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SOUTHOLD. N. Y.. THURSDAY. MARCH 2«. 1942 Shigto Copiw, s C m *

A m erican L egion O ra to r ic a l C o n te s t

F in a ls a t Southold H . S. F rid ay N ight MbtHtack Post0 S tu d e n t O r a t o r s ̂V ie F o r R ig h t T o R e p r e s e n t S u f fo lk

SMx student orators, the first and sectind place winners in each of the sectional semi-flnals, will take part in Oje county finals of the fifth an­nual American Legion oratorical contest on the United States Con- litituiion which will be held this Friday in the Southold High School Auditorium at 8 p. m. The con­testants will vie for the honor of rep­resenting Suffolk County at the Long Island-Staten Island district contest to be held the early part of April.

The contestants and the subjects of their original essays are as follows: First Division, John Petrone of Huntington H. S., “You and Your Constitution”, and David Frost of Port Jefferson H. S., “Democracy At Work Under The Constitution”; 2nd division, Anita Pedisich of Sayville H. S , “We the People”, and Jeanne K. Efngle of Center Moriches H. S-t “Why We Must Fight”, 3rd division, Anna Yesowitch of Westhampton Beach H. S. “America, A Haven For the Oppressed”, and Kalixt Synakow- ski of Riverhead H. S., “The Con- stiUltton In Wartime”.

n i e coounittee of Judges will con­sist County Judge L. Barron Hill; PrinlBllpal A. C. O a i ^ , Mattttuck; Principal Robert F. Zakary, Shelter IflUtid; Jo to Armstrong of Babylon^ chairman, of the 1941 contest, and Elbert W. Robinson. Southampton atton^y . Edward P. Brennan of Soutbamptohi county chairman of the c o n ^ , jKttLexplain the co«i|iipQir<’>a]affvt|) ̂ j^r6Mhtatib>i' awaiMi *W111 be r made by County Comihnhnder Wiluain Heldinan of Norfhport. Vincent F. Browne of Mattituck will be master of cere­monies.

The public is invited to atteM and enjoy the program, which will also include selections by the SoutholdH. S. orchestra. There will be no adm issioR "charge.

The oratorical contest and the Boys’ State project are enterprises sponsored by the American Legion to encourage study of government and promote knowledge of American in­stitutions afeong young people. The winnei’ in the national finals of the contest will receive a college scholar­ship valued at $4,000, the gift of Eddie Cantor of radio and stage fame, while a $1,000 scholarship is offered as the second award.

S o u th o ld P r o c u r e s P r o te c t iv e W e a p o n s

Complying with a Resolution pass­ed by the Southold Town Board on March 5th, Supervisor Horton re­ported to the Board on March 20th that he had purchased for the pro­tection of Southold Town and its residents 3 submachine guns togeth­er with full equipment for the wea­pons and 1000 rounds of ammuni­tion. The Supervisor expressed the hope that Southold Town might nev­er have occasion to use such instru­ments, but stated that he felt that the knowledge that the Town pos­sessed such weapons and had com­petent persons to use them in emer­gency woul'd add some sense of se­curity to the residents of the Town.

Captain George Griffin of South Jamesport was a visitor at the Board meeting on last Friday. Captain Griffin was one of the fourteen of­ficers and men out of a crew of 45 saved when his vessel was torpedoed by a Nazi submarine 45 miles oil the Florida coast recently. He seem­ed to have stood the rigors of his ex­perience very well. He was warmly congratulated by the members of the Board on his survival.

S p e c ia l M u s ic A t M a t t i tu c k C h u rc h

The choir of the Mattituck Presby­terian Church, under the direction of Mrs. Carll S. LeValley, organist and choir director, will present • its Easter music on Palm Sunday, Mar. 29.

At the morning service the choir will sing “Fling Wide the Gates” from Stainers “The Crucifixion.” and Walter Williams will sing Faure’s “The Palms.”

A vesper will be held in the church at 4 o’clock in tlie afternoon, the program of which follows:

Anthem, “The 150tli Psalm,” by Franck; anthem, “Sanctus,” by Gou­nod; anthem, “Fear Not, O Israel,” by Spicker; “The Joyful Eastertide,” soprano solo with violin obbligato, by Mrs. Jan^es Wasson and Miss Carol Reeve; anthem, “Resurrection,” by Edmundson; anthem, “Come Un­to Me,” from Bach’s St. Matthew Pas.sion; anthem, “1 Am He That Liveth,” by Robei-ts.

