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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • 3

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HHiMIKLYN EAGLE Ml) Ml AY AUGUST 21 1939 3 Moses Offers Two Proposals for Coney Island Beach Improvement 1 JL I Beauty Treatment Moses Style 1 1 Planned for Mecca of Millions Key Suicide Hits Louisiana Quiz Dr Shaw Held Oil Sffrft for Inquiry to Go On sNew Orleans Aug 31 Th violent death of Dr A Shaw key Government witness and keeper of Louisiana's oil Industry secrets for a decade today gravely complicated the Federal Investigation of tan '-(led Slate affaire but Government prosecutors promised no letup Further indictments were In fart expected today (o add mare names of highly placed politicians to thoao already charged In the drutle drive which ha rocked the foundations of the old Huey Long political machine Sliaw director of the mlnlral dl vision of the Louisiana Conservation Department end titular of the Bute's oil Industry was found fatally wounded at hta home hero last night A revolverriay nearby Ha died on the operating table at Baptist Hospital 45 minutes talar Coroner Orenei Colt-said It wa asulcide Quickly altering plans Federal attorneys began redrafting doru- menu for the Federal grand Jury The Prosecutors said Shaw's ab-" sene as a witness made the case much more difficult but would not alter prosecution of former Gov ernor Richard Leche and Hotel Owner Seymour Wets potent Long heir wbo are charged with Free- man Burford Texas oil million- sire In an alleged conspiracy to viola I the Connelly' oil" set' which prohibiU interstate shipment of illegally produced oil Only last Thursday Shaw testified in Federal Court at Dallas Tex that be waa forced by higher-upe to sign the order by which production of 13 Rodessa Field wells was stepped up The Government eon tends Leche and Weis allegedly spilt 10 eenu per barrel commission on this oil In an arrangemant with Burford which eventually net- tad the two 1673)00 each le on uy ith in the tie ter me ta in Plans Outlay Of $3720000 Or $6659000 Urge LaGuardia To Include Costs In the 19i0 Rudgrt put Commtotaonrr Moses today (ubmltted two proposal to Mayor jjOuarrila for the Improvement of COW bland and aaked the Mayor to express hta preference for one of them The two plana differ In detail from horn each other and'from the plan grtflnally suggested but only primarily In the amount of land to to acquired The first plan described by the Commissioner the more modest of the two and the minimum of Improvement calls for acqulaltlon of land in the estimated amount of I7X000 and construction of an es-limited cost of 13000000 This plan yould provide 34 acres of new beach and 17 acres or land for recreation moth of the Boardwalk alternative plan The other plan which the Commissioner asserted further to the future and provides better access Is the beach and more of the central neighborhood calls for land acquisition amounting to M1M000 and construction costa of £00 000 and would provide 31 seres of new beach and nine acres e( land for recreation north of the Boardwalk The estimated cost of land according to the report whtc hthe Cnmmlslsoner has submitted In response to a request by the Mayor on June 31 that plana on Coney be expedited Is basrd on percent of teh assessed value of the property required Both plans contemplate an addition to the beach south of a relocated Boardwalk This addition may allow much is it square feet per person on Sverige Sundays when the average number of persons who visit the blind Is over 175000 and sometimes runs as high as 3003100 an da bout square feet an week days when the average number of bathers Is trtimatrd at more than 753100 MRS CITY ASSESSMENT With the comment that one ein call this (footage) extravagant" the report sets forth the recommendation that since means of self- liquidation of the Improvement NEED FOR CITY AID srerna impracticable the city Include I Emphasising that notion that the coat of the land required In the Coney generally 1 a prosperous capital outlay budget for 1940 place which only needs to be let It also recommends that construe- alone by the elty government to be Hon by contract be commenced in I prosperous and happy la 15-karat 1M0 and completed in 1941 and that bunk" Cpmmtataoner Moses leaves recommendation for improvements In the amusement area along the Boardwalk and Surf- Ave outside of the expanded park section as they are to the future elt ysdmlnUtra lions "It Is my honest opinion and that of the executives of both the elty Park Department and the Long Island 8tate Park Commission who have advised me on thee matters that private initiative will not solve this problem an dthat future elty administrations will haev to eope with It Soma day the elty will have to do something drastic and on a large scale to' create the conditions under which private capital will do Its part toward rebuilding Coney the land be acquired either by the hsuince of long-term bonds or by ettywtde assessment 'since this 1m-awement Is In no sense a local or nrough The report repudiates assertion thst the Park Department ever had any Intention of Coney Island declaring that this would a staggering tnvest-toent of public money" dettes a wtas of improvements as DETAILS IMPROVEMENTS ta the report tales more beach for bathing Mi and play and this ean be ae-nmpUshed by acquiring- private