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Barnes, Mary M. Meyers, Ida Basso, Amato Mulligan, James Blumenreiter, E. Mullin, Elizabeth Bodkin, D. G. Sr.

Murray, Mary Bopp, John J. Naley, Lars D. Brogan, Jane L. Niederhauser, C. Calligan, Grace: Nelson, Harold Carlucci, Rocco Perine, Harry Cleary, William Phinny, Aleda Coughlin, M.

P. Queroli, Cecelia Doherty, John Rooney, Helen Donnelly, Rev. J. Smedley, Thomas Fox, Minnie Sniffin, Earl L. Haltigan, James Sullivan, Thomas Hartmann, E.

Taaffe, Jennie F. Hincken, Elsie Tedaldi, C. G. Kennedy, T. J.

Thierer, Nellie H. Leary, Estelle Vooght, Harry Martinsen, Astrid a Wall, Lawrence Mayers, Leonard Wendel, Kristine McCarthy, Mary White, Nettie McGarry, David Whitworth, Mary McGoldrick, T. Zimmermann, W. Beatha BARNES. MARY M.

(nee Minnie McShea), of 332 President Street, on August 17, 1953, beloved wife of Frank X. Barnes; daughter of the late Myles and Margaret McShea. Funeral Thursday, 9:30 a.m., from Boyertown Chapels, 38 Lafayette Avenue; Requiem Mass St. Agnes Church, 10 a.m. BASSO AMATO, of 340 Evergreen Avenue, on August 16, 1953, beloved father of Mary Contrada, Angelina Goldkette, Jennie Basso, Elena Ragano, Louis, Frank, Emmet and Adam Basso; dear brother of Samuel Basso.

Reposing at Weigand Brothers, 1015 Halsey near Bush wick Avenue, until Wednesday 9 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Barbara's R. C. Church 9:30 a.m, Interment St. John's Cemetery.

BLUMENREITER EMMA, on August 15, wife of the late Gustave, and mother of the late Gustave Jr. Survived by one son, Henry. Funeral service will be held at the Parlors of James F. McKeon Son, 7212 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Tuesday, 8 p.m. Interment Evergreens Cemetery, Wednesday morning.

BODKIN- DOMINIC GEORGE M.D., August 14, 1953, beloved husband of Madeleine W. (nee Fisher); dear father of Madeleine Dr. Dominic George John Dr. Francis Dr. Richard do brother of Gertrude P.

Bodkin. Funeral from his residence, 897 Lafayette Avenue; Solemn Requiem Mass St. John the R. C. Church Tuesday, 10 a.m.

BOPP-JOHN on August 15, beloved husband of Lena; devoted father of Marie and Helene Hasch. Reposing at John Sehy Son Chapels, 319 Central Avenue; Requiem Church, Mass Wednesday, St. Barbara's 10 a.m. R. In- C.

terment Most Holy Trinity Cemetery. BROGAN JANE suddenly, August 14, 1953, of 425 5th Avenue, beloved wife of Peter; devoted mother of Peter, Mary McKay, James, Edward, Patricia, Barbara Ann and Joseph; dear sister of Emma Bollard, Arthur vived by four grandchildren. MemMackey and Mary Ritter; 'also surber of Rosary Society of St. Thomas Aquinas R. C.

Church, where a Solemn Requiem Mass will be said Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Reposing at Chapel of Joseph G. Duffy, 9th Street and 4th Avenue. CALLIGAN-GRACE, on August 16, 1953, beloved mother of John R. Dean and Grace Rudolph; devoted sister of Mary Bedell and Elizabeth Gough; survived by four grandchildren.

Funeral services at Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 7th Avenue, Tuesday, 8 p.m. (Visitors welcome after 7 p.m. Tuesday.) CARLUCCI-ROCCO, of 564 17th Street, on August 16, 1953, beloved husband of Victoria; also survived by seven sons and three daughters. Reposing at M.

J. Smith Memorial, 248 Prospect Park West, until Wednesday, 9 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass Holy Name Church, 9:30 a.m. 16, beloved husband of Anne Cleary; cousin of Annette Mitchell, Robert, Gerard and Frank Barry. Funeral Wednesday, 9 a.m., from Clavin Funeral Home, 7722 4th Avenue; Requiem Mass Our Lady of Angelus Church, Rego Park, 10 a.m. CLEARY-WILLIAM of 99-60 63d Road, Rego Park, on August COUGHLIN MARGARET P.

