New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1930, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. ND INVESTIGATION | OF LIGHTING RATES Boyle Takes Umbrage at Intima-| tion Probe Is Afoot 1 The purpose of the appointment of & committee of six members of the common council to confer with officials of the Connecticut Light & Power Co. in an effort to obtain low- er rates not an investigation in any sense of the word., Councilmar W. D. Boyle declared at the orga zation mecting of the committee las night. He said he presentc what it fort to obtain resented the d newspaper mention ng had given to th planned to invest ticut Light & Power Co. Other mem proper proc matter was of the company and request such a con at early date. Members of the commit- tee, all of whom were present, are Councilmen Boyle, Macora and Greene, Aldermen Johnson, Parker and Falk. is resolution which council meant amely, *“an ef- nd he ch e meet- that Connec to th tained lower r implicatior wh of the dure to confer of t was vote to take with rence REDS MAKE APPEAL T0 CORBIN FORCES Isgne Special Handbill Appeal- ing to Workers in Plants A new publication - pearance on the streets of ain last night, copies being tiously thru, into doors, bencath doors a persons who appeared ingmen or laborers The publicati ot yellow paper, t headed “The Corbi neath the title und the “Issued by the communist nucleus e Corbin sho The issue d last s No. 1 and the price was one t, but nobody paying for a “paper. The text on the front page con- tains a message to the Corbin work- es, saying “This is the first issue of the Corbin Worker, issued by th communist party members working in the various departments. Its pur- pose is to organize the w in this shop into a strong uvnion.” Ne surrep w Br slots in d to work- 1d to be heets and is Be- | words party is of two written Worker is ted night wa was seen rkers fightin Further on it urges all workers in the Corbin shop to send in all the news in each department for publication in the “paper. The r quest adds, “we will not publish names, but we will keep absolutely confidential, in order not to expose the workers to the hosses ir the shops.” ~ ny it D ——————— Overnight News ] l——_—_—l By the Associated Press. Domestic Albany, N. Y.—T Tammany in speech accepting re- publican gubernatorial nomination ‘Washington — Secretary Hyde lauds Chicago board of trade's ac- tion to discourage short fereign wheat Columbus, O.—Collapse of grand- stand at high school foothall game causes injuries to Los Angeles—Court grants Alex- ander Pantages new trial on ch of assaulting girl dancer Denver—Victor Seymour r as assistant vice chairman lican senatorial committee Muskegon, Mich.— barge; eight drown Milwau Wis schooner in lake stor San Francisco—Coste onte arrive. Cambridge, Davidson dent, comm Ossining, N. death sentence commits suicid Jacksonville, = F bellboys tell police ducted and flogged by Foreizn neellor seck vote ttle attacks signs D! —Crew aban and Bell- Mass Massachusetts Tech suicide Y for Convict slayin white Berlin— pares to from new Reichstag London—Hitler tells respondent that G Lurope's bu vism. Bruenir of conf London cor scists are Barcelona—Colonel merly expelled for s &rcbellion, Spain illegally Sports Merio beats Rochester trims Loui World's Series Roston education Mayor Cur! on unemploy Brockton for Mary Mi appearance wi Concord, N. H recount gives Albert senatorial and g inations on ponent petitions Harbor Grace Connor, land, rema Pittsfic Whinnie, ed by ga Wores I’otroff, and compar Maspeth, N, tempt to els” worth Gloucester school officer and battery Wednesday. mocrat attemptir Brool on pupil Elizabeth Morrow’s — School Ready to Open A teacher “on her own” this year is Miss Elizabeth Morrow, upper left, daughter of Ambassa- dor Dwight W. Morrow. Upper right you see the nine-room white-painted house at Engle- vood, N. J., which she has leased as a school for children under the age of 5. Forty pupils are enrolled for the first semester, which begins September 30. Lower left is the desk from which Miss Morrow—a sister-in-law of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh—will direct her school, and lower right are two of her assistant instructors, Miss Elizabeth Eddy (left) and Miss Constance Chilton, J0TH ANNWERSARY Secretary of Commerce Lamont . Says Average Person Can Assist | Bustness By Buying Normal Goods OF POLITICAL OLUB ‘Polish Organization to Celebrate Birthday in Rialto Hall Polish the “The business , man, he replied, “has a certain obligation to the | Merchandising ~ Appar- |y o | | ploved as far as he possibly can ently Halted — Believes to help hold up gencral buying | power. Likewise the individual gal- Country Will Prosper. | Finds Downward Course of | | keep his men em- Political No. ations 1 of club one of largest its | the versary organ kind Ith an in city, will observe itsy aried person and wage earner has with a program of | a similar responsibility to contribute the average is doing _this very thing. “There are indications in reports which we are receiving here at the | department of commerce that the | consumer has in fact maintained his | | purchases to a rather surprising ex- | tent,” he said. “If we disregdrd the abnormally high figures of 1929, we find retail sales are not very far below those customary in previous vears. Thus for the first eight | months of 1930 the value of sal | of department stores, as reported to | the federal reserve board, was only | 3 or 4 per cent less than in 1928, due in large measure to the fact| that the