New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1927, Page 1

0 § # News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 TWO DEAD, OTHERS HURT WHENNITRO IN CAR EXPLODES Three Residences Destroed and | 15 Others Damaged by Terrific Blast TRAGEDY 0CCURS NEAR TOWN OF BUTLER, PENN. Automobile Truck Loaded With High Explosives Totally Des-royl.‘d-—-‘l‘wn Pedestrians Fatally ' Hurt—Force | of Blast is Felt Five Miles Away | 7 —Hole 7 Feet Deep and 12 Feet Long Marks Place of Tragedy. Ito Butler, Pa.. June 9 (#—Two men | wera killed instantly and 20 olher‘\\lnch the proprietor recognized as' Thomas F. McDonough appeared for pérsons were hurt, some seriously, when an automobile truck load of | nitroglycerine exploded on the main | highway at Lick Hill, five miles ‘rom Butler, today. Three Lick Hill sidences were destroyed and 15 nthers damaged by the force of the ‘last. | Two Others Dylng Frank Greer, of Oil City, Pa, Jriver of the truck, and an unidenti- I icd man accompanying him, were ed. Two unidentified men, walk- ing on the highway, were injured criously and doctors said their chance for recovery was slight. Oc- | Hartford, June 9 (M—It was be- cause his girl's appetite was o big | {that Julian Janik, 19, of Bristol, got | {into the shooting affair that had its| outcome today when the youth was| |sentenced tothe Cheshirs reforma- | tory by Judge \very in the superior |court here. Janlk was one of the two boys involved in a shooting affair at the 1Ly His plea this morning was guilty |an automobile. Janik, with Casimer Smulski, 19, of New Brltain, took two young wo- men to the Inp, and the girls ate| such an expensive lunch that the | boys could not pay for it.. As sure- ty for the dinner Janik exhibited | the proprietor of the’ Inn the| |registration” slip of an automobile, |the registration of a car stolen at !the Inn on February 26. He gave [this information to two patrons of the place, who, it developed, were Janik Blames His Girl’s Appetlte For Shooting Cop At Triang Sent to Reformatory At Cheslm'e‘l ! AT ARE BETTER Declares Fair Companion Ate So Much He Couldn’t Pay | Bill and Offered Stolen Auto Registration As Security. x’I‘nam;le Inn in Farmington March| to' carrying a concealed \\eapou in| 3V BRITAIN HERALD e oV o) NEW BRITAIN, IPOINGARE HOPING - TO OBTAIN TERMS I[s Gonvmced French Parliament Will Not Ratify U. S. and British Accords FEELS FREE 0 RENEW | FINANCE NEGOTIATIONS, xplains That He Has Been Making | { “Provisional” Payments on Debt | Harry “Dukie’ Keogh of 109 North | i street and Morris Freedman of 17 Account in Order to be Free to | | Dewey street pleaded gullty to the n ) charge of robbery with violence ana | 38ai8 Endeavor to Sccure Modi- | were sentenced by Judge Avery in superlor court today, Keogh to| |serve six months in jail and Freed- |man three months. Attorney! members of the Hartford police | force. i These two men accosted Janik, | the boy's three companions having | zone to the automobile. Janik drew | revolver and fired. The shot| nt wide and the police then fired | !at Janik, wounding him. He suc- ceeded in getting into the car wmcxxl started away. The proprietor then| fired at one of the tires, hit the| mark, and the boys were capturefl.i fied Terms From Amcrican Go ernment. Paris, June 9" (A—Przmier Poin- jcare told the Chamber vz Deputies | young today he hoped to get better debt | | settlement terms from the United | {States and that he inteaded to t them, Scveral months ago, the (Continued on Page 17) 'WAY BE USED AGAIN 101d Burritt, Once Vacated, Fa- vored for Junior High ants of Lick Hill houses were in- i Some eeriousts. - |BOARD ~ NOT UNANIMOUS The truck, loaded with explosives, | tiad just turned from the main high- | ay to a side rogd, en route to a! the | nitro was to| inagazine storage shed, Ulast occurred. The have been used in blowing when oil wells. Th> force of the blast was felt fl\'e‘ .niles away. Bodies 500 Yards Away Parts of the truck and the bodles | ¢ the victims were found 500 yards | vay. The home of Mrs, Edward edcig, nearby, was destroyed, as! vere two adjoining housss. Mrs. Re- |} 4g and two of her children were | mong' the injured. Others known to e been injured included W. D. Wonderly, Irene Long, Mrs. 8. J. Turner, Sadie Atnold, Mrs. M. Wal- ters and Nevada McFadden, all res- idents of Lick Hill. - Ths Butler chapter of the Amerl- | an Red Cross sent workers to the scene at