(nes, Phillips), Schermerhorn on August Street, 15, 1953, dear sister of Mary P. Morris, Josephine P. Meldow and Patrick Phillips. Reposing Ericson Ericson's Chapel, 500 State Street, until Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass St. Boniface R.

C. Church, 10 a.m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Connecticut papers please copy. DOHERTY-JOHN suddenly, August 15, 1953, of 445 61st Street, beloved son of John and Betty (nee O'Connor).

Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass Our Lady of Perpetual Help R. C. Church. Reposing at J. Albert Barron Funeral Home, 60th Street and 5th Avenue.

DONNELLY- The Rev. JOHN pastor Lady of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect Street, South Orange, N. beloved son of the late John and Ellen Donnelly, formerly of Brooklyn, N. and Newark, N. devoted brother of the late Mrs.

Herbert L. Tunison of Bloomfield, N. J. Notice of funeral later. FOX MINNIE, beloved wife of George; devoted aunt of Clarence and Ethel, Dan and Blanche, and Allen; dear sister of Sophie Bernstein, Bea Sachs, Emeline Zimmerman, May Don, Leah Cohen and Joseph Cohen.

Services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Memorial Chapel, 310 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn. Interment Beth David Cemetery. HALTIGAN-JAMES August 15, 1953, devoted husband of A Anna L. (nee Reddy); father of Mrs.

Joseph Billott, James J. and Alfred son of Mary McKenzie Haltigan; brother of Mrs. John J. Cunningham, Stephen J. and Leo F.

Haltigan. Member of the I.T, U. and New York Typographical Union, No. 6. Funeral Wednesday, 9:15 a.m., from the McManus Funeral Home, 2001 Flatbush Avenue; Requiem Mass St.

Thomas Aquihas R. C. Church, 9:45. Interment Holy Oross Cemetery, HARTMANN EDWARD, Au-1 gust 15, 1953, beloved husband of Katherine (nee Cronin); devoted father of Louis and Eugene. Reposing Walter B.

Cooke, Funeral Home, 20 Snyder Avenue, until Tuesday, 1 p.m. HINCKEN ELSIE 0., August 15, at 272 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn. Services Tuesday, August 18, at 2 p.m., at the George J. Ayen Memorial Chapel, 55 7th Avenue, Brooklyn. Interment GreenWood Cemetery.

KENNEDY-THOMAS of 82 Sherman Street, on August 15, 1953, beloved husband of Sarah; devoted father of Patrick, Ann, Thomas Eileen and Vincent dear brother of Mrs. John Kohler. Reposing at M. J. Smith Memorial, 248 Prospect Park West, until Tuesday, 9 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass Holy Name Church, 9:30 a a.m.

Interment St. John's Cemetery. LEARY ESTELLE of 246 Midwood Street, on August 14, 1953, at Brewster, N. beloved sister of the late Rhoda E. Swain, and devoted aunt of Donald Swain, Reposing at the Thomas Edward Ireland Funeral Home, 1088 Nostrand Avenue.

Religious service Monday, 8 p.m. Interment private. MARTINSEN-ASTRID, on Au- gust 15, 1953, beloved mother of Betty, Ethel, Helen, Christian, Lief, Wilbur and Arthur. Services Monday, 8 p.m., at Sandstrom's Chapel, 4603 4th Avenue. MAYERS LEONARD of Bellport, L.

August 15, 1953, beloved husband of Alice; father Mrs. Sydney C. Mather; brother of Victor. Funeral services Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Pettit Funeral Home, Patchogue. 14, beloved sister of Margaret F.

Barton and Jane A. Oliva. Reposing at John T. Gallagher Funeral Home, 2549 Church Avenue; Requiem Mass St. Teresa's Church Tuesday, 9:45 a.m.

McCARTHY-MARY August McGARRY DAVID on August 15, at his home, Greenlawn, L. beloved husband of Anna; father of John, David and Lawrence; brother of Frank and Brother Celestine, O.S.F. Reposing NoIan Funeral Home, 5 Laurel Avenue, Northport; Solemn Requiem Mass Anthony of Padua, East Northport, Wednesday, August 19, 9:30 a.m. Interment St. Philip Neri Cemetery, East Northport.

