New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1930, Page 21

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1930 Storm of Selling Hits Market But Brisk Rally Follows In Afternoon With Four Divisions Leading Rise Math Alkali .. 4§ MK&TRR G615 Missouri Pac . 913 Mont Ward .. 46% Nash Motors . 50 Nat Biscuit .. 89 Nat Cash Reg . 615 N Y Central . 17985 N Haven R R 117 North Am Co . 126 North Pac Packard Mot Par't Lasky Cp | Phillips Pet i‘!"ub Serv NJ Pullman Co | Radio Corp Radio Keith Or 4273 |Reading R R . 115 MRS. ANNAE. DAVIS DIES AT AGE OF 8 Dover Road Woman Lived in Torrington Many Years Mrs. Anna E. Davis, aged 89 years died at 11:15 o'clock last night at the home of her son, Charles W. Davis of 11 Dover road. She was ihe widow of Wilbur 1. Davis and had been a resident of Torrington | since 1885 until five years ago when ghe came to this city to reside with her son. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Hotchkiss of Torrington, a son, Charles W. Davis of this city and s granddaughter, Miss Barbara | FIREMEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE CLOUDS (Continued From First Page) PUTNAM & CO, 31 WEST MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIM TEL. 2040 457 553 9015 swirled down upon them and knock- ed all of them down the stairs to the second floor. Captain Edward Woods of Co. No. 3, Hoseman Peter Pac of ther same company, and Driver Harry Squire of Co, No. 1 were overcome by the dense cloud of smoke and had to be assisted from the building. Chief Noble and the other two men escaped injury. Cupola Collapses | The cupola collapsed as the flames | licked around its foundation and one rear gable followed it shortly | afterward, while large sections of | the rear roof fell in. The firemen stepped through the holes thus| | Experts Regard Drop as Correction of Price Lev- els — Business News Is Mixed in Character — Many Issues Gain in Up turn, We Offer: CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. CONNECTICUT POWER CO. HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. UNITED ILLUMINATING CO. New York, April 22 (P—The stock market experienced another —storm of selling this morning in which Hotchkiss ot Torrington. The funcral will be hcld from Tompkins funeral home, Water street, Torrington, Wednesday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. G. Homer Lane, pastor of the Center Congre- gational church of Torrington, of which Mrs. Davis was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside ceme- tery, Torrington. PARKER CONMANLS ATIONAL SOCIETY (Continued From First Page) the conyvention ith his fraternal brethren. Following a short concert at the Burritt hotel today the delegates headed by the American band pa- raded to Walnut Hill park for a brief memorial service. Lieutenant A. H. Johnson of this city was mar- shal. Following the chicf marshal were the retiring commander-in- chief Leroy Ports of Hanover, Pa. Chief of Staft C. A. Maginnis of Philadelphia, other national officers, massed colors, Ladies' auxiliary members, battalion commanders and 5 Corbin Commandery and the general delegates. At Walnut Hill park a wreath was placed on fhe tablet dedicated to Robert V. Carlson, first member of the order in New Britain to die during the world war, A salute was fired and ‘“taps’ were sounded. A Brief memorial address was made by Rev. LeRoy M. Terry of Haven, battalion chaplain. Eaton Named to Board Of Youngstown Concern | Youngstown, 0., April 22 (UP)— Cyrus . Eaton, Cleveland financier and leader of the fight against mer- ger of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube company and the !3c!hlr~hom~ Steel Corporation, was elected 2| member of the hoard of directors of the Sheet & Tube company at the annual stockholders’ meeting here today. Eaton's ecleciion, as well as the election of George C. Brainard, president of the General Fire Roof- ing company and Hugh B. Wick, hoth Faton men, increases Eaton's representatives on the Sheet & Tube | board of dircctors from two to four.