New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 2

SOCIETY ARRIVES FOR YACHT RACE (Continued From First Page) ing fans arrived by train and bus and steamer and filled the hotels, cottages and summer boarding | houses down in the town. By to-| night, it was predicted, there won't be a room available in Newport at any price. Whole Register Included A list of the craft here or ex- pected here sometime today reads| like a register of yachts. The Vi ing, with George F. Baker and his| guests, Mr. and Mrs. W. Goadby Loew, aboard, was here yes anchored neat Sir Thon Erin, with its queer, flarin And near the Vik Tolanda, which will carry M Taylor of New York and h SR T Algerian ‘Whoopee’ Club Closed Befbre Opening Chicago, Sept. 12 (® — Parro- quet may ean “whoopee” to Al- BELIEVE IT OR NOT (On request. sent with sampe§. ad- dressed envelops, Mr. Ripley will furnish Droof of anything depicted by him). (Reg. U. & Pat Of) » BY RIPLEY gerians but not to Capt. Willi Delaney of the Chicago av police station. As a result, David (Cock-Eyed Mulligan) ~ Ablin's latest Gold Coast night club, the Club Parro- quet, was closed on its opening night. Ablin, former owner of the Club Algiers, the Epicure club and the Maison Ritz, sent engrav- ed cards to his former clientele vesterday announcing the “grand opening of the Club'Parroquet.” The card announced that Parro- quet meant “whoopee” in Al- glers. apt several district squad. e Waits for Race Money, Dies in Hotel Room \Excelsior Springs, Mo., Sept. 12 (A—For four months George C. Gair, 60, beljeved to be a resident of Chicago, waited in Excelsior Springs for two men. to mest him and return $60,000 he said he lost [ in horse Tace betting. The money, Gair told police, was lost when he went to Reno, Nevada, with W. A. Langley and F. G. Williams, casual acquaint- ances met with in = Little Rock, Ark. After reporting the $60,000 wager lost, one of the men, who represented himself as g betting commissioner, told_Gair he would meet him heré and he would re- turn the money. | That was in May. Through June, July, August and into Sep- tember, Gair kept his vigil. Last night Gair was found dead in his hotel room. Heart disease was blamed by physicians, Authorities found a bank bpok, out to the race ‘Way-Farer, owr rich, vice com York Yacht clu memb cooks were told and nd coats an the Enterprise after guard, rode at fucicrtgant anchor near the Vara, which belongs to Harold S. Vanderbilt, skipper - the Enterprise. And down near the New York Yacht club dock was the Resolute, winner of the cup years ago, with her owner, E T ‘W. Clark of Philadelphia, aboard. Manvilles Arrive v The Hi-F with her r. Edward Manville of New Yor aboard the H Mrs. H. Edward Manville, and Mrs. George B. Coe, Mrs. Dwight C. Harris, and F er. Mrs. Jun arrive some time Morgan's big black Among the other socicty not who arrived last n pected today were Colgate Hoyt of Oyster Bay Tide; Mr. and Mrs. lory of Milton Point Seaward; William Bu New York, chairm committee, o B. Lambert of e owner of the Vanitie, or tic; Oliver Gould Jennings of Ne York, on the Whippet; Mr. and M Horace Binney of Boston, on Queen Mab; Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. demand for new residence Liggett of Boston, on the Amble ldings and a consequent slacken- Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Sears of ing of building operations. Boston, on the Constellation: Herh- “The many new homes erected in ert L. Dillon of New York, on ths | the Lincoln district should have a Hardi Biaou; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Oellrichs of Nek York, on the Cressida; Commodore Vincent Astor of the New York Yacht club, on the | Nourmahal; Arthur Curtiss Jame on the Aloha, and Eldridge Johnson of Philadelphia, on o hool attendance in ommodated by the mp schools is plain- due to creased number of tail stores in the section and its ened use for residence purposes. “The losses in the districts cov- ered the (a) Elihu Burritt and schools; (b) the Washing- nd Bartlett schools; (c) the "berlain, Smith and Roosevel: s are probably due to a de- section kwell Gerard | in the Lincoln school. The increases in attendance in'tha listricts covered by (a) the North- end school; (b) the Vance schook (c) the Stanley school, and (d) the Israel Putnam school indicates a Caroline. | steadye increase in the number of Many Estates Closed |nomes in the vicinity of these While the harbor is crowded with | schools. yachts, however, many of the biz| “The large increase in the Frank- estates have been closed for tho|lin school has already