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LAFLLETTEASKS TEXTILE INQUIRY Gl Comnit Mocling -0 Probe Indusry'sLaor Toubes ‘Washington, May 22 (UP)—Chair- man La Follette has issued a call for a meeting of the senate manufac- turers’ committee tomorrow to vote on the Wheeler resolution proposing & senatorial investigation of labor troubles in the textile industry. The committee concluded hearings on the resolution Monday when own- ers and operators of southern mills testified to conditions in their sec- tion. La Follette said he hopes to reach @ final decision on the investigation resolution at tomorrow's meeting. He revealed that if the committee votes down the Wheeler resolution he will move in the senate to dis- charge the committee and carry the fight to the senate floor. The testimony -of the mill owners has, not changed his opinion. The situation warrants an investigation, La Follette said. have seen and heard more than enough to convince me that there should be an investigation,” he said. Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon- tana, author of the resolution, will offer an amendment in the meeting tomorrow fo extend the scope of the inquiry to the entire textile industry. As he introduced it the investigation would have been confined ' to the south, ‘Some southern senators have therefore, - withdrawn' their opposi- tion but Senator Overman, democrat, North Carolina, still is opposed to it. however, in spite of considerable pressure which has been brought to bear upon him by labor organiza- tions in his home state. Four l\iade Defendants In Lumber Company Suit Anthony Florio, proprietor of the Florio Trucking Co., of New Haven, Antonio (. Esposito, Carmelo Coco- moa nd Mary Cocomo, the last two pamed of New Britain were made defendants in a suit brought by the Columbia Lumber Co. for $700. The suit will be heard the first Tuesday of June in the court of common pleas of New Haven. It ia alleged that between December 15 and February 28 the plaintift deliv- ered a pair of special doors and other lumber costing $535.63 and the defendant, Florio, failed to pay the bl Carmelo Cocomo and Mary Coco- mo of this city executed and deliv- ered a note for $500 to Authony C. Esposito, payable in three months, It was endorsed to Florio who en- dorsed the note to the plaintiff an payment for the bill. The lumber company then demanded payment of the New Britain people and when he was not satisfied he sued for $700. Bernell Berman of New Haven in the plaintifi’s attorney and Deputy Rheriff Matthew Papciak of this city served the writ to the New Britain defendants. Nine Year Old Burglar In Custody of Police A nine-year-old boy was taken in- to custody by Bergeant T. J. Feeney this forenoon and turned over to Miss Ruth E. Bristoll, woman pro- hation officer, for entering the Radio uipment House at 75 Elm street Iast night and stealing a_flashlight and two flashlight batterfes. It was also learncd by the pelice that the boy stole $2 out of his mother's pocketbook. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | TONS OF DYNAMITE "~ EXPLODE, § NEN HURT Rocks Hurled Acroms Mouhtain Near Springficld Fall on ‘t.b Blanford, Mass, May 22 (UP)— Five workmen were injured, one probably fatally, here today, by the explosiony of four tons of dynamite in connection with blasting epera- tions at the scene of the 95,000,000 Spriflgfield water department dam project, 8 Lawrence Jarvis, 21, of Spring- field, was taken to a Westfield hos- pital. His skull had been fractured by a flying rock and little hope for his recovery was Rel The other four laborers- were painfully injured but will recover. ‘The accident occurred whenm, ac- cording to authorities ,the five men wandered into a danger zone de- spite warnings which had been is- sued. At the time of the four-ton dy- namite blast, the victims were 'on the opposite side of a small moun- tain, but were struck by rocks and earth scattered over & square mile of territory. CANOEISTS'BODIES ARE FOUND N BAY Geodetic OMicial Drowned During Sudden Storm Annapolis, Md., May 22 (®—The body of Carey V. Hodgson, Unitel States geodetic survey official drowned Sunddy when a suddea storm descended on Chesapeake Bay while he and his 10 year old son were in a canoe, was found IIoMm'; in the bay toda The body was discovered 15 or 20 miles below Bay Ridge, from which Hodgson had set out, and was pick- ed up by the freight steamer New Berna, Baltimore bound. Fisher- men nearby at the time of the dis- covery were asked to notify the na- val academy here, and navy officers sent a subchaser to meet the steam- er and get the body. No trace was found of the boy or of the canoe. Mr. Hodgson had been assistart chief of the division of geodesy of the United States coast and geodetic survey since 1921. With his famiiy he was spending the day at their summer home at Bay Ridge, and ke and the boy started out in a canoe shortly before the storm atruck. Mra. Hodgson after the atorm, not!