property where the beach ta Coney Island In for a aerial views of the beach face-Uftlng Here are two Left aa It looks at the present time with the high water mark up under the Boardwalk at one point and right as it will look if the plan to hdd 28 acres of beach area proposed Ip Mayor LSGuardla by Park Commissioner Mises la approved Cancer Victim takes Tests For Frozen Sleep Treatment 'Temple Fay and Dr Lawrence Frederick Loeser Co it Si 1 mi Qluli lOOOmesT Is PRICK C4fU CeUnst Cmdf is Wut last have a goad photograph year child takes is sw Mwdta for oaly (Dapliesto of each pose colored ia qonttat tret) Ut ti liUr Tiir CU4 Till! jean SnrJtu Fleer FMiTaa at laae Ta Sent to Poland Ambassador's Visit Linked With Mission To Study Dispute Rome Aug 31 0U9 Pope Plus wu reported today to have sent a special envoy to Warsaw to study the 'Polish-German dispute and report to him Usually reliable quarters said that the envoy was sent yesterday afternoon and' would return to Vatican aa soon aa poeaibe to infrom the Pope of the resut of hta visit The reported move by' the Pope came after visits by the Polish am-baksador Casmlr Pa pee tint to Cardinal Maglione papal secretary of State and then to the Pope himself it came also after an appeal by the Pope for peace aSturday Another deveopment wu the return-to Rome of Count Galaeuo Ciano foreign minister a day early from a visit to Albania Editor Vfr-glnlo Oaydah regarded as a' mouth-piece lor the foreign office took a Philadelphia Aug 31 UP) A man with cancer spreading slowly through hta pancreas submitted to a aeries of teats at Temple University Hospital today to determine hta fitness to become medical science's regular patient No 1 tor the sleep" cancer treatment The man Max Harlan' 43-year-old Stockport tlowa) farmer entered the hospital yesterday If blood X-ray and physical examinations show he ta qualified the which Involves lowering the normal body tern peril uq re of 9M degrees to 65 or may begin tor morrow The unusual method was -devel oped by two Temple physicians Dr step further Jn the newspaper Voce DTtalla that the Utahan press demand that Poland negotiate direct with Germany has only a few not to he wrote she want to close the door to a reasonable solution and be overwhelmed In an adventure which: once It had begun would threaten her complete Independence C8AKY IN BUDAPEST -Budapest Aug 31 'Ottl- Smith who' reported favorable re aults in akin cancer- cases for the first time last May Llttlq ta known of Its effect on Internal cases' Like a bear hibernating for the Winter the patient put to sleep with a mild anesthetic and chipped ice packed closely around hta body to Induce a state of suspended animation Breathing -slackens he requires no food and hta- natural four or five -days he remains in a cold dreamless sleep The physicians hope this refrig era live process will checkthe growth of cancerous tissue in body and possibly destroy It cia- Hungarian' news agency 'announced Foreign Minister Count Csaky returned to Budapest today from Hay (The foreign' minister woh had gone to Ita'y -after' aeielng Fuehrer Hitler and oUier Nasi officials In Germany was -reported In Rome yesterday as expected to resume conversations there 'with Premier Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Galeaxao Clanof narrowest moving back the Boardwalk ud Surf Ave and pumping in new vhite sand A new bathhouse ta also required an daddltlonal food and unitary facilities Along the beach ho taffected by (Ms widening nddltkmnl shelters re required particularly for older People women and small children cannot stand the intense ray the sun and for protection from u5den showers More drinking fountains should be provided along the entire public area and existing ttueturei should be rehabilitated At the new Brighton area the Boardwalk should be extended and Nher Improvements made" The report points out that in addition to the facilities for transportation to and from Coney Island hkh will be provided under transit bonification proposals with the eon-bJhdaUon of the BMT station at KlUwell Ave and the Culver line Motion et Sth 8t- a new station wilt to Surf Ave ta needed 0 handle the crowds properly" the report states dwt there should be a pedestrian along 'Stillwell Ave' from hta station serosa Surf Ave and funds for this purpose should 10 Off to Detroit on for Dewey but these were cancelled ostensibly because Dewey had been forced to delay hta visit one week by the hunt for Louis (Lepke) Buchalter But wu generally understood here that he wanted to avoid giving the appearance that hta visit to hta mother was actually a meins of obtaining publicity with view of obtaining the Republican Presidential nomination Dewey wrote townsmen in response to invitations that he would make no speeahes during the week he plans to spend with hta mother Dewey was being accompanied by Paul Lockwood one of hta official assistants Boats Filially Clear Way for Caribou On Mailhasset Bay Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Port "Washington Aug Blocked by a large number of sailboat on Manhasset Bay -the Imperial Airways flying boat Caribou had to circle the area four-times yesterday before the commander could bring the plan down to a safe landing -The flying boat in command of Capt A Gordon Store completed a flight from Southampton England after It wu refueled In the air while over Foynes Ireland The airship traveled