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"IS il 2 BROOKLYN EAGLE TUESDAY JANUARY 16 1940 To Sing for This Alarm Clock Is Answer To Tardy Commuters Prayer $850000 Job To Streamline Declares High Assessments Board Studies Plan to Enforce -it one egins Providehce Jan How often have you gone to bed and said to yourself "Tomorrow IT really get up on (but Just Then witness late -si umbering William Richter Jr Brown University sophomore who overcomes this common weakness with the help of an electric alarm clock and a phonograph am the alarm goes off throwing a switch which starts the phonograph Then William hears himself tell himself a thing or two: "Get up Bill get -The recording of Rlchterb voice begins gently but persuasively "Now It aayx give ui any of that stuff No turn over again You know what will happen If the dean hears about your sleeping through another o'clock Then It nan: "Do you hear me Hey hey get Obedient and open to conviction Bill generally does Council to Debate WTSYC Broadcasts At Session Today A lively battle over whether the dty Council sessions should be broadcast over WNYC is expected to dominate the first business meeting at 1 pm today The 14 Democrat comprising the majority of the Council are expected to argue that under the new rules the tody buy bar representatives of tho broedcutlng company from the floor while the minority of seven ted by Mm Genevieve Earle will contend that since broadcasting wu established by Council resolution it will take another resolution to eliminate It Meanwhile Monte Novik director of WNYC the dty station expects to he In the chamber prepared to put the sessions on the air should the argument -of Newbold Morris president of tha Council that the new rules adopted by the tody on Jan 1 do not necessarily prohibit broadcasting be accepted Station WEVD announced today that it had Invited spokesmen of the various parties' represented In the City Council to comment on activities of the tody on tho night following each session In the event that the council votes to discontinue its broadcuts during the sessions Invitations were issued to Majority Leader John CaShmore Democrat Mrs Eerie Fualaolit Joseph dark Baldwin Republican and Dr Harry Laldler Lebortte Lehmans List Reception Guests Kuto Forwards Plea for Finns To Congress Envoys Stress Needs Of $50 000000 Loan For War Implements Washington Jan 16 Pmi dent Roosevelt sends to Congrea to day the administration mentations for financial akl tonn land Yielding to Congressional that he taka tha initiative In fonSS! lating methods el assisting Finland Mr Roosevelt win send to Conns not only hte own views but those Secretary of State Cordell Hull Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones and the heeds of other In terested Government agencies The recommendations which war reported to Include Tplen foT $25400400 Export-Import Bank loin to Finland for non-mill tary pur chases in this country will be out-' lined in tetters from the President to Vice President John Garner and Speaker of the House William Bankhead FINNS SEEK ARMS FUNDS Meanwhile It wu learned that Finnish representative Jiere have told Congressional leader that a non-military loan would do their country little good Whet they need to fight off Russian invasion they said' la money to buy implements of war They would like to borrow $50000000 for that purpose The Export-Import Bank which Iready ha lent a Finnish corporation $10400400 to purchase agricultural products is not prohibited by tew to loan for munitions purchases but has refrained a matter of policy Congressional leaders said them Wu little likelihood that that policy would be changed Of the $10000000 already lent It wu learned Finland has called for only $3400400 and only $1000-000 of that amount will be required for purchases made to the present time: The remaining $7400000 Is still In- the possession of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Workmen to Start On Nab Salvage Hunter Wort wu started today by the Arthur A Johnson Corporation of Long Island City contractors on the demolition of the Coney Island Boardwalgi preparatory to moving It back In Part Commissioner plan to streamline the beach and part recreation area The company has steam shovel and a crane in place at 5th Si and the Boardwalk and hu established a Job office In the Eleanor Hotel Jerome Specie S2-yer-old Negro housepalnter heard about the tarn to streamline the boardwalk and figured that the brass kick plates on the boardwalk step would no longer be needed or wanted and that he might as well have them MAY IS IS GOAL At least that waa the explanation he gave