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[mz==] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 EXPLOSION OF LARGE STILL ROCKS 3-TENEMENT HOUSE, CAUSING §1 Blast Shatters Win- dows, Blowing Glass Across Street and Set- ing Fire to Interior of Building at 2 o’Clock Policemen Hear Roar and Hurry to High Street Structure to Assist Dwellers—Man Making Own Christmas Liquor. Accompanied by a roar that was heard a mile away, a ‘*“still" of 20 sallon capacity exploded on a gas range in the kitchen of the second floor tenement of a three family house at 261263 High street about 3 o'clock this morning, blowing out the glass in practically every win- dow of the five rooms and setting fire to the interlor of the house, the flames bursting through one window on the north side and scorching the clapboards. Chief W. J. Noble of the fire department estimated the damage to the bullding and furni- ture at $1,000. Policemen Hear Explosion Balvatore Dizzia, his wife and two daughters, aged 3 and 1 1-3 years, and Mrs. Dizzia’'s mother occupy the tenement and were asleep when the explosion occurred. Officers Otis Hopkins and Thomas Lee were at the corner of Broad and Grove streets and heard the report, which sounded like the explosion of a giant firecracker magnified a thousand times, They went to High street, where they met Officers George Col- iins and Danlel Cosgrove, and at the tame time the air was pierced by o woman's scream and & cry of “Fire.” Officer Hopkins saw two girla run- ning down the street and heard them give the alarm, and he and Officers Collins and Lee hurried to- ward the houss while Officer Cos- grove rang Box 39, summoning the fire department. It was 2:13 o'clock when the call registered, and the recall was sounded at 3:05, Glass Blown Across Street, Arriving at the house, the police- men found glass from the windows in large and small pleces scattered about the road, in the yard, and as far away as the gutter on the op- posite side of the street. Some of the window frames had been blown out by the concusasion, and the cur- (Continued on Page 19) LONDON GAS MAINS BLOW UP ONCE MORE Total of 17 Injured During 20 Hour Period of Action London, Dec. 21 (UP)—Additional explosions of gas mains in the west end and central London district carly today did further damage en- dangering the foundations of bulld- ings in the district today. Beventeen persons, including seven who were gassed, were injured in the explosions which began yesterday and continued intermittently for 20 hours after the first main burst. An explosion of an electric dynamo on which repairmen were working in & manhole caused the first main to ex- plode. At 10 p. m. yesterday, officlals an- rounced that all mains had been sealed, but another of the storage tanks beneath the streets burst into flames at 2:30 a. m. today. It was fezred that other tanks or mains might explode. The flames from the explosions shot 50 feet into the air at times and firemen.laid hose and wheeled large quantitios of sand into the area as a precautionary measure. Throughout the night the district —one of the busiest traffic and busi- ness centers of the city—was par- alyzed. For more than a mile the streets were shattered or bulged as though there had been an earth. quake. Storckeepers and those lving In the district who had been ordered to evacnate when it was seen that 000 FIRE LOSS GEORGE G, RCE G0ES 70 ATLANTA One of America’s Most Noted Grooks Gets Four Years SWINDLES NET MILLIONS Started “Tipping Bureau” on Horse Races That Cleaned $3,000,000 for Him Before Being Closed by Gov- crument Agents, New York, Dec. 21 (P—George Graham Rice, who made millions by outsmarting the race track and stock market suckers, had it im- pressed on him for the fourth time today that he could not outsmart the forces of law and order. Convicted of using the malls to defraud investors in Idaho copper stock, whose value he had ballooned by the agency of his pseudo finan- clal sheet, the Wall Street Icono- clast, he was sentenced to four years in Atlanta penitentiary and fined $5,000. Yorston Comvicted ‘Walter C. Yorston of Boise, Tdaho, president of the Idaho Copper cor- poration, who was convicted with Rice, was sentenced to nine months in Westchester county penitentiary. The Wall Street Iconoclast was fin- ed $10,000 and sentence of the Ida- ho Copper corporation, was sus- pended for five years. Dr. Walter Harvey Weed, geologist, was acquit- ted by the jury that convicted Rice and Yorston, Rice started his career of crime like any paltry crook, with a minor larceny that sent him to Elmira at the age of 20 and forging his own father's name to a $548 check three years later