Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-06-06

              Griimmitn Outing Plans Near
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Vol I, No. 26 FRIDAY. JUNE 6. 1941 12 Price Five Cents
Sperry Company Urged
To Establish Branch Here
Council Asks Plant
On Leeston Smith
T h e Bcthpago Community
Council at its meeting held here
Thursday, May 29, drafted a
proposition to induce the Sperry
Gyroscope Company to locate
here. After hearing of the
Sperry Company's decision to
establish a branch somewhere in
this vicinity, it was decided to
endeavor to persuade tlie com-pany
to locate in BethiDage. The
location which would probably
be the most desirable, it was
stated, would be the Leeston-
Smith property bordering on the
Long Island Raih^oad and front-ing
on South Oyster Bay Road,
near the Grumman property. The
Sperry Company if it located
here, would be able to avail itself
of railroad facilities necessary
to its large plant with excellent
parking facilit-es, it was stated
^fiinick Noce, secretary of
'ilie Community Council.
Garbajye Colletiion
Frank Simmons, head of the
committee endeavoring to bring
garbage collection to this com-munity,
announced niuch pro-gress
and stated that a few more
signatures would bo needed to
make this service possible.
Donation To Boy Scouts
Albert A. Lang, member of the
council and chairman of the boy
f.cout fund drive for this section
asked for a donation by the
council for the scouts. The
donation was made and approved
at the meeting.
Robert I. Chapal, chairman of
the council presided at the meet-ing.
The inability of the Community
Council to make progress on
community improvements has
besen laid to the poor attendance
at its meeting, it was stated.
The next meeting will be held
on June 26th.
« A i r c r a f t Industry
Needs Skifled Lc^bor
At Wright Field
At Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio',
over 450 isliilled aircraft and
maintenance mechar.'cs have,
been appointed since January 1,
1941, yet at the present time
there is an urgent need there for
over 450 additional aircraft
mechanics, electricians, engine
mechanics, and wire-workers.
Aircraft maintenance and repair-men
are also needed at the Naval
Air Stations at Jacksonville and
Pensacola, Fla., at Alameda and
Sacramento, Calif., and at
Corpus Christ! and San Antonio,
Tsxas.
To Locate
Property
Civil service examinations for
the positions described below
hdve been announced by the
II. S. Civil Service Commission.
Applications will be accepted
at the Commission's Washington
office not later tlian the closing
dates specified. The salaries 'are
subject to the usual 3^2 percent
retirement deduction.
Electrotyper (finisher, electro-typer
(mokler), stereotyper;
51.32 an hour for a 40-hour week.
Appointments will be made in the
Government Printing O f f i c e,
Washington, D. C. Applicants
must have compieted at least
7 grades of fornval schooling and
• an apprenticeship of 5 years or
5 years of practi'jal experience
in the trade. In addition, they
must show that they have had
at least 1 year of journeyman
experience. Tlie closing date for
receipt of applications is July 2,
1941.
Junior clerk, 91,440 a year,
for appointment in V/ashiagton,
D. C., only. This examination
is open only to persons witli
specialized experience. Optional
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IB More Women
Sign Up for Defense
Eighteen more women in Betli-volunteered
thuir services
to help the Defence rrosiani
on IVJay 26th.
Those in BetljpaRe who have
not registered and wish to do
so, may sign up any weekday up
to noon of Saturday, iti the
Gymnasium Hall, ot Adelphi
College, in Garden City.
V /
Board Reveals
The Na.ssau County Health
Department reported today that
not less than 5,000 pre-school
children must be immunized
against diphtheria by December
31 to maintain the- standards set
by the state.
It was stated that at least
35 per cent of pre-school children
should be immunized to insure
against a serious outbreak of the
disease.
The department reported that
there were 2,255 completed im-munizations
last year which was
1,026 less than in 1939. There
wore only 19 immunizations of
persons more than 15 years of
age. The department estimated
tiiat there are 23,852 children
of pre-school age in Nassau
County.
Sergeant "Walter F. Ramme,
safety officer of the Third
Precinct, Mineola, urges pedes-trians,
especially those wlio are
inclined to be heedless hurriers
or jaywalkers, to sit down and
refres'n their knowledge of the
rudiments of safety.
"People walking carelessly day
after day are apt to forget—and
this lapse may cost their lives,"
quoted Sergeant, Ramme.
Sergeant Ranmie said that
during 1940, 308 persons were
killed crossing thoroughfares be-tween
intersections. Another 106
victims stepped from behind cars.
Of the children playing in the
streets, 78 met death.
