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uoverint at Bomb Brooklyn Iron Atlantic Avenue to Port Hamilton, following tht tarn Uriel of distribution the Home Talk and Item, and all ol Platbuin from Empire Boulevard to Avenue and from Coney Island Avenue to Ultra Avenue A Home Newspaper for Every Member of the Family The STAKL Section of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle 12 PAGES BROOKLYN, N. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932 TO BE OR NOT TO BE A HOT DOG STAND Dnnumr damo Ship Companies See Hope of Reduction In Rentals of Piers AT HOT DOG IDEA y-A ON SHORE ROAD OPPIKOFER FOES PLAN TO REVIVE PARTY! KINGS Start of Progressive Drive in 16th A. D. Urged by Bolters' Chief i. CtTk mr- irSiit ii it i EDUCATION MINISTER hih Si.i t3 fej i ii i onnn liiiiil! IMJIJJ boathouse of Crescent Athletic Club at Shore Road and 85th which Park Commissioner Browne denies will be rented for concession purposes.

Healing Services In St. Philip's Rector Lays Hand on 111 Eleven, Including Woman About to Undergo Operation, Report Being Strengthened in Body and Soul by Mystic Touch Healing services were held yesterday in St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Uth Ave, and 80th for the first time in its history. Eleven members of the congregation who were ill knelt before the altar for the "laying-on-of-hands." Holy FIGHT REOPENED OVER MOVE FOR Bay Ridge Chamber Takes Up Issue as Owner Prepares Appeal From Ban The long-standing fight of the Bourke-Jordan Company to gain permission to conduct an automobile repair shop in connection with its automobile salesroom at 66th St. and 5th facing Llev Eriksson Square, Is being reopened.

Matthew C. Bourke, president, incensed by opposition waged since last October by civic organizations against "the proposed change, has decided, to request the property owner, George White of 326 81st to take the matter again before the Board of Standards and Appeals, which refused to grant the right last November. A nenewed attack on the proposal was made Wednesday night when the Bay Ridge Chamber of Commerce, on a report by Frank A. Matrunola, chairman of the park committee, delegated Francis X. Sullivan to investigate it.

The matter was brought to his attention, Matrunola said, when a resident whose property adjoins the salesroom requested his support in protesting the change. This neighbor, according to Bourke, made the original complaint and caused previous tenants of the showroom considerable trou ble bv his continued opposition. In one instance. Bourke reported, he caused a building inspector to be Rent to the salesroom, declaring oDjectionawe repair shop activities, in violation of lease, were being conducted. The inspector found no Indications of such activities, the dealer said, and agreed the complaint was not justified.

A man representing himself as an officer of the Shore Road Civic Association, also inspected the premises, Bourke stated, and found nothing to find fault with The Shore Road group at that time, however, while existing in name, had been inactive for than a year. Bourke fears for the effect this agitaMon is having on his business and the threatened addition of his four emploves to the ranks of the unemployed. Three have served him eipw-, years and one for five years. They are being kept principally because of his desire not to dismiss them after a long and faithful service although, because of the curtailed reoair activities in the shon, their usefulness Is limited. The landlord is now soliciting the favor of neighboring property owners to aid his proposal for the change.

Matrunola expressed the belief he will not get many indorsements from those on 66th St. and 67th but fear Is held that 65th St. property owners will acquiesce. That street, he said, is unrestricted and many business enterprises are located on it. He reoorted at the chamber meeting that residents fear for the effort of the pronored repair shoo on the beautv of Llev Eriksson Square, especially since the protected monument to Eriksson in the square is considered an eventuality.

Matrunola sild he will seek the support of Park Commissioner Browne, who todav promised to study the civics' complaint. Bourke is intending, he said, to endeavor to go over the matter with Matrunola before further action is taken. Dr. Greeley Compromises Disorderly Conduct Case Settled out of court, the cross-complaints of disorderly conduct filed recently by Dr. Horace Greeley, 7201 4th great-grandson of the famous editor, and Mrs.

Margaret Vidal. same address, were dismissed in Fifth Avenue Court yesterday. The complaints grew out of an argument over a lease on the apartment of which Mrs. Vidal Is the owner. CAR REPAIR SHOP Optimistic Tone Shows Belief Sinking Fund Commission Will Vote for Compromise Rates to Keep Big Lines From Leaving Bay Ridge An optimistic note has been sounded along the Bay Ridge waterfront with the expression of a feeling among shipping interests that the Dock Department may soon be persuaded to relent in its recent edict raising pier lease rates to a point said to approximate 100 percent.

