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5 Union Gas Co. Leases Large Space BROOKLYN EAGLE, DEC 16, 1951 39 In 186 Remsen St. The Brooklyn Union Gas APARTMENT LOBBY FEATURE View of the entrance area and lobby of the Wexford, six-story elevator apartment structure for 121 families, on which finishing touches have just been completed by Fred Trump, builder, on Wexford Terrace ond Midland Parkway in the Jamaica Estates section of Queens. The building, planned by Seelig Cr Finkelstein, architects, with lobby interiors designed by Elsie Simpson, interior decorator, is now 100 percent rented and occupied. BAY tIDGE BANK BOW Borough President Cashmore cuts ribbon marking formal opening of the new building of the Bay Ridge Savings and Loan Association.

Lined up behind the B. P. are Henry G. Stein, secretary of the association; Chorles W. B.

Warded, president; Carl E. Blomberg, architect; Clarence M. Skoldberg, treasurer; Julius S. Knox, director; Assemblyman Frank J. McMullen; William T.

Conklin, director; Frank Corigliano, contractor, ond Algot W. Johnson, director. i jBoro Pals Recall OBITUARIES STREET SCENE Set olong winding streets in Valley Stream, L. these 3-bedroom, 1 Vi-bath ranch homes are part of builder Philip Lynne's 167-unit Fletcher Park project. According to Belpark Realty of Elmont, agent, a furnished model, priced at $15,250, is on display at Morgan St.

at Dutch Broadway and Fletcher North Valley Stream, Company has leased through the Chauncey R. E. Co, Ltd, and the Sylvan Lawrence Company, broken, the entire third, fourth, fifth and sixth floor of 186 Remsen St The Gas Company, which owns and occupies the adjoining property, 180 Remsen Street, will have direct access through a specially created1 opening between the two build ings. The property is owned by 44 Estates Ellas A. Cohen, president.

Formerly known as the Court Street Annex, the, building has been renamed after The Title Guarantee and Trust Company, who occupy the ground floor for their Brooklyn office. There remains only the second floor available for rent Originally an eight story building, as part of the modern-. izatlon, two upper floors were razed. The interior Is being completely rebuilt; the exterior. retains the original character and architecture.

Purchase Tract For Hew Houses In Valley Stream The last remaining tract of acreage In the heart or Valley Stream has been bought up by Morris Sosnow and Len Schwartz, builders of Birchwood Park developments. Consisting of 21 acres bound ed by a public school and sev eral other post-war develop-! ments, this new community, to De Known as Birchwooa rark In Valley Stream, will contain 86 Colonial-type all-brick homes. Two furnished and decorated model homes will open for public inspection this weekend at Hendrlckson and East Aves. off Central Ave. in Valley Stream.

Homes are offered to veterans under Regulation terms of 4 percent 20-year mortgages, while non-veterans will have the benefit of 5 percent 20-year mortgages. Long Island Homes of Jamaica has been appointed exclusive sales agent for the project. Show Model Homes In Wantagh Area Builders H. and S. Gold an nounce the opening of the sec ond section of 58 homes in their 190-unlt Guilford Homes devel opment in Wantagh, L.

I. Two new models are open for pub-1 lie inspection at Seaford 500 feet south of Sunrise High way, in wantagh. One model Is a Colonial-type home featuring two bedrooms, full basement, expansion attic and attached garage at $12,450. The other model Is of ranch styllne with three bedrooms, full basement and at tached garage at a price fo 990. 12 BOROUGH GIRLS IN CHORAL GROUP OF EQUITABLE LIFE Twelve Brooklynites are sing ing with the Equitable Life As surance Society choral group, now engaged in Its busiest sea son of the year.

