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BROOKLYN EAGLE. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1939 Telephone MAin 4-6200 9 For Clarified Ad Remlli flSfrtbDap ncmcmbrance Veteran Newsman Andrew A. Killeen, T.

J. Skillman, 62, Ex-L I. R. R. Aide 2 Only Scratched As L.

R. Train Wrecks Their Car Carl Laemmle Movie Pioneer Began in Nickelodeon And Produced First 'Million Dollar Film' JUDGE MARY at the home of her niece, Mrs. Thomas Mc-Gowan, 95 Milton sister of the Rev. Thomas J. Judge and Martin; also aunt of Sister Margaret Francis.

Funeral Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m.; thence to the R. C. Church of St. Antony, where a solemn high mass will be offered. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

JUPP ANNA on Sept. 24. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 50 7th Brooklyn.

Interment Evergreens Cemetery. KANE On September 23, at her residence, 1228 Sterling Place, MARGARET TERESA (nee Donnelly), beloved wife of William devoted mother of John Vincent and sister of Mary, James and Peter Donnelly. Funeral Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. Solemn requiem mass at St. Matthew's R.

C. Church. Interment Holy Cross William D. McCoy, Contractor, Dies Head of 2 Boro Firms Had Paved Streets Here and in Queens William Daniel McCoy, president of the Borough Asphalt Corporation and the D. J.

McCoy Asphalt Corporation, both Brooklyn concerns, died suddenly yesterday at his home, C05 2d St. As a contractor, Mr. McCoy constructed and paved many Important streets in Kings and Queens Counties. One of the most recent projects completed by Mr. McCoy was the bridge at the Rockaway end of the Cross Bay Boulevard, which was opened last July.

Born in Manhattan, he was the --r, 'f )j Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Bcllmore, Sept. 25 William Fox, 59, of Linden this village, and his wife, Amelia, 59, miraculously escaped with only a few scratches today when their car was struck by a Long Island Railroad train at the Center Ave. crossing. The car, hurled several feet against a traffic signal stanchion, was demolished. Mr.

and Mrs. Fox crawled out of the wreckage unassisted. They were attended for minor lacerations. Mr. Fox had stopped at the crossing to let a westbound train pass and had Just started up when the train came from the other direction.

Fear Search Delays Whalen Continued from Page 1 the Fair reported poor attendance up to 1 p.m. largely because of ram flurries earlier lit the morning. Paid attendance totaled 35,079 as com pared with 43,287 in a similar period last week FREE TO PARK WORKERS The showing was particularly bad Long Island Railroad as chief engi-because beginning today and con- neer. Floyd Gibbons Well-known newspaperman and radio commentator dies in Summer home In Pennsylvania Floyd Gibbons, 52, War Reporter Noted Correspondent Covered Every Conflict In World Since 1914 Stroudsburg, Sept. 25 (U.RJ Floyd Gibbons, 52, war correspond ent and radio commentator, died suddenly last night of a heart attack in his Summer home near here.

Gibbons had reported virtually every war since 1914, starting with the activities of Pancho Villa and the American punitive expedition of Gen. John J. Pershing in Mexico. He covered the World War, the German and Russian post-war up heavals, the Moroccan-Riffian War, the Irish Rebellion, in 1932 Chinese- Japanese War, the Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War. At the battle of Chateau-Thierry in the World War he lost his left eye and started wearing the white patch which, In later years, became his "trade mark" as a radio commentator.

Gibbons, going "over the top," was struck by a machine gun bullet that went through his steel helmet and Into his forehead. HAD EXCITING CAREER A native of Washington, D. Gibbons was educated at Gonzaga College and Georgetown University. He started his newspaper career on the Minneapolis Daily News in 1907. Former Chief Engineer Of Road Was Veteran Of Pennsylvania Line I Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Philadelphia, Sept.

25-Funeral xl WL oKiuman, o. formerly chief engineer of the Long Lsland Railroad, who died yesterday at his home in Ardmore, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the residence. Mr. Skillman directed the engineering activities of the Pennsylvania Railroad system during an era in which it carried forward one of its greatest Improvement programs.

He was chief engineer of the road for eight years until ill health compelled him to obtain a leave of absence four years ago. In 1936 he was appointed chief engineer-consultant. PRINCETON GRADUATE 'fK- 7L 1 maQe cnlef engineer, mainte nance oi way, at, unicago, in iu and six years later was sent to the In 1927 he became cheif engineer of the entire Pennsylvania Railroad system. Surviving are his widow, the former Louise E. Jenkinson; a daughter, Mrs.

Thomas G. Martin of Holmdel, N. and two sons, Thomas J. Jr. and Rchard J.

Skill-man. Rear Admiral Bingham London, Sept. 25 (UP) Rear Admiral Edward Barry Stewart Bingham, 58, a hero of the battle of Jut. land in the World War, died yester. day.

