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318421 AUG 18 1937 C1B WALL STREET Stocks and Curb Closing Prices WEATHER FORECAST C. i. Waatkar araa rTir cloikt ci anairwiivr HAIMCft THIS AFTF.BNOON AND EVENING. Ttaiaaratara at Xmi al A Year Aaa a.t Karaial aWaraia la Bahly 96th YEAR No. 227 26 PAGES Bnttred at tha Brook! 7 Poatotfle aa Id Clau Mill tiaiur (Oopjrlibt 1S37 Tha Brooaljn Dally Eaglal BROOKLYN, N.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1937 MRU lUlAfMlfplUl mm a as JAPANESE BLAST ENEMY IN BIG OFFENSIVE Ml o) OJ UuvJ LI LnJ HU Kids Watch With Gloom as Fire Ruins Betsy Head Park Quarters Boy, 8, Kicks Father, Puts Court in Uproar Lad and Sister, 4, in Uncle's Custody Protest Return to Parent, hut Judge Rules They Must Go "nt. i Firemen are shown fighting the $35,000 blaze today in the administration Building at Betsy Head Park, Hopkinson between Dumont and Livonia Aves. The building also houses the locker rooms and showers for the large swimming pool in the park, (Eagle photo.) THREE CENtS liV rnn UVJZA 1,200 Troops Ordered From California to Aid Americans Missiles Spray Foreign Area Civilian Panic Increases in Battle LOOTERS CURBED Chinese Claim Gains Tokio Troops Winning Control in Air Fight Washington, Aug. 17 (JP) Secretary Hull said today this Government had ordered 1,200 Marines to sail from San Diego to Shanghai to protect American nationals from violence. Copyright.

1937, by United Pmi Shanghai, Aug. 17 (U.R) Japan tonight launched a grand offensive designed to drive more than 100,009 Chinese soldiers from the vicinity of Shanghai. Reinforced by Mgtmentf of the Japanese home army landed during the last 24 hours, the Japanese started the drive on all fronts and appeared, del. nitely to have established their supremacy in the air. A tense situation prevailed at Tsingtao, big port between Shanghai and Tientsin, after two Japanese bluejackets were shot by Chinese.

More than 50,000 Chinese troops were reported around the port and a major massacre of Japanese there appeared possible as hatred of them mounted. Shanghai, Aug. 17 (JP) Heavy explosions shook the heart of the French Concession today as bursting shells from dueling Chinese and Japanese artillery batteries showered their deadly fragments over the international areas. Concession police were unable to learn the number of dead or injured, but estimated. 50 persons, all Chinese, were struck by shrapnel or shell splinters.

Business utterly collapsed. More than 2,000 American and British women and children played hide and seek with death today to flee down the gale-tossed waters of the Whangpoo River under tha blazing guns of the Japanese fleet. But other thousands Continued on 2 Smoke Under Trolley Alarms Passengers Billows of smoke arising from under a B. M. 'T.

trolley of the 3d Ave. line at Livingston St. sent passengers scurrying in alarm, brought a police emergency wagon and attracted hundreds of spectators at 1:10 p.m. todav. The trouble, believed to be duo to a short circuit, was quickly brought under T'l-re as only a brief In traffic.

Non uas in; and ii) d.imaje resulted. Substantial Replies EAST butu'i MARION 'Orient mndrrrl lew HWilable A'iRUst: t25 HA- nr or Rockvllif Centre 00OW. "I received 6 substantial replieslo the ad I nserted in the Classified ho wore tttllliiK to pay a f.iir price fnr Lhp usp of 11 1 mv bungalow without anv trouble to one thee substantial says tiie above if you have a house apartment bungalow to rent or sell inset in ad in the CI ssi'ied Scc'io-i of Tl-1 Brooklvn Dailv Ea-le You cot substantial replies. Jus call an ad-taker at Min 4-6000. give your message and "Charge It." For ten minutes today Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink's courtroom was a bedlam as two noisily determined children fought against returning to their father's home.

While 8-year-old Samuel Cascio bit and clawed at his father, Joseph Cascio, victor In a custody suit, his 4-year-old sister, Josephine, alternately shouted encouragement to him and wailed at the injustice of it all. Efforts of court attendants to quiet the children failed for a time, but eventually they were herded into a taxicab. Ruling Starts t'proar Justice Steinbrink had no Inkling of the tempest that was brewing when he ruled that the children must return to their father's home at 2610 E. 14th or their uncle, Vito Longo of 182 Boerum with whom they had been living, would be liable to a contempt charge. "My client is willing to return them but the children insist they will not live with their lather," An-gelo Cincotta, counsel for Longo, toltf the -court.

