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RUSBAND NEED NGT CONTINUE ALIMONY Brodzik Gw's Judgment in Suit Against ex-Wile A civil action brought by John Brodzik, local business man, against his divorced wife, Mary Rutkowski, in which he sought to stop payment of alimony, an order for which was passed in December when the di- verce trial took place, was heard this morning before Judge Foster in superior court. The result was a judgment for the plaintiff. Attorney Cornelius J. Danaher of Meriden appeared for the plaintiff and At- torney Thomas I, McDonough for the defendant. Testimony was offered that defendant had been untrue to her husband previous to the divorce and pictures were produced showing her in the arms of men. Picked Crew at Work On Oklahoma Gusher Oklahoma City, Okla., April (UP)—Working in heayy rubber suits, their faces bandaged and wearing goggles and army trench helmets, 50 seasoned oil fleld work- crs labored today to “cap” the giant Mary Sudik well which has run wild for eight days. A 3,000 pound cap, which resem- bles a huge steel bowl was hoisted above the well and will be lowered onto the mouth of the geyser. The derrick, made of steel and wood and more than 100 feet high, was finished yesterday and the cap was swung from it. The column of gas and oil rises more than 100 feet above the top of the derrick. As soon as the cap has been se- curely anchored, high pressure pumps will be started shooting mud into the hole in an effort to stem the oil and gas flow. the PLAN CHURCH CONGRESS Omaha, April 4 (UP)—Plans for the first national eucharistic con- gress of the Cathollc church to be held in 20 years were announced by Bishop Joseph F. Rummel today. The congress is to be held Septeni- ber 23 to 25. Cardinal Mundelein of .Chicago, will be principal speaker at a mass nieeting to be held at Creighton stadium during the congress, at which thousands of laymen an@ women are expected to attend. Others prominent in the religious world who will participate in the exercises include Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland, and Judge Manton, prominent New York Cath- olic layman. General theme of the congress will be “the blessed eucharist, by divine intention the source and center of Christian life.” TALK ON COLLEGE VALUE Columbus, O., April 4 (UP)— Views of a number of leaders in journalism as to the value of a col- lege education for newspapermen were put before the Ohio state edu- cational conference today. The concensus was that scholastic training in an undeniable asset. Opinion concerning the worth of the technical school of journalism was, on the other hand, less unani- mous. Karl A. Bickel. president of the United Press, presented a sympos- jum of opinion gathered from a group of American publishers who had found, generally, that the col- lege man had a marked advantage over the “cub” without collegiate ex- perience. Ski Champ’s Friend to Fly to His Assistance Halifax, N. S. April 4 (#—The Cape Breton ajrport's first arrival for 1930 will probably be a New England friend of Ingvald “Bing” Anderson, former New England ski champion, now awaiting execution for murder. The aviator, whose name is withheld, today notified airport of- ficials of his irttention of landing there on a visit to the condemned man, X-Ray plates of Anderson’s skull, made yesterday, will be forwarded to Halifax for interpretation, the ob- Ject being 1o determine whether al- leged injuries had damaged the skull | fficiently to affect his mind. new trial is being sought for Ander- | son on the grounds of insanity. AGED WOMAN DEAD Oswego, N. Y.. ©l 4 (P—Mrs. Caroline N. Broad 98, oldest member of the Relekah Eme Chapter, D. A. R, in Maine, a rea dent of this city for 13 years died teday. Since suffrage rights were granted, she was among the first each election to cast her vote She was born in Cornish, Maine. BISSELL: IN HOSFITAL Danbury, April 4 (A—Harvey P. Bissell of Ridgeficld, collector of the yort of Connecticut, was admitted to the Danbury hospital carly this afternoon. At the lhospital it was slated Mr. Bissell had been admit- ted for observation and it was ex- pected he might undergo an opera- tion, RULES