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Says Left-Handed Man, Not Haupi mann, Wrote Notes THE WEATHER By U. I. Weather Bureau FAIE TODAY I MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW. Teatperatara, neea tt Year an (elaadr) II Mean average 10 years tame daU Daily WALL STREET Stock and Curb Closing Prices it it it it it ENTERED AT THE BROOKLYN POST-OFFICE AS 30 CLASS MAIL MATTER NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1935 94th YEAR No. 31 THREE CENTS 34 PAGES wm PI JV IT.

0 Is MIT Jl $200,000 Fire Gravely Imperils Baby Ion Center Flames Roar In Gas Mains; 9 in Hospital Scene at Shopping Center Death Blast Shopping Zone Rocked City Closes B. M.T. Deal After Year Phone Girls Stick Despite Raging Blaze Insurance Aides Escape With Company's Cash Seepage Is Blamed Negligence Is Charged Two persons were killed and a dozen injured today as a re sult of a widespread gas leak The city has reached an agreement with the B. M. T.

for the purchase of the letter's rapid transit lines for $192,500,000, It was reliably reported this morning. at Livingston and Hoyt Calls Ransom Note Writer Left Handed jHauptmann Didn't Pen i. Them, Expert Insists-( Fisch Partially Cleared By wnxiAM WEER Staff Correspondent of The Eagle Flemington Courthouse, Feb. 1 The handwriting testimony turned- today, as expected, in Bruno Hauptmann's favor. All morning and tar Into the aft-trnoon, eldeny, gray-haired John If.

Trendley, first of the defense ex- followed by two terrific ex as Flames Lick Near II Special to The Eagle plosions at 8 a.m. The gas leak was only discovered at 5:45 this morning, though witnesses before a variety of probes into the disaster testified this afternoon that it was generally known Babylon, Feb. 1 A $200,000 fire, the most disastrous in this town's history today swept through two business blocks in West Main St. and Deer Park threatening -0 A oJiiif destruction to most of the business district. A bottle of benzine, overturned on a hot flatiron in the cleaning and tailoring establishment of L.

Har rison In West Main St. exploded 'ial trantcrlpi of today' TeHimony, Page IS in the neighborhood the night before. Two additional minor explosions were reported at noon inside the furniture store of Ludwlg Baumann, where one or both of the original explosions occurred. They caused no injuries or serious damage. Fire Burns In Main Fire inside the Baumann store was extinguished by 11 a.m., but a slow-burning subterranean blaze In pipe openings under Livingston St.

was only put out this afternoon, after all gas in the street had been turned off. Despite the terrific Impact of the original explosions, which shattered thousands of panes near by In department stores, such as Abraham Straus and Namm's, the business ana set nre to the shop. Employes Save Cash A few minor details involved in the purchase remain to be Ironed out, but a complete accord probably will be announced early next week. Mayor LaOuardia, when asked about the report that the negotiations have been successful, Inquired: "Where aid that come from? It didn't come from our negotiators." "Are the figures wrong?" he was "I have nothing to say," he replied. The B.

M. T. lines will be merged with the city's Independent subway system and both placed under the control of a semi-public authority similar to the Triborough Bridge Authority? The agreement is the result of more than a year of negotiations undertaken by a special committee appointed by Mayor LaGuardla shortly after he took office. The committee was headed by Samuel Seabury and included City Chamberlain A. A.

Berle Jr. and Corpor-' ation Counsel Paul Wlndels. Besides the subway eand elevated lines the city will acquire the huge Williamsburg Power Plant of the B. M. T.

valued at about $25,000,000. The price agreed upon for the tn- Con.tlr.4ed on Price 2S The flames spread rapidly to the adjoining two-story frame building of William E. Magee and at the same time mushroomed up to a long tier of offices on the second floor of each building. Employes of the Prudential Insurance Company's Suffolk headquarters saved the cash from the safe and fled. Among the buildings threatened was the two-story brick structure which houses the Babylon National Bank and Trust Company.