Mrs. LeValley’s organ selections include “Magnificat,” by Claussmann; '•Postlude in E,” by Vincent; “I Love Thee Lord Most High,” by Kreckel; “March Heroique,” by Peery, and “Tliere Is a Green Hill,” by Gounod.

The soloists to be featured in the anthems are Mrs. Terry W. Tuthill^ Mrs. James Wasson, Miss Karen Phillips, Walter Williams and Carll LeValley,,

At the service last Sunday morn­ing the Junior Choir sang an anthem, "O Sa\'iour of the World,” by Goss.

ftan On Fireanns For Aliens Proposed

Possession of firearms by enemy aliens is prohlbjited iHtder, the tmipns of a bill introdifced on Wecjnepdw in the Legidature by AiiMmb^man:|ii9i-

tor James 4 . the i l thDistrict, on behalf of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation.

Intended as a model measure for the other 47 states to copy, the bill carries the support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Naval Intelligence and the Military Intelli­gence. It supports Federal agen­cies responsible for internal security in their efforts to rid the country of enemy contraband.

The bill stipulates that no alien enemy, including Japanese, Germans and Italians, can. during the exist­ing state of war, own, possess, trans­fer, pledge, lease, lend or otherwise dispose of, or purchase, borrow, lease, or otherwise acquire any fire­arms.

It also stipulates that no person, firm, association or corporation can knowingly purchase, lease lend, give or otherwise dispose of .any firearms to or for any alien enemy.

Another section provides that no person, firm, association or corpora- tioil can knowingly purchase, lease, accept for safekeeping, or otherwise acquire any firearm from any alien enemy.

The bill not only prohibits an alien enemy from receiving a license or renewing a permit, but immediately revokes all permits held by aliens on the date that the act takes efitect. Within five days after that date, all enemy aliens must surrender every firearm in their possession to the po­lice authorities in their community.

The airplane spotters, supervised by the American Legion, have been manning the Observation Tower at the Mattituck schoolhouse more or less smoothly for nearly four months, night and day, good weather and bad. As time goes along the duty becomes somewhat monotonous and seems, to some, almost unnecessary.

Men are continually leaving to join the armed forces and war projects, and what with sickness ‘and other unavoidable duties elsewhere, it be­comes more and more difficult to keep observers there and not make a real hardship on the men who are serving so faithfully week after week regardless of their work and other interests.

Many farmers volunteered and have been on duty continuously from the beginning. Now that spring is here, some of them on certain watches find it conflicts with their regular spring planting and want to be relieved for a few weeks. When this is done it upsets the whole sche­dule and frequently necessitates putting on observers not really qual­ified. Again many of the farmers have made it a point to tell the Chief Observer that the war does not stop during the planting season and that they intend to continue as long as it is necessary—but that they expect the other farmers ^to do likewise; that io be on guard in ttie service of their country two or three hours once a weMc is not too mudi.

It has been reported that our ob­servers are doing a fine job. The ar-

Mattitack Will Vote OnPardnM ofPark Property AprS 7th

PropOMls Call For Total Cost of $ 3 0 ^ For mte» On L. I. Sound And A Bay

The community of Mattituck wfll soon realize its 20>year dream of liv in g public parks and bathing beaches on Long Island Sound, Pe- conic Bay and Maitituck Creek if property owners giVe their assent to propositions for the purchase and development of sites on each of these waterways at a total cost of $30,000.

The Mattituck Park Commission, of which Harold R. Reeve Sr. is chairman, gave notice this week that a special meeting of the resident taxpayers of the pferk district will take place at the Mattituck fire house on Tuesday, i^pril 7, between the hours of 7 p. m. and 10 p. m., for the purpose of vpting on the pro­posals. V

The commission is presenting as separate proposition^ at this taxpay­ers’ poll its plans .for the purchase of about four and,'one fourth acres of land with a frorltage of some 500 feet on Peconic Bay, of 14.20 acres fronting over 800 feet on Long Is­land Sound, and o ( a 100-foot strip of creek shoreffOiH-

