New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 17, 1928, Page 16

BOTILE MESSAGE " 15 FOUND AT SEA m {0 Have Bom Writen by Amundsen ‘ — London, Aug. 17 (UP)—A mes-| sage found in a bottle off Rottum- | eroog, Rottumsland, now is he-“ Heved in same sources to have been left by Roald Amundsen, the arctic | explorer who was lost in an auempl‘ te find the crew of the dingible Italia. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from the Hague said that the Nor- wegian consul there hed examined the message closely;, compared the writing with that of Amundsen, and had reached the belicf the message wes genuine. . The message read: “Latham, July 1, 1928, §4 degre 23 minutes east. Roald Amundsen. The message was found Sunday. Rotiumeroog is .n the North sea | and the bottle would have had to @rift many miles to have reached Rottumeroog provided the position given by Amundsen was correct. It is recalled that Amundsgn with Cammandant Rene Guiibaud, Lieutenape Lief Dietrichsen and three others departed from Trom- s0e, Norway on June 18 in a La- tham plane for a search for the| stranded diriglble It They had expected to fly direc | bile ice encampment and to Keep | in close radio communication with | the stations at Kings Bay ad Benar Tsland. { Their plane never waa sighted | and no radia signals ever were in-| tercepted. There have been various unconfirmed reports of a plane be- ing sighted near Bear Island, flying low, of tracks found in the snow apparently from an airplane and also of sealing ships sighting an air- | plane. Efforts were made to verify all of these unconfirmed rumors but they failed. | Hope generally has been felt that | Amundsen might be saved. He is & veteran of arctic explorations | and it was reealled that he was lost, along with Lieut. Dietrichsen, | for many days in the arctic several years ago and then returned to eivilization. The message, according to the dispateh to the Dally Mall, has been forwarded by the Norwegian consul at the Hague to the Norwegian gov- ernment. Road Conditions in State of Connecticut | Road conditions and ~detours in the state of Connecticut made fecessary by highway construction, | repairs and oiling announced by the | state highway department, a8 of | August 15th, are as foliows: Route No. 1 | 014 Lyme, East Lyme and Water- ferd, five miles under construction. | One-way traffic in Waterford and | Fast Lyme, where concrete pave- ment is being laid. | Orange-Milford pike, shoulder ofl | ing for 2 miles. | Norwalk, Boston Post read shoul- ders being oiled. DBranford—Boston shoulders being oiled. Route No. 8 Waterbury-Middlebury road and | Sunnyside avenue under construc- | | Post road, | | under constiuction. | dam birdge. lat Higganum, with one-way traffic macadam and railing complete. tion with one-way traffic for a Shar(! distance. Waterbury - Milldale, Southington Mountain 1s under construction. Shoulders not complete | Ridgefield-Ranbury road, con- crete construction completed. Rail- ing uncompleted, Route No. 4 | Salisbury-Great Barrington road is under construction. Short ¢etour around small bridge. i Sharon-Lakeville road is under onstruction, short detour. Route No, U, §. & Wallingford—No. Coleny open to traffic. Meriden—No. Colony street ‘s un- der construction. No delay. Route No. U. 5. 6 Brooklyn-Danielson road in the towns of Killingly and Brooklyn | Detour posted. Traffic regulated by flagmen, Danielson-So. Killingly road 1is/ under construction, open to traffic. | Route No. U. 8§ 7 i ry-New Miltord road, con-| (ruction completed from | Brookfield to Daubury. Uncom- | pleted from New Milford to Brook- | ficld. Railing uncompleted. Noute No. 8 Torrington - Thomaston, street, | Castle ! Bridge is under construction. Traf- fic shouud, proceed with caution eon | account of grade cros#ing. Short | one-way traftic. | Route No. 10 | Haddam road is under construc- tion from Higganum to East Hud-; One-Lalf mile detour where pavement is being lald. Bloomfield-Granby road is under construction, but opcn to traffic. Route No. 13 | Grosvenordale-No. Grosvenordale | road is under comstruction, detour posted. | Route No. 13/ | Norwich-Putnam road at Atta-| waugan 1§ under construction. Tratf- | tic over section of this rodd being regulated by telephone. Montville-Norwich New London| road is being oiled for ¢ miles. | Kiilingly-Plainfield road is belnx| oiled for one mile. Route No. 32 Norwich-Groton road, bridge over | Poquetanuck Cove is under con- struction Approaches to new struc- ture are being graded, motorists warned to drive carefully through this work, Norwich-Groton road from Nor-| wich city line to Brewster's Neck is under construction, open to traffic. Franklin-Norwich & Willimantie road is being olled for 2 miles. Mansfield - Willimantic - Stafford road is being oiled at the intersec. tion of Route No. 109. Route No. 108 Hartford-New London shoulders being oiled for 2 Salem, road, miies. Route No, 103 Plainfield-Rhode Island being oiled for one mile. Route No. 104 Glastonbury, Glastonbury . Port. land road is under construction, open to traffic one-way. Route No. 109 Manatield-Phoenixville road is un- der construction. This road nearly inpassable to traftic. Coventry, Coventry-Mansfield De- pot road closed, traffic may go over good state road through South Cov- entry, road is Route No. 111 Portland-Cobalt road is under construction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 113 Thomaston-Bristol road is under shoulders are being laid. | | Railing | steam shovel grading and macadam construction. Detour east of Terry- S Ay NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928. ville posted. Concrete being poured, | ing this bridze which is located at one-way traffi:. | the foot of a steep grade. Route N Canterbury - Willimantic No. Branford and shoulders being oiled. shoulders are und | Scotland-Willimantic road shoul- No delay to traffic. |ders being olled for one mile. North Branford—Middletown ave. Route No. 147 Seymour—Bladden river bridge is under construction. No delay. Route No. 130 Lyme and East Haddam, Ham- burg—No. Plains road is under construction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 154 | Washington-Woodbury road, ma- {cadam and bridge construction un- | derway at several places. Short de- lay probable, Route No: 166 Crystal Lake road towns of Rock- ville and Ellington are under con struction. Somewhat rough, 18 de- tours. . 