New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1927, Page 18

SR s e R S Mo i Rarcro e appointed executor of the estate. The will was drawn July 7, 1924. Kirkham, Cooper Hungerford and AN ER | Camp was the law firm representing | the testatrix. - | The Commercial Trust Co. has been appointed by Judge Bernard F. ST R i B No Casualties, But Heavy Daim- | Simenres ¢ Reported Simon Alexewicz. Qklahoma City, Okla., June 2. | Reports from central Oklahoma to- | day indicated heavy property fllm-“ age was caused last night by a tor- i nado, high winds, rain and hail. Although a score of homes are leveled at Stroud and buildings were | phone conversation with Secretary damaged at Onapa and other points | of War Davis in Washington. by wind and hail, no casualties Were | yinqpereh jg due to arrive in! reported. Residents of Stroud l"’la“’ Washington on the cruiser Memphis | the tunnel shaped cloud approachitg |y, 5q 11 ang atter being received by (Continued from First Page) BRITISH CELEBRATE and hastened to storm cellars. Railroad tracks were washed out near Westville during a torrential rain, Kansas City, Mo. June 2 (UP)— Considerable property damage was done by hail and winds which swept the southwest last night, reports reaching here today said. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missourl and Arkansas re- ported hail storms and some crop | damage. Oklahoma City reported hail, wind and electrical storms in many parts of the state. With damage to per- sonal property and crops. A three inch rain fell at while residents near Stroud took to storm cellars to escape a near tor- nado. Telephone and telegraph commun- jcation was disrupted to parts of the state, windows were broken fruit damaged. Parts of southern Kansas reported YJail, southern Missourl felt the storms and northern and western Arkansas reported several thousand dollars damage. Louisville, Ky., June 2 (P—Addi- tional reports from isolated sections of eastern Kentucky hit by a cloud- burst Sunday increased the known dead yesterday to 31, with the pos- sibility of this number being in- creased considerably when a com- plete survey of the damage can be made. Kate M. Wilcox’s Will Filed in Pro%ate Court The will of the late M. Wilcox, fil- ed today in probate court, provides for numerous bequests to relatives. The sum of $3,000 each is left to four grandsons, Edward ‘Wilcox Burleson Theodore Mann ‘Burledin, Kenneth Pomeroy Burleson and Al- lan Willard Burleson. The sum of 41,500 is left to another grandson, Erwin Wilcox Sloper. The tetatrix’s house and lot at 56 Grove Hill is Tiousehold furniture. All the rest and residue of the estate is to be divided between two daughters Annie May ‘Wilcox and Myra Wilcox Sloper. The New Britain National bank is Cushing, OKla., | and | left to a daughter. |velt said, “nor have I requested him Annia May Wilcox, together with alk|to attend any function or | the president will fly from Wash- ington to Miller FieldwStaten Is-| |land, June 14. | | The airman wil cross the harbor | (on the city tug Macom, through l[ {lane of welcoming steamers gnd |beneath a squadron of airplanes. | | From the battery he will be taken| |in a parade up Broadway and re-| | ceive an official welcome at City hall, | Fifth Avenue Parade | Then will follow a big parade up Fifth avenue to Central park where | Governor Smith will decorate him | { with the state medal for valor. | Captain Lindbergh will remain in New York three days, attending re- | ceptions and dinners, and on Friday, | | June 17, he will fly to St. Louis, ar- | riving there that afternoon. From then on his itinerary will be a con- | stant round of honors in various| parts of the country. | | Lindbergh in a trans-Atlantic | radio-telephone conversation from | | London to New York with R. R.| Blythe, one of the backers of his | | W ey > AT JAMESTOWN Touring the United States on a trade mission, a party of British business men stopped off at JaXngp- town, Va., to participate in the celebration of the 320th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown Island, the first British settlement in the land. Here they are grouped at the base of the monyment of John Smith, founder of the colony. flight said: | “I consider it a great honor | from President Coolidge to attend | 1) when Captain Charles A. Lind- | the reception in Washington. | “I'will be aboard the cruiser Mem- phis and will land where she reaches | port. T cannot, however, overlook | what the people of New York did | | for me before T started.” To Fly to New York | He said he planned to fly the | Spirit of St. Louts from Washington to New York as soon as the recep- tion at the capital is ended. Published rumors that the Wash- ington reception had been planned |at an eleventh hour “to put one over | e !on Tammany’'s home town” and fn | into unusual enthusiasm, realizing {which connection the name of | Perhaps, that its welcome, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt <was | that of any other city will typify the mentioned met with a denial by the | gratitude of the whole country. colonel that he had any part In the | After he has been honored by ‘Washington reception plan. | President Coolidge on behalf of the “I have never had anything to do | nation, Lindbergh will be free to go | with the plans for Captain Lind- to New York, from where he first bergh's reception,” Colonel Roose- | flew to fame, to