- fied the nav..l academy of her fears and for two days naval ships and planes conducted a search. When it failed Mrs. Hodgson returned to Washington, Vulcan Brick Company Sold to New Concern Enrico Pola and l.ouis J. Garloni of Berlin, Charles Drake Turnbull of Hartford, and Myrton J. Turn- bull of West Hartford have incor- porated the Pleasant Valley Brick Co., Inc, and have taken over the plant of the former Vulcan Brick company at KEast Windsor Hill, South Windsor, it was announced today. The concern is incorporated $80,000 and starts business with $10,000 paid in. There are 5000 shares at $10 cach, and the officers are as follaws: Charles Drake Turn- bull, president; Enrico Pola, vice president and treasurer; Myrton J. Turnbull, secretary; Louis J. Gar- loni, assistant secretary and assist- ant treasurer. Attorney 8. Gerard for — ETHEL — id Son e Casale of this city prepared the pa- pers of incorporation. VOLTAIRE' STORY ADJUDGED OBSCENE Copies of “Candide” Stized by colloctqr of Port Boston, May 22 (#—One hundred and seventy yeara after publication, Voltaire's masterplece, “Candide.” has been adjudged obscene by the United States -treasury department, it was dlsclosed today. Thirteen copies of the story by the French philosopher consigned to a Boston beokseller have been seized by W. W. Lufkin, collector of the port, The bookseller, W. B. Dumas, was notified by the customs authorities that importation of “Candide” into the United States was in violation of the tariff act “because of its text.” Dumas announced a létter from As- sistant Collector E. Perry, in whici the latter wrote, “The question arose some time ago in connection with ‘Candide’ as to whether or not the text was obscene, and a volume of the book was referred to the de- partment at Washington, After the complete text of the specimen vol- ume submitted to the department had® been read, it was found that numerous passages of asald book were either obscene or indecent within the meaning of the terms | contained in Bection 305 of the tar- iff act and sections 211 and 245 of the United States criminal code. PRIGES SINK AGAIN IN'BOND TRADING Federal Reserve Action Causes General Losses to List New York, May 22 (3 — Bond prices suffered another ng spell today in response to recommenda. tions by the federal reserve board's advisory council that banks be al- low to raise the rediscount rate to 6 per cent from 5. Loases were gen- eral throughout the list in the early trading as tradc™y were inclined to |sell obligations in the fact of con- |tinued uncertainty over the credit situation. High grade mortgage issues slumptd with the convertibles. which were soft in sympathy with the action of stocks. Offerings of th share privilege securities were rath- er heavy and losses ranged from a small fraction to nearly a point and ashaif. The maximum recession be- ing shown by International ‘Tele- | phone 4 1-28, which touched 120 on la big turnover. Several of the rails and were off appreciably. The foreign government and corporation obligations gave little evidence of interest. Sizeable frac- tions were sliced off the quotations of United States governmen€ bonds, all of which sold down. utilities MANSLAUGATER CHARG Pulaski, N. Y., May 22 (®—"The Oswego county grand jury today handed a presentment to the court in which they recommended that Paul Arquette, 14 year old farm hand of Albion be charged with first degrae mansiaughter in children's court for the slaying of his employer, Adelbert Kilts May 7. The boy had been charged with first degree mur- der, | |READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS DOLSHT I GET OOIR GOAT ?C_Q “TURGED TONURDRR | FATHER BY MOTHER Vermont Boy Says He Was Promisod $30 and Auto ! Newfane, Vt. May 22 UP—Ray- mond Woodard, 21 year old son of Mrs. laura Woodard Haverty, tes: tified in Windham county court to- day that bhis mother hadioffered him $50 and an automobile would kill his stepfather, Thomas Haverly of Brattleboro. Woodard said he refused this and several other offers made by her for the same purpose. Mrs. Haverty is on trial charged with assault on her husband with intent to kill. Woodard said Haverty home, 29, al- in- Woodard said that on April the day before his mother was leged to have inflicted mevere juries on her husband, she “I'll do it myself,” when he again refused (o be a party to,the plot. Beforé her trial was resumed to- day Dr. E. L. Tracy, who had made a sanity test of Mrs. Haverty upon ardgrs of the court, reported her to be sane. Mrs. Haverly’s daughter, Pearl, 18, teatified that her mother had d Re- ed, early in the morn- her mother asked Haverty” on several occasions. fore they ret ing of April her to bring a iitchen to their bedroom, Pearl said. She refused and her mother got the griddle, which the state charges Mrs. Haverty used in the assault, Pearl said she and her brother be- came fearful of the consequences that might result from the assault Raymond suggested that they | norme and they went in their moth- s auvtomobile to North Adams, | Mass., and thence by train to Canton, where m.) were later arrested. §250,000 1S READY FOR INVESTIGATORS Law Enlorcement Commission Has Funds Available Washington, May 22 (@—White |House officials aaid today that the $250,000 fund appropriated by con- gress at the last session for an in- quiry into prohibition enforcement would be available for the new na- tional law enforcement commission. Provision for this sum was made [in an azmendment to the first |deficiency bill offered by Senator |Glass, democrat, Virginia, at about the time propoxals were made thut {congress authorize the president to |appoint a law enforcement commi.- |sion. White House officers had been In- formed that the amendment was [stricken from the bill in conference, but an examination of the law dix- |closes that such was not the case. The language of the law autho (he use of the money in the fiscal years 1929 and 1930 for an Inquiry nto the enforcement of the prohibi tion and all other law There is no fund for salaries’ of the commissioners and they will serve without pay for the prement, at least. | | | Boys Apply Chemistry | Knowledge to Rum Making Rayre. Pa, May 22 (UP)—Ten Luther Mills high school boys, ac- cused of running a still in the woods near their schoolhouse, learned tihe principles of distillation in school chemistry classes and applied what they learned for the manufacture »¢ a potato brew, according to a letier received by District Attorney Wil- liam Rosenfield from Constable Walter J. Bell. The boyn are expected to he given A “lecture” by Judge Charles M. Culver late today. ney -stated fhe boys went, intp the woods during the «oon hour and made the brew from raisine, potn- toes and other Ingredienta they pur- chased in the Luther Milla stare. Would Restore Relations Between Army and Navy Washington. May 22 (I'P)—Rep resentative Hamilton Fish, republ can, New York, today outlined to Secretary of War Good a comn- promise plan aimed at restoring ath- letic relations between army and navy foctball teams. Fish discuesed the plan with President Hoover today aund the president is understood to have . dicated a sympathetic attitude, Recretary Good asked Kixh to sub- mit hin proposed compromine agr ‘- ment in" writing. ~ Main Street Policemen To l"ltg Railroad Trains Chief W. Hart today issued a special order to policemen on duty on Main street in the vicinity of the railroad crossing $o govern their ac- tions when the fire apparatus is ap- |proaching and the gates are down. It is an follows: “The officer arriving at the crossing Airst when the fire siren blows and & train is approach- |ing the cromsing. will flag the train 50 as to allow the fire department to proceed. the N. Y. N. H. & H. when fire apparatus was delayed street. b CENTENARIAN DIER Gideon M. Tucker. who passed his day at his héme here. He made two fouth American voyages as a sailor | ishowed an increase if he! RS she Venezuela, asked him to push his stepfather|in from a second story window of the {ducers | Bell's letter to the district attor-! |was in Bt | morning