f WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP WEEDS A DAILY PAPER 20 Pages Today THE INDEPENDENT WILL PUBLISH DAILY Three Sections VOL. XII, No. 44 WOOltr.RIlKJK, N. .1., FRIDAY, .1ANTARY '.), PRICE THREE CENTS GIRL'S SCREAM RESULTS IN ROUNDUP OF ROBBER GANG Dredge May Go Up ONE DAY'S ELECTRIC BILL COSTS LESS THAN CIGAR Two Auto Holdups And Sewaren Robbery Statistics supplied by the U. S. Geological Survey show- To Sewaren Bridge ing the total of electric power used in the homes of this coun- Solved As Police Net 6 Youths Sunday Proceeding Rapidly, De Witt Clinton May Dredge Past Dock try in 11*20 and statistics show- To Bridge On Woodbridge Avenue — Half Mile Beyond ing the tofal amount paid there- for, reveal that the average l<ewarerx Girl Recogniz^t Neighbor During Holdup, Giving Original Goal — Engineer Explains Plenty Of Money family Aectric bill last year Tip Which Lead* To Roundup By Woodbridge Police Of Left For Project — Township Dock On Berry Street was |3y or exactly eight and one-rratf cent1! a day. That in- Entire Gang — Other Robberies Planned, Youthful Band Also Progressing Rapidly. cludes electric current for Admit — All Held For Grand Jury After Making Con- lights and all household appli- "Clear up to the bridge on the road to Sewaren." ances, fetsiotu. This is the program for the dredging of WoodhridRe Thus the daily cost of one of our moat vital utility services is "Edward Bishop!" Creek now, lor with the rapid progress made by the govern- less than the cost of one cigar; A irirl's shrill scream, recognizing a youthful bandit ment dredge "De Witt Clinton," now within stone's throw of it is less than it costs to run an automobile a mile; it costs less about to rob h^r and a male companion, caused the robbery the township dock at Berry street, it appears as if the dredge than a shoe shine; leas than one to fail, and led to the capture later of six holdup men and will continue past the dock, its original goal, and deepen the gallon of gasoline; less than a ticket to the movies; leas than robbers Sunday, i-reek clear up to the bridge at Woodbridge avenue on the a "hot dog"; less than a pack- Woodbrloge police, led by Chief Patrick Murphy, Captain Scwaren road, a half mile further. age of cigarettes; less than one drink at a soda fountain; and of Detectives Michael J. Walsh, and Sergeant Ben Parsons, less than two fresh eggs or two starred in the arrests, which solved two auto holdups in good oranges. Sewaren, and a number of robberies in Sewaren and Perth Amboy. Perth Amboy police collaborated in the roundup. Four youths, ranging in ages from 25 to 16, were involved in the auto CHILD DIES FROM holdup, about 11 o'clock Saturday night, in which Miss Anna Zuatsky, THAYER MARTIN OF Mich.el J. WaUl, of Pleasant avenue, Sewaren, and BURNS AS DRESS Sergeant Ben Parioni n companion, Roy Heyer, ofj Key- Captain of Detectives Who Aided in Arrettt port, were stopped on Cliff Road, WOODBRIDGE MAY WOODBRIDGE OFFICERS SET ROUNDUP RECORD Sewaren, and menaced with guns. CATCHES ON FIRE One youth was trying to pull her With 24 hour rvice Captmn Michael .1. Walsh and Sergeant, Ben, j,.om the cnr when she recognized BE COUNTY JUDGE 4-Year-Old Girl Succumb* At Parsons, deposited fourr holdup men in jjai l jjus t nii day after they.trietheytriey d two liishnp,,jh , whh o ii n 2200, andd lilive s ta t 3388 Amboy Hospital Sunday As ^ on^^nt^/1 ^ of no Sunday dinner for both, us they Pleasant avenue, Sewnren, only a Mentioned As Candidate With short way from her. When she Choice Up To Larson — It Doctor* Work In Vain To The case "broke" at 11 p. m. Saturdaydy, ,an d by (i p. m. Sundayy all four screamed his name he shouted, "Let Save Her Life. bund its were resting on jail cots. Quick work, eh? Full details of the round- them ulone fellows," and the three Former Twp. Attorney and up in other columns. raiv to a dark colored sedan, .where a fourth sat with the motor running. Head Of Tax CotnmiMion. WAS PLAYING IN YARD They sp§d oft* into-^Urkness toward C.OVERNMVNT DREDGE with Pin<-» For Di.poiitlg •>( Muck On Scow Port Reading, letting the two un- SUBMITS TAX FINDINGS Stefani Bozan,'4 years old, daugh- Galli-Curci To Sing At Perth Amboy On harmed. Behind. Note Extra Pipe and levcc at Right. ter of Mr. aj)d Mrs. Steven Bozan, f 31 Turtle Brook road, Port Read- Simitar Attempt The name of j. H. Th*y«r Martin, This eneoiirnginK prospect was .ivwiy just ii .