St. Louis which made his history making flight pos- {own people personified by their president. This young fller whose exploits of the air have stirred the admiration | of the world who know and understand him equal to his remarkable reception in lands where he was a stranger. Although accustomed to great events, Washington has been fired whatsoever. I did not suggest to | may be granted the privilege of the president that he be asked to |honoring him. Washington.” Meanwhile, having learned that ‘Washington's Plans. \Captaln Lindbergh desires to return Washington, June 2 (#—A nation, ' direct to Washington, the president’s unlike | dinner | sible and to any other cities which | | the details of the reception upon a | bergh, arriving aboard the cruiser | District of Columbia commission | est vessels afloat, femphis, is to be acclaimed by his | headed by John Hays Hammond. | reach the | The extent of Washington the flyer's stay in will be dctermined alone by his wishes and whether he | | flies to New York after one day |rail, are plans which must await his decision. { The exact time of the official re- | ception also is a detail to be deter- | mined later. Lindbergh is scheduled | to reach Washington Saturday, June 11, but if the arrival is very late at sident Coolidge will decor- th the Distinguished Serv- Monday shortly before | the exccutive leaves for his vaca- tion. The more definite part of the pro- gram, however, was being worked out carcfully. Long before the Mem- phis sights land, army and navy air- men plan to push out in a flect of planes to meex the flyer and guide him up the Potomac to the capital. convinced that official sanction for this welcome will be given. This A to | eager to reward uncommon skill and Isnechl cabinet committee has pli\c-“ probably would be near sundown have reccived a personal Invitatlon | va15r 1ooked forward today to June | ed responsibility for working out of | since the naval officers were certain that the Memphis, one of the fast- will be able to Virginia Capes by that | time, | During his stay Lindbergh will be | President and Mrs. Coolidge at the in Washington, is destined to find a | here in his “Spirit of St. Louis,” or | White House and it is probable that | homecoming at the hands of folks | in a government plane, or goes by | the flyer's mother also will be asked | to stay there. She has declded to | take part 1n the national welcome. ' Donahey Invites Lindy To Visit Canton, Ohio | Columbus, O., June 3 (A—Gov- {ernor Donahey today cabled Myron | T. Herrick, United States ambassa- :«lcr to France, asking him to invite | Charles A. Lindbergh, trans-Atlantic | fier, to visit Canton, Ohio, during ‘lhe State American Legion conven- ‘lirm. July 25 and 26. The cable was |sent “On behalf of Ohio,” and the |governor said if the invitation is accepted he will confer some special | honor upon the flier to be determin- ed later. the guest of | City Items Valerian Cleszynski has returned from a business trip to Worcester and Boaton. There will be a meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America this evening at 8 o'clock at Red Men's hall following the junior meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the Polish Businessmen’s assocla- tion will be held tonight at the Fal- con’s hall. B. A. Grzybowski and Stanley Karpinski are schedutee to speak at the organization meeting of the Polish Republican club of Walling- ford on Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alpert ot 426 Chestnut street will sail Baturday from New York for an extensive trip through Europe. They expect to visit England, Scotland and the colntries of the continent, returning to this city late in the summer. Canonicius branch of Sunshine soclety will meet Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Trinity Methodist church. Rabinow-Raschkow Real Estate Co. reports the sale of property situ- ated at Roxbury road and Carlton street, Belvidere for A. Sherpeloff to Mrs. Mary Real. Norwich Academy Safe Is Looted During Night Norwich, Conn., June 2 (P—The lock of the safe in the office of the Norwich Free academy was broken last night and $90 taken, the acad- emy officials informed police today. It was their belief that the burglar or burglars had been after $1,000 which had been placed in the safe Decoration Day following the base- ball game with the academy and the Warren G. Harding high school - of Bridgeport. The money, receipts of the game was deposited in a local bank Tuesday. The lock was smashed with a crowbar which was left in the office. FIRE IN BRANFORD Branford, Conn., June 2 (M—Fire of undetermined origin today de- stroyed a barn on West Main street and some ofl, tar and several im- plements belonging to the state highway department which is re- pairing highways here. The loss was estimated at $8,000. The barn belonged to a Mr. Rowkosky who had rented it to the highway depart- | ment for storage purpose. * You’lll like Q. B. THE NEW BRITAIN HERALD Over 14,000 Printed and Distributed Daily The only paper in New Britain whose circu- lation is audited. Wherever advertisers con- gregate, circulation is the main topic of con- versation, and well it might be, for it stands to reason that the more people see an ad, the more people are contacted, and the in- vasion into the potential field of buyers is more complete. 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