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of of Th By 707 1 30. For Classified Ad Results BROOKLYN EAGLE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1940 Telephone MAin 4-6200 15 Deaths Edmund Benguerel, Francis Bird, Sarah Burton, Martha Callahan, Alice Conly, Patrick Coyle, Mary F.

Davis, George Donlon, Mary Fiero, Helena Fint, Amelia K. Flanagan, Mary A. Fraher, Edgar Gannalo, Nicholas Gowdey, Joseph Haran, Thomas J. Kane, Patrick Keller, Philip H. Kelley, Loretta V.

Kelly, Thomas F. Kilduff, James Kleinert, Irene M. Krakstad, Oline Lewis, Annie D. Marshall, Ira F. Maslin, Lillian R.

McAleer, Catherine A. Prall, Oscar A. Quent, Mina Quinn, Frank Quinn, Harriet K. Reilly, Catherine Schall, William Sherman, Smith, Mildred Soden, Martha Sullivan, John J. Taylor, Minnie Timms, John H.

Vollkommer, Edith Walker, Wheeler, Jamesey Wild, Robert ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS-THOMAS J. HARAN, member Division 35 since 1879, died Wednesday. Members requested meet at Division, 3021 Tilden Jan. 5, 8:30 p.m.; thence to home. BABCOCK-On Wednesday, Jan.

3, 1940, EDMUND beloved husband of Elizabeth B. loving father of Mrs. Ray E. Yakes, Mrs. William H.

Tribble. Funeral services at the Union Church of Bay Ridge, 80th St. and Ridge Boulevard, Friday, Jan. 5, at 8:30 p.m. BENGUEREL Thursday, January 4, 1940, FRANCIS beloved father of Edson A.

Benguerel. Servtees at the B. Cooke, Funeral Home, Flatbush AveWalter, nue, Saturday, 2 p.m. Interment Green- -Wood Cemetery. BIRD--On Thursday, Jan.

4, 1940, SARAH wife of the late Peter E. Bird. Service at her residence, 519 5th on Saturday, 11 a.m. BURTON-MARTHA, on Jan. 1940.

Survived by niece, Katherine Delavan Ramsom. Services Jan. 8.30 p.m., J. B. O'Connor Funeral Home, 406 Clarkson Ave.

Interment Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. Jan. 6. CALLAHAN ALICE F. (nee Slater), on Jan.

beloved wife of Denis mother of Jeremiah, John, Denis, Mary McEnerney, Elizabeth Greer and Alice Boltman and cousin Margaret Healy. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 6, from her home, 2045 E. 17th at 9:30 a.m. Blessing at St.

Edmund's Church, 10 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. CONLY- On Jan. 3, 1940, at his residence, 912 Herkimer PATRICK retired sergeant of the N. Y.

P. D. He is survived by his wife, Margaret A. Hudson Conly; three sons, Dr. Leonard Leland P.

and Dr. Hugh Conly; two daughters, Ruth M. Conly and Mrs. John Winston of London, England. Funeral from his residence Monday, Jan.

8, at 7:45 a.m.: thence to St. Benedict's R. C. Church, Fulton Ralph where a' solemn requiem mass will be offered at 8 a.m. Interment N.

Y. COYLE- 3. MARY FRANCES COYLE, wife of Joseph P. and mother of Dolly and Muriel Coyle. Funeral Jan.

6, 349 E. Fulton Long Beach, L. at 9:30 a.m. DAVIS GEORGE on Thursday, Jan. 4, 1940, beloved father of Lillian Behringer, Walter E.

and Robert H. Davis. Reposing at Weigand Brothers Funeral Home, 207 Nassau corner Russell Greenpoint. Services Sunday, p.m. Funeral Monday, 2 p.m.

Interment Cypress Hills Cemetery. DONLON-On Jan. 3, MARY beloved sister of Margaret E. and Thomas F. Donlon.

Funeral Monday morning from Henry McCaddin's Chapel, 24. 7th requiem St. Joseph's Church, 10 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. FIERO On January 5, at her home, HELENA, widow of Peter Fiero, in her 86th year.

Surviving her are son, Raymond a grandson, Raymond and a great2, granddaughter, Ann. Funeral services and interment private. Please omit flowers. FINT-On Jan. 3, 1940, in her 64th year, AMELIA KAISER FINT (nee Daiber), dear mother of Harold G.

and Gustav, and sister of Sophia Haushalter, Ottilie Eliason, Edward, Oscar and Herman Daiber. Services Friday, 8 p.m., at George Werst Funeral Home, Hart Street, corner Evergreen Avenue. Funeral Saturday, 11 a.m. Interment Evergreens Cemetery. FLANAGAN- On January 4, 1940, MARY ANNA, beloved wife of the late John Flanagan and dear mother of Mrs.

