New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 3

BEATTY FATHER OF FIRE DEPARTHENT Drove Out Rascally Politicians and Checked Firebug To some of the people. of New Britain who take its efficient fire department as a matter of course there never seemed to be a time in the history of the city when the de- partment was not efficient. Many of the older residents can recall when conditions were so bad that a committee of citizens banded teo- gether and asked Ambrose Beatty to bécome fire chief and again put the department on an efficlent basis. That was in 1873, There were incendiary fires prac- tically every night in the week and citizens were frozen with terror, ac- cording to the papers of the time. Finally it came to the point where F. T. Stanley, Professor D. N. Camp, and 8. W. Hart, who was then mayor, organized as a citizen com- mittee and waited on Mr. Beatty ‘who was a shipper for the old Aetna Mfg. Co. . They asked him to re- organize, the department so that activities of the fire bugs might be eurbed. Department “Rotten to Core’ According to the papers of the day the department was “rotten to the core and was under the control of designing men”. Mr. Beatty, who was formerly chief of the de- partment, was considering the yproposition offered him when Ward's block on. Main street, burned with loss of life. He then took charge of the department and carried on a de- termined fight against the so-called ring which controlled it. His first step was to weed out un- desirable persons who were in con- trol. He changed the entire system and the one which has been in vogue in the department for years was one which former Chief Beatty planned. Introduced Discipline Some of his rules were contained in the following letter to George Hadley who was then in charge of Comvpany No. 1. \ “To make the fire department afficient, it is necessary that you should have considerable practice. You shall therefore take out the company of which you are in charge at least once each week during July and August and once every two weeks in September, ' “If any of your company shall fail to attend such meeting without giving satisfactory reason report him to me. “And further if any person of your company wishes to leave town they must notify you and furnish some person to substitute for them during their absence. “Respectfully “AMBROS BEATTY, “Chief Engineer.” He was termed the “father of the New Britain fire department” and after he had it organized he re- signed. Later he became post- master. Alexander A. Deatty, & member of the department at pres- ent. is his son. Steamer “S. W. Hart” Bought The first piece of apparatus pur- chased under the administration of Mr. Beatty was the steamer “S. W. Hart”, drawn by horses. The company which handled the steamer was located in what was then the city building on Commer- clal street. They were M. F. Coffey, engineer; G. W. Caswell, stoker; John C. Bingham, foreman; Henry Scheuy, assistant; W. Croker, F. G. Svkes Perry Strong, Gottleit Stingel, Thomas Roberts, and Frank Hum- phrey. The assistants were Willlam Larvo and W. F. Barnes, ! Company No. 3 The old company which had used No. 8 fire house as its headquarters gave way to a modern company in 1873, known as the fastest in re- sponding to alirms by the people who lived in the “Dublin Hill" section.’ Peter Clerkin was foreman and T. Black was his assistant. J. McAvay was clerk and the hosemen were T. Clerkin, J. Clark, T. Clark, J. Black, R. Barron, J. Tomiskey and M. C. Claughessy. Aetna Hook and Ladder Co. The Aetna Hook and Ladder Co, was located on Commercial street and in its early years was made up of W. J. Rawlings, foreman; George Young, assistant; John Young, clerk; George Parker, Willlam Bierming- ham, Wilbur 8toddard, Lester South- wick, Charles Thomas, Charles Net- tleton Charles Bailey, George Dyson, &nd Chawles Porter. teamer Co. No. 3 In 1888 Steamer Co, No. 2 was located on Elm street in what was the most modern house in the city. In 1885 the house was equipped with a steamer and a hose truck, drawn by horses on the premises. On the second floor of the build- ing were the sleeping rooms of the men and the electrical apparatus of the city’s system. It was then that George Cooley who had formerly been hoseman and assistant fore- man, was promoted to the double duty of fireman of the steamer and superintendent of the fire alarm system. The company consisted of: Fire- man, G. Cooley; drivers, Thornton Richardson and Thomas Cross; fore- man, Albert