New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press » + ESTABLISHED 1870 HOLDING, NEW BRITAIN MAN FOR MURDERING. ROOMMATE URING -BRAWL IN DETROIT: Stanley Klllnan, Alias Kelcha, Hunted By Local Police, Arrested i Cleveland and Taken Back to Michi- gan for Trial. r \’Vlct!m of Slaying Found x: Dgad of Knife Wounds " After Fight in Speak- easy—Prisoner Had Rec- ord Here, Including Bur- | glary Charge, [ Cleveland, ‘0., Selt. 11 (UP)—| Stanley Killian, alias Kelcha, 20, of New Britain, Conn. Was in Detroit today facing murder charges in con- nection with the death of his room mate Peter Yanko. | . Killian, arrested’ Monday at the request of Detroit authorities, was returned to the Michigan tiy after he had waived extradition. 1 He admitted to local officers that | he engaged in a fight with Yanko | one night last week in a Detroit Speakeasy. Shortly afterward, Yan- | ko's body was found pierced with knife wounds. Killian sf.gm Here Word ot Killifn's arrest brought to an end a search which the local police had been making at the re- quest of the Detreit police, who were in possession of a post card &ent to hint by Florian Lasky of Bur- ritt street, this city, several months ago. Lasky is better known as Florian Laskowski, which is said to be his correct name. Killian lived at 126 Smith street, this city, when he was arrgsted in 1926 for the first time, on the charge of inj?ing property. He was 16 years Of age and Detective Ser- geant P. J. O'Mara made the arrest, judgment being suspended in police STA‘\'LE\' KILLIA court. Mo was arrested Dhc. 31, of drunkenness lrs Officer Ernest Bloomquist and placed on probation and on June 1, 1227, he ‘'was arrested- by Sergeants O'Mara and McAvay on the charge of burglary. In police court he was bound over to superior court, where he was placed on probation for one |, . year. In the correspondence addressed to the local police by the Detroit| authorities, he w3s referred to as Stanley ‘Kelcha, alias Stanley Kil- lian, but in New Britain he was known as Killian. It is believed he took the name of Kelcha after leav- ing New Britain. 20 REPORTED KILLED * IN ITALIAN ERUPTION 50 Ox More Hurt As Stromboli - Volcano . Showers Towns Messina, Italy, Sept. 11 UP—A score of persons are reported dead and 50 or more injured in the si- multaneous eruption of Stromboli volcano and an \ earthquake on Stromboli island, pne of the Aeilian group near here. When the eruption ‘occurred the volcano threw high in the air a great mass of lava which descended upon San Bardolo and other wvil- lages. oun N s oyer AN torpedo boats loaded with provisions, tents and medical supplies, as well as companies of city firemen with of- ficials, have been sent from Mea- sina to assist the victims. The eruption threw thotsands of burning rocks : high into the air. These descended on little villages which dot the countryside around 6the base of the volcano. A river of lava flowed dogvn fipon the village of San Bartolo, destroy- ing farms #nd setting fire to many buildings, _ ¢ ; LONE WOUAN OF 78 CROSSES ATLANTIC {Comes From Sweden to Visit Children in United States (GIVEN. RECEPTION HERE Sl b Mrs. Tda Selander Guest of New ‘Beflath Son Whom She Had Nat Seen for 25 Years—mlls Andree Expedltlc:n. - Perils of ocean travel dreate no fear in the mind of Mrs. Ida Se- lander, ager 78, of Gottenberg, Swe- den, who crossed the Atlantic unac- companied to Wisit her children in the United States, among them a son, Gustave Selander of 200 Chap- an street, this city. Mother and son had-hot seen each - other for 25 years. In recognition of her visit, friends of the family tendered heér a recep- tibn this afternoon at the Ghapman street home. She will sail for home from New York on Saturday. % Mrs. Selander has visited at the MRS, IDA SELANDER hémes of sons and daughters in Erie, Pa., and Tonawanda dnd Buffalo, N. Y. New Britain is her last stopping’ place. S Gustave Selander, who - resides here, is a die maker in a Hartford factory. He left Gottenbtrg in 1905. Has Keen Memory Mrs. Selander is a rtemarkably well preserved woman: Her memory is keen and she remembers vividly events which have occurred in Europe during the past generation. he reads /hér Swedish newspapers without the aid of glasses and geems to show none.of the usual indica- tions of advastcing age. Few wrinkles mar her face and still fewer are seen on her hands. She is extremely ac- tive, resides by herself in a cozy cot- tage in Gottenberg and do®s all her own housekeeping without help. She, likes America. “It is a beau- tiful and wonderful place,” she said today. Asked why she doesn’t make her home here, she remarked that She has two other children in Swe- den, and her face clouded and she struggled to keep back the tears as (Continued*on Page Two) HAZLETON PUPILS STRIKE OVER SHORT LUNCH HOUR Abogit 950 6t 1,050 Enrolled in High Sehool Walk Out—Mine-Lead- er Addresses Group. Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 11 (#—Pro- testing against luncheon period to’25 minutes since the gpenipg of the new term, the students of the Hazleton high school went on strike today. It was esti- mated that about 950 of the 1,050 enrdlled took part in the walkout. Marching from the school through the buginess section of the city the students, some of them carrying placards “Strike at High School” held a mass meeting at city Rall Where they were addressed by An- drew Mattey, veteran labor leader and former president of the United Mine Workers of the seventh dis- trict. He advised them as to meth- ods of procedure and it was decided to meet there again tomorrow morn- ing when an effort will be made to secure the intervention of Mayor James G.' Harvey and city council. restriction of their | & ! {umns up in front of the patice| station at 8:19 o'clock this morn- ing, Richard Borkowski of Francis street, who had been driving about the city day and night, his hands handcuffed to the steering wheel of an ‘automobile in an endurance| driving stunt, asked that his hands be released and Sergeant P. A. Mc- Avay accommodated him. Bork®w- ski,, noticeably affected by the loss of sleep, was able to get out of the car but apparently to be cloudy of mind. Me had been at the wheel 1143 hours. “What happened? What's going on?” he asked,.and his companion assured him there was nothing to worry about. It is believed Borkow- ski was referring to- an ac- cident whigh occurred about 3 o'clock yesterday alternoon on Main street. e was driving around Central Park and with a green traffic light allowing |h|m to pass he gtarted to furn ‘near Court street %o go around the park and proceed north on Mgin street.‘ but he was either too sleepy to see the course or momentarily con- (Continued on Page Three) Borkowski Shows Effects of Long Grind Operating Autp as He Brings Ride to End—lnvolved in Collision at Central ParkZChairman Parker Opposes Stunts. . LONERGAN BOOMED | despite ¢he EDWIN A. PARKER | PART AND MANGAN IN WORDY BATTLE Police: Chief and Lawyer Dis- _agree On Lxcense Seizure | ENGAGE m ANGRY ROW Coupsel for l)rl\er Fined for Speed- ing ObjJects Strepuously to State Permit Being Turned Over to State Commissioner. #If the chief or any other officer arrests you, charge-them with false arrest,” Judge Willlam F. Mangan advised Andrew Sowa, 37, of* 172 Spring street after today's police court session when Chief W. C. Hart and Mangan engaged in a disputé over the former's insistence that Sawa's operator's license be turned over to Motor Vehicle Commissioner R. B. Stoeckel because Officer David M. Doty had reported that Sowa had been drihiking prior to his arrest on Im street on August 30. Sowa, having pleaded guilty tn the. charge of speeding, was paying a fine of $10 and costs to Court Clerk Emil J. Danberg when the wordy battle started. “You have no right to take his license, Emil"” Judge Mangan warned, but Chief Hart asserted that Sowa would not leave the building unless his license was taken. “We'll lock him up, Judge,”,.Chief Hart concluded, and prepgred to call Officer Doty to make, thé arrest. . “Take an appeal,” Judge Mangan told Sowa in deter- indl tones. “If the chief or any other officer arrests you, charge them" witlr false arrest. The people still. have some rights in ilfl( coun- try." Argnmqn B?comes Heuted “Here, now, Judge,” Chief Harts cut in. “I let him keep his license | until today on your promise that it | would be turned in, but if you arel not going to keep your word" Judge Mangan started to reply and' (Continued on. Page Two) STILETTO PIERCED BODY “FOUND I ARRON GREEK Police Seek Man's Identity and Slay- ers in Possible Black Hand Qutrage. Akron, O., Sept. 11 (UP)—Police | were seeking today the identity of a | middle-aged man, whose stiletto- | ‘pierced body was found in the bed of | a-dry creek neahere. It is belleved he may have been the victim of & black-hand gang. - body, with three wounds in the heart and three others in the abdomen, was found by berry pick- ers a short distance off the Akron- Cleveland highway. It had been stripped of all clothing and wrap- ped in an auto robe. Authorities were striving to link the murder with the activities of | gangsters reputedly operating