that got him six years in atate prison. But after that he apparently took counze! with himself and decided that crude crime was not his game. This was just before the turn of the last century and for a time he turned to that game of chance known as authorskip, Up to that time he had used his own name, Jacob Simon Herzig, but it had become somewhat smirched with the passing years, and so when he entered a short story in a compe- tition he signed it George Graham Rice. He won the prize and he kept the name as & talisman of good luck. Jacob Bimon Herzig, the cheap crook, was wiped from the boards and George Graham Rice, as plausi- ble a soft song artist as the game has known, took up his inglorious career. Under his new name he got a job on a race track sheet and in this capacity he received one day—a day on which his total resources added up to just $12—a red hot tip that & hunk of horseflesh called Silver Coin was going to sprout wing and lead the fleld at New Orleans. Uses Brains Now Jacob SBimon Herzlg would have reacted to this by betting his $12. But George Graham Rice was beginning to use what he referred to as his brains, s0 he did some- thing quite different. He bought ad- vertising space in a newspaper with (Continued on Page §) AITCHISON OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN TODAY Oregonian Stands Good Chance of Oonfirmation to Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington, Dec. 21.—(P—Ob- Jections to the confirmation of Clyde B. Aftchison of Oregon as a member of the interstate commerce commis- sion were withdrawn today and his appointment was expected to be ap- proved by the senate interstate com- merce committee. Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon- | tana, who was instrumental in de- laying a vote in the committee on | Aitchison’s nomination, announced after a meeting of the committee today that his complaints had been satisfactorily answered by the com- missioner’s testimony. The Montana senator had felt that Altchison had held up valuation of telephone companies for an unrea- sonable time. Aitchison asserted that the budget bureau's efforts to carry | out President Coolidge's economy program were largely responsible NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES HI0 DE JANEIRD Lands in Midst of Great Popu- Jar Demonstration SHOWERED BY CONFETTI Rides Through Three Miles of Streets With President of Brazil—Thous- ands View Cars From Windows or Line Sidewalks, Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 21 UP— President-elect Hoover, beginning the last of his good will visits to Latin-American countries on his | present - tour, landed at Rio Janeiro this afternoon in the midst of & great popular demonstration. Mr. Hoover and President Wash- ington Luls of Brazil rode by auto- { mobile at the head of a long pro- cession of official cars through three miles of showers of confetti thrown by thousands of spectators who filled the windows in every building on the beautiful avenida Rio Branco from the pler to the Guanabaro palace. Flags Flying United States and Brazilian flags flew from almost every window add- ing to the brilliant color of the scene. Thousands along the route cheered and applauded while air- planes soared overhead. An escort of lancers in brilllant uniforms rode beside the Hoover car and President- elect Hoover bowed repeatedly in re- gponse to one of the greatest demon- strations he has received anywhere on his South American trip. Rio Janeiro outdid itself in giv- !ing a colorful and enthusiastic wel- come to the American president- elect. For several hours before the landing of the Hoover party, an aerial escort of airplanes sailed over |the U. 8. 8. Utah while there was an almost constant succession of salutes of 21 guns from the shore batterles and Brazilian naval ves- sels as the Utah entered the harbor. Similar to N. Y. Then upon landing, Mr. Hoover found himself in the midst of a re- |ception suggesting New York's Broadway converted into a tropical setting with welcoming confett! and ticker tape. Under a blazing sub-equatorial sun, with tropical palms, foliage and |flowers waving along the Avenida Rio Branco—Rio Janeiro's Broad- way and Fifth avenue—Mr. Hoover |rode to the cheers of at least 100, 000 persons massing the wide, tree. lined avenue, showering confetti and serpentine upon him. The avenue was a soli” mass of stars and stripes and Brazilian flags decorating every bullding from the (Continued on Page 28) NO SALARY GRANTS FOR TEACHERS' M. 5. Subject Cannot Be Studied in Time for Budget Meeting Requests of the New Britain Teachers’ council that the school board allow teachers with M. 8. de- grees $200 