The ultimatum of the Dock Department originating in the city Sinking Fund Commission, became effective Jan. 1. Involved were three local steamship companies, whose pier leases, based on a rate estab lished years, were eligible for re newaL Widespread concern was felt over rumors the three lines would move from these shores, threaten ing Bay Ridge with an addition of some 2,500 longshoremen to the ranks of the jobless. First to bolt was the Booth-Amer ican Shipping Corporation, which transferred Its docking headauar ters to Hoboken, leaving about 800 men idle Here. The remaining lines have adopted a stand-pat attitude and are said to have been formulating plans to sees some amelioration of the blow struck riot alone at them but at the industrial growth of South Brooklyn and Bay Ridge.

Confidence was expressed today at the offices of the Luckenbach Steamship Company that the Dock Department, recognizing the economic stress of the times, would make some concession to the companies. No complaint, an official stated, has the Luckenbach'flrm to make at present because of its unfamil-iarity with possible plans the city is believed to have. The company's Intention to remain at its present berth, as announced by the official, appears to lend a favorable aspect to the situation. If the new rates are to prevail, however, he observed, there will be no alternative other than to follow the Booth-American's action. The Luckenbach Company's hopes, he said, rest with the prospect of favorable word from the Dock Department in a very few weeks.

The third line affected, the Fabre Line Steamship Company, is reported to have a plan of its own in preparation, as yet unannounced. Its Manhattan offices have indicated something is on foot but the nature of this remains uhdivulged. As soon as something tangible results, an official said, the details will be disclosed and this is expected daily. John McKenzie, chief clerk of the Dock Department, today said the department would like to cooperate with the companies, but Is bound, however, by the "standard formula," which is the term applied to that rate necessary to enable the pier lessees to become self- sustaining after retiring 50-year bonds issued for their construction. McKenzie said he has not heard of any movement contemplated by the leaseholders and declared him self not in position to pass opinion on what reaction the Sinking Fund commission might have to a pos sible reduction plea.

He recalled the Fabre line last year consulted the commission on a similar matter and upon suggestion of Mayor Walker it was left for settlement to be worked out between the Dock Department and the pier lessees. He also regards individual con cessions as unsafe to consider since a precendent might be set and cause the entire waterfront of the city to make commensurate demands. Because land and construction costs are lower on the Brooklyn waterfront, he explained, the return from the piers "in dollars and cents" is less than from other localities In the greater city. The increase in these returns sought are being institued on the basis of a plan started in 1923. It is considered essential to offset waterfront expense.

The new tedms apply as the original leases, of varying durations, expire. News in Brief Fire which broke out at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in a bookcase In one of the class rooms on the third floor of St. Michael's Parochial School at 4220 4th Ave. was quickly extinguished. Only slight damage to the bookcase resulted.

No school children were In school at the time. Dr. Anns Hochfelder of 2104 67th 8L, Assistant Corporation Counsel, introduced resolntioa st the convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs in the Hotel Astor on Friday calling for the indorsement of the principle of requiring; licensing and standardising of cosmetologists, beauty shops and beauty culture schools. The resolution was referred to committee. The Men's Club of the Eighth Avenue Temple held its annual beefsteak dinner Wednesday night In the Temple House, 8th Ave.

and Garfield Place. Entertainment was presented under the direction of Charles Marks, chairman of the entertainment committee. Sol C. Lowensteid was. chairman of the dinner committee.

He was assisted by Supreme Court Justice Harry E. Lewis, Abraham M. Davis, Maurice Miller, Bernard Barr, Abraham L. Marks, Louis Kobrack and Mortimer Weinberg. Federal Judge Grover M.

Moscowltz. The police of the Bath Beach station are searching for the hit- and-run driver who on Wednesday night knocked down Mark Both, 65, 1265 St Mark's Are, at Bay 17th St. and Cropsey Ave. Roth is in Harbor Hospital suffering from possible internal injuries. The first of a series of 11 concerts under the auspices of the Brooklyn Free Musical Society and patronage of the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee was given Wednesday night by the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra in the 14th Regt.

Armory, ISth St. and 8th Ave, The program given by the 100 unemployed artists-musicians, working on a co-operative basis, was conducted by Yasha Fishberg. At the next concert on Wednesday evening Beatrice Belkin, soprano, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company, will appear with the chorus, i The history of the electric light was traced Wednesday by H. E. D'Andrade of the Brooklyn Edison Company in an address before the members of the 12:15 Club of South Brooklyn, meeting in the Park Slope Masonic Club, 58 7th Ave.

