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2 M2 Brooklyn daily eagle, new york, Friday, October 2. 1936 1 1 i Suspect Seized City's Tax Levy Budget 68,530,093 Above Rises Last Year's Witch Sprouts Horns, Breathes Fire In N. the Neighbors Tell It Roosevelt Here To Start Work iOnQiieensTiibe Till See Series Game anil Dedicate Medical Center in Jersey Citv 19th A Democrats Swinging to G. O. another said.

"I saw blaring streams of fire coming from the witch's head." Recorder Brown interrupted patiently and pointed out that If there was fire something would be burned. The witness replied that the husband of the woman had his nose scarred from burns received from the fire. "I saw her bend down," another raiotort "And her head witchcraft charges. When testimony was given that she collected certain herbs for an alleged witch's brew, she said she did collect certain grasses and herbs, but used them for a medicinal preparation. One woman told of watching through a window while the weird witchcraft ritual was being performed.

"Her head would shrink to the size of my fist," she testified. "Her body would become large, and horns would appear on her head and she would walk on all fours like an animal." Another ot the accusers related: "When the church bells began to ring and I started to read my prayer book, I would not be able to keep my place and I knew the devil was abroad, trying to Interfere with my prayers." accused of attacking her and they would give her money to leave town, Mrs. Poppelbaum said she was afraid. Calls Police by Ruse He then urged her to send a friend around for the money. She went vto a telephone booth, supposedly to the friend, but in stead got the police, who arrested Nespoli.

Besides Del Buono, three other men have been indicted and await trial for joining in the attack of Mrs. Poppelbaum. They are Joseph of 22-94 Atlantic Salvatore Liberto, 24, of 18-70 Eastern Parkway, and Frank Peppaceno, 24, of 25 Truxton St. Nespoli will be sentenced Oct, 8. Plaza Payment Begins Today Continued from Page 1 were ready was $150,706 to William and Herbert Berri for the old Standard Union Building, running from Fulton to Washington between the junction of those thor oughfares and Johnson St.

About a dozen others appeared this morning to collect payments. 73 Fee Awards Of the 160 parcels involved, 73 awards will be paid to the fee owners, those who owned the land and any Improvements thereon, Mr. Taylor explained. The other awards will go to owners of fixtures and a half dozen owners of leases which still had a few years to run, he said. The awards range In amounts from $249,687.50 all the way to $50 for a fixture claim.

Among the larger awards to be paid are: Newman's, the old Columbia the policy of borrowing which was adopted by my predecessors and urged upon me. and which would have been paid from the real estate taxes. I invite comparison of the situation of the real estate owners in this city with those in cities which did not employ the drastic measures which I sponsored." The Mayor eliminated from the executive budget all salaries for deputy registers, secretaries and counsel to registers; all salaries of commissioners of records, their deputies, superintendents, assistant superintendents and secretaries, and also for several deputy sheriffs in various counties. This action is unprecedented in the history of New York City. The Mayor explained he was moved to it by the hope that these offices might be abolished or consolidated in pursuance of powers granted to the Municipal Assembly by an amendment to the State Constitution approved in November, 1935.

Though without precedent, the Mayor's action was not unexpected. About a month ago the Mayor sent to the Budget Director a report from Commissioner of Accounts Paul Blanshard, describing wasteful conditions in these county offices. Among the appropriations recommended for the various departments by the Mayor are; 1037 183fi Reeom-Department Budeet mendailon Law 11.321.900 11.355.875 Txes and as smenta 963.150 1,066 580 Civil service 330,290 Manhattan Borough President 5.677,808 Bronx Borough President S.870.654 Brooklyn Borough President 4,174,611 Queens Borough President 4.313,637 B'klyn Public Library 803.358 Queens Library 619.680 Parks 5.033,105 Brooklyn Central Museum 194.666 Children's Museum (Brooklyn) 33.972 355.800 6 808,983 2.853,738 4,161,050 4.426.390 860.923 656.921 6 489,743 194,711 33.871 Police 54.527.802 55.204.391 Plre 22.193.313 S2, 101. 255 Health 4.354.391 4.695,917 Child Welfara 10.139.785 10.142,455 Hospitals 21.342.663 22.758.861 Sanitation 27,933.020 28 426.447 Kings Co. Register 341.827 323,497 Kings Commissioner ol Records 85 590 65.251 Ktngs Sheriff 177,950 169.600 Queens Register 276.864 263.515 Queens Sherlfl 102,610 89,182 Decision Is Awaited On Midwife's Appeal An Appellate Part of Manhattan Special Sessions is considering an appeal brought by Mrs.

