New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1927, Page 1

i; _ Wethersfield prison, Conn., A News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW, BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1927.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. HUSBAND COMMITS SUICIDE OVER DEPARTURE OF WIFE WITH CHILD Benjamin Kozlowski Ends Life With Gas at Home on Silver St., Grief Prompting Act. Body Discovered Today by Neighbor Who Suspects Tragedy and Notifies Constable in Store. Overcome by sadness at the action of his wife in leaving him and taking their daughter and a joint bankbook recording deposits of $1,800, Ben- jamin Kozlowski, aged about 40 veas, committed suicide at his home, 85 Silver street, early today, his liteless body being found shortly be- fort 11 o'clock this forenoon by Constable John S. Recor and Mrs. Chermanka of 83 Silver street. He had detached a rubber tube from a gas jet close to the floor in the kitchen and after laying a pillow in place, he reclined on it, fully dress- ed, and inhaled the gas. Sergeant P. A. McAvoy and Offi- cer James McCabe were detalled by Captain Kelly at 11:05 o'clock to in- vestigate the death, following re- ceipt of a telephone report from! Constable Recor. They léarned that Mrs. Chermanka had seen Kozlowski lower the windows and shades in his tenement about midnight, and when she did not see him this morn- ing she became apprehensive and went to'a nearby store, where she told her suspicions. Constable Recor, who happened to be in the store, volunteered to investigate, and when the key was pushed out of the door and entrance gained, the body was found. The gas was still escaping. The windows: in the tenement were tightly closed. Sergeant McAvay learned that Kozlowski was at the home of the Ciak family, 13 Lyman street, last evening, leaving there about 10 o'clock after expressing grief at the departure of his wife and daugh- ter. He was lonesome, he said, and wished his loved ones would return. Mrs. Helen Polawsky of 127 Broad i#treet told ‘Sergeant McAvay ' that Kozlowski had been staying at her home since his wife lett on Monday and on Wednes he gave her $70 and asked hei-to Keep it for him. Yesterday, he gave hér $30 with the request that she keep it until he needed ft. Monday, Kozlowski reported his wife's absence to Captain’ Kelly, He sald the bankbook was held jointly, sosthat either could with- draw the deposits. Sergeant O'Mara investigated at that time and learn- ed at the bank that no attempt. to withdraw the money had been made. Inasmuch as the police were power- Ibsa to act in those circumstances,. the husband was advised to take other means if he wished to fore- stall his wife's apparent intentions. According to friends of Mr. and | Mrs. Kozlowski, the latter had taken their three year old daughter to New York or New Jersey to visit her mother, and had no intention of deserting her husband. It was said afternoon that she was located y telegraph and would return to this city at once. Stanley Borawski, undertaker, has charge of the fu eral, arrangements for which are in- complete pending arrival of the widow. Several months .ago, the couple lost an infant by death., Koz~ lowski was employed at Landers, Frary & Clark. WIFE OF ATTY. GROEHL TAKES HER OWN LIFE Lawyer Who Defended Chapman Finds Her Body, With Note Explaining Sulicide. «New York. June 24 (UP)—Mrs. Mary Grochl, wife of Frederick J. Groehl, who represented Gerald Chapman in that bandit’s effort to escape hanging in Connecticut, shot herself to death today in her up- town apartmicnt. A note said, “It Is the only wa; Gro=hl, formerly a magistrate of New York city, found his wife dead when he returned home about five a. m, A .4 calibre revolver was be- <ide the bcdy. Three shots had heen fired. One missed, another struck Mrs. Croehl's groin and a third penetrated her heart. She had heen dead for about five hours. It was said Mrs. Groehl had bden suffering from melan- cholia. The note found by her body said: “Jt is the only way. Better for Fred. Sweeter in the long run. All my love. May.” Fred is the 18- vear old son of the Groehls. He is at school. For 18 months Groehl sought to %ive Chapman from death but fail- &l. The bandit was hanged at April 6, 1426 for the murder of Policeman Jgmes Skell e DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. Yorwich, June 24 (M —No crim- in4, negligence was found by Cor- oner J. J. Desmond