resulted in season. ‘The'weather had turned|the erection of an eight room addi- cool and Bailey's Beach, “the most |tion to that building. exclusive spot in America,” was al-| “It is evident that most deserted yesterday. Entertain- |school room for elementary grades ments in connection with the r 1 be needed in the Nbrthend and will be ‘for the most Stanley districts. With careful plan- and informal. | ning it will probably be possible to - OF TRADE SCHOOL part small room indicated or in prospect at time. The Senior High school needs have been satisfactorily met by the new adlition and the renovation of the older parts of the school plant. | For = vears, or until such time :ndance of the Senior High xceeds 2,000 pupils, present plant should be adequ 1s the need for additional school (Continued From First Page) the General Electric Co. at Lynn | .. as & mechanical and electrical en- gineer. He went to Torrington in “I do not e it 1915 as an instructor in the dr the present time to urge a ing department of the state tradecreased accommodations for Junior school, and in 1918 he became direc- tendency to increase the attendance | additional | the| | tor of the school. He is a member of Sencca lodge, A F. and A. M, of that city, a . Past noble grand of the Torrington | lodge of Odd Fellows and holds a prominent place in the religious life of the city. | He is chairman of the finance| committee of the Torrington Meth- | odist church, a member of the of- ficlal board of the church and for vears was assistant general superin- tendent of the Sunday school. He holds four or five official positions in the church He is a member of t governors of the Torr C. A. and is chairman of sical department co chalrman of the Litchfield co council of religious education. Mr. and Mre. Wilbur have children. board of ittee JONIOR 1.5, ROOHS. SUPT. HOLNES SATS (Continued From First Pa cant and interesting facts. The attendance in cer- he city 1 fons have ele- sections creased; other mained practically still other secti decreases 1928 1 “The total dance for L has not increased perfod. The averag in the two inereased The average dail Senfor High 174. For the we have there has crease in dance in paroc “The foregoi seeni to indicate th no need for ings during Such a co ranted, that the popt city have t cent vears. the following f The follov in- bee This s crease ele the total at- tendance in ntary schools | since 1928 will be reflected n the Junior High schools within the next wo years, and unless a much larger per cent than usual of the classes trom Grade VI of the elementary schools enters the Junior High schools, there will be no extraor- dinary increase in the Junior High schools that will call for enlarged Junior High school capacity Rockwell Vocational School “The marked decrease in the at-| e in Grades I to VI inclusiv mp and Rockwell gchools, with the discontinuance of Grades VII and VIII mp school beginning with the school year in ade it seem | 16 elementary and to discon- ol committee au- action has made it ke of the Rock- cial vocational 10 are f the are 1ding as a s to be or r therator n in some to rema their hool bec rcademic 1 to 1 fit e in chool n opport these twd schools in the | | 3 f | | | | | | 2l i | | i | e MINE " 4 o\ A FREAK oF NATURE STRANGE ICE FORMATIONS AND MAMMOTH ICICLES . FORM DURING HOT WEATHER - AND THAW OUT IN COLD WEATHER. ° Coudersport, Pa. a%l0 REWARD WAS OFFERED | _ FOR THE RETURN OF . ANDREW JOHNSON LANGFORD HIT COLIN BELL ON THE CHIN AND BROKE Hig ANKLE EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY’S CARTOON Mount Kenya On the Equator is Covered With Snow—NMount Kenya, in the Kenya Col- | ony of East Africa, is situated on the equator. While its base swelters in a tropical tem- 5 degrees, its summit (17,047 feet high) is covered with perpetual snow. This | vertical transition from tropical heat to an arctic climate is one of the bizzarest phenomena perature of 1 of nature. | Frank Wetzel—Frank Wetzel, while playing with the Tlint, Michigan, team of the On- tario league in October 1920, made 22 hits in 23 times up, including 2 homers, 7 triples, and TOMORROW-—The $350,000,000 Signature | 8 doubles. Siterwovd PREYDENT © 1990, King Pesiorey Sysdate, Inc. Great Briit righta rescrvod with apparent deposits of $350,- 000 in the La Salle street bank, Chicago, in th® hotel room. 1S NE(THER BALD - MR IS \T AN EAGLE. not unmindful of the ‘cordial co- operation of teaching and administrative staff who have so ably contributed to the success of the year's work. The continued support and confidence of the school committee is grategully acknowledged.” GURTES WRITES WIFE OF HURRICANE SCENE (Continued From First Page) fiy from the roofs of all of our neighbors. Next, we heard part of |our own roof tear loose from the recr of the house and saw some of it catch on the electric light wires across the street. “After a long #me the wind changed to the east and then stop- ped almost suddenly, and“the cun tried to shine through the clouds. We looked about the - house and found that, beyond the loss of the roof, the damage was not very great. Then we walked across to the office. We strolled back to the house very soon, stopping to talk to Clark (American consul), the front half of whose second story had collapsed. “Almost immediately after getting back to the house, Ramierez asked me if T had noticed the barometer— {1t was 717 mm (28.22 inches), far the lowest I have ever seen. I knew at once that we were in the middle of the hurricane—not finished with it—and I called all the servants into the kitchen, where Chick, the cook, had found no cause for excitethent earlier except that the north window had blown in and'the refrigerator out, “We were greatly disappointed Cowper THORNHILL RODE 213 MILES IN 12 HRS, 17 MIN. sh\'bp;az., T Qe 312 mag) school for boys and girls who are| now stranded in the elementary | schools. Exhibit In 1920 an exhibit of the work of | |21l departments and phases of the | school work was prepared and offer- | ed for, the inspection of the public. | { In the ten years since, the city and | | the schools have grown considerably. Here are presented figures which show to some degree the increases tendance and school property: | 1920: School enumeration, total enrollment pupils, 11,- | average daily attendance, §,- | valuation school property, $2 number school buildings, hool rooms, 319; num- ers, School enumeration, | total enrollment pupils, 15, average daily attendance, 12 aluation school property, $7,- ,150; number school buildings, 28; number school rooms, 524; num- ber of teacher, 502 | “The comprehensive education ex- hibit presented in April, 1930, was intended tq present to the citizens of ew Britain and to interested visi- | tors the aims of the schools; the | ways and means employed to reali these aims; the work of the pupils | of all grades and types; and the wel- | by the school department The new Senior high school addi- tion afforded a very satisfactory and adequate space for such an exhibit, one of the prominent features of the exhibit being tfie Senior high and Trade school plants themselves. “It is probable that 20,000 people inspected thg school work displayed and witnessed the live exhibits of school activities in the auditorium and gymnasium during the four days of the exhibit. Many visitors from qther towns and cities|viewed the displays and expressed their appre- ciation of the evidence shown of the character of our school system “Great credit is due to all mem- 15 of the school staff for their whole hearted and fine cooperation in making the exhibit a success. Th> execitive committee, Mr. Louis P. Slade, Miss Mary Campbell, m C. French, ord, Mr. Harry ¢ Van Cott, Mr. Miss Adele Bas- and Mr. Ed- is entitled to un- ion’ for its worl duct. control and Mr. Wi Coi@ ls, Mr. erett D, Packard . Miss Helen B E. Week: e general con. allation of t} s Nt shows was Holmes' h report) t the element- 10 per cent the Junior High §2 or 182-10 | per cent expended school nior 1,938.9 1810 pe dankiwan d for per the school purposes This amount expended fo rol hools 32 schools 10 per cent, | 61, fare and hedlth service carried on | High } For Senior High school, $4,119.63, 119-10 per cent. For Evening | 11 3-10 per cent. For {nstruction, a total of $973, 6 was expended for all schools. schools, $3,899.92, This is 76 7-10 per cent of the total | amount expended for all school pur- poses. This amount expended for general centrol was distributed as follows: in school enumeration, school at-| For Elementary schools, $430, 21; 29 721 50'4-10 per clnt. For Junior High schools, 022.21, 30 per cent. For Senior High schools, 358.30, 18 3-10 per cent. For evening schools, 13-10 per cent. © operation of school plants, a of $119,602.33 was ‘expended for all schools. This is 9 4-10 per cent of the total amount expended for all schools for all school pur- poses. This was distributed among the schools as follows: For Elementary schools, $68,840.- 40, 57 8-10 per cent. For Junior High schools, $22,560.- 49, 18 9-10 per cent For Senior High school, $15,783.- 13 2-10 per. cent. For Evening schools, 49-10 per cent. For Trade 0 per cent For maintenance of school plants a totol of $91,263.14 was expended for all schoo This is 7 2-10 per cent of the total amount expended | for all schools for all school pur- peses. This was distributed among the schools as follows: | For Elementary schools, $39,883.- 13, 43 7-10 per cent | For Junior High school, $23.401.. 3. 256-10 per cent For Seplor High school, §2 | 18, 298-10 per cent | For Trade school, per cent $292, $178, $12,101.03, $5,848.00, school, Tee $701.40, 9-10 Henry Goldsmith & Co. 35 MAIN STREET e e SIMMONS HEADQUARTERS Beauty Rest and Deep Sleep Mattresses — Ace Springs - Quilts ‘ And Blankets Wool and part wool have d price — experts. when the hurricane after the second part had equalled the duration of the first, but it kept on and on until long after dark, I cannot fay when it stopped. because For auxiliary agencies for all schools a total of $49,877.87 was ex- pended. This is 3.9 per cent of the |total amount expended for all, | schools for all school purposes. This | was distributed among the schools as follows: For elementary schools: [‘ 6.75; 69.6 per cent. For junior high schools: $9,207.- §5; 18.4 per cent. * For Senior High school: 12 per cent. ‘ Costs Per Pupil | Figured on the foregoing state- ment of expenditures, and based | cpon the average daily attendance, | | the total cost per pupil in each di- | vision of the schools was as follows for the year 1929-1930: | Elementary Junlor Senior Ave. ually, but with occasional short but flerce guests. Somewhere about 7 o'clock Ramierez and I and Hon (the Chinese house boy), moved to the pantry, where we were more comfortable and drier. "Well, we spent the night there, Ramierez sleeping quite well on the shelf( too short for me) under the china clos- ets, I sleeping a couple of hours al* together, most uncomfortably in my chair with my feet on a stool, and Hon sleeping hugging his knees on the table. SR “Timothy (a Negro servant) got caught by the second part of the storm and says the man walking $34.- $5,013.- o | | General all members of the did not cease | it decreased in violence very grad- | $6,029.83, | INLATD Linoleums $2.31 5534 |, Controt s 100.5 Instruction | Operation of Plants Maintenance of Plints Auxiliary Agencies Totals 75.18 3 {l “This statement is significant and [ warrants caretul consideration as | well as comparison with cost figures in other citles of the same class as ew Britain “It may well be asked Whether |it should coet, to provide echooling for a pupil of the Senior High school, three times'as much as it | does for the pupils of the elemen- | tary schools. The larger differences | in costs for both junior high and senior” high schools as compared | with “elementary schools lie in the items of instruction and mainte- | nance of plants. These items should be carefully studied for the purpose of explaining fully thege difterences, if not for securing a reductien of the, difterences. (e Conclusion “In concluding this report, 1 am | OPP. GLEN STREET Rl‘l’F‘L‘FD Curtains Kriss Kross or regu- lars. .dotted, figured goods. $1.00™ ropped in installed by L Curtains Variety of ticks. ‘ Full sl WATER COLOR Shades All Colors. 49¢ ACE width, 00" of distinction 69(: 1o 32.35 set T VELVET Stair Carpet R Cottage Setsw \ j Pe: Ox12 FELT BASE $6.98 $1.00°" | Kirsch Rods Linoleum REMNANTS 50¢ ™51 $1.49™ ugs rfects —_— Visit Our Rug and Carpet Department (a typical Goldsmith Value)—9x12 | R T T S P S T TR Axminster Rug, $23.95 FrRere i e e IR with him was killed by flying corrugated iron. Mr. Curtis quoted Captain Silva of the Red Cross as a piecp of saying that the hurricane was “far worse than Porto Rico got two years ago. STATE POLICE STOP ~ NOTARY FEE RACKET (Continued From First Page) duct examinations are notaries pub- lic and that they are authorized to witness applications as such, the fee therefor being included in the $5 paid to the policemen. Those making use of private notaries have paid 50 cents extra without any reason, the bselectman was told. J Hamlin and hi§ son went to the | garage several days ago and became |embrpiled“ in a dispute with the notary who, according to the gelect- {man, was creating the impression {that his service at 50 cents was re- quired for each: person assfsted. When they reached the examining officer, after paying the 50 cents, they were told that they had dpent their money needlessly since notarial service is a part of the officer's work. \ BRISTOL WOMAN BLAMES SERUM FOR SON'S DEATH (Continued From First Page) ’brother. Irving Hodgkinson, this city. The funeral took place from the late home at 3:30 