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the suit reels, J. FRANK FANNING DIES; Joseph A. Coyle, NOTED IN BOROUGH G. O. P.

Civic Leader, 49 Mrs. Mary A. Fanning, prominent toman. Republican years in and wife Brooklyn of for J. Frank Fanning, executive member of the 9th A.

D. Republican Club and Republican State Committeeman, died yesterday at her home, 192 Marine Ave. She was 66 years old. A native of Manhattan, Mrs. Fanning was brought to Brooklyn by her parents at the age of 2, and had been a resident of the borough since.

She had been a delegate to the State Republican Convention for past 30 years and in 1928 Pacie Ripple, Singer and Actor Pacie Ripple, tenor and actor, and former member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, died yesterday in Post Graduate Hospital, Manhattan. Born in Dublin, Mr. Ripple made his debut as a tenor with the Carl Rosa Opera Company in England. He appeared later in the United States and his last New York engagement was with Victor Moore and William Gaxton in "Anything Goes." Funeral services will be held in the P. E.

Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner), Manhattan, at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. A.L. Stephens, Engineer's Widow Mrs.

Annie Lincoln Wickes Stephens, one-time prominent Flatbush resident and widow of Benjamin F. Stephens, a hydraulic engineer in Brooklyn, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Herrick, at Slingerlands, Albany. Mrs.

Stephens had spent most of her life in Brooklyn. She was the principal benefactor in the building of the original Flatbush PresbyChurch and she donated the terian, E. 23d St. on which the present church now stands. She was the first secretary of the Brooklyn Public Library and a past matron of the Aurora Grata Chapter, Order of Eastern Star.

She is survived by Mrs. Herrick, another daughter, John 1 F. Schumacher of West Orange, N. and a son, Benjamin F. Stephens of Brooklyn.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Flatbush Presbyterian Church, E. 23d St. and Foster Ave. Ahearn, Sarah Kilpatrick, Bahr, Clarence Margaret Bannon, Margaret Kinzinger, Marie Beal, Martha McEvoy, James P.

Christ, Harriett Murray, Ellen F. Christie, Joseph F. Reinhardt, Davenport, Elizabeth De Witt Schneller, Dean, Ann Minetta L. Dennis, Mary W. Seabrook, Mabel De Vito, Frank Seeney, Daniel W.

Fanning, Mary A. Seifert, Julius Fitzpatrick, Shea, Honora Kathryn Smith, Ida Galvin, John J. Stephens, Annie Greenlief, Switzer, Lewis Katherine Guttiere, Florence Catherine Von Spreckelsen, Herman, William Diedrich Hetzer, Martin Wilson, Leona F. AHEARN-SARAH HELEN (nee McGuinn), on April 15, 1941; beloved wife of William also survived by two children, Ann Elizabeth and Sally; her mother, Mrs. Patrick H.

McGuinn; one sister, Mrs. Ann De La Vergue of Washington, D. and four brothers, Thomas John Joseph and Dr. William B. McGuinn.

Funeral from her residence, 296 East Broadway, N. Y. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Solemn requiem mass St. Mary's Church, 10 a.m.

Funeral private. Please omit flowers. AHR-CLARENCE, on April 15, 15 al; beloved brother of Elizabeth Desmond, Agnes Gimenez, Charles and Nellie Bahr. Reposing at the M. J.

Smith Memorial, 248 Prospect Park West, until Friday, 9 a.m. Requiem mass Holy Name Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery. BANNON-MARGARET, on April 16, at her residence, 533 Ovington Avenue.

Reposing at Oates Funeral Parlors, 6312 5th Avenue. Notice of funeral later. BEAL-MARTHA; suddenly, on April 15, 1941, at her residence, 132 Webster Avenue, Brooklyn, in her 91st year; wife of John G. Beal. Kindly omit flowers.

Services private. CHRIST-Wednesday, April 16, 1941, HARRIETT F. CHRIST, of 685 Nostrand Avenue, beloved wife of George R. Service at the Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Saturday at 1:30 p.m. 147 of our last 1000 services cost less than $200 including cemetery charges FAIRCHILD SONS: MORTICIANS 86 LEFFERTS PLACE BROOKLYN Frank K.

Fairchild, Licensee Our Telephone Never Sleeps MAin 2-5700 JAMAICA FLUSHING GARDEN CITY William Danforth, Stage Star, Noted in Gilbert, Sullivan Roles Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Syracuse, April 17-William Danforth, one of the nation's leading performers in Gilbert and Sullivan light operas during the turn of the century, died yesterday in Skaneateles, near here, after a long illness. He was 73. Starting his operatic career at the age of 11, as Dick Deadeye in the juvenile performance of M. S. Pinafore," Mr.

Danforth in the next 57 years played almost every important role in the Gilbert and Sullivan catalogue, including Little Buttercup in "Pinafore." It is believed that he had played in more than 5,000 light opera performances and that he knew the music 1 so well that he could shift from one production to another without a rehearsal. Since his first performance, Mr. Danforth, as a comedian and singer in comic opera, musical comedies, dramas and motion pictures, had delighted thousands of playgoers in many parts of the United States. As late as 1936 he was still a Broadway favorite. Mr.

