New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1927, Page 11

SUNDAY AFTERNOON MOVIES APPROVED (Continued from First Page) of the day for next Wednesday at noon. Leader Averill in asking the vote to make the matters the order of the day, said by this method the house could have a “nice snappy bat. tle.” His motion was adopted. Representative Higgins of Coven try, who leads the “back road’ forces, offered the substitute bil which he eaid had the endorsement . of the state Grange. The bills receiving unfavorable re ports were: H B 43, appropriating $1,014,000 for gravel roads. H B 812, devoting 20 per cent o motor vehicle receipts to town roads H. B. 391, providing aid propor- tionate to grand list. Salary Increases The bill increasing the salary o the chiet justice from $9,500 to $12, 500 a year and justices and superio: court judges from $9,000 to $12,00( was favorably reported in the houst today from the appropriations com mittee. It was one of the first sal ary increase bills receiving a favor- able report this session. Among ten senate bills rejected by ihe enate on unfavorable committee reports were five relating to salaries. Tywo would have put all state officers | on salaries. Two others would have placed county health officers and| probation officers on annual salaries instead of being pald on a per diem | p basis. The fifth called for increases | in the salarles of the clerk and the | assistant clerk of the superior court | of New London county. Senator| Shaw said there would be a general Dbill to cover increases in clerks’ salaries. Communications from the gover- nor brought in the senate by Execu- tive Secretary Edward L. Kelly, con- | tained executive nominations of| Oscar A. Leonard, Tolland, and| George Blumer. New Haven, as trus- | tees of the Mansfleld State Training School and Hospital for terms of four years from July 1, 1928. The senate adopted 8 B 324, pro- viding for reserves of insurance com- | panies to adequately protect the in- | sured and secure the solvency of in- surance companies, | The senate received a favorable report on S B 225 providing for a| pension for Charles Keller, of | Bridgeport, for $125 a month. | A bill to make the open season for | ruffled grouse from October 81, to| November §, was rejected by the| senate, | Amendments Added | Two bills which the senate passed | yesterday were reconsidered today and passed with amendments, One | 1 B 381, providing for registration with the registrar of vital statistics of still births, same as required of | hirth certificates, had been passed without a clause providing for a fine | for offenders. The amendment calls for a fine of frem $7 to $25. S B 405, providing for a widow of | a decased active police officer of | Meriden to receive one-half amount | such officer would receive on retire- | ment, passed by the senate yester- . was amended to apply on or er Tebruary 1, 1927, The house adopled a bill restoring | | to citizenship Michael Dominick, of | Westport, and the senate a bill re- | storing forfeited rights to Victor A. Kinne of Derby. | On favorable report of the clalms committee, the house under suspen- | sion of the rules, adopted a bill pa,\'-; ing the borough of Groton $723.58 for sewers and sidewalks adjoining " the Fort Griswold tract. | Appointments Confirmed The senate confirmed Gov. Trum- | bull's appointments of Albert B.| Landon of Salisbury and Charles R. | Treat, of Orange, as members of the | milk regulation board, and Everett J. Lake and Louise H. Merritt, of | Stamford, trustees of the Mansfleld | Training School and Hospital for | year terms beginning July 1, ¢ he house recelyed a favorable report on a bill making the ngrlcul-i ture commissioner a member of| hoard of control of the Connecticut | Agricultural Experiment Station and so on a bill defining “concentrated commercial feeding stuffs.” The house rejected a bill paying $2,000 bail money forfeited in Theo- | dore Lusta case and three fish and game bills, providing hunters must | carry written consent of owner of land on which they are operating, g making closed season of wild ducks om January 16 to September 30, | sturdays only, bag limit of five a| day and providing bounty of 25| cents on crows and $5 on hawks. Twelve committees met this after- | noon all but one holding hearings. | the business. HATCH AND ('CONNOR IN MERGER OF BUSINESS Harry P. O'Connor Becomes Vice- President and Director of W. L. Hatch