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L.I.' 27 News and Features From Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Communities BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1931 No. 10 Its Port Washington! Can You Spot Familiar Landmarks? Ryan Keeps Police Grou Post in Fi Mayor Reveals State Audit on At Long Beach Bares Checkup Under Way After Council Or- Want Villages Admitted to RateFidits Nassau Officials Urge Law Reforms in Meet-' ing at New, Hyde Park it Nassau Patrolman Defeats Meyers in Rare for President Seat iters hooks scrutinized Ptesr x-jv? rSES" hi-" ft i9a (Tat kh Town's Choice Of Johnson Is PatAogue Finds $2,000 Enough New Hyde Park, L. Dec. 9 Numerous suggestions were received by the Legislature Committee of the Nassau County Village Officials' Association last night, when the group met in the Veterans' Building on Jericho Turnpike. Some of these were: That village laws be amended to allow extension of time for sale of property upon which taxes remain unpaid.

That a new law be passed to allow villages to straighten out their boundary lines. That the South Hempstead water district bill be reintroduced. Want Highway Walks That a law be passed permitting villages and the Town Board of Supervisors to participate in railroad and other cases on behalf of the people. That a new law be passed allowing villages to plant trees along the curb and to assess the cost against abutting property owners. That a law be passed requiring the County Clerk to notify villages of all deeds recorded affecting the property In the village's boundary.

That a law be passed requiring curbs and sidewalks to be installed along State and county roads. That the law be amended pertaining to gasoline tax so that villages will receive 50 percent, allotting the revenue for use in policing arterial highways, providing traffic lights and providing proper street lights and snow removal. That a law be enacted taking away power from the Town Board regarding approval of annexation to villages. Suggestions Approved The association adopted motion to approve all the proposed legislation suggested by the Legislative Committee, and thus went on record against any movement to amend the law to take away Jurisdiction of misdemeanors from police justices. R.

L. Turner, consulting engineer, addressed the meeting on railroad crossing elimination. He said each crossing Is a separate problem and requires individual study. He recommends concrete and steel construction as being better than earthen embankments, as the latter, termed "Chinese walls," divide a village. Mayor William J.

Stratton of Mal-verne, who presided at the meeting, announced that the annual dinner will be held In the Garden City Hotel on Feb. 9. The January meeting will be held at Wllliston Park. Urge Joblew Belief The association called upon Henry Root Stern, chairman of the Nassau County Emergency Work Bureau, to do all In his power to advance grade crossing elimination work, so as to provide employment, and recommended that the Board of Supervisors provide funds adequately to take care of the unemployed. First Woman To Be Installed By G.

0. P. Club Forest Hills Mixed Unit Elects Mrs. P. G.

Sells as President for 1932 SlrWr, rvgte, inLl For Village Aid Weeks Reports Original $10,000 Estimate Was in Excess of Demands Falrchlld Aerlnl Survey. Here is Port Washington as it looks to aerial photographer. Do you recognize any familiar spots? If you live in the village see if you can locate your house or your church or the children's school. Here are some guides: (1) Main St. (2) Haven Ave.

(3) Mackay Avenue. Mineola, L. Dec. 9 Despite efforts of an opposition faction to unseat him as president of the Nassau County Officers and Patrolmen's Association, William P. Ryan of the 4th Precinct has been re-elected president for a third term.

The annual election which started at midnight Sunday ended yesterday and all policemen, from captains down, who are members of the association voted. Ryan was opposed by Patrolman Joseph Meyers of the 2d Precinct, who lost by a margin or ai votes. Ryan polled 203 to Meyers I4fi votes. Gustave A. Fehr of the 1st Pre cinct, who ran on the Ryan ticket for re-election as recording secretary for the last year, was defeated by Eugene Leyendecker of Head quarters, who ran on the MeyeTS ticket, Leyendecker getting 195 votes to Fehr's 154.

