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immm: FINANCIAL COMICS PUZZLES NEWS SPORTS CLASSIFIED JIM B. Allentown's Boys Haven Curbs Juvenile Crime PUBLIC PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY 14. 1944 By John M. Cummings i I 1 v.

Maid Accuses Friend of Plot Murder Suspect Declares ALLENTOWN, Dec. 13. IT IS NOT contended here in Allentown that they have hit on the? magic formula, the cure-all for juvenile delinquency. But they have something that conies pretty close to being the solution of a problem knitting the brows of public-spirited citizens all over the country; and if you don't believe It, conic to this town and take a look at Boys Haven. Time was when Allentown's Sixth Ward was a sort of Hell's half-acre- It was a section of the community where hoodlumism ran riot, where the law is held in very low esteem, if it was esteemed at all.

It was a section of whicli Bob Rhedans, founder of Boys Haven and now its executive director, could write: "County and police cojrt records glare out with the indisputable fact that during th 12 months immediately preceding the opening of Boys Haven, five boys in that territory, between the ages of 14 and 18, were invdved in the most serious charge of the entire category of crime murder; 77 other boys had been sent to various institutions of correction, and there was an average of 12 police calls a day from a section of the community where there was a general defiance of law and order." THERE you have a sum nary of the Sixth Ward before Bob Rhedans founded Boys Haven, an institution supported by the Community Chest. Thi? success of the Allentown effort has attracted the attention of wch nationally known figures in the juvenile welfare field as Father Flanigan, founder of Boys Town, and Sanford Bates, director of the Boys Clubs of America. Many years ago we worked in the Harrisburg vineyard with Prisoner Planned Robber Corrine Sykes. the Negro housemaid, who Is chared with th knife-slaying of her housewife employer, yesterday accused her boy friend of engineering the robbery which led to the slaying a week ago today. James C.

(Jaycee) Kelly, 39, the boy friend, is being held without bail for a further hearing Dec. 21 on a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the murder. Changing her story again as she was ouest inrvd BOND BUYERS ARE CITED AS BLOOD DONORS Genevieve Brennan, of 7116 Glenloch st. (right) shows a Blood Donors' citation awarded to personnel of the Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust 2nd and Chestnut to (left to right) Isabel le Lass, of 6013 Castor Theresa Lam-bos, of 401 1 Old York road, and Sophia Kandybska, of 2302 Margaret who display $100 War Bonds they bought at a rally yesterday. Experts Uphold City dPn Setcer Mute Epl The plan of City Council to fix flat rates for sewer service to finance construction of sanitary disposal plants in the city was upheld by two sanitation experts as the taxpayer's injunction suit to LEDGER MORNING.

DECEMBER Man Killed, 2 Hurt Storm Cras One death in the Philadelphia area was added to the toll taken by the season's first snowstorm when a traction company worker, sanding an ice-covered Intersection, was struck by an automobile and crushed against a truck early yesterday in Manoa. Another worker was critically in jured and the driver of the auto mobile suffered head and body in juries that confined him to Dela ware County Hospital for observa tion. 11 KILLED IN STATE Elsewhere in this country the death toll was 58 persons, 11 of them in Pennsylvania, while in Canada 18 persons lost their lives from causes directly attributed to Tues day's storm. Olindo Agatone, 66, of 21 W. Wyn- cllffe Clifton Heights, a la borer for the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co.

was killed here Giuseppe Taglioferro, 50, of 6255 Arch this city, another worker, was reported in critical condition in Delaware County Hospital suffering from fractures of both legs and an arm. internal injuries and multiple lacerations. AUTO RAMS INTO TRUCK Haverford township police said two men were covering the Icy highway in front of the Red Arrow Lines station at West Chester pike and Eagle road shortly before 6.30 A. when a car driven by Fred Nichol son, 50, of Newtown Square, struck them and rammed into the rear of their work truck. Meanwhile, western Pennsylvania, where the storm spent its fury, was digging out of a snow blanket that reached 28 inches in some sections The State Highway Department re ported that hundreds of trucks were still stalled yesterday on the Penn sylvania Turnpike.

