The Daily Notes from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 1

THE BAJDLIf MORE THAN A KEWSPAPEE A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION WEATHER Moderately eool this afternoon and evening. CANONSBURG, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1942 Forty-Eighth Year 3 Cents a Copy; 18 Cents a Week Affiedl- Air World fo) JV MOTES MVICTORY II BUY jflrpus SAVINGS yi Sweeping 5 Ay lyjuu iy Leaders in New Vichy Government Americans Carry Youths Off to Camps War ft Nipponese In Bitter Attack First Reports of Assault Emanate From Tokyo With Admission That Fires Started in Big Congested Cities Along Coast Fire Most Feared Menace in Nation Whose Homes Largely Built by Thin Wood and Paper By United Press American bomber squadrons carried! the war to Japan with surprise raids on Tokyo and three other great enemy Avar centers today in the boldest of many United Nattions aerial blows from France to the tropical islands of the Southwest Pacific. The glow of tires greatest fear of Japanese in crowded, Britain and U. S. i i Continue Severe Battles of Sky American Attack on Tokyo Only Part of Terrific Blast at Axis Nations on All Fronts U.

S. Flying Fortresses Strike in Rangoon and Over Burma, English Drive Far Into Germany to Destroy Plants and Strategic Sectors; Seventh Straight Day for Britain's Relentless Air Raid ing Heavy Fighting in Russia Demoralizing Germans By United Press The sensational aerial attack by American bombers, on Tokyo Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya, in which they left a trail of destruction and broken morale, was only a part of the terrific world-wide picture of growing allied aerial armadas in action. At New Delhi, it was disclosed that United States flying fortresses under Brig. Gen. Lewis hm hi fimm in i a ffl lor? ii mi-- MARSHAL PETAIN PIERRE LAVAL ADMIRAL DARLAN Land, Sea, Air Chief Stupendous flimsy cities spread in the wake of high explosives crashing down on Tokyo (7,000,000 AITDT YWf ITU rTA Yokomama (650,000 population), nm rjipt i rr rn Kobe (800,000 population) and the vast naval-industrial city of Xagoya (900,000 population.) Xews of the attack came only from Radio Tokyo immediately after the five-hour aerial atttack which was launched from many Planting at Morganza Vast Acreage Used for Food Growing for Inmates and Personnel of State Institution Canbe Used as Calendar Guide for Home Gardners What appears to be an interesting and instructive schedule of planting is discovered in a report from the Pennsylvania Training School at Morganza, relative to the season's crop now being placed in the ground or in preparation tor that purpose.

It not only gives an insight into the magnitude of the planting schedule, such as an acre of cabbage plants at one time, and acre of cucumbers, several acres of sweet H. Brereton again had flown from their secret base in India and heavily attacked the Japanese at Rangoon, where 40 enemy transport were landing 100,000 reinforcements for their offensive toward Mandalay and the Burma oil fields. At Camberra, it was announced that allied planes again had strongly attacked the Japanese invasion base at Koepang, on Dutch Timor, keeping up a steady pounding of main, enemy concentration centers jiorth of Australia. British Striking Everywhere In Europe, British bombers were striking everywhere at the German rear bases, including a smasmug low-altitude twilight attack on a big submarine engine factory at Augsburg, only 110 miles from Hit ler's mountain retreat at Berchtes-gaden just two days before the Nazi leaders 53rd birthday. Seven of 12 British bombers were sacrificed' to sweep low over the factory and dump high explosives.

The British air squadrons, with many American and Canadian pilots participating, kept up steady pounding attacks for the seventh straight day of their non-stop offensive. A strong force of Stirling, Wellington, Manchester and Hamp? den boinbcr3 battered the Port of Hamburg and started many fires. Submarine Buses Bombed The German-held submarine base Chief of Government Assuming control of Unoccupied France with the new title of "Chief of the Pierre Laval, ardent pro-Nazi, has organized a pro-Axis cabinet. Though retaining the rank of "Chief of State," aging Marshal Henri Petain is reduced to the status of the figure-head presidents of pre-armistice France. Laval, in addition to his office as chief of the government, has also assumed the portfolios of foreign affairs, interior and propaganda.

CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTION FOR" POLICE UPHELD Ruling Handed Down by Judge John Kennedy on Petition Filed by Bellevue Borough PITTSBURGH, April 18 (U.R) The state law establishing civil service protection for police oft'i-mers in boroughs and first-class townships was declared constitutional today, according to' an opinion by Common Pleas Judge John J. Kennedy. The opinion was handed down on a petition by council members and Burgess John H. Bragdon of Bellevue, asking a declaratory judgment on the Civil Service Act of last June 5. The Bellevue Fraternal Order of Police lodge and three civil service commission members were named defendants in the action.

The petition charged the act was class legislation and therefore un-constiutional because it does not apply to municipalities having less than three policemen. Population must be the basis for laws affecting political subdivisions, the petition contended. Judge Kennedy cited a similar case of Delaware county court in which the act was upheld and declared the act constitutional. Call of Father Abraham Back in '61 Finds Same Response More Than 80 Years Later as Local Youths Leave for War Service Today Canonsburg and the area com prising District 4 of the Selective Service setup, sent another substantial contingent to the army this morning. Literally scores of the youths were in 'the call and re sponded 100 per With the Canonsburg high school band head ing the parade and the American Legion with its flags flying and its members stepping off as they did more than 20 years ago, the new crop of American manhood off to the war formed an impressive and distinctly effective answer to the challenge of the common enemies.

Proud Day for Community Not a reluctant stray, not an un willing individual, they stepped away with their hand baggage and a smile and Canonsburg and its coTrt igtrou ti i st ic was -frond to send thetn away with a cheer and a hearty good-bye. Off to Pittsburgh for their final medical examinations and assignment to reception centers, the young men represented the largest contingent to leave here since the selective service system became effective. Community Turns Out The streets were lined with relatives and friends and well-wishers, with a crowd estimated to number in the thousands, lining the streets and crowding at the railroad station. Flags were flying in front of (Continued on Page Five) ANNUAL MEETING OF AUTO GROUP TUESDAY NIGHT Address on Automobile and Rubber Situation to Mark Session Governors Will Be Named Washington County Motor Club officials have announced completion of plans for the club's annual meeting to be held next Tuesday night in the ballroom of George Washington hotel. This affair has proved attractive for club members and their friends who are assured of a fine entertainment program, and instructive talks by guest speakers and representatives of the Pennsylvania Mo tor Federation and American Auto mobile Association.

The principal address this year will be given by Hubert Hoiloway, director of the public relations, department of the American Automobile Association. In daily contact with Office of Civilian Defense, the speaker is expected to have sonic vital information on the rubber and gasoline situation. Judge Hughes lo Preside Judge Howard W. Hughes, president of the club and Pennsylvania Motor Federation, will serve as toastmaster. Immediately following the banquet, there will be a short business session in which the club members will take part in the election of fourteen governors to serve for a full term of three years, unexpired terms will also be filled.

Mood Knterlaimiient A group of professional radio Hiid stage performers will furnish the entertainment. All members of the club who have secured a new member since February 1, or who bring In one before the night of the banquet, will be i'iveu one free ticket. Chief of State Program of corn at different intervals of an acre at a time, three acres of tomato plants and two acres of string beans, to say nothing of three acres of sweet corn and three acres of tomatoes in mid June for canning. The report of the planting will also serve to give less experts as to time, some idea of when various things can be planted, both for table crops and canning purposes. The Training School planting schedule is reproduced here as a model, and one which others might follow with correspondingly good results.

The schedule follows Plow and prepare seed bed for early vegetables. Clean off asparagus bed. Clean up all rubbish in garden area and burn. March 15 Sow mid season cabbage in greenhouse. Sow late cauliflower in greenhouse.

