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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 1

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T-1 3i f7l- 7 i 'r i If ft Mi I) Sail Phots br Lambert DOCK WARFARE-THIS SCENE PORTRAYS THE PRESENT STATE OF BROOKLYN WATERFRONT Win 7 tAt ir Ik A- oir tr Complete A Pulitzer-Priie-Winning Newspaper Champion of Us Community WEATHER-Cledr, cold warm tomorrow. 5 CENTS EVERYWHERE nm Mm r. Om Han Utum BROOKLYN 1, N. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955 (OopTrlitH IMllTb Brootlra lul UM-I 1 12rh YfAR No. 28J DAILY and SUNDAY J- 7S' io).

"A I 1 4 rui ji LTQ 0 YUGOS INVADE Beats Gunman With a Chair, Prevent Stichup Routs 3 to DOCK RIVALS CHECKED AS PROBE STARTS Rackets Grand Jury Moves to Learn Who Sparked Violence I 7 U.S. AGENCY, BEAT AIDES Soviet Backs Tito In Trieste Clash America Firm Belgrade, Oct. 13 (U.P.) An American student was chased into the United States, Information Service office by rmobu today and Yugoslavs who "attempted -it. a By SID FRIG AND One thousand cops clamped the lid on the boil-j ing Brooklyn watertront today, bringing rival union was some distance away, heard the ensuing outcries, and came on the run. On the way, he picked up a sturdily built kitchen type chair.

An he drew near the enraged gunman, he slammed the chair hard on his head. The chair fell into splinters. The gunman collapsed to the floor and his two pals left on the run. The gunman, meanwhile, rose to his knees, weapon gtill in hand, and told Kar- pOff: .1 "Yon J'nt going to shoot you:" '4afwfrAcha11Ke4, Md started after the (hug; with o1y the remains of a broken rhairjn The armed (runman decided he had had enough and fled. Other employes, this time, jied in.

the chase, down a long ramp to the ground floor and then out into the There the gunman, as had his pals before melted into the garment district crowd, Brissett was removed to St. Clare's Hospital, suffering from numerous lacerations and bruise of the head and face, Samuel Karpoff, 49, of 1875 W. 5th St. today interrupted a holdup and beat off an armed gunman and his two pals with a kitchen chair. 1 The holdup which failed, began at, 10:30 a.m., on the second floor of the Central Town Garage at 328 W.

38th, in Manhattan's garment district. The thre thugs showed up outside th garage office, confronted Levi Brissett, 49, the floor majiager, of Hancock Brooklyn, and Louis Bell bjf; 930 hattan, twner. On ol the trio Jlashed a nickel-plated and announced, 'This is atickup where theraoney?" The lfionej- less than $.100 was in the office, the open door to which the five men ufere grouped. AVith one swift motion, BH.syh pushed his boss' inside and slanfnted and looked the office door. the frustrated gunman turned on the hefuless Brissett and, in a rage, began pistol-whipping him over the head and face.

Karpoff, day foreman of the garage, who clashes dwwii i aimmer as 1 i ii i A4-jt'i. gvi tunica vi cue vmen 'i it can aauy news bulletins H. Wicks Refuses to Quit DEWEY SPEEDS SPECIAL SESSION TO OUST WICKS iHt BrooWyri Rackets Grand Jury moved to find the perpetrators of recent dock violence. Police reserves from all dver the city were rushed to the borough trouble spots at daybreak in anticipation of another bloody bid by the newly formed A. L.

International Longshoremen's Association' to retrace the crime-saturated I. F. Were beaten. Tempers were growing -hotter in the crowds that sjrged through the streets for the sixth straight day protesting againsij i me Anglo-American decisionto turn over the northern part of Trieste to Italy. William B.

King, an official of the United States Information Service, v. as beaten yester-j day and seven -Yugoslav em- ployes of the service, including Albany, Oct. 13 (UP) A. (now independent). The lat- r.

i -j i iter nas neen nanacuueu some- Governor Dewey laid hisiwhat in its atrike acitvitieg by 2 War Buddies Meet Again As One Pulls Gun to Nab Other party leadership and possi- a Taft-Hartley Act I Quick police action yesterdayl bly his entire political tu- avened all-out dock warfare ture on the line today in his hen members of the opposing i waterfront factions clashed at! fight to Oust Acting Lt. -hree different times. two women, were beaten when they left for home last night. Jeering, whistling crowds milled round the American and British information offices Thirtpen dock orkers, In- Two close Air Force scene, and the two cops gave Yugoslavia. They were serving Gov.

