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LONG ISLAND A 13 9 II i i Sheridan's Re-election as Queens Democratic Chief Ends Leadership Threat BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1935 Heads Queens Democrats for Study Is Just a Lark Att. I. Model School Farmingdale Set for Boom When Severs ky Starts $1,000,000 Order for Army Planes Politics and People Informality Is Order of the Day at Willow Nursery in Springfield Gardens, Where 3Iodern Methods Are Used 'W 1 J. Zr i i mt By MILDRED MESLRAC A car-loard of singing children swung up the wooded street. Picnickers? No, Just children on their way to school.

School is a lark to the 20 pupils at the WVlow Nursery School, Springfield Gardens, possibly because the enthusiasm of Mrs. Ethel Smith Berthold, direc- m. ii uu yfitr-zp- Mi elm iy- ,11 '5fraa8i ing room at 1 p.m. by means of fold- 3 Crj 5 Fit At lily 4, 1 rt I WV Another Year Executive Committee Elects Its Officers; Indorses Roosevelt Queens Democratic Leader James C. Sheridan, who was re-elected without opposition yesterday afternoon by the County Executive Committee, safeguarded himself against being stripped of his leadership, as happened last year, by a resolution which specified that his "tenure of office as spokesman and leader be continued and continuous until after the Fall primaries In 1938." The resolution, offered by Jamaica Postmaster Gilbert W.

Rosen-quest, was adopted by a viva voce The elections and several other resolutions were alsrby acclamation. Other officers of the new executive committee, which consists of the 68 men and women district and eone leaden, are: Jurors Commissioner William M. Blake, first vice chairman, re-elected; Mrs. Clara Lurz, second 'vice chairman; James E. Healy, secretary; Mrs.

Mae Winkler, assistant secretary, re-elected, and Arthur Jaeger, treasurer. To Back Roosevelt A resolution offered by U. S. Marshall Albert C. Benninger Indorsed the Roosevelt Administration and Instructed the Queens delegates to the national convention to "uphold the principles of President Roosevelt." The "Queens organization went on record in favor of drafting Governor Lehman for another term.

The resolution was offered by Assemblyman George Torsney. A resolution to perpetuate the memory for former County Leader Mason O. Smed-ley, who died several months ago, was offered by Edward W. Cox, Maspeth leader. Charles Klnzie, Rockaway leader, offered a resolution thanking the outgoing officers of the executive committee, among whom were Mrs.

Dorothea Courten, former woman county leader; Ex-Bheriff Peter J. McGarry and Thomas F. Creem. Although the meeting had all the outward semblances of harmony, there was considerable subsurface tension. Sheridan was nominated by James A.

Roe who was elected 4th A. D. State committeeman two months ago over Sheridan's opposition. Makes Recognition Promise Sheridan, in a speech thanking the executives for "the spirit of harmony shown here today," prom ised that he would recognize the elected zone leaders "in all political matters" in their areas. William J.

Goodwin, leader of the Laurelton-Springfield zone and one of the group who succeeded in oust ing Sheridan last year and replacing him with the short-lived trium virate, demanded to know whether By CHARLES GKCTZNTR Jr. Queens County, with more than 150 units of the National Union for Social Justice, is expected to yield a bumper crop of votes for Representative William Lemke, liberal Republican who will run fqr President on a third party ticket sponsored by' the Rev. "Charles E. Coughlin. Robert M.

Harriss of Forest Hills, county chairman of the Recovery party in 1933 and 1934, Is a close friend and ardent supporter of the Radio Priest. William J. Goodwin, Democratic leader of the Spring-field-Laurelton-South Jamaica zone, is another Coughlinite who may lead a local campaign for Lemke. There are Coughllnites in the Republican party, too. Joseph F.

Coufal, secretary of the Forest Hills unit of the NUSJ, is an enrolled Republican and is county secretary of the City Fusion party. A little war is brewing In U. S. Marshal Albert C. Benninger's Democratic bailiwick, the 6th A.

