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[===] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 180 CORLIDGES DOCTOR OFF FOR NEW HAVEN To Visit Man Injured by Son of Presideat J0EN DRIVING MACHINE Testimony Comes Out Today That Railroad Clerk Was At Wheel of Trumball Car and Not the Ohauffenr. Washington, Sept. 28 (UP)— Major James F. Coupal, personal physician of President Coolidge, left here last night for New Haven, Conn,, to determine the extent of in- juries suffered by Wilfred Veno, hockey player, in an automobile ac- cident in which John Coolidge, the president’s son, figured. No comment on Major Coupal's departure was available at the White House but it was learned Mr. Cool- idge was concerned about the ac- cident and was anxious to give the victim all medical attention possible. John Was Operator New Haven, Conn., 8ept. 28 (UP) —John Coolidge was driving an au- tomobile of Governor John H. Trum- bull when it was in a aerious col- | lislon here yesterday, a report by Policeman Henry H. Miller, a wit- ness to the accident, said today. Previously, William Cunningham, chauffeur of the governor, had been reported the driver when the car | was in a collision which sent two | persons to the hospital one with in- juries which may prove fatal. Short Distance Away Miller was only a short distance from the intersection of Livingston and Lawrence streets when a light touring car driven by Wilfred Veno, a former Boston and New Haven hockey player, and carrying his mother, Mra, Mary Veno, crashed into the side of the governor's big sedan, The policeman hurried to the cars. A young man stepped out from behind the wheel of the sedan. “You were driving?" the officer asked him. “I was,” the youth replied. “Then you'll have to come over to (Continued on Page 31) OHIO REPUBLICANS OPEN CONVENTION Hear Secretary Bavis Praise Hoover as Farmer’s Friend Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 28 (P — Ohio republicans formally launching their state campaign here today with an old fashioned rally. heard Governor Alfred E. 8mith eharac- terized as “the great promiser;"” Herbert Hoover held up as the “friend of the farmer,” and pledges made (0 *“‘shake up” the state public | utllities commission. More than 4,000 persons from all sections of the state crowded into | Memorial hall and listened for sev- eral hours to candidates and other speakers recount the good qualities and aims of the republican presiden- tial canlidates and the reasons why they are certain national and state prosperity s dependent upon repub- lican success in the state and nation November 6. They heard Becretary of Labor James J. Davis call Governor Smith | “the great promiser,” denounce the aims of the “wets,” and accomplish- ment, They listened to Senator Sim- eon B. Fess explain how the “mo; industrial, economic and. indust forces” of the country are back of Hoover and were told by Congress- man Theodore E. Burton that their party is “the friend of the farmer, Governor ith to the contrary.” They also heard Myers Y. Cooper, republican candidate for governor, promise that if elected he would re- organize the public utilities com- mission and put human welfare problems above agriculture, roads | and other governmental activities. Becretary Davis decalred that “the people of Ohio know that the repub- lican party has brought the country to a condition of normaley that it “took the unemployed and put them back to wages." He voiced the opinion that “Hoover knows that the prosperity | of this nation is bound up with pay envelopes of the workers oi (ne na- tion, and it is my belief that the welfare of the worker of the future depends at this time to a great ex- tent on Hoover. Mr. Davis took occasion to hit wet talk, and said that liquor will not solve the country's problems. The secretary touched on hnmi- gration, telling how restriction of immigrants has benefited the coun- try “Tammany does not like restric- tion,” he said and he predicted that it Bmith were elected, the bars against immigration would be lower- ed at once, with hordes of cheap labor flooding the country again.” Mr. Davis rapped Smith as a “great promiser,” who has done ‘.00 much of it.” He sald that “Al Smith is promising everything; in one section of the country he prom- ises this, and in another he half promises