Danforth was the youngest of five children of Spencer and Rhoda Daniels, who lived in Skaneateles before coming to Syracuse, where he was born on May 13, Policeman Killed As Patrol Car Hits Truck in Smithtown Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Smithtown, April 17-A local police officer was killed and a truck driver severely burned when a patrol car of the Smithtown Police Department crashed head-on with a truck loaded with 15 tons of potatoes on the Jericho Turnpike near the intersection of North Country Road, here, last night. According to police. Patrolman Raymond L'Hommedieu, 48, while chasing a speeding motorist east on the Jericho Turnpike, swung wide to pass a car and crashed into the front end of the truck. The impact overturned both vehicles, setting fire to the truck. L'Hommedieu was removed to Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, where he died two hours later.

Donald E. Rockwood of 167 S. Catherine Plattsburg, N. operator of the truck, was taken to the hospital suffering from thirddegree burns of the arms and face Rockwood was exonerated of all blame in the accident by eyewitnesses but will be arraigned for violation of the labor law which forbids a truck operator to operate MURRAY-ELLEN F. (nee Kellerd), on April 16, 1941.

beloved mother of Frank R. Funeral from her home, 49 Concord Street, Saturday, 10 a.m.; thence to St. James Pro-Cathedral, where a solemn requiem will be celebrated. T. J.

Higgins Son, directors. REINHARDT-On April 14, ELIZABETH of 5705 6th Avenue; beloved mother of Frederick, William, Charles, Marie Maier, Henry, Martin and Ernest. Services at E. C. Waldeck's Home for Funerals, 7614 4th Avenue, Thursday evening, 8:30.

SCHNELLER-MINETTA wife of Charles J. Schneller, 93-03 Lamont Avenue, Elmhurst, N. died suddenly April 17, 1941, at Windham, N. Y. Funeral services will be held at Windham residence Saturday, April 19, 1941, at 2 p.m.

Burial Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Windham, N. Y. SEABROOK-On Tuesday, April 15, 1941, MABEL FISH, beloved sister of William L. Fish. Services at the Pairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

SEENEY-On April 14, 1941, DANIEL at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Theodore Eckhoff, 364 14th Street; also father of Mrs. John Abel, William and Harold; also survived by 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral Friday, 9:30 a.m.; thence to the R. C.

Church of the Visitation, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered. Interment St. John's Cemetery. Direction, Joseph Redmond. SEIFERT-April 16, JULIUS A.

W. of 70 Remsen Street, husband of the late Selma M. (nee Martin) and beloved father of Florence L. Bicket. Services at E.

C. Waldeck's Home for Funerals, 7614 4th Avenue, Saturday, 2 p.m. Interment Cypress Hills Abbey. (Saginaw Michigan, papers please copy.) SHEA- On April 15, 1941, HONORA, beloved sister of Mrs. Ellen Shea, at her residence, 258A Emerson Place.

She was a native of Earneen Bonane, Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. Funeral Friday, 9 a.m.,. at St. Patrick's Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

Joseph J. Galligan, director. SMITH--April 16. 1941, IDA M. SMITH, daughter of Stephen and Mary S.

Allaire, at the home of her sister. Services and funeral private. Vital Notices accepted 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for publication the same day; as late as 10 p.m.

Saturday night for publication Sunday, Dock Workers Plan Services for Panto Slain Union Leader To Be Buried Saturday The lime-eaten remains of Peter Panto, murdered because he fought to end gang domination on Brooklyn's waterfront, will be buried by the longshoremen in whose behalf he battled. The body of the leader was taken from the Kings rank County Morgue, where it has been since police exhumed it from a pit of quicklime on the bank of the Passaic River in Lyndhurst, N. last January, and placed in a hermetically-sealed casket. The body rested in state today at the Scotto Funeral Home, 391 Court St. A funeral cortege of several hundred union men, including longshoremen, warehouse marine, and transport, painters, 3, cafeteria workers, will leave the funeral home at 9 a.m.

Saturday for the Sacred Heart Church, Degraw and Hicks where a requiem mass will be held. Interment will follow in St. Charles Cemetery. Fought Gang Rule District Attorney O'Dwyer has announced that Panto was slain because he opposed gangster rule on Brooklyn docks. Panto and his followers were fighting the leadership of the Brooklyn unit of the International Longshoremen's Association and had charged certain leaders consorted with known gangsters.

Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss, named by O'Dwyer as one of Panto's slayers, is now in Federal custody on a narcotics charge. He has already been arraigned in County Court in the murder with Louis (Lepke) Buchalter of Joseph Rosen, Brooklyn candy store merchant who was slain as he awaited a call to testify in District Attorney Dewey's racket inquiry. Packer Head Named To S. P. C.

