Tuesday, January 29,1946 BUFFALO EVENING NEWS 4 + Second Section

BIG, SMALL LINES • FIGHT FOR AERIAL

EMPIRE OF FUTURE By FRED T U R N I H

Burnt* KMWIKO Niwg Staff JUporUr. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29. — A

drama of industrial empire build* tag underlies the parade of sta­tistics going Into the record before examiner! of the Civil Aeronau­tics Board conducting a hearing here on applications for new air­lines In the Middle Atlantic Coast area.

Approximately 48, communities end three states have told why they believe they are entitled to Increased air service, and cartons of carefully prepared data are •tacked arDund Philadelphia's City Council chamber where the hear­ing Is being held.

But these are only the prelimin­aries. Main Interna centers on the under-the-surface tug-of-war which will occur between the big trunk lines seeking new territory to tap.

Rivalry Is Keen There Is another contest between

the blK trunk lines and the brash new, short-haul lines now ready for a test of strength with the older, wealthier carriers.

The prize is the fat profits of hauling passengers, airmail and ex­press. .

Spirited questioning of witnesses by attorneys for the big airlines la evidence of the rivalry between the larger companies. Lively objection was voiced by Pennsylvania Cen­tral Airlines when the Hhode Island port Authority submitted data which had been collected with the help of Transcontinental A Western Air,

On M o n d a y an Interchange developed between airline represen­tatives over briefs prepared by the cities of New Haven and Williams-port which appeared to have had the benefit of some assistance by competing carriers.

May Last Three Weeks Caslmer T. Partyka, assistant

corporation counsel, who was ex­pected to present Buffalo's claim for expanded airline service Mon­day afternoon, deferred to Wll-llamsport at the letter's request, and will take the witness stand later before Kxamlners Charles J. Frederick and Joseph L. Fltzmau-llcc. The examiners will make their recommendations some time after the hearing, which may last three weeks, Is concluded.

John W. Moore, traffic manager for air transport of the Port Au­thority of New York, \asked the CAB "to certify (for conven­ience and necessity) nontrunk-llne service on a scheduled basis be­tween the New York District and Dunkirk, Including stops at Wll-llamsport. Bradford. Oil City, El-mira, Hornell, Olean and James­town." He said they were among communities that "would each generate between 2000 and 5000 passe uxors a year with the New York District."

Would Remove Deterrent "It Is possible at this hearing,"

Mr. Mooro told the CAB examiners, "to remove one of the greatest deterrents to air travel, namely I he inability of a traveler to go by air from a -major city to a small town."

"Buffalo Is Interested In all lines getting connections with points with which wo have a community of Interest," Mr. Partyka said be­fore the hearing. "We have plenty of flying time available.

"The Buffalo Airport has been In the red for 20 years and we have

Eradically subsidized the airlines, tow we need more traffic.}' A check of.the application shows

31 airlines Originally applied for 85 routes, but 54 have been with­drawn.

Bowman R. Otto of Montclalr, N. J., formerly with Curtlss-Wright Corporation In Buffalo and now president of Otto Airlines, Newark, N. J., said he was withdrawing a Ncwark-ltuffalo application which included stops at Perry, Warsaw, Johnsonburg, East Aurora and Cardenvllle.

BETHLEHEM TO PAY STRIKERS MONDAY

Striking employes of Bethlehem Steel Company's Lackawanna plant will receive approximately $500,000 in back pay Monday in Memorial Hall, Ridge Rdu Lackawanna. The company announced today that all hourly-rate workers will be paid there between 9 and 4 O'clock Monday. They will be required only to present their employe-Identification badges.

Officials of the United Steel Workers (CIO) said five days' pay is due the 11,000 hourly employes. i'»y to salaried employes will be mailed.

A settlement of the strike "In the next few days" was pre­dicted by District Director Joseph P. Molony of the Steel Workers be­fore 2000 Bethlehem employes Monday afternoon. Julian R. Bruce, union international rep­resentative, said there Is "reason­able certainty" that the wage dis­pute will end late this week.

"You are going to stay out until you get your Just demands satis­fied," said Mr. Molony. Later In the meeting, held In Memorial Hall. Lackawanna, the group adopted a resolution stating that "under no circumstances will wo return unless we receive the 18H«cents-an-hour raise". proposed by President Tru­man.

"I make no mention of the com­pany's ability to pay,'* Mr. Molony added. "What's that got to do with it? It is a matter, of your ability to achieve a decent Standard of living."

In a statement replying to Mr. Bruce's claim that foremen had asked union permission to leave the plant, Donald J. McNaughton, national director of the Foremen's Association of America, said: "The foremen do not need union ap­proval to leave. Before the strike was called we met with Mr. Bruce and other Union officers and passes were arranged . . . Mr. Bruce failed to live up to his agreement by failing to provide, passes."

United Steel Workers returned to work 'this morning at the Roberts-Gordon Appliance Cor­poration, 137 Arthur St., terminat­ing a strike that began with the nation-wide steel walkout Jan. 21. An agreement was announced by th4 company and USW, but the terms were not disclosed, About 100 workers were affected.

