New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1928, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1928 - o mo s E1ASHES OF LIFE: GIL AND GILDA o . Ld Council Sets Machinery In Motion B it ot STIIL IN DIVORCE TANGLE would bring to propeny owners. Chicago — The cost of accidents when he was leavin ga restaurant; 000 Owed to Ci to Collect 5299, to City, . & | Plumbing Inspector Olaf A. Peter- insists they described the beating as |son talked the matter over with the a Christmas present froe Gilda. He was laid over for one month after |Alderman Johnson expressed un- willingness to vote until he was fully New York — Miss Amy Wren, fed- | Morin, brothers, of New Britain, in New Canaan, or injuries received in eral commissioner 1n Brooklyn, has |auto crash after car hits pole. auto accident, changed her mind about prohibition. | Charles J. Morin in critical condi- Once she was not in faver of it. Now | tion while brother is slightly injur-| Bridgeport—Miss Mary Northrop, she is for it. She that more |ed and arrested for driving under|go, dies as result of injuries receive | saloons are operating illegally in this influence of liquor. ed when struck by auto operated by city now than there were licensed | Edward W. Bradley. | establishments in the old days, and : ! that it is difficult to convict, ! |lhey are brought to the attention of | debtors, but in case disputable ques- Manchester—Triple collision eof |alderman after the meeting and ex- |to the American people is estimated | trolley cars and auto resuits in nin plained it would be about $3 a at §3,200,000,000 annually by the Finance Committee and| Corporation Counsel to Act as Court of Adjust-| ment in Disputes. | By constituting the finance com- | mittee and the corporation counscl | a8 & comnission o settle disputable | questions arising in connection with g the wholesale billing of property | owners and contractors for unpaid | assessments, the common council last night paved the way for imm: diate release of bills calculated to bring the city treasury about $200,- ©00, ‘The council’s action, which was by | the funds | William tions arise T feel we should have some committee in position to pass upon them. “Therefore, T offer as a resolution the appointment of the common council committee on finances with the corporation counsel as a body empowered to hear such cases and report their recommendations to the common council.” To Buy Suow Loading Machine After much i on and recment, the board of public wor authorizcd to purchase a snow loading muchine at a cost of $3.500, to be taken from the |snow removal acesunt. The hoard origipally asked per- mission to buy the machine on a de- ferred payment plan, but Alderman > Judd questioned the heater. | A proposal that members of the | fire department be given two weeks vacation instead of one, as at pres: ent, was sent o the committee on | | ordinances on motion of Alderman | Johnson. i When the building commizsion recommended appointment of an ad- | ditional deputy ‘nspector, Council- man W. Spaulding Warner of the ~ third ward moved appointment of an investigating committee of three, at least two of whom shall be council members, His motion was adopted. | national safety council; industrial, $1,000,000,000; home, $850,000,00! utomotive $800,000,000; fires $550,- 0,000. New York — Uncle Sam is very strict about the importation of alco- [hol, but under some circumstances | Lnoug {he can be persuaded. Mrs. Willlam | oither would give in. The result was that two trains met head on. were killed and 33 Lancaster, wife of a British flyer, brought with her to this country the compass which guided her husband on a flight to Australia. A customs words “use only pure alcohol.” F he said the fnstrument must be con- |likes the present so well he intends | | " to goto Port Washington, W prove by income tax returns !can't sue in Wisconsin. | Warsaw—Two train dispatchers have the right | Four trainmen i cars smashed. | inspected noted on the compass the | | and that . Gilda is a resident of New York and New Haven—Mrs., Lena Kelsey. | North Haven, wins suit st Dr.| |Gabriel Jack, and awarded $7.3 {Two rubber tubes were left in h | stomach after her operation by doc-| |tor causing poison, is basis for suit | {and verdict. |Lad a dispute as to which freight | | of way. New Haven—Grand jury to i vestigate alleged “white slaverin {said to be operating in this vicinity. | i Norwich—Final action of receiver| iof Shore Linc rallway accepted {$185,000 to be turned over to Bos-| persons slightly injured. Berlin—Joseph Marino, ously injured when walking across road, after alighting from bus. Hartford—County association of state, e Samuel N Graham, chairman, and Henry Smith, secretary, at meeting of or. ganization. commissioners® Meriden—Committee appo Senator Roy C. Wilcox to inve probabilities of letting out contr: New York — Broadway has been |When superlor court justice orders for New Haven jail chair shop. | Waterbury — Fish and game clubs | of nearby towns to be guests of Waterbury clubs at showing of mov- ing pictures of life in Alaska, taken by William J. Pape, publisher of Re- | publican-American o | Hartford — Connecticut Leaf To- bacco association withdraws from National Cigar Leaf Tobacco asso- ciation. State body was never in- vited to take part in councils of na- tional group and feels interests bet- ter served by acting independently, cording to letter of withdrawal. Hartford — Martin McHugh injur- !informed that Maude Adams intends to return to the stage, giving read- ings from plays in which she starred. . L. Wagner, who has been men- 713 v " fiscated, then that the alcohol must ‘ rigoyen ContIOIs poured out. Her husband care- Municipal Council :ully explained to tho inspector's Buenos Aires, Deec. 20 (A—Tha superior that it was a delicate ac- | | ed when freight car under which