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BROOKLYN EAGLE, MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1942 rrfrra i L. I. R. R.

SEEKS QUICK ANSWER ON FARE BOOST P. S. C. Spokesman Says Group May Weigh Request Tomorrow Fears Death Ray Work Drove Surgeon Insane Widow of Dr. Foster Reveals He Visited Russian Scientist on Day of Breakdown Dr.

Allyn King Foster's experiments with a death ray may have caused him to go mad, according to his widow, Mrs. Margie Foster. The surgeon, son of the late Rev. Dr. Allyn King Foster.

wis i Brooklyn minister, was picked up 1 LEHMAN DROPS 'PET' MEASURES, SPEEDS DEFENSE Abandons Social, Economic Program To Avert Wrangling Albany. Feb. 2 to expedite action on defense lesisla'ion, Governor Lehman has abandoned plans for submitting his usual social and eeonomic program to "he 1942 Legislatuie, it was learned todav. The Governor, it was understood, believed that If he renewed a fight for some of his soc ial and economic, recommendations rejected by past Rppub.k an-con; rolled Legislature political wrangling might jeopardize the program. His 'egislation.

which njw paren'lv has been liid aside for thg duration of xar. would a 1 Action by the Public Service Com- mission on the 10 percent Increase in commutation fares soueht by the hong Island RailratTs may come within the next day two. a spokesman Jor thel commission admitted today. Although the scrtedijes filed last wet le by the L.fjf. R.

and six other lines operating within the State are not yet on the calendar for hearing, the commission meets tomorrow in Manhattan lor a three-day session and could easily take up the commutation increase if it so desired, the spokesman said. This revelation came at a time when rumors were flyine thick and fast that the L. I. R. R.

plans to put its proposed increase into effect next week. Road Seeks 'Quick Answer' From a spokesman for the railroad it was learned, meanwhile, that the L. I. R. R.

had requested a 'quick answer" from the commission. This soune said further that although the railroad expected the commission to suspend, or reject, the scheduled increases, it desired to get a ruling as soon as pos- 9 taZy NEW JURIST AND FAMILY Justice Edward L. Kelly, newest appointee to the City Court in Brooklyn, with his wife and their children, Patricia, 7 2 and William, 13. Rubenstein and Kelly Inducted as Jurists IT WON'T BE LONG NOW Ir there seems to be pathos in this silhouetted figure you can undoubtedly dismiss the idea from your mind. For this is really a happy little boy 4-year-old Gerry King.

For two reasons: first, didn't he have lunch with President Roosevelt on the latter's birthday and, second, isn't he going to get rid of those ole crutches soon and do some hopping around himself? sibie to avoid printing of unnetes- fmai figure was $16,223,137,226. sary fare tables. The reductlon ls lnarjequate, Although a ta iitory -aitmRlMortlmer steinIels of Disbanded Italian Club Invests The ceremonies for Edward L. Kelly, former counsel to the Sheriff, as a city court justice, were held in the Criminal Courts building. Both courtroom and corridor were Induction ceremonies were held today for Brooklyn's two newest Judicial appointees.

The installation of E. Ivan Rubenstein, former chairman of the Kings County Democratic Committee's law committee was held in Trial Term of the Supreme Court. Surrogate Francis D. Mc-Garey, whom he succeeds on the Supreme Court Bench, presided. Its Funds in Defense Bonds crowded at the Supreme Court i ceremonies and Mr.

Kelly's indue- I ately, the railroad spokesman ui. mr than mitsed. This eave credence to the Mayor Will Take Week To Give Up OCD Post three weeks ago, hatiess. coatless and incoherent, and removed to Bellevue Hospital. He there five days later, and the medical ex- aminer's report said the cause of death was a crushed larnx.

Mrs. Foster, who said today she intended to persist until the mystery of her husband death was solved, revealed that Dr. oster had i constantly experimented with new ideas, among them various electric- i al inventions. She said her husband had a brilliant and orderly mind. She could not believe that he cou.d have gone insane without some provocation.

