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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931 BR Civic and Social News of Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Adjoining Communities BUYS SITE TRACT Scenes Down on Bay Ridge 'Farms' College Site Tract Goes to Civic Groups RapNcwB.M.T. Trolley Loop Car Operated at Night on Plot Adjoining HrndricksonSt. Homos Ship Speeds To Arrive for Lifeboat Race Radio to Captain Mil liken Describes Conte, Grande in Mid-Atlantic mm.u ws- Joseph P. Day Says 'Country Club' Precinct Station to Stay No Money for New Build-ing, No Need for Lockup, Says Supt. O'Brien The "country club." dilapidated.

40-year-old dwelling at 1830 Brooklyn is due to house the law enforcement personnel of the 63d precinct for some time to come. Take the word of Superintendent of Buildings Thomas E. O'Brien of the Police Department for it. The frame etationhouse was purchased in 1920 for police use for the sum of $12,500, which price also included four adjacent lots. According to O'Brien, when the place was first taken over as a statlonhouse a flood of applications poured In from patrolmen wishing to be sta tioned mere.

Now, however, the buildings su perintendent agrees with agitating civic groups of the neighborhood that the structure is a bit antiquated. But, he said yesterday, there are spots in Queens where the need for any statlonhouse at all Is ex tremely acute, and the department has no money to satisfy the demand. As far as the shortcomings of the Vanderveer Park station go, he de clared, there are many station-houses in the city without lockup facilities. "They make about one arrest a week down in that section of Flatbush. Where's the necessity for a cell? About the only thing that happens down there is people as saulting mosquitoes." The 63d would be a strategic point ta store an emergency wagon, O'Brien declared.

But all that awaits (he time when funds are available for a new station. The opinion haa been expressed that neighbors of the old police station would like to see the "law" of the 63d precinct quartered somewhere else. Believing that officials would not consent to the erection of a modern statlonhouse on the limited tract at 1830 Brooklyn they are agitating for a new building in the hope that lt will be located a few blocks distant. tlpil rrriAl I I I "owr -r 4 i if Joseph P. Day Realtor Held $800,000 Mortgages on Property Mackin Hits Berrv Title to the land held by the Hangar Corporation Torming part of the Bensonhurst College site.

which Bensonhurst civic bodies are urging the city to purchase, has passed from the Hangar Corpora tion to Joseph P. Day, well known realtor, it was learned today. The parcels, comprising about 60 acres of land, more than half of which is under water, were con trolled by Assistant Secretary of Labor Murray W. Garson, who ac cording to information gathered at nig oince, arranged the transfer of title with Day after the mortimirMi amounting 10 aoout 1800,000 held by tne auctioneer, continued to pile up interest and tax charges against the property. While the title 1 now cnlplv In the hands of Day, is was intimated that the arrangement did not mean the ousting of Garson from t.hA rangements by which it is held.

Mackin Charges Error Meanwhile William J. MarUn vice president of the Community Councils of the City of New York, charged Controller Berry with er ror in his reDOrt tn the Ttnarri nf Estimate on the available sites, in- ciuaing tne Bensonhurst tract. iviacKin said the renorr. rinr.alH the superiority of the site, which he has been constantly advocating as the one t.n hit rWn by the Board of Higher Education. ine report, he added "rin nn shed anv additional liirhf (in It 1 perplexing problem, nor rlnu it give the sliihtest hint, tn th controller's preference in the matter." Sayi Area Is Large The Dronertv.

Mirth tends 1,990 feet along Cropsey' Ave. and has an avera Henth nt inn feet to high-water mark. "This indicates a little less than 20 acres upland." he said. Th. water measures 2,000 feet bv 800 leet and embraces about 50 acres." in report, however, it said the land consisted of ten ncres i in land and 25 acres under water.

At uarson office, it was indicated that the upland area consisted of 25 acres, with the under-water richta exceeding 35 acres. While Mackin nv ha nnt understand" the estimate of the property made by the controller, his figures exceed those of its former owner. Berry is charged bv the Community Council', official with the desire to find some excuse to disqualify the property from its pre-eminent position as the most desirable location from the standpoint of cost and environment." AS Controller Berrv valued the property at 1700.000. Makln said he was quoted a figure only $50,000 higher by a real estate broker, whose name he did not reveal. The price submitted by the Hancar Cornora- tion when, as owner of the property, it was oiierea to the city, was given at $1,000,000.

The assessed valuation is given at $654,000. At Garson's office.it was said the plot was offered the city at a million dollars, but in a private sale, for which it is now being offered, the price of $1,500,000 will be asked. Women Voters' Group To Meet on Sept. 14 The executive board of the 21st A. D.