o'clock this aft- ernoon, when Miss Alice White, Christian Science reader, read, serv- ices. Burial followed in West ceme- tery. ‘ The head of a dog owned by one Mr. Ellls og Burlington avenus was said by Dog Warden Ryan today to have veterinarian, but no report has as yet been received. He says that it is probable that a strict quarantine on dogs will be put into effect by state officials because of the Hodg- kinson death. In the meantime, he advises residents'to keep their pets leashed. so as not to endanger other people’s lives. INVESTMENT TALKS N PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Continued From First Page) all of could be carried out. “It wouldn’t be possible to make the children over into investment experts, I realize, but lectures might stimulate thought on the subject and Thelp prepare them for their future lives.” EXILED ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CAPTIVE N BOARD CREISER (Continued From First Pagé) yesterday with the utmost secreey. Troops™ kept even newspapermen away from the scene. Hé was un- derstood to be convalescent from his illness, which was diagnosed as pneumonia. | The ministry of marine today pub- |lished announcement of dissolution of the third naval division contain- ing theé gunboats Rosario, Parana, Independencia, and Libertad, all of “"hich entered the port of Buenos been sent to a Waterlry | Aires under the ofder of the de- posed administration in the last days preceding its ‘fall. oy The United States Chamber of Commerce in the Argentine has |cabled a description of the recent W |revolt to the United States Chamber of Commerce and has asked full support for the new provisional gov- ernment, which it said “merits cup- port and confidence.” Ships passing out to sea from Buenos Aires today infofmed La Nacion that the General Belbsano at nightfall was . anghored in Buenos Aires roads. about 11 kilometers dis- tant from the north entrance of the channel to the port. The cruiser at that time wvas outside the foute of a-going vessels. . Representatives of the parfies of the opposition to the fallen govern- ment—that is of the present govern- ment party—assembled in‘a joint | meeting last night and deciddd to begin a campaign of education throughout the country. This move- ment will be aimed at'explaining to the Argentine people the significance of the revolytion and the egact po- litical situation of the republic. Later alcourse of action will be planned for establishment of a new permanent government for the country. No Word in Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 12 (P —nothing has been seen or heard here of the Argentine cruiser, Gen- eral Gelgrano, which has the de- posed president, Hipolito Irigoyen, aboard. The General Belgrano was sup- posed here today to have left La Plata at noon yestefday for this city which would have made it arrive here eagly last evening. An official reception for the Argentine just be- ginning his exile was planned. The cruiser has not answered re- peated radiograms sent by ‘the aue- thorities here, who based their ex- pectations of the former president's arrival upon official information from the embassy at Buenos 4ires. MAY FIGHT REPORT - ON STORM DAWAGE Fifth Ward Conncil Members Reported Dissafi§fied Opposition to the report of the common council claims committee, in which rejection is recommended of nine claims totalling approxi- | mately $7,800 for damage to prop- | erty and drowning of baby chicks on Broad, Burritt and . Clinton streets and Farmington avenuc in a heayy rainstorm® on July 6, was forecast today. Alderman Joseph Miynarski of the fifth ward called at the city clerk's office -and obtain- ed a copy of the minutes of a' coun- cil meeting in 1929, at avhich claims for damage by a flood in the Belvi- dere section were paid, and it is ex- pected that he and other fifth ward members will fight for rejection of the committee report at the meet- 4ng next Wednesday night. | Mayor George A. Quigley ix in favor of the report of the commit- tee and 18 éxpected to take the floor it nécessary to force its adoption. In thé mayor's opinion no sterm water sewer could have taken care of the downpour of rain on July 6. He classes the occurrence as ‘“an act of God” and does hot believe the city should pay the damage. BLIND HANDLE MAIL 4 New York—Brooklyn bureau of charities has been experimenting with the handling of mail by blind women for some tine. Fifteen of them, engaged in lotter-shop activ- ity, have handled 217,317 pieces of mail since last November. 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