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8 M2 BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1936 Auto Gas Kills Scenes as Tercentenary Caravan Tours Long Island i Tercentenary Tour Reveals Unity of L. I. New Spirit Evident in 4 Counties as Crowds Cheer Motor Caravan W'W jyT 1 -4 Jhfm Easle StH Photo. iia -a IT I i-X Jlj. SJ V.

A. iwA i Jit wfe'tx Sffif By El'GEXE DU BOIS Long Island today Mood united in ft stronger bond of community spirit than ever before in its 300-year history, following the da.sh of Governor Lehman and a larse party of political and business celebrities yesterday from Brooklyn to River-head. This spirit was everywhere evidenced in the eager reception of the motorcade at its stops in each of the four Long Island counties and it was the recurrent note in all the addresses and speeches marking this historic occasion. Governor Lehman himself sounded the keynote of the new spirit in his messase at Riverhead late yesterday afternoon at the end of his official trip when he said that he had been deeply moved by the feeling of kinship of each county of Long Island to the others" which he had seen evidenced during the all-day visit. Procession Grows on Way With more than 60 cars line when the caravan started from Brooklyn Borough Hall at 9:15 o'clock yesterday morning, the procession had swelled to upward of 100 vehicles by the time it had reached Bethpage State Park at noon.

Led by a detail of New York City motorcycle police to the city limits, the expedition was escorted by State troopers and local police on the remainder of its 72-mile trip. Governor Lehman remained with the procession throughout the entire distance, and at the conclusion of the exercises at the Suffolk County Historical Society's building in Riverhead. proceeded to Orient Point, where he embarked on the 6 o'clock ferry to New London en route to Deerfield, where his son, Peter, was graduated from Deerfield Academy this morning. Mayor LaGuardia, who rode in the caravan from Brooklyn to Jamaica, had to return early because of the pressure of affairs at City HaU. Thousands Line Route Along the thickly settled parts of the route, thousands of citizens lined the route with flags and cameras to cheer the Governor and eee the procession pass.

In the rural sections, farmers and their hired help ceased their chores to observe the spectacle. At each stopping point, additional thousands gathered to hear the brief addresses and to pay homage to the State's Chief Executive and his entourage. Efficient planning on the part of the various Tercentenary committees and local organizations participating, brought the motorcade to its various stops either on or ahead of time. King Park, Jamaica, was reached at 10: 10; 'the Nassau County Court House at Mineola was reached at Bethpage State Park was reached at 1 o'clock, and Riverhead was readied at 4 o'clock. The final speech had been made and the party was started on its way home by 5 o'clock.

4,000 Witness Start At Brooklyn Borough Hall it wa? estimated that some 4,000 persons observed the start of the tour, marked by the first of 300 strokes on the old tower bell. At Jamaica were perhaps 3.000 gathered before the historic King Mansion. At Mineola between 2,000 and 3,000 more were waiting to greet the group. At Bethpage luncheon was served for 500 as the guests ot Park Commissioner Moses. At Riverhead Station Owner 3 Cops Felled Carrying Jamaica Victim Out-Left Motor Running Prank Koehl of 350 Stuyvesant Ave.

paid with hla life today lor inadvertently leaving the motor of hla car running in hla auto service station at 184-01 Hillside Ave. Jamaica. Three of the four policemen who broke Into the place and found Mr Koehl's body were so badly affected by carbon monoxide gas that they were taken to Queens General Hospital. One of the three barely escaped death. Richard Pensa of 75 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica, a mechanic for mally employed by Mr.

Koehl, was passing the service station at 3:30 a.m. and noticed that the lights were turned on, which he thought unusual at that hour. He tried the door and found It locked, so he telephoned the Jamaica police station. Detective Joseph Berger and Patrolmen John Lang, Joseph Mackin and Bertrand Galland went to the station, forced the door and found Mr. Koehl' body in the office at the rear of the building.