Strohmeyer Re-elected Two others re-elected were Wil liam Strohmeyer of the 1st Pre cinct, first vice president for two years, and James Campbell, finan cial secretary for the last year Others elected were: William Kattke, 5th Precinct, elected second vice president over William Apaulding of the 6th Precinct by 223 to 115 votes; Robert Morrison. 4th Precinct, treasurer, over William Dougherty, 1st Pre cinct, by 227 to 159 votes, and Thomas Kelly, 3d Precinct, elected sergeant-at-arms ovet William Sin- ram by 236 to, 107 votes. The trustees elected were: Richard Meyer. 1st Precinct, 278 votes; Michael Hanlon, Headquarters. 188; James Tlntle, 5th Precinct, 168; James McAullffe, 3d Precinct.

165, and James Linden. 2d Precinct, 169. Hanlon, Meyer and McAullffe were re-elected Other candidates for trustee, who did not poll sufficient votes, were Palmer Brown, 6th Precinct. 163 votes; Fred Bahr. 1st Precinct, 159; Joseph Butler, 3d Precinct, 115; Charles O.

Snyder. Headquarters, 138; John 2d Precinct, 89; William Hines. 4th Precinct, 58, and William Mayer, 3d Precinct, 55. The Installation of the newly elected officers will be held in January. Mrs.

lint Bade'. After Washington Rally of W.CT.U. Freepor Woma Tel I How Youth of Country Is Pledged to Dry Cause Freeport. Dec. 9 Mrs.

Clinton M. Flint, president of the Queens-Nassau C. T. Is home today from Washington, where she attended the four-day regional conference of the National W. C.

T. U. organization. Mrs. Flint said a feature of the conference was the presentation to President Hoover of the signatures of 1,047,000 young people between the ages of 14 and 30, affirming their loyalty to the Eighteenth Amendment to abstain from Intoxicating liquors.

"The conference, the first of a series of 25 to be held throughout the country, was attended by prominent W. C. T. U. women from 33 States.

As a result of the deliberations the organization adopted a plan to organize the dry vote at the coming elections and declared for dry planks and dry candidates in State and national elections," Mrs. Flint said. ADAM VATII RITES Copiague, L. Dec. 9 Adam Vath, who died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs.

Charles Eschwel of Scudder will be burled today In Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. Funeral service will be conducted this evening at Powell's chapel In Amity-vllle by the Rev. Bayard H. Goodwin, rector of St. Mary's Church.

Mr. Vath, who was in his 80th year, was a native of Germany who had been In this country 66 years He lived many years in New Haven where he was employed by the New Haven Clock Company. Besides Mrs. Eschwel, Mr Vath leaves several other children, Mrs Robert Rttrer and Wlnifleld Vath. who also lives In this village; Henry Vath of Westhaven.

John Vath of Dorchester, Valentine Vath of New Haven, and Mrs. Robert L. Walker of Cambridge. Mass. Long Beach, L.

Dec. 9 Although representatives of the State Controller's office have been conductin? an audit of the city books here for the past ten days, the City Council Inst night unanimously adopted a resolution requesting such audit. The resolution was offered by Councilman Dclevan C. Smith. Mayor Frank Frankel attempted to explain that such a request had been made.

Smith made an on the need for straightening out the city's accounts. After the resolution had been adopted the Mayor disclosed for the first time that the audit has been under way. Smith Made Charges Smith has been among several who have made general charges of irregularities in the city's accounts but have been unable to refer to specific instances. Mayor Frankel's proposal to save $54,000 by a 10 percent cut in salaries and a merger of several departments was postponed In definitely. Mayor Frankel urged immediate payment of taxes under the threat of an Increasing tax rate, He said the city has $1,050,000 in uncollected taxes that extend back seven years.

To Give Villages First Chance in Fund Solicitation Nassau Work Bureau Will Defer Any Drive Till After Local Campaign Mineola, L. I Dec. 9 Not until the local committees have had an opportunity to raise money will the Nassau County Emergency Work; Bureau make an appeal for prlva'a subscriptions, Dr. Edward T. Devine, executive director of the bureau, said today.

