New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 7

Berlin News ACCIDENTS RESULT IN THREE ARRESTS Occupants of Cars Rective Slight Injuries From Glass CHAIRMEN MAKE REPORTS Election Expenses Filed by Repub- licans and Democrats—Bible Class | Hears Talk on Foxes—Grange Whist Tomorrow Evening—Briefs Two serious accidents occurred ! on the Berlin turnpike last evening | and in both cases arrests were made by local constables following an in- vestigation. Occupants of the cars involved in the collisions escaped with slight fnjuries Raymond J. Ireton of 47 Cather- inc street, Middletown, was arrested by Constable George Kanupka, fol- lowing an accident on the turnpike, and charged with reckless driving. Ireton’s machine collided with an automobile driven by C. K. Hall of Wallingford when he tried to cut; past the Wallingford'’s man car to go on the New Britain road from the turnpike. Two unidentified women, occu- pants of Treton’s car, were cut by flying glass and were taken to the office of a local doctor for treate ment. Bior (“Bing™) Johnson of 70 John street, New Britain, was arrested last evening by Constable Frank Brown on charges of operating a car while under the influence of liquor and evading responsibility after he had crashed head-on into a machine operated by Mrs. Helen McLaugh- lin of 40 Windsor avenue, Meriden. He was taken to the New Britain police station by Officer Brown. According to Constable Brown, Johnson was driving north on the turnpike while Mrs. McLaughlin was proceeding south. The Meriden woman told the police that as she neared the Bruce farm and start on the down grade in the highway, she noticed the New Britain man's car coming from the opposite dircc- tion and swerving from one side to the other on the road. In an attempt to avoid being hit, stated Mrs. Mc- Laughlin, she drove her machine to the side of the highway, but John- son came straight at her and col- lided head on with her machine. Following the accident Johnson disappeared. but was later found by Constable Brown, who took him to New Britain, The crash occurred about 8 o'clock. Several passengers in Mrs. McLaughlin's car were shaken up in the collision, which caused considerable damage to both N‘l‘:ollvwlng an investigation of an accident which took place Tuesday evening near the Silver Lake inn be- tween trucks owned by the Hartford Dispatch and Warchouse company and the Woodland Tranlporlnllo‘:; company. Constable Brown arreste ‘Abe Katz of 26 Winthrop street, Hartford, on & charge of reckless dn}‘{::i was driving the Hartford truck at the time of the accident and was taken to the Meriden hos- al by Chris Powers, manager of the Silver lLake Inn. After recelv- ing treatments for slight cuts and bruises, Katz was discharged from the institution. A companion of the Hartford man, I*. H. Higley of East Hartford, was also cut up about pit the face and arms in the accident. | dohn J. Zieminski, driver of the | Silk (Sub-Standards) Full-fashioned silk hosiery, one of our well known makes, —pure thread Our Personal Shopper Will Sfiop For You On Sale Friday and Saturday Women's Hosiery Semi-service weight | silk with pointed heels. The season’s loveliest shades as BOULEVARD GUN METAL SANDY BEIGE TEA TIME GRAPHITE NUDE MISTY MORN Hosiery Sale—Street Floor second truck, Juries. Constable vestigation escaped without in- started an in- the accident Brown following | and announced last evening that he had arrested Katz on a reckless driving charge. Constable €George Kanupka s conducting an investigation of an automobile accident that happencd last evening on the Farmington road near the Italian Fraternal hall. Election Expenses 1¥led According to the election expense statements filed at the officer of Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruft vesterday afternoon, the last elec- tion cost the two town committees $363.95. Of this amount $251.73 was spent by the democratic town committee and but $112.20 was used ¢ the republican town committee. cither party had a deficit as_the result of the election. In the report of Leon G. Hall, urer of the republican commit- , it states that $139.36 was receiv- od in gifts and subscriptions to finance the campaign. Most of this amount was realized from collec- tions taken at three caucuses, the remainder coming from the districts of the town of which Claude W Stevens and Russell 8. Gold w re iin charge. The democratic town committee report, as submitted by Treasur James J. Pitzsimons. shows $2 for disbursements. A sum of $100 was donated by the state central committee. Philip Fagan, date for repr democratic candi- ntative to the legis- lature, spent $3. Robert O. Clark of l3ast Berlin, tepublican, who was successful in the clection, reported no cxpenditures. Recelves Position John §. Stoddard, well known in Berlin_and an associate partner in the Hearthstone tavern in