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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 2

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BKOOKl.VN WEDNESDAY. MAY 3, 1939 Plan to Fortify J'eXotc, Ho It as ft yarn! Coal Unionists 4 at More Reform Plans Drafted by F. Aides See Victory in House Asks Aid for Bill 'Aimed at Usurers Pacific Lanes to Panama Canal Army and Navy Study Proposals for liases In Mexico, Galapagos Oopniht. 1939 United Pr) Washington May 3 High War and Navy officials are stud.vins plans to establish American air and naval oases in mpxico nnn ip lia anaeos lu the Pacific amirc-aches tr the Pan- r.n,i a- Those departments may formally i the S'atp ncnar'mpnf snnn to a tne 5, 8(6 a found out the Mexican and Ecus, f- a Showdown May Be Reached Tonight On First Proposal WoshUigton, May 3 President Roosevelt took steps today to complete additional plans for reorganiz ing the Government's administrative machinery as House Democrats ex- pected confidently to defeat a Republican attack on his first reorganization proposal. The President conferred with Budget Director Smith and mem officer for Awhile I John Husted.

J6-yer-old shipyard worker, realized his lifelong dream to be a navy officer for one delirious moment yesterday afternoon, nd the consequences, he made it clear1 today, don't matter. He was arrested when a Navy of- ncer Decame suspicious as he walked the deck of the U. S. S. Philadelphia, anchored off 96th St, Manhattan.

dressed in a somewhat faded unl- form, with the wrona- kind of but- tons and unorthodox sleeve stripes. At first he was suspected of belnc viiv mil. inm rtwi tnir mimi worked at the Federal Shipyard at: Karm- h.rf -k i. I merchant marine vtnmm onH 7. naa uunnea nis entrance examina- napolts no less than three times.

"Well. I always wanted to be a Navy man." he said In the police lineup. He will oe arraigned In Manhattan Federal Court on charges oi impersonating an officer, Auto Repairmen Start Strike Here out and that, inn wnutA y. scheduled to follow tomorrow. The union strike committee.

iieaaea Ja Shainuclc, called the strike declaring negotiationa for headed by Jack Shainuck, called new contract with the United Collision Shop Owners Association, railed. wnicn naa expired April 30. had I I bers of hi special reorganisation ment ot saanes of city employes, dorian Governments on the pos-eommltte at a White House lunch- Mrs. Earie cited the report of the sibiiity of negotiating treaties au-eon conference. The new plans, i Commissioner of Accounts, published 'K which wOI cover various shifts of in February, 1937.

thorizing such bases, it was indi- Federal agencies, will be sent toj The report revealed, said, that cated- Congress either Friday or next week. aim0st 3 percent of the employes Details have not been worked out. Whether the Hous. would get to a now have their salaries garnuheed But several alternatives were under- ahowdown this evening on the first to the extent of $900,000 a year, and stood to have been tentatively con- depended on the working out on May 31, 1936. this group owed a Siriereci of an agreement to limit debat to balance of $3,000,000 on such gar- tlve instead of 10 hours.

nishments. Botn ArmV snd Nav7 officials hasps spvoral 'himdrwi mtiP from! i fk" -Ual 'ink Hta RwlZS "iS1? plan nr tia ie fn "rly hemispherical defense. today and by 10 a.m. strike leaders A strike of 00 automobile wor: DEFENSE RILL Sir.VFn end of the da I'M: Soft eolortd vertical itripet on har- moniiing ground feature this un- A usual shirt oj mixed rayon and Jjf fr tvooL Long tUevei. In blue, Ian, Mtr and green.

$5. At Usut was a resolution of Rep-1 resentatlve Taber to dis- approve Mr. Roosevelt's proposed consolidaUon of Federal works, wel- fare and lending agencies into three new units. Democratic leaders said there was no question but that they had enough power to kill the Taber resolution. power i ONLY REPLY TO HITLER Administration recommendations for a new "cash and carry" neu trality law will constitute President Roosevelt's only reply to Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech, authoritative quarters said today.

