Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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M. J. Androvette, Staten lsland representative of the Standard Oil Co., and Presi- dent of the Tottenville Air- plane Club, has been elected a director of the Staten Island Steamship Company. Skatin- R. J. Cosgrove of the High- way Department has been pre- sented with a wrist watch and a gold badge by fellow Workers in recognition of his twenty years' service and his appoint- ment as chief engineer. Ikllfik PETTY CRIMES BY IVOMEN NUMEROUS SAYS KELLY District Attorney Kelly ad- dressing a large gathering of women at 68 W. 34th Street last night declared that the per- centage of women charged with petty crimes is the highest it has ever been in the history of law. if 4: 11 TANGNEY MOTOR COR- PORA TION ANNOUNCES NEIV MODEL The Tangney Motor Corp., makers of Tangney Airplanes and Tangney Washing ma- chines announced today that their new 1959 Airplane model would be on show January 1st, 1960. lkiklk DEAN HOLTON 'TO LEC- TURE AT COLLEGE OF MT. ST. VINCENT Dean Holton of Mumblo College will deliver a lecture at the College of Mt. St. Vincent tomorrow afternoon. The sub- ject he will discuss is The Necessity and the Necessities of a College Education. This will positively be the last ap- pearance of the Dean before he sails for Providence. lk Pls X CHAIRMAN RIORDAN CLAIMS VICTORY FOR SMITH James I, Riordan, chairman of the Progressive Democratic ticket, declared today that Art Smith would be re-elected President of the U. S. by at least 450 electoral votes. The THE MANHAT TAN ORACLE number needed for election is 356. John P. Tobin, treasurer of the party, said today that the hnancial quota had been reached, and thanked those who had so generously given aid. ' FK ,li X SENATOR CALLAHAN INDORSES SMITH Senator Callahan, well-known Republican Senator of Yonk- ers, addressing live thousand women last night said Vote for Art Smith, he is one of us. lk Uk Pk NEIV PIPE LINE The firm of Crowley, Fox 81 Crowley has just completed a stupendous undertaking in the laying of a monster pipe line from Montreal to New York. The pipe is 350 miles long and one-half foot in diameter. lk lk Pk JOHN DAVIS BUYS ALBANY PAPER The Albany Times-Standard, 3 Davis owned newpspaper, an- nounced tonight the purchase of the QUADRANGLE, owncd by a stock company. The con- sideration wns not made known. 4- 4: 4: SCIENTIST MAKES DISCOVERY Dr. McLoughlan, noted scien- tist, who discovered that wood could be made into food, said today that he believes oil could be obtained from tea-pots. As far as we know this was proven as far back as Sinclair and Doheny. if -r Pk NEW TYPE CAR COUPLING McGonigal - Schmidt, Inc.. lately determined by the flip of a coin that the stress in car couplings caused by jerk in starting was much lower than that used up to the present. They have constructed a new type of connection at a reduced cost and it is believed that this invention will revolutionize the car manufacturing industry. In- cidently the new model is made of the rubber substitute dis- covered by James Mclnerney, who did a lot of stewing around before he perfected his invention. If PK if MANHATTAN lfVINS Many Notables Present By SCOOP REID CSpecial to Orackj Today in Jasper Bowl, before a crowd of yelling and cheering colle- gians as well as others, who were insane, the Green and White won the mythical foot- ball championship of the coun- try, by defeating the strong M. D. team of North Bend, Ind. .Iappie Dennehy the dimin- utive quarter of the Manhattan team, also cinched a place on the All-American. Among the many notables present were ex-Mayor Kalosky of Yonkers, who threw the ball upon the field, James Kearney, an alumnus of the institution, and one of the most prominent business men of the Bronx: and Mr. R. F. Amyot of the Atnyot Studios. Mr. Amyot was on hand to see that his staff took the proper pictures of the game. The game began at exactly Manhattan won decided to take 16, Column .U Two P. M, the toss and CConI. Page lklklk IVHALEN AWNINC COR- PORATION MAKES CONTRACT Thomas Whalen, President of the Whalen Awning Corpor- ation, manufacturers of the Whalen Stripless Awnings, announced today that he had signed a contract with Fiorenza and Faziola, owners of the F Sz F Department Stores. and that henceforth they would be sole agents of the Stripeless Awnings. lk lk lk AMERICAN TENOR PRAISED Rome, Oct. 12th CA. PJ- The second appearance of An- thony Giordano, American ten- or