something else.” Benator Fess called Hoover “the acknowledged peer of any statesman in America or Europe,” and sald that he is confident Hoover will do for agriculture what he has done for industry. work at good, Sen. Norris Again Backs Up Smith in Farm Relief Stand Washington, Sept. 28 UP—Gov- ernor S8mith's views on farm re- lief, as given last night at 8t. Paul, Minnesota, were endorsed again today by Senator Norris of Nebraska. “I don’t see how any man who backs .up the McNary-Haugen bill can find fault with Governor 8Smith,” he said. Norris sald the principle be- hind the equalization fee ma- chinery was that the cost of sell- ing surplus at a loss “on the oth- er, side of the tariff wall” should be assessed against the crop benefited. “That principle was endorsed emphatically by Smith, both at Omaha and 8t. Paul,” he con- tinued, “and he has promised to call a commission to consider better machinery for operating the principle. 1 say God bless him and make him ro ahead with his commission, if it can improve the machinery. If any man can improve the machinery of the McNary-Haugen bill, I take off my hat to him. T assume that the equalization fee will be accepted if nothing better can be found.” HOOVER T0 SPEAK INN. Y. OCTOBER I3 Address o Be Delivered in Madison Square Garden Limited Seating Capacity of Carnegic Hall Made it Necessary—Candi- date Says He's Not Superstitious About the Date Hoover will speak in New York city on October 13 instead of October 17 as originally planned. His address will be delivered in Madison Square Garden and not Carnegie hall. Ldmited Capacity The change was made, it was an- nounced today at the headquarters of the republican presidential can- didate, because of the limited seat- ing eapacity of Carnegie hall. The rally will be under the auspices of the Union League club, the National | State Republican committee. Mr. Hoover expects to go directly to New York to deliver his speech and return immediately to Wash- ington. the subject upon which he will talk. Not Superstitions When Mr. Hoover announced that (Continued on Page 31) TRUMBULL URGES AID - FOR THE RED ERIISS Makes Public an Appeal Endorsed by President Loohdge | Hartford, Sept. 28 (P—Gov. John H. Trumbull today made public an open letter to the people: of Connec- ticut, outlining the needs of the Red | Cross as a result of the humcam disaster and urging prompt response | |to that need by the people of this state. His letter says: -“Hartford, September 28, 1928, The American | National Red Cross, with the ap- | | proval of President Coolidge, ex-of- ficlo president has issued an appeal to the American people to contribute {for the relief of the hurricane suf- {ferers in Porto Rico, the Virgin Is- | lands and Florida. “Through the press dispatches we | |are all familiar with the devastating | |hurricane that has left in its wake | | destruction and death. Much work | {must be donc in order that the thousands of people may be fed, clothed and sheltered. Those who have been injured and those who | may become the victims of conta- glous diseases must be ministered to by Red Cross surgeons and nurses. “Hospital facilitics, supplies and medicines must be provided for. earnestly urge all of the people of { Connecticut to once more n their gheat spirit of generosity | contributing to the Red Crose. | have every confidence that Connecti- {cut will more than subscribe its | quota. Signed, “John H. Trumbull, ‘Governor.” REPUBLICANS T0 MEET IN PROBATE CONVENTION | Chairman spear Announces Selection of October 4 as Date for athering Chatrman George P. republican probate court convention announced this afternoon that the convention would be held Thursday night at the Burritt hotel. It s expected that Judge Bernard ¥ Gaffney, who was re-nominated last night at the democratic convention, will be endorsed. Mother of Sir George Sidney Australia, Sept. 28 (P— The mother of Sir George Hubert Wilkins, the noted Polar flier, died here today. She was 82 years old. IS LAST MINUTE CHANGE, Washington, Sept. 28 (#)—Herbert | Women's Republican clgh, and the | He has not yet determined | ifest | by | Spear of the | next | Wilkins Dies Today | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, WSS COLLETT AND MISS VAN WIE WIN Women Golf Stars Will Battle Tor Title Tomorrow GLENNA