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6 5c SECTIONS EVERYWHERE LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and moderately cold today. 101t YEAR No. 339 DAILY AND SUNDAY BROOKLYN, N. SUNDAY, DEC. 7, 1941 Rntrrtd at th Brooklyn Ponoffic 24 Clau Mall Miur Copyrtsnt 1941 The Brooklyn Eatie.

Inc. F. R. Sends Appea iiair a 1, To Hirohrto in Final Move to Avert War CROWDS SEE CADET DIE IN BLAZING PLANE Army Ship Explodes, Plunges 'nto Ocean Off Rockaway Park Charles J' Davenport, aviation cadet attached to Mitchel Field, was killed yesterday afternoon when the United States Army plane he fiying exploded in full view of thousands of boardwalk strollers and plunged into the ocean off the foot of Beach 115th Rockawav Park. The plane was in flames as it struck the water and sank about 1.000 feet off shore.

A Coast'Guaid plane recovered Davenport's body, entangled in a half -open parachute "71 Y. LEOPOLD SECRETLY WEDS COMMONER Revelation of Tragic Recluse King's Action Shocks Belgian Refugees Japan Intimates Collapse of Peace Talks Imminent BULLETIN Washington, Dec. 6 (INS) President Roosevelt, in a desperate, last hour attempt to avert outbreak of major conflict in the Pacific, tonight addressed a personal message to Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Eagle Siaff photo REPAIRS AT SEA The new floating workshop, YR-27, in Mill Basin. The ship is without propulsion power and was launched with ceremony yesterday at the Dekom yards will be towed to any required spot by tug.

TENSION MOUNTS for development SOVIETS SMASH OF BROOKLYN On Page 14-A The Eagle presents detailed proposals by Supreme Court Justice Charles C. Lockwood, with architects' sketch and diagram. London, Dec. 6 (U.R) 1 i a sources heard tonight that King Leopold, the tragic "recluse of Lae- kan," has been secretly married for several months to a Belgian commoner. The news of the marriage of the 40-year-old monarch to Mary Lelia I Baels, daughter of a former Belgian Minister of Agriculture and Gov-erner of West Flanders, surprised and shocked some refugee quarters.

They had had no Intimation of the development and first word, of the marriage came from Germany. I In Berlin it was revealed that Leopold's marriage is to be announced in Belgium Monday. It was said that the king was wed secretly in a church and that this will be followed by a civil ceremony, possibly next week.J Bride Called 'Charminr The king's bride was described here as "a charming woman." She attended school in Britain during the last war and was presented at the court a few years ago while her father was Minister of Agriculture and before the tragic death of Leopold's first wife, Queen Astrid. Astrid was killed Instantly six years ago when the automobile In which she was riding with Leopold at the wheel skidded along the shores of Lake Lucerne, catapulting the queen against a tree. The marriage of Leopold to a Belgian commoner appeared to add Continued on Page Big Floating Workship Launched for Navy Borough Firm Develops New Craft To Fix 'Ordinary Breakdowns' at Sea A new floating workshop, one of the latest developed auxiliaries to the fleet, was launched yesterday at the yard of tihe Dekom Shipbuilding Corporation, Mill Basin, Avenue MOSCOW DRIVE, GAIN IN SOUTH Nazis Found Frozen To Death as Mercury Hits 17 Below Zero London, Dec.

6 flJ.R) The Red army, smashing forward in powerful counter attacks despite temperatures close to 20 below zero, was reported tonight to have brought the Nazi offensive to a standstill on key Moscow fronts and In the south won bridgeheads which cut off Nazi forces on the Taganrog Peninsula. Radio Moscow, heard by the United Press listening post, jubilantly proclaimed the arrival of "December frosts" which clamped down with an iron grip upon the Moscow front. The temperature fell to 17 below zero Fahrenheit last night, Moscow reported. Advancing Russian attack units found Nazi troopers frozen to death at their posts along a main highway leading from the southwest toward Moscow. Cold to Play Vital Role The temperature was expected by the Russians to play a major role In grinding the Nazi offensive against Moscow to a dead halt.

The drive has been making progress at a snail's pace for days, even with the aid of unseasonably mild weather. "The December front already has scored its first victory," a Russian announcer reported. "Our advancing units came across German soldiers frozen to death on one highway. They were hit by Russian frost and not bullets. The fierce biting wind is rising." Gain in Counterattacks Ignoring the cold, the Russian forces launched powerfitf -xinter-attacks which won ground la the Important Mozhaisk, Volokolamsk, Continued on Page 2 Military Court Hears Plot To Dynamite II Duce Rome, Dec.

