New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1930, Page 1

e ey e et EW BRITAIN HERA NEW BRITAIN, R-100 MOORED AT News of the World -By Associated Press Average Daily Circulation For s zotn - 15,152 July 26th ESTABLISHED 1870 COMMUNIST'S COURT FIGHT STIRS WITNESS 70 BRAND “NSit bl OFFICER MUSZYNSKI LIAR |Huge Dirigible Gomp}etes At-| CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1930.—TWENTY-SIX PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS S for o ReoredDown V[CTOR DOMIJAN, REPORTED MISSING, O Bumt O T of Ve SOUGHT FOR ALLEGED $50,000 FRAUD |Glare Seen in Sky About Midnight Believed to Have Been Made by Dropped Flare Which May Have Y if he w Jack Lenhm, Testifying | for « John Vincent’s Tech- I mique and Denounces 1 Patrolman’s Testi- f mony in Speeding Case | [Vlncent, Asked Why Doesn’t Leave Count Says He Friend, Copies| | Tangles Baby Casg ] He Will Stay to! Correct Conditions — Ts| Fined $50 and Appeal. \ Take Asked point blank hy Assistant » Prosecuting Attorn William Greenstein in police court today v he did not it of th v hy country th erbury, tions, North Main s was charged ith breach pea a result of his action in 1ing a crowd of factory work- h and Myrtle streets ye plied that he and others of 1 1y intendeq to the chang John 1456 who ers at terday, the com ay here and eff hey favored. Ju M. D found guilty as charged d fined him $50 and costs, from which Vincent appealed perior court - in $100 bonds, which were furnished fmmediately. Vin conducted his own de- fense and engaged in a sharp verbal tilt with the as t prosecuting at- © torney, one of the effects of which was to stir Jack Lentini, local barber 1 composer of n censure of the cc t ériving case in which he as a witness elo DIMaro, of T4 Broad strect, denicd that drove recklessly last night on South Main street abont o'clock and *1.entini, who was with h,m Officer Kdward Muszynski's testimony in the ca “‘a big lie.” *This man is a poor barber, with a + little shop in Farmington, and he “meeds his car to drive back and forth every day, {pying to make living,” Lentini asserted in an ex- rited tone from the witness stand. *Now you're going to convict him of yeckless driving and take away his Bicense so he will have to wal pnd forth. That's justice, is it? r this boy (pointing v whose d been dispo et to in a s hack to rent of) in this ca is raising bout conditions country Necessary to Use Force Officer Michael Massey that he saw Vincent standing on latticed stand ahout the curbstone streets at 12 afternoon. There were people in the road and sidewaik and traffic was bad- Iy tied Vincent was the crowd in a voice which could be ard a block away and when officer asked him if he had permi sion to hold meeting Vincent re from Myrtle yesterd 200 or on the t Hig 50 o'clock (Continued on Page Two) CHINESE STUDENTS ATTEMPT T0 RIOT Police Disperse Agitators —Report Yale-in-China Not Burned Shanghal, Aug. 1 (®—The tide of gommunism harrassing China touched the international set- tiement here today a: student pgitators attemped a demonstration only to be repulsed by the clubs of foreign police who had anticipated their plans. Police ch gathered in the national city to communist Anne d when the students heart of the inter- ge a parade with and to distribute red propaganda. The agitators soon were scattered. Tifty were arrested gnd held for trial in Chinese dis- trict court The French concession, although quiet, took on a warlike appearance as police erected barbed wire en tanglements, enlarged nd closed all streets leading to the x.n.n part of the city. All thoroughfares between the na- tive section and the French quarter were barred with 10-foot iron gates snd wo traffic was allowed to pass. Machine guns were mounted at various points in the event of an emergency The Associated Press ent visited the native section and found no sighs of red activity, the vsual military and civilian police were patrolling area. Martial law was considered b exist there, Yowever. but this was nothing un- vsual because the Chinese military always controls the policing of the native quarter. British naval authorities reported “heir gunboat Teal was fired on gesterday was off Changsha. The Teal was dzmaged and did not return fire lest she harm foreign stu as it not the (Continued on Page 15), M condi- of the | | claimed Willia sk the | | )h declared | | | radio entertainer for No [an testified | al feet | lin ddressing | the | night | hangout