New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 4

WADEIRA ISLAND ENCRISH RESOR Britons Patronize Portuguese Possession for Recuperation Washinfiton, D. C., Dec. 26. — Madeira, which used to be a jump- ing-oft place for Portuguesz adven- tures intent on reaching Africa, has changed ita vocation, according to dispatches which state that thi for- mer stronghold of adventurers and travelers is now a health resort fre- quented mainly by the English. “The 1sland of Madrira was taken possession of by Portugal in 1420." suys a bulletin from the Washing- ton, D. C. headquarters of the Na- tional Geograprte society. “It was irimediately colonized by eager I'ortuguese struck with the beauty of an island of volcanic origin on which tropical and luxuriant forests sup- vlied the colonists with numerous Kinds of timber. Locatcd in the At- lantic ocean due west of Morocco, it: climate, tempered by a branch of the Gulf stream known us the Canai braneh, rivaled that of the even then famed French Riviera. Madeira Has Not l'rozrossed “For a long period resources of the island were neglect- «d. Despite its lusuriant vegetation the island at various times has suf- fered from famine. A certain amount of prosperity was gained by the manuacture of Madeira wine but in 1852 disease almost destroyed the vines, and wine culture never re- gained its former footing. In re. cent years Madeira's chief export has heen fhe delicate embroidery work done by the Madeiran women. “Funchal, capital of Madeira, has approximate population of 2 000 people. It is especially beloved of tourists. The Bay of Funchal of- fers an excellent port and numerous steamship lines have a stopping voint there, Lills rising from the ba the same manner as though the white hotises of Neapolitan hills are not often white on close inspection, Funchal's clean- liness 18 remarked by the most fas- tidious of travelers. Each steamer is met by boys and men who, fear- less of sharks, dive for the enter- tainment of the tourists. in Madeira Has Its Own Alpine Scenery | “The interior of Madeira is most all high mountains and ravines. Its picturesque rivals that of the Alps and the little island, 37 miles long and 14 miles wide, has mountains more than 6,000 feet high. “Although most people refer Madeira as a long fsland, it is part of the Archipelago de Madei consisting of five islands: Porto Santo, with a population of 3,- 000, and the three uninhabited is- lands, Chao, Deserta Grande and Tugio. Porto Santo was discovered hy the Portuguese Zargo about 1419, He and his men lived there for a vear before visiting Madeira. The Desertas, as the uninhabited islands re barren, rocky wastes interest mostly to mountain limbers who ascend their precipi- tons slopes. “With money from the English ‘ourist trade and the popularity of Madeira embroidery in the United al- deep to a the unusual | Funchal mounts the | scenery | Madeira, | City Items Walter Kingsbury has returned ihome from the Hartford hospital where he underwent an operation. A hydrant at Fairview and Pleas- |ant streets was struck and put out | of use during the night, but repairs were made by the water department and it was back in service at 9:00 o'clock this morning. 5 Frank Gryguc of 56 Osgood ave- nue reported to Officer L. E. Harper last evening that his 19 year old son | 12dward, was bitten by a dog owned | by Karol Buczkowski of 432 Beach |street. The young man's trousers | were torn in two places by the dog. Joel Adams, son of Rev. and Mrs. | Elisha E. Adams of 207 Winthrop street, is spending the holideys with | his parents. He is a student at the | University of 1llinols and made the trip home in a bus specially char- tered by a group of eastern students. Gustave E. Carlson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carlson of 779 East | street, is spending the Christmas re- cess with his parents. He ia a stu- |deng at Harvard university, Ella Adams returned to Brooklyn, N. Y., today after spending Christ- mas with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. | sha E. Adams of 207 Winthrop treet. Committee Appointed | On Building Inspector Councilmen Donald L. Bartlett, W. Spaulding Warner and Samuel Sa- blotsky have been named as & com- ! mittee of the common council to in- vestigate the need for an additional building inspector. The commission has recommended to the common | council that the staff be increased, pointing to the fact that the statutes on inspections are being ignored by necessity, due to the fact that there are not enough inspectors to do the work. At the last meeting of the common council, the building com- mission’s report was referred to the (committee which Mayor Paonessa was authorized to appoint. Spontaneous Combustion | Akron, 0. Dec. 26 (UP)—Spon- |taneous combustion was assigned today as the cause of the fire which | swept a section of the Park Hotel |here yesterday, taking & toll of | dead and seven injured. | Five of the victims were trapped lon the third floor and suffocated. The sixth, a man, was caught on the second floor and overcome, The blaze originated In a pile of rubbish, according to fire depart- ment officials, Seventy-five other guests, on the first and second fioors, managed to reach the strect although seven were partially over- come. :Cannot Remove Toy From Throat as Yet Cincinnati, Dec. 26 (P—Still in too critical a condltion to withstand an operation for removal of a toy motorcycle lodged in