New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press 'NEW BRITAIT" R 5 i DePr all RALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 1 5’5 1 2 Jan, 4th .... ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930. ~TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS NO LIBRARY BOOKS [SSUED FOR HOMES UNDER QUARANTINE Institute Officials Adopt New Palicy fo Aid Health Department WILL DESTROY VOLUMES EXPOSED T0 DISEASES| List of Residences Where Are Known to Exist Will Be Fur- | nished by Supt. Dumont and Reading Matter Will Not Gi Proscription. of the ase through the hand- the New Britain Institute, Dr. L. J. Dumont, superin- tendent of health, has inaugurated a practice of notifying the library cach day of the location of every new case of communicable discase. T institute will cooperate by refusing to issue books to anyone whose cai shows residence at the addresse where there ses under tr ment. As a further precaution, the ik rian has decided that books hers after returned from homes which have been under quarantine for scar- let fever, diphtheria, smallpox or in- fantile paralysis, will not again be placed in circulation, will be turned prompily. Dr. Dumont had offered to furnish the library with a formaldehyde dis- infeeting outfit, but it was decided that to burn the books would be a safer procedure, being an absolu » safeguard. In explanation, the he intendent has explained t have been found to have been trans- mitted by the handling of a book which had been used by a person suffering from a communicable d ease although, he admitted, this source of infection has been greatly exaggerated. As a means spread of d ling of combating books at re but ng Ith super- at discases PUBLIC WORKS BOARD DEFIANT OF COUNGIL Refuses to Have Subway Work Done by Private Contract Pointing to and few advantages council's re endation that sub- way work be done by contract, the board of public works last night went on record pproving the intent of a resolution adopted at the last meeting of the council Alderman J. Gustave Johnson of the fourth war ored this reso- lution. After voting in favor of bond issuc to exccute a program of subway improvement with several ful in having a favor on a recommendation contractors be petitive basis, This action was formally reported to the board at its mecting last night. One of the chief objecti raised was the fact that £ bond issue was intended as a means by which work might be furnished local men who are without jobs. Under a contract system, there is slight chance of many being given work, it was argued, and some of those who are unable to show pleasing ~results would bhe speedily dropped. It wa also argued that contractors have not given the municiy ality jobs as satisfactory and as as tho m disadvanta a . was succes that private on a com- out the work. lasting handled by the public*works dey art- | men. The Wells street link of the trunk line sewer was cited as standing ex:mj le. Progress is likely to be goon in the matter of disposal plant as the board of pub- lic works at its meeting last night voted to notify the board of finance that it was ready for a conference at the convenience of the finance board. The b a ard voted to recommend the construction of a service sewer in Sterling street between . Corbin and Pershing avenues. A hearing was held and of those present five opposed the sewer with ¢ fa- (Continued on Page Two) th EXPECT NO REDUCTION IN GRAND LIST TOTAL Assessments Will be Published Next Tuesday—Linder Expects Slight Increase in Total. The grand list on which taxes for the fiscal year 1930-1931 will he col- lected, will be completed and pub- lished next Tuesday, Chairman Thomas Linder of the board of ad- Justment said toda No appreciable increas tal is expected by the cha it is certain that there reduction in the list stands at $116,353,798. Withdrawal of the Hart & Cooley Co. production from this city will effect a cut in the industrial and merchandise 1 and will be re- flected in the grand total. A lessen- ing of building activities together with a drop in the value of certain types of dwellings is responsible for & drop in the normal increase. in the to- rman, but will be no which now Germs Be ven for Use in Houses Under | in the common the alderman, | ble vote taken | Hungry Newsboy, Working to Help Widowed Mother, Caught In Chase After Taking Grocer’s Doughnuts Pathetic Situation in McClintock Street Home Comes to | Light When