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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • 1

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IT rf lOOKlVv NIGHT EDITION Queens Nassau Nous on Pago WeatKer Forecast ff I Waatbar Sanaa aiM AND INOW TMU ArTUNOON Cim COLDEB TONIGHT TO-vUIOW CLOUDY AND ATELY COLD 97th No 321 bun attha Brooklyn muffin Claro Hal DUh-jOijirijhl 1J7 Tha Brooklyn Dally Eaglt) THREE CENTS BROOKLYN FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19 1937 i IS REA Back to Prison and a Stretch Heights War on Revels Nets 7 Men 2 Women Merrymakers Are Charged Wilh Shouting Sing ing anti Tipping Over Ashcans Along at 1 AM Democrats Say Percy Geary so-called ring leader In the escape of the O'Connell kidnapers la being held In Syracuse today before being shipped back to the Onondaga penitentiary at JAmes-vllle to complete his 77-year term plus whatever penalties may be added for his fleeing jail Injured cold and suffering from hunger he was captured late yesterday In an 1 abandoned shanty a few blocks from the Syracuse rooming house In which his partners ihn Oley and Harold (Red) Crowley were hiding out (Wide World photo) v- Pass Wonl to on Willingness to Act Willi Qualification i Washington Nov 19 Leading Congressional Democrats are passing public and private word to the Administration that they will help economize to balance the budget but want freedom from Treasury domination in working out tax reform Reports of White House control i a Congress have exaggerated in some Instances Nit New Deal tax legislation notary has been Written by Treasury pjperts and so-called brain trusters rnd handed to for fcnact-ixnt That was especially true of Mr ooseveltb 1935 tax bill described iriously as or "re-btribuUon of profits" legislation went to Congress unannounced Amendment Certain The subsequent revenue levy on orporstlon reserve funds also was Treasury production It was deigned In large to per-uade corporations to distribute i heir Income In dividends 'Hie Ilirotestlni clamor against the bill Extends now from coast to coast so that one of the few legislative cer-klntias for the 1937-38 session of longrew la Its amendment Insurgent proposals to overrida ha Administration and amend the ndlriributed corporate proflta tax this session Instead of next Wln-y appeared however to be facing test obstacles Then has been cloakroom talk of maneuver which would bring lm-tedlately to the floor an lnconspuc-rue bill pasMd by the House last vrion It repealed the publicity mvtsloni of the Revenue Act under hlch the names of persona drawing 1000 or more annually are made Jbllc with that bill before the Ynate It would be possible to at-Kh an amendment 'repealing or modifying the corporate reserves Bee Presidential Veto Senate Democratic Leader Alben Barkley discounted such propos- service for divorcees i as certain to meet a rebuff In i House when under the itlon all tax legislation must orlg-1 Cnnv- Vnl wte other Influential legislators I ll Ol ijIIWV 1 alls weed with Barkley pointing out hat In any event President would veto the sy pdntlng out Clark Sire Seven men and two women arrested early today by police of anti-noise (quad especially assigned to suppress early morning which awakens the echoes of Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn and disturbs the slumber of residents The squad was detailed to section recently when residents that the song laughter chatter ol homeward-bound merrymakers prevented them from adequate rest Those arrested early today listed by the police follows: Mrs Gertrude Meyer 28 of Madison St Gertrude Fraser of 209 Underhill Are Keherer 24 of 132-25 114th Park George Nolan 28 1330 Dahlll Road: Matthew 35 of 107-29 104th 8t Park Paul Nellaon 32 id 5129 Ave Alfred Rlpa 32 id 5121 Church Vetoes Divorce Ban Archbishop of bury Seeks to Avoid Clash With Parliament London Nor 19 1 Xh Church Assembly today down a motion proposing legislation to forbid use of the ceremony at marriage of divorced persons previous spousq still lived Lofd Hugh Cedi proposed motion yesterday It wu by tha Archbishop of Canterbury who predicted Its defeat if In Parliament and added that might lead to a "painful" dash The assembly did however a resolution welcoming a recent of church convocations condemning use of the marriage More Due Tonight were the wassail the Its the complained and