Parents Assailed In Teen-Age Case Magistrate E. David Keiser, in holding two teen-age youths for further hearing on Saturday, on charges of stealing liquor for parties, declared yesterday that "we should bring the parents into court with their children in cases like this." Those held were George Black, 18. of Chadwick st. near Huntingdon, without bail, and Isadore Ra-kowieski, 19, of 18th st. near Diamond, in $5000 bail.

Five others, ranging in age from 15 to 16 years, were turned over to Juvenile Court. Sick Mother Asks Boy, 15, to Return Because of the illness of his mother, police yesterday renewed their search for Harry Lindsay, 15, who has been missing from his home at 2518 N. Cleveland since Oct. 3. The youth, whose six feet height and 204 pounds makes him appear much older, is believed to have left with a fellow pupil of the Dobbins Vocational School, 22d St.

and Lehigh ave. War Opens On Parking Violators Police Act to End Mid-City Peri The four-day-old campaign being conducted by The Inquirer against parking in restricted areas bore fruit yesterday as police took steps to clear the narrow and congested streets of cars parked double and on the running side of the highway. Under the watchful eyes of traffic patrolmen. South and Spruce sts. particularly were kept free of parking irregularities which recently have made the south-central area a major fire hazard, a survey showed.

VIOLATIONS UNCOVERED Isolated instances of disregard for parking regulations were still to be found in the section bounded by 4th and Broad however. One auto mobile was observed parking on the left, or running side, of South st. between 6th and 7th for 35 minutes in the period between 11 A. M. and noon at a point which would have blocked fire engines completely In case of an emergency.

On Spruce st. between 3d and 4th during the same hour, the driver of a fuel oil delivery truck was forced to enlist police aid in moving a double-parked car before he could reach the curb to unload. Improvement was also noted during the peak hours of the Wednesday night shopping rush last night. South st. west of 6th was kept relatively free of double parking, although cars were packed into the unrestricted parking spaces.

Virtually no parking on the left side of the street was noted over a two-hour period. Along 5th and 6th from Lombard to Bainbridge, no-parking regulations were still frequently ignored. DANGER OF PANIC GREAT Because the south-central section, site of hundreds of small businesses, is also congested and its buildings of ancient construction, the danger of panic there is extremely great in the event of any blae which firemen could not reach through traffic-clogged streets, it was pointed out by Walter W. Matthews, secretary of the fire prevention committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Traffic congestion remains serious on 4th st.

from South to Bainbridge, where push-cart markets occupy the entire west side of the street to within a few inches of the car tracks, but Mr. Matthews pointed out that elsewhere there are ample off-street parking facilities to accommodate the present reduced volume of vehicular traffic. AUTOISTS 'TOO LAZY "Motorists who park in the restricted areas are constant parkers, not transient customers of the neighborhood stores," he declared. Mr. Matthews deplored what he termed a general disregard of rush-hour no-parking regulations on streets in the central city, and asserted that parking violations might be eliminated If the mere hunts would co-operate, as some large department stores have done, in providing parking space for their patrons.

Shipworker Seized As Tax Defaulter Carroll F. Bieber, of 2d ave. and Maley Larchmont, Delaware county, was taken into custody at the gates of the Navy Yard last night on charges of failing to pay the fine Imposed for ignoring the city wage tax. Arrested by deputy sheriffs, Mr. Bieber was lodged in the county prison when he was unable to produce the $100 flue and $4 costs.

Fireman Is Found Hanged in Cellar Adam Waterson, 58, a fireman employed at the Association for Jewish Children Home nt 700 E. Church lane, Oertnantown, wn.i found denrt last night, hunting from a rafter in the basement of the building. Police said he had committed suicide. The engineer. Frank Clnrk.

discovered the body In the boiler room while making his rounds. Mr. Clark told investigators Mr. Water-son had been ill for some time. He was pronounced dead at German-town Woman Injured In Freak Accident Miss Eileen Shiffert, 40, was the victim of a freak accident shortly after midnight last night when she entered her car, parked on a parking lot at the southeast corner of 12th and Sansom and accidentally stepped on the gas pedal.

