New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927.—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l 49208 May 7th .... PRICE THREE CENTS GRENTEST SO0, Motk P Far 0 odey; —_ TIBERGHSTS TWO AMERICAN FLIERS INCITY'S HISTORY| L F. & C. I Host to Abont 6,000 at Housewarming SHOW, DANCING, “EATS” 20 Acts of Vaudeville Only Part of Entertainment — 12,000 Sand- wiches, 6,000 Pieces of Ice Cream, 300 Gallons of Punch Served. A social affair, the magnitude of which has never before been a tempted in New Britain, was suc- stully achieved by Landers, & Clark last evening when about 6,000 people were en- tertained at a housewarming in the new Landers building, on East Main street. Combined with the house- warming was a dinner for the 25 year club and honored guests which was no small affair in itself, several hundred sitting down to a satisfying | and well served meal in the hall at the corner of Commercial and Cen- ter streets, the guests adjourning to | the sixth floor of the new building where a pretentious vaudeville per- formance provided a thoroughly en- joyable entertainment. The dinrer at which 19 new mem- bers were “initfated” ployes who have been with the company for at least 25 years and their wives were present, took place at 6:30. At the guests table were Mayor and Mrs. Weld, exMayor and Mrs, Paoncssa, with Miss Constance Paonessa, officials of the company, some of whom are members of the 25 year club, and representativ the press. President A. G. Kimball presided and made an informal talk welcoming the guests and members to the double event that Landers was celebrating. He also announced the fact that the Stanley “Quarter Century” club, which was holding a dinner at the Burritt hotel, had sent congratulations and best wishes to the organization at Landers. Con- cluding with a poem which express- ed the sentiment “the house is vyours” he officially started the eve- ning's entertainment features. Welcomes by A. G. Kimball Welcoming the guests to the ban- quet, President Kimball said: “The festivities tonight mark two | portant events in the history of r company: First, the opening of im o our newest and largest manufactur- ing building, establishing anothe milestone in the progress and de- | 1ont of the company, and an n more important event—Wel- | coming into thé L. F. & C. '25 club i9 new members, which Is the larg- ¢st number that has come into the | club in any one year since it was nized several years ago. The L. F. & C. '25 club, as you | 11 know, was lll( first club of fits d in this city. It has played an important part in our scheme of things and we look upon it as the backbone of our organization. While all realize the necessity of bring- ing new blood into our organization from time to time to keep it alive and moving, we also realize that er all it is in the great body of our employees who many years in the company’s serv- ice that the real strength of our (Continued on Page 21) DRAMATIC SCENES AS YOUTH 1§ SENTENGED Driver of Car Who Lost ! Eye in Tragedy Given Four Months Bridgeport, May, 12 (P — A dra- matic scene in the criminal superior court marked the closing of the state prosecution today of William 8. Pe- kar, 19, of Bridgeport, Ju of manslaughter and was sentenced to four months in the county jail. Ars. Tessie Manlero, mother of one ! of the five youths killed last August when the car piloted by Pekar crash- ed into a tree in Nichols, fainted | iway and was carried from the caurl room amid an uproar from mem- of the families of the other vic- s of the crash. A sister of one vouths killed Jumped to her | eet and demanded to know call that justice.” “if you She was led from the court room | ittering maledictions against Pekar. The combined efforts of Sheriff | simeon Pease and his deputies finally | restored order. Pekar was the operated of a car | red from a local auto rental com- pany and crashed into a tree on August 24, 1926 in Nichols. Antonio Ricco, 19, John Norko, Jr., 18, and 1 Monturo, 18 were instant.y kill- | #d and Leonard Maniero 16, died while en route to the Bridgeport hospital. Two days later at me institution George Babey, aied from his injuries. caped with the loss of his left eye d 7th member of the fatal