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Daily News from New York, New York • 376

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DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, I9'2 Bhze Hmes Phnt Woman Suspect ipn if By BEN WHITE A $150,000 blaze, labeled "suspicious" by authorities, early yesterday destroyed the Roslyn, L. plant of industrialist Mrs. Lillian Robinson, who is accused of a $475,000 bank swindle. The fire that destroyed Mrs. Robinson's plant, the Ideal Insulators.

was one of I. 1 yr liy HARRY SCIILEGEL Twenty-four valuable thoroughbreds were destroyed last night when a flash fire raced through Ilarn 3S at the Belmont Park race track in Elmont, Ja. I. The stable, area was crowded with horses in preparation for the opening of the Fall meeting today. Some 20 horses were led from the blazing, smoke-filled barn by grooms and stableboys.

However, several were badly burned and are expected to die. Among the crack racers burned to death weie TAg If and Eraser, both stakes winners who were trained by John I. Jlaloney. Track officials estimated that the total loss in thoroughbreds would run over $200,000. Groom Albert Patterson was in a insulators mc NEWS foto I.y John Prirnanl Firemen pour water into plant of Ideal Insulators, earlv vesterdav.

Building was destroyed, along' ith 16 vehicles, by the $130,000 blaze. three that struck Roslyn around 2:30 A.M. One of the blazes was believed to have been a eery, is in jail for lack of $30,000 bail. She is accused of defrauding the Central National Bank of Mineola by falsifying Joan applications and certificates of completion of hi me improvement bonds. The Ideal blaze was almost wholely covered by insurance, which had only a few days to run and would not have fceen renewed, Dair said.

When Dair took over the plant two weeks ago, he found that the insurance, 20 policies in all, had been cancelled. After 4'J hours of negotiations with brokers, he succeeded in placing new insurance. A week later, Dair was informed by the insurance brokerage firm that on instructions from its home office, it was canceling all the policies as of midnight tomorrow. tlie batn, which runs from east to vest, when the fire broke out in Willie Knapp Hard hit in Belmont blaze. the middle of the building shortly P.M.

had just finished watering the horses when 1 looked up and the place was lit up like Coney Island." Patterson said. "I grabbed an extinguisher but I realized it was too late. So I started lusrging out Patterson said he saved two. Another proom. Mike Xovick, fotijrht his way through the smoke nd flames and rescued three horses.

He was removed to Nassau Hospital in Mineola suffering from burns. Firemen from Elmont, Franklin Ftjuare and Floral Park vfclunteer companies futiffht the blaze un'il DAILY ALMANAC fit Heat Vanishes 70s Today Contrary to predictions, the neat wave broke yesterday. In the wake of Saturday's scorcher, when a record-breaking temperature of 93 was recorded, yesterday was mild. A high of 79 degrees was chalked up at 1 A. and the "mercury dropped steadily thereafter.

By 10 A. it was in the 60s, and it stayed there. Humid and cloudy, the day was vastly more comfortable than either Friday or Saturday. The forecast for today is cloudy, occasional rain and a high of 75. THE MOON Sept.

10 Sept. 19 Sept, 26 C5ct. Last Q. New First Q. Foil Sunrise :36 A.

sunwt 7: M. Jlwn risers A. sets 1'. M. Morning tar Jupiter; evniite Mj(r Venua.

TEMPERATURES IN NEW VORn" MAMMC.M, A. S4 77 Jli.VIMI M. A. 1 Jliphest thia KV8 in this lat, 47.2 in 1S13 4 a. T7 NMn 7i p.

in 4 5 a. 7il 1 p. lis; p. tn 3 a. ni 7 2 p.

1 p. r.3 7 a. 73 3 p. lip. pi a.

71 1 4 p. Miilniplil a. 5 p. fit; 1 a. in 3 1" a.

p. sr.i a. 11 a. 7 p. in 65 a.

m. HIWHI.ITV, TS'i at 8:00 A. at 1 P. At. For twenty-foiir hours ended at 8:30 P.

Sept. 14: Mean 73: normal. 57; avtraee shove normal sine. Stpt. 1, 3.3 flTees.

Precipitation, none: total inr Jan. 1, S.SS infhes: above normal. 7 r. inrhex. Total sin-e Sept.

1.36 inch': heintr normal, .2 Inoh. 1952 Scptesttfeee 1952 Stat Mm Tc DM Ihu Tri Set 14 15 16 17 18 19m 21S23 24 25 26 27 1952 October mi Sim Tfan TUe tved Jhu Tri Sat 1 2 3 4 567 89 10 11 Entered 2d class matter, I'. Xew York, N. Y. 9:30 before finally bringing it under control.

More than a dozen firemen were treated for various injuries, ranging from smoke poisoning to burns. Track officials refused to speculate on what effect the lire will have on today's openinfr card. One of the hardest hit was trainer Willie Knapp, who guided Upset to the only victory ever registered over Man O' War. To Imported Horses. Knapp lost two expensive imported thoroughbreds Tocoli.

a South American horse, and Wild Jamie, an Irish colt. Tocoli had won twice in allowance races during the Spring and Summer meet ings at Iew iork and isew Jersey and was entered in today's 7th race, a $7,500 handicap. Also. listed as dead by Knapp were Buzzing Bee and Devil Spy. Buzzing Bee was owned by Dan Hickey, the other three horses by J.