League of Women Voters will meet in the quarters of the Flat' bush Chamber of Commerce, 887 Flatbush on Monday, Sept. 14, according to an announcement yesterday. The meeting will start at 30. Mrs. James B.

Aimer, chair man of the district organization, win preside. Find Missing Boys Drowned Aug. 27 Near RockawayPt. Funeral Services for Robert Roth and Vincent Lia Tomorrow Morning Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Robert E. Roth, 1.

of 1841 W. 7th and Vincent Lia. 23, of 1970 W. 5th who were drowned on Aug. 27 when the canoe in which they were riding was capsized near Rockaway Point.

The bodies were discovered by the Coast Guard after both families had reported the absence of the boys to the Missina- Persons Bureau or tne police department. Identification was made yesterday by John Vincent Lia, father of Vincent. A requiem mass will be celebrated at the R. C. Church of S3.

Simon and Jude at o'clock tomorrow morning for young Lia. He la survived by his parents, two brothers, Thomas and Alfonse, and one slater, Frances. Ha attended St. John's College and for several years contributed college football notea to the sports department of The Eagle. Requiem mass for Robert E.

Roth will be held at the church at 10 a.m. In addition to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roth, he is aurvlved by three brothers, Raymond, Albert and William, and one sister, Mrs. m.

Hoive. Burial of both boys will be made at St. John's Cemetery following the services at the church. BO ITS NIGHT Oakland. Csl.

Speedy Dado, Philippines, knocked out Hble Israel, Portland, Ore, The B. M. T. Company's new one-man trolley cur loop, opened a week so on a 100 by 100-foot plot on the west side of Flatbush Ave. Just north of Avenue U.

is the latest transit problem to disturb the tranquillity of southern Flatbush. Means by whirh the B. M. T. subsidiary secured permission for construction of the loop, designed for the non-reversible one-man vehicles, ere to be investigated by the Marine Park Civic Association, it as learned today.

The Flatbush Chamber of Commerce is acting on complaints of neighbors of the new railroad yard. Hurts Property Values, Claim The detrimental value to surrounding property is considered the worst effect the loop exerts. The continual squeal of trolley wheels and the danger to children of the neighborhood due to the absence of a fence around the tracked property re other factors cited by the pro-testant-s. The yard adjoins back yards on Hcndrickson St. A rumor, circulated in the neighborhood to the effect that the B.

M. T. representatives had been assured that no opposition would be raised to the loop and that nearby property owners anticipated a resultant increase in lot values, was denied by half a dozen dwellers in the rear of the loop; Mrs. Robert Jones of 2153 Hendrickson St. declared that the noise of 40-foot trolley cars turning in a circle with a 50-foot radius had almost made sleep impossible since the loop was in operation.

She said: 'Banana Line' "The Flatbush Ave. line has been known for years as the "banana line," because the cars run in bunches. And when three or four of these cars pile up at the loop. maneuver back and forth on the double track. and then pull out on the northward trip, the squeaking and grinding is terrific.

How any one within a block of the loop will be able to sell his property for home construction is more than I can see." Mrs. S. R. Rasmussen of 2148 Hendrickson also directly behind the B. T.

plot, complained cf the danger to the 20-odd young children who play from yard to yard in that part of the block. Continual watch must be kept on children to see that thy don't stray onto the unfenced track property and Into the path of the cars," she said. Mrs. Sarah Rimpkins of 2147, Mrs. A.

Blush of 21 SB, Mrs. John Pearson of 2148. and Mrs. Thomas Sor-enson of 2153 Hendrickson added their objections. The car now rross the Flatbiifh Ave.

sidewalk in two places In the process of reversing. They take on passengers while astride the walk. Interference with traffic bound for Flo.d Bennett Airport has been reported as a consequence of the laying of a lead-In track from the loop to the north bound track on the east side of the street. Marriage Licenses 2UUour Record for Flalhunh and Bay Ridge Area Benjamin, Miss Sylvia, 22 year old, of 16fi 80th and Irving Eisen, 22, of 1420 Lincoln Place. Cha-iin, Miss Anne, 20 year old, of 1647 W.

8th and Harry Rosen-swe g. 24, of 344 E. 8th St. Codv, Miss Elizabeth, 23 years old. of Hawthorne and William Lohr, 27, of 1464 Brooklyn Ave.

Collora, Misa Marion, 21 years old, of 447 54th and George Williams, 24, of West Orange. N. J. Dohlstiom, Mis Beatrice, 25 years old. of 848 E.