DIRECTORS LIABLE Boston, April 4 (—The full bench of the supreme court today decided that directors of the Prudential Trust Company are liable and must pay losses sustained by the bank, which was closed by the bank commission- er in 1920. The losses amount to $556,568, and the bank has about 25,000 cash on hand. City Advertisement RE-NUMBERING OF VICTORIA ROAD Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held before the Board of Public Works, City of New Britain, Room 307, City Hall at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Aprit 9th, 1930, relative to the re-numbering of houses on Victoria Road, from Stecle Street to end. All persons interested are re- quested to be present at said hear- ing, if they sec cause, and be heard in relation to above. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, Thomas F. McGrath, Clerk NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930. GRAY GIVEN JAIL TERM AFTER HARTFORD TRIAL Advertising Solicitor, Previously Scntenced in This City, Gets 20 Days More Mason C. Gray, who was convicted and sent to jail in New Britain po- lice court recently on the charge of obtaining money under false pre- tences, was sentenced to jail for 38 days in Hartford police court today on a similar charge. Attorney Al- bert A. Greenberg, who represented him in the local court, appeared for him today. Gray went about the state a few months ago soliclting advertisements of business houses to be placed on bulletins installed in organized labor unfon meeting places. He is said to have operated in several places prior to coming to New Britain, where Sergennt M. J. Flynn arrested him. Gray's contention was that he in- tended to obtain permission of the labor organizations to place the bul- letins, but it was alleged that he had failed to do so prior to solicit- ing the advertisements. TOMAN SUES FOR 82,000 AS RESULT OF COLLISION Anna English of This City, Injured On January 30, Names Ashley Falls Man Defendant Dominic Levzatti of Ashley Falls, Mass., has been named defendant in a suit brought by Anna English of this city through Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney. Damages of $2,000 are asked. It is claimed that the de- fendant came out of a driveway at a reckless and careless rate of speed and crashed egainst a car in which she wag riding, in Norfolk. The ac- cldent occurred on January 26, 1930. She was thrown to the floor by the contact and temporary and perma- nent injuries resulted. Deputy Sheriff Martin H. witz served the papers. City Items Co. No. 6 of the fire department was called to a grass fire on the Doerr property on Lyons street at 11:45 o'clock this forenoon. Sergeant P. A. McAvay of the de- tective bureau is investigating a complaint that boys stole a number | of packages of merchandise off a platform in the rear of the David- cfon & Leventhal store on Main street. Co. No. 2 of the fire department {was called to the corner of South Main and Ellis strcets at 2:42 o'clock this afternoon and extin- guished a slight fire in an automo- bile truck owned by Louis Baraglia. A quantity of papers around the seat became ignited. Hor- Gun Stolen by Brophy Is Returned to Owner An automatic pistol which John Brophy of Waterbury had in his pos- session when Officer Joseph Gutow- ski found him asleep in an automo- bile on Bradley street, this city, last August, was turned over by the police today to the owner, Homer Wooster of 35 Harvard street, Waterville. Brophy stole an automobile and the pistol at Lake Kopec, N. Y., and on the way to Waterbury also stole a calf, which was in the car when he was arrested. He has since been sentenced to state’s prisen for life for the murder of Officer McNamee of Bristol. Funerals Joseph Fin Funeral services for Joseph Fin, aged 39, of 49 Oak street, who died Wednesday, will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 at the home and at 9 o'clock at St. . Mary's church. Burial will be in St. Mary's ceme- tery. Schult for Charles Schultz, aged 24, of 193 Main street, | were held {his afternoon at 2 | Erwin - chapel. Rev. Dr. Ahlquist of the TFirst church officiated. Burial Fairview cemete l’hnll(‘fl r. I Funeral services Lutheran