| Last Man Present at Funeral of His Comrade Atwater, Minn., April 22 (UP)— Charles M. Lockwood, the “Last Man” of the famous Last Man's club of Company B, First Minnesota volunteer infantry, pald the last tribute to his comrades today. He came here from Minneapolis to attend the funeral of his comrade in battle, Peter O. Hall, 91, who died Triday Lockwood made the trip from his | Chamberlain, § D., home in ecasy stages for his years are beginning| to bear heavily. Funeral services were afterncon. held {this s OF VETS MEET Willimantic, April 22 () — The 21st annual convention of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Qivil War, opened here today with M Minnie ¥. Mathieu, president, presiding. he convention will be In session two days. Two business sessions, a memo- rial service and a banquet and re- ception were on today's program. New officers wiil be elected tomor- row. DAUGHTE! Many's the person who reads the | Herald Classified Ads. | You WANT? AN independent income— An estate to retire on— A new home— Money for your child’s educa- tion— A financial reserve for your business — The Investors Syndicate offers a time-proved plan to provide the money, through a conveni- ent schedule of surprisingly small psyments, Check ths subjects ‘above which you are most interested In, and return this advertisement with your name and address for Inform: tive bookist, “Enjoy Mene; 170,000 INVESTORS INVESTORS SYNDICATE FOUNDED 1894 99 West Mzin Street New Britsin Tel.: 2663 Second National Bank Bidy. NEW HAVEN OMFICES IN SI PAINCIPAL CITIES New | {liam Kelly isist of E. scat of the flames the more easi f | |drawers of clothing and other mov- |able articles, taking them to a neigh- boring house where they were safe from smoke and water damage. The two apartments at 105 Bas- sett street were occupied by M. Sick- 1liv:l-{ and F. Kiernan and those at {No. 107 by Mr. Milkowitz and Lionel [M. Depot, track coach at the Senior | High school. Chief Noble stated that the fire must have started on the south side of the attic. As there were no elec- tric light wires or similar hazards nearby, he believed that someone must have been looking for some- thing in the attic and dropped a match. Damage Put At $8,000 He estimated the damage at a minimum of $§,000. Almost the en- tire roof was urned away and the top floor was badly damaged by fire, while the very nature of the blaze, concentrated on the upper story, re- sulted in heavy water damage on the lower floors. The tower of smoke and flame | spouting from the roof could be secn | ed to the spot. Other good-sized groups watched the progress of the | fi and the firemen from along the Arch strect ridge and from the top of Walnut Hill park. CITY T0 HONOR MEN WHO DIED FOR FLAG (Continued JFrom First Page) | | of the Sons of Veterans, Dewey Se- lander of the V. F. W. and Matthew Kolkoska of Kosciusko Post, Polish Veterans of the World War. The parade committee will be as follows: Harry Norton of the Span- ish War Vets, Captain Alfred H. Griswold of the Spanish War Veter- ans and the American Legion, A. H. Petts of the Amcrican Legion, F ward Johnson of the American Le gion and George Clark of the Sons of Veterans. The music commitice consists of H. Petts, American Legion; Wil- American Legion and William Hall of the Spanish War Veterans. The speakers’ committee will con- Ogren, American Le- gion; Edward Carroll, Sons of Vet- erans and Wilfred Dyson, Spanish War Veterans. The exercises committee consists of 0. G. Curtis and William Kelly of the American Legion and George Clark of the Sons of Veterans. The plans for the day as outlined last night will follog the usual ob- servances held in recent years. Ex creises will be held in the morning and the parade will be held at 10 o'clock. Exercises will be held prior to the parade at the Spanish War Memorial at the cntrance to Willow Brook park. After the parade, the G. A. R. exercises will be held at the Soldiers and Sailors’ monument in Central park. World War veterans will march to the World War memorial at the summit of Walnut Hill park where appropriate cxercises will be held. Boston Youth Adm~it5 Writing Threat Letters Boston, April 22 (®—TPolice in- | vestigation, rted last winter when more than a score of wealthy fami- | lies received blackmail letters, was | climaxed | when in superior court today Costas Gazulis, 18 year old bridegroom of less than a year, pleaded guilty to a charge of threat- cning to extort and was held for sentence. He was charged with send- ing