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SECOND NEWS SECTION SPORTS, FINANCIAL, CLASSIFIED SECTION THURSDAY MORNING, For Ads Only Call ATlantic 6125 Oilier Departments AT. 6100 JULY 30, 1942 wilts vux It vane Cited First Woman There Are Tears in the Eyes of Those Who Say 'Goodbye uffey's Council To Debate To Head Housing State Power On Sirens Seen Waning In Blackout Violation Duquesne Light Blamed In Liberty Span Infraction 5 for a hearing on of violating the air-raid Meeting Called Next 31 on day In Dispute Over Devices City council will reconvene on Senator's Absence From Conference In Washington May Be Significant By John E. Jones Post -Gazette Staff Writer Senator Joseph F. Guffey's ab i 1 -S 1 r.s act mrougn failure off the Liberty bridge iring the July 22 test tu Monday on the call of Council President Thomas E. Kilgallen for consideration of the air raid siren situation in the city.

sence from a meeting of Pennsyl vania congressmen at Washington Tuesday may mark a decided change the Fennsyl ania political situation. The senator's absence indicates By the middle of the week, the Emergency Equipment Committee headed by Safety Director George E. A. Fairly is expected to report to council on its investigations and to recommend an installation for the city. that Guffey no longer is the recog nized shepherd of Pennsylvania flock to the capitol.

For a long time, you recall al ish icy y's vho iree itea jess nan tnta ner, lies ijor to idy. a ady ar the a ase two most eight years Pennsylvania Democrats dared not assembly in Washington unless they were Four More Tests Set Tests of at least four additional types of air raid signal equipment are expected between now and the called in by Guffey. Certainly no caucus or meeting: was official ime that the reports is made to unless Guffey was present. i.aCK County Commission Kane late yesterday trr.t responsibility for the i'V-u? rests with the Duquesne Ay C-rspany. the time, two city 'ho previously had been for failure to turn off the b' dre switches were assured wpV wo'i'i not be disciplined by TY.i'oe Superintendent Harvey vho said he and Duquesne Company officials have -rpei rri installation of a new t.

switch box which any policeman can open with a re call box key to pull the switch. Gets Hearicff Tonight Kare. in his statement, com-rwied Air Raid Warden John F. for summoning srA said that an assistant solicitor and county electri-f-reer would represent the at the hearing to j-? y-'A in Zone Eight p-i South Sixteenth street, council. Among the pieces ot Guffey, however, did not attend 7 'ij'" v.

I I ifc-xJ il KI 1 fc2 lit i 1 tti --t i-ii'i -n-inrrfnn- nmii i niiir tiMriiiii mni iffiii I iniri TT-naiflfTliii niimiiMrTi 1 ii'irlil-'iT-'i'-li'iiiriinttfiiiiri rnnr1 i the Tuesday meeting at which equipment to be tested is ths Keystone siren, center of a con relatively important plans for the fall campaign were discussed. It is not known whether Guffey was troversy in council some weeks ago and said to be one of the two sirens approved by the Office of Civilian Defense for use to signal invited to attend. DtiMESllCHAS The first woman to he ap What is significant, Is that the air raids and blackouts. meeting was held in the office of; While Director Fairley did not Congressman Francis E. (Ted) i specify what types of tests would be made of the equipment, Walter Walter of Easton, who six months ago accused Guffey of giving the double-cross to President Roose velt.

The accusation was made M. Newman, counsel for the Keystone Grinder and Manufacturing Company, indicated that his firm pointed manager of a local housing project, Miss Demestichas is now at the Latimer Junior High school every week day to take applications for homes In Allegheny Dwellings, the defense housing project which she heads and which will open in mid-September. public by Walter. Guffey never bothered to make public a denial. would demonstrate only that their siren met the specifications claimed Just as significant is the fact for it after tests by the National Bureau of Standards, that it at twn city policemen, An-y Fbek and Clifford an emergency switch that the meeting of congressmen was called by State Chairman David L.

