New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923, L Mail Orders Filled Dependable High-Grade Furniture Generally Reduced During Our Februaray Sale Two Piece Living Room Suite $295 .. This high grade mohair suite with attractive reverse on cushions, is with solid mahogany frame edge and legs, best copstruction. EXCEPTIONAL VALUE! s | 10 Piece e 3 Piece ‘Dining Room Suites Living Room Suites Remarkable Value! organizations and from trial Echoel Athletic enly been able to escape the deficits which face go many athletic associa- tions but has actually contrived achool year. revealed in a financial statement is- sued today by Vice Principal Douglas MacDonald. Plainville News SGHOOL ATHLETICS PROVE PROFITABLE H. §. Assn., Aided By Friends, Has Balance on Hand \'IASHBUR!LIS CHAIRMAN Heads Revaluation Committes—Dr. Meredith Addresses Large Parent- Teacher Meeting—Birthday Party —Quadruple Attraction Tonight. Alded by gifts from other student the Indus- league, the High Association has not baseball to profit and has a balance of $136.22 on hand this morning against a bal- ance of $47.57 at the opening of the This fine showing was The principal outside contribution was a $100 check from the Industrial league, which voted public card party in the gymnasium next Monday night, plans being un- der way for 60 tables. The girls' glee club will sing from 8 to 8:16 o'clock, and refreshments will be served. The committee in charge coneists of Mrs. C. R, Clark, Mrs. 8§ S. Gwillim, Mrs. KRirk Kyle, Mrs. William Cassidy, Mrs. W. A. Bailey, Mrs. A. A. McLeod, and Mrs. H. §. ‘Wazhburn. The membership committes is plarning a drive for new members and many make it by means of per- sonal interviews in a house to house canvass. Four Attractions Tonight A four-fold attraction will be of- fered at the High achool tonight, when there will be two games of bagketball, a volley ball match, and dancing. The feature of the eve- ning will be the Farmington Valley league basketball game between Flainville and the Hartford Knights of Lithuania. The Knights are on fop of the league and have not been defeated this year, breezing through all opposition with little difficulty. Plainville, which i not yet out of the race, will oppose the visitors with an exceptionally strong com- bination tonight and hopes to stop the Hartford team. LaHar and Jas- per will be at forward positions, Holst will jump, and Darrow and Miller will attempt to end the scor- ing spree of the Shimkus brothers, who are leading the league in scor- ing. Gteersloh, Arburr, Smith, Weir and others will be in reserve, and the best game of the season is in pros- pect. The preliminary game will bring together the Plainville Reserves and a Sonthington quintet. Between games there will be a volley ball Young People at the Plainville High school on February 24 at 8 p. m. Mrs. Frederick M. Abell 15 direct- ing the cast. Dancing will follow the play. Notes Clinten J. Morse is slowly recover- ing and is now able to sit up for a short period each day. The High echool basketball team will meet Thomaston here tomorrow night in a league game. The “Y" will play a preliminary, and there will be dancing. The regular mid-week prayer meeting at the Baptist church will be held at 7:45 o'clock this evening. The topic is “Happiness.” Eat at Garden of Italy, 135 North Main Street.—advt MINISTERIAL KISS IS MISTAKEN, ALSO GOSTLY British Clergyman Brings Suit For Slander and Collects Damages Northampton, England, Feb (UP)—A fatherly kiss which Rev. John J. Reeves impressed on the brow of prétty Miss Emily Baxter has cost two of his parishioners $3.750. The kiss was administered at a funeral, when Miss Baxter broke down in tears. To some of Reeve primitive Mcthodist followers it was more than the fatherly kiss it pur- ported to me; and when Reeves and Miss Baxter were seen in public on 16 Bristol News BRISTOL RECOVERS FROM HEAVY STORM City Officials See Little Hope of Tmproved Gonditions SEWERS ARE INADEQUATE Annual Tnspection of Company L Friday Night—Elks to Nominate Officers—Autos Badly Damaged in Afternoon Collision. Brictel is gradually recovering from the effects of the heavy rain- | fall of Tuesday evening. It