New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1930, Page 18

T NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1930. Baffle Mysteries Copyright 1930 Dally Mirror, Ine, Baflle mysteries give you Ingenious and dramatic crimes to solve —many of ther: founded on actual cases which have baflled detec- tves throughout thz world in years past. Each mystery gives you the facts established by the police—what the detectives had t« gc upon and clues? What do ycu deduce frem them? Which are the telltale In short, how will yon no more. answer the question asked of you at the end of cach baffie? “Who 1s guilty?” or “Wkat was the motive? ete. This is no contest, there are no prizes, it Is simply presented for your entertalnment. Robbery of Pawn Shop |_eads to Fort's Guns To Gunner Peters that pawnshop junk looked like a pirate’s treasure The Pawnshop Theft The whole thing la and there is yet doubt as to whe er Gunner Peters really a th or cleaned out hip wir as a drunken 1t is told as necessity of doi clear thinking in detect as well as in the findi ning down of tar Peters had a perm city, He was stationc fort nct more than t — one of the old which, in modern v be of little more u bungalow. Peters, at the havd aid othe fort, hired a cheap scco hand car at the gar fort. 1t was handicr b poor train service latc t X Probably Peters did what ofhers do when off duty. He have visited a goodly numl speakeasics. 1t was past midr when he stopped at a place he thought he could s more shot.” The place got sorc. Nest shop. The ndow and the Leen removed. No doubt fhat stuff looked like pirate’s chest. There were all cameos, brac:lots jewelry, a couple of p little knives—he the desperate of a little cash The str deserted. Peters w to believe t depended on and other session, He in the smashed the up a gzreat in & jifty. A shout iy that anyon shop, L proprictor been ther. They the bare spi and things | the ecar young ¥Ferde form of Pe “He from young man was locled door cheap ation hock trinket fri saw ind chase him.™ His car wa slock away and which nore a much bet o I thought it was a half way out to the that the car up s chasinz hin epped on saining than that ers using reat fort th until 00i- blowout! his pocke rooche the ooted i have to e He e it car at hot to the bhack until il cal. He decided that i had to hide his loot, as his s undountedly knew he ¢ pur- frem fort thwith Peter 1 taken from the time 1% 1 s had mad captain ho hid ev the window. erything rden ar turned in. (i son got much that guard arous everything been in t to swe that They The s0 Tenied he had too honc cation, but point 1 seen Peter i him up. day the 1 I e toolk 1 ha e pawn had plenty hs Commanda rdon ‘\-1‘ ss wlwx! about What gave him the idea Where did he find it? SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY'S \\in( happer “All 0" my girls was good mannered, but sometimes Mary would forget to spit her gum out before coin’ church.” to ‘opyright 0. T l’()()R PA CLAUDE CALLAN “Ma says she's not sc ive about bein' stout, 1e's never liked Nell Nell offered her a big chaiy of sittin’ but mce strong n placc L('h‘m he s [ the il ! where hie was employed as securi clerk, and watched two men packages of money into two bags. A third man stood with in cach hand and a hard look his eyes. The other also had rebber t The next day look at som for the city tr . the the two men who had scooped 1 the money from the counters the suburban bank Timmins was naturally nd badly rattled. 1f he cop the men might sho hex went for one th He stood, saw them by their away hands aloft. out-of-town pro bank. 1le had 8 and tak station he erty in nervou or a him. If might disappear. bling, behind them through tickets. They Timmins followed sot a Lougzht them on wrtnient icket and train, He 1o te th tl was 1l the but ahea to do ma: left the planning to wire conductor, when they compartment for ided on the hold back those | was to iroke of use h proper all an compartme and get off engines we Bec; nd value carried was ting job E the bank cleton sor 1 to door, get 1l the point where the a was in all of the stolen mon that bank. COSTLY PAINTINGS STOLEN IN'L.ONDON ;Eighteen Valuable I Missing From Gallery Tondon, March 12 () — today surrounded reported pearance of 18 paintings owner of Carlton Housc ere anno hag n rom hin. Police asked to trace th vere told they included four Ren ILrandts and works of Rubens, V Dyke, Gainsborough and mous painters. The said to be many rounds, the exact Their owners. |in the galle ston. Police inspected the vere unable to find sizgns of entry and they that if the pictur st been taken building was open. Mystc which tl stole total value thousands mount unstate ¢ placed the le on commi Heged or s were stolen the ve I Tlorence, Italy, March 12 (® th century painting depicting U 1 and child, said to be of gre , has been stolen from the I’ church at Montaione. TYPING CHAMPION HERE Woodb \mpion ormer t the demonstration typewri world, w of speed of accur, High norn He will take dictation at ceds and will make an award te went in the commerical depar z most closcly th per at schiool students next Monda minutes he WHISKY NOT EXPE New Haven, March 12.