Under the direction of How ard Kubik, the girls have sched-' uled a dozen dates of Christmas Carol singing at military and civilian hospitals, hotels and at the Pennsylvania Station and the Grand Central Terminals. The Brooklyn girls are Cath erine Barkowsky, Elizabeth canberg, Ann Scott, Ellen Mor rison, Mildred Davis, Anna Marie Smith and Carol Wolter, all of Downey, Bushwlck; Virginia Martone, Ridgewood; Geraldlne Kinsella, Greenpoint; Mary Oberle, Sheepshead Bay, and Helen Maclnnes, Bay Ridge. Ft w-'-'i rt fe: I i Continued From Page 25 Murray Brown, 74, Merchant Leader Samuel Brown, 74, owner of a-general merchandise store at 115 Smith St and president of the Smith Street Merchants As sociation, will be buried today in New Mount Carmel Cemetery following services at 12 o'clock noon in the Norman Jef-fer Community Chapel, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 47th St He died Friday at his home. Brought to this country from Lithuania when a boy, Mr. Brown lived in Manhattan for a number of years and around the turn of the century came to Brooklyn, where he opened his store.

With his father, Suss-man Brown, he helped found Talmud Torah Beth Jacob Joseph at 368 Atlantic Ave. His wife, Mrs. Jeannette Lane Brown, died three years ago. A son, Murray Brown, survives. Officiating at the services will be Rabbi Isidore Aaron of Mount Sinai Synagogue.

Deaths WHALES? JOHN en December 15, 1851, dear husband of the late Mary; son of Hannah Whalen; father of Kathryn Kolb, Dolores Kramer, Agne Stelmer, Joseph, Charles, Mary, John and Michael; brother of Kathryn Cavanaugh. Reposing Kennedy's Chapel, corner Church and Rogers Avenues; Sol emn Requiem Mass Church of the Holy Cross, Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. In terment Holy Cross Cemetery. WHALEN JOSEPH, on Decem ber 15, 1651, beloved husband of Mary (nee Dunne), and devoted father of Mary, Elisabeth, Anna, Margaret, Sister Agnes Claire, O.P.; John, Cecelia, Florence, Theresa, Edward and Rosemary. Reposing Slsto Funeral Home, 668 Cortlandt Avenue; Requiem Mass St Angela Mend Church on Tuesday, Decem ber IS, at 10 am.

Interment Cal vary Cemetery. WHALEN MICHAEL on December 14, 1951, of 696 Hancock Street, beloved husband of the late Margaret; devoted father of Michael. and dear brother of John and Peter Whalen. Reposing J. J.

Oallagher Sons Funeral Home, 25 Aberdeen Street between Broadway and Bushwlck Avenue; Requi em Mass Monday, 9:30 a.m., at Our Lady of Good Counsel R. C. Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. ZURMARAS On December 13, 1951, MARY sister of the late Helen A.

Garland. Reposing Austin W. Moran Funeral Home, 121 6th Avenue; Mass Our Lady of Angels Church, Monday, 9:30 a.m. Interment Plnelawn, L. I.

acknotoleDgmem BEAKEY The family of the late Dr. HOWARD F. BEAKEY wish to thank the Clergy and friends for the Masses offered for the repose of his soul. BERGER The family of the late Corp. GERARD P.

BERGER wlah to thank the Reverend Clergy of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 76th Precinct Police Department, Steneck Post, No. 601, Veterans of Foreign Wars; relatives, friends, neighbors for kind expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement. The BERGER FAMILY. SCHULZE The family of the late DORA E.

SCHULZE wlh to express their thanks to the many friends, members of the Board of Education, teachers of Public School 58, Queens, and friends of Old 40 for their kindness and floral offerings in their late bereavement. AUGUST F. SCHULZE, Brother. Jn (cmotJam EATON Corp. GILBERT J.

In cherished memory of our beloved son and brother. Passed away De cember 16, 1944. The FAMILY. McGUINNKSS EMILY. In loving memory of a beloved wife and mother, who departed this world three years ago today.

In our heart tlnn. Husband, Eddy; Son, Edward Daughter, EMILY, and FAMILY. Vital notices accepted 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for publication the tame day; as late cj 10 p.m.

