New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1929, Page 33

REPORT 100 DEAD IN CANTON BLAST 80 Patiea(s Are Incladed Amon Yictims—Canse Unknown London, June 21 (UP)—One hun- dred persons were killed when two vaults under the compound of the Eastbund hospital at Canton ex- ploded, an Exchange Telegraph dis- patch from Hong Kong said today. The dead included 30 patients. The explosion was followed by a fire which completely destroyed the main building of the hospital, -the dispatch said. More than 400 pa- tients were confined in the building and the Red Cross, the police and the military were called upon rescue them. " The cause of the fire that pre- ceded the explosion, which took place in a room where ammunition was stored, has not yet been ascer- tained. YALE TAKES BOTH PRELIMINARIES OF THAMES REGATTA! (Continued from First Page) boats, shores and observation trains got their principal thrill out of the battle between the freshman eighths. From start to finish, the opening event was an exciting affair, with what looked like a Harvard victory & half mile from the finish, turned suddenly into a smashing triumph tor the Eli youngsters. Harvard Gets Jump The Harvard freshmen got the jump at the getaway, spurted out into a quarter length lead and held a varying margin for the first half of the race. Yale’s cubs, always within striking distance, challenged at the three-quarter mile mark ani sgain at the mile, where the Crimson swept past the sombre blue of the New London submarine base. The Elis actually got out in froat ut this point, but in less than a fur-, long they had lost their lead as Harvard spurted again, gaining a full half length as the crews went past the mile and a half flags, Sirens shrieked from Crimson he- flagged craft. Yale appeared beaten, but not for long. Lifting their stroke up to the astonishing pace of about 40-to-the-minute, the Elis, stroked by R. 8. Huchintoss of New York city put on a rally that quickly cut down the Crimson advantage. A quarter mile from the finish, they were prow and prow together, but in the closing dash, Yale's stroke never faltered. Ell Takes Lead At End The Eli youngsters gained stead- fly and swept across the finish line three-quarters of a boat length to ' *he good. After the race, officials reported that Harvard lost valuable distance and possibly cost itself a chance 100K/ [IVIRYBODYS DRESSED UP| BUT YOU Is that what your bet- ter half will say when you go out together this Sun- day? Don’t wait for that to happen—get some swell new summery clothes THIS SATURDAY. YOU DON'T NEED MUCH (ASH— A little each week will get you the nicest clothes your heart could wish for. Come look at our win dows and see what's REALLY NEW! 413 Main St., Near E, New ertuin No Cennecticn With Any Other Store in Connecticut Main 8t. to 1 | close to matching a well tanned skin. | |ter victory by faulty steering in the | first half of the contest. Although the Crimson freshmen were in frent over this part of the route, it was figured they lost at least a length and possibly more by wandering from their lane. It was ! said they had to veer in sharply to pass through the markers at the mile, | The officlal times were: 11:07; Harvard, 11:09 3-5. Win by Four Lengths i The junior varsity was all Yale. i The Elis got the jump at the start, {had a full length advantage at the halfway mark and rowed away from the Crimson ‘jayvees” easily to win by fully four lengths. Har- vard's boatload seemed sluggish all the way, while the Eli craft, paced by W. R. Tappen of Pleasantville, N. Y. last year's varsity stroke, |never was in danger of being head- ed. It wasn't necessary, but the Blue put on a finishing spurt just the same to make it more decisive. The official times: Yale, 11:00; Harvard, 11:12 4-5. Yale's double victory repeated the Blue's sweep of the morning events in 1923-24-25.27 and 28. This cov- ers the period of Head Coach Ed Leader's regime at New Haven, {during which Harvard's only mo- i ments of preliminary glory came in 1926. The Crimson | races that year. (WILD RIDE IN CAR ENDS IN HOSPITAL Yale, won both early (Continued from First Page) been stolen from the Dudley garage. | Ten minutes after this in- formation had come a motorist tele- vhoned the deputy sheriff and said he had seen a car wrecked in