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BROOKLYN EAGLE. MONDAY. OCTOBER 31. 19.18 Spy Witness Neighbor Battles Neighbor in Rift Over Prospect Park South Zoning Radio Scare Script Called In U.S. Inquiry Panicky Calls Swamp Eagle on Mars 'Raid9 500 Ask 'War' News, Tell of Falling Meteor Opinion Divided on Drama's Reaction iv -a Frank Radke of 970 S2d St.

and Says Broadcast Panic Teaches U. S. a Lesson L. I. U.

Psychologist Stresses Need Here For Raid Instruction Th3 panic resulting from last night's "War of the Worlds" broadcast was directly attributable to the war scare which has been heavily publicized In recent months and "I not over yet," accordin gto Dr. Richard H. Paynter, psychologist, Of Long jand University. "This unintentional cause of excitement should teach us," he said, "Uiat we need a Federal program of Instruction such as is in force in European nations to tell people what to do In case of war raids." The fact that people didn't know what to do was one of the most important aspects of the incldert, said. The war scare, he said, hai i-come a "settled mood" amon 'tie people, and the vivid broadcaii as the spark that set the mood a "The War Department co have devised a cheaper, broade; perlment," he added.

The Piiiio can't help but reveal to the d-nr ment the extent to which er.Mnn can be lifted by false, terrtfylj reports." 'Fear Routs Intelligence' 1 I A symbol of the division between the old and the new in exclusive Prospect Park South Is this tall wooden fence which separates the home of Harold W. Schwab at 105 Buckingham Road from a new six-story apartment house at 115 Buckingham Road. Old residents want the area to remain a center of beautiful private mansions and have banded together to keep out of the section an invasion of such modern apartment dwellings as the one shown in this photograph. (Eagle Staff photo.) Lawrence C. Hull 3d of 257 Hicks St.

shared the same views, pointing out that if a person heard the beginning of the broadcast he would have known that It was only a dramatiza tion and not an actuality. "It was only a play and made a darn good show," Mr. Radice declared. "Very excellent and not scary at all. A big fuss about nothing," was Mr.

Hull's comment. Son Eases Dad's Fear Harry Sherman, Western Union teiegraph operator, stationed In the Brooklyn Eagle editorial offices, asserted that the program was very dramatic. He also tuned in while the program was well under way and was beginning to believe that the story was realistic. But his son, an ardent reader of the works of H. G.

Wells, aUayed his fears, telling him that the program only was a dramatization. The Columbia Broadcasting System made the following statement: "It was announced at the beginning of the program, twice during its unfolding, and again at the end, that the program was a dramatization of an old novel. Further, the program had been scheduled so far In advance that it was publicized in newspaper listings for the hour. Nevertheless, the program apparently was produced with such vividness that some listeners who may have heard only fragments, thought the broadcast was fact, not fiction. Naturally, lt was neither Columbia's nor the Mercury Theater's intention to mislead any one." Welles Regrets Scare Orson Welles, who presented the drama, said: "Orson Welles, In behalf of the Mercury Theater of the Air, is deeply regretful to learn that the H.

G. Wells fantasy, 'War of the which was designed as entertainment, has caused some apprehension among Columbia network listeners. "Far from expecting the radio audience to take the program as fact rather than a fictional presentation, we feared that the classic H. G. Wells story, which has served as inspiration for so many moving pictures, radio serials and even comic strips might appear too old-fashioned for modern consumption.

We can only suppose that the special nature of radio, which is often heard in fragments, or in parts disconnected from the whole, has led to this misunderstanding." Bear Brunt of 'Raid' Concrete, Oct 31 (U.R) The citiiens of this little mountain town told today how they bore the brunt of the "Invasion" by the men of Man. Just as an announcer was "choked ofP by "poisonous gag," the lights in Concrete failed. Hysteria swept the more excitable residents. Some prepared to "flee to the hills." Trouble at a nearby power substation was rectified as word was passed around that the program was not an actual account of the "destruction" of New York City and New Jersey. lor congregations they had ignored for years to Join in singing spirituals.

They were welcomed by their more pious brothers and sisters with "I told you so," as they changed their tune from swinging and swigging to hymning and praying. Princeton Finds 'Witness Credulous, poorly educated persons were not the only ones taken In by the broadcast. At Princeton an unidentified man rushed Into the Princeton University Press Club and gave an eyewitness account of the rocket which came millions of miles and from which the invaders emerged. Armed with scientific equipment required for the Investigation, Dr. The telephone switchboards of the Brooklyn Eagle were swamped with calls from Brooklyn and Long Island residents last night following the realistic broadcast of the H.