Arthur H. Wicks today and prevented all but a Iong separated by the misfor- chase in Mellen's car. Fouriin the same Air'P'orce unit handfnl of the daily news bul Dewey told Wicks yesterday tunes of World War II, mel blocks away the fleeing auto. based in Italy, letins from being distributed tr, roeitrn oa Ronats mainritv again under circumstances of which had caromed off sev-. Grossman pleaded uia eluding Gerardo Anastasio, brother of Anthony Anaslasio, the Erie Basin strong man, were arrested during the fracas and were expected to before the Brooklyn holdover eral parked cars, drew to a wnennewasoooKeaon cnargesi nyicted Jabor racketeer Jo.

of leaving the scene of an ac seph (Joey) Fay. in Sing Sing The American information Center was kept open only for bout an hour. Almost every one of the lew Yugoslavs who braved the crowds to enter the building through a protective halt. The policemen were advancing with guns drawn when had "embarrassed' the Repub lican party. grand jury "immediately." according to Assistant District Attorney Aaron Koota.

Wicks refused but said he the driver suddenly yelled, "Don't shoot. Jack, it's me." cident and driving without a license. He was slated for arraignment later today in Ve-, hide Accident Court. I The victim of the accident was Helen Rosenthal, 49, of hostility today when one pulled a gun to arrest the other as a hit-and-run driver. The unhappy reunion occurred in Brownsville shortly after midnight when Jack Mel-len, an off-duty patrolman, emerged from a movie with his wife to see an auto hit a newspaper vendor and speed wildly on.

would "submit my resignation There were no reports of JAW SESSION Angry dockwallopers engage in verbal exchanges with two branny cops ouis.cie me Li.e uasin piers, where almost 400 cops were on hand to maintain order. police cordon was grabbed and roughed up as soon as he left. The American student who asked that his name be with to the next session of the ocnclatiirft anrl ipt 1hp Senate Mellen recognized the man as Harold Grossman of 848 Schenectady his wartime friend. The pair had not seen each other since the dav Mellen was heldwas one of several per violence this morning as A. F.

L. men, reporting for work, rumbled down Columbia Sa. in tow tarpaulin covered trucks, escorted by police cars and motorcycles. 38 Bristol St. She was declared; fitness." to be in "satisfactory" condi- he would call a tioj, at Kings tounty Hospital! dal gesgl(m ear, next although suffering a possible tn fnrrp riecision on Mellen picked tip Patrolman Leon Yedin, on duty at the shot down on a mission over fractured skull.

Never Knew Florea, Vows L. I. Contractor An estimated 68 men reported for work after shaping: np prematurely at the A. F. union headquarters at 188: sons on whom the demonstrators pinned signs which said: "Biltenica," or "Bulletinite," because they accepted the news bulletins.

Beized and Searched Wherever the sign was seen, members of the mob surged round the victim. Several were dragged into side streets and: the matter. The next regular session of the Legislature would not be held until January. The Governor admitted he Is now a "captive" of one of 21st St. Mother of 2 Attacked by Youth In Home as Youngsters Sleep Aside and the leaders of his on party.

from the pro-I. L. A. dockwork-Observers feel that if the Sen-: ctroot Arthur Hendrickson, Nassau County's biggest contractor, to- UllllJg IHC ilVtl-( Continued on Page ate snouia upnoin wicks ii wa much under the.dav denied ever having known The woman said that thejeover your head and stay quiet spurned last week by the State Harness Commission, to Investigate reports of hidden political and criminal control of the State's quarter-billion-dollar-a-year harness racing setup. v-Judge Bromley said the questionnaire would be used to lav of the h01'fle, of fGeorge Florea, who as Joseph be could no longer claim d.

lnjf u. i. i hianuiiig eiuow iu ciuuw aiung vrassa 13 n(lw hemir held hv ership of the Republican party A 31-year-old Queens woman mother of two small children but estranged from her husband, told police that she was outh, tall and about 20, awak- for ten minutes." her nrcrf evH In a few minutes she heard a Columbia St. Westchester authorities for a The greatest concentration hMup murder in that C0Unty door slam and rushed to neigh Ike Calls Parley On Military Funds attacked in the bedroom of her Continued on Page 11,28 years ago knife against her throat and ordered her to strip. Her two in the State.

The Senate vote on whether Wicks should stay on as Lieutenant Governor will provide one of the toughest tests of home in Forest Hills at 2 a.m. today by a youth who escaped bors living on the floor above and telephoned police. The attacker, the woman said, was more than 6 feet tall and wore tan clothing. children, 3 and 6, slept undis 1 Ynntlie Dfinv turbed throughout. Before leav Washington Oct.

