New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 DOGS IN POU | -:;.ID"" a 'rrl, L ey !"Jx;:a “‘PV - ATTEMPT MADE 10 uug) UESIn0Y HUT BY SETTING FIRE TO IT 10 Canines Held in Captivity in Shack Near Town Home Re- leased in Night - No Danger of Rabies Vet- erinarian Says. Calf Freed From Abattoir on Eve of Slaughter— State Humane Official Declares Pound Is - Unfit and Expects It Will Be Improved. Persons as yet unidentified broke into the city dog pound at the town farm last night, released 10 dogs confined there, set fire to the “dog house” and then broke open a door into the municipal slaughter house adjoining and released a calf which was to be slaughtered today. The break was discovered early this morning by Dog Warden Thom- as Rouskie, who reported to the po- lice department. Chief Detective Sergeant William P. McCue is in- vestigating a report that the owner of one of the dogs, which is. said to have bitten a little girl recently, called the girl's mother yesterday and said the dog would not be in the pound much longer. Door Broken Open Entrance was made by breaking open the door, apparently with a bar. The staple had been pulled out and the padlock removed. The lock was not recovered. Search of the vicinity failed to find any tnce of it nearby. There were 10 dogs lmpoundefl there last night. Following the re- lease of the animals, whoever broke the place open, set fire to some shavings and old bags inside. The flames crept up the inside of the shack, slightly burning one wall. The visitor proceeded to the lnuni- | cipal aughter house adjoining, broke open a door to the corral where live cattle are }ept awalting * (Continued on Page Two.) ANDREW J. TURNBULL T0 BE 97 TOMORROW Has Voted for Every Re- publican Candidate for President Andrew J. Turnbull, oldest Mason in the city and prob- ably the oldest resident of New Britain, sits on his front porch on Wallace street and through eyes somewhat dimmed by age, but spirit 08 young as 1t ever was, watches the busy world go by and ruminates on ‘things as they were in bygone days, even as he ponders on the pano- rama of current events. Mr. Turn- bull will be 97 years old tomorrow. He will have no particular cele- bration because he is planning and has planned for more than a year ANDREW J. TURNBULL to celebrate with a big party when he reaches 100. He says, and his friends agree that he has a right to say %0, that there is no reason why he shouldn’t pass the century mark with all colors flying. Mr. Turn- bull is in excellent health. He has a keen mind, a reliable and in- clusive memory; and a healthy spetite. He is never sick, Three times during the season now drawing to a close he has at- tended Masonic gatherings. Be- cause of a failing sight he does not stroll the streets as much as he did & few years ago, but he still knows is way about and visits his neigh- bors frequently where he is able to discuss the presidents from Lincoln to Hoover with perfect ease. Every republican president ever elected in the United States has reached that high office with Mr. (Continued on Page 22.) inventor, | MRS. ANNA M. STROBEL MAKES HOME BREW ON 830 BIRTHDAY Mrs. Anna M. Strobel of 439 Church Street Celebrates NATIVE OF WURTTEMBERG Vegetables, With Little Meat in Her Diet, Expected By Octogenarian to Carry Her to Old Age Like Others in Family. Mrs. Anna M. Strobel, 429 Church street, was 83 years old yesterday, celebrating her anniversary in & rather unusual manner. She helped to make & batch of home brew. It was the first batch that she had helped to make for two years. " Mrs. St:zobel does not attribute her old aged to beer drinking, but the merry look in her eyes—well, it tells more than her words. It tells of a childhood spent in Wurttem- berg, Germany, where the flowing bowl is held .in higher esteem than it is in these United States under the reign of Andrew Volstead. Fifty years ago, when she was 33 years old, Mrs. Strobel left Germany and came to New Britain, where she has resided ever since. 8he has lived in her home at 429 Church street, with her grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth, for 12 years. 