H. Been; assistant fore- man, H. P. Gangloff; hosemen, H. A. Latham C. A. Bruemmer, E. N. ‘Whitney, Arthur Saunders and W. J. Watl List of: Patents Issued To Connecticut People (List compiled weekly from Officlal Gazette by the office of Harold G. Manning, Manning Bros. Shoe Co., 211 Main 8t, New Brit- ain.) Harold 8. Adams, New Rochelln, N. Y, and L. Meuser, Boundbrook, N. J.. assignors to The Naugatuck Chemical Co., Naugatuck. Treating heavy vegetable oils, Merril G. Barker, Norwalk, as- signor to The Barker factory, Inc. Marine engine. Ernest T. Beck, Meriden, assign- or to International Silver Co. Spaon or similar article. Karl A. Brauning, Stamford, as- signor to The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co. Lock. Frederic M. Card, Bridgeport, as- signor to The SRinger Mfg. Co. Blisabeth, N. J. Needle-bar-control- ling device for sewing machines. Andrew J. Carmichael and A. M. Wunderlich, New Haven, assignors to The Greist Mfg. Co. Sewing- | Machine braider or corder. Harold D. Church, Fairfield, as- signor of 1-3 to C. Marcus, N. Y., N. Y., and 1-3 to R. P. Lan:b g, Montclair, N. J. 8hock absorber for vehicles. Ansel R. Culver, Bridgeport, as- signor to J. H. Hayes, N. Y, N. Y. Retaining clip for automobile heaa- light indicators. Edward A. Cunniff, Thompson- ville, assignor to Bigelow-Hartford ,Carpet Co. Pile-fabric edge-trim- ming machine. William H. Day, East Haven, ana C. R. Thomas, West Haven, assign- . ors, by mesne assignments, to Rem- ington Rand Inc, N. Y., N. Y. In- dex or file. Thomas C. Delaval-Crow, Bristol. assignor,to The New Departube Mfg. Co. Bearing mounting. William A. Dobson, Bridgeport, assignor to Under Elliott Fisher Co., N. Y., N. Y. Typewriting machine Harold P. Donle, Meriden, as- signor to The Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co., Inc. Variable re- sistance. Franklin Farrel, Jr, New Haven. assignor, by mesne assignments, to Farrell-Birmingham Co., Inc, An- sonia. (3 patents). Cane mill. Alexander C. Hamilton, Detroit, Mich., assignor., by mesne assign- | ments, to Relay Motor Products Corp., DBridgeport. Motor-vehicie construction. Iildan V. M. Helander, Niagar, Falls N. Y,, assignor to Simeon 1. and George H. Rogers Co, ford. 8poon or similar article. ‘Walter F. Herold, Upper Mont- clair, N. J., assignor to The Bassick Co., Bridgeport. Spring ring. Frederick G. Hughes, Bristol, as- signor to The New Departure Mfg. Co. Antifriction bearing and sep- arator therefor. Elwin R. Hyde, Bridgeport, as- signor to The Bridgeport Safety Emery Wheel Co. Bectional grind- ing wheel. Joseph 8. Lach, Bridgeport, as- gnor to The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford. Automobile lock means. Arthur 8. Losey, Middletown, as- signor to The Russell Mfg. Co. Ba- by holder, Frank G. Metcalf, Sandy Hook, Insulating rail connection for metal ties. Christian Pallenberg, Clinton, as- signor of 1-2 to[ Pallenberg. Re- silient seat mount. Fred A. Reardon, New Window-curtain-operating for automobiles. Howard F. Reichenhach, Wolcott, | assignor to Chase Companies, Ine., Waterbury. Portable electric hana lamp. ‘Theodore Russell, Naugatuck, as- signor to The John M. Russell Mtg. Co., Inc. Fastener link for sprocket chains. Jesse A. B. Smith, Stamford, as- signor to Underwood Elliott Fishex Co., N. N. Y. Typewriting ma- chine. ‘Thomas T. Tuttle, Norwalk. Re- versing device for marine propui- sion. ‘Walter H. Wheeler, Jr., 8tamford, assignor to Pitncy-Bowes Postam i Meter Co. Envca pe-sealing device for postage meter machines. Frank E. Wolcott, West Hartford, assignor by mesne assignments, to ; The Beardsley & Wolcott Mfg. Co. Curling iron. Trade-Marks Registered Chase Companies, Inc, Water- ! bury, Pressure-feed oil cans. J. M. Delaney & Co., N. Y., N. Y. assignor to J. M. Delaney Co.. Inc., Meriden. Sole leather. | Bhartenberg & Robinson Co., New Haven. Leather shoes. John Tischler, East Port Chester. Bronze, copper and brass polish. Trade-Mark Applicants ‘The Connecticut Chamber of | Commerce, Hartford. Periodical Ppublications. HORACE L. WILLIAMSON INSTANTLY KILLED Official of United States Rubber Company Falls From 10th Floor Window. New York, Jan. 5 /) — Bhortly |after retur-ing to his West 5¢th Haven, device the theater and at a night club, Hor- ace L. Willlamson, 65, an official of the United States Rubber company, fell from a window on the tenth floor and killed instantly. Miss Fru Munally, his guest of the evening, was waiting for the elevator after leaving the Willlamson