was in Charles E. Fennell Funeral services for Charles E. Fennell, aged 59, who died Tuesday at his home, 543 West Main street, were held this afternoon at 2:30 at the Plainville Baptist church. Rev. A. D. Kendrick officiated and burial was in West cemetery, Plainville, . Lepfert services for Henry T. Leppert, aged 69, of 35 Black Iock avenue, who died Tuesday, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Rev. Dr, George W. C. Hill, pastor of the South Congrega- tional church, officiated, and burial was in Fairview cemetery. Menry Funeral FOUR HURT IN CRASH ‘Winchester, Mass., April 4 (A — Four men were injured, two critical- ly in a head-on collision between two automobiles here today. Lauren L. McMasters, Jr., 23, and George W. Moulton, 22, both of Wakefield, were the most seriously injured. McMasters' skull was frac- tured. At the Winchester hospital their names were on the danger list. Carmello Luongo, of Winchester, and George Ward, of Woburn, occu- pants of the automobile that collid- ed with McMasters’ both received se- vere cuts and bruises. Moulton was in the McMasters’ car. MONEY FOR SCHOOL CHANGES Hartford, April 4 (UP) — The state board of finance and contrel has authorized expenditure of $25.- 000 to expedite reorganization of the State School for Boys by the board of trustees. It was understood would be spent on the propofed building program, enabling boys to be transferred to modern cottages from obsolete structures. the money | the preference |trade this year Deaths Mrs. Fredolin Schweitzer Mrs. Anna Schweitzer, aged 78, wife of Iredolin Schweitzer of 7 Warrenton avenue, Hartford, and for many years a resident of this city, died yesterday at her home. Mrs, Schweitzer was born in Ger- | many but came to New Britain many | years ago. I'or the past eight years| she had resided in Hartford. She| was a member of St. Anne's society | of St. Peter's church, this city. Besides her husband she is sur- vived by two daughters, Mrs. Elijah Tompkins and Mrs. Thomas Rey. nolds. both of Hartford; two sons, Martin Schweitzer of Darien and Benedict Schweitzer of Wharton, N. J.: a brother, Joseph Holfelder of| this city and a sister, Miss Martha | Holfelder of this city Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at 0 at the home and at 9 o'clock at the Sacred Heart church, Hartford. Burial will | be in St. Mary's cemetery, New Britain. Wall Street Briefs New York, April 4 (A—Building and engineering contracts let in the 37 states cast of ths Rocky Mouna- tains from March 22, to March 31, amounted to $144.892,500, F. W. Todge Corp. reports. This compares with the six preceding business days' total of $133,999.400, and with $150,853,400 for the corres. ponding period of last year covering | seven business da Contracts awarded since January 1, have reached $1,100,147,200, as against $1,255,829,300 for the same period ia 1929, a decline of 12 per cent. Plans for the affiliation of en- gineers Public Service Co. with Stone & Webster, Inc., have been declared operative. Columbia Pictures Corp. esti- mates that net profit for the year ending June 30, will approximats $1,000,000, equal to $40 a share ¢n stock and $9.25 a share on the common stock, os eontrasted with $22.07 a share on the preference and $4.77 a share on the common in the preceding year. A statement by the company said that “early action by the directors to place the common stock on a substantial dividend basis secems probable.” Co. box & THe American Car & Foundry has received an order for 250 ceres from the Gulf, ‘Mobile Northern railroad. An order for 500 box cars for the Louisiana & Ar- kansas railroad has been receivel by the General American Car Cor, a subsidiary of the General Ameri- can’Tank Car Corp. ‘A new investment trust of the fix- ed type to be known as the public service trust shares, series “‘A,” has been formed under the sponsorship of C. M. Cryan & Co., Inc. The se- curities underlying the new trust will consist of the common stocks ot 33 gublic service companies, oper- ating @ommunication lines, gas and electrie companies and affiliated scrvices. Engineering News-Record reports that with a total value of $391,833,- 000 for March, the