a threatening letter to Mrs. Mary Ryerson Frost, wife of Donald Mc- Kay Frost, wealthy lawyer, the repu- tation of whose debutante daughter the youth had said he would ruin. Allan T. Burke, youthful antique dealer and member of a respected family, was first arrested and charg- ed with being the author of the al- leged extortion plot. He was later re- leased. WILL OF ANTONI GRADZKI Two daughters and a son were remembered in the will of Antoni Gradzki. The document was admit- ted to probate court by Judge Ber- nard . Gaffney today. The sum of $1000 is left to Mary Gradzki and $400 to Anna Gradzki, daughters. The son, Joseph Grad- zKi, is left $400. The witnesses were ank Partyka, Teofil Drobinski and Michal Starzyk. The execcutor is Katharyna Gradzki. The will was dated January 2§, 1930. KAPPA LAMBDA DANCE The Kappa Lambda fraternity, a Polish organization at the Senior High school, will open the social season with a dance at the Senior High school gymnasium, Thursday, May 29. Members of the committee are Vincent Lech. Andrew Wesoly, Ed- ward Nowak and Edward Stempien. New London, April 22 (R—Vessels | | of the nmavy control force based on | this city, are expected here May 1| from maneuvers in southern wate Ships scheduled to arrive that day | are the submarine tenders Camden | and Busnell, the salvage vessel Ial- | con and submarines of divisions 4 and 12. made and were able to reach the | A group of volunteers set to Wosk | |on the lower floors and carried out| | for, a considerable distance on all| sides, and a large crowd was attract- | Associated Bite: Phots During @he height of the recent prison riot at Rhode Islar State prison in Howard, Thelma Linscott, 19, daughter of t! warden, stepped into the inferno of gunfire and tear gas escaped uninjured. to kill him because his gun jammed. ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS |[ISTED BONDS IN (Continued From Iirst Page) brother of the late President Taft, which said he had rcad reports that the International League of Adver- saries of Prohibition was planning to spend “millions” in this country. Curran said the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment had no relation with the interna- tional organization. “What paper is that in?" Curran demanded. Increased Turnoyer New York, April (P)—List bonds acquired considerable firn ress in the carly trading |The strengthening of prices | especially noticeable in the | ment rails, many of which advanc | half a point or so on increas “The American Issue,” Walsh said. | turnovers. “Oh, the Anti-Saloon leaguc jour-| Call money continued casy, rene nal,” Curran said, adding: “There is|iNg at 4 per cent and dropping so much untruth in it that 1 ques- 3% around noon. tion the veracity of almost every- |Guced bankers acceptances an eigh thing in it of a per cent. “Do you question Mr. Taft's statc- Convertibles Under Pressure ment?” Walsh asked. Convertible “Mr. Taft is an hono I bonds were but The Ame Tssue | American honorable ins points. International Telephone 4% serted. | General Theaters 65 At the outset Curran said his as-| & Ohioed s also showed heavine sociation had expended only $392 in| Chesapeake & Ohio 4 sout promoting the 1 campaign of (crn Railway General 4s, *Atchis Representative Whitley, of the 3sth|General ds. Pere Marquette |New York district. He said $2,500 | Wabash “C" 41.5, Virginian |had Dbeen appropriated but it had [ WAy 3s 1l Pacific first not been spent. The $392 went for|St. Louis San Francisco 4%4s ar printing cards. advocating Whitley's| Prior lien 4s gave the rail list election, he said, but none was giv- | decidedly better tone with gains en the candidate or his campaign |2 1o nearly a point. committee. | “st. Paul Adjustment had Whitley had denicd that he ve-|°arly sinking spell, touchin ceived any money from the agsoci- YCar's low, but more than recovers ation after a list introduced into the | the drop. Chicago & Eastern 11 loBhy feomnIlioa i Ec e tas trom nois s moved up substantially. T debenture of the organization £aid he was giy- |0 Pennsylvania ks resumed their activity, but failed | move. W and stock warra under pressure aga Telophone 4 lost ble man is not an Curran as- y ¥ a Resumes Work Washinzton, April senate lobby commit | ward today with its intensive