New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1927, Page 1

Gl o the World- By Associated Press - - ‘a0 ‘pIoJIeH “383( 1APV AIRIQU 0)B)S JRINIIUUC) BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation Foi Week Ending Dec. 10th . .. 14,477 ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1927 —TWENTY PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS LINDBERGH LANDS SAFE IN MEXICO CITY AT 3:39 800 MILLION FOR STRONGER NAVY IS WILBUR'S REQUEST Secretary Would Have Congress * Authorize Construction of 1 New Vessels ELABORATE PLAN GIVEN REPRESENTATIVES TODAY Program Includes Construction of Light Cruisers, Nine Destroyer Leaders, 32 Submarines, Pive Air- plane Carrier—Bill Said to Be in Accordance With Wishes of Presi- nt Coolidee. Washington, Dec. 14 (U tary of the Navy Wilbur today trans mitted to con naval building Secre- s a program providing for 71 new ves sels costing nearly $500,000,000, with & letter stating that this program is “not fn conflict with the financial program of the sident. A bill emibodying the program w itroduced immediately by Repre- sentative Butler, republican, Penn- vania, chairman of 1he naval af- ars committer, The program pro- vides 25 light cruisers, 9 destroyer Teader: submarines and five air craft carriers. No time is constrnetion. Under the terms of the bill struction of light ¢ rs and air- It carriors is subject to the Wash- ton arms confe 1922, The preside in the Lill to suspend in whole or in provided for their nee trealy of is empowercd tie program Wilbur ex to Speaker of th rth, transmitting the )i t the estimated cost 1 Iy specu- lative” but subm schedule of unit costs totalin 400,000, “Butl tiween “The cost of class will depend on th 1d be id the cost wou 400,000 and §$5¢ mnit vessels of cach | ir charaeter- is well s labor and materia Wilbur cxplained. “As the program develops the eharacteristi of the vesscls 1o he construcied will be changed 1o mect modern condi tions. “It is impossible accurately to es timate the labor and material costs several years in advance, However, | a rough approximation of cach unit, including armor and armaments, is as follows: Light cruisers, 317000060 fo cach for 25 ARCH ST, WIDENING IS NEARER REALIZATION Change in Proposed Lay- out Avoids Payment of Heavy Damages To avoid payment of damages in the amount of $i0,000 to the Sout! Congregational Church Ecclesiasti cal socicty, the board of public works has changed the layout ta climinate work at the north corner of the church property and has re- moved what is helieved to be the only obstacle which has stood in the way of a wider Arch reet. The new layout will be referred to the board of compensation and as- sessment for appraisal of damages | and benefits, and the report of that board is expected to be returned in | time to include an item in next ' vear's budg. the operi- | ( tions, Owners of properties which are to | be affected by the strect widening | have offcred their land without claim for damages in excess of benefits to pensation and assessment board. | Honeyman building at the west en- |t r fo the sircet abuts on a side- rced four feet back and will 1 s the line for developing the out. South street chureh will iion for two feet Wil he eut from strect side of s prop Joseph H. Clark who had becn expected to launch at attack on the board of public works in connection | with proposcd walk improve- ments on Main strs attended a v mecting of the board last night i v his name led to vote . ther full width walks should |t pliced between I Main and {t not ask ¢ of land |p the Arch Well Known Maple viving her aré her son, How :xpedite the work of the com- |and a daughter, Mi at Nor: and Jolin Kiniry of So Preparing North End P will pureh; —_— Mrs. Lilliendahl Sews On Christmas Gifts as She Awaits Prison Trip Muys Landing, J.,, Dec. 14 (P—Mrs. Margaret T. Lilliendahl, who with Willis . Is wai ing in the county jail here to transferred to state’s prison to serve ‘ten years for the Kkilling of her