Ham- den, Fulton, unconscious, was found i lying amid the wreckage. | The wrecked car found near the North Haven crossing was found to be registered in Avitabile's name. | The last car was Boyle’s. Fulton is expected to die. i Took Local Car From Garage The local police learned of the North Haven incident by telephone from the failroad police early - this morning and Sergeant J. C. Stadler went to the home of John Avitabile, 125 Smalley street, in whose name the car is registered. Avitabilexsaid he returned from Hartford, where he is employed, at 7 o'clock last evening and put the car in a shed in the rear ot his home about thre: hours later. He was surprised to find it missing when he accompanicd Sergeant Stadler to the shed. Sergeant T. J. Ieency went to 11 Oak street this forenoon on a search for George Fulton but reported that | he was not known there. It is sus- pected that a man who lived at that oddress and returned from New York only a few days ugo may be ! the injured man, [ Bergeant ¥eeney went to New Haven hospital this afternoon to make an effort to identify the in- jured man. The local police feel | I fairly certain they know who he is. | They have no information relative | to an accomplice, | | | “ASHIONS ADAPTED T0 COATS OF TAY ‘o5 Harmonizing With Sun- burn Prepared for Summer | Parts, June 21. (®—It no longer | i a question whether women will llow their skins to take on a mid- snmmer bronze from sun and wind. | The pace-settins style makers take | it for granted that women who wear the summer models they are turning iout mot only will have sunburned [faces, but sunburned arms and | shoulders as well. | They show colors which make the i best of sunburn, stressing sun-color- Ings, especially nasturtium s! .dns.} ! which only well tanned or naturally | | dark skinned women can wear suc- | | cesstully. Beach and pajama costumes par- ticularly limit themselves to the col- 'orings that accentuate sunburn. Combinations widely used are white | ‘and dark blue with touches of cher- ity or flag red, black and white, rose- beige, egg-volk and egg shell tints, and brilliant ciel and larkspur blues, Evening dresses make the same allowance for sunburn. There is al- | most no pink in current evening |styles shown at big dressmaking | houses. Amber, black. cream, green | vellow, dark blues and red arc the [ favorites, A shade of satin called biscuit is | generally chose in place of white. i1t is a deep cream with an amber {tint and under electric lights comes | Try Twice to Purloin | | Fireworks; Boys Caught | Three boys, lured by the attrac- tiveness of fireworks in a store &t | 167 Arch street, made two a\wmpt«i > break in last night and one of | “em was caught by the police the cond time. He told who his com- | nions were and the trio will be in | ivenile court. Albert Anderson of 163 Arch treet, who is employed in the store, | reported to Officer Maurice Flynn at 10:30 o'clock that he saw the boys at the rear door and they ran aw: Some of the putty had been removed | around a pane of glass. Later. Officers Flynn and \lllrv\- ski made a trip about the prer i and the boys were at the glass again. They ran through the yard and came | 'out on Glen street with the officers | in pursuit, and Officer Otis Hrmkmng raught one. l <~CITIZENS BLANKS EXHAUSTED Hartford, Juhe 21 (®—The rush| f applicants for citizen's papers | luring the last three months has! »mpletely exhausted the supply of hese forms at the local office of the federal bureau of immigration, it was learned this morning. Railroads in Germany report that 13 per cent of all towels placed mx‘ wash rooms are stolen annually. | not been lby Waadle. Chief Justice Taft Recovevs | Chief Justice William Howard Taft is well again. e !the head of the Supreme Court as, restored to health and in jovial spirits, he left the Washington hospital where he had | NEA Washington Bureau Here you see ceen confined for several days’ rest. With Mrs. Taft, the former president went to their summ er home in Murray Bay, Que. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. Dolan of \'\nld ‘bara, ., formerly ot rw B in, arc visiting at the home of local relative They have in New Britain for 10 years Recently Mr. Dolan, while on a visit to the home of Bis wife's uncle in Kentucky, was honored by appointment to the governor's staff. City ltems Bt. Elmo temple, Pythian Sisters, will hold their last megting of the ummer next Monday evening at the rooms. Eric and Hulda Johnson have been’ made defendants in a suit for 8 brought by Steve Tyborski through Attorney Lawrence J. Golon The plaintiff alleges non-payment ot a grocery bill. Property on Thorn iley street was attached by Constable | Fred \\ml\le "OBINSON LETTERS READ INTO RECORD (Continued from First Page) chairman concerned questions in South Carolina and Arkansas. The committee is investigating methods by which federal appointments are made in southern states. Waddle's ter said he refused “certain ille- demandsX of Robsion and was ot rcappointed when his term ex- pired. Photostatic copies of suid had been received Kentucky member were letters he from the | furnished The first of these, dat- Aug. 5, 19 said the expenscs of waging hi. in Addle’s county were considerable andshe undcrstood Waddle “did not help.” ed $200 Gift: Demanded As you have the best office in | the district,” the letter said, I should be very glad if you would contribute $200. A member of con- gress cannot run all the races and bear all the burden all the time.” A postscript said the “man who was not appointed I netice was busy an | contributing.” Another lctter said that Robsion “did not want anything for himselt" nd that whatever Waddle gave, he ‘intended to turn it over to the few | persons who put up the money for my campaign there.” “I understand,” this letter added, “that they took care of the situ- ation there, but I have never ap- pointed anyone of them to any of- fice and have not done anything for any of them. I felt that it was nothing more than right that thos» who had received the good appoint- ments ought to help those who made the contriutions and did not recetve any appointments.” Relieved of Duty Waddle added he “failed to ceive a reindorsement” and was course, relieved from duty.” Of the other communications one referring to Wallace Townsend, re- publican national coommitteeman for Arkansas was written by Rus- sell D. Leas, treasurer of the Ark sas republican committee, who. st Brookhart’s request, supplied a list of contributions by federal office Tholders there. The letter was dated May 31, 1929, and showed a total of $945.39. The' committee today also rec cd an affidavit, signed by Joscph W Tolbert, republican national com- mitteeman for South Carolina, who had been mentioned in previous tes- [timony as a tions from postmasters. It declarced that “it is obvious to any fair-mini- Ted person that of assessments in South Carolina.” ‘ot NORMAL SCHOOL GRADUATES Diplomas are being awarded to a class of 121 at the New Britain State Normal school this afternoon by Charles L. Ames of the state board 'of education. The occasion will be the last on which Dr. Marcus White as principal of the school, will con- duct graduation exercises after 36 vears’ service. The rest of the pro- am will include numbers by the! Glee clubs, solos and a, play. Minnesota has had 146 bank cen- solidations in six years, zays A. J. Veigel, state bank commissioner. campaign that year “collector” of contribu- ' there is no system | Birth Record A daughter born at New | Britain General hospital today to | Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Duboich of Kent | strect, Plainville, Peacox Trial Date Set for September ‘White Plains, N. Y., June 21 | (UP)—Supreme Court Justice Ar- |thur S. Tompkina announced today that the trial of Earle H. Peacox would = Peacox is accused of murdering his wife, Dorothy, last April, ing to burn her body. However, there will be a court session Mon- lay, the date originally set for the trial. This postponement will en- able the defense to call in Septem ber three witnesses who have been iubpoenaed from out of the state. It is understood, howevet, that the de lay was insisted on by the prosecu- tor. Deaths John Franets Kelly John Francis Kelly, age 28, son {of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kelly of Fairfield avenue, Hartford, died at | his home at 10:30 o'clock this morn- ing following a brief illness. He was born in st Hartford, Oc- ;!obf‘l‘ 10, 1900. Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters, Misses |Mary and Virginia Kelly and two brothers, Fenton and Denis Kelly. ‘ The funeral will be held at 9.30 o'clock at the home and at 10 {o'clock with & sBlemn high mass at 8t. Augustine’s church, Hartford. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery, | New Britain. I Funerals | —— | Frank Kulas | The funeral of Frank Kulas of 315 High strect who died at his home Wednesday morning, was held this morning from his home at o'clock With services at the Sacred | Heart church at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Alexander Chmilowicz officiated at | the services. The pall bearers, all members of the St. Stanislaus socicty of which Mr. Kulas was a member, were: Chester Tomihowski, Martin Gra- jewski, Andrew Sobieski, | Lukasiewicz, Stanley Kaczmarski and Anthony Dlugolenski. Father Chmilowicz conducted the committal services at the grave. Burial was in Sacred Heart ceme. tery. Thomas Sholes Springfield, a former resident of this city, was held this afternoon at {1 o'clock at the ron Funeral | home in Springfleld. Services were held at Ifwin chapel at 3:15 o'clock. ‘Burla! was in Fairview cemetery. Edward T. Walsh, Jr. | The funeral of Edward T. Walsh, |Jr., of 220 Kensington avenue, who | was found dead in bed at his home yesterday morning a victim of the | heat wave. will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at 8t. Joseph's church. Burial will be In 8t Mary's cemetery. | CARD OF THANKS : We wish to thank all our friends ,and relatives for their sympathv and kindness expressed through the many beautiful floral offerings re- ceived during our recent bereave- ment in the death of our beloved wife and mother. We especiallv wish to thank the employes of E. Hitohcock Co. and employes of Dept. 171 of the Stanley Works for thelr floral offerings. .MICHAEL VARHOLY and SON. EEp—————NEN OUR BUSINESS IS GROWING Flower | | gmrdens at Johnson S, Maple Hill. DOLLERER'S POSY SHOP #3 WEST MAIN ST. “The Telegraph Florist of New Dritain" ere are invited go visit eur be postponed to September. | and try- | Andrew | | The funeral of Thomas Sholes of | Wall Street Briefs Pratt & Whitney, Aircraft Co., of Hartford, Conn., will furnish the 180 Wasp engines for the airplanes to be built for the war department by the Boeing Airplane Co. The engine | contract involves more than $1,300,- 000. Both the Pratt & Whitney and the Boeing organizations are divi- sions of the United Aircraft and Transport Corp. The United Gas Improvement Co has applied to the New York stock exchange for the listing of its com- mon and preferred stocks. A dividend of 10 per cent on. the common stock has been declared by the dArectors of the British Gen- | eral Electric Co. Profits for the year 1ending March 31 amounted to 1,- 1084,077 pounds, compared with 1,- 1057,867 pounds in the preceding Iyear. | The National Dairy Products Corp. is reported negotiating for acquisition of the DBryant & Chap- man Co., of Hartford, Conn.. on the basis of an exchange of stock. | “The International Telephone and Telegraph company announces that {it 18 not carrying on any negotia- |tions, nor are any contemplated, |with the Marconi International Marine Communication Co. Ltd., for the establishment of a ship-to- shore telephone service. Cigarette production in May in the United States amounted to 11.- 169,358,287, an increase, of 2,276,- 859,085 over May, 1928 cigars total- jcd 613,983,055 an increase of 31,- 909,480. Manufactured tobacco amounted to 30,128,326 pounds, an increase of 369,364 pounds over May of last year. The six stores of Barnett & Co., in northwestern Nebraska, have been purchased by the J. C. Penney Co. The Penney stores now in oper- ation throughout the country total 1213, BONDS LISTLESS IN IRREGULAR MARKET Few Respond to Easier Money Rates—Trading Light New York, June 21 (®—The bond market failed to respond today to the easier quotations on time money and prices fluctuated irregularly in carly trading. Attention was di- rected almost exclusively to the is- sues with a speculative flavor. Public Service of New Jerasey con- vertible 4148 made another new 1929 top at 233 for an overnight gain of 3 points on the strong position taken |by the stock, while the other favor- 1i!u in this group, such as Ameri- jcan and International Telephono |4%s, Atchison 4%s, and Missouri Pacific 5%s, recorded smaller gains. Under the leadership of Atchison General 45 and New