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BROOKLYN EAGLE, JULY 26, 1948 BROOKLYN EAGLE, JULY 26, 1948 5 By Jane Corby ITHEATER Lions From 48 Stales Gather for Millions Jam Beaches In Perfect' Weekend Mayors Proposal For New Tammany Put on Scrap Heap Mayor O'Dwyer's plan for setting up a political organization 31st Convention 'Inside U. S. Makes It 100 Tonight at Century Theater Arthur Schwartz's production of "Inside U. S. fa! starring Beatrice Lillie and Jack Haley, will observe its; Members of Lions Clubs from all 48 States, as well as 23 foreign countries, convened utes later Simon got into his car and drove away, therear left wheel of the machine passing over Keller's right hip.

He was taken to Coney Island Hospital where he was found to have a possible fracture of the hip. to oppose Tammany Hall in Manhattan, first announced sev iwth performance at the Century Theater tonight. Rosalind Courtwright, the new singing star, is tentatively fct for a leading role in Romo In Madison Square Garden to eral weeks ago. was thrown day for the opening of the 31st annual convention of the Lions 26 Hurt in Porch Collapse International, which will be Twenty-six persons were in into the discard today as a result of the Hall's designation of General Sessions Judge John A. Mullen as a compromise candidate for Surrogate.

At the same time, both the Mayor and Manhattan Borough President Hugo E. Rogers were held there through Thursday. jured, none of them seriously, tion, which has been current since last September, will remain on 47th St. until Sept. 18, before heading out on a transcontinental tour with Basil Rathbone, Beatrice Straight and Patricia Collinge starred.

The weatherman- today promised that the weekend's near-perfect weather would continue today and tomorrow with a few scattered showers predicted for tonight and tomorrow morning. Highest temperatures expected today would be in the mid-80s with a low near 70 degrees tonight. One death and scores of Injuries and minor collisions were reported as millions jammed Long Island roads and beach resorts yesterday. Bernard Schiller, 33, of Jamaica, met death while bathing at Mastic Beach. Mr.

Schiller, who had a Summer home in Mastic Park, according to police, dove Into shallow water, striking his head More than 25,000 members incenfs cooperative revue, ''You're Invited," for which the participating actors, writers fi'd technicians will assume the financial as well as the ci native responsibilities. She r.a- offered to buy 2 percent f'f the production even if she of the Lions, including 5,000 delegates, were on hand for the opening session. Messages of welcome from Mayor O'Dwyer and Governor Driscoll of New faced with the task of easing tKo i 1 1 1 fQrl an i iirjj rf the Sys No," factions involved in the not accent thp tiart fix i-v mnrKr Kr TVinrtHrwo Pratt anH Jersey were delivered. Surrogate dispute when a section of the flooring of the front porch of the Carlton Horwe at 126 Beach 64th Rockaway Beach, gave way last night. About 150 persons, witnessing a mock wedding, had been gathered on one section of the porch when it collapsed under their weight dropping them to the sand ten feet below.

A Department of Housing and Buildings inspector, after permitting the vacationists to en OF Among these parties were President of the Council Vin I'l'iirtwright is also interested William Mendrek, has been ii' staging a West Coast set hv Jonn Hunting-. i 'ton to be tried out Aug. 31 at there are so manyihis Spa Summer TheateI. Sara. ilollvwnnd norfni-mprs Today's events will be topped off by a three-hour parade, starting at 6 p.m., down 5th Manhattan, from 05th St.

to 62d St. Various State units cent R. Impellitteri. originally sponsored for the nomination by the Mavor. and General v.

-v nuyd IllgS, l'I 1UI lu 113 anttai on the bed of the bay. lnterested in this type of work Sessions Judge Francis Valente, will march in home costumes, i while floats will depict different ing arrangement. Today's "increasing cloudiness," said the weatherman, on Broadway. Peggy Wood, I who will play the title role, will I he starred opposite Ernest Truex, with Curtis Cooksey en- ter one-hy-one and remove their would be followed tomorrow jr SCOTTISH possessions from the 5r-room afternoon with clearing skies for an important support and temperatures near 80 phases of Lions' activities and a score of bands will supply the musical background. Many of the Lions arrived at midtown Manhattan hotels, attired in colorful costumes.

ing part. A Broadway opening structure, ordered the building closed pending an investigation to determine if it is safe for William Tanb has signed Jinlith Kvelyn to appear in the Rodney Ackland dramatization of Somerset Maugham's "llefore the Party" which will begin rehearsals Yesterday's sunny weather drew an estimated 1.200.0(H) who had won the designation ever the opposition of the Mayor and the leader at that time. Frank J. Sampson. Mayor O'Dwyer and Mr.

