New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1927, Page 10

10 BUTTCOPS AUTO |t e (CHIDREN ASTIN | City lems TOEVADE CAPTURE FIRE' FOUND SAFE: Suspected Bootleggers Rip Run- ning Board Off Police Car The identity of two men who eluded apprehension by the police Saturday night on Lawlor street and abandoned the automobile in which they were riding, on Winter street, had not been learned by the author ities this aft The polic have a five can of & which was found in the ca Acting on wnformation by an anonymous compl tective Sc ger and Me- Cue and yun drove in th to Concord and awaited which, accord- turday evenin ihe arrival of a car, ing to the informant, would ¢ cohol. arrived at 54 Con- the Grabowski r a while, the car drove oul vard with the polic g it. On Lawlor str veant Flynn \gainst the curb by driving close to i, but as Sergeant McCu out and started towards the trapped chine, the driver of sieered at the police car, running board oft it fiying start towards North s The police resumed the cha were gradually overhauling the o -ar on Winter street when the two occupants ieaped out and ran away. It was learned t the car is regis- tered in the name of one of the Gra- Jowski brothers, and at 11:30 o'clock <ome time after the incident on Law- lor street, Charles Grabowski report- -4 that the car had been stolen it iront of the Y. M. C. A. at Main and Court street Charles Grabowskl is the young man who was arrested several days ago for breach of the peace and dis- -harging firearms without a permit, only to have both charges nolled when his brothers, who made the Ser- the car somplaint, did not appear in court. | The brothers were later arrested for contempt of court, but decision in their cases was reserved until Thurs- day, June 9, by Judge W. C. Hun- gerford, after Attorney Thomas F. McDonough raised the point that the subpoena served on them did not oblige them to attend court because they had not been tendered their witness fees at the time they were summoned. French Will Celebrate Feast of St. Jean, June 26 The Federation of the French So- siety of New Britain, at a meeting held at St. Jean's hall, completed arrangements for the observance of the feast of St. Jean de Baptiste, which will occur on June 26. committee in charge of the celebra- tion includes C. Routier, F. Valliers, Joseph Cote, A. Goselin and Mrs. H. PLATES STOLEN Meriden, June 6 (P—Mrs. Mary Bradshaw of 8 South Second street reported to the police that number plates on her automobile had been stolen while her machine was park- ed in Plantsville Saturday. The numbers are believed to be those used on & car occupled by three men who held up and robbed auto- ists in New Britain and Southing- ton late last night. ETHEL | S 2o () OWE HA%&)E LEFDT Hin s 16T / De- | ain i nen fol- | jumped | AT“BLOOD” 04 HIGHWAY It Proves to Be Red Paint | But ' Spilled in Head-on ! Collision. (Special 1o the Herald) Bristol, June 6—Several women riding along the Terryville road this morning, after an automobile acei dent, fainted when they saw wha believed was blood on the high- Tt proved to be red paint. light coupe driven by H. Carlson of 49 Crescent Drive, this city, and a truck owned by Bris- tol Grain and Feed Co., and driven Ly Walter A. Ziner of 20 Holt street, Terryville, were in a head-on colli- sion. Carlson had a supply of red paint in his car and it was spilled on the pavement. He was taken to ithe office of Dr. M. A. Gore by Louis As am street and his injurics, which were not of & , were attended to. way. A, THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF S. W. SHIPPING DEPT. Lambs Defeat Goats in Baseball — Outdoor Banquet Served At Huggins' Gorge an 50 members of the shipping department of the Stanley Works held their third annual out- y at Huggins' Gorge, anby., Eight automobiles, set out from New Britain at about 11 o'clock in the morning, return- ing in the evening about 6:30. Fea- turing the outing were an outdoor | banquet and a snappy baseball game between the Lambs and the Goats. The committee in charge of the affair consisted of Mrs. Flora Mac- Cormick, chairman; Thomas She; | dan, assistant chairman; William feehan, Charles Walcott and Miss Alice Murzyn. The big feature of the outing was the baseball game, a seven-inning affair, which was called off unfin- ished on account of the rain. The |Lambs won, 7 to 8. Those taking part in the game twere: Lambs, Charles Walcott, captain; A. J. Skroupski, Alice Murzyn, William | Meehan, Stella Malegora, Lucien Macora, Alice MacAloon, Bessie |Cullinan and Joseph MacCormick; ! , Walter Duplin, captain; Mary nski, Jerome MacCormick, | “Nick" Carter, Henry Meehan, {Thomas Sheridan, Frederick Lue- beck, Michael Meskill and Helen Walcott. | Among those present were Mr! |and Mrs. Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. Du- {plin, Mr. and Mrs. Lucbeck. Helen MacCormick, Aurelia Zazzina, Rose Velardl. Rernard Grogan, Jennie Jennie Janick and Kenneth Fish. Goal b The | YALE CREW OUT Gales Ferry, Conn., June 6 (P— Yale's varsity shell was the first of | the Blue's boats to take the first dip in the Thames river in preparation for the annual Yale-Harvard regat- ta today. FOUR LOSE LICENSES | The police were notified today of the return of the operator's licenses of Henry Bilodeau of 40 Beaver street, Vittorio Daddario of 411 Myrtle street, Edward Malietta of 31 ranklin street and Einar Freber;l lof 173 Hart street. Then and Now NEW BRITAIY DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JUM (Continued From First Page) | from the nearest fire hydrant that firemen were powerless to combat | the flames. All the available hose in | the town were used, but there was ot enough to reach the burning structure. ! By a ypeculiar stroke of fate a| large pond. known both as Garvin's rond and the “The Old Mill Pond” | stands within 100 feet of the house, I but there was no fire pumper and before a bucket brigade could be or- ganized the house was destroyed Nothing was lsft but ®he chimney and the foundation walls. No fu riture was saved and so complete was the destruction that there was nothing worth salvaging afterwards. 'wo kitehen ranges lying in the debris in the cellar and a fow twis od rods, which one time formed | parts of metal beds, are the only things left to attest to the fact that the ruins represent former human habitation. The fire was spectacular. Blazing embers were carried for hundreds of feet in all directions. The flam spread to a hedge surrounding the front dooryard and followed clear around the hedge leaving a charred mass of what was once foliage. ! The hose truck on the way to the | fire sank to the hubs in the mud ed ruts and holes in the strect, and firemen were unable to ext cate it until another truck backed lin and towed it out after 4 a, m.{ 0 add to the excitement, some of the neighboring women announc- ed that two of the Lucowicz children were missing and probably were |burned. A search was made but no one had seen them. All day yes- Iterday firemen and volunteer help- jers kept up the search, pouring {buckets of water upon the ruins to cool them and digging around in the { debris looking for the children’s re- mains. Sunday night it was discovered that the father and his wife, who is ill, were at Northampton, Mass.. while thé two children who were | thought .to have been burned, were with a relative in Hartford. There some live stock on the Lucowicz property, two plgs, sev- {eral geese and chickens and a large {dog. The dog was not noticed dur- | |ing the fire but was found chained {to a kennel in the yard this morn- ling. The livestock was unharmed. Constables Walsh and R. V. Hal- loren investigated the origin of the |fire today. Mr. Walsh stated that' {be had attempted to interview Mr. |Lucowicz Jast night but without | much success. The house and fur- Intture were covered by $5.000 in- j.mmnm The house undoubtedly | was set on fire by somcone, an in- surance man stated this morning, lafter viewing the ruins. “Tabs” Decorate Graves Of Deceased Members Members of the Y. M. T. A. & B. society followed the annual custom of years yesterday afternoon when they made a pilgrimage to the two Catholic cemeteries and placed ! wreaths of flowers on the graves of ! their deceased members. They took | | part in ceremony at 3 o'clock at St. Mary's old cemetery and then de- {parted for St. Mary's new cemetery where exercises were held at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. John Glatz Married for 25 