New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1926, Page 15

SUES SECRETARY ON UNPAID BILLS Gouncil of Religions Bducation Officials in Legal Dispute Frederic L. Fay of this city has instituted action for $99 damages against Webster W. Leland of West | Haven, through Attorney Arthur W. Upson of this city. Mr. Fay claims the defendant has failed to pay bills ' presented to him for payment. The writ is returnable in the city court the first Monday of January. Mr. Fay sets forth that in 1924 he ‘was president of the Summer School Alumn! of the Connecticut Council of Religlous Education and Mr. Le- land was secretary and treasurer. He claims that the defendant stated that there was $75 in the treasury at that time, but that he has failed and neglected to pay bills presented to him. Sam and Lena Block have been named defendants in four suits brought through the office of Nair & Nair, attorneys, the total of which is $600. The Connecticut Gro- cery company of Hartford is suing for $200; Smith and Kelman of Hartford for $200; the American Candy company, for $100, and P. Berry and Sons, for $100. The writs in all of the actions-are returnable in the city court, this city, the sec- ond Monday of January. Deputy Sherift Martin H. Horwitz served the papers. Attorney Monroe S. Gordon today made public the following actions: Paul Czarsky vs. T. Bangorn, for $50 damages, returnable in the city court the first Monday of January, papers served by Constable Fred Winkle. P. Hurowitz vs. Salvatore Formica $50 damages, returnable in the city court the first Monday of January, papers served by Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz. Domenick Penna va. James De- musis, $250 damages, returnable inj| the city court the second Monday of . January, papers served by Deputy| Sherift Horwlitz, Quality Print Shop vs. Charlbs Hotfman of Hartford, $50 damages, returnable in the city court the sec- | ond Monday of January. i Robert Sidero vs. Louls Miller, 5 damages, returnable in the city urt the second Monday of Janu- ary, papers served by Constable James Manning. Peter Vouras vs. Edward Gold- stein of Collinsville, damages of 3300, returnable in the city court the second Monday of January, pa- pers served by Deputy Sheriff Hor-| witz, Action for $275 damages has be(‘n; brought against Salvatore Faila of this ety by the West Point Varnish Co. of Boston, through Attorney; Monroe S. Gordon. The action is} for moncy due on a bill. The wri is roturnable in the city court the| seccond Monday of January. Coxhi stable Fred Winkle eerved the pa-| pers and closed a paint store on North street, owned by the defend-| ant. Actlon for $$2,000 damages has been instituted by Odishoo David| against Peer Lazar, through Attor- ney Alfred LeWitt, for money due. Deputy Sherift Martin H. Horwitz served the papers and attached pro- perty of the defendant. The writ is returnable in the city court the; first Monday of January. | Suit for $650 has been brought 1\)" Rackliffe Bros. Co., Inc., against| Pasquale and Salvatore Salata,| claiming money due. Edward A‘I Mag represents the plaintiff. The papers were served by Deputy Sher-| it Horwitz and the writ s return-| able in the city court the second! Monday of January. | Harold Keeling Passes Tests for Eagle Scout|" Harold Kceling of Boy Scout Troop No. 1 of Plainville fulfilled the requirements for the rank of Britain court of honor last night, and it is expected that badge will be awarded to him at the next| meeting of the court. Last night he won merit badges in clvies “and painting. Other merit badges award- ed were as follows: Hiking by Mer- ton Clark, Euclid Hartung and Rob- ert Sackeft, all of Troop 4; fireman- | ship by Sidney Bisenberg of Troop 10, interpreting by Herbert Gelsing- | er of Troop 10, first ald to animals| by Davia Kaplan of Troop 10. First | class rank was confirmed for R. Dis- | tin of Troop 1 of Plainville and Sid- | ney Elsenberg of Troop 10, and sec- | ond class for John Paul of Troop 8. | New Traffic Policemen | To Handle Holiday Rush | To cxpedite the handling of traf- fic during the busy shopping peri- ods and to