New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press Average Daily Circulation Fox Week Ending 15,088 Aug. 24th ... 7" ESTABLISHED 1870 THOUSANDS SHOUT « ROARING WELCOME T0 GLOBE GIRDLER Or. Eckener Accorded Hero's " Reception by New York Oicials and Populace WALKER PAYS TRIBUTE T0 GRAF COMMANDER Eckener Gets Long-Needed Rest in ‘Washington, Then Flies to Lake- hurst—Survives Paper Storm ‘on Broadway for Second Time— Three New Passengers Sign for Flight Starting Tomorrow. New York, 30 (M—Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the world- circling dirigible Graf Zeppelin, was brought back to New York Aug. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUS" 30, 1929.—THIRTY PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS e D ...J P et Bcleon Ferter, 3 Fie 9%» ' Letters Mailed Here For Round the World Flight m;slin Delivered to Persons Sending Them This letter has been around the world. delivered today to its owner. The cost of postage was $3.55. was like it were Many more ] shortly after noon today to be ac-| yecejved at the local post office and delivered to their destinations. corded a tumultuous welcome. As | he landed at the battery in the city | tug Macom, which® brought him from the Jersey shore, the navy dirigible Los Angeles soared over head. Dr. Eckener had flown Washington, where he paid his re- spects to the pr v, to Lakehurst this morning was then brought to New York for the me sort of reception that h from | Skins Cat, Lights Fire In Street, Intends to Stew Feline to Get Fat For Rheumatism; Halied By Cops been given other Atlantic fliers with | a parade up Broadway through the noonday thousands of office work- ersyand an offieial welcome at city hall. At the Battery Dr. Fckener and Tady Crace Drummond Hay, the only woman to make the round the world flight, spoke briefly into a microphone of the National casting Co., which was broadcasting the reception over a countrywide hookup from points of vantage along the line of march. Parade Up Brozdway As the procession moved up Broadway there was the usual tribute of torn paper and ticker tape floating from the lofly windows of skyserapers in the financial district. It was Dr. Eckener's second experi- ence of this paper snow storm, he having been given an official recep- tion last year after the first ocean crossing of the Graf. Dr. Eckener cast an glance upward at the Los Angeles which he flew to Amerlca in 1924 when it was furned over to this country as a -reparation The Los Angeles was returning to- day from the air races where it demonstrated its ability to pickup and cast off airplanes in full | flight. Walker Presents Scroll At city hall Dr. kener was pre- sented a scroll in which Mayor James J. Walker referred to the air navigator as ‘“the ambassador of sublime courage to the entire world.” “We of New read, “who have (Continued on Pa ENDURANGE AIRMEN Yorl the scroll greeted so many Two.) END 100 HOURS ALOFT Dixon and Pangborn Cne- Quarter Way to Record Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. last night failed to dampen the en- thusiasm of Clyde E. Pangborn and Carl A. Dixon who continued pilot- ing their plane today in an effort to | sct a new ance reeord. At four minutes 87 seconds after 3 o'clock, E. R this afternoon they were in the air 100 hours, a little less than one fourth of the time necessary to break the existing record. J. Dan Ackerman, director of the Nel York state fair, announced to- day the fair would remain open un til the “Empire State Standard” lands, The fair was close tomorrow. Chicago, Aug. 30 (A—The endur- ance plane “Chicago—We Will,” out to beat the 421-hour refueling en- durance record of the “St. Louis Robin,” continued to drone along above the sky harbor airport today with no indi or pilots were weakening. a m., the flyers, Russell Mossman end C. E. Steele, had been in the air 161 hours, seven hours less than a week. At 4:31 Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 30 Lieutenant Carl Dixon and Pangborn, sceking a new endurance record in their plane, the “Empire State (UP)— Clyde refueling Stan- ) Perfect No Trump Hand Held by Bridge Player A perfect no trump hand— the dream of all bridge players —was held last night by Wil- liam Luddy of 37 Bassett street during a game with friends. The hand consisted of the ace, queen nd 10 of the ace, king and queen s, the ace, king, queen and jack of spades and the ace of diamonds. He won the hid one one no trump and made