New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1929, Page 1

News of the Werld By Associated Press IVERES TEET EXPORT DEBENTURE AND HOUSE AGREES Decision m Ilth Recent| Action aad Hoover Yiews— . Expoct Ratilication Today RULE SUSPENSION ASKED T0 GET EARLY PASSAGE Semators Noeris and Smith Keep Promise to Abandon Stand and Sign Report—Farm Relief Mea- sure, Minus Plan, Believed Cer- tain to Pass Both Houses and May Reach President Today. ‘Washington, June 14 UP—Farm Pelief legislation passed through one of the final steps of its congressional Journeys with house approval today of the revised conference report eliminating the export debenture program from the measure. Immediately after the house a tion, the bill formally was transmti- ted to the senate and Chairman Mec- Nary, of the agriculture committee had it made the order of business with an early vote in prospect. If this is forthcoming the mea- Wure probably will be sent to the ‘White House before nightfall as sen- ate action will complete work at the eapitol. Approved at Conf ‘The debentureless bill was ap- proved earlier in the day by the joint senate and house conference. Roth houses still must ratify the ac- tion of the conferees, but those in charge of the legislation said they would press for immediate disposal. Anticipating quick senate appro- val, arrangements were made in the house for a late day session so that Bpeaker Longworth might sign the bill. Vice President Curtis would sign the measure immediately after the eonference report had been approv- ed, and with the afixing of the speaker's signature it would be sent to the White House. In the senate immediately after McNary presented the measure, Ben- ator Robinson, of Arkansas, demo- cratic leader, declared he would have no opposition to its passage. “In the opinion of many senators on bath sides of the chamber,” he said, “the elimination of the de. benture plan leaves this bill in no sense different from any legisiation that might have been enacted at any time during the long contest for farm vellef, “The advocates of the debenture plan has not delayed this legisla- tion longer than to secure a fair consideration. They have performed & duty by insisting that the house . (Continued on Page 2! , TRESKY DANGES . .llli ON GETTING DIVORCE New Britain Man Enter- tains Lawyers in Court House (8pecial to the Herald) Hartford, June 14.—Max Tresky ©f 182 Hartford avenue, New Brit- ain, entertained a group of lawyers and spectators by doing a jig in the -f corridor of the Hartford county "building this morning after Judge Avery had granted him a divorce from Katie Rock Tresky, who mai ried him October 24, 1925, and de- serted him after less than a year of married iife. Questioning by Attorney William M. Greenstein, his lawyer, brought out that the defendant refused to live with Tresky unless he found a home elsewhere for his four chil- dren, born of an earlier marriage. Shortly after their marriage, the wife had him arrested for non- support, but the police court de- cision was in his favor. Later she brought an action of diverce and ‘was successful in drawing alimony for several months while awaiting trial of tife case. When court con- vened at New Haven to hear her charges, the case was vlthdnwn from the docket. He charged desertion in \he a:. vorce action which followed. and the defendant offered no defense. ELEVATOR SHAFT FIRE IN MAIN STREET BLOCK Short Circuit Burns Cable—Attend- ant, Startied By Sudden Flame, Sounds Alarm Fire in the elevator shaft in the New Britain Trust Co. building. Main and Church streets, was ex- tinguished last night at 6:20 after seven pieces of apparatus from the fire department responded to an alarm from box 14. When the firemen arrived they found that the elevator cable had been burned. obviously from a short circuit, in several places. They ailso found that a portion of the shaft ;hout a foot square had become red ot. The elevator operator claims that Ae threw a switch and a blue flame #hot out at him. When the cable started to smoke. he ran to the street and puiled the box. The fire companies were in service but a few minutes NEW BRITAIN HERALD Foue w v o] YELLOW BIRD REPORTED NEAR COAST OF PORTUGAL, ON SOUTHERN COURSE BECAUSE FUEL IS RUNNING VERY LOW Columbus, Ohlo, June 14 UP— A blind roomer lived for days in the home of Tom Peterson, 38, and his wife Ada, 35, going and coming and calling to them, and thinking little of it when they failed to respond. Neighbors saw