Lad Runs Into Policeman’s Arms — Sympathetic Sergeant Frees Young Prisoner. For some time Frank Skzynir has been missing doughnuts from a basket left by a baker cvery morning | in front of his store at 59 North |street. Crisp, brown doughnuts, hot cut of the oven, they were goed nough for anyone's breakfast, and they cost money to buy, but Skzynirz not realizing any profit on them ause too many were being stolen A 12 year old newsboy living at 25 McClintock street wus hungry. | His father was dead and his mother was in want, were others in the family. He has been arising every morning long before sun-up and | hurrying down town to cover a paper | route and pick up a few pennics tor | some of the ities of life. public welfare department of the | city has been helping the family but | Ithe boy wanted to do himself, He was pa about 5:30 o'clock this | while most boys of his {soundly slecping in warm Leds ured of a nice breakfast of cereul|nirz's eye-witness tale nd hot biscuits. coffe and cakes. |own admission. He knew the doughnuts were in the| Sergeant Flynn talked to the boy asket. He had seen doughnuts as only he can. Undoubtedly the there before and he appreciated that | youngster heard something about tl |they were brown and crisp and |cvils of theft which he had | tasty. known before, and th, ergeant, Nobody was about, he r isfied that he had done his duty, sent | | Tt was dark and there him on his way to deliver his papers, | | licemen in while Officer McCarthy's report | | particular time. He took the chanec, | found its way to Miss Ruth Bristoll, | which actually did not scem to be a | juvenile probation officer. Further chance at all. He stuffed his pockets, | investigation was being made today. | eager to be off before anyone came in sight. He would have half a dozen or so 1o ecat along his route and nobody would know but that he had bought them. Skzynirz selected this morning to He in wait and the darkness was in his favor. He was not kept long, for the newsboy soon was at the| baskeg and ih a few seconds the | chase was on. Down Main street as fast as his little legs could carry him, the boy with the doughnuts sped, and Skzynirz was only a litt way behind. “Stop him, stop him the storckeeper cried at the top of his lungs, «nd Officer Willlam J. Me- Carthy did just that. He was on| Main street and the capture casy. At police headquarters Sergeant M. J. Flynn heard the story. Ifive doughnuts which: had fallen out of | was son thing sing Skzynirz's store morning, | corner of North jweuld have been sufticient criminate him but there and Main strect was Skzy- and the lad's | oned. few po- nesghborhood at that were GYHNASIUN BURNS | - ATRUTGERS TODAY Ballantine Building Destroed With Loss of $135,000 |CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN PRINGESS VISITS POPE AT VATICAN King and Queen, With Belgian, Party, Accompany Her MARRIAGE 1S TOMORROW | Also Menaced—Records of College Pontifi's ChamberS—TLree for Years Back Lost in Files, Consumed by I'lames, Many Other Notable | New Brunswick N. J., Jan. 7 Ballantine gymnas whatever facilities Rutgers P— housing | and equipment | university had for winter | was destroyed by fore dawn toda University officials said the loss was $1 Save Nearby Buildings The cau of the fire was un | known. When firemen reached the | other broth campus, the interior of the build- It was the first visit |ing was a' mass of flames, and |gian royal famil | their efforts were centered on saving | nearby buildings. Within 220 yards |stand the factorics of Johnson & | ohnson, manufacturers of medical | supplies, and Voorhees library. There | | was no wind and the flames shot t\lh ight into the air. Vatican City, Jan. T (I)—DPrincess Marie Jose of Belgium, who tomor- the of Crown Prince Humbert, heir to the Italian throne, was received in private audi- am, row becomes bride sports, fire be- ence this afternoon by Pope Pit With her were her father, King Albert, her mothr, Queen Elizaheth, Prince Leopold and his wife, Prin- cess Astrid, and Prince Charles, her 55,000, of the Be to the pope sin and it was accompanied by the claborate ceremony which marked the welcome of the Holy See to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy December 5. | Make Trip By Auto The royal family went by auto- The fire was discovered at 3 a. m. | mobile from the Quirinal palace in {and it w fter 7 o'clock before it | Rome, where they are staying, to the | was