The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • Page 18

WILKES-BARRE RECORD, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1940 Eighteen Estate Left VFW Plans for 3 Hospitals to Tell 7 Of Financial Needs VFW Post Criticizes Memorial Day Exams At Wilkes College Damages for Crash Asked Barred To Outsiders Regional Lions Hear Richards Gilroy Faces Jail Sentence 7 "By Evelyn Montross Art estate valued at $14,000 upwards Was-left by Montross, Luzerne, whose will was probated vesterdav. HeienMcuuirer aaugnter, bequeathed $3,000, a diamond ring and certain household articles. Betty Ruth Siglin, granddaughter, is to receive a certain bedroom suite and a refrigerator. Norton Montross, son. is devised a living room suite and other articles in addition to decedent's residence at 438 Main Street, Luzerne.

John Montross, son, is bequeathed $2,000 and certain household furnishings. Alberta Smith, daughter, is given $500 and certain household articles. Other beauests: William Mont ross, son, $2,000 and certain houses hold articles: Emma Himmler, daughter, $500; Susan Simmens, daughter, $500; Elinor, daughter, $500; Lovina Butler, $500; Myrtle Morgan, daughter, $500. Residue of estate, is bequeathed to Norton Montross, who is executor. Train Wrecks Auto, Motorist Fined $10 Campbell, N.

May 23 (JP) David Heller of Elmira, N. escaped with a $10 fine when the auto he was driving was demolished by a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western passenger train. Heller was unable to push the Memorial Day i Stegmaier PosltoHold River Common Exercises After Parade Plans for the annual Memorial Day parade and partial plans for the exercises to follow were an nounced last night by Capt. Christian Stegmaier Post 50, Veterans of Foreign through Commander (3eorge Lacey. A parade will form at South Main and South Streets and will begin to move at 10:30 Monday morning.

Route will be north on South Main Street, around one side of public Square, over North Main Street and along West Union Street, south on North River to South River Common at West Northampton Street, where the exercises honoring war dead will be held. Col. Frank Townend" will lead the 109th Field Artillery Battalion and Warrant Officer John Sauersj and the 28th Division Band will I furnish the martial music. Mayor Luther M. Kniffen will be the principal speaker at the exer cises, which will be climaxed with launching of a miniature battleship loaded with dynamite.

The launching in the Susquehanna KlVW IS SChfidll Pfl At 11 rhS whl fowers or. the scene. Veterans and airplanes roar overhead and drop i Vete-Morial Post 5267, VFW, Jast night adopted a resolution criticizing officials of Wilkes College for scheduling examinations Memorial Day. Edward C. Doijk, adjutant, aid he bad been told by stu-t dents this will be the second successive ear for the college to hold examinations on the holiday.

Principal objection by the post to the holiday examinations is that they prevent veterans who arc college students from participating in Memorial Day exercises. The post voted $10 to William Jones, an orphan from Wilkes-Barre, who will be graduated in June from the Scotland School. Attorney Stephen Teller will be principal speaker at the Memorial Day service of the post at Hanover Green Cemetery at 9:30 a. in. following a parade from the Buttonwood Theater, Itutter Street, at 9.

mp lf'11 CP1 $JUU lVlllllOn tO pl.i Billion Savings Seen Washington, May 23 (JP) Sav-' itnn nnn mm i enn inn ruin UL JWW.UUU.WU LU ai. JUU.UUU.UUU in the enormous military budget: 1 Northrop Says Children Will Be Admitted Free 1 During Daylight Hours Only children residing In Wilkes-Barre will be admitted to the city's three municipal swimming pools this summer and use of the pools will be free to them during daylight hours. Councilman J. Bowden North-- rup, director of the Department of Parks and Public Property, said yesterday the pools will open on June 18 and that before that time city public and parochial school Children will have individual cards entitling them to use of the pools. ine aeparimeni is naving iz.uuu admission cards printed for distribution to children on school en-i rollment rosters.

Parents of pre-l school age children will be re-ouired to apply at City Hall for cards. School children will obtain theirs through their teachers. All three pools, Miner Park, Hollenback and Griffith Park, will De open irom a. m. io i.z and (rom 1 to 5 for free swimming.

A -Lfee of 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for children will be charged between. 6 and 9 p. m. Previously a fee was charged in the after noon aim qui ms wgin nuuia. -J 1 A i Griffith Park swimming has al ways been free.

City Solicitor Howard E. Kennedy said because the pools will be free, it is anticipated they will be overcrowded and since they were dedicated to the use of Wilkes-Barre taxpayers, he East Ross Street Man Is Convicted on 2 Charges Involving Jewelry It required less than 10 minutes of deliberation yesterday for a jury of 10 women arid two men to decide that Patrick Edmund Gilroy, ,39. rear of 18 Ross Street, was guilty of the two counts on Which he had been indicted, larceny and burglary. Gilroy was charged with bur glarizing the apartment of Doris Shonk, 18 East Ross Street, and taking jewelry worth $600. The Commonwealth claimed.