getting were 967 26 Harry St-Osone of Brlten-bach Ozone 8th 8th Canter- Anglican turned parliamentary the the whose the opposed offered It church-state adopt expression Gi Strikers Reject mi Truce Tie-Up Widens Goodyear Rubber Plants Close as Sit-Down Starts Over Threatened Pontiac Union Turns Down Appeal a Far East Parley Failure Delbos Tells Chamber Powers Must Turn to Geneva for Peace Says French Minister Parle Nov 19 Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos told the Chamber of Deputies today that efforts to conciliate the Chlnese-Japaneae warfare at the Brussels conference had failed He uld a new step toward mediation must be taken Geneva The Brussels conference recessed Mon- day for a week after passing a resolution critical of -Japan At the Bnueeta conference Del- bos said Franck followed "the a til- tude of conciliation demanded by the entire LeagueVof Nations "Conciliation crinmsed In several days It will bk necessary to make a new decision at Warns an Initiative Delbos warned the deputies not to forget that a decision tb act at Geneva must be taken unsnllnouriy He uld the French Government wu willing to taka the Initiative Nand luike propositions at Geneva ut asked the Chamber to remem that taking the Initiative often' means yourself" Summarising the foreign policy Delbos said "we know that collaboration of all la necessary for peace In Europe "The object of my forthcoming travels (in Central Europe) la to reinforce the present guarantees of peace binding ua mutually and banish the spirit of violence and he said Commiinlsti'Are Glum Delbos' speech wu greeted with applause of a large part of the Right Center and Center Left but many communist deputlea ut In alienee Indicating their diautlafactfoa over the Government's Spanish policy The Foreign Minister took the rostrum to define and detenu the Government's foreign policy after Communist Leader Gabriel Peri accused the Government of failure to receive President Roosevelt's Chicago peace addreu with sufficient enthusiasm and support Addressing Premier Camille Chau-tefnpa and Delbos who ut in Government benches Peri uld they failed to "rally behind Roosevelt's Invitation to constitute a peace front" Then he veered Into an attack on the Government's policy of nonintervention in Spain uylng It really- aided Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco nalirax Visits Hitler Berchtesgaden Germany Nov 19 Chancellor Hitler on the door step of hie Bavarian mountain home todey a welcomed friendship emlaury Viscount Halifax for a seven-hour visit and possibly an exchange of vlew on Germany's colonial ambitions Neither Hitler nor Halifax entered upon the tete-a-tete expecting more than mutual exploratory soundings In the German view it wu up to Halifax hi today's chats to state Britain's propoula on these questions Even British sources doubted that Haljfu came with far-reaching powers nor did Hitler expect he carried them British a well German official sources maintained the strictest Hence regarding the topics for discussion Penwnal Greeting automobile wu waiting at Uie railroad station when the Viscount's train pulled In from Berlin Halifax ns accompanied by Oer man Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath Quickly they were whisked away to Hitler's mountain estate where tlie Chancellor personally welcomed Halifax at the door Boro Aspirant To City Council Threatens to Sue Officials i Dismissal- of Canvasser Because of Relationship Illegal He Says 100 MORE PROTEST Cause Flurry at Armory When They Denounce Discharge From Jobs Abner Surplus Republican candidate for City Councilman in Brooklyn today vigorously protested against the dismissal of his son Allen a sa canvasser In the count of the ballots simply because he was the son of a contestant In the race Mr Burplees characterized It -j outraseou proceeding" and a both on hie eon and on himself" The candidate who hu long been prominent In Republican affaire hare and wu formerly a profaaaor of law- made hli protest to Directors Charles Fokomy and Ivan Ru- -beniteln at the old 47th Regiment Armory but ba made It dear to them that he holds Commissioner of Account Paul Blanihard primarily responsible in tha ease No Stigma Involved Mr: Blanihard told Tha Eagle this morning -there would be no stigma 'attached to the-nanus of Uum dismissed through fumy con nectlona with tha There wu