New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1927, Page 17

LANDING ON ICE FLOES SUCGEEDS Shows That Aviation in Arctic Is Practicable New York, May 31 (#—Some of the secrets of the Frozen North, dis- covered by the Wilkins expedition sponsored by the Detroit News, were revealed today by the explorers, Richard E. Byrd and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. They announced that landing by aviators on Artic ocean ice has proven feasible and that the far north is practicable for both com- mercial and military aviation. The probability of unknown land exist- ing in the Arctic seas has been re- duced by Captain Wilkins' sound- ings. In a joint statement the two ex- plorers sald: “We want to call attention to one of the most heroic and drama- tic adventures of polar history in the Arctic north of Alaska, where Captain George H. Wilkins, Lieu- tenant Ben Eielson and their asso- clates have alrecady made striking contribytions to sclence and the progress of northern aviation. “The Wilkins expendition last year crossed five times a range of Artic mountains so little known that it had been given on maps as 6,000 or 6,000 feet high, while it proved to be around 10,000. One flight was from Fairbanks 550 miles north to Barrow and thence 150 miles out over the ogean and then back to Barrow, a flight on which 10,000 square miles of previously unknown territory were seen. Thus Wilkins proved that flying is distinctly feasible in the most northerly pos- session of the United States, setting at rest a controversy of importance both in civil and military aviation as to whether Alaska can be used as ea flying base for commercial or military operations against Asia and as to whether Alaska could be flown across by Asiatic airplanes wishing to reach Canada or the United States by that route. “This year, on rch 29, with fuel for 1,400 miles in calm weather, Wilkins and Efelson took off for & flight from Point Barrow of 600 miles northwest, then 200 miles south and thus back to Barrow, more than half this distance over territory never secn by human be- ings, making & great inroad into the largest unexplored area north of the equator. They had flown 550 miles and had almost completed the out- ward flight when engine trouble de- veloped and they made a forced landing. “This was & deciding moment in Arctic aviation, for there have been two theories as to the safety of landing on the frozen sea. One school has }eld that there are scarcely any safe landing places on the moving Arctic pack, and the other, to which Wilkins himself be- longed, that landings are-so num- erous that there seldom is a five- mile stretch without a falrly good one. In less than five miles they dla find a place that looked good to Wilkins. Elelson made a perfect landing on ice which turned out to be about three and a half feet thick when Wilkins, & few minutes later, made the holes to take a sonic sounding. He found the ocean there about three miles deep, which makes it very unlikely that any land can exist in this direction, for their flight if continued far enough in the same direction, would have taken' them near where Narb aen years ago in the Fram took similar soundings. “While Wilkins was doing this sounding Elelson tinkered with the engine. In two hours they were in the air again, flylng back towards land. After about 10 minutes the engine gave trouble once more. There was a second forced landing, and again Elelson made a perfect landing. “Wilkins' deep soundings having’ made it improbable that there is undiscovered land in the 600,000~ mile section to the northwest of Vers 'tilg Youngitee : Roger Wolfe Kahn, who, al- though he is heir to the millions of his father, Otto Kahn, runs his own. orchestra, operates-his_own night club, is writing the music for a comic opers, and when this Barrow, Wilkins now plans to cross the 300,000-mile section to the northeast, where there is the best remaining chance of land. He ex- pects to fly diagonally through the middle of it from Barrow to 84 de- grees north latitude and 100 degrees west longitude and thence to Elles- mere Island, coming down when | they have -to or possibly flying| Etah.” North Cannot Become | Music Assn. President James F. North, who was chosen president of the Civic Music asso- ciation, the tentative name adopted | for the organization designed to fur- ther public attractions at low cost to the public next winter, announced | over the week-end that he could