Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York • Page 13

57 YK Kf)ITOR SAYS: Cfljtiirakie oritur Senator Murdoch lime a limine to Jem-titrate lluit his alloinunent uns not nuitle for purely in-htitnl reasons." Vajze 10 115TII YEAR- ROCHESTER, N. MONDAY, JULY 21. 1947 PAGE THIRTEEN FIRE FIGHTER HUNTED MAN ARRESTED IN BANK THEFT nS IS 33 mitral ft LC 1 HURT IN FALL WITH FLOOR Jl Reservoir Avenue Blaze Attracts Big Crowd Flames roaring high into the air yesterday afternoon burned out the attic and destroyed nearly half of the roof of the home of Mrs. Minnie T. Wolff at 70 Reservoir with estimated at more than $4,000.

One fireman was injured in the "three-two" alarm fire. The injured man a John Yanush. driver for Acting Battalion Chief William Sloan, who was hurt when the attic floor gave way under him and he plunged to the second, floor. The fire apparently had been out for some time and officials were inspecting the damage when Yanush noticed some moke in the rear of the attic, where the worst fire damage occurred. He walked back invtiiuip uhpn the floor, ap- Accused in Taking $11,700 from Depository Sought for nearly 2 months in the theft of $11,700 in cash from the night depository of the Central Trust Company, John Burne, of Rochester and Boston, was arrested yesterday at Hampton Beach, N.

H. Always just a couple of jumps ahead of detectives as he was on a spending spree at summer resorts and race tracks in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and other points. Burne had just $51 when arrested by Hampton Beach police, Detective Chief Edward Collins said he was told by Chief J. Malek of Hampton Beach. How Theft Occurred At the time of the alleged theft, Burne was employed by a local restaurant and at times was sent to the Central Trust Company to make night deposits.

On Saturday night, May 31, at about 7:30, an employe of Michael Troisi, Front Street business man, was cent to the bank with a money bag containing the $11,700 in cash and several hundred dollars' worth of checks. He opened the outside door of the night depository, opened an inner trip bin similar to that used in mail boxes, closed the trip bin door and locked the outer door to IT WAS AN UPSETTING AFFAIR parentis- weakened by the fire, gave IBATTLING 'THREE-TWO' ALARM BLAZE wav. Only a few minutes half a dozen firemen and a re-j Firemen are shown fighting the "three-two i Ave. yesterday with loss of $4,000. One porter had been standing on the; aiarm fire that swept home at 70 Reservoir I fireman was injured vhen floor gve way.

Martin Road. State Police said truck rolled over into ditch when the brakes grabbed as Ellis tried to stop behind a blowing car. Ellis escaped with a minor left hip injury. Brady Ellis, 18, of Perm Yan, was trucking his merry-go-round to West Henrietta yesterday afternoon when this happened on a slight curve in West Henrietta Road near same floor. As Yanush plunged through the Firemen Say Water Force CITY FIRE LOSS floor, he struck h- and was be! 8 Hurt, Driver Held in Traffic Mishaps f(rM fractured ribs.

He was taken; to Highland Hospital. Kirt firemen at the scene were Injury of eight persons and taken to a doctor's office by the Lyndhurst wm brui.sri on tr- Low in Several SectionsiQjrj1 BY 33 arrest of one driver was recorded driver of the car, who police said head and left leg. He was taken tr hampered by low water pressure in, f- i4- in traffic accidents yesterday. was Charles Miller, 45, of 320 Ep- Highland Hospital. The rir.ver rf worth St.

After the collision Mil-; the car was Leo J. 22, ler's car went over the curb and of 21 Baumann St. the hvdrant system, out, quicmy water jr essiire t-iicounu-i ea uv jiumiuii 111 ijiiiiu 3 Hurl in Collision knocked the fire down after getting yesterday afternoon's throe-two alarm fire at 70 Keservoir FOR HALF YEAR pumpcts into action. I Ave. prevails in several sections of Ihe city, fire officials ox- I 1 1 1 I fteT Car Hurts Woman W.r Three persons were hurt in an, broke off tvo wooden posts on the end-to-end collision of automobiles property of Dr.

