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2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 his oil I at 1 0 0 00.000 of A A For Classified Ad Results BROOKLYN EAGLE. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1938 Telephone MAin 4-6200 11 Clara Berryman, Henry Bertwell, Mary J. Bohan, James Boyle, William Chol, Croak, Anastasia Donovan, Julia M. Dowd, Sarah M.

Drivdahl, Francis Gorman, Louis Grobe, Walter Jr. ini, Joseph Heilman, Frederick Johnston, Anna Kiernan, Peter F. Kopf, George Krieger, Elizabeth Leahy, J. William Leyh, Helen Deaths McCabe, Mary McGuinness, Joseph F. McQuillen, Matthew Neve, Helen K.

O'Donnell, Elmer Pearsall, Wallace Peterson, Loretta Prosser, Walter R. Reyeur, Frida Robedee, Frederica Scharf, Herman H. Schenck, Anna Smith, Catherine Stitzel, Andrew Thompson, Alice Vardy, James Wall, Thomas R. Wessels, Mary H. Winkel, Elizabeth Young, William AHRENS- On Thursday, 29, 1938, at her residence, 850 St.

Mark's CLARA, beloved sister of Emma, Louise and John Ahrens. the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Sunday at 4 p.m. BERRYMAN-HENRY in his 68th year, beloved husband of the late Bridget and father of Henry C. Jr. Funeral service Friday, 8 p.m., at the Funeral Home of John H.

Teves, 1363 Bushwick Avenue. BERTWELL-MARY JANE, on December 29, 1938, beloved mother of -Eleanor Wilson. Services at her realdence, 456 E. 28th Saturday, 2 p.m. BOHAN JAMES, ore Dec.

27, 1938, born in Galway, Ireland, beloved husband of Margaret; brother of Thomas, William and Mrs. Patriek Carrigy. Reposing the J. Smith Memorial, 248 Prospect Park West, until Saturday, a.m.; requiem mass Holy Name Church. Interment St.

John's Cemetery. BOYLE-On Thursday, December 29, 1938, at his residence, 92-17 216th Street, Queens Village, WILLIAM, husband of Sarah; father of William N. Boyle. Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 89-31 164th Street. Jamaica, Saturday, 1 p.m.

CHOL-BESSIE at, Milford, Dec. 28, beloved wife Warren F. Chol, and mother of Marie. Margaret, Anna and Louis. Funeral Saturday, Dec.

31, 2 o'clock, from her late home in Milford, Pa. CROAK-On Wednesday, Dec. 28. ANASTASIA wife of the late James J. Croak; sister of Catherine Williams, and aunt of James J.

Williams and Anastasia Thompson, at her residence, 1946 Ryder near Fillmore Ave. Funeral from her residence Saturday, Dec. 31, at 9:30 a a.m.; Aquinas requiem, mass Flatlands St. Ave. Thomas and Hendrickson 10 a.m.

DONOVAN-JULIA MARIE (nee Hanisko), on Tuesday, December 27, wife of the V. illiam sergeant N. Y. P. devoted mother of Mrs.

Dorothy Fleming, Mrs. Joseph Givner, Winifred, Helen, Julia and William. Funeral Saturday from her home, 185 Ashford St. Solemn requiem mass 10 a.m., St Michael's R. C.

Church, Rt. Rev. Mons. Francis J. Dubash officiating.

Interment St. John's Cemetery. DOWD-On December 28, 1938, SARAH M. DOWD, beloved daughter of John and Elizabeth (nee Cook); dear sister of Edward, Martin, Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Gertrude, Mary, Estelle, Joan. Funeral from her home, 146 E.

4th Street, on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.: thence to the C. Church of St. Peter. Hicks Street. Solemn requiem mass 10 a.m.

Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. DRIVDAHL-Dec. 28, 1938, at his residence, Cumberland, FRANCIS. beloved husband of Agnes Dady Drivdahl; father of Elizabeth, Frances; brother of Otto Steingraber. Funeral Saturday, 10:30 a.m., from the Funeral Parlors, 40 Lafayette thence to Agnes R.

C. Church, where a solemn requtem mass will be offered. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. GORMAN-LOUIS, on Wednesday, husband Emma (nee Kempf); father of Wilbert and Arthur Gorman; brother of Edward, William, Fred, James and John Gorman. Funeral Monday afternoon, 2 o'clock, from his home, 40 Bogart Street.

Interment Lutheran Cemetery. GROBE-WALTER T. Dec. 28, at 26 Stanton Road, Brooklyn. Survived by his beloved wife, Helen; sons, Walter and William; parents.