police of the Coney Island precinct early today when he- wu arrested at 3 am by Patrolman John Betsel at 18th 8t and Neptune Ave with about 17 of the plates In his arms In addition to a hammer and chisel Epeele who lives at 3787 36th St will be armlgned on a charge of pet ty larceny and malicious mischief The Board of Estimate recently appropriated $850400 for the wart at Coney Island which Is planned to add 34 more acre of beach and L7 more acres of park recreation area The wort la expected to bo completed by May 15 Albany Tackles Assessments Centineed frsm Page 1 assessment of other property on the ume assessment roll by the same officers or In the same district" WANT REALTY EXPERTS The propoed board would be established in the State Department of Taxation and Finance and would be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent el the Senate The board would be bl-pertlsan At leut two of Its members would have to be residents of the 3nd Judicial Department two of the 1st two of the 3d and two of the 4th Each member would be required to have had at leut 10 yean of real estate experience The legislation make provisions for board hearings An order of the board would have the same force and effect a Supreme Court mandate One of the carefully drawn features of the legislation Is that the cut for filing protest would be Mi Charlotte Knee A Vlennaaa exile Mias Knuu lings at the White Haase tonight for tho President and Mm Roeoevelt She left Vienna voluntarily a year ago She sang at Hyde Park last Sommer at a reception for tho Danish Crown Prince (Wldo World photo) Albany Presses Tube Link Bills Coatlnaed tan Page 1 i of emergency His conversion to tho tunnel wu told In the Brooklyn Eagle on Jan The Crews-Nunan bill would unify tho activities of the two authorities which now function separately and authorise the proposed single agency to extend and Improve the NewYork City parkways facilitate vehicular travel eliminate points of congestion and provide new connections with the bridges under it Jurisdiction major Interest under the consolidated authority would be the construction of the Gowanus Creek bridge and the elevated parkway from Head Park This would constitute an Important link in the Belt Parkway now under construction and would tin addition provide a direct route under the elevated structure for trucks from the Industrial areu along the waterfront In South Brooklyoto the tunnel FINANCED YTOLL8 The funds for the elevated construction and other improvements would be repaid by trite of the consolidated authority The projects which would com under unified authority are the Tri-Borough and the Bronx-White tone bridge the Henry Hudson Bridge the Cross Bay Parkway undertaking and the Marine Partway Bridge Tha present combined borrowing capacity of the two separatFauthori-Ues is 1118000000 Tho consolidated authority would be empowered to issue bond amounting to not more than $100400000 TMs would bo after redemption of the outstanding bonds of the original authorities by purchase or demption In 1949 or before For three years the consolidated authority would have the power to borrow an additional $15000000 to be met In 1943 out of reserves and revenues This would be temporary only however and would not increase the permanent funded debt Tha Tri-Borough Bridge present power to borrow $100-000000 Includes the right to finance the now rejected Brooklyn-Battery Bridge proixMal and this power Groups Jolted Signs Multiply That New Tax Will Be Asked for School Aid BEFORE COMMITTEE The Senate Banking and Cur Albany Jan Among the guesta tha Governor and M1- Lehman will entertain tonight at" tho Executive Mansion In honor of the Judges of tha Court of Appeals are: Mr and Mrs York Allen Mr and Mix George Backer Mr and Mix Arthur A Ballantlne New oYrk Judge and Mrs Albert Conway Brooklyn Mr and Mrs Alfred A Cook New York former Chief judge Frederick Crane and Mrs Crane Garden City former Judge Leonard Crouch Syracuse Judge and Mrs Edward Finch New York Mr and Mix Gross Brooklyn former Chief Judge Frank Hlseock Syracuse former Judge and Mix Irving Hubb Pulaski Miss Mary Vanderpool Bun Mrs Edmund Huyck Peter Kieman Albany Also Chief Judge Irving Lehman and Mix Lehman New York Judge and Mix Edmund Lewis! Ska-nea teles judge John Loughran Kingston Mr and Mrs George Medalle New York Mr and Mrs John Lord Buffalo the Burgeon General of tha United States and Mrs Thomas Parran Jr Washington the Lieutenant Governor and Mrs Charles Foletti New York Judge and Mrs Harlan Rlppey Rochester Sir Ashley-and would be uncalled by enactment of -the consolidated bill To date the Tri-Borough Bridge Authority