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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1936 Civic Vigilantes Who Will Fight Crime BALLOT EAGLE RADIO TALENT POLL Kntcr tola balk as tin votes In ths poll to select tht amateurs having tn most outstanding radio possibilities. ess if Woman Blames WPA Dismissal On 'Army Game' Mam of contestant. Three States Seen F.D.R.'s in New England Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island Are Claimed by Party Clip this Ballot and mall to Brooklyn Daily Cagia, Brooklyn, Eaglt Radio Talent Poll Editor, N. X. Mm.

Dennen Says Reid Influence Entered in Somervell's Action Continued From Page unit manager of the Sewing Projects under Mrs. Dennen, and his assistant, George Matthews. She had already explained In a formal statement last night that the direct occasion for her dismissal was a two-hour program which she put on and which Colonel Somervell had called an example of boondog-llng. The Colonel himself has added that her dismissal was for the good of the service and that where he came, from Arkansas gentlemen did not. engage in controversies with women, Colonel," remarked Mrs.

Dennen, smiling through her glasses, Returning from a general campaign discussion in Washington with President Roosevelt, Democratic Chairman James A. Farley opened today in Manhattan a two weeks series of conferences with leaders I) III Wld World Phot The "civic vigilantes," the leading citizens from each borough who will organize under Harry F. Guggenheim to aid in the city's war on rackets, shown at their conference yesterday with Mayor LaGuardia. In the first row, left to right, are Special Prosecutor Dewey, the Mayor, Mr. Guggenheim and Frank Roy Howe, former president of the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce.

In the rear, left to right: Sol M. Stroock of the New York Bar Association, Lee Thompson Smith, president of the Grand Jurors Association; Philip A. Benson, president of the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, and Throop M. Wilder of the grand Jury that recommended the committee's formation. sweating labor.

I think It's cockeyed." Mrs. Dennen declared she did not Intend to fight the dismissal, which came in the form of an acceptance of her routine resignation, which was requested by Administrator Victor F. Ridder before he resigned to give way to Colonel Somervell. "I wouldn't go back for twice as much money if I were starving to death," she said. The "impossible labor situation was the reason Was the fact TofneT being a Republican In part the reason for her discharge? Mrs.

Dennen did not think so. She was questioned about that back In November, before she was hired, she said, and mad no secret of her sturdy Republicanism and general opposition to ths New Deal. There was no talk of politics so far as my Job was concerned. I have no reason to believe it entered into the matter." What did she plan to do? "What does anybody do the first day or two after being thrown out of a Job? Nothing. I'm on vacation now." The earlier statement charged that the WPA "aids and abets" Communism and that "evidently the tracks are being cleared for the' organisation of the WPA labor vote." Denying that Mrs.

Dennen had been dismissed. Colonel Somervell said he had accepted her resignation merely as a matter of administrative routine. He declined to give any reason for its acceptance. Mrs. Dennen's statement also contained the charge that the had been warned against a "too great production schedule" In the sewing unit "to avoid industrial criticism." Questioning the accuracy of this assertion.

Colonel Somervell declined to discuss the other charges. Colonel Somervell said Mrs. Dennen would remain on the payroll until Sept. 1, because; she was entitled to a vacation. ntUNKHEREBYMAa 1 C0MNVNHB WTUitT 1Q Hit ON YOUR SAVINS Mai2t MANa ST.MMJUMM AVC.

WMi.M Brooklyn Will Ask Ickes for a Spur from all the States. New England leaders told Farley that the action of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith in "taking a walk" would not affect in any way the sup port for President Roosevelt in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut three States in which Smith had always been popular. National Committeeman Joseph McGrath of Massachusetts said: "1 don't thing Smith will come up to Boston, as reported, to make an ad dress against Mr.

Roosevelt. "If he does, McGrath continued, "he will be disappointed at the cha grin and the change of attitude of the thousands of people who for merry followed him loyally." Gov. Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island and National Committeeman David E. Fitzgerald of Connecticut expressed similar views for their States.