After some discussion among Federal officials. It was learned, the President gave up the Idea of making a "fireside chat" or issuing a tatement In rebuttal. Secretary Hull, however. Is preparing an outline of Administration views on American neutrality to be made before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next Monday or neiiaoie sources sam nun ouiu, aimnnrt h. hai it th Pit.t.mon I I At the office of Nat Mantok, 3902 i untl 2 p.m.

today and 14th president of the associa-1 Pjm 4nd. tion. It was said. "It is true that the I Thomas C. Townsend, union attor-assoclatlon refused to consider thelneys' to come nfrp from contract as presented, but negotia10" ,0 Mamlne lne proposals legal Study New Plan Of Operators Compromise Offer Would Give C.

I. O. Jurisdiction in Field Attorneys for the Unit. Mine Workers of America today studied r.t nmr.mmU ffr made by coal operators to end the bituminious deadlock, with labor's anawi nnw iy i mnnn Dr0DOal wh0M detailed 1 popo571' terms were not- maac puunt, of i iMKnra la give tin- sir, y. v.

uutuu jr-omplett? jurisdictional protection nea nsi a inreaienca an iA Qf affiliate. It oSs not however, grant either the closed shop or the alternative asked by the miners, removal of a penalty clause for strikes during the life of the agreement. MODIFIED CHECKOFF A modified checkoff system is the core or the cperators' proposal. The present checkoff applies to union members only. It is now suggested that this be extended to non-members and to call the deduction of dues from pay envelopes fee to the United Mine Workers for administering the contract.

Such deductions will not Include either initiaition fees, however, or special assessments. The offer followed by only a few hours the resignation of James W. Carter, president of the Carter Coal Company of New York, from the operators' negotiating committee. The latter was an opponent of anything approaching closed shop conditions during the stalemated parleys. John L.

Lewis requested an ad- STOPPAGE MAY SPREAD Should the compromise be unacceptable to to the union, the stoppage now affecting 320,000 Appalachian soft coal miners may be ex-: tended to include more than 100,000 others in Middle Western and Southwestern States. It may also widen the gap between owners and miners in the anthracite region, causing a breakoff of negotiations for a new hard coal contract. Secretary of Labor Frances Per-, kins arrived in New York City yes-' terday. She declared her presence was "not entirely" due to the coal situation. Queens Man Denies 1 1 Charges Robert A.

Bertacchlni. 48. who described himself as a stock sales man living at 40-24 43d Long bland City, denied today in the police lineup any knowledge of an indictment in Cambridge, in which police say he is charged with withholding $16,000 received in pay- ment ror stocks in the Baird Television, of London, England. Bertacchini was arrested in the office of the Attorney General at DDYAIIYCAR ne bill, wmch AX tne "caan ana carry- principle so as mnnittntit Councilman Genevieve Earl today urced public support, for the Crews bill, pending in the State Leg isiature nimru lu tny till- p-oyes from uv luaa protect public service sharks and 'mm the riUrruite shih -rum me cisrepuie wnicn results from unluatifiahte rnnir-tinr, debts. As a convincing proof of the need for legislation in relation to garnish- "Not only are the lower paid em- ployes the greatest sufferers," she "but garnlsheed employes at th time of this report Include many well paid city and county officials and some minor court Judges Lenders ranae from no range from powerful banks to unscrupulous ins allmen racketeers and iewelrv lenders, manv racketeers and jewelry lenders, many ot wnom operate illegally and rep- resent 20 nercent of all the iurfr menu the renort revea'ed illinan Dill i 11 DcIOre ASSemDlV aihanv fov io i.H day had' before it amendments to' mlumonnErto untn Ju i pos myeff to rstne unTli poses, enect, to Postpone until fL.

