New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1928, Page 1

[F==] NEW BRITAIN HERAL PAONESSA CHALLENGES DAY TO DEBATE BEFORE PUBLIC ~ON H.S. BUILDING PROGE PR[IGRAM of School Committee- man, Mayor Hurk Down Gauntlet for Discussion of Situa-| tion. Executive Suggests Critic Resign and “Make Place for Republican of More Intelligence and Judg- ment”. Mayor Paonessa, striking back for the first time at bis opponents on the senior high schoel bullding pro- gram today, challenged the opposi- tion leader, School Conmitteman Willlam H. Day, to a public delate, suggested that Day resiga his place in & favor of “a republjcan of more intelligence and Jfld‘mrl\t" and ex- pressed a view that Day “takes hini- self too seriously.” Committeeman Day’ comments at the High Bchool Parents and ‘Teachers' assoclation mecting, Tuea- day night, in which he imputed poli- tical motives to the mayor’s opposi- tion caused Paonessa to come out with a stinging statement this after- noon. The mayor seizel upon Day's statement that he is reuly to stand on his two legs and fight, to issuc the debate challenge. Mr. Day is out of the city today and could not reached for a statement as to whether he will take the platform with the mayor. Paoncssa's Statcment Mayor Paonessa’s statement fol- lows: “My attention has been called to an article in last night's paper, in which Willlam H. Day, a member of the school committee is quoted as saying. ‘The mayor is trying to bring the school committee into politics. One man has placed him- self in the position where he will block the education of our children. If I have to stand on my two legs and fight, I will fight and will con- tinue to do so if it will aid education. But, i I have harmed education I will regret it to my dying da; *This young man takes himself too seriously! “I think Mr. Day owes the school committee, of which he is a member, an apology. Did he not know, or has he not learned that the school committee is a non-partisan board? I think Mr. Day's statement displays such a lack of knowledge that he should resign from the school board (Continued on Page 15) LEFTY FLYNN'S MOTHER TAKES LIFE Slashes Wrists and Throat With Razor Blade in Greenwich Greenwich, Oct. 11 (UP) — Mrs. Anna Moors Flynn, muther of Mor- ris B. “Lefty” Flynn, movie actor and former Yale football star, com- mitted suicide by slashjng her wrists and throat with a razor in her home here last night, police announced today. Mrs. Flynn, who was in her 63d year, was said to have been suffer- ing from a mental ailment. 8he had lived on Meadow drive in the city's exclusive residential section. Joseph A. Flynn, husband of the [dead woman, 1s employed by Thomp- son-Sturrett company of New York, contractors. A sister, Mrs. Grover . Warner of this city, is the wife of a wealthy sugar refiner. Burial is scheduled to take place in 8t. Agnes cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y., Saturday. “Lefty” Flynn graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific school in 1914, CORNER STONE OF YALE LIBRARY LAID TODAY Bullding Given in Memory of John ‘W. Sterling of Class of 1864, New Haven, Oct. 11 (1—The cor- ner stone of Sterling Memorial libra- ry, in memory of John W: Sterling. raduate of Y2° in 1864 and whe died in 1918, was laid today with special ceremonies. Rev. Elmree M. McKee read the invocation and a imemorial address was given by lGeorge H. Church of New York, jenior trustee of the Sterling estate. The corner stone was laid by Ed- [win M. Herr, '8‘ chairman ef the building committe of the Yale corporation, assisted by James G. [Rogers, '89. President James Row- land Angell spoke in behaif of the university. Mr. BSterling’s bequest imakes possible the realization of a long-felt need for a mnew library building. s DR. HUGO ECKENER. COLUNBIA GRASHES ONTO GOLF COURSE Projected Non-Stop Flight to Rome Ends At-uptly PILOTS ESCAPE INJURIES Wheel and Wing Strut Broken as Ship Lurches Onto Side—Plane Too Heavy—Dump Valve Fails to ‘Work. ‘Roosevell Field, N. Y., Oct. 11.— UP—The transatlantic plane Colum- bia crashed on the Westbury golf course toda', a few minutes after all taking the air on its projected flight to Rome. Are Not Hurt Roger Q. Williams, pilot, and Pietro Bonelll, navigator, escaped without any injury. One wheel of the plane and at least one wing strut were broken and the ship suffered general strain. 