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BLOCK - SWEPT BY 2 Yamps Serious\Cool- Headed Nurses y Affected Br Avert Panic in Fire ® Heavy Smoke f w South Nassau Staff Calms Patients As Blaze SSHOPSGU'ITED Destroys Barn, 4 Cars Close By Women's Wing “' Of Fm; Tenants Conhnuanfluplrtofnflnndlignmu averted a sible panic among patients fire barn and its Of Upper Floor, 'Are contents, includin‘pffur cars, on the grounds of the South Led To Safety Nassau Communities hospital, Oceanside road, Oceanside, this morning, shortly after midnight. The loss was estimated, unofficially, at $2,500. A short circuit in one of the cars was blamed for the blaze. Officials today are inves- igating the cause of a fire that awept ess. block at 75-79 South waiting cars in case of necessity. They were wheeled back after Chief Herbert Kusch of the Oceanside fire department had as- sured Miss Booth that there was no danger. Patients in the wing fronting on Oceanside road were through the busi- lain street, Freeport, early erday, with damage esti- nated at $40,000, Twenty- ight firemen were affected by.smoke, two of them seri- usly, as they' battled the ubborn blaze, and police led family living in an apart ment in the block to safety lever the- roof and down a rear fire escape. Damage May Run Higher Although the damage figure was ntative, it may reach as high as $75,000, police said, after owners pf the three stores affected have 'eompleted . inventories of. their es. The stores are: The Williams Furniture com- unaware of any disturbance, to County Detective According Bert Bedell of the first squad, Merrick, who investigated, the cars destroyed were owned by Miss Margaret Best, a nurse at the hospital; Ray Bouvet, Tudor apartments, Rockville Centre, whose wife is a dietitian at the Hospital; Miss Barbara Edge, also a nurse at the hospital and David Howard, 52 Pleasant avenue, Roosevelt, engineer at the insti- tution. SPRING IN JANUARY; MERCURY HITS 46.9 -/- Midwinter spring, quickly COPS: BUN HALT UUNU UI Two Youths Admit \Few\ Burglary Attempts In Nassau, M60 Claim which sent ernoon, was apparently over to- day, for meteorological experts precud this morning's rain to be' followed by much colder weather, possibly the same cold wave which has been moving westward from the Roc mountain area. - at?“ mam“ at the Mitchel field weather office yesterday afternoon, was 9 de- grees lower than New York cit 's maximum of 56 degrees, Two youths believed\ to have | been responsible for the latest gold-coast burglar scare are in today, one recovering custody from police bullet wounds at the Meadowbrook hospital. Thigh recorded at the same time. A slight drop was recorded in Nassau last night, but the mini- Wounded mum for the 24-hour period, They are Joseph Cannan, 20, of 68 West 56th street, New York city, and Joseph Kearns, 22, of 128 Teel street, Paterson, N. J. Cannan is recovering from bul- let wounds in the thigh. He was shot by Patrolman Michael O'Brien, of a county police gun squad car at the home of Mrs. Edith Stoskopf at 11 Wensley drivt Russell Gardens, Saturday tectives Charles Wesser and Edward Johanemann were cruis- ing with Patrolman O'Brien in the Great Neck area when they spot- ted a figure from the Stoskopt home before o'clock. police called. to the man . The The to cops were mmmmvlumolvm reached early this morning, stood at 36.8, several degrees above freezing. Temperatures as low as 20 degrees below zero were re- ported from some parts of the Great Plains states. The mini- mum expecied in the Metro- politan area tonight is 20 de- grees. iN GARAGE ROOM Smoke Menaces Chief Childres reported that the ® apparently started in the base= mt of the Weber store and d quickly to the others. The was unspectacular but diffi- it to fight, since the vamps con- d It to the buhemtnt, {hen it ; terrific heat and smoke. Wag] without gas masks, the irst firemen in the building were d by the fumes and were d to take inhalator treat- nt before they could retfin to iy. John Shea of Hose Com- No, 2 and Patrick Ulit of company No. 5. were the seriously affected but they Aerator Continued on Page 16, Col. 1 YEAR-OLO CHILD'S enveloped a large awning. Firemen and a special machine gun. Ends Life With Fumes ALARM SAVES MOTHER ts cocuive From Gas Heater In Home Runs To Get Policeman As At Long Beach Parent Is Found Overcome me* Walnut street, Long Beach, terday, was listed by police suicide today. 