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NOV 22 1937 CI 8 356931 BADLY EAGLE WeatKer Forecast Br C. I. Weather Barm FAIR AND COLDER Everywhere 6 SECTIONS 97th YEAR No. 323 Kntered tt the Brooklyn Poitafflct ti 2d Clan Mall Matter (Copyright 1937 Th Brooklyn Dally Eagle) BROOKLYN, N. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1937 H.

H. CURRAN APPOINTED DEPUTY MA YOR; RECOUNT OF BORO P. R. VOTE DEMANDED; CONGRESS PLANS TO ACT ON CHINA WAR State Parley Harvard Beats Yale; Fordham Also Winner Pope Pius Reprimands Coughlin for F. D.

Rap Backs Bishop Mooney Action as 'Just and Timely' Statement Was Issued in Reply to Messages From U. S. on Withdrawal From Radio Far East Crisis Stirs Solons to Plan Isolation To Consider Resolution Admitting Tokio to Be Engaged in Hostilities Washington, Nov. 20 (P) Con- gressT bythf war and avowedly displeased with the Administration's policy In the Harvard defeated Yale, 136, in the feature game of an upset-filled Saturday. It was the 56th meeting between the two teams.

Princeton, the oft-beaten, rose and trounced Navy, 26 Colgate downed Syracuse, 7 0, and Carnegie Tech held Holy Cross to a scoreless tie. Unbeaten Fordham won from St. Mary's, 6 0, while Pitt kept a clean record by downing Penn State, 28 7, as did Villanova in whitewashing Temple, 33 0. Dartmouth, for the first time in a dozen years, rinsed Its SPasnn with virfnrv fhp Rir f.rppn rtpfpn finer GETS CITY POST untied Lafayette won from Far East, probably will try next week of the Cofcrt of Appeal: and Su-; to erect new neutrality fences around preme Court Justice Harry E. Lewis the United States.

I as delegates at large to the 1938 Columbia, 27-0. Unbeaten and Lehigh, 60. Other scores: Notre Dame, Northwestern, 0. Duke, 20; N. C.

State, 7. Ohio State, 20; Michigan, 0. Purdue, 13; Indiana, 7. (Full Details in Seats Won by Crane, Lewis Unofficial Count Shows IJoro Jurists Elected-G. O.

P. Takes Control By JOSEPH J. EARLY Unofficial figures secured by The Eaglj last night assured the election of Chief Judge Frederick E. Crane State Constitutional Convention Four other Republican delegates now In the lead include: Supreme Court Justice Philip J. McCook of Manhattan.

Senator Benjamin F. Felnberg of Plattsbnrr Presiding Justice Charles B. Sears of Buffalo and head of the Appellate Division of the Fourth Department. Former Republican Senate Leader George R. Fearon of Syracuse.

Republican control of the convention is now considered clinched with a total voting strength of 91, or six more than the quota required to organize the session next April which is charged with the duty of recasting the basic law of the State. Official figures will not be aval-; able untl Dec. 6. when the State Board of Canvassers meets to rom- pare the verllieci returns irom Brooklyn and the other counties of State. Returns Confirmed Brooklyn canvassers, under guidance of Elections Commissioners Jacob A.

Livingston and William J. Heffernan, last night confirmed returns published by The Eagle on Continued on Page 2 Economists Suggest Plans for Recovery Wide Variety of Ideas Offered by Nation's Leading Men in Field Many Regard Budget Balance as Not Being a Vital Need Now I) (i Washington, Nov. 20 (U.R) Pope Plus XI, in a statement released here tonight, officially aprroved the "correction" administered to the Rev. Charles Coughlin by Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit. The statement was issued through the offices of the Apostolic Delegate here.

The Pope characterized as "Just and timely" the action taken by Mooney In ordering Coughlin to cease his public criticism of President Roosevelt. Mooney's order followed a statement by Coughlin that the President's appointment of Justice Hugo L. Black to the Supreme Court was an act of "personal stupidity." "The Holy See regards as Just and timely the corrections which the Archbishop of Detroit made in reference to remarks of Father Coughlin published on Oct. 5," said the Pope's statement. "Each bishop has not only the right, but the duty to supervise Catholic teaching in his diocese.

