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Ml 3 BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, 'JUNE RORRED OF GEMS ADMITS SHOOTING FATHER Final Battle 1 In Senate on Control Bill Court Outlines Plan on Straus Foreclosure Boy, 17, Admits Killing Father During Quarrel President Asks Showdown on Veterans' Cuts Byrns Finds 'Surprising Progress' Toward Reaching Compromise WSaufneton. Jimp JP) TTnnsp Singer's Rug Soft In Sing Sing Cell Ossinlng, N. June 8 The bleak stone floor of Saul Singer's cell In Sing Sing Prison last night was adorned with a rug. Penitentiary connoisseurs had not decided whether it was a Bokhara or a Beluchistan, but agreed that its nap was soft and gentle and muffled the former New York banker's footsteps. An expensive limousine purred up to the prison portal yesterday and a liveried chauffeur dragged forth a four-foot carton from the tonneau and, perspiring and struggling, carried it into the prison office.

"For Mr. Singer," he gasped. Mr. Singer's box contained, as well as the rug, an assortment of epicurean delicacies. 11 3 1 MA Hn I Special to The Eagle Locust Valley, June 8 Mrs.

Eugene Maxwell Geddcs (above), the former Lydia Lawrence Ahlos, who was married on Aug. 31 last, was robbed of $9,000 worth of Jewelry at her Matlnecook home owr the weekend, it was learned today. Mr. and Mrs. Geddes, Donald Geddes, father of Mr.

Geddes, and four servants were at home at the time, but the robbery was not discovered until Monday night. Among the articles stolen were a diamond-and-plntinum bracelet valued at $3,000, two diamond clip pins, a diamond studded wrist watch and a pearl necklace worn by Mrs. Geddes at her wedding. Mrs. Geddes, daughter of Mrs.

John Noblo Stearns, is shown In the photograph above wearing the stolen necklace. SPEEDER FINED $15 PhiilD Romano of 855 Hsivempver Brooklyn. Daid a 15 flno hrfnr jusuce oi tne peace Charles H. buuivar for reckless driving through Huntington. Romano was summoned hv Mo- torcycle Officer Edward Jullano on ounaay arter a chase from Cold Sprins Harbor to Huntington.

Jullano told the Judire that Romano cut in and out traffic at 65 miles an hour. Romano paid the fine When he Was elven t.h nntlnn nt spending 15 days in Jail. NEGRO IS FREED William Vorhees .17 Lawrence Flushing, was found uui, Kuuiy in yueens County Court ytaieruRV OI a cnaree nr steal nir on automobile. hnrt lvnn imiiitil of falling to return the car he renwa irom the renting agency at mam 8C lushing, on April 14 Vote Sought Tonight oii Last Major Measure of Administration Plani Washington, June 8 (IV-Determined to remain in session until late tonight if necessary to reach a vote, the Senate today resumed de bate on the Administration's Indus-trial Recovery-Public Works bill with roll calls Imminent on vital sections of the measure. Contests over taxes, industrial IN censing and relaxation of anti-trust laws were ahead as the Senate met two hours earlier than the usual noon convening time in an effort ta speed the legislation to enactment.

This was the last major bill ot the momentous extra session ta await a Senate vote. Its passage? was counted upon to aid materially In permitting an early adjournment of Congress by Saturday, President Roosevelt hopes. Those In charge of the bill looked for serious contests only on amendments to substitute the sales tax of Treasury notes for committee corporation levies to finance thd $3,300,000,000 public works program; to strike out tho Presidential power to license industries which would not follow a majority In adopting codes of fair competition and to eliminate sections setting aside anti-trust laws that stand In the way of the purposes of tha unprecedented industrial experiment. Senator Reed Pa.l announced he would move to strike out the licensing provision as soon as tha committee changes In lt were disposed of. "This Is the most revolutionary section of the bill," said the Penn-sylvanian.