inve tigation of the association agains the prohibition amendment, calling | Henry H. Curran, president of the ,‘” wet organization, to the witness | stand for his fourth day mony and interrogation. The interest of the committee was concentrated upon a voluminous stack of correspondence taken from the confidential files of the associa- tion, which furnished the basis for numerous questions seeking cxpla- nations or interpretations of asser- tions which the documents contain- ed. One letter in particular engaged the attention of the investigators This communication, written b William H. Stayton, chairman ot the board of the organization, ex- pressed the opinion that President Hoover was beginning to doubt th~ possibility of enforcing the prohibi- | sejling pressure today, but maintai tion laws. | ed a fairly firm undertone. Expe The investigation of the anti-pro-|menta) efforts to revive bull mov hibition association is a part of o |ments in selectod general inquiry which the commit- | et with little tee is conducting into the activitivs| qhe utilities generally withsto of all organizations actively identi- ! (he selling withont difficulty. | fied with the prohibition controver- in thig zronp mostly | sv. whether h side or dry |stricted to w point or Such side. | sues Glectric Bond and Sha | Curran spent three days on the | American Superpower, 1 | committee’s witness stand last week. | tric Power and Hydro Elect He denied that the association has| curitics cd_moderately been engaged in lobbying activities Others Rally Sligitly and testifeid that it contemplates an| On the other hand, Niagara Hu expenditure of approximately a mil- [son and United Light were fa lion dollars this Its expendi-[ly steady, and American Light tures last year, 1 id were $427,- Traction new, American 213, Power Warrants, and Eastern Stat B" showed rallying | North American Light and rose fractionally to still |new high for the year Price movements in the industri |1ist were wide Aluminum | Driver Harris, Gleaner Combine ar Utilities Arc Quict Ttilities and industrials held rat er quiet, while United States gover ment securities were firm. The four liberties traded briskly. obligations were steady. The largest new offering was 5,000,000 issuc of Niagara Sha Corp. 20 year convertible 5 priced at 9. CURB MARKET IS UNDER PRESSUR Fairly Firm Undertone Mai _— New York. April {(#—The cu market was subjected to furth sucee os werc v on = Pow anoth ut | 1on& list of issues marked up 1 to 5 | Her father, Warden Charles E. Linscott, narrowly escaped death when confronted by a convict who failed AIDED BLAINE FUNDS FIRMER POSITION : ails Advance Point or So on: today invest- Some dealers re- and Baltimor 4s anl an their 4% Toreig tained—Utilities Stand Sales however, Los Elec- & Foreign | tendencies, Co. scores of issues were carried down | 1 to 10 points, but a brisk rally de- | | veloped in the carly afternoon under | the leadership of a sclected list of | Amusements, farm implements, rails Nd | and specialties. Many of the morn- he |ing losses were cut down, and a | points, with a sprinkling of others | | selling 6 {0 18 1-4 points higher. Correction of Prices Tarly selling, which received con- | siderable impetus from the further | decline in wheat prices and the pub- | lication of some disappointing first uarter reports, was widely char- acterized as a further corrcction of the top heavy speculative position built up in the last six weeks. The subscquent rally’ was influenced, in part, by the lowering of call money and bankers acceptance rates ani the appearance of strong buying | support for some of the industrial leaders, Business news continued mixed. Chicago steel opcrations ere re- ported to have shown a substantial decline, but the output in other cen- | ters is being maintained at good levels. Foreign buying of copper | continues in fair volume but domes- tic consumers are slow in placing | forward business at the current 14| cents a pound level, probably in an- | ticipation of a further price cut.