Daily News from New York, New York • 417

DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1946 16 Byrnes Admits O'Dwyer Takes Oath As Mayor at Kin 's Home Wine, Steak and Nylons: Cafe Society Very Gay By NANCY RANDOLPH It was the first post-war New Year's Eve. Taxes are coming down. Servicemen are getting back into civvies. Clerks are civil again. Nylons are back.

Maids aren't so IRT Closes TV I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hale at the Hotel Pierre. scarce. Oh, there were lots of things to celebrate and the Four Hundred and just about everybody else was out on the Mac Was Kept In Dark on Plan from page t) to meet MacArthur's objections, but he disavowed an earlier State Department press release stating falsely -that MaCAixnur nau oecu kept informed of developments at the conference.

The release was Thomas Blake. Dress officer of the Far Eastern Commis sion. (Dispatches from Tokyo sources close to MacArthur said the Big Three control plan had caused confusion among the Japs and may cause the general to lose face in a country where face is all-important. Grudgingly, the Japs have gone along with Mac-Arthur, but now they are asking whether his directives may be subject to review, and whether they will be asked to make a new start under the Allied council setup.) Cites Two Reservations. Asked at a press conference to delineate the difference between our proposed plan and that which was adopted in Moscow, Byrnes said they were practically identical, except for two reservations, that the U.

S. could not issue interim directives to MacArthur on: in the control of Japan as set forth in the surrender terms. 2. Fundamental changes in the Japanese constitutional structure. A third reservation, denying to MacArthur nower to make changes in the Jap Government as ft whole, could be gotten arouna Dy naming individual cabinet members on successive days, if the entire cabinet resigned at jonce, Byrnes said.

Hull Pleased With Work. Byrnes said he was delighted to hear that MacArthur will do his best to carry out; the new policy and that no controversy existed between the general and the State Department. Both President Trumai. and former Secretary Cordell Hull, Byrnes said, were greatly pleased with the results of his work at the Moscow conference. Byrnes said he will fly to the President's yacht in the Potomac for further consultations with him The' Secretary revealed that the British Empire (particularly Australia) was much more insistent than Russia that a change be made in the Allied control of Japan.

He said he himself felt, however, that MacArthur's authority was fully maintained by the Moscow agreements. Byrnes also revealed that: This country's last remaining troops in Iran withdrew yesterday; Spain and Turkey were not discussed at Moscow; the French were kept advised of every step in the discussion of peace treaties at Moscow, and Soviet Foreign Commissar mOlOLOV will mifc t-l nuiiawj the approaching UNO meeting in Molotov will Hot personally attend London. (Continued from pagt 3) City Council chamber for induction of his cabinet and a short inaugural address. The ceremonies will be broadcast in whole or in part by nine stations. The ceremonial will feature the Police Department Glee Club, with cne song dedicated to "a former member of the department." It was an a policeman that O'Dwyer studied law and went on to become a judge, Kings County District Attorney and now the city's head man.

After the inaugural doings, the Mayor, the new Council President, Vincent R. Impellitteri, and the new Controller, Lazarus Joseph, will establish a reception line in the Mayor's office. Wives except in the Mayor's case of the new officials will also be in the receiving line. LaCuardia walked out of the City Hall at 3:03 P. M.

yesterday for the last time as the city's chief executive. LaGuardia was all smiles. He Insisted he felt fine as he said adieu. Twice he declined to comment on the freshly-selected O'Dwyer cabinet. He added; "Res Ipsa loquitur," a slug of Latin which means, "The thing speaks for itself." The outgoing Mayor had a final surprise for City Hall reporters, who received one of their rare invitations into the mayoralty chambers.

In their presence he accepted the resignation of former Marine and Aviation Commissioner John McKenzie, who had been a magistrate for about twelve hours after appointment by LaGuardia. McKenzie had decided to go into private life as a consultant in navigation and aviation. Murphy Gets $10,000 Job. "Hold up your right hand," the Mayor said, all of a sudden, to nearby Charles F. Murphy, Assistant Corporation Counsel, who has been acting as the Mayor's legal id.

Then he swore In the stunned Murphy to serve the unexpired McKenzie term, which runs at 10,000 vear until April 30, 1947. Previously he had sworn in retiring Council President Newbold Morris for two $8,500 years as a member of the City Planning Commission. Morris was LaGuardia's candidate for Mayor in the last campaign. Crews Hunt War Crimes Evidence Tokyo, Dec. 31 (JP).

Forty-one officers organized into coordinated teams are responsible for the preparation and prosecution of atrocity war criminal suspects whose series tt trials began in Yokohama last week, Cen. headquarters said today. Prosecution teams were organized to comb thoroughly seven areas within Japan where prison ramps were located. N. Y.

Drinks Continued from page 3) serted that this was the biggest champagne year of all. The other hot spots reported much the same. And they noted that uniforms had dropped to a mere cf customers as against the 851 during war years. Practically every woman was in evening clothes. Said one, "It's good to be naked again." Bowery Celebration.

Neighborhood celebrations were in high gear, too. One of those was down in Greenwich Village, at Sheridan Square. An oldtime resident said the celebrants "come out and mostly fight." He must have been right, because the police assigned a sergeant and 10 cops to the area between 10 P. M. and 6 A.

M. Sammy's Bowery Follies paid Old Station As the IRT closed the old City Hall station of its Lexington Ave. line at midnight last night a dapper little old man walked in to look on. It was Stacy Daniel, 69, of 220 E. 204th Bronx, who was the first ticket agent at the station when it opened in 1904.

He now is motorman on the line, a job he has held for 37 years. As the old station was closed, a new one replacing ft was opened 600 yards away at Brooklyn Bridge. Firsters Born Early, 3 Boys It's the American Way Do It First! While the whistles still tooted, first babies of the new year were being born, first couples were being wed, first false alarms turned in. First baby reported was born to Mrs. John Clair, 20, whose husband is a technical sergeant in the South Facific.

Her first baby, a boy, six pounds, 12 ounces, arrived at Misericordia Hospital, 531 E. 8th St under the direction of Dr. Paul Emery. Time: 60 seconds past midnight Two Runners-up. Two runners-up in the first baby contest were born at Bensonhurst Maternity Hospital (specialists in the business, you'll note) 78th St.

and Bay Parkway, Brooklyn. Both entrants were boys and each was born at 12.01 A. M. Mrs. Rose Lowe of 2119 f8th Brooklyn, gave birth to a 7-pound boy.

He'll be named Gerald Stephen Lowe. The second baby, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy, was born to Mrs. Elsie Ximines of 2139 18th Brooklyn. She will name the lad Joseph Ronald Ximines. First marriage reported was that of Victor Meyer, 26, lately ships baker in the Navy, who lives at 251 Vernon Brooklyn, to Miss Irene Walvick.

21, of 1280 Dean Brooklyn. They were married at the home of Sam J. Meyer, a brother, at 880 Lafayette SU Brooklyn. The groom said his "I do, a split second before midnight and the bride, having the last word, a split second after midnight, (Picture in centerfold) Ike to Visit Canada Ottawa, Dec. 31 (P).

Gen. Eisenhower, U. S. Army chief of staff, will visit here, probably on Jan. 10.

it was learned today. It also was learned the general will visit Toronto to receive an honorary, degree from the University cf To ronto. In 1946 in a a Is ISonc Dry One big, dry, all-night party was that of Alcoholics Anonymous. The organization held a dance at its clubhouse 405 W. 41st St.

There was nothing to drink but coffee and cake, but the former drinkers did a lot of eating. Supper was from 10 P. M. to 1 A. M.

and breakfast from 3 A. M. to 8 A. M. Seven hundred and fifty persons danced to swing music.

And boy, do they feel better'n you and I this morning! proper tribute, with Sammy Fuchs, the proprietor, setting up one round on the house for the 350 patrons at midnight. At the Stork Club a gallant had lUWIl last IllgUL For the first time since the Japs hit Pearl Harbor, elaborate eve ning gowns and black ties and white ties staged a general comeback. Every smart night club and hotel dining room was sold out way in advance. The popping of champagne corks could be heard as far as Ambrose Light. There was the usual expensive mixed grill at the fashionable Colony Restaurant, where Greta Garbo in something resembling a skirted gray skiing suit dined early with George Schlee.

Jack and Gertie Astor had dinner and left early. At onm of the prize tables, Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt her dinner, bought by her fiance, decorator Maurice Chalon. Mrs. Shevlin With Ma.