is be- | lieved that the damage will far ex- | ceed the original estimates, mer- | chants on North Main and Meadow streets suffering heavily. Employes of the public works de- partment were engaged yesterday in | removing quantities of mud and dirt | which were washed down onto Mea- | dow street, where the brook bor- | dering the Central fire station over- ran its banks and filled many cel- | ars. Fire department omplo\»-‘ were engaged all day in pumping out the cellars of North Main street Marino and Bianchi appeared t‘ morning before Prosscuting Atters ney James T. Mather and agreed_te- settle the matter civilly. OBJECTS TO TABLET : BEING PUT ON HOUSE Camden School Teacher Writes Fore mal Protest to Mayor of Oity Camden, N. J., Fob. 16 M-It & man conceives a great idea in a car- tain house does that give the house a rightful claim to a memeorial tablet? Miss Edith A. Rogers, a Camden school teacher, does not believe se, and she has written to Mayor Price protesting against the placing of & marker on her house as a memoria) to Edward Sharp, pioneer Camden resident. Sharp is credited with being the first man to conceive the idea of & bridge across the Delaware frem | Philadelphia to Camden and the thought came to him in 1819, while | he was living in the dwelling sow { occupied by Miss Rogers. “I don't want a tablet here, and that's all there is to it,” the schéel teacher said. “Just because s man got an idea in a house I can't see why that makes the house histeric.” Miss Rogers’ protest is the first hitch in the plans of the Camden centennial committee te properly mark spots of historical - interest | during the 100th anniversary eele- bration of the ecity's incorporation. this sum in | The Sharp house was one of the 31 designated places for markers. stores. According fo city officiale, noth- ing can be done to relieve what is several subsequent occasions William Arnold, shoe manufacturer, decided | match between the champions of the Trumbull league and the Dark Morses, Dancing will follow the order to further athletic interest at the school. The school dramatic club gave $57.65 and the home $295.00 $125.00 Mellow two tone walnul lited, finished with a heat resisting lacquer rather than a varnish. Wo $295.00 10 Piece Dining Room Suites 00 $475 Beautiful colonial design back chairs and remarkable values at $475.00. 10 piece combination walnut neatly finished, special $195.00. Berlin News FIRE DEPARTHENT? ENISTS ON PAPER! Berlin Resident Curious About New Organization ALREADY HAS BEEN FORMED Krisington Athletic Club to Meet— Kensington Boys' Club Defeats Fast Beriin Five—Bowling League ~Local Boy to Play Polo—Notes. Peopls in Rerlin are asking many queations about the newly organized fire department which is heing spon- sored by the American Legion. The Herald 18 the recipient of a com- munication from a taxpayer who questions the operations of the fire department, His letter is as follows: “I have heard a lot of talk ahout the Berlin tire department win #omeons kindly inform me as fo what it i8? Where 15 1t7 In what way will it benefit me? “I have becn asked to donate by Joining for $1.00 with a promise of $1.00 quarterly dues. T should like 0 know where my money is expect- 4 to go and for what. If I can be convinced that it will help my neigh- bors and myself, then T ghall consid- er it my duty as a fellow townsman to join and put my &houlder to the wheel. On the other hand, if there ix nothing to it why should 1 donate $4 per year just to give some one olse 2 good time? “TAXPAYER.” The Berlin Volunteer Fire depart- ment is composed of local citizens who ara anxious to establish a fire departmetn in town. Meetings are held at the Legion hall, the legion- naires being among the strongest backers of the proposed organiza- tion. Tt is believed that the volun. ter department members will answer the above questions to the satisfac- tion of the taxpayers whe are ques tioning the activities of the depart ment. Birthday Party A birthday party was held last evening in honor of Mrs. J. Hackett and Miss Nellle Chapont at the home of J. Chaponi of Kensington About 25 guests were present. Games were played and dancing enjoyed. Refreshments