this town for a number of years, has been ap- pointed as the representative for Meriden and vicinity of the financial house of Robert C. Buell & Co., of 49 Pearl street, Hartford. Mr. Stoddard is the son of Dr. J. E. Stoddard of Meriden. He at- tended the Meriden schools including the high school, and was graduated from Choate school. Wallingford, in 1924. He later attended Bowdoin college. Grange Card Party The Berlin Grange will hold a public card party tomorrow evening at its hall on Farmington avenue at 8 o'clock. Refreshments will be served and prizes awarded the win- ners in all the games. The commit- tee in charge of the affair consists of C. Weldon, Ada Watkins and Julia Cranc. A large attendance is. ex- pected. At the woekly mecting of the Grange, visitors were present from Portland. Durbam, Rocky Hill, Wethersficld, Farmington. Meriden, Harwinton, Wallingford, Burritt and Cheshire Granges. Mrs. Adams, who attended the national meeting of the Granges at Washington, D. C.. last week, gave a short talk of the work accomplished there. The charter was draped at the be- ginning of the meeting in honor of the late William Hyde of Plainville, who was a member of the local Grange. Following the meeting. re- freshments were served and dancing enjoyed. Sale Tomorrow There will be a sale of fancy work. anrons, jelly. food and novel- fies at the Worthington Community house by the Lo-Hi club tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Coffee wiil be served. Tie articles on sale were all made by members of the club. Ewpect Big Sale Plans of the Visiting Nurse com- mittee, which is affiliated with the Connecticut state tuberculosis com- mission, for the annual Christmas seal sale have heen completed and a record male in exnected in this town. king over the sale of tha seals < town, the nurse committed = he sllowed ta keen %5 conts on cach dollar to use towards tubercu- losis work in Berlin. On account of the aid that will be received right here in town by the sale of the seals, the committee expects the dents to respond nobly in this worthy work. The committee in charge of tire sale of the seals consist of Mrs. Henry Hooker, chairman, Mrs. R. O. Clark, Mrs. R. S. Gold and Mrs. John A. Roore, This is the first tune that the state commission has turned over the work of selling the scals to a local organization. Choir Rehearsal Choir rehearsal will be resumed tomorrow evening at & o'clock at {the Kensington M. E. church. Rev. L. E. Adkins, pastor. urges all thos who can and will assist to be pres- ent. All are welcome. Rible Class Meeting A large attendance was present at the monthly meeting of the Rerlin Men's Bible class held last evening ut the Worthington Cominunity house. Two representatives from the Shbear Fox ranches were present and entertained the class with pic- tures and a talk about foxes. They also show a fibm of the trip of the Graf Zeppelin to America. According to the speaker, their or- ganization controls three ' ranches. The one in Berlin contains 100 of foxes. the Bethany ranch has {pair and the Stockbridge, Mass., ranch contains 130 pair. In all, the Shbear company has about 30 pair of foxes. They went on to say that every care, is taken to prevent the sproad 10f discase among foxes. They are carefully fed and the caretaker wears rubbers when he enters their pens. He steps into a disinfectaat when he enters the pen and when he leaves. The foxes are examined by doctors who are on the watch daily for signs of sicknoss among the animals. * essary to extend the wire sof the ages or pens underground to pre- vent the foxes from burrowing into the ground and escaping. About four puppies a year are recsived in the litter of the fox, although re- cenitly, a litter of seven was born at the local ranch. Their talk was very interesting and was enjoyed by all those present. w This Evening All roads will lcad to the T. A. 1. hall in Kensington this ecvening where the St. Paul T. A. B. socicty will give its annual Thanksgiving whist and bridge party. Plans have heen completed to handle a capacity crowd. Chickens will be awarded the winners in all the games and re. freshments servad. The generat pub lis is cordially 'nvited to attend. Ranquet Tonight Good will and cheer will ring out this evening at Lloyd’s hall in Ken- . {icd that the cont The speakers stated that it s nec- * NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 Plainville News NEAR COMPLETION OF NEW PAVEMENT {Selctmen Extending Pine Sree Surlacing Over Tracks MELESKO HOME . RAIDED Woman Arrested and Released Un- der Bond—Sasck Scttles Sult for $6,000—Whist Prize Winners— Pioncer Group Llects—Bricfs. Work on the resurfacing of l’lne:\‘r-hi(‘l'\. strect and Woodford avenue is now | virtually complete, and it is expect- ctor wil finish the Jjob tomorrow. This gives the towne- | people a well-paved strect leadi to and from