McGOLDRICK-On Sunday, August 16, 1953, THERESA (nee Straukamp), of 16 Keenan Place, Garden City, L. formerly of Brooklyn, wife of the late Laurence loving mother of Josephine and Dorothy and the late Theresa McGoldrick; sister of William Straukamp. Funeral from William Dunigan Son Chapel, Rogers. Avenue and Montgomery Street, on Wednesday, August 19, 10:15 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass Our Lady of Refuge Church, 10:45 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cem-ney letery.

MEYER IDA, on August 16, 1953, beloved mother of Elsie Hutcheon and Mae Strader; also survived by a granddaughter, Elsie Harris. Service at the William C. Fisher Funeral Chapel, 1230 Bushwick Avenue, on Tuesday at 8 p.m. MULLIGAN August 14, 1953, JAMES, devoted father of the late Mary Merry; grandfather of Jackle Merry, and brother of Mary Mulligan. Funeral from Chapel, 141 6th' Avenue, Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.; Requiem Mass St.

Francis R. C. Church. Direction M. Matthews.

MULLIN- On August 15, 1953, ELIZABETH of 410 53d beloved wife of the late John devoted mother of Mrs. Harold Stewart, Mrs. Anthony Borkowski, Mrs. Jacob Thum, John Henry Edward J. and Michael J.

Mullin; sister of Mrs. Mary Taylor of England; also survived by ten grandchildren. Funeral from Schaefer's Funeral Parlors, 4th Avenue and 42d Street, Wednesday, August 19, 9:30 a.m.; Solemn 1 Requiem Mass St. Michael's R. C.

Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery. 1953, devoted mother of the Rev.I William P. Murray, pastor of St.

Ambrose R. C. Church; Helen John Cornelius M. and James beloved sister of Delia Griffin; also survived by two grandchildren, James M. and Mary Murray.

Funeral Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., from her residence, 248 Willoughby Avenue; Solemn Requiem Mass, 11 a.m. St. Patrick's R. C. Church.

Interment St. John's Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers. Masses appreciated. -MARY August 16, NALEY-August 15, 1953, LARS of 129 84th Street, beloved son of Ragnvald and Borghild; devoted brother of Robert, Astrid and Barbara.

Services at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, Tuesday, 8 p.m. Funeral Wednesday, 9 a.m. Interment Genola etery, East Northport, L. I. 14, NELSON-HAROLD, on August 1953, beloved husband of the late Bertha Nelson; father of Harold Nelson; brother of Catherine Gotte, Mae McCarthy, Irene and Eugene Nelson.

Funeral Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., from Clavin Funeral Home, 496 Court Street; Requiem Mass St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 9 a.m. NIEDERHAUSER-CATHERINE Saturday, August 15, 1953, of 137 Cambridge Place, beloved wife of Henry Niederhauser, Religious, Shepherds of Bethlehem and Eastern Star (Ideal Chapter) services at the Fairchild Chapel, 951 Atlan- tic Avenue, Tuesday, 8 p.m. PERINE HARRY, August 1953, in St. Petersburg, formerly of Brooklyn, and Pomona, brother of Ada Wenzel of Ridgefield Park, N.

father of Raymond V. A. of Conklin, N. Erwin of Pomona, N. Woodman Olney, Ford, Saddle River, New Jersey.

PHINNY ALEDA SMITH, on August 15, 1953, beloved wife of the late Charles Mayhew Phinny; mother of Charles M. Phinny. Service at the Fairchild Chapel, 951 Atlantic Avenue, Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. 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. David McGarry, Sugar Executive secretary of the Greenlawn Civic Association. He was charter member of Greenlawn Post, American Legion. Surviving are his widow, Anna; three sons, John, David and Lawrence, and two brothers, and Brother Celestine, Greenlawn, Aug.

17 David A. McGarry, 54, prominent in civic affairs of this community and for 30 years a purchasing agent of a large sugar concern, died I in his home here yesterday. Born in Brooklyn and a World War I veteran, Mr. McGarry was a former member of the Greenlawn Board of Education and former president and Deaths Deaths QUEROLI- CECILIA of 1556 57th Street, on August 16, 1953, beloved mother of Paul Lucarell; Cecilia Lauretta also survived by five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Reposing at the E.