6 (U.P The Trieste military court trying 71 persons on charges of espionage and sabotaging today heard an alleged confession of a plot to kill Premier Benito Mussolini with dynamite at Caporetto in 1938. The president of the tribunal read an alleged confession by one. Francesco Kaus, 28, that he had agreed to attempt to dynamite Mussolini at the request of Danilo Zelen, described as a "communist-terrorist," who was killed In a battle with police at Ljubljana In 1940. Manila Danger Zones' Cleared for Hostilities IN O'DWYER FEUD WITH LAGUARDIA Valentine Maintains Silence on Report of Shakeup of Detectives Tension in the clash between District Attorney O'Dwyer and Mayor LaGuardia. mounted last night While official silence was clamped down en the question of a shakeup Involving the 65 detectives presently assigned to the prosecutor' office.

While the Mayor and the Brooklyn prosecutor awaited tomorrow's conference at the City Hall In the face of the District Attorney' open charges that the Mayor had "scuttled" his Inquiry Into crime. Police Commissioner Valentine declined to answer when asked whether he was contemplating any change In the staff assigned to the prosecutor. Valentine Gets Three Queries Th controversy, which ha been raffing for days, broke out openly after Mayor LaGuardia had issued instructions calling for a report on the activities of the 65 plalnclothes-men assigned to Mr. O'Dwyer office. Yesterday, three questions, in-eluding the one whether he contemplated a change in the assignments of the detectives, were submitted to Commissioner Valentine.

One question dealt with a published rumor that the commissioner had ordered the 65 detectives to report i to him in person so that he might obtain the Information sought by the Mayor. Denies Taking Either Step The question pointed out that the published report observed the District Attorney's office would be stripped of much of its investigating force, if all the men were or- Continued on Page 3 Police Seek Killers Of Night Watchman, 65 Little Rock, Dec. (INSi Authorities in Arkansas and adjoining States searched today for the slayers of John Hoffman, 65-year-old night watchman. The murderers escaped in an automobile taken from a used car lot after bludgeoning the aged man to death in one of the most brutal killings In years in this section. Hoffman's body was found early today when employes of the company reported for work.

It was lying on the floor of the small "hut" that served as office for the concern and as Hoffman's quarters during the night. floating on the water. The cadet 1 apparently had made a frantic last-minute attempt to leap to safety. Eyewitnesses told police the flier was having trouble with his motor as he flew over Rockaway Park. He turned toward Jamaica Bay and then there were sounds of the engine sputtering and the plane again headed toward the ocean.

It was at an altitude of less than 500 feet when it burst into flames and plunged into the ocean. Plane Recovers Body A Coast Guard plane from Floyd Bennett Field alighted on the water shortly after the crash and the pilot, taxiing his plane, drew the floating bony toward shore. Nathan Dlugatz of 175 Beach 80th St, Rockaway Beach, waded in up to his hips and took the body to the foot of Beach 115th St. Emer-gancy police and a doctor from the Rockaway Beach Hospital worked in vain for an hour trying to re vive Davenport. The body was removed to the Rockawav Beach police station.

In the victim's pockets were found $113, an official identification tag and newspaper clippings indicating Davenport was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Davenport of Silsbee, Texas.

The newspaper accounts showed Davenport had received a basic flying training at Moffat Field and was then transferred to Mather Field, Cal. Mitchel Field was notified and Army officials said an official identification would be made later. A police launch and two Coast Guard boats hooked onto the wreckage of the plane and an Army tug was ordered to the scene. Finn Freighter Seized by U. S.

The 3.026-ton Finnish freighter Kuurtanes, docked at the National Sugar Refining pier at Edgewater, N. and was seized tonight by the United States Coast Guard. In the case of the ships controlled by Germany, Italy and Denmark, Coast Guardsmen first put them under protective custody to prevent further sabotage and later formally seized them in the name fthe American Government. The move on Finland's ships followed oniy several hours after a conference at the State Department between Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope and Undersecretary of State Welles. At that time Procope refused all commept on the action of Great Britain' in declaring war on Finland because the small arctic coun.

try refused to stop its war against Russia. Held in Lad's Shooting Lowville, N. Dec. 8 (U.R) Robert Rood, 17, was held for questioning today in the death of 13-year-old Charles West, a county welfare charge. The boy was fatally shot.

Rood insisted that the shooting was accidental. sank the raider," the Admiralty said. "No survivors were picked up because of the suspectd presence of U-boats. No casualties or damage was suffered by the Dorsetshire or her aircraft. The Dorsetshire was commanded by Capt.

A. W. S. Agar, V. The Dorsetshire, built In 1929, is heavily armed with eight-Inch guns, lesser arms and 21-inch torpedo tubes.