under control. Vatican, traversing streets hung The destruction disrupted the | with entwined papal and Belgian | {Ttutgers winter sports schedule The |flags. Commendatore Serafini re- university will be without its swim- | ceived them at the border line of the | ming pool and basketball courts. In | Vatican City and read an address of |addition to the loss of athlctic uni- | welcome. | forms and cquipment, 700 rifles, se he Swi machine guns and other mili- | Belgian national anthem and other | materials of the R. O. T. C. unit | papal armed bodies presented arms. |were destroyed. St. Peter’s Square was cleared com- | Records of the department of ath-| pletely of people. The automobiles letics, dating back for years, were|drove through Vatican City to the |buried in the ruins in steel files, | courtyard of San Damasco, whera | which officials doubted had with- [the royalties were received by the tood the flames. papal majordomo, Monsignor Caccia Other Offices Destroyed Dominioni, Prince Ruspoli, who is The gymnasium 0 housed the |grand mater of the sacred hospice, |offices of the graduate manager of | Monsignor Nardone, secretary of the athletics, the college ph i and |ceremonial, and other dignitaries of the department of physical educa- | the papal court. tion, Prince Greets Party Ballantine gymnasium was the gift | Prince Ruspoli assisted them to of Robert F. Ballantine of Newark, |alight. They made their way up the in 1892, In 1914, Mrs. Ballantine Al stairs guarded by through presented funds for a pool and an Swiss Guards to Clemen- cxtension to the building. The en- tire loss was covered by insurance. 1992 same s guards band played the (Continued on Page Two) Treasury Submits New Border Plan On Liquor Smuggling to Canadians Washington, Jan. 7 {/)—The treas-| The plan involves a marked de- ury department has submitted to | parture from the present s em of the Canadian government its detailed |supervising border traffic. Under ex- program for improving prohibition isting regulations persons may enter enforcement along the border and, |the United States from Canada at although official advices still are lany point along the border, with the lacking. has been informed that the |restriction that officials of the near- | rlan is regarded favorably at Ot{a-|est port of entry be advised at once | wa. if any merchandise is brought into Five hundred new ports of entry the country, or the crossing is made | would be established under the new [in a vehicle. | system, with the provision that To provide a rigid patrol of the traffic from Canada into the United |Lorder between ports of entry, ex- States must cross the border at !isting border agencies—the coast these places and the 100 ports of en- [guard, immigration, narcotic and try already designated. This with a [customs patrols—are to be consoli- consolidated and increased border |dated under one head and the num- I patrol to prevent smuggling between |ber of agents increased. At present these points makes up the pro-|there are almost 2,000 agents on the gram. horder, representing the five Before the plan can be made ef- |ices. fective an agreement must be reach- | The plan was outlined in a general ed with Canada as to the location of | way last week by Under Secretary the ports of entry, in order that|Mills of the treasury in replying to Canadian and American stations | severe criticism of prohibition en- may be located at the same points. |forcement orginating on Capitol Officials here were greatly gratified |Hill. Since that time, the details by indications of Canadian appro- |have been worked out and submit- val. / ted to Canada for its approval. serv- (Com on i most ) |A GUARDIA FLAYS BLODDY MURDER IN COAST GUARD CASE | | | ‘ o i Gu the boy's pockets as he rounded the | Dot to in- |1 it stolen |n N ta SLEUTHS HOP UP EVIDENCE, Kicly I Pomp and Ceremony Mark Trip (0 |strect shortly after e KINgS | rront of the place 1w to Be Present at Royal Wedding— |locked. Tk Isection and Serg their ¢ h e i J w | foole W in ining de stop th | but the | for evidence and for violation of With 30 Coast Gu n trial for into don, search of ships s liquor hidden al aw, capts quor W from er Flo orted to the del M mor W foun rd vessels in At oast gu A al waters, 2 RUSE OPENS DOOR FOR LIQUOR RAD Store Owner Peeps Through Hole But Lets Police in and Feeney Declare Manning Tried to Throw Down Sink in His Store on North Street. res of Manning was in the his