Saturday night for publication Sunday. Find Ex-Sen. Love Wandering in Rain Continued from Page 1 was being held In the City Home until the New York State Police at Riverhead answered a Richmond query. Meanwhile, local police also got in touch with Dr. Love brother-in-law, Randall Dranke of Ashbury, N.

who was making arrangements to get Dr. Love back home safely. East Hampton police said Dr. Love had telephoned on Dec. 9 that he was going on vacation and asked hat his home at Three Mile Harbor Road, where he lived alone since the death of his wife In August, 1950.

be watched. They said they had heard nothing since from him. Dr. Love, a homeopathic physician, formerly lived for many years at 857 Lincoln Place, and represented his home district, the 8th Sena torial unit, from 1923 to 1932. He was denied renomination because he and -Manhattan Assemblyman Langdon Post were the only New York City legislators to vote for the Sea- bury inquiry.

A Democrat, he had been elected five consecutive times from a once predominantly Re publican district the old, big Flatbush voting unit. Dr. Love had made a great nit at a national medical convention when he read a paper on women who he claimed were "flat, fair and faded" because of their misuse of cosmetics. Since he professed an ambition to run for office, the late county Demo cratic leader John H. McCooey saw to It that he first got nomi nated for State Senator.

Dr. Love waged a picturesque campaign. He had an active women's committee that went about with banners reading: "We Want Love." He won by a handsome margin. He later split with 'McCooey, and in 1940 supported tne unsuccessiui publican Presidential campaign of the late Wendell L. Wiiikie He has always been an in veterate writer of letters to the editors of newspapers on a mul titude of subjects, and was em broiled as a defendant in some hectic lawsuits.

Cold Wave Trails Snow Into East Continued from Page 1 were raised from Hatteras north to Block Island. Helped by the rain, an army of 8.500 men cleared most streets In Brooklyn and other boroughs of the city before the big freeze hit PRESIDENT-EMERITUS OF DARTMOUTH WEDS Darien, Dec. 15 (U.R) Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, 74, president-emeritus of Dart mouth College since his retire ment in 1945, was married yes terday to Mrs. Grace Tlbbetts of Hanover, N.

a sister of his first wife, who died a year ago. NOTABLE ADDITION TO BORO This new apartment building, 600 E. 18th in the Ditmas Park section of Flatbush, just -completed, and almost completely rented, is a fine example of luxury apartment homes and a notable addition to the borough. Located at the corner of Newkirk it was built by Max Marcus, his son, Robert Marcus, and Harry Posner, who are" owners of the property and its managers. The building contains 59 suites arranged in from 2'2 to 5 rooms.

There is a private City Files Plans For $13,800,000 Boro Apartments The New York City Housing Authority filed plans at the Brooklyn Division of the Department of Housing and Buildings for the housing project to cover the entire block bounded by Linden Boulevard, Fountain, Euclid and butter to cost $13,800,000. Car son and Lundln are the archi tects. There will be 15 seven- story, 98-family apartments in the group. Title Firm Reports Long Island Sales Home Title Guaranty Company, which provided title insurance, reports the following Nassau County transactions: approximately 24 acres in Plain- view from Richard Bergman and Michael F. Looney to Espa! Construction which will build homes; brokers Lahey Appel of Flushing, N.

1 story ranch type dwelling in Fox- wood, Kings Point, from Harber Hills, to Harry Irwin, 1 acre, broker E. Clancy of Great Neck; new owner plans to occupy. One story dwelling, 1257 Haw thorne Drive, Wantagh, plot 70x 100, from North Merrick Acres, to Walter M. Raber. Also two story dwelling.

No. 91 Salisbury Avenue, Garden City, plot 50x100, from Gertrude M. Lockitt and Clement L. Bryan to James F. Roche, for occupancy.

Ralph B. Scharman was the broker. One story dwelling, 1121 John ston Avenue, Wantagh, plot 54x 96 irregular, from Forest Lake Associates, Inc- to Arthur E. Smith. Dwelling, No.