"A man's whole right to practice a business is to be taken from him by the President If tho processes of law are too slow to permit the President to penalize any person ho wants to." Prompt in defense of the section, Wagner (D N. one of the principal authors of the bill, replied, "We are going to life it up to a wage level of comfort and decency. Most industries are dragged down by a recalcitrant 10 to 15 percent who work employes long hours at starvation pay." Justice Lockwood Proposes Lower Interest Rate on New Mortgage Supreme Court Justice Lockwood in Brooklyn today suggested a plan, which, if approved by bondholders, would end foreclosure proceedings on a $3,200,000 first mortgage ob tained from S. W. Straus now in the hands of receivers, on the 23-story building at 1412 Broadway, Manhattan.

Justice Lockwood outlined the plan for Inclusion in the report of George W. Alger, referee. i Not only would acceptance of the plan by the bondholders stop the foreclosure proceedings, but they wouid receive all interest due them to June 14 next. There would be a reduction in the interest rate from 5 percent to 3 percent for a two-year period, with a sliding scale upward to 5 percent. That rate would then continue for the duration of the mortgage.

Lawyers who studied the proposal characterized it as unique and likely to set a precedent for the solution of similar problems. Justice Lockwood pointed out that the only security back of the mortgage bonds is the property, 1412 Broadway, which, in turn, is the only asset of the owning company, 1412 Broadway, Inc. Extends Maturity Date He said interest had been paid on all mortgage bonds due to date and there had been no default in tax payments due prior to May 1. There was a default In payment In account of principal in December, 1932, and on May 1, 1933, half-year taxes. On June 13 payment on account of principal, amounting to $46,500, will become due.

The learned referee and the court," stated Justice Lockwood, "hold that the welfare of the bondholders Is paramount." Reorgan- Wotlnn a hnnrtVmlHnre' pnmmltfjiu' Judged by past and present experience, means long delays and great expense, he added. Foreclosure proceedings might be one way out, Justice Lockwood continued, but that also would be expensive. He then outlined the plan which would extend the maturity date of the mortgage from June 14, 1941, to June 14, 1948; would cancel the provision requiring payment of bonds in semi-annual series; would adjust the interest rates and would permit the company to borrow suffi cient funds to pay all outstanding obligations without expense to the bondholders. Mrs. Hastings Tells About Auto Theft Mrs.

Margaret Hastings of 700 Putnam Ave. was one of a score of witnesses to testify today in Brooklyn Federal Court before Judge Grover M. Moscowitz against four men charged 'ith 6tealing more than 200 motorcars in Brooklyn and shipping them overseas. Mrs. Hastings is the wife of former State Senator John A.

Hastings, close friend of former Mayor Walker and a figure in the Seabury in- litigation of the Walter Administration. She said her machine, new and of expensive make, was stolen from before her home the evening of June 16, 1932. Those on trial are Gabriel Vlgo-roto, 3630 Ford Lester Beal, 1837 E. 13th John Pace, 133-01 131st Ozone Park, L. and Henry Flota, recently discharged from the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.

Babylon Lockup Given Clean Bill Babylon town's lockup was given a clean bill of health and com mended by the State Commission of Correction in a letter to the Babylon Town Board. An inspection of the Babylon Jail by Chief Inspector Clifford M. Young revealed considerable lm provements In the lockup. The three cells for men were equipped with modern sanitary convenlnces and comfortable bedding provided An improvement was also noted In the women's detention room. The State Commission of Correction recommended that transient lodgers who request shelter during the Winter be provided with faclll ties other than the lockup.

Fifty-two men and six women were detained In the Babylon Jail during the first four months of 1933, the report added. The town allows 50 cents a meal for prisoners, In court this morning. Mrs. Lilliendahl Denied N. J.

Pardon Trenton, N. June 8 () Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl of South Vine-land, convicted In 1927 of participation in the slaying of her husband, Dr. William C. Lilliendahl, today was denied a pardon by the State Court of Pardons.