C. Board Dr. Paul D. Shafer, president of Packer Collegiate Institute, has been selected to the board of directors of the Brooklyn Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, it was announced today by Charles H. Warner, superintendent of the society.

THE WEATHER Official Weather Bureau of the U. S. Weather Bureau (Eastern Standard Time) APRIL 17, 1941 FORECAST--Showers tomorrow afternoon, followed partly cloudy: not much change in temperature. Moderate southwest winds shifting tonight to northwest, Lowest temperature expected 111 city tonight, 50; in suburbs, 50. Highest temperature expected tomorrow, 75.

WEATHER OBSERVATIONS Following are at 7:30 a.m. 75th Weather New York City- CI Abilene PC Albany -CI Atlanta -PC Atlantic City- -PC Baltimore PC Bismarck -Cl Boston Buffalo PC Butte Charleston PC Chattanooga Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland PC Dallas -Cl Denver PC Detroit -Cl Duluth -PC El Paso Galveston Havana Indianapolis -PC Jacksonville Kansas City L'g Beach. L. Los AngelesLouisville Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New OrleansNorfolk -PC Oklahoma City- -C1 Mobile Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh -PC Portland, Me.Portland, Ore.Raleigh Sacramento St. Louis -Cl Salt Lake CityAntonio ci San Diego- -PC San Francisco- -C Savannah -PC Seattle -PC Tampa -PC Washington -C weather observations meridian time today: T'mp't'res Low Barom- Temp.

24 eter 29.98 56 53 29.76 67 65 29.90 53 47 20.08 63 57 29.98 55 50 29.97 60 54 29.79 44 42 30.03 49 46 29.82 50 50 30.02 23 22 30.09 67 66 30.08 60 57 30.00 46 44 29.97 61 60 29.98 52 51 29.81 69 68 29.71 36 36 29.96 45 45 29.88 37 33 29.76 49 49 29.91 70 69 30.06 65 64 29.97 56 34 30.14 65 60 29.77 61 54 30.06 58 50 29.94 51 50 30.00 62 58 30.13 67 29.97 41 40 29.81 51 30.05 66 66 29.97 63 58 29.74 66 66 30.10 66 64 29.97 58 53 29.80 52 51 29.95 60 55 30.01 46 32 30.25 40 37 30.03 64 30.08 45 44 29.98 59 58 29.94 31 30 29.81 70 70 29.96 54 54 30.12 46 40 30.12 66 66 30.24 39 38 30.15 65 64 29.46 60 55 C-Clear: c1-Cloudy: PC- Partly cloudy; R-Rain: F-Foggy: S-Snow: Sl-Sleet Highest temperature New York City same date last year-53. Lowest temperature New York City same date last yearLowest temperature New York City morning-53 at 1:50 a.m. Walter B. -INCORPORATED Cooke FUNERALS DIGNIFIED As As Low $150 OUR FUNERAL HOMES BROOKLYN 151 Linden Boulevard 4-1200 50 Seventh Avenue- MAin 2-8585 1218 Flatbush Ave. -BUckminster 2-0266-7 QUEENS 150-10 Hillside Avenue- JAmaica 6-6670 63-32 Forest Avenue -HEgeman 3-0900 158-14 North.

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for off -premises consumption. ANTHONY PETAGNO. 1387 E. 92d Brooklyn, ap17-3t Th TRADEMARK TAKE NOTICE World Hand Forged Brooklyn, Y. registered trademark "EARLY AMERICAN with Secretary State.

New as used on containers gift specialtica, metal products and like. a14-18t oSu FCC Authorizes Consolidation Of Four Boro Radio Stations was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. She was a charter member of the Sunrise Council, Loyal Ladies of the Royal Arcanum. She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Horn, Mrs.

Florence Andes and Mrs. Irene Leonard; two sons, Edward F. and J. Frank Fanning sister, Mrs. Julia Jentz, and six grandchildren.

A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday in St. Patrick's R. C. Church, 95th St.

and 5th Ave. Mrs. Schneller, 64, Wife of Ex-Clerk Mrs. Minetta L. Schneller of 9303 Lamont Elmhurst, wife of Charles J.

Schneller, retired special deputy clerk of the Supreme Court in Queens County, died today at Windham, N. Y. She was 64 years old. A native of Brooklyn, Mrs. Schneller moved to Elmhurst at the time of her marriage and had been a resident of Queens for 42 years.

She was a member of St. James' Episcopal Church and of the en's Democratic Club of Elmhurst, and during the World War was active in the Red Cross in Queens. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Naomi H. Schneller, and a son, Charles Schneller. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m, Saturday at Windham.

Burial will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Windham. Mrs. Archie Wehner Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Wehner, 55, of 412 Central who died on Monday in a local hospital, will be held in St. Barbara's R.