D. Chief Deputy Register James J. Hanley, leader of the Forest Hills-Kew Gardens lone, is miffed aplenty because he feels that Ben-nineer Is elvin? nil t.h trmn to Alderman Joseph Mafera's Kiagewooa zone. Benninger, the State committeeman. Is from Riderewood.

ton. Hun. ley has been given the run-around Decween Benninger and County Boss James C. Sheridan with several recent requests for jobs for his lieutenants. Things are far from peaceful in the 2d A.

too. Democratic State Committeeman Harry Kallch told the Democratio League of Middle Village a few night ago that James A. Phillips, who was re-elected leader of the Middle Village-Rego Park zone, would be Ignored In the distribution Of natronase nnrl favors. Kallch said that Assistant District Attorney James P. McGrat- tan.

Unsuccessful Canrilrinto airolnnf Phillips, would be the patronage dispenser for the zone. McQrattan was County Leader Sheridan's choice for the zone leadership. ii js.aucn prediction about patronage comes true. Sheririnn will feel the wrath of manv zone leade even within his own faction, who resent any diminution in the pow ers oi eieciea local jeaaers. Postmaster General James A.

Farley will pay his respects to Queens Democratic Leader Sheridan on Wednesdav nicht nf. the dinner in Sheridan's honor at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia. Public Administrator Alfred J. Kennedy, chairman of the Queens committee for the national convention, has a letter from Farley promising to attend the dinner. Mrs.

Mae Bainton, Long Island City executive, is chairman of the women's reception committee for the Sheridan dinner. Municipal Court Justice Nichnlan M. Pette and Magistrate Anthony P. Savarese will lead a caravan of Queens Republicans to the State convention or tne Columbian Republican League at the Half Moon Hotel. Conev Island, on Junn 2fi 27 and 28.

The two Queens judges were among the founders of the league ten years aeo. With a nrospnt. strength of 40 branches throughout tne atat ehte league is working to line up voters of Italian ancestry for the G. O. P.

and to see that th Italian group gets proper represen tation in tne party councils. Republican County Leader Warren B. Ashmead of Queens will be one of the convention speakers. The sessions will wind up in a dinner dance at the Hotel Half Moon next Saturday. the man behind all of the mechanics of production in the airplane plant.

War veteran, flier, adventurer, inventor, he had a good many thrills before ha settled down in North-port with his wife, Evelyn, former Follies girl, to the comparative quiet of building and testing aircraft. There was the time in the Black Sea when he and another Russian flier flew a bomber, crippled by shell fire, into the open sea. The load of bombs exploded. The plane blew apart. DeSversky's comrade was killed and the fighting major bobbed to the surface after the explosion with one leg off at the knee.

He was picked up by a passing gunboat and saved for further adventures. Made Two Fortunes After emerging from the World War wtih a dozen decorations, an artificial leg and a sold sword from the Czar, the Major came to America, made a fortune In airplane patents, lost it In the stock market, and has made another since. Three years ago, Seversky' plant turned out the world's fastest amphibian plane. It clicked along at 180 miles an hour. A year later a rival boosted the amphibian record up to 181 miles an hour.

Last year the- Russian climbed Into a monoplane that had its wheels and pontoons built Into one arrangement, and tore over the water at a new record 230.03 miles an hour. Last year the Major, who flies the planes ha builds, appeared at Dayton in an all-metal monoplane that was fast and streamlined and alive with, the latest in accessories. He taxied his new machine up to the hangar line on the flying field and that meant that Sheridan would tor, Is so contagious. Born and raised in the rambling house which borders on the school grounds at 186-40 139th Ave, Mrs. Berthold met discouragement when her nursery school plan was first broached.

"You'll never make a go of it," friends told her. "Every one knows you too well." Called In Architect Undaunted, this young woman called in an architect and planned the modern, white brick building before canvassing the neighborhood for pupils. She was putting the cart before the horse, every one said. But, convinced that parents could better understand the workings of the school If they could see Its equipment, Mrs. Berthold went ahead with her work.

That was last September. Today she Is concluding a successful year and is planning a Summer session from July 6 to August 14. A former student at the Child Development Institute of Columbia University, Mrs. Berthold's school has been used for observation by Columbia students during the past term. Child training specialists from the West, South and as far away as Australia have been sent out by their Columbia professors.