"Any priest who feels aggrieved by the action of his bishop in the exercise of such supervision has the right of orderly recourse to the Holy See, but, in loyalty to the church, he also has the duty of using his influence to keep the matter from being made the occasion of public confusion In the minds of many Catholics." I Unusual Action The public reprimand by Pope Plus was a most unusual action. Continued on Page I to The award of $5,000 damages, made by Justice Edward J. Byrne in equity term of Supreme Court to the owners of the Peter Stuyvesant Apartments at 850 E. 31st St. against the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation for conducting a noise nuisance In the operation of the trnllpv "Innn" nt the iiiiiction of Nostiand mid Flatbush was Trolley Nuisance Award TTnWld Rv HiVli Court Affirms Decision Allowing Damage Apartment House Owners for Noise From Flatbush Ave.

Loop Loser in Race Files Action in Supreme Court Maccabee Obtains Show Cause Order-Tally Is Challenged by Duffy A recanvass and recount of all the P. R. ballots In the race for City Councllmen In Brooklyn after the first count was demanded yesterday in an action instituted in the Supreme Court by Samuel K. Maccabee, one of the City Fusion candidates. Justice Peter B.

Smith issued an order requiring the Board of Elections and Directors Charles Pokorny and E. Ivan Rubenstein to show cause tomorrow morning why all operations after the first count at the old 47th Regiment Armory should not be invalidated. This case will come up following the argument on the order secured by Candidate Abner C. Surpless requiring the election officials to show cause why his son, Allan, whose resignation as a canvasser was forced because of their relationship, should not be reinstated and requiring Commissioner of Accounts Paul Blanshard, who was responsible for the ouster, to show cause why he should not be restrained from interfering in the canvass. See No Delay Assistant Corporation Counsel E.

Boardman Epstein, who will represent the election officials in court in both actions, looked over the situation at the armory yesterday and then declared: "My observation la that thing here is legal and proceeding In accordance with the provisions of the new city charter. We do not anticipate any holdup, of the count." Duffy Files Charge Another attack on the Brooklyn count was launched by Alfred A. Duffy, lawyer and Democrat, who served as a canvasser until he was dropped in the recent wholesale reduction in the staff. Mr. Duffy filed formal charges with Attorney General John J.

Bennett Jr. claiming that the count had been conducted "with a haste and a disregard for accuracy which amounts to a fraud on many of the candidates," and asked for the appointment of a Deputy Attorney General to investigate these conditions. In his complaint Mr. Duffy said: "Mr. Charles E.

Pokorney, one of the directors, under the pressure of the Mayor and the daily press, began to rush the count at a very fast and, to those present at the count, obviously an unwise pace. Accuracy and fairness were sacrificed for speed alone. It has been rumored through-ous the armory and it has been common gossip that Director Pokorney expects to be appointed a magistrate by Mayor La Guardla. "What has been the result? The opportunities for fraud and destruction of the ballots today are golden. The ballots are in such poor and torn shape that now on the late counts it would be a simple matter to destroy the valadity of 1.000 ballots at one time.

When deponent was handling the ballots of Candidate Massaro he noticed this fact and he remarked it to those who Continued on Page 2 Ill the Sunday Fnglc SECTION A Editorial! Golden Wtddinit Island Newt-ObltnarlM 10 It ft- It Shooplnr With Suan SECTION Dr. Brady Fralrrnal lltlrn Worth Hflfn and Warren-Rpaorti Society Navel (I (I 1 1- ft S- 9 SECTION TREND and A REVIEW OF THE ARTS SECTION PLAY: Spnrll Financial SECTION Auloi Bridre Crniwword Paulo Rral Estate School Want Ads 1- 6 COMIC'S KIU1II PAGES OF OMICS IN COLORS City Magistrate Is Elevated to $16,000 Office By LaGuardia Jan. 1-Post Created by New City Charter FOE OF NEW DEAL Designation Is Effective Achieved Nation-Wide Fame as the Leader of Fight on Dry Law Henry H. Curran will be New York City's first Deputy Mayor. His appointment, to become effective on Jan.