not | accept the presidency. The nomin- ating committee is expected to nom. | inate another leading citizen this week. | Meanwhile the season of booking ! concert artists and other attractions | for next fall and winter s far ad- | vanced, and the organizations which | have backed the association idea will | need to hurry to perfect their ofti- cial roster, it is stated. This effort will be concluded this week, is the hope expressed by those active in the | organization. | Program From WTIC By Mendelssohn Trio | The Mendelssohn Trio will be en! the air between 8 and 9 o'clock to-! night from WTIC, being sandwiched between an orchestra on.its two ap-| pearances. The program of the Trio| was announted today as follows: During the first appearance it will | play the andante and finale from the Trio, Op. 49, by Mendelssohn; at its second appearance it will play| the elegie and finale from the Trio, | Op. 32, by Arensky. In each instance the trio will follow a slow movement | by a brilliant finale. tions are among the finest in the repertoire of the organization. The trio members are Herbert E. Ander- son, violin; Roy O. Tuttle, "cello, and | Theron W. Hart, plano. Decorated by Legion The grave of Elihu Burritt, “learned blacksmith” and Interna- tional apostle of peace and good will | among nations, was decorated yes- | terday by Eddy-Glover post of the American Legion. The famed pro- genitor of peace ideals lles buried in Fairview cemetery. The local Legion post voted twe | years ago to dacorate Burritt's grave on each Memorial day. Eddy-Glover post also sought the | grave of an Austrian soldfer, namse | unknown, to decorate, but could not | find it. All that was known of the Austrian was that he came to this city after the war waa over and died here. Sionc Falls on Foot | Causing Man’s Death ‘ BEugenio Chlappin!, €4 years old, of 184 Oak street, dled in the New | Britain General hospital last night from blood poisoning which set in| atter a stone fell on his feet four days ago. | Mr. Chiappini, who was engaged in the trucking business, was born in Italy and lived in this city for the| past 24 years. Bealdes his wife he | leaves five sons, Juido, Paul, Albert, | Andrew, and Jino; a daughter, Mrs. | John Aindi, all of this city; and a| brother, Pasquale Chlappini of Hart. | ford. Funeral services will be held at 8t. Mary's church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. _— TENDERED FAREWELL PARTY.| A farewell party In honor of Pa-| trolman and Mrs. John L. Carlson, who, with their daughter, Mabel, | wlil leave June 11 for a three- months’ trip to Norway ard Sweden, was held Saturday night last at their | home, 357 Chestnut street. About 100 guests were present from Hart- tord, South Manchestor and this city. Mr. Carlson was presented with | a handsome travelling bag, while his wife recefved a leather hat box. A luncheon was served. Patrolman Carlson has been & member of the police force for near- ly 28 years. CENTRAL JR. H. 8. NOTES The pupils of the Central Junior high school returned to their rooms this murnln:_nner the Memorial Day recess over the week-end and resumed the regular schedule. It is | expected that the auditorium exer-! cises will be cancelled for the week | as the upper half of ‘the school | missed the program yesterday. The | clubs of the school will meet in their respective clubrooms this afternoon. MARYLAND FREE STATE Baltimore—Repeal of archalc laws by the legislature of this state renders it legal now for bartenders | in Maryland—Iif bartenders there be | —to serve more than crackers, cheese and pretzels for free lunch. | There. is new no law against the | counterfoiting of beer checks, no | law to prevent a horse-car driver | from working as long as he likes and no law to restrain a toligate keeper from holding up a funeral procession. WAR ON CRICRETS Alglers—Liquid fire and zine lined trenches are being used to fight crickets, swarming here as they sometimes do in southwesteirn United States. | Forty vears ago the crickets came in swarms that carpeted vast areas and all but devastated the country. They were thought uncon- querable until recently. They are now trapped in trenches and crush- ed to death or burned with flame throwers where they gather in thick enougy clusters. City Advertisement There will be & public hearing at 7 p. m, D. 8. T, Wednesday, June 1, Room 201, City Hall, on the pre- posed change in location of the farmers’ market. All persons {nter- | nearly if not quite all the way to| | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1927. DAISY KNOWS HER SIMPLY CANNOT WELL, THEY MOVED MAILBOXES BUT STAND CIRCUS DAY AT Kokomo, Ind.. May 27.