He said: "We believe that it is very vital to this work that the local committees have money on hand to take care of exceptional cases. For this reason we have decided to leave ths field open to these local committees in a drive for funds. At a later date, if necessary, the work bureau will make a county-wide appeal for private subscriptions." Footwear Supplied Emergency Workers Cnpt. James Lunn, Superintendent ot Sewer Maintenance under President Harvey, said to- oay t.iat he received a generous response to. his public appeal for boots, rubbers and other footwear far tlres-c'ay-n-week emergency laborers under his Jurisdiction.

Superintendent Lunn last weclc asked he'p In supplying proper footgear for the emergency labor, who, he said, weie working In the snow practically barefooted. North Side Civics Oppose Garage On 155th St. Resident Claim Project Would Endanger Children on Way to Park At a meeting of the North Bids-Property Owners' Association last night, resolutions opposing a erection of a garage and service station at Northern Boulevard and 155th Flushing, were adopted. John E. Slavli.

and Richard Wel-don were appointed to appear before the Board of Standards ar.d Appeals Dec. 15. to enter the protest of the association against any petition for such a business at that location. Mr. Slavln said that the application for permission to build this station would be strongly opposed by residents.

He declared that it will interfere with children going to and from Bowne Park. IMth one of the most exclusive residential sections of Flushing. Indignant residents of that vicinity appeared at the meeting and voiced their opinions In a mass Another meeting will be held la two weeks at which time Mr. vin and Mrs. Weldon will give their reports.

Pants Robbers Trio Guilt at Trial men who were on trial, with beating and robbing Bannon, S3. 78 Stat Flushing, in Queens County Court 15 Men at Card Table But Only One Played 'Strange as It Seems' It Was Solitaire Came That Police Interrupted When They Raided Astoria Candy Shop and Made Arrests Fifteen men in a small store, a table on which cards and money, and only one card player. He was playing solitaire. That was the story told Magistrate Thomas F. Doyle In the Long Island City magistrate's court yesterday.

And they all stuck to it. $5,000 Is Voted To Create Work Accepted by Club But One Member Quits Baldwin Group in Row on Bench Designation Baldwin, L. Dec. 9 Action of the Town Board of Hempstead in appointing a Bellmore man to sue ceed the late Justice of the Peace Wilbur Southard instead of a Baldwin resident "was an insult to the intelligence of the voters here," according to Nathaniel Ginsberg, who resigned from the Baldwin Re publican Club last night. His action was precipitated by the newly elected president, Carl S.

Brown, who offered resolution of congratulation to George Johnson, the new appointee, and one Indorsing action of the Town Board. Choice Is Accepted Later, the resolution of congralu latlon was passed unanimously and another to the Town Board "ac cepting" the appointment instead of indorsing it, was passed by a vote or 25 to 11. Following the election of officers, President Brown said: "Baldwin does not deserve rep resentation on the board because our committeemen are not united and had nobody to offer." Officers Elected At the election of officers, Carl S. Brown succeeded George Ross, president for the past four years, Other ofticers are: J. B.

Martell, vice president: Russell Mlnard, recording Fecrctary; Carlcton Bedell corresponding secretary; David Drlschell, financial serretary; N. F. Blgoney, treasurer; William Klebb. serueant-at- arms. Directors Carl S.

Brown. Dr. A. Ferre Witmer and Fred Oottlieb. Steals Funds Used For Pupils' Lunches East Northport.

L. Dec. 9 Stealing the means of giving free meals to school children who cannot afford to pay for them, has given the title of "meanest thief" to the one who visited the East Northport School recently and robbed the lunchroom. This was learned last evening at the meeting of the East Northport Parent-Teachers Association. The lunchroom is run by the association.

