New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1924, Page 17

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WEEHS ISSUES STATEMENT TODAY Explains Activity in Aircralt Gontract Cases Washington, April $,—War depart- ment procedure, dating back to the Wilson minisiration tollowed in adjusting claims of war time con- tracts with air craft manylacturers was outlined ength today in a statement’ by etary Weel: While the statement contained direct reference to allegations of fraud or reported failure by the governient’ to prosecute claims against aircraft manufacturers as chdrged by witness before the sene ate Daugherty investigating commit- tee it wa sued “in view of the mis- understanding that appears o exist nerally as to the present status of he iar service war coutracts now under investigation.” Claims About Settled, At the time of the change of the vdministration in March of 1 b he statement said, “the air rvice laims board had virtually completed 15 work of passing upon war claim In connection with the settlement of he remaining c s which were taken ip after 1 had immed the office f the secretary of war attention then directed to some of the ea negotiated settlements which Lecn made by the prior administ tion. 1t was felt that it would I for the best interests of the govern- ment to re-examine a’ number of them and in fact General Menoher, thief of the air service, recommend- d a re-examination of a number of hese earlier settlements. The rec- nnmendation was held for discussion with his successor, as I had decided 1o select another officer as chief of the air service, “Gen, I'atrick, shortly after taking charge of the air service, made sub- stantially the same recommendations a General Menoher. 1 approved the reqommendation and directed him to ! proceed at once with the examina- tion, “In falrness ot the previous admin- istration it should be stated that cer- tain of the negotiated settlements on contracts for air craft and engines were made hurriedly, because of an varnest desire on the part of the wovernment that these contractors resume their peace time activities as soon as possible, Many of them had converted all of their plant facllities and their finances to the production of war material. Manifestly they could not recommence peace time production without being pald by the I'nited States. This called for some nd of an {mmediate settlement, hat such action was proper is evi- denced by the fact that all air ser no ice contracts contaired & provision requiring the contractors to keep their books and records intact and available for examination by the United States for a period of six years after the termination of war, It was evidently foreseen when the contracts were written that a sudden cessation of hostilitics would necessitate’ pgompt mnememu, . | 2 Big Cases “Upon examination of all contracts | made by the air service during the | war it was found that no further in- vestigation was necescary in the great majority of cases, It ‘was apparent however, that a thorough audit was essential in 32 of the major contracts which involved the largest amounts of money, in- order to ascertain with | exactness the sums which should have been paid to the contractors, “Very few employes in the air sery- ice were competent to make the kind of an audit which these contracts call for and the funds available were ex- ccedingly small. 1 authorized the use of all available funds and called the | attention of the congressional appro- priation committce to the situation that had developed. As a result the | annual appropriation bills authorized | the sum of $25,000 1o pay the cost | of the audit, “As many skilled auditors were put | to work as could he secured with the | ¢ provided, and the audit has | Leen prosecuted as rapidly as possible | considering the small force that could | engaged, the magnitude of the task | and the vast number of papers, ete, which had to be scru- “The contracts themselves had to be most earefully examined in con- | nection with the audit as the pru-) priety of some of the amounts allow- ed in the tentative settlements hinged upon the interpretation of contract | clauses, “The were contractors n(\‘lflr‘ll I 1 other Htivity taking place ! dency. WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS New York, price smovement opening of toda April 8. ctional predominated at the ‘s stock market, Sell- ing pressure was resumed against the steel shares and a wide assortment of speculative industrial favorites, including Americari Can, Baldwin and Chandler, all of which yiclded frac- tionally, Desultory the morning racterized incipal ac- in the independent which reactionary, and ils, which showed a rising ten- Call money