in his role of Conte De Luna here last night was hailed by the newspaper Brilliante as a great triumph of a great singer. O'CONNELL MADE VICE- PRESIDENT OF EDISON CO. It was learned today that at the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Edi- son Co. held last night that D. O'Conne1l was elected Vice- President. This should be light work to Dan. IK all BF NEW CHIEF The offices of the New York Central R. R. recently an- nounced that Mr. James F. Fitzpatrick would be raised to the position of Chief Engineer in the very near future. Hkllflk OWNER SELLS BALKY CAR New Haven, Dec. 10 IA. PJ -B. McGrath, Manager of a Connecticut chain of gasoline stations, owned an airplane to- day because of yesterday's cold weather. It happened this way, Bill Halleron, a lawyer stopped for gas, he paid for the gas and stepped on the starter. Nothing happened and in disgust he offered to sell the plane for Sl. McGrath had a Sl. Francis W. Clark is the au- thor of the book Questions of Studious Engineer. Mr. Clarke is at present a professor in the Engineering Department of Manhattan College. 411141 At 'a recent outing of the Rotarian Club held in Wash- ington Park, Albany, Paul Melita of the firm of Melita and Melita, wine dealers, was the first to Hnish in the fat man's race. Pk lk lk Mr. U. Marino returned home yesterday after an ex- tended tour of the East. Mr. Marino has been observing modern methods of city gov- ernment with the intent of re- modelling the city of Ossining. Ikvlslk PETITION AGAINST SCULLY The Commissioner of Public Safety today filed a petition with the Mayor asking that Ward Leader Scully of the 13th Ward be forbidden the

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weather The Manhattan Oracle saga I Fair and warmer 180,000 See Jaspers win Edition ,.11. KALOSKY NAMED U. S. SUPREME COURT JUS- TICE BY PRESIDENT Ex-Mayor of Yonkers to Fill Bgngh in Highest Court Washington, D. C., April 1 QA. PJ-Supreme Court Jus- tice Francis Devitt Kalosky, of Westchester County was ap- pointed by the President to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court Bench. Justice Kalosky is at present Presiding Justice on the Apellate Bench for the First Department. When appraised of his appoint- ment the Judge said: I owe it to my training at the hands of the good Brothers at Manhat- tan College. The Judge is a graduate of Manhattan College and a former Mayor of the City of Yonkers where he now re- sides. He is a bachelor. if as is PAPERS IN GIANT MERGER At the Fifth Avenue home of Jerome F. O'Connor, mil- lionaire publisher, it was an- nounced that Mr. O'Connor had gained control of the Slips- Horid Newspaper Chain. Commenting on this merger, which creates the greatest mo- nopoly of Newspapers in this Country, Mr. O'Connor said' 'The only change in the edi- torial policies of the papers in this chain will be the with- drawal of our editorial support of College Fraternities. I have never believed in them and will, now, not support them. llfvkalf PURCHASES STABLE Mr. E. Vincent Loughran, well-known consulting engi- neer, purchased a stable of race horses at a cost of S20'0,000. Hy was known to be Horsey in his college days and it is thought that this will fulfill one of his boyhood de- sires. B UILDS BREAKI'VAiTER From the far reaches of Alaska comes word that J. F. 'IREDH O'SulliVan has just completed the building of the worldls largest concrete pile breakwater. The work is ten miles long and one foot thick. PY SF als MA GISTRA TE DENO UNCES PILFERERS Denouncing them as Dilferers and as mean theiVes Judge Chcasty in special sessions here today sentenced John Doe and VVill Hue to 5 to 10 years im- prisonment. 'ls als if INVENTS RIFLE Jeremiah OlBrien has taken out patents on a new type of rifle. The gun is especially adaptable to the shooting of geese. ff as -if CRA SIIERS REPELLED Due to the efforts of OWL EYE SULLIVAN of Sullivan, lne,, House Detectives, the GATE CR.