Rogers, Tammany's latest leader, agreed on the choice of Judge Mullen last Friday in an effort to heal the split in the party organization. is planned for the week of occupancy. persons to Coney Island, where ine rooming house was police reported, In swimmers opened two weeks ago bv Israel were assisted by Park Department lifeguards. None of the jSchnid of UTS Lin wood St. and: Kept.

I. Tauli and his assist- Philip Van Dyke, are Ten, Twent', Thirt' nw on the Ulviera for a fl- i mil script conference with TO Come DOCK in Fall Work Will Start Next Week on Big Rose Hame of 6280 Linden Boulevard. Queens police reported that II persons were injured, three of them requiring hospitaliza swimmers, however, required medical aid. Eighty-three lost youngsters bad been counted up to 1:30 p.m. at Coney Island.

Six hundred thousand, ac- Celebrities Headed To 'Babe Ruth' Opening Mavor O'Dwyer will head the IN PARADE TODAY Skirl of bagpipes is heard along Manhattan's 5th Ave. as international convention of Lions clubs stages big march. Girls are part of Iowa State University bagpipe band, largest in world a breath o' heather from the corn country. The convention opens today in Madison Square Garden. tion, when a bus and an auto- bile collided at 110th St.

and and Chamberlain Brown, the famous Broadway manager and I lie lav Gornev score for the Monte Froser-Xcd C. LitwaekmmiucPr' that he naiMcal, "Heaven on Earth," will bring hack the "ten, twenty, ill be arranged by Russell thirty cent" theater this Fall. Pdinett and Don Walker andl Starting in September, Brown, "aVeK! "KgeffiSn for his discovery, during Municipal Garage Rockaway Reach Boulevard. list of celebrities greeting Babe cording to police, visited the Ruth at the charity premiere Rockaways and another 73.000 this evening of "The Babe Ruth spent the day at Jacob Riis Story" at the Astor. Other sport Park.

All parking and bathing Rockaway, yesterday. The con Construction of the city's first dition of one of the three, Ern municipally-owned parking ga- jgj p.OT SETS NEW notables will be Frank Leahy, facilities at Riis Park were sold est Williams. 11, whose address out by 1:30 p.m. Warnick will conduct the PARIS-LONDON RECORD Wally Butts, P'ord Perini. Charles Comiskey, Mr.

1 Firemen Hurt As Truck Hits Hole was tentatively listed as 171 Madison was said to be critical. Jones Beach clocked its largest crowd of the seasoti, years in me entertainment world, of Rudolf Valentino, Helen Hayes, Don Ameche, I Clark Gable, and a host of 120,000. So rapidly did the sun-worshipers pour in that the rage, a vast building at the Manhattan Plaza entrance of the Rrnnklyn-Bat-tery' Tunnel, will start next week. Completion of the garage Is scheduled for the Fall of 1040, several months before the tunnel is to ho opened to traffic. 7 in One Car Injured and Mrs.

Wally Pipp, Mrs. Lou Gehrig and Mrs. John McGraw. Hollywood and Broadway names will includes E. Brown, John Garfield.

Charles others, will ofter 12 shows a London, July 26 (U.R) Capt. J. Somers, chief test pilot for the Vickers Aircraft Company, hold a new Paris-to-London flight record today. He made the East-West cross- Long Island State Park Com Arline Evelyn, 6, and Orpie Velma Hoyton has been en-paged as understudy to Pallida Collinge and Betty I.inley in "The Heiress" at the Biltmore Theater. The Fred F.

Finklehoffe produe mission set up temporary road Davis. IS months old, both of Two Brooklyn firemen were hospitalized yesterday after they were thrown from Hook and Ladder Truck 1110 whpn It blocks between 1:30 and 2 p.m. jBickford, Taul Kelly, Peggy week with the project divided into a comedy, a stock, and a farce company. Fulton were reported on the Meadowbrook and Wan- In fair condition. Cummins, Kaye Emerson.

