New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1928, Page 12

f ~ . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928 * SEARCHING RUINS | Mewnerox sews ICiTy COURT HEARS FOR MORE BODIES Six Known Victims in Shelby Disaster Shelby, N. C., Aug. 29 (UP)— Workers today continued searchi 4n the debris of bricks. plaster and twisted planks — all that remained of three buildings which collapsed Westerday killing six and injuring 12 persons—for other bodies believid buried. The First Natioral nk, Goode Grocery company and Hadley Tailor shop — all two-story buildings—collapsed when a retain- ing wall in ths basement of the tailor shop gave way Those killed were Miss Ora Esk- ridge, bank clerk; Zeb Blanton and his son, Carl; Guy Green, bank teller; Alex H. Hoyle, bank teller, and Clyde Carpenter, a farmer, of Casor, N. ( The injured are: Clarence Mull, assistant cashier, and Miss Margaret Callahan, bookkee both in ser- ious condition; Clyde Mooney, a bookkeeper; Golden and four negroes, not seriously injured Several persons 1 seriously in- jured were treated and taken to their ho: The trag after the d yesterday. The morning ru breakfast crowded the gro- y store adjoining and the tailor shop next door had just opened Suddenly, those on the street saw tHe walls of the tailor shop sag and £all inward. Befare they could shout a cry of warning, the walls of the two adjoining buildings collapsed. Dust and dirt choked the air. Cries of those caught in the wreckage could be heard above din shouting townsfolk falling debris. Within a halt half the population of Shelby tugged at the wreckage. WAYOR OPENS DRIVE O TRAFFIC LIGHTS (Continued from First Page) the Lowrey edy in this city came just rst National bank open- h for needs the and minute, eeding faster than eight miles an our at these interesections so that there would be open traffic at all times. “I suggest that you first ‘with the traffic light experiment at East Main street, and if it proves success- | Zul to try the other two intersec- tions. I believe, however, that the lights are satisfactory at some cor- ners_where traffic is not so heavy. but am of the opinion that stop lights should be limited to 30 sec- | onds “‘Respecttully, “A. M. PAON . Mayor. JAGEN IS ONE UP #wo Golf Stars Playing Tight Game for Unofficial Championship of World. Detroit, Aug. 29 (P—Walter Ha- gen was one up on Johnny Farrell at the end of the first mine holes in their first 36 hole match for 'he’ “ynofcial world golt championship hére: today. Farrell was getting away to long- drives than “the Haig” but the :fl'i!h open champion was doing petter on his approach shots and putts. The cards: Par Hagen Farrell Senator Blaine Denies He Has Boosted Smith Racine, Wis, Aug 23 (UP) United States Senator John J. Blaine, asked by the United Press for an official statement today, de- nied publiched reports crediting him with having urged the election of Governor Alfred E Smith | Blaine was #aid to have #mith” in a at Wis, yesterday Blaine denied tha remarks could be interpret personal endorsement” of the York governor “At present) he w2 concerned with the tion. My only conc progressive candidate consin The national ovember " “favored speech Burlington primary on Bordon Being Mentioned As Possible Candidate » A1 RESIGNS IN HARTHORD Hartford, A @ — K. Moray cral m: AL dent and In ned to b reorganized pany of New York. ar YOUTH 1S DROWNED Dudley, 3 Aug. 29 (P g ent in a floating fi Vin t he the g in Kam could hody was found in Pond last 16 was drowr ricate himse When regovered hooks were one of his wrists, before of | | M . E. Erickson of is expected home on trom a trip to Sweden | son for that June Mrs ailed on | Per {house ana Ke ind on Kobbins avenue Maple Hill, to Mrs. Juha Wentland pil B, and Martin E. Wentlanc ¢ N ' rding rk Thomas 1th A W the ( Wilham Kz York last the | Miss Viola New Hav with her pare Erickson nts, Mr m Hil Mr. and Mrs. Harry € I Miss Julia Barne of the ¢ r ed from a Cod and Luff and 1utomo) Maine trig Schmidt Schmidt t, has rec which he ago by a now v son of Mr of North ang fall when playing ing fricnds in New Britain Willlam H. Buell, a former rest fent of Maple Hill, Pittman, N. J, i ¥ at the home his niother-in-law. Mrs. Walter J. Canfield. Mrs. Buel and son have heen spending severa | weeks here, il ind Harry Martin of M and a former pasto Newington Congregationa will occupy the pulpit thi Rev. Rivers lof the | church Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs George G family have DR. WORK SCOFFING AT Bush and moved to Hartford. | 1 P. Has Boosted Fund—Laughs at Democrats’ Predictions, Washington, Aug going into conferen R. Nutt of Cleveland urer, and othe today with J national treas | 3,000,000 and $4,000,000 for extended, | Dr. Work's statement w in reply to one by John J Kob, chairman of the democratie nationa ation t | betwesn £6,000,000 and 3 “Yesterday's