New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1929, Page 5

WHEN NOTORS FAR Gleveland Pilot Makes Perfoct Cleveland, Ohio, Feb, 25 UP— Twelve sightseeing airplane passen- gers were alive today, thankful for the merve and skill of Piiot Sam Taylor, who yesterday brought a great tri-motored plane skidding to earth on & perfect three-point land- -ing after his motors one by one had sputtered and died. Pliots here: oall it one of the greatest bits of Mying ever seen. Three motors never stop at once s& an aviator calculates nis chanoes, they declared, and when Taylor took the heavy ship from & height of 2,- 200 feet above ‘the city's tallest bulldings to a perfect stop three and one-half miles away his feat ‘was incomparable, :’hey asserted. The passengers agreed. After thfi“ynnenien had finished wringing Taylor's hand they told about it. They, said they heard the first motor miss the steady atroke of the pistons and stop. Taylor yawn- ed and they settled in their seats, but soon the second motor coughed aad the propeller went dead. The passengers, four of ‘them small chilren, looked a little anxious- ly- ahead,- but Pilot Taylor, in an old blue coat and a battered bhat, figured the breaks and decide the third motor would last. It didn't. Slowly the big plane sank to earth under the skillful guidance of the pilot. ‘Finally he saw the fleld and & ‘the tall, “fishtailing” the it, he reduced speed and the plame to a stop after skimming a railroad embankment, ploughing through two fences and uprooting a small tree. He'stopped a few feet from a house. A propel- lec was sljghtly bent and a wing was dented. e passengers, and they 'were grateful enough today, were lunhurt. NONAGENARIAN DIES vs. Philline (Lorch) Scheef, Aged 90, was Member of St. Matthew’s German Lutheran Church. Mrs. Philline (Lorch) Scheef, 90 years old, widow of Gotttried Scheef, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emily C. Burns of 168 Bemton street, Hartford, accord- ng to word received by her daught- r, Mrs. Pauline F. Walter of this ity, t’!he was a native of Germany and lthough she lived in Hartford she etained & membership in St. Mat- hew's German Lutheran church city. Surving her are her two daught- brs, a brother, Gottleid Lorch of is city and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held to- orrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at he home of Mrs. Burns on Benton treet, - Hartford, and at 4 o'clock t Erwin Memorial chapel in this ity. Rev. A. C. Theodore Steege, astor of St Matthew's church, will jeiate. Burial will be in Fairview metery. The berries of yew trees are mot olsonous, but the seed contains a oxious element which makes the rry unfit to eat. Don’t Let That Cold Turn Into “Flu” That cold may turn into “Flu,” rippe even worse, Pneumonia, nless you take care of it at once. Rub Musterole on the congested rts and see how quickly it brings lief as effectively as the messy old ustard plaster. Musterole, made from pure oil of ustard, camphor, menthol. and her simple ingredients, is a coun- r-irritant which stimulates circula- on and helps break up the cold. You will feel a warm tingle as it ters the pores, then a cooling sen- tion that brings welcome relief, Jars & Tubes Stanley Women's Relie? Corps will Bold a birthday.social with M Cora Starr at her home, 39 Howard street, - tomorrow - afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Thote wishing to.attend may take the East street bus and are requested to bring sandwiches or cake, A Edward O'Brien, student at the Catholic - University, Washington, D. C. spent the week-end at the home ‘of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien of 256 Hart street, Mrs. M. Q'Hayer of 1443 Stanley street ‘has returned from ‘Floride, where she spent several weeks. Misses Jennie Feldan and Elvira Bertoline spent the week-end in Montreal, Canada. j Laurel Court Sewing soclety will meet -Tuesday from 10 to 4:30 o'cleck at the home of Mrs. 'Charlés Tomlin of 56 Maple street. Mrs. Katie Penfield is critically i1l at her home, ¢82 Arch atreet, with bronchial pneumonia. A daughter was born yesterday morning at the New Britain General hospital to Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of 38 Linwood street. Mrs. Willlam Garvey and her daughter, Mary Alyce, of Providence, R. I, bas returned home after visit- ing with Mrs. Garvey's sisters, Misses Anna and Alice Balley of 20 Lincoln street. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Auxiliary, No. 1, will hold a regular meeting Wednesday at 7:30 o'clock in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. A family supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock. The Military Order of Lizards will entertain members and friends Wed- neaday afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock at the State Armory. Jomeph Doyle of 365 Main street is 11l with pneumonia at New Brit- ain General hospital. ‘The ‘police were notified today of the rettrn of the operator's license of Vincenszo Gandolfo of 26 Franklin street. A daughter was born at New Brit- ain General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs, Stanton Foley of 15 Kelsey street. Elmer Goodrich, 84, of Walnut street, Is reported critically ill at New Britain General hospital. THO DRILLS A DAY Connie Mack Orders Athletic Squad Out For Double Workouts fin Camp. Fort Myers, Fla., Feb, 25 )—Two drills a day, particularly for the young pitchers, was Manager Con- nie Mack's order today for the Philadelphia Athletics at their spring training camp here. Mack sald he would not insist on the vet. erans practicing so long and inten- sively, “The youngsters, in the main,” he sald, “are big and strong, and hard workouts will do them good, Then they will be ready to do the bulk of the pitching for batting practice when the full squad arrives - in camp.” Ossie Orwoll, southpaw pitcher, who is expected to be stationed at first base this season arrived last night, five days earlier than he had planned. He said bitter cold weath- er and four feet of snow had driven him from his home in Deborab, Towa, Mickey Cochrane, star catcher. who failed to accompany the other batterymen to the training quarters because of a disagreement over his salary, is expected tomorrow, He left Philadelphia last night after an- nouncing that his terms had been met and that his new contract would call for a substantial increase, Torch Murder Hunt Leads to Gin Ring Cranford, N. J., Feb, 26 (UP)— Police searching for the slayers of the unidentified woman whose gaso- line-splashed body was found burn- ing on a lonely road near here today were: following a clue that led into the mazes of New York's illicit liquor traffic. ‘They were working on the theory that the woman knew too much about bootleg operations and was slain because she talked. Prosecutor Abe J. David of Union county re- celved information that the woman may have been the one who was a government witness in the trial of members of the “West 8ide gin ring” in New York last October. It was said that descriptions of the witness and of the “torch mur- der” victim tallied. Barry & Bamforth 19 Main Street STRAND Thrs,—Fri.—Sat. Tel. 2504 NS TN bury Dol by Ml "ty o Nordr Mot Chicago, Feb. 35 UW—Marked men —one with a finger gone, another with a-frent tooth out.;a third with burna on-his face—danced tantaliz- ingly” acroms.the gang massacre in- vestigation: today. s Each .in. turn appeared - in the murder picture as reconstructed from storiés of witnesses. The man with a finger missing drove the au- tomobile that:carried the killers to and from the murder ;acene.. The man with the front.tooth out was in the oar with him, and was presum- ably one of the four mén who pour- ed machine gun, shotgun and pistol lead into the seven gangsters lined against a wall. And the man who was burned may have lered that injury in an effort, séveral - days later, to destroy the death car. .No one of the three was in _cys- tody. There was a search under wuy for Rocco Bellacastro, an ‘associate of gangsters who made “The Cir. cus” ca¥e a hangout Bellacastro has a finger missing on one hand. Finds Many - Motives A multiplicity of motives for the murders was the principal stumblin block in the investigation today. “I can name 50 ‘motives for this crime,” said David Stansbury, charge of the inquiry for the state’ attorney, “but no one stands out as being important enough to be called the probable cause of the murders. If we could eliminate all theories but the true one, and - concentrate on that, we could solve this thing in a hurry.” ‘The apparent care taken by sev- eral suspects in arranging air tight alibis struck Stansbury sinister circumstance, but it did not help to- ward a solution. “The fact that Claude Maddox, one of the owners of the Circus, was appearing in court to anawer a icharge of having guns in his pos- session at exactly the time the murders were, committed seems suspicious to me,” Stansbury said. Al Capone also had his alibl. He appeared before police in Miami the day of the murders and offered to isubmit to questioning. T am not, however, inclined to believe Capone was involved in this. “The fact that the garage in which the murder car was found, the Cir- cus cabaret and.the home of Pas- |qualino