New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1928, Page 7

Brow One’s First Thought for Summer Is Comfort in Their Home Vudor Window Awnings Assure coolness as well at protection from the Made of best grade, finely woven sun's burning ray duck, green and white and ‘galvanized steel frames, W that do not wear, rust or clog. Quality at low price. 30 in., 36 in. and 42 in., $4.50, $5.00, Orders taken also for porch awnings, at proportionately low prices, Vudor Porch Shades Can be had in sizes from 3x7 feet to 12x7 feet, B The “Vudor” is the best and most durable porch scrcen on the market, at top and easy to attach or remove. THE “ARTMORE” PORCH SCREE stripes, is very attractive at a trifle higher cost. Step § green or brown, to our drapery section and OTHER WINDOW AWNINGS, ready to attach, are of heavy woven stripe brown and white, with flat 42 in., 48 in., priced at $1.49, $1.59, $1.69 and $2.19 each Better grades in same sizes, green and white, and brown and tan, reasonably Berlin News YOUNG WOMAN HIT | BY AUTONOBILIST I | | | Hartford Visitor in Town Is Badly Injured ARREST FEMININE DRIVER Kensington Baschall Team Wins Two | Games—Borlin Grange Mecting | Tomorrow Evening—Miss Mui Writes Interesitng Mocm. Ax she was ¢ Farmington ave Auto Eales afternoon about 4 o'clock, Miss ry “ ®zynkowlz of 5 Putnam street, Hart- ford, was struck and seriously in- ue near the Company urday | Jured by a automobile driven by Miss| Anna Wratsehko of 30 Norden strect New Britain. Dr. Matthew Griswold | ordered the removal of the injured girl to the New Britain General hos- pital. At the hospital it was found that the girl was suffering from a | broken collar hone and injurics to | her head, and possible internal in- | Juries. | Constable Frank Brown investi- | gated the accident and placed Miss | Wratschko under arrest for reckless | driving and released her under bonds | of $500. At the hospital this morn- | ing it was reported that Miss Szyn-| Kowiz had p; a good night and was resting fairly well, Berlin Grange Mecting The Berlin Grange will hold its remi-monthly meeting tomorrow eve- ning at the Granze hall on Farming- ! ton avenue at §:30 o'clock. The! meeting will be in charge of the men of the society and they will present a competitive program. The | women gave their program last month. The judges will be Mrs, D. Jiancroft and Mrs. William Scott. A ! large attendance is expected. | Bible Class Supper On next Friday cvening at 6:30 o'clock at the Berlin Congregational | church, the Berlin Men's Bible class | will prepare and serve, without | feminine assistance, a which the people of the community are cordially invited. An attractive menu has been arranged and will be | followed by four recls of moving| pictures and group singing. The proceeds of the affair will be used 1o purchase new hymnals for the clioir. Entertains Friends Mrs. George A. Pickett will enter- tain at three tables of bridge this «vening at the home of her mother, Mrs. C. J. Boardman of Worthington ridge. Prizes will be awarded the winners and refreshments served. Scouts Meetings Troop 1, Boy Scouts, of the Ber- lin Congregational church will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. Scoutmaster E. O. Shjerden will be in charge. The Cub Scouts will meet tomorrow cvening at 6:45 o'clock. Troop 4, Girl Scouts, will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the center in New Britain. They will go to the State Normal school to visht nature’s trail. This will take the place of the regular meeting. The invitation to visit the trail was ex- tended to the girls by Mrs. Charles Tratt. Forty Hours Devotion Forty hours devotion was opened up at the 10 o'clock mass yesterday'| morning st St. Paul's church, Ken- stngton, and will brought to a close toinorrotw morning. Thursday is the feast of the! *Axcension,” and is a holy day of ohligation. Maseex will he celebrated at 5:30 and 7:30 o'clock. i ln;. [vienal chur lday has Vaate, ¥ {visiting sing the road on | g Rerlin | {fral Association supper 1o |) NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928 Mail Orders Filled brown and tan stripes, on The Only Shade Made With A Ventilawoe /ith solid porcelain fixtures N $5.50 each larger sized window and Has ventilator in fancy investigate, duck, blue and white and steel frames, 80 in., 36 in., priced for quality. On next Sundny the Passionist |runs in succession. Synder also hit I"athers will open up a mission at St. 