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BROOKLYN EAGLE Ribman Has Plenty Savvy In Aiding Good Causes BROOKLYN, N. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1945 By IRENE NEER TT rWl I TT 11 i a 10 Brooklynites Discuss: Bow Tops City Hall Cast rcr Operating on the theory that the most sensitive nerve in the human body runs between brain and pocket hook, Brooklyn Barrister Benjamin Ribman has evolved some sure-fire formulas guaranteed to extricate money painlessly from even the most parsimonious. So successfully has he pepped lagging fund drives that most borough philan- At Boro's Movie Houses formed a partnership with a friend who wal equally versatile with a uolin. How to Lose Job Young Ribman had just accepted a position with a reputable law hrm when his friend dangled a Summer contract as entertainers in a hotel he his eyes. A decision to try the job for a weekend worked out finea first.

The two pleased the customers and made a hl( But when, after the first two days, they began to devote their efforts to dating the ladies, it wasn 1 so good They lost the job. Young Ribman wen! hack to law. And. as he will tell you tiankly today, he isn't at all Lavish offices on the 47th floor of a downtown Manhattan skyscraper are a far cry from the thropies usually turn to rum when money is shows have made a to be raised. Currentlv he's accepting in Broadway motion plaudits for the smooth job the Unity Club houses and are doing a wrnch he's headed for manv years did Business Few tnea- n.

nr em a -m Brooklyn, however, have mnntu nnriH One routine used to advantage after Drama to Get New Plot After 12-Year Run By WALTER B. Gl XMSON The drama at City Hall, that pile across the river,) will change its plot and most of Mts characters this week Tues-i day to be exact after a run of 12 years. The starring role will he filled toy a 1 i William O'Dwyer who has already come through with a polished performance in a thing called Since the new star hails from Ireland, the "script now calls for an O'Casey touch. 1939 financial debacle sharply cut the In see stage Unity Club's mem- Hyn movie bership calls for putting most mem two little rooms first leased at 371 Fulton St. Howe er.

among Mr. Ribman's souve- IP awW am WW m. Brooklyn joseph Bicnxo 6823 Narrows Ave. the WWW. 1 Route Clerk, Westerh Union Yes, I would like to see a re-'turn of vaudeville to Brooklyn bers ot a group on its board of directors, the thought being that such a scheme will spur activity.

These Work, Too Methods two and three, familiar to the Federation of Jewish philanthropies, are ilso strictly products of the fertile Rihman office lton Ars. Genevieve B. Earle Council Minority Leader John Cashmore Borough President William O'Dwyer Mayor-elect Mr. O'Dwyer's predecessor is scheduled to hit the road for a while with the close of his long! There are a lot of old fa have hat we nissed performance One of his first I lndicaled some 0f them, hut tlipi-p is nothing official vet where Mr. LaGuardia show 11 at an inauguration wn there.

A sure-fire PYanlr Onavlp who has und producer of should have a corner on the stage shows. On a "blind date' in 1914 he met attractive Cecilia Lowe It was a date that "took" and two years later they were married. They now live in the penthouse apartment at 39 Plaza St. with their 17-year-old daughter, Barbara, a senior at Berkeley Institute. Joined Unity in 1912 Two years before his marriage Mr.

Ribman joined the Unity Club, which had been organized by a group of prominent Jews. He soon became ac- 1 enjoy the Bucdno movies and I think Brooklyn theaters are as attractive as Broadway houses, but it's refreshing to see real people on the' stage at the same time. federation is the industry dinner where members publicly voice their yearly contributions to its drive. The catch here is, the astute lawyer avows, that competitors know what a man can afford to give and if they don't think it's enough they'll tell The new thing at City Hall heen listpd t0 head the Fire have a strong Brooklyn Department. "ar Attention on Star "Eight Council Performers Mogt of tne attntion is ren in the City Council, for in- temi on the star of the pjece stance, which is something like Penplp wno know tneir way! I the chorus of a Greek tragedy around profess ignorance of Mr.

'the way some people tell it o'Dwvor's specific plans for the! there will he eight performers administration beyond the fact from the borough, with two fill- tnal ne is determined to punch! ing the key spots. away at the housing shortage1 Majority Leafier Joseph T. right from the start, i Sharkey. Democrat, will keep: All in all. the cards at this, that spot.

Mr. Sharkey, who has stage seem stacked favorably for i been away for a while, has re- Brooklyn. Of course, the new! turned from the South with his Mayor will be moving out of the arm in a sling. He was hurt in borough to take up housekeep-a horseback-riding accident. ing in Gracie Mansion.