—Congres: man William Hull, Peoria, TlL., w formerly managed a distillery, to the Jocal lodge of Blks last nig that the highest srades of whisk could be manufacturcd for 30 cen 1 pint. He said he favored a la which would permit druggists scil whisky on physician's preseri tions and said he iquor could he sold pint at a profit. SIVE for SO cents STEADY (P—Cott COTTON I'UTURE:! New York, March | futures opened steady; March 14.2 May 14.54: July 14.70: October 1 December 14 January contracts—October 14 14.74; January 14.5 New cember JUST KIDS toss a gua Timmins was going nothe an int shout: trem- | con- dinner he de- cusy at Timmins Pictures Y | abad dsap- galleries pictures other fa was of | premises but force T BOOK CENSORSHIP BILL FACES FIGHT Senate Passes Measure fo Amend | Senior various num- believed suc 40 De- | liberalize ty GANDHI PILGRIMS LEAVE FOR MINES | Amazing Scenes as Givil DlS > obedience March Is Started in employes of the ban% % o s Ahmedabad, o1 | (UP)—Mahatma India, March 12 Gandhi, *Indi peaceful revolutionist, afoot today at the head of a small of devoted followers, but most Indian histor at dawn from his ash- near, Ahmedbad— 79 chosen adherents I to Jalalpur, where they will refine salt, in open de- fiance of British Jaw. Amazing Scenes Enacted Amazing enes were enacted as the gentle leader of India’s indepen- dence movement began his cam- paign of civil disobedience. Lining the w massing in the fields, marching with the vanguard. were fully 100,000 Hindus, who had flocked to Ahmedbad durir week to cheer him on his way. As Gandhi came from the ram with his volunteers, a mighty shout arose from a crowd which stretched in every dircction Several simple ceremonics ceded the pi One of the most touching was the “blessing” of the marchers by cnthusiasts who broke cocoanuts and ve the meat st )5, 1) band on onc ipping ot | sl o strangest ages of 1 3 ging [ram—a college Gandhi and his hegan their m n e ), ¥ ir s v ts t pre- to them in henediction of their hope for n Indian wom: Gandhi a horselthe accompany the man should fall sick carried.” First Halt Chosen first halt was to be of Aslali, which Gandhi hoped to reach tonight. = 1c| 1t was generally believed Gandhi would be arrested immediately upon reaching the Kaira district, 12 mile rom Ahmedabad 1f Gandhi is taken from the move- ment, his place will be assumed by | Abbas Tayvabja, noted former judge of the supreme court of Boroda. 1f | he. in turn, is arrested, Gandhi's pri- 'lvate secretary, Chaman Lal Joshi, will ¢ on the work. Of the 79 in Gandhi's little army. are Hindus, {wo arc Moslems, and > is a Christian. and as a sign fruitful results. n then presented hosse that will dition *if any and have ox The village at {he n 1= 4 m s- d at Bay State Law s il N oston. March (UP)—DPass cd the senatc surprisingly one-sided vote, Massachusetts’ book | censorship bill was expected to go to the house of representatives tod: with indications that it would pre- cipitate a sharp battie, t-| Javorable action by the senate on the bill, which would make the hook-banning law more lenient. represented the higgest upset re- corded on Beacon Hill during the current e tive session, Defeat of s- | the mea ho | been fre 1a| The 12 by a 1y is ¢ forecast. ‘ which passed ht | the bill , was 23 to kv | 11, the v of the propo- ts | nents being accounted for by the ac- w | tion of 10 republicans who turned to | from opposition {o support of the p- | me under the leadership of G N Bucon, president of the upper branch Under the hill, a book would b judsed as a whole. and contrary to present policy, could not be banned simply because it contained one or more isolated ges considered obscene. The measure rgpresents an outstanding step in the campaign to achusetts’ much- neorship law. senate to be 1surc G as | n | discussed ¢ Ash- | \Pastor Hastens fo Solten State- not far from Ashed- | forth | i eral | mbridge, Mass., March 12 (UP) —vidence of whole | members of the freshman class Harvard college may lead to the pulsion of at least nine |students, it was reported today. he cases of the nine freshmen are expected to be considered by the administrative board next Tuesd: when, it was hinted, drastic may be looked for. ‘he fact that some of the year students had been cheating in their home lessons was said to have been disclosed through an investiga- tion conducted by Professor Julian | L. Coolidge, with the cooperation of | other members of the faculty. Names | of the students under suspicion were withheld. Professor Coolidge weeks ago that home ‘Wholesale Cribbing In Harvard Freshman Class Is Investigated le cribbing by | at | first-year | action | first | observed sev- | lessons turned in by certain group of students werc of a higher grade than might be expected, and the in- quiry followed. This was said to have shown that several students | had turned in home work which was | not their own. | 1our freshmen already have been cxpelled this year. Paul B. Don- | nellan, first string goal tender on the freshman hockey team, was dismi: cd last December after it had been | charged that he turned in an Eng- [lish themo which was not his own work. Two fellow classmen were | expelled shortly afterward, and then | Frederick Van Voorhes Lindsey, Jr. | of Morris Plains, J, was d | misseds for entertaining a girl friend in his dormitory room in violation | of college rules. ‘GIVIL WAR’ ONLY the past | to the pilgrims, or who threw rupees | | “ballots to be | | state | asure in the upper house had | lea ti BATTLE OF VOTES ment Made in Boston Tiostor, March 12.