48th and Frederick Zlegler. 23, of 79-17 Wood-haven Boulevard. Glendale. Durnrr.att. Miss Gladys, 23 years old, of 2.V7 72d and Arthur Johnson.

26. of 121 Dikeman St. Fineran, Miss Marie. 26 years old, of 4i and Walter Kelly, 28, of S4fi 551 St. Kennedy.

Mis Anne. 26 years old, of 1 Orean Court, and John Carey, 29. of 78-04 Lotus Glendale. Klein. Miss Helen.

21 years old, of 3811 16th and Morris firheetner, 30, of the same address. Lemoviu, Miss Edith. 23 years old, of 1423 40th and Robert Gold, 27, Of 1521 41st 8t. Purcell, Misi Mildred, 20 years old. of 321 Albemarle Road, and Paul Heesemann, 25.

of 348 E. 5th St. Reynolds, Mu Ida, 20 years old. of 435 E. 23d and Frank Ha-gan, 34.

of the same add reus. Rosenfeld. Miss Jeanne, 23 years old. of 1444 85th and Alexander Fusvitto. 23, of 743 W.

70th Manhattan. Ward, Miss Virginia. 24 4esr old. of 3V) Psrkslde snd Gordon CMrhart, 25. of 711 Ocean A' e.

Vetsv Miss Gertrude, 13 years oirl. 14 Frhermeihom St. snd Aaron Pomrin, 34, of 1475 41st Street. ri RCHAKK Al'HF. Sprlncfleld.

Sept. 1 ifll The Albany club of the Eastern League today has sold Hormldas Aube. right-handed pitcher, to the New York Yankers for a price consideration and full title to William (Hank) Karlon. Aube Is frartia'e of Fordham University. Theodore Menrln Vlnlta Theodore C.

Mcrmln. son of Dr nd Mrs. Robert E. Merwin of av Ridge, la vwtlng at ihe home of Mr. nd Mra.

Henry Lathrop at Dal-fc Pa. PS. 102 72f.ST. GfDGE B'LVb. Speeding here with its throttles wide open a.nd every degree of steam nrenniirA nntsihl emangtlnii tmm lha boilers, the steamer Conte Grands of the Lloyd Sabaudo line, only Italian ship entered in the international lifeboat races to be held off Bay Ridge on Labor Day, hopes to reach this port in time for the race.

A wireless dispatch received by Capt. John F. Milliken of the Neptune Association from the liner said it would be entering the harbor the morning of the race, but would not wait to dock before sending its racing crew to the regatta. Instead, it will lower the boat and men over side while pursuing its course up the Narrows to its place of mooring. Lost Hope Last Week All hope that the Italian liner would make this port in time for the regatta was forsaken last week, when dispatches said It was being held up by terrific storms in the eastern Atlantic.

At the time it master forwarded word that ha would open his throttles In an attempt to make New York the morning of Labor Day. In the meantime, word from the Conte Grande tells us that the men picked to man the lifeboat are skipping rope and otherwise getting in shape to compete for the Todd Trophy. With the Conte Grande certain of being entered the number of crewa who so far have signified their Intention of starting from scratch ll 13. The Statcndam. Holland-American line, which will arrive in this port on Sunday, is expected to enter a crew, it was learned.

Talisman to Leave The Talisman of the Wilhemsen Line, whose crew trained hard for the race, will leave New York on Saturday, which was not expected, leaving three other Norwegian crews to battle for the Norse supremacy. The crew of the Talisman had trained with an improvised lifeboat on the deck of the vessel on its way to New York. Weights were placed on the ends of the oars, but all this training has gone for naught as the master and crew, disappointed and heartsore, make ready to go Saturday. With the excitement of last-minute details giving members of the Neptune Association plenty to do yesterday, the Bay Ridge Civic Council last night made its final -plans to take care of the lanH on of the race. Police Commissioner iwuirooney with 1.000 of his finest will patrol the waterfront from Bay Ridge Ave.

to Fort Hamilton rini-w the races. Original plans called far ih. starting of the race about 11 o'clock in the mornine. Due tn th. ih.i Captain Milliken reported the start.

ik ia lane piare an hour later. Word from the shore pital. which overlook th. the regatta, states that two rooms nave oeen given over to the Bay Ridge Civic Council, to be used in caring for those in lured hv th. milling throngs.

Man Badly Injured In Fight With Two Edmund Pearon. 24. 17 suffered severe lacerations of the head and face, early today, dur ing an altercation witn two unknown men. He wa treated hv ambulance surgeon and remained at home. BITTEN BY STRAY Vincent NaDoo.