'a circuit clout in the feurth inning. | Pauls at the 10 o'clock mass. The Murray garnered four hits, two mission will be for both men and |triples, a double and a single. Berg women and will continue for a week. | was on the mound for Kensington Masses wil be celebrated every |and was strong with men on the | morning and services held in the [bases. | evenings. The time of these services Sacred Heart Whist | Wil be aunounced at the masses next | The whist = party at the Sacred i | Heart church parlors this evening v |will be in charge of women from t who are former resi st Berlin, Prizes will be winners and a large at- pected. Writes Pocm About Homestead Miss Katherine 0. Mur has tritten @ poem about the “Richard Turray Homestead.” one of the old- dences in Berlin. The lines are as follows: | My home, Dear _old mansion - | stands through the years Fiske. a senior at 19 fixed in my mem'ry with joys and spent yesterday as the | with tears, guest of her parents, - and Mrs.{On the crest of the hill like a gen- Samuel A Fiske of Worthington, finel alone ridg {1t seems to be William Coale spent yesterday atone. lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Chase Coale of Worthington | Awake in the moon-light-—ablaze in [ the sun, Skinner has refurned | Awake in the twilight to hey howe affer visiting in Green- | time is done, wich with her sister, Miss Helen 'A heart flowing Skinner, who is a nurse at the ! like this Greanminh iospial {Has throbbed to the mem'ry of joy The first meeting of the confer and of bliss. nee year af the official hoard of | s the Kensington — Methodist church | From out fits broad portal they've Will b held this evening at the passed one by one, ShilrGh atis obl ook, |1 only could whisper, William Scoft has left for Phila-{,_ Wil be done.” delphia on a business trip. Mr. Scott \T“'”"‘_i‘;;’i;“ are diving and speeking s general superintendent tsse John Meagley led the Junior 20 hiss disas baon, meeting at the Berlin Congregation- |1 al church yesterday afternoon. The | program was in charge of Mrs. R. § Gold and dealt on the subect, “School in China.™ Aunual Meeting annual meeting of the (I know it s singing a great silent of Congregational | song, hurches will be held tororrow, May | at Plantsville, with sessions | 0 o'clock | Tte Miss Sophie seeretary at 1 company in New s of Interest Drust of Kensington, | : warded th od her duties after a week's iline Miss Drust is president of the G. clnb of Kensington. The rezular mecting of the Moth- srhood club of the Berlin Congr - seheduled for Wednes- | lieen postponed until a later | | | | | lest res that | | Miss Victoria | Smith college, ! waiting, for ills, to Miss Jessie when day- over in moments “may God's they t shines like a beacon, | home, to me Calls always a welcome where e'er 1 may be; | Forever ana along my old ever through ages | The Cen ! 3 |Ch, Stars peeping over, shine Moon T Dinner will be | from above ed by the ladies of the church at |On the crest of the hill o'er the home 5 o'clock. i that T love, At the afternoon scssion there will [ Though' far I may wander, away 1| be reports from the churches and the may roam— | ious committcos, an address by |11l love you, I'll love you, God bless | Heininger of New Britain, and you My Home. sermonsby Mr. Moir of Newing- Fast Berlin Ttems, ton. Dr. Dunlop of the Fourth | 1The big event of the week will church of Hartford will speak in the {he the Community play and enter- ovening on the subject, “Sentiment | tainment on Wednesday evening at and Substance ¢n Religion. Community hall. A varicty of acts _ he following have been nomin- | o¢ vaudeville from New Britain and e e aroun the Berlin | Hartford coupled with several local regational ¢ : Mr. an w > th Mrs. E. W. Mildrum, Mr, and Mrs, |26!8 WIll complete the program for & TSl the evening. Rehearsals have been Charles Pratt, Mr. and M Trank M & % | : 4 Zoing on for the past several weeks. Mrs. Edna S. Damon and e A et The event is undoubtedly the best Batting out 38 hits for 33 runs 3 L 8 5 . show. Louis Schwartz is chairman | nd sor j tant Italian res {often than the | Ruth Bourgeois Plainville News ITALIAN RESIDENT CALLED BY DEATH Emilio Gnazzo Passes Away in Early Morning Homc Runs Features as Burritts Are Defeated—Auto