C. Waldeck Home for Funerals, 7614 4th Avenue; Requiem Mass at St. Frances de Chantal R. C. Church, 57th Street and 13th Avenue, Wednesday, 10 a.m.

ROONEY HELEN (nee Redmond), on August 13, 1953, 3504 Farragut Road, devoted wife of Edward loving mother of Kevin, Elizabeth, Brian; daughter of Elizabeth and the late John Redmond; sister of the Rev. Herbert Redmond, the late Elizabeth and Mrs. Catherine Radliff, Mrs. Mary Mastaloni, Mrs. Mildred Jordan and Dr.

John Redmond. Reposing at Kennedy's Chapel, 2603 Church Avenue. Funeral Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.; Solemn Requiem Mass St. Vincent Ferrer R. C.

Church, 10 a.m. Interment St. John's Ceme- tery. Direction of Jere J. Cronin, Inc.

SMEDLEY-Capt. THOMAS 439 50th Street, on August 16, 1953, beloved husband of Charlotte; devoted father of Myrtle Smedley and Grace Farkouh; also survived by two grandchildren. Service at the E. C. Waldeck Home for Funerals, 7614 4th Avenue, 8 p.m.

SNIFFIN-In East Haven, August 16, 1953, EARL L. SNIFFIN, formerly of 156 E. 21st Street, Brooklyn, beloved father of Mrs. Byron G. Crawford of East Haven, and Earl L.

Sniffin of Palisades Park, N. J. Funeral services on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Lewis, Maycock Blevins Funeral Home, 493 WhitAvenue, Haven, Conn. Interment private. In lieu of flowers please send contributions to the Cancer Fund.

of 876 Lincoln Place, beloved brother of Margaret A. Byrne, John L. Sullivan and Lalla Sullivan. Funeral Tuesday, 9:30 a.m., from Gallagher's Chapel, 2549 Church Avenue; Solemn Requiem Mass, 10 St. John's Place and Brooklyn a.m., St.

a Gregory's R. C. Church, Avenue. Interment Calvary Ceme- tery. Direction Jere J.

Cronin, Inc. TAAFFE-JENNIE on August 16, beloved sister of Rose A. Taaffe; dear aunt of Edward B. Wallace. Reposing at the Thomas F.

Dalton Chapel, 29 Atlantic Avenue, Floral Park, L. Solemn Mass of Requiem will be offered on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery.

TEDALDI CONSTANTINE devoted brother of Anthony, George, Mrs. Severina Monteverdi. Reposing at Basile Funeral Home, 812 Kent Avenue, until Wednesday, 9 a.m.; Mass St. Lucy's R. C.

Church, 9:15 a.m. Interment National Cemetery. THIERER NELLIE H. (nee Long), August 15, 1953, beloved wife of the late John devoted mother of Raymond, John, William, Mrs. John Sheets, Mrs.

Nicholas Dalton. Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., from the McManus Funeral Home, 2001 Flatbush Avenue; Requiem Mass 10 a.m., St. Vincent Ferrer R. C. Church.

Interment St. John's Cemetery. VOOGHT August 15, 1953, HARRY of 1052 80th Street, beloved husband of Helene; also survived by one sister, Ellen Vooght. Services at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, Monday, 8:30 p.m. Funeral Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.

Interment Evergreens Cemetery. WALL LAWRENCE, suddenly, August 15, 1953, of 429 Flushing Avenue, beloved husband of Anna (nee McGlynn); devoted father of Anna and Lawrence; dear brother of James Smith. Solemn Requiem Mass Thursday, 9:30 a.m., St. Thomas Aquinas R. C.

Church, 9th Street and 4th Avenue. Reposing at Chapel of Joseph G. Duffy, 9th Street and 4th Avenue. Interment St. Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.

WENDEL August 16, 1953, KRISTINE, of 962 67th Street, wife of the late Frederick, devoted mother of Mrs. Henry Hernandez, Mrs. Carl Eliasen, Lawrance Wendel and Mrs. Bernhard Olsen. Services at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, Tuesday, 8:30 Funeral Wednesday, 10 a.m.

Interment Oceanview Cemetery, WHITE- August 1 15, 1953, of 186-06 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica, loving mother of Pauline and William A. White and Edna Vaughan; sister of Robert A. Murray; grandmother of Donald K. White, Virginia Miles and Juanita Ash; also survived by six greatgrandchildren. Service at the Fairchild Chapel, 220-05 Hillside Avenue, Queens Village, Tuesday, p.m.