C. Church, Central Ave. and Bleecker at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Mrs.

Wehner, who was born in Brooklyn, was a lifelong resident of the borough. She is survived by her husband, Archie; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bagley, and three grandchildren. Hans Driesch Berlin, April 17 (U.P)-Hans Dreisch, 73, internationally known philosopher who published the "Philosophy of Organics" in 1900, died at Leipzig, the official news agency reported today. Driesch lectured in the United States and was a close friend of John Dewey of Columbia University.

CHRISTIE-Suddenly, on April 14, at his residence, 7902 10th Avenue, Capt. JOSEPH of the Police Commissioner's office; beloved husband of Anne and brother of Mrs. David Gandolfi, Daniel John Charles A. and George T. Requiem mass Friday, April 18, at 9:30 a.m., at the R.

C. Church of St. Ephrem, Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Masses appreciated. -Suddenly, on April 15, 1941, DeWITT, beloved husband of Elizabeth; loving of Raymond A.

Davenport. Funeral from the residence of his son, 556 Halsey Street, Friday, 9:30 a.m. Solemn high requiem mass at Holy Rosary Church, 10 a.m. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, N.

Y. DEAN-April 15, 1941, ANN, beloved mother of Walter J. and John W. Funeral from John T. Gallagher Funeral Home, 2549 Church Avenue, Friday, 9:30 a.m.

Requiem mass Holy Cross Church, 10 a.m. DENNIS Suddenly, on Tuesday, April 15, 1941, at Norlina, North Carolina, MARY beloved mother of Edna E. Dennis. Service at her residence, 33-35 154th Street, Flushing, on Friday, April 18, at 8 p.m. Interment Unionville Cemetery, Unionvilie, N.

Y. DE -FRANK, April 16, 1941, beloved husband of Mary; devoted father of Frank Jr. and Anne; brother of Dominick. Funeral from his residence, 1057 E. 232d Street, Bronx, Saturday, 10:30 a.m.

Requiem mass St. Frances of Rome, 11 o'clock. Arrangements by Walter B. Cooke, Inc. FANNING -At her home, 192 Marine Avenue, Wednesday, April 16, 1941, MARY beloved wife of J.

Frank Fanning; mother of Mrs. Gertrude Horn, Mrs. Florence Andes, Mrs. Irene Leonard, J. Frank Jr.

and Edward F. Fanning; sister of Julia Jentz. Funeral. from her home Saturday, April 19, at 10:15 a.m.; thence to St. Patrick's Church, 95th Street and 5th Avenue, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered.

In 99emoriam The Eagle has published booklet of "In Memoriam" Verses You may obtain 8 copy of this booklet, without charge, by calling an Ad Taker at MAin 4-6200. Was Called the 'Little Napoleon' of Activity Joseph A. Coyle, civic worker, who because of his short stature and fiery temper was dubbed the "Little Napoleon of Civics" by former Mayor James J. Walker, died on Tuesday at his home, 94-08 130th Jamaica, it became known today. Mr.

Coyle, who was 49, became ill on Monday night while attending a meeting of the Holy Name Society at St. Benedict Joseph's R. C. Church in Richmond Hill. A native of Greenwich Village, where he lived until he moved to Jamaica in 1923, he was a close friend of Mayor Walker's, and WAS often in his younger years the sparring partner of Gene Tunney.

He helped to organize the Dunton Civic Association 14 years ago, serving as president since that time. During Mayor Walker's term in office Mr. Coyle attended the weekly meetings of the Board of Estimate and it was there that the Mayor gave him the title of the "Little Napoleon." He was one of the leaders in the fight against the $16.300.000 Fourth Ward sewer assessment in Queens in in in in in in in in in 1927. He was also active in the fight for the Atlantic Ave. grade crossing elimination to depress the Long Island Railroad tracks from Brooklyn to Jamaica and to have a thoroughfare over the tracks.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Coyle; a son, Joseph Coyle and two daughters, Margaret and Ann. Queens Fireman Held On Girl's Charge William K. Jacobs, 29, of 116-15 200th St. Albans, a fireman attached to the 2d Rescue Squad at LaGuardia Field, was under arrest in 1 Jamaica today on a criminal assault charge preferred by Betty Johnson, 21, a Negro, of 117-45 165th Jamaica.

Law Clerk Arrested In $2,000 Job Fraud John Cozza, 62, of 355 Franklin who said he was a law clerk, today was held in $2.000 bail for hearing April 24 on a grand larceny charge by Magistrate Ford in Felony Court. James Gillen of 486 Lafayette charged that Cozza obtained $2,000 from him between March 25, 1940, and June 1, 1940, on the promise of getting Gillen's son a job in the Department of Sanitation. Gillen said the position did not materialize and he did not get his money back. DEATHS FITZPATRICK-KATHRYN (nee Heffernan), on April 15, at her residence, 2714 Avenue beloved wife of John J. Fitzpatrick and sister of Mary Driscoll.

Funeral from chapel, 2603 Church Avenue, Friday, 9:30 a.m. Requiem mass St. Jerome's Church, GALVIN-JOHN 17 Celeste Court, suddenly on April 16. Funeral from Byrnes Funeral Home, 2382 Gerritsen Avenue, Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. Burial New London, Conn.