apart- ment when the house superintendent told her of Willlamson's body having been found in the rear yard. She told the police she had been ‘Willlamson's guest at dinner and that later they had attended a thea- ter and a night club, returning to the apartment shortly after 11 o'clock. Willlamson fell to his death shortly after midnight. Police expressed the opinion that !after the departure of Miss Mun- |ally Williamson had attempted to open the dow and fell when he lost his balance. He was dressed in evening clothes. H. W. Waite, also an official of the rubber company, faid Williamson's nearest relative he knew was Charles Wilson, a nephew, living at Lancas- ter, P: Mr. Willlamson was a member of many New York clubs and at one time was said to have been an aide- de-camp to the governor of Ken- tucky. Death Defeats Plan of Man to Kill Self New Orleans, Jan. 5 (—Death entered a dingy room of a St Charles street lodging house here today and defeated the plan of a sick old rman to kill himself. Last night L. A. Benner, 63, offi- cer in the Spanish-American war, an interpreter to General Pershing in the World war, and an itinerant Baptist missionary, went to his room and wrote a suicide note saying he had “decided to end It all” Today his body was found in the room without trace of violence and the note was discovered nearby. The coroner announced death due to natural causes.” There’s hundreds of reasons wh- you should use Herald Classific Ads. Hart- |- etrect upartment from an evening at | | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1929, SONNENBERG WINS WRESTLING TITLE Dartmouth Football Star Beats Veteran Strangier Lewis Boston, Jan. 5 (P—Wrestling to- day had a new champion, “Dyna- mite” Gus Sonnenberg, the former Dartmouth foothall player. Sonnenberg won the heavyweight mat title when Ed “Strangler” Lewis {was disqualificd in their match here last night. Sonnenberg ".ad taken ithe first fall with his famous *“flying tackle” in 29 minutes 46 seconds. and when they returned to the ring, he tried to drop the champion again with the same tactics. | The rugged football player. who continued his gridiron career with the Providence Steamrollers, butted Lewis seven times in rapid succes- sion, forcing the champion to fall or crawl outside of the ropes to es- cape punishment. Each time he sought safety out- side, he was ordered to return by Referee Leon Burbank. That offi- cial gave Lewis ample warning and, after the seventh butt, counted him out of his title, which he turn~d over to Sonnenberg to the great de- light of the 20,000 spectators who filled the spacious Boston Garden to the last seat. Many of the seatholders were per- sons of prominence and thousands of them were young college gradu- lates and students, a faction which became interested in wrestling bhe- cause of Sonnenberg and one whose patronage moved sport oute of a dingy Boston hall into one of the largest sport palaces in the country. Indications today were that this element in the wrestling game would follow along with Sonnenberg, its mat idol, and the promoters looked forward to staging many profitable bouts during his championship, The decision, which stripped Lew. is of bejewelled ¢ mpionship belt s well as his title, drew the “Strangler’s” manager and conti dant. Sandow claimed that his man was never entirely out of the ring, and that he had at least a foot or |leg inside at all times and that Lewis was willing and cager to con- tinue the bout when he was counted out by Burbank. During the bout, which lasted 38 minutes and ¢ seconds, Sonnenberg was on the offense at all times and had to force matters to stir the cau- tious Lewis into action. “Strangier” did get going, he tried for victory with a scries of vicious headlocks, all of which Sonnenbery broke or slipped free of. Lewis was said to have received $50,000 for his night's work. Son- nenberg’s share ran about $5000, Total receipts exceeded $72.000, a record figure for this section of the country where wrestling has long been considered rural entertainment By winning the title, Sonnenberg probably assured Loston of profes- |sional football next fall. The for- |mer Dartmouth player, who became “sold” on that game while playing with the Steamrollers, this year's | professionat champions, promised {that if he defeated Lewis for the |title. he would the resulting | profits in the promotion of the pro- fessional game in this city. The title match was distinguished in more ways than one. For one thing, it brought