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Coty 7 Complefe WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight; partly cloudy and mild tomorrow nMrea Braotlr MVM OUa) Mall Matt BROOKLYN 1. N. Y.t THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1947 106rh YEAR No. 43 DAILY and SUNDAY fcooiiT. mw en cm A ATI II II a GOP Leaders Agree To Meet With Mayor On Financial Needs BULLETIN Albany, Feb.

13 A dramatic plea by Mayor O'Dwyer to the Legislature for increased State aid to New York City resulted in an agreement by the Republican majority leaders and the Mayor here this afternoon to get together for detailed conferences on the city's financial needs. The Mayor, under questioning by the leaders, agreed to postpone a trip to. California, If necessary. In order to keep himself "available" for the conferences on the city's needs. By JOSEPH H.

SCHMALACKEB Staff Correspondent of the Eagle Albany, Feb. 13 Mayor O'Dwyer carried New York City's bid for increased State aid to the floor of the Legislature here today In the face of a Republican counter-barrage in which Q. O. P. legislative spokesmen told him the city was now getting greater benefits in State aid than ever before.

A statement by Senator Arthur H. Wicks, chairman of the Republican-controlled Senate Finance Committee, and D. Mallory Stephens, Republican chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, inferentlally accused his administration of having injected' "misrepresentation and considerable confusion" into the fiscal relationship between the State and city. The two chairmen struck the first blow as the Mayor, standing pat on his radio announcement which barred a higher subway fare as a solution to the city'a transit problem, launched his own offensive here to pry more State aid loose for his city administration from Governor Dewey and the O. O.

Legislature. A coalition with 60 up-State cities was proposed by Inlet yesterday. Pat, in bed at right, is being Walter, 3, who warns him "don't go out on INVOLUNTARY ICEBERG CLUB MEMBERS Philip Smith, 7, takes his medicine (hot soup) from his mother, Mrs. Anne Smith, 25, who rescued' him and his playmate, Patrick Sweeney, also 7, from Gerritsen Beach www tokk 4 move to force the Dewey ad- ministration's hand. Maps Plan of Action Meanwhile, it was learned that the Mayor had already decided on a course of action in the event the CITY WITHOUT MAYOR The wheels of the city government whirled today without any ona officially in the driver! seal.

There was no Mayor in City Halt The head man, William O'Dwyer, was in Albany. Freiident the Council Vincent R. ImpeUitteri was on a Caribbean eruise. Vice Chairman of the Council Joseph T. Sharkey, next in line, was on the way te a California vacation.

O. O. P. Legislature rebuffed hU higher State aid demands. It was disclosed that In such an event the Mayor was prepared to conduct an open hearing in New York City on the State-city financial set-up an take hU fight to the people through the newspaper! and by radio.

The contemplated hearing would follow the pattern of hi hearing which culminated on his announcement last night that he was against a higher aubway fare at this time as contrary to the city'! best interests and that such Continued en Page 11 Man Is Killed By Leap in Front Of Subway Train As an Independent subway train rumbled into the Broadway station of the GO Crosstown line thi morning, the motorman, Curtis Edwards, 40, of 183-35 De Pew Ave, Hollis. saw a man on the paltform jump to the tracks. "He landfri nn hie told police of the stagg st. station. "Then he threw himself on the tracks.

I Jammed on the emergency brakes but it was too late." Three cars passed over the man. Tne train had be separated and there was a tieun on the line as the man was extricated by an mergency crew from under the third car. The man was pronounced dead on arrival of an ambulance surgeon. He was described as being about 60 years old, five feet six Inches tall, weighing 140 pounds and having gray hair and mustache. WHERE TO FIND IT 3 CENTS Bail Staff photo told off by his kid brother, that thin ice again." Is in No Position War Later, He Says world peace by Immediately opinion of Louis F.

Budenz Daily Worker, who renounced Catholic faith and accepted Weather Forecast Starting March 1, many shipping corporations, airlines, press serv ices and other companies which use weather news for daily operations will no longer be calling the fa miliar WHitehall 4-0120 for their weather Information. The Western Union Telegraph Company today was querying these firms determine the number of jeomptniea which are planning to use the new 24-hour teletype weather-Information service, to be supplied by the United States Weather Bureau, and said to be the first of its kind in the nation. The rental charge of such a machine will be about (35 monthly, according to telegraph officials. Benjamin Parry, meteorologist in charge of the bureau, said that the number of calls coming into he said, and during weekends they reach a total of 1,300, the extra ones coming from weekend travelers. The teletype, Mr.