According to Mrs. Foster, her husband, on the day he was taken to Bellevue. had a 4 o'clock appointment Willi Prof. George Lak-hovsky. a Russian scientist, who had invented an elecu ic shortwave machii.f for the uealment of various diseases.

Mrs. I.akhovsky reported that Dr. Fo-tcr did call there, but that he hful no appointment and seemed irrational. Dr. Foster stayed only a few minutes.

Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet said the Foster case Was not closed and that an investigation into the causes of his death was continuing. He would not comment on Mrs. Foster theory. CHINESE FOOD LURES TRIO OF PICKPOCKETS INTO ARMS OF LAW Three Manhattan ex-convicts were in trouble again today because of the fondness of one of them lor Chinese egg-rolls. Louis (Peewee) 42, of 198 Hester Sam Harris, 50, of 350 E.

6th and Joseph Moore. 46. of 218 18th were arrested yesterday after detectues saw them jostling in a crowd of 50 persons waiting for a bus at Canal and Elizabeth Manhattan. As the officers arrested the trio, known as expert pickpockets. Rosette wailed, "Damn it, we got into trouble just on account of those egg-rolU." Questioned in the lineup todav, Rosette elaborated on his remark.

The three had gone down into egg-rolls, and while returning, noticed the crowd a temptation, he said, they could not resist. I Board Moves to Pool i 'State's Tires and Tubes Albany, Feb. 2 UP A three-man State automotive rationing committee established rules and regulations today for rationing and pooling State-owned tires and tubes. The committee's regulations em- phasized that under tire rationing rules, any Government unit, State or local. Ls on the same basis as in individual or corporation.

All State-owned tires, except those actually in use, will be pooled in public works storehouses throughout the State. They will be issued only upon authorization of the rationing committee after local tire inspectors determine the need for replacements. Bl'Y U. S. DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS at the Nicolo Rainone Restaurant, Is "IK Ave- On Friday the funds naa oeen transferred fro-n the society account in the Bank of Manhattan in formal ceremonies attended by Rocco Elefante, president; Mr.

Rainone, financial secretary, and William A. Anzalone, attorney. The Brooklyn soiiety. fountted-ln 1887, was dissolved last week with tiie approval of Supreme Court I Justice Lewis L. Fawcett.

One-Legged Man Hopeful Acceptance by Army wainngiora, rco, 4 hinoi Although he is minus one leg. Louis Conti. 27. today was confident the War Department would accept, his plea for service with aome branch of the service. Conti said he has received an answer to his request from Maj.

1. Regulate outdoor advertising. 2. Abolish "blue ribbon" juries. 3.

Prowrie a uniform State election reisiiation system. 4. Expand the farm-to-mar-kets road program. 5 A the Court of Appeals to remove jcigrs. 8 Empower the Governor to appoint Moreiand Act commissioners to investigate the affairs of local governments.

Major problems requiring immediate attention were expected to be dealt with in special messages and in this category may be placed reapportionment of Congressional and legislative districts. Whether Lehman delivers a special messace on reapportionment depends upon progress made by the joint legislative committee now studying the problem, it was understood. Some observers believe Lehman's decision to withhold the social and economic program virtually limits the current session to defense and finances. The 1942 Legislature enters 1'a fourth week tonight, with major defense legislation still in committee. Valentine Threatens To Shut Burlesque Shows Brooklyn burlesque theaters will be closed if they refuse to cooperate with the Police and License departments, Police Commissioner Valentine said todav, adding that licenses would not be renewed If LIFE INSURANCE LIBERAL IN TERMS No agents No commissions Issued in amounts from $2 SO to $3000 Age limits 6 months to 65 rears I iit tt to Gen.