him moving about, but missed the Petersons and called police, who found li- quor bottles strewn about and the house in disorder. An am- bulance pulled up at the door- way. Tests of the liquor showed it was poisonqus. When the roomer returned later he was told that for 40 hours he had lived in a house tehanted by the dead. NDUSTRIAL CHIEFS IN ANNUAL SESSION Four New Britain Moa Re-tlect- o to County Board REPORT ON CONDITIONS Clarence F. Bennett, Carliste H. Baldwia, Joseph F. Lamb and George E. Bean Agaln on Manu- tacturers’ Directorate. Four prominent New Britain manufacturers were re-elected to the directorate of the Manufac- turers’ association of Hartford county at its annual meeting held at the Country club, Farmington, last evening. They are Clarence F. Bennett, president of Stanley Works; Carlisle H. Baldwin, vice president ‘'of Corbin Cabinet Lock Co.; Joseph H. Lamb, vice presi- dent of Landers, Frary & Clark, and George E. Bean, general manager of the Vulcan Iron Works, the latter also being elected a vice president of the asociation. Arthur D. Coffin of Windsor Locks was re-elected the association’s president. Industrial Activity High Reports submitted by Manager Thomas J. Kelly showed that indus- trial activity was at a high level during the year particularly in ma- chine, tool and affiliated lines. While some branches of manufac- turing were leas favorably affected. production on the whole was ahead of 1928. A gradual recession from the production peak wad predicted for the summer. A talk on “Foremanship Train- ing” was given by Montague Clark ot Meriden, fleld secretary of the Connecticut open shop conference was followed by a social session during which the gathering was enjoyably entertained by Art Snow (Continued on Page 20) HUSBAND ALLEGES WIFE 1S BIGAMIST Gallet Says She “Married” Winchester Man in 1926 New Haven, June 14 M —Charles Gallett of this city testified in his divorce action against Mrs. Caroline Louise Whitten Gallett of Winsted in superior court today, that though still married to him, she had wed Albert R. Chipman of Winchester Center. Judge John Richards Booth in- structed the official court stenogra- pher to send a copy of the testi- mony to the state attorney for Litchfield county. Gallett, who said his wife “married” Chipman late in 1926, testified that it was his be- lief Chipman had deemed Mrs. Gal- lett a single woman. Before this time, said Gallett, she left home, in New Haven, saying she could no longer Jive with him. The complaint accuses Mrs. Gallett of misconduct with Chipman from September 1, 1925 and with living with him for some time without macriage. Gallett said his wife at the time she left him was an ex- pectant mother. Carl A. Mears, attorney for Gal- lett, in examining him, produced a newspaper clipping showing that the “wedding” of Mrs. Gallett and Chip- man was “illegal” because the jus- tice ©f the peace, Eugene P. Holten, I!l!cted in October, 1926, did not go into office until the following Janu- ary. The clipping said a second cere- mony t6 make the marriage “legal” was performed ky Wilbur G. Man- jchester, Winsted lawyer, later on. FRENCH PLANE IN PERFECT TAKE-OFF Paris ahead! Copyright 1929 by NEA Service, Inc.—Transmitted by Telephoto. The perfect take-off of the huge French monoplane “Ycllow Bird” as it roared into the air from the beach at Old Orchard, Me., soon to head out over the Atlantic yesterday, is shown above Five minutes after this picture was taken the bright-hued craft despite a weight of 13,700 pounds, had disap- peared over the horizon at a speed which quickly left behind a gcoast guard plane that was to have atkom- panied it 150 miles to sea. Armeno Lotti, Inset are the three flyers of the Yellow Bird. Left to Jr., backer of the flight, and Navigat or Rene Lefevre. Lowman Says Virkkula Shooting At Border Justified By Official Who Acted Within Line of Duty| Assistant Treasury Secretary Declares Accounts of Case In Newspapers Were “Highly Colored”— Does Not Intend to Disarm Customs or Prohibition Agents as Rumor Said. Washington, June 14 (P —Assist- ant Secretary Lowman of the treas- ury announced today that E. J. ‘White, the customs patrolman who shot Henry Virkkula near Interna- tional Falls, Minn., last Saturday night, “was acting within his au- thority under the law and hu a per- fect defense.” Says Stories “Highly Colored” Lowman said that if White were | indicted, his case would be trans- ferred to the United States court and added that