the two largest factor- ijies in Plainville and supplants the hole-infested road and narrow, dan- ||8erous pavement which existed pre- viously. The Pine street surfacing was formerly well above the trol-| ley tracks alongside the road. a condition which made driving ha- zardous, while two huge trees jut- ted out into the pavement in a| threatening manner and were rw | sponsible for at least one fatality. | The road has now been lowered 10| “the level of the tracks, while the Inew pavement is entirely outside of | the trees and extends across the westbound track of the Connecticut Co. The town is now engaged in ex- tending the paved surface for IS| feet across the castbound track in order to have a wide, fully paved road. As the trolley company will pay for all work within eight inct of its rails, the cost to the town witl be negligible. The Trumbull Elee- tric Mfg. Co. and Standard Steel & Bearings, Inc., are each bearing one-third of the expense of the work done by the contractor. On Woodford avenue the surfac- ing extends past the two factories and to the brow of the slight grade beyond the Standard Steel plant. Melesko Home Raided The Melesko home on Kent street was raided about 7:30 o'clock last evening by Constable George Schu- bert and Carl Tucker and E. Har- rison Hotchkiss of the state's attor- ney's office, and Mrs. Annie Melesko was arrested on a charge of selling liquor. The warrant was issued by Justice William Cunningham and |Grand Juror Charles . Conlon aft- {sington when the Kensington Ath) - |tice club plays hosts to its bascill [team which captured the chingior <hip of Greater New Britain by do- feating the Falcons of New Dritain {in three straight games in their an- | nual series. All of the members of the the bascball team and a number of guests are expected to be prosent. Speeches will be given by a nunber of the club officials and members of the baseball team. East Berlin Ttems All pupils of the Hubbard school have been requested to bring in their Thanksgiving contributior next Monday and Tuesday. Bach to be turned over to the hospital Mrs. Ralph Gamble will be th- {guest of honor at a banquet to e given at the home of Mrs. Mary | Bourgeois this evening. Members of {the lLafanso club and friends will {be present. Mrs. Gamble, who, for |a number of years, has been a mem- {ber of the club, leaves December 1 Ifor SpringfleldaVt., where she will | reside in the future. The Boys' club will mect tomor- |row evening at Community ball Every member of the club is ex- |pected to be present as William Ogle, who for the past several years directed the work of the club, will be present. Mr. Ogle is now located ,in New Britain. The Fife and Drum corps will |hold a rehearsal this evening. Every imember of the corps is expected to attend. The attendance at rehearsals for the past several weeks has not been satisfactory. | Mrs. E. G. Hazclwood's condition is improved and her recovery is now |looked for. The Hartford County Y. M. C. A. is organizing a basketball league and East Berlin has been asked to en- |ter a team. The schedule of games will be arranged as soon as the en- tries have been received. The Berlin Panthers will play th Bristol West Ends in Bristol Sunday |afternoon at Muzzi's field. The jteams met last year and the Bristol feleven cmerged a 19 to 0 winner. [The Panther team this $ear is much jmore powerful than last scason and lthe West Ends are said to have land Attorney club, | vear the children bring in foodstuffs | and to the Children’s home in New | Britain. There is always a generous | response each year. . | er several complaints had been made that liquor was being vended at the Melesko home. Two bottles of liquor are said to have been found by the raiders. Mrs. Melesko was brought before Justice Frederick Bullen and re- leased under bond of $500. She will be tried at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning. This is her second of- fense, a fine of $100 having been imposed upon her on a previous oc- casion. Sesek Awarded $8,000 A settlement of $6.000 for the loss of his right eye has been obtained by Steven Sasek, 18, in his $25.000 suit against the Commonwealth Chevrolet Co. of Boston, the de- fendant company and the plaintiff coming to terms on this amount, which was approved by Judge Brown of the superior court yester- day. On a foggy night last Febru- ary Sasek was riding on the Berlin turnpike, near Silver Lake lodge, Meriden, in an automobile operated by his brother, Paul Sasek. A trug owned by the Boston concern cf lided head-on with the passenger and Steve received injuries which cost him his right eye and yscarred him hadl The settloment was State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alecorn Mprris M. Wilder of Meriden on Sasek's hehalf and At- torney Cornelius J. Danaher for the defendant. Pioneers Fleet = Vinton Farl was elected