New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1927, Page 3

$3,000 TO REMODEL NO. 4 FIRE HOUSE Board to Make Recommendation fo Gommon Gonneil Two recommendations, one for 35,000 for the expense of remodeling No. 4 fire house, and the other for $1,500 for grading at No. 7 fire sta- tion will be made at the monthly meeting of the common council next Wednesday evening, the fire board voted last night. Cornelius J. Dehm was re-elected | chairman, Thomas J. Meskill was re- elected clerk, and Chief Willlam J.| Noble succeeded himself as head of | the fire department. Matters of routine nature occupied the attention of the board. Two| candidates, James D. Hewett, 21, of i1 Madison street, and Francis Cro ley, 23, of 14 Brook street were ap- Phillp J. Parquette, 30, of 181 Wil- son street and Paul Kratzke, 24, of 111 Linwood street, appeared before pear before the board’s physician for a physical examination. Appli- cations were recelved from Vincent | F. Egan, 26 years old, of 150 Curtis | street, and Patrick A. Kelley, 26, of | 47 Farmington avenue. i A letter was received from W. L. | Hatch Co. advising the board tha the company would pay $100 for damage in the rear of the, police de- | partment, which is owned jointly by | the police and fire departments. The board voted to delegate the clerk to | see the corporation counsel with a | view of obtaining his opinion as to the disposal of the check. A letter from A. F. Hawes, state fire warden, which suggested that the board agree to have a local fire warden who would be paid jointly by | the state and city for work on for. est fires within the limits of this ci was read. The letter was addressed to Mayor Gardner C. Weld, who for- | warded it to the board. On motion | of commissioner T. J. Shanahan, it| was voted to inform the mayor that the board and were ordered to ap-| pointed to the substitute force. the members felt the department would be able to take care of forest fires in this city withont state help. voted to hold a special ! Friday evening to make a final decision on changes in the rules | of the department. The meeting will | be called at 7:30 o'clock. NOW YOU ASK ONE Five About the War The first five of the questions to- day deal with the World W 1—Did the United States d war on Austria and Germar same time? 2—Approximately how many Americans were killed in battle and died of wounds received in action? 3—Between what powers was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed? 4—What were the first two na- tions to declare war on each other? 5—How long after the sinking of the Lusitania did the U. S. sever diplomatic relations with Germany? 6—Who are “Baseball's Big Four?” 7—How wide is the Zone controlled by States? $—What state 1s known as Panhandle State?" 9—In what ancient kingdom was the shekel a unit of money? 10—What sfate in the union has the most residents per square mile? P'anama Canal the United *“‘the WILKE FAILS AGAIN Fairbanks, Alaska, June § (P— Defeated by circumstances and the elements for the second successive year in his attempted conquest of the Arctic “blind spot,” George Wil- kins, Australian aerial explorer, was back in Fairbanks last night with the announcement he had abandoned his expedition for the season. e —— By the Assciated Press. New York—Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the W. C. T. U, is painfully surprised that Chamber- lin and Levine asked for beer as soon as they landed in Germany. She thinks millions of Americans share her feelings. In contrast, she said in a speech, Lindbergh did not touch a drop of alcohol in France and “the United States is proud of him for it.” Newark, N. J.—Pooh Pooh for 331 and 42 hours as records for a long stay in the air, says Steeple- jack Kelly. He vows that for eight days and eight nights he will re- main in a bosun’s chair at the peak| of a 39-foot flagpole on an eight- story hotel, St. Lounis—There are holes as big s half dollars in the boots of the military uniform of Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh, but friends shipping them to Washington at b request say he'll be standing up in them; they won't be attached to a desk by means of spurs and nobody will notice the hole: Kans.—The stork Kansas City, has flown to the home of Mr. and | Mrs. William Reynolds and left Clarence Lindburgh Reynolds. Washington—Phillips Carlin has cen sundry pitchers at world series games go up in the alr and told millions about it forthwith. Now he's going up in the air himself, up to the top of the Washington monu- ment Saturday to tell folks who tune in on the WEAF chain about a young fellow who has been much ! higher up. New York—In 1886 Dr. Emil F. Hartung and Miss Tda Allen, 17, cloped. TIn 1005 their daughter Murilla, 18, eloped with Andrew Gerndt. And now Murilla Gerndt 18, has eloped with John Grodder. Up to $300 When you need money, you need it at once. That is the way you get your money here—with no delay. We make no long drawn out, em- barrassing investigations; no co-signers are required. You get your loan on your own personal responsibilizy. Ab- solute confidence maintained. Gome in, if you need money in a hurry. lephone 4950 The Mutual System Room 112-113 ssional Bldg. Opp. Capitol Theater New Britain, Conn. Loans made in Rristol, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1927. FLASHES OF LIFE: DOES BETTER WORK: SINCE HAND WAS CRIPPLED The bride told grandpa her secret. “Don’t cry,” he said. Then after re- vealing some family history he wrote a handsome check. Hamilton, N. Y.