Parry said, will carry hourly temperatures and humidity, fqur forecasts daily, marine reports and storm warnings. This service will in no way interfere with the telephone accommodations of the bureau. jBudenz Urges Nation Get Tough' With Reds Blaze Guts 5 Houses, Routs 50 at Dawn Act Now While Russia To Resist and Prevent The United States can save getting tough with Russia, in former managing editor of the communism to re-embrace the the ACT TO TEACH RUSSIAN IN CITY SCHOOLS Education Committee Maps Step as 'Gesture Of Good Will' to Soviet By JOHN A. DEMILIA and PAUL BLAUVELT A special committee of the Board of Education will ask the board, in a report to be made In May, to es tablish public high school clasaes in the Russian language, the Brook lyn Eagle learned today. The Committee on the Place and! Function of Foreign Language in the Schools, headed by Dr.

Jacob Greenberg, associate superintendent in charge of personnel and teacher training, it preparing the report for submission to the Superintendent of Schools who. In turn, will present It to toe board. Russian Is not now being taught in the public schools, according to Theodore Huebener, secretary of the special committee and director of foreign languages In the school system. However, he said, Instruction In the Russian language has been given to teachers for the past two years In in-service courses, which teachers must take annually to qualify for salary Increases. Eight Language Taught Now Eight foreign language now are taught in Junior and senior high he said.

They are French, German, Hebrew, Italian, latin, Spanish, Portuguese and Oreek. Continued on Page I Truman Stands Pat On Lilienthal for Atomic Board Post Dems Claim Votes For Senate O. K. But Are Fearful of Delay Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R) The White House said today President Truman will not withdraw the nomination of David E.

Lilienthal to be head of the Atomic Energy Commission. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said flatly that Mr. Truman will not withdraw the nomination and that he has not the "faintest in tention" of asking Lilienthal to bow out. Asked Cancellation Opposition to confirmation of Lilienthal as chief of this country's atomic activities burgeoned among Senators this week after many days of committee hearings which Senator Kenneth McKellar Continued on Page 11 SOLDIER IS SEIZED IN THEFT OF GUNS Belmar, N.

Feb. 13 Pvt. Leroy U. Passano, 18, stationed at Fort Monmouth near here was being held in $5,000 bail today on a charge of grand larceny growing out of the theft of $900 worth of merchandise from a Belmar gun shop. Army authorities said they re covered a portion of the loot from Private Passanos locker.

Passano, who has been in the army four months, was quoted as saying: "I Just wanted the but army investigators said they found binoculars, knives, fountain pens and numerous other small articles in his locker. reach of playful youngsters and not-so-playful vandals. As an experiment, signs on the a teaching post at Notre Dame Uni- America should take advantage of W6St6m Uflion its position in the driver's seat be- cause, while the Soviet "is in nolpiMM TplptvnPfl position economically or militarily" rw BYRD DROPS WEATHER SURVEY AS TRANSPORT IS CRIPPLED IN CRASH (Distributed by United Press) Aboard the U. S. S.

Northwlnd, Feb. 12 (Delayed) Crippling of the U. S. Navy transport Merrick In an ice collision Tuesday forced a broad change in the operation schedule of the Byrd polar expedition today Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen, who will transfer his two-starred flag from the icebreaker Northwind to its sister-ship Burton Island today for a high speed return to Little America, announced that the Northwind will undertake to tow the Merrick to Wellington, New Zealand, for repairs as soon as the weather abates in the storm-tossed icepack.

A long-planned survey and scout ing operation to McMurdo Sound to study scientific, geological and wild life features of that area has been abandoned. The change of plans precludes a comprehensive weather survey program which was to have continued for duration of the expedition and was to employ all vessels of the task force as scouting ships. Rail Fare Hearing Set Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R The Interstate Commerce Commission has set Feb. 25 for hearings at Hartford, on the New York, New Haven Hartford Railroad request to Increase coach and sleeper fares.

to resist a firm U. S. policy, further appeasement would only serve to give Russia time to arm for attack, Mr. Budenz believes. He further suggests the United States show its toughened policy by demanding that the United Nations "exclude the Polish dictatorship" from the society of decent nations, and that the "Iron curtain" masking Communist activities here be raised to reveal what he called the Communist party's "Quisling movement which criminally conspires" to destroy the nation's In- rw Mr.