newspaper accounts of the shooting wers highly colored. The assistant secretary said em- phatically the treasury had no in- tention of disarming customs patrol- men and that should congress pass a law disarming them, it would in effect repeal the tariff laws. The same rule, he continued, holds good with prohibition agents and to dis- amendment. The statement issued by the as- sistant secretary did not make public { detalls of the official report of the { Virkkula shooting by Assistant Col- | lector of Customs Linderburg at| Duluth, Minn. Court Shortens Name Of Man in U. S. Navy Stanley Grubarczyk, who left this city several years ago to don the blue uniform of the United States navy, has found his name inconveniently long and has had difficulty in teach- ing his naval associates the spelling and pronunciation. To avoid further difficulty, he pe- titioned the superior court today for a change to Grubar. The application, presented by Attor- ney Martin F. Stempien, was granted. THREE KILLED, TWO HURT IN EXPLOSION st Brooklyn Dry Dock Blast of Undetermined Cause New York, June 14 (A—Three men - were killed, two men were seriously injured and five others slightly hurt in an explosion in & Brooklyn dry dock today. The cause of the blast was undetermined. The dead are: Thomas Kennedy, Christerfer Kelly and Philip Burns, all of Brooklyn. They were Killed outright. Two others, Thomas Campbell and Joseph Noll, were taken to a hospi- tal with serious injuries. About 50 men were working in the bottom of the Robbins dry dock at the time of the explosion, scraping the starboard side of the tanker Golf Penn. It is believed a leak in one of 'the compressed air lines might have caused a pontoon to explode. The Gulf Penm, formerly the Agwihavre, is an American tank steamer, used in the transportation of crude oil, and is owned by the Gulf Refining Co. here. The tanker was reported not damaged. ‘Property at Newington Selected For U.S. War By GEORGE H. MA! (Washington Correspondent. ‘Washington, June 14—President Hoover today approved the recom- mendation of the hospitalization board of the United States Vet- erans’ buresu for purchase of three pieces of property at Newington, about six miles from Hartford, on which- to build the new veterans' hospital for care of war veterans in the southern New England region. The three pleces of land are de- scribed as ne Kelloggy property. Thomas Francis property and Arlan P. Francis property. The Veterans’ bureau information as to what wititheld price has been agreed upon. The tract tm-. Veterans’ Hospital tains approximately 200 acres. This brings to a successful con- clusion the effort the Connecticut senators and congressmen have been making for a year to have the hospital for the southern New Edgland region located in Connec- ticut. The Rhode Island delegation made a stiff fight to have the in- stitution located in their state. Representative E. Hart Fenn of ‘Wethersfield, member of the house of representatives committee on world war veterans legislation, led the fight for Connecticut. The hospital will cost approxi- mately $1,000,000 and will care for world war veterans of Connecticut and Rhod¢ Island. .l | | Ik 1 | i | | IROGERS" WIFE URGES YOUNG LADY ‘SNOBS' Says Girls Should Put Up Good Front at All Times Boston. June 14 (UP)—Girls, as well a¥ boys, should be “snobs,” ac- cording to Mrs. Marie Rogers, whose husband, Prof. Robert E. Rogers, recently delivered a speech on “the | necessity of being a snob.” which created nation-wide discussion. “'Gisls are not as lax in the mat- ter of dress as, men,"” she said in an interview at her summer home on Cape Ann. “Nothing is prettier than the short skirt, but girls must put their clothes on right and wear the right things with them, and need to Lave a value of clothes that will in- stinctively lead them to wear the proper clothes at the proper time. “A girl s always able to put up a better front than a man, and this is clearly reflected in the fact that she has more ambition for her children.” Mrs. Rogers thought the curse of | the younger generation was its “that's good enough” attitude. \PERRY & BISHOP WILL DRAW Y. M. C. A, PLANS {New York Architectural Board of “Y"” Engages Local Firm to Make Tentative Drawings The architectural firm of Perry & Bishop, consisting of Delbert K. Perry and Earle K. Bishop, has been awarded the assignment of draw- ling plans for the new haif million dollar Y. M. C. A. building to be erected in this city in the near