Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-08-06

              Games To Feature Grumman Picnic Sept. 6
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Vol. 1. No. 35 WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1941 Price Five Cents
J50e.00 Received
By Firemen Here
In U. S. 0. Drive
Quota Doubled,
Norman Reports
Over $500.00 was received in
the Bethpage drive to secure
funds for the U.S.O., said James
Norman, chairman, as he counted
the final returns from the cam-paign,
which ended on July 31.
This amount was more than
double the quota assigned to the
Bethpage district, since the pros-pective
amount had been set at
$250.00.
House-To-House Canvass
• Chairman Norman reported
that contributions from the
Grumman Aircraft Corporation
added up to about $170.00. All
donations were received by the
Fire Department, which spon-
^•-.cred the drive. The campaign
was ("onducted in the form of a
house-to-house canvass by the
vamps, accompanied by company
apparatus.
Six On Committee
In addition to Norman, the
local firemen who served on the
committee were: Fire Chief Sal
Greco, Charles Campagne, Eu-gene
Albertson, Charles Keuchler
and Fred Kramer. These six
men each had charge of a zone
ni Bethpage and supervised col-lections
made by the local vamps.
'^ssau '^tes
It's a grand thing to see the
ladies rallying to help with
U.S.O., Defense, Bundles for
Britain, etc., etc., but girls, don't
forget that poor fellow with holes
in his socks and no buttons on
his shirt—the man who does his
share of work and for you too—
your HUSBAND!—The reason
why the airplane scenes in "Smil-in'
Jack" in the "Daily News"
comic strip are accurate is be-cause
its creator, Zazk Mosely
of Sands Point, pilots his own
plane and spends lots of time at
Roosevelt Field . . . "Little Lord
Fauntleroy" was really Viveyan
Burnett of Plandome who died a
hero in a sailboat rescue . . .
Preview . ..
A "Burro Ball Game" will be
held between the Grumman
Bombers and the Bethpage Fire
Department on August 26 at the
Bethpage Ball field on Stewart
Avenue near the railroad tracli.
The idea originated in the fire
department, but so far that's the
whole story!
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All Silk Mills
Stop Production
On Saturday night the nation's
silk and hosiery mills closed their
doors on a $250,000,000 industry,
in compliance with a govern-ment
order to cease production
and 175,000 or more silk workers
looked to the federal government
to provide means of support.
The reason for this econom.ic
warfare is to conserve the supply
of raw silk for the armed forces.
The "order" had the result of
"freezing" every bale of raw silk
in the hands of mills and ware-houses
prepatory to possible re-quisitioning
by the army and
navy, who would thereby gain
a two-year supply of silk for par-achutes,
powder bags and other
defense necessities.
M i l l s h a v i n g stocks of
"thrown" silk — semi-processed
fibre, ready for weaving—may
continue to function, but only
until their supply of thrown silk
is used up. Otherwise only firms
which hold army and navy orders
and which obtain specific per-mission
from Stettinius may
operate.
Hempstead Plans
Gala Sale Day
Merchants Unite
On "Holiday Sale"
Tomorrow, August 7, is the
«date for Hempstead's huge
"SALE DAY", according to Mr.
Harry L. Green, chairman of the
sale day committee. The sale
has been planned as a medium
of offering shoppers "real divi-dends"
in appreciation of their
year-round patronage, by provid-ing
huge numbers of extraordin-ary
values.
Village-Wide Promotion
Mr. Green, when interviewed,
remarked, "This is indeed a vil-lage-
wide promotion, supported
by every progressive business-man.
It is a one-day sale spon-sored
by the Asociation of Com-merce
and endorsed by Mayor
Mirschel and the entire village
board.
"The plan is, first, to sell
Hempstead, and second, to build
consumer confidence in our mer-chants.
Hempstead is the Met-ropolitan
shopping center for
suburban Long Island. Years ago
a common slogan was 'All roads
lead to Hempstead', and that
still goes!"
Committee Named
Mr. Green, chairman is being
assisted by Moe Roberts, vice
chairman; Anne Brockton, sec-retary;
George M. Estabrook,
treasurer; Norman Albert, Isaac
Kaplan, Ed Newmark, Harry
Taft, Morris Schiff and F. C.
Henry Hesse.
Nassau To Assist in Transportation
With Women's Red Cross Motor Corps
Women of Nassau County have demonstrated their willingness
to cooperate in the national defense program in many ways, but
no activity has proved this fact more than the existence of the
Red Cross Motor Corps, which is training women for transport
service in the event an emergency requires them for drivers.
This corps, which is six months old, was organized by volunteer
workers under the chairmanship of Mrs. Reginald Rose of Syosset.
The motor corps is prepare to help in both peacetime and war
emergencies, since the members have gone through vigorous training
in all types of transportation services, devoting scheduled hours to
their volunteer work. The pres- According to Sergeant Fred
ent training includes transport- ^ang of the fourth precinct.
ation of disabled veterans to and
from hospitals, railway stations
and homes; also public health
work.