923 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, plot 60 xlOO, from So-West Inc. to Joseph Scroppo for occupancy. mm Lang as Drama Fan Continned from Page 1 file charges against Wanger, but we hope to file them as soon as possible," Roll said. Wanted to Wound Him Wanger, the silver-thatched 57-year-old producer of such movjes as "Joan of Arc" and "Stagecoach," said he did not Intend to kill Lang. "I just wanted to wound him," said Wanger, who was released Friday on $5,000 bail pending a hearing next Thursday.

He was released 18 hours after he shot Lang In the groin with pinpoint accuracy as he chatted with Wanger's wife, the raven-haired Miss Bennett, in a parking lot across the street from the Beverly Hills police station. Goes Into Seclusion Miss Bennett denied any romance with Lang, father of two children and, with his wife, a Wanger family friend. Miss Bennett, the 41-year-old "glamorous grandmother" of the screen, was in seclusion in her rambling hillside home with her sister Barbara, and two of her four daughters. Wanger went Into hiding In the apartment of a friend after a hurried visit to his home last evening to see the little girls, Stephanie, 7, and Shelley, 3, and to move out his suitcases. Meat Markets Gyp On Price, OPS Says Continued from Page 1 while meat they have ordered is being ground, even if the butcher's grinder is in his re frigerator.

Some butchers, he pointed out, stash a half pound or more of inferior meat inside the grinders, so that the cheap meat comes out even though choice meat is put in. He advised housewives to look into the grinders to make certain they were not "packed." 2 CONVICTED KILLERS FIND GETTING INTO PRISON IS NOT EASY Jackson, Dec. 15 (U.R) Two brothers today found it's as tough to get inside a prison as It is to get out William and Donald Andrus showed up at the State Prison to start serving 13 to 15 years for manslaughter. They were convicted two years ago for the fatal beating of an elderly Brighton merchant. The State Supreme Court recently upheld the verdict.

They appeared et the prison, saying they wanted to start serving their sentences at once rather than wait until two days before Christmas under the state rule of a 20-day delay after a conviction has been upheld. "You just can't walk into jail yourselves," said the prison record clerk, John Martin. He said they had to be personally Identified and needed commit ment papers. ray permission to call a walkout after its contract expires Dec. 31.

Price, stabilizer Michael V. Dl Salle scheduled the meeting with the steelmakers to decide how to figure what price in creases the industry rates under the so-called Capehart Amendment. The industry's demand for price relief is widely recognized as the key to the crucial steel wage case. Economic Stabilizer Robert L. Putnam made it clear Friday that any price rise will be limited to whatever is due under the Capehart rule, which permits firms to pass on all increased operating costs up to John A.

Whilaker, Ky. Congressman Russelville, Dec. 15 UJ9 Representative- Albert Whlt- aker Ky.) suffered a fatal heart attack In his law office here today. The 50 -year -old Congress man's secretary, Ann Lewis, said Whitaker had started to walk across the office from his desk to answer a telephone when he suddenly slumped to the floor and died almost Immediately. Friends of the family said Whitaker had suffered several heart attacks in the last two or three years.

Mrs. Helen Dent Whitaker was on the way to her hus band's office when Whitaker, collapsed. He was dead when she arrived. Whitaker, a native of Russell- vllle, Isf survived by his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ar thur Whitaker of 'Russellvllle, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Moore of Bowling Green, Ky. He had no children. 1 Whitaker was elected to Con gress from the strongly Demo cratic Second District of Ken tucky in April, 1948, to fill a vacancy created when Earle C. Clements resigned to run for Governor of Kentucky.

He was re-elected In November, 1950, Whitaker for 18 years was County Attorney of his native Logan County. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1943, Sgt. Jos. Flaherty, Edison Co. Veteran Staff Sgt.

Joseph Flaherty, U. S. Army Air Force, who was employed In the paymaster's of fice of the Brooklyn Edison Company for 20 years, died Fri day In Washington, D. where he had been stationed for the past few months. Sergeant Flaherty was born in Lawrence, on Jan.

2, 1902, and educated at St Mary's Grammar School and Lawrence High School there. He came to Brooklyn In 1922 and entered the employ of the Edison Company. He volunteered for the Air Force at the outset of World War II and remained In service after the conflict. Surviving are two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Otto J.