| | Practically all of the lcading copper stocks broke to mew low levels for| the year, Federal Mining & Smelt- | ing dropping 10 points while the g~ | clines in the others ran from frac- nt|tions to three points. in. Rails Are Mixed 3| Rails were mixed. Reading broke 45| nearly 5 points to a new low for the vear at 115 Ohio dropped 3, while Tllinois Cen- tral was marked up 6 % points to a new high at 134 and Union Pacific| advanced 3% points. In the carly sclling Brooklyn Union’ Gas, Ingersoll Rand, United n | Aircraft, Westinghouse Electric and «| American Tobacco B dropped 4 to| or| 5% points while American Tele phone, Allied Chemical, Western | Union, Columbian Carbon and Amer ican Can were among the many is- | sues to sag § points or more. J. I Case was again a spectacular feature, soaring 18% points to a new ligh at 342, which contrasts with the r's low of 1921, Worthington Pump jumped 11% points to 146 and Vanadium Stecl 6% to 142%, h-|both mnew highs. FEastman Kodak n- [ rallied 6 points, A. M. Byers 5 and th | McKeesport Tin Plate to a new | high at 84, Radio was bought in | heavy volume, crossing 66 (o a new a | liigh level for the year. re Call Money Drops s,| Call money rencwed at 4 per cent and dropped to 3% with loans in the outside market available at per cent. A few bankers accep- tance dealers reduced rates 3 of 1 per cent, and the others are ex- pected to fall in line within the next E]r}ay or two. Time money held | ed m- as ed ed w- | to th h- on % ed li- he e to | % gn steady. T 2:30-3:00 . M. m.—3,502,600 THE MARKET u_ Sales to 2:30 p. shares. Close 140 Low 138% 327 631 441 148 High 141 333 65 Air Reduction Allied Chem Alis Chalmers Am Bosch Mag Am Can rb er 149% | Automonite Tne. | American Rem Rand . 43 R'y'l Duth NY 54% St. L San Fran 1167 Scars Roe .o 9% inclair Qil ... 303 Southern Pac .124 Southern Ry .116 Stand Brands . 267 Standard Gas 124% std Oil Cal 7215 | std Oil of N J 70 Std Oil of N Y 363% Stewart W'rner 43 Studebaker ... 40% Texas Corp 577% Texas Gulf Sul 63% Timk'n Rol Ber 847; Union Carbide 1003 Union Pacific 2337 U'td Gas & I'p 46% United Corp .. 487% U S Ind Alco 92 U S Rubber U S Steel ..... Vanadium St Wabash RR .. Warner Br Pic 7 West'gh's Elec 1057 Willys Overland 9 Woolworth .. 6514 Railroads Htfd. & Ct. West. R. R. guar Capitol Nat. Bank & T. Co. City Bank & Trust Co. Somm. Trust Co. of N. B. | Conn. River Banking Co. First National Bank .... Htfd. Nat. Bank & Tr. C Hartford-Conn. Trust Co. .... Merchants Bank & Trust Co, Morris Plan Bank of Htfd Mutual Bank & Trust Co. | Mutual Bank & Tr. Co. V. and Chesapeake & New Britain Trust Co. Park Strest Trust Co. G Phoenix State Bank & Tt Co Riverside Trust Co. . 5 West Hartford Trust Co. .... Finance Companies HUA Aetna Realty Co. . Land Mortgage & Title . Underwriters Finance (‘o In. Underwriters Finance Co pfd Fire Insarauce Compani Actna Fire Ins C ¢ Hartford Fire Ins Co. Vational Fire Ins. Phoenix Ins. Co, . Rossia Ins. o Roseia Ins. Co. rights ....... Life, Indemnity and Other Companies Aetna Casulaty & Surety Co Aetna Life Ins, Co . Conn Gen. Life Ins Co. Htfd Steam Bofler Tnep, Lincoln National Life In: Traeviers Ins Co. ..vv.n.rv.. Pablic Ulilities Conn. Electric Service Co. Conn. Power Co. Greenwich Water & Ga Hartiord Gas Co. Hartford Gas C Hartford Electr Holyoke Water Power Co. Southern N B Tel Co sl Ins Co. 1 1 ..Co, DA o) Light Co. .. Send o1 Acme Wire Co ... American Hardware Corp. Hoslery Co .. American Silver Co .......... American Thread Co. pfd ... Arrow-lagrt & Hegeman El Arrow-Hart & Hegeman Elec Automatic Refrigera ‘ Balf (The Edward) Co. -..... | Beaton & Cadwell Mfg Co .. | Bigelow-Httd Carpet Co. com | Bigelow-Htta carpet Co pfd Billings & Spencer Co . | Bristol Brass Corp . | Bristol Brass Corp pfd | Case, Lockwood & Brainard Collins Company .. Ra Colt's Patent Fire A Eagle Lock Company . Tafnir Bearing Co . Fuller Brush Co. com Clas Hart & Cooley Co | Hartman Tobacco Co ... Hartman Tobacco Co. P Am Car & Fdy Am Com Alco Am & Fgn Pw Am Am od | Am s- | Am Woolen, - | Anaconda | Atchison 2 : | Atlantic Ref .. | Balt & Onhio . " | Bendix Avia .. [ Beth Steel 4. | Brisss Mg " | Rucyrus Erie | Bush Term cm 41 &/ Calmt & Hecla | Canada. Dry Can_Pacific Curtis Wrt cm rro De Pasco Ches & Ohio lcMstpar al| Chgo & Nrhwn 54 Chi Pneu T cm 521 (i) P T n- ri- 5T c is- re es er ni International silver Co, com International Siver Co nfd .. | Jacobs Manufacturing Co ... Landers, Frary & Clark . | Manning, Bown & Co Cla | Manninz. Bow'n & Co Class