were served during the course of the evening Body Sent to Northampton ‘The body of Charles P. Hannum, who died suddenly in East Berlin yesterday morning from heart| trouble, was sent back to Northamp- ton late vesterday afternoon to the home of his brother, Willlam, from whose home the burial will take place. Special Athletic Meeting The Kensington Athletic club will hold a special meeting at the Tabs hall in Kensington tomorrow eve. ning. All members are nrged to be present as many mattera of routine will come up for disposal. Cholr Rehearsal Friday There will be choir rehearss the Kensington Methodist ¢l hurl‘h to- morrow evening at 7 o'clock. All members are expected 1o be pres- ent. Tocal Team Wins The Kensington Boys' club fook their xecond atraight victory over the Fast Berlin five last evening at the ew Britain Boys' club by a one- sided score, 34-8. The club team dis- played their best form of the sea- on and had their ancient rivals at | a3 during the entire game. This fictory elinehed the town champion [Chrysler team in the New la frain 12 t richly high- nderful buy at $125.00. with ladder ed coverings, Davenport, wing chalr and arm chair, in choice jacquard covering, construction and a real guaranteed value, only Living Room Chairs $22.50 High back, with spring seats in assort- that ordinarily sells for + much more than $22.50. 13 to 1 broken suites locals won the first game after a bitter battle by four points but prov- | ed to be the hetter team by far in last night's game. Chotkowski and Urbane led the attack of the winners while MacDonald was the losers best bet. Tonight the Kensington team will clash with the South church five in a Hartford county “Y" game at the New Britain Boye' club.' The locals have lost nine straight games in the league and are hopeful of annexing their first victory at the expense of the New Britain team. The game will start at 6 o'clock with Anderson referee. Kensington Bowling League ‘The Kensington bowling league will roll off the sixth week games of its schedule at the Rogers bowling alleys in New Britain tomorrow eve- ning. The league is hunched in & tight race and each feam will en- deavor to get a .xtronghold on first place, Queen Esther Circle The Queen Esther Circle of the Kensington Methodist church will meet tomorrow evening at the homea of Miss Helen Stubleman at 8§ o'clock Planninzg Union Meeting ‘The Woman's Missionary sociefy of the Berlin Congregational church i planning a union meeting with the women of the Kensington in the 1adies’ room for some date this onth. Dafinite. announcsfent of: the date will he made ghortly. To Play Polo Considerable interest among the roller polo lovers in town has been raised by the announcement that “Jumbo" Gnasdow, who &tarred in the line of the All-New Rritain foot- ball team last fall, debut in the polo world within the next few weeka: The local boy hae been signed to play with the RBritain Auiomobile Jeagne, He will cover a halfback position © Walks Many Miles A Polish woman from New Brit- ain came to Berlin this morning to 100k up a certain party with whom she was acquainted. It was her first visit in town and she loet her bear- ings soon after leaving the bus on Farmington avenue. She wandered off on a cide road and became lost 1 the woods. She walked around for two hours befere she found her way back to the main highway. She was none the worse for her experience hut declared that she had made her firai and last vieit to Berlin, Business Poor Although 1t was announced by the 10r2l brick companies shont 2 month ago that business was expected to pick up this menth reports now, are to the contrary There iz very much doubt at the present time as to whether some of the companies will operate fheir rlants this spring Scout Troop Mecting Troop 68 Boy Scouts, met last evening at the Legion hall under the supervision of Scoutmaster Adolph | Schultz. The scoutmaster was assist- ed by Joseph Wilson, post command- er of the American Legion, and Thomas Emerson. Next Monday eve ning the troop will|hold a “Charte night at the hall No Definite Announcement Up to ¢his noon no definite an- nouncement had been made by B. C. Forter Sons