Company Announcement was made today of the merger of the W. L. Hatch Co. and T. W. O'Connor & Son, real es- HARRY P.O'CONNOR tate dealers and insurance agents and of the appointment of Harry P. 0’Connor as vice-president and di- rector of the Hatch Co. Mr. O’Conner is the son of the late Thomas W. O'Connor, who es-| tablished a real estate and Insurance business in 1915, 0’'Connor joined his father in 1921 while he was a student at Yale and since his father's death has success- fully conducted the business. He has a host of friends and business acquaintances, his popularity in the real estate fleld being demonstrated by his recent election as president of the Real Estate hoard. He is also a member of the Kiwanis club. In his new position as an officlal of the W. L. Hatch Co., Mr. O'Con- nor will be connected with both the real estate and fnsurance ends of BODIES ARE FOUND Two Victims of S-51 Believed Caught by Fishermen Who Let Them Go Again. Providence, R. I, Feb. 24 UV)—T\\OI bodies, presumed to be those of members of the crew of the sub- marine $-51, rammed and sunk by the steamer City of Rome off Block Island on the night of September 25, 1925, were dragged from the ocean depths last week by two Avondale isherme: according to a report they {brought into Westerly today. The fishermen, Howard F. Burdick and Harold Lanphear, declared they were s0 horrified when they discov. ered the contents of their net tha they dropped it overboard again and the bodies slipped out. Burdick and Lanphear were trawl ing for flounders near the spot where The younger Mr. | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927 | CATERPILLAR TRACTOR AND FREAK | FISH WAR ON JERSEY MOSQUITOES | |First’ Will Dig Drainage Ditches and Latter Will Ferret Out and Devour Larvae of Pests. foot, man. {FORMER SWEETHEART ! Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 24 (P— | A 12 ton caterpillar and a tiny fish have put added hope into the! mosquito fighters of New Jersey. The categp{ar, with wooden ireads so grimnged that it will iravel acrwws garshes which would not support o man, is to be used n carrying the ditching campaign nto salt water swamps. It is ex- cted to dig nearly two million et of ditches in a year. i The fish, gambusia by name, is L native of southern waters. The arvae plays possum with it but it here wers pough mosquitoes in hie world the gambusia would feed on nothiee <se, Commanders of |y jp o 9l not marry her the mosquito army, now attending | the 14th aggual mecting of the state assgeiagon for extermination of the pwt, eould tell with more certainty mow big a part the little, |loncly gambusia imported to Jer- |sey may play if they could sce be- | |neath the ice into the mud of Hud- | |son county swamps. Hopes for Success | Lewis E. Jackson, treasurer of | lthe New Jersey Mosquito Extermi- | nation association, said today there |seemed to be “a good chance of success,” in the enlistment of the gambusia, but that spring alone could tell whether the little fish, |scarcely an inch long, had burrow- ed deeply enough into the mud to| withstand the cold water to which | he is unaccustomed. | The gambusis is at home in salt . 0 a1 weather bureau or fresh water and pollution af- (Rl fects neither his health nor his ap- | ‘'3 s petite. He prefers shallow T R TR [ GE, and the ends of ditches where | osguito bresding s generallyl fhe | BEctoD to this heaviest. e He has no desire to go to sea and |Joro- he stays where he is put. | Larvae Plays Possum | Mr. Jackson said the gambusia | prefers his larvae alive and that the | |larvae knows this ond plays pos-| | sum, “natural instinct seems to be| . | well developed in larvae,” he relat- | " I;mth]:!:cn-da SR ed. “I have seen one remain abso- | e J lutely still when approached by a | | fish which would mose it about sev- |Judge Bartlett Takes |eral seconds, tumbling it over and over. When the gambusia turned away, the larvac would promptly| wriggle to the bottom or in among | | the small plants. | | “When a supply of larvae is plac- | led in the water with the fish, many | |of the larvae will immediately dash | | tor the plants and attach themselves | full lengths against the leaves re- maining there for a much |time than they nsually stay | the surface. Chicago Girl Contesse: That Shot and Killed Man Who Once Loved Her Feb. former Chicago, Stokes, a fessed the shooting. another woman, with a pistol last night, volvc~ and said