New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1928, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 PLANS RODED T0 AMUSE COLIDGE President Will Witoess Unique Soq Island Allar STEERS RUNNING WILD Roam Freely Through Coffin Estates ~—Prise Given Negro Who Sticks to His Mount the Longest—To Wor- ship Tomorrow. Sapelo Island, Dec. 29 UM—A Sea tsland rodeo, far different from ‘hose affairs of flashing spurs and. prancing ponies which President Coolidge witnessed while on vaca- tion in the Black Hills of South Dakota, was arranged for the chief executive's amusement today as the first feature of a busy week-end. Sapelo Island, where Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge are enjoying a Christmas vacation as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Coftin abounds in semi-wild steers which are left free to roem as they will through the woodlands and fields of the Coffin estate. Some 60 of these were rounded upon the broad beach at the seaward side of the island for the rodeo, and for each a native negro rider was provided, The island rodeos are conducted in two days. Sometimes a prize 1= offered to the negro who aticks to his mount the longest while at othcr times & point down the beach is fixed as a goal and the reward goes to the rider who, still astride his steer, first reaches the objective. Lived As Slaves ‘The negroes of the island were for the most part within the con- fines of their waterbound home. Thelr ancestors lived there in sla: ery. In the slave running days, Sapelo Island served as a transfer point for the slave ships and the ne- groes on the island today are de- scended from the Americans left there in those remote times. Many of them spend an entire life timo on the island without once setting foot on the mainland. In their isolation, the negroes have bullt up a rich lore of chants and spirituels which also furnished an item today for the presidential (Continued on Page Two) OFFERS 10 GO TO PRISON FCR LIFE Wolfin"hkes Blame of Murder as Man’s Theory Crumbles La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 29 UP— A woman today offered to go to prison tor life in exchange for the freedom of the man who slew her husband, During the eight years John Beler has been in a lifer's cell fol- lowing conviction for slaying Nick Bieben, he has insisted he was un- justly imprisoned. Yesterday, by permission of Governor Zimmerman he faced Nick Bieben's widow, now Mrs. Helen Bartovick, in an effort to show he was innocent. It was a plousible story John Beler, the lifer, had woven during the years of imprisonment; a story which he hoped would win him freedom. It sought to show that Mrs. Bieben herself killed her hus- band while Beier was locked in a closet at the Bieben home. Ever since he was 14 years old, Befer said, Nick Bieben's wife had a strange power over him. As a lad, he had loved her. When he became older his {nfatuation in- creased. There was an “affair,” as a result of which Mrs. Bieben serv- ed two years in prison following her husband’s slaying. In his cell Befer fashioned his story and he finaily appealed to Governor Zimmerman for a chance to show himself innocent. “If T had five days grace,” he said, “in which [ could be brought face to face with her, I could prove I am unjustly im- orisoned.” Governor Zimmerman granted his vetition. Yesterday the man and the woman confronted each other. Reler's story, so carefully construct- ed, tumbled about his head. The “strange power” of which he had complained still was at work, and’ Beler broke down and admitted his gullt. It was the woman who spoke in his behalf. It was all my fault,” she sald. according to Lawrence Brody, dis- trict attorney. “If the governor will release John, I will go to prison and stay there for life.” Beler had told the governor he had been kept a prisoner by Mrs. Bleben for several days, locked in a closet at the Bieben home. The couple quarrelled, he sald, and Mrs. Rieben shot her husband, Beler be- ing helpless to interfere. Part of this was corrohorated by the woman yesterday. She said. however, that during her quarrel with her husband, Beler broke from the closet, wrested a pistol from Bieben and shot him down. “That,” the district attorney be- lieves, *“is the true story.” “A first degree murder charge never should have been brought against Relfer according to the facts as now re-. vealed.” he said. *“A less serious crime is Indicated by present facts.” Since the slaying of Nick Biehen his widow said she had been an out- cast of her own family. Her five childfen refuse to communicate with her, she said. and they have returned Christmas presents un- opened. Two yearn ago she was married to Bartovick. BURGLAR ALARM FAILS T0 AWAKEN SLEEPER But Others in House Get Up n Time to Cause Arrest