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Convicted bail-bond racketeer Abraham Frosch and his parents Israel and Lena Frosch are the key "fixers" in Brooklyn's murder-for-hire racket. So states District Attorney William O'Dwyer in revealing new facts to emerge from his investigation into the Brownsville-based ring of professional gangland assassins. The three Frosches are now in custody on charges of obstruction of justice, and are being held on $5000 bail apiece.
Abraham and Lena Frosch were central figures in the Amen Office's investigation of the Brooklyn bail-bond racket, and Abraham Frosch provided key testimony in connection with that probe. Abraham Frosch was questioned yet again by Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen for more than four hours today, and in a statement, Mr. Amen questioned O'Dwyer's claim that Frosch offered a $5000 bribe to Harry Rudolph, an eyewitness to the 1933 murder of hoodlum Alex "Red" Alpert, in exchange for his silence. Mr. O'Dwyer, meanwhile, issued a statement of his own in which he contends that the Frosches have "intimidated witnesses and have been responsible for the spiriting of witnesses out of the jurisdiction of Brooklyn courts." O'Dwyer added, in a clear thrust at Amen, "Mrs. Frosch has written more bonds since she became a defendent in the Amen inquiry than she did before."
France has a new Prime Minister today, with the resignation from that post of Edouard Daladier. French President Alfred Lebrun has appointed Finance Minister Paul Reynaud to the office, directing him to form a "War Cabinet" to govern France moving forward. The new Prime Minister is known as a bitter foe of Nazism, and is expected to issue his formal acceptance of the appointment tomorrow. M. Daladier announced his retirement yesterday following a minority vote of confidence in the French Chamber of Deputies. Critics of Daladier's administration have called for a more vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany, and are expected to call for unity between left and right-wing factions in French politics to accomplish that goal.
Five persons were injured today when a plumber's blowtorch ignited an explosion in a Greenpoint old-law tenement. The building at 142 Guernsey Street was severely damaged when the torch ignited gas lines in a second-floor kitchen. The five injured persons included the plumber himself, 49-year-old Edward Jones of 285 E. 35th Street, who was burned about the face and hands, and a tilesetter, 24-year-old Frank Bravato of 248 Wyona Street, who suffered a broken foot. Two residents of the building were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation, as was a fireman who responded to the explosion. All were treated at Greenpoint Hospital and released.
A 47-year-old Bronx woman is the leader of a card-sharking ring operating out of Brooklyn's St. George Hotel. Mrs. Jennie Rubin, also known as Jean Ruebens of 1001 Jerome Avenue, is being held on $10,000 bail after police raided a private room at the hotel in which a rigged poker game was taking place. Mrs. Rubin, and three male confederates were accused of swindling a "prominent Manhattan businessman" whose name has not been revealed out of $5000 in a crooked game of stud poker for which Mrs. Rubin acted as banker. Police charge that for the past ten years she has conducted similar operations in locations extending from the Catskills to Miami, Florida.
Dodger manager Leo Durocher will fly to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from the team's spring training headquarters at Clearwater, Florida for treatment of his injured right arm. Coach Charley Dressen will run the ballclub in Durocher's absence. Meanwhile, further reports from Clearwater state that first baseman Dolph Camilli and team president Larry MacPhail have agreed to terms on Camilli's 1940 contract, but the player still has not formally signed the papers. Camilli has been working out in uniform with the team, but did not play yesterday against the Cardinals, nor is he expected to play in today's Grapefruit League contest against the Yankees.
A thirty-five year old man pulled a Steve Brodie early this morning, leaping off the Brooklyn Bridge shortly after 6 am, but doctors expect he will live to tell about it. George Reid plunged 135 feet into the East River this morning, but was rescued by the crew of the Pennsylvania Railroad tugboat Altoona after the master of the vessel, Captain A. G. Hynes, saw him bobbing in the water. He was brought ashore at the foot of Adams Street and taken to Cumberland Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a back fracture and other internal injuries. He recovered consciousness long enough to tell doctors he had recently been a patient at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington DC, but he did not explain the reasons for his attempted suicide.
The Flatbush woman who filed a court action to keep Bertrand Russell off the faculty of City College of New York says she did so for her daughter's sake. Mrs. Jean Kay says she actually admires Dr. Russell as a philosophical and mathematical genius, but she can't accept his teachings concerning premarital sexual activity among students. Mrs. Kay declared her support for sex education in the schools -- "Sex should be discussed in schools," she insisted, with her "brown eyes flashing," but she draws the line at encouraging students to indulge in it. She admits, though, that she wouldn't object to her daughter Gloria, a student at Erasmus Hall High School, reading and studying Russell's writings. "We're not holding back on our daughter," she acknowledges. "She does as she likes."
(And in Berlin and in Moscow, unlikely Red Hook property owners A. Hitler and J. Stalin share a simultaenous thought. "Y'know, maybe we should refinance.")