concerning the funeral of Michael Clark, who was killed by . Monday. Some develop- ments were expected 1o he made this afternoon. Fast Ber) tems he Lafanso club will mect this evening at the home of Mrs. Ralph Gamble on Wilcox ayenue. Road repairs are being made to DANCE At Fraternity Hall, Berlin SAT. EVE,, FER 18 Music By Albert's 6 Plece Orch By Happy Three hip tor the Kencington team. The will make his [at 2 off on many odd pieces or Wilcox avenue today. The street Icading to the Huhbard school has been greatly improved. the muddy condition being eliminated. It is planned to cover Wilcox avenue with crushed stone and surface it with gravel. There will be no whist at &t. Ga- briel's Episcopal church tomorrow evening as previously announced, it having been decided tfo discontinue the whists until after Easter. The Book club program for this month will be held at the home of Mrs. H. W. Dowd next Tuesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock. The Fife and Drum corps will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock in Community hall basement for the regular weekly rehearsal. The Girl& club will meet t) ning at 7 o'clock at Community hall. The heavy rain caused a rise in the Connecticut. river of two feet at Middletown. The Mattabesset was normal this morning. The Pythian Sisters will meet next Monday evening at 8 o'clock at Community hall. The whist party at Sacred Heart church next Monday evening will be the last party until after Easter. The men of the parish will be hosts for the evening. They are planning an unusual program. Tha Bovs' club will meet fomor- row evening at Community hall. The vounger bovs will meet at 7 o'clock and the older bovs at & o'clock. The meeting at the Methodist church next Sunday evening will be in charge of the Wesleyans. The regular weekly rehearsal of the Methedist church choir will be held in the church tomorrow evening 7:30 o'clock Mre. James Dutton of West Crom- well is confined to her home by 1l ness. Wesleyan President 1s Planning Long Journey Middletown, Feb. 16 (#—On a round of visits to Wesleyan alumni, President James L. McConaughy, of the university, 10 for the Pacific coast, where he will visit. gradunates at Los Angeles and San Francisco. On his return itrip, he plans to stop oft at Chicago to meet alumni on April 3. Accompanied by ex-Governor Weeks of the hoard of trustees, the Wesleyan president will make his by hoat, through the Panama €anal PISO'S couvhs will leave on March economics club $27.25. Athietic as- sociation dues ftotalled $67.35, a dance resulted in a profit of $45.81, and an entertainment brought in $11.25. Proceeds from the two bas- | Ketball games played at honp by the school quintet this year have to. talled $71.20. There is $7.53 out- standing, making total r-cfilwfi $435.64. The principal expenditures are $146.11 for foothall equipment and $68.95 for basketball suits. Guar- antees and transportation cost $37, a new basketball $11.59, and mem- | bership in the Western Connecticut Interscholastic league $3. Ten dol- lars was spent for Christmas pres- ents to Edward Conlin and Marfin Casey. Two eaps taken from fhe check room on January b were re- placed at a cost of $4.50. Other small items brought the total dis- bursements to $299.42. Washburn Heads Commiittee Henry S Washburn has been elected chairman of the committee of seven appointed by the selectmen to conduct, a further investigation of the problem of revaluing all taxable property in the town, and Myron Rogers has been named clerk. committee af its first meeting voted unanimously in favor of employing an outside firm 1o assist the town in doing this work. The next meet- ing will be held on Tuesday night, and after that the committes hopes to have something more definite to | announce, Parent-Teacher Meeting Dr. A. B. Meredith, state com- missioner of education, spoke on “The Major High School” at the meeting of the Parent-Teacher gs- sociation held in the high school auditorium last evening and con- vinced his hearers of the advantages of the plan recently adopted by the Plainville school committee. The meeting was attended by about 160 parents and was an enthusiastic gathering. The “S-4 plan" with eight years of primary and four of high school, is antiquated, Dr. Meredith safd in Eiving a brief history of the rival &chemes. It is & fraditional relic left from the davs when primary school designed to teach ‘the three Rz to all children and the high school was for the purpose of preparing for college. There was 100 great a gap between the high achool freshman and senior and the w0 had nothing in common. Under the -3 plan” the ninth grade is she last of a three-year group and not the first of one of four years, making the transition much easier. This results is keeping pupils in school longer, Dr. Meredith said Tn the attendance contest Miss Vera Wightman's grade five room at, the Linden street school scored 16 points and won the picture awarded to that room which had the most parents presenf. The association will econduct a <PLAINVILLE®» —TODAY— “THE GORILLA" with Charlie Murrar You'll shiver with laughter and shake with snspense ~-FRIDAY — “NO PLACE TO GO Mary Astor and Tdoyd Wudyt« —SATURDAY - Aohn Bowers and Marguerite De La Motts, in RAGTIME" The | “big game.” Birthday Party About 15 friends of Miss Nellle | Evans eurprised her at lier homeson Broad street last evening upon the | oceasion of her 17th hirthday anni- iversary, Games were played and \refreshments gerved, and a most en- | vable evening was passed. Miss vans is the daughter of Mr. and |Mrs. John Evans Teaves Hospital The many friends of Mrs. Katie B. Judson will be glad to learn that | she has left the New Britain General | hospital and gone to the home of her son, Edward Judson, in Hart- ford, where she will continne her convalescence. She will probably remain fhere until spring. Mrs. {Judson has been a patient at the hospital since November 3 and in |January underwent. a. serious opera- tion. She is now ahle to it up about four hours a day and her ul- timate recovery is expected. Pythian Sisters’ Whist There were ten tables at the whist conducted by the Pythian Sisters in 0dd Fellows' hall last evening. |Prizes were won by the followin Ladies’, first, Mrs. Sarah White; see- ond, Mrs. Emmon: third, Mre. Charles Livingston; meq's, first, Mrs. Margaret. Wilber; second, Lucius |Ives; third, E. Wilcox. The Great Balloon Flight The /post office s all agog over {a reported balloon fiight which, it is said, will be attempted on Washing- ton's birthday. The plans, which call for a round-the-world trip in 4 hours. are as follows: Merton Lamb will furnish the balloon and guide it, with John Elliott. and Wil- liam Chamberlain (no relation to Clarencs) operating the controls and Thomas Cotton Mather, the big A. & P. man, carrying messages be- tween the men. The leader of the expedition says he will go high into the air, let the earth spin under him for 24 hours, and then land where he took off. He claims to be able to dety gravity. This gravity will be furnished by Frank Hohbein, rumor says, and the hot air for Jifting the loon will be provided by James Bud"” Graham. Basso Wins Bassn piled up a mid-match lead on Eilverio and defeated him by 16§ pins in & close and see-saw 11-string bowling match at the Recreation al- leys last night. The scores Basso—127. 82, 9%, 113, 117, 104, | 111, 114, 130, 1051116 | | Silverio—104, 108, 112, 29, 111 KR, 23, 129, 110—1100 “His Uncle's Niece” A mother names her child Francis to fool a rich uncle into believing that “Francis® is a girl, as the| uncle has promised to bequeath one | million dollars to the child if it is a girl. The uncle then finds out that his “niece” is a boy. This is the plot | of “His Uncle's Niece,” which will be | presented by the Congregational D ANCE Tomorrow Night Frlday. Feb. 17th GRANGE HALL Plainville Given by the (mmp J. Better Washing By Better Methods HOME LAUNDRY i| 60 South Washington St, E. G. Prior, Proprietor or |[ VESANRES i o LEAVING IN SAILING FOR AFRICA WITH RIS UNCLE HARRY IS DRAWING GAOSER“. Buene PRETTY LTTLE GIRL, W10 ALWAYS TREATED FRECULES DAVSq)UST TIINL -+ AFRICA! fo take it up for the good of North-; amptonians souls. Arnold composed a circular alleg- ing that Reeves and Miss Baxter were seen kissing in a quiet lane, and Joseph Terbutt, a local printer, printed