WHITWORTH MARY Au- gust 15, 1953, devoted sister of William and Theodore B. Verdon. Reposing Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 20 Snyder Avenue, until Tuesday, 1 p.m. Interment Cedar Grove Cemetery, T.

R. SMEDLEY, 81, RETIRED FERRY BOAT CAPTAIN, DIES Thomas R. Smedley, 81, ported to be the oldest ferry boat captain in the country and former skipper on the old 39th St. ferry for 35 years, died yesterday in his home, 439 50th St. Captain Smedley was well known to thousands of passengers who used the 39th St.

Ferry, between Brooklyn and Staten Island. He retired as captain on that route 23 years ago but later emerged from retirement to become assistant captain on the 69th St. Ferry. He was past master of Bay Ridge Council, Royal Arcanum, and past president of the Master Mates and Pilots Association. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m.

in the Waldeck Home for Funerals, 7614 4th Ave. Surviving are, his widow, Charlotte; two daughters, Myrtle Smedley and Mrs. Grace Farkouh, and two grandchildren. a Gretta Palmer, 48, Author, Champion of Women's Rights Funeral services for Palmer, 48, former newspaperwoman, author and champion of woman's rights, will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Vincent Ferrer R. C. Church, 65th St. and Lexington Manhattan. Mrs.

Palmer was found dead Saturday in her apartment at 680 Madison Manhattan. She was 46 and was fashion Joseph Kliegman, Laundry Pioneer Joseph Kliegman, 61, of 1171 Ocean Parkway, a pioneer in the laundry business, died yesterday in his Summer home in Peekskill. Mr. Kliegman, a life member of the Masons, retired in 1951 after 30 years as head of Kliegman Brothers of Glendale, laundry and dry cleaning suppliers. Surviving are his widow, Esther; a son, Norman a daughter, Mrs.

Shelby W. Alter; four sisters, Mrs. Joseph Cohen, Mrs. Molly Hirshman, Mrs. Nathan Garil and Mrs.

Pincus Loomer, and four grandchildren. Elsie 0. Hincken, Retired Teacher Elsie O. Hincken, 69, descendant of an old Brooklyn family and a former public school' teacher, died Saturday in her at 272 Berkeley Place. Miss Hincken retired seven years ago after many years of teaching English at Girls Commercial and Eastern District High Schools.

There are no immediate survivors. Jennie F. Taaffe, Retired Teacher Jennie F. Taaffe of 397 Bainbridge St. and Huntington, lifelong Brooklynite and retired school teacher, died yesterday in St.

Mary's Hospital, Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, followed by burial in St. John's Cemetery. She is survived by a sister, Rose A. Taaffe, and a nephew, Edward B.

Wallace. She was lactive for. many years in the Catholic Teachers Association. Mrs. M.

A. Murray, Mother of Priest Mrs. Mary Agnes Murray, 78, of 248 Willoughby parishioner at St. Patrick's R. C.

Church for 53 years and mother of the Rev. William P. Murray, pastor of St. Ambrose R. C.

Church, died yesterday in ner home. Mrs. Murray was for many years active in the. Rosary Society at St. Patrick's.

She was born in Carrigaholt, County Clare, Ireland. Requiem mass will be offered at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Patrick's Church, Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.

Surviving, in addition to Father Murray, are three other sons, John Cornelius M. and James a daughter, Helen a sister, Delia Griffin and two grandchildren. Deaths ZIMMERMANN WILLIAM N. Y. C.

P. August 16, beloved husband of Katherine; dear father of William, George, Charles, Henry. Thomas, John, Robert, Katherine Urdahl, Ann, Ruth and Florence; grandfather of Robert Urdahl Jr. Reposing at the Halvorsen Chapel, 5310 8th Avenue. Services Wednesday, 10 a.m, Interment Green-Wood.

