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ASBURY PARK SUNDAY PRESS (THE SHORE PRESS), AUGUST 29, 1937 Angry Sea Foiled HUNDRED and one perONE sons were rescued from foundering boats this week when a sudden summer rain squall whipped up the angry Atlantic. Eight others stranded at sea in a disabled cruiser were saved after spending 18 hours without food before the storm broke. Sixteen craft were forced to call for succor when the storm swept in from the northeast to break the weekend heat wave. At Long Branch nine persons were pulled from the surf after they were thrown from a boat 75 yards off the beach. Life preservers aided them in reaching shore, after abanding the craft which had been tossed about for more than ave hours.

Four of the nine survivors spent the night in a hospital, one for treatment of injuries suffered when he was battered against a jetty. One man was saved by coast guards at Monmouth Beach when he beached his motorboat during the storm. At Union Beach nine persons walked over a mile to after their craft grounded on unsettled part of the bayshore. The boat was driven aground at high tide and the passengers had to wait until the tide ebbed. leaving the craft high and dry.

They burned a mattress in an attempt to notify persons on shore of their plight. Seven craft with 56 fishermen aboard were assisted to safety at Sandy Hook by coast guards while three boats, two of whom were in danger of being battered to pieces, were pulled to safety at Mantoloking and Point Pleasant by coast guards. The third was disabled in Manasquan inlet and after ing most of the passengers, coast guards towed the craft to safety. The fishing party of eight which spent 18 hours at sea was taken by a Belgian freighter off Fire Island. where the craft had drifted from A spot 20 miles off Manasquan.

Anchors failed to touch bottom and winds and currents carried the craft northward. guard boast from 'Squan Beach, Barnegat and Sandy Hook as well 2.5 a plane from New York had searched for the missing craft. Fate Beams On Red Bankers Two Red Bank women beamed with joy this week when Surrogate James A. Foley ruled in New York that they were two of the five legal heirs of Mrs. Ida E.

Woods, noted New York recluse who left an estate valued at $900,000 at her death. The surrogate ruled out the claims of 75 others after two days of hearings. More than 1,000 other claims be passed on before distribution the must, estate. When Mrs. Woods died a few years ago at 93 she left a will but it was declared invalid because all the heirs named had predeceased her.

Large amounts of cash and valuables were found secreted in her hotel rooms after her death. The claims of the two Red Bankers -Mrs. Blanche Wood Shields and Mrs. Gertrude A. Wood -were acknowledged after a number of musty documents from an historical library, a bank, several churches and private collections were read into the record.

Residents Rally Behind Patrolman Interlaken residents rallied to the support. of Officer Lee Pyle this week. demanding that he be given A rise in salary. The council there agreed to ask State Auditor Walter R. Darby for authority for an emergency appropriation to pay the officer $25 more a month but pointed out if approval is given it did not mean the officer would necessarily get the raise.

Another vote would be needed on the question. Officer Pyle became the boro's fourth patrolman last fall for $25 a week. The base wage is $1,680 a year. Taxpayers charged that the officer was unjustly treated. Birdman Dies Twenty years ago a 16-year-old Keyport youth, Ralph M.

Purdy, left home to join the navy. This week he was killed with five others in the first disaster to strike the navy's armada of giant flying boats. The fatal accident happened at San Diego, Cal, In two decades in the service Mr. Purdy had risen to the position of radioman. He is survived by his wife and A 16-month-old daughter In California.

Burial will be made there. The news of the man's death was broken to his invalid mother by a brother. Merchant Protests Cloom Myron Jeck, beachfront concessionaire, protested to the city council this week that it was too dark on the northern end of the boardwalk at the same time a colored church objected to Main street tavern. Mr. Jeck said lights had been removed from the Eighth avenue pavilion.

He also wanted the orchestra pavilion to play from 9 to 11 instead of 8:30 to 10:30. The concessionaire said that after complaining to Milford G. Farley, the city manager replied, "You're never satisfied." Mr. Farley said the 10:30 curfew was set after several complaints of noise. Mayor E.

F. Hetrick told Mr. Jeck think Mr. Farley will Clarence, handle all physical defects." The Bethal A. M.

E. church complained the tavern was within 200 feet of the church but Louis Lipsey, license Inspector, said it was 305 feet. Sewer Problem Moves to Ending An end to the sewer troubles for Long Branch may be in the decision of the city commission there this week to have a survey of the sewage problem by a sanitary engineer. Elson Killam, New York, the eng.neer, told to gather data on operation A city system, operation was, and revenue of the private system now there and costs of tieing in to that with municipal lines. Mayor Alston V.

Evans declared the action did not mean the commissioners had definitely decided any one of the severel solutions offered to the board in the past. The city has been ordered by the state board of health to end pollution of the Shrewsbury river by the city system. Court Convicts Aged Recluse A 90-year-old Freehold recluse, Isaac Schusterman, who less than a year lago was said to have custody of $30,000 in diamonds in a fantastic mystery, was convicted of 24 violations of the Freehold fire and health ordinances this week, He was given 30 days to correct the conditions causing the convictions, or pay a $125 fine. Mr. Schusterman is agent of the Lockwood Realty company which controls several homes in Freehold on Lockwood avenue, about which numerous complaints have been made recently.

He promised to take care of the conditions complained about in 1 a hearing that drew many laughs from the courtroom. Mr. Schusterman broke into the news in January when his 67-year-old son, Joseph, who had been on relief in Brooklyn, reported he had lost $300,000 in diamonds. Investigation disclosed that the elderly Schusterman had hidden the diamonds for A time in his ramshackle house at Freehold. Social: Brides This Week Suggestive of early autumn Althea Allen to Arthur Rodger church.

Wearing white satin with silk lace herself, the bride chose fuschia for the bridal party. A long chiffon and caught with orange soms, completed the bride's costume, and a novel note was introduced by a muff of white satin covered with white orchids, The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Allen, 83 Main street, Manasquan, and the groom.

is the son of Mrs. Etta Morris, Summit. Pastels formed the color keynote for the marriage of Miss Janet Mytinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L.

Mytinger, Bergen place, Red Bank, and William E. Boyce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Boyce, Second street.

Rumson, The ceremony was performed in St. George's Episcopal church, Rumson, by the Rev. W. Dutton Dale. The bride was gowned in traditional white satin fashioned with court train and collar of seed pearls.

Her fingertip length tulle veil hung from a coronation cap of lace. and she carried white roses, A wristlet of pink roses added interest to the maid of honor's costume of peach chiffon and matching hat. The bridesmaids wore acqua chiffon gowns and wristlets of pink roses. Also planned on an autumn theme was the wedding of Miss Katherine Fitzgerald, daughter and Mary, Mrs. John D.

Fitzgerald, 1504 Main street. this city, and Robert John Grace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grace, Newton, Pa. The bride wore marine blue velvet of princess lines and carried a prayer book and bouquet of white roses.

The maid of honor wore zinnia rust velvet and carried yellow gladioli, The ceremony was perfarmed in the Holy Spirit church by the Rev. Edward J. Dalton. Wearing a lei of gardenias about the of her gown of crepe embroidered with white butterflies, Miss Lavinia Smith, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Smith, was married to Vincent B. Wood, Plainfield. at her home, 154 Pinckney road, Red Bank, Her attendant wore a blue gown with a let of gardenias. Mrs. Charles Soden, who makes 1 her home with her daughter, Mrs.

J. C. Mount, 1115 Tenth avenue, Neptune, The SHORE This WEEK By Press Staff Correspondents week of rain this week for the shore--A heavy downpour Friday way thru flooded Asbury avenue, and at bottom a motorist finds (Press photos) Deaths of the Week SUNDAY: Miss Mary Jackson, 63, Farmingdale, at Hazard hospital, Long Branch. Charles A. Condon, at his home, 312 Euclid avenue, Loch Arbour.

