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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 14

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Brooklyn, New York
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14
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4 BROOKLYN EAGLE, AUG. 19, 1945 nearby from fatal Injury at thecc: of his own life." Died Shielding Men From Jap Grenade can St. Jarkson Heights, son of Chet C. F. YOUNG The grenade in the hands of the jshaw, managing editor of Newsweek I "Lieutenant Shaw awoke, sat up, and lunged out of hit bunk toward the Intruder.

A brief struggle ensued, during which Lieutenant Shaw, completely unarmed, succeeded In grasping the enemy tightly and forcing hii hand, which held a grenade and a land mine, behind its Japanese owner's head. "In doing so, he knowingly made of himself a human shield and heroically spared his fellow officers and the men of his unit sleeping lapanese was about to explode ut the Queens officer heroically nade a human shield of himself to iave his fellow officers, who were asleep. This Is the story behind the posthumous award of the Siver Star to U. Robert Lee Shaw of 34-20 79th Secretarial iraw lor Youni Worn IndlTldutl Uutraetio enroll AM Tim plMcmrat awTlu S4 rlM Brooklyn Hht MAln 4-WM Magazine. Lieutenant Shaw sacrificed his life on AnRaur Island on Oct.

25, 1944, in a hand-to-hand fight with a Japanese soldier who invaded officers' sleeping quarters in a banzai (charge. The citation reads: GARDEN GATE One of these two designs will be odopted for the new entrance to the Eastern Parkway side of the Botanic Garden. Both are of wrought iron. The gate on top has bronze flowers between the metal bars and th other has flowers embossed on gold-plated bronze blocks. Plans Golden Gale.

Rail Gau9e tracks is the same in England and stations and buildings adjacent Is thp TTnitrri States namrlv 4 frpt. lr tn ITnplanW molftnn ir Same American 8, inches, measured between the sible for British trains to onera't Contrary to general opinion, the inside running edge of the rails 1 in America, reports the British standard gauge of railroad However, the clearance of ways. Wired Music (or Botanic Garden Concerts on a sixio; of wire and a gold-plated Rate are brine planned for visitors of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The concerts may not come for almost a year, but the new Eastern Parkway entrance will be under construction within a month, accorri- ing to Mr. and Mrs Michael Tuch! of 135 Easiern Parkway, who will bear the cost of the improvements.

Mr. Tuch has two gates in mind boih will have flowers worked onto wrought iron bars. "The garden is the most beautiful spot in Greater New York perhaps! 1. the prettiest in the worldvet by looking at the entrance one cannot tell whether it is a golf course, or an insane asylum," is the reason why the long-time Brooklyn resident is building the new gate. His living room windows face the entrance to the garden, which is flanked on one side by the Public Library and on the other by Prospect.

Park. The 65-year-old retired business man and his wife have been abroad 23 times, and are firm ff fuffed-hig All-wool coals, warmly Interlined and generously trimmed with fine Persian in cuff-luxedot and plastrons, new envelope or shawl collars. Boxy and filled styles, carefully calculated to flatter mature figures. Regular and half sizei (up to 324) are included in this handsome price-conscious group ready for you now. Rudfet CoaltSernnd Flnnr Alto at Loesrr't -Garden City crown ly convinced the view from these windows is the nicest they have ever seen.

Beauty to the eye should be accompanied by beauty to the ear. the Tuchs contend, and that is why they are determined to have the flower lovers get two concerts a day with their buds. Recordings on a spool of wire are being used bv the army, and the they are better than dtscs or the radio. "No record changing or commer-siais," he observes. In rich rayon velvet Stunning new hat silhouette with a sophisticated slant.

Height without haughtiness in the softly handled crotvn. the. visor brim of fine fur fell. Black only. $10 EXCLUSIVE HAIR GOODS Wigs Tronsformorions Toupeei rkpressino renovating everkthino done on prkmises CHRISTIAN EST.

1905 tM LlTimstnn St. (Oppoito Namm't) TRitnrlo Vifinrv Salon Second Floor Iho at Loeser'i Garden City BROOKLYN I. N. Fl LTON at BOND-TR. GARDEN CITY FR NKLIN at NINTH G.

1800 Af it attlclon loafers' I Clever equation that adds up tn on-campus charm blouse-and-skirl sejwrales plus Loafers by cltl eton. These smooth young casuals are the college sels shoe choice because they're so rlassically handsome and so sturdy, Brown or black. Exclusive with Loeser's in Brooklyn. 99 It 1 Also at Loewr's C.U hnr Stiloti SG( ond Floor AtCi fit Free Storage until Decemfter Int. Convenient payment may be arranged BROOKLYN 1, S.

at BO.NU-IRiausle 3-81UO. GAKDE.N C1I t'K A.NKLIN at -Garden City 1800 BROOKLYN 1, N. V. FULTON at BOND-TRiaugle 5-8100 GARDKN CITY FRANKLIN at NLNTH-Garden Gty 18.

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Years Available:
1841-1963