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CUizons in Action -r Itf ervjee is renounce (HUt UlaOCtpttm Parents' Funds, Produce Fine THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1049 23 if- rorLn psing roiice rorce F. At Lehigh Housing Project Twenty-Second of a Weekly Series on the Work of Community Organizations in Philadelphia One hundred and 20 children at the city-built Lehigh Veterans Housing Project enjoy the aeneflts of playground equipment through the efiorts of a volunteer committee which was organized to provide it. This organization is callec' the Playground Cqmmittee of the Lehigh Veterans Housing Project and is composed mostly of parents who live in the in the project, a community of 92 veterans families at 30th st. and Lehigh ave. The committee came into being a year ago, when Mrs.

Ruth Bartivic, mother of two children, went from door to door at the project and asked residents vho were interested to discuss the proDiem oi providing outdoor facilities which would lead to more wholesome recreation for the children. Thirty of the project dvellers joined in the program and formed an organization. They elected Oscar Haimowitz, a student Cr r- stir 1 i '-i i jjrr I r--'M v. Hard Wort Playground president, and decided to hold I weeiuy meetings to wors out their program Mrs. Mary Welsh served as secretary and William Ivey as treasurer, By the end of last summer nearly $300 had been raised by the com-, mittee for installation of outdoor recreation equipment on the grounds of the project.

In addition, funds were raised to employ a professional supervisor for six weeks. "Our first move was to ask each family to contribute $1 toward financing the purchase of play-1 ground equipment." Haimowitz "This drive yielded $92 not enough to buy the six swings with a metal support we wanted at a cost of $130, so we decided to construct our own support of wood and buy the metal parts. This was how our program got under way." "With this savings." he continued, "we were in a position to order a full-scale sliding board for $48. TWO PARTIES YIELD $250 "Realing this was just a beginning, we decided to give an outdoor party and ask residents of the project who attended to make a contribution to the equipment fund. This venture was successful and we gave a second party.

The two netted us $250. "Then we bought the kids baseball and volley ball equipment, and later parallel ladders and a Jungle Jim." The chairman said some 70 of the 120 children living within the area! of the project were between the agesj of two and six. "Our next step," he said, "was toi seek the services of a supervisor, to give the children the kind of con-! structive recreational program which would be most beneficial." Haimowitz said he contacted John' V. Smith, chief of the city's Bureau; of Recreation, but Smith explained it was too latei the summer to make such arrangements. The officers of the recreation committee turned again to the project's residents and 70 of the families agreed to pay 50 rents a week for the salary of a trained supervisor, who was engaged through August and half of September.

Haimowitz said that, "in recogni- tion of the veterans' unusual effoit to provine meir own piay rquipmrm lor the children. Smith assigned a city recreation supervisor at the project playground this summer BUY 20 SMALL SWINGS The committee bought 20 nursery swings for the smallest children at the Proct an? 38 10 reinforce I I I i-v''iA 1948 CHAMP ENCOURAGES PHILADELPHIA MARBLES CONTENDERS Jean Smedley, center, the Philadelphia girl who won last year's national girls' marbles championship, chats at the big U. S. tournament at Asbury Park with Janet Siers, left, and Joseph Pierre, Philadelphia's hopes in the current competition. Unmet Siers preparing for the rabbinate, as Itcgi stnirs Sit In Four Wards Traveling registrars sit tc 6 ay in jour wards from 1:30 P.

M. to 4 end 5 P. M. to 9. Ne voters, those who haie channcd addresses, those vishfng to change party affliction or those who have failed to vote in previous elections must enroll to be eligible th year.

Th1 locations follow: 17th Ward MofTct School 2d and Oxford t. Ludlow School southwest corner Randolph and Master sts. 1239 N. 4th st. 1247 N.

2d st. 18th Ward Chandler School E. ave. and Wildey st. 1223 Marlborough st.

Prnn Treaty School Berks and Thompson sis. 2Sth Ward 219 N. 23d st. 1412 W. Dauphin st.

1728 W. Huntingdon st. Stanton School 16th and Cumberland sts. Arnold School southwest 22d and Dauphin sts. Walton School northeast t-cer 28th and Huntingdon sts.

