New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1930, Page 5

" Woman Injured By Messenger Boy Asks $2 000 of Telegraph Company A woman who suffered a fracture | of a'bone in her ltg when a bicycle propelled by a Western Union Tele- graph Co. messenger boy struck her | as she was crossing on Main alre?t near the intersection of Court mm today brought suit for $2,000 agams( the Western Union Telegmph (‘o through Attorney Maurice berg. She is Sonia A. Kaplzn ot his city. 1t is claimed in the hat on August 30, 1329, at about 5 p. m., she was crossing Main street from the corner of Court street in an easterly direction. The | signal lights were amber according | to the plaintiff, who alleges she had the right to walk across the thor- oughfare. The mressenger boy was! riding in a southerly direction on | the bicycle in what is termed "a | careless, reckless, negligent and vio- lent rate of speed” and when the wheel struck her she was thrown to the pavement. It is claimed that the | hoy sped on after the accident with- out endeavoring to determine the amount of damage done. Attorney Rosenberg has been in | search of the boy for severa] monlhs‘ and the suit has been pending until | it was determined who the boy was and if he was on duty when the ac- cldent occurred! Tt is alleged in the | complaint that the hoy was on duty. | BITTER CAMPAIGN LOOMS IN TEXAS complaint | TOBAGCO GROWTH Grop Worth 13,000,000 ¢ | $16,000,000 to Be SodbyBlds Macon, Ga., July 20 w»‘mar;n‘s‘ tobacco crop, estimated to be worth | from $15,000,000 to $16,000,000, was on the auction block today Warehouses in 22 South Georgia | cities were loaded down with thousands of pounds of bright leaf tobacco, some of it of the best grade | ever auctioned. While the crop this vear was esti- mated to be smaller than in 1929, | when a 90,750,000 pound yield brought in an approximate $1 000, growers said the leaf was of better grade and that the cash re- tirn probably would be greater. The average last year was 18.37 cents per pound. Buyers from leading companies in the United § other countries flocked to the cities in the Georgia tobacco helt by the score. Sales starting todayv until the crop is sold GEORGIAUGTIONS \ o mlmnim o | will continue The markets lare closed each Saturday to permit rebcrf“ng of the wee! sales GRAND JURY TRIAL NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUE SDAY, JULY 29, 1930. | i o ity o i o for o] e} g e s P T fmm | uuutmmmrflmwmf PEQUOT HEMSTITCHED PILLOW CASES , WED. SPECIAL palr to a customer 42 x 36 Limit, 2 S BRITAIN’S SHOPPING CENTER PEQUOT SHEETS XD WED. SPECIAL Limit, 2 to a customer WEDI:I ESDAY o oo o $5.00 and $6.00 Women’s Silk Dresses $ WED. SPECIAL 51 .00 Paled SHOP FROM 9TO |2 OCLOCK AND SAVE! 1 s s e e S o e ] o o] ] SALE OF “EVERBRIGHT” Aluminum Wear Values to $2.00 WED SEE OUR WINDOW WED $1.50 Rippelette BED SPREADS Full and Twin Bed Size SPECIAL 29¢ APRONS WEI SPECIAL Women's “Polly Prim” 17. i Tfron 1.98 New Rayons . New Prints . . SPECIAL DISPLAY Defeated Candidates to Support§ IN VANITIES EASE Parties’ Winners 49¢ Women’s BRASSIERES . Fine Crepes New Polka Dots [Carmll and Cast Gain Point i 69: Dallas, Tex, July 29 (A—Plan for a bitfer campaign for the office | of governor of Texas, in the runoff primary August 23 began to de-| velop today with defeated candidates in the democratic primary last Sat- urday going to the support of Mrs. Miriam A. “Ma" Ferguson and Ross | S. Sterling who outdistanced a field | of nine others. | The leads of the runoff candidates | continued to mount today. The Texas election bureau's latest com- putations gave Mrs. Ferguson 208,- 035 and Sterling, Houston publisher | and capitalist 150,7 More than 732,000 votes were cast. Thomas B. Love, state senator. who led that portion of the demo- cratic party in Texas which bolted the ticket and voted for Herbert Hoover in the last presidential elec- tion, announced he would support Sterling and his sponsorship for a ' $300,000,000 road bond issue. Frank Putnam of Houston, a candidate, and Dr. C. Walker, announced they would sup- port the Fergusons—Mrs. Ferguson and James E, former governor— and their promise of a lower tax rate, opposition to the road bond is- | sue and less legislation. Fov. Moody announced he would support Ster- | ling. i