ex- | tortionist' rings in Canton end Akron, Kirkland and Members of Cast Held On Indecent Show Charge New York, Sept. 11 (®—=John M. Kirkiand, husband of Nancy Carroll, film actress, and the eight members off the cast of his play, “Frankie and Johnnie,” were under $500 bail each today on charges of giving an indecent performance. At the close-of the third perform- ance at Jamaica, Long Island, last night, a squad of plain' cloth®®*po- licemen led by Fifth Deputy Police Commissioner Sinnott converged ’ / ’ backstage where they arrested Kirk- land, the company and stage man- agers, the theater owner and man- ager, and the five men and three women of the cast. They were tak- en to the police station im private automobiles. All entered bail. The play, which was being given a tryout prior to a Broadway open- ing, has its setting along the St. Louis water front. The police said | successfully combattéd |dug up a part 6 the grave, |vember 16, 1929, BOY WITH RABIES IN SERIOUS STATE Bristol Child Taken fo Hospital . and May Not Recover CASE CALLED ~VIRULENT George Hodgkinson, 11, Whose Par- ents Refused to Allow Seruim Treatment When Dog Bit Him, Takes Turn For Worge. (Special to the Herald) Bristol,/ Sept. 11.—Having devel- oped a verulent case of rabies, ac- cording to physicians, George Hodg- kinson, 11, of this city, was re- moved this ~afternoon to Bristol | hospital in a critical condition. Grave fears dre held that the disease will gesult fatally. The poy was bitten by a dog in Aufust 'and an examination of the animal revealed that he was suffer- ing from rabies. For a time it was hoped that the disease could be but tdday the boy took a had turn and im- mediate hospital treatment was or- dered. Refuse Serum Treatment At the time the boy was bitten, his parents refused to allow him to tdke serum treatment urged by the authorities. Mrs. Hodgkinson was quoted as saying that several years ago two of her children failed to make complete recovery from a vag- cine treatment for smallpox and she did not wish to take another risk. At that time, George was given the vaccine treatment and suffered no il effects. The dog which bit the boy is owned by Dana Weeks of this city. George was bitten about the ears and a companion was bitten about | the nose, while they were on Farm- | ington avenue. George lives ~with his parents at 33 Atkins street. MONUMENT FOR GRAVE T BASIS OF LAW SUIT Woman Cldims Hole Wan Dug, Stone Was Not Erected Claiming that they had failed to erect a monument after they had eaving it uncovered, Mrs. J. Jedzieniak of this city has brought suit for $2,000 against Thomas C. Sryith, Philip J. Smith and Edward J. Smith, doing busigess under the name of T. C. Smith™& Sons of this city based on the alleged failure to carry out the contract. The plaintiff claims .that on No- she made a con- tract with the defendants for the erection of ‘a monument in fhe Sa- | cred Heart cemetery in this city | giving $290 as a down payment to begin its erection. It is further claimed in the com- plaint - that representatives of the company dug up a part of th? grave, throwing the dirt over the plot in an untidy manner, and never_returned to complete the work. Attorney B. J. Monkiewicz rep- | resents the plaintiff and Deputy Sheriff Matthew Papciak served.the | papers. The case will be tried in the | superior court on the fifth Monday | of September. | dicted the nomination of Augustine | | Lonergan_ of Hartford for congress | | ain for sheriff of Hartford county. | sured Paonessa that the delegation AGAINST PAONESSA FOR CONGRESSAN Sentiment for Hartford Man Re, ported Growing At New : London NEW BRITAIN EX-MAYOR SUGGESTED FOR SHERIFF ‘ / Candidates From This City Re{vorted; in Spirit For Contest—Gets Some S\upport Frgm Hartford and Bris- tol—McDonough ‘Wants Demand For Dry Lay Repeal in Democra- tic Platform. (Special to the Herald) Eastern Point, Sept. 11.—Demo- cratic leaders of the first congres- glonal district, here today for the state convention of their party, pre- | and proffered support to former | Mayor A. M. Paoncssa of New Brit- Paonessa is the only avowed can- didate for the congressional nom- ination, Lonergan having declined to discuss his reported candidacy fact that his boom, launched last night and continued thig morning before the business of the day was reached, appeared to be in the hands of "his closest friends ’ Paonessa May Fight | The former New Britain mayor made no statement concerning the office of sheriff, but from his head- quarters came word that he will carry his fight for the congressional nomination into the