to go ahead.” ed Glennon. year old girl last week. Snow Records in Maine Portland, Maine, Each forecast snow day. The day the bureau for the ing only 17.6 inches, Bridgeport, administrator and who also below | Son. When larvae do rise| gambusia they stick close to | sides of the tank.” The caterpillar machine is pected to dig ditches for 25 |cent of the present cost. Tt | urn up a clean straight ditch with |and that there is “no shortage.” | will demand of Marsden an ex-|counting as his surety. the S-51 went to the bottom when | they drew in their gruesome catch. “There is no question in my mind | but they were the remains of sail- crs drowned when the §-51 went down,” Burdick declared. “They were badly decomposed and as we | couldn’t identify a thing, we let them go." Telephone Co. to Have New Business Offices Louie S. Jones has sold his lease Besse ~Lelands Connecticut’s Largest Ready-to-Wear Store in the Perry building at 17 Court | street to the Southern New England Telephone Co., whose business of- fices will occupy the site now held by Mr. Jones' realty agency after April 1. Mr. Jones will take offices in the new Davidson & Leventhal building on Main street. An eight- vear lease will be taken by the tele- phone company. SUNSHINE SOCIETY NEWS Calls were made upon the sick and shut-ins to the number of 84 and flowers sent to 6. Sixty-seven oranges tributed at the hospital. The society will soon give a whist and dance at the Paragon, tickets being in the hands of the members. One new member, Mrs. Charles Leppert, was admitted. An interesting talk was given by Mrs. Herbert Warner on Junior Achievement work. Specimens of were dis- “Watch the Wear” Brand The best overall in the market. Priced amazingly low. Colors: blue, Exceptional Offerings white, pin checks, blue and white stripe. THIS WEEK ONLY Aaennenr e | in the Lower Level Store idea of the scope of this work and | it broadening effect on youth. Besse ~ Leland’s Connecticut’s Largest Ready-to-Wear Store This Week Only! The “Tampa” Oxford A new tan calf low heel oxford for women and girls—with lizard trim. s4g§ Regular $6.00 All Sizes—Widths AA—D Shoe Dept.—Second Floor i MEN’S WHITE BROADCLOTH SHIRTS } Collar attached and neckband, also some 9 4 | fancy patterns. Regular $1.50 value. (4 | MEN’S SPRINGNEEDLE UNION SUITS Ecru and natural colors. Medium weight. Regular $1.50 value. sl . 1 9 LADIES’ GLOVE SILK UNDERTHINGS Vests, Bloomers, Gowns, Slips, $1 54 . Step-ins, Chemise. Regular $3 value. MEN’S HIGH GRADE LISLE AND SILK PLAITED HOSE Also some heavy weight Hose. Pair ........ BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ WASH SUITS Values up to 94C $2.00 .. CHILDREN’S PLAY SUITS 2 to 6 years. 39¢ Half Price CHILDREN’S OVERALLS 5 pair $1.00 One-Half Price ......... BOYS’ SHIRTS A Sizes 6 to 16. Regular value $1.25 74c Lower Level Store—Downstairs ND BLOUSES no sods on the side and at the rate of 40 feet in a minute. Although it is a monster it will have a ground pressure of one pound to the square one-fifth that of the average ADMITS KILLING MAN She 24 (P—Florence sweetheart of | James Glennon who was slain Tues- | | day night, has surrendered and con- The switchboard operator told po- lics she killed Glennon, whose af- fections she believed were won by ! he} The first handed her when she explained she | feared disgrace and would end her | American “T really wanted to Kill myself, |Georgo S. no* him,” the girl said between 80bs | cott, John B. Minor, “but he snecred at me|ley, Frank L. Wilcox, James Talcott, v commit | Philip B. Stanley, I. Robert Hyatt. |of getting the suicide, and he handed me his re- Her story of the shooting did not | explain to police how there came to |son, our beloved president, died on | will come out next week. This semes- be in her room a mall order house’s instructions for use of a revolver and shells similar to those that kill- | American Hosiery Company. A sister of Glennon sald he had | given an engagement ring to a 19| Shattered This Month | Feb. 24 (B — | | With the tenth consecutive day of | records | extending back 3 were | Waler |y roken yesterday. The nearest ap- record was seven days, starting on February 1, last has | following | precipitation on most days has been slight, the aggregate be- | almost half | of which fell in one day. The stars | night for the first | Over Marsden’s Place New Haven, Feb. 24 (P—Freder- ick A. Bartlett, judge of probate at has accepted appoint- ment by Judge A. F. Ells, of the su- perlor court of the task of sitting lin the case of the estate ot Fred W. Sauter, which seeks an accounting from Arthur W. Marsden, who was was longer | iyqge of the probate court at Madi- will | will be found to be in good order faithful industry and rare ability he was largely instrumental in building up the prosperity of the company to | a point greater than any other sim-| ilar concern in the United tates, and through his personal qualitie endeared himself to those about him l City Items Best Lehigh Coal, $15.50 per ton cash. City Coal & Wood Co. Tel. 217.