He also fought in the battles of Heligoland and of the Islands. He retired in 1932. Walter 9. Coofet -JNOORIURATTI)- DIGNIFIED AsLow 150 FUNERALS As OUR FUNERAL HOMES MOOKLVM 151 Undoi Bnifef ant-SUckmimtsr -1200 50 Standi AveniM MAm 2-1585 1218 Flitbitth Av. auckmnitar 2-0266-7 QUEENS 150-10 HilltMsAvsniiaMfiiaica 6-6676 156-14 North.

Btvd. INdspendancs 3-6600 STATE ISLAND 98 Bsach St, Stapurton Clbrartar 7-6100 MANHATTAN 117 Wmt 72nd Street-TRafaigar 7-6700 1451 First sniis RHawUndw 4-5800 SONX 1 Wtst 190th Strast-Mymoml 9-1900 347 Willis AaniMMOtt Havn 9-0272 WESTCHESTER 214 Manuronack Avows Whits Plains 39 Pfiont lor Rprinfort ar Writs tot Illustrated Booklet No Obligation AUCTION, SALES BY VIRTUE OF AN KXECUTIO.V duly levied upon ALLIED MEKC CORP. vs. ADOLPH KAY. by me, I will sell at puhlir marshal's sale oi Sept.

2i, 1039. at 3 p.m.. at 5403 13th Avenue. Brooklyn. N.

ths chattels levied upon. J. J. DUBERSTEIN. Marsha! of the City of No.

BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT-IX the terms of a conditional sales contract made hv FENTON FOODS I.VC to AMEklCAN METAL RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT I will sell al public auction the chattels covered by sai conditional sales contract on Sept. 30. 1939. at 11 a.ai., at 329 Washington Street, Brooklyn. Y.

J. J. DUBER STEIN'. Auctioneer. H.

G. SCHON'ZEIT. AUCTIONEER, sells September 26th. 1939. 10:15 a.m..

56 Scholes Brooklyn. Ford Sedan. Pontine Sedan. Motor Nos. 6-3H9125.

H. 0. SCHONZEIT. AUCTIONEER, sells September 2rtth. 1939.

10 a.m., South Mh Brooklyn. Hudson Sedan. No. S342M6. PAWNBROKERS SALES jESTATK OF EUGENK ROSEN.

BAUM'S AUCTIONEERS. J. Kelly. L. Feldhuhn.

1. Kirschner. J. Schwalb. sell at 70 Bowery, at 9 a.m.

Sept. 27 By order Est. J. J. Friel.

1473 B'way. diamonds, silverware, jewelry second-hand watrhes pledged from 23500 of April 1, 193S, to 50022 of June 30. 193S, 4s nil pledges held over; also for 9S7 Myrtle similar pledges from 22044 of Sept. 14. 1937.

to 15000 of June 1. 1938, all pledges held over. s20-6t oSu Sept. 28 By order of M. Bruckheimer Sons.

705 Grand Brooklyn, silverware. Jewp.I- Zn, to 4 i fjl "opt- -3- 1, 3J '-Ml sl-- -j -j 26 27 civil a 1'CTtav pnow rvc Sept. 2S. 1939 For Jns. J.

Ryan. 134 Myrtle unredeemed pledges of diamonds, second-hand watches, jewelry, silverware, Nns. 5975. April 21. 1938.

to 7741. May 20. 1938. and all pledges held over from previous sales. oSu S2 Rowery.

N. Y. -GEO. SHONGUT. JOSEPH SHONGUT Auctioneer Sell at 9 a.m Sept.

29 clothing, H. JI. Gall. 5305 5th from 9753 of Nov. 23, 19.16.

to 4782 of Julv 29. 193. F. Gntlefell, 218 Mvrtle from of May 17. 1938.

to 29650 of July 29, 193S. oSu LEGAL NOTICES THE CHELSEA SAVINGS BANK vs. rl.AR MISSAN. et al. Sl'PERIi COURT.

HARTFORD COUNTY. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, September 15, 1939. CONTINUANCE WD ORDER OF NOTICE. Upon coinplaint in cause brought to said in iiartioru. in trie rd and Stnte of Con- County of Ht't cticut, on the first Tuesday or 'XJ9.

of a --retire nn a certa.n or parcel land situated said Town of Hart-i with the building. th. reon. known .5. 45-17 Irving and poss.1-n of srtid aep-oring tint sjbi an tinuing until Thursday Park De partment employes will be admitted free upon showing their badges as a reward for extra work at the Fair during the season.

Their children will be admitted for 10 cents and they will be permitted to sell tickets to their families and friends for 50 cents, one-tenth of which will go into their pension funds. Addresses by Mayor LaGuardia and Park Commissioner Moses will be the highlights of a special pro gram dedicated to the department. Fair officials announced that similar courtesies will be extended to Police Department employes Oct. 2, 3 and 4, while Fire Department men will have their free days Oct. 9 and 10.