Destroyed by Fire—Boy Catches Arm in Wring- cr—Briefs, Emilio Gnazzo, promincat I'rotes- ent of Plainvill died at his home at § Bieycle strect about 1 o'clock this morning. Mr. 0 was born in Sclito, Ttaly, on , 1880, coming to the United s 20 years ago last March, lor 0 years he was employed as a coal miner in Pennsylvania. He came to Plaimville about 1923, since which > he has been cmployed at the umbull Electric Mfg. Co. and He was a member of the Odd Il a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Gnazzo is syrvived by his Mrs. Palma Gnazzo; six sons, rt, William, Emilio, Jr., Joseph, Robert and John, all of Plainville: three brothers, Antonio and Erminio Gnazzo of Plainville and Joseph Gnazzo of Old Forge, Pa.; and one sister, Mrs. Vincenzo Minella of Plainville, Funeral services will be held at his late iome on Wednesday after- noon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Dr. A. . Kendrick, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating. Burial will be in | West cemetery. Plamville Wins Opener Savage long-distance hitting and effective pitching il the pinches by Floyd Kalish gave Plainville an §-4 son yesterday afternoon at the high school grounds, the Burritts, City league champions of New Britain, being the victims. Home runs by Hamm and Goeb and a triple by Dorazio were the longest blows of the contest, while Kalish helped his own cause by doubling with two men on the s The Burritts hit more winners, but they could not bunch them, while Kalish issued no passes and struck out 12 men, many of them at critical junc- t Wirst pitched th cheers lorns, umpirin strike bounee. The Burritts started right fn on Gaida’s single and two sacrifices, but Kalish fanned the next hatter and ended the danger. Dorazio led off fov Plainville with a three base hit and scored when N. Tolli's hit was tumbled. In the second the locals increased their lead. Goeb hit and stole and Hamm smashed a home tun to deep loft field, the ball travelling almost to the road. With Kalish singled, Geeter- cks mes Simpson I amid loud the Thonkings of auto he pitch, with liberal 2, might have heen called a ‘on the third or fourth Selectman first one away, 3 Methodist church yesterday morning was Jargely attended. There were % mothers present accompanied by the members of their families. R. . Clark presented to every mother present a beautiful red rose the presentation being a part of the ser- viee. Ret. A. L. Burgreen preach- ed a special sermon for the occa- sion. 'The Wesleyans will meet this eve- ning at 8 o'clock at the Methodist church. A social time will follow the business session. "The ladies of Sacred Heart church will hold a whist party in the church socfal rooms this evening at 8 o'clock. Both regular and bridge whist will be played. Refreshments will be served. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevenson. en- tertained relatives at thelr home over Sunday. Isracl Cummings and Miss Edna Cuminings of Southington were the zuests of Mra. A. A. Barnes on Sun- day. They ars former residents of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Carns en- tertained relatives at their home on Sund The Knights of Pythias will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at Community hall. The Modern Woodmen will meet this evening at § o'clock at Athletic hall. The local Boys' club did not enter any representatives in the Hartford county “Y"” meet Saturday at Man- chester being unable to secure trans- portation for the event. Miss \'ir‘zmi:« Sugenhime and Miss visited friends in Bridgeport yesterday. The Ladies’” Aid Society of the Methodist church will conduct a in two games over the week-end, the Kensington baschall team won two [Of the show committee. victories in a row and went into the | The Mother’s Day program at the | lead in the Connecticut State League. Saturday’s game with the Bristol Endees was a nightmare, both teams batting the ball to all corners of the fleld. Bristol treated the offering of Mills and Brooks harshly in the carly innings and at one time in the game were leading by fen runs. Kensington began to find ifs batting eve in the last three innings and runs galore crossed the plate. With the score tied at 22 all in the ninth the locals managed to push over the winning marker. The game lasted about 3% hours. Licut. Carl Dixon and John Horn flew over the