compensation over their {annual salary will not be complied with in time for the budget of next |year. according to Secretary Henry |T. Burr of the school board, who |declared today that it will be necqy- isary to make long Investigation be- |fore a decision is reached. Mr. Burr was acting chalrman of the salary committee when it met with a committce of the teachers’ council this week. After a discus- slon in which the teachers' side of the question was heard no decision was reached pending an investiga- tion into policles in other cities. Mr. Burr feels that it will not be possible to have a report before the next meeting of the school board in January. This being the case, it is certain that the $2,000 which would be given to the 10 teachers eligible will not be part of {the budget which will be presented at that meeting. UNGER CHANGES PLEA T0 GUILTY OF CHARGE On Trial As Agent of & Narcotics Syndicate Thought Financed by Rothstein. New York, Dec. 21 UP—Joseph Unger, on trlal as agent of an in- ternational narcotics syndicate be- {lieved to have been financed by Ar- nold Rothstein, slain gambler, changed his plea to guilty in fed- eral court today. Unger was indicted on four counts | but on change of his plea two were HOOVER REACHES [New Britain Machine Co. Resumes Paying Common Stock Dividend First Since 1920 Declared ASSOCIATED Pags U8 UaaEruag) GENERAL CADORNA GENERAL CADORNA EXPIRES IN ITALY Commander of Italian Armies: Was 78 Years 01d FOUGHT AGAINST AUSTRIA Wore Military Uniform 85 Years Before Decision of Italy to Enter | European Conflict—Man of Re- markable Memory and Precision. | Rome, Dec. 21 P—The Stefani | News Agency today reported the death of Count Luigl Cadorna, com- mander of the Italian army from 1916 to 1917, at his home in Ber- dighera. Dies at 4 P. M. The famous statesman and soldier, who has been seriously 1l for the past week, died at four o'clock this afternoon. He had been suffering from arterial sclerosis and on Mon- day night was stricken with cerebral thrombosis. | on common stock stopped. at Special Meeting of Di- rectors—Rate of $1.50 Yearly Adopted Directors of the New Britain Ma- chine Co., at a special meting yes- terday voted to place the common stock of the company on a dividend basis, paying 873 cents a share, December 3, to stockholders of rec- ord on Necember 20. This dividend, a quarterly pay- ment, is the first on New Britain Machine common since 1920. It is planned to pay at the rate of §1.50 a share for the year. The past war period found this company with greatly enlarged manufacturing facilities and bulld- ings, which had served In the pro- duction of anti-aircraft guns for the ordinance department of the United States army. Looking about for a new product, officials decided upon the manufacture of small tractors | and for a few years, these machines weer turned out and marketed. The response from the rural sections was | not as expected and at about the time the tractor production reached its peak, the payment of dividends This was in 1920, The New Britain Machine reor- ganization resulted in many changes in personnel, the election of Herb. rt H. Pease to the presidency, and a sweeping reduction in employment. Through a change in the financing plan, one-third of the preferred stock, representing about $500,000 was recalled last July. No change was made in the common, For several months, the eoncern has been rushed with business and | now employs, in addition to its regu- lar working force, a night shift. Officers of the company are not ap- prehensive of a let-down in business for some time to come and speak optimistically of the future. KING GEORGE PASSES ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT Monarch Resting Comfort- ahly in Long Process of Building 'Up Health Count Luigi Cadorna wore a mili- tary uniform for 56 years before the decision of Italy to enter the great European war brought him forward to international fame as one of the great leaders In the struggle. The son ¢f a man who had dl-tlngullhedl himselt in military science, he also devoted his whole life to fit, and when it was decided that Italy would engage in the war on the side of the Entente powers against the Teutonic | allies, Count Cadorna, then chief of | the general staff of the Italian army, was not only the choice of the king and his advisers as the most able ' military genius, but was also 80 ac- | claimed by the people. Born in 1850 Born September 4, 1850, he was just under 65 years of age when Italy declared war on Austria in the | summer of 1918, giving him the op-) portunity to apply many years of“ tactical study to actual warfare on| a large scale, becoming within a