fu- ture. The task was received from he National Board of Architects of the Y. M. C. A. with headquarters in New York. This board which has complete charge of the draw- ing and erection of the building. will make tentative drawings which will be submitted to the local archi- tects later. The New York national board of architects will supervise the drawing of the plans also. Mr. Perry is on a trip to Europe, having sailed from New York last week. - HIGH TIDE—JUNE 15 N. London: 3:04 a.m.5:49 p.m. New Haven: 6:44a.m.,7:20 pm. | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tomight and Saturday with scattered | } * * 1 | showers Saturday. E arm them would nullify the 18th | ht: Pilot Jean As#élant, FRATS T0 OPPOSE LIPHAN'S ELECTION H. 5. Baskethall Captain Illegal- 1y Chosen, Societies Declare WANT CHOICE ANNULLED Claim Based on Award of Letters to Only 20 While 27 Cast Baliots for Leader—Track Men Awarded Emblems, Election of Nathan Lipman as |captain of next year's New Britain High school basketball team was |illegal, according to some members |of the Delta Xi fraternity at the |high school who have started a movement to have the election an- nulled because only 20 of the o7 originally announced lettermen ac- tually received their letters. The list of lettermen whe were given the award today included seven less than that announced shortly after the basketball season. In the vote taken among the 27 |letter men, Lipman, who is not a member of one of the fraternities powerful in athletics, was elected captain over Herman Schmarr, a [member of the Delta Xi, and Wil- liam Ross, a member of the Theta 8igma fraternity. Ross was elimi- nated in the informal vote but Schmarr lost by flve votes, 16 to 1. Day Criticises Cassidy Coach George M. Cassidy was criticized at a school board meet- (Continued on Page 11) SWEDISH AVIATORS HELD BY WEATHER Repairs to Plane Com- pleted — Greenland Field All Ready Reykjavik, Iceland. June 14 (UP) —Captain Albin Ahrenberg's at- tempted flight from Stockholm to New York still was halted here to- day pending more favorable weath- er reports from Greenland, his next destination. The landing base at Ivigtut, Greenland, where Helge Bangstede. Danish explorer, awaits the arrival of Captain Ahrenberz and his two for days, but attempts to take off from here 80 far have been unsuc- cessful, and poor flying conditions have delayed the flight the last two days. Repairs on the plane, the Sverige, were completed yesterday. Captain Ahrenberg is accompanied by Lieutenant Floden, reserve pilot and Robert Ljungland. Negro’s Wife Guest At White House Tea ‘Washington, June 14 (UP)—A statement was issued at the White House last night in con- nection with the eatertainment at tea by Mrs. Hoover of Mrs. Oscar de Priest, wife of the negro rep- resentative from Illinois. The White House statement zaid: “All the wives and families of all members of the senate and the house of representatives have been 1nvited to call at the White House at a series of teas to be given by Mrs. Hoover. No names whatsoever have been omitted from the official list.” At the same tca attended by Mrs. De Priest were Mrs. James W. Good, wife of the secretary of war; Mrs. William D. Mitchell, wife of the attorney general; Mrs. Arthur M. Frees, wife of the California congressman: Mrs. Clyde Keily, wife of the Pennsvi- vania congressman, and Miss Grace Burton, niece of the Ohio senator. tearly trial. companions, has been in readiness| FRANGE PREPARES 10 GREET FLIERS Ofticials Will Forgive All and Join Gelebration at Field ANXIETY FELT FOR PLANE Flying Fields Instructed to Be on for Yellow Bird—Edict Such Attempts to Be Watch Against Forgotten. June 14 Official Paris, p) | | The Log of the Yellow Bird By the Amsociated Press. June 23—9:08 a. m., E. 8 T, took off from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, for Paris. June 13—10:13 a. m., E. & T. passed over Matinicus Rock light, off the Maine coast. 