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THE YEATHER Cloudy, Warmer Today; Saturday. Fair, Moderate Temperature. (See Page 2) FINAL EDITION THE KVKMNG NEWS FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 307 Enterpd ts second clnss mattpr June 30, 1937 (he postofflci Asbury Psrk.

N. undpr th art of Mar. 3. 1B79 ASBURY PARK, N. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913 Published daily, xfpt Sunday, at 40S Mattlson Asbury Park.

N. J. PRICE FOUR CENTS Par ng Press ASBURY Even Four More Men To Stand Trial Fortresses Hit Paris Suburbs 2 Colored Men Hold Up Operator of City Store, Flee With $125 in Loot Red Spearheads Near Nazi Bug River Line Along 200-Mile Front Girl Romps Into Home, Finds 2 Servants Dead Long Branch Officer Ends His Life by Shot Missing in Action Harry Rubin Hands Over Receipts as Kanriit Covers Him Willi (inn Two colored men held up a city storekeeper last night at the point of a gun and fled with $125 in loot. The victim was Harry Rubin, operator of a confectionery store at 701 Emory street, and Police Chief El-wood H. Patterson expressed the opinion that the holdup men were the same two that took $200 from an Eatontown grocer Tuesday night.

Mr. Rubin told police he was alone in the store when the two men entered shortly after 10 p. m. They said they wished to purchasB some candy, he related, but when he went behind the candy counter, one of the two men pulled out a revolver and demanded his money. The storekeeper said he had just removed the day's receipts including $75 in cash and a check for $50 from the cash register and placed it in his wallet and expressed the opinion that the pair had been loitering outside the store and had observed his actions.

Covered with Gun While the man with the gun covered him with the weapon. Mr. Rubin said, the second robber took the money, which he said he readily handed over, and ran out of the store. The second man backed to the door and then followed the first in flight. Chief Patterson said that police -A i.

jf i ii Advance Units Onlv 30 Miles From River After (Ireatest Eastern Rreaklhru MOSCOW. (P) Russian fortes streaming thru the greatest hole yet torn in Nazi defenses have broken into the outer Bur river line in a driving offensive that has split the routed remnants of Nazi General von Mannstein's legions and carried to within 30 miles of the river itself, front line dispatches said today. The Russian column sweeping toward the Hug, Germany's next line of defense along the South-Central front west of the Dnieper river, thrust down the Kicv-Zhmerinka railway to open a deep wedge in the reeling Nazi army. Vatutin's vanguards were reported 1o be within 43 miles of the old Polish border and within 90 miles of the Dniester river which forms Rumania's old eastern boundary. With the Warsaw-Smela railway several at captured Ka.atin, only one supply line remained open to the retreating Nazis before the main line itself is endangered.

one supply line from Poland winds southeastward thru the Ukraine and the Red army advance has carried to within 20 miles of the supply link. Cutting of this line would mean that all supplies for Nazi forces in the Dnieper bend and west of Kiev would have to move over the Odessa-Lwow railway. 30 Miles From Upper Bug The advance column sweeping snuthwestward toward the old borders of Poland and Rumania was but 30 miles from the provincial center of Vinnitza on the Upper Bug river. Vinnitza lies only 60 miles from the Dniester. iThe Friday German communique also indicated that the Russians were on the offensive again north of Kirovograd, in the Dnieper bend, where German forces were reported to have been counterattacking yesterday.

I i "A gap in the German lines north of Kirovograd has been closed." the announcement said tersely, adding (See RUSSIANS Page 3 (Staff Correspondent LONG BRANCH A Long Branch police officer was found dead of a bullet wound in the heart here yesterday and Police Chief Thomas S. Marks termed the case a suicide. The victim, Henry R. McConnell, 42. a veteran of 20 years of service in the police department, was found in the lavatory of a tavern at 501 Springdalc avenue, a short distance from the McConnell residence at 635 Overton place A note addressed to his wife, Susie, and their 16-year-old daughter, Kathryn, which was found in an overcoat pocket, led police to believe that he had taken his own life.

