Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-07-30

              Grumman Ship Called ^^Plane of 100 Uses''
(Story on Page 2)
Nassau Defense
Is Coordinated
Under New Plan
Earl Bennett
Named Chairman
The Nassau County Defense
Council is sponsoring a gigantic
plan for county civilian defense
organization to coordinate all
local committees under the
county council.
Like County Council
All local committees will be
organized on a "basic organiz-ational
pattern" similar to the
setup of the county council. The
plan is something like this: "The
county defense council member
assigned to direct any phase of
the council's activities—^such as
fire or police—will be the county
coordinator for that phase with
the corresponding committee
members in local bodies assist-ing
him in integrating the pro-gram."
Bennett Heads Council
In order to assure a unified
system, Earl J. Bennett has been
designated as county defense co-ordinator.
According to the new plan, the
following departments will be
organized for all defense sec-tions:
Fire and police protection,
transportation and communica-tions,
air raid protection and pre-caution,
public works and util-ities,
public health, intelligence
service, emergency housing prob-lems,
public education, military
and naval cooperation, statistics
and records, evacuation organ-izations,
clearance and repairs
and recreation.
%assau l^tes
Elsie Janis used to turn cart-wheels
down the Pl'andorne lawn
of the Vernon Castles. Mrs.
Castle, while making a picture
at Plandome had to dive into
the mud at Manhasset Bay.
When she came up smeared with
it she s'aid, "And they say we
steal the money we make!" . . .
Can't anything be done about
Nassau County water—the water
we want to swim in. The recent
reports are far from encourag-ing.
Only one accessible place
was graded excellent. Surely
boat owners could help the
situation a great deal by care-fully
disposing of garbage, etc.
Vol. 1, No. 34 WEDNESDAY. JULY 30. 1941 Price Five Cents
A Suggestion . . .
Regarding the matter of gar-bage
disposal discussed in column
5 of this pafee, NEWSGRAM sug-gests
that a communication with
the United States Department of
Healtli might secure the neces-sary
action, since it was an-nounced
recently over the radio
that the government will insist
upon sanitary conditions in all
defense manufacturing areas.
101 To Leave
In 17th Coll
Freeport Leads Nassau
W i t h Quota of I I Men
101 Nassau men will be sent
to army induction centers,in re-sponse
to the 17th selective ser-vice
call, according to county de-fense
officials.
Men Here Go To Fort Jay
This call for local boards out-side
the limits of New York City
was issued last Thursday by
headquarters in Albany. The
Nassau boards will send their
men to Fort Jay at Governor's
Island for induction.
The state called for a total of
1,316 draftees, of which 156 are
Negroes from areas outside the
city.
None Over 28
The authorities of the state
selective service warned all local
boards not to call any man who
reached the age of 28 on or be-fore
July 1, of this year. They
pointed out, however, that such
men are not barred from induc-tion
if they should volunteer for
enlistment.
Low Quota For Nassau
In comparison with the 16
previous draft calls since the first
in October, 1941, this call lists
Nassau's quotas at a considerably
lower figure. Baldwin has the
lowest quota, with only three
men, while Freeport heads the
list with a quota of 11, followed
by Cedarhurst with 10. Hicks-ville's
Local Board No. 712 will
send eight men this Friday.
They give yon their aid—and
they need your aid Give to the
U. S. 0.1
New Bank Discussed
By Community Council
Aluminum Drive
Termed A Success
Seitz Derides Businessmen
For Lack of Cooperation
Many Articles
Collected Here
"The Bethpage drive to col-lect
aluminum for national de-f
c s e was indeed a success," com-mented
Mr. John Ward, scout-master
of the local troop of the
Boy Scouts of America. A large
pile 01 unwanted aluminum was
accumulated in the Roosevelt Re-publ'can
clubhouse by Friday
cvt^ning, July 25, according to
"Ward. Everything from vacuum
cleaners and radios to salt and
pepper shakers were included in
the collection."
Many Make Collection
There was a noteworthy turn-out
of Boy Scouts to make the
rounds of the town, while cars
were furnished by members of
the scout committee and of the
American Legion, Archie McCord
post. Each grown-up volunteer
with a car carried two or three
boys and received a specific as-signment
as to the area he was
to cover. The collection included
to cover. The collection proceeded
with so much success and pro-gress
on Thursday evening that
on Friday evening it was nec-essary
only to visit the homes
of tliose residents who had not
been at home on the preceding
evening.
Recei^'ed By Nassau Council
Local collections of the needed
aluminum were picked up all
over the county by the Nassau
County Defense Council, where
it will probably be turned over
io national headquarters of the
Office of Civilian Defense, head-ed
by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK LEAD NATION IN DEFENSE HOUSING
Nassau and Suffolk counties
are ahead of all other parts of
the nation in the defense housing
program, according to the state
director of the Federal Housing
Administration, Mr. Thomas G.