make the streets as safe | to travel as possible, Chict W. C. | Hart has detalled policemen to do | traffic duty from 7 to 9:30 o'clock, | as follows: Natlonal Rank corner, | Willlam Grabeck; South _Church cornner, William Politts; Franklin | square, Main and Eim, Otls Hop- kins: West Main and High, Peter | Cabelus; Boston Store, John Lieb- | lor; Davidson & Leventhal crossing, | John Riley; Maln and Fast Main, | George Collins; Church and Main, Edward Carroll. Report Strangers Who | Want to Read Meters | Two men driving an automobile | with Ohio markers are represent- | ing themselves as representatives of the Connecticut Light & Power | Co., the police were notified today. They call at homes about the ci and ask to read the mcters, al-| though they are not in the com-' pany's employ and are wholly with- out authority. | andal Kills Chickens | And Cuts Heads Off Two | Eight chickens were killed in the coop of Charles Gichlin, 460 South street, last night, and loft there, the police were notified today. Three of the chickens were decapitated. The police believe it to be the work of vandals, actuated by spiteful mo- | tivas, | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | velt, in Philadelphia at the | | Franklin, in Washington and Atlan- |pecanse | tie City. MAY GIVE DINNERS 10 ORIGINAL 100 FAMILIES Salvation Army Funds Increasc With Extra Help and Out- look Is Better. Friends of the Salvation Army are rallying to the support of the Christmas Kettles, according to an announcement made today by En- sign Carl Fredrickson, and the cur- tailment order affecting 20 needy familles may be rescinded. So slowly were funds coming in that Ensign Fredrickson ordered the number of Christmas dinners cut from 100 to 80. Yesterday con- tributions picked up. Today a check for $20 from Sphinx Temple, A. A. 0. M. 8, of Hartford, which has a number of members in this city, one for $10 from Mayor and Mrs. | Gardner C. Weld, a check for $2 from Mrs. Ann Felt Parker and a noticable increase in the amount in the kettles was reported. It may be possible with the ex-| tra help to take care of the entire 100 families, the Salvation Army head declared. WORKERS AT CITY HALL HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY Eighty-Five Sit Down to Chicken Dinner and Hear City Of- ficials Speak Eight-five city employes, officials | and former officials sat around a festive board at City hall this after- noon for the annual Christmas party, partook of & chicken dinner served by Caterer Willlam J. Fallon and listened to short speeches by city ofticials, introduced by Toastmaster David L. Nair. Mayor Weld and his predecessor in office, A. M. Paonessa, were on the list of speakers, which also in- cluded John H. Kirkham, Register T. J. Smith and others. City em- ployes contributed to the program of entertainment. LOAN ASSN. PAPERS GONE Desk In Room iy Hebrew School Ransacked and Valuable Docu ments Stolen, Police Are Informed Valuable papers of the Hebrew Free Loan Association were stolen last night from a desk in a room in the Hebrew School on Elm street, according to report to Captain Keliy by Samuel Greenberg today. The purpose of the theft is not known. berg reported. |“Buttons” Back in Hetel But Is Not Recognized “Buttons” is back. The fu y part of it is that no- knew him. “Buttons” will be remembered by readers of the Herald as the boy who attracted considerable attention when the Burritt hotel was opened. He was the first and only page boy and his uniform, covered with brass buttons, suggested the name. He was a youngster, short, fat and of a personality that appealed to everyone. Lindelof, few knew until, under the tutelage of Manager Ellas Baker and Zone ) ger Lewis O. Tirrell he became ti American Hotels candidate for the boy mayor of New York. He was feted by the hotel man- agement in New York at the Roose Ben Later ha dropped out of His real name, Conrad | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926. INDICTMENTS ARE FORMALLY UPHELD (Continued from First Page) advices from department of justice agents, Blackmer is in Paris and O'Neil at Cannes, France. The - government