Eleanor Bourland, Mrs. Marie Elwood and John Flanagan. Reposing at the Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 1218 Flatbush until Saturday, 2 p.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

FRAHER-EDGAR, on January 4, 1940, of 9727 75th Street, Ozone Park; aged 37. Survived by three sisters and four brothers. Reposing et John Christen's Funeral Home, 69-46 Central Avenue, Glendale. Funeral on Monday at 9:30 a.m.; thence to St. Sylvester's R.

C. Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery. GANNALO-On Jan.

4, NICHOLAS beloved husband of Margaret Gannalo; dear father of Mrs. Herman Knelsel, Nicholas, William, Frank, Harold and George Gannalo; brother of Mrs. Frances Ramsay, Mrs. John Holleran. Funeral from his home, 554 Clinton on Monday at 9:30 a.m.; thence to Church of the Visitation, where solemn mass will be offered.

VITAL NOTICES (Acknowledgments, Births, Condolences, Confirmations, Deaths, page me Marriages, Masses, Memoriams, Resolutions) accepted until 10 P.M. for publication the following day or from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. (11 A.M. on Saturdays) tor publication in the next available edition of the same day's paper.

The Vital Notice rate 13 90 cents per line. MAin 4-6200 Deaths GOWDEY-On Wednesday, Jan 1940, JOSEPH B. of Stony Brook, L. beloved husband of Margaret Chandler Gowdey. Services at Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Friday, 8 p.m.

HAR ANOn January 3, 1940, THOMAS dear father of Allan D. D. John, Walter and Celestine Haran; also brother of Mrs. Dalton: survived by four children. Funeral from his residence, 2724 Tilden Avenue, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.

Blessing at Holy Church at 2 p.m. Mass Monday at 9:30 a.m. KANE -PATRICK. on Thursday at his residence, 406 Degraw Street. He is survived by his wife, Mary; three sons and three daughters.

Funeral Monday at 9:30 a.m.; thence to St. Agnes Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. KELLER- On January 3, 1940. beloved husband Annie Scheuerle and father of Mrs.

Charlotte Hedberg, Mrs. Margaret Ratz and Lillian Keller, in his 77th year. Funeral services will be held at his home, 63 Pomona Newark, N. on Saturday at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends, also officers and members of Anthon Lodge No.

769, F. A. are invited to attend. Interment Evergreen Cemetery, -LORETTA V. (Etta).

On December 31, suddenly, at Los Angeles, wife of dear mother of James sister of Mrs. Mae Heck, Mrs. Genevieve Zickert, Robert, John and George Clark. Friends may call at chapel, 40 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, after p.m. Sunday, January 7.

Requiem mass St. Teresa's R. C. Church, Monday, 9:45 a.m. -THOMAS on January 4, beloved Marie, Kathryn, Rose, John and Peter.

Funeral Monday at 9:30 a.m. from James McCue Funeral Home, 395 Autumn Avenue. Solemn requiem mass R. Church of St. Sylvester.

Interment Calvary Cemetery. KILDUFF On Jan. 4, 1940, JAMES of 275 Carlton beloved husband of Elizabeth; devoted son of Ellen Kilduff, loving brother of Mrs. Mary Finley. Reposing at Fred Herbst Sons Funeral Home, 83 Hanson Place.

Interment Holy Crosss Cemetery, Monday, 10 a.m. KLEINERT-IRENE on January 5, 1940, at her residence, 8603 Shore Road, beloved daughter of Emma C. and the late Albert sister of Mrs. H. J.

Iles, Albert E. Jr. and Edwin W. Notice of funeral later. KRAKSTAD-On Jan.

4, 1940, OLINE KRAKSTAD, beloved sister of Mrs. Ovida Latemore. Services at Home, 225 9th SatSolheim, p.m. Interment Valhalla Cemetery. LEWIS-On January 5, ANNIE DRIGGS, widow of Wright F.

Lewis mother of Wright F. and Charles D. Lewis. Services at the home of her son, Wright F. Lewis, 212 West Lena Avenue, Freeport, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

MARSHALL On Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1940, IRA of 33-23 159th Flushing; son of the late John and Mary Jane Marshall. Service at the Fairchild Chapel, 141-26 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Friday, 7:30 p.m. MASLIN-LILLIAN January beloved mother of Mae Lord and Harry Maslin. Services at Moadinger Funeral Parlors, 1120 Flatbush Friday, 8 p.m.