hu borrowed $53400400 The amount borrowed by the New York City Parkway Authority la $18000000 Commissioner Moses said in a memorandum that it would he an advantage from the administration viewpoint to have single control over the various projects which the two presently-existing authorttiM operate The consolidated authority would have the same personnel the present Tri-Borough Authority now consisting of Commissioner Masec challrman George McLaughlin vice chairman and Roderick Stevens vice chairman all appointed by the Mayor His memorandum pointed out further that the refunding operations would mate possible the issuance of additional bonds for new construe' tion He aald it wu expected the Interest rate on the new bonds would bo substantially lower than the rate on the outstanding bonds and that debt aervioe costa would thus to Ui Member Hints Americas Gould Shut Door on Belligerents Rio da Janeiro Jan 18 -Faced with Great Britain's rejection orf the 300-mil American aafetjr tone an lnter-Amerlcan neutrality committee today aought concrete mean of enforcing the "keep algn for an belligerents Despite Britain1 note describing the aone as Prof Charles Fenwick united States representative on the committee representing 31 republics said In an Interview: "We have privileges which both sides want which we could deny If they (the belligerents) adopt a refractory attitude We believe through history the belligerents had their way too long In extending the war to every quarter of the The committee consisting of seven experts named by the Pan American Union governing board had for consideration In Its dosed session today the following proposals to enforce jthe sone: roc POINTS ARE OUTLINED 1 An agreement of the republics to prevent belligerent warships from obtaining supplies or making ship repairs In Pan American porta after they have committed acte of war inside the sone 3 An agreement to prevent merchant ships from taking supplies from Pan American ports to belligerent ships Inside the aone 8 An accord to ban submarines from entering Pan American her- )Ofe 4 Coordination of Interpretations 'Of International law relating to neutrality Into a Pan' American neutrality code Pen wick professor of International law at Bryn Mawr College said he did not propose that American republics "fight for the right to be neutral" but declared that bellg-erents could bo kept out If the republics united on means of enforcing the sane OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS 1 Weshlngton Jan 18 Re publican and Democratic Congressmen opposed today any effort to "police" the Western Hemisphere safety aone as suggested by Oreat Britain In Ita rejection of a Joint American protest against British violation of the aone Senator! william Borah (IL Idaho) Lewie JSchwellenbach (D Wash) Tom Connolly (D Texas) and Edwin -C Johnson (D Oola) all flatly opposed the Idea of policing the aone They believed that attempts to enforce It would get the United states "Into State Department officials declined comment Indicating that there Would be none until the American republics have consulted among themselves ter Moves For Labor Peace Washington Jen IS Senator Robert Wagner (D-NY) author of the National Labor Relatione Act announced plana today for hew legislation to Improve Industrial labor relations The bill he win Introduce win provide for an Improved Federal conciliation aervioe designed to stabilise labor relatione reduce labor strife end help settle strikes' Wagner declined to discuss details Washington Jan 16 UP) The House Committee investigating the Labor Board may ask for an addition to Ita $50800 appropriation In order to Conduct field hearings re- gardlng the effect of the Wagner Act on worker-employer relations Members said today that although they stlU had abouS $30000 that mount would bo required to eora- Kte hearings In Washington on the ird's administration of the act Legislature Studies Revised Pension Plan Into Barns Capital BalM taf- Albany Jan I6-A revised pension reform proposal was before the Legislature today The new measure' sponored fay Chairman Lloyd Babcock of the Assembly Committee on Pensions would authorise municipalities to Issue aerial bonds to meet liabilities rency Committee which is considering legislation to authorize the RFC to lend Finland plans to meet tomorrow to study the communication and may ask Jones and other lending experts to testify Chairman Robert Wagner Y) Indicated -that prominent members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also may be Invited to attend lull Cuba! BalMlar Albany Jan Economy groups commltt ed to battle tho restoration of