and slam. His partaer was Gerald P. McCourte Playing against them were Cyril Luddy and Ldward Morin, of troad- | occasional | payment. | at Cleveland | 30 (A—TRain | world's refueling endur- | and | scheduled to | ations that either plane | open bi- | ved Demented Arrested Trying Veodoo Stunt On Farmington Avenue After Mid- nighi—Examined by Physician and Declared Seund Mentally |Man at [irst Beli | ar FFound by which he ha men boiling a cat | and polic d skinned for the purpose Superintendent the public welfare viewed Rebehi i tion today and le: been suffering fr and like many othe ous remedies he was quick to g the cat eure a trial. He believed the pe who told him of it was sin- cere, and he thought he could try it without at ting attention if he went out rmington avenue. Rebehinski is about 60 years of age and said he has lived in New Dritain 29 years. He not married and has no immediate r 3 er Dr. George H. Dalton him and pronounced him was taken to his home b; lice. Dr. Dalton said the man wa not physically well but he could de- tect notHing wrong with his mental condition, FIDDLE-SAX RECORD IS SOUGHT BY BOYS Juvenile Musicians Start to Set World Endur- ance Mark John T. Doyle of department intel at the police sta- rned that he has m rheumatism who try v dressed, of obtuining fat e which he claimed someone told him was a cure for Rebehinski of 34 Horace streef, wits taken into custody early today for safe keeping, and the public welfare department was notificd. Officer William O’Day of the ‘mo- toreyele squad rned that a man was making a fire in the middle of the street on I‘armington avenue land Supernumerary Officer Rosario | Tata alsd learned of it about 12 o'clock. With Officer L. E. Harper |they found that Rebchinski had |lighted a fire after procuring a can of water and was boiling the feline. He said he had rheumatism in the leg and the fat was said to be & good “rub.” rhcumatism, John <0 8 TROLLEY LINES LOSE THOUSANDS IN LOOT Supt. Bryan Says “Junk” Thieves Make Heavy Inroads The lost thousands of materials of 311 be alarmed from that Connecticut Company has | dollars in stolen during the past eral years, according to Superintendent William J. B: ew Britain division, who tc in police court today in the Frank Partyka, 16, ~of street. who was arrested yes- terday afternoen by Officer F. How- ard Smith of the railroad police on the charge of theft of brass and | copper valued at $49. Partyka pleaded guilty and | mitted that he and two bo: 9 and 12 s, went to the | necticut Company ~car barn near White Ouk amd used hacksaws to | cut brass intending to sell it to jumk dealers, when Officer Smith saw two of them with the burlap bags on their backs, east of the overhead bridge at Corbin avenue. He qu tioned them and notified Superin- tendent Bryan: The 9 old boy had left for home earlier, carrying atch of aveeds near CHIf Drive | the tools used to cut and break the | (a0 * " Rl Som the jm=tal body of Paul L. Odell, 19, Sergeant T. J. Teeney ftestified | yopy “who had been shot to death. | that the boys were brought to the | “pt WO RO IO C BN detective burcau and admitted their |, ' (0T MRS B0 OO e guilt. After Ofticer Smith and Su- |y i ™ I8 JEEREes SELTE perintendent Bryan finished their| \fiss Laughlin went motoring last — night with Odell. His car had not been found today. Neighbors in the vicinity Church street neel not at strange noises coming in this city se r Wilkins, 11, Smith, 14, who live ther their intention of startin o'clock this afternoon to e | world's record. It will not bicycles or roller chair: Phe instruments by which hopé to ‘achieve international are a saxophone and a violin, ward plays the fiddle and Oscar zooms on the sax. Unles they wre halted they intend to play and play and play until they have set a mark tor continuous violin-saxophone musie. nd Edward announced 1, B blish a Booth late be endurance on rockins an skites or fame ad- Ed- aged Con- MAN AND WOMAN SLAIN Kansas City, Aug. 30 (A—Beaten angled,to death, Ruth Laughlin, 24, was found (Continued on Page 25.) Boy Dropped From 2nd Story Porch By Older Friend He Was Annoying That Charles Howarth, old son of Mr nd ed to take deligat in continuing, cs- pecially when he accomplished his Howarth of 31§ Arch sirect was|purpose of tantalizing his playmate. dropped from a second story veran- | Finally, according to the da by a 15 year old playmate about | report, the 15 year old hoy 9 o'clock Wednesday night and suf- | the