in the death of Wigiam R. Jacobus, who died May Jfrom injurles received when he wit struck by a steel head plate fram & _compressed afr tank and by thi eutrushing compressed air from 1 tank. _-’l.l&'l)\' ACCEPTS INVITATION Weshington, June 24 (A—Charles A. Lindbergh today accepted the nvitation of the Canadian govern- nent to fly to Ottawa on July 2 to articipate in the Diamond jubllee L}t the Canadian federation. AND BANKBOOK NOTED DESPERADO FINALLY CAPTURED Matthew (Killer) Kimes Canght at Grand Canyon HESITATES 70 SHoor Draws Gun, But Evidently Fears Sherifft Would Beat.Him To the Trigger—Hops Over Rim of Grand Canyon in Escape Attempt. Grand Canyon, Ariz., June 24 (®) —Trapped when he dropped over the rim of the Grand Canyon into a thicket covered by the rifles of for- est rangers and steep clifis that presented the alternative of suicide or capture, Matthew (Killer) Kimes, outlaw, who has terrorized the southwest for five years, today was en route to jail at Flagstaff, | Arizona. | Displaying the usual confidence that marked his operations in the | hill country of the southwest, the { young bandit jumped from a ledge and slid into the thick brush to avold the fire of an officer. Accompanied Couple | Coming from Oklahoma in an automobile with a couple giving the names of G. H. Kady and wifte, the bandit leader was recognized by forest rangers as the party register- ed to enter Grand Canyon National Park. Kimes, who registered with his companions as Harry Watkins of | Oklahoma, left the couple at a ho- | tel five miles from the park entrance and walked to the “rim” of the canyon. Word that “Mat Kimes” was com- ing had been telephoned to the hotel, and as he stepped out on a ledge overlooking a slope that drop- ped away for hundreds of feet, he Wwas accosted by Sheriff J. O. Par- sons-of Coconino county. Decides Not To Shoot Kimes reached for one ot the two wuu.lq:m!ic ‘pistols grhich. saved him thany ¥imes. Although he made the draw, he apparently decided he could not beat the sheriff's fire and he dropped over the “rim.” He landed in thick brush similar to his Osage Hill country, but which ended after 200 feet in a sheer drop of 2,500 ' feet. Chief Ranger J. P. Brooks and a dozen heavily armed rangers arrived at this juncture and circled the place ; Where Kimes disappeared. The out- aw fired a few rapid bursts from his automatics as the posse closed in. but apparently the rangers “had the drop.” Admits His Identity | He surrendered without much show of fighting at close range and | was returned to the ranger head- j auarters. When shown a police photograph and description that has ! gained national circulation, Kimes «dmitted his identity, “That's me all right," e said. Kady and his wife had tcen arrest- ¢d in the meantime anl the three | i were handcuffed togeth Kady de- {clared he did not know Kimes and that the first time he ever met him was near Dodge City, Kas., en route here. He said the outlaw had accept- ed a ride in his auntomobile. The prisoners were placed on a train un- der heavy guard bound rfor Flagstaff, Ariz. Faces Life Sentence Kimes, who is credited with the leadership of a bandit gang which has robbed scores of banks in the southwest, faces a life scntence®for the slaying of Perry Chuculate, Okla- homa deputy sherift. In recent months he has staged a number of ralds, apparently to test his ability to avoid arrest. His latest | Lucas was sent to the contest by | venture was theft of an automobile in which a baby was asleep. He re- | turned the baby, and when accosted | by a constable, kidnappad the officer | and after making him drink whiskey, tled him to a tree. The young outlaw als> is sought | for the slaying of W. K. McAnnally, | chief of police at Beggs, Okla., his | home town. The officer was Killed | when Kimes' gang robbed two banks| and escaped with a large amount of cash. some i | Other Daring Raids He has been identificdl through photographs by bank ofticials as having participated in half a dozen or more bank robberies #nd is said to be sought by officlals in south- western states for questioning in connection with five killings. \ His name and that of Ray Terrell, known as the “most escaped convict in Oklahoma,” have be:n linked in several desperate hi-jackings. Re- wards totalling several thousand were offered for their apprehension. Convicted In 1822 Matthew and his brother, George Kimes, began a career of crime with the theft of