Smith, Mrs. A. T. Salois, and Arthur, Edward and Francis Flaherty. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.

Charles Waldeier, Tunnel Mechanic Charles Henry Waldeier of 3 Hunterfly Place, fan-belt mechanic in the Holland Tunnel, died Friday at Swedish Hos pltal. Mr. Waldeier was born in Bay Ridge on Nov. 30, 1895, and educated in the public schools. He was In the service of the New York Port Authority, which operates the Holland Tunnel, for the past 23 years.

He was a member of York Lodge, F. and A. and a parishioner of St. Luke's and St. Matthew's P.

E. Church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Violet Waldeier, and her children, Mrs. Ruth Keenaghan and Arthur Spence, and his mother, Mrs.

Caroline Waldeier, and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Sturgen and Edna Waldeier. Religious services will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Boyertown Chapel, 38 Lafayette Ave. Masonic services will be held at 8:30 p.m.

Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday In Ever greens Cemetery. Apartment Deal Sale of six-story self-service elevator apartment house at 778-786 Drlggs Ave. was an nounced by Cushman Wake field, broker in the trans action. The building, on an 84x81 plot, was sold for all cash over existing mortgages by S.

Braun to an investing client of George Bluestone, attorney for the purchaser. There are 41 apartments and 147 rooms arranged In three and four-room suites. Saul Berger was attorney for the seller, while the Kings County Capital Corporation insured title for the purchaser. Report Home Sales In Wantagh, L. I.

Nassau Home Sales Agency of Merrick, agent for the Oak- field Village colony at Beltagh and Oakfield Aves, Wantagh, L. reports ten more sales in the 109 -dwelling development of builders Alvtn Wlchard and Frank Wade. Recent purchasers of the two nd three -bedroom homes, which range in price from to $13,500, are Edward C. Berky, George H. Mahland Lester J.

P. Weber, George Schulz, Everett H. Brown, Charles A. Johnson, Joseph Su-bin, William Fogarty, Patrick J. Sullivan and James Williams.

Appointed Agent Homes, Inc, has announced the appointment of Norman Realty of 120-34 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens, as sales agents for the new development of Rita Ranch Homes at Hicksville Road and Ontario Ave. in Massapequa, L. I. The two and three bedroom models featuring full basement, large wooded plots, center hall, eta, will be open for inspection right after Christmas. The homes are priced from $11,990.

Plan 200 Ossininq Homes William M. Brown of Brown, Solomon Company of Peek-skill was the broker in the sale of approximately 100 acres at Brlarcliff-Peeksklll Parkway and Somerstown Road In Ossin-ing by Ossining Hospital As sociation to River Hill Corpora-Won, which will improve the property with about 200 modern type houses. Home Title Guaranty Company provided title Insurance. 1 nnabcr MAMA! tmi Pitt, ai tkt ckildrw, los. I'm Ik Brookljl Eflt, I'm trtrrtiiag FAMILY wipipvr Hfkl to SEEK WASHINGTON PARLEY IN STEEL STRIKE THREAT Washington, Dec.

15 (U.R) Federal Mediation Chief Cyrus S. Chlng may take steps to move the crucial but stalemated steel wage negotiations here next Thursday, it was disclosed today. Faced with the threat of a nation-wide steel strike New Year's Day, Ching was reported anxious to get talks between the steel producers and the C. I. O.

steelworkers off dead center. Negotiations at Pitts burgh have brought no signs of agreement on a new contract Meanwhile, the government summoned industry representatives to a meeting on prices here Monday as the union made plans to give C. I. O. and Steel- workers President Philip Mur-, PLAN SCOUT CAMPAIGN Leaders plan for campaign, to be officially launched Jan.

9 in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, to raise $2,000,000 for Greater New York Boy Scouts Council. Left to right: Robert G. Surles, insurance man; Jeremiah M. Assistant Postmaster and Brooklyn Community Section chairman for 1952 campaign; County Clerk James A. Kelly and' Robert R.

Sugarman, Kings County commander, American Legion, last July 26..

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