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Daily News from New York, New York • 105

Publication:
Daily Newsi
Location:
New York, New York
Issue Date:
Page:
105
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BROOKLYN SECnOfT-i-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1935 lack of ca ABRAHAMS STALLS Wfl General Electric 2R OB BRD6E OTEOI Ky. MICHAEL O'BKIEN. Construction of the $500,000 additional roadway on the Bridge an improvement long demanded by civic groups to relieve congestion on the span appeared doomed to prolonged delay yesterday due to lack of WPA WASHER WRINGER ekilled labor. With Wl'A money and material hand, not enough riveters were available, officials said. Engineers the iH-partment of I'liuit and Mrurttires admitted yesterday, that the project appears dclinitely Sidetracked, or a time.

Working Time Limited. 2 WIVES GET FREEDOM, BUT NO ALIMONY all 3 for -n 1 11 a' A V- v- AVI'A regulations require all VPA workmen to be taken 1v(m relief rolls and also prohibit men vorkinj? more than seven days a Bionth at union wages. Not long ago the 000 in Federal funds were allotted for construction of the roadway. The Work of assembling men and material began. I -ast week Wl'A engineers and engineers of the Irpartment of 1'Iant and Structures revealed the Kmall number of skilled workmen, specially riveters, on relief rolls.

Skilled Men Needed. Two men lost their wives in divorce suits last week in Supreme Court, Brooklyn, but both escaped alimony. Martin S. Marks, who supposedly made an effort to compromise USUALLY 79.25 A closeout sale we only have 40. The washer is full size, 6 pound capacity.

All the mechanism is enclosed in oil. The wringer slips off and ironer slips on. You can iron, press or steam on the full size, padded rolL The genuine Lovell wringer has balloon rolls, guaranteed safety release. There are 8 different wringer positions. Frame is rust-proof aluminum.

Fifth Floor, East No Payment of Any Kind for 60 Days Under the National Housing Act Also sold at MAS Jamaica Home Appliance Store, HUhUle Ave. at 166 St. REp. 9-6924. when found in a hotel with a charming brunette, and Abe Rich-man failed to appear to contest the actions.

Mrs. Lee Beverly Marks, who lives in a Manhattan hotel, was married to Marks in April, 1934, she told Justice Alonzo G. McLaughlin. She introduced as a witness Angela Mack of 1622 Broadway, Manhattan. Knocked at Hotel Room.

Miss Mack said she, with Mrs. Marks and Sarah Rasper of Mount Vernon, went to a Brooklyn hotel last July 25. When they knocked Construction of the additional roadway, on the right-of-way of old trolley lines, requires a large number of riveters and they must bo skilled. A badly riveted bolt Blight give way and cause disaster. Engineers in charge of the project are doubtful of the con-Hummation of the project with 'workmen from relief rolls.

If the riveters who can be obtained from relief rolls are put to work on the Beven-day-a-month basis, they explain, it will take several times as long to complete the job as if an adequate force of men worked on it. It will also add tremendously to the cost of the project. Attempts have been made to have Wl'A regulations abrogated but these have not met with success. Present Headways Jammed. The Williamsburg Bridge now nas two roadways which are fre-t)iiently jammed.

The additional roadway is, the Police Department Jiolds, a real necessity. The new roadway is designed to re eighteen feet wide with accommodations for two traffic lanes," increasing the traffic capacity of the bridge by one-half. The paving ill be of concrete. (Other pictures on page 1) CATHOLIC VETS SHOW liiH kaway. Queens, Post Cath-diie War Veterans, Will stage a i 1 show at the Lyceum, Proudway, Fur Rockaway, lk-c.

15, Peter M. Cahill, commander, has announced. SEWING MACHINES FOR MEN who want to give their wives something "extra special" The man who understands machines will marvel at the engineering skill that has gone into the making of this marvelous lightweight STANDARD (Continued on Fage H) COPSlfiJNTING MISSING MAID AS 2-GUN GIRL Brooklyn police were looking yesterday for a two-gun girl. The search began when Joseph Romano, Italian importer of 1422 58th Brooklyn, reported a maid he had hired last Wednesday had disappeared with the small arsenal. Romano said when she left, a .25 caliber automatic and a .2 caliber revolver (1 i sal pea red also.

Romano said he and his wife went to a Thanksgiving Day party. When they returned, he said, the maid and the guns were gone. He knew the maid 'only as Marie. Nothing else was missing, he said. JLm Give that boy neiv worlds.

for Christmas ISrUtgc Work Strikes Snag 11,11 iS'1 "'fj MICROSCOPE with Microcraf accessorjf kit i complete A student's powerful 130-power microscope, with tilting table and a ground and polished lens system, affording a fine, clear view. Sixteen assorted specimens, such as a honey bee, for dissecting Also dissecting tools and slide-making materials. Other "different" gifts from the Optical department: 1hernmpters 1 9c to 3.50 Field Classes 3.95 to S15 Harm meters SI to $15 Magnifiers 25e to $5 'STANDARD SEWHANDY 74.50 Sews anything from chiffon to heavy woolens. Non-clogging. Full rotary mechanism does not vibrate.

Electric light. Convenient carrying case. Tucks in a corner. Liberal allowance for old machine. Small monthly payments may be arranged.

Street Floor, West. Headway work on Williamsburg Bridge faces indefinite delay because ef lack of skilled WPA workmen to carry out project, engineers say. Picture shows lane of bare girder, for which $500,000 was appropriated by Federal Government to turn in new travel artery over pan. Additional roadway is needed to lessen congestion on bridge. Mezzanine Floor, East ABRAHAM A.

STRAIS FULTO ST. AT IIOYT, ITKLYN CALL. CUMBERLAND 6-6000.

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