few | imonths the directing head of an larmy of 2,000,000 men, which he |divided between service on the Aus- | tro-Ttalian frontier and assistance to the English and French at the Dardanelles. i One of the most remarkable points | of Cadornn's career was the avidity with which throughout his life he had studled the territory along the northern boundary, where the oper- | ations against the Austrians were to be carried out. General Cadorna was & man of prodigious memory, often startling the others members (Continued on Page 27) \MAN WHO FOUGHT POLICE IS IRRATIONAL AGAIN, 1 Chief Hart Surprised to Leam| Aloislo Had Returned to | ‘Work in Factory. Paul Aloislo, aged b4, of 265 | Washington street, who resisted four | policemen in a spell of insanity over | the loss of a quantity of wine, Wed- | nesday morning on West Main street, | was sent home from the Stanley | ‘Works, where he is employed, this | morning. He resumed work in the {tactory yesterday after being re-‘ leased from police custody. but today | he showed signs of being affected | mentally although he did mot be- | come violent. | |bury and Lord Hailsham, the lord London, Dec. 21 (M—Lord Daw- son of Penn held a brief consulta- tion with Sir Stanley Hewett at Buckingham palace this afternoon. No further statement regarding King George’s condition was issued. Today's bulletin from Bucking- ham palace on King George, one of the briefest yet issued, brought the satisfactory news that he had pass- ed a restful night calculated to help building up his strength from the extreme exhaustion caused by his prolonged and grave iliness. The bulletin, taken in the light of yesterday's lengthy and guardedly optimistic report by the king's phy- siclans, was felt to indicate that there was nothing appreciable to add to what on the whole was con- sidered a favorable situation. This morning’s bulletin read: “The king has had a restful | night. There is no appreciable | change to be noted.” The view taken in palace circles, it was learned, coincided with the ! public impression from the builetin that his majesty is continuing to gain slowly. His physiclans, it was indicated, are satisfied with the | course that events are taking. They | are not expected to make any fur- ther statement on the king's case until the usual hour for the night bulletin, While the physiclans were at- tending his majesty in the sick | chamber, the council of state ap- | pointed to act for the king during | his fliness, held a brief privy coun- | cil in another part of the palace. . | All of the six counselors were present, the queen, the Prince of | Wales, the Duke of York, Premier | Baldwin, the archbishop of Canter- | high chancellor. It was understood | the queen presided. Others who attended the council meeting were 8ir Willlam Joynson- Hicks, home secretary; Walter Guinness, minister of agricultu: the Earl of Cromer, Lord Chamber- | lain, and Maurice Hankey, clerk of the council, The proceedings 'asted less than | half an hour. The council transacted routine business and a number of questions | arising out of the adjournment of | (Continued on Page 20.) » THE WEATHER THINK LFVIATHAN | {Antwerp Woman Furnishes |there on Christmas Eve s uue) ‘pioh Out of Revenge DETAILS NOT REVEALED Walter Ringer, Alias Long, Recently Stoker on Ship, Thought Respon- sible for Stealing Mail Worth | $00,000—Disappears. Berlin, Dec. 21, (UP)—A re- vengful woman, abandoned by her lover, told police a story that they believed today would lead to solu- tion of the $500,000 mail robbery aboard the U. 8. Liner Leviathan | last June, i Amazing Plot It revealed an amazing plot whereby a gang got aboard the Leviathan as members of her crew, and rifled the mail sacks while she was at sea. The clue to the mystery, which occupied the attention of police in New York, Berlin, Antwerp and Vienna, as well as Scotland yard and the United States and German Federal Postal inspection services, was furnished by & woman in Antwerp, Beligum. | Deserted by Lover 8he sald that for three years she had been the sweethart of Walter Ringer, allas Long, recently a stoker on the Leviathan. He deserted her, she said, and she told the story | in revenge. Police did not reveal the details | of the story, but on the strength of it they accused Ringer of being the leader of a gang which looted the Leviathan's mail while she was at sca and disposed of siolen bonds and securities in Europe. | Ringer, police said, bought a pub- ' lic house for sallors in Antwerp for 70,000 francs, part of the proceeds of the robbery, and apparently in- tended to retire to a life of case. Before he could be taken into cus- tody, he disappeared. Police here said