Budenz made his stand known last night before the Crown Heights Round Table Conference where he branded communism as a movement whose "sole purpose is to establish a world proletariat dictatorship" and iasisted that the only path to peace was to "make Russia retreat now before it gets too strong -More than 600 persons crowded the meeting hall at Brooklyn Preparatory School, 1150 Carroll St. Mother Saves Son, Pal From Death Under Ice The youngsters of Gerritsen Beach were being shown a 40-yard-long path from shore through the thawing ice of Gerritsen Inlet today as an object lesson don't venture out on the Ice; you might not be as lucky as a pair of 7-year-olds were yesterday. The path through the ice marks the spot where Mrs. Anne Smith, 25, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Anne Kelsch, 22, fought their way to the rescue of Mrs.

Smith's son and a playmate after they had broken through the thin Ice coating. It was about 4:45 p.m. Mrs. Smith, mother of five, and Mrs. Kelsch were having a cup of tea.

Suddenly a youngster dashed up to the Smith home at 114 Gotham Ave. and yelled that two boys were floundering in the icy waters of the inlet and one of them looked like Mrs. Smith's son, Philip. The women dropped their cups and dashed for the water, only a short distance behind the Smith home. They broke through the ice Continued on Page 11 3,260,000 Births in '46; 1943 Record Surpassed Washington, Feb.

13 U.R The U. S. Public Health Service today reported 3,260.000 live births were registered in 1946, surpassing 1943 record of 2,934,860 by 11 percent. Estimated deaths totaled 1.400,000, compared to 1.401,719 In 1945. at sea in the vicinity of the British Isles carrying coal "to other European countries.

Now Fear Gas Shortage London, Feb. 13 (U.R) Prime Minuter Clement Attlee told the House of Commons today that Brit ain had made gains in the fight to overcome the power emergency, but that anxiety now was arising over possible gas shortages. Mr. Attlee revealed that the drastic emergency controls of power had saved 78,000 tons of coal from Monday through Wednesday, slightly improving the general po sition. Ooal stocks at the major power stations now are about sufficient for nine days' consumption under Continued on Page 2 RESULTS FIRST SECOND THIRD tne Mayor in a surprise SCHOOL STRIKE BAN BILL BACKED BY G.

0. P. CHIEFS Teachers Urge State Walkout in Plan to 'Fight Fire With Fire' Albany, Feb. 13 (U.R)-rThi Republican State administration toughened Its policy toward New York school teachers today as demands for a Statewide strike spread among 72,000 disgruntled educators. As strike talk reached a new high, G.

O. P. legislative leaders said they would seek immediate action on a bill providing stiff penalties for striking school teachers or other public employes. And, the teachers came back with a "fight fire with fire" campaign. The Republican "get tough" policy was by Senate Majority Continued on Page 2 Rent Ceiling Hike Believed Doomed Washington, Feb.

13 (U.R) Proposals for a general across-the-board Increase in rent ceilings appeared losing favor today among influential Senate Republicans. Some G. O. P. leaders were known to feel that President Truman's firm stand against a flat boost had put them on a political hot spot with the public.

Ft. Monmouth Quarantined Fort Monmouth, N. Feb. 13 (U.R) Army officials placed Fort Mon- mouth under quarantine today as a result of a flu outbreak that al- ready has hospitalized 200 men. The new signs, furthermore, will not have the small oval, holding the name of the cross street, which distinguished the last pre-war crop of signs.

Many can't read the small letters within the oval, Cashmore explained. The new signs, which will be simple rectangles 21 inches by seven, are not yet available. Of the new signs, 3,000 will be used to replace wooden substitutes erected during the war and 8,000 will go to replace the metal type with the unwanted oval. The rest will be held in place. Mr.

Cashmore said the new sign project had been urged by civic groups and automobilists. Mother Leads Her 2 Children Along Roof Extension to Safety At least 50 person, Including a veteran and his bride who had moved In only two months ago, were left homeless today by an early morning fire of unknown origin which swept and completely gutted a string of five frame houses in. 10th South Brooklyn. The flames, which started between the two houses at 270 and 272 10th spread sr rapidly that many were awakened by flames which crackled almost in their faces. One woman, Mrs.

Lucy Sorrentlno, 36, of 272 10th aroused by screams and flames, led her two children through a window and along an extension on the roof to the home of neighbor, where they climbed In through a window. From their starting point between the two houses, said to be about 70 years old, the flames spread to 274, 278 and 268. The bouse at 266 was damaged slightly. In the pre-dawn hours at least 65 persons, dressed scantily, milled about in the street in the glow of the flames as firemen battled the fire under the over-all command of Deputy Chief John Herold of the 10th Division, Screams Wake Vet Catello Gambale, 26, a veteran with two years in the army, was awakened by screams in his apartment at 276 10th St. He saw the flames and awakened his bride, Continued on Page 11 4 KILLED, 2 INJURED IN COAST GUARD PLANE Medford, Feb.