2331 N. 25th st. Mclntyre School orthwest corner 30th and Gordon sts. 2500 N. Douglas st.

3225 W. Dakota st. 2401 K. 19th st. 2554 N.

25 th st. 29th Ward Kelly School 28th st. and Columbia ave. 2338 W. Columbia ave.

Sartam School 30th and Oxford sts. 1740 N. 27th st. In addition to above locati ns. Totrrs may also rrcister at.

th ol-firrs of th Registration Commission cn th- first floor of City Hall Annex, each week-day. Air Cooled Cars On Shore Runs The Pennsylvania Railroad n-1 nnnnced vesterriav that 20 modf rn- Ired air conditioned coaches and a number of other air conditioned cars had been assigned to Pennsylvania Reading Seashore L.nes trains opera prating on regular rurt be- hiladelphia Atlantic City, 1 iu iij. Ilu OOQ. 1 2d Ehaee is. HELD AT HOSPITAL AS CAR THIEF Laurense R.

Jacobus, 25, of Morristown, N. a Navy veteran, propped in cast in Naval Hospital ward, is held in $2500 bail yesterday by Acting U. S. Commissioner E. David Keiser (right), for further hearing on charges he stole an automobile for holdups in New Jersey and Maryland and wrecked it.

Assistant U. S. Attorney Edward A. Kallick (left), presented case. Cur Theft Suspect 0ets EBedside HUvurimj An observation ward at the Naval Hospital was turned into a courtroom yesterday as a Navy veteran, encased in a plaster cast from his waist to the nape of his neck, was formally eharced with? I crossing a State fine in a stolen By Donald South Philadelphia's Janet Siers garnered 10 wins as against six losses yesterday in the 25th National Marbles Tournament at Asbury Park, N.

to consolidate her hold on second place in the 5 Daughters Get Biddle Fund Income JttqUlW Binids W. Scott wmym m. I I I j. I I V. IU Urn I I I IX Camden and Girard Ave.

Consolidation ot the Rirlce Ave-nue-8th Street Subway and the Delaware River Bridge Line will begin Sunday with all trains operating the entire distance between Broadway, Camden, and the Girard station the Broad Street Subway, the PTC announced yesterday. Under the new arrangement the first and last Camden-Girard trains will operate as follows: At the beginning of the day one train will leave Broadway Station at 6:04 A. M. Another train will leave 8th and Market Station for Girard Station at 6:05 A. M.

OFF FOR CAMDEN AT 6:23 A. M. First departure from Girard Station will be at 6:16 A. M. and the first train will leave 8th and Market for Camden at 6:23 A.

M. Last trains will leave Broadway Station at 1 A. M. and 8th and Market Station at 1:08 A. M.

for Girard Station. Another train leaves Girard Station at 1 A. M. and 8th and Market Station for Cnmden at 1 :07 A. M.

Operation of this through service will necessitate reversal of the boarding location for and BUSES It PLACE TKOLLEVS Also on Sunday, streetcar Route "8-A, operating tween 44 1 1 1 st. and Piukside and iilid and Jefferson will be discontinued. Al ternate service will be provided bv bus Route 85. to be extended south on 52d to Jefferson st. to connect with Route 70 cars.

Route 85 service on Columbia ave. between and sts. will be discontinued. Regular bus fare, 13 cents or two tokens for a quarter, is charged on Route R5. i 1500,000 Took Part i In Clean-Up Drive A total of 500.000 householders of Philadelphia performed 1 .150.

000 various clean-up, paint-up, fix-up jobs during the annual camnaign conducted from the Chamber of Commerce May 21 to 31, it was an nounced yesterday. C. P. Jarden. chairman of the campaign, said this year's figures were 30 percent ahead of 1943 and 50 percent ahead of 1947.

The average cost of each operation performed was S3, making a total expenditure of as compared with $2,500,000 last year. The figures for the drive were compiled through the cooperation of the public and parochial schools of the city. Autoist Suffers Heart Attack, Dies A man identine' i'xv-o-'-cards as Wayne E. 4yres, 59. of 637 a near't nd died while Lmden Rivcilo.

tv, r. i sylvan. a Railroad underpass on By- bVrry ave Upper Moreland town-! 1 vlup' before 10 A. yester- day. chief Lawrence Shores of the township police, said the car came to a stop when it sideswiped the I wall of the underpass.