GREENLIEF-On Tuesday April 15, 1941, LEWIS D. GREENLIEF. father of Irma B. Shaw. Service at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

GUTTIERE On Tuesday, April 15, 1941, CATHERINE A. (nee Di Gianni); beloved wife of Ralph; mother of Rita daughter of Philomena and the late Nicholas Di Gianni. Funeral from her residence, 1569 Marine Parkway, on Friday, April 18, at 9:30 a.m.; thence to Our Lady Help of Christians R. C. Church, E.

28th Street and Avenue M. Interment St. John's Cemetery. HERMAN-WILLIAM suddenly, on April 15. Survived by his wife, Ada; his father, Frank; his sister, Frances Sparhuber.

Funeral services Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m, at the residence, 108 Geraldine Place, Roslyn Heights, L. I. Interment Cedar Grove Cemetery, Flushing. HETZER-On Wednesday, April 16, 1941, MARTIN, beloved husband of Anna Marie, father of Charles and Anna Marie Hetzer and Mrs. Rose Wilkinson.

Services at the Pease Funeral Parlors, 437 Nostrand Avenue at Hancock Street, on Friday at 8 p.m. KILPATRICK -On Wednesday, April 16, 1941, MARGARET. Survived by sister, Maria Kilpatrick. Funeral from her residence, 703 Carroll Street, Saturday, April 19, at 10:30 a.m.; thence to St. Francis Xavier R.

C. Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Masses appreciated.

KINZINGER-On April 16, 1941, MARIE, beloved mother of Mrs. George Leunig and Jacob Kinzinger. Funeral services at the chapel of George Siebold, 384 Van Brunt Street, Friday, 8 p.m. Interment Saturday, 2 p.m., Lutheran Cemetery. McEVOY-JAMES on April 16; reposing at 96 Butler Street; loved husband of the late Ann Early; dear father of James J.

and Josephine brother of Paul, residing in Ireland. Solemn requiem mass on Saturday, April 19, 9:30 a.m., St. Agnes Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, 1867. He married Miss Norma Kopp, a light-opera singer, in 1898 and they played together for years, accepting only joint engagements.

Mrs. Danforth retired from the stage when their first child was born. Mr. Danforth's real name was Daniels, but he changed it in 1897 to avoid confusion with his associate, the producer -actor, Frank Daniels. An eight-year association with Daniels was followed by one of about the same length with De Wolfe Hopper.

He had left the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas for a while and made his first appearance in New York in 1899 in a musical comedy called "The Ameer." For ten years he played in musical comedies, being the comic heavy in such roles as brigands and pirate chiefs. In 1910 he went back to the operettas and made his Gilbert and Sullivan debut in New York in the "Mikado." Surviving, in addition to his widow, are a daughter, Mrs. James D. Munro of Skaneateles, at whose home Mr. Danforth died; a son, John S.

Danforth of Camillus; three grandsons, three granddaughters and a sister-in-law, Mrs. John R. Clancy, widow of the former Congressman. British Liaison Officer Hails Jews' Fight "A Jewish State in Palestine would have been invaluable in the defense of Britain in the present crisis in the Mediterranean," Maj. Victor A.

Cazelet, British member of the House of Commons, who recently arrived in this country A8 liaison officer from the British Government, today declared. Major Cazelet is chairman of the Palestine Committee and the Refugee Committee in the House of Commons. He added: "The Jewish people have been fighting Hitler for seven years. Their battle is our battle. Their battle is our battle." 2 Burned in Blast John Fothergill, 16, of 172 Court and Frank Saunders, 54, of Jersey City, were in Beekman Hospital, Manhattan, today, recovering from first and second degree burns received yesterday when an olldriven motor in the fishing boat Atlantic, tied up in the East River at the foot of Fulton Manhattan, exploded as they were making repairs.

a vehicle more than 10 hours without a rest period. He informed police that he had been driving in excess of 19 hours with only an hour and a half of rest. STEPHENS Wednesday, April 16. at Albany, N. ANNIE LINCOLN WICKES STEPHENS, wife of the late Benjamin F.

Stephens, formerly of Brooklyn, and daughter of the late William W. Wickes. Services at the Flatbush Presbyterian Church, Street and Foster Avenue, Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Harry T. Pyle Mortuary, 1925 Church Avenue, Friday evening.

SWITZER KATHERINE, on April 17, at her home, 276 56th St. Survived by her husband. Charles; two sons, Alfred and Howard; three daughters, Agnes Proscia, Jeanette Cioffi and Violet Switzer. Funeral from Walsh's Funeral Home, 6th Avenue and 14th Street. Requiem mass April 19 at 9 a.m., St.

Stanislaus Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery. THOMAS -Suddenly, on Tuesday, April 15, 1941, FLORENCE, mother of Harry H. Rickard.

Funeral service at the Funeral Home of George C. Herbst Son, 6741 5th Avenue. near 68th Street, on Thursday. April 17, at 8:30 p.m. Funeral Friday, 10 a.m.