1, when the additional executive office created by the new charter goes into operation, was announced last night by Mayor LaGuardia. The salary will be $16,000 a year. The announcement caused surprise, because Curran has been an outspoken foe of the New Deal, Intensely Republican. He Is at present a city magistrate and has held many public offices. Including U.

S. Commissioner of i Immigration at the Port of New York, Borough President of Manhattan, vice chairman of the Board of Aldermen and Alderman. In 1921 Judge Curran was the Republican candidate for Mayor against John F. Hylan and lost after a heated campaign. Curran achieved nation-wide fame as the militant head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and his campaign, that ended with repeal, was regarded as a three-year masterpiece of strategy.

Served Overseas He wears the military title of major, earned afler he went overseas with the 77th Division and took part in the fighting at Vesle and the Argonne. As Deputy Mayor he will perform all those mayoral duties that Mayor I.APiutirrila will rommnnrl him. in wrUinl? to perform, but he wm not have power to make appointments or remove incumbents from office. He wlU "ol be entltled to tu mil inct rn hnr nan Via nrc Ha or magistrate, such hearings as the new Charter puts directly on the shoulders of the Mayor. Nor has he the power to "Uo the ot RasellthllIi Kambl.

It rPsulted convicUon and electrocution of gunmen. In that term he got Into and brought a libel suit against" the WM mm fought out court In his campaign for the mayoralty as candidate on the Republican ticket, lie Insisted that the five rent are be kept, and he approved the plan of the Transit Commission as then constituted "for solving the traction problem." He made a vigorous assault against Mayor Hylan charging the latter I 0 riuhi to claim credit for hoiislnn improvements. As Borough President of Manhattan he sat in a Board of Estimate meeting and told Mayor Hylan that he "looked like a gargoyle, looking down at letple and making faces at them." He was appaointed Immigration Commissioner on June 12, 1923. and a year later he told the public that the country was "too full of aliens, dangerously discordant and divided As head of ihe National Economy League he made widespread charges to the that one in every son on the relief rolls "don't need relief." He also charged that "Tl IM'ieent of he veteran costs are un-warranted." No Vacancies PMiK SI OPE 000 5th 2 rnoml, km iirhfMr. hmli.

hrat, hot water; im, r.fc'NC ItlillKlnl, I.U. 1 "The 'No Vacancies' sign quickly replaced I lie For Rent' sign at my door when I placed an ad in the 'Classified Section of The Eagle last Sunday. I had a number of prospects and one of them rented the apartment shortly after the ad first In the paper." says the above advertiser. you have a room, apartment or i house for rent, place an ad in the Rental Columns of The Eagle, Brooklyn's Newsnaner. You'll eet quick, economical results.

Just call an ad-taker at MAin 4-6000, glv I your messaite and "Charge It." Henry H. Curraa (2 Killed, 4 Hurt In Auto Crashes Truck Hit by L. I. R. R.

Train-Passenger Car Collides With Van Special to The Eagle Rlverhead, Nov. 20 Two lives were last and four persons were in- Jured, two of them seriously, In two accidents in Suffolk today. Mrs. Lottie Horton, 65, was In- DcForrest Horton, 67, of Culrhogue, was badly injured when their car, Rt 1 Ave' "'ftT i 1 thp, RJV" 'ad-Orenepori highway PaM hr- Raymonds ere Manhattan, 13; Niagara, 7. Minnesota, 13; Wisconsin, 6.

Boston 13; Boston 6. B'klyn 27; N. Y. Aggies, 0. Sports Section.) A dozen leading economists last night offered suggestions for ending the current slump In business ac- tivity.

The gist of them was: "Do some thing to encourage business." What form the encouragement would take was a matter of debate among economists who expressed their opinions in response to inquiries, but sentiment was strong for these points, 1. Abolish the tax on undistributed profits. 2. Revise or abolish the tax on capital gains. 3.

End "Government competition" with business. 4. Bolster public confidence by definitely indicating an intention to balance the budget. Actual immediate balancing of the budget was not essential to recovery, a majority of the economists said, although a few disagreed. Some credited the budget's existing unbalance as a cause of the recovery in business after the depression.