1t tipped up on one wing point but did not turn over. The Columbia took off at 11:55 a. m. with great difficulty because of the excessive weight of its fuel load. It did get in the air, hewever, but was unable to gain altitude. Struggles Low Tt struggled low over that guily between Roosevelt and Curtiss fields where Rene Fonck's plane crashed and burned two years ago, and then began to settle steadily to earth. Fearing a possible upset with resulting fire Bonelli kicked the dump valve to lighten ship but it had just been repaired for a leak and would not work. ‘Willlams. .nade a forced landing on the golf links adjoining Curtiss fleld, close beside a sand trap and hemmed in by bunkers. ‘Wheel Snaps The plane pluuged and rolled on the soft turf and the left wheel snapped off. The Columbia ground looped on the broken wheel and tipped crazily but came to a stop without over. turning. Williams and Bonelli climbed, out of the cockpit unharmed but sadly disappointed. A cursory inspection of the plane left little hope of another take-off today. With the take-off tentatively set for shortly after 11 o'clock, Levine owner of the plane strolled about the fleld, smiling to see his famous plane ready to try for further laurels. He said he himself would like to cross the ocean In her again, as he did more than a year ago with Clarence Chamberlin, but weight was import- ant and gasoline more important than a passenger. The Columbia had all but 200 of its 504 gallons of gasoline in the tanks at 10:30 a. m. and at that time the ship was trundled to the run- way, Have Food ‘Williams and Bonelli had procured food for the journey from Tony Ar- &an, the “flying caterer,” who has had stocked larders of several trans. atlantic planes. The food consisted of 12 turkey sandwiches, 12 honey randwiches, 12 strawberry jam sand- wiches, 24 oranges, three quarts of coffee, four of water, four packs of gum four of lemon drops and six bars of chocolate. As time for the take-off drew near, the weather was ideal, a warm summer sun shone brightly and a stiff breeze out of the west promised a helping hand once the plane took the air. The Columlviu is one of the most famous planes in the country and has a long record of achievement. 1t was the second plane built in this country by G. M. Bellanca, be- ing constructed at Paterson, N. J., in 1925. It toured the east for a time and won first fame when it was de- clared winner of the sesquicentennial speed and efficiency race in 1926, Mail Carrier For a time it was an air mail carrier in the west and was then used as a Wright demonstrator. In (Continued on Page Tight) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES Geman Dirigible and Its Pomble Route The giant German passenger dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, which start. ed on its Atlantic trip this morn- ing (top picture) as it appeared on its trial flight over Lake Constance in Germany. In its flight to this country the glant oraft may follow the route taken by the Los Angeles in 1924, in preference to the short- er northern route across England, Ireland and Newfoundland. The Los Angeles left Friedrichshafen THIEF GREETS WOMAN AS HE LEAVES HOUSE ‘Three More Homes Robbed According to Police Records With three house breaks added to the rapidly growing list, the police today were at a loss for clues on which to work, but were in posses- sion of at least one key worker. Mrs. Jessie 8. Kimball, whose tene. ment at 75 East Main street was ransacked between 2 and 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon met a man in a corridor as she entered. “Oh, hello,” he said and quickly passed through her rooms and left the building. He appeared to be youthful, short in stature, and plain- ly dressed. Only a camera, valued at approximately $18, was missing, she told Scrgeant Feeney, a quantity of jewelry having been overlooked. A room occupied by John Neuabuer was ransacked tut nothing was taken, Mrs. Kimball said. At the home of John Paquin, 16 Spring street, a man's gold watch and a lady's wrist watch were taken. Detective Sergeant Ellinger was detailed to investigate the case about 6:30 last night, and found the tenement ransacked. Shortly after midnight, Supernnu- merdry Officer Joseph Curry report- ed that the home of Giuseppe Ag- nello of 27 Sexton street had been entered by a key worker and three rooms ransacked. The officer found a key on the inside of the front door, the burglars apparently having forgotten to