of Robber Brockton, Mass, Dec. 39 UP— After his store had been broken into twice during the last week, Clarence C. Howard inatalled burglar alarm connected with his house next door. The alarm sound- ed early this morning but failed to wake Howard from a sound sleep. It aroused other occupants of the house, however, and they called the police. They arrested Robert Crocker, 27, of West Bridgewater on charges of breaking, entering and | larceny. Crocker was recently dis- honorably discharged from the coast guard service, SRITAIN HOPEFIL " CONCERNING KING Dotp Anxiety, Howerer, Is Key- note of Feeling RULER HAS QUIET NIGHT Moming Bulletin Says “Very Slight Change for Retter in His Majesty's Oondition”"—May Attempt Blood London, Dec. 29.—®—Two slightly more hopeful bulletins on King George's illness since the de- |cidedly disturbing ones of Thursday {night and yesterday morning have ,served to hearten the public some- what, Anxiety Oontinues Deep anxiety, however, was still i the keynote of popular feeling today over the king's condition. It was noted that a restful day for the patient was reported last eve- ning and this was followed by a quiet night which was announced in this mornings bulletin. This rest, it was assumed, contributed hopefully to the improvement now recorded, { which however, was emphasized as very slight. ‘The morning bulletin, timed 11:30 a m., said: “The king has had a quiet night and there is a very slight change for tion.” Intense Interest There naturally was intense in- tereat in any hint of a new method of treatment for the atricken ruler and in addition to that aroused by the American contribution of an antiseptic solution received yester- day, which it is hoped will prove helptul, an unofficial suggestion that & blood transfusion would likely be employed excited the public imagin- ation keenly. It was stated authori- tatively this afternoon, however, that this has not been considered by the king's doctors, It was understood that the measures decided upon yesterday to increase his majesty's general strength, relate to a new course of medicine, . May Be Unconscious England continues to wonder whether the king has been suffer- (Continued on Page 15) ARRANGES FUNERAL ON HIS DEATH BED Ivar Bergren Even Ex- presses Preference for Burial Plot Detalls of his funeral including the selection of a plot in Fairview ceme- tery were discussed with a friend, Charles Foberg, while Ivar Bergren lay on his death bed at the Cedar Grove sanitarium in Newington. He .‘dkd late yesterday afternoon. + He asked that be be buried in the Vega soclety plot in the cemetery among his deceased fellow members and that all his personal effects be given to his sister in Sweden. Mr. Foberg intends to comply with his wishes. Mr. Bergren was 45 years old and {had lived in New Britain for the ,bast 30 years. During this time he }becl-me affiliated with the Vega so- ciety, Tegnar lodge, Order df Vasa; ;and the One Hundred Men's society. { He was'last employed as trucker for Swift & Upson Co. Funeral services will be held Mon- day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Erwin Memorial chapel. Rev. Dr. Abel A. | Ahlquist, pastor of the First Luth- |eran church, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Dartmouth College Receives $50,000 Fund New Haven, Dec. 29 M — Dart- mouth college is named as the bene- ficiary of a fund of $50,000, under the terms of the will of the late Arthur A. Maxwell, for many years a New Haven railroad executive. The money is to be used as a trust fund to purchase books for the library at the college. Another fund, totaling $96,245.86 will be equally divided among the the American Missionary society, Tuskegee university and the Good Will Home for Boys at Hinckley, Me. The balance of the estate, amounting to over $100,000 is lett to relatives and friends. | unemploy: the better i his majesty’s ciudi-4 In the NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES ARE OUT OF WORK Tramp Streets of South Wales Towns Hopelessly {COAL DEMANDS REDUCED No Question of Higher Wages or 'Strikes But Simply Lack of Need for Cosl—Jobs Promised on Ca- nadian Farms. | Merthyr Tyafll, South Wales, Dec. /29 UM—Two hundred thousand men are wearily tramping the streets of |the mining villages of England and Wales, without work and with little hope of work. In the phrase of the iofficial statistician, they are the permanent surplus of the coal min- |ing industry, ‘There is no question of a demand for high wages, or an unwillingness to work. They have been caught in the nip of a failing demand. The development of hydro-electric ener- gy, the conversion of big passenger |liners and warships to the use of joil fuel and a reduced demand for “coa.l in other directions has left the ‘mlneu high and dry. Their