Anna Ro tunno of 105 Devoe a midwife, against a conviction on a disorderly conduct charge brought by Florence McFeely, a director of the Society for Improving Maternity Conditions Alter Mrs. uotunno received a suspended sentence from Magistrate Michael Ford on the charge, April 9 her attorney. Roe Giardelli, regis tered an appeal in the Court of Special Sessions on the ground of insufficient evidence. It was incorrectly reported that Mrs. Rotunno had received a suspended sentence in Manhattan General Sessions Court.

No decision in the case is expected to be handed down by the Appellate Part of Special Sessions before next week at the earliest. Disbarred Lawyer Held for Practising Valley Stream, Oct. 2 Joseph A. Firpo. 50, of 25 Fairmount who was disbarred as an attorney in 1925 for failure to pay a fine for contempt of court, was under arrest today on a charge of practising law without a license.

Firpo was taken into custody last night by two detectives from District Attorney Martin W. Littleton's office when he appeared in the police court as counsel, they said, for a defendant accused of driving an automobile while intoxicated. The traffic case was adjourned. SILVER REPAIRED REPLATED WE BUY OLD GOLD AND S1LVEB BERTF. BAKER Sfl LIVINGSTON ST.

Cumberland e-4580 Crews Forces Report The Kings County Republican Committee announced today that an open revolt of Italian-American Democrats in the 19th A. D. had re sulted in a widespread defection to the O. O. P.

A delegation of the insurgents, professional and businessmen led by Anthony V. Cartafalsa, president of the Santa Margherita Belice Society, recently called on John Crews, Brooklyn Republican leader, accord ing to the announcement, and offered their services in support of Justice William F. Bleakley, Repub lican candidate for Governor, and Alfred M. Landon for President. Cartafalsa had for months been trying to bring about harmony in the Democratic ranks in the district, he said, but because of dissatisfaction "with the Kelly rule locally and the Roosevelt rule na tionally" had decided to change parties.

There will be a countrywide organization of Italian-Americans who have turned Republican, he said. The Kings County organization Is to be led by Peter C. Glambalvo. differences between the parties. It is my purpose, in establishing this small group, to provide an agency which will function officially on behalf of the cty and the public in the initial exploration of industrial differences and will strive toward the settlement of these differences on terms of justice to both sides.

Industrial strife which has broken out in reecnt years has shown that the public frequently suffers more than the employer or the employe. To my mind it is essential that our modern city governments take cognizance of this fact and prepare themselves to perform their duty in this field." The Transit Commission, which is now considering a plan for unification of all rapid transit lines within the city, is bitterly condemned by the Mayor for its bud-getry practices. "A glaring example of mandatory legislation," he said, "is the Transit Commission. Under the law, as construed by the courts, the Board of Estimate must shut its eyes end appropriate any amount of expenses certified to it by the commission. "I know of only one other instance where an agency of government spent money without advice or check, namely, in respect to the household expenses of the czar under the late Russian Empire." Of the total amount provided in the tax levi budget, $278,323,536 is for personal service, that is, salaries and wages.

This an increase of $12,066,401 over the 1936 budget item for that purpose. The requests of department heads totaled Of this amount $264,505,732 is for city departments and $13,817,803 for county departments. Other Items Lower For other than personal service, material, supplies, interest, the amount recommended is $275,748 399, a decrease of $3,536,308 from the 1936 figure Concerning the reserve fund set up for salary restoration, the Mayor said he purposely had refrained from laying down a formula for such restorations. "The problem should be solved by the Judgment and joint action of the members of the Board of Estimate," he declared. "To proceed otherwise might well lead to a race among the members for credit in extending salary restoration, which might result in a distrous recur rence of the financial difficulties from which the city has emerged.

"I am well aware of the plea of the real estate owner for relief from taxation. As a matter of fact he is receiving relief this year through the reduction, exceeding $5,000,000, in debt service. He has received re lief for the past three years because continuance of the city's vital services, which could not have been further cut, was made possible by salary cuts. He has received relief because this administration fi nanced unemployment relief through special taxes and did not continue In Bar Slaying Small Arsenal Found in Raid on Apartment 2 Men, Woman Hold A man indicted for murder and a small arsenal were taken by police today in an early morning raid en an apartment at 487 Carroll St. Fred Ciancl, 28, wanted for questioning in the latal shooting of Frank Davino.