Anna and Walter Grobe. Funeral services Friday, 8 p.m., at 2977 Ocean Avenue. 'GUARINI-JOSEPH, druggist at Myrtle and Tompkins beloved husband of Mamie; stepfather of Mrs. A. D.

Ennis; brother of Frank and Louise Guarini, Rose Capobianco and Mrs. John Romano. Funeral from Madden's Funeral Home, 197 Franklin Monday, p.m. Arrangements by Zirkel's Funeral Home. HEILMAN On Dec.

29. 1938, FREDERICK HEILMAN, aged 60 years, beloved brother of George Heilman. Funeral services at the chapel of August Herrlich, 6859 Fresh Pond Road, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Interment Lutheran Cemetery Saturday, 2 p.m. JOHNSTON Suddenly, on Wednesday, Dec.

28. 1938, ANNA FRANCES, sister-in-law of Cora Johnston. Services at her residence. McDonough on Sunday at 4 p.m. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY LOT.

14 by 27 feet, for sale. Desirable location. Write Box W-743, Eagle. VITAL NOTICES (Acknowledgments, Births, Condolences, Confirmations, Deaths, Engagem ents, Marriages, Masses, Memoriams, Resolutions) accepted until 10 P.M. for publication the tollowing day or from 8 A.M.

to 1 P.M. (11 A.M. on Saturdays) for publication 17 the next available edition of the same day's paper. The Vital Notice rate 15 90 cents per line. MAin 4-6200 KIERNAN-Dec.

28, 1938, PETER beloved husband of Mary Byrnes; devoted father of Frances, Kenneth, Edwin, William, Janet, Virginia, Kathryn, Peter and Lawrence. Funeral from his home, 518 E. 37th Saturday, Dec. 31, 8:30 a.m.; solemn requiem mass Church of the Little Flower, 9 o'clock. KOPF On Dec.

28, in his 63d year, GEORGE H. KOPF, of 92-28 212th Place, Queens Village, beloved husband of Margaret Kopf, and father of Robert and George Belden. He was a member of Minerva Lodge, No. 982, F. A.

M. Services at the Stutzmann Funeral Home, 224-39 Jamaica Queens Village, L. on Friday evening o'clock. Interment Cypress Cemetery "Hills Saturday afternoon, 2 o'clock. KRIEGER-ELIZABETH, on December 28, at her residence, 386 S.

4th mother of Edward and William Tourte; also Shins sister of Miss Phillipine Mann. Service Friday, 8:15 p.m. LEAHY--J. WILLIAM, on Dec. 28.

beloved husband of Charlotte (nee Reilly); devoted father of Peter; grandfather of Jane Ann. Funeral residence, 8 Herbert Brooklyn; requiem mass St. Cecilia's Church, Saturday, 10 a.m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. LEYH- Wednesday, December 28.

1938, beloved wife of William, mother Dorothy, at her home, 20 Soper Oceanside, L. I. Also survived by her father, Thomas Healy, and two brothers, Thomas Jr. of Oceanside and Edward of Middle Village, L. I.

Requiem mass Saturday, December 31, at 10 a.m., St. Anthony's Church, Oceanside. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury. Direction H. F.

Meade. Deaths McCABE On Dec. 29, 1938. MARY LOUISE (nee Rich), beloved sister of Emma F. Rich.

Services at her residence, 152 Van Euren on Sunday at 4 p.m. Interment Monday morning Evergreens Ceme ery. McGUINNESS JOSEPH on Thursday, Dec. 29, 1938, retired patrolman P. D.

N. husband of the late Margaret Galvin and loving fa-9 ther of Joseph F. at his residence, 754 St. John's Place. Funeral Monday, 9:30 a.m.; requiem mass, 10 a.m., Church of St.

Teresa. Classon Ave. and Sterling Place. Interm.ent Holy Cross Cemetery. McQUILLEN MATTHEW.

suddenly, Dec. 28. Survived by wife, Ellen (nee Lane); five children; also one sister two brothers. Funeral from his residence, 8 Poplar Brooklyn, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; solemn requiem mass at Assumption R. C.

Church, 10 a.m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. NEVE- -HELEN KEATING, at her residence, 311-A 15th Street, beloved wife of Edwin J. and dear mother of Margaret and sister of Thomas Edward William George Margaret R. Keating and Mrs.

WilA. Crooke. Requiem mass Saturday, December 31, at 10 a.m., St. Stanislaus R. C.

Church, 14th Street near 6th Avenue. Interment St. John's Cemetery. O'DONNELL-Wednesday, 28, ELMER E. O'DONNELL, beloved husband of Ellis O'Donnell.

devoted father of Muriel O. Clark, and grandfather of Donnell E. and Everett E. Clark; brother of Carrie M. O'Donnell.

