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News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HER et . agate 12! pest ° ronee? e, DI, Brokt fords N Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 1 5 : l 33 Aug. 2nd ESTABLISHED 1870 EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, AUGUST & 1930.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAG}:_?b' PRICE THREE CENTS HODVER MOVES T0 ASSIST IN DROUGHT STRICKEN STATES Conlers With Hyde, Farm Board | and Legge on Best Plan to | Be Followed RAILROADS WILL REDUGE FREIGHT RATES ON HAY, Interstate Commerce Commission to Give Speedy Permission for Lower , Tariff to Move Feed to Starving | Cattle—Little Relief Promised Except in Scattered Instances— Wells Dry in Many Sections. 8 (UP)—Presi- today to build a | o Washington, A t Hoover began gov nmental relief aid drought-stricken farmers broad comparable wi ppi flood rel years a a f pro- | Manuel Herric mer from Oklah Mary's county terday, charged with still. Now claims federal dry agents and evidence. HERRICK CLAIMS e represc & arreste Agric the farm long di 1airman | re ures. in- The pre t held a serie ences with rembers tativ in St. was Mary of cretary o by iting a ith in Idaho, nizing 1 mez followed the farm nts ailed report on and the announce- \ board that was getting tive 10 org conferenc he terday These s quiries directed to drof tent of the it would spons teed for Cotton Report Issued ment Ex-Representative Says He Got Under Gover Job depar of 14 which com- 1520 crop of 14,828,000 1 the condition of as 62.2 per pared win CAUGHT — RUNNING 1e estim than expected had counted on STILL Fecentric Oklahoma Man May Face Charge of Impersonating Officer— Jailed in Baltimore for Failure to Get Bail, Baltimore, Aug Herrick, former congressman Oklahoma, told a story in his jail cell here today of acting as an “un- : agent in explaination his presence at a Maryland till ere he was arrested by federal 8 (UP)—DManuel Willa from & Ohio F Ludlow, democ his road and the ad would send co comm Baltimor: ed 1 dercover’ dry of P to the inter- state ission app man, onist as Jail when $2.500 prohi placed to a legislator, was in he unable will b on He make the Actlon bor given a preliminary a U 8. charges of of in- liquor Impersonates Officer result of Herrick’s explana t ri Attorney whether t rsonati the forme 1 veste He for As a today wa he sroce an down- ed his salary, and ring the boiler ES doing some work Mr. Moore,” in reference to his con- ation with federal officers “Mr. Moore” referred to is P. Moore, a « in the 1 Wash- Officials Still Gloomy Aug. § (Pr—Despits view of the exter to Washington official observa- |undercov sted dry wave | Herrick said lay as the gov- |ve head its re- ton imistic damage Hyde, protr: my for of drought m by Secretary tions on the continued glos ent for al employ sion fede prot ; rean Woodeock Colonel Wood- 1. “Hoe me tcock's s this a catas to think what drought 1 nd man next two weeks “I told Mr Moore was right . Moore that 1 knew where there were some large moon- shine s in southern Maryland, and that 1 wanted a job getting evi- dence. He said he couldn’t give me employment, but that if I got some information leadir and convictions that hat 1 paid what mation ut I don't Woo ppen if broken within the he said. The official weather burden report of conditions added: “There {s no (Continuéd on Page Two) QUIGLEY BACKS UP ROSSBERG'S STAND <1 (Continued on Page Believes City Should Use Sy Facilities for Storing JH“ME SHDPS []R[]ERE[] e | 0UTBY RUTHERFORD rather than and pipe lines Britain's water Q y said today viewpomt ex rg, for hoard ¥ n dvisory committee ge from Whigville reser- a to- the this city 1 d to how g0 and vas trying happer Mary's ¢ still. 