New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1927, Page 16

BERTALD IROFPED AS CHAWBERLIN'S FLIGHT COMPANION (Continued From First Page) "ol (formerly Queenstown.) The order followed yesterday's uiscovery of & bottle in the channel near Falmouth containing an alieg- od message from Captain Nunges- ser, saying the plane came down ofl the TIrish coast because of engin: eged bottle message W. H. Nungesser,” where- e missing French flier's given are Charles Eugene Jules Marie. London dispatches last night said the message was believed to be \ hoax. Starts Moscow Flight. Paris, May 19 (UP)—Lieut, Thoret left Le Bourget field last ght on an attempted non-stop flight to Moscow. He used a 49 horsepower *pony airplane” which weighed only 700 pounds. He hoped fo make the 1.500 mile trip in 22 hours Plan New York Try. Paris, May 19 (UP)—Undismiayed disappearance of Charles and Francois Coli, by the Nungesser imore French aviators are planning wtempts to fly to New York, it was learned today. Pilot Marmier plans to attempt the flight in a Potez biplane with a horse power Farman motor. plane, now being completed, will attempt to break existing eed and distance records for planes bearing a useful load before 1t tries the Atlantic test. two L00 The Pilot Drouhin plans to make the ! 12-ton | trans-Atlantic attempt in a plane ‘which will carry 10,000 liters of fuel and be capable of making the distance to New York in 32 hours. The two Farman motors for the plane now are being given a 50 hour block test. The fuselage has been completed and the craft prob- ably Wil be assembled soon. The Boys’and Girls’ Special, with a load of the new books in all of their favorite series: The X-Bar-X Boys The Gnn; Grayson ootball Stories The Tom Swift Books The Roy Blakeley Stories The Radio Boys Books The Jerry Todd Books The Marjorie Books The Honey Bunch Stories The Bobbsey Twins The Outdoor Girls Books The Rover Boys 50c BOOKS for BOYS & GIRLS Mohill’ S 297 MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1927. MICHIGAN GOYERNOR APPEALS FOR FUNDS Issues State-Wide Call For Public To Help Sufferers in Bath [PEORIA IS HARD HIT BY STORM (Continued From First Page) | | credited with a theoretical force of | storm which struck Indianapolis and | 75,000 men. Six of the in-|Stretch of 125 miles of coast line [ to defend which runs from Chatham, the | Mass., off Cape Cod to the mouth state, sweeping | Of the Connecticut river. Tragedy Lansing, Mich., May 19 (®—Gov-| vicinity last night. ernor Green today issued a state!jured are in a critical condition. wide appeal for funds for the relier| The storm was general over , 5 { central part of the of the Bath township, stricken bY. .o Terre Haute to Richmond. both death and grief yesterday when| $0-Mile le dynamite explosions touched off by! phe wind, which at times reached \ndrew Kehoe, revenge-crazed |, yelocity of $0 miles an hour, ac- | treasurer o the district, killed 43 cording to the weather bureau, | Blues have 30. persons, 37 of them pupils in the Consolidated school. The appeal, contained in an offi-| ial proclamation indicated that the wrecked school house will be re- placed either by popular subscrip- | smashed display windows and inter- | rupted electric transportation. A heavy rain accompanied the storm, the deluge swelling streams, | flooding streets and basements and e e weat | Stalling numerous automobiles. The O s & meaviy 1n rept|storm ! Indfvectly” reauften Sin the LR t ¥ ¢Vl jeath of three trainmen of the Big it was learned today, a bond iss & : | | Four railroad when a freight train | passed in recent years having prov- | "OMT, FHIFOAt ACR & frUBE ST cd a heavy burden on its few peo-| '™ ALGLOR NenT o ple. “It is hardly possible,” the gov ernor’s proclamation said, “to imag- ine a more terrible catastrophe than that at Bath. There is little we can do to lessen the grief of the stricken people. They have our boundless sympathy. “While not able to assuage their f, we can help with the material blems that confront the com- munity. The has been a Theavy cxpense cast upon them that I am the people of Michigan will want to share. Besides the relief we can give In individual cases there is the restoration of the schoolhouse to be considered. “The financial obligation of a new school at this time would be bur- densome to a district already heayv- ily bonded. ®* * * I believe we will all feel better if we contribute something.” | Joseph Pethigal Has Very Narrow Escape Joseph Pethigal, aged 14, of 117 Henry sireet, riding a bicyele on ! yiioe down a creek when a bridge Vark street this forenoon, struck a | | gave way, under them, was taken to truck which was parked at the (oo sufrering from exposure. He curb and was thrown beneath an- || 9" B TR R 0 ate. other truck, which demolished his s il Btoan bieycle but fortunately did not strik S e el i him. i : one of the most fortunate that has ver come to public attention in this city. | Detective Sergeant Ellinger, who | was detailed by Captain Kelly at 111:50 o'clock to investigate the re- |port that a boy had been injured, |found that he was riding in an east- |erly direction a short distance be- |hind a truck owned by C. Hart |& Son of Plainvilie, and driven by been washed away by flood waters. Chicago, May 19 (P—Peoria, 111, | and Indianapolis, were hardest hit| in the latest of a series of