One visitor was a blind woman interested In new methods for use In her nursery school for sightless children. Applies Columbia Methods "It's rather an unusual situation," the director explains. "I've been able to apply directly the Columbia methods because it's my own school Most of the others who studied at the Institute have been forced to follow the theories of those in whose schools they teach." The school day Is primarily Informal. A routine of physical examinations, outdoor play, naps and meals Is varied by Impromptu rhythmics, singing and story-telling. A live rabbit, turtle and goldfish give rise to numerous questions which are answered In group discussions.

Brother does not suddenly become Richard when he goes to school. Established nicknames are used and efforts are made to have the transition from home to school made as naturauy as possime lor the new pupils. Newcomers Arrive Late Newcomers arrive late the first day, in time for the. play hour, to avoid any possibility of self-consciousness during the morning physical examination. They leave before the conclusion of the school day.

Still interested in the routine and eager to return the following day. Parents are invited to visit the school. They eat meals with the children and learn how to cope with eating difficulties. "We started last Fall with five children," says Mrs. Berthold, "and four of them were eating problems." Ingenious methods corrected the situation.

Unpopular food was disguised, children who cleaned their plates were praised and it became customary for every one to eat what was set before him without question or comment. Put Clothes Away Similarly, the children out awav their pajamas and slippers In their individual lockers after the after noon nap as a matter of course. The large playroom, decorated in bright, simple colors and hung with Motner Goose pictures, becomes dining room at noon by means of folding tables and a double sleep "DESIRE" Gary Cooper Marleno Dietrich ALSO "TILL WE MEET AGAIN" Herbert Marshall Gertrade Michael i wii.i.-ri,nai "THE GOLDEN ARROW" Bette DaTu George Brent ALSO "THE FIRST BABY" 1 Johnny Dowm Dixie Dunbar "CAPTAIN JANUARY" Shirley Temple Guy Kibbeo ALSO "THE COUNTRY BEYOND" Rocbelle Hudion Paul Kelly i rA. C. dredth of an inch by artisans in the "hammer room." Rivets Countersunk Rivets hold the plates to the framework and here's an interesting thing about rivets on metal planes.

They're small; about one-eighth of an inch in diameter, and the heads of them stand up above the surface hardly 1-32 of an inch. Yet the engineers have found that even those tiny bulges on a plane's surface slow It up. So they countersink them. An amazing array of things are fastened on the fuselage. A "fire wall" of stanless steel Is put in between the motor and the pilot, to protect Army airmen against a motor blaze.

A light, strong framework is rigged up over the cockpit for a crash protector. If the plane turns over, that piece protects the airmen's heads. Then there are the Wings, built up section by section like the framework of a house of many rooms. In one portion of those miniature "rooms" of duraluminum gas Is stored. Flaps Slow 'Em The wheels, encase In duraluminum "pants," are attached under the wings, fitted with brakes like an auto.

Then there are the motor, lights, radio, tail assembly and a bulging flap at the trailing edge of the wing to serve as an "air brake." If it was not for the flap, Seversky trainers would land at 80 miles an hour. The flaps slow them down to half that The pursuit planes will be similar in design to the trainers, but they'll be twice as powerful, with retarct-able landing gear and an imposing display of fighting equipment. First Baptist Church, the Rev. A. Gordon Hynes; Christ Lutheran Church, the Rev.

David G. Jax-heimer; Church of the Transfiguration, the Rev. R. H. Scott; the Salvation Army and Bethel A.

M. E. Church and the Second Baptist Church from the Negro section of the village. Following the parade Ice cream was served to the children on the various church lawns. AT THE HEMPSTEAD Otto starring in "Dracula's Daughter," playing at the Hempstead Theater today.

Others in the film include Gloria Holden and Margaret Churchill. FIRST MORTGAGE MONEY TO LOAN FOR HOME OWNERS and BUILDERS Stroiqht or Amortizing LOW FEtS Quick Action CONSULT LEO H. K. ANDERSEN S31 Nassau Road ROOSEVELT. L.