The Bay property, located west of Sigsby road, woultf be acquhred from John Husing and Arthur L. Downs estates at a cost of with all but $200 of this giiing the Husing heirs. The pric^M th i $OUnd pro­perty which b&nmrs | j i jm r ’s road west of the B rM kw at#, i t fixed at $15,000, which would paid Mrs. Marion Sinith, The pKce of shore*

my considers this, wprk vitally im- front on M a tt i t i^ Cretk west of Meportant, m6re, so as, the* w at pro- grcMes. ,. spm e people are inclined jo thiiil^ that .i» not sb 'neciiigtory when it is foggy Of during a bad storm. In Europe it has been proven that such times are the most dangerous—im­mediately after the storm, or dur­ing any lull, the bombers are most likely to attack.

So let us all make every effort to continue the fine work being done; if we want to keep our freedom and liberty we must be willing to work and fight for it.

There ai-e many men in this vi­cinity qualified to serve, and it would be appreciated if any who are willing would give their names to the undersigned.

The Chief Observers have been happily surprised when certain in- divic^uals volunteered their services. The co-operation throughout has been splendid and it is desired to ex­press sincere appreciation to all who have served.

Raymond E. Tuthill Gilbert V. Horton

Chief Observers

To SelecteesThe U. S. Government has re­

quested that the Griswold-Terry- Glovej- Post, No. 803, American Le­gion distribute a book of interest to all selectees. All boys entering the service are asked to stop at Wal­ter Adams’ Store and receive one of these very worth while ‘copies.’

F u n d s N e e d e d F o r F i r s t A id S ta t io n s

The ecuiipping of thi'ee first aid stations in Southold and Peconic is the next step to be untertaken by the local Civilian Defense organiza­tion accoi'ding to Dr. John W. Stokes, head of the Medical Unit for the Southold Peconic Area. These stations will be located at the South- old school, the Southold Firehouse and the Peconic school and will be adequately equipped to meet any emergency.

The cost of supplies and equip­ment for these three stations will be in the neighborhood of $1,200 and the residents of Southold and Pecon­ic are asked to share in the defray­ing of these expenses. It has been suggested that each family contri- tu te $3.00 o*' more towards this fund. Any amount donated would be small in proportion to the satisfac­tion in knowing that we are to have three fully equipped first aid stations which would be able to take care of victims in case of an air raid.

R. G. Terry will aCt as treasurer of this fund. Please do riot send anything until further instructions are given.

G o o d F r i d a y U n io n S e rv ic e A t S o u th o ld

For the fifth consecutive year, the thr^e Southold Churches will hold a three-hour Good Friday Union Ser­vice. This year’s service will be held in the Soutiiold Presbyterian Church on Good Friday from 12 noon to 3 p. m. Dr. Samuel G. Ayres, pastor of the Universalist Church, is in charge of the ai’rangements.

j This service of memory, love and consecration which has been attend­ed by large congregations in past years, will be divided into two sec­tions, with a hymn, Bible i-eadlng,

' short address, prayer and silence. Each period will be a meditation on, one of the “Seven Last Words from

;the Cross.”1 The ministers, who will deliver short sermons, are: RCv. S. G. Ayres, Rev. Alexander H. Shaw, pastor of the East Marion Baptist Church; Rev. Owen V. Davis, pastor of the Greenport Presbyterian Chux’ch; Rev. John W. Crayton, pastor of the Southold Methodist Church; Rev. John W. McClelland, pastqr of the Orient Congregational Church; Rev. John E. Thompson, pastor of the Greenport Methodist Church, and Rev. Lester P. White, pastor of the Cutchogue Methodist Church.

A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to attend.

TO ALL FIREMENReport ' at Fire House Sunday,

March 29th at 3:30 P. M. Leave your cars home.

John ScottChief

foot of Love Laiie w oii# be acquired from the J^kM ny Coit|l>^ y , ItB tti- 'tuck Yacht Club, at a cost of 9450. .

The commission also proposes to spend for the developnWnt and im­provement of these sites the follow­ing ainounts: Bay parcel, $5,300; Sound property, $1,400; Creek pro­perty, $150. ̂ These appropriations would also cover title and survey ex­penses.