a motor car at McAlis- ter, Okla., in 1922. They were con- victed and sentenced to two years in the state prison. Within (0 days of their release, officials of the First National bank at Depew, Okla., said they recognized the brothers in a gang of men who robbed the bank. The Kimes brothers were convic ed of murder in connection with the | Chuculate shooting and Mutthew was sentenced to life imoprisonment. ‘While awaiting an 2ppeal November last, Matthew escaped in a delivery engineered by his gang. Kimes will be taken to the state penitentiary at McAlister, Okla., of- | ficers here were advised, I LEADING MOVIE AGREE ON BIG WAGE SLASH| WII1ING T0 AGREE Teacher Hitch-Hiking To His Home in Iowa Samuel G. Beers, a teacher at the Nathan Hale Junior High school, left today for his home in Jowa. Mr. Beers in- tends to hitch-hike the dis- tance between this city and the western state. CONGRESS, OHIO, BOY SPELLING CHAMPION Marie Hahn of This City Winner of Eleventh Place Marie Hahn of St. Mary's paro- chilal school, New Britain, won 11th prize, $40 in gold, at the national spelling contest in Washington, D. C., last night. Dean Lucas of Con- gress, O, won first prize, $1,000, after two hours of spelling. The match lasted through four periods| of 30 minutes each. Miss Hahn was the guest of the Herald. The first contestant to loss out| misspelled the third word on the list. Most of the contestants were good losers although several wept| bitterly through disappointment. Dean Lucas is 13 years old. He is rated as a veteran among spelling bee contestants by reason of having participated in the 1926 natignal spelling bee. To win the 1927 bee conducted in Congress, 0., Dean had to outspell 37 district finalists. The others took two hours and 15 minutes to elimi- nate themselves. Dean won on the word ‘“delicatessen.” In the 1926 finals conducted fn Congress, O., young Lucas won his| Washington trip on ‘“rendezvous.” He made a creditable showing in the 1926 national bee, spelling many difticult words. The word *con- strued,” which Dean did not remem- ber that he ever had heard, was dis- astrous to him in the national bee! last year. Dean is in the eighth| grade. | Last night he “spelled down 13| girls and three boys to win the‘ championship which s nnnunlly‘ conducted by 17 leading newspa- | pers. The word “abrogate” gained him | the victory when Ralph Keenan of' Wauken, Jowa, aged 13, failed to spell it. Keenan took recond. place ! and a $300 prize. Minerva’ Reasjer, | 12 years old, of Lancaster, Pa., tdok third place with $250. All the contestants had won re- glonal contests before their partici- pation in the national championship. | Their ages ranged from 10 to 1f the Akron, O., Beacon-Journal. Keenan by the Des Moines, Mich., Register, and the Ressler girl by the Lancaster, Pa., New Era. The other contestants were: Mar- garet Ross, sent by the Louisville | Courler-Journal, fourth; Albert Go- vini, Worcester. Mass., Telegram Gazette, fifth; Lillian Zetoff. Hart- ford, Conn., Times, sixth; Virginia Jones, Forth Worth, Tex., Press, | seventh; Margaret Beale, Atlantic| City, N. J.. Press, eighth; Anita Mc- | Closkey, Erie, Pa., Dispatch-Herald, ninth; Hulda Pornell, Detroit. Mich., News, tenth. Others finished in the following order: Marie Hahn, New Britain, | Conn., Herald; Grace Helen Sher- | man, Trenton, N. J.. Times; Anna| Marle Bergen, South Bend, Ind., News-Times; Marjorie Allen, New Bedford, Mass.. Standard; Dorothy | O'Reilly, Memphls, Tenn., Press-| Scimitar; Mildred Riddle. Indiana- | polis Times; and Chester Wilcox B!nghunnnn Press. WOMAN KEPT ALIVE BUT HAS JUST LIVING DEAT For 82 Days California Gas Victim Has Remained in Deplorable Condition. Tresno. Calif., June 24 (UP)— | The human being that once was Mrs. Clara Drummond was being kept alive, by doctors today, but it | was only a living death. For $2 days. since her brain and | nerve system were destroyed by gas | poisoning, she has laln unconscious | and, doctors said, never will return | to normal. | Mrs. Drummond, who-ls 22, was | found on April 4 in a gas-filled | She had been in there six | The gas destroyed all the and nerve faculties, | depriving he* of reason, volition, | hearing, sight, speech or muscular control. Her mind is simply a void, Dr. Neal Dau, her physician, said it was an extremely rare case of partial gas goisoning. “The heart, breathing, and ‘other involuntary functions | have ben letf unimpaired,’ *he said. “and she may live for many years." Although she is to all intents and purposes dead, she will be kept alive as long as medical skill can do ft. Nurses feed her liquid food through a tube and her digestive without her knowledge or control, assimilates it. . IS FATALLY HURT Farmington, Conn.. June 24 (A— Word has ‘heen received that Paul Martin. of this town was probably fatally injured in an accident near Fenner, Cal. No detalls were avail- | able as to the nature of the acci- dent or of the injuries. room. hours. kigher brain digestive | SNIPER BANDIT EXECUTED Lincoln, Neb., June 24 (A—Frank Carter. Omaha “snipgr bandit” was electrocuted In the Nebraska peni- tentiary today for the murder at| Omaha 18 months ago of Dr. A. R. Searlea | Players - Lasky, {ing it into movie people’s pockets. | | city and Hollywood over a period | session at which the decision was |1t | that-are independent producers, and | COMPANIES |GREAT BRITAIN IS cuts, Ranging rvom 10 o) (N GIANT VESSELS 25 Per Cent, Affect Would Accept Ptrlty Yith U. 5. From Presidents Down to Clerks—No Statement | on (ryisers of Ten Thonsand Ton Type as to Whether Savings Will Be Passed on to iQUESTION ABOUT OTHER Hotiywood, cat. sune 24—om—| SILES NOT YET DECIDED Theater Patrons. including all major producers, were | It British Proposal is Agreed to, the on record today as committed to a 10,000 Ton Ca Would Dis- necessitated drastic economy pro- appear When Time Comes For gram involving immediate ten to twenty-five per cent reductions in salarles, The slashes affect presi-| Feplacement and Maximum of All dents, vice presidents, contract! \yould Them Be Cut Down to featured players, and other em- ployes down to fifty dollar a week | 7,500 Tons. e a8 mo comment as to| Geneva, Switzeriand, June 24 0P ‘whether any of the savings made by | —Great Britain will accept parity the salary reductions would be pass- | wit hthe United States in the matter fleaKouRtojtite: patcony of the man¥ | of 10,000-ton crulsers, W. C. Bridge- L};fii'grp’a&:‘;";fi":}?, o lary cota " | man, first lord of the admiralty, Compantes in Agreement, sald this afternoon. The question The companies are: First Nation- | Of parity on other cruisers was still al, Universal, Paramount-Famous |under discussion, he added. Metro - Goldwyn- 1t the British project is agreed Mayer, De Mille, Harold Lloyd"flv the 10,000-ton category would Corporation, United Artists, Fox, disappear when the time comes for Metropolitan | Pictures, F. B. O. | the replacement of the vessels, and Warner Brothers, Hal Roach, Mack | the maximum of all would then be Sennett, Jack White Comedies, | 7.500 tons. Christle Comedies, and Samuel Gold- | wyn, Inc. | The production cost retrenchment which executives of the companies announced after a conference late yesterday, will have the far-reach- IN HASTE F““ nINNE“ ing effect of reducing incomes not only in the production departments at Hollywood, but in distribution, Jumps Off Truck and Is Hit by Another Automobile castern executive offices, and prob- ably soon, to the movie company controlled exhibition houses. 55000 Persons Affected Around 15,000 executives, salaried officers, directors and stars will shortly feel the axe digging into their incomes. An estimated 41)‘000 | Jumping off an automobile truck ! more non-contract layers, extras, | arive 5 1 office workers, film editors, camera , liven bY James Didvanzo of 819 Sout M v men, production employes, and dis- | St h“:“;“:’ i ) :o;:"r‘;\‘e::lo tribution managers and employes oo oo o Blankenburg, aged 32, of | will suffer an immediate ealary|,., b | 234 South Main street, ran in front slash of above ten per cent. In this | 20 FOUR T SUECCL TOR B TroRt °°“?\°"°“ i was "”“‘f‘d fi“;“““‘ ;"e ! Siderowfsky of 1544 Stanley street, movies employ & negligihle number | 011y after noon togay, and was of persons.at salarios ot less than S0 T a0l U0y 0D M oting };‘; ‘::i::ymm“"“m of fitty dol- | ;¢ the right leg, just above the knee. : The accident happened at the corner. ALayEAtiect SUD MY lof Edson and South Main streets, a If all branches of the movle in- |,y gigtunce from the young man's dustry become affected, which ob- ,home, and was witnessed by a num- servers pointed out they necessarily i'ber of factory employes on their way | must, the force operating the vast X to their homes. network of movie company ewned | yyavanzo was not aware of the ac- | exhibition houses wouid bring the ' cident, as he did not look around to | total of those feeling the income | cae Blankenburg and another young circumscription to a possible 300.