A ledger on his desk was open and It was apparent he had fallen from his chair while working on his books. As Mr. Koehl was being carried out Patrolman Lang collapsed, but the other three, probably because they were so badly affected by the fumes, did not see or hear him fall. They missed him when they got outside, returned to the building and carried him out. Dr.

Willens, summoned from, Queens General Hospital, said Mr. Koehl had been dead several hours. He permitted Detective Berger to return to duty after emergency treatment, but the three patrolmen went to the hospital. Mr. Koehl was 58 and married.

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William II. Good and Mrs, Raymond I tiger soil at the Bethpage luncheon. Right, general view of the reception given the Tercentenary Mortor Caravan by Nassau officials on the steps of the courthouse at Mineola. A speakers' stand teas erected for the first time since the late President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the courthouse in 1899. Flags and bunting decorated the building in honor of the occasion.

Below that photo is Mrs. Helen S. Steers of the Brooklyn Day Committee, dressed as a Puritan matron, srho acted as hostess, greeting Jane C.allaghan at the tea held yesterday in a Sheepshead Bay restaurant rn connection with the Brooklyn Historical Pageant, to be held at Coney Island on Fri- more than half of the town's population were on hand. No untoward incidents marked the trip, other than the passing out of manifestoes by the Steuben Society at Mineola reiterating its reasons for not participating in the celebration. No formal speeches were made at Brooklyn before the start, but Borough President Ingersoll, Mayor LaGuardia and Governor Lehman posed with various celebrities, including the five Long Island personality queens: Miss Lillian Hir-shorn (Miss Long Island), Miss Ruth E.

Brady (Miss Kings), Miss Vera Shea (Miss Queens), Miss June Kopp (Miss Nassau) and Miss Marjorie Collins (Miss Suffolk), who appeared in picturesqua Colonial costumes. Predicts World Fair Benefits At the King Mansion, home of a former Governor of New York, the brief welcoming speeches were made by Thomas P. Malone, president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce; Louis C. Gosdorfer, chairman of the Queens County day and Saturday at the conclusion of Tercentenary Week. Extreme right, Governor Lehman shakes hands with a Jamaica youngster as he leaves King Park, where the Tercentenary Motor Caravan was received by Queens officials before an audience of several thousand.

Louis C. Wills is at the left. Tercentenary Committee, and Borough President Harvey of Queens. Governor Lehman extended to the county the greetings of the State, and spoke regarding the historical significance of the occasion and the tremendous changes which had been wrought in the community since its first settlement three centuries ago. He also stated that Queens was entitled by the mandate of the New York State Constitution to representation in Albany by 11 Assemblymen and four Senators.

He said that in spite of all he and the present local representatives could do, the county had only six Assemblymen and two Senators. The World Fair of 1939. he said, would be of great commercial importance not only to Queens but to the whole of New York City, New York State and Long Island. Following Governor Lehman, others who spoke included Louis C. Wills, chairman of the Tercentenary Committee, and Henry J.

Davenport. The visitors were hen escorted through the mansion by 7 HHnkaaMHHHaT HMHMafMsW sT Mrs. J. Sheldon Fosdick, president of the King Manor Association, and members of the ladies committee assisting in the celebration. Lemonade was served inside the house.

Nassau Greets Lehman The expedition left Jamaica at 11:15 and continued via the Grand Central Parkway and Northern State Parkway to the Nassau County Courthouse at Mineola. Here the Nassau County Police Riot Battalion, 50 strong, was lined up in blue uniforms, green trench helmets, khaki puttees and with rifles at present-arms as a guard of honor. The unit's band broke out with Continued on Page 15 4 CAN'T "BEAR" THE HEAT? GALL FOR V' CALVEBT cools! How? By driving inner heat to the skin-surface where it radiates, dissipates, evaporates. Enjoyed in gentlemanly moderation, Calvert helps you say "good-bye" to a hot, humid evening hello to a bright, cheery tomorrow. Use good judgment.

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