central | | were correspond- | | for reconnoitering | buildings | Another tan Chicago baby Van Stan Wa was added to the when Mrs kins of R. W, had not obt tkins, one of the fathers, ained divorce from her, RADIO ENTERTAINER 15 HELD IN MURDER Sweetheart of Gangster Taken by Polioo in Probe SEEKING BUGKLEY SLAYER| Convicted Hijacker Shot In Back While Standing on Street Corner in Downtown Detroit—Police Raid | Hoodlum Hangout. Detr today —Police Mansell Station WMBC, d held her at the women'’s deten- ion home for questioning in connec- th the slaying of Gerald Buckley, the same ar ator Miss M bot for station sell was arrested on Fast evard at Helen Avenue, alleged hangout for hood- a near lum a said Licavoli as the slaying. an an in which four men we police raid last night she is a sweetheart notorion man” Police of Pete v in the Buckley Say She Drove Car said they had known Miss was driving Licavoli's auto- which later was found on Police mobile, I Grand houl: house in | lived ngouts last al gangster Raids on n arrests of six resulted in gangsters who are to be qu sout the Buckley slaying and the past leged tiened the dozen gang slayings of few weeks. Iour of those arrested last night are Tony Abata, Nick Dit ta, Sam Lucido and Philip Manzello, said by police to be members of a powerful East Side mob which has been blamed for W recent kill- ings. Several guns a supply of ammunition were in their on Helen avenue. Police also arrested Angelo and Salvadore Gianosa, brothers in Angelo's home on East Grand boulevard. Guns and ammunition were found in the place. Hijacker Shot A convicted hijacker was shot and probably fatally wounded in down- town Detroit last night victim of gang warfare Robertson o from the Mich m: and found is Philip recently formatory (Continued on l' age ’Inn\ Anna | Philadelphia | political commen- | aken | s gangster sought | rd in front of the | which the radio entertainer | lantic Flight to Point Near Montreal in 79 Hours \ESTABLISHES RECORD FOR CROSSING TO WESTWARD ‘\hln. Buffeted by Tears Fabricc On One Fin Thereby Heavy Winds, Delaying Arrival—Schedule of 10 will Day Visit in Dominfon Not Be Interrupted by Much Valuable Data Collected. St. Hubert Airport, Montreai, Aug. 1 (P—The biggest airship the | | world has ever known, the British | | dirigible R-100, completed its first | transatlantic crossing today, del {ed and somewhat damaged m‘ !storm, but completely triumphan ,x‘ |after its first great trial Three days and more ago, at 9:4 E. S. T. on Monday night the R- 100 lifted from the ground at Carding- ton, England. and pointed its blunt | rose acros sthe sea. At 4:35 a. m. | this morning, almost 79 hours after its departure, it was secured to the mooring mast erected here especial- {1x for its use Weather Delays Trip | It would have made a far faster trip but unfavorable weather en- countered after it had ed the | ocean and was on the last leg of | {its flight here, ripped the fabric (CerEant o i e A b was slight and was repaired in a but time lost while the ship was| hove-to over Quebec prevented a landing before dark last night and S0 no attempt was made to moor | until morning. | Officers interviewed in the mast | immediately after mooring said that the damage was trivial and would not necessitate any change in the ship's schedule, which calls for several flights about Canada during the next ten days before it starts back across the for home | In length the R-100 is between the American Los Angeles and the German G eppelin but in girth | and cubic capacity it is far larger |than either. Yet it was handled n‘ the air during the mooring opera- | tion with as much apparent ease as |a tiny blimp, and when its nose w. fast at the top of the ma ropes from sides and rear were cured to the ground, it floated gently in the morning sun as |canoe on peaceful water. We never had a bump all way across the Atlantic oc everything went perfectly got to Father Point,” nistoun Burney, craft development the dirigible, as moored Ran Into Bad Bump “There ran into a bad bump and the jar tore the fabric on a stabiliz fin. But the damage was {temporarily repaired and was neg- ligible.” Sir Dennistofin, Major G cros it a the an and until said Sir De director of air. and designer of the ship was we H. Sco‘t, itinued on Page 11) HAMMERSTEIN IN COURT BECAUSE OF CHORUS ROW Theatrical Producer Charged With Assault by Former Dancing In- structor for his Musical Comedy New York, Hammerstein, Aug. 1 (A—Arthur theatrical producer, was summoned to court today be- use of a row in which he said he broke his hand hitting the erstwhile | dancing instructor for his new mu- sical comedy. Jack Haskell, the instructor, caus- ed the summons to be issued, charging Hammerstein with assault. Hammerstein said he struck Has- | kell when the instructor menaced him The of ally mem- encounter was the clin v row between Ha and Rand and her brother George bers of the chorus, in which Mr. Hammerstein said he took the part of the Rands and discharged Has- kell Haskell him said Rand also attacked Narcotic Search Warrant Dropped Agent Says Actress Not An Addict their patrols | Aug. 1 (P—Federal ch warrants for three apart- ments of Mary Nolan, once lmo- gene Wilson of the Ziegfeld Follic issued on the strength of affidavits charging she was a narcotic returned to United Commissioner David Head today Inspector Vincent H. De Spain, with the recommendation the case dropped. De Spain film actres examined day where excessive Los Angeles ates the 1 to search apartment after he ha her in a hospital she was being treated sunburn, wrote across warrants, the “film actress s a narcotic addict Claims It Is Blackmail | Miss Nolan, the narcotic inspec- tor said, described the affidavits as part of a plot to blackmail her un- der threat of shattering her repu- | tation. She fold him, he said, she had been called repeatedly by tele- {phone and threatened she would he branded an addict unless she pail refusing the not addict, | by | be | tor- The affidavit charging Miss No- lan was a narcotic user was signed by two former nurses of the actreas, Miss Carolyn Clark and Miss Claire Anderson, who said Miss Nolan re- |quired narcotic stimulant very two hours and her arms were cov- cred with hypodermic needle marks. De Spain, after examining Miss Nolan, said he was unable to find any trace of a hypodermic needie and added he would suggest the case be dropped Offers To Take Examination Miss Nolan, De Spain said, offer cd to subject herself to a rigid ex- amination by a woman operativ who accompanied the officer bu De Spain told her it was unneces- sary. During her Follies day lan became involved in a romanc with Frank Tinney. comedian. La ter she came to Hollywood, resum ed her real name and made a sur cess in the filma, Miss No- and | [)S‘ Berlin, Aug. 1 |aviator might have injured in a forced crash reported to have occurred be- tween the towns of Berlin and | Southington, between 11 and 12 o'clock last night were dispelled to- day when an investigation failed to substantiate the rumors. The first intimation that cident might e occurred when Fred Pe a, resident of section where crash was the Herald) Vears that an heen seriously an ac- was the pur- k, the Damage— | ported to have taken place, received | 4 phone call from Hartford inquir- ing as to whether a plane had fallen in that territory. This call was re- landing or a Started Fire—Brainard Field Knows of No Avxator in Distress. ceived ) o'clock last night 1 his wife had ving attended | fter Mr. Peck d home after a theater in New Britain They nothing of the matter but feared that such a thing might | have occurred as they had both pees viously remarked the presence LriEnt llantSvialbies 1t ihe sk (on some distance as they were riding towards Berlin. Mr. Peck, at the time the was first seen, dis- counted ory that the light wa | a flare t have been dropped by some p aviator even though its brightness might have substan- just arri ! tinued on Page "wo) MAINE WILL PROBE - LASSMAN MYSTERY Conflicting ~ Reports ~ Arouse Gounty Attorneg {o Action CALL DROWNING WITNESSES New York University Says Famous Athlete With Three Boys When Canoe Upset—Hints Camp Cover- ed Up Story to Save Prestige. Portland, Augusct Attorney Ralph M. gan an 1 (A—County Ingalls today be- investigation of con[]lulng of the reports circumstances sur- rounding the drowning of Al Lass- | man, football star, at Long Lake on July 6 Confers With Officials Ingalls’ near Harrison action was taken conference with Attorney General | Clement I. Robinson Sheriff Lloyd W. Jordan, of Cum- berland county, was sent to Ca Zakelo on Long Lake with instruc tions to bring back to Portland 14 persons for Ingalls and Robinson to question. Among those who would be ques- tioned, Ingalls said, was Izzy Zara- kov, former Harvard athlele, and head of the camp, The original account of the Lassman as given out death by the camp the day after the