once. State highway patrol- | en and state troopers look charge of the situation. Fire Yollows Blast Many telophone poles, carrying telegraph telephone and- electric wires, were ripped down, and gas tines were broken. Some of the dam- | aged houses caught fire. Lick Hill is a sparsely settled farming community. Oil well work- s from the nearby region make their home in that town. According to reports from Rouse- ille, where the truck was loaded, it contained 400 quarts of ritro. According to {ruck was turning from a paved road into a mud road, and the explosion occurred when a rear wheel slipped oft the concrete into a amall ditch. A hole seven feet deep and 12 feet long marks the spots where the ex- plosive went off. The nitro was owned by the Pro- ducers’ Torpedo company of Butler. GILL SENT TO PRISON FOR3T07 YEAR TERM Madone and Poggie, in Payroll Robbery, Go to Cheshire Virgil Gill of this city was sen- tenced to state’s prison for a term ! of five to seven years by Judge! Avery in superior court today after | having pleaded guilty to a payroll | robbery in Hartford on April 9. He | was represented by Attorney S. Ger- | ard Casale of this city. William Madone and Victor Pog- gie, who were implicated in the rob- | bery, also pleaded guilty and were | committed to Cheshire reformatory. Miss Margaret Callahan of Hart- ford, employed by the K. M. Noble ! Co., of that city, was jostled while | returning from a bank on April 9, | and a little later she missed an en- | clope containing about §$700 and| bank drafts. Madone and a compan- ion had snatched the envelope and | run to a waiting automobile in which Poggie was sitting. They drove to a secluded spot and divided the spolls, | while Gill, who knew Miss Callahan‘ would be along with the payroll | money at a certain time, did not ap- pear in the robbery. It developed. however, that he pointed out the vic- tim, as he knew her through having corked in the Noble Co. office for a short time. Gill is said to have confessed his part in the affair. He had previ-| ously given information to the po-| lice, resulting in the arrests of Wil-| drug store, and learned that he had Ryan told of the Hart- ford street robbery, which, he said.| was planned by Gill and had failed | once All implicated In the crime ad-| mitted their guilt when fonfronzedI by the evidenee in possession of the | polfce after the first Inrormauo” was obtained, eye-witnesses, the | |years of ihard to satisty | stalling Shop Classes in North End Building. Members of the school commit- tee in a four hour session for dis- cussion of classroom shortage last! night at the Vocational High school, | practically agreed to return to serv- ice the old Burritt school building at Maln and East Main street for |junior high school use. It was |abandoned several months ago when the addition to the Nathan Hale school on Tremont street was com- | pleted. The suggestion to house puplls in| [ this building on a temporary basis, | pending adjustment of schoolroom |\llfficul!y, was made by Committee- |man James J. Butler after he had been informed by Supt. Stanley H.| Holmes that the building is sound and although not entirely desirable for school purposes, can be used. Two (){ppose Move In opposing the suggestion, Com- i mitteeman M. D. Saxe declared lhc | (Continued on Page Three) 'TRUCK DRIVER BURNED T0 DEATH IN MAGHINE! Train Hits Auto on Grade Crossing Mqosup, Conn., June 9 (P—The | |driver of a truck was burned to | death about noon today when a train detoured over this division, be- cause of a freight wreck at Shan- nock, R. I, on the shore line divi- | sfon of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Moosup. The truck was forced into a bank by the train, and caught fire. The driver, only occupant of the truck at the time of the accident, had been | caught in the burning machine and could not extricate himself. No wit- nesses to the accident found. An investigation is being made NEW AUTO REGULATIONS Toropto, June 9 (P —Legislation requirthg all motorists to come to a | dead stop before grossing a provin- I'efal highway will go into effect in Ontario next week. ABANDONED SCHOOL Crisls in Accommodations sluuflon’ May Be Met Temporarily By In- | Tragedy at Moosup When‘ | struck his | Itruck at Clark's Crossing west or thought to have been the | could be | | paricularly as he re || rench parliament would not ratify {the accords with America and Great | Britain in their present form i Explains Payments | The premier said that was why he had made the “provisional” pa {ments on the debt accounts—so to keep iree to renew the negotia- CITY’S INSURANCE FOUND INADEQUATE o | Instances of Failure to Cover U 1 aeciarason cams ac to 80 Per Cent. ment does not s " the accords, drawing from Ja | P S ques Dubois, who was undersecr | tary of finance under Caill the ALLEGED FLAWS EXPOSEDuucsion: “are you progosing wiat |the chamber ratify then —_— chamber suddenly flamed int and pressed the premier for nation. s Wants Better Terms 3 .