19. of 4219 7th Ave. on July 12, 1935, and Mrs. Ray Bauer, 32, who leases the Carroll St. apartment, were taken into custody by detectives who broke in the door of the apartment.

In a chest in the bedroom detectives found two rifles, a .38 caliber revolver, 500 rounds of ammunition and a dirk. Mrs. Bauer denied ownership of the weapons, police said, and declared they belonged to her brother, Louis Heifler of 215 Roebling St. She said Ciancl was only an acquaintance and that she had not seen him for two years. Last night, she explained, he called on her and they sat up late talking.

Cianci was so tired, she said, she Invited him to stay. Admits Owning Gun Police picked up Heifler on his way to work at a novelty factory in Manhattan this morning. He admitted owning the weapons but explained that he had bought them for a prospecting trip to Nicaragua several years ago. He said he could not recall whether he had obtained a permit for them. Without formal charges, police held Mrs.

Bauer and Heifler for continued questioning. Cianci gave his address as the Carroll St. apartment, despite Mrs. Bauer's story. Police said Ciancl lived at 244 St John's New Haven, Conn.

His brother, Louis, 36. of 2218 Coney Island was taken into custody later today for questioning in the slaying, 'Business Exodus' Is 'Bunk' to Mayor Reports of a business exodus from New York City to nearby States, where conditions are believed to be more favorable, are "a lot of bunk," according to Mayor LaGuardia. Speaking last night at a 25th an niversary celebration of the real estate firm of Douglas L. Elliman Co. at 5th Ave.

and 49th Manhattan, the Mayor said: "Some factories have left New York for other States where sweatshop conditions exist. But this is only one of the small cycles in business which has no real significance. As a matter of fact, sweatshop conditions are coming to an end. For touit In broun sitrdc; For lunch black 4 to 10, AAA For bridge in black black kid. nutvnt trim; black 4 Woodbridge, N.

Oct. 2 WV- Five serious-faced housewives accused a neighbor of witchcraft in "police court yesterday before Re corder Arthur Brown. The charged the neighbor had supernatural powers, that she was the servant of hidden forces and did their work, that she performed the ritual of witchcraft and made strange brews, and that she had the power of changing her physical form. Recorder Brown sought to reason with the women, pointing out that belief In witches was a superstition and witches did not exist, but they were, plainly unconvinced. The strange court session ended when he placed three of the women on probation with orders not to annoy the neighbor they accused.

The accused woman denied the Assault on Woman Convicts Hoodlum; Faces 10 to 20 Years 'Little Caesar' Led Gang in Attack Another Guilty of Intimidation Attempt While the first of several men charged with participating in a mass assault on Mrs. Elizabeth Poppelbaum, 34, of 279 Hancock was being convicted today on charges of criminal assault, abduction and petty larceny in Brooklyn County Court, another man was convicted in Brooklyn Special Sessions of attempting to scare her from testifying against her attackers. Caesar (Little Caesar) Del Buono, 24, of 141 Rockaway was convicted before County Judge Fitzgerald and faces a sentence of from 10 to 20 years in prison for being one of two leaders who on Aug. 21 came up to Mrs. Poppelbaum, as she was about to mail a letter at Fulton St.

and Brooklyn and with a knife forcer her to get in their car and drive to a parking lot at Trux ton and Fulton where other men joined them. Meanwhile Special Sessions Jus tices Perlman, Voorhees and Bayes handed down a decision finding Dominick Nespoli, 32, of 1025 St. Marks Ave. guilty of attempting to intimidate a witness. Mrs.