WOMAN RETURNS AFTER 13 YEARS
After 13 years as a secretary in
the American consulate offices
in Milan, Italy, Miss Josepha
Otten, of 122 Division Street,
Hicksville, remarked that she
wasn't keen on the idea of going
back to Europe again. Miss Otten
returned to America last week
aboard the navy transport. West
Point on the "repatriation trip"
made by several hundred govern-ment
employees.
Miss Otten registered approval
of the treatment accorded Amer-icans
by Italians, although she
commented that visitors who
speak foreign languages in Italy
are not overpopular.
Automobiles driven by civilians
are non-existent, said Miss Otten
—only military autos may be
seen. Consequently, bicycling is
a common practise.
Woodmere, instructor in the
safety and skill driving course
for motor corps members, there
is no place in the training for
feminine frills and furbelows.
The mechanics course is a diffi-cult
one which requires spark
plug handling, tire changing,
etc.
Before admission to member-ship
in the corps, thirty hours
of actual driving service must be
completed by the candidate. The
"graduate" receives a certificate,
and may purchase a Red Cross
Motor corps emblem for her car.
Her name is then placed on the
calling list of the local chair-man,
and she is classified as a
full-fledged member.
Navy Department
Condemns Land
Amendola Reports 450 Lots H
Under Condemnation Proceedings
Mr. Raymond J. Amendola, local real estate broker,
recently reported to NEWSGRAM that a piece of land
comprising approximately 450 lots in Bethpage, is under
condemnation proceedings by the U. S. Navy Department.
Land Between Two Grumman Plants
Said Mr. Amendola: "This property, consisting of a
fork of land jutting between the two plants owned by the
Grumman Aircraft & Engineering Corporation, has been
condemned by the Navy Department."
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Gentlemen:
Your current controversy now
being aired in the newspapers
ever the abilities of your respec-tive
baseball teams seems to be
getting nowhere.
As Chairman of the U. S. O.
in Fariningdale I would like to
enter this squabble and attempt
to mediate the difficulties in-volved
in the form of a challenge.
I therefore openly challenge
your respective baseball teams
to play a series of games in the
Freeport Stadium as quickly as
a schedule can be arranged.
All proceeds will be given to
the U. S. O. in Farmingdale and
Bethpage.
You can't say NO to the
u. s. o.
Sincerely,
ALFRED W. RUSSELL
Chairman Farmingdale U. S. O.
Upon the receipt of the above
letter the Officials of Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corpora-tion
and the Republic Aviation
Corporation immediately held a
meeting to iron out the dif-ferences
and arrange for a series
of games to be played at the
Freeport Stadium for the benefit
of the U. S. O. The dat^s of
the games to be played between
the Grumman Bombers and the
Republic Aircraft Club will be
announced later in the week.
Bethpage Firemen
Have Beach Picnic
Members of Company No. 1 of
the Bethpage Fire Department
and their entire families spent a
ver\ enjoyable afternoon and
eveiling last Sunday at Tobay
Beach on the occasion of their
annual beach picnic.
The gathering, which totalled
about 75 men, women, and child-ren,
spent the day basking in the
sun, floating on the water, and
later, partaking of the plentiful
refreshments which included a
delightful corn and wienie roast.
When evening came, everyone
forgot the cares of the day, and
joined in songs and general fes-tivity,
but as the hour of de-parture
approached, spirits fell.
Now members of the Fire De-partment
and their families
await the advent of next year's
beach party.
Amendola then pointed out
that the land was formerly owned
by the Surbuban Land Company,
The entire section No. 3 has been
condemned, including about 450
lots together with the four or
five houses thereon.
After a period of six weeks
has elapsed and the proper legal
steps liave been taken, it is
expected that the land will be
controlled by the navy depart-ment
which will convert the
property to fit its own needs.
Nassau Collects
25 Truckloads
Of Old Aluminum
35,105 lbs. of Scrap Metal
Sent to Headquarters
It has been reported that 25
large truckloads of scrap alum-inum
for our national defense
purposes left Nassau County jail
yard last week.
C a r r i e d away in Nassau
County trucks were 33,582
pounds of metal which had been
donated by the housewives of the
county. Without local weighing,
other truckloads of aluminum
were sent directly to reclam-ation
plants in Queens and
Brooklyn.
Colections from local towns
were as follows: Bethpage, 200
pounds; Farmingdale, 145; and
Hicksville, 375.
County Sealer, Robert Wil-liams,
reported to Nassau County
Executive Russel Sprague that
all of the metal trucked out of
the jail yard had been weighed
by his department. According to
Williams, on Tuesday 21,475
pounds were carted out, and
13,540 on Wednesday making a
total of 35,105 pounds. Deputy
William Kirk directed weighing
of the truckloads of scrap alum-inum.
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BETHPAGE 4-H MEMBERS
ATTEND RIYERHEAD CAMP
A group of local girls, mem-bers
of the Bethpage 4-H Club,
left Saturday for the Girls' 4-H
Camp at Baiting Hollow, River-head,
where they will spend two
weeks. The girls included Char-lotte
Damm, of Stewart Avenue,
Ellen Ebisch and Lenore Fox
of FourUi Street, and Ann Bar-ton
of Pershing Avenue.
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