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Three veteran Brooklyn police lieutenants have been dismissed from the force effective immediately by Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine in connection with Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen's investigation of the bail-bond racket, while an additional six lieutenants have been fined ten days to a month's pay and ordered into immediate retirement. Terminated from the department as of today were Lt. James Palmer, who joined the police force in 1907, Lt. John Murphy, a member of the department since 1914, and Lt. Frank Gleason, who has served since 1913. All had been suspended from active duty on suspicion of accepting "gratuities" connected to the issuance of bail bonds, and had been convicted on those charges in departmental trials conducted under the supervision of Special Deputy Commissioner Jeremiah T. Mahoney. Dismissal of the three lieutenants means the complete loss of their pensions, and complete forfeiture of all payments made by them into the pension fund. "Further developments in this phase of my investigation may be expected shortly," stated Amen, "but I am not at liberty to go into details." No final action has yet been taken in the matter of Lt. Cuthbert J. Behan, whose case was taken under advisement by Deputy Commissioner Mahoney following his departmental trial on theft charges.
An entire German battalion in the Narvik region has surrendered to the Norwegian according to "reliable Allied quarters." But meanwhile, German forces in Norway are also reported to have driven Norwegian and British forces out of the town of Steinkjer, north of Trondheim, in a battle involving ground, air, and naval attacks on Allied positions.
Nine bishops led by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman gathered in Brooklyn today for the final ceremony in a four-day celebration of the centennial of the canonization of St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri, founder of the Redemptorists, and author of the clergy textbook "Moral Theology." The bishops led a procession of 40 monsignori and 1200 priests thru the streets of Flatbush to Our Lady of Perpetual Help R. C. Church, where 3500 worshipers crowded inside for a pontifical mass. An additional 5000 people jammed the sidewalks to watch the colorful procession.
A ten-page typewritten statement characterized by the prosecution as a "confession" by one of the sixteen defendants in the Christian Front seditious conspiracy case was read aloud today in Brooklyn Federal Court. The statement was given by defendant John A. Vierbock, and describes various "overt acts" relating to the alleged conspiracy by the group to mount a terrorist plot to overthrow the Government. It was at Vierbock's home at 663 Jefferson Street that investigators siezed bombs and bomb-making supplies, guns, and ammunition following Vierbock's arrest on January 13th. Vierbock dictated the statement read in court today following six hours of interrogation following his arrest.
A missing triggerman for the Murder For Hire gang, now sought in a multi-state manhunt tried to kill a material witness in the case while that witness was in custody at the Queens County Jail. So states Assistant District Attorney Burton Turkus, who states that Vito Gurino was sent to the jail on a mission to kill Joseph "Joe the Baker" Liberto to prevent him from testifying in the forthcoming first-degree murder trials of Harry "Happy" Malone, Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, and Frank "The Dasher" Abbadando for the icepick slaying of George Rudnik. The attorney for Abbadando has claimed that Liberto wasn't at the jail when Gurino came to visit him, having been beaten so badly during his interrogation by District Attorney William O'Dwyer that he had to be hospitalized for a blood transfusion. Queens County Sheriff Maurice A. FitzGerald, who oversees the jail, stated that the entire matter is the result of the low budget under which he is forced to work, with only three guards on duty in the jail building at any one time. While neither confirming nor denying the fact of Gurino's visit, the Sheriff has accepted the resignation of the deputy who was on duty at the jail on the night that the visit allegedly took place.
A "Ponzi-like" scheme in which an automobile finance company was mulcted out of thousands of dollars by use of fake auto sales contracts by a Bushwick auto dealer operating with the complicity of police officers is under investigation by the Amen Office. The Choice Motor Sales Corporation of 1743 Bushwick Avenue is the target of the probe, following charges by the National Bond Investment Corporation of Chicago that the operator of the firm, Michael Boras, convinced patrolmen to allow him to use their names on fake sales agreements to be financed thru the N. B. I. company. It is claimed that none of the money received thru this racket was passed on to the policemen.
In Natchez, Mississippi, 212 people are dead following a fire in a "Negro dance hall" that began when a spark ignited cheap, dry decorations made of Spanish moss. Most of the victims were in their teens. The hall had only one exit, and all of its windows were boarded up, with most of the victims said to have been killed by suffocation as the fire roared thru the building. Most of the dead were found piled near the orchestra stand, far from the one exit. Ten of the twelve orchestra members, including the leader, Walter Barnes of Chicago, were among those killed.