auto ride. Stanley Alechnowicz, 18, with injuries that have crippled him foi life. All of the youths were resi dents of this city, Pekar pleaded guilty to the charge. In presenting the case, Attorney Comley declared that it was not a drunken or rowdy party. All of the youths involved were good boys and bore cxcellent reputations.” concluding,. State's Attorney declared that he had tried @ best side of the case for- ward 2s he felt that Pekar had suf- fered through the loss of his eye| and that he had saved the state con- expense through his plea to ni and 141 em-! have spent | who faced | ge Arthur F. Ells upon a charge | the | 18, | Pekar es- | Keeps Well By Smiling On Life |Sunny Disposition, Alert Mind and Strong Body Make Her Remarkahle Woman and Bring Her Happiness “I can't realize I am 90 years old, ’ With characteristic self-efface- T feel so well,”” is the way Mrs. ment she attributes her long lite to Martha P. Hart of 66 Lexlnston the good care which has been taken street described her sensations upon |of her, but it would be nearer the reaching the age of 90 years, which |truth to say that her good care for she did today. Mrs. Hart, who 1s“hme1r. coupled with her sunny dis- the widow of W. H. Hart, does not position, is responsible. She is able look any more that old than she to get about without difficulty or feels, for she has preserved her vi- |help, and spends two hours each tality and vivacity remarkably. She day in motoring, maintaining this s a charming lady who looks exact- | practice throughout the year except {1y like one's ideal of a perfect grand- |when it storms. The fresh air, she mother, genal, bright, and loving, |says, is good for everybody radiating good cheer among all who come in contact with her. LEVEES HOLDING BUT FMAN KILLED WHEN GAR MAY BREAK ANY TIE. Smallpox Cases Reported Two Others Injured Among Some Flood | Tragedy Near Walling- Refugees ’ ford Early Today (Continued on Page 3) { | n New Orleans, May 12 (P—Under the pressure of steadily rising back- waters the Bayou Des Glaises levee were holding early today but with warnings that a crevass: might oc- | VLo are in the Meriden hcspital suf- cur at any moment. fering injuries received in an auto- Throughout the night citizens and | mqpiiq crash here early toda., which | laborers filled sandbags to stop the i e flow of water through hastily con- !€fulted in the death Bran ey structed topping and to 1:ise higher | Obojskl, 20, of New Haven, Is in a dykes between Londordcionville und | (;itical condition, Sarto, 125 miles on an air line north- it today, He has a f west of here and on the west side of ; the Atchafalaya river from the and other injuries. Mississippi. | Although his has Flood relief headquarters at Baton placed on the danger lis7, he is ex- Rouge were notified that the water cavar. they wish. had nearly reached the top of the SO e idyke and army enginee ressed not idantified until | the belief that hefore nigatfall flood late this morning, several hours after waters would be escaping over the the other injured man Lad be top, it a crevasse did not oceur be- | jgengifiod as I'red Cofransasco, 28, of | fore then. New Haven. The latter's injuries are Livestock n the threatened area | " 2N % B ious, ras been removed to safety and all Mg ltS BT OIS e oday to residents have moved o higher ;. .giizaio the accident which oc- ground except the 1,000 or more de- | ooy when the car containing the |termined men who sent out Word oo mmen and driven Ly Obojski | carlier this week, “If 1t £oes out, 4t| 1y o 4 truck just north of {will go out with us on top of Toclle's crossing near the state park | While outside the area plans have |2 S CUREAS (T O gone forward for reliet in event of *yin® SE L Y A ek was hc]d |a crevasee the citizens have declared | ¢ T O they would hoid back the f100d| “oronar Mix released the driver, |watere. A rescue fleet has been con- |y 8RR o N R naneld, Confratedeny Siratesic n 3 atter the latter and Martin A chevasse at the threatened dyke (™™gl (0 0e mporn ke, Mass., within the next 24 hours Would |} %y, peen riding with Grady, | cause mueh of the flood waters from | "2 HEC ad been questioned. |the Arkansas breaks and the Winter | B@8 DO8% AHERLET Quarters