E. S. Adams, assuring him 1 supervision indicated indecent or every effort would be made to find immoral shows, a place for him-" He said there ls wholehearted Conti has kept physically fit de- co-operation between his depart-spite his handicap by playing golf, ment and the License Department baseball and' by bowling. in the regulation of "girlie" shows. SAVINGS BANK LOW IN COST pt'I lOCl OI OU UHJS Hlltl liUllg II1U.M elapse before the increased sched- commission in advance would allow nprn 10 Decome enecuve immeui- report that an increase was iiKeiy to hit commuters next week.

i Teacher Took Gun From Pupil.He Says Theodore Storch, 38. a suspended school teacher of 100 Avenue waived examination today in Felony Court on a charge of violating the Sullivan law. Magistrate Rams-gate' held him for Special Sessions Court and continued his $500 bail. Storch was charged by Detective Richard Manes with having an unloaded revolver in his locker in Public School 128 84th St. and 21st on Jan.

26. Detective Manes testified today that he arrested Storch on that day after Storch admitted possession of the revolver. The detective stated that Storch said he had taken the weapon from an unidentified boy who had brought it to school with him three or four years ago and that he had forgotten all about it after he put it in his locker. Manes said that on Jan. 26 he received a telephone call at the station house from a school official 'o the effect that there was a revolver in the teacher's locker.

According to police, Storch was suspended a week before the revolver was found and the suspension had no connection with the gun. Roosevelt Asks Billion forChina Washington Feb tu Pi President Room' -nr. ay asked Congress to approve a loan to China made the request Mr. Rnnyeve in a letter to Speaker Sam Ray-burn asking that Congre.ss approve the neeesiy appropriation and enabling legislation for the 000.000 loan. White House Secretary Stephen T.

Early disclosed that Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau and Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones met Saturday with Congressional leaders and presented them the loan plan. with From the conference came an agreement by leaders of both parties on the request and Rayburn was expected to have a resolution introduced in the House Immediately, Early said. Bl'Y V. S. DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS 1 BORO REALTORS HIT 'PALTRY' DROP IN ASSESSMENTS Steinfels Declares, Citing Need for Appeal The Brooklyn and Long Island Rp1 Eslate Boards today attacked the city's tentative valuation of real estate of $16,177,322,971, declaring the proposed decreases in assessed valuations to be "paltry and scattered." The tentative assessed valuation, announced yesterday by Joseph Lilly, president of the City Tax Commission, represented a net decrease of $45,814,255 from the final figures for 1941-42.

The 1941-42 ihe Brooklyn Real Estate Board, ago show that Brooklyn's ordinary real estate was over-assessed 25 percent. "Independent boards of review, hv ho 1 uj must be established to give all property owners, particularly the small property owners, the right to ask for review of the city evaluations. Bills should be introduced very shortly in Albany to provide this method of appeal." Changes in the valuations showed drop of $51,110,155 on ordinary real estate, and an increase of $5,295,900 on utility properties. Brooklyn had a decrease of Assessment Tables on Page 12 506.985 on ordinary real estate and a drop of $5,387,895 on utility properties. Queens showed an increase of $42,716,190 on ordinary real estate and an increase of $5,351,250 on utility properties.

Boro Tolal $3,620,159,758 The tentative assessment total for real estate of all kinds in Brooklyn for 1942-43 is $3,620,159,756. The New York Dock Company properties are tentatively assessed at $22,172,000, while the Bush Term- inal Buildings Company has an as sessment of $13 741.000, and the Bush Terminal Company, one of $18,762,500. The Fulton St. store of Abraham Straus is assessed at $8,200,000, and the Livingston St. warehouse at $708,000.

The Fulton St. store of Frederick Loeser Company is listed at $4,619,000, and -its Living ston St. warehouse at $1 435 000. A E. Namm Son has a tentative assessment of $3,770,000.

Lilly said that the net decrease from the final 1941-42 figure was-achieved "after taking into account the value of new construction, increases and decreases for equiliza-tlon. decrease for exemptions, demolitions and other items, so that the actual amount of reduction i gTanted to existing property is a th net increase." The tentative assessed valuation total Of last year was $16,322,218,281. which was decreased $99,081,055 to give the fiml assessment figure of $16,223,137,226. Severe on Small Owners The property owners' organizations complained that the assess- ments were particularly severe on thousands of small property own- ers. They urged that impartial boards be established to review equitable assessments, "free from local or political control." The new buildings added to assessed property totaled 8.350, and their tentative assessment is Queens had the highest number of new buildings, 5,116, while Brooklyn was next with 2,073.