Antwerp authorities let him get away on a technicality. Reads Like Romance ! The investigation was like an in- | ternational detective romance. Ber- lin police and postal authorities co- operated with United Btates postai' authorities and Captain Harold A. Cunningham of the Leviathan in the work. Detectives rode the Leviathan on her voyage and carried on a con- | tinual secret investigation of which the public has no hint, Police of the United States, Ger- | | | (Continued on Page 5.) POLES WiLL PROCUCE CHRISTMAS PAGEANTS “Jaselka” to Be Given by Members of Dramatic Circles Following the traditional customs of the Polish race in celebrating the birth of Christ, a custom dating back as far as the days when Christianity was brought to Poland in the 10th century, the ever-re- peated scenes depicting the historic event will be reproduced by both Polish parishes during the Christ- mas season. These plays known the world over to the Poles as *Jaselka”, change in form from year to year, but the theme is always the same, the same characters appear and a dccided spirit of joviality and rejoicing per- sista. The first scene usually de- | plcts the day previous to the com- | ing of Jesus and takes place in one of the many houscs of worship in Jerusalem. Another scene shows the palace of Herod, with the kings and other visitors from far off lands seeking information about the whereabouts of the newly born Child. The last and final scene takes place in the stable of the tavern where Mary and Joseph are found at the side of the manger containing the little body of the King of Kings, with shepherds, angels, the three Wise Men of the East and countless other visitors, paylng homage to Him. The | “Jaselka” had their origin fn Poland | and the custom has been handed down from generation to generation, and taken to other countries, wher- ever a Polish community was es- tablished. . In Poland, the plays are usually staged in natural surroundings, | usually in a stable of a village or| town. The entire population gathers nd offers gifts and thanks, singing beautiful Christmas carols as they come and leave. The celebration usnally lasts | until dawn, when everyone goes to | church. | providing federal authority for the Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 15th ... 15,132 PRICE THREE CENTS HOOVER'S PLURALITY OVER | " MITH 6,423,612 FIGURES OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SHOW COOLIDGE SIGNS BOULDER DAM BILL Ket Provides for Flood Control, on Colorado River WILL ALSO MAKE POWER Affixes Signature While Proponents | of Mcasure Watch Him—Uses Three Pens to Sign Document, Then Gives Them Away. Washington, Dec. 21 (M—Presi- dent Coolidge today signed the Boulder Dam bill making effective the act providing for a reclama- tion, flood control and power pro-| ject on the Colorado river. The president affixed his signature before a gathering of proponents of the Swing-Johnson bill, who were | brought to the executive office by Senator Johnson and Representative Swing, California republicans, who for years had led the fight for en- actment of the bill. $165,000,000 BNl The measure provides that the government shall supply the $165.- 000,000 estimated as necessary to construct a dam and accompanying works in Black Canyon. The money is to be repald under an amortiza. tion plan from proceeds of the sale of power. The signature of the president was the last official act required in construction, but either Utah or Arizona or the seven Colorado river basin states must ratify the Colo- rado river compact or distribution of water before the act can become effective, The bill calls for the harnessing of the Colorado river at the Black Canyon site by a dam nearly twics as hugh as any existing, to mpound millions of acre feet of water which, would be used to bring under oul-i arid | tivation wide expanses of southwestern lands. This dam would further provide electric power to | miles of territory in several neigh- | The structure's reservoir would have an estimated capacity of 26,- 000,000 acre fect of water, and tha power machinery on which this would be used is expected to de- velop approximately 1,000,000 horse power of electrical energy. Of this, 550.000 horsepower would be “firm power.” Upon this basis, it has been estimated that the entire cost would be returned to the government with interest within 50 years. Flood Control After construction ofi the dam, the bill authorizes construction of modern flood control works around the rim of the Imperial Valley. Following this the bill stipulates construction of an all-American canal between the river and Im perial Valley, which would be wholly within the United