Services at the home, 443 E. 17th Flatbush, Friday, 8 p.m. Interment Green-Wood Cemetery. PEARSALL On Dec. 28, 1938.

at his residence, 86 Saratoga WALLACE beloved husband of Ellenor L. Pearsall. Services at Brett Hanson Herbst Place, Sons, Friday, Funeral 8:30 Home, p.m. Interment Green- -Wood Cemetery. -December 28.

LORETTA (nee Thorpe), beloved wife of Robert, mother of Dorothy and Loretta, daughter of the late James and Bridget Thorpe and sister of Mrs. Margaret McGuigan and Anna Thorpe. Funeral Saturday. 9:30 a.m., from residence, 29 4th Place. Requiem mass St.

Mary Star of the Sea Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. POWERS-Suddenly, on December 29. at his home, Northport, L. FRANCIS beloved brother of Anna C.

Reid. Requiem mass at St. Philip Neri Church, Northport, on Saturday, December 31, at 10 a.m. PROSSER on December 29, 1938, WALTER husband of Mary and father of Mary Elizabeth, Jennie Ward. Walter Richard Jr.

and John W. Prosser. Service at Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Saturday, 2:30 p.m. -Suddenly, on December 29, FRIDA, beloved mother of Frieda De Mott, Charles and Louis Reyeur and sister of Louise Werlen and Fritz Knoell. Funeral from her residence.

1822 E. 54th Monday, 2 p.m. Interment Woodlawn Ceme- tery. ROBEDEE-On Thursday. December 29.

1938. FREDERICA, beloved mother of Mrs. Alice Winters and loving grandmother of Charles. Funeral services at her residence, 1446 72nd on Sunday. January 1, at 8 p.m.

Funeral Monday at 10 a.m. Interment Green- Wood Cemetery. SCHARF-HERMAN December 28, 1938. Services 8 o'clock Fridav evening at 801 Prospect Place. Interment New Haven, Conn.

(New Haven papers please copy.) SCHENCK-Dec. 29. 1938. ANNA widow of George Schenck and mother of Franklin Schenck. Services at her residence.

219 Marlborough Road, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2 p.m. Kindly omit flowers. -Suddenly, on Dec. 28.

1938, CATHERINE widow of John W. Smith; sister of William Hofacker; also survived by several nieces and nephews. Services at J. J. Gallagher Sons Funeral Home.

87-46 137th Jamaica, Friday, 8 p.m. Interment Saturday, 2 p.m., Green -Wood Cemetery. STITZEL ANDREW. Dec. 29.

1938. of 416 99th beloved husband of Lillian; father of Arthur, Robert, Constance, John, William and Albert. Services Saturday, 2 p.m. Reposing at Chapel of Joseph G. Duffy, 237 9th St.

Charity Leader Mrs. Sarah N. Berlin Honorary president of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, who died yesterday Rites on Sunday For Thomas Wall Thomas R. Wall, 78. of 196 Hale Ave.

died yesterday in his home after an illness of ten days. He was a resident of the Eastern District for 40 years before he moved to Cypress Hills and was formerly for 20 years treasurer of Union M. Church and superintendent of the Sunday School. Later he became a member of Andrews M. E.

Church. Mr. Wall formerly was with E. R. Squibb Sons for 27 years.

Surviving are his widow and six children: Thomas Wall Ruth Emma Sarah, H. and Charles W. Wall. Services will be held in Zirkel's Funeral Home. 243 Ridgewood at p.m.

Sunday with the Rev. Hartley J. Hartman, pastor of Andrews Church, officiating. 300 Attend Rites For D. R.

Grogan More than 300 persons, many prominent in political and civic circles, today attended funeral services for Dennis R. Grogan, 58, proprietor of Grogan's Restaurant. 316 Beach 32d Rockaway Beach, for many years. Mr. Grogan died at his home, 309 Beach 91st Rockaway Beach, Tuesday.

of a heart Attck. A solemn mass of requiem was offered at St. Rose of Lima R. C. Church, Beach 84th Rockaway Beach, at 11 a.m..

by the Rev. John F. Stack, pastor. He was assisted by the Rev. Thomas F.

Nolan as deacon and the Rev. James Galvin as subdeacon. Burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lawrence. Among those present at the mass were Mons.

J. Jerome Reddy, director of Catholic Charities the Diocese of Brooklyn; former Aldermanic President William F. Brunner, John P. Corrigan, Democratic leader of the Rockwys; Andrew J. Kenny, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways; City Court Justice William P.

Wiener and Municipal Court Justice Harry Keith. Deaths THOMPSON Thursday. December 29, 1938, ALICE M. THOMPSON. Funeral from her residence.