If the propositions are carried, the commission will apply to the & uth- old Town Board for the issuance o£ $30,000 of town bonds, which, while a town obligation under the law, would be amortized over a period of years by a tax levied only against r6al property within the Mattituck park district. The board has al­ready given its informal approval to the acquisition and development of the three proposed sites.

The present park commission, of which Dr. John L. Wasson and John F. McNulty are also members, has been working for the past three years to formulate a practical and well-rounded program. That it has achieved this objective, without re­sorting to expensive condemnation proceedings and without offering ex­cessive prices for the few available pieces of suitable shorefront, is very much to the commissioners’ credit in the opinion of civic leaders in the community.

Beside the primary purpose of guara(nte.eing in perpetuity to the people of the district the right and opportunity of enjoying convenient access to the water and satisfactory bathing and recreational facilities, the program will attract summer residents of the village and promote the development of upland proper­ties as summer home sites, accord­ing to local Chamber of Commerce officials. They predict that the re­sultant increase in assessed valuation will more than pay for the park projects.

PoUic Asked Not To Use Telephone Dnring Blackout

During actual or praetioe black­outs or air raid alarm i, and for some timei ^ fterwards. the Civilian De­fense forces of the Community have such an urgent and e ^ n s iv e need for telephone service that the public is being asked not to make phone calls except in the most serious per­sonal emergency. This is emphasiz­ed in a public announcement just issued by the New York Telephone Company. Discussing the request, John W. Cogswell, manager for the cohipany here, said today:

“Test blackouts give all of us an excellent opportunity to practice act­ing just as we would under actual raid conditions. Refraining from making telephone calls not only dur­ing the alarm period, but also, for some time after the ‘all clear’ has sounded, is an excellent way to show our co-operation with the commun­ity’s defense agencies.”

Even after the “all clear” there is a great deal of work to be done by telephone, Mr. CogsweU said. The lines must be kept open for possible reports from air raid Wardens and fire watchers to the report center, to summon medical help if needed, and to dispatch and supervise activities of such defense un i^ as. regular and auxiliary police, firemen, demolition squads, public utility repair forces and local governmental wrvices.

“So it is important that there not be a flood of ‘curiosity’ calls after a test, and certainly not after an actual air raid,” Mr,. pogywelL said. “I^eedr le$s calls could slow up tb^. service and ev<m4ie 4ipii!Wi^9k<(lH)ce. ssidtch- boaids a t « time. ^d^n th e ^ te l^ o n e is needed most ^ y . d^feii^ forces working to get the confi^uhity back to a normal basis.*’

W o m e n ’s M e d ic a l A u x i l ia r y M e e ts

The Women’s Auxiliary o f . the Suft'olk County Medical Society met Monday at the Hotel Henry Perkins, Riverhead; for an executive session and luncheon. Mrs. George P. Bex-g- munn of Mattituck, auxiliary presi­dent presided, ‘and others attending included Mrs. M. W. Brown, Baby­lon; Mrs. A. F. Smith, Central Islip; Mrs. W. C. Carhart, East Islip; Mrs. B. L. Feurenstein, Bay Shore; Mrs. W. Barber, Patchogue; Mrs. E. P. Kolb, Holtsville; Mrs. J, Mott Heath, Greenport and Mrs. S. P. Jones, Mat­tituck. Subjects discussed included the .auxiliary’s representation at the state convention, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, April 27-30. and matters having to do with legislation and membership.

J u n io r R e d C ro s s

H a s R a p id G r o w thJunior membership in the Ameri­

can Red Cross is now estimated to total approjdrnately 13,000,000 school children, over 1,000,000 more than were enrolled in 1918. The Ameri­can Junior Red Cross was founded during the first World War in re­sponse to the need at that time for the wise and careful organization pf children’s activities. At that time Junior Red Cross members collect­ed and contributed over $3,500,000, most of it in pennies, nickels and dimes which they had earned thepi- selves. They also made an enor­mous contribution of 15,722,000 art­icles, garments, hospital comforts and recreational supplies during the World War and the first year of re­construction immediately f<fllowing.

Funds now contributed by the boys and girls of the Junior Red Cross will again be recorded separa­tely; 15% will be retained in the local chapter, and probably will be used to provide funds for the pro­duction program of hospital comforts and other articles for our gallant de­fenders to be made by Junior mem­bers while 85% will be sent to na­tional headquarters as a sub-fund of the general war fund.