and Cabin Teaio erevasses |, <% T imn” e to be diverted down the Atchafalaya | M4 beeh EOnE BOrE we S0 WS basin, bringing some relizt to Miss- 21 ; phcaT | south at a fast speed swung over to issippinierlenpen 4 Sinalingx on east side of the road and into ‘ult-mc in the Bouet river section of |(he €ast side of the road ant Wato northoast Louistana was feared by |fhe truck The coroner Indicated | Red Cross relief workers. o : |""Miss Winltred Callahain, a Red Sible for his own death and the In- 5| juring of his companions, Cross worker, reported that 20 ¢ - ‘[mmsmau,m S o Obojski is survived by his mother |cue workers in the Douef river and father and a sister. tion, but all cases were in one house| Mrs. Frederick Simpson. mother | Where negroes were ma-nor The Of voung Simpson, said that he laced un- | Would not have “gotten into this, | victims were fsolated and ple |der medical care. Ten thousand [lad T not been too indulgent with him. But he'll mind me in the smallpox vaccine points and 10,000 future,” B, o e UNI]LR WS IF COUNGIL SAYS 0. K. Rising waters from lh-‘ C:x.)m Teele and Winter Quartars crmauos Increase of $700 When He | Becomes Assessors’ | necessitated .evacuation of ‘ur ees concentrated at Jonv le. Chairman | boats were available tn remove {them to Harrisonburg, Sicily Island Thomas Linder, appraisal en- gineer with the board of assessors | Wallingford, Conn., May 12 (P— Edward Simpson, 22 street, New Haven, one of two men of ‘ured skull name been | pected to mpson v y, the (ruck s land Rhinchardt. The crest of the flood was along i{the lower edge of Madison Parish teday and moving slowly toward O! River, where it is expecied between May 20 and May 28. | From Angola south, thousands continued to strengthen the levee in | preparation- for: the final assault of the Mississippi as the ficod from |crevasses north of there return to the stream by may of O!d River. BROYN GETS SIK MONTHS . to for the past 10 y will become chairman of the board after June 1, with a salary of $5,200 a year, his sala as a member of the board to be deducted from this amount. Linder now receives This arrangement upon favorable vote mon cbuncil at its meeting next { Wednesday night. A resolution to author| Mayor Weld to enter into ct with Engineer Linder in | Lehalf of the city will be submitted | over the signature of Alderman William H. Judd, president pro| tem. of the council. When the shifting of personnel in the assessing department is accom- plished, Chairman F. M. Zimmer- man will retire from active mem- bership on the board, but it is ex- pected that an effort will be made | tate Representative Sentenced Jall After Conviction on Perjury | Charge. New London, May 12 (®—Found suilty by a jury in the superior court here yesterday of committing per- jury in testifying some months ago /in the divorce action orought by {him in this county against his wifc, | Arthur Chester Brown, representa- tive to the 1927 general assembly { trom .the town of Salem, was sen- |tenced by Judge' Christopher L Avery to serve six months in the ccunty jail at Norwich. Representa- tive Brown was granted a week's ’smv of execution to enabie him to Istraighten out his business affairs | before starting his sentence. | | Brown was- convicted of having falsely testificd during' the divorce |action. by the com- ploye. _Of the several who have cted as chairmen since the Linder m was installed in this city, rman has had the longest ex ce and it fs because of this of the | retain him as a member WIFE WAS GRUEL | | Linder as chairman ot the { board, will receive $250. His sorv- jces as appraisal engineer will net $4.950 and the contract under which he now serves will be ter- minated, a new agreement of five | duration being substituted. he old contract was to have expir- ed June 1, | Pourcd Ammonia Down His Throat | as He Slcpt and Now He Is Given Divorce. [ | Middletown, Conn., May 12 (®— |pe Intolerable crueity which Joseph |H. Trippcony charged his wife Ipracticed on him in his successful |application for divorce on that ground, took the form of ammonlia | being poured down his throat while lie slept. Trippeoney was granted a divorce 'by Judge Christopher L. Avery, in |a decision filed in supcrior