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SCHICK WINS Parrot Leads law to Stilling Suspect self-defense when Geller charged at him with a knife at the height of a brawl. "Geller," Morrissey mused, "had a good hunch when he named his barroom The Green Parrot." He led Buttler to a cell to await arraignment today in Felony Court. $900 Blast Costs Weft i A 28-year-old Negro cab driver was brought from Baltimore yesterday to stand trial for murder because a parrot in a Third Ave. barroom had squealed. The bird was on its perch near the bar on the night of July 12, 1942, when a fusillade of shots brought detectives to the Green Parrot bar at 1806 Third Ave.

near 100th St. Beside the bar lay the owner, Max Geller, shot through the heart. Grouped about were a dozen tightlipped customers. To all questions, they merely shrugged. TKey had nothing to say.

Then the parrot spoke up. "Robert!" it screamed. "Robert! Robert! Robert!" Detective John.Morrissey listened attentively. Later, at the 104th St. station, he drew from the customers an admission that Robert Butt-ler of 302 E.

101st St. had been in the bar that evening. He went looking for Buttler. Morrissey found him working as r1 2 a CO Senators Dun Britain BOY PAL ALSO HELD IN KILLING OF GRANDMA, 75 Police in a surprise move last night booked both 15-year-old Leonard (Buddy) Marcus and his chum and traveling companion, Melvin Rudnitsky, 17, on charges of homicide in connection with the strangling of young Marcus' 75-year-old step-grandmother, Jennie Flicker. The pair had been brought back at 6:45 P.

M. from Wayne, which was as far as they got on a projected sightseeing trip to California. Marcus admitted that- he gar-roted Mrs. Flicker last Wednesday afternoon when she surprised him stealing $65 from a bedroom drawer in their home, 2704 Wallace Bronx. Alleges Plan to See U.

S. Though Rudnitsky, according to Marcus' story, had no part the actual slaying, Bronx Assistant District Attorney Sylvester Ryan said he ordered the homicide charge against the older boy "pending an investigation of the entire facts by the Grand Jury." After the boys concocted plans to "go to California and see the country," Marcus reportedly told bis pal he would "get some money from home." Marcus said he was searching the bedroom drawer when Mrs. Flicker, who wa's ironing in another room, heard papers rustling. Still holding a pillowslip, she came to investigate and the slip became the instrument of her death. "She grabbed the table lamp," the boy said.

"I thought she was going to hit me with it." He seized her by the throat and squeezed, he said. The aged woman broke loose and started to run, dropping the pillow slip. She Mumbled Something. Marcus said he picked up the slip, chased her down a narrow foyer and looped it over her neck. Before fleeing, the boy tried to thrust Mrs.

Flicker's body into a closet. It fell out. He pushed again, jammed the door shut on her crumpled form, and went to meet Rudnitsky. Ryan ordered the boys booked after questioning them more than two hours. They will be taken direct to Bronx Magistrates Court today.

Marcus was asked, when they arrived here, if he felt sorry for what he had done. "No," he retorted. "Why the hell should I be sorry (Picture on page 1) Soldier 2-10 Yrs. Pvt. Miguel Lispoa, 37, of 515 W.

143d yesterday, was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison for blowing up a cellar at 459 Ninth near 36th where a poolroom owner had hidden $900. Lispoa, tried in General Sessions before Judge Jonah J. Goldstein and a jury, was convicted of second degree assault but not larceny, although the money disappeared after the blast on Aug. 17, 1942. on Loans CURRAN PLACED BEYOND DRAFT Washington has ordered Joe Curran, 37-year-old president of the CIO National Maritime Union, classified 2A in the draft for six months, by which time he will be safely over the 38-year -limit, his 1 ca 1 board disclosed yesterday.

The order came from Major Gen. Lewis B. Her-s national draft chief, ac cording to the Rev. Francis K. Shepherd, chairman of Local Board 18 at 1133 Broadway.

The minister said he learned of it through the office of Col. Arthur V. McDermott, New York City selective service chief. Curran, who will be 38 on March 1, was reclassified from 2B to 2A on Aug. 31 and granted a six-month deferment.