youngster up by the trot feied at home all night because his | held him out over the veranda rail- parents did not want him taken to |ing to frightea him. ow will you w_Britain General hospital if it |stop nudging me?" he demanded, | could possibly b2 avoided, was learn- [ but the little fellow, too young to | €d today by Sergeant T. J. Feency, |realize his danger, would not “give | Who investigatzd Mrs. Howarth's [in" “Will you, will you?" the older complaint to the police. | boy repeated and still little Charles About thrse months ago, the wldvr\ would not satisfy him. In a flash, | boy whose name ‘s withheld becavse | the older hoy's holl on the young | he is under 16 years of age, moved |ster had slipped ‘and the littl> form | to this city from New York, ths ser- | went hurtling to the ground, geant learred, and a short fime | Yortunately, no fore he droppsd the Howarth boy, | will follow, the latter had brought him a comic | The youngster was painfully hurt sheet from a newspaper, which botl |about the body but on examination scanned. The Howarth boy was|at the hospital disclosed mno frac- annoying the older boy by nudging |tures. Sergeant Feency tnrned the | him in the side and the latter told |15 year old boy over to the proba- five year [ Mrs. Frank | picked ers and | : be- scrious results jhim to stop but the youngster seem- | tion department. \hc'r\o.\ taey | the body of | hour. | police | tters, some sund and |of w he |on the Graf Zeppelin | over a portion. of jat the t office distribu Postmaster Herhert made it known. any New Brit world others , arrived here today and d by carrier: 1. Erwin ha > roul rinites mailed let- the novelty a4 souvenir of the bout the world in his. ere delivered to th Yor i the o k City : t ived while ro and st before mailing were nd at addre ed from various other to friends of WIFE FREES HUSBAND GAUGHT IN MACHIERY n Hi Los poi the s and 'm Crushad Bakery on Noblz Strezt Ji Noble in a ph Perniciaro, 35, of 17 str cauglhit his right hand 1olling machine in his hakery ly before 7 o'clock this morning veas-painfully injured. His wife, Jen- who wor bakery, rush- to his assistance shutting off the chine and releasing his hand which had heen pulled into the chine as far as the elbow Sergeant M. J. Flynn at police headquarters was notified and Offi- | cers MeCabe and Wagner | tailed to investigate. On arriving at | the bakery they learned that Perni- !«'mro had been taken to New Britain | General hospital by a Dond bakery | s in the ma- were de- o truck driver. Dr. Hart and it was | it will be M. P. O'Neil attended him said this possible tc the although it was bad y crushcd. Shortly after Perniciaro was re- moved to the hospital, the local po- lice reccived a telegram from Chief W. J. Coughlan of the Clinton, N. J. | police, requesting ihat the local man be notificd that his father was un- | der arrest in Clifton on the char | of vag Ofti=>r John M. Lieb ler learned from the injured mar | wife that his fathec had gone to Clifton about three months ago 'md was living witn relatives. He is years of age and it wandered away ih the | The Clitton police were th\ situation. MERIAN IXPECTING PLANS | DG, hospital that and, and t the tern ve ney, tra notified of Span Can DBe Completed in Six a railway | celis 1 P, U, C. Approves Plans for a new Black Lridge are expected to hands ot City Engincer | Merian within one table to the city and | utilities commission, work | completed within six weeks said today. Yield surveys have been complet ed. by the enginecring staff of the Gepartment of public works and the data placed in the ha of repre sentatives of the New Haven road. A crossover capable of withstand- ing nearly three times the present | cight-tons capacity, providing ay of the same width a present approaches and with walks, is contemplated. ment of costs between pality and the Ir vill be n »Illvvu! cf the utili comm Rock the A. ac- be in Philip and if the public can be the en- week, ce the 1 to sion. munici- company approy | FORECLOSURI | Judge Stanley J. i ssued an order of strict in favor of John § ‘snll against Charles Steponitis and {others. The amount i 3.50. | < ccording to indieations | 1 IIGH TIDES—AU New London a.m.,7:38 p.m. New Haven $:52 a.m.,0:17 pm. | was e | Tod il el e |Rutherford FOR BLAG;( ROCK BRIDSE ," Apportion- | ARABS IN ATTACK ON OLD VILLAGE IILL FIVE JEWS. Yloulld 20 Othezs and Set Fir to Buildings in Ancient Saied |TENSION IS RENEWED UPON ARAB SABBATH