at | Rev. Wall Street Briefs New York, May 22 (P—Binclal Refining company has advanced prices for gasoline in tank car lois 1-2-cent gallon to 10 cents at New York, P'hiladelphia, Portsmouth and Charleston. The company also ad- vanced Solvent and Vmp Naptha in tank car lota 3;-cent to 12 centa at New Yor kand Philadelphia. F. W. Dodge Corperation reports that new coustruction contracted for during the past week in the 37 states eant of the Rocky Meuntaina of 4 per cent over the amount for the preceding The American Machinist says that sales of machine tools is fully up to normal for this time of year. With American Oil_interest shist- ing their activitics from Mexico to need for representation exico of the Association of Pra- Petroleum no i 1ger exists, and Guy Steuvens, who rep- resented the organization in that ot ‘|country, has returned to New Y. American oll producers, Stevens nald, sald, have withdrawn from Mexico, as a result of the mamy obstacles thrown in their way in the past ten years, Louis Merzi, 24~ of 11% Wilcox - | street, was arrested by Officer Hayes cussed the idea of “doing away with!on Franklin square this afternoon for driving without a license and for failing to have an operator's license in hin possession. The offirer testcd griddle from thelmorgi's brakes and found them in good condition. Me, May 2 ter Emerson, managing editor of the Boston Her- ald, orator and author, died last night at Squirrel Island near Both- bay Harbor, a victim of a heart attack. Word of his death was re- ceived at his former home here to. jday. N BANK ROBBED Texarkana, Ark. May 22 (4% — | Wour unmasked men robbed Miller Company Bank and Trust Co. of Texarkana of about $8,000 in currency after forcing five bank of- ficials jand two customers into the vault shortly hefore noon teday. The men escaped in a green automobile. ARKA Funerals Norman Daniels IFuneral services for Norman C. Daniels of 39 Lincoln street will e held tomorrow afternoon ut 3 o'clock &t the home. Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill, pastor of the Routh Congregational church, wil officiate. cemetery. Jacob Chudaik Funeral services for Jucob Chud- sik of 225 Hrond street were held this morning at 7 o'clock at Bacred Heart church. Rev. Alex- ander Kowalezyk celebrated a re- quiem high mass. Burial was in Bacred Heart cemetery. Mrs. Annle 4. Cunningham Faneral servicea for Mra. Annie J. Cunningham of Linden street were held this morning at 9 o'clock at the Church of 8t. John the Evan- gelist. Rev, Thomas J. lLaden cele- brated a requiem high mass. Ax the remains were being borne into the church Organist John J. Crean played “Flee as a Bid” and at 'lh- offertory Mrs. Kalhleen Crowley 8olomon sang “Pie Jesu.” The organist played “Absent” at the communion of the mass and M. Crean sang “Beautiful lLand . on High” at the conclusion. Chopina funeral march was played as the remains were leuving the church The pall bearers were Fi Hilbie, Timothy Claire, Philip Bu Francis Brennan, Frank Bum James Sullivan. The wer bear- ers were Charles Reilly und Harold Ward. Father Laden conducted commit al services at the grave. Burial Mary's cemetery, Joseph T. Walsh friepds gathered 1his 8t. Joseph's church to pay & last tribute to Joseph T. Walsh of 47 Brooklawn street, World war navy veteran. A solemn high mass of requiem was cele- brated by Rev. Jehn J. Keane as- sisted by Rev. John F. Ponohue and Themas F. Lawlor. As the remains were being borne into the church, Organist Frank Rullivan played ‘Nearer My God, 1o Thee” and at the offertory James V. Sullivan sang Bailey's “Ave Maria.” At the conclusion of the mams the organist played “My Country ‘'Tis of Thee” and at an interval between the ‘final prayer and the recesaional James Sullivan sang “I Come to Thee A funeral march was played as the remains were leaving the church. Tour nephews were six pall bearers, John, Norman. Howard and George Rtaubly. Jr. Other pall bearers were Andrew Daly and Frank Collins. Father Keane conducted the committal services. Burial was in 8t. Mary's cemetery. Many mong the Joha Oncar Johseon The body of Jokn Oscar Johnson. Co. this ar- | Blomgren of Boston and Col. rangement was agreed upon as the|berg of New York will attend the bert method of precluding the con-|funeral and participate in the serv. dition that resulted several days ago |ices