stipancic. B. K. BRUCE CLUB ENJOYS PICNIC The Girl Scouts of Bethel Church Troop 11 resumed meetings with an enrollment of thirty scouts. The officers for the coming year are as fol-- lows: captain Miss Ehle, lieu- tenants, Miss Lillian Leyh, and Miss Eunice Evzans, secretary, and treasurer, Mildred Kiefer, scribe, Louise Hoepfinger, Pa- trol Leaders, Rose -Killingbeck of the White Eagle Patrol, Florence F‘-redricksen, of the Scout Rambler’ Patrol, Agnes Black of the Blue J ay’s Patrol, Marjorie Fulsom of the Beaver Patrol; Cotporals Naomi Yet- ter, Irene Damstetter, Marie‘ Reed and Dorothea LaisBing. At the meeting Monday the committee served cocoa and cookies. Ward F. Kelly. of Elli cottville, N. Y. and Mrs. Abbie Stevens of Delevan, N. Y. were married by Rev. George H. Mickelsen of Bethel Presby- terian church on Tuesday September 26th, at 5 :30 “P. M. Mr. Kelly was a member of the congregation when Rev. Mickelsen was pastor in the Ellicottville church. Lackawanna B. K. Bruce club hold its postponed picnic in the -club house, 442 Dona Street, Monday evening. An elaborate menu and a special entertainment was arranged for the guests. Messrs Thomas Bullock_and Jones were the committee. The picnic was or- xginally scheduled for Septem- ber 24. but was drowned,out by a heavy rain. 4 Door: Thomas Rukavina. Anna Stefan, Rose Re Frank Rastich and Brownie Kencel. '4 E. g. MASONS INVITED TO CONSISTORY PICNIC BETH!-‘.1. YOUNG MEN ELE.C'l‘M MRS. KLINE BACK IN BEAUTY PARLOR ‘Masons in Western New tend the closing picnic and York today were invited to at- field day of Buffalo Consis—- tory at the Transit Valley Country club on Friday. George A. Ke]ler,c_ommand- ‘er-in-chief of the Consistorv. and Henry P. Bronkie general arimnged a full day of activity with golf, baseball, horseshoe chairman for the picnic have pitching and bridge on the schedule. . At a meeting of the: young men of Bethel Presbyterian. church, Monday evening, in the church parlors officers for the coming year were elected as follows: William Clubb, President; L. C. Austin, Vice- President; Henry Leege, 2nd Vice-President; Augustus Per- kins, Secretary; J. W. Perkins: Treasurer; Ivor Evans‘, Ser- geant-at-arms. Mrs. Cecelia Kline, who dis- continued her beauty parlor on Center Street about two years -ago has now opened» the Cecelia Beauty Shoppe -at 4.12 Electric Avenue, opposite Ap¢ ‘ple Street, and. will be pleased to service her former custom- ers as well as the public». The parlors well equipped with the latest appliances for hair dressing. FOOTBALL DANCE SUNDAY On account of the many re- quest for another dance, Man- ager John Kelly of the Lacka—- wanna Business Men's football team has arranged to comply with the plea of the many friends of the organization in staging a return engagement Sunday, October 1, at Dom Pol—_ ski, _ -‘« BETHEL CHURCH WOMEN TO HOLD LUNCHEON The women's society of the Bethe! Presbyterian church will hold a .lunj:c_heop in’ the church ‘basement, Thursday, October 5th -from 12 to 1:80 in the afternoon. Louise Hoepfinger, Scribe. ‘.-57-:~. . 1'-\‘.‘.\\‘x\ '.‘.J J.‘ -. ‘ I3 -.«h‘- ’& .»‘_-;I: P»: