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BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1954

Enquiring

Walter Winchell

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How Do You
Feel About
Mall Plan?

Of New York
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Milium

Broadway- Spotlight
CELEBS ABOUT TOWN: The Bob Fellers (of the World Series)
straight from the airport to the Stork Club for a 1:30 a.m. snack.
. . . Walt Disney doodling a large head of Donald Duck while waiting for an ECA Bldg. phone booth. . . . Win. Faulkner, the prizewinning novelist, reading a pocket-book mystery in the Algonquin f o y e r . . . . Comedian Joe
E. Lewis, looking glum (along 58th and The
Plaza) returning from the dentist. . . . John
Ireland and Nancy Kelly (at 51st and 6th) excited about their teevy show this Sabbath. . . .
Danny Kaye autographing the inside of a gob's
hat in Lindy's
George Raft (still the dapper Dan) enjoying the Blue Angel show. . . .
Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl decorating
the Park Sheraton lobby. . . . Spencer Tracy,
the star, being asked by a newcomer night
club gal-photographer: "And what is your
name?" . . . "They have it," sighed Spencer,
"outside."

By EARL WILLAMfe
Tie Courier-Express will pay
$5 for each question used In this
column.
The place: Exhibit N M , Erie
County Savings Bank.
MRS. BEATRICE CIOPPI. elevator operator, Buffalo: "I think
it's a very good idea. It would
relieve a lot of downtown traffic
congestion and probably prevent
a good many accidents. I think
it would be the next best thing
to a subway. Shopping on Main
St. would be much more convenient and It would add beauty
to the downtown section. But
most important it would speed
traffic so that going home nights
wouldn't be such a headache. As
it is now it sometimes tikes as
Long as a half hour to get just
to Utica St."
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SALLIES IN OUR ALLEY: The Cafe

Tokay topic last night was the Giants-Cleveland games. . . . One New Yorker conceded: "It should be very interesting even with the Yankees out of it." . . . "Yeh," yawned a
Yank rooter, "this time we won't know the winner until it's over."
. . . At Sardi's some of the bunch were enjoying the cabled report
from Venice about Katharine Hepburn falling into the canal. . . .
To which first-nighter Irving Hoffman flipped: "I saw her take a
terrific dive in The Lake'!"
WINCHELL

MIDTOWN VIGNETTE: The N. Y. Times "morgue" (reference

room) has perked up BO end because of its newest employe, a 24year-old doll of sensational form and features. . . . She is the lovely
daughter of Robert Murphy, under-secy of s t a t e . . . . One of the staff
memo's: "Every time she walks by the city desk eight more errors
III syntax turn up in the Times'."
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MEMOS OF A MIDNIGHTER: The Mayflower House, where
honor medal Detective McShane solved his last gem robbery, was
burgled of another $18,000 in jools less than a week after he was
switched to the Bronx for holding an umbrella over the champ's
head. . . . Glenda Farrell may hand in her notice because she didn't
get the promised billing at "Home Is the Hero." First time in her
B'way career her name wasn't on the marquee. . . . The Michael
Dunns (he's the society maestro) expect their image any downbeat.
. . . Teevy producer Dick Gordon (his wife Kyle MacDonnell is taking renovocaine) will next wed banking heiress Francess Greene.
. . . The doctor'says Dorothy (Lucky Strike) Collins and groom will
get twinfants. . . . Vincent Kenney (an atomic scientist) and Margaret Dennison (of McCall's mag> merge soon. . . . The odds are 22
to 1 the Giants win 4 straight. Ten to one Cleveland makes 4 the
hard way. . . . Jack Gould resigned his CBS job and returns as
radio-teevy critic for the Times.

ACCIDENT V I C T I M S Mrs. Theflesa Di Francesco is

helped from the scene of twocar head-on collision in Delaware Ave* near Summer St.
last night. On stretcher in
foreground is Mrs. Josephine
Maragliano.
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BROADWAY TICKER: Many local merchants are hoping a

movie star's new husband will take over some of her debts. . . . NBC
producer Lee Palnton didn't waste her vacation. Eloped with editor
John Kemra. . . . Dick Wakefield, who gave every promise of being
a baseball great, now runs a Detroit nursing h o m e . . . . Sammy Davis,
Jr.'s latest date here (a famed movie star) has locals gasping. . . .
"On Your Toes" has a $300,000 advance sale already. . . . Weightscales will soon give you the bad news in whispers. . . . Pat (Look
mag) Coffin's water colors go on exhibition at the Ward Eggleston
galleries Oct. 11th. . . . The cops are handing out summonses in
hunches to the horn-honkers. $10'fine. . . . Rita Powers (of the
Latin Quarter glrl-dept) and Doug Scott of the Debonairs (same
show) are steadying... . The next police cleanup of undesirables will
he in the West 70s.