He declared business enterprises throughout the country had advanced with the- development of the Invention. The annual beefsteak party of the elub, it was decided, will be held on April 6 in the Park Slope Masonic Edmond McCarthy, president of the club, presided. Requiem mass for Joseph Leo Kerrigan, chief clerk of the Court of Special Sessions, Manhattan, who died on Wednesday after a long illness, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in St. Augustine's R. C.

Church. Mons. P. G. Rogers, rector of the church, will be the celebrant.

The funeral cortege will leave the Kerrigan home at 129 Lincoln Place at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Kerrigan, who was a native of this borough, was appoltned chief clerk of the court when it was founded 35 years ago. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Augustine's Church, Council 126, K.

of and a number of other organizations. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lane Kerrigan; four sisters, Annie. Sarah, Julie and May, and a brother, George Kerrigan. He was a cousin to Charles Kerrigan, assistant to Mayor Walker. Attorney General John J.

Bennett Jr. will address the Men's Club of the South Reformed Church on Wednesday evening in the parish hall, 55th St. and 4th Ave. Invitations to join the members on this occasion have been sent to the Republiran and Democratic clubs of the district The Rev. George Stein-injer is pastor of the church.

School Blaze Gives Thrill to 200 Papih Fire in the rectory adjoining the parochial school of Our Lady Czen-stochova, 28th between 3d and 4th caused slight damage yesterday afternoon, but it furnished a thrill for more than 200 pupils who were being dismissed from the school. The blaze, caused by a short circuit in the wall, occurred in the third floor front room. It was extinguished by three fire companies In charge of Battalion Chief Ward. For the latest, most complete news of BAY RIDGE read the Bay Ridge Page in the BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and The HOME TALK on Wednesday -and Friday Says Old Crescent Boat house Will Eventually Be Torn Down Fears expressed by civic leaders that the old Crescent A. C.

boat-house on Shore Road is to blossom into a hot dog and pop concession were scoffed at today by Park Com missioner Browne. The report has It that this relic of the Crescent Club's fashionable Bay Ridge days, and which grew to be virtually a landmark before the club moved to Huntington, is to be sold to refreshment stand inter ests. I Residents and civic leaders, sens' ing the possibility of a miniature Coney Island springing up along the beautful shore drive, have been prepared to oppose the supposed ac tion as soon as any truth in the rumor was established. Commissioner Browne expressed surprise when told of the report. "No chance of anything like that," he declared.

Browne said he has received sev eral applications from various interests for acquisition of the prop erty, but has given them neither encouragement nor consideration, because, he explained, the grounds only belong to the city, the boat-house still being Crescent Club property. He called It "only a question of time when they will have to remove It." The land, he thought, be Improved as part of the Shore Road landscape development, but any Idea of that would have to be shelved because "we cannot spend any money there now, anyway," referring to the city's economy program. OF TY Admits Giving Unpaid for Watch to Soulless Woman Who Decamped Giving mortgaged watches, to women you don't know is a precarious practice. At least that is what Guiseppe Servello, 52, unemployed shoemaker with no home, believed yesterday after being arraigned before Magistrate Casey in Fifth Avenue Court on a charge of secreting mortgaged property. Servello bought an $80 watch on the partial payment plan Jan.

13, and gave it to a "lady friend" whose name or whereabouts he does not know. She disappeared several days arter receiving the gift, he said. With neither the watch nor the money to pay for it, Servello also "disappeared" temporarily, much to the discomfit of Natale Cordo, 19 Vernon from whom he had made the purchase. Servello was discovered yesterday by Warrant Officer Harry Wolfe in a 4th Ave. cobbler's shop repairing his own shoes.

He pleaded guilty to Magistrate Casey, who paroled him to March 30 upon his promise to work for the money with which to pay Cordo. Mayfairg Cive Dance The annual dance of thj Club Mayfuir, which was held last night at Dongan Council, K. of 4th Ave. and 76th drew a crowd of several hundred. Russell J.

O'Brien, president of the organization, was chairman of the general committee. He was assisted by George O'Hagar, Arthur Rossnwn, Thomas Nassor and Ernest O'Rourke. while he has made frequent trips to Washington, he had never permitted himself to take advantage of his relationship with the Chief Executive to the extent of calling upon him. "The last time I saw the man who was eventually to become our President was at a family reunion in Willow Grove, in 1920," he said. When he was elected President, I COBBLER RED GENEROSI Si i 4 Harmer G.