IN GREAT FORM Takes Decisive Lead Early Over Mrs. Stetson and Coasts in to Easy Vic- tory in Semi-Finals Played at Hot Springs Today. Cascade Country Club, Hot | Springs, Va.,, Sept. 28 (® — Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, R. I., |and Miss Virginia Van Wie, of Chi- }cnxo. will play for the woman's golf championship of the United States | tomorrow. Congratulates Winner Miss Van Wie, defeated Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Philadel- phia, three times champion, two up, {in the semi-finals, “Well, Virginia, |I'm glad you won,” Mrs. Hurd said |smilingly as she picked up without |forcing the Chicago girl to putt for ‘her possible three. The crowd \chnored the Philadelphia woman as she grasped her youthful opponent’s hand at the dramatic finish. | The cards: {Hurd, out . Van Wie, out Hurd, in . . 44x Van Wie, in ....... x34 Miss Collett Wins Miss Collett, who has been twice {champion, defcated Mrs. G. Henry | Stetson, of Philadelphia, four and {three in a sensational match. | Glenna took a decisive lead over | her opponent early in the round and coasted through the last nine holes, playing easily. Miss Van Wie came from behind to win, turning two down to her more experienced opponent. The |Chicago girl was dormie two, but | Mrs. Hurd won the 17th to keep the | match going and the decision was [1eft to the eighteenth. The Phila- |delphia woman drove her tee shot | into mud and grass near a creek and had to play a second ball. After this she had no chance to win, Glenna Wins First Miss Collett took the first hole with a 4, a birdie for women, Mrs. Stetson had a five after taking three to get on. Miss Collett's drive was 250 yards. Miss Collett won the 409 vard sccond with a 4 to Mrs. Btet- son's 5, 454 454 454 465 b45—40 635—42 56x 54x 553 453 Finds & Trap Finding a trap with her drive on the first hole, Mrs. Hurd came out well, but required three to reach the green. Miss Van Wie, on the edge jof the green in two, pitched dead |for a birdie four. Mrs. Hurd then | dropped a 25-foot putt for a half. | Neither clcared the rough with drives at the second, but both were on the green in three, and the hole | was halved in par five. ! Both rcached the 310 yard third !Erm-n in two, with Miss Van Wie {away. The Chicago girl obtained a | half by sinking an 8 foot putt after | overrunning the cup with her ap- | proach. Virginia In the Rough Mrs. Hurds was on the fourth from the tec. Miss Van Wie, in the roubh to the right, pitched past the ut Mrs. Hurd took 3 putts and th hol«- was halved in 4's. Glenna was again well over 200 yards from the tee on the third, a 15310 yard hole cut into the side of | | (Continued on Pnge 31) YALE FRESHNAN DIES N FALL FROM WINDOW Youth, When Half Asleep, | Plunges to Death Through Mistaken Door New Haven, Sept. 28 UP—Edward Lee Randolph, a Yale freshman, | hardly familiar with his dormitory room in Haughton Hall on Berkeley Oval campus, walked out of a win- dow carly this morning and was mortally hurt. Death came just after his admis- {sion to the hospital. home was in Pleasantville, N. Y., |and a brother, Robert, is a junior in Sheffield Scientific school. There was no witness to Ran- dolph’s fall. Apparently, he had been awakened by the striking of an | alarm clock at 6, and had jumped out of bed and gone into the entry | and turncd to the one hand instead | | of turning to the other to a lava-| |tory and stcpped out of the entry | | window. He was found at 6:10 and | | was taken to the hospital. After | | death it was found that his skull had been broken. Randolph’s slippers were beside | his bed and the clothes were tossed over indicative of hastily leaving the |bed confirming the impression of the class officers and classmates that | he was not fully awake when he | rushed to the entry door. Randolph had come out for freshman football | practice. | Randolph, it was learned, had | | agreed with his roommate, John C. Madden, of Cleveland, O., to arise | this morning at 6 o'clock and go out and look for a job. After getting up | at the striking of the alarm clock, he was to reset it to go off at 7 for his roommate. Madden said that it was probable that Randolph had risen and sleep- ily had opened the window instead of the lavatory door and had fallen to his death. Madden was not aware of the