field about 2 o'clock and dropped a ball on the field from an airplane. The plane came down very low and crossed over the dia- mond about a 100 vards from the ground. First Selectman George B. Carter opened the season by pitch- ing the first ball which eccived the batter and caused him to swing wildly. In Sunday's game the locals con- tinued to hit the ball hard and scored a hard carned 10 to 9 vi fory over the New Britain Falcon IYour home runs by the locals in the last few innings hrought them from behind and gave them a one run vietory. Tn the eighth inning Fitz- patrick, Syadss apd Huber bit hama |, HERE AS SURE AS I UNCLE MARRY!! TLERES SOMEBODY IN FOOT MISA !! 6EE,\WOULDAT I BE GLAD IF L FOUND food sale at Community hall Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS ‘M A PLAINVILLE WINS FIRST| sloh sacrificed, and Billy Tolli scor- ed the pitcher with a safe blow. The visitors made their first run in the third on Corazza's hit and N. Tolli's error. Plainville added two more in the fifth, N. Tolli singling, Sataline forcing him, and Eddie Goeb lining a homer to almost the same spot as i that found by Hamm's. Thx Burritts picked up two scores |in the sixth on an ervor, hit batsman, fielder's choice, and Gaida's second {hit, while Corazza trippled and «Bucheri drove him in to make it 6-4 in the seventh. Then, in the eighth, Plainville stowed the game away. Sataline was hit and Hamm | walked. After two men had gone out | Kalish whipped a double to the out- fleld and scored bLoth runners. I An argument developed in the | fifth when Hamm's apparent double | was called foul. Hamm batted, over {and struck out, but Umpire Char- low retired. The locals looked well |in action, and Plainville seems as- sured of fast Lascball this summer. The summa | Plainville ab 3 | Geeterslon, re !'Sorazio, ¢ | W. Tolli, - Tolli, cf {Sataline, 1b | Goeb, If |Hamm, 3b Cassidy, ss Kalish, » . Yacobellis, ss . Gnazzo, rf I TR o] | the Standard Stecl & Bearings, Inc. | Burritt. ab lows and Soms of Italy and was also | Gaida, 1If = Gadomski, ¢of ... 8. Budnick, 1b .. C'orazzo, ¢ Luty, rf Bucherl, ss Walicki, 2b Adams, 3b Salak, p Havlick, cf Jarvis, 1t Igovel, 1t ....... J. Budnick, 2b .. : comma lstoroomsnmss losooomuums | 37 | Score by innings: Plainville . 130 020 02x—8 Burritts A. C. .... 001 002 100—¢ | Two base hits, Kalish: three base hits, Dorazlo, Corazzo, Hamm, aloo - e - - wloccogocccsc=sn ivictory in its first game of the gea- Goeb; bases on balls, Kalish, Salak 3: struck out by Kalish 12, Salak 7; ;stolen bases, Getersloh: double plays, Bucheri to Budnick: left on bases, New Britain 11, Plainville 5; ,wild pitch, Salak: hits off Kalish 14, Salak 9; umpires, Cherlow, Rad- clift. Fire Destroys Auto An automobile owned by Aniceto BiNunzio was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight Saturday as it was parked in the rear of 61 East Main street. DiNunzio had happened to leave the machine outside instead of putting it In his garage, so & more serious fire was luckily averted. The fire department was called but the flames had made too rapid head- | way for them to save much. Di- | Nunzio offered to give the car to anyone who would take it away, and | Henry Banell took him up. | dohn Coolidge Here John Coolidge, son of the presi- dent, was a week-end visitor here at the home of Governor and Mra. John H. Trumbull. Young Coolidge and Miss Florence Trumbull attended the Strand theater Saturday night and witnessed the showing of “The Smart, Set.” Newton Places Again Roger Newton tied for second place in the high jump for the sec- ond time in two weeks when he cleared the bar at B feet 8 inches, in Yale's dual track meet with Princeton Raturday afternoon at | New Haven. Ben Hodges of Prince- |ton won the event with a jump of § | feet, 10 inchea, while two other Yale |men tied with Newton for second. Because of the high wind, this event and the pole vault had to be held in the cage. Yale won the meet, 93 1-3 to 41 2-3. Farrsr On Duty Constable Ernest W. Farrar served as night patrolman over the week- end. The regular night officer, Con- stable George Schubert, went on a fishing trip to Bantam lake with a party of Bristol enthusi but the wind was too high for a satisfactory catch, | | Baptist Church Notes The regular midweek prayer meet- ing will be held at the Baptist church from 7:48 to £:30 o'clock Thursday evening, after which there will be a social in the form of a kitchen shower. Crullers and coffec will be served. On Friday afternoon the Women's | Missionary circle will pack a box to | be sent to the Mather achool at | <PLAINVILLE® MON.