Years | Mr. and Mrs. John Glatz of 70 Brook street celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their home | yesterday. Many of their friends were present from Torrington, Wa- terbury, South Manchester, East Berlin and New Britain. OPPOSE KOTKIN PERMIT Property owners in the locality of Willow and Talcott streets will ask the board of adjustment to reverse the building commission and corpor- ation counsel's office in granting B. Kotkin a permit for extension of a on-conforming use at that corner. Kotkin has maintained a junk-yard | there for several years. The place is zoned for residence purposes, but since that ordinance could not gov- ern existing uses he has continued in business. His application, filed May 11, was held up by Inspector A. N. Rutherford pending a conference with the corporation counsel, which took place today. HOLD ANNUAL PICNIO The spring outing of the Men's Bible class of the First Congrega- gational church was held at Laurel Terrace on *the Connecticut river near Middletown Saturday after- noon. More than 30 members at- tended. The feature was a ball | game between “China,” headed by | Rev. A. D. Heininger, and “Ameri- ca,” headed by Rev. Warren M. Blodgett. The Chinese played a “laundry game" and “cleaned up" r the crowd. Brief addresses were made by Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene, Rev. Warren M. Blodgett and Rev. A. D. Heininger, A. N. Lewis and Mr. Baldwin. NDERED SURPRISE PARTY A surprise party was tendered Bernard Lipsitz at the home of his sister, Miss Sadie Lipsitz last eve- ning, the occasion heing in honor of Mr. Lipsitz's graduation from New York University this coming Wed- nesday. Many gucsts from New New Bedford were pres- ipsitz was the recipicnt of many heantiful gifts, ent. LEY HONORED a Bentley of New Brit- ain was elected correspondent secre- tary of the Connecticut State Feder- ation of Business and Professional Women's clubs at the annual con- |ventlon held in Stamford Satur Miss Cora M. Beale of this city was elected one of the three directors elected for three years. WILL OF HATTIE A, BLINN The entirs e of the late Hatti= A, Blinn is left to Jennie T. Carpenter, according to the will, filed today in probate court. Jennie T. Carpentsr is appointed executrix without bonds. The will was drawn September 24, 1928, READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS | Rock {of the wing in order Leland Le Clair, driven by Omer Le Clair of Augusta, | pital here. E 6, 1927. —_—— == E. Racklific will entertain M. 8. of Trinity M. E. her home on Kensington avenue tomorrow afternoon. Mrs, Frank O'Dea of 130 Smith street was removed to the New Brit- neral hospital Friday evening, suffering from a sudden attack of appendicitis. She was operated on at midnight. Hor condition is de- scribed as scrious. The regular meeting of New Brit- ain Council, Royal Arcanum, will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Plans will be completed for a union meeting on June 21, when a large class of candidates will be initiated by the degree team of Davenport council of New Huven. Mrs. M Nelson of 115 Black avenue has been admitted to the New Britain General hospital for treatment to an injured hip which she suffered during a fall on an icy sidewalk on February 11. Miss Alice Humphrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Humphrey of 633 Arch street, has arned to her home from New Britain General hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Suit for $700 damages has been brought by John Keyko, through B. J. Monkiewicz, agalnst Harry and Wladislawa Farrell. Deputy Sheriff Matthew Papciak served the papers. Mrs. Anna Helen, of left on a v Egan and daughter, Burritt street, have ation trip to Bermuda. CLUE T0 FLOATING WING Part of Plane Found Last Month May Have Been That of the Long Lost Captain James. West London, June 6 (#—That airplane wing found floating in waters of Fort Pond y last ¥ by patrol boat 390 of the coast ard, and brought here to the local base, may have come from Captain James' plane, the British ace who! was lost May 29, 1919, is indicated in a letter that has been rcceived by the New London Day from D. D. James of Strathroy, Ont,, a brother of the fll who secks a description that