First call on this national contri­bution made by Junior Red Cross members will be for projects defin- ately for assistance to children in emergency situations in the United States and the territorial and insular possessions, and for the support of “war nurseries” and similar institu­tions in protected areas, similar to those I'n Great Britain which are now supported fx’om the National Child- i-en’s Fund of the Junior Red Cross. Part will also be used to finance special local Red Cx’oss activities spoxisored and approved by na­tional headquax’ters, and the remain­der will be used with the general war fund which was collected to provide fpr all kinds of Red Cross services »to the American people at Ixome and to the men in the arm­ed forces, to provide relief for bomb­ed and evacuated civilians, and to provide training for all kinds of Red Cx’oss work for civilian defense. Mrs. Frank J. McMatln of Greenport is the North Fork’s Chapter’s vexy able Junior Red Cross Chairman and has a unit organized in all the North Fork Schools.

O rd e r N um bers F o r M en In 3 rd D ra ft

R eleased T his W eek By L ocal B oard

‘ Q u e s t io n n a i r e s T o B e M a i le d O u t S o o n B y T h e L o c a l B o a r d

The following are the order num­bers of these men from Southold, Peconic. Cutchogue, New Suffolk, Mattituck and Laurel who were in­cluded in' the March iVth selective service draft. The order numbers start with 10,000 and the name? list­ed in alphabetical order. Question- naii’es will be mailed to these men in the near future.

SOUTHOLD William J. Akscin, Jr., 10457; Hen­

rik V. Andreasen, 11039; Allan Bak­er, 11243; Louis E. Baker, 10151; Wesley S. Baumann, 11150; Teunis S. Bergen, 10430; Edwin B. Billard, 10901; Joseph C. Blados. 10862; Alexander Blaschack, 10639; Levels A. Blodgett, 11177; Leland P. Booth, 11024; Origene J. Brodeur. 10396; Joseph F. Carey, 10643; Leo F. Cardinal, 10784; John P. Carroll, 11067; Lloyd F. Cogan, 11065; Henry F. Cornils, 10932; Alfred E. Dart^ 10877; Chauncey R. Davis, 10144; Stewart Dewar, 10775; George Dick­erson, 11165; Kenneth O. Dickerson,. 10840, Mahlon D. Dickerson. 10677; Ray T. Dickerson, 10427; Paul Die- fenbacher, 10833; Raymond W. Don­ahue, 10734; George J. Drumm, 10790; Burnett C. EYOcon, 11245; Charles R. Foster, 10140; Herbert Franks ,10426; George W. Gaffga, 10480; Charles A. Gagen, 10848; Walter B. Gagen, 10M»3; James E. Gallagher. 10309; John A. Gallagher, 10654; Jay M. Glover. 10224; Everett ® Goldsmith, 10255; Harold E. Obld- ^ i t h , 11072; Leon Good, 10220; Jo­seph S. Grattan, liOOS; ^Vahk, v; Grigonis, 10647; D«D;?td & \G ro6s, 10194; Leroy F. Hutchinson, 10726; George H. Kaelin, lOOMr JekHBN. Kaelin, 10980; Henbr D. Karsteav 10666; James P. Kelly. 10730; Alex­ander W. Koke, 108M: Herbert €1

D e f e n s e U n i ts T o

H o ld T e s t S u n d a yOn Sunday afternoon all of the

civil defense units in Southold Town will have .the opportunity of demon­strating their ability as defense workers during the “Dry Run” which will be staged in each of the villages of the township. Members of the Suolk County Defense Council will be present to observe the demonstra­tion and judge the ability of auxil­iary police, air raid wardens, first aid and medical units and firemen to carry on the important work of Civ­ilian defense should an actual air raid occur on the North Fork.

There will be no air raid alarms, sirens or any other warning devices sounded as these will only be used when an actual air raid should oc­cur. Plans call for the demonstra­tion to stgrt at'O rient at 1:45 p. m.; East Marion at 2:25; Greenport at 3:05; Southold at 4:00 o’clock; Cut- chogue at 4:40 and Mattituck at 5:20.

M il i t a r y B r id g e A t

S o u th o ld S a tu r d a yThe American Women’s Hospitals

Reserve Corps Military Bridge will take place this Saturday, M ardi 28 at 8 P. M. at the Firehouse in South- oW.