Hoover The call for a new and progressiva organization within the ranks of the Republican Party, 16th A. as the first step to rejuvenate the party in Kings County, was sounded last night at the first open meeting of the Progressive Republican Club of the 16th A. D. by Meyer Machlis, president of the recently formed group. The meeting was held at 6625 Bay Parkway.

Denying that the ousting of Federal Stamp Canceller Frederick Oppikofer, leader of the regular O. O. P. club in the 16th A. was the main reason for the formation of the Progressive Club, Machlis declared the new organization Is neither an "insurgent" nor "rebel" group, but a band of "rejuvenated Republicans" fired with the spirit of "youth and progressive ness" and determined to awaken and assert "the true Republicanism of the 16th A.

Quoting statistics which he said revealed how the "disinterestedness and ineffectiveness of Oppikofer" had permitted the Republican party in the 16th A. D. to disintegrate, Machlis announced that as soon as the primary fight was completed the Progressives would launch a drive to bring back into the G. O. P.

fold Republicans who had turned Socialists. "A careful study of primary enrollments in the 16th A. D. over a period of ten years," Machlis told the members attending the "house warming" at the club's new headquarters, "shows that the gains of the Socialists have come predominately from the ranks of enrolled Republicans. It Is not Oppikofer'a scalp that we're after, though he Is to be held mainly responsible for this drifting of Republican votes.

Our greater fight will be to reunify the Republican elements of the district." "The total number of enrolled voters in the 16th A. D. is 64,000," Machlis stated. "Of these only 47,000 went to the polls last year. A mere 9,000 of these' votes went to the Tegular Republicans.

Even the Socialist party polled a greater vote." A report made by Sol Bier, chairman of the' campaign committee, was read at the meeting. According to tentative tabulations, he said, more than 1,500 signatures have, been gathered from enrolled Republicans indorsing Bernard Stim-son and Mrs. Charles Magaziner aa leaders of the district. The petition will be filed for the primary fight on April 5 as soon as the signature! are checked, Machlis announced. In welcoming the voters to the house warming" i announced the headquarters would be thrown open to members every day and night until Primary Day.

Mrs. Magaziner will hold a series of socials, beginning Monday afternoon, for the woman members of the organization. FACESJP CASE Boy Identifies Ex-Convict as Having Victimized Him of $10 A "gas-bill" confidence man was arrested yesterday at the Welfare Island penitentiary, where he had just completed a one-year sentence for such a crime, and immediately taken to Fifth Avenue Court for arraignment on a similar charge. This time he was accused of mulcting a 14-year-old boy. The man is John Baker, 37.

He pleaded not guilty to the petit larceny charge, and Magistrate Thomas Casey held him in $500 bail for a hearing on Feb. 16. The charge was pressed by Warrant Officer Harry Wolfe, who made the arrest, and who acted upon information furnished by the boy, Thomas Couqhlin of 391 Prospect and Henrietta Kelting, same address. Mrs. Kelting gave the lad $10.58 with which to pay a gas bill on May 5, 1930.

Thomas said he was accosted by a man in front of the gas office at 8th St. and 5th Ave, who promised him 50 cents if he would go to a certain address on 7th St. and get the man's gas bill and the money from his wife. Thomas consented to run- the errand, but before going, he said, the man required that he leave his own $10 as security. After turning over -the money Thomas went to the address, but found it to be false.

And when he returned to the gas office the man was gone. Thomas identified Baker as th man on Jan. 3. 1931. while the latter was on trial In Special Sessions for a similar offense.

Bookie Charge Denied William Ryan, 30, of 557 46th St, was arraigned in 5th Ave. court yesterday on a charge of bookmakine. He pleaded not guilty and was paroled for a hearing on Feb. 23. CONFI DENCE MAN Held Church; Five Years of Absence Fails to Dim Mother's Hope of Billy Gaffney's Return It was five years ago that Billie Gaffney, then three years of age, disappeared from his home at 99 15th St.

No trace of the boy has been found. De-pite the fact that scores of clues have proved fruitless, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaffney, the mother, still hopes to And her boy. Mrs. Gaffney is certain he is alive.