5:45 p. m.. E. 8. T. Reported by 8. §. Wytheville about 850 miles at sea. June 13—11:52 p. m, E. 8 T. American Farmer hears Yellow Bird communicating with liners Rochambeau and Laconia. June 14—1 a. m., E. 8. T., Yel- low Bird tells steamship Rocham- beau she is taking southern route toward Portuguese coast over the Azores because of di- minishing gas supply. give the valiant French aviators— Armeno Lotti, jr., Jean and Rene Lefevre—for attempting their hazardous flight from Old Orchard, Maine, to Le Bourget field, Paris, in spite of the ban on the French government against transatlantic crossings. Will Lead in Welcome Not only will official France for- give the aviators, but will lead the rest of the French nation in re- ceiving the young fliers with open arms. Government officials were studying the weather reports with great anxiety today and were fol- lowing the reports of the progress of the flight with probably more interest and hope than the average man in the street. The flight, as it appeared from weather reports reaching the air ministry, was a mast hazardous un- dertaking in view of the stormy weather whihc the bulletins had (Continued on Page 11) ALDERMEN NAY GET STEVENSON'S SCALP Drive Against Hartford Police . Commissioner Result of Scandal Hartford, June 14.—Mayor Bat- terson and members of the board of aldermen have taken officlal cog- nizance of the action of Police Com- missioner George S. Stevenson in taking part in a raid and free-for- all fight which preceded the arrest of Attorney Edward W. Broder and Mrs. R. C. Hastings for alleged mis- conduct at the former's apartment last Friday night, and formal in- quiry will be made by the board. Aldermen have expressed a view that Commissioner Stevenson ex- ceeded his authority when he as- sumed leadership of the raiding party and ordered the two detec- tives assigned to the case to remain outside the room while the fight took place. A movement backed by aldermanic board members, has been inaugurated to prevail' upon Mayor Batterson to retire Stevenson if the investigation substantiates their claim of exceeded authority. Meanwhile counsel for the defense has found a bar to the requested The criminal side of the superior court has been ad- journed to be opened later in the month for trial of a first degree murder charge but it is not ex- pected that other matters can be in- troduced during that session be- cause of the assurance that the murder trial will extend into the month of July. Commissioner Stevenson, a busi ness associate of R. Cleveland Has- tings, husband of the accused wom- an, accompanied Hastings and police detectives on a surprise visit to the Broder apartment in the Highland Court hotel last Friday night. After battering down a door they found Attorney Broder in bed. Mrs. Hastings was nearby, fully at- tired, even to the extent of carry- ing a hand-bag. The lawyer, at one time a candi- date for mayor of Hartford, and (Continued on Page 28) Frante stood ready today to for-| Assolant | two | | | THEA RASCHE MAY “TRY OCEAN RLIGHT 0ld Orchard Deserted Alter De- | parture of Yellow Bird AMERICANS SEEK ~PLANE Mrs. Assolant Leaves for New York —Plans to Join Husband in Paris If He Makes Distance With Craft. Old Orchard, Me.. June 14 (UP) —With the fate of one transoceanic plane decided and that of another in the balance, air-minded Old Or- chard swung its attention today to tentative plans for a new attempt to conquer the north Atlantic. Reports which could not be con- firmed, but which were accepted in many quarters hereabouts, were that Thea Rasche, German aviatrix, would arrive here shortly with the idea of trying a non-stop flight from Old Orchard to Berlin. May Arrive Shortly It was understood that the woman flier intonded to come to Old Orch- ard within a few days, perhapk next Monday, and flop off as soon there- (Continued on Page 11) YALE FOOTBALL STAR AND PAL BADLY HURT Loeser, Star Center, Thought Dying After Southwick Auto Crash Westfield, Mass.. June 14 (UP)— Two Yale university students were perhaps fatally injured today when the new roadster in which they were riding side-swiped a motor truck. crashed through a fence, and plung- wick, near here. The vicitms were Fred Loeser of 108 McKinley avenue. New Haven, who played center on the Yale foot- ball eleven and starred against Princeton last season; and William Robbins of Sewickly, Pa. also a student at Yale. The accident occurred on the Col lege highway in Southwick whi the two students were said to have ben en route from New Haven to Northampton to attend the com- mencement week exercises at Smith college, where both had girl friends. . When taken from the wreckage the students were unconscious and superficial examination indicated that both might die, police report- ed. They were brought to Noble hospital here and their names placed on the danger list. The truck involved in the crash was owned by the White Line Motor Co. of Milford. Conn. Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods has found no violation of the statutes on the part of a carnival company which advertised its performances in Willow Erook park and this after- noon issued a statement refusing to bring criminal action. Councilman Samuel Sablotsky made the complaint to Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham after reading a newspaper advertisement which mentioned the park as the carnival grounds. Judge Kirkham referred the matter to Prosecutor Woods, quoting na statute under which, he said, there was some pos- sibility of prosecution. The show 18 playing on a plot adjoining the park. ‘The prosecutor's statement reads: “My attention was called recently to a letter addressed to a member of the common council. by Judge John H. Kirkham, corporation coun- Woods Declines to Take Action Against Carnival Now In Berlin sel of the city of New Britain, dated June 10th, 1929. The letter deals with the carnival shows held below Willow Brook park in the town of Berlin, at the present time. “It refers specifically to an ad- vertisement appearing in our local newspapers, featuring the shows. Corporation Counsel refers to chap- ter 265 of the Public Acts of 1923, which forbids misleading advertise- ments. “After giving the statute a close scrutiny and reading the advertise- ment, 1 am firmly convinced that no criminal prosecution can be brought against the traveling shows Radio Mmgu Indi- cate Plane is Making Good Progress, Prob- - ably Between Aszeres and Mainland - Exact Position of Craft Un-- known to Ships. Several Steamers Talkk to Operator on Airship, But - Get No Bearings — Crowds Assemble at Lo - Bourget Field to Wel- come Airmen. By the Associated Presa New York, June 14 P—The International Telephone and’ Telegraph company announced today that it had received word over its commercial cables st 2:45 p. m. that the French transatiantic plane Yellow Bird- was 200 miles off the Porty-: guese coast and that it planned to land for refueling in Portu- gal and to continue to Paris teo- morrow. Wireless reports from twe -ocess steamers today indicated that the ' transatlantic monoplane Yellow Bird was faring well on its air resd from the United States to France. The French line steamer Niagara reported that at 6 a. m., New Yeork time, it was in communication with the plane and that all was well. Three hours later the Cunarder La- conia picked up the plane by radje and received the same encouraging report. Northeast of Asares The Niagara was between 300 and 400 miles northeast of the when she spoke to the Yellaw and the Laconia was 700 northeast of- the" istands whih raised the plane. Ia netther instanee ¢id the Tollew (Continued oa Page.28) THINKS NEW ENGLAND 1S TOO CONSERVATIVE Col. Horner Urges Busi- - ness Men to Grasp Opportunities The United States Chamber of - Commerce is the eyes and ears of the government, working through the local Chambers, according to Col. Leonard 8. Horner of New Ha- ven, president of the Niles-Bement- Pond Co., and director of the ma- tional Chamber. Colonel Horner addressed a gathering of €3 @iree- ed down an embankment at South- ;‘0" and officers of Chambers ef Commerce of New Britain, Sputh- ington, Plainville, Bristol, Meriden and Middletown at a lunchees where they were entertained a8 guests of Judge W. C. Hungerford at the Burritt hotel today. Judge Hungerford and Major Frank H. Johnston of this city ate national councillors of the United States Chamber. Judge Hungerford was toastmaster and introduced the speaker. In the early part of his address Colonel Horner took occasion te criticise New England for its ultrs conservatism. He said the United States Chamber of Commerce I8 in a position to protect the busimess interests of the country better thas any other national agency. Denying the familiar cry that New England is losing its indus- trial supremacy, he centinued, “Nobody can get across to me the idea that we in New England are falling behind in our industries. We have our roots too firmly in the ground for that. But as far as this great national movement in assist- (Continued on Page 20) CLERGYMAN AND WIFE Rev. and Mrs. William H. Barseh . of the Memorial Baptist chureh ars planning a motor camp trip frem New Britain to Texas mest month. Rev. Mr. Barsch, isa native of and he will visit his Dems while en route. They will g0 by for advertising the said shows near the Willow Brook park. “I therefore decline to prosecution in the premises. “JOSEPH G. WOODS. bring a “Prosecuting Attorney “for the City of New Britain.”