press dispatches from | 8t. Louis quoted Mr. Rasokb | claiming 209 electoral vot smith,” Work said ror's column he hsted south, Kentucky, Tenne | homa, New York, New | 1sland, Wisconsin, Arizona, Colorado, | Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota Montana, Nebra Missouri. | Mexico and Nevada | “This morning’s papers auote Mr | Raskob as saying he tion' that the republican budget between $6,000,000 and 35,000,000 000,000, the | other. | to 34,000,000 ot been extended. Hartford Man’s Back is Hartford, Aug. P —H believed broken by a fall from the staging at the top of a house being Whetton W quale 1 nue, was hospital road, ala, [ bmit at 60 Hartford, P | 54 Francis ave St. Franci ortly men Lascala, workman on t ing, slipped on the scatfolding and landed on his back on the gecond story staging 12 feet below VAIL TO PAY $2.000 NOTE for 000 brought by Suit Geo was nauskas z of South and P. Bruza h Attorney failure to aganst ment on a 0 note e e Youlkiey able eizht cz. en the note nt on Auz £4 to meet the ob had | Fined $100 and Sent to Jail for Three Days 9 (UP)—F IS FATALLY INJURED that of the v the dead mar troubls 1 asked that hi the chijdren for him. Elm Hil | September 4 Erick- has transferred a ater have Main overed from a broken | uffered several weeks He 's now of | nding a week Three RASKOB'S STATEMENTS Republican Chairman Dentes G. O. lican national committee, anpounced | he had engaged him for that the original budget of between purpose, that of releasing the hond the presidential campaign had not been issued committee, that Raskob had inform- | t the republican budget was | as for Gov. “In the gover- lid , Okla- ersey, Rhode New | ‘has informa- is “One statement is as absurd as the “Our original budget of $3,000,000 Believed Broken in Fall o« wer back 2 of | removed to before | noon today with the aid of six fire- baila- | Poles- | on and] sskas of | Donald | ment | jssued on i months was to SUIT FOR $50 FEE Decisidn Reserved in Gmenbergi ‘s, Dobrowolski Case to papers nin the action of Attorney William )0 for protession- | service rendered by the | Alfred LeWitt, his law part- who was Dobrowolski's first counsel in the Holy Trimty Associ-| ation, Inc., matter, was reserved to- day by Judge Henry P. Roche after hearing the testimony of both sides. | Attorney B. J. Monkiewicz, who sented the association In the memorable suit, which was won by the association, was the first to t tify for the plaintiff in this case and enumerated the many instances he and LeWitt met in conference, some of which he claimed were qut: iang and threw some light on the ques- tion of the approximate length of time spent in the action by Dobrow- | olski attorney. Attorney Stanley J. Traceski. isted Mr. Monkiewicz in the sociation matter, lsao testified as to| the approximate time spent by Le| Witt on the case and estimated that $300 was a fair charge for the serv- ices The defense however, through At- torney L. J. Golon refuted some of | the statements made by the plain- fiff's witnesses, stating that at the | time Tobrowolski retained Attorney LeWitt for counsel, nothing was said | 1| ahout taking over tha question of | Ithe entanglement with the assm‘m-‘ Albert Greenberg against Dobrowolski for § I fees for late ner, 1 p 1 [tion as Dobrowolski retained Attor ney Harry Milkowitz for that pur- | pose and the only business he had| !l with Lewitt was the release of the | bond which the defendant posted in | the sum of 15,000 with the associa- fion, ror which to pay the| 1| sum of one-third of which he | raid LeWitt soon after engaging him | counsel The defense based its ! claim on this fact alone and claimed | | that only 330 was due to the for-| mer associate of Attorney Greenberg. | The plaintiff claimed that he and | Dis associate often spoke of the suit | and that at the time, Dobwolski re- | tained LaWitt for his counsel and | 21a not engage another lawyer until | {after his associate’s death | Dobrowolski. who throughout the procecdings sat in the rear of the (P—Before | courtroom, a smile of confidence con- tinually lighting his face, testified | - | through an interpreter that he never | handling party fin- | tallied with LeWitt about giving the | | ances, Chairman Work of the repub- entire matter in his hands and that | just one and that he was present only at one conference, ix Lawyers Appear in City Court Case The city courtroom had the ap-| | prarance of a Mond afternoon | ) | ghort calendar session this morning when a erowd of lawyers interested in a toreclosure action brought by Louis Nair against Angelo Cianflone | five others made their appear- | | I suit, which was tried previ- | ously in the court, involves pro- | perty on Day street which the de- fendant was in the course of build- | ing and for which purpose he en-| gaged the services of the plaintiff, | then failed to pay, it is alleged. In today’s