Herbert. F. St. in front ol 2343 Clifford Ave. at John at 687 Genesee St.

2:50 p. m. yesterday. One of the JMsM-rny iie Alarm jpiamccl last murn. Knocked down bv an aiUimobi AREA TRAFFIC At the same time they said trie: city has been taking steps for some) The fire was discovered about Fire loists and number of fires both showed striking decreases in the first half of 1917 as compared with the st me period of 1946, the night depository.

The money bag, however, apparently was heavy enough so that it did not slide out of the trip bin into a chute, as deposits are supposed to do. At about 9 o'clock that same night. Detective Chief Collins' said, Burne made a deposit Can Kider Hurt in Crash front of Clarion St. mi 1-57 5'J P. m.

(y a pas.iu, -r ftfii.j Mr t'me 10 cope wiui ine sii.uu.uuji anu drivers, Earle F. Huxley, 49, of Ontario, and his wife, Mildred, 48, were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with neck injuries. The Passenger in a taxicab involved! A a. m. yesterday, Prances Alexander, in a collision at West Avenue and J' Darien Street at 2:35 a.

m. yes-'26- of 9 Beaver was treated terday. Sam Borelli, 37, of 60S General Hospital fur a wrenchei Wolff and her niece, Dorothy provide greater protection against Draut, 22, who were preparing to go fire for the affected areas. PTT fl DA A "nCIDepu'y Thomas H- Coates, I I I I I i 1 flUA I Jlcnief of ne fire bureau's fire pre-X AAJXJk iLVy.iXykVention section disclosed yester- driver of the other car, reported for the restaurant. Collins said for an automoDiie riae.

m- lre Chief John A. Siattery Broad Street, was treated at St. back. The driver was William C. by police aa Edwin M.

Smith, 26 day that when Burne opened the night Sellers, 70, of 73 ilunson St t.me first liremen arrivta i pointed out that the Reservoir, Moderating temperatures and iiisL jijru.v.. pointed out mat ti of 13 Nassau well-known pro-j Mary's Hospital for left leg and Actual losses paid were $283,076, depository and the trip bin, he Uo inme see- sunny skies with brief interludes pon to a telephoned alarm, the was full of fire which soon jn against il 20.86, a reduction of found the Troisi money bag still in fessional boxer, was cut on the face bruises. Police said the taxi-. lvu- lip. Smith was arrested on a'cab was driven by Michael a Wa last year, i it.

Collins said Burne took the are the of cloudiness brought motorists fro city and al- force yesterday on the hignways Thp VJU broke through the roof. highest points in the des $20,886.79 money bag, but did deposit the Sloan Arnnr Battalion Chief charge of driving without an operator's license most on a level with the Highland the Rochester area. 22, of 225 Otis and driver of Child Injured by Auto the other car was John J. Delia-i Porta, 27, of 580 Plymouth Ave. N.

Hunning into the street from be- losses repoiled in fires where the restaurant's bag. Fled After Theft from which the lit was a delightful day for driv- jservoir rps promptly ordered additional equip- pak men; and a three-two alarm was weter js department, was not summoned. Woman Bicyclist Hurt hind a parked truck. Suzanne drawn. ng, "'F u.e Of the 6-month total loss this The theft was not discovered Coates said in a report submitted until the following Monday, when Ridinsr er bicycle out of the; Elderly Man Hurt hv Car Spinelh.

5. of lb06 Clifford Ave. tent in by police raaio. i nui brought Chief John A. Slat- Gravity Feed System iuiy n.c mnlnvo went tn the hank ito Puhli-3 Safety terv and Acting Ueputy nici jumh chilly 55 at 5:30 a.

m. for the funds deposited Saturday Thomas O. Woods: Mueller to the scene. "The nat.onnl average for the night and was told by officials that V.r.t' firemen t. get hoseline tern from the reservoirs.

While' driveway of her home shortly be-' Said by police to have been suffered yhock when she was fore 5 p. yesterday, Mrs. Eyla walking against a red signal light knocked down by an Albright, 21, of 688 Genesee when he wa struck by an automo- front of SI Sherman St. at 9 was cut on the face and bruised bile nt Central Avenue and North o'clock last night. Police the on the right leg when she was Street at 2:03 a.

m. driver of the ear wa.i h.u D. struck l-y fn automobile. She was; William B. Dressier.