A G E - O L D T R A D I T I O N Rabbi Gcrshon G. Rosenstock

showed the Torah, the scrolls containing ancient religious writings, to Larry Wilier, 9, and Karen Ehruchjf 7, after special children's services yesterday morning at Temple Beth EL Rosh
Hashana observances marked beginning of tJie Jewish year 5715.

Mrs. C i opp i
MISS PATRICIA DENTQN,
bank clerk, Orchard Park: "I
think it would be a great Improvement. Anything to improve
Buffalo would be fine with me.
I come from New York City and
I find Buffalo is about 10 years
behindin fashions, roads, construction and nearly everything
else. I certainly hope this pedestrian mall is approved and completed. It seems to me that since
suburban residents who work and
shop in Buffalo would benefit
by this project some arrangement
should be made for them to share
the cost with Buffalo taxpayers.
ROBERT NORTH JR., administrative assistant, Buffalo & Erie
County Public Library: "My first
reaction to it was that It would
be a splendid improvement by
separating the vehicular and
pedestrian traffic. Both the traffic flow and safety would be
greatly improved. At the same
time, it would give an opportunity
for the artistic development of
the streets immediately affected.
It would do much to make a real
beauty spot in the city and would
be comparable to the mall at
Rockefeller Center."

MANHATTAN MURALS: The rodeo cow-gals lassoing passersby

eyes with their ten-gallon beauty. . . . The White House, a hotel for
derelicts at 340 Bowery. . . . The town's top leg-showwhen the
stenogs and other femmes relax after lunch on the Public Library
steps. . . . The sign on the tomatoes at a Lexington grocer's: "Do
not squeeze me until I'm yours." . . . The river flowing through the
lobby of the Hotel Chambers in Greenwich Village.

btj Harrij Van Lunger

DURING T H I S D E P A R T MENT'S recent trip to Welland
to cover a murder trial, it was
interesting to note the many operational similarities of Ontario
Supreme Court and New York
State Supreme Court
Actual trial proc ;dings are almost identical although s o m e
court terms differ. For instance,
defense counsel in criminal matters make "addresses" to the jury
rather than summations as we
know them here. His lordship,
the trial justice, "sums up" to the
jurors. In this state that is known
as a "charge."
The presiding justice enters the
courtroom and proceeds to the
bench when an attache c-lls out
"Order!" to the persons to stand.
Here a pikestaff is used to herald
the entrance of a jurist. On
reaching the bench, the Canadian
justice bows to the barristers and
crown attorney first and then to
the jury. They a" return the
compliment.
We were pleased to renew our
acquaintance with Justice W. R.
Treleaven, who presided during
the Bruce MacLean murder trial.
The defendant was acquitted of
drowning his wife, Betty.

antique lighting effects we have

In Erie County Hall. They set
lighting progress back 50 years.
The Board of Supervisors refuses
to modernize the lighting system
in corridors and courtrooms.