The note pencilled on the back of a bill and bearing evidence of having been written for some time, spoke of sleepless nights and continuous worry and asked the forgiveness of the officer's wife and daughter. Off duty and in civilian clothes, Patrolman McConnell had sat with other men in the tavern for several hours giving no indication by' his actions that he planned to commit suicide, said Detective Capt. Robert Gurley. who with County Detective John Woodward conducted the investigation. Police said they were told that he had seemed in no way disturbed when he left his home during the morning.

Captain Gurley said that he was told by Fred Sciallo. 5 Mitchell terrace, who found the body, that the officer had locked himself in the lavatory. Neither Sciallo nor several other men in the place at the time heard (he report of the shot, fired from the officer's .32 caliber service revolver. Chief Marks said, and theorized that Patrolman McConnell had muffled the sound by pressing the weapon close against his body. The tavern where the shooting occurred is operated by Robert Pucci, of the Springdale avenue (See OFFICER Page 11 1 STAFF SGT.

JOHN C. C.RAY Unit in Action PVT. ALEXANDER SCOTT, JR. Scolt Wounded On Battlefield Mrs. Alexander Scott, 1000 Summerfield avenue, this city, has been notified hy the war department that her husband.

Pvt. Alexander Scott, was seriously wounded in action in Italy on Nov. 13. The telegram slated that she would be kept advised of his condition. She had previously had a cablegram from her husband stating that he had been wounded in the arm but was recovering in a hospital in North Africa She has had several letters from him sinre that time, in one of which he stated that he had been awarded the Purple Heart.

Private Scott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Scott, sr. 96 Summit avenue, Neptune City. They have five sons in the armed services.

They are Fireman First Clays Robert A Scott, of the navy Sca-hees. stationed at Camp Parks. Ga Corp. Frank Scott, in a signal construction company in North Africa; Seaman First Class Charles Scott, stationed in the Pacific, and Corp. Thomas Scott, in a signal aircraft warning detachment at Drew field, Fla Two son-in-laws also are serving in the armed forces: Master Sgt.

Frank Oakley, who is in New Guinea, and Pfc. Jack Hajari, a drill instructor at Parris Island. Pvt. Alexander Scott, was inducted into the service on April 5 of this year He received his basic training at Camp Croft. S.

and was then sent to Texas. Immediately following his first furlough, he was sent overseas, landing in Italy in October and being wounded just a month later. Mrs. Scott, is a hostess at the Marine Fountain room at Stein-bach's. (fiiunlMnan Hurt Edward Oliver, 19.

a coast guardsman stationed at Brook, injured his forehead and nose when he fell from a truck there yesterday. He as admitted to Fitkin hospital. Francis Phillips. 847 Central avenue, this city, who cut his hand while opening a can. and John La- Vance.

9. of 403 Church street. Spring Lake, who was cut with a knife, were treated at Fitkin and released yesterday VI. n. 1 1 ft i 1 1 On Vote Charges Judge Brennan Schedules Cases for Next Week.

Angerio Trial Tuesday (SlafT Correspondent) FREEHOLD Four of the principal figures around whom the Sterner-Donahay recount and the subsequent investigation of conditions in Long Branch's third ward, third district turned last spring and summer are scheduled tt stand trial before Judge Daniel J. Brennan here next week, it was learned yes terday from the prosecutor's office, John Angerio, 437 Prospect street. Long Branch, against whom 10 of the 150 indictments found by the April term grand jury were returned, is slated to stand trial on two of them. Angerio, who combined membership on the Democratic county committee with membership on the election board in his district, will face Judge Brennan and a jury on Tuesday to answer indictments charging him with unlawfully giving assistance to a voter. Disposition of these two indictments will leave eight others standing against Angerio, five of them for willful neglect of duty by an election officer, a third for unlawfully giving assistance to a voter, one for false certification of a tally sheet and the last for making a false election return.

Angerio was a central figure in the recount proceedings before Judge Robert V. Kinkead last June. The jurist subsequently found that fraud had been perpetrated in the district and knocked 45 votes off the Donahay total. Washington to Try Case As in the election cases already tried, Lee F. Washington, special assistant attorney general, will appear for the state.