heavy construc- tion and engincering contracts let throughout the country registers the highest monthly total on record. This figure compared with $195,- 388,000 in February and $360,326,- 000 in March, 1929, The report of the General Public Service Corp. for the first quarter shows an increase in asset valus since Dec. 31 of $9,589,000, or 27.3 per cent, and an increase ia the as- set value of the common stock from $27.97 a share to $43.14 a share, or more than 54 per cent in the same period. F. W. Woolworth Co. reports March sales of $22,482,271, against $24,624,962 last vear, a decrease of 8.3 per cent. H. T. Parson, presi- dent, however, explained that Easter is coming in April instead of March as last vear, should result in an increase of about $3.- | 000,000 this month, “and bring our four months to where it helongs.” NORTH ADAMS GIRL KILLED Bennington, Vt, April 4 (UP)— Heln Marlow, 17, of North Adams, Mass., was killed instantly here early today when an automobile in which she was riding overturned. Arthur J. Amo, employe of the General Electric company's plant in Pittsticld, Mass.,, attempted to turn the car sharply after finding he was on the wrong road. The machine toppled over, slid along the road, and crashed into a telegraph yole, snap- ping it in two. Miss Marlow was pinned beneath the wreckage. Amo | was virtually uninjured. BRADBURY DEAD Boston, April 4 (P—M Fred- erick T. Bradbury, 78, sister of the late George Robert White, widely known philanthropist, died at her Commonwealth avenue home here today, aged 78 years. Mrs. Bradbury was a widow, had Dbeen actively interested for many years in her brother’'s projects and was a donor to the Boston museum of fine arts. She was born in South Acton. MRS, DR. BOONE MADE CAPTAIN ‘Washington, April 4 (UP)— Joel T. Boone, White House physi- cian, became a captain of the U. navy today when President Hoover signed a bill designed to raise Dr. Boone's rank from lieutenant com- mander. His home is at Pottsville, Pa. EDSEL VISITS HOOVER Washington, April 4 (UP)—Edsel Ford and his two sons called upon President Hoover today. The son | and grandsons of the automobile | manufacturer were accompanied by Phelps Newberry, son of former Senator Truman Newberry of Mich- igan who resigned in 1922. Ford | formerly | Stanley street. said he had brought his boys here for the Easter holidays and wanted them to meet the president. Birth Record A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Hammer of Holyoke, Ma Mrs. Hammer was Miss Grace Gans of this city, A daughter was born Britain General hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Kelsey 22 Lincoin street. | A son was born at New Britain | General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Symojka of 51 Put- nam street. A son was born at New Britain | General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Supsinskas of . 335 at New yesterday of A daughter was born to Mr. and | Mrs. Abraham Gaer of 138 North street at New Britain General hos- pital today. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Everson of 490 East street at New Britain General hospital today. | A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schoech of 415 Arch street at New Britain Gencral hos- pital today CURB IRREGULARLY HIGHER IN TREND [ruptea |taking in the amusement stocks, but brought | | forward Bull Movement In Stock Market Resumed With Public Utilities and Oils Leading In Upward Advance Profit Taking in Amuse- ment Shares Interrupts| Swing for Time — New | Leaders Soon Brought to Fore by Traders. New Y movemer with ine demand number utility, steel . April 4 (#—The in stocks was cd vigor today broadened to of oil, shares. for “bull” as the include a representative public motor electrical and The rally was inter- a time by heavy profit new leaders were and took place by quickly a general recovery carly afternoon. Volume Large Again ading was again in enormous volume, total sales crossing the 2,- 500,000 share r Lefore midda; The ticker ran more than 20 min- utes behind the market by early aft- { ernoon Brokers' Loans Increase Appar-| ently Expected—Some Firm | New York, April 4 (#—The Curb | market continued