remove it. At the time Agnello could not tell whether any- thing was missing but today he no- titled the police that a small bank containing $8.20 could not be found in the house. Sergeant Feeney brought lno men to the police station yesterday after- noon for questioning, but both wcre released after satisfying the authori- ties that they were engaged in legi- timate work. They sald they were making a house-to-house canvas, one of them taking orders for magazines and the other for oil burners. The police announced today that the bayonet which was found stick- ing in a table at rhe home of Joscph Annunziata of ¢33 West Main street Tuesday afternoon had been taken from the tenement of Rudolph Pilz of the same addross. NEW TRAFFIC SYSTEM BEING TRIED IN CENTER Red Lights Eliminated and “Slow™ and “Walk” Lenses Installed For Trial New lenses bearing the words “slow” and “walk” have been in- stalled by Traffic Sergeant J. J. King in the signal lights about the city, where needed in the trial of a new system of regulating traffic. It is possible for traffic to move from ‘Washington street into West Main street, past City ~ Hall and around Central Park without a stop, the red lights being eliminated and the am- ber lights bearing the “walk” order being on for fifteen seconds. All traffic stops on amber, assuring pe- destrians safety in making their way across the streets, Facts Regarding Giant Zeppelin By the Associated Press. It is the greatest aircraft in the world—114 feet longer than the Los jngeles, pride of the American navy. 1t is driven/ by five reversible ‘engines with 550 horsepower each. Its fuel is “blue gas." | It cost about $1,000,000 and is owned hy the German people, the money being raised largely through popular subscription. Its maximum speed is more than 80 miles an hour. Tt left Friedrichshafer, Ger- many, at 2 o'clock, New York time, today and should reach its destination, Lakehurst, N. J. Sunday morning. It carries 20 passengers, and a crew of forty. It carries the first woman pas- senger in a transatlantic flight in a dirigible, Lady Grace Drum- mond Hay, English society woman. MILLION GIVEN FOR CHURCH MISSIONS Episcopalians Collect an Enormous Sum at Tri- ennial Thank Offering Washington, Oct. 11 P—An offer- ing believed to have surpassed $1.- | 000,000 was made for mission work early today when the woman's aux- ilifary of the Protestant Episcopal church held its triennisl thank of- fering in connection with the gen- eral convention of the Episcopal church. The services took place- in the choir of the partially completed cathedral, the first prayer book service to be held there, and was announced as the largest communion service ever celebrated in this country by the Episcopal church. The Most Rev. John Gardner Mur- ray, Bishop of Maryland, and presid- ing bishop of the church was the communion celebrant, assisted by the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, Rt. Rev. Ar- thur Selden Lioyd, suffragan Bishop of New York: Rt. .Rev. Middleton §. Barnwell, missionary Bishop of Li- beria; Rt. Rev. Thomas Casady, missionary Bishop of Oklahoma; Rt. Rev. Frank W. Creighton, mission- ary Bishop of Mexico; Rt. Rev. Wal- ter Mitchell, missionary Bishop of Arizona; Rt. Rev. Shirley H. Nichols missionary Bishop of Kyoto, Japan: Rt. Rev. Willlam M. M. Thomas, suffragan Bishop of Southern Brazil; Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, mis- stonary Bishop of Alaska: Rt. Rev. Hugh Latimer Burleson, missionary Bishop of 8outh Dakota; Rt. Rev. Charles Shriver Reifsnider. suffragan Bishop of North Tokyo, Japan; Rt. Rev. Edward Makin Cross, mission- ary Bishop of Spokane, Washington: Rt. Rev. Gouverneur ' F. Mosher, (Continued on Page 15) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday (1) at 6:35 a .m. October 12, and passed follows: (2) 6:30 p. m. October 12; (3) 11:40 a. m. October 13; (4) 3:20 p. m. October 13; and (4) 3:15 m. October 15; (6) arriving at Lake- hurst at 9:32 a. m. Oct, 15, SNOW STOPS LATE 1924, WESTERN HARVEST Storms Sweeping Across Alberta and Rocky Mountain States Saskatoon, Sask., Oct. first snow storms of the swept across Alberta and Saskatche. wan today, halting the late fall har- vesting and playing havoc with com- munication systems, The snow was not heavy but was driven by a strong north and north east wind which blew down tele- phone and telegraph poles and wires, The temperatures were dropping over