Poppelbaum testified that on Aug. 22, in a candy store at 1577 Fulton Nespoli came up and said: "The best thing you can do is get out of town. You will be killed if you appear in court." That is Little Bobby's gang you are fooling with." When Nespoli suggested that she or brown kid, to 10, AAA to C. nuerfe onlr. Sizes to 1) and EE.

a nice SIZES 1 TO 12 Busy women get used wardrobe click with right from give thousands you just Styles sports, expertly that new AMERICA'S CO Con tinned from Pafe 1 gross budget for 1937, as submitted by the Mayor, is an Increase of :2.961.611 as compared with the 1936 gross of $613.8:7,564. Bilk to Be Lne Despite the increase in the tax levy budget, the bills of real estate taxpayers will be actually lower in 1937 than in 1936. This situation is due to the fact that general fund revenues are expected to be higher than in 1936, and the fact that there will be a reduction $5,084,545 in debt service requirements. In addition to these two items, offsetting the Increased estimates, there are two others. One is $2,000,000 net reduction in the amount provided for uncollectable and delinquent taxes.

The other is Item of $2,493,854. being the amount of estimated additional taxes be paid on account of improvements completed during 1936 and appearing on the tax rolls in 1937 for the first time. The Mayor, submitting his budget, took the opportunity to assail again the expenditures in the offices of sheriffs, county registers, commissioners of records and also to attack the Transit Commission, the practices of count" Judges in appointing lunacy commissions and mandatory legislation requiring larger appropriations for the maintenance of State courts. Accepted by Board The board, as soon as the Mayor had presented his estimates, accepted them as the tentative budget for 1937 and ordered public hearings set for Oct. 13 and 14, at which taxpayers may suggest increases in any items.

The board also fixed Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 for hearings at which taxpayers may suggest Included in the budget of the Mayor is the sum of $5,500,000 for partial restoration of city pay cuts and the initiation of the three-platoon system in the Fire Department. The Mayor has recommended, as "necessary rehabilitation or extension of city -services," increases of $1,755,723 for hospital and health: $676,588 for police, $1,456,638 for operation and maintenance of an expanded park system, and 117 for replacement of plant and repair of property in various departments. A total of $5,590,988 is provided meet mandatory increases in four divisions.

Of this amount, $490,744 is for the courts, $1,195,851 for the pension system, $3,310,113 for elementary education and 278 for higher education. Debt Item Highest As in past years, the largest single item in the budget is the appro priation for debt service, including both interest and amortization charges. It amounts to $161,361,231. This is a slash of $5,084,545, of which $990,546 represents savings in interest on the long-term debt, $2,500,000 savings in redemption of temporary debt and $3,500,000 interest on the temporary debt. Next year's budget contains an item of $24,000 for the establishment in the Police Department of a Division of Criminal Investigation, an organization to be patterned after the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice.

Establishment of this division was recommended by the Mayor when he submitted his 1936 budget, but only a $1 appropriation was provided. He estimated at the time that the cost of maintaining the division for a year would be $100,000. An innovation in this year's budget is the provision for establishment of the Bureau of Indus trial Relations, which will consist of a secretary and two clerks. Explaining this item, the Mayor said in his budget message: "It is my experience that when la bor troubles arise, one of the parties and frequently both and the public in addition expect the Maytor to participate in the settlement fthe trator Harold L. Ickes, United States Senator Robert F.

Wagner, Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Commissioners William H. Friedman and Albert T. Johnston of the New York City Tunnel Authority: Controller Frank J. Taylor, Borough Presidents Raymond V.

Ingersoll of Brooklyn, Samuel Levy of Manhattan and Harvey of Queens and John Howes Burton, representing civic groups of the city. Alfred B. Jones, chairman of the Tunnel Authority, was to preside. PVVA Finances Tube The tunnel will be financed by the PWA, which will make an outright grant of approximately and a loan of $47,000,000. About 4.300 men will be put to work constructing it.

There will be an' eastbound and a westbound tube, each providing for two lanes of traffic. Slightly wider than the Holland Tunnel, the roadway will be 21 feet across in tube and the clearance will be 13 feet 6 inches. The length of the tunnel will be about 7,750 feet. The entrance and exit plaza In Long Island City will be on Borden Ave. directly east of Vernon Ave.

In Manhattan it will be between 36th and 37th Sts. and 1st and 3d Avenues. Browder Claims Arrest Was Boost Earl Browder, Communist candi date for President, returned today from Terre Haute, where he spent 24 hours in jail, declaring the action of the Indiana officials "con vinced hunrreds of thousands that I was right." according to the Asso-clatpd Press. "Thev did my work better than my staff or I could have done." said Browder. referring to the Mayor and chief of police of Terre Haute, who caused Browder's arrest on charges of vagrancy to prevent him from making a speech.

