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Times Union from Brooklyn, New York • 10

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10 TUESDAY BROOKLYN- TIMES UNldN AUGUST 18, 1936 BROOKLYN GETS ANOTHER SWIMMING POOL THEY'LL SEE DUCE AGAIN Court GeU Noise Case FREE BOXING SHOW POLICE DISCOVER PLANNED BY POLICE I ''VrtN Ill mr mi Urtamwiwrnn ilnn i.ihhi.hiiii J1 Swimming pool recently completed In Red Hook was officially opened last night by Mayor LaGuardia. Ho Is shown pulling the switch which turned on the lights, as Alderman Frank Cunningham, Park Commissioner Robert Moses, Borough President Ingersoll, Attorney General John J. Bennett, and Comptroller Frank J. Taylor, left to right, watch the inaugural. Alhina, Jean, Candida and Yolanda (left to right), daughters of Assistant Corporation Counsel Stephan of 710 Ave.

beam their pleasure at sailing Thursday aboard the S. S. Vulcania with their father, supreme venerable of the Order the Sons of Italy, who heads a delegation of 1,500 members muklng a good will pilgrimage to Italy. The girls, who were guests of Premier Mussolini 10 years ago; will keep a second appointment with him hi the course of the delegation's official reception by il Duce. 25,000 Expected to Attend 12 Amateur Bouts Next Monday.

Final plans for amateur boxing bouts to be held in Brooklyn next Monday night under the auspices of the Police Athletic League were announced yesterday at a luncheon meeting in Oetjen's Restaurant, Church and Flatbush aves. The bouts will be held in the open air parking spaces of Sears-Roebuck Bedford ave. and Beverly under the auspices of the Crime Prevention Bureau, Unit No. 6. More than 25,000 persons are expected to attend.

Tickets will be distributed at various station houses throughout Brooklyn. Twelve bouts will be held between boys ranging In ages from 12 to 18. Winners will meet the winners of bouts held In other boroughs In finals later. In the event of rain the bouts will be postponed to the following Wednesday. Arthur Donovan, well-known referee will officiate at some of the bouts.

Pleas for the support of the public were made at the luncheon by Municipal Court Justice Nathan Sweedler and Lieut. Fred Campbell who is in charge of the crime prevention unit WOMAN, 65, SAVED BY THREE CHILDREN Fire in Pacific St. Apartment Attended by Rescue. Heroism and presenco of mind of three children yesterday saved the life of an elderly woman in a fire at 139 Pacific st. Fire was discovered in the top-floor apartment occupied by Mrs.

Mary Walsh, 63, who rented it from the family of Mrs. Mary Shaker. While two of Mrs. Shaker's children tried to rouse the elderly woman, a third chilJ. Lorraine, nine, ran to the ground floor apartment which is occupied by Dr.

Lewis G. Aide and his sister, Mathilda Aide. Miss Aide summoned firemen, who found the Shaker children had rolled Mrs. Walsh from the blazing bed to the floor where they were trying to beat out flames which enveloped her. She was removed to the Long Island College Hospital suffering from second degree burns.

Fire men said the origin of the blaze was undetermined. 50,000 Cheer Opening of Pool At Red Hook, Last of 1 1 in City Mayor Stresses Need of Local Areas to Aid Authorities; Ingersoll Is Surprise Speaker. regular force of 10 men and 14 women. The main pool measures 130 by 330 feet, and the adjoining diving pool is 65 by 150 feet. The bathhouse capacity is 4,462 personsand the pool will be open daily from 10 A.

M. to 10:30 P. with free group swimming and diving classes at 10 A. M. When completed the recreational centre will offer a four-laps-to-the-milo track, baseball, football and soccer fields, tennis, handball and basketball courts and boys' and girls' playgrounds.

Three Killed, 35 Injured In Montreal Explosion Montreal, Aug. 18. Police today placed the toll of a fire and ceers whistling and handclapping of 50,000 enthusi astic Red Hook residents, Mayor LaGuardia, accompanied by Federal, State and city officials, last night pressed the button that flooded with light and officially opened the $1,000,000 Red Hook Swimming Pool, Lorraine and Clinton the last of the 11 pools constructed by the Park Depart- wjth WpA funds to bg eeaiea on me speaners siana with the Mayor were- Attorney General John J. Bennett, Bor- Anonymous Phone Call Reveals Death; Drug Cutting Outfit Found in Room. man tentatively Identified by police as Samuel Sommenberg, 40, was found dead last night in the second floor apartment at 1725 Emmons Shoepshead Bay, in which he had lived alone since last April.