Sow celery in greenhouse. Sow peppers in greenhouse. March 1 Sow tomatoes in green house (early). March 25 Plant "2A spinach. Plant 3A peas.

Clean up all rhubarb beds and apply manure. Continue pruning. April April 1 Sow tomatoes in green house; plant .2 A. beets, .3 A. car rots, .2 A.

swiss chard, .1 A. cab bage plants; .1 A. leaf lettuce, .1 A. head lettuce, .5 A. onion, seed, .5 A.

onion sets, .1 A. radishes, .1 A. turnips. (Continued on Page Five) DELMER FERRELL IS VICTIM OF PARALYSIS At the Washington hospital Friday evening occurred the death of Delmer Ferrell, Washington hardware dealer, member of the school board and one of the best known Masonic fraternity men in the county. Death followed an illness of four the result of a paralytic stroke.

Mr. Ferrell was active in the Masonic Order. He was' Past Master of Washington Lodge Xo. 164, Free and Accepted Masons; Past High Priest of Washington RoyalArch Chapter No. 150; Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Washington Council Xo.

Past Com mander of Jacques DeMolay Com-mandery Xo. 3 Knights Templar; and a member of the Masonic Veterans Association of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received at the Ritchie Piatt Funeral Home in East Wheeling street until Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p. the body will be taken to First Lutheran church where funeral services will be held at 3 p. conducted by the pastor, the Rev.

Harry B. Ernest. Burial will be in Washington cemetery, with Masonic services at the grave and a Knight Templar escort. Members of the Masonic Order will meet at the Masonic Temple Sunday at 2 p. m.

to go iu a group to the funeral services. SAVE TIRES IS COMPLAINT BASE Superior Court Asked to Rule on Relaxation of Pub lie Convenience Certificate Law Despite the fact that the government and the rationing authorities are asking people to "double up" wiiere it is possible and condoning the sharing of the expense thereof, so that a savings in tire and cars can be effected, the state superior court, is being called upon to rule on a complaint involving this practice. An Elk county bus and taxi line, operated by V- G. Schaut between St. Mary's and the Sylvania Corpo ration plant at Emporium, raised the issue in an appeal from a ruling of the Public Utility Commission last September dismissing Schaut's complaint against Francis and Germain Dippold and Robert and Edna Enrich.

Intent of Law Cited These automobile owners, Schaut had charged, should be required to obtain PUC certificates of convenience as common carriers because they transport fellow-Syl-vania employes to and from work and receive contributions toward auto expenses. Dismissed by Commission In dismissing this complaint, the PUC had declared that the legislature, in providing for regulation of common carriers, had not meant to prohibit "casual or incidental'" use of a motor vehicle by an owner who permits fellow employes to ride with him and share the costs. Schaut told the superior court (Continued on Page Five) series of lectures and masses are given with those who wish to make successful mission being asked to attend seven uightly lectures on Catholic principles and conclude this with receiving Holy Communion on the seventh day. Canonsburg's' last mission was held at the St. Patrick's church November 1937 and proved very successful with non-Catholics as well.

During the course of the present mission beginning with a lecture tomorrow night at Rev. Duenser will lecture nightly until the Mission closes, May 3. He ill base his talks on the Blessed Sacrament, the 10 precepts of the church and the 10 commandments. That the talks will be interestiug and educational, this is assured because Rev. Duenser is recognized ns one of the best Missionary lecturers in the Catholic world.

Masses will be held daily in the (Continue! On Page Three) MAIL LAUid POWER TO SET MILK PRICES This Is Ruled In District Where Secretary of Agri culture Sets Price Order HARRISBURG, April 13. (U.R) Attorney General Claude T. Reno ruled today that the State Milk Control Commission lacks power to enforce minimum producer or consumer prices in any marketing area for which the U- S. secretary of agriculture issues a price order. The opinion held, however, that the state could set maximum consumer prices if it chose, holding that such action would be "complementary" to the federal order.