On the second floor of the bank building is the Babylon telephone me oi we snopping section continued normal during the day, except that the immediate area of the leak was roped off by police. Beam Shot Over Street To show the forca of the first ex imp-! 1 Continued on Page 2 ni.tdM i .3 UmKi Long Captures plosion: a 10-foot beam of metal shot across the street, shattered a Namm's department store window at Hoyt and Livingston Sts, and crashed through the side of a clothing case In the men's department, taking the legs off a chair In the process, it was renrted. List o. lead Those dead were; MICHAEL DELANEV (if 3720 "74th St Enemies' Chief jw! s. Hauptmann's wrlt-JiK, va the writing of the ransom in.

ire- swore that In his opln-io'r, r.aptmann was not the xi ii-u writer. la he studied the first ranm note, the one the kidnaper left, -it. the Lindbergh nursery In when the Infant Charles A Lwdbergh was snatched away Tj ie.tiiu Hauptmann dldnt write tt, at Mr. Trendley said. Ket Fttea'i Writing.

fcrmer Intimations that Isldor Sikh, furrier friend of Haupt- aueii't; u.itfht have written the notes or kirUvvsd and slain the baby were wiped a ay ky the defense chief, Edward ReiIIy during a recess "We u. i not here," Mr. Reilly avddid tj his statement at recess time, "to prove who wrote the ransom notes, but to prove Hauptmann didn't write them." The defense position of the handwriting, although not phrased in so many words, seemed to be to cast doubt on the theory that anyone already mentioned in the case could have written them. It was also Indicated that the defense through implication, might try to convince the jury that Fisch had obtained the ransom money in any one of several ways. Left-handed Man Mr.

Rellly held, nevertheless, to a contention that Fisch, not Hauptmann, was the receiver of the futile 150,000 Lindbergh ransom. Mr. Trendley declared It his opln- Conthraed on Page 2 Guilty Plea By Poderjay Faces 2 to 5 Years Term for Bigamy To Be Sentenced February 14 night watchman for Ludwtt, Baumann k. on wnom gaa itoie unsuspecting, ai Senator's Burly Guard ft backed up from the street. Fells Press Camera Man With Blackjack Baton Rouge, Feb.

1 W) pyayjiiiy 9 I i Ernest J. Bourgeois, president of the Square Deal Association of Louisiana, that is fighting Huey Long's dictatorship, was arrested today at SGT. GEORGE NADLER, In charge of Emergency Souad 13. killed when the explosion loosened a several um marquee of the store and allowed to crash upon his head. Injured in Hospital The following went to Holf Family Hospital: JOSEPH GEORGE, 30, of 1137 Bergen a Standard News Association reporter, fracture of the right arm.

possible fracture of the right thigh, severe lacerations and shock. MATTHIAS JEAN. 56. laborer, of 336 State spinal lniurx, fracture of left ankle, condition critical JOSEPH ZOTTO. 26.

of 398 8. 1st an Edison Company helper, lacerations and shock. PATROLMAN JOSEPH HODGENS, 30, of 418 St. John's Place, attached to Emergency Squad 13, fractured skull, lacerations and shock. PATROLMAN GEORGE HI USER.

3S, of 1055 73d attached to the same squad, fractured skull, lacerations and shock. PATROLMAN DENNIS DONOVAN, 39, of 640 Bay Ridge attached to th Continued on Page 13 Miners Call Off Hunger Strike Pecs, Hungary, Feb. 1 VP) Exhausted from hunger and cold after 35 hours of self-imposed imprisonment in the dark of a coal mine, the remaining 625 hunger-striking miners who went below ground yesterday, emerged from the pits at 2:30 p.m.' today and declared themselves ready to negotiate with the mine owners. Capt. Ivan Poderjay, erstwhile Yugoslavian Beau Brummel and suspected In the mysterious disappearance of his wife, the former Agnes Tufverson, appeared in court this morning wearing the same clothes he wore when he came ashore four days ago and In the same air of nonchalance and pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy.

Poderjay, who gave his address a different one this time as 148 Abbey Road, London, faces the possibility of from 2tt to 5 years in jail. He will be sentenced on Feb. 14. Giving his age as 35, Poderjay said he was born in Jugoslavia, that his father was living in Jugoslavia and that he was not a citizen of this country. When asked If he swore to tell the whole truth, the dapper captain grinned, slapped a hand on the table, gave "inventor" as his occupation and said that he had never been convicted of a crime before.

When the attendant asked him If he used intoxicating liquors, Poderjay smiled from ear to ear and answered, "modestly." Market Sags; B.M.T. Gain Lost Easle StafI Photo. and other injuries. Lower left Sgt. George R.