—TUES. “THE CROWD” James Murray Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach A Great Drama of EVERY-DAY LIFE | day evening Beaufort, § C. Any discarded cloth- ing will be acceptable to the mem- bers for packing in the box. Arm Caught in Wringer The two'year-old son of Dr. and Mra. E. J. Brennan of Whiting street was slightly injured this morning when he caught his left arm in an electric wringer at his home. The member was drawn into the machine about up to the elbow. but it was not badly hurt. Dr. George F. Cook was summoned to give treatment, Erkson—Okenquist Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Sadie Oken- quist, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Oken- quist of this town, to Fred Frkson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Erkson of Unionville. The wedding took place on Saturday. May 5, in Otis, Mass. The bride, who was employed as a stenographer in New Britain, is well known among the younger sct in Plainville. Mcrchants' Committee Meeting A meciing of the merchants’ com- mittee of the Plainville Chamber of Commerce will be held in the cham- ber rooms at T:30 o'clock Wed Important busincss will be discussed ire Warden B TForest Fire Warden Ir and his crow of fire fighters 1 busy afternoon yesterday in coin- bating a stubborn brush fire along | the Dristol-Farmington highway in | the northern part of the town, second firc occurred this morning. Notes Joseph Grabowski fractured right arm Saturday while cranking aca T dies’ guild of the Church of | Our Saviour will hold a meeting at | 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in | the parish house Mrs. Irving T. Tyler, who has been confined to her home for the past | two weeks with an attack of the| grippe, 1s able to be out again. The condition of James J. Mur- phy of Whiting strect is reported as slightly improved. Miss Clara J. Hill, English in- structor In the schools of Babylon, L. I, spent the week-end at the home of her uncle, George O. Hodge of Trumbull avenue, P. W. Smith, carrier at the local post office, is on a weck’s vacation, most of which he will spend on a fishing trip. ng Gri Dis | Cecere Compam;\{eeting Scheduled for Tonight At 8 o'clock this evening, in the Italian hall at 27 Walnut street, the stockholders of the James E. Ce- cere Co., Inc., will mect to hear the report of the officers for the pas year, and also to elect directors for the coming business S After the transaction of business the meeting will be turned info a social affair, with music, refresh- ments and singing. The president of the organization is J. E. Cecere of 329 Church strect The J. E. Cecere Co., Ine., is 1 organization made up almost en- tirely of Itallans. It has an autho ized capitalization of $125.000 vided in two classes, common stoc 000, and preferred, $100,000. and has always paid 10 per cent dividend to its stockholders, Boston, May 14 (UP) —— Jifteen passengers were severely shaken early today when a Providence- bound motor bus was in collision with an automobile on Center street, Jamalca Flain. No one was hurt. After the accident, police arrested Otto Haydrich of Jamaica Plain, driver of the automobile, on a charge of operating while under the influence of liquor. Hector Cournoyer of Knight street, Providence, R. I, waas driver of the bus, which {s operated hy the New England Transportation company AUTOMOBILES INCREASE Hartford, May 14 (®—Statistics compiled by the state motor vehicle department show that the number of automobiles in &ix countics of the state has doubled since 1921 and that the increase in every county has been at least 47 per cent. At the end of 1927, Hartford county had more registered motor vehicles than any other eounty. The only counties who failed to show a 50 per cent incre were New Haven with 48 per cent and Wind- ham with 47 per cent. UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASED Bridgeport. May 14 UP—Al Mc- Curdy, former first sacker for the Portland club of the Pacific league has heen unconditionally released by the Bridgeport club of the torn league. President Fred Voos in an- nouncing the release