Lawrence, who has vowed he will "never trust Guffey again." y- TrT te- tains a 108 decible reading at 100 feet. 1 by a key as they had r.ftructed. Superintendent u1. But they turned on Congressmen's Stand Jiot Clear Officials of the Westinghouse PHA Taking Applications One point in the analysis of Airbrake Company, manufacturers of a siren already tested in the city, yesterday disputed the state Pennsylvania Democrats in Wash ington, however, is not so clear. That is whether the congressmen For New Units themselves subscribe to the ap ment of W.

C. Wheary, sound director for the Office of Civilian Defense, that their machine could not be operated from the compressors parent snub of Guffey and whether they plan to go along 100 per cent with everything outlined by Lawrence in Walter's office. switch a half hour before blackout began on the yellow rt before street and bridge Ixhts had been turned on for the A time before the real the lights turned on and stayed on the first half of the blackout. Blames Duquesne Light In declaring that the county no responsibility in the blackest failure, Kane said: "Th responsibility for the fail already installed in gasoline filling stations for use on air pressure hoses. 282-lIome Defense Housing Project To Open in September Only official estimate of the meeting was given to the press Westinghouse Backs Signal Dy waiter.

The session, he said, was "the finest meetiner of the Wheary had said that the 43 Applications for homes in Alle Post-Gazette Photoa leys, then paraded through downtown streets behind the Squirrel Hill American Legion Band to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The send-off was sponsored by the Hazelwood Service League, of which Andrew Bennett is chairman. Fifty-six men from the Fifteenth ward, off for the army, smiled as they waved good-bye to the girls they left behind them but in the eyes of most of the women there were tears. The men. all from local Draft Board 15, came to Pittsburgh from Hazelwood in special trol- gheny Dwellings, the tree-shaded sort I've ever seen." 11 -v cubic foot air per minute required for the effective operation of the Northside defense housing project aii democratic congressmen which will open in mid-September, Westinghouse siren could not be obtained from regular gasoline ure lies wnn tne uuquesne ligm r.

Thpv own the electrical are now being taken Latimer Junior High school, 500 Tripoli were elected with Guffey in 1940 on the "Roosevelt Again" platform and most of them, including Walter, have supported the Pres station compressors for the re Church, Refinery, Homes Also Hit street. quired two-minute signal period. Ready to interview applicants ident's policies with the consistency attributed to Guffey. One or are Rosemarie Demestichas, the Three Women Hurt project's manager and the first two have not. lights on the bridge, -i we do is pay for the cur- 'Th-r is no unlocked switch Liberty bridge or tunnels --tle to our policemen to turn the bridge lights, even if it i been our responsibility.

Notwithstanding the fact we Six Jailed On Lottery Charges Here Brother of Man Who Evaded Bomb in Auto sent home. None of the women were reported burned by the bolt which did not leave a mark in the tiny glassed-in- enclosure on top of the tower. Despite the accident, warning service from the tower, which is operated by the war department to keep track of all planes in the sky, was uninterrupted. In the evening storm, about 8 woman ever to head a local hous ing development, and Saul Weis J3ut Walter, chairman of the Pennsylvania House Democrats, berg, supervisor of tenant selec charged January 17 that Guffey had left 16 congressmen from this state out in the cold on a confer tion for the Pittsburgh Housing Authority. They are on duty By Lightning in Tower Aircraft Warning Service Workers Thrown To Floor by Bolt; Building Undamaged every week day from 9 until ence of party leaders, because they not responsible for the lights r-r kept burning during the I am complying with the o'clock except Saturdavs, when hours are from 9 o'clock until rerusea to "double-cross the Pres ident at Guffey's request.

Says Guffey Wanted "Pork" Involved in One Case Westinghouse officials denied that such was the case and said that their sirens would operate successfully from already established compressors. No confirmation was available from the headquarters of the OCD in Washington yesterday on the statement of its sound director that the Keystone siren and the Victory siren, built by Bell Laboratories and the Chrysler Corporation and sold for $3,760, were the only ones approved by the OCD. The Westinghouse siren which develops approximately the same decibel reading as the Keystone siren when tested according to bureau of standards requirements, is listed at $66 in the company's circular. The Keystone siren sells for $17.50. of the air raid warden noon.