AU of these leaders said President Roosevelt would carry their States. Another caller at Farley's office today was the chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Joseph Guffey of Pennsyl vania. After canvassing the Senate situation with the chairman, Guffey said there would be Democratic gains of three or four seats in the Senate, the Associated Press reports. 2 New Destroyers Coming Saturday Two new destroyers, the Flussor and the Mahan, are expected to dock at Brooklyn Navy YaM Saturday to receive final servicing before Joining the United States fleet. The Flusser and the Mahan are the first of 36 similar ships to be completed in 11 Government and private yards throughout the country.

Each is 1,500 tons, carries a crew of 150 men and 8 officers. Is equipped with five-Inch guns and cost about $2,000,000 each to ouild. Leaders Rally To Vigilanlees In Racket War 24 More Accept Guggenheim Invitation to Help Wipe Out Mobs Continued From Page 1 Trade; 8. Sloan Colt. New York Btate Banker! Association; Joseph Rubanow, New York Credit Men' Association; Artemus Gates, president of the New York Trust Company; Hart Darlington.

New York Board of Pint Also, Thomas I. Parkinson. Niw York State Chamber of Commerce; Douglas Gibbons, Real Estate Board of New York; John B. Burke, Fifth Avenue Association; Malcolm Muir. Merchants Association; Michael Williams, editor of The Commonweal.

Also, Edward 8. Greenbaum, founder of the New York Law Society; Victor F. Ridder, chairman of the New York State Board of Social Welfare. Also. Col.

Henry Breckinridge, former Assistant Secretary of War; Raymond Moley, Columbia University professor and editor of Today; Angrlo Patrt, educator; Joseph M. Proskauer, former Justice of the Appellate Division; James W. Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany; George Z. Medalie, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Also, L.

Seton Lindsay, first vice president of the New York Life Insurance Company and foreman of the first-Dewey grand Jury investigating rackets; C. C. Burlingham. former president of the New York Bar Association; E. Roland Hani-man, active In the Grand Jurors Association; Lionella Perrera, Board of Child Welfare.

Mr. Guggenheim said all but half a dozen of these men have accepted the Invitation to serve. The half down have not yet replied. As for financing of the committee's work. Mr.

Guggenheim said, some private citizens and certain foundations already have shown interest in the drive to wtpe out racketeering and have indicated their willingnes! to subscribe. The chairman also expects to receive financial aid from small business men who have been the prey of racketeers. Mr. Guggenheim was made chairman of the committee when it conferred with the Mayor and Mr Dewey yesterday. Mayor LaGuardi praised Mr.

Wilder for the wirk his grand Jury had done in offering constructive criticism of the city's war on rackets and thanked him on behalf of the city for br'nuing forth the idea of a citizen' vigilante committee. It was the Wilder grand Jury that had handed up the presentment asking for a non-political commutes Of leading citizens to fight crime. After promising that every city department from his office down was at the disposal of the committee, the Mayor closed the meeting with the announcement that he would keep hands off. leaving matters entirely in the hands of Mr Guggenheim and the leaders in the movement. As recommended by the grand jury to Justice Philip J.

McCook in its presentment, the committee will attempt to influence businessmen to testify against racketeers and oppressors, at the same time doing all In Its power to stamp out falsehood and evasions in the testimony of racket witnesses. Capital Watches Drive Washington, Aug. 12 (D A Justice Department official said today the Federal anti-trust division would watch with considerable interest the Investigation of business racketeering in New York by a newly-appointed vigilante "was not always so chivalrous. He entered into a considerable controversy with me before we said And a little later she said, "I don't see why we should have imported Array talent In the WPA." The abrupt military manner, thus imported, she said, was turned In support of the aggressive labor-organization element which, she said, had frequently caused disturbances in her project. She, as well as Mrs.

Crumbaugh and Mrs. Matthews, repeatedly referred to the leaders responsible for the disturbances as Red and un-American. She added that she had not "actually Investigated their membership in the Communistic party, but It's a well-known fact from their activities." Representatives of the Needle Trades Local of the Project Work ers Union, she said, were constantly bringing Irritating complaints which were then heard by the board of appeals at hearings from which she was herself frequently barred. In the latest case of that sort seven Reds discharged for insubordination went to Washington. A trial on the issue of their reinstatement Is now in progress.

Won't Fight Dismissal "You can't imagine how mixed up the whole setup is," she commented. "It's perfectly silly to set up one employe of the government me or any of the supervisors against other employes of the same government as If I were a private capitalist Ask Improvement Of N. Y. Channels Washington, Aug. 12 OP) A improvement of New York Harbor to facilitate the movement of large vessels was recommended today by MaJ.