Ayres was nmrnim hmh ih Kv an Abington Memorial Hospital phvsi- i Avrps ins the oolv ncrunniit i i of th nor of he to I automobile which allegedly used in two armed holdups in New Jersey and Maryland. Laurense R. Jacobus, 25, of Morris- town. N. suffered fractures of several vert ebrae when bis car crashed into a tree while flceins State Police after holdms tip nerv.

ire station In Relair, accordmf to an FBI report. FLEES THROUGH SWAMP Though painfully injured. Jacobus he was admitted to the Naval Hospital. All this occurred May 3 and 4. FBI agents seeking1 Jacobus for stealing" the automobile in Morristown and driving it into Maryland, finally located him in the hospital Tuesday night.

UNDECIDED OX PLEA Yesterday, Magistrate E. David Keiser, acting as U. S. Commissioner, held a bedside arraignment. Jacobus, then only chareed with the car theft, announced he had not decided how to plead.

His hearing was deferred until July 2 and ball was fixed at $2500. FBI agents said Jacobus, after stealing the car. held up a service station in Parsippany, N. and fled with $40., He went direct to Maryland where, on May 3. allegedly he got $70 from a service station in Bclair.

CAR HITS TREE Maryland State Police picked up his trail shortly after the second armed holdup. He was speeding toward Havre de Grace when his car ran off the road and crashed into a tree, FBI agents said. Police, arriving shortly after the crash, lonnd the driver's seat smeared with blood. On the ground be.ld the car they found a .45 caliber pistol. Police said this was the weapon used in the two holdups.

Meanwhile Jacobus, despite hit injuries, had taken to the open country. FBI agents said. Posses scoured the section but Jacobus slipped through, got to the outskirts of Havre de Grace and boarded a Philadelphia bus. Woman Injured By Trolley Car A South American visitor to this city sudered posMble fractured rtb and cuts and bruises last night when she became confused while crossing 54th st. at Berks and was knocked down by a Route 70 trolley car.

She is Mrs. Sonia Weinstein, 55, who is visiting relatives at 5628 Berks st. Police of the 61st and Thompson sts. station said the trolley operator was William Graham, 40, of 400 Ashland Glenolden. He was charged with assault and battery by trolley car.

Mrs. Weinstein was treated at Wynnefield Hospital and permitted to go home. Walk Along Ledge Saves Locked Girl Eight-year-old Maxine Heilman was rescued from the bathroom of her home, 5118 N. 12th yesterday by a policeman who led her along a ledge outside the window after sh had become imprisoned when a key broke in the door lock, Mrs. Benjamin Heilman.

th child's mother, called police after her own efforts failed to open the door, Patrolman Richard Doyle went to the second floor and stepped onto the ledge on the outside of the hous. He worked his way to th bathroom window, opened it and led Maxin along the ledge to another window and into th nous. n5o me club is a "common dodged searchers by trekking Distribution of Income from a through a swamp bordering the Sus-trust fund created under deed oflquehanna River near Havre ti James Garrett Biddle. of Walling- Grace. boarded a bus and carr ford.

among his five daughters I to Philadelphia where on th was ordered in an Oinhans' Court strength of his honorable discharge girls' race for the national title. She rose in league play as well, railing uniy one Kui uiu twuij boys. champion, Pierre. Upper Darby mibsl or. rep.

1st ered seven victories against llille defeats. At the close of the third day of play. Joe had a total of 22 winK and 26 losses and held sixth position in his league, tik.D I OK SliCOM) ri.ACK An 11-yeur-old Amish girl, Knuna Miller, representing Canton, leads the girls' division with a re markable 32-16 score and is tied for second place in League Four, com- prising five boys and four girls, Janet, however, scored a double win from the league leader in her last. maun yesuraay Needing a double victory urgently to keep her in the contest for the national crown, Janet defeated Larry Vinson, of Roanoke, 7-3 and 7-5. Larry leads League Four with an impressive 37 wins and 11 losses.