o'clock, lightning struck the belfry of St. Joseph's Church, 4700 Liberty avenue, Bloomfield, and A will send to the hearing one Lightning storms struck twice The case in point was a House covered first. According to her father, Ernest Locher, who is chief vote against over-riding a Presi Although preference will be given to war workers, the housing authority officials urge others from sub-standard homes to regis in the Pittsburgh district yester cur assistant county solicitors Alex Brunwasser, county engineer, who, incident-designed and installed the dential veto of the Hayden-Cart day causing injury to three women wright defense road-building bill ine Dill met White House obiec air raid control sys tions because it was changed from :r.i for the Civilian Defense aircraft warning service workers and damage to a church, an oil storage tank, street lights, and a number of private homes. observer for the Avalon district, she called to Mrs. Foust to give her aunt first aid while she went to the club for help.

"I can't. I'm paralyzed," Airs. Foust replied. By this time, employes of the club who had been eating their lunch in a near-by barn, arrived. a military defense measure to in elude "pork-barrel" provisions.

Walter charged that Guffey, de I want to commend Air Raid The three young women were -r-ien Semmelrock for the in- he has taken in his work injured, one seriously, when lightning struck their watch tower yes spite his support of the President's veto, solicited numerous Pennsylvania Democrats in the House to i its responsibilities. Seeing terday noon on the grounds of the Numbers writers and operators throughout the city continued to feel the heat yesterday and it wasn't from the weather. In five separate cases, city detectives jailed six on lottery charges, including James Encar-dona, 37, brother of numbers man Frank Cardona, who narrowly escaped a bomb planted in his auto last April. Encardona was arrested by Detective Inspector Walter C. Monaghan, with Louis Thomas, 30, who testified that he bought a Second avenue store from Encardona seven weeks ago.

Detectives charged, however, that the store's bills were still addressed to Encardona and that he had keys to the store and cash register. Both were held on lottery charges. it he required an explanation the failure to black out the BeniThev had heard a terrific clan of Shannopin Country Club, vote against tne President, in Avon Heights. hopes that the "pork-barrel" pro Az lights from the county, caused damage estimated by police at $500. The bolt loosened a large stone which fell to the street in front of the church, narrowly missing a passerby.

The belfry was in process of repairs at the time. Oil Refinery Struck The vent pipe of an oil tank on the property of the Atlastic Refining Company at Fifty-sixth and Butler streets was struck. Fire resulted from the bolt but soon burned itself out without damage. Firemen from East Liberty station, under the command of Battalion Chief James Coslett, stood by for 25 minutes to make sure the fire would not spread. Two homes in McKeesport were struck during the storm, but only minor sdamage was done and there were no injuries.

A few street lights in Sewickley also were struck by bolts and Struck as they prepared to eat vision would pass. feel sure he will require the It is obvious," Walter said rr. explanation from the Du- their lunch in the 24-foot tower, Mrs. Leo Foust, of 413 California avenue, Avalon; Miss Irma Loch- then, "that Senator Guffey, whose Light Company and others ri I further feel that all principal activity in statesmanship ter in the event there is room for them. 282 Homes in Project Allegheny Dwellings will have 2S2 family units available for families that include not more than five persons.

"Preference will be given to war workers who come here from other districts and are living in temporary or unsatisfactory quarters," Supervisor Weisberg said. "Also first opportunity for the new homes will go to defense workers living an unreasonable commuting distance from their place of employment men whose daily round-trip from home to job takes more than two hours or costs more than 40 cents." Rents in the projects will range from $13 to 543 a month, including utilities and the use of a kitchen stove if desired and will be graded according to income and the size of the family, which governs the size of the apartment ney may obtain. er, and her niece. Miss Betty is to gather all the patronage and hst-rs whether they be small Locher, of 624 California avenue, I. men, large corporations municipal officials should be thunder and seeing the lightning on the telephone wires, they rushed to the tower and carried the women to the ground.

Also suffering from severe shock was Mrs. Foust's Boston bull, "Boots." One In Serious Condition Removed to the Suburban General Hospital, Miss Irma Locher was reported in a "serious condition" and still unconscious by attaches there. Mrs. Foust and Miss Betty Locher were released and Avalon, were thrown violently to the floor by the bolt which trav 6,156 Placed In Jobs in Week Pennsylvania offices of the United States Employment Service reported yesterday that during the week ending July 10 it placed 6,156 men and women in jobs, principally in plants engaged in war production. The placement was 2 per cent below the average of the preceding week, and the number of applications was 6 per cent below the average in the same week of last year.

