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3 DEATH RIDES HIGH INGALE IN NIGHT (Continued From First Page) The ripping. tearing racket of the havy metal, the approximate weight oty which is said to be between 130 wnd 250 pounds. threw an audienee of upwards of persons into & B T e e~ er the accident last night and he was | house, which is the highest point on o NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, I'RIDAY, AFPRIL 20, 1928 en bulkhead in front of a theater 1StL emecndn there again this morning shortly aft- the roo! and ihercforc subjected to under construction. It ‘was said she er b o'clock. He agrees with the territic wind pi urc; or a door might not live. mayor’s plan of bracing, wlich is may have been ajav at some point A meinorial statue consisting of | similar to one he has ordered onlin the ventilaling system, eausing @ an cagle perched on & pedestal | the structure over fusible links at zale within the building. 1t is dif- ashed to the ground at Daubury. another point on the roof | In the opinion of the inspector the accident would not have hap- at this vcarly datc what caused the 1ctly ex- accident, oth- Many trees were blown over and highway department workers found er than the fact that the cxtraordi- many streets blocked by fallen pened had it not been for the over- ©was the immediate canse. Jimbs. hanging caves on the structur: Strand theater building At Hamden the wind blew down which made it possible for the wind the highest in this locality. two buildings and a silo. A barn and to form wide pockets by which the o he pent-louse stands at least o brick siorage ed were virtually 100f was forn from its moori t higher than the roof level destroyed Unavoidahl I'hi= condition subjects that portion woar panie, and it tor the efforts | ! };:k i of the roof to sireng winds at all D i T e s b imes, and when the furious gule Deputy Chief Michael T, 2 0idable mishap, and while he will czme tast night it played havoe with e fire department, com. | 11° & reportewith J. Gilbert Calhoun first high point struck. and that ved with the presence of mind and | COFONCr for Tlartford county, he does | huppened fo be the pent-house .‘“.;n.‘ 2 “ cudeville team of MOt Plan to ask « coroner's investi- 1o damage is eonfined entirely TRk and dibsevare thepe ot Leution, Yo said this aftepnoen, to the portion of the huilding stand- B . Staniaede er tho an Tt is said that patrons of the the- ing above the roof level, which ie EE : I ~“later beard a rumbling ahove the ! the “pent-house. no structura) dam. . . ] ¥ 1o con- ! ) 1 : A the formance proy is amply shown by the 3 > Ve o oA Bernardo An \matcur Roxer fact that the da will probahly Flu‘[hel‘ S[udy i % GyeIN o ‘.“ nardo was well known o 3 . No more t o " wnd the concussion affected |Lhe Sporting clement in this it The buildin erected by i pipes luading to the inside |throush his fr Braniogisenee it ans Bl of Wishington, April 20 P — With- ROl vetem b e Fregilel| BSIATE SINGMAMES DORIE e, s ag ) Ha o aspesionond s TP out avote and with but little deinte 3 < began to flow | Member of the Connecti “u SRR b e saperintendent "‘\“ ilion s oL e e o nt, how- |Guard and w mploved with the Wik issued October \’ : consideration of the senate flood 7 noise of | William IS B0 g nlayhouse SanstieoMetta o oy il r Representative Til SRt fo they, Abou Wais Uivolved niedan Agrns LG son of Connecticut, the republican earing 100 ! Harlininen Sons. New York archite floor leader, had eaplained that this of the veniilator roof, although as ‘“’ the New A the plans. was desired to enable a study of the ¢ tter of fuct the sprinkler was A meusure ) oft bwfore mote than a quart | 11is mother has Leen sick for the Thronghont State This unusual procedure — the % ot i ar and has heen in bed for Haitford. Aprll 20 (U1 —Galoss g iiiiis Ligs oo o piafor Blaeh ot ol i anditorium of o A2 of "‘}'* timg " - D lleh ;:”"' 1’”‘"”?'3 peommeetient Segistution —wax resorted 1o o that | sides his par i ves threcdduring the v fook 2 dives. eansed g0 could b had to adjust differ- ¢ Si5t0 e Anne and Julin namerous minor injurics and dam- i ‘l Ly i x.m & Nctors Contin : : - Al Ll i ine v ebvtn BYocatisior (e I ; rhardo. wnd . Salvatore, #zed property valued s Areds ; ro nhle of the n wa : s it passed the senate and Presi- | LN A housands of dollars. dent 4'001}1“" X Lookandiltonny "")"‘l"““ SR e Weather officials reported to illaait 813 not il ihe 1 i X ¥ . A that the west A which uchie i hiad tallen hackstage, ) & 5 o re in o . ‘1“ "‘ & i ”'r' . When consideration of the flood bill e Sy 3\ docify of fies prv foonir faaf | 1 UE0L CotEResaloN S fnid o tion 1o the noi LTl e o R S RAk L e ;.