accident until officials had knocked at his door to inform him of Randolph's death. He sald he awoke shortly after the alarm went | { voted adoption of the resolution y: Tokyo, Sept. 28 (P—Precedents were shattered today when Yasuhi- to, Prince Chichibu, 26 year old heir presumptive to the married Miss Betsuko Matsudaira, 19 year old daughter of the Japan- ese former ambassador to Washing- | ton, For the first time aince the estab- lishment of a hereditary nobility, a throne, | | prince of the blood went outside the peerage 1o select his wife. He made the sclection under romantic cir- cumstances, falling a victim to her lcharms when visiting the Japanese embassy in Washington in January, 1927, The wedding ceremony began at (Continued on Page 10) POGLITSCH DIVORCE PETITION REJECTED Referee Disapproves of Decree for Man Charg- ing Infidelity A recommendation has been made in superior court by Judge Donald T. Warner, state referee, that the divorce action of Frank Poglitsch, against his wife, Fanny, both f this city, be dismisscd. Mrs. |Poglitsch, who was Miss Fanny Braun, married Poglitsch on October 20, 1904, and by the practice of thrift and indus- try they accumulated approximately $20,000, which for some years has been the cause of disputes and dis- agreements between them, accord- ing to the evidence introduced in the hearing. On February 6, Poglitsch Cluhn- ed he returned from work about 4| p. m. and found John Kainz, clerk | for Robert Mautner, grocer, coming out of a bedroom Poglitsch had been reclining on a bed. “So this is what is going on while T am away at work,” he ex- | claimed, and would not listen to Kainz's explanation that he had made delivery of groceries and not finding Mrs. Poglitsch in the kitchen had gone through the house to find ; out whether or not she wanted to give him further orders. Mrs, Pog- ltsch had become tired from house- work and had gone into the bed-| room to rest, she claimed. Two weeks later, brought the action for through Attorney Joseph G. Woods, alleging infidelity and implicating Kainz.| Judge Warner, however, did not believe that the husband's sus- picions were well founded. Attorne: Morris Blumer of Hartford repre Poglit:ch | | sented Mrs. Poglitsch. Convict Swims to Safety With Milk Cans ! Boston, Sept. 28 (A — Using two large milk cans as water wings, Francis Sabowski, 26, a prisoner at the Deer Island House of Correc- | tion, swam across Shirley Gut to ithe mainland and escaped today. He kept his clothing dry by carry- |ing it in the watertight cans, which were found tied together with a rope on the Winthrop shore. Sa- bowskl was serving a sentence for larceny and receiving stolen prop- erty. Conference KButler, Missouri, Against “Wets” Butler, Mo., Sept. 28 UP—Minis- | ") ters of the St. Louis confercnce of the Methodist Episcopal church stood pledged today to thing in our power” to defeat wet candidates at the November elec- tion. Two of the 250 ministers, who terday, protested the action “putting the church in politics.” was | | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday; continved cool; probably frost in exposed piaces to- night. off at 6 and saw that Randolph had left and he went to sleep again. in which Mrs. | aivorce, | “do every- | SOCIETY BOOTLEGGER il vy R Phila. Judge Also Him to Atlanta for Year and Three Months Philadelphia, Sept. 28.—P)—Joel D. Kerper, so-called “society boot- legger,"” was today sentenced to one year and three months in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta and fined | $20,000 by Judge William H. Kirk- patrick in the United States district court, Kerper pleaded guilty on the sec- ond day of his trial last Tuesday to |29 counts of illegal possession and transportation of liquor and main- mmn; a nuisance at his store which was ralded by federal prohibition | #gents on July 30. John Brill, an employe, who changed his plea at the same time with Kerper, was sentenced last Tuesday to 60 days in the Mercer county jail at Trenton, N. J. | Brill began his sentence at once. Kerper was released in $10,000 until today. AUTO RACER LOSES HIS LICENSE IN THIS STATE |d. P. Net Who Drove at Racing | Speed From New York to Bos- ton Notified of Action Stamford, Sept. 28 (®—Jerome P. Neff, of Shore Acres, Mamaroneck, N. Y., who recently drove his auto- | mobile from New