decision, Judge Henry P. Roche ruled that the property should be sold, the sale to be held on September 19, by Constable Fred Winkle, who will be authorized to | dispose of it for not less than 315 - | 000 which was agreed on by both |sides. William Dunn, Deputy Sher- | ff Martin Horwitz and Lonis Rabin- named a committee for the | sale. Nair & Nair represented the plaintiff while among the defend- ants’ lawyers were F, B Hungerford, Stanley J. Traceski, Albert Greer bere. Monroe §. Gordon and Edward | A Mag. United Cigar Sio?and Schulte Merger Rumored | New York, Aug. 2% (B—Wall| street heard today that negotiations | are under way looking to merger of | | the T'nited Cigar Stores company of | and Schulte Retail Stores | corporation. Executives of neither | organization would confirm the re- | port, but no official denials were | forthcoming | Tf consummated, the merger would | bring together the two largest 1 i | | | | America to- | bacco chain store organizations in the United has monthly | les exceeding $5,000,000 through 3,000 stores. $2 country operation of Sehult 000,000 more than ageregate monthly from sales abont some | stores | POLISH G. 0. P. MEETING The last of the ting of the publican club eni Proad | summer gchedule Polish-American Re- will held Friday 30 Falcon hall, | which will be preceded | ion. Jo- | of the he at strect at the ip class Kloskowski, president will preside. Followinz this ting the club will resume the r winter schedule of holding the last Sunday of the D OUT OF PAY being made today by cr P. €. Merian to locate | in employ of the board of | corks who collected the pay fellow worker who lost his check ph Waluneiez called at the hoard to collect $18.63 “hich him for three days’ | had already been had presented the check Walunciez lost 'The city en- | er immediately got in touch with | tigating. | sy E a lab publie af affice dne Somebody ork ere and jee wiho are now in DECLINES TO DEBATE Ware, Mass., Aug (UP) Rev. Dr. A, €. Diffenbach. oston Unitarian minister, today | «clined 10 accept a challenge to a sed after he had been | ying that no Protestant for a Roman Catholic of the United States. Tehate quoted s hould for g vote esident AYS SIDE 29 (UP)—With the weather, the pope open-air exercise POP V| Rome, Aug of hot his cuspended | again tod 'NEW COMMITTEE NAMED | | pointed today. |was chairman and Mr. Smith, secre | greatest technical master of the vio- Sinclair Lewis Home With Bride Sinclair Lewis, author of “Main Street” and “Elmer Gantry and his bride, the former Dorothy Thompson, foreign newspaper correspondent, as they arrived in New York from Europe. They were married abroad and made an automobile caravan tour of England. LEAPS FROM SHIP ST SO AND PLOATS ASHORE Arein To Mead Imescsarton < an Who Couldn't Swim Res: cued Near Hawk's Nest al to the Herald) ybrook, Aug TUnable to roke, but buoyed up by his ite of the fact that his shoes and other tered on the The school housing probl throughout the city will be pletely studied by Mayor Paone committee of seven which he ap- In the letter to his| g appointees he declared that not o the High school situation but problem of the entire zchool district | was in need of study. In appointing the committee mayor s2id he felt a sma i mittee could meet th ituation Het ter. The committee consi ) ex-Mayor George A. Quigley, Harry P. 8mith, James J. Dale Kelly, Fred M. Hollfelde and Lewis T, | -1 sa's swim a the | 200 pounds in he retained | clot a man re boat as “Richardson” but carryin papers with the name of “Doyl Arifted ashore here yesterday morn g and was picked up by fishermen after having fallen off the Provi- dence-New York mer and been in the water for nihe hours Mystery surrounds the whole af. fair, and whether “Doyle” actually My | fell off the boat or made an at- new | 1empt at suicide is not known. He g made the leap at 1 o'clock terday | morning.© He could not swim, but he lay on his back and was carried foward shore by the cnrrent, being picked out 10 o'clock off Haw “t heach s suffer- ing from prolonged and talen to a cottage, his cond tion being such that could not tary, of the committee of 14 whic had made a study praviously. Daley and Mr. Hollfelder are members e CITY COURT JUDGMENTS The following judgments were rendered today in city court by Judge Henry P. Roche, | For the plaintiff by default, §33.75 in the action of John Zak against Willilam Kalisz. Attorney M. F.| 00 8 S0 il Shemplen ireppesanted ithe pIAIRHI Bl Sy, 158 with him o fraternal card | For the plaintiff $300 in the action ! " #3500 G B L) e, and of TFrank Stakara Adolph 5 s e Kalinowski ttorney Stanley Py:|inqutry. there brought intormation g < L |that a man answering the deserip- Traceski represented the plaintiff. |0 o ) o o that o For the plaintiff, $1,517.50 In the, - o "5y D5 Chioved to be action of George Gordon against|, = o o Giovania Giannotta. Attorney M. 8 2 Gordon represented the plaintis Ho exposure against about ORHONEN TO ANSHER MANSLAUGHTER COUNT (Continued from First Page) | Deputy Coroner James J. l‘Or\'!