‘:?llnlnl. L 1 lul.'n was :h'mqnlll A lenee Sl s son's death when a reporler|Morning. Warmer tomperatures | 1 e as osnaemel il ballon s o disimetion in the e S abe tions have hee npleted. L"‘“ et erd (e DS BEOD asuring Dis wife that theip S0UNest winds drann in e wak Sl : e sonnd of SO0 Was on the reid to pecovery, ¢ the zalr , Lt ad [he sound of Girl Seuck by Limb Three vear old Shirley Joell of /il Btagaifoon the | 13InG Fichman of 79, Bejdsn|Maktford died afler heing ¢ Al i Bk limd st o sUek robon e i ok notios L o (WUBEERA RIS a0l iy mont e ey ; o'clock last night that his 15-year. M7 reof o “v:";"” ory building in s e old davghter, Rose. was struck on '\_M'r‘ A : {he shonitder by a | limb of a frev( SOC A PeEMS "] eI o U {] PR which was blown down in front of | (IR T o e i a1 Wagner, continued to | the Knights of Columbus home on 14", WCE Fort, FHE BE FRER D Bilan sind A% rlormer showing Franklin Square. 150 pounds each Cemin Ji b ara e sslo RS nea s trontio G N sATblIst] LA A three story veranda on a Crown Givir: uncortaiily 4s fo the sorious, [thodos church, =295 Washington | (ot houss ai New Haven man i 0 07 the orcurrence, inuey | Street, took fire from electric Wiresi o q.erom the structure and de. (Continued from First Page) i 1 o hold the attention of whieh rubbed against it, according mwolished in the strect, = = 1he frighicned amscmiblage to report to the police last night. Reports from various points tendent of the Connecticut Anti- Souney Calms Fears Statement By Rutherford Building Tnspector throughout the styte Witherford to- Cdreds of trees had been indicated hun- Suloon league Discussing the presidential st t, and then to help sec to it that the party that does trample this great noral constitu- tional law cither in platform or can- Cidate will come to political grief.” |t The Georgia dry er asked the question, “What do you | think will be the result if the demo- crats nominate Governor Al Smith of New York:™" He replicd: “I give this uncquivo- cal answe Having covercd the |V south very widely in recent months it is my profound conviction that Governor Smith will not only not re- ive the vote of a single southern = in the Houston convention, but what is wore, he will not carry the | ‘ote of more than one southern | state in November if he is nomin- | od. | “This is not a narrow \iew. simply a reflection of the honest ! sentinient of southern democracy, | Which is tundawmentally, everlasting- | Iy dry. it s | Demoerats' Opportunity “From my standpoint as a demo- | crat 1 tiink that my party has the | opportunity of a lifetime to win in | November if it will take advantage | of reeent congressional investiga- | tions. oil seandals and what not and | come out flatfooted for a clean pro- m for the American people, in- | cluding the strict enforcement of the | 18th amendment. and its supporting | statutes. The people are tired of footing. equivocations in plat- | form and candidates; they want a | man with a hig stick who will do a | n big job in a hig | A western paper recontly referred | to Congressman Upshaw as the man whose name should ha substituted | or that of Mr. Volstead in the aet | bearing the latter's name, | Another newspaper said of him “He kept Washington on its car for ral years by his constant ey nose of the nanghty drinking higher | 1 pe | Will Not speak in Schoot Reports that Supt, Stanley 10 MWolmes had barred Congress William D. Upshaw of Georgla from | speaking at auditorium exercises at | Central Junior High school be. | of his definite stand on the | prohibition and political question were denied by John Sloan. national | seeretary of the Temple of Honor. | A iz fo Mr. Sloan he weni fo Principal William €. French in 1l interest of Mr. Upshaw and asked him if it were possible to have him | as a speaker at the anditorium ex- | creises. The principal referred him | to Mr. Holmes, he said sev h cause Chii ey, who was in the au uprooted, \ e tolmes, e - R R day_made the following statement: roofs damaged and windows blown | fion Congressmian {pshaw suid: Mr. Holines' on At he aceident last night at the in _Gunning For Pussyfooters 4 B R ST theater, caused by the rip- Weather officials pronouneed the | “This tour that J am making in was al that 0o | @nits apj | Py Ping off of a portionof the tin roof. stornt one of the worst April gales in | Conunecticut is absolutely non-par- | many speakers would upset the rou- b e g i@ cool, wat :|»"¥“\\m)ld Ry b T, B e Sl e R B Ol e e e e o ar heen can by cither one of two Mrs. Michael McCarthy, was my platfornt right now, and t was asked whether or not Mr. | Preaking of the sprinklier S »I|” namely, fhe fact that the reported in o serious condition at|to try to sce o it {hat, neither party | Holmes exprossed a willipgness o ) e s Ui e l"",' sl of roof destroyed is that the Danbury hospital today after he- shall neminate a ‘wet' man or a have Mr. Upshaw as a speaker in L e o ‘eave [ COVERiNg the ventilating shaft peni- | ing crushed beneath a falling wood- | pusesfoofing dodger concerning the the school, he answired he did not Berly. Thow wha wished to leave ¢oull do so quicily. he pointed nm.