000 BLAZE PO®~ lice today, Adnan n_ s CA® p} [LDEAD, § HURT IN WEEK-END ' AUTO MISHIPS Pedestrian Is Victim Of Fatal Accident At F_ro_e_port Pedestrians bore the brunt of the weekend's highway accidents, 'according: to the casualty list compiled by po- showing one dead and three in hospitals; A fifth pedestrian who ran into a car is recovering at his home, and another man, the only serious casualty who received his in- juries in a car, is under hos- pital treatment. Boy, 4, Injured An autopsy is being fedora-nod at Meadowbrook hospital today on the body of Miss Mae Dell Casey, 22-year-old Negress of 146 East Sunrise highway, Freeport, who was killed instantly by a car on Sunrise highway near South Co- lumbus - avenue, Freeport, late last night. Miss Pauline Bebens, 22, of 122 Helen avenue, Freeport, companion -f the dead woman, suffered a possible skull fracture. Frank X. Grazer, 48, of 60 East John street, Lindenhurst, vice- president of the Linden Brewery, driver of the auto which struck the two women, told police they ran in front of the car. Herman A. Steinfeld, a manu- facturer of 540 West Market street, Long Beach, was free in $500 bail on an auto assault charge, made by the father of four-year-old Thomas Curry of 914 West Beech street, Long Beach, who was crit- ically ured by St eld's. car afterncon; treated at Long Beach hos- tal for a fractured 'mkull and actured right leg. ® 1 Hurt In Crash Two other pedestrians injured by cars were Cornelius Abro- 42, of 225 Washington in .Meadow- brook : ith a fractured Yight thumb, lacerations of the face and a head injury, and Richard Pechstein, 11, of 144 Pilgrim street, Valley Stream, re- covering at home from injuries to the left leg. Abromann was hit by a car driven by Alexander Kart- veli of St. Paul's road, Hemp- stead, at Fulton and Washington streets, in that village, Saturday. The boy walked into a moving car on Sunrise highway near Frank- lin street, police said. Ernest A. Gray, Jr., 22, of In- tervale road, Roslyn Estates, is at Nassau hospital under treatment for head cuts and concussion of the brain, suffered when his car and an automobile driven by Nor- man Johnson, 24, of Long Island City, collided on Willis avenue north of Netz place, Albertson, yesterday morning. John J. Con- way, Jr., 23, of 19 St. Mark's avenue, Roslyn Heights, a pas- senger in Gray's car, suffered contusions of the left knee. John Diziadus, of 38 DeMott avenue, Rockville Centre, stepped unhurt from the wreckage of his car after it had collided with an- other vehicle and then smashed into a tree at Earle avenue and fem street, Lynbrook, Satur- ay. BELLEROSE MAN HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE Agent Accused Of Keeping Rent Collected For New York Real mann, street, a tif & £ iF i =TODAY'S REVIEW ONE PAGES ted A L tion printed in orange and blue, the royal colors. felt joy that we proclaim that to- day, January 31, 1938, through the grace of God is born the Princes: of Lippe Biesterfeld, whereby hearts of desire of all Netherlands people is realized. Long live the | royal family.\ reported doing well. congratulations for the Princess Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard, was George and Queen Flizabeth of Great Britain. the 101 scheduled in the event of a boy, was fred at Amsterdam, The Hague,. Arnhem, Breda and Amersfoort garrisons. hoped for a male heir, who would have been the first in direct line to the throne in 54 years, Unless Juliana has a son the new prin- cess may one day become queen, tollowi Wilhelmina and her mother. oad, has; court physician, was joined by . Jan | gist, at the palace. 18 HORSES AND GOAT Barn Burns At North New Hyde J. METROPOLITAN LONG ISLAND, NASSAU COUNTY, N. Y.- MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1938. -O, THEWEATHER y- Btar Wire Nows by The Assedaded Priss Tonight and Tuesday, PRICE THREE CENTS COAL GAS FELLS 4 CAMPERS, _ KILLING FREEPORT BOY SCOUT 'They honored Judge George S. Johnson at this dinner in Bellmore, but the Lucky Circle gave& testimonial of its own at the same time. Daughter Born to Juliana As Netherlands Rejoicesi \Infant Princess May Be 3d Queen; Nation For- gets Earlier Hopes For Male Heir AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Jan. §1-4P)-Princess Juliana dmlmhndlwdéynvehnWMdmfiy-Jhrmmm- - mills a girl princess who may be its third consecutive woman ruler, The whole nation joined in rejoicing before the last echoes of the royal salute announced that the long wait at the little white Soestdijk palace was ended with the birth of a girl. \Hearts Desire Realized\ The Hague issued a proclama- It said: \Fellow citizens, it is with deep Orange-Nassau, Princess of the Both the mother and baby were Among the first messages of one from King 51-Gun Salute Fired A salute of 51 guns, instead of | The Netherlands populace had her grandmother Queen Before midnight Dr. C. L. De- Groot, gynecolo- SAVED IN $800 FIRE Park; Wamps Rescue Ant« mals Quartered There Damage was set at $800 today by police who investigated the fire which Ernest Knowles of Floral Park, at Hiliside avenue and Lakeville road, North New Hyde Park, yer- razed a barn owned by terday. Eighteen horses and one rat were led to safety from the blaz« FIGHT FANS MAY GET MORE PARKING SPACE In order to relieve the park- ing problem outside the Hemp- tomorrow. MALADY'S stead Tennis academy, scene of its Golden: Gloves fights, the Review-Star Athletic Associa- tion, Inc., has asked that the state park parking field almost opposite the academy be opened on each Tuesday night that the Golden Glovers are in action, A decision by the state park commission is expected J WAVE REPORTED EBBC Health Officials Hopeful Strange IlIness Has Run Its course A definite slackening in canes today gave state