Browder said he probably would return to Terre Haute to testify in a iUH for damages for faUe arrest. Continurd from Page 1 health plans w. be carried out In manner compatible with our traditional social and political institutions. Let me make that point very-clear. All States and territories are ow co-operating with the public health service.

All Status except one are co-operating in maternal and child health service: all States but ten in service to crippled children and all States but nine in child welfare. A holiday had been declared by Mayor Frank Hague in Jersey City for the Presidential visit there, and 70,000 school children were among those who stood in line on the route to the Medical Center, waved American flags and added their shrill young voices to the roar of acriaim. The President was introduced, on the grandstand erecti in front of the rew 21-story unit of the Medical Center, by United States Senator A. Harry Moore, one-time Governor of the State. As he did so the sky overhead and over the Jersey Meadows was bursting with an aerial bombardment of fireworks.

Throughout Jersey City, it was said, "nobody worked except the whistle-blowers." Factory whistles, bells, noise-makers of every sort Joined in the hurrah for the President lasting about an hour. The President, not unmindful of Republican criticism of his security program, said: "Public support Is behind this security program3ut let me stress in addition that the act contains every precaution for insuring the continued support and co-operation of the medical profession. "In the actual administration of the Social Security Act we count on the co-operation of the future, as hitherto, of the whole of the medical profession throughout the country. He returned, after the Jersey City ceremonies, to Manhattan and went to the Biltmore Hotel for a luncheon and a conference with Campaign Manager James A. Farley before going on to the second World Series game at the Polo Grounds and thence the tunnel groundbreaking.

Among those at the luncheon uere United States Senator Robert P. Wagner and Mayor LaGuardia. At 1 p.m. the President left the hotel for the Polo Grounds. A crowd of 3,000 massed around the hotel entrance waited for a glance at the President and broke into hand-clapping and cheers as he arrived there, lust before noon.

The Presidential party took roundabout route, 44 miles in length, in going to the Medical Center, and on two occasions the procession was halted by the packed crowds. Back in Manhattan most of the streets through which the President rode also had their share Of still waiting crowds which reached their maximum in front of the hotel. The President was expected to leave the Polo Grounds about 3:30, arriving a half hour later at Front St. and Borden Long Island City, where the ground-breaking ex erctses were to be held. Actual construction work on the tunnel, the largest non-Federal project of the Public Works Administration, was to start at a signal from the President.

Borough President George TJ. Harvey of Queens has declared the afternoon a half holiday and at noon ail schools, public offices, courts and a number of business establishments were to close, giving thousands an opportunity to witness the ceremonies. On the way to Long Island City Over the Triborough Bridge, Mr. Roosevelt was to be greeted by about 100.000 Queens school children. Before the President speaks there Were to be brief addresses by Mayor LaGuardia, Public Works Adminls ANNOUNCEMENTS Personal A PRIVATE non-prrrfU flvlne rlub tiut tormed.

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Sunday announcements close 5:30 PJil. Saturday for First edition. Final Closmt 10 PM, Saturday, MAm t-6000. of a an to to I i changed Into a dog's head and she had big bumps on ner Dae. Still another woman was asked what she saw.

"Some sort of an animal with horns and a big ball of fire," she replied. "When did this woman change herself into this sort of an animal?" "Immediately after the church bell would ring." Hotel, the Clarendon Hotel, the St. George Garage, $185,000, and the Standard Union Building, $140,000. The payments will be made at the Finance Department's Division of Awards, Room 610, Manhattan Municipal Building, under the supervision of W. P.

Dawson, chief of Ihe division. Final Decree July 14 The city took title to the property for the plaza on June 28, 1935, but because of delays caused by proving titles, settling claims and other necessary legal actions on the part of Corporation Counsel Paul Windels, the final decree was not entered until July 14 last. Mr. Taylor received instructions from the Corporation Counsel's office to pay the awards on Aug. 21.

During the past month experts in the Finance Department have been preparing tax searches, vouchers and warrants necessary for making the payments. Despite the delays, Mr. Taylor described the action on the property awards as "one of the quickest on record." Settlements of such extensive condemnation proceedings usually require from two to eight years to consummate, he declared. in the Manner Black Silk Jersey wtth touches of Gold! at In materials and styles usually associated with higher prices. 7edtutiny Silk Jersey, Soft Wool, Pure Dye Silk, and Velveteens.

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