Angerio will be defended by Joseph F. Mattice, Asbury Park Democratic leader, and Ward Kremer, also of Asbury Park. Mr. Kremer and Mr. Mattice likewise represented Surrogate Joseph L.

Donahay thru the recount and circuit court proceedings which were brought by the defeated Republican candidate, E. Donald Sterner. While on the stand in the former case Angerio testified he had given assistance to several voters who requested help on election day. Beside moving the two indictments against Angerio on Tuesday Mr. Washington has also set down for trial on that day the state's case against Peter A.

Esposito, 292 Willow avenue. Long Branch. One indictment was returned against Esposito for making illegal entries in a poll book All of Wednesday and most of Thursday will be devoled to the trial of Joseph F. Schibell, Mr. Washington planning to dispose of all five indictments found against the defendant.

Three indictments to be moved on Wednesday charge Schibell with making illegal entries in a poll book. A fourth indictment charging the same offense will be moved on Thursday as will the fiflh indictment which charges that Schibell "caused such illegal entries to he made." Schibell was Republi- can committeeman in the district. Thursday afternoon and Friday 'See FOUR MEN Page 6) Mrs. Matthews' Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Amelia Matthews, pioneer Asbury Park hotel operator, will be held Sunday at 3 p.

at the Fairy Memorial home here and burial will be made Monday in her native Middlebush, Somerset county. Mrs. Matthews died early yesterday at Fitkin hospital after she had been found lying helplessly injured and ill in the closed Delmonte hotel, 302 First avenue. Wednesday afternoon. Her plight was discovered by a postman when he noticed that she had not taken in her mail for several days Mrs Matthews had been a resident of Asbury Park for about 50 years and had operated the Delmonte for about 35 or 40 years.

The hotel had its beginning as a modest cottage and was remodelled and enlarged as its business grew to a 70-room hostelry. Mrs. Matthews was an active member of the Citizens and Taxpayers' association which campaigned successfully for a change In city government to the city manager form, and brought about the ousting of the administration of the late Clarence E. F. Hetrick a decade ago.

She was also a member of the Asbury Park Hotel association. Several niece and nephews survive Police Chief Elwood Patterson said today that his department was still investigating the case but had learned nothing further which would indicate how Mrs. Matthews was injured or how long she lay alone in the closed hotel. Discount- In Law Raid Nazi War Plants in Area Bombed in Followup to Yesterday's Record Plane Assault LONDON, (Pi American heavy bombers supported by American and R. A.

F. fighters smashed at targets in France today, it was announced, and the Paris radio said the bombs rained in the suburbs of Paris. FJxact nature of the objectives of the daylight assault were not announced by American headquarters as the year-end aerial offensive which had sent more than 3,000 planes thundering against enemy targets in the previous 24 hours raged on to a climactic finish. American planes last bombarded Paris on Sept. 15.

striking at the Cam ballbearing works and the Hispano-Suiza and Caudron-Renault airplane and motor works. Other American raids on the Paris region this year were on April 4 when the Renault works was hit, Sept. 3 when the Messerschmitt repair factory was smashed and Sept. 9 when an aircraft engine factory was the target. Paris was among 36 French towns warned in a B.

B. C. broadcast on Nov. 17 of impending Allied air attacks. Paris, administration center for German occupation authorities, also is a Nazi war production center.

The Renault works on Seine island at Billancourt is reported to be producing transport vehicles, tanks, and airplane engines. Nearby is the Gnome-Rhone works, which turns out airplane engines for the Germans. 1,500 Planes Vsed Yesterday Today's attacks were in the wake of an assault on an objective which was not announced but which may have been the chemical and poison gas works of the Germans at Lud-iSce FORTRESSES Page Bi Burns Pleads In Gun Sales (Staff Correspondent) FREEHOLD Patrick Burns. 84-year-old gunsmith who operates a repair shop at 19 Pine street. Asbury Park, yesterday pleaded not guilty to three indictments charging him with the sale of firearms lo a minor.