35-34 Heights, DER, CATHERINE of beloved wife of the John devoted mother of Captain John J. McAleer, Thomas, Martin, Mrs. Nellie Hartmann, Mrs. Kathryn Barendt and Mae. Funeral from the Grath Funeral Home, 91-20 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, L.

Saturday, January 6, 9:30 a.m. PRALL On January 4, 1940. OSCAR. Prall and beloved devoted husband father of of Victor John Mrs. Elizabeth P.

Browne and Mrs. Helen P. Taylor. Service at Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Saturday, 8 p.m. Interment private.

QUENT Jan. 3, 1940, MINA BURKART, beloved mother of John, Bertha and Mamie. Funeral from the chapel, 7602 Rockaway Boulevard, Ozone Park, L. Monday, 9:30 a.m.; thence to the Church of St. Elizabeth, 84th St.

and Atlantic where mass of requiem will be offered. Direction Edwin Bayha. QUINN of 8101 7th on Jan. 3, beloved husband of Mabel. Funeral from the parlors of James F.

McKeon and Son, 7212 Fort Hamilton Parkway, on Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; thence to R. C. Church of St. Ephrem where a blessing will be offered. Interment St.

John's Cemetery, QUINN- January 3, 1940, HARRIET (nee Kelly), at her residence, 542 9th Street, wife of the late Michael, mother of Henrietta, Mrs. Joseph Cunningham, Mrs. Frank Twiggs, Michael and James. Funeral Monday, 9 a.m., from Funeral Home, 476 73d Street; thence to the R. C.

Church of St. Francis Xavier, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. REILLY CATHERINE FORD, Jan. 4, at her home, 208 11th beloved mother of Mary Ravener, Reynolds, William and Charles; survived by seven Ross.

grandchildren. Final blessing Saturday, 2 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas R. Church, also where a solemn requiem mass will be offered, Monday, 9 a.m. Arrangements by Joseph G.

Duffy. 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 4-6200. John H. Timms, Undertaker, Dies Pioneer South Brooklyn Mortician Was Active In Catholic Affairs John Henry Timms of 118 8th pioneer South Brooklyn undertaker and one of the early parishioners of the R. C.

Church of St. Francis Xavier, died this morning in the Holy Family Hospital from pneumonia following an operation. He was 66 and was a lifelong resident of the borough. Born in Carroll St. between 4th and 5th Mr.

Timms has been in the undertaking business since he was 17 years old. He was long identified with civic religious affairs of Park Slope was one of and the small group who attended the first mass when the Church of St. Francis Xavier was in a private dwelling at the corner of 6th Ave. and Carroll St. AIDED MONS.

HICKEY The young undertaker helped the first pastor, the late Mons. David J. Hickey, in his early work in the parish, providing camp chairs for the first mass and also aided in the construction of the altar. Continuing his interest in church, Mr. Timms organized St.

Vincent de the Paul Society of the parish, was one of the first members of its Holy Name Society. He retained his activity in the societies throughout his life. Mr. Timm's sphere of Catholic activity extended beyond his own parish. He was prominent in the work of the societies assisting charitable institutions of the diocese as a member of the Emerald Association, the Committee for the Care of the Blind, St.

Vincent's Home for Boys, and the Little Sisters the Poor. He also was a member Columbus of Council 126, K. of Brooklyn Lodge, 22, B. P. O.

and the St. Patrick Society. LEAVES WIFE, 3 CHILDREN Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy Timms, two daughters, Mrs. Austin Titus, wife of the former secretary of the New York Police Department; and Mrs.

Edward A. Wynne, wife of Municipal Court Justice Wynne; a son J. Joseph Timms and eleven grandchildren, two of whom are Cy Titus, Holy Cross College football star and George Titus, prominent in Brooklyn Prep athletic affairs. The funeral will be held Monday from the home, followed by a requiem mass at 10 a.m. in St.

Francis Xavier's. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Deaths SCHALL-WILLIAM. formerly of 10. beloved Woodbine father of in Charles his T.

74th Schall. year; Services at the Chapel of N. F. Walker, 8607 Jamaica WoodSaturday, 2 p.m. Interment Cypress Hills Cemetery.

SHERMAN-At Hotel St. George, on Thursday, January 4, 1940, ELIZABETH, beloved mother of Sarah A. Myers and grandmother of John Sherman Myers. Services the Fairchild Chapel, 86. Lefferts Place, Saturday, 2 p.m.

Interment private. SMITH--On Wednesday, Jan 3, 1940, MILDRED MAGONIGLE, beloved wife of J. Lester Smith of 117- 01 Park Lane South, Kew Gardens, L. I. Services at the home of her mother, Mrs.