York to Boston in | what was claimed to Lave been a | race against an express train over |the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, today lost his | right to operate a car in Connecti- cut. Neff had been notiSed to appear | for a hearing here on the question | of suspension of his license to oper- ate under a reciprocal agrecment dealing with auto law violations with the Massachusetts motor vehicle de- | lxmrtment He did not appear and Deputy Commissioner Howard R. Baldwin suspended his license, tak- ing away the right to operate a car der any conditions in this state. The evidence before the commis- sioner was that which had come to ,him frotn Massachusetts as in ab- | sence of knowledge of the alleged there was no complaining wit- in the state. It was set forth that Mr. and Mrs. Nefi were in the car which beat out the express train. It was claimed that the car made an average speed 79 miles an hour and its maximum | was 83. The commissioner had informa- | | tion that Neff lost his license alsc in Rhode Island and New York. At today's hearing evidence was | offered as to Neff's record as an operator and it was shown that on May 28, 1927 he was arrested for alleged reckless driving and forfeit- ed & bond of $25. His license was suspended June 14, 1927 and restor- ed eleven days after. Mrs. Nefi's license has been suspended because she was with her husband on the | speed run, GIVEN $20,000 FINE trom New Haven to Providence of | SEPTEMBER 28, 1928 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES GENE MAY MARRY IN TINY GHURCH Tanney Objects to Pablicity At- tending Sorrento Announcement MAY SEE POPE PIUS Ex-Pugilist Wants to Arrange For Pispensation in Connection With His Marriage With Protestant Josephine Lauder of Greenwich. Rome, Sept. 28 —Gene Tunney ar- riy “sme from Genoa today ay E “wings that de- i gfi“m E 1!1 it his , b sephine |Lauder ut’ufi p . may ‘not take place at Sorreln. Jfter ali. | 3 The wide publicity which dis- |patches from Sorrento saying that ithe marriage would take place at |*“The House of Tasso” received, has | ‘made the former champion feel that |1t would be quicker and quieter tg | |be married in & small parish church | |in & big city such as Rome or Napies | |instead of the romantic spot on the | tamous bay of Naples. | Gene spent the morning with | Thomnas L. Daniels, secretary of the | American embassy here, trying to | straighten out the red tape required {for a wedding on such short notice |and to obtain the necessary church | dispensations for his union with a | Protestant. He said that some of | his experiences reminded him of his | | days in the Marine corps. While resting at his hotel, Tunncy told the Associated Press that since this was his first visit to Italy, he felt it his duty to devote as much time as possible to sightseeing. He regretted that he had to “do in such a hurry, But for the sightseeing here he will have an exceedingly well-equip- ped guide. His friend Thornton Wilder, who will pilot him about th2 city, was for a year a ‘fcllow” of the American Academy in Rowe be- fore he gained fame as a n ist. Tunney said that he wished to ab- sorb all he could, however little, of | what Rome has to teach as nc con- |sidered the opportunity an educa- {tional privilege. | Tt is understood that arrange- ments are under way for th: retired pugilist to be recelved by Pops Plus. It is uncertain whether it~ will be possible to fulfill the neceasary ad- uins for this an vt timg at Twnoe: i3 in London and P;m agulnet inter- views. He said he wanted no pub- licity. Asked when he expected to 80 to Naples to meet Miss lauder, he replied: “Really, I do not know, probably in a day or two.” Miss Lauder and her party are due at Naples early on Tuesday. The prospective bridegroom was dressed in a natty suit of grey and beige tweeds. He wore a multi-col- ored tie and looked exceedingly fit | despite the long, tiring train journey down the coast. One spectator who [saw him “whirling around the capi- tal in the embassy car with Mr. | Daniels, asked: “Who is the new American em- bassy secretary?” BOOKSTORE ROBBERY REPORTED AT H. §., Thief Climbs Over Door Grill and Gets $40 Loot Authoritics of the Senior High school are conducting a quiet inves- tigation today to determine the per- sons gullty of entering the school's bookstore and stealing between $40 | and $50 in cash Wednesday night between the closing of school that day and the openirg yesterday morning. According to Principal Louis P.