court {today. His wife also pelted him with stove wood occasionally, Tripp- coney charged. YOUTHFUL HIKER Torrington, Conn., May 12 (A— {Thrco and ohe-half year youngster, | William - L reported missing Ifrom his home here yesterday after- noon wus found on the Torringion- Thomaston road about two miles ontside of Torrington, hiking in the direction of Ansonia. He informed the police that he was on his way {to Ansonla to visit his grandmother. and | GRASHES INTO TRUCK of 16 Market ! hospital officials | | aAr £4,500 a vear. | is contingent | to retain him as a part-time em-| ! fact that an effort is to be made to | - OFF FORNEW YORK {Lonely Aspirant for Paris Honors Leaves $t. Louis (IS DUE AT FIELD TONIGHT Will Start Ocou Jump When the Weather Permits — Plans to Go Alone to Save Weight For Added. | Gasoline Supply. | St Louis, May 12 (® — Captain | Charles Lindbergh, only lone pflol entered in the $25,000 Urteig trans- Atlantic contest, left here this morn- ng on the second lap of his trans- continental flight, for Roosevelt field, {L. I, where he expects to put his Ryan monoplane into shape for the New York to Paris hop. Leaving at $:12 a. m., the former St. Louis-Chicago air mall pilot ex- pected to complete the 950 mile air |line journey in ten hours. Lindbergh {was unaccompanied on the Urlp to- day, as he will. be on the trans-At- {lantic flight. Completing his 1,550 imile flight from San Diego to St.! Louis yesterday in 14 hours and five | minutes, Lindbergh made the longest |flight in this country of an unactom- | panled pilot, according to available records. Lindbergh, who is a flight com- mdnder in the Missourl national | guard air unit here, spent the night |at Lambert-St. Louis field and put ‘Ms plane through a final inspection this morning. Weather is Ideal Weather conditions in St. Louls { were ideal for the hop-off. A weath- er bureau bulletin at the field said |there were northweast winds and hat the flier would encounter cloudy weather east of Indianapolls. His course will lead over Terre | Haute, Ind., Dayton, Columbus" | south of Pittsburgh, over Allentown, Pa., ‘and Newark. N. J. ing at 5 a. mT, Lindbergh worked on his plane until § o'clock, { when he climbed into the cockpit jready for the takeoff. His backers, | who will follow him east by train, |and a group of St. Louisans were at | the field. Two or three days will be | !spent in New -York putting the | ! plane into condition for the ocean flight and then only the weather re- ‘ mains to determine the start, Lind- | | bergh said. Will Fly Alone He is sacrificing a relief pilot or | navigator for added gasoline, and i believes the cruising range of his monoplane wili decide the success of the trip. He sald he would fiy by compass and would need to take no observations. In the event of a forced landing | at sea, Captain Lindbergh has his | plans mapped out. If the wings are not crushed in landing. they will keep him afloat 45 minutes, he said, in which time he can pump the gasoline tanks dty to serve as buoys. He also has a rubber raft which can | be inflated quickly. Is New Flier | Kansas City, May 12 (P—Captain Charles A. Lindbergh who hopped loft from St. Louis today for New | | York, whence he plans to attempt {non-stop flight across the Atlantic to | | Paris, is a comparatively new flier. ! | Captain Lindbergh began his fiving | career at the army flylng school at Brooks fleld, San Antonio, Texas, | [early in 1924, He took his entrance | |examination here in the summer of | 11923 and at that time, according to | Xansas City aviators, knew little of | |the fiying game. | i At Brooks ficld he became a mem- {ber of the Caterpillar club when a | iplane became unmanageable in the {aid and he leaped in his parachute. | Three other times Captain Lindbergh | has saved his life by parachute |Jumps, once when an, experimental | {plane went into a tail spin over St.: | Louis fying field and twice while | | fiving the air mail from St. Louts to | |Chicago when he was prevented from | ,Iandmg by heavy fogs. | 'HORE THAN 25,000 WILL | TAKE PART IN BENEFIT Many Screen Celebritles Will Do | i Their Bit For Flood | i | | Sufferers. | Hollywood, Cal, May 12 (UP)— [More than 25,000 persons including Imany celebrities of the stage and screen world will gather “under the | stars” tonight in the Hollywood bowl | tor one of the most pretentious ben- lefit shows ever staged. | The affair is for the bencfit of | Mississippi flood sufterers and spon- I sors predict that approximately $40,- 1000 would be raised. Douglas Fairban | the committee of . president of ! 