savings are gone and they are eking out a meagre existence on the so-called dole of poor law relief or public |charity. They are rapidly approach- ing destitution. Sacrificing Selves Traveling through the mining Jdlllrlctu one hears atory after story of a mother sacrificing herself for her children. In South Wales the school teaches themselves are con- tributing part of their salaries to keep the children shod. Yet, despite all this, and despite national ap- peals from the pulpit, through press and over the radio, in- some | Welsh villages 60 per cent of the children are facing the bitter win- |ter of the mountains without proper clothes and shoes. As the writer :drove over the mountains near ;Glnmomn snow swirled down into ithe ‘mining villages, giving to the {1dle collieries an added air of deso- lation end despair. 38.6 Per Cont Out of Work Glamorgan, in South Wales, is the (spearhead of unemployment. Its 28.6 percentage is the highest in Great Britain. In Merthyr Tydfil are 10,000 persons without work. In the neighboring district, Mountain Ash, {which is devoted entirely to mining. reaches 80 per ) tWd' years .....\’X‘: Werthyr ‘beard of guardians ad- vanced $4,000,000 to the distreased miners and their families in vouch- ers for food and clothing. Little has been repaid. In addition the Mer- thyr guardians owe $2,500,000 to the ministry of health for advances which the guardians, too, cannot repay. The Pontypridd guardians. who have the Rhondda valleys within their area, advanced $2,500.- 000 to miners’ familles in vouchers during the strike. Only $50.000 has been repaid. The Pontypridd guard- ians likewise owe $2,500,000 to the ministry of health which they are junable to pay. | Meanwhile demands on poor law (relief itself increase. In the whole country of Glamorgan it is esti- |mated 60.000 persons are receiving | relief under the poor laws, which |18 totally apart from govtrnment un- | employment insurance. And no able- |bodied man is entitled to poor law ireliel. He can get it only through {necessitous wife and children. The single man, indeed, is caught be- tween two fires, his claims for the (Continued on Page Five) & 25 > % < b3 )y ‘;b o ] 200,000 MINERS [Population of New Britain District Estimated at 125,000 On January1; 81,85 Now Residing In City Itself The population of New Britain at the opening of 1929, nine years after the last decennial census, 81,856, compared with 59,316 In 1920, an increase of 38 per cent, ao- cording to a survey just completed for the New Britain Herald by The Newspaper Feature Bureau. The population of the city anda the adjacent urban territory of the New Britain metropolitan district is estimated at 125,000, An interesting feature of the sur- vey is the occupational estimatem. Among the 61,337 persons ten years of age or over residing in the city there are 34,849 workers for gain, 26,648 being males and 8,20y females. Characteristics of the New Brit- ain population are: 1920 69,316 . 30,859 . 28,457 . 33,661, 1929 81,858 42,683 39,271 46,452 24,788 21,664 61,337 32,028 Population Males Females Persons over 21 Males . 17,962 | Females . 16,899 | Persons over 10 . 44,447 | Males . 23,209 Increase In Community Since Official Census In 1920 Placed at 38 Per Cent—24,849 Employed for Gain Out of 61,337 Ten Years or Over, 26,648 Being Males and 8,201 Being Females. Females ........ 21,238 Occupled for gain 25,253 Males .. 19,310 Females .o 5,943 8,201 Families . 12,072 16,653 | The survey is based on statisties 29,309 34,84y 26,648 THINK HYDES LOST | IN THE COLORADD Believe Man and Wile Perished | on Ganoe Trip FIND 106 BOOK NOTES Adventuresome Couple Who Started | Out from Idaho to Sail River to | California Shot 16 Rapids in One | Day. i from local sources giving the city's tactors growth: Excess of births over deaths 1n the city since the 1920 census, num- bering 9.450. Increase of 28.5 per cent since 11920 in the number of qualifiea { voters. essential to population in the number of youths of school age. Increase of 36.4 per cent since 1920 in the number of active do. Increase of 30 per cent since 192y ' Peach Springs, Ariz, Dec. 29.— | and his wife perished in the swirling | waters of the Colorado river, which | !they attempted to navigate on a | honeymoon trip, was expressed here |today by Emery Kolb, veteran river man, Kolb and his brother Elsworth, | first men to navigate the Grand Can- | yon, returned last night after a hazardous journey in the deep | Rorges in search of the venturesome Hansen, Idaho, couple who left mestic water services. No annexations of territory by the city since the 1920 census. Estimate from Ralph H. Benson, secretary of the New Britain Cham- ber of Commerce, of §1,500 as the |city's population at the close of 11928, and 125,000 for the New Brit- lain metropolitan district. 