National Marine Lamp Co. New Britain Machine Co New Britain Machine Co nfd New Departure Mfz Co b ca-Bement-Pond Co. .. r & Judd Mfg Co .. . Stow & Wilcox . mpton Manufacturing Co . sfacturing Co mas Clock Co com . | Thomas Cock Co. pid .. Smyth Manufacturing Co Standard Serew Co coni . Standard Ecrew Co pld Stanley Securities Co . Stanley Works Com Taylor & T'enn Co . | e | Terry Steam Turbine Co . Torrington Company ... “nion Manufacturing Co U. 8. Envelope Co com . U. S Envelope Co pfd Veeder-Root, Inc ..... Whitlock (it Pipe Co Wiley-Bickford-Sweet Co pld Winsted Hoslery Co .. | Banks and Trust Companies | Bankers Trust Co. . je 8t 5t 5 40 vl 10 30 55 Manutactaring Coropanies 43 HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Insurance | 160 | 100 Rolaud W. Boyden, of Bozton, ahove, kas been named by President Hoover as a member of the DPer- manent Court of Arbitration at th Hague. He fills the vacancy causeid by resignation of Charles | Hughes o become’ shief justice the United States. at s of Tobacco Allied dropped a few points Dow Chemical, on the other hand, | i ted 6 points to = new 1930 | high and Doehler Die Casiing moved |up moderately into new high | ground. Deere new stocks rallied 3 points, then more than lost its gain. Avi |tion issues were irregula was firm, while Fokker sagged. Oils Under Pressure Oils were largely under pressure. | Humble rallied. a couple of points, | then reacted Service, Gulf, |y | Vacuum and ndard of Indiana |, gged modcrately. In the minc Newmont and Noranda were fairly | ¢ steady, but TRoan Antclope lost | ground. Investment trusts were iquin-l but inclined to heaviness. Gold- man Sachs cased moderately, and | Sun Investing lost a couple of points. ¢ Ge Ge! HROL Ce e L Funerals Mrs. Clara Burr Denney Tuncral services for Mrs. Clara | Burr Denney, aged 71, of 139 Win- throp street, who died Sunday, were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home. Rev. William H. Alder- son, pastor of rinity Methodist | church, officiated and burial was in r‘mrum cemetery, 1t Kr x ceport Gen | Genl Genl Genl Glidden Co cm 347% Gold Goodrich Graham Paige Grndy Con Cop 407 Hudson Motor Insp Cop | Intl Cement Intl . Intl Tel & Tel Johns-Man Kresge roger Groc Lehigh Liquid Cab Chrysler Mot . | Columbia G Com Cogm Con Gas | Contintal Can Corn Products Day Bellanca | pel & Hudson 176 | lasmn Kodak 247% | Elec cc Pwr & Lt Ivents Nai Chemical Autolite RERDS rilm A Tek Am Tank Asphalt Llectric Foods Motors . Pub Serv Rwy Sig nl nl nl Dust Rub Harvester Nickel Co lley il 40 5314 17 313 67 110 1081 102 sise ot b1 4555 a8 46 497 113 91% 107 TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance, $230,014,550. GLASS NAMED UMPIRE Springfield, April 22 (A —William Glass of Albany, N. Y.. was today appointed an Eastern League um- pire by President William 1. Carey, to succeed "Pop” Dodley of Bridge- port, Conn., who resigned unexpect- cdly vesterday. Glass will be paircd with Bill Summers OPPOSE TROLLEY REMOVAL Hartford, April 22 (P—Strong op- position to the Connecticut com- pany’'s move to abandon trolley service to Rocky Hill and Middletown, cropped up at the hear- ing of the company’s petition before the public utilities commission at the capital this morning. JOYOE TEMPORARILY BLIND Paris, April (UP)—James | Joyce, the Irish author, returncd | trom Zurich today temporarily blind { | given in a few days. but his doctors still hope to save his sight. | A final verdict on the possibility | of Joyce recovering his sight will be He has been partly blind for some time Guglielmo. Marconi's system of radio communication was patented in 1896, through | EDDYBROTHERS 8 & Members Hartford Stock Exchange NEW BRITAIN, 29 W. Main Street HARTFORD 33 Lewis Street We Offe MERIDEN 43 Colony Street 50 Shares Aetna Life Insurance 50 Shares Stanl 75 Shares Colt’s ey Works HINCKS BROS & CO Members New York Stock Exchange 55 WEST MAIN STREET TEL. 6505 We Offer and Recommend :— Central Public Service “A Week’s Activities | In Catholic Churches ———————————————————— Monday Judiciary committee voted un- favorable report on nomination of Judge John J. Parker to be member ol supreme court. Scnator Blainc appointed chair- | man of post officc investigating committee. Senate voted origins provision | 1aw. Secret