of McCurdy, declared the first baseman had failed to “hustlc” enough to suit him. Keep on the sunnyside by using the Classified Columns of the Herald. It is a great Directory for Demand and Supply. Bobo’s on the Job WUAT'S ZUATS A ROCODILE /! Al Cl OW WE ARE N A PICKLE AGAINY GNENSAY . STick, Bogo!! Al _grfitgl News THONAS CARROLL DIES SUDDENLY Fagles' Hall Caretaker Heart Attack Victim \SALMON FATALLY INJURED Eagle Lock Company Designer | mobile Victim—Wife band Arrested—Autonobilist Heavily Fined—Brict Ttems. homa d 46, carctalcr of th on Meadow strect, 30 o'clock this of vmployment I died su morning from hear in his 1l to t companion notificd the po! { found the man dead upo They in turn summoned the me examiner dical ars Carroll was cn first it the Condon and comi- the Pierson stables several years he had been en, s a carctaker of th fraternal organization Funeral arran, completed until from a Chester, N. Y, Patrick Salmon Killed Patrick Salmon, a foreman and designer of the Eagle Lock company, Terryville, and a resident of that town for over half a cen- tury, was fatally injured Saturday night when struck by an automobile in Fairfield, Conn. He died while being taken to the Dridgeport hos- n Lot P For the ts will not be advice is received who resides in Port sister, | Mr. Salmon, in company with | members of his family, were re- | tuning Ly automobile from Newark, N, J., where they had attended the funeral of a relative. The party stopped in Fairfleld for supper. Re- calling something which he wished |10 pure Mr. Salmon left his { family scated in the retsauraht and |started to cross Fairfield avenue. | He stepped out from behind one car directly into the path of one approaching from the “opposite di- veetion, Thrown a distance of 10 t, he struck on his head sustain- ing a severe fracture of the skull. Born in Stafford Springs, Mr. Sal- mon at the age of four moved with nis family to Chicopee Falls, He ttended the schools of that cit coming to Terryville 50 years ago from Bridgeport and enfering the cmploy of the Kagle Lock company. He has been with that coneern con- tinuonsly ever since. Mr. Salmon was a me of L. Council. Knights of Columbu: Bishop McManus Council, Knights of Columbus and a fourth degree knight; Court IPreedom, Foresters of America; and Terry Lodge, A. O. U. W. Surviving are four sons, Danlel E., Thoras D. and William J. Salmon, all of Philadelphia, Pa., and Theo- dore Salmon of Terryville; two daughters, Mrs, Thomas Byrnes of Hartford and Mrs. John Hanley of Terryville; one sister, Mrs. Anne Nelson of New Bedford, Mass.; and six_grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at his late home at 9:30 at the Immaculate Conception church, Terryville. Rev. James Broderick will celebrate the high mass of requiem and burial will be in St. John's cemetery, Funcral of Joseph Beckerhouse The funeral of Joseph Becker- house, 76, who died Saturday at the home of his &on, Charles Becker- house of 128 Hull street, was held at the funeral home of James J. Dunn on West street at 10:30 oclock this mornir Rev. Wilkine, rector of Trinity officlated and burial was in cemetery Bristol High Loses Loose plaving on the part of the | Bristol High school baseball team | resulted in its defeat Saturday after- noon by the East Hariford High team in that town. After being scored on for five runs in the first two innings, Flaherty of East Hart- ford settled down and allowed but one run for the remainder of the contest, that being scored in the final frame. Hugret with four hits and Pryor and Allaire with three safeties cach, starred for Bristol. Ilaherty fanned ten. Score by in- nings: Fristol 20 000 001—S§ E. Hartford 0 200 10x— Court Yorest, F. of A, The regular meeting of Court For- est No. 40, Foresters of America, will be held at § o'clock Tuesds evening in Firemen's hall, Forest- ville, ase, ch o B The local police have been re- quested by Mrs. Samuel Ore of Lansboro, Me., to assist in locating her adopted son, Frederick Rebin- s0p. According to information contain- ¢d in a letter received by Chief Ernest T. Belden from Mrs. Oro, Robinson left home on April 28 with a suitcase and $20 in cash with the intention of seeking a job in this city. She received a letter from lini dated Sunday, April 29th, in which he stated that he had arrived cly and would look around for ork on the following