store 184 N o'clock oom vening and the door : men werc ant T lect 1. M Toup re; J Kiely walked in. The ed them anfl gu nissio ry 1 | through tion, had had a cently appoir n tomer, for ed sergean audible tone Manning's eye¢ 1 with Kiely's cb in plain cloth and the to perfection s about v and as orked |opened ana the two offic n, dashing past . Alleged 1 was thrown s mop ral glassc into the liquor law two counts. w [a & ney Lawren a | the latter's p ¢ Ni the B Waterbu | New Britain, who is awaiting trial | in superior n was Haine: ° i 1a {that he th | superior court [ w lof the 1 In police court today, M ho gave his ¢ ress 184 Nort uilty and was repr: d by A was ot 1 Accordi no record olon. rce until Friday quest olice, Manning has (COOKE DIVORGE GASE f1AS LOGAL PARALLEL |Supreme Court Declares Reno, Nevada, Writ Invalid The Connecticut supren in the case lfred Hartford, divorce, obt evac is invalid in case being parallel ugene 17, Scheell of former ho ined 0oke in to that resident court on the charge on-support. In the Cooke ca written by Jv and is to the residence in Neva pr was “merely had no inte here permancntly ranted in 1928 rrested for non-support. ac Wolfe, who he fou the stice I eftect nk ooke ronth ivorce, colora tion of re d that up by and the did not the nse of s not divor a good on evada courts (Continued on Page Two) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness, follow- ed by rain beginning late to- night or Wednesday; slightly warmer tonight, colder Wed- nesday afternoon or night. James Drinks ding to the securely in the front everal in the rear when Feeney and Sergeant- thought | the | whisper- | all right, | on Kiely Manning wa e door ¢ his frantic attempts to from sev- p cnough Mann on | nning, and his ad- | pleaded not Attor- nu- on | g to the | | » court of | errors. in a decision handed down | hat Reno, Connectieut, | 10 State street, opinion that a for four to the granting of th iding The divorce wa nd later Cooke w Jud *d the case in de- | Cooke | action Te- Count Admitted 1 ) I Charges Narragansett Bay Kill- ing Another Blot on Shame- Jess Prohibition Annals {MORE IN IDAHO DRINKING | THAN NEW YORK, HE SAYS Mcanwhile Officials Tow Boatswain's Houschoat, Meant to Be Stoned by Mob, to Protection of Coast Guard Base at New London— | Wrong Boat Picked—Court Mar- tial Proceedings Continue, | Washington, Jan. 7 (&3] prohibition cont flared up again today with ition the Guardi I's prepared for hou! ative 1 ew Yo who drinking per Idaho than y New York Tdaho the home one of the stau who has been mos ntly on the enforcement qu Spe the Black Duck ntly New England coast (HMiddleton Spoken of for Prize ‘ at High School | the st the o or st of the ctive T chasc of Black but another par of p Du, ph ohibi- guardsmen engaged In a rum Pun shameless ann \TWO" OTHERS IN FIELD 3ill casury department justify the slaying of he inued of cts had ve to ac- The coast guard officials w of the cutter nd praised their s seen in rushes into | thesc print to three men,” ord is 1 1t the con any f Duck or was in M n and Vitty Grimala, | Who Iave Won Tetters in Three T Sports, Included as Candidates the for Honor, prohibitic Part liquor taken he members of the rom the in coast added, “was bacl Men Got “Crazy Drunk™ ens of this countr by law t bevera and vet that the Bl members of crazy drunk re hibited drink a on tt Duck was capture guard London, 0 of this honor will study b e hlete who has won at t sams whether would advi; to ck S | give it to BO 1 two Co = th at coast g only L | school benefit if Albert th b mpionship fo won e who woul Sed (Continued on Page Two) LIVERL FINED §100: SENTENGED T0 JAIL tters is given to en a hest at re Man Who Shot Up Web- " ster Hill Tailor Shop Convicted on by an school 1 Vitty irimala foothall, lat- and and the n Al d idir Assist W. M. G the reco Prosccutin enstein that costs and a j be imposed i of 19 Webstc | terrori the neighbo which he lives by discharging a volver three times Satur 3 Traceski imposed jail senter > court to ed guilty to tt the T cealed weapor rms without ein said a ta mendati Attol i Three Are Eligible of mid-ye nt honors ton lies bet would man it he men a lared in He 1 1 in two weeks after the Hartford Pub- school and under the rules school not take part in e basketball squad at not be allowed ‘s prior to month Mic 13 thr e was not de have hecome ance Hill. who ood in s5Co igible inst last Judg fine of $10 60 days in poli Liveri