Shops in Jerusalem Closed While Moslem Residents Congregate in Mosques—Colenial Officer Assures World Outhr Are Being Stamped Owt—Business Ts moralized—Looters xecuted. Jerusalem Jewish Tel correspondent ported that the was atta day, was Aug. graphic here 30 (P—The Agency today re- receipt of advi town of Safed, which ced by Avabs yester- n flames. Jerusalem, Jews were kille wounded wher houses of the the ancient Arabs sot Jewish Troops ttacked Jewish community in town of Safed. fire to buildings in th where oil was nally quelled th main stored. trouble. Tension today newed emerged being the Almest « in when the mosquc day. nils ay prov Jerusalem owing of = troubl J from Arab Sabbath ¢ Strong military pickets have heen od at ¢ points. to ion closed 1! it Airplanes Aug. guarding teh 20 Arabs Jerusalem, (P)—British g possible Je er the where a led f airplanes, further i lay cireled rders in to- the huge the above area ¢ Mosque of Omar Moslem crowd or day prayers. Jewish tha area, The correspondent for telegraphic 138 while reported this ageney planes were above others also were circling oth=t might develop though tense. ports were received of | further attacks on Jewish colonie The colony of Telioth, betw Jerusalem and Bethiehem was tacked by Arabs, but they driven off by a platoon of British tioops. A ve ported to b places where trouble ‘While Jerusalem, Im, r te were : ituation also was ve developed in Tiberia where the s were restless. Disorder a Week Old v, the Moslem sabbath, in atmosphere of tensenecss Several new ks on the Jewish quarters of Jerusalem were made lzst night but were repelled by Brit- ish troops. » tenseness was in- ~d aradund the Mosque of Omar rict by the knowledge that it s just a week ago today that the disorders started in the neighbor- hood of the historic wailing wall. The secretary of the Palestine Arab executive told the correspond- ent for the Jewish telegraphic eney that the executive and the Moslem supreme council have dis- patched pacifying messages to the villagers in the vicinity of Jerusalem start- ed in il (Continued on Pa BUILDERS CHEAT CITY ON FEES FOR PERMITS Unearths | Scheme to Mulct Pub- | lic by Contractors a quietly conducted invest Arthur N. Rutherford the building department this aft ernoon resuited in inssuance of or ders to a large numbe ors to come to his office and securr new permits, giving the correct cos® of operations exccuted by them, and paying the correct fees for permits. Permi re issued on a fee basis | requiring payment of $2 per $1,000 for building operations. The inspec- tor Decame picious in recent months when the costs of dwellings appeared to be considerably low than his estimate, and the condition was found to be true other structures. An inquiry and e: amination of completed pr convineed him his heliefs wi rect and he has accordingly moned contracters, making demands for additional which have ready reached the $100 mark. No certificates of occupancy will be issued henceforth for any build- ing for which a fee has been laid than the i tor's estimate, s actual s and payrolls produced the Inspector |of re of contract st fees pe invoic are showing fizure to be correct. | * | % is consider- to the com- Rutherford ommendation Inspector ing a re De- | | Administra al- | original | mon council that all contractors be | required to make a sworn statement of actual costs after jobs have been completed. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: cloudy tonight; Satu day fair with slowly rising temperature. | i I | & Doukhober i I Ml ‘ Heads Relief Drive ALEXANDER J. 5 POUR HONEY 10 HELIEF FUND fo Anpeal for in Pazem LEVENTHAL N ! Quickdy Respond t Doeth 50 i’UOlf\ rSTAB « 1D e of Sorrow Conducted in Talmud »solutions Con- demn Gov ton in Land Stricken by Rioting, the the Contributions f relief racial war-stricken regions of at the clusion of an indignation meeting at Talmud troet night 1o for ok and tod Alexander J and Morris Cohn, drafted by the national Palestine commit tee to receive funds for this weck made ready for ollection of a $4,000 quota Messrs, [ Holy Land came so fast con- Torah hall on Elm that it was impo the collectors {o make record all donors, Leventhal spec 'nthal cation commitfee’s desire tance, in letters sent by Brown, national chairma attention to the suffering through on Jewish cente Hadassah hospital. the local collec tors urged all who to tak part in the work forw with their donations delay so that the money ported