13 (UP) Two coast guardsmen were hospitalized today with injuries suffered when their PBY plane crashed into a mountainside killing four other crew members. The PBY disappeared while on a flight from Port Angeles. via Medford, to New York. Yugo Accused of Stalling Athens. Feb.

13 (U.R U. S. Delegate Mark Ethridge of the United Nations Balkan Commission today accused the Yugoslav -representative of "stalling tactics." SOLD TRUCK CHEVROLET 183S i-tim pul truck, wit rci, 4 tirw. cm DEwtr "My Brooklyn Eagle Want Ad offering a truck for tale received tbree repliri and the reiolta were iatitfac-tory," aayi Benjamin Port, 4392 Bedford Ave. 4 If you have a ear or truck for tale one of the quickett aya to find a buyer at a fair price it through the ClaMified Column! of the Brooklyn Eagle.

Call Mitt Turner, MAin 4-6200; pUce Want Ad and charge iu to hear the former high-ranking hls offlce was so great that tne member of the Communist partyswitchboards oflen registered busy signals. Calls average 1.000 dally. Truman Seeks to Aid Britain in Coal Crisis Cashmore Will Lower Street Signs; 1 5,000 New Ones Will Be Simpler wvBbm uu; biirei isaj.o..i Continued on Page 2 14 Miners Start Sitdown Strike 800 Feet in Pit Lansford, Feb. 13 (U.R) Fourteen anthracite miners, staging a sitdown strike in a mine shaft 800 feet below the surface, caused the closing of the Lansford colliery of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company today. About 1,200 fellow miners stayed away from the pits after sending a delegation to the shaft with blan kets and "plenty of food" for the strikers, who are protesting deduc tions from their pay for quitting work early.

The 14 miners refused to leave the fifth level at the end of their work shift last night. Bunched together for protection against the dampness and cold, they said they would remain there "until we are reimbursed our Justi fied pay." One of the strikers was Fritz Redesh, who was married less than 24 hours before the strike started. It was the first sitdown strike In the anthracite fields since October. 1937, when It miners remained 1,000 feet underground for 31 days.i Modem design i a up with Brooklyn's street signs today, Borough President Cashmore pro- Washington. Feb.

13 (U.R President Truman today ordered a study of emergency measures this country might be able to take to relieve the severe British coal shortage. Mr. Truman announced he had directed Capt. Granville Conway, co-ordinator of emergency export to determine how quickly and In what quantity coal could be landed at British ports. "This Government stands ready to do everything within its power to relieve the plight of the British people in their present fuel emergency," the President said.

Mr. Truman said the U. S. representative on the European Coal Commission In London had been Instructed to support the diversion of coal now at sea bound for other European countries. He said a number of colliers were HIALEAH PARK FIRST RACE 1 AUblue 5 Undercut 2 Illkeepu I Elastic Grand Teddy 7 Bwaniuway Tiger Flash claimed them a relic of the "horse I corners of Joralemon and Court and buggy days" and decreed thatjsts.

and Joralemon and Fulton changes will have to be made. and along Ocean Ave. south of Road, have already been Mr. I Pag Pag. BooVs 14 MaryHaworth 13 Bridge 21 Movies 8,9 Calsndar 22 Night Liio 9 Comica 21 Novol 6 Crosawoid 21 Obituaries 11 Curri 3 Pattern IS Dr.

Biady 10 Radio 21 Editorial 10 1 Society 13 Financial 18Sporta 18,17 Grin and Bar It 10 Tako My Word 13 Harold Burr 16 Theater 8.9 Helfernan 10 The Women 21 Helen Worth IS Tucker )0 Hollywood 9 Uncle Bay 21 Horoscope 14 Want Ada 18-20 Lindley 10 Women In the first place, said Mr. more, they are much too high, 12 feet or more above the ground. which places them well beyond the view of the driver of a low-slung 1947 car or even a nearsighted pedestrian. Consequently, Mr. Cashmore plans to lower them to a mere ten feet off the pavement, which, he believes, will lessen eye-strain and nerk- craning among Brooklynites but still keep the signs well out of dropped two feet and Mr.

Cashmore said he had received favorable comments. New signs are to be ordered, eventually 15,000 of them, which will have black backgrounds for the white lettering instead of blue. Mr. Cashmore revealed experience had shown that blue Is "a fugitive which starts fading after three or four years while black stands up for five to ten years..