opencd at 5 per trading cl with the p steels the were cent. High Low Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Ana Ate Bald Baltimor ieth . Con Textile Cen Leath Co Ches & Ohio Ch Mit & St P, Chi It 1sl & P Chile Copper Chino Cop Con Ga, Bt Can Cr Lo m Sg 1 Sum Tel & ° Wool Cop 3 I'p & S 1", Bl A girl employed in the Southern Pacific Railway offices in | Corn Pro Ret whenever the work on their contracts | and get a pair, liad progressed to the proper point. “Ihey were then permitted o present | evidence and submit arguments and explanations on the sums allowed m‘ the original settlements, This involy- | «d much work on their work and the | war department properly allowed | them the necessary time for its per formance. “After the contractors had present- | 1ed their side of the case on the points | at issue, those in charge of the uu«ln drew up a summary of their conclu- sions. These included itemized nmn- ments setting forth the sums which in their opinion had been allowed im- properly to the contractors in the original settlements and showing in | some cases unallowed sums to which the auditors believed the contractors justly were entitled. “Upon completion the cases weare | presented at joint meetings of the war transaction board of the war de- partment and the war transaction sec- | ¢ tion of the department of justice, The | I salient facts in each case were stated |\ at these meetings and the air servieo | N - San l*mncnco came down to work minus stockings. who figured she'd just forgot to put 'em on, She refused. The boss, suggested she go out | And he fired her. Since then several employers have issued orders weither in accord or at vari | ance with the railroad compan) | with is illustrating both the ney and the old styles. Miss Madeline Burke here- HIGHIACKERS AND RUM RUNNERS HELD Victims and Would-Be Robbers Caught at Stamlord Stamford, April rgo of alleged anner!, Peter Def: pel, Joseph and Andrew Locco, all of New York city, 8.—Failing 1n attmpt to capture a truck carrying a liquor from Jersey to New. Haven, five men, Albert oe, arn Kdward Marin were arrested representatives recommndd that“thee | 128t night on technical results of the audit be transmitted to | Nighway robhery. the department of justice for any fur- | tHer action which might be necessary. \ on the truck, we onn., Joseph and William T Allen of New Haven, driver and helper respectively o arrested on charges here charges o Cuckholz REPORT ON MAHER AT i FIRE BOARD MEETING . nsion Said to Have Been Decided on—McHale Intends to Resign The discipline committee of the fire artment will report te the board of fire commissioners at the meeting at § o'clock -tonight, the result of the hearing in the ease of John Maher, hoseman with Engine Ce. No, 6§ who i under suspension for absence with- out leave and conduct unbeeoming a member of the department, The board o |18 expected to. recommend a suspen- ¢ | slon of about 45 days, Two vacancies in the department | caused by the resignations of George [Janelle of Ladder Co, 2, and Willlam Farr of Engine Co, 3 will be flled. n | Studebaker (! Crucible §teel | Cuba Cane Sugar dicott-John . Bele oo 1st prd n Electrie .. n Motors Goodrick DY | Gt North pr Insp Copper ... Int Mer Mar pfd \HIs-! almers fie 00l Nickel Kelly Spring 1 Kenn ott Cop. . Lehigh Vai Int Int L Mid States Oil Mis Pac N Y Cen . NYNH&H No: & West North Pac Pure Oil Pan Am Penn It R Pierce Arrow Ray Con Reading Rep 1 & Royal D N ¥ Sinclair Ol et fouth Pacifie South Nall PUTNAM & CO. Members 'New York Stock Exchange » .\Icmlwr‘.- Hartford Stock Exchange 31 West Main St. TP WE OFFER 100 NORTH & JUDD To yield over 7% JUDD & CO. MEMBERS HAITFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Members New York Stock Eachange Harttord: ¥ ford Conn, Trost Bldz., Tei New Britain: Burvitt Hotel Bldg. el . 3 1815, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company We have |!|cp.ucd a five-year analysis of each of the above cumpdnms. mcludm;, the business for the year 1923, i Thomson, ,!?enn&(fn. Burritt Hotel Bidg., New Britain Tel. 