husband, Dr. A. William Lil- liendahl, spending her time making Christmas presents for triends She been handkerchiefs nd doilies for neighbors in and around Vin land. She is represented as in- terested and cheerful in this job. Mrs. Lilliendahl was pleased today when a woman fricnd sen her an elaborate wicker s:wing 4 to ald her in } win has embroidering —_ PARK BOARD SEEKS INTEREST PAYENT Sees Little Chance However, of Getting Money Tor Bleachers DEFICIT I EARNINGS Brook 1 Willow vk Stands But Wherewithal to Pay on Notes Does Not—Argoment Over Last Profes sional Game. Attractive picturs o 1 ome from Willow Brook park vainted by sponsors of the move- | ment to insy W Bleachiers, were bhut pictires of the yparl board mght as they eat down to study a financial which indicated that from sour that were to produce thousands, only hundreds caine, and from other sup posed avenues of revnue, nothing was paid. Faced With Cha The board is confronted now with the obligation of paying interest charges on the loan by which the bleachers were purchased, for their insurance, removal and storage for the winter. Members of the seliool hoard were reached by telepnone and & member who happened to be in city hall last night was quizzed, but th sioners e little encourage- ment and dropped their papers on the 1 postponed action. cived finally tak tes Go Awry of the ecats w: ase being talked of, a committee of t 00l hoard met with the park furnished figures ames to he played ar. Ten per e © was promised s 10 rental charge and an additiona per cent of the gross revenue from H: d-New Britain game, when played here, and 10 per cent of | the net was offs night led. It $2,000 would come from High schoo thieties. However, less than $200 has been paid fn from that source. The commissioners inquired as to 10w much more the school board in- ends to pay, and they were advised or No School Money Likely when played In Hartford, “It i3 not the present im‘.n“o"!l‘hnl a new line of the committes now handling ath- | financial lc (Continued on Page 12) DEATH OF MRS, HART Street Woman Dies T Morning After Lomg Iliness—Lived Here 43 Years, Mrs. Margaret (Kiniry) Hart, 48 rs old, of 195 Maple street, & native of Kensington but a resident { this city since she was five yea: )t age, dizd this morning at § |o'clock after a long illness. | a member of §t. Joseph's | She wos parish and for many years had taken active part in its activitic Sur- ard Hart, public schools of | cher in th his city; three sisters, Misses Mary, and Kathryn Kiniry, two | vothers, Michacl Kiniry of this city | IFuneral of J. M. plote. arrangements, in Curtin & Co., ar incom- 3 eason rter pi epart- Pond for Skating The pond at sley Qu vill be flooded by the park ment 1o make it ready for e ng and the depar this yenr smooth, A shel been built and | e skating sur er for i streets, he voted: “Yes—yes a boardwalk will be constr :«M-!} 0. He afterwards refused to !leading from the pond to the shel- | commis- | that such a line would compete with sary traffic congestion | 4, the commissioners last | was estimated that | | representing th | man Frs | Opposing | Co. competing carrier: | also went on record as apprehensive | routc Margaret Hart, | | damages against {[fl”ls fi: : AND‘REWS "E:Lindy’s Non‘-Stop Route to Mexico Clty - DIES AT 82 YEARS {Came of Mayllower Stock—Was, ? Oldest Baptist Church Member {0DD FELLOW 58 YEARS: | Ancestors of Mr. Andrews setued in | New Britain in Precevolutionary Day=—Funcral Services Will Be Held Friday Afternoon. Louis LeGr Andrews, de Wt of Mayflower estors and & cmber of a tawily which settlad in is city during Revolutionary War period. did this morning at the o of his daughter, Mrs. W. rt of 12 Woodland st il wi by ago. He wi year AMe Andr suffered B v hi was living wit 1Mloren Pari nihs ago me of M neton was taken ¥ho e Hart He in his i ks during lrews' an tors, this nezer Andr ember 24, the main T Farming , was T tamily | i from New Britain ind for y Eber ter. Awong his Henrs And in this ety in awn's carpe Iren was a son, s harn April Pather Was Jeweler Henry Andrews was . jow was employed with North & Ch i1l Company for years when tie corn oceupied the site of the pr orter & Dyson Company. e : , : A e |'_,,,,,_) Rich, dau; ot . | Lindbergh may make a non-stop flight from Washineton to John Rich of Middletown | Mexico City instead of vefueling at San Antonio. as indicated r only son was Louis Le-ijn a tentative map of his route previously issued. Here is a : yv“(;.