‘ | but the show woull continue and | maining seated. The chief's appear- | HEE I B A R . . ance on the stuge stayed many, and | > number of those who left | returned after assuring themselves that the building was safe, and the vaudeville acts werc | completed. The management deemed | jt-advisable not to show the featu motion picture and the theater was emptied earlicr than usual. 1t was remarked that the title of the pic- tire singnlar happened to b “Nomething Always Happens.” Bernardo Crushed to Ground Bernardo and Burkarth, who ha: been friends for a number of year were in front of K. H. Budde's lunch cart on Arch strect, near Main, when ithey heard the clanging of the fire alarm on the outside of the theater and they hastencd to investigate, A dhort time later, fter the ventilator | haft rool had fallen, an alarm was | wang from 1 at the Conneeticut gompany barn en Chestunt street, near the theater. Companics i 3 and 6 and ladder companicy I and 2 responded The theater audienee g fo foel yneasy at this time and the sound of the siren added to th confusion. Outside the theater, a lar their ats, was hegin ciawds hegan to assemble from Chestout Arch and West Main freet nd Bernardo and Burkarth Burrying e the alleyway on the ‘ nut street side of the theater ey to learn (he cause of th Liem when someone shouted “Look outt lenry Range of Kens- ington, cmployed by the Connecti e stize enfranes and saw Lernardo telled to the grour 1 s killed, tharih srd soncons shout, and weveral 1o Tashed fo Lernardo’s assistanes e wa i inta the motormen i v obarn and then y The polic Theater ocem 1 punlie place j Jaof f amted out tad. at theve was 1 Vot Aar hie 1o ! net o cted. nor 1d any damage o 2 o J from the breaking the sprinkl mation pictur: could ha en siown but ther ould 1 cen greal uneasine on aceount of the darkened condi- 1 of the house which would hay cen neecssary. The usual program 15 iven this rnoog and will 1 prated tonight Girl Saved Vrom Injury hony Etruzinski of 76 Lim et performed a heroic act whe « seized 2 zirl whese name was not irned. st as she was about to valk into the way. Had vave been t il il ki is employed at the Vulean of the f climbing rouched pent-house from which the ronf en torn. He immod ately sugge 4 more extensive bracing and hea - or construction of the side walls lioth of which were aceepted by a representative of the theater own oy ind the work will he done 4t anee i aecordance with the ma ara plan Buildi Tregerto Buthor(ord aat one of the firsl on the roof Albert Steiger. Inc Main at Pratt St., Hartford Phone 2-4206 Imported Sandals % $7.50 T e One-strap Sandals with low Spanish heels . .. of braided leath- er in two-tone sports colors. New and ex- ceptionally low priced. 35 Other New Styles In addition. there are late spring mod- cls of white, parch- ment, gray or beige kid, white elk, pat- cnt, tan calf and black satin in one strap styles and operas— very smart to wear now, Steiger's—Main Floor —In the Downstairs Shop Tomorrow! Coats Specially Priced $19.75 sport and dress coats of broadeloth, kasha, kasha-twill, Iyushed tweed and novelty sports fabrics . . . in cape, scarf and straightline models black, middy blue and heige tones. .. smartly furred at collar or eufls . . . and very specially priced. Other Coats $24.75 to Chic Smart Hats $5.95 Your color and head- size . . . in the right type of hat for dress, travel or sports and inexpensive enough to allow two : hats for the usual I price of one. i New Straws :, Featured S Clever copies of ex- 5 pensive baku and bal libuntl . . . black hai hats with beige lace . ... flower trimmed M styles, and, of course, & Paris-styled eychrow . felts. Not an ordinary | hat in the group! i Steiger's—Third Floor i Smart! New! $Q.75 New high colored flat crepes - and practical summer silk crepes that are washable . . . floval, Indian and modern art > prints in rose, beige and navy | ...a complete choice of 3 styles for sports, business or 3 afternoon wear . . . sizes 16 : to 20, and 36 to 44. . Other Frocks 14.75 and $15.75 | appearance he was | I Mr. speake S e e e, ———— 9 | sressman William D. Upshaw of | Congressman Upshaw, hewever, i expects | Georgia following the alleged can- | did not stress the-prohibition que 'pshaw may make an | cellation of thelatter's scheduled-ad- |tion. Instead, .he tallked on “Phuc s afternoon during | dress at the Ncw Britain Central Jr. |and Purpose,” -drawing . materixl assembly. 1f he does, Mr.| High school. Mr. Staples said that | from his own lifc to illustrate lis ch plans to introduce him to the | he believed both sides of any ques- | urging that nobody should ever losq . but he will net be a speaker, | 1ion should be presented, as he be- | courage in life. French told the Herald ieved that the pupils should be ac- Upshaw Speaks in Plainville auainted with the probhlems of the (Special to the Merald) day. 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