- | man Jeave the truck, which was go- | 000. The movie industry as the jngsouth on South Main street. Miss | outcome of many recent huge mer- | giderowfsky was driving north and gers of theater chains now con- | did not have time to stop her car as trols approximately three-fourths 'she was not expecting anyone to run of the country's film outlets. into its path. The weckly payroll of the Holly-| Dr. D. W. O'Connell attended the | 'Grannis' woods and the lake in the {snd which HOLOUP MEN'S LOOT SOUGHT IN WODS Police Trying to Find Money Taken From Bank TRIO UNDER 850,000 BONDS DeMarco, Meyer and Florian Deflant in Southington Court—Addresscs Given in Cicero, Tll. Found to Be! Fictitious. (Spectal to the Herald) Southington, June 24.—Thomas DeMarco, 32, Albert Meyer, 24, and Stewart Florian, 24, were held by the police in default ~ of '$50,000 on charges of robbery with violence | following a hearing before Judge | Lambert Degnan in the Southington police court Jast evening at 5: ml o'clock. The case was continued for | ¢ one week on the request of Prose- | cuting Attorney H. C. Camp, to give | the police additional time in which | to further the investigation into the ! case: Although the three were captured | within 12 hours after the holdup of | the Plantsvlle National bank on Wednesday in which $4,436.62 was| taken, only a little:more than one ‘third of the money stolen has been | recovered and search is being"made tor the remainder. The police have planned a treasure hunt through | { | center of the wild territory in on effort to discover the cache which; it is belleved the two actual rabbers made when thé chase bedanie” tw{ warm for comfort. When the trio was presented in court, having been brought by a strong guard of state ponccmenl from’ the Hartford jail where they | had bjeen lodged for safe keeping, | DeMarco was the only one manacled. They were openly deflant and to every question put to. them, they would answer “You will have to talk to my lawyer.” - “Best Lawyer in Chicago” DeMarco stuck to his story that black bag which he was carrying contained the greater portion of the $1,516.75 found on wood studios and all its local in- |young man at his home, after which dustry branches totals $2,000,000. | remova! to New Britain General hos- | The drastic economy cut will keep | pital was ordered. He will be under | a minimum of $200,000 a week of | hospital treatment for several weeks, this in the banks instead of pour- |at least. | Chief W. C. Hart at police head- ! quarters received a telephone report ; of the accident at 12:10 o'clock and Officers James McCabe and Fred | Wagner were detailed to investigate. According to witnesses, Miss Sider- { owfsky was not at fault. “Economically unsourd condi-| Teddy Salmento, aged 4 years, of tlons,” the announcement said, | 469 Iast street, was struck by an “that prevail in the motion picture | dutomobile driven by Miss Catherine | ndustry today, resulting in prohi. | Fitzgerald of 217 Fairview stroet, | bitively high cost of production | SHOFtY before 2:30 this afternoon {which in a measure is directly at. | 20d suffered a fracture of the right | tributatfle’ to the artificially high | 28 @bove the knee. ‘The child was | salarles paid fn-all branches” was | !0 the road in front of his parcnts A 4 home and Miss Tlitzgerald made the reason stated as being behind | (oo orort to avold striking. him, ;’,‘:""cm,':guf(:‘w“"‘“”’ the entire | witnout success. - She drove her car . over the curbstone and onto the Contract featured players will be | goualk but the child could not get requested to consent to the reduc- A out of the path. tion to which executives and many | ° (¢’ New Dritain General hospital other emploves have already bowed. | it \was said no other injuries except w_ Contracts 2 the fracture of the leg had been The principle of salaries adjust- i giscovered and the child's con- d strictly on the basis of the ac- dition is not considered serioua. tual value of the services rendered —_— will be followed in the renewal of SAVED FROM DROWNING all_new contracts.” Mother of | Conferences, both in New York Five Children, Pulled From Wa- The cut. figured on an average be- jtween the maximum and minimum 125 to 10 per cent slashes, might raise the weekly saving to $350.