from there to Bot-wood Newfoundland and then continued On to Montreal Besides carrying 430 pounds of mall the Caribou -had on board Joseph Gilmore chief engineer of the fan-Amerlcan Airways in North America and hta' associate Frank Harley froth Montreal and the crew constating of CspL James co-commander Pint Officer George Bows end Radio Officers Thomas Hobbe and Edward 'F Brent Boro Man Killed by Bat On Lone Island' Outing Special to the -Brooklyn Kagle Seaford Aug Michael Barbara 34 of 733 13th Bt Brooklyn ia in the Meadowbrook Hoa-pltal Hem pa lead in a critical eoh-dltlon euffering from a compound skull fracture received yesterday when he waa accidently hit on the heed by a baseball bat Sriealiteally eoadhiaoad air previdtf caaL'caafartiog relief freta ike oppreiaive hast I all who sUeod aanrka io ow-toary Every paaaibl prarisiao is oude far th taafart red eeovaofaoca f- Isaily aod frieodx: ThoM Wa ittend lanerali hare feel that they are viihing a friendly ham where Service To The Uvlog is io actoal art served as wo wwald he served IVjfRAUliiiEB Sfansiai Ofaedfit K)f5 Itatsgy St FORaonNKB Mother To Owoaao Mich Aug 31 iMS Townsmen res ti lined their enthusiasm today blit awaited With Interest the arrival of Owosso's most famous District Attorney Thomas Dewey They wondered Owosso was about to give the Republican Party a Presidential candidate Dewey left New York last night to visit hta mother Mrs George Martin Dewey here Mrs Dewey motor to Detroit today to meet her son and they will come here this afternoon Townsmen had planned a public reception' and extensive ceremonies preaching a self-liquidating basis She plan proposed for Coney island ta a modea tone which Tan be meet only the moat urgent needs of the Attorney ResumeA Defense of Bridges San Francisco' Aug 31 Spencer Austrian- Los Angeles lawyer resumed defense -testimony today aa the Harry Bridges deporta-tlmi hearing entered its seventh week Austrian testified he notarised a paper signed by John Leech In which the latter repudiated an earlier amdarit calling Bridges a Communist Leeeh former Los AngN-cs- Communist- organiser and house' painter claims he signed the second paper under duress Pilot Brings Crippled Plane to Safe Landing Keyport Aug 30-WlUtam Cubbage 19 of Middletown escaped Injury- when hta plane crashed today on an open field near highway 36 a mUe from hen According to State police motor trouble developed In Cubbage' bi-place and the pilot alone In the airplane brought hta craft down In a forced landing' The wing of the plane struck a tree at the edge of the field and the plane was badly damaged In the resulting abrupt landing but Cubbage was merely shaken up 3000 Chinese Pledge Loyalty to Country More than 13)00 Chinese pledged their loyalty to their native hgtd at an open air meeting yesterday In Washington Square Park 1 Speakers Included Dr Taune-chl Yu Conaul General in New York who reed the will of Dr Sun Yau sen founder of the Chinese Republic and Chl-shan Hskr member of the standing committee of the over-1 aeaa department of the Chinese Gov eminent who to touring the country 8 pe (king In Chinese Dr Tnme-Ohl pointed out that Chinese spirit ta at a high- point and -It show that our enemy will ultimately be repelled World's Fair Waiters In Squabble 1 held John Jails 57 of 133-10 Maple Ave Flushing a waiter at the World Pair win be given a hearing Sept It on a charge of felonious assault Magistrate Sava- i rese In Ridgewood Felony Court yesterday held him In I1M0 ball The complaint charged that Jails struck John Bosquet 37' of 133 14th 8t Manhattan a waiter 'and fractured hta Jay on Aug 10 in front of ttaa French Pavilion at' the Fair DRASTIC CHANGES COSTLY Throughout hta report the Com-mtaiioner reiterated Hta Contention that since Coney Island ta primarily the- mecea for people of smallest means who by extra charges of any kind might be deprived of the beach altogether the problem of Improving Coney ta to provide decent and reasonably comfortable facilities for bathing rest and play tor those who "come by rapid transit and cannot be expected -ta walk The Commissioner called atten-ttonto hta earlier report on foncy In which he stated: drastic changes which would be required to brin gabout a real reconstruction of Coney Island on sound planning principles have been found too expensive to carry out "The sums required to wipe out all th efrontage on the Boardwalk move It fepek and provide adequate play aitiT parking spaces and municipal bathhouses are simply beyond the means of the elty at this time and I have noth been able to discover any basis on which an authority could be set up for Coney Island to Issue bonds on anything ap- 4U Msrt Gtrvtt raouMw wico op tm irAMiB op pmaom apprarino as too ownim op tmoLAnnD Auoqina ms it THE KINGS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK IN EASTON PARKWAY BROOKLYH ALBO 11 BROADWAY BROOKLYN tawtnt to th Pravtatooa Rrettoo IS Ouptor SSI it th RasHnc Law J- BtaaaMar CnSHar Lut Raawa Raataan PaWaMaa AASraw Horn XIT RUtry Strict RreoWyS SIS Qolnry Btraat Breoklrn NY "ygVHMavT Yam Laborers Onloa Ns a Robert If Samara BeO Brack ba A STB La no Avaaua New York dto ISS Pliuhlni Avama arooklya IM RbRWwtWwbtaa NT SJjanr e-nlilnr BB Orarn street Nrknaek Rtf Jennto 147 BOO lb 4th Street Bracklm 141 Wtter Matthew Osaka WareatanlM Oatai Avreua 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1841-1963