charges that through the Continental Trading company several oil companies paid a portion of their operating profits to Fall in the form of Liberty Bonds prior to the signing of the Teapot Dome lease on April 5, 19 Henry Osler, a Toronto, Ontario, lawyer, also was an official of Continental company, but Canadian citizen and cannot summoned by the government. The act applying to Blackmer and O'Neil was passed last July at the instance of Scnator Walsh of | Montana, prosecutor of the ocil in- quiry. It provides that should they refuse to respond to the summons, be testimony before an American con- sul anywhere in the world, and re- fusal to testify woud entail seizure | of their property up to the value of { $100,000. The prosecutors will send poenas for the two men to within the next few days. | ' In shaping their trial plans today the government planned to call also Colonel Robert D. Stewart, chair- | man of the board of the Standard | Oll company of Indlana; A. | Humphries, a Mexia, Texas, oll man, and former Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, who acted as {attorney for the Humphries com- pany. AVOWS BOYS MUST BE KEPT AGTIVE {11 Not Trained Properly They " May Be Destructive | Most peopld have the wrong at- titude towa. according to & statement made today to the New | Britain Rotary club by Frank W. Barbour of Middletown, of the Middletown Rotary club [state director of Jumior Achiev | ment. | There 1s somothing wrong with Imen who expect boys to keep still, Mr. Barbour told the Rotarians, adding that this attempt to make boys keep still is one of the mi takes of modern educational sub- Parls 1 boys, ary nd | The desk was ransacked, Mr. Green- |{ams. B pointed out that boys who tare well are active and that their lactivities to he productive of good must be directed into the proper | channels. “I don’t teach a boy to make something, he's going to break something,” he stated, plaining that beys vith tools and their to be destructive. He said boys want more than simply play, they want to do some- thing worth while. ¢ don’t want {to be told to do something just be- |cause someone tells them to, they want to know why. He explained how it is natural {tor girls to like dolls and to learn to make clothes to dress them. From this point it is only a step to where the girl makes her own hing. He said the situation is | difterent with boys. Boys are al- ys looking ahead and trying to do what their older brothers dolng. “The world is progre: bhoys want to do thi ahead of their age. The most im- the! he is al they may be required to give their’ ted by someone are very likely | City Items A new chairman to succeed Wal- ter L. Bell will be elected by the traffic bareau at the regular mect-| ing Tuesday evening. A report willj be made on the recent banquet. Mr. and Mrs. Irving S. Allen and | son, Roger, of New Haven are guests of Mrs. Allen’s mother, Mrs. B. H Hibbard of this city. Mrs. Joseph Doran of Corona, L. | I, is visiting at the home of her | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Curtin of 12 Hawkins street. | Alex Hill of 15 Parkmore street | | reported to the police today the theft of a tire from his car at a| Washington street parking place. | | Mrs. Peplaw of 130 Mapis street reported that her tenement on the, third floor was ransacked last night. HEARING ON $10,000 SUIT | OPENS IN SUPERIOR COURT | » Action of Frank Vitakunas vs. Mast- co Co. For Death of Boy Be- | fore Judge Nickerson | Part of the evidence in the $10, 1000 damage euit of Anthony Vita~ | kunas, father ot Frank Vitakunas, | | who 1s suing the Mastco Co. of this |city to recover for the death of his |son after the latter was struck by one of the buses owned by the com- | pany, was heard before Judge Nick- | F.