his throat. Frank Brooks, 18 months old Asco. W. Va., child continued his fight for | life in a hospital here today. Ph cians watched his condition closely, planning to operate when- ever e shows any sign of becoming stronger. The little fellow swallowed the toy (ten days ago when eating a pack- age of pop corn. All attempts to remove the toy without operating have been futile. States, Madeira foresees an era of | prosperity.” Fuller's Opponents Are Now Satisfied Boston, Dec. 20 (UP)—Those who had opposed the appointment hy Governor Fuller of his secretary, Herman A. MacDonald. as commis. sioner of public works, expressed satisfaction {-day with the gover- nor's subsequent action in making MacDonald asociate commissioner. As result of the governor's action in “amending” his original appoint- ment. Frank E. Lyman of East- hampton, who is now associate com- missioner, will hecome commission- er, succeeding William F. Williams, | while MacDonald will repace Lyman as associate commissioner. Governor Fuller explained that he never intended to place MacDonald over Lyman and that the original appointment was due 10 a misun- derstanding on his part Tt was believed th MacDonald’s appointment as associate commis. sioner would he confirmed without opposition at tod executive counc session of the | ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Majella of 123 Mt. Prospect avenue, Newark, |N. J., formerly of this city have an- nounced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lillian A, Maiella, to Frank L. Pitucco, son of Mrs. Mary Pitucco of 95 State street, Newark. Mr. Pitucco is connected with a law firm in that city. No date has been I'set for the weddini HOME FROM WEST POINT New Britain's two West Point cadets are enjoying their first vaca- tion since they entered the military academy in July, 1927. They are Gunnard W. Carlson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carlson of 779 East street, and John Ondrick, son of Mr. |und Mrs. George Ondrick of 103 Sexton street. DOES BUCK AND WING Salem, Mass, Decs 26 (UP)— Dancing Barber,” who faces the electric chair for the murder of au oung woman, did a buck and wing on the stage of Salem jail as a fea- Keith Dentist Leonard Building 300 MAIN STREET Dentistry Without Pain A Trial Will SPECIAL . We arc now mak The special hich g of tecth, fully teed at the low price of $18.50 Take PHONE 3410 Very Reasonable Prices For Highest Type of Serviee Convince You Dominant X-Ray Service At Reduced Rates Gas Oxygen For Extraction afiord to * the Elesator 1o Third Floor Nurse in Attendance Is Cause of Ohio Fire | George L. H. Taylor, known as “the | ture of a prisoners’ Christmas party. | Dr. William F. 1280 CHRISTHAS DINNERS GIVEN 0UT (Continued from First Page) other gifts. The hall has been do- nated by the Odd Fellows Hall asso- clation, and the members of the “Eagle Serenaders” have offered to donate their services to furnish en- tertainment. Santa Claus Wwill be | there, and a tree was trimmed Mon- |day to add the finishing touches to the scene. Almost the entire amount of {money nceded to defray the ex- | penses of the “Sallies™ Christmas was received. The last report from Adjutant Fredrickson, shortly before noon today, showed a total of $938 |toward the $1,000 needed. Adjutant |Fredrickson said he expected to re- ceive the remaining $62 before night. The statement that no community | chest funds could be used for Christ- mas dinners, brought additional help to the Confidential Christmas ex- change, over which Miss Cora M. | Beale, executive secretary of the Welfare association presides. Miss Reale was given checks for approx- imately $180 or $190 towards the ex- pense of Christmas dinners. The confidential exchange cleared 151 | baskets, representing 1067 dinners. Of this amount 60 were included in [the Salvation army 91, making & to- [tal of 1274 Christmas dinners sent out in baskets, Yesterday Miss | Beale purchased six additional din- ners, making 1280 Christmas din- ners given to needy New Britain people. With the help of the Boy Scouts Monday, toys were sent out to help Santa Claus in homes where he needed help. These were made pos- sible by New Britain people who {contributed towards the found for this purpose. pital Santa Claus also made his ap- pearanee in the childrens' ward, and a Christmas tree with bells, colored balls, red and green lights and all that goes with during the night. Santa also stop- |ped at cach bedeide and left at least {one toy. | Every child in the hospital was presented with a toy by James S. |North, president of the training school. Monday evening at 6 o'clock the inurses of the school sang carols {around the Memorial tree, planted in memory of Fred North, son of Mr. land Mrs. North. | At the Children's Home yesterday 'a Santa Claus appeared at 10 a. m. and distributed bags to the children, each youngster getting one bag. | The bags contained toys. nuts, candy, |fruit and some clothing. | A turkey dinner was the gift of a !local organization, 150 pounds of turkey being presented by one or- ganization. | Neither Postmaster H. E. Erwin nor Superintendent of Mails James B. Grace knows why, but Santa Claus arrived in New Britain laty for many people. It was nobody's fault fn this city. The post office |was empty. vacant, deserted, dark |and uninteresting after 8:30 o'clock |Monday night and by 9 o'clock tho {parcel post station was as gloomy as a coal mine on Bunday, But