250 Prospect Place, on Saturday. 8:30 a.m.; thence to St. Joseph's Church, where a requiem mass will be offered at 9 a.m. VARDY-On Thursday, JAMES. beloved husband of Edna Vardy, at his residence, 49 3d St.

Reposing at John F. Fagan's Mortuary, Henry and Warren Sts. Funeral Saturday. requiem mass St. Mary's Church, 9 a.m.

WALL -THOMAS RICHARD. in his 79th year, of 196 Hale Ave. Survived by his wife, Ruth three sons and three daughters. Services Sunday, 9 p.m., Zirkel's Funeral 243 Ridgewood corner Norwood Ave. Interment Monday, 10 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery.

WESSELS-MARY widow of E. December 28, at 257 Saratoga Avenue. She was a member of Esther Chapter of the O. E. S.

Funeral services will be held at Farley's Funeral Parlors, 1865 Fulton Street, near Ralph Avenue station on Fulton Street "L' and Eighth Avenue subway, Friday, December 30, at 8 p.m. Interment Saturday, December 31, at 2:30 in family plot Lutheran Cemetery. WINKEL ELIZABETH (nee Fleichmann), beloved wife of Emil and mother of Dorothy, John and Robert, at her home, 107-21 142d So. Ozone Park. Funeral services Friday, 8 p.m.

Interment Lutheran Cemetery, Saturday, 2 p.m. YOUNG-On Dec. 28. 1938. at his residence, 78 Hawthorne WILLIAM R.

YOUNG, beloved father of Mrs. Mildred Y. Kline and brother of Benjamin E. West. Services at Fred Herbst Sons Funeral Home, 83 Place, Friday, 8 p.m.

Interment Green -Wood Cemetery. In SHANNON -In loving memory of our mother, ELIZABETH M. Dec. 30, 1930. Fond memories keep her ever near MAUDE, FLORENCE.

WESLEY. In Memoriam The Eagle has published a booklet of "In Memoriam" Verses You may obtain a copy of this booklet, without charge, by calling an Ad Taker at MAin 4-6000. Sarah N. Berlin Dies in 82d Year Hebrew Home Organizer Was Also Active in Manhattan Charities Mrs. Sarah N.

Berlin, who for many years was prominently identified with Jewish charities in Brooklyn and Manhattan, died yesterday at her home, 1188 E. 18th at the age of 82. Active in charitable affairs until her death, Mrs. Berlin was one of the organizers of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged. She was a former president of that institution and since 1916 had been honorary president.

Mrs. Berlin also was a founder, and former president of Young Women's Hebrew Association of Brooklyn and a founder, director and trustee of the Home of the Daughters of Jacob, established in Manhattan and now located in the Bronx. She also was a member of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities. Born in Russia Born in Russia, Mrs. Berlin had lived in this country for more than 50 years, and for much of that time was a resident of Brooklyn.

She was the widow of Samuel N. Berlin and is survived by a son, Capt. Harry Berlin, and five grandchildren. Funeral services were to be conducted today in the Flatbush Memorial Chapel, 1283. Coney Island by the Rev.

Dr. Alexander Lyons, rabbi emeritus of the Eighth Avenue Temple. Mrs. Alice Pearsall Dies in Lynbrook Lynbrook, Dec. 30.

-Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church here for Mrs. Alice Anne Pearsall of 49 Hempstead who died Wednesday at her home at the age of 96. She was affectionately known as "Grandma Pearsall," and was the oldest Lynbrook native. Burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery.

Mrs. Pearsall broke a hip in a fall two years ago and never fully recovered. Her parents were pioneer settlers in Lynbrook when it was known as Pearsall's Corners. She is survived by a son, Albert; a daughter, Mrs. Ella Lieb; a brother.

Arrender Abrams; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Philip P. McKim, 68: Bookmaker's Aide Philip P. McKim, for about 40 years a familiar figure in metropolitan horse -racing circles, died last night at his home. 36-13 212th Bayside, at the age of 68.

After spending Christmas with his family he was stricken with influenza the following day and this aggravated an old heart ailment. For 30 years Mr. McKim was associated with T. J. (Tom) Shaw.

bookmaker, as cashier. Born in St. Louis, he was with Barney Schreiber, horse breeder and bookmaker, before joining Shaw, who also had been with Schreiber. His son, Philip is at present employed by Shaw. Also surviving is a daughter, Mary Patricia McKim.

The funeral will be held Monday from his home, with a solemn requiem mass at 9:45 a.m. in Sacred Heart R. C. Church, Bayside, and burial in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery, Flushing.