York Centril General 3%s, up after half a point {each, some of the high grade r-ll mortgages showed a little progress, ut it was generally apparent that the sharp increase in brokegps' loans had caused some uneasiness over the | | credit outlook which was counteract- ,ing the favorable factdr of the tirue money easement. National Dairy Products 6§ 1-4s and Walworth Debenture 68 were under light accumulation. The iat- ter responding to the demand with 'a rise of 3% points. Industrials and ‘utilities were generally quiet. United States government !moved in the narrowest session of ithe week, and excepting Fourth Liberty 4 1-4s, were virtually ne- glected. Foreign obligations suf- fered similarly. * | CURB IS FEATURED BY POWER STOCKS %\ Eastern Utilities Slip But Mid- Western Stocks Ascend New York, June 21 (®—Continued 1selling of upper New York State Public Utilities and buying of Mid- dle Western Power stocks today im- parted an irregular tone to the curb market. Leaders in the new group of ladvancing utilities again broke {through to record high prices. The eneral list showed some improve- | ment, with oils and air stocks firmer. The New Niagara Hudson Power common ranged from 23 7-8 to 23% 'most of the day. The initial sale yes- terday in the stock on the curb was |25 1-4. Stocks of the companies it is merging all sold off sharply. Senator Heflin to Help Son Cure Rum Taste Washington, June 21 (UP)—S8en- ator Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama, whose son, Thomas, Jr., vesterday pleaded not guilty in police court {here to charges of driving while un- der the influence of narcotics, to- day issued a statement expressing his grief at learning his son “has been drinking again” and promising |“to help mee the danger of such indulgence.” “I am confident, the senator's statement said, “that God is going to help him become master of himself and make what he is able ¢ of making, a good useful man. His mother died when he was 14 years old, and he is all that T have. God jhelping me, I shall continu® as a father who loves his son to help him in every way that T can.” RUSSIAN SANDWICH An excellent luncheon or tea sand- wich is made of thin slices of pum- | pernickel spread with unsalted but- ter with a filling of chopped ripe olives, chopper sardines and Russian dressing. Garnish with a pickled beet and a few bits of watercress. Voters in France are supplied identification cards which must be presented at the polls. insues | |STH1 AND GOPPER 'BOUGHT ON MARKET i Prices Move Upwards and Trad- | ing Shows Marked Marked Expansion New York, June 21 (®—A brisk demand for U. 8. 8teel common and Anaconda Copper, coupled with the buoyancy of a few high priced in- dustrials, featured the resumption of the upward price movement in to- | day's stock market. Trading show- | ed a marked expansion in breadth | and volume, which was construed as zn indication of increasing public participation. Call money renewed at 7 per cent but the supply at that flgure was small, and there was & possibility that the rate might work higher. There was no change in time money | and commercial papers. Despite the recent easing of time money rates, federal reserve officials insisted there was no change in its credit | policy, calling attention to the re- duction in holdings of bills and gov- | ernment securities. { The rise in steel common was in- fluenced by expectations of an un- usually favorable half yearly output. Beveral of the independents rallied in sympathy. Anaconda led the copper group. changing hands in large volume at advancing prices. It crossed 115 by | early afternoon which compares ! with a low of 99 on the recent break. Carbon attained new for the year. Buying of the ralls was rather selective in character. There were % few soft spots. American Woolen common and preferred and Ameri- can Stores sank to new low levels for the year. Commonwealth Pow- er, American Water Works, Public | Servi of New Jersey and North | American dropped 2 to 5'% points on profit taking. high prices THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High Close Al Che & Dye 311 30TY% Am Ag Che pd 46% — American Can 175% 144% | Am Foreig Pw 106% 106% Am Loco .... 