72, of 15 Grahling, 23. of 315 Troup St. same In estimated st ap-" deposit was made. suspicion proximately 3u per cent increase immediately was turned on Burne over ligures." when detectives learned that he was the only other person using into the attic were greeieu I Is on the inside. The Weather fi.r.i that drove them 4.

pounds in other areas, it drops bui.it (i Hani' nai uiovtr i i urpail-s f0iCf.aKt calls for slightly back down the attic Mans. The fire as low as 25 to 30 pounds pressure coo)cr wonther thla ariernoon. with conf.ned to the attic and roof, or lower in those sections on fih0wers schod(JlPd farly t.ut water seeped down throughout ground. the house. Members of the Pro- Chief Slattery revealed that the; tectives covered all urniture on city Greyhound and Bh Buslines the lower floors with tarpaulins new quadruple pumpers by ep -ld? th.

dav. vesterdav. accord- the depository that night. Burne, however, had left town He was traced to the home of rel THIRD FLOOR I'Vwcr Alarms Ile-ordel There ve-e. 1.45!) alarms in the first fi months of 1917, including five outside the city.

This compi.es with 1,753 in the corresponding period of 1946, of which all but were in the city. This atives in Boston, where detectives found he had appeared briefly water could cause mucn ine ni-w apji.uaius win ue and lad-iln" "lcia's here, and the New riimae to it. 'Combinations of pumpers with apparently plenty of money and an entirely new outfit of (York Central Raih-oad said trains trucks, so that on their arrival i wen iiiea. aunoucn no clothing. Detectives for several iuu inn itn iwe f.i:ene lirtriiien immediately 1 a will hav Mninmcnt tn rH sections were required.

i A intensified arson squad drive jd haunted the nearb Narra-inst false alarms, which in- gansett track, but IaiIed to spot Mrs Wolff said that some time tv, On two reeular runs of the BluelaKal before the fire was discovered, she Bus Line to Buffalo yesterday eluded the application of detection their man. Then he was heard from In Atlantic City, but was Truck 7 Arrives First and her niece had been miming morning, passengers nilea tnree m-un i.ivuimr buses, and all coaches were well- subjects of alarm fiends, refilled during the day. suited in a 0 per cent drop for Both local ami throuirh traffic on 'the 0 months' period. There were papers and letters in the incinerator. Chief Slattery said the fire At yesterday's fire.

Truck 7, juiimrfnllv on the roof at which was nearby in South Avenue, gone when police reached there. Confessed, I'illc Say When the chase finallv ended al ba.se of the chimney Horn ine in arrive ai me Greyhound Lines was at a maxi- .58 fa.se arms this year, last, the. New Hampshire resort. Col the "This is second straight yearjijns said he was told bv Hamoton mm to sho.v a substantiatl drop in the i Beach police that Burne admitted number of false alarms," Chief! taking the money bag from the fparks from the incinerator, hurnea is a laaner irucK ana is murrit tnat company's dispatcher into and spread through the attic equipped with a chemical booster. here said Both east and west.

before it was discovered. Chief me and two 40-gallon tanks. That bound buses on the Buffalo-Boston Slattery highly praised the work line immediately was put into arrived in three sections, and of the first firemen to arrive for, Three pumpers answered the firstly Syracuse run required two soc-their work despite the low water; alarm and the first to arrive was tions tf) handle tne passcngers. that from Grep-orv Stropt Coates said. "Last year, the figure night depository when he found was pr cent below the 1945 it while making the restaurant de average.

posit. He said he took the bae to the New York Central Station The arson squad investigated 69 pressure. The largest number of persons After the lire was oui. hoiu- to make the trio across Lake On fires where arson was suspected opened it and took out the cash 1 1- was taken into the nouse ior an "w.llu" tario on a regular passage, 447, land another J58 for reasons other He then walked to the Central Avenue bridge, threw the money inspection. She returned to tne mstdnea in me crowded on the Ontario 2, car ferry, than -uspocted arson.