G. Wells fantasy, The War of the Worlds." Eagle operators on duty reported that more than 500 called to Inquire whether an Interplanetary con-had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York. Some caller reported hearing a meteor dropping in the immediate vicinity of the metropolitan area and others said that they heard of an airplane crash and wanted to verify if there were any casualties. One pharmacist called that he had a terror-stricken woman in his drugstore who had listened to the broadcast and wanted to reassure her that the program was only a dramatization. Numerous other calls were re ceived from Jersey residents visiting friends and relatives in Brooklyn and Queens, inquiring what were thj best routes to get back to their homes.

Cops Get Their Share The more than 300 calls which cluttered the switchboard at Brook lyn Police Headquarters composed what one patrolman there called the strangest incident in his 25 years of service. Although dozens of unusual messages reach the Tele graph Bureau of the department each week, none were more fantastic than those last inght. One man asked if lt were true that bridges had been bombed. He explained his wife was returning from Philadelphia. Another, who said his three daughters were pday- ing while he was telephoning, asked if the East River was aflame.

Many wanted to know whether it would be safer in their cellars or in the open. Opinions Here Divided The opinions of Brooklynttes who listened to the broadcasts were di vided this morning. Mn. Joseph W. Gleicher of 19 19th St.

thought the program was too morbid but her husband de clared that It was interesting. A friend who happened to walk into thj Gleicher living room in the middle of the program was startled at the "news flashes" that New Jersey was being bombarded and invaded. watched the stratosphere adventures of Flash Gordon in the movies were asleep last night at 8 when the broadcast got under way. Had they been awake, many parents said ruefully today, the boys and girls might have told their elders that lt was all a story and nothing to get excited about. Most of the children who were up during the hour-long program, Brooklyn and Queens residents added, listened to the rival Charley McCarthy program, Charley being a favorite with the youngsters and the Martians an old tale told over and over again.

At Brooklyn Police Headquarters calls poured in so fast that eight patrolmen had to be added to thej switchboard to answer anxious queries about the invasion. In Queens most spacious of the boroughs men and women were shocked out of their usual suburban placidity. The question most frequently asked ot police there was: "Do you think the poison gas will reach as far as Queens?" A terror-stricken Flatbush man stumbled into the Vanderveer Park precinct last night to inquire If he should move his family and belongings out of Brooklyn. Thousands Throng Churches From all over the country came reports that thousands rushed to churches to make their peace with God before the death-rays and the Martians reached them. Radio Station KSL in Mormon Salt Lake City reported that hundreds of families packed their things hastily before fleeing, certain that Gabriel was back and that his horn soon would be blown.

A puzzled old woman informed that It was only a play broadcast over the air, thought for a moment and then commented: "Well, If it doesn't do anything else it made a lot of people pray tonight." Sup.ar Hill In Harlem was transformed from a gay neighborhood into one In which sober, frightening thoughts were uppermost. Excited Negroes rushed Into the par- Told to Contact White Russians Fugitive Defendant Sought to Buy Things Here, Says Schade Karl Schleuter, fugitive defendant In the Nazi Spy case, requested information about American aircraft carriers and asked him to make with the "white Russian Consulate," Martin Schade, a witness, testified today in Manhattan Federal Court. With Schleuter when he made the request last January in Schade's office at 587 Riverside Drive, Manhat tan, Johanna Hofmann, red-hatred beautician on the liner Europa, who Is charged with asting as a spy courier. Schleuter also said he was trying to locate a man named "Jeppe" In Brooklyn and that he wanted to buy "things" in Brooklyn. Schleuter asked Schade if the latter had friends in the Army or Navy.

Schade, a thick set ruddy-faced man with iron-gray hair, translated, at the request of Assistant Federal Attorney Lester C. Dunlgan, a letter written in German and found among the possessions ot Johanna nthe Europa. Refers to Soviet Consulate On the not were the Initials "Sen." It read: "How it with the radio? How Is it with the A material? How is it with the Deppe firm? How is it with the business transaction with Rkom?" Schade said he believed the "Rkom" referred to the Russian Consulate. Schade testified that he made no effort to obtain the information. When Schleuter asked him If he had pictures of the Saratoga and the Lexington, aircraft carriers, Schade told him he could buy snapshots of the ships in any cigar store.

