New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ATTWOOD QUITS AS HEAD OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ROW WITH SECRETARY Resigns Presidency as Echo of Dispute Over Advertising in Police Souvenir Program. hange Will Take Effect July 30 if Approved by Board of Directors —| Robb Temporarily at Helm, Because of the failure of the board f directors of the Chamber of Com- erce to supoprt him, rather than Secretary Ralph H. Benson, W. E. ttwood today resigned as president of the chamber. The resignation, if accepted, will take effect July 30, Directors of the chamber yester- ay supported Mr. Benson's action in warning Chambers of Commerce hroughout the state against adver- ising in the souvenir program which he police are publishing in connec- ion with the state police convention and field day here on August §. Mr. Attwood's resignation was re- eived this morning by Mr. Benson. he secretary declarcd that he hop- d Mr. Attwood would reconsider the atter, “I am sorry that Mr. Attwood felt it nccessary to resign,” he declared, “and I would have becn happy to fhave continued under Mr. Attwood for the rest of the year. 1 hope hat he can be prevailed upon to re- onsider his decigion.” Letter of Resignation Brief The letter of resignation bricf. It read as follo [Ralph H. Benson, Secretary, [New Britain Chamber of Commerce, [New Britain, Conn., [Dear Sir: I hercby resign as president of the ’hamber of Commerce, to take ef- fect July 30th next Yours truly W. E. Attwood. The resignation if it is accepted Jautomatically makes Steve Robb, [president of the John Boyle Co., cting president. Mr, Robb has call- led a meecting of the directors for :30 o'clock next Tuesday afternoon 0 act upon the resignation, Attwood became president November 9, 1927. | t is too bad the public has got- en the impression that the chamber of commerce is opposing the police department in this matter,” said Mr. [Robb today. “The truth is we are with the police department unani- nously, but we want to help keep hem going straight. Robb Favored Open Meeting Referring to Mr. Attwood's refusal 1 was | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRID 910ST AS PATROL | BOAT 1S RAMMED Coast Guardsmen Drowned | When Ship Sinks in Crash GRAFT IS GUT IN HALF i Five Members of Ship Saved After Steamer Culberson Smashes Into Her in Dense Fog Off Delaware Capes Cape May, N. J., July 20 (P—Two coast guardsmen were drowned and five rescued today when the steam- | ship Culberson sank coast guard | patrol boat No. 113 in & thick fog | oft the Delaware Capes, The dead are: H. F. Haincs, motor machinist’s 'mate, first class, Pleasantville, N. J. D. T. Hale, motor machinist's mate, second class, Atlanta, Ga. The rescued: E. P. Becker, chief boatswain's mate, in command. Cecil Boggs, chief machinist's mate, W. B. Wright, boatswain's mate. J. Dabbier, seaman. T. Reddick. cook. The Culberson. bound from Buenos Alres and Santos, Brazil, for Boston by way of Philadelphia, cut the patrol boat n half. Haines and | Hale were in the engine room when the collision occurred and had no chance for escape. It is believed they were killed in the collision. Searches Nearby Sea The Culberson stood by and searched the sca for members of the | patrol hoat's crew. The steam pilot boat Philadelphia, which was near by, launched a small hoat and re 'and the five men who were swim- ming over the spot where their boat had gone down. They were'trans- ferred to patrol boat No. 226 which brought them to the coust guard ' Resigns Presidency ] | WILLIAM E. ATTWOOD | RORABACK LANDS THE | BEST FISH OF SEASON Enthuses Over Newfound- | land Salmon on Retwrn | But Bans Politics Hartford, July 20 (P—J. Henry Roraback, chairman of the republi- | can state central committee and na- tional committeeman from Connec- ticut was uncommunicative today relative to politics. Mr. Roraback returned last night from a salmon fishing trip to New- foundland, and was early at his desk in the office of the Connecticut Lig'it | base here, & Power Co. He was enthuslasiic| Patrol Boat 113 had been assigned over the results of his personal ef- | t0 stand outside the capes near the # Overfalls lightship to watch for rum forts as & fisherman, having landed {10 0ocs s -the collislons@acursed | the largest salmon of the season. |when it approached the Culberson “WIill you tell me if you plan to {to identify her. Officers of the Cul- be a candidate for the republican berson said they were proceeding nomination for the United States |at fair specd and did not see the senate?” Mr. Roraback was asked. |patrol boat until the steamship was “I landed a salmon which weigh- | upon her. ed 22 pounds and which was the Tha Culberson, commanded by largest fish caught this season,” Mr. Captain Wood, was not damaged Roraback answered. 