Drops Dead While Taking | Auto Driving Examination | Beacon Falls, July 29 (UP)— citement of taking an automobile driver's examination gave Herman Manies, 49, a fatal heart attack here today. Manies, State under the direction of Policeman Maurice Purtell, had completed his driving test suc- cessfully and was being questioned as to the rules of the road. “Which is the right side of the highway?" said the state policeman. Manies threw up his hands and slumped dead behind the steering wheel of his car. | The medical examiner pronounced him a victim of a heart attack. Man- | guard to cut the lawn | 1 Printer Confesses to Murder of Milan Man | Milan, July 29 (UP) — Silvio Ghelfi, a Milan printer, confesses today to Killing Orazio Porcu, who | was prominent in local fascist cir- cles. Ghelfi, who confessed after a long examination, was among several persons arrested after Porcu was | killed by three blows from a point- ed weapon. Premier Mugsolini telegraphed his condoleAces to the dead man's brother here “I share your sorrow.” the pre- mier said. “Be proud of him who fell for fascism, to which he nad been devoted since 1919. The sacri- | fice of Orazio Porcu, who was a comrade of vigil, and faithful every time, is~fruitful, and severcly ad- monitory."” Girls Wearing “Shorts” Fined in New Jersey Mountain View, N. J., July 29 (P —Two girls, Catherine Murphy and Louise Scobbie of Springfield, Mass., last night were found guilty of vio- lating Mountain View's month-old ordipance against unconventional dress and were fined $5 each. The girls were arrested after they had walked from their summer cot- tage, to the post officer wearing | “ghorts."” Recorder Richard Husk said: “You may be able to wear them in Massachusetts but you can't wear them here.” Despite the protest of the girls that shorts were quite all | right in Springfield. PRINCESS FILES APPEAL Paris, July 29 (UP)—Efforts of the family of the 73-year-old Prin- | cess Broglie to prevent her marriage | to Don Luis Ferdinand, cousin of the king of Spain, met with addi- tional obstacles today when the princess filed an urgent appeal against appointment of an adminis- trator for her affairs. The courts previously had declined to prevent the marriage but con- sidered appointment of an adminis- trator for four months. The date for a hearing has not vet been set. The engagement of Don Luis and | the princess was revealed recently, | not long after his engageme t to Mrs. Mabel Gilman Corey, once an American musical comedy star, was | broken, < ‘ ) The ) from | nounced by the bensus bureau as Legal Skirmish New York, J Carroll and his of the cast of the with producing and perf an indecent production the right to a jury trial Judge Rosal ' charged ning in today won | sions, using as a | he made himself up- er from sessio held Carroll's plea for t special sessions to gener; on the contention that only a jury can reasonably be expected to decide whether a play is “obscene or inde- cent or te to suggest imp re | thoughts As a result of the judze's order the evidence against Carroll and t actors must be presented to a gra jury, which has the power to dis- the case. If the jury indicts, | Carroll will be able to bill a dem rer and interpose various othe tions before trial which would T considerable delay in the settlement of the case. Those charged with Carroll are Jimmie Savo, Faith Bacon and Kay Carroll v | s ) e e e s T frm o] THO PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM LITCHFIELD JAIL Convicts Cutting Lawn Make Geta- way in Automobile Parked Near Curb—Man Hunt During Night. I frr] [ o] froo] Litchfield, July 29 field county jail prisoners escaped in an automobile yesterday after- noon while they were working out- |side the prison and all through the night a widespread man hunt was in progress The escaped men are Milford E. Machi6, 31, of Manchester, and Tony Carrella, 21, of New Haven. two had been sent with a at the resi- dence of Arthur G. Camp, a bloc< the son, Watching the guard closely the men took advan- tage of a favorable moment, climb-" ed into Camp's machine, which w: parked at the curb, and gpeeded off. Machie, Two Litch- who was serving a year's term for stealing an automobile, and Carrella, who was serving a | sentence of 14 months, six months | of which were