He had been dead several days. The body was discovered after police had received an anonymous telephone call, advising them that If they would go to apartment 18 at the Emmons ave. address they would "find something disturbing." Detectives Walter Laurie and Frankie Driscoll, of the Sheepshead Bay Station, were sent to the house, climbed up a fire escape to the second floor, and gained entrance to apartment 18 by breaking a window. They found the man dead in bed. folice found in the room a narcotic cutting outfit, which might have been used for the commercial cutting of heroin and morphine.

They also found about six pounds of narcotics. The drugs, cutting outfit and aome chemicals used in the adulteration of narcotics were seized by the police and turned over to the Narcotic Bureau. DESTROYERS ARE OFF FOR SPAIN WAR AREA Two Leave Brooklyn Yard for Spanish Waters The Destroyers Kane and Hat- field are on their way to Spain, having left the Navy Yard late yesterday. The ship3 are in command of Commander S. B.

Robinson, who flew his pennant from the Hatfield. Lleutenant Commander R. B. Mat thews commanded the Hatfield and Lieutenant Commander J. D.

Alvis the Kane. The destroyers arrived at the Navy Hard over the week-end and Commander Robinson flew to Washington for a conference with Navy 1'epartment officials. On leaving today he said the ships would reach Spanish waters In about ten days. "I expect to get my orders when we reach the other side," he said. BILBO DODGES A PUNCH Senator Says Dancing Ability Taught Him to Duck.

Bay St. Louis, Aug. 18. U. S.

Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, today credited his ability as a dancer in sidestepping a blow to the chin by an Irate county clerk during a political rally here. During a speech at the courthouse on behalf of former Gov. Bennett Connor, Senatorial candidate, Bilbo demanded: "Where's Red?" He referred to County Court Clerk A. G.

Favre, supporter of Senator Pat Harrison, Connor's opponent. Favre. seated by a loudspeaker In his office, bolted to the speaker's platform and swung at Bilbo. Bilbo danced aside. Friends intervened.

Lindbergh to Address World Peace Congress London. Aug IS Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who recently warned a Berlin audience against the perils of war in the air, will speak on war danger at a world peace Congress to open at Brussels Sept. 3, it was announced- today.

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For a i rrnnnn trip mom in paper or pbon RRvan 871X1. Hudson River Da; Lin. 42d Si Piei BODY OF RECLUS THE I ough President Ingersoll, Col. Bre- Assemblyman Michael Gillen anl hon B. Somervell, Works Progress Commissioner Moses in putting x.

I through the bill to transfer the Administrator for New York City; to the Comptroller Frank J. Taylor- and Comptroller Taylor recalled "lum-Park Commissioner Robert Moses, ber-raft swimming In the good old Perfect Tea for Over Ridgewood CarJ The Brooklyn and Ouean Company waived examination yesJ tciuuy in. niagewooa cour and wad neia by Magistrate Wleboldt tot Special Sessions on a charge ci maintaining a public nuisance. The complaint was made in nan or residents, who allege thJ corporation makes sleep lmnosslhiJ I by shunting empty cars over an exJ tension to the Fresh Pond car barnJ instead of using the tracks od Myrtle ave. and Fresh Pond rd.

tmj i i fcuSMMMimi 'iilim III NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY who presided. I After the 375 policemen on duty I around the pool, under the direc- tion of Deputy Inspector Archibald McNeill, in charge of Brooklyn, and Inspector Harry T. Lovdell, head of the 11th Division, had succeeded in quieting the 6,500 persons seated I inside the enclosure and the additional 45,000 milling about outside, Mayor LaGuardia opened his remarks by observing: "This pro cedure is no longer a novelty, but it's always a pleasure." 'Save Your Dimes' He then elicited a hearty response from the youngsters in the crowd by urging them to use the pool before 1 P. "to save your mothers dimes they're scarce nowadays." Turning to more serious matters, the Mayor cited the swimming pools as "an illustration of what 300 HERE TO SAIL FOR TOUR OF ITALY Cood Will Pilgrimage Is to Start Thursday. Three hundred members of Brooklyn lodges of the Order of the Sons of Italy will be represented in the delegation of 1,000 selected representatives headed by Stephen P.