I. T.I. Freeport 4393-4739 In gdoors and Venetian blinds. An indoor slide is set up on rainy days. The emphasis, however, is placed on outdoor activity, and snowy weather brought the opportunity for skiing and coasting on an adjacent hill.

A swimming pool will be built for the Summer pupils. Incorporates unique Features By consultation with the builder. Mrs. Berthold was able to incorporate several unique features in the building. A roof porch was designed for use when the playground is too damp and the white railing around the yard serves the dual purpose of fence and climbing apparatus.

Each week brings a special treat. Excursions are made to Prospect Park, Mitchell Field airport and to neighboring beaches. The children have been taken to Jamaica race track to see the horses and to local stores for shopping expeditions. Gingerbread boys are cut out and baked, taffy pulling contests are held and candles were dipped for the children's trees at Christmas. Drives Children in Car Mrs.

Berthold brings the children to and from school in her automobile. "It sometimes means driving more than 30 miles a day," she said, "but I've found it worthwhile. The children speak more freely and I have grown to know them better. Then, too, we sing en route and discuss things that we pass. It has helped many of the children over shyness and language difficulties." Two trained teachers assist Mrs.

Berthold who has studied at New York University and at the Flatbush Teachers Training School. She formerly taught kindergarten methods for the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Society and at Beaver College, Jen-kintown, Pa. InstituteGraduates Locate Farm Jobs Farmingdale, June 20 Twenty-six of the 31 graduates this Spring of the regular course at the State Institute of Applied Agriculture here are already located in positions related to the training which they received, it was announced today by Halsey B. Knapp, director. Of the remainder, one Is looking for a farm to purchase and operate himself and two have agricultural positions in prospect.

The types of positions occupied by graduates include those on fruit, poultry and dairy farms, largely in the Hudson Valley; estate maintenance, the repair department of a large implement and tractor com- pany and soil erosion control. Tuition is free to residents of the State. The institute is open through- out the Summer when students are afforded an opportunity for actual work on the grounds. The 21st year begins on Sept. 8.

Applicants are now being enrolled. An average of 200 students are in attendance each year, coming from many parts of the country. Loaf through life in the RANCHO As far as your feet are corn cerned, life's just one long vacation. Air-cooled, unlincd, sofl toe, flexible sole. Two tones of brown sport calf.

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WALK.OVER X-RAY FITTING 32 iain Strerl, llfiup.U'aJ. 46 So. Main KrrriMirt. FREE MlNKlf AL PARKING IN REAR OF STORE Here is a view of the assembly room of the Sever--sky plant at Farmingdale, showing in the foreground one of the training planes being manufactured for Army use. gazed at a grinning row of contemporary airplane builders.

They were there to make their planes acceptable to the Army. The Army was ready to pick the best of the lot for a new training plane. He Gets the Order "Why all the fuss?" the contemporaries asked the Major. "Why a fast plane? Why all the gadgets and the streamlining just for a training' plane? Who cares how fast a training plane is?" But the Major grinned back and said, "You'll see." They saw. The Army agreed with him.

"Training planes must more nearly approximate actual battle planes," they agreed. They ordered Sever-sky's. The Seversky plant starts things at one end and builds up to the nnisned product at the opposite end of the factory. Starting the plane on Its evolu tion, there's first the business of building up. the streamlined fuselage.

Like building a barrel, circular "bulkheads" of duraluminum are ranged at intervals along a heavy frame or "Jig." From one bulkhead to another workmen run "stringers," the light strong duraluminum pieces that are the lengthwise supports of the fuselage. Over the skeleton of duraluminum more men fasten on plates of duraluminum each of the hundreds of plates shaped and fitted to the hun ri 1 rreepon Sunday Schools March Freeport, June 21 Gay colors on the ground made up for gray sky overhead yesterday as nearly 2.000 Sunday school children of the Freeport Protestant churches marched in the 22d annual parade and passed In review before Mayor Robert E. Patterson and other officials of the village. The line of march was the square bounded by Long Beach Merrick Road, Main St. and Pine St.