football play- | a t Lassman was mp and that he went on the lake alone in a canoe. Yesterday New York University authorities issued a statement that Lassman had been employed as a counselor at the camp and that he rescued two of three boys who were with him in the canoe before drowned Alec Sutherland, coach at Harvard ed with Camp Zakelo, e drowned said t visitor at the former aquatic 1d now connect- said that Za- (Continued on GERMAN AVIATORS LEAVE FOR ICELAND Hirth and Weller Start Second Leg of Ameri- can Flight age TWo) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, August 1 (A—Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller, Germany's transatlantic air adventurers. today hopped off from Kirkwall on their jump toward the American rent. Their immediate de was Tceland > takeoff encouraging W ideal 9:40 a. m Hirth left conti- ation from this point Weather condit was made was ons re The star at §:15 a. m. > plane Kirkwall at r Bay where him, fueled and ready for Weller remained at Kirk- it favorable weather re Fifteen minutes after his mate departed Weller received the forecast. His face beamed. couldn’t be better he exclaimed. Another moment and the flver was on his way to Swandister by motor car. “That's good Weller when a big b across the road in fron ch just as it neared field The plane ran smoothly down the field almost to the edge of the bay. T rport is small but was suffi- for the takeoff, await he start vall to perts. luck,” declared 'k cat da of | cient The last seen of the Germans was | over the hills of took lce- a small black dot low northern horizon, near the Hoy Island, where the aviators their bearings for the run to land The fliers expected to reach Ice- (Continued on Page Two) former New York l'm\'rrtny‘ after a | amp | he | “t GAMPBELL WILL FACE INDIGTMENT Gapital Police to Charge Man in Baker Murder GUN THRICE IDENTIFIED Worn Investigators Work Sixteen Weeks on Case—Five Hour Grill- ing of Real Estate Operator Re- sults In Decision to Charge Him. | Washington | dictment for | Baker will be | bert M. .32 calibre | revolver thrice been identified as the weapon used by her slayer. | This announcement was made be- fore dawn today by worn i- | gators, who for 16 consecutive weeks | have sought to solve the mystery of the young government clerk's death. It followed a five-hour grilling of |Campbell, a Virginia real | operator, and the last of seven men {to be arrested in connection with the crime. Quiz Begun Last Night The questioning of Campbell gan last night immediate | ceipt of a telegram from a depart- | ment justice agent in Chicago, ving Major Calvin Goddard, ballis- tic expert of Northwestern Univer- sity, had identified his gun as the one that fired the bullets which kill- ed Miss Baker. Three lead slugs were taken from the body of the Oak Grove, Virginia, preacher’s daughter when it was found early on the morning of April 13,05 1 in a culvert b th a lonely Virginia road which runs be- side the Arlington The Campbell revol had been identified by Souder, ballistic expert States bureau of sta Lieutenant John Foster, gun expert of the Washington detective force Campbell has admitted, 7 the gun never was ou session August 1 (P~ the murder inve; | b ol cemetery. pr Dr. of vious Wilmer d by ndards, and | Battle of Exper | 1f Campbell is brought t Commonwealth Attorney Will Gloth, of Arlington county, nued on DEEP RIVER BOAT ~ TOTRY LONG TRIP Florida Student Plans 1,600 Mile Jaunt to Florida Waters (Con first over-water | Deep River, voung Florida engi will leave New York $00-pound outboard m projected 1600-mile ocear Miami, Fla., wit |days. Pratt | builders of here today The student Mount Dora, 14 hours a break the trip of 2 wo men Aug. the Frar Fla day in existing days, elap: in a 16-footer two outhoard motors Morley's craf George F. Crouch town, also i§ a 16 propelled by only o cylinders and 35 light auxiliary mot for emergency Morley will course from Sandy folk, Va., and a Beaufort, N. C around Cape Fear to Charleston, . C., from which point he which ever course possibility of speed ety. Morley achicved ion outboard motoring last when he drove 2500 Lake Erie to Mount longest run ever hoard motorboat an record driven In motor Sepo follow Hook rs the best vear from th i Dora by an portage made without THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday; slightly cooler tonight. | % z HIGH TIDE—AUGUST 2 (Standard, Time) New London 3 am.3:27 pm. New Haven 6 