He was arraigned before Judge J. Edward Knight by Assistant Prosecutor Eugene Capibianco. Burns is charged with selling a revolver to George Carlin, 16, of "08 Emory street, Asbury Park; selling firearms without a license and, finally, unlaw ful delivery of firearms which is also an indictable offense. He appeared before Judge Knight without counsel and. having heard the indictments read by Mr Capibianco.

proceeded to explain the circumstances to Ihe court. Leon Anschelewitz. Asbury Park attorney who appeared as counsel for another defendant, was sitting in the courtroom at the time and Judge Knight assigned Mr. Anschelewitz lo the case. After conferring briefly with his new client.

Mr. Anschelewitz entered not guilty pleas to all three indictments. Bail was set at $500 on each indictment with Burns being held for trial on Jan 17 Deads Not Guilty John A. Newman. Malawan elec trlcal contractor, pleaded not guilly lo an indictment charging him with failure to carry workman's compensation insurance.

Fabio Pennetti, 18 i Beers street. Kcyport. an employe, was injured while at work on Sept. 17, 1942. Newman was released in the custody of his attorney.

Norman Currie, Kcyport, for trial Jan. 17. Joseph Ballerino. 906 Spring-wood avenue. Asbury Park, represented by Mr.

Anschelewitz. pleaded not guilty to three indictments charging him villi the sale of alcoholic beverages to as manv minors 'See COURT Page fii To begin. A little over two months ago we were bivouaced on the African shore of "Mare Nostrum" in a location which overlooked the placid, sunlit blue wal ers. We were fully aware then that our days before entering combat were rapidly drawing to a close. Thus we frequently peered out across this beautiful sea and gave ourselves lo musing where or when.

Finally, in the first days of September, with our guns tested and ready, all battle equipment issued, we boarded a ship in the troop-carrying service at an undisclosed North African port. Part of our group was assigned lo an English craft of a design adaptable to beach operations. While we sweated away a day or two waiting for this por- iSee SOLDIER Page 7i (SlafT Correspondent) LITTLE SILVER. Little Barbara Straus, six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Emmy It.

Straus, skipped across the yard of their Seven Bridge road estate yesterday afternoon and ran gaily into the outbuilding home of Charles Si veil Lee. the groom. Barbara was on her way for her daily romp with Holly, the cocker spaniel pet of Lee and Barbara's favorite The child burst into the living quarters of Lee and his ife. Elizabeth. Moments later, she ran out In alarm and sought out Joseph Mar-celh.

superintendent of the estate. "Charles and Elizabeth are asleep on the kitchen floor," exclaimed the little girl Marcelli rushed to the Lees' quarters to find the groom and his wife lying dead in Ihe kitchen, in front of a gas stove that was pouring deadly fumes into the room. It was not determined how long the couple had been dead. Neither had been seen outside the place for several hours Authorities today were ing to locale relatives Mrs. Lee.

who are in their Late this morning no couple had been located. There were investigations by three police agencies, but no decision had been made on the ques tion of whether the double tragedy was accidental or deliberate. Mrs. Straus, who did not learn of the tragedy until she returned from New York last night, said that Lee was a well-known horseman and was once a seven-goal polo player. He worked on several large estates along Shore I I been 'at the Straus place the past two years, lie also operated a riding stable in West Long Branch.

Marcelli told authorities that there was no food on the stove in the Lee place. The oven gas cock was open and two range burners were also turned on. he said. Little Silver Chief Fred Ziegler. rnuntv rietec-iSee SERVANTS Page 31 Laundry Truck, Load Burned Fire in a large Lackawanna Linen service truck did $2,000 damage to the contents and considerably more to the truck Tuesday afternoon.

The truck, which serviced restaurants and hotels with linen, had been returning from Lakewood. ac cording to the company's Asbury Park office, when the driver, Phillip Simplicio, 56 Ridge avenue. Asbury Park, decided that the strange odor he had been noticing for several minutes indicated fire. He stopped at Oakwood road and River avenue, Bel mar. to call the fire department.