Christopher Bucher, 18, of 205 Osborn avenue, Point Pleasant, retired Da banker, at his home. John J. Holtz, 57, Morgnville, at his home. Moses Thomas, 84, of 148 Belmont avenue, Long Branch. retired chef of the Pullman company, at his home.

Wilbur Ransom, 44, of 137 Belmont avenue, Long Branch, at his home. Mrs. Margaret G. Pine, 61, of 123 Cooman avenue, Ocean Grove, at Monmouth Memorial hospital, Long Branch. Mrs.

Laura E. Smith, 68, at Hudson House, 131 Hudson avenue, Red Bank, Samuel W. Kleva, 33, of 509 Sixteenth avenue, Belmar, killed when struck by lightning on the farm of Nicholas Gregor, West Freehold-Smithburg road. Mrs. Emma Egar, 70, of Spotswood road, near Englishtown, at her home.

David Simmons, 70, Manalapan, at his home, MONDAY: Sidney Johnson, 57, of 917 Railroad avenue, this city, at his home. Roland E. Shafto, 72, of 609 McCabe avenue, Bradley Beach, pioneer merchant in the boro, his home. Ralph M. Purdy, 36, formerly of Keyport, radioman, second class, on the navy craft in San Diego bay when the giant flying boat crashed.

Henry E. Kolbe, 77, of 521 Eighth avenue, Belmar, at home after a long illness. Joseph S. Sheaff, resident of this city for more than 20 years, at his home, 2 Locust drive. Mrs.

Amanda Moore, 78. of Main street, New Egypt. Eugene Layton, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Layton, Adelphia, at Fitkin hospital, Neptune.

Andrew F. Pearce, 74, of Ocean road, Spring Lake Heights, at Fitkin hospital. Alfonso Manna. 64, at 335 Chelsea avenue, Long Branch, at his home. James H.

Rudd, 84, at the home of his daughter, Mrsfl Harley G. Horner, 518 Princeton avenue, Lakewood. Devine Allgor, 73, of Eighteenth avenue and I street, West Belmar, at his home. Mrs. Jennie S.

Hogan, 65, of 35 East Garfield avenue, Atlantic Highlands, at her home. TUESDAY: Armstead Bocker, 53, of 126 Leighton avenue, Red Bank, at his home. Mrs. Lucinda Brown, 79, Allaire road, Spring Lake Heights. WEDNESDAY: Gustave Kastikaros, 82, of Bradley Beach, at the home of his daughter, Mrs.

Nellie Aggelakos, 46 First avenue, Atlantic Highlands. Mrs. Melissa Archer, 43, of 1308 Eighth avenue, Neptune, at Monmouth Memorial hospital, Long Branch. Robert Purnell, 68. of 901 First avethis city, at Fitkin hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car.

Mrs. Ella McCrea, 82, at the M. E. Home for the Aged, 63 Clark avenue, Primary Fight On A $50,000 grant and loan to Sea Girt for the extension of the Wreck pond outfall pipe has been approved by the P. W.

it was announced this week. The outfall must be extended 134 feet seaward because the present pipe is not long enough to control the pond properly. Freehold to Teach Sex Lessons Dam Good Freehold high school this week lined up with 26 other institutions of learnto provide instructions in sex matters for a "higher morality" divested of "superstitions, habits and customs, racial superiorities and economic frustrations." Teachers in two New York high schools are now editing books which frankly challenge the validity of contemporary views on sex, marriage, the family and ethical standards generally. Reproduction, the supplying of essential information to the ignorant young, pre-marital sexual dwelt upon with criticism of parents for their "stork" and "cabbage patch" explanations for babies. Communist War Predicted A Communist-incited civil war in France within the next few years was predicted this week by the Rt.

Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, the American Catholic church's leader in its fight against Communism, in sermon at St. ex Catherine's church, Spring Lake.