S. Kruse. The most valuable horse in the barn was reported rescued. He was the Starmount Stable's Primate, which finished second in last year's Futurity and hich was one of the favorites in the Kentucky Derby Winter Book. Cause of the fire was not determined, although a short circuit was believed possible since the lights were off in the barn when the started.

Nassau Fire Marshal George Clough, who started an investigation, declared that "we will have to enforce some regulations here to correct flagrant abuses of ordinary fire prevention. The tire was the second at the track in the last three months. On June 16, Barn 35-W, adjacent to N. S6, burned to the ground. A groom and 21 horses, valued at S250.OOO, were lost.

green bodv that "seemed to elow." Mrs. May said Lemon screamed in terror and fell backward as the n.onster duckw alked toward them, i md the whole party turned and ran. She said the monster exuded an overpowering odor that so sickened them they vomited for hours afterward. Average net paid circulation for August exceeded Daily 2,100,000 3,850,000 The Largest Daily and Sunday Circulation in America decov. Most of the Roslyn fire equip ment was at the scene of a small blaze in a recreation building on the estate of the late Clarence Mac- kay.

several miles distant, when the Ideal plant and a nearby warehouse burst into. flames. "Ve are trying to determine whether the Mackay estate fire may not have been a decoy to get firemen away from the locality of the Ideal fire, said County Fire Marshall George W. Clough. The Mackay alarm had been telephoned "in from a bar and grill, and from that locality the blaze could not have been seen, Clough said.

The warehouse, property of the Associated Manufacturers was a defense-work at 13S5 Northern Boulevard, about 75 feet from the Ideal plant. It, too, was burned to the ground. Fifteen trucks and a 1951 sedan, which had been owned by Mrs. Robinson's husband, Clayton, were destroyed in the Ideal blaze. The auto had been seized, along with the plant, by court-appointed receiver John Dair of Mineola.

Dair )so had fired Robinson, an officer of the Ideal company. Mrs. Robinson, charged with for- INDEX TO FEATURES Page Page C.D.Eatchelor 25 Parents, Child 33 Beauty 42 Patterns 30 Correct Thing 41 People's Voice 25 Crossword 38 Pets 38 Editorial 25 Powerhouse 48 Fashions 40 Radio, Video 44,45 Food 1 Recipe 41 Friend in Need 31 Serial Story1 23 Garden Guide 33 Short Story Hedda Hopper 34 Sports Horoscope 31 Ed Sullivan Inn. 25 Theatres 32 46 34 37 Intel'g'ce Test 30 Dr.Van Dellen 41 Love Advice 30 Dan Walker 34 Movies 40 Woods, Water 51 Obituary 36 Cornice Gasoline Alley 30 Smilin Jack The Gumps 40 Smitty Hopalong 31 Brenda Starr Moon Mullins 49 Terry The Neighbors 31 Pick Tracy Orphan Annie 2S Winnie Winkle 45 NEWS ON THE AIR TELEVISION WrMX Channel II 6:30 p.m. Telepix 7 rOO p.

m. Your Reporter 9 10 p. m. Neu 10:30 p. m.

Teleptx 1 0 SO p. m. Tomorrow's Netvm 12 zOO a. m. Sandman Neva RADIO WHEW Dial 1130 A'eu Around the Clock" at half past emery Aoor, The Thing, 10 Feet Tali, Terrifies a Party of 7 Sutton, W.

Sept. 14 (U.P.t. A housewife swore today that she and six boys saw "an evil-smeliing fire-breathing monster, 10 feet tall, with a bright green budy and blood-red face" on a hillside near here. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, (C S. Weather Bureau Forecast) (I'ailiClii Savroc Time) Cloudy.

Occasional prolfl1le temperature ranire. clearing tonight. Tomorrow fair, warmer. TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST du'Oji 60-78 67 60 WTTSSL.SM C65-M cs mo TS5S ICOLUMSUS PHILADELPHIA -T- vow mtn HOW CITIES FARED YESTERDAY Obpprvjiion at wath Bureau etaUuus tk-u at fe iiu Sutnlay. in tT 11 BOi fss TeTratifres inches Cltm Hlch lam Afhany 70 Allan! f.5 Btwton ft Chioaro f.4 72 ItiplanJ 2 6 I)nvfr 9 4 El Fio e.7 B.o rioo.ir Clopdv ri-ar Ram .1 .10 "h-ar Trac.

Vo Anele Miami A 64 77 fiS 6.3 -67 40 55 71 55 i-ar Cl'dy CV-ar 'lrar K.110 irnr Clear 1W- CI Minneapolis i7 Mootreal 70 Xt Otlraris 7 Phila.lelphia 79 Sail Ctlj- 74 Sao St. 1uie J-8 Watuieton .04 Trace TIME OF TIDES IE 5 C-'t and GMidetfe Surwr) HVT ftrrt Gel If Itv Hll A M. it AM. Ml A M. P.M.

Rirfc 'rt 0 43 -5T I 45 1. 3 ii.ii li.4 jji ia A SH) TON 17-85 Mrs. Kathleen May of Flatwood, cared and sick from her experience, said she and the boys. including a 17-year-old National lluanisman, made the find Friday rtijfht while investigating reports that a flying saucer had landed. She said she and Gene Lemon, the guardsman, her sons.

Eddie, 13, and Fred, 12. and Neil Xunley, 14, Ronnie Shaver, 10, and Tommy Hyer, also 10, all went to the hilltop on the C. B. Fisher farm near here Friday night. Ijemon.

who was leading the party, said he saw something move in a tree, and when he shone a flashlight on it saw the 10-foot with the fiushrd face and.

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