|erson in the superior court yester- e was to have been re- | rank was riding’on a bicycle at | |the corner of Pleasant and Stanley |streets on June 15, 1925, when a; lcollision, with the bus occurred. | Negligerice on the part of the bas| |company is alleged. TFrederick J. |Rundbaken and Morrls Blumer are |appearing for the father, who is ad- | ministrator of his son's estate, while | Howard L. Peck and Joseph F. Berry |appeared for the defendant. ! MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT |\ The state motor vehicle depart- { ment reports that suspension of the | licénses of Frank Naples of 58 { Dwight street, 1. C. Rogers of West Main street, William Palmieri | {ot reet, and Salvatore L of 28 Franklin street, also | suspension of the right to operate {in the c uale Toscano of 116 Be GIRL STRUCK BY AUTO Clement J. Grace of 93 West reported to the police at 6:45 last evening that a girl crossed the | street at Main and West Main streets as he was driving on Main and his car struck her. She appeared to be uninjured. streat CURIOSITY IS FATAL Baltimore, Dec. 23 (P/—Four year old Jimmie Hodge, braving the dis- casure of Santa Claus to investi- ate the contents of a mysterious | oset, stumbled over a pail of scald- |ing serub water on his mother's | | kitchen floor. That was last night Today Jimmie died. Funerals e et Patrick Daley Funeral services for Patrick Daley of Main street wcre held at Mary's church at 9 o'clock morning. A solemn high ma requiem was celebrated by Rev. ter J. Lyddy assisted by Rev. ) thew J. Traynor, deacon; Thom Lawlor, sub-deacon, |Rev, Francis Keough, master ceremonies. As the body was being borne from |the church, Mrs. Mar, T. Crean sang |"Nearer My God to Thee. | ht, and for a long time was no!‘nm-m'n step in the proper training |pall bearers were Michael and Fran Leard of. Recently patrons of the hotel have noticed a young man wl ing a “ell hop uniform. Today ody ilscovered it was “But- tons” grown up and changed so that even his friends did not know him. He had returned, applled to the new hotel management as a strans- er for a position and was baclk or his old job, but no one knew Novel C;ke Baked by Chef for A. J. Sloper A masterplece of the pastr maker's art, in the form of a b pagoda-like wedding cake, is being cxhibited in the window of the New Britain Gas Light company oftice in the City hall building. The cake was baked by M. Kayasaki, chet at the home of Andrew J. Sloper, and will graca the table at Christmas dinner at the Sloper home. It is a fruit cake, these who know say, and the delicate decora- tions formed fn the icing of the “three story” affair attest to genulne artistry. It would do a New York hotel pastry cook proud. The cake has been placed on a wooden tray and small, colored electric lights set t the fcing at the base of the cake add to its attractivenes To Give Pantomime at First Baptist Church Tha Sunday school of the First tomime Monday evening at 7 called “The Door of the Inn,” rep- resenting the life of the people of Palestine. The action in the pan- tomime shows the rejection of Jo- seph and Mary at tho inn while other characters euch as Power, Pleasure and Wealth are granted room. Those taking the leading parts are Harold Stead, Joseph; FElinor Pond, Mar: Charles Den- nison, Roman soldier; Bruce Avyer, innkeepe: Jllery Haskell, the beg- gar and Agnes Hitchcock reads tho i story. Edgewater Mayor and Police Chief Accused New York, Dec. 23 (®—Bench warrants were lssued today by Fed- eral Judge Knox for Mayor Henty Wissel, of Edgewater, N. J., James A. Dinan, chief of police of Edge- er, and others indicted for eon-|countered by the Denver expedition | 1t's not too late to say “Merry Christ- prohibition | stalking game undar the camouflage | mas” with flowers spiracy to violate the laws In connéction with the liquor operations of the steamer Eker. jof boys is to make them belfeve i Burritl | themselves,” he added. { Members of the high schoo! foot- - seemed vaguely familiar, Wear-|pa)] team were present as guests| jof the club, It was purchase 50 scats for frolic on the evening of Ja y 11, which will be known ag “Rotary Night.” Christmas toys contribut the members were s to Children’s Home. voted to the Lions' 1 by th What Zit? | Baptist church is presenting a pan- | | ! [ Now if you were a vebra or a wilde- | beest on the Atfrican veldt and saw !this strange creature approaching | what would you do? So do some of | the zebras! Actually, 1t's nothing |but two bushmen who were en- of an ostrich’s feathers and stufted | neck. i cis Daley, Thomas McNamara d . Joseph Martin Mono- |han of Hartford. Rev. Father Traynor conducted |the committal services. Interment {was in St. Mary's cemetery, Mrs. Anne Byrne Funeral s s for Mrs, Anne Byrne of West End avenue were held this morning at 10 o'clock at . Mary's church with a solemn high mass of requiem. Rev. Thomas | Lawlor was celebrant, Rev. Francis | | P Keough was d ; Rev. Frank | oS of Wi was sub- | {deacon and Re Lyddy master of cercmonies. sanctuary were Rev J. Traynor, pastor of 's church; R A= ntagus of Waterbur; Rev. William O'Brien of 8t. Mary's quartet Mrs. Mary T. Crean, John Cennolly, alto tenor; and and Haven, consisting of S Mrs. body was being bor urch, and *“Nearer My at the conclusion of : The pall bearers were Michz Keough, George Shine and Dr. E ward Jackson of Waterbury, Thomas J. Jackson, Dr. Thomas Tobin of Waterbury, and Michael McCrann, The following priests took part in the committal services: Fathers Traynor, Lyddy, Lawlor, Keough, Cryne, O’'Shea and O’'Brien. Burial | was in St. Mary's cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends and | neighbors for the sympathy in the | loss of our daughter and sister. MR. AND MRS, M. DINON And Family. | God Joseph A. Haffey | UNDERTAKER Phone 1 | Opposite St. Mary's Church, || Residence 17 Summer 8t.—1623-3. | | BOLLERER’S | POSY SHOP | | | v_wire. Foar hour | service to all parts of the world. 33 W. Main St., Prof. Bldg. Tel 886. “The Telegraph Florist of N | October 31, | November last year and net operat- | Was accumulated by brokers 1| Winsted Man Brings Action Because New Britain” | service. ATCHISON HITS " NEW PEAK PRICE ;Crossw 170 on Wave of Specu-| lative Buying By the Asso ed Press. New York, Dec. 23.—Speculators | for the advance assumed control of | the price movement in today’'s stock | market, centering their activities in s of the Texas and Pa- | Atchison, which cressed 170 to a new | © Land Trust touched $2,040 inrocorq high, and the motor shares. | ing on the New York Stock E: change today, a jump of 240 points om yesterday's figure. This is the t 1 ever attalned by an ed on the “big board.” : owns oil lands 25, Wall Street Briefs Associated Gas and Electric Sys- tem reports a further new high rec- ord in earnings for the year ended gross of $25,325,873 showing an increase of $12,425,460 over the previous year. Net earn- ings of $12,611,957 were $6,541,559 larger. | Net profit of Transcontinental Oil Company for the eleven months of 1926 amounted to $2,526,816 com- pared with $792,859 for the full ar 1925, | The rally was conducted in the face | of another advance in call money to | 6 par cent which followed the heavy calling of loans in order to meet the unusually heavy demands for Christ- = | mas currency. November gross revenues of the| Despite frequent denials that any Southern Pacific amounting to $24,- |speclal dividend action in Atchison 975,508 were $431,060 less than in|Was under consideration, the stock who ling income of $5,246,181 also S,“,V\.,\d‘xook for an extra distribution at the | a decrease of $368,051. Net operat- |January meeting of directors. Other g incomo for the 11 months of |ralls were quiet but steady, the de- 1925 were $6,746,616 larger than the |cline in car loadings compared with same period of 1825, and gross the same week last year, and the gained $4,684,543. relatively poor November reports of NEW HANPSHIRE MAN ™ - oo > o DIES N EARTFORD [fic having a tendency Dr. Griffin Was Connccted With the and min |trading. | Texas & Pacific Land Trust, which | fuctuated between 1,700 and 1,800 yesterday, was marked up today to | 132,040 a ehare, the highest price ever |recorded. Heavy trading also took |place in Trans-Continental Ofl fol-| lowing the publication of a ap!cmlld‘ |earnings statement for the first 11| {months of the year. Atlantic Re-| ford, Conn., Dec. 23 (#—Dr, ;flning advanced 3 points and other | L. Griftin, head of the |Olls held firm despite recent in- | department, University of |Creases in crude production. | mpshire at Durham, N, H,| Heavy