It furnished hot lunches to the children at a very nominal amount and t0 those in need of the lunch and unable to pay for It, they are served free. Someone broke the padlock from the door and stole $23 In cash and all the supplies. Freeport9 Prepared Freeport, L. Dec. 9 Charging that the other barbers In Freeport i are trying to freeze htm out, Louis Fentrra of Railroad Ave.

Is deter-mined to keep his prlcea of 15-ccnt Patchogue, L. Dec. 9 Instead of a fund of $10,000 which It was originally Intended to raise, the village of Patchogue will need but $2,000 to take care of its needy cases this Winter. The larger item was suggested three weeks ago by Mayor E. Agate Foster in appointing a committee.

Postmaster Harry T. Weeks, chairman, said tiday that a survey had shown his committee that $2,000 would probably suffice this year. Work will start at once raising this money and in addition to voluntary subscriptions, committees have been appointed to solicit funds. James A. Conroy will have charge of the bank solicitation, A.

Smith Petty of the industrial concerns, and a committee to call on the merchants is made up of Charles Bechtold, David Siegcl, David Weissberger, Ernest E. Petty, K. R. Bellman and K. O.

Kaller. A woman's committee will be organized this week by Mrs. William H. Aldrich and will be made up of Mrs. Henry Relth.

Mrs. Willis Reeve, Mrs. John T. Dare. Mrs.

Rowland Baker, Mrs. Kenneth Foster, Mrs. Bert Carey, Mrs. Frank Willigan. Mrs.

Thomas Gaffner and the Misses Hazel Conklin and Mildred Fuhrmann. Card Party Aids Huntington Needy Huntington, L. Dec. 9 There was a large attendance last evening at the Hotel Huntington when a card party was given for the unemployed of Huntington. The affair was given by the Huntington Business Otrls' Club, and the entire proceeds will be turned over to the Huntington Committee for the Unemployed.

Bacon Bill Asks Local Labor on L. I. PostoiTices Mt'Msure 1 (1 Affect 40 Project Building or to Be Built Soon Washington, Dec. 8 Forty new post office buildings on Long Island, Including Flushing and Jamaica, are affected by terms of a bill Introduced In the House today by Representative Robert Bacon, Westbury, providing that Long Island workmen be given preference In employment on all Federal construction undertaken on the island in the future. Twenty postofflces are now In some stage of construction on the island and plans are in the making for 20 more this year and next, Bacon said.

Bacon's measure is intended to extend the benefits now being de rived from the Bacon-Davis 'pre vailing wage law act requires contractors on Federal construction to pay the waRe smle of the narticular locality in which workmen are employed. His new proposal provides that local workmen first be given preference on Federal building contracts, that preference then be extended to Include people in the Immediate vicinity of a city, and then the people of the State. Not until these three stages have been completed will be the contractor permitted to import "foreign" labor. Bacon said Urge Incinerators In Queens War on Its Dump Menace Borough Set for Action as Garbage Dinponal at Sea Is to in 1933 Borough President Harvey's office and members of the Committee of 500 on Sanitation and Beau- tificatlon today began laying down the lines of defense against any possible extension of garbage dumps in Queens with the suspension of garbage disposal at sea in 1933 as ordered by the United States Supreme Court in a ruling this week. "Mrs.

Charles B. Williams, chairman of the Committee of 500, has colferred with me on the matter of the construction of an adequate system of garbage incinerators," Acting Borough President Halleran said. "The borough adnlnistratlon is thoroughly in accord with Mrs. Williams' recommendation for the development of incineration and will support any project of this nature before the Board of Estimate." Cold Standard False, Hylan Tells Jamaica Women Jurist Blames Bankers for depression He Has a Remedial Plan Former Mayor John F. Hylan, now Queens Children's Court Justice, sailed into the "Interests" yesterday and blamed the depression on the "non-producers and the international bankers who have cornered the world's gold supply and refused to extend credit." Speaking before Jamaica section National Council of Jewish Women, in the Jamaica Jewish Center, Justice Hylan declared that the gold standard is economically false and allows the "international bankers" to control the money of the world In a petition to the Board of Esti- The former Mayor said he had prepared a plan for the reorganization of the national financial structure which he will submit to Congress before the present term Is over.