The priest told several hundred listeners that the rebel forces in Spain were battling to stem the evil influences of "red" in Europe. While France is not in immediate danger of war, it is so close that reliigous leaders are preparing to leave the country on the outbreak of the uprising, he said. Boardwalk Shops Must Pay With a possible eye on the Labor day weekend "take," city officials this week sought and won judgments of possession in district court on 11 boardwalk concessions. Warrants of removal were to be issued by Arthur Grant, clerk of the court. if rents remain unpaid after the three-day limit allowed by law.

The 11 were ordered to show cause why the premises they occupy should not. be vacated because of unpaid rents. The city charged that rents of 024.25 were due from the concessionaires on leases made for this season. Concessionaires named in the suits were Boardwalk Casino restaurant, Boston Candy company, Goodie Tea Shop, Anna Skopas, Convention Hall Amusement company, Theodore H. Jeck, Lena Kasrel, Boardwalk Grill shop, Samuel Esses, Mrs.

D. Boyejian and E. Besunder. Law to End Assessor Board Ending two months' of wrangling over the legal status of the Atlantic Highlands board of assessors, the boro council in that town introduced an ordinance this week to eliminate the board in favor of the former (ne man assessor. Since the measure will come up for final action just before the primary the question was raised over candidates filing for the assessment post.

No official ruling was made but it was the consensus that candidates would have to run on a "sticker" campaign. Cop Appeals Again For the third time the court of errors and appeals will hear the appeal of a former part-time Belmar policeman, Peter F. Cummings, for a $900 pension, Mr. Cummings told the municipal board this week. The man was dismissed from service in 1930.

Mr. alleges he contracted pneumonia while on the force. The boro pension commission in 1936 contended at a hearing that the former officer drank excessively and thereby weakened himself so that the illness WAs only a contributing factor to his condition. INHERON McCAMPBELL, Holmdel grape farmer, former assemblyman and an independent Democrat, this week entered the Democratic primary for freeholder in opposition to Ross M. Fountain, Matawan, party choice.

Mr. McCampbell, whose service in the legislature was marked by many battles with party bosses, promised to work and vote for voting machines in Monmouth county for the 1938 election. Preceding the Holmdel man's announcement, the Republican primary slate was filled with the selection of Joseph Megill, local attorney, as surrogate candidate. He is not expected to be opposed and will enter the election against Joseph L. Donahay, Democrat, who has held the post for many years, At the same time contests in the Democratic primary for assemblyman became certain with the entrance into the race of Harry Sagotsky, Freehold lawyer, opposing the organization selections.

William F. Hanlon, Bradley Beach, and Edward F. Dodd, Eatontown. The entrance into the Republican assembly primary this week of Henry Carpentier, made the number of candidates four. Joseph Irwin, Red Bank incumbent, Stanley Herbert, Bradley Beach, the organization selections, and Basil B.

Bruno, former assemblyman from Long Branch, are the others. Delay Blamed For Fire Loss Thirty persons were rescued this week from a blazing beachfront hotel with damage at $125,000 because, according to Fire Chief William S. Taggart, employes tried to fight a small blaze and did not call firemen to the scene. The first alarm was sounded from a fire box a block away 35 minutes after a chambermaid first smelled smoke. Chief Taggart, in his investigation of' the blaze, learned employes attempted to subdue the flames until they got beyond control and spread thru the 170-room structure in little more than a minute.

Firemen from this city and 10 neighboring communities fought the blaze that attracted more than 200,000 to the scene and forced 1,200 to flee from the burning buildings and other hotels in the vicinity. Soldiers from Camp Hoffman with firemen and city police proved heroes in rescuing guests from the blazing New Monmouth. Many escaped in their nightclothes, The fire in the New Monmouth was out of control when the first detachment of firemen arrived. Embers spouted from the five-story inferno and showered other frame hotels over a two-block area, forcing the evacuation of all guests. Officials said the debris would be cleared by Labor day.