Fisher of Yale Contributes Among economists whocontributed their views were David Friday of Washington, Prof. Irving FLsher of Yale, James H. R. Cromwell of New Jersey, Col. Leonard P.

Avres of Cleveland, Dr. Wlllford I. King of New York University, O. C. Aull of George Peabody College at Nashville.

B. M. Anderson, economist for the Chase National Bank; Dr. Reid L. McClung of the University Southern California; Paul Doug- las oi me university oi unicago.

Abraham Berglund of the University of Virginia, and Morton A. Aldrlch of Tulane University. Not all the economists thought Congress could relieve the situation. Some held that the remedy lay in co-operation between labor and business on wages, prices and steady employment. Others said business could pull Itself out of the hole by holding prices down and thus increasing consumption.

One asserted that a housing drive, properly conducted, would set things going full tilt. Of the experts who urged action by Congress, some were strong for giving more credit control to the Federal Reserve Board. Olhers contended credit had nothing to do with the problem. Some wanted taxes up. Some wanted taxes down.

But all wanted business to get the feeling, as one put it. that the Roosevelt Administration was ready to "make friends." Need for Dramatic Action David Friday of Washington, D. summed it up emphatically: "There is need of some definite, dramatic action to show that Government promises of helping business Is more than Just a lot of talk." Is a balanced budget essential? "No," Friday said. "In the long run it Is essential, but not now. Talk Continued on Page 11 basement, caused by faulty opera tion of an oil burner.

The comedy film ran on, but there Was alarm, cautious alarm. An emergency call had already been turned in by Patrolman William Brower, who discovered the fire. Before panic could grip the children 15 firemen and patrolmen were on the scene. Quieting the audience, wit hthe help of ushers, they carried the 37 crippled children to the street and marched the remainder of the audience through the 11 exits. Troops Called In Ohio Crisis Davey Declares Against Sit-Downs as Men Leave Rubber Plant Akron, Ohio, Nov.

20 OP) The State of Ohio ordered 2,000 National Guardsmen to "stand by" today for possible duty at the Akron plants of Goodyear Tire Rubber Company, and Gov. Martin L. Davey declared sit-down strikes "will not be tolerated in Ohio." "The sit-down strike is illegal, Immoral and revolutionary," the executive declared, a few hours after orders had gone out for 22 National Guard units in 20 cities to be ready for call. "It Is a defiance of law and of decent public opinion, and is a dangerous defiance of American traditions. "Such a weapon of industrial warfare will not be tolerated In Ohio." Strikers Leave Plants Almost simultaneously with issuance the National Guard orders, leaders of the C.

I. O. United Rubber Workers reported nearly all the 300 to 600 workers who sat down Friday in protest against a layoff plan had filed out of the plants. This, the union leaders, said, was in obedience to their orders and to the union's constitution, which forbids sit-down strikes. The sit-downers had occupied Continued on Page 11.

Woman Drops Dead While Out Shopping An unidentified woman, about 60 years old, collapsed at S. 2d and Havemeyer Sts. yesterday and died in an ambulance sent from Green-point Hospital. The woman, who was without hat or coat, wore a green sweater, blue apron, dark blue hoasedress, light tan stockings and house slippers. She was holding $1.25 In change In her hand.

Police believed she was on her way to a neighborhood store to do some shopping when stricken. Man Drowns in Auto Skidding Off Bridge Wilmington, Nov. 20 (U.R) The body of William Purcell, 25, driver of a taxicab which plunged into the Christiana River from the Third St. Bridge in South Wilmington today, was recovered from the vehicle when it was hoisted nearly six hours later, Purcell was the only occupant of the taxi. I upheld yesterday by the Appellate rontalnrnu Mr.

and Mrs. John H. or velo laws that will be en-DJuXs William B. Carsweil and i 1- the Struck by a truck late this after- Board Alilt-rmen he started th Senator Nye N. announced i a meeting of a bi-partisan group of Senators to consider a resolution recognizing a state of war between Japan and China.