Special days will also be assigned to Health and Sanitation Department employes later in the month. SPECIAL DAYS Other events scheduled for today include celebration of Hardwood Lumbermen's Day, Main Line Business Men's Association Day, New Zealand Day, National Stationers Association Day, Colby College Day and American Smaller Business Day. The Rev. Louis E. Higgins of the Grace Methodist Church of Linden-hurst will deliver the principal address at the Twilight Hour Concert in the Temple of Religion.

A new attendance record for non- holiday days was established yesterday without the benefit of special attractions, when 393.696 persons flocked to the exposition. Of this figure, 362,522 paid their way through the turnstiles, while 31,174 entered on working permits. Last Sunday's paid admissions were only 266.996. The only day on which attendance exceeded that of yesterday was on the Sunday of the Labor Day week end, when paid admissions totaled 491,460. NEW TIME IS ADVANTAGE Concessionaires said the return of Standard Time proved a boon to their investments, for crowds arrived earlier than usual.

Joe Rodgers. "Mayor of the Midway" in the Amusement Area, declared "it was the earliest crowd we've had out our way this year, and they started spending money the minute they hit the Midway, too." Sister Adelgunda Pittsburgh, Sept. 25 (P) Sister Adelgunda, founder of the Order of Benedictine Sisters in Pittsburgh and believed to be the oldest nun of the order in the United States, died at St. Mary's Convent, mother house in the Pittsburgh district, yesterday. She would have been 98 in November.

Oswald Barron London, Sept. 25 (IP) Oswald Barron, 71-year-old heraldry expert, died yesterday at Bath. The author of Heraldry articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica. he was for a time editor of the Ancestor. PUBLIC NOTICES STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WATER POWER A.NO CONTROL COMMISSION DOROTHY.

In loving remembrance of the 19th birthday of our darling daughter, vho died Jan. 22, 1934. To have, to hold nd then to part 11 the iraiit sorrow of our hrart. MOTHER and DAD, Abbott, Wilbur C. Llebeck, Phillip Barclay, Alfred Linker, Lillian S.

Becker, Peter McCoy, William Blankley, Thomas Monahan, Butt, Ernst A. Michael Cruzius, George Ellery, Albert Flaskowski, Joseph Gregory, Louise Henning, Wilhelmina Henry, William Hundemann, Charles Jenkin, Mary P. Jolly, John J. Judge, Mary Jupp, Anna Muller, Katherine Murcott, Marie Nichols, Frances O'Grady, Eileen Palmer, Anna M. Powell, Robert Salt, Alice W.

Scantlebury, Francis H. Sclafanl, Accursio Shine, Janet Sister M. Caietana, S.S.J. Whitehouse, Alfred W. Kane, Margaret T.

Kennedy, Matthew Zucchl, Charles ABBOTT WILBUR suddenly cn September 24, in his 81st year, at his home, 205 Fire Island Avenue, Babylon. Funeral services at his residence Wednesday 2 p.m. Interment Babylon Cemetery. BARCLAY On Sept. 23, 1939, ALFRED A.

BARCLAY. Friends may call at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, until 1 p.m., on Tuesday. Service at the Park Slope Congregational Church, 8th end 2d Tuesday at 3 p.m. BECKER On September 24, PETER of 293 Monroe Street, husband of the late Catherine Becker. Survived by Mrs.

Margaret Guidlce. Funeral services at Lester W. Hill, Funeral Home, 396 Gates Avenue, Tuesday, September 26, at 8 p.m. Burial private. BLANKLEY September 23, 1939, THOMAS at Huntington, L.

In his 98th year, husband of the late Anna C. Williams and father of Mrs. Palmer H. Jadwin and Schuyler Blankley. Funeral private.

BUTT ERNST September 24, beloved husband of Adeline; father of Ernest; brother of Mrs. Emelie Meyer. Service Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 151 Linden Boulevard, Tuesday, 8 p.m. CRUZIUS GEORGE, on September 23, 1939, beloved husband of Catherine A.

and son of Louis and Mary. Reposing at the Fieseler Funeral Home, 3358 Fulton Street, Cypress Hills. Requiem mass at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. ELLERY ALBERT in his 59th year, September 23. 1939, be loved husband of Bertha Ellery (nee Kraus); father of James El lery; devoted son of Anna Ellery brother of Josephine Hamilton and Anna Unfried.

Funeral services at his residence, 7418 62d Street, Glen- dale, Monday evening, 8 o'clock. Ezel Lodge No. 732, F. A. Long-I Grotto, Aurora Grata Scot tish Rite and Kismet Shrine are Invited to attend.

Interment Tues day at 2 p.m., Cypress Hills Cemetery. FLASKOWSKI JOSEPH, beloved husband of Catherine and devoted father of the Rev. William Flas-kowski, Helen and Genevieve Flas-kowski. Solemn requiem mass at St. Stanislaus Kostka R.

