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FRUIT LY ATTAGKS (ROPS IN FLORIDA Stringent Quarantine Methods Adopted to Eradicate Pest Orlandoe, Fla.,, April 18 P—With vigorous control methods already ap- plied and with four companies of to state troops ordered mobilized reinforce the quarantine, Florida of- ficials felt more confident today they would be able to exterminate the Mediterranean fruit fly within the area mow infested. Discovery several days ago of the new pest in an area approximately 12 miles north and south and six miles east and west in Orange and parts of Lake and Semino'e coun- ties, moved the state plant board and federal inspectors to set into motion machinery for eradication. A strict quarantine was clamped on the infested area and no ship- ments of fruits and vcgetables vill be allowed from that section. Clean- up work was started in the groves, with the fruit being destroyed with quick lime and trees sprayed to kill the grown flies. The fruit fly. which originally came from West Africa, Is virtually omnivorous mp far as fruits and vegetables are concerned, only a few varieties not appealing to its taste. Commissioner of Agriculture Mayo said it would infest 71 of 80 vari- cties of fruits and vegetables grown in Florida. This is its first appear ance on the North American conti- nent, and how it came to reach Florida is not known. Use of the state troops wil' not be in a police or military capacity, but & reinforcement of the quar- antine personnel of the state plant board and the federal department of agriculture. HARDWARE REPORT Reappearance of Snow Ouly Stimu- | lates Buying of Spring Hardware in Eastern States New York, April 18.—Early ex- Ppectations of a nigh level of spring trade are being confirmed, accord- ing to reports from important mar- ket cente; Hardware Age will =ay tomorrow. in its weekly summary. The unusually warm wave that was experienced in some sections has served to start spring volume go- ing. In many fnstances johbers are receiving generous re.orders, and the indications are that this season's husiness will show a considerable increase. While snow has appeared in some | eastern sections, it is regarded more of a’ henefit than a hindrance, and has served to stimulate buying. Building operations are commenc ing to show some improvement, and Mus it is confidentially expected that the | balance of the season will se nor- mal activity. The industrial conditions of the country as a whole are very satis- factory. Prices are firm and steady, and collections are better than they were a week ago. MAY LEAYE FOR EUROPE WITHOUT NEW HUSBAND Guggenhelm Home on long Island Deserted—Husband of Daughter Admits He Has Not Seen Bride New York, April 18 —A trip to Europe, on which she will not be accompanied by her recently acquir- «d husband, today appeared to be in prospect for Mrs. Thomas M. Gor- | jman, the former Natalie Guggen- heim. The palatial Guggenheim home at Roslyn, Long Island, took on a de- serted appearance with the depar- ture for an unnanounced destination of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond A. Gug- genheim and 18-year-old Natalie. Callers found only maids and | cleaning women, most of them hired only for the day, placing slip covers on furniture. It was learned that a number of trunks and suitcases had been removed to a New York pier. Gorham, the young real state broker who secretly married the heiress on April 6, admitted he lad not seen his hride for some time. He | {spent yesterday in down town New | York with his buainess associate. Joseph L. O'Connell, but the latter |said it was in connection with real | jestate matters. | The young bridegroom said hv! [learned the Guggenheims had engag- | |ed a suite on the Cunard liner Aqui- |tania, which sailed at midnight, but that they later cancelled the reser- vations. Natalie yesterday in company of her mother attended a natinee. |Neither the bride nor her parents have made any statement since the surprise marriage became known on Monday. ENGINEER CRUSHED TO DEATH | Boston, April 18 (UP)—Injuries | | received last night when he was crushed between twe locomotives resulted in ilie death of “Varren Sylvester, 54, of South Braintree, {New Haven railroad engineer, at| Massachusetts General hospital early | today. The accident occurred while | he was walking the tracks in the| Dover street railroad yards. He suf- fered a fractured pelvis and internal | injuries. | | 1Rl‘ AD HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | | | DANDRUFF NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WINNERS SELECTED