Janet's total now is 25 and 23. Double victories were turned in Geraldine Thaxton. of Hackensack n. j.t and the Amish girl leader Emma Miller. I of Job-Filling Delay Laid To Politics Director of Public Safety Samuel H.

Rosenberg yesterday accused the municipal Civil Service Commission of crippling the po lice lorce by delaying new appointments. A private decision by the commission to set back the deadline for applications of candidates for the much-undermanned force "to September is "inexcusable," Rosenberg said. Summer vacations for members ot tne depleted force about one police beat in every nine cannot be covered for lack of men will require spreading available strength "thinner than ever," Rosenberg warned in an angry letter to the commission. 1000 SEEKING 480 JOBS He said the decision to set baric the final date for taking applications, although more than 10,000 names already are on file for somej 480 vacancies, was reached without; consulting his department. There would seem to be no justification for this decision," Rosenberg's letter said, "and its effect will seriously handicap the functioning the Bureau of Police." On March 11.

it was recalled at City Hall, when Rosenberg first drew public attention to the slowness of the Civil Service Commission in creating a list of eligibles from which police appointments could be made, was met by the commission with apologies and promises of action. 'WE HAVE ASSl'HED At that time. John Langdon Jones, president of the commission, announced "We have assured Director Rosenberg that we will speed up efiorts hold the examination at the earliest, possible dates. It's almost impossible for us to complete the arrangements earlier than May." This was 15 weeks ago, lacking two days, and yesterday Rosenberg said the effect of the commission's decision "probably means we will have no eligible list this year" and thus make new police appointments in 1949 impossible. KENEGES ON ACE LIMIT The Civil Service Commission has already reneged on another promise to RosenlH-rg.

reached at. a three-hour conference on Apiil 6, when the commission agreed to restore the ape limit for police candidates to 30. cutting five years from war-emergency upper limit, of 35. This decision was affirmed by the commission in advertisements It placed in newspapers, on April 22. announcing "Revised Ace Requirement" and fixing a maximum of 30 years.

Rosenberg hd said this was necessary to assure a force of young, alert and vigorous patrolmen. CHANGES ITS MIND But in June, the commission changed its mind and put the age limit back to 35, saying its first decision had evoked complaints from men who had already filed ap- lications. Rosenberg had warned that since eligible lists are good for two years, men would be appointed as rookie patrolmen who were 37 years old. too late to begin a police career," he said. But since he took office as safety director this spring, Rosenberg has constantly hammered at the urgent need of bringing the force to its authorized strength of 4500 patrolmen.

Both authorization to fill the vacancies and money to pay the men and reopen the Police College are available, but he must wait for the Civil Service Commission to certify a list of eligibles. DELAY ON FIREMEN, TOO A secondary result of the delay in arranging for the examinations, he warned the commission yesterday, will be a new lapse of time before the commission can proceed to the task of holding examinations for firemen. Some 25 vacancies in the rating ot hoseman already exist in the Fire Bureau and many companies will be undermanned if months elapse before new appointments can be made, it was said. i Im twit hild a list of nibbles from which it emild appoint policemen ince June 28,1 1946. three years ago Rosenberg's letter said Rosenberg would not speculate yes terday on the reasons for the commission's apparently inexplicable delay in holding examinations which would give the city better police prot ect ion.

But City Hall circles said the effect of the commission's decision to extend to Sept. 1 the deadline tor applications could only be to push actual appointments into December or Januarv. Van Steenwyk Gets Red Feather Post E. A. van Steenwyk, executive director of the Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia, has been named chairman of the social agencies division in the 1950 Red Feather Campaign of the Community Chest, W.

Carroll Keesey, chairman of the public service department of the drive, announced yesterday. Dr. C. Rufus Rorem, executive secretary of the Hospital Council ot Philadelphia, was chosen vice chairman. Other leaders selected for the seve.i major groups within the social agencies division include Walter P.

Townscmi. Child Welfare; Benjamin R. Sprafkin. Family Group; Maurice E. Stern, Community Group: Miss Ruth W.

Hubbard. Health Group; Or. Lucius R. Wilson, Hospitals; larold P.aker, Youth Group, and L. Ross Wilson.