After the Bismarck had sunk the battleship Hood, the Dorsetshire participated in the chase and gave the coup de grace to the crack German battlewagon, which had been blasted by British guns and aerial bombs and torpedoes. Tokio, Dec. 7 'Sunday) (U.R) Japan indicated early today that she stands on the verge of abandoning efforts to achieve settlement of the Pacific crisis by diplomatic negotiation at Washington. At the same time warnings circulated that Soviet Russia with an estimated Far Eastern army of 840,000 has swung in with America, Britain, China, Holland and the British Dominions in a united front against Japan. The press, bellweather of Japanese opinion, thundered that the moment of supreme sacrifice was at hand.

A government spokesman said Japan's "patience" may be tried only a little longer. Japanese economic preparations against what is called the "open strengthening of anti-Japanese encirclement" were believed completed with adjournment of a highly significant meeting of 300 top Japanese industrial and business leaders who comprise the East Asia Economic Council. Russia Seen as New Enemy The sensational report that Russia is easting her lot with the so-called A powers appeared In the newspaper Hochl which attributed lt to "undisclosed Toklo quarters." The Japanese press Is under closest government censorship. It was presumed that Hochl' report had the approval of the government if it did not in fact eminate from government quarters. Hochl said that Russia has decided to abandon her neutrality policy in the Far East which has been based on the Russo-Japanese pact signed last Spring.

Instead, Hochl said, Russia throwing its lot in with the United States, having interpreted the statement of Secretary of State Cordell Hull at Washington on the U. S.Japanese negotiations as presaging open war between Japan and America and an increase of military forces in the Far East "irrespective of European defeats" of the democratic powers. The imminent arrival of Maxim Litvinoff, new Soviet Ambassador to the United States at Washington, was said to increase the prospect of Russia's participation ia moves against Japan. The newspaper estimated the strength of the Russian red banner Far Eastern armies at 840,000 men, despite reported transfers of some Continued on Page Davey Thrown for Loss In Suit for $50,000 New Orleans, Dec. 6 (INS)- T5a-y O'Brien, former Texas University All-America, was hrewn for a loss today by the Circuit Court of Appeals, vYUh refused his demand for damages against the Pabst Sut Company.

for expenditure in the fiscal VC report 1, 1M0. 1942 was $7,340,190,994. 'Greatest Program in Histor The Secretary's annunl covered the fiscal year July to June 30. 1941, when the Navy was expanded "from peacetime to wartime footing." which he railed the "greatest program of attempted by any navy in th stor'd history." Knox cited the cf 325 ships, acquisition of nrw airplanes, extension of ncval basa in both oceans and a personnel Increase of 16.264 officers and 113,962 men, including the Marine Corps. "Our aim must always be," Knox said, "to have sufficient forces to give us complete freedom of action ia either ocean while retainiag Continued on Page I King Leopold pore, Shanghai, Hongkong.

Batavia and Bangkok. "Now, I suppose, we are going to fight Japan," he said. Feel Explosion Near The storm signals were up and feeling was universal that the week end had brought the Pacific close to an explosion. Reports from the key centers told this story: Singapore All defenses placed on full war footing. Volunteers called up to defense posts.

Fleet units full manned with all officers and rat-Continued on Page 2 10 Murderers Get Parole For Christmas Present Trenton, N. Dec. 6 (INS) Ten convicted murderers, five of them wife slayers, were given their Christmas gift today a parole by the New Jersey Pardons Board. Thirty-six others, convicted of lesser crimes, also won paroles. Most important to win clemency was Dr.

Arthur Woolsey, 50, former Roselle dentist. Records show he pleaded temporary insanity after killing his wife and two small children in their Roselle home on the morning of Aug. 1. 1928. civic center and Flatbush Ave.

The craft, known as the YR-27, was sponsored by Meth-lie of 6702 Ridge Boulevard, wife of Eric Methlie, vice president and general manager of the Dekom Company. While not built to perform the major tasks done by the large Navy seagoing repair ships, the YR-27 will be able to take care of ordinary breakdowns on almost any type of naval vessel. She has carpenter, coppersmith, blacksmith and other shops equipped with $200,000 worth of modern repair machinery and facilities, including various size lathes, milling and drilling machinery and welding outfits. The double-decked YR-27 Is about 1,000 tons dead weight, 150 feet long and has a beam of 38 feet. With no propulsion machinery but seagoing in all other respects and equipped to generate her own power to operate her equipment, the floating workshop is designed to be towed by a seagoing tug and at a fairly good rate of speed and to be ready for instant operation upon arrival.

Charles B. H. Deller, president of the company, presided at the ceremony. Among those present were Borough President Cashmore and Lt. J.

