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,24th Year, No. 16 J « P B P 0 R T , 1 C J f . , THURSI)AY^»AC^ G, 1939 PftlCE FIVE CENTS PER-CQPT
MAYOR GLACKEN EXPLAINS
NEED OF |LAR HEARINGS
I • Stafes Cmef Shduld No^ ^^
T i Be Pr-e-^iclgecl Until AH
i 'DurU>r a special ipress conrerence lield Motnday iii«ht wt the
>VUUKe'Ulail, ^syor Witllain F. Olacken relmsad tbe foUowlng printed
'sUtemcnL'3 rer»d>ne the current hearings af suspended rollce Chief
I'eter fSiar:
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; "In vlEW ci a recently published series of statoments nttributed
to th(> VUIngc Party, n Prccport political oreanUatlon, It Is evident
the Village Board of Preeport Enlighten the general public regarding
ttig, trial of sui>pended Police Chief Peter A, El^r. '
. "The Freeporl VIIIBKC Board has — — •' • ••• —•—
MERCHANTS OFFER BIG BARGAINS
AND PRRES IN 3tst ANNUAL SAIE
WUIiam F. Spiitli Nanied
New Town Comptroller
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many responsibllitiCi, foremost of
.which is actiulescence to, the wDl
of the community's citizens,' It 'waa
this will which prompted the trial
.Of Mr. Blar.
• - "During: the past, two-years sav-
' «raT, Complaints .with Mr, .^lar ;a3'
the siAJect.ljave -toeen" received by
fthe.,B6:ard. pitbie.'^' la^>part of
Savings Associatipn»' I
Show Gains In Assets
Nassau County's''savings as;o:^la-tlons
^noreased their assets froni
$441,800,888 to $50^,088,789 id the
ysv ended Jtteio 30, an. increase of
13.G per cent. In the same period,
.according to David" Ford, president'
of ibe;, Spvlijg^ As«facia'Uott Iicagoe
of New ;^orlc State, the'assetti.of ail
33Q'aeivlJ^ awclationa 'l{ittlte ^tttst^
jiuflrk. for ^eifir^t't'lnwi;
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Lucky Keys To Be Given^Away
Free in Participating Stores
There are Indications Uiat the 3l3t dnnual D<>llar' D&y9~tht3 .
Thursday, Friday and Saturday—will surpass all sales events conducted
,by the Freeport Merchants Association. t
.:;Trcaaur8 Chests" prize glve-awiy wlU attract, shoppers. In addi»
^tlon to exceptlonal^baiBalns, Stores displaying official D6Jlar'Day
emblems will Issue "Lucky Keys" which offer a chance to win some
of the more than $1,000 In vatuat>le prizes—whenever 'keys fit the
Treasure Chest locks.
Qlrls,ln pirate costumes will stand at Treasure Chests on South.
Main ht., and at the comer of Weit Meirlck rd. and Church St.'
Possessors of keys will try the locks. It a key fits. Its holder wUt
I select ftn envelope entitling him or her to one of the prizes,
Plenty of parking will be available on Dollar Days In Freeport'S
many, convenient {ieldA. Stores will remain • open until ^ '-p.m. a&
Thursday and Friday, and' until 6 on Baturday' The business area Is'
decorated with gayly colored banneie.
Station WOB? will have a trauer Thursday'' and Friday. In front of
the. W. T. Orant Co, store to <icmonst£ate ^twti xvAia pM^ami jst .
.hroadfiftst.',• . . '._.,-. J/J'.,,^^..!_,^• ^-.y:--' ;'*';.•^'•'.;.•^^''J'<•'^vy.-^v'J
' ^,09orge'jesp(^tt!Q,'pr^ident.of''the liTeron'Bnta Aaaaclatlon,'-baa been
.forking hard".onikPfeparatip
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Bond Issue Voted
For JNorth Brookside
t .Ave, Improvement
\ Paritlng Field 6, behind Hill's
'supermarket on West Main at., was
.'de61gAated a metered field" by'the
'VJllagc Board at Its meeting ,Mon-daV
night, after a public hearing
revealed atuence of opposition. The
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and home-ftnanclng institutions.
The League's semi-annual analy­sis
showed that the associations in
this area have increased their assets
as follows since June 1968:
South Share Federal Savings and
Loan Association, from $31,618,587
to ' $37,042,305; Baldwln-Belijiore
Federal Savings and Loan Awocta-tlon
from $32,122,6^4 to $34,706,154;
and Roosevelt 3'aylngs., anji_ Loan
Association, from $3.<4S,S63 to fi.
187,347. '.' . '. ; . .v.j,'^
?The'cJiia^u'«(jr«^J'une"'lhcifelte^f'$2al;-^ ^P"- Sfmlth'of'•ro&
8l8',20S-was the largest'slic-mOnth JP^lsrton'Avenue,-Unlondale^ as Its
gain ik the history of these thrift '0^^i?lo)jfefc,:;|d/fUl' ihd'.i.vatflnoy
ROOSEVELT'S EQUINE SUMMIT
jMEETING BECOMES BIG HIT
Near 50,000 Pack Raceway
. For Top Infernafionial Race
•' >; • -"Sly Irving pcrnstein " ,~ ,
][<E1ADER Sports I'eature lidltor
Last Saturday night Roosevelt Ratfeway became the United Nations
Of the world sf t t o t t t a g races. NQarly SO.flOtt ' ^ o p l c Jammed this
colorful multl-nillhoii dollar stadium to watch Jaminr-lhe 'French
artlchoke-eatiag entry, win ,the $50,<)00.flO Intematl'onftl Tro^ Italy's
^Tomese" was, second" and "Trader Horn", the American entry and
jnn early favorite driven by Billy Hau^htoh, was third..