| 1 do mot propose ratification of | | Business Among Agencles in Re- |y1o" oecords,” he said, “because I | port Filed Today. hope to obtain hmze. terms, and be- | . cause parliament would ! Many parcels of city property are not agree to bind the Ltry for 62 not covered up to the required 80 |years. per cent co-insurance point, sev erali That is why I | policies contaln flaws, and the busi- | posed provisional ness has vot been equitably dis- uuld retain our 1 action tributed, the common council’s spe- | to negotiate on a new basis, Bu'im {clal committee to lnvestigate the order that we may fear rothing and fire insurance situation reported in | e truly independent of cur creditor {a statement flled today at the of- |countries, don't you think it would tice of the town clerk. be useful to have foreign moneys, The committes recommends that |and particularly money t did not |1 be empowered to request nearly | come from those credits . a scofe of changes and report at the \ August meeting whether or not, the | departments involved have given their cooperation. | cession of the French match monop- | In several instances properties cly to Svenska, the Swe were found to be over-insured, but |Corporation which has o these are greatly in the minority. {loan the government § The report of the committee, | Premier Poincare v | which was headed by Councilman |this propossd contra | William D. Boyle, follows:— nts r: “The special committee appoint- L\'ln!ag ed to check up on the fire insurance {the § carried on property of the City of |udded: New Britain. especially the school | “This is an operation to property, begs leave to submit the fattach great importa he e {ollonm; report: (pens commission has advised the “The committee has held several | government to sign the accords with | meetings and examined the policies |the United States in hope of attain- !in effect in all departments, besides ing foreign credit. { going into the matter of values or. “Certainly today the rise of the | buildings and contents and checking | franc has permitted the treasur: the lists of agents who responded to |the Bank of France not only to r the requests for this information. |establish the Morgan fund but also | “The 'onomnx recommendations | to procure a stock of collars and | are the result of this Comm“le“;z‘pgundn—bh[ parliament bas | investigation: — |ratified the accords and do |seem to wish to ratify them.’ Special. Committee Recommends | jan exp | More Equitable Distribution of Th puties, when the debt que: re debating cof defending which b ified. Pointing cut the ad- to the treasury of having enska's §80,0 bond, he which 1 | “I. That al! insurable holdings # the city building, including furniture | 1and fixtures be insured by the city ! hall commission instead of by the‘ |individual departments. 2. That all buildings and contents | jon the town farm property be in- sured under the blanket form, by ‘tha department of public welfare, in {the amount of §116,000, to cover the requirement of the S0 per cent | co-insurance clause. “3. That the voting {owned by the city be 1cupied school build | the city and that t fect on said machines at present be | cancelled and re-written under the ! | blanket form by the school depart- | ment. “4. That the insurance on the | | Harvard street storehouse of the | Concord street, | public works department be reduc- | for five doys and judgment w {ed from $6,000 to $3,209 on account ‘ e l\')f ovur-insurance. That an increase of $1,200 be rnnde in the amount of insurance in 1cflect on Fairview cemetery office to | (Continued cn Page 17) JAIL SENTENGE FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT Habeas Corpus Fight Pending Over Grahow- ski's Penalty machines housed in oc- | 1gs owned by policies in ef. William Grabowski, aged was senten in the case of his brother, John Grahowski, aged 19, of the same address, on the charge of con- tempt of court, by Judg Hungerford in police court fhis P morning, the court holding that the| [ (Centinied oW FakE Nine b claim of Attorney Thomas F. Me- | | Donough that witnesses are not re- Ontario’s 11 Years . Toronto, Ont., June 9 Ontario, which can take its prohibi- tion or leave it, is lapping up its iquor at a reported rato of $100.