he | was sleeping, was moved by switch engine. ton bank for bondholders, | Hartford—Mrs. C. here by plane from Hartford—Purse given Bishop Ni- to attend son's eral. lan by clergy on golden anniversary | tioned as manager of her tour, says | | the project is not ready to be dis- cussed. party headed by President Yrigoyen | curate floating compass which he now controls the municipal council | Wished to use again in flights and it of the capital. The party already |might be spoiled if the alcahol were controls parliament and several state poured out. The compass was fin- | administrations. |ally admitted intact, The count of hallots cast on De- | cember 2nd, was completed today| Boston—Time was when clipper nd showed §8,000 votes for the ships out of Boston took rum to 3 radicals; 44,000 for the | Africa to trade with the Negroes— jamounting to $65,000 given by him| Bridgeport—Superior court |to fund for new St. Thomas semi- | finds against Anthony Cerret: nary. |New Canaan for $25,000. Cerr brought suit against Miram D. and Leo D.|Walker and Raymond Putnam of A reading lamp for Dad—writing paper for Mother—always accept- able. Read the Christmas Gift Guide in tonight's Classifled section of the Herald. istice of | council’s right to authorize an ex- penditure which was not provided in the budset. This question was put to Judge John H. Kirkham, corpor- ation counsel. Judge Kirkham said state statutes provide a jail penalty and a fine for | commissioners who exceed their ap- propriations, but that there are ex- unanimous vote, came after the mayor had read a report showing | bills due the city from individuals, corporations, contractors, etc., in the amount of $181,281.31, this being ex. ciusive of sewer assesments previ- ously reported as unpaid. Mayor Paonessa’s message placed the blame for existing conditions Amarillo, Tex. — §. D, 'nmm-,l Berlin—Charles J. | | Game warden, is on the trail of fly-| |ing game hogs. He hus heard that | lan army officer hunted geese from | lan airplane and that fyers have squarely up to the common council and the city comptroller, but it drew no comment from those present. His recommendation for appointment of the appeals board was adopted on | motion of Counciiman William D. Boyle of the sixth ward. Figures contained in the mayor's report ehow amounts due as follow 123.29; 1926 $14.454 519 93; 1928, $63,281.31. Critizes Council and Comptroller After presenting these figuves, the mayor sals “I feel it is unfortunate that such conditions have been allowed to exist. As far back as 1923 T recom- mended in my message to the coun- cil a ‘regular and systematic audit’ of city books and accounts, pointing | out that the charter imposes upon the comptroller the duty of aunditing the city's books and adding that il | the comptroller found such work too | much of a tax upon his time it would Le advisable that an appro- | priation be placed at his disposal or at the disposal of the board of finance and taxation to be used to| contract with auditors for an annual | checking up of our hooks and ac-| counts. 8ince that time T have re- peatedly made this recommendation. Your honorable body, however, h: not seen fit to follow out the sug- gestion, mor has our comptroller, who was aware of these conditions, taken any steps to correct matters. I feel he has been very negligent. “Now that I have been able to se- eyre figures showing the condition T feel it {t time we took action look- ing to the collection of these debts. | “1 de mot anticipate much dlm-i | culty in oellecting the accounts once The Well | for the ap| ceptions, including necessary educi|® tion costs, cha and maintenar of the highways. In his opinion, said, the plow could be purchased by the board under the last named exception and he went a step furthor to say he would cousider it the city's {duty to buy it. Chairman George R. Dobson of the public works board and City En- gineer P. A. Merian argued the need atug if a saving is to be effected in snow removal, 1 when Alderman J. Gustave Johnson ed if it was not practicable to remove the snow by hand lahor and thereby aid the unemployed, Coun- cilman Boyle answered with a sug- gestion that the methods of the ‘Archaic Age” be dropped. An opportunity was given Chair- man Dobson to amend his resolution to have payvment made from the snow removal account, and after he had done so. the resoltuion was adopted by unanimous vote. %25,000 in Salary Raises Sought Salary petitions ageregating more than 000 in requested incre were referred to the committoe salaries without reading. The fire board's recommendation that a position of assistant master mechanie be ¢ d with the salary equal to that of a licutenant, was re- | ferred to the committea on salaries Permission was given the comip- troller to pay Dr. . D. Radcliffr {acting meat inspector, $132.90, representing the salary for that posi- tion. Several claims for damagos result- |ing from falls in icy sidewalks were { referred to the claims committee, The ordinance coramittec’s report on gas heaters, imposing a require- ment that they be piped into flnes, on Dressed Christmas Tree will wear our decorative multi-colored lights and be supported by one of our attractive stands. Use an extra string on the shrubs about of decorative lights the door—over the entrance—get these necessary Christ- mas decorations today at 85,000 for the independ-|Medford rum. The three-masted 1d 12,000 for the anti- | schooner Marion L. Conrad is “aki) dicals. rum for the same trade, but it is bay | The vote entitles the Yrigoyenistas | rum, just one of a variety of articles to seven seats in the council, the so- | including razors. cialists to four, the independent-so- | | pected 50 per cent dividends in 4! clalists to three and the anti-person- | New York—Gil Boag, who is being | days. 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