New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1930, Page 3

472 TOTAL DEAD INKOREAN STORM Unknown Numbers of Victims May Swell Figure Tokyo, July 22 () —An official death toll of 472 persons with indi- cations the unknown dead in Friday's typhoon would number into the hundreds, was reported today in returns printed in Seoul and Tokyo. | Bastern Korea, especially Kogendo province, was sorely stricken. A Eeoul dispatch to Rengo News Agen- ey showed the Korean losses as 390 | believed dead; 1,493 missing and dead; 205 injured and 8,475 houses destroyed. Official figures for Kyushu Island, Bouthern Japan, where the typhoon struck first, showed 82 known dead, missing, 425 injured, 16,850 housese destroyed, 20,786 houses damaged and 1,803 boats sunk or missing. The typhoon struck Korea while it | Etill was suffering from the effects of floods which had killed at least 285 persons and made thousands home- less. NORWALK STRUGH BY “ENDURANGERY’ Row Boat Record Songht b Newest Entrants Norwalk, July 22 (UP)—Norwalk Bcethed with today. endurance attempts Three boys were perched in trees, | two rode bicycles, two rowed a hoat and another prepared to play piano The newest addicts of the endur- ance craze here were Roman Ger- maine, 15, and Joseph Hanford, 15 who put out into Norwalk harbor this morning in a rowboat, bent on staying afloat “‘until the harbor goes dr * crew will carry food to the another rowboat and Ro- man and Joseph expect to pass the time doing cross-word puzzle: Mahew, 14, and , perched in the san reported this morning in their 26th hour aloft they were “feeling fine.” In another tree was Lloyd A 13, who was feeling much after a hasty bed. Lloyd went up early yeste day but had to come down last nig| for sleeping accommodations, Jack Gorman, 16, and Phil C: puano, drove a bicycle steadily on toward a new record, hoping to better the Jersey bicyclists. Rumors came from East Norwalk that a youth planned to play piano until forced by exhaustion or | neighbors to stop. RODEMYER NAMED HEAD OF BALD PATE SOGIETY Greenwich Man Who Has Dodged | Office For Years Finds Him- self Drafted For Job Stepney, Jul (P—John Rode- s long been a Shakespearean adagoe the head that wears a although he was club 0 years ago and h in its affairs since he has been equally ac- in dodging the presidency of clut of tive the fortable under a crown one witho: hirsute adornment would find the burden intolera But today the crown emblematic presidency of the Baldhead club rested on Mr. Rodemever's bar:| pate. It was placed there by proxy yesterday at the outing of the club. Mr. Rodemeyer, who customarily sends telegrams purporting to bear the best wishes of King George, Mussolini, Christopher Columbus and Judas Iscariot to the club on the occasion of its outings, yester- day sent as his only contribution a telegram ¥ing he would be unable | to attend His fellow jokesters took advantage of his absence to elect him president of | Levitt Asks Wilder ‘\ To Prove Statement | Bridgeport, July (P —The | question and answer stage of Prof. Albert Levitt's crusade against va- rious public utility conditions n Connecticut has been reached. He has writted former Judge Frank L. ‘Wilder as to the latter's alleged a eertion that Prof. Levett had fre- quently appeared before the judi- ciary committee of the legislature in the last ten years. The professor said that to his own recollection he had appeared only once. Mr. Wilder, the professor| claimed, was quoted from a speech [ made at Newtown last week, Troop 19 Will Meet [ To Complete Camp Plans | This evening at § o'clock there | will be a meeting of the members of Troop 19, Boy Scouts of America, | connected with St. Joseph's church, to make arrangements for attending | Camp Kemosahbee, Last year prm-‘ tically every member of the troop attended the camp, and it is believed | that an equally large number will | spendea week there this year. Rev. John J. Keane, director of scouting at the church, will probably accom- pany the boy: | | | | | S - | | REPORT RADIO ANNOYS Lieutenant William P. notified at police 1:05 o'clock this morning by a | woman living on Hamilton street | that a radio was annoying a sick | woman, but when Officer Thomas Tierney arrived to investigate he | found every house in the neighbor- hood in darkness and no sign of a cause for complaint. H McCue was headquarters at last | =i ¢ | they Charles tres, | ; Was Free Press Editor en, | better | descent to obtain a| af | deciding that| head was uncom- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1930. 