together two col- lege men. Sonnenberg, who use {mouth where he starred at tackle and then to the University of De- troit from which he graauated about five years ago. Lewis, who s 37, is a native of Lexington, Ky., and as Frank Fred- erick, his true name, graduated ifrom a college in that state, ani when not training for the ring, is a horticulturist by avocation, The former champion had held |the title for nearly ten years with one bricf interim foilowing his de- feat by Wayne Munn, the big Towan. He regnined it from Joe Stecher in St. Louts in February, 1927. It was the second mecting be- tween Sonnenherg and Lewis. Last summer in this his famous flying tackle for the sec- ond fall, the Strangler dodged and Sonnenberg safled through the hopes to the concrete floor. He was unconscious for hours aft- erward and did not completely re- cover for several wecks. TEX BATTLES FOR den Change For Worse Miami, Fla., Jan. § (A—Tex Rick- ard, fistiana’s king maker, battled for his life today in a Miami Beach hospital. After rallying from an op- eration for appendicitis performed last Tuesday, Rickard's condition suddenly grew worse and last night he suffered a sharp relapse. Follow- ing this, Dr. H. E. Adkins, his phy- sician, announced that the promo- ter gradually was growing weaker. All day yesterday, rumors persist- ed that Rickard was desperately fll, but these were not confirmed until Dr. Adkins issued his bulletin short- ly after midnight. Messages sent to Cuba late yesterday secking the ald of Dr. Willlam Mayo, famous Roch- ester, Minnesota, specialist, gave in- NOTICE The Mountain lnn Foot of Waterbury Mt. $1.50 (No Cover Charge) Music By WALLER'S ORCHESTRA Phone Southington 18-14 When the | is in | his early thirties, first went to Dart- | city Sonnenberg | threw Tewis once but in attempting | LIE IN HOSPITAL Rickard's Condition Takes Sud- | dications of the trend of the promo- ter's fliness, but Rickard's friends insisted that Dr. Mayo's services were sought as a precautionary measure. | It was announced that Dr. Mayo, |.who was traveling in the Cuban in- |terfor, could not be reached, but !later, the Havana newspaper EI Mundo quoted Dr. Mayo as saying that in his opinion' Rickard's condi- |tion was such that. his services | would not avail. No one except Mrs. Rickard and |attendants were allowed to enter the sick room. Jack Dempsey arriv- led last night for a conference with Rickard on his proposed heavy- | weight elimination bouts, the first match of which was projected be- ,tween Jack Sharkey and W. L. (Young) Stribling here in February, The former heavyweight champion | was not permitted to see the sick man. Rickard arrived here December 28 and made the announcement that he had matched Sharkey to fight { stribling. | The promoter became il last Monday night as he was about to| attend a social function. He com- plained of intense pain in his right |side and continued to suffer from |until Tuesday afternoon when Dr. Adkins was summoned. The appen- | dicitis operation followed and bul- !letins from thé sick room stated that | Rickard's condition was favorable, | despite the fact that the appendix ‘had been found to have a gan-! {grenous infection. | His illness prevented Rickard from officiating as host at the for- | mal opening of his greyhound rac- ing plant here on New Years night. Condition Critical The first official bulletin issued from the hospital where Tex Rick- ard lics critically ill was made pub- lic early today. It said “A definite change for better or worse will probably take place within the next 10 hours.” | The bulletin was issued by Dr. E. H. Adkins, the physician previously had said Mr. Rickard was “gradu- ally growing weaker.” The bulletin follows: “Mr. Rickard is in a eritical con- dition. A decided change for the worse was noted early last evening | and his condition had gradually been growing weaker since th> relapse. | We are hoping that he will success- | fully combat the condition following an operation for gangrene appendix. A definite change for the better or | worse will probably take place with- In the next ten hours.” | BRISTOL ENDEES ~ PLAY PITTSFIELD {Bell Towners To Play Third Game of Week Tonight (Special to the Herald) Bristol, Jan. 5—The Bristol New Departure basketball quintet will swing into action for the third time |this week tonight at the State Ar- | mory against the strong Eagle Five, of Pittsficld, Mass. 5 | The visiting outfit is made up of some of the best younger players to he found in