As a 2B he was considered a man necessary to the war production program. As a 2A he is deemed necessary in his civilian activity in this case, president of the NMU, which has contended Curran's induction would be a blow to a war-necessary organization. Curran shipped out as a seaman to investigate conditions abroad. While he was away, Appeals Board 4 voided his 2A rating and placed him in 1A. The union appealed to the Presidential board in Washington.

It was Col. McDermott who asked the local appeals board to put Curran in 1A. Chairman Shepherd revealed, however, that the board's order was not unani mous, thus possible the appeal to Washington. Fall Kills-Woman Mrs. Justine Van Brocklin, 40, of 650 Main New Rochelle, died yesterday of injuries received when she leaped or fell from her third-floor apartment.

Joe Curran STATEN ISLAND COUNCIL RACE Staten Island voters reelected Councilman Frederick Schick, Democrat, on Tuesday, it was revealed yesterday with completion of the proportional representation count of ballots for that borough. As the tabulation progressed in the four other boroughs, it was announced that Schick defeated his Republican opponent, Mrs. Josephine L. Catania, by 19,453 to 16,040. His majority was 3,407.

There were 1,799 blank and invalid ballots. Quill Leads in Bronx. In the Bronx, former Councilman Michael J. Quill, international president of the CIO Transport Workers Union running as an Independent, still held his lead. Trailing him were Lieut.

Col. Charles E. Keegan, Democratic incumbent on military leave, and Councilmen Louis Cohen (D), Joseph E. Kinsley (D), Gertrude W. Klein (ALP) and Salvatore Ninfo (ALP), in that order.

Of the 298.104 ballots cast in the Bronx, 33,934 or 11 were ruled out. That means that Bronx membership in Council will drop from five to three. Brooklyn leaders were all incumbents, headed by Peter V. Cae-cione (C), Joseph T. Sharkey (D), Genevieve B.

Earle (R), Walter R. Hart (D), Edward Vogel (D), Louis P. Goldberg (Independent), and Rita Casey (D). New Entry Second in Queens. In Queens, Councilman Hugh Quinn (D) led.

followed closely by a new candidate, Alfred J. Phillips (R). The runners-up were incumbents: William N. Conrad (D), John- M. Christensen (R), James A.

Phillips (D), and George E. Donovan (D). The count in Manhattan was just getting under way after totaling the number of ballots cast in the borough's 919 election districts. They numbered 352,579, of which about 55,000 were believed to be invalid. That means Manhattan's representation will drop from six to four.

Scattered returns in Manhattan showed Councilman Stanley M. Isaacs (R) and John P. Nugent (D) among the leaders. Benjamin J. Davis Negro Communist, made a strong showing but most of the count in his favor was in Harlem districts.

Japs Work U. S. Nurses Murmasroa, Portuguese India, Oct. 20 (U.R). All American Army and Navy nurses interned by the Japs in the Philippines have been assigned to work in civilian internment camps, ic-cording to a repatriated civilian nurse who worked until last month with Army nurses assigned to the Santo Tomas camp.

She declared that all the Army and Navy nurses are in good health, and that they receive three meals daily, compared with two meals for other internes. One of the nurses, Lieut. Peggy Greenwalt, of San Francisco, heroine of William L. White's "They Were Expendable," was described by a friend as "beautiful as ever." Education, heard a firsthand report on the progress of the plan from Dr. Stephen Duggan, director of the Institute of International Education, who has just returned from London, where he made an extensive study of the problems which will arise when the war ends.

a caulker in a Baltimore shipyard. Buttler admitted the killing, Morrissey said, but said he fired in 5 Speci al to The News Washington, D. Nov. 5. The Senate committee headed by Senator Harry S.

Truman (D-Mo.) recommended today that consideration be given, after the war, to seeking some repayment from the British for lend-lease shipments. If Britain cannot pay in dollars for the petroleum she needs, the committee suggested that the U. S. be given access to British-held re serves in Asia, South America and the Dutch East Indies. Similarly, asserting that the U.

S. has had to supply rubber and rubber products to England from its limited stockpile, the committee recommended the postwar relaxing of the British and Dutch-controlled "rubber monopoly." "Attention should also be given," the committee said, "to the possibility of acquiring rights in the deposits of English-owned nickel, copper, tin and iron in countries outside England, and in the right to receive manganese from Russia after the war in return for lend-lease articles furnished it now." At the same time, the committee bluntlv advised military authori ties that they have "no authority" to provide a postwar WPA. The group assailed "predictions by Army officials" that soldiers would not be released until industry had jobs for them and that war contracts would be continued pending reconversion of war plants to peacetime production. CIO SeftoFight Steel Pay Freeze Philadelphia, Nov. 5 (U.R).