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTroun EXNCHANG Donald B, Hart, Mgr, STOCK We Offer 5 SHARES NEW BRITAIN Price On }.pplicafion GAS JOHN P. KEOGH Members Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York STOCKS Bridgeport BONDS Wire to New Yerk Waterbury Danbur Middletown New Haven Direct Private Texns Co Texan & Pacific Transcon Oil Union Pacific .. United Fruit U 8 Indus Alco Rubber Co 8 Steel 8 Steel pfd .. tah Copper Willys Overland Westinghouse National Lead There may be another vacaney to fill | at the meeting, as Steven McHale of Engine Co. 2 called on Chiet Noble this afternoon and said that he in. tended 1o hand in his resignation from the department before tonight's meet. ing. McHale recelved permission to be away from his duties yesterday hut/ failed to report this morning, It his resignation is received, it will be acted upon tonight, otherwise, a charge of absenting being absent from duty without permission will be placed against him, | of transporting liquor, According to the police, the truck {owned by Tommy Cimino of New Official Hartford Stock Exchange Quotations v 7wme i ' % licit liquor was followed by a touring FURNISHED BY JUDD & OOMPANY {ear carrying the five New York men Burritt Hotel Building who ordered the truck to stop when |1t reached the Greenwich-Stamford BANKS AND TRUST COS, [1ine on the Boston post read. The . | Payabie Clty Bank and Tnut Co. | | QF [ | T&r driver of the truck put on more speed | Fo GROFE, Mgr—Room 500, N. 15, Natl Pank Bhig.— 1109 1 ! v 1 657y EDDY BROTHERS & @ and the chase lasted until the truck | was obliged to pull up behind a tour. ing car ahead and crowded into & [ diten, 100,000/ Two of the pursuers, the men on 1,000,000 | the truck declared, hopped on the 180.000| runing board of their machine and 40,000 | 1,000,000 | Neld them up with guns, demanding | that they get into the other car. When efforts on the part of the holdup 5,000,000 | men to star the truck proved futile, it 000000 | was abandoned. Cuckholz and Allen 3.000.000 | Managed to run it out of the ditch 5,000,000 | and were prrpum! to proceed to New 1200,000 | Haven after notifying Stamford po- lice, when the five men returned. They 2,000,000 | WOTe arresicd as weil as the two men 10.000,000 | ON the truck. Both machines and the 1,000,000 | liquor were confiscated, o o NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel. 3420 2,000,000 2,000,000 150,000 HARTFORD Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. * Tel.2:7186 100 shares COLT’S [ T . AUSTIN & KRON 107 BOOTH’S BLOCK Phone 3045 7% Flrst Mortgage Bonds S, TREASURY STATEM Troasury balance, $462 Dead At 124 Johannesburg, South Africa—Old Jas, & native living on a farm near Kroonstad, has died at the age of | 124, Free mate officers who were commandeoring native drivers for the Basuto war in 1865 exempted him as being over the age limit of 60, City ltems | Commissioner of motor vehicles has notified the local poli that the { operator's license of Kilvio De Risio of » street has been returned, herine Dyson, colored, of Ber- lin, was arrested this afternoon by Constable Frank Brown of the Berlin police foree, charged with drunken- ness and breach of the peace She lodged in the New Britain po. ' lice station, awaiting f(rial in the Berlin town court this evening. ocoono TROLLEY Would (nnnm( \lu-« e Shoals the Gulf of Mobile, Ala., April § of Henry Pord to build an eleetric trolley system in Alabama connecte ing Muscle Bhoals avith the Guif of | Mobile was aecn in a request made of tha city of Birmingham yesterday I-}" his agent for all Information regard- | ing the. Tidewater Interurban line which 8 now in the hands of a re.! colver, The request was in the form ' of a letter received W. 1. Marri son, city commissioner of public util- itles, The communication the likelihood of Ford getting Musele | Bhoals he 8 an ins d of a| direct contact with Birmingham, a great coal and iron center, and uhhl the ulif. The present tidewater line extends 12 miles through the heart | of the city and is contidered a valv alle franchisc Information asked regarding the trolley Annision, Bessemer Selma, Aln The Tide north and south ine and its the thought water § sale FORD MAY BLY LINE o > o With | | Birmingham Mans oocoon Cetetitete Astna Casualty & 8. Co, Actna Tife (onn, Genersl Life 525 580 720 220 e W45 TAWDRY PRODUCTIONS IN BERLIN AROUSE JOURNALS | Hart Steam Boller Trav 23m. 0o oao « :n!rl‘ Rights by PUBL Co., prd. (15 Co,, com, (25) prd, I that with | ifd, City G, Lt Tartford Eletrie Lt. ord_Electric Lt com, ._England Tel, Ce, Power Warrants Socialist Paper Calls Attention to the ant nee Plays Which Are Being Put There—Calls Them Inane, 19,000,000 on |y MANUFACTURING COS, | nerican Hardware Cor, (35) s,w.v 6 | 12,500,000 Automatic Ref, Co. . . | 1,000,000 Rigelow-1(td, Carpet Co., eom 6,500,000 nillings & Epencer Co., pld, (28) 000 Hillings & Spencer Ceo., com, (25) Ins Compa: Arms Co, (26) Tock Co, (28) ir Bearing v . v Class A, eom Class A, A, gom ( i April 8—Vorwaerts, Berlin's | leading socialist organ, finds much fauit with the tawdry plays whic h‘ managers are nl’(lfln( to please war | profiteers want to laugh and | boq cannot think” and says the situation is sim to that existed in 1800, whem the plays beeame even more inane than they are at present, But then the publie