closure nrovLsion rTommnHT hv U11 uic iiu-iuie-1 -j UOVtlTlOr. cally a companion to the Nunan bill 3 Convictions Fail To Clear Spy Story, The Rubens-Robinson spy story icmauiea myswrious today a.s three intii, IA1V1-LCU OI CUIlsmraCV rO: conspiracy forge passports connected with the I case, awaited sentpnrp tiipHou hv iOutlined bv British Jerusalem. May 3 iJP) Early Dub- i to warring nations i but the mlnor amendments must be i (concurred in before the bills can go This would be in the nature of a before the Governor. g0 reply to Hitler, officials Tne genat I blU 5esterday iBnorS the arms avaUable to Great Britain and Governor's recommendation that the France' "tapering off" process be begun now PRIEST TESTIFIES I by requiring the property owner to tions are stil, Mr- the spoke.sman, wa" conferring with members of the gelation and with union repre- sentativeg seeking settlement. division of the united Automob lie Worltpr nf v.

Amer'c. C. I. demands a 44 hour, flve-and-a-half-day week and pay Increases of about 15 percent. Strike headquarters were set up in the Transport Workers Union headquarters, 98 Flatbush Ave.

jury Finds oman Guilty of Infidelity Mrs. Walter P. Lundy was found guilty of infidelity by a Jury of 11 men and one woman before Justice Inn-, tr-MI 1.. uauico l. nauman supreme court today and as the result her nuspand, who operates a parking concession In 8heepshead Bay, will get a divorce The Jury heard that Mrs.

Lundy in her home, then at 1946 Haring entertained a man named John Dougherty, who was beaten by Lundv and his two sons Waiter and Stanley, 15. The fracas took on Jan. 9, last. Mrs. Lundy and Dougherty told the Jury that they were "falsely accused" of doing i The Rev Edmund A Walsh, vtceJ4ccePl any bona "de refinancing of- president of Georgetown whlch wuli etlaIe the mort-IA.

warned the Senate Foreign t0 get back Part of his invest- 1 tion Committee today that if 7 UniUd autea attemDU to aid one set of European nations against another by "methods short of war" it might not be able to prevent European Intervention in South America. "Can we have both advantages that of preferred and inviolable position In South America and at the same time offer resistance to a policy exercised overseas by Euro pean and Asiatic Powers in pursu i i a r- 1 i K. 4 i ruettd open-front shirt it Jf. It jfij Made of rayon in a rough mat 1 wrong. 80 Centre Manhattan, as he was When the husband's testimony being questioned by Deputy Attor-was finished and it became Mrs.

nry General Harold Spears in con- Lundy's turn to present evidence neciion with a stock against her husband on her counter- Bertacchini was charged with being claim, she withdrew her charges. la fugitive. voeave. Round-end collar. Ivory and marine blue.

$3.30. i Washington, May Ufl-rresment pro- viding $153,000,000 immediately in vuhwk" auiuur-. i2ations for "critical" defense items I appropriations and contract author- for the Army, seacoast defenses and fleet expansion. The House Naval Committee rec ommended. meanwhile, legislation to authorize expenditure of $6,600,000 for complete modernization of five The ships involved are the Tennessee, California, Colo- Maryland and West Virginia.

b'J! fl.gned by tle President will let the Armv buv and contract. $110,000,000 of tanks, anti-tank 8uns' semi-automatic rifles, gas I ma5ks' i-aircraft guns, artllllry 6 cnAnnn Sets $36,500,000, while 287 is included in appropriations and I tiaiu ttva uou.jini.uuu. imp an cSes of the contract authorizations for seacoast continental United States. Panama Canal Zone and insular possessions. Berle Tells Europe JNot to Cross Ocean Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Berle said today the "hope of civilization" depends largely on the ul.

nrw won(I experi- mem wun a co-operative a "co-operative hem isphere. Berle addressed a meeting of the 1 Academy of Political Sciences on United States policy in Latin-Amer-j ica at the Hotel Astor, Manhattan. He warned European nations that the "hemispheric line must never be crossed by any non-American una saia tne nauons oi me 'w aucmuniiK, in luii- trast with the Idea of world peace throueh world emnire. to arhiow Intruder Leaps to Death' 4 TV' death. He was tentatively Identified as Henry Guy.se.