Schade's testimony did not make reference to Otto Hermann Voss, airplane mechanic on trial, or to Erich Glaser, former army private at Mltohel Field. Voss is charged "with stealing army plane blue prints and Glaser with stealing an army aviation code. Mrs. Busch Quits Stand Mrs. Kate Moog Busch was cross-examined by Charles W.

Philipbar Jr, attorney for Voss; George C. Dix, attorney for Johanna Hofman, and Benjamin Matthews, attorney for Glaser. Mrs. Busch said she "heard the name Voss" in the Bremen night club conversation between Dr. Ig-natz T.

Griebl and Capt. Lt. Erich Pfeiffer, chief of German Naval Intelligence, but that was all she remembered concerning Voss. Assistant Federal Attorney John Burke questioned Mrs. Busch on re-dlrect examination.

She satJ Leon G. Turrou, F. B. I. agent, never told her she could leave the country.

The next witness was Detective Arthur J. Silk, one of the police officers who arrested Guenther Rumrlch, who pleaded guilty at the opening of the trial. John T. McLaughlin, specal agent for the F. B.

described how Miss Hofmann was brought to the F. B. I. offices in the Federal courthouse here. Rumrich, who was also present, identified Johanna as Schleu-ter's companion, McLaughlin testified.

Dix objected and demanded that Turrou testify about conversations 'with Johanna. McLaughlin was then withdrawn and Assistant Federal Attorney Dunigan called Schade. Triend' Confesses Slaying Politician An old quarrel over a policy racket debt led to the fatal shooting of Pedro Tjada, alias Peter Quioness, 45, Puerto Rican politician, Antonio Pausa, 45, of 185 Washington confessed to police today. Pausa, who was to be arraigned in Felony Court charged with homicide, was picked up In a Borough Hall restaurant last night by Lt. Charles Eason and three detectives of the Poplar St.

station, where he admitted shooting his old friend In a renewal of their old battle about money matters. Tjada, president of the Gualdana Democratic Club of 133 Adams was a power in the Puerto Rican colony. His bullet-ridden body was found alongside his parked car in Adams half a block from the lub, early yesterday morning. 'A teletype alarm had gone out earlier in the day for the arrest of Pausa, a Puerto Rican seaman and lifelong friend of Tjada. Homeless Man Found Suicide in Cellar William Van Houtin, 60, described by police as a homeless wanderer who recently slept in the cellar of an Apartment, building at 7bZ Gates was found there yesterday hanging from a beam by his belt.

Discovery of the body was made by cne of the tenants who had gone to the cellar to fetch coal. Police ordered the body removed to the Kings County morgue. 12-Foot FenceSymbol Of Struggle Between Oldsters, Modernists The long-debated question as to how exclusive the Prospect Park South section is to remain will come before the City Planning Commission Thursday when that body considers an application to establish the area In a zone, most restricted classification of them all. The question has lined up neighbor against neighbor. It has caused heated debates, charges and countercharges.

Symbolic of the battle is a 12-foot high wooden fence which stretches back from the sidewalk on Bucking ham Road near Albemarle Road for more than 100 feet. It separates the two-story frame mansion at No. 105, owned by Harold W. Schwab, a manufacturer of uniforms, from a new six-story apartment dwelling which houses 62 families at 115 Buckingham Road. Would Protect Privacy Mrs.

Beatrice Schwab said today that the boarding is "not exactly" a spite fence. She added that it was erected, however, to keep con struction men erecting the apart ment house from leaving their tools on the Schwab lawn and to prevent them from stamping on shrubbery there. Mow that it is up, she said, it will remain up to protect the privacy of her family. The frontage along Buckingham Road is in an tone, which re quires that buildings there cannot occupy more than 40 percent of the land area. Directly behind the zone Is a zone, when Abraham Zinick, owner of the property on which the apartment house has since been built, filed his building application the Schwabs and other residents of the neighborhood banded together and sought to buy the land from him.

Their offer was refused. In turn the builder attempted to buy the Schwab land but was unsuccessful. The apartment house accordingly stands on property at least 40 feet from the sidewalk. "The background of it all I the atmosphere had been charged with excitement, thing comes along in the ret imagination with an appeal -unsafe side of the tmagii The result is fear; fear that out Intelligence." Movies, he added, have aii it.i in stirring up people's imagln and people seem to like iu them stirred up." Emphasizing the value panic to the War Departmei Jr Paynter said that it prove. uable also to psychologists.