-XSHINGI, at the Man- hattan College gamcs has come to a timely end. PK elf Pls BRYAN o'fTO OLE DEMOCRA TIC CL UB TO HOLD MON- STER DINNER On next Thursday evening the O'To0le Democratic Club will hold their annual dinner in the Winslow' Hotel. Among those who have been invited to attend are T. J. Philbin, Sher- iff of N. Y. County, Judge J. P. Serpone of the children's court, J. J. Keeley, Assembly- man from the first district, and Fire Commissioner Raggio. Their speeches will be broad- cast over station W A X at ten o'clock. OLD BLUE BOTTLE HAS HAD ITS DAY Dr. Lorenzo announced to the Associated Press today that the old blue bottle, familiar con- tainer of drugs, will soon be no more. It is the poorest color of glass for preserving drugs from ill effects and will soon be replaced by amber. Plfalsvlf IAMES K. CUDDY, IR., '29 LECTURES AT COLLEGE The student body today heard a lecture on The Col- lege Man in Businessu when Mr. James Cuddy, an emin- ent economist, spoke to the students on the vast fields open to the collegian in business cir- cles. After the lecture Mr. Cuddy was greeted by several members of the Class of '29, now attached to the College Teaching Staff. SUPT. DI GIOVANNI SENDS MESSAGE TO CHILDREN Superintendent Di Giovanni of the New York Public School System sent a letter today to all the public schools exhorting the pupils to obtain subscriptions to the Cancer Fund, started by the cancer authority, Dr. Mc- Govern. Pk ak ff 150 STORY BUILDING The Muller Television Co. made known today that their new 150 story building will soon be ready for occupancy. The design for this building was created by Ramon De Castro, well-known architect, and built by the firm of Swift and Herrick. Pls Y als MANHATTAN ALUMNI HOLDS DINNER The Alumni dinner of Man- hattan College, which was held last night, saw present men of every walk of life-Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, and what have you. Among those who spoke were Dr. Rice, Professor Carvlin Clnstructor of Latin at the Collegeb, ex-Congressman R. Murphy and T. J. Stein, President of The Outdoor Ad- vertising Co. rklklk Dr. A. Gallagher, noted sur- geon and lecturer, has been re- elected President of the Save More Doctors Association. llfflsals PLANS FOR JERSEY BRIDGE The firm of Hayes and Mc- Carthy, Engineers, filed plans yesterday for the New York- New Jersey bridge. This bridge when completed will re- lieve much of the traffic over the old 181st bridge, Accord- ing to the plans filed yesterday there are to be two levels for traffic and a third for landing and taking off of airplanes. Pls Pk DK PHILANTHROPIST VISITS NEWSBOY CLUB Jolm Cosgrove, noted mil- lionaire Philanthropist, visited the Newsboy Boxing Club yes- terday, and when he left had distributed something like two hundred shining, bright new dimes. Pk 44 41 PICKED FROM THE 'THRONG Congressman R. J. Doherty after four terms, says he's got enough and will enter into the advertising firm of Landy 81 Lang the first of January. flsflfif Alderman B. A. Drury, President of the Staten Island Business Men's Club, left yes- terday in the Essex airplane for a month's vacation in Europe.

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THE MANHAT TAN ORACLE privilege of future Soap Box Orations. The action follows the inability of the fire depart- ment to break thru the frenzied mob who last night listened to Mr. Scully's dramatic oration in defence of the Chairman of the State Boxing Commission whose acts while in office are about to be investigated. vkvlsak College Humor recently an- nounced the addition of Mr. Joseph Kearney to their staff of writers. It is to be ex- pected that Mr. Kearney will prove successful. The things he wrote while Sports Editor often proved to be very humorous. rr PF is GIGANTIC MERGER SENSED Rumor has it that two of the largest Breweries of the East, T h e Shamoakin Beverage Corp. of Sha, Pr., and the Der- bacher Brewery of New Haven are about to consolidate. Since the repeal of Prohibition in 1936 these two concerns have controlled the Eastern and Central Markets. Both men re- fused to comment. , llfikar CURTIN DENIES RUMOR OF MARRIAGE New Jersey CA. PJ - Butcher tDanj Curtin heavy- weight champion of jersey, de- clared today that there is no truth to the report of his mar- riage to Alma Martyr of the follies. His manager Joe Boylan, who also managed his famous father, supplemented Butcher's remarks and said: There will be no entering into the marriage contract as long as I am Butcher's manager. Look what marriage did to his father's career. vkvlsvls KEARNEY APPOINTED POLICE COMMISSIONER David Goliath Kearney was today appointed Police Com- missioner of the Bronx. The Mayor is to be complimented on hisselection. Mr. Kearney has an enviable police record and will no doubt succeed where others have failed. A UTHOR LEAVES FOR EUROPE J. Griffin McKiei-nan, author of College, WVhat Price Ad- missionu and other famous works, sailed for Europe on the liner f'Cornelius today. The reason given for Mr. Mc- Kiernan's trip is to get local color for his next work f'The Private Life of Balmes of Spain. 