C. Church, Driggs Ave. and Humboldt 9:30 Tuesday morning. Interment St. John's Cemetery.

Masses appreciated. GREGORY Suddenly, on Friday, September 22. 1939, LOUISE GREGORY (nee Fritz), loving wife of Lieutenant John J. Gregory, Engine 269, N. Y.

F. loving mother of John J. Anne McGuinan, Michael Mary L. and Helen at her home, 195 13th Street. Also survived by nine grandchildren.

Funeral Tuesday. Solemn requiem mass at Holy Family Church at 10 a.m. HENNING WILHELMINA, of 106-09 97th on Sept. 23, beloved mother of Mrs. Lydia Odenwald, Mrs.

A. Madeline Wilson and Joseph E. Baker. Funeral services Monday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m., at the Clarence F.

Simonson Funeral Home. 119-04 Hillside Richmond Hill. Interment Tuesday, 2 p.m., Lutheran Cemetery. HENRY WILLIAM suddenly, Sept. 23.

Reposing at John L. Bader Funeral Home, 507 Liberty Ave. Requiem mass St. Malachy'Si R. C.

Church Wednesday, 10 a.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery. HUNDEMANN CHARLES of 221 Warren Englewood, N. beloved husband of Anna Wubbe.

Services by the Rev. H. A. Kropp; Masonic services by Hermann Lodge, No. 268.

at E. C. Waldeck's Home, for Funerals, 7614 4th Monday evening, 8:30. JENKIN MARY suddenly, on September 24. 1939.

Funeral services at her residence, 245 Bainbridge Street, on Monday at 8:30 p.m. Interment at New York Bay cemetery, New Jersey. JOLLY On September 24. JOHN beloved husband of Agnes (nee Whalen); father of Marion, John, Thomas and Theresa; also survived by his father, Thomas Jolly, and a sister, Elizabeth. Funeral from his residence.

607 Carroll Street, Wednesday, September 27, at 10:30 a.m. Requiem mass, St. Francis Xavier Church, 11 a.m. VITAL NOTICES (Achnovil-edgmentt, Births, Condofences, Confirmations, Deaths, Engagements, Marriages, Masses, Memoriams, Resolutions) accepted until 10 P.M. for publication the follovnnf day or from 8 A.M.

to 1 PM. (11 A.M. on Saturdays) for publication in the next available edition of the same day's paper. The Vital Notice rate is 90 tents per line. MAin 4-6200 9 I Noted Tile Expert Was Chairman-Elect Of National Code 'Authority of the Trade Andrew A.

Killeen, a nationally-known figure in the tile Industry, who was slated to take office as chairman of the National Code Authority of the tile trade next-January, died Saturday at his home, 544 8th after a long Illness of coronary thrombosis. He was 60. A native of Manhattan, Mr, Killeen had been engaged In the tile business since 1899. He was formerly for 25 years associated with the firm of Walter Farrington. and served as secretary and treasurer of the company, which installed much of the tile work on the Independent Subway System, the Queens Gen eral Hospital and churches and scnoois throughout the city.

SPANISH WAR VETERAN Mr. Killeen had served as an ex ecutlve of Local 52 of the tile work ers union and as chairman of the joint arbitration board of the tile Industry. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and was junior viee commander of William H. Hubbell Camp, 4, U. S.

W. V. Surviving are his widow, Mrs Agnes Frawley Killeen; two sons. Andrew and Vincent, and two daughters, Miss Grace Killeen and Mrs. Agres Condon.

The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow from the home with a solemn requiem mass at 10 a.m. in St. Saviour's R. C.

Church. Mrs. Louis Shine, Catholic Leader Mrs. Janet McQuald Shine, who served several terms as vice president of the National Trinity Alumnae and was long active In Catholic educational and charitable circles In Brooklyn, died Saturday at her home, 3501 Bedford Ave. Born in Holyoke, the daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Delaney McQuaid, Mrs.

Shine had Jived in this borough since her marriage to Louis M. Shine. She was educated in Holyoke schools, Trinity College at Washington, D. and Columbia University. In addition to serving as vice president of the National Trinity Alumnae, Mrs.

Shine had been on the board of directors of that body and on its executive, educational and finance committees. She also had been chairman of the Brooklyn group for two terms and was on the executive board of the New York Chapter. She was a charter member of the Catholic Action Study Group. Mrs. Shine also participated pri vately In numerous charitable activ ities.

Surviving, besides her husband, are two daughters, Janet who is a senior at Trinity College, and Mary Louise Shine, and a son, Louis M. a student at Holy! Cross College. A solemn requiem mass tomorrow at 9 a.m. in Our Lady Help of Christians R. Church, Avenue and E.