'DELTA KAPPA EPSILON PARTY QUITS SHOW dignant at Antics of Convention Boston, Dec. 29 ®—Two hun- dred delegates to the national con- vention here of the Delta Kabpa Epsilon fraternity and their women triends, who included a number of socially prominent members of the Junior league and Vincent club, started out last night to see a the- atrical performance at the Copley theater but ended not long after- ward, with a dance at the University club. But whether they quit the theater jdn indignationgt the attitude of Man- ager E. E. Cfive, who resented their exuberance, or were given the “bum's rush” by him was a matter over which there was wide varlance of opinion. The entire delegation, occupyins most of the first floor of the hous left after James Anderson Haw national secretary of the fraternity went to the front of the orchestr: and told hin fracrnity brothers and their friends that inasmuch es they had been given the “"bum's rush” they could go to the University cluh and enjoy themselves as “ladies and gentlemen.” The eurtain was run down twler before the first act was over. TP first time Clive objected to the com ments from the floor of the house (Continued on Page 11) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: cloudy V tonight and colder; maodcrate to HOOVER'S ASSOCIATES IMPRESSED BY TOUR ceptions Received in South America U. 8. 8 Utah, En Route to Hamp- ton ‘Roads, Dec. 29 (#—As Herbert Hoover's assoclates view the Latin- American goodwill tour in retro- spect they are impressed by two things—the apparent spontaneity of the reception by the people in all nine countries visited and the frank manner in which government offl- clals discussed economic and other problems with the president-elect. It was learned early in the tour that the people seemed to know as much, or more, about Mr. Hoover than any other American, possibly because of his work during the war and afterwards as secretary of com- ~oree. They also were aware -of his rillarity with Furope, Asla and stralia and they apparently were lcased that hefore becoming pres ident he wanted to make a first hand study of Latin-America. It was explained that everywheg the president-elect went governmen officials talked to him not merely about economic problems of their countries but also relations with the United States and neighboring na tions. The view is entertained that the people of Latin-America desire to (be better known and understood abroad and that they appreciate! [the value of the journey, not only as tending to improve relationships between North and South Americ- but in focusing the attention of the American people and the world on each country visited, since in most of them capital and immigrants are needed for development, Mr. Hoover's associates are also (Continued on Page Five) Ount FAITUFUL MAL CARRIERS & 'WUAT wnL THe ';'ovous Aqe () tva l}i&mw F TTCJ\{E’R”OUY TREMENDO! RFOITMED SO WELL Bright Angel trail in their home- | made scow November 13. The Hydes | {expected to reach Needles, Cal, about December 1. | The river man reported that ex- amination of the scow used by the couple to shoot the river rapids indi- | |cated that disaster had overtaken | |them December 1 near where the |craft was found, lodged in the rocks | which clog the tortuous canyon river bed and where it was seen by |army aviators who joined in the ex- Itensive search begun two weeks ago. Find Log Book Apparent testimony to the tragic end of the Hydes adventure was Manager of Theater In- Marvel at Spontaneous Re- found in their log book. which was recovered with other personal ef- fects from the scow. Entries in the diary, with code notations, recorded progress of the journey. The last notation, made on No- vember 30, reported their arrival at |2 point 12 miles below Diamond Creek, and that they had “shot" 16 irapids that day. | ‘The location of the pilotless scow, 114 miles below Diamond Creek indi- cated to the returned searchers that Hyde and his wife had been lost in +the rapids within the last two miles |above there. Hurled to Death i Opinions were given that the couple, who were . managing their junwieldy craft by means of long fore and aft sweeps, had been hurl- ed from the careening scow into the raging waters, One entry in the diary indicated that the scow had nearly ! capsized in a whirlpool on November 29. It was pointed out that both might have been thrown from their bounding boat while throwing thelr | weights upon the long sweeps to ' steer the scow away from rocks in the perilous rapids. Kolb also reported that the scow was lodged but a short distance from shore, and that it would have been possible for the couple Yo have reached there safely had they still been aboard. Clothing, food, camp- ing equipment and other supplics found