According to the Belmar police report, the blaze originated in the motor anil traveled back thru the truck Belmar firemen fought the fire for nearly an hour, at the same time removing as much of the linen as possible. Both Fire Chief Frank Frosch and Assistant Chief Harry Bennett said that they had not been able to attend the fire and could not give a report on it. Chief Frosch said that he had not yet received a report on the fire from those at the scene. The company office said that records indicated that most of the large rig's load had been destroyed in the blaze The loss of the linen alone was placed at $2,000 while damage to the carrier was not estimated A company spokesman said that the truck had a capacily of 318 cubic feet. In Ihe truck at the time of the fire, according to the spokesman, were: 2,700 napkins.

253 tops or small tablecloths. 600 regular size tablecloths. 800 sheets. 850 pillow cases. 50 dresser scarves, 975 face towels and 1.500 bath towels.

Maj. Edward Of Accident (Special to The Press) ISLAND HEIGHTS Maj. Edward Francis Drake, brilliant young graduate of Rutgers university and Rhodes scholar who was an Intelligence officer with Maj Gen. James A. Doolittle's air force in North Africa, has died in an accident overseas.

Mayor Henry Drake and Mrs. Drake, parents of the 31-year-old Drake. Bedford Hills. N. Satur- dav of the death of their son The major's mother said this morning (hat a telegram from her son's wife received Saturday said that lite young woman had been informed by the war department Major Drake was dead "as the re-suli of an accident There are, as yet.

no further de Plenty Of Glassware Alt ImmnUl. sir, I i frnr.nrv iintni' restaurant bar supplies. 15 So. Main Asbury Park. adv Everybody welcome.

New Year's Eve party at Moose Hall, 510 Cook- man Ave. adv Carpenter and builder. R. E. Whit- endeavor- kin of the Listed Missinir SlafT Sgt John Gray, army avia tion engineer, has been missing in action in tho North African area since Nov.

26. according to word received by hi is wife. Mrs. Jeanette D. Gray, 1521 Seventh avenue, Neptune.

The adjulant general sent the morning. Sergeant Gray is 24 and a veteran of more than two years in the army. He went overseas about Oct. 1 of this year. He had been unable disclose his exact whereabouts in his letters to his wife The sergeant and Mrs.

Gray have a son, John Robert, who is 18 months old. Sergeant Gray's mother, Mis. Harry Gray, lives at 7 Hollywood avenue. Long Branch. Sergeant Gray, who attended Long Branch high school, was inducted by the army Oct.

1941, at Fort Dix. He trained at Fort Belvoir, Va Westover Field, Mass Bradley Field, Conn Dyersburg, army air base, and Brookley Field, Ala. At Dyersburg, he was a member of a cadre which organized and trained an engineer battalion for airplane ground crew service. The sergeant's wife and son are making their Home with her parents. Mr.

and Mrs. J. Henry Dangler, at the Neptune address. Hotel Is Sold Hy Lakewood (Special to The Press) LAKEWOOD -The (io-room Virginia hotel. Main street, was sold by the township committee at public auction last night to Samuel Fischer, this place, for $3 200 The hotel, once operated hy W.

J. Casseday. a former township committeeman, has been closed for about 10 years. Mr. Fischer was high among three bidders.

The hotel was put up for sale after the committee received an original offer of $2 500 from Max Lepelder, Lakewood. The other bidder was Frank Cook, local real estate broker. Amory J. Parimiiticr, township collector, reported that a delinquent tax sale held Wednesday netted the township $3,000 in cash Of more than 100 parcels disposed of. many were bought in by the Tax Investment company.

Newark. There were some individual buyers and several properties reverted to the township. The annual report of Road Snper-(See LAKEWOOD Page ID Drake Dies in War Area tails, she informed her mother-in-law. Major Drake died Dec 21. Mrs.

Drake said here this morning that her sou had indicated in letters lo his wile and to his parents that he expected to be in England soon and said that a day after Christmas his wife had received letters showing that he had apparently made his trip to England. Whether he died in England or North Africa is not known, however. Major Drake entered the army in April. 1942. He rose from the rank of second lieutenant to captain within seven months, receiving his captaincy last April.

