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Complete Local News Of A Population Of THE WEATHER 18,556 Scattered showers today, cloudy tomorrow. Vol. XX, No. 1,032 ESTABLISHED 1924 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER HILLSIDE, N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1944 OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSIDE PRICE FIVE CENTS Guadalcanal Vet Wounded Flown Mundet Employe Legion To Nominate Home On Furlough Officers Tonight Residents Wounded Stephen Revock, of 1308 Liberty The slate of officers for Hurden- avenue, who served with the First From France Get Smothered In Bin Ready For Canvass Looker Post 50, American Legion, Marine Division at Guadalcanal, will be presented to the member came in from San Diego, Cal., Mon- Swift Treatment Of Ground Cork ship for nomination at a meeting On Various Fronts day pn his first furlough in over tonight in .the Hillside Pr^bytoriau three years. He has been with the 2nd Lt. Marian Gawlik Foreman Finds Body Church. Moe L. Blnstock is chair In Veterans Drive Marines about four years. Accelerated Attacks Of Hillside With Unit When Removing Cork man of the nominating committee The election will take place at the Enthusiastic Meeting By American Forces Former Resident Geared For Top Speed From Nearby Hopper next meeting two weeks hence. Of Committee,Chairmen Increase Casualties Groups Inducted HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN Three new members will also be Bloy Named To A youthful employe at the Mun installed, which will bring the THEATER OF OPERATIONS — Prior To Solicitation Hillside casualties in the ac Wins Bronze Star det Cork Corp. plant at 501 Bloy post’s membership to a high mark The huge wheels of flying ambu celerated actions of the nation’s Corp. Remick C. Wolf, formerly And Examined street, William B. Walker, 20, of of over' 150. This total entitles the The campaign for the $75,000 lances carrying wounded men from Veterans Post armed services continued to mount of Hillside, has- been awarded the 204 Broome street, Newark, was post Jo appoint three delegates and War Veterans Memorial Building Two Selectee Lists France have scarcely touched Howard J. Bluy, commander ,oi this week. There! were no further Bronze Star Medal for bravery in smothered to death in a huge bin alternates to the annual Legion Is expected to get moving in earn ground when the staff of a U. S. Hurden-Laoker Post. 50, American deaths reported, but four more action during the early days of the Report On Monday of groupd cork Saturday. convention in Atlantic City nex' est next week following an en- Army general hospital in England Legion, wa.s appointed this week residents have been wounded in fighting in Normandy, it was learn Standing near the top of the bin, month and these delegates will be t hiiKifi.stic. meeting, of chairmen and One group of selective service goes into action to care for the a member of the program and bud action on various fighting fronts. ed here this week. Corp. Wolf, about 20 feet high, Walker was chosen at tonight’s meeting. co-chairmen of the organization Each of the casualties was in a registrants was inducted into the incoming wounded. stirring the cork as it entered 1 ---------------- get committee of the Veterans and last night. A number of contribu son of Mrs. Emma Wolf, is a truck armed forces Monday and a sec different war theatre, one in driver with an infantry company. A telephone call from the lan hopper, and although there were War Workers Referral and Infor tions were turned in at last night’s ond was called for pre-induJion ing field to the hospital’s receiving mation Center just organized in France, one in Italy, one in the Covering the entire front of his no witnesses to the accident, it is meeting .and with several hundred physical examination the samp office sets in motion the entire Tarawa Veteran the county. It will be under the Southwest Pacific and the fourth company constantly in the face of assumed he lost his footing and dollars believed to be in the hands day. Neither group was very large organization, which is geared for auspices of the Council of Social in naval action at an undisclosed heavy enemy mortar, artillery, fell into the bin. Some time later of the Women’s Auxiliary of Hur- and there were no fathers ain..ig instant response. The hospital Agencies of Eastern Union Countv point. machine gun and sniper fire with William darpenter, f o r e m a n , den-Looker Post 50, American Le them. Following are the lists re never knows in advance how many In Saipan Battle and includes the same municipal! Wounded in France a truck loaded with light mortar opened a sliding door to remove