2.1 7U loth in is confined to his home today suf. ferlng from a severe dog bite on the right leg. Nappo was bitten by a stray dog while passing 2019 E. 55th St. Anticipate 5,400 Students at James Madison This Fall Increase of 300 Over Last Year Lease Aha-valh Sholom Building With th noenlns of Jm Unii.

son High School this Fall, a register 8.400 pupils is anticipated. Dr. William Lasher, principal, said today. This Is an estimated Inr.reas 300 over the enrollment of lAt year. Th blllldlns nf T.mnl.

Sholom, at Avenue and E. 16th will be used i. Jamea Madison this year and will nouse ia clauses. A. Downing will in charge of the work in the new annex.

The building has been aeourtd on lease which will permit Its use for Madison Hlah School mini). during the day and allow th re ligious classes or the temple to be conducted at night. Despite the added capacity afforded by the annex. It will still necessary for Madison to hold overlapping aesslnns. First student will com at 8:30 a.m.

and leav at 1:30 p.m.. and others will arrlv at a.m. and leave at 4.15 pjn. Declares Midwood Traffic Problems Are Again Acute M. M.

Keith, Trade Board Head, Suggests Permanent Cycle Police Champion for Trees In Bay Ridge Arises Norman Adder of 663 88lh Street' Formins So-ciety to Preserve Arboreal Beauty of Sec-tion To Inaugurate Group Labor Day The trees of Bay Ridge, menaced by the march of progress, have at last a champion. Labor Day will see the formal Inauguration of the Bay Ridge Tree Planting Society, an organization formed by Nor PS.60 These Bay Ridge farmers and farmerette worked strenuously thia Summer for the trophies awarded anaually hy the Board of Kdneatlnn. James Christie tu In charge of five school gardens in Ihe Wwal area, filris are more pro-flrlent than boys In Ihe flower and vegetable raising, he says. Brady to Be First Speaker of 12:43 Club Fall Season Mr. Floyd Rennrtt, Lt.

Kt'lly AUo to Talk on Barren Island Airport Peter J. Brady, Deputy Dock Commissioner, in charge of Floyd Bennett Airport, will be the guest speaker at the Flatbush 12:45 Club next Wednesday in Ottjen's. Church and Aves. The meeting will be tiie first held by the club since the Summer adjournment. Lt.

J. Nelson Kelly, manager of the flying flield, and Mrs. Floyd Bennett, widow of the intrepid polar flier, In honor of whom the field was named, will also address the businessmen's luncheon. Mrs. Bennett is a candidate for the vacant post of secretary in the airport personnel.

A large turnout Is expected at this first Fall meeting, arcordlng to B. J. King, secretary of the group, due to the fact that both Commissioner Brady and Manager Kelly were appointed during the Summer months. They will have an opportunity to hear first hand the story of the gradual organization of the municipal airport's facilities toward the formation of a national air terminal Kinffsway Temple Ends First Year The flr't, anniversary services of th Community Reformed Temple, the onlv reformed temple In the Klnas Hlghwsy district, is scheduled for tomorrow evening. In the Kings H.ghwav Community Building, 1665 E.

17th St. Rabbi Samuel Peiper will preach on the subject "Looking Ahead." Mrs. Minnie Tulltan. president of Ihe sisterhood. Paul Alexander, president of the Mens Club, and Arther Lauser.

president of the Youn Folks' League, will avvUt in the anniversary celebration. 50 HI NT LOST STI tKNT Wellington, N. 7... Sept. 3 A searching party of 500 has failed to find snv trace of Warvlrk Wan-n, Auckland University student.

Int on the sn'OTnvered slope of Mount RuspT hu. Activities in Social World Of Flatbush and Bay Ridge man Aaeier or 005 88th former secretary of the Amer lean Association for the Planting and Preservation of City Trees. It will be a brunch of the Brooklyn Tree League, of which Adeler is also secretary. While still in the process of formation and numbering only 25 members, the group will meet tonight in the Central Branch Y. M.

C. A. to discuss treea and their removal by the Park Department. At the office of Park Commissioner Browne, it Is held that no trees get under way next week." said Mann, "and within a few months are destroyed unless they are unfit and will not continue to grow. "There Is a great need for an organization of this kind in Bay Brooklyn Now Mr.

and Mrs. A. Nelson of 767 E. 9th St. celebrated their golden wedding anniversary recently.

A dinner party wu given for them at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brown of 540 E. 48th St. Among rel Icreage Per Capita, Says Mann Traffic problems of the East Mid-wood district, corrected by temporary surveillance by the motorcycle traffic squad recently, again have become acute, according to Secretary M.