Manitoba today, and snow flur- ries were forecast there for tonight Denver, Oct. 11 (A—The entire Rocky Mountain region today in the grip of an unseasonable visit of winter which had spread snow over Montana and threatened to lay down a white blanket over parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and north- «rn New Mexico. Rain or snow and much colder, with strong northerly winds was the fnreca.!' for the area which caught |the tail 2nd of the storm sweeping | in from Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces. Sub-freezing temperatures were predicted for Montana, where the mercury dropped to 32 degrees yes- terday. Snow has fallen {n Truckee, Nev,, Reno and far to the west of the area affected by the storm which | swept Montana. Chicago, Oct. 11 ®—January and June temperatures made a crazy quilt of the weathermap yesterday There was snow and cold in Mon- tana and Nevada, and summer for- ridity and hot dust storms in Minne- | sota'and Nebraska. Thermometer readings in Montana showed the temperature at the freezing point, while Lincoln, Nebr, recorded 81| degrees and Minneapolis 90. Contrasting predictions of hcat cold and storms were made for fo- | day in the middle west. *Decidedly cooler” was the warning for terri- tory which yesterday sweltered un- der a $0-degrec sun. In Chicago.’ where the reading reached §2 yester- day, predictions of continued warm for today carricd the added word of “much cooler” Friday SURPLUS ‘OF PHEASANTS Hartford, Oct. 11 P—A surplus of ben pheasants has led the state hoard of fisheries and game to or- der from England, 500 cock pheas- ants.£or Connecticut brecding next year. The shipment of birds will arrive soon, Superintendent John W. Titcomb of the board said today. and will be kept until next spring. when they will be loosed in the This is the first time Connecticut has taken steps to import from a foreign country any large of game birds. FOUND DEAD Leibhardt, N. Y., Oct. 11 David J. Brown, 64, postmaster of this village, was found dead last night in a pasture on his farm near the village. The body was badly mangled and it was belicved Brown had been attacked by a two-year-old pure bred bull. Brown is survived with ristng temperature, | by his mother, three sons and three brothers. the points marked as 11 (®—The winter w25 Express Company woods. | number | SOUTH WELCOMES SITH BY SALUTE {7 Guns Boom Out for Nominee | in Richmond R. R. STATION IS THRONGED Students of Randolph-Macon Col lege Grect New Yorker by Sprint- ing Alongside slowly Moving Train to Shake ‘Jdis Hand. Governor Smith's Train En Route to North Carolina, Oct. 11 P—The gateway to the “Solid South” was opened wide for Governor Smith to- day and the Old Dominion was the first to shout “Welcome.” Halled in Virginia Off on a flying meeting and greet- ing campaign of two days in Vir- ginia, North Carolinia, Tennessee and a small strip of Northern Ala- bama, the democratic nominee crossed the Potomac shortly after daybreak this morning and was hailed by the first large southern group of enthusiasts at Fredericks- burg, Va., at about 8:30. The gov- ernor was still in bed in his private car and had to be vontent with lis- tening from the inside to the shouts from the crowd. Glass Boards Train Senator Glass, of Virginia, was one of the first guests to board the special train, getting on at Washing- ton at dawn with a few newspaper- men to add to the 35 writers already on the train. Governor Harry F. Byrd. who also is democratic national committee- man for Virginia, entrained with & larger delegation at Fredericksburg to accompany the party to Rich- mond, the first stop of more than 10 minutes duration. Appears on Platform The governor made his first rear platform appearance at Ashland |shertly before reaching Richmond. | His train slowed up, but did not stop. and the nominee appeared, leaned over the rail of the obser- vation car and shook the hands of several in the crowd of several hun- dred on the run. Many students of Randolph-Macon college made hun- dred yard sprints to clasp the New Yorker's hand. Enters Richmond Entering Richmond at 10 o'clock (Continued on Page 17) ‘WILDCAT" STRIKERS WILL NOT GO BACK Em- ployes Sfill Out Though Repudiated by Union New York, Oct. 11 (® — The { “wildeat” strike of railway express | handlers continued today despite | its repudiation by the president of the union to which the workers be- long. K Varying estimates