Ida Magonigle, 37 Monroe on Friday at 8 p.m. a beloved mother of SODEN, MARTHA on ThursHarvey J. Lester and Raymond Soden. Reposing at Weigand Brothers Funeral Home, 1015 Halsey St. Services Saturday, 2 p.m.

Interment Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N. J. SULLIVAN-On January 4, 1940. JOHN J. SULLIVAN, beloved father of Mrs.

Mary Lindquist and William Moore Sullivan; brother of Mrs. Catherine Smith. Funeral from the chapel of George Siebold, 384 Van Brunt Street, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. TAYLOR-On Jan.

4. MINNIE LOUISE (nee Baur), wife of Frank C. Taylor; sister of Mrs. Theresa Cherry, Mrs. Catherine Tanner, Gustav, Charles S.

and Robert Baur. Funeral services at Central Congregational Chapel, Hancock near Franklin Saturday. Jan. 6. 2 p.m.

Reposing at E. J. Ebbers Funeral Home, 396 Gates until 10 a.m. Saturday. TIMMS -JOHN on January 5, beloved husband of Elizabeth Murphy and devoted father of Mrs.

Austin E. Titus, Mrs. Edward A. Wynne and J. Joseph Timms; brother of Thomas Timms and Mrs.

Lydia Carlin: also survived by eleven grandchildren. Funeral from his home, 118 8th Avenue, Monday at 9:30 a.m. Solemn requiem one mass St. Francis Xavier R. C.

Church. VOLLKOMMER-EDITH Jan. 3, at her home, 87-02 79th Ave, beloved wife of Robert and mother of Robert Vollkommer Jr. Funeral from the Clarence F. Simonson Funeral Home, 119-04 Hillside Richmond Hill, on Saturday, Jan.

6, at 2 p.m. WALKER JAMES beloved husband of the late Anna M. Stauder Walker, of 318 Jerome on Thursday, aged 65. Survived by three sons, two sisters, Mrs. Annie Sowden and Mrs.

Elizabeth Taylor. Member of the Lithographers Union, Local No. 1. Services Sunday at 9 p.m. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m.

WHEELER-WESLEY GEORGE. January 4, aged 10 years, after a lingering illness; beloved son of George and Georgiana Wheeler. Survived by two sisters, Viola and Audrey; one brother, Duane. Funeral from home, 2034 E. 61st Street, Monday, 2 o'clock.

Interment Cypress Hills Cemetery. WILD--On Jan. 4, 1940, ROBERT beloved husband of Eleanor M. McKibbin; devoted father of Eleanor and Roberta Wild. Services at his residence, 396 1st Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

Interment Green- Wood Cemetery. Succumbs at 65 Otto B. Shuloht Otto B. Shulhof. Ex-Port Official Chairman of Three Hylan Committees -Prominent Furrier Funeral services for Otto B.

Shulhof, former commissioner of the Port of New York Authority and chairman of three mayor's committees during the Hylan administration, who died yesterday of heart disease at his home, 136 Beach 2d Far Rockaway, will be held Sunday at the a Riverside Memorial Chapel, 1250 Central Far Rockaway. The services will be conducted at 11 a.m. by Rabbi Isaac Landman of Temple Beth Elohim, 8th Ave. and Garfield Place. Burial will be in Washington Cemetery.

Mr. Shulhof was 65 and had been a resident of Far Rockaway for 35 years. In addition to having been active in Tammany politics, he had engaged in a variety of financial enterprises but gave up most of his business pursuits about eight years ago. STARTED IN FUR BUSINESS Born in Bohemia on Sept. 28.

1874. Mr. Shulhof came country as a boy and spent his youth tosthis on the lower east side. He entered the fur business a and dress manufacturing business, and in 1919 was president of the Associated Dress Industries of America. Two years later he had his own dress manufacturing firm in Manhattan.

He also was associated with the firm of Lucille, a modiste establishment of the late Lady Duff -Gordon. In 1922 Mr. Shulhof went to Russia to contract for the Soviet Government's supply of fur skins in behalf of the Eitington-Schild Company. He carried letters from President Harding and former Governor Alfred E. Smith.

Difficulties developed which resulted in prolonged litigation. In March, 1930, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld a judgment for $96.840 in Mr. Shulhof's favor against the Eitington-Schild concern. ACTIVE IN TAMMANY For many years Mr. Shulof was active in Tammany Hall.