Nadler, killed when the marquee of the Lgdwig Baumann store crashed. The Ludwig Baumann store entrance after the blast which shook the downtown Brooklyn shopping section. Lower right Patrolman Joseph Hodgens and his wife, after his removal to Holy Family Hospital with a fractured skull Frost Is Routed By Mercury Leap TEMPERATURES the association headquarters here. A detachment of guardsmen surrounded the skyscraper building in which the Square Deal offices are located, went upstairs and placed the militant Bourgeois under arrest. He was led down to the street by the guardsmen, followed by a great crowd of spectators.

Bourgeois was taken down the street toward the hotel in which Continued on Page 12 Hauptmann Named As 'German Prince' In Jewel Swindle St. Paul, Feb. 1 UP) The Dispatch said today in a copyrighted story that the Rev. H. J.

Schaar of Mor-rlstown, S. had identified Bruno Richard Hauptmann through photographs as the man who engineered the "Hohenzollern Jewel" swindle in the Northwest nearly nine years ago. Several other victims of the swindler, who obtained thousands of dollars in the Dakotas and Minnesota in 1926, also have identified him as the man who posed as a German prince and "borrowed" money on royal jewels of the house of Hohenzollern, the Dispatch said. He Gets 50-50 Break But Still Is a Loser Robert Hill, 16, was convicted today before County Judge Nova by the second of two juries before which he was prosecuted on two charges of burglarizing telephone coin boxes. The first jury acquitted him in five minutes; the second agved on a guilty verdict in the same period.

Police testified he confessed to both robberies. He was remanded for sentence. Ban on Pola Negri Removed by Hitler Berlin, Feb. 1 (JP) Reichsfuehrer Hitler personally came to the aid of Pola Negri, Polish motion picture star, today, overruling the propaganda ministry's order prohibiting the actress from working in Germany on the grounds that she Stocks today relapsed Into the sagging dullness that marked the week until yesterday. Rails were weak in spots and industrials followed them moderately.

In the afternoon the Industrial list braced up somewhat, but rails remained heavy. TJtilltles eased a shade. B. M. T.

responded to city purchase reports with a gain of point but lost It later. Other tractions were fractionally up. Dollars ruled steady. Sterling was down hi cent at $4.87, and francs were off point at 6.56 cents. Gold rose threepence in London.

Commodities were mainly lower. Wheat and corn were down fractionally. Cotton lost a few points. The Import staples sagged. Bonds were irregular, with gains somewhat outnumbering losses.

Curb prices were mixed. (Stock Table on Page 26) was suspected of having Jew- Karpis Girl Friend Gives Birth to Son Philadelphia, Feb. 1 (if) A son, weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces was born today to 19-year-old Dolores De-laney, the girl Alvin Karpis, fugitive Public Enemy No. 1, left behind when he machine-gunned his way from an Atlantic City hotel on Jan. 17.

She is under arrest in a Thurs-Today. day. 12:01 a.m 9 6 1:00 a.m 9 6 2:00 a.m 9 6 3:00 a.m 4 4:00 a.m 7 4 5:00 a.m 13 3 6:00 a.m 4 7:00 a.m 7 3 8:00 a.m 6 2 9:00 a.m 4 10:00 a.m 11 7 11:00 a.m 15 8 Noon 17 9 1:00 p.m 22 11 2:00 p.m 22 12 ish blood Rescuer Caustic In Mohawk Inquiry Capt. J. W.

McKenzie of 7801 Colonial Road, master of the rescue ship Algonquin, which picked up most of the survivors of the Mohawk when she sank a week ago, testified today it was his belief the captains of other rescue ships failed to realize the helplessness of the survivors in the lifeboats. Captain McKenzie said the crew of his own rescue boat was barely able to return to the Algonquin. It is his belief that other captains stood by waiting for the lifeboats to come alongside, whereas the survivors were in such a complete col-Continued on Page 2 Garden Bouts Off; Lasky Taken 111 Art Lasky, Minneapolis heavyweight, came down with an attack of influenza todaj: and his 15-round bout with James J. Braddock of Jersey City, in Madison Square Garden tonight, was indefinitely postponed, suys the Associated Press. the "accusations" brought against her "are false." Motion picture people here commented that the actress was benefited by the recent German-Polish pact of friendship.

