Daily News from New York, New York • 324

DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939 Bklvn. Sec 15 New Lots Area Asks Mayor for Library The campaign to obtain a library for the New Lots section of Brooklyn's East New York is being carried to Mayor LaGuardia, A letter to the Mayor citing six specific reasons for granting the branch has been drafted by the library committee of Thomas Jefferson High School, a leader among the thirty-one neighborhood groups waging 'jfjj, ALL ff) 1 I A DOWN I -jtai dSS.i "V-rTVIN -J- the drive. Similar letters are being sent to P.oroueh President Raymond Injrersoll and other members of the Board of Estimate, according to Charles Auslander. teacher and! chairman of the school's library committee. Hope that the library addition would reduce crime and delinqu ency in the area as expressed in the letter.

"The south side of East New York ranks quite high among other Mo Brooklyn slum areas in the number of petty offenders in the Magistrate's Court," the letter declared. Would Help Immigrants. Another reason given by Aus-lander is the assistance such a library would give to the neighborhood's foreign-born adult readers. "A library equipped with books in foreign languages, as well as in English, would enable them to become better American citizens and use their leisure advantageously," he wrote. Organizations cooperating with the high school in the campaign include the district's junior high and elementary schools and various civic and welfare groups, including the Highland Park Civic Association, Cypress Hills Board of Trade, Highland Park Kiwanis Club, Atlantic Avenue Business Men's Association, Sutter Avenue Merchants' Association and the East New York Civic Alliance.

A meeting is being planned of representatives from the thirty-one groups for the purpose of selecting a spokesman to present the matter before the Board of Estimate. The library movement was started last Fall. The nearest branch, according to the commit io piece rip1! BEDROOM OUTFlTp 3-Piece Suite 7 Extra Pieces a includes 5 Large Size Bed Smart Design I I i-'-f Dresser with Hanging Mirror if' Large Chest of Drawers A beautiful Colonial 1 5LVSl Mayor LaGuardia Gets library plea. Liners Replace Old Transports The United States Marine Commission yesterday turned over to the U. S.

Army Transport Service two former Munson liners, the Pan America and the Western World, to replace the old Army transports, the St. Mihiel and the Chateau Thierry. The vessels were delivered at the Army Base, foot of 58th Brooklyn, where they will be overhauled and painted white. The Pan America and the Western World are 13,712 tons each, and will be able to carry about 1,000 passengers, and about twice as. much cargo as the other transports carried.

George Washington fought end won. Says patriotic Mr. Wise Pay full respect But don't neglect "THE FUEL THAT SATISFIES" COAL OIL COKE SCRANTON LEHIGH COAL COMPANY CIOIGI J. PATTERSON, Prldnt JS LIVINGSTON ST. BROOKLYN Call TRIANGLE 5-8400 ivoklyil Qhmm Nhiw 1 1 tee, is at Arlington Ave.

and Warwick on the jiorth side of East New York. Iack of crosstown transit facilities greatly handicaps south side residents wishing to use it, Auslander pointed out. Tablet to Gaynor Moved to Plaza The ninetieth anniversary of the birth of William J. Gaynor will be marked tomorrow by the rededi-cation of a bronze memorial to the former Mayor at its new location in Brooklyn Bridge Plaza. The monument, a bas-relief, is being transferred from its original location at the Brooklyn end of the Manhattan Bridge to a new setting at Concord and Fulton Sts.

Mayor LaGuardia, Park Commissioner Robert Moses and Borough President Raymond V. Inger-soll will attend the ceremonies. Masons to Honor First President Alexandria. Feb. 21 (U.R).

The Grand Masters of forty-nine Masonic grand jurisdictions will convene tomorrow in a towering jrray-pink granite structure to pay homage to George Washington, the first Master of Alexandria Masonic Lodge No. 22 and the only man to be President of the United States and Worshipful Grand Master of his lodge at the same time. he meeting place is the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, built with contributions from Free Masons throughout the country. Already $4,000,000 has been expended. Can't Gulp Knife Florence, Italy.

Feb. 21 (U.R). Olinto Grassini, 23. died in a hospital here today. Police said he cut hi throat with a kitchen knife while attempting to imitate a sword swallower.

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