at t |100th birthday en Sunday, died to-|! boy with his uncle. He leaves three| Maple WiM ‘-_m and twb daughters. Salvation Army worker vesterday will lie in state at the At a conference Monday between |Ralvation Army hall tomerrow from city officials and representatives of |11 a. m. to 2 2 p. m. o'clock. Major Wy- hall. . Johmson was long connected with the Army and held while a fire gained headway in the |the commission of sergeant mujor in Reynolds hdme at 219 West Muin|thig ecity. R R e T Porenninio—All kinde of Shrobe and Rteep Falls, Maine, May 22 (P— | Bvergrosas—Beddings Plante of Maay varteties. “Our Putiness 1s Growing” Vielt BOLLERER'S Geroenhouses st _al, W the | Burial will be in Fairview | who died | =) STIIRM OF SELLING | ENGULFS WALL §T. Higher Rediscount Rate Wipes Out Millions in Quoted Yalues New York, May £2 UP—A storm of sclling orders, wiping out millions of dollars in quoted valuck, swept into the New Yoik stock exchange and other securities markets toduy on the announcement that the fed- eral reserve council had approved an ncrease in rediscount rates from 5 to 6 per cent in a further effort to curtail the volume of borrowings on securities colltateral. Extreme losses in a long list of industrials and rails ranged from $3 to $15 a share, with at least a score individuai stocks, including General | Motors, Chrysler, Nash, United Fruit and Cerro de Pasco C‘opper. sinking | 10 new low levels for the year. Despite the prospect of higher r discount rates this week, call money | was in good supply and after renew- | 7 per cent dropped to € in | ternoon. There was mno| change in time money or commer- cial paper rates although they are now quoted at the highest levels in Business continued favorable, Tron Age reported that “steel output ix undiminished and signs of a decline in mill beokings are by no means marked,” pointing out that ** a fur- ther tapering of specifications in the automoblle indusiry 13 offset at least in part. by fresis demands from other | sources.' While Wall Btreet helieves that 6 per cent rediscount ratea will only bring them it line with other mone- tary accommodations, fears are felt in xome quarters that they will hav> a depressing effect on business and hold up new projects which have to be financed with borrowed money Veteran market observers pointed ont that the activities of the market indicated that it was “over bonght" and that there wax noi sufficient fresh buying power to check the forced liquidation which came into the market. Although hrokerage | accounts generally are well margin- ed, the severe declines in some of the recent wpeculative favorites ne- censitated margin calls, which many traders were either unwilling or un- able to meet. 2:30 P. M. Putnam & Co.) Low Close 286 28Ty 135 10315 114% Al Che & Dye 292 Am Ag Che pd 44 American Can 1357 Am Foreig Pw 106 Am lLoco . 116 Am Bm & Re 1007 | Am Bugar 7 Am Tel & "Tel 2103% m Tobacce . Anaconda Cop Atchison | Atlantic Refin | Ralt & Ohio. | Beth Bteel | Brook Man Can Pacific Cer De Panco Chen & Ohio CM & & Paul {C R 1 & Pac 125 Chrysler Corp dom TPower .. Congoleum Consol Gas Corn Prod Curtiss Aero .. Dav Chem Dupont Eng Pub Eriec RR Fam Players Fleischmann Fox Film A Genl Asphait Genl Elec Genl Motors .. Goodrich Tire . 7 Hudson Motorn §5% Int. Comb, Eng Int Cement Int Nickel . Int Harves Int Tel & Tel. Ken (op Mack "Truck 9 Marland Oil .. 3 Mo Pac Mont Ward .11 atl Biscuit ..178 Natl Cash Reg 11 N Y Central ..189 N Y N H & H 1007 orth Am Al North Pacific. . \I‘Irl\ Mot Car 140 [Penn B R.... T | Phillips Pet. Postum Co. ... Pub Serv 85 % Radio Corp... 9it Remington Rd 307 Reading L108 Rep I & 8... 907, Kears Roebuck 1561 | Sinclair OIl ... 401, Southern P 12014 Btd Gak & Klec 893, 81 Oil J B8y ftd Ol N'Y | 407 Stewart Warner 72 Ktudebaker TN Texan Co RATES Tex Gulf Sulph Tim Rol Bear . Underwood . Union Pac | United Fruit . |U R Ind Al .. U 8 Rubber .. U R Steel .. Wert Elec . Willys Over .. Woolworth Wright Aero . Yellow Truck . 119 01 " 252 75 By 873y LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) Insurance Stocks Bid Aetna Casualty Aetna Life Ins Co Aetna Fire Automebile Ins .. Conn General . Hartford Fire ...... Hartforg Steam Boiler 520 Natfonal Fire 930 Phoenix Fire . Travelera Ins Co .....198% Manutacturing Stocks Am Hardware .. 6h1y Arrow-Hart & Hegeman 4% Billings & Spencer . 