Equitable Huildlng Still Tops The Equitable Building, 120 Broadway, Manhattan, was again listed as the most valuable building in the city, with a tentative assessment of $28,750,000. The R. C. A. Building was second with The totil for special franchises was estimated by the commission at about $636,282,967.

Lilly explained th.it the estimated figure could only be given because the State Tax Commission assesses this class ol property and the data will not be available for another month. Property-owners will have an opportunity to file corre tion applications until March 15 while the tentative assessment rolls remain open for public Inspection. The annual records with the final assessed va.uations will be open to the public on May 25. mm OLD GOLD JEWELRY SILVER PROVIDENT PAWNTICKETS OTHERS nlo Entire. Kntntrt Bmioftt GOLDWARE EXCH.

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T. trtlai fttt A'fMtit in Pittfi St Utttlnft 13 HUH nu iJ 200 persons. duce it by relegating the excess to "inactive" and "reserve" status. Relieved from active duty would be those "who do not display the required attitude and understanding of the service" and seek to exploit it, and those for whom the duties are too arduous for physical reasons. A war activity of "great magnitude" is to be transferred to New York.

The nature of the activity and its exact location within He city, the Mayor said, would not be disclosed except by formal announcement by the War Department. The city, with the aid of its own Department of Commerce. Department of Housing and Buildings arid various private agencies, was striving to provide attractive housing and living conditions for any employes of any Government agencies that might be transferred here from Washington BILLS CHANGING HANDS SO FAST THAT LIFE OF THEM IS CUT 2 MONTHS Washington, Feb. 2 (INS) The American people are spending money so fast these days that the currency is wearing out two months sooner than it used to. Edward F.

Bartelt, commissioner in the Treasury's Bureau of Accounts, told the House Appropriations Committee that the increasad wear on folding money was due to tne raPid of ownership In these days of business expansion. Prior to 1942 a bill had an estimated life of nine months, he said. Now the Treasury expect badly' worn bills to be sent in from the banks for redemption in about seven months. EGYPTIAN CABINET QUITS IN ROW WITH FAROUK Cairo, Feb. 2 (U.R The Egyptian Cabinet resigned today.

The government was headed by Hussein Strry Pasha, who first was named Premier on Nov. 15, 1940. The most recent Cabinet reorgani zation occurred last Aug. 5. London, Feb.

2 U.F) British sources said they understood the Egyptian Cabinet resigned after differences with King Farouk I over internal policy. 1 For TH WTIOLE FAM Cv Savings Bank Life Insurance Policies have Cath valu in I months Standard formi to fit trtrj nd Lean value In 1 ytar Diridsndi Try ytar, including first Conrtnient premium payments Former members of the Italian 1 National Society of Mutual Aid, dissolved at their request because they felt its continuance would be unpatriotic, today were the proud possessors of United Slates defense bonds into which the entire treasury was converted. Each of the 46 members received a bond for $81 at the final dinner held by the Society Saturday night NAZIS TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ALLIED INVASION London. Feb. 2 (UP) Norwegian reports approved lor publication in Berlin said today that Grand Admiral Erich Raeder.

German naval commander-in-chief, was at present inspecting all German Atlantic baes. It was said that this report was linked with the ai rival of Ameri- i can troops in Northern Ireland and the Oslo newspaper Aftenposten was quoted as saying: "The arrival of the A.E.F. foreshadows an Allied Invasion attempt, so that Germany ls taking utmost precautions for defense of the Norwegian coast. It Is not revealed officially whether Raeder is already in Norway, but it is considered certain that Norwegian bases will i figure prominently in his inspec- tion." i Defense Puts High School On 24-Hour Schedule Chicago, Feb. 2 1 INS 1 Chicago's Tilden High School today was on a 'round-the-clock schedule of education and national defense classes, the first in the city and possibly the first in the nation to go on a 24-hour-a-day teaching basis.