MERRITT N. BAIRIER HEADS YOUNG GOP. Merrltt N. Baker was elected

president of the Young Republican Club of Erie County Inc. Monday evening vln EM-cott Square, suc­ceeding Charles E. H o g g. Mr. Baker appointed Mr. Hogg gover­nor of E r i e County to repre­sent the organiza­tion at the State B o a r d meeting Feb. 2 in Utica. O t h e r officers are: i

City vice presi­dent, M i c h a e l Ellis; towns vice president, Leland^ , ,, , N. Jennings; sec- M e r r l " N« »aner retary, Martin S. Qulnn; treasurer, Thomas B. McCartney; assistant secretary, Charles K. Baecher; as­sistant treasurer, Harry Jones; ser-Kcant-at-arms, Emll J. Pasquarelle; district directors: Elllcott, William L. Hogg; Niagara, Domlnik Lor-allo; Ixwejoy, John Glue; Delaware, Howard Cramp; Masten, Jay Shea; Walden, Walter J. Kaznowskl; North, Kenneth L. Rlexlnger; Am­herst, Howard Behrens; Kenmore, Bernard Strenzel; county-at-large, Kmeison G. Henneman, James Petti. KCRIS Freed.

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Quinn Urges Defeat Of Seaway Proposal

Assembly Told It Would Deprive 15,000 of Jobs

Burruo KVSNINO NIWS Albany Bureau. ALBANY. Jan. 29. — Declaring

that the St. Lawrence Seaway project would be "inimical to the best Interests of the people of the state" and that It would throw 15,000 Buffalonlahs out of work, Assemblyman John P. Qulnn, Democrat of Buffalo, Monday night Introduced a resolution call­ing for defeat of the proposal.

The resolution was referred to committee, but because Gov. Dewey favors the seaway It Is doubtful the resolution will be re­ported.

Seven bills also were Introduced by Assemblyman Qulnn to liberal­ize tho Workmen's Compensation Law In line with recommendations of the state CIO.

One would increase the commis­sioners of the State Insurance Fund from eight to 12, with organ­ized labor represented. Another would increase the basis for the payment of death and survivors' benefits from $162.50 a month to $200. A third would increase tho maximum allowed for funeral ex­penses from $200 to $350.

A resolution asking for a Board of Regents Inquiry Into "racial and religious discrimination" in med­ical colleges in the state was In­troduced by Assemblyman Harry Glttleson, Democrat of Brooklyn. He asserted, that the medical schools of Syracuse and Cornell Universities and the College of the City of New York, Brooklyn Col­lege and Queens College discrimin­ated against Jews; Other bills would:

Provide $1,000,000,000 for a state bonus for veterans, amounting to $1 for each day of service up to $1000 (Assemblyman Frank A. Emma, Democrat of Utlca).

Reduce from seven weeks to one the period strikers must wait before they qualify for unemploy­ment-insurance payments spon­sored by the CIO (Assemblyman Leo Isacson, ALP of The Bronx).

Memorialize Congress to create a new cabinet position for veterans affairs (Assemblyman Fred W. Preller and Senator Seymour Hal-pern, Queens Republicans).

Provide for an 8-hour day and a 6-day week for State Police sergeants, corporals and privates (Senator Walter J. Mahoney, Re­publican of Buffalo).

The Benefactress "Women proved their pluck in

the war," said the stage star, Jo­seph Buloff.

"But women have always been plucky," he went on. "There's a story about a deserted wife. An acquaintance said to her at a tea:

" 'So your home is broken up! Tell me about it.'

" 'Oh,' she answered with a laugh, 'there's nothing much to tell. George has run off, that's all—run off with my best friend.'

" *Your best friend I Is she pretty?'

" 'I don't know. I've never seen her.'"

DEWEY MESSAGE SPEEDS PASSAGE

OF HOUSING BILL By RAY BOR8T

Itormo EvuUMO Nswt Albany Bureau. ALBANY, Jan. 29,—Gov. Dewey

today will sign the Republican bill appropriating $35,000,000 for emer­gency housing for war veteran*. The measure was passed Monday night by the Legislature after a special message from the governor.

Senator Fred G. Morrit, Demo­crat of New York, cast the only negative vote because, he said, he didn't know what he was voting for.

Democrats in both the Senate and Assembly accused the gover­nor of "stealing" the program which they Insisted was first ad­vocated last May by Democratic State Chairman Paul E. Fltzpatrlck of Buffalo. Republicans retorted that the Democrats were trying to "play politics."

Gov. Dewey's special message caught the Democrats napping. They had not expected action on the measure until after the gov­ernor had submitted the executive budget on Thursday.

Senator Elmer F. Qulnn, minor­ity leader, accused the governor of trying to make the headlines, wanting It to appear that he is aiding the veterans.

"These temporary dwellings that Mr. Dewey has In mind for the veterarfs may turn out to be fire-traps," said Senator Quinn. "Let's not railroad this bill through In such speed."