Mrs. Benjamin Marvin, president of the section; Mrs. John Flaum and Mrs. Louis O. Ievy were elected delegates to the Bl-Centen- nlal Convcntlun in Detroit next month.

Wantto Split Cost Of Channel Drive mate, the Joint assessment committee of the Allied Civic League of the Rockaways, and the Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways urges that assessment for acquisition of property to provide the right-of-way for Beach Channel Drive and for costs of improving the road, be fixed so that the city will assume 00 percent of the cost, the borough 2J percent, and the local area 1) percent. Police Raid Candy Store Patrolmen Schultze and Watson of the 16th division, acting on complaints received at their office, visited a candy and stationary store at 28-51 31st Astoria, early Monday evening and found IS men besides the owner present, cards and money on a table. The men were arrested, bailed out and appeared in the Long Island City Court yesterday. Magistrate Doyle had the 15 men each charged with disorderly conduct, lined up before him and questioned them one by one. It developed that each of the men had entered the store "Just a couple or minutes" before the police arrived, that four of the men went in to "buy a cigar" and the other 11 "to meet a friend." Not one man had played cards.

No one in fact had seen any one playing cards. Michael Jennette, who conducts the place and who was charged with maintaining a gambling game, was called forward. Place Community Foyer "It seems that your place Is the one place where everybody goes when they want to meet somebody," commented Magistrate Doyle. "Do you conduct any business there besides a sort of community foyer?" Jennette explained he sells cigars and cigarettes. Some reference had bc.n made to cards by the patrolmen, so Jennette explained that he has a pack of cards there "in case somebody wants to play solitaire." The patrolman mentioned that one of the men admitted to him he was playing cards.

The man recalled he did have a pack of cards In his hands at the time the police entered. He had, he explained, been playing solitaire. "There is no law against men plavlng a friendly game of cards," said Magistrate Doyle after listening to all the explanations. "It is only when the game is conducted for nroflt by one man who taltes a cut for promoting it, or when the players and spectators become so boisterous as to annoy the nelRhbor-hood that the law must Intervene. Most of you men appear clean cut, law abiding citi7ns.

Most of you AtWillistonPark Ten Men to Be Given Jobs Tomorrow, Ten More Monday 1,000 Register Wllllston Park, L. Dec. 9 An appropriation of $5,000 to provide temporary employment for residents of this village has been authorized by the Village Board. The money will provide means of having several needed local improvements made, including repairs to the Municipal Building. In addition, It Is planned to pour tar into cracks In the cement roadways, hone and scrape dirt streets and repair broken curbs.

All the work will be done under the superintendence of Village Engineer Ennert Goodalc. It is planned that ten men will start work tomorrow and work through until Saturday, and another tn will be engaged next Monday. The men will work three days a week and will be paid at the rate of $4 a day. About 125 local men have registered as being unemployed To Dedicate Some Queens Malls July 4 Tentative plans for a suitable borough-wide celebration in connection with planting of 200 elm trees on Queens Boulevard as Queens Borough's tribute to the 200th birthday of Oeorge Washington on Feb. 22, 1932, were discussed today by the Memorial Tree committee at the Long Island City offices of the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce.

It was tentatively decided to hold anortier celebration on July 4 as it would be difficult to dedicate the 13 malls be plated cn one day. would interfere with Jennette legitimate business. There is not enough evidence here to establish a case against you. I am only going to say this much: There must have been some reason for the complaint. In the future conduct yourselves in such a manner that there will be no reason for other complaint! and other arrests.

Case dismissed. Defendants discharged. Mrs. Pearl G. Bells, first woman to be elected president of a mixed political club, will be Installed by Queens County Leaders Warren B.