prices of goods are lower now than two years ago. Chain Stores Grow | “The business of mail houses and of chain stores furnish encouraging evidence of the attitude of consumers toward buy- ing, although for the most part the | statistics for these cl of deal- |ers are not comparable from year to year because of increase in the number of stores operated by chain and becayse the leading mail order houses have recently begun ihe e tablishment of branch stores in var- | ious areas for direct sale to local consumers, in addition to their mail order business. “It should be borne in mind that | a great proportion of the articlec sold by department stores, 10-cent stores and mail order houses alike are by no means necessities of life. The average citizen throughout the entire country is still spending & great deal for things other than mere food and the plainer necessary articles of clothing. “There are some who have lapsed into a pessimistic mood at the fail- ure of business to show spectacular | recovery. Those who predict a pro- longed period of depression are just as foolish as those who pre- dict business will jump magically up to the abnormal levels of early 1929 | within a few weeks. “We have an excellent organization | here in the department of commerce for assembhing business yet the most we can do is to ascertain what the trend is at the moment. Our in- | formation indicates the probability that the decline in business has sub- stantially if not wholly ceased. It §s moving along at the moment on a | tairly level basis. When upturn has definitely set in it will not be known of course until after it is well un-: der way. It may be that we are now on the threshold of such a develop- ment.” At this point, the secretary took from his desk a chart showing the zig-zag ‘line of business back to 1920. “Whether this sharply upward now do not know,” he said. “We do know that in the past, the bottom of a depres- | | sion has been of brief duration | “In the past business recovery has | person | order also | will we line turn Beat British at Bridge London’s bridge is falling down under the invasion of the four | American experts pictured her K won the international tournament by 4,845 points. e in Almack’s club, where they The match was interrupted by the eviction of several gate-crashing kibit- zers who dared to murmur, “Well played, old chap,” during a British rally in the 192nd hand. Theodore A. Lightner, right: (the latter is team captain,) an The American team, left to Mrs. and Mr. Ely Culbertson Waldeman Von Zedtwitz. They soon will meet another British team. cess. The current depression, based on general business averages, drop- ped much less than it did in 1921. It should therefore take busine: less time to climb back to normal than it did after the 1920-21 depres- sion.” 'SING SING CONVICT TAKES HIS LIFE IN DEATH HOUSE Prisoner Convicted of Killing Au- burn Guard Strangles While Kecper Paces Corridor Ossining. N. Y., Sept. 27 (P—An- thony Mortelito, convicted of killing keeper in Auburn prison, refused o await the outcome of his appeal rrom a death sentence and decided his own fate by strangling himself in his cell in Sing Sing prison death | house. He was under sentence of death for stabbing Principal Keeper Ed- ward L. Beckwith in the Auburn prison mess hall on March 5, last. While a guard paced the corridor vgsterday, Mortelito knotted a totel sellingyfrom throughout addres; with nd singing, concluding banquet, tomorrow at the Rialto hall on Broad street The a program will start promptly at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with Joseph Kozakiewicz, president of |the club, presenting School Com- | mitteeman Peter J. Pajewski, who will s master of cercmonies. Among t peakers will Mayor George A. Quigley, Dr. Ro- man Lekston, Judge Stanley J. Tr ceski, Attorney B. J. Monkiewi and Dr. B. R. Lutecki of Hartford. During the cel bers ition new mem- of club will be initiated with ceremonies conducted by Pres- |ident ;Kozakiewicz. Moraw- [ska will sing several selections and little A. Nowinska will entertain the audience with dance The banquet will evening at o dore as held with in the 6:30 Pilarski toastmast sts. incl president, than litical state pa acting 300 aw ex- pected The committer of T. P Kiewicz, W. J. Gacek L. Majew 8. Wens basa and J to nd banquet consists K in charge Maczko. hniewicz, ¥, Nowinski, A. Cop, Rialek, A. Kosinski, owski, J. Sulkowski, J. K M. Kaminski, J. Tomczewsk Frankowski J rski, J Ju K |One Dead, 45 Injured In Naticnalist Trouble Naini Tal, United Provinces, In- dia, Sept () — One person was killed and persons were wound- ed by police rifles here today when police tri to demon- by natiol eral po- 45 suppress stratiof alists An ele council hall was were injured for a local Moslem was being held and the town which was the polling station, ckoted representatives of 1l1-India congress. They tried to elaction, de- troyed ballot papers, refused to sperse stoned the police. ited warnings the po nec Forty-six riote n fo the hospital, one dy- Nu restes were situ ow under ction by national prevent the the and fire rous a The ation is control Dolan Makes Fish fiaul, Refuses to Tell Where gerprint t Thomas Dola ind to prove went fish- that he he Mi truthtul fish his catch to th last night Firop story teller, police 5o that Driver el oma He haul Hill ¢ grass who fishing place HORSES TO RETIR PLENTY OF FIRES Me., Sept. 27 (UP) have de pplies hy Percy Sey ailt it times the seventh t fire, six | been a gradual, not an abrupt pro- |and a shoestring about his neck, lay down on his cot with his face to the wall and choked to death. The sui- cide was discovered when he failed another prisoner who | Hearing to Consider | Better Rural Roads A mass meeting of all the mem- sbers of the Connecticut Rural Roal | Improvement association will be held | in the hall of the house of represen- tatives in the capitol building next Tuesday. The meeting will be called to or- der at 10 a. m., standard time, by L. G. Tolles, president. “The meeting will be for the pur- pose of hearing reports of the work up to the present time and to discuss plans for the future. SNOW REMOVAL COSTLY Lansing, Mich., (UP) — Snow re- | moval on trunk lines in $3 coun- |ties cost the state of Michigan $886,617.84 during the winter of {1929-30, B. C. Tiney, maintenance engineer of the state highway de- partment, has announced. This fig- ure represents an increase of 21.8 per eent over the 1929-28 figure. BOY SCOUT CORPS ROCKVILLE BOUND Troop 4 to Compete in Meet— 20 to See Yale Game The trumpet band of Boy Scout Troop 4 will attend and compete at the drum corps meet to be held in Rockville this afternoon under the auspices of the Rockville Fife and Drum corps, final arrangements be- ing made and one last practice held last night preceeding the troop meeting at the First Congregational church. This corps which received the prize at Terryville on its first ap« pearance and which finished third in the big state meet at New Haven in August, is expected to be at its best since the Terryville contest and to enter today’s competition with 18 men, almost its.full strength. The members will meet at the church at 1 o'clock and will make the trip in automobiles. Thomas Aitken, Maxwell Coe, Jr., Charles Moore, Louis Teich and Stuart Towers were admitted to the corps at a meeting last night. All are second class scouts in good standing in the troop. The work of training these new members will be started within a fortnight, when weekly practice sessions of the corps will be resumed. The troop meeting brought fur- ther reorganization for the coming vear, and it was announced that the inter-patrol contest would start ..ext week. The resignation * of Walter Brown was accepted, and William Booth and Maurice Healy were dropped from the rolls. Patrol Lead- ers Gordon Ely and Leon Dickinson reported on a troop football hike held last Sunday. About 20 members of the troop will attend the Yale- Maryland football game in New H: ven next Saturday, Scoutmaster K, E. Paker announcing last evening that the application for tickets had been approved by the Yale Athlétic association. The meeting was con- cluded with a rousing game of Troop 4, in which Senior Patrol Leader Richard Hube's team drub- bed one captained by Patrol ULeader Raymond Mainer. et e 0 0 WORKER OVERCOME IN SHOP Danbury, Sept. 27 — Silvo Valerie, a hatter, was overcome by heat while at work yesterday and was removed to Danbury hospital. He recovered after a short time at the hospital. . Employes in the Chicago Board of Trade building are not allowed ta work coatless, be | Theo- | leaders | Szpejna, | activity of | A multitude of largely contribute to- | (Copyright 1930 by United- Press) |his community. Washington, Sept. 27 (UP)—If the small items average man will continue to buy |ward the total business of the na- | the things he normally needs, he tion. The most important single will assist business in its climb back |thing that can be done fow is for | toward prosperity, Robert P. La-|cach onc of usto continue normal, mont. secretary of commerce, told |reasonable buying. T said that last | the United Press yesterday. December, and I repeat it now. He cited evidence from govern- | Banks Are Sound ment reports which he regards s bapking an encouraging indication that con- is’ sound | sumers are buying and thereby help- | have ing to stimulate retail trade, which gained the fullest confidence on he considers the backbone of busi- | that score. It is contrary to the ness activity. general spirit of our people to hoard, | Though cautious regarding pre- |and there is no evidence that this dictions, Secretary Lamont finds the |is being done. downward coursc of business appar-| “If every man and woman will ently halted and believes it possible | continue to buy the hings normally the country is on the threshold of [needd, put aside a small percentage an upturn. He deplored pessimism | for savingsc, and buy such of the in the face of the facts available. | additional articles which contribute | Secretary Lamont, a business man |to general comfort and enjoyment of long experience and director in |as can properly be afforded, retail man concerns, and now head of the |trade, the backbone of business ac- overnment department most intim- | tivity, will move forward steadily. “This is what the average person ately in contact with the nation’s | business, was asked by the United |can contribute towards the nation's prosperity.” | Press what the average man and voman could do to help stimulate | Evidence in his department re- ports, Lamont believes, indicates | business conditions. 1 T to the general business A country people system of our The American long since, I believe, i THINGS YOU WANT TO KNOW Our Washington Burcau has made up in packets a selection of of its bulletins for which readers of this newspaper have in the past made the greatest demand. things that MOST PEOPLE Perhaps you'll want one of bulletins follow: These 35 bulletins represent the WANT MOST TO KNOW ABOUT. these packets. 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