speedily and at the earliest po: Hall D More than 500 Jews crowded meeting hall terior of the in black hecause the meeting, and by Rabbi Judah Haven and Rabbi thi sparkled tempered with events which Palestine in the past week. Dr. Morris 8. Dunn, health com- missioner and one of the leaders in local Zionist movements. was chair- man of the meeting. He f ented Rabbi Aronson of el synagogue, v tory of the racial auently praised the Tews who formed the Tmmediately his 1 ition 1 donor: of Cohn national their assis- David A. Calling Tee ceived nc for y lo ibian including the A wish come without ¥ be relief e moment. Black and into the The in- building drapel of the nature of the stirring talk Levenberg of New J. H. Aronson of with indignation sorrowing, at the have transpired in to m ped in local their last way night was city pher cited ind heroism of defense corps. the I th elo- ho war. upon address, the began, the nse of order and decorum pushed their way to furnish financial aid Dunn presented Levenherg, of the Seminary of Yeshiva Haven, whict has sent many yourg men to the Yeshiva in Hebron, six of whom fell in defense of their school. The traditional hymn in memory of the martyrs was then sung by the c tor. flood of contri meeting losir next head in New n- ion Charged with Laxity nimous of the ted the following ented and read A blag tion un gt pr vote (Continued on lage Brl‘iw?ra C@ umbia Jails Jammed With 150 Russian Nude Paraders Nelson, B. and to overflowin C., Aug. city 30. (B)— here The provincial 1ils were packed today with 50 Doukhobors, members of a Rus- sian religious started nude parade on the highway miles south of the city yestc only to be rounded up by provinciat police and special officers. A march on Nelson W several days ago in prote zainst the imprisonment of Peter Wolsoff, in connection with the rurning of Doulkhobor schools. . sect, who s begun and | ilts | Tristol | the | conclusion | forward, | Rabbi | T4 MISSING WHEN STEAMER SAN JUAN R s UPINTONG P 252 o o Aiding Steamer Res- Hague Conference Achieves| €U€ 36 of 110 Persons Success Alter Long Haggling Aboard. —Will Adjourn Tomorrow FINANCIAL (UESTIONS, EVAGUATION SET TLED Four Others Reported on l Metor Ship — Captain Goes Down With Ship— Ambulances Line San Few Problems Left May Be Solved : o Francisco Water Front By Individual Nations—Strained Atmosphere Throughout Europe | t0 Receive Injured. Greatly Relieved—Briand Expecets SURVIVORS San Franc radio message McCormick the steamer Munami had survivors of Juan to the Shawn s was San TRAY co, Au RRED 30 (P — received by mship lines Munami said transferred the sunken coast guard and the proceeding to its Francisco bay. to Confer With MacDonald in Paris Tomorrow Morning. 4 the from n #— cordin eat 1 The Haguc and documents re ment of C Lielgium, and tion of the Rhinel auestions incident to the Young reparations signed at 12:15 p. m. those The protocol and other d in which will be re red sults of the iHague conference governments will be re s proval this evenir nd the ence will adjourn sine die roon tomorrow. tide n French premic leaving here 1 p. m. for Paris Few Questions Rem al matters will be action, either Ly rence ¢ anee, ) on evacua- and financial ptance of pl were toda re ion whni n t dock B in resentatives of n San Francisco, Aug. 30 (F)—Re- vised figures on the number of pa joard the coastwise steam- er San Juan when she sank off Pigeon Point south of here today showedi®hat 74 persons remained unaccounted for and may have per- uments the re- of th for ap- confer- sengers a bout d, at of the Los Angeles and ncisco Navigation Co., own- ers of the San Juan, announced that their formation showed there were 65 ssengers aboard the ves- sel when she collided with the Standard Oil tanker S. C. T. Dodd in a thick fog at midnight. The crew of the San Juan numbered 45, There were conflicting reports as to the number- rescued. Aboard the Dodd were of the San Juan's passengers and crew. Nine others had been picked up by the steamer Munami, which was still at the of the collision at 8 a. m. réport sald there were four irvivors aboard the motor- “rank Lynch, but this could confirmed. Renews Search at Dawn Radio stations here reported that the Munami had renewed its search f the wreckage-strewn collision ca at daybreak but that up to 8 m., it had not reported picking ¢ additional persons These advices, coming eight hours after the San Juan sank, led to be- lief that few, if any, of the 74 