The reviewing stand was on Pine near Long Beach Ave. Bands March Several bands were in line, including the Freeport High School band, Salvation Army band and the William Story Post Drum and Bugle Corps. William V. Morris was marshall, assisted by R. E.

Austin and Charles S. Braren. The following schools and pastors In line were: Freeport Presbyterian Church, the Rev. A. Gordon Macrury; Freeport M.

E. Church, the Rev. R. H. Scott; Nut or Egg SI I.

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Hempstead SSIO Teacher at Freeport Completes 53d Year Miss Caroline G. Atkinson, School System Veteran, Still in Service After First Pupils Have Become Noted Figures By CECIL H. JOHNSON Freeport, June 20 When the doors of the Freeport High School shut next week, marking the end of another school year, it will be the 53d time thatr Miss Caroline Atkinson has heard the clamor. Former Flier for Czar, Who Lost Leg in War, Plans Annex to Plant That Covers 10 Acres Farmingdale, June 20 Within a month this village will become even more of a bustling center of air plane manufacturing than it is now, with the Government's O. K.

on a 1,000,000 contract for manufacture of 85 fast Seversky pursuit planes. When the Seversky factory floor is cleared of its present order of Army training planes and- the constant clatter of riveting machines starts upon the new contract, more men will be given jobs, more local merchants will profit froth the trade of an increased working force, and more factory buildings will spread over more' ground. To fill the Government order, the Seversky factory management reported today, it probably will be necessary to build an annex to the plant, Plant Covers Ten Acres At present the Seversky plane-making buildings spread over more than ten acres Just east of the Grumman Airplane factory where Navy planes are being made. In one end of the long, barnlike plant go materials and equipment. Out the other come sleek, all-metal monoplanes, each one a composite of more than 40,000 separate parts; each inspected and tested by an ever-present force of Army and Seversky inspectors, hovering around all of the time as the planes are sent through their construction processes.

MaJ. Alexander P. deSeversky Is 500 Are Expected To Attend Annual German Festival Franklin Square, June 20 More than 500 persons are expected to gather in Plattduetsche Volkfest Verein of Brooklyn and vicinity. Fireworks, outdoor picnics, plays and parades in the style and costumes of old Germany will be features of the three-day celebration. The events will start at 2 p.m.

tomorrow, and will continue Monday afternoon, and next Sunday afternoon and next Sunday afternoon. The play, which the German organization will stage in the outdoor theater of the park, will be "Som-mertied is Free'5enstied," the performance, to be the work of the Plattduetsche Theater-Gruppe of Brooklyn. Among those who will be presented are: Honoray presidents, Henry Rehse, P. Rudolph Schumacher, Herman C. Hencke, John D.

Bruens, Nicholas Tledemann, Henry Helfst, William Rueck, Fred Hittmeyer, John C. Meinert, August von Glahn and Henry Beermann. Officers of the organization include August Ponge, president; Fred Harms, William Meier and Gustav Gerber, vice presidents; Herman Gruber, H. H. Reiners and Charles H.

Bruns, secretaries, and Fred Wahlers, treasurer. Columbus Ave. Students Win P.T. A. Book Prizes Freeport, June 20 Sixteen pupils of the Columbus Ave.

School here were given books by the Parent-Teacher Association at the assembly in the school yesterday morning. These awards are made an nually to a pupil in each class who has shown the greatest improvement during the year. In the absence of Mrs. Barton Snyder, president, Miss Augusta Lovenguth gave the books to the winners. They were awarded as follows; First grade classes Joan Post, Joyce Keeler and Dorothy Bartozak.

Second grade classed Gerald Long, Harold Blrkel and Robert Weston. Third grade classes Frances Tomeo, Adele Singer and Patricia Stuart. Fourth grade classes Paul Jenkins, Albert Burke and Flora Childers. Fifth grade classes Mary Fcrrara and Anna Van Riper. Sixth grade classes Zollon Petrovlti ana Muarea Meyer, -f NOW PLAYING AT NASSAU'S mfmpl THEATRES permit zone leaaers to dictate changes in appointive public Jobs in their areas.