millions of dollars in State budget cuts now In force suffered their worst Jolt of the 1940 legislative session today as Indications multiplied New York's lawmakers would be called upon by Governor Lehman to enact a new tax measure for deficit-eliminating budget -balancing purposes The 1940-41 target and tax program drawn up by the four-term Democratic Governor after weeks of conferences with the legislative leaders Including the Republican chieftains whoae perty la In control of both Senate and Assembly goes to the printer for formal submission to the Legislature next Monday VICTORY FOR SCHOOLS Although details of the program remained a closely guarded secret there Is no longer any doubt that the Governor an dthe Republican leaden are determined to re tor full State aid for schools provide possibly $5000000 additional In highway appropriations above the amount voted last year and restore salary Increments for State employee The restoration of full State aid for schools Is considered a sweeping victory for tho organised teacher and parent-teacher groups as well as the higher officials of the educational' system who fought to the hilt against the cute Jammed Financial Crisis Sure Unless Costs Drop Says Carpenter Constitutional limits of taxation have Tong since been exceeded through the subterfuge of Illegal and unfair assessments of Herbert Carpenter chairman of the NewYork State Taxpayers Federation declared last nglbt in demanding that "these asaesrinents be Installing officer of the Endocardium Community Association at Ita 15th anniversary meeting In 303 Avenue and 53d St Mr Carpenter stated: "With these' assessment reductions our dty end State governments will have to cut their costs There la no other alternative If the welfare of our homeowners and workers la to be protected and the salaries of our public employe are to be legally NEAR FINANCIAL CRISIS New York City la approaching a real financial crisis Our officials must turn their time and attention to preserving the values and the productivity of our existing properties and businesses and pay a little less attention to the easier Job of spending publlo monies without To reduce governmental coats he said pension obligations "must be adjusted in fairness to all concerned and without Educational costa lie declared "win have4o bo reduced and can be reduced with even greater efficiency than we enjoy 'Mandatory legislation increasing publlo salaries without regard to the ability of taxpayer to pay them will have to be he said "Our system of relief will have to be administered with view of economy and the limitation of relief to those who are destitute and Jobs created to make those who can work render some constructive service SOUND ECONOMY VITAL "As chairmen of the Eaxpayerg Federation of the State let me aay that the policies and determination of-ttase people who pay the cost of our local and State governments are that we must embark upon a program of sound and needed economy In government We must reduce present tax burdens which era wiping out homes creating unemployment preventing re-employment driving good citizens and Industrie as well as business out of our cities and State and destroying' the vary foundation and source of public John Cooney wu installed president of the aieoclatlon for his 16th successive term by Assistant District Attorney John Rooney Thou attending Included Joseph Whltty Democratic leader of the 3d A Sumner A Slrti president of the Mid town qjvic League Julius Cohen president of the Lincoln Terrace Taxpayers CivkS League and Assistant District Attorney Salvatore Rametta OTHERS INSTALLED Other offibenT Inducted were: Edward Kx Fuchs vice president Joseph Vesper treasurer Jerry Fbley financial secretary: Mrs Jane Martin' recording secretary Neal McMahon corresponding secretary Harman Bergbuys aergeant-at-arma and Joseph Doneten assistant aergeant-at-arma Installed on the executive committee were Mr Fuchs chairman Poupard vice chairman Alfred Barton Duffy William Edwards James Kokins Elizabeth Loeb Starr Union Leslie McGrath Frank Man-dart John Martin Alfred Miller James Munson Ernest A Nelson Marie Nelson and John Strahler inducted on the entertainment committee were Mix: Fuchs chairman Martha King vice chalr-ut Margaret Ahrend Augusta Barton Anna Clawes Rose A Cooney Ethel Farrel Marie Hallen-bach Jeanette McCullough Mrs Malvanney Margaret Munson Mary O'Malian and Frances Poupard Held for Sentencing In $545 Boro Holdup Philip Clconte 36 of 304 Rogers Ave yesterday pleaded guilty before County Judge Peter Brancato to participation in a 6545 robbery and wu remanded to Jail for sentence at the