Lolordo: (victim of a previ- ous gang killingy are all. within a few blocks of cach other appears impressive. Whether they are. more than coincidence, I cannot say. Another Puzfling Fact “Most pussling of all, is the lack of sufficient motive for the slaying of such men as Heyer, Weinshank Deal Prompely with structive home im On § 80 You Pay ... Room Ne 300 MAIN l‘l'lu'll?' G A Drama of Jazz Mad Youths of 66 Today Who Burn Their Candles * |intest “witness’ story to the effect - Kidneys Bother You? Kidney Irregularities. " A Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Ac ofl dealers, 75¢ & bex. Foster-Milbuen Co., Mfg. Chamists, Buffala, N. Y, 'and Schwimmer. . Heyor was little more than a bookkeeper for the Fairview Kennell club, George B\I:) Moran's dog track. ‘Wein- I?B 1. jjave reason to think, was al the ‘purpose of ‘buying alcohol his; own' interests; ‘and-S8chwimmer was merely a friend - of the hood- lume." - Stansbury was skeptical of the | that there-had been a’car with four men at the rear of the North Clark |street garage at the time of the crime. The witness, a boy, said two af these men wore police uniforms. He 'became . frightened = when he hard shooting inside the garage apd ran around in front in time to see four other men come out that way. The man sitting at the wheel of the automobile into which these four jumped, the boy said, had a finger |ott. Blamed For 30 Murders ' The.. police -search had taken an jentirely new track today as a result |ot evidence pointing to the possibili- ty that a ring of kidnappers operat- ing throughout ‘the country may have committed the murders. The gang originated-in 8t. Louls, 8tans- bury said, later operating in Detroit and.more recently appearing in Chi- cago.. Twenty murders in various rarts of the country are ascribed to | members of this gang, the prosecu- | |tor said,. 3 | These kidnappers and killers, po- | ilice declared, were aligned here with the. hoodlums who made “the Cir- cus” their headquarters. They were juporters of Tony Lombardo and ; Pasqualino Lolordo. Two of the most | recent gang victims prior to the: !North Clark street affair. | Hope Has Waned for - Missing Fishermen | Boston, Feb. 26 (UP)—Dwindling hopeb for the safety of five fisher- men missing since Thursday from the schooner Aberrance faded al- most completely today after a 1,000~ mile airplane search - had failed to reveal any trace of them. Lieutenant George G. Stevens of the marine corps rcserve landed at the Squantum naval air station yes- | terday afternoon after flying about | 1,000 miles in a futile hunt for the lost men, The fishermen disappeared Thurs- | day when, in a severe storm, they | became separated from theiwr| schooner while hauling trawls in their dories about 37 miles off Cap: ' Elizabeth, Me. | PEANUT MACHINE STOLEN Dominick Clanflone, proprietor of a shoe repairing shop at 63 Main | street, reported to Officer Delbert | Veley that a peanut vending ma- chine had ‘been unscrewed from its place in' front of his establishment and stolen between 9 o'clock Friday night and 6:45 Saturday morning. The machine, which is owned by the | B. 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A telling tragedy entered Keenan's life in 192¢ when she died while watching him play a part at the Hollywood Writer's club, Keenan married Margaret White, a 28 'year old Palo Alto, Calif., music teacher, a few months later. 8he obtained a divorce in October, 1927, and a year later the veteran actor married Leah May. Started Career Early The cruising showboats which brought drama .up the Mississippi river every summer to the wooded bluffs of Dubuque, JTowa, converted Keenan to the stage before the Irish lad was into his teens. But it was New England which gave him the thespian opportunity which led to a career extending over half a century, and it was the far wesat which finally claimed him when motion picture roles piled new |laurefs upon his whitening hair. The progress of the theater from the broad melodrama of the western 2 ‘», dance hall in “The Girl of the Gold- en West,” (0 the subtle charactériza- tions of the screen, was traced in Keenan's rolés, Keenan first donned the grease. paint as a student at Boston col- lege. in an amateur production. and he went quickly from that experience to minor roles in the famous old Boston Museum ,stock company, which schooled him in a multitude {of parts. The actor traced his professional | |carer from an apearance at Law- jrence, Mass., in 1880, in support of the veteran Joseph Proctor. He was then but 22. From the Boston stock |company he went to New York to play in “The Capitol,” *“A