28th will be followed by burial in Calvary Cemetery, Holyoke. Capt. A. I. Keegan, Ex-Bank Executive Services for Capt.

Adrian I. Keegan, former executive of the old American Trust Company, who died Friday night In Kings County Hospital, were held today in the Walter B. Cooke Funeral Home, 151 Linden Boulevard. Burial was in Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island. Captain Keegan was 71 and formerly lived at 459 E.

26th St. Before Joining the trust company as personal aide to Henry S. Acken, vice president in 1925, he was a special representative of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. He also had been in the Government service for 32 years, having served as a nautical expert in the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy. During the World War he was an officer on the staff of Rear Admiral Usher and also was with a mine-sweeping squadron.

After the war Captain Keegan did considerable vocational and other work for the United States Veterans Bureau. He also had been superintendent of maintenance for the Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company and the Cornell Steamboat Company. As technical adviser to the Judge Advocate of the United States Army, Captain Keegan surveyed, appraised and disposed of $2,500,000 in floating army equipment. Born in Richmond, he was the son of Capt. Edward F.

Keegan, for 35 years superintendent of the Quarantine Station on Staten Island. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Myr dren. Edwin H. Watson Special fo the Brooklyn Eagle Plandome, Sept.

25 Edwin H. Watson, vice president of the American British Chemical Supplies, of 180 Madison Manhattan, died yesterday at his home here on Colonial Drive. He was 56 and had been ill for the last three months. He was the husband Guinevere Watson and father of Harry Desmond Watson. The funeral will be private.

Mr. Watson also was vice president Charles Tennant a subsidiary of the American British Chemical Supplies, and was in charge of its offices at Montreal and Toronto. Mr. Watson was a native of Belfast, Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and Methodist College, Belfast, and was admitted to the Bar in Ireland in 1901.

In 1905 entered the colonial service in East Africa and during the World War was a district commandant there. He came to the United States in 1917. of the Most Precious Beverly Hills, Sept. 25 VP) Carl Laemmle 72, who started the film Industry as a nickelodeon proprietor and became the first man to make a "million dollar picture" "Foolish Wives" died yesterday. In 111 health for some time, the pioneer film producer died from a heart attack as he lay in bed at his Benedict Canyon estate.

Earlier in the day he suffered two other heart attacks. His daughter, Mrs. Stanley Ber-germar. and two physicians were at his bedside when he died. A son, Carl Laemmle two brothers, Siegried and Louts Laemmle, both of Los Angeles, and two grandchildren, Stanley Bergerman, 7, and Carl Ber-german, 9.

also survive. His wife died in 1918. Funeral services for the former producer will be held tomorrow at the Wilshire Temple of B'nal B'rith in Los Angeles, with Rabbi Edgar Magnin officiating. BEGAN IN A STOKE Carl Laemmle began his spectacu lar career in the motion picture industry in 1906, when he invested his savings in a Chicago nickelodeon. His first theater was a converted clothing store in which he placed 120 folding chairs rented from an undertaker.

As the infant industry grew and the demand for films increased he entered the wholesale motion picture exchange business. In 1909 he established the IMP studio in Manhattan and there pro duced his first picture "Hiawatha," which was 1.988 feet long. The company's original stars included Mary and Lottie Pickford, Florence Lawrence, Tom Ince, King Baggott, Owen Moore, Jack Pickford, George Loane Tucker and Robert Daly. During his early years in the film industry Mr. Laemmle waged a single-handed fight against an effort by the Motion Picture Patents Company to acquire a materials monopoly.

Emerging victorious, he organized the Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1912. This later became Universal Pictures Corporation, whose studio at Universal City developed into one of the largest in the world. Memorial Held For Mons. O'Brien Memorial exercises for Mons. Thomas J.

O'Brien, chaplain of the Long Island Chapter, Knights of Columbus, were held at the first Fall meeting of the organization yesterday, in the K. of C. Institute, 81 Hanson Place. Monsignor O'Brien, who died Aug. 26, was chaplain of the chapter for nine years.

Yesterday the organ- ization had him enrolled in the tery Blood Fort Hamilton Parkway and 49 th St. A solemn high requiem memo rial mass will be held for him at 10:30 ajn. on Armistice Day at Our Lady of Victory R. C. Church, Throop Ave.

and McDonough of which he was pastor. Stephen J. Cushing chairman of the chapter, appointed a com mittee of seven past chairmen to provide a bronze memorial for Mon slgnor O'Brien to be erected in Our Lady of Victory Church. Delegates from the 68 councils of the K. of C.

attended the meeting. 1 Killed, 2 Injured As Jprsey Planes Crash Newark, Sept. 25 W) One man was dead and two others were receiving hospital treatment today for injuries received when one "fllwer" plane cracked up on the Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks and another crashed and burst into flames on a sanatorium lawn at nearby Verona. Dr. Harold Kell, 30, Newark chiropodist, was fatally injured when the plane in which he was riding with Woodrow Fields, 23, of Hill side crashed on the railroad tracks a half-mile north of Newark Airport.