The car, which apparently was in gear, shot forward about 20 feet, leveled the lot attendant's shack. Crossed Sansom st. and smashed into a building on the northeast corner, setting off a burglar alarm in the building. Miss Shiffert was taken to Jefferson Hospital where she was detained with lacerations of the lip and shock. BENNY by Assistant District Attorney uounty jjeiecuves winiam j.

Connelly, the 23-year-old wom an admitted. Chief Connelly said, that she murdered Mrs. Freeda Wodlinger, 45, in the Wodlinger home at 6305 N. Camac but insisted that Kelly planned the job. ACCUSES BOY FRIEND Corrine, who obtained her Job with false references and under an alias two days before the crime, said that Kelly "cased" the Wodlinger home, told her how to steal the Wodlinger jewels and met her a block from the Camac st.

dwelling a few minutes after the slaying. Kelly, who was arrested a few hours after the maid was picked up last Saturday, maintains that he knew nothing of the murder until he read about it in the newspapers. JEWELRY MISSING Corrine, it has been established, went directly from the murder scene to Kelly's apartment on 23d st. near Master, and changed her clothes. leaving a blood-stained skirt and sweater behind as she went into hid ing.

Kelly led detectives to another apartment about two blocks from his home where a diamond ring belong ing to Mrs. Wodlinger was found under a carpet. Two other rings, a string of pearls and a fur niece also stolen, have not yet been located and search for them is being pressed by detectives under Captain William C. Engle, of the Homicide Squad. PAWN TICKETS FOUND Meanwhile, detectives disclosed that pawn tickets for four pieces of jewelry were found in Kelly's apartment, leading to the belief that Cor rine had victimized other householders for whom she worked as a domestic.

The pawn tickets were for two wristwatches, a stickpin and a mar-casite brooch with the initials Detectives said that the articles were pawned by Kelly. EMPLOYERS SOUGHT It also was learned, detectives said, that Corrine earlier used the name of Bernice Williams while in the employ" of other Philadelphians and police were trying last night to check all of her previous employers to determine if she had stolen from them. Meanwhile. Deputy Coroner Matthew A. Roth announced that an inquest into Mrs.

Wodllnger's death would be held as soon as the District Attorney's office made the request. Corinne; an ex-convict, has committed to Moyamensing Prison without bail, charged with murder and robbery. 2 Stray Horses Found by Police Two stray horses, picked up by police, found comfortable lodgings for the night In station houses while efforts were made yesterday to locate their owners. One of the animals, a blind chestnut gelding, was chased for 30 min utes through Roxborough before it settled for the warm accommoda tions of the Manayunk police sta tlon. The second horse, a black mare which was unshod, was found wan dertng in the neighborhood of Front and York sts.

and needed little urg-Iiir to go along to the garage at the 41 and York sts. station. The Initials U. S. were marked on the brass plate of the mare's harness.

Pay Yule Bonus to 3200 More than 3200 employes of the Horn fe Hardart Baking automats, restaurants, retail shops and bakery have received bonus checks totaling $250,000, it was announced yesterday, with many employes, now In the armed forces receiving a full year's bonus. The Christmas bonuses are based on the average annual earnings of an employe with Horn Hardart for more than one year, increasing with the number of years of service. Bob Rhedans. As luck would have it, he was the first Allentown acquaintance we encountered a few minutes after putting our brogans on the good earth of this center of culture and with its heritage of thrift handed down by the Pennsylvania Dutch. When you meet Bob Rhedans you might just as well reconcile yourself to a visit to Boys Haven.

And you won't be sorry. The Sixth Ward, as you've probably suspected, is located on the other side of the railroad tracks. There you will find a wide variety of racial offshoots and for years it had the reputation of being so tough that the cops patrolled the area in details of three. BOYS HAVEN originally was established in a vacant store. In this spot, with equipment which Mr.