The Gacney children, Irene, 12, and Andrew, 6, have been taught by their mother and father to expect some day to hold a home-coming celebration lor Billie, OF $175 THEFT Said to Have Confessed to Taking $25 Hidden in Stove Pipe Accused of stealing $175 from its stove-pipe hiding place in a 4th Ave. delicatessen store, Charles Schade, 19, of 178 Fulton waived ex amination yesterday when arraigned on a grand larceny charge in 5th Ave. Court, and Magistrate Casey held him without bail for the Grand Jury. The complainant was Louis Clos- ter, proprietor of the delicatessen store at 4112 4th Ave. He said Schade knew the location of the money, and that it was missed shortly after the latter left the store Oct.

29 last. Detective James Mclver of the 4th Ave. station, who made the arrest, said Schade had admitted taking $25 of the money, but said he had left the remaining $150 and the cigar box in which it was kept on the stove. Closter averred he had found the box in the stove pipe and that all the money was gone. Drank Because Nagged, Says Chronic Prisoner Mrs.

William O'Connor of 257 8th has had her husband into court many times for disorderly conduct that she is getting tired of it, she told Magistrate Casey yesterday 5th Ave. court. The husband was accused of striking her while in an intoxicated state. "I've had him In here a dozen times and have always become softhearted and dropped the charges," Mrs. O'Connor told the magistrate.

"Now I want to have him put on probation." William admitted the drunkenness, out said he was driven to it a nagging wife. Casey gave him a suspended sentence and a warning. Corxrf Parts Litigants To Prevent Any Clash Taking no chances with immediate further trouble between the litigants in a disorderly conduct case which was heard in 5th Ave. court yesterday. Magistrate Casey ruled that they leave the court at different times at the conclusion of the proceedings.

And as a further precaution at the hearing, which involved charges throwing bricks, he ordered a bailiff to sit between the complainant and defendant. The detendant, Mrs. Lawra D'Atri, of 7404 12th was accused hurling bricks at Mrs. Catherine Golati, 7406 12th in a neighborhood argument over disposal of refuse. Mrs.

Golati said one of the bricks had struck her on the foot. Mra. Atrl wra released on a suspended sentence. ACCUSED Rev. Dr.

Luther E. Woodward I Dr. Woodward Takes Up Work at the Good Shep herd Lutheran The Rev. Dr. Luther E.

Wood ward, recently named minister of education of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 4th Ave. and Bay Ridge Parkway, began his duties there on Sunday. The Rev. Dr. William F.

Sunday is pastor of tne cnurcn. The selection of Dr. Woodward followed the decision of the church to embark upon a new venture, the object of which is to strengthen and enlarge the program of the church, For the last two years Dr. Wood ward has been director of the life adjustment service of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Ditmas between E. 21st St.

and E. 22d St. In this connection he fre quently counseled with parents in regard to problems affecting their children, and with the young peo pie on matters of vocational guid ance and social adjustment. Dr. Woodward will continue to give one afternoon and one evening weekly to this work in the Flatbush church.

For several years Dr. Woodward, in addition to his other duties, has served as pastor of the Church of the Ascension, 13th Ave. and 51st and he, with the combined staff of the Good Shepherd, will continue to conduct services there. Dr. Woodward, who said today he had found the educational work in the Good Shepherd parish well organized and being carried on ef ficiently by a staff of trained teachers, is vitally concerned in the work of the young people of the church.

"It will be the policy of the church to.make the sessions of the Sunday and weekday schools, as well as the work of the young people's organizations, as vital and helpful as they can be made," he said, "and to link up very definitely the church and the home." Mrs. Henrietta Hendricksefh, who for three years has served as Director of Religious Education, will now devote her time to parish visitations, it was announced. Frank Gollnick will continue as student assistant. Dr. Woodward, who Is to preach Sunday night on "Life's Three-Fold Challenge." is a native of Juniata where he was born on March 11, 1897.

He received his A.B. degree in 1921 from Gettysburg College and his M.A. degree In 1924. In 1924 he also received the D.D. degree from Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary.

He came to Brooklyn to become Please Turn to Page I Complaining Wives Drop Charges Against Mates Two disorderly conduct charges filed by wives against husbands were dropped yesterday In Fifth Avenue Court at hearings before Magistrate Casey. Mrs. Eleanor Murphy of 381 Prospect Ave. withdrew the charge against her husband, John, whom she accused of having struck her. Mrs.

Helen Scott of 104 14th St. dropped the charge against her husband. Andrew, whom she said had called her vile names. Husband Denies Charge Accused of calling his wife vile names, Daniel Touhey, 37, of 275 48th St- pleaded not guilty in 5th Ave. court yesterday on a disorderly conduct charge.