(\‘\”:‘ born April 29, 1546 1 | N€W Map, showing a course direct to the Texas border and down i hone- | the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. w i P : The insets show Lindy and sident Calles of Mexico (below,) who plans to welcome him. Britain in il ( which stood wi ALDEN ST. BUS LINE FRANCHISE. REFUSED L C. C. Rules It Too Com- petitive — Would In- crease (ongestion Maryan Zaleski has been denled o inchise to operate a bus line from | ntral Squ Alden sfireef, the sublic utilities commission ruling other common carriers now serving trict, and reduce the revenn anwhile creating unneces he d of all, eski application | tate Capitol, l).-“ *Harry Ginsburg : 5 ) i ; applicant. Alder- | Here is the presidential palace at Mexico City, where Colonel ank Zapatka and Councilman ‘ Charles A. Lindbergh is expected to be entertained by President amorajezyle appeared in favor. PR IR Al o L e odore Wasae Calies when he flies to the Mexican capital. Bruno Gwiazda and the Connecticut Mayor Weld i Hearing on the was had at the § cember 1, Attorn might result in | ses which wonld deprive | and that con- MILESTONES LINDY PASSED IN FLIGHT the district of scrvic L Computed for the Associated Press by H. Armand Do Masi of gestion in the center would be fn- {Compug OIAUHS o i e e [| the New York Daily News from Associated Press aispatches telling " The sbplieantt det forth thuk e of the hearing or the sighting of an unidentificd pline.) | s growth of Broad strect makes neces- | December 13 sary eervice in addition to that! Arriven O ¢ g 5. T.) Dist, Elaps. Tine Ave, 811 | which is given by the Wagner buses il A : . . and the trolley. It was found tha i il maralle] exlative | | Sovoehbure, va. iy 1:20 i the new line would ps oLl B B 8 e at various points. Witnesses Etowah, Tenn. B 491 1 ANy gnal Mt. Tenn. P ) {Gontinied oy Bage 14) Baldwin, Miss. P ) ST December 14. ) Houston, Tex. ) A M. $3.3 p————— Porto, Arkansas A M, 8.0 John Isancs Brings Action Agains Tampico, Mex. A ST | Abe Shepellof—W. Nowak Sued (Mmoo 0000000 by Provisio.. mpany. Sult for $1,005 damages has been | CONNEcticut River EXTRA DIVIDEND e 4 5 New York, Dee. 14— —Dirce- brought by John Tsaacs, nu-r:umn Rising After Storm ..« of the o '{j(f\;_ Monroe 8. Gordon, against Abe Bhe- Hartford, Dec. 14 (R—The Con- | trolled by the New York Central, to- pellof, claiming money due for| eclared an ext 0f $50 a sharc on th in addition to the nual payment of makes the total dividends vear $90 on stock whi value of $100, cash dividend capital stock, gular semi-an- $20 a share. This for the necticut river following yesterday's painting jobs. Constable James Man 1 storm when ning s¢ d attach- ©r prope I We through Gordon, has brought Jack Blonstein .72 inches of rain fel) has started another rise, but wecord- onroe . " PR ing to the local office of the Unitc 1 suit for 3501 nd , States weather burcau will not touch Il has a par Jack Harris, doing business as The | flood stage. The river at midnight Adrian Shop. The plaintiff claims | measured 13.4 feet and this morn- money due on fixtures. A keeper has | ing at 8 o'clock reached 13.6 B been placed on duty in the store. | feet. THE WEATHER | Constable John §. Recor served the R | papers. _ |MIDDLETOWN MAN SENTENCED New Britain and vicinity: The New Britain Bees & Provision | Harrisburg, D 14— (UD) Fair tonight ursday be- f Co., through Attorncy Gordon, has | Raymond F. Wood, of Middletown coming unsettled, probably | instituted on for $200 damages | ainst W. Nowak. Constable Man- | ning served the papers and closed the defendant’s store a m street Conn., today was undcr sentence of jone year and one day in the federal | | prison. Wood pleaded guilty in fed- | 35 Wash- | cral court here to raising foderal money orders at Seranton. followed by rain in the after- noon or at night; colder to- | night. [;Rmm[": 25,[][]" ;President Calles an VAINLY AWAITS ACE Ambassador Morrow With Crowd Numbering Nearly 25000 Welcome Flier-Bands Play, Flags Wave as Silver Spirit of St. Louis Appears on Horizon and Swoops Down in Front of Grandstands. i Pres. Calles and Ambassador | Morvow Join Crowd 14 (UP)—Cc BAKDS PLAY TOSTAY FEARS | 10, i e ‘ ot here to receive Mex g Flight Thrills Al Valbuena flying field at 2: He had been overduc his safety for hours. Col. Lindbergh's unofficial flying time Mexico City 7 hours, 13 minutes. of St. Louis was first sighted over the flying Charles A. Lindbergh, eting as king of the air, arrived at 9 P. M. (Mexican time). nd the entire world had wor Mevico — Vast ied over Number on Flying Field Faceeds Al Estimated Proportions—Every rom Washington to Report Received With Interest. Valt (U . Dee, 14 (# of Am President Calles and American Ambassador Dwight W, I Charles A. Lind- .\Inl‘l’u\} were waiting in the presidential box on top of an air- crowd estimated as | plane hangar, igh as 2 ) ha hered in and Not all of the 25,000 enthusiastic Mexicans and Americans flying 18. fwho had w en expected of po. ed for Lindbergh and his plane throughout the | morning remained at the field, but those who did made up in the esti- | the vociferousness of their welcome for all who had gone, dis couraged and anxious, to their homes. ‘!L was the climax of an exciting seven months during which a slim American, hardly more than a boy, had made aviation S hlsl«\l.'. 5 . S Since his departure from California in his then little known Ao [!];\m-. Lindbergh had traversed the American continent; flown the Atlantic to Paris and London: taken his plane on a tour (of the United States that included every state, and linked the | United States and Mexico in the first non-stop tickt between | the respective capitals. America’s aerial ambassador had come victorious what many had come to fear was certain disaster, Unconfirmed reports of his prec had heen (throughout the morning. But nothing definite came. iis morn- | &til! tield ta- two cre we Spetiti ad Croydon on | Paris from who was | {60% b ress received o & Planes had gone out from here and Tampico to seek him. Ambassador fn Crowd The Spirit of St. Louis flashed into sight across the horizon b A oy Gt ‘\,_.\‘;,:}\he*n .thr most optimistic were beginning to abandon h e for mt 1o Mexico, arrived on | its safety. "1”; jolne j_‘-v' nzix“w".‘l::- ';‘ r ac- | The scene was that of TLindbe rgh's former triumphs— wassy | § ’aris, towns in 48 states where he had been rovally e | But this time there was the added excitement ived. ¢ + 1"» ar that had been felt for him. PR Muanwhile Mexican wer BURKE OFFICIAL RATING ... Lind G piac Phinks Fire Dept. Mechanic Should 1 being bathed in sunlighy TS 1 pol I pated the carly morning T < m o side i e Standing, Even Without Sal- mists and 1ot the sky a | al- | with a smile bl was broken only| ary Raise. of his admir omally by wisps svhite | everal s Darely Weld pproves e avoi funder 11 shed Mting 0 create deputy chief, which would ] Rurke, and feels that the lo at Croydon. Kng- Lo should bo approved even Paris in similar sitia- field were several tho RS Ea Nt e % wd spectators, hut o 1 ) space for them that TAM oA i el L H s B ir¥ing to round up the 3 . cam wed on I et thoug he HRS. LINDBERGH WAITS "ot e vithout a salary hoost FOR NEWS OF FLYER ::: nd riding dari planes 1o kes Iy under p them fro possibly killing scores of 115} into discussion v el fship | Excitement In Mevico Air Field, Dec, 14 (@i ce, almost ap- heen considerer s having ma committ Wiator's Mother RKeeps in Foneh | V45 002 of the two important