convenience of the court Aocordlng to the Indictment Clconte and David Cohen 37 of 436 New York Ave bound and gagged Harry Markovich 31 of 360 Crown St at that adevess on April 1939 and stole $170 wring valued at $300 and a wrist watch valued at $75 Judge Brancato dismissed the in dlctment against Cohen who test Dec 19 wu cent to Sing Sing for 9 to 15 years for another robbery Brought From Canada To Face Murder Trial John Viviano 47 who wu brought from Montreal yesterday wu arraigned before County Judge John Fitzgerald on' an Indictment charging first degree murder VM- tody Sparks New York former Judge Samuel Seabuiy and Mn Seabury New York Judge Charles Sears Buffalo and Mr and Mn Arthur Hays Sulzberger New York 4 winning the Sweepstakes that' counts in Greatest Economy Classic "Then would be no qe for homeowners or fetmen who occupy their own premises and where the assessed valuation la leu than Mr Kriger explained For other types of properties there would be a graduated scale of from $3 to About $15 dollars depending upon the assessed valuation and with a small additional foe for properties In excess of The Introduction of tho bills came on the heels of the voluminous' petition sent to Governor Lehman by the Brooklyn Chamber of Com' mevee which urged the Governor to take action on the problem CITES EVIDENCE IN EAGLE -V The first the Legislature went Into its 1940 session Senator Crawford Introduced a resolution citing evidence of over-assessment published In the Brooklyn Eagle His resolution told the Senate there wu widespread agitation among property owners and taxpayers because of "dlscrlmnatory over-assessments" which appeared responsible for an exodus of manufacturing and industrial plants from New 'York City He urged the Legislature to set up a Joint teghtetivrcommittee to un a survey In the memorandum sent to tin Governor the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce declared that problem of ever-uussmento had reached a aeri-ous stage and that the need for action wu urgent The memorandum Included a statement that 35fl00 certiorari proceedings had accumulated in New York City The reports circulating through the legislative corridors hero are that municipal officials from various puts of the State are prepared to fight the enactment of any legislation at this session for the creation of a board at assessment review It hu been printed out that any wholesale reduction of assessments from their present levels would cause drastio curtailment of municipal spending' ASKS DEBT COST INQUIRY Senator Eaquirri aiming at tax reduction also introduced a resolution in the Senate to create Joint legislative committee to Investigate the bonded indebtedness end the publlo debt service of local communities The committee would consist of four members each of the Senate and Assembly and would have an initial appropriation of $100000 It would report back to the Leglteture not later than March 1941 with legislative proposals "for the purpose of ending the Increased accumulation of the publlo debt and for the further purjxe of compelling the adoption of plan or plans or method of eliminating this debt as quickly as The resolution which wu simultaneously Introduced In the Assembly by Assemblyman Thomas A Dwyer of Flatbush declare in Its Introductory lections that one of the largest Items In every tax gathering unit in the State consist of the debt service cost and "this portion of governmental cost hu never Indicated decline In Its amount or coat to support and It declares that "the ultimata reduction Mid -or elimination of this change would materially reduce the tax burden or the people el the iji-t'l 1 through last year by the RepubU-pau-con trolled Legislature Agreement on the appropriation and revenue meuuresjto bo submitted waa formally announced by Governor Lehmqnr while economy forces were stUlcalllng for tax reductions amounting to as much a $50000000' for the next fiscal year Indications were that tho Legislature all of whose members come up for re-election next November would go along on a sew tax measure to be proposed by the Governor unless another "taxpayer revolt" like that of last year materialises In the current session $405400004 LIKELY The belief la that 1940-41 executive budget will eaQ for total of about $405000900 or about $10000-000 leu than the Governor' budget recommendation of last year The final figure voted by the Legislature vu about $391000000 The Republican leaders while agreeing with the Governor on the budget to be sent to the Legislature have made It plain there has been no attempt on their part to bind the members of their party to support It