1and proceeded to Philadelphia. “Let's stick to palitics just a few | | porter. “Will you permit me to say you will not accept a nomination for the United States senate?" “You really should have scee that Former Defeats Gaskini 61, 6-1, 6.0 While| Latter Wins From Baron De Morpurgo 6-4, 7.5, 6-2—U. S. Needs But One More Game to Get Into Finals. DOUBLES MATCH IS SET FOR TOMORROW Auteull, France, July 20. —(®— America’s Davis Cup tennis players, minus Tilden, produced a great sur- prise today by winning the first two singles matches of the inter-zone final contest with Italy, both in traight sets. After Francis T. Hunter had de- feated Plaicido Gaslini, in the first match by scores of 6-1, 6-1, 1-0, John Hennessey downed the Jtalian ace, Baron' Humbert De Morpurgo, G-4, 7-5, 6-2. Seansational Playing Tennis drama of the highest sort was packed into the Hennessey- Morpurgo match the young | American, after a poor start, fought his way up from behind in both the first and the second sets to win them and then swept the third and deciding set at top speed. . The overwhelming victory of Hunter in the first match excecded the hopes of American supporters, but it remained for Hennessey to provide the real upset of the day by downing De Morpurgo, who was heavily favored to win both his ingles matches. Hunter's victory was assured after the first half dozen games as he was clearly the Italian's superior in speed or driving and control. It was a different story in the Hennessey-Morpurgo struggle which found two fine players arrayed against each other in a thrilling battle in which every variety Jf ten- nis weapon was brought into play. Plays Tricky Game Courdgeous forcing tactics and tricky lobs which fell inside the lines when the Italian thought they were certain outs were what en- abled the young American star to fight his way up from behind in each of the two first sets after 1t secemed impossible for him to over- come the baron's big lead. Hennessey played his hardest when behind and his brave refusal to consider the possibility of defeat iand his magnificent rallles fromn be- hind in the earlier sets broke down i the resistance of the Italian in the third set and it proved easy. SE STALENATE {Mayor and Members of School Board Unable to Harmonize Opinions at Conference S “WHISPERING CAMPAIGN” LE WITT'S ACGUSATION Paonessa Declarcs Great Opposition to Program of Fducation Commit- toe Has Come to His Fars—Presi- dent King Estimates Cost at $510,- 000—Supt. Holmes Calls Criticism “Favorite Indoor Sport.” Charges that a whispering paign of propaganda against proposed 8cnior High school addition is being conducted were included in the statements made by members of | the school accommodations commit- tee who came to the office of Mayor Paonessa today in a sccond unsuc- cessful attempt to apeed up the pro- posed bhuildirg, The mayor made it plain that he would not assume the burden of | more than $500,000 worth of school construction until the public has had an opportunity 10 cxpress its wishes. in view of reported opposition o the program. To Committeeman George T.eWitt's declaration, “We've got to have a decision right ay.” the mayor coolly replied: “Don’t be in a hurry.” Cafcteria Ts Out One of the most important of the recent developments came today when the accommodations commit- tee announced it has dropped the ldea of building a cafeteria in the senior high school and by so doing has cut the cost by ahbout §15,000. The first authentic figure on costs was also conveyed to the mayor when President Patrick F. King said | the original estimate of $500,000, which it had been hoped would be high, is actually low and that the proposed building would cost in ex- | cess of that amount. | Attending today's session with the mayor were President King, Commit- tecmen George LeWitt, louis W. Young, M. 1. Saxe and Superinten- dent S. H. Holmes. Opening the discusslion, Mr. King declared that the city has come face to face with a very urgent prob: ’ lem, the moat economical solution of which scenis to be the construc tion of an addition to the present | senior high echool unit. The