When Justice Steinbrink averred Continued on Page i T.I 11 i rounie Closes Factory 175 Lose John Here as Williamson Co. Shuts Down Its Candy Plant Demands of organized labor have forced the permanent closing of Uw Williamson Candy Company of 50 Washington with 175 employes losing Jobs, The Eagle learned today. Established In Brooklyn about eight years figo, the company, which i nufactures the Oh "'enry candy bar. susoended business Saturdav. On Friday the employes received letters from George H.

Williamson, president, informing them of the de cision to close the next day. One week's dismissal pav was given. "It is with rjgret thtt we advise you that, due solely to financial reasons, the Brooklyn plant of the Williamson Candy Co. be permanently closed on and after Aug. 14, 1937," the notice read.

Demanded Increases Hyler Connell, attorney with Glea-son, McLanahan, Merritt Ingra- Contlnued on Page 2 Find Man's Body Shipped in Trunk A trunk murder mystery in which the victim, a man, apparently had been killed only a short time before his body was discovered, confronted police today. The body was found In a trunk delivered to the Railway Express Terminal at 33d St. and 10th Manhattan, by two men, one of whom said: "My name is Joseph Marshal! and I want this trunk shipped to me at Memphis, Tenn." MAYOR OPENS PI.A YfiROl ND N. Y. Legislator Tc? Tlnnaiin jLftnuimtiU As Prejudiced 'Alabaman Is Branded a Sympathizer with Klan During Bjtter Debate Washington, Aug.

17 (F) Senator Coprland, after raising the klan Issue against the nomination of Senator Black to the Supreme Court, wax denounced by Senator McGill for basing his opposition upon prejudice. Washington, Aug. 17 JP) Debate on confirmation of the nomination of Senator Hugo L. Black to the Supreme Court got under way in the Sena'. today when Senator Copeland N.

hurled "Ktl Klux Klan sympathizer" charges at the Alabaman. Copeland was joined in the 'attack by Senator Edward Burke Neb.) Copeland said the nomination should be rejected "If the Klan relationship Is accepted as true," but that if there was doubt about it in Senatorial minds it should be sent back to committee for an Investigation. Speaks Hour and Half Copeland spoke for an hour and a half without a single Interruption. Senator Burke criticizing the precedent for quick Senate confirmation of a nomination Senator, Viald that "Immemorial rule" was "unwise and dangerous." He urged special caution in confirmation of nominations of Senators. He asserted that Black did not possess an "impartial mind" and Continued on Page Seven Admit Guilt As Injury Fakers Seven of 39 men under Federal indictment as members of a fake accident rings pleaded guilty to fraudulently using the mails today before Federal Judge Murray Hul-bert in Manhattan.

Four entered no plea and the remainder pleaded not guilty. At the time of the arrest and indictment July 31 Federal men said they had uncovered the biggest fake ring in their memory. The seven facing sentence Sept. 17 are: Sam Weiner, an attorney, 833 Empire Boulevard; Cyrus P. Gordon, 427 Sterling Place; Alter Kaplan, 1379 Carroll Benjamin Wilson, 1685 Topping the Bronx; Herman Berger, 79 Amherst Barney Chalfin.

184 E. 91st and Morris Spitz, 187 Anderson the Bronx. Lefty Gomez Pitches, Unaware Mother-Died Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, star south-i paw of the New York Yankees, took the mound for the first game of today's doubleheader with Washington without knowing of the death of his mother In Rodeo, Cal. Gomez, who rejoined the team last Thursday after a flying trip to see his mother, held the Senators to two hits with no score in the first three innings. BASEBALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees.

0 2 5 0 0 INDEX Tata Fata 9 10 14 -rate 1, 3d Section Amutirmentf Rob Quillrn Brain Teaser Bv Ihe Way Ctr Counell Conteit-C'omlea Dr. Bradr II M-2. 8 10 14 Editorial Pate Ed Hutbca Column Flnaneial 17-20 -Pate 1, Jd Section Grin and Bear It-Helen Worth Jlmmla Wood'i Sportoplet 14 John A. Heernan 0 Lost and Found, Personals 2 Marriage Licenses 52 Ohtluarlea Radio 1 1 24 2.1 It It-Id 2S Beal Entale News Roriety Sports Strante an It Seems Talk About Rridte Theater Want Ada tToman Newt Mayor to Team With Dewey for Five Boro Tour Speaking Trip Is Scheduled in C. O.

P. Fight Copeland ForcesBusy By CHARLES GRUTZNER JR. Mayor LaGuardia and Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey will team up for a five-borough speaking tour to win the Republican nomination for the Mayor, Kenneth F. Simpson, New York County G.