V'ivi-ian Blaine, Guv Madison, Eddie The Triborough Bridge and tagh causeways. ing of the Channel yesterday ininit a in lhe pavement near Tunnel Authoritv, which will Dowling and other Seven Brooklynites, all in one car, were injured, five of them seriously, when their automobile collided with another car a firehouse at 210 Bay Ridge and then struck two direct the garage construction William Bendix, Clair Trevor "SPECTACIX1R!" Aiktotrm. Timtt BEST ICE SHOW I'VE EVrR SEEN!" Cfiopman. Kent also announced it will launch and Charles Bickford star in a Vickers Viking jet plane in 36.5 minutes after traveling from London to Paris earlier in 31.7 minutes. The distance is 218 Sanjl Htma 4 Arthur M.

Wirt iralant PUUUtH Mlif PLAY A CRITICS' AVKAR01 IRENE M. 8ELZNICK lirCJCllfJ ASTREETCAR NAMED DESIRE bv TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Dircrlrd bv ELM KAZAN UTA HAGEN MiHnn RranilA Im Hindi. Karl MsMan' mrked automobiles. One of the parked cars had the film, a Roy Del Ruth pro H0WDY, MR. ICE! duction for Allied Artists.

been driven to work earlier by Plui at Jefferson Ave. and Garden Roslyn Heights. They were taken to Roslyn Park Hospital, a short distance away, to which, $1, $1.50, $2, $2.40 Probably the only dissatisfaction with the weekend's weather was among the striking air-conditioning engineers at 83 theaters of the RKO and Loew chains. The engineers, who began their strike Friday, had been hoping for soaring temperatures and humidity to add impact to their walkout. Theater chain spokesmen reported miles.

EVES. 11:40. SUN. 1:15. MAIL ORDERS BRRYMOR.W.478t.CI.I-0mAir.Ci.nllll'ail ft.

1.30 tump. WCO. HAT. II 2 .10 Hal Wallis Signs Novelist's Relative ironically, they had been en one of the injured firemen. Fireman John Becker, 34, of 7609 4th suffered a possible brain concussion, a fractured left leg and back injuries, Somers flew at an average ground speed of 394 miles but attained a speed of 115 miles over the Channel.

MAIS. SAT 4 WED. 2:40: SUNDAY 3:00 CENTER RnakdHlar Caaltr. CO. 5 5474 AMERICA'S ONLY ICE THEATRE Alwayi Comfortably Cool "i brerir.

amualni anrl hand-nmr WCOMMAN. MIRROR ARTHUR SCHWARTZ pretend route to pay a surprise visit to Dr. Peter Tomlello, a resident physician at the institution. He I ST WEEKS I THS HARTMANS HAN LADD Angel in the wings! SMASH MUSICAL was not at the hospital when the John Bromfield, a distant relative of novelist Louis Bromfield, has oeen signed to a term contract by Hal Wallis, Paramount producer. Bromfield Comnlt, W.

49th St. tvgi. t.30. Mala. Sat.

i financing this Fall of the mammoth new Madison Square Garden project on Columbus Circle which will embrace a garage. Completion of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Is scheduled for early in 1050. Traffic congestion in Manhattan led to a proposal by the Automobile Club of Xew York for making the West Side Expressway a double-decker affair. It was estimated that such a job would cost $10,000,000. At the Manhattan Borough President's office, to which the proposal was submitted, little enthusiasm was shown.

The crossings were made to and Fireman Charles Wenthen, commemorate the 30th anniver- 39, of 965 79th sustained a sary of Louis Rleriot's pioneer possible fracture and laceration flight across the English of his right leg, and a contusion was a collcRe athlete and sub Channel. I of his right arm. DELIGHTFULLY AIR-CONDITIONED! ROI1GERS HA VMERSTE1N vrcsent Thr Unrld-Wldr Mu'iral Annie get your gun Mvtic o-ilf Lurid bv 1RVINO BERLIN Book by HERBFRT COROTHY FIELD8 Kith RAY MIDDLE TON MARY JANS WALSH Dnertrd bv Jathua Lngin IMPERIAL 45th St. W. of B'way Evgi.

11:30 Sharp. Mali. Wed. 4 Sat. 2:31) aharp injured were brought in.

Least seriously injured were Joseph Rus-so, 31, of 272 Carroll driver of the car, and his wife, Mrs. Janet Russo, 26. In serious condition were John Russo, 2V4, of the Carroll St. address; Rosa Canario, 21, of 204 X. 64th Rosa's sister, Christine Canario.