Senator' Majority Leader Ben­jamin F. Feinberg taunted Senator Qulnn by pointing out that the latter had said last week that the governor was six months behind In his housing program.' *.

"And now when the governor wants speedy rictlon the Democrats have the nerve to tell us to go slow," he said. "The Democrats, from Chairman Fltzpatrlck down, are trying to make a political is­sue out of housing."

BOARD WILL STUDY UNIVERSITY PLAN

BOPTALO EVININO NEW* Albany Bureau. ALBANY, Jan. 29. — Establish­

ment of a state university In line with the suggestion advanced by Gov. Dewey In his annual message moved a step nearer today when it became known that Republican legislative leaders intend to create a special commission to study the proposal.

Democrats have Introduced a bill asking $50,000,000 to finance a state university and they are insisting on action at this session. The G.O.P. leaders said that while they were in favor of such a university, they would oppose the passage of any bill prior to a complete investiga­tion.

Assembly Majority Leader Irving M. Ives said that, while he person­ally favored a state university, "siirii an undertaking cannot be accomplished by a snap of the fin­ger."

Assemblyman Jacob E. Holllnger, Middleport Republican, who for­merly taught In state universities and colleges, joined with Mr. Ives in calling for the creation of a commission to study .the proposal.

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First New State Law of '46 Cives Campbell Right to Sue

BUFFALO EVININO Nswa Albany Bureau. ALBANY, Jan. 29.—Gov. Dewey

today signed the first bill passed by the 1946 Legislature — a measure permitting Bertram C. Campbell of New York, who served a prison sen­tence for a forgery he did not com­mit, to sue the state for damages.

The governor said it was fitting that this bill "which will render an additional bit of justice to one who has been wrongly convicted and imprisoned for crime, should be­come the first law enacted this year." He added that the bill "sym­bolizes the^ importance of justice to one man and our respect for the dignity of the individual."

State Law Office Here Handled 1273 Cases in '45

Bormo EVSNINO NBWS Albany Bureau. ALBANY, Jan. 29.—The Buffalo

office of the State Department Of Law disposed of 1273 matters last year and collected $68,750, Attor­ney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein disclosed today in his annual re­port. The cases closed included 165 habeas corpus proceedings, 126 labor-law prosecutions and 880 ac­tions involving the Department of Mental Hygiene.

OPA PROBE EXTENDS TO 15 MEAT PLANTS The Buffalo District OPA's in­

vestigation of meat sales in pack­ing houses was extended today to include 15 plants. Investigators were placed in eigftt more plants to check receipts, sales, prices, grades and weights to determine whether ceiling prices are being observed.

Agents were stationed in eight plants Monday, but withdrawn from one when the OPA discovered the operator is a "custom" slaughterer, killing livestock for other persons.

"We will check custom slaugh­terers only to determine where the meat goes," said Chief OPA En­forcement Attorney David A. White. "We found one such slaughterer is killing for customers in Brooklyn and Rochester. It will be necessary to Investigate the customers to de­termine whether price ceilings are being violated."

Y Honors Nitschke On Eve of Retirement

Praises His Courage, Faithfulness, Ability

Tribute to the courage, faithful­ness and ability of a man credited with "keeping the Buffalo YMCA ship a f l o a t " in troubled depres­sion days and with giving 32 years' service to the In­stitution "over, a b o v e and be-y o n d compensa­tion" was paid to­day by the YMCA boards of trustees and directors and the s t a f f at a luncheon In the Downtown Y.§

T h e man Is Walter S.. Nitsch­ke, senior business manager of the w - •• Nitschke Y, who will retire Friday after serving since 1912 except for three years from 1915 to 1918 when he was employed at the Western Sav­ings Bank.

"He has endeared himself to all of us," said Vice President J.. Fred­erick Rogers, presiding in the ab­sence from the city of Harley F. Drolllnger, president. Representing the board of trustees, former Presi­dent Horace Reed declared that the "modesty, firmness and gentleness" of the honor guest never failed to meet the troublesome situation.

A book of letters from colleagues In YMCA work In appreciation of Mr. Nltschke's "fallthfulness to his trust In a Christian enterprise" was presented to him by General Exec­utive John W. Pontius and Myron S. Short tendered him a cash gift on behalf of the board of directors "In appreciation, respect; esteem and love."

"No one can appreciate how Wal­ter carried the load In the '30s, faced, with payrolls and creditors," said Mr. Short «He stuck-it out through all the bombing that could be directed against an institution and gave all any man could give and then some—the contribution that will never be excelled."