He was paroled to Feb. 18 for a hearing. CHURCH ENGAGES ED A HEAD Communion was celebrated-? i and there was a brief talk by the Rev. Alfred W. Price, rector of the church, prior to the healing service, which likewise was conducted by the rector.

One of those who knelt before the altar rail was a woman who Is to undergo an operation today. As she went out she told the rector she had been greatly helped by the service. All of the others likewise said they had received comfort and strength. "While no definite cures of illness have been brought about yet, I feel confident many persons will come back later to tell me their ills have disappeared," the Rev. Mr.

Price said following the service. "We do not explain away sickness or anything like that," he said, "but we do, by prayer, seek to direct the attention of those who are ill to the healing power of the Great Physician. Wf are in perfect harmony with medical science and believe that God uses physicians and medical science to do His work. "The method of transmitting power by laying-on-of-hands has been used by the church from the very beginning," the Rev. Mr.

Price explained. "God is the source of all health and life, the Great Healer of all the ills of the body, mind and soul. The whole spirit of our faith is not as though Christ were telling us passively to accept disease, sickness or sorrow. Christ brings a stirring challenge to the souls of men to overcome and to transform these very things. "The services are of particular comfort to those "who have lost their faith in earthly aid or for those who want to co-operate with medical science in alleviating or stamping out sickness or disease." Thursday of each week during Lent has been set aside for the offering of intercessions for the sick.

Relief Work Pictured Stereopticon slides she-win? the work of the Mayor's Committee on Unemployment were presented last night at the jLh A. D. Democratic Club, 259 Ovington by Thomas A. Kean. a representative of the Department of Public Markets.

W. Harry Sefton, vice president, presided. Believes World Experience Fitted Him for Job in White House wrote a letter congratulating him on his success, and received a cordial letter in return. I still have this letter, and also several others he has written me." Mr. Hoover, Harmer G.

said, the Hoover family originally came to this country lrom Switzerland In the seventeenth century. The family name at that time was Huber, he said, and the records show that two brothers bearing that name settled near Philadelphia. The name later took on the English interpretation and became Various branches of the family separated, some of them migrating to the Middle West, and others remaining in the East. Just as his cousin in the White House is a party man, so is Harmer O. Hoover.

He is a member of the Regular Republican Club of the 16th A. of which Frederick Oppikofer is leader, and Hoover is captain of the 16th Election District. And he wanted it made clear that he was loyal to Oppikofer, against whose leadership a fight has been started. "I'm a loyal party man and worker," he said. "I am no on St.

so in by of 45, of Nation Lucky to Have Hoover at Helm, Brooklyn Cousin of President Declares Court Upholds Freezing of Tenant, Holding Man Behind in Rent Has Not Right to Expect Heat Aide of Oppikofer Lauds Executive but Shies At Predictions Like Herbert Hoover, President ol the United States, Harmer G. Hoover Of Mapleton Park, who claims to be a cousin of the man who three years ago beat Al Smith in the race to the White House, is an engineer. He also is something of a politician, and a large part of his work is done in Washington. 'I am not in a position to make any predictions as to the success of Mr. Hoover at the polls this Fall, he said today at his home, 1645 W.

5th "but I will say that this country at this particular time is mighty fortunate in having a man of his type at the helm. Yes, we have reason to be thankful for that." And the Brooklyn representative of the Hoover family meant every word he said. Asked if he thought President Hoover's training as an engineer had been responsible for his rise to his present office, the Brooklyn man looked thoughtful for a moment and taid, "No." "In my mind," he said, "it was nis world-wide experience and his contacts with people of many lands that provided the background for his success." He pictured President Hoover as a very cordial man, and said that Charges against a landlord of failing to provide heat, hot water and garage service were dismissed by Magistrate Casey yesterday in Fifth Avenue Court, when the com plaining tenant admitted he was two months back In his rent on the apartment. 'You can hardly expect to get hot water if you are not paying for It," the magistrate told the defendant. Alfred Battaglia of 1168 75th St Battaglla, who conducts a rented car business known as Al's Auto Service, same address, said the landlord, Vlto Tarrecello, also of the 75th St.

address, had shut off the heat and hot water in the apartment and locked the garage against him two weeks ago. Tarrecello denied this, saying he had shut off only the hot water. Battaglia said he expected to receive some money with which to pay the back rent, but thought all the services should be continued, since he would have to pay the full rent when U)e settlement was made..