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Daily News from New York, New York • 123

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DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1934 Just a Man Girls Forget, Models9 Agent Complains The ingratitude of famous beauties was blamed yesterday by Walter Thornton, ex-bricklayer whose Adonis profile lifted him from mortar to modeling, for the failure of his de luxe models' employment agency at 395 Lexington near 42d St to hold its fees down to the nroDer leveL witness to admit she had remained overnight "at various times" with three me a in a Greenwich VUlago apartment. Dr. Lewis S. Liebow, a physician who lives in the same building with the Kashman family at 1611 Sheridan Ave, Bronx, was threat ened with prosecution for perjury after attempting to provide an alili for Kashman the night of March 12.

Summon Pea Expert. He 'produced record to ahow ha had attended the youth that afternoon, found him In bed with the grippe with a fever of 103, and had visited him again the next day. After examining the records, Chief Assistant District Attorney Sylvester J. Ryan summoned Albert S. Osborne, noted handwriting expert, who played a prominent role in the Lindbergh case, Osborne testified that Kashman'a nam and the figure "1" in the date, "3-1 2-33," wera written in, different ink and at a different time than the rest of the record.

Earlier Boudoir Trysts Told at Seduction Trial A boudoir rendezvous between Mannie Kashman and Helen Dan-son, his red-haired sweetheart, a month before she says ha seduced her was described yesterday at the wealthy young laundry heir's seduction trial in the Bronx. Pert little Tessie Schnatter, 23. of 6-11 62d Ave Maspeth, Queens, testified she found the pair together the night of Feb. 14. 1933, in the apartment of Nat Miller at 1403 Walton Bronx, where Mis Danson said she succumbed to Kashman' advances for the first time on March 12.

Admits Village Trysts As soon as she had completed her direct testimony, however, Assistant District Attorney Martin Kraus forced the petite brunette The model maestro, who claims to supply painters with "the most beautiful girls in the world," won't supply any for the next two weeks. His license was temporarily suspended by License Commissioner Paul Moss after a heated hearing in which Thornton admitted violating his agreement with the License Department, but insisted he had to look out for himself because lovely ladies whose feet he started on the ladder of success forgot him. "I've completely financed many girls," he defended, "and my wife has lent them clothes only to have them forget us. I have to look out for my own interests. "Out in he continued, "there is Jean Muir.

She worked for me as Jean Fullerton. And there's Judith Allen, who was Marie Elliott, and another whom I helped start is Boots Mallory. "I not only do not receive a penny from their earnings now, but when 1 write them they don't even answer." Thornton's license stipulated he was to make no charge, other than his fee of 20 per cent, of a model's income for the first three months and 10 per cent, thereafter. But it was brought out yesterday that he sent girl applicants to a studio he operated in the same building, where they were charged $10 for five sittings in training for commercial posing. Also, it developed, he charges a fee of $15 to $50 for space in his catalogue of models.

3 Chinese Slain In Tong Warfare Over Food Profit Tong rivalry over chow mein profits cost the lives of three Chinese restaurant workers early yesterday morning. They were waylaid by two modernized hatchet-men armed with guns in a tenement at 13 Suffolk a few blocks from Chinatown. The slain men were John High, Chang Fung and Chang Tai, members of the Tung On, whose president, William Mon, was slain in his cellar office at 13 Eldridge St. a month ago. They had been associated with him in a restaurant business which cost other thrifty Chinese, their savings.

SECRETARY HULL OPENS TELEPHONE LINK WITH JAPAN Over 8,000 miles of land and sea the broad vowels of the American tongue and the sibilant accents of the Japanese passed last night in the first trans-Pacific telephone communication. The Telephone Company Building at 32 Sixth near Walker was the control room for the American end, but the principal speaker was Secretary of State Cordell Hull in his private office in Washington. Addressing Foreign Minister Koki Hirota in Tokyo, he expressed hope that "by furthering the inter-change of ideas and of commerce, which play so important a part in the relationship of States, radiotelephone service will be of great and mutual benefit to our peoples." EXTORTION GANG KILLED RECLUSE Failure to comply with an extortion gang's demand for $5,000 cost the life of Damian Tabinski, wealthy old recluse who was strangled to death by thugs early Thursday. Police decided this yesterday and discarded their first theory that he had been slain by burglars. Tabinski was threatened with death a month ago if he failed to pay $5,000 to the shakedown gang, detectives learned.

A week ago the same men threatened him again, and once more were Pcass," said the Queen, when they offered her a Chaser! AW. rare. as Pasti as 31 tno- it's a nU, mellow Mow a base ad jacl A.t make -Jear-oJd anck, Each fc2l Canadian CuA" ji MRS. HORNSBY ENDS FIGHT FOR DECREE St. Louis, Dec.

7 (IP). A divorce suit by Mrs. Mary Jeanette Hornsby, wife of the manager of the St. Louis Browns baseball club, was dismissed today by her attorney, who said a Reconciliation had taken place. Walker x7 Jci hy noISScurs for more than 75 years! WAUMVW ONTARO SMILES and BLENDED WHISKIES 1.82 mmiT fit UlitlRS olJ DEAD-PANS! Just to give you an idea what you look like wben everything is hotsy-totsy and conversely when something is screwy in Denmark see the group pictures of the crowd at the recent Army-Notre Dame conflict In Rotogrpvure TOMORROWS SUNDAY NEWS i 1.62 THE ACE OF CLUBS.

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