—(#—The old bay mare is still what she used to be, 20 long years ago. Daisy is 23, Ever since she was two she has traveled a rural mail route out of Kokomo. She has seen her equine kin give way to motor- The composi-| 1zed delivery service, and she has| | tilted an ear skyward at the hum |route, and when she gets home' she of an air mall plane, roaring from New York to Chicago in less time ! her owner loiters on the homeward afternoon at 3 o'clock. than it takes Daisy to make her little clireuit twice a day. But Dalsy disdains the thought that any motor car most deliver the mail alone. She is credited by Ben Bough- man, her present owner, with hav- ing twice saved his life, when he falled to see trains at grade cross- ings. Throughout the years Dalsy has pulled the same tiny and ancient mail cart with which she started. CIRCUS DAY e | She has lost but 18 days at work, {and that because she hurt a leg in I the line of duty. | The carrier who trained Daisy {is long since dead, but the horse passed to succeeding carriers with- out a break in her service record. Faithfully she plods around her | refuses to go another step. When | trip, Daisy gos on home to supper and lets her master leg it. She has one complex. Circus day H 2449 s | or airplane | has scared her ever since the ring- | Elihu Burritt’s Grave |could take her place. She could al- | master roda down Main street ahead | of the parade shouting “Hold your horses, the elephants are coming.” When the big top is spread in Ko- komo, Daisy is skittish all day. | Right now Daisy is on her annual vacation. Each summer she spends |an outing in a famillar pasture. | But she'll be back at the old grind Swedish Bethany Church Concert Wednesday Night Thure Frederickson, formerly an organist in New Britain—at the Swedish Bethany and the First Lutheran churches—will be heard in concert at Swedish Bethany jchurch, Franklin Squire, on Wed- nesday evening. Dividing the pro- gram with him will be George Hultgren, tenor. Both musicians are residents of Minneapolis, Minn., and are en route to Sweden where they will give 30 concerts, it was an- nounced. Mr. Frederickson is dean of the music school connected with the Minnehaha academy, Minneapolis, ‘while Mr. Hultgren is {dentified with the vocal department of that school, |and is also director of music at the Swedish Tabernacle, the largest 8wedish church in Minneapolis,. He David Witherspoon and Oscar Sea- gle. Deaths = Mrs. Joseph Volek Mrs. Sophia Volek, 49 years old, | wite of Joseph Volek of 97 Hart street, died this morning at 10 o'clock at her home following a long illness. Mrs. Volek was a well known resi- dent of this city during the 20 years she lived here. She was a na- tive of Czecho’§lovakia. Fraternal- !ly she was a member of the Ladies of the Bohemian Fagles. Surviving her are her husband; | three daughters, Miss Sophia Volek, ! Mrs. James Ray. and Mrs. Stephen Stempel; two sisters, Mrs. William | | Melette, and Mrs. Charles Brennecke | ;and a grandson, Jack Ray. Funeral services Wil ba held at the home on Hart street Thursday Interment will be in Fairview cemetery, Mrs. Nettie Lyons Mrs. Nettle Lyons, 86 years old, widow of Dr. G. L. Lyons, a promi- nent veterinarian, passed away last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Baldwin of Hunting- ton Park, Californfa, where she had been making her home for the past \few years. |~ Mrs. Lyons was born in West Haven and on her marriage she |took up her residence in this city. | City ‘ltems A son was born on Memorial day to Mr. and Mrs. Carlos H. Mason of Bristol. Mrs. Mason was formerly Miss Helen Rackliffe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Rackliffe of Kensington avenue. A son was born at New Britain General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kerin of 34 Talcott street. Fred Pritchard of New York spent the week-end with Judge and Mrs. W. F. Mangan of 41 Bassett street. | The police were notified today of the suspension of the operator's license of George A. Treanor of 756 West Main street. A daughter was born at New Brit- aln General hospital yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Lowell of {114 Carlton street. A son was born at New Britain General hospital yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. George M. Leavitt of 26 Linwood street. A son was born at New Britain | General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Fitzpatrick of 98 Lin- wood street. Unity Rebekah Sewing club will meet Thursday afternoon o'clock at Odd Fellows’ hall. at Constable James, Fuller of Farm- | ington notified the local police yes- terday that an automobile owned by John Schultz of 246 Rocky Hill ave. nue and reported stolen on Lak street, was:recovered in Farmington. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS |1n the fall. I ONLY WOMAN DEPUTY | Dublin, Irish Ire State, May 28 | —The only woman member in the | | Dail Eircann, Mrs. Margaret Collins- O'Driscoll, is one of its hardest, working members. She has never missed a sitting since her election in August, 1923. Her motto, “'stop talk- |ing and get on with the work,” was | that of her brother, the late General Michael Collins. { She is also the only woman on the | standing committee of Cumnnn Nan | Gaedheal, the government party or-' ganfzation. Mrs. Collins-O'Driscoll !was marrfed in 1901 to Patrick O'Driscoll, a newspaper editor, who | is now one of the official reporters to the Oireachtas. WILLIAM KENNEDY ILL | The police recelved a telegram |yesterday from Mrs. William Ken- {nedy of 56 West Monroe street, Chi- cago, Ill, requesting that relatives of her husband be advised that he is “very {l.” Trafflc Officer Joseph Kennedy and Matthew L. Kennedy, 'a member of the building eommis- ! sion, are brothers of Willlam Ken- nedy and Mrs. A. C. Record of 30 Lake Boulevard strect is a sister. U. S. W. V. CAMP MEETING | A. G. Hammond Camp, United |Spanish War Veterans, will hold a | regular meeting in the camp meet- |ing room at the State Armory to-| morrow night at 8 o'clock. New embers will be mustered in, the, committee on the dedication of the Spanish War Memorial will make a Irv:port and arrangements will be made for the department encamp- | ment at Bridgeport, June nd 18. | - WORTH MORE THAN A MILLION i i | | | | | | | church, | ness. |When her husband dled about 23 {years ago she went to live with her | daughter and moved Newington about 15 with her to vears ago. After a short stay in that place the ! family moved to California. She leaves her daughters, a son, Harry Lyons; a niece, Miss Susan Forrest; a nephew, Dr. F. B. For- est of West Main street, and sev- eral grandchildren. Mrs. Doolittle Brennison Mrs. Doolittle Brennison, widow of Charles Brennison and a resident of this city for the past 60 years, died Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Flavia Rivers of Dwight street after a short ill- Sha was 72 years old. Mrs. Brennison was born in Canada, the danghter of Mr. and Mrs. John Poyer. Her brother was the late Dr. John B. Poyer. who passed away several years ago. Surviving her are her daughter, Mra. Rivers: a sister, Mrs. Fred Robinson of Saybrook Point, and; nine grandchildren of this city. Funeral Services were held vyes- terday morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of her daughter and 9 o'clock at the Church of St. John the Evangelist. A solemn high mass ‘of requiem was celebrated by | Rev. Thomas J. Laden, the pastor. As the remains were being borne from the church at the conclusion of the services, Mra. John Remington sang “Beautiful Land on High.” The pall hearers were Charles Rivers, Sr.. Charles Rivers, Jr.. John Rivers, Edward Rivers. George Rivers, Jr.. and John Murphy. Com- mittal services ware conducted by Father Laden at the grave at 8t Mary's cemetery. Funerals i Fri¢ Iljgren, i Funeral services for Erie Liljgren | of 359 Main atret were held yester- | day afternoon at o'clock at | Erwin chapel. Rev. Dr. Abel A. Ahl- quist, pastor of the First Lutheran | officlated. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. Joseph Schilling Funeral services for Joseph Schil- ling, 71 Grove street, superitnendent : of the Russell & Erwin branch of the American Hardware Corporation until he retired about 13 years ago. were held yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Peter's church. A | solemn high mass of requiem was ! celebrated by Rev. Father Haug of Cantonville, Md., assisted by Re: Charles Coppens, deacon: Re Daniel Massey, sub deacon; and Rev. !Standard Ofl .. BULLISH WARKET GREETS TRADERS Favorable Developments Re- Tlected in Prices New York, May 31 (M—Specula- tors for the advance, aided by a series of favcrable week-end finan- cial development, resumed