ACTING 'FOREMAN' OF ZOO APPOINTED

Pending a Civil Service appoint­ment, Parks Commissioner Edward , , , , ,, A Rath ha« nlaced Tnsetfti Abbott I 8 * 1 8 ™ 8 w e r e u r « e a °y ^ ° l « • t£S.JSiBSSUS!^JSSSS! Cooke and Ray Smith, elementary veteran Parks Department employe,

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BUFFALO SCHOOLS' BUDGET INADEQUATE, PASTOR TELLS BOARD

vSharp criticism was leveled at the Buffalo School Department by the Rev. Ensworth Reisner, pastor of the Richmond Avenue Metho­dist Church, at the Board of Edu­cation budget hearing In City Hall today. He said many families were moving out of Buffalo be­cause they can find better educa­tional facilities and newer build­ings elsewhere, drawing the query from Supt. Robert T. Bapst:

"You have made a serious state­ment. I would like to know spe­cifically what we lack?"

"I think you have an inadequate budget," Mr. Reisner responded. "I know that is not the fault of the board. The citizens have not done the Job In backing you up. But the general attitude Is that the public schools in Buffalo are not adequate."

Nuraery Centers Praised Elmer J. Tropman, appearing

for the Buffalo Council of Social Agencies, praised' the School De­partment for Its conduct of the nursery school centers during the war.emergency and urged that It continue Its work through March. The centers have been carried on with tcdcral and state funds and with fees from parents. There are ten centers with an average at­tendance 'of 170 and a total of 54 employes. It is expected that fed­eral and state funds again will become available after March.

Others who spoke' in behalf of the centers are Mrs. George M. Nelson of the Buffalo Federation Of, Women's Clubs; Mrs. James W. Kideney, president of the New York State Division, American As­sociation of University Women and Mrs. Isabel, Nicholson, Women's Civic Club of South Buffalo.

Salary adjustments were re­quested by representatives of teachers and other employes.

Some Maximums Restored . The budget estimates call for

$12,279,000 departmental opera­tions in the coming fiscal year, the largest In the history of the School Department.

The Buffalo Teachers Federation president, Ferd E. Kamprath, sub­mitted this communication:

"The Buffalo Teachers Federa­tion presents this request for the teachers of Buffalo that your hon­orable body restore completely the salary schedules on which teachers' salaries were paid in the school year of 1931 to 1932.

"By your recent action of ad­justing salaries, some levels of the Instructional staff were restored to the maximums of their salary schedules. But none in the classi­fication of teacher was restored to maximum salary.

"We ask that you proceed in the effort to restore salaries to more adequate levels and that In your budget requests for 1946-47 you in­clude sufficient funds to restore the elementary teachers' maximum sal­ary to |2900 and the high school and special teachers' maximum salary to $3300."

Others Urge Increases Miss Margaret McGee, Buffalo

Teachers Union (AFL>, also asked for salary increases saying in part:

"We must look forward and not backward. There never was a time when there has been so much in­terest in education as now. The big question now is how can we get better people. The only way we can get better people is through education."

Upward adjustments of teachers' salaries were urged by Lot H

Burglars Batter Away at Safe, ination in

Ability or willingness to read is important, even for safecrackers.

The Yeager Lumber Company at 340 Elk St., fearing the burglars some time would try to crack its 6-foot safe, hung a sign on the knob Monday afternoon., It read: "This safe contains no money or valuables of any kind. The follow­ing combination will open it: Right to 80, four times; left to 2, three times; right to 61, twice; left to 10 and open."

Sure enough, when the office was opened this morning it was found that burglars had been at work. They ripped down the sign and knocked the spindle off the safe, but couldn't get it open. Vin­dictively, they opened a smaller safe, which was unlocked, took out papers stored there and scattered them about the office.

The same pattern was followed later down the street at the J. &. A. Keller Machine Company, 570 Elk. They battered the safe and failed to open It, but littered the office with papers. In both instances, they entered by breaking windows and used their own tools.

"A couple of shoemakers," Capt. Frank N. Fellcetta of the Babcock Station described them.

A short distance, away, at 860 Seneca St., safecrackers were more successful. Entering the Contrac­tors Ornamental Steel Co. Inc., they broke open two safes, one on the second and one on the third floor, but they got only $20. Com-

MIM Jacqueline Taylor of 2000 Seneca St., an office employe, holds the sign the Yeager Lumber Company placed on Its safe, stat­ing there was nothing In it and giving the combination.

pany officials checked today to de­termine whether a $1000 nonnego-tiable bond was taken.

principals. 'President Albert G. " 2 E " f f i J ! a W t t J ' J S J H ; Woznf«k of the School D«partm<n< Mr. Abgott has been placed in charge for the time being at no salary increase or title change-he's a foreman—merely so that we may have someone through whom to clear orders," said Mr. Rath.

Mayor Dowd announced recently after a conference with President Daniel W. Streeter of the Civil Service Commission that an exami­nation was being prepared for na­tion-wide competition among quali­fied aspirants for Zoo curator.