Miele, of 710 Ave. supreme venerable of the order, who will sail Thursday on the S. S. Vulcania on a good will pilgrimage to Italy. Stopping first at Boston to take on an additional 500 members, the delegation will proceed to Trieste on its 41-day tour of Italy.

Th itinerary, to be marked by official receptions in every important Italian city, will include an audience with King Victor Emmanuel at the summer palace at Pisa. Premier Mussolini will greet them three days later at the Venezia Palace in Rome and Pope Pius XI will receive the delegation at Castle Gan-dolfo. At these audiences Miele and Judge Eugene Alessandrcne, leaders of the tour, will convey messages of good will from President Roosevelt and Gov. Lehman as part of its function of promoting Italo-American amity. The travelers will return Oct.

1. Jt A Seven Persons Injured In Crash at Edgemere Seven persons were injured early yesterday when two automobiles collided head-on at Beach 44th st. and Beach Channel Edgemere. Both cars had started up after stopping for traffic signals. Mrs.

Etta Schuman, 36. of 423 Beach 66th st, Arverne, was the only one se riously injured. She suffered pos sible fractures of both legs and was taKen to at. Joseph Hospital, Far Rockaway. Tho other persons in volved in the collision, including Mrs.

Schuman's two daughters, Marion, five, and Irene, were treated for minor injuries. r- wiiil' iMfi.lii.iT. The the Federal Government is doing when olner improvements are con-nrLL "pessary im-1 1 tcmplated. Red Hook will not be provements, but giving thousands forgotten." dedicated this year, ert he added. Tt waa pleasure for me to work with days." and termed the pool "an In dicatlon of what government can and will do for the people." An unexpected speaker was Borough President Ingersoll, who arrived yesterday afternoon from a three-weeks tour of England, on which he was accompanied by his wife and daughter, Marlon.

He credited the present city administration and the WPA with "supplying a long-standing need In Brooklyn the development of recreational facilities for the benefit of both adults and children." Mr. Somervell, who took up his duties on Aug. 1, predicted that "The present spirit of co-operation between WPA and city officials will lead to many more achievements." Commissioner Moses explained that "work here has been necessarily slow because of foundation difficulties, but use the pool now and the other facilities will soon be ready." "1 am happy to report." he said, "that this morning saw the passing 1 of the 1.000. noil mark in the num-: ber of people using pools arready Also present were Representative Thomas H. Cnllen, Democratic leader of the Third A.

whom Mayor LaGuardia greeted as "an old Washington colleague." and warmly praised as "instrumental In paving tho way for the easy ob-tainment of Federal funds:" Walter Vernle. Repnlhican leader, and Assemblyman Gillen. Asks for Bus Lines Hugh J. Hoehn, chairman of the Erie Basin Community and Civic League, and a resident of the section for 70 years, was escorted to a scat near the speakers' stand by Capt. Daniel F.

O'Connor, of tho 76th Precinct. Recalling his long campaign to procure additional transit service for Red Hook, Mr. Hoehn expressed an opinion that 'soon tho ball will bo rolling to bring three new bus lines here." "You know," he confided, "up to now the nearest thing Red Hook has received is the Statue of Liberty, but things aro looking up." Following tho ceremonies the crowd lingered to enjoy an aquatic show put on by Park Department swimming instructors and some of their pupils, featuring a hilarious "barbering burlesque" staged atop a diving hoard. Richard C. Jenkins, director of parka, assigned 50 additional employes last night to augment the JUNGLE EXPLORER: Commander George M.