When the federal order went into effect April 1, Chairman John M. McKee of the Pennsylvania commission told the United Press it was "too early to predict" what might happen to consumer prices in the city when the price of Class 1 milk rises to $3.70 a hundredweight to dealers, and no minimum consumer prices were established by the federaPorder. McKee said the Pittsburgh area was the only other marketing area in the state at all liable to federal jurisdiction. Between 20 and 30 per cent of its milk is imported from surrounding stales. Philadelphia imports 30 per cent of its supply.

The opinion, written by Deputy Attorney General Frank E. Coho, who is attatched to the commission, holds that the state still is entitled to exercise these powers in a federal milk market area: 1. Assure honest and accurate weighing, sampling and testing of milk. 2. Demand bonds from dealers to assure payments to producers.

3. License milk dealers. 4. Demand records required of dealers by the state control act. 5.

Establish reasonable trade practices and regulate distribu tion, delivery and sale of milk. Under this right, the commission may require payment of bottle de posits. NAME CHANGES ARE ASKED BY COUPLES Two petitions asking the court for a change of names have been filed, one by George Lanibrinidis, 539 Blaine avenue. Canonsburg, and the other by Manolis and So phia M. Kontomanolis, 525 Char- tiei'g avenue, Canonsburg.

George Lanibrinidis asks to have his name changed to George Lumber, iby which he has been known since 1926. He states that it is easier to spell and pronounce than the name Lanibrinidis. Mnolis George Kontomanolis and Sophia M. Kontomanolis, his wife, seek to have their name changed to Manolis George Kontos and Sophia M. Kontos, by which they have been known since 1933.

The reason for the change is that the name Kontos is easier to spell and pronounce. I directions and which the Jananese said resulted in destruction of nine attacking planes, possibly from aircraft carriers but perhaps flown from distant bases in China. The Japanese obviously didn't know where the attackers were based. Appearance Big Surprise Obviously carrying out a plan that dumped their bombs on the most vital enemy centers, the American bombers appeared suddenly over Tokyo about noon Saturday, Japanese time, flying in from various directions just 132 days after the sneak punch at Pearl Harbor, In the first attack on the enemy home base, other planes raided a front that extended 235-miles from the Japanese capital to Kobe, Xa-Goya and Yokohcma. Kobe is the greatest ship building center and Port of Japan and one of the greatest in the Far East.

It is on the inland sea at the head of Osaka Bay and about 300 miles northeast of Tokyo. It is a center for match factories, spinning mills and many other industries. But Yokohama, only 20 miles from Tokyo, also is a big shipping center with four great naval ship yards, five drydocks (of which two can handle battleships) and a num ber of big construction shins. Big Manufacturing Center Xagoya, also on the coast south west of Tokyo, is one of Japan's greatest manufacturing centers and of vital importance in war production. In striking at these targets, the American bombers were attacking the nerve centers of Japan's effort.

Tokyo said that some of the atttack planes flew low enough to machinegun targets on the grounds. Tokyo Radio made it clear not only that tthe raids were a complete surprise but that. the Japa-. nese were uncertain -where the-planes came from. The Tokyo propaganda broadcast tried to sound out Washington on this subject by a number of misleading or false reports, including a statement, that prisoners were taken' from the crew of the U.

S. aircraft carrier Ycrktown. It was disclosed later that they were taken many weeks ago at the Marshall Islands. Japan Demoralized The American attacks caused air raid alarms throughout most of the afternoon at all big Japanese cities, including Kyoto and Okayama. So widespread was the attack that the Japanese considered it necessary to issue a formal statement that (Continued on Page Five) RESURFACING WORK PLANNED BY COUNTY Washington county commission ers yesterday awarded to the Hull Resurfacing Company of Butler- a contract for surface treating many miles of county roads.