1 in St ou Two) Storage, of supply of New Mayor in the B Painters and Affected by New Ruling department, conenr- by ring ssed William man of ber of the The seef voir, estimated by Rossberg tgl almost half as great amount of water used in annually, has been common| nowledge for many years, but cor- rection is regarded as impossible: be- cause of conditions of the soil, the mayor assarted. Building Inspector A. N. Ruther- ford today launched a drive against small shops located in residential areas, sending letters to 14 contrac- tors, notifying them that they must i"nd new quarters for their work- | shops before next Tuesday noon or | face prosecution. Mayor Quigley looks with favor| The shops are upon the proposal for a new jm- | plumbers, masons and painters in pounding plan at Hart’s mill, north | the cellars of their homes, in g of the Whigville dam, the purpose of [ages or vards for their convenience, such a plan being the holding back | but they are in conflict with zoning of flood waters during spring freshets [ regulations and must go, Inspector for release during drier periods. It is | Rutherford declares, during that son that the water Complaints have flows over Whigville dam and is|against several of thesc wasted, according to Rossberg, who |ments and before sending out his explained the situation to city offi-|letters, Tnspector Rutherford con- cials on a tour of m:pecuon Wed- | ferred with Prosecutor Joseph G. nesday afternoon, - ‘Woods, conducted by s been made is helping | HE'S DRY AGENT establish- | ‘”W_] Lorenz, Denied Re-Trial By Booth, Will Be Hanged Tuesday Morning; | Insanity Plea Held lnsuflment‘ (om icted Murderer’s Last Hope Apparently Exhausted —Attorney Says He Will ot Ask Gov. Trumbull for Reprieve — Family Record of Mental Trouble Too Vague, Court Holds. Hartford. Aug. 8 (#—The petition | of Henry O. Lorenz for a new trial on a plea of insanity was denied to- day by Judge John Richards Booth of Danbury in a deci perior court here. means the youthful Niis L. Anderson, uncle of thes hang early Tuesday morning as con- demned. on filed in su- The decisiom murderer of his friend and Judge Booth found the new evi- dence of insanity in Lorenz's family girl he courted, will | in Sweden, presented at a hearing on Tuesday by Public Defender Wal- frid G. Lundborg. was insufficient to warrant a new trial and, therefore. sustained the demurrer to the peti- tion entered by State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Mr. Lundborg every opportunity for a new trial could do nothing more to save his would not ask Governor Trumbutl for a reprieve. WEALTHY WIDOW 10 JOIN CONVENT Mrs. Nicholas Brady May Found Own Religious Order CONFERS WITH POPE PIUS! Wife of Latd Utilities Capitalist Re- ported Seeking Refuge in German Religious Houfe Where She May Retire—Informed Husband. New 8 (P—The New York World says that Mrs. Nicholas Brady, widow of the New York utili- ties executive and one of the wealtt |iest women in the United States, soon will enter a convent abroad to become a nun The World pu York, Aug. ishe in d a story from its correspondent Rome saying Mrs. Brady had an audi Pope Pius XI recently a d her plans. It that after her noviate npleted she may found a religious order and become its mother superior T+ last which she sserted discus; was is col widow, whose husband dled March leaving to her his entire fortune, estimated at $50.000,0( a sister of Francs P. Garvan, of New York, head of the chemical founda- tion and former alien property custo- dian; and of John S. Garvin, in his day a star pltcher on the ball team. She has been in mer and was repoj to be visiting a nie prior to entering convent The World's correspondent said Monsig- nor Spellman, who was attached to the Brady household for some years, is in Munich, Germany, inquiring for a convent to which Mrs. Brady may irope this sum- ted by the World in London now retire from her friends and acquain- , tances. Was Edison Executive Mrs. Brady's husband, who d the age of 51, was an exec York Edison c Electrical Light d others. and a d utilit anking im corporations He was born an Episcopalian but became a Catholic when he married Genevieve Garvan and the two were among the most notable and gener- ous donors to the Catholic church in the United States Mr. and Mrs. Brady