Most of the 6000 workers who will run the 1940 edition of the World's Fair will be carried over from 1939. Fair officals say, however, that there will be about a thousand fewer Fair employees on the payroll than during the first season.
("And we'd have won those other four games if we didn't cough so much.")
("Yeah," says Joe. "Spencer Tracy. What's Easta without a ham?" Sally says nothing but slings a wet washcloth in her husband's direction.)
Easter ham is six cents a pound cheaper this year, so why not make it a big one. Cook yours this new way -- don't score the surface in the usual diagonal pattern. Make circular swirls instead with a sandwich cutter and outline the swirls with slivers of Maraschino cherries. Garnish with pineapple slices for extra zing!
The Eagle Editorialist praises the designation of the forsythia as Brooklyn's Official Flower, and urges residents to get behind the plan of Borough President John Cashmore and Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to plant forsythia in large quantities all over the borough, creating an attraction that will prove as much a Brooklyn symbol as the Bridge, and that will attract tourists just as the cherry trees do in Washington.
(Kids Today.)
The Rangers got off to an impressive lead in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, blanking the Bruins 4-0, but the Americans were not so lucky, falling 1 to 0 to the Red Wings.
The Dodgers beat the Cardinals 5 to 4 yesterday in Grapefruit League action at St. Petersburg, with pitcher Whit Wyatt and third baseman Cookie Lavagetto pacing the victory. Wyatt -- who figures to win twenty games in 1940 if he keeps this up -- throwing four perfect innings yesterday and striking out five. And Lavagetto, batting third for the first time this spring, may well have a lock on that spot in the batting order if he maintains his current power. Cookie broke up the game in the ninth inning with a grand-slam homer that flew all the way out of Waterfront Park, and gave Durocher convincing evidence that he will be a major factor in the Brooklyn power attack in 1940. Cookie hit second for most of last year, but if he moves to the power spot in the order, it's expected that Pete Coscarart, who has all the tools for a Number Two man, will be elevated to his former position.
Fred Allen's Person You Didn't Expect To Meet comes with a special guest tonight, as the comedian welcomes eagle expert Captain Charles Knight and his personal bird Mister Ramshaw, a full-sized Golden Eagle. Mister Ramshaw will demonstrate his prowess with an impressive flight around NBC's Studio 8-H before returning to his master's arm. What could go wrong? Tune in on WEAF at 9 pm, or listen in right here:
Really, what could go wrong?
Please, please, please let Tootsie be a dancing bear. A dancing bear with a bad attitude.
"Howie Reeks." I bet he does.
Alert? How can you tell with those stupid hoods on?
Abraham and Lena Frosch were central figures in the Amen Office's investigation of the Brooklyn bail-bond racket, and Abraham Frosch provided key testimony in connection with that probe. Abraham Frosch was questioned yet again by Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen for more than four hours today, and in a statement, Mr. Amen questioned O'Dwyer's claim that Frosch offered a $5000 bribe to Harry Rudolph, an eyewitness to the 1933 murder of hoodlum Alex "Red" Alpert, in exchange for his silence. Mr. O'Dwyer, meanwhile, issued a statement of his own in which he contends that the Frosches have "intimidated witnesses and have been responsible for the spiriting of witnesses out of the jurisdiction of Brooklyn courts." O'Dwyer added, in a clear thrust at Amen, "Mrs. Frosch has written more bonds since she became a defendent in the Amen inquiry than she did before."
France has a new Prime Minister today, with the resignation from that post of Edouard Daladier. French President Alfred Lebrun has appointed Finance Minister Paul Reynaud to the office, directing him to form a "War Cabinet" to govern France moving forward. The new Prime Minister is known as a bitter foe of Nazism, and is expected to issue his formal acceptance of the appointment tomorrow. M. Daladier announced his retirement yesterday following a minority vote of confidence in the French Chamber of Deputies. Critics of Daladier's administration have called for a more vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany, and are expected to call for unity between left and right-wing factions in French politics to accomplish that goal.
Five persons were injured today when a plumber's blowtorch ignited an explosion in a Greenpoint old-law tenement. The building at 142 Guernsey Street was severely damaged when the torch ignited gas lines in a second-floor kitchen. The five injured persons included the plumber himself, 49-year-old Edward Jones of 285 E. 35th Street, who was burned about the face and hands, and a tilesetter, 24-year-old Frank Bravato of 248 Wyona Street, who suffered a broken foot. Two residents of the building were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation, as was a fireman who responded to the explosion. All were treated at Greenpoint Hospital and released.