- 000 a day after nine days of legal sale of alcoholic beverages by the government. The thirst, developed during 11 prohibition, has proved nd after more than a week of open sale, long lines of customers of all classes still wait their turn at the government liquor Istores from the time they open in {the morning until they close at night. Predicts Decline The demand subsided slightly this week, however, and D. B. Hanna, chairman of the liquor cvmmlsgion, ’ Thirst Seems Hard to Quench, Survey Show: | First W eek-End of Wet Law System Finds Record Ar-|an application for a wr rests — Bootleggers Crowd Waiting Lines to Buy | tion to the superior court. Whiskey For $3 to Later Sell' At $5—First Rush‘ Will Soon Wear Off, Officials Believe. (UP)—! ‘qu!red to attend court uniess paid | their fees at the time they are sub- { poenaed does not hold good in crim- inal cases. Immediately after court Attorney McDonough applied to | Judge Hungerford for a writ of er-| |ror in the case of William Grabow- {<ki, which was denied, whereupon |, otihabicas presenta corpus was prepared for Before passing sentence, Judge| Hungertord inquired which ons of | \me brothers had made the alleged “vile ani filthy remark” and | geant Feeney told him that William predicted the sale of liquor would |had made it in his presence. Attor-| |settle down in a few more days to ney McDonough reminded Judge| ‘as dull a routine as the retailing of | Hungerford that Will groceries. | having dane so, but Jud | It is still too early to draw any |ford replied that the evidence h definite conclusions from Outario’s | been concluded and the testimony experience with government-con- | was undisputed. The disposition of itrolled lquor sale. Dry leaders ob- | the cases indicated that Judge Hun- | serve a demoralizing tendency and 'gerford regarded William's allezed wets are confident the new law has remark as more serious than his| solved the liquor problem, but neu- | failure to obey the snbpoe Rel (tral observers were frank to admit ! tive to the claim of Attorney Mc today that they couldn’t tell yet Donough that witnesses' fees must what was likely to happen. be paid at time the subpoena is Record For Week-End served, Judge Hungerford said the, Between 30 and 50 persons have law is quite clear that in criminall been arrested daily on charges of cases it {s the duty of those sun ‘ (Continued on Page 13.) (Continued on Page 17) CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, ized that the|e la few (an ilin {Charles | American Hardwa {general manager of P. |and Stanley | strictly | York Stock JUNE 9, 1927. —TWE} NTY PAGES. Week Endmg June 4th . Average Daily Circulation For 14,343 PRICE THREE CENTS LEVINE AND CHAMBERLIN PLAN REGULAR OCEAN AIR SERVICE WITHIN A YEAR AND FORMER SAYS HE IS READY TO PUT TWO MILLION INTO SCHEME 'AETRESS BRANHEI] ' Would Use Multi-Motored Planes, Possibly of an PASSES 50TH HOUR ON TOP OF HIGH FLAGPOLE Newark, J., June 9 (P— Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly, passed his fiftieth hour on top of a flag- Xewark hotsl at noon ¢ climbed up to his morning and an- going to remain d nights without coffee and tea to today. Kel perch Tuesd: nounced he 1 for eight da . and on CORBIN WETMORE DIES, AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS| Member of Family Long Identified With Local Industries A. Corbin Wetmore, 38 years old, grandson of the late Andrew Corbin, one of the founders of P. & F. Cor- | bin, this city until he moved from here years ago. p: away ves- . after of fiv eks, Mr. Wetmore was born in this city nd was educated in the public schools here. He attended the New Britain High school and Yale uni- versity. His father was the late Wetmore, for many years vice-! l\r»sldr‘m and treasurer of the! orpo; . Corbin division. At the outbreak of the world war, Mr. Wetmore enlisted in the army and went overseas. Upon his return to this city he entered the employ of the New Brit- | ain Machine Co earllest members of post, No. §, American Legion. ear later