New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1927, Page 12

FORD GIVES BOATS T0 AID IN RESCUE OF FLOOD VICTIMS PROPOSE SURVEY 08 (Continued from First Page) terday afternoon the lowiands were dry and the streams within their banks. Eight hours later they had broken from their beds and were overspearding the lowlands, blanket- ing them to a depth of from two to feet an hour. Breaux bridge was completely cut off from communication with the vest of the world except by boat southern Pacific branch lines tracks in the town were two and a half ot under water. The town of Vermilion also er rapidly rising water. o swift was the current swe & through section that wan who was caught in the waters ad most of his clothing torn away by the stream before he could strug- zle hack to dry land. The oil fields ind the sait mines of Anse la Butte vere reported covered. Old Town Disappears I"or the first time in the history of Martinsville, an old town, rich with the traditions of Acadians, was lisappearing beneath the fload. Wa- or alrcady was lapping about the base of the Evangeline Oak and was oxpected to enter the 160 year old hurch, All women and children were re- ported safely out of Martinsville. Many of them had fled to a refugee camp cstablished at Greenville, but driving rains flooded the site osen for their quarters there and oy were again forced to seck shel- from the waters, removing to he concentration camp at Lafay- fte. The population of the camp here already had swollen to five was St along the I of the upper il was cossful, & hopeful of saving 1 i~hes of the “Sugar Bowl” from the lood. A raging current was tearing at the sodden walls of mud -xu'mnnz Pointe Coupee and the iour parishes between the Atcha- falaya and the Mississippi rive however, and a desperate fight w heing maintained. This point was about 120 miles northwest of New Orleans and on the west bank the Mississippi. Crest of Flood The crest of the flood had passed on the lower Vississippi, ('lina, meteorolozist at the New Or- leans weathor bureau believed and the river will continue to fall be- tween the mouth of Old River and New Orleans. Fall Will Be Slow. The fall will he slow, however, he said, since some of the flood wa- ters from the Tensas basin still are finding their way back into the main stream through OIld River. The real crest of the flood, he said, has not yet passed out of the Tensas basin, but the greater part of this overflow is passing down the Atchalafaya pasin through the breaks along javou Des Glaises, 170 miles northwest of New Orleans on the west side of the Mississippi river. » tight east hank Atchafa the s citizens in northern ana and ihe Mississippi plans made by planters to send tenants back into the neigh- horhood of their plantations that farming operations might be started immediately after the flood waters recede. Hope was expressed that planting might be started in Tensas parish within the next week, but in Concordia, the adjoining parish to the south, it will be delayed from two to three weeks longer. Arrangements have been mad¢ for the delivery of seed and every will be extended for of farming activi- the river Loui were being May 23 convicts Met® wh Orfeans. la. Ive hundred heroes of the — a contest in pitted his strength against the ments at seemingly hopeless od The prisoners may win, engineers dmitted today after they had in- Hsted sinee Thursday that the wall of the Atachafalaya river would A out at any moment.” result of the superhums of inmates of the state farm Angola, aided by mately 1,000 o negroes, s a barrier of sand bags, 30 feet ligh and almost as wide. Water loshed near the top of the tempo- but so far the dyke a flood which thr to Inundate parts of six inhabited by 30,000 pe ndbags and er available cor which reached M ot two days. There was no room for adequate faod for the conviet army. But they ate stale without complaining, worke {onr-hour shifts and then d in exhausted slecp. 50LD STAR MOTHER'S LONG GRIEF AT ENI] (Continued from Iirst Page) W we: hattle ele- rary levee, Neld back hut gl ation her other turned the navy lard-Linton eas was honor of her dec 1 Mer checrful outlook on life ner many fricnds and atter many g £ the cx-servicemen vore biured in the ses practice o hor She was o . T of ch and the W, €. 1 born i Harry Ity Gilbert Mrs, | sone. when t son, Lyold X criod of Lintor service the | named in th who svice made isiting her. During wle New Britain L host of " she had vome she had Rive rton Anna Camphell er arc a dau r. vior of Ik iinton Elmer D. he rich par- | of | Dr. L. ML | Linton of Providence, R. I and Lioyd R. Linton of this city, and a .r, Mrs, Frederick Perks of this city. Funeral services will be held to- | morrow afternoon at 2 !the home. Rev. H. O. Olne tor of the People's church, ficlate. Interment will be in view cemetery. st Fair- TUBERCULOSIS HERE (Continued From First Page) during which time the patient has 1o be cared for at home with inade- quate facilities is little hope of protecting the and There children of a family where a case xists when we have to wait cight or I nine weeks for a bed in the in- tirmary. Then, owing to tha len time during which the patic ted for admission he contented with home tr 1efuses to enter the in