| | Siade the money is usually placed | in the school safe but on this occa- sion the person in charge neglected to follow this custom and on the one occasion when the money was left in the bookstore the theft oc- curred. A more accurate system of ac- cuuntanlx in the school's bookstore was one of the matters advocated in a movement to place hi_l. school finance directly in charge of the school board. This matter came up about a ycar ago and Supt. Holmes also shared the opinion that thou- sands of dollars is being handled un- | systematically in the bookstore. | Principal Slade has not called | upon the police for assistance in his investigation. The student body | | | would have LONG TRIP T DEMOCRATS FLAYED IN KEYNOTE SPEECH Rep. Snell of New York Opens Republican State Convention PROSPERITY AS AN ISSUE Insists This is Big Thing in Cam- paign and Declares Democratic Administrations Have Becen Fea- tured by Disastrous Conditions, Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 28 UP—Rep- resentative Bertrand H. Bnell, tem- porary chairman of the republican state convention, today sounded the keynote of the campaign as “Pros- perity."” “The main question is.” he said, “whether we want to return to the disastrous, financial and industrial conditions prevailing under Wood- row Wilson and Grover Cleveland, the only two democratic presidents since the Civil War, or whether we want to continue the universal hap- piness, contentment and prosperity that have prevailed under the re- publican administrations and has been specially exemplified under Calvin Coolidge.” Attacks Democrats The congressman's address bris- tled with attacks on the democratic party. “For 68 years,” he said, “the democratic party has adopted every political nostrum, appealed to every discontent and even then has only four times succeeded in fooling the people. . . . Every time we have had democratic administration, we we have had an industrial and finan- clal panic excepting the firat Cleve- land administration, and the only reason we did not have one then walf because a republican congress re- fused to pass the free trade tariil bill . . . . and P t Cleveland crmc fold. God lorbid that the pro- (Continued on Page 31) AUTO HITS BRISTOL BOY, BREAKS SKULL AND LEG Robert Bradley in Critical Condi- tion After Being Run Over— Willlam Ammerman Driver Bristol, Sept 28—Robert Bradley, five year old :on of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Bradley of 371 King road East Bristol, was seriously injured lat noon today when he was struck near his home by an automobile operated by William Ammerman of 241 King Road. He was taken to the hospital in the automobile of Edgar M. Beal of Scotts 8wamp who was passing. The boy's father, and Ammerman accompanied the boy to the hospital | where an examination by Dr. M. A. Gore showed the youngster to be suffering from a fractured skull and a broken leg and numerous cuts and lacerations Internal hemorrhages were rapidly sapping the boy's strength and very little hope was held out for his recovery. Robert celebrated his ffth birthday tomorrow. According to Ammerman, the boy ran in front of the car, first going to Ammerman’s left and then turn- ing back to the right. Although every effort was made to stop the |automobile, the wheels Lad passed over the boy before the machine was brought to a standstill, the driver said. Sergeant Henry Jeglinski was de--| tailed by Captain Thomas F. Guckin to investigate the accident. After questioning Ammerman he instruct- ed him to appear tomorrow morn- ing before the prosecuting attorney. REV. LYMAN §. JOHNSON | NEARS 90TH BIRTHDAY | Former Probation Officer Will Be- come Nonagenarian On Sun- day—Native of Winsted. has not been told of the theft and several members of the faculty are | | not aware that thieves found their way into the school at night. As far as could be ascertained he thief slipped through an open- ng in the grill over the bookstore door. CUT IN PUBLIC PAYROLL | About 30 Workmen and Secveral Foremen to Be Released l!ys(reet‘ Department Tomorrow. Street repair operations are to be curtailed at the close of work