president of the Pioneer group last night when this organization met at the home of W A. Bailey on Broad street. Other officers chosen were the following: Vice president, How- ard Smith: secretary. Clarence Woods: treasurer, Kenneth Baker. The club is sponsored by the Hari- ford County Y. M. C. A. and has 1 handicraft program. Whist Prize Winners There were 11 tables at the public whist held by Pythian temple in Odd Fellows' hall last night. Prize win- were as follows: Ladies’ first, del of Bristol: s~cond, imond: third, Mrs. &tock- iug of Bristol: men’s first, A. Turner: second, Mr. Hatfield; third, T. Hall of New Britain. Refreshments were served. The next Pythian Sisters whist will be held on Wednesday night, De- cember 3 effected oy Grange Play The pla afety First,” which was =0 well ived at the recent Grange fair, will be repeated Fri- day night in Grange hall by request. The play is a three-act comedy- drama of suburban life in present- America. The cast will be as follows: Jack Montgomery. son, a young hushand. Jerry Arnold, Jack Elliott, an un- suceessful fixer. Mr. McNutt, Charles defective detective. Elmer Flannel, awful shrinking. Abou Ben Mocha, George Oken- quist, a Turk from Turkey Mabel Montgomery. Winifred Ken. sel. Jack's wife, pity her! Virginia Bridger, Mabel Johnson. {her young sister. Mrs. Barrington-Rridge, Weldon, their mamma. Zuleika, Geneva Distin, Turkish maiden, | Mary Ann O'Finnerty, Easton, an Irish cook lady Suit for $75 Joseph Cavalieri has been sued for $75 damages by the Southern New England Telephone Co. The writ was issued by Attorney Edward G. Burke |of New Haven and is returnable in the New Haven city court. Deputy Sheriff E. W. Furrey has attached property of the defendant on Crook- od street. Blues to Close Scason The Plainville Rlues will meet the Meriden West Ends at the High |school foothall ficld here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Tt is con- I'sidered likely that this will be the last game of the season for the local eleven, and the management is de- sirous of having a large crowd on { hand. Adolph John- Weldon, a William Cassidy, Lina a tender Beatrice Property Transfers A Matson & Co., composed August Matson, Arthur T. Matson |and Oscar W. Olson, has sold Lot |No. 12 at ¥ {to Carl R. and Jennie L. The property is located on avenue. Lots Nos. 77, 78, §1 and 82 at Homestead park have been sold by Grasso G. Battista of South Norwalk to Fernando Ricci of Bristol. Notes Miss Zella Dyer, chief operator at Usher <PLAINVILLE® ~—TONIGHT— See This Picture “THE HUNCHBACK 0] N DAME" 2—FFEATURES—2 COLLEEN MOORE “OH KAY Tom Tyler, Frankic and Pals in ybeen weakened this season by an ‘m)‘llry to their star halfback. “THE DESERT PIRATE” €/ SINCE OSCAR'S BEEN TEWLING RYBODY TUAT NES Y'KAOW 1 Ol GOING TO FLY TO ARABIA IN AN AIRPLANG UES BECOME THE LAUGHING STOCK OF M& \NAOLE AEIGHBORNOOD = TUL TRIP KM UP WITR A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TWIS AIRPLANG STUFE OF WIS DALUTE P2 of the local telephone exchange, is in New Haven attending a two day ses- sion of chief operators from all over the state. public social and dance in Odd Fel- lows hall on Monday night. The condition ef Leroy Tuttle and Leslie Atwater, who are confined to the New Britain General hospital with severe burns, remains about the same, ‘The purchase of new accessories for the fire department was dis- cussed last night at a joint meeting of the fire commissioners and se- lectmen. Mrs. Florence Pitch of Brook General hospital, where she recently underwent a operation for appendi- cit Mrs. James Bartlett of Camp street, who recently underwent an appendicitis operation at the New Britain General hospital, has re- turned home. Temceo Juniors Win The Temco Juniors defeated the high school in a bowling match at Hart's alleys last night. taking all three strings and winning the pin- fall by 150. It was the first tine the losers had rollvd together and the first time that the winners had ever topped 500. Some of the bo; looked like promising material. Le- pore, Backman, and Livingston were high men, with Gerke and Cavolari doing the best for the losers. The scores: | | Temco Juniors Backman . Bruce .. Arcari Lepore Livingston . 308 278 299 5m Schoo 82 $9 a9 Righ Taniola : Farrar . . H. Kawoleski . Deegan |Gerke .. | Gauther Royce ... 465 1346 Found—Small sum of money on Broad street. Call at 60 West Mamn street or tel 318.—adit. For rent—Two-room cottage, all furnishcd: water and garage: on Shuttle Meadow Road. Plainville. Tel. 19- advt. | T.OST—Sum of money, between IRrond. ‘West Main and Center streets. {36 Broad St.. Plainville.