Military Bridge is a fascinating game whiich all will enjpy, expert bridge players and b e g ii^ rs a ) ^ . As-jdng as y o u .4 » a .ie ^ .J^eart. fc«m a spade you can Join iP 'tee'fU n arid may even be a prize winner. t)i- rections wiU be supplied with each table. Individual priizes. Come alone if you wish, the committee will ar- ra i^e for you to play arid there is no need to secure a partner in ad­vance, for your partner will be the one who has the flag of the same country as yours, and we ax’e all “Allies”.

Do contribute your bit towards providing your community with de­fense needs and come to the Mili­tary Bridge of the Defense Corps.

Members of the U. S. Coast Guard cxew, stationed in Southold will be guests of the evening.

Refreshments will be served. Tic­kets only 55 cents. Please secux’e your tickets in advance from any member of the Reserve Corps or at the Town and Country Shop.

S p e c ia l L e n te n M u s ic

A t M e th o d is t C h u rc hA lenten Service of Music and

Meditation will be held at the South- old Methodist Chui-ch on Sunday ev­ening, March- 29th. The program is as follows:Prelude “Meditation de Thais”

—MassenetHymnScripture Reading PrayerOffertory — “Be Thou Welcome,

Gentle Jesus” — Bach “O Loving Savior Slain For Us”

(Adult Choir) —Auber “Go To Dark Gethsemane”

(Adult Choir) — Tertius Noble “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled”

(Adult Choir) — Dickey “O Light Divine” —Schubert

(Junior Choir)Lenten Meditation — Dr. Howell “Belaid a Host” — Christiansen

(Combined Choirs)“This Glad Easter Day” — Dickinson

(Junior Choir)“Now Christ Is Risen” — Dickinson

(Adult Choir)“An Easter Antiphon”—Goldswox’thy

(Combined Choix-s)Recessional Hymn Closing Response

NOTICE

Through the courtesy of David Soden, Income Tax Supervisor, County Clerk Frank Markvart has securcd a Tax Examiner to be in Patchogue from April 6 to 9 in the Motor Vefxicle Bureau at Patchogue and at the Riverhead Court House from April 10 to 15. This is to as­sist the public with their State In­come Tax retux’ns.”

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W h itn e y I s G u i l ty O n H it-R u n C h a r g e

Arthur Whitney, 37, of Greenport,. was found guilty of the charge of leaving the scene of an acciderit at a six-hour trial held before Justice of the Peace Oliver W. Case and a petit jury at the old Cutchogue School house on Monday night. The trial came to an end shortly befoxe2 o’clock on Tuesday Morning and: many of the 200 spectators, who crowded the courtroom, remained to- the end to hear the details of the case which aroused widespread in­terest throughout Southold 'Town,

Taking into consideration the jury’s recommendation of leniency. Justice Case imposed no more severe a penalty than a $10 fine, but point­ed out to Whitney that his real pun­ishment was the loss of his driving privileges, mandatory under the con­viction.

Whitney was accused of leaving the scene of the accident in which Walter Twax’dowski. 57, of Green­port was seriously injured on Feb. 28. Twardowski was struck by a west-bound car while riding his bi­cycle in the same direction on Route 25, west of Greenpoi-t. He suffered a fracture of one ankle and other in­juries in the mishap, which occurred about 8:30 at night.

A member of the injured man’s family went to the scene of the ac­cident the following naorning to look for clues which might lead to the ar­rest of the hit-runner. Her suspi­cions aroused when she found Whit­ney there, she communicated with the Southold Town Police, who found the suspected motorist at his home, removing pieces of shattered glass out one of his headlights.

Whitney’s explanation, repeated at the trial, was that he thought his car had collided with a concrete post oix the side of the highway, and did not realise that he had struck a ixxan. Twardowski. who came into court on crutches, gave a contrary vex’sion of the accident.

Assistant District Attorney Henry Tasker prosecuted the case, while Gordon M. Lipetz of Riverhead wa,4 counsel for the defeildaixt. Members of the jury who deliberated about three IxoUrs before returning their verdict wex-e John L. Sturges, fore­man; Antone Kull, Olin N. Fleet, Howard B. Robinson, Edward J. Ma­honey and J. LeRoy Hallock.