Factions Agree On Building Sale The two bondholder committees which have engaged In legal con troversies that have for several months delayed consummation of foreclosure sale of the Kew Terrace Apartments in Kew Gardens have reached a working agreement and sale will be expected next week, as a resut of action taken in spe cial term of the Supreme Court, Queens, yesterday. The Commonwealth or minority bondholders committee gained the property by high bid at a Bale early this year, was stopped by contempt proceedings brought by the Hood majority committee, and when a resale was tried and the Hood committee was the high bidder, with the Commonwealth committee ruled out of the bidding, the latter started action to have the second sale set aside. Yesterday counsel for both committees appeared before Justice Thomas J. Cuff. They Informed the court that a working agreement had been reached between the committees whereby the Hood committee will receive the deed and both committees will work togther upon a reorganization plan.

Morris Okashrln, referee in the proceeding, also appeared in court. On his motion the contempt order signed by Justice James C. Crop sey two months ago was set aside by Justice Cuff, clearing the last obstacle to the proposed reorganiza tion plan. Tells Police He Shot Parent in Defense of Semi-Invalid Mother Seventeen-year-old Joseph C. Valvo of 449 Rochester Ave.

was taken to the line-up at Manhattan police headquarters this morning and then to the Brooklyn Homicide Court for arraignment on the charge of shooting and killing his father, Victor, 48. Magistrate Jeannette Brill held Valvo in $15,000 ball on the homicide charge and $500 for possession of a revolver, for a hearing Monday. Lawrence McGoldrlck, defense attorney, argued that the charge should be manslaughter, but Assistant District Attorney George Palmer objected. Young Valvo, according to his own story, told to the police of the Empire Boulevard station, had gone to the rescue of his mother, Angelina, and emptied Victor Valvo's .32 caliber revolver into his father as the older man was lunging away with a heavy stick in his hand. The elder Valvo collapsed, was rushed to the Kings County Hos pital and died there at 11.25 last night.

Gave Self Up Detective William Murphy of Empire Boulevard station, arriving at the Valvo home shortly before 9 p.m., found Victor Valvo fatally wounded and Joseph waiting to give himself up. Joseph told Murphy, according to the detective, that his father, a Department of Sanitation driver, came homo early in the evening in "an ugly mood" due to too much drinking, started to quarrel with his wife, a semi-Invalid, and then began beating her with a heavy stick. Joseph, with his sister, Frances, 22, and a brother, Charles, 12, went to their mother's aid. Joseph and his father grappled on the floor, then the older man broke loose and ran into the yard outside, still in a fighting mood. The son then went upstairs, got the father's revolver and followed him.

There, according to the story, Victor Valvo made a lunge at the son with his stick and the boy emptied the revolver. Three bullets entered the father's abdomen and two his chest. Rockaway Sports Backless Suits The less you wear on Rock-away Beach front this Summer the better dressed you are, fashion observers of what the well-dressed bather should wear report today. While police have that topless suits for men are banned, girl bathers are wearing suits designed for. bigger, better and complete sunburns.

The suits are said to be the smartest in years, with backless creations, supported by a band around the neck, predominating. Brassiere models, either two-piece or one, with a stomach band, are also seen. Economic conditions are said to be responsible for the presence of the more modest types. Qnl r. liti Democratic leaders and President Roosevelt have gone far toward I reaching a compromise agreement on the controversy over how much war veterans allowances can be cut to aid budget-balancing.

As the special veterans committee went to the White House for a final showdown with President Roosevelt, Representative Byrns of Tennessee, the Democratic leader, told newspapermen "surprising progress has been made toward reaching an agreement." "The remaining bone of contention Is what is going to be done with the Spanish-American war veterans," he added. The President, Byrns said, had made some "great concessions," as did advocates of the Connally amendment on the presumptive World War veteran cases. Virtual Agreement The virtual agreement on the presumptive cases provides that they take the 25 percent reduction or whatever other percentage of limitation Is agreed upon along with service disability connected cases subject to a review of each Individual presumptive case by the Government. Byrns made the progress report after a meeting of the steering committee and the special veterans committee. The President's compromise proposal Includes an agreement that the compensation of no veteran with service conected disability shall be reduced more than 25 percent, that In border line presumptive cases the veteran will be given benefit of the doubt and that in other presumptive cases right of six months appeal shall be given.