to move irregular- 19 higher today. The large increass| in brokers loans appearcd to have| been discounted in advance as a| market influence, and while specu- | lative sentiment remained some- | what confused, many powerful op- | erators remained committed to thn. bull side. An assortment of utili- ties, ofls and specialties continued | to meet with strong buying. Niagara Hudson Advances | Niagara Hudson continued its ad- vance begun with the report of 11 closer affiliation with Consolidated | Gas of New York, reaching new| high ground in heavy trading. Bra- zilian traction resumed its climb into new high ground, and Electric Bond and Share rallied substantial- ly. The United Gas issues, however, continued to trade over a narrow area. Strong spois in the oils were the higher priced issues, Humble ani| Gulf, which sold up a few points, Standard of Indiana was firm and| fairly active. Citles Service and the Indian Territory issues were some- what sluggish. Nitrate Hits New High Among the industrials and special- ties, Anglo Chilean Nitrate contin- ued its advance into record territory for the year, and was joined by Decre new stock, which had a sub- stantial advance. Iox Theaters “A” was again firm, reflecting rumors that opposing groups in the Fox controversy might rcach an agree- ment. Among the less active specialties | Jefferson Electric reached new high ground. Pilot Radio Tube moved up slightly, touching 15 for the first time this vear. The flight of the airplane, Pilot Radio, to Bermuda attracted moderate buying in this issue. Aluminum Co. was again under pressure, losing several pointa. BONDS WITH SHARE FEATURE POPULAR Amusement Rise Carries Equip- ment Issues Up—Phone Rises New York, April 4 (A—Another active market for bonds with share features overshadowed dealing in more conservative issues today. The little trading that was done in the railroad liens, however, was on a firmer basis and it was apparent that the tonic effect of an ease in money rates could stimulate the general list rather easily. Time money, however, was a trifie firmer. | Amusements Rise Amusement company bonds with conversion privileges or stock pur- chase warrants took another sprint at the opening but sold off later. The rise carried General Theaters Equipment 6s to another new high at 145. Loew's 6s and Shubert Theaters 6s gained about two points each, but Pathe 7s and Warner Brothers Pictures 6s moved lower. American Telephone convertible 4%s equalled their year's high of 185% in the first hour and then cased only to push to a new maxi- mum above 187 as the stock ad- vanced. International Telephone 4%s and Baltimore & Ohio 4%:s, | Reading Coal & Iron 6s were active with nominal gains. New York Central Gains In the railroad group, New York | Central 5s sold within an eighth of | their high of 107 3-8, but met with offerings at that level and dropped half a point below the previous close. Utility mortgages and the| Industrials were quict. Ioreign s gars recovered some of yesterday's declines. Fluctuations in foreign bonds held to minor fractions during the ecarly dealings. United States govern- ments were firm | | FILES SUIT AGAINST SCHOOL Laconia, N. H., April 4 (A —Suit | for $10,000 was filed in Belknap county superior court today by Mrs. M. A. Tabor, of Tilton, agains Thomas W. Watkins, headmaster of the Tilton school, as the result of her-son, John's failure to graduate from the school. Mrs. Tabor is the wife of a South American repre- sentative of the United States Stecl corporation. The case will be heard April 10. Mrs. Tabor alleged {hat her son was a senior at the school last year and that Watking refused to allow him to attend classcs unless she re- mained in Tilton cach day of the school year. This stipulation, she said, caused her great inconvenicnce and that consequently the boy was| taken from school without graduat- ing. |ed over [ Allied Chem . 