MUDDY WATER-'Twas a At top motorists plow their Sunset avenue, Ashury Park. Submarine Inventor Seeks Riches in Sea Simon Lake, inventor of the modern even-keel submarine, made his headquarters at Point Pleasant Beach this week and will make preliminary experiments offshore toward salvage of lost cargoes and recovery of ocean bed products. Mr. Lake hopes to bring to the surface gold, platinum and other valuable minerals which he said are known to be imbedded in the river bottoms of coastal waters. He said there is much valuable cargo from some 500 ships which sank between Manasquan and Barnegat inlets.

Spotted Fever Claims Second Shore Victim The death this week of Mrs. Catherine E. Riccadonna, 64, of Monmouth Beach, from spotted fever, brought renewed warning from health officials against contact with Infectious wood ticks. Mrs. Riccadonna succumbed from A disease contracted after she was bitten by a tick while working in the yard of her Monmouth Beach home July 7.

It Was the second death in Monmouth county blamed on spotted fever. In order to prevent contracting spotted fever necessary to avoid contact with or the infectious 'ticks material from the crushed tick, health officials warned. While most ticks in New Jersey are not infectious, they warned, it is best to regard all ticks as dangerous, disease- bearing insects. Degenerate Makes Shore Headquarters Records of sex crimes in eight eastern states were checked this week in search for possible additional victims of Julius Malicky, Irvington odd -jobs man, who Newark police said confessed to attacks on six Newark and Elizabeth school girls. The arrest of the former mental asylum inmate revealed "a little black book" listing names of eight children and comments after each of the 40 places he had visited- -mostly shore resorts.

Among the places police said he visited were Asbury Park, Spring Lake, Laurelton, Point Pleasant. Bay Head, Metedeconk, Hightstown, Highlands and Lakewood. City Wins Suit Vice Chancelor Alfred A. Stein this week refused to restrain the city of Asburv Park from interfering with the operations of the Babe Kaufman Music corporation, a New York firm. Counsel for the music company charged a city ordinance was design to "keep us out of business." The city contended the company did not secure mercantile licenses as competitors did.

flooded many shore streets. his car isolated by water on Tragedy Robert Purnell, 68, 901 First avenue, this city, died this week in Fitkin hospital from injuries received when he was struck by a car on Atkins avenue. The driver of the machine was H. Hall Katzenbach, Trenton, brother of the late Supreme Court Justice Frank S. Katzenbach.

Edmund Nagel, 17, of Roxborough, drowned this week when he slipped from a bathing float into the lake at Keswick, near Whitings, Ocean county, The youth was attending a religious conference. Captain 'Tom' Faces Federal Indictment Capt. Tom Mathis, secretary of state and Ocean county political boss, hurried east from Seattle, this week after learning he had been indicted for "wilful attempt to avoid income tax payments." The Republican leader was accused of failing to pay $2,450 in 1930 and $3,224 in addition to the $1,007 he paid in 1933. No warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mathis and assistants of John J. Quinn.

U. S. district attorney who is on vacation, refused to discuss the matter. Other details of the indictment will be revealed when Mathis is arraigned. Included in the list of witnesses called by the federal grand jury that returned the indictment in Camden were Francis Freeman, mayor of Island Beach; Walter Applegate, Ocean county sheriff and Democratic candidate for the state senate: Frank Durand, president of the state senate: Frank Sutton, president of the First National bank of Toms River, and other Ocean county and federal officials.

The investigation covered a period of five months during which time it is understocd the jury called on internal revenue officials as well 8.5 the United States district attorney's office. for information, 10 Shore Students Win Scholarships Ten Monmouth and Ocean county high school graduates won college scholarships at Rutgers university and New Jersey College for Women, it was announced this week. The scholarships are those set up by the legislature under a $50,000 appropriation. Successful candidates for the prizes are Abraham Azuley, Bradley Beach; Kenneth Ackerson, Keyport; William Barnaby. Point Pleasant, and Robert Munch, Lakewood, who will attend Rutgers, and Throckmorton, Long Branch: Margaret Hall, Adelphia; Elizabeth Haley, Matawan; Marylin Kostal, Morganville, Dunn, Forked River, and Virginia Glasco, Whitesville.