Specialized Group. Word Uimr KrG-iio-niiniiy) IGNOMINY is public disgrace, Dishonor decidedly crass Like striking out with the bates full. Or dropping the touchdown pass. safety. Meantime, the chairman went on, "we went out to get see-saws.

Here again, we found the cost too high and took steps to construct our own We ht and umber placed aKunltP07Xour see-saws in a I piatCU 1 concrete base." This new Dlavground was dedi- Harry Babcock. general manager i of the Seashore Lines, said all r.gu-i with exercises which included i lar Atlantic city trama and two i th. art4rintinn nf riPKt a tmt-i SALOON trriL0n aP Ma5M h2ld V6 estant minister and a rabbi, and a I Cortese accused the club of oper-i nese-American lad from East Hart-ana wean city runs would De eq up- VFW drum and bugle corps. ating as an open saloon and said it I ford. John Borchart.

of Sid- with air conditioned Ettra Mrs. Lenore Rosen recently sue-1 has sold to non-members and intoxi-1 ney, N. and the Roanoke league ceeded Haimowitz as head of the cated persons on many occasions. leader. committee.

Haimowitz became) Cortese said he also was gather- She split games with Orville Dan-treasurer, ling evidence which he would present tic, of Indianapolis, and Nicholas Joseph Oster. William Rich, Myerj to the court when revocation and Maraluso, of "New Castle, Pa. Twin Tomaslan, George Myers and Ivey, padlock proceedings against the I losses were suffered at the lumds of Although Joe's wins and losses Camden trains it 8th and Market matched Monday's play, he split i at certain hours. Illuminated signs games yesterday against, the league (will direct passengers, leaders, some of whom he had not Beginning next Wednesday the won from previously. He won two operation of Rid-ic-8th and Camden from the Indian boy.

Jimmy Mes-I trains to Erie Station of the Broad ser. of Beloit, while he dropped 'Street Subway on Wednesday eve-doubles to Charles Mays, of Augusta, nings will be discontinued, because and Wilbert Spivey, of Mont- of decreased passenger traffic dur-Hnir who leads I Two ing the summer. Social Club Target of Padlock Suit Padlock proceedings against the Germantown Independent Social! Club, of 200 E. BrJnuhurst were i started yesterday when Jtulne Kd-I win O. Iewis in Common Pleas 'Court No.

2 granted the District At-i torney's request 'for a preliminary injunction hearing. The court, sel. next Monday for the ri, ib and Walter Brinkman, named bv the District Attorney as the sole operator and charter holder, to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued against them. CALLED 'NUISANCE' In the equity petition filed by As sistant District Attorney Americo V. i Cortese, the Commonwealth charged nuisance" which conducts a bar in! violation of the State Liquor Con-j tial Act.

The club, Cortese charged, is not a bona fide club within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Act. He also declared the club char ter was not i possession of the 5 CONDITIONS CHARGED; Moravian Dining Club come up for argument. He said the petition against the Moravian Club would be heard before Judge Louis E. Levinthal, of Common Pleas Court No. 6, on July 3 and 6.

Policeman's Son, 7, Injured by Auto Seven-year-old Albert Yerkes, son i of a foot-traffic policeman, was seri- ously injured by ti automobile lnj front of his home at 522 Adams ave. yesterday. He was taken to Frank- ford Hospital, suffering from a pos-! sible fracture of the skull. The driver of the car. Andrew J.

1 Harkishiemer, of Robbins ave. near Hawthorne a retired city fireman, told police the boy ran into the path of his vehicle. He will have a hearing today at, the Belgrade and Clearfield sts. station. Man Dies Playing Ball Frederick W.

Toerner. 67. of 2541 S. Bonaffon terrace, suffered a heart attack and died while playing soft- ball with fellow workers at the Km-ployers' Liability Assurance Corp. yesterday' at their annual outing at Melrose Country Club in Cheltenham.

He was pronounced dead at Jeanes Hospital in Fox Chase. were ordered sold at auction by his widow, Mrs. Rosalie R. Schireson. of Merchantville, N.

through B. G. Coats and J. W. Burns, of Long Branch, N.