chalr- | man explained that the mission of the committeemen was to furnish the mayor with full information in an effort to gain his cooperation and \ have work started, pointing out that | even if work begins, at once, the school will be In a state of disorgan- ization for at least two years. The proposed bullding, he sald, would not | | only provide senior high school ac- [informed | charged today with the theft of reg- y JULY 20, 1928 —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES HUNTER AND HENNESSEY IN DIVERGENT VIEWS SMASHING VICTORIES OVER | ONH. S. ADDITION ITALIAN DAVIS CUP STARS' (Al Dept. GOVERNN®. ANOTI, Hurtfor D TR Connectic® 4, Co LR AIRY TO LAND AT NATIONA J o 14 ULL IN LANE AS . Day Claims City Cannot Collect Property Tax Against Bus Lines; Advises Owners Not to Pay Levy |Auditor Informs Collector Loomis That State Law Ex-| Accident-Both Planes cuses Transportation Inte! to Municipal Treas! Imposed by State. Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis | has been advised by William H. Day auditor for the hus lines in the city, that between $1,200 and $1,400 in es levied by the city, 18 not col- lectable and that he has advised the bus owners to refuse to pay the tax. | The letter from Mr. Day is as fol- | lows: | Bernadotte T.oomis, tax collector. “My Dear Mr. Loomis: “After our conversation of afternoon, (J Joseph P. this y 16) 1 called upon n of the tax commis- sioner's office in Hartford and he me that my contention was correct, that is, that the bus owners were not compelled to pay any tax on equipment used in the transportation business. Mr. FEgan |said that the assessors should never | have levied the tax, as section 6, chapter 268 of the public acts of 1927 specifically states “The excise imposed by the provisions of this act shall be in lieu of all other taxes, upon all property owned by such company and used exclusively in the business of carrying passengers for hire in common carrier motor vehi- cle “In accordance with the provi- sions of this act, just quoted, I am writing to each operator advising him not to pay the tax, rests From Contributing ury Under Excise l | \ l 1 “Undoubtedly you will want to get in touch with the possibly the askeasors and corporation counsel to get their views of the matter and T would appreciate being advised of | any developments. “Yours verly truly, “WILLIAM H. DAY." Mr. Days explains the situation by | stating that in 1925 the legislature passed an act whereby the state col- lected from the bus owners three per cent of their gross income, the money to be ned to the state highway department for road main- tenance. From that amount the bus | owners could deduct the amount of tax paid to the city. In 1927 because of the fact that | many buses run on city streets only, | the act was changed. The state still | collects the three per cent tax gross income, but in cases wherc buses run only on city streets the state pays back to the city onc cont a mile for each bus mile traveled. The approximate total miles fin this case means to New Rritain about $5,7000 hased on an approxi- | mate total of 570,000 miles. | In addition to this amount, the! city has levied the usual equipment | tax amounting to between $1,200 and $1,400, which Mr. Day claims is | fllegal and uncollectible due te that clause “in licu of all other taxes.” MEMBER OF LEVIATHAN CREW FAGING CHARGES Arrested for Alleged | Theft of Registered Mail Last Month New York, July 20 () —Archibald Chapman, assistant linen keeper in the steward's department, was istered mail from the United States liner Leviathan between June 16 and June 22 while the vessel was on the THREE-LEGGED DUCK BORN IN PLAINVILLE Freak of Nature Is N Expected to Live Long (Special to the Herald) | Plainville, July 20—A three-lezged | duckling is Plainville's latest contri- bution to the field of blological mon- strositics, but it 1s considered un-| likely that the animal will live. | N Sudng uly 14th ... PRICE THREE CENTS CRASH WITH HE ATTEMPTS L GUARD CAMP Is Not Injured But Lt. Col. Gilson and Pvt. Sabotka Require Hos- pital Attention After Badly Damaged. Accident Occurs When His Excellency Soars to Earth at Same Time Lieut. Lancto Is Bank- ing to Land. New London,. July 20 (M—Gover- nor John H. Trumbull escaped in- Jury but was considerably shaken up and Lieut. Col. James W. Gilson of Hartford, assistant adjutant gen- r of the governor's was injured when the plane 0-177, piloted by his