This Day In History: 1940-12-20

Officer Ted Wickham was patrolling east on Ramapo Avenue, shortly after 1:00 am, when he observed a 1919 Essex with one light going in the opposite direction. He turned around to give chase , but lost the car in the dark. Shortly later he found it had run off Island Road near the new community field. It had no occupants, no license plate, but contained 800 lbs of scrap metal, stolen from American Brake Shoe Company. (Bristow)