in the scow, Koib pointed out, was further indication that the Hydes were not aboard when the craft stranded. The presence of this equipment also furnished evidence that, if the couple had gained the shore, they were scantily prepared to face the rigors of severe canyon weather and any necessary hike to reach distant aid. Footprints Unexplained | The Kolb's theory leaves unex- plained however the finding of foot- prints in the snow at points along the canyon rim above Diamond (Continued on Page Two) | | | KINDA TOUGHK Fort TUE SMOKE® WHO ‘?fiofll{f NEYET, TOUCH A PPE \;t(gg\om O | Lae Q%M ”A’VD & | Rer ES TAY |is a short distance away. FULLER ONLY MAN WHO CAN SAYE KNOWLTON Gubernatorial Intervention Neces- sary Or Framingham Will Go to Electric Chair Boston, Dec. 29 (UP)—Only gub- ernatorial intervention can now save Frederick Hinman Knowlton, Jr, young Framingham business man, from the electric chair. The full bench of the state su- preme court late yesterday sustained the verdict of murder in the first de- | gree returned against him by a Mid- dlesex county jury for the killing of Miss Marguerite Isabelle Stewart, Beverly school teacher. Miss Stewart’s body was found on March 30 last beslde the Cambridge gains since the 1920 census in the —Conviction that Glenn R. Hyde turnpike. The evidence warranted a conviction *“on the ground of ex- treme atrocity or cruelt only question raised by the defense. UNDFR §2.000 BOND AS HIGHWAY THIEF Frank Dzioba, 17, Bound Over t0 Superior Coart Term POLICE SEEK COMPANION Misdirect Stranger Who Loses His Way, Beating and Rob- bing Him on Farmington Avenue —DBoth Have Police Records. Attacked without a chance to de- fend himself, thrown to the ground and robbed of his watch, a fountain ven, a knife and $9 in cash, on Farmington avenue near the Curtin property on Christmas night about 9:45 o'clock, Ephrem Gazaille, aged about 50, of 73 Buckingham street, Hartford, was able to bring about the arrest of one of his assailants and recover the loot, through the ef- forts of Wiliam Kiniry of 71 Curtis street, George Ross of Railroad Arcade and William Mangan of 480 Myrtle street, well known young men, Frank Dzioba, 17, of 194 Curtis street, who was arrested on the technical charge of breach of the peace, but who admitted his part in the hold-up, according to the police, declined to make a statement in po- lice court today dfter the state's case was in, and was bound over to superior court in $2,000 bonds, the charge being highway robbery. His companion has left the city, accord- ing to the police, and is still being sought. Youths Reaten and Robbed Gazaille lost his way after having been drinking, and was on Farming- ton avenue near Holy Cross church when he met Dzioba and his com- panion. He asked them the direc- tion to Hartford and they told him to go straight on, which he did, while they followed him and when they reached a dark place, they set upon him and ran away with the loot. When he recovered he start. ed back towards this city and met Kiniry, Ross and Mangan, who were o. a truck delivering Christmas parcels for the post office. Attacting their attention, he told them of the hold-up and they de- cided to put after the pair, first making a call on Allen street, which Mangan knew Dzioba and his companion, and as the truck had passed them a short time before they came across Gazziile, the trio reasoned that their course would lie through Osgood avenue and Burritt street. In a few minutes the truck overhauled them and Mangan, Kiniry and Ross ac. cus:d them of the robbery. They denied it and the words flew thicx and fast for a time until Mangan advised them that it would be to their advantage to “come clean™ and re n the loot. Dzioba and his companion challenged their accus- ers to search them, which Ross and Mangan did but found nothing. “Finds" Loot at Roadside After further talk. Kiniry advis- ed them to give back the stolen ar- ticles and finallv Dzioba's compan- jon went over to the side of the road and picked up the watch and the money. Gazaille was so affected (Continued on Page 15) YOUNGER THAN MEN Entered Wedlock in 1928, Re- view Shows Many Minors New Britain girls marry younger than do members of the opposite sex, a review of 1928 records at the office of the town clerk shows. In the year which has but one more busines day to run, 139 girls under 21 years of age entered the marital state, while only 24 men who had not reached their majority became benedicts, The records also show widows and 26 widowers reentered the state of matrimony. Twenty- three who had previous marriages that 34 being included in the group. Two couples who had been divorced re- considered and remarried. One man who had been wedded three times took a fourth bride, a widow. Youngest of the many contracting