$25,000 More Sunk in River Ocean Crove. Antonia Hunt, 19 Fourth street, Lakewood, at Fairview Sanitorium, Lisbon. Edward P. Durando, 74, Ocean View, resident here for 17 years, retired from Newark fire department, at his home of heart trouble. Benjamin P.

Martin, 52. VanKirk avenue, Hilton Park, at Monmouth Memorial hospital. THURSDAY: Oliver A. Kehs, 77, of Cranbury, at his home. Mrs.

Catherine E. Riccadonna, 64. of Riverview avenue. Monmouth Beach, at Monmouth Memorial hospital, Long Branch, from spotted fever. Timothy Hayes, 62, of 69 Cottage place, Long Branch, merchant here for 17 years, secretary to the Monmouth County Liquor Dealer's association, at Monmouth Memorial hospital.

Mrs. Susan Johnson, 67, of 41 Chestnut street, Red Bank, at her home, heart disease. Edgar L. Eckart, 73, of 602 Newark avenue, Bradley Beach, at his home. complications.

Mrs. Sarah Haven. 69, Spring Lake Heights, at her home. FRIDAY: Alfred Truax, 17, of 599 River avenue, Lakewood, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Leslie T. Truax, at Paul Kimball hospital from injuries received when his car crashed. Luke Tolly, 63, of Glendola road, Farmingdale, at his home. Daniel H. Strickland, pioneer resident of this city and for several years proprietor of the Summerfield hotel, at his home.

1304 Comstock street. SATURDAY: Mrs. Marie Waltjen. 54, Lakehurst, at Paul Kimball hospital. William H.

Crary, 153 Milton place. South Orange, summer of Manasquan Beach, at Fitkin hospital. Clee and Powell Seek County Votes Mrs. Geraldine L. Thompson's extension Lincroft estate provided the setting this week for the first Monmouth campaign meeting of the Republican primary foes, Sen.

Lester H. Clee and Sen. Clifford R. Powell. Senator Powell stressed the fact he WAS a "regular, straight Republican" and a member of the party in good standing.

He listed highway fund diversion as the one definite issue of the gubernatorial campaign at its present stage. He said his stand against diversion of highway funds was the main plank in his platform. Senator Clee decried the "cheap whispering campaign that is being carried on against me." He defended his right as a minister to take an active part in politics, The assembly candidates with the exception of the incumbent, Joseph Irwin. spoke. They are Basil B.

Bruno. Henry C. Carpentier, and J. Stanley Herbert who has the backTing of the organization with Mr. Irwin.

The state board of commerce and navigation told Claude W. Birdsall, Belmar boro engineer, that $25,000 would be given for dredging in the upper stretches of Shark river. With the money it is planned to dig out a channel 100 feet wide and eight feet deep at low water from the recently finished yacht basin along Route 35 to a point opposite the Delmar Yacht club and thence across the river to a spot opposite the Shark River Hills hotel. Dredging underway now east of the railroad bridge is expected to be completed by Saturday. Lightning Kills Belmar Man was the wedding of Miss Marion Morris in the Manasquan First M.

E. court train and redingote of white shades of dusty pink, royal blue and tulle veil hung from a halo of celebrated her 92nd birthday at a family reunion that was attended children. grandchildren and greatgranchildren. Capt. Elwood Seeley was feted in celebration of his 83rd birthday at a dinner served by his daughters, Mrs.

Frank Grant and Miss Dorothy Seeley at his Belford home, Observing her 77th birthday, Mrs. Sara F. Duane, Point Pleasant, was guest of honor at a dinner party given by her son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Harry J.