3 Norris Opponents Differ In Name Lincoln, Neb., July 22—The "V" which serves as a nomenclatural fulerum between “George" and | Norris,” and which has caused con- | siderable uneasiness in Nebraska, appeared today to have passed defi- nitely as an issue. | George W. Norris, senior senator | from Nebraska who seeks renomina- | |tion and reelection, is “George Wil- | liam Norris” when the name is spelled out. | George W. Norris, Broken Bow grocer who sought to oppose Sena- tor Norris for the republican nomi- nation, but whose filing for a place on the ballot was ruled out by the | tate supreme court, is “George Win- |ifred Norri | Each “George W. Norris” has in- sisted upon that form for his name; | Senator Norris because it is the way in which he always is spoken of; the grocer because he does not care much for his middle name, which is “Winifred.” He said he discarded the middle name many years ago be | cause it sounded “too girlish.” | The Broken Bow grocer arrived | in Lincoln last night after Senator | | Gerald P. Nve of North Dakota had | |adjourned his investigation into the | | Nebraska situation. Norris‘announc- | ed he was definitely out of the com- | petition by reason of the supreme court’s ruling and because he lacked funds with which to enter the race as an independent endurance of New Britain \ /ill Bring Back Man ol e s Arrested in Chicago |tiet string holaer | o o pe HEEP HITE ALOFT NEARLY 24 HOURS or Chicago, 11l t bring back | Thomas Martin of North street, Boys Claim Record—Prize May Be Offered Here Soon who was arrested yesterday at the request of the local police on the | charge of abandoning his wife and New Brit endurance it | Charles Vasilas (on the claims local record for ki W | two children. Martin was arrested with \hnm Smith of 117 Bristol strtet, New Haven, who is said to have accom- | panied him to the west several weeks ago, but the local police are not in- terested in her and will not bring her back. Martin gave notice that he would waive extradition, according to the notice to the authorities here, and it is understood that he and the Smith woman were practically stranded, having spent considera money which she had at the went away Reid Dies in?);rmt; c time, is & more s a c the lives of 1ling, esp ally n it at the same e place. It is | Detroit, Ju 22 (A—Philip Joseph Reid, for 22 years managing editor of the Detroit Free Press, died sud denly last night from effects of the heat. He had been in poor health for more than four years. He was 65 years old. | For 40 years he had been in newspaper work. He became man- aging editor of the Free Press in 1904 and continued in that capacity until ill health forced him to resign in 1926. Born in Providence, R. I, in 1865, | he was graduated from Brown uni- versity in 1887 and pl d baseball with the Boston National league team the following summer. He had intended to study la but instead joined the U. S. mail service. Then he became a reporter on Provi- dence Journal. In 1850 he came to Detroit, as sports editor for the old Detroit Tri- bune. The present ch are Charles Va street, owner of the ter Bonola of buddy ions of the city of 97 Fulton Hill park, e asked to not i Boys wh ttempt Find Piper Brook Sewer Has Been Badly Broken An inspection of the stor | sewer near Piper brook on street yesterday disclosed serious breakage in the supporting walls and the presence of debris in quantities which may dictate the w andoning this section of m and constructing a new pipe line through Hartford avenue. | A report on the conditions found names editor of the Herald assista water oo suitable | sideration in conjunction with | the common council. was made to Mayor Quigley for con- the Piper brook culvert contract soon to come before a special meeting of The dificulty arose where two lines were merged | at an elbow. SAVINGS RESOURCES Hartford, Ju of seventy-five savir Connecticut increased § during the last quarter, 1155,071.53 in the last year. gregate resources of the of the close of business amounting to 37 cording to the JUMP banks in 3,234,996.06 and § the ag- une 30 5 ac- report of | State Bank Commissioner Lester E.