He had served as vice chairman of organization's executive committee. During the administration of his friend, the late Mayor John F. Hylan, he served as chairman of the Mayor's Committees on Recreation, Reception of Distinguished Guests and Rent Profiteering. Mr. Shulof was appointed to the Port of New York Authority by Governor Smith in March, 1924, to succeed Eugenius H.

Outerbridge. He resigned in March, 1927. Among Mr. Shulof's many friends were Postmaster General Farley, Senator Wagner, former Mayor Walker and Grover A. Whalen.

His former home at 1528 Point Breeze Place, Far Rockaway, which was badly damaged by fire on March 5, 1933, was the scene of many political gatherings and of frequent lawn parties. Mr. Shulof was president of the Odorless By-Products and Reduction Company which in 1922 sought unsuccessfully to obtain a contract with the city for the disposal of garbage at the old plant at Barren Island. He was president of the Daulite Electric Lamp Corporation in 1925, and in 1927 headed the American Neon Light and Sign Corporation. In recent years he had been active in the real estate Mr.

Shulof was a member of National Democratic Club and the Inwood Country Club. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clara Shulof: a son, Otto and three stepchildren, Joseph M. Baum, Milton Baum and Mrs. Bertha Gordon.

Independent Gains 38,000,000 Riders A gain of 38.023.019 riders for 1939 over 1938 was shown by the records of the city's Independent Subway System, the Board of Transportation announced yesterday. Riders during the year ended Dec. 31, 1939. including those who used the World's Fair route, totaled 399.180,- 397. In Memoriam In Memoriam CAIN-In memory of MARGARET T.

CAIN, who died Jan. 5, 1939. Mass offered. Masses Masses McCARRON-ERNEST. Sixth anniversary mass, Jan.

6, 8 o'clock, Holy Family Church, 13th St. To have, to hold and then to part Is the greatest sorrow of our hearts. MOTHER, SISTERS, BROTHER. WARD--In loving memory of a devoted husband and father, PATRICK J. WARD, who died Jan.

6, 1939. First anniversary mass at St Agatha's R. C. Church, on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 10 o'clock.

DAUGHTERS. Borough Leaders Attend HoganRites St. Teresa's Church Thronged in Tribute To Noted Democrat Members of the bench, political leaders and other prominent figures in public life today thronged St. Teresa's R. C.

Church, Classon Ave. and Sterling Place, during a solemn requiem mass for David J. Hogan, former secretary to the Democratic County Committee, who died Tuesday in his home, 135 Eastern Parkway, at the age of 59. Mr. Hogan, who was one best known Democrats in Brooklyn, nad served as confidential secretary to three leaders of his party, Senator Patrick H.

McCarren, who was Mr. Hogan's uncle: John H. McCooey and Frank V. Kelly. He was assistant general clerk of the Supreme Court, to which he had been attached for the last 27 vears.

PASTOR IS CELEBRANT The celebrant of the mass was Mons. John B. Gorman, pastor of St. Teresa's church, with the Rev. William G.

Ryan as deacon and the Rev. Gerard J. Sheridan as subdeacon. Burial was in Calvary etery. The ushers were James Halpin, Thomas F.

Cuite, Stephen Higgins, John Lynch, John Derby, Joseph Segrall, Edward Dugan and Philip Riley. Practically every Supreme Court Justice in the borough who was in the city was present. They included Justices Peter B. Smith, John H. McCooey Edward Riegelmann, Charles C.

Lockwood. Frank E. Johnson, Joseph Fennelly and Fran- cis D. McGarey. BENNETT PRESENT Others present included Attorney General John J.

Bennett District Tax Supervisor David F. Soden, General Clerk Kenneth Sutherland and Assistant General Clerk John McQuade of the Supreme Albert S. McGrover of the Supreme Court staff; Chief Estate Attorney Harry M. Peyser, County Judge Edwin L. Garvin and City Court Justice Sylvester Sabbatino.

A delegation of district leaders headed by County Leader Kelly included James, Sexton, James A. Bell, William Mahon, William J. Heffernan, James Heffernan, Joseph B. Whitty, Congressman Thomas H. Cullen, John F.

Lantry, Joseph Marcelle, Assembly Minority Leader Irwin Steingut, James Tuomey, Hyman Schorenstein. Frank Cunningham and James Allen. Others who attended were Postmaster Frank J. Quayle Deputy County Clerk William A. Lane, Edward J.

Callan, former Fire Commissioner John J. Dorman, former Sanitation Commissioner Alfred Taylor, Joseph Callan, Everett D. McCooey, 0 J. Callahan, Thomas F. Grady, Sidney Gottesman, Max Abelman.