ples of breach iropped ct wi Teace a his s of carr and disch permit Liveri and Frank Chiodo, iilor whose place is in the build ing where Liveri lives, were in dis- | over $150 and Liveri had been “ ng for a few days last week | blazed away, three bullets | g wild in the tailor shop and | nobody being injured, A chair which cen in the school and one-half in athletics ival. When ccessary for than cligible took part pon his arr first enrolled it im to mal h's work was did this in ok part in t one to for football. Hi short time and t [ ames of he had heen he proved himse m-by playi ve son the invaluable nard in the 1d to the Hart BOY AXE WIELDER TRIES T0 MURDER CONDUCTOR Youth Hits Street Car Operator Over ! (Continued on Page Two) | track late was the star He part ywing the in the last two me took in B dis- e ;| Head—Escapes After Scuffle— 1 on rage Two) o | Robbery Believed Motive o oi| Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 7 (P—At ot | tacked by a boy axe wielder, Fred | | Shinkle, 31, operator of a one-man | street car, received two scalp wounds D. | before fighting off his assailant | while the car ran wild over a N\u(hr! | side line late last night. The youth, believed fo have intended robhery, | smashed a glass and escaped from | the rear platform. | Shinkle was tabulating the fare | register at the end of his run when | the boy hoarded the reached for | hoy drew the truck Shinkle the head. Covered with blood, the motorman struggled with the youth, who final- | ly dropped his weapon and leaped from the car. Shinkle said his assailant was be- tween 15 and 17 years old. Police found the boy's ca in the car. Shin- kle was taken to the hospital. Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 7 () — A nd jailor and a prisoner were suffering from severe wounds today and the uarded by extra of- of result riot the the car. As his account book, xe from his coat, a glancing blow he the and on|u ful bid for their frecdom | 1ast nig being lock- | ed in thei \ers were {armed with a i a picce of iron. ade a despera fre knife Murder Suspect Teader Albert charged with murder ry clerk during a | notaup, the outbreak, offi- ces said. He a the main floor cell block and de- manddfl that Deputy Sheriff Charles Warren liberate him. Grabbing a shotgun, Warren aimed at Boss, who retreated. The alarm was spread and county jail surrounded Boss, of a gro started SKATING SCHEDULE No skating in public parks. the was by sheriff’s deputies and policemen. Senior high | \Jailor and Prisoner Injured In Riot at Sacramento County Jail but | the | wred suddenly at | BRISTOL HOSPITAL ACCUSED OF NEGLECT IN PERMITTING BOY T0 CONTRACT SMALLPOX WARDEN BELIEVES New Britin Heal EONVIEMHIUINU Board Refuses to Pay Bill of $571 for Treat- Three Wethersfield Men Prob- ment of Child in ably in Massachuse(s Neighboing City at GIR FOIND NEAR Roap Meeting Today. Stolen Auto Abandoned Near 11o1- Blame Bristol Authorities yoke—Authorities Think Men Dou- | Because Patient Became Il With Disease, Claim- ing Sickness Developed Before He Was Brought Here in 1928, bled Back From Chelsea—Milk- | man Adds Evidenc ) n part today ieved to be on advice Jo board of I of Corporation H. Kirkham, 1he th today voted to re- payment to the city of Brisiol 7 for treatment of a smallpox patient 1 to include m its note of rejec- (o it 1 the charge that the disease was g RS contracted at the Bristol General | ital result of that institu- s negligence. Hurt In Dyistol, Brought Here he patient was Walter Thomp- minor, whose family left this and took up its residence in in 1 He suffered injury automobile accident April 15 taken to the Bristol hospi al where he remained until May 9. then removed to the New 1 General hospital, because he hid not lived in Bristol long enough to have cstablished legal resideace there und the case was a public ar Three days after he was , smailpox developed. rangements were made to have im treated at the Bristol isolation pital to save the cost of opening the Rocky Hill avenue building and in agreement {0 pay $100 a week for his care was made by former Superintendent Richard W. Pullen, according to the Bell City health oritics. This agreement is de- ied by Dr. Pullen, Some time later, bill for $571.43 was recelved by w Britain, Dr. Pullen . entered to negotiations for settlement of the account, but had not reached an nt when he resigned and was taken by Dr. Louis J. the present superintendent. Dr. Dumont found