genvention. Lomergan and Paonessa were both registered at the Griswold House, convention headquarters, but they Gfd not meet each other. Attor- ney Henry J. Calnen of Hartford, the nominee in 1926, spent skveral hoWrs at Paonessa headquarters as did also Attorney John Blackall of Hartford, mentioned assa possible candidate for the democratic nom- ination but who has declined offers,| of support and decided to remgin out of the race. While not com- mitting“themselves to a definite Promise they admitted the poten- tial strength of Paonessa as a dis- trict candidate to be promising. Some Support in Hartford While the boom for Lonergan went on, Hartford democrats as- from their city would give him & large measure of support despite the fact that a man from their own city was his opponent. Lonergan and the organization forces in Hart- ford have been at odds for several year. Two years ago when He re- ceived the nomination for United States senator, he failed to win the support of his home city, the dele- gates véting for Robert P. Butler who was put forth as an 11th hour rival backed by the Capital City or- ganization forces, Dutton Fayors Paonessa *Attorney Joseph F. Dutton of Bristol, twice the party's candidate for congressman in the *first district last night reiterated his promise of support for the Paonessa candidac Dutton is chairman of the democra- tic town committee in Bristol and is & member of the delegation which wilk name the candidate. Judge William F. Mangan, chair- man of the New Britain delegation to the state convention, was unable to ba} present and the dblegates were fed by Attorney Thomas F. McDonough, vice chairman. Attorney MeDonough went to 619 (Conflnued on Page Three) (ROWTHER SPEAKER AT 30 WARD QUTING New York Congressman to ‘Address Republicans Sept. 20 Congressman Frank Crowther~of the Schenectady, district will | Wil be the principal speaker at the | annual outing of the Third Ward | Republican club at Lake Compounce on Saturday afternoon, September 20, Donald L. Bartlett, president of the club, announced today. According to Mr. Bartlett, Con- gressman Crowther is an authority on the tariff. He is a member of the ways and means committee, service on which, it is said, has given him a keeny irfsight into the tariff question. He 18 now on a speaking tour of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. President Bartlett said today that he expected an attendance of about 500 at the outing. Barbecued sheep | will bé served at the dinner. Postmaster Herbert E. Erwin, Eugene J. Porteriand Edward W. Irving constitute the dinner com- mittee. Howard Timbrell is arrang- | ing a program of music And William | H. Judd is in | tribution. Candidates on the republican state ticket and the nominee for | congressman will be invited to at- tend. charge of ticket dis- | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday. warmer tonight. their principal objections was to the language used, e i e % [ * * HIGH TIDE—SEPTEMBER 12 s (Standard Time) | N. Londori 11:48 am.,11:50 pm. | | N. Haven 12:50 a.m.;1:01 p.m. | | * | — | O’Sullivan, | Swedish balloonist, ‘larged by the Associated Press late | pletely. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1930- —TWENTY-TWO PAG* _—.—_—;_—___— Endurance Driver With Foggy Mind Relieved of Handcuffs By Police; At Wheel 115 Hours Wlthout Sleep Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg S 15,077 ept. 6th . ) PRICE ‘THREE CENTS DEMOCR..i: KfiEAI] STATE TICKET WITH DEAN CROSS SELECTED FOR GOVERNOR; “WET" PLANK ADOPTED IN PLATFORM Volstead and 18th Amendment Repeal Most Important Point | in Party Stand—DBusi- ness Administration Also Promised. Completion of Trunk Line Highways, Pension Sys- tem, Unemployment Re- lief, Investigation of Public Rates l;roposed. Service ~&astern Point, Sept. 11 (A—The chief points of the platform adopted | by the democratic convention today are: Repeal of the and Yolstead act. Pledge for a good business ad- ministration. Adoption of a state pension 'sys- tem as a security against want in old age. A commission to study the prob- lem of unemployment and its relief. More facilities for care of tuber- culosis patients. More good roads in rural districts. - Completion of the trunk-line sys- tem of highways and building of Merritt highway, beautification of highways and extension of state| parks. ! To take out the clauses in tax laws. Investigation of the tax system. Maintenance of a non-partisan | judiciary in cities and towns. Investigation of rates for public| utilities services. Opposition. to political interfer- ence with educational