States. At present, the valley is irrigated by (Continued on Page 23) NATHAN HALE JUNIOR HIGH TURNS IN $110 FOR SEALS North End Junior High Continues to 36,798,669 Total Votes Cast is Largest in Country’s History-N. Y. Governor’s Popu- lar Vote 15,005,497 Higher Than Davis’. {President-Elect’s Plurality Fails to Reach Figures of Coolidge’s Victory in 1924 But He Carries Three More States (Copyright 1928 by the Assoclated Press) Washington, Dec. 21 (P—Herbert Hoover's plurality over Governor Smith in the November election was 6,423,612, Figures gathered by the Associated Press from the election officials of the 48 states show these totals; Hoover 21,429,109, Smith 15,005,4v The total vote cast, the largest in the history of the United States, was 136,798,669. The votes not accounted for in | the Hoover and Smith columns went to minor partics. Socialist Vote “Norman Thomas, the candidate, received the majority of these votes, polling 267.535. Foster, workers party candidate, got 48,228 |and Reynolds, socialist-labor 21,181. | VEraey, prodibitionist candidate, got almast B8 many as Reynolds, 20,101, and Webb, hrmer-labor 6,391.” Mr. Hoover's plurality did not reach ' the figures registered for Céolidge in 1924, although thq former decretary of commerce 84 ‘m much larger vote. In that yeAr Mr. Cpolidge reccived 15.725.- 818 wotes, giving him a lead of 7.- 338,518 over John W. Davis. demo- |eratle nominee. The La Follette- | Wheeler independent ticket, how- ever, had 4,822,858 votes. Carries 40 States Hoover carried 40 states as against rocialist (Continued on Page 19) 34 SINKING PROVES LITTLE OFFICER SAYS Pad-Eyes Aid Salvage But Don’t Facilitate Rescue Work Submarine - Base, New London, |Dec. 21 (UP)—The navy's deliberate !sinking and 49-hour raising of the salvaged submarine S-4 proved noth- ing with regard to minimizing chances of future submarine disas- ters, according to Licutenant Com- | mander Palmer H. Dunbar, director |of the experiment. He revealed this today in a dis- | cussion with the United Press core respondent of the successful lifting of the S-4 by means of “pud eyes” to which pontoon chain hooks were |attached. These 92-pound loops of | metal were built into the side of the Play Important Role in An- nual Campaign. After 10 days of inter-class com- petition the Nathan Hale Junior high school this afternoon closed its an- campaign for the sale of Christmas seals. Through the splen- did spirit of the class workers and the generosity always displayed by its student body in charity appeals, the school was able to forward a check for $110 to the local branch of the tuberculosis association. Tor two successive years this school has led the New Britain schools in the seal sale, and in 1927 its contribution was the largest school collection in Connecticut. Woman’s Scream Routs Would-Be Bandits Notasulga, Ala, Dec. 21 (P—A woman walked into the First Na- tional bank of Notasulga yesterday and upon glancing up saw several persons lined against the wall with their hands extended upward, and another group of three men point- reconstructed S-4 for experimental | purposes. | “Pad eyes are merely aids to sal- | vage,”” Dunbar said. “They are of little use in rescue attrmpts. | “Had the S-4 been equipped Wwith pad eyes when it was sunk last De- cember at Provincctown there is no ! question the three months required | for her raising could have been re- | duced, but the boat could not have been brought up soon enough to save any lives,” he added. | The officer's statement was en |evidence of the fatalistic attitude of the typical submarine man. | *“There will be other boats sunk,” |they say, “maybe In & year or two. | Safety experiments have been | postponed, the ers said, until January 3 when Simon Lake and Captain Sloan Denenhower will bring their rebuilt, 25 year old ub- marine Defender here from Dridge- port for trial. The Defender is con- structed with & pressure compart- ment in its stubby bow from which it 18 claimed divers may operate through a trap door while the sub- \marine hovers a few yards above In the city. the “Jaselka” ing pistols at them. She screamed. | = are held in a parish hall and the| A. B. Hope, president, whe with |the wreck. same spirit of good will prevails. |Carl Hayes, cashier. emerged from | Dunbar disclosed that the De- The custom was brought to this |captivity in the vault a few mo. fender tests probably will last a country, and wherever there is a | ments later, alded by officers, quick- | MOnth and will be completed here. The Defender will not be taken parish in a community, the play is | ly congratulated the woman. & south to Key West, Fla., where the for the delay. In addition