Six thousand drivers and maintenance workers of the two largest taxicab fleets in the city were to go on strike as of 6PM tonight, following a decision this afternoon by the Transport Workers Union to strike the Parmalee System of the National Transportation Company and the Terminal System Company. The two firms, between them, operate nearly 3000 cabs which will be idled by the walkout.
(Another ahead-of-its-time special.)
Did you know that beer is less fattening than a Manhattan cocktail? Mrs. Mildred Blake, home economist for the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company says so. Mrs. Blake also has a few more recipies for us:
("Don'cha mean BEERIES?" chortles Joe. Sally has no reply, since she's gone down to the deli to buy beer.)
"Gone With The Wind" will open at the Flatbush Theatre on May 2nd, the first screen attraction following the end of the theatre's vaudeville policy for the season. The final vaude show of the spring, opening tomorrow, will feature song-and-dance favorite James Barton, The Merry Macs -- radio favorites from the Fred Allen show, screen star Beverly Roberts, vocalist Stuart Allen -- formerly heard with Richard Himber, and acrobatic juggling act The Six Hoffmans.
Now at the Patio, it's "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet," paired with "Three Cheers for the Irish."
(No Pain, No Gain.)
Bob the Spitz, Flatbush dog who's been facing a death sentence since last year for biting four people, has received another stay of execution in Appellate Court, with Health Commissioner Dr. John Rice ordered to show cause why Bob's case should not be reopened in the face of evidence that he may be the victim of a case of mistaken identity. An affadavit submitted to the court from Mrs. Veronica Gamich, neighbor of Bob's mistress, Mrs. Helen Browne of 809 Ditmas Avenue, states that four other dogs who look like Bob live in the neighborhood and any of these dogs could have been guilty of attacks attributed to Bob. Arguments that Bob bit in self-defense and that the three-bites-and-you're-out ordinance has been retroactively applied in his case have already been rejected.
Rookie Dodger catcher Herman Franks said hello to the Major Leagues in style yesterday, poking a three-run homer in his first at bat off Boston Bees starter Nick Strincevich to tie the game, a contest the Flock went on to win 8-3 on two homers by fellow rookie Charley Gilbert. The third rookie sensation of the spring, shortstop Peewee Reese, also got in on the fun, marking his own big-league debut with a hit, two runs, and a run batted in. Tex Carleton went the distance for the Dodgers for the win.
Today Whit Wyatt, who beat the Bees in Boston to kick off the season last week, will start for Brooklyn against left-hander Joe Sullivan. Today's game will end the current rain-shortened homestand, as the Dodgers head to Philadelphia tonight to open a two-game set tomorrow against the Phils before returning to New York for a weekend series against the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson spills the dirt about what it's really like working for Jack Benny when he guests with Fred Allen, tonight at 9 PM on WEAF.
(I could easily see my grandfather falling for a deal like this, just to be a nice guy...)
(See, I was hoping he was gonna pull out the fire hose, and turn the whole thing into a mud-rasslin' free-for-all. But I guess this works too.)
(Tracy would have had the whole pack of them already on an attempted murder charge for trying to push Irwin off the cliff. Maybe Irwin ought to ask for a transfer.)
An entire German battalion in the Narvik region has surrendered to the Norwegian according to "reliable Allied quarters." But meanwhile, German forces in Norway are also reported to have driven Norwegian and British forces out of the town of Steinkjer, north of Trondheim, in a battle involving ground, air, and naval attacks on Allied positions.
Nine bishops led by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman gathered in Brooklyn today for the final ceremony in a four-day celebration of the centennial of the canonization of St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri, founder of the Redemptorists, and author of the clergy textbook "Moral Theology." The bishops led a procession of 40 monsignori and 1200 priests thru the streets of Flatbush to Our Lady of Perpetual Help R. C. Church, where 3500 worshipers crowded inside for a pontifical mass. An additional 5000 people jammed the sidewalks to watch the colorful procession.
A ten-page typewritten statement characterized by the prosecution as a "confession" by one of the sixteen defendants in the Christian Front seditious conspiracy case was read aloud today in Brooklyn Federal Court. The statement was given by defendant John A. Vierbock, and describes various "overt acts" relating to the alleged conspiracy by the group to mount a terrorist plot to overthrow the Government. It was at Vierbock's home at 663 Jefferson Street that investigators siezed bombs and bomb-making supplies, guns, and ammunition following Vierbock's arrest on January 13th. Vierbock dictated the statement read in court today following six hours of interrogation following his arrest.