G. Siver, representing Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He's Allowed 273 Years To Pay Boston $28,419.72 Boston, Dec. 6 (INS) By the year 2214 Dr.

Joseph A. Santosuosso, or his estate, will have squared things with the City of Boston. To be exact, the court allowed the To be exact, the court allowed the doctor 273 years and 14 weeks to pay t28.419.72, which the city contends he illegally retained in connection with a general equipment corporation damage action. Judge Daniel J. Gillen in Superior Court today handed down an order by which Dr.

Santosuosso, or his heirs, pay off the debt in $2 weekly installments before the city can write "paid In full" on the bill. Florida Police Hunting Thug Who Murdered Cop Miami, Dec. 6 (INS) State High-j way patrolmen, sheriffs', deputies and police officers from every southern Florida city today were hunting a heavily-armed fugitive for the murder of State Highway Patrolman P. Daniels of South Miami. Miami police identified the suspected killer as ouis Elmer Hum-ber, 26, an unemployed seaman.

Daniels was shot to death early today in a wooded section near Goulds, Fla. His body, apparently trampled and kicked by his assassin, was founde about 100 yards from his wrecked State Highway patrol car. Youth Wounded In Target Mishap Robert Gorman. 17, of 1820 74th a messenger, was accidently shot in the abdomen yesterday afternoon by another youth engaged in target practice with a rifle. According to police, the other boy, Robert Bruno, also 17, of 1767 79th was in an alley at 1777 79th shooting at tin cans.

Gorman was standing nearby when one of the bullets went wild and hit him. He was taken to Harbor Hospital where his condition was said to be not serious. Bruno was booked at the Bath Beach police station on a charge of felonious assault. Tallulah Bankhead Quits Philadelphia Hospital Philadelphia, Dec. 6 U.R Tallulah Bankhead rested at her hotel room today after being confined three weeks in Mount Sinai Hospital for pneumonia.

The actress collapsed Nov. 17 after finishing the opening performance of Clifford O'Oets' "Clash By Night," and was taken to the hospital with a temperature of 103 degrees. She left the hospital last night and plans to go to Atlantic City Sunday to complete recuperation. The Wind Went Away And She Went With It South Bend, Dec. 6 (INS) Donald M.

Compton of South Bend was granted a divorce today when he testified that his wife, a Southern girl, came to South Bend from Culver, in February, 1940, to see the movie "Gone With the Wind," and added: "She's been gone ever since." ECTI Eight Page of Comics. Manila, Dec. 7 (Sunday) (U.R) The Far East battened down today for the war that appeared Imminent. The Philippines government ordered immediate evacuation of Manila "danger zones." All navy, air and army personnel at Singapore, bastion of South Pacific defense, were suddenly recalled to stations and ordered to stand by on a war footing. Australian forces stood at their war posts.

A British officer at Singapore, recalled to his ship after being ashore for the first time in weeks, expressed the sentiment that was on almost every tongue in the Great Pacific centers of Manila, Singa Lifvinoff Lands In U. S.r Lauds Aid San Francisco, Dec. 6 (U.R) Maxim Litvinoff, Russian diplomat who negotiated United States recognition of the Soviet Union in 1933, arrived here today en route to Washington where, as Ambassador, he will direct American Russian co operation against the Axis. i Litvinoff and his English-born wife refused to talk about political or international matters when they landed on the China Clipper from the Orient, but Litvinoff said the Russian armies were determined to continue fighting the Axis powers "with the same heroism and firm- ness which has won the admiration of the entire world." "We are deeply pleased by the support the United States has given my country," Litvinoff told report- ers. "I am here to transmit the deep appreciation of your aid in our struggle to annihilate that enemy of humanity Hitler." Litvinoff, wearing a long black overcoat and carrying a cane, was asked whether his brown leather satchel contained a personal message from Premier Josef Stalin to President Roosevelt.

He smiled but did not reply. Fascist Chiefs Replaced Rome, Dec. 6 (U.R) A change In the Fascist party hierarchy at Turin was announced today with replacement of 31 party officials. The changes Included replacements in important party offices in Turin and the nearby region. Most of the new appointees are veterans of the Ethiopian and Spanish campaign.

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The estimated amount available London, Dec. 6 (U.R) The British cruiser Dorsetshire, which fired the torpedo that sank the German super-battleship Bis-mark, has intercepted and sunk a German commerce raider in the South Atlantic, the Admiralty said today. A plane from' the Dorsetshire sighted the raider, which was aW anchor with five small boats around her, the Admiralty said. The raider was a converted merchant ship of about 10,000 tons and, when sighted, fled immediately, leaving the small boats behind. The boats were reported laden with oil drums and provisions.

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