| Shippee made public today FLIERS PASS SECOND DAY St. Louis, July 22 (—Dale Jack- son and Forest O'Brine, out to re- gain their lost refueling endurance flight record, took on a new load of fuel this morning and soared onto their second day. At 10:11 a. m (CST) they had been up 27 hours. Their monoplane, the ‘“Greater St Louis” was running smoothly. PR R A e Mince Meat Rum Gone; Hijackers Steal Liquor Chicago, July 22 (B — The mince meat may seem a little weak next winter. Hijackers made away with the rum last night. Forty barrels of the liquor, used in the manufacture of min meat, was stolen last night from the warehouse of Libby, McNeill & Libby in the Union stockyards. The bootleg value of the stolen rum was placed at $80.000. Seven robbers, wearing alls, held 14 employes at spent an hour in rolling the bar- relled rum to a truck and escap- ed after exchanging shots with special policeman. The robbers apparently had entered the house in mid-afternoon and mingled with the workers until quitting time. They produced pistols, herded the employes into an office and then detailed one of their number to accompany the watchman on his rounds, to make certain that he rang his boxes regularly. Police ‘described it as the bold- est hijacking raid ever conducted here against legitimate industry. ove ba ware- (A—Resourcas\ banks as | Woman (anng for Boy ‘ Secks to Find Father At the home of Mr. and Mrs. War- dell Wilbur, 123 Cherry str a seven year old boy awaits word from his father, James Parkington, who called 9 and asked for his mail |and has not been heard from since then. The youngster, who is behaved accordin in need of clot provide it as she has tv to care for and no money ha received from Parkington in weeks. Asking the Herald to as: cating the boys' fat} explained today that F divorcee an | ried again a short time ago. had the boy f father paid his board regul til recently. Novw know what to do, as she him t without a place to L'o to, nor can she continue indef existing conditio; set, st in lo- she is Lights Cigarelte: Eémq Pole, Pays Fme ot SIO George H. Petersor in the Meriden police cou morning when he was for on a charge of reckless driving According to the testimony of the |arresting officer, Peterson was traveling along Colony street at a rate of speed estimated at 35 miles per hour and when he attempted to light a cigarette he lost control of the machine, causing it to strike a vole alongside the road, with the re- sult that the pole and car siderably damaged. Peterson agreed to pay damage done to the pol were con- for the Out of Prison Month Man Already Arlested Eugene LaFlamme, who was dis- | charged from state’s prison at Wethersfield on May 17 after having served several years for robbery, was arrested in Detroit, Mich,, on June 24, according to word received by Chief Hart of the local police depart- ment in reply to letter to the prison concerni LaFlamme's whereabouts. The prison authorities had no in- formation as to the except | that LaFlamme was picked up for ‘m\esugauom a arrest those en- nd at the same time | DIPLOAT SEEKING Only When “W” Is lnvest1gated| []]V[]R[;E IN A[}TI[]N \( Endurance Champs WGap f. Gross Also Wants Trust Fund (leared Up Chicago, July (M—Capt. Chris- tian Gross, secretary of the Ameri- can legation in Berne, Switzerland, has filed two suits, one for divorce, against his wife, Mrs. Virginia H: rison Gross, daughter of Burton Harrison, former gove: of the Philippines, Attorney Robert I Cantwell, Jr., counsel for Gross, disclosed last night ‘apt. Gross, prominent polo play- r who was decorated eight ons for valor in World ed desertion divoree bill coresponder Alberti cited, to ope med ross put thin clearing up the title to an $830,000 | |trust fund Gross says he established | for himself several years ago by‘ consolodating his assets. Gross, a Chicagoan, was married to Miss Harrison in January, 1822 in the Philippines. There are two children, Peter, 7, and Barbara, 6. By a separation agreement granted in Paris in 1928, the son was award- ed to the er and the daughter to the fatl Attorney Cantwell said Mrs.. last in Paris. Fears Felt for Pastor And Family in Japan New London, July 22 (P—F for the safety of their nephew an his family ,whose residence is at Fukuoka on the island of KiuZhiu, Japan, the on laid waste b typhoon receit is felt by Mr d Mrs. W. E. er of 21 Pacific street .this city. Their nephew is the Rev. Robert Spencer, district su intendent of Methodist Fuiscopal misgion in the J ese conference | He resides with his wife and four daughters. No word has been receiv- ed from them since the typhoon Rev. Mr. Spencer son of the late Rev. Dr. David e brother of W A - who died [1ast October g if. The fo thel te Rev. Dr. for 45 defense X vears a n his son born in t icated i ar r- Gross Owners ‘V[ake Further Alterations to Yacht w York, July 22 (P—Nearly thousand dollars already has is the on alterations a's cup r owners FIRE Westport ces sailed so far, nz ch hanges at St CHIEF esterday a bow. 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