it for him. In court it was soon apparent that the one authenticated kiss was a pastorly one, Reeves denied successfully that he had walked in a meadow with Miss Baxter, and said that he saw her principally when she was a dinner guest at his home with his wife pres- ent Arnold’s attorney announced that any suspicions of misconduct had been removed, and a jury awarded Reeves 82,500 damages and Miss Baxter $1,250. NOTRERS AND FATHERS 60 T0 SCHOOL TODAY Chicago Parents Arc Looking for Reactions of Their Own Children, Chicago, Feb. 16 (UP)—Mothers and fathers, convinced that parents usually are to blame for the mis- takes of a normal child, “went to 6chool” here today to study the re- actions of children. The *“school” is the annual mid- west conference on character devel- opment. Leading paychiatrists and educa- tors hope to show parents how to govern themselves so they may help their children in character develop- ment. The four aims of the conference, as outlined by Mre. 5. T. Lawton, 1he president, in her opening address are physical health, emotional bal- ance, intellectual alertness and a spiritual viewpoint for the child. Dr. Mark A. May, of Yale Univer- ity led the morning's discussions with an address on the relation of science to character education. Mr. May cited statistics to show that there is leas deception among children when their environment s friendly rather than suspicions Lindy Today Slips Off Into Quiet of Obscurity &t Louis, Me., Feb, 16 (UP)—Col Charles A. Lindbergh slipped behind » cloud of obscurity today for the first respite from public functions since he went hunting several weeks back in Panama. For the next four davs the good- will ambassador wants to be juat plain “Slim” Lindbergh. His next public appearancs will come Monday when he throws his increasingly important support to | | the air mail with a flight over the St. Louis-Chicago route. Several thousand pounds of air mail that day will bear a speeial commemora- tive post mark. BANK IS ACCUSED Newark, N. ¥, Feb. 16 (#—The Newark Morning Ledger says in a copyrighted story that Mrs. Maryen McCarter, the former Baroness| D'Erlanger and wife of George C.| McCarter, Newark attorney, brought action in chancery court here today | againsat the Farmers' Loan and Trust company of New TYork, charging mismanagement, and lack of proper | accounting of an estate of more than $1,200,000 The action sought to have the bank relieved of the admmnistration of the properties left by Mre. Me- Carter's former sband, Peter Cooper Hewitt., | evening | country and has been engaged spoken of as one of the worst con- ditiens in the city, the inalility of the surface water sewers to take care of the water in the central stree During a heavy rain, the business | sections on North Main street and lower Main and School streets are flooded and the services of the fire department are often required to empty the cellars. Superintendent of Public Works Oscar Anderson, in a statement made following the st storm, the opinion that the roads of the city would be in poorer shape in the spring that they have been for the past 15 years. Meriden Here Tonight The Meriden roller hockey team will play the Bristol team in a state league game tonight at the Red Men’s auditorium on Prospect street. Arriuda, former Hartford star, will make his first appearance in a Meri- den uniform this evening. Annual Inspection The annual inspection of Company €. N. G., will be held tomorrow in the Prospect street armory, according to the following order issued by Captain Kenneth R. Moore: “Order No. 1 *“1. In compliance with G. 0. No. 26, A. G. O. Conn., dated November 16, 1 on Friday evening, February 17th, 1928 for the annual armory inspec- tion. “First call 7:15 p. m. Assembly 7:30 p. m. “'2. The gervice uniform (woolen) will be worn. ““3. This armory inspectlon is or- dered by law and every member of this command must attend. Ab- sence on account of sickness must be accounted for by a certificate signed by a reputable physician. Other absentees will be required to pay the penalty prescribed for ab- sence without leave from military duty, which is § K. of P. Meeting A meeting of Ethan lodge, Knights