no disposition on he part of the Bristol officials to ttle the account at a reduction than $100, and Chairman McBriarty's inquiry for a © cent payment was scoffed at. Dumont then laid the facts be- Judge Kirkham, who presented A recommendation in writing to to- ! etir Judge Kirkham's Opinions Judge Kirkham cxplains that the health department is not concerned with the payment, irrespective of the f: nd that if payment s to be made it should be taken from the funds of the public welfare depart- ment i 150 | He considers it possible that I land Lalone, Leo Landry and Watson | Moultrope the flee 1 nd hesitatin have been compelled thr capture to abandon, at least, their hope anadian border. ck to Holyoke trio no far Ward:n of the section s they and i isristol in reac | po | aced the Chelsea, ther tha Iteed said Franklin sedan in of Holyoke last night in stopped their northern turned back westwar The fact that no automobile has been reported in Massact anklin finding a remote ice course thefts T was sto ey may | assing motoriste. ep movin thoriti that the mporarily this the | three have Although fugitiv brth than reported se he is the that 1ts have heen greatly v Massachusctts officers that they have gone into hiding. i eed said it is unlikely ained money, for r showed practica had been are te d admi {3t th | may 4 rth the to opir abandoned ¢ of the gasoling st (Continued |MAN PULLED FROM SEAT OF BLAZING AUTOHOBILE Driver on Page Two) 1s Station Owner Rescl Stunned by Sudden Ap- Goi Kirkh sive boy & into the specific case, Judge ham declares the bill is exces- nd without merit, because the was exposed to smallpox while a patient at the Bristol hospital and ota b T that his condition could be consid- ALt Sath ered the result of negligence at that haR = institution. Since both the Bristol perforn il e neral hospital and the isolation make hi saved ther blaz he rescu station yout 1 had driven had rowas so licked the The man sat in th tupsky out of the blazing g into the statio chemical tank and The car was not but the wiring was out commission. An exami- ion releaved that the exhaust was hed hot. Netupsky does a in without ! pearance of Flames. | | w B of 119 man out last night n ord Henr! aven Netupsky pulled a automobilc (Continged on Page Two) SMOOT AND HOOVER AFTER SUGAR SCALE 'Lobby Committee Told Purdon Asked to Pre- pare Tariff Rates as it run for slight t his filling ord a tou b to buy gasoline ly been fill 1 to be on hood and motor. at too dazed him, ar tank harg seized put W ment shington, Jan. 7 read today before the senate committee said R. L. Purdon, expert of the department of merce, had been asked by the House d Senator Smoot to work out a sliding scale r duties. ocument was contained in a |letter from W. H. Baldwin, pub- licity an employed to work for lower rates in the tarift bill, to Junior Owens, secretary of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, The letter said “I am enclosing a highly confi- (P—A docu- not know th lobt the lobb, man's nam |the driver left known. exci making his | of Utah The physical violence was precipi- | tated by Harry Abel in prison for | holding up a roadhouse. Abel struck | gential memorandum on the sliding Jailor George Hall over the head |gcale which you may be interested with a piece of iron as the officer g | was about to lock up the cells for| rhe memo the had been House and andum said Purdon asked Dby the White Senator Smoot to work out a p al sliding scale. *His name must not be mention- ed in connection with the following Attack on Officers | Grabbing Hall's keys, Abel Boss led the attack on the of {in th They were joined by R | Martin rt Rider, while 12 fjnrormation which he has given,” | hed the struggle. | {he memorandum added. | ¢ Sherifft Warren summoned | Baldwin had previously testified | assistance and heriff ENS [ {hat he had been paid §1,500 month- | Jones and Depu iff H. ly for his work by Owens and that Shannon entered the cell black H. H. Pike, New York sugar broker, forced the milling prisoners to had added a bonus of $1,000 month- turn to their cells In the melee. ¥ a trusty, face and body. a knife wound in his s | knife was not found, nor was it | 1carned which prisoner wielded the weapon. W. and re- Nichols, | sverely on the The memorandum read: | “R. L. Purdon, chief of the sugar section, food stuft division, depart- nent of commerce, has been asked by the White House and Senator were (Continued on Page Two)