Rhedans was able to scrape together, the work began. Bob Rhedans offered the boys from 7 to 18 something that took them off the streets. He provided them with recreational advantages calculated to occupy their busy minds. Soon Allentown began to hear of the reform that had taken place in the Sixth Ward. The cops walked the area with a new air of confidence.

The fear of iing a rock bounced off their heads vanished. Allentown not only heard of the reformation, but the citizens did something about it. They came to the assistance of Bob Rhedans. Men like Edmund T. Sa now president and chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Julius M.

Rapoport and Louis Neu-weiler and S. W. Traylor. Jr. John Y.

Kohl and a host of others took a hand, and presently JEoys Haven was established in a factory building where chairs on were manufactured. It was to this building that Bob Rhedans us last night. A hundred or more kids ranging from 7 to 17 or 18 were In the building. Eight billiard and pocket billiard tables and table tennis setups were going full blast or, the main floor. At the far end of the room the attendant then in harge had his office, and to him the kids came for advice which they always received along with understanding.

IN THE basement they hae a ring where John Orsolitis, an amateur lightweight, supervises the three-round goes. For an hour or more we watched the kids with their heavily padded gloves slug it out under the watchful eye of the Instructor. And by the way, Orsolitis was in Philadelphia tonight participating in The Inquirer's Golden Glove.1; contests. Here In the basement you will find punching bags and springboards, shower baths and o.hcr equipment calculated to build muscle and develop mental alertness. Go now to the second floor and in the front you will find a library of books of the sort which appeal to boys.

You will find there an artcraft department where boys who like to work with their hands turn out model airplanes, boats and houses built to scale. Until the closing hour joungsters who otherwise would be roaming the streets and gett ng into trouble remember the five murders in a year are occupied in, wholesome recreation in wholesome surroundings. As said in the beginning, it may not be the last word as a solution of juvenile delinquency, but it certainly is headed in that direction. Come up and see us some time. Ephraim Lipschutz and Chief of Maid Gets 22-44 Years For Thefts Court attendants had to carry a 33-year-old housemaid to an anteroom yesterday when Judge Edwin, O.

Lewis sentenced her to 22-to-44 years' imprisonment on her admission that she had stolen $10,000 from employers during the past two years. Judge Lewis bluntly iaformed the defendant. Mrs. Catherine Scott, Negro, of N. Jessup st.

near Stiles, that he was imposing a harsh sentence because he wanted it to be "an example to others who may be entertaining similar intentions." PRISONER SCREAMS The woman screamed and seemed auuuu io conapse as sentence was imposed. She had pleaded for an opportunity to "go to work, and pay everybody back." "You are not going to work. You are going to jail." said Judge Lewis. He added that if he had given her a maximum sentence on each indictment, she would have to serve 115 years. Detectives said they believe Mrs.

Scott had committed other thefts than those she admitted, but said that she, like other maid3 recently charged with taking jobs to loot; their employers, had lost count of the homes in which she worked. No Trace Found Of Trucks, Liquor Thieves who hijacked two trailers loaded with $60,000 worth of liquor Monday night from the loading platform of the Seaboard Freaght Lines. 1221 Mt. Vernon seemed to have disappeared into thin air yesterday. Neither the two huge trailers nor the 1460 cases of liquor they contained have as yet been located bv the police, a description or the trucks and their contents was broadcast over the police radio everv h.mr, and local police searched public aid private garages.

Each truck Is of capacity. Woman Receives i Shortest Sentence The shortest sentence ever imposed in the U. S. District Court-one day's probation was given an English-born housewife who pleaded guilty yesterday to casting a vote the September, 1943. election, before she was naturalized.

Mrs. Doris Conick, 32 of Mt. Vernon st. near 39tii, told Judge Harry E. Kalodner that she thought her marriage to her American-bom husband had made her a citizen of this country.

Mrs. Conick was born in LivcriH)l and came here when she was 18 months old. Hats Trap Five in Thefts Five youths, employed as helpers at the Amrnran Railway Express 9th and Master were arrested on charges of larrersy last night after detectives became curious about their new hats. The youths were taken to the 19' and Oxford sts. police station, where detectives said they admitted the hats had been stolen from boxes consigned to a Pittsburgh firm, and also confessed to thefts of other articles of clothing and five Army bazookas.