Automatic Embargo The effect of this would be to force invocation of the Neutrality act, which automatically would embargo shipments of war materials to belligerent nations and. within the discretion of the President, make possible an embargo on other supplies. Possibility of such a move in the Senate was anticipated in the House by Representative Sauthoff who asked Friday for immediate consideration of a resolution to rlnrlnro a ctsto tf war In tho Fur Ks.t nhWiinn his motion, which required unanimous I consent, blocked his request. F. D.

May Disapprove Any effort of Congress to change the present neutrality law, however, mlght blof ked by presidential dis. approval unless It were backed by two-thirds of Congress and thus might override a veto. No hint has come from the White House that Continued on Page 2 2 Die, 73 Hurt In Train Horror Coach, Derailed, Rolls Down Hill Full of Hurtling Passengers Bluefleld, W. Nov. 20 Two passengers were killed, 53 persons were seriously hurt and 20 others were slightly Injured today in the wreck of a Norfolk Western passenger train near here.

Three were critically Injured and their recovery was doubtful. Frank Booker, 35, Negro, of Wil- liumcnn Va utac thrnu'ti frnm fl coarn it ovmlrned and was kllled Mi.ss Georgia Clyburn, 61. of Bran well, died of hours later. her injuries several are Irene Those who mav die Dunman, 15. of Elkhorn.

W. Dora Lee Gammon, 29. school teacher at Kimball, W. and J. W.

Dickenson, railroad employe at milestone, who was pinned under a coach two hours. Coach Rolls Down Hill One coach, bearing a group of women and chlldrpn, tumbled down an emoanKment to tne edge oi tne Biuesione Kiver, twice overturning. Another passenger coach of the all-steel train and two baggage cars Continued on Page 11. Robbery Suspects Are Turned Loose Charges of robbery agalast John Capozzoll, 23, of 2430 Buck Bronx, and William A. O'Neill, 19.

of 584 Academy Manhattan, were dismissed ye.sterday in Felony Court, Brooklyn, by Magistrate Matthew J. Troy, when Mrs. Gussie Berger of 161 Hart one of the victims of a holdup staged In her apartment failed to identify the men as two of the band of four men who robbed the 12 persons who were her guests on Nov. 13. No one was injured, After the fire had been put out.

confining damage estimated by George Allison, manager, at $3,000 i to the basement, the audience re turned at 4 o'clock, two hours later, to view the remainder of the show. But for the children from St. Giles their hour of fun had been spoiled. They were loaded into buses and returned to Gsrden City. They had the fire to talk about today, but as for the rest of the show well, children's tmnnlnatinns nftpn malm I happier ending anyway.

I (jai ih.ii) uui, nui lu I.t. Charles Becker and four and went to their home alter being ui. liilllW'K l.HT (u1llte M.vor fUvnor opln on that the damage should be fixI at $10,000. although Justices Frank Adel. Rowland L.

Davis and Frederick P. Close ruled that the amount awarded was sufficient. Tenants Testify A large number of tenants who reside in the apartment house testified before Justlc Byrne that their slumbers were frequently lnter- I IU' vu svircvmnK ui Ull liiu mnru tin, vi inr that ciune within four feet of the building and directly beneath many bedroom windows. The trolley company contended that the operation was necessary and allowed under the terms of its franchise, and that the apartment owners, having built their structure in an unrestricted zone, could not complain of it as a nuisance. On this point the Appellate Divsion declared: "The transit corporation may properly maintain and operate such approaches by reasonable Implication from the terms of the franchise, Hut.

though the legal rmlit to operate and maintain may exist, they may not be operated and maintained in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance. Clears It. R. "The location of (he plaintiffs apartment building in an unrestricted zone does not constitute an estoppel, but is merely one factor to be considered in determining whether a nuisance exists." The Long Island Railroad, whose Duce Shakes Up Fascist Empire Assumes Fifth Cabinet Post-Links Royalty in Sudden Mr." Rome, Nov. 20 Premier i soUnl tightened his grip on Italy new Empire tonight in a series of swift administrative changes which presaged complete reorganization of the empires in ternal affairs.