1,000, issued ! proclamation today calling upon the |city to attend enmasse. | Vaudeville acts, bathing beauty | |reviews, chorus work and the per- |sonal appearance of hundreds of | | stars will mark .the occasion. John Barrymore, Dddle Cantor, | |the Duncan Sisters, Lucille Laverne | {and Lupino Lane head a long list | of notable performers who will con- i | tribute to the program. The Los Angeles Musicians' union will send a band of 150 artists. Al motion plcture, studios, at the | request of Will Hays, have assured | |the committee in charge that their | | stars and players will attend 1n & group. - With $25,000 subscribed at the conclusion of a movie banquet last night, the foundation of the Academy ; of Motion Picture Arts and Science | was laid. | More than 300 of the most prom- inent figures in the industry, in- cluding, players, directors and writ- crs altended the affair. Will Heys, president of the Motion Picture Pro- ducers’ assoclation was among the notables present. Pperson in that'far off spot in the 'Adopts New Recommenda- | Banhan, voted to recommend to the ibring to anend the controversy be- | a | council , { ers Tuesday evening, it was reported | Paige, | Star Six, $1420; four cylinder Whip- in bodies: | {lieved the Studebakers the best pur- | chase. lone for the Studebakers. lage | matter at a later date. WILL START TONIGHT OR EARLY F RIDAY MORNING SEARCH FOR LOST FLIERS TAKEN UP IN NEWFOUNDLAND Posntne Announcement Several Persons Heard Whirr of Airplane Motor Monday, Revives Faint Hopes That Nungesser and Coli May Have Crossed Ocean and Landed Soraewhere In North Country— ing of Seas Continues, By the Assoclated Prees. have drifted in the fog to tiic sou Word came today from Harbor warq and this would have brou, |Grace, Newfoundland, that a third yem over Harbor Grace. Scarching Seas Too Meanwhile United States na vessels and coast guard patrols ar lllrv&'lll\g sigzag courses on th :rin waste: f the Atlantic, hunt- ing for the airmen while the dir- igible Los Angeles is waiting for bet- ter visibility before joining in the search. Wireless and steamship companies were still without any comforting word today of the I'rench aces now three full days overd All is in readiness at Curtis Field, L. I, for the start.of the Bellanca plane carly Saturday morning. British colony had ‘heard the whirr of an airplane high overhead in the fog last Monday morning at a time when Captains Nungesser and Coli in the “White Bird” were due over Newfoundland on their flight from Paris to New York. Will Search Forests Police patrols and woodsmen have joined in a search that will carry | them far into the forests and wood- ed waterways that indent the coun- try. It may be days before the bunt is concluded. The dwindling hopes that the F‘rench aviators may be found seem | !to rest on the Newfoundland search. | Captain R. D. White, naval attache at Parls, informed the navy depart- ment, that Nungesser's proposed route would have carried him over northern Newfoundland near the Belle Isle Straits. The aviators may POLIGE BOARD PICKS TWO SERVICE AUTOS Heard Plane Too Halifax, N. S. May other person was added today to the list of those who claim to have heard the roar of an airplane mo- tor through the mist over Newfound. land Monday morning, lending some weight to the theory that possibly the Nungesser transatlantc plane frem Paris actualiy spanned the locean before coming down. A message to the Canadian pre from the manager of the Anglo- American Cable company at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, said: *Per- sons other than Peter O'Brien, | tarmer, Harbor Grace, who heard acroplane are Mrs. Hinton, wife of Manager Imperial Cable company hiere, also John Stapleton, janitor, in Imperial Cable company's employ. Doth distinctly heard noise of aeroplane engine between 9. and 10 o'clock Monday