agents ordered into Penn- svlvania and Illinois by campaign | investigating committee. Senator Norris described Speaker Longworth as “acting arbitrarily | holding for 10 months "lame duck” | resolution without referring it to a| house committee. Senator Brookhart attacked *“Cur- ran-Raskob-Mellon combination” which he said was attempting (o clect wets to congress Tuesday of national immigration repeal of Senate: Debates Harris immigration bill. Lobby committee continues prohi- bition investigation. House: Returns {o consideration of the 'Johnson biil to provide additional benefits for World war veterans. Rivers and harbors committee to | report out omnib bill carrying some §$110,000,000 for rivers and harbor development. Interstate commerce comm opens hearings on valuation of ter- minal faciliti Military a question takes Muscle airs committec up of disposal of Shoals. Flood control committce resumes consideration of amendments to Mississippi flood control act Interstate commerce committes considered railroad consolidation leg- | 1slation House Passed senate hill authorizing na al shore construction at avrious na- | val establishments totaling almost £10.000,000 Passed ¥ mail contract straight poundage per mile basis. Passed the Linthicum hill to des- ignate the Star Bangled Banner as | the national anthem Omnibus Rivers and bill carrying ahout $110,000,000 in- troduced by Chairman Dempsey of | the Rivers. and Harbors committee, | Interstate Commerce committee |heard testimony in support of the senate hill to create a National | Health institute under the Public Health service. Military affairs suh-committee con- tinued to work on draft of bills to dispose of Muscle Shoals. ! | Judiciary sub-committee heard {17cderal Judge Harry B. Anderson of the Western Tennessce district | against whom charges of misconduct |in oftice have been made. | S e BRI SUIT FOR $1,5 In a suit which the Johnson Paint | | and Wall Paper Co. of Hartford has brought against Oscar and Ada Jo- | sephson it is alleged that the de- fendants agreed to be responsible for bills contracted by the Waters Paint and Wall Paper Co., of 11 Main street, this city. The company dis- solved after the partners had come to a disagrecment and was sold at| auction. The hills against the com. | | pany amount to $1 T8 bill to revise air| te system from ate 1o space rat Harbors | | The mory Gr 30, ancient than cks worshipped zods. Indian | Company of Boston. | The | Snowhill, Maryland, was PAYNE NOMINATED T0 ASSIST HURLEY Greentield Man Chosen for War Department Position Washington, April 22 (#-—The nomination of Frederick Payne _of Massachusctts to he assistant secre- | tary of war was sent to the senat. today by President Hoover. The post of the assistant secretary Has been vacant since the death of Sec- retary Good and the accession to that office of Patrick J. Hurley, former assistant secretary. Payne is chairman of the beard | of directers of the Greenfleld Tap & Die Corporation. was state bank examiner in ssachusetts and later becam president of the Mechanics Trust Company of Boston and after that vice president of the Federal Trust After various industrial connec- tions he became respectively treasur« er, vice president, then president and chairman of the board of directors of the Greenfield Tap & Die Corpora- tion. During the World War he served as a major in the ordnance depart- ment in charge of procurement ac- tivities in the Bridgeport district. Since 1923 he has been the assistant district chief of the Bridgeport ord- nance district. % As Assistant Secretary of War Payne will supervise the procure- ment of all military supplies and all matters pertaining to industrial pre- paredness for war. g MAN REPORTED KIDNAPED. Washington, D. C., April 22 UP— statc department today an- nounced receipt of information that Dr. George Edward Purnell -of kidnayped Sunday near Guadalajara, Mexico. The authorities reported they neti- !fied the authorities of the kidnaps ing. lacking. Turther information wag STANDARD OIL CO. of California Letter on request Members New Tork Sack Emchange Auseciate Members New York Corb Rachoags 69 WEST MAIN STREET New RBritain New York, Albany, Hartford, New Hayen, Newark, Bridgeport, Pittsburgh. divinities number more than 33,300,