—(UP)—The civil war in support of prohibition to which a “committee of 1000 pledged itself at Park strect church here Monday night will be one rather than bulle Dr. Conrad. pastor of the church, has cxplained. Construing literall the “civil war” threat wets and drys alike assail- > action of the “committee of 1000 yester: but Dr. Con gave assurance that the expression was meant in a metaphorical sense A sub-committee of the “1000" declared that the group “fight, and that to the finish, the weapons of our warfare arc not carnal but spiritual.” Tne “committee of 1000 has se- cured th services of Evangeline jooth of the dvation Army eak at a mass meeting for prohi- bition and against repeal of the cnforcement act at oston Garden here in Ma MUELLER DEFENDS REPARATION PLAN Raps Both Communists and Fascists in Reichstag Terlin. March cellor Hermann Mueller the Owen D. Young rep in a tense Reichstag today . sensational challenge to leaders, who, he charged. tempted to incite politi turbances. “The defended nd made radical | have at- dis- government enough to suppress such politicai tendencic the chancellor said “The government will stifle the lust of the left (communists) and of the | right (fascists) for a putseh. The re- public cannot be s Mueller, opening promised | to be an historic session of Reichstag before a final vote on the Young plan, defended the repara- tions scttlements as denoting new stage in Germany's restoration.” He said the government’s pro- gram calls for German vusiness and it through the Young plan, ¢ is strong ctment of tax reform laws and agriculturai | velief The chancelior vigorously ed the communist activities and then scored the agitation of the re- actionary fascist elements. Mueller admitted the | reparations settlement fal Germany's expectations criticism is justified.” “Nevertheless, it signifies he said. the new “and some prog- would | but | to | 12.—(UpP)—Chan- | ations plan | the | ‘calm continuance of | alleviation | attack- | short of | MYSTERY DEEPENS ~ IN'TADS MURDER Legal Battl for $50,000 Estate| Reopens Gase Months Old N. M., March circumstances marked both the life and death of Arthur Rochfort Manby, Taos re- |cluse, found decapitated in his home last July 3, arc expected to be | more fully disclosed in the Federal | court at Albuqerque today with the | opening of a legal battle for posses- | sion of the §0-year old Englishman's | $50.000 estate. Meanwhile in Santa e the pos- sibility developed of a contest over the plan to demand the intervention of the United States in solving the | mystery of Manby's death. Jurther complicating the real-life mystery yarn was the arrest Monday of Terecita Terguson, the woman | who Mauby called in his diary, “The princess of all my dreams,” and the | recovery in her home of a houseful | of 1ot stolen in a series of rob- beries. Another suspect also charged | with robbery is being held in the os jail. Additional loot from the breaks was found yesterday in a box puried in the yard of _ Terecita's home at Cannon. | santa Te, —Strange 12 @ | which | {GASCO MINSTREL SHOW | Miss Margaret Ekdahl of | pushed Miss Eastman to th AND DANCE 10 BE HELD| Lmployes of New Britain Gas nghtL Co. to Have Annual tertainment annual minstrel show and | ¢ {o be given by members of | the G club for employes of the New Dritain Gas Light Co. will be | held tomorrow evening at § o'clock | at Junior O. U, A. M. hall on Glen | street. Iehersals which have been in progress during the past six weeks | | with ~ Direetor James Tyneh in charge haye heen so satisfactol | that Manager Iorancis Sheehan | expressed confidence that this year's | | performance will be better than ever. Dancing will follow the entertain- | ment and music will be furnished | H‘.\‘ the Gasco five picce orchestra | |under the lcadership - of James | ‘u Brien. | The committee in ‘charge consists | of Irancis Sheehan, chairman; John | McCormick, John Tatfersal and | James Lynch. The dan i [ | | | VILA TO BE MINIS Belgrade, Jugoslavia (P—Dijfer Vila, -Albanian mini | to Jugoslavia, will become foreign | minister in the new Albanian cab- inet formed last week, it was learu- cd today. | FOR B RESULTS USL HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | | | \ i | | | TEXAS GIRL NAMED | NATION'S BEAUTY Janet Bastman, 20, Blonde, Is“‘;:g“g::,m,f ; “America’s Swee heart” ch 12 (UP) 0, and blonde, Miami, 3 Miss Janct Lastman, of I'ort Worth, Texas, “America's sweetheart Sho won that distinction 48 other entrants in Square Garden last night. With th title went $2,500 in gold and a silver | to say nothing of the | chance to appear in onc of Broad- way’s current revues and the pro- | ceeds from the usual endorsement of | loving cup, beauty creams and mud packs. “Miss California’ da’ in the person McKellop, 17, of Los- Angeles the All-American title. 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