II Duce assumed the portfolio of minister for Italian Africa his fifth cabinet post at the same time he linked Italy's royal familv more closely with the conquest of Ethl opia by naming the Duke of Aaosta, Kjng victor Emanuers cousin, viceroy. i Newspapers Immediately hailed Mussolini, heretofore Duce of Fascism, as the Duce of Empire The king was said to have hesi tated over the appointment of his lank, 39-year-old cousin as viceroy before the Ethiopian conquest was recognized by Britain and France. Aosta, an air corps officer who Continued on Tage 2 L. I. Yacht Thought To lie Safe at Sea Norfolk, Nov.

20 il'i The Coast Guard cutter Dione reported an unsuccessful search today for the motorboat Amy. said to have been in distress last night in Tangier Sound In Chesapeake Bay. Coast Guard headquarters thought the motorboat had been able to proceed under her own power or had been towed in by some passing vessel. The Amy Is owned by George C. Smith of Bay Shore, L.

I. It is a 35-foot craft. Wife Man Dies in Auto Crash Palm Springs, Nov. 20 Mrs. Bernice Mannix, 38.

wife of Edward J. Mannix. vice president and general manager of the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, was crushed to death early today in an automo bile accident, near here. Mrs. Mannix, the former Bernice Fltzmaurice of Springfield, married Mannix 18.

years ago in Marlboro, Mass. Funeral services will be held in Boston. Vincent Doraska of Rlverhead. Hor- on was taken to Eastern Long The truck was driven by Samuel Palmer Jr. of 66 River Putchogue, who was held bv the I Rlverhead police.

It Is owned by the South Side Trucking Company. Ernest, c. Uendall, 57, of 1 Road, Valley Stream, was kllled and Joseph B. Shue, 27, of 42-15 147th Flushing, was in much me inn on wnicn mey were riding was hit by a Kotin Island Railroad train at the Weil wood Ave. grade crossing, close by the Pinelawn station of the Long Island Railroad.

Henall's body was removed 1Q Buy's Undertaking Es tablishment, and Shue was taker, to the Brunswick General Itaspilal in Amltyville. Police said the truck, badly damagrd, was owned by Larus Brother, a Richmond, tobacco concern. The accident delayed the train, bound for Penn station, 23 minutes. ()St POIIC Hearing" On Murder Charge A hearing in Felony Court. Brooklyn, before MacMrate Matthew J.

Troy, on a murder charge Indued against Bartholomew Simnne, of court on a short allidavit signed by Detective Harold Fox of the Herbert St. Precinct, who that a man named Joseph Pecoia. 30, of 580 Union Ave was found shot to death 1" thP r.ral B-7! Leonard and that police had tn helieve flint Ritnnno u'-ic Involved in the shooting, LORD SMI.S lord Rothermere. British news- naner nmnrietor M.iiert fnr r.m, vesterriav aboard the Italian Liner Conle bi Snvoia. He came to New York after a holiday in Bermuda.

Crippled Children Saved From Fire; 1,000 Others Marched From Theater tracks run in the cut alongside of 'H4 Leonard was postponed yes-the building, had been released from terday until tomorrow, liability by Justic Byrne, and that Simone was arraigned Thursday ruling, too, was upheld by the higher! before Magistrate Troy In the same Special to The Eagle Mlneola, Nov. 20 A thousand children, 37 of whom were Inmates from the St. Giles Home for Crippled Children at Garden City, sat in the Mlneola Theater this afternoon cheering as only a happy Saturday afternoon audience of can. It was a comedy film, "Happy Hour for Children," that made them happy. Then, suddenly, smoke filled the auditorium, There was a fire In the court, i lie aiMirtment owners were represented In court bv former Supreme Court Justice Callaghan.

Stephen, I LAUNCH I.AKGF.ST WELDED SHIP Chester, Nov. 20 The i 18 500-ton oil tanker, J. W. Van 1 Dyke, described as the world's larg est welded ship, slid into the ware River today from Ihe Sun Shipbuilding Company Dlant. It has' a length of 521 feet, a beam of 70 feet and a cargo enpacity of 6,552,000 I gallons.

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