How- Miss HELEN BOYD 354 59th St. Clerk Yes. Half the people who travel over to Manhattan tr a good and the latest him so. vaudeville Unity Club bylaws work. headed Jtl social feature his third de- right In Bro also designed I earier Gpnevieve B.

ever, nis nacKgrounn win ne lyn if they moi i Repuhlican-('itizens-Non-Brooklyn. His ear, it would Edwin A. Salmon City Planning Chairman Joseph T. Sharkey Council Maioriry Leader could get the same thing Part is here Why should In that capacity; this despite the ever is piaung over nere. fact that she has expressed a Moses to Continue on Job willingness to defer to Stanley; 0ne of (he mpn in (he increase federation coffers.

Unity being the swankiest Jewish fraternity in the borough. Mr. Ribman figures that, its members can afford substantially to support social service agencies. In fact, h3 considers it their duty. Unity's members, therefore, pay $150 in yearly dues and have to donate at least that much to federation.

to talk each other's language. Cashmore slipped out after him What's more, Mr. Cashmere's and succeeded in getting him consulting engineer. Philip Far-jback into the room. Helen Wa not keep the business here if we M.

Isaacs nt Manhattan, a "administration, a notable Rhodes Most of us have merely fallen low Kepurmcan. scholar and man of action. Rob- Others from this side of the Lit Moses will be in there nitch- ley, has a way witn Mr. Moses.i in addition to these main In this connection, it might be 'characters, there are several nth-1 recalled that not so long ago ers who will be carrying spears Mr. Moses walked out of a Board in the crowd and stepping for- into the habit of going across the river for our entertainment.

East Side Born bridge, who have been assigned jng with his usual blinding speed to continue in accustomed roles. as co-ordinator of public works of -inn, iie meeting alter re- warn at limes in unnn itiire Tivinti are Borough t'resinent i.asn- for Mr. 0 Dwyer. more and EflWin A. salmon, Ri stacks up well for the 111 uineiwui ic 42n Fulton si.

chairman of the City Planning. borough. was sirk aml pf There are the other members' stf)ck cfrrfc Commission. For one thing, although they talk (ame "nut of ci'y Souncil BT I I think it's a Observers expect, naturally 'are on opposite sides of them's office -meaning Mr. La- in addition to Sharkey Uwf His concern for the less fortunate may easily be traced to his own boyhood.

Born on New York's lower East Side, the oldest i bring! 0f a tinsmith, progress did not come KJklyn. easiiy to young Benjamin, who sold papers ng for and worked after school to fatten the family program and wrote skits for its shows. Because he realizes hat a hold a club can have on young people he says he used to spend almost every night at some affair at Unity he is sponsoring an "accent on youth" program for the organization "We have to interest the people who will carry-it on," he explains. As a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1937, he came out strongly for young people, too, advocating establishment of a special bureau to coordinate the gap between education and job opportunities. Mr.

Ribman Is a nicmher of the Brooklyn Bar Association and Union Temple; a director of Jewish Hospital, former president of Fresh Meadow Country Club, which he organized, and has played an important role in the work of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, the Williamsburg Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, the Brooklyn Boy Scout Foundation and the Brooklyn Red Cross. He is a former member of the Kings County Democratic Committee and belongs to the Washington Club of the 10th A. D. At thi- people will be appointed to head Mr. Cashmore.

the Borough As he stomped out of the a Communist, a Liberal and foui various departments. Mr. O'Dwy-! President, get along. They seem chambers, few noticed that Mr. Democrats.

we're going? to hearTommy Dorsey at the Artist-Fighter Pilot Kept Carrier's Morale High purse. When he was 4 the family moved to the Bushwick section and Benjamin attended borough public and high schools. In 1909, at 21, he was admitted to the Bar after years of combining Gladstone with part-time positions. It was touch and go that year whether the young lawyer would wind un in the Capitol. 1 prefer to tav in Brook- yn, but where1 Snipo was perhaps the most.flier was part of Lieutenant Rit-i popular individual aboard thejter's contribution to the carrier's I carrier Intrepid during its long; morale program.

In October in the Pacific. Every, November of 1044 the artist ex- pilot and mechanic in all 2fi of the vill you get a how like that' go over! courts or pounding the ivories in a hot spot. A hep cat or the day's equivalent he had er. nquanron eauiMu JpBJBflk model ome relief from the double fea- have hecoi terribly iif.i appeal ante. In all.

he made 20 such appearances on the bulletin hoard in the carrier's ready room, illustrating for the edification of those concerned with flight vded -onie of the loose money floating just about these days. If we had the mwWWk. people a tat 'ww) vvouldn 1 l)0th' stage sl i Manhatta lures that theaters have heen foisting on the public. One good movie and a couple of acts make a well-rounded program. Perhaps the Brooklyn theater man iagers will get wise to them of a the a The Flatbusb nt Blanken- selves.