to- morrow when ahout 30 workmen and two or more foremen will leave the city's payrolls. The stoppage of operations is ordered because the street program has been carried out to a great extent and little remains to be done. Rev. Lyman 8. Johnson, former probation officer and superintendent of charities, will observe his 90th birthday anniversary on Sunday. He was born in Winsted, September 30, 1838, and is a direct descendant of Revolutionary families. When he was four years of age his family moved to New Britain, settling in | the Stanley Quarter section. Mr. Johnson served as probation officer from August 1, 1903 until Scptember 1, 1915, For several years he has devoted his time to study and research work. He makes his home in the Belvidere section. HEAVY SNOW IN MAINE Caribou, Maine, Sept. 28.—UP— A thick snow fall, beginning about 7 o’clock this morning, had covered the potato®>fields here and had net abated at noon. The snow curtailed the digging of the potato crop. Heavy snow also was reported at Presque Isle holding up potate fleld workers. PRICE THREE CENTS COMMANDER BYRD DEPARTS TONIGHT ON FIRST LEG OF 0 SOUTH POLE Noted Explorer Sched- uled to Leave Los An- geles on Whaler Oct. 6—Hopes to Reach Base By January. Will Probably Be Gone' From Civilization for Two Years — Carrying Four Airplanes With: Him for Exploration’ Work. New York, Sept. 18 M — Com- ma,nder Richard E. Byrd leaves | New York tonight on the first leg- of the long land and sea trail that will take him to the antarctic eon- tinent where he and 80 comrades expect to spend the next two years, Doston to Californie . Byrd is going first to his home" in Boston, where he will take & train for San Pedro, Cal., to catch the whaler Larsen for the voyage - to Dunedin, N. Z., rendesvous of the expedition. The Larsen, oarry- ing four airplanes and the aviation personnel, i now on her way from Norfolk to the California port, and.' is expected to steam from there on October 6. The ice breaker City of N’U', York, flagship of the Byrd fiotilla, was in the Pacific about 500 miles, southwest of Panama today, chuge: ging along under sail and steam em' her long, slow trip to the mesting' place. T ‘wfiu >4 nn Roms, & :whln“h.l" FOR RED CROSS HELP Mayor Advocates Liberal Contributions to Hurri- cane Fund An appeal to the citisens of New: Britain to subscribe the $4,000 yet to be collected to meet this m $5,000 quota for Florida and Rico relief work was made today by, Mayor Paonessa. l The mayor's declaration reads: ! “The New Britain chapter of the: American Red Cross has sounded &; call for $6,000 for the relief of stricken Florida and Porto Rieo. | “New Britain has never failed tq heed the cry of distress She mfl not fail now! “Thousands have been left homee less, hundreds are in need of clothe: ing, shelter and medical attentions It 1s the duty of New Britain and of’ other communities in the more fore tunate districts of our country to de. the utmost that this suffering may: not continue unnecessarily. “The American Red Cross has ale ready set up the machinery of res llef. Medical and nursing aid is bee: ing despatched to the stricken dise. tricts, more must follow. New Brite ain has sent $1,000 of the $5,008} quota fixed. This is a most come: mendable work, in which it is & duty and a privilege to take a hand. Cone' tributions may be sent to L. As Sprague, care of the New Britaim. Trust Co. “In the interest of suffering hu« manity, 1 sincerely hope New Britain will give generously. “A. M. PAONESSBA, “Mayor.” Contributions of $143 were ree ported by the New Britain branch of the Red Cross today, bringing the, total up to $1,283.84. The city's {quota is $5,000. SMITH OFF FOR SPEBCH AT MILWAUKEE, WIS. Seven Stops Are Scheduled for Gove ernor’s Train—To Speak Tomorrow Night St. Paul, Sept. 28 M—Governor Smith left St. Paul at noon .oday for Milwaukee, where tomorrow night he will deliver his sixth and last campaign speech of his western, tour. He was given a rousing sende: off at the station. The democratic presidential nome inee will spend tonight and tomope row night in the Wisconsin ) leaving Sunday for Rechester, N. Y. where on Monday be will and address the New Yerk democratic convention. Seven stops in Minnesota and consin wers on the special

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