They gave their names as Nathaniel Turner, 20. of Oxford near 20th; James Dillard, 21, of Woodstock near Girard ave Ashmore Johnston, 19, of Ringgold near Norris; James Carter, 19. of Marston near Oxford, and Fred Jackson, 17, of Broad near Oxford. sponsored by the State War Finance Committee, the State Historical Commission, the State Department of Public Instruction and the State Federation of Historical Societies. First prize In the high school class, went to Elizabeth Gehrman.

representing West Philadelphia Catholic Girls" High School. Leon Pakman, a student at the Mary C. Wister School, received the first prUe in the elementary school division. Third prize in he high school cla.s went to Ethel McGulrk. representing the John W.

Hallahan Catholic Girls' High School, and second prize in the elementary schools class was awarded to Fred Kazan and Arthur Romano, of the George Washington School. block the proposal entered its third day in Common Pleas Court No. 6 yesterday. Nathan B. Jacobs, Pittsburgh sanitary engineer and consulting engineer to the Department of Public Works, and Samuel A.

Greeley, hydraulic and sanitary engineer, of Chicago, testified before Judge Gerald F. Flood that the city's plan embodied in an ordinance is fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory. OUTLAY OF $42,000,000 The proposal, which calls for an expenditure of $42,000,000 to erect plants and provide service to eliminate pollution of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers, is being opposed by John J. Gericke, of 2537 S. Kith a Federal employe, the Philadelphia Real Estate Board, United Business Men's Association, neighborhood and other real estate groups.

Mr. it cobs also took issue with W. Sprague Pardoe. professor of hydraulics at the University of Pennsylvania, who, in testifying for the litigants on Tuesday, said no equitable rate could be levied unless every property in the city was equipped with a water meter. METERING MINIMIZED "I do not think metering is essential to the fixing of rates," said Mr.

Jacobs. "It is desirable, but the meter is not the sole criterion of fair and equitable rates. There must be taken into consideration such matters us investment, taxes, carrying charges and so on. All these elements enter into the meter schedule and not only the quantity of water used." Mr. Jacobs said that while "some cities are metered, others are not, notably New York and Detroit, which are almost unmetered." Approximately 47 percent of the buildings in this city are metered at pres ent.

Mr. Gericke and the intervening litigants are seeking an injunction against, the ordinance on the ground the plan ntithorl.rd by It. will nearly double the present water bills. The litigants contend the city could finance the project without reflecting its cost directly Into the water bills. Witness Tells Of Liquor Deal N.

S. Estrada, president of the Spanish-American Trading of Galveston, testified before U. S. District Judge George A. Welsh yesterday that he made a trip to Philadelphia in June, 1943, to arrange to purchase liquor from the distilling firm of J.

A. Dougherty's Sons, 1135 N. Front st. The firm is charged with collecting more than $27,000 above ceiling prices on 2174 cases of liquor. Mr.

Estrada told the jury hearing the case that Samuel E. Rosenbaum, manager of the local company, suggested "extra" payn ents of $12.50 a case for cases of pints and quarts and $10 for each case of fifths. He said the co-defendant. Joseph Bin-enstock, president and treasurer, told him in a telephone conversat ion to destroy sales records. II Fi iremen 2 Pol icemen Promoted Four lieutenants and seven hose-men in the Fire Bureau and two acting detectives In the Police Bureau received promotions yesterday to fill the few existing vacancies, it was announced by Director of Public Safety James H.

Malone. He also appointed the widow of a former patrolman as a police matron. THE FIRE PROMOTIONS The following fire lieutenants were made captains: Peter J. Kelly, 47, of 5507 Westford road; William A. Timlin, 44, of 617 S.

57th Fred Gardner, 47, of 2739 N. 9th and Charles A. Carroll, 50, of 1217 At-wood road. Hosemen promoted to lieutenants were: Hugh F. Ward, 47, of 3427 Sunnyside Robert Fleming, 42, of 2216 Cantrell Harold Waitz.