124% 124% Am Sm & Re um 104% Am Sugar ... Am Tel &Tel 21.1»,' Am Tobacco . Anaconda Cop 115 Atchison Atlantic Refin | Balt & Ohi i Beth Steel Brook Man .. Can Pacific ..230% Cer De Pasco 1001 [Ches & Ohio 222% C R 1 & Pac 126% Chrysler Carp 78% Colo Fuel ... 64% Com Power ..224% Congoleum 21 Consol Gas ..126% Corn Prod Curtiss Aero .. Dav Chem | Dupont ..173 Eng Pub Serv . 58% Erie RR ..,.. 80% ¢ jFam Players . 68% | Fleischmann 86 {Fox Film A .. 85% | Freeport Tex . 47% 'Genl Asphalt . 81 Genl Elec ....304% Genl Motors .. T4% !Goodrich Tire . 7% | Hudson Motors 86 Int Comb, Eng 65% Int Cement ... 867 |Int Nickel . 503 Int Harves ...106 Int Tel & Tel.. 88% Ken Cop ..... 88% Mack Trucv ..100% Marland Oil 36% Mo Pac ... 9014 Mont Ward 100 3 Natl Biscuit ..190 Natl Cash Reg 1161 N Y Central 314 NYNHG&H 11234 North Amer ..131% North Pacific 1047 Pack Mot Car 1 Penn R R. Phillips Pet 38% Postum Co. 76 Pub_Serv N J 105 Radio Corp... 84 iRemington Rd 34% Reading 1111 Rep 1 & S 965 Sears Roebuck 164 Sinclair Oil 371 Southern Pac .13 £t Gas & Eiec Std O N J . 567% ftd Oil N Y 3915 Stewart Warner T4 Studebaker Texas Co Tex Gulf Sulph Tim Rol Bear Underwood .. 141 Union Pac 231 Union Carbide 9 % l‘nlted Fruit . 8 Ind Al I‘ 8 Rubber .. 8 Steel .. Wabash Ry West Elec Willys Over . Woolworth Wright Aero . Yellow® Truck 124% 108 631 230% 100% 3 50 20014 1103% 128% 103 3% 80 3 TTh % 963y 411 LOCAL STOCKS Insurance Stocks (Furnished by Putnam & Bid 1760 1250 Aetna Casuzalty Aetna Life Ins Co .. Aetna Fire Automobile Ins Conn General Hartford Fire Hartford Steam National Fire ... Fhoenix Fire Travelers Ins Co Manufa:turing Stoc ks Am Hardware . 686 Arrow-Hart & H“s?man 41 Billings & Spencer . Bristol Brass City Company Colt's Arms Eagle Lock ....... Fafnir Bearing Co 5 Hart & Cooley Landers, ¥ N B Machine North & Judd Boiler | had leprosy or a disease akin 10 it. | Palimer Bros .. Peck, Btowe & Wil . Kussell Mtg Co .. PUTNAM & CO. Masbars New Yook & Hargford Stack Bushonges 31 WEST MAIN §T., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 We Offer: Connecticut Power Co. com. Hartford Electric Light Co. EDDYBROTHERS e Members Hartford Stock New Britain HARTFPRD MERIDEN 65WMainst. SO LeWISSt. 43 clony s We Offer: 100 Shares Billings & Spencer 50 Shares American Hardware “Investments That Grow” Fuller, Richter, Aldrich & Co. COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING NEW HRITAIM MEMBERS HARTFOR D STOCR EXCHANGE Joseph M. Halloran, Manager. Tel 1883 Many attractive opportunities are afforded by the local list for these stocks have not ad- vanced with the recent recovery of the New York market. We suggest: Aetna Life Automobile Insurance Aetna Ins. Co. | @homson, Tenn & . Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchunges 55 West Muin Street New Writain I'hll 2580 Stuart G Segar, Manager We Offer: Arrow-Hart & Hegeman Price on Application. % PREFERRED STOCK Listed on Chicago Stoeck Exchange . The company is controlled by Middle West Utilities Compang through ownership of the entire common stock. PRICE $98.00 PER SHARE I"ull Information on Request Utility Securities Corporation 70 College St., New Haven, Connecticut. W. A. CAVANAGH, Local Representative, 300 Main St., New Britain. Phone 5900. Scovfll Mfg Co Standard Screw Stanley Works Torrington Co Union Mfg Co Veeder-Root . Public Utilities Stocks Allied Pow & Light S0 Conn Elec Service Conn Lt & P Conn Power Hfd Elec Light Hrfd Hfd Gas Co pfd N B Gan .. Southern N E Tel United Corp . Doctor Predicts Cure For Leprosy Possible Berkeley. Calif., June 21 (P—Dr. E. L. Walker, professor of tropical medicine at the University of Cali- fornia, told the Pacific division of the American Association of Scien- tists here yesterday that “a quick and permagent cure for leprosy” may be looked for in the not too dis- tant future. The leprosy germ, Dr. Walker re- ported, also is the agent responsible for a certain discase among rats. hese rodents, he said, can now be sed experimentally in working out leprosy treatments. Heretofore, he asserted, there has been no creature known but the human being which Associated Prese Spain has acclaimed Franklin, 26-year-eld Brookiyn who turned from commersial art bull filghting and has beeseme favorite abread. UNION MFG. 00. DIVIDEND Directors of the Union {turing Co., have declared the !quarterly dividend of 1% | This payment is on u besis BT B L L 3 N A Sk s . LR TR T LR Nal Uil T