of Pythias, will be held at & o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall. Elks to Meet ‘The first nomination of officers will taks place at a meeting of the Bristol Lodge of Elks to be held in Elks home on South street at o'clock this evening. A class candidates will also be initiated, Swedish Minister to Speak Rev. Nils Olson, who recently ar- rived in this country from Sweden, will be the speaker at services to be held at the Swedish Congregational L. of {church at 7:45 o'clock this evening. Mr. Olson is making a tour of the to speak in most of the principal citles. Vital Statistics There were 49 births, eight mar- office of the city clerk during the riages and 14 deaths recorded in the month of January, according to figures released yesterday. The number of deaths s considerably less than the same month last year and four less than those recorded dur- ing December, 1927 Vacationing in Florida Mayor W. Raymond Crumb, Crumb and their two children, this morning for Miami, Fla., where they will spend the next four weeks. They will be met by Wallace B. Crumb, father of the mayor, at Jack. | sonville, Autos Collide A truck operated by Tony Bianchi |of 375 Park etreet and a pleasure car driven by Joseph Marine of Ter- ryville collided late yesterdav affer- noon at the corner of West and Gridley street. Both cars were bad- v damaged, the force of the colli sion hurling both cars up on the sidewalk. Now, Is That Nice? was of | 927, this company, will assemble | ordered | 8! Mrs. | left | I WAKNT 70 SAY GOODBYE T0 Yo, FRECKLES = 1 KAOW YouLtL HAVE. A MARVELOUS TIME AND DO WRITE A\E A POST CARD FRom 0/0 BOARD SUIP Three Buildings Wrecked | By Bombing in Chicago Chicago, Feb. 16 (UP)—Two bungalows and a warehouse Were | wrecked by two high explosive bombs here today. Both mey\n | were attributed to rivalry fn ‘the | liquor traffic. No one was tnjured. A largs stock of alcohol was found in the basement of the bunga- low of EAward O'Brien after the ex- plosion there. The bomb tore off the front of O'Brien’s home and | damaged a bungalow next door. O'Brien was held for federal au- thorities. The other bomb expleded ln warchouse on the soyth side. - Alco- Ihol in tins was found behind & pile of furniture in the warehouse. Four Drowned in 24 Hours Is Record for Bay State Boston, Feb. 16 (UP)—VFour per- ! sons have lost their lives by drewn- ing in Massachusetts during the past 24 hours. X The victims were Frank Gargalin- ski, 21, Sterling; Frits J. Schmosht, 40, and Stephano Avansinl, §9, beth | of Plymouth; and Thomas Csafkew- ski, 9, of Easthampton. '* Soft ice created by the ably warm weather was for all the deaths. Al Smith Now Accused Of Jewish Tendencies New York, Feb. 16 (UP)— Charges that Governor Smith has been influenced by Jewish advieers in a determination to send & “new Tammany” delegation to the deme- cratic national convemtion Were | made today by John Devey, editor of “The Gaelic Americap.” | “The party which depends maluly in New York on Irish and Cathelic support,” Devoy said in an editorial “has adopted the cry, “to:hell ‘with the Irish' o DIVORCE DECREE Deal, N. J, Feb. 16 .UR—An- nouncement was made todsy fer. the granting of a final decree of diverce by Chancellor Walker to Mrs. Estelle M. Clark, against Frank C. Clark, of South Norwalk, Conn., and WNew York, stcamship line agent. A decree awarded Clark in Reno, Nev.,, was contested by Mrs. Clark. Sbe alleg- ed desertion. Februgry 8, the day on which Chancellor Walker filed the decree, was the twenty-feurth anniversary of the eouple’s mar- riage. SCULPTOR TO VISIT HERE Rome, Feb. 16 (UP)—Enrico Gilchenstein, sculptor, a native of | Poland but resident for thirty years in Italy, will sail for New York in the liner Roma February 33 to ex- hibit his busts of Premier Mussolini, | Gabriele D'Annunzio, and other no- | tables, FAMOUS DOG RECOVERS | Boston, Feb. 16 (UP)—Chinook, | famous sled dog, has been discharg- | ed from the Angell Memorial hospit- al where he has been recelving trea | ment for abscesses behind the eer. | He will accompany his master,” Ar: thur T. Walden, noted musher, to Wonalancet, N. H. today. oachg___ R Fl.l'l' Quick - Safe - Suse