Henry Wiedenhoft Babylon, Dec. 30-Funeral services will be conducted today in Daily's funeral chapel for Henry Wiedenhoft, 83, who died yesterday in his home on Litchfield Ave. A native of Germany, he lived 58 years in this country. He was a former resident of Manorville and lived in this village the past 11 years. Surviving are his widow.

Mrs. Hannah Kleck Wiedenhoft; four sons Henry of Farmingdale, Frederick of Holtsville, William of Farmingdale and Harry of Babylon, and four daughters, Mrs. A. C. Debevoise of Jamaica, Mrs.

Mary Gillen, Mrs. Hannah Gifford and Mrs. Grace Spahn, all of Babylon. Nah 4 More Employers In Pay Fraud Probe The arrest of four more employers and an accountant charged with offenses in connection with workmen's compensation brings the total of employers arrested to 29. Harry Meyerson, 49, of 194 Pulaski president of the Meyerson Trouser Company; David Kligman, 35, of 675 Empire Boulevard.

vice president of Joseph Haskel Company, and Sol Silverman, 32, of 398 E. 95th president of the S. J. Scrap Iron Company, 265 Blake pleaded not guilty in Special Sessions Court and were released in $500 bail each for a hearing Jan. 7.

One of the employers, Leonard A. Formato, 33. of Yonkers pleaded guilty and was paroled for sentencing Jan. 17. The accountant, charged with aiding the frauds, is Milton Faster, 26.

of 801 Ocean employed by the S. J. S. Scrap Iron Company. Ex-Rector Sues Church For $1,000 of Annuity A storm center even in retirement, the Rev.

William Norman Guthrie, for years minister of St. Mark's-in-the-Botwerie Episcopal Church, is today the plaintiff in a $1,000 suit against the churchwardens, vestrymen and new rector of the institution. The sum represents the alleged unpaid half of a $2,000 life annuity granted the Rev. Mr. Guthrie on his retirement.

Attorneys for the church moved to dismiss the suit yesterday in 7th District Municipal Court, Manhattan. Decision was reserved until Jan. 4. The complaint did not reveal why payments to Mr. Guthrie were halted.

The Rev. Mr. Guthrie, who lives at Stamford. retired with the title rector emeritus. George P.

Winn, Queens Engineer Chamber of Commerce Consultant Is Victim Of Heart Attack George P. Winn, a well-known civil engineer who was active in civic affairs in Queens for a number of years, died last night of a heart attack in his home, 84-08 165th Jamaica. Mr. Winn was born in Nashua, N. the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Phillip Winn. He was graduated from Princeton University in 1910 and since then had been engaged in engineering work, in this city and in Florida. He past president of the Queens Chapter of the New York Society of Professional Engineers. Chamber Engineer A resident of Queens for the last 11: years, he was consulting engineer of the Queensborough Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the education committee of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and civic engineer of the Jamaica Board of Trade.

Mr. Winn is survived by his widow, Marjorie McCabe Winn, and a sister, Mrs. Peter Bruen. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the home. with a solemn requiem mass at 11 a.m.

in the R. C. Church of the Presentation, Parsons Boulevard and 89th Jamaica. interment will be in St. John's Cemetery." Henry C.

Berryman Services Tonight Funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the John H. Teves Funeral Home, 1363 Bushwick Henry C. Berryman formerly for 16 years a bookbinder in the Commissioner of Records office, who died Wednesday night in his home, 992 Decatur St. Mr. Berryman, who was 68, was formerly, active 20th A.

in being Republican a mem- poliber of the Unity Republican Club and an election district captain. He also was at one time a member of Typographical Union. 6. Mr. Berryman was a member of the Civil Service Benevolent Association and was formerly president of the Schaffer Street Community Association.

He retired in 1930. He was the husband of the late Bridget Berryman and is survived by a son, Henry C. Berryman two sisters. Elizabeth and Myra, and two grandsons, Robert and Donald. Mrs.

Minnie Jeffrey Bay Shore, Dec. 30-Funeral services will be conducted today 111 White's Funeral Home for Mrs. Minnie Jeffrey, 67, who died Wednesaay in her home on 4th Ave. She was the widow of Henry Jeffrey, who died six years ago. Mrs.

Jeffrey leaves two brothers, Edward Arnold of Remsenburg, and Percy Arnold of Lindenhurst. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Labor. Business Fight Sales Tax Rise in Philly Philadelphia, Dec. 30 (P)-A boost in Philadelphia's sales tax from 2 to 3 percent brought a denouncement labor leaders today and a plea from the United Men's Business Men's Association that citizens stage a "sitdown strike" against the measure.