The firm's successful bid, lower of the two submitted, was 51.55. The contract calls for the use of approximately 96,500 tons of tar and 1.700 tons of slag chips in the work, to be lioue this sum CAMPAIGN GOES ON FOR PLEDGE OF BOND BUYING Every Individual in Town Must be Given Opportunity To Make Pledge Chairman John Ross Stated Today Pledges of pennies and dollars in stamps and bonds to keep the war going against the Axis Powers will be continued here until every man, woman and child in the community has had the opportunity to make a pledge to buy stamps and bonds. This statement was made this morning by John H. Ross, chairman of the Canonsburg community campaign to pledge war aid. Some slight misconception has resulted in some of the workers returning their pledge books half filled or with many persons unseen.

Asked to Finish Work Chairman Ross is asking them to take back the books and is informing all of the solicitors that they are being asked to contact every person in their assigned territory to the end that none shall be missed in the privilege of pledging for stamp and bond purchases. No money is asked, merely the signing of a pledge that the signer will continue to buy stamps and bonds throughout the war or as long as it is possible to do so. There will be no solicitation for funds, no checking back by the solicitors; it will be merely a pledge of honor to keep buying as much and as long as possible. In Schools Sext Week Chairman Ross stated that the campaign is to be carried into the schools next week and every child will be given the privilege of signing a pledge card. Where children are now buying stamps, they will merely sign and continue to buy as they are buying now.

They will not be pressed to increase their purchases unless they want to do so voluntarily. Report Meeting Tuesday Chairman Ross announced that the next report meeting will be held Tuesday evening at his office with the Donaldson Supply and Equipmet Company, South Jefferson avenue, where all solicitors are asked to make a report of progress. SOT ICE to water consumers in Slrabane. Water service will be interrupted April 19ih for 3 hours, to 11:30 a. to connect a new line for the improvement of service in Uiij section.

1-1-1S-1 the French Port of St. Xazaire find docks at Le Havre also were attacked, as were Nazi targets in other French, Dutch and Belgian sectors. These spreading United Nations aerial blows supplemented hard fighting on the Russian front, where the Red'army reported new advances on the Karelian (Finnish) front where a break-through was achieved and several towns captured. Severe Fighting in Ifussia Intensive fighting also was in progress on the central Russian front in the Smolensk sector, which is a huge area centering around the German rear base at the city, of Smolensk. How gravely that city itself was menaced by the Russians was not made clear but a huge pincers was obviously being pressed deeper into the German lines and the main Red army purpose of breaking up Hitler's offensive preparations was being' maintained.

Bud Omen for Laval The effect of the British aerial blows and of the Russian advances appeared to be felt in Vichy, France, where Fierra Laval completed formation of a new pro-Axis cabinet but still left uncertain whether he or Marshal Henri Phii-(Continued on Page Three) Revival Mission Will Be Held at St. Patrick General Stimulation Of and Rededication to Catholic Faith is Purpose of Special Services Nightly For Two Weeks To stimulate the desire for Catholic knowledge, to rouse the tardy ones and to instruct those ignorant of Catholic principles will be the purpose of the regular five-year Catholic mission which will begin at the St. Patrick's church tomorrow evening aU 7:30 P. and continue for a two-week period. Rev.

Joseph Duenser, C. PP. S. a fluent speaker of the Precious Blood Mission House of Xew Cumberland will conduct the mission which will be dedicated to married persons the first week and directed to the single persons the week following. However, in order to give all an opportunity to make a successful mission, both groups will be welcome to attend when possible, regardless of the week or theme.

Lus Mission In Following the regular procedure, missions are held every five years and aru 6f ouu week A IH PLEASED WITH HIS EW WOIik' I James Dunn, who is employed in the laboratories of the Crucible Steel Company, at Midland, was home for a few days the early part of the week. He is enthusiastic about his new work at that place. Mr. Dunn was one of. the prime movers in the organization of the Canonsburg Works Male Chorus' and was reluctant to resign as vice president upon his removal, from Canonsburg which made hipi1 in eligible for the choi'Ub'.

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