—Gerard Swope, president of General Electric com- pany, and Herbert Bayard Swope, | executive editor of the New York | World, are both to be made doctors by Colgate next Monday, the one a doctor of science and the other a doctor of literature, New York—Dawson Geldert and Archibald Geldert, Nova Scotian brothers, are sea captains, like their | father, his si xbrothers, his father |ana his grandfather. After 30 years Captain Dawson and Archibald met for the first time when the four- masted schooner Cutty Sark and { Arthur H. Zwicker were parked in |the same creek in Brooklyn. Lewisburg, Pa~—John Heydler, | president of the National league, was prouc to make a trip from Ne York today to attend the gradua- [ tion of Christopher Mathewson, Jr. | from Bucknell, the college where | the Great Matty studied and played and found the boy's mother, New York—William Hurd Law- rence was one of the best known {illustraiors for magazines 20 years |ago and also had a reputation for | water colors. His right hand he- |came paralyzed. After years of ef- fort he trained his left. Now his work 15 regarded as much better | than it was before he was afflicted. | Rumania—After a con- | sultation between Dr. Stuys, Belgium radium expert, and Drs. Hartmann land Regaud of Paris, a bulletin was [issued stating that the condition of | King Ferdinand, ~although much | ameliorated since his recent attack of the grippe, is not satisfactor: These three physicians treated Fer- Bucharest, | dinand last January for an intesti- nal malady, Litchficld—Angelo Cammillo, Tor- rington, is acquitted of the charge of murdering Carlo Germano by jury after deliberations of three hours and fifteen minutes. Middletown—] es in con- nection with the 71st commencement exercises at Berkeley Divinity school open. Redding—Mrs, Marietta 8. celebrates her 102d birthday. Lyon New Haven—Official board of the irst Methodist church adopts reso- lution in support of pastor, Rev. nklin J. Kennedy, in charges that New Haven is a lawless city. Bristol—City council tion for Sunday afternoon pictures. grants peti- motion Discovery of six cases ate commission on s to impose a quar- Hartfori- of rabies causes domestic anims antine on dogs. El- hator and Hartford—Governor appoints wyn T. Clark of Haddam, S Samuel R. Spence sufield liam A. Hendri as elector members of the board of finance and control, pleting its membership. state com- Hartford — Governor Trumbull signs 80 bills of a public nature in the original, and NOTED LINGUIST DIES sthampton, Mass., June 8 (A— Mrs. Elizabeth Colton Spooner, wide- ly known as a linguist, being fam- illar with 57 languages and dialects, died here yesterday at the age of 76 ter a long illness. Mrs. Colton came hefore the public eyve last December when she carried to the courts her fight to regain her citi- zenship lost when she married Dr. David Brainard Spooner, noted archaeologist, a British subject. Mrs. Colton studied at Radcliffe, Yale and in Berlin, She specialized in or- iental languages, t Haven | TURGOT IS CHANP AT ST, JOSEPHS Rockwell Avenue Boy Defeats Al Comers at “Migs” | Donald Turcot of 93 Rockwell ave- |nue won the championship of the |St. Joseph's school yesterday after- |noon but rubbed the skin off his right thumb in the feat. He be- |came a 1927 school champion in the Herald-Junior Achievement marble shooting tournament which ends this week with the final games to be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morn- |ing at Willow Brook park. Robert McGrath of 750 East street land Tony Zottola of 434 South Main treet were his principal opponents. Tony took a close game from John Maguire of 102 Linwood street, score 7-6. “Bud” Brophy of 37 Winthrop street lost to Turcot in another game lon a fluke, but after defeating Zot- tola, Turcot encountered McGrath and beat him in a slow but close game. | It will be remembered that all school champions will be given their {medals Saturday morning. It will also be remembered that Dominic Cartelli, the city 1926 champion, this year again champion of the Smalley |school, and Joseph Biscola of the | Walnut Hill school are still in the contest and they will meet the boys 'who win school championships this |week at Walnut Hill park Saturday !morning. NEW BEDFORD FIRE New Bedford, Mass.,, June 8 (#— The main building of the New Bed- | | ford vocational school, housing the | carpenter and machine shops, elec- | trical shop, automobile shop and of- fice and class rooms, was wrecked |above the first floor during a three- |alarm fire here last night. 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