Theater is a wrong. example of the popular- 1 Snipo, a tall, gangling figure With ears like a B-2i)'s wings, was the creation of Lt. (J.g.) Edward A. Ritter, 25-year-old fighter pilot of 50 Linden Boule H'odway. We ouid j.nr.

F. Kn "ght Cl'llb movies right here. Movies are good, but oc-asionally I like to see a good horus routine, such as the Vlusic Hall give-- or the Roxy. ship, "although he looked something like Snipo, certainly didn't fly like that." Unfortunately, all the original water-colors were lost during a Kamikaze attack on the Intrepid when the flight deck and ready M. J.

ROTH 1950 fiNth St. Federal Clerk I regret very much that vaudeville has died in Brooklyn. I remember I he old days when a -tep clulil. Why it stage shows have in Brooklyn. Mr.

CHARLES SIMPSON (M72 Si. Unntrtnte vard, who now has returned toj stage show room, where they were stored, 'his old job of layout the Abraham Straus were wiped out. All that re- it the chain Bruno movie houses put their best entertainment in Manhattan shows, forcing Brooklynites to go up there for good vaudeville? Perhaps Brooklyn will assert itself. thai ittan im. GLADYS NICHOLS Wi State si.

Yes, it seems ridiculous ie must go over to Manh, to see a 'good stage show. ng oepai not ni. mained were the prints whichj The uneducated water-color a. nll "Look no hands was as much a SWffo gram as the 9HP movie, and 1 KK A i the JK return Hba There's a lot WWWWfWMt He collected two Distinguished cii-fi Mpcaivr fr had been made by the ship's; 'photographer for distribution depend upon Broadway for almost all of Flying Crosses and the Purple 3n Limlpn Boulevard Heart as well as a flock of com- Dentist M'tain 9 liouscuijc Ves. i think vaudeville will never really lose its thrill for us.

Hie puniest movie is pepped up in a edv team like A it stars. Yes. I think we in Brooklyn among crew members. In September, Lieutenant Ritter, after being transferred from around these days, so Hollywood nlel" But he had no pictures of his have been slow to catch drawings. ltne Iact vaudeville the fact that vaudeville browing any kind of picture 1 he public and it accepts it.

nur own al" it tractions. the Intrepid for a short period, Was released bv the navy. He le-s than a month aco flB 1 1 a hulkv package arrived at I had served three and a half ond-rate movies lately, and we Fulton St. is a-aicessihleas Broad' the old Weber and ields act! home. It came from the ships photographer and it contained 11 by 1 prints of the photos is as1' popular as ever.

People dancing and yX' SWm incin? done, Xw' Im ln nve AIL Mm and we'd like JF mWW to see it in Dr. s. MH.inr Brooklvn. rpnple see dancing a singing done don we build up great White Way? Almos! every I a Mrv aHi years, including nearly 14 months on the Intrepid. He had three Zeros to his credit, fought at Palau, the Philippines, Okinawa, Formosa, Truk, the iMarshalls and Gilberts, and ADELAIDE FEIN he had made of the drawings all 28 01 them.

570 Linden Boulevard JAMES P. KNEE Student D2 India St. Some of them are reproduced house along Broadway brought back vaudeville 'modernized it by adding i get hands. I'd like to see stage shows in Cnnriuetot here, with tne captions ueuten- helped chase the Jap fleet all ought We All Make Mistakes." "After 3 Months at Sea." tage show would be a wel-j Brooklyn. Broadway theaters Yes, Rrooklyr Ritter put on them.

March 1 Red Cross drive April 15 Vandals sack gogue at 955 Manhattan Av Aug. 13 Burton B. Turkus. independent Democrat, ap Here is a list of important that happened in Brook starts. Slum clearance plan ad- anced for Borough Hall sec lyn last year: iCorregidor, returns to Brooklyn after 42 months in Jap prison.

Oct. 12 Brooklyn War Memorial and extensive postwar projects approved by Board of Estimate. April 24 Giant carrier Frank-1 June 1 Coldest on record; lin D. Roosevelt launched at 46.9 degrees. tion.

n. 2 Warm spell ends as pointed his assistant. Aug. 15 Blood Donor Center closes as Japs quit. A g.

29 Twenty-eight arrested in kick-hack and bribery racket at Brooklyn Army Base. Manh 8 Brooklyn Catholic Brooklyn Navy Yard. june 7 Governor Dewev and Diocese buys 191 Joralemon St.1 May 4SjX truck load 8 of Borough President Cashmore mercury drops from 54 to 17. Thousands rush to Fort Greene Happened Market seeking meat. Xo meat.