he moved to New ere he engaged in business He was one of the A York Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. ! Katherins (Wickman) Wetmore, two Mrer, Anue and Andrew Corbin tmore, Jr., and three sisters, Mr: Lillian (Wetmore) Hart and Miss Margaret Wetmore of New York, and Mrs. A. Ware Merriman of Farmington The hody will be brought to this city tomorrow and funeral =-—r\v‘es will be held at 2:30 o'clock win chapel. Rev. Dr. George W. c Hill, pastor of the South Congrega- | tional church, will officlate. Inter- ment will be in Fairview cemetery. The pall bearers will be Stanley £ddy, Howard C. Wilson, C. B. Par- Harold L. Judd, Robert . H. Mills, A. W. Merriman, Goss. MRS. EMMA NOREN DIES AT HOME ON LYONS ST. Prominent Native of Sweden Active | in Charch Affairs For Past X 47 Years teday claimed one of New Britain's oldest Swedish residents when Mrs. Emma Noren, widow of Alfred Noren, passed away at her home, 18 Lyons street, shortly after 10 o'clock following an illness of eral months’ duration Coming to this city 47 vears ago from her native home in Sweden. where she was born on September 13, 1856, Mrs. Noren had lived here mon'muouslv since. She and Mrs. n were n"nrr!vd here in 1880 by late Rev. . J. E. Cooper, then pastor of the %mh Congregational hurch. Mrs. Noren, however, was a member of the TFirst Luthern church and always associated in its work, particularly in her voung davs when she was ever prominent in ac- tivities tending to promote its wel- ' She also was well known among the Swedish residents of the city end admired and respected for er lovalty and high character. In addition to membership in the First Lutheran church, Mrs. Noren, 3 membsr of the church sewing so- and a member of the Vega so- r 0 E & Mrs. Noren Eridgeport A gl’md]'fli"h(nr Mar- daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Noren who died state of Washington in 1918, de her home with Mre. also survives as do four other z ildren, George, Ernest, Clara Jn"] Shirley Noren. Two brothers, Joseph and August Swanson, live in N’ nck. uneral services, which will be private, will be held from the B. C. Porter funeral home on Court street at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev..Dr. Abel A. Ahl- quist will officiate and interment will be in Fairview cemeter tha Noren, nd Mrs, ¢ June 9 UP—The ord price for a scat on the N hange was rais today when arrangements were made for the transfer of a membership for $220.000, $3.000 * THBE WEATHER New Britain and viclnity: Increasing cloudiness tonight; Friday showers. and a well known resident of | on and | Eddy-Glover ! Me- | high | ~ WITH RAZOR BLADE {Unidentitied Man Slashes “K" | Her in Seven Places ‘Amcxfin N HOLLYWO0D m Is Doris Dore, 21, Who Re- cently Appeared in “An American —Throws No Light on | | Mpysterious Assault. | Hollywood, Calif.. June & (& — |Miss Doris Dore, 21 year old ac- tress, who appeared recently in |“An American Tragedy” at a local theater, was branded with the let- ter “K" on her forchead, chin, 'breast. arms and hands with a |razor blade wielded by 2 °d man who forced an rance nto her apartment early today. | The man, about 30 years of age. {believed by the police either to be motivated by revenge or insanity, |entered Miss Dore's apartment iwhen she opened the door in re- sponse to a knock about 2 o'clock | this morning. She told police the irazor wielder held her powerless {while he slashed ‘the letter “K" on iher in seven places. The Hollywood police who ques- tioned the young actress said she {had been followed to Denver fromr {New York city scveral months ago and that when she left Denver she was trafled to Hollywood. She hint- ed also of some ‘“trouble” in New York city several months ago but {did not disclose its nature. Third Nocturnal Visit | Last night was the third night upon which the woman had been aroused by knocks on her door. Yesterday afternoon, she told po- lice, she had a misunderstanding with @ man friend whose identity was not revealed. When she heard the knocking in the small hours, she thought this man had coms to| _apologize. She opened the door and | Iwas seized in the “terrible long| ms” of the unidentified stranger. she avowed. After the attack Miss Dore called acquaintance who notified She was removed 0od Physiclans’ Emergency | hospital | Meaning of “K" | The actress said {to throw any of the letter “K. | The slashing was done with a isa razor