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IF ru) LfO I LI I aseball (If Sox Agree), Football Slated At $10 Million Norwood Sport Palace fCl ii hiuit in. i ji ii i Jpv- ki mi fiir ffl 1958. Globe Newspaper C. Be. U.S.

Pat. OH. BOSTON DAILY GLOBE VOL. Cl.XXHI NO. 81 48 Late Weather Forecast BOSTON AND VICINITY Partly cloudy, little colder to-nicht.

Lowest In the middle 30'g In the city and near 30 in the suburbs. Wednesday partly cloudy, (Full report on page 13) Motels, Golf, Pool, Stores Proposed Plans were announced today for the construction a S10 million all-purpose sports center complete with motel units, retractable roof, restaurant, swim-. ming pool and stores in Norwood on Route 1 near Route 128, adjoining th Norwood Airport. The dream stadium is the brainchild of William H. Sullivan Jr.

of Welles-ley, president of Metropolitan Coal and former nationally-known public relations msn. Backing the enterprise are the Hampden-Harvard brewing Co. and Peter Doelger, real estate and construction firm of New York. Building of the ultra-modern i ''-J- 1 1 J- 4 1 1 Judge Rules Man Was Probably Attacked in CeV ostoa Kicked to Death Boston Municipal Court Judge George W. Roberts today ruled that a Lewiston, man probably was kicked to death after being placed in a cell at South Boston Police Station.

PROPOSED SPORTS STADIUM in Norwood shows spacious parking facilities and site of planned swimming pool in lower center. i ii i Mi. State-Sponsored Projects Furcolo Plan: Jobs for 15,000 sports palace is contingent only on an agreement by Tom Yaw-key to move the Red Sox from Fenway Park. At a press conference this morning Sullivan said, "We feel very strongly that without the Red Sox this a reality." will not be He explained that announcement of the. plans at this time, was in no way a "squeeze play'' designed to force the hand of the Boston baseiall organization.

He said that news had leaked out to so manv sources it had reached the point where newspapers would publish ft anyway. "We plan to meet with Yaw-key and Red Sox officials in the near future," Sullivan revealed. i "Some time ago when Red Sox Gen. Mgr. Joe Cronin was told about the Norwood plan he stated that this particular area was the most acceptable." STADIUM Page Thirty-three Judge FiOberts made the finding in his report on the results of an inquest made into the death of Gerard 51, of Lewiston, who died after the assault on Feb.

15. The judge further requested that Dist. Atty. Byrne present the evidence in the case to the Grand Jury "for determination "as to the person or persons contributing" to the death. The who visited the police station during his inquest and heard from a number of witnesses, ruled: "It is probable that the de- ceased, Gerard Couture, met his death by means of being I kicked in the abdomen some-: time after being booked for drunkenness at Police Sta-; tion 6.

The court further found the blow was probably delivered! after 9:25 p.m., Feb. 15, andj confidence Ihey-rtn be speeded along to the Senate by this evening. Although the $50 million bond rssue is reported to have been approved by the Com mittee on State Administration, Sen. Philip A. Graham (R-Esscx) has announced the committee will hold a public hearing on the measure at 10:30 tomorrow.

win-j ence the Governor said that he could not guarantee each of the 15.000 a year's employment un der the proposal, but they would be "able to get a stopgap breather" from payless paydays. The only criteria for obtaining the jobs which will be created, he- said, will be that the applicant be unemployed and that he shall have exhausted his unemployment benefits. He has instructed department i TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1938 PAGES FIVE CENTS IN TONIGHT'S GLOBE Classified. Comics 42, Crane Cross-Word Culbertson Deaths Editorial Financial ,38, 471 Problem 52 43! Radio-TV 43 52 Society 43 1 Sports 36-38 52 Star-Gazer .52 44' Theaters 35 32 Twistagram 39 i Women's ..30,31 visitor before 5 a.m., on Feb. 16, and requests that the district attorney present all the available evidence to the Grand Jury for determination as to the person or persons contributing thereto or for such other action the Grand Jury may take.

Couture came to Boston from Lewiston that week-end and went to a South Boston restaurant after attending a sports engagement. He was with members of his family and friends. During the evening Couture was arrested for drunkeness and taken from the restaurant and brought to the station. The investigation into the death was instigated by Medical Examiner Richard Ford. In charge of the probe was Police Capt Joseph B.

Fallon of the homicide squad. CELL DEATH Page light I Ti Stadium Facts And Figures SITE Norwood, of! Routff 1, near Rt. 123, adjoining Norwood Airport. COST $10 million. BACKERS Hampd en-Harvard Brewing Co.

and Peter Doelger, of New York. Hub Parking 26, Hurt 1 Auto Wrecked in Plunge heads, he said, want the work given out as far as pos- sible without making a Fed- eral cade out of it keeping in mind the people who need it." Asked if political consideration would enter into the placing of unemployed persons in temporary jobs, the governor stated emphatically, "the people will go directly to the departments concerned for their jobs." p0intillg out that the hearis of two of the departments which are iexpecled to handle a large share! of the jobs are Republicans, the sovernor said he expected ihere would be no partisan considerations. "I ill raise hell if It Is done differently." he declared. "It doesn't matter who is a Democrat or a Republican. If I find out it is being done to the contrary there is going to be trouble.