Former Albany Detective Draws 20-Year Sentence

ALBANY, Jan. 29 (/P).—John J. McElveney, 49, former Albany de­tective, pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of second-degree murder In the slaying of Police Chief Wil­liam' J. Fltzpatrlck a year ago. County Judge Earl H. Gallup sen­tenced him to 20 years to life im­prisonment

SURVEY OF FAMILIES AND PERSONS IN NEED OF HOUSING Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority

This survey is being conducted by the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority for the purpose of determin­ing the extent of the housing shortage. The Housing Authority will make recommendations to the City of Buffalo and to the home building Industry to provide housing on the basis oL the facts gathered in this survey. A Only families, or single persons, who have been unable to find permanent housing quarters are requested & 2 i l ° & f ^ 2 l t e 2 n 5 j 2 S S ^ « ° I & J S i S ' S / t e S J* returned for each family. DO NOT FILE THIS FORM IF ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY HAS ALREADY DONE SO

NAME ADDRESS

1. Where are you NOW living? • a. Hotel Q b. Furnished

room or room­ing house

(Please Answer Every Question—Use Pencil, Not Pen and Ink)

«. Are you NOW planning to purchase a home?

P c. Rented home or apartment

D d. Sharing room or apartment wi th parents or in-laws

O e. Sharing home or apartment w i t h other than parents or in-laws

n f. Other (please explain)

2. How many rooms do you now have?

Bedrooms Other Rooms

3. Why do you need other housing quarters?

4. Where did you live before the war?

City State ^ '

5. How long do you plan to remain in Buffalo or

Buffalo area? t _«_________

Yes

a No

a If so, can you remain in your present quarters until houses are available. • D

7. What is the size of your family? (Count only those persons who must live with you)

m Persons, including myself

8. Give the age and sex of air members of your family

(Show number of persons in the. correct spaces)

Age Male Female

Under 6 '

6 to 16 Jj

17 or older _-—J, -9. Are yon, or Is a member of your family Yes No

t

a. A veteran? Q O b. SU11 in military service? D O

10. Do you have your own furniture or do yon need a furnished apartment? ,

' D a . Have own furniture • b. Need furnished apartment

I

This form is NOT an application for an apartment Mail it to: BUFFALO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUFFALO 2, NEW YORK

•saw (DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE)

- Number _ _ _ _ _ _ Date received Th«1

R«Ir«,° Municipal Housing Authority nrges that the above feral be filled out and mailed fa the Authority lav mediately to that It may have as complete awl accurate Information as po«lble m te your homing aeeeo.

Employes Association spoke in be­half of plant department employes. Wllmer E. Danat requested pay adjustments for engineers and other maintenance employes. Leo Levisohn, State, County & Mu­nicipal Workers (CIO), proposed Increased pay for charwomen, He also requested that garage and me­chanical employes be placed on a standard work week of 40 hours and be paid time and a half for overtime.

The budget estimates provide for a maximum teachers' salary in elementary schools of $2573; for high school teachers, $2975. The budget must go to the mayor and budget director by Feb. 1. Fac­ulty and other changes approved follow:

SKt'ONOAKY SCHOOLS Temporary Assignment—Robert M. Kunz,

aca. subj., Boys Voc.. $2150. Keainlenmrnt—Lloyd A. Miller, temp.

iiNst. principal. Riverside, reassigned as tr. spec, subj., Riverside. 52975.

Leave of Absence (without pay)—Berna-detto G. Shyne, spec, subl, South Park. Jan. 2 to July 1; Dorothy W. Grauer, aca. subl, Technical, Jan. 24 to July 1. • Extension of Leave—Margaret S. Jen­

kins, aca. subj., Seneca Annex, < No. 17, second semester. 1948-46.

Resignation—Mary Frledl Smith, spec, subj.. Riverside; Elizabeth M. Neuscnel. aca. subj.. Riverside.

Death—Frances M. Anderson, aca. subj., Girls Voc.

VOCATIONAL Extension of Leave—Elizabeth Kelt/ Mil­

ler, home economics, Girls Voc., second semester 1946.46.

Leave of Absence—Margaret Doll Gamel, classroom tr., Girls Voc., second semester 1945-46.

Keslirnatlon--Margaret D. Frank, home-making subjects, Girls Voc. .

ELEMENTARY Allotments (eligible list, art, 1944)—

Mayadelalde Palmer. $1875; Jeannetfe Van Dyke, $1975; Roth Betty Kolb. $1875,

Temporary Assignments—Beatrice Seng-busrh, Robert II. Williams, both art, $1775.

Termination of Temporary Assignments-Jane T. Luxford, Evelyn E. Shaffer, art.

Termination of Leave—Doris E. Shar-row, Gr. 4 Sch. 66: RUth E. Llnd Chap­man (military), Gr. 2, Sch. 64.

I<eave of Absence—Doris E. Sharrow. Gr. 4, Sch. 66, Jan. 5 to close of first term 1947-48: Ruth E. Llnd Chapman, Gr. 2, Sch. 64. second term 1945-46; Mar­garet H. Hauber, Gr. 8, Sch. 70, second term 1945-46.