Accusations that Miss Negri was ant -German were also described as false. In Todays Eagle Hitler ruled that Miss Negri could enter Germany and act in a new German film in which she is to be starred. The actress had applied personally, several days ago, to Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, for permission to make the picture, but her application had been refused. The official communique Issued today on the matter said: "An investigation Instituted by the Reichsfuehrer established that she is Polish and therefore Aryan." The communique continued that The mercury skyrocketed today SEAMAN SLAIN IN CHINA HonRkong, Feb. 1 Bruce Lind-berg, 20, seaman on the liner President Grant, was fatally stabbed today.

Alva Chown, 42, a carpenter on the same vessel, was arrested. The affair was believed due to union troubles. Housewife Sneezes On and On While Doctor Is Puzzled Gettysburg, Feb. 1 The "sneezing woman" of nearby Or-tanna was still sneezing today and still didn't know why after three weeks of it. To her doctor as well as to her Mrs.

Edgar Harmon, 34 it was all a puzzle. She had no cold, and she wasn't ill, but she sneezed, sneezed and sneezed. When she went to sleep, the spasms stopped, but she always woke to sneeze again. The sudden interruptions have disrupted her housework, but apparently has had no ill effects upon her health, Dr. Ira Henderson says.

Plunge Kills Woman; Cripple Dies of Gas Miss Sarah Levlnsky today found her mother, Mrs. Edna W. Wueller, 39, a designer, dead In the courtyard of their home, 587 Washington Manhattan. She had plunged from her fifth floor apartment. Miss Levlnsky said her mother was worried about labor troubles where she worked.

The body of Earl Spence, 24, crippled 20 years, was found in his home, 584 Academy St, Manhattan, with four Jets in the gas range turned on. Spence's father was out looking for work. A sister was their sole support, from the day's low of 7 degrees at 9 a.m. to 22 degrees at 2 p.m., and workers whose ears and noses were nipped by the frost this morning were surprised to find the weather so much milder when they went out for lunch. Hialeah Park Results The Weather Bureau promised a 'Found Ideal House By Using Eagle Ad' "We had definite ideas about the kind of house we would like, and Flatbush was our preferred location says Mrs.Anita Rullo, 9723 83d Ozone Park, L.

I. "Since our requirements were so thoroughly made to order, we thought It best to advertise. An Eale Want Ad was used and brought us excellent results. Among the answers was one that fulfilled our demands perfectly, we have und just the house we wanted and are very happy." If you have a particular renting problem, use a "Wanted to Rent" ad in The Eagle to solve it. The cost is inexpensive.

Call an ad-taker at MAln 4-6000 and charge it. continuance of fair weather with rising temperature for today, and face AmuiemenU tt-ti Art Arthur Brtln Classified Adi 80-Sl Comici 33 Death Notices IS Dr. Brady Editorial IS Financial tS-SS News Lett and Found. Personals Movies W-M Navel Kadie tt Real Eitate IS School Newt ft Ship Newa Society Brerts J0-M. Theatera t-M Wtwaa'a Pan 1 Continued in Page 13 What Society Does and Why in a Series of Articles by Jane Corby Beginning Sunday on THE JUNIOR LEAGUE Fishermen Adrift FIRST RACE Nursery Course.

Off 2:22. Time 1 Autumn Leaves, 114 (Kacala) 11.00 6.40 5.60 2 xPeporia, 114 (F.Horn) 9.50 5.80 3 Gala, 114 (Arcaro) 15.80 ALSO IAN Naughty, Marnan, Sylvia Mary Carmen, Sandy Beach, Beau Flower, Jolly Faye, Galloping, Everneat, xSplnning Jenny xBeggar Maid. xFleld. On Lake Ice Floe Hancock, Feb. 1 W) An SHOT BY HOLDIP MAN, DIES Martin O'Connell, 30-year-old gas station employe who was shot by one of two holdup men who descended on his office at 99th St.

and 1st Ave. late last night, died shortly after noon today in Mount Sinai Hospital. The shooting brought police to the scene and the robbers escaped without taking anything. Ice floe, carrying a group of fishermen, was reported to have gone out into Lake Superior from Keweenaw SECOND RACE Won by Gay second, Air Line; Uiird, Nell Barton. i Bay today, a.