papal duke and duchess and he was decorated With the highest Catholic honor ever conferred on an Ameri- can—the Ordino Supremo Del Chris- ‘0. M vears ¢ llion he New United company n eigh ady ral 0 10 have g dollars w for the N ASSYRIANS ARRANGE EXODUS T0 HOMELAND Group to Leave This City and Remain Abroad in Future 1 on Page Two) As soon as passport arrapgements are completed, possibly before next month, about 20 Assyrian residents | of this city will leave for their na- | tive land, Persia, to make their fu- | ture homes. Dissatisfied with present condi- tions here the exodus was planned for some time. Because of the red tape they encountered when appli- cations for passports were made, an to Washington was sent by ntatives of the od San i- an Assyrian organization to hasten t de appeal repr tan society. of this city, ture. Jobless and unemployed for some [time the number has increased from 12 to 20 during the past month with {the expectation that more will join the group when the time for the voyage draws nearer. Jar- secured the voyagers, mostly mem- bers of the Assyrian‘society, will re- main Permanently in Persia with no | thoughts of returning here. There are about 900 Assyrians in this city % THE WEATHER New' Britain and vicinity: Cloudy tonight; Saturday partly cloudy and slightly warmer, | * Yale base- | were made | In the event that the passports are | HIRED AN SOUGHT N STOW HYSTERY Bay State Couple Disappear— Farm Hand szzed SUSPECT DOUBLE MURDER Stafanovicz and Wife Vanish In May Stains, Possibly of Blood, Found on Floor—Employe Takes Money From Producc. Stow, M Aug bility of the double y couple who va spurred state to institute 8 (UP)—Possi- murder of an el- ished here last and local police a hunt for their m hand they em- acre farm. e couple m Stafanovicz and his wife, ach about 6 cttled on the farm here three years nd employed 2 man who took own name when he went to for them. He was known here afanovicz, 38 May today thei work as Jos Farm Hand Quizzed rm hand was quest polic o ago when the couple’s disappearance was revealed by their nephew, Vincent Kirton of Maynard, who is convinced they met with foul play. Police said Joseph told several conflicting stories. Then he disappeared but wy seen Wednesday night in Hudson. No of found there ter Larsen denied walls of the couple’ pattered with hlood had been found on droom floor that might have ide by blood. These would be said to one oned by weeks trace him could be Police Chief F reports that the bedroom were but said s heir report the m and had told neighbors z ~ was Vislting Danvers while her hus- band sought treatment by an nent Polish physician in Chica Kirton, who checked this statemen found tive ing farm that Mrs, relatives in o s in Danve Manages Farm When farm Property nishe posi (Continued on Page Two) FRIENDSHIP FOR BUTCHER _BLAMED IN DEATH CASE Medical Examiner Testifies Andreon Admitted Slaying Claimed Woman Unfaithful. UP—A%thons Margherita enwich home July was too friendly Medical Examin- in their 25 because the butcher, er John Al quest before Coroner John J. Phe- lan today. Dr. Clarke told talked with Andreon 1pting to kill himself, wa ed by a policeman, in a and that the man freely im firing th boarder in siella drinking the coroner he who after at- s wound- hospital admitted Andreor testified adily A Giusepp: home work Three bullets frqm reled shotgun struck Mrs. Andreon according to Dr. Clarke, one © which went through her mouth Her husband inflicted a =slight wound in his chin when he turned the gum on himself and was shot in arm by a police officer when he barricaded himself in the house and exchanged gunfire with his captors not a double bar had now been exhausted and that he | reported | Clarke testified at an in- | Legge Believes Lowest || Depression Ebb Reached || Boise, Idaho, Aug. 8 (A— Alexander Legge, chairman of the federal farm hoard, on a tour of the w declared in an in- terview here night it ap- peared to him the “bottom of the trough” had been reached in the busine depression and there would be a gradual rise to nor- mal conditions. ast || GOL. PETTY PRAISES [69TH INF, C. N, [i announcea_tna OOMIATAeT of Regiment Pleased ! With His Connecticut Boys lient from the gallows. He said he | {MAJ. BOCK LAUDS TROOPS Four Governors to Attend Divisional Review Sunday—Members of Com- pany L, Bristol. Active—Soldiers in Mimic Warfare. Ayer, Mass., Aug faction with the which the 169t essing "since it ¢ week ago by Col. Orville A officer of the praise was also Ak Buck r army training nf ficer wh ached to The regiment received \;,.