- 000, Economically Unsound of several weeks, preceded the finul { New Haven Woman, unanimous. Some of Those Included. ey Ragininime Hollywood, June 24 (UP)—Some of the more prominent figures in the film indpstry are under contract, and H it was pointed out that if they re- fused to take the suggested salary | 1eduction, little can be done about New Haven, Conn., June 24 if— | Investigation today disclosed that | the woman rescued from drowning | yesterday by 14-year old Albert Pis- | catelli was Mrs. Carmel Schivone, | 22, mother of five children. Yester- - gave the name of Miss | Angela Schvone. The woman was rescued as she was sinking for the third time in | the midst of hundreds of bathers, | “sccking respite from the humidit Piscatelli kept her afloat until Car- mine Bracale, 13, came to the res- cte, and both young men aided in resuscitation after they had gotten her ashore, The reckoning day will come when | contracts are to be renewed, it was | said. They probably will be forced | to accept the reduction or to try the | independent flelds. Then there is the group of stars therefore beyond any direct fluence from the scheduled cut. Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, | Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Svunson and | many other first rankers arc includ- ed in the group that make their own pictures. Many stars now working for pro- ducers are wealthy and could afford o quit the organization ard produce | or themselves rather than accept less money. Bebe Daniels, Pola Negri, Cooleen Mdore, Dolores Del- Rio were listed in this classification. Among the prominent players who will be asked to accept salary re- ductlons and their reputel wages per week are: + John Barrymore, $10,660; Colleen Moore, $5.500; Pola Negri, $5,000; Thomas Meighan. $5.000; Richard | Dartheimess, $4.000; Adelphe Men- | Jou, $4,000; Milton Sills, §3,500, and Wallace Berry, $2,500, in-} 45 Irishmen Refuse to Take Allegiance Oath Dublin, June 24 (®—The forty- five Fianna Iail or republican mem- | s of the Dail Eircann, whose ieader is Eamon De Valera, issued a statemen today relterating that “under no circumstances whatever will they take the oath of allegiance to a foreign king.” \ THE WEATHER o Fair tonight and Saturda; slightly cooler tonight ! that there were no such { accomplices of the trio. and he stoutly maintained his in- nocence of any part in the bank rob. bery. He openly boasted that his “boss” would have the best lawyer | in Illinois to defend him and inti- | j mated that it would be Thomas Ni i of Chicago. DeMarco, the oldest of the threc ! said “I am in Connecticut now. | Wonder what state I will be in next. It sure won't be Connecticut. Don't believe everything you read in the ' newspapers. 1am 32 years old but I not too old to learn. When I cledred of this charge, am | whatever it ! nnd Hegenberger be peru him, was given to him by a stra!\;erl 1 Lieutenants Maitland and | Hegenberger Chosen and 1 Hop-Off Is Expected to‘ Take Place Sometime xt Month — Is Not Contest With Ci Pilots. | Washington, June 24 (A—A San Franclsco to Hawaii non-stop flight by the army air corps was authorized today by Secretary Davis, The 2407 mile hop will be attempt- ed by Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Albert F. Hegenberger, now at San Diego with the three-motored | Fokker, especially equipped for the | trip. The time of departure has not | yet been selected but is expected to be some time in July. Secretary Davis sanctioned the ! fiight after a conference with As- sistant Secretary Davis in charge of air corps activities, #ho reported pilot at San Diego had been satis- factory. Present plans are that the flight, will start from the airpoct near Oak- | land, where a special runway is now ' being constructed. Major General Patrick, chief of the army air corps, ; s en route to San Francisco where, upon his arrival next Sunday, he will make & final check up on navigation tests being given the plane. A war department statement sal that make the hop to Honololn, it is not | attempting the project solely with | the idea that an army plane shnuldi be the first to make the flight. 1t was emphasized that the army {8 mot aitempting te competq with| yeivilan airmen whe will contest !or prizes offered for ¢ ¢ trans- Pasific flight and that under no clreum- stances would Lieutenants Maitland ed to ac- | cept any prlve money. 