J. 2700-VOLUME LIBRARY Included in the sale are numerous tea linner lass and furnishings of the Renaissance in bronze, wood and transluscent Jade- 1 Schireson 's hundreds of expensive surgical instruments and heavy equipment also will go under the hammer as will his medical library of some 2700 volumes. The contents of the fotir-storv building, including private bedrooms lurnished with carved Chinese chairs, also will be disposed of. chairs, also will be disnosed of. i 8U residents at the project, were among those mast active in doing the actual construction work on the playground equipment, Haimowitz said.

Next Thursday: Central City Community Council Art Class to Start For Children, Adults Art classes for children and adults will begin June 28 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. E. M. Benson, chief of the division of education, announced yesterday. Students will be given lessons in painting, drawing and sketching by Benson and 15 other artist-teachers.

No previous experience is required to join any of the three groups. Registration. Benson said, will continue until quotas are filled. 398 Graduated sBy Overbrook A class of 398 was graduated last BlRht bv Overbrook High School. Mnnicinal Court Hprhoit IT Millen was the speaker.

commencement Alan S. Ginsburg. president of the Students' Association, was saluta-torian. and Angeline Scafetta delivered the valedictory, written by Pasquale W. PacinellL ped cars.

cars added on week-ends will not be air-conditioned, he said. Doctor Collapses In Auto and Dies Dr. Charles J. Cole, of 7926 l'ark Elkms Park, well- known pediatrician, who was found unon-cious in his automobile on Cedar st. near Summit ave.

in Jenkintown yesterday and died three hours later In Abmgton Memorial Hospital. Jenkintown police found the physician after neighbors in the area reported that a man was slumped over the steering wheel of the car. Police Dr. Cole, who is asout 65, felt ill and managed to turr off the ignition before he collapsed Dr. Cole was a member of the staT at Abmgton Memorial Hospital.

Melchior Is Guest Of Lits Saturday Launtz Melchior, star of the pera and concert stage, and his will be guests of honor a luncheon at 12.30 P. M. Satu tn the board room of Lit Brot Fodowing the luncheon. Mel hior UMiiiis una suio irum j. io r.

ii. on ine nun H'or of the store. He is scheduled to open the Robin Hood Dell season Monday nicht. Optical Worker Collapses, Dies Charles Saile, 70. of 401 Print West Chester, superintendent of the grinding department of Wall fc (chs, opticians, at 1716 Chestnut as pronounced dead shortly before 5 P.

yesterday after he collapsed adjudication yesterday by Judge Grover C. Ladner. Mr. Biddle, a scientific instrument manufacturer and a member of the Society of Friends, died Dec. 21, 1947.

First he, then his widow. Ruth Chambers Biddle. who died Feb. 26, 1948, received the income from the trust. DAUGHTERS LISTED His daughters now sharing the income are Mrs.

D. Robert Yarnall, Germantown; Mrs. John S. Sinclair, Riverside. Mrs.

James Robert James, Walling ford; Mrs. Frank F. Bradbeer. Moylan, and Mrs. Thorton B.

Pcnneld, Vonkers, N. Y. A $262,476 trust, fund created under the will of Howard B. Liggett, who died in 1925, was terminated by the death of the last of his three sons, J. Thomas Liggett, who was instantly killed when he plunged from a fifth floor bathroom window at Bryn Mawr Hospital on April 6.

FUNDS AWARDED Judge Charles Klein awarded one-sixth eac to Mrs. Fdith L. Potts and J. Thomas Ligget, children of J. Thomas I.ignct; one-sixth each to l4iul.se Tor rev and Rebecca C.

oe-lflf eaeh to Anita l'- rveuoKjj. iumh-ii, likk Virginia Keinnaroi ana saine i. C. Brigg. all grandchildren of Howard B.

Ligget. 4 Hurt in Crash Of Truck and Auto Four men were Injured yesterday in a collision between a small true and an automobile on Amber st. near Venango. All were treated for minor lijurics at Frankford Hospital and discharged. The truck was going west on Venango st.

when It collided with the automobile, traveling south on Amber. The truck operator, Carl Durr. 17, of Hubert st. near Margaret, and his helper, Georpe Matchett. 19.

of 4285 Orchard had miior injuries to the arms. The driver of the automobile, Gordon A. Field, 25, of the Drexelbrook Apartments in Drexel Hill, was treated for contusions of the head. The man riding in the back of the little truck was thrown cleaY in the collision. He is David Smith.