excellency c lided with one piloted by Lieut. J. W. Lancto of Wethersfield in land- ing at Trumbull Field, the stat new airport at Pouquonock, shortly after 10:30 o'clock this morning, Two in Hospital Lieut. Col. Gilson sustained a severe cut on the head and was ad- mitted to the Lawrence and Memo- rial Associated hospitals in this city for treatment. Private Willlam Sa- botka, of Torrington, a mechanician, also was at the hospital, suffering from lacerations about the arm, sus- tained, it was sa{d, in assisting Gov. Trumbull and , Lieut. Col. Gilson from their plane. Lieut, Lanete e caped injury. The Pt-1 was almost completely demolished and the gov- ernor’s plane was also damaged to a considerable extent. Third Plane Involved It was said.that the crash oceur- {red as Dboth planes hit the ground land a third plane, which had land- led a few seconds before, was al- “mm run into as the govemor's’ plane and’ that of Lieut. ILancto locked wings, and plunged forward together. The first plane to land had been piloted by Lieut. L. N. Eller, regular army tor, assign. ed as instructor to the ¢3rd division alr service, which is in training at the field. Lieut: Eller had been aloft to obscrve the maneuvers of the FT-1. Lancto Banks Around In accordance with the instrue- tion given to him by Lieut. Eller, Licut. Lancto cut off his motor at-a height of 500 feet and approached |the ground at.'an angle of 180 de- ! : t elght or o permit the press to attend the|fish” was Mr. Roraback’s reply. cammogations for, at S The duckling was one of a brood Thus the Americans took a two- grees. eeting yesterday, Mr. Robb said | e thought the meeting should have | Ibeen open to newspapermen and dded that Mr. Attwood practically tood alone in his objection. Mr. Attwood recently took the at- itude that the New Britain Trust 0., of which he is the chairman of he board of directors, could no jonger continue to lend money to the hamber without endorsement it is aid. Two years ago Mr. Attwood's bank loaned the chamber $4,000. l.ast year the amount was brought [down to $3,500 and today the mount is but $1,000. At a recent eeting Mr. Attwood asked the di- rectors to give personal notes, under- (writing the loan of $1,000, It is Junderstood that steps were taken at| that time to transfer the account to | (Continued on Page Four) FOUR KILLED IN WRECK Two Engincers and Two Firemen Lose Lives in Freight Smash of Donble-Header Wabash Train, Omaha, July 20 (A—Two engi- neers and two firemen were killed about 2 a. m. today when a double- (header Wabash freight train plunged into a rain-swollen dry creek, near Mincolo, Towa, 14 miles cast of Council Bluffts, The rains of the night had filled the creck, washing | out the central spans of the wood trestle. 8ix cars of the 54-car train 1 “The record fish of the season had been one of 21 pounds, and after landing my fish I dropped a card to the former holder telling him he was not so much after all." “What will you say of the chances of William H. Blodgett, Senator Frederic C. Walcott or Motor Vehi- | cle Commissioner Robbins B. Stoeck- el, for the senatorial nomination?" was the next question. “You know, even though it is so hot down here and has been for several days, according to the in- formation I received while 1 was away I noticed several mountains the tops of which were covered with snow,” was the reply. Mr. Roraback announced that un- less New Haven makes a determined effort to have the republican state convention held in that city in Sep- tember, it undoubtedly will be held in Hartford. GOY. TRUMBULL WILL RUN | Will Consent to Head Ticket If the FLIER ATTACKED HIM, (Tells New Jersey Police | Aviator Clipped Top of His Machine Newark, N. J., July 20 (®— Frank H. Krouse, a truck driver, ap- peared in Sixth Police Precinct sta- tion with a story of having been at- |tacked by an aviator who swooped | down from the skics and clipped the top off his truck. The vehicle was |driten to a fire house and parked there in proof of the charge. A warrant charging violation of |the city's flying ordinance was fs- | sued for the arrest of Kenneth Col- Ilins, the aviator. Collins, an in- |structor ata local flying field, was Lelieved to be heading for his home in Louisiana in an automobile. ‘The truck-plane joust was caused, acording to Krouse, by the anger of Collings over mud splashed on his plane by the truck. Krouse was |nothing leading 10 years, but also will relieve the Junior High school problem