blade which Yer at- tacker took from his pocket after seizing her and throwing her on iher bed. She attempced to fight off | |her assailant but was powerless in | his smsp. she said. ‘GARROLL IS ABLE T0 TALK AND EATS WELL Atlanta Warden Thinks He Has Been Getting Too Much Sympathy lan police. Not Known she was unable | | Atanta, Ga., Ju Carroll, despite wi v, Yall\t as rationa t his rela'i\'fs not being k. T conversed with him and heard him talk about afiairs as rationally as the man who for one rden’s statement was the ion from any source that breakdown two en mentl composure. day in prison for the Yorker followed what med a “good night's r a hearty breakfast, to Dr. C. T. Mellans, was and while weak, apparent- | t Carroll, months t ofithe theat brother, Morma: may be the las tiary authorit:es “It will be better for him not to get constant sympath: So’ many have beea telling hum how sick I s been made to believe | orse off than he really is" (Continued on Page 17) the | to the | ght on the muystery | | 9 (UP)—Earl route here, granted by peniten- Entirely New Form and Design, Capable of Carrying 2,000 Pounds Each—More Honors Being Showered on Two Fliers in Germany | and German Warship May Take Them Back to U. S.—Going to Potsdam Saturday. Berlin, June 9 (AP)—-Charles A. Levine declared today that he and Clarence D. Chamberlin planned a regular trans- Atlantic aerial service, using multi-motored machines capable of carrying 2,000 pflundt each. : Will Spend Two Million Levine stated that he was ready to put $2,000,000 into the scheme, and that both he and Chamberlin thought it could be- come operative within a year. The plans envisaged by the two men who spanned the Atlan- tic from New York to Germany in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia would provide for regular transoceanic lines from “I am rea America to various points in Europe. iy at this moment to put $2.000,000 into the scheme,” Levine said, “because I not only behe\e it practicable but that it can be realjzed even within a year.” LINDGERGH ANXIOUS Lehine TOFLY TONEW YORK | anything known here.in Germany.* Committee Seeking to Dis- courage Plan—Crowds Hard to Handle 9 New York, June @ Charles A. Lindbergh today entered | the discussion as to whether he |should fiy from Washington in the | Spirit of St. Louis and land at Miller | Field, Staten Island, or fiy here in an amphibian plane and land in the | harbor. From the cruiser mphis, which Definite Type of Motor. “We have a inite type of mae in mind, which will ~carry 2,000 pounds and will be equipped ith re than one motor.” Chamberiln said: “The machine we intend to have built is unlik: As part of the trans-Atlantic ae development of al lines, Chamber- lin thinks floating landing places anchored in various parts of the ocean may be desirable for emer- | gency landing, but he does-not seem | to attach prime importance to this (#—Col. | is bringing him back from France, ' Col. Lindbergh radioed this message: | “Not advisable to ship plane b train. Crowd can be avoided by not publishmg time or place of land- ing.” | tee replied:— | "Sorry to disa | you will York’s own plane. Pol commissioner | wishes me to emphasize that police problem in connection with the city’s plans for vour welcome is a difficult one and joins with m present intention to use your own | plane. The decision to switch Col. Lind- the ! Chairman Whalen of the commit- | feature, which has been discussed in the European press as an absolute necessity. More Efficient Machines. “The main thing,” he said today, “is the constant development of more efficient macbines whieh can carry a greater useful load in propoy tion to their welght. During the war we carried one pound of mail per horscpower on jumps of from 200 to 300 miles. “Ten years Jater, we already carry ten pounds 'per horsepower on jumps of from 500 to 600 miles. That is ten times the former effie ciency and shows what the pogsibilie ties of engineering development are, “The reason we could cross the ccean was because we carried ale most double the weight of our plane, ad weighed 1,850 pounds, carried about 3,600." May Be New Shape. intima‘ed that the trans- we He | oceanic machines under considera~ tion might even take a form and | shape hitherto unused. | bergh’s landing from MiHer field to | the harbor followed a conference at hich it was figured that 3,000 po- lice and 1,500 soldiers would be re- quired to guard the route of Col. dbergh’s parade from Miller field to the pier at Staten Island where he would board the municipal reception tug Macom to be brought | to Battery Park, where the Manhat- tan parade will start. 