Grace. The establishment of
several large aircraft manu-facturing
plants—among them
Grumman, Republic, Brewster,
Ranger and Liberty—has been
responsible for 1,250 new housing
units, valued at approximately
$5,400,000.
Suffolk County's construction
is now 102.7 percent over that
of 1930, while Nassau's rate of
increase is only 78.9 per cent.
In the areas of Hicksville,
Massapequa, B e t h p a g e and
Farmingdale, 950 single-family
homes with mortgage values of
about $4,200,000 are planned to
be begun right away, or are
already in the building process.
The Federal Housing Adminis-tration
is also financing the
remodeling of about 35 existing
sections which, when finished,
will be able to shelter nearly 100
families in the defense plant
area, Mr. Grace announced.
Insured loans up to $5,000 are
being authorized by the FHA
for repair and reconstruction
jobs.
An additional 300 new houses
with mortgage values of $1,200,-
000 are now either under con-struction
or about to start in
the industrial sections of Baby-lon,
Huntington and Copiague.
Mr. Grace pointed out that
financial organizations and con-struction
companies are working
together as never before in the
new building program, with
special effort on the prevention
of overbuilding.
"If local businessmen backed the Community Council
in the campaign to secure a bank in Bethpage, we might
get some action," declared George Seitz, acting chairman
of the council, at the last meeting held on July 24 at 8:30
in the firehouse.
Lack of Cooperaition
Seitz, presiding in the absence of Robert I. Chapal,
chairman, reported that although he had written to the
State Banking Commission regarding the prospect of a
new bank here, no reply had been
received. He said, "There has
been no cooperation on the part
of banks in surrounding com-munities,
but I know that all
local organizations would be
willing to put .their money in a
Bethpage bank. The biggest
obstacle to our success is the
state law which states that any
branch bank here must be
established by a bank within
Nassau County. However, the
committee will continue every
effort toward achieving the goal,
a Bethpage bank."
Discuss Garbage Disposal
On the question of garbage'
disposal, the members of the
council revealed that the situa-tion
is growing steadily worse,
with people dumping their refuse
into holes, streets and vacant
lots because disposal rates are
so high. In order to secure a
new disposal system, the consent
of 519r of the resident taxpayers
plus 51''r of the assessed valua-tion
must be secured. A new
committee to handle the n>atter
has been appointed, headed by
William Hartjen.
Police Booth Repair
The final matter discussed by
members of the council was in
reference to the painting of the
pr.lice booth. A resolution was
;:;issed to write a letter to the
Board of Supervisors with the
pui'pose of getting the job done
as soon as possible.
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More of the Bazaar!
The "Monster Bazaar," held
under the auspices of the St.
Martin of Tours Roman Catholic
Church on July 18, 19, 25 and
20, has been turne<l over to the
Archie McCord post of the Amer-ican
Legion, according to offic-ials.
The Legion post will run
the bazaar on August 1 and 3,
Friday and Saturday evenings,
in the parish hall, Broadway,
Bethpage for the benefit of the
welfare fund. Come and have a
good time I
HicksvilEe Kiwanis
To Fete Children
The Hicksville Kiwanis club's
annual Jones Beach kiddies' out-ing
will be held on August 6
this year, according to chairman
William DeFanis. Final plans
have now been completed, and a
large crowd is expected to at-tend.
Children between the ages
of seven and thirteen living in
Bethpage, Plainview, Jericho and
Hicksville are invited to come to
the outing.
EIGHT MEN TO LEAVE
FOR SERVICE IN ARMY
Eight men 'are scheduled to be
inducted into the U. S. Army
from Local Board #712, Hicks-ville,
New York, on July 31, 1941.
They are: Joseph Anselmo, Oak
Btreet, Farmingdale; Stanley
Slivonik, Willis Avenue, Syosset;
Martin Puccio, Jackson Avenue,
Syosset; Frank Habenicht, West
Avenue, Hicksville; Joseph Wod-zenski.
Old Bethpage Road,
Hicksville; Charles S t a r k e,
Boundary Avenue, Bethpage;
John Losty, Wheatley Hills, Glen
Head; and Henry Bilogan, Harri-son
Avenue, Bethpage.
More Trade With Egypt
Despite the war and shipping
difficulties, American trade with
Egypt has increased.
Junior Walther League
Plans Beach Party
The Junior Walther Leaguers
of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
are planning to participate in a
beach party next Tuesday to be
held at Bayville Beach, Bayvllle,
Long Island. All members are
leaving the church at 7:30 P. M.
and each will bring a box lunch.
Several of the members of the
league attended the social held
at the Trinity Lutheran church
in Hicksville on Friday evening
of last week.