The CIO will start its fight for abolition of the Little Steel formula Monday, President Philip Murray announced today as the sixth annual CIO convention ended. Murray, in a final message to the 500 delegates, said the first steps of the campaign to scrap the formula would be taken by the United Steel Workers, of which he is president. Earlier today the convention unanimously reelected Murray as CIO president for his fourth term. He was the only nominee. James B.

Carey, of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, was reelected secretary-treasurer. Nine vice-presidents also were reelected. Wants Wings, Photo Back Mrs. Edna Siegel, of 12 Oxford Koad, Ben Avon Heights, Pittsburgh, lost her purse in Pennsylvania Station on Wednes- day. She doesn't care so much" about the $300 and the two diamond rings it contained.

But she pleaded yesterday that the finder return at least two items: The Air Forces wings and the identification photo of her son, Lieut. Robert L. Siegel, 23, killed last May. BREWSTER'S CIO CHIEF IN 'OFFER' Washington, D. Nov.

5 (JP). Tom L)e Lorenzo, labor union leader at the Brewster Aeronau tical offered today to barter his personal no-strike pledge jn return for assurance that. Congress will protect labor's rights and guarantee that prices will be tied to wages. Back before a House Naval subcommittee investigating Brewster's plane production failures, he was asked bluntly by Representative Grant (R- Ind.) whether he would offer the committee a no-strike pledge. De Lorenzo answered that he would be willing to do so with the qualifications he specified.

De Lorenzo, president of Local 365, United Automotive Workers (CIO), testified that he had protested to the Navy against a shift in Brewster production from dive bombers to fighters. "What qualified you to tell the Navy what type of plane it should produce?" demanded Grant. "I don't think that I am qualified," responded the 35-year-old labor leader. "I was interested in keeping production flowing." "I don't think you are either," snapped Grant. "Where in the world would we be if the Navy accepted your advice and continued to produce an obsolete type of plane?" ried the heavy cripple downstairs and to the station.

In St. Vincent's, Robilotto moaned and returned to consciousness. She beckonedto Detective Thomas Riley seated at her bedside. She whispered: "My husband shot me. I don't know why.

I had just served supper when he did it." Riley phoned the station. Police solicitude for Robilotto vanished They booked him for felonious assault. If his wife dies and doctors feared last night she has little chance of recovery from the slug which tore into her head behind the left ear the charge will be murder. His wife, after voicing her brief accusation, dropped back into unconsciousness. Joseph Jr.

could shed no light oji the mystery. Legless Joseph Sr. stared gloomily from his chair and said nothing. Legless Husband Shot Her, Wife Tells Cops By NEAL PATTERSON Police spoke softly at first last night to Joseph Robilotto. He is 61, a legless 200-pound retired Department of Sanitation worker.

It looked as if fate had dealt him a crowning blow when his wife was found bleeding and unconscious apparently an attempted suicide in their home, 172 Prince at 7:30 P. M. U. S. Colleges to Train Leaders for Europe Representatives of occupied -countries will be trained in The crash of a shot brought their son, Joseph a war worker, from a -bedroom where he had been sleeping.

He found Mrs. Isabella Robilotto, 58, slumped in a chair, her head and arms resting on the kitchen table. On the table was a .32 calibre revolver. Nearby, in his home-made wheel chair, was Joseph's father. There was blood on his shirt.

He said he got it there While trying to help his wife. Detectives reported that Mrs. Robilotto apparently had shot herself. She had just returned from a visit to a doctor and they believed she was despondent over her health. She was taken to St.

Vincent's Hospital. Almost apologetically, Robilotto was told he must go to the Mercer St. police station. He had no license for the gun, which he admitted having owned for 20 years. I Police, with much difficulty, car- I American colleges as postwar rehabilitation and reconstruction directors in their own lands, it was revealed yesterday.

Educational leaders, both Ameri- cal! and European, who sponsored the met yesterday at New York University and adopted a 16- pomt program under which the ex change scholarships will be admin istered. The meeting, held under auspices of, the United States Committee on.