10 Bristol Brass ... 38 City Company . 108 [Colt's Arms . 3% Eagle Leck (1} Tuaw 2010 o 871y 51 11 38 113 38 | the societ PUTNAM & CO, bamlbars How Tork & Hardurd Savk Badasnges 31 WEST MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 We Offer: New Britain 65 W. Main St. We Offer: MEMR doseph M. Nalloran 85 West Main Street We Offer: Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Coole nders, I* N B Machine North & Judd . Palmer Bros .. Peck, Stowe & Wil . Russell Mg Co . Rcovill Mfg « Standard Stanley Works . orrington Co . Union Mfg Co . Veeder-Htoot L Adn Public Utllities Stocks Allied Pow & Light conn Elec Service s Conn 1t & P 5136 prd 100 Conn Power x div Hid Elee Light Hfd Gax Co com Hfd Gas Co prd Southern N United Corp . (| hurch Soclety Benefits According to the will of Lucius | Albert“Merrill, janitor of the New Britain General hospital, he leay his sisler, Nellie K. Merril of Rapids. Mich. $500 and the v mainder of the estate is left for her Aduring her life. At her death it will be turned over to the New Eng- lznd branch of the Woman's Fo ¢ign Mission society of the Method. ist Episcopal church. The original will was drawn up In ockwell in June, 1922 and was 1ecorded in Hartford. he witnesses are Evelyn Fowler, Elizabeth Fow- Jer and Evelyn G. Fowler. A codicil was drawn up in Michigan with W r..M. R. Montrella, and R. witness: B. Rich se Rig A Stillwell Sophronia secretary of cutrix, Local Woman Honored At S. D. of L. Convention Mrs. Alice Earle and Mrs. Alice Manee of this city were elected as- sociate vice councilor and associate councilor of the state council of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty at the 36th annual session of the or- ganization held in New Haven yes- terday. A large delegation from this city was present. The new officers of the council were installed into office by Nation- Penn. Visitors were mnt | tavi, Clty Compary cf Hartford, Inc. Price on Application. EDDYBROTHERS 8 G2 Members Hartford Stock Exchange HARTFORD 33 Lewis St. MERIDEN 43 Colony St. 100 SHARES BILLINGS & SPENCER “Investments That Grow” Fuller,Richter, Aldrich & Co. COMMERCIAL TRUS1 BUILDI NEW BRITAIN S HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Tel. 1253 fMarold C. Mot Billings & Spencer - This company has only one class of stock and is reported to be making very favorable progress. . BUY NOW Thomson, Tenn & To. Members of New York and Hartford Steek Exchanges New Britain I'Iou 2580 Ginart G. Segar, Manager BRYANT & CHAPMAN Price on Application. e N e A R AT New York and New Jersey, The next nual session will be held In Wa- | terbury Regliiwln ate News Warranty Joln R. I'¢terson to Emilio Pri- muai, Clinton street. Albert Chiappini to Fermano Ot- Roxbury road. Benjamin Belman to Guisseppina Cianci, Vance street. Alberta M. Yarrow Shephard, et al. to Frederick W. Walter, Jefferson | street. Morigage Guisseppina Ciani, et al, to Ben- |jamin Belman, $1.850, Vance street. Nicholas Scapellatl to Elvira Mi- $1.100, Clinton street. abeth E. Rackliffe te New in Trust Co. $3,000, Greenwoad | street. al Councilor Mrs. Elinor Palmer of | By Will of L. A. Merrill| Jumps me Auto Truck, Struck by Motoreycle l.ouis Brignoli, 35, of 19 Wreok street, leaped from a New Britain % |Machine company automobile truck {on South Main street between Brook and Mill streets at 11:55 this morning and was struck by a police depart- ment motorcycle operated by Officer William P. Hayes, sustaining an in- jury to his right leg below the knee. Officer Hayes was passing the truck. which was going north en the |street. and Brignoli jumped witheut warning, so that the officer's atterapt {to avoid striking him by turaing to the left was unavailing. ‘The right handlebar struck him and knecked him down. | The officer .inquired whether Trignoli wanted medical attention or {not, and he said he did not belleve he was seriously hurt. “The foreman on the truck said he would take Rim |to the factory nurse. BRIDGEPORT OFFICIAL DEAD Bridgeport, May 22 UP—Fire Cot- missioner James J. Stone, 54, Whe was stricken wita a heart attack st night as he was leaving a petitiéal guthering, died in St. Viscent's hes- pital today. He was vite ' - of the second district club, and was a formeér He in survived by his widew nl four daughters. l Mw”

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