con- Elednha miavalledl oyen siderations, the other 1 e rowd at Valbuena air IR A SCotintod) Diets site to vest mor th us the 2 hour of Colonel © of master me crowd at Valbuena air fleld to- at Her School, ore than halt full 'day as 1 th hour of Colonel ; 3 D of the common council | Lindbergh's flight to Mexico City ShirolGheag L (Pl Lia s cing opposed to creating passed with Lindbergh's where- e reh, ! tl ob, the mayor would not abouts since he left Texas territory Colonel AT ke predict what d itton the cowm- |unknown 0 tou he Associuted Press [mon eouncil w ke of the or- | When it was finally decided that here toduy King 1) latest rc- ' dinance by the job would be | the machine 1 in the distance ports ot whereabouts of the | croqsed was that ot crgh, the excite- flier E - —— me of t crowd was enormous, Mrs Tin while indie: FAST TRA[N WREGKED cemir as it 4id] as a reaction from <om in view of con- the gloom which had been felt for flicting reports regarding her son S AD IR hours. Police could not re- said that he lad told her the flight ! strain the m ic the would require probably 25 hours for | Kansas City Special Runs Head On | e wps o ompletio appeated Fmiliar | puto preight i Arkansas—one | President Calles was ready to or with all the details ot the flight. | der airplane pa moment Informed wh ing Man Believed Dead. oy hoperully hemistry class at Cass nic of widespread ix High schiool here that some appr Tenn., Dec. 14 (P41 ernment telegrap! Hensionwas ifell 25 Colonel Iinas|Ba special, crack St. Louis | concerning t rican tlier. Mrs. Lindborgh feft her |and ancisco railway train, col- | Mexica t officials wert ToOm b L el ien b ke Yib ead on with a fre train wn into uncertainty coneernin to 1 test reports the main line near Po Ark he wh of Col. Lindberg Ganis i | varly today, resulting in serious in- L commerc never kno how these [4UY to C Nichols, lerk o o i e | Springticld, Mo., and probuble | to believe ERo s % | death of Hez Thor Thaver, Mo., that ed reports o enginecr of the s L. His body had | the wviator lene lent, Reports to the ro: is commercial p! 1's of i Hinry Neurath Misjudges Turn and | indicated that none of the passer nued on Page 17) gers was hur It was 1 that Wrecks Machine at Corner of Co the pas I train, L2 ESCORT PLANE FALLS m Kansas Ci to bin Ave. and Hart Street. I Ila., was running about 1 utes Q As Henry Nenfath of 74 Prospeet | Jate due to delay from high waters NEAR PRES. GALLEL ct was driving home from Plain- | 4uring the night, and crashed into el g ville carly this morning, he mis- | the ght train in a dense fox udged the turn at the corner of Cor-| It had ot been determin Jw o Mexiean Stunt Craft Ces hes at Val bin avenue and Hart strect, and his | the two traine were allowed on th i o) car went off the road and smashed J main line at the same time, DIt Bkl —NIC: - Baskpes the rear right wheel and damaged | — - S tho right front fire. Officer Ernest| NEW MINISTER TO U, s, | il Bloomquist found the car about 2:30 | La Paz, Bolivia, Dec. 14 (P =1t | Vallmuena | Ficld, Dee, 14 (8 oclock and made report giving the | Was said on excellent authority that | —One of the \lesican army plie registration number. The officer | Senor Eduardo Diaz Medina would | doing stunt flving here this mornis also turned on the lights so that the | be named Bolivian minister to the into a nose dive and crashe wreek wonld e visible to other | Uniited States into the field several hundred yard traflic. A mule tit strayed away from |in front of presidential — star Detective Scrgeant George €. [an army post in Panama was found |oceupied by ent Calles an Ellinger was detailed by Captain | 47 days later in a ten-foot hole, with | American Ambassador Morrow, Kelly today to make an investiga- | saddle and bridle still on. He had | The pilot of the plane was not in tion, and he learned from Neurath ! subsisted on vegetation that grew in jured. The prop was broken the detalls of the accident. the hole. jbut the plane suffered hittle damage