accumulation of the mo- died suddenly this morning at Hotel | tors, particularly Nash and Hudson, Bondmore, where he with his wife |WAS accompanied by unconfirmed aggd a daughter were staying over |merer rumors. General Motors also | night. They were on their way to |Started upward after a perfod of | North Carolina where Dr. Griffin [comparative inactivity. On the other and Mrs, Griffin were intending to |hand, Hayes Wheel sank to a new spend the winter. Ilow for the year at 17 1-8. | iffin was apparently in his| Among the specialties, Jewel Tea | th this morntng, at about |stood ont by jumping over 5 points | he dropped dead. to a mew peak at £6%. Baldwin, mett was called | Remington Typewriter and Inter- flin was dead when he national Telephone also scored sub- reached the hotel. |stantial gains. 'he body will be at the funeral | ley and Molloy, 129 | Capitol avenue, until ten o'clock Friday morning when it will be taken to Dr. Griffin’s late home in New London, N. I, for the funeral and burial. Besides his wife, Dr. Griffin leaves two daughters, Mis abeth Grif- | acher in St. Faith's school, Springs, N. Y., who was er parents at the hotel, and iss Dorothy Griffin, librarfan in the Cleveland, Ohio public library, and three sisters, Mrs. Albert Doll of B H., and the Misses Lil- and Caroline Griffin of Hemp- Long Island. University—Was on Way to South. Wall Street Opening. | | Active bi the motor and | accessory sl luding General | Motors, Hudson, Nash and Timken | Roller Bearings, marked the open- ing of the stock market today. Ru | mors of favorable dividend or mer ger developinents were instrumental in pushing Nash to a new high level | above 70. Renewed accumulation of | the ofl stocks carried Marl and Pan- American “B" and Atlantic Refining | to higher ground. | Despite denials from several sources, reports that several mergers | were being considered in the avto- mobile industry explained the strength of such {ssues as Dodg Packard and Hudson. Hudson rose FARMER SUES TOWN %, 70%isieutee o ugine:aeders | Buying of standard industrials also | was resumad on a fairly large scal indicating that the recent realizing ement had run its course. U. §, Steel advanced a polnt and U Cast Iron Pipe, Baldwin and other leaders were in demand. Texas (P —Or- | pacific Land Trust stock achieved d by the state department of the distinction of being the first is- to remedy conditione in his sue to sell on the stock exchange at barn yard the drainage of which $2000 a share after running up 200 | found to go into a brook which | points on odd lot sales. Reading led | runs into Crystal lake, source of an advance in the coal road stocks | Winsted’s water supply, Burton E. and International Telephone extend- | Moore has sued the town of Win- |ed its recent gain. IForeign éx-| ter which inciudes the city of | changes were steady, with Italian isted, for alleged damages of $5,- | lire recovering several points. | 000 to $25,000. Further demonstrations of buy- Papers were served on Tirs ing power in several of the high lectman William C. Kemp, last night priced shares contributed to the and are veturnable the first Tues- Erowing strength of the lst, with, day in January in the Litchfleld su- the demand branching out to in- perfor court. clude some of the oll, public utility | Moore has a large farm and he and food shares. Retention of & 5| B s that the order of the health|1-2 per cent renewal rate for call | a loans apparently was disregarded | in connection with the spirited buying that went on for the motors | and other popular shares. Commer- | |clal Solvents B jumped § points, | South Porto Rico Sugar 5 and Jor- | |dan Motors, Jewell Tea and Chi- | - cago Pneumatic Tool 3 to 3 1-2, Judgment for $150 Is |Loose-Wiles Biscult sccond pre- | Awarded to M. S. Hart terred, however, slumped 11 points, Maxwell 8. Hart of this city |the common stock 4 3-4 and Porto | was awardod a verdict of $150 dam. | Rican Tobacco 5. Western Pacific | ages against Mrs. Ellen G. Cole- sold at 1-2, a mew minimum man of Norwalk by a fury in the price for the year. court of common pleas, Hartford, | PHE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. in his action against Mrs. Coleman | (purnished by Putnam & Co.) for damages growlng out of an High automobile collislon on November : 14, 1024, The partics involved sued i cach other for $1,000. ADiSHican James W. Carpentor, counsel for | AM Car & Fdy 101 Hart, referred to the campaign|Am Leco 109 conducted by the state police to A™ Sm & Ref 14 speed up traftic during the football AM Sugar ... 