21. of the same address Gloria Xotaro, 18, sequently a professional fisherman before entering the movies. He will have a featured role in Hunt Stromberg's production of Too Late for Tears," which will star Lizaheth Scott, Don De fore and Wendell Corey. that most of the movie houses remained comfortable and there was little perceptible effect on attendance. The one casualty reported at Coney Island was William Keller, 30, of 37 1st Riverhead, who, having come in from Long Island with a party of friends, decided to find himself a nice secluded spot out of the sun and take a snooze.

In a parking lot at Neptune Ave. and W. 8th St. he crept under an automobile owned bv Fred Simon, 28, of 2860 W. 16th and fell asleep.

A few min BEATRICE ULLJE iACR INSIDE U. S. A. TSL Ivrlri ond Mmlc bv HOWARD DIETZ and ARTHUR SCHWARTZ usical Sumbertby Hfltn ta.M Ik 18 CENTI'RY (Air-Condi 1th Ave. alJHthSI.

Evn. 8:30. Matlneil WED. and SAT. al 2:30 ALWAYS COOL! AIR-CONDITIONED! "lun every Sewn MAKE MINE MANHATTAN The Guv New Mnsical Rerut suoe bv HASSARD SHORT BR0ADHUR8T 44th St.

W. at B'way Kvet. 8:. to. Maltneea WED.

BAT, at INRYTblDAn Mister Roberts by Thomaa H'tien anil Leiaa DAVID WAYNE ROBERT KEITH WILLIAM HARR1CAN MAX GORDON preafnta Born yesterday The Hit bv OARSON KANIN Jl'DY HOLLIDAY iOBS ALEXANDER LYCEUM THEA. St. Eel way Evil. 1:40 Man. WED.

4 SAT. 2:40. Air-Can. of 200 N. 6th and Enzo i United 300 Savoia, 31, of 1821 New York Ave.

The other car was driven by Attilio Madedda, of East Broadway, Roslyn. He was not Asks ERP Nations For Master Plan Paris, July 26 (U.R) Paul G. Critics Prize Musical 'Broderick' Dropped Filming of "The Life of Johnny Rroderlrk" has been cancelled at RKO In the wake of the changes made by Howard Hughes' new regime at the studio. Herman Mankiewicz, writer and producer of the projected "Broderick" film, has left RKO. SEWING SENSATION ALVIN.

W. 52 St. fvta. 1:311. Mall.

Wtd. 4 Sat. JEAN-PAUL SARTRfSTBt Respectful prostitute 4 Tlw-tan Wlldcr'a "TM HAPPY JOURNEY" Air.CandltlHfd CO RT. 44) SI. Cat By CI S-42S0 Evgi.

Man. thru Sat.) 43. Mala. Wad. 4 Sat 2 :45 ift aiiw--' Hoffman, administrator of the VS lB0l, European recovery program, has called upon the 16 Marshall Plan nations to draw up a four- Banaaun uui a-iar nr lU 41 FI RIGAD00N I ZIEGFELO Tlifatr.54th St.4th En Intl.

Sun 8 )0. Mall.8at.4Sun. NaMoit.Parf. PAUL KELLY (crD Command decision with JAV FASSETT and PAI MrflRATH Fulton. 46.lv.

8:40 Mat Mon.Ptrf. 1 "II put (hf Amfrlrtn musical xUci ie- fral slepB forward." Atkinson, Timet CINIAN'S rainbow 4TH ST. THEA. Wt I way. AIR-C0ND MatlnrM WED.

SAT. at year master plan of action for Borough Man Is Slain on L.I. Riverhead, July 26 Robert I at 8w TtcKei L. their full economic recovery. 'Jigsaw' Score Robert Stringer will write the music score for "Jigsaw," the Edward J.

and Harry Lee Hoffman told seven foreign ministers and nine finance min PRICES CUT la HALF! Si II .50, tail AtL SEATS NOW 1 4NoHIhar "DON'T MISS IT!" Caleman. Mirror Strange bedfellows MOROSCO 4i St. Wait of B'way Alr-Canditiiiurt tbru Sat 1-40 Mill. Wad. 4 Sat.

2:40 "Flrat Hit af Ida s.aMn." H'aila. Jr Pnh BASIL BEATRICE PATRICIA RATHBONE STRAIGHT COLLINGE the isters attending the full-dress French, 23, of Brooklyn died in that their tl, Danziger melodrama, starring Franchot Tone. One scene of full re- the Eastern Long Island Ilns-l'nR yeiday pital, Greenport, last night of R1lin11 vision a bullet wound in the chest. hen ERP! Biltmare. W.