Pittsfield and last year forced the Bearing Makers to the limit in & home-and-home series. After losing to the Carrolmen in this | city 44 to 36 the Eagles almost re- versed the tables on thelr home court, losing a heartbreaking en- gagement 29 to 28 when the locals caged a field goal in the final 20 seconds of play. So confident are the visitors of victory that they have decided to play Saturday night ona win-or-loss basis. The Eagles carry practically the same lineup as least season showing McNaughton and _Weise, forwards, Stack center, and Derivan, Barzottini and McNelce, guards. Bristol fans will get an oppor- tunity to witness the initial appear- ance of the crack local Picken- Cullum front court combination in action. Cullum demonatrated that ihe is a star of the first magnitude in the two games agninst New Brit- ain on Tuesday and it is the consen- sus of opinion that if Picken, who was delayed as the result of an automobile accident, had been in the lineup, the Bearing Makers would have placed both games on the right side of the ledger. The remainder of the Bristol lineup will |show Stan Richtmeyer in the jump position with Ray Marchinek, Jim Manning and Wardy Watermen, guards. Jimmy Malcolm and Vinny Carney will be held in reserve. The game will start promptly at 9 o'clock and Billy Coyle will blow the whistle. Attention of terpsichorean lovers is called to the fact that dancing will be held before and after the contest. There will be no prelim- inary game. {what he believed to be indigestion’ Herealter It Will Be Known .s “Pepingfl name of the ancient city of Peking hLas been changed by a ruling of the Nankin government's post office de- partment, and now is known as Peping. ‘The change is similar to that ef. fected by other new governments, such as the changing of Petrograd to Ieningrad in Russia, and Queens- town in Ireland to Cobh, Peping has been chosen because Peking signified *northern eapital” in Chinese and the nationalist gov ernment does not wish that meaning to apply to any other city than Nan king (southern capital.) At first, the spelling adopted was Peiping, pronounced “Bay Ping." and meaning ‘“northern peace.” ‘Then it was ruled that if Peking had been correct, Peping also would be correct, as the first syllable in both words has the same pronuncia- tion and meaning. Are Tolerant Government officials have heen tolerant so far about the uke of the name. Letters and cables addressed to Peking are still delivered, al- though regulations provide that they must be addressed Peping. Great confusion still prevails among Eng- lish-language newspapers of North China about the name. The Peking T.eader, an American paper, and the Peking and Tientsin Times, a Brit- ish paper, hava not changed their titles, and use Peiping, Peping and Peking interchangeably when refer. ring to the city. Often the three apnear on the same page. The government {tselt varies oc- casfonally in using the name. The government railways use Pciping. Passes issued to foreigners to: go through the city gates after closing hours bear the old name, Peking. although printed recently. In conversation, most foreigners and natives still use the old name “(rom force of habit. The officials | insist that the new name appear in all legal docum=nts, and the Chinese newspapers use it, both in their titles and in the news. Public utilities, parks and business houses which used the old name in their COLLEGE COURT Penngylvania Mests Yale In Ini- tial Game Tonight New York, Jan. B U®—Tittingly enough the honor of opening the |Kastern Intercollegiate Rasketball league’s 19th season tonight falls to Pennsylvania, champlons of the 1928 campatzn. The Red and Blue, start- ing its quest for its seventh league champlonship, battles the Elis of Yale at the Palestra in Philadelphia. As usual, only one game is sched- uled on the opening night, but by the end of another week every mem- ber of the six-club circuit but Co- lumbia will have swung into action. Princeton {nvades New Haven for a duel with Yale next Wednesday night and the following Saturday Dartmouth and Penssylvania are to clash at Philadelphia and Cornell and Princeton at Princeton. Colum- bla receives its baptism under leagne fire on January 16 against Prince- ton at New York. The pre-season “‘dope” indicates that Pennsylvania’s march to an- other title will be blocked by Prince- ton or Dartmouth, if by anyone. Al- though the Red and Blue team is a veteran aggregation, Coach Eddie McNichol has had difficulty in rounding his men into form. Victor fes over Gettysburg, Rutgers, Ur- sinus, Drexel and Maryland have been offset by defeats mt the hands ana, Ohio State and Michigan. Princeton, good enough to lose the 1928 championship te Penn in a playoft game after the regular sa- son had found the two teams tled, has had an even more unsuccessful pre-league season, losing to City Col- lege of New York, Fordham, New York University and Dickinson, while defeating only Drexcl and Ur- sinus. But Princeton with such stars as Dikovics, Miles and Wittmer should do much better when team- work has been developed. ‘The Indians to boast of thus far. 