'WOULD NAME SCHOOL FOR BENJ. A HAWLEY | Member of Board Believes | in Honoring Local Citizen A suggestion that the committee cision to recommend that the build- ing soon to be erected on Clinton reet he named after Benjamin Tranklin and that the name “The Benjamin A. Hawley School” be sub- stitufed, is contaihed in a'letter sent today to Chairman Joseph M. Hal (loran of the committee on names, b: Butler, a member of the | James J. school committee. is you can bet I will | Iinots.” Although Meyer, upon his arrest by Policeman Victor Chabot in For- estville after he had been picked up | by two autoists, stated that Florian was the brains of the holdup and admitted, according to the police, | his part In the affair, the three were | reticent to further questioning. The trio has undergone a severe grilling at the hands of the state police but they have steadfastly re- fused to give out any more informa- tion. Meyer said that he had hul’\"d‘fi $700 but after that return to he refused to | say any more, [ The police are searching for @ | fourth man connected with the af- | | fair whose home address they are | sald to be in possession of. It thotught that if he was in the vi- cinity of the woods In which the two captured men were hiding, that he made his escape by this time. Gave Fictitious Addresses Tnquiries addressed to the Cicero, ' 111, police about DeMarco and Meyer revealed that the addresses they gave were false, A dispatch from Chicago to. thes | Southington police last night stated addresses and neither man was known %there. Neither has a police record either in given. Police Cordon Abandonced The cordon of police which was spread about the woods surrounding Grannis' Lake was called off yester-| day at noon after the place had| been thoroughly combed for possible The police today started early for a systematic search of the woods for the hiding place which the men are believed to have used in an effort to get rid of the money stlll missing. The bandits could either have buried the treasure or have dropped it in the lake, it is thought. Police will work on both theories. The insurance company held the policies on the bank, after paying the institution the amouat of money which it was discovered had been stolen. offered a reward of 10 per cent of the amount recover- ed to those recovering ft. Awards (Continued on Page 21) | ment for a ! the city | his monc | ed as a member of the park commis- | Chicago or Cicero under the names | which | Mr. Hawley died several month | ago, leaving sizeable sums of mone i to practically every local welfae in- | stitution, endowing a library and making available funds for civic im- | | proveme: ts. built a memorial bridge in Quarter park in memory of his! mother, provided funds for equip- playground and loaned 00 for park Improve- ng to accept interest on He had previously serv- Stanley | ments, re €ion and personally planned many of the betterments in parks realized in recent years. A portion of the letter to ommit- | ted eman Halloran follows: feel it is particularly fitting that the mecmorial to Mr. Hawley should I'be in the form of a school building. | He was at all times marked hy his profound love for children, aiding in making the city a happier place for m, not only throughout his life, I but also through the agency of funds left for their benefit in his wiil What, then, could ‘e more inspiring | for th section of New Britain, than to strive for the fundamentals of education in | ! a building dedicated to a man who { took up the tasks of life at the age | of 15 years, ma and small, lived to be recognized as one of the leaders in his communi and procured sufficiant of worldly ons (O make pos: 1 have no )\erflonal feelings in this matter. It was not my privilege to | have been an acquaintance of Mr. Hawley, but having observed fine- during life, and the very practical application of these sentiments the community should take advan- tage of an opportunity to perpetuate what, to me, stands out as the epit- ome of good citizenship.” The importance of the role played by Benjamin Franklin in the early history of the United States is not Questioned by the school cimmittee- man who has proposed the change. but it is urged that honor be done | Mr. Hawley's memory because of its that New Britain has a Franklin local significance. It §s also reminded street, Franklin square and a Frank- lin squars park. | races, came from behind | that final tests conducted Ly the two | | wide