March Fifty hurt as anti- "suspicious" meats seized by review marchers brook- quated wooden trolley crashes ec.erai ents. Jan 3 Aaron Rudy, 628 E. 51st gets first GI Bill of Attr -Distil (T Bel Sept on i-srooMwi Diiugv. 1 wearsage r- iarL-n, 0110 in dock -catches bom Marrh 1 7 Warmest St Pat- launched at Brooklyn Navy.i Rights loan to build house in In prosecutor's office, charging borough. ricks Day on record, su.

June 1 man Pfeffer, 1446 May 11 Harvey Stemmer grees. Jan. 11 Mrs. William H. Good eceives "First Citizen ofj Nov.

1 1 Mayor-elect O'Dwyer appears before grand jury to answer charges of "laxity" in his administration as District Attorney. Xov 19 stuyvesant Community Center opens at 265 Decatur Street. Dec. 12 Veterans assured of emergency housing at Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Center. Dec.

Brooklyn Eagle hook-let, Area Brooklyn," describing borough'l war contri-butions. is released. Dec. 19 Borough CDVO dissolved Concord Village deed passes to hanks. Dec 20 Grand iury says Mayor-elect O'Dwyer admitted presentment was "fully justi-fied Jury calls bis handling of Anastasia case "Incompetent.

Dec 27 Police arrest two men who allegedly beat and robbed Mrs Minnie Berenbaum, grandmother of the wife of Chief important papers missing. Sept. 11 Veterans of Foreign. Wars complain that Coney, Island Chamber of Commerce snubbed them by withholding Brooklyn Borough" medal from Down-! town Brooklyn Association. W.

8th legless veteran, goes! to San Francisco Conference to represent GIs. June 30 Hottest on record; 95 degrees. July 2 Normal delivery of Brooklvn Eagle and other papers sentenced to year in jail for his part in basketball bribe scandal. May 12 Brooklyn War Prisoner Package Center closes following VE-Day. Raid on Bath Reach house nets 20.009.000 illicit March 19 Magistrate Abner C.

Surpless charges he has not been assigned to a court since a Brooklyn group boomed him for Mayor; accuses Chief Magistrate Curran of "shelving" him. Oct. IS Irving Strobing Day in drive to raise S2.310.0O0, borough's share of New York Na tlonal War Fund. Oct. 17 Brooklyn leaders announce plans for SI.

500,000 Brooklyn War Memorial. Oct. 27 President Truman vis-its Brooklyn in Navy Day ceremonies; Carrier Roosevelt commissioned. Nov. 1 Board of Estimate approves $32500,000 for Brooklvn Civic Center.

Nov. 6 William O'Dwyer elect Jan. 25 Coldest day of year, mercury at zero. in 1945 mardi gras invitation. Sept.

14 Plan for 11-story addition announced by Abraham Straus. Sept. 25 Protesting threat hy coaches to quit teams over pay squabble; 1.500 high school students stage mass demonstrations. Oct. 1 Brooklyn Children's Shelter closed.

Oct 9 Sgt. Irving Strobing, who flashed last message from Jan. 30 Brooklyn College basketball scandal breaks Players accused of accepting bribes. Feb. 3 Cad man Memorial Center consecrated.

Feb. 14 War Manpower Commission says "emergency" exists in Brooklyn transit system. Feb. 19 Brooklyn Eagle Navy Yard Exhibit opens. April 1 Staff Sgt.

George j. red points. interrupted by news deliverers' Hall, S310 3d awarded May 15 Seventh War Loan strike; readers queue up at of-Congressional Medal War cloth- drive starts with borough's fice for copies of paper, ing drive starts in borough. (JUOtt $61,500,000. July 12 Brooklyn Eagle ex- Apr, 1 12-Bishop James Per- May 16-Henry Rosen, also in poses loose sale of army dis-netteDeWolfe KpiM-op-d lnocesoil'kcthall bribe scandal, gets charge buttons.

Borough ex-of Long Island, threatens to year in jail. ceeds quota in Bonds, buys withdraw from Federal Council May 23 Second Lt. Almond iS6o.900.4o4 worth, of Churches over doctrinaire in-jE Fisher awarded Congressional! Aug 9 George J. Beldock terpretation. I Medal.

I appointed District Attorney. ed Mayor hy landslide. Nov. 8 Crime wave reaches new heights In Brooklyn; Mayor-elect O'Dwyer asks for 5,000 more patrolmen. nt District Attorney Bur-Turkus, on Dec 13..