their opperations in aggressive fashion in today’s stock market. Bullish en- thusiasm was created by the large surplus reserve shown in last Sat- urday's clearing house statement, the unusually low rate of the new government financing, the prospects next congress and the distribution of more than half a million dollars ininterest and dividend payments around the first of the month. Call money renewed at 4 1-2 per cent, but a lower rate was looked for before end of week. Selling broke out here and there but gengrally of- ferings were well absorbed. Pitts- burgh and Westy Virginia, for in- stance, after selling down 3 points to 153, quickly soard to 165. Early gains in the popular issues ran from 1 to 10 points. U. 8. Steel common crossed $175 a share for the first time, and was followed into mew high ground by nearly two score other issues. The list included Baldwin, Westinghouse Air Brake, International Nickel, ‘Houston Ofl, American Water Works Detroit Edison, International Tele- phone, Public Servica of New Jer- scy and Standard Gas and Electric. Speculative belier that important changes in in the making more than offset the disappointing nature of many of the April traffic reports now being pub- lished. Pere Marquette, Reading, ‘Texas and Pacfic, Chicago and East ern Illinols common ad preferred, “Katy” common and Wabash com- mon all touched new highs. THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High Low Close Al Che & Dye 144 American Can Am Car & Fd Am Loco .... Am Sm & Re Am Sugar ... Am Tel & Tel Am Tobacco . Am Woolen Anaconda Cop Atchison Bald Loco Balt & Ohifo. | Beth Steel |Calit Pet {Can Pac Cer De Pasco Ches & Ohlo CM& S P.. 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Unfon Pac .. 179% United Fruit . 134 U 8 Ct Ir Pipe 240 U S Ind Al .. 6% U'S Rubber .. 5213 U S Steel .... 176 Wabash Ry .. | Father Kaicher of Hartford, master | ward Bak B . 2 | Matthias Rival sang “Pie Jesu” and wijlys Over .. Edith Mae Cummings, who four years ago was a telephone operas tor in Detroit, has since that time made more than $1,000,000 in real estate deals. 5 Visiting New York she demonstrates that she has . of ceremonies. At the offertory of the mass, Mrs. as the body was being borne from the church John B. Lindeay render- ed ‘Just As T Am, Without One Plea.” The pall bearers were Wil- liam Scott, Aden Andrus, Charles Parker, Louis T. Shipps, Arthur Volz, and Joseph Taucher. Father Coppens conducted the committal services. Burial was in St. Mary's old cemetery. Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone 1623-2. 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Olds Motor Works has reduced prices of all body types of the Olds- mobile six from $50 to $115, effec- tive tomorrow. Surplus of $245,471 for April is! reported by the Hocking Valley rail- road in contrast to a deficit of £5 272 in April last year making sur-' plus for the four months this year $904,021 against 2437, in the same period of 1926. Crude ofl production in California last week averaged 628,450 barrels daily, a decline of 2,400 barrels daily from the week before. Tha Tos Angeles basin averaged 343,700 ! daily, a drop of 3,500 daily. General Necessities corporation | has called for retirement on July 1 ' all its outstanding $930,000 serial 6 per cent gold notes and $3,000,000 | first mortgage 6 per cent bonds at 102 1-2 and interest. SR Une rmood sag Une Woodbridge, N. J., clajms the smallest house of w, Hugh Ferris, a New York arche itect, peeping into the future, has designed a tall building of glass and steel, of which the above is a model. Not 8nly for beauty's sake, but to gain a maximum of light in crowded districts, Mr, Ferris declares his design prac« tical and desirable, WORLD'S TINIEST CHURCH vorskip in tha 8 evi M four feet by ;m Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley Landers, F .. N B Machine N B Machine prd picture was snapped was on his way to London and Paris to put in a summer composing new _Gunes for it BEDDING PLANTS We invite You to vislt ewr Greenhouses |on Johmson St., Maple il ‘nw. Mata St Tel. 886, Prot. “The Telegraph Florist of New Christian woWd, and gives these measurements a: space, eight feet by four; pulpit space, “‘more than two or three are gathered the open lot behind t! b ested are hereby warned of said hearing and are requested to attend. DAVID L. NAIR, \ Committes Chairman. lost mone of her cunnirg by operating the switchboard at her hotel,