day. A few days later, Mrs. Oro received his suitcase containing his extra cloth- ing, the tag being addressed in a strange handwriting. No turther vor received from the youth r letter of April 29, and the return of his clothing has convinced { | - | \Irs. Oro that her son has been the Has Hus- | vietim of foul play. | Although a thorough investigation made by Sergeant Daniel ‘Gillicuddy, there is as yet no clue o the youth's whercabouts, | Numerous Brush Fires Several brush fires kept Deputy Vi Warden Alfred H. Breckbill i. 1 the fire department busy Sun- liiay aftcrneon. AL 1 P s heen . Squad A was sum- ntoned to Newell avenue for a brush n threatened several nearby When the blaze spread to woods on Fall Mountaih, War- en Breckbill was summoned and he v large crew of men and Boy worked for several hours be- s placed under con- , fanned by a strong spread rapidly and 1 little over an hour had covered over a hundred acres and reached a noint near the old Log Cabin. Breck- bill, fearing that it would pump the read on Iall Mountain, sent a call | for the fire department and Squad A in responded. ‘Through their * efforts and backfiring by the warden, | this was averted. | The smoke was so dense that it was noticed by the lookout on Avon mountain, who notified Assistant County Fire Warden Lathrop, who |came to the assistance of the local cre Sunday’s fire was the fourth with which the fire warden has had to cope in the last week. One of the most severe fires broke out on South mountain last Monday and burned for 24 hours before it was extin- guished. wo others burned over a considerable area on Fall mountain, Squad A and Hose Company No. 2 answered a box alarm at 4:49 p. m,, for a brush fire on Mills street and at 6:40 p. m., Squad A was summoned to Smith street for an- other brush fire. Both were extin- guished with chemicals before any damage was done, Dump Fire Hosc Company No. 2 was obliged to usc a stream of water before a re in the New Departure dump in st Bristol was extinguished Sun. iuy morning. The blaze, caused by | spontancous combustion, started at 10:50 a. m. Large clouds of smoke olled from the smouldering debris, I which was oil-soaked. Aviation Commissioner to Speak Clarence W, Knox, state commise sioner of aviation, will be the speake er at a meeting of the Men's Bervice club of the Congregational church on Thursday evening, May 17th, He will take for his subject *Commer- cial Aviation."” Arrested on Wife's Complaint Steve Suskenko of 36 Beech street, charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace, was fined $5 and costs in the city court today by Judge Joseph M. Donovan. Suskenko was arrested Saturday night on complaint of his wife, Tes- sie, who testified that he had threat. ened to beat her up. Fined for Drunkenness A fine of $3 and costs was imposed on Roki Karlan of Terryville by Judge Donovan on a charge of drunkenness, Karlan was taken into custody Sunday night by Offi- cer William Thompson. Must Leave Town Judgment in the case of Leo Radigan, who was arrested shortly hefore 8 o'clock Saturday morning by Sergeant Daniel McGillicuddy for drunkenness, was suspended by Tudge Joseph M. Donovan in police court today with the understanding that Radigan leave the city and re- main away. Radigan has been in the toils on four gprevious occasions. two years separating each arrest. Heavily Fined I'ailure to stop to ascertain the |amount of damage resulting from a | collision with a parked car on North | Main street on May 5th, proved an expensive mistake for Octave De- mers of Main street. In court to- day he was fined and costs for evasion of responsibility and an add- tional $25 for reckless driving. A fine of $15 and costs was imposcd for intoxication, on which charges Te was arrested on May 7th. Both cases were scheduled to be heard last Saturday morning but Demers failed to put in an appearance. On May 5th Demers was driving easterly on North Main street when his automobile sideswiped the park- ed car of Francis Maleski of For- estville. When Maleski endeavored to talk to Demers, the latter stepped on the gas and departed. Malesk! se- cured the number of the car, how- ever, and the arrest of Demers fol- lowed. | fore the trol. norti in west wind | | (Continued on Page 18) By BLOSSER \NELL-TAERE GOES AY STick., BUT 7THAT OLD CROCODILE 60ES WITA IT SO TS \WORTU LOSING !