Daily News from New York, New York • 35

SUNDAY 1961 4c HI ALL CDTM. i I- BV EDWARD O'NE-ILL Few ever expected to see such a spectacle, but it happened. A "mad hell" Mayor Wagner has dropped his characteristic mildness and taken on'this state's powerful and wealthy Gov. Rockefeller- in politically mortal combat. Don't be kidded by peace statements, if any come.

This scrap is for real. It will be lethal for the' political career of Bob Wagner or for th White House aspirations of Nelson A. Rockefeller. Hh-I The exclusive story in The News of how the Whitney North Seymour Jr. unit of the State Investigation Commission launched a probe of every key Democratic official in town, including the Mayor, left Wagner burning.

The Seymour group's activity was known to Rockefeller and the bitter belief of Wagner's friends is that Rocky prodded it along. Wagner's resentment is all the greater, his intimates say, because when the Mayor complained to him recently, Rocky voiced surprise and allegedly promised to curb Seymour, which he didn't do. That, however, was only part of the emotional buildup that led to the Mayor's explosion of Thursday in which he de nounced the Seymour probe as a groundless fishing expedition and included these quotes: "Not too confidentially, it stinks. "The Seymour unit- is responsible to the Governor and I (XEWS foto t.y Jim Moony Betty Jane Cocho (right) thanks Louis Showalter as his wife, Sonja, watches. Death Mutes Wallop Over Wallet 1 iruinuoneui i a Miff Mole 63 Laia 10 VG'y naP A ll 1 I 11..

Meyor Wagner Ht cornea out twinging A novelty salesman accused of stealing a pretty Irvinir (Miff) Mole. 63. one for permitting this to hold the Governor personally responsible secretary's purse and belting an executive with a bottle was held in $2,000 bail yesterday by Magistrate Evelyn I Richman in Felony Court for hearing tomorrow on grand i larceny and felonious assault charges. of the great men of jazz, whom the late Tommy Dor-sey described as the vBabe liuth of the tromlone," died yesterday at his home, 250 W. SSth after a long illness.

A hip infection had crippled him for the last eight years and he underwent many operations. A classicist as well as a jazz The prisoner was Samuel Da-vinowitz, 29, of 369 Amboy Brooklyn. I Another Gives Chase Police said that Davrnowitz snatched the purse of Bettv Jane Cocho, 33, of 251 W. 87th as she stood on the safety island in Park Ave. at 52d St.

nessed by Louis Showalter, 30, of 400 E. 52d program director of the Young Presidents Association, 375 Park as he stepped out of the office building with his wife, Sonja. Showalter chased Davinowitz and grabbed him There was a tussle. Police said Davinowitz pulled a soda water bottle from his pocket and slugged Showalter cn the forehead, felling him. This time, as Davinowitz ran away, he was pursued by about 20 persons.

A half dozen of them tackled him on Lexington Ave. near 53rd St. and held him until Patrolman Reuben Kasten arrived. ritui li auci x. .11.

I iuaav She had just left the office of her employer, TV producer Wil If I liam Todman of Ooodson-Tod-nian Productions, 375 Park Ave. 1 T1 The purse contained 581 and credentials. As Davinnwitz fled. Miss Cocho screamed. The situation was wit Ground Men to Strike ut'l Airlines Tuesday Washington, April 29 (AP).

Ground employes of National Airlines announced today they will go on strike at 12:01 A.M. Tuesday in a walkout that will stretch from Boston to Miami, Fla. and Houston, Tex. happen. Just two days earlier the Rock landed on the Wagner solar plexus by signing the co-called death-gamble bill, after his aids gave Wagner's men a private promise that he'd veto it.

Thjs measure provides increased benefit payments for families of teachers who elect to stay on the job after 65 but die before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. Wagner vigorously opposed the bill as a costly, unnecessary burden on the city. Rockefeller, according to a source close to the Mayor, promised to veto it if Wagner would write a letter asking him to do so. He Penned a Note and Got an Answer Wagner wrote the letter. He pointed out the cost would be S3 million annually, which wasn't available.

And such a favor for the teachers, he declared, would put the other city employes on his neck for a similar break at a cost of over $11 million a year. To his chagrin, Rockefeller signed the bill. "There's only one way to put it," the Wagner associate said. "Rocky made the Mayor a sucker. His move sets Wagner up as anti-teacher and himself as the Great White Father, their friend all for 40,000 votes." That's why the prospect is dim for any real reconciliation.