—advt. Man on Househoat | Pittsburgh, Nov. 22 (M—Threat- ening to kill anyone who approached his houscheat in the Ohio river at Sewickley, according to police, Joseph Springer last night slightly wounded one officer and defied a large force to charge of threatening a with a shotgun. Constable Norman and Patrolman Sewickley were Albert sent to lice were called from New Brighton and communities in this sent police. | The excess of women over men in the European leads is now much | smaller than it was at almost any | period during the last 500 or 600 years. BRIDGE, WHIST AND DANCE Benefit of CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MERCY Friday, Nov. 23, 1928 8§P. M. PLAINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HALL Admission 50 Cents Orders Taken For Home Made Squash, Pumpkin and Mince Ples Also Fruit Cake for THANKSGIVING Tel. 52-3. Plainville Don't Miss “SAFETY FiRsT” Presented Ry PLAINVILLE GRANGE P. of H. 3¢ Friday Eve. Nov. 23rd Admission 33c Dancing Follows HUH? \NELL, WHO GANE YOU TWIS The Martha Rebekahs will hold a street is a patient at the New Britain ¢ Defies Police Officers arrest him on a neighbor | Was avived Abercrombie Lubic of | arrest Springer, and after the constable had | been wounded in the shoulder by one buckshot and Lubic had scrambled {over the aide of the boat into the water o get out of range, state po- vicinity | _Bn':tol News IHEAVY FINE GIVEN LUNGH CART OWNER Selzer Assessed $110 and Costs on Several Charges .LIQUOR AND GAMBLING Fire Board to Meet Tomorrow Night | —New Departure Dianer — Oil | Buruer Causes Fire — City Tit 1 A fine of $10 and costs was im- posed in the city court this morning by Judge Joseph M. Donovan on | Charles Seltzer. proprietor of a lunch | {cart on North Main street, on charg- | | €3 of keeping Leer and cider with ‘m'.\m to sell, reputation, and keep- 1ing a gambling device. According to | the police the analysis of the beer| showed alcoholic confent of thrce ver cent and the cider five per cent. Seltzer's place was raided by Ser- | |Fean Henry Jeglinski and Officer | William Thompson last Thursday jand a small quantity of beer and Icider seized. The testimony of geant Jeglinaki indicated that se cral complaints had been received that liquor was being sold in the es- i tablishment, although none was found by the officers and Seltzer de- | nied ever having sold any in his| place of business. Fire Board Meeting When the board of fire commis- i sioners mect on Eriday evening, No- vember 3, it is probable that pro- motions will be recommended by Chief John H. Hayes. one licutenant to the rank of captain and one fire- man to the rank of lieutenant. These positions will be mad enecessary by the opening of the new firehouse at | the corner of Farmington avenue and Lewis strect. No intimation has been given by Chicf Hayes as to who, his selections will be but it is be- lieved that the seniority rule will be enforced. Work on the new fire station is progressing rapidly and will probab- Iy be completed during the early part af December. The new equip- ment hus already arrived and at present is being stored at the cen- tral fire station. New Departure Dinner “Dusty” Miller, New York colum- nist. was the principal speaker at a niceting of the I'oremen’s club of the New Departure Mfg. Co., held last evening In the Endee club. A dinner under the direction of the club officials and during the evening the loving cups, won at the annual field day of the concern, last October, were distributed. Board Meeting The regular meeting of the board | preciates 7 this amount including a large nume ber of pledges from the factories, although in this branch of the work there still remains a lot of work to be done. The devoted organization of worke ers still continues the work of solicia tation with unabated vigor and in spite of many difficulties and ree buifs are doing a fine piece of work, The work in the schools which has been organized under the direction of Karl A. Reiche, superintendent of schools is moving forward rapidly and efficiently, and the workers of the mercantile division under David A. Lipman are giving a good account of themselves. The work in this division is much harder and re. quires much more effort than in the industrial division, the workers in many cases being obliged to make several calls to complete the work in one mercantile establishment. Boy Gives His Rit While it is not the policy of the committee to publish a general nst of givers to the chest with the amounts of the subscription, one subscription was received at cam- paign headquarters yesterday which is worthy of wide publicity. Guy Paradis, who scils the Literary Di.’ gest about the streets, is a diminu- tive youngster and certainly is not overburdened with this world's §oods. Yet he, at his early age, ap- the responsibility of & citizen to the city where he makes his liome, and he made his gift of iifteen cents yestorday, proud of a chest measurement which equals any in the city. There was another full attendance at the workers' mceting at head- quarters last night and many of the problems