considerable mnfuehm at the armory following the Surptaa protest About 100 out of the 200 canvsseere who were ygf terday In an aconomy move also wen on hand to denounce the action Elections Commissioner Jacob A Uringaton urged Mr SurpleM to go over to tha side of tha armory and when the candidate failed to do ao Livingston declared sharply: Tf you don't get off the floor well call thg police and have you put off" Then Mr Burplesi moved out after the polk urged him on Mr Burpleee contended that th dismissal of hli ion wu illegal and aid he would take appropriate legal action Other dismissed canvassers ware making tha mom claim Daisy la Ceant In spite of the reduced staff of canvassers today after 200 of than and two consultants were iVrmltitftl at closing lari night upon the recommendation of Commissioner of Centlaned ra Page I Stocks Are Mixed In Early Trading Stocks opened fractionally today in moderately active de Bom fairly Jarge block appeared In the leaden on th opening tape Steel started of a higher on 1000 share Motors wu a print lower on 3500 shares and Cheupeabt Ohio gained on 1500 shares Bears Roebuck International Harvester American Smelting Vf Rubber Western Union and Chrysler were all fractionally lower Union Carbide lost a print A Foregone Conclusion 111: bn l-hnllr 4a tMiw 00 a ha ati rim ua bate Kitbw uuat basts i banal Ave Arthur Hemmlngton 30 of 340 68th 8t and James Doyle' 27 of 170 Hicks St All were booked on Charges of disorderly conduct The men were locked up at the Poplar St station and the women In the Bergen 8L station which has a matron The police said that last night there was a dinner and dance of the Borden's Employes Mutual Aid Association at the St George Hotel and that a considerable crowd at-' tended They said that after the unavoidable bustle and clatter Incidental to the-departure from the hotel of the guests at this affair which terminated at about 1 am the nine persons arrested cavorted along Clark St between Hicks and Henry Sts shouting laughing intoning snatches of song tipping over ash cans and otherwise conducting themselves In a boisterous and disorderly manner They were arrested by members of the Anti-Noise Squad under the command of 8gt Edward Lourdes Board to Speed Central Library Expect Estimate Body to Approve Ingersoll Plea iat Its Meeting Today Hie Board of Estimate meeting today In the City Hall for its first post-election session la expected to comply with the request of Borough President Raymond Ingersoll for approval of the contracts plana and specifications for the construction and completion of the Brooklyn Central Library natbush Ave and Eastern Parkway at' a coat of fl-883300 In addition the Borough President hopes the board will grant his further request for the necessary funds No work has been done toward the completion of the library building since the main building wu constructed more than two decades ago It waa the pet project id the late Mayor Boody To Finance New Jail The Board of Estimate also -Is ex pec ted at today's session to authorise tax notes to the amount of $20 000 to cover architects' fee and other expenses for the proposed new city prison at 149 Ashland Place estimated to Cbst 11500000 Residents of the Sheepaliead Bay Road Emmons Jerome and Ocean Ave section! may have their assessments for atom and sanitary sewers reduced by placing 37 percent of the coat on tha borough- at large if expected the board takes favorable action The coat of the sewers waa 1108-000 and the original asaeament of 100 percent ran "from 40 to $298 a 20xl00-foot lot See School Projects Approved Approval of the Issuance of 40-year aerial bonds la expected for the following Board of Education projects: Acquisition of alts for Lafayette High School" 830463567 Construction Qf Public School 258 Port Hamilton Parkway between 73d and 74th Sts Awards for site of Public School 253 Ocean Ave between Brighton 6th and Brighton 7th Sts 8228708 For site of new Public School 221 northerly side ol Empire Boulevard between Troy and Schenectady Ave 1125000 Seek land for Playground The first of the proposed at tea for playgrounds In connection with the Atlantic Avenue Improvement's arterial highway wu made known at the board meeting today with the receipt of a communication by the board from Park Comml-s loner Robert Moses requesting authority purchase at private sale for not more than $50000 of a plot south of Atlantic Ave between 88th and 80th Sts Queens and for acquisition of the remainder of the block Tha Commissioner will select' a second playground site In Queens and one In Brooklyn for playground purposes adjacent to the proposed artorial highway Carole Lombard 111 lias Attack of Flu Hollywood Nov II Influenza confined Carole Lombard screen tar to her home today Dr Boyle James uld her condition wu not serious in Hr Roosevelt stated his willing- as to approve amendment of the on corporation reserve funds In rsflUimed an Paga I Mrs Hat -Controversy Washington Nov II (AV-Men Tw do not like their wives' half 'alned a convert today In Vloe Tesklmt Garner He took one look at the fashion-" high crown of Mrs Garner'a iew hat and announced: "It makes look like a flapper" Hn Gamer disagreed The fact hot the brim turns down aU around ho told him "really makea me look on old lady" Thy left the matter at ft temporarily INDEX Japhn Charges Shipments Go Through Hongkong and French Indo-ChinaTokio Says Toklo Nov II OIK-Clilna is receiving important quantities of wu munitions through Hongkong British strategic base off the south China coast Japanese authorities asserted today PROItE CONGRATULATION London Now 19 report that Vie Admiral Sir Charlct Utile commander of Briliih mn! form In tha For Kart ran-pratulatei tha Japanem ram-mender on hit' Shanghai etrlory fast meek may ho aired on I ha door of I hn ffease of Cqmmoai Monday CR Stranu a La borile member- gaen netlra ke mould mth If mot Irao that Sir Vharlei "meat mat of hit aw'" to reagralaale Cea henna Mattel commander of tha Japanese army that drear Chine to fartat from tha' Shanghai front Both the War Office and tha Foreign Office possess definite information that- the shipment! have been made It wu uld It wu indicated that shipments were going direct to Hongkong and thence to China from Orest Britain and other countries and that In addition aoma were aching Hongkong by way of French Indo-Chlna Foreign Office spokesman Intimating that the government wu keeping a record of such shipments were reported to It by Its agents refused to uy present" whether there 'wu likelihood of representations to Britain Blockade Effective The spokesman Intimated Uipt tha Japanese blockade of the Chi nese coast rwai effective so far- as Continued on Paga I lea officers to a sewage pit from which Helfman'i body a bullet Jn his heart wu removed He told officers ha shot after Helfman mads a threatening move while they were arguing Cuh had repaired Helfman'i auto following a wreck Detective Will Frits said tha automobile wu sold after Helfman wu lain Recalling that the automobile from which the Illlnoli motorists disappeared later waa traced to Dallas Patton Mid "there ii a strange parallel between the two casea" Pontlao Mich Nov 19 The Pontiac local of the Uhl(ed Automobile Workera of America thundered its rejection of a plea from the International union to abandon a ait-down strike today in the plant of the Fisher Body Corporation hen early today Meantime In Akron the three plants of tha Goodyear Tire di Rubber Company ere forced Into Idle-net by a alt-down atrika of worked pro telling a scheduled layoff of 1800 employes The Pontiac union In a tumultuous meeting which began lut night and continued nearfly' 'six hours voted by- acclamation to proceed with Du strike after Fred PUrper a member of the executive board urged them to return work THIS SHOP IS FAIR Philadelphia Nae 19 (AP) pirhet-pnrade of hit nle lien garo Charlet Zoloi a mem form of In-lam I ranbla today Hit thler-in-lam Mrt Minnie Kolot and 1 her three thlldren paced hark and farth In front of hit furniture artery rarrylag eigne One them readt 1 Fky doein'l one nnrlt help ntr tha eigne auert Zoloi help hit fohleu brother I A union perplexed tent a picket mlth I hit eigni "Thlt thep It fair to organ lard labor" Dorr Mitchejl president of the local Joined with Pleper in asking tha men to discontinue the strike Which began Wednesday night and left 14721 General Motors Corporation employes Idle Withholds Unlaw Fund Mitchell said tha altdown wu and declined to turn over to the members the local's strike fund which la controlled by local union officers The 2000 mem here at the meeting had voted to Continued an Page 2 WOMAN I MEN DIE Moscow Nov 19 A woman and two men were sentenced to death today In a Leningrad ichool