Acts to End Session In the meantime President Roosevelt has thrown overboard his plan to ask tariff-reducing authority, to obtain If possible adjournment of Congress on aturday. The Capitol pilots promised their utmost, but were doubtful, though they saw just a possibility of adjournment, by dint of hard work, early next week. Review Sunday School Parade Continued from Page 1 to join the parade during the march through tne uusnwicK section and to continue' with it In the motor cavaleade. The largest parade, as usual, was held In the Long Meadow at Prospect Park, where thousands of children, dressed in their Sunday best, marched past the reviewing stand In gay phalanxes. There were babies In carriages, tots Just able to trudge along hand-in-hand with their mothers, and old men who spent their Sunday school days when Lincoln was President.

Flags flew from public buildings In all sections of the borough in honor of the occasion, and many of the churches were decked brightly In bunting and banners, Inside and out. Refreshments Follow Following the parade most of the churches planned to serve Ice cream and cake to the lllliputian Christian soldiers, and some looked on it as bait while others considered It a reward, but all were highly pleased with the Idea. The committee which arranged this Anniversary Day parade includes W. S. Hueston, John Mehr-ling, Alonzo P.

Lenz, Aldrich J. Sammins. Robert L. Jones, W. W.

Wann and Frank E. Kerby. Among those present at the luncheon were: Dr. and Mrs. W.

Apan, United States Attorney and Mrs, Howard W. Ameli. Briir. Gen. and Mrs.

P. W. Baldwin, Chaplain John Knox Bodel, V. 8. Mr.

John Knox Bodel, Miss E. Bossely, Commander J. J. Browne, Elmer E. Bullls.

The Eev. S. Parkes Cadman, D. Mr. and Mrs.

William M. Calder Judee Stephen Callaghiin, Miss Sarah E. Campbell, Hon. Peter Carev. Mrs.

E. Coster, Justice J. C. Cropsey, Deputy Chief Inspector Thomas Cummings. The Rev.

Ralph Emerson Davis, D. Mrs. Ralph Emerson Davis, Mr. and Mrs Charles A. Dltmas.

J. J. Downing. The Rev. ana Mrs.

pnuiroi FacKer Elliott, W. H. English, Mrs. W. H.

English. Lt. and Mrs. Alexander George, Hon. James W.

Gerard, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Goodfellow.

Mrs. W. L. Harloe, Hon. John Harmon.

Hon. and Mrs. J. J. Heffernan, Mr, and Mrs.

J. R. Hellman, BorouRh President Henry Hesterberg, Mrs. Henry Hester-berg. Brig.

Gen, Lucius R. Holbrook, TJ. S. Mrs. Lucius R.

Holbrook, W. S. Hueston. Darwin R. James, Mr.

and Mn. R. L. Jones. Mrs.

Prank E. Kerby, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Saxe Keyes, Mr. and Mrs, W.

Clark King, Hon. F. J. H. Kracke, Miss H.

Kracke. Deputy John Anderson Leach, Commissioner and Mrs. Robert C. Lee, Mr. and Mrs.

Alonzo P. Lens, Justice H. E. Lewis, Justice C. C.

Lockwood. Justice John MacCrate. Mrs. Justin McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs.

George V. Mc-Loughlln, Mr. and Mrs. John Mehrllng, Hon- and Mrs. Charles P.

Murphy. Hon. John P. O'Brien. P.

C. Peck. Mrs. J. T.

Ratlerty, Dr. O. J. Raynor, Justice E. Rleselman, J.

Herbert Rouers B. Rothberg. John A. Roy and Mrs. F.

C. Russell. Aldrich J. Sammls, Mr. and Mrs.

J. Savarese, Lieutenant Siegenthaler, Senator and Mrs. W. T. Simpson, Commissioner H.

T. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Harold I. Stewart, Mr.

and Mrs. Ben LeRoy Stowell, Mr. and Mrs. K. Swartz.

Inspector Thompson. Mrs. P. Wade, Mrs, W. W.