M. Keith of the Midwood Board of Trade. The tendency of motorists approaching Ocean and Coney Island Ave. traffic signals from side streets to step on the throttle In an effort to make green lights has become a serious menace to the lives of pedestrians and other motorists, he said yesterday. Numerous minor crackupa and near-collisions on corners block or two from Ocean Ave.

have put the neighborhood Into a stat of continual fear of the speeding vehicles. Only Method "The only successful method of combatting this habit of speeding to the llghU." said Keith, "is to station a motorcycle policeman in the district between Avenues and end Bedford and Ocean Aves. to issue summonses to these heedless motorists. "Their utter disregard for the privileges of others can only be corrected by the assessment of fines. We Intend to ask regular police surveillance In the Midwood district as soon as the Board of Trade swings Into action this Fall." House Guests Mr.

and Mrs. Vita Oalatl of 74ng 12th have as their house guests a cousin from Hartford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Oalatl returned recently from Connecticut, where they for several weeks.

AtYulan Miss Marie Kelly of S203 3d Ave. I at Yulan, N. where she will spend several weeks. Vacations In Walden Mrs. Ella Rosenstrom of 138i 82d Is vacationing in Walden.

N. Y. She is expected to return home week. In Algiers Mrs. Hugh LafTerty of IW0I Bldre Boulevard, la in Alerters Afrira tVnm making an rxtemlve tour abroad.

Ridge," Adeler said. "The section was once well known for well turmed and beuutiful trees, but during the past few years the encroachment of lurge apartment houses has been the cause of the removal of many and the death of a great many others. Many have cuea irom tne lack of attention." Adeler is of the opinion that the removal of trees tends to make the streets of the section Ufily and unsightly and also unhealthy for playing children. The new group promises an aggressive campaign in behalf of the remaining trees of Bay Ridge, and hopes throush its efforts to be re-sponsiblefor the planting of many where time and progress have caused their removal. Lowest in Park partment, established within the bounds of Marine Park, will provide an ample supply of Norway maples, evergreen shrubs and other varieties of plants to Mssist the architect, Charles Downing Lay, in his work of shaping the recreation spot.

'Tlans for rehabilitating the Whitney mansion and restoring the old Orritsrn Mill, at a cost of e-bout $14. S00. ll provide two shrines for Brooklyn's park visitors. "To provide adequate transportation facilities from the centers of population to Marine Park, extension of rapid transit lines has been advocated. Widening of Flatbush Ave.

below Avenue to 300 feet, this to be accomplished through ac qulMtlon by the Park Department of 135 acres of Dock Department property west of Flatbush Ave." Thft the vast expenditures con-templstrd In the development of the park are Justified, was Mann's contention, due to the Inevitable of rrnlty laxes through enhancement of property values. atives wno aiienaea tne am-- ner were four daughters, a son and dren. several grandchil- Retarn Next Week Mr. and Mrs. Leo P.

Shott of 7901 4th Ave. will return next week from Moosepac Lake. Oakrldae. N. where they have been since July.

Back From Vacation Miss Lillian Larson of ail 70th St. has returned home from a vacation spent at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. Motor In MamaehuvtU Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson and Peterson of th 8.

H. Com-merclal Oulde are motoring In Massachusetts. Labor Day Holiday Misi Anna Wehner of 640 61st St. is spending the Labor Day holiday at her Summer home In Lebanon, N. J.

She has as her guest Miss Loretta Carney of 644 Carroll Street. Mediterranean Tour Mr. and Mrs. K. G.

Howe of 1021 via 11. are at home aaain aft.r tn extensive tour of Egypt. Italv and other countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. At llnma Mrs. Ray HefTertnan of 1M4 1l Is at home Her an vUnrfl vacation trip through Canada, of of be a 10 Completion of the 1.600-acre Marine Park, declared Roy M.

Mann, secretary of the League for the Improvement of Marine Park, in an fdrlrrss over Station WBBC last night, will raise Brooklyn a notch from Its present position at the tall end of the five boroughs in park acreage per rapito. Brooklyn's present standing Is three-quarters of an acre per 10000 population, according to Mann. The boroughs total park acreage developed for use Is 1.800. Mann described the- necessity which occasioned the banding together of 14 civic bodies in the lower section of Brooklyn to fight for speedier work on the vust playground. Thirty-six groups are now connected with the league.

'Topsolllng of the huge playground area north of Avenue Is due to the rrra wiih of this thoroughfare, on both sides of Orrrilsen Basin now being fillrd, will be ready for soiling. "The tree nuwry 4 the Tark De v..