refuses to which simply means that the time and energy expended in persuading him to consent to going are of no | avail. advanced case re- quires visiting to insure such is pos- instructions req wlcquate with given and ny done at the on which time and effort expended would be far more profitible. Were ced case more time « devoted to educational pur- ome supervision cannot cred @ satisfactory substitute hospital accommodation. The s’ efforts, no matter how thor- and conscicntious, can never remove the danger of further infee tion. The closest supervision is in- adequate Would Reopen Hozpital. “In an effort to sccure an appro- priation from the city with which 1o reopen Rocky MHill Sanatorium, data relative to obtaining vacancies at the of app! tion i su sible, expen for ough an acute one, During the year | 1925-1926 application had been made or 46 patient “For ona patient application was made by May 28, July § the patient died without our having been able 1o obtain a vancancy. It is easier to persuade a patient to enter an in stitution *just around the corner t 1 to go to one far distant from | a dread of separa- Iy, his fami his home. Tl hi tion from his equaliy reluctant, If the hos remote from the city, the can afford neither time no money for frequent visits, Tne apove facts play an important part in influcncing |a patient’s decision and due consid- ration should be accorded them. ddition of 60 beds to the sana- I torium in Norwich has temporarily relioved the situation but we still fall short of the number of beds needed to accommodate adequately patients who need infirmary treat- ment, On the matter of survey, lowing is written: | “One of the essential elements in [the community machinery necessary | for the control of tuberculosis is the provision of special tuberculosis clinics for examination and diagno- B The degree to which diagnostic clinical fasilities are available In a community will in a large measure determine the successful control of the disease, for one of the essential requirements in combating tubercu- lesis is a knowledge of the existing cases in the community. “The control of tuberculosis is in- timately linked up with the social, industrial and general public health problems of a community. There is an impo relationship between indust tuberculosis. Unfor- Itunately it is an enormous and com- plicated problem. We need a sur- very in order to know the exact sit- uation in this city as far as tuberou- losis is concerned and receive by means of a strictly impartial and vet authoritative study, advice and recommendations as to how best proceed. “In conclusion may T ask that you give the matter of having such a survey conducted sometime within thie next year your earnest atten- tion.” the fol- 4 from First Page) persons they saw on the street the murder. He spoke of the testim identificati that sh itness who co from a giving claimed \\m]u\\' curate ot ard I'n ulin to tailed 1 such rotessor T be impossiile nd d n time I'vn'. ason vious. th for such testi Tt noss was 4 thro The ¢ yas not heea wit- onest, Tt cams method of ider srdinary fair and proper h the presented iils of contli s and Prof. Tulin stated that vas positiv sential Jeft it up fo her flicient of mnr peaker re lers of 11 in the radical, ne \v\‘nn finding in dead on the sid e York supervision. | 0{" let him go, | of cther cascs | be| {this on Vanzetti e Sanatoria from the time ation showed that the situa- | the | family | s An| I'secution got pretty , sufficient to enable another jury - ANALYVZES EVIDENGE i board of AGAINST RADICALS | is operating a ny of one ! of Commerce at Washin ith its confleting his | | toes are ¢ fow Captain Charles A. Lindbergh Atlantic front o flight plane, “Spirit of St. Louis.” devices of every variety decorate the instrument board in | in the cockpit of his trans-| Flight control f him. The Proudest Mother in the World! 0 walk in front of an o ece building. He spoke of the probable effect of and Sacco. the former having been in New York City at the time interviewing counsel. rofessor Tulin asked his hearers to consider the effect of radicalism | cn a Norfolk county (Mass.) jury.| The department of justice knew the | men were radicals and they knew | the department of justice knew it. | Tha “bug-aboo of the Reds” was present in an extremity, he said and he asked the audience to consider the effect of radical evidence on such a jury at such a time. The tone of cross-examination was also poken of. The prosecution con- tended that it was seeking to prove that the two men were not radi- cals, but patriots, while Professor Tulin stated that the entire tone comed to attempt to impress upon the jgry what a cesspool of radical- | o really was. He called to mind the final ad- | dress of the prosecuting attorney to | the “Do your duty, men of Norfolk.” “You can still hear the cannons in France,” said Professor i Tulin, ometimes prosecution and per- close to each other,” he added | The confession of a convicted | murderer that he was a member of the gang that killed the paymaster and his guard, was spoken of by the speaker who stated that the man confessed, not because he no longer had any hope of living, but because he was moved by some other stimuli. He was later granted a new