(m commendation from the divisional autho the cooperative man- ner in has acted in \hr 1 ing the automobiles automobiles are numul and are Camp Devens *_Com m a was ex- regir sta he -nmr ailowe nes. According 69th regiment had to observe o manders ma the single pany cor not the use Major not faile the reg Cle to case in ey claim the play- bout the pproval very commar Fore of the period so far ose order drill- offenses and of problems. This encampment different in respects than that at Ca Trumbull. The boys seemed to be ac- complishing a great deal but work, so far at least difficult The regi this s bee forma fense an ised on d the solvin is rents wil e not go out on hivouac r giment » t the Niant play of ikes typical camp will not be ta There is ver ment. Some came to cam not left it Lowell. about 15 lack of automobiles prevents boys from going there. Aver, a s town. about three miles from here, offers nothing in the way of amuse- ome of t wn every ta best ar amuse- en who the The the hoxi An exc Company Company H of N part yesterday n during which the n brought into play. Duri |the anti-air craft gun perfected by a member of pany was used Horses which have give gun companies a great trouble became fr ned d ng H Goes 10 War Britain took ted wa e guUNS Were g the battle which was com- n machine al of iring the (Cont Two) (0AL BARGE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING RUM LOAD by 1 on Page “Frederick,” Followel Const Guard, Watched All While It 1s Unloaded. Bridgeport. Aug. Frederick, laden oal and suspected of k rum aboard overnment D. Jones company Work of ading he ke brought from Norfolk. Va and is expected In the meanwhil kept under surv searched for liquor. The Frederick followed by coast guard cutters during the en- tire trip from Virginia to Bridge- port and then seized on suspicion by federal officers. surveillance A to Br was started today to was k{3 ‘Crawlers” Start for Oil Well 18 amp | the | ™ has not hun‘ ong 110,000 Savage Tribesmen March - On Peshawar, India, Intent On Breakmg Through Last Defense | Battle That Will End in Decisive Fashion Expected Within Few Hours — British Planes Ready to Bomb Troops in Last Effort to Disperse Them-—(-ates to City Locked. Pesrawa thousand 1dvanced increasing effort the northwest front vance troops were Afridi warriors bombing pla s to repel a g his city was t not been for 2 i roward City 8 Pr—Af trit ag Move to break 3 Aug reg 1 Bara, v the lley sault upon the ral assault ened as i time The 1enac and scouts report indication of an an ea advance. every S Battle Seems Inevitable ry predicted at nc ttle within the next few might force the rdly could be avoided Ob: rs L b which st was no of confidence ow nd th now nickly to the reconnoit tribesme WOMAN DESCRIBES BARTLETT DENIES THRILLING ESCAPE ~ SEEPAGE AT POOI No Leak Stown in Test, Park Board Chairman States CONTRADICTS ~ MLYNARSKI Water Turned Into Washington Park ‘Wfle of German, Training Bo- livian Tloops in New York TELLS OF REBEL ATTACK Mrs. Kundt Says Husband Forced 10 Flee Hurriedly—She and Basin Last Night and Checked 1'p Daughter Narrowly Avoid Lynch- This Morning With No Loss Dur- ing—Going to Berlin. ing Night. Ne York Bolivia rm Bar Cha ‘ pa ally E bo phati denied that foundatien in fact for f ed by Alderman Joseph Mlynarski of the fifth that W ngton 1ming pool is defective man is any S express- revol Kundt, wife g ; ward sh York with her hter, Renate Boli ag0 ¥ reached “New today az