A 47-year-old Bronx woman is the leader of a card-sharking ring operating out of Brooklyn's St. George Hotel. Mrs. Jennie Rubin, also known as Jean Ruebens of 1001 Jerome Avenue, is being held on $10,000 bail after police raided a private room at the hotel in which a rigged poker game was taking place. Mrs. Rubin, and three male confederates were accused of swindling a "prominent Manhattan businessman" whose name has not been revealed out of $5000 in a crooked game of stud poker for which Mrs. Rubin acted as banker. Police charge that for the past ten years she has conducted similar operations in locations extending from the Catskills to Miami, Florida.
Dodger manager Leo Durocher will fly to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from the team's spring training headquarters at Clearwater, Florida for treatment of his injured right arm. Coach Charley Dressen will run the ballclub in Durocher's absence. Meanwhile, further reports from Clearwater state that first baseman Dolph Camilli and team president Larry MacPhail have agreed to terms on Camilli's 1940 contract, but the player still has not formally signed the papers. Camilli has been working out in uniform with the team, but did not play yesterday against the Cardinals, nor is he expected to play in today's Grapefruit League contest against the Yankees.
A thirty-five year old man pulled a Steve Brodie early this morning, leaping off the Brooklyn Bridge shortly after 6 am, but doctors expect he will live to tell about it. George Reid plunged 135 feet into the East River this morning, but was rescued by the crew of the Pennsylvania Railroad tugboat Altoona after the master of the vessel, Captain A. G. Hynes, saw him bobbing in the water. He was brought ashore at the foot of Adams Street and taken to Cumberland Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a back fracture and other internal injuries. He recovered consciousness long enough to tell doctors he had recently been a patient at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington DC, but he did not explain the reasons for his attempted suicide.
The Flatbush woman who filed a court action to keep Bertrand Russell off the faculty of City College of New York says she did so for her daughter's sake. Mrs. Jean Kay says she actually admires Dr. Russell as a philosophical and mathematical genius, but she can't accept his teachings concerning premarital sexual activity among students. Mrs. Kay declared her support for sex education in the schools -- "Sex should be discussed in schools," she insisted, with her "brown eyes flashing," but she draws the line at encouraging students to indulge in it. She admits, though, that she wouldn't object to her daughter Gloria, a student at Erasmus Hall High School, reading and studying Russell's writings. "We're not holding back on our daughter," she acknowledges. "She does as she likes."
(And in Berlin and in Moscow, unlikely Red Hook property owners A. Hitler and J. Stalin share a simultaenous thought. "Y'know, maybe we should refinance.")
Most of the 6000 workers who will run the 1940 edition of the World's Fair will be carried over from 1939. Fair officals say, however, that there will be about a thousand fewer Fair employees on the payroll than during the first season.
("And we'd have won those other four games if we didn't cough so much.")
("Yeah," says Joe. "Spencer Tracy. What's Easta without a ham?" Sally says nothing but slings a wet washcloth in her husband's direction.)
Easter ham is six cents a pound cheaper this year, so why not make it a big one. Cook yours this new way -- don't score the surface in the usual diagonal pattern. Make circular swirls instead with a sandwich cutter and outline the swirls with slivers of Maraschino cherries. Garnish with pineapple slices for extra zing!
The Eagle Editorialist praises the designation of the forsythia as Brooklyn's Official Flower, and urges residents to get behind the plan of Borough President John Cashmore and Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to plant forsythia in large quantities all over the borough, creating an attraction that will prove as much a Brooklyn symbol as the Bridge, and that will attract tourists just as the cherry trees do in Washington.
(Kids Today.)
The Rangers got off to an impressive lead in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, blanking the Bruins 4-0, but the Americans were not so lucky, falling 1 to 0 to the Red Wings.
The Dodgers beat the Cardinals 5 to 4 yesterday in Grapefruit League action at St. Petersburg, with pitcher Whit Wyatt and third baseman Cookie Lavagetto pacing the victory. Wyatt -- who figures to win twenty games in 1940 if he keeps this up -- throwing four perfect innings yesterday and striking out five. And Lavagetto, batting third for the first time this spring, may well have a lock on that spot in the batting order if he maintains his current power. Cookie broke up the game in the ninth inning with a grand-slam homer that flew all the way out of Waterfront Park, and gave Durocher convincing evidence that he will be a major factor in the Brooklyn power attack in 1940. Cookie hit second for most of last year, but if he moves to the power spot in the order, it's expected that Pete Coscarart, who has all the tools for a Number Two man, will be elevated to his former position.
Fred Allen's Person You Didn't Expect To Meet comes with a special guest tonight, as the comedian welcomes eagle expert Captain Charles Knight and his personal bird Mister Ramshaw, a full-sized Golden Eagle. Mister Ramshaw will demonstrate his prowess with an impressive flight around NBC's Studio 8-H before returning to his master's arm. What could go wrong? Tune in on WEAF at 9 pm, or listen in right here:
Really, what could go wrong?
Please, please, please let Tootsie be a dancing bear. A dancing bear with a bad attitude.