he way attempt to positively identify it as part of his brother's plane. The records show that Captain James, winner of the Pulitzer alr| trophy in 1919, was lost while at-| tempting a flight from Lee, Mas: Mineola, Long Island. He 1 the morning of May 29 but reached Mineola. When Iz 2 on | nd Sound at a distance of about 5,000 feet, with his | motor apparently running smoothly. | His position, at that time, if main- tained would have brought him in | the vicinity wherein the airplane | | wing was found by the coast guard | patrol boat, for Pond Bay is located | along Long Island sound, although | an extensive scarch for his plane was made for several days. Paralyzed Graduate to Attend Class Reunion New Bedford, Mass., June 6 (®#— | Major Ambrose I. Moriarty, U. 8. A., | retred, formerly stationed at the| Boston army base but now at Fort | Rodman, 4 former Indian fighter| who has been disabled for more than 20 years left today for West Point to attend the 40th reunion of his class. He was disabled in the winter of 1892-93 while on frontier duty, and is unable to move hand or foot. A special car took him to the New York boat in Fall River. He was born in Connecticut in 156 graduated from West Point in 1887, and retired in 1894 for disability. In 1895 he took his LL.B. at Yale, fol- lowing with an L.M. in 1896, FIFTH VICTIM DIES Waterville, Maine, June 6 (P— Peter Bonsant of Augusta whose | wife and three year old grandson, | wera burned to | death last night when a roadster | was in collision with another car, died carly today in the Sisters hos- Five others, who were injured were expected to recover, " and st sighted lin flying low over the Yale bowl in | | he was flying over Connecticut in the | New Haven | direction of Long I 'BARRED FROM STATE FOR SKIMMING BOWL (Continued from First Page.) means th th untry a plane. efficient pilots with whom Mr. Nel- <on has ever been acquainted. He able to fly anything rrying passengers in W the motor would run and could sV;l!’i any and all conditions | C aloft under and if forced to come down, land anywhere with safe “He very resourceful ma,” said M on, “and T knew that if his motor kept going, he would 1k Lindbergh's record, He was everything he did, but ient.” To devil trait of the could was aviation meet in Hartford, Cham- berlin, in the dark hours of night, | ent out to get his plane and start ck for Hashrouck Heights, N. J. His friends tried to p to remain in Hartford the next morning be flying at that time was practically unknown. Chamberlin laughed said that he would get to his des- tination all right and with a non- chalant wave of his hand. he set off and was soon lost in the black of night. There were no heacons 3} flving at night was a very pre- wrious adventure. Nevertheles mberlin arrived without an accident at the home field. on alko recalled that C berlin landed only a short time after onc of the wheels on plane had broken off without any accident to himself or the children he had riding with One of these girls was Miss Eloyse Levine, daughter of the backer of the flight ind companion of Cham- berlin on the flight which was fin- hed this morning. The distance from Hartford to Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., is 135 mi according to the measure- ments made when Lieut. Dixon and Nelson made the trip two months go. “Chamberlin deserves credit in the world, son. “I Knew he and leav all would make the flight across the Atlantic if his mo- ! tor kept going and with a Wright Brothers motor such as he had in ! much | the Columbia, there wasn't chance of its going bad. The way inspect just, the ship, like the stunt he pull which made him an So Fast Cook a hot breakfast now in 2% to 5 minutes UICK QUAKER cooks in less time than it takes you to pre- pare plain toast. That means a hot, nourishing breakfast in a hurry. It means an excellently balanced ration; combining protein, carbo- hydrates and vitamines — plus the “bulk” to make laxatives less often needed — cooked and served without muss or bother. in which record set demonstrate | pilot, | on recounted that after the | rsuade him | use night | and | John the his | two | him, | the | said Mr. Nel- | 10 he flew low over the Mauretania to | is just like him* Why