13 (U.R) $30 taken from the ad- Continued on Page ing, the rapist ordered: "You President Eisenhower calledjoininB children's room. the National Security Council 1 Murder of Boro Butchers' Chief II I A I I CRIMINAL CONTEMPT Snoozers Had Better Watch Out riorea oecame an engineman groundwork for "live" inter-for Hendrickson's form at $I22( vjewing anrt woul(i have tne a week some two weeks power of subpena when he quit his Roosevelt beniml it to force nalky rt. Raceway job to avoid to undergo questioning fingerprinted. Subsequently oatn indicted with William leKon- Tne Radns Commli-ing, Nassau labor boss, and which rejejeted the for a salary kib'kjtionnaire, could not compel racket at the track. Horea swol.n answer.

except hv was fingerprinted anyhow and lhreatening 0 revoke Qr gus. was disclosed through his nd track licenses, prinis to be Massa. Intercepted as he was about to bo before Nassau District 5 I I he tagll and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Into secret session at the White House today, apparently to begin hammering out decisions on next year's military spend-! Ing budget, ('lose mouthed participants xr X- 1-3 II iVi 1 1 it fun. i. vu.r.

The criminal contempt tria jThree Bn)nx hg accused of the Labor Day murder of Judge Murphy Is Coming to Town Israel Present, Brooklyn butch 11 convicted top U. S. Communist leaders, was postponed to- refused to give any details of er, pleaded innocent to ursi ofidiiv because the trial judge isi, Magistrate Charles F. found all euiltv of made a night tour the meeting, which came just: sti 1 sittine on another case. i a week after the Joint Chiefs phy is coming to Brooklyn, it derly Three were sentjQueens subways, lie found nu- 13 II l.U I l.UUIHT lllll.

T. i The United States Attorney's! However the three reserved franK uulouds dCK MOweer, me uiree iesereu uHr rtenn tn leaders discuu axplotW had reported to Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson on was disclosed today, and local io wart tsiana, in iuu Daiiimerous sieepere, ne repurieu, ech they couldn't produce, for in IRT, BMT and IND subways, sentence Oct. 20. The others, some merely taking a catnap onice saia was excieu uielth right t0 make further mo- trial would onen before Federal tv, men.

subway snoozers had better their "new look" review of IliUI UUrilLIlK UIC WU.Y lu Triail iuu at dinnu ol Italian-American Prolmilonal and Busi-Mlunin'i AuociatioB la Hotel St. Georqe Pofle 4 watch out! respectable citizens who had; on their way to work, but also Judge Gregory F. Noonan Thursday or Friday. "1 not only didn't know Florea, I didn't know he was employed bv my firm until I change in their pleas if the charges should be reduced to dozed off on the way home, got others shabbily dressed char Sitting in Queens Felony 1 '1 hompson was convicted in 5prnru-lesr-ee murder. jacters, apparently vagrants ri Court yesterday, the magistrate! suspended sentences.

194!) of conspiring to teach and; Ti1PV are Ravmond Rico. 23; Magistrate Murphy's rulings ing out the subways for their read it in the Brooklyn Eagle. Masi to commemorate 100th oaaiw I dnn't rln the hiring 1 shall I ol founding ot St. BenedW made it clear that, unlike some night's sleep, sprawling violent overthrow of. Matthew Terrigno, 22, and went contrary to the opinion -Pooe 11 other magistrates, he has no patience with token travelers of Magistrate J.

Irwin Sha two or three seats and thus Government, in the firsti-Thomas O'Hara. 17. tell Mr. Gtilotta who does, and that man will co-operate fully pQ who also sprawl and sleeD. with the district attorney, I Around Boro U.

S. strategic plans. The military spending figure will be a vital factor in determining whether the overall Federal budget can be balanced, and what kjnd of tax program the Administration will submit to Congress nextj year. Informed sources said the outlook is for overall military pending of between 000,000 and $40,000,000,000, in! Ithe'1955 fiscal year beginning! I next July 1. I Of 11 men brought before piro who, in Iong Island City Court on Sept 22, found that the disorderly conduct charge was "untenable" against sleep priving other passengers of of Communists under the present, head of the Brook-sitting space.

These are thejSmith Act. He failed to sur- ivn Kosher Butchers, died of snoozers the transit police have render to begin serving is i ff i-a tion after' being bound, been complaining about. jthree-year prison sentence inoageed and robbed at his coun- He is going to have a look at Julv, 1901. He was arrested in trv estate. Page 11 15-17 23 19 him for worshipping at the shrine of Morpheus in the IND, ers in the subway whether re assure you." Bridge Meanwhile, the Moreland Comics Art Commission, headed by former Court of Appeals Judge Bruce Bromley, announced g' that it would make "full use" j' 17 Obituaries.

13 Radm 23 Sports 7 18 10 i TV A is 19 Women 9' spectable cKiien or "ateros inthe Brooklyn subwav snoozers, California mountain hideaway District Altornev Benjamin the human scale.1 iald, before presiding August and returned said he would move Today's Chuckle Etiquettt: learning to yown with pur mouth eloied. Preparing for yesterday East New lork Magistrate for contempt action as a resultithe case for trial in the court session, Magistrate later -this month. tlof his flight. 'ber term of County Court. Not a 13-page qnestionnaire.

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