"It shows to me clearly tl.t really should have an expert f.i psy chology to pass on broadcast, peclally those which get net. ut the basic emotions," he declare. The panic Indicated, he said, th .1 people do not read between the lines, for if they did they would have reasoned that the broadcast was too fantastic to be true. Asked if the panic proved that people are not as smart as they think they are, Dr. Paynter said: "They are not as smart as Orson Welles thinks they are." Arthur F.

Buddington, chairman of Princeton department of geology, and Dr. Harry Hess, a professor In that department, thereupon set out to determine if the "rocket" was a meteor. They found only other sightseers. A dozen students at the university received long-distance telephone calls from panic-stricken parents, who asked them to return home at once. Both Orson Welles and the broadcasting company apologized today.

The Columbia system pointed out that the drama was announced as a fiction at the beginning of the air show, twice during the performance and once at its conclusion. The ra. dlo chains broke Into other programs for the next few hours to calm their listeners. Walter Winchell, widely-known publicist of secrets, Interrupted his own program to assure his listeners that the two worlds the Earth and, Mars had not really pffft. The Welles version of the war was startling In its realism.

First a weather report was given. Then dance mslc came over the air from a hotel. The carefree swing tune was suddenly stopped and a news bulletin was read. Professor Farrell of Mt. Jennings Observatory, near Chicago, discovered a series of gas explosions on the planet Mars, the bulletin said.

Next came a flash from Princeton that a meteor struck the earth in a nearby town and later reports that 40 were killed by the strange creatures who crawled from the "meteor." The reports grew, and 1,500 were held to be dead. OWE SMITH STREET (S. E. CORNER FULTON BROOKLYN FCC Asks Records On Mars 'Invasion That Shocked Nation Continued from Paf 1 not be broadcast over hall the radio. "I also feel that in this case caution should be exercised that any FCC action will not tend to handi cap development of the dramatic arts In broadcasting.

"I do not believe that Isolated instances of poor program service necessarily should require revocation of the license of the station at which such service originated. Of course, however, I would not make such exceptions for instances of criminal violations in radio broad casting." Thousands Alarmed The nation went about Its humdrum Monday business today, but for a few hours last night fantasy became real throughout the United States and thousands of men and women believed the end of the world was at hand. Mass hysteria such as the nation has not witnessed since the World War was reported from this city to California following a coast-to-coast program by the Columbia Broadcasting System of H. O. Wells' 40-year-old thriller, "The War of the Worlds." In London today Wells said he gave no permission to alter the story to make it seem fact and not lie- It Can't Happen Here! Cambridge, Mast, Oct.

31 (JPY The Harvard Astronomical Observatory, responding to a request for an opinion on the possibility of life on Man, today issued a statement saying there was no evidence that the higher forms of life, as known on earth, exist on Man. The Observatory's comment, following a radio broadcast describing a fictitious invasion on the earth by strange inhabitant of Man, was that communication or transmission of projectiles from any planet wai "material for fancy and fiction and not for science." tlon, English newspapers carried long accounts of the furor in the United States under headings such as "People Pray for Safety," and "Listeners in Panic After Broadcast." The radio version by Orson Welles, young Broadway producer, was so realistic that police switchboards all over the country were deluged with telephone calls from frantic persons who began fleeing from the horror of the death -ray weapons and gas reported as having been brought to this earth by the Invading warriors from the planet Mars. An official of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company estimated that the number of emergency calls made after the broadcast was between 75,000 to 100,000 In excess of normal. Referred to Brooklyn The radio script's one reference to Brooklyn occurred after the first announcement of the landing of the soldiers from Mars. White waiting for accounts from the "scene" of the tragedy, the announcer said: "In the meantime we take you to the Hotel Martinet in Brooklyn where Bobby Millette and his or chestra are offering a program of dance music." There is, of course, no such hotel In this borough.

V. S. Or den Inquiry The broadcast was followed today by an Investigation ordered by McNlnch, chairman of the Federal Communications Commis sion and an announcement by United States Senator Clyde L. Her ring of Iowa that he would Intro duce a bill to prevent a repetition ot such programs. "Radio has no more right to pre sent programs like that than some one has in knocking on your door and screaming," Senator Herring salt'.

Joining the wave of Indignation whicli followed the report that a metal cylinder with awesome Martian soldiers had landed at "Grovers Mills, N. killing 40 and starting the great war of the planets, was City Manager Paul Morton of Trenton. Trenton is near Grovevtlle, a town mistaken by many as the locale of the first battle. Mr. Morton insisted on a Federal Investigation.