p.m. Authur 0. Williams, Jr., First— will follow | in IN CONNECTION WITH AUTO SALES CO. PROVIDENCE LD EDISON WINNER 12y IN Hartlord Boy Seaond ROGERS FLAYS ~QUESTION Mylchreest Takes Next to Highest Tunnels Place in Intelligence Test—Don- ald Ogden Stewart Would Save — and Only Pretty Wife, West (P— Arthur O. Providence, the men of the Orange, N. J., Aug. 1 Williams, jr., B. 1., winn of East de- other A today was 48 930 Thomas clared over Edison G Ne scholarship Mylchrees Ierry The t from 1t Dudley other Englander from Hartford, Conn,, received the second highest | s g er average in the questionnaire, which out slat ranged from cation of the int etin lo- throug chem- value miles. as Mahal in physics U squee ured N m port others hoy's victory Bl four- istry and mathe of a Ford co Receives ode driven 5,000 Seholarship land to the technological 3 any college To New of hav He was Gordon wood, a re the hills fr tion of the son industr pick of the to be the 193 : De Wolf Schatzel dlay. O, 1847 ranked fourth £ Roop, T AL and scientific course in 1e honor or university from Jersey third p inner. K. Burns of Maple- ntial suburb om West Orange, loca- laboratories of the E s the gather: went ployed Willia keg the s ust over where nation presenta from of Columbia, fifth Honorable Mention List Honorable ntion James H. Co Kas.: Welter Wrigley Royal Peak ey, was given . of Wich . of Haverhill, Detroit, Mich. Landsdowne, Pa.. | glactric r of Charlotfes- Young Williams s ed yo of ndant of Roger William of Rhode Tsland. His father is « clerk of the Providence Gas graduated from school in points. 8 of Whe Am and thr identifie Julius T Fred 44 tor 1 summers, working hich en to save to colleg n Provi- g0 to ‘ambridge, Will ¥ ch iston e H st 1 physics By Far Brightest Charles Edison, son of the donor holarship, said Arthur w the “brightest boy" of the examination. T no N Br win Bandits far 49 who hy + took sald. there who was “Williams® i ents and g rkable his ar Edison was idge from be on h format Edison said, ion and rley : tt of rent e was re Mr swhile ons prac Wilbur Huston the west quest was foot them in An h d sawi men from year to cholarship chose Mass Technolog: and completed his fir Newington Home Gets % 00() Ballev Bequest The will , filed for haritable The ot known legac follow: St VANC Middletown, $5,000 nal church, Middle Hor town, n Home for Crippled Chil- Christian Orphanage J Masonic Home, ce of the estate goes to relatives and one-twelfth Nurses' an each association th Pocketbook Found On Proves Well Filled well purse | floor of a local chain store ernoon caused som . excitement for but visions of vast floatin around spelled its sides bills. W sums of money laimed The a huge by the office so bulging from was picked up took it to n an oF ht wad. The purse, roll of manager for o his exan i effo th il No re o locatr bearing were rolled owr identity Ong Criti ville, Ohio, Today ELECTRIC WIRES BLAMED Hampering Rescue T G ent of the d ly bu ing from ROBBERS OVERPOWER HEN TOCK THEM IN T00L CHEST Bridgeport, d been made INERS HURT POWDER BLAST County Detective Hickey Obtains War- rant Charging Loca! Man Forged Papers— Domijan’s Where- abouts Unknown. ically Injured at Tilton- One Suit Brought, Others Pending, Against Sales Concern—Accused For- ger Has Already Served Prison Term for Misuse of Bank Funds. Full of Smoke and Debris, Work—Father hree Sons Among Victims, ) 3 \ arrest of Vietor ] : S 1, of t in Motor Sales ew Fer McLa tical expe last About Mile Williams, pit 1 occurred No. itior Down boss, sa about ms expr of pow ic rned in the mine was fil th sm ficulty d that oke | the | contained me A spark believed was one of the 1 the mine in al | wire was ted i rushed to List of Injured injured wer e sons Wal d Jusenia, follow- rominent in the ase Dagonia to good Whereabouts Unknown w of par own. ago He hav- s ¢ In- Jump From Behind Auto in Take $21 From Each (P—Sr line port, 1 hind a m 1 in hiding, two bandi robbed Wa - ATTENDANCE AT MASS T0 END TREE-SITTING Talcott Street Boys Plan to Come Down Sun- day Morning > Forsber, avenue and ic ght way wi their vic tory was to alth dep t au © beer k wil morn two boys who h OUVER HAS BAD FIRF gtore With Nothmg he managd 14 will T of 162 Che to Whiti whose his Ogl ove or rathe ill move without and Leonard Maiet will aid Polish mone also of exchang start this Kite - Stanley and ock their ss than noth ¥ o ward is offered b the formation leading to thc of the loser. | Ellis st