Jc Amendola
is Appomfed
Cemm Tciker
Mr. R'ayi-nnnd J. Amendola of
Broadway, w:!s one of the
enumerators appointed to take
a hou.se census in this locality
for the Federal Government. Tlie
purpose of this census is to
determine tlie liousing conditions
in Bethpage and Farmingdalo
und the liousing re(iuiremeots for
employees v/orki:ig in defense
production factories.
Nassau County Defense Council
Firms To Apply For Sabotage
Urges
Protection
On June 2, Nassau County
became the first county in New
York State to avail itself of
protection from saboteurs af-forxled
^ defense industries, fuel
and power companies and public
utilities by a recently enacted
section of the penal code which
makes trespassing on the prop-perty
of these concerns a mis-demeanor,
punishable by im-pri.
sonment and fine.
Notice tliat firms in Nassau
County could qualify for the
protection offered by the new
l;\w, known as section 2042 of
the penal code, was sent out on
Monday under the direction of
Inspector Ilai-old R. King of the
Nassau County Police and t!ie
Nassau County defense council,
which, according to the law,
must grant firms the authority
to post necessary signs.
The law, which became effec-tive
on April 28, of this year,
provides that . . persons or
corporations, engaged, or prepar-ing
to engage, in the manu-facture,
transportation or stor-age
of any product to be u.serl
for defense or war of the United
States, or any foreign govern-ment
with which the United
States maintains diplomatic rela-tions,
and any persons or
corporations engaged in the
manufacture, transportation, dis-tribution
or storage of gas, oil,
coal, electricity or water, and
anyone operating a public utility,
a iy of whose properties are
fenccd in either by a fence, wall
or buildings, may petition a
legally established NOAV York
state council of defense lor
authority to post around such
property at each gate, entrance,
dock or railway entrance (as
well as every 100 feet of water
front) a sign reading: "No Entry
Without Permission," and upon
the granting of such authority
by such council, wlioever without
the permission of such owner
shall unlawfully enter upon such
property, so posted, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by imprison-ment
of not more than 10 days
or fine of not more than $50.
or both."
E'nding what has been termed
a weakness in the state law, the
now section gives local police
authority to make immediate
arrests of trespassers and to hold
them while investigating their
records for possible subversive
activities.
Tlie announcement LU'ged firms
which could (lualify under the
at cnce for i)0rmissi0'i to post
specification of the law to apply
the necessary signs and for in-structions
to be given to watc'n-men
and guards in the event
trespassers are iliscovered on
posted property. A petition, in
the approved form, was enclosed
witli the announcement.
It was pointed out that greater
protection to the county's fimis
qualifying under the law could
be had if application for permis-sion
to erect signs was made
immediately by all concerned.
The National C o n f e r e n ce
Board, Inc., of 247 Park Avenue,
New Y^ork, announced that more
Americans were working last
year than ever before, and the
first three months of 1941
indicate an even greater employ-ment
ratio.
During last April alone the
boai'd recorded an unemployment
drop of 705,000 cutting the
national figure to 5,412,000.
Allowances were made for the
2,271,000 persons on Government
emei^gency payrolls. Nearly all
large industries reported em-ployment
gains.
Arrangeme:its for the 18th
annual Long Island pota':o toui;
to be held June 26 and 27, are
being made by the agriculture
extension ?ervices of the Nassau
and Suffolk County farm bureau.
A two day tou.r has been
plannerl. Visiting growers will
bo able to observe the latest
equipment for t!ie liandling of
large acres efficiently, including
traders, planters, cultivators,
spiayers and dusters. Exhibits
will include vegetable farm,
variations and seed source
demonstratiojis on farms, and 30
acres of potato and vegetable
oxpei'imeiits on culture, disease
and inject control.
I^ssau %ptes
Charles Jones of Long Beach
iiit his employer with a "Full
quart oil can" (B'klyn Eagle.)
Well anybody could do that—it
would have been more of a test
of skill if he'd used a half pint.
. . . The Boy Scout drive is on.
Why not let them have a slice
of your bridge or poker winnings
for the past few weeks? You
couldn't help a better cause and
at the same time you could atone
for your wicked ways—If you
don't play cards then you might
contribute the money you might
have lost, if you lost, then don't
play next week and give the
money to the Boy Scouts in-stead!
. . . A1 Smith's son-in-law,
Major Warner, played a
piano solo at the final concert
of the Long Island Symphony
Orchestra the other day in
Lawrence. A1 was there and
somebody who sat near him said
he was humming "The Sidewalks
of New York" most of the time.