Paul Mikulas of Newark, a 20-year-old student flier, crashed into the lawn at the rear of Essex Mountain Sanatorium. He was pulled from the blazing two-place cabin ship by patients and visitors who were on the lawn. Plea of Moran Delays Hearing Until Oct. 9 Hearing of misconduct in ofice i i cimij bsuk Acting Borough Superintendent ofj tt Ti i r. Housing ivlora" mlssioner William Wilson Of tne Department of Housing and Build- to give him more time to prepare his defense.

feasors will be appointed like postmasters." "Politics will crush our morale, dl-1 vide us and control and determine me cnraracier oi our orK. ne warned Expansion of medical service Is necessary, he said, but should be ac- comrjlished throueh co-oreration. not threats or coercion." Health is "a corollary of sustained medical effort," he concluded, not the result of "any miraculous powers of the State." In addition to Dr. Gordon, who is 1 professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the college, the stu dents were also addressed by Dr. Frank L.

Babbott. president, who son of the late Daniel J. and Alice Kelly McCoy. After attending De La Salle Institute in Manhattan, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Columbia University, he became associated with his grandfather, the late William Kelly, and with his father in the contracting business. Upon the death of his father in July, 1926, he became president of tne two asphalt firms.

As a young, man Mr. McCoy worked on the shore end of the Atlantic cable at Hammels, in the Rockaways. Mr. McCoy was a member of the St. Patrick and Emerald Societies, the Hempstead Golf Club and Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna Murphy McCoy; three sons, John Daniel J. and William D. McCoy and a sister, Mrs. Ann Winters.

Funeral arrangements were to be announced later. Mrs. Anna Palmer, Kin of Prosecutor Mrs. Anna M. Palmer, widow of George F.

Palmer Sr. and mother of Assistant District Attorney George F. Palmer died Saturday at her home, 125 Prospect Park West, fol lowing a brief illness. She was 75. A native of Dublin, Mrs.

Palmer lived in Brooklyn since childhood. Her husband, who died two years ago, was court crier of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court here for many years. Also surviving Mrs. Palmer is another son, Raymond G. Palmer, who Is warden of the grand Jury here; a daughter, Miss Muriel K.

Palmer, and nine grandchildren. One of her grandsons Is T. Norman Palmer, Long Island editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. The funeral will be held tomorrow with a solemn requiem mass at 11 a.m. In St.

Saviour's R. C. Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, M. J.

Kennedy, 70, City Hospital Aide Matthew J. Kennedy, 70, of 173 Amity superintendent of buildings and repairs of the Department of Hospitals and an employe of the city for many years, died yesterday at his home after a brief illness. Mr. Kennedy was born in Brooklyn, son of the late Charles and Esther Kennedy. Earlier in his career he was chief inspector of the Department of Buildings here, He also was a prominent figure in the Master Plumbers Association of Brooklyn and served as president of the New York State Plumbers Association.

His widow, Julia T. Lent Kennedy, survives. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. Dr. Sigmunfl Freud Services Tomorrow London, Sept.

25 (U.R Private fu neral services for Dr. Sigmund Freud, 83, father of psychoanalysis, will be held tomorrow. Dr. Freud died Saturday night at his home at Hampstead. H.

G. Wells, British author, who was one of the last to see Dr. Freud alive, disclosed that he had been passionately eager to become a British citizen and that several promi nent friends had tried unsuccessfully to have Parliament enact a bill granting him citizenship before the prescribed five years' residence. Dr. Freud was an exile from Vienna.

Li i i Illlip LlCDeCK Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Carle Place, Sept. 25 Philip Lie-beck, 50, who last Tuesday was reelected to a fourth term as a member of the Nassau County Democratic Committee, died here today in his home on Cherry Lane after a brief illness. Mr. Llebeck, who was a monument dealer, also had served as chief of the Carle Place fire department. Born in Astoria, he has lived here nie oHriflu' Twrc Anna T.iPrVclr' Tollr Mrs.

Walter Wickey, Mrs. Edward Thompson, Mrs. Ar- nold Bradshaw and Miss Louise Lie- beck; a son, Philip a brother, Charles, and a sister, Mrs. Louise Cordes. In ejjcmorfam ENRIGHT In memory of our brother, JOHN, who died Sept.

25, 1928. Masses offered. Brother and Sister, VIOLA and JAMES LANNAN. The Eagle has published a booklet of "In Memoriam" Verses You may obtain a copy of this booklet, without charge, by calling an Ad Taker at MAin 4-S200. of of he KENNEDY MATTHEW on Sept.

24. beloved son of the late Charles and Esther Kennedy; dearly beloved husband of Julia T. Lent; at his home, 173 Amity St. Notice of funeral hereafter. LIEBECK PHILLIP, at his residence, Cherry Lane, Carl Place, L.