for three or four ytars. The cost, first estimated by him as less than half a milllon dollars, will probably be about $540,000, he sald. With refer- ence to the agitation for a new senlor high school clsewhere, Mr. King sald the cost would be prohi- bitive, probably exceeding $1,000,- 000. in matches and need to win only one of the three remaining—two in singles and one in doubles—to qualify for the right to play the French in the challenge round here a week hence for cus- tody of the cup. If they can win the doubles tomorrow the challenge round goal will be achieved. Hunter's Great Play Hunter won the first of the (Continued on Page 18) WHISKEY CARGO HELD BING 10 SHLESTARTER - Y CUSTOMS AGENTS mobile Explodes—Dies in Thirty lBelieved to Be Worth a Minutes Million Dollars—Labeled Rockford, I, July 20 (P—A “ ” bomb, an electrical current and an Herring' automobile combined to dissolve & dolnestic triangle through the death (Continued on Page Four) HELD FOR ATTACHING high seas. Chapman was held in $7,500 bail | for a hearing on August 9 when ai raigned before a federal commi sioner. He fs 32 and comes from London. | The Leviathan docked here yester- !day. Commodore Cunningham, her master, sald that it had been learn- |ed that the loss from the mails would not exceed $6,0004but a postal | inspector placed the loss $4,000 |higher. At that time both denied | | that an arrest had been made. A detective had made the round trip on the Leviathan to investigate |the robbery. It was somctime after | the robbery had been discovered be- fore the loss could be determined hecause it was necessary to check | with the senders of the mail. YETERANS OF WORLD WAR ESCAPE U. §. HOSPITAL {Ponald Moxcey of Portland, Me., | employed in the construction of a new road. Collings took to the alr, Krouse told police, and after frightening la- Ihorers by fiying close to the ground land forcing them to fall flat to avoid being struck, darted at his truck and tore off the top of the cab by | striking it with the undercarriage of the plane, The flier descended and into his automobile. Krouse pur- Republican Party Wants Him to Go Up for Re-clection. Hartford, July 20 (®—Gov. John H. Trumbull will turn a responsive ear to the wishes of his party and will consent to a renomination if his candidacy is insisted upon despite the fact that he has no desire to serve another term as governor, he indicated today. leaped of the husband, but found the wife and her alleged suitor in jall today held in connection with slaying. Vernon Plager, 32, Rockford ra- dio expert, was the victim of a bomb wired in his automoblile so as to ex- plode when he stepped on the start- He died within 30 aul Reed did it” he whispered on his death bed. Reed, 30, a draftsman, surrender- ed at Oregon, Tll., late last night, maintaining his innocence. New York, July 20 (—A cargo of alleged pre-war rhy whiskey, es- | timated to be worth $1,000,000 at' {ssa. The contraband was in kegs %110 Tan away from the United under pickled herring which had | '3t°8 Veterans hospital in North- been brought in large barrels from 'AMPton. Mass, Monday night, was | Halifax, N. 8. taken iInto police custody yesterday | An agent of the apbrAletrs stoses afternoon on complaint ot Justice was checking 1he corpe o b Cqer 8 Barrows of Newington, and wiil livered to truckmen late last night "¢,fcnt Pack to the howpital todax when he found a ten gallon keg of | p, ey fol1 Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue that he made his way from Icaves Institution and Gets Job In | Hayfield. “It is too carly to make any an- sued in another car, he said, and { whiskey at the bottom of the first piled into the creck following the locomotiv ‘The dead: D. D. Tucker, 44, engincer. George Wilson, 43, engineer. Jesse Davis, 22, fireman, John Butts, 23, fireman. All of the victims lived at Stan- berry, Missouri. Russian Priest Taken To Wethersfield Today New Haven, July 20 P—The Very Rev. John Dudicoff, arch priest of the Russian Orthodox Catholic church, recently sentenced to state prison for obtaining money under false pretenses, was taken to Weth- crsfield today. Tt is believed that he i the first priest of a ritualistic church or denomination to be sent to this prison. SEATON IS CANDIDATE Torrington, July 20.