back yara oi a neignoor. Vl;" Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offi- Phone Warnings Lead bag and checks into the Genesee There -were 23 extra alarms in River and took the first train out cials said. the 6 montns, against 34 in the first for Boston, Collins said, A. Davi. and was so upsei mai avenue scciion.

ine she fainted. She was revived by other will be placed in another e. phvsician of the Highland Hos- strategic spot, probably in the pital" ambulance and cared for in 'southwest section. half of 1916 The telephone, which) Last night Detectives Charles accounted for 1.142 of the alarms Hogan and Milton Curtiss were on U. Man Held After Knifing at Club the Davis home.

this year, and 1.330 last, was far their way to New Hampshire to in the lead as a means of Burne back here on a first moning the firemen. Box alarms degree grand larceny charge. Po- One man was under arrest on a indicated that Burne this year 321 lastiilce mere first degree assault charge yester- numbered Residents of the area were highly critical of the lack of water pies- IV GW OlStC A.lU.6 sure, which they said was constant in the neighborhood. Fred A. Large rt A rprj iiirfinfo of 139 Reservoir one of the AIi fLlO.

ilCTCL early arrivals at the scene, said ZPflorf rt 1 Tit PT1 Tl Of thai if firemen who laid the first lUclU. Irl dill LCIldllLC lines of hose had had sufficient! and 111 One 1 would waive extradition, day and his alleged victim was and ve alarms nursing wounds in his head, chest, alarm was -eceived this year via back and arms as the result of a police radio knifing melee in the Colored Elks: SmoKers were judged responsible water rrpnrp thp fire could have The Rochester district of the! Club at 2o5 Clarissa St. jfor by the greater number of Trio Injured, Driver Held it State Department of Public Works, Police said that shortly before i the 449 fires in buildings. They been overcome long before reached the proportions it did IN BOYS' QUALITY APPAREL has a new official in charge of its; midnight Friday Clifton Lewis, 34, caused 87 blazes and a fire loss of highway maintenance, Elmer C. of 461 Clarissa became involved $21,096.

Dffective electric appli-Lawton. chief engineer announcer! in a with TTerrinsr 24. lances, which caused 45 fires and Traffic Tied Vp yesterday. I of 409 Clarissa St. Both went to! a loss of $17,466, were next in line1 onver OI one wls Br" He is Henrv TenHae-en of War-1 General Hosnital and Lewi was! as a while sDontaneous rested on a reckless driving charge Occurring in the middle of a Sunday afternoon, the fire at- and three persons were injured in traffic accident that tractea throngs or motorists wno wi- i-T twMt sideswiping AvenueP details of police year-.

TenHagen will relieve laceration. Herring went home! Of the 44. building fires. SlO th ei -r out 3 Hirhrt T. rloniifit tr.

T.ow-laftpr tr-oati-nort were in doir-estic bmldinp-s mclnrl- a Pu'e ineii 11 of control into pped it over in irom oiner nrecincis ana irom ine i i East Avenue about a quarter-mile I ire nrllrj 9-iflrTiviflnfc onrt ca v. ion. or mainrenance sunervision in 1 i ir i- a t- i a. rv rages. 9S- ir mercantile establish- cw.

and the fire crowd under the district, a job Michael held dur-j JbSUTglar Obtains Jj) rection of Inspector Charles Roth lnK nc war ana postwar perioaj ments and 35 in factory construe- cloCK lasl rngni. tjon Sheriff's deputies reported the In Restaurant Foray and Acting Capt. Joseph Yurgea-; along with supervision of construe arrested driver was Doyle H. Stin-er, 22. of Fairport, who pleaded innocent before Peace Justice Paul Paine of Pittsford and was jailed Forcing a screen from a rear window, a burglar stole $7 from the cash register of the Ray Fico litis of the University Avenue Sta-; tion.

tion. At the scene was Deputy; Heavy rains during the last week Public Safely Commissioner Wil-! have delayed highway construction, liam A. Lang. especially in asphalt laying in the The fire provided a field day for district, Michael said yesterday, but amateur photographers, both stiir caused no serious damage to work end movie, with whom the neigh-j under way. Grading work in clay borhood abounds.

