New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1930, Page 17

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1980, 17 New Bedford Police Selze Liquor ~ Alter Runnmg Fight With Boat New Bedford, April 20 (A—While | the sound of coast guard gun fire | disturbed residents of this city and FairMaven early. this morning, New | Bedford police seized smuggled li-| quors which they valued at $23.- 000. The rum was seized on the wharf of Greene & Woods lumber plant. No arrests were made here, but | the Woods Hole Coast Guard station wag detaining the speedboat Mago-‘ dare, Newport, with its crew of four | men in an attempt to link that craft | Wwith the shooting here. No Liquor On Board Commander F. A. Nichols of th Woods Hole base said the Mogno- dare had no liquer aboard when sk was overhauled in Cla cove about 4:30 a. m. Officials said the craft is registered in the name of T. P. King, Newport. The liquor seized at the New Bed- ford water front comprised 2 sacks and 30 kegs of 15 gallons’ ca- pacity. It was carefully stacked in rows about five feet high and tending about 30 feet along dock. ‘William Pachgco, 383 South Sec- | ond street, night watchman at the ‘ lumber yard, discovered the sacks | shortly after he was alarmed by the shots from Coast Guard boats in the | Acushnet river here. Take Liquor to Station Police were notified and trucked | the seizure to the central station ll-‘ quor cellar. A stolen sedan with number plates from another automobile was abandoned by three men near the dock early this morning. The uh)' escaped a pursuing policeman. Three men who were later round‘ on a street adjacent to the wharf, were questioned by police for more than an hour beforc they were re- leased on the story that they had | been playing poker nearby. | ex- the | Two Ships Seized New London, April 29 () — Two vessels, liquor laden, were seized by Coast Guard patrol boats from the | local base today. The seizures were | made in the early morning in Block | Island sound. The vessels seized are | the motorhoat Esther B, and the speedboat Elsie. Both are believed by the Coast Guard to come from Greenport, L. I. The Elsie was brought to the statc | pier here. Two men, aboard her at | the time of the seizure, were held in custody. The Esther B. was being brought here in tow of the patrol boat which | captured her. The number of men | comprising the crew of the Esther | B was not known at Coast Guard headquarters here. Commander L. T. Chalker, chief of staff of the Coast Guard destroyer force said that the amount of liquor aboard the two vessels was not known. He sald that the seized craft will be taken to New York to be surren- dered to the collector of customs there and that the liquor will be tallied there. It was expected that | Coast Guard patrol boats will leave | with the scized vessels and crews for New York this afternoon. Unoccupied Factory Is | Burned in Waterbury Waterbury, April 29 (®—Unoccu- pied for seven months, the old Greenville factory here was burned durivg last night. Theory was held by firemen that someonc entered the place and set the fire, for within a few minutes after the alarm was given the struc- ture was wrapped in flames. Mrs. Frank Roberts, returning home from a birthday party, said that five minutes before the alarm she saw no light in the building. Firemen checked the spread of the fire to a tank of used lacquer in the rear end. A watchman had been kept in the Place, until three weeks ago. The electric light current had been cut off. The mill was owned by Woolson Mfg. company of which James H. Woolson is president. The loss was estimated by the owners at about $35,000. Trinity Student Badly Hurt in Auto Accident Meriden, April 29 (P—James J. Marks, Jr., of 201 Lexington avenue, Aspinwall, Pittsburgh, Pa., was scr- fously injured and two companions, Dotter Brooks Page of 2911 Place, N. W, Washington, D. and Charles W. Baldwin of Sca burgh, N. Y., sustained minor injur- ies when their qutomobile overturn- ed on Old Colony road, a mile south of the center of Mcriden ‘at 2:30 oclock this morning. All threc are | students at Trinity college, Hartford | who were returning to school after | the Easter holidays. Marks, owner and operator of the | car, has a possible skull fracture in &ddition to lacerations about the face. According to the police re- port he failed to make a turn on the state highway and, on swinging | back to the main road, the car struck a trolley rail and overturned. George M. Woodruff, 94, Dies in Litchfield Home: Torrington, April 29 (P—George | M. Woodruff, 94 years old, a native and lifelong resident of Litchfield, died today at his home in that tow: He was president of the Litch- fleld Savings society, president of the Litchfield National bank, pres- ident and treasurer of the Litchfield Fire Insurance company and for many years judge of probate for | Litchfield. FOR BEST RESULTS TUSE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | Musical Comedy by the ST. JOHN