New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1930, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1930. Italian Youth Who Planned Week In Naples But Emigrated Is Now Pfflnent Kensington Merchant ' Thomas Barattiero’s Ca-, reer Shaped by Trifles and Coincidences, But Ends in Successful Pros- perity. (Special to t Berlin, April how an advent rous vouth went to spend a weck city of Naples and cventually found ; young Ttalian in the himself in America as the result of | strange circumstances and dences was brought to light today | during what started as coinci- | a casudl | conversation in the store of Thomas | Barattiero on Worthington ridze. | A small group of men were relut- ing their various experiences with velation to their youthful impulses and adventures. Listening to ths slories that were being told seemed to pen up the floodsates of mem- ory and there issucd forth a story that may well have been narrated by the highly imaginative Horatin | Alger. The originator and hero of | the story, however, was none other | than Mr. Barattiero himsclf. | He began his story by telling of | Fis early boyhood, so happily speat in the little town of Cascrta, Italy. Here he was fortunate enough to have spent that carly part of his life in the pursuit of knowledge 1 one of the town’s schools. It seems frem his narrative that the syste.n followed in the cducational scheme o that time and place was to train | the minds of the children in the fundamentals of cducation in the morning, while during the afte:| ncon it was possible for the chil te pursue the study of or rather to | inquire into the many intricacizs | of the various industrial trad common to that country and time | Carpentry Career Short | The youthful Tommy seemed to think that being a carpenter woull fulfill his heart's desirc and so ut the early age of ten he set himself tc the task of learning all there was to be known of this business. An| incident that was more accidental | than otherwise cropped up ©> change Tommy's attitude as to th2 life he had picked for himself. Tt seems that one of his firat jobs in the business was to aid another jeurneyman of the trade in the set- ung of a large window frame in its proper place in a building. This | window frame was both cxtreme large and very ornamental, and { Tommy’s mind it must have be:n very cxpensive. After it had been set in place and just previous to its being made fast, it became necessary for the jour- reyman to leave Tommy to (he task of holding the heavy picce by Limself. And then happened the {hing that changed the life of th bov. A slight breeze scemed (o arise from nowkere and for no oth- er purpose than to upsct the plans of Tommy. This brecze was <2 strong as to scem to make it in- evitable that Tommy should let the large frame get away from its plac2 of rest. After what scemed to him an age the older man returned ani then and there Tommy wound up in | America. Lis training business. Becomes a Musician It was not long before he was deeply cngaged in the study ‘of mu- sic and in the mastery of the clari- net. In this particular job he fur- nished his own wind and there was ne apparent reason why he should be troubled as he was on his previ- job, and so n a few years | vas considercd adept and an arti his line. And with this accom- plishment to his aid he set out 10 carn his livelihood along musical lines. in the carpentering About the time that he ing his 153th birthday anniversa he struck up an acquaintance with a young man who was employed m the office of one of the large steam- ship agencies then doing business in Naples, which was situated about 32 miles south of his native Casert o most boys in most places th: thought of travel is intriguing, ani in this respect Tommy was no dif- ferent from the average boy. When- ever he could he made a contact with this boy and always they talis- ed of the wonders of unknow: lands. One day he asked this friend of his, in a half serious way, whea he was going to be able to get him a ticket for America and was to! that there was not much possibil of that happening, as passages L+ the land were hooked ahea:d tor a long pesod of time. Sudden Voyage to America He thought no more of this for a time and then one day after hav- ing j sed his 18th birthday annive y he decided to go to Naples for a week’s holiday. Be- fore leaving he told his mother where he was going and receivel ker permission