trial. The question then was. after the efense had found evidence tending to show that a notorious Providence gang was responsible for the mur- | der and sought a rew trial, “Ought the new evidence be regarded as to reach a different verdict.” The an- swer was “No,” according to the speaker. C. G. DIRECTORS COMHEND BENSON : r {Satistied With New Secietary on, Financial Record ¥ ph H. Benson commended by Judge W. €. Hunger- ford, president ibers of the directors of e Chamber ‘ommerce today, upon his show- ing for the first months of the 8 port sub- mitted irer Charles W Hawkins showed that the Chamber t not more than a $300 annual deficit this year, which is best record shown in a long Secret B was The report showed a def the budget of $250 for the months. According to Mr. Benson it is simply a question now of col- ion of dues until th> Chamber is rating without any defieit. Joseph R. Andrews today reported upon his visit to the T, S, Chanoor on, ref 1w local organization as i cit helow past six chairman of reported suceessful muel M magazing the paper The committe the control of the paper placed en- Iy in the hands of Mr. Benson The application of Trudon & Pla a uew trucking concern and the fArm voted into mem- Davidso mittee, ally was discharged and coptid rship. A luncheon will he held Fr of the Cham- v noon. Stanley Holmes as & member of the b was # . Mr. Holmes re of pressure of other duties menting an tion of n wmv‘wl a jury to his right foot while at rly this afternoon for an ring company of New Yorl, | N Britain Gas Light com- nlant A rop broke and vy hlock to fall on him i hospital, immediately wis said two pain- at the pany days will he necessary ion of an ahscessed woman regained her 1ving been tatally blind HILLED BY AUTO | hospital when [ hotter | Hartford police on the The world’s proudest mother is Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lind- bergh, widow of a former Minnesota congressman and mother ! of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh. Mrs. Lindbergh, now a Detroit chemistry teacher, is one of the world's most courageous mothers, too. “Fine!” she exclaimed when told her son had “hopped off” from New York, alone in the cockpit of his plane, for the 3600-mile flight to Paris. HE HELPED STEAL {Hartlord Man Succumbs to In- juries Sustained in Crash ering at the Burritt hotel. The speaker will be Dan Chase, execu- tive secretary of the Sportsmanship | Brotherhood. Officers will be elect- wd, ENLIST IN U. S, NAVY © ymond Dordelman, has ain John Torpudoman 1 United States recruiting office enlisted the following New I men for service in the navy Prestash, Cutherl Daniel, Mike | Coco, Michacl Ondrick and Chester Rzewnicki. The recruits have bheen signed to the recruit school at the Naval Training Station at Newport, I, where they will take an in- tensive course for 1wo months be- fore heing assigned to a ship or sta- tion, law Britain neral nest Iagerstrom, known as Ernest of 40 Van Block avenue, uccumbed to injuries Friday morning in an antomobile in which he ancis Dunleavy of Pliny Hartford, were riding, struck and threw them out. They ken to New Britain General spital. where Detective nt | P. McCue arrested them for the charge of v automobile owned by nice Carter of 29 Denison Death beat the morning at New MISS BENGSTON SHOWERED El C. Bengston given a personal shower Saturday | “vening at the home of Mrs. O. H. Sweigert on 38 Hawkins strect. She received many beautiful gifts. The color scheme of the decorations was pink and write. Miss I next Miss nor was Berlin, LIONS TO MEET AT NIGAT After several changes in which the meeting was set for the evening then changed to noon and finally back to evening again, the New Britain Lions club finally has de. cided to hold ifs meeting tomorrow | at 6:30 p m. The session will be a dinner gath- Bengston will he married month to J. Williams, a csman for Corbin Serew - Corp. Miss Bengston was formerly employ- ©d as stenographer in the office of the Corbin Screw Corp. Sery theft of as Fagerstrom’s skull was fractured and he regained consciousi only spasmodically. Saturday forenoon | lis con. .tion hecame and his death was not a surpr Dun- eavy, whose injuries are not con- sidered serious, is expected to re- cover. Fagerstrom was born in Hartford, May 26, 1900, He is survived by his parents. August and Bridget Sloan Fagerstrom; one brother, John Fagerstrom of tord, and one | sister, Mrs. Raphael Tripiney of St. Regen Is, New Yeork. The fu- neral will be held Wednesday morn- | ing at St. Peter’s church, Hartford, ! and burial will be in Mt. St. Bene- dict's cemetery. According to the Hartford police, the automobile was stolen in the rear of the county building on Allyn street, Hartford, Thursday night. The men are said to have been specding towards Meriden when the car struck a pole. The time of the accident s not known, but it was almost 3 ock when the injured men were cd up. The for m know. other replied, “I'm looking own. 1It's collapsible, you Tit-Bits. A MILLION DOLLAR&' pic City Items ).- 7 famousWafers, ¥ &davors ‘allace lodge No. 24, D. will celebrate its 19th ann ary in Red Men's hall Wednes- cvening with a musical pro- gram, followed by dancing. 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