and town health officials probing the mystery in- testinal malady that has had Nas- sau In Its grip for the past month, first indications .that the disease may have run its course. No Cases In 48 Hours Dr. Wiliam H. serious curred in 48 hours. health officer, said that no cases had been reported since Saturday, indicating that no further cases to come to the at« tention of a physician have oc- Runcie, town Review-Btar Photographer The diner shown within the white circle is the honored guest in the latter case, and he gets today's $2 Lucky Circle prite. LUCK HELPS To HoNOr JUDE Cash Ring Circles Diner As Friends Fete Johnson At Bellmore The Judge gets the testimonial, and one of his guests gets the $2. That's the Lucky Circle for you. This contest is one for the masses. The picture is usually a mass one, and the winner there- fore comes from amongst a crowd of his fellow-men. That's why we gave the $2 to a man in the audi- ence, rather than to a man on the speakers' dais. The testimonial dinner in this case was to District Judge George S. Johnson, who is well known and well liked around Belimore. The dinner was at the American Legion dugout in that village, and the lucky gentleman in the cir- cle, who is probably just as well known and liked, gets our $2 to- day. The winner in the picture that appeared January 20 collected her $2 prize. She is M. G. Boyd, of Pine street, Rockville Centre. SENATORS CONSIDER HOUSING LEGISLATION Drop Anti-Lynching Filibuster To Discuss Administration Bill De- bate \Prevailing Wages\ Clause WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-(@)- The senate dropped the four-week filibuster against the anti-lynch- ing bill temporarily today to con- sider the administration's housing legislation. Despite general approval of ob- jectives of the housing bill, sen- ators disagreed over its wage pro- visions, The bill, as originally passed the senate, requires payment of iling wages\ fixed by the labor artment on govern- construction proj- ects, This section was removed by a committee appointed to recon- cile house and senate measures. Senator Lodge (R.-Mass A prevailing wa t, led an attempt to re- Federal housing Dr. M. D. Dickinson, state dis« trict health officer, reported unalysis by the state labora taken from ms that of in the North Merrick area are neg- ative, the _ tentative Dr. Hollis In- Jack FaganVictim Of Suffolk Outing Tragedy 3 IN HOSPITAL Father Of One Boy Finds Them Overcome In Their Bunks The stifling poison of coal gas fumes, seeping through & closed cabin where three Freeport boy scouts and their scoutleader slept, today brought death to Jack Fagan, Freeport high school youth, and near-fatal illness to his companions. , The tragedy, which oc- curred yesterday morning at a Port Jefferson boy scout camp, brought to a tragic end- ing a week-end camping trip that began gaily Saturday morning in Freeport. Take 3 To Hospital The other three . overcome, , brought to the John 'T. Mather Memorial hospital in Port Jeffer= son yesterday, are expected to re= 'cover, although one: of them placed on the critical list last night. They are: Earl Halfacker, a teacher in the Port Washington high school, who resides on Wal- lace street, Freeport. A for- mer Scoutmaster, he is now a committeeman of troop % to which the youths belonged. Joseph Gray, 15, of Shon- nard avenue, son of a Free» port auto dealer, and Arthur Raynor, 15, of 42 Raynor street, Freeport, son of Cap-= tain Walter 8. Raynor, boat» man. All three boys are sophomores at Freeport high school. Fagan lives on Shonnard avenue. Gray's Father Finds Victims The four were found, lying un- conscious in their bunks, when the father of one of the boys, Joseph Gray, arrived yesterday morning to bring the party back to Free- port. Gray sent Bert Mahler of Bellmore, with whom he made the trip, to get help from scouts in the neighboring cabins, and pulled the victims from their beds. The scouts then applied artificial res- piration until the arrival of an ambulance surgeon. Fagan never regained consclous= ness, although doctors worked over him with oxygen tanks last night and all day yesterday, The party left Freeport Satur= day morning to spend the week» end at the Port Jefferson. camp, They retired Saturday night, and only Arthur Raynor woke d the night. He said he awaken at about 5:30 o'clock, but did not notice anything was wrong. He went back to sleep, and the next time that he was roused was when Gray arrived on the scene. Raynor, the least injured of the four, left the hospital yesterday,> He slept in a lower bunk, and therefore missed much of- the fumes, it was said. - Fumes From Coal Stove The tragedy was caused by tha fumes from a coal stove which was used to heat the cabin. The Scouts revealed that they were unable to raise the windows in the place when they arrived, and that there was little ventilation in the cabin. The four might have been res» cued earlier were it not that tha other Scouts in the camp were at church yesterday morning. Their presence was not missed until the four sl ing, but did not disturb them.. He said that he