case of charges of mistreating itu dents and endeavoring to provoke dlwatUfactlon with the Soviet regime Eight others must sent 10 to 30 years In prison I Vw Main In lk OnhIi Sir Pne (tain ia uwuirMt hn Soviet General Will Go Beyond Border He Says Telling of Threat Against Reds Moscow Nov 19 Marshal Bluecher commander of the Red army on the Far Eutern fron tier warned today that his troop and the Pacific fleet stood ready to carry war against fascism "beyond tlie borders of our socialist One of the moat outstanding figures of the Red army Bluecher said that the Chlnese-Jaggnese and Spanish ware constituted preparations for war again tha Soviet Union Japan cm military ties charged six weeks ago that be wu engaged actively In directing Chinese military operations against Japan Order Jnet Received HU declaration officially recorded "Order 130" wu Uiued at Khabarovsk on Nov77 but hu Just been received In Moscow it contained a hint that the Japanese operations In North China might spread beyond the borders of Inner Mongol la to tha Russian fron liar where numerous $otder "Incidents" between Russian and Manchukuoan forces have taken place In the last two years "The Far Eastern army one (SHhe foremost detachments of the Red' army guards th eSovlet Par Eutern border one of the most menaced sectors of our socialist fatherland' he Mid declare that this army and the Pacific fleet will not allow the Fascist bloc to violate a single Inch of our border If we are forced 'to abandon peaceful labor construction to start a war we shall carry' it beyond the borders of our socialist PHILIPPINE 8TORM -DEAD 13 Manila Nov 18 taV-Deatha the typhoon-swept Philippine Islands mounted to 13 today the storm spread Its fury westward over1 the China 8ea Property damage wu heavy Hundreds were homeless RING LEOPOLD LEAVES London Nov II King Leopold of Belgium left for Dover today on his way home after a three-day visit with King George New York had Its first snowfall today Mm accurately it should be said that a few snOwflakea fell shortly before am Late today and tonight however will see ore now with rain according to the Weather Bureau It will be colder tonight too It will be cloudy tomorrow and moderately cold enough to bring your blanket along when you go to the football game The low temperature today was 32 degrees at 1:30 am In Chicago nearly an Inch id now has fallen with temperature below freezing Dome lake Wyo had seven Inches id anow with tha thermometer reading 4 below aero Devil's Lake North Dakota had similar conditions Gen Rallies After Heart Attack White Plains Nov 19-MaJ Gen John O'Ryan war-tlma com' mender of the 27th Division was reported today as "greatly Improved1 and recovering from a heart attack suffered Wednesday evening The General will go home today hospital officials added General ORyan became 111 on a train approaching White Plains and wu taken frwp the train to the hospital He was his way to his home In South Salem Ha had boarded the train In New York FAMILY DIES IN FLAMES Port Collins Colo Nov 19 0UB-A family of six waa burned to death today when fire dmtroyedthelr home The family consisted mother father and four children according to police who Were trying- to Identify them SIX FISHERMEN DROWNED Lowestoft England Nov 19 WV-81x fishermen drowned today three were saved when I Hurunul sank off Smiths Knoll Slaying of Borough Man Causes Probe of 4 Missing Tourists Dallas Nov 19 The unsolved dluppearance ol four Illinois tourists In New Mexico In May 1935 today wu Injected into the investigation of a suspect In the slaying of a Brooklyn merchant here Monday District Attorney Andrew Lb Patton uld Lacy Push alls Robert Lacy 23 charged with slaying Harry Leon Heilman would be questioned about the dluppearance of Mr and Mra George Lorlua and Mr and Mrs Albert Heberer -Cash DaUu mechanic yesterday "It wu a foregone conclusion with -ms that I would rent my that floor apartment when I inserted my ad la The Eagle lari Tuesday Needless to aay I wu not dUapprinted Ire--' celved a number of call and rented the apartment without any trouble leys th above advertiser If you have an apartment room or house for rent plaoe an ad In the Clamlfted Section of Tha Eagle Newspaper You too will get quirk results Just call an ad-taker at MAIn 4-gooo give your masMit and "Cbaria Ik -l "rf.

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