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Politics Hamper Racket Inquiries, Helfand Asserts Assistant District Attorney Julius Helfand declared today that investigations of rackets and crime can never be successful if there is political interference. In a to more than 130 prosecutors from all over the country, Helfand illustrated his point with a blast at former Mayor William 0'Dwy. er who once termed the copbookie graft probe in Brooklyn a "witch hunt." He praised District Attorney Miles McDonald's courage in opposing, 0'Dwyer's opposition in interfer- the Brooklyn rackets probe and" his talk to State, county Federal prosecutors, meeting in the Hotel Commodore, Manhattan, for an exchange of crime-fighting techniques under sponsorship of the Law Practising Institute. Helfand said "it was from that point on, when Miles McDonald stood up to Mayor O'Dwyer and fought against political interference, that the rackets probe was a success." Helfand's talk on the investigative side of prosecution opened a five day conference of prosecutors from 35 States organized by the Law Practising Institute in co-operation with the FBI and the National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys, of which District Attorney McDonald is president. Cops Start Drive To Stamp Out Gyps By Taxi Drivers In response to a multitude of complaints, plainclothesmen have started a drive to stop ca', drivers from fleecing passengers by taking roundabout routes and overcharging, according to a Police Department disclosure.

Three drivers have lost their licenses in the last week, police said, and six others have been suspended for a month. Another 11 are awaiting trial by the department's Hack Bureau. The worst abuses, originate at LaGuardia and Idlewild Fields, according to Deputy Chief Inspector Benjamin J. King, chief of the Bureau. At these two points, unscrupulous cab drivers he said have found a ready supply of victims among out-of-town visitors unfamiliar with the city.

Some have reported paying an extra $1.75 for a ride to midManhattan because of the indirect route taken. Bradley Assumes Watch Firm Job Gen. Omar N. Bradley, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, began his first civilian job today as head of Watch Company's $10,000,000 research laboratory. Bradley, who retired from his service post Saturday after 42 years of active duty, took over his duties before Bulova's scientists and technicians even had moved into the massive installation at Jackson Heights, Queens.

He is chairman of the Bulova research and development laboratories corporation board, a subsidiary of the watch company. 2 Boro Men to Escort Freed PW's Home Two Brooklyn men will be among the American Red Cross staff members assigned to accompany home to the United States American GIs freed from prison camps, the Brooklyn Red Cross chapter was advised today. The men are the first New Yorkers to be given such assignments. They are Jerome Foster of 1461 57th St. and Howard Goodman of 1800 E.

18th St. Employe's Wife 'Known as Red' Continued from Page 1 whether Mrs. Rothschild was a party member, Mrs. Markward answered: "She could not possibly have attended these meetings if she were not a member." McCarthy also asked if she understood Mrs. Rothschild's husband, Edward, to be a party member.

Mrs. Markward replied it was her impression he was not "hostile" to Communism. E. Everett Thorpe E. Everett Thorpe, 71, former Deputy Superintendent of the New York State Department of Insurance, died yesterday in his home at 140 Cabrini Boulevard, Manhattan.

He was once chief of the department's real estate bureau. GEORGE D. CONANT Moadinger Funeral Parlors For your comfort our Chapels are Air-Conditioned Non-Sectarian 1120 Flatbush Avenue Tel. BUckminster 2-0247 BROOKLYN EAGLE, AUG. 17, 1953 Negro Girl First Of Race to Hold White House Post of the New York World Telegram for five years.

She was active in Catholic Church work and last year wrote "God's Underground in Asia," an account given by, a priest of the war waged by Communists in China against the Roman Catholic Church. She was graduated from Vassar College and began her career of writing for magazines and newspapers soon after. Rothman Services Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Rothman, 59, of 87 Amboy were held today in the Jewish Memorial Chapel, 1406 Pitkin Burial was in Montefiore Cemetery. Surviv.

ing are her husband, Abraham; two sons, Jack and Bernard, and a daughter, Goldie. W. Zimmermann, City Patrolman William S. Zimmerman, 55, of 518 81st a city patrolman assigned to the 1st in Manhattan, died yesterday in Shore Road Hospital. Mr.

Zimmerman, on the force for 27 years, was active in the ranks of the St. George Association of the Police Department. He was a life-long resident of Brooklyn. Surviving are his widow, Katherine; seven sons, William, George, Charles, Henry, Thomas, John and Robert; four daughters, Ann, Ruth, Florence Mrs. Katherine Urdahl, and one grandson.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. 1 in the Halvorsen Chapel, 5310 8th Ave. Burial will be in GreenWood Cemetery, Ike to Meet Panel On Fair Practice A new Government committee to fight discrimination and other unfair employment practices will meet Wednesday in New York with President Eisenhower, who appointed Vice President Nixon as head of the panel. Among the members of the committee, which includes top business, labor and Government representatives, is Fred Lazarus Jr. of Cincinnati, president of the American Retail Federation and a director of Abraham Straus.

