New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1929, Page 10

Against Bootleg Firecrackers Reported From Conn.and N. Y. Fire Marshal of State Reports Sale of High Explosives Considered Menace to Youth—Identifying Mark of Manufacturer Missing. Boston, June 25 — Fireworks pro- duced in Connecticut and New York for ssle in thc observance of Inde- pendence Day are likely to cause more serious injury than any made in years, in the opinion of State Fire Marshal George C. Neal of Massa- | chusetts, who has asked police and fire chiefs 1o - circulate warnings agains! dangerous explosives The mwarshal has not established ‘he place of manufacture, but convinced that Connecticut and New York are the sources from which the firecrackers are coming. Analyses have been made of sev- eral of the larger types and warn- ings have been issued. Massachusetts s‘atutes prescribe the amount of ex- ~losive material which may be used, 1t numerous violations have come *» light which have convinced the ot persons unfamiliar with explo- sives, injury and mutilation may be expected. One large specimen with a single fuse was found to be loaded with four packages of potent pow- der. A second, mounted on a small stand, is supposed to mount upward and then explode. This arrangement permits of tilting which would cause the firecracker to whizz into a crowd and then explode, Wwith injuries al- most certain. “The situation is the worst T have ver seen,” Fire Marshal Neal said. ver since the passage of the pres- ent law in 1910, the problem has been made comparatively easy. Only & few sporadic outbursts have made ft difficult during those years. but this year something seems to have broken wide open and the law is be- ing violated on every hand. If some- thing isn't done to rouse the police and fire chiefs we are going to have & Fourth of July that will he disas- trous.” The marshal has sent letters to the various chiefs informing them of the eituation and asking them to do ev- erything in their power to ' try to Yemedy conditions. He has described #ome of the more dangerous fire- ‘crackers that have come to his at- tention and asked the officials to be especially on the lookout for such explosives. In his notification the arshal points out that Massachu- metts has the best law in the coun- try covering explosives and fire- works, and urges the police to see that it is obeyed. . Two of the most dangerous pieces been in this vicinity in many years were picked up by the police and #ent to the marshal's office. Perlin L. Carter, assistant chemist in the department of public safety, after an examination of the pieces, said they were unusually dangerous. Four Crackers in One | boy. is | | plode, | : ithorities that, placed in the hands | chlorate of potash. On the outside wrapper was the name “Repeating {cracker,” but there was no name of |the manufacturer and no warning of the power of the thing. | A second piece was called “Vesu- vius, a Volcano Buster.” It bore an | ordinary wick and because of the flareup in volcanic fashion, is ex- (‘l"nwly dangerous in the hands of a A third exhMit picked up in Dorchester was a small bomb filled with a high explosive. The bomb, mounted on a half inch tee, is sup- posed to rise into the air and ex- but might crowd. Such a bomb is against the law. Mother and Son Are United After 7 Years Macon, Ga. June 25 (® — De- partment of justice agents today were revealed as sponsors for a re- union of a mother and son, each of whom thought the other dead. Incidentally the government made | $10.000 in the deal. Mrs. Fannie Eudora Lightner, Albany, Ga.. claimed a $10,000 war risk insurance policy on the life of her son in 1927, seven years after he was discharged from overseas service. United States District At- torney W. A. Bootle set department of justice agents investigating. They found the son, John Earl Cooksey. in Hammond, Ind. Now there's to be a family re- |union. The son said all his letters were _returned, and he had been informed his mother, after a later | marriage, was dead. She in turn |had also exhausted all ordinary | means of search. 11Conspir_acy Charge; Dropped in Mexico Mexico City, June 25 (@—Mrs. |Soledad Morales De Tearn. Mexican wife of an American wild animal {hunter, has been released from pris- lon and absolved of charges in con- |nection with alleged attempts to poison Wiliam A. King her hus- band’s professional rival. Mrs. Learn was arrested Sunday after evidence purporting to show |she had attempted to remove King | from the scene of her husband’s bus- |iness operations by hiring a woman | friend to poison him. It was raid the charges against her were unfound- ed. | FRENCH HUMORIST DEAD | Paris, June 25 (P—Georges Cour- | teline, one of the most noted humor- |ists in France, died today on his One of these pleces was six inches | 7204 pirthday. loag and two inches with a single fuse. Upon opening it, in diameter, ' The noted author underwent the | amputation of a leg four years ago be easily tipped | over 50 as to go horizontally into a | JAILED AND FINED AFTER AUTO SHASH Tormay Guilty of Driving While Drunk—Medvec Discharged Pleading guilty to charges of tak- |ing an automobile owned by James | M. Finnegan, liveryman, without his {permission, and driving while un: the influence of liquor, Russell Tor- !may, 20, of 54 Clinton street, was {given a suspended jail sentence of three months on the first charge and fined $100 &nd costs and sen- Itenced to jail for five days on the |second. by Judge Stanley J. Traceski in police court today. The charge of taking an automobile without permission of the owner was nolled |in the case of Henry Medvec, 24, of 66 Oak street. Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney, who appeared for Tormay, told the court that Mr. Finnegan expressed sur- | prise at Tormay's action as he had the reputation of being a gool | worker when in his employ, and he held no ill will against him for tak- ing an expensive sedan and smash- ing it against a hydrant at Upson's corner in Kensington early Sunday morning. As a matter of fact, the attornav said, Tormay had taken cars out of Finnegan's garage in the past, leav- ing a note on a calendar in the of- fice and paying for the use of the cars on returning them, but in this case the car was taken early in the | morning although the usual note | was left. Tormay was unable to |raise aibond for his release since |his arrest and he had no money with which to pay a fine. Attorney Gaffney said. It was his first arrest on these charges and it seemed like a case in which leniency might well be exercised, he said. | Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. ‘XI. Greenstein, who recommended the three months’ suspended ja:l sentence but made no recommenda- tion as to penalty on the drunkcn driving charge, told the court of the arrests, which followed Supernumer- ary Officer_ Anthony Pechout's ob- servation of an unsuccessful effort \hy Tormay to drive the car from |Arch street into Grand street about 4 o'clock 8unday morning. |to. go riding with the understanding that they would share the cxpense of $10 equally. Medvec thought | Tormay had permission to take a | car from the garage on such an ar- | rangement, Fined for Overloading Truck Robert Janks, 21, of 65 charge of overloading an automn- }bile truck and was fined $15 and | costs, on recommendation of Mr. | Greenstein. Judge W. F. Mangan | represented Janks, who had a load { which was 4800 pounds heavier than the law allowed on a 3 1-2 ton truck when Motorcycle Officer Alfred Tan- guay arrested him yesterday. Two Speeders Fired $10 Theodore Hasse, 18, of 139 Main street, Terryville, pleaded guilty 1o the chemist found that there were 1o halt the spread of an infection. |the charge of speeding and was fin- four five-lach: crackers inside, each loaded With'aluminum 'powder and Teilq it | His other leg was amputated only |last week. ied $10 and costs. He was arrested by Motorcycle Officer W. P. Hayes ————— IN PERFECT HARMONY Is Attending The JOHN BOYLE CO. Annual PAINTING AND KNOWLEDGE — Seems s Though The Entire Town WALLPAPER | and PAINT SALE —AND WHY NOT? 40% REDUCTION Setirsreicresy R AT BIG ALL - REASON ENOUGH! Jehn Boyle 3=5 FRANK NEW BRITAIN RS WALLPAPER! PAINTS, VARNISHES, STAINS, LACQUERS, LEADS AND OILS REDUCTIONS! Co LIN SQUARE Tormay, it seemed, invited Medveo Queen | street, Bristol, pleaded guilty to the | about 8 o'clock this morning on South Main street. The officer testi- fied that Haase was driving porth from Willow Brook park to Pearl street, passing several intersectiug streets at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Haase admitted driving fast but pointed out that no traffic came out of any of the street. Judge Traceski remarked that traffic might have come out at any moment. Theodore Kawecki, 23, of 45 Clin- ton street, pleading guilty to the charge of speeding, was fined $1) and costs. Motorcycle Officer Davi-] Doty testified that he saw Kawecki turn into Burritt street from Broal street after having passed two cars, and proceed along Burritt street as far as the Polish Printing Co. offic> at the rate of 35 to 40 miles an hour about 1 ) Saturday afterzoon, Truck Speeder Fined $15 Giglio Migletto, 18, of 400 Codx avenue, Meriden, was fined § and costs on the charge of speeding., H» was arrested by Motorcycle Officer David Doty on West Main street yes- terday, the officer testifying that he drove a bakery truck at the rate of 40 to 45 miles an’ hour beyond Black Rock bridge. Henry Frassle, 24, of the Hartford Golf club, was fined $10 and costs on the charge of speeding. He said he was late for work and conse- quently was in a hurry when Motor- cycle Officer 1. E. Harper followed him about 4:45 yesterday afternoon from Talcott street to Stanley street on Hartford avenue at the rate of 35 miles an hour, and to the en- trance to St. Mary's cemetery on Stanley street at the rate of 40 milss an hour. Frassle is a chef at the golf club. ‘The case of Oswald Morache, 32, of 43 Yale street, Meriden, charged with speeding, was nolled on pay- ment of costs. Motoreycle Officer W. P. Hayes arrested him on South Main street yesterday afternoon. s TEMPT CHILDREN Monday was the first day of va ' cation for school children, that is. it was the first official day of va- cation as Saturday and Sunday were just days. And, except for a few reports about cherry stealing and the shooting of firecrackers, the cording to the reports at the police station. Two more cases of cherry steal- ing were docketed late Monday aft- ernoon. One report came in at 4:10 concerning cherry stealing at 113 Maple street. At 5 o'clock it was followed by another from 137 Henry street. Mortgage Given in 1862 Declared Void by Court To clear title to West Main street realty, George D. Morgan and others sued the New Britain Banks & children did themselves proud, ac-| aissolved 1862, successful in having a mortgage, |given 74 vears ago, declared void. The property had remained encum- | biered. on record, for $750 since the | mortgage was given. The was brought by Attorney Elias T. Ringrose, who has instituted a simi- lar action in behalf of Henry Good- rich, whose Arch street property shows a mortgage given in 1856 to the same association. in COL. HOUSE REPORTED ILL Magnolia, Mass., June 25 (UP)— Colonel Edward M. House, 70, con- fidant of the late President Wilson and an international figure during | the Wilson administration, was re- ported ill at his summer home, Lane Cottage, hgre today. { Mrs. House stated her husband's condition was not serious and that | a summer of rest was expected to | bring him back to health. 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