Goodw4n pointed out that John B. Sekora, former Glendale leader and one of the anti-Sheridan bloc, had been fired this week as secretary to City Court Judge William Wiener at the demand of Benninger. He asked whether each zone leader con trolled the fate of appointees who had opposed the zone leader in the primary. Zone Leaders Disturbed Sheridan replied that he would "consider the matter' after he returned from his vacation in August Although Goodwin refused after the meeting to comment on the ques. tion he had raised, it was learned that several zone leaders are resent.

ful of claims made by "Sheridan representatlevs" that they, and not the zone leaders, would be the to cal patronage dispensers. The zone leaders want a clear definition of their status in controlling jobs and the elimination. of the "representatives whom Sher idan placed during last year's pri mary as acting leaders in those zones where the elected leaders were against him. Immediately after his re-election Sheridan reappointed Harry Duck- ler, who is secretary to County Judge Charles Colden, an executive secretary at Democratic headquar ters. Delay Montreal Good-Will Flight Roosevelt Field, June 20 The fifth annual goodwill tour of private pilots to Montreal, Canada, was postponed until next Saturday today when the fliers agreed that weather was too threatening to risk the long trip through the State 1 1 the northern city.

Last night 75 pilots, representing a mixture of professional pilots, amateur pilots, flying instructors, society sportsfolk, and airplane technicians, assembled at the han gar line hero ready for the trip. Eugene Vldal, director of the Bu reau of Air Commerce, and Com merce Inspector Col. Carroll Cone were to head the sky delegation to Montreal. In Montreal the flying will call upon officials of the Canadian Government as rep resentatives of the United States. CONVENTION CARD PARTY Garden City Park, June 20 The annual convention card party of the Nassau County Drum and Bugle Corps of Ladies' Auxiliaries to the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held next Saturday evening, June 27, at the Gejden City Park Fire Hall.

Mrs. Julia Costlow Is president of the unit. The corps won first prize In the Southern New York State competition at New York City on May 9 end wiU compete for the New York State prize at the annual convention at Troy, July 10. Mrs. Lillian Gallant is corps secretary and Mr.

Helen Rosenbluth, treasurer. Many of the boys she taught I in the first years of her stewardship here have since grown up to be present or former village officials, county figures or even more prominent. Many of the girls, have become- the heads of successful homes and the mothers of promising sons and daughters. It was in 1885 that the school trustees of Freeport decided that the work was too heavy for L. M.

Burcick and the Misses Phoebe Tlce and Louise J. Carpenter. Impressed by Application Charles L. Wallace read an ap plication and said: "This young lady writes a very good hand." "Yes," agreed James B. Raynord, "and this photograph shows her to be intelligent and capable." To which Piatt Conklin added; "Considering that she has Just graduated from Albany Normal School these recommendations are remarkable strong as to her proficiency and fitness for this position.

We will be fortunate in getting her as a teacher." And so Miss Atkinson began the career that has carried her into 1936, still a member of the faculty and loved and revered by all of her present and past pupils. Honored at Dinner When she had completed forty five years of continuous service, the Freeport High School Alumni As sociation sponsored a dinner that will llv long in the memory of those who attended it. It Is expected that her return to school life In the Fall will be her aided by another gala celebration staged by the men and women of today who remember the gentle teachings of a never-to-be-forgotten Instructor. iiBD Willian Powell Jaaa Arthur "THE EX-Mrs. BRADFORD" ALSO Bobby Brtea Htnry Arnctta IB "LET'S SING AGAIN" "DRACULA'S DAUGHTER" Otto Kruger Gloria Holdei ALSO "CHAMPAGNE CHARLEY" Paul CavanafV Helea Wood Sprclal Added Attraction Louii-Schmelint- Flfht Plctnrrt "THE GOLDEN ARROW" Betto Darii George Brent ALSO "THE FIRST BABY" Johnnr Dowm Dixie Dunbar THIS DIRECTORY APPEARS" IN THE EAGLE EVERT DAT I "SMALL TOWN GIRL" Janet Gaynor Robert Taylor ALSO "BOULDER DAM" Ron Alexander.