At midnight every week night 150 men go to school at Tilden to receive training in vital industrial vocational classes. They attend until 6:30 a m. and a little more than an hour after that the regular high school students start then-classes. THE CIGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS Vf nf Coupon Nous THE EAST1 NEW YORK SAVINGS BANK 2644 Atlantic Avsnut. Brooklyn.

N. T. Mail m. without obligation, information about your low cost savings bank lift insurance. Dal of birth New York City will soon have a lull-time Mayor.

In a broadcast yesterday over WNYC, Mayor LaGuardia, announced that he would relinquish the Federal post of director of the Office of Civilian Defense as soon as he had disposed of certain matters now pending in that organization. This, it was indicated, might be no more than a week. Since his appointment to the defense post by President Roosevelt on May 20, 1941, he has been under fire for attempting to run two jobs, each exacting enough to require his whole time. Other announcements made by the Mayor Included the following: Warden Force Too Large The city's force of 260.000 men and women air-raid wardens was larger than necessary, and beginning next week Police Commissioner Valentine would begin to re- Xanthaky Named As Lehman Aide Albany, Feb. 5 01 Thomas L.

J. Corcoran, Governor Lehman's as-aistant counsel, today was appointed executive secretary and counsel to the State Defense Council. At the same time Lehman announced the appointment of George Xanthakv of Lone Beach to rDlace Corcoran as assistant counsel to the Governor. Xanathaky has earned a reputation as an expert on laws for governing municipal financial transactions and was a charter member of Governor Lehman's Joint Legislative Committee to study and revise laws relating to municipal finance. His political career began several years ago as City Clerk of Long Beach.

He had been editor of Mayor Gold's weekly, the Long Island Chronicle. The many legal aspects of thus post led him to study law and, after studying nights, he added a Brooklyn Law School law degree to tne uacneior or Literature degree which he won from Columbia University in 1938. New Wilson High Opens With a Half-Holiday The new Woodrow Wilson Vocational High School at 156-10 Balsley Boulevard, Jamaica, recently com pleted at a cost of about $1,750,000, was officially opened today with 1 almple ceremonies conducted in the I office of Principal Daniel B. Jo- seph. The exercises were transmitted over a loudspeaker system to some 1,500 pupils reporting for their first classes in the new building.

The ceremony began with invocation by the Rev. James Murphy, pastor of St. Bonaventures R. C. Church, St.

Albans. Speakers included the principal, Associate School Superintendent George F. Pigott and District School Superintendent Arthur Bowie. Benediction was said by the Rev. Wilfred Hansen, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Benson-hurst.

Slides Wreck Railroad Between Paris, Rome A Swiss radio broadcast heard here by CBS said today that avalanches In France have wrecked the Paris-Rome railway and torn down house and that railroads in Serbia have been halted Jor lack of eoeX i Nam Aoir Is thv i 'f HIM CAMELS I Bl RE6UIAH1Y. they're Ify Zhr:) FiR5T MEN I IN THE SEfMCE 1 for men in the service I Your dealer has Camels I already wrapped with complete instructions for mailing I BMMLYi There are many houses for sale in Brooklyn good houses well located splendid values at reasonable prices. In fact, there are still many houses lor sale in Brooklyn at little above the lowest depression prices, all of which makes them attractive investments. Indications are, however, that present low prices on houses may not prevail very long. So right now is a good time to buy.

Anyway, what is more important than owning your home? Ion on Eagle Vlassiiietl Ileal Estate for the Home You Want Actual sales records in Post Exchanges, Sales Commissaries, Ship's Stores, Ship's Service Stores, and Canteens show that with men in the Army, the Navy, the Marines, and the Coast Guard the favorite cigarette is HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU! The camera in the same picture with Martha Outlaw is to shw that she has bern chosen queen of the Press Photogrophers' Ball at th hWf I Astor on Friday night. Her eyes ore blue-groy and her hair surprise, surprise! is blond. CAMEL.