Gen. Edward M. Markham, chief of army engineers. The recommendation called for modification of the project for improving Ambrose Channel, Anchorage Channel and Hudson River Channel to provide a wide channel from the Atlantic Ocean to W. SOth 8t Manhattan, with depths of 45 feet through Ambrose and Anchorage channels and 48 feet between W.

40th 8t. and W. 59th St. In Hudson River Channel. The War Department announcement called attention to "the extreme difficulty" in controlling the world's largest liners, the Norman-die and the Queen Mary, particularly when they maneuver into their docks.

3-Platoon Poll Test Wins in Court Fight 8upreme Court Justice Rosenman denied in Manhattan today an application by the Citizens Budget Commission for an order restraining the Board of Elections from placing on the ballot this Fall the question as to whether the city Fire Department shall be put on a three-platoon basis, giving firemen an eight-hour day instead of their present 12-hour day. The commission is expected to carry its fight against the referendum authorized by the 1936 Legislature directly to the Court of Appeals. Justice Rosenman, in his decision, said that present working conditions of firemen Impair their efficiency and are "out of line with modern social consciousness and modem social legislation." Mme. Henrotin A distinct Philir, Morns aAvantaap Forest Fires Gain; More Fighters Sent St. Paul, Au.

(AV-Relnforce-ments were rushed to danger points alone the north woods fire lines today as several uncontrolled conflagrations raised apprehension anew. names that originated 20 miles south of Superior. Wis, charred more than 3.000 acres of forests and leaped across tht Minnesota border Dear Duxbury. Unlighted Parking Costs $15 in Fines It cost Robert Morrill SIS to use the street in front of his home at J1-4S 88th St, Jackson Heights, as a garage when he appeared In Flushing Court yesterday on three charges of parking without lights. Magistrate Oustave Wieboldt fined Morrill S2 on the first offense, $3 on the second and $10 on the third.

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Meeting at the New Garden Res taurant at Manhattan and Meserole Greenpoint, the committee members heard a report of a sub committee which had been delegated to confer with the New York City Tunnel Authority, which will have supervision of the tunnel construction. Dr. William J. Friedman, secretary of the authority, told the delegates a Brooklyn spur would cost an extra $11,000,000 and there was no apparent way of obtaining the money. Upon receiving this report, the committee voted today to ask Mr.

Ickes to, tecognize the need of the Brooklyn connection with a view to obtaining the necessary PWA funds. AUGUST SALE that emphasize our slogan DOVI'T COmPPRE Rduertisements COfilPQRE THE FURS! Lapin Coats '88 Hudson Seal 178 (Dyed Muskrat) Persian Lamb 195 -sua? 9 6 1L 2 Shot at Syracuse In New Rand Clash Syracuse, Aug. 12 CP) Two men were shot in a fresh outbreak of violence while leaders in the Remington-Rand strike prepared for a mass meeting tonight to petition Governor Lehman to replace police guards at the plant with National Guardsmen. Shot by a special deputy guarding the home of Fremont Thorns-ley, a Remington-Rand worker, Warren McMahon, described as a striker, was in a hospital here. A companion, also believed wounded, (escaped with two other men.

President Pledges No WPA Pay Cuts Washington, Aug. 12 () Hitting at some private employers on the ground that the wages they pay are too low, the Roosevelt administration adhered today to present WPA relief wage policies At a press conference yesterday, the President discussed complaints that employers in some sections are having difficulty in hiring men who are on relief. Most of these complaints, he said, grew out of un willingness of some employers to pay enough to support the American standard of living. The President expressed determination to continue the prevailing wage for relief workers. He said that wages paid to Mexican labor along the Mexican border, to French-Canadians on the Canadian border and to workers in the berry-picking sections of New Jersey were so low that private enterprise had difficulty in hiring relief workers.