24, of Seattle, IV been Batch Price 1 nee of what they deem national Federal Judge Henry W. Godda'-d Peace through a "co-operative hem-welfare and national mterests?" thein Manhattan. 'isphere." Catholic educator asked. The trio were found guilty vester-1 The hope of civilization In the day by a Jury of eight housewives modern world hangs to a large de- 'and four men after deliberation of 8ree the success of the Amerl-Fire Follows Explosion an hour and 45 minutes. The juryicas' efforts, he said.

I had to consider testimony of 75 Gov- "We seek to avoid." he added. In Underground Conduit iernment witnesses presented over a the new world drawn into whole trial period of nearly three that pattern of life which haa cursed Pire followed an explosion at 11 week. the old: the deadly process of op- an. today In an underground con-1 Tne ronvicted men are Edward 'peing militarv establishment to -VJ? li YorV QUen? i Blatt. an attorney; Ossip Garber, military establishment, of living Electric LSht Power Company at commercial photographer, and from incident to incident, through Vernon Boulevard and 43d Long Aaron Snarfin former clerk ln the minor crjses u(l major crtses forc.

1 1 41 1 Egyptian Consulate. Thev face two'ir'K our own and our nciphbor coun- The explosion apparency occurred yars prison gnd flnes" tries into the path of continual mil-ln front of 42-25 Vernon Boulevard. each ltarjEm wlth war alway, w.lth,n th Four manhole covers in the block Despite defense attorneys' request nearer horizon, were blown offby the force of the for continuation of the $1,000 bail' "Should the great European pow-exploslon. Smote pourea from the set for the defendants originally, ers find substantial foothold hi the openings and police immediately Judge Goddard raised bail to $5,000. west, we should be back, not in the stopped traffic on the boulevard un- noting that the "defendants appar- nineteenth century but in the eigh-til the fire was under control 30 ently have foreign connections and teenth Naturally the Unite! i ithat te circumstances are rather States, in common with all -Latin The fire alarm brought Long Is- unusual." American countries, have no deire lnd City fire companies Fire De- to R0 back over thHt and partment Rescue Squad No.

4 and 1 I traij the Hunters Point Emergency Squad, Palestine Solution i ot1i mm Pnwr mmnnnv pmpr.i SPOUT i shot ire iuii TOGS tu yuu -fy but it a serious business with us. We're here to see that you get exactly what gency squads. Naval Service Extended I BEF0I1E YOD licatlon of a British White acrrains nmlinins thn "final" f. i When Mrs. Gussie Shor saw a Washington, May 2 (U.fi) The Palestine was predicted today by a Nelro intruder today in her apart-navy, ln an order effective July 1.

reliable source, who said it was be- mt'nt on tne t0P floor of a tenement today extended the basic enlistment ni? translated for simultaneous is- 'house at 46 Attorney Manhat-period for United States seamen in London, Mecca, Cairo and tan' sne screamed for help. The man from four to six years to lnsuure Baehdad. became frightened and Jumped out permanency of enlisted strength and i The British plan, drawn up during 'a window, falling five stories to his heed. Shirts in colors that have patterns that speak 4f I quiet accents cut and drape that permit you to swing, jump or relax with glorious freedom. The Manhattan label on our sports outfits is your assurance of top quality, long service, honest value.

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i Lost and Found 10 Bankbook Lot: No. us st3 of the Kind Co. Stvlnci Btnk. Payment has bean stopped. Please return to the bank si 138 Broadway.

BANKBOOK LosT No. 10941 of the Brevoort Bavlncs Bank. Payment has been topped. Please return to bank at 1281 Fulton Bt. BANKBOOK Lost: No.

20712 of the Brevoort Savings Bank. Payment has been topped. Please return to bank at 1281 Fulton 8t. BANKBOOK Lost No. 20SS09 of the Brevoort Savlnss Bank Paymen' has been topped.

Please return to bank at 1261 Fulton Bt. BANKBOOK Lost; No, 53S39, Harlem Savlnts Bank. 124 East Bt New York. Payment stopped Return to bank Lost: fold link, 3 zircon itonea; vicinity Park Slope. Telephone Crosby.

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