Extension of Lenve—Sarah P. Fulco, Gr. 2. Sch. 1; Helen P. McConnell, Gr. 3, Sch. 1: Mary K, O'Mara, Gr. 1, Sch. 41: B. Audrey Saunders, sir. 6, Sch. 66; Agnes P. Candee, (Jr. 6, Sch. 70: all second term 1945-46

Release* From Tempotarr Asslgam^t— Patricia MacClure, Sch. 38: Elizabeth Munger. Sch. 41; Joyce Smith, Sch. 45; Ruta A. Koerner, Sch. 83.

Resignation—Grace R. Buchanan, Sch. 41; Gladys R. Carter, music.

CLERICAL CHANOES Release—Mary H. Casey, clerk, Sch. 24.

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209th Regiment To Hold a Reunion

First Peacetime Meeting Will Take Place Feb. 9

The 209th Coast Artillery Regi­ment, Inducted Into federal serv­ice Feb. 10,1941, will commemorate the occasion with Its first peace­time reunion Saturday evening, Feb. 9, at 6:30 in Hotel Buffalo.

George P. Urban Jr. Is lhalrman of the Arrangements Committee. The Reservations Committee, head­ed by Frederick S. Pierce, asked veterans of the regiment to make reservations by calling Lincoln 2330 between 8:30 A. M. and 5 P. M. or to communicate" with members of the committee — Robert W. Shplrak, representing Headquar­ters Battery and Medical; Rich­ard G. White, Company A; Albert Cummlng8, B; Patrick F. Costrlne, C; Alfred A. Guglno, E, and Wil­liam A. Miller, F.

Plans now are being made by a committee headed by Harlan Swift to obtain the battle colors and cam­paign streamers earned by the regi­ment In North Africa and Europe. Col. Karl F. Hausauer has Initiated steps to obtain from the War De­partment the complete official war diaries, to be placed in the Buffalo Historical Building.

Fisher Resumes Albany Job Bvrtno EVININO NIWI Albany Bureau. ALBANY, Jan*. 29.—Col. Carlton

A. Fisher of Buffalo has returned to his pre-war post as counsel to the Joint Legislative Committee on Ed­ucation, headed by Assemblyman Herbert A. Rapp, Darlen Center. Col. Fisher served with the Marines in the war.

Burney Picks Veteran as Aide Burmo EVININO NIWS Albany Bureau. ALBANY, Jan. 29—William F.

Waldow, 28, of 70 Riverview Pi., Buffalo, veteran of World War II, has been appointed secretary to Senator Charles O. Burney Jr. of Williamsvllle. He is a nephew of former Sheriff William F. Waldow.

Decree Here Replaces Mississippi Divorce

Husband Wed Again After Court Action in South

A matrimonial tangle was straightened out by Referee Thomas H. Noonan today when he awarded Mrs. Margaret Crafts,' also known as Craft, of 42 Verdi Walk a di­vorce from Klrby S. Craft, 1578 Delaware Ave., and custody of a daughter, Judith Ann, 6. They were married at Smethport, Pa., In 1938.

Mr. Craft helped her get the di­vorce. He testified that while In the Army in Mississippi he ob­tained a divorce from her and In 1943 married Barbara Mahllng, with whom he now lives. The first Mrs. Craft said she was not served with papers or notice In the Mis­sissippi action. Referee Noonan ruled that the southern divorce, be­cause of the circumstances, was not valid In this state.

Mr. Craft's new wife testified she married him and has lived with him. Mr. Craft is 27.

On the ground that their mates broke pre-marital promises to have children, Referee Clinton T. Hor-ton granted annulments to the fol­lowing: Arlene A. Sohoedel, 59 Rogers Ave., against Howard H. Schoedel, wed In 1944 while he was In the Army.

Mrs. Vera E. Brlggs, 147 North St., against William A. Brlggs, wed in 1036 at Morrlstown, N. Y.

On the same ground, Referee Noonan awarded Mrs. Anne Minor Sodaro, 958 Delaware Ave., an an­nulment of her. marriage to John Frank Sodaro In 1937.

Justice Paul J. Batt granted Mrs. Bessie Kuchner, 128 Lonsdale Rd., an uncontested d i v o r c e from Charles Kuchner, whom she ac­cused of Infidelity. They were married In 1912 in Chicago.

Justice Batt gave Mrs. Rose Tleberdyck, 23 Swinburne St., an Enoch Arden dissolution of her 1923 marriage to Walter Tleberdyck. She testified Me disappeared in 1931 and she believes he Is dead.

BOARD AUTWIIZES TRANSFER OF $8000 FOR SNOW REMOVAL

At Monday night's meeting of the Lancaster Village Board, trans­fer of $8000 from I ho estimated revenues to (he snow-removal fund was authorized. This will take cwo of the cost of removal of the un­usual snowfall In December. A communication from the Lancaster Businessmen's Association com­mended the board on the excel­lent manner In which the I on-caster streets and highways were cleared during that emergency.