—A—TF ormal announcement that he would seek election as commander, at the Con- necticut American Legion at the convention in Middictown next| month was made today by Paige A. | Seaton of Waterbury, a member of ! the Torrington post. i ment,” the governor said. I can say, however, that I have no desire for another team and would prefer to give all my time to the needs of my private business. But if the party insists that I accept a rcnomination, I probably would not refuse to head the ticket.” apprehended him in Hillside, but po- lice thefe refused to arrest the avi- ator because the alleged offense was committed in another county. STONE GIVES UP FARM ‘ [Finds That Decr Have Ruined His Crops In Winsted — Noted As Humorist and Editor. Winsted, July 20 UP—Lou Stone, | whose nature stories have long made Winsted one of the wonder places of the country and a zoological area of interest, has given up farming. The deer have been ruining his crops and he will surrender to them. Deer are inumerous throughout the Highland Lake section and also they are tame |and quite tamiliar, Mr. Stone was watching with pride the growth of his flowers and vege- |tables and was congratulating him- self on prize winning prospects. |" Then the deer appeared and the ‘garden is almost all gone. A beau- tiful doe with fawn at heel calls each morning and Mr. and Mra. Btone often are able to upproach |within a short distance ef them. Police Dog and Fawn Are Pals in Winsted Winsted, July 20 (®—Pal, a German police dog about two and a half years old, and a few weeks old fawn have formed a friendship at the place of Frank 8. Humphrey in North Colebrook. The fawn sleeps with the dog and until it broke its leg a few days ago, romped-and played with Pal. Dr. C. A. Burnett reduced the fracture and the fawn with its leg in splints is able to be about. Mr. Humphrey found the dog and fawn together one day in the woods near the house. He brought the fawn home in his arms followed by the dog. The fawn is being brought up on bottled milk. | Mrs. Plager, 22, mother of a five year old daughter, also held by po- lice, supported her husband’s accu- sation against Recd. Last year, police said, Mrs. Plag- er and Reed ran away to a southern Illinois city, where they were arrest- ed and returned. In police court they were fined and a reconcillation followed between husband and wife for the sake of their child. Last Wednesday, the widow told police, Reed again asked her to elope with him. “T can't live with- out you,” she quoted him as saying. “Every time T see you with your husband it makes me furious.” The widow said ahe ordered Reed to leave her and never return. Reed, questioned for hours, early today, attempted te establish an alibl. He told police he had heen at the home of hin sister, Mrs. C. Garrison, at Mount Morris, 111, about 40 miles from here. HIGH TIDE — JULY 31 New Mavem 898 a.m.3:33 pm. New londom 1:11 am.,1:37 pm, ! | . ? ! | barrel of herring he examined. keg was apparently at the bottom of the §01 fish barrels. FEdward Gusronie, a truckman for the Arbuckle Trucking company, Jersey City, was detained when he called for the first load of herring. He was later relcased on bail as a jmaterial witness. 8mith and Ander- | son, Manhattan fish dealers, were the consignees of the fish and said they received shipments regularly from Halifax. Only 100 barrels had been opened | this morning but each contained a liquor cask. Customs men based their estimate of the value on the quality of liquor, which they said bootleggers would have been able to “cut” four times before retailing. The Nerissa plles between New York, Halifax and 8t. Johns, N. F. - THE WEATHER J New Rritain and vicinity: hurrled scarch showed that a similar || | Moxcey's escape - |going treatment for a mnervous all- to Newington where | he was given employment in a hay field by Justice Barrows. He was at work Wednesday but a short time, | however, when he became suspiclous | that Justice Barrows was about '0' call the police and destded to leave ! at once. He was given a ride as | far as New Haven and yesterday he | made his way to New Britain. Justice Barrows saw Moxcey on the strect yesterday afternoon and recalling his sudden disappearance Wednesday, notified Officer Thoman Storey, who brought him to the pp- lice station for questioning. Moxcey showed Sergeant McCue a letter from his wife to prove his identity, and a physician at the hospital in Northampton, on being reached by telephone, told Sergeant McCue of and promised to send someone to bring him back. Moxcey, who served in the army during the World War, was under- Northampton ment when he ran aw