Patrick Hoey, John Crotty and Joseph J. Early. Greater N. Y. Fund Raised $7.000.000 The Greater New York Fund collected more than $7.000,000 in its 1938 and 1939 campaigns, it was revealed yesterday as John A.

Brown, president of the Socony Vacuum Oil Company, accepted the chairmanship of the fund's 1940 campaign. Mr. Brown succeeds Thomas I. Parkinson, president of the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States, to whom James G. Blaine, president of the Greater New York Fund.

presented a scroll in token of appreciation for his services. Announcement of Mr. Brown's acceptance of the post was made by Walter S. Gifford, chairman of the fund's executive committee. Winthrop W.

Aldrich, chairman of the board of the Chase National Bank. presented the new chairman to a meeting of the executive committee in the Bankers Club, 120 Broadway, Manhattan. Thomas J. Haran Burial Tomorrow Thomas J. Haran, well -known stonecutter specializing in cemetery memorials, who died Wednesday in his home.

2724 Tilden after an illness of three months, will be buried tomorrow afternoon following a blessing in Holy Cross R. C. Church, Church and Rogers A solemn requiem mass for Mr. Haran, a native of County Clare, Ireland, and member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Brooklyn for 61 years, will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Holy Cross Church by the Rev.

Maurice Rochford of St. Catherine of Genoa Church. A delegation from the Catholic Dentists Guild, in which his son, Dr. Allan T. Haran, is active as chairman of the good and welfare committee, will visit the home tonight, aS will members of the A.

O. which Mr. Haran joined when he was only 14. Surviving in addition to Dr. Haran are two other sons, John and Walter Haran; a daughter, Miss Celestine Haran; a sister, Mrs.

Winifred Dalton, and four grandchildren. Aid to Sick War Vets Set Record in 1939 Washington, Jan. 5 (U.P)-The Vetcrans' Administration reported to Congress today that more veterans were treated for disabilities during the fiscal year 1939 than in any other year. Admissions to veterans' hospitals totaled 165,576, an increase of 8 percent over the previous year. More than 92 percent were for treatment of disabilities not connected with war service.

FO 9-4200 CADET Neigand FUNERAL Bros DIRECTORS 1015 HALSEY ST BKLYN. CHAPELS AURILABLE IN ALL COMMUNITIES Flora Finch, Pioneer in Films; Evelyn Goldsmith, Comedienne's Age Still Mystery Aided Crippled Partner of John Bunny Never Would Reveal Founder of Children's Time or Place of Birth-In Pictures Until End Home in Rockaway Devoted Life to Them Hollywood, Jan. 5 (U.P) -Flora carried with her to the grave today Nobody knew the date of her bly she was nearer 80. She would at the mystery solvers who said she was 71. Miss Finch, the long, lean, and lanky woman who in the nickelodeon days made the late John Bunny's life miserable on screen once a week, died in the Crood Samaritan Hospital.

She scratched her arm last week, apparently with a can opener. A streptococcus infection set in and Miss Finch died late yesterday after falling into a coma. CAME TO U. S. IN '90's Born in England--she never would say exactly where- -Miss Finch came to America in the '90's and soon achieved fame as a laugh provoker.

David Wark Griffith brought her to Hollywood to join his troupe of unknowns, including Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall and Mack Sennett. Miss Finch was the first performer Hollywood achieve top billing in a one-reeler which reached its climax and sudden end when the toe of the villain's boot sent her sailing downstairs. In 1910 she made her historic association with great John Bunny. For five years" she and made one picture a week.

Bunny weighed almost 300 pounds Finch, first of the movies' comediennes, the secret of a woman. birth. She might have been 60. Possihave tittered, as only she could titter, and the customers always felt cheated if he didn't fall upon her at least once during the reel. Miss Finch lived alone, never married and told every one who dared ask about it, that she was "over 16." After Bunny's death in 1916 she went on to still greater even became head of Finch Floral Films, organized especially to exploit her own brand of humor.

As she became elderly she kept on work in such films as "Captain Salvation." "Quality Street," "The Scarlet Letter" and many another. A few years ago she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and moved into a cottage in Culver City to be near her work. Only last week she appeared in a. bit part in Take This Woman." In the early days of motion pictures, Flora Finch was featured with the late John Bunny in comedies made at the Vitagraph Studio in Flatbush, the stars of which in her day included Maurice Costello and Lillian Walker. Her screen career began with Vitagraph in 1910.