FIRCOLO Page Five ,1 1 4 1 I By C. R. OWENS Gov. Furcolo expressed the opinion today that "upward of 15.000 unemployed persons" will be able to find temporary jobs on state-sponsored projects with the enactment of his $50 million program to alleviate unemployment. The governor's proposals will be before the House of Representatives this afternoon for consideration, and Speaker John F.

Thompson expressed N.Y. Ranger, Hub Man Fined In Garden Brawl A New York Rangers hockey player was fined $25 in Boston Municipal 'Court, today for punching, a Bruins fan at a Mar. 15 matinee game at Boston Garden. f. Judge Jacob Lewiton fined Lou Fontinato for the assault and fined the fan, Anthony Tavilla, 30.

of Webster Lexington, $10 for disturbing a public assembly. Tavilla appealed, as did Fontinato. In finding Tavilla guilty, the judge said: "I don't think when you buy a ticket yon are payim for the privilege of You pay for the entertainment. There have got to be certain limits. Any heckling; has to be done with regard to reason.

RANGERS Page Forty-jour Report Senate Unit Rejects Withholding Tax The Senate Ways and Mei-ns Committee, it was reported by a member this afternoon, has voted down Gov. Furcolo's proposal for a withholding system in the state income tax. The committee's unfavorable report is not expected to be filed until the first of the week. The withholding system was a major recommendation of the governor's tax program and would bring the state a $17 million windfall in revenue in the coming fiscal year. Without that, it is expected some other source of additional revenue must be sought.

I i proposed for Norwood juid Route 128 and the Norwood Four Arlington Youths Cleared In Assault Case Municipal. Court J. John Fox today refused to issue complaints charging assault and roObery against tour Arlington youths who were arrested earlier following a fracas in Dock sq. The alleged victim. Coast Guardsman Emil W.

Breiden-bach, 20, of Saginaw, at first told police he was assaulted and robbed of S2 and identified two of, the four alleged assailants. Later, in Municipal Court, BreidenbacL agreed that he had not been robbed, and that there was no reason for criminal complaint to he issued against the youths. Police Sgt John 'West said that Breidcnbach had identified Robert F. Muello, 21. of Arlington', a Bates College student, and Brian M.

McNeelex-, IS, of Bartlett Arlington, as his assailants. Volunteer Fireman Operates From Air GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ili Pilot John Benson serves as the "eyes" of the Grand Rapids town-hip volunteer tire department by flying reconnaissance missions over the 2A-square-mile township in search of fires. HU. 2-9100 HUGE SPORTS CENTER be located on Route 1, near Airport.

at Gara ge OPEN APRIL 1ST Enjoy su-' oerb luncheons and dinners at the rreadway 1R12 House on- the. Worcester Turnpike. Route 9 it' i-'raminsham. From noon to p.m. every ddy, (AHvi i jV 1 i i 'I -I jl HI i i (Globe Staff Phow- by Wuliam Enms HAPPY DEPARTURE FOR KIDNEY TWIN-Mrs.

Edith" Helm holds baby as she leaves Logan Airport today for home in Chandler, Ok. The infant boy is first baby ever born to a woman who received a kidney to save her life. Kidney was taken from her twin sister. American Airlines hostess is Barbara Isgandarian. SEATING CAPACITY 60,000.

SIZE Horse-shoe shape, 660 by 616 feet. ARCHITECT Robert Johnson. LEFT SIDE Three floors of offices and stores. RIGHT SIDE-Two floors of 102 I motel units. UNDERNEATH Gymnasium, handball courts, indoor pool, sports clinic.

NEXT TO GYM A theatre seat-j ing 1000. OUTSIDE STADIUM A stadium-shaped restaurant standing on stilts, two floors. PARKING A-gigantic lot holding 15,000 cars. OTHER FEATURES An official A.A.U. swimming pool, the world's largest golf driving range, a retractible roof over the stadium field so that baseball can be played in the ram.

i. -Id 309 Washington Hirvirj tutu St, Cledir1 DIVIDEND TO DEPOSITORS Payable ''S A 26-year-old garage attendant facial injuries today when a car he was moving in the new Provincc-st. automatic garage plunged down an elevator well from the street level to the basement. Henry Hathcock of Trenton st East Boston, who was oper- i ating the car, said the' brakes slipped as he was shitting the vehicle around. It -c a through a grating that protects the elevator well.

The garage is a 14-story electronically controlled parking facility, one of two in the downtown Boston area. Officials at the garage, oper- ated by the Meyers brothers, said that parking patrons would face about an hour delay in picking up their cars until the wrecked vehicle could be removed from the pit. 10 Pay Boost Asked For State Employees A legislative committee today recommended a 10 percent pay increase for approximately 34.000 state employees. It was estimated that, if the' measure were enacted it would result in an annual cost of $15 million to the state. In the recommendation, the Committee on.

Public. Service eliminated statutory positions and elected officials. Lincoln Results DA1I.V and Kodman Paid 1M. FIKST S20UO. claiming, 4-ycav-olds nn.

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also ran. LINCOLN Thirty-tight DO YOUR 4 EARLY Easter is only five days away and the latest fashions are only as far away as the Boston stores. Read The Globe ads, shop in the Boston stores. CAR TAKES DIVE after breaking through grating in Province-st. elevator garage.

Erakes slipped as attendant moved vehicle around in new facility. ti A Only IjJ Shopping days hi for classified advertising, it's The Boston Glebe call Richmond 2-1303 vTSv1" easier ji fc m1imT V.iri" -ni li.

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