—Advt. There will be a full rehearsal of the Kitchen Cabinet Revue tomor- row night at 7:30 o'clock at St. Peter's parish hall. | A regular meeting of Pride Circle, No. 10, Lady Foresters, will be held | this evening in Judd's hall. A Wash- ington party for the members will [ “Be it also resolved, that a record | follow the meeting. of the above resolution be inscribed Herbert Goldman of 62 Harrison | upon the minutes of this company street notified the police today that |and that a copy of this resol a motor meter had been stolen from | forwarded to Mr. Davison's his auto while it was parked on| After the annual meeting the di- Washington street last night. | rectors reelected the old officers: I. tary and assistant DIRBCTORS AND ORFIGERS | £ v, i OF HOSIERY . REBLECTED, ™™ CENTRAL JR. H. 8. NOTES | The ninth grade of the Central Resolution Adopted On the Death Of | 5 ior high school Will hold a social this afternoon in the school audi- torium at 4:15 o'clock. Mr. Steinhaus will direct the pupils in the dancing. | session of the school annual meeting of the|court will hold tomorrow in room Hosiery Co. yesterday the |108. A special meeting of the school directors were reelected: | paper staff was held yesterday after- Talcott, J. Frederick Tal- [noon in the clubroom. The club miss- rancis R. Coo- | ed its regular meeting Tuesday be- cause of the recess and the necessity paper out made a The as | special meeting necessary. The staff adopted: |is hard at work getting material for “Whereas: Mr. Edward H. Davi- |the first issue of the paper which | to an unusual degree. “Therefore, be it resolved, that we, | the stockholders of the American Hosiery Company, desire to accord the sense of our great loss and to ex- tend to his family our heartfelt s pathy. Edward H. Davison, Presi- dent Emeritus. At the | tollowing following resolution August 5, 1926, after & continuous | tor the club is doing the entire pro- service of fifty-seven years with the | duction of the paper instead of an | By his |outside firm doing the printing. | Besse ~Lelands Connecticut’s Largest Ready-to-Wear Store Bargain Opportunities in the Boys’ Department ‘ Boys’ Suits and Coats Stirs.. $8:50 fims $12:50 $14.50 Stirs $10-50 Sines 310 ... 3750 Sen 110 v 37,50 $12.50 Soes 1217 ...........$15.50 Additional Offerings $18.50 COATS B1zes 1217 ..conviiiiains in Dependable Apparel for Boys Judge Bartlett has set a hearing | {to the surface in the presence of |for March 4, at 11 a. m., at Madison | the | when the American Surety company | ac- Counsel for per | Marsden has sald that the accounts $15.00 SUITS $16.50 SUITS Boys’ Tom Sawyer Blouses Reg. $1 and $1.50 values . ... 2. $1 Regsizs 2 0 $1.50 Reg. 200, Bation on sves . 1 29 .$1.89 $1.89 Res. a0 and sto0 ... $2 49 R oo e $2.39 Res. socvaive ... 4 $1 00 il 89c $1.19 2$150 Boys’ Department—Second Floor Boys’ Wash Suits Reg. $3.00. Button on styles Boys’ Fancy Mixture Golf Pants, Reg. $3.00 value ....... Boys’ $1.45 Union Suits 2 for $2.00 ... Boys’ $1.00 Union Besse ~ elands Connecticut’s Largest Ready-to-Wear Store Spring’s Versatile Creations at Bargan WeckPrices New Spring— DRESSES 7 9 122 ‘14 19 24 Women’s Dept.—3rd Floor SPRING DRESSES Value $10 and up ... SPRING DRESSES Value $15 ... SPRING DRESSES Value $17 .... SPRING DRESSES Value $20 . SPRING DRESSES Value $30 .... SPRING DRESSES Yalue 338 ...covvvnnen Ladies™— SPRING COATS 414 19 134 Women’s Dept.—3rd Floor $20 COATS NOW e $30 COATS $35 COATS NOW $40 COATS Full Fashioned— HOSIERY “VIRGINIA LEE” HOSIERY o Voo Fuil Fashioned. Gucoantens. 91,64 “MISS NEW BRITAIN” HOSIERY I§Lt;fiu}-?;lrs!?ilc;ggd?valg}%aranteed. G $l .24 GOTHAM GOLD STRIPE Regular $2 value. $1 44 Not Guaranteed . FULL FASHIONED HOSIERY Our $2.00 Grade Women’s Dept.—3rd Floor Besse - Lelands Connecticut’s Largest Ready-to-Wear £:oi¢