Gilroy entered the Shonk apartment March 17, 1948, by breaking a window, and tnen ransacKed tne residence. His claim was that he had been out for a good time and found on his own porch a topcoat, in the pocket of which was the jewelry. The jewelry was held by him for considerable time and was concealed in a glass jar which he had placed under the floor of his own residence. Some months later he pawned two pieces of jewelry under a fictitious name, and Doris Shonk happened to notice one of them In the window of a pawnshop. She notified city police and de- one piece of jewelry had been sold to a Baltimore pawn dealer.

Gilroy has no criminal back- ground and he insisted that he wealth and Attorney Albert W. Brobst the defendant. Milton Schlackman, York Juniors Sue White; Transit Company Milton Schlackman, city, and York -Juniors, Incorporated, 44 Carey Avenue, started suit in trespass yesterday against White Transit Company. 239 Old River Road, to recover damages allegedly resulting irom a motor vemcle collision. Plaintiffs aver that on February 9, 1948, Schlackman, an employe of York Juniors, was driving a Company car on South Franklin Street.

An autobus defendant com pany was operated by Robert Owens and was traveline in an opposite direction. About 160 feet from West Market Street, the street had been torn up to repair a steam pipe. In an attempt to get around the hole in the pavement, piainuirs allege operator oi tne defendants vehicle was careless and brought on a collision that resulted in an injury of Schlackman and wrecking of the car he was driving. bchiackman asks $5,000 demages and York Juniors ask $503.95 for damage to the company car. Attorney Andrew Hourigan, filed the suit.

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"fJ'- 60 tablets, 35c Shop Wisely Your Nearest Acme Has The Foods TouVVantAt The Prices You Want HP rw nest a machine from the tracks where it tectivM th welryi The stalled Saturday midnight but he jlnvestigation )ed to the arrest of leaped to safety. He was fined by Gilroy several days iater and the Peace Justice Frank Pierce ofrecovery of a large art of the Campbell for driving without an1 jewelry. operator's license. I Another development was that were declared today to be possible city officials will be invited, if Congress a more rigid Den') Pantelakos, ommander of unification law Valley Chapter 9. Dis- unitication law.

abjed Arnerican Veterans, will be Senator Tydings (D-Md), chair-, master of ceremonies. Other par-man of the Armed Services Com-i ticiDanls will be annonnrpH later Annual Sokol Day Is D1J this week, Commander Lacey said. ommendea they be closed to non-; measure placing more authority in residents. hands of the Defense Secretary In addition Kennedy cited aland providing for budget reforms. 1 IdllUCU JUIIC kept the jewelry while awaiting a lost advertisement which might Group 7, Slovak Catholic SokolJjvJMBnh nffirws mpt in Ashlev to outline I COat and Jewelry.

Gilroy was re- JiVo wc manded for sentence. fmgfor thP rnrnni vPr Judge L- presided. members for the coming year. I nictrint ntnrnv w.th.n drowning last summer in Ilollen-i A few hours before the Senate; Wr p. numbers by the Haddock Trio and back Park pool which resulted inltook up the bill.

Defense Secretary; WOFKerS olttlllJ? 1 lffllt vocal selections by Edward Stanis-a Federal Court suit being insti- Johnson was reported to have told! of Dupont. Helen Claire tuted against the city. "If the city i the committee in closed session! Schneck was accompanist for Is obliged to carry liability on its that the changes might make pos- Detroit, May 23 (JP) The Ford group singing, led by C. A. Detato.

pools, it might just as well be forcible $1,500,000,000 savings a Motor Co. and CIO United Auto: Guests included George Graver Mercy, Homeopathic and General Hospitals will present their inancial need-f prLl95QjQ Jh) members of the Budget Commit tee of the Wyoming Valley Community Chest this afternoon in the offices of the Chest Following these c6nferences the) YMCA will meet with the committee to discuss its financial requests. Following members of the committee will attend these meetings: Mrs, John T. Howell, James Anspacher, David S. Davis, Robert W.

Davis, Frank A. English, Robert Jones, Mrs. A. M. Sordoni, Christian Walter, William Goeckel, Mrs.

Frank W. Anderson, Eugene J. Considine, Edward Darling, J. Isaacs, John A. Kline, Charles H.

Miner, Dr. J. Tv Millington and S. Keene Mitchell, Jr. STERN'S HAND KOSHER PICKLES It innrmA'iAnt LLUd recipe boekltt lot STERN PICKLE WORKS, INC, DIPT.W fOWEU STREET, BROOKLYN 11, N.