affalrs. A declaration that the state should be ruled by its people and not “by and for the benefit of an invisible” machine.” The republican party, in the pre- amble, is held responsible for pres- ent Industrial depression. Receives Drafts The resolutions committee which last night received from a pre- convention sub-committee a draft of planks did not tackle the task of putting the document into fifial form. Philip Troup was chairman and Mr. Citron of Middletown secretary. President Moore and Secretary J. J. Egan of the Federation of Labor | spoke in behalf of the plank to re- peal the 1Sth amendment, by au- thority of the recent session of the | Connecticut body. Other planks were | offered and as the volume of matter | was considerable the grist went to a“sub-committee consisting of Fran- cis P. Guilfoile of Waterbury, Thom- | as N. Hewes of Farmington, P. B. L. Maloney of Meriden, E. T. Buckingham of Bridgeport, Frank P. Fenton of Willimantic, Augustine Lonergan of Hartford, with Mr. Citron as secretary. The committee wrestled until 4 a. m. with the subject matter and final- ly evolved a declaration which was aceptable to the full committee 18th Amendment confiscatory | | (Continued on Page Three) VETERAN WOUNDED IN '18 GOES 10 U. . HOSPITAL —~— Joseph Covaleski Goes to Brooklyn for Treatment for Shrapael In- | mobile owned by Michael Keough of AVERY INLINE FOR_ NEW HOSPITAL JOR: May Be Appointed Enginer At Newington Institution POSITION T0 PAY §3,800 Brig. Gen. Hines Says Former Com- ; mander of Eddy-Glover Post Will Be Favorably Considered If He Desires Appointment, By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau, N. B. Herald)® Washington, Sept. 11 — Nathan Avery, past commander of the Eddy- Glover post, American Legion, of New Britain, stands an excellent chance of being appointed mechani- cal engineer at the new Veterans’ NATHAN C. AVERY Bureau hospital at Newington, Conn. it was learned here today. , The new fnstitution is scheduled to open Jan 1, 1931, and if Avery is appointed he will take office at that | time or shortly after. The position, which is under the federal civil serv- ice, pays $3,800 a year to start. Substantial advancement is possible. It was said at the office of Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans' affairs, that it Avery still desires the position next Janu- | ary his application very probably will be given favorable considera- tion. Nathan C. £Lvery was commander of Eddy-Glover post in 1928 and commander of the local post of the | Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1926. During the World war he was an | ensign in the pavy flying corps. He | lives in Maple Hill where he is a justice of the peace. He is em- ployed by the New Britain Machine Co.l ot (MAN TAMPERING WITH * AUTOMOBILE ARRESTED Meridenite Admits ‘Offense and Will Be Arraigned Tomorrow Morning. Caught tampering with an auto- 59 Cedar street while it was parked on North street this afternoon, Wil- liam Hesse, 31, of 84 Reservoir avenue, Meriden, ran away but was jury to Head | Joseph Covaleski, 378 East street, | a iveteran of the First Division, A.| E! F,, or “Pershing's Own” as it was known, has entered the Brook- | lyn Naval hospital for treatment | for a shrapnel wound in the head, received while he Was stationed at | Cantigny France, on June 7, 1918 Mr. Covaleski was with the First division when it was stationed with | the British and received a division- | al citation for bravery. He hasbeen | gassed and shell shocked, in addi- | tich to the shrapnel wound. *|in police court tomorrow. | where his own car was disabled on pointed out to Supernumerary Ofi- cer John Kranzit on Spring street nd arrested. He will be arralgned Mr. Keough reported to Captain Kelly at police headquarters that ‘he caught Hesse about his car and aft- er the arrest Hesse is said to have admitted that he intended to drive it to a garage near No. 4 reservoir account of tire trouble. Sergeants fcAvay and Flynn of the detective bureau went to the reservoir ani found Hesse's car there as he claimed. Photo Shows Third Skull Near Andree Camp, Mi New York, Sept. 11 (#—The pos- | sibility that a ird skull may have been photographed unknowingly and left behind by the Norwegian expedition of Dr. Gunnar Horn, which solved the 33 year old mys- tery of the disappearance of the Dr._ Solomon August Andree, developed here to- day. When a photograph of the land- ing place of the expedition was en- last night a well preserved skull was found resting among the rocks on the desolate terrain of White Is- land. Cables to Oslo and London