He was made a major in October, after the mini- mum waiting period of six months required before elevating a captain to a major. When he passed Ins examinations (See DRAKE Page ID James Isola 11 1 i rt lln ini H.niu tinh run bell and Bill Dobson serving your favorite drinks. a(lv Dr. Trusty Will be available at his Asburv Park office daily. adv Paul O'Brien's, Wanamassa.

Open house New Year i Eve. adv had traced the flight of the robbers for several blocks but lost the trail at the Munroe avenue railroad crossing. There, he said, a flagman observed the pair, and said one ran nnrlh i railroad. The trail had been picked up at the store hy Patrolmen Max Wil liams and Joseph Sheehan, who re- iponded lo an in a police car and arrived only a few minutes after the robbers fled. Indications were, the chief said, that the men ran west on Sewall avenue, south on Bond (See HOLDUP Page 2 Coal Situation Still Critical The coal shortage situation wat no better along the Shore than anywhere else on the eastern seaboard today and nowhere in the picture was tyhcre any grounds for an op-tiimtic relief that the condition would improve.

The storv here was much the same as everywhere else: Little if any household-heating fuel and practically no chances in sight that any would be forthcoming right away. Dealers admitted that Ihe situation was as serious as ever and hopes of any immediate improvement were groundless. Lester Weller. of Weller'n inc who has kept in close touch with the situation, said that dealers were trying to arrange for high-grade soft coal shipments but not even that could he arranged satisfactorily. Soft coal, he pointed out, could be burned in home-heating plants if any could be obtained.

"Its still as serious, there's no improvement." Mr. Weller said this morning. "We don't know what to do." He saw little hope for encouragement as a result of the embargo placed nn shipments of anthracite to the Middle West, contending that the small amount of that type fuel ordinarily burned there was "only a drop in Ihe bucket" for the eastern section. Along with the report of the embargo came today the announcement that proposed appointment of a state solid fuels administration by Gov. Charles Edison is scheduled for discussion by the governor's war cabinet at Trenton next Tuesday.

A source close to the governor, who announced the pending action yesterday, said Col. Charles H. Schoeffel. slate police superintendent and a war cabinet member, now was handling requests received by the cabinet for aid in obtaining coal. Meanwhile, the city of Newark bought 33 tons of coal from th hoard of education and officials expected to have at least 203 tons in its stockpile when it starts distributing the fuel to emergency rases in small amounts next Monday at five fire stations.

Previously. 170 tons were set aside for the city by an industrial plant. The pea coal bought from tht 'See COAL Page 6) The Press Today SPECIAL FEATIRES Classified P. IS Comics Vg. 14 Editorials P.

Radio Program Pi. Social News Pis. 10-11 Sports News 12 Maj. Al Williams Pg. Evans Belmar Hotel Lunch.

12 to 2:30, 75c up. Dinner, 5 30 P. M. to 8 30, $1.35 and up. Dancing Sat.

Sun. nite with Don DeVito and his Rhythm orchestra. 'y vations for your New Year celebra- tion. Belmar 50 or 1008. 112 5th Belmar.

adv Ic own makt fresh dally. Home-made candles. Francis Sweet Shop, 318 Main Bradley Beach. aav Richter Takes Posl as Chief LONG BRANCH Rich.frd Richter, first assistant fire chief in this city for the past year, will be installed in the office of chief of the department at a ceremony tonight as the new year is welcomed Chief Richter will succeed Thomas Schneider in the office and will take office immediately after Chiel Schneider sounds taps from Box 35, Broadway opposite city hall, which is in front of the Atlantic Engine company quarters the company to which the outgoing chief belongs. The ceremony, part of the annual New Year's eve celebration among the fire department circles, will also see Kenneth Vale installed as first assistant chief and Paul White, to the office of second assistant chief the post to which he was elected in the early December balloting.

Chief Richter, a member of the F.lbernn Kngine company, has served in both the first assistant and second assistant chief's posts, having been elected to the latter post in the election two years ago. The ceremony will include the Hounding of the one lap and nine taps by Chief Schneider, the outgoing or-fic'al. Chief Richter, will then tap nut 4-4, completing the 1-9-4-4 series. As the fire alarm system sounds the final taps of the number, the new chief takes office. Badges and other credentials will be presented to the new chief at a reception to be held New Year night at the Atlantic Kngine quarters.