Interment Evergreens Cemetery. VON SPRECKELSEN-On April 16. DIEDRICH, of 8657 14th Avenue; beloved husband of Friedricke (nee Harms), devoted father of Diedrich and Henry, dear brother of William. Martha and Dora. Services at E.

C. Waldeck's Home for Funerals, 7614 4th Avenue, Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock. WILSON -At Troy, N. April 16. 1941, at the residence, 42 Pinewoods Avenue, LEONA E.

BENNETT, wife of Franklin H. Wilson; daughter of the late Frederick W. and Anna Bennett: sister of Mrs. Robert E. Lower of Brooklyn.

Funeral from the residence Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial at Nyack, N. Y. In Memoriam FROST--In memory of JOHN F. FROST.

a loving and devoted father. Died April 17, 1928. Masses offered. SONS and DAUGHTERS. HIGGINS -In memory of MARY First anniversary mass will be offered Friday at 6:30 a.m.

at 6t. Agnes's Church. A silent thought, a tear Keep her memory secret. MARGARET and WILLIAM. Lost and Found Advertisements Appear Daily on Page 2 Under "Announcements" Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Washington, April 17-The Federal Communications Commission today had authorized, in pursuance of its suggestion of last Oct.

22, the consolidation of Stations WARD, WLTH, WVFW and WBBC, now sharing a 1.430-kilocycle wave length in Brooklyn, single outlet with unlimited on the "time' air. The commission, renewing its contention that the new setup would result in more effective broadcasting, took step yesterday by approving the assignment of the license of Station WARD from the United States Broadcast- Freeport Woman Attempts Suicide With Disinfectant Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Freeport, April 17-Mrs. Alice Darrigan, 32, of 17 E. Merrick Road, was in critical condition at Meadowbrook Hospital today after she had drank a powerful disinfectant, apparently in an attempt at suicide. She walked into Fire Headquarters on N.

Main St. and collapsed. Taken to the hospital, she was unable to talk. Her husband, Darrel, is a village employe. No motive for her act was learned.

Appraisals The following appraisals, reported by State Transfer Tax Appraiser David F. Soden, are on file today in Surrogate's Court: AUERBACH. RUDOLPH (Feb. 10). Gross assets.

net. $21.489. To adopted daughter. Edith Sayre. Chief assets, stocks and bonds.

mortgages, notes, cash and insurance. $16,905. Herding Scharf, attorneys, 16 Court BARBIS. PETER (Oct. 12, 1937).

Gross assets, net. $4,302. To wife, $1.516. William Rosen, attorney, 1440 Elizabeth Barbis. Chief assets, real Broadway, Manhattan.

BRANDT. HENRY (Jan, 20). Gross assets. net, $10,476. To wife.

Elizabeth Brandt. Chief assets, jointly owned property. $16.111. Albert D. Ecke, attorney, 44 Court St.

FRANK. MARIE W. (July 11. 1935). Gross assets.

$26.335: net, $25.510. To husband. John C. Franck; one-third of residuary estate; sons John August Edward H. and Adolph C.

Franck, equal interest in two-thirds of residuary estate. Chief assets, real estate, mortgages, notes, cash and insurance, $11.335. William E. Goldman, attorney, 51 Chambers Manhattan. GUARDINO.

GIUSEPPE (Jan. 16 1936). Gross assets. net. $17,469.

To wife. Maria Guardino. Chief assets, real estate and personal property. $19,344. B.

William Puleo, attorney, 225 Lafayette Manhattan. MASCIA, DONATO (Jan. 29). Gross assets. $12.698: net.

$11.788. To nieces. Ida. Ann and Helen Mascia. $1,000 each: brother.

Nicola Mascla, residuary estate. Chief assets. personal property. $12.698. Frank P.

Casey, attorney, 4 Albany Manhattan. MORRIS. FANNIE (Sept. 6). Gross assets.

net. $10.257. To Jewish Sanitarium for Incurables, $50: Mae Abrams, $100; stepdaughters, Anna Steinberg and Kate Kaplan, $1 each: Rhoda Fox. $50: stepson. Isaac J.

Morris: son, Bernish Morris, and daughter, Mae Stone, life income from one-third of residuary estate each in trust. Chief assets, real estate $29.750. David Levine, attorney, 26 Court St. NEMIROWSKY, ABRAHAM (Sept. 1, 1939).

Gross assets. net. 835. To brother. Jacob Nemirowsky, $500: son.

Max Newman, specific jewelry and one-third of residuary estate; daughters, Fannie Susseles and Lillian onethird of residuary estate each. Chief sets. insurance to designated beneficiaries. $104.643: miscellaneous property, $100: transfers. $19.000.

A. Harold Frost, attorney. 11 W. 42d Manhattan. REBNER.

JENNIE (April 10, 1940). Gross assets. net. $13.577. To husband.