8he also has two great-grandchil- dren, aged two and four. But, because of rheumatism and not because of failing health, Mrs. | Strobel does not go out much, Al- though she likes to work in her garden, she cannot because her rheu- matism makes it impossible for her to walk much. She must be prac- tically carried wherever she goes. Many people of New Britain es- pecially those who are rather older remember the Strobels for they ran a once famous saloon on Elm strect. Her husband, John Strobel died in 1918, just two years before their golden wedding anniversary. Then, because of the wave of Volsteadism, the saloon was closed. She is a staunch old lady. She believes it is because of her diet, for she eats very :ittle meat. of her meals. Mrs. Strobel comes from a family distinctive for their long lives, and so she thinks nothing | of the fact that she has just cele- brated her $3rd birthday anniver- sary. Her father was 89 when he died and neither he nor his mother | wore glasses. Nor does Mrs. Strobul | wear glasses. SAFE CRACKERS GET HAUL IN BRIDGEPORT $3,500 Obtained in One Store; $700 to $1,000 in Second Bridgeport, June 21 (M—Safe crackers made a big haul late last night or early this merning when they broke into Braus’ Women's Wear and Millinery shop at 1194- 1198 Main street, and Landay Broth- ers radio and musical instrument store at 1192 Main street. both places in the heart of the shoppiug district. Samuel Savitt, merchandise man- ager for the Braus chain of stores, estimated that the yeggmen took about $3500 from the safe in that jatore. At Landays the loss was es- timated at from $700 to $1,000. Entered Through Window Entrance to the stores was appar- ently gained by way of an alleyway, giving access to the roofs of the buildings facing on Main street. Climbing to the roof, the yeggmen smashed heavy wired glass in the doorway of a skylight alongside the elevator shaft. and then reached through the broken pane of glass (Continued on Page 32.) Vegetables are the main portion | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES YALE TAKES BOT PRELIMINARIES OF THANES REGATTA Freshman Race Thrilling Alfair 4 Blues Pass Crimson Lead- ¢rs Near Finigh Line JUNIOR VARSITY GONTEST RUNAWAY FROM START Elis Creep Up Time After Time to Final Victory in Yearling’s Strug- gle—Listless Harvard Juniors Of- fer no Opposition in Second Clash as New Haven Boys Win By Four Lengths. By ALAN.J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) New London, June 21 (UP—For the sixth time in seven successive years, Yale today swept the two pre- liminary races in the annual regatta with Harvard on the Thames river. The Blue freshmen, in a spectacu- las closing spurt, came from behind to beat the Crimson yearlings by a scant three quarters of a length in a two mile race that was thrilling all the way. Immediately afterwards the junior varsity eight in workman- like fashion, rowed to a decisive and unexciting victory by four lgngths over the Harvard “Jayvees." Expect Yale Victory ‘With thi twin triumph to her credit, Yale's stock remained high in anticipation of making it a clean sweep by winning the varsity four mile race, scheduled for this evening at 7 p. m. 0dds on the Elis for the big event lengthened to three to one on the wave of Blue enthusiasm. Upstream on the picturesque Thames, in lanes flanked by scores of colorfully bedecked yachts, the ancient rivals renewed their three. quarter century old feud this morn- ing under excellent weather condi- tions. The thousands looking on from (Continued on Page 33.) GRAND JURY WIL HEAR SNOOK STORY Gonfession Obtained From Pro- Tessor—Indictment to Be Asked SLASHED GIRL'S THROAT Gruelling 23 Hour Examination of Veterinarian Ends With Sobbing Suspect “Ready to Tell All"— Feared Threats. Columbus, 0., June 21 (A—The confession of Dr. James H. Snook, i 49, dismissed Ohio State university professor, that he killed 25 year old Theara Hix, his pupil-paramour, was ready for the county grand jury today, just one week from the day the girl was beaten and slash- ed to death. He killed her, he said, because she threatened the life of his wife and child. The confession, announced at midnight by County Prosecutor John J. Chester, jr., was held for the grand jury with Chester's pre- diction that a first degree murder indictment would be returned be- fore evening. Ends Long Grilling Bringing to an end 23 hours of gruelling examination, Snook lost | the iron nerve that had carried him through six days of investigation and, sobbing like a child, told the \urowecutor and police heads that he was ready to “tell everything.” The confession that followed de- clared that he had struck the girl |on the head with a hammer dur- (Continued on Page 6) HOLDUP HONEYNOON Bandits on Wedding Trip Hariford, June 21 (UP)—Alleged to have started their honeymoon Tuesday by collaborating on several