morning. Sound ap- peared to be coming from north- west.” tion for Consideration by Council \ 7 The board 8f police commissfon- ers. at a speclal meeting this noon at the officc of Commissioner M. W. Another Report Also Another report that the plan had {council that two Studebaker six|been heard off Placentia, Newfound. cylinder coupes be purchased at a land, was being investigated today. net price 'of $900 each. It s ex- If borne out, this would indicate pected that the council will adopt this recommendation and thereby | (Continued on Page 15.) LAST RESPECTS PAID 10 BENJ. A, HAWLEY R. & E. Employes Visit Home of Deceased Leader Today tween that body and the commis- sioners, which has caused several weeks' delay in replacing the Ford cars which have become unfit for further service in the department. Originally,” the commissioners| recommended the purchasc of one! Buick and one Studebaker. but the would not approve the selections and went on record in favor of two Chrysler four cylinder coupes. The commissioners again, recommended one Buick and one| Studebaker and the council again | refused to approve. Then the com-, missioners went on record in favor | of the purchase of two Essex coupes, but a storm of protest arose, | Executives and workmen alike, 1 representatives of every step through principally because of a condition| Which the late Benjamin A. Hawley other than the reliability or price|Passed as a Russell & Erwin em- ploye since he entered that con- of the cars themselves. ‘ e e It was thought there might be a'cern's rolls 45 vears ago. gathered at the Hawley home on Hart street satisfactory arrangement made be- tween council meetings, for the! this afternoon asa flnal mark of re- purchase of Essex cars, but within | Spect. a few hours of the public announce-, To do honor to the man who be- ment of the choice of the commis- | came associated with the company sioners, it became known that the'il & minor capacity at the age of council would not approve. At the 15 vears and climbed step by step regular meeting of the commission- and to a vice-presidency of the American Hardware corporation, work throughout the plant ceased at noon today. From that hour until the doors of the Hawley e open to R. & E. em- ployes. Then persons who had been closer associates of the deceased manufacturer met at his bier to pay their tribute to his memory. Funeral services will be held 4 o'clock. Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill, pastor of the South Congregational church, will read the prayers. Hon- orary bearers chosen are: George T. Kimball, Charles B. Parsons. Ed- ward Meyer, Isaac Black, George P. Spear. Howard & Har ha H. Cooper, Norman P. Cosley, Walter | two Dodge coupes be bought. Com- H. Hart. W. H. Rattenbury, William missioner Morton moved that twe C. Hungerford, I'rank Vib! i | Studebakers be bought. "Chairman liam E. Attwood. Androw I. Sloper. | Chamberlain remarked that neither | E. N. Stanley and F. § Chamber. motion was scconded, but he be-lain. The body will be taken to New York city tomorrow on a special coach. Officials of the American Hardware Corp. and some friends will accompany the remains. In- terment will be in Greenwood ceme- tery, Brook A floral piece. sald to have cost $300 was among the myriad floral tributes. This piece, known as a casket cover, is said to be the first one ever made in New Britain and one of the fow ever scen here, It stood four and a half feet high, and was long enough and wide enough to cover the entire: casket, dropping completely to the floor. The whole set included more n 100 American beauty roses, 0 sprays of lilies of the valley, 500 sw peas, 100 pansies, 100 tu- lips, 100 sprays of smilax and thou- sands of smaller spring flowers of the kind Mr. Hawley frequently purchased during his lite, Ten people worked until neanly midnight last night and until noon today to complete the piece which was made for the American Hard- | ware Corporation. that a revised bid on Studebakers had been received and in fairness to other bidders it was voted to call for new bids, which were open- ed this noon 8o as to allow time for | printing the recommendation in the advance reports to the counci The bids, all of which