of the number |of men on strike were given by ex- | press company officials and local of- Co Ady, mnutt‘cm ‘blte H-rmna, On Board Dirigible COMMANDER ROSENDAHL. LEOPOLD DECLARES HE IS NOT GUILTY \Trial for Murder and Arson Starts in Waterbury FIVE CHARGES PREFERRED Willis N. Barber, Insurance Agent of Meriden, Accepted as Last Member of Jury—Testimony By State Commences. Waterbury, Oct. 11 (P —Louis N. Leopold pleaded not guilty to & charge of arson this morning after the final juror had been selected .or the panel to try him on two counts of first degree murder and two counts of causing death by wilful burning of a building. He will be tried on all five counts by the pres- ent jury which was completed 11:30 ‘this morning when Willis N. Barber, a life insurance agent of Meriden was accepted as the 12h Juror. William B. Reynolds, a sur- veyor, was the only witness heard before the noon recess and will re- sume his testimony at the afternoon session. Rtate's Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis informed the court after the jury had been impanelled that he desired to add a.fifth count to the charges against Leopold and said that the defense had no objec- tion to the addition of the count. Leopold was brought before the (Continued on Pal' 17 WEISS CASE NOT LISTED FOR IMMEDIATE TRIAL County Detective Hickey Unable to Say When Murder Hearing Will Take Place The state's attorney's office at Hartford will not decide for at least a week whether the murder case of Samuel Weiss of this city will be presented at the September term of superior court or put over until the ficers of the Brotherhood of Rail- way and Steamship Clerks, the | striking union. The company said | not more than 3,500 men were out | while the union heads said 12,000 to 15,000 men were on strike. | Although 20 per cent of the com- | | pany’s business in New York is in | |handling perishable foodstufts the | | total amount is only a drop in New York's market basket and the city's | food supply service is not appre- |ciably affected. An embargo on all | |insoming and outgoing express has | been declared by the company. | " George M. Harrison, president of | |the brotherhood, wired from Cin- | |cinnati ordering local officlals to {call ‘off the strike and apprising |them he ~was coming In to take icharge of the situation. The union |leaders here did not take any con- | |certed action to get their men to| |return to work, however. A repre- sentative of the board of mediation at Washington also was expected | | today. Local union men said the strike was called because’ the company re- fused to recognize their representa- tives. There has been a dispute In the American Kederation of Labor between the brotherhood of team- ers and the clerks' brotherhood as to which union should have the teamsters, chauffeurs and stable- | men. The dispute finally led to the |ousting of the clerks’ brotherhood |from the A. ¥. of L. Last Decem- ber a peace agreement was reached and the ban on the clerks’ union was lifted last -May. The matter was on the agenda of the A. F. of L. meeting set for New Orleans, Nov. 19, but some union men believed the action of the clerks in striking put the matter back to where it was be- fore the December peace agreement. A union delegate sald the direct cause of the strike was the refusal | still of the company to grant a $3 a to one recently granted teamsters. December term, County Detective Edward J. Hickey said today. “We |are not finished with the Watkins case by any means, as yet,” he id. | “There remains plenty of work on [1t. and we will not give any consid- I eration to the Weiss case until the matters which are now before us have been disposed of.” Questioned relative to the crimin- al libel case of Henry E. Gardiner of this city, which was to have been tried at the June term of superior court, Detective Hickey said: “It's here’ Reminded that it had been “still here” for some time, he replied: “Yes, and it will be for a long time yet by the looks of things. We're over our heads with work.” WOULD ALTER ZONE LAW ON GASOLINE STATIONS }Llndl‘r Preparing Amendment to Permit Sale of Fuel in Business A District With a view to encouraging of community centers throughout the city, Clerk Thomas Linder of the board of adjustment is preparing a proposed amendment to the zoning law which would allow the board to grant permits for gasoline filling stations in Business A districts, in