September 25, 1939. Survived by his wife, Anna; a brother, Charles, and a sister, Mrs. Louise Cordes, and four daughters, Mrs. Walter Wickey, Mrs. Edward Thompson, Mrs.

Arnold Bradshaw and Miss Louise Llebeck, and one son, Phillip Jr. Notice of burial later. Under the direction of William H. O'Connor. LINKER On September 24, 1939, LILLIAN of 280 Parkside Avenue.

Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, on Tuesday at 8 p.m. McCOY WILLIAM DANIEL, suddenly, on Sunday, Sept. 24, 1939, beloved husband of Anna Murphy and devoted father of John Daniel J. and William D. McCoy and brother of Ann Winters.

Re" posing at his residence, 605 2d St. Notice of funeral later. MONAHAN On Sept. 23, 1939, MICHAEL, beloved father of Mrs. Kathryn Nobriga and Mrs.

Margaret Donnelly. Funeral from his residence, 418 E. 35th Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.; requiem mass St. Jerome's Church, 10 a.m. MULLER KATHERINE (nee Moore), of 97 Glen Brooklyn, N.

on Sept. 22, 1939. Services, Cooke's Funeral Parlor, 150-10 Hillside Jamaica, L. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1939, 2 p.m.

Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. MURCOTT MARIE, wife of the late Thomas Murcott; beloved mother of Caroline M. Serrell and Byrde M. Buermann, at Huntington, L. I.

Services Monday, Sept. 25, 8:15 p.m.. Fairchild's 86 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn. NICHOLS On Sept. 22, 1939, FRANCES JOAN, beloved wife of Walter F.

daughter of Katie and Augustine Delap; sister of Mae Philbin, Kathleen Donahue, Ruth Sheehan, Veronica Valouch and Stephen Delap; at her residence, 397 Fenimore St. Funeral Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.; requiem mass St. Francis of Assisi Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery.

O'GRADY EILEEN, dearly beloved daughter of Maurice and Ida (nee Casey); dear sister of Ida and Maurice. Funeral from her parents' residence, 1224 East 28th St. Solemn requiem rrrass at Our Lady Help of Christians Church on Tuesday, September 26, at 10 a.m. Interment Holy Cross. PALMER ANNA on Sept.

23, 1939, beloved wife of the late George devoted mother of Raymond G. George F. Jr. and Muriel at her home, 125 Prospect Pars West. Requiem mass Tuesday at St.

Saviour's Church, 11 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. POWELL ROBERT in New York City, on Sept. 24, 1939. Services at the home of his father, John at 175 Chamber Newburgh, New York.

SALT ALICE on Monday, September 25, 1939. beloved daughter of the late William H. and Sarah A. Salt, at her home, 131 Lincoln Place. Notice of funeral later.

SCANTLEBURY FRANCIS on September 24, beloved husband of Marie father of Joan L. and Arthur B. Scantlebury. Services at Moadinger Funeral Parlors, 1120 Flatbush Avenue, Tuesday, 8 p.m. SCLAPANI ACCURSIO.

native of Brooklyn; survived by wife, Pro- videnza; sons, Vincent, Frank, Alfonso and Gus; daughters, Cath erine and Rose. Funeral to be held Wednesday morning, 10 o'clock, from residence, 1432 64th Street. Interment St. John's Cemetery. SHINE On Saturday, Sept.

23, 1939, JANET McQUAID SHINE, beloved wife of Louis devoted mother of Janet, Louis Jr. and Mary Louise Shine, and sister of Samuel L. McQuaid. Funeral from her residence, 3501 Bedford Tuesday, Sept. 26; solemn requiem mass at a.m., Our Lady Help of Christians R.

C. Church. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery, Holyoke, Mass. SISTER M. CAIETANA, S.S.J.

(O'Dea) Sept. 24, 1939. Funeral from the convent, 165 N. 5th Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.; solemn requiem mass Church of St. Vincent de Paul 10 o'clock.

WHITEHOUSE ALFRED on Friday, September 22, 1939, father of Gladys and Albert. Funeral service at his residence, 246 Saratoga Monday, 8:30 p.m. Interment Evergreens Cemetery, Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. ZUCCHI On Sept. 23, at his residence, 33 Lawrence CHARLES JAMES.

He is survived by three brothers, Louis, Albert and Fred; two sisters, Mrs. Fischetti and Mrs. W. Noonan. Funeral Tuesday, Sept.

26, 9:30 a.m.; solemn requiem mass St. James Pro-Cathedral. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. of T. J.

Higgins Son, Inc. In 1912 he went to the Chicago reporting won him the assignment in Mexico. The Tribune sent him to cover the World War. Gibbons was a pas senger on the S. S.