to Aitchison, the | nominations of Claude R. Porter, of | Iowa, and Patrick J. Farrell, of | Washington, D. C., are up for con- | firmation but no fight has been hufldines might collanse, mingled throughont the night with hundreds of persons who came to view the havoc. Workmen with gas masta made every effort to ston the flow New Britaln and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturda; colder tonight. Chief W. C. Hart of the police de- | partment said today that he consent- | ed to Aloisio’s release Wednesday | with the understanding that his son | was to take him to Hartford for at- [ |tention and he merged and one was dropped. The remaining counts, possession of nar- cotics and conspiracy to violate the narcotic laws, carry maximum pen: ties of 10 and two years respectiv was surprised to | ly. of eas which leaked from the mains and threatened to evnlode if it came in rantact with any light. The gas fumes conld he smelled for manv binrks. Pedestrians obeved the rigid order of the police not to amake. Teaffic was diverted to the smaller streets in the area, since Rinewwav n main artery In Tondon traffic. was fmnasenble. The traffic congestion after the theaters had closed was nnnrerndented, The Princese thenter. where the Americans. Fred and Adele Astaire, are starring In “Funnv Face™ was In the center af the affected district and was closed last night. made on them. Council Gives Approval To Exposition’s Plans | Boston, Dec. 21 UP—Approval of the proposal of trustees and manage- ment of the Eastern States Exposi- tion for an all-New England indoor and outdoor recreational exposition on their grounds at Springficld has been voted by the New England council, it was announced today. The exposition trustees and management will assume full responsibility for the undertaking and will have the co-operation of the council's com- mittee on recreational resources. Sentence will be imposed on January 4. Unger was taken from a train at Buffalo after two trunks for which he held the checks had been seized at Grand Central terminal and found to contain $2,000.000 worth of nar- cotics. The federal agents made the seizure and arrest on information found in the business files of Roth- stein. United States Attorney Tuttle sald he would ask for a maximum sen- tence. He added that he had not yet decided what course to take about Mrs. June Boyd. arrested in Chicago, and Mrs. Esther Meyers, a rested here, who have been held as material witnesses against Unger, learn that he had returned to work. i* open tonight until 9 o’clock. tomorrow. opportunity. shoppers will find it to their conve minute. Stores Open Tonight Until 9 o’Clock New Britain merchants will keep the doors of their stores The same schedule will be followed Monday night stores will close at 7 o'clock. Customers are urged to do their shopping at their earliest Nearly all merchants have employed extra sales help to accommodate purchazers of gifts and other merchandise and enience not to wait until the last given, with the same spirit and re- | (Continued on Page Four) Kate Mevrick Out On Bail of $10 000 Tondon, Dec. 21 (P—Mrs. Kate | Meyrick. known as the night club | queen: Police Sergeant Goddard and | Lulgl Ribuffi, restaurant manager, | today were admitted to bail of $10.- 000 each. They are facing trial on | charges of giving and recelving bribes in connectfon with the opera- tion of night clubs and the sale of llquor out of hourr. Mrs. Meyrick | is also under charge of selling liquor without a license. | they She had saved $15.000 in cur- rency in the teller's cage which was within the grasp of the trio until fled, fearing the woman's screams would summon police. One Dead in Quake In Mindanao Province Manila, Dec. 21 (P — Manila learned today that a violent earth- quake shook the greater part of Mindanao providence Wednesday night. One person was killed at Cotabato. provincial capital. Many houses collapsed and fire broke out, but it was quickly controlled. An undetermined number of persons were injured. Inavy will test the “lung” and es- cape hatch, other safety devices. The Defender will first be taken to Great Salt Pond, Block Island, the harbor in which the S-4 tests took place, and will be given ex- haustive trials in calm water. These will gradually be made more diffi- lcult, Dunbar said, being climaxed by the dramatic trail of the rotund little craft in a storm. The De- |fender will be taken out in a north- | west gale to some spot where land offers no shelter from wind or wave {and asked to demonstrate its claira- ed ability to work divers on the bottom regardiess of surface westh-

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