store holdups, Joseph G. Clancy, 26, and Eva La Flamme Clancy, 23, for- merly of Waterbury, were arrested by detectives here garly today. Accerding to police Clancy admit- ted he and his four-day bride “stuck up” several stores here shortly after their marriage. In police court, Clancy was bound over to criminal superior court in bonds of $10,000 and his wife in bonds of $5,000. According to police, Mrs. Clancy, an attractive, self-confident young woman, drove the automobile in which her husband escaped after | taking money at revolver point. * GOUPLE ARRESTED IN 1 Police Say Clancys Turned | PATROLMAN DAN COSGROVE ¢ POLIGEMAN WINNER AFTER LONG FIGHT Grabowski, Alleged Ram Run- ner, Tries to Beat Cosgrove MAKES ATTAGK WITH AXE Clawing Women Try to Liberate Prisoner in Clark Street Fray— Prosecutor and Judge Praise Pa- trolman for Courage. Severely scored as “a desperate criminal,” William Grabowski, 24, of 303 High street, formerly of Concord street, was bound over to the September term of superior court in bonds of $3,000 by Judge M. D. Saxe in police court today on charges of transporting liquor by means of a motor vehicle, and resisting a policeman. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods declared that Officer Daniel Cosgrove, who ar- rested Grabowski after a flerce fight in Meehan's Monumental Works at Clark and Union streets shortly after 5 o'clock last evening, “deserves the highest praise of the citizens of Connecticut and people of New Britain for the commend- able manner in which he appre- hended this man who needs no in- troduction to this court.” “He has a long career in this court in the traffic of liquor,” Mr. Woods continued. “He is a des- perate criminal and had he had the opportunity yesterday he would have shot Officer Cosgrove. He reached for the officer’s revolver but he was prevented from getting hold of it. He is now under $3.500 bonds and I ask that he be hcldi (Continued on Page 24) —Police Now | A few minutes after actors as- |sembled backstage in the Strand |boys were attempting to draw | something out of a dressing room | this afternoon, Miss Florence Ver- non, who had been rehearsing her act on the stage while the incident was in progress, dashed out of her | room and in hysterical tones re- | ported the theft of her handbag, containing diamonds valued at $3, 500 and $52 in cash. Two of the male performers | chased through the several alley- | {ways in the neighborhood and saw | | the boys in fiight, but st~pped pur- suit when they found the handbag | thrown by the side of a building. Miss Vernon found the diamonds and cash had been taken, but a novelty watch, because of ita close | resemblance to a vanity case, she | belicves, was not removed from the bag. is at 398 East 152nd street, York city, came to the theater short- ly after noon today to rehearse the $3,500 Diamond Theft at Strand Reported by Vaudeville Actress; Boys Suspected of Taking Jewels Miss Florence Vernon Victim of Sneakthieves in Dress- ing Room — Actors Chase Boys Who Throw Away Bag, Keeping Gems and $52 in Cash theater had been warned that two | Miss Vernon, whose home address | New | Investigating. act with her partners, Wallace and | Capelli. She placed the handbag on, a truck about three feet from the| liron-barred window and went onto| the stage. During the course of the rehearsel she remembered the pres- | ence of the jewels in the bag and |started toward the dressing room. | but seeing several other performers |standing nearby she feared it would cause them embarrassment if she | displayed anxiety over the handbag | n their presence, and she returned ! /to the stage. In the interim which |elapsed between that happening and | the loss of the bag, the theft was| committed. One of the rings was set with four lurge diamonds, while the other two were 'solitaires, Miss Vernon said. The money value represented even | |less to her than did the loss of jewels which had been left to her, she professed, through sobs and she | sought this afternoon to regain her | composure and go on with the act. | | The rings were not insured, Miss Vernon told Manager Carlyle B. Bar- rett. Police headquarters was in- formed of the theft and asked to as- sist in apprehending the two boys. t SPANISH AVIATORS First Hop Expected to Land Craft on Isle Within 16 to 18 Hours— Itinerary Announced by Leader. 