-dinrt ili-l.imr fiom the m (|]p( .Later the same night another sim- of 585 Rahway avenue, Woodbridge, lied at Perth Amboy Hospital January 22 Under Auspices Of Woman's Club ilar holdup occurred on Cliff road. announced byby Township Kngini'er foot of Herry street, \\hvv» Staten ,lt 9 .-jo p. m. Sunday from burns haa been mentioned as a possible | Island contractors an- busily enen- ' Edward Everson, of 400 Laurie (Irorge Merrill yesterday. ~ suffered when her dress caught f|re The appearance of the great opera nificent successes before the largest "The government appropriated gaged in building the nrw township as she played near a bonfire in the singer, Madam Galli-Curci, in the au- audiences in musical history; she hasu . ompanieflljudge, at New $;i(i,000 for the dredging, and they -dock. back yard of her home. ditorium of the Perth Amboy high charmed Italy, Egypt, Spain, Russia, 155 i car near soon to be filled by ' will have a large surplus when they The puflinif of the bik' dredge, as The accident occurred when the school on Thursday evening, January South America, Central America, Sewaren Motorboat Club about Mr. Martin, former township at-; 11:15 p. m., shortly after the first torney of Woodbridge, hag con iTiich the dock site," he stated. "We it /.igzsigs its way up the creek, with ,iul(, several of her friends, 2222 , wilill l mark tthhe most itimportant t ElEnglandd , StlScotlandd , WWalesl Il, Irelandd, t»fiil itnmnna T\1I tYi r\1rl(r tn /n'flrtb attempted robbery. A big sedan into prominence the past week aX- will try ami get them to go on up powerful engines pumping the creek WM.e Kroupe(i 8round a small brush musical feature ever held in the city Australia and New Zealand, the Or- drove alongside him and forced him with the first reports of the special ilie creek to the bridge, and believe bottom out through long pipe- 'lines— , fil,e t.-».>h , h'ad. built in tne early . aft.. .,of perth Araboy. ient and her own America. plainly heard trom the , ; summoning aid, The concert is into the ditch. Suspecting robbery tax commission making a survey of we will succeed. The government ("in now be L rnoon Instea(1 of being sponsored by It is interesting to note that at Everson cooly hid his wallet, and tax conditions in the state, called men usually spend their entire ap- dock site, where two pile drivers her"playmate's" attempted to beat out the musical department of the Wom- Madam Galli-Curci's last appearance when searched by three men with the "Commission on County and Mu- pmpriation, rather than carry over'arc hammering away, .,lhu?' the flames, but before they succeed- an's Club of Perth Amboy, and is for in London, she held an audience of 1 0000 people spellbound. Her voice is guns, lost only three dollars which nicipal Taxation and Expenditures." en their books the amount set aside Thud! Thud! ' sinking the " t.(l the child was fatally burned. Her the benefit of the Scholarship Fund, was in his pockets. the robbers He is chairman, fo- r a- certain job, an-;d- fo,--r- thi,s rea ,for .„m ,th e bulkhea, ..d dock,. „.... ,„. .screams drew her parents from the This fund is provided so that each magic, radiant and appealing. drove off, first cribbling Everson's Mr. Martin was township attorney Galli-Curci's husband, Homer Sanv- y on we think they will be willing to I he crew of the De Witt < linton noUs.e [|ut th camo too )ate year a worthy girl may be sent to the car by taking out part of the dis- under the Republican regime. righ1 "t ahea•• -d ' u—p t'o th"-•e• bridge.>-:••—" buil'••••'•d' levee'—--s• t'o- hol'•-'•d' bac*"-ik- th•>e- pumpe~- d' ; * treated by New Jersey College for Women at uels, the noted pianist and composer. He Now P«»l Valentine'i ' ' up muck, deposited through pipe Th( pufferin ehil(1 was noted law Newark. The dredge has scooped its way lines laid on a pontoon bridge of hurriedly called Woodbridge police, pie his name with that of Douglas up the creek, past the Federal Terra scow-, at each side of the bank. banski and Skwarlo did their best attend college because their parents piano at the concert on January 22. Cotta Docks, past Valentine's tire They should probably reach the dock The tickets for this great musical '"It was a sedan, number K5626,", Hicks aa possible incumbents of the save her, hut after lingering in cannot afford to send them, and it is he told Sergeant Jack Egan, and in county bench and prosecutor's office brick plant, anil is now pumping by the middle of the coming week, in for jome time she died, in a for this type of girl that this Scholar- event, may be had from any member and u.