P. leader, announced today after a conference with Stanley Howe, the Mayor's secretary, in City Hall, Manhattan. Simpson came downtown to squelch a report, which had orig inated from a pro-Copeland source, that he and the Mayor were on the verge of a break because of La-Guardia's alleged unwillingness to make an active campaign against United States Senator Royal S. Copeland for the Republican nomi nation. The Republican chieftain, who led the drive to bring the Mayor into the party race, said that LaGuardia soon would announce his plant for active participation In the primary.

William M. Chadbourne. one of the Mayor's principal supportrfi-ftv 1933, will manage the Manhattan campaign headquarters for LaGuardia In the primary, Simpson said, Copeland Group Active The Copeland forces moved to battle today on both the Republican and Democratic fronts by naming substitutes for district leaders opposed to the Senator's candidacy Continued on Page 3 Tootsie Herbert Gets 4-Year Term Branding him a betrayer of labor, Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora today sentenced Arthur (Tootsie) Herbert, confessed poultry racketeer, to four to seven years in Slate Prison. Herbert, former business agent for the Chicken Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union, Local 167, pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $25,000 of the union's funds which, his lawyer said, he has returned. The plea was made Aug.

2 In Manhattan Supreme Court after Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey had presented the State racket evidence against him to a jury. "The fact that he got caught and Is willingn to return the money brands him a traitor to labor," Jacob Rosenblum, Dewey's chief assistant, asserted. Mary Demon Security Board F. I).

R. APPOINTEE Mary Dewsoq ii i m' t2? I A Japanese Ships Seek to Escape Neutrality Law Prepare to Steam Out of Philadelphia Port as Action hy F. D. Nears Philadelphia, Auc. 17 (U.RV Two Japanese ships prepared to steam out of port here today In an effort to escape possible invocation of the neutrality act by President Roosevelt.

Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R) A Presidential proclamation formally declaring present Slno-Japanese hostilities a state of war and applying the American neutrality law appeared imminent today. President Roosevelt and his cab inet advisers considered the dispatch of additional troops to the Shang- Continued oh Page 2 Mayor Orders ERB Survey Reveals Appointment of Board as He Swears in Byrnes MacDonald Mayor LaGuardia today swore in Deputy Police Commissioner Byrnes MacDonald as First Deputy Commissioner of Public Welfare and at the same time revealed the appointment of a survey board to determine the needs of the Emergency Relief Bureau. The appointment of Mr. MacDonald, who has been in charge of the Police Department's Juvenile Aid Bureau, was announced yesterday.

When the Mayor was asked toda at Summer City Hall whether the new deputy commissioner would take over some of the duties of Miss Charlotte Carr, who recently resigned from the ERB he disclosed the establishment of the survey board. The board Ls expected to make its report shortly and the future setup of the ERB will depend on Its findings. Among the members of the board are Miss Mary E. Dillon, president of the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company; Maj. Benjamin H.

Namm. head of the Namm Store; Henry Bruere, president of the Bowery Savings Bank; Bailey B. Burritt. general director of the A. I.

C. Samuel H. Ordway, attorney: Mrs. Donald Hutchinson, chairman of the New York City League of Women Voters; Peter Grimm, vice president, and Harold Riegelman, counsel for the Citizens Budget Commission; A. Philip Rudolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Daniel Houlihan, of the Bronx, and James P.

Redmond, of Typographical Union No. 6. 200 Join Search For Missing Child Arlington. Vt Aug. 17 LVi Two hundred residents of this village searched todav for Alice nts of Ihe famed babies, and their ban on visitors.

I gf'i naaiani Mayor Commits Cliild Molester Legislative Leaders in Agreement on a Board to Study Sex Crimes War on sex offenses against children was pressed on two fronts today. Legislative leaders of both parties were In accord on the creation of a special legislative committee to study means of halting such crimes. Mayor LaGuardia sat as a committing magistrate to commit for mental observation a defendant who had completed a term in the Riker's Island Penitentiary today for impairing the morals of a minor. Republican and Democratic leaders in Albany agreed on the establishment of the special committee. Headed by McNaboe The committee, to be headed by Senator John J.

McNaboe, New York Democrat, will have an atJDroDria-; tion of $20,000. The legislative leaders Senate Majority Leader John J. Dunnigan, Bronx, and Speaker Oswald D. Heck, Continued on Page 3 Roosevelt Names To the Social Washington, Aug. 17 P) Presi- dent Roosevelt nominated Miss Mary W.

Dewson of New York today tobc a. member of the Social Security Board. Mis.s Dewson was named to the post now held by Vincent M. Miles, whose term lias expired. She is a former director of the women's division of the Democratic Nutional Committee and is now chairman rf that division general advisory committee.