A missing triggerman for the Murder For Hire gang, now sought in a multi-state manhunt tried to kill a material witness in the case while that witness was in custody at the Queens County Jail. So states Assistant District Attorney Burton Turkus, who states that Vito Gurino was sent to the jail on a mission to kill Joseph "Joe the Baker" Liberto to prevent him from testifying in the forthcoming first-degree murder trials of Harry "Happy" Malone, Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, and Frank "The Dasher" Abbadando for the icepick slaying of George Rudnik. The attorney for Abbadando has claimed that Liberto wasn't at the jail when Gurino came to visit him, having been beaten so badly during his interrogation by District Attorney William O'Dwyer that he had to be hospitalized for a blood transfusion. Queens County Sheriff Maurice A. FitzGerald, who oversees the jail, stated that the entire matter is the result of the low budget under which he is forced to work, with only three guards on duty in the jail building at any one time. While neither confirming nor denying the fact of Gurino's visit, the Sheriff has accepted the resignation of the deputy who was on duty at the jail on the night that the visit allegedly took place.
A "Ponzi-like" scheme in which an automobile finance company was mulcted out of thousands of dollars by use of fake auto sales contracts by a Bushwick auto dealer operating with the complicity of police officers is under investigation by the Amen Office. The Choice Motor Sales Corporation of 1743 Bushwick Avenue is the target of the probe, following charges by the National Bond Investment Corporation of Chicago that the operator of the firm, Michael Boras, convinced patrolmen to allow him to use their names on fake sales agreements to be financed thru the N. B. I. company. It is claimed that none of the money received thru this racket was passed on to the policemen.
In Natchez, Mississippi, 212 people are dead following a fire in a "Negro dance hall" that began when a spark ignited cheap, dry decorations made of Spanish moss. Most of the victims were in their teens. The hall had only one exit, and all of its windows were boarded up, with most of the victims said to have been killed by suffocation as the fire roared thru the building. Most of the dead were found piled near the orchestra stand, far from the one exit. Ten of the twelve orchestra members, including the leader, Walter Barnes of Chicago, were among those killed.
Six thousand drivers and maintenance workers of the two largest taxicab fleets in the city were to go on strike as of 6PM tonight, following a decision this afternoon by the Transport Workers Union to strike the Parmalee System of the National Transportation Company and the Terminal System Company. The two firms, between them, operate nearly 3000 cabs which will be idled by the walkout.
(Another ahead-of-its-time special.)
Did you know that beer is less fattening than a Manhattan cocktail? Mrs. Mildred Blake, home economist for the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company says so. Mrs. Blake also has a few more recipies for us:
("Don'cha mean BEERIES?" chortles Joe. Sally has no reply, since she's gone down to the deli to buy beer.)
"Gone With The Wind" will open at the Flatbush Theatre on May 2nd, the first screen attraction following the end of the theatre's vaudeville policy for the season. The final vaude show of the spring, opening tomorrow, will feature song-and-dance favorite James Barton, The Merry Macs -- radio favorites from the Fred Allen show, screen star Beverly Roberts, vocalist Stuart Allen -- formerly heard with Richard Himber, and acrobatic juggling act The Six Hoffmans.
Now at the Patio, it's "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet," paired with "Three Cheers for the Irish."
(No Pain, No Gain.)
Bob the Spitz, Flatbush dog who's been facing a death sentence since last year for biting four people, has received another stay of execution in Appellate Court, with Health Commissioner Dr. John Rice ordered to show cause why Bob's case should not be reopened in the face of evidence that he may be the victim of a case of mistaken identity. An affadavit submitted to the court from Mrs. Veronica Gamich, neighbor of Bob's mistress, Mrs. Helen Browne of 809 Ditmas Avenue, states that four other dogs who look like Bob live in the neighborhood and any of these dogs could have been guilty of attacks attributed to Bob. Arguments that Bob bit in self-defense and that the three-bites-and-you're-out ordinance has been retroactively applied in his case have already been rejected.
Rookie Dodger catcher Herman Franks said hello to the Major Leagues in style yesterday, poking a three-run homer in his first at bat off Boston Bees starter Nick Strincevich to tie the game, a contest the Flock went on to win 8-3 on two homers by fellow rookie Charley Gilbert. The third rookie sensation of the spring, shortstop Peewee Reese, also got in on the fun, marking his own big-league debut with a hit, two runs, and a run batted in. Tex Carleton went the distance for the Dodgers for the win.
Today Whit Wyatt, who beat the Bees in Boston to kick off the season last week, will start for Brooklyn against left-hander Joe Sullivan. Today's game will end the current rain-shortened homestand, as the Dodgers head to Philadelphia tonight to open a two-game set tomorrow against the Phils before returning to New York for a weekend series against the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson spills the dirt about what it's really like working for Jack Benny when he guests with Fred Allen, tonight at 9 PM on WEAF.