7.000 of city police will be needed to hold back crowds in Manhattan, } it was thought a better plan to have Col. Lindbergh land in the harbor in an amphibian plane. Another shift in the parade plans as the withdrawal of an invitation o commercial aviators to stage an .| aerial parade in Lindbergh's honor. { Whalen, in withdrawing the invita- tion, eaid it was thought teo dan- Ferous for planes to be flown abov the great crowds that are expected. U S 8 Mem — Here is a tip for President Coolidge others who are arranging for onel Lindbergh Don't feed him plumb fed up with it | Lindbergh ordinarily likes chick- en, but it has been placed before him in one form or another at nearly every formal luncheon since he landed at Le Bourget field, Paris. from New York. At the fiald it was handed him in the form of soup. Then in Paris he was served with the finest that the conntryside produced When he flew to Brussels, it was chicken again, capon and roasted | chicken, and during the luncheons !and banquets in London the English chicken—h brought prize fowls from Surrey and | + Kent to tickle his palate On the Memphis. chicken been part of the daily menu, also. i (Continued on Page 17) Building Inspector Stops Work On 27 Construction Jobs Today Finds Defects and Puts Up Placards Halting Progress —Threatens Prosecution If Law Is Evaded. Twventy-seven piacarded as {when workmen this morning. building jobs were temporarily halted | the | Accompanying rds wera orders from Inspector | |a. N office in city hall to explain minor | the city ordinances. Instructions were issued In every | of the building law will 40 jobs, completing his tour before 4( | defects in building or violations of | office hours. has | As the full | | sibility, “Too much horespower ia still ab- sorbed by air resistance.” he said. “To reduce this is one of the chief engineering problems." As to the mileage covered in the flight, Chamberlin sald {t was prac- txf"vll\ Imvosslble to determine ex- “the instruments for regis- ng the number of revolutions (of the engine) from which distance can he calculated cannot allow for the velocity of the wind—therefore all estimates must need be guess work.” Were In Danger. He declined to divulge for the present what periods of his flight the_ most difffcult. Asked whether at any time he and Leyvine in &erious danger. he replied: “Yes, but never so bad that we thought we would have to give up.” To the question: “Was this be tween America and Ireland, or after you passed the British Isles?” he refiected a long time. and finally d: “That would be a long story. h T am not at liberty for the sent to tell™ Views on Germany. Discussing German aviation, American pilot said: “We were frankly to see so few small We have a thousand of them in America, while here there are only the official fields of the Lufthansa (German air league) so far as we have been able to learn. Also, private planes here seem to be . while in America private flring is widely developed. On the other hand. the Germans bhave develeped commercial pasgen- e in a manner unknown in the 3 xpressed Jcubt whether alle 12tal planes, such as are prevalent in Germany. were superior to ma. chines with wooden frames for the wings. Various Wing Types. “We can re-cover our wings with cloth from time to time, which makes them practically new. whils once the metal is worn out. you must build a new plane,” he said to the German correspondents. “But isn't there greater danger of fire with wooden planes?" one ask- |ed. Chamberlin smiled. and replied: “When gas blows up, it's hot, no matter whether you are on metnl or wood." The trans-Atlantic pilot does not ‘lhmk that a non-stop flight around the world is out of the realm of pos- but that it is a long way off. No World Non-Stop. “That is taking in a lot of space,” he laughingly replied when ques. | tioned as to the feasibility of such reportad for duty| |instance that repeated transgression |an attempt. “We would have to have result in |a million or two dollars to play with prosecutions. Rutherford cpened the | Rutherford to report at his|day with a flying visit to more than | more than 28, ooo miles. Money and to arrange for a flight covering (Continued on Puv . 1