added to his term after an unsuccessfu break last winter, had no trouble in get- ting away with the car. They made considerable headway the guard could shout an alarm and start after them. The prisoners were about a mile away when their automobile crashed into a pole, overturned and was completely wrecked The men continued their dash for | liberty on foot and last night were | believed to be hiding in the woods: near the city. before Gotham’s Population Is 6,959,195, Total Shows Washington, July 29 (P) — New York city's population was announc- ed by the census bureau as 6,959,195, an increase of 1,339,147 or 25.8 per cent. This figure, based on a recheck of returns, was larger than the 6.955.- 792 announced by the New York su- pervisor. The New York boroughs were an- follows: Bronx, 1,266,506; inc 490 or 73 per cent Brooklyn, 2,596,154, 577,798 or 28.6 per cent Manhattan, 1,859,925 ase, 534,- increase, decrease, | 427,949 or 18.6 per cgnt Queens, 1,079,357; ‘increase 610,- 315 or 130.1 per cent Richmond, 157,253 increase, 40,- T ANNOUNCED and Mrs. J. Contino of 226 Farmington avenue, announce the cnzagement of their daughter, Mary, to Pasquale Pinchera, son of Mr and Mrs. Petr: Pinchera of Hart- ford Mr. Pinchera is employed at the Aetna Insurance company in Hart- ford. The wedding will take place carly in the fall i Tn ancient times borax was ex- | tremely rare and almost as precious as gold. 2 | m’[m e e e Ifiifl]m s s ] v e s s s s I o o fom o] E = El El A dress-buying opportunity for women who know what it means to buy real $5.00 and $6.00 Dresses for $1.98 — All the smartest styles $2.50 Men’s Jacquard COAT SWEATERS 19 Neat patterns — cut full. WED. SPECIAL '1 Sizes 36 to 44 — A limited 25¢ TURKISH TOWELS 18 x 36 WED. SPECIAL 6 for Very absorbent, double solid colors, rose, gold, green, blue. $1.29 Men’s Work CLOTHES 88 Khaki Overalls, Jumpers and Dungarees, Made of <haki WED. SPECIAL Pants, heavy quality and blue denims. 19¢ Men’s Cotton LISLE HOSE 10c 10: to 12. First quality, in black, grey and tan. WED. SPECIAL Sizes and wanted colors. 1 .00 Choice of Convex Kett Pot and -4-quart S 8-Cup Philterator—Dutch —Double Boiler—Disk ‘auce Pan Sets, Oven—Preserve, Tea and Pan—Oval Roaster—Convex supply. thread, $2.00and $3.00 Women’s Hand Embroidered WED. SPECIAL hand with colored quality white sewn Gowns applique. Limit, one to a customer BE HERE EARLY Special Sale of $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 WOMEN’S LEATHER HAND BAGS WED. SPECIAL 100 leather bags in envelope, pouch, Fine quall back-strap. top handle and zipper style All Desirable Colors Infants’ SLIP-OVER and COAT SWEATERS T3¢ Pure wool and silk and wool. Sizes 1 and 2 years. A CLEARANCE LOT OF WOMEN'S $5.00 GIRDLES WED. SPECIAL $1.98 WED. SPECIAL 75¢ Men’s Blue Chambray WORK SHIRTS 42¢ Colfax Blue Sizes 141, made, full WED. SPECIAL Genuine Chambray. to 17. Well cut. —— 79c Children's “VANTA” RAYON BLOOMERS and FRENCH PANTIES 39 zes 1 to 6 in white and flesh only. WED. SPECIAL $2.00 Children's All Wool BATHING SUITS Sizes 1 to 6 Years $1.00 and WED. SPECIAIL WED. SPECIAL Regular sun-back N el Dress styles — all colors. it (Boys' Dept.) ” DRUGS Rinso— Bay State Toilet Tissue, 2 il 9c Guest Ivory Soap— 3 tars 10C Baby Talcum, 7 C large can .. Razor Blades to fit Gil- lette razors— 10 for 33C French Panties CLEARANCE LOT $1.98 Children’s DRESSES 77 “FLEURETTE” “NANETTE th Bloom 3 and 4 years. — WED SPECIAL e i $1.25 All Linen and Hemstitched Damask TABLE COVERS 14 Plain white—colors and novelty colored borders; to 2 yds. long. WED. SPECIAL $1.00 Boys’ “Bell” SPORT BLOUSES 95 WED. SPECIAL Plain co! Broadclo anteed fas novelty Sizes 6 to 15. $1.00 Curtains WED SPECIAL and Cottage Sets NOTIONS 30c Bottle 19C 0-Cedar Polish 75-Yd. Spool Mercerized Darning 3 c Cotton Climax Sewing Cotton, 1,200-yard Dytint— All colors, pkg. WED. SPECIAL Black, 39¢ Bdthmg el | $1.25 Women'’s Outsize SILK HOSE 88: white and all 1 c sirable col ors. First Quality. All sizes. SILK HOSE WED. de- || Plain and novelty figured Guar- Cottage Sets and Ruffled valance and tie 59 heels, summer O and uffled Curtains, all co! o 2 | ) P} o] [ P e P o o o] _r frm o e o oo oo oo o o oo e ]| i ][ i 7 s 1 [ fm Caps .. ] T Another lot $4.95 Women’s Trench Coats sl- Sizes 14 to 40 55 ] o) frrc |