Mrs. James Norman Hill gave a large dinner party at the Colony for a group of her close friends, including her constant escort, Baron George Wrangell, Capt. Hamilton O'Malley-Keyes of the Irish Guards, Sir Gilbert Elliot's daughter, Mrs. Andrew Burke, and Melba McMartin Orr. Guests began arriving at cocktail time at Armando's boite on E.

55th and by 10:30 P. M. the walls were bulging out to the curb. Sammy Colt, son of Ethel Barry-more, toasted 1946 with beautiful Betty Lawford, Lieut. Ned Bull-winkle of the Army and Demaris Wiman, deb daughter of Dwight D.

Wiman. TTnmin.lfnl nf th lark of on- 1. i Hietftnf rmiRin nl Marine seret. ueorge 1T i i i-wciuiv the general, proposed once more to v' 1 wvj trt nn1iA as 1945 slid out, although four false alarms of fire were sounded up to 11 f. Bellevue was moderately quiet, too, vith only seven drunks being treated up to a late hour last night-Services at Cathedral.

i thousands cheered there were other thousands throughout the city wno attenuea pew mat services in the churches. At St. Patrick's Cathedral, more than 5,000 jammed in. filling every seat in the huge edifice for two Holy Hour services, at 8 and 11. New York City's Cardinal-designate, Archbishop Francis J.

Spell-man, presided at both services. The firsf fiorvim was conducted bv Msgr. Walter Kellenburg, while officiating at the second was wsgr. Thomas McMahon. (Other pictures on center fold and back page) son, who promised to give him her answer in a few days.

The Stork Club was a complete sell-out two weeks ago. Could be that the guests heard about those nylons each gal got on the house. Farleys with Friends. Instead of occupying their usual corner table in the btork cuo Room, Jim and Bess Farley sat outside in the bar section with a group of friends. They were joined by Beth Leary shortly after midnight.

The Phil Ammidowns shared taKlo with tht Kill Rnnatft. Mrs. Bapsts, the former Bonnie Edwards Manville, expects to present will with an heir or heiress in the Spring. Harry Hopkins' son Robert celebrated at the Stork with his wife, Brenda Stephenson, the attractive British girl he married in England over a year ago. The costliest hang-over in town was to be had at the new Embassy Club, which had a minimum of $40 a couple, not including tax.

Susan Stephenson Schrafft tossed a early dinner there before the opera for Bob Reud, the producer, and the Edward D. Madens. It was a sort of farewell party for Susie who will soon head for Reno to divorce George Schrafft the kandy kid. Irv Netcher With Cane. About an hour before midnight, things started popping at swank EI Morocco.

Mabel (Queen of Diamonds) Boll toasted in the New Year with hubby Teddy Cella. Mabel was loaded down with every diamond in her jewel box. Rosie Dolly came in with her husband, Irving Netcher, who was growling at having to limp around with a cane. Irv slipped on a piece of ice the other day and broke a bone in his ankle. Gordon Sarre, former much-be-medaled Army colonel, slipped away from Mrs.

George S. Maha-na's large dinner party at her home at 960 Fifth to have a quick drink with friends at El Morocco. As soon as he downed the drink he returned to the Mahana Serge Simonenko arrived at Elmer's with a gorgeous blonde, Nan Bennett, who was all got up in a 3-4 length robe de style just dripping with ostrich plumes. Another big party at El Morocco was the table where Julia Donahue Higgins sat with a group that included Emilio Pagel, Jesse Spalding 3d and Donna Cristiana Tor-Ionia Tuck. On the eve of their departure for Palm Beach, yeast magnate Frank Hale and his lovely blonde wife, Patty, wound up the old year at the very best table in the Cotillion Room in the Hotel Pierre.

the Wettest Day Yet to pay a $15 minimum, which in cluded dinner and favors. The Copacabana was charging the same tariff to make merry, while Cafe Society Uptown get a mere $10. The Embassy, which opened Thursday, was asking and getting $40 a couple, which was good only for dinner and a place to sit. Everywhere in the five boroughs the corner ginmill was getting the same- play as the tonier spots. The State Liquor Authority had granted 2,130 licenses in the New York area special $10 permits allowing places selling liquor to stay open until 6 A.

M. For the gent who just wanted to stay home and get soused it came high if he liked Scotch. Black marketeers did a handsome business in that distillate yesterday at $10 to $20 a fifth. No major disorders or crimes.