New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1929, Page 3

FOOT GUARD BALL BRILLIANT AFFAIR Governor, l)anghw. ad J Coolidge Attend Function New Havea, Feb. 26 M—The color and brilllance of dress uni- forms of the military guests mingled with the gowns of their women guests made the annual ball of the Second Company Governor's Foot Guards held in the army last night the most colorful in many years. The drill hall was bedecked 1 ith white, gold and blue bunting amid rows of smilax twined with colored lights hung from the ceiling. Crys- tal chandeliers covered the large lights. Boxes were arranged along the walls of the hall with the governor's box in the center at one end. The ball was the first official appearapce of Major John Coolidge in this city and with him was his flancee, Miss' Florence Trumbull. Coolidge, who recently was made a member of the governor's staff, wore the new dreas uniform of blue, trimmed with gold braid. Miss Trumbull wore a gown of American beauty taffeta made with a long tight bodice and a skirt draped to one side. The ladies of the governor's party entered the hall escorted by mem- bers of the Second Company, Gov- ernor Trumbull and his staft follow- ed. The Foot Guard band and an orchestra furnished music for danc- ing. Y. W. C. A. NOTES Girl Rescrve Dept. Girl Reserves clubs will meet as usual this weck. Interclub council members will report to Mrs. Caufield on expected club attendance at the conference and operetta. All girls in- terested in efther are urged to at- tend their club meetings. The Girl Reserve conference for Connecticut and parts of New York will be held in this city on March 15, 16, 17. Vocational guidance will be stressed and experts have been abtained to help the girls in making plans for their future. The Girl Reserve committee will meet on Wednesday morning to complete plans for this conference. ‘The tentative program follows: ¥Friday — 5-6, registration at the Y. W. C. A.; 6, buffet supper; 7:30- 9, recreation. Get together party conducted by Hartford county; 9, home with hostesses. Saturday — 9:30, worship con- ducted by Westchester county; 9:45, opening speech by national board wecretary; 10:15, vocational groups: teacher and higher education, Prof. White, State Normal school; library work, Miss Greta Brown, New Brit- ain Institute; nursing, Miss Maude Travers, New Britaln hospital; spe- clal work, Miss Cora Beale, Welfare assoclation; stors kork, Mr. David- 5, dismissal; 12:30, lunch; conducted by New findings of morning : Miss Bernice Smith, Vpcational apecch; 4-6, play time; 6, banquet, ¥, W. C. A. (Hartford), toast mistress, Miss Edna Kieffer; speaker, Miss Mildred Corbett, na. tional board Y W. C. A.; entertain- ment, Hartford. Sundl! = 10:30, church, South regational; 12:30, dinner, ¥. W. C L. 3:30, vesper service conduct- ed by Bridgeport; 3:30, dismissal Health Education Dept. Schedule for pool and gym for the week: Monday and Friday—§-9, swimming classes. Tuesday and Thursday—6-9, nior swimming classes. Tuesday and Thursday — 7:30-8, reducing classes. Tuesday — ¢:30-5:15, plunges. Thuraday — 3:30-4, tiny tots dancing (4-5 years; 4-4:30, inter- mediate dancing (6-8 years); 4:30-5, advanced dancing (7-8 years); 6-5:30, advanced beginners (8-11 years). Saturday — 9-11, Junior ming classes. Pinnacle Clab The Pinnacle club will meet in the Y. W. C. A. club rooms Monday at 7:30. There will be a new and in- teresting entertainment, social hour, music and refreshments Wednesday night the girls will meet for basket ball practice. Friday night team will meet with the coach. SIDEWALK APPEAL COSTS PROPERTY OWNERS $9.22 Jennerina Neisi Declares “Cop Is a Big Liar,” But Judge Believes Policeman. senior Junior swim- Jennerina Neisi, owner of property fronting on 17 Noble street, refused to pay $2 out of court for failing to clear the sidewalk of snow and ice, but it cost him $9.23 finally. He was in police court today and told Judge Traceskli he had pald a boy 26 cents to shovel the walk, He zanded the slippery surface after- wards, he said, and *“the cop is a big liar. The fine was $2 and costs of $7.22. Supernumerary Officer Edward Muszqnski testified that he inspected the sidewalk on February 20 and there was no sign of a shove! hav- ing been put to it. The storm was on the 19th. The frontage is 65 or 70 feet, the officer said, and Neisi's | wife told him her husband was em- ployed at night and could not bother about the walk, Israel Jartman paid 82 out of court and was not arraigned. The property in question is on Dewey street. Segrave’s Golden Arrow Does 180 in First Trial Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb, 26.