to make the trio. And then it was that the big thing « Tommy's life happened. While in ples he met his friend, who ask- ed him it he still wanted to go to Without thinking he sail did, and then and thev Lis passage to a new land was T 1. Not having time to retura te his home o say goodbye or to make preparaticns, he wrote a let- ter to his moiher telling her what he had decided and set out in a fes days on the long journcy to 1ds. Arriving in this country, h me dircct to Kensngton. having a family friend situated here the time. As he stepped off train at the Berlin depot he met by one George Green, who di- rected him to his friend's home. H: remained at the home of this frienl during his stay in Kensington and was fortunate in securing work at the Carbo brickyard. By a quirk of fate his first position was that of a carpenter, a business that he hadl foresworn some years before. 12 was very successful on fthis job for a few years and finally left to take up his residence in Hartford. Twa or three vears later he ne back to his first residence and very shortly after he set up in Business in Berlin, he has been eve was near- that he the WS where ‘RS RAR! artford, April 9 Keenan, New Haven, was gned in Hartford police court today for failing to ¢ right of way to Keehan, police say, iznored the siren and failed to pull over for the engines. CH RGE Vincent ; Engraved by Jowwmris Jr 1 PEWNY FORYOUR THOUGHTS, PERSISTED PERCIVAL new | | HOOVER SPEAKING SCHEDULE HEAVY Makes Two Addresses Yesterday —Three More This Month ‘Washington, April 9 (UP)—Presi- |dent Hoover faces unusually heavy speaking program, with five public appearances scheduled for the mext three weeks. Last night after a short address at noon at the central celebration of | world-wide exercises in honor of Dr. { William Menry Welch of Baltimore, |the dean of American medicine, Mr. Hoover received a medal from the American Society of Mechanical gincers. A similar medal was {given Orvill: Wright. co-developer | with his dead brother, Wilbur, of the airplane. Mr. Hoover was named as honor- ary president of the Welch celebra- tion, joined in by medical men all over the world as a fitting tribute to the man who has done more than any other American in the advance- ment of medical science. The president’s second public ap- pearance of theeday, hefore the en- gineers, was to bestow the Hoover gold medal, “to cemmemorate civie and humanitarian achievements.” Tn the future the medal will be pre- sented to engincers who have dis- inguished themsclves in these lines. fr. Hoover spoke only a few words. His brother, Theodore J. Hoover, also an engineer, was present. The remainder of the president's | speaking progrant follows: | April 18, annual convention of the (Daughters of the American Revolu- tion: April 19, American Society of Newspaper Iditors annual meeting; April 26, Gridiron Club dinner. MALLON CRITICAL ~ OF SENATE ACTION Reporter Tells Why Senators| Barred Newspapermen an Waynesboro, Ta.. April 9 (UP)— A tacit warning to Washington cor- respondents that they must not write | too much about the activities ot pub- lic men was delivered by the senate when it recently excluded press as- sociation representatives from the | senate floor, Paul R. Mallon, chief of the ital staff of the United Prese, | declared in an address to the Rotary | club here yesterday. “For nearly 100 years the repre- ‘5"!!(.‘![1‘\(‘5 of the larger press associ ations have been permitted the pri lege of the senate floor,” Mallon said. “It is a working privilege to gather | news for transmission to you. Re- | cently a small coterie of senators be- | came displeased because we told you | how they voted in secret sessions on | certain nominations. Within the past two wecks they decided in a secret ssion of the scnate rules commit- | ce to exclude us from the floor and | we must not tell you too much| | about your public men or we will | be punished and suffer interference with our business. “T need not tell you such tactics, | sm icking of censorship, will not have [ the desired effect. Our service is to | You and not to the senate. | Mallon spoke on the changes wrought in Washington by “business men, unschooled in politics, handling the whip of state New Device Permits Use Of Furnace Oil in Plane Hartford, April 9 — Flight dem- onstrations of a device that may change the design of aircraft power plants as well as effect a