Louis F. Stoll, 50, Call Meeting To Curb Vandals Of Publishing Firm In City Parks Was Vice President, Director of McGraw-Hill -In Business Since '14 Louis Francis Stoll of 69 Arleigh Road, Great Neck, vice president and diretor of the McGraw- Hill Publishing Company, of Manhattan, died yesterday in the Polyclinic Hospital, Manhattan, after an illness of several months. He was 50. A native of Arkansas City. Mr.

Stoll was graduated from St. Mary's College, Kansas, in 1909. He had be been active in the publishing business since 1914, first with the Class Journal Company, publishers of Motor Age, Motor World and Automotive Industries. He had been associated with the McGraw-Hill organization for the last 15 years and was in charge of the company's transportation papers, Transit Journal, Bus Transportation and Aviation. Last year he also had charge of the company's district office operations.

Mr. Stoll was a director of the Electric Company and the USL Battery Corporation and Lite was a member of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. His widow, the former Adelaide Wallace, and a daughter, Miss Mary Stoll, survive. The funeral will be held from the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Church.

Madison Ave. and 81st Manhattan, with a solemn high mass of requiem at Holy Cross R. C. Church. 329 W.

42d Manhattan, at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury. Robert S. Wild.

49. Boro Industrialist Robert S. Wild, 49, of 396 1st an industrial promoter and formerly well-known in the shipping and lumber business, died yesterday at his home after a protracted illness. Mr. Wild was at one time president of the Northern Stevedoring Company and general manager of the Five Continent Steamship Company.

He had been a member of the Maritime Exchange, the New York Produce Exchange, the Downtown Athletic Club and the Nylta Club. Mr. Wild, a native of Brooklyn, is survived by his widow, Eleanor M. McKibben Wild and two daughters, Eleanor and Roberta Wild. Services will be held at the home at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday. Interment will be in Green -Wood Cemetery. Turkey to Free Convicts For Quake Rescues Ankara, Jan. 5 -Pardons for 15 convicts who scorned escape and risked their lives to rescue more than 1.000 women and children buried under wreckage by the Anatolian earthquake of Dec. 27 were recommended by the government at a special Parliamentary session.

The men. all serving long sentences in barracks at the Erzincan prison, displayed what the government called "magnificent courage." Damage was reported today from new earth shocks that toppled buildings in the Smyrna region and Samsun and Amasia, but no new losses of life were recorded. Macy President Suffers a Relapse Phoenix. Jan. 5 -Percy S.

Straus of New York City. president of R. H. Macy Company, has suffered a relapse. He was stricken with a nervous disorder in midDecember but was believed recovering.

Dr. Robert E. Flinn said his condition today was 'as bad" as when he was first stricken Members of the Straus family have returned to his bedside from New York. The group here includes Mrs. Straus, the three sons, Ralph.

Percy Jr. and Donald. and Straus' sister, Mrs. Sarah Hess, all of New York. We are always ready to as sist you with practical advice.

Funeral Director NEW ENLARGED CHADELS SOUTH 8 6981 237: ST. B'KLYN. Miss Evelyn Goldsmith, founder and president of the Evelyn Goldsmith Home for Crippled Children, Seagirt Ave. and Beach 1st Far Rockaway, died yesterday in Miami, it was learned here today. A pioneer in the instruction of crippled children, Miss Goldsmith founded the home at Arverne in 1911.

It was moved a few years later to Rockaway Beach. It receives children between the ages of 6 and 12 from the public schools and from orthopedic surgeons and has graduated more than 1,500. A teacher was provided for the home by the Board of Education and in 1930 the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, whose committee on crippled children Miss Goldsmith headed for many years, gave to the institution a salt water swimming pool. TAUGHT FOR YEARS Miss Goldsmith helped to organize the first special class for crippled children in the public schools in this city and was a teacher for a number of years. Afflicted with a deformed shoulder, she decided in girlhood to devote her life to the welfare of crippled children.

She was formerly president of the Public School Teachers Association of Crippleder. Mrs. Children. Susie G. Ernstthal, survives.

Services will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Riverside Funeral Chapel, 76th St. and Amsterdam Manhattan. The first of a series of mass meetings called by the Brooklyn Civic Council in the hope of inaugurating a program of education to reduce vandalism in city parks and playgrounds will be held on Wednesday night, Jan. 17.

in the auditorium of the Brooklyn Edison Building, 380 Pearl St. About 800 persons, including parents, Parent Teacher Association representatives, as well as leaders in civic groups and boys' clubs, will attend the meeting at which colored motion pictures of the development of the park and playground system in this city will be shown. Speakers will include representatives from the Park Department, the Police Department, the office of the borough president, the Municipal Art Society and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Roy M. Mann.

chairman of the committee on parks and playgrounds of the Council, revealed that property valued at approximately 000 was destroyed by vandals during the past nine months. William Gardiner Final Rites Held Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Bellport, Jan. 5 Private funeral services were held at 10 a.m. today for William Francis Gardiner. 77, who died Wednesday night after a brief illness.