John W. Edelman, regional director of the C. I. predicted "the public protest against the sales tax will be the strongest that has ever followed any action of the City Council." The business men's group voted to ask affiliated organizations to stage a strike by closing up their stores and marching on City Hall. 2 Workers Injured On World's Fair Jobs Two men engaged in construction work on different buildings at the New York World's Fair Grounds.

Flushing, were seriously injured today in accidents that occurred within about half an hour of each other. Raymond Costello, 38. of 263 8th working inside the Carrier Building, fell about 20 feet to the ground and suffered a spine injury. He was treated at the Fair Hospital and removed to the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in Manhattan. The accident occurred at about 9:30 a.m.

Joseph Thuma, 60. a WPA carpenter. of 21-54 25th Astoria, suffered a skull fracture at about 10 a.m. when a boom broke, striking him on the head, in the Amphitheater Building. He was removed to Flushing Hospital.

Refuses to Direct Opera In Italy, Loses $1,000 Monte Carlo, Dec. 30 (P)-Dr. Erich Kleiber, German musician who is directing Winter presentations of the Monte Carlo Opera Company, said today his decision to cancel Italian engagements cost him 20.000 lire ($1,000) but that as A "Christian and Aryan" he could not support religious persecution. He declined to conduct at the La Scala Opera House 111 Milan for what the management there described as "absurd racial motives." 'Music is for every one." Dr. Kleiber said today.

"It is like stinshine and air. Because the Milan officials have forbidden Jews to buy subscriptions for the opera season I have 1 refused to 20 to Italy." Persia's Shah SeverFrench Ties Over Joke Paris, Dec. 30 (A)-The Shah of Persia served notice on France today that he had broken off diplomatic relations because French humor magazines again had ridiculed his country. Foreign Office sources confirmed that the notice had been handed to the French Minister at Teheran. Details of the protest were not closed, but Foreign Office officials recalled a similar incident last year when French magazines printed A play words comparing the Shah to a cat--a grave insult to Iranians.

Examine Sawmill Ashes For Murder Clues we weeks-old Kingston. search Dec. for 30 the -A slayer two- of Margaret Martin, attractive young business school graduate, focused today on a sawmill high in the wooded Wyoming County mountains, where police believe she may have been slain and her clothing burned. Ashes from the firebox of the sawmill's steam boiler were examined under a microscope after Maj. William A.

Clark of the State police said he was "quite positive" tarnished pieces of metal and a fragment of cloth found there came from the clothing of the 19-year-old girl. Leading to the mill from a wood road near by, police found the frozen footprints of a man and a woman. Cops Hunt Thieves Who Set L. I. Fire Broker's Wife Reports $350 in Linen, Jewels Missing From Home Garden City, Dec.

30-The arson and burglary squads of the Nassau County Police were investigating today a fire which early this morning caused about $5,000 damage to the home of Frank A. Bradley, broker, at 110 Stewart here, and practically destroyed the interior of the house. Police are working on the theory that the fire was set by burglars to cover their looting of the brick mansion which had been closed since October. Firemen fought the blaze for two hours before it was extinguished. The Bradley family were reported to be at their Manhattan home for the Winter.

Mrs. Alice E. Bradley, wife of the broker, somewhat upset over the damage to her home, told police that as far as she could estimate about $200 worth of linen and about $150 worth of costume jewelry was missing. She said that apparently the thieves had overlooked a considerquantity of silverware in the house and several valuable fur coats. Chief Police Arthur Van of Garden City said that believed the intruder or intruders had dropped a lighted match or cigarette on the living room or dining room floor, thus causing the blaze.

Court Denies Plea In Melmau Case Supreme Court Justice Thomas C. Kadien Jr. yesterday denied a motion to vacate an order requiring the Home Indemnity Company to submit to examination before trial of a $90,000 damage suit in which it is a co-defendant with Sheriff James V. Mangano and two other persons. The suit, alleging false arrest and imprisonment was brought by Joseph B.

Melman, who asserts he was jailed "without warrant in law" last March 12 for failure to keep up payments on a mortgage on his home at 1210 Ocean Parkway. that Melman's wife, he Counsel for the company, argued was estranged, had obtained all order of arrest for contempt of court against him in 1932 when he failed 10 carry out an agreement to keep up he payments. Conceding the arrest order had been vacated in 1933 by Supreme Court Justice Lewis L. Fawcolt, counsel insisted that Sheriff Mangano had net been aware of Justice Fawcett's action and that. therefore, he had ordered Melman's arrest in good faith.

In addition to the Sheriff and the indemnity company, his bondsman. defendants in the suit include Deputy Sheriff Julius Goodstein, who made the arrest, and Frank L. Ippolito. said to have instigated the arrest as a representative of the firm that held the Melman mortgage. Mrs.