developed the fact that no one there had noticed the object, which blended into the picture so com- }The issed By Searchers’ expedition leaders were in ignor- ance of the relic shown in the pic- ture of the landing place and it may be that this is the one located by the newspaper expedition aboard the whaler Isbjoern last Sunday. newspaper expedition, which set out to search for the returning Horn party aboard the Bratvaag, | proceeded to White Island after they had missed the Norwegian scientist. Cables September 7 told of the finding of additional relics of the balloon party, including a skull. In Dr. Horn's own story he de- scribed in detail the place where the skull and bones believed to be those of Andree were found. He said it was under the ball of a mountain Between two mounds of earth a short distance away from | necticut democrats | resolution Formgr Yale Graduate School Head Chosen | By Acclamation—= | Leary of Waterbury to Run for Second Place. Conferences Far Intc Night On Nominee’s De- mand That He Choose Own'State Chairman and Secretary End in Victory for Educator. Eastern Point, Sept. 11 (A—Dean Wilbur L. Cross of New Haven, was pominated today as the democratic | candidate for governor at the state | convention here. | by acclamation. He was selected THere wefe mo other nominations. Amidst wild acclaim from the delegates, Dean Cross, who- retired last Jume as head of Yale univer- sity's graduate school, accepted the nomination and pledged himself to challenge the rule of the republican party in Connecticut. Cheer for Nominee The delegates rose to their feet and cheered for several minutes as Mr. Troup finished his speech. Prof. William R. Vance of Yale followed Mr. Troup and seconded the nom- ination of Dean Cross. Professor Vance spoke of him as a great scholar and teacher and dwelt upon the high regard in which he is held at Yale. “But,” he said, “he is not the kind to put a high hat upon a high brow." Professor Vance called him & “real executive, a real adginistra- tor” as exemplified by his building up the Yale graduate sghool. Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch of Co- lumbia was the second to endorsze the name of Dean Cross. She, too, lauded his career as an educator, and said the dean was 4 man whé knows “the problems of the poor man as well as the rich"” Mayor Edward T. Buckingham of Bridgeport, described by Conven- tion Chairman Cummings as a “‘won- derful and dependable democrat.” was given an ovation as he tvok the platform to suport Dean Gross’ ean- didacy. Another to second the nomi- nation was Abraham S. Bordon of Hartford. Roar Sweeps Hall THee were no other nominations for ¥he office of governor. A oar’ |swept the hall as Dean Cross' name |was placed before it. The delegates rose to their feet and cheered 'loud- ly for “the next governo- of Connec- ticut.” A committee was appointed to rescort the gubernatorial nominee to the rostrum. While the committee waited upon Dean Cross, the reso- lutions committee presented its platform calling for, among- other things, repeal of the 18th amend- (Continued on Page Two) WALSH SAVES PARTY HARMONY IN CLASH Meriden Chairman Offers to Resign to Halt Arguments Eastern Point, Sept. 11 (A—Con- today brought their fight over the management of the party and the fall campaign to the floor of the state convention here, but it was quickly over in a sudden gush of harmony. ‘What threatened to be a serious controversy was dispelled by the present state chairman, James J. Walsh of Meriden. To him goes the credit of making this the most har monious gathering of democracy in 30 years. Bitter feeling was aroused over an attempt, made in the form of : introduced by Phili: Troup of New Haven, to empowc Dean Wilbur L. Crossy the party's nominee for governor, with the right to select the chairman of the stat central committee. Dean Cross wac reported as opposing the continueu reign of Walsh. John Walsh of Norwalk, a mem ber of the state committee, termed the resolution ari “insult” and an nounced his intention of resigning if it were adopted. This loosed a floo: of oratory. An effort to table the resolution was voted down, and then Chairman Walsh ascended the rostrumyi to avert the threatening storm. Al though asserting that he and Sec- retary Sydney Lypch had sufficient votes to resist any ouster move, Walsh pleaded that the resolution be allowed to pass “in the interest of harmony.” After Walsh had made his con- ciliatory speech, the crowning touch . ' Leaders Ignorant of It As far as could be asCertained the (Continued on Page Two), (Continued on Page Two)