21 P— celebrated Cartagena, Spain, June Major Ramon Franco, Spanish avia south Atlantic in 1926, took off here today at 4:50 p. m. (10:50 a. m., E. 8. T.) for the Azores islands on the first lap of a flight to New York. Major Franco took off from Alca- zares airfield, near Cartagena, "lth three companions. The Spanish fliers are scheduled to make their first stop at the Azores which they should reach by m. Saturday. 30 a m, E. 8 T) Spend Da y at Azores at the Azores. He plans to take off for New York at 6 p. m. Saturday (noon E. 8. T.) The flight will be direct to New York if weather con- ditions are favorable: if not. a stop probably will be made at Halifax, N. & Prepared (o Leave Today Although strictest secrecy was be- ing maintained by the airman with regard to his plans, 1t was learned from trustworthy sources that the major hoped to reach the Azores in from 16 to 18 hours. It was esti- mated the second leg of the trip, from the Azores to New York, would | take about 24 hours. planning a round-the-world fligh for more than a year, it was under stood his present trip would not in- volve circling the globe, but would call for a return flight from Halifax to northern Spain, the entire trip taking about 10 days and including a visit to Washington. Major Has Two Planes giant Spanish-built Numancia and a Dornier model-16, of the samo type as the “Plus Ultra” in which the major made his first transatlantic (Continued on Page 20) Four Men Living in This City New Haven, June 21 (—Six ar- rests on bench warrants were made today from the state’s attorney's office in addition to five made in May after « raid by state and federal | enforcement officers on -Waupawaug poultry large stills and seized. The sextet, taken before Judge | Alfred C. Baldwin by State's Attor- ney Hoyt, were Carmella Cococoma, Salvatore Battaiglio, Elliot Burgess and Dominick La Monte, all of New Britain, and Tony Esposito and Michael Deverso of this city. Each was held in $2,000 bonds for court session next Tuesday. The quintet vnder bonds toeappear at the same time are Harry T. Lutterman. for- mer kleagle of the of the state, who owned the farm, Anthony Perrotti who is out on parole from state prison, Ernest Porter, who said he was _Lutter- man’s caretaker, Anthony De Falla and Anthony Spagone. The last named four were arrest- ed as a part of the raid but Lutter- man was taken in court in Wood- ridge by a state officer while listen: ing to the evidence against the others. Officers claimed that had the raid apparatus were been delaved 20 minutes they would have found nothing to seize as the stills and other machinery were be- ’n7mo‘ea ifto hiding when they hed into the place. Information as to the arrests to- day was withheld for the time belng Ku Kiux .Kian | Accused of Being in Rum Ring ANGRY MAN FIRES , HOME FIVE TIMES' by the state’s attorney’s office, Mr. Hoyt merely saying tney came as a | sequei to the raid. | The distillery on the farm had one 2,000 gallon atill and one of 500 gallons capacity, and the product is rm in Woodbridge, when |said to have been handled by one o(l at | thc lrgest rum running rings | present in the state and of which the 11 under arrest are said to have been the active members at the re- ceiving end. Officers are said to be in search of other distilleries in var- jous parts of the state, which were subsidiary to the one in Wood! ridge and raids were in immediate pros. pect. State Officer Lenzi brought in two men this morning creating a little stir at the county court house which | increased wnen state officers - from Hartford brought in four men from New Britain. Reverso and Esposlln appeared to be known by officers in court. Michael Rascatti, a grocer, | offered bonds for Esposito who Clerk Dan Bailey said had been be- fore the superior court. Reverso was fined in city court a year ago for maintaining a place in which whiskey was being “cut.” State troopers said that Cococoma vas known to them as “the New Sritain bootlegger” and of the others only Burgess seemed to be a s{rang- er to the officers. Five of the six remained locked up this afternoon. Mr. Hoyt would not say as to charg- €s yet to be preferred against the men, except that possibly ope of conspiracy might be added. LEAVE FOR AZORES Franco and Companions At-| tempt Westward Atlantic Flight | NEXT LEG T0 AMERICA| or who flew across the | Madrid time, | Major Franco will spend the day | Although Major Franco had been | Major Franco has two planes, his | -+ Pretty Pickles Prove Perfectly Possible Chicago, June 21 (® — Proud pickle producers proclaim to pickle public that the cucumber Las become comely. For years the pickle people have been probing the possibility of pickle pulchritude. Now comes ; Frof. George Starr of Michigan | | State college to pronounce the pickle perfect. He so told the National Pickle Manufacturers’ association, which poured plaud- its on the professorial pronounce- ment yesterday. The persistent progression of | | public pressure for pickles was produced, probably, by the pref- erence of plenty of people tor !