837 season each year. The accident AM Tel & Tel 149% 1 on the Boston post road Am Tobacco . 122 orwalk as Mr. Hart was bound | Am Woolen or Princeton, J. to attend a |Anaconda Cop football contest. Atchison The two cars collided at the in- | Bald Loco tersection of the post road and |Balt & Ohlo. Richards avenue, X. Mrs. Beth Steel Coleman's car, operated by her Calif Pet daughter, Mrs. Julita oleman | Can Pac Brown, was proceading out of Rich- Cer De Pa ards avenue onto the turnpike at a | Ches & Ohio 1 d of between five and six miles |C M & S P.. 137 an hour. Hart's machine was pro- |C R 1 & Pac 70% ceeding at a rate of speed estimated | Chils Cop at between 30 and 35 miles an hour. | Chrysler Corp Hart's attorney referred to the Coca Cola state police campaign in extenua- (Colo Fuel tion of this speed of tha local man's | Consol Gas cans | Corn Prod ate Cru Steel Brook Runs Through His I'arm- land. Winsted, Conn., Dec. partment, which was based on claim that his farm yard drainage polluted the lake, has deprived him of use of the farm and caused him annoyance. The brook runs through his farm. All Che & Dy 491 108 . 48 .81l 165% 188 | 0% «I’l‘fiy Carpenter argved that the | driver ot the Coleman car, who 8aw | yoqge Bros A 287 the Hart machine when it was 200 | 0 Pont De feet away, hesitated as she ap- | Nem proached the intersection. enticing | pa 1at ptd Hart to proceed and cause the ac- | cident. Loo Davis of Norwalk, counsel for Mrs. Coleman, main- tained that the spend of the New |G°0) 48P Britatn man’s car was responsible | o A Guvas for the crash. (S A Judge Arthur E. Howard, Jr, Gt North Irom presided during the hearing of the | X8 SIC - S | Gult Sta " Steel 66% PHONE HEAD TO RETIRE | Hudson Motors 527 New York, Dec. 23 (®—Howard | Ill Central F. Thurber, who has heen head of |Ind O & G the New York Telephone Co. for |Int Nickel many years, first as president and |Int Paper later as chairman, will retire on Jan, | Ken Cop ..... 1. it was announced today. In ac- Kelly Spring .. cepting his resignation, the com- |Mack Truck pany's board of directors adopted |Marland Oll .. resolutions in recognition of his|Mid Cont ..... 33% Mo Kan & Tex 337% | Fam Players | Fisk Rubber |Genl Asphalt . 57 PUTNAM & CO, Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW TELEPHONE 2.1141 _— United Nluminating Co. Rights (when issued) -Bought and Sold Thomson, e & e Burritt Hotel Bldg.. New Britain Telephone 3580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCKE EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart. Mgr. We Offer:— 50 Shares Fafnir Bearing We do not accept margin accounts EDDY BROTHERS & @ HARTFORD ford Conn. Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 We Offer: NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hotel BI: Tel. 3420 s 50 Shares American Hardware 100 Shares Landers, Frary & Clark 100 Shares Stanley Works Mo Pac pfd .. Mont Ward National Le: Y Central .. NYNHG&H 4% Nor & West ..1 North Amer. orth Pacifh Pack Mot Car Pan Am Pet B 663 nn Pierce Arrow Radio Corp eading . ars Roebuck clair Ol So ern Pec Southern Ry Standard Oil Stewart Warner 6 Studebaker Texas & ‘Tobacco P; Reynolds B Union Pac . United Fruit U S Ct Ir Pipe 2 US Ind Al ... U S Rubber . U § Steel )14 46 West Elec .. White Motor Willys Over . Woolworth Aectna Casualty Aetna Life Ins Co. Aetna Fire .... Automobile Ins Hartford Fire 16014 451 e National Fire Phoenix Fir Travelers In, 3 Conn. General .. A Manufacturing Stocks. ware ex .. 85 o-Htfd Cpt Co com s & Spencer cora De-Pond com & Judd Works pfd . n Co com Union Mfg Co. Public Utilities Conn Elec Service ex .. 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