The Town Board plans a modest advertising campaign to encourage Industrial concerns to buy village-owned land adjacent to the four railroads that pass through, Lan­caster. K. M. Benedict of AM Parker Ave., Buffalo, has bought such a parcel of land on the c&>l side of Brandel Ave. and re­ceived permission to construct thereon a Quonset-lype corrugated sleel building to be used as an Iron foundry. The estimated cost of the building and Improvements is $10,000.

basement Utter Accepted Ixniis Sahier. who owns a home

on the south side of Erie St.. ad­dressed the board and offered an easement across his property to connect the storm sewer In Erie St. with the village-owned Palmer Pond. His offer was accepted as this will speed up I he planned proj­ect to eliminate the nuisance of flooded cellars In this area during storms and thaws.

A letter from G. E. Rlghter. di­vision engineer of the Erie Hall-road, promised to Improve I he con­dition of the box culvert east of Central Aye. and the ditch ad­jacent to it on railroad property. This will help remedy the flooded conditions caused by surface water,

Frederick Aldlnger petitioned the board to have his properly at the southwest corner of Lake Ave. and Como Park Blvd. rezoned from residential to business properly so that he can build an ice-cream parlor upon It. A public hearing on the request will be held at the next meeting on the night of Feb. 11.

Report on Doctors Trustee Roland Gardlnter, who

had been appointed a committee of one to Interview the village physicians concerning the petition of the Lancaster Civic Club that something He done to have a physi­cian always on call In the village, especially on Saturdays,.Sundays and holidays, reported that each physician contacted is of the opin­ion that his service Is adequate for his own patlenjs, Medical servteo is a private affair and beyond the authority and scope of the Village Board.

The following election Inspectors were appointed: First Ward, Mm. Tda Menzles and Mrs. Mildred Set­ter; Second Wnrd. Mrs. Jean Smith; Third Ward, Oscar F. Bauer.

CITY BRIEFS

t>ave of At Namara, typist, to March l.

Ursula O'Nell Mc-Div. of Cafeteria, Jan. 1

Man Caught on Mill Crounds Gets Year in Penitentiary

"You don't get far by lying," City Judge John L. Kelly today told Norman Moore, 31, no home, as he sentenced him to a year fn the penitentiary for unlawful Intrusion. The defendant told the court this was .his fihst arrest, but a Probation Department report disclosed several prevldus convic­tions and one escape from a state prison. Moore was caught on the Maritime Milling Company grounds, 276 Hopkins St, on Jan. 14.

Where to Qo Tonight 6:30 P. M.—Membership drive opening,

South" Buffalo YMCA, John W. Pon­tius, speaker, 245 Abbott.

8:30—Dinner. Men's Club of Church of Good Shepherd, Daniel W. Streeter, speaker, 06 Jewett Pkwy.

7:30~~Meetlng, Dental Association, "Sur-

Rery In the Hecent War," Dr. Henry I. Kenwell, Statler.

8:00 -Meeting, Society for Testing Ma­terials, Statler.

8:00— Meeting, WNY Chapter, Hotel Grccters, Lafayette.

8:00—Annual card party, 'Unity Spirit­ualist Church. 796 Elllcott.

8:00-~Installa'tlon. North Jefferson Busi­nessmen, 891 Delaware.

8;30—-Concert, Jascha Helfetz, violinist, Klelnhans Music Hall.

Wednesday 9:30 A. M.—Demonstration of kid glove

making, Richmond Unit, Buffalo Home Bureau, Richmond Ave. Methodist Church.

2:30 P. M.—Travel talk, "8outh Africa," Sir Angus Fletcher, Science Museum.

8:30—Installation dinner, Scalp A Blade Inc., University Club.

6:30—Banquet for returned servicemen, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. parish house.

7:00—Installation dinner, Little Mayors. Moose Hall.

8:00—Meeting. Nature Sanctuary Society, Miss Mildred L. Wlckes, speaker. Science Museum.

8:30—Ice Follies, Memorial Auditorium. Winter Sports

Skating—Delaware. Cazenovia. RrVtnMf, Humboldt. Houghton. Hennepin, WJilert, Como and Emery Parks. Two days before the auto-plate

deadline—midnight Thursday—the County Auto License Bureau at 40 Delaware today had sold 13,780 fewer plates than Its 1945 total. The bureau has Issued 134,934 plates for 1946.

Memorial services commemorat­ion the 103d anniversary of Presi­dent McKinley's birth were con­ducted by the United Spanish War Veterans in the County Hall lobby today. A wreath was placed on the tablet where the president's body lay in state.

Burglar* coated a baek yard fence. 6 feet 6 inches high, to enter the confectionery of Joseph Car-dlna, 299 Parkslde, early this morn­ing. After forcing a rear window, they stole |35 in cash and $5 In stamps.

Economic condition* and atti­tudes In Germany will be dis­cussed by the Rev. Edward E. Swanstrom of New York City, aa-sistant executive director of War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, at the Council of Social Agenclec' annual meeting at 6:30 tomorrow in Hotel Statler.

American voters must "continue to need and want more informa­tion" because a democracy indicates Its people are alert, Miss Winifred C. Stanley, State Employes Retire­ment System counsel, told the 18th Ward Republican Club, Monday evening in Parkslde Lodge.