couples was a 15-year-old girl who last week became the bride of a 17- year-old boy. A man 66 years of age and his bride of 55 years, were the eldest, " was the | PRICE THREE CENTS BUT 5 FARVERS IN LOWER HOUSE General Assembly to Organize on January 9 (MEMBERS ARE MATURE Rerresentatives Years of Age—21 Lawyers Electe ed While Women Number 18— Wadsworth Senior Man, Hartford, Dec. 29 (A | years will be one are Over 60 Maturity in of the personal characteristics of the house of reps | resentatives of the incoming general assembly which will organize for the {1929 session on Wednesday, January, 9. More than onc-fourth of the membership will be over three score years in age, and the number of those under 30 is unusually small, 58 Farmers Any idea that this will be a farme er legislature is dispelled by examie nation of the preliminary roll which Secretary of State Francis A. Pale latti is preparing, for out of 263 members only 58 have given their occupation as “farmer” although ag= riculturally speaking the number | may be increased somewhat by adde {ing in the poultry raisers and others | Who are close to the soil and tha {tarm, 21 Lawyers The house will be well equipped with legal talent as 21 lawyers will be potential candidates for places {on the judiciary committee which in these recent years has had an appeal |to members of the bar whereas & \long time ago it used to be custome ary to put business men on this co I mittee perhaps for their businese rather than legal knowledge. Single |men hardly make up a sizeable | group as only 38 will be found. The | senior member in age will be Charles 8. Avery, 83, of Norwich, who was in the senate in 1911 and 1913, the | democratic years, and who has been lon the democratic state ticket at {various times. Members over 60 | years will number 76. Seniority of service rests upon Adrian W. Wadsworth of Farming= ton, with six terms to his credit, in {one of which he strove by a bill to | kill oft daylight saving time. John H, {Hill, speaker last scason, has had five terms in all, as have Seth Ny Beecher, of Seymour, and Thomas F, | Molloy (democrat of Derby). Of all | house members who have had ex. perience none equals Samuel W, Eddy of Cannan in the house last season who began as assistant clerk in the house in 1887 and followed through in six seasons all the clerke ships. 2 | If the houses needs information |about town administrative affairs it can upon six town clerks. Youth will (Continued on Page 16) DESTITUTE CHILDREN REMOVED FROM HOME Temporary Quarters Are Found for Willow Street Boys and Girls Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kawecki of 68 Willow street, who suffered from neglect and lack of food for the past two days on ace count of desertion by their mother, and alleged indifference on the part of their father, were attended to yesterday, the older two being takem to Southington by relatives and the three others going to the Town Home, where they will be cared for temporarily. The public welfare de= partment and the Welfare associa- tion cooperated in the case on ree ceiving imformation from the police department, turned in by Supernums erary Officer Samuel 1. Cole, who was called into the Kawecki tene- ment Thursday night by the eldest girl, who is 11 years of Kawecki was before Ju Roche in police court todny on the charge of violation of probation, and gave as his excuse for not reporting to the probation officer, the trouble he has had at home. His wife was drinking heavily, he said, and free quently he found unable te stand up when he rned from work in the evening. Since she left home, he was forced to go without sleep or rest for th nights, and | consequently the necessity of report- ing to the probation officer slipped his mind. Judge Roche asked him if it was not true that he has been drinking, {and he admitted that he became dise couraged at his wifc's conduct and in desperation went out and tried to drown his troubles. He was “crazy,” he said, after drinking wine given him by a relative, but he exe pressed a willingness to stop drinke ing and look after his family. A continuance for one week was ordered by the court with the une derstanding that an adverse report by the probation officer will be fole lowed by an order to Kawecki to pay a fine of $20 and costs which he owes, or go to jail. Kawecki is the father of two of the five children, e H. P, | | T | | dissotved in the divorce courts mar- | po others having been born of Mra. ried again, 12 men and 11 women ' Kawecki's first marriage. {May McAvoy Announces Plans for Wedding Hollywood, Cal., Dec. 29 P —May McAvoy, motion picture star, lsw night announced her engagement t® Maurice Cleary, manager of the British Dominion Film company, which is making productions heses “emu‘hbhem”nl. - s 3 ™