were net, wers as follows: Buick, $24( $1910; Hupmobile, $2660; $1083.30; six cylinder Whippet Chevrolet, $1084: Dodge, £1680; Studebaker. $1800; Essex | $1440; Willys-Knight, $2100 and 32400, there being a slight difference @verland Six, $1400. Commissioner Parker moved that pet, $1420; Commissioner Parker said the Dodge has leather cushions. which will obviate the necessity of going to the expenge of purchasing slip covers. Comynissioner Bannan | seconded ~Commissioner Morton's motion, making the vete three to Commis- sioner Parker said he was satisfied and he wanted the board to know that he favored the Dodge. Chief Hart reported that the gar- commission has recommended that odometers be installed on the police cars, as other city owned ma- chines have them. They are placed on the hub caps and record the leage very accurately, the chief said. ‘Tt was declded to consider this t # THE WEATHER | ' New Britaln and vicinity: | Unsettled tonight; Friday | tair, cooler tonight. e at New York. ! 12 (P—An-' to the position of general manager . Chamberlm and Bertaud Awaiting 3 P. M. Weather Reports Before Deciding on Definite Hour But May Get Under Way Before Midnight —Confident They Will Be on Their Way Early Tomorrow Morning. i Comb- | A _ thie Assoclated Press. Mineola, N. Y., May 12. —-led W. Bertaud announced to- day that he Jnd Clarence D. Chamberlin are planning to hop off lomght or early tomorrow morning on their proposed non-stop flight to Paris, in their Bellanca plane the “Columbia.” May Get Away By Midnight Bertaud said the decision as to the definite time of the take-off would depend largely on the 3 p. m. weather report which will be brought to the flying field by messenger and is expected here at 4 oclocl\ He expressed doubt on the possi- bility of a get-away before midnight but was confident he would ' be on his way to Paris early tomorrow. _—_— Hastened by Rivals The Bellanca monoplane was kept ! behind closed doors in its hangar where mechanics replaced & metal propeller with a wooden one. Observers at the flying field be lieved that the approach of Captain | Charles A. Lindbergh, another trans- Atlantic contender, who is due here New York, May 11 (UP)—Here's | in his Ryan plane tonight from St. what the experts—men who have f“’:‘"“- m{‘“:hhagen‘l’“""g‘ :“ the ... | backers of the Bellanca flight. flown, devote themselves | " 1ayine gaig Chamberlin and Ber- largely to aviation and kindred prob- | taud propose to land at Le Bourget lems, and men who know the seas— ficld, near Paris. He said he had think about the probable fate of |pP°F Jesting when he remarked |Captains Nungesser and Coll: circle the Emelcrofi‘;"z::g“mfi; Lieut. Leigh Wade of American wheels at Le Bour;et’ field, then wround-the-world flyers:—*I prefer % proceed to England. to believe they are still alive but I realize it is a slender hope. I fear Test Flight Today floating ice or héavy winds have ! Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., May 13 brought about destruction of their (P—The monoplane America” plane.” which Lieutenant Commander Capt. Robert Bartlett, Polar ex- ' Richard E. Byrd hopes to pilot plorer of more thun 35 years' ex- across the Atlantic ocean, is schede perience:—"A silence of a month or luled to make a test flight late to- even six weeks does not necessarily | day. mean that these two adventurers It ‘will be th have lost their lives.” + Fokker 'flaéhm} Captain Ives Thomas, captain of ' when it crashe the steamship Parisi—"I hardly be- | rien. The machine has npt yet lieve they will be found olive.” been turned over to the Trans- R. A. Paulin, purscr of the Paris Oceanic Company, financial backers and comrade of Nungesser in the of the proposed flight. FINDING SAINT ROMAN Here’s What Experts Think About Chances Of Two Lost Airmen men who first flight of the since April 16, and injured four Lieut. Guy Envin, French army officer:—*One should e give o hope for them so soo! himself said not to vnn—v oo month has D1<5€u Colonel Francesco De Pinedo, the Haliani e o neTiees iihe il Frenchmen are stranded on som HiRallAla o ils 4105 of EHSTRE: Searching Ship Reports lantic, waiting for help. | Commander Richard Byrd, first! aviator to circle the north pole:—"I