They shot pic- soil was held up chiefly, he said. in lieu of $100 bail. The injured, all occupants of the1 CASH. TKOUSKKS STOLKX The store of Laura DiPonzio at 3S6 Saxton St. yielded a burglar $20 in cash and a pair of trousers, the propietor reported to police yesterday.

Entrance was gained through an unlocked cellar window. Restaurant at 35 Spring according to a report to police jres-terday morning. An attempt to break open a juke box was other car, were Edward Whaley, tures of everything from the fire lines after it was all over, arid He Lists 'Do's and Don'ts' Jerry, the Protectives' already much photographed Dalmatian mascot, probably go Cotton Tee Shirts, values to 1.50 98c Cotton Play Shorts, values to 2.95 98c Cotton Longies, Values to 2.95 JL.98 Cotton Pajamas, values to 2.95 1.95 1.95 2.50 Cotton Washable Beach Robes, values to 12.50 5.95 White Duck Sailor Longies, 2.95 values 98c 1 sbeTore6 Rent Director Outlines New Law Provisions 50, of 25 Federal the driver, head bruise, shoulder and chest injuries; his wife, Pauline, head lacerations, chest injury and bruises, and his brother, George WThaley, 44, of the Federal Street address, leg and arm injuries. Mrs. Whaley was taken to Highland Hospital, The others went home after treatment by the Highland ambulance physician.

Stiner was arrested by Sheriff's Deputies Howard Wondergem and Louis Marks. They were assisted in cameras than he ever State FlOOd AideS A. Lyon, acting federal I rent director here, said yesterday KjJ 1 Hzim his office reject higher rent wwAAl lOJC dill jlp-acfte "hvq civa rtailcoe Members of the New York State; or those failing to comply with the Flood Control Commission will! new rent act which became effec- investigation of the accident by Brighton Policemen George Emmerich and Carl Phillipson. 'Gas' Station Looted Of Cash, Equipment Rifling the cash register, peanut tive July 1. To guide tenants and landlords who are considering voluntary lease agreements increasing rents up to the 15 per cent maximum permitted by the new law, Lyon issued a list of "Do's" and "Don'ts." The "Do's' are: 1 Bear in mind that the law lease which decrease the essential services, furniture, furnishings and equipment which were included in the rent in effect at the time the lease was signed.

2 Don't include provisions which permit the landlord to terminate the lease at his option. The lease must run through the entire year of 194.8. 3 Don't include conditions, provisions or minor convenants clearly designed to evade the law, such as provisions which permit the landlord to exact penalties, or to terminate the lease before the expiration date. Lyon said all leases will be examined to detexmine whether they meet provisions of the new law. Under the act, federal rent control visit the Mt.

Morris dam briefly Wednesday, Herbert L. Michael, assistant state district engineer, said last night. The Commission, a state agency appointed to arrange state co-operation in federally-financed flood control projects, will be in Syracuse tomorrow for a tour of the Or.ondaga-Syracuse project. A ments. 3 See that the increase is no more than 15 per cent of the rent in effect at the time of signing.

It may be less. 4 Be sure the lease is executed (signed by both landlord and tenant) by "Dec. 31, 1947. 5 Remember that at the earliest the lease must not run out before Jan. 1, 1949.

6 If you are a landlord, file a signed copy of the lease with the area rent office within 15 days after the date of execution. File three copies of Registration of Lease form, available at the rent office, at the time of filing the signed copy of lease. The "Don'ts" listed by Lyon follow: 1 Don't include provisions in the and cigaret machines in the Vin says leases are to be signed by cent Giaconia gasoline station at 159 Lyell a burglar obtained $44.50 in cash and also took tools, an electric arm ana a lire, an group of Army engineers accom-i landlord and tenant "voluntarily panics the Commission. Included and in good No tenant can among members of the Commission be evicted for refusing to sign a are Senators Henry XV. Griffith ofi lease.

Palmyra and Fred S. Hollowell of! 2-Put the lease in writinz. Rents valued at $73, according to a report 195 MAIN STREKT HAST to police yesterday. Entrance was eained bv forcine an oil pit win- Penn Yan. i cannot be raised by oral agree-j Idow.

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