EVANGELIST PLAYERS Mect the Pride of Pasadcna at T. A. B’'S HALL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH Chorus of 50 voices under the direction of J. J. Bonney. - | Hartford ,] |able |ater. | more mellow, |opportunities to reveal his peculia b task in an impressive n\:\nncr“ disclosing a life-like picturc of th |brusque, domivating police oficlals| whom years of scrvice has mad callous toward the inhabitants of | the world which lives by its wits. | | Mr. Middler fills his role with | fidelity and understanding. H | Mary Philips is a delight as Mazie, Theater ReVleWW‘.L hard Doiled—the word is hardly | adequate—gold digs picious and indifte shrewd, sus- | | thing except her life to every aim, to mak MBLI {some male Sam Torrest | her pathway { with che on his bank. | Miss Philip: atens to stop the ow on sev sions. e rest of the ¢ smoothly developed which ranks with the llnHOvd this season. ambling” will be played a a | ”H\ cveaing. IFor tomorrow matinee and evening Mr. Cohan will revive e “,“,’Q]m\. of his former successcs, “Th ‘ GLEORGE M. COMAN Conn Draper Freelock Lewis Carlyslo Dorothy Braddock Mazie st assists in a performance best seen in ‘SOCIAL WORKERS CONFER ON PROBLEMS OF TODAY | satirizes | New Britain Represented by Six Di- { Grows o rectors and Two Members of st evening are nce of many years, pr newest comedy drama which has been entertaining folks |over this broad land for many | months. The something remark- about this genius of the the- At his said during the perfol st night at Par-|rare roommiltec sons’ theater that he has stopped | per comunittec, having birthdays—most men of his| pritchard, Mrs. 1. financial means are basking on th anq Mrs, Richard White. Mrs. Louis Florida strand or being pushed | young and Mrs. Ernest Smith aiso | |about in a wheel chair on the At-|attended of the afternoon ses- lantic City boardw But not s |sions of of the conference at which [with George M. Cohan. Mis meticr o “Special Responsibilities of is appearing before the footlights. | poard Members® were d The atmosphere of the stage his| The Connecticut Conference of So- atmosphere. It is his life. So there |ejal Work s Connecticut's social he s, magnetic as eve Vit |service organization which correlates perhaps, but ving [ the work of all the social agencies in himself to his public in the truc|in Iis sections are represent- nner. ed Health,” ntal Hygiene gives queney.” Welfare,” Welfare Visiting Nurse Association of di- assoc hoard Nursc Six members of {he rectors of the Visiting ation attended the Con ference of Social Work en yesterd . chairman of the child wel- and three members Richard e Humason cussed. Cohan many talents to the fullest. True, he doesn't dancc -and those {uneful ics which sent another generation away whistling are absent but he i3 in a Cohan role which fits him as well as the newest suit from his tail or. His character, Draper, is ow a gambling establishment. Twenty| Vancouver, B. ¢ ars previously he had taken under |Hewitt Bostock, 66, Ihis wing the four year old daugh-|Canadian senate, died last night ter of a Seattle gambler who had |his home near Monte Creek, B. befriended him and who had been | killed. Draper has given the girl a | {thorough education in *a convent | school and has been rewarded by secing her grow to womanhood with | all those refinements which have been denied him. He takes vicari- | ous pleasure in development to | mental moturity, watching her mind | bud and flower far from the debili- tating influence of his mbling house. After a visit to Paris, the| girl returns and is found dead in an | obsc hotel in New Yo The | |play deals with Draper's cfforts to | run down the slayer and the means he adopts forms a novel plot. | The pace of the show is slower than the usual Cohan presentation giving to the cast an opportuni build up tenseness and gripping in- terest. Cohan's droll humor, his mannerisms and his Cohanisms bulis | large in creating audience-attention. | Robert Middlemass ot New Brit- | ain has an important assignment as | Police Inspector Freclock. He does | the Visiting attended the members of ociation who were two AKER DIES April CANADIAN SP AT BOTH HARTI‘ORD THEATERS| —Starting— THURSDAY her STRAND & REGAL Warner B3ros. Successor to the “Gold Diggers of Broadway” HOLD EVERYTHING with WINNIE LIGHTNER JOE E. BROWN 500 Others! Not a Revuel MEN’S CHORAL CLUB Presents FLOYD TOWNSLEY Tenor The New York String Ensemble d 60 Trai;;gd Voices Roy Williams Steele, Conductor |1ess suspensc that have | public. {the 29 P—| speaker of the | e ‘x‘_— N A ¢‘~> '” 2 ..