miss- ing would be found alive, although the Munami refused to give up the search Ambulances T very available IPrancisco was ser front to reccive the ed up by the Dodd. pitals were made ready to receive the survivors, some of whom were injured and reported badly in need of medical attention The San Juan, a double decker of iron construction, 235 fect long and had led the She was one of the oldest ships on the Pacific, hav- first taken to the water shortly © the disappearance of the swift packets that carried the frontiers of ; ] trade to the Pacific coast. (Continued on Page After a short period with the Pacific Mail Steamship line in the South American trade, TO BEG]N NEXT WEEI\ el on Co. and soon tharva(to‘r the property of the Los An- geles ~nd San Francisco Navigation Co. She plied between the two ‘alifornia cities for years, featuring lon issenger The Dodd is a was damaged | Seve ture ernments’ confe val action of cerned. Among these we international bank the r s prog the successors to tl garian empire, and the fi ing between the former private property sequ 1. These matters will b through the ious chanceries far as possible and will be liquidat finally when the parties to the Ha conference meet a, Young and complet tion work of the bank. Premier Briand expec Premier MacDonald of tomorrow evening while the assed through Paris « of Nations t r by individ- T the governments con the of am rc proposcd settlement, it affects Austro-Hurn- al account- enemies for ered and handled ene One other as d not be ted to meet t Britain latter 4 n route to the League assembly at Geneva. J Tension is Lased | The general which was strained saking point throu: of the three ference, was one of crisis wert here to th many long con- ief that the T There were | wction, too, in having achieved for which the conference pri- was convened, that i proval of the Young plan, creat by the committce of national finan- cial experts in its four months Par on i man beyond Imost W so we o ibulance in to the water persons pick- rergency hos- satis i that naarily - of of the in ns Young plan dent at the count on not having which the former arra paymen bs. fixe Ger Ture could nd on count war which ern to allies coul of their s for in ngi own war was believed this stabilizing i ) of service Sehedulé of Department Inspections | Will Be es. 7.000 ton ship. She le in the collision. Drafted at Meeting in Mayor's Offi: Auditing will be commenced representatives of firm of Hadfield, municipal accounts Monday when the unting Rothwell, Soule & Coates will confer with Mayor Pao- nessa and lay out a departmental schedule to be followed in searching the financial practices every b nch of the government receiving an appropriation or handling funds. An appropriation of $5,000 has | been made for the work. Letters gone to heads of all depart- instructing them that all | records to be turned over to | the accountants and that the fullest | | co-operation is to be extended them. of ive Minutes went down in five minutes after colliding with the Standard Oil tanker S. C. T. Dodd off Pigzon Point, Cal. Although one side of the Dodd was stove in, she lowered here boats and went to the the passengers and crew were pitched into the sea as San Juan sank. Another ship, the Munami, turned from her course nearby and aided in the rescue work. Several hours tter the Dodd was on its way to 1 Francisco with survivors, Sinks in | San Juan ace rescue of who the have ments re (Continued on Page Two.) Wives Should Throw Rolling Pins Better Manchester, Ma Aug. 30 (UP)—Married women, appar- ently from long experience should be able to throw a rolling pin five feet farther than unmar- ried girls, officers of the local post of the American Legion have decided. Hence, unmarried women will be given a five-foot handicap ni a rolling pin-throwing contest to be held Labor Day in connect:on with the Legion carnival. The question was raise¢ when single girls protested that they should be granted a handicap for lack of practice. | When provincial police :\wn..ro.fl sterday to ¢ four members who had ¢ . more than 100 ot | the marchers. men, women and chil iren, took off their clothes. were given half an hour to dr Refusing, they were loaded into frucks, antomobiles and busses, hrought here. Sixty spec were sworn in to aid the polic A special truck carrying d cd clothing dumped the garments in the prison 1, but the protestants still declined to resume the habili- lments of civilization,