'F 1 Pk LORD VARICK Rlil'IEll'S I have before me a book en- titled I.1ttle Red Ride a Hook which I have just finished read- ing. The author of the book is a science man thad l known this earlier I would never have read the booki. llowever he is a science man and no matter what I say he can't be aided at this late hour. llis name is Lo Pinto and despite the en- vironment and circles he moves in he has written a very enjoy- able work, for example on page 4782 of the first volume we find these words t'rXi1rl the King waxing angry socked the Queen for a row of ash cans. VVhat an extraordinary style. NVhat an example of diction! How beautiful and marvelous and realistic are the Kingis words and what feeling Mr. Lo Pinto puts into them! Yes, I would advise you to read this book, and above all l would advise reading it to the children be- fore they trundle off to be-il. PF if ek REAL EST.-ITE BOOJI IX CONNECTICUT According to late reports from the J. J. Riimoiox real estate corporation of NVater- bury, there has been a decided rise of prices for choice bits of water-front property since the completion of Reardon City, the new Venice of Connecticut. Mr. Cleary of the firm of Cleary Sz Foster, who were the engineers of the job, has al- ready been asked to bid on sim- ilar jobs in various cities. ekvfvls NEW BOOK PRA ISED Professor Elmer Leddy's book NVays and Means of Teaching, published by the Keegan County Life Press, has been hailed by the teaching profession as the best book of its kin d published since Strayer's. Thomas Marshall. well- known literary critic, comment- ing on the Work says: Mr, Leddy has written a work which to my mind is above criticism. Everyone should read it, for its matter and its style and diction. Pls elf eff SCIEN TI STS S T.-IR TLE St'1ENI'1FIC ll'ORI.D Two scientists, Joseph Daly, M. S. of the agricultural soci- ety of the state of New York, and J. J. llylan of the I-lylan Laboratories, announced today the discovery ofa substitute for gasoline which is to be manu- factured under the name of Hv1.ixNiTE, MANHATTAN HOSPITAL .YI5.e1lr'S COMPLETI O .Y It was made known today that the new Manhattan Iflos- pital which is being erected to take care of alcoholic patients will be completed i11 time to take care of those suffering from the New Year's Festivi- ties. The staff comprises such men as Doctors Burke, Cazazza and Sarno. -if if if PUBLISH NEIV ENCYCLOPEDIA Victor Cincotti and XValter Osterman are the authors of the new Medical Encyclopedia, which Doctors have hailed not only as comprehensive, but de- lightfully simple. Pk Pls ak GO VIiR.VOR APPOIN TS MrNAMARA The appointment of E. J. McNamara of New York, Goshen and Points west, to the position of Labor Bureau head was hailed by many as a mas- ter move of our esteemed Governor. Mr. McNamara is ideally equipped to carry out this work. :If if as PEANUT KING ACQUIRES NEVV CONCESSION Archie Hayes, well-known sportsman and man about town and better known as the Madi- son Square Garden Conces- sionaire, announced today thru his secretary that he had ac- quired the hat checking con- cession in the New 'l'heorist's Synagogue. elseif! MANHA TTAN COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PRESENT PLAY The Tyrell Dramatic Club of Manhattan fnamed after lXlsgr. Tyrell of Cohoesj announced today that they had secured the services of Hugh Graham, adtor and producer extraor- dinary, and under his direction will produce a play in late November. lkbklk DIVYER DECLARES THAT PATRIOTISM NO LONGER EXISTS Michael A. Dwyer well- known lecturer, in a talk last night declared that patriotism and school spirit were alike, in as much as they were words only. lk X 1F RYAN GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE Judge Burns of traffic court gave Joseph Ryan a suspended sentence when he appeared be- fore him here today on a charge of passing a red light on Star and Moon Streets in his airship f'JAsPER last night. Mr. Ryan is a prominent broker and a member of the firm of Ryan, Kiernan and Kenny. Hkelsf Lt. Ed, Davenport, native son of Albany, and one of its fo r m e r attorneys, returned home today in his beautiful tri-motored plane, the Sea Eaglef' It is most probable that he will bring Commander Lord, his old ciassmate, to Newport News where Lord is to take command of the U. S. S. Manhattan, the largest ship ever built by the firm of BERGER AND NOLAN, builders of Bigger and Better Boats.