Children Miss Thriller Most of the children who read Buck Rogers In the comics and have fectly He tossed aside his cigarette and was strapped Into a high-backed wooden chair. The wires of and electric-cardiograph were attached to his wrist and a small target was pinned over his heart. Then from behind a shield which screened them from view the five men of the execution squad fired. Four bullets tore Into Deering's heart one rifle was loaded with a blank and two minutes later Peering was dead. He struggled for approximately 15 seconds after the shots and then his head slumped forward.

He moaned but doctors said he felt no pain in the 120 seconds that elapsed between the rifle fire and the moment he was pronounced dead. toSWIM PIERREPONV SWIMMINC tOtr tjtaiAJko mm at 1 tosirun COURSE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION Writ itr initial "BE" Tokio's Fliers Bomb Wuchow 300 Japanese Slain in Taking Kwangmoon Other CitiesAttacked Canton, Oct. 31 (IP) The Inland port of Wuchow, gateway toKwangsl Province, was being evacuated today under pressure of Japanese aerial bombardments, which were believed to be a prelude to a Japanese drive in that direction. Wuchow, 90-mtIes west of Canton and terminus for ocean-going vessels on the West River, is a large trading center and distributing point for northern Kwangsi, southern Hunan and Kwelchow provinces. The Japanese also drove northward from Canton.

Chinese acknowledged the invaders had captured Kwangmoon, about 80 miles north of the fallen metropolis, but said 300 Japanese had been killed northeast of Tsungfa, about SO miles from Canton. Japanese warplanes subjected Tslngyun, 45 miles north of Canton, and Yuyuan, 70 miles farther to the north, to intensive bombing. Chinese said 34 grade school pupils were killed at Yuyuan. Canton continued deserted eight days after the Japanese occupation. Protests by XT.

S. Britain Hankow, Oct. 31 (P) Tightening of Japanese military restrictions In Hankow resulted in incidents today which led to protests from United States and British authorities, but amicable settlements were reached. The United States protest was made when a uniformed United States naval messenger was searched by Japanese sentries while acting as courier between the American consulate and the gunboat Luzon. A similar Incident Involving British I sailors brought a British protest.

examination in the event the magistrate decides the matter should be referred to the extraordinary grand Jury to be sworn in, in obedience to Governor Lehman's order, on Nov, 17. The young patrolman swore on Friday that he saw Behan come into the station house early In the morn ing of Oct. 15. Behan was brought to Felony Court today a little after 8:30 a.m fjom the City Prison. He was delivered at the Central Courts Building by a Department of Corrections van which also brought a group of other prisoners for arraignment in Fel ony Court and In the Court of Spe cial Sessions.

He was handcuffed to another prisoner and was taken to a detention cell in Felony Court to be held until his case is called for hear Ing at 3 p.m. Bondsman's Wife Is Arrested, 2d Woman Faces Indictment Daladier Drafts Vital Decrees Calls in Cabinet Aides After Discussing Plan With War Ministry BULLETIN London, Oct. 3t (JP) Sir John Anderson, broad-shouldered administrator who crushed terror in Bengal between 1932 and 1937. today was appointed Lord Privy Seal in a Cabinet shakeup believed to be preparatory to a widespread organization of the nation for defense. Viscount Runcleman, who tried In vain to mediate in the crisis which led to Germany's absorption of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland, was named Lord President of the council.

Malcolm MacMonald, already Secretary of Colonies, was gien the additional post of Do- mtnlons Secretary. Paris, Oct. 31 UP) Premier Kdou-ard Daladier called the first of a series of Cabinet meetings today to draft decree laws which political sources expected would exact heavy sacrifices from rich and poor alike in an effort to solve France's financial problem. With a blank check from the; governing Radical Socialist party in his pocket to do what he would with France's financial, economic and social life for two weeks, Daladier was expected to have his decrees ready for President Lebrun's signature before the end of this week. The Premier returned last night from Marseilles, where he won the approval of his party's national convention for his shift away from the People's Front toward conservatism, and began consultations immediately at the War Ministry on his new program.

Paris Opens 4-Power Talks Paris, Oct. 31 (U.R) Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet opened today a series of conversations which were regarded as the prelude to four-power negotiations for general European appeasement. Bonnet received his first repost from Andre Francois-Poncet, who has been transferred from the Berlin Embassy to Rome, on his last conversations with Adolf Hitler and high German officials. Bonnet then conferred In succession with Sir Eric Phipps, British ambassador; Auguste Coulondre, new French ambassador to Berlin; the Italian Charge D'Affaires, Ren-ato Prunas, and the German ambassador, Count Johannes von Welczky. British Cabinet Meets London, Oct.