Louis Rebner, one-third of residuary estate: daughter. Lillian Sturm, two-thirds of residuary estate. Chief assets. real estate and personal property, $13.577. Edward Larkin, attorney, 812 Saratoga Avenue.

ROZENBERG, OSCAR (Oct. 6), Gross assets. $118.478: net. $41.781. To daughters.

Dorothy 1 Wolovnick. Leah Goldberg. Gussie Rodstein. Esther Twersky and Sylvia Amsterdam. one-fifth of residuary estate each.

Chief assets, real estate, $86.000: mortgages. notes, cash and insurance, miscellaneous property. $2.075. Philip Twersky, attorney, 29 Broadway, Manhattan. SIRINE.

ANNA J. (Oct. 15). Gross ASsets, $16.920: net. $15.704.

To husband. Alexander H. Sirine. $1,000: niece, Doris E. Rhodes, specific jewelry and sisters.

Minnie Y. Stevens, specific jewelry and one-fourth of residuary estate: brothers. William G. and Edwin C. Yates.

one-fourth of residuary estate each: nephews, William Robert S. and George A. Hurley. one-twelfth of residuary estate each. Chief assets, personal property.

$16.920. Eastman Eastman. attorneys. Denton Building. Mineola, L.

I. 78 60 81 46 Wills Filed 78 77 78 The following wills are on file today with Surrogate George Albert Wingate: OWEN. HELEN T. (April 7). Estate, not more than $20.000 personal.

To husband. Alexander L. Owen, 650 Ocean executor. SCHLECH. WILHELMINA (April Estate.

not more than $12.000 personal. To sons. Walter F. Schlech. 231 Windsor Place, executor, and Herbert H.

Schlech, 9 Howard Place. ope-half of residue each. Surrogate Wingate has granted letters of administration on this estate: FOGARTY, PATRICK A (July 61. Estate, not more than $1,000 personal and not more than $10.000 real. To A Public Administrator.

Heirs. widow and a daughter. E. Young. Outstanding holdings in cash.

$29.810. William V. Hagendorn, attorney. 26 Court St. Brooklyn.

J.CRONIN, FUNERAL DIRECTORS Service kconomy CHAPELS, 115 ATLANTIC AVE, and 38 LAFAYETTE AVENUE. 4-1398-9: 8130:3655 Licensed Funeral Directors JERE J. WALTER A. JOSEPH EDWIN L. VINCENT D.

CRONIN PAWNBROKERS SALES JACOB SHONGUT. INC. Jog. Shongut -Geo. Shongut: Auctioneers SELL AT 82 BOWERY.

9 A.M. April 22 Clothing for M. Stavenhagen 581 5th from 1000 of Sept. 1., 1939. to 7750 of Jan.

31. 1940. Similar 29 goods for M. Stavenhaven Woodhull from 16175 of Aux. 15.

1939. to 27150 of Jan. 31, 1940. Similar goods for Public Loan Office. 19 Myrtle from 21935 of Oct.

7. 1939, to 35719 of April 15. 1940. and holdovers. April 24 Clothing for F.

218 Myrtle from 4544 of Jan. 1940, to 7615 of March 15. 1910 -it oSu ESTATE OF EUGENE BAUM'S AUCTIONEERS. J. Kelly.

Feldhuhn. 1. Kirschner. J. Schwalb sell at 70 Bowery At 9 a.m April 21 By order of Newman Rosenbluth.

1655 Broadway, diamonds, silverware. jewelry. musical instruments, fold cameras, golf sets, shot guns. levels, typewriters, clocks, cases, tools, fishing poles, pledged from 9561 of April 1939. to 32456 of Dec.

20. 1939. D. Harria, 223 Court clothing, pledged from 37705 of 9. 1939.

to and Including 5792 of starch 23, 1940. a17-6t oSu ing Company to the Unified Broadcasting Company. The new operating company, granted permission to establish studios at 554 Atlantic will absorb the facilities of WLTH-New York, the Brooklyn Broadcasting Company, operator of WBBC, and the Paramount Broadcasting Corporation, operator of WVFW. The merger was first proposed by the in its decision the Brooklyn cases, in commission, which the Federal authorities renewed the licenses of stations WLTH and WARD and denied the application of WBBC to take over the facilities of those two stations. Queens Man Killed By Monoxide Gas Edward B.

Edelstein, 51, brotherin-law of Municipal Court Justice William P. Wiener, was found dead yesterday in the garage at the rear of his home at 142-02 Newport Neponsit. He was seated on the running board of his automobile, apparently a victim of monoxide gas poisoning. Mrs. Edelstein, who made the discovery after neighbors reported seeing "smoke" coming through the partly closed doors of the garage, told police her husband had intended to repair the automobile.

The motor was still running and several tools were on the floor side the machine. FUNERALS For families of limited ranged direct from hospital. means, burial can be $88. $133 to $195 from Home or Chapel, including Opening of Grave, or Grave for One. will call upon reque JOSEPH G.