Ashmead and Lillian A. Oaring at the dinner and dance of the Republican Club of orest Hills and Kew Gardens to be held in the Masonic Temple, Queens Boulevard, tonight. Officers of other Republican clubs In the vicinity win attend as well as other political leaders. Prominent Republicans at the Installation will include Henry G. Wenzel, Supreme Court Justice-elect; William B.

Hazelwood. City Court Justice-elect; United States Commissioner Nicholas M. Pette, Justice-elect of the Municipal Court; Mrs. Mary E. Hafner, Slate Com-mitteewoman of the Sixth A.

Frederic E. Knauss, State Committeeman of the Sixth A. Raymond Richmond, State Committeeman of the Third A. Henry Baum, Deputy Registrar of Queens, and Frank Plans, chairman of the Sixth A. D.

Republican County Committee. Other officers to be Installed are Edward L. Ehrig, first vice president: Arthur Priest, second vice president; Mrs. Frederic D. de Hen-wood, third vice president; Malcolm S.

Wlslurt, fourth vice president; E. F. W. Wlldermuth, secretary; F. C.

Hansel, treasurer; Mrs. Graca E. Meeks, corresponding secretary; Miss Anna A. Wehmhoefer, finan cial secretary; Frank Thiel and P. Henry Orlando, tergeants-at-arms.

Opera Stars Give Lynbrook Concert Lynbrook, L. Dec. 9 Stars of the Cosmopolitan Opera Company appeared in a concert at Lynbrook High School last night, for the benefit of the unemployed. Among the artists were Kenneth ield, formerly of Lynbrook, tenor; Louise Taylor, soprano; Marie Bard, contralto, and Oluseppe Martlno-Rossl baritone. Edward Lcbcgott, musical director, was the accompanist.

The concert was presented through tbe courtesy of Armand Bagarosy, ireneral director, and arrangements were In the hands of a committee of the Lynbrook Unemployment Re lief Committee, headed by Mayor Barber for 3-Year Siege Admit Three charged 8nd 35-Mnt halrCuU doWn "They offered to buy my store and make me manager of it for Ave years If I would stop my price war." Ferrerra said today. "Even with the lower prices. I am making a living and have some of the best customers in town. If I sold out. the prices Immediately go back to 60 cents for a haircut and a quarter for a shave, and as long as 1 am here, I will not go back to that high figure or be Instrumental In 'gypping' the public.

"The only way they can get rid of me is to take me for a ride, but I hardly think It will come to that. With the price of everything else down, and demands being made on men with jobs, it is unnecessary to yesieraay were permitted to enter pleas of guilty to second degree as-sitlt by Judge Frank F. Adel. Thev are Joseph MammoUto, 23, 100-13 Northern Boulevard. Corona; John Dunan.

74. Dvrkmm Brooklyn, and Ralph Herric, 40 Locust Flushing. The greater part of the defend testimony had been offered when the defendants asked permission to plead to the lesser crime According to the testimony of Bannon. he was kicked and punched by the trio on Aug 6 last after he had been drinking with them In place at Myrtle and Railroad Flushing. He also charged them with taking his pants.

In which he aid he had $11. They will be sentenced Friday. i to come, he said. Ferrerre, formerly had a shop on Railroad Ave. He later opened another shop on the same street and Immediately cut the prevailing prices In half In the village, thereby starting a barbers' war that Is still being waged, much to the benefit of the public.

Other barbers, have gone even lower than Ferrtrra's prices in an are out of work. A conviction would place a life-long stigma upon your names, a fine, even a small one. would work a hardship. "When There's Smoke' "There Is some reason why people have made complaint to the police here. However, the police tell me the people who complain will not come to court to explain why they complain.

I know it Is getting too cold to stand on a street crner. I do not want to do anything that effort to force him to get out of keep up post-war prices In any-business, he says, thing." Howard O. Wilson,.