She also has been vice-chairman of the National Committee since 1928. A native of Quincy, Miss Dewson has been an industrial economist in the Labor Department since 1933. She was a member of the President's committee on economic recurity, a member of the con-s -rs' advistory board of the National Recovery Administration and now is chairman of the labor standards committee of the National Consumers League. Women's division officials said today that Miss Dewson is at her Summer home in Castine, Me. Visions of Swim Vanish as 3-Alarm Blaze Does $35,000 Damage-May Be Closed Some Time Hundreds of kids, many with bathing suits over their arms, watched disconsolately today as flames and billows of smoke shot skyward from the two-story brick building in Betsy Head Park which serves as locked and shower room and administration offices for the large swimming pool.

Normally a fire is a rare adventure that pleases young hearts but these children saw their hopes for a swim doomed for several days at least as the fire ate into the building. Three alarms had to be turned in before the blaze was under control. The building, a WPA project, fronts 011 Hopkinson Ave. and extends about 200 feet, lying between Dumont and Livonia Aves. After a three-quarters of an hour battle firemen succeeded in putting out the blaze but not before damage estimated at $35,000 had been done.

The fire was discovered shortly after 8 a.m. in the cockloft between the ceiljng and the hip roof, which is made of slate. Quickly It spread the length of the building. Deputy Fire Chief John Davin found a brisk task on his hands when he arrived to take charge. As word nf the fire spread through the congested Brownsville section people came In droves to watch the smoke and flames, which could be seen for blocks.

Betsy Head Park, with its pool and playground is a mecca for neighborhood kids and has been do ing a land-office business these hot Summer days. Just how long it will be before the building will be reopened could not be ascertained im mediately. But there'll be no swim- ming today Firemen Overcome Fighting Boro Blaze Three firemen were overcome by smoke last night in fighting a fire in the basement of a three-story building at 926 Flatbush occupied by the Paris Drapery Company. They were John Dsrsoni, 24, of 235 E. 105th Manhattan, a member of Engine Company 248; Israel Boyarsky, 25.

of 1C06 Caton a member of the same company, and Charles Byrne, 50, of 1900 Albemarle Road, of Engine Company 281. Thev were dragged out of the building by other firemen and treated by an ambulance surgeon. The fire caused slight damage and the cause was not determined, Walker Certain Of His Pension Aide of Transit Board, Studies Atlantic Ave. Project Appointment of former Mayor James J. Walker the post as assistant counsel to the Transit Commission definitely reestablishes his pension rights, it was learned today from legal experts.

The pension would amount to from $12,000 to $16,000 a year, it is said. Walker, given the Job after a meeting of Commlssioneds William G. Fullen, chairman; Leon G. Godley and Reuben L. Haskell, begins his first task with the blessing of Borough President Raymond V.

Inger-soll. Studies Atlantic Ave. Job The former Mayor was assigned immediately to the herculean task of studying the long-distance Atlantic Ave. Improvement problem In Brooklyn and Queens, involving the depression of the Long Island Railroad tracks, construction of a wider Co: on Page 7 Blast Tilts Pillar. Halts 6th Ave.

'L' Service on the sixth Ave. elevated structure in Manhattan was paralyzed at noon today when a blast in the Sixth Ave. subway, which is undtr constru-tin-i Sixth Ave. and 53d weakened one of the pillars. A passerby noticed the pillar had bsen Jolted out of line Officials of the Interborough Rapid Transit 1 uinyauj uiucieu immediate discontinuance of service on the elevated line.

Service on the 9th Ave. elevated was not interrupted. From 11:56 until 1:30 there was no service on any part of the 6th Ave. line. At 1:30 a shuttle service was established between W.

8th St. and the Battery. Normal service was resumed on the road at 2 p.m. after workmen shored up the weakened pillar. Nurrajianselt Results FIRST RACE-Two-year-olds; five and one-hfif furlongs.

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1 07. "My Lawvfr. Jack Flv. S'andard Bplndlr top, Doru Rene also ran. outline 2211a.) Major l.auuaraia at noon today old daughter of Mr and Mrs.

Temple officiated at the formal opening of Baker, who disappeared last night the new playground of Holy Cross from the lawn In front of Iter home R. C. Church, at 239 W. 42d Arlington's only industry, the Hale Manhattan. He attended the Chair Factory, closed and the 150 luncheon at the rr following employes joined Civilian Conservative dedication.

I tion Corps men in searching. 7 Si Tl cuon 01 1 1 -agi. By substan- ijuints rut Under Strict Guard jLr ritIL A 7 a 7 Tr'11 A.S Infantile raralw kill II 10 "mt'lllH- Hflll. IVMfa II ifn? bv united Callander Aug. 17 UPJ-With 64 cases of infantile paralysis.

or them fatal, reported In southern Ontario. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe. the Dlonne quintuplets' physician, took determined steps today to guard his charges from even the slightest possible chance of their coming into contact with the disease. Even Oliva and Elzire Jlx other children are inn.