Laconia when she was sunk by a German sub marine 200 miles off the Irish coast Feb. 25, 1917. His dispatch on this disaster won him his chief Journalistic lame. He served later as the Tribune's foreign director and was editor of its European edition in Paris until 1927. RADIO COMMENTATOR He started his career of radio commentating in 1930 and was very popular as a rapid-fire, colorful narrator, He was able to enunciate clearly 250 words a minute.

He also did motion picture work, making short features. For International News Service he covered the Ethiopian War. His health had been poor in the last few years. Gibbons lived most of his life traveling and in hotels. He never had a home until he bought an old farm house near here a year ago.

He never married. Thomas Connelly Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Medford, Sept. 25 Funeral services for Thomas Connelly, 52, a member of the Connelly Brothers' building firm, who died suddenly Friday while at work on a new building, were held at 10 a.m. today from St. Sylvester's R.

C. Church. The Rev. Henry Paras- candola, pastor, officiated and burial was in the Catholic cemetery at Patchogue. Mr.

Connelly had been engaged in the contracting business for 20 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Connelly; seven daughters, Mrs. Susan Smith, Mrs. Eliz abeth Smolinski, Mrs.

Theresa Pat terson. Mrs. Catherine Perry, Trlbunehere-h, colorful PJBLIC iu ijohn J. Oibbs. J.

F. Sullivan F. A public hearine will be held In thjip. Mulhern. auctioneers, sells at 152 (ffK" Canal Manhattan.

N. Y. City, at Worth Streets. New Virk. N.

nn 11 September 2Stli. at 2:00 p.m.. on th application of BEECH NUT PACKING COMPANY, made under Section 521-A. Conservation Law. for approval of a well project at west side of second Avenue, between 39th and 40th Streets.

Kines County. Papers inert may be consulted at; ornce or ommission. Koom 8U2. wjuacon noncur. in Rose Texerla and the Misses Mary lings was postponed today, at and Prances Connelly; two request, to Oct.

9 in order James and Thomas Connelly and four sisters and two brothers. Politics in Medicine Will Crush Doctors' Morale Students Told Centre Street. New York City. i Oblectors may by heard only on i wr nen objections, the grounds thereof, filed in the above fice not later than September 27. 1939.

Ncw York- N. September 22. 1939. RUSSELL, SUTER. Executive Engineer.

LEGAL NOTICES File No. 639539. THE PEOPLF. OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by the grace of God free and Independent To CATHERINE McBRIDE GALLAGHER, send greeting: WHEREAS. DANIEL J.

MCCARTHY, who resides at 2609 East 19th Street. Rrooklvn. New York, has presented a petition praving for a decree a certain instrument in writmir armg date the 21st day of April. 1923. ing to real and pi be i rtu nroved as the lat Will and lament of thomas j.

hkikn. known T. J. uteiy res a through of Brooklsn. City York.

NOW. THEREFORE. ou and fi of your are hereby to sh- before our surrogate ourl Ro im County of Kings, to be h-id I plaintiff does it kiv.w the of 'lie nlant. YETTA While admitting a need exists for increased medical service, Prof. Charles A.

Gordon warned students of the Long Island College of Medicine today that Government invasion of the medical field would crush the morale of doctors and might mean the substitution of "political subservience'' for professional ability. "Congress is considering legislation and plans are under way for a vast system of tax-supported medi cal care. Dr. Gordon tola jds stu dents at opening day exercises In the amphitheater of the Polhemus Memorial Clinic. 350 Henry St.

Rewards for political service and subservience will, we expect, be greater than for professional lty," said Dr. Gordon. "Perhaps pro-' 25-A. at the Hall of Records, in where they or any of them reside: an.l Countv of Kings, on the 241 li day of.it further appearing that the October 1939. at 9:30 in the named defendants have not appears! forenoon, why such decree should nut and an-w-ci unto this action: be made ORDERED.

That this action be nd IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, ti-p the san her'by is continued and post-have caused the seal of our ponfd for a per.od of three (31 months said Sunocate Court, to be i nr this date, and that noi'ce of Die toi on and nendencv of laid com- L. YOTPAI.OVITCH. and if ut hviiif. who are the di-fendinlfl. tfK widows, heirs, representatives and creditors of said Yetta Ynudalovitch.

pU.nt shall be gien to said H- i this o'dr in ths WtOi KLYN DAILY EAGLE, a news- nr'i in Brooklyn. Ne k. once, on or b-fore the 29th da 't' I't ill R' 'he Court. RAYMOND G. CALNEN.

Assistant Uer. (Pea!) WITN'ES' GEORGE ALBERT WIXGATE. Sum gale of our said Countv. the Borough of Pro in the sa-d Cuntv. the 22nd of jSeptemhe" 1939.

PERCY T. STAPLET'iN. Clerk oi ths Surrogates Cmir- s2j-4t Mi welcomed the incoming first year of 99 to the school's tenth.

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