Gerald Boyd Special to The Eagle W'oodbury, Dec. 30-Mrs. Eleanor Sullivan Boyd, 24, wife of Gerald Boyd general manager of the Piping Rock Golf Club, Locust Valley, died yesterday in the North Country Community Hospital. Glen Cove. few hours after childbirth.

She lived on South Woods Road, Woodbury. Mrs. Boyd was Mr. Boyd's second wife They were married about 1 year ago Mr. Boyd's first wife died about four years ago.

Funetal services will be Monday morning at St. Patrick's R. C. Church Glen Cove. Burial will be in Brookville Cemetery.

Music at Concert To Decry Kidnaping Philadelphia, Dec. 30 (P)-The 200 women vocalists will collaborate famed Philadelphia Orchestra and tonight in a musical denunciation of kidnaping. They will present "Lament for the Dead." a composition decrying a ruthless crime and pleading with fervor for its extinction. The verses, penned by Katherine Garrison Chapin and set to music by Harl McDonald, are patterned in theme to the tragedy of the Lindbergh baby. New KC License Plates Issued for Brooklyn A new KC series of license plates has been issued through the Brooklyn office of the Motor Vehicle Bureau by David F.

Soden. Running from 1 to 500 the numbers will be issued. Mr. Soden said, to the first people who ask for them. James B.

Allen. Democratic leader of the 11th A. D. is to have KC-11. and Stephen J.

Carney, leader of the 17th, will sport KC-17. while Joseph Whitty, son of the leader of the 2d A. will use KC-20. The KC. by the way, stands for Kings County, Obituaries LOUIS GORMAN of 40 Bogart St who died suddenly on Wednesday, WAS an and coal dealer In this borough.

He 15 survived ny widow. Emma Kemp! Gorman; two sons, Wilbert and Arthur, And five brothers. Edward, William. Fred James and John Gorman. 'The funeral wilt be held at 2 pm.

Monday, with terment in Lutheran Comelery, Francis Drivdahl Rites Tomorrow Former Basketball Star In Borough to Be Buried From St. Agnes' Church A solemn requiem mass for Francis Drivdahl, former borough basketball star and a veteran of the World War, who died Wednesday in Cumberland, will be offered tomorrow a.m. in St. Agnes R. C.

Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Drivdahl, who was 43, was stricken with a heart attack while parking his automobile at his home in Cumberland, where for the last three years he was superntendent of the finished fabric department and warehouse of the Celanese Corporation of America. Long a resident of St.

Agnes parish. he was chief superintendent for the Charles William Stores before joining the Celanese Corporation in Manhattan about ten years ago. In his days Mr. Drivdahl was an outstanding player on the old St. Agnes Crowns, which won the Brooklyn Eagle League basketball championship for three successive years.

When his active playing days ended he became a basketball referee. At the time of his death, he was an honorary member of the Catholic League. During World War Mr. Drivdahl served! as a sergeant in the Rainbow Division, receiving a fivebar Distinguished Service Cross for bravery under fire. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.

Agnes Dady Drivdahl; two daughters. Elizabeth and Frances, and a sister, Mrs. Otto Steingraber. Boxer Shoots Up Cafe; Bullets Wound Four Greenfield, Ohio, Dec. 30 (P- Fifty dining and dancing patrons scurried under tables, ducked behind counters and raced for exits early today when an amateur boxer sprayed a small cafe with bullets.

wounding his estranged wife, two other women and himself. Constable Wendell Crishman, in the cafe when the shooting occurred, identified the gunman as William Cross. 29. amateur boxer and baseball umpire. Mrs.

Cross had filed suit for divorce and a nearing was scheduled for today. Cross had asked dismissal of the petition. Ask 60 Steel Firms For Data on Pricing Washington, Dec. 30 -The monopoly committee asked 60 steel companies today to submit information on their price and distribution policies. Questionnaires prepared by the justice department and the Federal Trade Commission called for information "fundamental to determining the economic effect of the pricing policies." The committee has held hearings on the automobile and glass container industries.

Leopold Heads Royalty At Riviera Resorts Monte Carlo. Dec. 30 (U.P) Sport Club and Casino and other fashionable resorts on the Riviera reported today the most impressive gathering of royalty and leading figures in the political and social world in many years. Besides the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who are part -time visitors. King Leopold of the Belgians is here with his mother, Queen Elizabeth, for a golfing The British Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood.

is staying for the holidays, as is Col. Josef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister. and former French Premiers Pierre Etienne Flandin and Andre Tardieu. Indict 8 to Break Sweepstakes Ring Eight men were today under indictment. charged with mailing Irish Sweepstakes tickets.