43, of 4723 Northwood Gustav Frank, 36. of 3930 Houghton Charles Schrader, 44, of 7419 Montour Edward O. McDaniel. 45, of 6737 Dorel and Patrick J. Gallagher.

53, of 6106 Castor ave. POLICE PROMOTIONS Patrolmen serving as acting detectives and promoted to the permanent rank of detectives were: Francis J. Quirm. 44, of 3225 N. 27th and Edward McElhone, 43, of 2952 N.

26th st. Mrs. Elizabeth M. May, of 1207 Pratt widow of Edward May. patrolman who died in 1936, was appointed as police matron at the Trenton ave.

and Dauphin st. police station. Burglars Loot 2 W. Phila. Homes Two Adjoining semi detached houses tit 2262 and 22(i4 N.

51st t. in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia were broken into and ransacked last night as the occupants were out to dinner and shopping. The burglars entered through cellar windows and gained admission by breaking open the kitchen doors. Mr. and Mrs.

Abraham Kaplan, occupants of the first house, said silver, silks, jewelry and various household furnishings were missing, and Mr. and Mrs. William Kohn reported the loss of several valuable watches, a fur coat, silver and household furnishings. Couple Wed 50 Years Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Egan, of 9 S. 55th will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary tomorrow at a dinner given in their honor by their family. Mr. Egan is employed a.s a plumber at the Navy Yard. The couple has seven children and 17 grandchildren.

Seven Pimes Levied En Pin HBoy Violations Operators of seven city bowling alleys were fined yesterday by President Judge Charles L. Brown in Municipal Court on charges Phila. Pupils Win Seruphotflc Prizes Two Philadelphia schools yesterday won two first prizes and two other schools here won other awards in a State-wido scrap-book contest on "Our Community at War." The competition was By J. Carver Pusey in uieir employment or pin Doys I operators of four alleys paid $100 fines and costs, and three others were assessed fines of $25 and costs. Charges included the employment of boys under 14, the legal minimum working age; employing boys 14 to 16 after 7 P.

M. and failure to obtain working papers for most of the pin boys. In some cases, boys of 11, 12 and 13, who are not permitted under the law to work at all, testified that they worked from 5 P. M. to 1 A.

M. setting up pins in the bowling allies. $100 FINES ORDERED Fines of $100 and costs were ordered against Walter D. Moore and Harp Gilmore, owners of the Green Tree Bowling Alley, 28 E. Mt.

Airy Gerald Dietrick, proprietor of the Ogontz Bowling Alley, 6158 Limekiln pike; John Houldin, owner of the Grange Bowling Alley, 5749 N. Broad and Louis Solomon, owner of the Spruce Bowling Alley, 311 S. Broad st. Fines of $25 and costs were ordered for John J. Burns, manager of Bergman's Bowling Alley, 5610 N.

5th Samuel Madonne. manager of the Stenton Bowling Alley, Sten-ton ave. and Duval and Harry Karbacle, manager of the Chelten Bowling Center, Rittenhouse and Green sts. vi tiummis Luc uiiuu lauui laws Lodge Presents Funds to Yeshiva A check representing a fund to establish a non-sectarian scholarship to Yeshiva College, New York City, was presented to representatives of the college last night by the Julef E. Mastbaum Lodge, Brith Sholom, 510 Pine st.

The check was presented to Ixuis Levin, national chairman. National Organization of Yeshiva Collt ge, and Samuel A. Doctorow, executive secretary of the college, by William H. Ritz, president or the local lodge, and Joseph H. Smith, who was chairman of a lodse committee which raised money to create he scholarship fund.

Events of the Day Lions Club of West Philadelphia, meeting, Hotel Philadelphian, 11.15 P. M. Pan American Association, lun h-eon, Sylvania Hotel, 12.30 P. M. Junior Board of Commerce.

lun( h-eon. Engineers Club, 12.30 P. M. Executives Association, luncheon, The Warwick, 12.30 P. M.

Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers' Association, dinner, BeUevue-Stratf ord, 6.30 P. M..