INBABY CONTESTS Judging in Boys’ Divisions at K. of C. Exposition Requiring the greater part of tie evening at the parents’ exposition, the popularity contests in the three baby boys' divisions came to a close last night. It was well after 10 o'clock before the results could be announced, so spirited was the vot- ing. The contest in the first division was won by Burton Mangan, vear old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Man- gan of 134 Black Rock avenue. Close contenders for the honors won Ly this youngster were Albert Mat- torecci, and the Anderson twins, en- tered as one entry. The honors in the second went to Donald James Coyle, months oid son of Mr. and Mrs James Coyle of 36 Maple street Corapetition was o keen in this vision t it took the contest com mittee more than an hour to arrive at the result. Charles Gregorowicz William Hoppe, John Bucchi, and Leroy Bloom view with the Coyle baby until the last moment. Frederick Sorbo, 34 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sorbo of 50 Spring street, won the $23 in gold and loving cup in the third di- vision, Haddock were the runners-up. All the above youngsters are now eligible for the title of Baby New Britain, the grand prize loving cup. the $50 in gold and other awards that will be given in the grand prize baby contest which closes Saturday night. These babies will be group- ed with the winners of the girl baby divisions in a final dash for | honors. The afternoon's program at the exposition will feature the closing of the first and third division popular baby girl contest. Due to the large number of entries in the second di- vislon of the baby girls contest the greater part of this evening's per. formance will be devoted to second division, A number of special prizes were awarded at yesterday's matinee, the first heing a loving cup to William O'Day for being the first baby to enter any of the contests. From a number of adorable red-headed chil- dren the judges were hard put to gelect a winner. After deliberation, they awarded the loving cup to Bar- bara Zapatka with a special prize t Kirk. Honors for handsome red-headed boys went to first, Wil- Hams Chamberlain; second, Burton Mangan, and third to William Hoppe, An unusual turn of events per- mitted the judges to award a spec 5 pstakes prize of twin loving cups to Richard and Robert Andersen twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson of 86 Concord street, for having the honor of being the firs: twins entered, the highest health Albin Anderson, and Thomas | three | this | rating of any twins, the handsomest twins, and the most popular twins entered in the contest. ‘The committee in charge haby events announces that many cf the health charts”and prize health diplomas are still uncalled for and any parent whose baby w: [ined while the clinic was in ope tion, may have a chart by calling ut the Stanley Arena any day this week after 4 p. m. SINCLAIR SAID TO LOSE OIL CONTROL Magnate May Be Removed as Chairman of His Company New York, April 18 (#—The H 1d ‘Fribune said today it had learncd lin vell informed Wall street eircles |that Hurry . Sinclair, under three months' senten the United States senate had lost contro] of the Sinclair Consolidatcd Oil corporation. of which he is chairman of the board of directors. The paper said a group which n- {cluded Blair and Company, Incor- porated, New York bankers, Arthur and | | W. Cutten, Chicago financier, | the Fisher brothers, automobile body ! | makers of Detroit, is understood to I | company's affairs, | Close associates of Sinclair in the lcompany, the Herald Tribune said, would not comment on the repart | that he now owns little Sinclair Con- | solidated stock and is likely to he |supplanted ut an early date chairman of the company he formud in 1919 Reports that the new would be Col_ Robert W. Stewart, re- “Fresh from of the | s exam- | for contempt of | be the new dominant interest in the | | chairman | Teu..oLAY, APRIL 18, | cently ousted from the chairmanship of the Standard Oil company of lu- diana by John D. Rockefcller, Jr, were denied by Elisha Walker, Blzir und company, a Sinclair rector. Walker said through secretary: “I have not heard about it and 1 do not think it is true.’ The Blair-Cutten-Fisher group is {now represented on the board of | Sinclair Consclidated by Cutten, who was elected last October. At that time, tne He ot di- his Id Tribune | understood to have acquired a sub stuntial interest in the company, but {it was not until the company's an- nual report for 1928 was releascd {last Friday that the large amount of {the Blair-Cutten-Fisher holdings was indicated | - report showed that in October 1928 dircctors of the company au thorized the sale of 1,130,000 shares of the company's treasury stock to this group for $30 a share. The paper said it understood that the group acquired some of Sinclair's personal holdings at an earlier date Martin W. Littleton, Sinclair's ut- torney, said Sinclair's status os chairman of the company had not He refused to discuss his future plans. Sinclair is secking from the United States si- preme court a rehcaring on the de- cision against him in the rontemp(l case. A single transaction in Which 4% - 500 shaves of Sinclair Consolidated stock was transferred as recorded on the stock ticker vesterday. sale was mode at $1,891.500. The tr of stock of that exchange and caused comment. Total sales of Sinclair Consolid it~ ed for the duy were 102,100 harcs within a price range between 387 and 40 3-8 The stock closed at 40, a net gain of 1 1-% points. rare on the considerable At O0dd Times A cup of deliclous and refreshing SALADA TEA can be made quickly and easily with "SALADA TEA-BAGS the Gardens” vershadowing Everything Else on the Calendar — Qur — FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ic Friday Evening, April 19th, at 7 o’clock Free Souvenirs In Furniture We Lead In commemoration of our First Anniversary we offer the people of New Britain and vicinity the most outstanding values in Home Furnishings. Every price on our floor has been reduced to the lowest possible marking. We cordially invite you to make an inspection. GEISINGER'’S, Inc. 6 MAIN STREET {#aid, Cutten and his associates wece | 1929. HOPE TO SUCCEED ;Tempennoe Leader Says Anti- Saloon Methods Are Used | | London, April 18 P—H. C. Heath, general secretary of the United | Kingdom Temperance Alliance, is- (sued a statement toduy on the status land hopes of the prohibition moue - |ment in the coming British general | elections. | Heath is one of the leading figures of an alliance of 20 national and semi-national temperance organizi- | tions throughont England and Wal=s | The organizations, for the first tim in British history, are fighting side . |by side in an electoral campaign in an effort to place as many persons 15 possible in parliament pledged 1o support a naticnal local option bill Heath said that, in his opinion. |the election of Herbert Hoover to the presideney of the United States had done more fhan anything sin-e Ithe local option of clection of 1308 to help the cause of prohibition in | England. He declared Mr. Hoover's {tion on a platform of strict enforea- ment of the American prohibition The | 2% for a total ef DRYS INENGLAND {taws” had er.ated a tremendous im- pression on thix side of the Atiants. I “We are pursuing the same tactics here the league followed in America years 4g0,” he said. “We are asking cach | candidate to answer, yes or no, ta this question: ‘If clected. will you support loc: option measure n- cluding on option for ne license at all? We iudge where to throw our united mupport according to the way the questions are unswered."” He defined the position of Enz- land's three great political parti-s on prohibtion as follows: “The libera party is definitely friendly. ITn the labor party more than haf ure friendly. Only a small minority of the conservative party, of which Lady Astor ix one of the leaders, friendly toward prohibitien “The temperance question Goubtedly will play a greater part in the coming election than at any time since 1908 he said. “Then the election was fought on the local option issuc introduced by the lil- eral party. The local option bill : passcd the commons but vetoed by the house of lorcs with the result that parliament passed an act taking away the lords’ veto power. In the event the nest commons passes 4 local option bili after the May 30 clection the lovi. could not again stop it." Heath said no help had been solicited or a~cepted from Americun sources. virtually un- Anti- Saloon | E a2 AMANUIY AH FIGHTS TOREGAINTHRONE Former Alglnn King's Forfi; Clash With Sakao's Troops Calcutta, Tndia, April 18 UM—The outcome of fighting between former King Amanullah and Bacho Sukuo at Shaikabad, 40 wiles from Kabul, | capital of Afghanistan. was in doubt today Reports said severe clashes were under way there hefween forces of the former king. who hopes fo re- gain his throne, and of Sakao, “wa- ter boy of the north.” who 1ook the throne from Amanullah’s brother. There were many killed or wound- ¢d. The hospitals at Kabul were suid to be crowded with wounded. 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