114 0. Haven road | construction. road r Route No. 147 ‘Woodbridge-Seymour. road is under construction. controlled by traffic men. Route No. 121 Balisbury, Canaan-Salisbury road 1s under construction. One-way traf- tic. Concyete Traflic Route No. 122 Newtown-Bridgeport road con. | crete construction completed from | Newtown. Flag pole southerly. | uncompleted. One-way traffic on Newtown street. ! Route No. 123 | Foot of Bunker Hill to Cornwall | Bridge, resurfacing complete. 8houl- | ders and guard rail not finished. Traffic open at all times. Canton-Collinsville, Nepaug road | is under construction. Detour es- tablished. Traffic should proceed | with caution over detour. Route No. 126 Wilten, Danbury-Norwalk shoulders are being oiled. Route No. 1 Kent-Macedonia road, maeadam | toute No. 304 construction under way. No detours. | Ridgefield-Wilton road shoylders Route No. 128 being oiled. Litchtield-Bantam road is under | Route No. 310 construction. One-way traffic. | Bantam-Morris road is under Routet No. 129 | construction. No detours. Gaylordsvile to New York state | Route No. 323 | Prospect-Cheshire road, short de- Route No, 130 |tour over country road around Woodbury-Watertown road, up- | shovel work in rock cut. town bridge is under coustruction. | Route No. 337 Traffic may use sub-grade without Milford—New Haven detour. { shoulders under construction. Route No. 133 | delay. Cornwall Hollow road, Cornwall| Milford-Woodmont road, concrete tion. Traffic open at a.l times.|road under construction. No delay. to So. Canaan is under construc- West Haven—Beach street urder ahort detour around ane bridge. | construction. Short detour in forea Route No. 133 around city block, when asphalt is Hartland Hollow bridge {s under being applied. construction. Passahle except when No Route Numbers asphalt {8 being applied. Ansonia—North State street Route No. 136 |under construction. Traffic Fairfield-8herman | trolied by, traffic men. Beacon Falls Pines bridge under construction. Traffic not affected. Chestes-Killingsworth road under construction. No dclay to traffie. Bethlehem-Watertown road con- | atruction work started. Grading commenced. No detours necessary. Clinton-Westbrook, Clinton-Deep Safe food for hot days SHREDDED ounces full-size biscuits _Toasted shreds of whole wheat Filled with nature's health givers Delightful for any meal TRISCUIT- - The shredded wheat wafer VISITORS WELCOME TO ALL FACTORIES: Route No. 175 Saybrook — Grading road, slight delay to traf Route No. 179 Preston, the road from Poque‘an- uck to Brewster's Neck Is under construction, open to traffic. Route No. 180 Bethel-Redding road, steam shovel grading and macadam con- struction under way. No detours necessary. Winthrop ic. road avenue, No is con- New road, construction under way. lays probable, Route No. 141 Bridge over Litile river on the | 8cotland-Canterbury road is under construction. 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Grangy—Salmon Brook street is under construction, but open to traffie. New Haven—Townsend avenue, grading being done. No delay to traffic. North Stonington — Col. Brown road is being oiled for one mile. Rocky Hill—EIm street grading under w 8light delay to traffic. Sharon-Millerton road is under construction. Short detour. 80, Cansan - Huntsville bridge approaches finished. Sterling—Bridge under coénstruc- tion at Sterling Village. posted. Redding-Georgetown road, struction work started. necessary. Whbodridge-Racsbrook road is un- Local traffic using de- road, der construction. fic. Wéthersfield—Jordan Lane is un- ‘der construction and rather rough. H Willington-West ~ Willington to ‘Willimantic-Stafford road being oil- ed the entire length. ‘Windsor Locks-Suffield, East | Main street is under construction, traffic may take good road throus! Suffield Center. B No delay to traf- Franklin, Aug. 17 (® — Jacob Ahelesteis, 54, proprietor of tne | Franklin Hill hotel was seriously in {jured and three boys who were rid- ing with him were badly cut and | bruised yesterday when Ahelesteis’ | off the | posite direction. Those injured other than Aheles- tels are Isadore and Seymour Kopel, 8 and 7 years old respectively of Bronx, Y., and ‘Walter Cohen, 1y, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They were taken to Willimantic hospital. CROSSING FATALITY Oxford, Pa., Aug. 16.—(P—Major J. Davis Ross, of the United States Detour | army, was instantly killed today and | motion for dismis | Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Butcher con- | badly injured when their motor car [Hoilis corporation, who is secking a No detours | was struck by a Pennsylvania rail- | permanent road milk train at Barnsley cross- !ing and the Baltimore pike. Franklin, Conn., Hotel Man | Figures in an Accident | car overturned after being -forced | Norwich-Witlimantic high- | way by a machine coming in the op- | | alleges that Har: her last man- HEA R AS HE MUST | ager, sroke his contract by failing | to* provide her with a suitable plane |for a transatlantic flight when the | weather was favorable om June 10 | 1ast and also by not having full own- ership of the plane which he did | rovide later. Justice Valente heard | . 2 el previous motions in the same suit. Judge Declines to Dismiss : Ketion {Employes Warned Against ! 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