This gathering is. by custom, held at the quarters of the engine company to which the outgoing official belongs. Chief Richter, In his posl of fust assistant chief of the department, has been in charge of tho auxiliary department and civilian defense fire department organization. During the summer months, Chief Richter conducted drills among the auxiliary members, using the government supplied civilian defense equipment. Evidence of the organization was shown last week during a general alarm fire in the city, when auxiliary members responded to the alarm with their equipped emergency truck and manned hose lines at the blaze.

In assuming control of the department. Chief Richter will have at his command a nine-company department, with 12 pieces of fire apparatus to call upon for any emergency. The auxiliary department, which will remain under Chief Richter's command, also can contribute many men and two pumpers to t(ie Are fighting equipment of the city. Burns Arc Fatal To Woman, 88 (Special to The Press) POINT PLEASANT Mrs. FZlsie Ann GifTord, SB.

died yesterday afternoon in Point Pleasant hospital of burns suffered when her clothing caught fire in her llerbertsville home Dec 17. Mrs. Gilford leaves, among other relatives, 19 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. She was the widow of Theophilus GifTord. The elderly woman was burned severely about the back and lets 12 days before her death, her clothing apparently having been ignited by hot ashes which she had removed from a stove.

A friend saw her leave her house and noticed that her rlothes were afire, altho Mrs. Clifford seemed unaware of it. The friend, Mrs. James A. Osborn, who occupies an apartment in the Gilford home, pulled the clothes from Mrs.

Gilford and first aid men were called to lake her to the hospital. Tho Mrs. GifTord was unable to explain what had happened, friends said that she had apparently just finished removing ashes from the stove before she was burned. When she stepped nut of her house. It was believed, the wind fanned her smouldering garments into flame.

Mrs. Gilford's survivors include a son Charles Spring Lake Heights, and a brother, John Morton, llerbertsville. The hodv was removed to the If. Allen Vanllise funeral home. served as an interpreter of French in the provost marshal's office in North Africa.

His letter follows: Dear Dad: They have decided to let us tell a little bit more intimate- Iv about the war in Italy. The purpose of this long letter is riuofold: 1. To provide you with an eyewitness account of the first Ameri can landing In Europe during World war II. 2. For my own files, since I kept no continuity in the few notes and observations 1 put to paper at that time.

Naturally the perspeclive of this short account is distorted by the patent limitations of the focus utilized. In other words, my im pressions only cover a small phase of a long scale amphibious action in which I was fortunate enough to participate. The reading public, incidentally, should keep this fact in mmd when Ihe stories relayed back by regular correspondents do not seem to fit together in a harmonious pattern. Sunday baked goods on Saturdays. Thank you: Schreiber's Bakery, moo Springwood Ave.

Happy New Vear Come and spend New Year's Eve with James Isola. Kingsley Bar, Kingsley Arms Hotel. No cover. No Freehold Soldier Tells Graphie Slory i Of U. S.

Landing on Salerno Beach I ing any theory of foul play the chief officer, learned from their daughter-said that she apparently was in- in-law. Mrs. Elvira Trowbridge (Staff Correspondent) FREEHOLD A graphic account of the American landing on Salerno's beaches last September has been written by Pfc Leslie Willis, son of Air and Mrs. George A. Willis.

34 McLean street, this place, it was learned yesterday. Private Willis relates many of the obstacles overcome by the landing parties and also pulls the curtain aside on what goes on in a young man's mind when he receives his baptism of fire in that most difficult of all military operations landing on a hostile beach. The riter is a graduate of Free hold high school, class of 1938. and of Monmouth Junior college. Long Branch, two years later.

He entered Rutgers university, graduating in 1942. and went into the army iin- niedialely. lie received his pre- liminarv training in held artillery communications at Fort Bragg. N. and is attached In the 3(ith division, a unit of the National Guard recruited from Texas and Oklahoma.

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M. adv Special Day Of Prayers In response lo the President's call, at the Congregation Agudath Achim, Bradley Beach. Saturday, Jan. 1, 1944 at 9 A. M.

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