go on with less nourishing | foods? Quaker Oats and milk is the dietetic urge of today. Start every day that way. Your grocer has Quick Quaker— also Quaker Oats as you have always known them. ' Quick Quaker ey JoNEs e -, B 'CITYIHALL Collar-Attached Shirts White and Fancy $2.50 to $5.00 ‘ineflicient pilot’ in this state. He has had no backing of the army or any his flying on his own hook. He has been an aviator for about five years fand in that time I have known fim | very well.” The last time Chamberlin was in New Britain was about a year and a half ago. He was “barnstorm- to travel about ling the country at that time. Nel- son fecls proud of the fact that Me was one of the most il'hamlmrlin is his friend and he is at- | oxulting in the success of the tempt te beat the long distance up by Lindbergh. Bert Acosta, who accompanied mberlin in the flight which broke the world record for sustain- ed flying. is also well known in Conneeticut. He also from flying here following a court al on Long Island although the suspension was lifted in about six months. Nelson could not say whetheg the ban on Chamberlin had cver been lifted by Connecticut au- thorit Miss Gilstafson BEde Of Roman J. Consic Miss Lillian Gustafson of Connec- ticut avenue and Roman J. Consic of Moodus were married this morn- ing at 8 o'clock at the Church of St. angelist. Rev. John F Donahue, pastor of Joseph's church, ociated. ROM New York, . Bellanca, designe I FLIGHT 1S NEXT June 6 (Pi—Giuseppe of the mono- which carried ,Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles Levine to Germany, today an- nounced that a flight ® Rome from N York in a “single motored ne’ will be made probably in October. The names of the pilot, the navigator and the backer he did not wish to divulge at this time, AUTOMOBILE STOLEN The police were notified this aft ernoon that an automobile truck owned by William Doherty, former local policeman, was stolen in Mid- dletown, GREAT SPECIAL OFFER JUNE ONLY . 5 10 DAYS Prve. PHONE (o, TODA FEureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. 5 Arch St. Room GARDEN Every spring there is some- thing to be replenished in the -line of garden imple- ments. You need new clip- pers for the hedges, hose for the lawn and spraying pumps for the insects. In our general hardware store you can find anything you want in garden tools. We carry the best and most effi- cient things. Restock your tool house now. THE ABBE HARDWARE CO0. 405 Main St. Telephone 407 THOROUGH EYE EXAMINATIONS Glasses Fitted HENRY F. REDDELL Optometrist 9 W. Main St Phone 1188 organization but did most of | was banned | BALANCE EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS | MISS. RIVER FLOOD RECEDING QUICKLY Riits of Land Appearing in All Localities New Orleans, June 6 (A—The tail end of the unprecedented Mississip~ pl Valley flood was racing to the sea today through the ten mile cur- rent of the Atchafalaya river, regis- tering a slow rise in the southern portion of the eastern basin but gen- crally receding in the upper reach- es. The Atchafalaya has proved such a millrace for the flood water that the outpouring volume that passes Morgan City has caused the flood | level to be reduced for miles around {in comparison with the stages re- | corded on the same line to the east | ana west. { Grand ! bodics of Atchafalaya empties before emerg- | ing to find a short outlet to the Gulf of Mexico have taken up great volumes of the flood water by serv- ng as temporary reservoirs. | The rise in the southern portion of the Atchafalaya river basin has | been at a rate of from two-tenths to threo-tenths of a foot in each 24 hours while at Morgan City on the TLake rater and other large tually at a standstill for several days Feeding of hundreds of persons who took to houseboats or made themsclves ecomfortable in upper floors of dwellings continues in the flooded basin to the south, while in | the north portions. | steadily emerge from waters. | READ HERAID CLASSIFIED ADS | | HEY® LO GOT FOR JUST it into* which the | | main river the gauge has been vir- | ridges of land | the muddy | ' %Necco Crackly honeycombed molasses, peanut butter: chocolate coated FLIER BERNED TO DEATH. 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