3123, Modification of the vices sent British ad- out by some of the large commission houses yesterday, new | merger projects and the recent in- se in steel mill and building ac- apparently more than offset the larce gain in brokers' loans, the falling off in freight car traffic and some of the poor earnings reports made public in the last few days. Willys Overland reported a loss of riy $5.000,000 last year, Call Money Plentiful Call money was in plentiful sup- |ply at the renewal figure of 4 per cent, and concessions in the outside {market were reported later in the day. The time money market show- ed a firmer undertone although | business was quict. A better demand was noted for bankers' acceptances. As generally expected, neither the New York nor Chicago federal re- serve banks made any changes in their rediscount rates. American Telephone, which is ex- pected to offer valuable stock sub- scription rights next month, ran up more than 6 points to a new high record above 269. General Electric was marked up 4 1-2 points to a tivity |new high at 91 1-2. Radio was turn- in enormous volume, cross- ing 62 for the first time this vear. The stock sold as low as 26 in the break last fall, and as high as 114 3-4 Defore the market crash. Comsolidated Gas Prices Consolidated Gas, twhich is ex- pected to consolidate with Niagara Hudson, ran up 4 points to a new high above 127, Allied Chemical, Otis Llevator, Pacific Gas, Auburn Auto, Pittsburgh & West Virginia, and American Rolling Mills all sold 4 to 7 points higher. U. S. Steel common, Fuel, Closs Sheffield Steel, Westing- house Electric, Uncerwood Elliott Fisher, Stone & Webster and Paci- Lighting were among the many Issues to sell 3 or more points above yesterday's final quotations. Amonz the fifty or more stocks to reach new high ground were Standavd Oils of New Jersey and New York, Skelly Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Thompson Products, Park & Til- ford, General Motors, Savage Arms, Columbia Graphophone and Fox Film. International Combustion prefer- red, United Aireraft and R. H. Macy were conspicuous soft spots. THE MARKET AT 2:30-3:00 P. M. Total sales to 2:10 p. m. 000 shares. High Air Reduction 1447% Low 142 30315 65% ‘3\% Close 1431 Allis Chalmers 6% Am Bank Note 94% Am Bosch Mag 527 Am Can 15135 Am Car & Fdy 72 Am Com Alco 26 Am & Fgn Pw qsi Am Loco .... Am Smelting 7 Am Tel & Tel 2691 Am Woolen, ¢ 15 | Anaconda Atchison Atlantic Ret | Balt & Ohio Bendix Avia . Beth Steel Briggs Mfg ... 19 Bucyrus Erie . 39 Bush Term cm 42 Calm & Hecla Canada Dry .. 731 Can Pacific... 213% Cer De Pasco » 6473 Ches & Ohio .238% CMStP &P 24% Chi & North - 8§8% Chi Pne Tl cm CRI&P. Chrysler Mot Columbia Gas . Com Solvents . 3 Cong-Nairn . Con Gas NY Corn Prod Crucible Steel Curtiss Wrt cm Dav Chemical Del & Hudson 17 Devoe Reynlds l- smn Kodak hlec Pwr & Lt Erie R R ... Iox Film A.. Freeport Tex Gen Am Tank 1 Genl Asphalt Genl Electric , 9 Genl Motors Genl Motors Genl Pub Serv 51 Genl Rwy Sig 104 Glidden Co cm 45 Gold Dust ... Goodrich Rub Graham Paige Grndy Con Cop 3 Gt Northn pfd 100 Hudson Motor &6 Inspirat'n Cop 29 Intl Cement ... T4 Intl Harvester 07 % Tntl Nickel ... 44% Intl Tel & Tel 701 Johns-Manv'le 134% Karisas Ci 833 Kresge Co . Kroger Groc'y 4“ resume i | Colorado | * [Two persons Tehigh Valley Liquid Cab'n'c 79 Math Alkali M K & T RR Missouri Pac . Mont Ward h Motors Nat Riscuit Nat Cash Reg N Y Central N Haven R North Am Co Northern Pac Owens Glass .. Pack Mot >an-Am B Par't Lasky Phillips Pet .. Pub Serv NJ Pullman Co .. Radio-Corp .. | Rad-Keith-Or Reading RR | Rem Rand Rep Irn & Stl Roy Dutch N | St L San I¥ Scars Roebuck § | Sinclair Oil .. 31 | Southern Pac 1241 | southern Ry 129 |Stand Brands 26 standard std 01l Cal Std Ot of std Oil of Stewart W’rner | Studebaker Texas Corp Texas Gulf Sul 64% Timk'n Rol Ber 8645 Union Carbide 104} Union Pacific 2 td Gas & I'p 4 United Corp .. 4 U S Ind Alco 10 Rubber ... 34 $ .19 Vanadium Stel 1087 Wabash RR .. 