18, of 1108 Fillmore st. He was examined for a back injury and ordered to return to the hospital for further examination. Boy Hit by Truck As He Chases Thief Fifteen-year-old George Purvis, of 6609 Torresdale was serious- ly injured yesterday when he ran into the side of a moving truck while chasing a thief ho stole his lunch and that of three other youths whoj were swimming in Tacony Creek near Rising Sun ave. at Adams ave. i The boy did not notice the ap- proaching car in his hurry to over- take the thief.

He had been the first one out of the creek. He was taken to Jewish Hospital by a motor- I ist. Police said the driver of the truck that hit the boy apparently was unaware of the atctdent. with 33 wins and 13 losses, CRUCIAL (2 AMES TODAY Juf. vvji Merrill Shoemaker, of Willmmspoi Robert Brady, of Greensboro, N.

Kenneth Brooks, of Radford. William Williams, of Enlewood. N. and Milton Steward, of Cumberland. Md.

Today's 16 games are the crucial ones for the 52 contestants. At the close of play today, six league champions will have been developed. They and a sectional champ from the Midwest and South knuckle knuckle will be down for the national tit girl who has the best recor crowned national girls' champion, succeeding to the title currently held by Jean Smedley, of Drexel Hill, who is guest of the National Marbles Tournament here with last year's boy champ, Herbert Turman. of Wisconsin. Other league leaders today were: League One Francis C.

Peda, of Scranton, and William Cantrell. of Chicago, tied with 31-13. League Three George Wentz, of Huntington, W. 37-11. League Five Robert Williams, of Pittsburgh; Jerry Daley, of Kaston, and Brian Crabb, of Johnson City, N.

each with 27-15. League SixNewton Epps, of Burlington, N. with 33-9. Gas Odor Hunted Over Loqan Area A gas-like odor that hovered over a wide area in Logan yesterday brought scores of complaints from neighbors to the Electrical Bureau. police and the Philadelphia Gas Works but later was found to be the resn ot a harmless cnenncnl suo- i stan'e- Polk-e and ga.s companv engineers searched the neighborhood for sev- eral hours before discovering the source of the odor on an athletic i field near 15th st.

and Lindley ave. i Workers there were making im- provements on the field and laying a track with tar and other ehmicnl The opprrssive humiditv kept the roncent ration of i times over the i neighborhood for hours noiii-e said Schireson EteimsfpMfffs To Go on Safe Toduig work. 0 Thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment, books and who had been employed by lavish furnishings which belonged to the late Dr Henry Schire-the firm for more than 50 years col-! son, a plastic surgeon who was long a controversial figure in the 1 nu iv for the day. A physician summoned from a nearby building pronounced xiim acaa. r.is ooay was 10 the Morgue.

Ra mp Chief Hurt In Airport Mishap a ooaen cargo pa tier on men lucgage was being loaded ir to a DC-4 plane at International Airport last night fell 12 feet from hy craunc i.ii irucK ana rue iticn ard Norman. 24. of 220 E. Bei edict Havertown. a ramp chief Norman was taken to Fit.zgf raid- Mercy Hospital where physicians said that he had suffered a bacn injury and his right ankle was pos ly fractured.

i mcuiciti piuicssiun, win ue soia i at auction during the next three days, beginning today at his of- i nee, 1701 Delancey st Dr. Schireson, who described him self as "one of the greatest plastic surgeons in the United States," died last March, six months after the State Supreme Court ruled that evidence produced for revocation of I his license w-as insufficient. iLAR I.N JAIL The surgeon as often challenged concerning a degree from the Uni vrisii oi marjimia ivieaicai acnooi but his claim to graduation was i never disproved. Often charged with sale of narcotics and misrepresen- tation. he served a year in jail for perjury and concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding.

i The entire contents of his offices The entire contents of his offices.