the mail trains kept running, and Eddie MacAloon's truck work- ed through the silent hours of the | At the New Britain General hos- | it, blossomed out | night, not disturbed by anything but Santa Claus’ reindeer, carrylng mall bags and pouches to the post office and sacks to the parcel post station. » This*morning, bins which had been empty were piled to the eceil- ing. Porgble trucks for conveying mail matter between departments were runaing over. Christmas cards by last minute thinkers filled boxes and cases and piled up on tables hy the thousands, There were about 250 sacks of parcel post, making an estimated total of 3,750 belated packages. In the main post office about 60,000 letters, representing a 50 per cent increase over the mormal amount, indicated that probably 30,000 Christmas cards had arrived late, Two extra trucks were kept on the job this morning and by night all will have been delivered that is mailable. Only a few packages remain un. mailable or undeliverable, while the undeliverable pieces of first class mail have shown a big drop over that of last year. Figures on theso will not be available for several days. Husband Asks Divorce And Children’s Custody Suit for divorce has been brought by Steve Vokan against Theresa Vo- kan, the plaintift alleging in the complaint that his wife has been guilty of misconduct. The couple were married on September 11, 1920, and have three children. The plaintiff asks custody of these chil- dren as well as divorce. The writ, which is returnable in the superior court on the first Tuesday of Feb- 1uary, was served by Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz. Nair & Nair represent the plaintiff. Lewis Selected Head of Interstate Commerce Washington, Dec. 26 (A—E. 1. Tewis has been elected chalirman of |the interstate commerce commission to serve the year 1929, He suceeds Commissioner J. B. Campbell in the post, under the regular arrange- ment for rotation among the nine members. Commissioner Lewis was chair- man of the Indiana public service commission when he was appointed to the commerce commission by President Wilson. GIVES $10 TO POLICE Joseph Pudel of Falcon street gave Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth $10 Christmas eve for the police pension fund, a practice he started three vears ago. According to the police, there is no known .reason for his generosity, nor 15 he seen about the city in the interim between the an- nual holida: STOLEN AUTO RECOVERED An automobile owned by Robert Hackett of 28 McClintock road was |recovered in Keney Park, Hartford, |according to a message from the {Hartford police at 3:45 yesterduy afternoon. 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EXSUITOR ANNOYS GIRL | Signals to Actress from Seat in Theater and Later Telephones to Her at Home of Friend. Mrs. H. C. Seeley of 159 Monroe i street reported to the police about 9:45 last night that Gladys Kent, who performed at a local theater and was stopping at Mrs. Seeley’s |home, had been annoyed. Officer L. |E. Harper learned that Al Porta of |Hartford and his brother, Charles, occupied a box at the performance and according to Miss Kent, Al mo- tionpd to her fo meet him after the show. He formerly kept company with her but they had trouble in Springfleld, Mass., a short time ago. Miss Kent went home with Mrs. Seeley and Porta telephoned to her, but while Officer Harper was watch- ing, nobody called at the home, ac- cording to his report. About 11:20, the police were notified that the Secleys had recelved a telephone or- der to have the girl out of the house by midnight. Officers Harper and' O'Keefe waited about until 1:30 o'clock but nobody called. Officer | Harper was told by Secley that an | automobile stopped in front of the | house about 10 minutes after the officer left earlier in the night. Judge Roche Lenien On Christmas Morning Five men arrested on the eve of Christmas ived the benefit of suspended sentences and fines in the police court yesterday before Judge Henry P. Roche. In only one of the five cases did the judge appear to consider seriously sentencing one of those brought before him. This was in the case of Michael Benn, ac- cused of breaking the kifchen fur- niturg at his home with a hatchet, i He was arrested by Policeman Louis | E. Harper. He tried to tell the judge that there was no trouble but break- ing the furniture on his part was the result of ah agreement with his wite that the picces were of no further use. Judge Roche cut him short by saying that he knew the man was lying and he imposed a sentence of | 80 days in jail with costs of court| and suspended the sentence, putting Benn on probation for a year. Dominick Milewski promised to mend his ways and support his wife and child and he got off without a sentence, Jerome Scrogi, accused of the same offense. had his case continued for two weeks in which time It is expected that the trowble rett, a veteran imbiber, was fined and this was suspended on | promise that he reform. i When West Beat the East NEA Los Angeles Bureau West beat IZast when pretty 18-year-old Loretta Turnbull, of | Los Angeles, defeated Helen Henschal of New York City, for ithe feminine motorboat title during the mid-winter National | Outboard championships at Lake Elsinore, near Los Angeles. Miss Henschal, the loser, was also international girls’ champijon, will be ironed out. Thomas J. 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