Officers of Omega Lodge, IOOF, who will be installed at 9 Thurs­day evening at 971 Jefferson are: Nobie grand, Nelson E. Becker; vice grand, Walter E. Flach; fi­nancial secretary, Chester H. Hoffmann; treasurer, Walter W. Gerber; recording secretary, Henry Auer.

For the first time In the more than nine years it hag operated, the Blue Cross Hospital Plan will permit individual enrollment dur­ing February, Carl M. Metzger. ex­ecutive director, announced today. The Blue Shield Surgical Plan also will be open for nongroup enroll­ment during the same period.

When Mrs. Carl .Condon, .74 Aldrlch PI., tried to telephone her mother, Mrs. Elsie Montague, 52, at 10 this morning, she got no answer. Mrs. Condon went to 1537 Seneca St. to investigate, forced the door and found Mrs. Montague dead in bed.

Breaking a window, a burglar entered James Powers' gasoline station at 1615 Seneca early today, ransacked the place, and got noth­ing.

Intruders who entered the Lake Carriers Association, 73 West Eagle, early Monday scattered per­sonal belongings stored there by lake sailors. Joseph A. Ehnes, assistant supervisor, who lost |700 in War Bonds and some Insurance policies, blamed the entry on "a bunch of kids."

No complainant appeared fn court so City Judge John L. Kelly today discharged Louis L. Goeckel, 53, of 31 Herkimer, charged with driving while intoxicated Christmas Day. George H. DiCarlo, 55 Lafayette, had alleged the defendant's car struck his auto, causing Injury to his wife, Grace.

Purchased by tho city at a total cost of about $48,000, the first of Ave deavy-duty tnowfighters was delivered by the Wheeler Equip­ment Company, 242 Hopkins St., to­day to the city barns at Maryland and Efner St*. The plows weigh 12 tons and are of 81 horsepower.

Mlaaino aince Wednesday, Harold Weeks, 14, of 979 Perry "was found at 3 o'clock this morning at the Greyhound Bus Terminal and taken home by police. A companion, Alfred Haske, 17, who said he had no home, was taken to Police Head­quarters. The boys had been sleep­ing on benches In the depot.

RAILROAD IGNORED ICC FE£< COURT TOLD The Interests of the South

Buffalo Railway and the Boih-lehem Steel Company were linked so 'osely that tho railway dlsre-gai.'^d Interstate Commerce Com­mission regulations Rovernlnft de­murrage charges, Snocial U. S. Attorney Robert W. Strange charged today.

"It was taking money out of one pocket of the corporation and put­ting It In another," he told Judge John Knight as trial of the Injunc­tion suit against the railway, the company and tho Bethlehem Steel Corporation resumed In Federal Court. The Government seeks to restrain the corporation and lis two subsidiaries from allegedly violating the Commodities Clause of the Interstate Commerce Act.

The Government's witnesses were Lester G. Weinhelmer. supcrvlsflr of car records for the railway, who Identified the railway's records of demurrage charges, and Robert 8. Booth, assistant director of the Bureau of Service. Interstate Copi-merce Commission. Mr. Booth said that a 1937-38 investigation by the ICC disclosed that South Buffalo failed to assess demurrage charges for Bethlehem-owned cars used In the Lackawanna plant although they wero left standing for several days on South Buffalo-owned tracks. In assessing demurrage charges for "foreign-owned" cars, he said that an overcharge was levied against Bethlehem. The rail­way, he said, made a continuous charge Instead of separating the inbound and outbound demurrage assessment.

"The charges," Mr. Strange told Judge John Knight, "were paid by one fully-owned company (Bethle­hem Steel Company) to another (South Buffalo Railway) so that it made very little difference to the parent corporation."

Census Bureau Jobs Open in Washington

The Census Bureau In Washing­ton needs hundreds of clerical em­ployes to carry out its post-war program of collecting and compil­ing statistics. Mrs. Kthcl Seeley of the Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce, said Monday as she arrived In Buffalo for interviews with applicants at the USES offices, 626 Brisbane. Bldg.

Veterans, who have experience qualifications, will be given pref­erence. Salaries will begin at S1704 and $1902 a year for a 40-hour work week. No experience is required for the $1704 positions. Government dormitories provide housing forewomen. Clerical posi­tions for ojher Government agencies are a,lso being offered.

Action Asked on Tidal Lands ALBANY, Jan. 29 (/P).—The As­

sembly today unanimously adopted a. resolution urging prompt con­gressional action to secure state title to lands under ail tidal and navigable waters. It was spon­sored by Assemblyman Harold C. Ostertig. The Senate concurred. The action followed Federal Gov­ernment steps to acquire titles to such lands to Insure mineral-re­source supplies in wartime.

Support of FEPC Bill Asked ALBANY, Jan., 29 <m.~Twenty-

eight New York City racial and re- . Ilglous organizations have asked Gov. Dewey as national leader of the Republican Party to support the F E p C measure now before • Congress.

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