Dyott below. Exploring is often a severe strain on digestion. "Food tastes better digests easierwith Camels along," Commander Dyott says. 1 -4AI vsi4 1 -r or nours or employment to men who would otherwise be out of work and destitute. Particularly singling out Commissioner Moses for commendation, he reminded his listeners that "the city has always cooperated with the Federal Government by having plans and projects already mapped out." The Mayor stressed a need for co-operation "not only among city, State and Federal officials, but the residents of affected areas." "It is too bad," ho declared, "that Red Hook isn't enjoying a model housing development at the present tlmo because of interference by individuals with the city plans; interference that permitted other cities to step in and rerelvo the Federal funds that New York should have procured." Alderman Frank A.

Cunningham, referred to by the Mayor as "the dean or the Aldermanio Board." welcomed tho officials on behalf of his constituents, and profuse applause attended Commissioner Moses Introduction of Attorney General Bennett and Comptroller Taylor, both of whom are former residents of the section. Bennett "Old Neighbor" The Attorney General announced that he came "as an old neighbor." and pointing out that the site of the pool was originally State prop- explosion last night in a three-story store building at three dead and 35 injured. Although firemen still searched in smoldering embers they believed they had found all victims. For a time they thought six or perhaps more men had been killed when a tank of cleaning fluid exploded on the building top floor while it was full of firemen fighting a fire. A check of morgues and hospitals was required to establish the toll.

The dead are Firemen Francois Beauieu, 43; Pierre plouffe, 42; Albert Guerin, 39. The injured included many among thousands of spectators and blocked traffic around the building. One witness, Charles Grey, said the whole top of the building seemed to leap into the air on a wide tongue of flame, and bodies, shattered ladders and bits of brick crashed all around me." With the Women Voters Bu UARIE FRUGONE Mrs. William H. Good, National commltteewoman for New York; Congressman Caroline O'Day, Congressman Mary T.

Norton and Parole Commissioner Rose M. Reese will be the guests of honor at a campaign luncheon to be held by tho Democratic Business and Professional Women of Greater New York, in the Hotel Lincoln, Manhattan, on Sept. 19. Claiming a membership of 1,400 persons, tho majority of them col-lego graduates, the D. B.

P. W. was organized In 192C during Senator Robert P. Wagner's first campaign for the United States Senate. Serving on the dinner oommittce are: Dr.

Pinckney Estes Glantz-berg, chairman, attorney for the Luquldation Bureau of the State Department of Insurance; Dr. Anna Hochfelder, former assistant corporation counsel, who is now in Geneva as the only New York woman delegate to tho International Jewish Congress: also former Magistrate Clarice Haright, Mrs. Jeannette K. Kaye, Mrs. Evelyn Haker Richman, Miss Mary M.

Kane, of the City Park Department; Miss Elizabeth Seay Hall, Hunter College; Miss Lillian Rich-man. Miss Estello Wildman. of the Alllanco of Civil Servico Women; Miss Theresa Gural, real estate appraiser. A speaker of prominence will be Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, of Pittsburgh, sister of Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, who mado an outstanding seconding speech for the nomination of President Roosevelt at Philadelphia.

Tho Sydney H. Gittleson Non-Partisan Committee of 60 Women was formed at a recent meeting In the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Conn, co-leader of the 4th A. D. Repub lican lub, at 1J6 (Tymer to rurther the candidacy of the Republican candidate, for the Assembly.

Beginning Sept. 2, the committee will meet every Wednesday for luncheon conference in the homes of members, following intensive canvassing of the entire district. At each gathering Mr. Gittleson will speak on Issues of the campaign and bills ho plans to introduce In the Assembly, if elected. Although Republican women of the 22d'A.

D. do not hold sessions of the Women's Division during the summer, they meet Jointly with the men's club every Friday night. This week the local candidates will speak on their campaign plans and issues. Among those to be heard are Barney Feldman, candidate for the Assembly; James Vlrdane. for State Senate, and Robert Hower, for Congress.

The Women's Division will convene at the clubhouse, 286 Barbey st, Sept. 14, for the first campaign meeting of tho fall. Miss Rosina Scarpati is president. Recruited to the Roosevelt campaign as chairman of the authors' committee is Mrs. Allco Puer Miller, friend of Mrs.

Caroline O'Day, who recalls that as a pretty debutante of the mauve decado Mrs. Miller startled the dowagers in her set when she decided to be a writer. She was too pretty to go in for a career, they thought. Later ft was Mrs. Miller's book, "Are Women that mate-rlally aided the cause of suffrage.

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