31 (fl5) Prime Minister Chamberlain today met his lull Cabinet to draft his program for a Parliament session beginning to-rorrow which may see broad changes in British home policy and diplomacy. The Prime Minister's chief worries were how to reconcile ministerial differences over rearmament and how to allay national apprehension over admitted defense deficiencies. The three-day session of Parlia ment, opening tomorrow, was ex pected to be a "grand inquest" on Chamberlain's Munich deal as well as a sounding board for his proposal for putting the Easter Anglo-Italian accord Into effect and other foceign I policies. question had already been decided by Supreme Court justice Thomas C. Kadien when he dismissed the Injunction suit brought by Edna Barr and other property owners in an effort to prevent construction of the apartment building by the Al gonquin Realty Company.

That decision Is being appealed. The Individual property owners contend that the sewer system of Manhat tan Beach Is inadequate for the disposal of apartment house waste and that the sewers would be blocked If they are taxed further by apartment buildings. Justice Smith reserved decision. DRS. CADY, BEAN STEEVES DENTISTS Firing Squad Executes Slayer As Science Taps Last Heartbeat MY WORK I TAKES PLENTY (of concentration Afif) iHzN' -THAT OFTEN ggfo 7 MEANS NERVE fJV fjSTi Continued from Page 1 in County Court on the indictment.

It was expected before the day was over that the grand Jury would bring up an Indictment against a second woman who has been active in procuring bail bonds. Meanwhile, Special Prosecutor John Harlan Amen was prepared to continue the case of the missing police records in Brooklyn Felony Court. The clean-up of the Rubel armored car holdup advanced toward its final stages when District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan began presentation of the complex criminal coup to the grand Jury.

Martin Declines to Comment County Judge George W. Martin today flatly declined to make any further comment on the accusation of Louis Waldman, Laborite candidate for County Judge, that he had acted "Improperly" In directing an acquittal verdict In favor of Henry Abrahamson, who was on trial on a grand larceny indictment. "Nobody pays any attention to what Waldman says," was the Judge's cryptic disposal of the case. And the July grand Jury, which was all set to go ahead with "official corruption" phases of the fur racket case when the Governor ordered the special Investigation into that subject, was today prepared to bow gracefully out of the picture. James Crehan, the foreman, had in his pocket a report, to be submitted, giving an account of the work already done.

More Revelations Expected The hearing of Police Lt. Cuthbert J. Behan, accused of taking away records that were slit from books in the Bergen St. police station, in Brooklyn Police Headquarters, promised some new disclosures. It was slated to be resumed this afternoon before Magistrate Matthew J.

Troy in Felony Court. Patrolman James Sweeney was asked on Friday to return for further questioning. It was stated that Behan's side of the story will not be told at the Felony Court hearing because his lawyer, former Magistrate Leo Healy, will waive any further City Asks Court to Halt Fight On New Apartments at Beach Salt Lake City, Oct. 31 (U.R) John W. Deerlng was executed today by a sheriff's firing squad for the murder May 9 of Oliver R.

Meredith, Salt Lake City businessman, while an electro-cardiograph recorded, probably for the first time, the action of a human heart pierced by bullets. Deerlng puffed a cigarette and appeared unworried as he was led into the prison yard at 8:46 a.m., Brooklyn time. A black, double-peaked cap covered the upper part of his lace so that he could not see. When the death warrant was read by Sheriff S. Grant Young of Salt Lake County he stood quietly.

When the Sheriff reached the end Derlng said: "I understand per- THE ALLIED SURGICAL SERVICE 1747 Union Brooklyn PReildtnt 2-2121 X-Ray, Kluoroscope, Electro-Card losram for Heart Testing, Basal Metabolism Tests. Short Wave Diathermy. Moderate Rates. FhysJciau la Attendanca. Another legal skirmish In the fight of Manhattan Beach homeowners to keep large apartment houses out of the exclusive seashore colony was fought today before Justice Peter P.

Smith In Brooklyn Supreme Court. The Corporation Counsel asked the dismissal of a pending certiorari proceeding Intended to appeal from a ruling by the Board of Standards and Appeals, which upheld the issuance of a permit by the Building Commissioner for the erection of a large apartment house on Oriental from Beaumont St. to Coleridge St. The city contended that the legal i HTTiTTJTIMlTTTiWTTIHSiV. I I s4 TrftfiVwT-J 1.