He said the New Jersey workers on the relief roster are not willing to pick berries at 90 cents a day. With Coed Killing The Spanish make pistol which authorities say was used by Moore. 22-year-old Negro in the slaying of Helen Clevenger in the Battery Park Hotel In Asheville, N. last was being examined today at New York Police Headquarters where early reports indicated that it was the gun that fired the fatal shot. Manhattan police said that the gun.

along with other articles con nected with the murder and brought from Asheville on Monday by Deputy Sheriff Frank Me.vser, definitely connected the hallboy with the crime, but that further tests would have to be made be fore final conclusions could be reached. Ask Sanity Tent Asheville. N. Aug. 12 OP) Counsel for Martin Moore, Negro youth charged with murdering Helen Clevenger In her hotel room July 16, moved today to have alien lsts examine the 22-year-old prisoner.

The complaint also alleges that the defendants' liquor is of inferior quality and character. It states that Wilkins is owner of the Baltimore Club trade mark. The B. C. Company, and Mcllvaine, who Is described as its sole owner, replied that Wilkins has no license to be in the liquor business, and that he is a shipping clerk for a shoe concern.

The case came before Justice George H. Furman. who granted the plaintiffs' motion to examine Mcllvaine before trial concerning his claim of right to use the label Within 4 Days R. C. Church, a lew blocks away, prepartlons were being made to conduct a requiem mass for Mrs Robbins.

Finished with his work, Robbins went upstairs to change his clothes He found hl brother-in-law sitting In a chair, dead from a heart at tack. Another brother. Thomas, stir vlve. He is rhlef clerk In the Queens Public Admlnisi ralor of fice, which has to no with e.stales of those who have passed on. smokers naturally prefer Philip Is Tennis VictoriPistol Connected Morris Cigarettes for their robust, full-flavored tobaccos.

But Philip Morris offer an additional advantage -the result, of a different method of manufacture. A group of doctors sought to find out for themselves the effects of this difference in manufacture on irritation of the nose and throat, due to smoking. Xhe results of their findings, published in authoritative medical journals, prove conclusively that on changing to Philip Morris Cigarettes, the majority of cases of irritation cleared completely. All the others definitely improved. JLhese facts have been accepted by eminent medical authorities.

NO OTHER CIGARETTE CAN MAKE THIS STATEMENT. Rye, N. Aue. 12 rvPV-PinaUy crushing a splendid rally by her foe In the closing games. Mme Sylvia Henrotin of Paris today became the first woman to reach the semi-final round of the Eastern States Grass Court Tennis championships here.

Mme Henrotin defeated Mrs. Mary Oreef Harris of Kansas City in straight sets, 63, 6 4, Just lasting to take the second set after Mrs. Harris put on a strong finish. Miss Alice Marble of Palm Springs. was the second woman to reach the semi-final round.

She turned back Dorothy Workman of Los Angeles In straight sets after a hard fight. The score was 8 4, 7 5. Miss Marbls will meet Mme. Henrotin In one of the semi-final matches tomorrow. Helen Pedersen of Stamford, also moved into the semifinals with a 38.

84. 8 6 victory over Gracyn Wheeler of Santa Monica, Cal. The first women's doubles match of the day saw Eleanor Dawson of Piedmont, and Gussie Rae-gener of San Francisco, top Mrs. Ary Lamme of Rye and Mrs. A.

H. Chapin Jr. of Jackson Heights, 68, 8 4, 75. Liquor Firm Sues Rival Over Label The Gordon-O'Neill Company, and William Wilkins, claiming the exclusive right to manufacture and sell whisky under the trade name of Baltimore Club have brought suit in Brooklyn Supreme Court to prevent the B. C.

Company Ltd. and Tompkins Mcllvaine from selling whisky described sus Baltimore Club. The official said the DeDartment Of Justice, through its New York office, headed by J. H. Amen, would follow the investigation closely to observe if Federal laws protecting Interstate commerce or the new Tederal anti-racketeering laws were Involved.

New York State prosecutors and Federal officials have co-operated closely In the past, he said, and it was possible the new investigation might tie in with Government efforts to curb racketeering, Townsend Candidate Wins Speaker's Seat Nashville. Aug. 13 A margin of 13 voles brought victory today to Richard M. Atkinson; 42-year-old Nashville attorney, In his race for the Congressional seat held by the late Speaker Joseph W. Byrns for almost three decades.

Atkinson, who had the support of the Townsend plan organization, won the Democratic nomination from the 5th Tennessee District In the Aug. 8 primary. The official count was completed last night. It gave Atkinson 14.144 votes to 14,131 lor Will T. Cheek.

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