encountered in the came paign were discussed and many vale | uable points were brought out that will be of great value in the cone tinuation of the campaign. There will be no meeting tonight, but Manager Carlson expects a full at- tendance tonorrow night when it is expected that the end will be in sight. and at that time instructions will be given and plans formulated for the final thrust which will carry the drive over the top. e Midnight Show Messrs Lockwood and Gorden of the Cameo theater announced yester. day that the talent had been en- gaged for the midnight performance which is to be given at the Cameo on Thanksgiving Eve and assured the committee that in keeping with the purpose of the performancs, the talent would be the very best pro- curable. Tickets for the show are now on sale at the theater and they will be distributed also by means of a special committee appointed for that purpose. This committee is in procesa of formation under the di. rection of W. J. Phelan and it is felt that the proceeds from this pere formance will swell the chest fund by & substantial amount. SOVIETS REFUSED VISAS BY STATE DEPARTMENT —_— Two Members of Commission to the of park commissioners will be held tomorrow evening in the city coun- ¢il chamber, Painting Station ing treated to a coat of paint by cmployes of the maintenance of wa department of the New York, New |Haven and Hartford Railroad com- | pany. ©Oil Burner Causcs Fire An overheated oil bufner in the building occupled by the Arms; Monumental Works at 292 Riverside venue Wednesday afternoon called out two fire companies. Squad A and Hose Company No. 1 responded to the telephone alarm and extin- guished the blaze with chamicals. The damage was slight. To May For Championship The game to settle the football supremacy of the city will be played at 10:30 o'clock Thanksgiving Day morning at Muzzy field between the Maple Ends and West Ends. Final {arrangements for the ganis were made yesterday at a meeting be- tween Manager Thomas Kennedy, of the West Ends and Manager Ray- | mond J. Casey of the Maple Ends. {Tn the event of unpleasant weathe | the contest will be played on Sunday December 2nd. The annual gime between the two teams has attracted a large amount | of interest for the past two years. In 1926 the West Ends carried away the city honors while last year the Maple Ends romped away to & one- sided victory. Out of town officials have been engaged for th= cvent | this year and Judge William J. Malone of this city will decide, in | the event of unpleasant weather, | whether the game will be played on Thanksgiving or postponed to the tollowing Sunday. A. 0. H. Auxiliary A meeting of the Ladies” Auxilia=y Ancient Order of Hibernians. will he held this evening at 7 clock in | the Red Men's auditorium on Pros- | pect street. Campaign Continues The third day of the Community Chest campaign finds the total of Kifts and pledges rcaching the total of $46.954 and the half way mark: has been passed. The total of Wed- nesday's subscriptions was $15,268, The local passenger station is be-i United States Camot Enter . Country, Berlin, Nov. 22 (UP)—Two mem- bers of a Soviet Russian busincss | mission to the United States have Leen refused passport visas by the state department, it was announced in Soviet circles here today. Two high Soviet officials, V. I Ossinski-Obelenski, former commis- sar of agriculture and head ef the Russian delegdtion to the world «conomic conterence at Geneva, and V. L Myeshlauk, vice president of the Soviet supreme economic coun- il, arrived here on their way to the United States. They intended to sail with A, Scheinmann, president of the Soviet State bank, who at present is ill in Berlin. Their mission primarily was to negotiate with big American auto- mobil> concerns for co-operation in | establishing automobile factories in | Russia. Ossinski-Obelenski and Myeshlauk were unable to obtain visas, they said, and probably will return to Moscow at once. It was understood Scheinmann may continue to the United States alone after he recovers from his illness. Russian sources said the proposed negotiations involved a $20,000,000 automobile deal and the eventual placing or large Russian orders in other industries. They hoped to fol- low up the recent $26,000,000 con- tract between the General Electric Co. and Soviet Russia, which was regarded by Russia as promising an extensive revival of American-Rus- sian business relations. Vashington, light decline in the rate of deaths to automobile accidents was in- v in the commerce de- tudy for the four weeks cnded 3. In that period 621 persons were Killed in 77 large cities of the country. During the corresponding period the same cities reported 684 In the four wcek period ended October 6 of this ycar, the death total from automobile opera- tion in the samc arca was 622. partment's 1 DIDAT GET T= 1 P r—— e