-[ Igan of New Haven county held an inquest at the Rerlin town hall this morning at 10 o'clock and question- ed the occupants of the two cars involved in the crash. As the death land West." | AUTHORITY 10 DISCUSS NEAR EAST SITUATION Alfred C. T. Lt Will Speak on | Orient at Meeting of Rotary | Club Tomorrow The Far East situation will be| ai ed at the rezular weekly, luncheon meeting of the Rotary club | Thursday noon at the Burritt hotel. | when Alfred C. T. Li. Ph. D., autho; ity on Chinese questions will preser “a humorous and tactful plea for a better understanding between Iast| {a Pen Dr. Li comes highly recommended and it was with difficulty that the Rotary club secured his services. He is on a tour of the principal cities in“this country, and has been com- mended by leading educators and publishers on his ability to present graphically the Far East problems. He is the author of ‘“Political Philosophy of Sun Yat Sen.” He is :1d fellow in diplomacy of New York university and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity. An invitation is extended by Rotary club to those interested ar East questions to attend meeting. the in the Rochester Bandits Beat Man After Robbing Him Rochester; N. Y., Aug. 29 (UP)— | A brutal beating marked the second holdup within 12 hours when five men bludgeoned a gas station at- tendant into unconsciousness early today and escaped with $75. Last night two masked men held lup the cashier of an ice cream | plant and fled through crowds of employes with $1,300. The men who robbed the gas sta- | tion drove a large automobile with a Pennsylvania license, Frank Des. |brow. 58, the beaten man, told po- | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS lice. All five displayed guns, he said, occurred Meriden it was nee sary for New Haven county authori- | to act. After the inquest the | coroner stated he would not | make known his decision for at! least two days but the town au- thorities of Berlin persisted in hold- ing the trial this Upon con- fering with Assistan: te Proscen- tor R. L. Gidding at Hartford. the deputy coroner decided to allow the to go to trial before his an- nounced decision. He said that it was very unusual to bring a case to court before the coroner had made a report of his inquest. th noon L ”b;;“;icil‘a':‘i i’ut 0. K. On Farmers’ Bill ts meeting in party il here, endorsed the Mc Hauzen bill which had been reject- ed by Gov. Alfred E. Smith, the < presidential nominee council cited the 20 year dry record of democrats in the state and adovted an enforcement of the 18th amendment. The democrats conclud ed their meeting with a declaration of their “pride in the publie rec ord=’ of Gov. Smith and Senator Joseph T. Robinson Fepublicans in council voted a harmonions endorsement of their party's nominees and platform. part HAS NARROW ESCAPE Hong Kong, Aug. 29.—(UP)— U'nited States Consul Cowles narrow- Iy escaped drowning while bathing at Swatow Saturday, advices reach- ing h today said. Cowles and three others in +his rty were drawn‘out to sea by a trong ebb tide. A German engineer, Ingermann, was drowned but the others reached shore exhausted after a long struggle. A ricksha coolie recovered Inger- mann’s body. VALUABLE GOWNS STOLEN Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 29 (P— Theft of gowns valued at $4,000 from a downtown shop during the night led to the arrest today of two negroes and the recovery of the gowns in Fishkill, N. Y. The men, who were driving an automobile, were detected by the license plates on the car which was observed near the gown shop during the night. Jascha Heifetz and Florence Vidor were married until they were leaving New York for California. Then the famed vio- linist and th reen star and former wife of King Vidor, director, an- rounced they had been married quietly after their recent return from Lurope on the same ship, Heifetz, generally regarded as the Nobody knew that lin, is 27; his wife 33. —ETHEL— e RENT YOUR TENEMENT NOW These are the da hecause it’s renting time. s that New Britain practically closes up, These are the days that Mr. and Mrs. New Britain “take oft” to look for a home before the children go to school. These are the days that people returning from their summer cot- tage, suburban home, or vacation, look to The Herald For Rent Ads. Prospects search only when they are at leisure and have time to look. B : To reach them, remember you can phone your rental ads and : charge them, or bring them to the Herald Classified Ad coun- ter and get a cash discount. ; An Ad running all next week may rent your tene- i . ment by Labor Day to a desirable tenant. THE HERALD Classified Advertising Dept. 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