Poor | Relative,” and other contemporary hits, i He was the dour Cassius in Julius {Caesar, and he intoned the lines of | the befuddled Rip Van Winkle when | that play was the surefire offering of | every troupe. He succeeded to major istardom in “Harts of Oak. “Mec- | Kenna's ~ Flirtation,” “A Tegas Steer,” and *‘The Warrens of Vir- ginia,” and for many years there- after his name topped the showbills of stage ruccesses. Before 1900 he had combined di- | recting with his roles, and he staged {the original productions of “The | Christian,” “The King's Mus- keteers,” “Such a Little Queen,” and a dozen others, | ‘Bad Checks for $600 Causes Youth’s Arrest Boston, Feb. 25 (UP)—Dennis Collins, 25, of Weston, W. Va., for- mer:New England representative of a New York publishing house was |arrested at a hotel here this morn- ing. charged with passing frandu- lent checks. Colling was alleged to have given had checke to representatives of the !company in Providence, 8pringfield, Hartford, Worcester and this city, totalling approximately $600. BOYS' CLUB 0 PLAY PAST FAIR HAYEN ACES | Locals Looking for End of Losing Streak—Will Dedicate Rristol Gym—To Play New York. | Boys’ Club Falr Haven Accx Parparian, rf . | Kerelejza, 1t 1Gofla‘ c . iCompagnone, rg . | Grusha, 1g .. 1g. Blackstone Subs: New Britain, Rametta, Boukus, Paluch; Fair Haven, Brook- man, McGovern. The Fair Haven Aces, a New Tlaven team. will {ace the Boys' clun basketball team tonight at the East Main street gym and have sent |word in advance that they are |primed for the contest. The down- istaters have a redoubtable record ibehind them and are looking for {fresh victims, while the club, with |two defeats in a row, iz anxious to {wipe off that stain with a win to-| right. - A fast and exciting game iz anticipated. The Boys' Club Rc- iserves will play the Panthers in the i preliminary, and dancing will fol- | |low the games. | On Friday night the local first and | ‘reserve teams will go to Bristol to| play the first games in the gym- {nasium of the new THoys' club in that city, meeting the corresponding |teams representing the Bell City or- i ganization. Tt will be the accond |gym dedication for ths locais this iyear, as they also played the first |game on the Middletown “Y" door. | A home-and-home series with the New York Boys' club club is being |arranged, but dates have not yel {been set. The New York trip will | take the place of the Boston ex- pedition on which the club has er.:- barked for the past two seasons. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULT AP E T F e i S aF ez er S> eI N5 33 33N Goop HARDWARE SINce 1801 N N N R R ) il NEGROES DIE IN STORM ' Dalias, Texas, Feb. 36 UP—Twe negroes wore killed and white persons were injured seriousty. at. Grand Prairie, ten miles west of here, carly today, when a terrific rain and wind storm struck the IRENE LE MIRE SALON Dt BEAUTE Leonard Bldg. PHONE 3399 | 23] 2| Commencing Tomorrow and Until Saturday Only— SMOKE SALE Buy Garden Tdols, Garden A defect in a fuse box, which Hose, Lawn Mowers, House- hold Appliances, Paint, Brushes, Shelf Hardware. Anything in the Store e at a Reduction of Twenty Per Cent. The newspaper clipping here gives you the reason. Nothing was damaged by fire but the smoke just poured in. Smoke can’t harm a hardware stock very much, you know that, but silverware shows smoke stains slightly, hammers, saws and the like are a trifle smoky and a little rubbing will take it off. Nevertheless they are not perfect and must be reduced to clear the store, ’l_’his unexpected discount comes at a fortunate time for you, most of our spring merchandise had arrived. You can buy your spring cleaning needs, clean-up and paint-up supplies at a big saving. The Time Limit We Have Placed on is connected with the cables coming from the street subway, which con- trol the electrical system, is belleved responsible for the fire which this morning swept through the old Stan- ley building in 338 Main street, now owned by the Schupack estate, caus- ing damage estimated by Chlef Wil- liam J. Noble at between $10,000 and $12,000. Heavy damage Wwas done in the stores conducted by I. Resnick, jeweler; Elite S8hoe com- pany, G. Reney, H. L. Mills, Robins & Levine, and the newly equipped law offices of Irving I. Rachlin on the upper floor of the building. 1-5 Off Ev the Store for Six Days Only! This Sale Is Short. We Urge Prompt Shopping We Will Deliver Your Order. Call 400 ILLS 336 MAIN STREET L AT et with MARCELINE DAY—RALPH FORBES EF WI RN 3w N ™ L THEe HAnDY HARDWARE StORE” | ‘A LA S Y SasA S £ 01 0 23 22382875 STLESS YOUTH” TELEPHONE 400 ™ cx) s Gl | |