|’g lmil Unless otherwise indicated, written by pre: theatrical notices and reviews in this colump are sgencies for the respective amusemeut company, CAPITOL THEATER Again three days only the Capitol theater offe double Last week owing to ceessful of feature last s omitted. Murder Will Out” which com- prises one-half of the bill for Wed- nesday, Thursday and Friday, is an adaptation of “The Purple Hiero- graphs” by Murray Leinster. It the many melodramatic murder mysteries that have recently found their way talking screen. At the same time it man- s to retain the punch and breath- made my teries popular with the movie going she has not lost cither her or her talent. Playing with the stance is a brilliant obert Ames, Regis Toomey, Mahlon amilton, and Polly Ann Young. lward H. Griffith directed. Today is the farewell appearance that famous song romance Vagabond King,” featuring Denn King, Ziegfeld star, who appeared the lead in the stage play of same name. The b this evenin, charm starting tomorrow for talented st includin feature the “Mammy” half program a program. extended E run the double wa o the GRAND TH “Brothers.” the current attraction the Grand theater in Hartford is proving immensely popular stock fans and theatergoers in ral. A brisk demand for reserva- ds one to believe that melo- ama of univer- popu- gen- The picture has | strong cast including Lee, N egor, Tully Marshall ran Rich People,” an unusually Jack Mulk this type carr Kirk man w ‘h the Thatcher a finished perfor: ne 11 Peggy Coudrav minine lead is daily win- admirers with her vivid of Roma Moore, an import- part in this gripping production story con ns twin brothers, ited at birth and reared divergent environments, One Mac( L. and Al the other half of double feature program marks the return to the screen of charm- ing Constance Bennett, Three yea have passed since Miss Bennett h: appeared in pictures but in “Rich People” she proves conclusively that LADIES This Valuable Coupon and 25¢ Will Admit You to the CAPITOL THEATER WEDNESDAY MATINEE, APRIL 30, 1930 To See TWO BIG FEATURES “Ri¢h People” with Constance Bennctt and Regis Toomey “Murder Will OQut’—Jack Mulhall, Lila Lec This Ticket Good Until & M. AMERICAN LEGION MINSTRELS at the Senior High School Auditorium Wednesday, May 7 Featuring Leading Vocalists of the City and Tom English Veteran Vaudeville Performer Chorus of 75 Male Voices ‘Admission $1.00 and 50 cents All Seats Reserved Tickets on Sale by Legion Members and at Crowell's Drug Store Direction by Joseph A. Haffey and John J. Crean - CAPITOL Bros, TOMORROW NIGHT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Tickets $1 and $1.50 at McCoy’s Moran’s, Crowell’s and From Club Members EMBASSY Has the Hits of Screenland First ‘LADIES OF LEISURE’ with Stanwyck, Ralph Graves Farewell Showing ___ Barbara Coming — TOMORROW 2 GREAT Jiéromes Double Feature to that mar- A revelation in talking « + « dramat answer age-old problem—second riage! Powerful ALL TAlle('lNG WIHE with CONRAD NAGEL DOROTHY REVILR LILA LEE, Doors Open at ey T SHOWINGS TODAY DENNIS KING —in— “THE VAGABOND KING” Con- tinuous Shows Daily Starts TOMORROW Double Feature Program Yourself to a Thousana New Thrills Jack Mulhall and Lila Tec in a romance more thrilling thaun “Dark Strect One of the tensest murder mysteries you've ever seen or heard. with JACK MULHALL Lila Lee, Noah Beery Tully Marshall, ot Alec B. Francis, Malcolm McGregor Companion Feature CAPTIVATING Story of a rich girl who found wealth a bad handicap in the school of love— You'll enjoy CONSTANCE BENNETT Al Music All Sound All Dialogue Iegis Toomey Robert Ames COMING SATURDAY The Successor to “The Virginian” GARY COOPER in “THE TEXAN” | tough. |and thrils. |and the | most | house Con- | Mhe | t showing will | | Western Sta with | in| scion of wea has all ddition, it Ith, a - successfil | Light of Western Stars” wyer, the other water front |these things, and, in Their paths and the |inspiringly spectacular barrister finds himself defending his | big, imposing scal brother in a murder trial. Both FaneiG s unaware of the others relationshin | gianding tale at the time and the situation is|:rpe novels ha fraught with suspense, —excitement |yjon "o = H Seldom does one find a | o 5 play of this type whose action never Wasteland,” “The Call 12 but “Brothers” scems to in “The Thundering. momentum all through its carcer Fanlahing Ao final climax is one of the et Rotedidad) appealing local theatergoer ity have seen in years. The merc fa et Tba _ that this vehicle played to capacit . t the 4Sth strect theater in ‘ York city for over onc solild spe volumes for its enter- taining value. Matinees at the Grand > presented every Tuesday, Wed- sday, Thursda and § irday of a cross s re the out- n life today. been read by ent form, Wandercr sueh pic- of the f the € Herd” and weere With ithout yon,” “The gems of dialogue, one : for t rec Ne ay Dorothy Mackaill tured in “Flirting Wido is | a filmed on a | craft will be mil- | oftered featured by the Ray e Gormau Revue. - inning Sunday George Ban- offered in “Ladies Love Brutes” with Mary Astor and Fred- ric March will be GASOLINE Y RICES RAISED April 29 (UP)—A gas- incr of one cent a New and all New states nnounced to- Tidewater Oil compan applies to all ta and service station oling llon in gland by th inc York supplics. FOR BEST RESULT:! 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