speclal cases. The expansion of the city and de- velopment of new tracts will even- tually leave certain business areas without the accommodation of gaso- line stations unless the board of ad- justment is empowered to make sj-e- cial exceptions, members of the board and Clerk Linder believe. Because of the numerous disputes over gasoline filling stations in all ;I Daily Circulation For S’ 14933 PRICE THREE CENTS GIANT GERMAN PASSENGER DIRIGIBLE SAILING TOWARD UNITED STATES VIA AZORES; M/ S AN HOUR Forced to Detour 500 Miles Off Intended Course By Storms Raging Over Europe- Carries 60 People and - Considerable Mail. Three Americans Making Trip Which Is First Commercial Flight in History — Commander Rosendahl of Los An- $ geles Is a Guest, By the Associated Press. The drone of powerful motors over southern Europe today marked the path of the giant German pas- senger dirigible Graf Zeppelin which set out from Friedrichshafen at 8 o'clock this morning (2 a. m., east- crn standard time) for Lakehurst, N. J. Warned off the northern route by stormy weather, the Graf Zeppelin turned and at length pointed her . nose toward the Atlantic following the southeru route by way of the Azores. It meant a detour of about’ 500 miles but Dr. Hugo Eckener, in whose hands lies the safety of 1 passengers and a crew of 40, w taking no extra chances with normy weather. Rain and Mist Even over the southern European districts there was rain and mist and the visibility was bad, disappointing thousands of Frenchmen eager to‘ see the first German dirigible to' pass over French territory since the end of the great war. T'rom the moment that the huge ship slid from her hangar at Fried- richshafen in a dull mist this morn- ing, she droned steadily onward at an ayerage speed of from b5 to 60 miles an hour. At 3:33 a. m., eastern standard time, the ship passed over Basle, Fwitzerland, and an hour and a halt later she crossed -the Franco-German border and passed over Belfort. Heading southwest, she sped over" the city of Lyons and then turned directly to the south, sailing down' the Rhone valley to the Mediter- rancan. Montelimar was passed £:05, eastern standard time and A shortly after. Her last touch with’ K'rance was over the Rhone delta at. the wireless station in Baintes Maries Delamar. 8 Barcelona, Epain, or the Balearic® Islands were the next points in her path with the ltkelthood that s would pass over Gibraitar at the trance to the Mediterranean and! would then head for the Azores. . would reach the United States b fore SBunday morning. 60 On Board Friedrichshafen, Germany, Oct. 11 (#—Graf Zeppelin, Germany's hure new dirigible flew westward today at an average speed of b5 miles an hour with passengers and mail for (Continued on Page Nine) WORKMAN KILLED BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION by Blast at North Branford Dam New Haven, Oct. McGrury of Quincy, 1il., & workman at the Totoket dam, North Branford, ' under construction, was instantly killed by an explosion of dynamite today. Herman Stokes, 32, workman, of North Branford, is in with a concussion of the stomach and other internal injuries The accident occurred as McGrury and Stokes entered the tunnel to clear away earth and rock dislodg- «d by a previous explosion and as they were climbing over the pile, a second blast followed. It is believ- ed that several sticks of the explos- ive failed to respond when the blast was set. Rescuers were forced to dig both Stokes and McGru bodies from the debris. Stok: was uncon- scious and was taken to Grace hos- pital. McGrury's back was torn apart. The dam which is part of ex- tensive holdings of the New Haven Water company has been under con- struction for many months. Hun- dreds of acres of land will be inun. dated when the dam is completed and the structure will be one of the largest in the east. TO BROADCAST GAMES New Haven, Oct. 11 UP—Radle: broadcasting of five of the most ime portant football games at Yale Bowl this fall will be by the National’ Broadcasting company under & con- quarters, some opposition to letting |tract given it by the fostball au- week incpease in pay to correspond | down the bars to a greater extent is thorities. No other station will have anticipated in the couucil. . the privilege. It was not expected that the ship the United Btates. Bixty persons Another Seriously Injured’ 11 (P—Harry - a fellow: a critical condition in a hospital | B RS R o et