47. Eva. 1:30. Mali. Sat.

"Jigsaw," which deals with "hate" gangs, was made at the Brooklyn Museum. JAMES DUNN HPnMt7fr Prir play by MARY CHA8E A I'lwtM by A IV Ei I ANTOINK'ITH PITRRY aid ceases. 1 want to make as clear as crystal the fact that what I havj I 'X. I 4RTH ST Thfa nf Eyi 1:40 II J0t4.20 Mti.Wd.49at.2:40.)l.20 to tailml, Air-Cond. in mind is a program of action Elysee's New Bill LIN-X FLOOR WAX Lait 4 Performanrea Rennena Atlf.

tS Vary tunny LOUIS calhern (n The puy's the thing FA YE ARTHUR ERNEST EMERSON MAROETSOM COSSART Air-Cand. BOOTH Tbaatra, W. 43 St. CI. S-5MS Evia.

al Matinee Wednesday at 3:40 "It' eertainly fan." Kronenberoer.PIt mm New York' Funniest Mn-iiral High button shoes Two French movies based on Dostoevski novels opened today at the Elysee Theater. Gerald received Saturday night in an altercation in the home of Nathaniel Roberts and Louis Nib-lock at 166 Flanders Road, Riverside, near here. The shot is said by State Police to have been fired by Willie McCook, 30, a Negro" farmhand of Baiting Hollow. Police reported McCook and his brother, Samuel, 33, and James Mapp, 29. also Xeero not a rigid and ponderous fiva- year plan which will compress, the life processes of a nation into a set of formula and a sheaf ot statistics," he said.

Alr Cond. SHUBERT Tnaa W.44 St. CI.S-JDM Evil, at Mala. WI'D. 4 SAT.

at .111 Philippe and Edwige Feuillere star in "The Idiot, and Harry Baur and Pierre Fresnay in "Crime and Punishment." Both 'Physical Medicine' have English subtitles. farmhands of Baiting PoUnUi litntinn went to the home of and Niblock to collect I I I allegedly owned by one or the! UlSQUieu V-BTS i Thousands of disabled war other of the latter. French objected to the noise when an Onin veterans, some paralyzed from and Willi. Mcf-nnk a.Wo,i'the waist down, are living self- jffltcfjefs 1ST. Hit 344-352 Flatbuih Ave.

NEvins 8-4552 Daily Tabic D'Hole Luncheon and Dinner Special Holiday and Sunday Dinner sufficient, independent lives today in their own communities. This is the result of a new- to have shot him. State Police later arrested the McCook brothers and Mapp on type of medicine physica first degree assault charges and W2 SIZES 30-42 trcj ust ice of the Peace Fred C. Orth of Flanders held them for the grand jury. It was said a homicide charge will be made Wearable! Basic! Easy! Pat- 'tern 4672 has exciting news.

An'against Willie McCook. medicine now being applied to get the best out of what the disabled veteran has left. And, according to the annual report of the Baruch Committee on Physical Medicine, the future will see greater advances in the relief of "suffering of untold millions of sick and disabled persons." I CLOSED MONDATI jil jj? under-arm panel-and-gussetin- one makes sewing sleeves a nU ill nil it ne to cinch, gives a lovely Popularity Poll Award shoulders and waist! This pattern, easy to use Jl- I'ouis' July 26-Colgate-simnle to sew. is tPstPd for fit. Palm-OUve-Peet Company, voted The report came from Dr.

1 iTT 1 stoker kP ort-tevel I I Ray Lyman Wilbur, chancellor Includes complete illustrated niost Pillar manufacturer! instructions. a nationwide poll of 1 Hill 1 wrtexcuir the i 1 of Stanford Vniverity, chair man of the committee's admin independent variety retailer 1 reefer at lvZ I 1 12 14 16 18 on-' 10 34 36 111 bp Presented with an award 'dative board. He reported to the committee, founded by Ber 38. 40. 42.

Size 16 takes 4'1 a banquet tonight in the! yards 39-inch. Hotel Statler here. Send 25c in coins for this pat- Tiu' "'vey was conducted by nard M. Baruch with a grant of $1,500,000. that the goals of the committee were being met.

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