Both camps now are piling the ammunition high. A message to Chrissie O'Brien, chief City Hall phone operator, now recuperating in Brooklyn Doctors Hospital from foot surgery: Best wishes for speedy recovery, Chris, from all the gals in the phone room and from your friends in the building and a host of other city and state officials. Behind-scenes notes on the Mayor's visit Tuesday to President Kennedy in Washington: 1. The Mayor and accompanying aids, we hear, were floored by the intimate knowledge the President and his close advisers had of the local political situation, even to names and affiliations of men involved in local district leadership fights-. The Full Treatment for Bob 2.

The Mayor's one-hour-plus visit with National Chairman John Bailey was a red carpet affair for JFK himself picked up a phone and set up the meeting, which took place immediately after the White House session. 3. Patronage clearance will still rest with the county leaders Manhattan's Carmine DeSapio excepted but Wagner, according to the grapevine, will be advised of federal appointments coming to the New York City area. 4. Assurances have been given that the Kennedy directorate will carefully omit Carmine from its plans until after the primary.

5. More importantly, Kennedy wants Wagner to run again for Mayor in order to retain the current Democratic momentum in this often Republican state. Short takes: Deputy Sanitation Commissioner Jacob Menkes hospitalized at Park East Hospital with pneumonia. Prof. Edward Re, chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Association, and first Italian-American to make the Kennedy Administration team, to address the Progressive Era Association at 73 Washington Place on Tuesday.

National Secretaries Week, which ended yesterday, should have been of special interest to Chief Justice John M. Murtagh of Special Sessions. His gal Friday, June Sprague, is president of the New York State Division of the National Secretaries Association. Rep. Paul Fino (R-Bronx) has appointed two college students as "student-trainees" in his office Kevin Phillips of Colgate, son of SLA Commissioner Bill Phillips, and Joseph Liquori of St.

John's U. Kevin will be in Fino's Washington office, Joe at Bronx headquarters. Another GOP Congressman, John Lindsay of Manhattan's 17th CD, is strongly pushing his bill to establish a House Urban Affairs Committee. The bill is expected to speed creation of an Urban Affairs Cabinet post. This is a bit odd, as there is talk that (a) Mayor Wagner mitrht be appointed to the job and (b) the Republicans might run Lindsay for Mayor.

I such as mechanics, cleaners and janitors and stock clerks who Irving (Miff) Mole Vet jazu grtat diet Miff spent 11 years with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the and early '4is under the late great Arturo Tos-canini. Played With Nichols Miffs career was launched in the early 20s in the original Memphis Five. He moved on to team up with Loring (Kedt Nicthols, the trumpet player, and sit in with Benny (ioodman's Land and Paul Whiteman's orchestra. He was featured at Nick's I ix iciarul jazz spot in Greenwich Village, and in Chicago at the Note, Jazz Limited and hi re. In Chicago, he formed his own hand.

In his last act ive days, he made recordings with singer Connie Bos well. N.Y.-Wash. Air Shuttle Washington, Apirl 29 (UPI). Eastern Air Lines initiated a new low-cost, no-frills air service between Washington and New York today in an experiment being watched by the entire aviation industry. Eastern will operate hourly "air shuttle" flights on the route from 8 A.M.

to 10 P.M., with these innovations: No reservations passengers will purchase tickets aboard the plane. No meal or beverage service. A fare of only $14 one-way, tax included; this about $4 cheaper than current air coach fares. are members of the International Association of Machinists. John Sheridan, general chairman of the union's District 145, said the strike was called because negotiations with National, which began over seven months ago, are deadlocked.

Union members have been working without a contract since October, he said. Week of Intensive Talks Sheridan said the union's order for the strike follows a week of intensive, round-the-clock negotiations at the National Mediation Board. The dispute involves wages, sick leave, severance pay, seniority and ether issues. The strike originally was scheduled for April 22, but the deadline was postponed at the request of chairman Francis A. O'Neill of the Mediation Board, who has been working with the negotiators.

50 Times Wed Jakarta, Indonesia, April IU-uters. A 50-year-old butcher from Bandung, who has taken a vow to marry continuously all his life, has been married 50 times so far, it was reiorted tody. Czechs Honor Yuri Prague, April 29 (Reuters). Czech President Antonin Novotny today made visiting Soviet spaceman Yuri Gagarin a "Hero of Socialist Labor.".