gion, the fund Is reported to be leased this week by Local Draft planes will arrive or how many in ties as arc covered by the Com Corp. Charles Shackley Jr., of ammunition, Corp. Wolf helped his some of the cork from the hopper Belfiglio Of Marines already in excess of $2,000, with Board No. 3: jured persons each plane will carry. munity Chest, now known as th 23 Coe avenue, was wounded in company complete its mission on and found that he could not close the actual solicitation yet to begin. Inducted Monday As soon as the receiving and Has President’s Award United War Fund. the foot and leg in France, accord June 13. He had to dismount and the door again. On investigating Various campaign supplies were Manuel Fernandes, 41 Bechwood evacuation center is called, Lieu A veteran of the Tarawa cam According to the announcement, ing to a letter from him dated remount often as he supplied the the reason, he found Walker’s body distributed to the chairmen and place. tenant Colonel Sterrett E. Dietrich paign and holder of the Presiden it is not the purpose of the or July 16 to his parents, Mr. and ammunition. Once he found it buried in the cork. ■co-chairmen last night, and . these Anthony Gaubas, 364 Yale ave of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, com tial Citation for \services there. ganization to engage in job place Mrs. Charles Shackley. He has necessary to - dart from cover to Police and fire emergency squads will be turned over to the workers nue. manding officer of the hospital P. F. C. Ralph Belfiglio of Hill ment of returning veterans or tc been awarded the Purple Heart. remount his vehicle in the face of were summoned and worked over In the next few days. Pamphlets Robert P. Irvin, 11 Coe avenue, orders all the personnel to stan:! side has participated In the inva- render any assistance other than At present he is recovering in a fire from tanks, which were spray the body for several hours but all explaining the purpose of the drive transferred from Local Board No. by under alert conditions. sion of Saipan In the Marianas, I to refer the returning veterans and hospital in England. Corp. Shack ing the road with machine gun efforts to revive Walker failed. The and pasters will also be distributed. 1, Middlebury, Vt. Ambulances are dispatched to according to word received here {workers who have severed connee- ley has been overseas since Novem fire, .and thereby saved the load body was removed to the Haines A number of persons who had John Jasinski, 414 Harvard ave the field. Captain Otto J. Swish e> this week. He is with the U. S , tions with war plants to the proper ber last and has been in the ser of ammunition. Mortuary in Elizabeth and subse previously volunteered to assist nue. of Columbus, Ohio, the receiving Marines. He writes that he’s fine agencies which will be in a position vice a year and eight months. He When the terrain became im quently to the Beckett Funeral when the drive is initiated are now Walter H. Pricken, Jr., Cedar- officer, goes to takp charge of the but that he’ll have to find time to to give them specific aid. attended Hillside High School. passable for the- vehicle to continue Home in Newark. requested to turn ,in their names croft, Metedeconk, N. J. loading of the patients. catch up with his correspondence .................................. - d The casualty of the Italian cam supplying ammunition, Corp. Wolf to Arthur L. Theurer, campaign Daniel L. Lichardus, 241 Hillside Load assembly teams of enlisted He is the son of Mrs. Domenica paign is Pvt. C. Kenneth Burgess, treasurer. loaded the truck with wounded avenue. men ride in the ambulances. A pc Luongo, of 287 Florence avenue. oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Made Gunner’s Mate Girls Overturn Cans Beginning next week the asso men and took them to the aid sta George R. Wilson, 113 William sonnel carrier trails just behind, P. F. C. Belfiglio enlisted in the Burgess, of 134 Frances place. In ciation will furnish a list of con tion. He made frequent trips until son avenue. carrying men who drop off at in On Completing Course Marine Corps October 13. 1942, He Of Garbage At Diner formation of his injury was re tributors for publication in The the evacution of the casualties was James Shanks, .192 Baltimore tersections and road runways to received his boot training at Parris complete. Edward C. Bladt, of 1458 Leslie Seven girls dressed in slacks Times each week and campaign of ceived in a War Department tele avenue. act as road guards when the am Island, S. C., and later went to street, recently completed the gun drove up to Eric’s Diner on Liberty ficials expressed the hope that gram July 25, but a letter received Corp.