HOOVER HOME AGAIN hatched Wednesday night in the poultry yard of James Hedderman of Gubbins' grove. The others in the brood were normal, but this one | had a third leg, perfectly formed, growing out of its side. Apparently healthy at first, the “triped” gave | promise of living and induced its| owner to remain silent in order that he might flash a full-grown three- legged duck upon an unbelieving world, but yesterday it grew weaker and today it was scarcely able to move. Mr. Hedderman is employed at the Stanley hotel and arcna in New Britain. He sald today that when he was living in Texas he had frequent- ly seen such freaks and even them occur on his farm, but this the first monstrosity he has encoun- tered since coming to Plainville. STORM TAKES BIG TOLL Does Terrific Damage in Chicago | | and Northeastern Illinois—Gale | Reaches 84 Miles an Hour, Chicago, July 20 (M—An electri- al storm, characterized by severity and brevity, and accompanied by a f4 mile an hour gale, centered upon Chicago and northeastern Illinois vesterday afternoon, causing the deaths of nine persons and property damage which early today was es- timated at many thousands of dol- | lars. | Numerous homes and bulldings were struck by lightning, grain was destroyed, streets and basements | were flooded and electrical power lines short circuited. Mrs, Frederick B. Hovey, 38, was killed by lightning on an Oak Park golf course, and Herman Struebig, 30, met a similar death on a golf links near Hammond, Ind. Robert Frontszak, 13, caddy for Mrs. No- vey, was seriously injured and two companions of Strueblg, Raymond Hickey and Fred Hunt, were knock- cd unconsclous. 101 Year Old Woman To Ride in Airplane Chicopee Falls, Mase., July 20 (UP)—Mra. Almatia “Grandma” Bennett, who will celebrate her 102d birthday anniversary next Beptember, has announced she will take another airplane flight Sunday. Stanford University, Calif., July 20 (M—Herbert Hoover, republican | presidential nominee, arrived at bin | home on Stanford Campus today at 10:10, completing a trip from Wash. ington. This will be her fourth flight since her 95th birthday. Mrs. Rennett, whose favorite hobby ia fiying, will take off on her latest {until both planes had At this angle, neither Lieut, Lancto nor Lieut. W. F. Moore, West Hartford, his observer, ecould see the governor's plane, which was headed for the landing fleld on the left side of the PT-1, Didn’t Sce Plane Governor Trumbull, officials of the airport sald. had his eyes on Lieut, Eller's plane which had stopped about 300 yards east of the point at which the 0-17 in which Lieut. Colonel Gilson was a passenger, was coming down. ‘Hence his excellency failed to sce Lieut. Lancto’s plane struck the carth and then it was too late to avoid the crash. Tmpact Was Terrific The impact was terrific and the PT-1 was catapulted over into its {side. The governor's plane broke away from the other plane and veered off to the left and thea taxied to a stop. The crash had been witnessed from the take-off field and the am. bulance of the air service division and several rellef trucks and aute- mobiles were rushed across the field to the extrcme westerly end where the two planes had come together, Governor Trumbull and Jleut. Cel, Gilson were able to climb, unassiste ed, from their plane, but it was (Continued on Page 31) Automobiles Collide On Road to Waterbury Automobiles' driven by Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney of 47 Vine street and Wayne C.'8mith of Meriden, collided shortly after midnight on & | detour near the Waterbury Moun- tain road operations. Attorney Gaff- ney reported no damage to his car and damage of about $10 to the fender ot Mr. Rmith's machine, Prosecutor H. C. Camp of Southing- ton said today he has reccived ne formal complaint against elther driver from Policeman D. H. Doug- lass who investigated the accident. Kellogg’s Anti-War Pact Is Now a Fact Washington, July 20 (UP)—Sec. retary of State Kcllogg's hope of persuading the leading world powers to renounce war as an instrument lo( their national policles became an accomplished fact today when Japan and Czechoslovakia notified the United States they were ready te sign the American anti-war pact draft. Policeman Shoots Dog ¢ Thought Mad From Heat Officer Gearge Colling shat a dog owned by Joscph Glan of 301 Nigh street lnat night, the owner sugpest- hop from Randall fleld, Agawam. ing that the animal had beoome moed on account of the heats