65% Warner Br Pic 7 West'gh's Elec 1567% Willys Overland 93 Woolworth ... | TOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) Insurance Stocks Aetna Casualty Aetna Life Ins Co . Actna Fire Automobile Ins Conn General . Hartford Fire Hfd Steam Boiler National Fire Phoenix Fire Travelers Ins Co ....1 Manufacturing Stocks Am Hardware 60 Arrow-Hart & llcl:eman 40 Billings & Spencer Bristol Brass . City Compan Colt's Arms Lagle Lock Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley Landers, I" N B Machine North & Judd Falmer Bros .... Feck, Stowe & Wil . Russell Mfg Co Scovill Mfg Co ... Standard Screw . Stanley Works Torrington Co Union Mfg Co 2 Veeder-Root . PR T Public lmhies Stocks Conn Elec Service . Conn Lt & P 5% % md 1 Conn Power Hfd Elec Light Hfd Gas Co com . Htd Gas Co pfd . N B Gas . Southern N 1580 62 42 TREASURY BALAN! Treasury Balanc TWO OVERCOME BY SMOKE South Manchester, April 4 (R— were overcoms by smoke and considerable damage v caused by a fire which started in ihe basement of the Waranoke hotel building shortly before noon today and for a time threatened the heart of Manchester’s business section. Quick and efficient work by the firemen confined the blaze to the basement of the building and the chief damage was caused by smoke. Imployves of the Home Banking & Trust company stuck to their t of storing records and money in the |yault before being driven from the | building by the smoke. ask TWO SUSPECTS RELEASED Wooster, Ohio, April 4 (P Charles Hannah and Earl Conold were freed from charges of stealing and murdering Melvin Horst. 4, of Orrville, Ohio, when Judge J. A. Starn today nol-prossed the indict- ments against them. Judge Starn’s action was requested by Prosecutor Marion Graven. During the several weeks Hannah |and Conold have been in jail they have made an amazing series of a cusations, confessions and deniz the crimes charged as:.\mm them they such. he Horst teriously from near his home cember 27, 1928 and no trace of him has been found. 288 IMK Vhe confessions nied could be constr which d FLIER EXPECTED New York, April 4 (UP)—Roos velt field officials were notified to- day that a flier known to them only as “Mooney” was racing out west in an attempt to set a non-stop flight record across the country light planes. The folowing telegram ceived here from Joe Nikrent cial timer of the National Aer tical association in Los Angeles: “Mooney left 6:43:57 a. m., tempting non-stop light plane rec- crd. Expects to land 25 hours.” No onc at Roosevelt field had any further infdrmation concerning Mooney. UNRKNOW was T off| at- WORKER DROPS DEAD Southbridge, Mass., April 4 —-Joseph Oldfield, fixer at the plant of the Hamilton Woolen company here, dropped dead as the factory whistle sounded at noon today. He resided in South- bridge. (UP) $362,894,719. ) boy disappeared mys- | De- | of the | for year old loom | PUTNAM & CO llubm New Yorkflfladndsfildmp 31 WEST MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 WARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW, THL. 3118 We Offe American Superpower Co. First Preferred Stock, $6 Series For the twelve months ended February 28, 1930, balance of earnings applicable to the payment of preferred dividends was over 815 times the required amount. Price 100 and accrued dividend, to yield 6% EDDYBOTHERS sC Members Hartford Stock Exchange NEW BRITAIN, 29 W. Main Street HARTFORD MERIDEN 33 Lewis Street 43 Coleny Street We have prepared a circular on American Power & Light Co. Which we will be glad to send on request. M. L. GORDON & CO. Investments — Securities 300 MAIN S TEL. 6119 - 5900 We Offer and Recommend : UNITED FOUNDERS AT THE MARKET Listed on the New York Curb Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchanges 55 West Main Street New Britain Phone 2580 Stuart G. Segar, Manager We Offer: IRVING TRUST Price on Application, “Investments That Grow” Fuller, Richter, Aldrich & Co. COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING NEW BRITAIN MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCE EXCHANGE Joseph M. Halloran, Manager, Tel 1353 LIFE INSURANCE CONTINUES TO GROW | Increases 59 Despite declines in general business life insurance |§ sales in January, 1930, were 57 larger than in January, 1929, according to figures published by the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau of Hartford. We recommend: AETNA LIFE M LOAN RATION <ol | ANV WORTHY PERPON CAN OBTAIN A LOAN Pieserve your self respect and incidentally your friend- ship. Don't risk either when you need money. Come to the only icgitimatc source, and get it in a businesslike way. 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