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BROOKLYN SECTION SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1932 BIT LIBRARY, BEGUN IN '12 YOU NEEDN'T FEAR FOR YOUR IS STILL UNFINISHED JV-tfi 'i ii iih A SPRINGS IN Recent complaints by motorists that paved areas about trolley car tracks in several Brooklyn districts have fallen into disrepair were followed in the past week by a nrmaarana Vi of workmen in vi 1 i hborhoods involved. It was Te ported that the of which William Aienaen is William S. Menden President, planned to carry on extensive improvements, the obiect being- to eliminate holes in the pavement beside car tracks, as reauired bv law. In Bergen between Carlton and Classon a large crew began placing a new surface on the street in the car track area. The city also plans to widen the avenue in this neighborhood about four feet, it was stated.

COther picture on page 1) DINNER FOR RABBI A dinner to Rabbi Louis D. Gross of 3553 Bedford Brooklyn, in honor of his appointment to the Board of Hio-her Kd given tomorrow night at the Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island. 1 a. 1 BROOKLYN NOW GUNMEN DEFEAT GIRL'S ATTEMPT TO SAVE DAD'S $435 Dora Cohen, 19, dark-haired miss employed by her father as a bookkeeper in his wholesale produce business, won a reputation for courage, a few days ago, when he defied two gunmen in a vain effort to keep $135 in collections from their hands. The young woman had left the firm's office at 181 Osborn Brooklyn, on a conmanv truck.

with a man driver, and had collected the cash at nearby establishments. At Riverdale Ave. ami Hina.IaU the two men ltanii nn tha runningboard of the machine and one, with a gun pointed at Mias Cohen, ordered her to surrender the cash. She refused. The machine continued for a.

block and a half with the cirl screaming for police. The one srunman then raispil th gun as though to strike her and she gave him the money. As the nair ran awav. the c-irl chased them for two blocks. When police arrived, they had made their escape.

(Picture on page 1) Population Grows 1,500 in Year The population of Rockville Centre has increased by approximately 1,500 since the Federal census was taken last year, it was disclosed yesterday at the offices of the Nassau County Unemployment Bureau at Mineola. Figure based on a survey made by village unemployed show Rockville Centre with a total population of 15,200 as compared to 13,718 credited it in the Federal census. Ten men were employed for four weeks in making the survey. Moose ticket then, has long since aiea. Uthers who spoke were The Rev.

Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Old Plymouth Church, and David A. Boody. last survivintr former Mayor of Brooklyn. bince 1912 Brooklyn has changed strikingly.

Its population has increased by more than a million. The borough's library circulation has increased to more than twice what it was in 1912. Its books have increased from 735,000 to 1,084,000, Active borrowers have increased nearly 100 per cent. But the central library building, declared more a civic necessity now than ever before, has re mained very much as it was, uncompleted, untenanted and forlorn. DENTIST CLEARED IN THEFT CHARGE Dr.

Maxwell H. Lanes, 35, of 283 Union Brooklyn, was cleared in Fifth Avenue Court, Brooklyn, of a charge of Detit larcenv. Charles Oulette, a janitor, charged Dr. Maxwell, who is a dentist, stole a dox oi tools. (NEWS photo) Picture shows unfinished Brooklyn Central Library structure at Grand Army Plaza.

Twentieth anniversary of ground-breaking finds it still Unfinished. Brooklyn Public Library has called attention to the unfinished state of the building in twenty annual reports. The directors are still hopeful that the city will provide money for its completion, but they are not confident as they were twenty years ago. Million More Live There. Many of the officials who took part in the ground breaking ceremonies in 1912 have died.

Mayor William J. Gaynor who combined his approval of the project with a scathing criticism of the late Theodore Roosevelt, who was a Presidential candidate on the Bull Still gaunt and unfinished the central building of the Brooklyn Public Library at Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Ave. today is marking its twentieth anniversary since ground was broken for it. Directors of the library describe the building as a monument to municipal procrastination. Started in 1912, part of the central building foundation was completed in reasonable time and in 1914 the foundations of the Flatbush wing were finished.

Since then there has been delay, procrastination and more delay. Not a Book In 20 Years. In twenty years not a book has teen brought into the still uncompleted building. Borough President Henry Hesterberg estimates it will take $9,250,000 to complete it and in these days of economy programs that much money will not be appropriated for a library, he is confident. i The Board of Directors of the Swagger Along in Exclusive With Hfl" Sa)p BOYS' ASK SUITSC Wear-proof, tear-proof, "ti "'C camP su' enter-1 1 f- Pr'se covert or Khaki Jean.

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