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The Lions have been beaten twice in four starts but one of their losses was by a two-point margin to New York University, one of the strong- eat court aggregations in the east, and the other a seven-point defeat by Army, another great team. Cornell started out well enough but has been losing consistently in the last week or so, dropping ver. dicts to Michigan State, Michigan, Niagara and Rochester in its last four starts. Yale, with fts lineup still in the experimental stage, may do better than it did last year wheh the Elis finished fifth, but it is hard to see how the Bulldogs can be figured to offer much of a threat to Penn, Princeton or Dartmouth. Thus far Elis have beaten TUpsala, 8t. Lawrence and Haly Cross and lost to Providence and George- town. TWO ALARMS FOR SAME FIRE Fire in an ash box at 330 East Main street, on property of Wicenty Marcinskowski, was the cause of { two alarms yesterday, the first he- ing a “still” at 4:30 o'clock, which Co. No. 3 answered, and the second a bell alarm from Box 412 at ¢:33 o'clock. At 10:08 last night Co. No. 3 went to a chimney fire on property of Morris Cohn, 238 North street. Den't worry, a Herald Classifled Ad will bring another cook around to sce you. BEST COAST FAN NEVER SAW GAME { Patient at 0. §. Marioe Hospital | Follows Every Contest | San Francisco, Jan. 5. (P— | Should an attempt be made to se- | lect the most enthusiastic footba'l fan in America, 8an Francisco will| | present the name of Harvey Arjer | —even though he never saw a | game. Born under | Middlesborough the Unlon Jack, at Yorkshire, Arjer was reared on the English brand of ball and his conversion to the | American game accomplished in | the face of another and even more unpropitious circumstance. For more than seven years he | has been a patient at the U. §. Ma- | rine hospital here with a dislocated | | vertebre, or broken ncck. His only | | acquaintance with the game has| | been via the Yradlo but he has come | | to know hundreds of players by | name and performance, and has ac- I quired not only an intimate knowl- | edge of the rules and of the styles of play of the various teams, but | his judgment as to which team will win has come to be respected by { the patients in his ward. In June, 1921, Arjer shipped from Seattle on the West Kasson as a| ship's carpenter. In the harbor {at Yokohama while doing repair | | work he fell from a box only a foot | {bigh and sustained the injury| | which has since kept him bedrid- den. Just prior to that time he had | taken out his first papers and still hopes that some day he ean com. rlete his American citisenship. BANTON SAYS N°NANUS MAN WHO SHOT ROTHSTEIN Declares “You Can Tell the Whole World That T Relleve McManus Shot Rothstein.” New York, Jan. 5.—(M—Distriet Attorney Banton is convinced that George A. McManus fired the shot that killed Arnold Rothsteln, the gambler. “You can tell the whole world th 1 believe McManus shot Rothstein,” said Mr. Banton. Police Commission- | er Whalen previously had expressed a similar opinion. Mr. Banton de- clined further comment. Rothstein was shot in McManus room in the Park Central hotel McManus is in jail awaiting trial. Police also revealed that they ex- pected the early arrest or surrende: of Hyman (Gillie) Biller, “payof man” for McManus at race track: and the only other man kmown tc be wanted in the slaying. COMMANDS BATTALION Hartford, Jan. 5 #M—Lieut. Johr I". Q'glish, of the headquarters di- vision, fifth battalion, naval militia Connecticut national guard has beer assigned to command of the eighth division of the fifth battalion. Captain Edison O. Davis, of bat- tery A, 102nd F. A, New Lomdo:n has heen ordered to leave on Janu- ary 24 for Fort Sill, Okla., to begir training in the battery officer: school. 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