Wann, Hon. Richardson Webster, Hon. Charles 8. Whitman, Mrs. Charles S.

Whitman, Oen. George A. Wlngate. C. O.Wolff Married To Philadelphia Girl Special to The Eagle Philadelphia, June 8 Charles O.

Wolff, 41, of 8832 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, N. assistant vice president of the Irving Trust Company of New York, and Miss Elizabeth P. Goessel. 33, of this city, were married secretly here late yesterday afternoon. Wolff was married before, his wife having died five years ago in New York.

Miss Goessel was employed in Government work. The couple will spend a month's honeymoon tour in Bermuda, Havana and South America belore returning to make their home In Brooklyn. you will dance in ORGANDY Joseph Valvo shown Four Held in Bail As Possessors of Counterfeit Bills Fake $10 Note Passed by Woman in Hempstead Leads to Gang Roundup Four men were held today by Federal Commissioner Fay in bail of $5,000 each for the Brooklyn Federal grand Jury on counterfeit money possession charges as the result of what Assistant Federal Attorney Peter Splnelli described as a "progressive arrest last night In Hempstead, L. They were Thomas Lonardo, 21, 73 Dogwood Munson, L. Robert Ward, 45, of Central Hempstead, and George F.

Gates and Leonard Hatlen, both 27 and both of 25 S. Franklin Hempstead. Spinnelll told the commissioner an unidentified Hempstead shopkeeper reported receipt of a counterfeit $10 bill from a woman customer. Secret Service Agent Henry W. Rodney located the woman.

She said she had received it from Ward. Spinelll continued: "Rodney went to Ward's home and Ward told that he had received the bill from Hatlen. Hatlen, found at home with another counterfeit $10 bill in his pocketbook, said he obtained his from Gates. Gates, located at a motion picture theater with five of the bills in his possession, said he got them from Lon ardo. Lonardo has given Rodney a statement in which he claims he bought 10 of the counterfeit $10 bills from an unknown man In Manhattan for $10 of good money." Astoria Man Held As Bail Jumper Edward Ehnert, 30, a clerk, whott said he lived at 48-49 39th Place, Astoria, appeared In the lineup at Manhattan Police Headquarters this morning on a charge of Junn ing bail bond.

He was arrested last night near his home by Detectives Murray and Brennan of the auto-moble squad. Ehnert, according to the police failed to appear in General Sessions recently to stand trial for the theft in 1931 of an automobile belonging to Joseph Greisman of 440 West End Manhattan. He had been released on June 11, 1931, under $6,000 bail. Police also said that Ehnert was awaiting trial in Queens under $5,000 ball in another automobile theft In 1931 and awaiting trial under $3,500 ball In Trenton, N. on a charge of violating the Fed' eral automobile laws.

Arrested 10 times since 1918, Em ert received a suspended sentence on a disorderly conduct charge in 1923 and the following year was sent to Eimira Reformatory lor at tempted grand larceny. Admit Thorsen Will to Probate In a contest before Surrogate John Hetherlngton and a jury In the JamaicaL court yesterday, a sealed verdict was opened admitting the will of Josephine Thorsen to probate. Before the Jury retired justice Hetnerington reminded them that the only question to decide was the soundness of mind of the deceased at the time of the drawing of the will. Mrs. Thorsen died at her home ec.

12, 1932, at 114-02 174th St. Albans. The estimate lelt real' and $150 personal. A trust fund of $1,000 was set aside for a niece, MUuriel Thorsen, 10, of 174 Grafton eNwark, until the girl Is 21 years of age, at which time she will get the principal and Interest of the trust fund. Five hundred dollars was also left to another piece, Ranghilde Neilson, executrix of the will of 97-21 Wood-haven Boulevard, Ozone Park.

The Norwegian Childrens Home Association of Brooklyn will receive $1,000. The balance will go to the First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1 Jamaica. A nephew, Arthur Behrens of 91-21 214th Queens Village, who contested the will, claimed that Mrs. Thorsen was In several sanitariums for three years prior to her death for nervous treatments. Witness for the woman declared that Mrs.

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