or the revenue program which the Governor recommends Until a few weeks ago they entertained the hope that no new tax would be necessary pension or retirement systems nd that it might be possible to drop a a iva1 I IN GILMORE-YOSEMITE ECONOMY SWEEPSTAKES Conducted under American Automobile AssociatiQtsupervision Studebaker wins first second and third place in this official economy test no other car ever did this before! which are not on actuarial re-' serve bail s-Sys terns for which bonds are Issued would have to be maintained In the future on an actuarial im ea a Studebaker Commander captured the coveted Sweepstakes Trophy And tha sensational new Studebaker Champion with an official 2919 miles per gallon decisively proved itself 17 to 29 superior in gas economy to the three other leading lowest price cars Expert drivers pilot all and no average driver should count on getting the same economy results Come in today and drive toe of these caayGLTtcrms ano pleaded not guilty to the charge that he had chot and stabbed Jo zeph GutUlIa on Sept 31 1931 Guttilte wu attacked wMte riding in the back seat of an automobile and wu tossed out of the car In Brooklyn dying the next day of his wounds Vlvlano wu remanded for trial no tat for which wu fixed Healy Installed By Kensington Civics JohnJ Healy was Installed president of the Kensington Civic and Merchants Association 4435 18th Are last night Edward A Ekposlto was Installed vice president Howard Xomlcker treasurtf John Musto Vsili Emanuel Auerbach secretaries end Reuben Carp trustee Henry Bllse retiring president presided Studebaker Champion 2919 MILESFER GALLON Studebaker Commander 2472 MILES PER GALLON Studebaker President 2340 MILES PER GALLON ar January 4 1940 In the nationally famous Gilmore-Yosemite Economy three famous cars finished first second and third In the Sweepstakes ahead of all cars of all prices and sixes! This is tho most outstanding economy triumph ever scored by any one line of cars Lut year with two cars entered Studebaker wqn two of the first three places in the this year with three care entered Studebaker finished Even the lid-horsepower 8-cylinder Studebaker President finished with better average for gas economy than two of the largest selling lowest price cars in the teat -lor the second year in a row the IIRMH VftiSgfiUy SlwlSUi SQ1M31 ANNOUNCEMENTS one or two of the minor taxes' This tape faded when it developed that the State was facing an estimated deficit of $10000000 A major factor In the situation wu the failure of the stock transfer and Inheritance taxes to come up to expectations College Singers to Give Second Concert Toniglit The College SIngen' conducted by Frank Snyder and accompanied by Sunn Talmage Avery will present their second concert Of the season tonight In the Ocean Avenue Congregational Church Avenue and Ocean Ave Among the selections wlH be "Going by Anton Dvjorak "Morning Oley Speaks "Prayer of Thanksgiving" Kremser a Smith "Wnlter Bullard "Monastery A Ketelbey "Swing Along" Cook Protehroe Day Sir Arthur Sill van and "John Feel" Mark Andrews The glee club of which Charles Hawkins Is president singe onfy for charitable purposes Civic Group Elects At Flatbush Gardens William Baumann was elected president of the Flatbush Gkidfani Civic Association last night In the meeting rooms 3101 Flat-bush Ave Municipal Court Justice Harold Mrtoiighlln wu installing officer MEN'S ABRAMSON Ml (ton S2T Klim JMbwap Braoklra to Mu OoMlaib Praaant Mila lor payaat tmmrtliUlr CHILDREN'S $395 titi WOMEN'S $595 up Last wl hail 10 BANxaooxaLMt nos mitoa mi to South Brooklyn Mines Buk Allanlte Am as4 Oourt at Broaklin riHu return to bank KINGS COUNTY STUDEBAKER CO Inc Craanrald Secretary and Treasnrar Tel GLenmore 2-2114 Bnahwick Ave- (Cor Decatur St)- CRADUATED ARCHES that iatura tonvtl fit far chOdran ail ages OWDca Si HAMAN SHOES XI BOND STREET Oafwlto towrt TRtengla S-4066 frninemnMiri inf trleal 1 pound mrktd (roa Amorkaa TranafOratrla Sparry Oyraaaapa BowarS PUpatob Tranator Oaapany Newark ANNUUSCEkttN TS tmfP ed until 10 PM- far JsUue Baa lit faUswiae day nr from AM I PM (11 AM ae Saturday t) far fublt-' catiaa ia lit ntaf awailabla aditiaa af jit aasie daft 1 1365-75 AC0M AUTO SALES be IAY UDCS MOTORS CALIFORNIA MOTOR SALES be ins (tatiMfe ave iumIW e-ssu am rwfta In VMM a-nee me Cwr wu An Dimr e-isu ARHAND MOTOR SALES JACK LUCCHgU BARKIS SUPER SERVICE M74 lMk In Ituinkant S-tfll SITS NcDmiM In lnrlM 114 TIM lv i Mil S-SITS PUTNAM MOTORS C0MPAN1 1M lutct in Gln" ROCK SUPER AUTO SALES ta IS Mini in rl Haaan stanis or aS fit It boat Jn footwear Quality endures Dress md Orthopedic Quality Styla iuiesa 1.