| prettier pickles, which the pro-, || fessor proclaimed now prepon- derate. 'ROBINSON LETTERS READ INTO RECORD 'Kentucky Postmaster Says Can- didate Demanded $300 Gilt OTHER CHARGES OFFERED Accuser Says He Was Not Reap- pointed to Office When He Ignor- ed Request—South Carolina Probe | Washington, June 21 (P—A letter by R. B. Waddle, postmaster of | Somerset, Kentucky, charging Rep- | resentative Robsion, republican, of | s s i fun to meet campaign expenses and ving that Robsion's statement | of expenditures for the 1924 elec- | tion showed that “no expenditures | were made” was placed in the rec- ord of the senate patronage com- mittee today by Chairman Brook- hart, Says Postmaster Drunk Another letter filed with the com- mittee, this one by Sidney F. Bailey | of Madisonville, Kentucky, a the postmaster in that place, wh he did not name, with having beea “often drunk on duty. 1t said two inspectors had asked removal of the postmaster for “concealment of shortages™ but that the case was “whitewashed thoroughly.” Six oth- er communications filed by the| (Continu } IPoIlce Say Husband Set | Buildings Ablaze—Barn ( Destroyed i —_— 21 (P—Angered because his wife had left him, po- | lice say, Steve Slankewicz, 50, of Hallville, early today made five at-| tempts to destroy his former home| |in Preston, by setting it on fire. One | attempt was made as his former | wife and his five children lay asleep, but they were wakened by smoke | from the attic and extinguished the | |blaze before it had made muca | headway. | Stankewicz eluded police afte |each attempt, but was finally cap-| tured in the stall of a barn a half |mile from Hallville. | In his attempts he destroyed the (Continued on Page 22.) | * SR i | THE WEATHER | New Britain sad vicinity: | | Party cloudy tomight and |from the post oftice, | pal residence at | maculate Conception, Average Daily Week Ending 152 Jntlsfi... WILD RIDE IN STOLEN CARS ENDS ON COT IN HOSPITAL - WITH THIEF THOUGHT [ DYING Associated Press Ph Homer Tatham, forme: of Minnesota ath saved five | persons® from the City of Ottawa wrecked London-Paris air liner, when the airplane fell into the Eng- lish channel the other day, by kick- ing a hole in the side of the cabin | of the craft. 50,000 MISSING IN WAIL POUCH LOSS Ansonia Messenger (Questioned in Sack Disappearance | CLAIMS CONTRADICTOR Currency From Boston Bank Gonme, University as Well as Checks—Employe De-\ Money Pu-k- nles Receiving age. | Ansonia, June 21 (U P!fDlsap-l pearance of two mail pouches con- taining cash and checks valued be- twee $50,000 and $75,000 was | under investigation here today, i cording to an announcement Postmaster A. W. Jeynes. Money Pouch Gone According to Jeynes, it was learn- | ed the pouch containing the money | was shipped from Boston with three others but only three sacks were de- | livered to Postal Messenger Esko | Burgess, Burgess claims. The post-| master said Burgess was questioned at length by postal inspectors re- garding both ‘missing pouches. Bur- gess insisted he received only three sacks in the Boston shipment. The sacks of checks supposed | to have been delivered by Burgess to the mail car of the 10:29 train for New Haven Wednesday. Postal Inspectors T. P. Cronin and J. J. Dresiin said Burgess arrived at the railroad station, 200 yards eight minutes given the sack and one train, which was by after hie w: minute after the late, had left. Said Crew Has Sack | Burgess told the inspectors he de- (Lommund on Page 2 BISHOP NILAN LAUI]S POLISH SISTERS HERE Lends Approval to Observ- ance of Their Silver Jubilee it. Rev. John J. Nilan, bishop of the diocese of Hartford, has en- | dorsed in a letter to Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of the red Heart church, of the observance of the silver jubilec of the Sisters of | Mary of the Immaculate Conception which will take place this summer. The letter, sent from the episco- Hartford, speal highly of the sisters, whose order, founder by Father Bojnowski, re- cently was approved by the Pope. | The communication to Father Bojnowski follows: “Dear Father: | “The Sisters of Mary of the Im-| in charge of the Polish orphanage in New Brit- ain, are to celebrate this summer the | silver jubilee of their organization. | This community by approbation of | !the Holy See is now a religions community under the direct juris- diction of the ordinary of Hartford. They propose to signalize their | twenty-fifth anniversary by endeav- oring to lighten the burden of debt at present weighing on their insti- tutions, “I am very much interested their work and I am convinced that there is opening before them a very useful and’brilliant future. I am sure that they will appreciate any means which you may be inclined to take in order to assist them in their laudatory undertaking. I have no | | Saturday; mot much change | in temperature. | | | *. * doubt that if their appeal is placed before your good people with your ! in New Britain. n} | and Wrecks it, Takes Another and Smashes R. R Gates, Seizes Brother of Michael Stuka of 11 Oak Street Believes Victim of Own Reckless- ness May Be Local Man —Found Unconscious in Hainden Ditch. George Stuka of 11 Oak street told Sergeant P. J.. O'Mdra this afternoon that he had been to New Haven hospital this forenoon and identified the injured man as his brother Michael Stuka. George said Sergeant Feeney was looking for information about the ac- cident this forenoon and so he decided to go to New Haven, believing the victim might be Michael, who returned to New Dritain a few days ago after an absence. New Haven, June 21—One al- leged attempt to steal a car frus- trated, George Fulton, 25, believed ito be of Bridgeport, stole anotber to make a getaway, wrecked i, |stole a third and wrecked it too=— and now he s a police prisoner and dying in New Haven hespital From the time of the first attemyt made in New Britain, to his remeve al to the hospital from Hamdes, {only five hours elapsed. The second accident, which may rove fatal, made a 22 mile flight a vain effort for the man who has & loag criminal record for stealing automobiles. Fulton and an accomplice are satd to have stolen an autemebile Police purswid and overtook them. Fulton escaped on foot but the accomplice was arrested and the stolen machine towed to New Brit. ain headquarters. To make goed his escape, it was said Fulton stele a car belonging to John Avitabile of 125 Smalley street, New Britais, and began racing it on the high- way toward New Haven. Beats Train at Eno Tralor of North Haven, gate | tender at the railroad crossing of the New Haven rallroad that town, had just lowered the gates for the passing of the New York | to Springfield, express when Fulton sped up in the coupe. Despite Tralor's frenzied signal. lings Fulton crashed the ecar through the gates, missed the cow tender of the speeding express by a few inches and careened down the road on the opposite side. About a half mile down Tralor saw tha coupe leave the road and go down an 18 foot embankment into a bog. Tralor jumped in a passing Hart- ford truck and went to the sceme. When he and the truck driver {jumped out to help Fulton he drew a revolver and told them that it | they didn't go away he would shoet. | They left. A short time afterward Deputy Sheriff A. Herbert Carlson was noti- fied by Fred Dudley, North Haven garage owner, that the car of Ed- { ward Boyle of North Haven had (Continued on Page 33.) 'WOMAN FLIER ON REFUELLING FLIGHT Viola Gentry Starts Out After Record With Parkhurst Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 21 (A—Viola Gentry, former holder of the woman's solo endurance flight record, and Charles W. Parkhurst. | former instructor at Roosevelt Field flying school, took off at 11:23:16 o'clock eastern daylight time. toay on a refuelling endurance flight. They were flying a light biplane with a 110 horsepower engine. The plane is called “The Answer” and the refuelling ship is called “The Exclamation Point.” The names re- called the title of the famous army endurance plane “The Question Mark.” The “Exclamation Point” will be flown by Emil Burgin and the §8 foot hose will be handled at the re- fuelling ship end by Harold Wider. The' “Answer” had 114 galioms of fuel when it went aloft and it was not planned to refuel until this eves ning. The refuelling endurance flight record is held by Reg Robbing and “Fort Worth” in the air fer 173 hours, 32 minutes and one -e‘fl. beating the time of the (Continued on Page 23.), I.I'-, tion Mark™ by 31 hewrs, S1 sinuise lnl 18 gecopds. James Kelly who kept the plans