—(®) | —With thousands of spectators lin- ing the sand dunes for 10 miles, Maj. H. O. D. 8egrave apeeded his Golden Arrow racing automobjle to 180 miles per hour in its first trial here yesterday afternoon. Bo pleased was the Briton with the performance of his car that he =uid he would prepare to run against the world’s land apeed record of 207.55 miles per hour about Mareh 7th. Segrave hopes to attain the car's| theoretical speed, estimated at about 240 miles per hour, in the final trials, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1929, BUS WRECK YIELDY BLIND MAN'S BONES Three of Injured on Danger List at Westerly Hospital Westerly, R. 1., Feb. 26 (UP)— Sixteen persons were still in Weater- ly hospital today with burns and in- Jjuries received yesterday in a motor bus fire in which a blind man per- {ished and nine other passengers were $lightly hurt. The condition of three of the vic- tims was reported serious but phy- siclans belleved all might recover. The names on the danger list were those of Mildred Reed, 11, of Ar- lington, N. Mary E. Slack, 44, of Cambridge, Mass, and A. B. Wil- loughby of Holderness, N. H. The blind man, believed to have been Levi Hopkins, 60, of Provi- dence, apparently was unable to grope his way to safety when the bus was transformed into a raging furnace and was trampled by panic- stricken fellow passengers. Charred bones were found in the ruins of the bus, which was destroyed. Driver is Held Daniel Goss of Medford, Mass., driver of the bus and one of those injured, was held today pending an investigation by the state police. In- dications were that the fire started from a heater under a seat near the front of the crowded bus. Other victims under treatment at Westerly hospital today were: Jack Goodman, 74, Malden, Mass.; Ed- ward Turnbull, 8, Bridgewater, Mass.; Thomas Dolling, 24, London, England; Edward J. Donovan, 87, Jackson Heights, L. I.; Dorothy Mitchell, Lynn, Mass.; Frank La Ferrara, Newark, N. J. Mrs. Edward J. Donovan, Jackson Heights, L. I.; Aubrey Whelpley, 31, West Somerville, Mass.; Maude Spissberg, New York city; Mrs. Sadie Reed, Arlington, N. J.; Edward Reed, Arlington, N. J., and Caroline Slack, 45, Cambridge, Mass. The nine passengers who escaped with minor injuries when the bus bound from New York to Boston, burst into flames between here and Hope Valley, were: Dr. Paul Ham- burg, New York city; Mrs. James Connell, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Mrs. Fred C. Mitchell, Lynn, Mass.; Eri Jacobson, Middle Village, L. I Eleanor Hall, 18, New York cit and Leo Abramowitz, 12; Annie Abramowitz, 43; Mrs. Jda Cozanove, 50, and Mowrey Gryness, 23, all of Brooklyn, N. Y. All Signs Over Sidewalk Subject to Fee of $5 Business houses displaying adver- tising signs which extend out over the sidewalk line will be required to pay a $5 annual fee whether the fslgma are illuminated or not, Build- |ing Inspector Arthur N, Rutherford | has been informed by the corpora- | tlon counsel. whose explanation of | the city ordinances changes the at- | titude of the department toward signs which are not lighted. The result of this decision is to require | scores of business houses to pay a | fee from which they have been exempted for many years. BUY YOUR RADIO NOW! Tune In On the Hear the NEGRO ATTEMPTS T0 BURN WOMAN ALIVE IN FURNACE Wife of Retired Kansas Baker Dying After Attack—Assallant Under Guard, Lyuching Feared. Atchison, Kans., Feb. 26 UP—DMrs. C. V. Jacobs, b3. wife of a retired baker, was at the point of death loday after an uttempt of a negro assailant to burn her alive in the furnace of her home. Louis Glover, 35, alleged attack- er, arrested shortly after he left the Jacobs home late yesterday, waa spirited out of town by officers who feared mob violence. There was scattered talk- of violence, but no demonstrations. Mra. Jacobs was severely burned about the head and shoulders and nearly suffocated, but named Glover an her assallant before she col- lapsed. Physicians said there was little hope for her recovery. The ,negro had been employed as a handy man about the house. 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