cured the sitna ) tion very shortly., That was not the age of repression, and theater-gocrs filled their pockets with rotten apples which they hurled at tors who di pleased them. The audiences even s climbed upon the stage and attacked the actors in productions which did Yinot meat thei proval Finally the king had to intervene In 1811, A threat was made that all noise-makers would be arrested and thrown into pr but by 1814 & great change bettor had come aboyt in the theater, Berlin, | 1.6 1,000,000 | 000 Moy ested tweer matter educatio water 1 Mrs. Margarct Scamoni, Margar wife which moni of amoni of 200 Lawlor sireet, night at 8. Vrancis hos- | offered Hartford Resldes her hus- | gor " she is survived by twe ehil- | cent sale dren. The funeral will be held | way properties to the Ihursday morning and burial will be 'and Power company in St Mary's cemetery Maps, reports, franchises a data have been forwarded " flumrala l Mr. Ford by Commissioner Marrison Norman E. llthr of Notman ¥. Dibble | Bristo o dird Sunday morn- ing at a Hartford hoespital following an iliness of several weeks, was held ernoon at 2 o'clock from the Prospect Methodist church, Bristol, Dr. W. B. West officiating. The | services were arge of Franklin 1 Y r lodge, A. 1 A, M. Tnterment was in West and burial was . with Masonic rites. 4 4 » charged that J Mr. Mbbie of age. George H. Kraft, kicked 1 of He is survive one son, d last July and force ve laren parents, Mr. and Mrs. unde FBdgar T e, and & sister, Mrs, L. Hull of Phillipsburg, N. J. He was a member of Prospect M, ¥ ercations ¢ caurch of Fraakin lodge, A. T.| < o 5 plained she Sortgage & Trom Ce. and A. M.; of Washington camp, !".‘ . ” e aggressor and that her 0. & of A all of Bristol; of Corbin s conduct had be provoked — Commandersy of New Dritain, and of by her association with a Peekskill ACTIVE INSURANCE AND® » Recover Body of Man Who |t ied Men of Phillipsbure, N. J. tauste deaier. S98/899 < s & S ——— Yiensn| Was Swept Away in Flood 5.000.9: 8~ The 1,000,080 who was Mrs August S died pital in nal Silver, ptd, tonal Silver Co., com, Frary & Clark (25) Mach, Co., pra. Mach, Co., com, (25) 1 The Hartfo. J-Co'mechc.:t Trust Company Old State House Squarc, Hartford, Conn. Sale Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Foreign Exchange to all parts of the werld. LETTERS OF CREDIT — GENERAL BANKING Bank by mail. was not included in the of Birmingham street Nailonal Light hand nent-Pond, prd. nt-Pond, com. Judd Mfg. Co. (25) ow & Wilcot (28) Mrg. Company 1 other “t to Runs Worm Vliarm 6,500 000 | It is safc and saves time, b on Coll Pipe Co. ( NEW YORK BANKS \\l‘ TRUST 14 for the WORKING ON HOLDUP Gerorge S PRUST Apr ATED g The Wests she Was 1o Blame 4 : 4 ny's office With Husband . ) . eid o W9 N3 ApTi ~ yesterday, thee Aot $1.000 roll When con- jits and iwe dol- Y00 pite s MES KRAFT LosEs my Ellinger is still offort to learn some wonld glve the police to identity of the " quartet of colored men that nard raite SvoR o Carison of West 1 dtreet al- | wmers Loan & Teust Co H 500090 leges held him up Satorda® night at st National Bank 4 : ' 10,000,000 1o point of t rs and kidnapped | tousovar Nattonal T v opy | Him, TOLBINg him when ‘they reagied | v . in Trast) 900, Cromwell. Carison has been unable ¥ rmation xing Bank-Colum wyers Title & Trust to give the was held up in F. building. anhattan Co, (Ban - 900000 . her than H Netomat Oy » the rear of the 1 Sew York Trust Co. The sergeant reported progress in y the investigation and expects that the leged hold- tomorrow. Sergeant working in .000 | thing that " tangible a0 o Court o Troubl White | mical Nationa clue the Res na merce (Kat Exchange il aF application nd emetery Mrs, Nettie Kraft volve two ba was 28 years ¢ out d by his wife, iwo one Ll r o his house and sicep r the front P IRL " ic e Justice T or's decision hus- ;. Xational entanty — e g - ) mystery surrounding up will be cleared n SHOW AT poYS CBs Al & meeting of the Ladi anxiliary of the New Britain Boys' club last might it was voted to hold a minstee an at_the clubhouse nest a | | FOREIGN S IIIN)I s« I,O\ D. Paris. April All the Fre and T schools in Constantin | | < nch ‘ show dane Apri e " Springficld, Mass. body of Fred G wept JOSEFH A. HATFYEY Frneral Director Mr. Paul Robinson. \ssistant NEW LOUATION-565 MAIN ST, I‘hnn-h Falls Tne. Co s a3 e & Rutgers wn 1 ette . £ 1o of erday nccord Mich.. runs « handles by day et or Nt Grand farm by of the trying to away ndreds of « furnish musi for members of the st Saturday. The in three divisions, &t 30 o'clock, government 2 1 ind- them in sl re- lings 1y orithen a e I various st Residence— ‘umm S Tel. 16253 s on figious emi except the cross. | case , this form of