Mr. Lazarus is also a president of the Federated Department Stores and vice president of the American Jewish Committee. Historical Town On Staten Island To Be Restored An historical restoration comparable to that of Williamsburg, will be. built on Staten Island, according to the Parks Department which announced a preliminary grant of $50,000 from the New York Foundation. In a joint with the Staten Island Historical Society, the department said the money will be used for research, drawings, cost estimates, toward the rebuilding of the 17th century settlement of Richmondtown, Enough records survive to insure accurate restoration of the village, one of the first to be founded in the new world.

The historical society hopes that philanthropic groups and individuals will contribute enough money to complete the project, According to the plan, the restoration will be located near the geographical center of Staten Island. The Richmond Borough President's office is preparing plans for street improvements which will divert traffic from the area. Memoriama WIFE, SONS and DAUGHTERS. -M. J.

SMITH SONS Funeral Directors Est. 1875 Michael J. Smith No connection with any other firm of similar name Large Chapels, Casket Display A on Premises Services at Residence or Chapels Available Anywhere 948 PROSPECT PARK WEST STerling 8-2255, 2232 O'HARA HUGH. Died August 17, 1951. Masses offered.

Washington, Aug. 17 (U.P)-in The hours are long and most work so confidential she can't talk about it, but Lois Lippman, 28-year-old White House secretary, wouldn't change jobs with anyone. She is the first Negro in history to hold one of the coveted secretaries posts in the Presidential offices. Mrs. Lippman, wife of a laywer who moved to Washington with her last January, is secretary to Charles F.

Willis assistant to Sherman Adams, assistant to the President. Willis is White House liaison man with the Republican National Committee and is in charge of personnel Lois United Press telephoto Lippman the executive arm of the government. Mrs. Lippman went to work at the Citizens-for-Eisenhower headquarters in New York in 1952, and was assigned to Willis, former head of an airline service concern. When Willis was given his Washington appointment, he asked her to come along as his secretary.

"There had never been a colored girl in the White House before," Mrs. Lippman explained. "We felt that breaking a barrier like that is a step for the future." Mrs. Lippman found segrega. tion conditions in the Capital better than she anticipated.

They have a six-room house in a mixed white and Negro district. HONOR MEDAL FOR MARINE -WOUNDED, SLEW 150 REDS Washington, Aug. 17 (U.P)-| The Nation's highest military honor was awarded today. to a wounded Marine who slew 150 Chinese by firing two machine guns from the hip until his hands were blistered. The Defense Department announced the award the Medal of Honor to Corp.

Alford Lee McLaughlin, 25, of Leeds, who with machine gun, carbine and hand grenades, helped stand off a battalionsized Chinese attack on a vital outpost of Bunker Hill in Korea last Sept. 4-5. McLaughlin was wounded early in the fight, but poured a stream of lead at the enemy. Standing in full view, he used two machine guns, firing each from the hip until it grew too hot to hold. When the machine guns finally blistered his hands he switched to carbine and grenades.

GIVE COURT RIGHT TO PICK MAGISTRATES MAGISTRATES-MURTAGH Chief Magistrate John M.1 Murtagh recommended that the Supreme Court, and not the mayor, should be responsible for the appointment of magistrates. Voicing his views on the NBC "Between the Lines" TV show yesterday, Murtagh appointment powers should rest "in the hands of the Appellate Division or some other department then the magisI trates will not feel that he has to curry favor with political elements or other special interests." The chief magistrate praised Magistrate Morris Ploscowe, whose term expired Saturday, saying he "most deserv. ing" of reappointment and 1 an "outstanding magistrate." been Ploscowe's urged several renomination has by legal and civic groups, but to date Mayor Impellitteri has not indicated his position in the matter. 15-MINUTE BMT TIEUP DELAYS COMMUTERS Hundreds of Manhattan- bound commuters from Brooklyn were late for work this morning when a 4th Ave. local train on the BMT line was tied up for 15 minutes at the Union St.

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