believe their failure was due to en- | gine trouble. | Major Herbert Dargue, just re- 2 turned from the army good will yorl):}l,\:r,eff::‘:gx (;:Ip}t’:}n mnffif,t flight to South America: — “Nun- man and Commander Mouneyres, gesser and Coll are alive and will be | Irench aviators who left Bt. Louls, saved. I base my faith on thelr|Senegal, & week ago today for Per- ability to surmount difficulties.” {nambuco, Brazil, and have since Captain onck, French ace: disappeared, has all but been aban- —“The outlook is ;lrpl’t'sqng but I doned here. lave not n up hope. Several vessels v Acro League of Amerlca:i—"Its from Rio Janeiro‘:rzld“?’:r;:.m?::: official opinion, reached by & cON- after passing through the some sulting board of experts, Is that the '\here it had been hoped the avia- men are alive and on the North|tors might be found, reported no American continent.” | trace of the missing airmen. Contrary to reports from Per- nambuco. no s;areh has thus far o been made in the vicinity of On Gambling Rules | verae, the beltet beln:yu:ltc::: :w Haven, May 12 (P—Local 2viators must have been lost some- uenters of the West Haven | Where off the South American coast resorts have evidenced con.| Captain Saint Roman's plane had Lle interst in a bill adopted 3 radio sending set with a wave mbly in the last 1ength of 42 meters, but its distin- session under sus- Buishing letters “F' could not be pension of the rules which exempts | Picked up except by powerful shore in games of chancs operated Wireless stations. in West Haven from the provisions _ The aviators carried several boxes he state gambling laws. of canned provisions and bananas The bill provides that games of With them. They had 15 quarts of chance or other amusement de- Water and a supply of coffes. of not more than ten cents is mad 44 to 56 Years Is Sentence Imposed ere Yy or no article value s $5 is given as On Springfleld “Petting Party Bandits." Trace of Him and Fly- ing Companion State Law Peculiar shall not he considered or gaming within the hing of the gambling laws. The section containing these pro- ns was appended to a bill re- the superintendent of state to appoint & oivil engineer _ SPringfield, Mass, May 12 (UP)— experi in gravity work to in. Frison sentcnces aggregating 44 to o < and other such 36 Years were imposed here today oy Ay on Theodore Premont, 21, and Mich- ael Careiri, 19, known as the “petting party bandits.” Superior Judge Christopher T. S han imposed the uncommonly Liquors Are Seized ¢ sentences after the defendants Sandwich, Mass. May 12 UP—'paq pleaded guilty to five counts of About 600 cases of assorted choice jesanlt and robbery while armed. liquors, valued at $30,000. were Premont was sentenced to 24 seized by two surfmen from the 30 years, and Carciri to 20 to Sandwich coast guard station Who years In prison. interrupted smuggling operations at: The system of robbery employed Harlow’s Landing, Ellisville, early by the two youths was to hold up this morning. As the coast guards- motorists parked in secluded epots. men drove onto the scene in their | automobile, 20 men fled in all di- |rections. Some took refuge in the | woods and others leaped into dorles | and rowed out to a vessel where dim outlines w visible from shore. The seizure included about 200 cases |jre and Lubber compay that last of Belgian alcohel and 400 dozen vweok sent John Russel' to a hose Lottles of gin, whiskey. rum ‘'and rpital with severe injuries, yesterday Martini cocktails in burlap bags. |crushed the arms of Danw! Danakils, R 7 |38, who had taken Russeil's place as HOLD UP MAN KILLED | cperator. Ruffalo, N. Y. May 12 (P—One| Danalis died in th Norwalk hos- hold up man was killed, another |pital this morning from shock. was wounded and captured, and a| Russell, whose arms also were third escaped when Patrolman |also caught between the huge rollers Howard L. Weber, frustrated a o( the machine, isexpected to re- hold up of a drug store here today. (cover. The coroner will hold an ia- The injured man escaped Wwith ‘(Nu'. in connection witn the fata) less than $50, acaident. l 600 Cases of Choice to 28 Succeeds Injured Man; Then Killed Himself Norwalk, Conn., May 1% (#—The alendering machine in ¢he Norwalk