Just Heat and Serve 59c lb. 45c 55c lb. Ib 33c 30c Creamy, Smooth DRESSING OS "LlHyman represented theCommon- on Sunday, June 26, at Sans 1 00Delegare9 at Rajly of 2-county Group in) Pittston YMCA Rally of Region 3, District 14-H, Lions International, embracing Lu zerne and Columbia Counties, was held in Pittston YMCA last night with 100 delegates present. Miltoi Richards of Wilkes-Barre, past district governor, was principal" speaker. He dwelt on loyalty to Lions' principles.

Fred H. Da-vies, past president of Pittston club, presented a Lions desk set to District Governor Conrad Fal-vello of Hazleton. In his response, Mr. Falvello told of the great work Lions International is doing in the promotion of good fellowship among the people of the world and for the underprivileged. C.

William McNulty, district deputy governor, called upon the club secretaries for their reports. Joseph Siesko, Nanticoke, and Wil- nam 11. LavL3, ruinca nunc, iir- troduced the officials of their zones, who gave their reports. Vincent J. McCooia was toast-master.

Patrick J. McNulty, president of the Pittston club, gave the address of welcome. Pledge of allegiance was led by Max War-shal, past president of the Pittston club. Rev. A.

Ward Campbell, West Nanticoke, president-elect of the Back Mountain Lions, gave the invocation. Paul C. Tigue, general chairman. opened the program and introduced the toastmaster. Entertainment program included vocal and dance of Ailentown, past district gover nor; Arthur Nailor, past president of Ailentown club and Dr.

Maurice Marmelstein or Carbon- dale. breek-Amencan League Deno Pantelakos, West Union Street, was elected president of the Greek-American Citizens League of Luzerne County at a 1 meeting in recreation nan ot tne, Greek Orthodox Church, East Ross Street. Other officers elected vice president, Teddy Manos, Wilkes-Barre; secretary, John J. Pappas, Wilkes-Barre, treasurer, Peter K. Kar-ambelas, Kingston; trustees, James Dukas, Edwardsville; George Per-dikes, Gus Panagakos, Gus Lim-beris and Gus Gouras, the latter four of Wilkes-Barre.

Refreshments were served by Harry Toleos and George Seretes. get the honest full quart! get Clicquot (Pronounced laid before the Senate the But Tvdines said: I "I'm not going to be quite so optimistic about the savings as the Secretary of Defense. I will bei satisfied if we save $500,000,000 year." Tydings' own estimates! wpoum to $600,000,000 to be "easily saved" under the bill. Car Skids on Tracks Collides With 3 Others Four automobiles were damaged on Market Street Bridee Sunday nicrht at 1,110 tirl-ian on Dntnmikila For Memorial Day Shop Early, operated by Joseph Trotsky, 9 simultaneous talks on a ictroot tfimrct curing I new union contract to replace the To Pay. Save Time And Money.

"Ready.To-Eat"Smoked street car tracks and collided with three others halted by a traffic light. Trotsky's automobile collided with vehicles operated by George Barry. White Haven: James Mc- held Souci Park. A track and field meet will be held on Saturday, June 18. Prizes will be awarded.

Group 7 will help Group 18 of the Lansford area in its youth program on August J4. j.it'. Edwardsville, presided. 26 Fire Department Candidates Examined Only 26 applicants of 41 notified to appear tor iire uivu service Board physical examinations yes terday in City Hall went through all phases of the examination. Four applicants failed to appear and 11 were rejected because they could not meet weight and height requirements.

The balance of 48 men on a list of 163 applicants have been noti fied to appear ror physical exam ination Wednesday morning at 8:30 by City Clerk Lucius K. Eldridge, board secretary Club STILL 15 KLEEK-0 Plus Deposit Elwee, 356 Grove Street, Sugar ilable conditions that now hinder Notch, and Emil Hallady, 262 steadier work and pay. Pringle Street, Kingston. Yo-Eddie Barber Shop Quartet Cruisermen Fred Pissott and of Ailentown, winner of a recent Paul Dietrick reported the Mc-1 national singing contest, enter-Elwee, Barry and Halladay ve-jtained with selections. An hides were waiting for the light I orchestra played throughout the 1 Q.

rUIU Umuany, OtriKlIlI! Workers sat tieht tndav wailing for Federal Mediators to make Ihe next move toward settlement of the 18-dav-old Ford strikp Arthur C. Viat, Detroit Regional Director of the Federal Mediation and CoiYcjivalioa SoRratv -said gui that he was "making various con tacts" for resumption of company union negotiations. Just when Viat might be able to bring representatives of the com- pany and union back together was not. clear. Talks were recessed at midnight Sunday.