The services were held at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Eugene Hulse, the Rev. W. Robert Hampshire, rector of Christ Episcopol Church, officiating.

Burial was in Woodland Cemetery. Mr. Gardiner, who was born Thanksgiving Day. Nov. 25.

1862, on W. 47th Manhattan, had been engaged in the real estate and business here since 1890. He was a frequent contributor to the news columns of the Brooklyn Eagle and for more than 30 years wrote a column for the Patchogue Advance the pen name of F. He was a former member of the Board of Education and a charter member of Court Belvidere, Foresters of America. He came here as a boy of five years with his parents to spend Summers in their his country home, took and his upon reaching majority up permanent residence here.

In addition to Mrs. Hulse he is survived by his widow. Mrs. Mary Camerden Gardiner. and three other daughters, Mrs.

William Robinson, Mrs. Samuel Peterson and Mrs. Paul Groh. Lou Gehrig Sworn In To Full 10-Year Term Lou Gehrig, former Yankee first baseman and idol of New York baseball fans, today was sworn in by Mayor LaGuardia at City Hall to the full ten -year term as a member of the Parole Commission at a salary of $6.000 a year. Gehrig was appointed last Summer, after he was stricken with a rare form of infantile paralysis, to fill out the unexpired term of Mrs.

Rose M. Reese on the parole board. That term expired Dec. 29 and Mayor announced today, after the swearing in, that he had appointed Gehrig to the full term. Plane Crash Hurting Senator Laid to Clouds New Orleans, Jan.

5 (P) -Low visibility was blamed today for a plane crash rear here last night in which State Senator Arthur F. Foran, 58. of Flemington, N. wealthy industrialist and father of Dick Foran, movie actor, and two others were hurt. Lt.

Earl Estelle. 41, pilot of the New Jersey National Guard plane, said he was attempting to get under a low ceiling when the craft crashed into a swamp near the New Orleans Airport. Dignified Funerals Moderately Priced GEORGE D. CONANT Moadinger Funeral Parlors 1120 Flatbush B'klyn Tel. BUckminster 2-0247 William B.

Bowne. Of Quaker Family Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Pittsfield. Jan. 5-Funeral services will be held privately for William Broadwell Bowne, retired member of the New York Stock Exchange and a descendant of John Bowne, Quaker, who built the Bowne House in Flushing, L. in 1661.

Mr. Bowne, a great-grandson of Walter Bowne, Mayor of New York from 1829 to 1833. died Wednesday night at the Larches, his Summer home in Richmond, at the age of 74., The Bowne House was the first built in Flushing and served as a meeting place for the Friends. It still stands at 37-01 Bowne Flushing. Surviving Mr.

Bowne are his widow. the former Grace Hague; a son, Harold Bowne, and two sisters. Mrs. Frederick D. Sutton of New York and Mrs.

Frank Sutton of San Francisco. Hold Memorial Rites For Jacobi Tonight A memorial service for Harold Jacobi, president of Schenley Distillers Corporation. and a leader in civic and charitable enterprises, will be held Temple Israel, Lawrence, tonight at 8:15. Brief addresses will be made by Mortimer Hays, president of the New York Chapter of the Lawyers Guild, and Rabbi William Schwartz. Mr.

Hays is also presi dent of the temple. Mr. Jacobi died suddenly New Year's Eve, 1938, in his home or Short Cut Road, Woodmere. He was 54. For three years prior to his deatl he had been chairman of the an Night of Stars program a' 'Madison Square Garden for the ben efit of the United Palestine Appea He had served also as chairman the Greater New York Fund the appeal and was a member of th Corresponding Council for the sup port of Jewish philanthropic so cities.

With George Backer, P. had been chairman of the Palestine Exhibit at the New York World' Fair. Edgar Fraher Edgar Fraher of 97-27 75th Ozone Park, died yesterday in the Mary Immaculate Hospital, Jamaica, He was born in Brooklyn 37 years ago and had been employed by the Brooklyn Edison Company for 14 years. Surviving are three sisters. Alice, Winifred and Eleanor and brothers.

George. Lawrence. Joseph and Francis. The funeral will be held John Christen's Funeral Home, 69-46 Central Ave Glendale, at 9:30 a.m. Monday, with a solemn requiem mass in St.

Sylvester's R. C. Church. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.

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