new econ- omy in aviation were held at Brain- ard field yesterday afternoon in the prescnce of Governor Trumbull. The new device, which crowns a long period of experimentation by the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Co., permits the use of furnace oil which is 21 cents a gallon cheaper than aviation gasoline. The device clim- inates the usual carburctor and in- take system., Fire danger in acci- dents is said to be minimized by usc of the fucl which burns only as a vapor. New York newspaper men and comeramen were guests of the Pratt . and Whitney company at the, dem- onstration. You won't have to look in the book if you remember that 925 is the Herald's Classified Ad telephone number. PORTER INVOLVED Railwa resumed inquest into the death of the porter. about one-fourth of a mile from the point where the Kansas City special passes near here. His skull had been fractured IN LIQUOR STORY Inquest Witness Says Negro Otfered Him Deal Locust. Ga., April 9 (P—Testi-| “xow York—Mrs. Carroll L. Wain- mony that J. H. WIilkins, negro|wright, the former Bdith Pullman porter, whose body was|patronizes home industries. Leaving found tied to a tree near here Satur- | for Lurope to spend the spring, sh> |day. had invited him to go into a rrying an o ve new | bootlegging deal a short time before [robe made in the 5. A he disappeared from the train, was| Turin, Tialy—Crown Princess Ma- presented at a coroner's inquest |Ti¢ Josc is t the Red Cross | here yesterday by J. . Busbee, con- | lraining course for volunteer nurses !ductor of the train on which Wilkins | During the war, her mother, queen |worked. Conductor Busbee, who 0f the Belgians, nursed wounded testified he told the porter he was | soldiers. alking to the wrong man.” said he| Angora — T has women |@id not know anything about how |judges now. Three I’ortias have been | Wilkins came to his death and did ‘clmalcd to the bench. |not know that he had disappearcd| Irechold, N. J.—Wilda Bennett |until he reached his home in At |actress, is suing Anthon Ilanta. wealthy horseman be- | Busbee, who is conductor of the |cause of a tumble. avers she | Kansas City special of the Southern | fell out of his motor car becau ] | Flashes of Life 000 and GET A t GOOD GULF GASOLINE ... . made better 400° F. END POINT ANTI-KNOCK Instant and complete vaporization to the last drop. Quick Starting ... Saves Battery ... No Dilution... Eliminates fuel knocks and retarding of spark. Gives More Power ... Quicker Pick-Up ... Greater Mileage. Y, was the first witness at a|a defective door and was hurt. Wilkins® body was found | saved 62 persons from drowning m Gould, | ward- | Wettacl, | ot | dept. |Liggett Indicted in Criminal Libel Case Rockville, Md., April 9 (UP) Walter L. Liggett, magazine writs whose revelations before the hous L ville—Captain John, who the Ohio river, Tully, 59, held medal of honor. New York—Gene i Tolinny R lnelll wno iac ing judiciary committec concerning ai- vaudeville at $2,000 each for a|leged widespread drinking in Kan- week. Whether they will draw any - |sas and elsewhere was a subject of thing after the first week depends|Leated controversy, was indicted by on the act. the Montgomery county grand jury Philmont, N. Y.—Happy place is|yesterday on a charge of crimina! this village. There arc no taxes this | libel. vear. There's enough cash on hand | to pay expe Edenton, N. mud here. Yes, for fifteen minut ferryboat and motor could not bLe scen through. Philadelphia—No neighbor, even | gpeaker of tI it she has Uncle Sam's credentials, | gejegates and is going to find out onc Philadelphia | county commis woman's age jection to giving | information to : cnumerator who was a tenant in the same apart- ) > ment house, the woman was permit. | 5road Brook, Apri ted to submit inswers, in writing to fl Eanlacl Una S the supervisor's office LS nilo Eonth |sent many hunters B One party saw bag him. The bear turned on his a to weig is dead. John 1. the congressional ani into Sarazen Three other men connected or | formerly connacted with the Mont- rained | gomery Independent were indicted It came down |gjong with Liggett, prescnt editor So bad that|or the publication. The true bi car windows|are the aftermath of ch: C has si y of a Drook sroad They help cut on terest 1dca—HMerald the reader Classified in- Ad tackers, He is said more than 200 pounds. 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