DUFFY SERVICE ANYWHERE 237 NINTH ST SOuth 8-6981 AUCTION: SALE SALES ADJOURNED SALE. C. H. ADELMAN. AUCTIONEER, sells April 24.

1941. at 12:15 p.m., at 585 Howard Brooklyn, Dodge Panel. Motor T30-3828. account of Julius Platinsky, J. Platin and Modern Industrial Bank.

C. H. ADELMAN, Auctioneer, sells April 18. 1941, at 9:30 a.m., at 624-A Nostrand Brooklyn. all butcher fixtures, appurtenances, chattels.

as listed in mortgage. for the account of Walter Jaroch and Mr. Miele. TAKE NOTICE THAT JERE J. REID.

Auctioneer. will sell at public auction April 22nd. 1941. 12:30 p.m., David. Condon, N.

5923 13th Brooklyn, Ford De Luxe Fordor. Motor No. 5059029. REID. Auctioneer, at public TAKE NOTICE THAT, JERE J.

auction April 18th. 1941, 11.30 a.m.. Diamond Sales, 16 Norman Brooklyn. N. Diamond Tractor, Serial No.

9000044. FORECLOSURES SUPREME COURT. KINGS COUNTY HOME OWNERS' LOAN PORATION. plaintiff, against VATORE FRANZESE. et defendants.

BENJAMIN R. LEINHARDT, Attorney for Plaintiff. No. 44 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York. Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale dated the 14th day of April.

1941, I will at public auction to the highest bidder. by IRVING HIRSCH. auctioneer, at the Brooklyn Real Street. Estate Exchange, 189 Montague County of Kings. City and State of New York.

on the 9th day of May, 1941, at 12 o'clock noon. the mortgaged premises. with the improvements thereon erected. in the County of Kings, City and State of New York. directed by said judgment to be sold.

situate on the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Liberty Avenue with the easterly side of Linwood Street, formerly Monroe Street, fronting 50 feet wide and like rear on Liberty Avenue by 100 feet in depth on each side, easterly side line running parallel with Linwood Street. Reference is made to judgment for more complete description. Dated. Brooklyn, New York. April 17th, 1941.

SAMUEL SILFEN. Referee. a17-6t SUPREME COURT, KINGS COUNTY -HOME OWNERS' LOAN PORATION. plaintiff, vs. LOUISE A.

NEWCOMB, et defendants. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale herein. dated April 10. 1941. I will sell at public auction, by DAVID DIAMOND, auctioneer, at the Brooklyn Real Estate Exchange.

189 tague Street. Brooklyn, N. on May 8. 1941. the premises, with the improvements thereon.

directed by said judgment to be sold. situated in Kings County, on southerly side of Greene Avenue. 300 feet westerly from Nogtrand Avenue, being 16 feet 8 inches wide by 100 feet deep on each side, said side lines being parallel with Nostrand Avenue, and as more particularly described in said judgment. MYLES McCABE, Referee. JOSEPH M.

CREAMER, Plaintiff's Attorney. 215 Montague Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. a17-6t BANKRUPTCY NOTICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on April 9.

1941. ARTHUR SCHWARTZ, also known as ARTHUR L. SCHWARTZ, also known as ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ, was adjudicated bankrupt, and that the first meeting of creditors will be held at the Post Office Building, Room 209. Brooklyn, N. April 29.

1941. at 10:30 a.m.. at which time the creditors may attend. prove their claims, appoint A trustee, examine the bankrupt. and transact such business as may proper before meeting.

EUGENE' F. O'CONNOR. JR. Referee. DAVID KRELL.

individually and forerly doing busincas as BURG HANDLE COMPANY. Notice 15 hereby given that by order made April 16. 1941. hv the undersigned, May 02. 1941.

has been fixed as the last day for the filing of objections to the bankrupt's charge al the office EUGENE F. O'CONNOR. Referee in ruptey, 44 Court Street, Brooklyn. N. Y.

HYMAN SILVERSTEIN, individually and formerly doing business firm and style name of REO RADIO CO. Notice is hereby given that by order made April 16. 1941. by the undersigned. May 22, 1941.

has been fixed as the last day for the filing of objections to the bankrupt's discharge at the office of F. O'CONNOR. Referee in Bankruptcy. 44 Court Street, Brooklyn, Y. GENNARO E.

CAMERA. Notice is hereby given that, by order made April 16. 1941. by the andersigned, May 22. 1941.

has been fixed au the last day for the filing of objeetions to the bankrupt's discharge at the office of EUGENE F. O'CONNOR Referee in Bankruptcy, 44 Court Street. Brooklyn, Y. CHARLES PISANO, Individually and formerly doing business A3 CRYSTAL PROCESS CO. Notice is hereby given that, hy order made April 16.

1941. by the undersigned. May 22. 1941, has been fixed as the last day for the filing of objections to the bankrupt's EUGENE discharge O'CONNOR at the office of F. Referee in Bankruptcy, 44 Court Street.

Brooklyn, N. Y..