spring| storms which lashed through por- tions of Indiana and Illinois late vesterday, Several Are Drowned Several persons were belicved to have drowned at I'eoria where six inches of rain fell within a few hours, flooding downtown streets and basements, tying up railroad, auto- mobile and street car traffic and sending farm creek on a rampage. Government boats were sent into the lowlands of East Peoria to res- cue 300 families driven from their homes by the rising creek. News- paper reporters who toured the area brought estimates to Peoria early | today of a possible death list of five to 15 in Kast Peoria and Pekin, | while police checked up on a num- Der of missing persons. Les Jones, who, with Walter Mueller, son sure ing territory was accompanied by a heavy fall of hail which broke thousands of windows., Damage was | estimated at nearly $750,000. More than one hundred persons, were injured in Indianapolis, some seriously, when an 80-mile an hour wind struck that city. i Three Million Damage The storm damage was estimated at $3,000,000. Washouts at a number | [Charl 1son of 30 Lincoln |[of places in the two states playeas ! | Plainville. Near the Service [havoc with railroad echedules, and ! ! upply Co., Inc., store atincar La Fontaine, Ind., three train- ‘ Park street, the hoy turned to |men were killed when a Big Four the left to pass the truck but was|freight train crashed into a creck, 1unnhle to do so on account of an-|{(Le bridge over which had been| r coming towards him. Then | swept away by flood waters, The |he d to pass on the right, with fcngine and six cars piled into the the result that he struck a truck | yurer, | owned by Ada Peterson and in| pigntning struck the Hartsburg, charge of Arvid Peterson of Pendle- | 1y ™o mmunity high school stun. ;L‘:’:hm“"v which was parked at the { iz rour teachers and 50 students - ! and another shaft lit the dome of The Impact threw the boy under |\ ol (o0 B8 K ouse. at |the wheels of the Hart truck, which |} y > |is of five ton type. Luckily, the [ CoTthage, Il doing considerable : ) damage. |wheels did not strike him and after |the heavy vehicle had passed over Flylng Ficld Damaged {him, he scrambled out unhurt ex- | Chanute fiying fleld at Rantoul, AL ros 8 £vers ahaling u: L, felt the fury of the storm. |son stopped in front of the . | Several hangars were demolished, | ‘S!rDDl“. store at 185 Park stree mall buildings were blown down until then he did not know of the |2nd the main mess hall was dam- accident, Mr. Peterson felt the |aged. The storm forced E. Coulter, pilot of the St. Louis-Chicago air {force of the impact of the bicycle against his truck, he told Scrgeant |mail plane to land in a corn field near Centrall, IIl. The plane was | Ellinger. mired and the mail was transferred to a train, NEHY FORCES ARE DRIVEN OFF (Continued From First Page) NTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Mrs, John L. Fagan of 48 Beaver strcet entertained six tables of bridge at her home last evening in honor of Miss Mae Leamey of Ash- ley street, Hartford. Prizes were awarded to the Misses Alice Leamey, Mary O'Connor, Grace O'Connor and Mrs. Henry Claffey of Hartford and Mrs. Charles Heisler and Mrs, James Dawson of this city. Miss Leamey | was the recipient of a tea wagon. A buffet lunch was served. Miss Leamey will become the [bride of William Roche of Lieaver street on June 14 at St. Joseph's |Cathedral, Hartford. She is well known among the vounger set of Hartford and holds a responsible position with the Travelers Insur- ance company. | Mr. Roche is a popular employ of the local post office. | the aggressive Blues. _ But the Blacks suffered severcly in a spectacular airplane raid over Iort Adams. Seven of their nine planes succumbed to anti-aireraft guns and the Blue pursuit planes. Forts In Battle shore baitery bombardment The READ HERALD CT, SSIFIED ADS | I'OR BEST RY J | VLTS Watch Friday's paper for opening of a new shop at The Dorothea Dre; partment in our stor FREE BLOOMBERG’S 186 Main Street e Saturday, May 2 OUVENIRS r—————— Why not complete house- cleaning time by adding SCREENS to your house? By having your house Screened properly it will mean Money- Saving in the next spring Clean- || up. details of the an old stand. Just call 1071, or apply '| Hardware City Screen Co. 124 Columbia Street, City Shop will open a de- ! Fine Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. Wedding Ring Shop 9 ARCH STREET Auto Painting Eapert Work Low Prices Spraying or Varnishing FRANKLIN SQ. FILLING STATION F. E. R, | Y. M. C. A. Bldg. | angular formation that has its apc | take after the bridge over the stream had | yoi1o " but no drunk with a hotle l here.” | caught in a preserve jar and had | yips, of | the mayor of Peoria, was swept three | His escape without injury was | began late in the day and proved very effective. The Black ships evaded the lighter Blue defense squadrons and wrought telling dam- age against all forts excepting only Getty and Greble. The others were | estimated to have had their firing| power reduced 75 per cent. Each side in the war game is| The Blues have a Iive divisions are based in a tri-| north of Providence. The Black ar- mada comprises 70 ships while the QUITE A DIFFERE w London, Conn., May 19 (® Where is the drunk with the 2" asked Policeman Augustus of the Rev. Dr. Charles E. paulding today after the police- man had been sent to the pastor’s | house. “There must be some mis- | replied the minister, “we | a skunk with his head in a cE! | ot hav B | The skunk had got its head | refuge under the parson’s | When police were called | the message was misunderstood to | be ‘drunk’ instead of ‘skunk.’ The | skunk was shot. taken veranda. AT THE CITY COURT Suit for $1,200 damages has been | brought against Walenty Lech by Anton Cieszynski, through Donald Gaffney, for alleged non-payment on a note. The writ is returnable in the city court the first Mond: of June and Constable Fred Winkle served the papers, attaching proper- ty of the defendant. Joseph W. Mieczkowski of this city has been named defendant in an action for $250 damages, brought by the Bristol Beet & Provision Co., through Edward Quinlan.of Rristol. The writ is returnable in the court of common pleas the first Tuesday of June and Constable John 8. Recor served the papers. Easy me HARVARD DROPS PLAN FOR BIG DINING HALL Failure of Students to Pledge Finan- cial Support Results In Shift of Plan. City Items Elzina Thornton of 2050 Stanley street is resting comfort- ably at New Britain General hospi- ta), according to reports received today. She was burned about the face, hands and upper part of the body yesterday as a result of her | clothes catching fire when liquid polish which she wus using on &| hot stove ignited. The regular monthly meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at Red Men’s hall. The New Britain Odd Fellows' as- sociation will hold a social for members and friends Saturday eve- ! ning at the I. 0. O. hall on Arch | street. | Cambridge, Mass, May 19 (P— Plans for a central dining hall for Harvard college have been abandon- led temporarily at least, it was dis- closed today. 1t was planned to revive the club table system where students might cat in leisure and at popular prices. !Health authorities at the university recently decried the tendency toward quick lunches at nearby eating places as the cause of increasing di- gestive complaints among the stu- dents. They endorsed the dining hall. . F. King. assistant secretary of the Stanley Works, will return to this | city Saturday after a business trip of a few d AGAINST CLOTH ADVERTISING As a result of a protest made by businessmen in the northern sec- tion of Main street, Tnspector A. N. Rutherford has issued orders for the removal of large cloth adver- tising signs now attached to sev- buildings. Hereafter signs of Mrs. Ranney Elevated to Head Daughters of Vets | Bridgeport, Conn., May 13 (P— Augusta Ranney of Hartford, senior vice president of the Daugh- ters of Union Veterans department this type will not be allowed. In a in this state for the past year, was L noks Lk, el do e el 4 |confercnce with Mayor Weld Wed- 2 presidency at the . qay, one of the representatives annual election of officers held here Bl e AL @ meeting of the past depart- | slenos of/ithisee, slens creatos ment presidents association held be |he impression of a bankrupt cits. re regular convention session Mrs. Maude Ford of Milford was chosen president., Other officers of the past depart- ment presidents association elected were: Mrs, Alice Pulver of Bridge- port, Secrefary and Mrs, Nellie D, Crehard of New London, historian, Much of this morning’s session was given over to reports of retiring of- ficers. Installation of the newly clected oljcers will take place this afternoon. Mrs. Mattie R. 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This bill represents the amount laid out in treatments for the frac- | tured jaw and replacement of the | teeth. A bill from Dr. H. F. Diana. | Sirrani’s dentist, has been approved | by the city’s finance committee. | WANT LUNCH CART PERMIT | A public hearing will be given | tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock on the application of Farley, Le- Witt and McDonough for a permit | cart on nwlr‘ to place a lunch property at 12 Washington street, the former site of the South church parsonage. A permit was applied for several days ago, but was de- nied after protest had been made against this type of building. | court house. TROOPS GUARD Little Rock, Ark., Court House Pa. troled by Soldiers as Negro Goes On Trial Today. : Little Rock, Ark., May 19 (P— Lonnie Dixon, 17 year old negro, went on trial in circuit court todays | for the murder of a white girl, Flo- ella McDonald, aged 12. National guardsmen accompanied the negro from the , state penitens tiary where he has been held for safe keeping for several days, to the court housc and stood guard out. side. Only upon presentation of a pass signed by Sheriff Haynie or a deputy was anyone allowed to enter the The streets about the court house were cleared of traflicg during the trial, which was the most closely guarded ever held here. These preparations to prevent any further attempt by a mob to seize the young negro were made at the * insistence of Governor Martineau that steps be taken to assure the negro a fair trial. CURE FOR DEAFN Erie, Pa, May 19 (A—J. Wayne Haskel, a jeweler, has discovered a new, although harsh, cure for deaf« ness. Haskel, hard of hearing for ' years, was struck by a ball and knocked unconsclous while playing golf. When he recovered he foundy his hearing had been restored. 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