Middletown, who are vacationing in Point Pleasant. Miss Edna Decker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.

Decker, 604 Park Place avenue, Bradley Beach, was given A surprise shower by Miss Dorothy Dugan at her home, 116 Sylvania avenue, Neptune, Miss Decker's engagement to LeMond. son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur LeMond. 1405 Unami avenue, Wanamassa, was announced.

and the wedding place next recently, month. A shower was given in honor of Miss Gladys Milich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Milich, Asbury Park, in the Temple Beth El. by Mrs.

Percy Sherman. Red Bank, and Mrs. Samuel Waldman. Mrs. Isidore Waldman and Mrs.

Milich. Miss Milich will be married to Philip Waldman, son of Mrs. Celia Waldman, Little Silver, Oct. 3 Appropriate not only of the 00- casion but of the current rainy weather, the gifts were concealed in a decorated rain barrel. Two weddings of interest to the shore section will take place in November, Nov.

2 being the date selected by Miss Barbara H. Gatins, Rumson, for her marriage to James Curtis, Long Isiand. The place of the ceremony and the complete bridal party have not yet been announced, Miss Sarann Eisner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.

Raymond Eisner, Red Bank and New York, will become the bride of Jerome L. Burnham, son of Mrs. Hermine Burnham, New York, in that month, Samuel W. Kleva, 33, Belmar, this week disregarded the oldster's warnings about hiding under A tree during a lightning storm. With two others he took shelter under the tree near Freehold.

A bolt struck the tree, hurling all three to the ground. A fourth companion who had crawled under a farm wagon was also stunned. Mr. Kleva "mumbled slightly" but never regained consciousness and was dead when he arrived at Freehold hospital in an ambulance. His three companions were treated for shock at the institution.

Mr. Kleva leaves a wife and two sons. His companions at the time of his death included Nicholas Gregor, owner of the farm near Freehold where the tragedy occurred; John Gregor, Bradley Beach, a brother, and John Hodulich, Newark( a cousin. Sports: Baseball Dispute "Monmouth county's little world when the Scarlet Raiders were Shore league. The title was decided not on league officials at which the eligibility nine, also seeking the title, was discussed.

The player, Charles Clayton, had been instructed by the league president, Stewart Dias, to pen an apology for remarks he had made to Dias during a game which the latter was umpiring. Altho a signed apology from a "Charles Clayton" was received, the player in question stated that he had not apologized, and would not. His announcement and his refusal to drop out of the Unexcelled brought the designation of the Scarlet Raiders as champions. Banquetting this week, 75 members and friends of the Ocean Grove Fishing club were urged to support the move to protect the shore's striped bass from the invasion of commercial fishermen. Speakers were Capt.

Jack Drake, noted blind angler; William Stanley Applegate. president of the Monmouth County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, and Benjamin Farrier, president of the Belmar Fishing club. The Belmar and Ocean Grove units sponsored casting tournaments at Shark River Islands, with Fred Obesky, Trenton Rod and Gun club member, and Charles Vollum, Ocean City, monopolizing on the first places that series" ended abruptly this week proclaimed 1937 champions of the the diamond but at a meeting of of a player on the Unexcelled give them points toward the 1937 eastern casting championship. Losing to Fort Sill. 14-4, the Monmouth County Polo team was eliminated this week from the national intar -circuit polo championships at Chicago.

A four-day postponement of his title bout with Champion Joe Louis brought Tommy Farr back to Long Branch for a few light drills this week. The bout, originally scheduled for Thursday night, will be held tomorrow at the Yankee stadium according to a late hour decision by Mike Jacobs, promoter. Seven hundred and fifty dollars was the first prize money in the second annual Lake Placid open golf tourney over the weekend and it was copped by Vic Ghezzi, Deal, recent winner of the New Jersey open title. Ghezzi toured the Lake Placid, course four times in a total of strokes-11 under par, Wrestling, softball games and midget auto races were among the shore sports events put off because of the week's rain..