rebels made boarded [ landed acked cir wa th rem their to Peru nta Bar a Brookly believed wou ara n pi seepage. It 1 of his employe g had d Husband Leaves llons ov ral Hans Kund surre fro. Hurriedly Pool Iilled Tast *Althou we turned edly way lass s The and ther from pool is no gro angl Alarmed 1ssians on Mayor Not Mavor Quigley se for alarm ism Rol RECEIVERSHIP ASED FOR REALTY COMPANY Milford Flednor Brmgs Action Against New Britain Firm evapor: 00l will ROBBER KILLED IN EFFORT T0 ESCAPE Negro Grahs Officer's Gun in Police Station—Shoots Two Men to show A ould not be hands of N suspe York was s Aug snatched a dete wounded two off to shoot his brides The affairs of the company are al- ady in thé hands of Harold Thomas of Milford, whom Judge john Ruf Booth of this city receiver late in w Harry ction 2 Miles Away In New Endurance Fad 8 (P miles Texarkana, Ark., Aug Crawling to an oil with a companion acting “pusher,” was a new Arkansas en- durance contest today that altra ed two sisters and four men Saying “a woman can do anything a man can” Violette Grigson and Mr Edith Crowson entere the t last night. Miss Grigson m a crawling of and knee pads. b the rney on her knees. Mr son strolled hehind pushing a carriage All of well 18 away as costume an Crow- bany this started when Gus Kennedy, nephew of Mayor L. S. | Kennedy, wagered with a frienl | that oil would not be found at the iwell. He believed It so strongly he hands 1S 1if oil said he would crawl on and knees to the well struck. It was, and a friend, J. B Browne, was forced by the bet to push a wheelbarrow behind him Crawling and shoving at night they have covered eight miles since | Sunday. Their first Wednesday and Jean Elam, far nearby town of Fouk ence gained in picking cotton wo enable them overtake two starters. With Ethridge in the role of crawler, they had covered about five miles up to last nigh Miss Grigson explained her entrance into the competition by saying she wag- jered with_her that Kenned {would not last three days, compatitorstlantered hE Ethr experi 114 to | meet the claims of the several last | tion the many obligations of t pany are long past due and th pany has no funds with whic! vound the prisoner and the head The thr creditors. Elaine Real 99 West Main was organized by The alph allarter is eity street Abra president - who is it Man op. chase into cca Sweets Bronx John Carrou- nd escaped with $15 serious condition from a min were taken to HIGH TIDE—AUGUST 9 (Standard Time) New London 9:23 a.m..9:31 p.m ‘ ) a N. Haven 11:02a.m,11:07 fering back, feoe— % |a hospital, FRENZIED MOB IN INDIANA LYNGHES NEGRO PRISONERS Storm Jail, Pound Down Walls and Tear Blacks From Cells ~—Women Gouge Bodies ANGRY CROWD BEATS BOTH UNCONSCIOUS AS BEGINNER Tear Gas Defense Fails When Thou- sand Attackers Turn Water on Guards—Efiort to Burn Dead Men Fails—Third Victim Manhbandled Before Mistake is Discovered— Gov. Threatens to Call Out Troops 1g. 8 (A—A fren- to have co! ns. stormed the s Shipp hooting airmount, o police Deeter's girl shooting on a d east of here. ammers after once use of tear gas mob smashed a hole in the jail door and zh two steel of the Clothing Torn Off v rn from his from the - of screaming him and tore r nails. He tree in the early today from the jail and Herbert Cameron policemen and surrounding 4 he would tional guard from its Ca "\p Knox, cloped. Wrong Man x‘unlqwd of the mob was Cameron was re It was discovered g Rob- as inplicated stead of on with the that of an cent rob- ernor Ha n: after the meron ted by le of arangued n direct- shed, and violence roke up into anger of & of Shipp & from the e hanged, the would be warning Wednes- his parked Ball, 19 ppeared S Riar were homes n arrested the da more violenc on o) PATRONS TO PROTEST TROLLEY RUN CHANGE Users of Chestnut St. Line Oppose Curtailment in Service ny more Through la Judge claim, th cut Co. Georg: new sched tween 6:30 n 11:50 a. m. and and from 3:50 p. m. to m. with no trolley cars ¢p- over the route at other hours days or holidays,