If convicted they face jail terms of 24 years and $21.000 fines each. According to authorities. the eight have been the chief agents for the distribution of Sweepstakes tickets since 1936, with 700 agents and 3.000 subagents working under them. They operated, it is alleged. from a jewelry shop at 791 Amsterdam Manhattan.

The defendants are John W. 2d. owner of the store: his father, Gerald Kelly: John W. Kelly his son, John R. Kelly.

William Mead. Joseph McGarrity, Connie Neenam and Clifford Burgett. Mead and McGarrity were not arrested but bench warrants for them were issued. Catholic Group Elects Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 30-The Rev.

William Garcia of St. John's University, Brooklyn, and Dr. Anton Pegis of Fordham University, New York. were elected here yesterday to the executive council of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Fall Kills Young Wife Mrs.

Mary Pharr, 24. cleaning the windows for the holiday, fell three stories to her death from her apartment at 1518 Broadway, at the corner of Hancock today. Patrolman Harold Johansen, 011 traffic duty at the busy corner, summoned an ambulance from Bushwick Hospital, but the young woman died instantly. LICENSES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Beer License No. ERM her sued to the beer at retail under Alcoholic Control Law Avenue Brook lyn.

County hot OT premises PHILIP LEMAN. 490 Avenue Brooklyn, 130 1a6 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TILAT License GR 11220 boon to the undersigned to sell beer at 111 Engert A Brooklyn, der the Alcoholic Beverage Control WA, for on promises umption FELIX KUGACZEWSKI. 141 Engert Ave. Brooklyn, 1123-21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT License 11310 been issued to the to sell beer at retail at 178 Drives Ave, 1411 der the Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws, for on premises consumption. FELIX 178 Driggs Brooklyn d23-2t 1 Rites Tomorrow For F.

W. Powers Principal of Boro School Was on Leave at Time That He Was Stricken Northport, Dec. 30-A requiem mass for Francis W. Powers, principal of Public School 103, 14th Ave. and 54th Brooklyn, who died of a heart attack in his home at 207 Ocean Ave.

yesterday, will be offered tomorrow at 10 a.m. in St. Philip Neri's R. C. Church here.

The pastor, the Rev. John J. Brennan, will officiate and burial will follow immediately in the cemetery on the church grounds. Born in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 1872, Mr.

Powers lived in Brooklyn for many years and first came to Northport as a Summer resident some 20 years ago. He had been in poor health recently and was on leave of absence from the Brooklyn school. After being graduated from City College, Manhattan, he entered the New York City public school system on Jan. 26, 1894. A He was a bachelor and a of the Hempstead Golf cmember A sister.

Mrs. Charles Reid. with whom Mr. Powers lived, survives. Oil Magnate's Wife Plunges to Death Mrs.

Miriam Rieber, wife of Torkild Rieber, chairman of the board of the Texas Company, was dead today after a suicide plunge from the window of her apartment on the 35th floor of the Hampshire House, 150 Central Park South, Manhattan. Miss Helen Koerner, a nurse, was attending Mrs. Rieber, who had been under physicians' care for a nervous disorder, when at 11 last night the patient asked to be left alone. When that was refused Mrs. Rieber asked for a cup of tea.

Miss Koerner stepped out to warm some water, heard noises which made her suspicious and returned in time to see Mrs. Rieber standing on a chair about to leap out of an open window. The nurse seized her by both legs and tried to drag her back but succeeded only in retaining part of her patient's bathrobe. French Film Scandal Linked to Judge's Death Paris, Dec. 30 (AP)--The French press, speculating on bigger news behind the 140.000,000 franc (about $3,600,000) collapse of the French Pathe Film Company, linked the case today with the mysterious death of Judge Albert Prince in 1934.

Prince, known as "the man who knew in the Stavisky scandal which shook France and upset the cabinet five years ago, was found dead on a railroad embankment near Dijon some time after he disappeared. Le Petit Parisien, largest morning newspaper in Paris, said a business man in Dijon had asked Prince shortly before he vanished what Patten Natan right shares now," were Prince worth. was quoted as telling his friend. "I am going to have Natan (former head of the Pathe Company, arrested in a few days." Negro Admits Killing For Small Change Loot Savannah, Ga. Dec.

30 -Police had on record today the confession of 9 25-year-old Negro admitting the slaying of five persons in a robberv here Dec. 21. Solicitor General Samuel A. Cann announced last night the Negro, Marion Hunter, had confessed the crime. Hunter's statement, as reported by Cann.

said the robbery brought only "nickles and dimes and pennies, loot from slot machines at a filling station where one of the five victims was slain. Four of the victims were members of one family--J. S. Tillman, his wife and two young daughters who were bludgeoned to death as they slept in their one -room cabin. Thomas Chester was shot in the nearby filling station.

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