The service said both applications and placements, however, were approximately 25 per cent above the same period last year for the entire month of June. alike." political pork that he can, wanted the President defeated in this instance; but that he was afraid to stand up and vote that way in the Senate. Then he tried to get the Democratic congressmen from his state to do his dirty work for eled along the telephone line to the tower. my so tha one irly vho the so up one nes im- ied a to are rry 1U3 3U3 red 3Ut ry, rier the He iry to ed on 3St 'ds ir- el-to th be he Tl- gh srs ks n- ve da Ji. a-e-ns th e-Id rt ht ix St rt Women Carried to Ground him." Betty Locher, who had been on Letter Is Tipoff George Simons, 50, colored, of Sullivan street, was also held on a lottery charge after police received a letter of complaint signed by "A Friend." The letter bore an the little porch of the tower re Dues Pickets Resume Work Steel Men Stopped At Two J.

L. Mills elaborate map showing the loca The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All Trains By Fontaine Fox tion of Simon alleged place of business. Woman Hurt By Trolley Victim Struck by Car In Front of Home Other numbers arrests were picketing, quiescent for months, was resumed yes Allem Dimperio, 31, of Gertrude I 1 Capital Service I mT a bv the United Steel Work- a h' wnP 2t the Pittsburgh and Aliquip of the Jones Laugh r'l Corporation, the Alicmirma mill, 160 work critically early last night when she was ctruck by a street car "'re prevented from entering -h and as a result a num- in front of her home. Mrs. Sara Anderson, 67, of 900 key night shift employes California avenue, was crossing -icld over to keep essential the street, according to a police rk movine.

syyy yt if rAt iL'- A 1 report, when a west-bound Belle- i a dozen colored workers 1 a flvine- wedee through the street, operator of a store on Second avenue; John Harris, 50, of Mifflin road, Hays, and Matraba Salik, 25, of Rose street, arrested in a store on Armor street, New Homestead. Judge Reduces Bond Felix Frangione, 50, proprietor of a pool room at 803 Wylie avenue, was held for court yesterday on a charge of conducting a lottery. Frangione was arrested Tuesday in his pool room by county detectives who said that he operated the numbers headquarters for the Second ward. His bond was set at $10,000 but was reduced later to $2,500 by Judge John P. Egan.

The reduction was made, the jurist said, because Frangione had no previous record. vue trolley struck her and knocked her to the curb. Removed to the ut a "large group of girl tin Allegheny General Hospital she 1WX iff "AkX I JU a ty iH I nr i "VyJi Il was reported suffering from a pos sible skull fracture, internal injuries and a compound fracture of the left leg. Police listed the op-! i.ssorters were kept out, tne -ny reported. the Pittsburgh works, on avenue, 50 employes t-1 late for work because of Company officials 1 a formal protest to Pres--hilip Murray of the United V-'orkers.

erator of the trolley as Paul Har- kins, 25, of 1400 Federal street. When a toy wagon he was rid ing crashed into an auto near his yxt'd'BmiA 'J i i yK fir i home, Herschel Benner, 15, of 2788 Bergman street, Sheraden, suffered i a broken arm and lacerations of both hands. He was detained in the Southside Hospital. Police re-j ported that the driver was Hd-I TAKE A TIP Girl, 3, Chokes To Death in Etna After swallowing something she picked up in her back yard at 106 GMDBi ward M. Warnick, of 3144 Ash lyn street.

Late cabbages do better in 1 a i vely poor soil as too much fertilizer causes Grant avenue, Etna, three-year-old Barbara Ann Arnold choked to death late yesterday afternoon. 'V iSTCEl Morgue officials were unable to determine what the child had swallowed, but reported that she was pronounced dead when a family physician arrived at the house. heads to burst. If the -Ages are breaking, go the rows and push each cabbage with your io that the roots on one VMii be broken. This cut the amount of which the plants up, thus checking the I I 7 J.

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