UAW President Walter Keuther still insisted that union would refuse to consider further peace talks- until Ford agreed to one that expires July 15. MANUFACTURERS (Continued from Page 13) ninner. Entertainment was fur nished by William Pntchard. Scranton Plan Approved Ilarrisburg, May 23 (Legislation authorizing establishment of the two-platoon firemen's system in Scranton today received Gov. James II.

Duff's approval. Tim limiic fho nf firemen to 50 hours during the Hm-inr tho nitrht Kd, unless the day and night hours are equalized at 60 hours a week. GET RID OF TRIPLES OVERNIGHT WITH COD LIVER OIL Imagine clearing up ugly akin blotches and pimples while you sleep. No fuss, no long expensive treatments. New Cod Liver OiH Cream does it for you pleasantly and quickly or it doesn't cost a cent.

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They said no nn IniiiroH i a h.i 1'iuimliiiioiit to I riini Midland, May 23 (JP) Judge Henry Hart sagely fitted tie punisnment to tne crime in Municipal Court today, Paul Warren, 21, and Jack Dore- mire, 18, were brought in on a charge of crashing a wedding party and running away with the cake. They said they did it on a dare. After pondering a moment, Judge Hart ordered them to buy a wedding present and give it to the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wackerly.

If they did that, he said, he'd forget about the $15 fine. Medical Director Dies Uniontown. Mav 23 (JP) Dr. ueorcp eagnrripn K4 a MPrtirn Director for the Miners' Welfare Fund, died in Uniontown hosoitali alter a briet illness. jet W0r6 Of the "finest Fine flavor-aged ginger ale livelier sparkling water and 4 ounces more than many so-called "big" bottles.

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28c 25c Hom-De-Lite Heinz Brown Ideal Pineapple Heinz Sweet Olivar Stuffed Wilkes-Barre residents," he said. AV0CA DIRECTOR (Continued from Page 13) 'fee illegal "arid then' left the balding. The meeting had not- been called 'to order. Prior to the time of the special "meeting Mrs. Finnan had solicited Mrs.

Ryan to vote for Mrs. Odgers to fill the vacancy caused ty her husband death. On prior occasions Mrs. Finnan had been notified of special meetings by telephone. After Mrs.

Jtinnan lett the school Ku'lHincr iha rpmaininc Hirpptnrs proceeded to fill the vacancy by aiinnintmont nf Amhrnsp Doran. in his discussion of the testi mony, Judge Valentine finds that the special meeting of September 14 was defective in that it neither specified the business to be considered nor that the meeting was ealled for "general purposes." Sec-tion 309 of the School Code pro7 i vides, "no business shall be trans-; acted at any special meeting ex-Cept that named in the call sent to the members for such special meeting: provided, that special meetings may be called for gen- erai purposes. Ihe court said: "the fact that the notice did not designate the hour or place of the meeting might ln V16W hC ltC KV? ail weie nem in uie same toom in the school building at 8 R. m. However, business not speci-! i a.

i li i i i 1 1. 1 nea in uie can cuuiu noi oe legauy; iitj i at sdiu special nieeuiig. "Had Mrs. Finnan remained and taken part in.the meeting, the fact that the business transacted was not within the call would be im- material. "It is conceded that Mrs.

Finnan did not remain nor participate in I the meeting, and her testimony that she left before the meeting 1 Had been called to order is corroborated by that of Thomas Mc-Hale, an entirely disinterested person, who was present and who said that Mrs. Finnan protested about the non-legality of the meeting due to the terms on the card didn't specify what It was for' and after she left 'the meeting was called to '''The fact that Mrs. Finnan rro- tested the legality of the call for ine special meet ne. nor nar-1 ticipate in the business transacted, and concededly did nothine to wuiy we aciion or ine remaining mempers in appointing the defendant leads us to the conclusion that said appointment was illegal, and In violation of Section 309 of the School Code." Attorneys Mitchell Jenkins and Donald Mills appeared for plaintiff and Attorneys John R. Reap, and John R.

Reap, appeared for defendant. Davis Case Held in Advisement by Judge JJohn George Davis, Wilkes-. Barre; indicted for tradulent conversion of money was called for trial beiore Judge John J. Aponick. Defendant waived trial by iurv Case was prosecuted by Chief of Police J.

Russell Taylor. was charged by the Common wealth that Davis solicited orders for honey in the city and that money was paid him, but honey was never aenverea. 4 juage AponicK neia tne case Under advisement. Assistant District Attorney Na- than Hyman appeared for the Commonwealth. INDUSTRIAL FUND rfj; (Continued from Page 13) 'Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce who attend the weekly round-table luncheons, will dispense with the round-table discussion tomorrow in order to attend the first report meeting of the Industrial fund drive at Lazarus Auditorium.

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