M A R I A N YEAR B A N N E R - M i s s Joan Campbell, left, a graduate of Rosary Hill College, and Margaret Dempsey, a junior a h
rmajor, put the finishing touches on a 5-foot white satin banner
HERE AND THEREWilliam to be used in Marian Year procession to McKinley Square on
H. (Bill) Barber, one of Buffalo's
better known Private Eyes, back Oct. 7. Banner was made at the college.
from Atmore, Ala., where he conferred with an inmate of the Alabama State Prison in connection
with an auto fatality in this area
occurring several months ago. . . .
The prisoner was sentenced to
serve 16 years only few weeks
ago. . . . He was a principal in the
auto death case here this summer. . . . Bill was given permission to interview the man by the
Alabama State Board of Corrections.
Walter Walsh, county probation
officer who's always been a hero
to the newspapermen covering
County Hall because of his cooperation, has fought off a virus
infection which bowled him over
for a week. . . . He's a major
leaguer in his business.
George Macht and Nestor F.
Wood, Hall elevator operators,
teamed to come up with this one:
"It's easy to express a complaint
GONE FROM THE Ontario but few can voice a graceful comscene are the wigs formerly worn pliment. Just a matter of pracby the justices and all attorneys. tice. Catch?"
Attained in all its ancient glory
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isHhe dignified garb of the sheriff
CANDID CAMERA SHOTS and
in| whose county the jurist pre- still color photography are the
sides.
top hobby of Atty. Benjamin
The attorneys escort the justice Franklin who says he never flew
to the bench and are attired in a kite with a key attached like
gray formal morning trousers, his namesake did so many years
long black frock coat, wing collar ago.
T H E POWERHOUSE BOYS American League batting champ Bobby (.341) Avila of the
and white tie. The sheriff also is
But even at that he likes to Cleveland Indians, and National League champ Willie (.345) Mays of the New York Giants wave
decked out in a cocked hat and dabble in electrical work such as
a pair of menacing bats during World Series drill yesterday at the Polo Grounds. AP Wirephoto
holds unsheathed a shiny long Ben Franklin the first did.
sword, its sharp tip pointed ceilFranklin, who maintains ofing-ward, when a criminal calen- fices in the Brisbane Bldg., was
dar is opened at a regular assizes graduated from the University of
(term), again when a prisoner is Buffalo Law School in 1928 after
sentenced and also when a jury first studying electrical engineerreports a verdict. All very tradi- ing at the University of Michitional and colorful.
gan.
As a result of pursuing his
The sword and cocked hat are
main hobby when not concerned
dispensed with at other times.
We must emphasize that Ca- with complex l e g a l matters,
nadian justice is extremely fair to Franklin'has on hand more than
defendants even though criminal 1,000 pictures which he believes
courts there get to the nub of the are collectors items. In 1938,
case much quicker than we do in while in Paris, he snapped the
this state. It took four days only King and Queen of England in
of trying a murder case which the Place de la Concord, roughly
saw the prosecution call 22 wit- 10 times the size of McKinley
nesses and defense four, includ- Square. But he almost got thrown
in the bastille for doing it.
ing the defendant.
Seems
gendarmes^ took ofWe were impressed with the fense atthe
Ben's
adroitness in getfact Ontario barristers don't fool ting close to royalty
and pracaround with extraneous matters; tically tossed him a city
their questions are direct and to But they seized neither the block
camthe point
era nor the 18 shots he made in
a/*
a few seconds.
THIS IS SOMETHING one
to""""""'
can't say consistently about some
THUS. HE WAS ABLE to get
American attorneys.
the film out of France and safely
And in the closing remarks back to the United States where
made in the trial. Defense Coun- he developed 12 of the 18, the
sel David Brooks took only 21 other six getting mislaid In tranminutes and Crown Attorney sit.
Tobias Forestell a half hour. The
Cabinet making, such as furni
court used up 75 minutes.
ture and woodwork, is a secondAre you listening. Buffalo at- ary hobby. He says that in warm
torneys?
weather he pursues this line in
And another thing: The Wel- his Yacht Harbor summer home
land County Courthouse has been in Ontario. Claims it affords
remodeled. The courtrooms are him relaxation from restlessness. BRING O N T H O S E GIANTSManager Al Lopez of the Cleveland Indians could be pointing
modern to the last degree.
And when he's groping for some- toward a World Series championship as he joins his team on dugout steps at the Polo Grounds.
And, being modern, the light- thing else to keep his hands busy,
ing Is fluorescent
he makes TV aerials and dabbles With him, from left, are Al Smith, Bobby Avila, Larry Doby, Al Rosen, Vic Wertz, Dave Philly,
George/Strickland, Jim Hegan and Bob Lemon.
AP Wirephoto
Take a look sometime at the in electrical subjects.

Robert North
H. D.
HOW A B O D. GOODMAN,
Remington Rand correspondent,
Kenmore: "From a safety point
of view, I think it would be a
great advantage, especially during
rush shopping hours when some
people seem to have no fear of
traffic and have little else on
their minds except getting to the
bargain counters. On the other
hand, the expense of such a project would be quite a burden on
GOING UPWorking in unison, two huge cranes raise the sec- Buffalo taxpayers. However, If
ond of two 130-foot girders into place on the High Level Bridge the value of saving lives were
balanced against the cost it would
between the Buffalo River and the Union Ship Canal. Bridge be well worth while."
will span the river soon.
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AUGUST R. DOERING. deputy
sheriff, Buffalo: *'I think lt would
be a great advancement for Buffalo. The traffic problem is bad
enough now, and it is going to
get worse. Something like this definitely should be undertaken. If
pedestrians didn't have to cross
Main St. in this busy section traffic would be speeded up and a
lot of accidents prevented. It
would also be a big improvement
for shopping and add to the
downtown beauty, which certainly isn't too good compared to
other cities."

A. R. Doerine L. J. Emmerllnr
LAWRENCE J. EMMERLING,
teletype maintenance worker,
Buffalo: "It's an excellent plan.
They've got to do something
about downtown traffic. We're
way behind some cities. Traffic
is increasing every year and I
think Buffalo is going to find itself in really bad shape in a few
years if something like this mall
isn't started to relieve the downtown traffic congestion."

Welfare Official
Asks $720,000
The Board of Supervisors referred to its finance committee
yesterday a request by Roy R.
Newcomb, Welfare Department
commissioner, for $720,000, the
department's 1954 deficit. He
explained the Welfare Department this year has experienced
a 58.8 per cent increase In public
assistance applications and a 31.6
increase in approved hospital applications of the medically indigent.
The welfare commissioner also
asked five additional caseworkers
and two additional stenographers
to handle the "heavy increase in
volume of applications."
When the Welfare Board submitted the 1954 budget, It did so
L O N G D I S T A N C E W E D D I N G RING-Barbara Jane Bush on the basis of the first eight
Jackson smiles prettily over the phone in Harrisburg, Pa., as she months of 1053, Newcomb explained* He said the board undertalks to the man she just married, Lt. Philip Jacksonin Japan. estimated the "economic transition to a peacetime economy.
They were married by proxy. Shell join him next week.

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