1'^, The 'famoiLs Cloud Casino and every other available space was
-filled with top names from every field of Ahierlcan endeavor Including
dignitaries from many foreign - countries. Every major newspaper-,and
wire service was represented. Including Europels foremdiSt 'publications.'
Prceport's Joha.S^ogge made- the prc-rswe announcement -Which
was translated Into French, the Internatlcnal langu&ge. Western Union
i/ixes wer^ l^ept humming by newsmen on dett^Us of tb^ affair,- further
proving the IntemaQoiial flavor of Roosevelt Raceway's' first wprlid*
fride trotting ra** It^hlljght. ' ^ •
'I England, Caoada, Italy, Japan, France, %est'Qermany, Uruguay,
jfljgentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Algeria, Bo^ith Korea'. Belguiin>
Sweden, Norway,' Denmark and ^Rus^a were represented by ttaelr
respective track official^. • - " ' ' , L
This highly pubU^iized InternaQonal feature celebrated Roosevelt
pa<^ay's 20th opening.' The many fans fropi Prepport and the sur-
.loundlntr area feel k"at home" {|t this fabulous We;sUiury> bvol Because
deorge ijaofUnt Levy,.. t)ie,>; ":|nttl>er of Modern. Day J'IFVo^ting I^tees"
'-Wonejorttie Jlato«V»^j,,^ is on{l';ofIJpBi)«>5t's-favorite
piorsa.,<- !Hli?'bi'o^tr',-,l^vlCLevy,,'iitllioJ»erates their'faSWrrs^meo's sKop,
Adi\tiia,lSme'-Si:mB!'(ia'8a\ith Main St. I'his'is dnefof-thTt
cre!»^ft''bK;the;'*§tlMmeht' iir^ised^
Fwyfc.-" ' •>'<ri'.'. • K .'. \i'- i
smith, 13^years_,wttH the Town
Water. pUtrictS, apd recently.ap-polnijed^
i^ead Clerk of .the ti>€^ly
formed Water Department, assumed
his new position on August 1, ,1930.
Prior to, his association .with -the
Town of Hempstead, in July-.of
1946, he had been associated with
the ^onlj» Plan Industrial Bank o(
Mew York frorn' 1936 to 1942. From
1942 ,io June 'iS4S -he served with
.the Army Air Force as an Admin-
Istratlve ]!nspector, covering admin­istration,
fiscal, and organizational
functions, aiid later with tbe 20th
Bomber Comxnand fiS' a Personnel
Offtoer. * -
' During the period 1B36 to 1842 he
attended ^t.V.U. School-of Account­ing.
BlU'JiEtB, been 'ail active,member
of 'the" Unlondale- Fire' Department
Emergency Squsd for 23 years and
a charter member and present Com-
'mander of the local American
Legion Posf. •
BaUwin Fure Dept. Starts
Annual F^itid Drive
The 69th Annual sufascrlptio.n
drive of ,Uie Baldwin Fire Dept,
startfHl-4U£Ust-2, lOBB, under ttl^
.cipaide leadership of Deputy Chief
Dominic Famularo. An appeal iii
being: me^e' to the resident-of (
BaldvfJn, Irpm- the BAl(||wln Flrf»
Dspa^tment, for their full coopera­tion
towards this, worthy cause.
Ttieresa ^^SpfwHl^HfltSH' Dohalgjir.TASe Wmic^ 'Oavld .JLe'vyT "Sandy
ponj^ger, .l^etiry^itzle?,'Harry Wrede. Jfoseph Goldstein and RoberE
Erwig.
, Extra, copies of The Leader are be'lng dtsfrlbutcd to spread tlie
news'about'Dollar Days, Ftor example, hundreds will, go frdib of charge
to patrons of the new Fi-eeport Bowl, huge bowling center, which opens
today (Wednesday) on Coraiperctal st, near Brood-ff^y.
Special Police Associatidn
Plans Party At Park
The Freeport Special Police Asso­ciation
will hold n stag party for
members only at the Northeast
Park on Sunday afternoon and eve­ning,
Aug 23 In case of rain the
affair will take place one week
later, Sunday, Aug 30. Those M
charge of the party are Salvatore
Fontana JeRoyd Greene and Dick
l«ggatt
Welcome h) Freeport
Mr and Mrs Alan O NcgUs, IIB
south Ijon^ Beach w^.
Mr, and Mrs. Leonard Uakofskl,
62 Pennsylvania ave.
Mr. and Mrs Jjewls J, Flsfenl, 80
Van Buren st.
Mr and Mrs.' David L' Ooldrich,
194 Smith st
Mrs Florence Gilbert, 136 Smith
st
Mr. and Mrs John A Campbell,
398 Rose st
CeremoniesMarkingGround
Breaking Set For Sunday
FBEEFORT DRUG SHOP -
TO STAY OSjeiN SUNDAY - '
Cohens Ffeeport Drug Shop, ^
Soutti Mainet, will remain opfa
un|^ )0..^m; Sipdiay -nlgl^t af^
in ^ , ^It^rtioqni f(n- the va^n^ ^
dasi'.-lte.pbafi^ humbler
•riili !• #11 mreUMfa flr^wft^^of-tte'iAFiaiwbed new Cbareh