margins, benefited by while the army is znxious m‘ | ths four jon school names reconsider its de- ! Prior to his death he | e children of the northwestern | © tered problems large | sible so many | ness of character indicated by him | in | the disposition of his estate, T feel PRICE THREE CENTS YALE FRESHMAN CREW AND JUNIOR VARSITY OARSMEN SWEEP HARVARD FROM THAMES; NEW MARKS ARE SET Army Air Corps Will Make Attempt to Hop From Callformfl Hawaii Elis Row Beautifully Timed Races, Coming From Behind in Each Event to Shatter All- Time Records. Early Victories Make Blues Again Favorite for Ma- jor Contest at 7:45 (D. 8. T.) ’l‘oniglht Though Crimson Has Strong Backing. i | : Regatta Course, New London, June 24 (P)—Yale's rowing forces got off to a amashing start today in their annual regatta with. Harvard - by winning both the freshman snd junior varsity two-mile races ' with sensational finishes and in records shattering times. e Yale is Superb The Elis, rowing beautifully timed in each vent to row Harvard into submis- sion and pull away to open water | advantages in the last few hundred yards of the Thames river courge. Their margin of victory was, K & length and a half in the freshman test and close to two lengths in‘the Junior varsity contest. \ Records Are Shatterod Both of Yale's crews smashed the former recods for these events M&d water conditions, but so swift was the pace that Harvard alsa was well nmda the former record for -e' ce. Displaying the crows, swept over the-fiplsh: hno Jn Mtes, 13 seconds 40 Bénash 20 soconds the old: pecord o848 3" set by Harvard in-3908. This !q..- famest two mileg' ever rowed b 4 crew of any class in -the Harvarde [ Yoo regatta, which dates its begin- ning back 75 years to 1862, The Yale junior varsity was times ed in 9 minutes, 23 4-5 seconds to ‘bem. the mark of 9:60 the 'EH i nvces set up in 1925. arvard's {reshmen were clocked in ’4 2 5 and the Crimson “Jaye | vees™ in 9:29, Ell Favorites Again. This spectacular twin-victory for alc's oarsmen in the regaita’s pre- iniinarics, fresh triumpns, for Ed Leader’s famous “systom” swung opinion toward the Elis as favorites ‘ror the climax battle this ‘evening,. {the four-mile down stream varsity, ‘pull scheduled at 7:45 o'clock, easte | crn daylight time. Harvard's prose pects, however, still were highly ree sarded in the final race, with the crimson primed for a oig effort % | elieck Yale's six-yeac winning }su-mk t It was the same story in each of { the morning races. | The Yale freshmen were quicker o catchi their flying opportunity in he first race but the Eli “Jayvees,™ wh they finally hit top stride, won | by a greater margin as they swept | across the finish. 3 | In both events Harvard's oarsmen were swifter at the start, catching the water first and pulling out fato substantial leads. The crimson yeare lings fought for and held an udvan< | tege of trom 10 to 30 fect in the first ; mile, but at the halfway mark ylelds led Yale's challenge. 1t was stil} | nip and tuck for another half mile, L ing Into the stretch the EN d its beat three notchesy \ from 53 to 36, and won ecing awaye a half length of open water showihg |at the finish : | Harvard's “Jayvees” gained a lehd | of a halt length in the first mile of lie New Haven race, but again gave to Yale's stronger finishing powe | Y, Picturesque Setting. The Elis came up to c¢ven terms or first time with a half mile to go and pulled away rapidly from the tiring crimson eight in the last half ile. Both races finished ina lane, the greatest and most eol. thered for the regaita. It was :sque setting and Yale's vic. e greeted by tremendous from the whistl:s and horns ssembled boats. ! tribut, 1ol the Lightning Destroys Big Barn Near East Haddam East Haddam, Conn., June 24 t® —Tire bglieved to have been started by lightning last night destroyed a two family frame summer house in l.eesville, with a loss estimated at $20,000. The house was owned am occupied by Mrs. Cora Morehouse, widow of a former Meriden coda tractor, who with her son, Lawrence and her brother, George Jones, was awakened by a passerby who covercd the fire. The East Hadd fire department was called bfit could not save the house. B MUCH LIQUOR SMUGGLED t. John, N. B, June 24 UM United States government C = made available to thé' roysl toms commission have !Dvul“ 150,000, gallons of co cohol were smuggled into at Niagara Falls from 1933 te A. E. Nash, auditor for th -at todaY's.